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RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS MORNING, THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT UNFOLDING RIGHT NOW, WIND GUSTS TOPPING 60 MILES AN HOUR IN THE NORTHEAST AND HEAVY RAIN CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. THE NUMBER OF POWER OUTAGES GROWING BY THE HOUR IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES. THERE GOES A TORNADO. STORMS TURNING DEADLY IN THE SOUTH AND A PLANE

CARRYING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS FORCED TO DIVERT IN THE STORM. >> THE CHAOS IN ECUADOR AFTER ALLEGED GANG MEMBERS UNLEASH A SERIES OF ATTACKS, INCLUDING GUNMEN STORMING A TV STUDIO, A MAJOR U.S. AIRLINES NOW TAKING ACTION, CANCELING FLIGHTS TO THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY. AS FEARS GROW, THE VIOLENCE COULD SPREAD. BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT

INVOLVING FORMER FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP ANNOUNCING THE PASSING OF HER MOTHER. >> WHAT WE’RE LEARNING. PLUS THE WILD SCENE INSIDE A NEW YORK CITY SYNAGOGUE. >> POLICE CLASHED WITH WORSHIPERS AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF A SECRET UNDERGROUND TUNNEL DRINK UP THE NEW CONCERN ABOUT WATER INSIDE PLASTIC BOTTLES AND

BABY YODA HEADED TO THE BIG SCREEN. THE MAJOR STAR WARS NEWS JUST ANNOUNCED OVERNIGHT. IT’S WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10TH. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I’M ANDREW DYMBURT AND I’M RHIANNON ALLY. >> WE BEGIN WITH THE MAJOR IMPACTS OF THAT DEADLY STORM NOW

PUSHING THROUGH NEW ENGLAND. >> THAT’S AFTER BRINGING HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING TO SEVERAL NORTHEASTERN STATES. SOME AREAS COULD GET UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST A MATTER OF HOURS. THE SAME SYSTEM ALSO WREAKING HAVOC IN PARTS OF FLORIDA AND ELSEWHERE IN THE SOUTHEAST. THIS MORNING, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS

OF AMERICANS LEFT IN THE DARK AS A MASSIVE STORM SYSTEM SWEEPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> POWER’S OUT. >> TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY FALLING TREES, INCLUDING A 78 YEAR OLD MAN CRUSHED WHILE HE WAS DRIVING NEAR ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WHEN I SAW THE CAR, MY HEART SANK. CLAREMONT, NORTH

CAROLINA ONE PERSON DEAD AND TWO CRITICALLY INJURED AS WINDS TORE THROUGH THIS MOBILE HOME PARK. A TORNADO ALSO CONFIRMED IN BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE THE FRONT OF THIS BUILDING WAS RIPPED OFF FARTHER SOUTH, THERE GOES A TORNADO. TORNADOES ALSO PUMMELED FLORIDA’S PANHANDLE, AT LEAST FOUR TOUCHING DOWN IN THE

AREA. THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE IN PANAMA CITY BEACH. THE POWER OF THOSE WINDS KNOCKING THIS OCEANFRONT HOUSE OFF OF ITS FOUNDATION. >> YOU CAN SEE A TILTED TO THE SIDE, LEANING ONTO THE NEIGHBORING HOUSE IN MARIANNA, FLORIDA. >> MULTIPLE HOMES WERE DESTROYED , WITH ENTIRE ROOMS VISIBLE FROM

ABOVE. BEVERLY GRAY SAYS SHE, HER THREE KIDS AND HER SISTER’S FAMILY TOOK COVER IN HER BATHROOM. >> I JUST PUT ALL THE KIDS IN THE BATHTUB OVERNIGHT FLOODING RAINS POUNDING THE NORTHEAST, CAUSING FLOODING IN NEW YORK CITY, MORE THAN 400,000 HOMES REPORTED OUTAGES ACROSS NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA.

>> WE COULD SEE WINDS TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. SO ANYBODY THAT LIVES IN THE NORTHEAST NEEDS TO BE READY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF THEIR POWER GOING OUT. >> THE SEVERE WEATHER CANCELED MORE THAN 1000 US FLIGHTS YESTERDAY. THE POWERFUL WINDS IN THE WASHINGTON AREA FORCED VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS’S PLANE,

AIR FORCE TWO, TO DIVERT TO DULLES INTERNATIONAL INSTEAD OF JOINT BASE ANDREWS. THE SSIVE SYSTEM ALSO BROUGHT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM NEW MEXICO TO IOWA, CREATING WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SCHOOLS AND HIGHWAYS CLOSED IN MULTIPLE STATES. ANOTHER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE SNOW TO THE MIDWEST LATER THIS WEEK.

WE’LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FORECAST COMING UP. >> BREAKING OVERNIGHT, THE US HELPING FOIL A COMPLEX ATTACK IN THE RED SEA. THE PENTAGON SAYS U.S. FIGHTERS FROM THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER EISENHOWER AND THREE US DESTROYERS SHOT DOWN 18 DRONES AND THREE MISSILES, ALL LAUNCHED BY HOUTHI REBELS IN YEMEN. IRAN

BACKED HOUTHI REBELS HAVE BEEN ATTACKING COMMERCIAL SHIPS IN THE RED SEA IN A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR HAMAS IN ITS WAR WITH ISRAEL. >> THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, TAKING PLACE AS THE PENTAGON REVEALS DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN WAS TREATED FOR PROSTATE CANCER. PRESIDENT BIDEN FOUND OUT ABOUT THE DIAGNOSIS YESTERDAY, MORE

THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER AUSTIN WENT UNDER ANESTHESIA FOR A SURGICAL PROCEDURE. AUSTIN REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER HE WAS READMITTED FOR COMPLICATIONS. THE PENTAGON IS PROMISING TO FIX THE BOTCHED NOTIFICATION PROCESS. >> WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINESS AND THE TRANSPARENCY

WHEN IT COMES TO, ESPECIALLY THE SECRETARY, HIS HEALTH. AND AGAIN, WE’RE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE DON’T DO THIS AGAIN AND THAT WE DO A BETTER JOB. >> THE WHITE HOUSE HAS ORDERED A REVIEW OF NOTIFICATION PROTOCOLS FOR ALL CABINET MEMBERS. AUSTIN’S DOCTORS SAY HE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL

RECOVERY, AND HIS CANCER PROGNOSIS IS EXCELLENT. >> NOW TO THE CHAOS UNFOLDING IN ECUADOR, WHERE POLICE SAY CRIMINALS UNLEASHED A WAVE OF ATTACKS, INCLUDING STORMING A TELEVISION STUDIO WHILE THEY WERE LIVE ON THE AIR. US FLIGHTS TO ECUADOR NOW FACE CHALLENGES AS THE SECURITY CRISIS DEEPENS. THIS MORNING, MAJOR US AIRLINES

ARE CANCELING SOME FLIGHTS TO ECUADOR, INCLUDING AMERICAN UNITED, JETBLUE AND SPIRIT. AFTER THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY DECLARED AN INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT YESTERDAY, ARMED GUNMEN STORMED A LIVE TELEVISION BROADCAST IN THE PORT CITY OF GUAYAQUIL. GUNSHOTS RINGING OUT AS MASKED MEN BRANDISH APPARENT EXPLOSIVES WHILE FLASHING HAND SIGNALS AT THE CAMERA HOLDING

THE TV STAFF HOSTAGE FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. WITH THE NATION WATCHING. POLICIA. >> POLICIA POLICE SURROUNDED THE STUDIO, FREEING THE HOSTAGES AND ARRESTING 13 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT ATTACK. >> THREE JOURNALISTS FROM THE STATION THANKING POLICE, ADDING IT’S NOT POSSIBLE LIVING LIKE THIS. WE WISH FOR THINGS TO GET

BETTER. 28 OTHER BUILDINGS WERE ALSO ATTACKED YESTERDAY IN GUAYAQUIL, WHERE AUTHORITIES SAY EIGHT PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND THREE MORE INJURED. THE VIOLENCE ERUPTED ACROSS ECUADOR ON MONDAY WHEN THE PRESIDENT DECLARED A NATIONWIDE STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER A HIGH PROFILE GANG LEADER ESCAPED FROM PRISON ALONG WITH DOZENS OF PRISONERS CONNECTED TO

CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS, POLICE HAVE NOW SET UP CHECKPOINTS IN GUAYAQUIL AND THE CAPITAL QUITO. >> ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT IS CALLING THE PERPETRATORS OF THE VIOLENCE TERRORISTS. >> THE STATE OF EMERGENCY WILL LAST 60 DAYS. >> SAD NEWS FOR FORMER FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP ANNOUNCING OVERNIGHT THAT HER MOTHER HAS DIED. MALIA CANAVESE PASSED AWAY

IN FLORIDA AFTER A LONG HEALTH BATTLE WITH TRUMP, PAID TRIBUTE IN A POST CALLING HER A STRONG WOMAN WHO WAS DEVOTED TO HER FAMILY. CANAVESE WAS BORN IN SLOVENIA AND BECAME A US CITIZEN IN 2018, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND. SHE WAS 78. THE IOWA CAUCUSES ARE NOW FIVE DAYS AWAY, BUT

FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPENT THE DAY IN A WASHINGTON, D.C, COURTROOM AT A PANEL OF JUDGES GREETED HIS CLAIM OF ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY WITH SKEPTICISM. MEANWHILE, NIKKI HALEY IS CLOSING THE GAP WITH TRUMP IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. ABC’S EM NGUYEN JOINS US NOW WITH ALL THE LATEST. GOOD MORNING M ANDREW GOOD MORNING.

>> ELECTION 2024 IS IN HIGH GEAR . AND AS DONALD TRUMP’S REPUBLICAN RIVALS FIGHT TO MAKE A MARK IN HIS COMMANDING LEAD, HE’S SPENDING A DAY IN COURT THIS MORNING WITH THE IOWA CAUCUS. JUST DAYS AWAY AND PRESIDENT BIDEN BACK AT THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER SEVERAL CAMPAIGN EVENTS, FORMER

PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS IN A COURTROOM LOOKING ON AS HIS LEGAL TEAM SOUGHT TO CONVINCE A SKEPTICAL PANEL OF JUDGES THAT HE SHOULD BE IMMUNE FROM PROSECUTION FOR HIS ACTIONS TAKEN DURING OFFICE. >> THE PRESIDENT ORDERED SEAL TEAM SIX TO ASSASSINATE A POLITICAL RIVAL. THAT’S AN OFFICIAL ACT IN ORDER TO SEAL

TEAM SIX, HE WOULD HAVE TO BE AND WOULD SPEEDILY BE, YOU KNOW, UH, IMPEACHED AND CONVICTED BEFORE THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. >> TRUMP’S LAWYERS ARGUED HIS FEDERAL ELECTION SUBVERSION INDICTMENT SHOULD BE DISMISSED, BUT THE PROSECUTION FIRED BACK, WARNING IMMUNITY WOULD BE SCARY IF THERE WERE NO CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST SOMEONE TRYING

TO USURP ELECTION RESULTS FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT STANDING BY HIS ASSERTION AFTER THE PROCEEDINGS, THE PRESIDENT HAS TO HAVE IMMUNITY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. FORMER NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE KNOCKED TRUMP ON HIS TIME SPENT IN COURT. >> THE PLACE HE SPENDS MORE TIME IN THAN ACTUALLY IOWA OR NEW HAMPSHIRE.

>> TRUMP’S OTHER GOP RIVALS IN IOWA, WHERE SNOW IS BLANKETING PARTS OF THE STATE, BUSINESSMAN VIVEK RAMASWAMY JOINING A CAMPAIGN STOP VIA IPAD. FORMER UN AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY THANKING SUPPORTERS FOR SHOWING UP IN THE WEATHER WHILE MAKING HER CLOSING ARGUMENTS TO VOTERS. >> THE ONLY WAY WE’RE GOING TO

WIN THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS IS IF WE GO FORWARD WITH A NEW GENERATIONAL LEADER. THAT LEAVES THE NEGATIVITY AND THE BAGGAGE IN THE PAST. >> AND GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SPLITTING FROM TRUMP AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT PREDICTED THE ECONOMY WOULD CRASH, SUGGESTING HE WANTED IT TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR IF THE ECONOMY CRASHES, PEOPLE

WOULD GET THROWN OUT OF WORK, BUSINESSES WOULD GO UNDER FOR I DON’T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPENING . NEW HAMPSHIRE’S FIRST IN THE NATION PRIMARY IS IN JUST TWO WEEKS. A NEW CNN POLL SHOWS HALEY CUTTING INTO TRUMP’S LEAD THERE, NOW JUST SEVEN POINTS BEHIND THE FORMER PRESIDENT,

WITH 32% OF THE VOTE TO SANTOS PLUMMETING TO JUST 5. ANDREW AM THANK YOU. >> BOEING’S CEO SAYS THE COMPANY IS ACKNOWLEDGING BOEING. ITS MISTAKE AS THE INVESTIGATION INTO LAST WEEK’S ALASKA AIRLINES BLOWOUT GATE MOVES FORWARD, THE FOCUS IS ON WHETHER BOLTS MEANT TO HOLD THE DOOR PLUG THE PART

THAT FLEW OFF THE PLANE AFTER IT LEFT PORTLAND, OREGON, WERE PROPERLY INSTALLED MORE THAN 170 BOEING MAX NINE JETS WITH DOOR PLUGS WILL REMAIN GROUNDED UNTIL FAA MANDATED INSPECTIONS ARE COMPLETED. THE SPECIFIC MISTAKE BOEING IS ACKNOWLEDGING AT THIS POINT IS UNCLEAR. >> TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT YOUR MORNING WEATHER.

>> GOOD MORNING. A WET AND WINDY START TO THE DAY TODAY FROM NEW YORK CITY UP THE COAST. THE RAIN AND WIND COULD BE HEAVY, ESPECIALLY IN NEW ENGLAND WITH SNOW IN THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST, BUT IT’S REALLY ABOUT THE RAIN. THAT’S GOING TO BE A BIG PROBLEM FOR US THROUGH TODAY. THE

COMBINATION OF SNOW MELT AND HEAVY RAIN INCHES OF RAIN INTO THIS MORNING, ROADWAYS UNDERWATER, THERE HAVE BEEN WATER RESCUES. WE HAVE TO BE SAFE OUT THERE. MEANTIME, AS THIS STORM WINDS DOWN IN THE NORTHEAST, ANOTHER ONE RAMPS UP IN THE NORTHWEST WITH SNOW AND RAIN. IN SEATTLE, I’M ACCUWEATHER’S METEOROLOGIST KEVIN COCHRAN.

>> COMING UP, WHAT’S REALLY INSIDE YOUR BOTTLED WATER? >> ALSO, I HAD A GROWING NUMBER OF OFFICIALS TARGETED IN SWATTING INCIDENTS. WHO’S THE LATEST VICTIM? >> AND THE MAJOR CHANGES ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK AIMED AT KEEPING TEENS SAFE Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal

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POLITICAL CLIMATE IS BECOMING MORE DANGEROUS. >> A GROWING NUMBER OF OFFICIALS ARE BEING TARGETED IN SWATTING INCIDENTS, FALSE THREATS THAT COULD CREATE CHAOS AND PUT LIVES AT RISK. HERE’S ABC’S LIONEL MOISE THIS MORNING. >> STEVEN DETTELBACH, DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, IS THE LATEST PUBLIC OFFICIAL TO FALL

VICTIM TO SWATTING. THAT’S WHEN SOMEONE PRANK CALLS LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DRAW RESPONSE TO A LOCATION. SOURCES SAY IT HAPPENED OVER THE HOLIDAYS WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE ATF SECURITY DETAIL ENGAGING, ULTIMATELY DETERMINING THERE WAS NO THREAT TO THE DIRECTOR. BUT THIS COMES AS OFFICIALS ARE WARNING AMERICANS TO REMAIN

VIGILANT TO THREATS TO DEMOCRACY, ADDING THEY ARE CONFIDENT THE U.S. WILL HAVE A SAFE AND SECURE ELECTION AND THEY’RE READY TO CONTEST ANY TYPE OF ADVERSARY THAT’S GOING TO TRY TO INTERFERE OR INFLUENCE OUR ELECTIONS. >> THIS IS WHAT WE’VE DONE IN 18 AND 20 AND 22, AND WHAT WE’LL DO

IN 24 AS WELL. >> FBI DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WRAY, ALSO SPEAKING AT A CYBERSECURITY CONFERENCE YESTERDAY, TELLING AMERICANS TO DO THEIR PART WITH FOUR NATIONS LOOKING TO CAUSE CHAOS THROUGH MISINFORMATION, SAYING WE NEED TO BE MORE THOUGHTFUL AND DISCERNING. BUT AS OFFICIALS FOCUS ON FOREIGN THREATS AHEAD OF THE 2024 ELECTION, SECURITY

OF ELECTED OFFICIALS CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR CONCERN. ATF DIRECTOR STEVEN DETTELBACH SWATTING INCIDENT IS NOT ISOLATED, SOURCES SAY. SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH, WHO IS INVESTIGATING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, AND DC FEDERAL JUDGE TANYA CHUTKAN, WHO’S OVERSEEING TRUMP’S ELECTION SUBVERSION CASE, WERE ALSO VICTIMS OF SWATTING. AND REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR

GREENE POSTING ON X THAT SHE WAS SWATTED EIGHT TIMES WITH HER FAMILY TARGETED, SAYING SHE IS INTRODUCING LEGISLATION TO TRACK DOWN AND PROSECUTE PERPETRATORS. THESE LATEST SWATTING INCIDENTS JOIN A GROWING LIST OF OFFICIALS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TARGETED THE FBI IS ALSO INVESTIGATING RECENT FAKE BOMB THREATS TO SECRETARIES OF STATE

AND CAPITOL BUILDINGS NATIONWIDE , FROM MAINE TO SOUTH CAROLINA. LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES SAYING SOME OF THOSE THREATS ORIGINATED OVERSEAS. RHIANNON ANDREW LIONEL , THANK YOU. >> THE PARENT COMPANY OF FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO DO MORE TO PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE. META WILL BEGIN HIDING CONTENT THAT IT DEEMS INAPPROPRIATE FOR

TEENAGERS. THAT INCLUDES POSTS ABOUT SUICIDE, SELF-HARM AND ALSO EATING DISORDERS, AND A NEW STUDY FINDS BOTTLED WATER MAY CONTAIN UP TO 100 TIMES MORE MICROSCOPIC PLASTIC PARTICLES THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. RESEARCHERS FOUND AN AVERAGE OF 240,000 NANOPLASTICS PER BOTTLE. SCIENTIST AREN’T SURE WHETHER THE PARTICLES ARE ACTUALLY HARMFUL TO OUR HEALTH. IN A

STATEMENT, AN INDUSTRY TRADE ASSOCIATION SAYS THE STUDY LACKS STANDARDIZED METHODS. COMING UP NEXT, THE WIFE ACCUSED OF POISONING HER HUSBAND WITH TAINTED SOUP. >> ALSO AHEAD, SEVERAL PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR BRAWLING WITH POLICE AFTER OFFICERS FOUND A SECRET TUNNEL UNDER NEW YORK CITY

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Let’s go. How are you? So what will you be watching? Saturday’s on ABC News live. What would you do? I guess I just found out. The what would you do marathon 2:00 to 6:00 Eastern every Saturday on ABC News live? >> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH THE DEATH OF ADAN CANTO, THE MEXICAN

BORN AND TEXAS RAISED ACTOR DIED ON MONDAY FROM CANCER OF THE APPENDIX. CANTO BEGAN ACTING AS A TEENAGER. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLES IN DESIGNATED SURVIVOR , THE CLEANING LADY AND X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. ADAN CANTO WAS JUST 42 YEARS OLD, AND HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN.

>> SOME WILD SCENES PLAYING OUT HERE IN NEW YORK CITY AFTER CLASHING WITH POLICE INSIDE A BROOKLYN SYNAGOGUE. NINE HASIDIC JEWISH MEN WERE ARRESTED. AUTHORITIES WERE ON THE SCENE BECAUSE OF A SECRET TUNNEL THAT HAD BEEN BUILT INTO THE HISTORIC HOUSE. WORSHIP. ITS CONSTRUCTION WAS BLAMED ON A GROUP OF

EXTREMIST STUDENTS WHO HOPED TO EXPAND THE SYNAGOGUE. >> THIS IS A SITE THAT’S OF GREAT IMPORTANCE FOR JEWS ALL AROUND THE WORLD. WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DECORUM AND SANCTITY TO BE RESTORED, AND THE SYNAGOGUE IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED WHILE ITS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY IS INSPECTED. >> A PAIR OF COURT CASES MORE

THAN A THOUSAND MILES APART, HAVE A COMMON THREAD POISON. >> BOTH OF THEM SOUND LIKE SOMETHING YOU’D HEAR IN A TV PLOT. ONE OF THEM EVEN INCLUDES A SOAP OPERA REFERENCE. HERE’S ABC’S ANDREA FUJII THIS MORNING. >> A GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A MINNESOTA DOCTOR OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER AFTER PROSECUTORS SAY HE

POISONED HIS WIFE IN AUGUST. DOCTOR CONNER BOWMAN IS ACCUSED OF KILLING BETTY BOWMAN. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DRUG COLCHICINE, WHICH IS USED TO TREAT GOUT, WAS FOUND IN HER SYSTEM. BUT PROSECUTORS SAY BETTY NEVER HAD GOUT. >> ONE MORNING THERE WAS A BUNCH OF THEIR DOGS WERE BARKING OVER

THEIR WHOLE BUNCH, AND I MIGHT HAVE HEARD A BIT OF SHOUTING OR SOMETHING WHILE WE WERE SLEEPING, BUT YEAH, AND THEN SURE ENOUGH, THE COPS KIND OF CAME SOON AFTER. >> POLICE SAY BOWMAN, WHO WAS A MAYO CLINIC PHARMACY RESIDENT AND POISON CONTROL SPECIALIST, RESEARCHED THE DRUG AND WHAT A

LETHAL DOSE WOULD BE FOR SOMEONE OF HIS WIFE’S WEIGHT. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY THE COUPLE HAD A ROCKY MARRIAGE AND BOWMAN WAS IN SEVERE DEBT WITH PROSECUTORS ALLEGING HE TOLD A FRIEND HE’D RECEIVE A LARGE PAYOUT FROM BETTY’S LIFE INSURANCE POLICY. MEANWHILE, IN MASSACHUSETTS, ANOTHER SPOUSE ACCUSED OF POISONING THEIR SIGNIFICANT

OTHER, ROXANNE DOUCET, IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER POLICE SAY SHE TRIED TO POISON HER HUSBAND BY GIVING HIM TAINTED SOUP. I DID NOT TRY TO POISON MY HUSBAND, INVESTIGATORS IN TOWNSEND SAY IN EARLY DECEMBER, THE 64 YEAR OLD RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM A PERSON CLAIMING TO BE SOAP OPERA

STAR THORSTEN KAYE FROM THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL. >> THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY LOVED ME AND THEY WANTED ME TO LEAVE MY HUSBAND. >> THE PERSON TELLING HER, YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF YOUR HUSBAND, HONEY, I NEED YOU SO MUCH. DOUCET THEN WRITING, MAKING AN AMAZING SOUP. SPECIAL POTION. HE

WILL BE HUNGRY WHEN HE GETS BACK. JUST ENOUGH FOR HIM. THEN HUBBY GOT BACK NOT FEELING WELL. MAYBE I CAN COLLECT LIFE INSURANCE HOURS LATER. INVESTIGATORS SAY DOUCET CALLED 911, SAYING HER HUSBAND WAS UNRESPONSIVE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WITH DOUCET BLAMING THE EPISODE ON HIS CARDIAC HISTORY. HER HUSBAND

SURVIVED, TELLING POLICE HE ATE THE SOUP, WHICH TASTED BITTER. ROXANNE DOUCET’S DAUGHTER, SAYS SHE WAS THE ONE WHO CALLED POLICE AFTER FINDING THOSE TEXT MESSAGES ON HER MOM’S PHONE. DOUCET IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN COURT TOMORROW. AS FOR DOCTOR BOWMAN, HE IS SET TO BE ARRAIGNED NEXT WEEK. RHIANNON ANDREW.

>> ANDREA. THANK YOU. COMING UP, WHEN BABY YODA IS EXPECTED TO HIT THE BIG SCREEN. >> PLUS THOSE NEW MINTS TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH DRY JANUARY With so much at stake. So much on the line, more Americans turn here than any other news cast, ABC News World News Tonight, with David Muir.

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ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S Reporting from Manhattan. I’m Diane macedo wherever the story is will take you there. You’re streaming, ABC News live. HERE. >> AND WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU. >> TIME TO CHECK THE PULSE. WE BEGIN WITH BABY YODA MAKING THE

JUMP TO THE BIG SCREEN. >> STAR WARS FANS REJOICE. OUR PARENT COMPANY, DISNEY, JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW STAR WARS FILM FEATURING THE FAN FAVORITE. THE DEBUTED IN THE MANDALORIAN BACK IN 2019. >> THE MOVIE IS CALLED THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU, AND WILL BE DIRECTED BY SERIES CREATOR JON FAVREAU. PRODUCTION IS

EXPECTED TO GET UNDERWAY MAYBE THIS YEAR, WITH A POTENTIAL RELEASE DATE IN 2025. STAY TUNED . ALL RIGHT. NEXT, A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR THOSE DOING A DRY JANUARY. >> I’M DOING DRY JANUARY, BUT I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THIS. WHAT DO YOU THINK, MILLER? LIGHT MINTS. THEY’RE SAID TO HAVE THE SAME

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>> ONE LA LAKERS FAN WILL NEVER FORGET HE WAS THE BIG WINNER AT LAST NIGHT’S GAME. >> FIDEL OLMOS HAD ONE SHOT FROM HALF COURT TO WIN $100,000. IT’S UP AND IT’S GOOD, FIDEL SAYS HE’S ONLY HIT TWO OTHER HALF COURT SHOTS EVER. THE 34 YEAR OLD SAYS HE PLANS TO PAY OFF

DEBT WITH SOME OF THAT MONEY. >> CONGRATS TO HIM. FINALLY, AN EXTREME FORM OF TEAM BUILDING COLLEAGUES AT A WORKPLACE IN KENTUCKY TOOK PART IN A GAME OF HUMAN WHAC A MOLE. >> ONE WORKER TRIES TO HIT HIS COLLEAGUES WITH THE FOAM NOODLE WHILE PREVENTING THEM FROM GRABBING THE PLASTIC BALLS. HIS TEAM

Three. 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. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE”. TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A

DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS. AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST

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Other news cast, ABC News World News Tonight, with David Muir. America’s number one, most watched news cast across all of television, There are some stories that just stick with you drew was working at Victoria’s Secret. She did a little Christmas shopping headed to her car and then went missing from the mall. It’s

THE PENTAGON IS PROMISING MORE TRANSPARENCY AFTER REVEALING THAT DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN WAS TREATED FOR PROSTATE CANCER. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN JUST LEARNED OF THE DIAGNOSIS YESTERDAY AFTER BEING KEPT IN THE DARK FOR DAYS ABOUT AUSTIN’S HOSPITAL STAY. >> NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS ARE FACING OFF TONIGHT IN THEIR

FIRST ONE ON ONE DEBATE, WITH THE IOWA CAUCUSES NOW FIVE DAYS AWAY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AGAIN SKIPPING THE DEBATE, INSTEAD HOLDING A TOWN HALL. IT COMES AS HALEY SURGES IN THE POLLS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, TRAILING TRUMP BY JUST SEVEN POINTS. >> THE PARENTS OF A BRITISH MAN

KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH IN THE GRAND CANYON WILL RECEIVE A $100 MILLION CASH SETTLEMENT. JONATHAN UDALL AND HIS WIFE, ELLIE, WERE AMONG FIVE PEOPLE WHO DIED IN THE 2018 TRAGEDY CLEAN UP AT THE SITE OF MONDAY’S HOTEL BLAST IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS, WILL TAKE SEVERAL MORE DAYS. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY IT’S STILL

UNCLEAR WHETHER A GAS LEAK CAUSED THE EXPLOSION OR THE EXPLOSION CAUSED A GAS LEAK. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY, THOUGH. 21 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN TODAY’S WEATHER. >> GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AS RIVERS RISE TO FLOOD STAGE FOLLOWING YESTERDAY’S TORRENTIAL RAIN. SNOW AROUND THE GREAT LAKES,

SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW IN BOTH THE ROCKIES AND THE SIERRAS, AND RAIN ALONG THE WEST COAST. FINALLY THE ANNUAL CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW IS WELL UNDERWAY. >> ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS A LOOK AT SOME OF THE NEW GADGETS ON DISPLAY IN VEGAS. >> HEY, ANDREW AND RYAN AND WE

ARE INSIDE CES, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW OF THE YEAR. THOUSANDS OF SMALL STARTUPS TO BIG COMPANIES SHOWING OFF THEIR LATEST TECH HERE, MORE THAN 130,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO COME HERE TO VEGAS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO SEE SOME OF THOSE LATEST AND GREATEST INVENTIONS. ONE OF THE

THEMES WE’RE NOTICING IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. NOT A SURPRISE. IT’S BEEN A BIG FOCUS OF THE PAST YEAR, BUT HOW IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACTUALLY BEING INTEGRATED INTO PRODUCTS IN YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE? HERE IN THE AMAZON BOOTH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE’S A BIG FOCUS ON AI FOR YOUR PRODUCTS THAT YOU MIGHT

FIND AT HOME. WE SAW THAT IN THE CASE OF SAMSUNG TOO, THEY’RE SHOWING OFF A NEW REFRIGERATOR THAT CAN ACTUALLY TELL YOU WHEN YOU LOAD IT AND UNLOAD IT, HOW MANY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ARE LEFT WHEN YOU SEE IT MIGHT ADD THAT TO YOUR LIST. IT CAN PICK

UP RECIPES TO SAY, HERE’S WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR FRIDGE. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO BUY. THIS IDEA THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY AI THAT’S DEVELOPED SO FAST OVER THE PAST YEAR, CAN ACTUALLY IMPROVE YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE.AND OFF. A LOT S COMES TO GAMING, TO THE IDEA THAT A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGY

THAT’S BEEN QUICKLY DEVELOPING OVER THE PAST YEAR CAN BE USED BY BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS, BUT THAT IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE REGULATED, BE DONE IN A SAFE WAY. WE’VE BEEN TALKING TO TOP EXECUTIVES WHO SAY THAT AS AI HAS DEVELOPED SO QUICKLY, THERE ALSO NEED TO BE GUARDRAILS IN

PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT’S BEING USED IN A SAFE WAY FOR CONSUMERS. ANDREW RHIANNON, BACK TO YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. ELIZABETH THANK YOU. CES. A LOT OF COOL, WEIRD AND SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT SCARY. YEAH ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE AI. >> LET’S SEE WHAT MAKES IT TO THE ACTUAL STORE SHELVES.

>> AND THAT’S WHAT’S MAKING NEWS IN AMERICA THIS MOR RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS MORNING, THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT UNFOLDING RIGHT NOW, WIND GUSTS TOPPING 60 MILES AN HOUR IN THE NORTHEAST AND HEAVY RAIN CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. THE NUMBER OF POWER OUTAGES GROWING BY THE HOUR IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES. THERE GOES A

TORNADO. STORMS TURNING DEADLY IN THE SOUTH AND A PLANE CARRYING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS FORCED TO DIVERT IN THE STORM. >> THE CHAOS IN ECUADOR AFTER ALLEGED GANG MEMBERS UNLEASH A SERIES OF ATTACKS, INCLUDING GUNMEN STORMING A TV STUDIO, A MAJOR U.S. AIRLINES NOW TAKING ACTION, CANCELING FLIGHTS TO THE

SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY. AS FEARS GROW, THE VIOLENCE COULD SPREAD. BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT INVOLVING FORMER FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP ANNOUNCING THE PASSING OF HER MOTHER. >> WHAT WE’RE LEARNING. PLUS THE WILD SCENE INSIDE A NEW YORK CITY SYNAGOGUE. >> POLICE CLASHED WITH WORSHIPERS AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF A SECRET UNDERGROUND TUNNEL

DRINK UP THE NEW CONCERN ABOUT WATER INSIDE PLASTIC BOTTLES AND BABY YODA HEADED TO THE BIG SCREEN. THE MAJOR STAR WARS NEWS JUST ANNOUNCED OVERNIGHT. IT’S WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10TH. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I’M ANDREW DYMBURT AND I’M RHIANNON ALLY.

>> WE BEGIN WITH THE MAJOR IMPACTS OF THAT DEADLY STORM NOW PUSHING THROUGH NEW ENGLAND. >> THAT’S AFTER BRINGING HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING TO SEVERAL NORTHEASTERN STATES. SOME AREAS COULD GET UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST A MATTER OF HOURS. THE SAME SYSTEM ALSO WREAKING HAVOC IN PARTS OF FLORIDA AND

ELSEWHERE IN THE SOUTHEAST. THIS MORNING, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS LEFT IN THE DARK AS A MASSIVE STORM SYSTEM SWEEPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> POWER’S OUT. >> TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY FALLING TREES, INCLUDING A 78 YEAR OLD MAN CRUSHED WHILE HE WAS DRIVING NEAR ATLANTA,

GEORGIA, WHEN I SAW THE CAR, MY HEART SANK. CLAREMONT, NORTH CAROLINA ONE PERSON DEAD AND TWO CRITICALLY INJURED AS WINDS TORE THROUGH THIS MOBILE HOME PARK. A TORNADO ALSO CONFIRMED IN BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE THE FRONT OF THIS BUILDING WAS RIPPED OFF FARTHER SOUTH, THERE GOES A TORNADO. TORNADOES ALSO

PUMMELED FLORIDA’S PANHANDLE, AT LEAST FOUR TOUCHING DOWN IN THE AREA. THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE IN PANAMA CITY BEACH. THE POWER OF THOSE WINDS KNOCKING THIS OCEANFRONT HOUSE OFF OF ITS FOUNDATION. >> YOU CAN SEE A TILTED TO THE SIDE, LEANING ONTO THE NEIGHBORING HOUSE IN MARIANNA, FLORIDA.

>> MULTIPLE HOMES WERE DESTROYED , WITH ENTIRE ROOMS VISIBLE FROM ABOVE. BEVERLY GRAY SAYS SHE, HER THREE KIDS AND HER SISTER’S FAMILY TOOK COVER IN HER BATHROOM. >> I JUST PUT ALL THE KIDS IN THE BATHTUB OVERNIGHT FLOODING RAINS POUNDING THE NORTHEAST, CAUSING FLOODING IN NEW YORK CITY, MORE THAN 400,000 HOMES

REPORTED OUTAGES ACROSS NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA. >> WE COULD SEE WINDS TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. SO ANYBODY THAT LIVES IN THE NORTHEAST NEEDS TO BE READY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF THEIR POWER GOING OUT. >> THE SEVERE WEATHER CANCELED MORE THAN 1000 US FLIGHTS YESTERDAY. THE POWERFUL WINDS IN

THE WASHINGTON AREA FORCED VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS’S PLANE, AIR FORCE TWO, TO DIVERT TO DULLES INTERNATIONAL INSTEAD OF JOINT BASE ANDREWS. THE MASSIVE SYSTEM ALSO BROUGHT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM NEW MEXICO TO IOWA, CREATING WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SCHOOLS AND HIGHWAYS CLOSED IN MULTIPLE STATES. ANOTHER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE SNOW TO

THE MIDWEST LATER THIS WEEK. WE’LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FORECAST COMING UP. >> BREAKING OVERNIGHT, THE US HELPING FOIL A COMPLEX ATTACK IN THE RED SEA. THE PENTAGON SAYS U.S. FIGHTERS FROM THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER EISENHOWER AND THREE US DESTROYERS SHOT DOWN 18 DRONES AND THREE MISSILES, ALL LAUNCHED

BY HOUTHI REBELS IN YEMEN. IRAN BACKED HOUTHI REBELS HAVE BEEN ATTACKING COMMERCIAL SHIPS IN THE RED SEA IN A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR HAMAS IN ITS WAR WITH ISRAEL. >> THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, TAKING PLACE AS THE PENTAGON REVEALS DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN WAS TREATED FOR PROSTATE CANCER.

PRESIDENT BIDEN FOUND OUT ABOUT THE DIAGNOSIS YESTERDAY, MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER AUSTIN WENT UNDER ANESTHESIA FOR A SURGICAL PROCEDURE. AUSTIN REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER HE WAS READMITTED FOR COMPLICATIONS. THE PENTAGON IS PROMISING TO FIX THE BOTCHED NOTIFICATION PROCESS. >> WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE TO

DO A BETTER JOB IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINESS AND THE TRANSPARENCY WHEN IT COMES TO, ESPECIALLY THE SECRETARY, HIS HEALTH. AND AGAIN, WE’RE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE DON’T DO THIS AGAIN AND THAT WE DO A BETTER JOB. >> THE WHITE HOUSE HAS ORDERED A REVIEW OF NOTIFICATION PROTOCOLS

FOR ALL CABINET MEMBERS. AUSTIN’S DOCTORS SAY HE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY, AND HIS CANCER PROGNOSIS IS EXCELLENT. >> NOW TO THE CHAOS UNFOLDING IN ECUADOR, WHERE POLICE SAY CRIMINALS UNLEASHED A WAVE OF ATTACKS, INCLUDING STORMING A TELEVISION STUDIO WHILE THEY WERE LIVE ON THE AIR. US FLIGHTS

TO ECUADOR NOW FACE CHALLENGES AS THE SECURITY CRISIS DEEPENS. THIS MORNING, MAJOR US AIRLINES ARE CANCELING SOME FLIGHTS TO ECUADOR, INCLUDING AMERICAN UNITED, JETBLUE AND SPIRIT. AFTER THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY DECLARED AN INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT YESTERDAY, ARMED GUNMEN STORMED A LIVE TELEVISION BROADCAST IN THE PORT CITY OF GUAYAQUIL. GUNSHOTS RINGING OUT

AS MASKED MEN BRANDISH APPARENT EXPLOSIVES WHILE FLASHING HAND SIGNALS AT THE CAMERA HOLDING THE TV STAFF HOSTAGE FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. WITH THE NATION WATCHING. POLICIA. >> POLICIA POLICE SURROUNDED THE STUDIO, FREEING THE HOSTAGES AND ARRESTING 13 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT ATTACK. >> THREE JOURNALISTS FROM THE STATION THANKING POLICE, ADDING

IT’S NOT POSSIBLE LIVING LIKE THIS. WE WISH FOR THINGS TO GET BETTER. 28 OTHER BUILDINGS WERE ALSO ATTACKED YESTERDAY IN GUAYAQUIL, WHERE AUTHORITIES SAY EIGHT PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND THREE MORE INJURED. THE VIOLENCE ERUPTED ACROSS ECUADOR ON MONDAY WHEN THE PRESIDENT DECLARED A NATIONWIDE STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER A HIGH PROFILE GANG LEADER

ESCAPED FROM PRISON ALONG WITH DOZENS OF PRISONERS CONNECTED TO CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS, POLICE HAVE NOW SET UP CHECKPOINTS IN GUAYAQUIL AND THE CAPITAL QUITO. >> ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT IS CALLING THE PERPETRATORS OF THE VIOLENCE TERRORISTS. >> THE STATE OF EMERGENCY WILL LAST 60 DAYS. >> SAD NEWS FOR FORMER FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP ANNOUNCING

OVERNIGHT THAT HER MOTHER HAS DIED. MALIA CANAVESE PASSED AWAY IN FLORIDA AFTER A LONG HEALTH BATTLE WITH TRUMP, PAID TRIBUTE IN A POST CALLING HER A STRONG WOMAN WHO WAS DEVOTED TO HER FAMILY. CANAVESE WAS BORN IN SLOVENIA AND BECAME A US CITIZEN IN 2018, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND.

SHE WAS 78. THE IOWA CAUCUSES ARE NOW FIVE DAYS AWAY, BUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPENT THE DAY IN A WASHINGTON, D.C, COURTROOM AT A PANEL OF JUDGES GREETED HIS CLAIM OF ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY WITH SKEPTICISM. MEANWHILE, NIKKI HALEY IS CLOSING THE GAP WITH TRUMP IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. ABC’S EM NGUYEN

JOINS US NOW WITH ALL THE LATEST. GOOD MORNING M ANDREW GOOD MORNING. >> ELECTION 2024 IS IN HIGH GEAR . AND AS DONALD TRUMP’S REPUBLICAN RIVALS FIGHT TO MAKE A MARK IN HIS COMMANDING LEAD, HE’S SPENDING A DAY IN COURT THIS MORNING WITH THE IOWA CAUCUS. JUST DAYS AWAY AND

PRESIDENT BIDEN BACK AT THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER SEVERAL CAMPAIGN EVENTS, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS IN A COURTROOM LOOKING ON AS HIS LEGAL TEAM SOUGHT TO CONVINCE A SKEPTICAL PANEL OF JUDGES THAT HE SHOULD BE IMMUNE FROM PROSECUTION FOR HIS ACTIONS TAKEN DURING OFFICE. >> THE PRESIDENT ORDERED SEAL TEAM SIX TO ASSASSINATE A

POLITICAL RIVAL. THAT’S AN OFFICIAL ACT IN ORDER TO SEAL TEAM SIX, HE WOULD HAVE TO BE AND WOULD SPEEDILY BE, YOU KNOW, UH, IMPEACHED AND CONVICTED BEFORE THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. >> TRUMP’S LAWYERS ARGUED HIS FEDERAL ELECTION SUBVERSION INDICTMENT SHOULD BE DISMISSED, BUT THE PROSECUTION FIRED BACK, WARNING IMMUNITY WOULD BE SCARY

IF THERE WERE NO CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST SOMEONE TRYING TO USURP ELECTION RESULTS FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT STANDING BY HIS ASSERTION AFTER THE PROCEEDINGS, THE PRESIDENT HAS TO HAVE IMMUNITY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. FORMER NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE KNOCKED TRUMP ON HIS TIME SPENT IN COURT. >> THE PLACE HE SPENDS MORE TIME

IN THAN ACTUALLY IOWA OR NEW HAMPSHIRE. >> TRUMP’S OTHER GOP RIVALS IN IOWA, WHERE SNOW IS BLANKETING PARTS OF THE STATE, BUSINESSMAN VIVEK RAMASWAMY JOINING A CAMPAIGN STOP VIA IPAD. FORMER UN AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY THANKING SUPPORTERS FOR SHOWING UP IN THE WEATHER WHILE MAKING HER CLOSING ARGUMENTS TO VOTERS.

>> THE ONLY WAY WE’RE GOING TO WIN THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS IS IF WE GO FORWARD WITH A NEW GENERATIONAL LEADER. THAT LEAVES THE NEGATIVITY AND THE BAGGAGE IN THE PAST. >> AND GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SPLITTING FROM TRUMP AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT PREDICTED THE ECONOMY WOULD CRASH, SUGGESTING

HE WANTED IT TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR IF THE ECONOMY CRASHES, PEOPLE WOULD GET THROWN OUT OF WORK, BUSINESSES WOULD GO UNDER FOR I DON’T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPENING . NEW HAMPSHIRE’S FIRST IN THE NATION PRIMARY IS IN JUST TWO WEEKS. A NEW CNN POLL SHOWS HALEY CUTTING INTO TRUMP’S LEAD

THERE, NOW JUST SEVEN POINTS BEHIND THE FORMER PRESIDENT, WITH 32% OF THE VOTE TO SANTOS PLUMMETING TO JUST 5. ANDREW AM THANK YOU. >> BOEING’S CEO SAYS THE COMPANY IS ACKNOWLEDGING BOEING. ITS MISTAKE AS THE INVESTIGATION INTO LAST WEEK’S ALASKA AIRLINES BLOWOUT GATE MOVES FORWARD, THE FOCUS IS ON WHETHER BOLTS MEANT

TO HOLD THE DOOR PLUG THE PART THAT FLEW OFF THE PLANE AFTER IT LEFT PORTLAND, OREGON, WERE PROPERLY INSTALLED MORE THAN 170 BOEING MAX NINE JETS WITH DOOR PLUGS WILL REMAIN GROUNDED UNTIL FAA MANDATED INSPECTIONS ARE COMPLETED. THE SPECIFIC MISTAKE BOEING IS ACKNOWLEDGING AT THIS POINT IS UNCLEAR.

>> TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT YOUR MORNG WEATHER. >> GOOD MORNING. A WET AND WINDY START TO THE DAY TODAY FROM NEW YORK CITY UP THE COAST. THE RAIN AND WIND COULD BE HEAVY, ESPECIALLY IN NEW ENGLAND WITH SNOW IN THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST, BUT IT’S REALLY ABOUT THE RAIN.

THAT’S GOING TO BE A BIG PROBLEM FOR US THROUGH TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW MELT AND HEAVY RAIN INCHES OF RAIN INTO THIS MORNING, ROADWAYS UNDERWATER, THERE HAVE BEEN WATER RESCUES. WE HAVE TO BE SAFE OUT THERE. MEANTIME, AS THIS STORM WINDS DOWN IN THE NORTHEAST, ANOTHER ONE RAMPS UP

IN THE NORTHWEST WITH SNOW AND RAIN. IN SEATTLE, I’M ACCUWEATHER’S METEOROLOGIST KEVIN COCHRAN. >> COMING UP, WHAT’S REALLY INSIDE YOUR BOTTLED WATER? >> ALSO, I HAD A GROWING NUMBER OF OFFICIALS TARGETED IN SWATTING INCIDENTS. WHO’S THE LATEST VICTIM? >> AND THE MAJOR CHANGES ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK AIMED AT KEEPING TEENS SAFE

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Reporting from the scene of the Monterey Park mass shooting I’m Juju Chang, wherever the story is, will take you there. You’re streaming, ABC News live. HERE. >> AND WE GOT YOU. WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU AS THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE HEATS UP, THE POLITICAL CLIMATE IS BECOMING MORE DANGEROUS.

>> A GROWING NUMBER OF OFFICIALS ARE BEING TARGETED IN SWATTING INCIDENTS, FALSE THREATS THAT COULD CREATE CHAOS AND PUT LIVES AT RISK. HERE’S ABC’S LIONEL MOISE THIS MORNING. >> STEVEN DETTELBACH, DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, IS THE LATEST PUBLIC OFFICIAL TO FALL VICTIM TO SWATTING. THAT’S WHEN

SOMEONE PRANK CALLS LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DRAW RESPONSE TO A LOCATION. SOURCES SAY IT HAPPENED OVER THE HOLIDAYS WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE ATF SECURITY DETAIL ENGAGING, ULTIMATELY DETERMINING THERE WAS NO THREAT TO THE DIRECTOR. BUT THIS COMES AS OFFICIALS ARE WARNING AMERICANS TO REMAIN VIGILANT TO THREATS TO DEMOCRACY, ADDING THEY ARE

CONFIDENT THE U.S. WILL HAVE A SAFE AND SECURE ELECTION AND THEY’RE READY TO CONTEST ANY TYPE OF ADVERSARY THAT’S GOING TO TRY TO INTERFERE OR INFLUENCE OUR ELECTIONS. >> THIS IS WHAT WE’VE DONE IN 18 AND 20 AND 22, AND WHAT WE’LL DO IN 24 AS WELL. >> FBI DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER

WRAY, ALSO SPEAKING AT A CYBERSECURITY CONFERENCE YESTERDAY, TELLING AMERICANS TO DO THEIR PART WITH FOUR NATIONS LOOKING TO CAUSE CHAOS THROUGH MISINFORMATION, SAYING WE NEED TO BE MORE THOUGHTFUL AND DISCERNING. BUT AS OFFICIALS FOCUS ON FOREIGN THREATS AHEAD OF THE 2024 ELECTION, SECURITY OF ELECTED OFFICIALS CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR CONCERN. ATF

DIRECTOR STEVEN DETTELBACH SWATTING INCIDENT IS NOT ISOLATED, SOURCES SAY. SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH, WHO IS INVESTIGATING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, AND DC FEDERAL JUDGE TANYA CHUTKAN, WHO’S OVERSEEING TRUMP’S ELECTION SUBVERSION CASE, WERE ALSO VICTIMS OF SWATTING. AND REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE POSTING ON X THAT SHE WAS

SWATTED EIGHT TIMES WITH HER FAMILY TARGETED, SAYING SHE IS INTRODUCING LEGISLATION TO TRACK DOWN AND PROSECUTE PERPETRATORS. THESE LATEST SWATTING INCIDENTS JOIN A GROWING LIST OF OFFICIALS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TARGETED THE FBI IS ALSO INVESTIGATING RECENT FAKE BOMB THREATS TO SECRETARIES OF STATE AND CAPITOL BUILDINGS NATIONWIDE

, FROM MAINE TO SOUTH CAROLINA. LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES SAYING SOME OF THOSE THREATS ORIGINATED OVERSEAS. RHIANNON ANDREW LIONEL , THANK YOU. >> THE PARENT COMPANY OF FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO DO MORE TO PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE. META WILL BEGIN HIDING CONTENT THAT IT DEEMS INAPPROPRIATE FOR TEENAGERS. THAT INCLUDES POSTS

ABOUT SUICIDE, SELF-HARM AND ALSO EATING DISORDERS, AND A NEW STUDY FINDS BOTTLED WATER MAY CONTAIN UP TO 100 TIMES MORE MICROSCOPIC PLASTIC PARTICLES THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. RESEARCHERS FOUND AN AVERAGE OF 240,000 NANOPLASTICS PER BOTTLE. SCIENTIST AREN’T SURE WHETHER THE PARTICLES ARE ACTUALLY HARMFUL TO OUR HEALTH. IN A STATEMENT, AN INDUSTRY TRADE

ASSOCIATION SAYS THE STUDY LACKS STANDARDIZED METHODS. COMING UP NEXT, THE WIFE ACCUSED OF POISONING HER HUSBAND WITH TAINTED SOUP. >> ALSO AHEAD, SEVERAL PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR BRAWLING WITH POLICE AFTER OFFICERS FOUND A SECRET TUNNEL UNDER NEW YORK CITY With so much at stake.

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ON MONDAY FROM CANCER OF THE APPENDIX. CANTO BEGAN ACTING AS A TEENAGER. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLES IN DESIGNATED SURVIVOR , THE CLEANING LADY AND X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. ADAN CANTO WAS JUST 42 YEARS OLD, AND HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. >> SOME WILD SCENES PLAYING OUT

HERE IN NEW YORK CITY AFTER CLASHING WITH POLICE INSIDE A BROOKLYN SYNAGOGUE. NINE HASIDIC JEWISH MEN WERE ARRESTED. AUTHORITIES WERE ON THE SCENE BECAUSE OF A SECRET TUNNEL THAT HAD BEEN BUILT INTO THE HISTORIC HOUSE. WORSHIP. ITS CONSTRUCTION WAS BLAMED ON A GROUP OF EXTREMIST STUDENTS WHO HOPED TO EXPAND THE SYNAGOGUE.

>> THIS IS A SITE THAT’S OF GREAT IMPORTANCE FOR JEWS ALL AROUND THE WORLD. WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DECORUM AND SANCTITY TO BE RESTORED, AND THE SYNAGOGUE IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED WHILE ITS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY IS INSPECTED. >> A PAIR OF COURT CASES MORE THAN A THOUSAND MILES APART, HAVE A COMMON THREAD POISON.

>> BOTH OF THEM SOUND LIKE SOMETHING YOU’D HEAR IN A TV PLOT. ONE OF THEM EVEN INCLUDES A SOAP OPERA REFERENCE. HERE’S ABC’S ANDREA FUJII THIS MORNING. >> A GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A MINNESOTA DOCTOR OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER AFTER PROSECUTORS SAY HE POISONED HIS WIFE IN AUGUST. DOCTOR CONNER BOWMAN IS ACCUSED

OF KILLING BETTY BOWMAN. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DRUG COLCHICINE, WHICH IS USED TO TREAT GOUT, WAS FOUND IN HER SYSTEM. BUT PROSECUTORS SAY BETTY NEVER HAD GOUT. >> ONE MORNING THERE WAS A BUNCH OF THEIR DOGS WERE BARKING OVER THEIR WHOLE BUNCH, AND I MIGHT HAVE HEARD A BIT OF SHOUTING OR

SOMETHING WHILE WE WERE SLEEPING, BUT YEAH, AND THEN SURE ENOUGH, THE COPS KIND OF CAME SOON AFTER. >> POLICE SAY BOWMAN, WHO WAS A MAYO CLINIC PHARMACY RESIDENT AND POISON CONTROL SPECIALIST, RESEARCHED THE DRUG AND WHAT A LETHAL DOSE WOULD BE FOR SOMEONE OF HIS WIFE’S WEIGHT. COURT

DOCUMENTS SAY THE COUPLE HAD A ROCKY MARRIAGE AND BOWMAN WAS IN SEVERE DEBT WITH PROSECUTORS ALLEGING HE TOLD A FRIEND HE’D RECEIVE A LARGE PAYOUT FROM BETTY’S LIFE INSURANCE POLICY. MEANWHILE, IN MASSACHUSETTS, ANOTHER SPOUSE ACCUSED OF POISONING THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHER, ROXANNE DOUCET, IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER POLICE SAY SHE TRIED TO

POISON HER HUSBAND BY GIVING HIM TAINTED SOUP. I DID NOT TRY TO POISON MY HUSBAND, INVESTIGATORS IN TOWNSEND SAY IN EARLY DECEMBER, THE 64 YEAR OLD RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM A PERSON CLAIMING TO BE SOAP OPERA STAR THORSTEN KAYE FROM THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL. >> THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY

LOVED ME AND THEY WANTED ME TO LEAVE MY HUSBAND. >> THE PERSON TELLING HER, YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF YOUR HUSBAND, HONEY, I NEED YOU SO MUCH. DOUCET THEN WRITING, MAKING AN AMAZING SOUP. SPECIAL POTION. HE WILL BE HUNGRY WHEN HE GETS BACK. JUST ENOUGH FOR HIM. THEN

HUBBY GOT BACK NOT FEELING WELL. MAYBE I CAN COLLECT LIFE INSURANCE HOURS LATER. INVESTIGATORS SAY DOUCET CALLED 911, SAYING HER HUSBAND WAS UNRESPONSIVE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WITH DOUCET BLAMING THE EPISODE ON HIS CARDIAC HISTORY. HER HUSBAND SURVIVED, TELLING POLICE HE ATE THE SOUP, WHICH TASTED BITTER. ROXANNE DOUCET’S DAUGHTER, SAYS

SHE WAS THE ONE WHO CALLED POLICE AFTER FINDING THOSE TEXT MESSAGES ON HER MOM’S PHONE. DOUCET IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN COURT TOMORROW. AS FOR DOCTOR BOWMAN, HE IS SET TO BE ARRAIGNED NEXT WEEK. RHIANNON ANDREW. >> ANDREA. THANK YOU. COMING UP, WHEN BABY YODA IS EXPECTED TO HIT THE BIG SCREEN.

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>> TIME TO CHECK THE PULSE. WE BEGIN WITH BABY YODA MAKING THE JUMP TO THE BIG SCREEN. >> STAR WARS FANS REJOICE. OUR PARENT COMPANY, DISNEY, JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW STAR WARS FILM FEATURING THE FAN FAVORITE. THE DEBUTED IN THE MANDALORIAN BACK IN 2019. >> THE MOVIE IS CALLED THE

MANDALORIAN AND GROGU, AND WILL BE DIRECTED BY SERIES CREATOR JON FAVREAU. PRODUCTION IS EXPECTED TO GET UNDERWAY MAYBE THIS YEAR, WITH A POTENTIAL RELEASE DATE IN 2025. STAY TUNED . ALL RIGHT. NEXT, A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR THOSE DOING A DRY JANUARY. >> I’M DOING DRY JANUARY, BUT I

DON’T KNOW ABOUT THIS. WHAT DO YOU THINK, MILLER? LIGHT MINTS. THEY’RE SAID TO HAVE THE SAME GREAT TASTE AS THE MILLER LITE. ONLY WITHOUT THE BEER. THAT LIGHT SAYS THERE’S ALSO A HINT OF SPEARMINT IN THERE AS WELL. THEY GO ON SALE ON FRIDAY ONLINE. FIVE BUCKS FOR A TEN OF

40. IT REALLY IS LESS FILLING. >> NEXT TO A FAN A NIGHT. >> ONE LA LAKERS FAN WILL NEVER FORGET HE WAS THE BIG WINNER AT LAST NIGHT’S GAME. >> FIDEL OLMOS HAD ONE SHOT FROM HALF COURT TO WIN $100,000. IT’S UP AND IT’S GOOD, FIDEL SAYS HE’S ONLY HIT TWO OTHER HALF

COURT SHOTS EVER. THE 34 YEAR OLD SAYS HE PLANS TO PAY OFF DEBT WITH SOME OF THAT MONEY. >> CONGRATS TO HIM. FINALLY, AN EXTREME FORM OF TEAM BUILDING COLLEAGUES AT A WORKPLACE IN KENTUCKY TOOK PART IN A GAME OF HUMAN WHAC A MOLE. >> ONE WORKER TRIES TO HIT HIS

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THAT DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN WAS TREATED FOR PROSTATE CANCER. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN JUST LEARNED OF THE DIAGNOSIS YESTERDAY AFTER BEING KEPT IN THE DARK FOR DAYS ABOUT AUSTIN’S HOSPITAL STAY. >> NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS ARE FACING OFF TONIGHT IN THEIR FIRST ONE ON ONE DEBATE, WITH THE IOWA CAUCUSES NOW FIVE DAYS

AWAY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AGAIN SKIPPING THE DEBATE, INSTEAD HOLDING A TOWN HALL. IT COMES AS HALEY SURGES IN THE POLLS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, TRAILING TRUMP BY JUST SEVEN POINTS. >> THE PARENTS OF A BRITISH MAN KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH IN THE GRAND CANYON WILL RECEIVE A $100 MILLION CASH SETTLEMENT.

JONATHAN UDALL AND HIS WIFE, ELLIE, WERE AMONG FIVE PEOPLE WHO DIED IN THE 2018 TRAGEDY CLEAN UP AT THE SITE OF MONDAY’S HOTEL BLAST IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS, WILL TAKE SEVERAL MORE DAYS. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY IT’S STILL UNCLEAR WHETHER A GAS LEAK CAUSED THE EXPLOSION O THE EXPLOSION CAUSED A GAS LEAK.

THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY, THOUGH. 21 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN TODAY’S WEATHER. >> GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AS RIVERS RISE TO FLOOD STAGE FOLLOWING YESTERDAY’S TORRENTIAL RAIN. SNOW AROUND THE GREAT LAKES, SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW IN BOTH THE ROCKIES AND THE SIERRAS, AND RAIN ALONG THE WEST COAST.

FINALLY THE ANNUAL CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW IS WELL UNDERWAY. >> ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS A LOOK AT SOME OF THE NEW GADGETS ON DISPLAY IN VEGAS. >> HEY, ANDREW AND RYAN AND WE ARE INSIDE CES, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW OF THE YEAR. THOUSANDS OF SMALL STARTUPS TO BIG COMPANIES

SHOWING OFF THEIR LATEST TECH HERE, MORE THAN 130,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO COME HERE TO VEGAS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO SEE SOME OF THOSE LATEST AND GREATEST INVENTIONS. ONE OF THE THEMES WE’RE NOTICING IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. NOT A SURPRISE. IT’S BEEN A BIG FOCUS OF THE PAST YEAR, BUT HOW IS

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACTUALLY BEING INTEGRATED INTO PRODUCTS IN YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE? HERE IN THE AMAZON BOOTH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE’S A BIG FOCUS ON AI FOR YOUR PRODUCTS THAT YOU MIGHT FIND AT HOME. WE SAW THAT IN THE CASE OF SAMSUNG TOO, THEY’RE SHOWING OFF A NEW REFRIGERATOR

THAT CAN ACTUALLY TELL YOU WHEN YOU LOAD IT AND UNLOAD IT, HOW MANY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ARE LEFT WHEN YOU SEE IT MIGHT ADD THAT TO YOUR LIST. IT CAN PICK UP RECIPES TO SAY, HERE’S WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR FRIDGE. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO BUY. THIS IDEA

THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY AI THAT’S DEVELOPED SO FAST OVER THE PAST YEAR, CAN ACTUALLY IMPROVE YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE. WE SEE IT IN CARS. WE ACTUALLY SAW DANCING CAR THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. PERSONAL ROBOTS WHO CAN TURN LIGHTS ON AND OFF. A LOT OF THIS COMES TO GAMING, TO THE IDEA

THAT A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT’S BEEN QUICKLY DEVELOPING OVER THE PAST YEAR CAN BE USED BY BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS, BUT THAT IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE REGULATED, BE DONE IN A SAFE WAY. WE’VE BEEN TALKING TO TOP EXECUTIVES WHO SAY THAT AS AI HAS DEVELOPED SO QUICKLY, THERE

ALSO NEED TO BE GUARDRAILS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT’S BEING USED IN A SAFE WAY FOR CONSUMERS. ANDREW RHIANNON, BACK TO YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. ELIZABETH THANK YOU. CES. A LOT OF COOL, WEIRD AND SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT SCARY. YEAH ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE AI.

>> LET’S SEE WHAT MAKES IT TO THE ACTUAL STORE SHELVES. >> AND THAT’S WHAT’S MAKING NEWS IN AMERICA THIS MOR RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS MORNING, THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT UNFOLDING RIGHT NOW, WIND GUSTS TOPPING 60 MILES AN HOUR IN THE NORTHEAST AND HEAVY RAIN CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. THE

NUMBER OF POWER OUTAGES GROWING BY THE HOUR IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES. THERE GOES A TORNADO. STORMS TURNING DEADLY IN THE SOUTH AND A PLANE CARRYING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS FORCED TO DIVERT IN THE STORM. >> THE CHAOS IN ECUADOR AFTER ALLEGED GANG MEMBERS UNLEASH A SERIES OF ATTACKS, INCLUDING GUNMEN STORMING A TV STUDIO, A

MAJOR U.S. AIRLINES NOW TAKING ACTION, CANCELING FLIGHTS TO THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY. AS FEARS GROW, THE VIOLENCE COULD SPREAD. BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT INVOLVING FORMER FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP ANNOUNCING THE PASSING OF HER MOTHER. >> WHAT WE’RE LEARNING. PLUS THE WILD SCENE INSIDE A NEW YORK CITY SYNAGOGUE. >> POLICE CLASHED WITH

WORSHIPERS AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF A SECRET UNDERGROUND TUNNEL DRINK UP THE NEW CONCERN ABOUT WATER INSIDE PLASTIC BOTTLES AND BABY YODA HEADED TO THE BIG SCREEN. THE MAJOR STAR WARS NEWS JUST ANNOUNCED OVERNIGHT. IT’S WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10TH. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I’M ANDREW DYMBURT AND I’M RHIANNON ALLY. >> WE BEGIN WITH THE MAJOR IMPACTS OF THAT DEADLY STORM NOW PUSHING THROUGH NEW ENGLAND. >> THAT’S AFTER BRINGING HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING TO SEVERAL NORTHEASTERN STATES. SOME AREAS COULD GET UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST A MATTER OF HOURS.

THE SAME SYSTEM ALSO WREAKING HAVOC IN PARTS OF FLORIDA AND ELSEWHERE IN THE SOUTHEAST. THIS MORNING, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS LEFT IN THE DARK AS A MASSIVE STORM SYSTEM SWEEPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> POWER’S OUT. >> TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY FALLING TREES, INCLUDING A 78

YEAR OLD MAN CRUSHED WHILE HE WAS DRIVING NEAR ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WHEN I SAW THE CAR, MY HEART SANK. CLAREMONT, NORTH CAROLINA ONE PERSON DEAD AND TWO CRITICALLY INJURED AS WINDS TORE THROUGH THIS MOBILE HOME PARK. A TORNADO ALSO CONFIRMED IN BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE THE FRONT OF THIS BUILDING WAS

RIPPED OFF FARTHER SOUTH, THERE GOES A TORNADO. TORNADOES ALSO PUMMELED FLORIDA’S PANHANDLE, AT LEAST FOUR TOUCHING DOWN IN THE AREA. THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE IN PANAMA CITY BEACH. THE POWER OF THOSE WINDS KNOCKING THIS OCEANFRONT HOUSE OFF OF ITS FOUNDATION. >> YOU CAN SEE A TILTED TO THE

SIDE, LEANING ONTO THE NEIGHBORING HOUSE IN MARIANNA, FLORIDA. >> MULTIPLE HOMES WERE DESTROYED , WITH ENTIRE ROOMS VISIBLE FROM ABOVE. BEVERLY GRAY SAYS SHE, HER THREE KIDS AND HER SISTER’S FAMILY TOOK COVER IN HER BATHROOM. >> I JUST PUT ALL THE KIDS IN THE BATHTUB OVERNIGHT FLOODING RAINS POUNDING THE NORTHEAST,

CAUSING FLOODING IN NEW YORK CITY, MORE THAN 400,000 HOMES REPORTED OUTAGES ACROSS NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA. >> WE COULD SEE WINDS TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. SO ANYBODY THAT LIVES IN THE NORTHEAST NEEDS TO BE READY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF THEIR POWER GOING OUT. >> THE SEVERE WEATHER CANCELED

MORE THAN 1000 US FLIGHTS YESTERDAY. THE POWERFUL WINDS IN THE WASHINGTON AREA FORCED VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS’S PLANE, AIR FORCE TWO, TO DIVERT TO DULLES INTERNATIONAL INSTEAD OF JOINT BASE ANDREWS. THE MASSIVE SYSTEM ALSO BROUGHT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM NEW MEXICO TO IOWA, CREATING WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SCHOOLS AND HIGHWAYS CLOSED IN MULTIPLE

STATES. ANOTHER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE SNOW TO THE MIDWEST LATER THIS WEEK. WE’LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FORECAST COMING UP. >> BREAKING OVERNIGHT, THE US HELPING FOIL A COMPLEX ATTACK IN THE RED SEA. THE PENTAGON SAYS U.S. FIGHTERS FROM THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER EISENHOWER AND THREE US

DESTROYERS SHOT DOWN 18 DRONES AND THREE MISSILES, ALL LAUNCHED BY HOUTHI REBELS IN YEMEN. IRAN BACKED HOUTHI REBELS HAVE BEEN ATTACKING COMMERCIAL SHIPS IN THE RED SEA IN A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR HAMAS IN ITS WAR WITH ISRAEL. >> THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, TAKING PLACE AS THE PENTAGON REVEALS DEFENSE

SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN WAS TREATED FOR PROSTATE CANCER. PRESIDENT BIDEN FOUND OUT ABOUT THE DIAGNOSIS YESTERDAY, MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER AUSTIN WENT UNDER ANESTHESIA FOR A SURGICAL PROCEDURE. AUSTIN REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER HE WAS READMITTED FOR COMPLICATIONS. THE PENTAGON IS PROMISING TO FIX THE BOTCHED NOTIFICATION PROCESS.

>> WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINESS AND THE TRANSPARENCY WHEN IT COMES TO, ESPECIALLY THE SECRETARY, HIS HEALTH. AND AGAIN, WE’RE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE DON’T DO THIS AGAIN AND THAT WE DO A BETTER JOB. >> THE WHITE HOUSE HAS ORDERED A

REVIEW OF NOTIFICATION PROTOCOLS FOR ALL CABINET MEMBERS. AUSTIN’S DOCTORS SAY HE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY, AND HIS CANCER PROGNOSIS IS EXCELLENT. >> NOW TO THE CHAOS UNFOLDING IN ECUADOR, WHERE POLICE SAY CRIMINALS UNLEASHED A WAVE OF ATTACKS, INCLUDING STORMING A TELEVISION STUDIO WHILE THEY

WERE LIVE ON THE AIR. US FLIGHTS TO ECUADOR NOW FACE CHALLENGES AS THE SECURITY CRISIS DEEPENS. THIS MORNING, MAJOR US AIRLINES ARE CANCELING SOME FLIGHTS TO ECUADOR, INCLUDING AMERICAN UNITED, JETBLUE AND SPIRIT. AFTER THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY DECLARED AN INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT YESTERDAY, ARMED GUNMEN STORMED A LIVE TELEVISION

BROADCAST IN THE PORT CITY OF GUAYAQUIL. GUNSHOTS RINGING OUT AS MASKED MEN BRANDISH APPARENT EXPLOSIVES WHILE FLASHING HAND SIGNALS AT THE CAMERA HOLDING THE TV STAFF HOSTAGE FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. WITH THE NATION WATCHING. POLICIA. >> POLICIA POLICE SURROUNDED THE STUDIO, FREEING THE HOSTAGES AND ARRESTING 13 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT ATTACK.

>> THREE JOURNALISTS FROM THE STATION THANKING POLICE, ADDING IT’S NOT POSSIBLE LIVING LIKE THIS. WE WISH FOR THINGS TO GET BETTER. 28 OTHER BUILDINGS WERE ALSO ATTACKED YESTERDAY IN GUAYAQUIL, WHERE AUTHORITIES SAY EIGHT PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND THREE MORE INJURED. THE VIOLENCE ERUPTED ACROSS ECUADOR ON MONDAY WHEN THE PRESIDENT DECLARED A

NATIONWIDE STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER A HIGH PROFILE GANG LEADER ESCAPED FROM PRISON ALONG WITH DOZENS OF PRISONERS CONNECTED TO CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS, POLICE HAVE NOW SET UP CHECKPOINTS IN GUAYAQUIL AND THE CAPITAL QUITO. >> ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT IS CALLING THE PERPETRATORS OF THE VIOLENCE TERRORISTS. >> THE STATE OF EMERGENCY WILL LAST 60 DAYS.

>> SAD NEWS FOR FORMER FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP ANNOUNCING OVERNIGHT THAT HER MOTHER HAS DIED. MALIA CANAVESE PASSED AWAY IN FLORIDA AFTER A LONG HEALTH BATTLE WITH TRUMP, PAID TRIBUTE IN A POST CALLING HER A STRONG WOMAN WHO WAS DEVOTED TO HER FAMILY. CANAVESE WAS BORN IN SLOVENIA AND BECAME A US CITIZEN

IN 2018, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND. SHE WAS 78. THE IOWA CAUCUSES ARE NOW FIVE DAYS AWAY, BUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPENT THE DAY IN A WASHINGTON, D.C, COURTROOM AT A PANEL OF JUDGES GREETED HIS CLAIM OF ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY WITH SKEPTICISM. MEANWHILE, NIKKI HALEY IS CLOSING THE GAP WITH TRUMP IN

NEW HAMPSHIRE. ABC’S EM NGUYEN JOINS US NOW WITH ALL THE LATEST. GOOD MORNING M ANDREW GOOD MORNING. >> ELECTION 2024 IS IN HIGH GEAR . AND AS DONALD TRUMP’S REPUBLICAN RIVALS FIGHT TO MAKE A MARK IN HIS COMMANDING LEAD, HE’S SPENDING A DAY IN COURT THIS MORNING WITH THE IOWA

CAUCUS. JUST DAYS AWAY AND PRESIDENT BIDEN BACK AT THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER SEVERAL CAMPAIGN EVENTS, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS IN A COURTROOM LOOKING ON AS HIS LEGAL TEAM SOUGHT TO CONVINCE A SKEPTICAL PANEL OF JUDGES THAT HE SHOULD BE IMMUNE FROM PROSECUTION FOR HIS ACTIONS TAKEN DURING OFFICE. >> THE PRESIDENT ORDERED SEAL

TEAM SIX TO ASSASSINATE A POLITICAL RIVAL. THAT’S AN OFFICIAL ACT IN ORDER TO SEAL TEAM SIX, HE WOULD HAVE TO BE AND WOULD SPEEDILY BE, YOU KNOW, UH, IMPEACHED AND CONVICTED BEFORE THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. >> TRUMP’S LAWYERS ARGUED HIS FEDERAL ELECTION SUBVERSION INDICTMENT SHOULD BE DISMISSED, BUT THE PROSECUTION FIRED BACK,

WARNING IMMUNITY WOULD BE SCARY IF THERE WERE NO CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST SOMEONE TRYING TO USURP ELECTION RESULTS FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT STANDING BY HIS ASSERTION AFTER THE PROCEEDINGS, THE PRESIDENT HAS TO HAVE IMMUNITY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. FORMER NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE KNOCKED TRUMP ON HIS TIME SPENT IN COURT.

>> THE PLACE HE SPENDS MORE TIME IN THAN ACTUALLY IOWA OR NEW HAMPSHIRE. >> TRUMP’S OTHER GOP RIVALS IN IOWA, WHERE SNOW IS BLANKETING PARTS OF THE STATE, BUSINESSMAN VIVEK RAMASWAMY JOINING A CAMPAIGN STOP VIA IPAD. FORMER UN AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY THANKING SUPPORTERS FOR SHOWING UP IN THE WEATHER WHILE MAKING

HER CLOSING ARGUMENTS TO VOTERS. >> THE ONLY WAY WE’RE GOING TO WIN THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS IS IF WE GO FORWARD WITH A NEW GENERATIONAL LEADER. THAT LEAVES THE NEGATIVITY AND THE BAGGAGE IN THE PAST. >> AND GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SPLITTING FROM TRUMP AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT PREDICTED THE ECONOMY WOULD CRASH, SUGGESTING

>> TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT YOUR MORNING WEATHER. >> GOOD MORNING. A WET AND WINDY START TO THE DAY TODAY FROM NEW YORK CITY UP THE COAST. THE RAIN AND WIND COULD BE HEAVY, ESPECIALLY IN NEW ENGLAND WITH SNOW IN THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST, BUT IT’S REALLY ABOUT THE RAIN.

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WHITE HOUSE HEATS UP, THE POLITICAL CLIMATE IS BECOMING MORE DANGEROUS. >> A GROWING NUMBER OF OFFICIALS ARE BEING TARGETED IN SWATTING INCIDENTS, FALSE THREATS THAT COULD CREATE CHAOS AND PUT LIVES AT RISK. HERE’S ABC’S LIONEL MOISE THIS MORNING. >> STEVEN DETTELBACH, DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, IS THE

LATEST PUBLIC OFFICIAL TO FALL VICTIM TO SWATTING. THAT’S WHEN SOMEONE PRANK CALLS LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DRAW RESPONSE TO A LOCATION. SOURCES SAY IT HAPPENED OVER THE HOLIDAYS WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE ATF SECURITY DETAIL ENGAGING, ULTIMATELY DETERMINING THERE WAS NO THREAT TO THE DIRECTOR. BUT THIS COMES AS OFFICIALS ARE

WARNING AMERICANS TO REMAIN VIGILANT TO THREATS TO DEMOCRACY, ADDING THEY ARE CONFIDENT THE U.S. WILL HAVE A SAFE AND SECURE ELECTION AND THEY’RE READY TO CONTEST ANY TYPE OF ADVERSARY THAT’S GOING TO TRY TO INTERFERE OR INFLUENCE OUR ELECTIONS. >> THIS IS WHAT WE’VE DONE IN 18

AND 20 AND 22, AND WHAT WE’LL DO IN 24 AS WELL. >> FBI DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WRAY, ALSO SPEAKING AT A CYBERSECURITY CONFERENCE YESTERDAY, TELLING AMERICANS TO DO THEIR PART WITH FOUR NATIONS LOOKING TO CAUSE CHAOS THROUGH MISINFORMATION, SAYING WE NEED TO BE MORE THOUGHTFUL AND DISCERNING. BUT AS OFFICIALS

FOCUS ON FOREIGN THREATS AHEAD OF THE 2024 ELECTION, SECURITY OF ELECTED OFFICIALS CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR CONCERN. ATF DIRECTOR STEVEN DETTELBACH SWATTING INCIDENT IS NOT ISOLATED, SOURCES SAY. SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH, WHO IS INVESTIGATING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, AND DC FEDERAL JUDGE TANYA CHUTKAN, WHO’S OVERSEEING TRUMP’S ELECTION

SUBVERSION CASE, WERE ALSO VICTIMS OF SWATTING. AND REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE POSTING ON X THAT SHE WAS SWATTED EIGHT TIMES WITH HER FAMILY TARGETED, SAYING SHE IS INTRODUCING LEGISLATION TO TRACK DOWN AND PROSECUTE PERPETRATORS. THESE LATEST SWATTING INCIDENTS JOIN A GROWING LIST OF OFFICIALS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE

TARGETED THE FBI IS ALSO INVESTIGATING RECENT FAKE BOMB THREATS TO SECRETARIES OF STATE AND CAPITOL BUILDINGS NATIONWIDE , FROM MAINE TO SOUTH CAROLINA. LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES SAYING SOME OF THOSE THREATS ORIGINATED OVERSEAS. RHIANNON ANDREW LIONEL , THANK YOU. >> THE PARENT COMPANY OF FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO DO MORE TO

PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE. META WILL BEGIN HIDING CONTENT THAT IT DEEMS INAPPROPRIATE FOR TEENAGERS. THAT INCLUDES POSTS ABOUT SUICIDE, SELF-HARM AND ALSO EATING DISORDERS, AND A NEW STUDY FINDS BOTTLED WATER MAY CONTAIN UP TO 100 TIMES MORE MICROSCOPIC PLASTIC PARTICLES THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. RESEARCHERS FOUND AN AVERAGE OF 240,000 NANOPLASTICS PER BOTTLE.

SCIENTIST AREN’T SURE WHETHER THE PARTICLES ARE ACTUALLY HARMFUL TO OUR HEALTH. IN A STATEMENT, AN INDUSTRY TRADE ASSOCIATION SAYS THE STUDY LACKS STANDARDIZED METHODS. COMING UP NEXT, THE WIFE ACCUSED OF POISONING HER HUSBAND WITH TAINTED SOUP. >> ALSO AHEAD, SEVERAL PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR BRAWLING WITH POLICE AFTER OFFICERS FOUND A

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>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH THE DEATH OF ADAN CANTO, THE MEXICAN BORN AND TEXAS RAISED ACTOR DIED ON MONDAY FROM CANCER OF THE APPENDIX. CANTO BEGAN ACTING AS A TEENAGER. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLES IN DESIGNATED SURVIVOR , THE CLEANING LADY AND X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. ADAN CANTO

WAS JUST 42 YEARS OLD, AND HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. >> SOME WILD SCENES PLAYING OUT HERE IN NEW YORK CITY AFTER CLASHING WITH POLICE INSIDE A BROOKLYN SYNAGOGUE. NINE HASIDIC JEWISH MEN WERE ARRESTED. AUTHORITIES WERE ON THE SCENE BECAUSE OF A SECRET TUNNEL THAT

HAD BEEN BUILT INTO THE HISTORIC HOUSE. WORSHIP. ITS CONSTRUCTION WAS BLAMED ON A GROUP OF EXTREMIST STUDENTS WHO HOPED TO EXPAND THE SYNAGOGUE. >> THIS IS A SITE THAT’S OF GREAT IMPORTANCE FOR JEWS ALL AROUND THE WORLD. WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DECORUM AND SANCTITY TO BE RESTORED, AND THE

SYNAGOGUE IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED WHILE ITS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY IS INSPECTED. >> A PAIR OF COURT CASES MORE THAN A THOUSAND MILES APART, HAVE A COMMON THREAD POISON. >> BOTH OF THEM SOUND LIKE SOMETHING YOU’D HEAR IN A TV PLOT. ONE OF THEM EVEN INCLUDES A SOAP OPERA REFERENCE. HERE’S ABC’S ANDREA FUJII THIS MORNING.

>> A GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A MINNESOTA DOCTOR OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER AFTER PROSECUTORS SAY HE POISONED HIS WIFE IN AUGUST. DOCTOR CONNER BOWMAN IS ACCUSED OF KILLING BETTY BOWMAN. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DRUG COLCHICINE, WHICH IS USED TO TREAT GOUT, WAS FOUND IN HER SYSTEM. BUT PROSECUTORS SAY BETTY NEVER HAD GOUT.

>> ONE MORNING THERE WAS A BUNCH OF THEIR DOGS WERE BARKING OVER THEIR WHOLE BUNCH, AND I MIGHT HAVE HEARD A BIT OF SHOUTING OR SOMETHING WHILE WE WERE SLEEPING, BUT YEAH, AND THEN SURE ENOUGH, THE COPS KIND OF CAME SOON AFTER. >> POLICE SAY BOWMAN, WHO WAS A MAYO CLINIC PHARMACY RESIDENT

AND POISON CONTROL SPECIALIST, RESEARCHED THE DRUG AND WHAT A LETHAL DOSE WOULD BE FOR SOMEONE OF HIS WIFE’S WEIGHT. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY THE COUPLE HAD A ROCKY MARRIAGE AND BOWMAN WAS IN SEVERE DEBT WITH PROSECUTORS ALLEGING HE TOLD A FRIEND HE’D RECEIVE A LARGE PAYOUT FROM BETTY’S LIFE INSURANCE POLICY. MEANWHILE, IN MASSACHUSETTS,

ANOTHER SPOUSE ACCUSED OF POISONING THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHER, ROXANNE DOUCET, IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER POLICE SAY SHE TRIED TO POISON HER HUSBAND BY GIVING HIM TAINTED SOUP. I DID NOT TRY TO POISON MY HUSBAND, INVESTIGATORS IN TOWNSEND SAY IN EARLY DECEMBER, THE 64 YEAR OLD RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM A

PERSON CLAIMING TO BE SOAP OPERA STAR THORSTEN KAYE FROM THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL. >> THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY LOVED ME AND THEY WANTED ME TO LEAVE MY HUSBAND. >> THE PERSON TELLING HER, YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF YOUR HUSBAND, HONEY, I NEED YOU SO MUCH. DOUCET THEN WRITING, MAKING AN

AMAZING SOUP. SPECIAL POTION. HE WILL BE HUNGRY WHEN HE GETS BACK. JUST ENOUGH FOR HIM. THEN HUBBY GOT BACK NOT FEELING WELL. MAYBE I CAN COLLECT LIFE INSURANCE HOURS LATER. INVESTIGATORS SAY DOUCET CALLED 911, SAYING HER HUSBAND WAS UNRESPONSIVE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WITH DOUCET BLAMING THE EPISODE ON HIS

CARDIAC HISTORY. HER HUSBAND SURVIVED, TELLING POLICE HE ATE THE SOUP, WHICH TASTED BITTER. ROXANNE DOUCET’S DAUGHTER, SAYS SHE WAS THE ONE WHO CALLED POLICE AFTER FINDING THOSE TEXT MESSAGES ON HER MOM’S PHONE. DOUCET IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN COURT TOMORROW. AS FOR DOCTOR BOWMAN, HE IS SET TO BE ARRAIGNED NEXT WEEK. RHIANNON

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>> AND WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU. >> TIME TO CHECK THE PULSE. WE BEGIN WITH BABY YODA MAKING THE JUMP TO THE BIG SCREEN. >> STAR WARS FANS REJOICE. OUR PARENT COMPANY, DISNEY, JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW STAR WARS FILM FEATURING THE FAN FAVORITE. THE DEBUTED IN THE MANDALORIAN BACK

IN 2019. >> THE MOVIE IS CALLED THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU, AND WILL BE DIRECTED BY SERIES CREATOR JON FAVREAU. PRODUCTION IS EXPECTED TO GET UNDERWAY MAYBE THIS YEAR, WITH A POTENTIAL RELEASE DATE IN 2025. STAY TUNED . ALL RIGHT. NEXT, A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR THOSE DOING A DRY JANUARY.

>> I’M DOING DRY JANUARY, BUT I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THIS. WHAT DO YOU THINK, MILLER? LIGHT MINTS. THEY’RE SAID TO HAVE THE SAME GREAT TASTE AS THE MILLER LITE. ONLY WITHOUT THE BEER. THAT LIGHT SAYS THERE’S ALSO A HINT OF SPEARMINT IN THERE AS WELL. THEY GO ON SALE ON FRIDAY

ONLINE. FIVE BUCKS FOR A TEN OF 40. IT REALLY IS LESS FILLING. >> NEXT TO A FAN A NIGHT. >> ONE LA LAKERS FAN WILL NEVER FORGET HE WAS THE BIG WINNER AT LAST NIGHT’S GAME. >> FIDEL OLMOS HAD ONE SHOT FROM HALF COURT TO WIN $100,000. IT’S

UP AND IT’S GOOD, FIDEL SAYS HE’S ONLY HIT TWO OTHER HALF COURT SHOTS EVER. THE 34 YEAR OLD SAYS HE PLANS TO PAY OFF DEBT WITH SOME OF THAT MONEY. >> CONGRATS TO HIM. FINALLY, AN EXTREME FORM OF TEAM BUILDING COLLEAGUES AT A WORKPLACE IN KENTUCKY TOOK PART IN A GAME OF

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Three. 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. CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES NOW THE PENTAGON IS PROMISING MORE TRANSPARENCY AFTER REVEALING THAT DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN WAS TREATED FOR PROSTATE CANCER. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN JUST LEARNED

OF THE DIAGNOSIS YESTERDAY AFTER BEING KEPT IN THE DARK FOR DAYS ABOUT AUSTIN’S HOSPITAL STAY. >> NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS ARE FACING OFF TONIGHT IN THEIR FIRST ONE ON ONE DEBATE, WITH THE IOWA CAUCUSES NOW FIVE DAYS AWAY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AGAIN SKIPPING THE DEBATE, INSTEAD HOLDING A TOWN HALL. IT

COMES AS HALEY SURGES IN THE POLLS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, TRAILING TRUMP BY JUST SEVEN POINTS. >> THE PARENTS OF A BRITISH MAN KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH IN THE GRAND CANYON WILL RECEIVE A $100 MILLION CASH SETTLEMENT. JONATHAN UDALL AND HIS WIFE, ELLIE, WERE AMONG FIVE PEOPLE WHO DIED IN THE 2018 TRAGEDY

CLEAN UP AT THE SITE OF MONDAY’S HOTEL BLAST IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS, WILL TAKE SEVERAL MORE DAYS. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY IT’S STILL UNCLEAR WHETHER A GAS LEAK CAUSED THE EXPLOSION OR THE EXPLOSION CAUSED A GAS LEAK. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY, THOUGH. 21 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN TODAY’S WEATHER.

>> GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AS RIVERS RISE TO FLOOD STAGE FOLLOWING YESTERDAY’S TORRENTIAL RAIN. SNOW AROUND THE GREAT LAKES, SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW IN BOTH THE ROCKIES AND THE SIERRAS, AND RAIN ALONG THE WEST COAST. FINALLY THE ANNUAL CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW IS WELL UNDERWAY. >> ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS A

LOOK AT SOME OF THE NEW GADGETS ON DISPLAY IN VEGAS. >> HEY, ANDREW AND RYAN AND WE ARE INSIDE CES, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW OF THE YEAR. THOUSANDS OF SMALL STARTUPS TO BIG COMPANIES SHOWING OFF THEIR LATEST TECH HERE, MORE THAN 130,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO COME HERE TO

VEGAS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO SEE SOME OF THOSE LATEST AND GREATEST INVENTIONS. ONE OF THE THEMES WE’RE NOTICING IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. NOT A SURPRISE. IT’S BEEN A BIG FOCUS OF THE PAST YEAR, BUT HOW IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACTUALLY BEING INTEGRATED INTO PRODUCTS IN YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE? HERE IN

THE AMAZON BOOTH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE’S A BIG FOCUS ON AI FOR YOUR PRODUCTS THAT YOU MIGHT FIND AT HOME. WE SAW THAT IN THE CASE OF SAMSUNG TOO, THEY’RE SHOWING OFF A NEW REFRIGERATOR THAT CAN ACTUALLY TELL YOU WHEN YOU LOAD IT AND UNLOAD IT, HOW MANY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ARE

LEFT WHEN YOU SEE IT MIGHT ADD THAT TO YOUR LIST. IT CAN PICK UP RECIPES TO SAY, HERE’S WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR FRIDGE. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO BUY. THIS IDEA THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY AI THAT’S DEVELOPED SO FAST OVER THE PAST YEAR, CAN ACTUALLY IMPROVE YOUR

DAY TO DAY LIFE. WE SEE IT IN CARS. WE ACTUALLY SAW DANCING CAR THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. PERSONAL ROBOTS WHO CAN TURN LIGHTS ON AND OFF. A LOT OF THIS COMES TO GAMING, TO THE IDEA THAT A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT’S BEEN QUICKLY DEVELOPING OVER THE PAST YEAR CAN BE USED

BY BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS, BUT THAT IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE REGULATED, BE DONE IN A SAFE WAY. WE’VE BEEN TALKING TO TOP EXECUTIVES WHO SAY THAT AS AI HAS DEVELOPED SO QUICKLY, THERE ALSO NEED TO BE GUARDRAILS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT’S BEING USED IN A SAFE WAY FOR

CONSUMERS. ANDREW RHIANNON, BACK TO YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. ELIZABETH THANK YOU. CES. A LOT OF COOL, WEIRD AND SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT SCARY. YEAH ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE AI. >> LET’S SEE WHAT MAKES IT TO THE ACTUAL STORE SHELVES. >> AND THAT’S WHAT’S MAKING NEWS IN AMERICA THIS MOR PRESIDENT CANNOT BE HELD

CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING HE DID IN OFFICE, THAT HE’S IMMUNE FROM LITERALLY ANY TYPE PROSECUTION. THINK ABOUT THE PROFOUND IMPLICATION OF THAT KIND OF CLAIM. THERE HAVE BEEN TESTED BEFORE COURTS AGREE WITH HIM. YOU BETTER BELIEVE EVERY FUTURE PRESIDENT WILL HAVE THAT RULING IN THE BACK OF THEIR MIND. >> YESTERDAY, TRUMP HIMSELF

SHOWED UP AT A D.C. FEDERAL APPEALS COURT AS HIS LAWYERS PRESSED FORWARD WITH THIS. A HEAVY DAY OF LEGAL SCRUTINY. LET’S GO TO KATE SHAW. SHE’S A CONSTITUTIONAL LAW SCHOLAR. SHE’S ALSO AN ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR. KATE, CAN YOU JUST BREAK DOWN WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT YESTERDAY? >> SURE THING, BRAD.

SO TRUMP IS MAKING VERY BROAD ARGUMENTS AND ARGUMENTS THAT WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS NOT JUST FOR THESE PROCEEDINGS, BUT FOR FUTURE PRESIDENCIES. BUT INTERESTINGLY, THE CONTOURS OF THE CLAIMS THAT TRUMP IS PRESSING CHANGED SOMEWHAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE ARGUMENTS IN D.C. YESTERDAY. SO BASICALLY, THIS IS AN APPEAL

FROM A DECISION FROM A DISTRICT COURT REJECTING THE CLAIM THAT TRUMP HAS ABSOLUTELY IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. HE WAS ARGUING IN THE DISTRICT COURT AND INITIALLY IN THE APPEALS COURT THAT ANYTHING HE DID WHILE PRESIDENT WITH ANY PLAUSIBLE CONNECTION TO THE PRESIDENCY WAS ABSOLUTELY IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, COULD NEVER

BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL INDICTMENT AND TRIAL. >> AND I FEEL THAT AS A PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IMMUNITY THROUGH SIMPLE. >> THE DISTRICT COURT RESOUNDINGLY REJECTED THAT ARGUMENT, SAID PRESIDENTS ARE NOT KINGS. SERVING AS PRESIDENT DOESN’T GIVE YOU A GET OUT OF JAIL FREE

CARD FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. THERE’S NOTHING IN THE CONSTITUTION THAT SUGGEST THAT’S A RULE. SO ON APPEAL INITIALLY, TRUMP WAS BASICALLY MAKING THE SAME ARGUMENTS HE MADE IN THE DISTRICT COURT. >> BUT THE CHANGE WE SAW YESTERDAY WAS THAT TRUMP WAS NOT SO MUCH SAYING PRESIDENTS ARE ABSOLUTELY IMMUNE FROM

CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, BUT MORE SAYING, OKAY, SOMETIMES FORMER PRESIDENTS MAY BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, BUT ONLY IF THEY HAVE FIRST BEEN SUBJECT TO IMPEACHMENT IN THE HOUSE AND CONVICTION IN THE SENATE. >> IF THERE’S NO IMPEACHMENT EVER IN NO CONVICTION AND THE OFFICIAL ACTS ARE NEW, PERIOD.

>> AND BECAUSE THE KIND OF THE ISSUE IN THIS CASE AROSE OUT OF THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6TH, THIS WAS THE SUBJECT OF A OF AN IMPEACHMENT, RIGHT. TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR THE SECOND TIME FOLLOWING JANUARY 6. AND REMEMBER, HE WAS ACQUITTED. AND SO TRUMP’S LAWYERS SAY BECAUSE HE WASN’T CONVICTED IN

THE SENATE, HE CAN’T NOW BE TRIED IN A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING. >> SO HE’S ESSENTIALLY THAT TRUMP’S LAWYERS ARE SAYING, YEAH, IT’S REALLY UP TO POLITICIANS WHETHER OR NOT OTHER POLITICIANS LIKE PRESIDENTS, CAN BE HELD LIABLE FOR STUFF. >> AM I GETTING THAT RIGHT? IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT CAN’T

BE THE ARGUMENT, BUT IT IS. AND THE REASON THAT SEEMS SO TROUBLING IS I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT AN IMPEACHMENT IS IN PART A POLITICAL PROCEEDING. SO WHY SHOULD THE DECISIONS BY POLITIC ACTIONS CONSTRAIN WHAT PROSECUTORS AND COURTS CAN DO, EVEN ABOUT THE SAME CONDUCT? BUT THAT IS THE ARGUMENT

THAT TRUMP’S LAWYERS WERE MAKING AND IT WAS AN UPHILL BATTLE IN THE D.C. CIRCUIT. >> THE ISSUES BEFORE US NARROW TO ARE YOU CORRECT IN YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THE IMPEACHMENT JUDGMENT CLAUSE? DOES THE IMPEACHMENT JUDGMENT CLAUSE ACTUALLY SAY WHAT YOU YOU SAY? IT SAYS THAT IF THAT’S ALL THAT’S REALLY YOU NEED

TO DECIDE. >> I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. THOSE JUDGES DID NOT SEEM SYMPATHETIC TO THE CLAIM THAT IMPEACHMENT BASICALLY HAS TO HAPPEN. >> AND IF IT DOESN’T, THEN THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO HOLD A PRESIDENT OR FORMER PRESIDENT ACCOUNTABLE NO MATTER WHAT CONDUCT THEY ENGAGED IN. I THINK IT’S PARADOXICAL TO SAY

THAT HIS CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO TAKE CARE THAT THE LAWS BE FAITHFULLY EXECUTED ALLOWS HIM TO VIOLATE CRIMINAL LAWS. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF HYPOTHETICALS THAT SURFACED DURING THE ORAL ARGUMENT, AND ONE THAT I THINK REALLY SEEMED TO RESONATE WAS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT BASICALLY USING THE MILITARY TO TARGET, MAYBE TO ASSASSINATE

A POLITICAL RIVAL AND ASKING WOULD SUCH A PRESIDENT BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IF HE’S NOT IMPEACHED? AND YOUR ANSWER AND YOUR YES OR NO ANSWER IS NO. >> I BELIEVE I SAID QUALIFIED YES. IF HE’S IMPEACHED, YOU PICK IT FIRST. WE NEXT QUESTION WAS, OKAY, SO HE’S NOT IMPEACHED FOR

CONVICTION. BUT THAT ASIDE, YOU’RE SAYING A PRESIDENT COULD SELL PARDONS, COULD SELL MILITARY SECRETS, COULD BORDER STEAL TO , TO ASSASSINATE A POLITICAL RIVAL, STAY ON A MILITARY SECRET STRIKES ME AS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NOT BE HELD TO BE AN OFFICIAL ACT. THE SALE OF PARDONS IS SOMETHING THAT’S COME UP

HISTORICALLY AND WAS NOT PROSECUTED. >> AND THAT FUNCTIONALLY MEANS IT CAN NEVER BE PROSECUTED. >> RIGHT. SO I KEEP HEARING YOU’RE SAYING LIKE NO, BUT IF HE WASN’T IMPEACHED, YOU’RE SAYING HE COULDN’T BE PROSECUTED. >> AND THE GUY’S LIKE, I’M GOING TO ANSWER IT IN THE WAY THAT YOU WANT ME TO.

>> RIGHT. BUT IT WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS. >> ONE, I THINK WE ALL NOW KNOW IMPEACHMENT IS A LARGELY POLITICAL PROCESS. AND GIVEN THE TWO THIRDS REQUIREMENT, THE CONSTITUTION IMPOSES FOR CONVICTION IN THE SENATE, IT’S VERY, VERY HARD TO SEE A PRESIDENT BEING CONVICTED BY A SENATE

WHERE HIS PARTY CONTROLS, THE SENATE, OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, HIS PARTY HAS MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE SEATS IN THE SENATE, SORT OF GIVEN THE POWER OF PARTISAN LOYALTY TODAY, EVEN IF NOT AT THE TIME OF THE DRAFTING OF THE CONSTITUTION. AND IT’S ALSO, I THINK, THIS

IMPEACHMENT ARGUMENT DEEPLY PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO INSULATE ANY KIND OF CONDUCT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN UNDER END OF A PRESIDENTIAL TERM BECAUSE IMPEACHMENT TAKES SOME TIME, SAY A PRESIDENT ENGAGES IN THE MOST ODIOUS OF CONDUCT ALONG THE LINES OF THIS HYPOTHETICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST POLITICAL ADVERSARIES, SAY, AND IT HAPPENED IN THE LAST

WEEK OF A PRESIDENTIAL TERM. >> WELL, THERE’S NO TIME TO IMPEACH A PRESIDENT BEFORE THE TERM EXPIRES AND DOES THAT MEAN THE CONDUCT CAN NEVER BE PUNISHED? I MEAN, I THINK THAT IS THE ARGUMENT. >> WELL, OKAY. SO I FEEL LIKE EITHER WAY, BECAUSE THIS HAS NEVER BEEN TESTED IN COURT, LIKE

YOU’RE SAYING, THIS WILL SET PRECEDENT EITHER WAY. RIGHT. SO SO IF THEY FIND FOR TRUMP, YOU CAN IMAGINE, LIKE THE THE OUTRAGE THAT WOULD ENSUE ABOUT LIKE, WOW, YOU CAN JUST BE IMMUNE FOR WHATEVER IF THERE HASN’T BEEN AN IMPEACHMENT. >> ARE THERE RISKS THE OTHER WAY THAT COULD THEY COULD

JUDGES SET A PRECEDENT THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU KNOW, PUBLIC OFFICIALS LIKE THE PRESIDENT UNITED STATES TO BE PROSECUTED FOR STUFF THAT I DON’T KNOW MAYBE SHOULDN’T BE? >> TRUMP’S LAWYERS CERTAINLY ARE SUGGESTING THAT THERE ARE DANGERS IN ACCEPTING THE GOVERNMENT’S ARGUMENTS. >> RIGHT. THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S ARGUMENT TO AUTHORIZE THE PROSECUTION

OF A PRESIDENT FOR HIS OFFICIAL ACTS WOULD OPEN A PANDORA’S BOX FROM WHICH THIS NATION MAY NEVER RECOVER. >> THEY SAY THAT RULING AGAINST TRUMP HERE WILL BASICALLY OPEN THE DOOR TO FOR TAT PROSECUTIONS OF EVERY FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH BE PROSECUTED FOR OBSTRUCTION OF AN OFFICIAL PROCEEDING, FOR

ALLEGEDLY GIVING FALSE INFORMATION TO CONGRESS TO INDUCE THE NATION TO GO TO WAR IN IRAQ UNDER FALSE. >> THE RESPONSE, I THINK, QUITE EFFECTIVELY OFFERED BY THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S WAS, LOOK, PRESIDENTS AND FORMER PRESIDENTS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED IN THE PAST AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED BECAUSE WE’VE NEVER HAD

CONDUCT LIKE THE CONDUCT THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ALLEGED TO HAVE ENGAGED IN ON AND BEFORE JANUARY 6TH. >> THE CAREFUL INVESTIGATION IN THE CLINTON ERA DIDN’T RESULT IN ANY CHARGES. THE FACT THAT THIS INVESTIGATION DID DOESN’T REFLECT THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE A SEA CHANGE OF VINDICTIVE TIT FOR TAT

OF PROSECUTIONS IN THE FUTURE. I THINK IT REFLECTS FUNDAMENTALLY UNPRECEDENTED NATURE OF THE CRIMINAL CHARGES HERE. >> AND UNLESS THAT KIND OF CONDUCT RECURS, WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEE SOME OPENING OF THE FLOODGATES. I DO THINK ON THE OTHER SIDE. >> RIGHT, THE ARGUMENT ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD MEAN

TO TELL FUTURE PRESIDENTS THAT THEY ARE BASICALLY NEVER GOING TO FACE ANY KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY OR CONSEQUENCES UNLESS A TWO THIRDS CONVICTION IN THE SENATE HAPPENS. THAT I THINK IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROSPECT. AND THAT IS, I THINK, THE ARGUMENT THAT THE LAWYERS FOR THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE WERE PRESSING

ON THE D.C. CIRCUIT. >> I THINK THAT IS EXTRAORDINARILY FRIGHTENING FUTURE. >> AND THAT IS THE KIND OF WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A BALANCING AND A WEIGHING OF THE OF THE INTEREST. I THINK THAT SHOULD WEIGH EXTRAORDINARILY HEAVILY IN THE COURT’S CONSIDERATION. NOT ONLY DOES ACCEPTING THE CLAIM ABOUT IMPEACHMENT

MEAN THAT CONDUCT CAN’T BE PUNISHED IN THESE PROCEEDINGS, BUT IT WOULD MEAN THAT FUTURE PRESIDENTS WOULD KNOW THEY WOULD BE BASICALLY INSULATED FROM ANY KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EVEN THE MOST TROUBLING AND EVEN CLEARLY CRIMINAL CONDUCT. AND THAT, I THINK, IS A VERY TROUBLING POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCE OF THESE ARGUMENTS.

YEAH, THIS JUDGE WAS BASICALLY SAYING, LIKE, HERE’S THE WORST POSSIBLE THING. A PRESIDENT COULD DO. YOU’RE TELLING ME YOU CAN’T GET CHARGED WITH THAT? AND TRUMP’S LAWYERS ARE LIKE, WHAT KIND OF. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. KATE SHAW, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ACTIVE ON “START HERE”. IF TRUMP IS CHOOSING

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HAVE A REAL EFFECT ON POLITICAL FUTURES. YESTERDAY, JUST DAYS BEFORE THE IOWA CAUCUSES, SOME CANDIDATES WERE POSTPONING EVENTS. OTHERS WERE TOUGHING IT OUT AS. >> THE TENSION IN THE STATE RATCHETS UP. SO LET’S GO TO ABC’S SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT, RACHEL SCOTT, WHO’S IN IOWA RIGHT NOW, I ASSUME, WEARING SNOW BOOTS.

RACHEL, LIKE ARE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE EVEN GOING TO SEE THESE CANDIDATES? BECAUSE I WOULD JUST BE BUNDLED UP AND WATCHING IT ON YOUTUBE. >> YEAH, LOOK, TURNOUT IS A LITTLE MINIMAL HERE BECAUSE THERE IS A BRUTAL STORM. HEAVY SNOW THAT IS BLANKETING THIS CITY AND IT REALLY COULD

NOT COME AT A WORSE TIME. BRAD, LOOK, YOU’VE COVERED CAMPAIGNS BEFORE. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS LIKE. IT’S THE FINAL STRETCH. THIS IS TYPICALLY THE TIME WHERE THE CANDIDATES WOULD BE OUT THERE MAKING THEIR CASE TO VOTERS. THEY’RE BLITZING ACROSS THE STATE AND PRETTY MUCH NONE OF THAT IS HAPPENING.

>> EARLIER TODAY, I SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR 49 COUNTIES TO ENSURE THE ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. WE HAVE THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO HELP IMPACTED COUNTIES AND IMPACTED FLORIDIANS. >> FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS, WHEN HE WAS TIED UP IN FLORIDA WITH ALL THE TORNADOES AND THE

STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT’S GOING ON THERE, DONALD TRUMP WAS TIED UP IN COURT. >> SO NIKKI HALEY REALLY HAD THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL LARGELY TO HERSELF, HAVE DONE 150 PLUS TOWN HALLS ANSWERING, EVERY QUESTION, SHAKING EVERY HAND, STAYING UNTIL THE LAST PERSON LEAVES. >> AND IT HAS COME TO THIS MOMENT.

SHE MADE HER CLOSING ARGUMENTS TO VOTERS WERE JUST SIX DAYS AWAY TO THE IOWA CAUCUSES. BUT THIS IS THE CRITICAL TIME WHERE THESE CANDIDATES HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO CHIP AWAY AT DONALD TRUMP’S COMMANDING LEAD, WHO DOES HAVE THE MOST TO GAIN FROM THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW OVER THESE

LAST SEVERAL DAYS IS IT HALEY? >> IS IT DESANTIS? IS IT SOMEONE ELSE? YOU TALKED TO SOURCES CLOSE TO ANY OF THESE CAMPAIGNS AND THEY REALLY COME TO TERMS WITH THE REALITY THAT DONALD TRUMP IS VERY WELL SUITED TO WIN THE IOWA CAUCUSES. >> YOU KNOW, THEY SAID

YOU DIDN’T REALLY HAVE TO COME HERE. HE SAID, LIKE, I DON’T HAVE TO COME HERE. I HAVE TO COME HERE. LOOK, HE’S BEEN 30 POINTS AHEAD FOR MONTHS NOW. NONE OF THESE CANDIDATES ARE REALLY MAKING A DENT IN HIS LEAD AT THIS POINT. >> SO THIS IS A BATTLE FOR SECOND PLACE.

AND THAT WHERE THE MOMENTUM LIES HERE. >> SO WHO HAS THE MOST TO GAIN, REALLY? >> NIKKI HALEY. THIS IS THE TIME WHERE YOU’RE MAKING YOUR DECISION. THIS IS A TIME WHERE YOU SAY, WHAT IS IT THAT I’M LOOKING FOR IN A PRESIDENT? WE’RE SEEING HER GAIN MOMENTUM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

SHE’S NOW WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. SHE’S JUST SEVEN POINTS BEHIND HIM IN THIS LATEST CNN UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE POLL. >> AND SHE IS WIDENING HER LEAD AGAINST THE OTHER CANDIDATES IN THIS RACE DISTANCES SITTING AT JUST 5% IN THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE POLL IN PLACE.

>> FIRST OR SECOND PLACE. ARE YOU STAYING IN THIS MORNING FOR THE LONG HAUL? AND OVER THE LONG HAUL ABOUT THIS? >> SO DISTANCES IN, HALEY IN PARTICULAR ARE REALLY STARTING TO SHARPEN THEIR ATTACKS AGAINST EACH OTHER. >> SHE’S HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS JUST CONDUCTING HERSELF ON A DAILY BASIS.

>> LOOK, DESANTIS IS DESPERATE . HE’S LYING BECAUSE HE’S LOSING AND THEY’RE GOING TO BE GOING HEAD TO HEAD IN A DEBATE TONIGHT WHERE A LOT OF IOWA VOTERS, QUITE FRANKLY, ARE GOING TO BE PAYING ATTENTION. >> I STARTED GOING TO SANTOS. >> I MEAN, THIS THING COULD

CHANGE FOR ME AT THIS POINT, BUT THAT’S KIND OF MORE COMMON, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. >> I’M STILL TALKING TO VOTERS WHO SAY THEY HAVE NOT MADE UP THEIR MINDS BETWEEN THE TWO. >> AND THAT’S THE LAST QUESTION, RACHEL. WHERE IS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN ALL THIS?

>> BECAUSE IF HE DIDN’T HAVE TO BE IN COURT YESTERDAY, RIGHT, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. SO IS HE IS HIS LEAD IN IOWA, I GUESS SO. SECURE THAT HE CAN JUST KIND OF TAKE A RAIN CHECK BETWEEN NOW AND CAUCUS DAY. >> YEAH, BRAD, YOU’RE REALLY

HITTING THE NAIL ON THE HEAD HERE BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE TO BE IN A COURTROOM. HE COULD HAVE BEEN OUT HERE IN IOWA MEETING WITH VOTERS, DOING WHAT THE OTHER CANDIDATES WANT TO BE DOING AT THIS POINT. >> BUT INSTEAD, HE WAS IN THAT D.C. COURTROOM, AS HIS LAWYERS

ARGUED, THAT HE SHOULD NOT BE PROSECUTED FOR HIS EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION. >> ALL OF THIS FOLDS INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF DONALD TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN. HIS LEGAL DEFENSE IS NOW THE CORE OF HIS CAMPAIGN MESSAGE OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. >> HE DID NOTHING WRONG, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ON WORKING

FOR THE COUNTRY. >> SO THIS REALLY DOES PLAY INTO EXACTLY WHAT HE’S TELLING VOTERS OUT IN THESE STATES THAT THIS IS ALL A WITCH HUNT AND THAT HE’S GOING TO FIGHT THIS. BUT, BRAD, SOMETHING NOTABLE HERE IN THIS FINAL STRETCH WITH JUST DAYS TO GO. DONALD TRUMP WILL BE SPENDING

MORE TIME IN A COURTROOM THAN HE ACTUALLY WILL BE SPENDING IN IOWA. DON’T FORGET, HE’S FACING 91 CRIMINAL CHARGES AND SOURCES TELL US THAT HE’S EXPECTED TO BE IN NEW YORK ON THURSDAY TO MAKE CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN A COMPLETELY SEPARATE CASE BRAD. >> AND NOT ONLY TO BE THERE FOR

ARGUMENTS, BUT HE WANTS TO APPARENTLY DELIVER SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS HIMSELF. AND I GUESS, LIKE YOU SAID, IF THE MESSAGE IS I’M BEING PERSECUTED HERE, WHAT BETTER IMAGE THAN TO ACTUALLY BE IN THE COURTROOM THAT THAT’S THE IMAGE HE’S TRYING TO BRING ACROSS. ALL RIGHT. RACHEL SCOTT THERE IN IOWA

ON THE LOT. >> THANK YOU. THANKS, BRAD. >> I’M SURE IF YOU SAW THIS A FEW DAYS AGO DURING A SENTENCING HEARING IN LAS VEGAS, A GUY ATTACKED THE JUDGE WHO WAS ABOUT TO SEND HIM TO PRISON. THEN INCREDIBLY, THE OTHER DAY, HE WAS RIGHT BACK IN THAT

SAME COURTROOM FACING THE SAME JUDGE. IT ALL RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DANGERS JUDGES FACE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM. ABC’S KAYNA WHITWORTH HAS BEEN COVERING THIS CASE. I MEAN, IF HE WAS TRYING TO AVOID PRISON TIME, HE DID A PRETTY HORRIBLE JOB OF IT BECAUSE HE WAS BACK IN COURT

YESTERDAY TO FACE UP TO THIS ATTACK. CAN YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH THESE WILD SCENES? >> YEAH, BRAD, I MEAN, IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING. SO WE’LL START WITH THE INITIAL COURT APPEARANCE THAT HE HAD. THE CHIEF JUSTICE THERE IN LAS VEGAS USED A TERM SUPER MANNING. >> THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE

SITUATION THAT, AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT’S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE WITH SOMEBODY SUPER MANNING OVER A JUDICIAL BENCH. >> THE VIDEO WAS UNREAL. YOU CAN’T BELIEVE HOW QUICKLY THAT COULD HAPPEN. HE ESSENTIALLY IS PLEADING FOR LENIENCY WITH THE JUDGE. >> I JUST LIKE THESE ONLINE ARTICLES SOMETIMES AT SOME

POINT SYSTEM AND A SECOND LATER HE HAS TAKEN SEVERAL STEPS AND COMPLETELY WEEPS OVER THE JUDICIAL BENCH ATTACKS. >> THIS JUDGE, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, HE EVEN PULLED SOME OF HER HAIR OUT. HE ALSO INJURED OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS ATTACK AS WELL. SO BY THE TIME THEY ALL GET IT

UNDER CONTROL, THE JUDGE IS INJURED. >> BUT OKAY. OTHER PEOPLE HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT. THEY’RE OKAY. HE’S SUPPOSED TO COME BACK TO COURT THE NEXT DAY AND REFUSES TRANSPORTATION TO COURT, ESSENTIALLY REFUSES TO SHOW UP TO COURT. SO THEN A WHOLE NOTHER DAY PASSES.

AND THEN BRAD, HE FINDS HIS WAY BACK INTO THE COURTROOM TO FACE THAT VERY SAME JUDGE THAT HE ATTACKED IN THE LAST YEAR WERE INCLUDED IN THE COURT, PACKING A SENTENCE THAT IS HEARD, THAT IS INITIATED BY MR. THEN THAT PREVENTED HIM FROM COMPLETING THE SENTENCE. SO SHE IS THE VICTIM AND SHE

IS ALSO THE JUDGE. >> BUT SHE WILL NOT PRESIDE OVER THE CHARGES RELATED TO THIS ATTACK. SO, DEOBRA REDDEN, THIS IS THE DEFENDANT’S NAME. HE DID HAVE TO RETURN TO COURT WEARING THAT MASK. IT’S CALLED A SPIT MASK. IT’S ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, PUT ON HIS FACE. SO THAT HE COULDN’T SPIT

AT ANYONE. AND SO HE HAD TO GO SEE JUDGE MARY KAY HOLTHUS ONCE AGAIN FOR HIS ORIGINAL SENTENCING. AND SO SHE TALKED ABOUT HIS LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY. >> I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I AM NOT CHANGING OR MODIFYING THE SENTENCE. I WAS IN THE PROCESS, INCLUDING LAST WEEK, BEFORE I WAS

INTERRUPTED BY THE SENTENCE ACTIONS. >> SO HOLDER SENTENCING REDDEN TO ANYWHERE BETWEEN TO 48 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR A PREVIOUS ATTEMPTED BATTERY CASE. AND SO THEN BRAD, HE HAD TO GO BACK TO COURT. THIS IS A THIRD APPEARANCE, BUT THIS TIME IN FRONT OF A DIFFERENT JUDGE TO FACE

THE CHARGES IN THAT BRUTAL ATTACK. >> THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO BE LIKE THE JUDGE WHO’S NOW THE VICTIM OF THE ATTACK IS GOING TO BE OVERSEEING THIS NEW CASE. SO SHE’S FINISHING UP THE OLD CASE. THE NEW ONE NOW GOES TO A WHOLE DIFFERENT JUDGE.

WHAT DO YOU CHARGE SOMEONE, THOUGH, WITH CANE LIKE? IT’S NOT THE SAME AS ASSAULTING SOMEBODY ON THE STREET. RIGHT. LIKE THESE. THESE WILL BE DIFFERENT CHARGES. >> NO, RIGHT IS ACTUALLY NOT THE SAME AS ATTACKING SOMEONE ON THE STREET IN THIS CASE. HE’S BEEN CHARGED WITH 13 COUNTS, INCLUDING FELONY

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND BATTERY ON A PROTECTED PERSON. SO THAT’S SOMEONE LIKE A JUDGE, SOMEONE LIKE A LAW CLERK. >> HE’S ALSO CHARGED WITH EXTORTION BY THREAT AND INTIMIDATING A PUBLIC OFFICER AND BATTERY ON AN OFFICER AS WELL. WELL, AND THAT IDEA THAT THERE’S THIS DELINEATION BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, A JUDGE OR

A LAW CLERK AND SORT OF THE BROADER PUBLIC POINTS OUT THE IDEA THAT THESE PEOPLE DO NEED THEY NEED TO BE PROTECTED SO THAT THEY CAN DOLE OUT IMPARTIAL JUSTICE. RIGHT. BUT IS THIS PART OF, I GUESS, A WIDER TREND BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEEN INSTANCES OF OTHER OFFICIALS LIKE THIS THREATENED

OR EVEN ATTACKED BRAD. >> JUDICIAL SAFETY RIGHT NOW IS A CONCERN ACROSS THE COUNTRY . >> IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THERE’S MORE THAN 1300 THREATS THAT WERE MADE AGAINST JUDGES IN 2022. >> AND BRAD, SO THAT DOESN’T EVEN INCLUDE STATE LEVEL JUDGES LIKE JUDGE HOLTHUS.

AND THESE THREATS, BRAD, HAVE LARGELY MOVED ONLINE. IN FACT, THERE WAS AN ASSESSMENT DONE IN 2021, AND IT FOUND THAT THE MARSHAL SERVICE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING THE JUDGES, THE MARSHALS SERVICE, LACKED THE RESOURCES ENTIRELY TO ADEQUATELY EVEN ASSESS THESE THREATS, AND THEN WENT ON TO SAY THAT ULTIMATELY A JUDGE’S

SAFETY IS AT A GREATER RISK WHEN THEY’RE OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. AND NOTING, BRAD HERE THAT, OF COURSE, THE JUDGE’S FAMILIES ARE OF A CONCERN AS WELL. IN THIS CASE, JUDGE HOLTHUS HAS A DAUGHTER WHO’S A D.A. IN THAT SYSTEM. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES, IT’S HARD NOT

TO THINK ABOUT THE CASE IN NEW JERSEY BACK IN 2020 WHEN SOMEONE ATTACKED THE HOME OF A JUDGE AND KILLED HER SON AND INJURED HER HUSBAND. YEAH. AND THAT JUDGE ESTHER SALAS ACTUALLY APPLAUDED A NEW LAW THAT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT TO KEEP THE IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, FEDERAL JUDGES, FAMILIES OFF

THE PUBLIC RECORD BECAUSE. SO MANY OF THESE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE GETTING THREATS AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. KAYNA WHITWORTH IN LOS ANGELES ,US. THANK YOU. YEAH, OF COURSE, BRAD. THANKS. OKAY, ONE MORE QUICK BREAK. WHEN WE COME BACK. HE WAS BETTER THAN AN ANGEL, BUT ONCE TAX DOLLARS WERE AT RISK, POLITICIANS STARTED

SINGING THE DODGER BLUES. >> LAST THING AS NEXT. >> 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 TO YOU HOW YOUR MONEY. BREAKING NEWS POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC

TRENDS AND THE FIRST GOOD FOOD “GMA3”. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR OF “GMA” IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOIN US AFTER THIS FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. I ONE THAT ME WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST.

ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR AMERICA NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION EXTREME ABC NEWS LIVE COUNTING DOWN TO THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME. AND NOW WITH THE IOWA, NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTES JUST DAYS AWAY, IF IT’S POLITICS IN 2024, ABC NEWS LIVE WILL TAKE

YOU THERE FREE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR NEWS. >> YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING FROM THE AUTOWORKERS PICKET LINES IN MICHIGAN. I’M FAITH ABUBEY. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE THERE. >> YOU’LL SEE ME HERE JUST TO REWIND. >> AND ONE LAST THING.

THIS HAS BEEN PERHAPS THE WORST BASEBALL OFF SEASON OF MY LIFE BECAUSE, YOU SEE, I AM A HUGE FAN OF THE L.A. ANGELS THERE’S SHOHEI SWINGING AND DRIVING UP ON DEEP GROUND IN A LEFT CENTER, AND THAT ONE LANDS IN THE SECOND DECK. >> AND I BELOVED SHOHEI OHTANI,

THE MOST SINGULAR PLAYER IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT, THE POWER HITTER, AND FLANKED, THROWING PITCHER FROM JAPAN, HAS DECIDED TO LEAVE RIGHT SIDE. >> THIS IS ME TRYING TO GET OHTANI ATTENTION FROM CONSERVATIVELY 100 YARDS AWAY WHEN HE TOOK THE FIELD AT YANKEE STADIUM A COUPLE OF SEASONS BACK.

LIKE I’M FULLY OBSESSED LIS FALL IN THE PAYDAY PRO-SPORTS HAD EVER SEEN. HE SIGNED A NEW CONTRACT WITH THE ANGELS RIVALS JUST OFF THE I-5. THE L.A. DODGERS, THE DODGERS INTRODUCING SHOHEI OHTANI AFTER SIGNING HIM TO A RECORD BREAKING TEN YEAR $700 MILLION CONTRACT. >> THE THING THAT WAS SO

INTERESTING ABOUT THIS CONTRACT WAS THAT HE ACTUALLY WOULDN’T GET PAID THAT MUCH UPFRONT. THE BIG BUCKS WON’T KICK IN UNTIL AFTER HE RETIRED ONLY $2 MILLION A YEAR FOR THE NEXT TEN SEASONS, WITH 680 MILLION DEFERRED UNTIL THE END OF THE DEAL, SOURCES CONFIRMED TO ESPN FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

THIS MOVE DEFERRING HIS PAY, WAS KIND OF GENIUS. FOR ONE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAMS THAT SPEND GOBS OF MONEY. >> BUT SINCE OHTANI BE LIVING ON A MEAGER 2 MILLION BUCKS PLUS ENDORSEMENT DEALS EVERY YEAR, THE DODGERS CAN NOW GO OUT AND SIGN MORE SUPERSTARS . EVENTUALLY, OHTANI WILL GET

HIS MONEY, PLUS PERHAPS SOME CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS. OHTANI WASN’T EVEN THE ONLY DODGER PARTICIPATING THIS DEFERRAL SCHEME, WHICH SOME BASEBALL FANS HAVE WORRIED ABOUT. YOU’RE GOING TO SOMEONE $680 MILLION A DECADE OR TWO FROM NOW. HOW DO TEAMS HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE WORLD LOOK LIKE BY THEN? WHAT ARE THIS BUY NOW?

PAY LATER PLAN CAUSES YOUR CLUB TO GO BANKRUPT. >> WELL, NOW CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS ARE GETTING INVOLVED. >> 12% OF 70 MILLION A YEAR THAT A GUY THAT’S SEVEN TO HAVE $8 MILLION. >> PEOPLE STARTED POINTING OUT THAT IF OHTANI MOVES OUT OF STATE OR EVEN BACK TO JAPAN

BY, THE TIME THAT PAYDAY HITS, HE MIGHT NOT NEED TO PAY STATE TAXES ON ALL THAT INCOME. >> THE CALIFORNIA COMPTROLLER NOW SAYS THE STATE COULD LOSE $98 BILLION IN TAX REVENUE ON THIS DEAL ALONE. >> AND THIS, SHE SAYS, IS INDICATIVE OF A WIDER PROBLEM WHERE THE SUPER RICH CAN KEEP DEFERRING

THEIR SALARIES INDEFINITELY, CREATING A TON OF GENERATIONAL WEALTH WHILE GOING DECADES WITHOUT PAYING TAXES ON IT. >> SHE WANTS CONGRESS TO PUT LIMITS ON HOW FAR THESE CAN GO. SHOHEI OHTANI HAS ALWAYS BEEN CALLED A UNICORN HORN, ONE OF A KIND. NOW, COULD HE BE CAST AS A

VILLAIN TO THE 99% OF THAT I’M BIDDER OR ANYTHING? NOT LIKE THAT. ANGELS HAD THE MOST INCREDIBLE PLAYER IN BASEBALL HISTORY AND CONTINUE TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS WHILE HE WAS THERE. WHY WOULDN’T HE WANT TO STICK WITH THEM? MORE ON ALL THESE STORIES AT ABCNEWS.COM OR THE NEWS APP.

>> I’M BRAD MIELKE. SEE YOU TOMORROW. YOU. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. NEWS “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA’S NUMBER MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION. >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. EVERYBODY IN THAT HOME IS OKAY TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE ARE HERE AT FASHION’S BIGGEST NIGHT OUT. WHAT’S TODAY? YOUTUBE HAS UNVEILED A NEW SET OF POLICIES. WHAT PEOPLE ARE ABOUT THE NEW AD CAMPAIGN. FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN A REAL

LIFE BARBIE DREAMHOUSE. A NAME CHANGE FOR THE WIENERMOBILE. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE. EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS LIVE STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE COUNTING DOWN TO THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME. AND NOW WITH THE IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTES JUST DAYS AWAY.

IF IT’S POLITICS IN 2024 ABC NEWS LIVE, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. SCREEN FREE WHEREVER YOU SWING YOUR NEWS. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. >> THE QUESTION FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND, A REFUGEE CENTER IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINES FROM THE CAPITAL.

DESTRUCTIVE CAT 4 STORM BY 503 IS IN THE BULL’S EYE OF. NBC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. STREAMING TO FOUR SEVEN STRAIGHT HERE FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE 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. >> YOU HAVE YOUR MONEY. BREAKING NEWS, POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS, AND, OF COURSE GOOD FOOD. YOU MEAN THREE? WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD. OUR DNA RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS MORNING, THE SEVERE WEATHER

THREAT UNFOLDING RIGHT NOW, WIND GUSTS TOPPING 60 MILES AN HOUR IN THE NORTHEAST AND HEAVY RAIN CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. THE NUMBER OF POWER OUTAGES GROWING BY THE HOUR IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES. THERE GOES A TORNADO. STORMS TURNING DEADLY IN THE SOUTH AND A PLANE CARRYING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS FORCED TO DIVERT IN THE STORM.

>> THE CHAOS IN ECUADOR AFTER ALLEGED GANG MEMBERS UNLEASH A SERIES OF ATTACKS, INCLUDING GUNMEN STORMING A TV STUDIO, A MAJOR U.S. AIRLINES NOW TAKING ACTION, CANCELING FLIGHTS TO THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY. AS FEARS GROW, THE VIOLENCE COULD SPREAD. BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT INVOLVING FORMER FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP ANNOUNCING THE

PASSING OF HER MOTHER. >> WHAT WE’RE LEARNING. PLUS THE WILD SCENE INSIDE A NEW YORK CITY SYNAGOGUE. >> POLICE CLASHED WITH WORSHIPERS AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF A SECRET UNDERGROUND TUNNEL DRINK UP THE NEW CONCERN ABOUT WATER INSIDE PLASTIC BOTTLES AND BABY YODA HEADED TO THE BIG SCREEN. THE MAJOR STAR WARS NEWS

JUST ANNOUNCED OVERNIGHT. IT’S WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10TH. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I’M ANDREW DYMBURT AND I’M RHIANNON ALLY. >> WE BEGIN WITH THE MAJOR IMPACTS OF THAT DEADLY STORM NOW PUSHING THROUGH NEW ENGLAND. >> THAT’S AFTER BRINGING HEAVY

RAIN AND FLOODING TO SEVERAL NORTHEASTERN STATES. SOME AREAS COULD GET UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST A MATTER OF HOURS. THE SAME SYSTEM ALSO WREAKING HAVOC IN PARTS OF FLORIDA AND ELSEWHERE IN THE SOUTHEAST. THIS MORNING, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS LEFT IN THE DARK AS A MASSIVE STORM SYSTEM SWEEPS

ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> POWER’S OUT. >> TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY FALLING TREES, INCLUDING A 78 YEAR OLD MAN CRUSHED WHILE HE WAS DRIVING NEAR ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WHEN I SAW THE CAR, MY HEART SANK. CLAREMONT, NORTH CAROLINA ONE PERSON DEAD AND TWO CRITICALLY INJURED AS WINDS TORE

THROUGH THIS MOBILE HOME PARK. A TORNADO ALSO CONFIRMED IN BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE THE FRONT OF THIS BUILDING WAS RIPPED OFF FARTHER SOUTH, THERE GOES A TORNADO. TORNADOES ALSO PUMMELED FLORIDA’S PANHANDLE, AT LEAST FOUR TOUCHING DOWN IN THE AREA. THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE IN PANAMA CITY

BEACH. THE POWER OF THOSE WINDS KNOCKING THIS OCEANFRONT HOUSE OFF OF ITS FOUNDATION. >> YOU CAN SEE A TILTED TO THE SIDE, LEANING ONTO THE NEIGHBORING HOUSE IN MARIANNA, FLORIDA. >> MULTIPLE HOMES WERE DESTROYED , WITH ENTIRE ROOMS VISIBLE FROM ABOVE. BEVERLY GRAY SAYS SHE, HER THREE KIDS AND HER SISTER’S

FAMILY TOOK COVER IN HER BATHROOM. >> I JUST PUT ALL THE KIDS IN THE BATHTUB OVERNIGHT. >> GUSTING WINDS AND FLOODING RAINS POUNDING THE NORTHEAST, CAUSING FLOODING IN NEW YORK CITY, MORE THAN 400,000 HOMES REPORTED OUTAGES ACROSS NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA. >> WE COULD SEE WINDS TO 60

MILES AN HOUR. SO ANYBODY THAT LIVES IN THE NORTHEAST NEEDS TO BE READY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF THEIR POWER GOING OUT. >> THE SEVERE WEATHER CANCELED MORE THAN 1000 US FLIGHTS YESTERDAY. THE POWERFUL WINDS IN THE WASHINGTON AREA FORCED VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS’S PLANE, AIR FORCE TWO, TO DIVERT TO

DULLES INTERNATIONAL INSTEAD OF JOINT BASE ANDREWS. THE MASSIVE SYSTEM ALSO BROUGHT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM NEW MEXICO TO IOWA, CREATING WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SCHOOLS AND HIGHWAYS CLOSED IN MULTIPLE STATES. ANOTHER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE SNOW TO THE MIDWEST LATER THIS WEEK. WE’LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FORECAST COMING UP.

>> BREAKING OVERNIGHT, THE US HELPING FOIL A COMPLEX ATTACK IN THE RED SEA. THE PENTAGON SAYS U.S. FIGHTERS FROM THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER EISENHOWER AND THREE US DESTROYERS SHOT DOWN 18 DRONES AND THREE MISSILES, ALL LAUNCHED BY HOUTHI REBELS IN YEMEN. IRAN BACKED HOUTHI REBELS HAVE BEEN ATTACKING COMMERCIAL SHIPS IN

THE RED SEA IN A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR HAMAS IN ITS WAR WITH ISRAEL. >> THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, TAKING PLACE AS THE PENTAGON REVEALS DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN WAS TREATED FOR PROSTATE CANCER. PRESIDENT BIDEN FOUND OUT ABOUT THE DIAGNOSIS YESTERDAY, MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER AUSTIN WENT

UNDER ANESTHESIA FOR A SURGICAL PROCEDURE. AUSTIN REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER HE WAS READMITTED FOR COMPLICATIONS. THE PENTAGON IS PROMISING TO FIX THE BOTCHED NOTIFICATION PROCESS. >> WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINESS AND THE TRANSPARENCY WHEN IT COMES TO, ESPECIALLY THE

SECRETARY, HIS HEALTH. AND AGAIN, WE’RE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE DON’T DO THIS AGAIN AND THAT WE DO A BETTER JOB. >> THE WHITE HOUSE HAS ORDERED A REVIEW OF NOTIFICATION PROTOCOLS FOR ALL CABINET MEMBERS. AUSTIN’S DOCTORS SAY HE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY, AND HIS CANCER PROGNOSIS IS EXCELLENT.

>> NOW TO THE CHAOS UNFOLDING IN ECUADOR, WHERE POLICE SAY CRIMINALS UNLEASHED A WAVE OF ATTACKS, INCLUDING STORMING A TELEVISION STUDIO WHILE THEY WERE LIVE ON THE AIR. US FLIGHTS TO ECUADOR NOW FACE CHALLENGES AS THE SECURITY CRISIS DEEPENS. THIS MORNING, MAJOR US AIRLINES ARE CANCELING SOME FLIGHTS TO ECUADOR, INCLUDING AMERICAN

UNITED, JETBLUE AND SPIRIT. AFTER THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY DECLARED AN INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT YESTERDAY, ARMED GUNMEN STORMED A LIVE TELEVISION BROADCAST IN THE PORT CITY OF GUAYAQUIL. GUNSHOTS RINGING OUT AS MASKED MEN BRANDISH APPARENT EXPLOSIVES WHILE FLASHING HAND SIGNALS AT THE CAMERA HOLDING THE TV STAFF HOSTAGE FOR AT

LEAST 15 MINUTES. WITH THE NATION WATCHING. POLICIA. >> POLICIA POLICE SURROUNDED THE STUDIO, FREEING THE HOSTAGES AND ARRESTING 13 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT ATTACK. >> THREE JOURNALISTS FROM THE STATION THANKING POLICE, ADDING IT’S NOT POSSIBLE LIVING LIKE THIS. WE WISH FOR THINGS TO GET BETTER. 28 OTHER BUILDINGS WERE ALSO ATTACKED YESTERDAY IN

GUAYAQUIL, WHERE AUTHORITIES SAY EIGHT PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND THREE MORE INJURED. THE VIOLENCE ERUPTED ACROSS ECUADOR ON MONDAY WHEN THE PRESIDENT DECLARED A NATIONWIDE STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER A HIGH PROFILE GANG LEADER ESCAPED FROM PRISON ALONG WITH DOZENS OF PRISONERS CONNECTED TO CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS, POLICE HAVE NOW SET UP CHECKPOINTS IN

GUAYAQUIL AND THE CAPITAL QUITO. >> ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT IS CALLING THE PERPETRATORS OF THE VIOLENCE TERRORISTS. >> THE STATE OF EMERGENCY WILL LAST 60 DAYS. >> SAD NEWS FOR FORMER FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP ANNOUNCING OVERNIGHT THAT HER MOTHER HAS DIED. MALIA CANAVESE PASSED AWAY IN FLORIDA AFTER A LONG HEALTH

BATTLE WITH TRUMP, PAID TRIBUTE IN A POST CALLING HER A STRONG WOMAN WHO WAS DEVOTED TO HER FAMILY. CANAVESE WAS BORN IN SLOVENIA AND BECAME A US CITIZEN IN 2018, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND. SHE WAS 78. THE IOWA CAUCUSES ARE NOW FIVE DAYS AWAY, BUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPENT THE

DAY IN A WASHINGTON, D.C, COURTROOM AT A PANEL OF JUDGES GREETED HIS CLAIM OF ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY WITH SKEPTICISM. MEANWHILE, NIKKI HALEY IS CLOSING THE GAP WITH TRUMP IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. ABC’S EM NGUYEN JOINS US NOW WITH ALL THE LATEST. GOOD MORNING M ANDREW GOOD MORNING. >> ELECTION 2024 IS IN HIGH GEAR

. AND AS DONALD TRUMP’S REPUBLICAN RIVALS FIGHT TO MAKE A MARK IN HIS COMMANDING LEAD, HE’S SPENDING A DAY IN COURT THIS MORNING WITH THE IOWA CAUCUS. JUST DAYS AWAY AND PRESIDENT BIDEN BACK AT THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER SEVERAL CAMPAIGN EVENTS, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS IN A COURTROOM LOOKING ON AS HIS

LEGAL TEAM SOUGHT TO CONVINCE A SKEPTICAL PANEL OF JUDGES THAT HE SHOULD BE IMMUNE FROM PROSECUTION FOR HIS ACTIONS TAKEN DURING OFFICE. >> THE PRESIDENT ORDERED SEAL TEAM SIX TO ASSASSINATE A POLITICAL RIVAL. THAT’S AN OFFICIAL ACT IN ORDER TO SEAL TEAM SIX, HE WOULD HAVE TO BE

AND WOULD SPEEDILY BE, YOU KNOW, UH, IMPEACHED AND CONVICTED BEFORE THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. >> TRUMP’S LAWYERS ARGUED HIS FEDERAL ELECTION SUBVERSION INDICTMENT SHOULD BE DISMISSED, BUT THE PROSECUTION FIRED BACK, WARNING IMMUNITY WOULD BE SCARY IF THERE WERE NO CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST SOMEONE TRYING TO USURP ELECTION RESULTS FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT STANDING BY

HIS ASSERTION AFTER THE PROCEEDINGS, THE PRESIDENT HAS TO HAVE IMMUNITY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. FORMER NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE KNOCKED TRUMP ON HIS TIME SPENT IN COURT. >> THE PLACE HE SPENDS MORE TIME IN THAN ACTUALLY IOWA OR NEW HAMPSHIRE. >> TRUMP’S OTHER GOP RIVALS IN IOWA, WHERE SNOW IS BLANKETING

PARTS OF THE STATE, BUSINESSMAN VIVEK RAMASWAMY JOINING A CAMPAIGN STOP VIA IPAD. FORMER UN AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY THANKING SUPPORTERS FOR SHOWING UP IN THE WEATHER WHILE MAKING HER CLOSING ARGUMENTS TO VOTERS. >> THE ONLY WAY WE’RE GOING TO WIN THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS IS IF WE GO FORWARD WITH A NEW

GENERATIONAL LEADER. THAT LEAVES THE NEGATIVITY AND THE BAGGAGE IN THE PAST. >> AND GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SPLITTING FROM TRUMP AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT PREDICTED THE ECONOMY WOULD CRASH, SUGGESTING HE WANTED IT TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR IF THE ECONOMY CRASHES, PEOPLE WOULD GET THROWN OUT OF WORK, BUSINESSES WOULD GO UNDER FOR I

DON’T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPENING . NEW HAMPSHIRE’S FIRST IN THE NATION PRIMARY IS IN JUST TWO WEEKS. A NEW CNN POLL SHOWS HALEY CUTTING INTO TRUMP’S LEAD THERE, NOW JUST SEVEN POINTS BEHIND THE FORMER PRESIDENT, WITH 32% OF THE VOTE TO SANTOS PLUMMETING TO JUST 5. ANDREW AM THANK YOU.

>> BOEING’S CEO SAYS THE COMPANY IS ACKNOWLEDGING BOEING. ITS MISTAKE AS THE INVESTIGATION INTO LAST WEEK’S ALASKA AIRLINES BLOWOUT GATE MOVES FORWARD, THE FOCUS IS ON WHETHER BOLTS MEANT TO HOLD THE DOOR PLUG THE PART THAT FLEW OFF THE PLANE AFTER IT LEFT PORTLAND, OREGON, WERE PROPERLY INSTALLED MORE THAN 170

BOEING MAX NINE JETS WITH DOOR PLUGS WILL REMAIN GROUNDED UNTIL FAA MANDATED INSPECTIONS ARE COMPLETED. THE SPECIFIC MISTAKE BOEING IS ACKNOWLEDGING AT THIS POINT IS UNCLEAR. >> TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT YOUR MORNING WEATHER. >> GOOD MORNING. A WET AND WINDY START TO THE DAY TODAY FROM NEW

YORK CITY UP THE COAST. THE RAIN AND WIND COULD BE HEAVY, ESPECIALLY IN NEW ENGLAND WITH SNOW IN THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST, BUT IT’S REALLY ABOUT THE RAIN. THAT’S GOING TO BE A BIG PROBLEM FOR US THROUGH TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW MELT AND HEAVY RAIN INCHES OF RAIN INTO THIS MORNING, ROADWAYS

UNDERWATER, THERE HAVE BEEN WATER RESCUES. WE HAVE TO BE SAFE OUT THERE. MEANTIME, AS THIS STORM WINDS DOWN IN THE NORTHEAST, ANOTHER ONE RAMPS UP IN THE NORTHWEST WITH SNOW AND RAIN. IN SEATTLE, I’M ACCUWEATHER’S METEOROLOGIST KEVIN COCHRAN. >> COMING UP, WHAT’S REALLY INSIDE YOUR BOTTLED WATER?

>> ALSO, I HAD A GROWING NUMBER OF OFFICIALS TARGETED IN SWATTING INCIDENTS. WHO’S THE LATEST VICTIM? >> AND THE MAJOR CHANGES ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK AIMED AT KEEPING TEENS SAFE Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal

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Experience, the all new ABC News app downloaded now. HERE. >> AND WE GOT YOU. WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU AS THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE HEATS UP, THE POLITICAL CLIMATE ISECOMGEROUS. >> A GROWING NUMBER OF OFFICIALS ARE BEING TARGETED IN SWATTING INCIDENTS, FALSE THREATS THAT COULD CREATE CHAOS AND PUT LIVES

AT RISK. HERE’S ABC’S LIONEL MOISE THIS MORNING. >> STEVEN DETTELBACH, DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, IS THE LATEST PUBLIC OFFICIAL TO FALL VICTIM TO SWATTING. THAT’S WHEN SOMEONE PRANK CALLS LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DRAW RESPONSE TO A LOCATION. SOURCES SAY IT HAPPENED OVER THE HOLIDAYS WITH

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE ATF SECURITY DETAIL ENGAGING, ULTIMATELY DETERMINING THERE WAS NO THREAT TO THE DIRECTOR. BUT THIS COMES AS OFFICIALS ARE WARNING AMERICANS TO REMAIN VIGILANT TO THREATS TO DEMOCRACY, ADDING THEY ARE CONFIDENT THE U.S. WILL HAVE A SAFE AND SECURE ELECTION AND THEY’RE READY TO CONTEST ANY

TYPE OF ADVERSARY THAT’S GOING TO TRY TO INTERFERE OR INFLUENCE OUR ELECTIONS. >> THIS IS WHAT WE’VE DONE IN 18 AND 20 AND 22, AND WHAT WE’LL DO IN 24 AS WELL. >> FBI DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WRAY, ALSO SPEAKING AT A CYBERSECURITY CONFERENCE YESTERDAY, TELLING AMERICANS TO DO THEIR PART WITH FOUR NATIONS

LOOKING TO CAUSE CHAOS THROUGH MISINFORMATION, SAYING WE NEED TO BE MORE THOUGHTFUL AND DISCERNING. BUT AS OFFICIALS FOCUS ON FOREIGN THREATS AHEAD OF THE 2024 ELECTION, SECURITY OF ELECTED OFFICIALS CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR CONCERN. ATF DIRECTOR STEVEN DETTELBACH SWATTING INCIDENT IS NOT ISOLATED, SOURCES SAY. SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH, WHO IS

INVESTIGATING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, AND DC FEDERAL JUDGE TANYA CHUTKAN, WHO’S OVERSEEING TRUMP’S ELECTION SUBVERSION CASE, WERE ALSO VICTIMS OF SWATTING. AND REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE POSTING ON X THAT SHE WAS SWATTED EIGHT TIMES WITH HER FAMILY TARGETED, SAYING SHE IS INTRODUCING LEGISLATION TO TRACK DOWN AND PROSECUTE PERPETRATORS.

THESE LATEST SWATTING INCIDENTS JOIN A GROWING LIST OF OFFICIALS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TARGETED THE FBI IS ALSO INVESTIGATING RECENT FAKE BOMB THREATS TO SECRETARIES OF STATE AND CAPITOL BUILDINGS NATIONWIDE , FROM MAINE TO SOUTH CAROLINA. LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES SAYING SOME OF THOSE THREATS ORIGINATED OVERSEAS. RHIANNON ANDREW LIONEL

, THANK YOU. >> THE PARENT COMPANY OF FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO DO MORE TO PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE. META WILL BEGIN HIDING CONTENT THAT IT DEEMS INAPPROPRIATE FOR TEENAGERS. THAT INCLUDES POSTS ABOUT SUICIDE, SELF-HARM AND ALSO EATING DISORDERS, AND A NEW STUDY FINDS BOTTLED WATER MAY

CONTAIN UP TO 100 TIMES MORE MICROSCOPIC PLASTIC PARTICLES THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. RESEARCHERS FOUND AN AVERAGE OF 240,000 NANOPLASTICS PER BOTTLE. SCIENTIST AREN’T SURE WHETHER THE PARTICLES ARE ACTUALLY HARMFUL TO OUR HEALTH. IN A STATEMENT, AN INDUSTRY TRADE ASSOCIATION SAYS THE STUDY LACKS STANDARDIZED METHODS. COMING UP NEXT, THE WIFE ACCUSED OF

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What would you do? I guess I just found out. The what would you do marathon 2:00 to 6:00 Eastern every Saturday on ABC News live? >> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH THE DEATH OF ADAN CANTO, THE MEXICAN BORN AND TEXAS RAISED ACTOR DIED ON MONDAY FROM CANCER OF THE

APPENDIX. CANTO BEGAN ACTING AS A TEENAGER. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLES IN DESIGNATED SURVIVOR , THE CLEANING LADY AND X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. ADAN CANTO WAS JUST 42 YEARS OLD, AND HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. >> SOME WILD SCENES PLAYING OUT HERE IN NEW YORK CITY AFTER

CLASHING WITH POLICE INSIDE A BROOKLYN SYNAGOGUE. NINE HASIDIC JEWISH MEN WERE ARRESTED. AUTHORITIES WERE ON THE SCENE BECAUSE OF A SECRET TUNNEL THAT HAD BEEN BUILT INTO THE HISTORIC HOUSE. WORSHIP. ITS CONSTRUCTION WAS BLAMED ON A GROUP OF EXTREMIST STUDENTS WHO HOPED TO EXPAND THE SYNAGOGUE. >> THIS IS A SITE THAT’S OF

GREAT IMPORTANCE FOR JEWS ALL AROUND THE WORLD. WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DECORUM AND SANCTITY TO BE RESTORED, AND THE SYNAGOGUE IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED WHILE ITS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY IS INSPECTED. >> A PAIR OF COURT CASES MORE THAN A THOUSAND MILES APART, HAVE A COMMON THREAD POISON. >> BOTH OF THEM SOUND LIKE

SOMETHING YOU’D HEAR IN A TV PLOT. ONE OF THEM EVEN INCLUDES A SOAP OPERA REFERENCE. HERE’S ABC’S ANDREA FUJII THIS MORNING. >> A GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A MINNESOTA DOCTOR OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER AFTER PROSECUTORS SAY HE POISONED HIS WIFE IN AUGUST. DOCTOR CONNER BOWMAN IS ACCUSED OF KILLING BETTY BOWMAN.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DRUG COLCHICINE, WHICH IS USED TO TREAT GOUT, WAS FOUND IN HER SYSTEM. BUT PROSECUTORS SAY BETTY NEVER HAD GOUT. >> ONE MORNING THERE WAS A BUNCH OF THEIR DOGS WERE BARKING OVER THEIR WHOLE BUNCH, AND I MIGHT HAVE HEARD A BIT OF SHOUTING OR SOMETHING WHILE WE WERE

SLEEPING, BUT YEAH, AND THEN SURE ENOUGH, THE COPS KIND OF CAME SOON AFTER. >> POLICE SAY BOWMAN, WHO WAS A MAYO CLINIC PHARMACY RESIDENT AND POISON CONTROL SPECIALIST, RESEARCHED THE DRUG AND WHAT A LETHAL DOSE WOULD BE FOR SOMEONE OF HIS WIFE’S WEIGHT. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY THE COUPLE HAD A

ROCKY MARRIAGE AND BOWMAN WAS IN SEVERE DEBT WITH PROSECUTORS ALLEGING HE TOLD A FRIEND HE’D RECEIVE A LARGE PAYOUT FROM BETTY’S LIFE INSURANCE POLICY. MEANWHILE, IN MASSACHUSETTS, ANOTHER SPOUSE ACCUSED OF POISONING THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHER, ROXANNE DOUCET, IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER POLICE SAY SHE TRIED TO POISON HER HUSBAND BY GIVING HIM

TAINTED SOUP. I DID NOT TRY TO POISON MY HUSBAND, INVESTIGATORS IN TOWNSEND SAY IN EARLY DECEMBER, THE 64 YEAR OLD RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM A PERSON CLAIMING TO BE SOAP OPERA STAR THORSTEN KAYE FROM THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL. >> THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY LOVED ME AND THEY WANTED ME TO

LEAVE MY HUSBAND. >> THE PERSON TELLING HER, YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF YOUR HUSBAND, HONEY, I NEED YOU SO MUCH. DOUCET THEN WRITING, MAKING AN AMAZING SOUP. SPECIAL POTION. HE WILL BE HUNGRY WHEN HE GETS BACK. JUST ENOUGH FOR HIM. THEN HUBBY GOT BACK NOT FEELING WELL. MAYBE I CAN COLLECT LIFE

INSURANCE HOURS LATER. INVESTIGATORS SAY DOUCET CALLED 911, SAYING HER HUSBAND WAS UNRESPONSIVE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WITH DOUCET BLAMING THE EPISODE ON HIS CARDIAC HISTORY. HER HUSBAND SURVIVED, TELLING POLICE HE ATE THE SOUP, WHICH TASTED BITTER. ROXANNE DOUCET’S DAUGHTER, SAYS SHE WAS THE ONE WHO CALLED POLICE AFTER FINDING THOSE TEXT

MESSAGES ON HER MOM’S PHONE. DOUCET IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN COURT TOMORROW. AS FOR DOCTOR BOWMAN, HE IS SET TO BE ARRAIGNED NEXT WEEK. RHIANNON ANDREW. >> ANDREA. THANK YOU. COMING UP, WHEN BABY YODA IS EXPECTED TO HIT THE BIG SCREEN. >> PLUS THOSE NEW MINTS TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH DRY JANUARY

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CANCER. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN JUST LEARNED OF THE DIAGNOSIS YESTERDAY AFTER BEING KEPT IN THE DARK FOR DAYS ABOUT AUSTIN’S HOSPITAL STAY. >> NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS ARE FACING OFF TONIGHT IN THEIR FIRST ONE ON ONE DEBATE, WITH THE IOWA CAUCUSES NOW FIVE DAYS AWAY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AGAIN SKIPPING THE DEBATE,

INSTEAD HOLDING A TOWN HALL. IT COMES AS HALEY SURGES IN THE POLLS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, TRAILING TRUMP BY JUST SEVEN POINTS. >> THE PARENTS OF A BRITISH MAN KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH IN THE GRAND CANYON WILL RECEIVE A $100 MILLION CASH SETTLEMENT. JONATHAN UDALL AND HIS WIFE, ELLIE, WERE AMONG FIVE PEOPLE

WHO DIED IN THE 2018 TRAGEDY CLEAN UP AT THE SITE OF MONDAY’S HOTEL BLAST IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS, WILL TAKE SEVERAL MORE DAYS. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY IT’S STILL UNCLEAR WHETHER A GAS LEAK CAUSED THE EXPLOSION OR THE EXPLOSION CAUSED A GAS LEAK. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY, THOUGH. 21 PEOPLE WERE

INJURED IN TODAY’S WEATHER. >> GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AS RIVERS RISE TO FLOOD STAGE FOLLOWING YESTERDAY’S TORRENTIAL RAIN. SNOW AROUND THE GREAT LAKES, SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW IN BOTH THE ROCKIES AND THE SIERRAS, AND RAIN ALONG THE WEST COAST. FINALLY THE ANNUAL CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW IS WELL UNDERWAY.

>> ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS A LOOK AT SOME OF THE NEW GADGETS ON DISPLAY IN VEGAS. >> HEY, ANDREW AND RYAN AND WE ARE INSIDE CES, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW OF THE YEAR. THOUSANDS OF SMALL STARTUPS TO BIG COMPANIES SHOWING OFF THEIR LATEST TECH HERE, MORE THAN 130,000 PEOPLE

ARE EXPECTED TO COME HERE TO VEGAS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO SEE SOME OF THOSE LATEST AND GREATEST INVENTIONS. ONE OF THE THEMES WE’RE NOTICING IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. NOT A SURPRISE. IT’S BEEN A BIG FOCUS OF THE PAST YEAR, BUT HOW IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACTUALLY BEING INTEGRATED INTO PRODUCTS

IN YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE? HERE IN THE AMAZON BOOTH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE’S A BIG FOCUS ON AI FOR YOUR PRODUCTS THAT YOU MIGHT FIND AT HOME. WE SAW THAT IN THE CASE OF SAMSUNG TOO, THEY’RE SHOWING OFF A NEW REFRIGERATOR THAT CAN ACTUALLY TELL YOU WHEN

YOU LOAD IT AND UNLD IT, HOW MANY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ARE LEFT WHEN YOU SEE IT MIGHT ADD THAT TO YOUR LIST. IT CAN PICK UP RECIPES TO SAY, HERE’S WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR FRIDGE. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO BUY. THIS IDEA THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY AI THAT’S

DEVELOPED SO FAST OVER THE PAST YEAR, CAN ACTUALLY IMPROVE YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE. WE SEE IT IN CARS. WE ACTUALLY SAW DANCING CAR THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. PERSONAL ROBOTS WHO CAN TURN LIGHTS ON AND OFF. A LOT OF THIS COMES TO GAMING, TO THE IDEA THAT A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGY

>> AND THAT’S WHAT’S MAKING NEWS IN AMERICA THIS MOR PRESIDENT CANNOT BE HELD CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING HE DID IN OFFICE, THAT HE’S IMMUNE FROM LITERALLY ANY TYPE PROSECUTION. THINK ABOUT THE PROFOUND IMPLICATION OF THAT KIND OF CLAIM. THERE HAVE BEEN TESTED BEFORE COURTS AGREE WITH HIM. YOU BETTER BELIEVE EVERY FUTURE

PRESIDENT WILL HAVE THAT RULING IN THE BACK OF THEIR MIND. >> YESTERDAY, TRUMP HIMSELF SHOWED UP AT A D.C. FEDERAL APPEALS COURT AS HIS LAWYERS PRESSED FORWARD WITH THIS. A HEAVY DAY OF LEGAL SCRUTINY. LET’S GO TO KATE SHAW. SHE’S A CONSTITUTIONAL LAW SCHOLAR. SHE’S ALSO AN ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR.

KATE, CAN YOU JUST BREAK DOWN WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT YESTERDAY? >> SURE THING, BRAD. SO TRUMP IS MAKING VERY BROAD ARGUMENTS AND ARGUMENTS THAT WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS NOT JUST FOR THESE PROCEEDINGS, BUT FOR FUTURE PRESIDENCIES. BUT INTERESTINGLY, THE CONTOURS OF THE CLAIMS THAT TRUMP IS PRESSING CHANGED SOMEWHAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE

ARGUMENTS IN D.C. YESTERDAY. SO BASICALLY, THIS IS AN APPEAL FROM A DECISION FROM A DISTRICT COURT REJECTING THE CLAIM THAT TRUMP HAS ABSOLUTELY IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. HE WAS ARGUING IN THE DISTRICT COURT AND INITIALLY IN THE APPEALS COURT THAT ANYTHING HE DID WHILE PRESIDENT WITH ANY PLAUSIBLE CONNECTION TO THE

PRESIDENCY WAS ABSOLUTELY IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, COULD NEVER BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL INDICTMENT AND TRIAL. >> AND I FEEL THAT AS A PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IMMUNITY THROUGH SIMPLE. >> THE DISTRICT COURT RESOUNDINGLY REJECTED THAT ARGUMENT, SAID PRESIDENTS ARE NOT KINGS. SERVING AS PRESIDENT DOESN’T

GIVE YOU A GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. THERE’S NOTHING IN THE CONSTITUTION THAT SUGGEST THAT’S A RULE. SO ON APPEAL INITIALLY, TRUMP WAS BASICALLY MAKING THE SAME ARGUMENTS HE MADE IN THE DISTRICT COURT. >> BUT THE CHANGE WE SAW YESTERDAY WAS THAT TRUMP WAS

NOT SO MUCH SAYING PRESIDENTS ARE ABSOLUTELY IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, BUT MORE SAYING, OKAY, SOMETIMES FORMER PRESIDENTS MAY BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, BUT ONLY IF THEY HAVE FIRST BEEN SUBJECT TO IMPEACHMENT IN THE HOUSE AND CONVICTION IN THE SENATE. >> IF THERE’S NO IMPEACHMENT EVER IN NO CONVICTION AND THE

OFFICIAL ACTS ARE NEW, PERIOD. >> AND BECAUSE THE KIND OF THE ISSUE IN THIS CASE AROSE OUT OF THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6TH, THIS WAS THE SUBJECT OF A OF AN IMPEACHMENT, RIGHT. TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR THE SECOND TIME FOLLOWING JANUARY 6. AND REMEMBER, HE WAS ACQUITTED.

AND SO TRUMP’S LAWYERS SAY BECAUSE HE WASN’T CONVICTED IN THE SENATE, HE CAN’T NOW BE TRIED IN A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING. >> SO HE’S ESSENTIALLY THAT TRUMP’S LAWYERS ARE SAYING, YEAH, IT’S REALLY UP TO POLITICIANS WHETHER OR NOT OTHER POLITICIANS LIKE PRESIDENTS, CAN BE HELD LIABLE FOR STUFF. >> AM I GETTING THAT RIGHT?

IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT CAN’T BE THE ARGUMENT, BUT IT IS. AND THE REASON THAT SEEMS SO TROUBLING IS I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT AN IMPEACHMENT IS IN PART A POLITICAL PROCEEDING. SO WHY SHOULD THE DECISIONS BY POLITIC ACTIONS CONSTRAIN WHAT PROSECUTORS AND COURTS CAN DO, EVEN ABOUT THE SAME CONDUCT?

BUT THAT IS THE ARGUMENT THAT TRUMP’S LAWYERS WERE MAKING AND IT WAS AN UPHILL BATTLE IN THE D.C. CIRCUIT. >> THE ISSUES BEFORE US NARROW TO ARE YOU CORRECT IN YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THE IMPEACHMENT JUDGMENT CLAUSE? DOES THE IMPEACHMENT JUDGMENT CLAUSE ACTUALLY SAY WHAT YOU YOU SAY? IT SAYS THAT IF THAT’S

ALL THAT’S REALLY YOU NEED TO DECIDE. >> I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. THOSE JUDGES DID NOT SEEM SYMPATHETIC TO THE CLAIM THAT IMPEACHMENT BASICALLY HAS TO HAPPEN. >> AND IF IT DOESN’T, THEN THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO HOLD A PRESIDENT OR FORMER PRESIDENT ACCOUNTABLE NO MATTER WHAT CONDUCT THEY ENGAGED IN.

I THINK IT’S PARADOXICAL TO SAY THAT HIS CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO TAKE CARE THAT THE LAWS BE FAITHFULLY EXECUTED ALLOWS HIM TO VIOLATE CRIMINAL LAWS. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF HYPOTHETICALS THAT SURFACED DURING THE ORAL ARGUMENT, AND ONE THAT I THINK REALLY SEEMED TO RESONATE WAS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT BASICALLY

USING THE MILITARY TO TARGET, MAYBE TO ASSASSINATE A POLITICAL RIVAL AND ASKING WOULD SUCH A PRESIDENT BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IF HE’S NOT IMPEACHED? AND YOUR ANSWER AND YOUR YES OR NO ANSWER IS NO. >> I BELIEVE I SAID QUALIFIED YES. IF HE’S IMPEACHED, YOU PICK IT FIRST.

WE NEXT QUESTION WAS, OKAY, SO HE’S NOT IMPEACHED FOR CONVICTION. BUT THAT ASIDE, YOU’RE SAYING A PRESIDENT COULD SELL PARDONS, COULD SELL MILITARY SECRETS, COULD BORDER STEAL TO , TO ASSASSINATE A POLITICAL RIVAL, STAY ON A MILITARY SECRET STRIKES ME AS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NOT BE HELD TO BE AN OFFICIAL ACT.

THE SALE OF PARDONS IS SOMETHING THAT’S COME UP HISTORICALLY AND WAS NOT PROSECUTED. >> AND THAT FUNCTIONALLY MEANS IT CAN NEVER BE PROSECUTED. >> RIGHT. SO I KEEP HEARING YOU’RE SAYING LIKE NO, BUT IF HE WASN’T IMPEACHED, YOU’RE SAYING HE COULDN’T BE PROSECUTED. >> AND THE GUY’S LIKE,

I’M GOING TO ANSWER IT IN THE WAY THAT YOU WANT ME TO. >> RIGHT. BUT IT WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS. >> ONE, I THINK WE ALL NOW KNOW IMPEACHMENT IS A LARGELY POLITICAL PROCESS. AND GIVEN THE TWO THIRDS REQUIREMENT, THE CONSTITUTION IMPOSES FOR CONVICTION IN THE

SENATE, IT’S VERY, VERY HARD TO SEE A PRESIDENT BEING CONVICTED BY A SENATE WHERE HIS PARTY CONTROLS, THE SENATE, OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, HIS PARTY HAS MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE SEATS IN THE SENATE, SORT OF GIVEN THE POWER OF PARTISAN LOYALTY TODAY, EVEN

IF NOT AT THE TIME OF THE DRAFTING OF THE CONSTITUTION. AND IT’S ALSO, I THINK, THIS IMPEACHMENT ARGUMENT DEEPLY PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO INSULATE ANY KIND OF CONDUCT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN UNDER END OF A PRESIDENTIAL TERM BECAUSE IMPEACHMENT TAKES SOME TIME, SAY A PRESIDENT ENGAGES IN THE

MOST ODIOUS OF CONDUCT ALONG THE LINES OF THIS HYPOTHETICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST POLITICAL ADVERSARIES, SAY, AND IT HAPPENED IN THE LAST WEEK OF A PRESIDENTIAL TERM. >> WELL, THERE’S NO TIME TO IMPEACH A PRESIDENT BEFORE THE TERM EXPIRES AND DOES THAT MEAN THE CONDUCT CAN NEVER BE PUNISHED? I MEAN, I THINK THAT IS

THE ARGUMENT. >> WELL, OKAY. SO I FEEL LIKE EITHER WAY, BECAUSE THIS HAS NEVER BEEN TESTED IN COURT, LIKE YOU’RE SAYING, THIS WILL SET PRECEDENT EITHER WAY. RIGHT. SO SO IF THEY FIND FOR TRUMP, YOU CAN IMAGINE, LIKE THE THE OUTRAGE THAT WOULD ENSUE ABOUT LIKE, WOW, YOU CAN JUST

BE IMMUNE FOR WHATEVER IF THERE HASN’T BEEN AN IMPEACHMENT. >> ARE THERE RISKS THE OTHER WAY THAT COULD THEY COULD JUDGES SET A PRECEDENT THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU KNOW, PUBLIC OFFICIALS LIKE THE PRESIDENT UNITED STATES TO BE PROSECUTED FOR STUFF THAT I DON’T KNOW MAYBE SHOULDN’T BE? >> TRUMP’S LAWYERS CERTAINLY

ARE SUGGESTING THAT THERE ARE DANGERS IN ACCEPTING THE GOVERNMENT’S ARGUMENTS. >> RIGHT. THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S ARGUMENT TO AUTHORIZE THE PROSECUTION OF A PRESIDENT FOR HIS OFFICIAL ACTS WOULD OPEN A PANDORA’S BOX FROM WHICH THIS NATION MAY NEVER RECOVER. >> THEY SAY THAT RULING AGAINST TRUMP HERE WILL BASICALLY OPEN

THE DOOR TO FOR TAT PROSECUTIONS OF EVERY FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH BE PROSECUTED FOR OBSTRUCTION OF AN OFFICIAL PROCEEDING, FOR ALLEGEDLY GIVING FALSE INFORMATION TO CONGRESS TO INDUCE THE NATION TO GO TO WAR IN IRAQ UNDER FALSE. >> THE RESPONSE, I THINK, QUITE EFFECTIVELY OFFERED BY THE

SPECIAL COUNSEL’S WAS, LOOK, PRESIDENTS AND FORMER PRESIDENTS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED IN THE PAST AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED BECAUSE WE’VE NEVER HAD CONDUCT LIKE THE CONDUCT THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ALLEGED TO HAVE ENGAGED IN ON AND BEFORE JANUARY 6TH. >> THE CAREFUL INVESTIGATION IN THE CLINTON ERA DIDN’T

RESULT IN ANY CHARGES. THE FACT THAT THIS INVESTIGATION DID DOESN’T REFLECT THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE A SEA CHANGE OF VINDICTIVE TIT FOR TAT OF PROSECUTIONS IN THE FUTURE. I THINK IT REFLECTS FUNDAMENTALLY UNPRECEDENTED NATURE OF THE CRIMINAL CHARGES HERE. >> AND UNLESS THAT KIND OF CONDUCT RECURS, WE’RE NOT

GOING TO SEE SOME OPENING OF THE FLOODGATES. I DO THINK ON THE OTHER SIDE. >> RIGHT, THE ARGUMENT ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO TELL FUTURE PRESIDENTS THAT THEY ARE BASICALLY NEVER GOING TO FACE ANY KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY OR CONSEQUENCES UNLESS A TWO THIRDS CONVICTION IN THE SENATE HAPPENS.

THAT I THINK IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROSPECT. AND THAT IS, I THINK, THE ARGUMENT THAT THE LAWYERS FOR THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE WERE PRESSING ON THE D.C. CIRCUIT. >> I THINK THAT IS EXTRAORDINARILY FRIGHTENING FUTURE. >> AND THAT IS THE KIND OF WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A BALANCING AND A WEIGHING OF THE

OF THE INTEREST. I THINK THAT SHOULD WEIGH EXTRAORDINARILY HEAVILY IN THE COURT’S CONSIDERATION. NOT ONLY DOES ACCEPTING THE CLAIM ABOUT IMPEACHMENT MEAN THAT CONDUCT CAN’T BE PUNISHED IN THESE PROCEEDINGS, BUT IT WOULD MEAN THAT FUTURE PRESIDENTS WOULD KNOW THEY WOULD BE BASICALLY INSULATED FROM ANY KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EVEN

THE MOST TROUBLING AND EVEN CLEARLY CRIMINAL CONDUCT. AND THAT, I THINK, IS A VERY TROUBLING POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCE OF THESE ARGUMENTS. YEAH, THIS JUDGE WAS BASICALLY SAYING, LIKE, HERE’S THE WORST POSSIBLE THING. A PRESIDENT COULD DO. YOU’RE TELLING ME YOU CAN’T GET CHARGED WITH THAT? AND TRUMP’S LAWYERS ARE LIKE, WHAT KIND OF.

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IN WHEN A MAJOR ARCTIC OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED TO HIT THE HEARTLAND AND THE TORNADO DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. IT’S THE FINAL FACE OFF. RON DESANTIS AND NIKKI HALEY GO HEAD TO HEAD BEFORE THE FIRST VOTES IN IOWA. THIS IS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S COMMENTS ABOUT THE ECONOMY HAVE PEOPLE

TALKING WHAT HE SAID AND WHY HE PLANS TO BE IN NEW YORK CITY TOMORROW. A GUNMAN STORMED A TV STATION DURING A LIVE BROADCAST. ECUADOR. THE CRISIS THERE THIS MORNING AS CHAOS ERUPTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. PLUS, A HERO LAW CLERK RECOUNTS HOW HE HELPED SAVE THE JUDGE

ATTACKED IN A LAS VEGAS COURTROOM. WHY HE SAYS HIS INSTINCTS TOOK OVER AND HOW THE JUDGE IS DOING NOW. WE BEGIN WITH THE DEADLY CROSS-COUNTRY STORM. LEAST FIVE PEOPLE ARE DEAD IN FIVE STATES AFTER TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN THE SOUTH AND DANGEROUS SNOWY CONDITIONS IN THE MIDWEST.

THE EAST COAST WAS SLAMMED WITH RAIN AND HEAVY WINDS. SOME OF THE AREA IS STILL DIGGING OUT FROM A NOR’EASTER OVER THE WEEKEND. AND NOW THE COUNTRY IS BRACING FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF EXTREME. WE HAVE LIVE COVERAGE THIS MORNING IN NEW JERSEY AND FLORIDA. ABC NEWS SENIOR METEOROLOGIST

ROB MARCIANO STARTS US OFF ON THAT MAJOR FLOODING AND DAMAGING WINDS ALONG THE EAST COAST. >> A DEADLY STORM POUNDING THE EAST COAST. MORE THAN HALF A MILLION CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER. POWER’S OUT. AS FIERCE WINDS, HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODS SLAMMED THE REGION. FLOODWATERS SWEEPING ONTO THE STREETS OF BALTIMORE,

MARYLAND, AN OVERFLOWING JONES RIVER RUSHING ON TO THE ROAD. NEW YORK CITY RAINWATER POURING THROUGH THE CEILING OF THIS SUBWAY STATION. >> THE SEVERE, ALSO CRIPPLING TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, FORCING MORE THAN 1000 U.S. FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS TUESDAY. AND GROUND STOPS AT SEVERAL MAJOR AIRPORTS. AT LEAST FIVE FATALITIES IN THE STORM.

>> FALLING TREES KILLED TWO PEOPLE NEAR ATLANTA, GEORGIA, INCLUDING A 78 YEAR OLD MAN CRUSHED WHILE HE WAS DRIVING. AND ONE PERSON DEAD AND TWO CRITICALLY INJURED AT THIS MOBILE HOME PARK IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STATE HAMMERED BY THE BRUTAL STORM FLOODWATER ENGULFING THIS PLAYGROUND IN GREENSBORO, PARTS OF WINSTON-SALEM, SUBMERGED.

>> IN SOUTH CAROLINA, A TWISTER WREAKING HAVOC. THE CITY OF BAMBERG. PILES OF BRICKS LITTERING THE STREETS. A LOT OF PEOPLE AFTER THE TORNADO HIT, THEY LOOKED UP AND. THEY SAW TREES AND SKY IN THEIR LIVING ROOMS AND BEDROOMS HARRIET COCKER’S ROOF IS RUINED. >> THERE’S STILL A LOT OF DAMAGE.

>> IT’S GOING TO BE A LONG CLEANUP. SENIOR METEOROLOGIST ROB MARCIANO JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. >> ROB, WHAT’S IT LIKE THERE RIGHT NOW? >> RIGHT NOW HERE IN NEW JERSEY, ACTUALLY, THE SUN JUST COMING OUT OF THE CLOUDS. SO THAT’S GOOD NEWS. WE’RE STARTING TO DRY THINGS

OUT BECAUSE THIS COASTAL STORM REALLY CAME IN THE NORTHEAST LAST NIGHT AND BROUGHT A LOT OF HEAVY RAIN ON TOP. THE SNOW IN SOME SPOTS THAT WE HAD THIS PAST WEEKEND. AND WE’VE GOT RIVERS LIKE THIS ONE, THE PASSAIC RIVER RUNNING CRAZY HIGH RIGHT NOW. AND THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE

TO RISE IN A MAJOR FLOOD STAGE AGAIN TOMORROW. TOMORROW. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS. SO HERE WE GO AGAIN. ALL THIS RAIN AND SNOW THAT WE’VE GOTTEN. AND THIS IS NOT THE ONLY RIVER THAT’S THAT HAS BEEN FLOODING LIKE THIS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST.

WE’VE GOT WE’VE GOT MORE TO TALK ABOUT IN THAT REGARD, DIANE. SO WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THIS NEW STORM NOW MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY? WELL, IT’S GOING TO HAVE A SIMILAR PATH, STRENGTH AND SIMILAR RESULTS. I THINK I SHOULD NOTE THAT I’VE GOT TO IMAGINE THAT THE ARCTIC

RIVER IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT THAT HAD A PARTIAL DAM BREAK WITH ALL THE RAIN THEY HAD THERE, BUT NOT LIFE THREATENING THIS TIME. BUT THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF JUST HOW WIDESPREAD ALL THESE ALL THESE THE RIVER FLOODING IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

BUT THE NEXT COMING IN WILL BRING MORE IN THE WAY OF RAIN. SO THAT’S GOING TO EXACERBATE FLOODING. IT’S IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST RIGHT NOW. IT GETS INTO THE PLAINS. THIS IS A QUICK MOVER. AND BY TOMORROW, IT IS IN TEXAS. BY FRIDAY, IT’S IN THE SOUTH. AND THAT’S WHEN WE EXPECT

TO THE MOST IN THE WAY OF THE DAMAGING WINDS. MORE ON THE WAY. OH, YES. I MEAN, SIMILAR TO WHERE WE SAW THAT DAMAGE JUST IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. SO JUST AS WE ARE BEGINNING TO GET INTO THE RECOVERY, THEY’VE GOT TO DEAL WITH THIS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS

STORM AND THE NEXT ONE IS THAT IT’S GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF COLD AIR BEHIND IT BY THE COLDEST AIR THAT WE’VE SEEN SO FAR, ESPECIALLY THE MIDWEST. LOOK AT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS. I MEAN, EIGHT BELOW IN KANSAS COME TUESDAY MORNING. WE’RE LOOKING AT RECORDS ACROSS

THE BOARD HERE AS FAR SOUTH AS MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, COME NEXT TUESDAY. SO A HUGE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY. WINTER HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, A LONG WAY. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FEEL IT FINALLY HERE AS WE GO TOWARDS NEXT WEEK DIANE.

>> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS SENIOR METEOROLOGIST ROB MARCIANO. STAY WARM, ROB. THANK YOU. AND THAT NEW STORM IS TAKING AIM AT AREAS ALREADY HIT HARD AFTER LAST AFTER AT LEAST 23 TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN SIX STATES. SOME OF THE WORST DAMAGE IN FLORIDA’S PANHANDLE. ABC NEWS CORRESPONDENT FAITH ABUBEY HAS MORE FROM

PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. >> HI, FAITH. GOOD MORNING TO YOU, DIANE. YESTERDAY WHEN WE ARRIVED HERE, THE WINDS WERE SO THAT A LOT OF THE HOMEOWNERS COULD NOT EVEN COME OUTSIDE TO START SURVEYING THE DAMAGE OR EVEN CLEANING UP. BUT TODAY IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY. THE SUN IS OUT.

THE WINDS HAVE DIED DOWN AND THE CLEANUP HAS. WE’VE ALREADY SEEN SOME WORKERS INSIDE THIS BUILDING IN, THE BACKYARD. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DAMAGE HERE, A LOT OF DEBRIS. THEY SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THEIR WOLF. THEIR NEIGHBOR HERE TOLD ME THAT YESTERDAY THE WINDS WERE

SO STRONG THAT HIS WIFE HAD TO HOLD ON TO THE TO KEEP IT FROM BEING OUT. THEY FELT THE ENTIRE BUILDING SHAKING. AND THEN WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER, THEY CAME OUTSIDE. THEY SAW THEIR BRICK SIDING ALL ON THE GROUND. YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT THERE. AND THEN THE STREET.

TAKE A LOOK AT THAT HOUSE THERE, THE WIND. WHAT THE WHOLE HOUSE OFF OF ITS FOUNDATION. IT’S NOW LEANING ON THE HOUSE. THE GARAGE HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED. A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE THERE. AND SPEAKING OF WORK, THE WORKERS RIGHT THERE ON THE ROOFTOP, THEY’VE ALREADY BEGUN THAT WORK ACROSS

THE COMMUNITY. MIRACLE SLEEP. FLORIDA OFFICIALS SAY THERE WERE NO DEATHS REPORTED IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE STORMS, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE REALLY STRONG YESTERDAY. BUT THERE WERE SOME SERIOUS INJURIES. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STI WITHOUT POWER AND CREWS ARE WORKING QUICKLY AS THEY CAN TO RESTORE ELECTRICITY TO THEM. DIANE.

ALL RIGHT. FAITH ABUBEY IN PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. THANKS, FAITH. >> THE IOWA CAUCUSES ARE NOW JUST FIVE DAYS AWAY. FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE WEATHER AS THE ONLY CANDIDATE CAMPAIGNING IN THE SNOWY THERE. AND NEW POLLING SHOWS HALEY’S SUPPORT IS GAINING AND NEW

HAMPSHIRE AHEAD OF THE PRIMARY THERE LATER THIS MONTH. ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT IS IN DES MOINES AHEAD OF TONIGHT’S FINAL DEBATE BEFORE VOTING BEGINS, RON DESANTIS AND NIKKI HALEY PREPARING TO FACE OFF IN THE FINAL DEBATE BEFORE THE IOWA CAUCUSES THE FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR OUT IN A

SNOWY IOWA WITH THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL LARGELY TO HERSELF. >> I DIDN’T KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO COME SEE FIVE PEOPLE, BUT TO SEE, A FULL HOUSE REALLY IS GREAT. THIS IS FUNNY. HI. DEBATE WITH THE BRUTAL WEATHER VIVEK RAMASWAMY FORCED THE CAMPAIGN VIA AN IPAD. >> AND GOVERNOR DESANTIS WAS

HOME IN FLORIDA GIVING STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS AND DEALING WITH SEVERE TORNADOES THERE. HOURS LATER, TRAVELING BACK TO IOWA FOR A TOWN HALL. >> WE’RE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL WITH THIS, BUT I THINK IOWA REWARDS THE INTENSIVE APPROACH WHERE YOU’RE SHOWING UP IN 99 COUNTIES.

THE CENSUS IS IN A DISTANT SECOND PLACE IN IOWA. AND HALEY ISN’T THAT FAR BEHIND. SHE’S ALREADY GAINING MOMENTUM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. A NEW POLL SHOWING HER JUST SEVEN POINTS BEHIND THE FRONTRUNNER, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. >> THE ONLY WAY WE’RE GOING TO WIN THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS IS IF WE GO WITH

A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS. THAT LEAVES THE NEGATIVITY, THE BAGGAGE IN THE PAST. >> SOME VOTERS STILL TORN, LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE. BUT I WANT SOMEBODY TO WIN IN END, BE AGILE AND BE A STRONG PRESIDENT. >> TRUMP IS STILL DOMINATING IN THE POLLS NOW, DRAWING FIRE FOR OPENLY SAYING HOPES

THE ECONOMY CRASHES THIS YEAR. >> ON BIDEN’S WATCH WHEN THERE’S A CRASH. >> I HOPE IT’S GOING TO BE DURING THIS NEXT 12 MONTHS BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO BE HERBERT HOOVER. >> I ASKED THE SCIENTISTS WHAT HE MADE OF THOSE COMMENTS. >> IF THE ECONOMY CRASHES, PEOPLE WOULD GET THROWN

OF WORK, BUSINESSES WOULD GO UNDER. I DON’T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPENING. >> I WANT PEOPLE TO DO WELL. SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT JOINS ME NOW FROM DES MOINES. RACHEL, HOW’S THE WEATHER IMPACTED THIS FINAL PUSH IN IOWA, THE CANDIDATES? >> WELL, WE ALWAYS KNEW THIS

WAS GOING TO BE AN UNCONVENTIONAL PRIMARY, BUT THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL FINAL STRETCH HEADING INTO THE IOWA CAUCUSES. AND SO MUCH OF THAT IS BECAUSE THIS BRUTAL COLD AND HEAVY SNOW THAT WE ARE SEEING HERE IN IOWA ,IT’S REALLY GROWN. THESE CAMPAIGNS A CURVEBALL. SO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAD

TO CANCEL SEVERAL SURROGATE EVENTS IN THE STATE. I OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, YOU HAD NIKKI HALEY, WHO WAS SIDELINED FOR ONE DAY. >> SHE WAS REALLY ONE OF THE ONLY CANDIDATES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. SHE LARGELY HAD IT ALL TO HERSELF. YOU SAW VIVEK RAMASWAMY THAT PIECE.

HE COULDN’T MAKE IT TO ONE STOP. AND SO YOU HAVE THIS SORT OF BIZARRE MOMENT WHERE HE’S ON AN IPAD DOING THIS SORT OF TOWN HALL, AND HE WINNING WITH VOTERS. AND SO IN THE FINAL STRETCH HERE, THIS GOING TO SEE CANDIDATES BLITZING ACROSS THE STATE. INSTEAD, THEY’RE REALLY GOING

TO HAVE A LOT OF LOST GROUND TO MAKE UP IN THESE FINAL DAYS HEADING INTO THE IOWA CAUCUSES . >> RACHEL, NEW POLLING ALSO SHOWS NIKKI HALEY’S SUPPORT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AHEAD OF THE PRIMARY THERE LATER THIS MONTH. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN GOING INTO TONIGHT’S DEBATE?

>> IT’S HUGE FOR NIKKI HALEY. SHE IS REALLY THE MOMENTUM. SHE’S UP 12 POINTS SINCE NOVEMBER. AND THAT LATEST NEW HAMPSHIRE POLL AND SHE’S NOW IN SINGLE DIGITS AWAY FROM DONALD TRUMP JUST TRAILING HIM BY SEVEN POINTS. THAT’S THE CLOSEST THAT ANY OF THESE CANDIDATES HAVE EVER BEEN IN ANY OF THESE EARLY

VOTING STATES. AND SO SHE’S HOPING THAT SOME OF THAT MOMENTUM KIND OF RUBS OFF HERE IN IOWA. SHE’S BEEN NECK AND NECK WITH FORMER GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS, WHO IS BETTING ON THIS STATE. >> I MEAN, HE VISITED ALL 99 COUNTIES ENDORSED BY THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR IN THE STATE. >> THERE IS ALSO INCREASING

PRESSURE ON FORMER NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE BEFORE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY. AND A LOT OF THAT IS COMING FROM THE STATE’S REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR, CHRISTIE. DINO, HE NEEDS URGING REPUBLICAN VOTERS THAT WANT AN ALTERNATIVE TO FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO COALESCE BEHIND NIKKI HALEY.

WELL, CHRIS CHRISTIE IS NOT HAVING ANY OF THAT. HE IS VOWING TO STAY IN THIS RACE WITH THAT PRIMARY. >> DIANE? ALL RIGHT, RACHEL SCOTT IN IOWA, THANK. AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS HEADED TO IOWA TODAY AFTER WATCHING HIS LAWYERS TAKE TOUGH QUESTIONS FROM A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT.

TRUMP’S TEAM IS ARGUING THAT PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY PROTECTS TRUMP FROM ANYTHING RELATED TO THE ELECTION AND JANUARY 6TH. >> BUT THE JUDGES TO CHALLENGE THAT AFTER TRUMP DELIVERED REMARKS SAYING HE DID NOTHING WRONG DENOUNCING THE ELECTION INTERFERENCE CHARGES AS A PERSECUTION OF A POLITICAL OPPONENT. ABC NEWS CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT PIERRE THOMAS HAS

THE LATEST. >> A DRAMATIC HEARING BEFORE A THREE JUDGE APPELLATE PANEL ADDRESSING A FUNDAMENTAL WHETHER A PRESIDENT IS IMMUNE FROM PROSECUTION FOR ANY ACTION TAKEN WHILE IN OFFICE. ONE OF THE JUDGES CHALLENGING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CALL FOR COMPLETE IMMUNITY BY RAISING A STUNNING HYPOTHETIC CALL. >> COULD A PRESIDENT ORDER SEAL

TEAM SIX TO ASSASSINATE A POLITICAL RIVAL? >> THAT’S AN OFFICIAL ACT IN ORDER TO SEAL TEAM SIX. TRUMP’S ATTORNEY TRIED TO PUSH BACK, HE WOULD HAVE TO BE AND WOULD SPEEDILY BE, YOU KNOW, IMPEACHED AND CONVICTED BEFORE THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. >> THE JUDGE TO LET GO.

>> I ASKED YOU A YES, YES OR NO QUESTION. >> COULD A PRESIDENT BE ORDERED? SEAL TEAM SIX CHIEF OF STAFF NEED A POLITICAL RIVAL WHO WAS NOT IMPEACHED TO BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IF HE WERE IMPEACHED AND CONVICTED? >> FIRST ANSWER ANSWER IS, IS THE PROSECUTION POUNCING?

>> WHAT KIND OF WORLD ARE WE LIVING IN? AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, MY FRIEND ON THE OTHER SIDE TO SAY THE PRESIDENT ORDERS HIS SEAL TEAM TO ASSASSINATE A POLITICAL RIVAL AND RESIGNS, FOR EXAMPLE, BEFORE AN IMPEACHMENT, NOT A CRIMINAL ACT. PRESIDENT SELLS A PARDON, RESIGNS OR IS NOT IMPEACHED. NOT A CRIME.

I THAT IS EXTRAORDINARILY FRIGHTENING. >> FUTURE. AND THE THREE JUDGE PANEL, TWO APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN AND ONE BY PRESIDENT GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH APPEARED RECEPTIVE TO THE SPECIAL COUNSEL WHO CLAIMED THE TRUST IN TRYING TO BLOCK BIDEN FROM BEING CERTIFIED AS PRESIDENT WAS NOT ACTING IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY BUT ON

HIS OWN PERSONAL BEHALF AS A CANDIDATE. BUT TRUMP’S ATTORNEYS MAINTAINED THAT THE PROSECUTIONS AGAINST HIM ARE BEING USED AS A POLITICAL WEAPON. AFTER THE HEARING, TRUMP RAISING THE SPECTER VIOLENCE BY HIS SUPPORTERS, SHOULD HE LOSE HIS LEGAL CHALLENGES, IT WOULD BE BEDLAM IN THE COUNTRY. >> IT’S A VERY BAD THING.

IT’S A VERY BAD PRECEDENT. >> AS WE SAID, IT’S THE OPENING OF A PANDORA’S BOX. >> TRUMP CONTINUED TO SPEW ELECTION LIES ABOUT VOTER FRAUD AND DID NOT DENOUNCE OR RULE OUT THE POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE. DIANE? ALL RIGHT. CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT PIERRE THOMAS, THANK YOU. AND SOURCES TELL US THE FORMER

PRESIDENT INTENDS TO DELIVER PART OF THE DEFENSE CLOSING ARGUMENT HIMSELF TOMORROW INSIDE A NEW YORK CITY. WE WILL COVER THAT TRIAL ALL DAY TOMORROW RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. AND BOEING’S CEO IS ACKNOWLEDGING THE COMPANY’S AFTER A DOOR PLUG FELL OUT OF AN ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT LAST.

THE COMMISSION COMES AS WE HEAR NEW DETAILS FROM PASSENGERS ON THAT JET. ABC NEWS TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT GIO BENITEZ HAS THE LATEST. >> THE STARK ADMISSION FROM BOEING’S CEO AFTER THAT DOOR PLUG FLEW OFF ITS ALASKA AIRLINES JET AT 60,000 FEET. >> WE’RE GOING TO APPROACH THIS NUMBER ONE, ACKNOWLEDGING ON STAKE.

WE’RE GOING TO APPROACH IT WITH 100% IN COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. >> CEO DAVE CALHOUN, EMOTIONAL AS HE ADDRESSED EMPLOYEES TUESDAY. >> THIS STUFF MATTERS. EVERYTHING MATTERS. EVERY DETAIL THAT BOEING SAYS IT’S NOW WORKING WITH THE NTSB AND FAA TO MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

>> THE COMPANY REVISING ITS FINAL INSPECTION PROTOCOLS TO THE FAA. THOSE 171 GROUNDED, MAX, NINE JETS THAT HAVE BROUGHT ALONG THE FAA, SAYING THEY WILL REMAIN GROUNDED FOR NOW. AND THAT THE SAFETY OF THE FLYING PUBLIC, NOT SPEED, WILL DETERMINE THE TIMELINE FOR RETURNING THE BOEING 737 NINE MAX TO SERVICE.

THIS AS WE LEARN STUNNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT ALASKA AIRLINES JET FRIDAY. >> THEY LOOKED OVER AND HOW HIS HANDS AND WE LITERALLY THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO DIE. SASSOON MET HER 12 YEAR OLD SON, DESIRE. WE’RE SITTING IN THE WORLD RIGHT? >> THE DOOR PLUNGED WHEN IT

FLEW OFF, TAKING JOSIAH’S PHONE AND STUFFED ANIMAL WITH IT. >> DID SHE HAVE BIG BONE? SOUNDS LIKE ONE SECOND. AND THEN YOU JUST FEEL AND HEAR A LOT OF AIR BLOWING AROUND, FREEZING COLD AIR. >> AND THE MOTHER OF THE 15-YEAR-OLD WHO LOST HIS SHIRT TELLING THE SEATTLE TIMES

AS THE AIR CABIN DEPRESSURIZED, SHE SAW HER SON’S SEAT BEING PULLED TOWARD THE HOLE, SAYING, QUOTE, I REACHED OVER AND GRABBED HIS BODY AND PULLED HIM TOWARDS ME OVER THE ARMREST. I DID NOT REALIZE AFTER THE FLIGHT THAT HIS CLOTHING HAD BEEN TORN OFF OF HIS UPPER BODY.

SHE SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A BOMB EXPLODED. ALSO ON THE PLANE, THREE BABIES THAT WERE SITTING ON LAPS AND FOUR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS, THE YOUNGEST OF WHICH WAS FIVE. >> MEANWHILE, IN A FEDERAL CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE COMPANY THAT BUILDS THE MAX FUSELAGE SPIRIT, AEROSYSTEMS SAID THIS

ABOUT THE COMPANY THAT THE COMPANY’S PRODUCTS SUFFERED FROM AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEFECT. WE, OF COURSE, REACHED OUT TO THE COMPANY FOR COMMENT, BUT THEY WOULD NOT ON PENDING LITIGATION DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT GIO BENITEZ, THANK YOU. >> AND MAJOR U.S. AIRLINES, INCLUDING AMERICAN, UNITED, JETBLUE AND SPIRIT

ARE CANCELING SOME FLIGHTS TO ECUADOR. A NEW WAVE OF VIOLENCE IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY. THE MOST BRAZEN HAPPENED YESTERDAY IN GUAYAQUIL, WHEN MORE THAN A DOZEN MASKED WITH GUNS STORMED A TV STATION DURING A LIVE BROADCAST. ECUADORIAN OFFICIALS ARE CALLING THE INCIDENT AN ACT OF TERRORISM. VIOLENCE ERUPTED ACROSS

THE COUNTRY MONDAY AFTER THE PRESIDENT DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOLLOWING THE APPARENT PRISON ESCAPE OF A NOTORIOUS GANG LEADER AND DOZENS OF OTHER PRISONERS. PRISONERS CONNECTED TO CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. >> COMING UP, THE EMERGENCY BLOOD SHORTAGE. WHY THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS CALLING FOR ACTION AND HOW YOU CAN HELP.

ALSO AHEAD, THE NEW PROTECTIONS FOR TEENS ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. HOW MANY SAYS IT WILL HELP PREVENT THEM FROM HARMFUL CONTENT. AND BEING CONTACTED BY PREDATORS WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON,

MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MILITARY STRIKE TO THE NEED FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN IN ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII AND CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

ALONG THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY WHERE THE STORY FROM THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. IN BEIRUT FROM THE FBI REPORTING FOR THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER.

THE STORY IS WHEREVER THE IS WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS, LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> THERE ARE SOME STORIES THAT JUST STICK WITH YOU. DREW WAS WORKING AT VICTORIA’S SECRET.

SHE DID A LITTLE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING, HEADED TO HER CAR AND THEN WENT MISSING THE MALL. IT’S THE LAST TIME ANYONE HEARD FROM JUSTINE. >> HOW HEARTBREAKING IS THAT TO THINK ABOUT FRIDAY NIGHT? 2020 TAKES YOU INSIDE THE TO CATCH HER KILLER BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN. YOU HAVE A PREDATOR ON YOUR

HANDS. ALL NEW 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT AT NINE EIGHT CENTRAL ON ABC. >> ALL RIGHT, YOU READY? LET’S DO IT. YES, IT’S THE SHOW, AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO. LET’S GO. HOW ARE YOU? YES. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING? SATURDAYS ON ABC NEWS LIVE.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO? GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS. MY FAVORITES NOW. >> WELCOME BACK. THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS WARNING OF AN EMERGENCY SHORTAGE. THE ORGANIZATION SAYS DONATIONS ARE AT THEIR LOWEST LEVEL IN 20

YEARS WHILE DEMAND FOR BLOOD IS INCREASING. THEY’RE CALLING ON ALL OF US TO GET INVOLVED AND POTENTIALLY HELP SAVE A LIFE. ROBIN ROBERTS HAS MORE. >> AN URGENT CALL FOR BLOOD AFTER THE AMERICAN RED CROSS ANNOUNCED IT’S EXPERIENCING AN EMERGENCY BLOOD SHORTAGE. >> OUR HOSPITALS ARE ASKING

BLOOD AT A FASTER RATE THAN WE CAN REPLENISH IT WITH DONATIONS . AND OVER THE HOLIDAYS, WE SAW A DECREASE IN DONATIONS, BUT WE SAW AN INCREASE IN THE NEED FOR BLOOD. >> THIS AS A NUMBER PEOPLE DONATING BLOOD HAS DROPPED BY MORE THAN 40% OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.

THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC ALONE CAUSING THAT FIGURE TO FALL BY MORE THAN 300,000. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE USED TO DONATING BLOOD AT SCHOOL OR AT BUSINESS RELATED BLOOD DRIVES THE NEED GREATER THAN EVER AS EVERY 2 SECONDS, SOMEONE IN AMERICA NEEDS A BLOOD TRANSFUSION. >> THE SHORTAGE IS THE WORST

FOR PLATELETS AND FOR RED BLOOD CELLS FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE TYPE O-POSITIVE OR O-NEGATIVE. >> 74-YEAR-OLD DEBBIE TEICHMANN IS ONE OF THOSE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER DONORS WITH A UNIVERSAL O-NEGATIVE BLOOD TYPE. SHE’S DONATED BLOOD 172 TIMES ACROSS, 40 PLUS YEARS. >> I KNOW THEY NEED IT. IT’S SOMETHING I DO, SO

I CHOOSE TO DO IT. >> THE RETIRED TEACHER FROM MICHIGAN SAYS DONATING BLOOD IS A SIMPLE WAY FOR HER TO CONTRIBUTE TO HER COMMUNITY. >> IT DOESN’T COST MONEY. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE RETIRED. YOU CAN DO IT ON YOUR LUNCH HOUR OR YOU CAN DO IT AFTER WORK.

YOU TAKE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WITH YOU. IT’S REALLY A POSITIVE. >> AND WHILE THE PROCESS TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR FROM START TO FINISH, THE EFFECTS CAN LAST A LIFETIME. >> THE ONLY SOURCE OF BLOOD THAT CAN BE USED TO SAVE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL IS THE ARM OF A DONOR.

WE SEE IN THE HOSPITALS THAT THESE BLOOD DONATIONS MAKE A DIFFERENCE EVERY DAY AND THEY MAKE POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO SURVIVE AND TO CARRY ON THEIR LIVES. >> OUR THANKS TO ROBIN ROBERTS FOR THAT REPORT. MEANWHILE, MATA IS ALICE IN NEW RESTRICTIONS FOR TEEN FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM USERS.

THE COMPANY SAYS IT WILL NOW HIDE CONTENT FROM TEEN ACCOUNTS THAT IT DEEMS INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE AGE GROUP. THIS COMES AFTER MATA FACED GROWING PRESSURE TO CHANGE HOW THE APPS WORK. ABC’S WHIT JOHNSON HAS MORE. >> HI. WITH THESE NEW PROTECTIONS FOLLOWED OF LAWSUITS ACCUSING MEN OF DESIGNING FEATURES

THAT ARE HARMFUL TO CHILDREN. SO THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT WILL BEGIN HIDING INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT FROM TEENAGERS ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. AND THIS WILL ROLL OUT OVER THE COMING MONTHS. NEW AND EXISTING USERS UNDER, THE AGE OF 18 WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE PLACED INTO THE MOST RESTRICTIVE CONTROL SETTING, MAKING IT

MORE DIFFICULT FOR TEENAGERS TO FOR OR COME ACROSS ACCOUNTS THAT POST SENSITIVE CONTENT. THIS INCLUDES SEARCH TERMS LIKE SUICIDE, SELF-HARM AND, EATING DISORDERS. THOSE ARE THAT WILL BE HIDDEN FROM TEENAGERS AND INSTEAD TO RESOURCES ON HOW TO GET HELP FOR THESE ISSUES WILL APPEAR ON SCREEN.

TEENS WON’T EVEN BE ABLE TO SEE POSTS FROM THEIR FRIENDS IF THEY WRITE ABOUT SUBJECTS. TEENS WILL ALSO GET NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT UPDATING THEIR SETTINGS TO PROTECT THEM FROM PREDATORS. TURNING ON THE RECOMMENDED WOULD RESTRICT WHO CAN MESSAGE THEM, REPOST THEIR CONTENT TAG OR MENTION THEM. IT CAN ALSO HELP HIDE OFFENSIVE

COMMENTS. USERS HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 13 TO HAVE AN ACCOUNT ON FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM. BUT MIT ADMITS UNDERAGE KIDS ARE STILL SIGNING UP. >> SO THE COMPANY SAYS IT’S ALSO TRYING TO CORRECT THAT. ALL RIGHT, WHIT JOHNSON, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, HERO LAW CLERK RECOUNTS HOW HE HELPED SAVE

THE JUDGE. ATTACKED IN A VEGAS COURTROOM. WHY HE SAYS HIS INSTINCTS TOOK OVER AND THE JUDGE IS DOING NOW. BUT FIRST, THE WARRIORS ARE HOSTING THE PELICANS TONIGHT. WE HAVE A PREVIEW OF THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT MATCHUP NEXT NEXT. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE WITH THE CRUSH THE FAMILIES

HERE IN POLAND, A REFUGEE CENTER IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL DESTRUCTION. FOUR STORIES HIGH. FIVE ORPHAN IS IN THE MOBILE ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREET IS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE STREAMING 24/7. STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE.

THANK FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING. >> TONIGHT CAN GOP HOPEFULS SHRINK THE GAP WITH THE FRONTRUNNER? THE COUNTDOWN JUST KEEPING AN EYE ON THE BACK TO BACK STORMS THREATENING MILLIONS MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION . “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER

ONE NEWS COMPANY ON THE ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO, FASTER, SMARTER AND CUSTOMIZABLE TO YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW, YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE. ALL NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW. THERE ARE SOME STORIES THAT JUST STICK WITH YOU. DREW WAS WORKING AT VICTORIA’S

SECRET. SHE DID A LITTLE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING, HEADED TO HER CAR AND THEN WENT MISSING. THE MALL. IT’S THE LAST TIME ANYONE HEARD FROM JUSTINE. HOW HEARTBREAKING IS THAT TO THINK ABOUT FINDING 2020 TAKES YOU INSIDE THE TO CATCH HER KILLER BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN.

YOU HAVE A PREDATOR ON YOUR HANDS. ONLY 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT AT NINE EIGHT CENTRAL ON ABC WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS. IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES CHANGED. GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. >> ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE STREAMING

FREE ON ABC NEWS LIVE STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE COUNTING DOWN TO THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME. AND NOW WITH THE IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTES JUST DAYS AWAY . IF IT’S POLITICS IN 2024, ABC NEWS LIVE WILL TAKE YOU THERE SWINGING FREE WHEREVER YOU SCREEN YOUR NEWS.

I’M KAYNA 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. THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS ARE SET TO FACE OFF AGAINST NEW ORLEANS PELICANS TONIGHT. DRAYMOND GREEN IS BACK PRACTICING WITH HIS AFTER BEING SUSPENDED FOR HITTING AN

OPPONENT AN OPPONENT. ABC’S TREVOR AULT HAS THE LATEST. >> HEY THERE. SO THIS SHOULD BE A REALLY FUN ONE TONIGHT THE WARRIORS HOSTING THE PELICANS AND SO FAR THIS SEASON IT’S A BIT OF A ROUGH ONE FOR STEPH CURRY AND GOLDEN STATE COMPARED TO THEIR USUAL STANDARDS. THEY’RE CURRENTLY TWO GAMES

UNDER 500. THEY’RE OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS RIGHT NOW OF. COURSE, THEY’VE HAD SOME DRAMA THIS SEASON. DRAYMOND GREEN HAS NOW BEEN REINSTATED FROM THAT INDEFINITE SUSPENSION FOR HITTING AN OPPONENT PREVIOUSLY CHOKING ANOTHER OPPONENT, PREVIOUSLY KICKING ANOTHER OPPONENT. HE MISSED 12 GAMES. HE SAYS HE THOUGHT ABOUT RETIRING EVEN, BUT HE’S

NOW BACK PRACTICING WITH THE TEAM. HE COULD BE BACK THIS WEEKEND, BUT THE WARRIORS WILL HAVE TO WIN TONIGHT WITHOUT HIM AND THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL WITH NEW ORLEANS AND THEIR YOUNG TANDEM, ZION WILLIAMSON AND BRANDON INGRAM, ZION WILLIAMSON, ESPECIALLY HAD A TOUGH TIME STAYING HEALTHY IN HIS CAREER,

BUT THIS YEAR HE’S BEEN GREAT. HE’S GOT A TON OF TALENT AND THE PELICANS ARE IN THE THICK OF THE PLAYOFF HUNT. YOU CAN WATCH THE ACTION TONIGHT AT 830 EASTERN RIGHT HERE, ABC DIANE ALL RIGHT, SOUNDS GOOD. >> TREVOR. THANK YOU. COMING UP, A GROUP OF GUNMEN

STORMED A TV STATION DURING A LIVE BROADCAST IN ECUADOR. THE CRISIS THERE AS CHAOS ERUPTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. ALSO AHEAD, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, OPIOIDS AND GUN VIOLENCE. THE IMPACT THE 2024 ELECTIONS COULD HAVE ON HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA. PLUS, WHAT HAS BE IN YOUR DREAM HOME? ZILLOW IS REVEALING THE TOP

TEN SEARCHED ITEMS ON THEIR SITE. AND NUMBER ONE MAY SURPRISE YOU. STICKER UP. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. IT’S A QUESTION THAT FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND, UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL DESTRUCTIVE FORCE STORM HIGH FIVE IS IN THE

BULL’S EYE OF NBC NEWS LINE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7 STREET TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS IN THE QUARTER. LIKE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONLINE ROCK FACES ON THE PLANET. NOW I’M STARTING TO GET VERY EXCITED.

IF WE MANAGE THE TIMING RECORD LIKE IT WILL BE THE BIGGEST FIRST ASSIGNMENT I’VE EVER DONE. ULTIMATELY, WHAT’S AT STAKE WITH CRIME? THIS IS NOT I SIGNED UP FOR. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY. >> ARE YOU READY? READY. LET’S DO IT. >> YES. IT’S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS

AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO NOW? I GO, HOW ARE YOU? YOU? YEAH. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING? SATURDAY IS ON NEWS LIVE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? HEY, I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. SO WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON TO SIX EASTERN EVERY

SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> MY FAVORITE. NOW, WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE AT ABC NEWS? THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY, SO LET’S GET INTO IT.

LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST. HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. STAR HERE ABC NEWS WE GET YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET

YOUR PODCAST START HERE. >> WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BUFFALO. >> YOU’VE ALL DAY TEXAS, EDINBURGH REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY, GETTING YOU BEHIND

THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC LIVE PRIME, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU SCREEN MORNINGS ON ABC NEWS LIVE YOUR WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE BREAKING NEWS EXCLUSIVES MINES REPORTING ACROSS THE GLOBE KEEPS STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

THERE’S A LOT GOING ON EVERYBODY IN THAT HOME IS OKAY TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE ARE HERE AT FASHION’S BIGGEST NIGHT OUT. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY HAS UNVEILED A NEW SET OF POLICIES. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE NEW AD CAMPAIGN FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN

IN BETWEEN A REAL LIFE BARBIE DREAM HOUSE, A NAME CHANGE FOR THE WIENERMOBILE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA THIS MORNING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT? WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE FIRST, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. YOU’RE LOOKING AT NEW YORK CITY

ON THIS WEDNESDAY AND WE HAVE LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE’S THE RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. A DEADLY STORM SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTRY AFTER LEAVING BEHIND FLOODING AND DAMAGE ALONG THE EAST COAST. AT LEAST 23 TORNADOES ARE REPORTED IN SIX STATES, INCLUDING THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE . NOW ANOTHER STORM IS

ON THE MOVE OUT WEST AND COULD BRING EXTREME WEATHER TEXAS TO THE CAROLINAS. A NEW STUDY BOTTLED WATER MAY CONTAIN UP TO 100 TIMES MORE MICROSCOPIC PLASTIC PARTICLES THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SAYS RESEARCHERS FOUND AN AVERAGE OF 240,000 NANOPLASTICS PER BOTTLE. BUT SCIENTISTS AREN’T SURE WHETHER THE PARTICLES HARMFUL

TO OUR HEALTH. IN A STATEMENT, AN INDUSTRY TRADE ASSOCIATION, THE STUDY LACKS STANDARDIZED METHODS. BACK IN 2019, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAID THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE LINKING MICROPLASTICS IN WATER TO HUMAN HEALTH. BUT THERE IS AN NEED FOR MORE RESEARCH. AND THE COMPANY HOMEDICS IS RECALLING NEARLY 90,000 MASSAGE GUNS.

FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY THE COMPANY RECEIVED 17 REPORTS OF OVERHEATING, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO WAS BURNED. THE OFFICIALS FEAR THE MASSAGE COULD BE A FIRE HAZARD. MODELS WERE SOLD FROM 2020 TO 2023. IF YOU HAVE ONE, THE COMPANY SAYS NOT TO USE IT AND TO CONTACT THEM FOR A FULL REFUND .

>> AND ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT IS DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY AMID A WAVE OF VIOLENCE, MOSTLY GANG RELATED. >> 13 MEN NOW FACE CHARGES AFTER STORMING A TV STATION THERE WITH, GUNS DURING A LIVE BROADCAST. ECUADOR HAS BEEN KNOWN ONE OF SOUTH AMERICA’S MOST PEACEFUL COUNTRIES. THIS LATEST ATTACK IS AMONG

THE MOST DRAMATIC INCIDENTS WE’VE SEEN SO FAR. ABC’S MATT RIVERS HAS THE LATEST. AUTHORITIES IN ECUADOR INVESTIGATING, A BRAZEN ATTACK ON A PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION BY AN APPARENT ARMED GANG AS, QUOTE, ACTS OF TERRORISM. >> THE MASKED MEN SEEN HERE TYING CREW MEMBERS ON THE FLOOR, THREATENING STAFF

WAVING EXPLOSIVES AND GUNS. >> THEY SCARED STAFFERS INSIDE DESPERATELY PLEADING FOR THEIR LIVES. >> THE LIVE BROADCAST ROLLING FOR ALMOST 15 MINUTES BEFORE GOING DARK. POLICE THEN SURROUNDING THE AREA, ARRESTING MORE THAN A DOZEN GUNMEN. THE SHOW’S DEPUTY DIRECTOR LATER SAYING THE ATTACK WAS, QUOTE, EXTREME AND VIOLENT. MOMENTUM RELENTLESS.

THIS INCIDENT, ONE OF MANY ACTS OF VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED AFTER ECUADOR DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY MONDAY FOLLOWING THE DISAPPEARED OF THE LEADER OF THE NOTORIOUS LOS TORNADOES GANG FROM HIS IN A GUAYAQUIL PRISON. AND MATT RIVERS JOINS ME NOW FROM SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, WITH MORE ON THIS. MATT, ECUADORIAN OFFICIALS SAY

THESE 13 MEN ARE UNDER ARREST AND FACING CHARGES. >> SO WHAT ARE YOU HEARING, WHO THEY ARE AND WHY THEY DID THIS? >> SO THEY’RE MEMBERS OF A SMALLER GROUP OF CRIMINALS A GANG THERE IN ECUADOR. AND WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS SAYING IS THAT THERE WERE SOME 22 DIFFERENT GROUPS

THAT THEY’VE IDENTIFIED AS BEING PART THE VIOLENCE THAT WE SAW SPREAD THROUGHOUT GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR, YESTERDAY AND ALL OF THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THAT STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT WAS DECLARED, WAS THE LEADER OF THAT GROUP OF TORNADOES THAT MANAGED TO DISAPPEAR FROM PRISON. AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE PRESIDENT MAKES THAT STATE

OF EMERGENCY DECLARATION THAT GIVES THE MILITARY IN ECUADOR THE RIGHT TO DO A COUPLE THINGS, INCLUDING GO OUT ON THE STREETS, CONDUCT CHECKPOINTS, BUT ALSO, CRUCIALLY, ENTER AND CONTROL ECUADOR’S PRISONS AND THE CRIMINALS THAT HAVE BEEN INSIDE THOSE PRISONS FOR YEARS. THEY’VE REALLY BEEN CONTROLLING, ORGANIZED CRIME IN ECUADOR, RUNNING THOSE

GROUPS FROM INSIDE THE PRISONS. IF THE MILITARY, IN THE THOUGHT BEING THAT CONTROL WOULD BE LESSENED, ORGANIZED CRIME WOULD BE EFFICIENT. AND THAT’S WHY THESE GROUPS REALLY REACHED OUT BRANCHED OUT, LASHED OUT YESTERDAY IN THE WAY THAT THEY DID. THEY’RE UPSET OVER THESE NEW RIGHTS GIVEN TO THE TO ECUADOR’S MILITARY.

>> SO, MATT, WHAT IS IT LIKE IN ECUADOR RIGHT NOW WITH THIS STATE OF EMERGENCY IN PLACE AND THIS NOTORIOUS GANG LEADER ON THE LOOSE? >> I MEAN, THERE’S NO DOUBT THINGS ARE TENSE RIGHT NOW. I WAS TEXTING WITH A FRIEND WHOSE PARENTS LIVED IN GUAYAQUIL AND SHE WAS

TELLING ME IS THAT, LOOK, IT WAS A TOUGH DAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF REGULAR YESTERDAY. BUSINESSES ARE CLOSED, RESTAURANTS ARE CLOSED. SCHOOLS WERE SHUT DOWN. IT’S A VERY TENSE TIME IN ECUADOR RIGHT NOW, AS IT WOULD BE IN ANY COUNTRY WHERE THE MILITARY IS OUT ON THE STREETS.

BUT I THINK WHAT WE SAW OVERNIGHT WAS THAT PEOPLE GENERALLY RESPECTED THE CURFEW THAT’S BEEN PUT IN PLACE. WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANY MORE SCENES OF VIOLENCE THAT WE SAW PLAY OUT THERE YESTERDAY. SO RIGHT NOW, I WOULD CALL IT A TENSE CALM, BUT STILL, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING COULD CHANGE.

>> ALL RIGHT, MATT RIVERS, THANK YOU. >> AND THE MAN WHO ATTACKED A LAS VEGAS JUDGE IS NOW CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER, BATTERY AND EXTORTION CHARGES. HE APPEARED IN FRONT OF THE SAME JUDGE IN COURT ON TUESDAY . AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE’RE NOW HEARING FROM A LAW CLERK

WHO RUSHED TO SAVE THE JUDGE WHEN THE DEFENDANT JUMPED OVER THE BENCH. ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH HAS MORE. >> HE’S BEING HAILED A HERO. >> NOW 27-YEAR-OLD LAW CLERK MICHAEL LAZO CREDITED WITH SAVING A LAS VEGAS JUDGE FROM A VICIOUS COURTROOM ATTACK, IS SPEAKING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>> IT’S JUST SOMETHING YOU DON’T USUALLY SEE IN COURT. HE’S HERE TO SEE SOME CRAZY THINGS, BUT YOU KNOW, NOTHING LIKE THIS. >> ALSO SEEN IN THE NOW VIRAL VIDEO PULLING THE SIX FOOT £190 DEFENDANT, DEOBRA REDDEN OFF JUDGE MARY KAY HOLTHUS AS AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS PUNCHING, HITTING HER WITH AN

UNKNOWN OBJECT AND PULLING OUT HER HAIR. >> I JUST THOUGHT WHEN HE FIRST HOPPED OVER THAT DESK, HE WAS GONE FOR THE DOOR. AND WHEN HE DIDN’T GO FOR THE DOOR AND INSTEAD HE STARTS CHARGING AT THE JUDGE I WAS JUST IN SHOCK AND I JUST REACTED. LONZO QUICKLY SPRINGING INTO

ACTION LAST WEEK. >> I DON’T EVEN WANT TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WASN’T THERE. ONCE THE SITUATION WAS HANDLED. I MEAN, THEY WENT OVER TO HER AND WENT IN TO CHECK ON HER AND MAKE SURE SHE WAS OKAY. >> JUDGE HOLTHUS THE DEFENDANT AS BIG, STRONG AND ANGRY.

THE ARREST REPORT. WHAT DID THAT JUDICIAL BENCH LOOK IN THE AFTERMATH? >> IN THE AFTERMATH, THERE WAS A BLOODY SCENE. >> THERE WAS JUST BLOOD EVERYWHERE. INJURED BUT RECOVERING. >> JUDGE HOLTHUS RETURNING TO THE COURTROOM FACE TO FACE. HER ATTACKER. BUT THIS TIME, THE DEFENDANT SURROUNDED, BY OFFICERS SEEN

SHACKLED, WEARING A SPIT MASK AND PROTECTIVE NETS SENTENCED TO UP TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR HIS ORIGINAL CASE. >> HELLO. ARE YOU MR. REDDEN? ON TUESDAY THE 30 YEAR OLD WHOSE FAMILY SAYS HAS A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS STOOD IN FRONT OF A DIFFERENT JUDGE ANSWERING TO ATTEMPTED MURDER, BATTERY AND EXTORTION

CHARGES, AMONG OTHERS. YOU UNDERSTAND CHARGES? >> I WAS ON THE STAND. AND DIANE IN LAS VEGAS ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING MORE SECURITY PERSONNEL. >> JUDGE HOLTHUS HAD A SINGLE COURT MARTIAL WITH HER AND HE NEEDED 25 STITCHES IN HIS HEAD. AFTER THAT ATTACK. >> DIANE. ALL RIGHT, KAYNA WHITWORTH.

THANK YOU. AND U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE ESTHER SALAS KNOWS ABOUT THE THREATS TO JUDGES ALL TOO WELL. HER SON DANIEL WAS MURDERED AT THEIR HOME BY A GUNMAN, WAS TARGETING HER BACK IN 2020. SINCE THEN, JUDGE SALAS HAS BEEN ON MISSION TO HONOR HER SON’S LIFE AND LEGACY. EARLIER ON “GMA”, SHE SPOKE

EXCLUSIVELY WITH OUR ROBIN ROBERTS. >> LAST TIME WE SPOKE, YOU WERE TRYING TO MAKE DANIEL’S LAW A FEDERAL CASE GOING FOR CONGRESS TO PASS TO IT PASSED. SO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT DANIEL’S LIFE AND WHAT MORE CAN BE DONE. >> I MEAN, LISTEN, DANIEL THE DANIEL RANDALL ACT IS GREAT.

IT’S A SOLID STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT IT PROTECTS FEDERAL JUDGES. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON ALL JUDGES AT EVERY LEVEL, STATE AND LOCAL JUDGES. THERE ARE OVER 30,000 OF THEM. THERE’S SO MANY STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES THAT DON’T HAVE ANY LAWS PROTECTING JUDICIAL OFFICERS. WE NEED TO CHANGE STATE BY STATE.

WE NEED TO APPROACH IT. MARYLAND IS THE START. WISCONSIN, WHERE JUDGE ROMO WAS. WE NEED TO PASS IN THESE STATES TO PROTECT ALL JUDGES. OUR DEMOCRACY, YOU KNOW, COUNTS ON JUDICIAL OFFICERS FEELING SAFE TO DO JOBS. >> OUR THANKS TO ROBIN ROBERTS. AND JUST ESTHER SALAS FOR THAT. >> COMING UP, REPRODUCTIVE.

OPIOIDS AND GUN VIOLENCE. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE BIG ISSUES IN THE 2024 ELECTIONS. ALSO AHEAD, A RETAIL REVOLUTION . WAL-MART IS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU SHOP. >> TONIGHT, CAN GOP HOPEFULS SHRINK THE GAP? THE FRONTRUNNER? THE COUNTDOWN. PLUS, KEEPING AN EYE

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IN A FUNNY WAY, THIS IS A HUMAN SKULL. WE WERE DEFINITELY AGAINST THE CLOCK. HOW MANY MORE VICTIMS ARE OUT THERE FOR CRYING MOUNTAIN NOW STREAMING ON HULU. >> WELCOME BACK. BAYWATCH AND CHARLES IN CHARGE . >> NICOLE EGGERT IS OPENING UP ABOUT HER NEW CANCER DIAGNOSIS .

THE STAR IS NOW ISSUING A WARNING FOR OTHERS ABOUT HOW SHE MISSED THE WARNING SIGNS HERSELF. EVA PILGRIM HAS MORE. NICOLE EGGERT, KNOWN FOR HER ROLES IN CHARLES IN CHARGE THE USUAL DINNER, A MOVIE AND A DOZEN ROSES WILL BE FIVE AND BAYWATCH. OH, YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL. HE’S RIGHT THERE.

>> TOWN IS OPENING UP ABOUT HER BATTLE WITH CANCER. >> SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BOMB TO DROP. THE ACTRESS REVEALING HER JOURNEY TO DIAGNOSIS ON HER PODCAST PERFECTLY TWISTED. I STARTED HAVING A LOT OF PAIN ON MY LEFT SIDE AND IT WAS REALLY HURTING.

SO I DID AN EXAM AND I FOUND SOMETHING. AFTER A MAMMOGRAM AND MULTIPLE BIOPSIES, THE ACTRESS TOLD “PEOPLE” MAGAZINE SHE WAS EVENTUALLY DIAGNOSED IN DECEMBER WITH INVASIVE FORM CARCINOMA, A RARE TYPE OF INVASIVE THAT ACCOUNTS FOR JUST POINT 3 TO 6% OF ALL BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSES. >> THIS CANCER ISN’T LIKELY

TO BE ONE THAT IS EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE, GROWS VERY RAPIDLY. >> IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGH CHANCE CURE AND LESS OF A CHANCE OF IT OCCURRING OUTSIDE OF THE WITH APPROPRIATE TREATMENT. >> EGGERT SAYING I HAVE PANICS WHERE I’M LIKE, JUST GET THIS OUT OF ME. PEOPLE, THE NEXT STEP IS SURGERY.

YOU SIT THERE AND IN YOU AND YOU’RE LIKE, EVERY SECOND THAT PASSES AND IT’S INSIDE OF ME. IT’S GROWING. THE 51 YEAR OLD SAYS HER FIRST SYMPTOMS WERE A RAPID £25 WEIGHT GAIN OVER THREE MONTHS AND TERRIBLE PAIN IN HER, WHICH SHE INITIALLY ATTRIBUTED TO MENOPAUSE. >> IF THERE’S A PERSIST

AND CHANGE IN THE, AS SHE WAS EXPLAINING THAT SHE HAD SWELLING AND PAIN IN THE, THAT WAS NOT GOING AWAY, THAT SHOULD PROMPT A WOMAN TO GO SEEK OUT THE MEDICAL ATTENTION OF HER DOCTORS IN ORDER TO GET A WORKUP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> THE SINGLE MOM OF TWO SAYS

SHE’S FIGHTING TO BE THERE FOR HER DAUGHTERS. 25-YEAR-OLD DYLAN AND ESPECIALLY HER YOUNGEST, 12-YEAR-OLD KEEGAN. >> THERE’S NO BEING DEPRESSED. THERE’S NO LAYING AROUND. >> THERE’S LIGHT. IT’S LIKE ENJOY RIGHT NOW. TODAY, HE POSITIVE AND NICOLE SAYS AFTER SHE FOUND THE LUMP, IT TOOK A MONTH TO GET AN APPOINTMENT FOR A MAMMOGRAM.

A GOOD REMINDER FOR ALL NOT TO WAIT IF SOMETHING DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT AND TO TAKE THAT APPOINTMENT, EVEN WHEN IT DOESN’T HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY. DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT, EVA PILGRIM, THANK YOU. AND IT IS TIME NOW FOR “PATEL IT LIKE IT IS”, WHERE DR. ALOK PATEL SHARES SOME HEALTH ADVICE

ON THE TOPICS THAT MATTER MOST TO YOU. AND TODAY, WE’RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT HEALTH CARE IN THE 2024 ELECTION. HERE’S DR. PATEL WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE HEALTH ISSUES ON THE BALLOT. >> HEALTH CARE IS A BIG ELECTION. 2024 TOPIC. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS THE FIRST

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WE’RE GOING TO HAVE SINCE ROE VERSUS WADE WAS OVERTURNED AND WE’VE HEARD MULTIPLE STORIES IN WHICH RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTION HAVE AFFECTED WOMEN, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH RISK PREGNANCIES. >> REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ARE ON THE BALLOT. AMERICA ALSO SPENDS MORE ON HEALTH CARE THAN, ANY OTHER HIGH INCOME COUNTRY, AND WE’RE

THE ONLY ONE TO NOT GUARANTEE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE. WITH THAT, HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY, DRUG PRICING, ACCESS TO MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ARE ALSO ON THE BALLOT. AND THERE’S MORE. ONE IN FIVE AMERICANS HAS A MENTAL ILLNESS. DRUG OVERDOSES, ESPECIALLY FROM OPIOIDS, CLAIMED OVER 100,000 LIVES IN 2021.

AND GUN IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN CHILDREN. >> SO MENTAL HEALTH CARE, GUN VIOLENCE AND THE OPIOID CRISIS . ALSO TOPICS THAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SHOULD ADDRESS. FROM WHO WE VOTE IN TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO WHO WE CHOOSE TO REPRESENT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS . EXERCISING OUR CIVIC DUTY PLAYS

A PART IN HOW WE ADDRESS AND UPHOLD PUBLIC HEALTH. >> DO YOUR RESEARCH. THINK ABOUT YOURSELF, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR COMMUNITY, AND VOTE LIKE YOUR HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPENDS ON IT. >> BECAUSE IT DOES AND DR. ALOK PATEL JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS, ALONG

WITH ABC NEWS SENIOR NATIONAL POLICY REPORTER AND FLIRTY DR. PATEL AND YOUR VIDEO. YOU SAY AMERICA SPENDS MORE ON HEALTH CARE PER CAPITA THAN ANY OTHER HIGH INCOME COUNTRY, BUT THE U.S. IS THE ONLY ONE NOT TO GUARANTEE HEALTH COVERAGE. WHY IS THAT? AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN IF WE

DON’T HAVE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE? WHY ARE COSTS SO HIGH? >> WOULD HAD A SIMPLE ANSWER THAN TO EXPLAIN WHY OUR COSTS ARE SO HIGH. >> BUT THE REALITY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT VOTERS, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN, PAY ATTENTION TO IN RESEARCHING THE CANDIDATE WHO IS GOVERNING THEIR STATE WHERE THEY LIVE.

>> I NEED TO BE BACK AS A PARTY TO THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. >> THE UNITED STATES SPENDS ABOUT $13,000 PER PERSON CARE, WHICH IS $5,000 MORE THAN THE OTHER AVERAGE HIGH INCOME COUNTRY. AND WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILLION UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED, WHICH LEADS

TO POORER OUTCOMES WHEN IT COMES TO TREATING LONG TERM CHRONIC ILLNESSES. AND SOME OF THESE TERMS ARE CONFUSING FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON, INCLUDING EXPANSION OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID AND MARKETPLACE SUBSIDIES. >> BUT THE FACT IS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE

AS THEY’RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT WE VOTED FOR. >> AND HOW ARE YOU SEEING THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TACKLING HEALTH CARE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL? >> SO TALK ABOUT INFLATION. AND THAT’S THE ISSUE THAT IS TOP OF MIND FOR SO MANY. BUT OF COURSE, PEOPLE FORGET THAT HEALTH CARE IS TIED

TO THAT. WITH RISING PRICES, HEALTH CARE GETS MORE EXPENSIVE. WE SAW IN A RECENT POLL FROM KFF THAT THE NONPROFIT THAT 80% OF VOTERS SEE THAT AS A TOP OF MIND ISSUE. THE COST OF HEALTH CARE. NOW TRUMP AND DESANTIS SAY THAT THEY WANT TO REVISIT OBAMACARE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, ABORTION IS THE OTHER ISSUE THAT’S COMING ALONG THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THAT’S A MAJOR ISSUE. A LOT OF THE CANDIDATES NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT SORT OF DANCING AROUND IT. ALONG WITH OBAMACARE, NOT GETTING A LOT OF THE DETAILS ON HOW THEY WANT TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THINGS.

SO, DR. PATEL, HOW CAN WE BE WELL INFORMED, ON THESE ISSUES WHEN THEY’RE AT THE CENTER OF THE CONVERSATION LIKE THIS? BECAUSE ARE NOT ALL MEDICAL EXPERTS, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN’T TAKE A MEDICAL EXPERTISE TO ACTUALLY GO AND LOOK ONLINE AND RESEARCH THE HEALTH CARE TOPICS THAT CANDIDATES ARE DISCUSSING OR TO GO

AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT THEIR STANCES ARE ON ANYTHING THAT’S RELATED TO HEALTH CARE POLICY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SCIENCE IN GENERAL, AND MENTION REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ARE A BIG TOPIC. >> AND THEY’RE RIGHT NOW IN THE UNITED STATES ARE 2 MILLION WOMEN WHO LIVE IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS NO ACCESS TO AND NO

MATERNITY CARE THAT DIRECTLY PEOPLE’S PEOPLE’S HEALTH, THEIR ABILITY TO LIVE A PRODUCTIVE LONG, HEALTHY LIFE. AND THERE’S ALSO TOPICS SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH CARE, GUN VIOLENCE, DRUG PRICING, CANCER RESEARCH, MATERNITY CARE AND CHILD CARE. >> SO MANY TOPICS OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE MAY FORGET ABOUT THAT DIRECTLY INVOLVED THIS DANCE OF POLITICS

AND HEALTH CARE. SO I AGREE. >> EVERYONE OUT THERE, NOT RISING STARS. JUST DO YOUR RESEARCH, RESEARCH ALL THESE TOPICS AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. AND WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST HEALTH CARE TOPICS IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATES NOW. SO STATES ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ARE STATES LIKE

ARIZONA THAT THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE ABORTION ON THE BALLOT NEXT YEAR THAT COULD DRIVE VOTERS. BUT ALSO STATES LIKE GEORGIA, THIS IS A BATTLEGROUND STATE THAT, COULD REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. BUT IT’S ALSO ABOUT THE STATEHOUSES BOTH OF THEIR HOUSES ARE UP FOR ELECTION,

ARE UP FOR GRABS WITH CONTROL. IT’S THESE STATE HOUSES THAT ARE PASSING LAWS THAT APPLY TO THINGS LIKE CARE ,ABORTION, ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO HEALTH. >> SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK VOTERS DO HAVE ALL OF THESE ISSUES IN MIND WHEN THEY’RE GOING TO THE POLLS.

AND I THINK THAT’S GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF THESE BATTLEGROUND. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL, SENIOR NATIONAL POLICY REPORTER AND CLARITY. THANK YOU. AND DR. IS AS ALWAYS TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS. LEAVE A MESSAGE ON OUR INSTAGRAM AT ABC NEWS LIVE

AND HE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT HERE ON FRIDAY. COMING UP, BABY YODA IS HEADED TO BIG SCREEN WILL GANSS HAS THE OUT OF THE THIS WORLD TV PLUS WHY HE’S MATCHING HIS CINNAMON. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS

IN RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL DESTRUCTIVE FORCE STORM HIGH FIVE IS IN THE BULL’S EYE OF ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY TIME, ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS.

>> THERE ARE SOME STORIES THAT JUST STICK WITH YOU. DREW WAS WORKING AT VICTORIA’S SECRET. SHE DID A LITTLE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. HEADED TO HER CAR AND THEN WENT MISSING FROM THE MALL. IT’S THE LAST TIME ANYONE HEARD FROM JUSTINE. HOW HEARTBREAKING IS THAT TO THINK ABOUT FRIDAY NIGHT?

2020 TAKES YOU INSIDE THE HUNT TO CATCH HER KILLER BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN. YOU HAVE A PREDATOR ON YOUR HANDS ON YOU. 20, 20. FRIDAY NIGHT, NINE EIGHT, CENTRAL ON ABC. >> ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. READY? LET’S DO IT. YES, IT’S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO NOW? I TO GO. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING SATURDAY ON? ABC NEWS LIVE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I. I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. I MEAN RIGHT NOW TONIGHT

AND GOP HOPEFULS SHRINK THE GAP WITH THE FRONTRUNNER. THE COUNTDOWN CLOCKS. KEEPING AN EYE ON THE BACK TO BACK STORMS THREATENING MILLIONS MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID, YOUR SCREEN, ABC NEWS LIVE COUNTING DOWN TO THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME.

NOW WITH THE IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTES JUST DAYS AWAY. IF IT’S POLITICS IN 2024, ABC NEWS LIVE WILL TAKE YOU THERE. SWINGING FREE WHEREVER YOU SWING YOUR NEWS. >> REPORTING FROM THE TARMAC OF LAGUARDIA AIRPORT ON TREVOR AULT, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS. WHAT?

>> WELCOME BACK. WAL-MART SAYS IT’S PLANNING TO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO CREATE A NEW EXPERIENCE. THE WORLD’S BIGGEST RETAILER IS BETTING BIG THAT A WILL RESHAPE HOW AMERICANS SHOP ONLINE AND IN STORES. >> ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS THE ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE. >> AN ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE, WALMART TAKING INSIDE ITS

RETAIL REVOLUTION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO TRANSFORM THE WAY WE SHOP AT THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW IN LAS VEGAS. THE WORLD’S BIGGEST RETAILER LAUNCHING FEATURES LIKE THE OPTION TO VIRTUALLY SHOP WITH FRIENDS TRYING ON OUTFITS IN ITS APP AND INSTANTLY GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THOSE YOU TRUST. >> YOU CAN ALSO SHARE THAT WITH

SOMEONE ELSE DIGITALLY TO SAY TO YOU LIKE THIS SWEATER OR NOT. MY FRIENDS MIGHT SAY NO MORE OFTEN THAN SAY YES. >> WAL-MART CEO DOUG MCMILLON ALSO TOUTING EXPANDED SEARCH CAPABILITIES ON ITS SITE. CUSTOMERS CAN NOW SEARCH FOR A PHRASE LIKE FOOTBALL WATCH PARTY INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUAL

ITEMS PUT IN YOUR CART, YOU GET TO MOVE AWAY FROM THIS BABY TALK SEARCH. >> YOU WERE TRYING TO FIND CHIPS AND DRINKS AND A 90 INCH TELEVISION AND SAY, HOW DO I PREPARE A GREAT WATCH PARTY? AND IT BRINGS BACK ACROSS THE TOP, THE CATEGORIES YOU’RE LOOKING FOR.

AND THEN SEARCH SERVES A LIST OF ITEMS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE TO HOST THAT GREAT PARTY. >> THE FEATURE USES TECHNOLOGY FROM MICROSOFT, WHICH HAS INVESTED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO CHATGPT MAKER OPEN. >> IT’S ALL ABOUT BEING ABLE TO TAKE THE TECHNOLOGY AS POWERFUL AS IT IS, BUT TRANSLATING INTO EVERYDAY USE CASES.

ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT THE GUARDRAILS AREN’T IN PLACE FOR HOW QUICKLY THIS TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING? THE GUARDRAILS HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED IN PARALLEL WITH THE BENEFITS AND THE USE CASES. SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE THINK ABOUT AFTER THE FACT. BETWEEN JUGGLING GROCERIES AND LIFE, SOMETIMES YOU COULD

REALLY USE A LITTLE EXTRA HELP. >> ALSO IN THE PIPELINE FROM WALMART IN-HOME REPLENISHING IT USING A.I. TO PREDICT WHAT PRODUCTS YOU NEED AT HOME ,THEN DELIVERING THEM STRAIGHT TO YOUR FRIDGE OR CLOSET. >> THERE’S A WALMART ASSOCIATE THAT HAS A ONE TIME CODE TO OUR GARAGE STORE WHERE THEY PUT

THE PERISHABLE FOOD IN THE REFRIGERATOR PUT THE AMBIENT PRODUCT NEXT TO IT AND WE’RE IN STOCK. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HEAR THAT AND SAY THAT, SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A PRIVACY CONCERN. SOMEONE HAS A GARAGE CODE, THEY KNOW WHAT’S IN MY HOUSE. THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS OVER TIME.

I THINK WHAT PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED IS THAT IF YOU’RE DOING BUSINESS WITH SOMEONE YOU TRUST AND WE CAN SAVE YOU TIME, I THINK THERE’LL BE MORE ADOPTION OF THIS OVER TIME WHERE WE’RE LITERALLY REPLENISHING THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE IN THEIR HOMES ALL THE TIME. >> NOW, THE UPDATED SEARCH

FUNCTION IS AVAILABLE NOW ON APPLE DEVICES. I PRESSED WALMART’S CEO ON IF THERE WILL BE BUMPS IN THE ROAD AS SOME OF THIS NEW TECH IS ROLLED OUT. HE SAID IT WILL GET BETTER AND SMARTER AS TIME GOES ON. DIANE ELIZABETH SCHULZE IN LAS VEGAS, THANK YOU.

AND IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE TEAM WHERE WE BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE BUZZY STORIES PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. OUR FRIEND WILL GANSS HERE TO HELP, BUT THAT WILL SPILL THAT. TAKE A LITTLE INTERGALACTIC TEA . GOOD MORNING. ALL RIGHT. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING BABY YODA NEWS, A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY.

THE PINT SIZED STAR OF THE MANDALORIAN IS HEADED TO THE BIG SCREEN PEOPLE. OUR PARENT COMPANY, DISNEY, ANNOUNCING OVERNIGHT THAT JON FAVREAU WILL DIRECT THE STAR WARS FEATURE FILM TITLED THE MANDALORIAN AND GROW GOO. WITH PRODUCTION SLATED BEGIN THIS YEAR, FAVREAU, WHO? HELMS THE MANDALORIAN TV SERIES DISNEY PLUS SAYING IN A

STATEMENT, I HAVE LOVE TELLING STORIES SET IN THE RICH WORLD THAT GEORGE LUCAS CREATED. THE PROSPECT OF BRINGING THE MANDALORIAN HIS APPRENTICE ,GROGAN TO THE BIG SCREEN IS EXTREMELY EXCITING. IF THE OVERSIZE COAT ON AND BABY YODA FOR ME I MEAN IT’S KIND OF A LOOK IT’S A VIBE.

AND HE OFTEN HAS A LITTLE TEACUP OF HIS OWN, SO HE’S AFRAID THAT WE’RE EMBRACING BABY. THAT’S RIGHT. THAT’S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, NEXT. I HAVE BEEN DYING TO TALK ABOUT THIS, EVERYBODY. COME CLOSER. GATHER ROUND, EVERYONE. IT’S THE SESSION SEEN AROUND THE WORLD. SELENA GOMEZ SPILLING, THE TEA DURING THE GOLDEN GLOBES

TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND KELLY. THIS VIDEO BLOWING UP EVERYWHERE. LOOK AT THEIR FACES. YOU KNOW, THE TEA HOT WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE THAT. USERS THROWING ALL KINDS OF GOODIES AT THE WALL, INCLUDING ONE ON TWITTER, RACKING UP 61,000 RETWEETS THAT SELENA ASKS FOR A PHOTO WITH TENI SALIVATE.

AND KYLIE JENNER SAID NO, SHE CANNOT TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM. BUT AT LONG LAST, SELENA IS SETTING THE STRAIGHT THE ONLY MURDER MURDERS IN A BUILDING STAR COMMENTING ON E! NEWS’S PHOTO WRITING. NO, I TOLD TAYLOR ABOUT TWO OF MY FRIENDS WHO HOOKED UP. NOT THAT THAT’S ANYONE’S BUSINESS.

AND OF COURSE, NOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHO FRIENDS ARE, RIGHT? I’M HERE TO SAY. >> I’M NOT BUYING. SELENA’S X NADA. NO. ZERO. IN ONE OF THE VIDEOS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR KELLY TAYLOR SAY WITH TIMOTHY. SO UNLESS ONE OF THE FRIENDS IS TIMMY, I DON’T KNOW. SEE?

INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN THE TEAM. YOU CANNOT PULL ONE PAST. WELL, THAT’S EXACTLY CORRECT. I’VE SPENT WAY TOO MANY HOURS OF MY EVENING PORING OVER THE VIDEOS. BUT ANYWAY THAT’S WHAT SELENA SAYS. SO WE’LL TAKE HER WORD FOR IT. ALL RIGHT. 2024 IS SHAPING UP TO BE A POWERHOUSE YEAR FOR POP MUSIC.

IT’S BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE LADY GAGA DROPPED CHROMATICA. BUT AT LONG LAST, WE MIGHT BE GETTING SOME NEW MUSIC. YOU GUYS GOT THE. THERE’S THE THERE’S THE ALERT. THE GAGA LADY GAGA SHOWING TO PHOTOS FROM THE MUSIC STUDIO, CAPTIONED WITH A HEART AND SOME MUSIC NOTES. MEANWHILE, KATY PERRY IS ALSO

TEASING HER NEXT CHAPTER, TELLING E! NEWS IT’S TIME TO COME OUT OF THE COCOON OF SORTS TO BLOOM A LITTLE HOT, OF COURSE, A LITTLE BLUE. NO WORD ON KATY OR GAGA WILL DROP THEIR NEW PROJECTS, BUT ARIANA GRANDE HAS A NEW SINGLE. YES. AND THAT’S COMING OUT THIS FRIDAY.

A LOT OF NEW MUSIC COMING YOUR WAY. ARIANA IT FEELS LIKE IT’S 2011. I’M HERE FOR IT. ALL RIGHT. AND ANOTHER MUSICAL NEWS GIRLS MOVIE MUSICAL SET TO HIT THEATERS ON FRIDAY. AND TINA FEY SAYS SHE THOUGHT THE ADVICE OF SOME UNLIKELY CONTRIBUTORS AS SHE ADAPTED THE SCRIPT FOR, A 2024

AUDIENCE, HER TWO DAUGHTERS, TINA, TELLING E WEEKLY THAT SHE ASKED HER 18 AND 12 YEAR OLD GIRLS, SHOULD THE BURN BOOK STAY A BURN BOOK OR SHOULD IT BE A PRIVATE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT? AND THEY’RE LIKE, NO, NO, IT’S A BOOK. IT’S A BOOK. THANK GOD THEY SAID THAT.

SHE SAID SHE ALSO ASKED THEM FOR CASTING ADVICE AND OTHER MEAN GIRLS NEWS. IT’S WEDNESDAY. THAT’S WHY I’M WEARING PINK. WE ALSO HAVE A SWEET TREAT TO CELEBRATE, CINNABON IS SELLING PINK CINNAMON ROLLS TO CELEBRATE THE NEW FILM ONLY ON WEDNESDAYS, OF COURSE, STARTING JANUARY. THAT’S A WEEK FROM TODAY,

LASTING EVERY WEDNESDAY THROUGH FEBRUARY 7TH. ITEMS FROM THE BRAND, INCLUDING THE CLASSIC THE MINI BONBON BITES. THE CENTER OF THE ROLL SNACKS WILL BE AVAILABLE. ME DELICIOUS. AND I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL IT’S TAKEN EVERY. THEY SEND THESE TO US AS A LITTLE GIFT FREE OF CHARGE. WE’RE REALLY REALLY GRATEFUL.

I HAVE BEEN DYING TO EAT THIS. WELL, I’M SORRY. OH, YOU’RE EATING. I’M BUSY. YOU KNOW HOW IT IS WORKS. OKAY, WILL GANSS. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR STRAIGHTENING. EVERYBODY OUT. DIANE MACEDO IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS CONTEXT ANALYSIS AND PINK CINNABONS, IT’S WEDNESDAY. PEOPLE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.

SO FETCH SO BACK TONIGHT, CAN GOP HOPEFULS SHRINK GAP WITH THE FRONTRUNNER? THE COUNTDOWN WAS KEEPING AN EYE THE BACK TO BACK STORMS THREATENING MILLIONS MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS COMPANY ON ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE

VIDEO. FASTER, SMARTER AND CUSTOMIZABLE TO YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE. THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND

IN UKRAINE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL. THE STRUCTURE KEPT FOUR STORIES LONG. I FIND OFTEN IS IN THE POOL RIGHT OF ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS WHAT DO

YOU SEE? >> 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 PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR

EDWARD R MURROW AWARDS AND WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST, START HERE. THERE ARE SOME STORIES

THAT JUST STICK WITH YOU. DREW WAS WORKING AT VICTORIA’S SECRET. SHE DID A LITTLE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING, HEADED TO HER CAR, THEN WENT MISSING FROM THE MALL. IT’S THE LAST TIME ANYONE HEARD FROM DREW. HOW HEARTBREAKING IS THAT TO THINK ABOUT? FRIDAY NIGHT, 2020, TAKES YOU INSIDE THE HUNT TO CATCH

A KILLER BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN. YOU HAVE A PREDATOR ON YOUR HANDS. ONLY 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT AT NINE EIGHT CENTRAL ON ABC STREAM, ABC NEWS LIVE COUNTING DOWN TO THE MOST CONSEQUENCE LOCAL ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME. AND NOW WITH THE IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTES DAYS AWAY, IF IT’S POLITICS IN 2024,

ABC NEWS LIVE WILL TAKE YOU THERE SCREEN FREE WHEREVER YOU STREAM YOUR NEWS. REPORTING FROM COLE, OKLAHOMA, I’M MOLA LENGHI. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE AT DIANE MACEDO TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST IT’S THE FINAL FACE OFF RON DESANTIS AND NIKKI HALEY

GO HEAD TO HEAD BEFORE THE FIRST VOTE IN IOWA. THIS IS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S COMMENTS ABOUT THE ECONOMY HAVE PEOPLE TALKING TO BIG HEARINGS ON CAPITOL HILL. WHY THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS WANT THE HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY OUT. AND HUNTER BIDEN HELD IN CONTEMPT. EXTREME WEATHER SLAMMING MOST OF THE COUNTRY WITH ANOTHER

STORM MOVING WHEN A MAJOR ARCTIC OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED TO HIT THE HEARTLAND. AND A TORNADO DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. >> WE BEGIN WITH THE IOWA CAUCUSES JUST FIVE DAYS AWAY. FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE WEATHER AS THE ONLY CANDIDATE CAMPAIGNING IN THE SNOWY CONDITIONS.

AND NEW POLLING ALSO SHOWS HALEY’S SUPPORT IS GROWING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AHEAD THE PRIMARY THERE LATER THIS MONTH. ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT IS IN DES MOINES AHEAD OF TONIGHT’S FINAL DEBATE BEFORE VOTING BEGINS THIS MORNING, RON DESANTIS NIKKI HALEY PREPARING TO FACE OFF IN THE FINAL DEBATE BEFORE THE IOWA CAUCUSES.

THE FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR OUT IN A SNOWY IOWA WITH THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL LARGELY TO HERSELF. >> I DIDN’T KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO COME SEE FIVE PEOPLE, BUT TO A FULL HOUSE REALLY IS GREAT. >> THIS IS FUNNY. HI, EVERYBODY. WITH THE BRUTAL WEATHER, VIVEK RAMASWAMY FORCED

THE CAMPAIGN BY AN IPAD AND GOVERNOR DESANTIS WAS HOME IN FLORIDA, GIVING THE STATE THE STATE ADDRESS AND DEALING WITH SEVERE TORNADOES THERE. HOURS LATER, BACK TO IOWA FOR A TOWN HALL. >> WE’RE IN IT FOR THE LONG WITH THIS, BUT I THINK IOWA REWARDS THE INTENSIVE APPROACH

WHERE YOU’RE SHOWING UP IN 99 COUNTIES. >> THE CENSUS IS IN A DISTANT SECOND PLACE IN IOWA. AND HALEY, ISN’T THAT BEHIND. SHE’S ALREADY GAINING MOMENTUM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. A NEW POLL SHOWING HER JUST SEVEN POINTS BEHIND THE FRONTRUNNER, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. >> THE ONLY WAY WE’RE GOING TO WIN THE MAJORITY

OF AMERICANS IS IF GO FORWARD WITH A NEW GENERATIONAL LEADER. THAT LEAVES THE NEGATIVITY AND THE BAGGAGE OF THE PAST. >> SOME VOTERS STILL TORN, LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE. BUT I WANT SOMEBODY WHO, IN THE NBA, I FEEL LIKE I’D BE A STRONG PRESIDENT TRUMP STILL DOMINATING IN THE POLLS, NOW

DRAWING FIRE FOR OPENLY SAYING HOPES THE ECONOMY CRASHES THIS YEAR. ON BIDEN’S WATCH WHEN THERE’S A CRASH. >> I HOPE IT’S GOING TO BE DURING THIS NEXT 12 MONTHS BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO BE HERBERT HOOVER. >> I ASKED TO SEE CHANCES WHAT HE MADE OF THOSE COMMENTS. >> IF THE ECONOMY CRASHES,

PEOPLE WOULD GET THROWN OUT OF WORK, BUSINESSES WOULD GO UNDER. I DON’T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPENING. >> I WANT PEOPLE TO DO WELL. NOT ON THE STAGE TONIGHT, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND FORMER NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE. SOME WILL BE HOLDING A SEPARATE TOWN HALL. CHRISTIE HAS FOCUSED ALL IN

ON NEW HAMPSHIRE, EVEN CAMPAIGNING IN IOWA AT ALL. AND HE’S STILL VOWING TO STAY IN THE RACE DESPITE FALLING BEHIND NIKKI HALEY IN THAT LATEST POLL. >> TIME SENIOR CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO BRING IN THE HOST ,THE FIVETHIRTYEIGHT POLITICS PODCAST, GALEN DRUKE NOW. GALEN, HOW IS THE WEATHER

IMPACTING THE CANDIDATES FINAL PUSH IN IOWA? DIANE, AS WE SAW, IT’S BEEN DIFFICULT FOR THE CANDIDATES TO CAMPAIGN HERE IN DES MOINES, IOWA. AND IN FACT, IT’S BEEN DIFFICULT JUST TO GET INTO THE STATE. A LOT OF FLIGHTS WERE DELAYED OR EVEN CANCELED. COMING OUT HERE, THERE WAS A BIG SNOWSTORM.

WE GOT A LOT OF SNOW YESTERDAY. AND EVEN THOUGH WE GOT MOST OF THE SNOW EARLY IN THE WEEK, EXTREME WEATHER IS NOT OVER. IT’S GOING TO CONTINUE THROUGH UNTIL CAUCUS NIGHT WHEN WE’RE EXPECTING WEATHER TO GET DOWN TO MAYBE CLOSE TO -15 DEGREES WITHOUT EVEN WIND. AND THAT’S IMPORTANT, RIGHT,

BECAUSE THESE CAUCUSES ARE EVENTS THAT REQUIRE SOME DEDICATION, YOU’VE GOT TO SHOW UP IN THE EVENING MAYBE EVEN 4 HOURS AT YOUR LOCAL GYM OR COMMUNITY CENTER IN ORDER TO SORT OF, YOU KNOW, NOT TAKE YOUR VOTE SE, BUT CAUCUS FOR WHOEVER YOU LIKE. AND SO THE WEATHER CAN AFFECT

THINGS IN THE IOWA CAUCUSES. >> SO WE’RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS NEW POLLING THAT SHOWS NIKKI HALEY CLOSING THE GAP WITH TRUMP IN NEW HAMPSHIRE? YEAH, IT’S A GOOD QUESTION. DIANE AND I GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS SAY ABOUT IT.

FIRST OF ALL, ACCORDING TO THE FIVETHIRTYEIGHT POLLING AVERAGES AT THE MOMENT, DONALD TRUMP IS AT ABOUT 42% IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHEREAS NIKKI HALEY IS AT ABOUT 30 PERCENT. >> AND THEN CHRIS CHRISTIE HAS ABOUT TEN OR 11% SUPPORT. SO YOU CAN SEE A PATH WHERE MAYBE, SAY, NIKKI HALEY OVERPERFORMED IN IOWA OR

WHO KNOWS? CHRIS CHRISTIE DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE AND ENDORSES THAT. HALEY HAS SORT OF A PATH TO BEATING DONALD TRUMP OR COMING VERY CLOSE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. IT’S POSSIBLE. BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE REALITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AS A STATE AND WHAT IT MEANS IN THIS PRIMARY.

SO IN NEW HAMPSHIRE INDEPENDENTS CAN VOTE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, MEANING THE ELECTORATE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IS QUITE DIFFERENT. ON TOP OF THAT NEW, HAMPSHIRE IS ONE OF THE TOP TEN MOST EDUCATED STATES IN THE COUNTRY MORE THAN 40% OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. I HAVE A FOUR YEAR BACHELOR’S DEGREE.

THAT’S A SEGMENT OF THE ELECTORATE THAT NIKKI HALEY DOES REALLY WELL WITH. BUT THAT IS NOT THE MAJORITY OF THE REPUBLICAN ELECTORATE, AND IT’S NOWHERE CLOSE TO 40% IN MANY OF THE OTHER STATES WHERE. THEY’RE GOING TO BE CAMPAIGNING. THAT’S ALL TO SAY. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD STATE FOR

NIKKI HALEY. AND SO WHILE THE POLLING FOR HER MAY BE PROMISING, THERE REALLY FOR HER TO EVEN HAVE A CHANCE OF WINNING THE PRIMARY, SHE HAS TO DO EXTREMELY WELL. SHE’S GOT TO NOT JUST WIN, MAYBE BLOW TRUMP OUT OF THE WATER THERE TO EVEN HAVE A SHOT

IN THE SUBSEQUENT. >> SO WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM VOTERS THERE BEFORE VOTING BEGINS? >> YES, SOMETHING I WAS TALKING WITH VOTERS YESTERDAY IN THE MIDDLE OF IN THE MIDDLE OF A SNOWSTORM. AND SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND HERE IS IOWA IS A STATE OF A LITTLE OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE.

BUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO END UP CAUCUSING CAN BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 100 OR 200,000 PEOPLE. SO THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, AN EVENT THAT REQUIRES SOME TIME DEDICATION. AND A LOT OF IOWANS DON’T NECESSARILY PARTICIPATE, THE CAUCUSES. AND SO YOU TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO, EVEN THOUGH

THEY’RE IN IOWA WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CAMPAIGNING FOR MONTHS, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE STILL NOT REALLY SURE THEY HAVEN’T HEARD FROM THAT MANY CANDIDATES. THE DEDICATED PEOPLE, THOUGH, IT’S INTERESTING, YOU CAN TELL THAT VIVEK RAMASWAMY HAS BEEN ON THE GROUND HERE. HE’S DONE FALL. CHUCK GRASSLEY, WHICH IS VISIT

ALL 99 COUNTIES TWICE SO FAR. AND SO YOU DO HEAR ABOUT VIVEK RAMASWAMY. THAT’S NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENTED IN THE POLLS, THOUGH. YOU STILL POLLING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS, WHEREAS NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS ARE POLLING MORE, LET’S SAY 16, 17% IN IOWA. BUT ONE THING YOU HEAR A LOT

ABOUT, I’LL SAY THREE THINGS YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT AND IT GOES FOR REPUBLICANS, I WOULD SAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, NUMBER ONE, THE ECONOMY. NUMBER TWO, IMMIGRATION. AND NUMBER THREE, NATIONAL. >> YOU HEAR FROM PRETTY MUCH EVERY VOTER THAT YOU TALK TO. >> ALL RIGHT, GALEN DRUKE IN IOWA, STAY WARM DAY

AND THANK YOU. AND THE HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE IS HOLDING ITS FIRST IMPEACHMENT HEARING FOR HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS. HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE ACCUSING MAYORKAS OF FAILED LEADERSHIP ON BORDER ISSUES, WITH CHAIRMAN MARK GREEN, CALLING HIM A THREAT TO NATIONAL, SAYING MAYORKAS HAS BROKEN HIS OATH TO THIS COUNTRY.

MAJORCA SAYS HIS DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN BOLD, NECESSARY STEPS WHILE CONGRESS FAILED TO ACT. AND DEMOCRATS SAY REPUBLICANS ARE ABUSING THEIR POWER OVER A POLICY DISAGREEMENT. SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT CELIA WANG JOINS ME NOW FROM CAPITOL HILL FOR MORE. SO WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE AT THIS HEARING TODAY?

>> WELL, WHAT THIS HEARING IS REALLY GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON HOW BORDER POLICIES HAVE IMPACTED STATES, FEATURING TESTIMONIES FROM, SEVERAL STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS. BUT THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP IN THE IMPEACHMENT. IT’S NOT GUARANTEED THAT IT WOULD PASS THE HOUSE, GIVEN THE VERY SLIM REPUBLICAN MAJORITIES.

AND IT DEFINITELY IS VERY UNLIKELY IT WOULD PASS IN THE SENATE, GIVEN THE DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED SENATE. BUT REALLY, TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT, NEW YORK IS HE’S BEEN THE TARGET OF VERY ANGRY GOP FRUSTRATIONS. HE’S BEEN THE TARGET OF THAT FOR MONTHS. IT’S THE CULMINATION OF THAT

ANGER OVER WHAT THEY SEE AS A BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FAILED POLICIES. BLAMING PLACING THE BLAME THAT MAYORKAS FOR FAILING TO UPHOLD THE LAW AND STEM THE FLOW OF MIGRANTS AND ILLEGAL DRUGS INTO THIS COUNTRY. BUT LOOK, THERE HAS BEEN EVEN SOME SKEPTICISM, REPUBLICANS WHO SAY THAT THESE ARE POLICY DISAGREEMENTS, NOT HIGH CRIMES

AND MISDEMEANORS. AND THE DHS ITSELF HAS ALSO OUT SOME DATA SAYING, LOOK, WE’VE BEEN DOING OUR JOBS. THEY SAY THEY DEPORTED MORE ILLEGAL MIGRANTS THAN THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION AND SAID THEY’VE MORE FENTANYL AND ARRESTED MORE DRUG TRAFFICKERS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS THAN IN THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS COMBINED.

>> SO SOMETHING UP? WHERE DO THEY GO? CREATION’S THE BORDER AND THIS POLICY DEBATE STAND RIGHT NOW? WELL, THEY’RE CURRENTLY STILL IN THE SENATE, STALLED OVER SEVERAL POINTS, INCLUDING OVER PAROLE AUTHORITY. AND THAT’S JUST IN THE SENATE WOULD FACE FAR MORE PUSHBACK IN THE HOUSE FROM HARDLINE CONSERVATIVES THAT WANT TO SEE

EVEN MORE STRINGENT POLICIES. AND THIS IMPEACHMENT AGAINST NEW YORKERS. WHAT THAT COMPLICATES ALL OF THIS, BECAUSE THEY ALL HE’S BEEN REGULARLY COMING TO THE HILL, NEGOTIATING WITH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE OVER THESE BORDER NEGOTIATIONS AND WHITE HOUSE. AND THE DHS SAYS, LOOK, THIS IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. IT’S TO WE’RE NOW HEARING

HUNTER BIDEN HAS MADE A SURPRISE APPEARANCE THERE ON CAPITOL HILL. THIS COMES AS HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE MARKING UP A RESOLUTION TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. SO WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THAT? YES. SO THEY ARE CURRENTLY DEBATING OVER WHETHER TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS.

IF IT PASSES, IT WOULD THEN GO UP FOR A FULL HOUSE VOTE THAT WOULD THEN GET RECOMMENDED TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WOULD ULTIMATELY THE DECISION. AND NOW, REMEMBER, HUNTER BIDEN, HE REFUSED TO TESTIFY, TESTIFIED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS LAST MONTH, SAYING WAS CONCERNED THAT HIS WORDS COULD

BE CHERRY PICKED OR TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT. INSTEAD, HE OFFERED TO TESTIFY PUBLICLY. AND REMEMBER LAST MONTH HE CAME TO THE HILL AND HE DID GIVE PUBLIC REMARKS TO THE PRESS. THIS YOU KNOW, AND LET’S JUST LISTEN IN TO THOSE PROCEEDINGS NOW. >> 0% COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR SUBPOENAS, INCLUDING MR.

JORDAN, MR. BIGGS AND MR. PERRY. WHEN THEY HAVE MATERIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE VIOLENT ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL, THE CONGRESS AND THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ON JANUARY 6, 2021. >> IN ANY EVENT, FOR THE LAST 11 MONTHS, THE CHAIRMAN HAS REPEATEDLY REFUSED, REFUSED OFFERS FROM HUNTER BIDEN,

HIS ATTORNEY, TO MEET WITH THE CHAIRMAN AND HIS STAFF AND WITH MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 9TH, JUST ONE DAY AFTER THE CHAIRMAN’S FIRST LETTER TO HUNTER BIDEN. MR. BIDEN’S LAWYER RESPONDED AND OFFERED SHERMAN KOMAR TO, QUOTE, SIT WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF, THE RANKING MEMBER, AND STEP TO SEE WHETHER MR.

BIDEN HAS INFORMATION THAT MAY INFORM SOME LEGITIMATE LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE AND BE HELPFUL TO THE COMMITTEE. THE CHAIRMAN NEVER RESPONDED ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, MR. BIDEN’S LAWYER AGAIN WROTE TO CHAIRMAN COOMER AFTER NEWSMAX INTERVIEW IN WHICH THE CHAIRMAN FALSELY CLAIMED THAT HE NEVER GOT A RESPONSE BACK TO HIS ORIGINAL LETTER. MR. BIDEN’S ATTORNEY EXPLAINED

THE CHAIRMAN ACTUALLY NEVER RESPONDED TO HIS OFFER TO SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS THE COMMITTEE’S REQUEST, BUT STATED THAT HE REMAINED AVAILABLE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION. BUT THE CHAIRMAN AGAIN COMPLETELY FAILED TO RESPOND. TWO MONTHS LATER, ON NOVEMBER 8TH, CHAIRMAN COLMER AND JORDAN ISSUED SUBPOENAS TO MR. BIDEN REQUIRING HIS APPEARANCE

FOR A DEPOSITION ON DECEMBER 13TH. IN THE COVERED LETTER, THE CHAIRMAN NOTED, GIVEN YOUR CLIENT’S WILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS THIS INVESTIGATION PUBLICLY, UP TO THIS POINT, WE WOULD EXPECT HIM TO TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS THROUGHOUT THE FALL. THE CHAIRMAN URGED MR. BIDEN TO COME APPEAR AT A PUBLIC COMMITTEE HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 13TH.

ON NEWSMAX, THE CHAIRMAN STATED HUNTER BIDEN IS MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE. HE WANTS TO CLEAR HIS GOOD NAME. IF HE WANTS TO COME AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WEREN’T 20 SHOW COMPANIES HE’S INVITED TODAY, WE’LL DROP EVERYTHING ON OCTOBER 31 ON A NATIONWIDE PODCAST.

THE CHAIRMAN STATED WE HAVE MOUNTAINS OF EVIDENCE NOW WE’RE READY TO BRING THEM IN. WE’RE IN THE DOWNHILL PHASE NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY DOCUMENTS AND WE CAN THESE PEOPLE IN FOR DEPOSITIONS OR COMMITTEE HEARINGS, WHICHEVER THEY CHOOSE, FOR DEPOSITIONS OR COMMITTEE HEARINGS, WHICHEVER THEY CHOOSE.

AND WE CAN ASK THESE QUESTIONS WITH EVIDENCE ON NOVEMBER SIX, AGAIN ON NEWSMAX. OUR GOOD CHAIRMAN STATED, I WILL EXTEND THAT INVITATION ON YOUR SHOW RIGHT NOW. ROBB IF THE FAMILY WANTS TO JOIN TONY BOBULINSKI IN AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HEARING IN QUESTIONS THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE. THEN THAT INVITATION’S OPEN

RIGHT NOW. >> THEY CAN COME ON IN AND DO THAT. ON NOVEMBER 28TH, HUNTER BIDEN, THROUGH HIS LAWYER, AGREED TO CHAIRMAN CROMER’S MULTIPLE PUBLIC REQUESTS. >> HE AGREED TO APPEAR PRECISELY AT A PUBLIC HEARING UNDER OATH TO ANSWER THE COMMITTEE’S QUESTIONS ON DECEMBER 13. EXACTLY WHAT OUR GOOD COLLEAGUES THE REPUBLICANS

WHO HAD INFORMATION ABOUT JANUARY SIX, NEVER AGREED TO DO. >> THEY NEVER AGREED TO TESTIFY ANYWHERE UNDER OATH ABOUT WHAT THEY KNEW. THE LETTER THAT CAME IN FROM MR. BIDEN EMBRACED IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A PUBLIC PROCEEDING THAT, QUOTE, WOULD PREVENT SELECTIVE LEAKS, MANIPULATED TRANSCRIPTS, DOCTORED EXHIBITS, OR ONE SIDED PRESS STATEMENTS,

ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE COMMITTEE’S PAST USE OF CLOSED DOOR SESSIONS TO MANIPULATE, EVEN DISTORT THE FACTOR CHAIRMAN, MISINFORM THE PARLIAMENT AND HAVE AN INQUIRY STATE YOUR POINT. >> I MEAN, MR. CHAIRMAN, DON’T WE HAVE HOUSE AND COMMITTEE RULES REGARDING SUBPOENAS AND THEN RULES ABOUT HAVING HEARINGS AND HAVING QUESTIONS

WITH WITH WITNESSES? WE MUST BE FREE TO RECLAIM MY TIME, MR. CHAIRMAN. WE CAN JUST INTERRUPT EACH WITH AN INQUIRY AT YOUR TIME. >> I’D LIKE TO KNOW THE RULES OF THE HOUSE AND OUR COMMITTEE. >> READ THEM. THEY’RE AVAILABLE. EVERY MEMBER. THE RULES STATE FOR A DEPOSITION, IF THAT’S

WHAT YOU’RE ASKING. THREE DAYS NOTICE. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE STENOGRAPHER OR IN ALL OF THAT. >> SO THAT’S. THAT’S JUST TO CLARIFY, WE CAN’T HAVE SOMEONE ASK WHAT ARMS? MR. CHAIRMAN. OUT. ANY OTHER MEMBERS WISH TO BE HEARD? MR. CHAIR. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I DID ENDURE MULTIPLE INTERRUPTIONS IN MY

OPENING. >> COULD I FINISH HOW YOU WENT OVER YOUR MINUTES? >> I’LL GIVE YOU 30 MORE SECONDS. OKAY. I’M THE CHAIRMAN. REFUSED TO TAKE YES FOR AN ANSWER. HUNTER BIDEN. INSTEAD, ON DECEMBER ONE, THEY PULLED A BAIT AND SWITCH. THEY CHANGED THE TERMS OF THEIR REQUEST. THEY REJECTED HIS OFFER OR

HIS ACCEPTANCE OF THEIR OFFER AND INSISTED THAT HE NOW COME IN AND SIT FOR A SECRET CLOSED DOOR DEPOSITION ON DECEMBER SIX. HUNTER BIDEN’S LAWYER REITERATED THAT HUNTER BIDEN IS WILLING TO ACCEPT THE CHAIR’S ORIGINAL REQUEST. AND ONCE AGAIN OFFERED TO APPEAR ON DECEMBER 13TH OR ANY OTHER DATE IN DECEMBER

TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION PERTINENT RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER. HE AGAIN RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT CLOSED DOOR SESSIONS. THAT’S BRINGS US TO TODAY, MR. CHAIRMAN. HE HAS MATERIALLY, SUBSTANTIALLY IN GOOD FAITH, COMPLIED WITH WHAT REQUESTS WERE. >> HE COOPERATED WITH THE SUBPOENA. WE WE WOULD HAVE TO WE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT.

>> DO ANY OTHER MEMBERS WISH TO BE HEARD? >> RECOGNIZES MISS MAYS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. CHAIRMAN COLMER. FIRST OF ALL, MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHO BRIBED HUNTER BIDEN TO BE HERE TODAY? THAT’S MY FIRST QUESTION. SECOND QUESTION, YOU ARE THE EPITOME OF WHITE PRIVILEGE

COMING INTO THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, SPITTING IN OUR FACE ,IGNORING A CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENA TO BE DEPOSED. WHAT YOU AFRAID OF? >> YOU HAVE NO TO COME UP HERE. MR. CHAIRMAN. >> BOARD OF INQUIRY. MR. CHAIRMAN, IF LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF THE GENTLELADY WANTS TO HEAR FROM HUNTER BIDEN, WE CAN HEAR

FROM HIM RIGHT NOW. MR. CHAIRMAN, LET’S TAKE A VOTE AND HEAR FROM HUNTER BIDEN. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? OH, RIGHT ON. HOLD ON. ORDER TO REMOVE THE SPEAKER. NO WOMEN ALLOWED TO SPEAK IN ORDER TO KEEP INTERRUPTING ME. I INTERRUPTED YOU. PLEASE. I KNOW THAT HE’S A LADY.

I THINK THAT THAT HUNTER BIDEN SHOULD BE ARRESTED RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. GO STRAIGHT TO JAIL. OUR NATION IS FOUNDED ON THE RULE. COME ON. COME ON. PREMISE APPLIES EQUALLY TO EVERYONE, NO MATTER. >> WHAT? YOUR POINT OF ORDER, MR. CHAIRMAN. POINT OF ORDER. MATTER WHO YOU ARE. POINT OF ORDER.

MR. BIGGS, OVER HERE. GYMNASTICS. PIGS OVER HERE. STATE YOUR POINT. WHICH. MY POINT OF ORDER IS THIS. ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH WITH THIS BLATANT INTERRUPTION? THIS. THIS IS ABSURD AND INAPPROPRIATE. I INTEND TO GIVE MY STATEMENT. I DON’T INTEND TO HAVE ANYBODY INTERRUPT.

I AM NOT GOING TO INTERRUPT YOUR STATEMENTS. I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE DECORUM AND COURTESY. AND DON’T ACT LIKE A BUNCH NIMRODS, YOU JUST INTERRUPTED ONE AND THAT IS FINE. YOU KNOW I GOT. I GUESS WE AGREE, EVERYONE. MR. CHAIRMAN, IT’S. CAN WE AGREE FOR POINT OF ORDER

AGAIN, THE ASSERTION THAT I INTERRUPTED WAS ABSOLUTELY FALSE. THAT’S TYPICAL OF THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE IT. >> I GOT PERMISSION TO SPEAK FROM THE CHAIRMAN. I SPOKE. I WAS INTERRUPTED YET AGAIN BY THE GENTLEMAN WHO DOESN’T CHOOSE TO GO THROUGH THE CHAIR AND FOLLOWED PROPER ORDER. I ENCOURAGE US, I THINK, IF

WE’RE GOING TO HAVE ANY RESPECT AT ALL, WE NEED TO HAVE PROPER DECORUM. WELL, YOU HAVE. WELL SAID. WELL SAID. >> I’D LIKE TO FINISH. THE RULES ARE EVERYONE’S GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR 5 MINUTES. ANYONE THAT WANTS TO BE RECOGNIZED WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR 5 MINUTES.

MR. BASS HAS 4 MINUTES AND 13 SECONDS LEFT. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES MS. MAY. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU COME FROM, OR WHO YOUR FATHER IS OR YOUR LAST NAME. YES, I’M LOOKI AT YOU, HUNTER BIDEN, AS I’M SPEAKING TO. YOU YOU ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW AT ALL.

THE FACTS IN THIS CASE ARE CRYSTAL CLEAR. THIS COMMITTEE USED AND ISSUED A LOSS SUBPOENA TO HUNTER BIDEN, A CRITICAL WITNESS IN THIS COMMITTEE’S INVESTIGATION INTO BIDEN’S FAMILY CORRUPTION. HUNTER BIDEN, HIS LAWYERS NOT CLAIM PRIVILEGE OF ANY KIND BECAUSE CLEARLY HE HAS NOT THEY DIDN’T CONTEST THE LEGITIMACY OF OUR REASONS

FOR ISSUING THE SUBPOENA. NO REASONS BECAUSE THEY CLEARLY ARE LEGITIMATE. AND YET REFUSED TO COMPLY. TRUMP’S FAMILY MEMBERS, DON TRUMP. HE HE DID NOT DEFY CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENA. HE SHOWED UP MULTIPLE TIMES FOR MULTIPLE DEPOSITIONS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. IN DOING SO, YOU KNOW, HUNTER BIDEN BROKE LAW. HE DID SO, DEBRA, DELIBERATELY.

YOU DID SO FLAGRANTLY. YOU SHOWED UP ON THE HILL ON THE SENATE SIDE THE DAY THAT SUBPOENA TO DEFY IT AND SPIT IN THE FACE OF THIS COMMITTEE. WHAT YOU DID, THE QUESTION THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE ASKING US IS, WHAT IS HUNTER BIDEN SO AFRAID OF?

WHY CAN’T YOU SHOW UP FOR A CONGRESSIONAL DEPOSITION? >> YOU’RE HERE FOR A POLITICAL STUNT. THIS JUST A PR STUNT TO YOU. THIS IS JUST A GAME THAT YOU ARE PLAYING WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> YOU’RE PLAYING WITH THE TRUTH. HUNTER BIDEN WASN’T AFRAID TO SELL ACCESS TO JOE BIDEN

TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER WHEN HE WAS IN ELECTED OFFICE, WASN’T AFRAID TO TRADE ON THE BIDEN BRAND, PEDDLE INFLUENCE AND SHARE THOSE ILL GOTTEN GAINS WITH MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY, INCLUDING JOE BIDEN. >> HE WASN’T AFRAID TO COMPROMISE THE INTEGRITY OF THE PRESIDENCY, AND VICE PRESIDENTS BY INVOLVING

JOE BIDEN, SHADY BUSINESS DEALS WITH OUR FOREIGN ADVERSARIES. BUT HUNTER BIDEN, YOU ARE TOO AFRAID TO SHOW UP FOR A DEPOSITION AND YOU STILL CAN’T TODAY. >> I BELIEVE THAT HUNTER BIDEN SHOULD BE HELD COMPLETELY IN CONTEMPT. I THINK HE SHOULD BE HAULED OFF TO JAIL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT

WASN’T LONG AGO. TO MY FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE THAT YOU ALSO BELIEVE IN THE POWER, A CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENA NOT LONG AGO AT ALL. >> YOU BELIEVE IN HOLDING THOSE WHO REFUSE TO COMPLY WITH CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENA ACCOUNTABLE. AND I STAND WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

I AM THE ONLY IN THIS ROOM TODAY WHO HAS HELD A MEMBER OF MY OWN PARTY IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS FOR NOT SHOWING UP FOR A SUBPOENA. AND I SEE NOTHING BUT COMPLETE HYPOCRISY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE THE RANKING MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE, EVEN SO

ELOQUENTLY PUT IT, THE LESSON IS PLEASE TELL YOUR CHILDREN OUT THERE IN AMERICA, IF YOU GET A SUBPOENA TO GO BEFORE CONGRESS, GO. YOU HAVE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO. >> SO HYPOCRISY IS STUNNING. >> WHAT ARE WE TO TELL OUR CHILDREN TODAY? THERE’S NOTHING THE OTHER SIDE

CAN SAY WITH A STRAIGHT FACE. AS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE TO VOTE TO HOLD A MEMBER OF CONTEMPT OF MY OWN . LET ME BE CLEAR. THIS SHOULD NOT BE A PARTISAN. IF CONGRESS ISSUES A SUBPOENA, YOU SHOW UP, PERIOD. THIS IS NOT A RESPONSIBILITY WE TAKE LIGHTLY.

IT BRINGS NO JOY FOR US TO DO THIS. BUT THE PRESIDENT’S SON BROKE LAW AND MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IN THE SAME WAY ANYBODY ELSE WOULD. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TO DO SO AND LAST MESSAGE TO YOU, HUNTER BIDEN. YOU PLAY STUPID GAMES.

YOU WENT STUPID PRIZES. WILL THE GENTLELADY YIELD FOR A QUESTION? WILL THE GENTLELADY UP WITH MY FRIEND IN SOUTH CAROLINA? >> SURE. AND I DO WANT TO COMMEND THE GENTLELADY WHO WAS THE ONLY REPUBLICAN WHO STOOD UP AND VOTED TO HOLD IN CONTEMPT THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE WHO BLATANTLY

AND CATEGORICALLY REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH SUBPOENAS THAT CAME FROM THE BIPARTISAN JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY FRIEND MS.. MAYS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA WHETHER SHE’S AWARE OF ALL OF THE CASE LAW, WHICH SAYS THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS TO ENGAGE GOOD FAITH INTERACTION WITH THE WITNESSES THEY’VE CALLED AND THEY’RE

SUPPOSED TO ARRIVE AT A SOLUTION. AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE CHAIRMAN ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS GAVE THIS WITNESS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE THE FULL COMMITTEE? >> HE AGREED TO THAT. WE ISSUED A CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENA. I KNOW WITH YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL LAW BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS.

AND HE SHOULD HAVE SHOWED UP. AND BECAUSE OF YOUR VOTE, BECAUSE OF YOUR STATEMENTS, YOU SHOULD BE VOTING TO HOLD HOLD THIS MAN IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS TO DAY RIGHT NOW. IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE CONSISTENT ON YOUR OWN POLICIES AND YOUR OWN WORDS, CAN LADIES TIMES EXPIRE? >> CHAIR RECOGNIZE MR.

MOSKOWITZ FOR 5 MINUTES? >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU. A LONG BREAK. SO I’M LISTENING TO THE GENERALLY FROM SOUTH CAROLINA ABOUT THE WITNESS BEING A FREE AIDE TO COME IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE, IT’S INTERESTING IS HERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE TOO AFRAID.

IN FACT, FOR SOME REASON, THE CHAIRMAN WHO ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS INVITED THE WITNESS TO COME ON TV. >> SO APPARENTLY THE CHAIRMAN WANTS TO PRETEND LIKE STATEMENTS ON TELEVISION OR IN INTERVIEWS DON’T MATTER. BUT DIDN’T HAPPEN ONCE. IT DIDN’T HAPPEN TWICE. IT HAPPENED TIMES, THE CHAIRMAN SAID THE WITNESS CAN CHOOSE

WHETHER TO COME TO A DEPOSITION OR TO A PUBLIC HEARING IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE. THE WITNESS ACCEPTED THE CHAIRMAN’S INVITATION. IT JUST SO HAPPENS THE WITNESS IS HERE. IF THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO HEAR FROM THE WITNESS AND THE CHAIRMAN GAVE THE WITNESS THAT OPTION, THEN

THE ONLY FOLKS THAT ARE AFRAID TO HEAR FROM THE WITNESS WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WATCHING ARE MY FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE. I DON’T KNOW IF THERE IS A PROPER MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN, BUT I’LL MAKE A MOTION. LET’S VOTE. LET’S TAKE A VOTE. WHO WANTS TO HEAR FROM HUNTER

RIGHT NOW, TODAY? ANYONE? >> COME ON. WANT TO HEAR FROM HUNTER? YEAH, NO ONE. SO I’M A VISUAL LEARNER. AND THE VISUAL IS CLEAR. NOBODY OVER THERE WANTS HEAR FROM THE WITNESS. >> OH ONE. THANK YOU. WELL, YOU YIELD A QUESTION. I’M NOT THERE YET, BUT I

WILL EVENTUALLY UP. SO THERE IS NO ONE OTHER THAN ONE OR TWO THAT WANT TO HEAR THE WITNESS. AND A MAJORITY OF MY COLLEAGUES OVER THERE, INCLUDING THE CHAIRMAN, DO NOT WANT TO HEAR FROM THE WITNESS WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WATCHING. SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, I JUST WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.

WILL YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU INVITED, THE WITNESS ON TELEVISION, TO CHOOSE WHETHER HE CAN COME TO A PUBLIC HEARING? AND DO YOU STAND BY YOUR WORDS OR DO YOU RENEGE THAT INVITATION TO THE WITNESS? TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, I’VE SAID REPEATEDLY AFTER THE DEPOSITION, MR. BIDEN CAN COME IN FRONT OF A PUBLIC

HEARING. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I DON’T WANT TO PLAY THE VIDEO, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU SAID ON TELEVISION MULTIPLE TIMES. >> WE HAVE THE QUOTES. WE CAN PUT THEM UP. YOU SAID THE WITNESS CAN CHOOSE BETWEEN A DEPOSITION. THEY SAID, MR. MOSKOWITZ, MR. BIDEN DOESN’T MAKE THE RULES.

>> WE KNOW THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> YOU MAKE THE RULES. AND THE RULE YOU MADE IS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE THOSE RULE. >> THOSE WERE YOUR THOSE. WE ARE WHAT YOU’RE CLAIMING HE WAS ISSUED LAWFUL SUBPOENAS. RECLAIMING MY TIME, MR. CHAIRMAN. NO, YOU ISSUED THOSE SUBPOENAS

AFTER HE TOOK YOU UP ON YOUR INVITATION TO COME. AND THEN YOU WERE LIKE, OH, NO, NO. OH, MY GOD. WHAT DID WE. WHAT DID I DO? I INVITED HIM TO COME SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN HEAR HIS SIDE OF THE STORY I PUT MY FOOT IN MY MOUTH.

SO NOW I MUST BURY HIM IN THE BASEMENT WHERE WE CAN DECIDE WHAT WE’RE GOING TO RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO TELL THAT STORY. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I SAID MULTIPLE TIMES THAT THIS IS NOT ABOUT HUNTER, IT’S ABOUT JOE BIDEN AND THIS MORNING, ON MORNINGS WITH MARIA ASKED

ANOTHER SIMPLE QUESTION. THE QUESTION WOULD BEEN ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES, WHICH IS, DO YOU HAVE EVIDENCE TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES BEFORE YOU SAID, I HOPE SO. TODAY YOU SAID, I THINK SO. AND THE ANSWER IS YOU DON’T AND YOU STILL DON’T. AND SO WE CONTINUE TO BE HERE

AND HAVE THESE HEARINGS. TO MY COLLEAGUES, YOU TALK ABOUT SUBPOENAS. I APPRECIATE THE GENERAL, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHO VOTED TO HOLD PEOPLE IN CONTEMPT. SO LISTEN, I’LL MAKE THIS MY CARDS AND I’LL VOTE FOR THE HUNDRED ACCOUNTS. NOW, YOU CAN GET MY VOTE. YOU CAN GET MY VOTE.

BUT I WANT YOU TO SHOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT YOU’RE SERIOUS. HERE IS THE SUBPOENA TO. REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT PERRY, WHO DID NOT COMPLY. WE ARE LISTENING IN HERE. A HEARING ON A RESOLUTION TO HOLD HUNTER BIDEN IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. THERE’S HAVING SOME AUDIO ISSUES RIGHT NOW.

SO WE’RE GOING TO BREAK AWAY UNTIL THOSE GET FIXED. BUT WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE IS A CONTENTIOUS MEETING, SURPRISINGLY CONTENTIOUS, I MIGHT SAY, OVER THIS MOVE TO HOLD THE PRESIDENT’S SON IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. HUNTER BIDEN, UNEXPECTED LEE IS THERE ON CAPITOL HILL AND OUR EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL PRODUCER, SANTUCCI IS HERE

WITH ME ON SET RIGHT NOW. JOHN, FIRST, LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT THAT SURPRISE APPEARANCE BECAUSE HUNTER BIDEN WAS NOT EXPECTED TO BE THERE TODAY, NOT ALL. >> AND HE’S RIGHT THERE ON THE HOUSE. YEAH, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND TIME THE PRESIDENT’S SON HAS MADE AN APPEARANCE LIKE THIS. DIANE, YOU’LL RECALL

RIGHT AROUND THE HOLIDAYS, HE ACTUALLY GAVE AN IMPROMPTU PRESS CONFERENCE OUTSIDE HILL BECAUSE HOUSE REPUBLICANS WANT HIM TO TESTIFY IN PUBLIC. I WANT TO TESTIFY IN PRIVATE. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, PRESIDENTS SUTTON SAID, LISTEN, I’LL TESTIFY PUBLICLY. >> I’M HERE RIGHT NOW. BRING ME UP. LET’S THIS HOUSE REPUBLICANS DECLINED THAT OFFER FROM

THE PRESIDENT’S SON. SO TODAY WHAT THIS IS ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAYING, LOOK, WE SUBPOENAED YOU, WE ASKED YOU TO COME BEFORE US BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. YOU SAID NO, WE’RE GOING TO HOLD YOU IN CONTEMPT. >> SO HUNTER BIDEN AGAIN SAYS, WELL, I’LL DO IT PUBLICLY. HERE I AM.

I’M SITTING RIGHT IN THE FRONT ROW. AND THAT IS STILL NOT HAPPENING. IT’S STRIKING TO ME, THOUGH. I WAS TALKING TO A COLLEAGUE OF OURS AS WE’RE GETTING READY TO COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT THIS. >> IT’S INTERESTING TACTIC BY THE PRESIDENT’S SON BECAUSE THIS PUTS STORY, THIS SAGA, THIS POLITICAL DRAMA FRONT

CENTER IN THE MIND OF VOTERS RIGHT NOW HAVING SHOW UP AT A HEARING HE DOESN’T NEED TO TECHNICALLY BE AT TO BE HELD IN CONTEMPT, ALMOST SIMILAR TO WHAT DONALD TRUMP DID JUST YESTERDAY. DIANE SHOWING UP IN A COURT PROCEEDING HE DIDN’T HAVE TO BE AT. >> AND IT LOOKS LIKE BIDEN JUST

LEFT RIGHT NOW. BUT THAT CAME AFTER AND WE COULDN’T HEAR THOSE EXACT MOMENTS RIGHT BEFORE HE WALKED OUT. BUT THAT CAME AFTER REPRESENTATIVE MOSKOWITZ TURNED TO THE ROOM AND SAID, WHO WANTS TO HEAR FROM HUNTER BIDEN RIGHT NOW? HE’S SITTING RIGHT THERE. RAISE YOUR HAND TRYING TO MAKE

THE POINT THAT NONE OF THE REPUBLICANS IN THE ROOM RAISE, THEIR HAND, BECAUSE HE’S TRYING TO SAY THAT THEY DON’T WANT TO HEAR FROM HIM, AT LEAST IN A PUBLIC. >> EXACTLY. AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT AROUND THE HOLIDAYS WHEN HE SHOWED UP. THERE WAS OTHER DEMOCRATS ON THAT COMMITTEE

THAT ORGANIZED THAT PRESS CONFERENCE THAT HUNTER BIDEN HAD RIGHT OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL. AND THE SAME TACTIC. DIANE, IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME, LET’S DO IT. PUT IT IN FRONT OF ME. AND IT LOOKS LIKE HUNTER BIDEN IS SPEAKING OUTSIDE THAT HEARING ROOM. >> LET’S LISTEN TO THIS.

HE’S IN THERE. YOU CAN SEE AND MISCHARACTERIZED WHAT HAVE SAID. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN THE HOUSE LAST FALL, TAYLOR MADE AN EXPLICIT OFFER TO CONDUCT HEADLINES LIKE HUNTER AND CAT LIKE TO OBTAIN A DEPOSITION OR A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICHEVER THEY CHOSE. HUNTER CHOSE A HEARING WHERE REPUBLICANS COULD NOT

MANIPULATE OR MISUSE THAT TESTIMONY HONOR AND THEN IGNORING THAT INVITATION AND PROVING ONCE AGAIN THAT THEY CARED LITTLE ABOUT THE TRUTH AND WANTED ONLY, QUOTE, MOVE THE NEEDLE OF POLITICAL SUPPORT, WHICH WAS A QUOTE, CHAIRMAN CULVER CITY LAST YEAR, AS YOU HEARD BIDEN, THE REPUBLICAN CHAIR TODAY, ARE COMMANDEERING AN UNPRECEDENTED RESOLUTION

TO HOLD SOMEONE IN CONTEMPT WHO HAS OFFERED PUBLICLY ANSWER ALL THEIR PROPER QUESTIONS. THE THERE IS WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID FOR? >> THAT’S AN ATTORNEY FOR HUNTER BIDEN. THEY’RE AVI LULL TALKING JUST OUTSIDE A HEARING ROOM WHERE HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO HOLD HUNTER BIDEN IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS FOR NOT

TESTIFYING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. >> BEFORE THAT. AND WE’RE HEARING ABBE LOWELL SAYING TRY TO EXPLAIN WHY. HE’S ACCUSING REPUBLICANS OF DISTORTING CLOSED DOOR TESTIMONIES OF OTHER WITNESSES, SAYING HUNTER BIDEN DOESN’T WANT THE SAME THING DONE TO THEM. JOHN, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS NOW HUNTER BIDEN SHOWING UP

TODAY ON CAPITOL HILL? UNEXPECTED AND NOW HAVING HIS ATTORNEY SAY THESE WORDS JUST OUTSIDE THAT HEARING? I MEAN, LOOK, THIS IS NOT A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING. IT’S NOT A LEGAL THIS IS A POLITICAL PROCEEDING. AND I THINK THAT WHAT YOU’RE SEEING HERE IS POLITICAL FIREPOWER VERSUS POLITICAL FIREPOWER. >> REPUBLICANS THOUGHT

THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE THIS SHOW TODAY WITH, YOU KNOW, HOLDING HUNTER BIDEN. HUNTER BIDEN SAID, NOT SO FAST. I’M GOING TO COME CRASH YOUR PARTY. AND HERE I AM, ABBE LOWELL. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ON HIM. DIANE, THIS IS A NO NONSENSE ATTORNEY.

THIS IS A GUY THAT HAS BEEN FRONT CENTER IN CONTROVERSY BEFORE. HE ACTUALLY REPRESENTED BOB MENENDEZ IN HIS FIRST CORRUPTION TRIAL THAT HAPPENED YEARS AGO. HE WAS ACTUALLY A KEY MEMBER OF THE TRUMP LEGAL TEAM YEARS AGO WHEN THEY DEALT WITH THE SPECIAL COUNSEL IN THAT CASE REPRESENTING THE FORMER

PRESIDENT’S SON IN JARED KUSHNER AND HIS DAUGHTER, ABARCA, AS THEY WENT AGAINST SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER IN THAT INVESTIGATION, SO LOW, HIS TEAM KNOW WHAT THEY’RE DOING, AND THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY BROUGHT IN BY TEAM BIDEN AND DIANE TO DEAL WITH THIS INVESTIGATION ON CAPITOL HILL, BECAUSE, REMEMBER, HUNTER

BIDEN HAS SEVERAL OTHER GOING ON RIGHT NOW. WE KNOW THAT GUN CHARGE THAT WAS LEVELED AGAINST HIM OVER IN DELAWARE IN LATE NOVEMBER AND THEN TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, A HEARING THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN ACTUALLY TOMORROW OUT IN CALIFORNIA. THOSE NINE TAX RELATED CHARGES THAT WERE BROUGHT AGAINST

THE PRESIDENT’S NOW ONE OF THE BIG BACK AND FORTH HERE TODAY IS THIS IDEA OF WHAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COMMITTEE SAID IN INTERVIEWS. DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO SAY YOU WENT ON TV AND YOU THESE WITNESSES CAN COME FOR DEPOSITIONS OR THEY CAN COME FOR COMMITTEE HEARINGS, WHICHEVER THEY CHOOSE.

HUNTER BIDEN, ACCORDING TO JAMIE RASKIN, TAKES HIM UP IT AND SAYS YES, OR HIS LEGAL TEAM SAYS HUNTER BIDEN WILL COME FOR A COMMITTEE HEARING. AND THEN THEY KIND OF TOOK THAT DEAL BACK AND SAID, NO, NO, NO, IT HAS TO BE A DEPOSITION BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

>> HOW MUCH DO THOSE MATTER? >> OH, THEY MATTER SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE END OF THE DAY, THERE IS A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE. THEY LOOK LIKE ME AND YOU RIGHT NOW, YOU AND I ARE TALKING IN A CLOSED ROOM. NOBODY’S THERE. NO, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. BUT IF I COME OUT OF IT UNTIL

A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU TOLD ME AND YOU COME OUT AND TELL A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I TOLD YOU, WHERE’S THE TRUTH? >> YOU DON’T HAVE THE FULL STORY. YOU DON’T. THE FULL TRANSCRIPT. THOSE PROCEEDINGS DON’T GET RELEASED UNTIL MOST TIMES AFTER RESOLUTION. LOOK AT THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE HEARING.

ONLY TO MAKE THAT COMPARISON OBVIOUSLY TOTALLY DIFFERENT. BUT I THINK THAT YOU, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE EDUCATION OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IN CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS, THAT IS THE BEST ONE THAT WE CAN MAKE AN ANALOGY TO IN REAL TIME. SO THINK ABOUT THAT. A LOT OF PEOPLE WENT FOR CLOSED

DOOR DEPOSITIONS IN THAT PROCEEDING, SOME OF WHICH WAS PUBLICLY OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE ON VIDEO AND THEY WERE RELEASED AND SNIPPETS AT THE END OF THE AND EVIDENTIARY FINDINGS, THEY RELEASED A REPORT AND THEY RELEASED ALL OF THOSE TRANSCRIPTS. AND IT WASN’T UNTIL THE END. >> SO IT WASN’T UNTIL THE VERY

END OF THAT INVESTIGATION THAT YOU GOT THE FULL PICTURE. WHAT HUNTER BIDEN IS SAYING, LOOK, I WILL YOU THE FULL PICTURE, BUT I WANT THE PICTURE OUT THERE NOW. WE HEARD REPRESENTATIVE NANCY MACE TAKE THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT ARGUMENT, SAYING, ONE, WHAT ARE YOU SO AFRAID OF, HUNTER BIDEN?

AND TWO, THAT IT DOESN’T MATTER . HE WANTS THEY SUBPOENAED HIM FOR A DEPOSITION. HE DIDN’T SHOW UP. >> SO HE SHOULD BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. DOES IT MATTER THAT HE PREFER IT TO BE IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, OR IS THIS JUST ABOUT WHAT CONGRESS SUBPOENAED HIM TO DO?

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, LOOK, WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE DEFIED CONGRESSIONAL BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. LOOK AT STEVE BANNON. DONALD TRUMP’S A LONG TIME. YOU KNOW, SENIOR ADVISER IN THE WHITE HOUSE, MARK MEADOWS WAS REFERRED AS WELL, BUT ONLY BANNON WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP

ON CHARGES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. LISTEN. A SUBPOENA IS A REAL THING AND YOU DEFY A SUBPOENA. YOU ARE TECHNICALLY BREAKING THE LAW. SO I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS CASE NOW. RIGHT. THEY ACTUALLY TAKE UP A FULL VOTE AND REFER HUNTER FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES BY THE

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LIKE THEY DID WITH THE JANUARY 6 PROBE. BUT REMEMBER, THAT WAS WHEN THE HOUSE WAS RUN BY. DEMOCRATS WERE BY REPUBLICANS, REPUBLICANS. IF THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, HIT TEAM BIDEN, AS THEY’RE DOING RIGHT NOW, YOU’D IMAGINE THEY TAKE IT THE CHAIRMAN AT SOME POINT UNDER QUESTIONING FROM THINK RASKIN

SAID SOMETHING INTERESTING, IMPLYING THAT HUNTER BIDEN COULD COME FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AFTER HE TESTIFIES IN A PRIVATE DEPOSITION. >> COULD THAT BE AN AREA OF COMPROMISE? YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GOING TO MAKE THE COMPARISON JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT’S — IT’S HELPFUL TO OUR VIEWERS THAT IS A LOT

OF WHAT WE SAW WITH THE JANUARY 6 SITUATION. RIGHT. MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE ULTIMATELY SAW TAKE THE STAND IN THOSE PRIME TIME HEARINGS PUBLICLY HAD FIRST SAT FOR CLOSED DOOR DEPOSITIONS, LOOKED AT CASSIDY HUTCHINSON. SHE WAS ONE OF THE KEY WITNESSES IN THOSE PROCEEDINGS. SHE SAT FOR SEVERAL DOOR

DEPOSITIONS AND ULTIMATELY TESTIFIED PUBLICLY. SO IT COULD BE. BUT I THINK FOR TEAM BIDEN, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY’RE SAYING IS WE DON’T EVEN WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT STEP BECAUSE WE DON’T WANT YOU TAKE CONTROL OF THE NARRATIVE. WE WANT THE NARRATIVE JUST TO BE OUT THERE NEUTRAL FOR US PUBLICLY.

>> LET’S GO. ALL RIGHT. LET’S CHECK BACK IN WITH. >> THAT HEARING NOW UNDERWAY ON CAPITOL HILL. THE FIVE SUBPOENAS THEMSELVES NOW WANT TO HAVE A CONTEMPT CITATION FOR THE SON OF THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE IN FACT, THEY HAVE NO EVIDENCE OF ANY KIND TO PURSUE THE PRESIDENT.

WELL, SO WHEN YOU CAN’T GO AFTER THE PRINCIPAL, TRY TO HURT THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM, INCLUDING A WOUNDED MEMBER OF HIS OWN FAMILY WHO HAS HAD ALL TWO PUBLIC TROUBLES, BUT BEFORE OUR COUNTRY, IT’S BEEN SPIRITED. >> IT’S CRUEL, AND IT’S BENEATH THE DIGNITY OF THIS COMMITTEE AND THIS BODY.

YOU WANT TO HAVE POLITICAL DIFFERENCES WITH THE PRESIDENT THAT STATES OUR SYSTEM INVITES IT. BUT RESORTING TO PUNITIVE MEASURES AGAINST MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY BECAUSE HE CAN’T GET AT HIM, I THINK, CROSSES A BOUNDARY. >> BY THE WAY, I SAID I COUNSEL DEMOCRATS IN THE PREVIOUS

TO TAKE GREAT CARE IN GOING AFTER MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FAMILY BECAUSE BECAUSE I FELT THE SAME DYNAMIC AT WORK . >> SO I WOULD URGE THAT WE GIVE REAL SERIOUS CONSIDERATION THE MATTER AT HAND, THAT WE SHOW MORE RESPECT FOR THE PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY, WHOEVER THAT PRESIDENT MAY BE.

THEN THEY GIVE GIVEN AND THAT WE RESPECT DUE PROCESS AND WE HOLD OURSELVES TO THE SAME STANDARD. >> WE ARE ASKING THIS BODY TO ACT ON TODAY IN TERMS OF A CONTEMPT CITATION. WE’VE LET MANY, MANY OF OUR FELLOW MEMBERS OFF THE HOOK AND DEFYING THE JANUARY SIX SUBPOENAS.

I YIELD TO MR. ASKIA. THAT’S CONGRESSMAN TIME. I JUST WANT TO ALSO JUST THE CHAIRMAN. I THINK MR. BIDEN HAS AGREED TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE PUBLICLY. JUST WANT TO ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SWEAR IN MR. BIDEN EITHER TODAY OR AT A FUTURE MEETING AND HAVE EVERY

MEMBER BE ABLE TO ASK 5 MINUTES OF QUESTIONING TO THE WITNESS. >> SO WE’D LIKE TO OFFICIALLY ASK THEM. MR. CHAIRMAN. YEAH, WE OBJECT THAT. NOT IN ORDER. HOW IS THAT NOT AN ORDER? IT’S JUST NOT IN ORDER TO OBJECT. >> BERKSHIRE MR. PERRY FOR 5 MINUTES.

>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I’D JUST LIKE TO REMIND OF THIS COMMITTEE. >> ANYBODY WATCHING THAT THIS IS A DULY CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE UNDER THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DULY CONSTITUTED REPUBLICANS ON THIS SIDE AND DEMOCRATS ON THAT SIDE. THE ON THAT SIDE WERE SELECTED BY THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THEIR PROCESS.

SAME THING FOR THE REPUBLICANS ON THIS SIDE. WHY DO I MENTION THAT? WHY DO I BRING THAT UP? BECAUSE THIS IS A STARK DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT IS BEING REFERENCED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE, THE SO-CALLED J SIX COMMITTEE, WHICH IS NOTHING MORE THAN A SOVIET SHOW TRIAL IN AMERICA.

THAT’S WHAT THAT WAS. AND SO EVERY SINGLE ACTION THAT THEY TOOK, SUBPOENAING PEOPLE, DISPARAGING PEOPLE, REFERRING CHARGES OF PEOPLE WERE NOT LEGITIMATE, WERE NOT LEGITIMATE. SO TO COMPARE WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY TO WHAT HAPPENED YEARS AGO IS COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTEXT. >> AND YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND

THAT THIS IS THIS IS A GAME FOR THESE FOLKS. SURE. THEY WANT TO SUPPORT THEIR GUY. THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT AMERICA. THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT’S DOING TO DESTROY AMERICA. THEY’RE JUST LOCKING HORNS, LOCKING ARMS TO SUPPORT GUY. AND GOD BLESS THEM. THEY CAN DO THAT IF YOU WANT

TO VOTE FOR PEOPLE THAT THAT THAT’S YOUR RIGHT. NOW, IN MY OPINION, THIS COMMITTEE IS INTERESTED IN PROSECUTING HUNTER BIDEN. NOT INTERESTED IN THAT. HUNTER BIDEN IS A SAD TALE BY HIS OWN RIGHT, BY HIS OWN ADMISSION, BY LEAVING EVIDENCE ALL AROUND FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE. THE OTHER SIDE COMPLAINS

THAT AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE SHOWN IN THIS COMMITTEE ABOUT HUNTER . DON’T BLAME THE PERSON THAT SHOWED THE DOCUMENTS OR THE PHOTOGRAPHS, THE PERSON THAT COMMITTED THE ACT IS THE PERSON WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTS. AND WE DO TAKE NO JOY BECAUSE IT’S A WASTE OF TIME TO PROSECUTE HUNTER BIDEN.

BUT HE CREATED FOR HIMSELF, ALONG WITH THE REST OF HIS SAD TALE OF HIS UNFORTUNATE THAT IT MAY BE, BUT WE IN THIS COMMITTEE, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ARE CHARGED WITH FINDING THE FACTS. AND THE FACTS SHOW THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN PROFITED, FROM

HIS NAME AND THE PERSON THAT ARRANGED THE DEALS WAS HUNTER BIDEN. AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO DELVE INTO THAT NOW, HUNTER BIDEN HERE TO A HEARING ON A RESOLUTION TO HOLD HUNTER BIDEN IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. PRETTY CONTENTIOUS HEARING AT TIMES HERE. THE SON EVEN MADE A SURPRISE

VISIT THERE TO CAPITOL HILL, SITTING IN THE VERY HEARING ROOM HE HAS SINCE LEFT. BUT THE CONGRESS MEMBERS ARE NOW GOING BACK AND FORTH, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AT LEAST GOING BACK FORTH ON WHETHER TO HOLD HUNTER BIDEN IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS FOR REFUSING TO BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. DEMOCRATS ARE ARGUING

THAT BIDEN IS WILLING TO TESTIFY, BUT WILL DO IT IN A PUBLIC HEARING. >> I WANT TO BRING IN ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTING POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT RACHAEL BADE, ABC NEWS EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL PRODUCER JOHN SANTUCCI. FOR MORE ON THIS. RACHEL, WHAT WE’RE HEARING FROM REPRESENTATIVE CONNOLLY RIGHT NOW IS ESSENTIALLY ALLEGATIONS OF BULLYING, SAYING

THAT DEMOCRATS COULDN’T GET TO PRESIDENT BIDEN. AND SO THEY’RE TRYING TO GO AFTER HUNTER BIDEN SIMPLY BECAUSE HE’S, YOU, HE’S AN INJURED MEMBER AND THEIR WORDS WERE A WEEK. REMEMBER THE FAMILY HAS BEEN VERY PUBLIC ABOUT CHALLENGES IN HIS LIFE AND SO THAT THEY PICKING ON HIM IN A SENSE

BECAUSE THEY CAN’T GET THE PRESIDENT I MEAN, LOOK, REPUBLICANS SEE HIM AS THE WEAKEST LINK WHEN IT COMES TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S FAMILY. AS YOU MENTIONED, HE’S GOT THIS PAST WITH DRUG ABUSE. HE’S FACING CHARGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL FOR BOTH TAX AND GUN RELATED ISSUES. AND HE OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN

ENGAGED WITH FOREIGN BUSINESSES WHILE HIS DAD WAS VICE PRESIDENT, HAVING A BUNCH OF JOBS AND MAKING A LOT OF MONEY FOR GIGS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY HE HAD NO SORT OF CREDENTIAL TO ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE ROLES. SO, LOOK, HE THEY SEE HIM AS AN OPENING AND NATURALLY

THEY’RE GOING TO GO THROUGH HIM IF THEY’RE TRYING TO GET TO BIDEN. THEY’RE OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO PROVE THAT JOE BIDEN IN SOME WAY BENEFITED FROM THESE BUSINESS DEALS THAT HIS SON HAD WHEN HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT. SO FAR, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THAT. BUT, HEY, I THINK WHEN IT COMES

THIS HEARING, YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN WATCHING IT FOR A WHILE NOW AND THE BACK AND FORTH, DEMOCRATS REALLY ARE ARGUING THAT, LOOK, HUNTER BIDEN IS WILLING TO TESTIFY. HE JUST WANTS TO DO IT IN PUBLIC. BUT LOOK, THIS IS A CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENA. YOU DON’T GET TO PICK HOW YOU WANT TO TESTIFY.

DEMOCRATS BACK IN PRESIDENT TRUMP’S IMPEACHMENTS, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST ONE. THEY DID THE SAME THING WHERE THEY WANTED WITNESSES TO TESTIFY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS FIRST TO HEAR WHAT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO SAY, AND THEN THEY WERE GOING TO PUT THEM OUT IN PUBLIC. AND THAT’S WHAT THEY ENDED UP DOING.

BACK THEN, WE HEARD REPUBLICANS COMPLAINING ABOUT CLOSED DOOR TESTIMONY SAYING EVERYTHING SHOULD BE IN PUBLIC. NOW THE SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT. AND IT’S JUST REALLY SORT OF IRONIC TO SEE THE ROLES REVERSED HERE. >> BUT REPUBLICANS ARE RIGHT IN THAT THIS CONGRESS’S CONGRESSIONAL DUTY THAT, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE OVERSIGHT POWER AND.

YOU KNOW, IF THEY’RE GOING TO SUBPOENA SOMEONE, THEY EXPECT THOSE PEOPLE TO SHOW UP AND SUBPOENA HOW THEY WANT THAT PERSON TO TESTIFY. JOHN I SEE YOU’RE NODDING IN AGREEMENT. >> I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, I NEVER DISAGREE WITH RACHEL. I KNOW BETTER THAN THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY HERE

IS THAT, LOOK, YOU KNOW LONG STORY SHORT, THE PARTY HAS CHANGED, RIGHT? THE HOSTS ARE DIFFERENT. THE RULES STILL APPLY. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT WE’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. IF THIS WAS DONALD TRUMP JR AND HE WAS CALLED TO TESTIFY, DIDN’T WANT TO BE SUBPOENAED, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN HELD

IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. >> REMEMBER, THE TRUMP CHILDREN ACTUALLY DID GO IN AND SIT FOR A CLOSED DOOR INTERVIEWS WITH BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, INVESTIGATIONS INTO RUSSIAN COLLUSION WITH THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. >> GOING BACK ALL THE WAY, IF YOU REMEMBER, 2017, ONE OF THE FIRST INVESTIGATIONS THE TRUMP TEAM FACED.

BUT HERE IN THIS CASE RIGHT NOW FOR HUNTER BIDEN, HE’S NOT PLAYING BALL. HE WANTS TO SKIP THE STEP, WANTS TO KEEP IT PUBLICLY. AND I THINK TODAY’S APPEARANCE AND TOMORROW, YOU KNOW, IT’S ALMOST THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW.

TOMORROW IT’S GOING TO BE BIDEN AND TRUMP HUNTER. BIDEN’S GOING TO BE IN COURT OUT IN CALIFORNIA. DONALD TRUMP’S GOING TO BE IN COURT IN NEW YORK. THAT’S GOING TO BECOME THE STORY JUST DAYS AWAY FROM IOWA JUST AS THE POLITICAL RACE IS HEATING UP. SO BOTH TEAMS, IF WILL,

ARE USING THE SAME PLAYBOOK. >> THEY ARE MAKING ALL OF THIS ,MAKING EVERYTHING THAT IS LEGAL. >> ENTER THE CAMPAIGN. RACHEL, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR AS THIS HEARING CONTINUES TO PLAY OUT AND THIS GENERAL SITUATION? >> YEAH, I MEAN, LOOK, REPUBLICANS HAVE AN EXTREMELY NARROW MAJORITY RIGHT NOW.

THEY STARTED OFF WITH A YEAR WITH ONLY FIVE VOTES TO SPARE WHEN THEY’RE PUSHING PARTISAN ISSUES, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A PARTISAN ISSUE. I BELIEVE THEY’RE NOW DOWN TO TWO VOTE MARGIN. GIVEN THAT A NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS HAVE RESIGNED OR RETIRED EARLY. AND SO THEY DON’T REALLY HAVE ANY AIR, ANY ROOM FOR

ERROR HERE IF THEY WANT TO HOLD HUNTER BIDEN IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS, THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO LINE UP ALL THE VOTES. DEMOCRATS ARE NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. AND GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR JOHNSON. AND LOOK, I THINK WITH REPUBLICANS HERE, THERE’S A REAL RISK THAT BETWEEN

HOLDING HUNTER BIDEN IN CONTEMPT, POTENTIALLY IMPEACHING JOE BIDEN, AND NOW THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT IMPEACHING DHS SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS AS WELL THERE’S A REAL RISK OF THE PUBLIC SEEING THIS AS OVERREACH ON THE PART OF REPUBLICANS AND ON THE PART OF REPUBLICANS IN THAT IT COULD REALLY BACKLASH ON THEM AND BE

A BACKLASH ON THEM IN, THE ELECTIONS, AND SORT OF REPEL INDEPENDENT VOTERS. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT POLLING, YOU KNOW, FROM THE TRUMP YEARS UNTIL NOW, A LOT OF VOTERS ARE FRANKLY SICK OF HILL INVESTIGATIONS. AND HILL, THEY DON’T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT ANYMORE. IT’S NOT SOMETHING

THAT RESONATES WITH PEOPLE WHEN THEY’RE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR POCKETBOOK AND HOW THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS DOING. BUT, YOU KNOW, REPUBLICANS ARE ALSO HEARING FROM THEIR BASE RIGHT NOW, CONSERVATIVES WHO SAY THEY WANTED BIDEN IMPEACHED. THEY WANT THE CAUCUS IMPEACHED. THEY WANT THEM TO TAKE HUNTER BIDEN TO COURT. AND THEY’RE OF LISTENING

TO THAT WING OF THE PARTY RIGHT NOW TO SORT OF PLACATE FOR CONSERVATIVES. BUT THERE’S A REAL POTENTIAL, AGAIN, THAT IT COULD BLOW BACK THAT. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE ON HUNTER BIDEN’S SURPRISE VISIT TO CAPITOL HILL AND THAT HEARING. RACHEL, BAY, JOHN SANTUCCI, THANK.

AND ALSO MORE OF TODAY’S TOP STORIES COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK. STAY WITH US. >> I HAVE A. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. THESE ARE SECRET LOANS. WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY PARENTS INSIDE OUT. AND THIS ONE’S A HUMAN BRAIN.

THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED BECAUSE THERE IS NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE ANYWAY. >> WOW. >> RIGHT. HERE WE GO. READY? LET’S DO IT. YES. IT’S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS WHAT.

WOULD YOU DO? LET’S GO. HOW ARE YOU, YOU GUYS? SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING ON ABC NEWS LIVE? WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU. MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON NEWS LIVE. >> MY FAVORITE SHOW REPORTING ON CAPITOL HILL.

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BY MORE THAN 300,000. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE USED TO DONATING BLOOD AT SCHOOL OR AT BUSINESS RELATED BLOOD DRIVES, THE NEED GREATER THAN EVER AS EVERY 2 SECONDS. SOMEONE IN AMERICA NEEDS A BLOOD TRANSFUSION. >> THE SHORTAGE IS THE WORST FOR PLATELETS AND FOR BLOOD CELLS FROM PEOPLE WHO

ARE TYPE O POSITIVE OR. >> O NEGATIVE. 74-YEAR-OLD DEBBIE TEICHMANN IS ONE OF THOSE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER DONORS WITH A UNIVERSAL BLOOD TYPE. SHE’S DONATED BLOOD 172 TIMES ACROSS, 40 PLUS YEARS. >> I KNOW THEY NEED IT. IT’S SOMETHING I DO. >> SO I CHOOSE TO DO IT. THE RETIRED TEACHER FROM

MICHIGAN SAYS DONATING BLOOD IS A SIMPLE WAY FOR HER TO CONTRIBUTE TO HER COMMUNITY. >> IT DOESN’T COST MONEY. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE RETIRED. YOU CAN DO IT ON YOUR LUNCH HOUR OR YOU CAN DO IT AFTER WORK. YOU TAKE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WITH YOU. THAT’S REALLY A POSITIVE THING

. AND WHILE THE PROCESS TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR FROM START TO FINISH, THE EFFECTS CAN LAST A LIFETIME. >> THE ONLY SOURCE OF BLOOD THAT CAN BE USED TO SAVE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL IS THE ARM OF A DONOR. WE SEE IN THE HOSPITALS THAT THESE BLOOD DONATIONS MAKE

A DIFFERENCE EVERY DAY, AND THEY MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO SURVIVE, TO CARRY ON THEIR LIVES. >> OUR THANKS TO ROBIN ROBERTS FOR THAT REPORT. MEANWHILE, MADONNA IS ALICE IN NEW RESTRICTIONS FOR TEEN FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM USERS. THE COMPANY SAYS IT WILL NOW HIDE CONTENT FROM TEEN ACCOUNTS

THAT IT DEEMS FOR THE AGE GROUP. THIS COMES AFTER A FAST GROWING PRESSURE TO CHANGE HOW THE APPS WORK. ABC’S WHIT JOHNSON HAS MORE. >> HI. WITH THESE NEW PROTECTIONS FOLLOWED DOZENS OF LAWSUITS THAT OF DESIGNING FEATURES THAT ARE HARMFUL TO CHILDREN. THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT WILL BEGIN HIDING INAPPROPRIATE

CONTENT FROM ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM, AND THIS WILL ROLL OUT THE COMING MONTHS. NEW AND EXISTING USERS UNDER THE AGE 18 WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE PLACED INTO THE MOST RESTRICTED CONTENT CONTROL, MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR TEENAGERS TO SEARCH FOR OR COME ACROSS ACCOUNTS THAT POST SENSITIVE CONTENT. THIS INCLUDES SEARCH LIKE

SUICIDE, SELF-HARM AND EATING DISORDERS. THOSE NOW BE HIDDEN FROM TEENAGERS AND INSTEAD LINKS TO RESOURCES ON HOW TO GET HELP. FOR THESE ISSUES WILL APPEAR ON SCREEN. TEENS WON’T BE ABLE TO SEE POSTS FROM THEIR FRIENDS IF THEY WRITE ABOUT THESE SUBJECTS . TEAMS WILL ALSO GET NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT UPDATING THEIR PRIVACY

SETTINGS TO PROTECT THEM FROM PREDATORS. TURNING ON THE RECOMMENDED SETTINGS WOULD RESTRICT WHO CAN MESSAGE THEM, REPOST THEIR CONTENT TAG OR MENTION THEM. IT CAN ALSO HELP HIDE OFFENSIVE COMMENTS. USERS HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 13 TO HAVE AN ACCOUNT ON FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM. BUT MANY ADMITS UNDERAGE KIDS

ARE STILL SIGNING UP, SO THE COMPANY SAYS IT’S ALSO TRYING TO CORRECT THAT. >> DIANE. ALL RIGHT, WHIT JOHNSON, THANK YOU. COMING UP, A HERO LAW CLERK RECOUNTS HOW HE HELPED SAVE THE JUDGE ATTACKED IN A LAS VEGAS COURTROOM. WHY HE SAYS HIS INSTINCTS TOOK OVER AND HOW THE JUDGE IS DOING NOW.

BUT FIRST, THE WARRIORS ARE HOSTING THE PELICANS. WE HAVE A PREVIEW OF THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT MATCHUP NEXT. >> WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON. IN BUFFALO. YOU’VE ALL BEEN TEXAS. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES

IN WARSAW. WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY, GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. >> ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAM MORNINGS ONLY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> I HAVE A CONCERT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US.

IT’S OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY PLAN. INSIDE OUT AS A SLICE OF HUMAN BLOOD. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. THERE’S REALLY TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE.

WOW. >> TONIGHT, GOP HOPEFULS SHRINK THE GAP WITH THE FRONTRUNNER. THE COUNTDOWN TOPS KEEPING AN EYE ON THE BACK TO BACK STORMS THREATENING MILLIONS MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION . “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR. ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. READY? LET’S DO IT.

YES, IT’S THE SHOW, AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO? LET’S GO. HOW ARE YOU, YOU GUYS? SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE? WHAT WOULD YOU DO? GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON 226 EASTERN EVERY

SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS. >> I MEAN, WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE THEIR DAY HERE AT ABC NEWS? THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES STAR HERE NOW. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING.

MAKE IT YOUR DAILY LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. ABC NEWS LIVE, PRIME WINNER OF THE GRACIE AWARD FOR BEST NEWS PROGRAM IN ALL OF TELEVISION STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE, I’M REBECCA JARVIS REPORTING FROM THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. AND WHEREVER THE STORY IS,

WILL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WELCOME BACK TO GOLDEN WARRIORS ARE SET TO FACE OFF AGAINST THE NEW ORLEANS PELICANS TONIGHT. DRAYMOND GREEN IS BACK PRACTICING WITH HIS TEAM AFTER BEING SUSPENDED FOR HITTING AN OPPONENT AN OPPONENT. ABC’S TREVOR AULT HAS THE LATEST.

>> HEY GUYS. SO THIS SHOULD BE A REALLY FUN ONE TONIGHT THE WARRIORS HOSTING THE PELICANS AND SO FAR THIS SEASON IT’S BEEN A BIT OF A ROUGH ONE FOR STEPH CURRY AND GOLDEN STATE COMPARED TO THEIR USUAL STANDARDS. THE CURRENTLY TWO GAMES UNDER 500, THEY’RE OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS RIGHT NOW.

OF COURSE, THEY’VE HAD SOME DRAMA THIS SEASON. DRAYMOND GREEN HAS NOW BEEN REINSTATED FROM THAT INDEFINITE SUSPENSION FOR HITTING AN OPPONENT PREVIOUSLY CHOKING ANOTHER OPPONENT, PREVIOUSLY KICKING ANOTHER OPPONENT. HE’S MISSED 12 GAMES. HE SAYS HE THOUGHT ABOUT RETIRING EVEN, BUT HE’S NOW BACK PRACTICING WITH THE TEAM. HE COULD BE BACK THIS WEEKEND,

BUT THE WARRIORS WILL HAVE TO WIN TONIGHT WITHOUT HIM AND THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL WITH NEW ORLEANS AND THEIR TANDEM, ZION WILLIAMSON AND BRANDON INGRAM. ZION WILLIAMSON ESPECIALLY. HE’S HAD A TOUGH TIME STAYING HEALTHY IN HIS CAREER, BUT THIS YEAR HE’S BEEN GREAT. HE’S GOT A TON OF TALENT

AND THE PELICANS ARE IN THE THICK OF THE PLAYOFF HUNT. AND YOU CAN WATCH THE ACTION TONIGHT AT 830 EASTERN RIGHT HERE, ABC DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT, SOUNDS GOOD. DRIVER THANK YOU. COMING UP, A GROUP OF GUNMEN STORMED A TV STATION DURING A LIVE IN ECUADOR. THE CRISIS THERE AS CHAOS

ERUPTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. ALSO AHEAD, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, OPIOIDS, GUN VIOLENCE, THE IMPACT THE 2024 ELECTIONS COULD HAVE ON CARE IN AMERICA. PLUS, WHAT HAS TO BE IN YOUR DREAM HOME. ZILLOW IS REVEALING THE TOP D NUE YOU TO STICK AROUND. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. IT’S A OF FAMILIES HERE

IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA. THE GROUND IN UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE. FROM THE CAPITAL THE STRUGGLE FOR STORIES HIGH FIVE OFTEN IS IN THE BLOOD OF ABC NEWS. >> LATIN AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME ANYWHERE STREAMING 24/7. STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE.

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>> GIVE IT TO ME. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS? THIS IS THE START HERE TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY, SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN TO THE DAILY NEWS

PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST. WORTHLESS TO YOU. START HERE ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE.

>> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE BECOMES THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP BREAKING NEWS. INCREDIBLE VIDEO FASTER, SMARTER AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS IF YOU LIKE AND KNOW YOU’RE GONNA LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE BLESSINGS OF EXPERIENCE THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW REPORTING FROM

THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTHOUSE IN WASHINGTON DC I’M TERRY MORAN. WHEREVER THE NEWS IS WILL TAKE YOU THERE WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE AND MACEDA LET’S GET RIGHT TO OUR TOP STORY. HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE CONDUCTING A HEARING TO HOLD HUNTER BIDEN IN CONTEMPT OF WHILE HUNTER HIMSELF MADE A SURPRISE VISIT

TO THAT HEARING. REPUBLICANS WANT TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS FOR DEFYING A SUBPOENA TO SIT A CLOSED DOOR DEPOSITION. THE PRESIDENT’S SON SAYS HE WILL ONLY TESTIFY A PUBLIC FORUM CALLING THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO HIS FATHER ILLEGITIMATE. HIS ATTORNEY SPOKE TO REPORTERS AFTER THEY LEFT THAT HEARING LAST FALL.

>> CHAIRMAN, AND IT’S IMPLICIT OFF THAT MIKE HUNTER AND GOING TO PAT HIM AND ATTENDING A DEPOSITION OR A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICHEVER THEY CHOSE, HUNTER CHOSE A HEARING. WE’RE REPUBLICANS COULD NOT DISTORT, MANIPULATE OR MISUSE THAT TESTIMONY. >> HONOR AND THEN IGNORING THAT INVITATION AND PROVING ONCE AGAIN THAT THEY CARED

LITTLE ABOUT THE TRUTH AND WANTED ONLY TO, QUOTE, MOVE THE NEEDLE OF POLITICAL SUPPORT . SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG JOINS ME NOW FROM CAPITOL HILL ALONG ABC NEWS EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL PRODUCER JOHN SANTUCCI AND ABC NEWS POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL BAD FOR MORE. SELINA, YOU WERE IN GROUP OF REPORTERS OUTSIDE

THAT HEARING ROOM AROUND HUNTER BIDEN. >> WHAT MESSAGE IS HE TRYING TO SEND WITH THE SURPRISE APPEARANCE? YEAH. DIANE WELL, IT WAS COMPLETE CHAOS, MULTIPLE HAVE TOLD OUR TEAM THAT NEITHER REPUBLICANS NOR DEMOCRATS KNEW THAT HE WAS COMING HERE IN PERSON BY SHOWING UP HERE ON THE HILL.

HOWEVER IT DOES UNDERSCORE THIS ARGUMENT THAT HUNTER AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN MAKING, WHICH IS THAT, LOOK, HE IS WILLING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. HE IS WILLING TO COME. HE’S WILLING TO GIVE ALL THE INFORMATION, BUT HE DOES NOT WANT TO DO IT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. AND YOU JUST HEARD HIS LAWYER

THERE REITERATING THAT POINT, ASKING THE QUESTION OF WHAT IS IT THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE SCARED OF? WHY WON’T THEY LET HIM TALK PUBLICLY ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? NOW, THE MEETING, THE MARKUP, IT’S STILL UNDERWAY. WE DO EXPECT THAT RESOLUTION TO PASS. WE DON’T KNOW YET WHEN THE FULL

HOUSE VOTE WILL BE HELD, WHETHER WILL BE LATER THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK. IF THAT PASSES, THEN IT GOES TO A RECOMMENDATION TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY MAKE THE DECISION. BUT AGAIN, SIGNIFICANT, HIM COMING HERE AND AGAIN DRIVING HOME THAT POINT, I WILL SPEAK FREELY TO THE PUBLIC.

I DO NOT WANT MY WORDS TWISTED . WE DON’T WANT HUNTER BIDEN’S WORDS TWISTED IN HIS LAWYER’S WORDS BEHIND, CLOSED DOORS, MISCHARACTERIZED, MANIPULATED, TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT. >> RACHEL, LET’S BE FRANK FOR A SECOND. THESE HEARINGS CAN BE PRETTY BORING SOMETIMES, BUT THIS ONE HAS GOTTEN VERY CONTENTIOUS.

WHERE DO THINGS STAND, THIS RESOLUTION NOW? LOOK, I THINK THIS CONTEMPT RESOLUTION WILL PROBABLY MOVE FORWARD. >> REPUBLICANS DO HAVE A VERY SLIM MARGIN. THEY CAN ONLY LOSE TWO VOTES, IF I’M NOT MISTAKEN. BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE EXPECTED TO LARGELY BE THERE. AND THAT’S BECAUSE HUNTER BIDEN DOESN’T GET TO MAKE

THE RULES ABOUT HOW HE TESTIFIES. THAT’S CONGRESS’S JOB, SPECIFICALLY THE MAJORITY’S JOB. IF REPUBLICANS WANT HIM TO TESTIFY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND SUBPOENA HIM SUCH, THEN THAT’S WHAT HE’S SUPPOSED TO LEGALLY DO. AND THEY HAVE SAID THEY WOULD LET HIM TESTIFY PUBLICLY AFTERWARDS. BUT EVEN IF THEY WEREN’T GOING

TO, IT’S NOT UP TO HIM. LOOK, DIANE I THINK THE REALLY INTERESTING THING ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS JUST THE STUNNING DISPLAY OF HYPOCRISY ON BOTH SIDES REGARDING WHAT WE’RE SEEING TODAY. I MEAN, IF I HAD A DOLLAR FOR EVERY TIME I HEARD JAMIE RASKIN AND DEMOCRATS WHO ARE IN THAT

HEARING ROOM RAIL AGAINST TRUMP FOR IGNORING SUBPOENAS DURING THE TRUMP YEARS, I COULD RETIRE NOW AND I OWN A YACHT AND SAIL AROUND WORLD. AND REPUBLICANS BACK THEN WERE DEFENDING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS WHO WERE IGNORING SUBPOENAS TO SHOW UP IN CONGRESS NOW THAT SHE WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT. AND REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING

OUR SUBPOENAS ARE SACRED, YOU BETTER SHOW UP. AND DEMOCRATS ARE THE ONES DEFENDING HUNTER BIDEN, FOR IGNORING A SUBPOENA WHEN THEY IMPEACH TRUMP FOR, QUOTE, ALL THE SUBPOENAS JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. IT’S REALLY, REALLY STUNNING. >> DIANE AND JOHN, THIS IS ALL PART OF THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY .

PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHAT IS IT THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS WANT TO HEAR FROM HUNTER RELATED TO THAT? >> WELL, EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE BIDEN FAMILY IS WHAT THEY THINK HUNTER BIDEN CAN BE HELPFUL FOR. LOOK, YOU KNOW, RACHEL TOUCHED ON THIS EARLIER. IT’S THE MONEY. EVERYTHING COMES BACK TO THE MONEY.

HUNTER BIDEN IT’S THE MONEY FROM BURISMA, UKRAINE, CHINA. HOW DID THAT ALL COME TO BE WHILE JOE BIDEN WAS VICE PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES AND THAT’S WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE SEIZING ON RIGHT NOW AS LOOK TO LAUNCH THIS BIGGER IMPEACHMENT HEARING. BUT I THINK WHAT’S REALLY STRIKING ABOUT THIS AND YOU

AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE, THE FACT THAT THIS IS ANOTHER IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDING. I MEAN, THAT WORD, IT’S LOSING GRAVITAS, IF YOU WILL, THAT IT ONCE HAD. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AFTER BILL CLINTON, YOU HADN’T HEARD IMPEACHMENT IN 20 SOMEWHAT YEARS IN THIS COUNTRY. NOW WE HAD TWO IMPEACHMENTS FOR

PRESIDENT WITH DONALD TRUMP. WE’VE GOT THIS IMPEACHMENT OF BIDEN. YOU’VE GOT AMERICA’S POTENTIAL IMPEACHMENT. IT’S LIKE EVERY DAY THERE’S AN IMPEACHMENT. RACHEL, QUICKLY, BECAUSE I’M OUT OF TIME. BUT WE HAVE SEEN, YOU KNOW, THE EVIDENCE COMING OUT ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN HAVING THESE JOBS THAT RAISE A LOT OF EYEBROWS.

HOW DID HE GET THESE GIGS MAKING ALL THIS MONEY, OTHER BY BEING A BIDEN. BUT HAVE THEY BEEN ABLE TO LINK OF THAT TO PRESIDENT BIDEN HIMSELF AND SHOW WRONGDOING BY THE PRESIDENT? NOT YET. AND LOOK, THAT’S WHY THERE WAS A DECISION, A STRATEGIC DECISION MADE BEHIND THE SCENES OVER THE HOLIDAY BREAK

BY REPUBLICANS, THAT THEY WERE SORT OF GOING TO PAUSE, MOVING FORWARD WITH HUNTER, WITH JOE BIDEN’S IMPEACHMENT UNTIL THEY COULD TRY TO FIND NEW EVIDENCE. WHAT THEY’RE TRYING TO PROVE, WHICH, AS WE JUST SAID, THEY DON’T HAVE, AND THEY WERE GOING TO REFOCUS ON IMPEACHING DHS SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS.

POLITICALLY, YOU KNOW, JOE BIDEN, WHEN IT COMES TO THE BORDER, HE’S ACTUALLY REALLY WEAK ON THAT ISSUE. AND REPUBLICANS, SINCE THEY DON’T THE VOTES TO IMPEACH JOE BIDEN, LET ALONE THE EVIDENCE, AND THEY’RE FEELING THIS PRESSURE FROM THE BASE RIGHT NOW TO DO SOMETHING, IMPEACH SOMEONE, THEY’RE BASICALLY REDIRECTING

THEIR ATTENTION TO MALLORCA’S RIGHT NOW AND THEY’RE GOING TO TRY TO OUST HIM, THOUGH IT WILL BE UNSUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THE SENATE WILL NEVER CONVICT HIM. ALL RIGHT. SELINA WANG, RACHEL BAY, JOHN SANTUCCI, THANK YOU ALL. NOW, THE IOWA CAUCUSES ARE JUST FIVE DAYS AWAY. FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY TOOK

OF THE WEATHER AS THE ONLY CANDIDATE CAMPAIGNING IN THE SNOW. AND NEW SHOWS HALEY’S SUPPORT IS GROWING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AHEAD OF THE PRIMARY THERE LATER THIS MONTH. ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHAEL SCOTT IS IN DES MOINES AHEAD OF TONIGHT’S FINAL DEBATE BEFORE VOTING BEGINS, RON DESANTIS AND NIKKI HALEY

PREPARING FACE OFF IN THE FINAL DEBATE BEFORE THE IOWA CAUCUSES. THE FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR OUT IN A SNOWY IOWA WITH THE CAMPAIGN LARGELY TO HER SOUTH. >> I DIDN’T KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO COME SEE FIVE PEOPLE, BUT TO SEE A FULL HOUSE REALLY IS GREAT. >> THIS IS FUNNY. HI.

BE WITH BRUTAL WEATHER. >> THE VIVEK RAMASWAMY FORCED TO CAMPAIGN VIA AN IPAD AND GOVERNOR DESANTIS WAS HOME IN FLORIDA, GIVING THE STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS AND DEALING WITH SEVERE TORNADOES THERE. >> HOURS LATER, TRAVELING BACK TO IOWA FOR A TOWN HALL. >> WE’RE IN IT FOR THE LONG

HAUL WITH THIS, BUT I THINK IOWA REWARDS THE INTENSIVE APPROACH WHERE YOU’RE SHOWING UP IN 99 COUNTIES. >> THE CENSUS IS IN A DISTANT PLACE IN IOWA, AND HALEY ISN’T THAT FAR BEHIND. >> SHE’S ALREADY GAINING MOMENTUM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. A NEW POLL SHOWING HER JUST SEVEN POINTS BEHIND THE FRONTRUNNER, FORMER

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. THE ONLY WAY WE’RE GOING TO WIN THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS IS IF WE GO FOR WITH A NEW GENERATIONAL LEADER. THAT LEAVES THE NEGATIVITY AND THE BAGGAGE THE PAST. >> SOME VOTERS STILL TOWARD LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE. BUT I WANT SOMEBODY WHO’S BEEN

IN THE NBA TO BE A STRONG PRESIDENT. >> TRUMP IS STILL DOMINATING THE POLLS, NOW DRAWING FIRE FOR OPENLY SAYING HE LOVES THE ECONOMY CRASHES THIS YEAR ON BIDEN’S WATCH. >> WHEN THERE IS A CRASH. >> I HOPE IT’S GOING TO BE DURING THIS NEXT 12 MONTHS BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO BE

HERBERT HOOVER. >> I ASKED TWO SENTENCES WHAT HE MADE OF THOSE COMMENTS. >> IF THE ECONOMY CRASHES, PEOPLE WOULD GET THROWN OUT OF WORK. BUSINESSES WOULD GO UNDER. I DON’T TO SEE THAT HAPPENING. >> I WANT PEOPLE TO DO WELL, NOT ON THE STAGE. NINE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD

TRUMP AND FORMER NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE. SOME WILL A SEPARATE TOWN HALL CHRISTIE HAS FOCUSED ALL IN ON NEW HAMPSHIRE, EVEN CAMPAIGNING IN IOWA AT ALL. AND HE’S STILL VOWING TO STAY IN THE RACE DESPITE FALLING BEHIND NIKKI HALEY IN THAT LATEST POLL. >> DIANE? ALL RIGHT, SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT,

THANK YOU. AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL SARAH ISGUR JOINS ME NOW ALONG WITH DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST ALAN JOHNSON FOR MORE. SARAH NIKKI HALEY HAS BEEN HESITANT TO ATTACK TRUMP OVERNIGHT. HAS THAT STRATEGY WORKED FOR HER? AND IS THERE A POINT WHERE SHE HAVE TO GO AFTER HIM MORE DIRECTLY?

I THERE’S PLENTY OF STRATEGISTS OUT THERE WHO, OF COURSE, WISH SHE’D GO MORE DIRECTLY TO DONALD TRUMP. THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT EVER WORK. SO INSTEAD OF NIKKI HALEY IS DOING IS TRYING TO SIMPLY GET THOSE TRUMP VOTERS TO COME OVER TO HER AS AN ALTERNATIVE

TO TRUMP, MAKING THE CASE THAT HE CAN’T SERVE A SECOND TERM, THAT HE MAY BE JOE BIDEN, BUT SHE’LL BE JOE BIDEN BY MORE. THAT’S ACTUALLY SO FAR BEEN SHOWN TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE FOR HER. >> I WANT YOU, PRESIDENT BIDEN ,MEANWHILE, HAS RAMPED UP HIS ATTACKS ON TRUMP AND ON SO-CALLED MAGA.

>> REPUBLICANS WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HIS CAMPAIGN’S MESSAGING SO FAR? IS IT RESONATING? >> LISTEN, I DO THINK JOE BIDEN’S MESSAGING IS RESONATING. BUT HERE’S THE THING THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF. >> AND 2020, IT WAS A REFERENDUM ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND WE NEEDED SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

>> I THINK VOTERS WHO WERE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR TRUMP OBVIOUSLY KNOW THEY’RE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP. DEMOCRATS ARE ALSO HAVING TO TALK ABOUT THE MESSAGE THAT THEY HAVE, WHICH IS THE HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF PRESIDENT BIDEN. AND SO WE HAVE A CHALLENGE NOT TO SAY THAT IT WILL BE

A SUPER HIGH FOR US. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS A SINCERE AUDIENCE, HAPPY ACHIEVEMENTS, WHILE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS IT WOULD BE IF DONALD TRUMP BECAME PRESIDENT AGAIN. AND SO I DO. >> THE CAMPAIGN WILL BE RATCHETING UP BOTH OF THOSE

MESSAGES IN THE DAYS COME AS WE GET INTO THE ELECTION YEAR. >> ALL RIGHT, SIR, IS L.A. AND JOHNSON, THANK YOU BOTH. >> AND WE WILL HAVE FULL COVERAGE OF THE IOWA CAUCUSES NEXT MONDAY, JANUARY 15TH, RIGHT HERE ON, ABC NEWS LIVE SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN IS SPEAKING OUT AFTER

THE U.S. NAVY AND U.K. ROYAL NAVY SHOT 18 HOUTHI DRONES AND THREE MISSILES IN THE RED SEA. SAYS HIS TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST IS PART OF A BIG PUSH TO STABILIZE THE CONFLICT IN THE REGION. THIS ALL COMES AS HAMAS SAYS AT LEAST 40 PEOPLE ARE NOW DEAD, INCLUDING A JOURNALIST

AFTER. ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES BOMBED A HOME IN GAZA. ABC’S PATRICK REEVELL THE LATEST FROM TEL AVIV. >> WELL, I THINK IT. >> ISRAEL’S WAR IN GAZA HAS BEEN EXCLUDED. NARROWLY DEADLY FOR JOURNALISTS . AT LEAST 79 HAVE BEEN KILLED IN JUST OVER THREE MONTHS, ACCORDING TO THE COMMITTEE

TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS, BIASED TOWARDS ANY CONFLICT SINCE THE CPJ’S STARTED COLLECTING RECORDS THREE DECADES AGO. >> THE FIRST DEATHS GROUP ISRAELI JOURNALISTS KILLED AS HAMAS RAMPAGED THROUGH SOUTHERN ISRAEL DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS. >> THEN ISRAEL BEGAN ITS MILITARY OPERATION IN RESPONSE. >> REUTERS PHOTOJOURNALIST ESSAM ABDULLAH AMONG THE FIRST KILLED.

HE WAS FILMING A GROUP OF JOURNALISTS AT THE LEBANON ISRAELI BORDER. >> THEN AN ISRAELI TANK FIRED INTO. >> VIDEO CAPTURING THE MOMENT THE HITTING THEM A SECOND TIME. SIX OTHER JOURNALISTS INJURED. REUTERS AND AFP, AS WELL AS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS SAY THEIR INVESTIGATIONS

SHOW THE GROUP WERE DELIBERATELY FIRED ON. DEMANDING ANSWERS FROM ISRAEL. >> WE CALL ON ISRAEL TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND TO HOLD TO ACCOUNT THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH. >> THE IDF SAYING WAS RESPONDING TO ANTI-TANK FIRE IN THE AREA AND IS INVESTIGATING WITH THE DEADLIEST TOLL BY FAR

FOR JOURNALISTS IN GAZA, 72 KILLED. JOURNALISTS REPORTING THERE, THEIR OWN LIVES WERE UPENDED REMARKABLY WELL, TOO. >> AL JAZEERA’S, BUREAU CHIEF HAS LOST SEVERAL MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY IN ISRAELI STRIKES OCTOBER, INCLUDING HIS WIFE, SON, DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON. LAST WEEK, HIS SON, HAMZA, ALSO A JOURNALIST, WAS KILLED.

AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON HIS CAR. THE IDF SAYING HE AND TWO OTHER REPORTERS HAD LOOKED LIKE TERRORISTS WITH A DRONE COMES THE CAMERA. >> HAMZA WAS MY SOLE, DOUDOU SAYS. BUT THIS PAIN WON’T DETER US FROM CONTINUING IN DECEMBER THAT WHO HIMSELF WAS INJURED. AN ISRAELI STRIKE.

THE DAY AFTER HE WAS BACK ON AGAIN. AND ABC’S PATRICK REEVELL JOINS ME NOW FROM TEL AVIV, ISRAEL WITH. MORE ON THIS. PATRICK, ACCORDING TO THE CPI, THIS IS THE HIGHEST DEATH TOLL FOR JOURNALISTS IN ANY CONFLICT SINCE THE ORGANIZATION’S THIS W. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE

NUMBERS AND WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS THIS WAR HAS BECOME? YEAH, HI. THAT I MEAN, ANOTHER PHOTO JOURNALIST IS BEING REPORTED KILLED IN GAZA TODAY, REPORTEDLY WORKING FOR THE PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT. AND PUT SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF JOURNALISTS BEING KILLED IN GAZA RIGHT NOW,

IS THAT ON A SCALE THAT WE HAVEN’T IN ANY OTHER CONFLICT REALLY IN RECENT MORY? I MEAN, JUST AN EXAMPLE, UKRAINE, AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WAR FOR JOURNALISTS THERE. WE’VE SEEN 17 JOURNALISTS KILLED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS IN GAZA. WE’VE SEEN OVER 70 IN JUST THE LAST THREE MONTHS.

I THINK IT’S PARTLY A OF HOW ISRAEL HAS BEEN WAGING WAR IN GAZA WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY IN AN INCREDIBLY DENSELY POPULATED AREA. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE CPJ’S, THE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS ALSO SAYS THAT THEY’RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, AN APPARENT PATTERN OF JOURNALISTS BEING TARGETED BY THE MILITARY AS WELL AS THEN

ALSO THE FAMILIES BEING TARGETED. NOW, ISRAEL FIRMLY DENIES THAT IT TARGETS JOURNALISTS. BUT WHAT’S CLEAR IS THAT WE ARE SEEING JOURNALISTS BEING KILLED IN GAZA RIGHT NOW AT A SPEED AND SCALE UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT WE’VE REALLY SEEN IN LIVING MEMORY. >> ALL RIGHT, PATRICK REEVELL IN, TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, STAY SAFE, PATRICK.

>> THANK YOU. COMING UP, SEVERE WEATHER IS ON THE MOVE. I’M METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE. WOULD YOU BELIEVE ANOTHER STORM IS MOVING IN AS ONE MOVES OUT AND WE HAVE BRUTAL AIR GETTING READY TO COME IN AT THE TOP OF NEXT WEEK. I’LL HAVE THAT COMING UP IN YOUR.

I’M ELIZABETH SCHULZE AT THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW IN LAS VEGAS. WE HAVE BEEN SCOURING THE SHOWROOM FLOOR FOR SOME OF THE BEST GADGETS. >> WE’LL GIVE YOU A LOOK AFTER THE BREAK. >> WHENEVER A NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL

SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS. ON THE GROUND IN REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYDAY FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE AND THE NEED FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS

LITTLE TOWN THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII AND CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ,ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET’S GO BACK. TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINE FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT FOR THE FBI. REPORTING FROM IT IS ON

THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON. STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS.

>> WE’VE SO PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS START HERE TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD OUR MERLIN AWARDS

AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO YOU. START HERE ABC NEWS WE GET YOUR DAILY LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE.

FIRST, AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE ARE DEAD IN FIVE STATES AFTER TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN THE SOUTH. AND DANGEROUS SNOWY CONDITIONS IN THE MIDWEST, THE EAST COAST WAS SLAMMED WITH RAIN AND HEAVY WINDS AS SOME OF THE AREA IS STILL DIGGING OUT A NOR’EASTER OVER THE WEEKEND. NOW THE COUNTRY IS BRACING FOR

ANOTHER ROUND OF EXTREME WEATHER. ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE IS TRACKING IT ALL FOR US. HI. TOMORROW. HEY, DIANE. GOOD MORNING. YEAH, IT’S ONE STORM AFTER THE OTHER. BUT FIRST, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE ONE THAT IS LEAVING RIGHT NOW. IT’S MOVING OUT OF THE BEHIND IT IN ITS WAKE.

VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT WE COULD SEE, 40 TO 50 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM AS IT DEPARTS MAYBE EVEN A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OR SNOW SHOWERS IN PENNSYLVANIA ,IN UPSTATE NEW YORK IN ITS WAKE. WE’RE ALSO SEEING FLOODING SOME MAJOR FLOODING OCCURRING IN RIVERS THROUGHOUT

THE NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. >> YET TO THINK. WE SAW THREE INCHES OF RAIN COME DOWN VERY QUICKLY AND THAT’S A COMPOUNDED EFFECT BECAUSE WE HAD THE MELTING SNOW FROM THE PREVIOUS STORM ALL TOGETHER EXACERBATED THE WATER SYSTEM. AND NOW WE ARE SEEING FLOODING IN OUR RIVERS IN THE NORTHEAST.

>> SO HERE’S THE NEXT STORM MOVING IN. WE DON’T EVEN HAVE TIME TO COME UP FOR AIR FRIDAY, 7 P.M.. >> WE HAVE A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS MOVING TO THE I-95 QUARTER, AN AREA THAT WAS HARD HIT OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. SHREVEPORT, THAT COULD ACTUALLY COME AS EARLY

AS THURSDAY NIGHT FOR YOU UP IN A LITTLE ROCK. BUT THIS ORANGE SLOP HERE, THAT’S WHERE WE HAVE THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR TORNADOES. THEY COULD BE STRONG TORNADOES FROM MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, INTO SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA ON FRIDAY NIGHT. >> REMEMBER, NOCTURNAL TORNADOES ARE EXTREME DANGEROUS. SO I CAN’T STRESS ENOUGH HAVING

MULTIPLE WAYS TO BE ALERTED AND WOKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IF WE DO GET ANY TORNADO WARNINGS. >> AND I’LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS AFTER THAT STORM MOVES OUT, GET READY FOR A BONE CHILLING COLD THAT’S GOING TO DIP REALLY FAR SOUTH. >> THIS IS SATURDAY, JANUARY -19, POTENTIALLY IN BISMARCK.

LOOK WHAT HAPPENS TUESDAY. JANUARY 16TH, WE COULD BE LOOKING AT SINGLE DIGITS IN NORTHERN PARTS OF IT MAY BE COLDER IN TEXAS THAN IT IS IN NEW YORK CITY. SO IT’S JUST ONE THING AFTER THE NEXT, DIANE. BUT IF I HAD TO PREPARE PEOPLE FOR ANYTHING THIS

FRIDAY, SEVERE WEATHER IN THE SOUTHEAST. ALL RIGHT, ABC METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE, THANK YOU. AND WE’RE GETTING AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD SHAPE YOUR FUTURE. MORE THAN 130,000 PEOPLE ARE FLOCKING TO THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW IN LAS VEGAS WHERE COMPANIES PUT ON FLASHY DISPLAYS FOR EVERYTHING FROM

CARS TO SMARTWATCHES. ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE TAKES US INSIDE FROM TRANSPARENT TV. >> YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THROUGH IT AND YOU CAN WATCH TV ON IT TO SOCCER SIZED PERSONAL ROBOTS KEEPING YOUR PETS HAPPY AND YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER CAN TURN LIGHTS OFF AND ON, TURN APPLIANCES OFF AND ON, IMAGES ONTO SCREEN.

>> THIS YEAR’S CBS GADGETS ARE ALL MAKING OUR SMART HOMES EVEN SMARTER. LIKE THIS SAMSUNG REFRIGERATOR THAT USES AIR TO TAKE STOCK OF YOUR GROCERIES. >> SO THERE’S A CAMERA ACTUALLY INSIDE THIS REFRIGERATOR. WHERE’S THAT CAMERA? IT’S RIGHT HERE. SO BE CAREFUL. THERE’S A CAMERA. YEAH.

SO WE’RE GOING TO PUT THAT IN BACK. AND YOU HEAR THAT LITTLE THING THERE? YEAH. IT’S ACTUALLY LETTING US KNOW YOU PUT IT IN THE SETTINGS. YES, THE FRIDGE TAKES IN. THE A.I. RECOGNIZES THAT THAT INGREDIENT ADDED BACK IN. SO WE CAN ACTUALLY GO INTO THIS FEATURE AND SEE THE ACTUAL

INGREDIENTS THAT ARE IN YOUR FRIDGE. I CAN NOW ASK THE AIR CURATE RECIPES BASED ON WHAT I HAVE IN MY BRAIN. >> SO IT SAYS, HAVE A TOMATO, YOU’VE GOT SOME BROCCOLI, YOU GOT SOME GREEN PEPPERS. WE’RE GOING TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND IS SOME. >> AND IT’S A FANTASTIC IDEA.

COMPANIES LIKE CARBO ARE TRYING TO SIMPLIFY HOUSEHOLD CHORES. >> IT’S AN AUTOMATIC SNOWBALL. YES. AND IT’S ALL NO HUMAN REQUIRED. NO HUMAN REQUIRED. SO YOU PROGRAM YOUR YARD AND I’LL DO IT FOR YOU. >> AND WHEN IT COMES TO TVS, THE THINNER AND WIDER, THE BETTER. LIKE THIS SLEEK HISENSE.

>> IF YOU WERE TO TAKE ONE OF YOUR STANDARD SIZE, STACK THEM UP, THAT’S ABOUT IT. >> THIS TELEVISION IS. AND ELIZABETH JOINS ME NOW FROM INSIDE THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW. >> WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE GADGET SO FAR? OKAY. SO, DIANE, WE’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOME OF THE COOLEST ONES WE’VE SEEN.

AND IN A LOT OF WAYS, A LOT OF THESE GADGETS ARE SO EXPENSIVE, NO GLORY THAT YOU SEE ON A PIECE THERE STARTS AT $6,000. FRIDGE IS NOT GOING TO BE CHEAP EITHER. SO ONE THING THAT WE FOUND IS THIS PHONE CASE FOR YOUR IPHONE. IT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO TURN

YOUR IPHONE INTO WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, A BLACKBERRY WITH THIS OLD SCHOOL KEYBOARD WITH THE BUTTONS. FEEL YOU’RE GOING TO LIKE THIS ONE. DIANE, THIS IS ON SALE NOW. IT STARTS AT $140. WE’VE GOT YELLOW COLOR. THEY HAVE OTHER COLORS, TOO. BUT IN A LOT OF WAYS, EVEN

THOUGH WE HAVE ALL THESE FLASHY GADGETS HERE, WHAT’S OLD IS ALSO NEW AGAIN. DIANE IS GOING TO TELL ME WHAT TO MAKE FOR DINNER TONIGHT. THE FRIDGE ACTUALLY WILL TELL YOU. I MEAN, THAT’S A FEATURE THAT A LOT PEOPLE HERE SEEM TO BE EXCITED ABOUT, THIS IDEA THAT YOUR FRIDGE CAN SAY,

YOU GOT THIS RANDOM OF FOODS. HERE’S SOMETHING I CAN COME UP WITH. SAMSUNG SAID IT’S A WAY TO ELIMINATE FOOD WASTE. I DON’T KNOW. MAYBE PEOPLE WILL FIND THAT APPEALING AND FORK OUT FOR THE PRICE. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ONE WHERE THE FRIDGE ALSO COOKS THE FOOD FOR YOU.

BUT WE WILL WAIT. THAT ONE, ELIZABETH. ALL RIGHT. THAT’S FOR US IN LAS VEGAS. ELIZABETH, YOU. >> COMING UP, MAKING A LIST FOR YOUR 2024 OUTLOOK IS, IN FACT, RESOLUTIONS ARE OUT. OUR GROUP CHAT EXPLAINS THIS NEW IN AND OUT TREND AND HOW TO MAKE YOUR LIST REALISTIC

WITHIN THE NEXT. LET’S GET A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE IN THE MORNING JUST A LITTLE BIT MY LITTLE MOHAMMED IN AMERICA FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER SOURCE COMES THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS AND BREAKING NEWS. INCREDIB VIDEO FASTER, SMARTER AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS AND KNOW YOU’RE GONNA LOVE THIS

EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE BLESSINGS OF THAT XPERIA THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WINNER OF THE GRACIE AWARD FOR BEST NEWS PROGRAM IN ALL TELEVISION AT STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WE ARE ALL. >> I WAS TERRIFIED.

IT WAS JUST SO TRAUMATIC. NIGHTMARE. PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND. PEOPLE WANTED BABIES WERE FACING LIFE AND DEATH MEDICAL CONDITIONS. THEIR NOW OUT OF THEIR CONTROL. >> I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO DIE. OUR LIVES AND OUR HEALTH ARE DEBATABLE. I WOULDN’T WISH THIS UPON MY WORST ENEMY. >> DIANE SAWYER.

RACHEL SAT ON THE MORNING NOW STREAMING ON HULU. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, A NEW SOCIAL MEDIA TREND IS OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW. YOU MIGHT BE NOTICING LOT OF IN AND OUT LISTS SHOWING UP ON YOUR FEEDS AS PEOPLE POST PREDICTIONS.

>> WHAT’S IN FOR THE NEW YEAR AND WHAT TRENDS WE’RE LEAVING BEHIND. SO LET’S TAKE THIS TAKE THIS TO OUR GROUP CHAT WITH ABC’S WILL GANSS GQ STYLE LETTER. YOUNG HUGO AND PSYCHIATRIST DR. YALDA SAT BY. ALL RIGHT, SO BEFORE WE START WITH WHAT’S IN FOR 2024, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE TRENDS.

WE’RE SAYING FAREWELL. FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN IF YOU HAPPEN TO DISAGREE. OF COURSE, THIS IS ALL SUBJECTIVE BUT WILL WHAT GENERAL SOCIAL MEDIA POP CULTURE TRENDS DO YOU THINK WILL BE SO LAST YEAR. >> SO LAST YEAR. OKAY, THIS IS ALSO JUST MY LIST.

IT COULD GO ON, ON AND ON AND ON. BUT LET’S START WITH JOE. KNOW THE JOY OF MISSING OUT. OKAY. SO I THINK GONE ARE THE DAYS OF LOOKING AT YOUR FEED AND SEEING PICTURES OF FITNESS INFLUENCERS DANCING BY THE POOL OR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GOT BIG CONCERT OR SOMETHING LIKE

THAT AND WISHING THAT YOU WERE THERE. >> NO, THAT’S GONE NOW. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE JOY OF MISSING OUT. ONE OF THE TRENDS THAT I PERSONALLY AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT, IT’S ON PINTEREST LISTS OF TRENDS TO WATCH FOR 2020 FOR THE ECLECTIC GRAND PAS MICRO TREND IS A FASHION TREND

THAT HAS KNITWEAR MIXED PATTERNS. IT’S BIG FAN FAVORITE OF HARRY STYLES, FOR EXAMPLE. AND THEN IN 2020 FOR HAVING HOBBIES THAT YOU DON’T MONETIZE. I COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE ALL SO FOCUSED ON MAKING MONEY ON THE THINGS THAT WE DISCOVERED AS OUR OWN HOBBIES OR WHATEVER.

>> BUT NOW IT’S LIKE IF YOU LOVE FITNESS, LOVE FITNESS, BUT YOU DON’T NEED TO BE SELLING ME A GREEN JUICE AFTERWARDS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I LOVE THE JOMO TREND BECAUSE I DO SEE MYSELF WAS THE QUEEN OF FOMO FOR A LONG TIME NOW I JUST SEE MYSELF LOOKING

AT PICTURES, PEOPLE PARTYING, AND I’M JUST THINKING, I’M SO GLAD THAT I AM NOT IN LEGOS IN A MINISKIRT RIGHT NOW. >> YOUNG LOOKS LIKE FASHION. WHAT LOOKS DO YOU THINK WE’RE LEAVING BEHIND? I THINK WE’RE FINALLY COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO DRESS UP THEIR SWEATS.

>> AND I THINK WE’RE READY TO LET THAT GO. >> YOU’RE NOT GOING TO SEE A LOT OF SWEATSUITS WITH LOAFERS AND FANCY COATS ANYMORE. >> I THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING PEOPLE WEAR THEIR SWEATER SWEATS AGAIN FOR COZY NIGHT, THEN LET SWEATS BE. I’VE SEEN JEWELRY OVERLOAD ON THE LIST.

>> YOU THINK THAT’S GONE? YEAH, I THINK FOR A LITTLE WHILE, MEN AND, WOMEN WERE WEARING A LOT OF JEWELRY. >> PEARLS, DIAMOND AND GOLD, SILVER AND STACKING UP A LOT OF NECKLACES AND RINGS. >> AND WE’RE SEEING THAT GO AWAY. I THINK A SIMPLE CHAIN NECKLACE NOW MAKES ENOUGH OF A STATEMENT

AND IT FEELS REALLY REFRESHING AND NEW AGAIN. >> AND, DR. SAPPHIRE, WHAT WELLNESS TRENDS DO YOU THINK WILL BE OUT IN 2024 AND ABUSE HOW PHYSICAL AND HEALTH? SO I FORESEE SEDENTARY LIFESTYLES MINDLESS DOOMSCROLLING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, HUSTLE, CULTURE THAT LEADS TO BURNOUT, SELF-DOUBT, NEGATIVE THOUGHTS

ALL ABOUT BEING OUT OF HERE. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC’S WILL GANSS GQ STYLE EDITOR, YOUNG EGO AND PSYCHIATRIST DR. JARVIS. IF I THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT WITH US. I’M DIANE MACEDO ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS ANALYSIS.

WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED IN LONDON, IN BARCELONA, HALL DE TEXAS, EDINBURGH SCOTLAND REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY, GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPENED. ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME.

>> WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU EXCUSE ME ON ABC NEWS LIVE TONIGHT. AND GOP HOPEFULS SHRINK THE GAP WITH THE FRONTRUNNER IN THE COUNTDOWN. PLUS, KEEPING AN EYE ON THE BACK TO BACK STORMS. MILLIONS MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION.

“WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR. WE ARE HEARING A NATION AT WAR, WATCHING TANK AFTER TANK POURING THIS AREA. >> THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. BULLET HOLES ALL UP THE WALL, MINUTES OF THE AIR RAID SIRENS GOING OFF. YOU CAN HEAR THE SOUND. AN EXPLOSION DOWN HERE.

TONIGHT, ISRAEL WAGING A FIERCE BOMBARDMENT OF GAZA, THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR FOR NONSTOP LIVE COVERAGE STREAM. >> ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL FROM THE FRONT LINES IN DOWNTOWN, IN BEIRUT, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> ABC NEWS LIVE. I HAVE A OF CONTACT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US.

IT’S NOT A SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE OUT AND IS A SOURCE OF HUMOR FOR THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. I DIDN’T.

IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE. WOW. >> ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. YOU READY? LET’S DO IT. YES. IT’S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? LET’S GO. HOW ARE YOU? YEAH. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING? SATURDAY IS ON ABC LIVE.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS. MY FAVORITE. NOW WHAT YOU’VE SEEN MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE AT ABC NEWS. THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE

ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING, MAKING YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA IS THE NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIFE PRIZE WINNER OF THE GRACIE AWARD FOR NEWS PROGRAM IN ALL

OF TELEVISION AT STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE WITH LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> ABC NEWS AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. YOU ARE LOOKING AT CAPITOL HILL ON THIS WEDNESDAY WHERE HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE CONDUCTING A HEARING TO HOLD HUNTER BIDEN IN

CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. WHILE HUNTER HIMSELF MADE A SURPRISE VISIT TO THAT HEARING, REPUBLICANS TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT FOR DEFYING A SUBPOENA TO SIT FOR A CLOSED DOOR DEPOSITION. THE PRESIDENT’S SON SAID THAT HE WILL ONLY TESTIFY IN A PUBLIC FORUM CALLING ME IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO HIS FATHER ILLEGITIMATE.

HIS SPOKE TO REPORTERS AFTER THEY LEFT THE HEARING. >> LAST CALL CHAIRMAN, TELL ME. AND IF SO, LISTEN TO THAT LATER AND HANG ON TO YOUR HAT. CAN SEE TWO POTENTIALLY DEPOSITIONS, A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICHEVER THEY CHOSE. AND HUNTER CHOSE A HEARING WHERE REPUBLICANS COULD NOT DISTORT, MANIPULATE OR MISUSE

THAT HONOR AND THEN IGNORE THAT INVITATION AND PROVE ONCE AGAIN THAT THEY CARED LITTLE ABOUT THE TRUTH AND WANTED ONLY, QUOTE, MOVE THE NEEDLE OF POLITICAL SUPPORT CONTRIBUTING. POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL BAY JOINS NOW FOR MORE. RACHEL, COULD THIS SURPRISE APPEARANCE BY HUNTER BIDEN HAVE AN IMPACT ON THIS HEARING OR

WAS THIS JUST MEANT TO SEND A MESSAGE. >> WELL, IT CERTAINLY COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF THE HUNTER BIDEN CONTEMPT RESOLUTION. I MEAN, LOOK, BY SHOWING UP ON CAPITOL HILL, HUNTER BIDEN AND HIS TEAM WERE ESSENTIALLY ABLE TO STEAL THE LIMELIGHT AWAY FROM THIS CONTENTIOUS HEARING ABOUT HIM

IGNORING A SUBPOENA. THEY ALSO SORT OF UPSTAGED A HEARING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND THE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE, WHERE THEY’RE DOING THE FIRST IMPEACHMENT HEARING FOR DHS SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS. SO IN THAT REGARD, THEY WOULD SORT OF SEE THIS AS A VICTORY. BUT IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY

KEEPING THE VOTE FROM MOVING FORWARD, REPUBLICANS ARE EXPECTED TO BE PRETTY UNITED ON THIS. YES, THEY DO HAVE A VERY SLIM MAJORITY. THEY CAN ONLY LOSE A COUPLE OF VOTES AND DEMOCRATS WILL LIKELY VOTE AGAINST HOLDING HIM IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS FOR IGNORING A SUBPOENA. BUT REPUBLICANS ARE EXPECTED

TO STICK TOGETHER THIS. SO I DOUBT IT WILL KEEP IT FROM MOVING FORWARD. DIANE, A DEMOCRAT. DEMOCRATS HAVE TRIED TO FOCUS ON THE CHAIRMAN HAVING ORIGINALLY EXTENDED THE INVITATION FOR A FULL HEARING AND THEN SAYING ACTUALLY, IT HAS TO BE A DEPOSITION. >> REPUBLICANS SEEM TO BE FOCUSED ON LISTEN, DOESN’T

MATTER THAT HUNTER BIDEN WANTS TO TESTIFY IN A HEARING. >> WE HIM FOR A DEPOSITION. AND SO THAT’S WHAT HE HAS TO SHOW UP FOR. WHERE DO THINGS STAND ON THIS RESOLUTION NOW? YEAH, I MEAN, TECHNICALLY, REPUBLICANS ARE IN THE RIGHT ON THIS. IF CONGRESS SENDS A SUBPOENA TO SOMEONE YOU’RE SUPPOSED

TO SHOW UP AND TECHNICALLY UP TO THE MAJORITY, WHOEVER’S IN POWER, TO SAY IF THEY WANT THIS HEARING TO BE IN PUBLIC OR DO THEY WANT IT TO BE IN PRIVATE, IT’S NOT UP TO THE PERSON SUBPOENAED TO ACTUALLY PICK HOW THEY WANT TO TESTIFY OR WHETHER WANT TO TESTIFY AT ALL.

I DO THINK DEMOCRATS, YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE A A FAIR POINT HERE, AND THAT A LOT OF TIMES WHEN TESTIMONY HAPPENS BEHIND DOORS, WE SEE LITTLE BITS OF CHERRY PICKED ITEMS THAT ARE SORT OF RELEASED TO THE PRESS, LEAKED TO THE MEDIA AND THE SIDE THAT’S DOING THE LEAKING

WILL OFTEN TRY TO SPIN IT IN A WAY THAT MAKES THAT WITNESS LOOK. WE SAW THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, HAPPENED DURING THE TRUMP YEARS WHEN A LOT OF THE IMPEACHMENT WITNESSES WERE INITIALLY TESTIFYING BEHIND DOORS, WHICH AGAIN, LEADS US TO ANOTHER POINT. BACK A FEW YEARS AGO, DEMOCRATS

WERE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF HAVING WITNESSES TESTIFY BEHIND DOORS BEFORE THEY TESTIFIED PUBLICLY. AND THEY WERE VERY MUCH ON A HIGH HORSE BLASTING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR NOT BASICALLY KEEPING PEOPLE FROM SHOWING UP WHEN THEY WERE. SO NOW YOU’RE SEEING THE SHOE ON THE OTHER FOOT. REPUBLICANS WHO HAD DEFENDED

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR YEARS WHEN THEY HAD IGNORED DEMOCRATIC SUBPOENAS, ARE NOW SAYING SUBPOENAS ARE SACRED AND THAT PEOPLE NEED TO SHOW UP AND DO THEIR DUTY WHENEVER CONGRESS CALLS. DAY IN POLITICS IN WASHINGTON CONTRIBUTING POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL BAY. THANKS, RACHEL. THANKS. >> AND, OF COURSE, WE HAVE A

LOT OF OTHER NEWS TO GET TO AS WELL TODAY. HERE’S THE RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. >> WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT A DEADLY STORM SYSTEM IS SLOWLY MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTRY AFTER BEHIND FLOODING AND DAMAGE ALONG THE EAST COAST. AT LEAST 23 TORNADOES ARE REPORTED IN SIX STATES, INCLUDING FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

NOW ANOTHER STORM IS ON THE MOVE OUT WEST AND COULD BRING EXTREME WEATHER FROM TEXAS TO THE CAROLINAS. A NEW STUDY FINDS BOTTLED WATER MAY CONTAIN UP TO 100 TIMES MORE MICROSCOPIC PLASTIC PARTICLES THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SAYS RESEARCHERS FOUND AN AVERAGE 240,000 NANOPLASTICS PER BOTTLE.

SCIENTISTS AREN’T SURE WHETHER THESE PARTICLES ARE HARMFUL TO OUR HEALTH. IN A STATEMENT, INDUSTRY TRADE ASSOCIATION SAYS THE STUDY LACKS STANDARDIZED METHODS. BACK IN 2019, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAID THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE LINKING MICROPLASTICS IN WATER TO HUMAN HEALTH. BUT AN URGENT NEED FOR MORE RESEARCH. AND A COMPANY IS RECALLING

NEARLY 90,000 MASSAGE GUNS. FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY THE COMPANY RECEIVED 17 REPORTS OF OVERHEATING, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO WAS BURNED. THE OFFICIALS FEAR THE GUNS COULD BE A FIRE HAZARD. MODELS WERE SOLD FROM 2020 TO 2023. IF YOU HAVE ONE, THE SAYS NOT TO USE IT AND TO CONTACT THEM

FOR A FULL REFUND. AND ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT IS DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY A WAVE OF VIOLENCE MOSTLY GANG RELATED. 13 MEN NOW FACE CHARGES AFTER STORMING A TV STATION THERE WITH GUNS DURING A LIVE BROADCAST. ECUADOR HAS BEEN KNOWN AS ONE OF SOUTH AMERICA’S MOST PEACEFUL COUNTRIES. THIS LATEST ATTACK AMONG

THE MOST DRAMATIC INCIDENTS WE’VE SEEN SO FAR. ABC’S MATT RIVERS, THE LATEST. AUTHORITIES IN ECUADOR INVESTIGATING A BRAZEN ATTACK ON A PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION BY AN APPARENT ARMED AS, QUOTE, ACTS OF TERRORISM. THE MASKED MEN SEEN HERE TYING CREW MEMBERS, THE FLOOR THREATENING STAFF WAVING EXPLOSIVES AND, GUNS.

>> THEY SAY THEY WERE SCARED. STAFFERS DESPERATELY PLEADING FOR THEIR LIVES. >> LIVE BROADCAST ROLLING FOR ALMOST 15 MINUTES BEFORE GOING DARK. POLICE THEN SURROUNDING THE AREA ARRESTING MORE THAN A DOZEN GUNMEN. >> THE SHOW’S DEPUTY DIRECTOR LATER SAYING THE ATTACK WAS, QUOTE, EXTREMELY VIOLENT. WE’RE GETTING INTO THE OF THIS

INCIDENT ONE OF MANY ACTS OF VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED AFTER DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY MONDAY FOLLOWING THE DISAPPEARANCE. >> THE LEADER OF THE NOTORIOUS LOS TORNADOES GANG FROM HIS CELL, A GUAYAQUIL PRISON. AND MATT RIVERS JOINS ME NOW FROM SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, WITH MORE ON THIS. MATT, ECUADORIAN OFFICIALS SAY

THESE 13 MEN ARE UNDER ARREST AND FACING CHARGES. SO WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT WHO ARE AND WHY THEY DID THIS? >> YES, SO THEY’RE OF A SMALLER GROUP OF CRIMINALS, A GANG IN ECUADOR. AND WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS SAYING IS THAT THERE WERE SOME 22 DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT THEY’VE IDENTIFIED

AS BEING PART OF THE VIOLENCE WE SAW SPREAD THROUGHOUT GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR, YESTERDAY. AND ALL OF THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THAT STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT WAS DECLARED. IT WAS THE LEADER OF THAT GROUP OF TORNADOES THAT MANAGED TO DISAPPEAR FROM PRISON. A RESULT OF THAT, THE PRESIDENT MAKES THAT STATE OF EMERGENCY

DECLARATION THAT GIVES THE MILITARY IN ECUADOR THE RIGHT TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS, INCLUDING GO ON THE STREETS, CONDUCT CHECKPOINTS, BUT ALSO CRUCIALLY ENTER AND CONTROL ECUADOR’S PRISONS AND THE CRIMINALS THAT HAVE BEEN INSIDE OF THOSE PRISONS FOR YEARS. THEY’VE REALLY BEEN CONTROLLING ORGANIZED CRIME IN ECUADOR,

THOSE GROUPS FROM INSIDE THE PRISONS. IF THE MILITARY GOES IN, THE THOUGHT BEING THAT CONTROL WOULD BE LESS AND ORGANIZED CRIME WOULD BE LESS EFFICIENT AND WHY THESE GROUPS REALLY REACHED OUT, BRANCHED OUT, LASHED OUT YESTERDAY IN THE WAY THAT THEY DID, BECAUSE THERE OVER THESE NEW RIGHTS GIVEN

TO ECUADOR’S MILITARY. >> SO WHAT IS IT LIKE IN ECUADOR RIGHT NOW WITH THIS STATE OF EMERGENCY IN PLACE AND THIS NOTORIOUS GANG LEADER ON THE LOOSE? I MEAN, THERE’S NO DOUBT THINGS ARE TENSE RIGHT NOW. I WAS WITH A FRIEND WHOSE PARENTS LIVE IN GUAYAQUIL

AND SHE WAS TELLING ME IS THAT, LOOK, IT WAS A TOUGH DAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF REGULARLY YESTERDAY. BUSINESSES ARE CLOSED, RESTAURANTS ARE CLOSED. SCHOOLS WERE SHUT. IT’S A VERY TENSE TIME IN ECUADOR RIGHT NOW AS IT WOULD BE IN ANY COUNTRY WHERE THE MILITARY IS OUT ON THE STREETS.

BUT I THINK WHAT WE SAW OVERNIGHT WAS THAT PEOPLE GENERALLY RESPECTED CURFEW THAT’S BEEN PUT IN PLACE. WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANY MORE SCENES OF VIOLENCE THAT WE SAW PLAY OUT THERE YESTERDAY. SO RIGHT NOW, I WOULD CALL IT A TENSE CALM, BUT STILL, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING COULD CHANGE. ALL RIGHT MATT RIVERS, THANK

YOU. >> AND THE MAN WHO ATTACKED A LAS VEGAS JUDGE IS NOW CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER, BATTERY AND EXTORTION CHARGES. HE APPEARED IN FRONT OF THE SAME IN COURT ON TUESDAY. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE’RE NOW HEARING FROM THE LOCKLEAR RUSHED TO SAVE THE JUDGE WHEN THE DEFENDANT JUMPED OVER

THE BENCH. ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH HAS MORE. >> HE’S BEING A HERO NOW. 27-YEAR-OLD LAW CLERK MICHAEL LARSON CREDITED WITH SAVING A LAS VEGAS JUDGE FROM A VICIOUS COURTROOM IS SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT’S JUST SOMETHING YOU DON’T SEE IN COURT. YOU SEE SOME CRAZY THINGS, BUT,

YOU KNOW, NOTHING LIKE. >> THIS. ALSO SEEN IN THE NOW VIRAL VIDEO PULLING THE SIX FOOT, £190 DEFENDANT DEOBRA REDDEN OFF JUDGE MARY KAY HOLTHUS, AS AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS PUNCHING HER, HITTING HER WITH AN UNKNOWN OBJECT AND, PULLING OUT HER HAIR. >> I JUST THOUGHT WHEN HE FIRST

HOPPED OVER THAT DESK, HE WAS GOING FOR THE DOOR. AND WHEN HE DIDN’T GO FOR THE DOOR AND INSTEAD HE STARTS CHARGING AT THE JUDGE. I WAS JUST IN SHOCK AND I JUST REACTED. >> LASSO QUICKLY SPRINGING INTO ACTION LAST WEEK. >> I DON’T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED

IF I WASN’T THERE. ONCE THE SITUATION WAS HANDLED, I IMMEDIATELY WENT OVER TO HER AND TO GO CHECK ON HER, JUST MAKE SURE SHE WAS OKAY. >> JUDGE HOLTHUS DESCRIBING THE DEFENDANT AS BIG, STRONG AND ANGRY AND THE ARREST REPORT . >> WHAT DID THAT JUDICIAL BENCH LOOK LIKE IN THE AFTERMATH

ON THE AFTERMATH? THERE WAS A BLOODY SCENE. THERE WAS JUST BLOOD EVERYWHERE . >> INJURED BUT RECOVERING. JUDGE HOLTHUS RETURNING TO THE COURTROOM FACE TO FACE WITH HER ATTACKER. BUT THIS THE DEFENDANT, SURROUNDED BY OFFICERS SEEN SHACKLED A SPIT MASK AND PROTECTIVE MITTS SENTENCED TO UP FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR

HIS ORIGINAL CASE. >> HELLO. ARE YOU MR. READY? >> ON TUESDAY, THE 30 YEAR OLD WHOSE FAMILY SAYS A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS STOOD IN FRONT OF A DIFFERENT JUDGE ANSWERING TO ATTEMPTED MURDER, BATTERY AND EXTORTION CHARGES, AMONG OTHERS. >> DO YOU UNDERSTAND THESE CHARGES? AS I UNDERSTAND AND DIANE,

OFFICIALS IN LAS VEGAS ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY ADDING MORE SECURITY PERSONNEL. JUDGE HOLTHUS HAD A SINGLE COURT MARTIAL WITH HER AND HE NEEDED 25 STITCHES IN HIS HEAD AFTER THAT ATTACK DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT, KAYNA WHITWORTH. THANK YOU. AND U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE ESTHER SALAS KNOWS ABOUT THE THREATS.

JUDGES ALL TOO WELL. HER SON DANIEL WAS MURDERED AT THEIR HOME BY A GUNMAN WHO WAS TARGETING HER BACK IN 2020. SINCE THEN, JUDGE HAS BEEN ON A MISSION TO HONOR HER SON’S LIFE AND LEGACY. >> ON “GMA”, SHE SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH OUR ROBIN ROBERTS. LAST TIME WE SPOKE, YOU WERE

TRYING TO MAKE DANIEL’S LAW A FEDERAL CASE AND GOING BEFORE CONGRESS, IT PASSED IT PASSED. SO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT DANIEL’S LAW AND WHAT MORE CAN BE DONE. I MEAN, LISTEN, DANIEL, THE DANIEL ANDREWS ACT IS GREAT. IT’S A SOLID STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT IT PROTECTS FEDERAL JUDGES.

WE NEED TO FOCUS ON ALL JUDGES AT EVERY LEVEL, STATE AND LOCAL JUDGES. THERE ARE OVER 30,000 OF THEM STILL, SO MANY STATES AND TERRITORIES THAT DON’T HAVE ANY LAWS PROTECTING JUDICIAL OFFICERS. WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT STATE BY STATE. WE NEED TO APPROACH IT. MARYLAND IS THE START.

WISCONSIN, WHERE JUDGE WELLER WAS. WE NEED TO PASS LAWS IN THESE STATES TO PROTECT ALL JUDGES. OUR DEMOCRACY, YOU KNOW, COUNTS ON JUDICIAL OFFICERS FEELINGS SAFE TO DO OUR JOBS. >> OUR THANKS TO ROBIN ROBERTS . >> JUST ESTHER SALAS FOR THAT. COMING UP, REPRODUCTIVE OPIOIDS AND GUN VIOLENCE.

WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE BIG ISSUES IN 2024 ELECTIONS. ALSO AHEAD, A RETAIL REVOLUTION . HOW WAL-MART IS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU SHOP. >> GET READY, AMERICA. EVERY FRIDAY, HOTTEST TRENDS STYLES AND MUST HAVE. BUT WHAT’S THE RIGHT STUFF TO BUY RIGHT NOW?

I REALLY LOVE IT’S TIME TO BUY THE RIGHT STUFF AND SAVE BIG TIME. THE RIGHT STUFF. FRIDAYS ON “GMA”. YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT. FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE, NEWS BECOMES THE ONLY ABC NEWS APP NEWS INCREDIBLE VIDEO FASTER, SMARTER AND CUSTOMIZABLE TO YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW,

YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW. WELCOME BACK BAYWATCH AND CHARLES IN CHARGE STAR NICOLE EGGERT IS OPENING UP ABOUT HER NEW CANCER DIAGNOSIS . THE STAR IS NOW ISSUING A WARNING FOR OTHERS ABOUT HOW SHE MISSED THE EARLY WARNING SIGNS HERSELF.

>> EVA PILGRIM HAS MORE. NICOLE EGGERT, KNOWN FOR HER ROLES IN CHARLES IN CHARGE ,THE USUAL DINNER MOVIE AND A DOZEN ROSES WILL BE FIVE AND BAYWATCH ONLY. BUT BETTER BE CAREFUL IS RIGHT THERE IN TOWN IS OPENING UP ABOUT HER BATTLE WITH CANCER.

SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BOMB TO DROP. THE ACTRESS REVEALING HER JOURNEY TO DIAGNOSIS ON HER PODCAST. >> PERFECTLY TWISTED. I STARTED HAVING A LOT OF PAIN ON MY LEFT SIDE AND IT WAS REALLY HURTING. SO I DID AN EXAM AND I FOUND SOMETHING. >> AFTER A MAMMOGRAM

AND MULTIPLE BIOPSIES, THE ACTRESS TELLS “PEOPLE” MAGAZINE SHE WAS EVENTUALLY DIAGNOSED IN DECEMBER. INVASIVE FORM CARCINOMA, A RARE TYPE OF INVASIVE CANCER THAT ACCOUNT FOR JUST POINT 3 TO 6% OF ALL BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSES. >> THIS BREAST CANCER ISN’T LIKELY TO BE ONE THAT IS EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE OR GROWS VERY RAPIDLY.

>> IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGH CHANCE OF CURE AND LESS OF A CHANCE OF IT OCCURRING OF THE WITH APPROPRIATE TREATMENT. >> EGGERT I HAVE PANICS WHERE I’M LIKE, JUST GET THIS OUT OF ME. PEOPLE, THE NEXT STEP IS SURGERY. YOU SIT THERE AND IN YOU AND YOU’RE LIKE, EVERY SECOND

THAT PASSES AND IT’S INSIDE ME . IT’S GROWING. THE 51 YEAR OLD SAYS HER FIRST SYMPTOMS WERE A RAPID £25 WEIGHT GAIN OVER THREE MONTHS AND TERRIBLE PAIN IN HER, WHICH SHE INITIALLY ATTRIBUTED TO MENOPAUSE. >> IF THERE’S A PERSIST CHANGE IN THE, AS SHE WAS EXPLAINING THAT SHE HAD SWELLING AND PAIN

IN THE THAT WAS NOT GOING AWAY, THAT SHOULD PROMPT A WOMAN TO GO SEEK OUT THE MEDICAL ATTENTION OF HER DOCTORS IN ORDER TO GET A WORKUP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> THE SINGLE MOM OF TWO SAYS SHE’S FIGHTING TO BE THERE FOR HER DAUGHTER’S 25-YEAR-OLD DYLAN, AND ESPECIALLY HER YOUNGEST, 12-YEAR-OLD

KEEGAN. >> THERE’S NO BEING DEPRESSED. THERE’S LAYING AROUND. THERE’S LIKE IT’S LIKE BEING JOY RIGHT NOW. TODAY, HE POSITIVE AND IT ALL SAYS AFTER SHE FOUND THE LOVE, IT TOOK HER A MONTH TO GET AN APPOINTMENT FOR A MAMMOGRAM. A GOOD REMINDER US ALL NOT TO WAIT IF SOMETHING DOESN’T

FEEL RIGHT AND TO TAKE APPOINTMENT EVEN WHEN IT DOESN’T HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY. DIANE ALL RIGHT, EVA PILGRIM THANK YOU. >> AND IT IS TIME NOW FOR MATTEL LIKE IT IS FOR DR. ALOK PATEL SHOW SOME HEALTH ADVICE ON THE TOPICS THAT MATTER MOST TO YOU. AND TODAY, WE’RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT HEALTH

CARE IN THE 2024 ELECTION. HERE’S DR. PATEL WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE HEALTH ISSUES ON THE BALLOT. >> HEALTH CARE IS A BIG ELECTION 2024 TOPIC. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WE’RE GOING TO HAVE SINCE ROE VERSUS WADE WAS OVERTURNED. AND WE’VE HEARD MULTIPLE

STORIES IN WHICH RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTION HAVE AFFECTED ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH RISK PREGNANCIES. REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ON THE BALLOT. AMERICA ALSO SPENDS MORE ON HEALTH CARE THAN OTHER HIGH INCOME COUNTRY AND REALLY ONLY WANTS IT NOT GUARANTEE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE. WITH THAT, HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY, DRUG PRICING ACCESS TO MEDICARE AND MEDICAID

ARE ALSO ON THE BALLOT. AND THERE’S MORE. ONE IN FIVE AMERICANS HAS A MENTAL ILLNESS. DRUG OVERDOSES FROM OPIOIDS CLAIMED OVER 100,000 LIVES IN 2021. >> AND GUN VIOLENCE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN CHILDREN. >> SO MENTAL HEALTH CARE, GUN VIOLENCE AND THE OPIOID CRISIS ARE ALSO TOPICS THAT CANDIDATES

SHOULD ADDRESS. FROM EARLY VOTING TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO WHO WE CHOOSE TO REPRESENT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, EXERCISING OUR CIVIC DUTY PLAYS A PART, AND HOW WE ADDRESS AND UPHOLD PUBLIC HEALTH. >> DO YOUR RESEARCH ABOUT YOURSELF, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR COMMUNITY, AND VOTE LIKE YOUR AND PUBLIC

HEALTH DEPENDS ON IT BECAUSE IT KIND OF DOES. AND DR. ALOK PATEL JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS ALONG WITH ABC NEWS SENIOR NATIONAL POLICY REPORTER AND FLIRTY DR. PATEL IN YOUR VIDEO. YOU SAY AMERICA SPENDS MORE ON HEALTH CARE PER CAPITA THAN ANY HIGH INCOME COUNTRY, BUT THE

US IS THE ONLY ONE NOT TO GUARANTEE HEALTH COVERAGE. WHY IS THAT? AND HOW DOES AFFECT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN IF WE DON’T HAVE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE? WHY ARE COSTS SO HIGH? >> WE HAD A SIMPLE ANSWER, DIANE, TO EXPLAIN WHY OUR COST IS SO HIGH. >> BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THIS

IS SOMETHING THAT VOTERS, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN, SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO IN RESEARCHING THEIR CANDIDATE WHO IS GOVERNING THEIR STATE, WHERE LIVE IN NEW YORK. >> THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. >> THE UNITED STATES SPENDS ABOUT $13,000 PER PERSON ON HEALTH CARE, WHICH IS $5,000

MORE THAN ANY OTHER AVERAGE HIGH INCOME COUNTRY. >> AND WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILLION UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED AMERICANS, WHICH LEADS TO POORER OUTCOMES WHEN IT COMES TO LONG TERM ILLNESSES. AND SOME OF THESE TERMS ARE CONFUSING THE AVERAGE PERSON, INCLUDING EXPANSION OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID AND SUBSIDIES.

>> BUT THE FACT IS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE REALLY LOW AND WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEIR INSURANCE COVERAGE AS THEY’RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT WE VOTED FOR. >> AND HOW ARE YOU SEEING THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TACKLING HEALTH CARE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL? TALK ABOUT INFLATION. >> AND THAT’S THE ISSUE THAT IS

TOP OF MIND FOR SO MANY VOTERS . BUT OF COURSE, PEOPLE FORGET THAT HEALTH CARE IS TIED TO THAT, ALONG WITH RISING PRICES, HEALTH CARE GETS MORE EXPENSIVE. WE SAW IN A RECENT POLL KFF, THE NONPROFIT, THAT 80% OF VOTERS SEE THIS AS A TOP OF MIND ISSUE COST OF HEALTH CARE.

NOW, TRUMP AND DESANTIS SAY THAT THEY WANT TO REVISIT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ABORTION IS THE OTHER ISSUE THAT’S COMING ALONG THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THAT’S A MAJOR ISSUE. A OF THE CANDIDATES NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT SORT OF DANCING AROUND IT. ALONG WITH OBAMACARE, WE’RE NOT

GETTING A LOT OF THE DETAILS ON HOW THEY WANT TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THINGS. >> SO DR. PATEL, CAN WE BE WELL-INFORMED ON THESE ISSUES WHEN THEY’RE AT THE CENTER? >> THE CONVERSATION LIKE THIS, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ALL MEDICAL EXPERTS, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN’T TAKE A MEDICAL EXPERT

IS ACTUALLY GO AND LOOK ONLINE AND RESEARCH THAT HEALTH CARE TOPICS THAT CANDIDATES ARE DISCUSSING OR TO GO AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT THEIR STANCES ARE, ANYTHING THAT’S RELATED TO HEALTH CARE POLICY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SCIENCE IN AND MENTION REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ARE A BIG TOPIC. AND THEY’RE RIGHT NOW IN THE

UNITED STATES ARE 2 MILLION WOMEN WHO LIVE IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS NO ACCESS TO ABORTION AND NO MATERNITY CARE. THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTS PEOPLE’S PEOPLE’S HEALTH, THEIR ABILITY TO LIVE A PRODUCTIVE, LONG LOVING LIFE. >> AND THERE’S ALSO TOPICS SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH CARE, GUN VIOLENCE, DRUG PRICING, CANCER RESEARCH, MATERNITY CARE,

HEALTH CARE. >> SO MANY TOPICS OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE MAY FORGET ABOUT THAT DIRECTLY INVOLVED, THIS DANCE OF POLITICS AND HEALTH CARE. SO I AGREE. >> EVERYONE OUT THERE, THE NONPARTISAN STAFF, JUST DO YOUR RESEARCH AND RESEARCH ON THESE TOPICS AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

AND WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST HEALTH CARE TOPICS IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATES NOW. SO STATES ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ARE STATES LIKE ARIZONA THAT THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE ABORTIO ON THE BALLOT NEXT YEAR THAT COULD DRIVE VOTERS. BUT ALSO STATES LIKE GEORGIA, THIS IS A BATTLEGROUND STATE THAT, COULD REALLY MAKE

A DIFFERENCE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. BUT IT’S ALSO ABOUT THE STATEHOUSES BOTH OF THEIR HOUSES ARE UP FOR ELECTION, ARE UP FOR GRABS WITH CONTROL. IT’S THESE STATE HOUSES THAT ARE PASSING LAWS THAT APPLY TO THINGS LIKE HEALTH CARE, ABORTION, ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO HEALTH CARE.

>> SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK VOTERS DO HAVE ALL OF THESE ISSUES IN MIND WHEN THEY’RE GOING TO THE POLLS. AND I THINK THAT’S GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF THESE BATTLEGROUND STATES. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL, SENIOR NATIONAL POLICY REPORTER AND CLARITY.

>> THANK YOU. AND DR. IS AS ALWAYS TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS. LEAVE A MESSAGE ON OUR INSTAGRAM AT ABC NEWS LIVE AND HE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT HERE ON FRIDAY. COMING UP, BABY YODA IS HEADED TO THE BIG SCREEN WILL GANSS HA, WHY HE’S MATCHING CINNABON IN THE SOUTHEAST.

>> YOU HAVE. >> I WAS TERRIFIED. IT WAS JUST A TRAUMATIC NIGHTMARE. PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THESE WERE WANTED BABIES AT UNI, FACING LIFE AND DEATH, MEDICAL CONDITIONS, THEIR LIVES NOW OUT OF THEIR CONTROL. >> I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO DIE. OUR LIVES AND OUR HEALTH ARE DEBATABLE.

I WOULDN’T WISH THIS UPON MY WORST ENEMY. DIANE SAWYER RACHEL SCOTT ON THE BRAIN NOW STREAMING ON HULU. WELCOME BACK. WALMART SAYS IT’S PLANNING TO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ,CREATE A NEW SHOPPING EXPERIENCE. THE WORLD’S BIGGEST RETAILER IS BETTING THAT A.I. WILL RESHAPE HOW AMERICANS SHOP ONLINE AND IN STORES.

ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS THE ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE. >> AN ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE WALMART TAKING US INSIDE ITS RETAIL REVOLUTION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO TRANSFORM THE WAY WE SHOP AT THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS IN LAS VEGAS. THE WORLD’S BIGGEST RETAILER LAUNCHING NEW FEATURES LIKE THE OPTION TO VIRTUALLY SHOP WITH FRIENDS TRYING ON OUTFITS

IN ITS APP AND INSTANTLY GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THOSE YOU TRUST. >> YOU CAN ALSO SHARE THAT WITH SOMEONE ELSE DIGITALLY TO SAY TO YOU LIKE THIS SWEATER OR NOT. EVEN MY FRIENDS MIGHT SAY NO MORE OFTEN AND SAY YES. >> WALMART CEO DOUG MCMILLON ALSO TOUTING EXPANDED SEARCH ON ITS SITE.

CUSTOMERS CAN NOW SEARCH FOR A PHRASE LIKE FOOTBALL WATCH PARTY INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUAL ITEMS TO PUT IN YOUR CART TO MOVE AWAY FROM THIS BABY TALK SEARCH. >> WE’RE TRYING TO FIND CHIPS, DRINKS AND A 19 INCH TELEVISION AND SAY, HOW DO I PREPARE A GREAT WATCH PARTY?

AND IT BRINGS BACK ACROSS THE TOP THE CATEGORIES LOOKING FOR. AND THEN SEARCH SERVES UP A LIST OF ITEMS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE TO HOST THAT GREAT PARTY. >> THE FEATURE USES TECHNOLOGY FROM MICROSOFT, WHICH HAS INVESTED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO CHANGING BEAUTY MAKER AI. >> IT’S ALL ABOUT BEING ABLE

TO TAKE THE TECHNOLOGY AS POWERFUL AS IT IS, BUT TRANSLATING INTO EVERYDAY USE CASES. >> ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT THE GUARDRAILS AREN’T IN PLACE FOR HOW QUICKLY TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING? THE GUARDRAILS HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED IN PARALLEL WITH THE BENEFITS AND THE USE CASES. SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE

THINK ABOUT AFTER THE FACT. >> BETWEEN JUGGLING GROCERIES LIFE, SOMETIMES YOU COULD REALLY USE A LITTLE EXTRA HELP. ALSO, THE PIPELINE FROM WALMART IN-HOME REPLENISHMENT USING A.I. TO PREDICT WHAT PRODUCTS YOU NEED AT HOME. >> THEN DELIVERING STRAIGHT TO YOUR FRIDGE OR CLOSET. >> THERE’S A WALMART ASSOCIATE

THAT HAS A ONE TIME CODE TO OUR GARAGE STORE WHERE THEY PUT THE PERISHABLE FOOD IN THE REFRIGERATOR, BUT THE AMBIENT PRODUCT NEXT TO IT AND, WE’RE IN STOCK. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HEAR THAT AND SAY, THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A PRIVACY CONCERN. SOMEONE HAS A GARAGE CODE,

THEY KNOW IT’S IN MY HOUSE. THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS OVER TIME. I THINK WHAT PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED IS THAT IF YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING BUSINESS WITH SOMEONE TRUST AND WE CAN SAVE YOU TIME, I THINK THERE WILL BE ADOPTION OF THIS OVER TIME WHERE WE’RE LITERALLY REPLENISHING THE THINGS

THAT PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE IN THEIR HOMES ALL THE TIME THAT ARE SEARCH FUNCTION IS AVAILABLE NOW ON APPLE DEVICES. I PRESSED WALMART’S CEO ON IF THERE WILL BE BUMPS IN THE ROAD AS SOME OF THIS NEW TECH IS ROLLED OUT. HE SAID IT WILL GET BETTER AND SMARTER AS TIME ON.

>> DIANE ELIZABETH SCHULZE IN LAS VEGAS. THANK YOU. AND IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE TEAM WHERE WE BREAK DOWN SOME THE BUZZIEST STORIES PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. OUR FRIEND WILL GANSS IS HERE TO WITH THAT WILL SPILL THAT TO A LITTLE INTERGALACTIC TEA PARTY. GOOD MORNING. ALL RIGHT.

WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING BABY YODA NEWS FROM A FAR, FAR AWAY. THE PINT SIZED STAR OF THE MANDALORIAN IS HEADED TO THE BIG SCREEN PEOPLE. OUR PARENT COMPANY, DISNEY, ANNOUNCING OVERNIGHT JON FAVREAU WILL DIRECT THE STAR WARS FEATURE FILM TITLED THE MANDALORE AND GROW GOO. WITH PRODUCTION SLATED TO BEGIN

THIS, FAVREAU, WHO HELMED THE MANDALORIAN TV SERIES ON DISNEY PLUS SAYING IN A STATEMENT, I HAVE LOVED TELLING STORIES SET IN THE RICH WORLD THAT GEORGE CREATED. THE PROSPECT OF BRINGING THE MANDALORIAN AND HIS APPRENTICE GROGAN TO THE BIG SCREEN IS EXTREMELY EXCITING. IT’S THE OVERSIGHT IT’S COAT

ON AND BABY YODA FOR ME. I MEAN, IT’S KIND A LOOK, IT’S A VIBE. AND HE OFTEN HAS A LITTLE TEACUP OF HIS OWN. SO HE’S A VERY. WE’RE EMBRACING BABY YODA. THAT’S RIGHT. THAT’S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT. I HAVE BEEN DYING TO TALK ABOUT THIS. COME CLOSER. GATHER ROUND, EVERYONE.

IT’S THE GOSSIP SESSION SEEN AROUND THE WORLD. SELENA GOMEZ SPILLING THE TEA DURING THE GOLDEN GLOBES TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND KELLY TAYLOR. THIS VIDEO UP EVERYWHERE. LOOK AT THEIR FACES. YOU KNOW, THE TEA IS HOT WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE THAT USER IS THROWING ALL KINDS OF GOODIES AT THE WALL,

INCLUDING ONE ON TWITTER, RACKING UP 61,000 RETWEETS THAT SELENA ASKS FOR A PHOTO WITH TV SHOW ALUM AND KYLIE JENNER SAID NO SHE CANNOT TAKE A PICTURE WITH HIM. BUT AT LONG LAST, SELENA IS SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT THE ONLY MURDERS IN A BUILDING STAR COMMENTING ON A NEWS PHOTO WRITING.

NO, I TOLD TAYLOR ABOUT TWO OF MY FRIENDS WHO HOOKED UP. NOT THAT THAT’S ANYONE’S BUSINESS. AND OF COURSE, NOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT FRIENDS ARE, RIGHT? I’M HERE TO SAY NOT BUYING. SELENA’S NEITHER. NO. ZERO. IN ONE OF THE VIDEOS, YOU COULD ACTUALLY HEAR KELLY TAYLOR SAY WITH TIMOTHY.

SO UNLESS ONE OF THE FRIENDS IS TIMMY. I DON’T KNOW. SEE, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN THE TAYLOR HERE. YOU CANNOT PULL ONE PASSWORD. THAT’S EXACTLY CORRECT. I’VE SPENT WAY TOO MANY HOURS OF MY EVENING PORING OVER THE VIDEOS. BUT ANYWAY, THAT’S WHAT SELENA SAYS. SO WE’LL TAKE HER WORD FOR IT. ALL RIGHT.

2024 IS SHAPING UP TO BE A POWERHOUSE HERE FOR POP MUSIC. IT’S BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE LADY GAGA DROPPED CHROMATICA. AT LONG LAST, WE MIGHT BE GETTING SOME NEW MUSIC. YOU GUYS GOT DOGS? THERE’S THE EARS. THE ALERT. THE GAGA. LADY GAGA. TWO NEW PHOTOS FROM THE MUSIC

STUDIO CAPTIONED WITH A HEART AND SOME MUSIC NOTES, EMOJIS. MEANWHILE, KATY PERRY IS ALSO TEASING HER CHAPTER, TELLING E! NEWS IT’S TIME TO COME OUT OF THE COCOON OF SORTS TO BLOOM . A LITTLE NOD, OF COURSE, TO OKAY THE BLUE. NO WORD ON WHEN KATY OR GAGA

WILL DROP THEIR NEW PROJECTS. ARIANA GRANDE HAS A NEW SINGLE. YES. AND THAT’S COMING OUT THIS FRIDAY. A LOT OF NEW MUSIC COMING. ARIANA, IT FEELS LIKE IT’S 2011 A YEAR FOR. ALL RIGHT. AND ANOTHER MUSICAL NEWS, THE GIRLS MOVIE MUSICAL SET TO THEATERS ON FRIDAY. TINA FEY SAYS SHE THOUGHT

AT THE ADVICE OF SOME UNLIKELY CONTRIBUTORS AS SHE ADAPTED THE SCRIPT FOR A 2024 AUDIENCE. HER TWO DAUGHTERS, TINA TELLING E WEEKLY THAT SHE ASKED 18 AND 12-YEAR-OLD GIRLS, SHOULD THE BURN BOOK STAY A BURN BOOK OR SHOULD IT BE A PRIVATE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT? AND THEY’RE LIKE, NO, NO, IT’S A BOOK.

IT’S A BOOK. BUT THANK GOD SAID THAT. SHE SAID SHE ALSO ASKED THEM FOR CASTING ADVICE AND IN OTHER MEAN GIRLS NEWS, IT’S WEDNESDAY. THAT’S WHY I’M WEARING PINK. WE ALSO HAVE A SWEET TREAT TO CELEBRATE, CINNABON IS SELLING PINK CINNAMON ROLLS THE NEW FILM. ONLY ON WEDNESDAYS, OF COURSE,

STARTING JANUARY 17TH. THAT’S A WEEK FROM TODAY, LASTING EVERY WEDNESDAY TO FEBRUARY SEVEN. ITEMS FROM THE BRAND, INCLUDING THE CLASSIC THE MINI BON BONS BITES AND THE CENTER OF THE ROLL SNACKS WILL BE AVAILABLE. ME. THESE ARE DELICIOUS AND I CAN’T WAIT ANYMORE. TAKING EVERY OUNCE.

THEY SENT THESE TO US AS A LITTLE GIFT FREE OF CHARGE AND WE’RE REALLY REALLY GRATEFUL. I HAVE BEEN DYING TO EAT THIS, BUT I’M SORRY. OH, YOU’RE EATING. I’M BUSY. YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS. OKAY. WILL GANSS. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR STRAIGHTENING. EVERYBODY OUT. DIANE MACEDO ABC NEWS LIVE

IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME. WITH THE LATEST NEWS CONTEXT ANALYSIS AND PINK CINNABONS. IT’S WEDNESDAY, PEOPLE. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. SO BATCH SO THAT THERE ARE SOME STORIES THAT JUST STICK WITH YOU. DREW WAS WORKING AT VICTORIA’S SECRET. SHE DID A LITTLE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING, HEADED TO HER CAR AND THEN WENT MISSING FROM

THE MALL. IT’S THE LAST TIME ANYONE FROM JERSEY CITY. HOW HEARTBREAKING IS THAT TO THINK ABOUT? FRIDAY NIGHT, 2020, TEXTING INSIDE THE HOME TO CATCH A KILLER BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN . YOU HAVE A PREDATOR ON YOUR HANDS. ALL NEW 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT AT NINE EIGHT CENTRAL ON ABC.

>> THIS ABC NEWS LIVE THE CRUSH AND FAMILIES HERE IN A REFUGEE CENTER IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL DESTRUCTIVE FORCE STORM ON ICE US IS IN THE BULL’S EYE. >> ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY TIME ANYWHERE.

STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO FOR FOOD. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS. WHY AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. EVERYBODY IN THAT HOME IS OKAY TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE ARE HERE AT FASHION’S BIGGEST NIGHT OUT. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?

YOUTUBE HAS UNVEILED A NEW SET OF POLICIES. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THE NEW AD CAMPAIGN FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN A REAL LIFE BARBIE HOUSE. A NAME CHANGE FOR THE WIENERMOBILE. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC

NEWS. >> WHY? WHY YOU MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS “START HERE”. TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET RIGHT TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR

EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING . YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. WHEREVER. >> GET YOUR PODCASTS. START HERE. YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S

NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS KEEPS WITH ABC NEWS LIVE AND TIME AND SAY, LET’S GET RIGHT TO OUR TOP STORY. HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE CONDUCTING A HEARING TO HOLD HUNTER BIDEN IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS, WHILE HUNTER HIMSELF MADE A SURPRISE TO THE HEARING. REPUBLICANS WANT TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS FOR

DEFYING A SUBPOENA TO SIT FOR A CLOSED DOOR DEPOSITION. >> GO STRAIGHT TO JAIL. YES, I’M LOOKING AT YOU, HUNTER BIDEN, AS I’M SPEAKING TO. YOU YOU ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW AT ALL FOR A POLITICAL. THE PRESIDENT’S SON SAYS HE WILL ONLY TESTIFY IN A PUBLIC FORUM.

HE WANTS TO PREVENT REPUBLICANS FROM BEING ABLE TO DISTORT HIS TESTIMONY. ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN JOINS ME NOW FROM CAPITOL HILL FOR MORE. JAY, WAS THIS JUST A POLITICAL STUNT, AS REPRESENTATIVE MACE SAYS, OR HUNTER BIDEN HOPING TO CHANGE THINGS SOMEHOW WITH THIS APPEARANCE TODAY? >> WELL, THE GOAL OF HUNTER

BIDEN’S TEAM, AS THEY DESCRIBED AS THEY LEFT INSIDE THAT HEARING, DIANE, WAS TO ESSENTIALLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAD OFFERED TO WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE. THEY HAD OFFERED TO TESTIFY, OBVIOUSLY, IN A PUBLIC SETTING, NOT IN THE KIND OF CLOSED DOOR SETTING THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD SOUGHT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO GETTING THIS MESSAGE OUT THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN THE GOAL OF HUNTER BIDEN’S TEAM. DOES IT CHANGE ANYTHING IN THE CALCULUS OF THIS CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS RESOLUTION? IT CERTAINLY DOES. I MEAN, THIS WAS GOING TO GET THROUGH BOTH THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT AND THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES, WHICH ARE REPUBLICAN.

WHAT YOU’RE TAKING UP THIS MATTER TODAY, THEY WERE LIKELY AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BRING IT TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WILL VOTED ON. >> AND IF AT ALL THE REPUBLICANS GET BEHIND IT, IT WOULD PASS. AND SO IT DOESN’T CHANGE ANYTHING IN THE POLITICAL AND

THE VOTE COUNT AND CALCULUS THIS. BUT CERTAINLY IT WAS A SURPRISE. CERTAINLY IT CAUSES PANDEMIC. AND CERTAINLY IT DEMONSTRATES THAT HUNTER BIDEN IS WILLING TO TRY TO MEET THIS COMMITTEE, POUND FOR POUND POLITICALLY AND HIS OWN POLITICAL WHAT YOU COULD CALL STUNTS OR DEMONSTRATE WHILE REPUBLICANS DO EXACTLY THAT, OR AT LEAST

WHAT BIDEN’S TEAM ACCUSES OF THAT. >> SO WHERE DO THINGS STAND ON THIS RESOLUTION? SO IT WILL GET MARKED UP, MARK UP AS WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY. IT’S WHAT HUNTER BIDEN SAT IN THE BACK OF IN THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. IT’S HAPPENING IN THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.

ONCE IT GETS OUT OF THOSE COMMITTEES, IT GETS SENT TO THE HOUSE FLOOR AND THEN IT HAS TO BE VOTED ON BY THE WHOLE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES. AND IF EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN GETS BEHIND IT, AS I MENTIONED, IT WOULD PASS, AND THEN ONLY THAT COULD IT GO TO THE COURTS.

THAT’S WHAT WOULD BEGIN THE COURT PROCESS OF HOLDING HUNTER IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. CONGRESS CAN HOLD SOMEONE CONTEMPT, BUT THERE’S NO LEGAL OR JUDICIAL BRANCH ACTION THAT IMMEDIATELY IS TRIGGERED BY THAT. THEN, OF COURSE, IT’S UP TO THE COURT AS TO HOW THAT PLAYS OUT. AS WE SAW, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE

JANUARY SUBPOENAS THAT WERE DEFINED BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS, SOME OF WHOM ARE NOW PART OF THIS PROCESS OF HOLDING ONTO BIDEN ACCOUNTABLE FOR DEFYING THE SUBPOENA THAT HAS A LONG PROCESS IN WHICH IT HAS TO MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE COURTS AFTER IT GETS OUT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

>> SO WHAT PENALTIES COULD HUNTER BIDEN FACE UNDER THIS RESOLUTION? >> AND WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? WELL, HE FACES CHARGES OF CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. SO THE EXACT NEXT STEPS ARE, AGAIN, THAT VOTE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR AND THEN, OF COURSE, ANY KIND OF COURT ACTION. BUT IT’S ALSO WORTH POINTING

HERE, DIANE, THAT THIS IS NOT A PROCESS THAT TENDS TO PLAY OUT LIKE THIS WHEN THERE IS A CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENA IN A NON POLITICALLY CHARGED CASE LIKE THIS. YOU COMPLY AND YOU GO AND YOU SIT IN A HEARING AND YOU TESTIFY, OR IN THIS CASE YOU WOULD GIVE THAT DEPOSITION BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

>> SO WHAT YOU’RE SEEING NOW IS THE HIGH WATERMARK OF POLITICAL TENSION WHEN IT COMES TO THIS HUNTER BIDEN CASE. AGAIN, HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAYING THEY WANT HUNTER BIDEN TO COME TESTIFY BEFORE THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO FATHER, PARTICULARLY IF THERE’S ANY LINKAGE INTO HUNTER’S OVERSEAS DEALINGS AND HIS FATHER. OF WHICH REPUBLICANS

HAVE PRESENTED NO EVIDENCE SO FAR. AND AFTER BIDEN SAYING THAT HE WILL ONLY GIVE THAT TESTIMONY IN PERSON IN PUBLIC. AND THAT’S A POINT THAT, FRANKLY, DEMOCRATS MADE IN THAT HEARING WHEN HE MADE THAT SURPRISE APPEARANCE TODAY, SAYING HUNTER BIDEN’S HERE, LET’S JUST HAVE THE TESTIMONY IN PUBLIC AND REPUBLICANS

SAYING THEY’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE BIDEN DICTATE THE TEMPO OF THEIR INVESTIGATION IF THEY WANT THIS TESTIMONY TO BE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AS EVERY OTHER WITNESS HAS BEEN DEPOSED SO FAR. THAT’S THEY’RE GOING TO GO FOR. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC JOE O’BRIEN ON CAPITOL HILL, THANKS JAY. AND INVESTIGATORS ARE SAID

TO BE LOOKING INTO JAILHOUSE MADE BY THE MAN CHARGED IN THE MURDER OF RAPPER TUPAC SHAKUR. SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS DWANE CASEY DAVIS MAY BEEN TALKING ABOUT HARMING WITNESSES COOPERATING IN THE TRIAL. PROSECUTORS, THE CALLS HAPPENED BACK IN OCTOBER BETWEEN DAVIS AND HIS SON AND DISCUSSED A, QUOTE, AUTHORIZATION TO KILL

ONE OF THE WITNESSES THAT WITNESS THEN RELOCATED. >> DAVIS IS ACCUSED OF ORDERING THE MURDER OF TUPAC AND WAS JUST GRANTED A $750,000 BAIL YESTERDAY IN A NEVADA COURT. HIS LAWYERS ASKED FOR HIM TO BE PLACED ON HOUSE ARREST DUE TO POOR HEALTH. THE IOWA CAUCUSES ARE JUST FIVE DAYS AWAY.

FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY TOOK, ADVANTAGE OF THE WEATHER AS THE ONLY CANDIDATE CAMPAIGNING IN THE SNOW. AND NEW SHOWS HALEY’S SUPPORT IS GROWING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AHEAD OF THE PRIMARY THERE LATER THIS MONTH. ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT IS IN DES MOINES AHEAD OF TONIGHT’S FINAL DEBATE

BEFORE VOTING BEGINS RON DESANTIS AND NIKKI HALEY PREPARING TO FACE OFF IN THE FINAL DEBATE BEFORE THE IOWA CAUCUSES. THE FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR OUT IN A SNOWY IOWA WITH THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO HER SOUTH. >> I DIDN’T KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO COME SEE FIVE PEOPLE,

BUT TO SEE A FULL REALLY IS GREAT. THIS IS FUNNY. I’M LIVING WITH THE BRUTAL. >> THE VIVEK RAMASWAMY FORCED THE CAMPAIGN VIA AN IPAD. AND GOVERNOR DESANTIS WAS HOME IN FLORIDA, GIVING THE STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS AND DEALING WITH SEVERE TORNADOES THERE. HOURS LATER, TRAVELING

BACK IOWA FOR A TOWN HALL. >> WE’RE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL WITH THIS. BUT I THINK IOWA REWARDS THE INTENSIVE APPROACH. >> YOU’RE SHOWING UP IN 99 COUNTIES. THE CENSUS IS IN A DISTANT SECOND PLACE IN IOWA. AND HALEY ISN’T THAT FAR BEHIND . SHE’S ALREADY GAINING MOMENTUM

IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. A NEW POLL SHOWING HER JUST SEVEN POINTS BEHIND THE FRONTRUNNER, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. >> THE ONLY WAY WE’RE GOING TO WIN THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS IS IF WE GO FORWARD WITH A NEW GENERATIONAL LEADER. THAT LEAVES THE NEGATIVITY, THE BAGGAGE IN THE PAST. >> SOME VOTERS STILL TALK

LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES RIGHT NOW. BUT I WANT SOMEBODY IN THE NBA AND BE A STRONG TRUMP IS STILL DOMINATING IN THE POLLS. NOW DRAWING FIRE FOR OPENLY SAYING HE HOPES THE ECONOMY CRASHES THIS YEAR ON BIDEN’S WATCH. >> WHEN THERE’S A CRASH, I HOPE IT’S GOING TO BE DURING THIS

NEXT 12 MONTHS BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO BE HERBERT HOOVER. >> I ASKED THE STANCES ALREADY MADE IN THOSE COMMENTS. IF THE ECONOMY CRASHES, PEOPLE WOULD GET THROWN OUT OF WORK. BUSINESSES WOULD GO UNDER. >> I DON’T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPENING. I WANT PEOPLE TO DO WELL NOT ON THE STAGE.

>> NINE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD AND FORMER NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE. TRUMP WILL BE HOLDING A SEPARATE TOWN HALL. CHRISTIE HAS FOCUSED ALL IN ON NEW HAMPSHIRE. HE’S NOT CAMPAIGNING IN IOWA AT ALL AND HE’S STILL VOWING TO STAY IN RACE DESPITE FALLING BEHIND NIKKI HALEY IN THAT LATEST POLL. DIANE?

>> ALL RIGHT, SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU. AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL SARAH ISGUR JOINS ME NOW ALONG WITH DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST ALAN JOHNSON. FOR MORE. SARAH NIKKI HALEY HAS BEEN HESITANT TO ATTACK TRUMP OVERNIGHT. HAS THAT STRATEGY WORKED FOR HER? AND IS THERE A POINT WHERE SHE

WILL HAVE TO GO AFTER HIM MORE DIRECTLY? I THERE’S PLENTY OF STRATEGISTS OUT THERE WHO, OF COURSE, WISH SHE’D GO MORE DIRECTLY TO DONALD TRUMP. THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT EVER WORK. SO INSTEAD OF NIKKI HALEY IS DOING IS TRYING TO SIMPLY GET THOSE TRUMP VOTERS TO COME

OVER TO HER AS AN ALTERNATIVE. TRUMP MAKING THE CASE THAT HE CAN’T SERVE A SECOND TERM, THAT HE MAY BE JOE BIDEN, BUT SHE’LL BE JOE BIDEN BY MORE. THAT’S ACTUALLY SO FAR BEEN SHOWN BE MORE EFFECTIVE FOR HER ALONGSIDE PRESIDENT BIDEN, MEANWHILE, HAS RAMPED UP

HIS ATTACKS ON TRUMP AND ON SO-CALLED MAGA REPUBLICAN. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HIS CAMPAIGN’S MESSAGING SO FAR? IS IT RESONATING? >> LISTEN, I DO THINK JOE BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN MESSAGING IS RESONATING. BUT HERE’S THE THING THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF. >> IN 2020, IT WAS A REFERENDUM

ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND WE NEEDED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. >> I THINK VOTERS WHO ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR TRUMP OBVIOUSLY KNOW, WHY THEY’RE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP. >> DEMOCRATS ARE ALSO HAVING TO TALK ABOUT THE MESSAGE THAT THEY HAVE, WHICH IS THE HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENTS PRESIDENT BY IT.

AND SO WE HAVE A CHALLENGE NOT TO SAY THAT IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, A SUPER HARD FOR US. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS TO PAY ATTENTION TO. HOW DO YOU HOW THESE ACHIEVEMENTS, WHILE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE EXISTENTIAL

CRISES THAT IT WOULD BE IF DONALD TRUMP BECAME PRESIDENT AGAIN AND I DO THINK THE CAMPAIGN WILL BE RATCHETING UP BOTH OF THOSE MESSAGES IN THE DAYS TO COME AS WE GET INTO THE ELECTION YEAR. >> ALL RIGHT, SIR, IS BOOKER ALICIA JOHNSON, THANK YOU BOTH. AND WILL HAVE FULL COVERAGE

OF THE IOWA CAUCUSES NEXT MONDAY, JANUARY 15TH, RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN IS SPEAKING OUT AFTER THE U.S. NAVY AND U.K. NAVY SHOT DOWN 18 HOUTHI DRONES AND THREE MISSILES IN THE RED SEA. HE SAYS HIS TRIP TO THE MIDDLE

EAST IS PART OF A BIG PUSH TO STABILIZE THE CONFLICT IN THE REGION. >> WE WERE FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT THE CONFLICT ONGOING NOW IN GAZA DOESN’T SPREAD TO OTHER PLACES. THAT’S BEEN OUR FOCUS SINCE SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, AND IT REMAINS OUR FOCUS TODAY. THAT’S WHAT MAKES IT

PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT THAT WE RESPOND WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING LIKE THE AGGRESSION COMING FROM THE HOUTHIS THAT CONTINUES BE REPEATED, DIRECTED AT SHIPPING IN THE RED SEA. >> THIS ALL COMES AS SAYS AT LEAST 40 PEOPLE ARE NOW DEAD, INCLUDING A JOURNALIST AFTER ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES BOMBED A HOME IN GAZA.

ABC’S HAS THE LATEST FROM TEL AVIV. >> ISRAEL’S WAR IN GAZA HAS BEEN EXCLUDED NARROWLY DEADLY FOR JOURNALISTS. >> AT LEAST 79 HAVE BEEN KILLED IN JUST OVER THREE MONTHS, ACCORDING TO THE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS. >> ANY CONFLICT SINCE THE CPJ’S STARTED COLLECTING RECORDS THREE DECADES AGO.

>> THE FIRST DEATHS WERE OF ISRAELI JOURNALISTS KILLED AS HAMAS RAMPAGED THROUGH SOUTHERN ISRAEL DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS. >> THEN ISRAEL BEGAN ITS MILITARY OPERATION IN RESPONSE. >> REUTERS PHOTOJOURNALIST ISSAM ABDALLAH AMONG THE FIRST KILLED. HE WAS FILMING WITH A GROUP JOURNALISTS AT THE LEBANON ISRAELI BORDER.

>> THEN AN ISRAELI TANK FIRED INTO THEM. VIDEO CAPTURING THE MOMENT, THE TANK HITTING THEM A SECOND TIME. SIX OTHER JOURNALISTS INJURED, REUTERS AND AFP, AS WELL AS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, SAY THEIR INVESTIGATIONS SHOW THE GROUP WERE DELIBERATELY FIRED ON. >> DEMANDING ANSWERS FROM ISRAEL.

WE CALL ON ISRAEL TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND TO HOLD TO ACCOUNT THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH. >> THE IDF SAYING IT WAS RESPONDING TO ANTI-TANK FIRE IN THE AREA AND IS INVESTIGATING. WITH THE DEADLIEST TOLL BY FAR FOR JOURNALISTS IN GAZA 72 KILLED JOURNALISTS REPORTING

THERE AS THEIR OWN LIVES ARE UPENDED REMARKABLY WELL. AL JAZEERA’S BUREAU CHIEF HAS LOST SEVERAL MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY ISRAELI STRIKES SINCE OCTOBER, INCLUDING HIS WIFE, SON, DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON. LAST WEEK, HIS SON, HAMZA ALSO A JOURNALIST, WAS KILLED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON HIS CAR. >> THE IDF SAYING HE AND

TWO OTHER REPORTERS HAD LOOKED LIKE TERRORISTS. >> THE DRONE ONCE AGAIN. HAMZA WAS MY, DUDU SAYS. BUT THIS PAIN WILL DETER US FROM CONTINUING. IN DECEMBER, THAT TO HIMSELF INJURED BY AN ISRAELI STRIKE. THE DAY AFTER, HE WAS BACK ON AIR AGAIN. AND ABC’S PATRICK REEVELL JOINS

ME NOW FROM TEL AVIV, ISRAEL WITH ON THIS. PATRICK, ACCORDING TO THE CPA, THIS IS THE HIGHEST DEATH TOLL FOR JOURNALISTS IN ANY CONFLICT SINCE THE ORGANIZATION STARTED RECORDS THREE DECADES AGO. YOU WERE THERE COVERING THIS. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE NUMBERS AND WHAT THEY SAY

ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS THIS WAR HAS BECOME? YEAH, HASAN, I MEAN, ANOTHER PHOTO JOURNALIST HAS BEEN REPORTED KILLED IN GAZA TODAY, REPORTEDLY WORKING FOR THE PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT. AND PUT SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF JOURNALISTS BEING KILLED GAZA RIGHT NOW, IS THAT ON A SCALE THAT WE

HAVEN’T SEEN IN ANY OTHER CONFLICT, REALLY IN RECENT MEMORY? I MEAN, JUST AN EXAMPLE. YOU AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WAR FOR JOURNALISTS THERE. WE’VE 17 JOURNALISTS KILLED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS IN GAZA. WE’VE SEEN OVER 70 IN JUST THE LAST THREE MONTHS. I THINK IT’S PARTLY A SYMPTOM

OF HOW ISRAEL HAS BEEN WAGING WAR IN GAZA WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY BOMBING IN AN INCREDIBLY DENSELY POPULATED AREA. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE CPJ’S, THE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS ALSO SAYS THAT THEY’RE VERY CONCERNED, AN APPARENT PATTERN OF JOURNALISTS BEING TARGETED BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY AS WELL AS THAT ALSO THEIR FAMILIES BEING TARGETED.

NOW, ISRAEL FIRMLY DENIES THAT IT TARGETS JOURNALISTS. BUT WHAT’S CLEAR IS THAT WE ARE JOURNALISTS BEING KILLED IN GAZA RIGHT NOW AT A SPEED AND SCALE, UNLIKE THAT WE’VE REALLY SEEN IN LIVING MEMORY. RIGHT. PATRICK REEVELL IN TEL AVIV IS YOUR STAY SAFE. PATRICK, THANK YOU. COMING UP, SEVERE WEATHER IS ON

THE MOVE. I’M METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE. WOULD YOU BELIEVE ANOTHER STORM IS MOVING IN AS ONE MOVES OUT AND WE BRUTAL ARCTIC AIR GETTING READY TO COME IN AT THE TOP OF NEXT WEEK. I’LL HAVE THAT COMING UP IN YOUR FORECAST. I’M ELIZABETH SCHULZE AT THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW IN LAS VEGAS.

WE HAVE BEEN SCOURING WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. >> WE ARE HEARING A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE, A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE IN UKRAINE.

UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORWARD. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS SMALL TOWN. THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND, A SCOUT TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY. WE’RE OVER THIS STORY FROM THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN

ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. GET PAPERS FROM THE FBI REPORTING IS ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING TO YOU FOREVER. THE STORY IS WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE YOU’RE STREAMING,

ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. I HAVE A PACKED CONCERT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THE TENT IS A SOURCE OF HUMOR FOR.

THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS OF PEOPLE GOING TO BE MURDERED. >> THERE’S NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE. >> WOW. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. YOU READY? LET’S DO IT. YES, IT’S THE SHOW WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW.

>> THIS IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO. IT HAPPENS. GO. HOW ARE YOU? YEAH. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING SATURDAY? IS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. SO WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS.

>> I MY FAVORITE NOW. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE ARE DEAD IN FIVE STATES AFTER TORNADOES TOUCHED IN THE SOUTH. AND DANGEROUS SNOWY CONDITIONS IN THE MIDWEST, THE EAST WAS SLAMMED WITH RAIN AND HEAVY WINDS AS SOME OF THE AREA IS STILL DIGGING OUT FROM

A NOR’EASTER OVER THE WEEKEND. NOW THE COUNTRY IS BRACING FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF EXTREME WEATHER. ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST MA THEODORE IS TRACKING IT ALL FOR US. HI. TOMORROW. HEY, DIANE. GOOD MORNING. YES, ONE STORM AFTER THE OTHER. BUT FIRST, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE ONE THAT IS LEAVING RIGHT NOW.

IT’S MOVING OUT OF THE NORTHEAST BEHIND IT IN ITS WAKE, VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT WE STILL SEE, 40 TO 50 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM AS IT MAYBE EVEN A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OR SNOW SHOWERS IN PENNSYLVANIA IN UPSTATE NEW YORK IN ITS WAKE. WE’RE ALSO SEEING FLOODING

SOME MAJOR FLOODING OCCURRING IN RIVERS THROUGHOUT THE NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. >> YOU HAVE TO THINK WE SAW THREE INCHES OF RAIN COME DOWN VERY QUICKLY AND THAT’S A COMPOUNDED EFFECT BECAUSE WE HAD THE MELTING SNOW FROM THE PREVIOUS STORM ALL TOGETHER EXACERBATED THE WATER SYSTEM.

AND NOW WE ARE SEEING FLOODING IN OUR RIVERS IN THE NORTHEAST. >> SO HERE’S THE NEXT STORM MOVING IN. WE DON’T EVEN HAVE TIME TO COME UP FOR AIR FRIDAY 7 P.M.. >> WE HAVE A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS MOVING TO THE I-95 QUARTER, AN AREA THAT WAS HARD

HIT OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS, SHREVEPORT, THAT COULD ACTUALLY COME AS EARLY AS THURSDAY NIGHT FOR YOU UP IN A LITTLE ROCK. >> BUT THIS ORANGE SLOP, THAT’S WHERE WE HAVE THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR TORNADOES. THEY COULD BE STRONG TORNADOES FROM MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, INTO SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHERN CAROLINA ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

REMEMBER, NOCTURNAL TORNADOES ARE EXTREME DANGEROUS. >> SO I CAN’T STRESS ENOUGH HAVING MULTIPLE WAYS TO BE ALERTED AND WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. >> IF WE DO GET ANY TORNADO WARNINGS. AND I’LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS AFTER THAT STORM MOVES OUT, GET READY FOR A BONE CHILLING

THAT’S GOING TO DIP REALLY FAR SOUTH. >> THIS IS SATURDAY, JANUARY 13TH, -19 POTENTIALLY IN BISMARCK. LOOK WHAT HAPPENS TUESDAY, JANUARY 16TH. >> WE COULD BE LOOKING AT SINGLE DIGITS IN NORTHERN PARTS OF TEXAS. IT MAY BE COLDER IN TEXAS THAN IT IS IN NEW YORK CITY.

SO IT’S JUST ONE THING AFTER THE NEXT, DIANE. BUT IF I HAD TO PREPARE PEOPLE ANYTHING THIS FRIDAY, SEVERE WEATHER IN THE SOUTHEAST . ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE, THANK. AND WE’RE GETTING AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD SHAPE YOUR FUTURE. MORE THAN 130,000 PEOPLE ARE

FLOCKING TO THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW IN LAS VEGAS WHERE PUT ON FLASHY DISPLAYS FOR EVERYTHING FROM CARS TO SMARTWATCHES. ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE TAKES US INSIDE FROM TRANSPARENT TV. >> YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THROUGH IT. YOU CAN WATCH TV ON IT TO SOCCER BALL SIZED PERSONAL ROBOTS, KEEPING YOUR PETS HAPPY AND.

>> YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER CAN TURN LIGHTS OFF AND ON, APPLIANCES OFF AND ON PROJECT IMAGES ONTO SCREENS. >> THIS YEAR’S CES GADGETS ARE ALL MAKING OUR SMARTPHONES EVEN SMARTER, LIKE THIS SAMSUNG REFRIGERATOR THAT USES A.I. TO TAKE STOCK OF YOUR GROCERIES . >> THERE’S A CAMERA ACTUALLY INSIDE THIS REFRIGERATOR.

WHERE’S THAT CAMERA? IT’S RIGHT HERE. SO BE CAREFUL. THERE’S A CAMERA HERE. SO WE’RE GOING TO PUT THE GREEN AND YOU HEAR THAT LITTLE THING THERE? YEAH. IT’S ACTUALLY LETTING US KNOW YOU PUT IT IN THE FRIDGE, ADDING. YES, THE FRIDGE. AND THE A.I. RECOGNIZES THAT THAT INGREDIENT WAS ADDED BACK IN.

SO WE CAN ACTUALLY GO INTO THIS FEATURE AND SEE ACTUAL INGREDIENTS THAT ARE IN YOUR FRIDGE. I CAN NOW PASS THE AIR TO HEARING RECIPES BASED ON WHAT I HAVE IN MY FRIDGE. >> SO IT SAYS YOU HAVE A TOMATO, YOU’VE GOT SOME BROCCOLI, YOU GOT SOME GREEN PEPPERS.

WE’RE GOING TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND. >> HERE IS SOMETHING IT’S A FANTASTIC IDEA. COMPANIES LIKE CARBO ARE TRYING TO SIMPLIFY HOUSEHOLD CHORES WITH AN AUTOMATIC SNOWBALL. >> YES AND IT’S ALL NO HUMAN REQUIRED, NO HUMAN RIGHT. SO YOU PLUG IN YOUR YARD AND I’LL DO IT FOR YOU.

>> AND WHEN IT COMES TO TVS THE THINNER AND WIDER, THE BETTER. LIKE THIS SLEEK HISENSE. >> IF YOU WERE TO TAKE ONE OF YOUR STANDARDS AND STACK UP, THAT’S ABOUT THE BEST. TELEVISION IS. AND ELIZABETH JOINS ME NOW FROM INSIDE THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW. >> ELIZABETH, WHAT’S

YOUR FAVORITE GADGET SO FAR? OKAY. TODAY AND WE’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOME OF THE COOLEST ONES WE’VE SEEN. AND IN A LOT OF WAYS, A LOT OF THESE GADGETS ARE SO EXPENSIVE, NO GLORY THAT YOU SAW ON THE PIECE THERE STARTS AT $6,000. FRIDGES NOT GOING TO BE CHEAP EITHER.

SO ONE THING THAT WE FOUND IS THIS PHONE CASE FOR YOUR IPHONE, IT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO TURN YOUR IPHONE INTO WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, A BLACKBERRY WITH THIS OLD SCHOOL KEYBOARD WITH THE BUTTONS. I FEEL YOU’RE GOING TO LIKE THIS ONE, DIANA. THIS IS ON SALE NOW.

IT STARTS AT $140. WE’VE GOT A YELLOW COLOR. THEY HAVE OTHER COLORS, TOO. BUT IN A LOT OF WAYS, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE ALL THESE FLASHY GADGETS HERE, WHAT’S OLD IS ALSO NEW AGAIN. DIANE, IS IT GOING TO TELL ME WHAT TO MAKE FOR DINNER TONIGHT? >> WELL, THE FRIDGE WILL TELL

YOU. I MEAN, THAT’S A FEATURE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE SEEM TO BE EXCITED ABOUT. THIS IDEA THAT YOUR FRIDGE CAN SAY, YOU GOT THIS RANDOM GROUP OF FOODS. HERE’S SOMETHING CAN COME UP WITH. SAMSUNG SAID IT’S A WAY TO ELIMINATE FOOD WASTE. I DON’T MAYBE PEOPLE WILL FIND

THAT APPEALING AND FORK OUT FOR THE PRICE. I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ONE WHERE THE FRIDGE ALSO COOKS THE FOOD FOR YOU. >> BUT WE WILL WAIT FOR ONE. ELIZABETH, I GUESS FOR US IN LAS VEGAS, ELIZABETH, THANK YOU. COMING UP, MAKING A LIST FOR YOUR 2024 OUTLOOK IS IN,

BUT RESOLUTIONS ARE OUT. OUR GROUP CHAT EXPLAINS THIS NEW IN AND OUT TREND AND HOW TO MAKE YOUR LIST REALISTIC. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE WITH A CLUSTER OF FAMILIES HERE. POLAND A REFUGEE CENTER IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT

LINE FROM THE CAPITAL. THE STRUCTURE CAT 4 STORM LONG HIGH FIVE IS IN THE BULL’S EYE OF BBC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREET IS ANY TIME ANYWHERE STREAMING 24/7. STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> TONIGHT, GOP HOPEFULS SHRINK

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START HERE BE IN THE MIDDLE 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 OUR MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS

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WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, A NEW SOCIAL MEDIA TREND IS OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW YOU MIGHT BE NOTICING A LOT OF IN AND OUT LIST SHOWING UP ON YOUR FEEDS. PEOPLE POST PREDICTIONS FOR WHAT’S IN FOR THE NEW YEAR AND WHAT TRENDS LEAVING BEHIND.

SO LET’S JUST TAKE THIS TO OUR GROUP CHAT WITH ABC’S WILL GANSS GQ STYLE LETTER. YOUNG GO AND PSYCHIATRIST DR. JARVIS BY ALL RIGHT, SO BEFORE WE START WITH WHAT’S IN FOR 2020 FOR LET’S TALK ABOUT THE TRENDS. WE’RE SAYING FAREWELL TO FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN IF YOU HAPPEN TO DISAGREE.

OF COURSE, THIS IS ALL SUBJECTIVE BUT WILL WHAT GENERAL SOCIAL MEDIA POP CULTURE TRENDS DO YOU THINK BE SO LAST YEAR. >> SO LAST YEAR. OKAY. THIS IS ALSO JUST MY LIST. IT COULD GO ON, ON AND ON AND ON, BUT START WITH JOE ABOUT THE JOY OF MISSING OUT. OKAY.

SO I THINK GONE ARE THE DAYS OF LOOKING AT YOUR FEED AND SEEING PICTURES, FITNESS INFLUENCERS DANCING BY THE POOL OR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE AT A BIG CONCERT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND WISHING THAT YOU WERE THERE. NO, THAT’S GONE. NOW WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE JOY OF MISSING OUT.

ONE OF THE TRENDS THAT I PERSONALLY AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT, IT’S ON PINTEREST LISTS OF TRENDS. WATCH FOR 2020 FOR THE ECLECTIC GRAND PAS MICRO TREND, WHICH IS A FASHION TREND THAT HAS KNITWEAR MIXED PATTERNS. IT’S BIG FAN FAVORITE OF HARRY STYLES, FOR EXAMPLE. AND THEN IN FOR 2020 FOR HAVING

HOBBIES THAT YOU DON’T. I THINK COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC WE WERE ALSO FOCUSED ON MAKING MONEY ON THE THINGS THAT WE DISCOVERED AS OUR OWN HOBBIES OR WHATEVER. >> BUT NOW IT’S LIKE IF YOU LOVE FITNESS, LOVE, FITNESS, BUT YOU DON’T NEED TO BE SELLING ME A GREEN JUICE ,YOU KNOW?

I MEAN, I LOVE THE JOE SCHMO TREND BECAUSE I DO SEE MYSELF, I WAS THE QUEEN OF FOMO FOR A LONG TIME. NOW I JUST SEE LOOKING AT PICTURES OF PEOPLE PARTYING AND I’M JUST THINKING, I’M SO GLAD THAT I AM NOT BEARING PLATEAUS IN A MINISKIRT RIGHT NOW.

>> YOUNG HEY, LET’S TALK FASHION. >> WHAT LOCS DO YOU THINK WE’RE I THINK WE’RE FINALLY COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC. KNOW PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO DRESS UP THEIR SWEATS, AND I THINK WE’RE READY TO. >> LET THAT GO. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO SEE A LOT OF SWEATSUITS WITH LOAFERS

AND FANCY COATS ANYMORE. I THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING PEOPLE WEAR THEIR SWEATER SWEATS AGAIN FOR COZY NIGHTS IN THAT SWEATS, FREE SWEATS. >> I’M SEEING JEWELRY OVERLOAD ON THE LIST. >> YOU THINK THAT’S GONE? YEAH, I THINK FOR A LITTLE WHILE, MEN AND WOMEN WERE WEARING A LOT OF JEWELRY,

PEARLS, GOLD, SILVER AND STACKING UP A LOT OF NECKLACES AND RINGS. >> AND WE’RE SEEING THAT GO AWAY. I THINK A SIMPLE CHAIN NOW MAKES ENOUGH OF A STATEMENT AND IT FEELS REALLY REFRESHING AND NEW AGAIN. >> AND DOCTOR SAID FIVE WHAT WELLNESS TRENDS DO

YOU THINK WILL BE OUT IN 2024 AND ABUSE HOW PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. SO I FORESEE SEDENTARY LIFESTYLES, MINDLESS DOOMSCROLLING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, HUSTLE, CULTURE LEADS TO BURNOUT, SELF-DOUBT, NEGATIVE STUFF, ALL OF THAT BEING OUT THIS YEAR. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC’S WILL GANSS GQ STYLE EDITOR, YOUNG EGO AND PSYCHIATRIST DR. JOSEPH I

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ABC IS AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. YOU ARE LOOKING AT CAPITOL HILL ON THIS WEDNESDAY WHERE HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE CONDUCTING A HEARING TO HOLD HUNTER BIDEN IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS, WHILE HUNTER HIMSELF MADE A SURPRISE VISIT TO THAT HEARING, REPUBLICANS WANT TO HOLD HIM

IN CONTEMPT FOR DEFYING A SUBPOENA TO SIT FOR A CLOSED DOOR DEPOSITION. THE PRESIDENT’S SON SAID THAT HE WILL ONLY TESTIFY IN A PUBLIC FORUM CALLING THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO HIS FATHER ILLEGITIMATE. HIS ATTORNEY SPOKE TO REPORTERS AFTER THEY LEFT HEARING LAST FALL. >> CHAIRMAN TED, AND IT’S IMPLICIT THAT THEY MIGHT TURN

THEIR AND ON TO HAVE HIM ATTENDING A DEPOSITION OR A COUPLE OF HEARINGS, WHICHEVER THEY CHOSE, CHOSE A HEARING WHERE REPUBLICANS COULD NOT DISTORT, MANIPULATE BULLY OR MISUSE THAT TESTIMONY HONOR AND THEN IGNORING THAT INVITATION AND PROVING ONCE AGAIN THAT THEY CARED LITTLE THE TRUTH AND WANTED ONLY TO QUOTE, MOVE THE NEEDLE

OF POLITICAL SUPPORT. CONTRIBUTING POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL BAY JOINS ME NOW MORE. >> RACHEL, COULD THIS SURPRISE APPEARANCE BY HUNTER BIDEN HAVE AN IMPACT ON THIS HEARING OR WAS THIS JUST MEANT TO SEND A MESSAGE? >> WELL, IT CERTAINLY COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF THE HUNTER BIDEN CONTEMPT RESOLUTION.

I MEAN, LOOK, BY SHOWING ON CAPITOL HILL, HUNTER BIDEN AND HIS TEAM WERE ESSENTIALLY ABLE TO STEAL THE LIMELIGHT AWAY FROM THIS CONTENTIOUS HEARING ABOUT HIM IGNORING A SUBPOENA. THEY ALSO SORT OF UPSTAGED A HEARING IN DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND OF THE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE, WHERE THEY’RE DOING FIRST IMPEACHMENT HEARING FOR DHS SECRETARY

ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS. IN THAT REGARD, THEY WOULD SORT OF SEE THIS AS A VICTORY. BUT IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY THE VOTE FROM MOVING FORWARD, REPUBLICANS ARE EXPECTED TO BE PRETTY ON THIS. YES, THEY DO HAVE A VERY SLIM MAJORITY, CAN ONLY LOSE A COUPLE OF VOTES AND DEMOCRATS WILL LIKELY VOTE AGAINST

HOLDING HIM IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS FOR IGNORING A SUBPOENA. BUT REPUBLICANS ARE EXPECTED TO STICK TOGETHER ON THIS. SO I DOUBT WILL KEEP IT FROM MOVING FORWARD. DIANE, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TRIED TO FOCUS ON THE CHAIRMAN, HAVING ORIGINALLY EXTENDED THE INVITATION FOR A FULL HEARING AND THEN SAYING, NO,

ACTUALLY, IT HAS BE A DEPOSITION. REPUBLICANS SEEM TO BE FOCUSED ON, LISTEN, IT DOESN’T MATTER THAT HUNTER WANTS TO TESTIFY IN A HEARING. >> WE SUBPOENAED HIM FOR A DEPOSITION. AND SO THAT’S WHAT HE HAS TO SHOW UP FOR. WHERE DO THINGS STAND ON THIS RESOLUTION NOW? >> YEAH, I MEAN, TECHNICALLY,

REPUBLICANS ARE IN RIGHT ON THIS. IF CONGRESS SENDS A SUBPOENA TO SOMEONE YOU’RE SUPPOSED SHOW UP AND TECHNICALLY IT’S UP TO THE MAJORITY, WHOEVER’S IN POWER TO SAY IF THEY WANT THIS HEARING TO BE IN PUBLIC OR DO THEY WANT IT TO BE PRIVATE, IT’S NOT UP TO THE PERSON

THEY’VE SUBPOENAED TO ACTUALLY PICK HOW WANT TO TESTIFY OR WHETHER THEY WANT TO TESTIFY AT ALL. I DO THINK DEMOCRATS KNOW THEY DO HAVE A FAIR POINT HERE, AND THAT A LOT OF TIMES WHEN TESTIMONY HAPPENS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, WE SEE LITTLE BITS OF CHERRY PICKED ITEMS THAT ARE

SORT OF RELEASED TO THE PRESS, TO LEAKED TO THE MEDIA AND THE SIDE THAT’S DOING THE LEAKING WILL OFTEN TRY TO SPIN IT IN A WAY THAT MAKES THAT WITNESS LOOK BAD. WE SAW THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN HAPPEN DURING THE TRUMP WHEN A LOT OF THE IMPEACHMENT WITNESSES WERE INITIALLY

TESTIFYING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, WHICH AGAIN, LEADS US TO ANOTHER POINT BACK A FEW YEARS AGO, DEMOCRATS WERE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF HAVING WITNESSES TESTIFY BEHIND CLOSED BEFORE THEY TESTIFIED PUBLICLY. AND THEY WERE VERY MUCH ON A HIGH HORSE BLASTING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR, NOT BASICALLY KEEPING PEOPLE FROM

SHOWING UP WHEN THEY WERE SUBPOENAED. SO NOW YOU’RE SEEING THE SHOE ON THE OTHER FOOT. REPUBLICANS WHO HAD DEFENDED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR YEARS WHEN THEY HAD IGNORED DEMOCRATIC SUBPOENAS ARE NOW SAYING SUBPOENAS ARE SACRED AND THAT PEOPLE NEED TO SHOW UP AND DO THEIR DUTY WHENEVER CONGRESS CALLS. >> DIANE POLITICS

IN WASHINGTON, CONTRIBUTING POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL BAY. THANKS, RACHEL. THANKS. AND OF COURSE WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER NEWS TO GET TO AS WELL TODAY. >> HERE’S THE RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. DEADLY SYSTEM IS SLOWLY MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTRY AFTER LEAVING BEHIND AND DAMAGE ALONG THE EAST COAST. AT LEAST 23 TORNADOES

ARE REPORTED IN SIX STATES, INCLUDING THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. NOW ANOTHER STORM IS ON THE MOVE OUT WEST AND BRING EXTREME WEATHER FROM TEXAS TO THE CAROLINAS. A NEW STUDY FINDS BOTTLED WATER MAY CONTAIN UP TO 100 TIMES MORE MICROSCOPIC PLASTIC PARTICLES THAN PREVIOUSLY. THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SAYS RESEARCHERS

FOUND AN AVERAGE OF 240,000 NANOPLASTICS PER BOTTLE. BUT SCIENTISTS AREN’T SURE WHETHER THOSE PARTICLES ARE HARMFUL TO OUR HEALTH. IN A STATEMENT, AN INDUSTRY TRADE ASSOCIATION SAYS THE STUDY LACKS STANDARDIZED METHODS. BACK IN 2019, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAID THERE IS ENOUGH LINKING MICROPLASTICS IN WATER TO HUMAN HEALTH,

BUT THERE’S AN URGENT NEED FOR MORE RESEARCH AND. THE COMPANY HOMEDICS IS RECALLING NEARLY 90,000 MASSAGE GUNS. FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY THE COMPANY RECEIVED 17 REPORTS OF OVERHEATING, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO WAS BURNED. THE OFFICIALS FEAR THE MASSAGE GUNS COULD BE A FIRE HAZARD. MODELS WERE SOLD FROM 2020 TO 2023.

IF YOU HAVE ONE, THE COMPANY SAYS NOT TO USE IT AND TO CONTACT THEM FOR A FULL REFUND. AND ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT IS DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY AMID A WAVE OF VIOLENCE, MOSTLY GANG RELATED. 13 MEN NOW FACE CHARGES AFTER STORMING TV STATION THERE WITH GUNS DURING A LIVE BROADCAST.

ECUADOR HAS BEEN KNOWN AS ONE OF SOUTH AMERICA’S MOST PEACEFUL COUNTRIES. LATEST ATTACK IS AMONG THE MOST DRAMATIC INCIDENTS WE’VE SEEN SO FAR. ABC’S MATT RIVERS HAS THE LATEST. AUTHORITIES IN ECUADOR INVESTIGATING A BRAZEN ATTACK ON A PUBLIC TELEVISION BY AN APPARENT ARMED GANG AS, QUOTE, ACTS OF TERRORISM.

THE MASKED MEN SEEN HERE CREW MEMBERS ON THE FLOOR THREATENING STAFF WAVING, EXPLOSIVES AND GUNS. >> SCARED STAFFERS INSIDE DESPERATELY PLEADING FOR THEIR. >> THE LIVE BROADCAST ROLLING FOR ALMOST 15 MINUTES BEFORE GOING DARK. POLICE THEN SURROUNDING THE AREA ARRESTING MORE THAN A DOZEN GUNMEN. >> THE SHOW’S DEPUTY

DIRECTOR LATER SAYING THE ATTACK WAS, QUOTE, EXTREMELY VIOLENT. >> THIS INCIDENT, ONE OF MANY ACTS OF VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED AFTER ECUADOR DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY MONDAY FOLLOWING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE LEADER AND THE NOTORIOUS LOS TORNADOES GANG FROM HIS CELL IN A GUAYAQUIL PRISON. AND MATT RIVERS JOINS ME NOW

FROM SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, WITH MORE ON THIS. MATT, ECUADORIAN OFFICIALS SAY THESE 13 MEN ARE UNDER ARREST AND FACING CHARGES. SO WHAT ARE YOU HEARING, WHO THEY ARE AND WHY THEY DID THIS? >> YES, SO THEY’RE MEMBERS OF A SMALLER GROUP OF CRIMINALS, A GANG THERE IN ECUADOR.

AND WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS SAYING IS THAT THERE WERE SOME 22 DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT THEY’VE IDENTIFIED AS BEING PART THE VIOLENCE THAT WE SAW SPREAD THROUGHOUT GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR, YESTERDAY. AND ALL OF THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THAT STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT WAS DECLARED. IT WAS. THE LEADER OF THAT GROUP, THOSE

TORNADOES THAT MANAGED TO DISAPPEAR FROM PRISON AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE PRESIDENT MAKES THAT STATE OF DECLARATION THAT GIVES THE MILITARY IN ECUADOR THE RIGHT DO A COUPLE OF THINGS, INCLUDING GO OUT ON THE STREETS, CONDUCT CHECKPOINTS, BUT ALSO CRUCIALLY ,ENTER AND CONTROL ECUADOR’S PRISONS AND THE CRIMINALS

HAVE BEEN INSIDE OF THOSE PRISONS FOR YEARS. THEY’VE REALLY BEEN CONTROLLING ORGANIZED CRIME IN ECUADOR, RUNNING THOSE GOODS FROM INSIDE THE PRISONS. IF THE MILITARY GOES IN, THE THOUGHT BEING THAT CONTROL WOULD BE LESSENED, ORGANIZED WOULD BE LESS EFFICIENT. AND THAT’S WHY THESE GROUPS REALLY REACHED OUT, BRANCHED OUT, LASHED OUT YESTERDAY

IN WAY THAT THEY DID BECAUSE THEY’RE UPSET OVER THESE NEW RIGHTS TO THE TO ECUADOR’S MILITARY. SO WHAT IS IT LIKE IN RIGHT NOW WITH THIS STATE OF EMERGENCY IN PLACE AND THIS NOTORIOUS GANG LEADER ON THE LOOSE? >> I MEAN, THERE’S NO DOUBT THINGS ARE TENSE RIGHT NOW.

I WAS TEXTING WITH A FRIEND WHOSE PARENTS LIVE IN GUAYAQUIL . AND WHAT SHE WAS TELLING ME IS THAT, LOOK, IT WAS A TOUGH DAY FOR. THE PEOPLE OF ACTUALLY YESTERDAY, BUSINESSES ARE CLOSED, RESTAURANTS ARE CLOSED. SCHOOLS WERE SHUT DOWN. IT’S A VERY TENSE TIME IN ECUADOR RIGHT NOW, AS IT

WOULD BE IN ANY COUNTRY WHERE THE MILITARY IS OUT ON THE STREETS. BUT I THINK WHAT WE SAW OVERNIGHT WAS THAT PEOPLE GENERALLY RESPECTED THE CURFEW THAT’S BEEN PUT IN PLACE. WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANY MORE SCENES OF VIOLENCE THAT WE SAW PLAY OUT THERE YESTERDAY. SO RIGHT NOW, I WOULD CALL IT

A TENSE CALM, BUT STILL, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING COULD CHANGE . >> ALL RIGHT. MATT RIVERS, THANK YOU. >> AND THE MAN WHO ATTACKED A LAS VEGAS JUDGE IS NOW CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER BATTERY AND EXTORTION CHARGES. HE APPEARED IN FRONT OF THE SAME JUDGE COURT ON TUESDAY. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE’RE

NOW HEARING FROM A LAW CLERK WHO RUSHED TO SAVE THE JUDGE WHEN THE DEFENDANT JUMPED OVER THE BENCH. ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH HAS MORE. >> HE’S BEING HAILED A HERO NOW . >> 27-YEAR-OLD LAW CLERK MICHAEL LASSALLE CREDITED WITH SAVING A LAS VEGAS JUDGE FROM A VICIOUS COURTROOM

IS SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> IT’S JUST SOMETHING YOU DON’T USUALLY SEE IN COURT. YOU SEE SOME CRAZY THINGS, BUT YOU KNOW NOTHING. >> THIS. ALSO SEEN IN THE NOW VIRAL VIDEO PULLING SIX FOOT £190 DEFENDANT DEOBRA REDDEN OFF JUDGE MARY KAY HOLTHUS, AS AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS

PUNCHING HER, HITTING HER WITH AN UNKNOWN OBJECT, AND PULLED OUT HER HAIR. >> I JUST THOUGHT WHEN HE FIRST HOPPED OVER THAT DESK, HE GOING FOR THE DOOR AND WHEN HE DIDN’T GO FOR THE DOOR AND INSTEAD HE STARTS CHARGING AT THE JUDGE. I WAS JUST IN SHOCK AND I JUST REACTED.

LASSO QUICKLY SPRINGING INTO ACTION LAST WEEK. >> I DON’T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WASN’T THERE. ONCE THE SITUATION WAS HANDLED, I IMMEDIATELY WENT OVER TO HER AND WENT TO GO CHECK ON HER. >> JUST MAKE SURE SHE WAS OKAY. JUDGE HOLTHUS THE DEFENDANT

AS BIG, STRONG AND ANGRY IN THE ARREST REPORT. WHAT DID THAT JUDICIAL BENCH LOOK LIKE IN THE AFTERMATH? >> IN THE AFTERMATH, THERE WAS A BLOODY SCENE. THERE WAS JUST BLOOD EVERYWHERE. INJURED BUT RECOVERING. RETURNING TO THE COURTROOM FACE TO FACE WITH HER ATTACKER. BUT THIS TIME, THE DEFENDANT SURROUNDED OFFICERS SEEN

SHACKLED, WEARING A SPIT MASK AND PROTECTIVE NETS SENTENCED TO UP TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR. >> HIS ORIGINAL CASE. HELLO? ARE YOU MR. READY? ON TUESDAY, THE 30 YEAR OLD WHOSE FAMILY SAYS HAS A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS STOOD IN FRONT OF A DIFFERENT JUDGE ANSWERING TO ATTEMPTED

MURDER, BATTERY AND EXTORTION CHARGES, AMONG OTHERS. >> DO YOU UNDERSTAND THESE CHARGES, AS I UNDERSTAND AND DIANE OFFICIALS IN LAS VEGAS, ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING MORE SECURITY PERSONNEL. JUDGE HOLTHUS HAD A SINGLE COURT MARTIAL WITH HER AND HE NEEDED 25 STITCHES IN HIS HEAD AFTER THAT ATTACK. DIANE?

>> ALL RIGHT, KAYNA WHITWORTH. THANK YOU. AND U.S. COURT JUDGE ESTHER SALAS KNOWS ABOUT THE THREATS TO JUDGES. ALL TOO WELL. HER SON DANIEL WAS MURDERED AT THEIR HOME BY A GUNMAN WHO, WAS TARGETING HER BACK IN 2020. SINCE THEN, JUDGE SALAS HAS BEEN ON A MISSION TO HONOR

HER SON’S LIFE AND LEGACY. EARLIER ON “GMA”, SHE SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH OUR ROBIN ROBERTS. LAST TIME WE SPOKE, YOU WERE TRYING TO MAKE DANIEL’S LAW A FEDERAL CASE AND GOING BEFORE CONGRESS. IT PASSED. IT PASSED. SO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT DANIEL’S LIFE AND WHAT MORE CAN BE DONE.

I MEAN, LISTEN, DANIEL, THE DANIEL ANDREWS ACT IS GREAT. IT’S A SOLID STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT IT PROTECTS FEDERAL JUDGES. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON ALL JUDGES AT EVERY LEVEL, STATE AND LOCAL JUDGES. THERE ARE OVER 30,000 OF THEM. THERE’S SO MANY STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES THAT DON’T HAVE ANY

LAWS PROTECTING JUDICIAL OFFICERS. WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT STATE BY STATE. WE NEED TO APPROACH IT. MARYLAND IS THE STAR. WISCONSIN, WHERE JUDGE ROEMER WAS. WE NEED TO PASS LAWS IN THESE STATES TO PROTECT ALL JUDGES. OUR DEMOCRACY, YOU KNOW, COUNTS ON JUDICIAL OFFICERS FEELING SAFE TO DO OUR JOBS.

>> OUR THANKS TO ROBIN ROBERTS. AND JUST ASK YOURSELVES FOR THAT. COMING UP, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, OPIOIDS AND GUN VIOLENCE. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE BIG ISSUES IN THE 2024 ELECTIONS. ALSO AHEAD, A RETAIL REVOLUTION. HOW WAL-MART IS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO CHANGE THE WAY SHOP WE ARE GOING.

>> I WAS. >> IT WAS JUST SO TRAUMATIC. NIGHTMARE. PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND. PEOPLE WANTED BABIES. 18 FACING LIFE AND DEATH, MEDICAL CONDITIONS, THEIR LIVES NOW OUT OF THEIR CONTROL. >> I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO DIE. OUR LIVES AND OUR HEALTH ARE DEBATABLE.

I WANT TO WISH THIS ON MY WORST ENEMY. >> DIANE SAWYER RACHEL SCOTT ON THE BRINK NOW ON HULU. >> WELCOME BACK. BAYWATCH AND CHARLES IN CHARGE STAR NICOLE EGGERT IS OPENING UP ABOUT HER NEW CANCER DIAGNOSIS. >> THE STAR IS NOW ISSUING A WARNING FOR OTHERS ABOUT HOW

SHE MISSED THE EARLY WARNING SIGNS HERSELF. EVA PILGRIM HAS MORE. NICOLE, KNOWN FOR HER ROLES IN CHARLES IN CHARGE, THE USUAL DINNER MOVIE AND A DOZEN ROSES WILL BE FINE. >> AND BAYWATCH. OH, YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL. SHE’S RIGHT THERE IN TOWN. IS OPENING UP ABOUT BATTLE WITH CANCER.

>> SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BOMB TO DROP. >> THE ACTRESS REVEALING HER JOURNEY TO DIAGNOSIS ON HER PODCAST. >> PERFECTLY TWISTED. I STARTED HAVING A LOT OF PAIN ON LEFT SIDE AND IT WAS REALLY HURTING. SO I AN EXAM AND I FOUND SOMETHING AFTER A MAMMOGRAM

AND MULTIPLE BIOPSIES. >> THE ACTRESS TELLS “PEOPLE” MAGAZINE SHE WAS DIAGNOSED IN DECEMBER WITH INVASIVE FORM CARCINOMA, A RARE TYPE OF INVASIVE CANCER THAT ACCOUNTS FOR JUST OH POINT 3 TO 6% OF ALL BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSES. >> THIS BREAST CANCER ISN’T LIKELY TO BE ONE THAT IS EXTREMELY OR GROWS VERY

RAPIDLY. IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGH CHANCE OF CURE AND LESS OF A CHANCE IT OCCURRING OUTSIDE OF THE WITH APPROPRIATE TREATMENT. AGREED. SAYING I HAVE PANICS WHERE I’M LIKE, JUST GET THIS OUT OF. TELLING PEOPLE THE NEXT STEP IS SURGERY. YOU SIT THERE AND IT’S IN YOU

AND YOU’RE LIKE EVERY SECOND THAT PASSES AND IT’S INSIDE OF ME. IT’S GROWING. THE 51 YEAR OLD SAYS HER FIRST SYMPTOMS WERE A RAPID £25 WEIGHT GAIN OVER THREE MONTHS AND TERRIBLE PAIN IN HER, WHICH SHE INITIALLY ATTRIBUTED TO MENOPAUSE. >> IF THERE’S A CHANGE IN THE, AS SHE WAS EXPLAINING THAT SHE

HAD SWELLING AND PAIN IN THE, THAT WAS NOT GNG AWAY. >> THAT SHOULD PROMPT A WOMAN TO GO SEEK OUT THE ATTENTION OF HER DOCTORS IN ORDER TO GET A WORKUP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> THE SINGLE MOM OF TWO SAYS SHE’S FIGHTING TO BE THERE FOR HER DAUGHTERS, 25-YEAR-OLD

DYLAN AND ESPECIALLY HER YOUNGEST 12-YEAR-OLD KEEGAN. >> THERE’S NO BEING DEPRESSED. THERE’S LAYING AROUND. IT’S LIKE, ENJOY RIGHT NOW, TODAY. KEEP POSITIVE. >> AND OF COURSE, SAYS AFTER SHE FOUND THE LUMP, IT HER A MONTH TO GET AN APPOINTMENT FOR A MAMMOGRAM. A GOOD REMINDER FOR US ALL NOT

TO WAIT IF SOMETHING DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT AND TO TAKE THAT APPOINTMENT EVEN WHEN IT DOESN’T HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY. DIANE ALL RIGHT, EVA PILGRIM THANK YOU. >> AND IT IS TIME NOW FOR “PATEL IT LIKE IT IS” OR DR. ALOK PATEL SHARE SOME HEALTH ADVICE ON THE TOPICS THAT MATTER MOST TO YOU.

AND TODAY WE’RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT HEALTH CARE IN THE 2024 ELECTION. HERE’S DR. PATEL WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE HEALTH ISSUES ON THE BALLOT. >> HEALTH CARE IS A BIG ELECTION 2020 FOR TOPIC, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WE’RE GOING TO HAVE SINCE ROE VERSUS

WADE WAS OVERTURNED. AND WE’VE HEARD MULTIPLE STORIES IN WHICH RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTION HAVE AFFECTED WOMEN, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH RISK PREGNANCIES. REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ON THE BALLOT. AMERICA ALSO SPENDS MORE ON HEALTH CARE THAN, ANY OTHER HIGH INCOME COUNTRY, AND WE’RE THE ONLY ONE TO NOT GUARANTEE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.

WITH THAT, HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY, DRUG PRICING, ACCESS TO MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ARE ALSO ON THE BALLOT. AND IS MORE. >> ONE IN FIVE AMERICANS HAS A MENTAL ILLNESS. DRUG OVERDOSES, ESPECIALLY FROM OPIOIDS, CLAIMED OVER 100,000 LIVES IN 2021. AND GUN VIOLENCE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN CHILDREN.

>> SO MENTAL HEALTH CARE, GUN VIOLENCE AND THE OPIOID CRISIS ARE ALSO TOPICS THAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SHOULD ADDRESS. FROM WHO WE VOTE IN TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO WHO WE CHOOSE TO REPRESENT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. EXERCISE OUR CIVIC DUTY, PLAYS A PART IN HOW WE ADDRESS AND UPHOLD HEALTH. >> DO YOUR RESEARCH.

THINK ABOUT YOURSELF, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR COMMUNITY. VOTE LIKE YOUR HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPENDS ON IT BECAUSE IT DOES. >> AND DR. ALOK PATEL JOINS NOW FOR MORE ON THIS, ALONG WITH ABC NEWS SENIOR NATIONAL POLICY REPORTER AND DR. PATEL IN YOUR VIDEO. YOU SAY AMERICA SPENDS MORE ON

HEALTH CARE PER CAPITA THAN ANY OTHER HIGH INCOME COUNTRY, BUT THE U.S. IS THE ONLY NOT TO GUARANTEE HEALTH COVERAGE. WHY IS THAT? AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN IF WE DON’T HAVE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE? WHY ARE COSTS SO HIGH? >> I WISH I HAD A SIMPLE DIANE TO EXPLAIN WHY

OUR ECONOMY IS SO HIGH. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT VOTERS, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN, SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO IN RESEARCHING THE CANDIDATE WHO IS GOVERNING THEIR STATE WHERE THEY LIVE. I MEAN, NEW YORK, THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. >> THE UNITED STATES SPENDS

ABOUT $30,000 PER PERSON CALL HERE, WHICH IS $5,000 MORE THAN THE OTHER AVERAGE INCOME COUNTRY. >> AND WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILLION UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED AMERICANS, WHICH LEADS POORER OUTCOMES WHEN IT COMES TO TREATING LONG TERM CHRONIC ILLNESSES. AND SOME OF THESE TERMS ARE CONFUSING FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON.

ACTUALLY EXPANSION OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID AND MARKETPLACE SUBSIDIES. BUT THE FACT IS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE AND HOW INSURANCE AS A MECHANISM TO VOTE FOR IT. AND HOW ARE YOU SEEING THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TACKLING HEALTH CARE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. SO TALK ABOUT INFLATION.

AND THAT’S THE ISSUE THAT IS TOP OF MIND FOR SO MANY VOTERS. BUT OF COURSE, PEOPLE FORGET HEALTH CARE IS TIED TO THAT, ALONG WITH RISING PRICES. HEALTH CARE GETS MORE EXPENSIVE. WE SAW IN A RECENT POLL FROM THE NONPROFIT THAT 80% OF VOTERS SEE THAT AS A TOP OF MIND ISSUE.

THE COST OF HEALTH CARE. NOW, TRUMP AND DESANTIS SAY THAT THEY WANT TO REVISIT OBAMACARE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ABORTION IS THE OTHER ISSUE THAT’S COMING ALONG THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THAT’S A MAJOR ISSUE. A LOT OF THE CANDIDATES NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT SORT OF DANCING AROUND IT.

ALONG WITH OBAMACARE, NOT GETTING A LOT OF THE DETAILS ON HOW THEY WANT TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THINGS. SO DR. PATEL, HOW CAN WE BE WELL INFORMED ON THESE ISSUES WHEN THEY’RE AT THE CENTER OF THE CONVERSATION LIKE THIS? BECAUSE ARE NOT ALL MEDICAL EXPERTS. >> YOU YOU KNOW, IT DOESN’T

TAKE A MEDICAL EXPERTISE TO ACTUALLY GO AND LOOK ONLINE AT RESEARCH THAT HEALTH CARE TOPICS THAT CANDIDATES ARE WHERE TO GO AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT THEIR STANCES ARE ON ANYTHING THAT’S TO HEALTH CARE POLICY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SCIENCE IN GENERAL. AND YOU MENTIONED REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ARE A BIG TOPIC.

AND THEY’RE RIGHT NOW IN THE UNITED STATES ARE 2 MILLION WOMEN WHO LIVE IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS NO ACCESS TO ABORTION AND NO MATERNITY CARE THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTS PEOPLE’S PEOPLE’S HEALTH, THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE A PRODUCTIVE LONG LIVING LIFE. AND ALSO TOPICS SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH CARE, GUN VIOLENCE,

DRUG PRICING, CANCER RESEARCH, MATERNITY CARE THAT PEOPLE CARE. SO MANY TOPICS OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE MAY FORGET ABOUT THAT DIRECTLY, BUT ALSO THE DANCE OF POLITICS AND HEALTH CARE. >> SO I AGREE. EVERYONE OUT THERE, NONPARTISAN, SAYS JUST DO YOUR RESEARCH AND RESEARCH ALL THESE TOPICS AND HOW IT

AFFECTS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, YOUR COMMUNITY, AND WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST HEALTH CARE TOPICS IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATES NOW. SO STATES ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ARE STATES LIKE ARIZONA THAT THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE ABORTION ON THE BALLOT NEXT YEAR THAT COULD DRIVE OUT VOTERS. BUT ALSO STATES LIKE GEORGIA,

THIS IS A BATTLEGROUND STATE THAT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT IT’S ALSO ABOUT THE STATEHOUSES OF THEIR HOUSES ARE UP FOR ELECTION, ARE UP FOR GRABS WITH CONTROL. IT’S THESE STATEHOUSES THAT ARE PASSING LAWS THAT APPLY TO THINGS LIKE HEALTH CARE, ABORTION, ALL THESE THINGS

THAT ARE RELATED TO HEALTH. >> SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK VOTERS DO HAVE ALL OF THESE ISSUES MIND WHEN THEY’RE GOING TO THE POLLS. AND I THINK THAT’S GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF THESE BATTLEGROUND STATES. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL, NATIONAL POLICY

REPORTER AND CLARITY. THANK YOU. AND DR. PATEL IS AS ALWAYS TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS. LEAVE A MESSAGE ON OUR INSTAGRAM AT ABC NEWS LIVE AND YOU MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT HERE ON. COMING UP, BABY YODA IS TO THE BIG S TEEN. PLUS WHY HE’S MATCHING CINNABON IN THE SOUTHEAST.

>> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS? THIS IS THE START HERE TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY, SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD

R MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE FROM AN ISRAELI MILITARY POSITION

NEAR GAZA I’M JAMES LONGMAN. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE LIVE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. WELCOME BACK. WAL-MART SAYS IT’S PLANNING USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO CREATE A NEW SHOPPING EXPERIENCE. THE WORLD’S BIGGEST RETAILER IS BETTING BIG THAT A.I. WILL RESHAPE HOW AMERICAN ONLINE AND IN STORES.

ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS THE ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE. AN ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE WALMART TAKING US INSIDE ITS RETAIL REVOLUTION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO TRANSFORM THE WAY WE SHOP. AT THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW IN LAS VEGAS, THE WORLD’S BIGGEST RETAILER LAUNCHING NEW FEATURES LIKE THE OPTION TO VIRTUALLY SHOP WITH FRIENDS

TRYING ON OUTFITS IN ITS APP AND INSTANTLY GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THOSE YOU TRUST. >> YOU CAN ALSO SHARE THAT WITH SOMEONE ELSE DIGITALLY TO SAY, DO YOU LIKE THIS SWEATER OR NOT? THINK MY FRIENDS MIGHT SAY NO MORE OFTEN THAN SAY YES. >> WALMART CEO DOUG MCMILLON ALSO TOUTING EXPANDED SEARCH

CAPABILITIES ON ITS SITE. >> CUSTOMERS CAN NOW SEARCH FOR A PHRASE LIKE FOOTBALL WATCH PARTY INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUAL TO PUT IN YOUR CART TO MOVE AWAY FROM THIS BABY TALK SEARCH . WE WERE TRYING TO FIND CHIPS AND DRINKS AND A 90 INCH TELEVISION AND SAY, HOW DO

I PREPARE A GREAT WATCH PARTY? AND IT BRINGS BACK ACROSS THE TOP THE CATEGORIES YOU’RE LOOKING FOR AND THEN SEARCH SERVES UP A LIST OF ITEMS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE TO HOST THAT GREAT PARTY. >> THE FEATURE USES TECHNOLOGY FROM MICROSOFT, WHICH HAS INVESTED OF DOLLARS INTO CHATGPT MAKER OPENAI AI.

>> IT’S ABOUT BEING ABLE TO TAKE THE TECHNOLOGY AS POWERFUL AS IT IS BUT TRANSLATING INTO EVERYDAY USE CASES. ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT THE GUARDRAILS AREN’T IN PLACE FOR HOW QUICKLY THIS TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING? THE GUARDRAILS HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED IN PARALLEL WITH THE BENEFITS AND THE USE CASES, SO THIS IS NOT

SOMETHING WE THINK ABOUT AFTER THE FACT. >> BETWEEN JUGGLING GROCERIES AND LIFE, SOMETIMES YOU COULD REALLY USE A LITTLE EXTRA HELP. >> ALSO, IN THE PIPELINE FROM WALMART IN-HOME REPLENISHMENT USING A.I. TO PREDICT WHAT PRODUCTS YOU NEED AT HOME, THEN DELIVERING THEM STRAIGHT TO YOUR FRIDGE OR CLOSET. >> THERE’S A WALMART ASSOCIATE

THAT A ONE TIME CODE TO OUR GARAGE STORE WHERE THEY PUT THE PERISHABLE FOOD, THE REFRIGERATOR PUT THE AMBIENT PRODUCT NEXT TO IT, AND WE’RE IN-STOCK. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HEAR THAT AND SAY, THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A PRIVACY CONCERN. SOMEONE HAS A GARAGE CODE, THEY KNOW IT’S IN MY HOUSE.

THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS OVER TIME. >> I THINK WHAT PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED IS THAT IF YOU’RE DOING BUSINESS WITH SOMEONE YOU TRUST AND WE CAN SAVE YOU TIME, I THINK THERE WILL BE MORE ADOPTION OF THIS OVER TIME WHERE WE’RE LITERALLY REPLENISHING THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT

HAVE IN THEIR HOMES ALL THE TIME. >> NOW, THAT OUTDATED SEARCH FUNCTION IS AVAILABLE NOW ON APPLE DEVICES. I PRESSED WALMART’S CEO ON IF THERE WILL BE BUMPS IN THE ROAD AS SOME OF THIS NEW TECH IS ROLLED OUT. HE SAID IT WILL GET BETTER AND SMARTER AS TIME GOES ON.

DIANE ELIZABETH SCHULZE IN LAS VEGAS, THANK YOU. AND IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE TEAM WHERE WE BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE BUZZIEST STORIES PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT. OUR FRIEND WILL GANSS IS HERE TO HELP US OUT. WE’LL SPILL THAT TO A LITTLE INTERGALACTIC TEA PARTY. GOOD MORNING. ALL RIGHT. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING

BABY YODA NEWS FROM A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY. THE PINT SIZED STAR OF THE MANDALORIAN IS HEADED TO THE BIG SCREEN PEOPLE. OUR PARENT COMPANY, DISNEY, ANNOUNCING OVERNIGHT THAT JON FAVREAU WILL DIRECT THE STAR WARS FEATURE TITLED THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU WITH PRODUCTION SLATED TO BEGIN THIS YEAR. FABBRO, WHO HELMED

THE MANDALORIAN TV ON DISNEY PLUS SAYING IN A STATEMENT, I HAVE LOVED TELLING STORIES SET IN THE RICH WORLD THAT GEORGE LUCAS CREATED. THE PROSPECT OF BRINGING THE MANDALORIAN HIS APPRENTICE, GROGU TO THE BIG SCREEN IS EXTREMELY EXCITING. IT’S THE OVERSIZE COAT AND BABY YODA FOR ME.

I MEAN, IT’S KIND OF A LUCK, IT’S A VIBE. AND HE OFTEN HAS A LITTLE TIN CUP OF HIS OWN. SO HE’S A VERY WE’RE EMBRACING BABY. THAT’S RIGHT. THAT’S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT. I HAVE BEEN DYING TO TALK ABOUT THIS, EVERYBODY. COME CLOSER. GATHER ROUND, EVERYONE. IT’S THE SESSION SEEN AROUND

THE WORLD. SELENA GOMEZ SPILLING, THE TEA DURING THE GOLDEN GLOBES TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND KELLY TAYLOR. THIS VIDEO BLOWING UP EVERYWHERE. LOOK AT THEIR FACES. YOU KNOW, THE TEA IS HOT WHEN IT LIKE THAT. USERS THROWING ALL KINDS OF GOODIES AT THE WALL INCLUDING ONE ON TWITTER, RACKING UP 61,000 RETWEETS

THAT SELENA ASKS FOR A PHOTO WITH TINASHE. OLIVIA AND KYLIE JENNER SAID NO ,CAN NOT TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM. BUT AT LONG LAST, SELENA IS SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT. THE ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING STAR COMMENTING ON E! NEWS’S PHOTO WRITING. NO, I TOLD TAYLOR ABOUT TWO OF

MY FRIENDS WHO HOOKED UP. NOT THAT THAT’S ANYONE’S BUSINESS. AND OF COURSE, NOW EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR FRIENDS ARE RIGHT. I’M HERE TO SAY I’M NOT BUYING. SELENA’S X NEITHER. NO. >> ZERO. IN ONE OF THE VIDEOS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR KELLY TAYLOR SAY WITH TIMOTHY. SO UNLESS ONE OF THE FRIENDS

IS TIMMY, I DON’T KNOW, SEE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN. THE TEAM HERE, YOU CANNOT PULL ONE TASK. WELL, THAT’S EXACTLY CORRECT. I HAVE SPENT TOO MANY HOURS OF MY EVENING PORING OVER THE VIDEOS, BUT ANYWAY, THAT’S WHAT SELENA SAYS, SO WE’LL TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT. ALL RIGHT. 20, 24 SHAPING UP TO BE

A POWERHOUSE YEAR FOR POP MUSIC. IT’S BEEN 40 YEARS SINCE LADY GAGA DROPPED CHROMATICA. BUT AT LONG LAST, WE MIGHT BE GETTING SOME NEW MUSIC. YOU GUYS GOT YOUR NEWS. HERE’S THE ALERT. THE GAGA, LADY GAGA SHARING TWO NEW PHOTOS FROM THE MUSIC STUDIO. CAPTIONED WITH A HEART AND MUSIC NOTES, EMOJIS.

MEANWHILE, KATY PERRY IS ALSO TEASING NEXT CHAPTER, TELLING E! NEWS IT’S TIME TO COME OUT OF THE COCOON OF SORTS TO BLOOM. A LITTLE TIRED, OF COURSE. ORLANDO BLOOM. NO WORD ON WHEN KATY OR GAGA WILL DROP THEIR NEW PROJECTS. ARIANA GRANDE HAS A NEW SINGLE. YES.

AND THAT’S OUT THIS FRIDAY. A LOT OF NEW MUSIC COMING. ARIANA, IT FEELS LIKE IT’S 2011. I’M HERE FOR IT ALL. AND ANOTHER MUSICAL NEWS, THE GIRLS MOVIE MUSICAL SET TO HIT THEATERS ON FRIDAY. FEY SAYS SHE THOUGHT SORT THE ADVICE OF SOME UNLIKELY CONTRIBUTORS AS SHE ADAPTED

THE SCRIPT FOR A 2024 AUDIENCE. HER TWO DAUGHTERS, TINA TELLING E WEEKLY THAT SHE ASKED HER 18 AND 12 YEAR OLD GIRLS SHOULD THE BURN BOOK A BURN BOOK OR SHOULD IT BE A PRIVATE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT? AND THEY’RE LIKE, NO, NO, A BOOK. IT’S A BOOK. AND THANK GOD THEY SAID THAT.

SHE SAID SHE ALSO ASKED THEM FOR ADVICE. AND IN OTHER MEAN GIRLS NEWS, IT’S WEDNESDAY. THAT’S WHY I’M WEARING PINK. WE ALSO HAVE A SWEET TREAT TO CELEBRATE. CINNABON IS SELLINGINK CINNAMON ROLLS TO CELEBRATE THE NEW FILM. ONLY ON WEDNESDAYS, OF COURSE. STARTING JANUARY 17TH. THAT’S A WEEK FROM TODAY,

LASTING EVERY WEDNESDAY THROUGH FEBRUARY 7TH. ITEMS FROM THE BRAND, INCLUDING THE CLASSIC THE MINNIE BUN, THE BOND BITES AND THE CENTER OF THE ROLL SNACK WILL BE AVAILABLE. THESE ARE DELICIOUS. AND I CAN’T WAIT. AND IT’S TAKEN EVERY OUNCE. THEY SENT THESE TO US AS A LITTLE GIFT FREE OF CHARGE.

AND WE’RE REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL. I HAVE BEEN DYING TO EAT THIS, BUT I’M SORRY. OH, YOU’RE EATING. I’M BUSY. YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS. OKAY. WILL GANSS. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US, EVERYBODY AT DIANE MACEDO ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST

NEWS, CONTEXT ANALYSIS AND PINK CINNABONS. IT’S WEDNESDAY, PEOPLE. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. SO THAT’S SO BAD TONIGHT, CAN GOP HOPEFULS SHRINK THE GAP WITH THE FRONTRUNNER? THE COUNTDOWN. PLUS, KEEPING AN EYE ON THE BACK TO BACK STORMS THREATENING MILLIONS MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST TELEVISION.

“WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR AND HIS GIVE IT TO ME. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE BECOMES THE NEW NBC NEWS. IN BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO, FASTER, SMARTER, AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS. YOU KNOW, YOU LOVE HIM AND KNOW YOU’RE GOING LOVE. NO. YES.

WITH ALL THE BLESSINGS OF THAT EXPERIENCE. THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW. >> I’M MARCUS MOORE COVERING THE WILDFIRES IN GREECE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE WILL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING WITH NEWS LAST TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. HUNTER BIDEN’S SURPRISE APPEARANCE ON CAPITOL HILL SHOCKING HOUSE REPUBLICANS

AT THE HEARING TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT SHOUTS OF COWARD AND THE EPITOME OF WHITE PRIVILEGE FROM GOP COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WHAT’S NEXT FOR HUNTER AND HIS FATHER’S IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY? WE’RE LIVE AT THE CAPITOL. THE CLOCK IS TICKING IN THE IOWA CAUCUSES. NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS GO HEAD TO HEAD IN THE LAST

DEBATE BEFORE THE STATE PICKS ITS REPUBLICAN. WHAT VOTERS WANT TO HEAR AND WHICH CANDIDATE STANDS TO BENEFIT MOST. THE WORST THING HE’S EVER ENCOUNTERED IN HIS ENTIRE CAREER. ONE SURGEON FROM THE U.K. SPEAKS US SPEAKS TO US ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA. HEAR HE SAYS HE WITNESSED

AND WHY HE WAS FORCED TO FLEE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR FIRED WORKS ON CAPITOL HILL. HUNTER BIDEN MAKING A SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARING ON WHETHER TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT. GOP MEMBERS SAY HE’S BREAKING THE LAW FOR NOT SHOWING UP AT A

CLOSED DOOR MEETING AFTER SUBPOENA HIM. >> BOY, DID THAT SURPRISE VISIT CAUSE CHAOS IF THE GENTLELADY WANTS TO HEAR FROM HUNTER BIDEN, WE CAN HEAR FROM HIM RIGHT NOW. MR. CHAIRMAN, LET’S TAKE A VOTE. HUNTER BIDEN, WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? >> OH, BAD. ON. HOLD ON. ORDER! ORDER ON THE LEFT.

I BELIEVE THAT HUNTER BIDEN SHOULD BE HELD COMPLETELY IN CONTEMPT. I THINK HE SHOULD BE HAULED OFF TO JAIL RIGHT NOW. >> MR. BIDEN DOESN’T MAKE THE RULES. WE MAKE NOISE THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU MAKE THE RULES. >> AND THE RULE YOU MADE IS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE THOSE.

>> THE RULE IS THOSE WERE YOURS, THOSE WE ARE REPRESENTING. HE WAS IN FOR THE PRESIDENT’S SON SAYS THAT HE WILL ONLY TESTIFY IN A PUBLIC FORUM CALLING THE PROBE ILLEGITIMATE. >> OUR JAY O’BRIEN IS ON CAPITOL HILL WITH MORE. SO, JAY, THIS REALLY THREW EVERYONE FOR A LOOP.

EVEN THE CAMERAS IN THE HEARING ROOM. >> YEAH, AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW THIS, KYRA, BUT THERE ARE SO TRUE SURPRISES IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND CERTAINLY FEW TRUE SURPRISES ON CAPITOL HILL, SOMETHING THAT NO ONE REALLY WAS AWARE OF PRIOR TO IT HAPPENING. >> THIS IS ONE OF THOSE GENUINE SURPRISES TODAY.

HUNTER BIDEN’S APPEARANCE IN ESSENTIALLY THE GALLERY OF THIS HEARING THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY TO LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT HE SHOULD BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS FOR DEFYING THAT SUBPOENA AND NOT TESTIFYING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND INSTEAD SAYING THAT HE WOULD ONLY TESTIFY BEFORE THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, PART OF THIS ONGOING

IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO HIS FATHER IN, A PUBLIC SETTING. I TALKED TO DEMOCRATS ON THIS HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, TOLD ME THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT BIDEN WOULD BE IN THE ROOM TODAY. >> AND CERTAINLY FOR THAT SOUND YOU JUST PLAYED, HIS PRESENCE CAUSED SOME FIREWORKS. >> IN THE END, REPUBLICANS

SAYING THAT HE WAS NOT ABOVE THE LAW. AND NANCY MAY SAYING THAT HE WAS SHE WAS SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO HUNTER BIDEN WHEN SHE WAS GIVING HER REMARKS. AND THEN DEMOCRATS SAYING TO THEIR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES . >> HUNTER BIDEN SITTING HERE IN THE ROOM, LET’S DO THIS DEFICIT, LET’S DO THIS

TESTIMONY RATHER IN A PUBLIC FORUM LIKE HUNTER BIDEN WANTS, AND REPUBLICANS SAYING, THAT THEY’RE NOT GOING TO LET BIDEN DICTATE THE TEMPO OF THEIR ONGOING INVESTIGATION. >> SO CERTAINLY PANDEMONIUM AGAIN, CERTAINLY A SURPRISE, BUT NOT SOMETHING THAT’S NOT GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IN TERMS

OF REPUBLICANS DESIRE TO HOLD HUNTER BIDEN IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS CAROL. >> SO HUNTER’S TESTIMONY IS TIED TO THE IMPEACHMENT INTO HIS FATHER, PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHICH, BY THE WAY, STILL HAS NO CONCRETE EVIDENCE PROVING THAT BIDEN PARTICIPATED IN ANY WRONGDOING. SO LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT HOW CRUCIAL IS THIS TESTIMONY

ANYWAY? >> WELL, THIS WAS PROBABLY THE MAIN TESTIMONY THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAW AS PART OF THIS ONGOING INQUIRY AT, LEAST AS OF RIGHT NOW. AND THIS IS THE MAIN TESTIMONY THAT THEY HAVEN’T GOTTEN. >> AND AGAIN, THEY WANTED HUNTER BIDEN TO GO BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN A CLOSED DOOR

DEPOSITION LIKE EVERY OTHER WITNESS. SO IN THIS INQUIRY HAS DONE AND BE DEPOSED, THAT THAT’S PRETTY STANDARD FOR CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS, STARTING WITH A DEPOSITION AND THEN POTENTIALLY MOVING ON TO A PUBLIC HEARING. HUNTER BIDEN AND HIS ALLIES SAID THAT BIDEN WOULD NOT BE DOING THAT BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT WHAT HUNTER

BIDEN SAID BEHIND THOSE CLOSED DOORS WHERE THERE ARE NO CAMERAS TO BE MISCHARACTERIZED BY LAWMAKERS WHO WERE COMING OUT OF THAT ROOM AND SAYING WHAT HE SAID BEHIND THOSE CLOSED DOORS. AND THAT’S WHY HUNTER BIDEN NOT SHOWING UP AT THAT SCHEDULED DEPOSITION IS WHY ARE HERE NOW WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HUNTER

BIDEN BEING HELD IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. THE NEXT STEPS ARE THIS HAS TO GO THROUGH THESE TWO COMMITTEES THAT ARE CONSIDERING THIS ISSUE, THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. IT THEN HAS TO BE VOTED ON BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND ONLY THEN COULD IT BE REFERRED FOR SOME KIND

OF JUDICIAL ACTION CAROL. >> ALL RIGHT. WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT. APPRECIATE IT. SO IT IS DOWN TO THE WIRE IN. IOWA IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE NOW. THE CAUCUSES JUST FIVE DAYS AWAY. VOTERS PREPARING TO CAST THE FIRST BALLOTS OF THE 2024 ELECTION CYCLE DESPITE

SOME PRETTY SNOWY WEATHER. TONIGHT, REPUBLICAN HOPEFULS NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS WILL BE THE ONLY ONES ON THAT DEBATE STAGE IN DES MOINES MAKING THEIR FINAL PITCH TO THE IOWA VOTERS. IT COMES AS A NEW POLL OUT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SHOWS NIKKI HALEY ACTUALLY CLOSING THE GAP WITH FRONTRUNNER TRUMP.

THE FORMER PRESIDENT AGAIN SITTING OUT TONIGHT’S DEBATE COUNTERPROGRAMMING WITH THE TOWN HALL ON FOX NEWS. AT THE SAME TIME, ALEX PRESHA ONCE AGAIN JOINS US FROM DES MOINES ALONG WITH FIVETHIRTYEIGHT’S. SO, ALEX, LET’S JUST START WITH YOU AND TALK ABOUT THE ENERGY THERE IN IOWA AHEAD OF THE DEBATE. WHAT’S IT LIKE?

WHAT ARE VOTERS WANT TO HEAR TONIGHT? >> HEY, SO THEY’RE PUTTING THE FINISHING ON A SPIN ROOM HERE AS WE PREPARE FOR THIS DEBATE BETWEEN NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS TONIGHT. WE ACTUALLY JUST GOT A CHANCE TO DO A WALK THROUGH OF THAT DEBATE STAGE HERE AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY.

IT BE ABOUT 200 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT LEADING INTO TONIGHT, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THE RACE BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD IN THIS ARE POLLING BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD PLACE HERE IN IOWA IS VERY, VERY CLOSE, IT SEEMS TO SANTOS AND HALEY, SEPARATED BY JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS THERE.

AND SO THE STAKES HERE ARE REALLY AND I CAN TELL YOU ALL WEEK WE’VE BEEN TALKING TO IOWANS, IOWAN REPUBLICANS, WHO HAVE SAID THAT, LOOK, AT THIS POINT, THEY HAVE A SENSE OF THE BROAD GENERAL ISSUES AND WHO THEY KIND OF KIND OF SUPPORT. BUT THIS WILL BE A CHANCE

TONIGHT WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THEM TO TO DIVE ON ON ON THAT SECOND AND THIRD TIER OF ISSUES WE TALKED TO ONE PERSON YESTERDAY WHO WAS AT A HALEY AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS HOPING TO HEAR HER TALK MORE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. AND SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING

THAT COMES UP TONIGHT. AND CERTAINLY THERE HAVE BEEN FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK WHO CHALLENGED TO SANDERS AND WONDERED, YOU KNOW, WHY HASN’T HE HIT PRESIDENT TRUMP ENOUGH? BUT AS YOU BROUGHT THIS UP. YES. THERE’S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT TONIGHT STILL CLEAR THAT THERE ARE JUST TWO CANDIDATES ON THE STAGE AND YOU

HAVE COUNTERPROGRAMMING GOING ON. YOU HAVE VIVEK RAMASWAMY WHO WAS WHO WAS BASICALLY SAYING THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN’T WATCH THIS DEBATE. SO SO PLAYING OUT AS WELL. >> ALL RIGHT. SO GALEN, PRESIDENT TRUMP STILL HOLDS A COMMANDING LEAD OVER HALEY AND DESANTIS THERE IN IOWA. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE CANDIDATES TONIGHT?

>> JUST LAY OUT WHAT’S AT STAKE HERE. YEAH, I MEAN, IF THEY HAVE ANY CHANCE OF WINNING THE IOWA CAUCUS AT, ALL THEY’VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. SO JUST TO PUT SOME NUMBERS TO IT, TRUMP IS AT ABOVE 50% IN THE AVERAGE OF POLLS AT 51%

,DESANTIS IS AT ABOUT 17%. AND HALEY AT ABOUT 16%. AND SO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO IS ONE OF TWO THINGS. ONE, THEY EITHER HAVE TO WIN SUPPORT FROM TRUMP BECAUSE HE’S GOT A MAJORITY RIGHT NOW, AND THAT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO DO BECAUSE HE’S NOT ON STAGE OR THEY HAVE TO EXPAND

THE POPULATION OF IOWANS TURN OUT TO CAUCUS BEYOND WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS. BOTH OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY TOUGH. I MEAN, WHEN IT COMES TO EXPANDING THE POPULATION OF IOWANS WHO MIGHT CAUCUS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM BEHIND ME, THE WEATHER IS VERY SNOWY. IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET COLDER

HERE. SO IT’S NOT PROBABLY THE KIND OF ENVIRONMENT WHERE A LOT OF FIRST TIME CAUCUS GOERS MIGHT THE CHILLY WEATHER AND BASED ON POLLING SO FAR. FIRST TIME CAUCUS GOERS ARE ACTUALLY MORE LIKELY TO SUPPORT TRUMP THAN PREVIOUS CAUCUS GOERS. SO THEY REALLY HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM, WHICH IS TO

TAKE ATTENTION AWAY FROM TRUMP, KEEP IT ON THEM AND REALLY ENGAGE THE IOWAN PUBLIC. >> SO, GALEN, CONSIDERING THE SCALE OF TRUMP’S LEAD RIGHT NOW IN IOWA HOW BIG OF AN UPSET WOULD IT BE IF THINGS WORK OUT FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT? >> IT’S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION, CAROL.

SO RIGHT NOW, TRUMP LEADS BY MORE THAN 30 PERCENTAGE POINTS IN THE AVERAGE OF POLLS. THERE HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF THE MODERN IOWA CAUCUSES, WHICH DATE BACK THE 1970S, THAT SOMEBODY WITH THIS KIND OF A LEAD HAS GONE ON TO THE IOWA CAUCUSES.

SO AT THIS POINT, IT MAY BE A LOT ABOUT AN EXPECTATION GAME. JUST TRUMP MATCHES POLLING THAT HE ACCEDED TO. THEY COME UP SHORT BECAUSE THAT COULD MAYBE IT ISN’T GOING TO CHANGE THE DYNAMIC WHETHER HE’S ON TRACK TO WIN THE NOMINATION. BUT IT COULD CHANGE HOW LONG

THE PRIMARY IF THIS GETS TRULY COMPETITIVE. BUT I WANT TO PUT A FINER POINT ON THIS, TOO. HE’S NOT JUST LEADING HERE IN IOWA. NATURALLY, HE’S LEADING 50 PERCENTAGE POINTS OR SORRY, HE’S LEADING BY ABOUT 50 PERCENTAGE POINTS NATIONALLY. AND ON TOP OF THAT, HE HAS HIGHER FAVORABLE RATINGS THAN HALEY AND DESANTIS.

HE HAS A LOT MORE ENDORSERS THAT ARE IN. SENATOR JOHN BARRASSO, ONE OF THE LEADING REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE, ENDORSED LAST NIGHT. HE HAS A LOT OF SORT OF MOTOR BEHIND HIM HEADING INTO THESE CAUCUSES. >> SO IT WOULD BE A UPSET AT THIS POINT IF HE DOES NOT

END UP WINNING THIS PRIMARY. ALL RIGHT, ALEX GALEN, WE WILL BE FOLLOWING, WATCHING TONIGHT. WE’LL HAVE FULL COVERAGE OF THE IOWA CAUCUSES NEXT MONDAY AS WELL, JANUARY 15TH, RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. BOEING CEO IS NOW ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE COMPANY’S MISTAKE DIDN’T HAPPEN, DID INDEED

HAPPEN AFTER A CABIN DOOR FELL OUT OF AN ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT LAST WEEK AND SENT IT FLYING MIDAIR WHILE A FLIGHT WAS ENROUTE. THE ADMISSION COMES WE’RE HEARING NEW DETAILS FROM PASSENGERS ON THAT JET. NOW OUR ABC NEWS TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT GIO BENITEZ HAS THE LATEST. >> THE STARK ADMISSION FROM

BOEING’S CEO THAT DOOR PLUG FLEW OFF ITS ALASKA AIRLINES JET AT 16TH THOUSAND FEET. >> WE’RE GOING TO APPROACH THIS, NUMBER ONE, ACKNOWLEDGING OUR MISTAKE. >> WE WE’RE GOING TO APPROACH IT WITH 100% WITH COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. >> CEO DAVE CALHOUN, EMOTIONAL AS HE ADDRESSED EMPLOYEES.

THAT STOPPED MATTERS. EVERYTHING MATTERS. EVERY DETAIL THAT BOEING SAYS IT’S NOW WORKING WITH THE NTSB AND FAA TO MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. THE COMPANY REVISING ITS FINAL INSPECTION PROTOCOLS TO THE FAA . THOSE 171 GROUNDED MAX, NINE JETS THAT HAVE DOOR CLOSED. THE FAA SAYING THEY WILL REMAIN

GROUNDED FOR NOW AND THAT THE SAFETY OF THE FLYING PUBLIC NOT SPEED WILL DETERMINE THE TIMELINE FOR RETURNING THE BOEING 737 NINE MAX TO SERVICE. THIS AS WE LEARN STUNNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT ALASKA AIRLINES JET FRIDAY. THEY LOOKED OVER AND HELD HIS HANDS AND WE LITERALLY

THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO DIE. >> THEY SAW ROOM AND HER 12-YEAR-OLD SON DESIRE. WE’RE SITTING IN THE WORLD RIGHT BEHIND THE DOOR PLANE WHEN IT FLEW OFF TAKING JOSIAH’S PHONE AND STUFFED WITH IT. >> A BIG BOOM SOUND LIKE ONE SECOND AND THEN YOU JUST

FEEL AND HEAR A LOT OF AIR ALL AROUND, FREEZING COLD AIR. >> AND THE MOTHER OF THE 15-YEAR-OLD WHO LOST HIS SHIRT TELLING THE SEATTLE TIMES AS THE AIR CABIN DEPRESSURIZED, SHE SAW HER SON’S SEAT BEING PULLED BACK TOWARD THE HOME, SAYING, QUOTE, I REACHED OVER AND GRABBED BODY AND PULLED HIM

TOWARDS ME OVER THE ARMREST. I DID NOT REALIZE UNTIL AFTER THE FLIGHT THAT HIS CLOTHING HAD BEEN TORN OFF OF HIS UPPER BODY. SHE SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A BOMB EXPLODING. ALSO ON THE PLANE, THREE BABIES THAT WERE SITTING ON LAPS AND FOUR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS, THE YOUNGEST OF WHICH WAS BY.

>> AND OUR THANKS TO JOE FOR THAT. WELL, OF THE COUNTRY IS EITHER CLEANING UP OR DRYING OFF AFTER GETTING WALLOPED BY WEATHER, SEVERE WIND AND EVEN MULTIPLE TORNADOES TOUCHING DOWN IN PARTS OF. AND NOW WE’RE LOOKING AT DANGEROUS SNOWY CONDITIONS IN THE MIDWEST. PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST ARE LEFT

REELING FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAIN AND WE’RE NOT DONE. GET READY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF EXTREME WEATHER. OUR HAS MORE FOR US TOMORROW. >> WHAT DO YOU KNOW? WE DEFINITELY GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER STORM MAKING WAY IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. BUT THE STORM THAT WE SAW OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS IS NOW

EXITING IN ITS WAKE, STILL LEAVING BEHIND THERE IS STRONG WINDS. >> YOU WALK OUTSIDE IN THE NORTHEAST THIS THIS AFTERNOON. IT’S VERY BREEZY OUT THERE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR. THE OTHER THING THAT IT’S LEAVING IN ITS WAKE ELEVATED, RIVER FLOODING.

SO OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS, 48 HOURS, WE ANTICIPATE MAJOR RIVER FLOODING. YOU HAVE TO THINK WE GOT THREE INCHES OF RAIN ROUGHLY. >> AND THEN YOU COMPOUND THAT WITH THE MELTING SNOW THAT WE SAW FROM THE PREVIOUS STORM AND THAT JUST EXACERBATED THE RIVERS THERE. AND AS A RESULT, WE HAVE FLOODING.

SO WHAT’S NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT? >> WE’RE GEARING UP FOR OUR NEXT ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS. IF YOU LIVE IN LITTLE ROCK, SHREVEPORT LUFKIN. >> THURSDAY NIGHT, YOU COULD SEE DAMAGING WINDS, MAYBE EVEN A FEW TORNADOES AND FLASH FLOODING. AND BY FRIDAY, FROM MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, INTO COLUMBUS MIDDLE

GEORGIA, RIGHT ON UP IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA, THAT IS THE HIGHEST TORNADO THREAT THAT WE HAVE THERE THAT COMES IN FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING. THOSE NOCTURNAL TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY AND I’LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS, KYRA, AFTER THIS STORM GOES OUT. TO ADD INSULT INJURY,

IT’S GOING TO BE COLD, FRIGID BY JANUARY 16TH. POTENTIALLY. WE COULD BE COLDER IN TEXAS THAN WE ARE IN NEW YORK CITY. >> OH, MY GOSH. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL KEEP TALKING SAMARRA. >> THANK YOU. WELL, COMING UP, THEY WERE TO COVER THE STORY, BUT THEY LOST THEIR LIVES TRYING TO TELL IT.

DOZENS JOURNALISTS KILLED IN GAZA. NOW HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS ARE DEMANDING A WHENEVER A NEWS BREAKS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL ATTACK BY HAMAS. >> ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE

IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE ON THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY STRIKE IN NEIGHBORING UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY ENROLLING IT. 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 NOW TRAVELING WITH THE

PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORM IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP AND BEIRUT, THE FBI. REPORTER NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. STORY IS WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE

GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. THERE ARE STORIES THAT JUST STICK WITH YOU. DREW WAS WORKING AT VICTORIA’S SECRET. SHE DID A LITTLE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING, HEADED TO HER CAR AND

THEN WENT MISSING FROM THE MALL. IT’S THE LAST TIME ANYONE HEARD JUSTINE. HOW HEARTBREAKING IS THAT TO THINK ABOUT FRIDAY NIGHT? 2020 TAKES YOU INSIDE THE HUNT TO CATCH A KILLER BEFORE KILLS AGAIN. YOU HAVE A PREDATOR ON YOUR HANDS. ALL NEW 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT AT NINE EIGHT CENTRAL ON ABC.

>> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. EVERYBODY IN THAT HOME IS OKAY TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE ARE HERE AT FASHION’S BIGGEST NIGHT OUT. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? YOUTUBE UNVEILED A NEW SET OF POLICIES. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW AD CAMPAIGN FAST,

STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN A REAL LIFE BARBIE DREAM HOUSE. A NAME CHANGE FOR THE WINNER. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. GLAD YOU’RE STREAMING WITH US. THEY WENT TO GAZA TO COVER THE WAR.

NOW THEIR DEATHS HAVE BECOME OUR STORY. HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY NOW AS WE SADLY REPORT ON THE RECORD NUMBER OF JOURNALISTS KILLED IN ISRAEL’S WAR AGAINST HAMAS. OUR PATRICK REEVELL WITH HIS SPECIAL REPORT ON THE DEADLY IMPACT THIS WAR IS HAVING ON OUR OWN PRESS CORPS. >> WELL, I THINK ISRAEL’S WAR

IN GAZA HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY DEADLY FOR JOURNALISTS. AT LEAST 79 HAVE BEEN KILLED IN JUST OVER THREE MONTHS, ACCORDING TO THE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS. AND EVIDENCE POINTS TO ANY CONFLICT SINCE THE CPJ’S STARTED COLLECTING RECORDS THREE DECADES AGO. THE FIRST DEATHS WERE OF ISRAELI JOURNALISTS KILLED AS HAMAS RAMPAGED THROUGH

SOUTHERN ISRAEL DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS. >> THEN ISRAEL BEGAN ITS MILITARY OPERATION IN RESPONSE. >> REUTERS PHOTOJOURNALIST ESSAM ABDULLAH AMONG THE FIRST KILLED. >> HE WAS FILMING WITH A GROUP OF JOURNALISTS AT THE LEBANON ISRAELI BORDER. >> THEN AN ISRAELI TANK FIRED INTO THE VIDEO, CAPTURING

THE MOMENT THE TANK THEM A SECOND TIME. SIX OTHER JOURNALISTS INJURED, REUTERS AND AFP, AS WELL AS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION SHOW, THE GROUP, WERE DELIBERATELY FIRED ON. DEMANDING ANSWERS. >> ISRAEL. WE CALL ON ISRAEL TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED

AND TO HOLD TO ACCOUNT THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH. >> THE IDF SAYING IT WAS RESPONDING TO ANTI-TANK FIRE IN THE AREA AND IS INVESTIGATING. >> BUT THE DEADLIEST TOLL BY FAR FOR JOURNALISTS IS IN GAZA. 72 KILLED. >> JOURNALISTS REPORTING THERE THEIR OWN LIVES WERE UPENDED. DUDU AL JAZEERA’S CHIEF HAS

LOST SEVERAL MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY IN ISRAELI STRIKES SINCE OCTOBER, INCLUDING HIS WIFE, SON, DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON. LAST WEEK, HIS SON, HAMZA, ALSO A JOURNALIST, WAS KILLED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON HIS CAR. THE IDF SAYING HE TWO OTHER REPORTERS HAD LOOKED LIKE TERRORISTS WITH A DRONE.

>> HUNSAKER HAMZA WAS MY SOUL. DUDU BUT THIS PAIN WON’T DETER US FROM CONTINUING. IN DECEMBER, THAT HIMSELF WAS INJURED BY AN ISRAELI STRIKE. AND THE DAY AFTER HE WAS BACK ON AIR AGAIN, ANOTHER PHOTO JOURNALIST WAS REPORTEDLY KILLED IN GAZA TODAY, WORKING FOR THE PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT. PUT SIMPLY, JOURNALISTS

ARE BEING KILLED AT A SPEED AND SCALE IN GAZA. NOW, BEYOND ANYTHING WE’VE SEEN REALLY IN RECENT CONFLICTS. KYRA, PATRICK REEVELL, APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTING. AND FROM JOURNALISTS, THOSE THAT CALL GAZA HOME, MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE HAVE NOW BEEN KILLED IN THIS WAR AGAINST HAMAS WITH MORE PEOPLE INJURED

AND SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN THERE FIGHTING SAVE LIVES IS A BRITISH SURGEON WHO LED AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL IN CENTRAL GAZA. DR. NICK MAYNARD SAYS THAT THE CALL TO DUTY WAS BEYOND ANYTHING HE HAS EVER SEEN IN HIS. NICK JOINS ME NOW FROM OXFORD. SO, NICK, APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US.

KNOW, YOU ARE SAFELY BACK HOME, BUT THIS ASSIGNMENT WAS BY FAR ONE OF THE TOUGHEST ONES FOR YOU. I KNOW YOU WERE WORKING WITHIN AL-AKSA HOSPITAL. TELL US WHY YOU HAD TO LEAVE SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ASKING ME ON YOUR SHOW TONIGHT. I HAD BEEN IN AL-AQSA ALSO

SCHOOL FOR TWO WEEKS OR JUST UNDER TWO WEEKS. WE WERE SCHEDULED TO BE THERE FOR TWO WEEKS. AND ON FRIDAY, AT THE END OF LAST WEEK, I WAS OPERATING IN ONE OF THE OPERATING THEATERS, SET ON A SERIOUS EXPLOSION OF BLAST INJURY TO A PATIENT WHO HAD MULTIPLE ABDOMINAL INJURIES.

AND I FINISHED IT ABOUT QUARTER TO THREE AND CAME OUT OF THE OPERATING THEATER TO HEAR THAT THERE HAD BEEN A MISSILE ATTACK ON THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT OF AL-AQSA HOSPITAL. AND WERE RUMORS OF SNIPERS NEAR HOSPITAL KILLING CIVILIANS NEARBY. WE WENT BACK TO OUR ACCOMMODATION THAT NIGHT AND EVERY EVENING WHEN WE’RE

THERE, WE HAVE TO OF GROUNDSTAFF LIAISE WITH THE WITH COGAT, WHICH IS PART OF THE ISRAELI DEFENSE TO CHECK THAT WHAT THE SECURITY IS LIKE FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY. AND WE ENTER VIA A DECONFLICT ZONE IN ORDER TO GO AL-AQSA. AND WE WERE TOLD THAT NIGHT

BY COGAT THAT THE AREA WAS NO LONGER DECONSTRUCTED, MEANING THAT THERE WOULD BE ISRAELI GROUND FORCES VERY TO HOSPITAL AND IT WAS NO LONGER SAFE FOR ANYONE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. SO WE WERE FORCED TO WITHDRAW OUR SERVICES FROM THE HOSPITAL . THERE WAS ANOTHER TEAM FROM MEDICINE.

SO FROM THE HOSPITAL DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS, WHO ALSO WERE FORCED TO WITHDRAW AND WE WERE THEREFORE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE OUR TWO WEEKNIGHTS AND WE HAD TO WITHDRAW FOR THAT FOR FOR LAST WEEKEND. >> AND WE LEFT GAZA ON MONDAY. AND IT JUST BECAME TOO DANGEROUS FOR YOU.

>> SO YOU MENTIONED ONE OF YOUR PATIENTS IN PARTICULAR. TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR PATIENTS AND THE TYPES OF INJURIES YOU WERE TREATING. AND ALSO THE CHALLENGES YOU FACED AS PATIENTS WERE COMING IN BY THE MINUTE. >> SO I WAS WORKING MAINLY IN THE IN OPERATING THEATER.

ANOTHER COUPLE OF COLLEAGUES OF MINE WERE WORKING IN THE E.R. THAT I WAS DEALING ON, A SURGEON THAT DEALS WITH ABDOMINAL AND AND CHEST DISEASE. AMELIA, CANCER SURGEON. BUT I WAS OBVIOUSLY DEALING WITH EXCLUSIVELY TRAUMA, AND I WAS OPERATING ON PATIENTS WITH MAJOR BLAST INJURIES TO THE ABDOMEN AND TO CHEST

INVOLVING DAMAGE TO THE LUNGS. USUALLY SHRAPNEL, BUT ALSO BY BULLETS AND ALL THE ABDOMINAL ORGANS. >> AND THEY SOME OF THESE WERE CATASTROPHIC INJURIES IN TERMS OF VOLUME. THEY WERE MUCH THAN THE OTHER INJURIES THAT THEY WERE SEEING IN THE AIR, WHICH WERE PARTICULARLY SEVERE BURN INJURIES. AND APPALLING INJURIES TO THE LENS.

MANY TRAUMATIC AMPUTATIONS THAT THE ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS AND THE PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE WERE VERY BUSY WITH THOSE PATIENTS. AND BUT THE SPECTRUM OF INJURIES WAS REALLY APPALLING. >> AND LIKE NOTHING I’VE SEEN BEFORE AND I DID SPEND SOME TIME IN THE E.R. WHEN THERE WASN’T ANYONE TO OPERATE

ON AND SOME OF THE BURN WE WERE SEEING, PARTICULARLY IN SMALL CHILDREN, WERE INDESCRIBABLY AWFUL. LET ME ASK YOU, SINCE YOU WERE THERE, YOU KNOW, WE REPORTING OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THE THE TELLS US THAT THERE ARE TERRORISTS THAT ARE WORKING UNDER THESE AROUND THESE HOSPITALS, THAT THESE HOSPITALS

ARE BEING TARGETED BECAUSE OF THAT. DID YOU WITNESS THAT? DID YOU DID YOU SEE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM HAMAS TERRORISTS OPERATING IN OR AROUND OR UNDER YOUR FACILITY WHERE YOU WERE TRYING TO SAVE LIVES? >> NO, NOT AT ALL. AND I THINK AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, FOLLOWING THIS VERY CAREFULLY,

SINCE OCTOBER THE SEVENTH, I HAVE BEEN TALKING ALMOST DAILY WITH COLLEAGUES IN GAZA THAT I KNOW WELL. I’VE BEEN GOING TO GAZA FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS TO TEACH AND TO TREAT PATIENTS, AND PARTICULARLY IN SHAPE OF HOSPITALS. SINCE OCTOBER THE SEVENTH, I’VE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, AND I

AM VERY CLEAR THAT NO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PROVIDED AT ALL THAT THESE HOSPITALS WERE BEING USED AS HAMAS COMMAND CENTERS. I WOULD STRESS THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE TUNNELS UNDERNEATH GAZA CITY. SO I CANNOT COMMENT ON THAT. BUT I CAN CERTAINLY COMMENT ON MY EXPERIENCE OF WORKING

IN THE HOSPITAL IN THE PAST AND MY CURRENT EXPERIENCE THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF BEING IN AL-AQSA HOSPITAL. AND THERE HAS NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT THEY’VE BEEN USED AS HAMAS COMMAND CENTERS. I WOULD REFUTE THAT EVIDENCE COMPLETELY. >> DR. BARNARD, SO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ALSO ALL THAT

YOU DID TO SAVE THE LIVES, ESPECIALLY THOSE CHILDREN, ALL THE INNOCENT FAMILIES DON’T DESERVE WHAT’S GOING ON. APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU, DR.. >> THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME ON YOUR SHOW. COMING UP. >> GUNMEN STORMED A TV STATION DURING A LIVE BROADCAST IN ECUADOR. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE

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ONE NEWS SOURCE AND TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE, HUNTER BIDEN’S SURPRISE APPEARANCE ON CAPITOL HILL. SHOCKING HOUSE REPUBLICANS AT THE HEARING TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT SHOUTS COWARD AND THE EPITOME OF WHITE PRIVILEGE FROM GOP COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WHAT’S NEXT FOR HUNTER AND HIS FATHER’S IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY? WE’RE LIVE AT THE CAPITOL.

THE CLOCK IS TICKING IN THE IOWA CAUCUSES. NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS GO HEAD TO HEAD. IN THE LAST DEBATE BEFORE STATE PICKS ITS REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. WHAT VOTERS WANT TO HEAR AND WHICH CANDIDATE STANDS TO BENEFIT THE MOST. THE WORST THING HE’S EVER ENCOUNTERED IN HIS ENTIRE CAREER.

ONE SURGEON FROM THE U.K. SPEAKS US SPEAKS TO US ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA. HEAR WHAT HE SAYS HE WITNESSED AND WHY HE WAS FORCED TO FLEE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. OUR TOP STORY THIS FIREWORKS ON CAPITOL HILL. HUNTER BIDEN MAKING A SURPRISE

AT THE HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARING ON WHETHER TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT. GOP MEMBERS SAY HE’S BREAKING THE LAW FOR NOT SHOWING UP AT A CLOSED DOOR MEETING AFTER THEY SUBPOENA HIM. BOY, DID THAT SURPRISE VISIT CAUSE CHAOS. >> IF THE GENTLELADY WANTS TO HEAR FROM HUNTER BIDEN, WE

CAN HEAR FROM HIM RIGHT NOW. MR. CHAIRMAN, LET’S TAKE A VOTE AND HEAR HUNTER BIDEN. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? OH, DON’T HOLD ON. >> I BELIEVE THAT HUNTER BIDEN SHOULD BE HELD COMPLETELY IN CONTEMPT. >> I THINK HE SHOULD BE HAULED OFF TO JAIL RIGHT. >> MR. BIDEN DOESN’T MAKE THE RULES.

WE KNOW THAT. MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU MAKE THE RULES AND THE RULE YOU MADE IS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE. >> THAT WAS THE RULE. >> THOSE WERE YOUR THOSE. WE ARE WHAT YOU’RE CLAIMING. HE WAS AND FOR THE PRESIDENT’S SON SAYS THAT HE WILL ONLY TESTIFY IN A PUBLIC FORUM CALLING THE PROBE ILLEGITIMATE.

>> OUR JAY O’BRIEN IS ON CAPITOL HILL WITH MORE SO. >> THIS REALLY THREW EVERYONE FOR A LOOP, EVEN THE CAMERAS IN THE HEARING ROOM. >> YEAH, AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW THIS, KYRA, BUT THERE ARE SO FEW TRUE SURPRISES IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND CERTAINLY SO FEW TRUE

SURPRISES ON CAPITOL HILL, SOMETHING THAT NO ONE REALLY WAS AWARE OF PRIOR TO IT HAPPENING. >> THIS ONE OF THOSE GENUINE SURPRISES TODAY. HUNTER BIDEN’S APPEARANCE IN ESSENTIALLY THE GALLERY OF THIS HEARING THAT WAS TO LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT HE SHOULD BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS FOR DEFYING

THAT SUBPOENA AND NOT TESTIFYING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS ,INSTEAD SAYING THAT HE WOULD ONLY TESTIFY BEFORE THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. PART OF THIS ONGOING IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO HIS FATHER IN A PUBLIC SETTING. I TALKED TO DEMOCRATS ON THIS HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WHO TOLD ME THEY HAD NO IDEA

THAT BIDEN WOULD BE IN THE ROOM TODAY. AND CERTAINLY FOR THAT SOUND YOU JUST PLAYED, HIS PRESENCE CAUSED FIREWORKS AND YOU HAD REPUBLICANS SAYING THAT HE WAS NOT ABOVE THE LAW AND. NANCY MAY SAYING THAT HE WAS SHE WAS SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO HUNTER BIDEN WHEN SHE GIVING HER REMARKS, AND THEN DEMOCRATS

SAYING TO THE REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES, HUNTER BIDEN SITTING HERE IN THE ROOM, LET’S DO THIS DEPOSITIONS, DO THIS TESTIMONY, RATHER, IN A PUBLIC FORUM LIKE HUNTER BIDEN WANTS, AND REPUBLICANS SAYING, THAT THEY’RE NOT GOING TO LET BIDEN DICTATE THE TEMPO OF THEIR ONGOING INVESTIGATION . SO CERTAINLY PANDEMONIUM AGAIN, CERTAINLY A SURPRISE BUT NOT

SOMETHING THAT’S GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IN TERMS OF REPUBLICANS TO HOLD HUNTER BIDEN IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS KYRA. >> SO HUNTER’S TESTIMONY IS TIED TO THE IMPEACHMENT INTO HIS FATHER, PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHICH, BY THE WAY, STILL HAS NO CONCRETE EVIDENCE PROVING THAT BIDEN PARTICIPATED IN ANY

WRONGDOING. >> SO LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT HOW CRUCIAL IS THIS TESTIMONY ANYWAY? >> WELL, THIS WAS PROBABLY THE MAIN TESTIMONY THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAW AS PART OF THIS ONGOING INQUIRY, LEAST AS OF RIGHT NOW. AND THIS IS THE MAIN TESTIMONY THAT THEY HAVEN’T GOT. >> AND AGAIN, THEY WANTED

HUNTER BIDEN TO GO BEHIND DOORS IN A CLOSED DOOR DEPOSITION LIKE EVERY OTHER WITNESS. SO IN THIS INQUIRY HAS DONE AND BE DEPOSED, THAT THAT’S PRETTY STANDARD FOR CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS, STARTING WITH THE DEPOSITION AND THEN POTENTIALLY MOVING ON TO A PUBLIC HEARING. HUNTER BIDEN AND HIS ALLIES SAID THAT BIDEN WOULD NOT

BE DOING THAT BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT WHAT BIDEN SAID BEHIND THOSE CLOSED DOORS WHERE THERE ARE NO CAMERAS TO BE MISCHARACTERIZED BY LAWMAKERS WHO WERE COMING OUT OF THAT ROOM AND SAYING WHAT HE SAID BEHIND THOSE CLOSED DOORS. AND THAT’S WHY HUNTER BIDEN NOT SHOWING UP AT THAT SCHEDULED

DEPOSITION IS WHY WE ARE HERE NOW WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HUNTER BIDEN BEING HELD IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. THE NEXT STEPS ARE THIS HAS TO GO THROUGH. THESE TWO COMMITTEES THAT ARE CONSIDERING THIS ISSUE, THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, AND THAT HAS TO BE

VOTED ON BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. >> AND ONLY THEN COULD IT BE REFERRED FOR SOME KIND OF JUDICIAL ACTION KYRA. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT. APPRECIATE IT. SO IT IS DOWN TO THE WIRE IN IOWA IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE NOW.

THE CAUCUSES JUST FIVE DAYS AWAY. VOTERS PREPARING TO CAST THE FIRST BALLOTS OF THE 2024 ELECTION CYCLE DESPITE PRETTY SNOWY WEATHER. TONIGHT, REPUBLICAN HOPEFULS NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS WILL BE THE ONLY ONES ON THAT DEBATE STAGE IN DES MOINES. THEIR FINAL PITCH TO THE IOWA VOTERS.

IT COMES AS A NEW OUT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SHOWS NIKKI HALEY ACTUALLY CLOSING THE GAP WITH FRONTRUNNER DONALD TRUMP, FORMER PRESIDENT, AGAIN, SITTING OUT DEBATE COUNTERPROGRAMMING WITH A TOWN HALL ON FOX NEWS AT THE SAME TIME. OUR ALEX PRESHA ONCE AGAIN JOINS US FROM DES MOINE ALONG WITH FIVETHIRTYEIGHT’S GALEN DRUKE.

SO, ALEX, LET’S JUST START WITH AND TALK ABOUT THE ENERGY THERE IN IOWA AHEAD OF THE DEBATE. WHAT’S IT LIKE WHAT VOTERS WANT TO HEAR TONIGHT? SO THEY’RE PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON A SPIN ROOM HERE AS WE PREPARE THIS DEBATE BETWEEN NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS. TONIGHT ACTUALLY JUST GOT

A CHANCE TO DO A WALK THROUGH OF THAT DEBATE STAGE AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY. IT WILL BE ABOUT 200 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. BUT IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT LEADING INTO TONIGHT, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THE RACE BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD IN THIS ARE POLLING BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD PLACE HERE

IN IOWA IS VERY, VERY CLOSE. >> DESANTIS AND HALEY SEPARATED BY JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS. AND SO THE STAKES HERE ARE REALLY HIGH. AND I CAN TELL YOU ALL WEEK WE’VE BEEN TALKING TO IOWANS, IOWAN REPUBLICANS, WHO HAVE SAID THAT LOOK, AT THIS POINT, THEY HAVE

A SENSE OF THE BROAD ISSUES AND WHO THEY KIND OF KIND OF SUPPORT. BUT THIS WILL BE A CHANCE TONIGHT, BE A CHANCE FOR THEM TO TO DIVE IN ON ON ON THAT AND THIRD TIER OF ISSUES. WE TALKED TO ONE PERSON YESTERDAY WHO WAS AT A HALEY

EVENT AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS HOPING TO HEAR HER TALK MORE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. AND SO THAT BE SOMETHING THAT COMES UP TONIGHT. AND CERTAINLY THERE HAVE BEEN FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK WHO WOULD CHALLENGE DESANTIS AND WONDERED, YOU KNOW, WHY HASN’T HE HIT PRESIDENT TRUMP. I KNOW.

BUT AS YOU’VE BROUGHT THIS UP, YES, THERE’S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT TONIGHT. >> STILL. IT’S CLEAR THAT THERE JUST TWO CANDIDATES ON THE STAGE AND YOU HAVE COUNTERPROGRAMMING GOING ON. >> YOU HAVE THE FACT RAMASWAMY WHO WAS HERE WAS BASICALLY SAYING THAT THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN’T WATCH THIS DEBATE.

SO SO THAT’S PLAYING OUT WELL. ALL RIGHT. SO, GALEN, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP STILL HOLDS A COMMANDING LEAD OVER HALEY AND DESANTIS. >> THERE IN IOWA. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE CANDIDATES TONIGHT? JUST LAY OUT WHAT’S AT STAKE HERE. >> YEAH, I MEAN, IF THEY ANY CHANCE OF WINNING THE IOWA

CAUCUS AT ALL, THEY’VE GOT A LOT WORK TO DO. SO JUST TO PUT SOME NUMBERS TO IT, TRUMP IS AT ABOVE 50% IN THE AVERAGE OF POLLS RIGHT NOW, AT ABOUT 51%. DESANTIS IS AT ABOUT 17%. AND HALEY AT ABOUT 16%. AND SO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO IS ONE OF TWO THINGS.

ONE, THEY EITHER HAVE TO WIN SUPPORT FROM TRUMP BECAUSE GOT A MAJORITY RIGHT NOW. AND THAT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO DO BECAUSE HE’S NOT ON STAGE OR THEY HAVE TO EXPAND THE POPULATION OF IOWANS, TURN OUT TO CAUCUS BEYOND WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS. BOTH OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY TOUGH.

I MEAN, WHEN IT COMES TO EXPANDING THE POPULATION OF I WENT TO MY CAUCUS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM BEHIND ME, THE WEATHER IS VERY SNOWY, ONLY GOING TO GET COLDER HERE. SO IT’S NOT PROBABLY THE KIND OF ENVIRONMENT WHERE A LOT OF FIRST TIME CAUCUS GOERS MIGHT BRAVE THE CHILLY WEATHER

AND BASE OUR POLLING SO FAR. FIRST TIME CAUCUS GOERS ARE ACTUALLY MORE LIKELY TO SUPPORT TRUMP THAN PREVIOUS CAUCUS GOERS. SO THEY REALLY HAVE THEIR CUT OUT FOR THEM, WHICH IS TAKE ATTENTION AWAY FROM TRUMP. KEEP IT ON THEM AND REALLY ENGAGE THE IOWAN PUBLIC. >> SO, GALEN, CONSIDERING

THE SCALE OF TRUMP’S LEAD RIGHT IN IOWA, HOW BIG OF AN UPSET WOULD IT IF THINGS DIDN’T WORK OUT FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT? >> IT’S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION, KYRA. SO RIGHT NOW, TRUMP LEADS BY MORE THAN 30 PERCENTAGE POINTS IN THE AVERAGE OF POLLS THERE HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN THE

HISTORY OF THE MODERN IOWA CAUCUSES, WHICH DATE BACK TO THE 1970S, THAT SOMEBODY WITH THIS KIND A LEAD HAS GONE ON TO LOSE THE IOWA CAUCUSES. SO AT THIS, IT MAY BE A LOT ABOUT AN EXPECTATIONS GAME. JUST TRUMP MAGIC POLLING THAT HE EXCEEDED THAT TO COME UP SHORT BECAUSE THAT COULD

MAYBE ISN’T GOING TO CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF WHETHER HE’S ON TRACK TO WIN THE NOMINATION BUT IT COULD CHANGE HOW LONG THE PRIMARY WAS IF THIS GETS TRULY COMPETITIVE. BUT I WANT TO PUT A FINER POINT ON THIS, TOO. HE’S NOT JUST LEADING HERE IN IOWA. NATIONALLY, HE’S LEADING BY 50

PERCENTAGE POINTS OUTSIDE, HE’S LEADING BY ABOUT 50 PERCENTAGE POINTS NATIONALLY. AND ON TOP OF THAT, HE HAS HIGHER FAVORABLE RATINGS THAN HALEY AND DESANTIS. HE HAS A LOT MORE ENDORSEMENTS THERE. AND SENATOR JOHN BARRASSO, ONE OF THE LEADING REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE, ENDORSED HIM LAST NIGHT.

HE HAS A LOT SORT OF MOTOR GOING BEHIND HIM, HEADING INTO THESE CAUCUSES. SO IT WOULD BE A HUGE UPSET AT THIS POINT IF HE DOES NOT END UP WINNING THIS PRIMARY. ALL RIGHT, ALEX GALEN, WE WILL FOLLOWING AND WATCHING TONIGHT. WE’LL HAVE FULL COVERAGE OF THE IOWA CAUCUSES MONDAY AS WELL,

JANUARY 15TH, RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WELL, BOEING CEO IS NOW ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE COMPANY’S MISTAKE DIDN’T HAPPEN, DID INDEED HAPPEN AFTER A CABIN DOOR FELL OUT OF AN ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT LAST WEEK AND SENT IT FLYING MIDAIR WHILE A FLIGHT WAS ENROUTE. THE ADMISSION, AS WE’RE HEARING

NEW DETAILS FROM PASSENGERS ON THAT JET. NOW OUR ABC NEWS TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT GIO BENITEZ HAS THE LATEST. >> THE STARK ADMISSION FROM BOEING’S CEO AFTER THAT DOOR PLUG FLEW OFF ITS ALASKA AIRLINES JET AT 6000 FEET. >> WE’RE GOING TO APPROACH THIS . >> NUMBER ONE, ACKNOWLEDGING OUR MISTAKE.

>> WE’RE GOING TO APPROACH IT WITH 100% AND COMPLETE TRANSPARENT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. >> CEO DAVE CALHOUN EMOTIONAL AS HE ADDRESSED EMPLOYEES TUESDAY. >> THIS STUFF MATTERS. EVERYTHING MATTERS. EVERY DETAIL. >> BOEING SAYS NOW WORKING WITH THE NTSB AND FAA TO MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

>> THE COMPANY REVISING ITS FINAL INSPECTION PROTOCOLS. THE FAA FOR THOSE 171 GROUNDED MAX, NINE JETS THAT HAVE DOOR PLUGS. THE FAA SAYING THEY WILL REMAIN GROUNDED FOR NOW AND THAT THE SAFETY OF THE FLYING PUBLIC NOT WILL DETERMINE THE TIMELINE FOR RETURNING THE BOEING 737 NINE MAX TO SERVICE.

THIS AS WE LEARN NEW DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT ALASKA AIRLINES JET FRIDAY ALONE AND HOW HIS FRIENDS AND WE LITERALLY THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO DIE. >> SO WE MET HER 12 YEAR OLD SON, JOSIAH. WE’RE SITTING IN A ROW RIGHT BEHIND DOOR WHEN IT FLEW OFF TAKING JOSIAH’S PHONE

AND ANIMAL WITH IT. >> A BIG BOOM TIME FOR LIKE ONE SECOND. AND THEN WE JUST FEEL AND HEAR A LOT OF AIR ALL AROUND, FREEZING COLD AIR. >> AND THE MOTHER OF THE 15-YEAR-OLD WHO LOST HIS SHIRT TELLING THE SEATTLE TIMES AS THE AIR CABIN DEPRESSURIZED,

SHE SAW HER SON’S SEAT BEING BACK TOWARD THE HOME SAYING, QUOTE, I REACHED OVER AND GRABBED HIS BODY AND PULLED HIM TOWARDS ME OVER THE ARMREST. I DID NOT UNTIL AFTER THE FLIGHT THAT HIS CLOTHING HAD BEEN TORN OFF OF HIS BODY. SHE SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A BOMB EXPLODED.

ALSO, THE PLANE, THREE BABIES THAT WERE SITTING ON LAPS AND FOUR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS, THE YOUNGEST OF WHICH WAS FIVE. AND OUR THANKS TO JOE FOR THAT. WHILE MUCH OF THE COUNTRY IS CLEANING UP OR DRYING UP AFTER GETTING WALLOPED BY EXTREME WEATHER SEVERE WIND AND EVEN MULTIPLE TORNADOES TOUCHING DOWN IN PARTS

OF FLORIDA. AND NOW WE’RE LOOKING AT DANGEROUS SNOWY CONDITIONS IN THE MIDWEST. WHILE PARTS OF NORTHEAST ARE LEFT REELING FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLOODING. AND WE’RE DONE. GET READY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF EXTREME WEATHER. OUR SOMARA THEODORE MORE FOR US TOMORROW. >> WHAT DO YOU KNOW? WE ARE DEFINITELY GEARING UP

FOR ANOTHER STORM MAKING ITS WAY IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. BUT THE STORM THAT WE SAW OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS IS NOW EXITING IN ITS WAKE, STILL LEAVING BEHIND VERY STRONG WINDS. WALK OUTSIDE IN THE NORTHEAST THIS THIS AFTERNOON. >> IT’S VERY BREEZY THERE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 40

TO 50 MILES PER HOUR. THE OTHER THAT IT’S LEAVING IN ITS WAKE. ELEVATED RIVER FLOODING. SO OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS, 48 HOURS. WE ANTICIPATE MAJOR FLOODING. >> YOU HAVE TO THINK WE GOT THREE INCHES OF RAIN ROUGHLY. AND THEN YOU COMPOUND THAT WITH THE MELTING SNOW THAT WE SAW

THE PREVIOUS STORM AND THAT JUST EXACERBATED THE RIVERS THERE. >> AND AS A RESULT, WE HAVE FLOODING. SO WHAT’S NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT? >> WE’RE GEARING UP FOR OUR NEXT ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS . >> YOU LIVE IN LITTLE ROCK, SHREVEPORT, LUFKIN. THURSDAY NIGHT, YOU COULD SEE DAMAGING WINDS, MAYBE EVEN

A FEW TORNADOES AND FLASH FLOODING. >> THEN BY FRIDAY, FROM MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, INTO COLUMBUS, MIDDLE GEORGIA, RIGHT ON UP INTO COLUMBIA, CAROLINA, AND PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THAT IS THE HIGHEST TORNADO THREAT THAT WE HAVE THERE. THAT COMES IN FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING. THOSE NOCTURNAL TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

AND I’LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS, KYRA, AFTER THE STORM GOES OUT. TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY IS, GOING TO BE CALLED FRIGID BY JANUARY 16TH, POTENTIALLY, WE COULD BE COLDER IN TEXAS THAN WE ARE IN NEW YORK CITY. >> OH MY GOSH. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL KEEP TALKING TOMORROW. THANK YOU.

WELL, COMING UP, THEY WERE THERE TO COVER THE STORY, BUT THEY LOST THEIR LIVES TO TELL IT. DOZENS OF JOURNALISTS KILLED IN GAZA. NOW, HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS ARE DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY. >> TONIGHT AND GOP SHRINK THE GAP WITH THE FRONTRUNNER. THE COUNTDOWN TRIES KEEPING AN EYE ON THE BACK TO BACK STORMS

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THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW BY STREAMING WITH US. WELL THEY WENT TO GAZA TO COVER THE WAR NOW THEIR DEATHS HAVE BECOME OUR STORY. HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES DEMANDING ACCOUNTABLE BILITY. NOW, AS WE SADLY REPORT ON THE RECORD NUMBER OF JOURNALISTS KILLED IN ISRAEL’S WAR AGAINST HAMAS.

OUR PATRICK REEVELL NOW WITH HIS SPECIAL REPORT ON THE DEADLY IMPACT THIS WAR IS HAVING ON OUR OWN CORPS. >> WELL, ISRAEL’S WAR IN GAZA HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY DEADLY FOR JOURNALISTS. AT LEAST 79 HAVE BEEN KILLED IN JUST OVER MONTHS, ACCORDING TO THE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS.

>> AND I WAS TOLD THAT ANY CONFLICT SINCE THE CPA STARTED COLLECTING RECORDS THREE DECADES AGO. >> THE FIRST DEATHS GROUP ISRAELI JOURNALISTS, KILLED AS HAMAS RAMPAGED THROUGH SOUTHERN ISRAEL DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS. THEN ISRAEL BEGAN ITS MILITARY OPERATION IN RESPONSE. >> REUTERS PHOTOJOURNALIST ISSAM ABDALLAH, THE FIRST KILLED.

HE WAS FILMING WITH A GROUP OF JOURNALISTS, THE LEBANON ISRAELI BORDER. >> THEN ISRAELI TANK FIRED INTO THE VIDEO, CAPTURING THE THE TANK, HITTING THEM A SECOND TIME. >> SIX OTHER JOURNALISTS INJURED, REUTERS AND AFP, AS WELL AS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS SAY THEIR INVESTIGATIONS SHOW THE GROUP WERE

DELIBERATELY ON DEMANDING ANSWERS FROM ISRAEL. >> WE CALL ISRAEL TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND TO HOLD TO ACCOUNT THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH. >> THE IDF SAYING IT WAS RESPONDING TO ANTI-TANK FIRE IN THE AREA AND IS INVESTIGATING. >> BUT THE DEADLIEST TOLL

BY FAR FOR JOURNALISTS IS IN GAZA. 72 KILLED JOURNALISTS REPORTING THERE AS THEIR OWN LIVES ARE UPENDED. WELL, DUDU AL-JAZEERA’S BUREAU CHIEF HAS LOST SEVERAL MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY IN STRIKES SINCE OCTOBER, INCLUDING HIS WIFE, SON AND GRANDSON. LAST WEEK, HIS SON, HAMZA ALSO A JOURNALIST, WAS KILLED IN AN

ISRAELI STRIKE ON HIS CAR. >> THE IDF SAYING HE AND TWO OTHER REPORTERS HAD LOOKED LIKE TERRORISTS WITH A DRONE. >> HANDS UP. HAMZA WAS MY SOUL, DUDU SAYS. BUT THIS PAIN WON’T DETER FROM CONTINUING IN DECEMBER THAT TO HIMSELF WAS INJURED BY AN ISRAELI STRIKE THE DAY AFTER

HE WAS BACK ON AIR AGAIN. ANOTHER PHOTOJOURNALIST WAS REPORTEDLY KILLED IN GAZA TODAY WORKING FOR THE PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT. PUT SIMPLY, JOURNALISTS ARE BEING KILLED AT A SPEED AND SCALE IN GAZA RIGHT NOW, BEYOND ANYTHING WE’VE SEEN IN RECENT CONFLICTS KYRA. PATRICK REEVELL APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTING. AND FROM JOURNALISTS, THOSE

THAT CALL GAZA, MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE HAVE NOW BEEN KILLED IN THIS WAR AGAINST HAMAS. >> WITH THOUSANDS MORE PEOPLE INJURED AND SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN FIGHTING TO SAVE LIVES IS A BRITISH SURGEON WHO LET AN EMERGENCY TEAM IN CENTRAL GAZA. DR. NICK MAYNARD SAYS THAT THE CALL TO DUTY WAS BEYOND

ANYTHING HE HAS EVER SEEN IN HIS CAREER. NICK JOINS ME NOW FROM OXFORD. >> SO, NICK, APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US. I KNOW YOU ARE SAFELY BACK HOME, BUT THIS ASSIGNMENT WAS BY FAR ONE OF THE TOUGHEST ONES FOR YOU. I KNOW YOU WORKING WITHIN AL-AKSA HOSPITAL.

TELL US WHY YOU HAD TO LEAVE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ASKING ME ON YOUR SHOW TONIGHT. I HAD BEEN WORKING IN LIKE CELLS FOR TWO WEEKS OR JUST UNDER TWO WEEKS. WE WERE SCHEDULED BE THERE FOR TWO WEEKS. AND ON FRIDAY, AT THE END

OF LAST, I WAS OPERATING IN AND ONE OF THE OPERATING THEATERS SAID ON A SERIOUS EXPLOSIVE BLAST INJURY TO A PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE ABDOMINAL INJURIES. AND I FINISHED AT ABOUT COURSE ,THREE AND CAME OUT OF THE OPERATING THEATER TO HEAR THAT THERE HAD BEEN A MISSILE ATTACK ON THE INTENSIVE CARE

UNIT OF AL-AQSA HOSPITAL. AND WERE RUMORS OF SNIPERS NEAR THE HOSPITAL KILLING CIVILIANS NEARBY. WE WENT BACK TO ACCOMMODATION THAT NIGHT AND EVERY EVENING WHEN WE’RE THERE, WE HAVE TO ALL OF GROUNDSTAFF LIAISE WITH THE WITH COGAT, WHICH IS PART OF THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE TO CHECK WHAT THE SECURITY IS LIKE FOR

THE FOLLOWING. AND WE ENTER VIA A DECONFLICT ZONE IN ORDER TO GO TO AL-AQSA. AND WE WERE TOLD THAT NIGHT BY COGAT THAT THE AREA WAS NO LONGER DE-CONFLICT. IT MEANING THAT THERE WOULD BE ISRAELI GROUND FORCES VERY TO HOSPITAL AND IT WAS NO LONGER SAFE FOR ANYONE TO GO

TO THE HOSPITAL. SO WE WERE FORCED TO WITHDRAW OUR SERVICES FROM THE HOSPITAL . THERE WAS ANOTHER TEAM FROM MEDICINE. SO FROM THE HOSPITAL, DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS, WHO ALSO WERE TO WITHDRAW. AND WE WERE THEREFORE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE OUR TWO WEEK MISSION. WE HAD TO WITHDRAW FOR THAT FOR

,THAT FOR LAST WEEK. >> AND WE LEFT GAZA ON MONDAY. AND IT JUST TOO DANGEROUS FOR YOU. SO YOU MENTIONED ONE OF YOUR PATIENTS IN PARTICULAR. TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR PATIENTS AND THE TYPES OF INJURIES YOU WERE TREATING AND ALSO THE CHALLENGES YOU FACED AS PATIENTS WERE

COMING IN BY THE MINUTE. >> SO I WAS WORKING MAINLY IN THE IN THE THEATER. ANOTHER COUPLE OF COLLEAGUES OF MINE WERE WORKING IN THE E.R. THERE I WAS DEALING ON THE SURGE, THE DEALS WITH ABDOMINAL AND AND CHEST DISEASE, MAINLY A CANCER SURGEON. AND BUT I WAS OBVIOUSLY DEALING

WITH EXCLUSIVELY TRAUMA. AND I WAS OPERATING ON PATIENTS WITH, MAJOR BLAST INJURIES TO THE ABDOMEN AND TO THE CHEST INVOLVING DAMAGE TO THE LUNGS, USUALLY BY SHRAPNEL. BUT ALSO BY BULLETS AND TO ALL THE ABDOMINAL ORGANS. AND THEY SOME OF THESE WERE CATASTROPHIC INJURIES IN TERMS OF VOLUME.

THEY WERE MUCH LESS THE OTHER INJURIES THAT THEY WERE SITTING IN THE AIR, WHICH WERE PARTICULAR TO SEVERE BURN INJURIES AND APPALLING INJURIES TO THE LEGS. MANY TRAUMATIC AMPUTATIONS THAT THE ORTHOPEDICS SURGEONS AND THE PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGEONS WERE VERY WITH THOSE PATIENTS. BUT THE SPECTRUM OF INJURIES WAS REALLY QUITE APPALLING,

LIKE NOTHING I’VE SEEN BEFORE. AND I DID SPEND SOME IN THE E.R. WHEN THERE WASN’T ANYONE TO ON AND SOME OF THE BURN INJURIES WE WERE SEEING, PARTICULARLY IN SMALL CHILDREN, WERE INDESCRIBABLY AWFUL. LET ME ASK YOU SINCE YOU WERE THERE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE REPORTING OVER AND OVER

AGAIN THAT THE EVEN THE IDF TELLS US THAT THERE ARE TERRORISTS THAT ARE WORKING UNDER THESE HOSPITALS AROUND, THESE HOSPITALS, THAT THESE HOSPITALS ARE BEING TARGETED BECAUSE OF THAT. DID YOU WITNESS THAT? DID DID YOU SEE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM HAMAS TERRORISTS OPERATING IN AROUND OR UNDER YOUR FACILITIES?

>> YOU WERE TRYING TO SAVE LIVES? >> NO, NOT AT ALL. AND I HAVE BEEN, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, FOLLOWING THIS VERY CAREFULLY SINCE THE SEVENTH, I HAVE BEEN TALKING ALMOST DAILY WITH COLLEAGUES IN GAZA THAT I KNOW WELL. I’VE BEEN GOING TO GAZA FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS TO TEACH AND TO

TREAT PATIENTS, PARTICULARLY IN SHEEP ALMOST, BUT ALSO SINCE OCTOBER THE SEVENTH, I’VE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES, AND I AM VERY CLEAR THAT NO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PROVIDED AT ALL THAT THESE HOSPITALS WERE BEING USED AS HAMAS COMMAND CENTERS. I WOULD STRESS THAT I HAVE NO

IDEA WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE TUNNELS UNDERNEATH GAZA CITY, SO I CANNOT COMMENT ON THAT. BUT CAN CERTAINLY COMMENT ON MY EXPERIENCE OF WORKING IN SHIFA HOSPITAL IN THE PAST AND MY CURRENT EXPERIENCE, THE TWO WEEKS OF BEING IN AL-AQSA HOSPITAL AND THERE HAS NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT THEY’VE

BEEN USED AS HAMAS COMMAND CENTERS. I WOULD REFUTE THAT EVIDENCE COMPLETELY. >> DOCTOR NICK MINYARD, SO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ALSO ALL YOU DID TO SAVE THE LIVES, ESPECIALLY THOSE CHILDREN, ALL THE INNOCENT FAMILIES THAT DON’T DESERVE WHAT’S GOING ON. APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND YOU. >> THANK YOU, DR..

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TRACKING FOR YOU THIS HOUR. ECUADOR’S ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT SAYING HIS COUNTRY IS AT WAR AS VIOLENCE IS JUST SWEEPING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE MOST BRAZEN ATTACK SEEN RIGHT HERE WHERE MORE THAN A DOZEN MASKED WITH GUNS STORMED A TV STATION DURING A LIVE BROADCAST. THE VIOLENCE COMES AFTER AN APPARENT PRISON ESCAPE.

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HIS FATHER, PRESIDENT BIDEN. THE CLOCK NOW TICKING. THE IOWA CAUCUSES. NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS GOING HEAD TO HEAD IN THE LAST DEBATE. THE STATE PICKS ITS REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. WHAT VOTERS WANT TO HEAR AND WHICH CANDIDATE STANDS TO BENEFIT THE MOST. ARMED GUNMEN STORMED, A NEWS STATION DURING A LIVE BROADCAST.

NOW ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT SAYS HIS COUNTRY IS AT WAR. WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR, THOSE ON CAPITOL HILL. HUNTER BIDEN MAKING THIS SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT THE HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARING ON WHETHER TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT. GOP MEMBERS SAY THAT HE WAS

BREAKING THE LAW FOR NOT SHOWING UP TO A CLOSED DOOR MEETING AFTER THEY SUBPOENAED HIM. THEN HE APPEARED AND DID THAT SURPRISE VISIT CAUSE CHAOS ? >> IF THE GENTLELADY WANTS TO HEAR FROM HUNTER BIDEN, WE CAN HEAR FROM HIM RIGHT NOW. MR. CHAIRMAN, LET’S TAKE A VOTE. AND.

WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID ON? HOLD ON. ORDER! ORDER! I BELIEVE HUNTER BIDEN SHOULD BE HELD COMPLETELY IN CONTEMPT. I THINK HE SHOULD BE HAULED TO JAIL RIGHT NOW. >> MR. BIDEN DOESN’T MAKE THE RULES. WE MAKE NOISE THAT. MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU MAKE THE RULES. AND THE RULE YOU MADE IS THAT

HE CAN CHOOSE. >> THAT WAS THE RULE. THOSE WERE YOUR THOSE. WE ARE WHAT WE. >> HE WAS. THE PRESIDENT’S SON SAYS THAT HE WILL ONLY TESTIFY AT A PUBLIC CALLING THE PROBE ILLEGITIMATE. LET’S BEGIN OUR JAY O’BRIEN CAPITOL HILL, ALSO SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY. BOTH OF THEM FOLLOWING

ALL ACTION UP THERE ON THE HILL. JAY, THIS WAS NOT ONLY A COMPLETE SHOCK TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BUT THE SHOCKING THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF SOME OF THEIR MOUTHS. >> PRETTY WILD. AND IT OPENED THE FLOODGATES FOR THOSE CLASHES HERE. I TALKED TO DEMOCRATS ON THIS COMMITTEE WHO DID NOT KNOW

HUNTER BIDEN WOULD STEP INTO THAT HEARING ROOM TODAY TO MARK UP THAT RESOLUTION THAT WOULD HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. MR. SPEAKER, THAT WAS SPEAKER JOHNSON WALKING BEHIND ME. GUYS, FORGIVE MY DISTRACTION THERE, BUT WHERE I. YES. SO I TALKED TO DEMOCRATS WHO SAID THAT THEY DIDN’T KNOW THAT HUNTER BIDEN WOULD

BE WALKING INTO THAT ROOM IN THAT HEARING THAT WOULD MARK UP A RESOLUTION TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS OR NOT . AND IT OPENED THE FLOODGATES FOR THOSE COMMENTS BECAUSE YOU HEARD, FOR INSTANCE, NANCY MACE, WHO GOT IN THAT TENSE EXCHANGE WITH JARED MOSKOWITZ OF FLORIDA, THAT HE PLAYED

VIDEO OF A QUESTION I’M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS ON TELEVISION A QUESTION HUNTER BIDEN’S MASCULINITY AT ONE POINT AND THEN SAY THAT SHE WANTED HIM HELD IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS, WHICH WAS, OF COURSE, THE REASON OF THAT ENTIRE PROCEEDING. AND THEN HUNTER BIDEN’S ALLIES SAY THAT HE WOULD ONLY TALK

TO THIS COMMITTEE IN A PUBLIC FORUM AND NOT THE KIND OF PRIVATE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS DEPOSITION THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD SOUGHT. AND THAT WAS THE POINT OF CONTENTION TODAY. EVEN HEARD DEMOCRATS JARED MOSKOWITZ SAYING, WE’VE GOT HIM IN THE ROOM, LET’S HAVE HIM TESTIFY RIGHT NOW. AND THEN, JIM COLMER, AGAIN,

YOU PLAYED SOUND OF THIS EXCHANGE SAYING THAT HUNTER BIDEN, IN A SENSE, NOT GOING TO SET THE TEMPO OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO HIS FATHER AND THAT HE WOULD ONLY COMPLY ON THEIR TERMS KYRA. SO YOU GET A VERY RARE SURPRISE IS TRUE SURPRISES HERE ON CAPITOL.

AND HIS PRESENCE INSIDE THAT HEARING TODAY WAS A SURPRISE. >> YEAH, IT SURE WAS. AND SO, AARON, LET’S JUST KIND OF BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT AND TALK ABOUT WHERE WE STAND NOW WITH HUNTER BIDEN’S LEGAL SAGA. UNLIKE THE POLITICAL CHAOS YOU AND JAKE DESCRIBED, KYRA. HIS LEGAL CASE FOLLOWS MORE PRESCRIBED PATTERNS.

AND TOMORROW, HUNTER BIDEN IS DUE IN A LOS ANGELES FEDERAL COURTROOM FOR AN ARRAIGNMENT ON TAX CHARGES THAT ACCUSED HIM OF FAILING TO PAY ABOUT $1.4 MILLION IN TAXES. THIS WAS BROUGHT BY A NOW SPECIAL COUNSEL, THE U.S. ATTORNEY IN DELAWARE, WHO WAS GIVEN SPECIAL COUNSEL STATUS TO INVESTIGATE HUNTER

BIDEN AND WHO, IN ADDITION TO A SEPARATE GUN RELATED CHARGES, HAS ACCUSED HIM OF FAILING TO PAY TAXES. HUNTER BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO ENTER A NOT GUILTY PLEA DURING A BRIEF APPEARANCE. IT’S UNCLEAR WHETHER HE WILL MAKE REMARKS, AS HE HAS ON CAPITOL HILL, BUT HIS LAWYER

HAS BEEN TRYING TO DISMISS THESE CHARGES, SAYING THAT THEY ARE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND THAT THEY’RE IMPROPER BECAUSE HUNTER BIDEN NOT ONLY ACKNOWLEDGED IT, BUT PAID ALL THE MONEY BACK. AND SO HE’S TRYING TO GET THESE CHARGES DISMISSED. BUT THIS JUST THE FIRST STEP IN WHAT COULD BE A LONG PROSECUTION HERE.

>> AND, JAY, YOU KNOW, THIS HEARING WAS ABOUT HOLDING HUNTER BIDEN IN IF HE IS FOUND GUILTY. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE PENALTIES THAT HE COULD FACE. AND WHAT DO YOU THINK? COULD THIS AFFECT HIS FATHER’S IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY IN ANY WAY? >> WELL, IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS HOLDS A PENALTY

FROM ANYWHERE FROM A MONTH TO A YEAR IN JAIL IF YOU’RE FOUND GUILTY AS WELL AS A MONETARY FINE. IT DOESN’T ALWAYS CARRY THAT MAXIMUM PENALTY. FOR INSTANCE, STEVE BANNON, WHEN HE DEFIED THE JANUARY SIX COMMITTEE SUBPOENA, FOR EXAMPLE, GOT ONLY ABOUT FOUR MONTHS IN JAIL, IF I RECALL. I MEAN, HE’S CHALLENGING

THAT RIGHT NOW. >> BUT REMEMBER, THAT IS A WAYS AWAY HERE. SO THE WAY THAT THIS PROCESS WORKS IS THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS ON TWO COMMITTEES HAVE TO REFER THIS RESOLUTION TO THE FULL HOUSE. THAT WAS WHAT THAT HEARING WAS ABOUT TODAY IN THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THE HOUSE JUDICIARY WAS ALSO

MARKING UP, AS THEY SAY, THIS RESOLUTION IN TANDEM WITH THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT WOULD THEN GET TRANSMITTED TO THE HOUSE FOR FULL VOTE. HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE A SLIM MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE. AND SO IF EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN GETS BEHIND THIS. THE EXPECTATION IS THAT IT PASS AND HUNTER BIDEN WOULD

THEN BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. AND ONLY THEN DOES THAT TRIGGER THE LEGAL AND COURT PROCEEDING OF ALL OF THIS, WHERE A U.S. ATTORNEY WOULD HAVE TO IMPANEL A GRAND JURY AND HAVE TO ASK THAT GRAND JURY WHETHER OR NOT CHARGES SHOULD BE BROUGHT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO AND ALSO THE COURT CASE OVER THIS IS A LONG OUT, BUT CERTAINLY THIS IS THE HARDEST TENSIONS HAVE GOTTEN BETWEEN HUNTER BIDEN AND THE BIDEN TEAM AND HOUSE CONDUCTING THIS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO THE PRESIDENT. SO FAR. >> OH, IT’S QUITE THE SHOW, JAY. ERIN, THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN GENTLEMEN.

SO THE EPICENTER OF THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IS IN IOWA RIGHT NOW. THE CAUCUSES JUST FIVE DAYS AWAY AND VOTERS THERE ARE PREPARING TO CAST THE FIRST BALLOTS OF THE 2024 ELECTION CYCLE DESPITE SOME PRETTY SNOWY WEATHER. TONIGHT, REPUBLICAN HOPEFULS HALEY AND RON DESANTIS WILL BE

THE ONLY ONES ON THAT DEBATE STAGE IN DES MOINES MAKING THEIR FINAL PITCH TO IOWA VOTERS. AND IT COMES AS A NEW POLL OUT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IS ACTUALLY SHOWING NIKKI HALEY CLOSING THE GAP WITH FRONTRUNNER DONALD TRUMP. >> THE FORMER PRESIDENT SITTING OUT TONIGHT’S GREAT DEBATE AS USUAL, COUNTERPROGRAMMING

AS USUAL TOWN HALL ON FOX NEWS. >> IT’S KIND OF A RINSE AND REPEAT, ISN’T IT? OUR ALEX PRESHA JOINS US NOW FROM DES MOINES ALONG WITH OUR DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR, AVERI HARPER. >> SO, ALEX, WHAT DO YOU THINK WE CAN EXPECT TONIGHT AND HOW IS THE WEATHER ACTUALLY,

EVERYTHING I KNOW, FOLKS, WE’RE NOT QUITE SURE HOW THIS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IMPACT WHO SHOWED AND WHO DIDN’T. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, KYRA. WELL, YOU SEE THEM PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES, THE SPIN ROOM HERE AS WE ARE ANTICIPATING THIS DEBATE LATER ON THIS EVENING. BUT I’M EXPECTING SOME FIREWORKS.

I MEAN, WE’VE SEEN THE POLLING BETWEEN GOVERNOR DESANTIS HERE AND NIKKI HALEY IN IOWA. THEY’RE SEPARATED JUST BY A COUPLE POINTS AT THIS POINT. AND SO THE STAKES HERE ARE INCREDIBLY HIGH. YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE POLITICAL CAPITAL THAT GOVERNOR DESANTIS HAS SPENT IN IOWA, THE MONEY WORKING TO GET THOSE ENDORSEMENTS,

THE ENDORSEMENT, GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS HERE, AND THEN ALSO ALL OF THE TRIPS HE’S HELD MORE THAN 130 EVENTS IN THE OF IOWA, TRYING TO BUILD UP THAT SUPPORT. AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THERE THAT ARE THAT ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO TO THOSE TWO CANDIDATES REALLY KIND OF FURTHER THEMSELVES

AND MAKING THAT CLOSING ARGUMENT. BUT AGAIN, YOU BROUGHT UP THIS WHETHER WE GOT A CHANCE TO TALK TO A VOTER, TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID. >> AND YOU SAID, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT I DON’T THINK I’M GOING TO I’VE DONE IT BEFORE AND JUST I’LL BE THEIR

CANDIDATE THAT YOU? >> I’M LEANING TOWARDS TRUMP. SO TWO THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME THERE. HIM FIRST SAYING THAT HE DOES NOT NECESSARILY PLAN TO CAUCUS, EVEN THOUGH HE IS A REPUBLICAN KYRA. >> WE’RE EXPECTING SUBZERO TEMPERATURES POTENTIALLY ON CAUCUS NIGHT, TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS NEGATIVE, WIND CHILLS

UP TO -20 IN SOME OF THE PARTS OF THE STATE. AND SO TURNOUT IS GOING TO BE KEY. AND THEN AT THE VERY END, YOU HEARD HIM SAYING THAT HE’S STILL HE STILL SUPPORTS PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> AND LISTEN, WE THAT TRUMP HAS ABOUT A 30 POINT LEAD HERE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE SAYING THAT LIKE, LOOK, TONIGHT MATTERS, BUT TRUMP’S PROBABLY GOING TO RUN AWAY WITH THIS. >> AND AVERY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP STILL HOLDS A COMMANDING LEAD OVER HALEY DESANTIS THERE IN IOWA, AS WE JUST MENTIONED. WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS

ALL MEANS FOR THE CANDIDATES TONIGHT? AND WHO DO YOU SEE? I KNOW HALEY IS AT LEAST THE ONE THAT’S BEEN MOVING MUCH FASTER THAN DESANTIS ON TRUMP. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE NUMBERS HERE, THE AND THE GRAPHICS, DO YOU THINK WE COULD SEE ANY SURPRISES? RIGHT.

THAT WILL REMAINS TO BE SEEN. IT’S GOING TO BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE BOTH HALEY AND DESANTIS ON STAGE TOGETHER ARE GOING ONE ON ONE. AND I THINK THAT’S GOING TO ALLOW FOR A LOT OF DEBATE ON THE ISSUES. LIKE YOU MENTIONED, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS FAR OUT

AHEAD OF BOTH OF THEM. AND SO IN MANY WAYS, IT FEELS LIKE A FOR SECOND PLACE. BUT THE FACT IS THERE ARE STILL UNDECIDED VOTERS HERE IN IOWA. AND THIS IS THEIR LAST CHANCE TO MAKE THAT CASE BEFORE. >> IOWANS GO TO CAUCUS ON MONDAY. SO, AVERY, HALEY HAS BEEN

HESITANT TO ATTACK TRUMP OUTRIGHT. I MEAN, SHE’S DEFINITELY SAID SOME THINGS THAT HE’D BE DANGER DANGEROUS TO, YOU KNOW, RUN THIS COUNTRY. BUT DO YOU THINK THIS STRATEGY HAS FOR HER? IT’S SORT OF FINE LINE SHE’S PLAYED. AND COULD WE HER MAYBE GO AFTER HIM A LITTLE MORE TOUGH WAY TONIGHT?

I DON’T THINK THAT NIKKI HALEY IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN ANY OF THE OTHER COMPETITORS IN THE FIELD OR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FORMER NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE RIGHT NOW IN THIS CURRENT REPUBLICAN PARTY IS VERY UNPOPULAR TO BE ANTI TRUMP. AND SO WE’VE SEEN NIKKI HALEY SPEAK ABOUT FORMER

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN A VERY CAREFUL WAY. DON’T THINK THAT WE SHOULD COUNT ON SEEING NIKKI HALEY GO TRUMP TONIGHT FROM THE DEBATE STAGE. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT SHE JUST SAID. SHE’S NOT GOING TO DO. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT SHE HAS BEEN GAINING MOMENTUM, NOT HERE IN IOWA, BUT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

AS WELL. >> SO IT’LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THINGS OUT. >> ALEX TRUMP, AS WE HAVE MENTIONED, WILL BE ABSENT FROM TONIGHT’S DEBATE. THAT’S WHAT HE’S DOING WITHIN ALL THESE DEBATES. HE’S GOING TO HAVE COUNTERPROGRAMMING AGAIN WITH THIS TOWN HALL ON FOX AND HE TOLD FOX THAT HE WANTED

TO START AT THE SAME TIME AS TONIGHT’S. >> NO SURPRISES IN ANY OF THAT . >> I’M SURE IT WAS JUST A COINCIDENCE, RIGHT. AT THIS POINT, THERE’S NOT A LOT OF INCENTIVE FOR, THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO SHARE THE DEBATE STAGE WITH ANY OF THESE CHALLENGERS. RIGHT.

I MEAN, HE’S GOT A THREE POINT LEAD HERE IN IOWA. >> AND SO YOU KNOW HIM BEING POSITIONED ALONGSIDE THEM, HIS CAMPAIGN PROBABLY FIGURED THAT IT ONLY GIVES THEM GIVE THEM A WAY TO KIND OF CHIP AWAY AT HIS LEAD. SO I THINK HE’S CONTENT WITH WITH STEERING THE ATTENTION ELSEWHERE. ALL RIGHT.

ALEX, AVERY, WE’LL BE TALKING AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY, OF COURSE, TOMORROW. AND WE’LL ALSO HAVE FULL COVERAGE, OF COURSE, OF THE IOWA CAUCUSES ON MONDAY, JANUARY 15TH, RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WELL, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON HIS WAY TO IOWA NOW AFTER WATCHING LAWYERS TAKE PRETTY

TOUGH QUESTIONS FROM A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT YESTERDAY. TRUMP’S TEAM ARGUING THE PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY PROTECTS HIM FROM ANYTHING RELATED, THE ELECTION AND JANUARY SIX, BUT THE JUDGES DIDN’T SEEM TO BUY IT. OUR CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT, PIERRE THOMAS HAS THE UPDATE FOR US. >> A DRAMATIC HEARING BEFORE A THREE JUDGE APPELLATE PANEL

ADDRESSING A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION WHETHER THE PRESIDENT IS IMMUNE FROM PROSECUTION FOR ANY TAKEN WHILE IN OFFICE. ONE OF THE JUDGES CHALLENGING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CALL FOR COMPLETE IMMUNITY BY RAISING A STUNNING HYPOTHETICAL COULD THE PRESIDENT ORDER SEAL TEAM SIX TO ASSASSINATE A POLITICAL RIVAL. >> THAT’S AN OFFICIAL ACT.

IN ORDER TO SEAL TEAM SIX, TRUMP’S ATTORNEY TO PUSH BACK, HE WOULD HAVE TO BE AND WOULD SPEEDILY BE IMPEACHED AND CONVICTED BEFORE THE CRIMINAL. >> THE JUDGE REFUSING TO LET GO. YES. NO. >> YES OR NO QUESTION. COULD A PRESIDENT WHO ORDERED TEAM SIX TO ASSASSINATE

A POLITICAL RIVAL WAS NOT IMPEACHED? HE’D BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IF HE WERE IMPEACHED AND CONVICTED FIRST. EXACTLY. YOUR ANSWER IS IS THE PROSECUTION POUNCING. >> WHAT KIND OF WORLD ARE WE LIVING IN? BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND, MY FRIEND ON THE OTHER SIDE TO SAY HERE, THE PRESIDENT ORDERS HIS SEAL

TEAM TO A POLITICAL RIVAL AND RESIGNS. FOR EXAMPLE, AN IMPEACHMENT, NOT A CRIMINAL PRESIDENT SELLS A PARDON RESIGNS OR IS NOT IMPEACHED, NOT A CRIME. I THINK THAT IS EXTRAORDINARILY FRIGHTENING. FUTURE. >> AND THE THREE JUDGE PANEL TWO APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN AND ONE BY PRESIDENT GEORGE HERBERT WALKER

BUSH APPEARED, RECEPTIVE TO THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S CLAIM THAT TRUMP, IN TRYING TO BLOCK BIDEN FROM BEING CERTIFIED AS PRESIDENT, WAS NOT ACTING IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY, BUT ON HIS OWN PERSONAL BEHALF AS A CANDIDATE FOR TRUMP’S MAINTAIN THAT THE PROSECUTIONS AGAINST HIM ARE BEING USED A POLITICAL WEAPON. AFTER THE HEARING,

TRUMP RAISING THE SPECTER OF VIOLENCE BY HIS SUPPORTERS. >> SHOULD HE LOSE HIS LEGAL CHALLENGES, THERE WILL BE BEDLAM. >> THE COUNTRY. IT’S A VERY BAD THING. IT’S A VERY BAD PRECEDENT. >> AS YOU SAID, IT’S THE OPENING OF A PANDORA’S BOX. TRUMP CONTINUED TO SPEW

ELECTION LIES ABOUT VOTER FRAUD AND DID NOT DENOUNCE OR RULE OUT THE POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE KYRA. >> ALL RIGHT, PIERRE THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. TO ECUADOR NOW, WHERE A NEWS STATION AT ITS STAFF. >> WE’RE NOT ONLY OFF GUARD, BUT TEMPORARILY HELD CAPTIVE AS 13 ARMED GUNMEN STORMED

THE TV STATION DURING A LIVE BROADCAST. ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT SAYING THAT HIS COUNTRY IS AT WAR, DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY AMID A WAVE OF VIOLENCE IN A COUNTRY LONG KNOWN AS ONE OF SOUTH AMERICA’S MOST PLACES. OUR MATT RIVERS HAS MORE. >> AUTHORITIES IN ECUADOR ARE INVESTIGATING A BRAZEN

ATTACK ON A PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION BY AN APPARENT ARMED GANG AS, QUOTE, ACTS OF TERRORISM. THE MASKED MEN SEEN HERE TYING CREW MEMBERS ON THE FLOOR, THREATENING THE STAFF, WAVING EXPLOSIVES AND GUNS. >> THEY WERE SCARED. STAFFERS INSIDE DESPERATELY PLEADING FOR THEIR LIVES. >> THE LIVE BROADCAST ROLLING

FOR ALMOST 15 MINUTES BEFORE GOING DARK. POLICE SURROUNDING THE AREA ARRESTING MORE THAN A DOZEN GUNMEN. >> THE SHOW’S DEPUTY DIRECTOR LATER SAYING THE ATTACK WAS, QUOTE EXTREMELY VIOLENT AND RELENTLESS. >> THIS INCIDENT, ONE OF MANY ACTS OF VIOLENCE, OCCURRED AFTER ECUADOR DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY MONDAY FOLLOWING

DISAPPEARANCE OF THE LEADER OF THE NOTORIOUS MOST JANEIRO’S GANG FROM HIS CELL IN A GUAYAQUIL PRISON. AND HERE ALL THIS VIOLENCE FORCING MANY PEOPLE IN ECUADOR TO MIGRATE NORTH. FACT LAST YEAR, U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION RECORDING ,MORECUADORIANS ARRIVING AT THE U.S. SOUTHWEST BORDER THAN ANY PRIOR. MEANWHILE, MULTIPLE U.S.

AIRLINES CANCELING FLIGHTS TO ECUADOR TODAY, INCLUDING AMERICAN AIRLINES SAYING IT’S FORCED TO CANCEL ITS FLIGHTS TO GUAYAQUIL. >> ALL RIGHT. MATT RIVERS, SO MUCH. WELL, THEY WENT TO GAZA TO COVER THE WAR. NOW THEIR DEATHS HAVE BECOME OUR STORY. HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES NOW DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY AS WE

SADLY REPORT ON THE RECORD NUMBER OF JOURNALISTS KILLED IN ISRAEL’S WAR AGAINST HAMAS. OUR PATRICK RINGLE NOW WITH HIS SPECIAL REPORT ON THE DEADLY IMPACT THIS WAR IS HAVING ON OUR OWN PRESS CORPS. >> WELL, I THINK IT WAS SUIT ON ISRAEL’S WAR IN GAZA HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY DEADLY FOR JOURNALISTS.

AT LEAST 79 HAVE BEEN KILLED IN JUST OVER THREE MONTHS, ACCORDING TO THE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS. >> I WAS TOLD THAT ANY CONFLICT SINCE THE CPJ’S STARTED COLLECTING RECORDS THREE DECADES AGO, THE DEATHS WERE OF ISRAELI JOURNALISTS KILLED AS HAMAS RAMPAGED THROUGH SOUTHERN ISRAEL DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS.

>> THEN ISRAEL BEGAN ITS MILITARY OPERATION IN RESPONSE. >> REUTERS PHOTOJOURNALIST ABDALLAH AMONG THE FIRST KILLED. >> HE WAS FILMING WITH A GROUP OF JOURNALISTS AT THE LEBANON ISRAELI BORDER. >> THEN AN ISRAELI TANK FIRED INTO THE VIDEO, CAPTURING THE MOMENT THE TANK HITTING THEM A SECOND TIME. SIX OTHER JOURNALISTS INJURED,

REUTERS AND AFP, AS WELL AS HUMAN WATCH AND REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION SHOW, THE GROUP, WERE DELIBERATELY FIRED ON. DEMANDING ANSWERS FROM ISRAEL. >> WE CALL ON ISRAEL TO EXPLAIN HOW COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND TO HOLD TO ACCOUNT THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH. >> THE IDF SAYING WAS

RESPONDING TO ANTI-TANK FIRE IN THE AREA AND IS INVESTIGATING. >> BUT THE DEADLIEST TOLL BY FAR FOR JOURNALISTS IS IN GAZA. 72 KILLED. JOURNALISTS REPORTING THERE AS THEIR OWN LIVES ARE UPENDED. WELL, DO AL JAZEERA’S BUREAU CHIEF HAS LOST SEVERAL MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY IN ISRAELI STRIKES SINCE OCTOBER,

INCLUDING HIS WIFE, SON, DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON. >> LAST WEEK, HIS SON, HAMZA, ALSO A JOURNALIST, WAS KILLED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON HIS CAR. >> THE IDF SAYING HE AND TWO OTHER REPORTERS HAD LOOKED LIKE TERRORISTS WITH A DRONE. >> HANDS UP. HAMZA WAS MY SOUL. DUDU SAYS.

BUT THIS PAIN WON’T DETER US FROM CONTINUING. >> IN DECEMBER, DUDU HIMSELF WAS INJURED BY ISRAELI STRIKE THE DAY AFTER HE WAS BACK ON AIR AGAIN. ANOTHER PHOTO JOURNALIST WAS REPORTEDLY KILLED IN GAZA TODAY WORKING FOR THE PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT. PUT JOURNALISTS ARE BEING KILLED AT A SPEED AND SCALE

IN GAZA RIGHT NOW BEYOND ANYTHING WE’VE SEEN REALLY IN RECENT CONFLICTS, KYRA ALL RIGHT, PATRICK REEVELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> AND COMING UP, OF THE COUNTRY BATTERED BY SEVERE STORMS AS ANOTHER ROUND OF WICKED WEATHER HEADS WAY. >> YOUR FORECAST NEXT. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE

ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSION. FRANK. FOR UKRAINE REPORTING FOR

THE EARTHQUAKE. TURKEY IN ROLLING FORWARD THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN IS 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 STORY FROM THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL,

THE GAZA STRIP AND BEIRUT, FROM THE FBI BEFORE HE PUT THE HORSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON. STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. THE STORY IS WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE,

YOU’RE STREAMING, ABC LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> I HAVE A THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S OUR SECRET WORLD. WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THE CAMERAS. AS LONG AS THE CAMERAS, THESE

ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED SIMPLY BECAUSE REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE IN ANYWHERE. >> WOW. ARE YOU READY? LET’S DO IT. YES, IT’S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHAT WOULD DO. IT HAPPENS. GO.

HOW ARE YOU? YEAH. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING? SATURDAY IS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO. >> I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON NEWS LIVE I NOW SO OF THE COUNTRY IS EITHER CLEANING UP

OR DRYING OFF AFTER GETTING WALLOPED BY EXTREME WEATHER, SEVERE WIND AND EVEN MULTIPLE TORNADOES TOUCHING DOWN IN PARTS OF FLORIDA NOW WE’RE LOOKING AT DANGEROUS SNOWY CONDITIONS IN THE MIDWEST. WELL, PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST LEFT REELING FROM ALL THAT TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLOODING. AND GUESS WHAT? >> NOT DONE WITH YET ANOTHER

ROUND OF EXTREME WEATHER HEADED TO EXACTLY WHERE SOMARA THEODORE IS GOING TO TELL US IS TOMORROW. THIS IS ANOTHER CROSS-COUNTRY STORM AND IT’S COMING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. HAVE SOME TIME, ABOUT ANOTHER 24 HOURS BEFORE REALLY GET STARTED GOING. BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE STORM THAT’S LEAVING. YOU SAW.

THE IMAGES THERE, IT WREAKED HAVOC THROUGHOUT PARTS OF THE SOUTH. WELL, IT’S LEAVING IN ITS WAKE. VERY GUSTY CONDITIONS. WIND GUSTS OF 40, 50 MILES PER HOUR. IT’S A VERY BUSY DAY FOR A LOT OF FOLKS LIVING IN THE NORTHEAST. THE OTHER THING VERY HIGH RIVERS. WE’RE LOOKING MAJOR RIVER

FLOODING HERE OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. >> THIS COMES BEHIND THE STORM SYSTEM. >> NOT ONLY DO WE SEE AROUND THREE INCHES OF RAIN, BUT WE ALSO HAD THE MELTING SNOW FROM THIS STORM TO THAT, IF YOU REMEMBER. SO AS A RESULT, WE ARE SEEING MAJOR FLOODING RIGHT NOW.

SO HERE’S A STORM KARA WAS TALKING ABOUT, STARTS IN THE NORTHWEST. IT RIDES THROUGH THE ROCKIES IN THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY, REALLY BECOMING MORE ROBUST ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND THEN HITTING THE I-95 QUARTER BY FRIDAY NIGHT. SO LITTLE ROCK, SHREVEPORT, THURSDAY NIGHT, BEYOND ALERT,

YOU ALL ARE IN FOR THE THREAT FOR STRONG STORMS, MAYBE A FEW TORNADOES. BY FRIDAY. WE SEE THE HIGHEST TORNADO THREAT STRETCHING FROM MONTGOMERY, MIDDLE GEORGIA, COLUMBUS RIGHT ON UP INTO COLUMBIA, MACON CHARLESTON AND PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA THERE. >> SO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THOSE CELL PHONES ON GO AND THE

ALERTS ARE READY TO GO BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE TORNADOES COULD BE HAPPENING AFTER SUNSET. >> AND THEN FINALLY AFTER THAT MOVES OUT, WE’RE LOOKING AT REALLY COLD SINKING IN AS FAR SOUTH AS TEXAS IT’S GOING TO START ON SATURDAY. AND THEN BY TUESDAY, POTENTIALLY WE COULD BE LOOKING

AT SINGLE DIGITS IN TEXAS, EVEN COLDER THAN LIKE WASHINGTON, D.C. AND NEW YORK KYRA. >> ALL WE’LL KEEP TRACKING IT WITH YOU TOMORROW. THANK YOU. AND COMING UP, BOEING CEO BREAKS HIS SILENCE, HIS MESSAGE TO SHAREHOLDERS AFTER THE FAA GROUNDS MORE THAN 100 BOEING AIRPLANES. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE

WITH THE OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND, A REFUGEE CENTER IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA. THE GROUND IN UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL DESTRUCTIVE FORCE STORM ON I-5. BOSTON IS IN THE BULL’S EYE. >> ABC NEWS LIVE, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, STREAMING 24/7.

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TODAY AFTER TRUMP’S LAWYERS OBJECTED TO THE JUDGE’S TO LIMIT ARGUMENTS TO WHAT IS PERMISSIBLE IN COURT. THOSE ARGUMENTS SET FOR TOMORROW IN THE TRIAL THAT COULD TRUMP HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PENALTIES AND STRIP HIM OF HIS ABILITY TO DO BUSINESS IN NEW YORK. TRUMP CONTINUES TO DENY ALL ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM

INVESTORS, INVESTIGATORS, RATHER, APPARENTLY LOOKING INTO JAILHOUSE MADE BY THE MAN CHARGED IN THE 1996 MURDER MURDER OF RAPPER SHAKUR. SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS THAT THEY’RE LOOKING INTO WHETHER DUANE DAVIS MAY HAVE BEEN PLOTTING HARM. WITNESSES COOPERATING IN THE TRIAL, PROSECUTORS POINT TO A CALL THAT HAPPENED BACK IN

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THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS MICHAEL FOR THE NEW EXCLUSIVES KEEPS ROOM WITH ABC LANCE TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE HUNTER SURPRISE APPEARANCE ON CAPITOL HILL SHOCKING HOUSE REPUBLICANS AT THE HEARING TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT.

SHOUTS OF AND THE EPITOME OF WHITE PRIVILEGE FROM GOP COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WHAT’S NEXT FOR HUNTER AND HIS FATHER’S IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY? WE’RE LIVE AT THE CAPITOL. THE CLOCK IS TICKING IN CAUCUSES. NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS GO HEAD TO HEAD IN LAST DEBATE BEFORE THE STATE PICKS ITS REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.

WHAT WANT TO HEAR AND WHICH CANDIDATE STANDS TO BENEFIT THE MOST? THE WORST THING HE’S EVER ENCOUNTERED IN HIS ENTIRE CAREER. ONE SURGEON FROM THE U.K. SPEAKS US SPEAKS TO US ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA. HEAR WHAT HE SAYS HE WITNESSED AND WHY HE WAS FORCED TO FLEE. GOOD AFTERNOON.

>> I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR, FIREWORKS ON CAPITOL HILL. HUNTER BIDEN MAKING A SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT THE HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARING ON WHETHER TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT. GOP MEMBERS SAY HE’S BREAKING THE LAW FOR NOT SHOWING UP AT A CLOSED DOOR MEETING AFTER THEY SUBPOENA HIM.

BOY, DID THAT SURPRISE VISIT CAUSE CHAOS. IF THE KETTLE LADY WANTS TO HEAR FROM HUNTER BIDEN, WE CAN HEAR FROM HIM RIGHT NOW. MR. CHAIRMAN, TAKE A VOTE AND HEAR FROM HUNTER BIDEN. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? OH, RIGHT ON. >> HOLD A CORNER ORDER. I BELIEVE THAT HUNTER

BIDEN SHOULD BE HELD COMPLETELY IN CONTEMPT. >> I THINK HE SHOULD BE HAULED OFF TO JAIL RIGHT NOW. >> MR. BIDEN DOESN’T MAKE THE RULES. WE KNOW THAT. MR. CHAIRMAN. YOU MAKE THE RULES. AND THE RULE YOU MADE IS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE THOSE RULE.

>> THOSE WERE YOUR THOSE WE ARE CLAIMING HE WAS BANNED FOR. >> THE PRESIDENT’S SON SAYS THAT HE WILL ONLY TESTIFY IN A PUBLIC FORUM CALLING THE PROBE ILLEGITIMATE. >> OUR JAY O’BRIEN IS ON CAPITOL HILL WITH MORE. THIS REALLY THREW EVERYONE FOR A LOOP, EVEN THE CAMERAS IN THE HEARING ROOM.

>> YEAH, AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS CURE. BUT THERE ARE SO FEW TRUE SURPRISES IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND CERTAINLY SO FEW TRUE SURPRISES ON CAPITOL HILL, SOMETHING THAT NO ONE REALLY WAS AWARE OF PRIOR TO IT HAPPENING. >> THIS ONE OF THOSE GENUINE SURPRISES TODAY. HUNTER BIDEN’S APPEARANCE IN ESSENTIALLY THE GALLERY

OF THIS HEARING THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY TO LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT HE SHOULD BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS FOR DEFYING THAT SUBPOENA AND NOT TESTIFYING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND INSTEAD SAYING THAT HE WOULD ONLY TESTIFY BEFORE THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, PART OF THIS ONGOING IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO

HIS FATHER IN A PUBLIC SETTING. I TALKED TO DEMOCRATS ON THIS HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WHO TOLD ME THEY HAD NO IDEA BIDEN WOULD BE IN THE ROOM TODAY. AND CERTAINLY FOR THAT SOUND JUST PLAYED. HIS PRESENCE CAUSED SOME FIREWORKS IN HAD REPUBLICANS SAYING THAT HE WAS NOT ABOVE THE LAW.

AND NANCY MACE SAYING, THAT HE WAS SHE WAS SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO HUNTER BIDEN WHEN SHE WAS GIVING HER REMARKS. >> AND THEN DEMOCRATS SAYING TO THE REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES. HUNTER BIDEN SITTING HERE IN THE ROOM, LET’S DO THIS DEFICIT, LET’S DO THIS TESTIMONY, RATHER, IN A PUBLIC LIKE HUNTER BIDEN WANTS,

AND REPUBLICANS SAYING THAT THEY’RE NOT GOING TO LET BIDEN DICTATE THE TEMPO OF THEIR ONGOING INVESTIGATION. SO CERTAINLY PANDEMONIUM AGAIN, CERTAINLY A SURPRISE, BUT NOT SOMETHING NOT GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IN TERMS OF REPUBLICANS DESIRE TO HOLD HUNTER BIDEN IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS KYRA.

>> SO TESTIMONY IS TIED TO THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO HIS FATHER, PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHICH, BY THE WAY, STILL HAS NO CONCRETE EVIDENCE THAT BIDEN PARTICIPATED IN ANY WRONGDOING. SO LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT CRUCIAL IS THIS TESTIMONY ANYWAY. >> WELL, THIS PROBABLY THE MAIN TESTIMONY THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAW AS PART OF THIS

ONGOING INQUIRY, AT LEAST AS OF RIGHT NOW. AND THIS IS THE MAIN TESTIMONY THAT THEY HAVEN’T GOT. AND AGAIN, THEY WANTED HUNTER BIDEN TO GO BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN A CLOSED DOOR DEPOSITION LIKE EVERY OTHER WITNESS SO FAR IN THIS INQUIRY HAS DONE AND BE DEPOSED THAT WAY. THAT’S PRETTY STANDARD FOR

CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS, STARTING WITH A DEPOSITION AND THEN POTENTIALLY MOVING ON TO A PUBLIC HEARING. HUNTER BIDEN AND HIS ALLIES SAID THAT BIDEN WOULD NOT BE DOING THAT BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT WHAT HUNTER BIDEN SAID BEHIND THOSE CLOSED DOORS WHERE THERE ARE NO CAMERAS TO BE MISCHARACTERIZED BY WHO WERE COMING OUT OF THAT

ROOM AND SAYING WHAT HE SAID BEHIND, THOSE CLOSED DOORS. AND THAT’S WHY HUNTER BIDEN NOT SHOWING UP AT SCHEDULED DEPOSITION IS WHY WE ARE HERE NOW WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HUNTER BIDEN BEING HELD IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. >> THE NEXT STEPS ARE THIS HAS TO GO THROUGH THESE TWO COMMITTEES THAT ARE

CONSIDERING THIS ISSUE, THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THE HOUSE COMMITTEE. IT THEN HAS TO BE VOTED ON BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THEN COULD IT BE HEARD FOR SOME KIND OF JUDICIAL ACTION, KYRA ALL RIGHT. WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT. APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU.

SO IT’S DOWN TO THE WIRE IN IOWA IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE NOW. THE CAUCUSES JUST FIVE DAYS AWAY. VOTERS PREPARING TO CAST FIRST BALLOTS OF THE 2024 ELECTION CYCLE, DESPITE SOME SNOWY WEATHER. TONIGHT, REPUBLICAN HOPEFULS NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS WILL BE THE ONLY ONES ON THAT

DEBATE STAGE IN DES MOINES MAKING THEIR FINAL TO THE IOWA VOTERS. IT COMES AS A NEW POLL OUT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SHOWS NIKKI HALEY ACTUALLY CLOSING THE GAP WITH FRONTRUNNER TRUMP. FORMER PRESIDENT AGAIN SITTING OUT TONIGHT’S DEBATE COUNTERPROGRAMMING WITH A TOWN HALL ON FOX NEWS. AT THE SAME TIME, ALEX PRESHA

ONCE AGAIN JOINS US FROM DES MOINES ALONG WITH FIVETHIRTYEIGHT’S GALEN DRUKE. SO, ALEX, LET’S JUST START WITH YOU AND TALK ABOUT THE ENERGY THERE IN IOWA AHEAD OF THE DEBATE. WHAT’S IT LIKE WHAT VOTERS TO HEAR TONIGHT? >> EIGHT YEARS. SO THEY’RE PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES, A SPIN

ROOM HERE AS WE PREPARE FOR THIS DEBATE BETWEEN NIKKI AND RON DESANTIS TONIGHT. >> WE ACTUALLY JUST GOT A CHANCE TO DO A WALK THROUGH OF THAT DEBATE STAGE HERE AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY. THAT WILL BE ABOUT 200 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT LEADING INTO TONIGHT, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE

THE RACE BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD IN THIS HOUR, POLLING BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD PLACE HERE IN IOWA IS, VERY, VERY CLOSE. >> IT SEEMED TO SANDERS AND HALEY SEPARATED BY JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS THERE. AND SO THE STAKES HERE ARE REALLY AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT ALL WEEK WE’VE BEEN

TALKING TO IOWANS, IOWA REPUBLICANS, WHO HAVE SAID THAT, LOOK, AT THIS POINT, THEY A SENSE OF THE BROAD GENERAL ISSUES AND WHO THEY KIND OF, KIND OF SUPPORT. BUT THIS WILL BE A CHANCE TONIGHT WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THEM TO TO DIVE IN ON ON ON THAT SECOND AND THIRD TIER

OF ISSUES. WE TALKED TO ONE PERSON YESTERDAY WHO WAS AT A HALEY EVENT AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS HOPING TO HEAR HER TALK MORE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. AND SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COMES UP TONIGHT. AND CERTAINLY THERE HAVE BEEN FOLKS THROUGHOUT WEEK WHO WILL CHALLENGE TO SANDERS

AND WONDERED, YOU KNOW, WHY HASN’T HE HIT PRESIDENT TRUMP? I KNOW. BUT AS YOU BROUGHT THIS UP. YES THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT TONIGHT. STILL. IT’S CLEAR THAT THEY’RE JUST TOO CANDIDATES ON THE STAGE AND YOU HAVE COUNTERPROGRAMMING GOING ON. YOU HAVE THE BACKGROUND. SWAMPY, WHO WAS HE WAS

BASICALLY SAYING THAT THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN’T THIS DEBATE. >> SO SO THAT’S PLAYING OUT AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. SO, GALEN, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP STILL A COMMANDING LEAD OVER HALEY AND DESANTIS THERE IN IOWA. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE CANDIDATES TONIGHT? JUST LAY OUT WHAT’S STAKE HERE.

>> YEAH, IT MEANS IF THEY HAVE CHANCE OF WINNING THE IOWA CAUCUS AT ALL, THEY’VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. SO JUST TO PUT SOME NUMBERS TO IT, TRUMP IS AT ABOVE 50% IN THE AVERAGE OF POLLS RIGHT NOW AT ABOUT 51%. DESANTIS IS AT ABOUT 17%.

AND HALEY AT ABOUT 16%. AND SO WHAT THEY HAVE DO IS ONE OF TWO THINGS. ONE, THEY EITHER HAVE TO WIN SUPPORT TRUMP BECAUSE HE’S GOT A MAJORITY RIGHT NOW. AND THAT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO DO BECAUSE HE’S ON STAGE OR THEY HAVE TO EXPAND THE POPULATION OF IOWANS

WHO TURN OUT TO CAUCUS BEYOND WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS. BOTH OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY TOUGH. I MEAN, WHEN IT COMES TO EXPANDING THE POPULATION OF IOWANS WHO MIGHT CAUCUS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM BEHIND ME, THE WEATHER IS VERY SNOWY. IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET COLDER HERE.

SO IT’S NOT PROBABLY THE KIND OF ENVIRONMENT WHERE A LOT OF FIRST TIME CAUCUS GOERS MIGHT RAISE THE CHILLY WEATHER. AND BASED ON POLLING SO FAR, FIRST TIME CAUCUS GOERS ARE ACTUALLY MORE LIKELY TO SUPPORT THAN PREVIOUS CAUCUS GOERS. SO THEY REALLY HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM, WHICH IS TO

TAKE ATTENTION AWAY FROM TRUMP, KEEP IT ON THEM, AND REALLY ENGAGE THE IOWAN PUBLIC. >> SO, GALEN, CONSIDERING THE SCALE OF TRUMP’S LEAD RIGHT NOW IN, IOWA, HOW BIG OF AN UPSET WOULD IT BE? THINGS DIDN’T WORK OUT FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT? >> IT’S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION, CAROL.

SO RIGHT NOW, TRUMP LEADS BY MORE THAN 30 PERCENTAGE POINTS IN THE AVERAGE OF POLLS. >> THERE HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF THE MODERN IOWA, WHICH DATE BACK TO THE 1970S, THAT SOMEBODY WITH THIS KIND OF A LEAD HAS GONE ON TO LOSE THE IOWA CAUCUSES.

SO AT THIS POINT, IT MAY A LOT ABOUT AN EXPECTATIONS GAME THAT TRUMP MATCHES POLLING THAT HE EXCEEDED THAT THEY COME UP SHORT BECAUSE THAT COULD MAYBE IT ISN’T TO CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF WHETHER HE’S ON TRACK TO WIN THE NOMINATION, BUT IT COULD CHANGE HOW LONG THE PRIMARY LASTS IF THIS GETS

TRULY COMPETITIVE. BUT I WANT TO PUT A FINER POINT ON THIS, TOO. HE’S NOT JUST LEADING HERE IN IOWA NATIONALLY. HE’S LEADING BY 50 PERCENTAGE POINTS OR SO. HE’S LEADING BY ABOUT 50 PERCENTAGE POINTS NATIONALLY. AND ON TOP OF THAT, HE HAS HIGHER FAVORABLE RATINGS THAN HALEY AND DESANTIS.

HE HAS A LOT MORE ENDORSEMENTS THERE. AND SENATOR JOHN BARRASSO, ONE OF THE LEADING REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE, ENDORSED HIM LAST NIGHT. >> HE HAS A LOT OF SORT OF MOTOR GOING BEHIND HIM, HEADING INTO THESE CAUCUSES. SO IT WOULD BE A HUGE UPSET AT THIS POINT IF HE DOES NOT

END UP WINNING THIS PRIMARY. ALL RIGHT, ALEX GALEN, WE WILL BE FOLLOWING AND WATCHING TONIGHT. WE’LL FULL COVERAGE OF THE IOWA CAUCUSES NEXT MONDAY AS WELL. JANUARY 15TH, RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WELL, BOEING CEO IS NOW ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE COMPANY’S MISTAKE DIDN’T HAPPEN, DID INDEED HAPPEN AFTER

A CABIN DOOR FELL OUT OF AN ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT LAST WEEK AND SENT IT FLYING WHILE A FLIGHT WAS ENROUTE. THE ADMISSION COMES AS WE’RE HEARING NEW DETAILS FROM PASSENGERS ON THAT JET. NOW, OUR NEWS TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT, GIO BENITEZ, HAS THE LATEST. THE STARK ADMISSION FROM BOEING’S CEO AFTER THAT DOOR

FLEW OFF ITS ALASKA AIRLINES JET AT 16,000 FEET. >> WE’RE GOING TO APPROACH THIS NUMBER ONE, ACKNOWLEDGING HONESTLY. WE’RE GOING APPROACH IT WITH 100% WITH COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY. EVERY OF THE WAY. >> CEO DAVE CALHOUN, EMOTIONAL AS HE ADDRESSED EMPLOYEES TUESDAY. >> THIS STOPPED MATTERS. EVERYTHING MATTERS. >> EVERY DIPLOMATS.

BOEING SAYS NOW WORKING WITH THE NTSB AND FAA TO MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. >> THE COMPANY REVISING ITS FINAL INSPECTION PROTOCOLS TO THE FAA FOR THOSE 171 GROUNDED MAX, NINE JETS THAT HAVE DOOR PLANES. THE FAA SAYING THEY WILL GROUNDED FOR NOW AND THAT THE SAFETY OF THE FLYING PUBLIC

,NOT SPEED, WILL DETERMINE THE TIMELINE FOR RETURNING THE BOEING 37 NINE MAX TO SERVICE. THIS AS WE LEARN STUNNING DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT ALASKA AIRLINES JET FRIDAY. >> THEY LOOKED OVER AND HOW HIS HANDS AND THE THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DIE, SAY SOME ROOM.

HER 12 YEAR OLD SON DESIRE WAS SITTING IN THE ROW RIGHT BEHIND THE DOOR WHEN IT FLEW OFF, TAKING JOSIAH’S PHONE AND STUFFED ANIMAL WITH IT. >> YOU SEE A BIG BOOM SOUND FOR LIKE ONE SECOND. AND THEN YOU JUST FEEL AND HEAR A LOT OF AIR BLOWING AROUND, SCREAMING FOR AIR.

>> AND THE MOTHER OF THE 15-YEAR-OLD WHO LOST HIS SHIRT TELLING THE SEATTLE TIMES AS THE AIR CABIN DEPRESSURIZED, SHE SAW HER SON’S SEAT BEING BACK TOWARD THE HOME, SAYING, QUOTE, I REACHED OVER AND GRABBED HIS BODY AND PULLED HIM TOWARDS ME OVER THE ARMREST. I NOT REALIZE UNTIL AFTER

THE FLIGHT THAT HIS CLOTHING HAD BEEN TORN OFF OF HIS UPPER BODY. SHE SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A BOMB EXPLODING. ALSO ON THE PLANE, THREE BABIES THAT WERE SITTING ON LAPS AND FOUR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS, THE YOUNGEST OF WHICH WAS BY. AND OUR THANKS TO JOE FOR THAT. WHILE MUCH OF THE COUNTRY

IS EITHER CLEANING UP OR, DRYING OFF AFTER GETTING WALLOPED BY EXTREME WEATHER, SEVERE WIND AND MULTIPLE TORNADOES TOUCHING DOWN IN PARTS OF FLORIDA. AND NOW WE’RE LOOKING AT DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MIDWEST. WHILE PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST ARE LEFT REELING FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLOODING. AND WE’RE NOT DONE.

GET READY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF EXTREME WEATHER. >> OUR SOMARA THEODORE HAS MORE FOR US TOMORROW. WHAT DO YOU KNOW. >> WE ARE DEFINITELY GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER MAKING ITS WAY IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. BUT THE STORM THAT WE SAW OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS IS NOW EXITING IN ITS WAKE, STILL

LEAVING BEHIND VERY STRONG WINDS. YOU WALK OUTSIDE IN THE NORTHEAST THIS THIS AFTERNOON. IT’S VERY BREEZY OUT THERE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR. THE OTHER THING THAT IT’S LEAVING IN ITS WAKE. ELEVATED RIVER FLOODING. SO OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS, 48 HOURS.

WE ANTICIPATE MAJOR RIVER FLOODING. >> HAVE TO THINK. WE GOT THREE INCHES OF RAIN ROUGHLY. AND THEN YOU COMPOUND THAT WITH THE MELTING SNOW THAT WE SAW FROM THE PREVIOUS STORM AND THAT JUST EXACERBATED THE RIVERS THERE. AND AS RESULT, WE HAVE FLOODING. SO WHAT’S NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT? AND NIGHT?

>> WE’RE GEARING UP FOR OUR NEXT ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS. IF YOU LIVE IN LITTLE ROCK, SHREVEPORT, LUFKIN. >> THURSDAY NIGHT, YOU COULD SEE DAMAGING WINDS, EVEN A FEW TORNADOES AND FLASH FLOODING. >> THEN BY FRIDAY, FROM MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, INTO COLUMBUS, MIDDLE GEORGIA, RIGHT ON UP INTO COLUMBIA,

CAROLINA, AND PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THAT IS THE HIGHEST TORNADO THREAT THAT WE HAVE THERE. THAT COMES IN FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING. THOSE NOCTURNAL TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. AND I’LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS, KYRA, AFTER THE STORM GOES OUT. >> TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY IS GOING TO BE CALLED FRIGID

BY JANUARY 16TH, POTENTIALLY, WE COULD BE COLDER IN TEXAS THAN WE ARE IN NEW YORK CITY. OH, MY GOSH. >> ALL RIGHT. WE’LL KEEP TALKING TOMORROW. THANK. >> WELL, COMING UP, THEY WERE THERE TO COVER THE STORY, BUT THEY THEIR LIVES TRYING TO TELL IT. DOZENS OF JOURNALISTS KILLED IN GAZA.

NOW, HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS ARE DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY. >> TONIGHT, CAN GOP HOPEFULS SHRINK THE GAP WITH THE FRONTRUNNER? THE COUNTDOWN PLUS, KEEPING AN EYE ON THE BACK TO BACK STORMS THREATENING MILLIONS MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION . “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR.

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ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD NOW ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WINNER OF THE GRACIE AWARD FOR BEST NEWS PROGRAM IN ALL OF TELEVISION AT STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WE ARE GOING. >> I WAS TERRIFIED. >> IT WAS JUST A TRAUMATIC NIGHTMARE.

PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THESE WERE WANTED BABIES. 18 FACING LIFE, DEATH, MEDICAL CONDITIONS, THEIR LIVES NOW OUT OF THEIR CONTROL. I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO DIE. OUR LIVES AND OUR HEALTH ARE. >> I WOULDN’T WISH THIS UPON MY WORST ENEMY. DIANE SAWYER RACHEL SCOTT ON THE BRINK NOW STREAMING

ON HULU, ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME, THE WINNER OF THE GRACIE AWARD FOR BEST NEWS IN ALL OF TELEVISION AT STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE GLAD YOU’RE ARE STREAMING WITH US. WELL, THEY WENT TO GAZA TO COVER THE WAR. NOW THEIR DEATHS HAVE BECOME OUR STORY.

HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES DEMANDING ACCOUNTABLE BODY NOW AS WE SADLY REPORT ON THE RECORD NUMBER OF JOURNALISTS KILLED ISRAEL’S WAR AGAINST HAMAS. OUR PATRICK REEVELL NOW WITH SPECIAL REPORT ON THE DEADLY IMPACT THIS WAR IS HAVING ON OUR OWN CORPS. >> WELL, ISRAEL’S WAR IN GAZA HAS EXTRAORDINARILY DEADLY FOR JOURNALISTS.

AT LEAST 79 HAVE BEEN KILLED IN JUST OVER MONTHS, ACCORDING TO THE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS. >> I WANT TO PLAY IS TOLD THAT ANY CONFLICT SINCE THE CPA STARTED RECORDS THREE DECADES AGO. >> THE FIRST DEATHS ARAB ISRAELI JOURNALISTS KILLED AS HAMAS RAMPAGED THROUGH SOUTHERN ISRAEL DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS.

>> THEN ISRAEL BEGAN ITS MILITARY OPERATION IN RESPONSE . >> REUTERS PHOTOJOURNALIST ISSAM ABDALLAH AMONG THE FIRST KILLED. >> HE WAS FILMING WITH A GROUP OF JOURNALISTS, THE LEBANON ISRAELI BORDER. >> THEN ISRAELI TANK FIRED INTO THEM. >> VIDEO CAPTURING MOMENT, THE TANK HITTING THEM A SECOND TIME. >> SIX OTHER JOURNALISTS

INJURED, REUTERS AND AFP, AS WELL AS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, SAY THEIR INVESTIGATIONS SHOW THE GROUP WERE DELIBERATELY FIRED ON DEMANDING ANSWERS FROM ISRAEL. >> WE CALL ON ISRAEL TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND TO HOLD TO ACCOUNT THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS. >> THE IDF SAYING IT WAS

RESPONDING TO ANTI-TANK IN THE AREA AND IS INVESTIGATING. THE DEADLIEST TOLL BY FAR FOR JOURNALISTS IS IN GAZA. 72 KILLED JOURNALISTS REPORTING THERE AS THEIR OWN LIVES ARE UPENDED. WELL DONE TO AL JAZEERA’S BUREAU CHIEF HAS LOST SEVERAL MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY IN ISRAELI STRIKES SINCE OCTOBER, INCLUDING HIS WIFE,

SON AND GRANDSON. LAST WEEK, HIS SON, HAMZA, ALSO A JOURNALIST, WAS KILLED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON HIS CAR. THE IDF SAYING HE AND TWO OTHER REPORTERS HAD LOOKED LIKE TERRORISTS WITH A DRONE COMES A PIANO. >> HAMZA WAS MY SOLE, DUDU SAYS. BUT THIS PAIN WON’T DETER US FROM CONTINUING IN DECEMBER

THAT TWO HIMSELF WAS INJURED BY AN ISRAELI STRIKE. THE DAY AFTER HE WAS BACK AIR AGAIN, ANOTHER PHOTO JOURNALIST REPORTEDLY KILLED IN GAZA TODAY WORKING FOR THE PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT. PUT SIMPLY, JOURNALISTS ARE BEING KILLED AT A SPEED AND SCALE IN GAZA RIGHT NOW. BEYOND ANYTHING WE’VE SEEN

REALLY IN RECENT CONFLICTS. >> KYRA, PATRICK REEVELL, APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTING FROM JOURNALISTS. THOSE THAT CALL GAZA HOME. MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE HAVE NOW BEEN KILLED IN THIS WAR AGAINST HAMAS. WITH THOUSANDS MORE PEOPLE INJURED. AND SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN THERE FIGHTING TO SAVE LIVES IS A BRITISH SURGEON WHO LED AN

EMERGENCY MEDICAL IN CENTRAL GAZA. DR. NICK MAYNARD SAYS THAT THE CALL DUTY WAS BEYOND ANYTHING HE HAS EVER SEEN IN HIS. NICK JOINS ME NOW FROM OXFORD. >> SO, NICK, APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US. I KNOW YOU ARE SAFELY BACK HOME, BUT THIS ASSIGNMENT WAS BY FAR ONE OF THE TOUGHEST

ONES FOR YOU. I KNOW WERE WORKING WITHIN AL-AQSA HOSPITAL. >> TELL US WHY YOU HAD TO LEAVE ? SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ASKING ME YOUR SHOW TONIGHT. I HAD BEEN WORKING IN AL-AQSA, ALSO FOR FOR TWO WEEKS OR JUST UNDER TWO WEEKS. WE WERE SCHEDULED BE THERE FOR TWO WEEKS.

AND ON FRIDAY, AT THE END OF LAST WEEK, WAS OPERATING IN IN ONE OF THE OPERATING THEATERS THAT ON A SERIOUS EXPLOSIVE BLAST INJURY TO A PATIENT WHO HAD MULTIPLE ABDOMINAL INJURIES. AND I FINISHED AT ABOUT A QUARTER TO THREE AND CAME OUT OF THE OPERATING THEATER

TO HEAR THAT THERE HAD BEEN A MISSILE ATTACK ON THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT OF AL-AQSA HOSPITAL. AND THERE WERE RUMORS OF SNIPERS NEAR, THE HOSPITAL KILLING CIVILIANS NEARBY. WE WENT BACK TO OUR ACCOMMODATION THAT NIGHT AND EVERY EVENING WHEN WE’RE THERE, WE HAVE TO ALL OF GROUNDSTAFF LIAISE WITH THE

COGAT, WHICH IS PART OF THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE TO CHECK THAT WHAT THE SECURITY IS LIKE FOR THE FOLLOWING. AND WE ENTER VIA A DECONFLICT ZONE IN ORDER TO GO TO AL-AQSA . AND WE WERE TOLD THAT NIGHT BY COGAT THAT THE AREA WAS NO LONGER DE-CONFLICT. IT, MEANING THAT THERE WOULD

BE ISRAELI GROUND FORCES VERY CLOSE TO HOSPITAL AND IT WAS NO LONGER SAFE FOR ANYONE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. SO WE WERE FORCED TO WITHDRAW OUR SERVICES FROM THE HOSPITAL . THERE WAS ANOTHER TEAM FROM MEDICINE. SO FROM THE AIR HOSPITAL, DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS, WHO ALSO WERE TO WITHDRAW.

AND WE WERE THEREFORE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE TWO WEEK MISSION. WE HAD TO WITHDRAW FOR THAT FOR THAT FOR LAST WEEK. >> AND WE LEFT GAZA ON MONDAY. AND IT JUST TOO DANGEROUS FOR YOU. SO YOU MENTIONED ONE OF YOUR PATIENTS IN PARTICULAR THERE. TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR PATIENTS AND THE TYPES

OF INJURIES YOU WERE TREATING AND ALSO THE CHALLENGES YOU FACED AS. >> PATIENTS WERE COMING IN BY THE MINUTE. >> SO I WAS WORKING MAINLY IN THE IN THE OPERATING THEATER. ANOTHER COUPLE OF COLLEAGUES OF MINE WERE IN THE E.R. THERE. I WAS DEALING ON THE SURGEON THAT DEALS WITH ABDOMINAL AND

AND CHEST DISEASE ARE MAINLY A CANCER SURGEON. AND BUT I WAS OBVIOUSLY DEALING WITH EXCLUSIVELY TRAUMA AND I WAS OPERATING ON WITH MAJOR BLAST INJURIES TO THE ABDOMEN AND TO THE CHEST INVOLVING DAMAGE TO THE LUNGS. USUALLY SHRAPNEL, BUT ALSO BY BULLETS AND TO ALL THE ABDOMINAL.

>> AND THEY SOME OF THESE WERE CATASTROPHIC. IN TERMS OF VOLUME, THEY WERE MUCH THAN THE OTHER INJURIES THAT THEY WERE SEEING IN THE AIR, WHICH PARTICULARLY SEVERE BURN INJURIES. AND APPALLING INJURIES TO THE LENS. MANY TRAUMATIC AMPUTATIONS, THE ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS AND THE PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGEONS WERE VERY BUSY

WITH THOSE PATIENTS. BUT THE SPECTRUM OF INJURIES WAS REALLY QUITE APPALLING. >> AND LIKE NOTHING I’VE SEEN BEFORE AND I DID SPEND SOME TIME IN THE E.R. WHEN THERE WASN’T ANYONE TO OPERATE ON AND SOME OF THE BURN INJURIES WE WERE SEEING, PARTICULARLY IN SMALL CHILDREN ,WERE INDESCRIBABLY AWFUL.

>> LET ME ASK YOU, SINCE YOU WERE THERE, YOU WE ARE REPORTING OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THE THE IDF TELLS US THAT THERE ARE TERRORISTS, THAT ARE WORKING UNDER THESE HOSPITALS AROUND THESE HOSPITALS, THAT THESE HOSPITALS ARE BEING TARGETED BECAUSE OF THAT. DID YOU WITNESS THAT?

DID YOU DID YOU SEE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM HAMAS TERRORISTS OPERATING IN OR AROUND OR UNDER YOUR FACILITIES WHERE YOU WERE TRYING TO SAVE LIVES? NO, NOT AT ALL. AND I BEEN, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, FOLLOWING THIS VERY CAREFULLY SINCE OCTOBER THE SEVENTH, I HAVE BEEN TALKING ALMOST

DAILY WITH COLLEAGUES IN GAZA THAT I KNOW WELL. I’VE BEEN OUT TO GAZA FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS TO TEACH AND TO TREAT PATIENTS, PARTICULARLY IN SHEEP. ALMOST THE SINCE OCTOBER THE SEVENTH, I’VE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AND I AM VERY CLEAR THAT NO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN

PROVIDED AT ALL THAT THESE HOSPITALS WERE BEING USED AS HAMAS COMMAND CENTERS. I WOULD STRESS THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE TUNNELS UNDERNEATH GAZA CITY. SO I CANNOT COMMENT ON THAT. I CAN CERTAINLY COMMENT ON MY EXPERIENCE OF WORKING IN SHIFA HOSPITAL IN THE PAST AND MY

CURRENT EXPERIENCE LAST TWO WEEKS OF BEING IN AL-AQSA HOSPITAL. AND THERE BEEN NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT THEY’VE BEEN USED AT HAMAS COMMAND CENTERS. SO I WOULD REFUTE THAT EVIDENCE COMPLETELY. >> DOCTOR NICK MENARD, SO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ALSO ALL YOU DID TO SAVE THE LIVES, ESPECIALLY THOSE CHILDREN,

ALL THE INNOCENT THAT DON’T DESERVE WHAT’S GOING ON. APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND YOU. >> THANK YOU, DR.. >> THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME ON YOUR SHOW. COMING STATION DURING A LIVE BROADCAST IN ECUADOR. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE NEXT. WHEN EVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS

REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BUFFALO, ALL DAY TEXAS. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY, GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. >> ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME. WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE STREAM

ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAMING NEWS ONLY ON ABC LIVE TONIGHT. >> GOP HOPEFULS SHRINK THE GAP WITH THE FRONTRUNNER. THE COUNTDOWN. PLUS, KEEPING AN EYE ON THE BACK TO BACK STORMS THREATENING MILLIONS MORE AMERICANS TURN THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR. ALL RIGHT.

HERE WE GO. READY? LET’S DO IT. YES, IT’S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO? LET’S GO. HOW ARE YOU? SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING? SATURDAY IS ON NEWS LIVE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS. I JUST FOUND OUT.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS. MY FAVORITE. NOW WHAT YOU’VE SEEN IN PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE AT ABC NEWS. THIS IS START. TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES STARTS HERE.

THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING WEEK IN YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS FOR REPORTING FROM MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA, I’M ROBIN ROBERTS. WHEREVER, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . ANOTHER TOP STORY THAT WE’RE

TRACKING FOR YOU THIS HOUR. ECUADOR’S ECUADOR’S SAYING THAT HIS COUNTRY IS AT WAR AS VIOLENCE IS JUST SWEEPING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE MOST BRAZEN ATTACK SEEN RIGHT WHERE MORE THAN A DOZEN MASKED MEN WITH GUNS STORMED A TV STATION DURING A LIVE BROADCAST. THE VIOLENCE COMES AN APPARENT PRISON ESCAPE OF A NOTORIOUS

GANG LEADER. PLUS, DOZENS OF OTHER PRISONERS CONNECTED TO CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. THE PRESIDENT IS IT AN ACT OF TERRORISM, ADDING THAT MORE THAN 130 PRISON STAFF ARE NOW BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY DRUG GANGS. THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M KYRA. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. NEITHER DO WE. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK.

MORE NEWS ON THE OTHER SIDE SIDE. THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE ACROSS EUROPE, FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL. THE STRUCTURE FOR STORM I FIND OFTEN IS IN THE BULL’S EYE OF ABC NEWS LIVE.

>> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING SERVICE ANY TIME ANYWHERE STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS TONIGHT, CAN GOP HOPEFULS SHRINK THE GAP WITH THE FRONTRUNNER? THE COUNTDOWN TOPS KEEPING AN EYE ON THE BACK TO BACK STORMS THREATENING MILLIONS

MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH JADED NEW YORK TV. >> GIVE IT TO ME. WHAT DO YOU SEE? >> MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S

TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN.

NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST, START HERE FROM, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE SOURCE BECOMES THE NEW ABC NEWS AND BREAKING NEWS INCREDIBLY VIDEO FASTER, SMARTER AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW

YOU’RE GOING IN THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS ABOUT EXPERIENCE THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW. >> I’M BACK. DOESN’T HAVE TO SPARK IN ISRAEL. THESE ARE THE FAMILIES OF THE HOSTAGES BEING DUMPED WHEREVER THE NEWS IS. WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE LIVE. STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE TODAY

ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIVE DAYS UNTIL IOWA VOTES. HALEY AND DESANTIS GO HEAD TO HEAD IN THE LAST DEBATE BEFORE POLLS OPEN UP. WE’RE GOING TO SPEAK WITH RON DESANTIS DEPUTY CAMPAIGN MANAGER LIVE FROM THE SPIN ROOM . CHAOS IN ECUADOR, VIOLENT CONFLICTS ERUPT ACROSS THAT COUNTRY. A FRIGHTENING SCENE THERE

AS ARMED STORM A NEWS STATION DURING A LIVE BROADCAST. >> WE’VE GOT THE LATEST EXTREME WEATHER SLAMMING MOST OF THE COUNTRY WITH ANOTHER STORM MOVING IN WHEN A MAJOR ARCTIC BLAST IS EXPECTED TO HIT THE HEARTLAND MORE SNOW SET TO SMACK THE EAST COAST. WE’VE GOT IT ALL FOR YOU THIS

HOUR HOUR. AND GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. AND I’M TERRY MORAN AND OUR STORY THIS HOUR, THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IS HEATING UP WITH THE IOWA CAUCUSES JUST FIVE DAYS AWAY NOW, VOTERS THERE ARE PREPARING CAST THE FIRST BALLOT OF THE 2024 ELECTION CYCLE DESPITE SOME PRETTY SNOWY WEATHER.

AND TONIGHT, REPUBLICAN HOPEFULS NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS WILL BE THE ONLY ONES ON THAT DEBATE STAGE IN DES MOINES. MAKING THEIR FINAL PITCHES TO IOWA VOTERS. IT COMES AS A NEW POLL COMES OUT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SHOWING NIKKI HALEY ACTUALLY CLOSING THE GAP WITH FRONTRUNNER DONALD TRUMP. THE FORMER PRESIDENT SITTING

OUT TONIGHT’S DEBATE. NO SURPRISE, COUNTERPROGRAMMING ,A TOWN HALL ON FOX NEWS AT THE SAME TIME. NO SURPRISE. >> ALEX PRESHA STARTS US OFF FROM DES MOINES. >> AKE YOUR ENTRIES. AND WE WERE JUST A MATTER OF HOURS AWAY FROM THE START OF FINAL PRIMARY DEBATE HERE IN IOWA BEFORE CAUCUSES

KICK OFF BETWEEN RON DESANTIS AND NIKKI HALEY. NOW, THE STAKES HERE ARE INCREDIBLY HIGH. IF YOU LOOK AT THE IOWA POLLING, THE TWO ARE SEPARATED BY JUST A FEW. AND SO THIS WILL BE THEIR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO WIN THOSE UNDECIDED VOTERS ON THE BIG STAGE BEFORE CAUCUS DAY.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE POLLS, THAT IS FOR SECOND AND THIRD PLACE STILL WAY OUT IN FRONT. IT’S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. HE’S GOT A 30 POINT LEAD HERE IN IOWA. AND SO TONIGHT HE IS AGAIN SKIPPING THIS DEBATE INSTEAD, HOLDING SOME COUNTERPROGRAMMING. HE’S HOLDING HIS OWN TOWN HALL.

BUT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AT THIS POINT HAS IDENTIFIED THAT THERE’S LITTLE TO FROM HIM JOINING THE STAGE WITH SOME OF HIS GOP. INSTEAD, THEY’RE DECIDING TO HOLD THEIR OWN FORUM. HE’S WILDLY POPULAR HERE AND THEY’RE FOCUSING ON TRYING TO DRIVE OUT TURNOUT COME CAUCUS DAY, USING CAUCUS CAPTAINS TO TO REALLY KIND

OF BUILD ON THEIR MOMENTUM. THAT’S ALREADY KIND OF ILLUSTRATED IN THE POLLS. BUT I WILL SAY THE ONE THING THAT IS ON PEOPLE’S MINDS, AS WE INTO CAUCUS DAY, THE WEATHER, IT’S NOW, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE EVEN COLDER THAN WE’RE EXPECTING. TEMPERATURES TO HOVER AROUND ZERO, POSSIBLY AS LOW

AS NEGATIVE FIVE WITH WIND CHILLS COMING UP ON -20 DEGREES. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT TURNOUT, HAVING BRAVED THOSE TEMPERATURES, GETTING IN LINE AT 6 P.M. AFTER WORK DAY, STANDING IN LINE FOR POSSIBLY AN HOUR JUST TO CAUCUS ,YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHAT IS THAT GOING TO DO?

THEY’RE SAYING THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY THE COLDEST CAUCUS DAY ON RECORD AT DAIRY. >> ALL RIGHT, ALEX, THANKS SO MUCH. WELL, CRITICS SAY HE’S SHOWING MORE CONFIDENCE, EVEN IN THE FACE OF DOUBTS THAT HE’LL BE ABLE TO GET ANYWHERE CLOSE TO DONALD TRUMP IN THE POLLS. THINGS ARE NOT LOOKING SO

GOOD FOR FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS, BUT THAT HASN’T SEEMED TO DAMPEN HIS PUBLICLY NEW DATA OUT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ACTUALLY SHOWING HIS CLOSEST COMPETITOR, NIKKI HALEY, SLOWLY CATCHING UP TO FRONTRUNNER DONALD TRUMP AND THIS HAS DESANTIS, WHILE HE’S STILL PLUMMETING TO JUST 5%. >> SO HOW DOES FLORIDA GOVERNOR INTEND TO RALLY

FIVE DAYS FROM THE CAUCUSING IN IOWA? DIDN’T PULL THE RNC IS. THE DEPUTY CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR THE DESANTIS CAMPAIGN JOINS US NOW FROM DES MOINES. DAVID, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. GOOD LUCK HERE. WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU SAY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU KNOW,

THAT LEAD THAT TRUMP HAS HAD CERTAINLY OVER THE ENTIRE FIELD, THE ENTIRE. WHAT DO YOU DO? >> WELL, LOOK, FIRST, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. I THINK WHAT YOU LED WITH IS IMPORTANT HERE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE EXPECTATION WAS FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT OR SKY HIGH.

I THINK RIGHT NOW THE POLLING AVERAGE SHOWS HIM 38 POINTS AHEAD OF HIS NEXT CLOSEST COMPETITOR. US HERE, IOWA. AND IT’LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF HE CAN ACHIEVE THOSE LOFTY EXPECTATIONS COME ON MONDAY. BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER IN PARTICULAR, THE FORECAST NOW HAVE EVEN BEEN

DOWNGRADED TO MINUS 20 DEGREES AND -30 DEGREE WIND CHILL FACTOR AND KIND OF WEATHER IS GOING TO RECORD REALLY REWARD A WELL-ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN. >> AND THAT’S WHAT RON DESANTIS HAS. YOU KNOW, THE OTHER TWO CANDIDATES AT PLAY HERE, BOTH NIKKI HALEY AND DONALD TRUMP, COME INTO THIS STATE,

FLY IN, DO A COUPLE EVENTS, FLY OUT, AND THEN SPEND THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ATTACKING DESANTIS WHILE WE STAY IN THE STATE. WE GRIND IT OUT. WE’VE GOT TO EVERYONE IN 99 COUNTIES GOING OVER 240 EVENTS IN THE STATE. AND WE’VE ORGANIZED TODAY 1500 CAUCUS CAPTAINS IN SUPPORT

OF RON DESANTIS FOR THE 721 LOCATIONS WHERE FOLKS WILL GO TO CAUCUS ON A VERY HISTORICALLY COLD NIGHT ON MONDAY. WE’RE EXCITED THAT KIND OF WEATHER IS GOING TO REALLY REWARD THIS GREAT CAMPAIGN. ALL RIGHT. WELL, DAVID, YOUR TEAM SAID THAT FOR MONTHS, ACTUALLY THAT WAS A TWO PERSON RACE BETWEEN DESANTIS

AND DONALD TRUMP AS NIKKI HALEY GAINED GROUND IN THE POLLS TO DESANTIS DID RESPOND LAST NIGHT WHEN ASKED BY A REPORTER ABOUT HALEY SAYING THAT SHE DO BETTER THAN HE WOULD IN A GENERAL ELECTION. LET’S TAKE A LISTEN. >> YOU DON’T WIN AS A REPUBLICAN WHEN YOU DON’T STAND FOR ANYTHING.

YOU GOT TO HAVE CORE CONVICTIONS. YOU GOT TO GO IN BOLD, NOT PALE PASTELS. THAT’S HOW YOU GET THE PEOPLE TO TURN OUT FOR YOU, THAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO. ALL RIGHT. WE SHOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THE PASTEL COLORS IN JUST A MINUTE. BUT FIRST, DAVID, POLLING

IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY SHOWS SUPPORT FOR DESANTIS DROPPED BY MORE THAN 20 POINTS OVER THE LAST YEAR, WHILE SUPPORT ROSE FOR THE FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR. HOW DID YOU UNDERESTIMATE HALEY AND WHAT HAPPENED HERE? >> OH, I DON’T THINK ANYBODY’S BEEN UNDERESTIMATED. THINK AGAIN. THIS IS GOING TO BE A TWO

PERSON RACE. AND I THINK WHEN YOU AT GOVERNOR HALEY, SHE’S GOING TO HAVE TO OVERPERFORM NOT IN IOWA, WHERE SHE WILL BE THE BIGGEST SPENDER IN THE IOWA CAUCUSES. LET ME REPEAT, NIKKI HALEY WILL SPEND MORE THAN ANY OTHER CANDIDATE. AND IN FACT, HER SUPER PAC HAS SPENT OVER $20 MILLION IN THE

HAWKEYE STATE ATTACKING RON DESANTIS. THEN SHE’S GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND TRY TO OVERPERFORM, MEET EXPECTATIONS. AND THEN SHE’S GOING TO GO TO HER HOME STATE WHERE SHE’S GOING TO LOSE. AND SO I DON’T ACTUALLY EXPECT TO SEE GOVERNOR HALEY IN THE RACE WHEN CALENDAR TURNS INTO

MARCH. AND I BELIEVE IT WILL BE A TWO PERSON RACE THEN. >> YOU KNOW, DAVID, IF I COULD, IF I ASK YOU SOMETHING. WHEN WHEN GOVERNOR DESANTIS WON REELECTION, FLORIDA, ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE STATES IN THE COUNTRY, EVERYBODY LOOKED AT IT BECAUSE HE WAS HE DID IT BY 20 POINTS.

AND THAT ANNOUNCED HIS HIS NATIONAL PROFILE. >> REALLY? AND I WONDER IF THE VOTERS IN FLORIDA REWARDED HIM FOR BEING A PRAGMATIC GET THINGS DONE, GOVERNOR, BUT DID HE MAKE A STRATEGIC MISTAKE IN RUNNING A KIND OF CULTURE WARRIOR AGAINST DISNEY, THE PARENT COMPANY OF ABC, BUT IN A LOT

OF WAYS KIND OF LEAVING BEHIND CALLING CARD WHICH WAS HE’S THE GET THINGS DONE GUY. >> YOU KNOW WHEN YOU TRAVEL ACROSS IOWA, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOON IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND NEVADA TO WHAT YOU HEAR THE GOVERNOR IS HIM TELLING A STORY OF HIS RECORD IN FLORIDA AND WHAT HE’S ACCOMPLISHED THERE.

AND I THINK THAT’S A BIG ADVANTAGE IN THIS RACE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FIELD, ESPECIALLY AGAINST THE GOVERNOR, HALEY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A RECORD WHERE FLORIDA HAS THE NUMBER ONE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY AS COMPARED TO WHEN GOVERNOR HALEY WAS GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA, IT WAS DEAD LAST.

WHEN YOU A STATE LIKE FLORIDA THAT HAS ENACTED SCHOOL CHOICE AND IN A STATE LIKE SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE GOVERNOR HALEY OPPOSED IT, DIDN’T ADVANCE IT AND FELL AND CAVED TO TEACHERS UNIONS, AND WE COULD GO ON AND ON WHERE SHE, YOU KNOW, HELPED RAISE TAXES IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE GOVERNOR,

YOU KNOW AGAIN HAS THE NUMBER ONE ECONOMY IN THE COUNTRY AND LOWERED THE TAX BURDEN ON FLORIDIANS. THERE’S A VERY SHARP IN THAT RECORD. SO I DON’T BUY THAT NARRATIVE AT ALL. AND I THINK, AGAIN WHEN YOU LOOK AT POLLS FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR OR YOU LOOK AT POLLS,

YOU KNOW, LATER INTO NOVEMBER, THAT DOESN’T MATTER. WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT’S JUST A FEW DAYS AHEAD OF US WHEN IT’S GOING TO BE -20 DEGREES HERE IN IOWA. AND AGAIN, I OUR GRITTY UNDERDOG UNDERDOG CHANCES QUITE A BIT. SO YOU CAN BE THE UNDERDOG, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE MONEY.

WILL YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO STAY IN THE RACE IF YOU DON’T WIN IOWA? I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU HAVE BUILT WITHIN THE CAMPAIGN TO SUSTAIN SUCH A LENGTHY YET ARGUABLY UNSUCCESSFUL RUN? WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS IS JUST LIKE A MARATHON AND NOBODY WINS A MARATHON, THE FIRST MILE.

WHAT YOU CAN DO IS LOSE IT. AND I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT IF YOU’RE A DONOR FOR GOVERNOR HALEY, WHERE YOU’VE SPENT TENS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN IOWA AND YOU CAN’T INCH AND CLAW WHERE SHE’S AT IN THE STATE AND WHERE SHE’S GOING TO END UP, THAT SHOULD SEND

A PRETTY STRONG SIGNAL THAT SHE’S NOT THE CANDIDATE THAT’S GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ON DONALD TRUMP. AND BY THE WAY, SHE’S EVEN HEDGING THEIR BETS BECAUSE SHE WON’T ADMIT OR SAY PUBLICLY SHE WOULDN’T SERVICE HIS VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. >> AND I CAN TELL YOU IS THIS

WHEN YOU GO TO NEW HAMPSHIRE, WE HAVE MORE STATE LEGISLATIVE ENDORSEMENTS IN OUR ORGANIZATION THAN EVEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS IN THAT WHO’S WON IT BEFORE IN THE PRIMARY? WE HAVE MORE LEGISLATIVE, FOR INSTANCE, IN SOUTH CAROLINA, GOVERNOR HALEY’S HOME STATE. WE ARE BUILT FOR AN UNDERDOG, GRITTY, GRIND IT OUT

ORGANIZATION AND HARD WORKING FIRST APPROACH. AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BRING TO THE TABLE AND WE’RE GOING TO FIGHT THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY AND EVERY INCH FOR EVERY DELEGATE. AND AGAIN, THIS WON’T BE WON IN JANUARY OR, FEBRUARY, IT WILL BE WON WHEN SOMEBODY SECURES ENOUGH DELEGATES TO BE

NOMINEE. >> AND THAT’S OUR INTENTION. THERE’S NO QUESTION I WAS ALL ABOUT THE GROUND GAME. AND THIS YEAR, AS YOU POINT OUT, YOU’RE GOING TO REALLY HAVE TO BE GRITTY TO GET OUT THERE AND DO IT. DAVENPORT LINSKY, DEPUTY CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR RON DESANTIS, THANKS VERY MUCH AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. SPRING DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR AVERI HARPER, NOW FROM DES MOINES. AS WE ARE JUST HOURS AWAY FROM THE START OF THE DEBATE. SO AVERY, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHAT YOU JUST HEARD FROM DISSENT? IS DEPUTY CAMPAIGN, RIGHT. WELL, I MEAN, I THINK IT’S REALLY INTESTING THAT HE

IS POINTING TO THE GROUND GAME. THE FACT IS THAT THE SANDERS CAMPAIGN TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO VOTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED AND SUPPORT IN. AND THAT IS WHY FOR SO LONG, I SEE THE GOVERNOR DESANTIS. I WAS THE DISTANCE SECOND TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HERE

IN THE STATE OF IOWA. >> WE KNOW THAT NIKKI HALEY HAS BEEN GAINING GROUND IN THIS STATE. >> AND SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THINGS TURNED OUT. I THINK IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING, THE PREVIEW, I THINK, OF SOME OF THE CONTRASTS THAT DESANTIS WILL LIKELY MAKE BETWEEN

HIMSELF AND NIKKI HALEY ON THE STAGE TONIGHT ON A MYRIAD OF ISSUES. >> I ALSO THINK IT WAS INTERESTING FOR THEM TO POINT OUT THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE AND TALK ABOUT NIKKI HALEY HAVING TO OVERPERFORM NEW HAMPSHIRE. I MEAN, SHE IS SECOND TO ONLY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THAT

STATE SHE IS OUTPACING DESANTIS WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORT IN STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THINGS TURN OUT IN THE FIRST IN THE NATION PRIMARY. >> ALL RIGHT, AVERI HARPER, THANKS SO MUCH. AND OF COURSE, WE’LL HAVE FULL COVERAGE OF THE IOWA CAUCUSES

NEXT MONDAY, JANUARY 15TH, RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WE WANT TO TURN NOW TO THE FIREWORKS ON CAPITOL HILL. HUNTER BIDEN MADE A SURPRISE AT THE HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARING THAT IS CONSIDERING WHETHER TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. GOP MEMBERS ACTUALLY SAID THAT HE WAS BREAKING THE LAW

FOR NOT SHOWING UP TO A CLOSED DOOR MEETING AFTER THEY SUBPOENAED HIM. THEN HE JUST APPEARED AND DID THAT SURPRISE CAUSE A LOT OF CHAOS UP THERE. >> IF THE GENTLELADY WANTS TO HEAR FROM HUNTER BIDEN, WE CAN HEAR FROM HIM NOW. MR. CHAIRMAN, LET’S TAKE A VOTE

AND HEAR FROM HUNTER BIDEN. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? >> ALL ON HOLD ON BORDER. I THAT HUNTER BIDEN SHOULD BE HELD COMPLETELY IN CONTEMPT. I THINK HE SHOULD BE HAULED OFF TO JAIL RIGHT NOW. >> MR. BIDEN DOESN’T MAKE THE RULES. WE MAKE NO. MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU MAKE THE RULES.

AND THE RULE YOU MADE IS THAT HE CHOOSE THOSE WHO RULE. >> THOSE WERE YOUR THOSE WE ARE ADVOCATING. >> HE WAS. SO THE PRESIDENT’S SON SAYS HE WILL ONLY TESTIFY IN PUBLIC FORUM AND HE’S CALLING THE PROBE ILLEGITIMATE. BRING IN OUR JAY O’BRIEN WHO’S UP ON THE HILL THERE.

ALSO OUR SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT FOR MORE. JAKE, WHY DON’T START US OFF HERE. WHY CAN’T BOTH SIDES JUST COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT HUNTER BIDEN SHOULD GIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY OR NOT? >> WELL, REMEMBER, KYRA, THIS WAS ALL STARTED BECAUSE HOUSE REPUBLICANS, PART OF THEIR ONGOING IMPEACHMENT

INQUIRY INTO PRESIDENT BIDEN, SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO AS THEY’VE CONDUCTED EVERY OTHER INTERVIEW. SO FOR THIS INQUIRY, DEPOSE HUNTER BIDEN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND HUNTER BIDEN AND HIS ALLIES HIT BACK AND SAID THEY DIDN’T WANT TO DO BECAUSE THEY WANTED ANY KIND OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN HUNTER BIDEN AND, THIS COMMITTEE,

TO NOT BE A BEHIND CLOSED DOORS DEPOSITION, BUT DONE IN AN OPEN HEARING ROOM WHERE, AS THEY PUT IT, LAWMAKERS COULDN’T MISCHARACTERIZE WHAT HUNTER BIDEN SAID ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. SO WHEN THEY SUBPOENAED HUNTER BIDEN FOR THAT CLOSED DOOR DEPOSITION LAST YEAR, HUNTER BIDEN DIDN’T SHOW UP AND INSTEAD GAVE THAT PRESS

CONFERENCE, AS YOU KNOW, ON THE STEPS OF THE CAPITOL. HE DEFIED IN A SENSE, THAT SUBPOENA AND THIS IS NOW HOUSE REPUBLICANS LOOKING TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS, TRANSMIT THIS RESOLUTION TO, THE FULL HOUSE FOR A VOTE WHICH WOULD ULTIMATELY BE PRESENTED TO SOME KIND OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST

HUNTER BIDEN FOR DEFYING THEIR SUBPOENA. BUT HIS PRESENCE IN THAT COMMITTEE ROOM WAS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO DISSUADE REPUBLICANS FROM MOVING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON THIS ISSUE. CERTAIN ONLY CAUSE THOSE FIREWORKS, AS YOU SAID, WITH REPUBLICANS SAYING THAT HUNTER BIDEN IS NOT GOING TO DICTATE THE TEMPO OF THEIR

INVESTIGATION IN THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY CONDUCT THEIR INVESTIGATION. AND DEMOCRATS SAYING HUNTER BIDEN’S IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW. LET’S JUST HAVE HIM PRESENT HIS TESTIMONY IN FRONT OF THIS HEARING. >> ALL RIGHT. IT WAS A CLEVER PLOY, AARON. A LOT IMPORTANT QUESTIONS BEFORE THE COUNTRY.

THIS MAY NOT BE HIGH ON THE ON THE AGENDA. A LOT ENERGY GOING UP GOING INTO THIS ONE AND TO THE TRUMP CASES AS WELL. DONALD TRUMP DIDN’T NEED TO SHOW UP FOR APPEALS COURT ARGUMENTS, BUT HE DID. HUNTER BIDEN SHOWING UP. IT’S TO SHOW IN SO MANY WAYS.

>> AND I JUST WONDER, YOU KNOW ,HOW SUBSTANTIVE IS WHAT HUNTER BIDEN DID TODAY OF WHAT WHAT DONALD TRUMP DID THE OTHER DAY. THESE ARE PROCESSES THAT SHOULD PROCEED ACCORDING TO RULES AND ACCORDING TO THE INSTITUTIONS THEMSELVES. >> THESE ARE DISRUPTORS, AREN’T THEY? ARE. AND I THINK POINT TO THE IDEA

THAT BOTH DONALD TRUMP AND HUNTER BIDEN ARE SPEAKING BEYOND THEIR IMMEDIATE AUDIENCES IN HUNTER BIDEN’S CASE, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND IN DONALD TRUMP’S CASE A COURT AND TRYING TO APPEAL TO TO TO MAYBE VOTERS OR ORDINARY AMERICANS TO SAY WE’VE GOT NOTHING TO HIDE HERE. WE ARE. AND BELIEVE ME.

AND FOR FOR DONALD TRUMP, THIS HAS BEEN, I THINK, WORKING FOR HIM, APPEARING AT A CIVIL CASE IN NEW YORK OR AT ANY NUMBER OF COURT APPEARANCES IS GIVING HIM A PLATFORM THAT HE WOULDN’T OTHERWISE HAVE WITHOUT HAVING TO INTERACT WITH WITH VOTERS OR REALLY BE SCRUTINIZED BY REPORTERS WITH QUESTIONS.

AND SAME WITH HUNTER BIDEN, TOO, TO SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT HE’S HERE AND WILLING TO SPEAK TO CONGRESS, EVEN THOUGH CONGRESS HAS NOT PRESCRIBED THAT AS AS AN OPTION FOR HIM. THEY’RE DOING IT, TERRY. I THINK BECAUSE IT’S SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE. ALL RIGHT, JUDY, ERIN, WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT.

WE WANT TO TURN TO SOME BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. AN AVALANCHE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AT THE PALISADES LAKE TAHOE SKI RESORT. RESCUE TEAMS ARE RESPONDING TO THE POPULAR SKI RESORT IN CALIFORNIA SEARCHING FOR POSSIBLE VICTIMS OF THIS AVALANCHE. >> PALISADES IS NOW CLOSED FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. A SPOKESPERSON FOR

THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY TOLD THE AP, THAT THERE ARE NO CONFIRMED REPORTS OF PEOPLE TRAPPED AT THIS TIME. >> OUR ALEX STONE JOINS US NOW FOR THE LATEST ON WHAT’S HAPPENING. ALEX, TELL US ANYTHING YOU KNOW. WELL, WE’VE BEEN TRYING TO GET DETAILS. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

IN PLASTER BELIEVES THAT THERE MAY BE NOBODY TRAPPED IN THE SNOW RIGHT. NOW, IT APPEARS INITIALLY THERE WERE SOME SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS WHO WERE TRAPPED WHEN THE SNOW CAME DOWN. IT IS A TERRIBLE DAY IN THE AREA. YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS VIDEO RIGHT HERE, HEAVY SNOW COMING DOWN.

NOT GREAT FOR A SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORT THAT IS UNDERWAY. THIS IS AT PALISADES TAHOE, WHICH MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY KNOW AS BEING SQUAW VALLEY. THE NAME WAS CHANGED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE OLYMPIC PARK AREA, BUT EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY THERE RIGHT NOW AND IT APPEARS MAYBE NOBODY IS TRAPPED ANY

LONGER BUT THAT THEY WERE AND SO THAT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS BECAUSE. OBVIOUSLY, THIS WAS A MAJOR AVALANCHE HERE. AND I WONDER TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THIS AND THE DANGER OF AVALANCHES AND THE KIND OF WEATHER THAT THEY’VE BEEN HAVING THERE. YEAH, YOU SEE FROM THIS VIDEO

RIGHT HERE, THE HEAVY SNOW AND CONDITIONS COMING DOWN. THIS IS AN AREA OUTSIDE OF TRUCKEE, CALIFORNIA IT IS, AS I MENTIONED, USED TO BE KNOWN AS SQUAW VALLEY. THE OLYMPICS WERE HELD THERE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. THEY ARE FAMOUS FOR THAT. THAT’S WHY IT’S CALLED OLYMPIC VALLEY.

IT IS A HIGHER END SKI RESORT. I BELIEVE THEY HAD AN AVALANCHE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO IN THAT SAME AREA. AND WE KNOW, TERRY, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING QUITE A BIT OF SNOW, AS YOU SEE THAT IT’S COMING DOWN TODAY. OUR WEATHER TEAM TELLING US 70 INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR THIS

SEASON IN THIS AREA. SO IT’S DEFINITELY BEEN COMING DOWN AND EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW AS THEY LOOK FOR ANYBODY WHO COULD BE TRAPPED. >> ALEX, THANKS. IRONICALLY, THE FAMILY WAS THERE. WE WERE OVER CHRISTMAS. ABSOLUTELY NO SNOW. GREW UP IN THE AREA. AND SO, OF COURSE, YOU’VE BEEN

ALL FOLLOWING THIS CLOSELY. I’VE BEEN OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS I CAN. IT REALLY CAME TO A SHOCK TO A LOT LOCALS THERE. >> WELL, COMING UP, IT’S ONE OF THE SAFEST COUNTRIES IN AMERICA OR IT USED TO BE. ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT SAYS HIS COUNTRY IS NOW AT WAR.

WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED AT THIS NEWS STATION NEXT. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS THERE EVERYDAY FROM

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FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. >> THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE MEDIA AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES A LOT OF NEWS TODAY

SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD ARMOR AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST. LISTENING TO START HERE ABC NEWS IS MAKING YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING.

>> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST, START HERE. ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT SAYS HIS COUNTRY IS NOW AT WAR. DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY AMID A WAVE OF VIOLENCE, MOSTLY GANG. >> IT’S EXTRAORDINARY TO SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING THERE. 13 MEN NOW FACE CHARGES AFTER THEY STORMED A TV STATION IN ECUADOR WITH GUNS DURING

A LIVE BROADCAST. ECUADORIAN POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THIS ATTACK AS AN ACT OF TERRORISM. A SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT GIVEN THAT ECUADOR HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN AS ONE OF THE SOUTH AMERICA’S MOST PEACEFUL COUNTRIES. BEAUTIFUL PLACE. THIS IS CLEARLY DISRUPTING IT. MATTRIVERS IS JOINING US. >> NOW. FOR MORE ON THIS NOW, I GUESS

WE’RE ALSO GETTING SOME INFORMATION RIGHT NOW ON PRISON GUARDS HELD IN PRISONS BY INMATES. WHAT’S HAPPENING? YEAH, SO GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS A VERY TENSE SITUATION ALL ACROSS ECUADOR. THE VIOLENCE THAT WE SAW YESTERDAY PRIMARILY CENTERED IN THE COASTAL PORT CITY OF GUAYAQUIL, WHICH HAS REALLY

BEEN THE HOME OF THIS ORGANIZED CRIME GROWTH THAT WE’VE SEEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT WHAT WE’RE SEEING IN PRISONS ACROSS ECUADOR IS PRISONERS REACTING TO WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY. THERE’S MORE THAN 120, ACCORDING TO THE ECUADORIAN GOVERNMENT, 120 PRISON GUARDS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN HOSTAGE AT THIS POINT IN DIFFERENT

PRISONS, THE COUNTRY NOT IN GUAYAQUIL, BUT IN OTHER PRISONS. AT THIS POINT, WE DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR HEALTH CONDITIONS. BUT THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE OF ECUADOR’S PRISONS RIGHT NOW. WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY WAS A REACTION TO AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION THAT THE PRESIDENT OF ECUADOR HAD ISSUED

AFTER THE COUNTRY, THE MOST NOTORIOUS GANG LEADER, A LEADER OF A GROUP CALLED MOSTRO, HAD ACTUALLY VANISHED FROM THE PRISON CELL THAT HE WAS IN. PRESUMABLY HE ESCAPED. THE PRESIDENT REACTS ISSUED THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION, WHICH ALLOWS ECUADOR’S MILITARY TO ENTER THESE PRISONS, WHICH ARE A STRONGHOLD OF ORGANIZED CRIME. THEY DON’T LIKE IT.

THESE GROUPS START TO LASH OUT AND THEY CONTINUE TO LASH OUT. TODAY. >> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT’S A VERY CLEAR EXPLANATION. I JUST TO FOLLOW UP THE TV STATION ATTACK ECUADOR AND OFFICIALS SAY THESE 13 MEN ARE NOW UNDER ARREST. BUT ARE YOU DESCRIBING AN UPRISING OF GANGS, GANGS TRYING

TO TAKE CONTROL THE COUNTRY OR IS THIS SOMETHING JUST MORE SCATTERED KIND OF SAME SPIRIT, BUT — BUT KIND OF CHAOTIC AND RANDOM? YEAH, THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION, TERRY. I THINK WHAT WE’RE SEEING AND WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY, ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT, THERE WERE 22 DIFFERENT ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS

THAT WERE INVOLVED IN WHAT WE COULD CALL AN UPRISING YESTERDAY. I DON’T THINK THE GOAL OF IT WAS TO TAKE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, WAS TO TAKE CONTROL. I DON’T THINK YOU’RE LOOKING AT A COUP TYPE SITUATION. THINK WHAT YOU SAW WAS MORE OF A MESSAGING SITUATION. YOU HEARD THE, FOR INSTANCE,

THOSE 13 PEOPLE THAT TOOK OVER THAT TV STATION BEFORE THEY WERE ARRESTED WE ACTUALLY HEARD THEM SAY THAT THEY WANTED TO GIVE A MESSAGE TO PUBLIC THAT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MESS WITH THE MAFIAS, WHAT THEY SAID THERE. SO I THINK IT WAS REALLY JUST MORE OF A SIGN THAT THESE

ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS WANTED TO SHOW THE COUNTRY AND THE GOVERNMENT THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF POWER. THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT. IF THE GOVERNMENT DOESN’T DO WHAT THEY SAY. >> WELL, THIS NEW PRESIDENT HAS A LOT TO TAKE ON. HE’S YOUNG, HE’S NEW. AND WE’LL STAY WITH IT.

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ABC NEWS LAUREN. AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOP HEADLINES. WE ARE AT THIS HOUR AT ABC NEWS LIVE. LOOKS LIKE DONALD TRUMP DID NOT MAKE THE JUDGE’S DEADLINES SO WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN HIS NEW YORK CIVIL FRAUD TRIAL. EMAILS SHOW THAT JUDGE ARTHUR

ANGER AND RESCINDED PERMISSION EARLIER TODAY AFTER TRUMP’S LAWYERS OBJECTED THE JUDGE’S INSTRUCTIONS TO LIMIT ARGUMENTS TO WHAT IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER LAW IN COURT. THOSE ARGUMENTS ARE SET FOR TOMORROW IN THE TRIAL THAT COULD COST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PENALTIES AND STRIPPED OF HIS ABILITY DO BUSINESS IN NEW YORK.

HIGH STAKES HERE. TRUMP DENIES ALL THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MUCH OF THE COUNTRY IS EITHER CLEANING UP OR DRYING OFF AFTER GETTING WALLOPED. EXTREME WEATHER. BUT IT’S NOT DONE YET. SEVERE WIND, EVEN MULTIPLE TORNADOES DOWN IN PARTS OF FLORIDA. DANGEROUS SNOWY CONDITIONS COMING TO THE MIDWEST AND IN PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST.

I’VE BEEN LEFT REELING FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLOODING. CONNECTICUT’S DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT KEEPING A CLOSE ON A DAM IN NORWICH THAT IS NOW HAS A PARTIAL BREAK IN IT. CITY OFFICIALS HAVE DECLARED A LOCAL EMERGENCY AND A MANDATORY EVACUATION RIGHT NOW FOR THOSE RESIDENTS. >> AND FOLLOWING CEO SAYS

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>> I DOUBLE CHECKED POLITICS. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S OUR SECRET. WELL, WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY PARTY INSIDE OUT. AND THERE’S A SLICE OF HUMAN BRAINS. >> THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING

WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE ANYWHERE. >> WOW. >> ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. READY? LET’S DO IT. YES, IT’S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHAT. WOULD YOU DO NOW? GO. HOW ARE YOU? I LIKE YOU. YEAH.

SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING? SATURDAYS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON. 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC. YOU DRIVE BY YOUR FAVORITE SHOW. WHAT DO YOU SUPER PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? ABC NEWS.

THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING, MAKING YOUR DEBUT FIRST. >> LISTEN, WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS TODAY ON ABC LIVE . GOP COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHOUTING

COWARD AND WHITE PRIVILEGE. HUNTER BIDEN MAKES A SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT HIS CONGRESSIONAL CONTEMPT HEARING. WHAT’S NEXT FOR HUNTER AND THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO HIS FATHER, PRESIDENT BIDEN? THE CLOCK NOW TICKING. I WAS CAUCUS’S NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS GOING HEAD TO HEAD IN THE LAST DEBATE BEFORE THE STATE PICKS ITS

REPUBLICAN NOMINEE? WHAT VOTERS WANT TO HEAR AND WHICH CANDIDATE STANDS TO BENEFIT THE MOST. I’M GUNMAN’S A NEWS STATION DURING A LIVE BROADCAST. NOW ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT SAYS HIS COUNTRY IS AT WAR. WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR, THOSE FIREWORKS ON CAPITOL HILL.

HUNTER BIDEN MAKING THIS SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT THE HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARING ON WHETHER TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT. GOP MEMBERS SAY THAT HE WAS BREAKING THE LAW FOR NOT SHOWING UP TO A CLOSED DOOR MEETING AFTER THEY SUBPOENAED HIM. THEN HE APPEARED. >> AND BOY, DID THAT SURPRISE VISIT CAUSE CHAOS.

>> IF THE GENTLELADY WANTS TO HEAR FROM HUNTER BIDEN, WE CAN HEAR FROM HIM RIGHT NOW, MR. CHAIRMAN. LET’S TAKE A VOTE AND HEAR FROM HUNTER BIDEN. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? OH, DRAGGED ON. HOLD ON. OH, NO. I BELIEVE THAT HUNTER BIDEN SHOULD BE HELD COMPLETELY IN CONTEMPT.

I THINK HE SHOULD BE HAULED OFF TO JAIL RIGHT NOW. >> MR. BIDEN DOESN’T MAKE THE RULES. WE MAKE. NO, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU MAKE THE RULES. AND THE RULE YOU MADE IS THAT HE CAN CHOOSE THOSE. >> THE RULE IS THOSE WERE YOURS. THOSE WERE YOUR WORDS WERE CLEAR.

>> HE WAS. >> THE PRESIDENT’S SON SAYS THAT HE WILL ONLY TESTIFY AT A PUBLIC FORUM CALLING THE PROBE ILLEGITIMATE. SPOKE AT OUR JAY O’BRIEN ON CAPITOL HILL. ALSO SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY BOTH OF THEM FOLLOWING ALL THE ACTION UP THERE ON THE HILL. JAY, THIS WAS NOT ONLY A

COMPLETE SHOCK COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BUT THE SHOCKING THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF SOME OF THEIR MOUTHS WAS PRETTY WILD. >> AND IT OPENED THE FLOODGATES FOR THOSE CLASHES RIGHT HERE. I TALKED TO DEMOCRATS ON THIS COMMITTEE WHO DID NOT KNOW THAT HUNTER BIDEN WOULD STEP INTO THAT HEARING ROOM EARLIER

TODAY TO MARKUP THAT RESOLUTION THAT WOULD HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT CONGRESS. MR. SPEAKER, THAT WAS SPEAKER JOHNSON WALKING BEHIND ME, GUYS ,MY DISTRACTION THERE. BUT WHERE WAS I? YES. SO I TALKED TO DEMOCRATS WHO SAID THAT THEY DIDN’T KNOW THAT HUNTER BIDEN WOULD BE WALKING INTO THAT ROOM

IN THAT HEARING THAT WOULD MARK UP A RESOLUTION, TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS OR NOT. AND IT THE FLOODGATES FOR THOSE COMMENTS, BECAUSE YOU HEARD, FOR INSTANCE, NANCY MACE, WHO GOT IN THAT TENSE EXCHANGE WITH JARED MOSKOWITZ OF FLORIDA, THAT HE PLAYED VIDEO. A QUESTION I’M TRYING TO FIGURE

OUT A WAY TO SAY THIS ON TELEVISION, A QUESTION HUNTER BIDEN’S MASCULINITY AT ONE POINT AND THEN SAY THAT WANTED HIM HELD IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, THE REASON THAT ENTIRE PROCEEDING. AND THEN HUNTER BIDEN’S ALLIES SAY THAT HE ONLY TALK TO THIS COMMITTEE IN A PUBLIC FORUM

AND NOT THE KIND OF PRIVATE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS DEPOSITION THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD SOUGHT. AND THAT WAS THE POINT OF CONTENTION TODAY. EVEN HEARD DEMOCRATS LIKE JARED MOSKOWITZ SAY, WE’VE GOT HIM IN THE ROOM, LET’S HAVE HIM TESTIFY RIGHT NOW. AND THEN JIM COLMER, YOU PLAYED SOUND OF THIS EXCHANGE SAYING

THAT HUNTER BIDEN WAS, IN A SENSE, NOT TO SET THE TEMPO OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO FATHER AND THAT HE WOULD ONLY COMPLY ON THEIR TERMS KYRA. SO YOU GET A VERY RARE SURPRISE AS TRUE SURPRISES HERE ON CAPITOL HILL AND HIS INSIDE THAT HEARING TODAY WAS A SURPRISE.

>> YEAH, IT SURE. >> AND SO, AARON, LET’S JUST KIND OF BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT WHERE WE STAND NOW WITH HEAD HUNTER BIDEN’S LEGAL SAGA. UNLIKE THE POLITICAL CHAOS THAT YOU AND JAY KYRA. HIS LEGAL CASE FOLLOWS MORE PRESCRIBED PATTERNS. AND TOMORROW, HUNTER BIDEN IS

DUE IN A LOS ANGELES FEDERAL COURTROOM FOR AN ARRAIGNMENT ON TAX CHARGES THAT ACCUSED HIM OF FAILING TO PAY ABOUT $1.4 MILLION IN TAXES. THIS WAS BROUGHT BY A NOW SPECIAL COUNSEL, THE U.S. ATTORNEY IN DELAWARE, WHO HAS GIVEN SPECIAL COUNSEL STATUS TO INVESTIGATE HUNTER BIDEN AND WHO, IN ADDITION TO SEPARATE

GUN RELATED CHARGES, HAS ACCUSED HIM OF FAILING TO PAY TAXES. HUNTER BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO ENTER A NOT GUILTY PLEA DURING A BRIEF APPEARANCE. IT’S UNCLEAR WHETHER HE WILL MAKE REMARKS, AS HE HAS ON CAPITOL HILL. BUT HIS LAWYER HAS BEEN TRYING TO DISMISS THESE CHARGES, SAYING THAT THEY

ARE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND THAT THEY WERE IMPROPER BECAUSE HUNTER BIDEN NOT ONLY ACKNOWLEDGED IT, BUT PAID ALL THE MONEY BACK. AND SO HE’S TRYING TO GET THESE CHARGES DISMISSED. BUT THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP IN WHAT COULD BE A LONG PROSECUTION HERE. >> YEAH, AND JAY, YOU KNOW,

THIS HEARING WAS ABOUT HOLDING HUNTER BIDEN IN IF HE IS FOUND GUILTY. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE PENALTIES THAT HE COULD FACE. AND WHAT DO YOU THINK? COULD THIS AFFECT HIS FATHER’S IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY IN ANY WAY? WELL, IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS HOLDS A PENALTY FOR ANYWHERE FROM A MONTH TO A

YEAR IN JAIL IF YOU’RE FOUND GUILTY AS WELL AS A MONETARY FINE. IT DOESN’T ALWAYS CARRY THAT MAXIMUM PENALTY. FOR INSTANCE, STEVE BANNON, WHEN HE DEFIED THE JANUARY SIX COMMITTEE SUBPOENA, FOR EXAMPLE, GOT ONLY ABOUT FOUR MONTHS IN JAIL, IF I RECALL. AND HE’S CHALLENGING THAT RIGHT NOW.

>> BUT REMEMBER, THAT IS A WAYS AWAY HERE. SO THE WAY THAT THIS PROCESS WORKS IS THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS ON TWO COMMITTEES HAVE TO REFER THIS RESOLUTION TO THE FULL HOUSE. THAT WAS WHAT THAT HEARING WAS ABOUT TODAY IN THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THE HOUSE JUDICIARY WAS ALSO

MARKING UP, AS THEY SAY, THIS RESOLUTION IN TANDEM WITH THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT WOULD THEN GET TRANSMITTED TO THE HOUSE A FULL VOTE. HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE A SLIM MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE, AND SO IF EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN GETS BEHIND THIS, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT IT WOULD PASS AND

HUNTER BIDEN WOULD THEN BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS, AND ONLY THEN DOES THAT TRIGGER THE LEGAL AND COURT PROCEEDINGS OF ALL OF THIS, WHERE A U.S. ATTORNEY WOULD HAVE TO IMPANEL GRAND JURY AND HAVE TO ASK THAT GRAND JURY WHETHER OR NOT CHARGES SHOULD BE BROUGHT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO AND ALSO THE COURT CASE OVER THIS IS A LONG WAYS OUT. BUT CERTAINLY THIS IS THE HARDEST TENSIONS HAVE GOTTEN BETWEEN HUNTER BIDEN AND THE BIDEN TEAM. AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS CONDUCTING THIS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO THE PRESIDENT. SO FAR IS QUITE THE SHOW. JAY ERIN, THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN GENTLEMEN.

>> SO EPICENTER OF THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IS IN IOWA, RIGHT? THE CAUCUSES JUST FIVE DAYS AWAY AND VOTERS THERE ARE PREPARING TO CAST THE FIRST BALLOTS OF THE 2024 ELECTION CYCLE, DESPITE SOME PRETTY SNOWY WEATHER. TONIGHT, REPUBLICAN HOPEFULS NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS BE THE ONLY ONES ON THAT DEBATE

STAGE IN DES MOINES MAKING THEIR FINAL TO IOWA VOTERS. AND IT COMES AS A NEW POLL OUT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IS ACTUALLY NIKKI HALEY CLOSING THE GAP WITH FRONTRUNNER DONALD TRUMP. THE FORMER PRESIDENT SITTING OUT TONIGHT’S GREAT DEBATE AS, USUAL COUNTERPROGRAMMING AS USUAL TOWN HALL ON NEWS. IT’S KIND OF A RINSE

AND REPEAT, ISN’T IT? OUR ALEX PRESHA US NOW FROM DES MOINES, ALONG WITH OUR DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR, AVERI HARPER. SO, ALEX, WHAT DO YOU THINK WE CAN EXPECT TONIGHT? AND HOW IS THE WEATHER ACTUALLY IMPACTED EVERYTHING? I KNOW, FOLKS, WE’RE NOT QUITE SURE HOW THIS WAS GOING TO,

YOU KNOW, IMPACT WHO SHOWED UP AND WHO DIDN’T. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, CAROL. WELL, YOU SEE THEM PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON THE SPIN ROOM HERE AS WE ARE ANTICIPATING THIS DEBATE LATER ON THIS EVENING. BUT I’M EXPECTING SOME FIREWORKS TODAY. I MEAN, WE’VE SEEN THE POLLING BETWEEN GOVERNOR DESANTIS HERE

AND HALEY IN IOWA. THEY’RE SEPARATED JUST BY A COUPLE OF POINTS AT THIS POINT. AND SO THE STAKES HERE ARE INCREASED HIGH. YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE POLITICAL CAPITAL THAT GOVERNOR DESANTIS HAS SPENT IN IOWA THE MONEY WORKING TO GET THOSE ENDORSEMENTS. THE ENDORSEMENT OF GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS HERE, AND THEN

ALSO ALL OF THE TRIPS HE’S HELD MORE THAN 130 EVENTS IN THE STATE OF IOWA TRYING TO BUILD UP THAT SUPPORT. AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THERE THAT ARE THAT ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO TO THOSE TWO CANDIDATES REALLY KIND OF FURTHER DIFFERING THEMSELVES IN MAKING THAT CLOSING ARGUMENT.

BUT AGAIN, BROUGHT UP THIS WHETHER WE GOT A CHANCE TO TALK TO A VOTER. TAKE A LISTEN TO. >> WHAT HE SAID. >> I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT I DON’T THINK I’M GOING TO I’VE DONE IT BEFORE. AND JUST NOT ALLOW THEIR CANDIDATE THAT YOU I’M LEANING TOWARDS TRUMP.

SO TWO THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME THERE. HIM FIRST SAYING THAT HE DOES NOT NECESSARILY PLAN TO CAUCUS, EVEN THOUGH HE IS A REPUBLICAN ,KYRA. >> WE WE’RE EXPECTING SUBZERO TEMPERATURES POTENTIALLY ON CAUCUS NIGHT. TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS NEGATIVE FIVE, WINDCHILLS UP TO -20 IN SOME OF THE PARTS OF THE

STATE. AND SO TURNOUT IS GOING TO BE KEY. AND THEN AT THE VERY END, YOU HEARD HIM SAYING THAT HE’S STILL HE STILL SUPPORTS PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> AND LISTEN, WE KNOW THAT TRUMP ABOUT A THREE POINT LEAD HERE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE SAYING

THAT, LIKE, LOOK, TONIGHT MATTERS CERTAINLY, BUT TRUMP’S PROBABLY GOING TO RUN AWAY WITH THIS. >> AND AVERY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP STILL HOLDS A COMMANDING LEAD OVER HALEY AND DESANTIS THERE IN IOWA, AS WE MENTIONED. WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS ALL MEANS FOR THE CANDIDATES AND WHO DO YOU SEE? I DON’T KNOW.

HALEY IS AT LEAST THE ONE THAT’S BEEN MOVING MUCH FASTER THAN DESANTIS ON TRUMP. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE NUMBERS HERE AND THE GRAPHICS, DO YOU THINK WE COULD SEE ANY SURPRISES? >> RIGHT. THAT ALL REMAINS TO BE SEEN. IT’S GOING TO BE REALLY INTERESTING.

SEE, BOTH HALEY AND DESANTIS ON STAGE TOGETHER ARE GOING ONE ON ONE. AND I THINK THAT’S GOING TO ALLOW FOR A LOT OF DEBATE ON THE ISSUES. LIKE YOU MENTIONED, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS FAR OUT AHEAD, BOTH OF THEM. AND SO IN MANY WAYS, IT FEELS LIKE A RACE FOR SECOND PLACE.

BUT THE FACT IS THERE ARE STILL UNDECIDED VOTERS HERE, IOWA, AND THIS IS THEIR LAST CHANCE TO MAKE THAT CASE BEFORE IOWANS GO TO CAUCUS ON MONDAY. >> SO, AVERY, NIKKI HAS BEEN HESITANT TO ATTACK TRUMP OUTRIGHT. I MEAN, SHE’S DEFINITELY SAID SOME THINGS THAT HE’D BE DANGEROUS, DANGEROUS TO,

YOU KNOW, RUN THIS COUNTRY. BUT DO YOU THINK THIS STRATEGY HAS WORKED FOR HER? >> SORT OF FINE LINE SHE’S PLAYED? AND COULD WE SEE HER MAYBE GO AFTER HIM A LITTLE MORE TOUGH WAY TONIGHT? >> I DON’T THINK THAT NIKKI HALEY IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN ANY OF THE OTHER COMPETITORS

IN THE FIELD OR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FORMER NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE. RIGHT NOW IN THIS CURRENT REPUBLICAN PARTY IS VERY UNPOPULAR TO BE ANTI-TRUMP. AND SO WE’VE SEEN NIKKI HALEY SPEAK ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP A VERY CAREFUL WAY. I DON’T THINK THAT YOU SHOULD COUNT ON SEEING NIKKI HALEY,

GO AFTER TRUMP TONIGHT FROM THE DEBATE STAGE. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT SHE JUST SAID SHE’S NOT GOING TO DO. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT SHE HAS BEEN GAINING MOMENTUM NOT ONLY HERE IN IOWA, BUT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, AS WELL. >> SO IT’LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THINGS TURN OUT.

ALEX TRUMP AS HAVE MENTIONED, WILL BE ABSENT FROM TONIGHT’S DEBATE. THAT’S WHAT HE’S DOING WITHIN ALL THESE DEBATES. HE’S GOING TO HAVE COUNTERPROGRAMMING AGAIN WITH THIS TOWN HALL ON FOX. AND APPARENTLY HE TOLD FOX THAT HE WANTED TO START AT SAME TIME AS TONIGHT’S DEBATE. NO SURPRISES IN OF THAT.

>> I’M SURE IT WAS JUST A COINCIDENCE RIGHT NOW. AT THIS POINT, THERE’S NOT A LOT OF INCENTIVE FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO SHARE DEBATE STAGE WITH ANY OF THESE CHALLENGERS. RIGHT. I MEAN, HE’S GOT A THREE POINT LEAD HERE IN IOWA. AND SO, YOU KNOW, HIM BEING POSITIONED ALONGSIDE

THEM, HIS CAMPAIGN IS PROBABLY FIGURED THAT IT ONLY GIVES THEM IT GIVES THEM A WAY TO KIND OF CHIP AWAY AT HIS LEAD. SO I THINK HE’S CONTENT WITH WITH STEERING THE ATTENTION ELSEWHERE. ALL RIGHT, ALEX, AVERY, WE’LL BE TALKING AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND OF COURSE, TOMORROW AND WE’LL ALSO

HAVE FULL COVERAGE, OF COURSE, OF THE IOWA CAUCUSES ON MONDAY, JANUARY 15TH, RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WELL, FORMER TRUMP IS ON HIS WAY TO IOWA NOW AFTER WATCHING HIS LAWYERS TAKE PRETTY TOUGH QUESTIONS FROM A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT YESTERDAY. TRUMP’S TEAM IS ARGUING THE IMMUNITY PROTECTS HIM FROM

ANYTHING RELATED TO THE ELECTION AND JANUARY SIX, BUT THE JUDGES DIDN’T SEEM TO BUY IT. OUR CHIEF JUSTICE, PIERRE THOMAS, HAS THE UPDATE FOR US. >> THE DRAMATIC HEARING BEFORE A THREE JUDGE APPELLATE PANEL ADDRESSING, A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION WHETHER A PRESIDENT IS IMMUNE FROM PROSECUTION FOR ANY ACTION TAKEN WHILE IN OFFICE.

ONE OF THE JUDGES CHALLENGING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CALL FOR COMPLETE IMMUNITY BY RAISING A STUNNING HYPOTHETICAL TO THE PRESIDENT, ORDERED SEAL TEAM SIX TO ASSASSINATE A POLITICAL RIVAL. >> THAT’S AN OFFICIAL ACT. IN ORDER TO. >> SEAL TEAM SIX. TRUMP’S ATTORNEY TRIED TO PUSH BACK. HE WOULD HAVE TO BE AND WOULD

SPEEDILY BE IMPEACHED AND CONVICTED BEFORE THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. >> THE JUDGE REFUSING TO LET GO. I ASK YOU A YES, YES OR NO QUESTION. COULD A WHO ORDERED SEAL TEAM SIX TO ASSASSINATE A POLITICAL WAS NOT IMPEACHED? >> COULD HE BE SUBJECT CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IF HE WERE IMPEACHED AND CONVICTED FIRST?

>> AND SO YOUR ANSWER IS, IS IT THE PROSECUTION POUNCING? >> WHAT KIND OF WORLD ARE WE LIVING IN? AS I UNDERSTAND, MY FRIEND ON THE OTHER SIDE TO SAY HERE, THE ORDERS, HIS SEAL TEAM TO ASSASSINATE A POLITICAL AND RESIGNS. FOR EXAMPLE, BEFORE AN IMPEACHMENT, NOT A CRIMINAL ACT.

PRESIDENT SELLS A PARDON, RESIGNS OR IS NOT IMPEACHED. NOT A CRIME. I THINK THAT IS EXTRAORDINARILY FRIGHTENING. FUTURE AND THE THREE JUDGE PANEL TWO APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN AND ONE BY PRESIDENT GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH APPEARED RECEPTIVE TO THE SPECIAL COUNSEL CLAIM THAT TRUMP, IN TRYING TO BLOCK BIDEN FROM BEING CERTIFIED

AS PRESIDENT, WAS NOT ACTING IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY, BUT ON HIS OWN PERSONAL BEHALF AS A CANDIDATE. BUT TRUMP’S ATTORNEYS MAINTAIN THAT THE PROSECUTIONS AGAINST HIM ARE BEING USED A POLITICAL WEAPON. AFTER THE HEARING, TRUMP RAISING THE SPECTER OF VIOLENCE BY HIS SUPPORTERS SHOULD HE LOSE HIS LEGAL CHALLENGES.

>> HE’LL BE BEDLAM IN THE COUNTRY. >> IT’S A VERY BAD THING. IT’S A VERY BAD PRECEDENT, AS WE SAID IN THE OPENING OF A PANDORA’S BOX. TRUMP CONTINUED TO SPEW ELECTION LIES ABOUT VOTER FRAUD AND DID NOT DENOUNCE OR RULE OUT THE POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE. HERE ALL RIGHT, PIERRE THOMAS,

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> TO ECUADOR NOW WHERE A NEWS STATION AND ITS STAFF WERE NOT ONLY CAUGHT GUARD BUT TEMPORARILY HELD CAPTIVE AS 13 ARMED GUNMEN STORMED THE TV STATION DURING A LIVE BROADCAST ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT SAYING THAT HIS COUNTRY IS NOW AT WAR, DECLARING STATE OF EMERGENCY

AMID A WAVE OF VIOLENCE IN A COUNTRY LONG AS ONE OF SOUTH AMERICA’S MOST PEACEFUL PLACES. MATT RIVERS HAS MORE. >> AUTHORITIES IN ECUADOR, INVESTIGATING A BRAZEN ATTACK ON A PUBLIC TELEVISION BY AN APPARENT ARMED GANG AS, QUOTE, ACTS OF TERRORISM. THE MASKED MEN SEEN HERE TYING

CREW MEMBERS ON THE FLOOR, THREATENING STAFF, WAVING EXPLOSIVES AND GUNS, LOOKING REALLY SCARED. STAFFERS INSIDE DESPERATELY PLEADING FOR THEIR LIVES. THE LIVE BROADCAST ROLLING FOR ALMOST 15 MINUTES BEFORE GOING DARK. POLICE THEN SURROUND THE AREA, ARRESTING MORE THAN A DOZEN GUNMEN. >> THE SHOW’S DEPUTY DIRECTOR LATER SAYING THE ATTACK WAS, QUOTE,

EXTREMELY VIOLENT. >> WHAT REMAINS OF THE MOMENT, A RELENTLESS THIS INCIDENT, ONE OF MANY ACTS OF VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED AFTER. ECUADOR DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY MONDAY FOLLOWING THE DISAPPEARANCE. >> THE LEADER OF THE NOTORIOUS LOS JANEIRO’S GANG FROM HIS CELL IN A GUAYAQUIL PRISON.

>> THANK YOU FOR ALL VIOLENCE FORCING MANY PEO MIGRATE NORTH. IN FACT, LAST YEAR US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION RECORDED MORE ECUADORIANS ARRIVING AT THE U.S. SOUTHWEST BORDER THAN ANY YEAR PRIOR. MEANWHILE, MULTIPLE U.S. AIRLINES CANCELING FLIGHTS TO ECUADOR TODAY, INCLUDING AIRLINES SAYING IT’S FORCED TO CANCEL ITS FLIGHTS TO GUAYAQUIL.

>> ALL RIGHT, MATT RIVERS, THANKS SO MUCH. WELL, THEY WENT GAZA TO COVER THE WAR. NOW THEIR DEATHS HAVE BECOME OUR STORY. HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES NOW DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY AS WE REPORT ON THE RECORD NUMBER OF JOURNALISTS KILLED IN ISRAEL’S WAR AGAINST HAMAS. OUR PATRICK REEVELL NOW WITH HIS SPECIAL REPORT

ON THE DEADLY THIS WAR IS HAVING ON OUR OWN PRESS CORPS. >> WELL, AUTHENTIC ISRAEL’S WAR . GAZA HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY DEADLY FOR JOURNALISTS. AT LEAST 79 HAVE BEEN KILLED IN JUST OVER THREE MONTHS, ACCORDING TO THE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS. >> I WAS TOLD THAT ANY SINCE THE CPA STARTED COLLECTING

RECORDS THREE DECADES AGO. >> THE FIRST DEATHS WERE OF ISRAELI KILLED AS HAMAS RAMPAGED THROUGH SOUTHERN ISRAEL DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS. >> THEN ISRAEL BEGAN ITS MILITARY OPERATION IN RESPONSE ,REUTERS PHOTOJOURNALIST ESSAM ABDULLAH, AMONG FIRST KILLED. HE WAS FILMING WITH A GROUP OF JOURNALISTS. >> THE LEBANON ISRAELI BORDER.

>> THEN AN ISRAELI TANK FIRED INTO THEM. VIDEO THE MOMENT THE TANK HITTING THEM A SECOND TIME. >> SIX OTHER JOURNALISTS INJURED, REUTERS AND AFP, AS WELL AS RIGHTS WATCH AND REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, SAY THEIR INVESTIGATIONS SHOW THE GROUP WERE DELIBERATELY FIRED ON. DEMANDING ANSWERS FROM ISRAEL.

>> WE CALL ON ISRAEL TO EXPLAIN HOW COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND TO HOLD TO ACCOUNT THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH. >> THE IDF SAYING WAS RESPONDING TO ANTI-TANK FIRE IN THE AREA AND IS INVESTIGATING. BUT THE DEADLIEST TOLL BY FAR JOURNALISTS IS IN GAZA. 72 KILLED. JOURNALIST REPORTING THERE

AS THEIR OWN LIVES ARE UPENDED. >> WELL DONE TO AL JAZEERA’S. BUREAU CHIEF HAS LOST SEVERAL MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY IN ISRAELI STRIKES SINCE OCTOBER, INCLUDING HIS WIFE, SON, DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON. LAST WEEK, HIS SON, HAMZA, ALSO A JOURNALIST, WAS KILLED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON HIS CAR.

THE IDF SAYING HE AND TWO OTHER REPORTERS HAVE LOOKED LIKE TERRORISTS WITH A DRONE TRANSACTION. >> HAMZA WAS MY SOLE, DOUDOU SAYS. >> BUT THIS PAIN WON’T DETER US FROM CONTINUING. >> IN DECEMBER, TATTOO HIMSELF WAS INJURED BY AN ISRAELI STRIKE. THE DAY AFTER HE WAS BACK ON AIR AGAIN.

ANOTHER PHOTOJOURNALIST WAS REPORTEDLY KILLED IN GAZA TODAY WORKING FOR THE PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT. PUT SIMPLY, JOURNALISTS ARE BEING KILLED AT A SPEED AND SCALE IN GAZA RIGHT NOW. BEYOND ANYTHING WE’VE SEEN REALLY IN RECENT CONFLICTS KYRA. ALL RIGHT, PATRICK REEVELL THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND COMING UP, PARTS OF THE

COUNTRY BATTERED BY SEVERE STORMS AS ANOTHER ROUND OF WICKED WEATHER HEADS THEIR WAY. >> YOUR FORECAST NEXT NEXT. >> TONIGHT, CAN GOP HOPEFULS SHRINK THE GAP WITH THE FRONTRUNNER? THE COUNTDOWN. PLUS, KEEPING AN EYE ON THE BACK TO BACK STORMS THREATENING MILLIONS MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION.

“WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID AND DAVID. DAVID WITH ME. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS, THIS IS THE START HERE TODAY IN 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 WITH FOUR EDWARD R MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. START HERE. ABC NEWS. WE GET YOUR DAILY FIRST. LISTEN. NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS,

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SO MUCH OF THE COUNTRY IS EITHER CLEANING UP OR DRYING AFTER GETTING WALLOPED BY EXTREME WEATHER, SEVERE WIND AND EVEN MULTIPLE TORNADOES TOUCHING DOWN IN PARTS OF FLORIDA NOW LOOKING AT DANGEROUS SNOWY CONDITIONS IN THE MIDWEST, WHILE PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST ARE LEFT REELING FROM ALL THAT TORRENTIAL AND FLOODING. AND GUESS WHAT?

WE’RE NOT DONE YET. ANOTHER ROUND, EXTREME WEATHER HEADED TO EXACTLY WHERE SOMARA THEODORE GOING TO TELL US IS TOMORROW IS ANOTHER CROSS-COUNTRY AND IT’S COMING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. WE HAVE SOME TIME ABOUT ANOTHER 24 HOURS BEFORE IT REALLY GETS STARTED GOING. BUT I TO TALK ABOUT THE STORM THAT’S LEAVING.

YOU SAW THE IMAGES THERE WREAKED HAVOC THROUGHOUT PARTS OF THE SOUTH. WELL, IT’S LEAVING IN ITS WAKE VERY GUSTY CONDITIONS. WIND OF 40, 50 MILES PER HOUR. IT’S BEEN A VERY BREEZY DAY FOR A LOT OF FOLKS LIVING IN THE NORTHEAST. THE OTHER THING, VERY HIGH RIVERS. WE’RE LOOKING AT MAJOR RIVER

FLOODING HERE OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. THIS COMES BEHIND THE STORM SYSTEM. >> ONLY DID WE SEE AROUND THREE INCHES OF RAIN, BUT WE ALSO HAD THE MELTING SNOW FROM THIS STORM PRIOR TO THAT, IF YOU REMEMBER. >> SO AS A RESULT WE ARE SEEING MAJOR RIVER FLOODING RIGHT NOW.

SO HERE’S A STORM. KARA WAS TALKING ABOUT STARTS IN THE NORTHWEST. IT RIDES THROUGH THE ROCKIES IN THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY, REALLY BECOMING MORE ROBUST ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND THEN HITTING THE I-95 CORRIDOR BY FRIDAY NIGHT. SO LITTLE ROCK SHREVEPORT, THURSDAY NIGHT, BE ON HIGH ALERT.

YOU ALL ARE IN FOR THE THREAT FOR STRONG STORMS, MAYBE A FEW TORNADOES. BY FRIDAY, WE SEE THE TORNADO THREAT STRETCHING FROM MONTGOMERY THROUGH MIDDLE GEORGIA. COLUMBUS, RIGHT ON UP INTO COLUMBIA, MACON, CHARLESTON AND PARTS NORTH CAROLINA THERE. SO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THOSE CELL PHONES ON GO AND THE

ALERTS ARE READY TO GO BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE TORNADOES COULD BE HAPPENING AFTER SUNSET. AND THEN FINALLY AFTER THAT OUT. WE’RE LOOKING AT REALLY BRUTAL, COLD THINKING IN AS FAR SOUTH AS TEXAS. IT’S GOING TO START ON SATURDAY. AND BY TUESDAY, POTENTIALLY WE COULD BE LOOKING AT SINGLE

DIGITS IN TEXAS, EVEN COLDER THAN CITIES LIKE WASHINGTON, D.C. AND, NEW YORK KYRA. >> ALL RIGHT. WE’LL KEEP TRACKING IT WITH YOU TOMORROW. >> THANK YOU. AND COMING UP, BOEING CEO BREAKS HIS SILENERS AFTER THE FA GROUNDS MORE THAN 100 BOEING AIRPLANES. >> YOU HAVE. >> I WAS TERRIFIED.

>> IT WAS JUST TOO TRAUMATIC. NIGHTMARE. PEOPLE NEED ON DAY AND HE’S WANTED BABIES 18 FACING LIFE AND DEATH MEDICAL CONDITIONS. THEIR LIVES NOW OUT OF THEIR CONTROL. >> I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO DIE. OUR LIVES AND OUR HEALTH ARE DEBATABLE. I WOULDN’T WISH THIS UPON MY WORST ENEMY.

>> DIANE SAWYER. RACHEL SCOTT ON THE BRINK NOW STREAMING ON HULU FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. EVERYBODY IN THAT HOME IS OKAY TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE ARE HERE AT FASHION’S BIGGEST NIGHT OUT. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY. YOUTUBE HAS UNVEILED A NEW SET

OF POLICIES. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW AD CAMPAIGN, FAST, STRAIGHTFORWARD, WITH SOME TIME IN BETWEEN A REAL LIFE BARBIE DREAM HOUSE, A CHANGE FOR THE WIENERMOBILE. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> 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 OUR MURROW AWARDS

AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC NEEDED MORE DAILY FIRST. LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> REPORTING FROM TAIWAN, I’M BRITT CLENNETT.

WHEREVER STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . THE TOP HEADLINES WE’RE TRACKING FOR YOU THIS HOUR ON ABC NEWS LIVE. LOOKS LIKE DONALD TRUMP DIDN’T MAKE THE JUDGE’S DEADLINE SO HE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN HIS NEW YORK FRAUD TRIAL.

EMAILS SHOW JUDGE ARTHUR ENRONS RESCINDED EARLIER TODAY AFTER TRUMP’S LAWYERS OBJECTED TO THE JUDGES INSTRUCTIONS TO LIMIT ARGUMENTS TO WHAT IS PERMISSIBLE. COURT AS ARGUMENTS SET FOR TOMORROW IN THE TRIAL THAT COST TRUMP HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PENALTIES AND STRIP HIM OF HIS ABILITY TO DO BUSINESS IN NEW YORK,

TRUMP CONTINUES TO DENY ALL ALLEGATIONS HIM INVESTORS, INVESTIGATORS, RATHER, APPARENTLY LOOKING INTO JAILHOUSE MADE BY THE MAN CHARGED IN THE 1996 MURDER MURDER OF RAPPER TUPAC SHAKUR. SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS THAT THEY’RE LOOKING FURTHER INTO WHETHER DUANE KEBEDE DAVIS MAY HAVE BEEN PLOTTING TO HARM WITNESSES COOPERATING IN THE TRIAL.

PROSECUTORS POINT TO A CALL THAT HAPPENED BACK IN OCTOBER BETWEEN DAVIS AND HIS SON, WHICH THEY SAY THEY DISCUSSED AN AUTHORIZATION TO KILL, WHICH CAUSED ENOUGH CONCERN THAT THEY RELOCATED A. WITNESS DAVIS IS ACCUSED OF ORDERING THE MURDER OF TUPAC . THE JUDGE IS SETTING HIS BAIL AT $750,000, FAR HIGHER THAN

WHAT HIS LAWYERS HAD ASKED FOR . HIS LAWYERS ASKED FOR HIM TO BE PLACED ON HOUSE ARREST, SAYING HE’S NOT A THREAT AND THAT HIS HEALTH IS POOR. MY CEO SAYS HE IS AFTER A DOOR FELL OFF AN ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT LAST WEEK. PASSENGERS HORRIFIED. ALASKA AIRLINES HAS NOW

CANCELED ALL OF THE 737 MAX, NINE FLIGHTS THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY THAT’S GOING TO IMPACT MORE THAN 100 FLIGHTS A DAY. ON CNBC, THOUGH, BOEING CEO DAVE CALHOUN SAYS THAT HE WAS AFTER SEEING PICTURES OF THAT DISASTER. HE ALSO SAYS HE’S CONFIDENT IN BOEING’S MANUFACTURING AND PROMISED THAT NO.

737 MAX, NINE PLANES WILL FLY WITH UNSAFE CONDITIONS. GLAD YOU’RE STREAMING WITH US ON KYRA PHILLIPS FROM BREAKING NEWS TO ALL THE STORIES THAT MATTER TO YOU, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON VARIOUS STREAMING, THE ABC NEWS APP AND OF COURSE AND STOPS. NEITHER DO WE. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK.

>> TONIGHT, CAN GOP HOPEFULS SHRINK THE GAP WITH THE FRONTRUNNER? THE COUNTDOWN IS KEEPING AN EYE ON THE BACK TO BACK STORMS THREATENING MILLIONS MORE AMERICANS TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT”. DAVID, YOU ARE GIVING IT TO ME. >> THERE ARE SOME STORIES THAT JUST STICK WITH YOU.

DREW WAS WORKING AT VICTORIA’S SECRET. SHE DID A LITTLE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING, HEADED TO HER CAR AND THEN WENT MISSING FROM THE MALL. IT’S THE LAST TIME ANYONE HEARD FROM DREW SHUTTING. >> HOW HEARTBREAKING IS THAT TO THINK ABOUT FRIDAY NIGHT? 2020 TAKES YOU INSIDE THE HUNT TO CATCH HER KILLER BEFORE

HE KILLS AGAIN. YOU HAVE A PREDATOR ON YOUR HANDS. ALL NEW 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT AT NINE EIGHT CENTRAL ON ABC. >> WE ARE FOLLOWING. >> I WAS. >> IT WAS JUST SO TRAUMATIC. NIGHTMARE. PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND. PEOPLE WANTED BABIES. 18 FACING LIFE AND DEATH, MEDICAL CONDITIONS, THEIR LIVES

OUT OF THEIR CONTROL. >> I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO DIE. OUR LIVES AND OUR HEALTH ARE DEBATABLE. I WOULDN’T WISH THIS UPON MY ENEMY. >> DIANE SAWYER RACHEL SCOTT ON THE BRINK NOW ON HULU. >> FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE COMES THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP.

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WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . HELLO, I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. SOME BREAKING NEWS HERE THAT WE’RE WATCHING FOR YOU ON ABC NEWS LIVE THIS HOUR. AN AVALANCHE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AT THE PALISADES LAKE TAHOE AREA SKI RESORT. RESCUE TEAMS NOW RESPONDING

TO THE SKI SEARCHING FOR POSSIBLE VICTIMS. PALISADES IS NOW CLOSED FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. A SPOKESPERSON THERE IN CALIFORNIA FOR THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, THE AP, THAT THERE ARE NO CONFIRMED REPORTS OF PEOPLE TRAPPED AT THIS TIME. FOR MORE, LET’S BRING IN MARK, SPONSOR HE ACTUALLY WENT OUT

TO GO SKIING FOR THE DAY. HE’S THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIFT WHERE THIS HAD HAPPENED AT PALISADES. MARK JUST KIND OF TELL US HOW YOU ARRIVED AT PALISADES TO SKI AND WHAT HAPPENED. >> YEAH, SURE. SO THIS IS THE OPENING DAY FOR THE KATI 22 LIFT.

IT IS THEIR PREMIER LIFT HERE AT. PALISADES TAHOE VERY STEEP TERRAIN EXPERT ONLY OF PLACE. AND SO IT’S ALWAYS VERY ANTICIPATED. THIS LIFT OPENS. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THERE’S A BIG STORM MOVING IN. SNOW STARTED LAST NIGHT. IT’S BEEN SNOWING ALL MORNING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIFT.

WINDS OF 30 MILES AN HOUR. VISIBILITY IS DOWN TO ABOUT 2 TO 300 YARDS. AND THE PLAN WAS TO GO SKIING IN THE TREES AND GET SOME FRESH POWDER. UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT AT THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT GOT UP THE LIFT, THEY WERE THEY WENT UP. THEY UNDERNEATH THE CHAIRLIFT

IS A THIN GOLD GAS BOWL. THEY WENT TO GO SKI THAT AND AS SOON AS THEY DROPPED IN THE BALL, THE TOP 100 YARDS OF THE BALL BASICALLY CRACKED AND ALL THE SNOW JUST SLID DOWN THE FACE DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BALL FROM A REPORT FROM A PERSON THAT WAS LITERALLY

ON THE LIFT, SAW THE WHOLE THING HAPPENED. HE SAID HE SAW FIVE PEOPLE GET TRAPPED. SOME OF THEM WERE TO CRAWL OUT. OTHERS NOT SO MUCH SKIS WERE STICKING OUT, WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT WAS PRETTY MUCH NOT A VERY GOOD SITUATION AND VISIBILITY OF TIME WAS EVEN MORE CONFINING

AND WINDS WERE BLOWING EVEN HARDER UP THERE. >> SO DO YOU KNOW AT THIS TIME, ARE RESCUE TEAMS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW SEARCHING FOR PEOPLE OR ARE THEY OUT IN THE AREA? WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT ONGOING EFFORTS TO ACCOUNT FOR EVERYBODY THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, REALLY OUT THERE SKIING AND OUT

ON THE BLACK DIAMONDS? >> YEAH. SO THE PALISADES TAHOE TEAM IS WELL ORGANIZED IN THESE SORTS OF SITUATIONS. THEY THEY INSTANTLY HAD PATROL GOING UP ON SKIS WITH I MEAN, UP ON SNOW SKIS AND SNOW CAPS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BURIED. THEY BROUGHT IN ALL

THEIR PATROL FOLKS OVER AT ALPINE MEADOWS, WHICH IS JUST RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. AND THEN THEY HAD A BUNCH OF VOLUNTEERS PLUS PEOPLE THAT WERE UP ON THE MOUNTAIN THAT SORT OF HAPPENED. THEY ALL JUMPED IN AND IT WAS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK OPERATION

TO TRY TO GET TO PEOPLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE IN ABOUT YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH TIME. >> YOU SURE DON’T. AND MARK, IF YOU DON’T MIND, AS YOU GET INFORMATION, NEW DETAILS WHEN YOU PLEASE CALL IN SO WE CAN KEEP EVERYBODY UPDATED. WE’D REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> I ABSOLUTELY WILL.

ALL RIGHT, MARK, SPONSOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL FOLLOW THAT AVALANCHE THERE AT LAKE TAHOE IN LAKE TAHOE, RATHER, THE PALISADES SKI RESORT. YOU MAY NOTICE IT WAS RENAMED A COUPLE YEARS AGO. THE OLYMPICS WERE HELD THERE YEARS BACK. IT’S A VERY POPULAR PLACE TO GO FOR THE LOCALS AND, FOR

PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY. AGAIN, WE’LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT AVALANCHE AND THE REPORTS OF POSSIBLY A FEW OF THOSE SKIERS STILL MISSING. THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. KYRA PHILLIPS, ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE

STREAMING SERVICE AS WELL. THE ABC NEWS APP. AND OF COURSE, AT ABCNEWS.COM. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. NEITHER DO WE. THREE STARTS RIGHT NOW >> Eva: “WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” RIGHT NOW ON “GMA3.” ASSESSING THE DAMAGE THE DAY AFTER THOSE DEADLY STORMS, THE MAJOR FLOODING, POWER LINES DOWN

AND NEARLY TWO DOZEN REPORTED TWISTERS ACROSS AT LEAST SIX STATES. SAM CHAMPION WITH THE NEW STORM ON THE WAY. >> DeMarco: A$AP ROCKY PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO ASSAULT CHARGES. OUR TEAM WITH THE DEEP DIVE INTO WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT CASE.

>>> ALSO, NIGHTMARE ON THE SET AT A TV STATION IN ECUADOR. DRAMATIC BURSTS OF GUNFIRE SHOCKING VIEWERS LIVE ON THE AIR. WHAT OFFICIALS ARE CALLING NATIONWIDE TERROR ATTACKS BY NUMEROUS VIOLENT GANGS. >> Eva: WALMART TAKES GOING SHOPPING TO A NEW LEVEL, NOT

JUST A DESTINATION, BUT A CONCIERGE SERVICE. HOW THE RETAIL GIANT IS USING A.I. TO RE-IMAGINE HOW YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SHOP. >> DeMarco: WORKING HARD TO RIGHT A WRONG. WE’LL EXAMINE HOW LGBTQ+ VETERANS ARE FIGHTING FOR THE MILITARY BENEFITS THEY WERE ONCE DENIED.

>> Eva: PLUS, TORY JOHNSON ZEROS IN ON YOUR WELLNESS IN TODAY’S “DEALS & STEALS.” >>> IT’S NOT ACCURATE. >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I RECOGNIZE YOU. SECOND, WE PULLED THE SECURITY TAPE. IT’S CLEAR YOU WERE THERE. >> DeMarco: AND WE’RE LOOKING AHD TO THE NEW SEASON OF

“FARGO.” STAR LAMORNE MORRIS IS HERE WITH OUR GLIMPSE BEHIND THE SCENES. >> Announcer: NOW FROM TIMES SQUARE, DeMARCO MORGAN AND EVA PILGRIM WITH DR. JEN ASHTON AND “WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.” ♪ I LOVE IT WHEN YOU DO IT LIKE THAT ♪ >> Eva: OH, YES.

>> DeMarco: YOU’RE SINGING NOW. >> Eva: I’M NOT SINGING. WE ARE SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU FOR “WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” TODAY. >> DeMarco: IT WAS A MESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH THIS WEATHER. YOU HAVE SOME AMAZING STORIES. YOU WERE HIT WITH A —

>> Dr. Jen: A PUDDLE. >> IT’S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS A TAXI DRIVES BY AND GETS SOAKED. >> IT’S SO NEW YORK. YOU DIDN’T GET A CHANCE TO EAT UNTIL 6:30, BUT YOU WERE DRENCH 37. >> I WENT TO ORDER IT AND THEY WERE OUT.

I HAD TO WALK BACK IN THE RAIN. IT STARTED CRAZE IS SIT COMING DOWN. >> I WAS STARVING AND I GOT SOAKING WET. >> WE HAVE REAL THINGS TO TALK TO YOU. WE ARE TEN DAYS INTO DRY JAB. WE ARE LEARNING THAT THERE ARE

EVEN MORE WONDERFUL BENEFITS OF NOT HAVING ALCOHOL. >> THIS IS NEW DATA PUT OUT BITHE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION LOOK AT TWO THINGS A THAT ARE COMMON. SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND HEART DISEASE. THEY LOOK ED AT 1999 TO 2019 SUBSTANCE USE HEART DISEASE DEATHS.

THOSE ARE DEATHS RELATING TO BOTH OF THOSE CONDITIONS. WHEN YOU HONE IN ON THE CAUSES, ALC ALCOHOL-RELATED ARE UP 65%. RATES IN WOMEN ARE GOING UP AND CONTINUE TO GO UP. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE HERE, JUST OVER 7% OF

ADULTS WITH KNOWN ALCOHOL USE DISORDER ARE RECEIVING TREATMENT. TREATMENT IS AVAILABLE. IT’S LIFE SAVING. PZ WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER ONE KILLER AND SOMETHING THAT’S BEHAVIORAL, THAT REPRESENTS A REAL TARGET FOR INTERVENTION. >> AND YOU’RE HELPING THOSE AROUND YOU.

>> REACH OUT AND TALK TO A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL. >> LET’S GET A LOOK AT YOUR LATEST HEADLINES. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU ON THIS WEDNESDAY. AND WE BEGIN WITH DEADLY STORMS THAT SWEPT THE NATION BRINGING A BLIZZARD TO THE MIDWEST AND A

DOZEN TORNADOES REPORTED IN THE SOUTH. A NEW STORM DEVELOPING. SAM CHAMPION HAS THE LATEST. >> WHAT A NIGHT WE HAD WITH A BIG STORM. IT WAS HALF THE COUNTRY THAT WAS IMPACTED WITH THAT STORM IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. FROM THE TORNADOS INTO THE DEEP

SOUTH, TO THE FLOODING THAT IS ONGOING IN PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND AND THE MID ATLANTIC. LOOK AT THIS. ALL EYES ARE ON NEW JERSEY. THE PASSAIC RIVER HAD SO MUCH FLOODING WITHIN JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. THEN THE PAWTUXET RIVER IS UP IN THE FLOOD WARNING ZONE.

THOSE WILL TAKE DAYS AND ON INTO THE WEEKEND. WE HAVE ANOTHER SYSTEM LEAVING THE WEST COAST TODAY. IT MAKES A FAST MOVE. LOOK AT THE TIME STAMP ON SATURDAY. THAT’S GOING INTO NEW ENGLAND. ONE OF MY BIG CONCERNS IS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WHERE THERE’S DAMAGING WIND.

>> THANK YOU, SAM. >>> AND MOMENTS UNFOLDING AS VIEWERS WATCHED TV. ARMED AND MASKED INTRUDERS TAKING OVER A TV STATION IN ECUADOR DURING A LIVE BROADCAST. HIDING. DOZEN SUSPECTED GUNMAN.AN A GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CALLING THE ATTACK ONE OF A NUMBER OF ACTIVE TERRORISM AFTER A NATIONAL

EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED FOLLOWING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A LEADER OF A GANG FROM PRISON. >>> FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP APPEARING IN FEDERAL COURT. HIS LAWYER ARGUING UNLIMITED PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION. ONE OF THE JUDGES ASKING IF THAT MEANT A PRESIDENT COULD ORDER

SEAL TEAM 6 TO ORDER AN ASSASSINATION OF A POLITICAL RIVAL. TRUMP CONTINUES PROMOTING ELECTION LIES AND DID NOT RULE OUT THE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE VIOLENCE. HE HAS DENIED ALL WRONG DOING. >>> FINALLY, MATTEL REVEALING THE BARBIE OF THE YEAR IS WOMEN IN FILM.

THE NEW DOLL IS DUE OUT TODAY. THE COMPANY’S WAY OF ENCOURAGING CHILDREN EVERY YEAR TO DREAM BIG. THIS COMES AT A GOOD TIME, RIGHT AFTER THE GOLDEN GLOBE WITH “BARBIE” TAKING HOME CINEMATIC ACHIEVEMENTS. >> DeMarco: LOVE TO SEE IT. >> Eva: MUCH MORE AHEAD ON “GMA3.”

A CASE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING. A$AP ROCKY PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO THE ALLEGED SHOOTING OF HIS CHILDHOOD FRIEND. OUR “GMA3” DEEP DIVE INTO THAT CASE. >> DeMarco: A WHOLE NEW WAY TO SHOP. WALMART IS TEAMING UP WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO OFFER

CUSTOMER AS NEW EXPERIENCE. WE’LL LOOK AT SOME OF THE CHANGES YOU CAN EXPECT WHEN “GMA3” CONTINUES. STAY WITH US. OF THE 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 more curved inside up and is a slice of human brain. These are assassinations of people are going to be murdered. No telling what some of them will do. Everywhere and anywhere. Wow. All right, here we go. Alrighty,

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ROCKY RETURNED TO COURT WHERE HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES RELATED TO THE ALLEGED NOVEMBER 2021 SHOOTING. THE POLICE SAY RAPPERS GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT THAT ESCALATED. >> DeMarco: JOINING US NOW MIKE MUSE AND BRIAN BUCKMIRE. GOOD TO SEE YOU. BRIAN, NO GUN WAS EVER RECOVERED.

SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS AREN’T CLEAR. HOW DID THE CASE MAKE IT TO TRIAL? >> IT’S A PATCHWORK OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. YOU HAVE TWO VIDEOS. ONE SHOWING A PERSON THEY CAN’T I.D., BUT THEY’RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE CLOTHING. THEN A VIDEO WHERE POLICE ARE SAYING IT’S A$AP ROCKY.

THEY’RE PATCHWORKING IT TOGETHER. IT’S MOVING TOWARDS TRIAL BECAUSE OF THE STANDARD NEEDED. IT’S CALLED PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE, OR MORE LIKELY THAN NOT. IT’S MORE LIKELY THAN NOT BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT A$AP ROCKY SHOT AT HIM. >> Eva: THESE GUYS WERE FRIENDS.

HOW DID THEY END UP IN THIS SITUATION? >> IT’S A FRIENDSHIP GONE AWRY. IT’S A FRIEND GROUP. A$AP ROCKY IS WELL-KNOWN. IT’S A BIG COLLECTIVE THAT GOT FORMED WHERE WHEN LIVING IN HARLEM, SOME HAVE BECOME MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN OTHERS. WHAT WE SEE BETWEEN RELLY AND

A$AP ROCKY IS RELLY THOUGHT A$AP ROCKY FORGOT ABOUT THE GROUP. HE FELT THAT ROCKY DIDN’T DO ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE FRIENDS. WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS THAT A$AP ROCKY FUNDED THE FUNERAL AND WAS SUPPORTING HIS FRIENDS. IT’S FRIENDSHIP GONE AWRY, ONE HAS BECOME MORE SUCCESSFUL AND

OTHERS ARE ACCUSING HIM OF NOT GIVING ENOUGH BACK. IT’S A CHALLENGE TO BRING PEOPLE ALONG. IT’S IN THE SPORTS WORLD, THE MEDIA WORLD. WHEN YOU HAVE FIRST GENERATIONAL — EVEN COLLEGE STUDENTS. THERE’S A BURDEN OF HAVING TO SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY. >> DeMarco: BRIAN, ASAP RELLY

CALLED HIS ATTORNEY BEFORE CONTACTING POLICE. HE COLLECTED THE CASE SHELLINGS THERE. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS? DOES IT CAST ANY DOUBT? >> IT CASTS A LOT OF DOUBT. THERE WAS A CIVIL LAWSUIT FILED AFTER A$AP ROCKY WAS ARRESTED. TAKE EVERYTHING WITH THIS GROUP

AND THE BACKGROUND AND ADD ON AFTER THE SHOOTING HE DOESN’T CALL 911. HE CALLS HIS ATTORNEY. LAW ENFORCEMENT GOES TO WHERE IT ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED, BUT THEY DON’T FIND EVIDENCE. THEN RELLI SUPPLIES THE CASINGS, BUT THERE’S NO GUN. THERE’S A VIDEO WHERE TWO GUT

SHOTS WENT OFF, BUT HE SAYS TWO GUNSHOTS WENT OFF. THERE’S A LOT OF REASONABLE DOUBT IN THE STORY ALREADY THAT LEAVES A QUESTION MARK AS TO WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. >> Eva: MIKE, WE HAVE TO SHOW STRATEGY HERE. WHAT WILL A$AP ROCKY’S LEGAL TEAM DO?

>> THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAID A$AP ROCKY IS AS COOL AS A CUCUMBER. WHEN A DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAYS THAT, IT INDICATES THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO DISPROVE THIS CASE IN TOTALITY. >> DeMarco: BRIAN, THE NEXT PRETRIAL HEARING IS SET FOR MARCH 6th.

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN? >> NEGOTIATIONS. I DON’T THINK A$AP ROCKY WILL TAKE A PLEA DEAL. YOU’RE NEGOTIATING TO GET THE BEST POSSIBLE DEAL FOR YOUR CLIENT AND PREPARING FOR THE DISCOVERY AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION FROM THE DEFENSE.

PER THE STORY, THERE ARE TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CONGLOMERATE THAT WERE THERE. WHO ARE THEY GOING TO TESTIFY FOR? >> Eva: TALK ABOUT SOME FRIEND GROUP DRAMA. ALL RIGHT. MIKE MUSE AND BRIAN BUCKMIRE, THANK YOU. WE HAVE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR MICHIGAN WOLVERINES.

>> DeMarco: JUST SAY THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I’M SO HAPPY. >> Eva: JUST AHEAD ON “GMA3,” GOING SHOPPING IN A WHOLE NEW WAY. >> DeMarco: WHY WALMART IS PUTTING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN YOUR SHOPPING CART AND WHAT IT CAN DO JUST FOR YOU WHEN WE COME BACK.

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IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES First thing in the morning. There’s a lot going on, everybody in that home is, okay, to catch you up with what happened overnight? We are here at Fashion’s biggest night out what’s happening today. YouTube has unveiled two new set of

Atlanta. I’m Faith the boob a wherever the story is will take you there. You’re streaming ABC News live. >> Eva: BACK NOW WITH WALMART’S EFFORTS TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE WAY WE SHOP. >> DeMarco: THEY’RE REVEALING HOW THEY’RE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO CREATE A NEW EXPERIENCE.

ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS THE STORY. >> Reporter: AN ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE, WALMART TAKING US INSIDE ITS RETAIL REVOLUTION, USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO TRANSFORM THE WAY WE SHOP. AT THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW IN LAS VEGAS, THE WORLD’S BIGGEST RETAILER LAUNCHING NEW FEATURES, LIKE THE OPTION TO

SHOP WITH FRIENDS, TRYING ON OUTFITS IN ITS APP AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THOSE YOU TRUST. >> YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH SOMEONE ELSE TO SAY, DO YOU LIKE THIS SWEATER OR NOT? MY FRIENDS MIGHT SAY NO. >> Reporter: WALMART’S CEO TALKING ABOUT EXPANDED SEARCH

CAPABILITIES ON ITS SITE. YOU CAN SEARCH FOR A PHRASE INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. >> WE MOVE AWAY FROM THIS BABY TALK SEARCH WHERE WE’RE TRYING TO FIND CHIPS AND DRINKS AND SAY, HOW DO I PREPARE A GREAT WATCH PARTY? IT BRINGS THE CATEGORIES YOU’RE

LOOKING FOR AND SERVES UP A LIST OF ITEMS YOU CAN CHOOSE. >> Reporter: THE FEATURE USING TECHNOLOGY FROM MICROSOFT WHICH HAS INVESTED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO CHATGPT. >> IT’S TRANSLATING THE TECHNOLOGY INTO EVERY DAY USE. >> Reporter: 2024 WILL BE THE YEAR THAT CONSUMERS WILL SEE

DIRECT BENEFITS FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. >> I THINK THIS IS WHERE IT SCALES AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH OTHER TECHNOLOGIES OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. >> Reporter: WITH THOSE PROMISES COME FEARS THAT A.I. IS ADVANCING TOO FAST.

>> ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT THE GUARDRAILS AREN’T IN PLACE FOR HOW QUICKLY THIS TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING? >> THE GUARDRAILS HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED PARALLEL WITH THE BENEFITS AND USE CASES. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE THINK ABOUT AFTER THE FACT.

WE PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS IN THE PRODUCT TO BUILD THE SAFETY LAYER BEFORE WE LAUNCHED ANYTHING. IN FACT, THE BULK OF THE TIME IS IN THINKING ABOUT THE SAFETY. >> SOMETIMES YOU CAN REALLY USE A LITTLE EXTRA HELP. >> Reporter: ALSO IN THE

PIPELINE FROM WALMART, IN-HOME REPLENISHMENT, USING A.I. TO PREDICT WHAT PRODUCTS YOU NEED AT HOME AND DELIVERING THEM STRAIGHT TO YOUR FRIDGE. >> THERE’S A WALMART ASSOCIATE THAT HAS A CODE TO OUR GARAGE DOOR. THEY PUT THE FOOD IN THE REFRIGERATOR AND WE’RE IN STOCK.

>> SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY THAT SOUNDS LIKE A PRIVACY CONCERN. SOMEONE KNOWS WHAT IT’S MY HOUSE. IT MAKES ME NERVOUS. >> IF YOU’RE DOING BUSINESS WITH SOMEONE YOU TRUST, AND WE CAN SAVE YOU TIME, I THINK THERE WILL BE MORE ADOPTION OF THIS.

>> Reporter: AS FOR HOW DELIVERIES CAN GET TO YOUR HOME, WALMART IS EXPANDING ITS USE OF DRONES IN THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA WITH THE HOPE MORE CITIES WILL BE INCLUDED SOON. >> DeMarco: SO CRAZY. >> Eva: WALMART’S CEO SAYS THE TECHNOLOGY WILL GET BETTER AS

TIME GOES ON. >> DeMarco: JUST AHEAD DR. JEN WITH IMPORTANT TIPS WHEN IT COMES TO WORKOUT IN THE COLD. >> Eva: I DON’T WANT TO WORKOUT IN THE COLD. >>> THE AMAZING HALF COURT SHOT WORTH ITS WAY IN GOLD. WE’LL TELL YOU HOW MUCH WHEN WE

COME BACK. LOOK AT DeMARCO WITH HIS DANCE MOVES. GOLD. WE’LL TELL YOU HOW MUCH WHEN WE First thing in the morning. There’s a lot going on, everybody in that home is, okay, to catch you up with what happened overnight? We are here at Fashion’s biggest night out

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IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES All right, here we go. Alrighty, let’s do it. Yes, it’s the show America wants and America needs right now. This is what would you do? Let’s go. How are you? So what will you be watching? Saturday’s on ABC News live.

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Customizable to your interests. If you love being in the know, you’re gonna love this experience. The all new ABC News app, download it now, >> DeMarco: WE ARE BACK NOW WITH DR. JEN. THERE’S A NEW STUDY TAKING A LOOK AT SHOW SUGAR SWEETENING BEVERAGE TAXES REDUCED THE USE

OF THESE IN FIVE MAJOR CITIES. >> Dr. Jen: BOULDER, PHILADELPHIA, OAKLAND, SAN FRANCISCO AND SEATTLE. PRICE WENT UP. PURCHASES WENT DOWN OF SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGES THE EXACT AMOUNT. WHEN IT WAS LOOKED AT ADJACENT AREAS ACROSS THE CITY BOUNDARIES, THEY DIDN’T SEE A

SPIKE IN PURCHASES DURING THAT TIME. MEANING PEOPLE IN THOSE CITIES WERE DISCOURAGED FROM SPENDING MORE MONEY ON SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGES AND DIDN’T GO ELSEWHERE TO BUY IT. THE SUGGESTION IS THEY BOUGHT SOMETHING ELSE. THIS, HEALTH-WISE, WE KNOW THERE’S A STRONG ASSOCIATION

BETWEEN CONSUMPTION OF THESE BEVERAGES WITH OBESITY AND INCREASING THE RISK OF HEART DISEASE AND VARIOUS CANCERS. WE DON’T KNOW HOW COMMERCIAL INTERVENTION WILL AFFECT THAT. THEN, IS IT A SLIPPERY SLOPE OUT OF MY LANE IN TERMS OF ETHICS? HOW MUCH DOES OUR MARKETPLACE

HAVE A RIGHT TO DICTATE THINGS WE KNOW ARE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR HEALTH, WHICH WE’RE ALL PAYING FOR. LOOK AT CIGARETTES FOR PRECEDENT. >> Eva: FINANCIALLY PUNISHING PEOPLE FOR MAKING POOR HEALTH DECISIONS. >> Dr. Jen: PRETTY MUCH. WHEN YOU’RE LOOKING AT CHILDREN

AND TEENAGERS WHO ARE SPENDING MONEY ON THINGS THAT AREN’T GOOD FOR THEM, THAT’S AN INTERESTING AREA. THIS GOT MY ATTENTION. >> DeMarco: DOC, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BACK IN A MOMENT. YOU VERY MUCH. BACK IN A A WOW. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE

START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE”. TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS. AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK

CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S There are some stories that just stick with you drew was working at Victoria’s Secret. She did a little Christmas shopping headed to her car and then went missing from the mall. It’s

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>> THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW ABC NEWS AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE AND HOWEVER WHAT I’M KYRA PHILLIPS HERE ARE SOME TOP HEADLINES WE’RE FOLLOWING FOR YOU ON ABC NEWS LIVE THIS STARTING WITH THAT AVALANCHE THAT’S BEEN CONFIRMED AT THE LAKE TAHOE AREA. SKI RESORT RESCUE TEAMS

RESPONDING TO THE POPULAR SKI AREA THERE IN CALIFORNIA, SEARCHING FOR POSSIBLE PEOPLE UNDERNEATH THE SNOW. PALISADES IS NOW CLOSED FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, BUT A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT DID TELL AP THAT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO CONFIRMED REPORTS OF PEOPLE TRAPPED. WE’LL FOLLOW THE STORY.

LOOKS LIKE DONALD TRUMP DIDN’T THE JUDGE’S DEADLINE. SO HE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT CLOSING ARGUMENTS AT HIS NEW YORK CIVIL FRAUD TRIAL. EMAILS SHOW JUDGE ARTHUR UNDERWOOD RESCINDING PERMISSION EARLIER TODAY AFTER TRUMP’S LAWYERS OBJECTED THE JUDGE’S INSTRUCTIONS TO LIMIT ARGUMENTS TO WHAT IS PERMISSIBLE IN COURT. THOSE ARGUMENTS SET FOR

TOMORROW IN, THE TRIAL THAT COULD COST TRUMP HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PENALTIES AND STRIP THEM OF HIS ABILITY TO DO BUSINESS IN NEW YORK. TRUMP DENIES ALL THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM. HUNTER BIDEN MAKING A SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT THE HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARING ON WHETHER TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT.

GOP SAY HE WAS BREAKING THE LAW FOR NOT SHOWING UP AT A CLOSED MEETING AFTER THEY SUBPOENAED HIM. THEN HE JUST APPEARED AND DID THAT SURPRISE VISIT CAUSE A LOT OF CHAOS? IF THE GENTLELADY WANTS TO HEAR FROM HUNTER BIDEN, WE CAN HEAR FROM HIM RIGHT NOW. MR..

LET’S TAKE A VOTE AND HEAR FROM HUNTER BIDEN. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? >> BRAD ON. HOLD ON. ORDER! ORDER! ORDER! I BELIEVE THAT HUNTER BIDEN SHOULD BE HELD COMPLETELY IN CONTEMPT. I THINK HE SHOULD BE HAULED OFF TO JAIL RIGHT NOW. >> MR. BIDEN DOESN’T MAKE THE RULES. WE MAKE NO.

>> MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU MAKE THE RULES. AND THE RULE YOU MADE IS THAT HE CAN CHOOSE. >> THAT WAS THE RULE. THOSE WERE YOUR THOSE. WE ARE. >> HE WAS. >> WELL, THE PRESIDENT’S SON SAYS THAT HE WILL ONLY TESTIFY A PUBLIC FORUM CALLING THE PROBE ILLEGITIMATE.

THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME. THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE SERVICE, THE ABC NEWS APP AND OF COURSE, AT ABCNEWS.COM. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. >> MORE “GMA3” ♪ FEELS GOOD ♪

>> Eva: I MEAN, SERIOUSLY. WELCOME BACK TO “GMA3: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.” THAT HALF COURT SHOT WAS WORTH $100,000. THE LAKERS FAN FOR THE WIN, IMPRESSING SUPERSTARS WITH HIS AMAZING MOVES. >> DeMarco: GET OUT OF HERE. THAT IS SO COOL. >> Dr. Jen: ALL NET.

>> DeMarco: $100,000 AIN’T BAD. >> Dr. Jen: COULD YOU IMAGINE IF THAT HAPPENED TO YOU? % >> DeMarco: I WANT MY MONEY NOW. >>> DR. JEN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU’RE SENDING IN. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPIDER VEINS AND VARICOSE VEINS? >> Dr. Jen: BOTH INCREDIBLY

COMMON FOR WOMEN AND MEN. SPIDER VEINS ARE SUPERFICIAL, THEY’RE FLAT, SMALLER IN DIAMETER. THEY’RE THAT — I WISH I WASN’T WEARING BOOTS. MORE COMMON AROUND THE ANKLES. THEY’RE FLAT. THEY’RE NOT PAINFUL AND TEND TO BE SMALLER. VARICOSE VEINS MORE COMMON IN THE LEG, BUT CAN OCCUR OTHER

PLACES. THEY’RE THOSE ROPEY — >> DeMarco: YOU CAN SEE THEM. >> Dr. Jen: OFTEN PAINFUL. THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT CAUSE. TREATMENT DIFFERS FOR BOTH. SPIDER VEINS CAN BE INJECTED WITH CERTAIN AGENTS. VARICOSE VEINS CAN BE INJECTED, BUT MOST OF THE TIME YOU HAVE A

VASCULAR SURGEON WHO TIES THEM OFF AND REMOVES THEM. TOTALLY DIFFERENT. BOTH VERY COMMON. I BLAME MINE ON MY KIDS AND MY RESIDENCY. >> Eva: YOU LOVE THEM BOTH. YOUR PRESCRIPTION FOR WELLNESS. >> Dr. Jen: TIPS ON HOW TO WORKOUT SAFELY IN THE COLD. VERY COMMON THIS TIME OF YEAR.

NUMBER ONE, DRESS IN LAYERS. YOU SHOULD BE A LITTLE COLD WHEN YOU START. IF YOU’RE HOT OR WARM WHEN YOU START, YOU’RE OVERDRESSED. NUMBER TWO, KNOW THE SIGNS OF FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. IT’S MORE COMMON THAN WE THINK. HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR OVER YOUR ENTIRE BODY. STAYING WELL HYDRATED IS OFTEN

OVERLOOKED. WE ASSOCIATE THAT IMPORTANCE IN WARMER WEATHERS. WEAR SUNSCREEN. REGARDLESS OF YOUR SKIN COLOR, 365 DAYS A YEAR. >> DeMarco: I PUT IT ON MY NECK. I’M A STUDENT OF HER MINI MED SCHOOL. >> Eva: I’M NOT WORKING OUT IF I CAN GET HYPOTHERMIA.

>> DeMarco: SHE AIN’T WORKING OUT WHEN THE SUN IS OUT. FOLKS, WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. HIT US UP ON INSTAGRAM WITH YOUR MEDICAL QUESTIONS FOR DR. JEN @ABCGMA3. >> Eva: THE BRUTAL TRUTH. I’M TRYING. >>> UP NEXT ON “GMA3,” THE GROWING MOVEMENT TO RESTORE

BENEFITS AND DIGNITY TO LGBTQ+ VETERANS. >> DeMarco: AND LATER TORY IS HERE WITH “DEALS & STEALS” AND >> Eva: WELCOME BACK. ER TORY IS HERE WOW. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE”.

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Screaming Free wherever you stream your news. >> Eva: WELCOME BACK. IT’S BEEN >>> WELCOME BACK. IT IS MORE THAN A DECADE SINCE CONGRESS ENDED BAN ON LGBTQ + SERVICE MEMBERS. THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS WERE KICKED OUT OF THE MILITARY IN DO”DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL”.

>> DeMarco: BUT NOW WE LOOK BACK AT WHAT IS A HISTORIC INJUSTICE. >> IT IS REASON FOR DISCHARGE, IT IS HOMOSEXUAL MISCONDUCT. >> Reporter: FOR THE WORDS ON THE PAPER, IT IS THE WORDS THAT STILL STING. >> AND HERE I GO TRAVELING BACK.

>> YOU DON’T HAVE A JOB OR A HOME OR I.D. >> IT IS LIKE SINKING LOWER AND LOWER AND LOWER. AND I TRIED TO KILL MYSELF. SO — WHEN THAT DIDN’T WORK, I FIGURED THAT I HAVE TO KEEP TRYING. I HAVE TO DOING SOME.

>> Reporter: 14 YEARS AFTER A RUMOR LED TO INVESTIGATION AND HUMILIATING REMOVAL FROM THE “U SS “USS BATAAN” AND SHE IS STILL FIGHTING FOR HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AND UNEMPLOYMENT. >> RIGHT NOW, I DON’T QUALIFY FOR THE FULL BENEFITS BECAUSE I

DID NOT SERVE THE FULL YEARS. >> Reporter: AND MEMBERS WERE KICKED OUT OF THE MILITARY BECAUSE OF THE SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND INCLUDING 13,000 UNDER THE “DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL” POLICY IN 1994 AND 2011. >> THERE IS A DEFINITELY LONG ROAD AHEAD TO GET THE FULL

JUSTICE FOR THE VETERANS WHO SERVED UNDER “DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL.” >> Reporter: AFTER CONGRESS LIFTED THE MILITARY’S GAY BAN IN 2012, THE SERVICE MEMBERS WHO RECEIVED A LESS THAN HONORABLE DISCHARGE, THEY COULD APPLY TO REMOVE THE STIGMA, BUT ONLY 1 IN 4 HAVE DONE SO.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED THAT THE MILITARY WOULD FOR THE FIRST TIME PROACTIVELY REVIEW THE DISCHARGE RECORDS TO HELP THOSE WHO WERE KICKED OUT AND DID NOT COME FORWARD. >> THIS IS ANOTHER STEP THAT WE ARE TAKING TO DO RIGHT FOR THOSE WHO SERVED HONORABLY.

>> Reporter: BUT THE PENTAGON COULD NOT TELL WHEN THE REVIEW WOULD BE COMPLETED. WHY CAN’T THE PENTAGON TELL US WHEN THAT REVIEW WILL BE DONE? >> I DON’T KNOW WHY THE DOD WILL HAVE THAT STEP DONE. >> AS THE GOVERNOR, I WANT THAT DONE.

>> Reporter: GOVERNOR MAU RA HEALY SAYS THAT SHE CANNOT WAIT. >> WE WANT ANY VET WHO SERVED AND WAS DISCHARGED BECAUSE THEY WERE GAY WILL BE IN LINE FOR STATE BENEFITS. >> Reporter: WOULD YOU HAVE TAKEN THIS STEP IF THEY HAD PROACTIVELY UPGRADED TO TAKE

THESE STEPS YEARS AGO? >> MAYBE NOT. BUT WHAT IT IS SPEAKING TO IS THE DEVASTATING EFFECT OF THE DIS DISCRIMINATORY LAW. >> Reporter: UP TO 10,000 VETS COULD BENEFIT, BUT THEY ARE STILL ON THE BURDEN OF FILING CLAIM.

>> WHY KEEP COMING BACK TO THE JUSTICE FOR OUR NAME. >> Reporter: BUT SHE SAYS IT IS A SMALL STEP FOR MAKING THINGS RIGHT. IN 2009 WITH THE HELP OF HARVARD VETERANS CLINIC, SHE WAS ABLE TO UPGRADE HER DISCHARGE RECORDS TO HOP RABBLE AND REMOVE THE

REFERENCE TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION, BUT THOUSANDS OF VETS ARE STILL WAITING. >> I AM WILLING TO RISK MY LIFE AND HERE STILL WAITING TO RISK MY LIFE AND YOU ARE WONDERING WHO I AM SLEEPING WITH. IT IS STILL THE STUPIDIST THING. >> Reporter: DO YOU FEEL THEY

OWE YOU AN APOLOGY? >> NO, I DON’T NEED AN APOLOGY, BUT FIX THE THINGS THAT THAT ARE BROKE. >> WHAT A GREAT REPORT. THANK YOU. SOME GREAT DEALS. HE NEW >> TORY IS HERE WITH THE DEALS AND STEALS WHEN WE

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Wherever the story is will take you there. You’re streaming ABC News live. >> DeMarco: AND IT IS THE FIRST DEALS AND STEALS OF 2024, AND TORY JOHNSON IS HERE. >> Eva: AND POINTING THE CAMERA TO THE SCREEN, BECAUSE YOU KEEP THE PRICES LOW THIS TIME OF

YEAR. >> YES, WE WANT TO KEEP THOSE RESOLUTIONS AND PEOPLE LOVE TO SHOP, AND WE HAVE LIGHT PRO, AND WE HAVE A SUPERMODEL HELPING US OUT HERE. THIS IS A SAUNA BLANKET AND HELPING TO ACCELERATE SWEATING. WHO DO WE HAVE THERE?

>> Eva: OH, DR. JEN. >> AND THIS IS DEVICE-FREE AND DISTRACTION-FREE, AND THE 30-MINUTE SESSION HELPS YOU THE RELAX AND YOU WILL SWEAT. THESE THINGS WORK. YOU WILL SWEAT. THAT IS JUST GREAT FOR EVERYTHING FROM BOTH THE MIND AND BODY.

EXCESSIVE SWEATING IS A WORKOUT WHILE YOU GET TO LAY DOWN. AND TODAY, $90, AND FREE SHIPPING. >> DeMarco: AND YOU CAN BURN UP TO 500 CALORIES. >> YES, IT IS CALORIE BURNING AND VERY EASY TO CLEAN. AND NEXT UP, THIS IS TWO THAT WE

HAVE MARKED FOR YOU. THE HEAVY ONES OVER HERE FOR ME, AND THESE ARE EQUIP, AND EACH 12 POUNDS. >> DeMarco: AND THESE ARE. >> Eva: IT SEEMS LIKE WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO DO THAT. >> THESE ARE THE UGLY DUMBBELLS, AND YOU WANT TO REPLACE THEM

WITH THE CHIC ONES. >> Eva: I AM WEARING 4″ STILETTOS. >> DeMarco: SHOWING OFF. >> WHETHER YOU ARE STRENGTHENING THE CORE, THEY GO FROM 4 POUNDS TO 16 POUNDS AND THE WRIST STRAPS AS WELL THE PUT ON THE WRIST OR THE ANKLE, AND VERY

PRETTY. AND WE WERE SAYING THAT, TOO, AND 1 1/2 POUNDS TO 3 POUNDS, AND IF YOU ARE PUTTING THEM ON THE WRISTS OR THE ANKLES AND THE CHORES AROUND THE HOUSE. AND TURN THE GROCERY SHOPPING INTO THE WORKOUT JUST BY PUTTING THEM ON.

IT IS THE KIND OF THING THAT THESE WEIGHTS — >> DeMarco: AREN’T YOU GOING TO BE LOOKING CRAZY IN THE SUPERMARKET? >> NOBODY IS GOING TO SEE THEM ANYWAY. SLASHED IN HALF. >> DeMarco: THESE ARE REALLY GOOD. >> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE

KINESIOLOGY TAPE THAT PEOPLE USE FOR ELBOWS AND CALF TIGHTNESS AND JOINT STRAINS AND WHAT IS SPECIAL HERE, THEY HAVE BUILT INTO IT MENTHOL AND MAGNESIUM AND SO VERY OFTEN WHEN SOMEBODY IS WEARING KT TAPE, THEY WILL PUT ON THE LOTIONS AND THEN THE

TAPE ON, AND THEN THE TAPE DOES NOT STICK. THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW IT TO STICK IN PLACE, BECAUSE IT IS INFUSED AND BUILT IN. SO IF YOU HAVE AN AREA THAT NEEDS THE HEALING, WHICH MOST PEOPLE DO, THIS IS A GREAT

COMPANY AND FIRST TIME BEING FEATURE AND THE ROLLS ARE SLASHED IN HALF. >> DeMarco: YOU CAN SMELL THE MENTHOL, TOO. >> OKAY. BETTER SLEEP, AND TWO OPTIONS FROM ELI AND ELM, AND THAT IS A BODY PILLOW. IT IS DESIGNED THAT IT IS AT

YOUR HEAD. >> Eva: THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN SO HELPFUL WHEN I WAS PREGNANT. >> AND WHEN YOU ARE PREGNANT, AND I WANT TO STICK WITH THIS, AND WHY DIDN’T I KNOW THIS BEFORE I WAS PREGNANT. SO THIS IS STRAIGHT AT THE HEAD,

AND THEN STRAIGHT DOWN YOUR BODY, AND CLUTCH IT BETWEEN THE KNEES. IT IS A COMFORTABLE WAY TO HAVE EXTRA SUPPORT, SO WHETHER IT IS BELLY PRESSURE OR BACK PAIN OF THE BODY PILLOW LIKE THIS IS AWESOME. WE ALSO HAVE THE WEIGHTED

BLANKET, AND WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT THE WEIGHTED BLANKET IS THAT EACH OF THE AREAS IS HAND STITCHED AND THE WEIGHT IS EVENLY DISTRIBUTED AND THE WEIGHTED BLANKET IS SHIFTING DOWN TO ONE SIDE, AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT TO ONE SIDE.

>> DeMarco: IT IS SEEMING LIKE IT IS WARM. >> IT IS A COOL HUG AND NOT TOO HOT. I AM GOING TO PUT YOU TO TEST, AND BRING IT BACK TOMORROW, AND YOU CAN SAY SHE WAS RIGHT. >> DeMarco: ALL RIGHT.

I WILL TAKE IT. >> AND SLASHED IN HALF. NOW, THIS IS WINTER SKIN BEAUTY AND THE SPECIAL HERO INGREDIENT, AND ALL OF IT IS RIGHT HERE THIS ABC TREATMENT RIGHT HERE, AND THIS IS THE MAGIC SERUM, AND A FOR THE ANTIOXYDENT, AND B FOR

THE BOCUCHIUM AND C FOR THE VITAMIN C, AND I CALL IT THE LONGEVITY FOR THE GREAT SKIN. THEY HAVE GREAT SELF-TANNING PRODUCTS WHICH ARE GREAT FOR GLOWING SKIN ALL YEAR LONG. >> DeMarco: AND EXFOLIATING AS WELL. I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

>> AND IT IS GREAT WITHOUT THE RETINOL AND THE SIDE EFFECTS, AND EVERYTHING IS SLASHED IN HALF. THEY START AT $20. >> Eva: YOU HAVE THE HAVE TO MA THAT THE FEET ARE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR THE SUMMER, DeMARCO.

>> AND THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR THE KIDS AND I BROUGHT IT INTO THE WELLNESS PROGRAM, BECAUSE READING LITERACY IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS A SCREEN-FREE ALTERNATIVE AND TOTAL DISTRACTION AND 300 SIGHT WORDS, AND SO YOU ACT THIS OUT, AND WHAT WORD IS THAT?

>> DeMarco: TAUGHT. >> AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT, WHAT WORD IS THAT? >> DeMarco: HOPPING AND SKIPPING. >> Eva: HOP TO. OH, HOT TO TROT. >> YOU SEE, YOU CAN ACT IT OUT. >> DeMarco: AND SMART, TORY.

>> THIS IS $15 AND A GREAT ONE TO HELP THE KIDS WITH THE LITERACY AND FUN, TOO. >> Eva: OKAY. SO WORKING WITH THE COMPANIES ON THE GREAT DEALS AND TO GET YOURS SCAN THE QR CODE ON THE WEBSITE FOR ALL OF THE BEST DEALS.

COMING UP, A WHOLE NEW SEASON OF THE NEW HIT. >> DeMarco: OH, YES, AND THE STAR MORRIS IS HERE. COME RIGHT BACK. ♪ First thing in the morning. There’s a lot going on, everybody in that home is, okay, to catch you up with what

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News app, download it now, >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I RECOGNIZE YOU. SECOND, WE PULLED THE SECURITY TAPE FROM THE GAS & GO, AND SO IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU WERE THERE. AND FOR THE RECORD, THAT’S JUST REALITY. >> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WE HAVE

GOT OUR OWN REALITY. >> YOU CAN’T. IT IS NOT A THING. >> DeMarco: AND THE POLICE WORK AND WE LIKE IT, AND DETECTIVE THERE, AND WELCOME BACK TO “GM3” AND “FARGO” IS GOING TO HAVE A GROUP OF NEW KACHARACTERS AS TH

ARRIVE IN FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA. >> Eva: PLEASE WELCOME LAMORNE MORRIS. >> Jen: IN THE HOUSE. >> Eva: SO MANY OF US LOVE YOU FROM “NEW GIRL” WHEN YOU WERE WINSTON, AND THIS CHARACTER IS NOT WINSTON. >> OH, NO.

>> Eva: AND TALK ABOUT THE CHARACTER AND THE ACCENT, BECAUSE YOU DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU FROM THAT PART OF THE WORLD. >> I AM FROM CHICAGO, AND SO THE ACCENT IS LITTLE BIT THERE, AND I PULLED FROM OTHER FRIEND, AND THEN LIZ HAM ILLSTEIN, MY

DIALECT COACH HELPED ME OUT TO PUT THE ACCENT THERE. >> Jen: AND THERE A TERM MINNESOTA NICE WHICH I CAN ATTEST IS TRUE, BECAUSE I HAVE SPENT SOME TIME THERE, AND I TELL OUR PRODUCER CAT McKENZIE WHO IS FROM MINNESOTA, THAT IT

IS THE TRUTH, BECAUSE IT COMES UP IN THE SHOW. >> YES, YOU CAN PUT ON A GOOD FACE, AND NO MATTER WHAT, WE HAVE TO SMILE, AND SMILE OUR WAY THROUGH THIS EVEN THOUGH YOU FEEL LIKE POPPING SOMEBODY. >> DeMarco: AND WAIT, ARE YOU

PUTTING ON THE GOOD FACE? >> NO, IT IS NICE AND WHEN YOU ARE WALKING IN LIKE THIS. >> DeMarco: OH, THAT IS WHAT YOU DO THAT. >> Jen: AND LEGITIMATELY THE NICEST PEOPLE. >> I FEEL LIKE THE TERM SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY IS THERE.

>> Eva: AROUND THE TERM TALENTED CAST. >> GIVE THEM ALL OSCARS, JON HAMM, JAM SPRUWELL AND SO MANY THAT ARE SO TALENTED. AND SO YOU ARE FINDING YOURSELF ON SET STARING AT THE ACTOR, AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE SCENE, AND YOU ARE JUST LEARNING

FROM EACH OTHER. AND IT WAS DEFINITELY A FUN SHOW TO DO. JOE CAREY, FOR EXAMPLE A SUPER SWEET SHOW, BUT IF YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE SHOW, HE AIN’T ALL OF THE WAY THERE. IT IS SO WEIRD, BECAUSE OFF CAMERA, HE COULD NOT BE SWEETER,

BUT ON CAMERA, HE IS A PERSON OF SORTS. HAVING TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD. >> DeMarco: SO PROUD OF YOU. KEEP DOING YOUR THING. >> Eva: “FARGO” AIRS TUESDAY ON 8:00 P.M. ON FX. THAT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

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ABC NEWS THAT CHRIS INTENDS TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE AND WE ARE EXPECTING HIM TO SPEAK AT ANY MOMENT. HE IS HOLDING A LIVE TOWN HALL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. WE’RE TOLD THAT HIS CAMPAIGN INVITED HIS TOP SUPPORTERS SO THAT THEY COULD HEAR DIRECTLY FROM HIM. WE WILL BRING THAT YOU LIVE

AS SOON AS IT HAPPENS. AND, OF COURSE, THIS IS ALL UNFOLDING JUST BEFORE THE FINAL HIGH STAKES DEBATE BEFORE THIS PRIMARY CONTEST GETS UNDERWAY IN IOWA. FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA NIKKI HALEY AND FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS FACING OFF ONE ON ONE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. THIS IS THE FIRST DEBATE

THAT CHRIS CHRISTIE DID NOT QUALIFY FOR, AND IT WILL HAPPEN TONIGHT AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY IN DES MOINES IOWA. >> OF COURSE, THIS IS LESS THAN A WEEK BEFORE THE STATE’S FIRST IN THE NATION CAUCUSES. BOTH CANDIDATES ARE LOOKING TO STOP THE CLEAR FRONTRUNNER, DONALD TRUMP, WHO AGAIN SKIPPING THE DEBATE.

INSTEAD, HE’S HOLDING A SEPARATE TELEVISED TOWN HALL. ALSO IN DES MOINES NOW, THE LATEST POLLING AVERAGE OUT FROM OUR PARTNERS AT FIVETHIRTYEIGHT IS SHOWING THAT TRUMP HAS A MASSIVE DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD IN IOWA. DESANTIS LESS THAN A PERCENTAGE POINT AHEAD OF. >> NIKKI HALEY. THIS AS THE RACE HEATS UP.

TEMPERATURES ARE PLUMMETING IN IOWA. IT IS NOTEWORTHY MONDAY’S ARE ACTUALLY FORECASTED TO BE THE COLDEST EVER ON RECORD, WHICH IS RAISING CONCERNS THAT THE WEATHER COULD SEVERE REALLY IMPACT TURNOUT. >> AND THEN A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER, OF COURSE, IS THE GOP PRIMARY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE,

WHERE A CNN UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE POLL SHOWS THAT HALEY IS GAINING GROUND NOW, TRAILING TRUMP BY JUST SEVEN POINTS THERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. WE HAVE TEAM POLITICAL COVERAGE AHEAD OF TONIGHT’S DEBATE. ALSO, WE ABC NEWS DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR AVERI HARPER, WHO IS LIVE OUTSIDE DEBATE HALL AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY.

ABC NEWS ALEX PRESHA IS IN THE ROOM AND ABC NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR RICK KLEIN IS JOINING US FROM STUDIOS IN NEW YORK. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US. ALL YOU SO AGAIN, WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM CHRIS CHRISTIE WHO NOW SAYS INTENDS TO DROP OUT OF THIS RACE.

SO, AVERY, I’D LIKE TO WITH YOU AND GET YOUR INITIAL REACTION FROM THAT. WE KNOW THAT HE HAS BEEN FACING A LOT OF PRESSURE TO DROP OUT AND SOME ARE SAYING THAT POTENTIALLY HIS SUPPORTERS MIGHT SWING AT NIKKI HALEY’S WAY. WHAT’S YOUR TAKE. >> RIGHT. WELL, I DON’T THINK THAT HIS

DEPARTURE, THE RACE IS GOING TO IMPACT WHAT WE’LL SEE HAPPEN HERE IN IOWA. CHRISTIE HAD NOT SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE. HE DID NOT CAMPAIGN HERE. HE HAD REALLY PUT ALL HIS EGGS IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BASKET. SO IT WILL INTERESTING TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE HIS VOTERS GO.

WE DON’T KNOW IF HE IS GOING TO ENDORSE ANOTHER CANDIDATE AHEAD OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY, BUT IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE HIS VOTERS LIE AND RICK, AS WE TURN HERE TO YOU. >> DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WE’RE EXPECTING TO HEAR IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT? AND NOTEWORTHY AGAIN, THAT HE’S

INVITED HIS TOP SUPPORTERS SO THAT THEY COULD HEAR DIRECTLY FROM HIM. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE CERTAINLY, RICK, HE HAS BEEN PLANNING THIS FOR SOME TIME. WE’RE HEARING THAT HE, YOU KNOW, HIS PRODUCTION STAFF IS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, REMOVING THE BACKDROP OF THE NEW FLAG. THEY SAID THEY’RE GOING

TO REPLACE IT WITH AMERICAN FLAGS TONIGHT. >> SO WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO HEAR? YEAH, I’M TOLD THAT HE HAS MADE THE DECISION IN THE LAST DAY OR SO. THERE WAS A POLL OUT FROM CNN YESTERDAY WE JUST HAD WE JUST REFERENCED THAT THAT HAD HIM IN THIRD PLACE.

BUT FALLING AND NIKKI HALEY SURGING. AND THAT WAS A SOURCE OF SOME FRUSTRATION THAT SAME POLL TO YOUR EARLIER QUESTION HAD TWO THIRDS OF THE HALEY SUPPORTERS SAID THEY WOULD GO WITH CHRIS CHRISTIE IF SORRY ,CHRISTIE’S MORE SAYING THEY WOULD GO WITH NIKKI HALEY IF HE WERE OUT OF THE RACE.

AND SO I THINK THAT REALITY HAS STRUCK HIM. I’M TOLD THAT HE DOES NOT PLAN TO ENDORSE ANOTHER CANDIDATE, BUT IF HE DOES DECIDE TO MAKE THE CASE TO THE REPUBLICAN NEEDS TO GET STRONG AGAINST DONALD TRUMP, THAT DONALD TRUMP IS A MISTAKE. >> HE HAS TALKED ABOUT OWN PERSONAL MISJUDGMENTS

IN SUPPORTING DONALD TRUMP IN THE PAST, AND HE’S TO BE CLEAR TONIGHT THAT HE THINKS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NEEDS TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, BUT MAKE MISTAKE. THIS IS A HUGE DEVELOPMENT. ON THE EVE OF THE FIRST CONTESTS WHERE PEOPLE VOTE LESS THAN A WEEK FROM NOW IN IOWA, CERTAINLY.

AND RICK, JUST TO FOLLOW UP REAL QUICKLY, WE ARE, AS WE’RE HEARING, THAT HE DOESN’T PLAN TO ENDORSE ANOTHER CANDIDATE. I MEAN, WHAT WOULD A CHRIS CHRISTIE ENDORSEMENT MEAN TO SOMEONE? >> WELL, IT’S AN INTERESTING QUESTION, AND THERE’S SOME QUESTION TO WHETHER IT WOULD HELP IN A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY OR NOT,

GIVEN HIS IS. BUT THE SUPPORTERS, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ATTRACTED TO HIS IS HIS ANTI-TRUMP MESSAGE. WHAT IF THE REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO WANT SOME PLACE TO GO? AND POLLING WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT OVERWHELMINGLY THEY’VE BEEN GOING IN THE DIRECTION OF NIKKI HALEY AND SHE SEEMS THE MOST LIKELY

TO BENEFIT AVERY’S RIGHT. NIKKI HALEY HAS NOT BEEN PLAYING IN IOWA, BUT THIS ATTENTION THAT THAT HALEY IS GOING TO GET COULD CHANGE THAT AS WELL. DESANTIS HAS BEEN IN OF SOME TIME OF FALLING BEHIND HALEY. AND LOOK, IF YOU HAVE NIKKI COMPETITIVE IN IOWA AND WINNING NEW HAMPSHIRE, SUDDENLY

YOU HAVE A REAL AND THAT’S PART OF WHAT CHRIS CHRISTIE IS THINKING ABOUT, THAT IF THERE’S A CHANCE TO BEAT DONALD TRUMP, HE DOES NOT WANT TO BE THE PERSON THAT’S STANDING IN THE WAY OF THAT POSSIBILITY . >> CERTAINLY. AND ALEX, YOU’RE THERE IN THE SPIN ROOM.

SO YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE NOW THAT BOTH A DESANTIS AND THE HALEY CAMPAIGNS ARE POSITIONING THEMSELVES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS NEWS, I’M SURE THEY’LL BE FACING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS IN THE DEBATE TONIGHT. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’LL BE HEARING? WELL, I THINK, FIRST OF ALL, RICK, IS COMPLETELY RIGHT ON

THIS ON THIS POINT ABOUT THE VACUUM THAT WOULD BE CREATED BY CHRIS CHRISTIE DROPPING OUT OF THIS RACE. AND CERTAINLY YOU’VE SEEN THE HALEY CAMPAIGN KIND OF LAY THE GROUNDWORK HERE. YOU’VE SEEN HER VISITS, HER RECENT VISITS TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTH CAROLINA, EVEN SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS THAT SHE’S MADE ABOUT THE

IMPORTANCE OF OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND AN IN CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT, THIS LAST DEBATE BEFORE THE IOWA CAUCUS IS GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH THESE CAMPAIGNS, HALEY AND DESANTIS, TO REALLY START TO KIND OF CLAIM DIBS ON SOME OF THOSE VOTERS THAT MAYBE THEY LIKE THE TRUMPIAN POLICIES, MAYBE

THEY LIKE SOME OF HIS STANCES ON AMERICA FIRST, BUT THEY DON’T LIKE THE PERSONAL POLITICS. AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT CHRIS CHRISTIE HAS RAILED ABOUT DURING THE DURATION OF HIS CAMPAIGN. MAYBE THAT’S THAT’S A LANE THEY CAN START TO KIND OF PULL FROM AN AVERAGE HERE. >> YOU KNOW WHAT, IS THE

VERBIAGE THAT WE’LL BE HEARING FROM THESE CANDIDATES TONIGHT AS THEY TAKE THIS STAGE, BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN HEARING A LOT THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE CRITICAL OF THAT PERHAPS DESANTIS AND NIKKI HALEY HAVEN’T BEEN HARD ENOUGH ON TRUMP. CHRIS CHRISTIE CERTAINLY FOUGHT THAT FIGHT FOR THESE. >> AND NOW HE HAS STEPPED OUT.

HE HAS FALLEN IN THE POLLS PARTLY HE DOES NOT SUPPORT TRUMP. AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE GOP BASE LIKES TO HEAR . >> RIGHT. IS VERY UNPOPULAR IN THIS CURRENT REPUBLICAN PARTY TO BE ANTI-TRUMP. THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WHY CHRIS CHRISTIE DID NOT GAIN TRACTION IN PLACES OUTSIDE

OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. >> AND SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO HEAR TONIGHT FROM THE DEBATE STAGE WHAT THESE CANDIDATES SAY. I DO ANTICIPATE THAT WE’RE GOING TO HEAR DESANTIS OR HALEY TAKE DIRECT SHOTS AT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP BECAUSE, AGAIN, THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO ALIENATE THOSE TRUMP VOTERS.

BUT I ALSO DON’T THINK THAT THE MAYOR HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL FOR THEM. RIGHT. IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY GARNERS AN ADDITIONAL VOTES TO NOT TAKE TRUMP ON DIRECTLY. WE KNOW FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO BE TAKING PART IN HIS OWN FORM OF COUNTERPROGRAMMING TONIGHT. AND SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING

TO SEE JUST HOW MANY IOWANS ARE TUNING INTO THAT VERSUS TUNING INTO THIS DEBATE TONIGHT. >> AND CERTAINLY THAT’LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE. >> AND RICK, THERE’S BEEN SOME PEOPLE THAT SAY ESSENTIALLY CHRIS CHRISTIE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF STAKED HIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN ON. NEW HAMPSHIRE. IT IS WHERE HE WILL BE TALKING

TONIGHT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE THAT HE KIND OF SKIPPED ALTOGETHER. BUT, RICK, AS YOU WATCH NIKKI HALEY MOVE FORWARD TO, IT SEEMS LIKE SHE ALSO HAS SIGHTS THERE ON IN HAMPSHIRE WHERE RON DESANTIS IS GOING ON THIS, YOU KNOW, 99 COUNTY TOUR THERE IN IOWA. >> SO HOW DOES THAT ALL STACK

UP? YEAH, IT’S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE ELECTORATES ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT. WE TALK ABOUT IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. IT’S KIND OF PEAS IN A POD. A TOTALLY DIFFERENT IOWA IS A REAL HARD CORE CONSERVATIVE, HIGH EVANGELICAL, HIGH NUMBER OF EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS, AND ALSO IT’S REALLY

THE DIEHARDS THAT HAVE TO SHOW UP IN PERSON ON A VERY COLD NIGHT IN JANUARY TO VOTE. NEW HAMPSHIRE IS A LOT DIFFERENT. YOU’VE GOT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CONSERVATIVE BASE THAN IS MORE CONSERVATIVE ON ECONOMIC ISSUES VERSUS SOCIAL ISSUES. >> AND INDEPENDENT VOTERS CAN VOTE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

OR THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. THIS YEAR. >> THERE REALLY ISN’T MUCH GOING ON ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. SO YOU’RE TAPPING INTO A VEIN OF INDEPENDENT VOTERS AND REPUBLICANS WHO THINK ABOUT THINGS DIFFERENTLY. SO IT REFLECTS THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES. DESANTIS HAS TRIED TO RUN TO DONALD TRUMP’S RIGHT. NIKKI HALEY HAS TRIED TO RUN

TO HIS LEFT AND CHRIS CHRISTIE HAS TRIED TO RUN THROUGH HIM. AND THAT I THINK IS WHERE THEY STAKED THESE DIFFERENT STATES. AND SO FAR AT LEAST THE POLLING WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE IS MUCH MORE FORMAL GROUND, THAT TRUMP IS MORE VULNERABLE FROM A MORE MODERATE AND INDEPENDENT MINDED

TYPE OF VOTER VERSUS HARD CORE CONSERVATIVES. WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN IOWA IN A FEW DAYS. BUT THE BET ON NEW HAMPSHIRE APPEARS TO BE PAYING OFF FOR NIKKI HALEY IN A WAY THAT IT ISN’T NECESSARILY FOR RON DESANTIS IN IOWA. >> YEAH, IT’LL BE SO INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THESE

CARDS FALL. AND ALEX, BACK TO YOU THERE IN THE SPIN ROOM. I MEAN, YOU’VE BEEN ON THE GROUND NOW THERE FOR WEEKS. YOU’VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN IOWA THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER, AND YOU’VE BEEN TALKING TO VOTERS AND AGAIN, MANY OF THEM HAVE EXPRESSED,

AT LEAST AT SOME POINT TO YOU, THAT THEY BEEN A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED IN HOW NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS HAVEN’T BEEN GOING AFTER TRUMP. BUT I WANT TO READ TO YOU SOMETHING THAT CHRIS CHRISTIE, AS HE WAS SPEAKING WITH VOTERS EARLIER, HE SAID, I BEG YOU TO VOTE BASED ON CHARACTER.

AND HE WENT ON TO SAY, KNOW, EVEN IF IT’S NOT FOR ME, I BEG YOU TO VOTE BASED ON I MEAN, WHO IS HE LOOKING AT WHEN HE’S SAYING THAT? WELL, I THINK HERE IN IOWA I MEAN, THAT’S A DIRECT PLAY TO A LOT OF THE EVANGELICAL REPUBLICAN VOTERS HERE. RIGHT.

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS FOCUSED ON HEAVILY, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CAMPAIGN SEASON. >> YOU KNOW, THAT GOVERNOR DESANTIS HAD KICK OFF EVENT AT AN EVENT, ONE OF THE LARGEST EVANGELICAL CHURCHES IN US, THE CENTRAL IOWA AREA. >> THAT WAS FOR A REASON. AND I CAN YOU THAT ANECDOTALLY

WE’VE TALKED TO A LOT OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS, PASTORS HERE WHO TOLD YOU THAT, YES, THEY VOTED FOR TRUMP IN 2016. THEY WERE LEANING HIS WAY THIS YEAR BUT OR THIS CYCLE. BUT THE POLITICS OF CHARACTER AND THE POLITICS OF PERSON WERE SOMETHING THAT WE’RE HAVING A HARD GETTING OVER.

NOW, LOOK, LOOK AT POLLS. HE’S GOT A 30 POINT LEAD HERE. CLEARLY, THAT’S SOMETHING THAT HASN’T TRICKLED ALL THE WAY DOWN, BUT CERTAINLY WITH CHRIS CHRISTIE LEADING THIS RACE, I MEAN, YOU WONDER IF IF SOME OF THOSE LANES ARE GOING TO BE FILLED BY EITHER DESANTIS OR HALEY TONIGHT ON THE DEBATE STAGE

AS THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS FINAL PUSH HEADING THE IOWA CAUCUSES, CAN THAT BE ENOUGH TO SWAY SOME OF THESE FOLKS THAT MAYBE NOT HAVE VOTED FOR CAUCUS FOR CHRIS CHRISTIE? BUT, YOU KNOW, GOING FOR NIKKI HALEY OR DESANTIS, THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PALPABLE. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE’S

SOME CHIPPING AWAY AT THAT TRUMPIAN LEAD. CHIPPING AWAY, PERHAPS. AND AVERY, BACK TO YOU. I KNOW THAT YOU’RE STANDING THERE, YOU’RE GETTING READY FOR THIS DEBATE. AS ALEX HAS ALLUDED, RICK, AS WELL. THIS POTENTIALLY COULD BE ONE OF THE COLDEST CAUCUSES ON RECORD. I KNOW THAT IT’S FREEZING. PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.

AND SO DO YOU THINK ABOUT MIGHT EVEN COME UP IN THE DEBATE TONIGHT AS THEY REALLY URGE PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND VOTE. >> RIGHT. WE’RE EXPECTING SUBZERO TEMPERATURES ON CAUCUS NIGHT. AND SO, YES, THAT HAS RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT FOLKS DECIDING MAYBE TO STAY HOME INSIDE WHERE IT’S WARM, RATHER, GOING

OUTSIDE AND GOING TO A CAUCUS SITE IN ORDER TO CAST THAT BALLOT FOR THE CANDIDATE OF THEIR CHOICE. I DON’T NECESSARILY KNOW IF IT’S GOING TO COME UP ON THE DEBATE STAGE TONIGHT, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THIS IS LAST CHANCE ON A LARGE STAGE IN A DEBATE FORMAT FOR BOTH

THE SANDERS AND HALEY TO MAKE THAT CLOSING ARGUMENT FOR HERE IN THE STATE OF IOWA. WE ALSO KNOW THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS WARNED HIS SUPPORTERS HERE IN THE STATE OF IOWA THAT THEY NEED TO TURN OUT THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BECOME COMPLACENT WITH THE FACT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS

A LARGE LEAD HERE IN THE STATE. IN RECENT POLLING. HE IS URGING THOSE VOTERS TO TURN OUT FOR HIM CAUCUS SITES ACROSS THE STATE. AND SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS . IT’S — IT’S SORT OF AN UNPREDICTABLE FACTOR HAVING THOSE REALLY COLD TEMPERATURES HERE IN IOWA ON CAUCUS NIGHT AND APRIL.

AS WE SIT HERE WITH YOU, WE’RE TOLD BY SOME OF OUR EMBEDS THAT WERE OUT THERE TODAY, THEY THINK IT’S BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER THAT THERE WAS EVEN SOME LOW TURNOUT AT VIVEK RAMASWAMY EVENT THAT HE HELD TODAY. THERE’S A NAME THAT WE HAVEN’T MENTIONED YET IN TERMS OF THE IOWA CAUCUS.

>> HE WILL NOT BE, THOUGH, ON THAT DEBATE STAGE TONIGHT. AND HOW DOES HIS ABSENCE CHANGE THE GAME, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF THE ATTACKS THAT WE SAW HIM LAY OUT ON NIKKI HALEY TIME AND TIME AGAIN IN PREVIOUS. RIGHT. I THINK HE WAS ACTUALLY THE SOURCE OF A LOT OF THE

FIREWORKS THAT WE’VE SEEN ON THE STAGE IN PREVIOUS DEBATES. AND SO THIS WILL, I THINK WITHOUT HIM BEING THE STAGE WILL ALLOW FOR BOTH DESANTIS AND HALEY TO DEBATE THE ISSUES, TO DEBATE POLICY. AND WE WILL SEE WHERE THE TWO CANDIDATES STAND ON VARIOUS ISSUES AS THEY ARGUE ON THE STAGE TONIGHT FROM

THE DEBATE HERE IN IN IOWA. IN TERMS OF VIVEK RAMASWAMY, HE TOO IS HOLDING HIS OWN SORT OF COCKY EXCUSE ME, COUNTER-PROGRAMMING TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE DEBATE HERE IN IOWA. IT JUST BECOMES MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO MAKE THAT CLOSING ARGUMENT TO A LA OF THE ELECTORATE WHEN

YOU’RE NOT ON THE DEBATE STAGE. AND SO WE’LL SEE IF THIS AFFECTS HOW FOLKS TURN OUT FOR HIM ON CAUCUS NIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT, ERIN AND RICK KLEIN, AS WE GO BACK TO YOU HERE, WE’RE WATCHING THIS ROOM SORT OF FILL UP. THIS IS A ROOM THERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE CHRIS CHRISTIE

IS GOING TO ADDRESS NOT ONLY THE IN THE ROOM, SOME OF HIS BIGGEST SUPPORTERS, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE NATION, BECAUSE WILL BRING IT BE BRING BRINGING IT TO YOU LIVE AS HE DECIDES TO END HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. BUT, RICK, I’M CURIOUS. I MEAN, WE HAVEN’T TALKED ABOUT DEMOCRATS YET HERE.

SO IF THERE IS THOUGHT THAT OF CHRIS CHRISTIE SUPPORTERS MIGHT NOW GO AND VOTE FOR NIKKI HALEY ,IS THAT A LARGER CONCERN NOW FROM DEMOCRATS WHEN IT COMES TO THE ELECTION? IS RIGHT NOW A TOUGHERENERAL ELECTION MATCHUP THAN THAN DONALD TRUMP IS. DONA TRUMP LOST ALREADY TO JOE BIDEN. THEY KNOW TT PLAYBOOK.

AND IFOU LOOK AT WHAT THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS DOING, THEY’RE ALREADY RUNNING AGAINST SO THEY HAVEALCULATED THAT DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO BE T REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. AND THAT REMAINS THE LIKELY SCENARIO. >> BUT IS AN AREA WHERE NIKKI HALEY INSTEAD EMERGES AS A NOMINEE IS CH DIFFERENT. AND RIGHT NOW, JOE BIDEN

ISOWN SUBSTANTIALLY. NIKKI HALEY, OF COURSE, THERE’S A NG CAMPAIGN TO GO. BUT — BUT THE ARGUMENT THAT CIS CHRISTIE IS MAKING RIGHT NOW ABOUT WHAT YOU FEEL, IF YOU FEEL LIKE DONALD IS WRONG FOR THE COUNTRYIF YOU’RE A REPUBLICAN, IF YOU’RE AN INDEPENDEN, THOSE VOTERS.PLE THAT ARE JOE BIDEN

AND IF THEY BECOME REPUBLICAN VOTERS BY NIKKI HALEY, THAT’S A B PROBLEM FOR DEMOCRATS IS GOING TO CAUSE SOME. IT’S SO INTERESTING TO ME CAUSE WE’VE SEEN ALL OF MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS OF THE CAMPAIGN, TS IS WHERE THINK THIS IS REALLY THE BEGINNING. THE MO SUBSTANTIAL AND SIGNIFICANT ANNOUNCEMENT SO FAR.

>> ANDHEN, OF COURSE, WHEN THE VOTING ACTUALLY BEGINS NEX WEEK, CERTAINLY IT IS. I MEAN, THIS IS A HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT HERE. AND SOMETIMES WE DO SEE PEOPLE FALL OUT. WE HEAD OF THE IOWA CAUCUS OR RIGHT TER RIGHT BEFE NEW HAMPSHIRE, WE’VE SEEN PLA T LIKE THAT IN YEARS PAST.

INKING BACK TO 2016. BUT, RIC AS WE STAYERE WITH YOU, CHRIS CHRISTIE HAS SAIE TO DEFEAT TRUMP AND TO BECO PRESIDENT. DO YOU ANTICIPATE HIM ADDRESSINGS TONIGHT? >> AND DOES HE JUST S THE DEFEATA SUCCESS FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AT IS POINT? >> YEAH, I THINK WE’RE GOI

TO HEAR A LOT ABOUT TRUMP, ACTUAL. HE HAS SAID RECENTLY TALKED PUBLICLY ABOUT MISTAKE THAT HE MADE IN DECIDINGO SUPPORT TRUMP IN 2016. YOU KNOW HE OPPED OUT FOR PRESIDENT ONCE BEFORE TO SOME NFARE AFTER NEW HAMPSHIRE BACK IN 2016, BECE T FIRST MAR FIGURE, FORMER CANDIDATE TO SUPPORT TRUMP.

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TO HEAR SOME OF THATOGHT. I CANNOT WTO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. AGAIN, THAT ROOMS TTING VERY, VERY FULL THERE INE HAMPSHIRE AS WE AWAIT TO HEAR FROM CHRISTIE. >> AND SOLEPRESHAW IS IN THEPIN ROOM BECAUSE HEARING FORHIS DEBATE NIT THAT IS GOING TO BE

HE IT’S A FACE TO FACE, E ON ONE DEBATE WITH NIKKI HALEY THAT THEY’VE ER REALLY BEE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HOPING TONIGHT, ALEX, TT EY MIGHT RELY GET A CHANC TO TALK POLICY WITH LESS PEOPLE ON THE STAGE. AT POLICIES DO YOU THINK COME

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FOCUS OBN KIND OF IMPORTAN ‘VE CERTALY HEARD MORE FROMRD FR FROM IOWANS HERE TH WANTED TO SEE THEOVERNOR DIERTIATE HIMSF A LITTLE BITORE FROM THE FOER PRESIDENTND HIT HIM AITE HARDER. PORTUNITY FOROR SOMOF AN THAT TO AY OUT. D ASASENTIONED BORE, U DON’T HAVE AMWAMY THE STAGE. YODON’T OBVIOUS, W D’T

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>> ABSOLUTY TY E. ANAL, BACK TO YOU THERE IN. THE INOOM. SOME VOTERS IN IOWA FEEL THAT POTENTILY NIKKI HALEY HAS ME SOM COMMENTSHASHE MADE. INGSIKE, YOU KW,HEY’LL VOTE FST IN IOWA ANDN NEW MPIRE WILL CORRT IT. SO WT D YOU HEAR FROM VORS AFTER SHE SAIAFTER SHE SAID THAT?

D HOW DOOUHINKHE’LL HAVE TO ANSWN ON T DEBATE SGEONIGHT? >>IMILLER, WHO KNOW W MPSHIRE WES A LOT OF USTRATION THERE AND EVER ERLOOKING BECAU KP IN MD, THIS IS IN THAT IOWS KE VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY BEING T FIRST IN THE NATN AND KIND OFETTING THEON IT’S TRADITION TT EY’VE HAD R 50 SOMETNGEARS.

AND SO TO OVLOOK TT, YOU ALREY HAD THE DEMRATS HAVE PLE OUT OF PO 2020. AND SO N YOU HAVE A BIG CAIDE ON THE REPUIC SIDE WHO IS ORLOOKING IA. YOU KNOW, TT THAT’S AAB AND SO, YES,HE LIKELY WI HE TO ANSWER FOR TT. IT’S NOT JUST THOSE COMMENTS.

I THINK IT’S AL SE OF HER ACTIONS, TOO. RIT MEAN,HE SN OF TIMIN NEW HAMPSHIRE, EVEN FINAL THESE FALAYS BEFOREES THE IOWA CAUCUS. ANSO YOU KNOW, THERE WAHING THAT.ARE AND SO I DO ANTICIPE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THESE ARE QUE CAPACITY IN THIS FINAL IN THIS F. NO GRANITE SINCEHO

COMMENTS SHEAS HAD APPEARANCES HERE A TY HA BEE VERY WELL-ATTENDED, ESCILY GIVEN THE WTHER >> BUTHAT IS GOING TO BE SOMEING THAT IS ITHE BACK OF MANY OF THESE IOWA REPUBLICANS MIS. >> CERTAIN. CERTAINLY. YOU AND WE’RE AGAIN WAITING TO HEAR FROM CISHRISTIE. ERE’S BEEN A LOT OF PRESSURE

ON H TO DROP OUT OF THIS FEEL THAT HE WERE TO DROP OUT, THAT SO VOTERS INSTEAD UNIFYEHIND A CANDIDATE THAT THEN COD ACTUALLY AT TRUMP AGAIN, UNIFY BEHIND A CAIDATTHAT COULD BE SECOND PLACE AND THEN EVTUAL BEAT TRUMP. IS THERE ANY IICATION OF WH MIGHT BE AN WILL NIGHT’SIDE

DEBA CHANGE, DEBATE, CHANGE SOME MIN. >> RIGHT. THERE HAVE BEENOCAL CALLS FOR RISTIE TO DROP OUT OF THIS CE, MAINLY FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE GOVERNOR. CHRIS SUNUNU, WHO HAS D T OF THIS. AND IN TURN, I THINK THE HOPE THERE IS THAT SOME OF THOSE CHRISTIE VOTERS WILL GO

NIKKI HALEY’S DIRECON. LOOK, I THINK IT’S GOG TO BE AN UPHL BATTLE FOR ANYONE O’S NOT NAMED DONALD TRUMP T BECOMEHE NOMINEE FOR T GOP TO BECOME THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINE AND SO IT’S GOING TO BE NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHE WE KNOWENS THAT D WHEN YOU LOOK AT RECENT POLLING

,I THK THE PRESSURE NOW TURNS UP ON DESANTIS RIGHT. ESPECIALLY IN A STATE LIK NEHAMPSHIRE, WHERE HE’S TILING FAR BEHIND FORR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND NIKKI HALEY. AND THAT’S W WHAT MATTERS RE AND WHAT HAPPENS HERE IN IOWAE FOR DESANTIS, IFE DOES NOT HAVE , S OUTLOOK IS NOT ANY BETTER.

>> IN NEW HAMPSHI. ALL RIGHT, AVERY, THANK YOU. NOW, CHRIS CHRISE, IT APPEARS HE IS WALKING NOW TO THE STADIUM AS SOON AHE STARTS TALKING. WE WILL BRING YOU IN ON. BUT I WANT TO CHECK IN WITH RICK KLEIN BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. RICK ANY INDICATION OF WHAT WE

MIGHT HEAR HERE TONIGHT? >>HIS IS WILD AND JUST ABC NEWS JUST REVIEWED THIS AUDIO. BUT BEFORE THIS BEGAN, THE CAMPAIGNUT OUT A LIVESTREAM AND GOVERNOR CHRISTIE W ALREADY ON MIC AND HE TALKED QUITE DISPARAGINGLY ABOUT HIS OPPONENTS, INCLUDING DESANTIS AND NIKKI HALEY, SAYING AT ONE POINT THAT HALEY WOULD GET SMOKED.

WE’LL GET THAT AND TURN IT AROUND AS SOON AS WE CAN. >> BUT IT IS A IT IS QUITE A STUNNER AND A PRETEXT FOR THE SPEECH THAT HE’S ABOUT TO. AGAIN, WE’RE TOLD HE IS NOT PLANNING ON ENDORSING. BUT TODAY AND TONIGHT WAS, NOT MEANT TO BE, TO MY

UNDERSTANDING ABOUT ABOUT THE SHORTCOMINGS OF TRUMP’S RIVALS AND ABOUT THE SHORTCOMINGS OF TRUMP. AND I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE OVERSHADOWED AS THIS GETS MORE PLAY. SO WE’LL SEE WHAT GOVERNOR CHRISTIE HAS TO SAY HIMSELF. >> WOW, THAT IS FASCINATING LANGUAGE. RICK KLEIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU AS SOON AS WE ARE FINISHED LISTENING TO CHRISTIE. SO LET’S GO THERE NOW. HAVE A BETTER WEATHER THAN WE HAD YESTERDAY. WE WERE UP IN ROCHESTER YESTERDAY AND IT WAS SNOWING LIKE A REAL NEW HAMPSHIRE SNOW . SO IT WAS GOOD TO EXPERIENCE THAT.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. YOU KNOW, YOU START THESE TOWN HALLS THE SAME WAY I STARTED IN THE SAME WAY EVER SINCE WE WERE UP AT SAINT ANSELM’S IN JUNE TO TELL YOU, WHY WHY WE’RE IN THIS RACE

AND WE’RE IN THIS RACE TO TELL THE TRUTH FROM THE BEGINNING. WE WILL IN THIS RACE TO TELL THE THE FACT IS THAT AS WE’RE WATCHING THIS RACE COME TOGETHER FROM WHERE MARY PAT AND WERE SITTING AT HOME IN NEW JERSEY, WE WERE REALLY CONCERNED THAT NOBODY WOULD

TELL THE TRUTH IN THIS RACE ABOUT. WHAT’S REALLY AT STAKE AND NO ONE WOULD TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT DONALD TRUMP. HEY, NO ONE WOULD TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS DIVISIVENESS VERY. >> BUT IT’S NOT A THING OF ANGER THAT YOU SAW FOR HIS OWN IN PUTTING HIMSELF BEFORE.

THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY, MYSELF INCLUDED, WHO GAVE HIM THE HONOR OF BEING PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES FROM 2017 TO 2021 . PERSONAL AMBITION IS A NECESSARY ELEMENT FOR ANY POLITICAL CANDIDATE. YOU GOT TO GET OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING AND BE ABLE TO REALLY BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART

THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO OFFER THE FOLKS THAT’S BETTER AND DIFFERENT. AND SO I HAVE NO ARGUMENT WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN POLITICS BEING AMBITIOUS. YOU NEED TO HAVE AN BUT IT CAN’T BE WHAT GOVERN THROUGH DECISION. AMBITION CAN’T BE WHAT MAKES YOU DECIDE HOW TO DO THINGS

AS A PUBLIC FIGURE. IT CAN JUST BE THE FUEL THAT GETS YOU OF BED, THAT GETS YOU IN FRONT OF A ROOM LIKE THIS, THAT GETS ON THE PHONE RAISING MONEY, THAT GETS YOU WORK. AND FOR PEOPLE WHO YOU BELIEVE IN AND GET YOU WORKING FOR YOURSELF, I MADE A POLITICAL DECISION.

EIGHT YEARS AGO WHEN I DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE IN 2016. I LOOKED AT THE POLLS AND I DECIDED THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS GOING TO BE THE NOMINEE, AND THAT SINCE I’VE KNOWN HIM FOR 15 YEARS, THAT I CAN MAKE HIM A BETTER CANDIDATE. AND IF YOU WANT ME TO BE

A BETTER PRESIDENT, I KNEW HIS FLAWS, BUT I ALSO KNEW HE WAS GOING TO WIN THE NOMINATION . SO I DECIDED THAT I WOULD GET BEHIND HIM AND SUPPORT. I LED THE AMBITION, GET AHEAD AND TAKE CONTROL OF THE DECISION MAKING. AND AFTER I FIGURED THAT, I PROMISED MYSELF AND I

PROMISED MY WIFE THAT I WOULD NEVER, EVER DO THAT AGAIN. AND I’M NOT GOING TO. SO FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THIS RACE, WHO HAVE PUT THEIR OWN PERSONAL AMBITION AHEAD OF WHAT’S RIGHT, THEY WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE TO ANSWER THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT I HAD TO ANSWER AFTER

MY DECISION IN 2016. THOSE QUESTIONS DON’T EVER. FACTS ARE REALLY STUBBORN. THEY STAY. AND SO I KNOW I’M ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS. I NEVER BELIEVED THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION AS OUR NOMINEE IN THIS RACE. AND I KNEW THAT THE CASE TO BE MADE AGAINST HIM.

>> NOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN OUR PARTY WHO ARE RESIGNED TO THE FACT THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE THE NOMINEE, RESIGNED WITH THE FACT THAT THE CASE DIDN’T EVEN NEED TO BE MADE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME, SAT ON THE SIDELINES AND ALL THEY DID WAS VOICE

THEIR OPPOSITION IN PRIVATE, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, QUIETLY, SO NO ONE COULD HEAR. AND THAT’S NOT LEADERSHIP. EVERYBODY. THAT’S COWARDICE. IT’S COWARDICE. AND IT’S HYPOCRISY. AS A PARTY, WE NEED TO BE WILLING TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PART WE PLAYED IN GETTING HERE. OUR COUNTRY IS ANGRY.

IT’S — IT’S ACCOMPLISHING LITTLE AND IT IS LEADING OUR CITIZENS TO BE EXHAUSTED. AND YOU JUST LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENING, JUST IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, GLUED PEOPLE GOT INTO POLITICS, I BELIEVE FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. PEOPLE LIKE SENATOR JOHN, PEOPLE LIKE CONGRESSMAN TOM EMMER STANDS UP AND ENDORSED

DONALD TRUMP, THEY KNOW BETTER. I KNOW THEY KNOW PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO DENY THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 ELECTION, PEOPLE IN LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE WHO GO ON TV AND SAY THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ATTACKED THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6TH ARE HOSTAGES. I’LL TELL YOU WHO HOSTAGES ARE ISRAELIS WHO ARE STILL

BEING HIDDEN IN TUNNELS IN GAZA AGAINST WILL OUT OF NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. THESE PEOPLE SPEAK LOUDER FOR THE FOLKS WHO ATTACKED OUR CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6TH THAN THEY ARE WILLING TO STAND UP AND SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE, ISRAEL WHO ARE IN TUNNELS IN GAZA. THAT’S NOT LEADERSHIP.

THAT’S THE AMBITION AND COWARDICE WHICH OUTSTRIPPED THEIR OTHERWISE GOOD JUDGMENT. WE WANT TO CHANGE THIS PARTY. AND IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THIS COUNTRY, IT’S HARD WORK. IT’S NOT EASY. FROM THE MOMENT I GOT INTO THE RACE, THE DECISION THAT I MADE WAS REALLY SIMPLE.

I WOULD RATHER LOSE BY TELLING THE TRUTH THAN LIE IN ORDER TO WIN. AND I FEEL NO DIFFERENTLY TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS A FIGHT FOR THE SOUL OF OUR PARTY, THE SOUL OF OUR COUNTRY. >> WHY HAVE HE RESISTED THE CALLS TO DROP OUT OF THIS RACE BECAUSE, UNLIKE SOME OF

THE OTHER CANDIDATES, WE’RE FIGHTING FOR SOMETHING BIGGER THAN OURSELVES. WE’RE FIGHTING FOR SOMETHING BIGGER THAN SELF-INTEREST. WE’RE FIGHTING FOR SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THE NEXT TITLE. I’VE GOT PLENTY OF TITLES. I LOVE TITLES TO LAST ME THE REST OF MY LIFE. U.S. ATTORNEY, GOVERNOR, HUSBAND, FATHER, SON, BROTHER.

I DIDN’T HAVE TITLES. THEY ASKED ME FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. WE’RE FIGHTING FOR SOMETHING BIGGER. IT’S SOMETHING THAT CONVENTIONAL WISDOM THINKERS JUST CAN’T POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND. AND SO THEY’VE BEEN SAYING FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS AND WEEKS BECAUSE SUPPOSE THAT I DROP OUT OF THE RACE THAT I SHOULD

GET OUT FOR. THAT REASON SMALLNESS OF CAMPAIGNS AND SPEND MORE TIME ARGUING AND WORRYING ABOUT WHO SHOULD GET OF THE RACE THAN THEY HAVE SPENT GOING AFTER THE FRONTRUNNER. >> THEY SPEND ALL THEIR TIME SAYING, OH, CHRISTIE SHOULD GET OUT, SCOTT SHOULD GET OUT, PENCE SHOULD GET OUT,

HUTCHINSON SHOULD GET OUT, BERGEN SHOULD GET OUT. THEY THEIR DONORS HAVE A DIFFERENT TARGET EVERY DAY TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE ATTENTION TO THEIR OWN CAMPAIGN, HOW THEIR OWN CAMPAIGN IS A CAMPAIGN THAT DOESN’T PLAY WIN. IF A CAMPAIGN THAT PLAYS NOT OFFEND PROBLEMS IN OUR COUNTRY ,THE DIVISIONS AND INFLUX

AT OUR BORDER THE PROBLEMS WITH OUR ENORMOUS DEBT, THE FAILURES OF OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND MUCH MORE WILL NOT BE SOLVED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE TOO AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE REAL PROBLEMS ARE. IF WE EVER HAVE A HOPE OF RESTORING THIS PARTY CAN

BE A GOVERNING PARTY OF PRINCIPLES. WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO DO THE HARD WORK AND TAKE SOME OF THE HEAT THAT COMES WITH IT. WE HAVE CANDIDATES IN THIS RACE WHO HAVE RUN AWAY FORMS WHERE THEY WERE AFRAID THEY WERE GOING TO BE BOOED. I RUN INTO THE FORUMS WHERE

I KNOW I’M GOING BE BOOED BECAUSE BEING BOOED FOR TELLING THE TRUTH, A BADGE OF HONOR. >> I’M PROUD OF EVERYTHING WE’VE SAID AND DONE SO FAR, AND I’M PROUD OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US AND ARE WILLING TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO RESTORE SOUL

OF OUR COUNTRY. >> IN THE END, ALL THOSE ISSUES THAT WE’VE TALKED ABOUT IN ALL THE TOWN HALLS, THEY’RE ALL REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT THEY’RE NO MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE MOST IMPORTANT. AND THAT IS THE CHARACTER OF THE CANDIDATE. YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO COME ACROSS THE NEXT PRESIDENT’S DESK.

YOU THINK YOU CAN PREDICT IT, BUT YOU. NO ONE ASKED GEORGE W BUSH OR AL GORE WHAT THEY WOULD DO IF FOUR AIRLINERS WERE HIJACKED AND, FLOWN INTO SYMBOLS OF AMERICAN POWER AND KILLING THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS. NO ONE ASKED THEM THAT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IN 2000.

BUT I WAS GLAD WE HAD A MAN OF CHARACTER SITTING THE DESK IN THE OVAL OFFICE WHEN THAT ATTACK CAME, BECAUSE I KNEW GEORGE WOULD DO EVERYTHING HE NEEDED TO DO TO PROTECT THIS COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE. PUT THEM FIRST HIMSELF FIRST. IMAGINE JUST FOR A MOMENT IF 911 HAD HAPPENED WITH DONALD

BEHIND THE DESK, THE FIRST THING HE WOULD HAVE DONE WAS FOR THE BUNKER TO PROTECT HIMSELF. HE WOULD HAVE PUT HIMSELF FIRST BEFORE THIS COUNTRY. AND ANYONE WHO IS UNWILLING TO SAY THAT HE IS UNFIT TO BE PRESIDENT, THE UNITED STATES IS UNFIT THEMSELVES TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

CAMPAIGNS ARE RUN TO WIN. THAT’S WHY WE DO THEM I SEE THE CHAIRMAN HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. HE KNOWS WE RUN CAMPAIGNS TO WIN. MY GOAL HAS NEVER BEEN TO BE JUST A VOICE AGAINST THE HATE AND THE DIVISION AND THE SELFISHNESS OF. WHAT OUR PARTY HAS BECOME UNDER DONALD TRUMP.

IT’S ALSO BEEN TO WIN THE NOMINATION AND DEFEAT BIDEN AND RESTORE OUR PARTY AND OUR COUNTRY TO A NEW PLACE OF HOPE AND OPTIMISM IN THIS COUNTRY. I’VE ALWAYS SAID THAT THERE CAME A POINT IN TIME IN THIS WHERE I COULDN’T SEE A PATH TO ACCOMPLISHING THAT GOAL,

THAT I WOULD GET OUT. AND IT’S CLEAR TO ME TONIGHT THAT THERE ISN’T A PATH FOR ME TO WIN THE NOMINATION, WHICH IS WHY I’M SUSPENDING MY CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I KNOW AND I CAN SEE IT FROM SOME OF THE FACES HERE THAT I’M DISAPPOINTING SOME PEOPLE

BY DOING THIS, PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN OUR MESSAGE AND BELIEVE IN WHAT WE’VE BEEN DOING. I ALSO KNOW, THOUGH, IT’S THE RIGHT THING FOR ME TO DO BECAUSE I WANT TO PROMISE YOU THIS. I AM GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IN NO WAY TO I ENABLE DONALD TRUMP TO EVER BE PRESIDENT

OF THE UNITED STATES AGAIN. >> AND THAT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN MY OWN PERSONAL AMBITION. >> SO WE HAVE TO DECIDE NOW. WE AFTER DECIDE IN THE NEXT TEN MONTHS WHO WE WANT TO BE AS A COUNTRY. WE FORGET THAT PEOPLE ARE WALKING THOUSANDS OF MILES STILL TO GET HERE.

>> WE TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEMS IN BORDER AND THERE ARE PROBLEMS AND WE HAVE TO FIX THEM AND WE HAVE TO SECURE OUR BORDER AND WE HAVE TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT’S SMART AND SENSIBLE AND WILL WORK BECAUSE IT’S NOT RIGHT TO HAVE A POROUS SOUTHERN BORDER THIS COUNTRY.

BUT I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER SOMETHING. THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING OVER THAT BORDER MANY OF THEM ARE WALKING HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS MILES TO GET THERE, BECAUSE HERE IS WHERE THEY SEE HOME. HERE IS WHERE THEY SEE FREEDOM HERE IS WHERE THEY SEE SUCCESS. HERE IS WHERE THEY THAT FLAG,

WHICH MEANS FOR THEM THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY IN OTHER COUNTRIES. ALL OF THOSE PRINCIPLES WE WE ARE STILL THE INDISPENSABLE NATION FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD. WE NEED TO BE THE INSTANT DISPENSABLE NATION ONCE AGAIN EACH OTHER. WE NEED TO BELIEVE IN AMERICA AS MUCH AS THEY BELIEVE

IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW, THEY BELIEVE IN AMERICA IN A WAY THAT THIS COUNTRY ANGRY, DIVIDED WITH SELFISH LEADERSHIP ,WHO PUTS THEIR OWN AMBITIONS FIRST, ISN’T DOING FOR OUR COUNTRY. WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT. AND EVERY ELECTION IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE IT. WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THIS RACE

ALL THEY DO IS TELL YOU HOW BAD EVERYTHING IS, HOW ANGRY SHOULD BE. AND THERE’S CERTAINLY SUFFICIENT REASON FOR ANGER AT THE FAILURES OF THE LEADERS WE’VE SELECTED. BUT THEY’RE IT NOT FOR THAT REASON. IT’S NOT A MOMENT OF HONESTY AND TRANSPARENT THING. BELIEVE ME, IT’S NOT. IT’S BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE WHEN

WE GET ANGRY, WHAT WE WILL DO IS NATURALLY RELATE TO THE ANGRIEST VOICE. THE ROOM DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO BE ANGRY EVERY DAY BECAUSE HE’S ANGRY. HE WANTS YOU TO BE ANGRY SO THAT WILL RELATE TO HIS ANGER AND THEN TO VOTE FOR HIM. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS.

I HAVE KNOWN HIM WELL FOR 22 YEARS, MORE THAN ANYBODY IN THIS RACE. I’VE KNOWN HIM AND CAN PROMISE YOU THIS IF YOU PUT HIM BACK BEHIND THE DESK IN THE OVAL OFFICE AND A CHOICE COMES AND A DECISION IS NEEDED TO BE MADE AS TO WHETHER HE PUTS

HIMSELF FIRST, PUTS YOU HOW MUCH MORE EVIDENCE DO YOU NEED ,HE WILL PICK HIMSELF. >> AND IF THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE, THERE, THEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REMAIN ANGRY, REMAIN DIVIDED ,AND BECOME EVEN MORE EXHAUSTED THAN THEY ARE TODAY. THE COUNTRY THAT I WE SHOULD CHOOSE IS THE COUNTRY

THAT RECOGNIZES THAT OUR DIFFERENCES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OUR STRENGTH, NOT A WEAKNESS, NOT SOMETHING TO DIVIDE US AND ANGER US. BUT OUR DIFFERENCES HAVE BEEN OUR STRENGTH. WE’VE COME FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AT DIFFERENT TIMES TO DIFFERENT PLACES WITH DIFFERENT SKILLS, WITH DIFFERENT RELIGIONS. AND YET ONLY HERE CAN THOSE

PEOPLE BECOME AN AMERICAN. CAN’T GO TO GERMANY AND BECOME A GERMAN CAN’T JUMP TO GREAT BRITAIN AND BECOME. BUT YOU CAN COME HERE AND BECOME AN AMERICAN. A REAL PART OF THIS COUNTRY MOMENT. >> WE BECOME A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE NO LONGER WANT TO COME IN SEARCH OF A BETTER, FREER,

STRONGER NATION. THAT WILL BE THE REAL PROBLEM THAT WILL BE HARDER TO SOLVE. WE BACK ALLIES AROUND THE WORLD. THEY SHOULDN’T HAVE TO THINK TWICE HAVING AMERICAN SUPPORT. YET THEY ARE PETTY POLITICS INTERFERING WITH SUPPORTING FREEDOM FIGHTERS IN UKRAINE. WE ARE PETTY POLITICS INTERFERING WITH DEFENDING FRIENDS IN ISRAEL.

WE ARE PETTY POLITICS INTERFERING WITH MAKING SURE TAIWAN IS ARMED TO FIGHT OFF THE CHINESE. THEY USE THE BORDER AS AN EXCUSE TO DO THOSE THINGS. HOW ABOUT WE HAVE A COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN DO ALL THOSE THINGS BECAUSE LEADERSHIP TO SOMETHING GREATER, NOT TO TO THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR,

WHICH IS WHAT THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LAST DECADE AND A HALF IN THE WHITE HOUSE HAS DONE, INCLUDING THE CURRENT PRESIDENT. WE NEED A COUNTRY THAT ONCE AGAIN FEELS LIKE EVERYONE HAS A STAKE IN WHAT WE’RE DOING AND CAN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. AND IT’S HARD IT’S HARD TO DO THAT.

I DID IT FOR EIGHT YEARS IN NEW JERSEY IN A DEMOCRATIC WITH A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR, AND IT’S HARD BECAUSE WE HAVE REAL DISAGREEMENTS. BUT DON’T ARE SMALL COMPARED TO THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN COMMON THAT TAKES EFFORT. WE HAVE TO WORK AT IT. WE HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THE

OTHER PERSON HAS A RIGHTFUL PLACE IN OUR COUNTRY. WE HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT WHETHER WE AGREE WITH THEM OR NOT, THEY GOT ELECTED TO AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE A VOICE AND TO BE HEARD AND TO HAVE A VOTE AND TO HAVE IT COUNT. >> THIS RACE HAS ALWAYS BEEN

BIGGER THAN ME. >> IT’S BIGGER THAN ANY ONE PERSON. IF YOU DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. I TRIED TO CHANGE CONGRESS IN THIS RACE. I TRIED TO FORCE A CONVERSATION IN THIS RACE. THE CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT THE REAL THING THAT’S GOING ON HERE . I STOOD ON THOSE DEBATE STAGES,

EVERY ONE OF THEM, THE PUNDITS IN THE MEDIA AND THE PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS WHO WORK FOR OTHER CAMPAIGNS SAID. I WASN’T GOING TO MAKE ANY OF THEM RIGHT BEFORE EVERY DEBATE, NOT PURPOSELY WON’T MAKE THIS ONE. THE ONLY MAKE THIS ONE I MADE EVERY ONE OF THEM. BUT WHEN I STOOD ON THERE,

I WATCHED THE OTHER CANDIDATES ARGUING WITH EACH OTHER AS IF THE RACE WAS BETWEEN US, PRETENDING AS IF THE GUY WHO’S IN FRONT AND WASN’T THERE WASN’T TO BE SPOKEN ABOUT LIKE VOLDEMORT IN THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS. HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED BECAUSE THEY FEARED EVEN BRINGING HIS NAME WOULD MAKE

HIM APPEAR WITH HIS MAGICAL, MYSTICAL POWERS TO END THEIR POLITICAL CAREERS. SO THEY SAY RIDICULOUS THINGS, MAKE RIDICULOUS POINTS. AND LET ME TELL YOU, IF DONALD TRUMP BECOMES THE NOMINEE OF HIS PARTY, THE MOMENT THAT IT HAPPENED WAS WHEN NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS TIM SCOTT AND MIKE PENCE

AND DOUG BURGUM AND VIVEK RAMASWAMY STOOD ON THAT IN MILWAUKEE IN AUGUST . AND WHEN WE WERE ASKED, WOULD YOU SUPPORT SOMEONE WITH A CONVICTED FELON TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THEY RAISED HANDS, GIVE RON CREDIT. HE HAD TO LOOK AT EVERYBODY ELSE FIRST TO SEE IF HE WANTED

TO RAISE HIS HAND. BUT THEN HE RAISED HIS HAND, KIND OF LIKE CHEATING OFF SOMEBODY’S PAPER IN HIGH SCHOOL. THEY RAISED HANDS AND I DID NOT . >> AND. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU WERE JUST LISTENING TO CHRIS CHRISTIE THERE WHO SUSPENDED HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT.

IN NO WAY WILL I ENABLE DONALD TRUMP TO BE PRESIDENT AGAIN. HE SAID THAT THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. AND THE REASON WHY HE WANTED TO ENTER THIS RACE IN THE FIRST PLACE. HE JUST TALKED A WHOLE LOT ABOUT DONALD TRUMP BARELY MENTIONING RON DESANTIS OR NIKKI HALEY, WHO ARE GETTING

READY TO DEBATE HEAD TO HEAD TONIGHT JUST A FEW HOURS. AND SO I WANT TO BRING IN NIKKI HALEY’S CAMPAIGN, OLIVIA PEREZ, CUBA’S TO BREAK THIS DOWN WITH US OLIVIA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US. I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN LISTENING TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT YOURSELF. AND FIRST OF ALL, OF COURSE,

I WANT TO ALLOW YOU TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR FOR HALEY’S CAMPAIGN HERE IN A MOMENT BUT FIRST, OLIVIA, I’D LOVE TO GET YOUR REACTION TO NOT ONLY THIS NEWS, BUT ALSO TO WHAT WE HEARD ON A HOT RIGHT BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. THERE WAS A HOT MIC WHERE

YOU COULD HEAR CHRIS CHRISTIE SAYING THAT NIKKI HALEY IS, QUOTE, GOING TO GET SMOKED, CRITICIZING HER CHANCES MOVING FORWARD. AND OLIVIA ALSO SHARE WITH YOU THAT JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO ON ABC’S THE DESANTIS CAMPAIGN TWEETING, THEY FINALLY AGREE WITH NIKKI HALEY THAT SHE IS GOING TO GET SMOKED.

I’D LIKE TO ALLOW YOU TO REPLY THAT. >> WELL, LOOK, NIKKI HALEY IS NO TO BEING UNDERESTIMATED. SHE HAS BEEN WRITTEN OFF HER LIFE, INCLUDING FOR THIS RACE. AND HERE WE ARE THIS NOW A TWO PERSON RACE. SO IF YOU’RE GOING TO UNDERESTIMATE NIKKI HALEY, DO SO YOUR OWN PERIL.

I WILL SAY IN REGARDS TO CHRISTIE MAKING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, HE RAN A GOOD RACE. IT WAS A TOUGH RACE. IT WAS A HARD FOUGHT RACE. I CANNOT IMAGINE THAT THIS WAS AN EASY DECISION FOR HIM TO TO. BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY WHAT THIS PROVES AND UNDERSCORES IS THAT THIS

IS A TWO PERSON RACE. THIS IS A TWO PERSON RACE BETWEEN NIKKI HALEY AND DONALD TRUMP. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, VOTERS NOW HAVE A VERY CLEAR CHOICE. THEY CAN CHOOSE THE CHAOS AND THE DRAMA OF THE PAST OR THEY CAN VOTE AND ELECT A NEW GENERATION CONSERVATIVE

LEADERSHIP, SOMEONE WHO AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET WINS THE WHITE HOUSE, KEEPS THE HOUSE, FLIPS, THE SENATE WINS RACES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SCHOOL BOARDS. >> THAT PERSON IS NIKKI HALEY, AND SHE’S GOING TO DO IT. >> WATCH HER. SHE IS CERTAINLY GAINING IN THE POLLS, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS

OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NEW, WHERE, AGAIN, CHRIS CHRISTIE IS MAKING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. AND SO, OLIVIA, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME REPORTING FROM OUR RACHEL SCOTT WHO SAYS THAT MONTHS AGO, THE RON DESANTIS CAMPAIGN WAS WARNED ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD CALL A NIGHTMARE SCENARIO OF CHRIS CHRISTIE DROPPING OUT BEFORE

THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY. MANY PEOPLE ON THE RON DESANTIS SIDE ARE CONCERNED THAT, PEOPLE THAT MIGHT POTENTIALLY BE HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING, YOU KNOW, CHRIS CHRISTIE MIGHT NOW SWING TOWARDS NIKKI HALEY. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOUR CAMPAIGN IS LOOKING AT AND HOW WILL YOU SPEAK TO THOSE VOTERS? WELL, THIS IS A NIGHTMARE

SCENARIO FOR RON DESANTIS, BUT BEFORE HE THINKS ABOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE. HE SHOULD THINK ABOUT IOWA BECAUSE HE HAS PUT ALL HIS EGGS IN THE IOWA BASKET. HE HAS SPENT OVER $150 MILLION IN IOWA ALONE. HE HAS SAID THAT HE IS GOING TO WIN IOWA. SO ANYTHING SHORT OF A FIRST

PLACE FINISH FOR RON DESANTIS MEANS THAT HE HAS NO TO GO FORWARD. WHAT THIS MEANS FOR NIKKI HALEY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, WE KNOW SHE IS IN A SOLID SECOND. WE HAD A CNN POLL OUT YESTERDAY THAT SHOWS HER IN STRIKING DISTANCE. SHE HAS THE ENDORSEMENT OF GOVERNOR THERE WHO IS

INCREDIBLY POPULAR AND LOVED. SO OF THIS MEANS IS THAT THE FIELD IS CONTINUING TO CONSOLIDATE IT’S CONSOLIDATING AROUND NIKKI HALEY. SHE IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE OTHER THAN DONALD TRUMP WHO HAS THE RESOURCES AND THE MOMENTUM, THE STRENGTH IN ALL THREE EARLY STATES AND MULTIPLE STATES BEYOND THAT TO

GO THE DISTANCE. SO WE’RE JUST GOING TO KEEP BUILDING OFF THIS MOMENTUM AND WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND I KNOW AS YOU’RE LOOKING TOWARDS NEW HAMPSHIRE, LET’S FORGET, OF COURSE, ABOUT IOWA AND THE IOWA CAUCUSES THAT WILL KICK ALL OF THIS OFF. SOME VOTERS THERE IN IOWA FEEL THAT NIKKI HALEY HAS

SOME ANSWERING TO DO FOR SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT SHE MADE EARLIER, ESSENTIALLY THAT IOWA WILL VOTE FIRST, BUT NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL CORRECT IT. AND THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF TALK AS WELL ABOUT, THE MONEY THAT SHE IS SPENDING IN IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. >> SO HOW WILL SHE ADDRESS

VOTERS TONIGHT IN IOWA IN OF WHAT SHE SAID? SHE SORT OF BRUSHED IT OFF IN THE PAST. SHE’LL PROBABLY HAVE ANSWER THAT DIRECTLY TONIGHT. LOOK, SHE WAS JOKING. IT WAS A LIGHTHEARTED JOKE. THERE’S A LONG STANDING RIVALRY BETWEEN THE EARLY STATES, BETWEEN IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. SOUTH CAROLINA, IF YOU GO

TO HER EVENTS, SHE’S DYNAMIC, SHE’S INTERACTIVE. FOLKS THERE KNOW WAS A JOKE. WE ARE NOT HEARING ABOUT IT. THAT IS ONCE AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT THE DESANTIS TEAM IS PUSHING. TO MY POINT EARLIER, THEY’RE GETTING QUITE THE CAMPAIGN IS FLAILING. WE EXPECT THEM TO KEEP SAYING LIKE THAT, HOPING SOMETHING STICKS.

BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT IOWA. NIKKI LOVES IOWA. IOWA LOVES NIKKI. SHE’S IN A NECK TO NECK HERE WITH RON DESANTIS, BUT WE HAVE THE MOMENTUM ON OUR SIDE. WE ARE IN THE FINAL STRETCH HERE. WE’VE GOT A TON OF EVENTS COMING UP. WE’RE CRISSCROSSING ACROSS

THE STATE, MEETING WITH VOTERS, SHAKING EVERY HAND, ANSWERING EVERY QUESTION, BUILDING OFF THAT MOMENTUM, DRIVING FOLKS OUT. >> AND WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. >> AND IN SOME TERMS. RIGHT. YOU’VE SORT OF BEEN SPLITTING TIME THERE BETWEEN IOWA, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SO BACK TO IOWA.

WHAT DOES A WIN LIKE FOR NIKKI HALEY? IS IT ENOUGH FOR HER TO JUST COME IN SECOND? HOW NARROW DOES SHE NEED TO MAKE THOSE POLLS? WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER A WIN FOR HER? I THINK IT ALL DEPENDS. RIGHT. THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS FOR US.

WE NEED TO DO WELL SO THAT WE BUILD MOMENTUM AND WE CARRY THAT MOMENTUM INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE. I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE PRESSURE IS ON DESANTIS BECAUSE HIS STRENGTH IS IN ONE STATE AND ONE STATE ALONE. AND IF HE DOESN’T WIN IOWA, LIKE HE SAID, HE WOULD WIN

IOWA, THEN THERE’S NO RATIONALE FOR HIM. I REMIND VIEWERS WHERE WE WERE JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. NOBODY WE WOULD BE HERE. NOBODY THOUGHT NIKKI WOULD BE IN A SECOND ACROSS ALL THREE EARLY STATES, HOLDING STRONG. SO WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT IOWA. WE’RE GOING TO CARRY THAT MOMENTUM INTO

NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO BRING IT HOME TO OUR HOME STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. OKAY. DO YOU ANTICIPATE NIKKI HALEY ADDRESSING CHRIS CHRISTIE’S DEPARTURE TONIGHT ON THAT DEBATE STAGE? POSSIBLY. I’M NOT SURE. I KNOW SHE’S GOT HER HEAD DOWN LISTENING TO HER MUSIC, PREPPING FOR THE DEBATE.

SO WE SHALL SEE AS SHE LISTENS TO MUSIC. >> AND THAT’S HOW SHE GETS READY FOR THE DEBATE IT’S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE’S SHARING THE STAGE RIGHT, WITH ONLY RON DESANTIS. AND SO WHAT IS THE PLAN AS SHE TAKES THAT STAGE KNOWING THAT SHE’LL HAVE MORE TIME

TO TALK ABOUT POLICY? >> WHAT IS THE POLICY? YOU KNOW, DETAILS SHE THINKS THAT WILL SET HER THE CENTER ASIDE FROM RON DESANTIS THE MOST LOOK, THIS IS NOW OUR FIFTH DEBATE, RIGHT? SHE’S FOUR WINNING DEBATE PERFORMANCES OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. WE LOVE SHE’S QUITE GOOD AT IT.

IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO TELL FAR, I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT’S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO ADDRESS. MILLIONS OF VOTERS. IT’S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO SHARE HER VISION FOR A STRONG AMERICA, FOR A PROUD AMERICA. MAKE THE CASE FOR WHY WE NEED A NEW GENERATION OF CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP, WHY

WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE DRAMA BEHIND? WHY WE NEED SOMEONE WHO’S FOCUSED. SHE’S GOING TO MAKE THAT CASE TODAY, WE FULLY EXPECT DESANTIS TO KEEP LOBBING THE LIES AT HER. WE KNOW THAT IF NIKKI GETS PUNCHED, SHE IS HARDER. >> ALL RIGHT, OLIVIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND WE WILL ALL BE WATCHING HOW THIS UNFOLDS. SO, AGAIN, WE’RE GETTING READY FOR THIS DEBATE TONIGHT BETWEEN HALEY AND RON DESANTIS WERE ALSO YOU’RE STILL SEEING CHRIS CHRISTIE THERE WHO STILL TALKING. HE HAS DECIDED NOW TO SUSPEND HIS CAMPAIGN. HE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IN FRONT

IN FRONT OF SOME OF HIS BIGGEST . >> BUT BEFORE HE MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, THERE WAS POIGNANT MOMENT CAUGHT ON A HOT MIC. AND SO I WANT TO BRING BACK IN POLITICAL DIRECTOR RICK KLEIN TO DISCUSS THAT WITH US. SO, RICK, YOU WERE THE FIRST TO REPORT THIS AND THE FIRST

TO BRING THIS ATTENTION TO US AND THIS HOT MIC. AND HE SAID ESSENTIALLY THAT NIKKI HALEY IS GOING TO GET SMOKED. WE NOW HAVE RON DESANTIS TALKING ABOUT THAT ON AIR, SAYING THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME HE AGREES WITH CHRISTIE THAT HE THINKS NIKKI HALEY WILL GET SMOKED.

>> BUT, RICK, AS POINT OUT, HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT RON DESANTIS ON THAT HOT. >> YEAH. AND HE POINTEDLY DID NOT ENDORSE ANYONE THIS RACE. THIS SEEMED TO ME LIKE AN ATTEMPT BY CHRIS CHRISTIE TO DRASTICALLY REORDER THIS CAMPAIGN IN A DIRECTION THAT ISN’T CLEAR. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS IS A

BOOST OF MOMENTUM FOR. ONE OF THE RIVALS THAT’S STILL STANDING, DESANTIS MORE LIKELY NIKKI HALEY TO SEE HOW THIS PLAYS IN IOWA AND THEN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. IT’S ALSO POSSIBLE THIS CULMINATES IN MORE ATTENTION OF CHRIS CHRISTIE AND A NO LABELS BID AT THIS. SEEMED LIKE HE MAY BE LAYING

THE GROUNDWORK FOR THAT, BUT THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST RAW AND AND REAL SPEECHES THAT I’VE SEEN FROM A CAMPAIGN FROM A CANDIDATE RECOGNIZE THE MOMENT THE GRAVITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHAT CHRIS CHRISTIE, WHATEVER YOU SAY ABOUT WHAT HE’S DONE IN THE PAST, HE’S BEEN CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT HIS INTENTIONS

IN THIS RACE, EVEN AGAINST SOME VERY LONG ODDS. YOU KNOW, WE HAPPENED TO BE IN THE POLL, THE FIELD JUST THIS WEEK WITH A POLL CANDIDATE THAT SHOWED THAT THAT’S MORE THAN 70% OF REPUBLICANS WERE NOT GOING TO BE SATISFIED WITH CHRIS CHRISTIE AS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. THOSE ARE THE KIND OF NUMBERS

HE WAS LOOKING AT. AND PROBLEMS THAT HE THAT HE HAD WERE ONLY BEGAN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IF THERE WAS NO PATH . AND AS HE SAID TONIGHT, HE WOULD ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH. THE TRUTH WAS THAT THIS ROAD NOT GOING TO

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