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    NEWS IN AMERICA THIS RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA THIS MORNING, THE BIGGEST SNOWSTORM IN YEARS. SLAMMING THE NORTHEAST JUST IN TIME FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE IMPACT ON TRAVEL NATIONWIDE AND THE DEMISE OF THE GOOD OLD FASHIONED SNOW DAY SCHOOL MAY BE CLOSED, BUT NOT ALL KIDS ARE OFF THE HOOK.

    >> NEW DETAILS ON THE WOMAN POLICE SAY OPENED FIRE WITH AN AR 15 AT CELEBRITY PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN’S MEGACHURCH. WHAT WE’RE NOW LEARNING ABOUT HER TROUBLED BACKGROUND. AND THE QUESTION THIS MORNING HOW WAS SHE ABLE TO GET THAT WEAPON? >> NEW VIDEO OF A PLANE CRASHING ONTO A BUSY FLORIDA HIGHWAY,

    HITTING TWO VEHICLES BEFORE BURSTING INTO FLAMES. FIREFIGHTERS FIRST ON THE SCENE, NOW DESCRIBING WHAT THEY SAW. >> DAY OF ACTION Y FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE VOWING TO HIT THE PICKET LINES TODAY. IT’S ABOUT MORE THAN JUST HIGHER WAGES. >> SCAM ALERT THE NEW WAY FRAUDSTERS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE

    OF PEOPLE USING QR CODES. >> TAYLOR SWIFT’S RARE AND PERSONAL NEW BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO. WHAT SHE’S REVEALING ABOUT HER POSTGAME PARTY LASTING INTO THE WEE HOURS AND THE STUNNING NEW RECORD SHE HELPED THE NFL ACHIEVE DURING SUNDAY NIGHT’S GAME AND VALENTINE’S DAY IS TOMORROW. >> SO WHY IS CHOCOLATE SO

    EXPENSIVE? IT’S NOT JUST INFLATION IN. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD TUESDAY MORNING EVERYONE I’M ANDREW DYMBURT. I’M ANDREA FUJII IN FOR RHIANNON. >> WE BEGIN WITH THE BIGGEST SNOWSTORM IN YEARS BEARING DOWN ON THE NORTHEAST RIGHT NOW MANY SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED AND FLIGHT

    CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS COULD HAVE RIPPLE EFFECTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. >> TODAY, SOME OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL CORRIDORS ARE BRACING FOR UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW THIS MORNING. THE BIGGEST SNOWSTORM IN TWO YEARS IS HITTING THE I-95 CORRIDOR OF THE NORTHEAST WITH 2 TO 3IN OF SNOW PER HOUR EXPECTED

    DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE, EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE AROUND NEW YORK CITY AND BOSTON, 12IN INLAND NEW YORK CITY COULD SEE MORE SNOW IN ONE HOUR THAN WE’VE SEEN THE ENTIRE WINTER >> 7 TO 9 A.M. WE’RE GETTING THAT HEAVY SNOW ALONG I-90. FIVE HARTFORD BACK THROUGH THE HUDSON VALLEY, NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY,

    GETTING SOME OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALL THE WAY THROUGH LATE MORNING PUBLIC SCHOOLS CANCELED IN BOSTON. >> BUT IN NEW YORK CITY, NO SNOW DAY. IT’S A WORK FROM HOME DAY FOR STUDENTS. >> LONG GONE ARE THE DAYS OF JUST A SNOW DAY AND EVERYBODY JUST HAS OFF. WE EXPECT FOR THEM

    TO BE FULLY ENGAGED. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT NOT GOING TO SCHOOL TOMORROW AND LEARNING FROM HOME, BUT BECAUSE I WANT TO LEARN AT SCHOOL. >> I DON’T REALLY WANT TO GO TOA TUESDAY AND I’M NOT REALLY A FAN OF TUESDAY’S COASTAL FLOODING. >> ANOTHER CONCERN SOUTH OF

    BOSTON IS BRACING FOR THE HIGHEST TIDE IN SIX YEARS. >> SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE TIDE AND THE WIND, SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE SNOW. THIS ONE, WE’RE GETTING ALL OF THEM. SO I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE SERIOUSLY THIS SEASON. >> IT’S BEEN A BIZARRE WINTER OF

    WEATHER EXTREMES FROM COAST TO COAST. YOU READY? IN PENNSYLVANIA’S POCONO MOUNTAINS, THE ANNUAL ICE HARVEST HAD TO BE CANCELED RECENTLY. IT WAS TOO WARM IN MINNEAPOLIS. THERE’S CURRENTLY NO SNOW ON THE GROUND. WARM TEMPERATURES LAST WEEK SMASHED A RECORD. WISCONSIN EVEN SAW A FEBRUARY TORNADO FOR THE FIRST TIME ON RECORD. AND IN

    MICHIGAN YESTERDAY IT WAS SO WINDY. ONE GUST SENT THIS SMALL PLANE CARTWHEELING INTO THE TREES. THE PILOT NOT INJURED. MEANWHILE ON THE WEST COAST, THIS IS THE AFTERMATH OF THE RECENT HISTORIC RAINFALL THAT TRIGGERED LANDSLIDES. HOMES ARE NOW IN DANGER OF TOPPLING OFF THIS CLIFF IN ORANGE COUNTY.

    BACK IN THE NORTHEAST, THE SNOW OVERNIGHT BEGAN AS RAIN IN MANY AREAS. WE’LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. >> WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE WOMAN POLICE SAY OPENED FIRE AT CELEBRITY PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN’S MEGACHURCH IN TEXAS, CAUSING CHAOS. HER YOUNG SON WAS ALSO

    SHOT. NOW WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT HER TROUBLED PAST AT. THIS WAS THE MOMENT GUNSHOTS RANG OUT INSIDE JOEL OSTEEN’S MEGACHURCH IN HOUSTON. POLICE SAY 36 YEAR OLD JANICE MORENO WALKED IN WITH HER SEVEN YEAR OLD SON AND OPENED FIRE WITH AN AR 15, AN OFF DUTY OFFICERS FIRED BACK. MORENO WAS KILLED, HER SON

    CRITICALLY WOUNDED. INVESTIGATORS SAY MORENO WAS ALSO CARRYING A 22 CALIBER RIFLE , ALONG WITH ANTI-SEMITIC WRITINGS. >> THERE WAS A STICKER ON THE BUTTSTOCK OF THE RIFLE THAT STATED PALESTINE. A STICKER SIMPLY STATED PALESTINE. >> AUTHORITIES SAY THE WEAPON WAS BOUGHT LEGALLY IN DECEMBER. MORENO OBTAINING THE GUN. DESPITE HER HISTORY OF MENTAL

    ILLNESS AND ARREST DATING BACK TO 2005, ON CHARGES INCLUDING ASSAULT, COURT RECORDS SHOW SHE ALSO HAD A TURBULENT MARRIAGE, ENDING IN A BITTER CUSTODY BATTLE. MORENO’S EX-HUSBAND ACCUSING HER OF VIOLENCE AND PUTTING THEIR SON IN DANGER MULTIPLE TIMES. >> WE DO BELIEVE THAT SHE DOES HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY

    THAT IS DOCUMENTED THROUGH US AND THROUGH INTERVIEWS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS, POLICE ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING A YOUTUBE VIDEO FROM 2020. >> ORIGINALLY POSTED BY MORENO USING A DIFFERENT NAME IN A FACEBOOK POST, HER EX MOTHER IN LAW SAYS MORENO SUFFERED FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA, INSISTING DESPITE THE ANTI-SEMITIC STATEMENTS FOUND THE SHOOTING HAD NOTHING

    TO DO WITH JUDAISM OR ISLAM. AUTHORITIES ARE NOW WORKING TO DETERMINE A MOTIVE AND HOW MORENO WAS ABLE TO GET A GUN, DESPITE HER TROUBLED PAST. >> WE WANT TO KNOW THE MOTIVE, HOW SHE GOT THE WEAPON, WHY SHE DID THIS. WE’RE NOT THERE YET. MORENO’S NEIGHBORS SAY THEY’VE BEEN WARNING AUTHORITIES ABOUT

    HER ERRATIC BEHAVIOR FOR YEARS. >> AS FOR HER SEVEN YEAR OLD SON, WHO WAS SHOT, HE WAS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION. >> WE HAVE NEW VIDEO OF A DEADLY PLANE CRASH NEAR NAPLES, FLORIDA. THIS DASH CAM VIDEO SHOWS THE TWIN ENGINE JET FROM OHIO CRASHING. THEN BURSTING INTO FLAMES FRIDAY, HITTING TWO

    VEHICLES ON INTERSTATE 75. FIRST RESPONDERS ARE NOW DESCRIBING WHAT THEY SAW AT THE SCENE. >> IT LOOKED LIKE A WAR SCENE OR A MOVIE SCENE, AND THEN IT JUST JUST DID WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO. >> MY BODY COMPARED TO THE SIZE OF THE JET, IS ITRILLIONEMINDS.

    YOU HOW BIG THE WORLD IS AND HOW SMALL YOU TRULY ARE. IT IS INCREDIBLE. HONESTLY IT GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF CHILLS. THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SURVIVE THAT BOTH PILOTS DIED, BUT THREE PASSENGERS SURVIVED THE CRASH. >> THE CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. MEANWHILE, NEAR BUFFALO, NEW YORK, AIRPORT

    OFFICIALS SAY A SINGLE ENGINE PLANE LOST ONE OF ITS DOORS MID-FLIGHT YESTERDAY. CREWS WERE SEARCHING FOR THE DOOR LAST NIGHT. NO ONE WAS HURT OVER SEAS. >> MANY U.S. ALLIES ARE ON EDGE AFTER COMMENTS FROM FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. IF REELECTED, HE’S THREATENING TO INVITE RUSSIA TO ATTACK NATO ALLIES WHO

    DON’T PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF DEFENSE SPENDING. AND NOW, A TOP U.S. MILITARY OFFICER IS REACTING TO TRUMP’S THREAT. ABC’S ANNE NGUYEN IS HERE WITH MORE M. GOOD MORNING ANDREA. GOOD MORNING. YEAH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOUBLING DOWN ON HIS REMARKS SAYING IF HE’S REELECTED HE WON’T PROTECT NATO

    ALLIES WHO FAILED TO UPHOLD THEIR END OF THE BARGAIN WHEN IT COMES TO DEFENSE SPENDING. THIS MORNING, GROWING FALLOUT AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE WOULD ENCOURAGE RUSSIA TO ATTACK NATO ALLIES WHO FAILED TO MEET AGREED UPON DEFENSE SPENDING GOALS. >> YOU DIDN’T PAY YOUR DELINQUENT DEBT. NO, I WOULD NOT

    PROTECT YOU. IN FACT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT. YOU GOT TO PAY FOR. YOU. GOT TO PAY YOUR BILLS. TRUMP SAYING NATO HAS TO EQUALIZE AND NOW THEY WILL DO THAT. >> IF PROPERLY ASKED. IF NOT AMERICA FIRST, NATO COUNTRIES DO

    NOT PAY SET DUES TO THE ALLIANCE AND DO NOT OWE THE U.S. MONEY. BUT THEY DO COMMIT TO SPENDING A CERTAIN AMOUNT ON NATIONAL DEFENSE, AND MOST OF THEM HAVE NOT REACHED THAT GOAL. WHEN ASKED ABOUT TRUMP’S COMMENTS, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, THE HIGHEST RANKING U.S. MILITARY OFFICER, SAID

    TRUMP’S THREAT PUTS U.S. CREDIBILITY AT STAKE. >> WELL, WE HAVE AN ALLIANCE AND WE HAVE A STRONG ALLIANCE. I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO UPHOLD THOSE ALLIANCES. >> EUROPEAN LEADERS ALSO REACTING THE NATO, GERMANY’S CHANCELLOR CALLS TRUMP’S COMMENTS DANGEROUS AND SOLELY IN RUSSIA’S INTERESTS. POLAND’S FOREIGN MINISTER RESPONDED BY

    NOTING THAT POLAND SUPPORTED THE U.S. IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER 911, SAYING, WE DIDN’T SEND THE BILLS FOR THAT TO WASHINGTON. ALLIANCES ALSO STRENGTHENED THE UNITED STATES, BUT MANY REPUBLICANS ARE SUPPORTING TRUMP’S COMMENTS. >> IF YOU’RE NOT GOING TO DEFEND YOUR OWN COUNTRY, WHY SHOULD OUR TAXPAYERS DEFEND IT FOR THEM?

    >> YEAH, THEY NEED TO GET OVER IT. THEY NEED TO STAND UP AND BE TOUGH. >> REPUBLICAN SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM IS GOING ONE STEP FURTHER THAN TRUMP’S COMMENTS. HE’S NOW SUGGESTING U.S. FUNDING FOR UKRAINE AND ISRAEL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ALONE. SENATORS COULD GREENLIGHT MORE AID FOR THOSE COUNTRIES AS SOON AS THIS

    MORNING. ANDREA M. THANK YOU. THERE COULD BE A NEW SETBACK IN NEW TALKS FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. ISRAEL HAS NOT YET COMMITTED TO ATTENDING THE TALKS . PRESIDENT BIDEN HOSTED JORDAN’S KING ABDULLAH YESTERDAY AND SAID THE U.S. IS WORKING ON A DEAL THAT WOULD PAUSE THE FIGHTING FOR SIX WEEKS. HE’S

    TRYING TO CONVINCE ISRAEL NOT TO LAUNCH A GROUND OFFENSIVE IN THE CROWDED CITY OF RAFAH. >> TIME NOW FOR YOUR TUESDAY FORECAST. >> GOOD MORNING. AS WE GO THROUGH TODAY, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A STORM SYSTEM MOVING OFFSHORE, AND IT’S BRINGING SNOW JUST IN TIME FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE, A BIG MESS FOR PLACES

    LIKE PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK CITY INTO BOSTON LUNCHTIME. WE’RE STILL DEALING WITH IT FROM NEW YORK INTO BOSTON BEFORE IT DEPARTS. AS WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND BRINGS IN SOME STRONG WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE, SNOWFALL TOTALS TOPPING SIX PLUS INCHES OF SNOW JUST NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY AND AROUND PLACES LIKE

    BOSTON. FROM ACCUWEATHER, I’M METEOROLOGIST MELISSA DANCER. >> COMING UP, A SURPRISE FOR VALENTINE’S DAY SHOPPERS RECORD PRICES. >> BUT FIRST, THEY’RE CALLING IT A DAY OF ACTION. WHY? FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE PROTESTING TODAY. AND IT’S NOT JUST FOR HIGHER WAGES. >> AND LATER, TAYLOR SWIFT’S

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    POLICE FOUND A GATE IN THE FLOOR WHICH LED TO THE DRUGS. THE BUST IS WORTH $150. >> MILLION FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE JOINING FORCES TODAY IN WHAT’S BEING CALLED A DAY OF ACTION. A GLOBAL PICKET IN CITIES ACROSS THE U.S. AND THE U.K. AMONG THEIR DEMANDS, HIGHER WAGES AND

    AN END TO SEXISM. ABC’S LIONEL MOISE REPORTS. >> THIS MORNING, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE ON THE PICKET LINE IN WHAT’S EXPECTED TO BE THEIR LARGEST EVER COLLECTIVE ACTION. UNIONS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 100,000 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS FROM AIRLINES, INCLUDING AMERICAN ALASKA, FRONTIER, SOUTHWEST AND UNITED ARE DEMANDING BETTER PAY

    RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND MORE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES. TWO THIRDS OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE CURRENTLY IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS IN A JOINT STATEMENT, THEY’RE VOWING TO FIGHT CORPORATE GREED, SAYING OUR TIME ON THE JOB MUST BE COMPENSATED. WE NEED FLEXIBLE AND CONTROL OF OUR LIVES. LEGACY SEXISM THAT TRADITIONAL DEVALUED OUR JOBS MUST BE STAMPED OUT AND

    REPLACED WITH THE TRUE VALUE OF OUR WORK. THE UNIONS WANT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO BE PAID FOR ALL THEIR TIME WORKING. MOST ARE NOT COMPENSATED FOR TIME SPENT WAITING BETWEEN FLIGHTS IN THE AIRPORT, OR EVEN TIME BOARDING THE PLANE. ANOTHER CONCERN FOR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. THE DANGER OF UNRULY PASSENGERS WITH INCIDENTS

    ON THE RISE SINCE THE PANDEMIC. >> THEN HE SPAT IN MY FACE AND SUCKER PUNCHED ME IN THE EYE. I WAS KNOCKED BACK THREE FEET BEFORE FALLING TO THE GROUND. >> I WAS HIT IN THE HEAD, KNOCKED TO THE GROUND, AND I SUSTAINED VERY SERIOUS INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THAT, FLIGHT

    SCHEDULES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED TODAY. >> FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SCHEDULED TO WORK HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO PICKET VIRTUALLY. NOW, IF THERE WERE TO BE A STRIKE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE AUTHORIZED BY FEDERAL MEDIATORS, THEY’RE EXPECTED TO MEET WITH THE UNIONS AGAIN NEXT MONTH. ANDREW. ANDREA. LIONEL

    >> THANK YOU. DRIVERS FOR UBER, LYFT AND DOORDASH ARE ALSO PROTEST FOR BETTER PAY. THEY’RE PLANNING TO HIT THE PICKET LINES TOMORROW ON VALENTINE’S DAY. UBER SAYS ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF DRIVERS PLAN TO PARTICIPATE JUST IN TIME FOR VALENTINE’S DAY. >> COCOA PRICES HAVE SOARED TO AN ALL TIME HIGH, BREAKING A

    RECORD FROM 1977. THE RISE IN PRICES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IS BLAMED ON EXTREME WEATHER IN WEST AFRICA. HOME TO MOST OF THE WORLD’S COCOA BEANS. ONE CHOCOLATE SHOP IN NEW YORK SAYS ITS PRICES ARE UP 13% FROM LAST YEAR. >> THEY DO LOOK DELICIOUS COMING UP, VIDEO OF A HISTORIC U.S.

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    PENDER OF ATLANTA NOTICED SOMETHING WAS UNUSUAL IN HER LOCAL PARKING GARAGE WHEN SHE WENT TO PAY USING A QR CODE ON THE PARKING METER. >> IT WAS LIKE EXTRA SHINY, UM, LIKE IT HAD BEEN, LIKE RECENTLY LAMINATED. I COULD SEE LIKE IT WASN’T REALLY A PART OF, LIKE,

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    LEGITIMATE QR CODE, AND I’LL SCAN IT, BUT SOMEBODY HAS ALTERED IT. >> THE FBI SAYS THIEVES WILL ALSO USE QR CODES TO STEAL OTHER IMPORTANT PERSONAL INFORMATION. IT CAN GIVE THE CRIMINAL ACCESS TO YOUR PHONE, WHICH THEN ALLOWS THEM ACCESS TO ANY APPS THAT YOU NORMALLY USE.

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    ACHIEVING A NEW RECORD MORE THAN 123 MILLION PEOPLE TUNED IN. >> AND THAT IS THE LARGEST TV AUDIENCE SINCE THE MOON LANDING IN 1969. THE RATINGS WERE UP 7% FROM LAST YEAR’S SUPER BOWL. >> TAYLOR SWIFT COULD BE A REASON SHE POSTED A VIDEO FROM THE POST GAME PARTY AT A LAS

    VEGAS NIGHTCLUB, OF COURSE, WITH BOYFRIEND TRAVIS KELCE. WATCH YOUR LADY. >> HEY. GOOD GIRL. THIRD UNIVERSE, THIRD VERSE, THIRD. >> SWIFT AND KELCE REPORTEDLY ENDED THEIR CELEBRATION BY EATING CHICKEN TENDERS AT 5 A.M. THERE’S NOW SOME QUESTION OVER WHETHER SWIFT WILL ATTEND THE CHIEFS VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE

    LATER THIS YEAR, SOURCE TELLS THE NEW YORK TIMES. IF SWIFT WANTS TO BE THERE, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WOULD, QUOTE, MAKE IT WORK NEXT. JON STEWART’S BIG RETURN. >> HE HOSTED THE DAILY SHOW LAST NIGHT AFTER A NINE YEAR ABSENCE. HE WAS CRITICAL OF BOTH PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIGHLIGHTING

    RECENT MOMENTS WHEN THEY BOTH MISSPOKE THAT BIDEN WAS REFERRING TO SISI, THE PRESIDENT OF EGYPT, NOT MEXICO, UNLESS IT WAS EVEN WORSE THAN THAT. >> AND HE THINKS THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO IS NAMED SISI. SO WHAT WAS HIS OPPONENT SAYING THIS WEEKEND? >> WE HAVE TO WIN IN NOVEMBER OR

    WE’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE PENNSYLVANIA. THEY’LL CHANGE THE NAME. >> I CAN’T BELIEVE I’VE LIVED IN NEW JERSEY THIS LONG AND HAVE BEEN MISPRONOUNCING PENNSYLVANIA . >> STEWART WILL BE HOSTING THE SHOW ON MONDAYS THROUGH THE ELECTION. NEXT, SOME FACEBOOK USERS ARE HEARING SOMETHING NEW WHEN THEY SCROLL.

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    HANGOUT, AN ARTIST IN LA HAS CREATED THIS MINIATURE MODEL OF MONK’S CAFE. >> IT’S 1/12 THE SIZE OF THE ORIGINAL, INCLUDES THE CAFE’S LOGOS, EVEN ALL THE CONDIMENTS. >> ONE SEINFELD FAN DESCRIBED IT AS A MINIATURE DIORAMA ABOUT NOTHING. AND FINALLY, JUST STAY OUT OF THE WAY. >> THAT’S GOOD ADVICE WHEN

    YOU’RE IN THE COLORADO ROCKIES AND A HERD OF ELK NEEDS TO GET ACROSS THE ROAD, THE DRIVER STAYING AT A SAFE DISTANCE UNTIL THE COAST WAS CLEAR. STEER CLEAR . >> OH, TOP HEADLINES COMING UP NEXT It’s lunchtime in America. So what are we serving up? Well,

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    I did I wanted Erica to say I’m sorry face-to-face Erica. Why’d it take you so long? the housewife and the Hustler two on Hulu TREATMENTS WITH THE BISMO. ASK YOUR DOCTOR. CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS FILED AN EMERGENCY APPEAL WITH THE SUPREME COURT OVER HIS CLAIM OF ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY.

    >> TRUMP IS ASKING THE JUSTICES TO FURTHER DELAY HIS ELECTION INTERFERENCE TRIAL. HE CLAIMS PRESIDENTS CANNOT BE CRIMINALLY PROSECUTED. A SPECIAL ELECTION IS BEING HELD IN NEW YORK TODAY TO REPLACE CONGRESSMAN JORGE SANTOS. >> THE SEAT IS CRUCIAL GIVEN REPUBLICAN A SLIM MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE. >> US DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD

    AUSTIN IS EXPECTED TO RESUME HIS DUTIES TODAY, BUT HE WON’T TRAVEL TO BRUSSELS FOR NATO MEETINGS THIS WEEK. HE’S BEEN IN CRITICAL CARE FOR A BLADDER ISSUE WEEKS AFTER HIS CANCER TREATMENT. >> TODAY’S WEATHER SNOW IN THE NORTHERN ROCKIES CLEAR MOST OTHER PLACES EXCEPT FOR THE STORM THAT’S MOVING THROUGH THE

    NORTHEAST AREAS FROM WEST VIRGINIA TO BOSTON. SUBURBS COULD SEE A FOOT OF SNOW EIGHT INCHES NEAR NEW YORK CITY. >> AND FINALLY, THE HISTORY MUSEUM STRIKING INTERNET GOLD WITH ITS 86 YEAR OLD VOLUNTEER. >> HE SPOKE TO DANNY NEW. >> MANY FOLKS DON’T HAVE A PRINTER AT HOME ANYMORE.

    >> SOUNDS FAMILIAR, DOESN’T IT? >> BUT AT THE SACRAMENTO HISTORY MUSEUM IN CALIFORNIA, 86 YEAR OLD HOWARD HATCH USES ONE FROM THE 1850S. I DON’T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN WHAT. >> YOU KNOW WHY I LIKE IT? >> WELL, THE INTERNET SEEMS TO AGREE BECAUSE SINCE THE MUSEUM STARTED POSTING VIDEOS OF HOWARD

    IN 2020, ITS TIKTOK ACCOUNT HAS BECOME THE APP’S MOST POPULAR MUSEUM. IN THE WORLD, WITH 2.7 MILLION FOLLOWERS. >> WE HAVE A CUT HERE. >> THIS JOURNEY TO SOCIAL MEDIA STARDOM ACTUALLY BEGAN LAST CENTURY, WHEN THIS NAVAL VETERAN AND FORMER AUTO TECHNICIAN RETIRED IN 1999, WHEN HE CAME

    HOME, HIS WIFE, WHO WORKED AT THE MUSEUM, LAID DOWN THE LAW, SHE SAID, AFTER YOU RETIRE, YOU CAN SIT AT HOME FOR A WEEK OR TWO, AND AFTER THAT I WANT YOU UP AND OUT OF HERE DOING SOMETHING. >> WE’VE SAID A LITTLE SOMETHING AND, WELL, WITH HIS AUTOMOTIVE BACKGROUND, HOWARD QUICKLY FELL

    IN LOVE WITH FIGURING OUT THE MUSEUM’S CONTRAPTION CALLED THE WASHINGTON PRESS. >> WE KNEW THAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD, BUT NOT THIS MANY PEOPLE. >> 20 YEARS LATER, WHEN THE MUSEUM WAS FACING THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN, SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER JARED JONES HAD THE IDEA TO PUT HOWARD ON CAMERA AND EXPLAIN HIS

    BELOVED PRINTING METHODS TO FOLKS WHO COULD NO LONGER VISIT. WE ARE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT HISTORY, WE ARE DEMONSTRATING IT. >> FEBRUARY 10TH CHINESE NEW YEAR. >> NOW THE SACRAMENTO HISTORY MUSEUM HAS REACHED OVER A BILLION VIEWS ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT HOWARD, WELL, HE’S JUST HAVING FUN DOING WHAT HE

    LOVES A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SAY, AREN’T YOU THAT GUY? >> YEP. >> BY THE WAY, ANDREA, FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY ORDER GREETING CARDS FROM THE PRESS LIKE THIS ONE. YOU’RE MY TYPE. OR MY FAVORITE. I’M VERY FOND OF YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. ANDREA. >> OH, THANKS, DANNY. I WOULD

    LOVE A CARD FROM HAROLD THAT WOULD MAKE MY DAY AND YOUR BIRTHDAY AS WELL. >> YES, THAT’S WHAT’S MAKING NEWS IN AMERICA THIS RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA THIS MORNING, THE BIGGEST SNOWSTORM IN YEARS. SLAMMING THE NORTHEAST JUST IN TIME FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE IMPACT ON TRAVEL NATIONWIDE AND THE DEMISE OF THE

    GOOD OLD FASHIONED SNOW DAY SCHOOL MAY BE CLOSED, BUT NOT ALL KIDS ARE OFF THE HOOK. >> NEW DETAILS ON THE WOMAN POLICE SAY OPENED FIRE WITH AN AR 15 AT CELEBRITY PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN’S MEGACHURCH. WHAT WE’RE NOW LEARNING ABOUT HER TROUBLED BACKGROUND. AND THE QUESTION THIS MORNING HOW WAS SHE ABLE TO

    GET THAT WEAPON? >> NEW VIDEO OF A PLANE CRASHING ONTO A BUSY FLORIDA HIGHWAY, HITTING TWO VEHICLES BEFORE BURSTING INTO FLAMES. FIREFIGHTERS FIRST ON THE SCENE, NOW DESCRIBING WHAT THEY SAW. >> DAY OF ACTION Y FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE VOWING TO HIT THE PICKET LINES TODAY. IT’S ABOUT MORE

    THAN JUST HIGHER WAGES. >> SCAM ALERT THE NEW WAY FRAUDSTERS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE USING QR CODES. >> TAYLOR SWIFT’S RARE AND PERSONAL NEW BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO. WHAT SHE’S REVEALING ABOUT HER POSTGAME PARTY LASTING INTO THE WEE HOURS AND THE STUNNING NEW RECORD SHE HELPED THE NFL ACHIEVE DURING SUNDAY

    NIGHT’S GAME AND VALENTINE’S DAY IS TOMORROW. >> SO WHY IS CHOCOLATE SO EXPENSIVE? IT’S NOT JUST INFLATION IN. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD TUESDAY MORNING EVERYONE I’M ANDREW DYMBURT. I’M ANDREA FUJII IN FOR RHIANNON. >> WE BEGIN WITH THE BIGGEST

    SNOWSTORM IN YEARS BEARING DOWN ON THE NORTHEAST RIGHT NOW MANY SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED AND FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS COULD HAVE RIPPLE EFFECTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. >> TODAY, SOME OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL CORRIDORS ARE BRACING FOR UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW THIS MORNING. THE BIGGEST SNOWSTORM

    IN TWO YEARS IS HITTING THE I-95 CORRIDOR OF THE NORTHEAST WITH 2 TO 3IN OF SNOW PER HOUR EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE, EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE AROUND NEW YORK CITY AND BOSTON, 12IN INLAND NEW YORK CITY COULD SEE MORE SNOW IN ONE HOUR THAN WE’VE SEEN THE ENTIRE WINTER

    >> 7 TO 9 A.M. WE’RE GETTING THAT HEAVY SNOW ALONG I-90. FIVE HARTFORD BACK THROUGH THE HUDSON VALLEY, NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, GETTING SOME OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALL THE WAY THROUGH LATE MORNING PUBLIC SCHOOLS CANCELED IN BOSTON. >> BUT IN NEW YORK CITY, NO SNOW DAY. IT’S A WORK FROM HOME DAY

    FOR STUDENTS. >> LONG GONE ARE THE DAYS OF JUST A SNOW DAY AND EVERYBODY JUST HAS OFF. WE EXPECT FOR THEM TO BE FULLY ENGAGED. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT NOT GOING TO SCHOOL TOMORROW AND LEARNING FROM HOME, BUT BECAUSE I WANT TO LEARN AT SCHOOL.

    >> I DON’T REALLY WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL TOMORROW. IT’S LIKE A TUESDAY AND I’M NOT REALLY A FAN OF TUESDAY’S COASTAL FLOODING. >> ANOTHER CONCERN SOUTH OF BOSTON IS BRACING FOR THE HIGHEST TIDE IN SIX YEARS. >> SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE TIDE AND THE WIND, SOMETIMES WE HAVE

    THE SNOW. THIS ONE, WE’RE GETTING ALL OF THEM. SO I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE SERIOUSLY THIS SEASON. >> IT’S BEEN A BIZARRE WINTER OF WEATHER EXTREMES FROM COAST TO COAST. YOU READY? IN PENNSYLVANIA’S POCONO MOUNTAINS, THE ANNUAL ICE HARVEST HAD TO BE CANCELED RECENTLY. IT WAS TOO

    WARM IN MINNEAPOLIS. THERE’S CURRENTLY NO SNOW ON THE GROUND. WARM TEMPERATURES LAST WEEK SMASHED A RECORD. WISCONSIN EVEN SAW A FEBRUARY TORNADO FOR THE FIRST TIME ON RECORD. AND IN MICHIGAN YESTERDAY IT WAS SO WINDY. ONE GUST SENT THIS SMALL PLANE CARTWHEELING INTO THE TREES. THE PILOT NOT INJURED.

    MEANWHILE ON THE WEST COAST, THIS IS THE AFTERMATH OF THE RECENT HISTORIC RAINFALL THAT TRIGGERED LANDSLIDES. HOMES ARE NOW IN DANGER OF TOPPLING OFF THIS CLIFF IN ORANGE COUNTY. BACK IN THE NORTHEAST, THE SNOW OVERNIGHT BEGAN AS RAIN IN MANY AREAS. WE’LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST IN JUST A FEW

    MINUTES. >> WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE WOMAN POLICE SAY OPENED FIRE AT CELEBRITY PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN’S MEGACHURCH IN TEXAS, CAUSING CHAOS. HER YOUNG SON WAS ALSO SHOT. NOW WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT HER TROUBLED PAST AT. THIS WAS THE MOMENT GUNSHOTS RANG OUT INSIDE JOEL OSTEEN’S MEGACHURCH IN HOUSTON. POLICE SAY 36 YEAR

    OLD JANICE MORENO WALKED IN WITH HER SEVEN YEAR OLD SON AND OPENED FIRE WITH AN AR 15, AN OFF DUTY OFFICERS FIRED BACK. MORENO WAS KILLED, HER SON CRITICALLY WOUNDED. INVESTIGATORS SAY MORENO WAS ALSO CARRYING A 22 CALIBER RIFLE , ALONG WITH ANTI-SEMITIC WRITINGS. >> THERE WAS A STICKER ON THE

    BUTTSTOCK OF THE RIFLE THAT STATED PALESTINE. A STICKER SIMPLY STATED PALESTINE. >> AUTHORITIES SAY THE WEAPON WAS BOUGHT LEGALLY IN DECEMBER. MORENO OBTAINING THE GUN. DESPITE HER HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND ARREST DATING BACK TO 2005, ON CHARGES INCLUDING ASSAULT, COURT RECORDS SHOW SHE ALSO HAD A TURBULENT MARRIAGE,

    ENDING IN A BITTER CUSTODY BATTLE. MORENO’S EX-HUSBAND ACCUSING HER OF VIOLENCE AND PUTTING THEIR SON IN DANGER MULTIPLE TIMES. >> WE DO BELIEVE THAT SHE DOES HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY THAT IS DOCUMENTED THROUGH US AND THROUGH INTERVIEWS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS, POLICE ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING A YOUTUBE VIDEO FROM 2020.

    >> ORIGINALLY POSTED BY MORENO USING A DIFFERENT NAME IN A FACEBOOK POST, HER EX MOTHER IN LAW SAYS MORENO SUFFERED FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA, INSISTING DESPITE THE ANTI-SEMITIC STATEMENTS FOUND THE SHOOTING HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH JUDAISM OR ISLAM. AUTHORITIES ARE NOW WORKING TO DETERMINE A MOTIVE AND HOW

    MORENO WAS ABLE TO GET A GUN, DESPITE HER TROUBLED PAST. >> WE WANT TO KNOW THE MOTIVE, HOW SHE GOT THE WEAPON, WHY SHE DID THIS. WE’RE NOT THERE YET. MORENO’S NEIGHBORS SAY THEY’VE BEEN WARNING AUTHORITIES ABOUT HER ERRATIC BEHAVIOR FOR YEARS. >> AS FOR HER SEVEN YEAR OLD

    SON, WHO WAS SHOT, HE WAS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION. >> WE HAVE NEW VIDEO OF A DEADLY PLANE CRASH NEAR NAPLES, FLORIDA. THIS DASH CAM VIDEO SHOWS THE TWIN ENGINE JET FROM OHIO CRASHING. THEN BURSTING INTO FLAMES FRIDAY, HITTING TWO VEHICLES ON INTERSTATE 75. FIRST RESPONDERS ARE NOW DESCRIBING

    WHAT THEY SAW AT THE SCENE. >> IT LOOKED LIKE A WAR SCENE OR A MOVIE SCENE, AND THEN IT JUST JUST DID WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO. >> MY BODY COMPARED TO THE SIZE OF THE JET, IS ITRILLIONEMINDS. YOU HOW BIG THE WORLD IS AND HOW SMALL YOU TRULY ARE. IT IS

    INCREDIBLE. HONESTLY IT GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF CHILLS. THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SURVIVE THAT BOTH PILOTS DIED, BUT THREE PASSENGERS SURVIVED THE CRASH. >> THE CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. MEANWHILE, NEAR BUFFALO, NEW YORK, AIRPORT OFFICIALS SAY A SINGLE ENGINE PLANE LOST ONE OF ITS DOORS MID-FLIGHT YESTERDAY. CREWS WERE

    SEARCHING FOR THE DOOR LAST NIGHT. NO ONE WAS HURT OVER SEAS. >> MANY U.S. ALLIES ARE ON EDGE AFTER COMMENTS FROM FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. IF REELECTED, HE’S THREATENING TO INVITE RUSSIA TO ATTACK NATO ALLIES WHO DON’T PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF DEFENSE SPENDING. AND NOW, A TOP U.S. MILITARY OFFICER IS

    REACTING TO TRUMP’S THREAT. ABC’S ANNE NGUYEN IS HERE WITH MORE M. GOOD MORNING ANDREA. GOOD MORNING. YEAH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOUBLING DOWN ON HIS REMARKS SAYING IF HE’S REELECTED HE WON’T PROTECT NATO ALLIES WHO FAILED TO UPHOLD THEIR END OF THE BARGAIN WHEN IT COMES TO DEFENSE SPENDING. THIS

    MORNING, GROWING FALLOUT AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE WOULD ENCOURAGE RUSSIA TO ATTACK NATO ALLIES WHO FAILED TO MEET AGREED UPON DEFENSE SPENDING GOALS. >> YOU DIDN’T PAY YOUR DELINQUENT DEBT. NO, I WOULD NOT PROTECT YOU. IN FACT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT. YOU GOT TO

    PAY FOR. YOU. GOT TO PAY YOUR BILLS. TRUMP SAYING NATO HAS TO EQUALIZE AND NOW THEY WILL DO THAT. >> IF PROPERLY ASKED. IF NOT AMERICA FIRST, NATO COUNTRIES DO NOT PAY SET DUES TO THE ALLIANCE AND DO NOT OWE THE U.S. MONEY. BUT THEY DO COMMIT TO SPENDING A

    CERTAIN AMOUNT ON NATIONAL DEFENSE, AND MOST OF THEM HAVE NOT REACHED THAT GOAL. WHEN ASKED ABOUT TRUMP’S COMMENTS, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, THE HIGHEST RANKING U.S. MILITARY OFFICER, SAID TRUMP’S THREAT PUTS U.S. CREDIBILITY AT STAKE. >> WELL, WE HAVE AN ALLIANCE AND WE HAVE A STRONG ALLIANCE. I

    THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO UPHOLD THOSE ALLIANCES. >> EUROPEAN LEADERS ALSO REACTING THE NATO, GERMANY’S CHANCELLOR CALLS TRUMP’S COMMENTS DANGEROUS AND SOLELY IN RUSSIA’S INTERESTS. POLAND’S FOREIGN MINISTER RESPONDED BY NOTING THAT POLAND SUPPORTED THE U.S. IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER 911, SAYING, WE DIDN’T SEND THE BILLS FOR THAT TO WASHINGTON.

    ALLIANCES ALSO STRENGTHENED THE UNITED STATES, BUT MANY REPUBLICANS ARE SUPPORTING TRUMP’S COMMENTS. >> IF YOU’RE NOT GOING TO DEFEND YOUR OWN COUNTRY, WHY SHOULD OUR TAXPAYERS DEFEND IT FOR THEM? >> YEAH, THEY NEED TO GET OVER IT. THEY NEED TO STAND UP AND BE TOUGH. >> REPUBLICAN SENATOR LINDSEY

    GRAHAM IS GOING ONE STEP FURTHER THAN TRUMP’S COMMENTS. HE’S NOW SUGGESTING U.S. FUNDING FOR UKRAINE AND ISRAEL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ALONE. SENATORS COULD GREENLIGHT MORE AID FOR THOSE COUNTRIES AS SOON AS THIS MORNING. ANDREA M. THANK YOU. THERE COULD BE A NEW SETBACK IN NEW TALKS FOR A CEASEFIRE IN

    GAZA. ISRAEL HAS NOT YET COMMITTED TO ATTENDING THE TALKS . PRESIDENT BIDEN HOSTED JORDAN’S KING ABDULLAH YESTERDAY AND SAID THE U.S. IS WORKING ON A DEAL THAT WOULD PAUSE THE FIGHTING FOR SIX WEEKS. HE’S TRYING TO CONVINCE ISRAEL NOT TO LAUNCH A GROUND OFFENSIVE IN THE CROWDED CITY OF RAFAH.

    >> TIME NOW FOR YOUR TUESDAY FORECAST. >> GOOD MORNING. AS WE GO THROUGH TODAY, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A STORM SYSTEM MOVING OFFSHORE, AND IT’S BRINGING SNOW JUST IN TIME FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE, A BIG MESS FOR PLACES LIKE PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK CITY INTO BOSTON LUNCHTIME. WE’RE STILL DEALING WITH IT FROM NEW

    YORK INTO BOSTON BEFORE IT DEPARTS. AS WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND BRINGS IN SOME STRONG WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE, SNOWFALL TOTALS TOPPING SIX PLUS INCHES OF SNOW JUST NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY AND AROUND PLACES LIKE BOSTON. FROM ACCUWEATHER, I’M METEOROLOGIST MELISSA DANCER. >> COMING UP, A SURPRISE FOR

    VALENTINE’S DAY SHOPPERS RECORD PRICES. >> BUT FIRST, THEY’RE CALLING IT A DAY OF ACTION. WHY? FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE PROTESTING TODAY. AND IT’S NOT JUST FOR HIGHER WAGES. >> AND LATER, TAYLOR SWIFT’S CHICKEN TENDERS AT 5 A.M. ALL THE IMPORTANT POST-SUPER BOWL First thing in the morning, there’s a lot going on yet.

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    CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S Reporting from Taipei Taiwan. I’m brick Planet, wherever the story is will take you there. You’re streaming ABC News live. >> WELCOME BACK. A MASSIVE DRUG BUST IN COLOMBIA. MORE THAN FIVE

    TONS OF CO TO THE U.S. WERE SEIZED FROM A HOME. POLICE FOUND A GATE IN THE FLOOR WHICH LED TO THE DRUGS. THE BUST IS WORTH $150. >> MILLION FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE JOINING FORCES TODAY IN WHAT’S BEING CALLED A DAY OF ACTION. A GLOBAL PICKET IN CITIES ACROSS

    THE U.S. AND THE U.K. AMONG THEIR DEMANDS, HIGHER WAGES AND AN END TO SEXISM. ABC’S LIONEL MOISE REPORTS. >> THIS MORNING, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE ON THE PICKET LINE IN WHAT’S EXPECTED TO BE THEIR LARGEST EVER COLLECTIVE ACTION. UNIONS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 100,000 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS FROM AIRLINES, INCLUDING AMERICAN ALASKA,

    FRONTIER, SOUTHWEST AND UNITED ARE DEMANDING BETTER PAY RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND MORE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES. TWO THIRDS OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE CURRENTLY IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS IN A JOINT STATEMENT, THEY’RE VOWING TO FIGHT CORPORATE GREED, SAYING OUR TIME ON THE JOB MUST BE COMPENSATED. WE NEED FLEXIBLE AND CONTROL OF OUR LIVES. LEGACY

    SEXISM THAT TRADITIONAL DEVALUED OUR JOBS MUST BE STAMPED OUT AND REPLACED WITH THE TRUE VALUE OF OUR WORK. THE UNIONS WANT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO BE PAID FOR ALL THEIR TIME WORKING. MOST ARE NOT COMPENSATED FOR TIME SPENT WAITING BETWEEN FLIGHTS IN THE AIRPORT, OR EVEN TIME BOARDING THE PLANE. ANOTHER CONCERN FOR

    FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. THE DANGER OF UNRULY PASSENGERS WITH INCIDENTS ON THE RISE SINCE THE PANDEMIC. >> THEN HE SPAT IN MY FACE AND SUCKER PUNCHED ME IN THE EYE. I WAS KNOCKED BACK THREE FEET BEFORE FALLING TO THE GROUND. >> I WAS HIT IN THE HEAD, KNOCKED TO THE GROUND, AND I

    SUSTAINED VERY SERIOUS INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THAT, FLIGHT SCHEDULES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED TODAY. >> FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SCHEDULED TO WORK HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO PICKET VIRTUALLY. NOW, IF THERE WERE TO BE A STRIKE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE AUTHORIZED BY FEDERAL MEDIATORS, THEY’RE EXPECTED TO

    MEET WITH THE UNIONS AGAIN NEXT MONTH. ANDREW. ANDREA. LIONEL >> THANK YOU. DRIVERS FOR UBER, LYFT AND DOORDASH ARE ALSO PROTEST FOR BETTER PAY. THEY’RE PLANNING TO HIT THE PICKET LINES TOMORROW ON VALENTINE’S DAY. UBER SAYS ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF DRIVERS PLAN TO PARTICIPATE JUST IN TIME FOR VALENTINE’S DAY.

    >> COCOA PRICES HAVE SOARED TO AN ALL TIME HIGH, BREAKING A RECORD FROM 1977. THE RISE IN PRICES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IS BLAMED ON EXTREME WEATHER IN WEST AFRICA. HOME TO MOST OF THE WORLD’S COCOA BEANS. ONE CHOCOLATE SHOP IN NEW YORK SAYS ITS PRICES ARE UP 13% FROM LAST YEAR.

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    >> BACK NOW WITH THE RECOVERY OF A WRECKAGE MORE THAN EIGHT DECADES OLD, RESEARCH CENTERS HAVE ANNOUNCED THE DISCOVERY OF THE ARLINGTON WHEN IT WENT DOWN DURING A STORM IN LAKE SUPERIOR IN 1940. DAYS AFTER LEAVING CANADA. LOADED WITH WHEAT. THE CREW, WITHOUT ORDERS FROM THE CAPTAIN, ABANDONED SHIP AND

    BOARDED A NEARBY FREIGHTER. THE CAPTAIN, HOWEVER, WENT DOWN WITH THE ARLINGTON, A DIRE WARNING FROM THE UN, A NEW REPORT WARNS. >> NEARLY HALF OF THE WORLD’S MIGRATING ANIMAL POPULATIONS ARE NOW IN DECLINE. MANY SPECIES, INCLUDING SONGBIRDS, SEA TURTLES AND WHALES, ARE FACING A RANGE OF THREATS, FROM CLIMATE CHANGE

    TO POLLUTION AND ILLEGAL HUNTING, THE REPORT FOUND. MORE THAN ONE FIFTH OF MIGRATING SPECIES ARE NOW UNDER THREAT OF EXTINCTION. >> WE TURN NOW TO NEW WARNINGS ABOUT FAKE QR CODES. MORE PEOPLE ARE FALLING VICTIM TO SCAMS. LOOK COMES RIGHT OFF, ERICA PENDER OF ATLANTA NOTICED SOMETHING WAS UNUSUAL IN HER

    LOCAL PARKING GARAGE WHEN SHE WENT TO PAY USING A QR CODE ON THE PARKING METER. >> IT WAS LIKE EXTRA SHINY, UM, LIKE IT HAD BEEN, LIKE RECENTLY LAMINATED. I COULD SEE LIKE IT WASN’T REALLY A PART OF, LIKE, THE FANCY SIGNS THEY HAVE OUT THERE. AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO

    JUST PEEL IT RIGHT OFF. >> TURNS OUT THE FAKE QR CODE WAS ACTUALLY A STICKER PLACED ON TOP OF THE REAL ONE. THE OWNER OF THE GARAGE SAYS, WE UPDATED THE QR CODES WITH OUR BRANDING AND ANY EVIDENCE OF FAKE QR CODES IS REPORTED TO OUR LOCAL POLICE IMMEDIATELY. MORE

    SCAMMERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE TRYING TO TRICK PARKING GARAGE CUSTOMERS INTO TRANSFERRING THEM MONEY. >> UNFORTUNATELY, THEY’RE RELATIVELY WIDESPREAD. >> THEY ARE HAPPENING IN THE PARKING LOTS. THEY’RE HAPPENING IN AREAS WHERE YOU MAY ANTICIPATE THAT THIS IS A LEGITIMATE QR CODE, AND I’LL SCAN IT, BUT SOMEBODY HAS ALTERED IT.

    >> THE FBI SAYS THIEVES WILL ALSO USE QR CODES TO STEAL OTHER IMPORTANT PERSONAL INFORMATION. IT CAN GIVE THE CRIMINAL ACCESS TO YOUR PHONE, WHICH THEN ALLOWS THEM ACCESS TO ANY APPS THAT YOU NORMALLY USE. >> IT CAN ALSO DROP SOME SORT OF COMPUTER INTRUSION TYPE OF SOFTWARE, WHERE THAT CAN ALTER

    YOUR PHONE AND STEAL CREDENTIALS AND THAT SORT OF THING TO PROTECT YOURSELF. >> TAKE A MOMENT AND CONFIRM THE WEBSITE THAT THE QR CODE LINKS TO MAKE SURE IT’S LEGIT. ALSO TOUCH THE QR CODE BEFORE SCANNING IT TO MAKE SURE IT’S NOT A STICKER COVERING THE REAL CODE.

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    There. You’re streaming ABC News lime. MORNING AMERICA. >> IT’S TIME TO CHECK THE PULSE AND WE BEGIN WITH THE SUPER BOWL ACHIEVING A NEW RECORD MORE THAN 123 MILLION PEOPLE TUNED IN. >> AND THAT IS THE LARGEST TV AUDIENCE SINCE THE MOON LANDING IN 1969. THE RATINGS WERE UP 7%

    FROM LAST YEAR’S SUPER BOWL. >> TAYLOR SWIFT COULD BE A REASON SHE POSTED A VIDEO FROM THE POST GAME PARTY AT A LAS VEGAS NIGHTCLUB, OF COURSE, WITH BOYFRIEND TRAVIS KELCE. WATCH YOUR LADY. >> HEY. GOOD GIRL. THIRD UNIVERSE, THIRD VERSE, THIRD. >> SWIFT AND KELCE REPORTEDLY ENDED THEIR CELEBRATION BY

    EATING CHICKEN TENDERS AT 5 A.M. THERE’S NOW SOME QUESTION OVER WHETHER SWIFT WILL ATTEND THE CHIEFS VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE LATER THIS YEAR, SOURCE TELLS THE NEW YORK TIMES. IF SWIFT WANTS TO BE THERE, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WOULD, QUOTE, MAKE IT WORK NEXT. JON STEWART’S BIG RETURN.

    >> HE HOSTED THE DAILY SHOW LAST NIGHT AFTER A NINE YEAR ABSENCE. HE WAS CRITICAL OF BOTH PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIGHLIGHTING RECENT MOMENTS WHEN THEY BOTH MISSPOKE THAT BIDEN WAS REFERRING TO SISI, THE PRESIDENT OF EGYPT, NOT MEXICO, UNLESS IT WAS EVEN WORSE THAN THAT.

    >> AND HE THINKS THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO IS NAMED SISI. SO WHAT WAS HIS OPPONENT SAYING THIS WEEKEND? >> WE HAVE TO WIN IN NOVEMBER OR WE’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE PENNSYLVANIA. THEY’LL CHANGE THE NAME. >> I CAN’T BELIEVE I’VE LIVED IN NEW JERSEY THIS LONG AND HAVE BEEN MISPRONOUNCING PENNSYLVANIA .

    >> STEWART WILL BE HOSTING THE SHOW ON MONDAYS THROUGH THE ELECTION. NEXT, SOME FACEBOOK USERS ARE HEARING SOMETHING NEW WHEN THEY SCROLL. >> IT’S A CHIRPING SOUND AND. IT’S ALL PART OF THE LATEST IPHONE UPDATE TO MAKE SCROLLING MORE ENGAGING AND INTERESTING. IF YOU FIND IT ANNOYING, YOU CAN

    ALWAYS GO INTO YOUR SETTINGS AND TURN IT OFF. NEXT, A MINI DELIGHT FOR SEINFELD FANS, IT’S A REPLICA OF THE CAST BELOVED HANGOUT, AN ARTIST IN LA HAS CREATED THIS MINIATURE MODEL OF MONK’S CAFE. >> IT’S 1/12 THE SIZE OF THE ORIGINAL, INCLUDES THE CAFE’S LOGOS, EVEN ALL THE CONDIMENTS.

    >> ONE SEINFELD FAN DESCRIBED IT AS A MINIATURE DIORAMA ABOUT NOTHING. AND FINALLY, JUST STAY OUT OF THE WAY. >> THAT’S GOOD ADVICE WHEN YOU’RE IN THE COLORADO ROCKIES AND A HERD OF ELK NEEDS TO GET ACROSS THE ROAD, THE DRIVER STAYING AT A SAFE DISTANCE UNTIL THE COAST WAS CLEAR. STEER CLEAR

    . >> OH, TOP HEADLINES COMING UP NEXT First thing in the morning, there’s a lot going on yet. Another Avalanche warning. That’s up to catch you up with what happened overnight a dangerous ice storm is impacting the morning commute. What’s happening today escalating tensions in the Middle East what people are

    Talking about the migrant crisis fast straight forward with some fun in between passes billionaire. Sounds good to me. The Moose started chasing a dog first thing in the morning America this morning America’s number one early morning news on ABC News live. Give it to me. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE

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    News live. So the question is okay. Here we go. Are you kidding me? What would you do? You just won’t believe what people do when they think no one’s watching and this season. I brought Sara Haines and come out Bell along the rock. All right, let’s break it. Jhansi honest here.

    I was here. Although time. We all new season of what would you do premiers Sunday night on ABC TREATMENTS WITH THE BISMO. ASK YOUR DOCTOR. CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS FILED AN EMERGENCY APPEAL WITH THE SUPREME COURT OVER HIS CLAIM OF ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY. >> TRUMP IS ASKING THE JUSTICES

    TO FURTHER DELAY HIS ELECTION INTERFERENCE TRIAL. HE CLAIMS PRESIDENTS CANNOT BE CRIMINALLY PROSECUTED. A SPECIAL ELECTION IS BEING HELD IN NEW YORK TODAY TO REPLACE CONGRESSMAN JORGE SANTOS. >> THE SEAT IS CRUCIAL GIVEN REPUBLICAN A SLIM MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE. >> US DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN IS EXPECTED TO RESUME HIS

    DUTIES TODAY, BUT HE WON’T TRAVEL TO BRUSSELS FOR NATO MEETINGS THIS WEEK. HE’S BEEN IN CRITICAL CARE FOR A BLADDER ISSUE WEEKS AFTER HIS CANCER TREATMENT. >> TODAY’S WEATHER SNOW IN THE NORTHERN ROCKIES CLEAR MOST OTHER PLACES EXCEPT FOR THE STORM THAT’S MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST AREAS FROM WEST VIRGINIA TO BOSTON. SUBURBS

    COULD SEE A FOOT OF SNOW EIGHT INCHES NEAR NEW YORK CITY. >> AND FINALLY, THE HISTORY MUSEUM STRIKING INTERNET GOLD WITH ITS 86 YEAR OLD VOLUNTEER. >> HE SPOKE TO DANNY NEW. >> MANY FOLKS DON’T HAVE A PRINTER AT HOME ANYMORE. >> SOUNDS FAMILIAR, DOESN’T IT? >> BUT AT THE SACRAMENTO HISTORY

    MUSEUM IN CALIFORNIA, 86 YEAR OLD HOWARD HATCH USES ONE FROM THE 1850S. I DON’T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN WHAT. >> YOU KNOW WHY I LIKE IT? >> WELL, THE INTERNET SEEMS TO AGREE BECAUSE SINCE THE MUSEUM STARTED POSTING VIDEOS OF HOWARD IN 2020, ITS TIKTOK ACCOUNT HAS BECOME THE APP’S MOST POPULAR

    MUSEUM. IN THE WORLD, WITH 2.7 MILLION FOLLOWERS. >> WE HAVE A CUT HERE. >> THIS JOURNEY TO SOCIAL MEDIA STARDOM ACTUALLY BEGAN LAST CENTURY, WHEN THIS NAVAL VETERAN AND FORMER AUTO TECHNICIAN RETIRED IN 1999, WHEN HE CAME HOME, HIS WIFE, WHO WORKED AT THE MUSEUM, LAID DOWN THE LAW,

    SHE SAID, AFTER YOU RETIRE, YOU CAN SIT AT HOME FOR A WEEK OR TWO, AND AFTER THAT I WANT YOU UP AND OUT OF HERE DOING SOMETHING. >> WE’VE SAID A LITTLE SOMETHING AND, WELL, WITH HIS AUTOMOTIVE BACKGROUND, HOWARD QUICKLY FELL IN LOVE WITH FIGURING OUT THE MUSEUM’S CONTRAPTION CALLED THE WASHINGTON PRESS.

    >> WE KNEW THAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD, BUT NOT THIS MANY PEOPLE. >> 20 YEARS LATER, WHEN THE MUSEUM WAS FACING THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN, SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER JARED JONES HAD THE IDEA TO PUT HOWARD ON CAMERA AND EXPLAIN HIS BELOVED PRINTING METHODS TO FOLKS WHO COULD NO LONGER VISIT.

    WE ARE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT HISTORY, WE ARE DEMONSTRATING IT. >> FEBRUARY 10TH CHINESE NEW YEAR. >> NOW THE SACRAMENTO HISTORY MUSEUM HAS REACHED OVER A BILLION VIEWS ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT HOWARD, WELL, HE’S JUST HAVING FUN DOING WHAT HE LOVES A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SAY, AREN’T YOU THAT GUY? >> YEP.

    >> BY THE WAY, ANDREA, FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY ORDER GREETING CARDS FROM THE PRESS LIKE THIS ONE. YOU’RE MY TYPE. OR MY FAVORITE. I’M VERY FOND OF YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. AND THANKSD LOVE AARD FROM HAROLD THAT WOULD MAKE MY DAY AND YOUR BIRTHDAY AS WELL. >> YES, THAT’S WHAT’S MAKING

    NEWS IN AMERICA THIS RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA THIS MORNING, THE BIGGEST SNOWSTORM IN YEARS. SLAMMING THE NORTHEAST JUST IN TIME FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE IMPACT ON TRAVEL NATIONWIDE AND THE DEMISE OF THE GOOD OLD FASHIONED SNOW DAY SCHOOL MAY BE CLOSED, BUT NOT ALL KIDS ARE OFF THE HOOK.

    >> NEW DETAILS ON THE WOMAN POLICE SAY OPENED FIRE WITH AN AR 15 AT CELEBRITY PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN’S MEGACHURCH. WHAT WE’RE NOW LEARNING ABOUT HER TROUBLED BACKGROUND. AND THE QUESTION THIS MORNING HOW WAS SHE ABLE TO GET THAT WEAPON? >> NEW VIDEO OF A PLANE CRASHING ONTO A BUSY FLORIDA HIGHWAY,

    HITTING TWO VEHICLES BEFORE BURSTING INTO FLAMES. FIREFIGHTERS FIRST ON THE SCENE, NOW DESCRIBING WHAT THEY SAW. >> DAY OF ACTION Y FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE VOWING TO HIT THE PICKET LINES TODAY. IT’S ABOUT MORE THAN JUST HIGHER WAGES. >> SCAM ALERT THE NEW WAY FRAUDSTERS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE

    OF PEOPLE USING QR CODES. >> TAYLOR SWIFT’S RARE AND PERSONAL NEW BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO. WHAT SHE’S REVEALING ABOUT HER POSTGAME PARTY LASTING INTO THE WEE HOURS AND THE STUNNING NEW RECORD SHE HELPED THE NFL ACHIEVE DURING SUNDAY NIGHT’S GAME AND VALENTINE’S DAY IS TOMORROW. >> SO WHY IS CHOCOLATE SO

    EXPENSIVE? IT’S NOT JUST INFLATION IN. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD TUESDAY MORNING EVERYONE I’M ANDREW DYMBURT. I’M ANDREA FUJII IN FOR RHIANNON. >> WE BEGIN WITH THE BIGGEST SNOWSTORM IN YEARS BEARING DOWN ON THE NORTHEAST RIGHT NOW MANY SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED AND FLIGHT

    CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS COULD HAVE RIPPLE EFFECTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. >> TODAY, SOME OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL CORRIDORS ARE BRACING FOR UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW THIS MORNING. THE BIGGEST SNOWSTORM IN TWO YEARS IS HITTING THE I-95 CORRIDOR OF THE NORTHEAST WITH 2 TO 3IN OF SNOW PER HOUR EXPECTED

    DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE, EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE AROUND NEW YORK CITY AND BOSTON, 12IN INLAND NEW YORK CITY COULD SEE MORE SNOIN ONE HOUR THAN WE’VE SEEN THE ENTIRE WINTER >> 7 TO 9 A.M. WE’RE GETTING THAT HEAVY SNOW ALONG I-90. FIVE HARTFORD BACK THROUGH THE HUDSON VALLEY, NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY,

    GETTING SOME OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALL THE WAY THROUGH LATE MORNING PUBLIC SCHOOLS CANCELED IN BOSTON. >> BUT IN NEW YORK CITY, NO SNOW DAY. IT’S A WORK FROM HOME DAY FOR STUDENTS. >> LONG GONE ARE THE DAYS OF JUST A SNOW DAY AND EVERYBODY JUST HAS OFF. WE EXPECT FOR THEM

    TO BE FULLY ENGAGED. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT NOT GOING TO SCHOOL TOMORROW AND LEARNING FROM HOME, BUT BECAUSE I WANT TO LEARN AT SCHOOL. >> I DON’T REALLY WANT TO GO TOA TUESDAY AND I’M NOT REALLY A FAN OF TUESDAY’S COASTAL FLOODING. >> ANOTHER CONCERN SOUTH OF

    BOSTON IS BRACING FOR THE HIGHEST TIDE IN SIX YEARS. >> SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE TIDE AND THE WIND, SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE SNOW. THIS ONE, WE’RE GETTING ALL OF THEM. SO I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE SERIOUSLY THIS SEASON. >> IT’S BEEN A BIZARRE WINTER OF

    WEATHER EXTREMES FROM COAST TO COAST. YOU READY? IN PENNSYLVANIA’S POCONO MOUNTAINS, THE ANNUAL ICE HARVEST HAD TO BE CANCELED RECENTLY. IT WAS TOO WARM IN MINNEAPOLIS. THERE’S CURRENTLY NO SNOW ON THE GROUND. WARM TEMPERATURES LAST WEEK SMASHED A RECORD. WISCONSIN EVEN SAW A FEBRUARY TORNADO FOR THE FIRST TIME ON RECORD. AND IN

    MICHIGAN YESTERDAY IT WAS SO WINDY. ONE GUST SENT THIS SMALL PLANE CARTWHEELING INTO THE TREES. THE PILOT NOT INJURED. MEANWHILE ON THE WEST COAST, THIS IS THE AFTERMATH OF THE RECENT HISTORIC RAINFALL THAT TRIGGERED LANDSLIDES. HOMES ARE NOW IN DANGER OF TOPPLING OFF THIS CLIFF IN ORANGE COUNTY.

    BACK IN THE NORTHEAST, THE SNOW OVERNIGHT BEGAN AS RAIN IN MANY AREAS. WE’LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. >> WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE WOMAN POLICE SAY OPENED FIRE AT CELEBRITY PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN’S MEGACHURCH IN TEXAS, CAUSING CHAOS. HER YOUNG SON WAS ALSO

    SHOT. NOW WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT HER TROUBLED PAST AT. THIS WAS THE MOMENT GUNSHOTS RANG OUT INSIDE JOEL OSTEEN’S MEGACHURCH IN HOUSTON. POLICE SAY 36 YEAR OLD JANICE MORENO WALKED IN WITH HER SEVEN YEAR OLD SON AND OPENED FIRE WITH AN AR 15, AN OFF DUTY OFFICERS FIRED BACK. MORENO WAS KILLED, HER SON

    CRITICALLY WOUNDED. INVESTIGATORS SAY MORENO WAS ALSO CARRYING A 22 CALIBER RIFLE , ALONG WITH ANTI-SEMITIC WRITINGS. >> THERE WAS A STICKER ON THE BUTTSTOCK OF THE RIFLE THAT STATED PALESTINE. A STICKER SIMPLY STATED PALESTINE. >> AUTHORITIES SAY THE WEAPON WAS BOUGHT LEGALLY IN DECEMBER. MORENO OBTAINING THE GUN. DESPITE HER HISTORY OF MENTAL

    ILLNESS AND ARREST DATING BACK TO 2005, ON CHARGES INCLUDING ASSAULT, COURT RECORDS SHOW SHE ALSO HAD A TURBULENT MARRIAGE, ENDING IN A BITTER CUSTODY BATTLE. MORENO’S EX-HUSBAND ACCUSING HER OF VIOLENCE AND PUTTING THEIR SON IN DANGER MULTIPLE TIMES. >> WE DO BELIEVE THAT SHE DOES HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY

    THAT IS DOCUMENTED THROUGH US AND THROUGH INTERVIEWS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS, POLICE ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING A YOUTUBE VIDEO FROM 2020. >> ORIGINALLY POSTED BY MORENO USING A DIFFERENT NAME IN A FACEBOOK POST, HER EX MOTHER IN LAW SAYS MORENO SUFFERED FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA, INSISTING DESPITE THE ANTI-SEMITIC STATEMENTS FOUND THE SHOOTING HAD NOTHING

    TO DO WITH JUDAISM OR ISLAM. AUTHORITIES ARE NOW WORKING TO DETERMINE A MOTIVE AND HOW MORENO WAS ABLE TO GET A GUN, DESPITE HER TROUBLED PAST. >> WE WANT TO KNOW THE MOTIVE, HOW SHE GOT THE WEAPON, WHY SHE DID THIS. WE’RE NOT THERE YET. MORENO’S NEIGHBORS SAY THEY’VE BEEN WARNING AUTHORITIES ABOUT

    HER ERRATIC BEHAVIOR FOR YEARS. >> AS FOR HER SEVEN YEAR OLD SON, WHO WAS SHOT, HE WAS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION. >> WE HAVE NEW VIDEO OF A DEADLY PLANE CRASH NEAR NAPLES, FLORIDA. THIS DASH CAM VIDEO SHOWS THE TWIN ENGINE JET FROM OHIO CRASHING. THEN BURSTING INTO FLAMES FRIDAY, HITTING TWO

    VEHICLES ON INTERSTATE 75. FIRST RESPONDERS ARE NOW DESCRIBING WHAT THEY SAW AT THE SCENE. >> IT LOOKED LIKE A WAR SCENE OR A MOVIE SCENE, AND THEN IT JUST JUST DID WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO. >> MY BODY COMPARED TO THE SIZE OF THE JET, IS ITRILLIONEMINDS.

    YOU HOW BIG THE WORLD IS AND HOW SMALL YOU TRULY ARE. IT IS INCREDIBLE. HONESTLY IT GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF CHILLS. THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SURVIVE THAT BOTH PILOTS DIED, BUT THREE PASSENGERS SURVIVED THE CRASH. >> THE CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. MEANWHILE, NEAR BUFFALO, NEW YORK, AIRPORT

    OFFICIALS SAY A SINGLE ENGINE PLANE LOST ONE OF ITS DOORS MID-FLIGHT YESTERDAY. CREWS WERE SEARCHING FOR THE DOOR LAST NIGHT. NO ONE WAS HURT OVER SEAS. >> MANY U.S. ALLIES ARE ON EDGE AFTER COMMENTS FROM FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. IF REELECTED, HE’S THREATENING TO INVITE RUSSIA TO ATTACK NATO ALLIES WHO

    DON’T PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF DEFENSE SPENDING. AND NOW, A TOP U.S. MILITARY OFFICER IS REACTING TO TRUMP’S THREAT. ABC’S ANNE NGUYEN IS HERE WITH MORE M. GOOD MORNING ANDREA. GOOD MORNING. YEAH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOUBLING DOWN ON HIS REMARKS SAYING IF HE’S REELECTED HE WON’T PROTECT NATO

    ALLIES WHO FAILED TO UPHOLD THEIR END OF THE BARGAIN WHEN IT COMES TO DEFENSE SPENDING. THIS MORNING, GROWING FALLOUT AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE WOULD ENCOURAGE RUSSIA TO ATTACK NATO ALLIES WHO FAILED TO MEET AGREED UPON DEFENSE SPENDING GOALS. >> YOU DIDN’T PAY YOUR DELINQUENT DEBT. NO, I WOULD NOT

    PROTECT YOU. IN FACT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT. YOU GOT TO PAY FOR. YOU. GOT TO PAY YOUR BILLS. TRUMP SAYING NATO HAS TO EQUALIZE AND NOW THEY WILL DO THAT. >> IF PROPERLY ASKED. IF NOT AMERICA FIRST, NATO COUNTRIES DO

    NOT PAY SET DUES TO THE ALLIANCE AND DO NOT OWE THE U.S. MONEY. BUT THEY DO COMMIT TO SPENDING A CERTAIN AMOUNT ON NATIONAL DEFENSE, AND MOST OF THEM HAVE NOT REACHED THAT GOAL. WHEN ASKED ABOUT TRUMP’S COMMENTS, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, THE HIGHEST RANKING U.S. MILITARY OFFICER, SAID

    TRUMP’S THREAT PUTS U.S. CREDIBILITY AT STAKE. >> WELL, WE HAVE AN ALLIANCE AND WE HAVE A STRONG ALLIANCE. I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO UPHOLD THOSE ALLIANCES. >> EUROPEAN LEADERS ALSO REACTING THE NATO, GERMANY’S CHANCELLOR CALLS TRUMP’S COMMENTS DANGEROUS AND SOLELY IN RUSSIA’S INTERESTS. POLAND’S FOREIGN MINISTER RESPONDED BY

    NOTING THAT POLAND SUPPORTED THE U.S. IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER 911, SAYING, WE DIDN’T SEND THE BILLS FOR THAT TO WASHINGTON. ALLIANCES ALSO STRENGTHENED THE UNITED STATES, BUT MANY REPUBLICANS ARE SUPPORTING TRUMP’S COMMENTS. >> IF YOU’RE NOT GOING TO DEFEND YOUR OWN COUNTRY, WHY SHOULD OUR TAXPAYERS DEFEND IT FOR THEM?

    >> YEAH, THEY NEED TO GET OVER IT. THEY NEED TO STAND UP AND BE TOUGH. >> REPUBLICAN SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM IS GOING ONE STEP FURTHER THAN TRUMP’S COMMENTS. HE’S NOW SUGGESTING U.S. FUNDING FOR UKRAINE AND ISRAEL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ALONE. SENATORS COULD GREENLIGHT MORE AID FOR THOSE COUNTRIES AS SOON AS THIS

    MORNING. ANDREA M. THANK YOU. THERE COULD BE A NEW SETBACK IN NEW TALKS FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. ISRAEL HAS NOT YET COMMITTED TO ATTENDING THE TALKS . PRESIDENT BIDEN HOSTED JORDAN’S KING ABDULLAH YESTERDAY AND SAID THE U.S. IS WORKING ON A DEAL THAT WOULD PAUSE THE FIGHTING FOR SIX WEEKS. HE’S

    TRYING TO CONVINCE ISRAEL NOT TO LAUNCH A GROUND OFFENSIVE IN THE CROWDED CITY OF RAFAH. >> TIME NOW FOR YOUR TUESDAY FORECAST. >> GOOD MORNING. AS WE GO THROUGH TODAY, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A STORM SYSTEM MOVING OFFSHORE, AND IT’S BRINGING SNOW JUST IN TIME FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE, A BIG MESS FOR PLACES

    LIKE PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK CITY INTO BOSTON LUNCHTIME. WE’RE STILL DEALING WITH IT FROM NEW YORK INTO BOSTON BEFORE IT DEPARTS. AS WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND BRINGS IN SOME STRONG WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE, SNOWFALL TOTALS TOPPING SIX PLUS INCHES OF SNOW JUST NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY AND AROUND PLACES LIKE

    BOSTON. FROM ACCUWEATHER, I’M METEOROLOGIST MELISSA DANCER. >> COMING UP, A SURPRISE FOR VALENTINE’S DAY SHOPPERS RECORD PRICES. >> BUT FIRST, THEY’RE CALLING IT A DAY OF ACTION. WHY? FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE PROTESTING TODAY. AND IT’S NOT JUST FOR HIGHER WAGES. >> AND LATER, TAYLOR SWIFT’S

    CHICKEN TENDERS AT 5 A.M. ALL THE IMPORTANT POST-SUPER BOWL 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 scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere on the

    Scene of that deadly missile strike and Denis braid, Ukraine. Reporting from the earthquake in Turkey been rolling for this tornado tore through this little town from the most devastating disaster in Hawaii Charleston, South Carolina on the 2024 campaign Trail in Iceland. Let’s go traveling with the president in Mexico City,

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    U.S. WERE SEIZED FROM A HOME. POLICE FOUND A GATE IN THE FLOOR WHICH LED TO THE DRUGS. THE BUST IS WORTH $150. >> MILLION FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE JOINING FORCES TODAY IN WHAT’S BEING CALLED A DAY OF ACTION. A GLOBAL PICKET IN CITIES ACROSS THE U.S. AND THE U.K. AMONG

    THEIR DEMANDS, HIGHER WAGES AND AN END TO SEXISM. ABC’S LIONEL MOISE REPORTS. >> THIS MORNING, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE ON THE PICKET LINE IN WHAT’S EXPECTED TO BE THEIR LARGEST EVER COLLECTIVE ACTION. UNIONS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 100,000 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS FROM AIRLINES, INCLUDING AMERICAN ALASKA, FRONTIER, SOUTHWEST AND UNITED

    ARE DEMANDING BETTER PAY RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND MORE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES. TWO THIRDS OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE CURRENTLY IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS IN A JOINT STATEMENT, THEY’RE VOWING TO FIGHT CORPORATE GREED, SAYING OUR TIME ON THE JOB MUST BE COMPENSATED. WE NEED FLEXIBLE AND CONTROL OF OUR LIVES. LEGACY SEXISM THAT TRADITIONAL DEVALUED

    OUR JOBS MUST BE STAMPED OUT AND REPLACED WITH THE TRUE VALUE OF OUR WORK. THE UNIONS WANT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO BE PAID FOR ALL THEIR TIME WORKING. MOST ARE NOT COMPENSATED FOR TIME SPENT WAITING BETWEEN FLIGHTS IN THE AIRPORT, OR EVEN TIME BOARDING THE PLANE. ANOTHER CONCERN FOR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. THE DANGER OF

    UNRULY PASSENGERS WITH INCIDENTS ON THE RISE SINCE THE PANDEMIC. >> THEN HE SPAT IN MY FACE AND SUCKER PUNCHED ME IN THE EYE. I WAS KNOCKED BACK THREE FEET BEFORE FALLING TO THE GROUND. >> I WAS HIT IN THE HEAD, KNOCKED TO THE GROUND, AND I SUSTAINED VERY SERIOUS INJURIES

    AS A RESULT OF THAT, FLIGHT SCHEDULES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED TODAY. >> FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SCHEDULED TO WORK HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO PICKET VIRTUALLY. NOW, IF THERE WERE TO BE A STRIKE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE AUTHORIZED BY FEDERAL MEDIATORS, THEY’RE EXPECTED TO MEET WITH THE UNIONS AGAIN NEXT

    MONTH. ANDREW. ANDREA. LIONEL >> THANK YOU. DRIVERS FOR UBER, LYFT AND DOORDASH ARE ALSO PROTEST FOR BETTER PAY. THEY’RE PLANNING TO HIT THE PICKET LINES TOMORROW ON VALENTINE’S DAY. UBER SAYS ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF DRIVERS PLAN TO PARTICIPATE JUST IN TIME FOR VALENTINE’S DAY. >> COCOA PRICES HAVE SOARED TO

    AN ALL TIME HIGH, BREAKING A RECORD FROM 1977. THE RISE IN PRICES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IS BLAMED ON EXTREME WEATHER IN WEST AFRICA. HOME TO MOST OF THE WORLD’S COCOA BEANS. ONE CHOCOLATE SHOP IN NEW YORK SAYS ITS PRICES ARE UP 13% FROM LAST YEAR. >> THEY DO LOOK DELICIOUS COMING

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    DECADES OLD, RESEARCH CENTERS HAVE ANNOUNCED THE DISCOVERY OF THE ARLINGTON WHEN IT WENT DOWN DURING A STORM IN LAKE SUPERIOR IN 1940. DAYS AFTER LEAVING CANADA. LOADED WITH WHEAT. THE CREW, WITHOUT ORDERS FROM THE CAPTAIN, ABANDONED SHIP AND BOARDED A NEARBY FREIGHTER. THE CAPTAIN, HOWEVER, WENT DOWN WITH THE ARLINGTON, A DIRE WARNING

    FROM THE UN, A NEW REPORT WARNS. >> NEARLY HALF OF THE WORLD’S MIGRATING ANIMAL POPULATIONS ARE NOW IN DECLINE. MANY SPECIES, INCLUDING SONGBIRDS, SEA TURTLES AND WHALES, ARE FACING A RANGE OF THREATS, FROM CLIMATE CHANGE TO POLLUTION AND ILLEGAL HUNTING, THE REPORT FOUND. MORE THAN ONE FIFTH OF MIGRATING

    SPECIES ARE NOW UNDER THREAT OF EXTINCTION. >> WE TURN NOW TO NEW WARNINGS ABOUT FAKE QR CODES. MORE PEOPLE ARE FALLING VICTIM TO SCAMS. LOOK COMES RIGHT OFF, ERICA PENDER OF ATLANTA NOTICED SOMETHING WAS UNUSUAL IN HER LOCAL PARKING GARAGE WHEN SHE WENT TO PAY USING A QR CODE ON THE PARKING METER.

    >> IT WAS LIKE EXTRA SHINY, UM, LIKE IT HAD BEEN, LIKE RECENTLY LAMINATED. I COULD SEE LIKE IT WASN’T REALLY A PART OF, LIKE, THE FANCY SIGNS THEY HAVE OUT THERE. AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO JUST PEEL IT RIGHT OFF. >> TURNS OUT THE FAKE QR CODE

    WAS ACTUALLY A STICKER PLACED ON TOP OF THE REAL ONE. THE OWNER OF THE GARAGE SAYS, WE UPDATED THE QR CODES WITH OUR BRANDING AND ANY EVIDENCE OF FAKE QR CODES IS REPORTED TO OUR LOCAL POLICE IMMEDIATELY. MORE SCAMMERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE TRYING TO TRICK PARKING GARAGE CUSTOMERS INTO TRANSFERRING THEM MONEY.

    >> UNFORTUNATELY, THEY’RE RELATIVELY WIDESPREAD. >> THEY ARE HAPPENING IN THE PARKING LOTS. THEY’RE HAPPENING IN AREAS WHERE YOU MAY ANTICIPATE THAT THIS IS A LEGITIMATE QR CODE, AND I’LL SCAN IT, BUT SOMEBODY HAS ALTERED IT. >> THE FBI SAYS THIEVES WILL ALSO USE QR CODES TO STEAL OTHER IMPORTANT PERSONAL INFORMATION.

    IT CAN GIVE THE CRIMINAL ACCESS TO YOUR PHONE, WHICH THEN ALLOWS THEM ACCESS TO ANY APPS THAT YOU NORMALLY USE. >> IT CAN ALSO DROP SOME SORT OF COMPUTER INTRUSION TYPE OF SOFTWARE, WHERE THAT CAN ALTER YOUR PHONE AND STEAL CREDENTIALS AND THAT SORT OF THING TO PROTECT YOURSELF.

    >> TAKE A MOMENT AND CONFIRM THE WEBSITE THAT THE QR CODE LINKS TO MAKE SURE IT’S LEGIT. ALSO TOUCH THE QR CODE BEFORE SCANNING IT TO MAKE SURE IT’S NOT A STICKER COVERING THE REAL CODE. >> COMING UP, THE UNUSUAL SOUND FACEBOOK IS MAKING THESE DAYS, WE’LL EXPLAIN. PLUS THE RARE AND

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    AUDIENCE SINCE THE MOON LANDING IN 1969. THE RATINGS WERE UP 7% FROM LAST YEAR’S SUPER BOWL. >> TAYLOR SWIFT COULD BE A REASON SHE POSTED A VIDEO FROM THE POST GAME PARTY AT A LAS VEGAS NIGHTCLUB, OF COURSE, WITH BOYFRIEND TRAVIS KELCE. WATCH YOUR LADY. >> HEY. GOOD GIRL. THIRD

    UNIVERSE, THIRD VERSE, THIRD. >> SWIFT AND KELCE REPORTEDLY ENDED THEIR CELEBRATION BY EATING CHICKEN TENDERS AT 5 A.M. THERE’S NOW SOME QUESTION OVER WHETHER SWIFT WILL ATTEND THE CHIEFS VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE LATER THIS YEAR, SOURCE TELLS THE NEW YORK TIMES. IF SWIFT WANTS TO BE THERE, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WOULD, QUOTE,

    MAKE IT WORK NEXT. JON STEWART’S BIG RETURN. >> HE HOSTED THE DAILY SHOW LAST NIGHT AFTER A NINE YEAR ABSENCE. HE WAS CRITICAL OF BOTH PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIGHLIGHTING RECENT MOMENTS WHEN THEY BOTH MISSPOKE THAT BIDEN WAS REFERRING TO SISI, THE PRESIDENT OF EGYPT, NOT MEXICO, UNLESS IT

    WAS EVEN WORSE THAN THAT. >> AND HE THINKS THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO IS NAMED SISI. SO WHAT WAS HIS OPPONENT SAYING THIS WEEKEND? >> WE HAVE TO WIN IN NOVEMBER OR WE’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE PENNSYLVANIA. THEY’LL CHANGE THE NAME. >> I CAN’T BELIEVE I’VE LIVED IN NEW JERSEY THIS LONG AND HAVE

    BEEN MISPRONOUNCING PENNSYLVANIA . >> STEWART WILL BE HOSTING THE SHOW ON MONDAYS THROUGH THE ELECTION. NEXT, SOME FACEBOOK USERS ARE HEARING SOMETHING NEW WHEN THEY SCROLL. >> IT’S A CHIRPING SOUND AND. IT’S ALL PART OF THE LATEST IPHONE UPDATE TO MAKE SCROLLING MORE ENGAGING AND INTERESTING. IF YOU FIND IT ANNOYING, YOU CAN

    ALWAYS GO INTO YOUR SETTINGS AND TURN IT OFF. NEXT, A MINI DELIGHT FOR SEINFELD FANS, IT’S A REPLICA OF THE CAST BELOVED HANGOUT, AN ARTIST IN LA HAS CREATED THIS MINIATURE MODEL OF MONK’S CAFE. >> IT’S 1/12 THE SIZE OF THE ORIGINAL, INCLUDES THE CAFE’S LOGOS, EVEN ALL THE CONDIMENTS.

    >> ONE SEINFELD FAN DESCRIBED IT AS A MINIATURE DIORAMA ABOUT NOTHING. AND FINALLY, JUST STAY OUT OF THE WAY. >> THAT’S GOOD ADVICE WHEN YOU’RE IN THE COLORADO ROCKIES AND A HERD OF ELK NEEDS TO GET ACROSS THE ROAD, THE DRIVER STAYING AT A SAFE DISTANCE UNTIL THE COAST WAS CLEAR. STEER CLEAR

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    One’s watching and this season. I brought Sara Haines and come out Bell along the rock. All right, let’s break it. Jhansi honest here. I was here. Although time. We all new season of what would you do premiers Sunday night on ABC So Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne celebrity

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    HAS FILED AN EMERGENCY APPEAL WITH THE SUPREME COURT OVER HIS CLAIM OF ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY. >> TRUMP IS ASKING THE JUSTICES TO FURTHER DELAY HIS ELECTION INTERFERENCE TRIAL. HE CLAIMS PRESIDENTS CANNOT BE CRIMINALLY PROSECUTED. A SPECIAL ELECTION IS BEING HELD IN NEW YORK TODAY TO REPLACE CONGRESSMAN JORGE SANTOS.

    >> THE SEAT IS CRUCIAL GIVEN REPUBLICAN A SLIM MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE. >> US DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN IS EXPECTED TO RESUME HIS DUTIES TODAY, BUT HE WON’T TRAVEL TO BRUSSELS FOR NATO MEETINGS THIS WEEK. HE’S BEEN IN CRITICAL CARE FOR A BLADDER ISSUE WEEKS AFTER HIS CANCER TREATMENT.

    >> TODAY’S WEATHER SNOW IN THE NORTHERN ROCKIES CLEAR MOST OTHER PLACES EXCEPT FOR THE STORM THAT’S MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST AREAS FROM WEST VIRGINIA TO BOSTON. SUBURBS COULD SEE A FOOT OF SNOW EIGHT INCHES NEAR NEW YORK CITY. >> AND FINALLY, THE HISTORY MUSEUM STRIKING INTERNET GOLD WITH ITS 86 YEAR OLD VOLUNTEER.

    >> HE SPOKE TO DANNY NEW. >> MANY FOLKS DON’T HAVE A PRINTER AT HOME ANYMORE. >> SOUNDS FAMILIAR, DOESN’T IT? >> BUT AT THE SACRAMENTO HISTORY MUSEUM IN CALIFORNIA, 86 YEAR OLD HOWARD HATCH USES ONE FROM THE 1850S. I DON’T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN WHAT. >> YOU KNOW WHY I LIKE IT?

    >> WELL, THE INTERNET SEEMS TO AGREE BECAUSE SINCE THE MUSEUM STARTED POSTING VIDEOS OF HOWARD IN 2020, ITS TIKTOK ACCOUNT HAS BECOME THE APP’S MOST POPULAR MUSEUM. IN THE WORLD, WITH 2.7 MILLION FOLLOWERS. >> WE HAVE A CUT HERE. >> THIS JOURNEY TO SOCIAL MEDIA STARDOM ACTUALLY BEGAN LAST

    CENTURY, WHEN THIS NAVAL VETERAN AND FORMER AUTO TECHNICIAN RETIRED IN 1999, WHEN HE CAME HOME, HIS WIFE, WHO WORKED AT THE MUSEUM, LAID DOWN THE LAW, SHE SAID, AFTER YOU RETIRE, YOU CAN SIT AT HOME FOR A WEEK OR TWO, AND AFTER THAT I WANT YOU UP AND OUT OF HERE DOING SOMETHING.

    >> WE’VE SAID A LITTLE SOMETHING AND, WELL, WITH HIS AUTOMOTIVE BACKGROUND, HOWARD QUICKLY FELL IN LOVE WITH FIGURING OUT THE MUSEUM’S CONTRAPTION CALLED THE WASHINGTON PRESS. >> WE KNEW THAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD, BUT NOT THIS MANY PEOPLE. >> 20 YEARS LATER, WHEN THE MUSEUM WAS FACING THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN, SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

    JARED JONES HAD THE IDEA TO PUT HOWARD ON CAMERA AND EXPLAIN HIS BELOVED PRINTING METHODS TO FOLKS WHO COULD NO LONGER VISIT. WE ARE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT HISTORY, WE ARE DEMONSTRATING IT. >> FEBRUARY 10TH CHINESE NEW YEAR. >> NOW THE SACRAMENTO HISTORY MUSEUM HAS REACHED OVER A BILLION VIEWS ACROSS SOCIAL

    MEDIA. BUT HOWARD, WELL, HE’S JUST HAVING FUN DOING WHAT HE LOVES A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SAY, AREN’T YOU THAT GUY? >> YEP. >> BY THE WAY, ANDREA, FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY ORDER GREETING CARDS FROM THE PRESS LIKE THIS ONE. YOU’RE MY TYPE. OR MY FAVORITE. I’M VERY FOND OF

    YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. ANDREA. >> OH, THANKS, DANNY. I WOULD LOVE A CARD FROM HAROLD THAT WOULD MAKE MY DAY AND YOUR BIRTHDAY AS WELL. >> YES, THAT’S WHAT’S MAKING NEWS IN AMERICA THIS >> IT’S TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH. >> SHE BROUGHT HER SON TO CHURCH ALONG WITH AN AGE 15. WE START HERE.

    >> POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING AT JOEL OSTEEN’S MEGACHURCH IN TEXAS. WAS SHE USING HIM AS A SHIELD? WAS HE STILL HOLDING HER HAND? I DON’T KNOW RIGHT NOW. THE SHOOTER HAD ALREADY HAD GUNS CONFISCATED. SO HOW DID SHE ACQUIRE MORE OF THEM? IN THE MIDDLE OF A SERIES OF AIRSTRIKES, ISRAEL RESCUES

    TWO HOSTAGES, THE SOLDIER SAID. ARE YOU OKAY? HOW ARE YOU FEELING? AND THEY SAID, WE’RE IN SHOCK. BUT COULD IT LEAD EVEN MORE DEADLY SCENES IN GAZA? THEY THOUGHT THEY’D VOTED. JEWISH VOLLEYBALL PLAYER IN THE CONGRESS. SO WHO ARE THEY VOTING FOR? THIS TIME? I’M GOING TO RUN ON THE THINGS

    THAT I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE PEOPLE OF MY DISTRICT IN THE PAST. WHY THE ELECTION TO REPLACE GEORGE SANTOS IS GETTING SO COMPETITIVE? FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS “START HERE”. I’M BRAD MIELKE. IF THERE WAS A THE EVANGELICAL EQUIVALENT OF CATHEDRAL RULE HERE IN THE U.S., IT WOULD

    BE LAKEWOOD CHURCH IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST MEGA-CHURCHES IN THE COUNTRY, ABOUT 45,000 WORSHIPERS GO THERE EACH WEEK. FAR MORE WATCH ITS PASTOR, JOEL OSTEEN, ON TELEVISION. IT’S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU TODAY ,AND I HOPE YOU’LL STAY CONNECTED WITH US DURING THE WEEK THROUGH OUR DAILY

    PODCAST, OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL. ONE IN FOUR AMERICANS CONSIDER THEMSELVES AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN AND SO ON SUNDAY, THE BIGGEST CHURCH PRACTICING OUR COUNTRY’S MOST POPULAR FAITH, A DISTINCTLY AMERICAN SENSE OF SHOCK SET IN AS A SHOOTER OPENED FIRE. >> THE MOMENT OF CHAOS INSIDE THE CHURCH. I FEEL SCARED.

    I WAS SO SCARED ABOUT THAT. SHE HAD A LONG GUN AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. ON SUNDAY, THIS WAS ALL VERY CHAOTIC. VERY LITTLE WAS KNOWN ABOUT WHAT HAD ACTUALLY HAPPEN . WELL, HERE’S WHAT WE’VE LEARNED SINCE AT TWO IN THE AFTERNOON ON SUNDAYS. LAKEWOOD HOSTS A SERVICE IN SPANISH.

    JUST BEFORE THAT BEGAN. SOMEONE WENT IN WEARING A TRENCH COAT, A BACKPACK CARRYING TWO RIFLES. ONE OF WHICH WAS AN AR-15. ONCE INSIDE, POLICE SAY SHOTS RANG OUT. A UNIFORMED POLICE WEREN’T IMMEDIATELY ON SCENE, BUT THEY WERE OFF DUTY OFFICERS ON HAND WHO DID HAVE WEAPONS AND FIRED BACK.

    12 MINUTES AFTER THAT CHAOS BEGAN, THE SHOOTER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. THEY WERE A WALL THAT EXISTED BETWEEN WORSHIPERS AND TERROR. THE SHOOTER WAS THE ONLY PERSON KILLED IN ALL OF THIS. BUT THERE WERE ALSO TWO GUNSHOT VICTIMS. A PARISHIONER WHO HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY

    WHO SHOT IN THE HEAD STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THIS APPARENTLY WAS THE SHOOTER’S OWN SON WHO HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO LAKEWOOD ON THAT DAY, ALONG WITH THE GUNS. LET’S BRING IN ABC’S MIREYA VILLARREAL WHO IS THERE IN HOUSTON RIGHT NOW, MIREYA. FIRST OFF, THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY DETAILS OVER THE LAST

    24 HOURS. >> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE SHOOTER? YES. SO OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP, RIGHT, AS INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TO GO DOWN ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT PATHS. ONE THING WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM IS THE NAME OF THIS SHOOTER. AND SHE GOES BY GENESSE MORENO .

    36 YEARS OLD, HISPANIC FEMALE. SHE HAD SEVERAL ALIASES THAT SHE’S USED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SO. AND ONE OF THE ALIASES WAS A MAN’S NAME, JEFFREY. >> SHE’S UTILIZED BOTH MALE AND FEMALE NAMES. BUT THROUGH ALL OF OUR INVESTIGATION TO THIS POINT, TALKING WITH INDIVIDUALS, INTERVIEWS, DOCUMENTS, HOUSTON POLICE

    DEPARTMENT REPORTS SHE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED THIS ENTIRE TIME AS FEMALE. >> SHE HAD EVEN COURT DOCUMENTS TALKING ABOUT HER BEING MARRIED. AND THEN ALSO HER BEING DIVORCED. SOME OF THE MORE RECENT CRIMINAL RECORDS THEY HAVE, AGAIN, GO BY GENESSE MORENO. SO THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT THEY DECIDED TO GO WITH,

    WHICH IS USING THE PRONOUNS OF SHE HER. >> PLEASE BE MINDFUL. WE ARE APPROXIMATELY 24 HOURS INTO THIS INVESTIGATION. IT’S VERY FLUID. SO WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET FROM THE PRESS CONFERENCE ALSO ADDED TO SOME OF THE REPORTING WE HAD BEEN DOING DURING THE DAY, AND IT TALKED

    ABOUT BASICALLY WHAT I KNOW COMING TO THE CHURCH PARKING OF THE WEST SIDE. SHE GOT OUT OF THE CAR, PULLED HER SON FROM THE BACK SEAT AS WELL AS A BACKPACK, AND HAD SOME SORT OF INTERACTION WITH A SECURITY GUARD. SHE DISPLAYED OR POSSIBLY POINTED A WEAPON AT SECURITY

    OFFICER AND KIND OF FORCE OF WHATEVER WAY SHE WAS ABLE TO GET PAST THAT SECURITY GUARD, WALK INTO A WEST SIDE ENTRANCE OF THE CHURCH AND ENGAGED WITH TWO OFFICERS IN A SHOOTOUT, BASICALLY IN THAT HALLWAY. >> OFFICER MORENO OF THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKING AN APPROVED EXTRA JOB

    AT THE LOCATION, AS WELL AS TO ABC. AGENT HERRERA RETURNED FIRE NOT MORE THAN ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER SHE WALKED IN. SHE WAS DEAD AND THE YOUNG BOY WAS ALSO SHOT IN THE HEAD. >> AND HE IS NOW IN CRITICAL CONDITION. WAS IT THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO SHOT? WAS IT HER?

    WE DON’T KNOW. AND I THINK THE WORST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS SPECULATE. >> YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF DID TALK ABOUT THEM NEEDING TO INVESTIGATE MORE AND THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT HE WAS SHOT WHILE IN THE PROCESS, THEM TRYING TO TAKE DOWN THE SHOOTER THAT HAD CAUSED ALL OF THIS.

    >> BEAUTIFULLY SHOT BY POLICE. YEAH, I MEAN, HE DID NOD TO THE FACT THAT THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY. >> WAS SHE USING HIM AS A SHIELD. >> WAS HE STILL HOLDING HER HAND? I DON’T I DON’T KNOW RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, ONCE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO VIEW THAT VIDEO AND Y’ALL

    KNOW, WHATEVER WE HAVE TO SHOW WILL SHOW IT. >> BUT WE JUST DON’T KNOW RIGHT NOW. WE’VE HEARD FROM HOSPITAL SOURCES THAT HE IS NOT DOING VERY WELL. >> BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE’LL SEE. WE’LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. DO WE KNOW ABOUT POTENTIAL MOTIVE HERE, MIREYA?

    I MEAN, DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH LAKEWOOD, THE CHURCH? DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER BELIEFS THAT THE SHOOTER MIGHT HAVE HAD? >> WHAT WHAT BROUGHT THIS ON? SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS VERY TIMID IN TRYING TO GO DOWN THE MOTIVE ROUTE.

    >> WE DO HAVE SOME FACTS THAT SHE WAS PUT UNDER AN EMERGENCY DETENTION ORDER BY HOUSTON POLICE OFFICERS, WE BELIEVE, IN 2016. >> ONE THING THEY DID SAY, HOWEVER WAS THERE WAS SOME SORT OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE HERE WITH HER THAT SHE’D BEEN EXPERIENCING. >> WE DO BELIEVE THAT SHE DOES

    HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY THAT IS DOCUMENTED THROUGH US AND THROUGH INTERVIEWS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. >> THEY DID SAY THE AR 15 THAT SHE WAS USING DID HAVE THE WORD PALESTINE WRITTEN ON A PART OF THE WEAPON. AND THERE WAS SOME SORT OF CONFLICT BETWEEN HER EX-HUSBAND’S FAMILY AND HER .

    AND SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE OF JEWISH. SO WE BELIEVE THAT THAT IS MIGHT MIGHT POSSIBLY BE WHERE ALL OF THIS STEMS FROM, BUT THEY DIDN’T SO FAR AS TO CALL IT MOTIVATION. THEY DID ALSO SAY, HOWEVER, THAT ON HER PERSON, THEY DID FIND ANTI-SEMITIC WRITINGS. BUT AGAIN, THEY WERE VERY

    CAUTIOUS IN HOW MUCH THAT INFORMATION THEY WANTED TO PUT OUT, BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT VERY EARLY ON IN THE INVESTIGATION AND THEY DID SAY THEY DID NOT BELIEVE THAT LAKEWOOD OR JOEL OSTEEN WAS A TARGET PER SE. IN WHAT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY. AND WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HER WEAPONS?

    BECAUSE, I MEAN, IF THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SHOOTER’S MENTAL HEALTH AND IF QUESTIONS HAD EVEN APPARENTLY BEEN RAISED ABOUT WHETHER SHE SHOULD HAVE A GUN GUNMAN, HOW HOW DID SHE GET THE GUNS? >> WHERE THEY FROM? YOU KNOW, WHAT I KNOW DOES HAVE A CRIMINAL HISTORY. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT

    CHARGES ON THERE. BUT THE ONE THAT REALLY PIQUED OUR INTEREST WAS HER LATEST ARREST OUT FORT BEND COUNTY, WHICH IS JUST OUTSIDE OF HOUSTON. SHE WAS ARRESTED BY THE KATY POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS A TRAFFIC STOP, ACTUALLY. AND DURING THE TRAFFIC STOP, OFFICERS FOUND WEAPONS. THEY SAID SHE WAS UNLAWFULLY

    CARRYING THOSE WEAPONS. SO THEY SEIZED THEM FROM HER AND THEN THEY CHARGED HER WITH IT, ARRESTED AND CHARGED HER. SHE SPENT TWO DAYS IN JAIL AND SHE WAS ORDERED TO PAY COURT FEES AND THE WEAPONS THAT SHE HAD ON HER, THOSE THAT DAY WERE WERE DESTROYED. >> BUT WHAT WAS REALLY

    INTERESTING, I HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IN FORT BEND, AND I ASKED THEM ABOUT HER CASE AND ABOUT HER. THEY SAID NOT A LOT STOOD OUT BECAUSE IT’S A PRETTY SIMPLE AND SMALL CHARGE. HOWEVER, IN FEBRUARY OF 2023, THE FBI CONTACTED THE FORT BEND DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE.

    IT TURNED OUT THAT MIRANDA WAS TRYING TO BUY NEW WEAPONS AND THEY WERE RUNNING A BACKGROUND CHECK ON HER. AND THIS POPPED UP BECAUSE IT WAS A WEAPONS CHARGE. IT POPPED UP. AND SO THEY RAN THE CHECK ON HER. OBVIOUSLY, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE COOPERATED WITH THEM. AND YET SOMEHOW HERE WE

    ARE TALKING ABOUT TWO WEAPONS THAT WERE IN HER POSSESSION, YOU KNOW, WITH A AR-15 AND THEN A 22 CALIBER RIFLE. SO WE ASKED THE CHIEF ABOUT THAT. >> HOW WAS SHE ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF THESE WEAPONS? THAT’S PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. HE BASICALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE FACT THAT THEY KNEW THAT

    NOT ONLY DID SHE HAVE THIS WEAPONS CHARGE OUT OF FORT BEND, BUT THEY ALSO KNEW THAT THE FBI HAD INQUIRED ABOUT IT. YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS TIGHT AND NOT PEOPLE STANDING UP HERE AGAINST SECOND RATE AMENDMENTS, BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS AND CRIMINALS, CRIMINALS,

    MENTAL HEALTH AND THE CRIMINAL RECORD. YES. >> SO WE’RE LOOKING AT THAT. AND THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THE DISCONNECT WAS BETWEEN THAT BACKGROUND CHECK AND HOW SHE ENDED UP WITH TWO WEAPONS. THE LATEST WEAPON SHE PICKED UP IN DECEMBER JUST TWO MONTHS AGO. SO RIGHT NOW, THAT IS PART

    OF THEIR INVESTIGATION MOTION. WHERE WAS THE DISCONNECT? WAS THERE NO COMMUNICATION OR MISCUED LOCATION HERE? >> AND HOW CAN THEY PREVENT THIS IN THE FUTURE? WOW. JUST A SHOCKING, SAD SCENE HERE AT SUCH A PROMINENT PLACE. MIREYA VILLAREAL BASED IN TEXAS, THERE IN HOUSTON RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU. THANKS AGAIN.

    NEXT UP ON “START HERE”, THERE ARE STILL DOZENS OF HOSTAGES LEFT IN GAZA, BUT NOW ARE TWO LESS. HOW A DARING RAID COULD REVERBERATE THROUGH RAFAH. >> AFTER THE BREAK. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST.

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    THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS MADE THE CONFLICTING SO FRIGHTENING IS THAT WHEN ONE SIDE ACCUSES THE OTHER OF SOMETHING, THERE ARE TIMES THAT THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. AND THOSE COMPLAINTS IN TURN FUELED NEW BATTLES. >> TERMS OF HOW THAT ONE CAN CAN.

    THEY ARE BOMBING EVERYWHERE. TOMORROW THEY MAY SAY GO TO ANOTHER PLACE EVERY DAY WE ARE MOVING. >> GAZA RESIDENTS HAD SAID THEY WERE AFRAID ISRAEL WAS PACKING THEM INTO ONE AREA IN THE SOUTH, AN AREA KNOWN AS RAFAH, AND THAT ONCE THEY WERE ALL CORNERED, BIG AIRSTRIKES WOULD COME, CAUSING

    AND DESTRUCTION. WELL, GUESS WHAT? THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AS SUNDAY TURNED INTO MONDAY, THE MASSIVE AIRSTRIKES IN THE SOUTH, THE PALESTINIAN HAMAS HEALTH AUTHORITIES SAY MORE THAN 60 PALESTINIANS WERE KILLED. >> AND THE ISRAELIS HAVE SAID, LISTEN, OUR OPERATIONS ARE ALL ABOUT FINDING HAMAS OPERATIVES ,BUT WERE FORCED TO GO INTO

    CIVILIAN AREAS BECAUSE HAMAS INTENTIONALLY TRIES TO BLEND IN. THEY HIDE THEIR HOSTAGES IN THESE AREAS. THEY MIGRATED DOWN TO RAFAH WITH EVERYONE ELSE, WHICH PUTS EVERYONE ELSE AROUND THEM AT RISK. WHILE ON THE NIGHT OF THESE STRIKES, ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES PULLED OFF A DARING RAID AND RESCUED TWO HOSTAGES IN RAFAH.

    THEY WERE RIGHT. HAMAS HAD, IN FACT, BROUGHT HOSTAGES THERE. AND NOW EVERYONE IS WONDERING WHAT THIS MEANS FOR NEXT STEPS. ABC’S JORDANNA MILLER IS BASED IN JERUSALEM. >> JORDANNA. FIRST CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THIS HOSTAGE RESCUE BECAUSE IDF SAYS THE MISSILE STRIKES WERE ALL CONNECTED TO THIS AND IT SOUNDS DRAMATIC.

    >> IT WAS DRAMATIC. >> IT WAS WILDLY SUCCESSFUL AND NONE OF THE COMMANDOS WERE HURT. >> NONE OF THE HOSTAGES WERE HURT. >> AND IT BASICALLY STARTED JUST BEFORE 2 A.M. LOCAL TIME, SEVERAL TEAMS OF ISRAELI FORCES AND SPECIAL FORCES AND NAVY SEALS SURROUNDED A RESIDENTIAL

    BUILDING IN THE HEART OF RAFAH. THEY BLEW OPEN THE DOOR, WENT UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR BASED ON INTEL THAT THEY HAD. THEY RAIDED THAT APARTMENT. THEY KILLED THE THREE HAMAS GUARDS THAT WERE THERE WITH THE HOSTAGES. AND THERE WERE TWO ELDERLY ISRAELI HOSTAGES THERE, 160 YEARS OLD, 170 YEARS OLD.

    THEY QUICKLY PUT VESTS ON THEM AND THEY REPELLED THE HOSTAGES . THE SECOND FLOOR BALCONY DOWN TO A VERY NARROW ALLEYWAY AND FROM THERE PROCEEDED UNDER THE COVER OF HEAVY AIRSTRIKES AND FIRE, BECAUSE AT THAT, HAMAS UNDERSTOOD SOMETHING BIG WAS HAPPENING AND THEY WERE WHISKED OFF TO A HELICOPTER.

    WE’RE TOLD IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 20 MINUTES FROM ENTERING THE BUILDING TO BRINGING THE HOSTAGES TO THIS HELICOPTER THAT WHISKED THEM OUT OF RAFAH, WE PRESUME, TOWARDS NORTHERN GAZA. AND FROM THERE, JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER AN HOUR LATER ,THEY HAD ALREADY LANDED IN ISRAEL AT THE SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER.

    >> IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL TO SEE THEM, TO HUG THEM, TO FEEL THEM. IT FEELS ALMOST UNREAL. >> THE ISRAELIS RECENTLY JUST RELEASED FOOTAGE OF SOME OF THOSE DRAMATIC MOMENTS WHEN THE HOSTAGES FIRST ENTERED THE HELICOPTER. AND THE SOLDIERS, AS YOU KNOW, SAID, ARE YOU OKAY? >> HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

    AND THEY SAID, WE’RE IN SHOCK. THAT THERE WAS THIS GUY AND THEY SAID, DO YOU WANT TO PUT ON CLOTHES? >> CAN WE GIVE YOU BLANKETS? AND THEY SAID, NO, NO, NO, NO, WE’RE GOOD. AND ONE OF THEM SAID AND THEY ASKED HIM AGAIN, DO YOU WANT A BLANKET?

    YOU SAID, NO, NO, NO. MY HEART IS SO WARM TO SEE YOU GUYS HERE. >> YET, JORDANA, WHAT’S THE REACTION BEEN AMONG ISRAELIS? BECAUSE I’M THINKING IF BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS REJECTED THESE OFFERS FROM HAMAS FOR A BIG, AMBITIOUS HOSTAGE DEAL, THAT WOULD COME WITH A MUCH LONGER FIRE.

    >> NETANYAHU SAID FORGET IT. NO. DOES THIS NOW BECOME THE ONLY WAY TO GET HOSTAGES BACK IS LIKE REALLY RISKY RAIDS LIKE THIS ONE? I DON’T THINK SO. I DON’T THINK IT’S POSSIBLE EVEN FOR ISRAEL TO CARRY OUT RAIDS LIKE THIS ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND REALISTICALLY BRING HOME 130 HOSTAGES.

    I MEAN, ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES THAT HAMAS HAS IS THAT THEY HAVE SPREAD THIS HOSTAGES OUT OVER THE GAZA STRIP, EVEN THOUGH ISRAEL BELIEVES THERE’S SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHERN GAZA AT THIS POINT, THEY ARE DEEP UNDERGROUND, SOME OF THEM IN TUNNELS. >> THE KEY ELEMENT OF THE DEALS AROUND THE TABLE, THE GAPS

    THAT REMAIN. BUT I’M ENCOURAGED ISRAELI LEADERS TO KEEP WORKING TO ACHIEVE THE DEAL. >> THE BEST WAY TO BRING OUT THE HOSTAGES ALIVE IS WITH A DEAL. AND IN THAT SENSE, THE OPERATION, THIS AMAZING RESCUE MISSION, THEY MAY HAVE PUT A NEW KIND OF PRESSURE ON HAMAS TO POSSIBLY RECONSIDER

    THEIR POSITIONS AND COME CLOSER TO ISRAEL AND CUT A DEAL THAT WILL BRING GAZA, A CEASE FIRE, MORE HUMANITARIAN AID. AND IN EXCHANGE, THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES, BECAUSE THIS OPERATION HAS SHOWN HAMAS, THAT THEY ARE VULNERABLE, THAT ISRAEL HAS INCREDIBLE INTELLIGENCE AND INCREDIBLE OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES. AND IF THEY CAN SURPRISE HAMAS

    IN THE CENTER OF RAFAH, WHERE THEIR BATTALIONS ARE INTACT, THEY HAVEN’T EVEN BEEN FIGHTING IN THIS PART OF THE GAZA STRIP WITH ISRAELI SOLDIERS, THEN WHAT ELSE CAN THEY DO? >> THAT’S INTERESTING. AND THEN WE’LL SEE. >> NEGOTIATIONS ACTUALLY ON A POTENTIAL DEAL CONTINUE TODAY IN CAIRO. THAT I’M ALSO WONDERING THEN,

    WHAT THIS MEANS FOR PALESTINIANS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE IN RAFAH RIGHT NOW, PALESTINIANS ON THE GROUND WHEN THESE STRIKES STARTED HAPPENING, SAID IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE ISRAEL WAS INVADING THE AREA. THAT’S HOW SEVERE AND SCARY IT WAS. >> DOES A SUCCESSFUL HOSTAGE EXTRACTION NOW MEANS WE COULD SEE MORE OF THIS OR EVEN

    A GROUND INVASION? WELL, I THINK WE COULD SEE MORE OF THESE SPECIAL OPERATIONS SPECIAL OPS. BUT I THINK IN THE COMING WEEKS, WE’RE GOING TO SEE ISRAEL PUT ON THE TABLE A PLAN TO EVACUATE MORE THAN A MILLION GAZANS WHO ARE IN RAFAH AND AROUND THE BORDER AREA.

    >> WE CANNOT AFFORD AN ISRAELI ATTACK ON WHATEVER IT IS CERTAIN TO PRODUCE ANOTHER HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE. >> IT’S PROFOUNDLY CLEAR NOW THAT ISRAEL CANNOT LAUNCH A MAJOR MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST HAMAS IN RAFAH WITHOUT GETTING MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE OUT FROM THE BORDER AREA. >> IT WILL BE SIMPLY BE TOO DANGEROUS.

    I JUST HUGE, HUGE CIVILIAN CATASTROPHE, YOU’RE SAYING? >> YEAH. I MEAN, WE’VE ALREADY SEEN A TRAGIC DEATH TOLL IN THIS WAR, RIGHT? OVER 28,000 CIVILIANS NOW MORE THAN 10,000 CHILDREN. IF ISRAEL WENT INTO RAFAH WITHOUT PROTECTING CIVILIANS AND GIVING THEM A SAFE PASSAGEWAY AND CREATING OTHER SAFE ZONES FOR THEM FURTHER

    NORTH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD SEE THOUSANDS KILLED A DAY. THAT’S HOW DENSELY PACKED THIS AREA IS RIGHT NOW. AND ISRAEL UNDERSTANDS THAT. THE QUESTION, THOUGH, BRAD, IS CAN YOU REALISTICALLY GET THAT MANY PEOPLE TO MOVE NOW IN THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR? >> ISRAEL WAITED SEVERAL WEEKS AND THEY SAY ABOUT 800,000

    GAZANS FLED SOUTH. BUT NOW WE’RE MORE THAN THREE MONTHS INTO THIS GROUND. PEOPLE ARE TRAUMATIZED. THEY HAVE HAD RELATIVES WHO’VE BEEN KILLED MOVING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. WHAT IF PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO EVACUATE? THEN WHAT? AND WE HAVE HEARD IN JUST THE HOURS AFTER THESE ATTACKS, HORROR STORIES FROM CIVILIANS

    ON THE GROUND WHO SAID THESE AIRSTRIKES ALONE JUST CAUSED UNIMAGINABLE DEATH, INJURIES AND DESTRUCTION AROUND RAFAH, ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING PLACES THAT THEY HAD HOPED WOULD BE SAFE. >> JOMANA MILLER THERE IN JERUSALEM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANKS, BRAD. IT’S TUESDAY, WHICH THIS YEAR OFTEN MEANS YOU GOT

    TO HAVE YOUR RADAR UP FOR AN ELECTION SOMEWHERE. NO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE ON THE BALLOT TODAY, BUT THERE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT SPECIAL ELECTION BECAUSE. IT’S THE ELECTION TO REPLACE THIS GUY. NOW, I’M GOING TO HAVE TO GO AND FIGHT TO DEFEND MYSELF. THE REALITY IS, IS IT’S A WITCH HUNT.

    THAT’S RIGHT. GEORGE SANTOS WAS EXPELLED FROM THE HOUSE BY FELLOW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. WELL, NOW NEW YORK VOTERS HAVE A CHOICE THAT COULD REALLY AFFECT THE BALANCE ON CAPITOL HILL. LET’S GO TO ABC’S POLITICAL DIRECTOR, RICK KLEIN. >> RICK. WHY IS THIS SEAT SO IMPORTANT? FIRST OF ALL, IT’S ONE OUT

    OF FOUR HUNDREDS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE. YEAH, WELL, FOR STARTERS, THE MAJORITY COULD BARELY BE ANY TIGHTER IF YOU TRIED. >> RIGHT NOW, REPUBLICANS CAN LOSE BASICALLY THREE VOTES ON ANY GIVEN MEASURE. OTHERWISE, THE DEMOCRATS ESSENTIALLY CONTROL THE PLACE. THIS WOULD FURTHER SHAVE THAT MARGIN.

    AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT DISTRICTS LIKE THIS AND SAYING THIS IS WHERE THE BATTLE FOR THE MAJORITY IS GOING TO BE IN THE FALL. DEMOCRATS VERY MUCH HOPE THE HOUSE IS IN PLAY AND THEY LOOK AT DISTRICTS LIKE THIS AND SAY THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THEY NEED TO WIN.

    THEY NEED TO START WINNING BACK SOME OF THE TERRITORY THEY’VE LOST, PARTICULARLY IN SUBURBS, PARTICULARLY IN BLUER STATES LIKE NEW YORK. >> WELL, AND RICK, DO YOU THINK ANYWHERE NEAR NEW YORK CITY MEANS BLUE, RIGHT? >> YOU THINK DEMOCRATS WANT IT? SANTOS MUST HAVE BEEN A FLUKE. THE REPUBLICAN THERE, SANTOS

    WAS KICKED OUT IN DISGRACE. IS THIS REALLY EXPECTED TO BE COMPETITIVE? >> IT’S WILD THAT IT EVEN IS. FIRST OF ALL, A LOT OF DEMOCRATS ARE STILL SHOCKED THAT THEY LOST A DISTRICT LIKE THIS. THEY SAW THAT IN 2020 WHERE JOE BIDEN WAS ABLE TO WIN IN THE DISTRICT.

    THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS SURRENDER THIS TERRITORY WAS A HUGE FACTOR IN WHY THEY LOST CONTROL OF THE HOUSE IN 2022. GEORGE SANTOS OBVIOUSLY WAS A PRETTY BIG DEAL IN THE DISTRICT, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF HEADLINES ABOUT HIM OVER THE OVER THE LAST YEAR. >> BUT IT’S INTERESTING,

    HIS NAME IS BARELY COME UP ON THE GROUND, ALTHOUGH I’LL AND PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT JOBS AND PRICES. THEY’RE ALSO TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS AND THEY’RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT CRIME THAT’S THE STORIES THAT HAVE BEEN DOMINATING. AND YOU HAVE THESE TWO CANDIDATES WHO ARE, BECAUSE

    OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THEY WERE HAND-SELECTED BY THEIR PARTY. I’M GOING TO RUN ON THE THINGS THAT I’VE ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE PEOPLE OF MY DISTRICT IN THE PAST AND THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THEY HAVE. >> TOM SUOZZI, THE DEMOCRAT, A FORMER LAWMAKER FROM

    THAT DISTRICT, REPRESENTED IT FOR THREE TERMS IN CONGRESS BEFORE LEAVING IN THE LAST CYCLE, AND THE REPUBLICANS CHOSE SOMEONE THAT’S REALLY OUT OF CENTRAL CASTING, VOTING FOR MARCY MEANS VOTING TO SECURE THE BORDER, VOTING TO CREATE SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT. >> MAZI PILIP, ETHIOPIAN BORN SERVED IN THE ISRAELI ARMY, A MOTHER OF SEVEN.

    SHE IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE RESUME TO PUT FORWARD, PARTICULARLY AT A TIME WHERE DEMOCRATS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS JEWISH VOTERS RELATED TO THE WAR IN ISRAEL. >> THAT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE IF YOU’RE DEMOCRATS, I THINK YOU’D BE LIKE, WHY WOULD YOU TRUST THAT PARTY AGAIN? THEY GAVE YOU GEORGE SANTOS,

    BUT NOW YOU’VE GOT THIS PERSON WITH A RESUME THAT MIGHT STILL APPEAL TO A NEW YORK BASE REGARDLESS. YEAH, LOOK, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TRIED TO NOT SCREW THIS UP ,AND THEY’RE JUMPING SO MUCH MONEY INTO THE RACE THEY’RE BRINGING OUT AND EVERYTHING THEY CAN. BUT TOM SUOZZI, THE DEMOCRAT,

    HE’S BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS IS JUST A TOUGH TIME FOR THE DEMOCRATIC BRAND. IT’S A TOUGH ISSUE. AND HE HAS SAID THAT IF THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT ABLE TO WIN THIS SEAT BACK, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME SERIOUS SOUL SEARCHING ABOUT WHAT THE PROSPECTS ARE FOR JOE BIDEN

    AND WHAT THEIR PROSPECTS ARE FOR RETAKING THE HOUSE THIS FALL. >> IN THE MEANTIME RICK, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS RIGHT NOW ARE DEALING STILL WITH AN EMPTY SEAT. >> HAS THAT BEEN AFFECTING HOW THEY GO ABOUT VOTES IN THE NEAR FUTURE? YEAH, IT’S WILD. BUT JUST LAST WEEK THE REPUBLICANS LOST

    ON THE HOUSE FLOOR AN EFFORT TO IMPEACH ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS. LAST NIGHT WAS A SETBACK. BUT DEMOCRACY IS MESSY. WE LIVE IN A TIME OF DIVIDED GOVERNMENT. >> WE HAVE A RAZOR THIN MARGIN HERE NOW WITH ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS WHO HAPPENS TO BE THE HOUSE MAJORITY WHIP,

    STEVE SCALISE, BACK IN ACTION. THE REPUBLICANS ACTUALLY MAY TRY TO PUSH TO REIMPOSE YOUR VOTE AGAIN ON MY CAUCUS TODAY BECAUSE THEY’RE AFRAID THAT THEY MAY THIS SEAT, THEY MAY LOSE THAT FUNCTIONING MAJORITY. THEY MAY ONLY EXIST FOR ANOTHER DAY OR TWO IF THE DEMOCRAT WINS IN THIS SEAT THAT HE GETS SWORN

    IN. AND IT’S JUST THAT MUCH HARDER FOR REPUBLICANS TO DO ANYTHING . >> WOW. THAT’S JUST LIKE LET’S LET’S DO IT WHILE THE MATH IS GOOD. AND YET AGAIN, THESE MARGINS SO TIGHT THAT YOU CAN GET EMBARRASSED ANY ANY TIME IF YOU’RE ON CAPITOL HILL RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. RICK KLEIN, OUR POLITICAL

    DIRECTOR BASED IN D.C., ALTHOUGH I KNOW YOU WERE BORN AND BRED THERE ON LONG ISLAND. YOU KNOW, ALL THE PLAYERS INVOLVED HERE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. HEY, THANK YOU, BRAD. OKAY, ONE MORE QUICK BREAK. WHEN COME BACK. WAIT, SO DOES THIS MEAN HE’S GOING TO START DOING DANCE VIDEOS NOW?

    WHY BIDEN LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE TIKTOK. >> ONE LAST THING AS AN ACT WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. >> MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. NBC NEWS NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION INSIDE OF AMAZON’S

    LIVE STREAMING FORUM. I’VE NEVER SEEN A PLACE LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. WOW. REPORTING FROM THE FULTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, I’M OLIVIA RUBIN. WHEREVER THE STORY GOES, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . AND ONE LAST THING. ONE OF TIKTOK’S BIGGEST STARS

    IS A 93-YEAR-OLD GRANDMA NAMED LILLIAN. >> THESE ARE MY AT MY FUNERAL. FIRST UP IS NOT INVITED. I ABSOLUTELY ADORE LILLIAN. SHE’S SUPER COOL. AND YOU CAN IMAGINE HER INSPIRING MORE SENIORS TO GET ON THE APP. WILL ENTER TIKTOK’S NEWEST USER WHO’S A DECADE YOUNGER. I GUESS. GAMER COMMERCIALS GAME.

    GAMER HALFTIME SHOW GAME. THIS IS PRESIDENT BIDEN APPEARING ON HIS FIRST SPECIALLY MADE TIKTOK OVER THE WEEKEND. IT WAS PUT OUT BY HIS CAMPAIGN AND HE EVEN GETS SASSY WITH CONSPIRACY THEORISTS DEVIOUSLY PLOTTING TO RIG THE SEASONS OF THE JETS AND MAKE THE SUPER BOWL OR THE CHIEFS. JUST BEING A GOOD FOOTBALL

    TEAM. >> YOU CAN TROUBLE FIGHT ON HOWEVER DARK BRANDON MEANS ASIDE HIS FORAY INTO NEW SOCIAL MEDIA RAISED SERIOUS QUESTIONS . >> BECAUSE DON’T FORGET THE OFFICIAL STANCE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE OFFICIAL STANCE OF BIDEN’S OWN WHITE HOUSE IS THAT TICKTALK IS A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT.

    >> TICKTALK IS ABLE TO HARVEST YOUR DATA ALL THE TIME AND PROVIDE IT THROUGH BYTEDANCE TO THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY. >> WHEN ASKED ABOUT THIS, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN DEFENDED ITSELF NOT BY SAYING, NOW WE THINK YOUR PERSONAL DATA SAY THAT’S FINE. NO. INSTEAD SAID, THIS IS WHERE THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE.

    >> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? JUST BEFORE THIS TIKTOK ACCOUNT WAS UNVEILED. ABC NEWS AND IPSOS PUT OUT A NEW POLL IN WHICH 86% OF AMERICANS THINK BIDEN IS TOO OLD TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM. I’M NOT SAYING 86% OF REPUBLICANS. >> THIS NUMBER INCLUDES DEMOCRATS, TOO. FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH,

    AMERICANS ALSO THINK DONALD TRUMP IS TOO OLD TO SERVE. >> BUT FOR BIDEN, A KEY VULNERABILITY FOR HIM IS YOUNG VOTERS. >> IN MOST POLLS, THEY OVERWHELM MAINLY PREFER HIM TO TRUMP. BUT THEY’VE ALSO SHOWN AN ALARMING LACK OF ENTHUSIASM CHASM FOR HIM, ESPECIALLY LATELY, ANALYSTS SAY. PRO-PALESTINIAN DISPATCHES

    ON TIKTOK MAKE IT EVEN MORE LIKELY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO SOUR ON HIM. WHICH IS WHY THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN SAYS WE GOT TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT WHEREVER CAN. BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ITSELF FROM WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KARINE JEAN-PIERRE TO NATIONAL SECURITY SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY, SAY TICKTALK

    IS STILL BANNED FROM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DEVICES. WE HAVE NOT CHANGED OUR NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS ABOUT THE APP. >> BIDEN’S TEAM SAYS THEY’LL KEEP PUTTING OUT VIDEOS. I GUESS IF IT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR LILIAN, IT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM. >> STAY ALIVE TO MY EVERY DAY. >> ANY.

    ALSO, IF YOU FOLLOWED LILLIAN, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS LIKE, I DON’T NEED A BOYFRIEND. GIRL GOT A BOYFRIEND. IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE EXCEPT APPARENTLY THE NINERS BEATING KANSAS CITY. IT’LL NEVER HAPPEN, YOU GUYS. MANY THANKS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO DM’D ME ON INSTAGRAM AND SOCIALS TO WISH ME

    CONDOLENCES AFTER THE FINAL WHISTLE BLEW. ALSO, MANY THANKS TO ELIZABETH SCHOLESY FOR LETTING ME WATCH MY GUYS LOSE IN PEACE. I’M BRAD MIELKE SEE TOMORROW. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE SOON ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR.

    AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING. IT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. >> A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE

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    WHAT INSIDE A PARENT IS A SOURCE OF HUMOR. I’VE NEVER SEEN A PLACE LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. WOW. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSHING OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND ,UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE.

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    SCHOOL MAY BE CLOSED, BUT NOT ALL KIDS ARE OFF THE HOOK. >> NEW DETAILS ON THE WOMAN POLICE SAY OPENED FIRE WITH AN AR 15 AT CELEBRITY PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN’S MEGACHURCH. WHAT WE’RE NOW LEARNING ABOUT HER TROUBLED BACKGROUND. AND THE QUESTION THIS MORNING HOW WAS SHE ABLE TO GET THAT WEAPON?

    >> NEW VIDEO OF A PLANE CRASHING ONTO A BUSY FLORIDA HIGHWAY, HITTING TWO VEHICLES BEFORE BURSTING INTO FLAMES. FIREFIGHTERS FIRST ON THE SCENE, NOW DESCRIBING WHAT THEY SAW. >> DAY OF ACTION Y FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE VOWING TO HIT THE PICKET LINES TODAY. IT’S ABOUT MORE THAN JUST HIGHER WAGES.

    >> SCAM ALERT THE NEW WAY FRAUDSTERS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE USING QR CODES. >> TAYLOR SWIFT’S RARE AND PERSONAL NEW BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO. WHAT SHE’S REVEALING ABOUT HER POSTGAME PARTY LASTING INTO THE WEE HOURS AND THE STUNNING NEW RECORD SHE HELPED THE NFL ACHIEVE DURING SUNDAY NIGHT’S GAME AND VALENTINE’S DAY

    IS TOMORROW. >> SO WHY IS CHOCOLATE SO EXPENSIVE? IT’S NOT JUST INFLATION IN. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD TUESDAY MORNING EVERYONE I’M ANDREW DYMBURT. I’M ANDREA FUJII IN FOR RHIANNON. >> WE BEGIN WITH THE BIGGEST SNOWSTORM IN YEARS BEARING DOWN

    ON THE NORTHEAST RIGHT NOW MANY SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED AND FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS COULD HAVE RIPPLE EFFECTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. >> TODAY, SOME OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL CORRIDORS ARE BRACING FOR UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW THIS MORNING. THE BIGGEST SNOWSTORM IN TWO YEARS IS HITTING THE I-95

    CORRIDOR OF THE NORTHEAST WITH 2 TO 3IN OF SNOW PER HOUR EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE, EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE AROUND NEW YORK CITY AND BOSTON, 12IN INLAND NEW YORK CITY COULD SEE MORE SNOW IN ONE HOUR THAN WE’VE SEEN THE ENTIRE WINTER >> 7 TO 9 A.M. WE’RE GETTING

    THAT HEAVY SNOW ALONG I-90. FIVE HARTFORD BACK THROUGH THE HUDSON VALLEY, NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, GETTING SOME OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALL THE WAY THROUGH LATE MORNING PUBLIC SCHOOLS CANCELED IN BOSTON. >> BUT IN NEW YORK CITY, NO SNOW DAY. IT’S A WORK FROM HOME DAY FOR STUDENTS.

    >> LONG GONE ARE THE DAYS OF JUST A SNOW DAY AND EVERYBODY JUST HAS OFF. WE EXPECT FOR THEM TO BE FULLY ENGAGED. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT NOT GOING TO SCHOOL TOMORROW AND LEARNING FROM HOME, BUT BECAUSE I WANT TO LEARN AT SCHOOL. >> I DON’T REALLY WANT TO GO TO

    SCHOOL TOMORROW. IT’S LIKE A TUESDAY AND I’M NOT REALLY A FAN OF TUESDAY’S COASTAL FLOODING. >> ANOTHER CONCERN SOUTH OF BOSTON IS BRACING FOR THE HIGHEST TIDE IN SIX YEARS. >> SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE TIDE AND THE WIND, SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE SNOW. THIS ONE, WE’RE GETTING ALL OF THEM. SO I THINK

    PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE SERIOUSLY THIS SEASON. >> IT’S BEEN A BIZARRE WINTER OF WEATHER EXTREMES FROM COAST TO COAST. YOU READY? IN PENNSYLVANIA’S POCONO MOUNTAINS, THE ANNUAL ICE HARVEST HAD TO BE CANCELED RECENTLY. IT WAS TOO WARM IN MINNEAPOLIS. THERE’S CURRENTLY NO SNOW ON THE GROUND. WARM TEMPERATURES LAST WEEK

    SMASHED A RECORD. WISCONSIN EVEN SAW A FEBRUARY TORNADO FOR THE FIRST TIME ON RECORD. AND IN MICHIGAN YESTERDAY IT WAS SO WINDY. ONE GUST SENT THIS SMALL PLANE CARTWHEELING INTO THE TREES. THE PILOT NOT INJURED. MEANWHILE ON THE WEST COAST, THIS IS THE AFTERMATH OF THE RECENT HISTORIC RAINFALL THAT

    TRIGGERED LANDSLIDES. HOMES ARE NOW IN DANGER OF TOPPLING OFF THIS CLIFF IN ORANGE COUNTY. BACK IN THE NORTHEAST, THE SNOW OVERNIGHT BEGAN AS RAIN IN MANY AREAS. WE’LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. >> WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE WOMAN POLICE SAY OPENED FIRE AT

    CELEBRITY PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN’S MEGACHURCH IN TEXAS, CAUSING CHAOS. HER YOUNG SON WAS ALSO SHOT. NOW WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT HER TROUBLED PAST AT. THIS WAS THE MOMENT GUNSHOTS RANG OUT INSIDE JOEL OSTEEN’S MEGACHURCH IN HOUSTON. POLICE SAY 36 YEAR OLD JANICE MORENO WALKED IN WITH HER SEVEN YEAR OLD SON AND

    OPENED FIRE WITH AN AR 15, AN OFF DUTY OFFICERS FIRED BACK. MORENO WAS KILLED, HER SON CRITICALLY WOUNDED. INVESTIGATORS SAY MORENO WAS ALSO CARRYING A 22 CALIBER RIFLE , ALONG WITH ANTI-SEMITIC WRITINGS. >> THERE WAS A STICKER ON THE BUTTSTOCK OF THE RIFLE THAT STATED PALESTINE. A STICKER SIMPLY STATED PALESTINE.

    >> AUTHORITIES SAY THE WEAPON WAS BOUGHT LEGALLY IN DECEMBER. MORENO OBTAINING THE GUN. DESPITE HER HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND ARREST DATING BACK TO 2005, ON CHARGES INCLUDING ASSAULT, COURT RECORDS SHOW SHE ALSO HAD A TURBULENT MARRIAGE, ENDING IN A BITTER CUSTODY BATTLE. MORENO’S EX-HUSBAND ACCUSING HER OF VIOLENCE AND

    PUTTING THEIR SON IN DANGER MULTIPLE TIMES. >> WE DO BELIEVE THAT SHE DOES HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY THAT IS DOCUMENTED THROUGH US AND THROUGH INTERVIEWS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS, POLICE ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING A YOUTUBE VIDEO FROM 2020. >> ORIGINALLY POSTED BY MORENO USING A DIFFERENT NAME IN A

    FACEBOOK POST, HER EX MOTHER IN LAW SAYS MORENO SUFFERED FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA, INSISTING DESPITE THE ANTI-SEMITIC STATEMENTS FOUND THE SHOOTING HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH JUDAISM OR ISLAM. AUTHORITIES ARE NOW WORKING TO DETERMINE A MOTIVE AND HOW MORENO WAS ABLE TO GET A GUN, DESPITE HER TROUBLED PAST.

    >> WE WANT TO KNOW THE MOTIVE, HOW SHE GOT THE WEAPON, WHY SHE DID THIS. WE’RE NOT THERE YET. MORENO’S NEIGHBORS SAY THEY’VE BEEN WARNING AUTHORITIES ABOUT HER ERRATIC BEHAVIOR FOR YEARS. >> AS FOR HER SEVEN YEAR OLD SON, WHO WAS SHOT, HE WAS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

    >> WE HAVE NEW VIDEO OF A DEADLY PLANE CRASH NEAR NAPLES, FLORIDA. THIS DASH CAM VIDEO SHOWS THE TWIN ENGINE JET FROM OHIO CRASHING. THEN BURSTING INTO FLAMES FRIDAY, HITTING TWO VEHICLES ON INTERSTATE 75. FIRST RESPONDERS ARE NOW DESCRIBING WHAT THEY SAW AT THE SCENE. >> IT LOOKED LIKE A WAR SCENE OR

    A MOVIE SCENE, AND THEN IT JUST JUST DID WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO. >> MY BODY COMPARED TO THE SIZE OF THE JET, IS ITRILLIONEMINDS. YOU HOW BIG THE WORLD IS AND HOW SMALL YOU TRULY ARE. IT IS INCREDIBLE. HONESTLY IT GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF CHILLS. THE FACT

    THAT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SURVIVE THAT BOTH PILOTS DIED, BUT THREE PASSENGERS SURVIVED THE CRASH. >> THE CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. MEANWHILE, NEAR BUFFALO, NEW YORK, AIRPORT OFFICIALS SAY A SINGLE ENGINE PLANE LOST ONE OF ITS DOORS MID-FLIGHT YESTERDAY. CREWS WERE SEARCHING FOR THE DOOR LAST NIGHT. NO ONE WAS HURT OVER SEAS.

    >> MANY U.S. ALLIES ARE ON EDGE AFTER COMMENTS FROM FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. IF REELECTED, HE’S THREATENING TO INVITE RUSSIA TO ATTACK NATO ALLIES WHO DON’T PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF DEFENSE SPENDING. AND NOW, A TOP U.S. MILITARY OFFICER IS REACTING TO TRUMP’S THREAT. ABC’S ANNE NGUYEN IS HERE WITH

    MORE M. GOOD MORNING ANDREA. GOOD MORNING. YEAH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOUBLING DOWN ON HIS REMARKS SAYING IF HE’S REELECTED HE WON’T PROTECT NATO ALLIES WHO FAILED TO UPHOLD THEIR END OF THE BARGAIN WHEN IT COMES TO DEFENSE SPENDING. THIS MORNING, GROWING FALLOUT AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE

    WOULD ENCOURAGE RUSSIA TO ATTACK NATO ALLIES WHO FAILED TO MEET AGREED UPON DEFENSE SPENDING GOALS. >> YOU DIDN’T PAY YOUR DELINQUENT DEBT. NO, I WOULD NOT PROTECT YOU. IN FACT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT. YOU GOT TO PAY FOR. YOU. GOT TO PAY YOUR

    BILLS. TRUMP SAYING NATO HAS TO EQUALIZE AND NOW THEY WILL DO THAT. >> IF PROPERLY ASKED. IF NOT AMERICA FIRST, NATO COUNTRIES DO NOT PAY SET DUES TO THE ALLIANCE AND DO NOT OWE THE U.S. MONEY. BUT THEY DO COMMIT TO SPENDING A CERTAIN AMOUNT ON NATIONAL DEFENSE, AND MOST OF THEM HAVE

    NOT REACHED THAT GOAL. WHEN ASKED ABOUT TRUMP’S COMMENTS, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, THE HIGHEST RANKING U.S. MILITARY OFFICER, SAID TRUMP’S THREAT PUTS U.S. CREDIBILITY AT STAKE. >> WELL, WE HAVE AN ALLIANCE AND WE HAVE A STRONG ALLIANCE. I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO UPHOLD THOSE ALLIANCES.

    >> EUROPEAN LEADERS ALSO REACTING THE NATO, GERMANY’S CHANCELLOR CALLS TRUMP’S COMMENTS DANGEROUS AND SOLELY IN RUSSIA’S INTERESTS. POLAND’S FOREIGN MINISTER RESPONDED BY NOTING THAT POLAND SUPPORTED THE U.S. IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER 911, SAYING, WE DIDN’T SEND THE BILLS FOR THAT TO WASHINGTON. ALLIANCES ALSO STRENGTHENED THE UNITED STATES, BUT MANY REPUBLICANS ARE SUPPORTING

    TRUMP’S COMMENTS. >> IF YOU’RE NOT GOING TO DEFEND YOUR OWN COUNTRY, WHY SHOULD OUR TAXPAYERS DEFEND IT FOR THEM? >> YEAH, THEY NEED TO GET OVER IT. THEY NEED TO STAND UP AND BE TOUGH. >> REPUBLICAN SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM IS GOING ONE STEP FURTHER THAN TRUMP’S COMMENTS. HE’S NOW SUGGESTING U.S. FUNDING FOR

    UKRAINE AND ISRAEL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ALONE. SENATORS COULD GREENLIGHT MORE AID FOR THOSE COUNTRIES AS SOON AS THIS MORNING. ANDREA M. THANK YOU. THERE COULD BE A NEW SETBACK IN NEW TALKS FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. ISRAEL HAS NOT YET COMMITTED TO ATTENDING THE TALKS . PRESIDENT BIDEN HOSTED JORDAN’S KING ABDULLAH YESTERDAY

    AND SAID THE U.S. IS WORKING ON A DEAL THAT WOULD PAUSE THE FIGHTING FOR SIX WEEKS. HE’S TRYING TO CONVINCE ISRAEL NOT TO LAUNCH A GROUND OFFENSIVE IN THE CROWDED CITY OF RAFAH. >> TIME NOW FOR YOUR TUESDAY FORECAST. >> GOOD MORNING. AS WE GO THROUGH TODAY, WE’RE TALKING

    ABOUT A STORM SYSTEM MOVING OFFSHORE, AND IT’S BRINGING SNOW JUST IN TIME FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE, A BIG MESS FOR PLACES LIKE PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK CITY INTO BOSTON LUNCHTIME. WE’RE STILL DEALING WITH IT FROM NEW YORK INTO BOSTON BEFORE IT DEPARTS. AS WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND BRINGS IN SOME

    STRONG WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE, SNOWFALL TOTALS TOPPING SIX PLUS INCHES OF SNOW JUST NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY AND AROUND PLACES LIKE BOSTON. FROM ACCUWEATHER, I’M METEOROLOGIST MELISSA DANCER. >> COMING UP, A SURPRISE FOR VALENTINE’S DAY SHOPPERS RECORD PRICES. >> BUT FIRST, THEY’RE CALLING IT A DAY OF ACTION. WHY? FLIGHT

    ATTENDANTS ARE PROTESTING TODAY. AND IT’S NOT JUST FOR HIGHER WAGES. >> AND LATER, TAYLOR SWIFT’S CHICKEN TENDERS AT 5 A.M. ALL THE IMPORTANT POST-SUPER BOWL 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 scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere on the scene of that deadly missile strike and Denis braid, Ukraine. Reporting from the earthquake in Turkey been rolling for this tornado tore through this little town from the most devastating disaster in Hawaii Charleston, South Carolina on

    The 2024 campaign Trail in Iceland. Let’s go traveling with the president in Mexico City, wherever the story from the front lines from Southern Israel outside the Gaza Strip in Beirut from the FBI here at 10 Downing Street in London streaming live to you wherever the story is wherever the story is where Over

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    Need to know. I love that. So Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne celebrity attorney hum Girardi. This story was a nuclear explosion today several victims will get a chance to finally meet Eric majority and at sort of a loss for what to say. Did you see

    The documentary the house wife and husband? I did I wanted Erica to say I’m sorry face-to-face Erica. Why’d it take you so long? the housewife and the Hustler two on Hulu From America’s number one news, comes the all new ABC News app. If you love being in the no

    Experience, the all new ABC News app downloaded now. MORNING AMERICA. >> WELCOME BACK. A MASSIVE DRUG BUST IN COLOMBIA. MORE THAN FIVE TONS TO THE U.S. WERE SEIZED FROM A HOME. POLICE FOUND A GATE IN THE FLOOR WHICH LED TO THE DRUGS. THE BUST IS WORTH $150. >> MILLION FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE

    JOINING FORCES TODAY IN WHAT’S BEING CALLED A DAY OF ACTION. A GLOBAL PICKET IN CITIES ACROSS THE U.S. AND THE U.K. AMONG THEIR DEMANDS, HIGHER WAGES AND AN END TO SEXISM. ABC’S LIONEL MOISE REPORTS. >> THIS MORNING, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE ON THE PICKET LINE IN WHAT’S

    EXPECTED TO BE THEIR LARGEST EVER COLLECTIVE ACTION. UNIONS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 100,000 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS FROM AIRLINES, INCLUDING AMERICAN ALASKA, FRONTIER, SOUTHWEST AND UNITED ARE DEMANDING BETTER PAY RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND MORE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES. TWO THIRDS OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE CURRENTLY IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS IN A JOINT STATEMENT, THEY’RE VOWING TO FIGHT CORPORATE GREED, SAYING

    OUR TIME ON THE JOB MUST BE COMPENSATED. WE NEED FLEXIBLE AND CONTROL OF OUR LIVES. LEGACY SEXISM THAT TRADITIONAL DEVALUED OUR JOBS MUST BE STAMPED OUT AND REPLACED WITH THE TRUE VALUE OF OUR WORK. THE UNIONS WANT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO BE PAID FOR ALL THEIR TIME WORKING. MOST ARE NOT

    COMPENSATED FOR TIME SPENT WAITING BETWEEN FLIGHTS IN THE AIRPORT, OR EVEN TIME BOARDING THE PLANE. ANOTHER CONCERN FOR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. THE DANGER OF UNRULY PASSENGERS WITH INCIDENTS ON THE RISE SINCE THE PANDEMIC. >> THEN HE SPAT IN MY FACE AND SUCKER PUNCHED ME IN THE EYE. I WAS KNOCKED BACK THREE FEET

    BEFORE FALLING TO THE GROUND. >> I WAS HIT IN THE HEAD, KNOCKED TO THE GROUND, AND I SUSTAINED VERY SERIOUS INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THAT, FLIGHT SCHEDULES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED TODAY. >> FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SCHEDULED TO WORK HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO PICKET VIRTUALLY. NOW, IF THERE

    WERE TO BE A STRIKE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE AUTHORIZED BY FEDERAL MEDIATORS, THEY’RE EXPECTED TO MEET WITH THE UNIONS AGAIN NEXT MONTH. ANDREW. ANDREA. LIONEL >> THANK YOU. DRIVERS FOR UBER, LYFT AND DOORDASH ARE ALSO PROTEST FOR BETTER PAY. THEY’RE PLANNING TO HIT THE PICKET LINES TOMORROW ON VALENTINE’S DAY.

    UBER SAYS ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF DRIVERS PLAN TO PARTICIPATE JUST IN TIME FOR VALENTINE’S DAY. >> COCOA PRICES HAVE SOARED TO AN ALL TIME HIGH, BREAKING A RECORD FROM 1977. THE RISE IN PRICES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IS BLAMED ON EXTREME WEATHER IN WEST AFRICA. HOME TO

    MOST OF THE WORLD’S COCOA BEANS. ONE CHOCOLATE SHOP IN NEW YORK SAYS ITS PRICES ARE UP 13% FROM LAST YEAR. >> THEY DO LOOK DELICIOUS COMING UP, VIDEO OF A HISTORIC U.S. SHIPWRECK 80 YEARS LATER. >> ALSO AHEAD, THE NEW ALERT ABOUT SCAMS INVOLVING QR CODES Whenever news breaks,

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    I was here. Although time. We all new season of what would you do premiers Sunday night on ABC >> BACK NOW WITH THE RECOVERY OF A WRECKAGE MORE THAN EIGHT DECADES OLD, RESEARCH CENTERS HAVE ANNOUNCED THE DISCOVERY OF THE ARLINGTON WHEN IT WENT DOWN DURING A STORM IN LAKE SUPERIOR

    IN 1940. DAYS AFTER LEAVING CANADA. LOADED WITH WHEAT. THE CREW, WITHOUT ORDERS FROM THE CAPTAIN, ABANDONED SHIP AND BOARDED A NEARBY FREIGHTER. THE CAPTAIN, HOWEVER, WENT DOWN WITH THE ARLINGTON, A DIRE WARNING FROM THE UN, A NEW REPORT WARNS. >> NEARLY HALF OF THE WORLD’S MIGRATING ANIMAL POPULATIONS ARE

    NOW IN DECLINE. MANY SPECIES, INCLUDING SONGBIRDS, SEA TURTLES AND WHALES, ARE FACING A RANGE OF THREATS, FROM CLIMATE CHANGE TO POLLUTION AND ILLEGAL HUNTING, THE REPORT FOUND. MORE THAN ONE FIFTH OF MIGRATING SPECIES ARE NOW UNDER THREAT OF EXTINCTION. >> WE TURN NOW TO NEW WARNINGS ABOUT FAKE QR CODES. MORE PEOPLE

    ARE FALLING VICTIM TO SCAMS. LOOK COMES RIGHT OFF, ERICA PENDER OF ATLANTA NOTICED SOMETHING WAS UNUSUAL IN HER LOCAL PARKING GARAGE WHEN SHE WENT TO PAY USING A QR CODE ON THE PARKING METER. >> IT WAS LIKE EXTRA SHINY, UM, LIKE IT HAD BEEN, LIKE RECENTLY LAMINATED. I COULD SEE LIKE IT

    WASN’T REALLY A PART OF, LIKE, THE FANCY SIGNS THEY HAVE OUT THERE. AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO JUST PEEL IT RIGHT OFF. >> TURNS OUT THE FAKE QR CODE WAS ACTUALLY A STICKER PLACED ON TOP OF THE REAL ONE. THE OWNER OF THE GARAGE SAYS, WE UPDATED

    THE QR CODES WITH OUR BRANDING AND ANY EVIDENCE OF FAKE QR CODES IS REPORTED TO OUR LOCAL POLICE IMMEDIATELY. MORE SCAMMERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE TRYING TO TRICK PARKING GARAGE CUSTOMERS INTO TRANSFERRING THEM MONEY. >> UNFORTUNATELY, THEY’RE RELATIVELY WIDESPREAD. >> THEY ARE HAPPENING IN THE PARKING LOTS. THEY’RE HAPPENING

    IN AREAS WHERE YOU MAY ANTICIPATE THAT THIS IS A LEGITIMATE QR CODE, AND I’LL SCAN IT, BUT SOMEBODY HAS ALTERED IT. >> THE FBI SAYS THIEVES WILL ALSO USE QR CODES TO STEAL OTHER IMPORTANT PERSONAL INFORMATION. IT CAN GIVE THE CRIMINAL ACCESS TO YOUR PHONE, WHICH THEN ALLOWS

    THEM ACCESS TO ANY APPS THAT YOU NORMALLY USE. >> IT CAN ALSO DROP SOME SORT OF COMPUTER INTRUSION TYPE OF SOFTWARE, WHERE THAT CAN ALTER YOUR PHONE AND STEAL CREDENTIALS AND THAT SORT OF THING TO PROTECT YOURSELF. >> TAKE A MOMENT AND CONFIRM THE WEBSITE THAT THE QR CODE LINKS

    TO MAKE SURE IT’S LEGIT. ALSO TOUCH THE QR CODE BEFORE SCANNING IT TO MAKE SURE IT’S NOT A STICKER COVERING THE REAL CODE. >> COMING UP, THE UNUSUAL SOUND FACEBOOK IS MAKING THESE DAYS, WE’LL EXPLAIN. PLUS THE RARE AND PERSONAL NEW VIDEO POSTED BY TAYLOR SWIFT TALKING ABOUT PARTYING WITH HER PARENTS

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    >> IT’S TIME TO CHECK THE PULSE AND WE BEGIN WITH THE SUPER BOWL ACHIEVING A NEW RECORD MORE THAN 123 MILLION PEOPLE TUNED IN. >> AND THAT IS THE LARGEST TV AUDIENCE SINCE THE MOON LANDING IN 1969. THE RATINGS WERE UP 7% FROM LAST YEAR’S SUPER BOWL. >> TAYLOR SWIFT COULD BE A

    REASON SHE POSTED A VIDEO FROM THE POST GAME PARTY AT A LAS VEGAS NIGHTCLUB, OF COURSE, WITH BOYFRIEND TRAVIS KELCE. WATCH YOUR LADY. >> HEY. GOOD GIRL. THIRD UNIVERSE, THIRD VERSE, THIRD. >> SWIFT AND KELCE REPORTEDLY ENDED THEIR CELEBRATION BY EATING CHICKEN TENDERS AT 5 A.M. THERE’S NOW SOME QUESTION OVER

    WHETHER SWIFT WILL ATTEND THE CHIEFS VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE LATER THIS YEAR, SOURCE TELLS THE NEW YORK TIMES. IF SWIFT WANTS TO BE THERE, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WOULD, QUOTE, MAKE IT WORK NEXT. JON STEWART’S BIG RETURN. >> HE HOSTED THE DAILY SHOW LAST NIGHT AFTER A NINE YEAR ABSENCE.

    HE WAS CRITICAL OF BOTH PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIGHLIGHTING RECENT MOMENTS WHEN THEY BOTH MISSPOKE THAT BIDEN WAS REFERRING TO SISI, THE PRESIDENT OF EGYPT, NOT MEXICO, UNLESS IT WAS EVEN WORSE THAN THAT. >> AND HE THINKS THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO IS NAMED SISI. SO WHAT WAS HIS OPPONENT SAYING THIS

    WEEKEND? >> WE HAVE TO WIN IN NOVEMBER OR WE’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE PENNSYLVANIA. THEY’LL CHANGE THE NAME. >> I CAN’T BELIEVE I’VE LIVED IN NEW JERSEY THIS LONG AND HAVE BEEN MISPRONOUNCING PENNSYLVANIA . >> STEWART WILL BE HOSTING THE SHOW ON MONDAYS THROUGH THE ELECTION. NEXT, SOME FACEBOOK

    USERS ARE HEARING SOMETHING NEW WHEN THEY SCROLL. >> IT’S A CHIRPING SOUND AND. IT’S ALL PART OF THE LATEST IPHONE UPDATE TO MAKE SCROLLING MORE ENGAGING AND INTERESTING. IF YOU FIND IT ANNOYING, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO INTO YOUR SETTINGS AND TURN IT OFF. NEXT, A MINI DELIGHT FOR SEINFELD FANS, IT’S

    A REPLICA OF THE CAST BELOVED HANGOUT, AN ARTIST IN LA HAS CREATED THIS MINIATURE MODEL OF MONK’S CAFE. >> IT’S 1/12 THE SIZE OF THE ORIGINAL, INCLUDES THE CAFE’S LOGOS, EVEN ALL THE CONDIMENTS. >> ONE SEINFELD FAN DESCRIBED IT AS A MINIATURE DIORAMA ABOUT NOTHING. AND FINALLY, JUST STAY OUT OF THE WAY.

    >> THAT’S GOOD ADVICE WHEN YOU’RE IN THE COLORADO ROCKIES AND A HERD OF ELK NEEDS TO GET ACROSS THE ROAD, THE DRIVER STAYING AT A SAFE DISTANCE UNTIL THE COAST WAS CLEAR. STEER CLEAR . >> OH, TOP HEADLINES COMING UP NEXT This is ABC News live

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    And this season. I brought Sara Haines and come out Bell along the rock. All right, let’s break it. Jhansi honest here. I was here. Although time. We all new season of what would you do premiers Sunday night on ABC So Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne celebrity

    Attorney hum Girardi. This story was a nuclear explosion today several victims will get a chance to finally meet Eric majority and at sort of a loss for what to say. Did you see the documentary the house wife and husband? I did I wanted Erica to say I’m sorry face-to-face Erica. Why’d

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    HAS FILED AN EMERGENCY APPEAL WITH THE SUPREME COURT OVER HIS CLAIM OF ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY. >> TRUMP IS ASKING THE JUSTICES TO FURTHER DELAY HIS ELECTION INTERFERENCE TRIAL. HE CLAIMS PRESIDENTS CANNOT BE CRIMINALLY PROSECUTED. A SPECIAL ELECTION IS BEING HELD IN NEW YORK TODAY TO REPLACE CONGRESSMAN JORGE SANTOS.

    >> THE SEAT IS CRUCIAL GIVEN REPUBLICAN A SLIM MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE. >> US DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN IS EXPECTED TO RESUME HIS DUTIES TODAY, BUT HE WON’T TRAVEL TO BRUSSELS FOR NATO MEETINGS THIS WEEK. HE’S BEEN IN CRITICAL CARE FOR A BLADDER ISSUE WEEKS AFTER HIS CANCER TREATMENT.

    >> TODAY’S WEATHER SNOW IN THE NORTHERN ROCKIES CLEAR MOST OTHER PLACES EXCEPT FOR THE STORM THAT’S MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST AREAS FROM WEST VIRGINIA TO BOSTON. SUBURBS COULD SEE A FOOT OF SNOW EIGHT INCHES NEAR NEW YORK CITY. >> AND FINALLY, THE HISTORY MUSEUM STRIKING INTERNET GOLD WITH ITS 86 YEAR OLD VOLUNTEER.

    >> HE SPOKE TO DANNY NEW. >> MANY FOLKS DON’T HAVE A PRINTER AT HOME ANYMORE. >> SOUNDS FAMILIAR, DOESN’T IT? >> BUT AT THE SACRAMENTO HISTORY MUSEUM IN CALIFORNIA, 86 YEAR OLD HOWARD HATCH USES ONE FROM THE 1850S. I DON’T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN WHAT. >> YOU KNOW WHY I LIKE IT?

    >> WELL, THE INTERNET SEEMS TO AGREE BECAUSE SINCE THE MUSEUM STARTED POSTING VIDEOS OF HOWARD IN 2020, ITS TIKTOK ACCOUNT HAS BECOME THE APP’S MOST POPULAR MUSEUM. IN THE WORLD, WITH 2.7 MILLION FOLLOWERS. >> WE HAVE A CUT HERE. >> THIS JOURNEY TO SOCIAL MEDIA STARDOM ACTUALLY BEGAN LAST

    CENTURY, WHEN THIS NAVAL VETERAN AND FORMER AUTO TECHNICIAN RETIRED IN 1999, WHEN HE CAME HOME, HIS WIFE, WHO WORKED AT THE MUSEUM, LAID DOWN THE LAW, SHE SAID, AFTER YOU RETIRE, YOU CAN SIT AT HOME FOR A WEEK OR TWO, AND AFTER THAT I WANT YOU UP AND OUT OF HERE DOING SOMETHING.

    >> WE’VE SAID A LITTLE SOMETHING AND, WELL, WITH HIS AUTOMOTIVE BACKGROUND, HOWARD QUICKLY FELL IN LOVE WITH FIGURING OUT THE MUSEUM’S CONTRAPTION CALLED THE WASHINGTON PRESS. >> WE KNEW THAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD, BUT NOT THIS MANY PEOPLE. >> 20 YEARS LATER, WHEN THE MUSEUM WAS FACING THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN, SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

    JARED JONES HAD THE IDEA TO PUT HOWARD ON CAMERA AND EXPLAIN HIS BELOVED PRINTING METHODS TO FOLKS WHO COULD NO LONGER VISIT. WE ARE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT HISTORY, WE ARE DEMONSTRATING IT. >> FEBRUARY 10TH CHINESE NEW YEAR. >> NOW THE SACRAMENTO HISTORY MUSEUM HAS REACHED OVER A BILLION VIEWS ACROSS SOCIAL

    MEDIA. BUT HOWARD, WELL, HE’S JUST HAVING FUN DOING WHAT HE LOVES A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SAY, AREN’T YOU THAT GUY? >> YEP. >> BY THE WAY, ANDREA, FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY ORDER GREETING CARDS FROM THE PRESS LIKE THIS ONE. YOU’RE MY TYPE. OR MY FAVORITE. I’M VERY FOND OF

    YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. ANDREA. >> OH, THANKS, DANNY. I WOULD LOVE A CARD FROM HAROLD THAT WOULD MAKE MY DAY AND YOUR BIRTHDAY AS WELL. >> YES, THAT’S WHAT’S MAKING NEWS IN AMERICA THIS >> IT’S TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH. >> SHE BROUGHT HER SON TO CHURCH ALONG WITH AN AGE 15. WE START HERE.

    >> POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING AT JOEL OSTEEN’S MEGACHURCH IN TEXAS. WAS SHE USING HIM AS A SHIELD? WAS HE STILL HOLDING HER HAND? I DON’T KNOW RIGHT NOW. THE SHOOTER HAD ALREADY HAD GUNS CONFISCATED. SO HOW DID SHE ACQUIRE MORE OF THEM? IN THE MIDDLE OF A SERIES OF AIRSTRIKES, ISRAEL RESCUES

    TWO HOSTAGES, THE SOLDIER SAID. ARE YOU OKAY? HOW ARE YOU FEELING? AND THEY SAID, WE’RE IN SHOCK. BUT COULD IT LEAD EVEN MORE DEADLY SCENES IN GAZA? THEY THOUGHT THEY’D VOTED. JEWISH VOLLEYBALL PLAYER IN THE CONGRESS. SO WHO ARE THEY VOTING FOR? THIS TIME? I’M GOING TO RUN ON THE THINGS

    THAT I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE PEOPLE OF MY DISTRICT IN THE PAST. WHY THE ELECTION TO REPLACE GEORGE SANTOS IS GETTING SO COMPETITIVE? FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS “START HERE”. I’M BRAD MIELKE. IF THERE WAS A THE EVANGELICAL EQUIVALENT OF CATHEDRAL RULE HERE IN THE U.S., IT WOULD

    BE LAKEWOOD CHURCH IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST MEGA-CHURCHES IN THE COUNTRY, ABOUT 45,000 WORSHIPERS GO THERE EACH WEEK. FAR MORE WATCH ITS PASTOR, JOEL OSTEEN, ON TELEVISION. IT’S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU TODAY ,AND I HOPE YOU’LL STAY CONNECTED WITH US DURING THE WEEK THROUGH OUR DAILY

    PODCAST, OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL. ONE IN FOUR AMERICANS CONSIDER THEMSELVES AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN AND SO ON SUNDAY, THE BIGGEST CHURCH PRACTICING OUR COUNTRY’S MOST POPULAR FAITH, A DISTINCTLY AMERICAN SENSE OF SHOCK SET IN AS A SHOOTER OPENED FIRE. >> THE MOMENT OF CHAOS INSIDE THE CHURCH. I FEEL SCARED.

    I WAS SO SCARED ABOUT THAT. SHE HAD A LONG GUN AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. ON SUNDAY, THIS WAS ALL VERY CHAOTIC. VERY LITTLE WAS KNOWN ABOUT WHAT HAD ACTUALLY HAPPEN . WELL, HERE’S WHAT WE’VE LEARNED SINCE AT TWO IN THE AFTERNOON ON SUNDAYS. LAKEWOOD HOSTS A SERVICE IN SPANISH.

    JUST BEFORE THAT BEGAN. SOMEONE WENT IN WEARING A TRENCH COAT, A BACKPACK CARRYING TWO RIFLES. ONE OF WHICH WAS AN AR-15. ONCE INSIDE, POLICE SAY SHOTS RANG OUT. A UNIFORMED POLICE WEREN’T IMMEDIATELY ON SCENE, BUT THEY WERE OFF DUTY OFFICERS ON HAND WHO DID HAVE WEAPONS AND FIRED BACK.

    12 MINUTES AFTER THAT CHAOS BEGAN, THE SHOOTER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. THEY WERE A WALL THAT EXISTED BETWEEN WORSHIPERS AND TERROR. THE SHOOTER WAS THE ONLY PERSON KILLED IN ALL OF THIS. BUT THERE WERE ALSO TWO GUNSHOT VICTIMS. A PARISHIONER WHO HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY

    WHO SHOT IN THE HEAD STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THIS APPARENTLY WAS THE SHOOTER’S OWN SON WHO HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO LAKEWOOD ON THAT DAY, ALONG WITH THE GUNS. LET’S BRING IN ABC’S MIREYA VILLARREAL WHO IS THERE IN HOUSTON RIGHT NOW, MIREYA. FIRST OFF, THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY DETAILS OVER THE LAST

    24 HOURS. >> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE SHOOTER? YES. SO OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP, RIGHT, AS INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TO GO DOWN ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT PATHS ONE THING WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM IS THE NAME OF THIS SHOOTER. AND SHE GOES BY GENESSE MORENO .

    36 YEARS OLD, HISPANIC FEMALE. SHE HAD SEVERAL ALIASES THAT SHE’S USED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SO. AND ONE OF THE ALIASES WAS A MAN’S NAME, JEFFREY. >> SHE’S UTILIZED BOTH MALE AND FEMALE NAMES. BUT THROUGH ALL OF OUR INVESTIGATION TO THIS POINT, TALKING WITH INDIVIDUALS, INTERVIEWS, DOCUMENTS, HOUSTON POLICE

    DEPARTMENT REPORTS SHE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED THIS ENTIRE TIME AS FEMALE. >> SHE HAD EVEN COURT DOCUMENTS TALKING ABOUT HER BEING MARRIED. AND THEN ALSO HER BEING DIVORCED. SOME OF THE MORE RECENT CRIMINAL RECORDS THEY HAVE, AGAIN, GO BY GENESSE MORENO. SO THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT THEY DECIDED TO GO WITH,

    WHICH IS USING THE PRONOUNS OF SHE HER. >> PLEASE BE MINDFUL. WE ARE APPROXIMATELY 24 HOURS INTO THIS INVESTIGATION. IT’S VERY FLUID. SO WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET FROM THE PRESS CONFERENCE ALSO ADDED TO SOME OF THE REPORTING WE HAD BEEN DOING DURING THE DAY, AND IT TALKED

    ABOUT BASICALLY WHAT I KNOW COMING TO THE CHURCH PARKING OF THE WEST SIDE. SHE GOT OUT OF THE CAR, PULLED HER SON FROM THE BACK SEAT AS WELL AS A BACKPACK, AND HAD SOME SORT OF INTERACTION WITH A SECURITY GUARD. SHE DISPLAYED OR POSSIBLY POINTED A WEAPON AT SECURITY

    OFFICER AND KIND OF FORCE OF WHATEVER WAY SHE WAS ABLE TO GET PAST THAT SECURITY GUARD, WALK INTO A WEST SIDE ENTRANCE OF THE CHURCH AND ENGAGED WITH TWO OFFICERS IN A SHOOTOUT, BASICALLY IN THAT HALLWAY. >> OFFICER MORENO OF THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKING AN APPROVED EXTRA JOB

    AT THE LOCATION, AS WELL AS TO ABC. AGENT HERRERA RETURNED FIRE NOT MORE THAN ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER SHE WALKED IN. SHE WAS DEAD AND THE YOUNG BOY WAS ALSO SHOT IN THE HEAD. >> AND HE IS NOW IN CRITICAL CONDITION. WAS IT THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO SHOT? WAS IT HER?

    WE DON’T KNOW. AND I THINK THE WORST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS SPECULATE. >> YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF DID TALK ABOUT THEM NEEDING TO INVESTIGATE MORE AND THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT HE WAS SHOT WHILE IN THE PROCESS, THEM TRYING TO TAKE DOWN THE SHOOTER THAT HAD CAUSED ALL OF THIS.

    >> BEAUTIFULLY SHOT BY POLICE. YEAH, I MEAN, HE DID NOD TO THE FACT THAT THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY. >> WAS SHE USING HIM AS A SHIELD. >> WAS HE STILL HOLDING HER HAND? I DON’T I DON’T KNOW RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, ONCE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO VIEW THAT VIDEO AND Y’ALL

    KNOW, WHATEVER WE HAVE TO SHOW WILL SHOW IT. >> BUT WE JUST DON’T KNOW RIGHT NOW. WE’VE HEARD FROM HOSPITAL SOURCES THAT HE IS NOT DOING VERY WELL. >> BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE’LL SEE. WE’LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. DO WE KNOW ABOUT POTENTIAL MOTIVE HERE, MIREYA?

    I MEAN, DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH LAKEWOOD, THE CHURCH? DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER BELIEFS THAT THE SHOOTER MIGHT HAVE HAD? >> WHAT WHAT BROUGHT THIS ON? SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS VERY TIMID IN TRYING TO GO DOWN THE MOTIVE ROUTE.

    >> WE DO HAVE SOME FACTS THAT SHE WAS PUT UNDER AN EMERGENCY DETENTION ORDER BY HOUSTON POLICE OFFICERS, WE BELIEVE, IN 2016. >> ONE THING THEY DID SAY, HOWEVER WAS THERE WAS SOME SORT OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE HERE WITH HER THAT SHE’D BEEN EXPERIENCING. >> WE DO BELIEVE THAT SHE DOES

    HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY THAT IS DOCUMENTED THROUGH US AND THROUGH INTERVIEWS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. >> THEY DID SAY THE AR 15 THAT SHE WAS USING DID HAVE THE WORD PALESTINE WRITTEN ON A PART OF THE WEAPON. AND THERE WAS SOME SORT OF CONFLICT BETWEEN HER EX-HUSBAND’S FAMILY AND HER .

    AND SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE OF JEWISH. SO WE BELIEVE THAT THAT IS MIGHT MIGHT POSSIBLY BE WHERE ALL OF THIS STEMS FROM, BUT THEY DIDN’T SO FAR AS TO CALL IT MOTIVATION. THEY DID ALSO SAY, HOWEVER, THAT ON HER PERSON, THEY DID FIND ANTI-SEMITIC WRITINGS. BUT AGAIN, THEY WERE VERY

    CAUTIOUS IN HOW MUCH THAT INFORMATION THEY WANTED TO PUT OUT, BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT VERY EARLY ON IN THE INVESTIGATION AND THEY DID SAY THEY DID NOT BELIEVE THAT LAKEWOOD OR JOEL OSTEEN WAS A TARGET PER SE. IN WHAT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY. AND WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HER WEAPONS?

    BECAUSE, I MEAN, IF THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SHOOTER’S MENTAL HEALTH AND IF QUESTIONS HAD EVEN APPARENTLY BEEN RAISED ABOUT WHETHER SHE SHOULD HAVE A GUN GUNMAN, HOW HOW DID SHE GET THE GUNS? >> WHERE THEY FROM? YOU KNOW, WHAT I KNOW DOES HAVE A CRIMINAL HISTORY. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT

    CHARGES ON THERE. BUT THE ONE THAT REALLY PIQUED OUR INTEREST WAS HER LATEST ARREST OUT FORT BEND COUNTY, WHICH IS JUST OUTSIDE OF HOUSTON. SHE WAS ARRESTED BY THE KATY POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS A TRAFFIC STOP, ACTUALLY. AND DURING THE TRAFFIC STOP, OFFICERS FOUND WEAPONS. THEY SAID SHE WAS UNLAWFULLY

    CARRYING THOSE WEAPONS. SO THEY SEIZED THEM FROM HER AND THEN THEY CHARGED HER WITH IT, ARRESTED AND CHARGED HER. SHE SPENT TWO DAYS IN JAIL AND SHE WAS ORDERED TO PAY COURT FEES AND THE WEAPONS THAT SHE HAD ON HER, THOSE THAT DAY WERE WERE DESTROYED. >> BUT WHAT WAS REALLY

    INTERESTING, I HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IN FORT BEND, AND I ASKED THEM ABOUT HER CASE AND ABOUT HER. THEY SAID NOT A LOT STOOD OUT BECAUSE IT’S A PRETTY SIMPLE AND SMALL CHARGE. HOWEVER, IN FEBRUARY OF 2023, THE FBI CONTACTED THE FORT BEND DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE.

    IT TURNED OUT THAT MIRANDA WAS TRYING TO BUY NEW WEAPONS AND THEY WERE RUNNING A BACKGROUND CHECK ON HER. AND THIS POPPED UP BECAUSE IT WAS A WEAPONS CHARGE. IT POPPED UP. AND SO THEY RAN THE CHECK ON HER. OBVIOUSLY, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE COOPERATED WITH THEM. AND YET SOMEHOW HERE WE

    ARE TALKING ABOUT TWO WEAPONS THAT WERE IN HER POSSESSION, YOU KNOW, WITH A AR-15 AND THEN A 22 CALIBER RIFLE. SO WE ASKED THE CHIEF ABOUT THAT. >> HOW WAS SHE ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF THESE WEAPONS? THAT’S PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. HE BASICALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE FACT THAT THEY KNEW THAT

    NOT ONLY DID SHE HAVE THIS WEAPONS CHARGE OUT OF FORT BEND, BUT THEY ALSO KNEW THAT THE FBI HAD INQUIRED ABOUT IT. YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS TIGHT AND NOT PEOPLE STANDING UP HERE AGAINST SECOND RATE AMENDMENTS, BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS AND CRIMINALS, CRIMINALS,

    MENTAL HEALTH AND THE CRIMINAL RECORD. YES. >> SO WE’RE LOOKING AT THAT. AND THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THE DISCONNECT WAS BETWEEN THAT BACKGROUND CHECK AND HOW SHE ENDED UP WITH TWO WEAPONS. THE LATEST WEAPON SHE PICKED UP IN DECEMBER JUST TWO MONTHS AGO. SO RIGHT NOW, THAT IS PART

    OF THEIR INVESTIGATION MOTION. WHERE WAS THE DISCONNECT? WAS THERE NO COMMUNICATION OR MISCUED LOCATION HERE? >> AND HOW CAN THEY PREVENT THIS IN THE FUTURE? WOW. JUST A SHOCKING, SAD SCENE HERE AT SUCH A PROMINENT PLACE. MIREYA VILLAREAL BASED IN TEXAS, THERE IN HOUSTON RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU. THANKS AGAIN.

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    THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS MADE THE CONFLICTING SO FRIGHTENING IS THAT WHEN ONE SIDE ACCUSES THE OTHER OF SOMETHING, THERE ARE TIMES THAT THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. AND THOSE COMPLAINTS IN TURN FUELED NEW BATTLES. >> TERMS OF HOW THAT ONE CAN CAN.

    THEY ARE BOMBING EVERYWHERE. TOMORROW THEY MAY SAY GO TO ANOTHER PLACE EVERY DAY WE ARE MOVING. >> GAZA RESIDENTS HAD SAID THEY WERE AFRAID ISRAEL WAS PACKING THEM INTO ONE AREA IN THE SOUTH, AN AREA KNOWN AS RAFAH, AND THAT ONCE THEY WERE ALL CORNERED, BIG AIRSTRIKES WOULD COME, CAUSING

    AND DESTRUCTION. WELL, GUESS WHAT? THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AS SUNDAY TURNED INTO MONDAY, THE MASSIVE AIRSTRIKES IN THE SOUTH, THE PALESTINIAN HAMAS HEALTH AUTHORITIES SAY MORE THAN 60 PALESTINIANS WERE KILLED. >> AND THE ISRAELIS HAVE SAID, LISTEN, OUR OPERATIONS ARE ALL ABOUT FINDING HAMAS OPERATIVES ,BUT WERE FORCED TO GO INTO

    CIVILIAN AREAS BECAUSE HAMAS INTENTIONALLY TRIES TO BLEND IN. THEY HIDE THEIR HOSTAGES IN THESE AREAS. THEY MIGRATED DOWN TO RAFAH WITH EVERYONE ELSE, WHICH PUTS EVERYONE ELSE AROUND THEM AT RISK. WHILE ON THE NIGHT OF THESE STRIKES, ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES PULLED OFF A DARING RAID AND RESCUED TWO HOSTAGES IN RAFAH.

    THEY WERE RIGHT. HAMAS HAD, IN FACT, BROUGHT HOSTAGES THERE. AND NOW EVERYONE IS WONDERING WHAT THIS MEANS FOR NEXT STEPS. ABC’S JORDANNA MILLER IS BASED IN JERUSALEM. >> JORDANNA. FIRST CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THIS HOSTAGE RESCUE BECAUSE IDF SAYS THE MISSILE STRIKES WERE ALL CONNECTED TO THIS AND IT SOUNDS DRAMATIC.

    >> IT WAS DRAMATIC. >> IT WAS WILDLY SUCCESSFUL AND NONE OF THE COMMANDOS WERE HURT. >> NONE OF THE HOSTAGES WERE HURT. >> AND IT BASICALLY STARTED JUST BEFORE 2 A.M. LOCAL TIME, SEVERAL TEAMS OF ISRAELI FORCES AND SPECIAL FORCES AND NAVY SEALS SURROUNDED A RESIDENTIAL

    BUILDING IN THE HEART OF RAFAH. THEY BLEW OPEN THE DOOR, WENT UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR BASED ON INTEL THAT THEY HAD. THEY RAIDED THAT APARTMENT. THEY KILLED THE THREE HAMAS GUARDS THAT WERE THERE WITH THE HOSTAGES. AND THERE WERE TWO ELDERLY ISRAELI HOSTAGES THERE, 160 YEARS OLD, 170 YEARS OLD.

    THEY QUICKLY PUT VESTS ON THEM AND THEY REPELLED THE HOSTAGES . THE SECOND FLOOR BALCONY DOWN TO A VERY NARROW ALLEYWAY AND FROM THERE PROCEEDED UNDER THE COVER OF HEAVY AIRSTRIKES AND FIRE, BECAUSE AT THAT, HAMAS UNDERSTOOD SOMETHING BIG WAS HAPPENING AND THEY WERE WHISKED OFF TO A HELICOPTER.

    WE’RE TOLD IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 20 MINUTES FROM ENTERING THE BUILDING TO BRINGING THE HOSTAGES TO THIS HELICOPTER THAT WHISKED THEM OUT OF RAFAH, WE PRESUME, TOWARDS NORTHERN GAZA. AND FROM THERE, JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER AN HOUR LATER ,THEY HAD ALREADY LANDED IN ISRAEL AT THE SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER.

    >> IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL TO SEE THEM, TO HUG THEM, TO FEEL THEM. IT FEELS ALMOST UNREAL. >> THE ISRAELIS RECENTLY JUST RELEASED FOOTAGE OF SOME OF THOSE DRAMATIC MOMENTS WHEN THE HOSTAGES FIRST ENTERED THE HELICOPTER. AND THE SOLDIERS, AS YOU KNOW, SAID, ARE YOU OKAY? >> HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

    AND THEY SAID, WE’RE IN SHOCK. THAT THERE WAS THIS GUY AND THEY SAID, DO YOU WANT TO PUT ON CLOTHES? >> CAN WE GIVE YOU BLANKETS? AND THEY SAID, NO, NO, NO, NO, WE’RE GOOD. AND ONE OF THEM SAID AND THEY ASKED HIM AGAIN, DO YOU WANT A BLANKET?

    YOU SAID, NO, NO, NO. MY HEART IS SO WARM TO SEE YOU GUYS HERE. >> YET, JORDANA, WHAT’S THE REACTION BEEN AMONG ISRAELIS? BECAUSE I’M THINKING IF BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS REJECTED THESE OFFERS FROM HAMAS FOR A BIG, AMBITIOUS HOSTAGE DEAL, THAT WOULD COME WITH A MUCH LONGER FIRE.

    >> NETANYAHU SAID FORGET IT. NO. DOES THIS NOW BECOME THE ONLY WAY TO GET HOSTAGES BACK IS LIKE REALLY RISKY RAIDS LIKE THIS ONE? I DON’T THINK SO. I DON’T THINK IT’S POSSIBLE EVEN FOR ISRAEL TO CARRY OUT RAIDS LIKE THIS ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND REALISTICALLY BRING HOME 130 HOSTAGES.

    I MEAN, ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES THAT HAMAS HAS IS THAT THEY HAVE SPREAD THIS HOSTAGES OUT OVER THE GAZA STRIP, EVEN THOUGH ISRAEL BELIEVES THERE’S SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHERN GAZA AT THIS POINT, THEY ARE DEEP UNDERGROUND, SOME OF THEM IN TUNNELS. >> THE KEY ELEMENT OF THE DEALS AROUND THE TABLE, THE GAPS

    THAT REMAIN. BUT I’M ENCOURAGED ISRAELI LEADERS TO KEEP WORKING TO ACHIEVE THE DEAL. >> THE BEST WAY TO BRING OUT THE HOSTAGES ALIVE IS WITH A DEAL. AND IN THAT SENSE, THE OPERATION, THIS AMAZING RESCUE MISSION, THEY MAY HAVE PUT A NEW KIND OF PRESSURE ON HAMAS TO POSSIBLY RECONSIDER

    THEIR POSITIONS AND COME CLOSER TO ISRAEL AND CUT A DEAL THAT WILL BRING GAZA, A CEASE FIRE, MORE HUMANITARIAN AID. AND IN EXCHANGE, THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES, BECAUSE THIS OPERATION HAS SHOWN HAMAS, THAT THEY ARE VULNERABLE, THAT ISRAEL HAS INCREDIBLE INTELLIGENCE AND INCREDIBLE OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES. AND IF THEY CAN SURPRISE HAMAS

    IN THE CENTER OF RAFAH, WHERE THEIR BATTALIONS ARE INTACT, THEY HAVEN’T EVEN BEEN FIGHTING IN THIS PART OF THE GAZA STRIP WITH ISRAELI SOLDIERS, THEN WHAT ELSE CAN THEY DO? >> THAT’S INTERESTING. AND THEN WE’LL SEE. >> NEGOTIATIONS ACTUALLY ON A POTENTIAL DEAL CONTINUE TODAY IN CAIRO. THAT I’M ALSO WONDERING THEN,

    WHAT THIS MEANS FOR PALESTINIANS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE IN RAFAH RIGHT NOW, PALESTINIANS ON THE GROUND WHEN THESE STRIKES STARTED HAPPENING, SAID IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE ISRAEL WAS INVADING THE AREA. THAT’S HOW SEVERE AND SCARY IT WAS. >> DOES A SUCCESSFUL HOSTAGE EXTRACTION NOW MEANS WE COULD SEE MORE OF THIS OR EVEN

    A GROUND INVASION? WELL, I THINK WE COULD SEE MORE OF THESE SPECIAL OPERATIONS SPECIAL OPS. BUT I THINK IN THE COMING WEEKS, WE’RE GOING TO SEE ISRAEL PUT ON THE TABLE A PLAN TO EVACUATE MORE THAN A MILLION GAZANS WHO ARE IN RAFAH AND AROUND THE BORDER AREA.

    >> WE CANNOT AFFORD AN ISRAELI ATTACK ON WHATEVER IT IS CERTAIN TO PRODUCE ANOTHER HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE. >> IT’S PROFOUNDLY CLEAR NOW THAT ISRAEL CANNOT LAUNCH A MAJOR MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST HAMAS IN RAFAH WITHOUT GETTING MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE OUT FROM THE BORDER AREA. >> IT WILL BE SIMPLY BE TOO DANGEROUS.

    I JUST HUGE, HUGE CIVILIAN CATASTROPHE, YOU’RE SAYING? >> YEAH. I MEAN, WE’VE ALREADY SEEN A TRAGIC DEATH TOLL IN THIS WAR, RIGHT? OVER 28,000 CIVILIANS NOW MORE THAN 10,000 CHILDREN. IF ISRAEL WENT INTO RAFAH WITHOUT PROTECTING CIVILIANS AND GIVING THEM A SAFE PASSAGEWAY AND CREATING OTHER SAFE ZONES FOR THEM FURTHER

    NORTH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD SEE THOUSANDS KILLED A DAY. THAT’S HOW DENSELY PACKED THIS AREA IS RIGHT NOW. AND ISRAEL UNDERSTANDS THAT. THE QUESTION, THOUGH, BRAD, IS CAN YOU REALISTICALLY GET THAT MANY PEOPLE TO MOVE NOW IN THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR? >> ISRAEL WAITED SEVERAL WEEKS AND THEY SAY ABOUT 800,000

    GAZANS FLED SOUTH. BUT NOW WE’RE MORE THAN THREE MONTHS INTO THIS GROUND. PEOPLE ARE TRAUMATIZED. THEY HAVE HAD RELATIVES WHO’VE BEEN KILLED MOVING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. WHAT IF PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO EVACUATE? THEN WHAT? AND WE HAVE HEARD IN JUST THE HOURS AFTER THESE ATTACKS, HORROR STORIES FROM CIVILIANS

    ON THE GROUND WHO SAID THESE AIRSTRIKES ALONE JUST CAUSED UNIMAGINABLE DEATH, INJURIES AND DESTRUCTION AROUND RAFAH, ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING PLACES THAT THEY HAD HOPED WOULD BE SAFE. >> JOMANA MILLER THERE IN JERUSALEM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANKS, BRAD. IT’S TUESDAY, WHICH THIS YEAR OFTEN MEANS YOU GOT

    TO HAVE YOUR RADAR UP FOR AN ELECTION SOMEWHERE. NO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE ON THE BALLOT TODAY, BUT THERE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT SPECIAL ELECTION BECAUSE. IT’S THE ELECTION TO REPLACE THIS GUY. NOW, I’M GOING TO HAVE TO GO AND FIGHT TO DEFEND MYSELF. THE REALITY IS, IS IT’S A WITCH HUNT.

    THAT’S RIGHT. GEORGE SANTOS WAS EXPELLED FROM THE HOUSE BY FELLOW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. WELL, NOW NEW YORK VOTERS HAVE A CHOICE THAT COULD REALLY AFFECT THE BALANCE ON CAPITOL HILL. LET’S GO TO ABC’S POLITICAL DIRECTOR, RICK KLEIN. >> RICK. WHY IS THIS SEAT SO IMPORTANT? FIRST OF ALL, IT’S ONE OUT

    OF FOUR HUNDREDS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE. YEAH, WELL, FOR STARTERS, THE MAJORITY COULD BARELY BE ANY TIGHTER IF YOU TRIED. >> RIGHT NOW, REPUBLICANS CAN LOSE BASICALLY THREE VOTES ON ANY GIVEN MEASURE. OTHERWISE, THE DEMOCRATS ESSENTIALLY CONTROL THE PLACE. THIS WOULD FURTHER SHAVE THAT MARGIN.

    AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT DISTRICTS LIKE THIS AND SAYING THIS IS WHERE THE BATTLE FOR THE MAJORITY IS GOING TO BE IN THE FALL. DEMOCRATS VERY MUCH HOPE THE HOUSE IS IN PLAY AND THEY LOOK AT DISTRICTS LIKE THIS AND SAY THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THEY NEED TO WIN.

    THEY NEED TO START WINNING BACK SOME OF THE TERRITORY THEY’VE LOST, PARTICULARLY IN SUBURBS, PARTICULARLY IN BLUER STATES LIKE NEW YORK. >> WELL, AND RICK, DO YOU THINK ANYWHERE NEAR NEW YORK CITY MEANS BLUE, RIGHT? >> YOU THINK DEMOCRATS WANT IT? SANTOS MUST HAVE BEEN A FLUKE. THE REPUBLICAN THERE, SANTOS

    WAS KICKED OUT IN DISGRACE. IS THIS REALLY EXPECTED TO BE COMPETITIVE? >> IT’S WILD THAT IT EVEN IS. FIRST OF ALL, A LOT OF DEMOCRATS ARE STILL SHOCKED THAT THEY LOST A DISTRICT LIKE THIS. THEY SAW THAT IN 2020 WHERE JOE BIDEN WAS ABLE TO WIN IN THE DISTRICT.

    THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS SURRENDER THIS TERRITORY WAS A HUGE FACTOR IN WHY THEY LOST CONTROL OF THE HOUSE IN 2022. GEORGE SANTOS OBVIOUSLY WAS A PRETTY BIG DEAL IN THE DISTRICT, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF HEADLINES ABOUT HIM OVER THE OVER THE LAST YEAR. >> BUT IT’S INTERESTING,

    HIS NAME IS BARELY COME UP ON THE GROUND, ALTHOUGH I’LL AND PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT JOBS AND PRICES. THEY’RE ALSO TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS AND THEY’RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT CRIME THAT’S THE STORIES THAT HAVE BEEN DOMINATING. AND YOU HAVE THESE TWO CANDIDATES WHO ARE, BECAUSE

    OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THEY WERE HAND-SELECTED BY THEIR PARTY. I’M GOING TO RUN ON THE THINGS THAT I’VE ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE PEOPLE OF MY DISTRICT IN THE PAST AND THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THEY HAVE. >> TOM SUOZZI, THE DEMOCRAT, A FORMER LAWMAKER FROM

    THAT DISTRICT, REPRESENTED IT FOR THREE TERMS IN CONGRESS BEFORE LEAVING IN THE LAST CYCLE, AND THE REPUBLICANS CHOSE SOMEONE THAT’S REALLY OUT OF CENTRAL CASTING, VOTING FOR MARCY MEANS VOTING TO SECURE THE BORDER, VOTING TO CREATE SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT. >> MAZI PILIP, ETHIOPIAN BORN SERVED IN THE ISRAELI ARMY, A MOTHER OF SEVEN.

    SHE IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE RESUME TO PUT FORWARD, PARTICULARLY AT A TIME WHERE DEMOCRATS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS JEWISH VOTERS RELATED TO THE WAR IN ISRAEL. >> THAT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE IF YOU’RE DEMOCRATS, I THINK YOU’D BE LIKE, WHY WOULD YOU TRUST THAT PARTY AGAIN? THEY GAVE YOU GEORGE SANTOS,

    BUT NOW YOU’VE GOT THIS PERSON WITH A RESUME THAT MIGHT STILL APPEAL TO A NEW YORK BASE REGARDLESS. YEAH, LOOK, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TRIED TO NOT SCREW THIS UP ,AND THEY’RE JUMPING SO MUCH MONEY INTO THE RACE THEY’RE BRINGING OUT AND EVERYTHING THEY CAN. BUT TOM SUOZZI, THE DEMOCRAT,

    HE’S BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS IS JUST A TOUGH TIME FOR THE DEMOCRATIC BRAND. IT’S A TOUGH ISSUE. AND HE HAS SAID THAT IF THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT ABLE TO WIN THIS SEAT BACK, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME SERIOUS SOUL SEARCHING ABOUT WHAT THE PROSPECTS ARE FOR JOE BIDEN

    AND WHAT THEIR PROSPECTS ARE FOR RETAKING THE HOUSE THIS FALL. >> IN THE MEANTIME RICK, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS RIGHT NOW ARE DEALING STILL WITH AN EMPTY SEAT. >> HAS THAT BEEN AFFECTING HOW THEY GO ABOUT VOTES IN THE NEAR FUTURE? YEAH, IT’S WILD. BUT JUST LAST WEEK THE REPUBLICANS LOST

    ON THE HOUSE FLOOR AN EFFORT TO IMPEACH ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS. LAST NIGHT WAS A SETBACK. BUT DEMOCRACY IS MESSY. WE LIVE IN A TIME OF DIVIDED GOVERNMENT. >> WE HAVE A RAZOR THIN MARGIN HERE NOW WITH ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS WHO HAPPENS TO BE THE HOUSE MAJORITY WHIP,

    STEVE SCALISE, BACK IN ACTION. THE REPUBLICANS ACTUALLY MAY TRY TO PUSH TO REIMPOSE YOUR VOTE AGAIN ON MY CAUCUS TODAY BECAUSE THEY’RE AFRAID THAT THEY MAY THIS SEAT, THEY MAY LOSE THAT FUNCTIONING MAJORITY. THEY MAY ONLY EXIST FOR ANOTHER DAY OR TWO IF THE DEMOCRAT WINS IN THIS SEAT THAT HE GETS SWORN

    IN. AND IT’S JUST THAT MUCH HARDER FOR REPUBLICANS TO DO ANYTHING . >> WOW. THAT’S JUST LIKE LET’S LET’S DO IT WHILE THE MATH IS GOOD. AND YET AGAIN, THESE MARGINS SO TIGHT THAT YOU CAN GET EMBARRASSED ANY ANY TIME IF YOU’RE ON CAPITOL HILL RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. RICK KLEIN, OUR POLITICAL

    DIRECTOR BASED IN D.C., ALTHOUGH I KNOW YOU WERE BORN AND BRED THERE ON LONG ISLAND. YOU KNOW, ALL THE PLAYERS INVOLVED HERE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. HEY, THANK YOU, BRAD. OKAY, ONE MORE QUICK BREAK. WHEN COME BACK. WAIT, SO DOES THIS MEAN HE’S GOING TO START DOING DANCE VIDEOS NOW? WHY

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    I’ve never seen a place like this in my life. WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . AND ONE LAST THING. ONE OF TIKTOK’S BIGGEST STARS IS A 93-YEAR-OLD GRANDMA NAMED LILLIAN. >> THESE ARE MY AT MY FUNERAL. FIRST UP IS NOT INVITED. I ABSOLUTELY ADORE LILLIAN. SHE’S SUPER COOL.

    AND YOU CAN IMAGINE HER INSPIRING MORE SENIORS TO GET ON THE APP. WILL ENTER TIKTOK’S NEWEST USER WHO’S A DECADE YOUNGER. I GUESS. GAMER COMMERCIALS GAME. GAMER HALFTIME SHOW GAME. THIS IS PRESIDENT BIDEN APPEARING ON HIS FIRST SPECIALLY MADE TIKTOK OVER THE WEEKEND. IT WAS PUT OUT BY HIS CAMPAIGN

    AND HE EVEN GETS SASSY WITH CONSPIRACY THEORISTS DEVIOUSLY PLOTTING TO RIG THE SEASONS OF THE JETS AND MAKE THE SUPER BOWL OR THE CHIEFS. JUST BEING A GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM. >> YOU CAN TROUBLE FIGHT ON HOWEVER DARK BRANDON MEANS ASIDE HIS FORAY INTO NEW SOCIAL MEDIA RAISED SERIOUS QUESTIONS .

    >> BECAUSE DON’T FORGET THE OFFICIAL STANCE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE OFFICIAL STANCE OF BIDEN’S OWN WHITE HOUSE IS THAT TICKTALK IS A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT. >> TICKTALK IS ABLE TO HARVEST YOUR DATA ALL THE TIME AND PROVIDE IT THROUGH BYTEDANCE TO THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY. >> WHEN ASKED ABOUT THIS,

    THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN DEFENDED ITSELF NOT BY SAYING, NOW WE THINK YOUR PERSONAL DATA SAY THAT’S FINE. NO. INSTEAD SAID, THIS IS WHERE THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE. >> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? JUST BEFORE THIS TIKTOK ACCOUNT WAS UNVEILED. ABC NEWS AND IPSOS PUT OUT A NEW POLL IN WHICH 86%

    OF AMERICANS THINK BIDEN IS TOO OLD TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM. I’M NOT SAYING 86% OF REPUBLICANS. >> THIS NUMBER INCLUDES DEMOCRATS, TOO. FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH, AMERICANS ALSO THINK DONALD TRUMP IS TOO OLD TO SERVE. >> BUT FOR BIDEN, A KEY VULNERABILITY FOR HIM IS YOUNG VOTERS. >> IN MOST POLLS,

    THEY OVERWHELM MAINLY PREFER HIM TO TRUMP. BUT THEY’VE ALSO SHOWN AN ALARMING LACK OF ENTHUSIASM CHASM FOR HIM, ESPECIALLY LATELY, ANALYSTS SAY. PRO-PALESTINIAN DISPATCHES ON TIKTOK MAKE IT EVEN MORE LIKELY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO SOUR ON HIM. WHICH IS WHY THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN SAYS WE GOT TO GET THE MESSAGE

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    >> REPORTING FROM BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY, I’M MARY BRUCE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . AND I’M DYING TO SAY THAT TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THE NORTHEAST BIGGEST SNOWSTORM IN YEARS IS EXPECTED TO BRING A FOOT OF SNOW IN SOME AREAS.

    OUR WEATHER TEAM HAS THE TRACK AND THE TIMING. INFLATION NUMBERS ROSE MORE THAN EXPECTED IN JANUARY. THE NEW NUMBERS JUST OUT AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR YOUR GAS AND GROCERY BILLS. THE SENATE JUST PASSED A BILL PROVIDING AID TO UKRAINE AND ISRAEL. BUT WILL IT HOLD IN THE HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON

    IS ALREADY PUSHING BACK. PLUS, THE SUPER BOWL MVP IS CELEBRATING THE HAPPIEST PLACE OR AT THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH. A PATRICK MAHOMES SAYS ABOUT THE SUPER BOWL MOMENT THAT MADE HIM NERVOUS. >> BUT WE BEGIN WITH THE WINTER WEATHER STORM HITTING THE NORTHEAST RIGHT NOW.

    >> UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND TODAY. WE HAVE COVERAGE. ABC NEWS CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE STARTS US OFF WITH THE STORMS IMPACT OVERNIGHT. >> WET, HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING TO BLANKET PARTS OF THE EAST COAST. >> MILLIONS FROM KENTUCKY UP THE NORTHEAST BRACING FOR

    THE BIGGEST SNOWSTORM IN TWO YEARS. >> THE SNOW DISRUPTING THE I-95 CORRIDOR JUST AS THE MORNING COMMUTE GETS UNDER WAY. >> THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A SHORT DURATION WINTER STORM THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO HIGH IMPACT SOME COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS BRACING FOR THEIR MOST IMPACTFUL TIDE IN SIX YEARS.

    THE STORM FORCING MILLIONS OF KIDS TO STAY. BOSTON CANCELING CLASSES. NEW YORK CITY GOING REMOTE. >> IT’S GOING TO BE REMOTE LEARNING DAY. THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF COVID 19. WE CAN CONTINUE THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. >> SOME NEW YORK CITY PARENTS SCRAMBLING.

    YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEWBORN AND TWO SCHOOL AGE KIDS AT HOME. >> IT’S JUST A LOT TO MANAGE. AND IN PENNSYLVANIA, THE D.O.T. IS ALL HANDS ON DECK AFTER A LACKLUSTER WINTER SO FAR. >> KEN RINGER OWNS ALLBRIGHT HARDWARE IN ALLENTOWN. HE SAYS HIS SHOP, WHICH SELLS SALT, SHOVELS AND SNOWBLOWERS,

    IS READY. >> WE LOOK FORWARD TO SNOWFALLS. >> LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THERE HASN’T BEEN ANY AMOUNT OF SNOW OR ANYTHING. >> AND JOINS ME NOW FROM FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY. >> GINGER, WHAT’S IT LIKE THERE RIGHT NOW? >> SO, DIANE, WE ARE GETTING BLASTED. WE’VE HAD GUSTS OF 20 MILES PER

    HOUR. YOU CANNOT SEE ACROSS THE HUDSON. THAT’S THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE. AND YOU SHOULD SEE MANHATTAN JUST THERE, BUT YOU CAN’T SEE VISIBILITIES DOWN. AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUST PUT OUT THE WARNING. THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATE.

    SO THIS IS WHERE IT’S GOING TO GET SUPER UGLY IF YOU’RE TRYING TO TRAVEL AROUND. UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY STILL ARE. WE’VE SEEN SOME OF THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS ON THE NORTHERN SIDE RIGHT ANYWHERE NORTH OF ALLENTOWN. SO THAT’S DINGMAN SPERRY COMING UP AT 11 ARCHES. WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT,

    MORE THAN SEVEN AND A HALF INCHES SO FAR. AND WE’VE GOT A COUPLE MORE LEFT WHERE THIS CAME FROM, AND THIS IS WHERE THE HEAVY TOTALS ARE GOING TO START TO ADD UP. SO I DO ANTICIPATE THAT THIS BECOMES THE BIGGEST SNOWSTORMS . IT’S 2022 FOR A LOT OF FOLKS

    BECAUSE, WELL, IT WOULDN’T TAKE MUCH. LET’S GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE FORECAST, THOUGH, BECAUSE THE TIMING MATTERS. AND AFTER THE NOON HOUR, IF YOU’RE IN NEW JERSEY OR IF YOU’RE NEW YORK CITY, YOU’RE GOING TO START TO SEE THINGS REALLY CLEAR UP. BOSTON, MORE LIKE TWO, 3 P.M.

    WHEN THINGS MOVE EAST AND THEN EVERYBODY’S DONE BY TONIGHT ON TOP OF WHAT YOU’VE ALREADY HAD SO FAR. I WOULD ANTICIPATE ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES, BUT EVEN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND PHILADELPHIA STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THAT MIXING OVER TO SNOW. SO THAT CERTAINLY IS IMPACTING LOT OF FOLKS, DIANE.

    >> GINGER, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THE STORM LATER TODAY? >> AND SO THAT’S THE THING IS ONCE THIS THING IS GONE, AS I JUST SHOWED YOU TONIGHT, IT CLEARS OUT AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO SEE FREEZING, MAJOR FREEZING. AND SO TONIGHT, IF YOU EVEN ON THE LOW END, YOU GET THREE INCHES.

    IT COMPRESSES. IT’S NOT GOING TO BE WARM. AND SO YOU’LL SEE TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 20S. SO WE’LL STILL SEE ISSUES ON THE ROADS, I’M SURE. COME TOMORROW MORNING, LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE IT WILL TURN INTO THAT HARD ICE. >> 20 120. >> EVEN NEW YORK CITY ONLY INTO

    THE MID TWENTIES. BUT DON’T WORRY, WE DO SEE A WARMING TREND BACK INTO THE 40S BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. DIANE ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE, THANK YOU. >> AND ABC NEWS SENIOR METEOROLOGIST ROB MARCIANO IS IN BOSTON RIGHT NOW WHERE THEY’RE EXPECTING UP TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW.

    ROB, WHAT’S IT LIKE RIGHT NOW? >> HEY, GOOD MORNING, DIANE. THE RAIN CHANGING THE SNOW HERE IN BOSTON. WE ARE AT A SALT YARD. THAT SERVICE NOT JUST BOSTON, BUT THE ENTIRE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS AND PARTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE BACK YOU SEE THESE REAL LOADERS ARE PICKING UP THAT SALT THAT’S IMPORTED

    FROM CHILE, ACTUALLY, AND PUTTING IT INTO BIG TRUCKS, NOT TO THE STANDARD TRUCKS. THEN WE WILL COME OUT TO THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY DAVENPORT AND A SPOT LIKE THIS WHERE THOSE SAND TRUCKS AND SALT TRUCKS CAN TAKE THEM OUT AND, HIT THE ROADS. THIS PLACE IS CONSTANTLY BEING REFURBISHED RE LOADED

    WITH SALT FROM CHILE OFF OF BIG SHIPS THAT COME INTO BOSTON HARBOR. BUT LOOK AT HOW MUCH THEY GOT HERE. OVER 200,000 TONS OF IT. WHY WELL, FOR ONE THING, WE HAVEN’T HAD MUCH SNOW THIS YEAR, LESS THAN TEN INCHES. AND THAT’S WAY BELOW NORMAL. AND LAST YEAR WAS WEAK, TOO.

    SO TO SAY THEY’RE PREPARED, THAT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT, CERTAINLY. AND THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A BIG BOSTON BLIZZARD LIKE WE’VE SEEN LIKE THAT LIKE TWO YEARS AGO. BUT IT’S GOING TO BE A HIGH IMPACT STORM, NOT JUST FROM SNOW ON THE ROADS, BUT ALSO WIND ON THE CAPE RISES,

    SOME POWER OUTAGES THERE AND ALSO LATER ON AFTERNOON DURING HIGH TIDE, WE’RE GOING TO SEE SOME COASTAL FLOODING. SO LOCAL COMMUNITIES ALONG THE COAST, THEY ARE PREPARING FOR THAT AS WELL. JUST AS I SPEAK THE WINTER ARE BEGINNING TO PICK UP. SO HERE WE GO. A QUICK HITTING HIGH IMPACT

    STORM ACROSS THE I-95 CORRIDOR DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. SENIOR METEOROLOGIST ROB MARCIANO, THANK YOU. AND THE STORM IS MAKING FOR A ROUGH COMMUTE ACROSS. THE NORTHEAST. STEPHANIE RAMOS IS ON THE ROAD IN DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA, WITH MORE ON THE CONDITIONS STEPHANIE. HEY THERE, DIANE. WE ARE RIDING ALONG WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT

    OF TRANSPORTATION. WE’RE FOLLOWING TWO SNOW PLOW TRUCKS. THEY STARTED THEIR OPERATIONS AROUND 3:00 THIS MORNING. THAT’S WHEN THE SNOW REALLY STARTED TO ACCUMULATE HERE IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. THE FIRST TRUCK IS PLOWING. THAT SECOND TRUCK IS PLOWING AND SPREADING SALT HERE IN THE STATE. >> PENNDOT IS WORKING WITH MORE THAN 2000 SNOWPLOWS COVERING

    40,000 MILES OF ROAD ACROSS THE STATE. YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT NOW. THE SNOW IS FALLING. IT IS WHAT IT IS STICKY, KIND OF LIKE A PANCAKE BATTER MIX. AND IN SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTY, THERE ARE SOME REALLY SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS. ABOUT TEN INCHES OR SO OF SNOW

    HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA. IT’S ABOUT 30 DEGREES. TEAMS HAVE PRETREATED ROADS TO REALLY HELP PREVENT ICE FROM FORMING. AND I GOT TO TELL THE SNOW PLOW TRUCK DRIVERS THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING NOW, THEY CAME IN FROM PHILADELPHIA TO SUPPLEMENT THE CREWS IN THIS AREA OF MOSCOW, PENNSYLVANIA, AND THEY HADN’T REALLY SEEN

    THIS MUCH SNOW IN PHILLY FOR A WHILE. SO THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED. DAN, BACK OVER TO YOU. VERY COOL. STEPHANIE RAMOS ON THE ROAD IN PENNSYLVANIA. STAY SAFE. THANK YOU. AND ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST MARK THEODORE IS IN CENTRAL PARK FOR US. >> SO OUR NEW YORK HASN’T SEEN

    THAT THIS MUCH SNOW ALL WINTER. SO ARE PEOPLE REACTING SO FAR TODAY? >> OH, DIANE, THIS IS THE FUN PART OF THE WINTER STORM. I MEAN, JUST LOOK AT CENTRAL PARK. THIS IS A WINTER WONDERLAND. I THINK NEW YORKERS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

    FOR TOURISTS VISITING THIS, A POSTCARD PICTURE. PERFECT NEW YORK CITY. WHAT YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU SEE NEW YORK CITY IN THE WINTER TIME. I DID MAKE A FRIEND OUT HERE. PATRICIA. SHE’S ORIGINALLY FROM BRAZIL. SHE LIVED HERE A FEW YEARS AND WE TALKED. SHE WAS WALKING THE DOG.

    SHE WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE THIS TYPE OF WINTER IN NEW YORK CITY . SHE DID MAKE A VALID POINT, THOUGH. SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE DOING VIRTUAL LEARNING. NOW. THESE DAYS. SO WE’RE NOT REALLY SEEING A LOT OF KIDDOS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE MOUNDS, WHICH ARE COMPLETELY COVERED AT

    THE MOMENT. THE OTHER THING I AM SEEING ARE FOLKS ARE STILL GOING ON THEIR MORNING RUNS. I DON’T KNOW HOW THEY’RE DOING OUT HERE. SOME OF THEM ARE IN SHORTS. THE SNOW IS PRETTY SLUSHY. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN HOVERING AROUND AND JUST BELOW FREEZING. SO IT IS A HEAVY, WET SNOW OUT HERE.

    BUT FOLKS ARE GOING TO AND FRO RIDING BIKES NOW. THEY ARE TRYING TO CLEAR ROADS AND THEY DO THAT. >> BUT WE’VE GOT A PRETTY DECENT SNOWFALL RATE OF ABOUT AN INCH AN HOUR. SO IT’S BEEN A LITTLE BIT ON THE DIFFICULT SIDE. AND AS FAR AS CENTRAL PARK

    SEEN, A 16.5 INCH DEFICIT SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE’VE PICKED UP AROUND TWO INCHES. AND SO THIS STORM PUT A LITTLE DENT IN IT. IT’S BEAUTIFUL OUT HERE. A LOT OF FUN. WILL SAY, THOUGH, IT’S GOING TO BE WRAPPING UP PRETTY SOON, IN A COUPLE HOURS, JUST BEFORE LUNCHTIME, DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT.

    I THINK SOME AFTERNOON YOU’RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE KIDS OUT THERE ON SLEDS AND MAKING SNOWMEN. ABC METEOROLOGIST MARTHA STEWART, YOU. >> AND WE’LL BRING YOU THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE SNOWSTORM THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> BUT RIGHT NOW, WE WANT TO GET TO THE SENATE’S NEWLY

    PASSED AID BILL FOR UKRAINE, ISRAEL AND TAIWAN, WHICH APPEARS TO BE DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT THE HOUSE. 17 REPUBLICAN SENATORS DEFIED DONALD TRUMP TO PASS THE BILL THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, BUT HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON SAYS HE WON’T EVEN TAKE IT UP. ABC NEWS SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG

    HAS THE LATEST. >> HEY, DIANE. THE SENATE WORKS THROUGH THE NIGHT TO PASS MORE AID. UKRAINE, ISRAEL AND TAIWAN. THIS MORNING, OVERCOMING DELAYS FROM SOME. BUT THIS IS GOING TO FACE STRONG PUSHBACK IN THE HOUSE. IN FACT, SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON ALREADY SAID THAT HE’S NOT EVEN

    GOING TO TAKE THIS UP IN THE HOUSE. IT INCLUDES CHANGES TO BORDER POLICY. BUT THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THE SENATE ORIGINALLY TRIED TO DO. FOR MONTHS, A GROUP OF BIPARTISAN SENATORS WORKED TO NEGOTIATE A MASSIVE BILL THAT WOULD ADDRESS FOREIGN AID AND CHANGES TO IMMIGRATION. HOWEVER, THAT GOT DERAILED BY DONALD TRUMP WHEN

    HE PRESSURED REPUBLICANS TO VOTE AGAINST IT. HE SAID HE WANTS RUN ON IMMIGRATION. SO NOW THE SENATE IS BACK AT SQUARE ONE WITH THIS $95 BILLION BILL THAT ONLY ADDRESSES AID. WITH NO CLEAR PROSPECTS IN THE HOUSE. IN FACT, TODAY, HOUSE IS GOING TO VOTE AGAIN TO TRY AND IMPEACH HOMELAND SECURITY

    SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS. THAT VOTE FAILED LAST WEEK. DEMOCRATS ARE SLAMMING THIS AS A BASELESS WASTE OF TIME. DAN SENOR, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS, LEADER WEARING. THANK YOU. AND NEW YORK VOTERS ARE HEADING TO POLLS TODAY FOR A RARE SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL GEORGE SANTOS’S SEAT. THE FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN WAS

    EXPELLED LAST YEAR AFTER WAS INDICTED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING STEALING MONEY FROM DONORS. TODAY’S ELECTION COULD BE CRUCIAL TO THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE HOUSE. ABC SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY HAS THE LATEST. >> FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES AND MOCKERY, DIANE GEORGE SANTOS WAS EXPELLED FROM CONGRESS BACK IN

    DECEMBER AND EVER SINCE HE HAS CUTTING VIDEOS ON CAMEO AND TALKING WITH FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ABOUT CUTTING A PLEA DEAL WHILE TWO CANDIDATES HANDPICKED BY THEIR PARTIES NOW VIE FOR THE SPOT. DEMOCRAT TOM SUOZZI IS TRYING TO RECLAIM THE SEAT THAT HE HELD FOR THREE TERMS. REPUBLICANS RUNNING MAZI PILIP.

    SHE’S AN ETHIOPIAN BORN FORMER ISRAELI ARMY SOLDIER AND COUNTY POLITICIAN WHO HAPPENS TO BE A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT. >> TODAY’S SPECIAL ELECTION HERE ON LONG ISLAND AND IN PARTS OF QUEENS IS A BELLWETHER. PHILLIP HAS TIED HER OPPONENT TO THE INFLUX OF MIGRANTS, THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND TAPPED INTO FEAR OF CRIME.

    AND IF SHE WINS, IT COULD BE A BAD OMEN FOR DEMOCRATS IN NOVEMBER. A SUOZZI VICTORY WOULD HELP DEMOCRATS ERODE THE REPUBLICANS SLIM MAJORITY IN HOUSE. BOTH PARTIES HAVE POURED MONEY INTO THIS RACE AND. IT IS TIGHT, SO TURNOUT IS KEY. THE SNOWSTORM IS NOT HELPING AT THIS POLLING PLACE, ALTHOUGH

    THE CANDIDATES ARE SAYING IF YOU NEED A RIDE TO THE POLLING STATIONS, THEY’RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO UP THE VOTERS. >> DIANE? ALL RIGHT, SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT ERICA PERSKY, THANK YOU. AND DOCTORS SAY DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN IS EXPECTED RESUME HIS DUTIES TODAY AFTER BEING ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL OVER THE WEEKEND.

    >> THE PENTAGON SAYS SECRETARY AUSTIN IS STILL IN THE CRITICAL CARE UNIT AT THE WALTER MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER AND IT’S NOW UNCLEAR HOW LONG HE’LL BE THERE. CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ HAS THE LATEST ON MARTHA. >> SECRETARY AUSTIN REMAINS IN THE IN THE INTENSIVE CARE

    UNIT AND IT’S NOT CLEAR HOW LONG WILL BE THERE. I SAID PROSTATE CANCER SURGERY IN LATE DECEMBER. HIS PROGNOSIS FOR CANCER IS EXCELLENT. HE CAUGHT IT EARLY. BUT THIS IS THE SECOND SERIOUS COMPLICATION BELIEVED TO BE FROM THAT SURGERY. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL ON SUNDAY FOR WHAT THE

    DESCRIBED AS AN EMERGENT ISSUE ON MONDAY. HIS DOCTORS SAY HE UNDERWENT NON-SURGICAL PROCEDURES UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. BEYOND THE PENTAGON IS SAYING VERY LITTLE. BUT UNLIKE LAST TIME WHEN AUSTIN WAS TAKEN TO THE ICU AND KEPT A SECRET FOR DAYS. AUSTIN DID LET THE WHITE

    HOUSE KNOW IMMEDIATELY AND DID TRANSFER HIS DUTIES HIS DEPUTY, WITHIN HOURS OF HIS ARRIVAL AT WALTER REED. DOCTORS SAY AUSTIN IS EXPECTED TO RESUME HIS DUTIES, BUT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HEADING FOR EUROPE FOR MEETINGS WITH NATO’S ALLIES. THAT WILL NOT BE HAPPENING, DIANE. CHIEF GLOBAL CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ. THANK YOU.

    AND WE’RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE SHOOTING AT JOEL OSTEEN’S MEGACHURCH IN TEXAS. OFFICIALS HAVE IDENTIFIED THE WOMAN WHO OPENED FIRE SAYING SHE HAD A CRIMINAL RECORD AND A HISTORY MENTAL ILLNESS. AND POLICE NOW SAY ONE OF THE TWO PEOPLE INJURED WAS HER SEVEN YEAR OLD SON SHOT IN THE HEAD.

    ABC’S MIREYA VILLARREAL HAS THE LATEST FROM HOUSTON. >> NEW VIDEO REVEALS THE TERRIFYING SCENE JOEL OSTEEN’S HOUSTON MEGACHURCH. LAKEWOOD DURING A SHOOTING RAMPAGE THAT WOUNDED TWO. >> THE SHOOTER WHO WAS KILLED INSIDE CHURCH IS NOW IDENTIFIED AS 36 YEAR OLD GENESIS MORENO. SHE BROUGHT HER SEVEN YEAR OLD BIOLOGICAL SON WITH HER SUNDAY.

    POLICE SAY IT’S UNCLEAR WHO SHOT THE BOY BUT CONFIRMED HE SUSTAINED A SEVERE HEAD WOUND. PARISHIONERS SEEN TRYING TO ESCAPE AND SCREAMED IN TERROR. GUNSHOTS GOING OFF JUST A SPANISH SERVICE WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN AT OSTEEN’S CHURCH, HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGEST CONGREGATIONS IN THE U.S.. SHE IMMEDIATELY STARTS FIRING

    INSIDE OF THE HALLWAY. MULTIPLE ROUNDS ARE FIRED BY HER. AT WHICH POINT OFFICER MARANO OF THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS ABC AGENT PEREIRA, RETURN FIRE. SHE EVENTUALLY FALLS TO THE GROUND. THE SEVEN YEAR OLD CHILD FALLS TO THE GROUND AS WELL FROM GUNFIRE TO WEAPONS WERE RECOVERED AT THE SCENE,

    INCLUDING AN AR-15. ANTI-SEMITIC WRITINGS WERE FOUND ON THE SHOOTER. >> THERE WAS A STICKER ON THE STOCK OF THE RIFLE THAT STATED PALESTINE. >> AUTHORITIES SAY ONE OF THE WEAPONS WAS BOUGHT LEGALLY IN DECEMBER. THE SHOOTER OBTAINED, THE GUNS, DESPITE HER HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND ARRESTS, DATING

    BACK TO 2005 ON CHARGES INCLUDING ASSAULT. >> HOUSTON’S POLICE CHIEF DIRECTLY TOLD ME THEY ARE NOW AWARE OF THE SHOOTER’S MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY AND THEY ARE DELVING INTO IT. BUT WOULD WE ASK THE FBI DIRECTLY HOW SOMEBODY WITH THIS KIND OF A CRIMINAL HISTORY COULD GET A HOLD OF NOT JUST

    ONE, BUT TWO GUNS? THEY SIDESTEP QUESTION AND SAID IT IS NOW PART OF THEIR LARGER INVESTIGATION. DIANE MIREYA VILLARREAL IN HOUSTON, THANK. AND THE NYPD IS SEARCHING FOR THE GUNMAN BEHIND A DEADLY SUBWAY SHOOTING HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. POLICE SAY ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND FIVE OTHERS INJURED AFTER

    AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO GROUPS OF TEENS. ABC’S TREVOR AULT IS AT THE SCENE IN THE BRONX. HI, TREVOR. HEY, DAVID. THIS GUNFIRE ERUPTED DURING RUSH HOUR MONDAY JUST AS THE TRAIN WAS PULLING IN HERE AT THE MOUNT EVEN STATION IN THE BRONX, NOT TOO FAR FROM YANKEE STADIUM.

    SIX PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND PERSON WAS KILLED. AND POLICE SOURCES SAY THIS WAS NOT A RANDOM ATTACK. THEY SAY IT BEGAN AS A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN TWO GROUPS OF TEENAGERS ON THE TRAIN. IT STARTED THERE ON THE TRAIN AND THEN SPILLED OUT TO THE PLATFORM. THE VICTIMS RANGE FROM 14 ALL

    THE WAY UP TO 71 YEARS OLD. THEY SAY THE 14 YEAR OLD WAS LIKELY INVOLVED IN THAT CONFRONTATION, BUT FIVE OF THE SIX PEOPLE SHOT WERE INNOCENT BYSTANDERS. ALSO KNOW FIVE OF THE SIX HAVE NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. BUT 35 YEAR OLD OLD BEN BELTRAN SANCHEZ DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. NOW, THE SHOOTER, ACCORDING

    TO POLICE, FLED THE SCENE AND NO WEAPON WAS RECOVERED. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS ONE, AN ARREST IS MADE. THERE NEEDS TO BE SWIFT, STRONG CONSEQUENCES. >> DIANE TREVOR AULT IN THE BRONX, THANK YOU. AND NEW NUMBERS SHOW INFLATION IS COOLING, BUT AT A SLOWER

    RATE THAN EXPECTED. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ROSE 0.3% FROM DECEMBER TO JANUARY. PRICES ARE UP 3.1% COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR. AS UP EXPECTATIONS THAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE WILL DELAY RATE CUTS TO LATER THE YEAR. >> ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS WILL BREAK

    DOWN THOSE NUMBERS AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR THE PRICES WE SEE IN OUR HOUR. COMING UP, THE NEW RESEARCH REVEALING PARENTS AND ADULT CHILDREN ARE STAYING TIED TOGETHER LATER IN LIFE. THE PROS AND CONS AND HOW TO CREATE HEALTHY BOUNDARIES. AHEAD, SPRING BREAK SAVINGS. WHY EXPERTS SAY NOW IS THE

    GOLDILOCKS WINDOW TO BOOK YOUR TRAVEL. AND HOW YOU CAN GET THE BEST DEAL FOR YOUR FAMILY. WHENEVER A NEWS BREAKS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR. >> 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 STRIKE ,UKRAINE, UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN. THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET’S GO.

    TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON, THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT COMING FBI REPORTING FROM THE DAWSONS ON THE PICKET LINES HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER

    THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. AMERICA IS NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> IT’S LUNCHTIME IN AMERICA. >> SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP? WELL, ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED

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    >> I’M ONE THAT ME. SO THE QUESTION IS OKAY HERE WE GO. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? YOU JUST WANT TO LEAVE WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY THINK NO ONE’S WATCHING. AND THIS SEASON I BROUGHT SARA HAINES AND KAMAU BELL ALONG FOR THE RIDE. ALL RIGHT, LET’S BREAK IT DOWN .

    THE OWNERS HERE. I WAS HERE ALL THE TIME. THE ALL-NEW SEASON OF WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> YOU KNOW, SUNDAY NIGHT ON ABC. WELCOME TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR US. A NEW REPORT FINDS A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN PARENTS AND THEIR ADULT CHILDREN FROM TALKING

    ON THE PHONE TO HELPING WITH FINANCES. THE LATEST PEW STUDY SHOWS PARENTS AND CHILDREN ARE STAYING INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN EACH OTHER’S LIVES EVEN LATE INTO ADULTHOOD. REBECCA JARVIS HAS MORE. THE GROWING TREND OF PARENTS INTIMATELY INVOLVED BOTH EMOTIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY IN THEIR ADULT CHILDREN’S LIVES. >> OH, THERE’S SHE IS MY FAVORITE DAD.

    CAN YOU GO NOW? >> IN A NEW SURVEY, THE MAJORITY OF PARENTS ADMITTING THEY TEXT OR TALK ON THE PHONE WITH THEIR ADULT CHILD AT LEAST A FEW TIMES A WEEK. ADRIANA GUERECA SAYS INPUT IS HELPING HER 19 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, MAYA ENTER ADULTHOOD . I THINK THE MORE THAT WE HELP

    THEM THINK ON THEIR OWN AND ALSO HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE THAT THE LIFE IS AN EXPERIMENT. IF SHE FEELS THAT SHE HAS TO COME TO ME FOR EVERY DECISION OR EVERY RELATIONSHIP, THEN I’M NOT MY JOB. >> AND WHILE FEWER THAN HALF OF YOUNG ADULTS, 18 TO 34 SURVEYED ADMIT THEY’RE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT

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    OKAY FOR OUR KIDS, NOT MEET US ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. >> BOBBY REBEL’S STEPDAUGHTER, ASHLEY ADMITS THAT NEED SHOULD NOT COME AT THE COST OF HER INDEPENDENCE. >> I DEFINITELY DON’T WISH THEY WERE MORE INVOLVED JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN BE. >> IF I ASK THEM FOR THAT HELP,

    EXPERTS SUGGEST THERE CAN BE BOTH PROS AND CONS TO PARENTS STAYING TOO INVOLVED IN THEIR ADULT CHILD’S LIFE. >> IF YOU’RE COMMUNICATING TO YOUR CHILD ANY AGE, I’M INVOLVED. BUT I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN COPE, THEN I THINK THAT REALLY POSITIVE INVOLVEMENT THAT’S GOING TO HELP THEM TO THRIVE.

    >> OF COURSE, IF YOU COME THE OLD SCHOOL MENTALITY, THERE’S CONCERNS HERE ABOUT FAILURE TO LAUNCH OR CREATING DEPENDENCY OR AN INABILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS. BUT WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME IN THIS RESEARCH WAS THE FACT THAT MOST PARENTS, NINE IN TEN, RATE THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR YOUNG ADULT CHILDREN

    AS GOOD OR EXCELLENT. AND THIS IS CONSISTENT ACROSS INCOMES, DIANE. ALL RIGHT. REBECCA JARVIS, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, A MARYLAND MARYLAND COUPLE MAKING HISTORY AND WHY. NOW THE PAIR IS POURING INTO THEIR COMMUNITY BY SHARING THEIR ROOTS. BUT FIRST, THE CALIFORNIA MUSEUM DOMINATING TIKTOK. THANKS AN 86-YEAR-OLD VOLUNTEER.

    WHY THE INTERNET CAN’T ENOUGH OF HOWARD HATCH. >> THIS IS ABC LIVE. THE CRUSHING OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM CAPITOL, THE STRUCTURE KEPT FOUR STORIES HIGH. FIVE IN A POOL BY ABC NEWS LIVE . AMERICA’S NUMBER

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    ABOUT TEN IS A SLICE OF REPORTING. I’VE NEVER SEEN A PLACE LIKE THIS IN MY WOW REPORTING FROM IOWA ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL. I’M MARY ALICE PARK. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL YOU THERE. >> YOU’RE WATCHING ABC NEWS LIVE. WELCOME BACK. AND 86 YEAR OLD VOLUNTEER AT THE SACRAMENTO HISTORY

    MUSEUM IS BECOMING OF THE MOST POPULAR CREATORS ON TIKTOK. HE’S INSPIRING YOUNGER WITH HIS LOVE OF LIFE AND HISTORY. ABC’S DANNY NEW HAS MORE. MANY FOLKS DON’T HAVE A PRINTER AT HOME. SOUNDS FAMILIAR, DOESN’T IT? BUT AT THE SACRAMENT AUTO HISTORY MUSEUM IN CALIFORNIA, 86-YEAR-OLD HOWARD HATCH USES

    ONE FROM THE 1850S. I DON’T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN. YOU KNOW WHY I LIKE IT. >> WELL, THE INTERNET SEEMS TO AGREE BECAUSE SINCE THE MUSEUM STARTED VIDEOS OF HOWARD IN 2020, ITS TIKTOK ACCOUNT HAS BECOME THE APP’S MOST POPULAR MUSEUM IN THE WORLD WITH 2.7 MILLION FOLLOWERS.

    >> WE HAVE A CUT HERE. >> THIS JOURNEY TO SOCIAL MEDIA STARDOM ACTUALLY BEGAN LAST CENTURY, WHEN THIS NAVAL VETERAN AND FORMER AUTO TECHNICIAN RETIRED IN 1999. >> WHEN HE CAME HOME, HIS WIFE, WHO WORKED AT THE MUSEUM, LAID DOWN THE LAW. >> SHE SAID, AFTER YOU RETIRE,

    YOU CAN AT HOME FOR A WEEK OR TWO. AND AFTER THAT, I WANT YOU UP OUT OF HERE DOING SOMETHING. >> WE’VE SET A LITTLE SOMETHING. >> WELL, WITH HIS AUTOMOTIVE BACKGROUND, HOWARD, QUICKLY IN LOVE WITH FIGURING OUT THE MUSEUM’S CONTRAPTION CALLED THE WASHINGTON PRESS. >> WE KNEW THAT SOME PEOPLE

    WOULD, BUT NOT THIS MANY PEOPLE. 20 YEARS LATER, WHEN THE MUSEUM WAS FACING THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN, SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER JARED JONES HAD THE IDEA TO PUT HOWARD ON CAMERA AND EXPLAIN HIS BELOVED PRINTING METHODS TO FOLKS WHO COULD NO LONGER VISIT. >> WE ARE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT HISTORY, WE

    ARE DEMONSTRATING IT AT THE ALREADY TENSE CHINESE NEW YEAR. NOW THE SACRAMENTO HISTORY MUSEUM HAS REACHED OVER BILLION VIEWS ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT HOWARD? WELL HE’S JUST HAVING FUN DOING WHAT HE LOVES. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, AREN’T YOU THAT GUY? YEAH. >> DANNY NEW. THANK YOU.

    COMING UP, THE SUPER BOWL MVP IS CELEBRATING AT THE HAPPIEST PLACE EARTH. BUT PATRICK MAHOMES SAYS ABOUT THE SUPER BOWL MOMENT MADE HIM NERVOUS. ALSO AHEAD, LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL. MARDI GRAS IS UNDERWAY AT A SMALL BUSINESS IN NEW ORLEANS. BECAME THIS FOR KING CAKE. PLUS, THE BIG BUSINESS OF SHOES.

    HOW SNEAKERHEADS ARE MIXING CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND MONEY MONEY. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS. THE CLUSTER OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND, A REFUGEE CENTER IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL FORCE STORM. EYES WIDE OPEN IS THE BULL’S EYE.

    LET’S GET ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. SCREAMING 24 SEVEN. STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY GIRARDI. THIS STORY, A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. THE CENTRAL VICTIMS WILL GET

    A CHANCE TO FIND THEIR AND THAT SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY. >> FACE TO FACE. ERIKA, WHY DO YOU ME SO LONG? >> THE HOUSEWIFE IN THAT IS SO CUTE. AND, YOU KNOW, SO THE QUESTION

    IS. OKAY, HERE WE GO. I WHAT WOULD YOU DO? YOU JUST WON’T BELIEVE WHAT DO WHEN THEY THINK NO ONE’S WATCHING EVERY SEASON, I WATCHED SARA HAINES AND KAMAU BELL ALONG FOR THE RIDE. ALL RIGHT, LET’S BREAK IT DOWN . SERIOUS HERE. >> I WAS HERE ALL THE TIME.

    THE ALL-NEW SEASON OF WHAT WOULD YOU DO? PREMIERES SUNDAY NIGHT ON ABC. >> WHAT YOU MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE NEWS AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT.

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

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    YOU’RE LOOKING AT PHILADELPHIA ON THIS TUESDAY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE’S A RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. 50 MILLION AMERICANS ARE ON ALERT. A SEVERE WINTER A SEVERE WINTER STORM IS CREATING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE NORTHEAST. MILLIONS OF KIDS ARE HOME FROM SCHOOL WITH BOSTON CANCELING

    CLASSES IN NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS GOING REMOTE. SOME AREAS ARE EXPECTING 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AND AS MUCH AS 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. NEW YORK VOTERS ARE HEADING THE POLLS TODAY FOR A RARE SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL GEORGE SANTOS’S HOUSE SEAT. THE FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN WAS

    EXPELLED LAST YEAR AFTER. HE WAS INDICTED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING STEALING MONEY FROM DONORS. DEMOCRAT TOM SUOZZI IS TRYING TO RECLAIM A SEAT HE HELD FOR THREE TERMS. HE’S FACING MAZI PILIP, A FORMER ISRAELI ARMY SOLDIER AND COUNTY POLITICIAN WHO IDENTIFIES AS REPUBLICAN BUT IS STILL A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT.

    TODAY’S ELECTION COULD BE CRUCIAL TO THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE HOUSE. THOUSANDS OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE HITTING THE PICKET LINES FOR A NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION. THEY’RE DEMANDING BETTER PAY, RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND MORE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES. UNIONS ALSO WANT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS PAID FOR THEIR TIME WAITING BETWEEN FLIGHTS AND DURING BOARDING.

    IN A JOINT STATEMENT, THE UNIONS SAY OUR TIME, THE JOB MUST BE COMPENSATED. WE NEED FLEXIBILITY AND CONTROL OF OUR LIVES. LEGACY SEXISM THAT TRADITIONALLY DEVALUED OUR JOB AS MUST BE STAMPED OUT AND REPLACED WITH THE TRUE VALUE OF OUR WORK. A NEW JERSEY WOMAN IS SET

    TO BREAK DOWN A MAJOR LEAGUE BARRIER. UMPIRE JEN POWELL IS WORKING HER FIRST MLB SPRING TRAINING GAME NEXT WEEK AND THE REGULAR SEASON SHE’LL BE IN TRIPLE-A JUST ONE STEP AWAY FROM BEING MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL’S FIRST FEMALE UMPIRE. SHE’LL BE THE FIRST WOMAN TO WORK IN SPRING TRAINING IN 17 YEARS.

    ANNOUNCED THAT NOR’EASTER, THE I-95 CORRIDOR. STATE OFFICIALS IN THE TRI STATE AREA ARE URGING RESIDENTS TO STAY HOME. THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ALL HANDS ON DECK AFTER A RELATIVELY SLOW WINTER. SO FAR. ABC NEWS STEPHANIE RAMOS AND DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA AT ONE OF THEIR HUBS WITH MORE. STEPHANIE, WE SAW YOU ON

    THE ROADS IN THE POCONOS THIS MORNING. WHAT ARE CONDITIONS LIKE DRIVING AROUND THAT AREA? IT WAS SOMEWHAT MANAGEABLE. I MEAN, THERE IS CERTAINLY A RANGE IN THE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT THESE AREAS ARE GETTING BASED ON. THE DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS HERE ACROSS THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. IN THIS AREA, FOR INSTANCE,

    WHERE IN DUNMORE, THEY’VE SEEN ABOUT SIX INCHES OF SNOWFALL. BUT JUST A FEW MILES AWAY SOUTH HERE, THEY’VE SEEN ABOUT 10 TO 12 INCHES. AND SOUTHEAST OF US, ABOUT 40 MILES FROM HERE IN THE AREAS OF STROUDSBURG AND THE DELAWARE GAP. THEY’VE SEEN ALREADY MORE THAN A FOOT OF SNOW.

    AND IN THOSE PARTS OF THE STATE, THE SNOW IS STILL COMING DOWN. SO. SO LOTS OF WORK TO BE DONE HERE ACROSS THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, DIANE. SO, STEPHANIE, HOW ARE THEY DEALING WITH CLEANUP GIVEN SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS ARE GETTING DIFFERENT LEVELS SNOW? >> WELL, A LOT OF THE SNOW

    OPERATORS STARTED THEIR OPERATIONS AROUND 3:00 THIS MORNING. SO THEY HAVE BEEN PLOWING AND SPREADING A LOT OF THAT. SO THE STATE HERE HAS MORE THAN 2000 SNOW PLOW TRUCKS. SO THEY’VE GOT A LOT TO WORK WITH. BUT TO TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW THEY’RE HANDLING THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW, I’VE GOT

    JONATHAN HERE WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. JONATHAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STICKING AROUND WITH US. YOU WERE WITH US THIS FOR GOOD MORNING AMERICA. YOU’RE STILL HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE BUSY. SO HOW ARE YOUR CREWS HANDLING THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW?

    THE SNOW IS STOPPED HERE. IT’S STILL IT’S STILL HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE. YES, IT IS STILL COMING ACROSS STATE AND IN NORTHEAST P.A., WE STILL ARE EXPERIENCING SNOW CONDITIONS. OUR CREWS ARE HANDLING IT. IT IS A DIFFICULT STORM BECAUSE . IT IS A RUSH HOUR STORM. SO WE’RE SEEING 30,000 VEHICLES

    A DAY ON OUR INTERSTATE AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY. SO IT IS A MORE DIFFICULT STORM BECAUSE THE TIMING. BUT OUR CREWS ARE EXPERIENCED AND THEY’RE HANDLING IT. THEY CERTAINLY. AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WE’VE SEEN TRUCKS COMING IN AND THEN COMING OUT.

    HOW IS IT? IT’S PRETTY ACTIVE. IT’S A VERY ACTIVE STOCKPILE. WE’RE IN DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA. WE’RE THREE INTERSTATES CONVERGE, INTERSTATE 81, 84, INTERSTATE 380. SO IT’S A VERY ACTIVE STOCKPILE . AND THEY COVER ALL OF OUR INTERSTATES FROM THE STOCKPILE HERE. SO THEY’RE RELOADING OUR SALT THEM, MAKING SURE ALL OF

    OUR SALT BRINE IS IN OUR TRUCKS SO THAT THEY CAN GO OUT AND TREAT THE ROAD FROM THE STOCKPILE. SOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. REALLY APPRECIATE IT, DIANE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SNOW STOPPED HERE. SO IT SEEMS AS THE STORM IS MOVING OUT. BUT THESE CREWS HERE,

    THEY’RE HANDLING THE SITUATION LIKE PROS. BACK TO YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. STEPHANIE RAMOS IN DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA. THANK YOU. SUPER BOWL MVP PATRICK MAHOMES IS CELEBRATING HIS BIG WIN IN DISNEYLAND. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS QUARTERBACK TOOK HIS FAMILY THERE FRESH OFF HIS BIG WIN AND SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH OUR WILL REEVE

    ABOUT BIG WIN, INCLUDING THAT ONE MOMENT HE SAYS MADE HIM NERVOUS BY NOW. >> KANSAS CITY CHIEFS QUARTERBACK PATRICK KNOWS WHAT TO DO TO WIN A SUPER BOWL. KANSAS CLAIMS. IT GOES DOWN TO THE STARTING LINE AND WHERE TO GO AFTER HE DOES MAHOMES AND THE CHIEFS PREVAILING IN A THRILLING

    OVERTIME WIN OVER THE SAN FRANCISCO 49 ERS SUNDAY. THE 28 YEAR OLD, NOW A THREE TIME CHAMPION AND SUPER BOWL MVP, ON PACE TO REWRITE THE NFL’S RECORD BOOKS. >> BUT AT THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH, HE WAS ALSO THE MOST HUMBLE. >> WILL YOU EVER TAKE THE COMPLIMENT OF BEING

    THE GREATEST AT ANY POINT? WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR YOU TO SAY, ALL RIGHT, YEAH, I’M PRETTY GOOD. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE’VE HAD A GREAT STAR, A GREAT RUN, AND WE KNOW A LOT OF GREAT THINGS, BUT WE STILL GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO. AND SO I THINK IF I HAVE

    THE MINDSET TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN I’M DONE PLAYING, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT WHATEVER TALENT THEY WANT TO PUT ON ME. WHO ARE YOU COMPETING WITH? I THINK YOU COMPETE WITH YOURSELF. I MEAN, THAT’S THE FIRST PERSON YOU COMPETE WITH EVERY SINGLE

    DAY, TRYING TO BE THE BEST PERSON, TRYING TO BE THE BEST PLAYER THAT YOU CAN BE AND BE THE BEST TEAMMATE THAT’S FARTHER. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. MAHOMES FADED AS A HERO AT AFTER CONQUERING THE NFL LAST YEAR IN THAT SAME SPOT.

    >> HE TOLD ME HE’D BE BACK NEXT YEAR. SUPER BOWL LAS VEGAS, FEBRUARY 11TH. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO BE? FEBRUARY 12. OH, I’M TRYING TO BE IN ONE OF THESE DISNEY PARKS. I’M GOING TO TRY TO DO WHATEVER I CAN TO WORK MY TAIL OFF TO WIN ANOTHER SUPER BOWL,

    AND THEN WE’LL MEET AGAIN. >> BUT MEETING AGAIN WASN’T A LOT AS SUPER BOWL 58 IN LAS VEGAS WENT TO OVERTIME FOR JUST SECOND TIME IN NFL HISTORY. >> WHAT’S YOUR HEART RATE AS YOU’RE TO OVERTIME? DO WE PREPARE FOR THOSE MOMENTS? THE ONLY TIME I FEEL LIKE I WAS

    A LITTLE NERVOUS WAS MAYBE THAT FOURTH DOWN. I I’D HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND GET IT. MAHOMES HAD TO COME BACK AFTER THROWING A WINNING TOUCHDOWN. MAHOMES RUNNING WILD. >> TAKE ME THROUGH THAT MOMENT AND WHAT YOU WERE THINKING AND FEELING. THIS IS ALL EMOTION ALMOST, MAN.

    I WAS JUST RUNNING AND THEN I DIDN’T KNOW WHERE TO GO AS I LAY DOWN SOMEWHERE AND I DIDN’T HAVE TUMBLE ON THE GROUND. AND IT’S A MOMENT I’LL NEVER FORGET, THOUGH. HOW ARE THE POST-GAME CELEBRATIONS? THEY WERE GOOD AND THEY GOOD. YOU KNOW, WINNING A SUPER BOWL

    IN VEGAS, YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT. BUT WE’RE HERE AT NOW AND WE’RE ENJOYING EVERY BIT OF IT. >> MAHOMES, HIS TEAMMATE TRAVIS ,AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, TAYLOR SWIFT, WERE ENJOYING EVERY BIT OF IT, TOO. >> NEW FOOTAGE SHOWING THE TEAM’S CELEBRATIONS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS,

    PARTYING LIKE ONLY CHAMPIONS CAN FROM THE LOCKER ROOM TO THE NIGHTCLUBS WHERE SWIFT’S PARENTS JOINED IN. >> THE SINGER POSTING THIS VIDEO, WRITING. IT’S A FRIENDS AND FAMILY PARTY. THEY SAID, BRING YOUR PARENTS. THEY SAID THE SUPERSTAR CELEBRATING TRAVIS’S WIN WITH HER MUSIC, SERVING THE SOUNDTRACK FOR PART OF THE

    NIGHT FROM YOU BELONG WITH ME, TOO LOVE STORY. >> THE TRAVIS’S BROTHER, JASON ON HAND MASKED UP IN THE DJ BOOTH DANCING. >> I WAS THERE, SO I SAW JASON AND HE WAS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY, MAN. THOSE KELCE BROTHERS, MAN, THEY’RE THE LIFE OF THE PARTY WHEREVER THEY GO.

    >> JASON LATER SPOTTED AT THE END OF THE EVENING WALKING INTO A TREE AS TRAVIS PUT TAYLOR’S COAT. WE’RE AT DISNEY, BUT I THINK TRAVIS REALLY HAS THE FAIRY TALE RIGHT HERE. YOU’RE THE FAIRY TALE, BUT HE’S GOT IT GOING ON AS WELL. >> YEAH, MAN. I MEAN, TRAVIS, KELSEY’S HAD

    A GREAT, GREAT COUPLE OF YEARS, I’LL SAY THAT. >> MAHOMES READY TO KEEP THAT FAIRY TALE STREAK ALIVE. >> SO WE’LL MAKE A DATE FOR IT’LL BE DISNEY WORLD PROBABLY NEXT YEAR. >> DISNEY WORLD KNOW WE HAVE THE SUPER BOWL IN NEW ORLEANS. THERE’S A LITTLE FLIGHT OVER.

    >> I WAS DOING WILL REEVE IN LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. AND LITTLE JOHN IS GIVING A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT HIS CAMEO DURING USHER’S SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW. HE’S SHARING EVERYTHING THAT WENT INTO THAT NIGHT TO REMEMBER COLLABORATING WITH HIS LONGTIME FRIEND USHER LARA SPENCER HAS MORE LAS VEGAS

    HERE APPLE WHAT WE CAN’T TURN DOWN AFTER THE SUPER IS ELECTRIFYING HALFTIME PERFORMANCE. USHER JOINED ON STAGE BY MUSICAL TALENTS LIKE ALICIA KEYS. >> THIS THE ONLY WAY WE KNOW HOW AND HER BUT THE PARTY REALLY HEATING UP WHEN LUDACRIS AND THE ULTIMATE HYPE MAN LIL JON TOOK THE MIC THAT I WAS

    ON THE SIDELINE JUST LIKE A PLAYER READY TO GO TURN OUT THE LIGHT. GO. >> HE TRULY BROUGHT ATL VEGAS. WE WERE A TOWN SOBBING IN THE SUPER BOWL. IT DOESN’T GET NO MORE ATLANTA THAN THAT. >> THE CHART TOPPING HIT. YEAH, PRODUCED BY THE CRUNK PIONEER CATAPULTING FANS TO THEIR FEET.

    TWO DECADES AFTER. >> THIS SINGLE’S RELEASE. IT’S JUST A GOOD, FINE, POSITIVE FEELING. >> IT’S A SIMPLE CHORUS. >> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. >> YOU DON’T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH. YOU JUST SAY YEAH, YEAH, IT JUST STILL SOUNDS FRESH. THE 30 MINUTE ATLANTA MEETS VEGAS EXTRAVAGANZA FURTHER CEMENTING USHER’S ICON STATUS

    AND A BEAUTIFUL FINALE TO AN EPIC WEEKEND. THE R&B LEGEND SAYING I DO. TYING THE KNOT WITH HIS LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND JENNIFER GOICOECHEA, THE COUPLE SEEN TOGETHER IN USHER’S ALBUM RELEASE PARTY SUNDAY NIGHT. >> HE’S THE MOST AT PEACE I’VE EVER HIM, AND I THINK HE PROBABLY FELT LIKE WAS TIME

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    AHEAD, A MARYLAND COUPLE IS MAKING HISTORY AND WINE OF A PAIR IS POURING INTO THEIR COMMUNITY BY SHARING THEIR ROOTS. WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA IS THE NUMBER ONE MOST

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    YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTER ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL. THE STRUCTURE FOR STORMS ALONG I-5 IS IN THE BULL’S EYE OF ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREET

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    HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY TOM GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION TODAY, SEVERAL BIG WILL GET A CHANCE TO FIND THE ARAB MAJORITY AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHEN TO SAY DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENT THAT HAS COME WITH AND I DID I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY

    I’M SORRY, FACE TO FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, YOU KNOW, WELCOME BACK. >> IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO ESCAPE THE WINTER WEATHER NOW, COULD BE THE BEST TIME TO SCORE A SPRING BREAK TRAVEL DEAL. EXPERTS SAY BOOKING NOW COULD SAVE YOU TIME AND MONEY.

    DEMARCO MORGAN HAS MORE ON SOME TIPS AND TECHNIQUES FIRST SEEN IN THE WASHINGTON POST. >> IT MAY BE THE DEAD OF WINTER, BUT THE TRAVEL ARE HEATING UP. >> EXPERTS SAY NOW MAY BE THE BEST TIME TO BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS FOR SPRING BREAK IF YOU STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS, CHANCES

    ARE ONCE MARCH ROLLS AROUND. >> SPRING BREAK ARE GOING TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE, NOT LESS. WE ARE IN THE GOLDILOCKS WINDOW FOR CHEAP SPRING BREAK FLIGHTS. >> YOU THAT RIGHT? TAKE A PAGE FROM THE CHILDHOOD FAIRY TALE, THE GOLDILOCKS WINDOW IS THE IDEAL TIME TO BOOK YOUR FLIGHT.

    NOT TOO OR TOO LATE FOR THE PRICE TO BE JUST RIGHT. >> IF YOU BOOK 11 MONTHS IN ADVANCE, YOU DON’T SEE MANY CHEAP FLIGHTS. BUT IF YOU WAIT UNTIL A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE YOUR LIKELIHOOD OF A CHEAP BY THAT POINT IS ALSO GOING TO BE VERY LOW.

    >> NOW THAT WE ARE IN THE HOW CAN YOU GET THE BEST DEAL FOR YOUR FAMILY? SKY’S FOUNDER OF TRAVEL SITE GO IN SAYS BE FLEXIBLE WITH YOUR LOCATION FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GO TO THE BEACH, PICK THE ONE WITH CHEAPEST AIRFARE AND CAR, HE SAYS.

    IF YOU HAVE A BIG FAMILY, IT COULD BE CHEAPER TO BOOK TICKETS INDIVIDUALLY. >> WHEN YOU DO ONE BOOKING OF FOUR TICKETS. ALL FOUR TICKETS HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME PRICE. AND IF THERE’S ONLY THREE TICKETS LEFT AT THE CHEAPEST PRICE, THEY’RE GOING TO SELL YOU THE NEXT MOST EXPENSIVE ONE.

    SO INSTEAD, BOOK THREE TICKETS AT ONCE AT THE CHEAPEST PRICE, THEN BOOK THE FOURTH TICKET. >> GUYS ALSO ADVISE US TO COMPARE ROUNDTRIP AND ONE WAY FARES. THE CHEAPEST NONSTOP FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK TO SAN DIEGO FOR A WEEK IN LATE APRIL IS $448 PER PERSON ROUNDTRIP. BUT IF YOU BOOK EACH LEG

    SEPARATELY, YOU CAN FLY ONE WAY TO SAN DIEGO FOR $139 AND BACK TO NEW YORK FOR HUNDRED AND 54 BUCKS TOTALING $393. THAT’S A SAVINGS OF $55 PER PERSON. >> 41 DAYS BEFORE YOUR TRAVEL DATE. THAT NEEDS TO BE DROPPED DATE TO GET YOUR FLIGHT BOOKED.

    >> THEY AND NOW IS ALSO A GREAT TIME TO BOOK A CRUISE. WE ARE IN WHAT’S CALLED THE WAITING SEASON, AND THAT’S THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR. AND IT’S WHEN CRUISE LINES OFTEN OFFER A WIDE OF DISCOUNTS AND SAYS YOU CAN SCORE DISCOUNTS BETWEEN 30 AND 60%

    OFF AND YOU’RE ALSO LIKELY TO SEE CABIN UPGRADES, BOGO OFFERS AND ON BOARD CREDITS. >> DIANE, I LOVE SOUND OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO MARK MORGAN THANK YOU. AND IN MARYLAND COUPLE MAKING HISTORY AND WINE. >> JANELLE AND MATTHEW BOYD ARE, THE CREATORS OF THE STATE’S FIRST BLACK OWNED FAMILY WINERY.

    AND THEY SAY THEIR MISSION TO BRING THEIR COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO TICK THEIR GLASSES AND SOME LOCALLY MADE WINES. AND JANELLE AND MATTHEW BOYD OF CREW WINES ARE JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE. >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING ON. YOU FOR HAVING US. >> SO, JANELLE, AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE A LONG STANDING HISTORY WITH WINEMAKING.

    >> WHY WAS IT SO IMPORTANT TO YOU AND HOW DID THAT INSPIRE CREW WINES? >> SO ABSOLUTELY, THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND WINEMAKING ACTUALLY GOES BACK 1933 WHEN JOHN JOE LOUIS SENIOR WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICAN WINEMAKER RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN CLARKSVILLE, VIRGINIA. AND I’M DOING OUR RESEARCH .

    >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE TO TALK TO THE FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AND REFUGEE CENTERS ACROSS RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL STRUCTURE KEPT FOUR STORIES HIGH. FIVE BOSTON IS IN THE BULLSEYE. ABC NEWS, LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY TIME,

    ANYWHERE STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YEAR FOUR. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS ONE. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> IT’S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA. SO WHAT ARE YOU SERVING UP? WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW? YOU KNOW THAT, SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD. DO YOU HELP YOUR MONEY?

    BREAKING NEWS POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS MUSIC TRENDS AND OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD “GMA3” WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A GOOD HOUR OF “GMA” IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOIN AFTER DINNER FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. I LOVE THAT. MAYBE. SO THE QUESTION IS. OKAY, HERE WE GO.

    WHAT WOULD YOU DO? YOU JUST WON’T BELIEVE WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY THINK NO ONE’S WATCHING. AND THIS SEASON I BROUGHT SHARON HAYNES AND BELL ALONG FOR THE RIDE. ALL RIGHT. BREAK IT HERE. >> I WAS HERE ALL THE TIME. THE ALL-NEW SEASON OF WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> THE NEW YEAR.

    SUNDAY NIGHT ON ABC. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE. MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MARK. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION AND SIGNED UP AND IS A SOURCE OF HUMOR FOR HIM.

    I’VE NEVER SEEN A PLACE LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. WOW. REPORTING FROM THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTHOUSE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., I’M TERRY MORAN. WHEREVER THE NEWS IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS, THE HOST CITY, THE CITY DOWN. EVERYBODY’S PARTYING. WE ARE SUPPORTING.

    WE’VE MADE OUR LAST PANCAKE YESTERDAY BECAUSE I THINK IT GIVES THE DAY. AND TODAY WE ARE SHUT DOWN AND WE ARE THROWING ALL OUR STAFF A HUGE CRAWFISH BOIL. >> THERE ARE PARADES. THE CITY, YOU CAN’T REALLY DO MUCH ELSE TODAY BUT PARTY. >> IT’S A TOUGH JOB WHEN

    YOU’RE BEING TO PARTY. LYNN GARZA, PRESIDENT OF DONGFANG BAKERY, THANKS SO FOR JOINING US. >> HAPPY MARDI GRAS. THANK YOU. MARDI GRAS. >> 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 IS HERE

    TO HELP US OUT. WILL SPILL THAT SAME. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TELL YOU TO PUT TODAY IN THE HISTORY BOOKS. YOU ARE MORE COLORFUL THAN I AM TODAY, WHICH THIS IS A RARE OCCASION. SO MARK THE DATE IN YOUR CALENDAR, PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT. WE BEGIN THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW.

    THE INTERNET STILL THIRSTY FOR USHER FOLLOWING ITS MINUTE SPECTACULAR. BUT THE NFL HAS MADE AN EDIT TO YOUTUBE VERSION THAT FANS CAN’T HELP BUT NOTICE. ALICIA KEYS, OF COURSE, JOINED USHER ON STAGE FOR A RED HOT DUET OF MY BOOTS AFTER A QUICK SOLO RENDITION OF HER HIT IF I AIN’T GOT YOU.

    HERE’S THE VERSION WAS POSTED TO YOUTUBE. TAKE A LISTEN. >> SORRY, PEOPLE. WELL, THAT’S NOT NOTHING. >> OKAY. PRETTY SOLID, RIGHT? WELL, HERE’S WHAT AIRED ON LIVE TV. >> SNOBBY. WELL, YEAH, THAT FIRST NOTE, THERE’S A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE THERE. VOICE CRACKED WAS FIXED FOR THE YOUTUBE VERSION.

    WE REACHED OUT TO THE NFL FOR COMMENT, BUT WE HAVEN’T HEARD BACK. ONE FAN SAYING OF THE LIVE PERFORMANCE. YES, ALICIA’S VOICE CRACKED ON THE OPENING NOTE, WHICH IS AWESOME. IT’S LIVE. IT’S NOT DONE AND SHOWS THAT A SUPERSTAR IS NOT PERFECT. I LOVED IT, ACTUALLY. IT’S ALSO COMPLETELY NORMAL,

    EVEN AT THAT LEVEL, TO BE LIKE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF A PERFORMANCE. BUT THAT ALMOST FEEDS THE ENERGY AS THE ARTIST GETS A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE, GETS MORE WARMED UP. SO IT TAKE AWAY FROM IT A BIT. I AGREE WITH YOU AND I CAN

    UNDERSTAND WHY FANS ARE LITTLE BIT LIKE, HOW MIGHT WE FIX IT? I DO THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT A IT WAS A MARVELOUS PERFORMANCE. EITHER WAY, THE INTERNET IS FAKE. THE INTERNET’S NOT REAL. YOU MEAN EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET ISN’T REAL. ALL RIGHT. YESTERDAY WAS THE ANNUAL OSCARS LUNCHEON.

    THE FIRST BIG EVENT FOR THE ACADEMY IS NOMINEES FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO UNOFFICIALLY CAMPAIGN FOR VOTES FROM FELLOW ACADEMY MEMBERS. FIRST, THAT ICONIC CLASS PHOTO OF THIS YEAR’S CLASS, INCLUDING, OF COURSE, STERLING K BROWN, BRADLEY COOPER, ANNETTE BENING AND SO MANY OTHERS.

    BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IN MY OPINION, A FEW A FEW FASHIONED THEMES THAT I SPOTTED WHICH COULD INDICATE WHAT’S TO COME ON OSCAR SUNDAY. LET’S ABOUT WOMEN SPORTING SUITS EMMA STONE AND LOUIS VUITTON AND LILY GLADSTONE AND GABRIELA HEARST MONOCHROME . YOU CAN’T SEE IT BUT LILY WITH AN ALL WHITE WAS VERY

    POPULAR THERE WE GO. AND EMILY BLUNT ROCKING THIS INDIGO LOOK. AND MY GOODNESS, LOOK AT RYAN GOSLING IN AN ALL LILAC GUCCI SUIT. CHECK IT OUT ON INSTAGRAM. IT, LIKE, SO STUNNING. ONE OF MY FAVORITES. IT WAS NOT FOR YOU. IT WAS MORE THAN CANAL NO MARDI GRAS BLAZERS.

    DON’T KNOW MY DATE. THEY KNEW THAT YOU GOING TO TAKE THAT TREND HOME? YEAH, RIGHT, EXACTLY RIGHT HERE IT ALL IT IT IS. AND IN MUSIC NEWS THIS MORNING GET READY TO ROCK THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCING THEIR NOMINEES FOR THE CLASS OF 2020 FOR INDUCTION. AND THIS YEAR, PRELIMINARY

    LIST, A STAR STUDDED. WE’VE GOT MARIAH CAREY, CHER, MARY J. BLIGE, LENNY KRAVITZ, SINEAD O’CONNOR, OZZY OSBORNE, PETER FRAMPTON AND THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, AS WELL AS BAND, FOREIGNER, KOOL AND THE GANG AND A TRIBE CALLED QUEST AND AMAZING, TEN OF THE 50 NOMINEES ARE VERY FIRST TIMERS

    TO THE HALL OF FAME LIST, INCLUDING THE ONE AND ONLY MIMI, WHO WROTE ABOUT THE HONOR ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SAYING BEYOND EXCITED AND THRILLED TO BE AMONG THESE LEGENDARY NOMINEES FOR THIS YEAR’S ROCK ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL. THE 2024 INDUCTEES WILL BE ANNOUNCED THIS APRIL WITH THE

    ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CEREMONY STREAMING FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW ON DISNEY. PLUS FROM OUR PARENT COMPANY, DISNEY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND FINALLY, MEET THE FOUR WOMEN THAT THE INTERNET IS CALLING THE REAL LIFE GOLDEN GIRLS. ALL FOUR OF THESE WOMEN HAVE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE

    HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY LIVE TOGETHER AT THE SAME RETIREMENT CENTER. JOAN, ELSIE, SYLVIA AND MARY GRACE ALL GRADUATED FROM MOUNT SAINT MARY’S ACADEMY IN GRASS VALLEY IN THE MID 1950S. THEY REMAINED CLOSE, BUT WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS AFTER GRADUATION, HAVING CAREERS AND RAISING 12 CHILDREN BETWEEN ALL FOUR OF THEM NOW IN THEIR

    EIGHTIES, ALL WOMEN LIVE TOGETHER IN A RETIREMENT FACILITY JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM THAT HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT THE OLD DAYS, THEY GO TO THE MOVIES TOGETHER AND THEY PARTICIPATE IN MUSICAL THEATER NIGHTS. NO, SIGN ME UP, SYLVIA TOLD US. I THINK FRIENDSHIP IS REALLY IMPORTANT. HAVING OLD FRIENDS IS WONDERFUL

    . QUOTE, IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT YOU KNOW THAT I STILL HAVE THESE THREE WONDERFUL WOMEN AROUND. IT’S ADORABLE. THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND AND YOU FOR BEING YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND. AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH THAT DIANE MACEDO ABC NEWS, LIFE IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME.

    STAY WITH US US. FOR HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY ON THIS STORY, A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION IN CENTRAL . DID WE GET A CHANCE TO FIND THESE ARAB MAJORITY? AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHAT TODAY? DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT I DID?

    I WANTED ERIKA SAY I’M SORRY FACE TO FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DO YOU TAKE SO LONG? >> THE HOUSEHOLD AND THE CONCERT YOU KNOW, NOW WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR.

    NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION FROM AMERICA’S THE NUMBER ONE NEWS COMPANY ON THE ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO, FASTER AND CUSTOMIZABLE TO YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE. THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW.

    WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS? >> THIS IS THE START HERE TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S INTO IT LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH EDWARD

    ARMOR AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO YOU START HERE ABC IS MAKING YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> 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 OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD “GMA3” 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. ME I’M DIANA SAITO TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> FIRST, THE NORTHEAST BIGGEST IN YEARS. IT’S EXPECTED TO BRING UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IN SOME AREAS. OUR WEATHER TEAM HAS THE TRACK AND TIMING. INFLATION NUMBERS ROSE

    MORE THAN EXPECTED IN JANUARY. THE NEW NUMBERS JUST OUT AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR YOUR GAS AND GROCERY BILLS. THE SENATE JUST PASSED A BILL PROVIDING AID TO UKRAINE AND ISRAEL. WILL IT HOLD UP IN THE HOUSE? MY SPEAKER, MIKE JOHNSON, IS ALREADY PUSHING BACK. AND THE BIG BUSINESS OF SHOES.

    HOW SNEAKERHEADS ARE MIXING CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND BIG MONEY? >> BUT WE BEGIN WITH THE WINTER STORM HITTING THE NORTHEAST. RIGHT NOW, MORE THAN A THOUSAND FLIGHTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CANCELED TODAY IN THE US. UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND, BUT SOME COASTAL COMMUNITIES

    IN MASSACHUSETTS ARE ALSO BRACING FOR THEIR MOST IMPACTFUL TIDE IN SIX YEARS. THE STORM HAS FORCED MILLIONS OF KIDS TO STAY HOME FROM SCHOOL. ABC NEWS SENIOR METEOROLOGIST ROB MARCIANO IS IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON WITH MORE. >> ROB, WHAT’S IT LIKE THERE RIGHT NOW? >> WELL, WE’VE BEEN HAVING IT

    RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW PRETTY MUCH THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. OCEAN TEMPERATURES ARE AT 41 DEGREES. SO YOU GET THE EAST WENT OFF THAT OCEAN. >> IT WARMS THE LOWER LEVEL. AND WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANY SORT SNOW ACCUMULATE. IT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY WET HERE, BUT WE’RE ON THE COAST OR

    AT LEAST ALONG THE COAST, THE HARBOR, LONG WHARF. AND THIS IS AN AREA THAT DOES. SO. YOU MENTIONED THAT WE’RE WORRIED ABOUT THE TIDAL FLOODING. THIS IS ONE SPOT WHERE THEY ARE. IT COMES AT A RATE IT’S GOING TO COME RIGHT AROUND 2:00 PM. SO WHAT THEY DO HERE, THE TIER

    OF SUBWAYS, THEY PUT UP THESE THESE FLOODWALLS THAT KIND OF SEAL AREAS THAT WOULD WOULD GET WATER DOWN INTO THE TUNNELS . IF WE GET THE WATERSIDE, WHICH IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES HERE HAVE DONE THAT SO FAR. PRETTY QUIET ON THE STREETS RIGHT NOW.

    YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR DECLARED A SNOW EMERGENCY YESTERDAY OR IN THIS CASE, HE RAISED NO EMERGENCY. AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC OFFICES THAT HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN. BUT WE WILL TURN OVER HERE TO SNOW AND DO TIME, BUT PROBABLY NOT THE AMOUNT OF ACCUMULATION THAT THEY’LL SEE OVER FARTHER SOUTH OF HERE.

    >> DIANE. SO HOW ARE RESIDENTS AND CREWS GETTING READY FOR THIS STORM TO COME THROUGH TODAY? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, EARLIER WE WERE AT THIS BIG SALT PILE ON, THE EAST PART OF TOWN OF CHELSEA, AND THAT’S AS A COMPANY, AS A PRIVATE FAMILY OWNED COMPANY THAT SUPPLIES

    SALT, NOT JUST FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST. AND THEY’VE GOT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF SALT THAT’S REALLY BEEN PILING UP FOR THE PAST TWO SEASONS BECAUSE WE’VE HAD VERY WEAK SNOW EVENTS THE PAST TWO SEASONS.

    SO THEY’RE READY IN THAT REGARD AS THE ROAD CREWS ARE READY AND THE KIDS ARE AT HOME. SO THE MAIN PROBLEM AS FAR AS PREP GOES, HAS BEEN FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE WATER. THE NEXT 6 HOURS IS REALLY GOING TO BE CRITICAL AS THAT TIDE COMES IN AND AS THE EAST

    WINDS PICK UP OFF THE WATER WE’RE GOING TO GET A SURGE WITH THAT TIDE AND LIKELY SOME STORM SURGE TITLE FLOODING . SO I THINK THAT’S GOING TO BE THE KEY. THIS ALL GETS DONE HERE, THE RUSH HOUR TONIGHT. SO IT’S A SHORT, QUICK HITTING EVENT.

    BUT IT’LL HIT A LOT OF AREAS HARD, INCLUDING BOSTON EVENTUALLY DIANE. ALL RIGHT. HOPEFULLY EVERYONE STAY SAFE THERE. >> SENIOR METEOROLOGIST ROB MARCIANO, THANK YOU. >> AND ABBY CRUZ, METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE IS TRACKING THAT STORM FOR US. >> CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK’S AMARA. WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TODAY? OH, MY GOODNESS.

    IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL HERE. CENTRAL PARK, DIANE, YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THE SNOW ON THE TREES. IT’S A VERY WET SNOW. AND THEY’RE DOING THEIR BEST TO CLEAR THE ROADS OUT HERE. BUT IT’S COMING DOWN ABOUT AN AN HOUR. SO WE’RE SEEING IT ACCUMULATE RIGHT BACK UP.

    AND FOR THE FOLKS IN NEW YORK CITY, THEY’RE STILL COMING OUT. THEY’RE DOING THEIR MORNING DOG WALKS, THEIR MORNING RUNS. >> BE CAREFUL, THOUGH. IT’S REALLY SLIPPERY OUT THERE. I EVEN SAW A FEW KIDS HERE. I KNOW THEY HAVE VIRTUAL LEARNING, BUT I WON’T TELL ANYONE THEY DESERVE A SNOW DAY.

    >> NOW, AS FAR AS THE OASIS THAT IS CENTRAL PARK ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN, WE ARE SEEING ACCUMULATIONS AS HIGH AS A FOOT OF SNOW SO FAR IN MOUNT POCONO, PENNSYLVANIA. >> THERE. WE’VE EVEN SEEN NINE INCHES OF SNOW IN PARTS OF NEW JERSEY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SATELLITE

    AND RADAR, THIS TELLS STORY OF WHAT’S GETTING READY TO HAPPEN NEXT. WE’RE GETTING THE SNOW PRIMARILY ON THE I-95 CORRIDOR . YOU GO AS FAR SOUTH AS WASHINGTON, D.C., WHERE THEY’RE GETTING SOME RAIN AND SNOW MIX. BALTIMORE RIGHT ON UP INTO PHILADELPHIA. SOME OF THE HIGHER TOTALS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INLAND

    TO PARTS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY THERE, I-95 UP INTO NEW HAVEN AND BOSTON, ALSO SEEING SOME SNOW. AND JUST SOUTH OF SCRANTON, ALONG I-80. SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? WELL, 12 P.M. LUNCHTIME, WE’RE STARTING TO REALLY SEE THIS WRAP UP. STILL SOME SNOW COMING DOWN, THOUGH, ALONG THE JERSEY SHORE,

    LONG ISLAND INTO BOSTON, SEEING THE THICK OF IT UP IN BOSTON AROUND LUNCHTIME. BUT YOU CAN SEE FURTHER INLAND HOW THINGS ARE STARTING TO REALLY QUIET DOWN. AND THEN BY 6 P.M., THE STORM IS OUT OF HERE, OUT TO SEA, A FEW SPORADIC SNOW SHOWERS STILL FALLING IN UPSTATE NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA

    AND THE NEXT STORY BEGINS. SO TONIGHT, AFTER SNOW HAS MOVED OUT, WE START TO SEE THESE TEMPERATURES REALLY PLUMMET. IT GETS SUPER. WE’RE TALKING TWENTIES, 25 DEGREES IN NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT, DOWN TO THE FREEZING MARK IN BALTIMORE, PARTS OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, WINCHESTER ARE ABOUT 26 DEGREES OUT THERE.

    SO EVEN WITH THE SNOW MOVING OUT SPOTS THAT SAW A LOT MORE OF A RAIN SNOW MIX COULD BE LOOKING AT SOME FREEZING OCCURRING OVERNIGHT. SO ROAD CONDITIONS, WHILE THE SNOW STOPS, WILL STILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE. AND IT COULD BE MAKING FOR A REALLY DIFFICULT COMMUTE, EVEN BY WEDNESDAY MORNING SUZANNE.

    >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST ZAMORA, WE HOPE YOU GET SOME TIME TO MAKE A LITTLE SNOW ANGEL OR A SNOWMAN. I GOT YOU, BRO. I’M GOING TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW . AND WE’LL BE TRACKING THAT WINTER WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. AND DESPITE THE BAD WEATHER,

    NEW YORKERS ARE EXPECTED TO HEAD TO THE POLLS TODAY FOR A RARE SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL. GEORGE SANTOS’S SEAT. THE FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN WAS EXPELLED LAST YEAR AFTER HE WAS INDICTED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING STEALING MONEY FROM DONORS. ABC’S JOE O’BRIEN JOINS ME NOW FROM CAPITOL HILL WITH MORE ON THAT.

    JASON JUST FLIPPED THIS HOUSE SEAT FROM DEMOCRAT TO REPUBLICAN WHEN HE WAS ELECTED. SO HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE HOUSE? >> WELL, IT’S CRUCIAL FOR THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE HOUSE. AND SURELY TRACKS TO KEEP AN EYE ON AS IT RELATES TO THIS

    SPECIAL ELECTION. FIRST, HIS CONTROL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. >> THAT’S THE IMMEDIATE ISSUE HERE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION IN 2024 FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. FIRST, WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS, AS YOU KNOW, DIANE, ONLY HAVE A HANDFUL OF VOTE MAJORITY IN THE

    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RIGHT NOW. THEIR GRASP ON THAT IS THIN. THEY CAN’T AFFORD TO LOSE ON CERTAIN VOTES SOMETIMES FOR REPUBLICANS, SOMETIMES THREE REPUBLICANS. IT ON EVERYONE WHO’S SHOWING UP AND VOTING. LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THE FAILED BY IMPEACHMENT ATTEMPT LAST NIGHT THAT WAS DERAILED WHEN ONLY REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST IT.

    SO REPUBLICANS ARE REALLY EYEING TO HOLD ON TO THIS SWEET THIS SEAT IN WHAT YOU MENTIONED IS A SWING DISTRICT. DEMOCRATS HOPING TO MAKE THAT REPUBLICAN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE EVEN SLIMMER NOW AS IT RELATES TO THE 2024 ELECTION. THAT SECOND CRACK I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS A SUBURBAN DISTRICT.

    IT’S A SWING DISTRICT, AS I MENTIONED. AND SO THERE ARE THOUGHTS THAT THIS COULD ALSO BE A BELLWETHER FOR WHAT ISSUES VOTERS ARE REALLY GOING TO RESONATE WITH COME 2024. THE ISSUES PLAYING OUT SIGNIFICANTLY IN THIS IMMIGRATION, ABORTION AND, OF COURSE, THE ECONOMY. >> THE SENATE’S NEWLY PASSED

    AID BILL FOR UKRAINE, ISRAEL AND TAIWAN APPEARS TO BE DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT THE HOUSE. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON SAYS HE WON’T EVEN TAKE IT UP. EARLIER, SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK TRIED TO URGE JOHNSON TO TAKE THAT BILL TO THE HOUSE FLOOR. LET’S LISTEN. >> BUT IT’S A HARD RIGHT.

    IT KILLS THIS BILL. IT WOULD BE AN ENORMOUS GIFT TO ADD A NEW DAY. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? AND CHANCE DOES THIS BILL HAVE IN THE HOUSE TO SCHUMER’S PLEADING AND URGING MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE? >> THAT’S TRUE. THAT’S SURE. THROWING DOWN THE GAUNTLET TO SPEAKER JOHNSON. HE SAID HE WOULD BE GIVING

    A GIFT TO PUT IN, AS YOU HEARD THERE. IF HE DOESN’T ADVANCE THIS BILL, THIS BILL WAS A HARD FOUGHT PIECE OF LEGISLATION IN THE SENATE. AND IT WAS AN OVERNIGHT VOTE PROCESS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, IT GETS PASSED EARLY, EARLY THIS MORNING, TWO REPUBLICANS END UP SUPPORTING IT.

    BUT JOHNSON, TO YOUR POINT HAS SAID THAT IT’S NOT WORTH PUTTING UP FOR A VOTE IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT DOESN’T HAVE HARDLINE BORDER SECURITY PROVISIONS. IT’S UNLIKELY THAT JOHNSON IS GOING TO MOVE FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW. HE HAS BEEN PRETTY STALWART IN OPPOSITION TO A CONTINUED AID FOR UKRAINE WITHOUT

    DIFFERENT MEASURES THAT HE WANTS AND B WANTING THESE HARDLINE BORDER SECURITY PROVISIONS. THINK BACK JUST TWO MONTHS AGO, DIANE, LAST YEAR WHEN HOUSE REPUBLICANS UNDER KEVIN MCCARTHY’S LEADERSHIP SAID THEY WOULDN’T CONSIDER AID FOR UKRAINE FOR FOR ISRAEL WITHOUT BORDER SECURITY PROVISIONS, THEN YOU HAD THOSE MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS ONLY FOR

    JOHNSON TO WALK AWAY AND SAY HE DIDN’T LIKE THE PRODUCT OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. SO IT’S UNLIKELY THAT JOHNSON IS GOING TO BUDGE HERE. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH AND SEE IF MODERATE REPUBLICANS ARE OPEN TO PARTNERING WITH DEMOCRATS AND POTENTIALLY TRY TO DO A PROCEDURAL MOVES THAT WOULD FORCE JOHNSON’S HAND.

    BUT EVEN THAT LOOKS UNLIKELY. >> ALL RIGHT, JAY O’BRIEN ON CAPITOL HILL, THANK YOU. >> AND DOCTORS SAY DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN IS EXPECTED RESUME HIS DUTIES TODAY AFTER BEING ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL OVER THE WEEKEND. PENTAGON SAYS SECRETARY AUSTIN IS STILL IN THE CRITICAL CARE UNIT AT THE WALTER MILITARY

    MEDICAL CENTER AND IT’S UNCLEAR HOW LONG HE WILL BE THERE. CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ HAS THE LATEST. MARTHA. SECRETARY AUSTIN REMAINS IN THE IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND IT’S NOT CLEAR HOW LONG HE WILL BE THERE. I AHEAD PROSTATE CANCER SURGERY IN LATE DECEMBER. HIS PROGNOSIS FOR CANCER

    IS EXCELLENT. HE CAUGHT IT EARLY BUT. THIS IS THE SECOND SERIOUS COMPLICATION BELIEVED TO BE FROM THAT INITIAL SURGERY. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL ON SUNDAY FOR WHAT THE PENTAGON DESCRIBED AS AN EMERGENT ISSUE. ON MONDAY, HIS DOCTORS SAY HE UNDERWENT NON-SURGICAL PROCEDURES UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

    BEYOND THAT, THE PENTAGON IS SAYING LITTLE. BUT UNLIKE LAST TIME WHEN AUSTIN WAS TAKEN TO THE ICU, KEPT IN SECRET FOR DAYS, AUSTIN DID LET THE WHITE HOUSE KNOW IMMEDIATELY AND DID TRANSFER HIS DUTIES TO HIS DEPUTY WITHIN HOURS OF HIS ARRIVAL AT WALTER REED. DOCTORS SAY AUSTIN IS TO RESUME

    HIS DUTIES TODAY, BUT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HEADING FOR EUROPE FOR MEETINGS WITH NATO’S ALLIES THAT WILL NOT BE HAPPENING, DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. YOU GO. AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ, THANK YOU. AND WE’RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE SHOOTING AT JOEL OSTEEN’S MEGACHURCH IN TEXAS. OFFICIALS HAVE IDENTIFIED THE WOMAN WHO OPENED

    FIRE SAYING SHE HAD A CRIMINAL RECORD AND A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS. AND POLICE NOW SAY ONE OF THE TWO PEOPLE INJURED WAS HER SEVEN YEAR OLD SON SHOT IN THE HEAD. ABC’S MIREYA VILLAREAL HAS THE LATEST FROM HOUSTON. >> NEW VIDEO REVEALS THE TERRIFYING SCENE INSIDE JOEL OSTEEN’S HOUSTON MEGACHURCH MEGA-CHURCH,

    LAKEWOOD DURING A SHOOTING RAMPAGE THAT WOUNDED TWO. >> THE SHOOTER WHO WAS KILLED INSIDE THE CHURCH IS NOW IDENTIFIED AS 36 YEAR OLD GENESSE MORENO. >> SHE BROUGHT HER SEVEN YEAR OLD BIOLOGICAL SON WITH HER SUNDAY. POLICE SAY IT’S UNCLEAR WHO SHOT THE BOY, BUT CONFIRMED HE SUSTAINED A SEVERE HEAD

    WOUND. >> PARISHIONER SEEN TRYING TO ESCAPE AND SCREAMING IN TERROR. GUNSHOTS GOING OFF JUST AS A SPANISH SERVICE WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN AT OSTEEN’S CHURCH, HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGE CONGREGATIONS IN THE U.S.. SHE IMMEDIATELY STARTS FIRING INSIDE OF THE HALLWAY. MULTIPLE ROUNDS ARE FIRED BY HER.

    AT WHICH POINT OFFICER MORENO OF THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS, ABC AGENT HERRERA RETURNED FIRE. EVENTUALLY FALLS TO THE GROUND. THE SEVEN YEAR OLD CHILD FALLS TO THE GROUND AS WELL. FROM GUNFIRE TO WEAPONS WERE RECOVERED AT THE SCENE. AN AR-15. ANTI-SEMITIC WRITINGS WERE FOUND ON THE SHOOTER.

    >> THERE WAS A STICKER ON THE STUCK OF THE RIFLE THAT STATED PALESTINE AUTHORITIES. SAY ONE OF THE WEAPONS WAS BOUGHT LEGALLY IN DECEMBER. THE SHOOTER, THE GUNS, DESPITE HER HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND ARREST DATING BACK TO 2005 ON CHARGES INCLUDING ASSAULT. >> HOUSTON’S POLICE CHIEF

    DIRECTLY TOLD ME THEY ARE NOW AWARE OF THE SHOOTER’S MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY AND THEY ARE DELVING INTO IT. BUT WHEN WE ASKED THE FBI DIRECTLY HOW SOMETHING WITH THIS KIND OF A CRIMINAL HISTORY COULD GET A HOLD OF NOT JUST ONE BUT TWO GUNS, THEY SIDESTEP THAT QUESTION

    AND SAID IT IS NOW PART OF THEIR LARGER INVESTIGATION. >> DIANE MIREYA VILLARREAL IN HOUSTON, THANK YOU. I THE NYPD IS SEARCHING FOR THE GUNMAN BEHIND A DEADLY SUBWAY SHOOTING HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. POLICE SAY ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND FIVE OTHERS INJURED AFTER AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO GROUPS

    OF TEENS. ABC’S TREVOR AULT IS AT THE SCENE IN THE BRONX. >> HI, TREVOR. HEY, DARYN. THIS GUNFIRE ERUPTED DURING RUSH HOUR MONDAY EVENING JUST AS THE TRAIN WAS PULLING IN HERE AT THE MOUNT EDEN IN THE BRONX, NOT TOO FAR FROM YANKEE STADIUM. SIX PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND ONE

    PERSON WAS KILLED. AND POLICE SOURCES, THIS WAS NOT A RANDOM ATTACK. THEY SAY IT BEGAN AS A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN TWO GROUPS OF TEENAGERS ON THE TRAIN. IT STARTED ON THE TRAIN AND THEN SPILLED OUT TO THE PLATFORM. THE VICTIMS RANGED FROM 14 ALL THE WAY UP TO 71 YEARS OLD.

    THEY SAY THE 14 YEAR OLD WAS LIKELY INVOLVED IN THAT CONFRONTATION. BUT FIVE OF THE SIX PEOPLE SHOT WERE INNOCENT BYSTANDERS. WE ALSO KNOW FIVE OF THE SIX HAVE NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. BUT 35 YEAR OLD OBED BELTRAN SANCHEZ DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. NOW, THE SHOOTER, ACCORDING TO POLICE, FLED THE SCENE

    AND NO WEAPON WAS RECOVERED. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS ONE, AN ARREST IS MADE, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE SWIFT, STRONG CONSEQUENCES. >> DIANE TREVOR AULT IN THE BRONX, THANK YOU. AND THE NTSB IS INVESTIGATING A FIERY PLANE CRASH IN FLORIDA. THE VIDEO SHOWS, THE MOMENT

    THAT SMALL PLANE CRASHED ONTO A HIGHWAY, KILLING TWO PEOPLE. ABC’S VICTOR OQUENDO HAS THE LATEST FROM MIAMI. THAT’S STUNNING. VIDEO OF THE PLANE FALLING OUT OF THE SKY RECORDED ON A DASH CAM. TAKE A LOOK. THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER YOUR SCREEN. THE PLANE CRASHING ONTO A VERY BUSY FLORIDA HIGHWAY, THEN

    SLAMMING INTO THE WALL. IMMEDIATELY BURSTING INTO FLAMES. THIS HAPPENED ON I-75 FRIDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON RUSH. SMOLDERING DEBRIS LEFT LITTERING THE HIGHWAY. FIVE PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD. BOTH PILOTS DIED. BUT MIRACULOUSLY, THREE PEOPLE SURVIVED. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEM RUNNING FROM THE WRECKAGE AT ONE POINT. THIS PRIVATE PLANE,

    A BOMBARDIER CHALLENGER, 600, TAKING OFF FROM OHIO. THE PILOT REPORTED LOSING BOTH ENGINES BEFORE CRASHING JUST TWO MILES FROM THE AIRPORT IN NAPLES, FLORIDA. THE JET ALSO INTO A PICKUP TRUCK. OFFICIALS SAYING THE DRIVER WAS INJURED. THE NTSB IS INVESTIGATING PIECES. THE AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN SHIPPED OFF TO BE EXAMINED.

    A PRELIMINARY REPORT IS EXPECTED IN 30 DAYS. >> DIANE VICTOR OQUENDO, MIAMI, THANK YOU. COMING UP, INFLATION NUMBERS ROSE. MORE THAN EXPECTED IN JANUARY. >> THE NEW NUMBERS JUST OUT AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR YOUR GAS AND GROCERY BILLS. OUR BUSINESS HEADLINES ARE 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, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE IN UKRAINE. UKRAINE REPORTING FROM

    THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY, ENROLLING FOR IT. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE 24 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THIS STORY IS ON FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP.

    IN BEIRUT, FROM THE FBI REPORTING FOR THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINES HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. STORY IS WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. YOU SEE NEWS LIVE HERE,

    ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. I HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T. THIS IS WHAT IT’S ABOUT. AND AS A SOURCE OF HUMOR FOR

    THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED BECAUSE THEY’RE, YOU KNOW, TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. I DIDN’T. I IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. ANYWHERE. WOW. >> SO THE QUESTION IS. OKAY, HERE WE GO I MEAN, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? YOU JUST WON’T BELIEVE

    WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY THINK NO ONE’S WATCHING AFTER SEASON. I BROUGHT SARA HAINES AND KAMAU BELL ALONG FOR THE RIDE. >> ALL RIGHT, LET’S BREAK IT. JOHN QUINONES HERE. >> I WAS HERE ALL THE TIME. THE ALL-NEW SEASON OF WHAT WOULD BE NEAR. SUNDAY NIGHT ON ABC.

    >> WELCOME BACK. NEW NUMBERS SHOW INFLATION IS COOLING, BUT AT A SLOWER RATE EXPECTED. THIS IS CHOCOLATE. PRICES ARE SOARING RIGHT BEFORE VALENTINE’S DAY. ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS HAS MORE ON THAT AND YOUR OTHER BUSINESS HEADLINES. >> ALEXIS, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TODAY? WATCHING CREATION AND REPORT?

    DIANE BECAUSE THIS IS A SETBACK IN THE FEDERAL RESERVE’S FIGHT AGAINST INFLATION. >> CONSUMER PRICES ROSE MORE THAN EXPECTED LAST, LED HIGHER BY STUBBORNLY HIGH PRICES FOR RENT. OVERALL, CONSUMER PRICES ROSE 0.3% IN JANUARY COMPARED TO DECEMBER AND ROSE 3.1% FROM A YEAR AGO. WHILE PRICES HAVE COOLED FROM

    THEIR 9% PEAK NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO, THEY ARE STILL FAR ABOVE WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, ESPECIALLY FOR THE BASICS SUCH AS GROCERIES. NOW, ONE BRIGHT SPOT PRICES WERE LOWERED LAST MONTH FOR NEW AND USED CARS. THE REPORT IS SPARKING A SELL OFF WALL STREET AS INVESTORS

    BET THE FED WILL NOW HOLD OFF ON CUTTING INTEREST RATES UNTIL IT GETS MORE PROOF THAT INFLATION IS FALLING BACK TO ITS 2% TARGET. AND IT’S OFFICIAL. SUPER BOWL 58 WAS THE MOST WATCHED TELEVISION SHOW IN HISTORY. THIS IS WELCOME NEWS TO ADVERTISERS WHO PAID AN ESTIMATED $7 MILLION FOR A 62ND

    SPOT IN THE BIG GAME. AN ESTIMATED 123 MILLION PEOPLE TUNED IN TO WATCH THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS BEAT THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS IN A NAIL BITER OF A FINISH THAT WENT INTO OVERTIME FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN NFL HISTORY. NOT SURPRISINGLY, THIS WAS ALSO THE MOST STREAMED SUPER BOWL IN HISTORY.

    ALL RIGHT. IT’S GOING TO COST YOU MORE TO WOO YOUR SWEETHEART WITH CHOCOLATE THIS VALENTINE’S DAY. I KNOW. I’M SORRY TO BE THE BEARER, BUT DON’T SHOOT THE MESSENGER. THE PRICE OF COCOA, WHICH IS THE MAIN INGREDIENT IN CHOCOLATE, IS AT A RECORD HIGH. AND THAT’S BECAUSE OF EXTREME WEATHER IN.

    WEST AFRICA, WHERE FARMERS GROW THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD’S COCOA BEANS. SO WHILE WE’LL BE PAYING MORE FOR CHOCOLATE THIS VALENTINE’S DAY. WAIT FOR IT BECAUSE SAY WITH A NEW CROP OF COCOA BEANS NOT COMING FOR MONTHS, EASTER AND ESPECIALLY HALLOWEEN COULD SEE THE WORST SPIKE OF. MAYBE YOU SHOULD WISH YOUR ALL

    THE CHOCOLATES NOW. THAT’S THE STRATEGY. THE MESSAGE I GOT FROM THAT REPORT. ALEXIS, THANK YOU. YOU’RE WELCOME. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY FINANCE QUESTIONS OR CHOCOLATE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN LEAVE A MESSAGE ON OUR INSTAGRAM FEED AT ABC NEWS LIVE FOR ALEXIS, AND SHE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT HERE ON THURSDAY.

    MEANWHILE, THE FBI IS ISSUING A NEW WARNING QR CODE SCAMS WITH ABOUT $150 MILLION IN LOSSES JUST IN THE LAST YEAR. SCAMMERS USING FAKE QR CODES TO TAKE YOUR MONEY AND STEER IMPORTANT PERSONAL INFORMATION. ABC’S EVA PILGRIM HAS THE DETAILS COMING RIGHT UP. >> ERICA PENDER OF ATLANTA NOTICED SOMETHING WAS OFF

    IN HER LOCAL PARKING GARAGE. >> IT WAS LIKE EXTRA SHINY, LIKE IT HAD BEEN, LIKE, RECENTLY LAMINATED. >> COULD SEE, LIKE, IT WASN’T REALLY A PART OF, LIKE, THE FANCY SIGN THEY HAVE OUT THERE. >> AND I WAS ABLE TO JUST FEEL IT RIGHT OFF. SCAMMERS PUTTING QR CODES OVER

    THE REAL ONES, HOPING TO TRICK PARKING GARAGE CUSTOMERS INTO TRANSFERRING THEM MONEY, REMOVING. YOU’LL HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. BE ALERT. BEWARE. AND THE FBI SAYS ERIKA IS NOT ALONE. >> WHERE ARE WE SEEING THESE QR SCAMS HAPPENING? >> UNFORTUNATELY, THEY’RE RELATIVELY WIDESPREAD. THEY ARE HAPPENING IN PARKING LOTS.

    >> THEY’RE HAPPENING IN AREAS WHERE YOU MAY ANTICIPATE. THIS IS A LEGITIMATE QR CODE AND I’LL SCAN IT. BUT SOMEBODY HAS ALTERED IT. >> FAKE QR CODES AREN’T JUST MISDIRECTING YOUR PAYMENT AND GARAGES LIKE THIS ONE. THE FBI TELLING US THIEVES OFTEN USE QR CODES TO TAKE

    YOUR MONEY AND STEAL OTHER IMPORTANT PERSONAL INFORMATION. >> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SCAN A QR CODE THAT ISN’T THE ONE YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE SCANNING? >> IT CAN GIVE THE CRIMINAL ACCESS YOUR PHONE, WHICH THAT ALLOWS THEM ACCESS TO ANY APPS THAT YOU NORMALLY USE. IT CAN ALSO DROP SOME SORT

    OF COMPUTER INTRUSION TYPE OF SOFTWARE THAT CAN ALTER YOUR PHONE AND CREDENTIALS AND THAT SORT OF THING. >> THE OWNERS OF THE GARAGE WHERE ERICA FOUND QR CODE TELL US THE SAFETY OF OUR CUSTOMERS IS OUR TOP PRIORITY. WE UPDATED THE QR CODES WITH OUR BRANDING AND ANY EVIDENCE FAKE QR CODES

    IS REPORTED TO OUR LOCAL POLICE IMMEDIATELY. ABC’S EVA PILGRIM THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, THE BIG BUSINESS OF SHOES. HOW SNEAKERHEADS ARE MIXING CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND MONEY. THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRASH IN FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTER IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND

    IN UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL. DESTRUCTIVE FORCE STORM HIGH FIVE OF IS IN THE BULL’S EYE. >> LET’S GO ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY TIME ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7 STREET TO FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS EASY

    TO LEAVE WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. MORE AMERICANS HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. 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 ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THEIR DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT

    A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS. >> MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. GET READY AMERICA. EVERY FRIDAY HOTTEST TRENDS, STYLES AND MUST HAVE. WHAT’S THE RIGHT STUFF TO BUY

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    IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE. THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD NOW. >> I’M MATT RIVERS, TRAVELING WITH THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE IN BEIJING, CHINA. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE YOUR STREET. >> ABC NEWS LIVE NOW.

    WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THE GLOBAL SNEAKER INDUSTRY IS WORTH MORE THAN $80 BILLION AND IT’S ONLY EXPECTED TO GROW OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THAT’S LARGELY DUE TO SO-CALLED SNEAKERHEADS WHO LOVE COLLECTING AND TRADING SNEAKERS AS A HOBBY. AS WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY, OUR MICHAEL STRAHAN TAKES

    A LOOK AT HOW THEY’RE DRIVING A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY . THE EVENT IN LA SPAWNED FOUR DECADES. >> SNEAKERS HAVE BEEN A SOUGHT AFTER COLLECTOR’S ITEM. THE ELEPHANT PRINT FROM THE ORIGINAL RACHEL JORDAN THREE. >> O.J. PLAYED A BIG NUMBER AS GETS IN THOSE SPORTS. >> HIP-HOP, BLACK CULTURE.

    ALL OF THOSE THINGS INTERTWINED. AND THEN IT’S JUST KIND OF POURED INTO SNEAKER CULTURE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. WHAT BLACK CULTURE DONE AND CONTINUES TO DO IS KIND OF DEFINED WHAT’S AND MAKE IT THEIR OWN. THE GLOBAL SNEAKER INDUSTRY IS WORTH OVER $80 BILLION AND IS EXPECTED TO TOP $120

    BILLION OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS . AND FOR THE DEDICATED SNEAKER HEAD, THERE’S PLENTY OF WAYS TO CASH IN. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THE RESALE MARKET VERNON SENDS WITH A NATIONAL TOURING DJ. AND IN 2016, HIS INTEREST IN SNEAKERS SPARKED AN IDEA THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE. >> THE JORDAN RETRO 12 WHO GAME.

    I BOUGHT ONE FOR ME AND I BOUGHT A COUPLE MORE ONLINE AND I GOT IT. AND I PUT IT UP ON THE SITE TO SELL IT. AND THEY SOLD WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS. SO I’M ONLINE. I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THIS WORKS. MAYBE I CAN USE THIS AS A HUSTLE.

    >> THIS SIDE HUSTLE HAD BECOME HIS FULL TIME JOB. I’VE BOUGHT MY DREAM CAR WITH THIS JOB. I’VE GOT A HOUSE. >> THESE ARE MY FAVORITES. BURN IS NOW A PART OF THE GROWING GLOBAL SNEAKER RESALE MARKET WORTH OVER $6 BILLION. AND IS LUCRATIVE BECAUSE OF A SIMPLE PRINCIPLE SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

    THIS IS MY HOME OFFICE. EVERY MONTH HE SHUFFLE IN AND OUT OF ABOUT 700 TO 1000 PAIRS OF SHOES AS RESALE INVENTORY. >> I GO BY THE MOTTO OF IF IT MAKES A DOLLAR, IT MAKES SENSE. LIKE I GO IN THERE AND I SEE A SHOE THAT’S JUST AN EVERYDAY

    AVERAGE SHOE THAT A NORMAL PERSON WOULD BUY. BUT I COULD END UP MAKING A PROFIT ON IT. >> I’M GOING TO BUY IT. ONCE VERNON MAKES THE SALE, THEY END UP AT A STOCK X VERIFICATION CENTER LIKE THIS HERE. THEY GO THROUGH THE EXAMINATION PROCESS RIGHT BEFORE HEADING

    OUT AND ENDING UP IN THE HANDS . >> MICHAEL STRAHAN THANKS FOR THAT REPORT AND THANKS TO YOU FOR WITH US ON DIANE MACEDO. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON VARIOUS STREAMING THE ABC NEWS

    APP AND OF COURSE ON ABC NEWS.COM. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY TOM GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. THEY SAMPLED VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE TO FINALLY ERIKA. AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS FOR

    WAY TO SAY DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THE HOUSEMAID. I DID. I WANTED TO SAY I’M SORRY FACE TO FACE. ERIKA, WHY DO YOU TAKE SO LONG? THE HOUSEWIFE, THE HUSTLER, TO YOU KNOW, THIS IS ABC NEWS. >> WHY THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND, A REFUGEE

    CENTER IN RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM CAPITAL. THE STRUCTURE KEPT FOUR STORIES LONG. I FIND IS IN THE BULL’S EYE OF ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE, STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER

    STREAMING NEWS >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING THAT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. >> WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS, THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST

    ,STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN. HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES? SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. THE MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT DO YOU SEE? THE PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS.

    >> THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT 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 MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT

    A NEWS WORTH LISTENING TO YOU STAR HERE. ABC NEWS, YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST, START HERE. >> ABC NEWS AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE SOURCE WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE FIRST THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US

    YOU’RE LOOKING AT PHILADELPHIA ON THIS TUESDAY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE’S A RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. 50 MILLION AMERICANS ARE ON ALERT. A SEVERE WINTER, A SEVERE WINTER IS CREATING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE NORTHEAST. MILLIONS OF KIDS ARE HOME FROM SCHOOL WITH BOSTON CANCELING

    CLASSES IN NEW YORK CITY. SCHOOLS GOING REMOTE. SOME AREAS ARE EXPECTING 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR, AS MUCH AS 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. NEW YORK VOTERS ARE HEADING TO THE POLLS TODAY FOR A RARE SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL SANTOS’S HOUSE SEAT. THE FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN WAS

    EXPELLED LAST YEAR AFTER HE WAS INDICTED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING STEALING MONEY DONORS. DEMOCRAT TOM SUOZZI IS TRYING TO RECLAIM A SEAT HE HELD FOR THREE TERMS. HE’S FACING MAZI PILIP, A FORMER ISRAELI ARMY SOLDIER AND COUNTY POLITICIAN WHO IDENTIFIES AS REPUBLICAN BUT IS STILL A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT. TODAY’S ELECTION COULD

    BE CRUCIAL TO THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE HOUSE. THOUSANDS OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE HITTING THE PICKET LINES FOR A NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION. THEY’RE DEMANDING BETTER PAY, RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND MORE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES. UNIONS ALSO WANT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS PAID FOR THEIR TIME WAITING BETWEEN FLIGHTS AND DURING BOARDING.

    IN A JOINT STATEMENT, THE UNION SAY OUR TIME ON THE JOB MUST BE COMPENSATED. WE NEED FLEXIBILITY AND CONTROL OF OUR. LEGACY SEXISM THAT TRADITIONALLY DEVALUED OUR JOB. AS MUST BE STAMPED OUT AND REPLACED WITH THE TRUE VALUE OF OUR WORK. A NEW JERSEY WOMAN IS SET

    TO BREAK DOWN A MAJOR LEAGUE BARRIER. UMPIRE JEN POWELL IS WORKING HER FIRST MLB SPRING TRAINING GAME NEXT WEEK AND THE REGULAR SEASON SHE’LL BE IN TRIPLE-A JUST ONE STEP AWAY FROM BEING MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL’S FIRST FEMALE UMPIRE. SHE’LL BE THE FIRST WOMAN TO WORK IN SPRING TRAINING IN 17 YEARS.

    >> AND NOW TO THAT NOR’EASTER SLAMMING THE I-95 CORRIDOR. STATE OFFICIALS IN THE TRI STATE AREA ARE URGING RESIDENTS TO STAY HOME. A PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS ALL HANDS ON DECK AFTER A RELATIVELY SLOW WINTER SO FAR. ABC NEWS STEPHANIE RAMOS IS IN DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA, ONE OF THEIR HUBS WITH MORE.

    STEPHANIE, WE SAW YOU ON THE ROADS IN THE POCONOS THIS MORNING. >> WHAT ARE CONDITIONS LIKE DRIVING THAT AREA? IT WAS SOMEWHAT MANAGEABLE. I MEAN, THERE IS CERTAINLY A RANGE IN THE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT THESE AREAS ARE GETTING BASED ON. THE DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS HERE ACROSS THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.

    IN THIS AREA, FOR INSTANCE, WHERE IN DUNMORE, THEY’VE SEEN ABOUT SIX INCHES OF SNOWFALL. BUT JUST A FEW MILES AWAY SOUTH OF HERE, THEY’VE SEEN ABOUT 10 TO 12 INCHES. AND SOUTHEAST OF US, ABOUT 40 MILES FROM HERE IN THE AREAS OF STROUDSBURG AND THE DELAWARE GAP. THEY’VE SEEN ALREADY MORE THAN

    A FOOT OF SNOW. AND IN THOSE PARTS OF THE STATE, THE SNOW IS STILL COMING DOWN. SO STILL LOTS OF WORK TO BE DONE HERE ACROSS THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA DIANE. SO, STEPHANIE, HOW ARE THEY DEALING WITH CLEANUP GIVEN SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS ARE GETTING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SNOW?

    WELL, A LOT OF THE SNOW PLOWS OPERATORS STARTED THEIR OPERATIONS AROUND 3:00 THIS MORNING. SO THEY HAVE BEEN PLOWING AND SPREADING A LOT OF. SO THE STATE HERE HAS MORE THAN 2000 SNOW PLOW TRUCKS. SO THEY’VE GOT A LOT TO WORK WITH. BUT TO TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW THEY’RE HANDLING THE SITUATION

    RIGHT NOW, I’VE GOT JONATHAN EBERLY HERE WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. JONATHAN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STICKING AROUND WITH US. YOU WERE WITH US THIS MORNING FOR GOOD MORNING AMERICA. YOU’RE STILL HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE BUSY SO HOW ARE YOUR CREWS HANDLING

    THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW? THE SNOW IS HERE, BUT IT’S STOPPED. IT’S STILL HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE. YES, IT IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE STATE AND IN NORTHEAST P.A. WE STILL ARE EXPERIENCING SNOW CONDITIONS. OUR CREWS ARE HANDLING IT. IT IS A DIFFICULT STORM BECAUSE IT IS A RUSH HOUR STORM.

    SO WE’RE SEEING 30,000 VEHICLES A DAY ON OUR INTERSTATES AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY. SO IT IS A MORE DIFFICULT STORM BECAUSE OF THE TIMING AND WHAT OUR CREWS ARE EXPERIENCED IN THEIR HANDLING. THEY CERTAINLY ARE. AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

    WE’VE SEEN TRUCKS COMING IN AND COMING OUT. HOW IS IT? IT’S PRETTY ACTIVE. IT’S A VERY ACTIVE STOCKPILE IN DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE THREE INTERSTATES CONVERGE INTERSTATE 184, INTERSTATE 380. SO IT’S A VERY STOCKPILE. THEY COVER ALL OF OUR INTERSTATES FROM THE STOCKPILE HERE. SO THEY’RE RELOADING OUR SALT

    AND MAKING SURE ALL OF OUR SALT BRINE IS IN OUR TRUCKS SO THAT THEY COULD TREAT THE ROADS FROM THE STOCKPILE. JONATHAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. DIANE, AS CAN SEE, THE SNOW STOPPED HERE. SO IT SEEMS THAT THE STORM IS MOVING OUT, BUT THESE CREWS

    HERE, THEY’RE HANDLING THE SITUATION LIKE PROS. BACK TO YOU. RIGHT. >> STEPHANIE RAMOS IN DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA, THANK YOU. MEANWHILE, SUPER BOWL MVP PATRICK MAHOMES IS CELEBRATING HIS BIG WIN IN DISNEYLAND. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS QUARTERBACK TOOK HIS FAMILY THERE FRESH OFF BIG WIN AND SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH OUR WILL REEVE ABOUT THE

    BIG WIN. >> THAT ONE MOMENT, HE SAYS, MADE HIM NERVOUS BY NOW. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS QUARTERBACK PATRICK MAHOMES KNOWS WHAT TO DO TO WIN A SUPER BOWL. HENCE FANTASY GOES DOWN TO THE 13 YARD LINE AND WHERE TO GO AFTER HE DOES, MAHOMES AND THE CHIEFS PREVAILING IN A

    THRILLING OVERTIME WIN THE SAN FRANCISCO 49 ERS SUNDAY. THE 28 YEAR OLD, NOW A THREE TIME CHAMPION AND SUPER BOWL MVP ON PACE TO REWRITE THE NFL RECORD BOOKS. BUT AT THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH, HE WAS ALSO THE MOST HUMBLE. >> WILL YOU EVER TAKE THE COMPLIMENT OF BEING

    THE GREATEST AT ANY POINT? WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR YOU TO SAY, ALL RIGHT. YEAH, I’M PRETTY GOOD. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE’VE HAD A GREAT A GREAT RUN AND WE KNOW A LOT OF GREAT THINGS, BUT WE STILL GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO AND. SO I THINK IF I HAVE

    THE MINDSET TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN I’M DONE PLAYING, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT WHATEVER TIME THEY WANT TO PUT ON ME. WHO ARE YOU COMPETING WITH? I THINK YOU GET TO COMPETE WITH YOURSELF. I MEAN, THAT’S THE FIRST PERSON YOU COMPETE WITH EVERY SINGLE,

    TRYING TO BE THE BEST PERSON, TRYING TO BE THE BEST PLAYER THAT YOU CAN BE AND BE THE BEST TEAMMATE. >> THAT’S FARTHER FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. MAHOMES FETED AS A HERO AT DISNEYLAND AFTER CONQUERING THE NFL LAST YEAR IN THAT SAME SPOT, HE TOLD ME HE’D BE BACK

    NEXT YEAR. >> SUPER BOWL LAS VEGAS, FEBRUARY 11TH. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO BE FEBRUARY 12. OH, I’M TRYING TO BE IN ONE OF THESE DISNEY PARKS. I’M GOING TO TRY TO DO WHATEVER I CAN TO WORK MY TAIL OFF TO WIN ANOTHER SUPER BOWL, AND WE’LL MEET AGAIN.

    >> BUT MEETING AGAIN WASN’T A LOT AS SUPER BOWL 58 IN LAS VEGAS WENT TO OVERTIME FOR JUST THE SECOND TIME IN NFL HISTORY. >> WHAT’S YOUR HEART RATE AS? YOU’RE HEADED TO OVERTIME. DO WE PREPARE FOR THOSE MOMENTS? THE ONLY TIME I FEEL LIKE I WAS A LITTLE WAS MAYBE THAT FOURTH

    DOWNPLAY. >> I KNEW I WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND GET IT. MAHOMES THE AFTER THROWING THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN MAHOMES RUNNING WILD TAKE ME THROUGH THAT MOMENT AND WHAT YOU WERE THINKING AND FEELING. >> IT IS ALMOST ALL EMOTION, MAN. I WAS JUST RIGHT AND THEN

    I DIDN’T KNOW WHERE TO GO, SORT OF LAY DOWN SOMEWHERE. I DIDN’T HAVE A TUMBLE ON THE GROUND. AND IT’S A MOMENT THAT I’LL NEVER FORGET. HOW ARE THE POST-GAME CELEBRATIONS? THEY WERE GOOD. THEY WERE GOOD. YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SUPER BOWL IN VEGAS, YOU KNOW, IT GOING

    TO BE A LONG NIGHT. BUT WE’RE HERE AT DISNEYLAND NOW AND WE’RE ENJOYING EVERY BIT OF IT. >> MAHOMES, HIS TEAMMATE, TRAVIS KELCE, AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, TAYLOR SWIFT, WERE ENJOYING EVERY BIT OF IT, TOO. NEW FOOTAGE SHOWING THE TEAM’S CELEBRATIONS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, PARTYING LIKE ONLY CAN FROM THE LOCKER ROOM

    TO THE NIGHTCLUBS WHERE SWIFTS PARENTS JOINED IN. THE SINGER POSTING THIS VIDEO, WRITING. IT’S A FRIENDS AND FAMILY PARTY. THEY SAID, BRING YOUR PARENTS. THEY SAID. THE SUPERSTAR CELEBRATING TRAVIS’S WIN WITH HER MUSIC AS THE SOUNDTRACK FOR PART OF THE NIGHT FROM YOU BELONG WITH ME TOO LOVE STORY.

    TRAVIS’S BROTHER JASON, ALSO ON HAND, MASKED UP IN THE DJ BOOTH, DANCING I WAS THERE, SO I SAW JASON. HE WAS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY, MAN. THOSE KELCE BROTHERS, MAN, THEY’RE THE LIFE OF THE PARTY WHEREVER THEY GO. JASON LATER SPOTTED AT THE END OF THE EVENING WALKING INTO

    A TREE AS TRAVIS PUT TAYLOR’S COAT. WE’RE AT DISNEY, BUT I THINK TRAVIS REALLY HAS THE FAIRY TALE RIGHT HERE. YOU’RE LIVING THE FAIRY TALE, BUT HE’S GOT IT GOING ON AS WELL. >> YEAH, MAN. I MEAN, TRAVIS HAD A GREAT, GREAT COUPLE OF YEARS, I’LL SAY THAT.

    >> MAHOMES READY TO KEEP THAT FAIRY TALE STREAK ALIVE. >> SO WE’LL MAKE DATE FOR IT’LL BE DISNEY WORLD PROBABLY NEXT YEAR. I DISNEY WORLD. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SUPER BOWL IN NEW ORLEANS, A LITTLE FLIGHT OVER. >> I WAS DOING WILL REEVE IN LOS ANGELES. >> THANK YOU.

    AND LITTLE JOHN IS GIVING A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT HIS CAMEO DURING USHER’S SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW HERE, SHARING EVERYTHING WENT INTO THAT NIGHT TO REMEMBER COLLABORATING WITH HIS LONGTIME FRIEND USHER. >> LARA SPENCER HAS MORE. YUP. >> VEGAS KICK ASS AGAIN. WE CAN’T TURN DOWN AFTER THE SUPER BOWL’S ELECTRIFYING

    HALFTIME PERFORMANCE. USHER JOINED ON STAGE BY MUSICAL TALENTS LIKE ALICIA KEYS. >> THAT’S THE ONLY WE KNOW HOW AND HER. BUT THE PARTY REALLY HEATING UP WHEN LUDACRIS AND THE ULTIMATE HYPE MAN LIL TOOK THE MIC THAT WAS ON THE JUST LIKE A PLAYER LIKE I ARE READY TO GO

    TURN OUT THE LIGHT. HE TRULY BROUGHT HBO VEGAS. >> WE WERE AT HOUSE ON BEING IN THE SUPER BOWL. IT DOESN’T GET NO MORE ATLANTA THAN THAT. >> THE CHART TOPPING HIT. YEAH, PRODUCED BY THE CRUNK PIONEER, CATAPULTING FANS TO THEIR FEET TWO DECADES AFTER THIS SINGLE’S RELEASE.

    >> IT’S JUST A GOOD, FINE, POSITIVE FEELING. >> IT’S A SIMPLE CHORUS. >> YEAH. >> YEAH. IF YOU DON’T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH, YOU CAN SAY, YEAH, YEAH. IT JUST STILL SOUNDS FRESH. THE 13 MINUTE ATLANTA MEETS VEGAS EXTRAVAGANZA FURTHER CEMENTING ICON STATUS AND THE BEAUTIFUL FINALE TO AN EPIC,

    THE R&B LEGEND SAYING I DO. TYING THE KNOT WITH HIS LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND, JENNIFER GOICOECHEA, THE COUPLE SEEN TOGETHER AT USHER’S ALBUM RELEASE PARTY SUNDAY NIGHT. >> HE’S THE MOST AT PEACE I’VE EVER SEEN HIM AND I THINK HE PROBABLY FELT LIKE IT WAS TIME TO MAKE THAT STEP BECAUSE

    SHE’S BEEN IN HIS CORNER FOR A WHILE NOW. SO I’M REALLY HAPPY FOR HIM AND J. LARA SPENCER, THANK YOU. COMING UP, SPRING BREAK SAVINGS EXPERTS SAY NOW IS THE GOLDILOCKS WINDOW TO BOOK YOUR TRAVEL AND HOW CAN GET THE BEST DEAL FOR YOUR FAMILY. ALSO AHEAD, A MARYLAND COUPLE

    IS MAKING HISTORY AND WINE. THE PAIR IS POURING INTO THEIR COMMUNITY, SHARING THEIR ROOTS. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER U.S. SEAT IN U.S. NEWS. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE

    TELEVISION TELEVISION. YOU SAW ME THERE WITH THE GOOD VIBES, THE BLOOD. THAT’S SO LITTLE. BESIDES YOUR MOM’S A LITTLE BIT . JUST A LITTLE BIT. SMILE A LITTLE MORE IN A MINUTE WITH AMERICA AND AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE SOURCE BECOMES THE ONLY ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO.

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    NEWS PROGRAM IN ALL OF TELEVISION STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WITH LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION, A CENTRAL VIETNAM. YOU GET A CHANCE TO THE AIRPLANE AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS YOU WANT TO SAY.

    DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY IN THAT HOUSE? BUT I DIDN’T. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY. YOU FACE TO FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG? >> THE HOUSE AND THE HOUSE SEARCHING IN NOW. >> WELCOME BACK. IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO ESCAPE THE WINTER WEATHER NOW, COULD

    BE THE BEST TIME TO SCORE A SPRING BREAK TRAVEL DEAL. EXPERTS SAY BOOKING NOW COULD SAVE YOU TIME AND MONEY. DEMARCO MORGAN HAS MORE ON SOME TIPS AND TECHNIQUES FIRST SEEN IN THE WASHINGTON POST. >> IT MAY BE THE DEAD OF WINTER, BUT THE TRAVEL ARE HEATING UP.

    >> EXPERTS SAY NOW MAY BE THE BEST TIME TO BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS FOR SPRING BREAK. IF YOU STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT, CHANCES ARE ONCE MARCH ROLLS AROUND. >> SPRING BREAK FLIGHTS ARE GOING TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE, NOT LESS. >> WE ARE IN THE GOLDILOCKS WINDOW FOR CHEAP SPRING BREAK FLIGHTS.

    YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT. TAKE A PAGE FROM THE CHILDHOOD FAIRY TALE, THE GOLDILOCKS IS THE IDEAL TIME TO BOOK YOUR FLIGHT. NOT TOO EARLY. >> TOO LATE FOR THE PRICE TO BE JUST RIGHT. IF YOU 11 MONTHS IN ADVANCE, YOU DON’T SEE MANY CHEAP FLIGHTS.

    BUT IF YOU WAIT UNTIL A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE YOUR LIKELIHOOD OF A CHEAP FLIGHT AT THAT POINT IS ALSO GOING TO BE VERY LOW. >> NOW THAT WE ARE IN THE WINDOW, HOW CAN YOU GET THE BEST DEAL FOR YOUR FAMILY? SKY’S FOUNDED TRAVEL. GO IN SAYS BE FLEXIBLE

    WITH YOUR LOCATION. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GO TO THE BEACH, PICK THE ONE WITH CHEAPEST AND CAR SAYS IF YOU HAVE A BIG FAMILY, IT COULD BE CHEAPER TO BOOK TICKETS INDIVIDUALLY. >> WHEN YOU DO ONE BOOKING OF FOUR TICKETS. ALL FOUR TICKETS HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME PRICE.

    >> AND IF THERE’S ONLY TICKETS LEFT AT THE CHEAPEST PRICE, THEY’RE GOING TO SELL YOU THE NEXT MOST EXPENSIVE ONE. SO INSTEAD, BOOK THREE TICKETS AT ONCE AT THE CHEAPEST PRICE, THEN BOOK THE FOURTH TICKET. >> GUYS ALSO ADVISE US TO COMPARE ROUNDTRIP ONE WAY FARES. THE CHEAPEST NONSTOP FLIGHT

    FROM NEW YORK TO SAN DIEGO FOR A WEEK IN LATE APRIL IS $448 PER PERSON ROUNDTRIP. >> BUT IF YOU BOOK EACH LEG SEPARATELY, YOU CAN FLY ONE WAY TO SAN DIEGO FOR $139 AND BACK TO NEW YORK FOR 254 BUCKS TOTALING $393. THAT’S A SAVINGS OF $55 PER PERSON, 21 DAYS BEFORE

    YOUR TRAVEL DATE. THAT NEEDS TO BE YOUR DROP DEAD DATE TO GET YOUR FLIGHT BOOK. >> AND NOW IT’S ALSO A GREAT TIME TO BOOK A CRUISE. WE ARE IN WHAT’S CALLED THE WAITING SEASON, AND THAT’S THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR. AND IT’S ON CRUISE LINES OFTEN

    OFFER A WIDE OF DISCOUNTS AND SAYS YOU CAN SCORE DISCOUNTS BETWEEN 30 AND 60% OFF. AND YOU’RE ALSO LIKELY TO SEE CABIN UPGRADES, BOGO OFFERS AND ONBOARD CREDIT DIET. >> I LOVE SOUND OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS. DEMARCO MORGAN, THANK YOU. AND IN MARYLAND COUPLE IS MAKING HISTORY AND WINE.

    >> JANELLE AND MATTHEW BOYD ARE THE CREATORS OF THE STATE’S FIRST BLACK OWNED FAMILY WINERY. AND THEY SAY IT’S THEIR MISSION TO BRING THEIR COMMUNITY TOGETHER, TO TIP THEIR GLASSES AND ENJOY SOME LOCALLY MADE WINES. AND JANELLE AND MATTHEW BOYD OF CREW WINES ARE JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE.

    >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING ON. YOU FOR HAVING US. >> SO, JANELLE, AFRICAN-AMERICANS, A LONGSTANDING HISTORY WITH WINEMAKING. WHY WAS THAT SO IMPORTANT TO YOU AND HOW DID THAT INSPIRE CREW WINES? >> SURE. SO, ABSOLUTELY. THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND WINEMAKING ACTUALLY GOES BACK TO 33 WHEN JOHN JIM

    LOUIS SENIOR WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICAN WINEMAKER. RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN CLARKSVILLE, VIRGINIA. AND I’M DOING OUR RESEARCH LEARNING THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT COMBINED WITH OUR OWN HISTORY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN BOTH OF OUR FAMILIES, REALLY INSPIRED US TO STEP OUT HERE AND START MAKING AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT WINEMAKING AND HOW

    WE CAN BRING SOMETHING SPECIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY. >> NOW, MATTHEW, THAT’S A HISTORY DON’T OFTEN HEAR ABOUT, BUT YOU ACTUALLY INCORPORATE THAT HISTORY INTO YOUR WINE TASTINGS AND YOUR CLASSES. HOW DOES THAT WORK? >> WE DO. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, IS REALLY INTERESTING

    FOR US IS ALWAYS BEING ABLE TO SHOW PEOPLE ONE HOW TO MAKE GREAT WINES AND HOW THE PROCESS GOES AND TELLING ABOUT NOT JUST THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNED WINERIES, BUT ALSO THAT OUR OWN HISTORY WITH WINEMAKING. MY FIRST TIME MAKING WINE WAS ACTUALLY WITH MY GRANDFATHER, AND HE LEARNED FROM HIS PARENTS

    HOW TO MAKE WINE, AND HE LITERALLY ORDERED GRAPES FROM CALIFORNIA AND ORDERED A OAK FROM CALIFORNIA, A FRENCH OAK BARREL AND MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND I, WE HELPED HIM MAKE WINE RIGHT THERE IN HIS OWN. HE WOULD GIVE WINE OUT TO HIS SONS DAUGHTERS THE FOLLOWING YEAR AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT.

    SO KNOW INCORPORATE THAT HISTORY INTO OUR TASTINGS AND TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT HOW NOT JUST WE’RE MAKING WINE. ONE QUOTE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE’RE REALLY WANT TO MAKE WINE SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. WHAT GOES INTO THE WINE, WHY WE CHOSE THE CERTAIN GRAPES THAT WE CHOSE SPECIFICALLY

    UTILIZE THE GRAPE TO DRAW EXTREMELY WELL HERE IN MARYLAND . MY GRANDFATHER USED TO MAKE WINE IN HIS KITCHEN TOO. YOU’RE JUST GIVING ME A LITTLE OF NOSTALGIA MYSELF. >> I’M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THAT WAY WHEN THEY GO TO VISIT THE WINERY. AND YOU STARTED THIS COMPANY

    DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A SMALL VENTURE, JUST, YOU. NOW YOUR WINES ARE TAKING OFF. THEY’RE SET TO HEAD TO TARGET IN THE D.C. AREA. SO TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOUR BRAND. FOR SURE. YEAH. IT’S BEEN A WILD RIDE. VERY QUICK AND VERY FAST.

    BUT WE’RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW THE GROWTH THAT WE’RE INCURRING MOST EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS EXCITED ABOUT, OUR WINES, YOU KNOW, THEY TRULY ENJOY THEM. OUR FREE SPIRIT ROSÉ SOLD OUT LAST YEAR IN JULY AFTER WE HAD FIRST STARTED IN APRIL. AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR US, REALLY?

    TO CONTINUE TO MAKE GREAT WINE, TO EXPAND, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR COMPANY AND OUR BRAND. AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING TO, YOU KNOW, OPENING A TASTING ROOM AS WELL AS COMMUNITY AND ALSO DO A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY MARKETPLACE FOR OTHER SMALL BUSINESS TO GET IN FRONT OF THEIR CUSTOMERS AND TO TRULY

    BUILD COMMUNITY AS WELL. >> ALL RIGHT, JANELLE AND MATTHEW BOYD OF CRU WINES. THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING ON. GOOD LUCK TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> COMING UP, LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL. MARDI GRAS IS UNDERWAY. HOW SMALL BUSINESS IN NEW ORLEANS BECAME THE SPOT FOR KING CAKE.

    ALSO AHEAD, ALICIA KEYS MISSED A KEY AT THE TOP OF HER SUPER BOWL PERFORMANCE. NOW THE INTERNET IS CITING A FIX ON THE NFL’S YOUTUBE PAGE. WE ARE SIPPING THAT TEA WITH WILL GANSS NEXT. >> WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES CHANGED HERE IN LONDON,

    IN BARCELONA, EVOLVED IN TEXAS . EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW, WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY HERE BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. >> ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME. WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS

    WHEREVER YOU STREAMING NEWS ME ON ABC NEWS. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION. >> SO THE QUESTION IS.

    OKAY, HERE WE GO. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? YOU JUST WON’T BELIEVE WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY THINK NO ONE’S WATCHING AFTER SEASON. I BROUGHT SARAH NEEDS AND KAMAU BELL ALONG FOR THE RIDE. >> ALL RIGHT, JUST BREAK IT IS JUST BE HONEST HERE. >> I WAS HERE ALL THE TIME.

    THE ALL-NEW OF WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN HERE SUNDAY NIGHT ON ABC. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? ABC NEWS THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. START HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY

    THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING IN YOUR DAILY FIRST. LISTEN, WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> ABC NEWS, AMERICA’S NUMBER SOURCE. I’M DEVIN DWYER REPORTING FROM BURLINGTON, VERMONT. WHEREVER THIS STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE WATCHING ABC NEWS LIVE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC LIVE FIRST. AND HAPPY MARDI GRAS, EVERYONE.

    TODAY IS BACK AND NO PLACE IN THE WORLD KNOWS HOW TO LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL LIKE NEW ORLEANS. PEOPLE THERE ARE ALREADY CELEBRATING WITH DRINKS, DANCING AND FOOD. AND NOW ONE BAKERY FOUNDED BY VIETNAMESE REFUGEES HAS BECOME THIS. TO GET THE HOLIDAY STAPLE KING CAKE LINGERS.

    >> THE PRESIDENT OF BAKERY JOINS ME NOW FROM LIN. THANKS MUCH FOR COMING ON. SO WALK US THROUGH THIS. MARDI GRAS ONE ON ONE. WHAT EXACTLY IS KING CAKE AND WHY IT SO SPECIAL TODAY? >> CAN IT BE ICONIC CAKE FOR A MARDI GRAS? >> AND IT’S IT’S A GIANT KIND

    OF DOUGH. SOME PEOPLE CALL IT A GIANT CINNAMON ROLL. BUT I THINK IT’S MORE SPECIAL THAN THAT. AND IT’S IT HAS AN ICING ON IT. AND THEY PLUCK THE BABY INSIDE. YOU’RE EITHER SUPPOSED TO ENJOY IT STARTING JANUARY 6 UNTIL TODAY, FAT TUESDAY. >> AND IF YOU ARE IT, GET THE

    THE BABY, START THE NEXT PARTY. >> SO IT’S BEEN TRADITIONS FOR SO MANY YEARS IN NEW ORLEANS. >> SO FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN TO MARDI GRAS, CAN YOU WHAT TODAY IS LIKE IN NEW ORLEANS TODAY IS CRAZY. >> IGNORING THE WHOLE CITY. THE WHOLE CITY SHUTS. >> EVERYBODY IS PARTYING.

    WE ARE ALSO PARTYING. WE’VE MADE OUR LAST PANCAKE. YESTERDAY, WE THOUGHT OF THAT PANCAKE AS THE DAY AND TODAY WE ARE SHUT DOWN AND WE ARE DOING ALL OUR STAFF HUGE CRAWFISH BOIL. THERE ARE PARADES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. YOU CAN’T REALLY DO MUCH ELSE TODAY.

    >> IT’S A TOUGH JOB WHEN YOU’RE BEING FORCED TO PARTY. LYNN GARZA, PRESIDENT OF DONGFANG BAKERY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. HAPPY MARDI GRAS. THANK YOU. AND IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE TEAM WHERE WE BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE BIGGEST STORIES PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. OUR FRIEND WILL GANSS IS HERE

    TO HELP US OUT. WILL SPILL THAT SAME. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TELL YOU TO PUT TODAY IN THE HISTORY BOOKS, YOU ARE MORE COLORFUL THAN I AM TODAY, WHICH THIS IS A RARE OCCASION. SO MARK THE DATE IN YOUR CALENDAR, PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT. WE BEGIN THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW.

    THE INTERNET STILL THIRSTY FOR USHER FOLLOWING ITS 15 MINUTE SPECTACULAR. BUT THE NFL HAS MADE AN EDIT TO THE YOUTUBE VERSION THAT FANS CAN’T HELP BUT NOTICE. ALICIA KEYS, OF COURSE, JOINED USHER ON STAGE FOR A RED HOT DUET OF MY AFTER A QUICK SOLO RENDITION OF HER HIT IF

    I AIN’T GOT YOU. HERE’S THE VERSION THAT WAS POSTED TO YOUTUBE. TAKE A LISTEN. >> SOME PEOPLE PUT. >> OKAY. SOUNDS PRETTY SOLID, RIGHT? WELL, HERE’S WHAT AIRED ON LIVE TV. SOME PEOPLE. >> YEAH. THAT FIRST NOTE, THERE’S A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE THERE. THE VOICE CRACK WAS FOR

    THE YOUTUBE VERSION. WE REACHED OUT TO THE NFL FOR COMMENT, BUT WE HAVEN’T HEARD BACK. FAN SAYING OF THE LIVE PERFORMANCE. YES. ALICIA’S VOICE ON THE OPENING NOTE, WHICH IS AWESOME. IT’S LIVE. IT’S NOT DUBBED AND SHOWS THAT A SUPERSTAR IS NOT PERFECT. I LOVE IT. ACTUALLY. IT’S COMPLETELY NORMAL EVEN

    AT THAT LEVEL TO BE LIKE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF A PERFORMANCE. BUT THAT ALMOST FEEDS THE ENERGY AS THE ARTIST GETS A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE AND GETS MORE WARMED UP. SO IT DOES AWAY FROM IT A BIT. I AGREE WITH YOU AND I CAN

    UNDERSTAND WHY FANS ARE A LITTLE BIT LIKE, OH, MILEY, FIX IT. I DO THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A IT WAS A MARVELOUS PERFORMANCE. EITHER WAY, THE INTERNET IS FAKE. THE INTERNET’S NOT REAL. YOU MEAN EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET ISN’T REAL? ALL RIGHT. YESTERDAY WAS THE ANNUAL OSCARS

    LUNCHEON, THE FIRST BIG EVENT FOR THE ACADEMY AS NOMINEES GATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO UNOFFICIALLY CAMPAIGN FOR VOTES FROM ACADEMY MEMBERS. AT FIRST, THAT ICONIC CLASS PHOTO OF THIS YEAR’S CLASS, INCLUDING, OF COURSE, STERLING K BROWN, BRADLEY COOPER, ANNETTE BENING, AND SO MANY.

    BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IN MY OPINION, IT BLEW A FEW FASHIONED THEMES THAT I SPOTTED, WHICH COULD INDICATE WHAT’S TO COME ON OSCAR SUNDAY. LET’S TALK ABOUT WOMEN SPORTING SUITS EMMA STONE AND LOUIS VUITTON, LILY GLADSTONE AND GABRIELA HEARST MONOCHROME, LILY, AN ALL WHITE, WAS VERY POPULAR THEN. EMILY BLUNT ROCKING, THIS

    INDIGO LOOK AND MY GOODNESS, LOOK AT RYAN GOSLING IN, AN ALL LILAC GUCCI SUIT. CHECK IT OUT ON INSTAGRAM. IT WAS, LIKE, SO STUNNING. ONE OF MY FAVORITE SPOTS EVER FOR YOU. IT WAS MORE THAN CANAL NO MARDI GRAS BLAZERS, NO MORE. THEY KNEW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO TAKE THAT TREND HOME.

    YEAH, RIGHT. EXACTLY. ARE THEY RIGHT NEAR IT? OH, IT IS. IT IS. AND IN MUSIC NEWS THIS MORNING, GET READY TO ROCK THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, ANNOUNCING THEIR NOMINEES FOR THE CLASS OF 2020 FOR INDUCTION. AND THIS YEAR’S PRELIMINARY LIST IS STAR STUDDED. WE’VE GOT CAREY, CHER, MARY J.

    BLIGE, LENNY KRAVITZ, SINEAD O’CONNOR, OZZY OSBORNE, PETER FRAMPTON AND THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, AS WELL AS BANDS FOREIGNER, KOOL AND THE GANG, OASIS AND A TRIBE CALLED QUEST AND AMAZING. TEN OF THE 50 NOMINEES ARE VERY FIRST TIMERS TO THE HALL OF FAME LIST, INCLUDING THE ONE AND ONLY MIMI, WHO WROTE

    ABOUT THE HONOR ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SAYING BEYOND EXCITED AND THRILLED TO BE AMONG THESE LEGENDARY NOMINEES FOR THIS YEAR’S ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL. THE 2024 INDUCTEES WILL BE ANNOUNCED THIS APRIL WITH THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CEREMONY STREAMING FOR

    THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW ON DISNEY PLUS FROM OUR PARENT COMPANY, DISNEY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND FINALLY, MEET FOUR WOMEN THAT THE INTERNET IS CALLING THE REAL LIFE GOLDEN GIRLS BECAUSE ALL FOUR OF THESE WOMEN HAVE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY LIVE TOGETHER AT THE SAME RETIREMENT CENTER.

    JOAN, ELSIE, SYLVIA AND MARY GRACE ALL GRADUATED FROM MOUNT SAINT MARY’S ACADEMY IN GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, IN THE MID 1950S. THEY REMAINED CLOSE, BUT THEY WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS AFTER GRADUATION, HAVING CAREERS AND RAISING 12 CHILDREN BETWEEN ALL FOUR OF THEM NOW IN THEIR EIGHTIES, ALL THE LIVE TOGETHER

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    TELEVISION AND TV AND GIVE IT TO ME. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS THE START HERE TO BE IN THE 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 MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET

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    ARE HERE IN A NATION AT WAR SEEN TANK AFTER TANK POURING INTO THIS AREA. >> THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. BULLET HOLES ALL UP THE WITHIN MINUTES OF THE AIR RAID SIRENS GOING OFF IN HIS HAND. >> AN EXPLOSION DOWN HERE TONIGHT, ISRAEL WAGING A FIERCE BOMBARDMENT OF GAZA, ISRAEL, HAMAS WAR.

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    TEXAS. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN 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 CRIME. >> WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. STREAM ABC LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAMING NEWS ME ON ABC LIVE REPORTING FROM

    SOUTH KOREA. >> I’M JOOHEE CHO. WHEREVER THIS STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE I I’M TO SAY THOUGH TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE FIRST THE NORTHEAST’S BIGGEST SNOWSTORM IN YEARS. IT’S EXPECTED TO BRING A FOOT OF SNOW IN SOME AREAS. OUR WEATHER TEAM HAS THE TRACK

    AND TIMING. THE SENATE JUST PASSED A BILL PROVIDING AID TO UKRAINE AND BUT WILL IT HOLD UP IN THE HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON IS ALREADY PUSHING BACK. PLUS, THE NEW SHIFT IN PARENTING RESEARCH FINDS PARENTS AND ADULT CHILDREN ARE STAYING TIED TOGETHER. LATER, LIFE. WE’LL EXPLORE THE PROS AND CONS

    AND HOW TO CREATE A HEALTHY BOUNDARIES. >> WE BEGIN WITH THE WINTER STORM HITTING THE NORTHEAST. RIGHT NOW. MORE THAN A THOUSAND FLIGHTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CANCELED TODAY IN THE US. UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST MARK THEATER IS TRACKING THE STORM

    US FROM CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK. >> SARA, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TODAY? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, TODAY, WHILE WATCHING THIS SNOW COME DOWN AND I’LL TELL YOU HERE IN NEW YORK, IT’S BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE WE’VE HAD A WINTER STORM WARNING. >> SO THIS IS A PRETTY PROLIFIC SIGHT TO SEE.

    LOOK BEHIND ME. LOOK AT THAT. THE SNOW TRYING TO CLEAR THE ROADS OUT RIGHT NOW, BUT THE SNOW KEEPS COMING DOWN ABOUT AN INCH HOUR. SO EVERY TIME THEY CLEARED, IT IS ACCUMULATING AGAIN. I’VE BEEN SEEING SO MANY FOLKS TAKING ADVANTAGE, THOUGH, HERE IN CENTRAL PARK. I THINK THIS IS THE THE FUN

    SIDE OF THE WINTER STORM. AS I’VE BEEN SAYING, FOLKS HAVE STILL BEEN DOING THEIR DOG WALKS, THEIR MORNING RUNS. >> I EVEN HAVE BEEN MAKING A FEW FRIENDS, ONE EARTHLING, A MOCHI I SPOKE WITH. SHE WOKE UP. SHE’S VISITING NEW YORK CITY AND SHE WAS SHOCKED AT SEEING THIS WINTER WONDERLAND HERE

    IN CENTRAL PARK. >> SO NOW TELL ME, YOU SAID YOU ARE YOU’RE COMING FROM TORONTO. ARE YOU DO YOU LIVE HERE IN NEW YORK CITY? ARE YOU VISITING AND VISITING? >> YOU’RE VISITING? YEAH, I GOT JUST HERE YESTERDAY AND I WAS SO SURPRISED WHEN I WOKE UP. OH, MY GOD.

    WHAT HAPPENED? SO YOU DIDN’T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS COMING? YES. >> NO SURPRISE IN THAT SHOCKER . YEAH. SO SHE COMPLETELY SHOCKED BY THIS. AND THE THING IS, SHE’S ACTUALLY FROM JAPAN AND SHE HADN’T BEEN IN TORONTO VERY LONG, SO SHE WAS LIKE, I HAVEN’T EVEN SEEN THE LIKES

    OF THIS IN SOUTHERN JAPAN WHERE I LIVE. SO PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT REALLY MAKING THE MOST OF IT HERE IN CENTRAL PARK. THE WIDER REGION HAS ALSO BEEN GETTING HIT BY THIS SNOW. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS EXTENDS UP AND DOWN

    THE I-95 CORRIDOR. WASHINGTON, D.C. HAD BEEN GETTING SOME RAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT OF WINTRY MIX MIXING IN THERE. AND THEN CITIES LIKE PHILADELPHIA ALSO SEEING SOME WINTRY WEATHER. YOU HEAD RIGHT ON UP INTO HARTFORD AND BOSTON. BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS IS PRETTY MUCH SITUATED

    RIGHT ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR. AND WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT IS AROUND LUNCHTIME, THIS MAKES ITS PROGRESSION EASTWARD AND IT CONTINUES TO DO THAT. YOU’LL START TO SEE THE SNOW TAPERING OFF INLAND TO COAST. SO THE JERSEY SHORE, LONG ISLAND, STILL SEEING SNOW AROUND LUNCHTIME. BUT IN NEW YORK CITY PROPER

    BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF HERE IN CENTRAL PARK WHERE I AM. AND THEN BY 6 P.M., IT’S OUT OF HERE. A FEW SPORADIC SNOW SHOWERS ON THE BACK OF THIS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA. AND THEN THE NEXT STORY BEGINS . THE TEMPERATURES, THEY’RE GOING TO DROP TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE

    TWENTIES. A LOT OF FOLKS. IT’LL BE EXTREMELY COLD. AND WHERE WE SAW SOME RAIN IN SOME SOUTHERN CITIES, WE COULD SEE SOME FREEZING OVERNIGHT AND THAT COULD MAKE FOR A DICEY SITUATION ON THE ROAD DURING THAT WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. OH, AND DIANE, YOU KNOW, I PROMISED YOU I WAS GOING

    TO DO THAT SNOW ANGEL. I HAD TO PUT A TRASH OUT BAG TRASH BAG DOWN THERE BECAUSE I WANT TO GET THESE PANTS WET. >> BUT I DID APPROVE OF. >> YEAH. OH, LOOK AT THE SMILE, SEEMA. YOU LOOK SO HAPPY MAKING THIS SNOW ANGEL RIGHT NOW. >> I ABSOLUTELY LOVE.

    I LOVE NEW YORK. DIANE, WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. YES. I THINK A LOT OF NEW YORKERS HAVE. HONESTLY, WE’RE GOING TO SEE IT. SOME ARE GOING DOWN THE HILL IN A SLIDE LATER. ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE IN CENTRAL PARK. THANKS, AMARA. >> AND CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS IS ASKING

    A SPECIAL TO RESPOND AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ASKED THE SUPREME COURT TO TEMPORARILY BLOCK A LOWER COURT’S DECISION REJECTING HIS IMMUNITY CLAIMS. TRUMP’S ATTORNEYS ARGUE THE JUSTICES SHOULD ALLOW THE APPEALS PROCESS TO PLAY OUT DUE TO THE HIGH STAKES FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION. SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY

    JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THAT. AND WHAT DOES THE SUPREME COURT NEED TO CONSIDER WHEN IT COMES TO THIS POTENTIAL STAY AND HOW IT COULD AFFECT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S CASE? THE SUPREME COURT BEING ASKED TO PUT A PAUSE, AN INDEFINITE PAUSE TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT TIME TO PRESS HIS APPEAL

    OF LOWER COURT’S DECISION THAT HE IS NOT IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION THE WAY HE SAYS HE IS. >> AND HE SAYS IT IS A MONUMENTAL QUESTION THAT IF IF IT DOESN’T GO HIS WAY, COULD RESULT IN A SERIES OF RECRIMINATIONS. HE THAT IF HE IS PROSECUTED, THAT MEANS EVERY REPUBLICAN WILL PROSECUTE

    A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT AND EVERY DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT WILL PROSECUTE A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT. AND ON AND ON AND. TODAY, THE CHIEF JUSTICE, JOHN ROBERTS, AS EXPECTED IS GIVING THE SPECIAL COUNSEL UNTIL A WEEK FROM TODAY, RESPOND. TRUMP SIDE WILL BE GIVEN TIME AFTER THAT, THEN IT WILL BE CONSIDERED FULLY BRIEFED

    AND THE SUPREME COURT COULD RULE AT ANY TIME. >> TRUMP’S CO-DEFENDANTS, MEANWHILE, IN THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE, ARE IN COURT TODAY AFTER HE WAS IN COURT YESTERDAY. WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR THERE ? >> HE’S NOT THERE, BUT HIS LAWYERS ARE. AND THE LAWYERS FOR HIS TO CO-DEFENDANTS IN THE CLASSIFIED

    DOCUMENTS CASE ARE THERE. AND THEY’RE TRYING TO CONVINCE JUDGE TO MAKE SOME OF THE EVIDENCE IN THE CASE. THAT’S REALLY AT THE HEART OF THE ACCUSATION THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IMPROPERLY RETAINED CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. THEY WANT THAT FILE PUBLICLY SO THEY CAN USE IT IN THE COURSE OF THEIR DEFENSE.

    AND SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH IS BEEN HE’S BEEN PUSHING BACK ON THAT TO SAY IF YOU DO THAT AND YOU EXPOSE THIS MATERIAL, THEN YOU’RE GOING TO EXPOSE POTENTIAL WITNESSES TO INTIMIDATION OR HARASSMENT. AND HE SAYS THERE’S PLENTY OF EVIDENCE OF WITNESSES INVOLVED IN TRUMP RELATED CASES EXPERIENCING THOSE KINDS OF THREATS.

    >> NOW, WHILE ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING, THE JUDGE IN THE GEORGIA ELECTION CASE IS ALSO MOVING FORWARD WITH A MISCONDUCT HEARING OVER DISTRICT ATTORNEY FANI WILLIS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PROSECUTOR HER INVOLVED IN THAT CASE AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT. SO THE JUDGE SAYS WILLIS COULD BE DISQUALIFIED IF EVIDENCE

    SHOWS THAT SHE FINANCIAL BENEFITED FROM THE CASE. >> HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT? IT WAS REALLY STUNNING TO HEAR THE EVEN RAISE THE POSSIBILITY OF A DISQUALIFICATION FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FANI WILLIS. IT’S A RATHER HIGH BAR TO GET A DISTRICT ATTORNEY DISQUALIFIED FROM A CASE IN GEORGIA AND HER

    OFFICE IN COURT PAPERS SAYS THAT ALL THAT THAT THE DEFENSE IS GIVING YOU IS GOSSIP, THAT IT IT REALLY HAS NO BEARING ON THE CASE. WHOEVER SHE’S IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH, SHE SAYS THAT SHE BEGAN THE AFTER THAT THE SPECIAL NATHAN WADE WAS HIRED TO WORK ON THE TRUMP CASE.

    AND THAT THEIR RELATIONSHIP REALLY HAS NO BEARING ON ON HOW THE CASE GOES. THE DEFENSE HAS A MUCH DIFFERENT VIEW, AND THE JUDGE IS GOING TO ENTERTAIN ALL OF THIS POTENTIALLY EVEN TESTIMONY FROM THE D.A. HERSELF. ALL INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY KEEPING TRACK OF LOTS OF CASES FOR ERIN. THANK YOU.

    THANK YOU. AND THE SENATE’S NEWLY PASSED AID BILL FOR UKRAINE, ISRAEL AND TAIWAN APPEARS TO BE DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT THE HOUSE. 17 REPUBLICAN SENATORS DEFIED DONALD TRUMP TO PASS THE BILL IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, BUT HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON SAYS HE WON’T TAKE IT UP. ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN JOINS ME FROM

    CAPITOL HILL ALONG WITH HOST OF THE FIVETHIRTYEIGHT POLITICS PODCAST, GALEN DRUKE FOR MORE. JAKE, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT HERE? WHY IS MIKE JOHNSON’S SAYING HE WON’T TAKE UP THIS BILL? >> WELL, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE AND I TALKED DIANE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND SAID THAT IF THE SENATE SOMETHING IT

    ALL HINGES ON MIKE JOHNSON AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE PUTS IT ON THE FLOOR. WE ARE IN THAT EXACT SCENARIO RIGHT NOW. SO OVERNIGHT IS THIS PROCESS OF VOTING. THAT BILL FINALLY GETS PASSED EARLY THIS MORNING. AS YOU SAID, 22 REPUBLICANS DEFYING FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S PRESSURE AND VOTING FOR

    THIS PACKAGE. THAT IS FUNDING FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE, NOT THE BORDER SECURITY AND IMMIGRATION PROVISIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY NEGOTIATED THAT USED TO BE IN THIS PACKAGE BECAUSE REPUBLICANS ENDED UP OPPOSING THOSE, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE WERE ONGOING OF BIPARTISAN NEGOTIATIONS TO GET TO THAT POINT. NOW, WE IN THIS PLACE WHERE

    SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON HAS SAID, BECAUSE THIS DOESN’T HAVE ENOUGH ELEMENTS OF IMMIGRATION, PARTICULARLY HARDLINE BORDER SECURITY PROVISIONS, HE DOESN’T BELIEVE IT’S WORTH IT ON THE HOUSE FLOOR FOR A VOTE. IT’S VERY UNLIKELY THAT HE’S GOING TO BUDGE FROM THAT POSITION. SO THE QUESTION BECOMES, FOR MODERATE REPUBLICANS, ARE SOME

    OF THEM WILLING TO PARTNER WITH DEMOCRATS AND TRY DO PROCEDURAL MOVES THAT WITHOUT EXPLAINING THEM IN MUCH DETAIL, WOULD ESSENTIALLY FORCE MIKE JOHNSON’S HAND? EVEN THAT LOOKS UNLIKELY. SO MIKE JOHNSON COULD VERY MUCH BE THE SPOILER FOR, THIS LARGE FOREIGN AID PACKAGE. >> AND CAITLIN, NEW YORKERS ARE ALSO HEADING TO THE POLLS

    TODAY FOR A RARE SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL SANTOS’S HOUSE SEAT. THAT’S A COMPETITIVE RACE. SO WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR THERE? >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR JOE BIDEN HAD IT EXISTED IN THE 2020 ELECTION BY EIGHT POINTS. IT ALSO THEN IN 2022 VOTED FOR

    THE REPUBLICAN FOR GOVERNOR OF THE ZELDIN BY 12 POINTS. THAT’S TO SAY THAT WHILE THIS MAY HAVE A STREAK ON THE FEDERAL OR NATIONAL LEVEL, REPUBLICANS CAN DO QUITE WELL LOCALLY HERE. AND SO WHAT WE’RE SEEING A MODERATE DEMOCRAT RUNNING AGAINST A REPUBLIC WITH A VERY INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL STORY.

    >> MAZI PILIP IS ETHIOPIAN BORN. SHE SERVED IN THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE, AND SHE HAS BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE WAR IN GAZA AS A PRIMARY ISSUE IN THIS RACE. IT’S A DISTRICT WITH ONE OF THE LARGEST JEWISH POPULATIONS IN THE COUNTRY. >> IT’S ALSO A WEALTHY DISTRICT

    WITH A LARGE OF HIGHLY EDUCATED, COLLEGE EDUCATED VOTERS, WHICH HAVE TO THE LEFT IN RECENT YEARS. >> SO WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT IS A, THAT’S REALLY GOING TO TEST SOME MESSAGES IN THE SUBURBS HEADING INTO 2024, PRIMARILY ABOUT IMMIGRATION. THE ECONOMY AND CRIME. THOSE ARE THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES TO VOTERS

    IN THIS DISTRICT IN ORDER GOING INTO THIS RACE. AND SO I THINK FOR BOTH PARTIES, EVEN THOUGH WHOEVER WINS WILL ONLY SERVE FOR A MATTER OF MONTHS, THEY’RE THINKING ALL ABOUT 2024 AND HOW THEY WILL MAKE THEIR PITCH TO VOTERS. >> SANTOS FLIPPED THIS HOUSE SEAT FROM DEMOCRAT TO REPUBLICAN WHEN HE WAS

    ELECTED. >> SO HOW ARE VOTERS LEANING NOW AND WHAT’S AT STAKE FOR THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE HOUSE? >> WELL, RIGHT NOW, IN THE IMMEDIATE, AS GARIN NOTED, THIS IS GOING TO BE A BELLWETHER FOR HOW DISTRICTS SIMILAR TO THIS MIGHT PLAY OUT IN 2024. BUT IN THE IMMEDIATE NOW, THIS

    IS A DISTRICT THAT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE FIGHTING OVER BECAUSE IT WOULD REALLY DETERMINE THE TRAJECTORY OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EVEN THAT GRAPHIC WE HAVE ON OUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. IT’S A LITTLE BIT DATED. THAT’S HOW MUCH THE HOUSE HAS CHANGED WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. IT’S NOW 219 REPUBLICANS TO 212

    DEMOCRATS, BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND, WE HAD SOME DEMOCRATS RETIRED. WE HAD KEVIN MCCARTHY, RETIRE. WE HAVE GEORGE SANTOS GET OUT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND SO REPUBLICANS HAVE A SLIM CONTROL, AS YOU KNOW, DIANE, OVER THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. LOOK NO FURTHER THAN LAST WEEK. AND THAT FAILED VOTE TO IMPEACH

    HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS WILL ALL IT TOOK WAS THREE REPUBLICANS TO TANK THAT IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION. REPUBLICANS BY THE BY ARE GOING TO TRY TO DO THAT AGAIN TONIGHT. WHEN STEVE SCALISE IS BACK IN TOWN. BUT IT UNDERSCORES JUST HOW SLIM THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS CONTROL OVER THAT CHAMBER

    IS AND THE STAKES IN THIS RACE, WHICH COULD GIVE THEM ONE EXTRA VOTE AND JUST ONE MORE VOTE IS A CUSHION FOR THEM ON SOME OF THESE BIG CONTROVERSIAL PIECES OF LEGISLATION LIKE THE MALLORCA’S IMPEACHMENT. >> ALL RIGHT, JAY O’BRIEN GALEN DRUKE, THANK YOU BOTH. >> AND DOCTORS SAY DEFENSE

    SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN IS EXPECTED TO RESUME HIS DUTIES TODAY AFTER BEING ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL OVER THE WEEKEND. >> THE PENTAGON SAYS SECRETARY AUSTIN IS STILL IN THE CRITICAL CARE UNIT. WALTER REED MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE HE’S BEING TREATED FOR AN EMERGENT ISSUE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME

    THE SECRETARY HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED IN TWO MONTHS. A SECRETIVE HOSPITALIZATION LAST MONTH FOR A COMPLICATION. A CANCER SURGERY IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS. PENTAGON SAYS IT’S NOT CLEAR WHEN HE’LL BE RELEASED. AND SOUTH AFRICA HAS FILED AN URGENT REQUEST WITH. THE UN’S TOP COURT OVER

    ISRAEL’S MILITARY OPERATIONS IN RAFAH. THIS COMES AS CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM BURNS IS IN CAIRO FOR TALKS AT SECURING THE RELEASE OF THE REMAINING HOSTAGES IN GAZA. FOREIGN MARCUS MOORE JOINS ME NOW FROM TEL AVIV FOR MORE ON THAT STORY. MARCUS. THIS NEW REQUEST FROM SOUTH AFRICA COMES AFTER THE COURT

    RULED ON ITS LEGAL CASE, ACCUSING ISRAEL LAST MONTH. AND THE COURT DECIDED IN THAT CASE, NOT TO GRANT SOUTH AFRICA’S REQUEST FOR A PERMANENT CEASE FIRE. BUT IT DID ORDER ISRAEL TO DO ALL IT CAN TO PREVENT THE DEATHS OF PALESTINIANS. SO HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS

    REQUEST AND HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE COULD IT MAKE THIS TIME AROUND? >> WELL, WHAT DIANA MEAN IS POTENTIALLY QUITE SIGNIFICANT AND ALSO IN A SYMBOLIC SENSE, SIGNIFICANT AS WELL. AS YOU KNOW, THE THE COURT DURING THAT HEARING LAST MONTH STOPPED JUST SHORT OF CALLING FOR FOR CEASE FIRE AND CALLING

    ON ISRAEL TO TO STOP ITS OPERATION THERE IN GAZA, BUT INSTEAD TO DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO PROTECT THE CIVILIAN, NOT THE CIVILIAN LIVES. THE PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. SO THIS LATEST REQUEST, IF NOTHING, IT INCREASES THE SCRUTINY ON ISRAEL AND ENTIRE SITUATION AS A WHOLE AS IT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.

    BUT, DIANE, AGAIN, WITH THE MAJOR POINT BEING TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT LIVES OF THOSE FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE IN RAFAH HAVE PACKED UP THEIR BELONGINGS AND THEY’RE MAKING THEIR WAY NORTH AS ISRAEL PREPARES FOR GROUND OFFENSIVE THERE.

    TOP NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY JUST ANSWERED REPORTERS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SITUATION THERE. LET’S TAKE A LISTEN. >> WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY CONVEYED OUR CONCERNS TO OUR ISRAELI COUNTERPARTS, INCLUDING THE PRIME MINISTER, ABOUT MOVING FORWARD IN RAFAH IN A MAJOR WAY WITHOUT DUE CONSIDERATION OF CIVILIANS. AND WE CONSISTENTLY CONVEYED PRIVATELY AND PUBLICLY,

    BUT PRIVATELY, TO OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO REDUCE CIVILIAN. SO WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THAT? MARCUS WELL, THE THAT THEY’RE CONTINUING PUT THE PRESSURE ON ON ISRAEL AND PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO SIMPLY NOT TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS OPERATION THERE IN RAFAH.

    BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITUATION, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM, AS YOU’VE ALREADY MENTIONED, HAVE ALREADY FLED ONCE, SOME OF THEM TWICE TO TRY TO FIND SAFETY. AND NOW HERE THEY ARE ONCE AGAIN FACED WITH MORE VIOLENCE, A AND THEY’RE ALSO RIGHT ON

    THE BORDER WITH EGYPT. THAT IS ADDING TO THE COMPLICATIONS HERE. AND IT’S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE’VE HEARD FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN AND WE JUST HEARD FROM WHITE HOUSE SPOKESPERSON JOHN KIRBY AND OTHER WORLD LEADERS WHO ARE URGING ISRAEL NOT TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS. AND IF DO CONTINUE WITH THIS

    PLANNED MILITARY OPERATION IN RAFAH THAT THERE BE A CERTAIN PLAN, A STRONG AND SET PLAN TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT PEOPLE THERE WHO ONCE AGAIN, ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS AND MARKETS. >> WHAT’S THE LATEST ON A, TO TRY TO FREE THESE HOSTAGES AND STRIKE SOME KIND OF CEASE

    FIRE DEAL? >> WELL, IT WOULD SEEM RIGHT NOW, DIANE, THAT THE TALKS CONTINUING. WE UNDERSTAND THAT A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS ARE IN CAIRO AS WE SPEAK, AND THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TO WORK ON A DEAL. IN FACT, ISRAEL HAS SENT A DELEGATION THERE. WE UNDERSTAND TO BE A PART

    OF THESE TALKS IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. WE DON’T HAVE THOSE DETAILS YET. BUT — BUT, DIANE, JUST THE MERE FACT THAT ALL SIDES RIGHT NOW APPEAR TO BE TALKING, THAT IS PERHAPS A SIGN OF A POTENTIAL PROGRESS. BUT IT IS WORTH POINTING AND REMEMBERING THAT PRIME

    MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS SAID THAT WILL NOT STOP THEIR MILITARY EFFORT UNTIL HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. AND AT THE SAME TIME. SO THEY’RE NOT GOING TO AGREE TO A CEASE FIRE. AND AT THE SAME TIME, HAMAS HAS SAID THAT THEY WILL NOT AGREE TO ANYTHING UNTIL THE FIGHTING

    THERE IN GAZA HAS STOPPED. DIANA, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MOORE IN TEL AVIV, ISRAEL. >> MARCUS, THANK YOU. COMING UP, THE NEW RESEARCH REVEALING PARENTS AND ADULT CHILDREN ARE STAYING TIED TOGETHER LATER IN LIFE. THE PROS AND CONS AND HOW TO CREATE HEALTHY BOUNDARIES. >> 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. ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF. THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE CONTINUE FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE

    IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY WORKING THIS STORY FROM THE FRONT LINES FROM, SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT.

    THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE NORTH IS ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON. STREAMING NEWS TO YOU, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC LIVE YOU’RE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE

    STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE’S A LOT GOING. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING. IT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. THE MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA THIS MORNING AMERICA’S NUMBER EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY WHAT DO YOU SEE

    PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. >> THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD, OUR MURROW AWARDS

    AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC LIVE.

    FIRST, A NEW REPORT FINDS A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN PARENTS AND THEIR ADULT CHILDREN FROM TALKING ON THE PHONE TO HELPING WITH FINANCES. THE LATEST PEW STUDY SHOWS PARENTS AND CHILDREN ARE STAYING INTIMATELY IN EACH OTHER’S LIVES LONGER, EVEN LATE INTO ADULTHOOD. REBECCA JARVIS HAS MORE ON

    THE GROWING TREND OF PARENTS STAYING INTIMATELY INVOLVED, BOTH EMOTIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY IN THEIR ADULT CHILDREN’S LIVES. >> OH, THERE SHE IS. MY FAVORITE PART. >> YOU GO NOW. IN A NEW SURVEY, THE MAJORITY PARENTS ADMITTING THEY TEXT OR TALK ON THE PHONE WITH THEIR ADULT CHILD AT LEAST A FEW

    TIMES A WEEK. >> ADRIANA GUERECA SAYS HER INPUT IS HELPING HER 19 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, MIA ENTER ADULTHOOD. I THINK THE MORE THAT WE HELP THEM THINK ON THEIR OWN AND ALSO HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE THAT THE LIFE IS AN EXPERIMENT. IF SHE FEELS THAT SHE HAS TO COME TO ME FOR EVERY

    DECISION OR EVERY RELATIONSHIP, THEN I’M NOT DOING JOB. >> AND WHILE FEWER THAN HALF OF YOUNG ADULTS, 18 TO 34 SURVEYED ADMIT THEY’RE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT FROM THEIR PARENTS, 69% SAY IT’S HOW THEY PREFER. NINE IN TEN PARENTS RATING THOSE SAME RELATIONSHIPS AS EXCELLENT. >> A LOT OF PARENTS, WE FEEL

    THE NEED TO BE NEEDED VERSUS WANTING TO BE WANTED AND HAVE TO REALLY MAKE PEACE WITH THAT IDEA THAT IT’S OKAY OUR KIDS NOT TO MEET US ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. >> BOBBY REBEL STEPPED. >> ASHLEY ADMITS THAT NEEDS SHOULD NOT COME AT THE COST OF HER INDEPEND.

    >> I DEFINITELY DON’T WISH THEY WERE MORE INVOLVED JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN BE IF I ASK THEM FOR THAT HELP. >> EXPERTS SUGGEST THERE CAN BE BOTH PROS AND CONS TO PARENTS STAYING TOO INVOLVED IN THEIR ADULT CHILD’S LIFE. >> IF YOU’RE COMMUNICATING TO YOUR CHILD ANY AGE, I’M INVOLVED.

    BUT I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN COPE THEN I THINK THAT’S REALLY POSITIVE INVOLVEMENT. THAT’S GOING TO HELP THEM TO THRIVE. >> OF COURSE, IF YOU COME THE OLD SCHOOL MENTALITY, THERE’S CONCERNS HERE ABOUT FAILURE TO LAUNCH, CREATING DEPENDENCY OR AN INABILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS. BUT WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME

    IN THIS RESEARCH WAS THE FACT THAT MOST PARENTS, NINE IN TEN, RATE THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR YOUNG ADULT CHILDREN AS GOOD OR EXCELLENT. AND THIS IS CONSISTENT ACROSS. >> DIANE. ALL RIGHT, REBECCA JARVIS. THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, THE CALIFORNIA MUSEUM DOMINATING TIKTOK THANKS TO AN 86-YEAR-OLD VOLUNTEER.

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    AN 86-YEAR-OLD VOLUNTEER AT THE SACRAMENTO HISTORY MUSEUM IS BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR CREATORS ON TIK-TOK. HE’S INSPIRING GENERATIONS WITH HIS LOVE OF LIFE AND HISTORY. ABC’S NEW HAS MORE. MANY FOLKS DON’T HAVE A PRINTER AT HOME ANYMORE. SOUNDS FAMILIAR, DOESN’T IT? BUT AT THE SACRAMENTO MUSEUM IN CALIFORNIA, 86-YEAR-OLD

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    WOULD, BUT NOT THIS MANY PEOPLE. 20 YEARS LATER, WHEN THE MUSEUM WAS FACING THE PANDEMIC, SHUT DOWN SOCIAL MANAGER JARED JONES HAD THE IDEA TO PUT HOWARD ON CAMERA AND EXPLAIN HIS BELOVED PRINTING METHODS TO FOLKS WHO COULD NO LONGER VISIT. WE ARE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT HISTORY, WE

    ARE DEMONSTRATING IT THAT WE WERE A TENSE CHINESE NEW YEAR. >> NOW THE SACRAMENTO HISTORY MUSEUM HAS REACHED OVER A BILLION VIEWS ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA. >> BUT HOWARD WELL, HE’S JUST HAVING FUN DOING WHAT HE LOVES. >> BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SAY, AREN’T YOU THAT GUY? YEAH.

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    WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY THINK NO ONE’S WATCHING. EVERY SEASON I BROUGHT SARA HAINES AND KAMAU BELL ALONG FOR THE RIDE. >> ALL RIGHT, LET’S BREAK IT IS SERIOUS HERE. I WAS HERE ALL THE TIME. THE ALL-NEW SEASON. >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO? PREMIERES SUNDAY NIGHT ON ABC.

    >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE AT ABC NEWS? THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND GET DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. START HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. IGNORE DAILY FIRST. LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.

    >> ABC NEWS AMERICAS. >> ONE SOURCE I AM DIANE MACEDO TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE FIRST AND NORTHEAST. BIGGEST SNOWSTORM IN YEARS. IT’S EXPECTED BRING UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IN SOME AREAS. OUR WEATHER TEAM HAS THE AND TIMING. INFLATION NUMBERS ROSE MORE THAN EXPECTED IN JANUARY.

    THE NEW NUMBERS JUST OUT AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR YOUR GAS AND GROCERY BILLS. THE SENATE JUST PASSED A BILL PROVIDING AID TO UKRAINE AND ISRAEL. BUT WILL IT HOLD UP IN THE HOUSE BY SPEAKER JOHNSON IS ALREADY PUSHING BACK. AND THE BIG BUSINESS SHOES HOW SNEAKERHEADS ARE MIXING CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND BIG

    MONEY. >> WE BEGIN WITH THE WINTER STORM HITTING THE NORTHEAST NOW. MORE THAN A THOUSAND FLIGHTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CANCELED TODAY IN US. UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND AND SOME COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS ARE ALSO BRACING FOR THEIR MOST TIDE IN SIX YEARS.

    THE STORM HAS FORCED MILLIONS OF KIDS STAY HOME FROM SCHOOL. ABC NEWS SENIOR METEOROLOGIST ROB MARCIANO IS IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON WITH MORE. ROB, WHAT’S IT LIKE THERE RIGHT NOW? >> WELL, WE’VE BEEN HAVING RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW PRETTY MUCH THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS, DIANA. OCEAN TEMPERATURES ARE AT 41 DEGREES.

    SO YOU GET EAST WHEN OFF THAT OCEAN. IT WARMS THE LOWER LEVEL. AND WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANY SORT OF SNOW ACCUMULATE. IT’S OBVIOUSLY VERY WET HERE, BUT WE’RE ON THE COAST OR AT LEAST WE’RE ON THE COAST TO THE HARBOR. WE’RE AT LONG WHARF. AND THIS IS AN AREA THAT DOES FLOOD.

    SO YOU MENTIONED THE WORRIED ABOUT THE TIDAL FLOODING. THIS IS ONE SPOT WHERE THEY ARE. IT COMES AT A RATE IT’S GOING TO COME RIGHT AROUND 2:00 PM. SO WHAT THEY DO HERE, THE TIER, THE SUBWAYS, THEY PUT UP THESE FLOODWALLS THAT KIND OF SEAL OFF AREAS THAT WOULD WOULD

    GET WATER DOWN INTO THE TUNNELS. IF WE GET THE WATER HIGH, WHICH IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE IN A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES HERE, I HAVE TO HAVE DONE SO FAR. PRETTY QUIET ON THE STREETS RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR DECLARED A SNOW EMERGENCY YESTERDAY OR IN THIS CASE, A RAINSTORM

    EMERGENCY AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC OFFICES THAT HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN. BUT WE WILL TURN OVER HERE TO SNOW IN DUE TIME. BUT BY THE AMOUNT OF ACCUMULATION THAT THEY’LL SEE OVER FARTHER SOUTH OF HERE, DIANE. >> SO HOW ARE RESIDENTS AND CREWS GETTING READY FOR THIS STORM TO COME THROUGH TODAY?

    >> WELL, YOU KNOW, EARLIER WE WERE AT THIS BIG SALT PILE ON THE EAST PART OF TOWN OF CHELSEA, AND THAT’S AS A COMPANY OF A PRIVATE COMPANY, FAMILY OWNED COMPANY THAT SUPPLIES SALT, NOT JUST FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, BUT FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE AND UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST.

    AND THEY’VE GOT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF SALT THAT’S REALLY BEEN PILING UP FOR THE PAST TWO SEASONS BECAUSE WE’VE HAD VERY WEAK SNOW EVENTS THE PAST TWO SEASON. SO THEY’RE READY IN THAT REGARD THAT THE ROAD CREWS ARE READY AND THE KIDS ARE AT HOME. SO THE MAIN PROBLEM AS FAR

    AS PREP GOES, HAS BEEN FOLKS WHO LIVE ALONG THE WATER. SO THE NEXT 6 HOURS IS REALLY GOING TO BE CRITICAL AS THAT HIGH TIDE COMES IN AND AS EAST WINDS PICK UP OFF WATER. WE’RE GOING TO GET A SURGE WITH THAT TIDE AND LIKELY SOME STORM SURGE AND TIDAL FLOODING.

    SO I THINK THAT’S GOING TO BE THE KEY. THIS ALL GETS DONE HERE BY THE RUSH HOUR TONIGHT. SO IT’S A SHORT, QUICK HITTING EVENT, BUT IT’LL HIT A LOT OF AREAS HARD, INCLUDING BOSTON EVENTUALLY DIANE. ALL RIGHT. >> HOPEFULLY, EVERYONE STAY SAFE THERE. SENIOR METEOROLOGIST ROB MARCIANO, THANK YOU.

    AND EVER SINCE METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE IS TRACKING THAT STORM US FROM CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK’S AMARA. >> WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TODAY ? OH, MY GOODNESS. IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL HERE IN CENTRAL PARK, DIANE, YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THE SNOW ON THE TREES. IT’S A VERY WET, HEAVY SNOW.

    AND THEY’RE DOING THEIR BEST TO CLEAR THE ROADS OUT HERE. BUT IT’S COMING DOWN ABOUT AN INCH AN HOUR. SO WE’RE SEEING IT ACCUMULATE RIGHT BACK UP. AND FOR FOLKS IN NEW YORK CITY, THEY’RE STILL COMING OUT. THEY’RE DOING THEIR MORNING DOG ,THEIR MORNING RUNS. BE CAREFUL, THOUGH. IT’S REALLY SLIPPERY OUT THERE.

    I EVEN A FEW KIDS OUT HERE, I KNOW THEY HAVE VIRTUAL LEARNING, WHICH I WILL TELL ANYONE THEY DESERVE A GOOD SNOW DAY. >> NOW, AS FAR AS THE OASIS THAT IS CENTRAL PARK ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN, WE ARE SEEING ACCUMULATIONS AS HIGH AS A FOOT OF SNOW SO

    FAR IN MOUNT POCONO, PENNSYLVANIA. >> THERE. WE’VE EVEN SEEN NINE INCHES OF SNOW IN PARTS OF NEW JERSEY. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE SATELLITE AND RADAR, THIS TELLS THE OF WHAT’S GETTING READY TO HAPPEN NEXT. WE’RE GETTING THE SNOW PRIMARILY ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. YOU GO AS FAR SOUTH

    AS WASHINGTON, D.C., WHERE THEY’RE GETTING SOME RAIN AND SNOW MIX. BALTIMORE RIGHT ON UP INTO PHILADELPHIA. SOME OF THE HIGHER TOTALS, A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INLAND IN PARTS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY THERE, I-95 UP INTO NEW AND BOSTON, ALSO SEEING SOME SNOW. AND JUST SOUTH OF SCRANTON, ALONG I-80.

    SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? WELL, 12 P.M. LUNCHTIME, WE’RE STARTING TO REALLY SEE THIS WRAP UP. STILL SOME SNOW COMING DOWN, THOUGH, ALONG THE JERSEY SHORE, LONG ISLAND INTO STILL SEEING THE THICK OF IT UP IN BOSTON AROUND LUNCHTIME. BUT YOU CAN SEE FURTHER INLAND HOW THINGS ARE STARTING TO REALLY QUIET DOWN.

    AND THEN BY 6 P.M., THE STORM IS OUT OF HERE, OUT TO SEA. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS STILL FALLING IN UPSTATE NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA. AND THEN THE NEXT STORY BEGINS. SO TONIGHT. AFTER THE SNOW HAS MOVED OUT, WE START TO SEE THESE TEMPERATURES REALLY PLUMMET. IT GETS SUPER COLD.

    WE’RE TALKING 20, 25 DEGREES IN NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT, DOWN TO THE FREEZING MARK IN BALTIMORE. PARTS OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY WIND, CHESTER, ABOUT 26 DEGREES OUT THERE. SO EVEN WITH THE SNOW MOVING OUT SPOTS SAW A LOT MORE OF A RAIN. SNOW MIX. COULD BE LOOKING AT SOME

    FREEZING OCCURRING OVERNIGHT. SO ROAD CONDITIONS, WHILE THE SNOW STOPS, WILL STILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE. AND IT COULD BE MAKING FOR A REALLY DIFFICULT COMMUTE EVEN BY WEDNESDAY MORNING SUZANNE. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST ZAMORA, WE HOPE YOU GET SOME TIME TO MAKE A LITTLE SNOW ANGEL OR A SNOWMAN.

    >> I GOT ZERO. I GOT TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. AND WE’LL BE TRACKING THAT WINTER WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE ON ABC LIVE. >> AND DESPITE THE BAD WEATHER, NEW YORKERS ARE EXPECTED TO HEAD TO THE POLLS TODAY FOR A RARE SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL GEORGE SANTOS’S HOUSE SEAT. THE FORMER

    REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN WAS EXPELLED LAST YEAR AFTER HE WAS INDICTED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING STEALING MONEY FROM DONORS. ABC NEWS JAY O’BRIEN JOINS ME NOW FROM CAPITOL HILL WITH MORE ON THAT. >> JAY SANTOS FLIPPED THIS HOUSE SEAT FROM DEMOCRAT TO REPUBLICAN WHEN HE WAS ELECTED. >> SO HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS

    SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE HOUSE? >> WELL, IT’S CRUCIAL FOR THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE HOUSE. THERE’S REALLY TWO TRACKS TO KEEP AN EYE ON AS IT RELATES TO THIS SPECIAL. FIRST IS CONTROL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THAT’S THE IMMEDIATE HERE.

    AND THEN, OF COURSE, WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION IN 2024 FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. FIRST, WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS, AS YOU KNOW, DIANE, ONLY HAVE A HANDFUL OF VOTE MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RIGHT NOW. THEIR GRASP ON THAT CHAMBER IS THIN. THEY CAN’T AFFORD TO LOSE

    ON CERTAIN VOTES, SOMETIMES FOR REPUBLICANS, SOMETIMES THREE REPUBLICANS. IT DEPENDS ON EVERYONE WHO’S SHOWING UP AND VOTING. LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THE FAILED MALLORCA’S IMPEACHMENT ATTEMPT LAST NIGHT THAT WAS DERAILED WHEN THREE REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST IT. SO REPUBLICANS ARE REALLY EYEING TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THEIR SWEET THIS SEAT IN

    WHAT YOU MENTIONED, A SWING DISTRICT. DEMOCRATS HOPING TO MAKE THAT REPUBLICAN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE EVEN SLIMMER NOW AS IT RELATES TO THE 2024 ELECTION. THAT SECOND TRACK I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS A SUBURBAN DISTRICT. IT’S A SWING DISTRICT, AS I MENTIONED. AND SO THERE ARE THOUGHTS

    THAT THIS COULD ALSO BE A BELLWETHER FOR WHAT ISSUES VOTERS ARE REALLY GOING TO RESONATE WITH COME 2024. THE ISSUES PLAYING OUT SIGNIFICANTLY IN THIS RACE, IMMIGRATION, ABORTION AND, OF COURSE, THE ECONOMY. >> NOW, THE SENATE’S NEWLY PASSED A BILL FOR UKRAINE ISRAEL AND TAIWAN APPEARS TO BE

    DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT THE HOUSE. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, HE WON’T EVEN TAKE IT UP. EARLIER, SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER TRIED TO URGE JOHNSON TO TAKE THAT BILL TO THE HOUSE FLOOR. >> LET’S LISTEN. BUT THE HARD RIGHT KILLS THIS BILL. >> IT WOULD BE AN ENORMOUS GIFT TO VLADIMIR PUTIN.

    THE STRONG BIPARTISAN VOTE IN THE SENATE. IT’S CLEAR THAT SPEAKER JOHNSON BRINGS THIS BILL TO THE HOUSE FLOOR. >> IT WILL PASS WITH THAT SAME BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. SO, JAY, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AND WHAT CHANCE DOES THIS BILL IN THE HOUSE, DOES SCHUMER’S PLEADING AND URGING MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE? >> THAT’S RUMOR.

    THAT’S SURELY THROWING DOWN THE GAUNTLET TO SPEAKER JOHNSON . HE SAID HE’LL BE GIVING A GIFT TO PUTIN, AS YOU HEARD THERE. IF HE DOESN’T ADVANCE THIS BILL. THIS BILL WAS A HARD FOUGHT PIECE OF LEGISLATION, THE SENATE. IT WAS AN OVERNIGHT VOTE PROCESS. AND THEN, OF COURSE IT GETS

    PASSED EARLY, EARLY THIS MORNING, 22 REPUBLICANS END SUPPORTING IT. BUT JOHNSON, TO YOUR POINT, HAS SAID THAT IT’S NOT WORTH PUTTING UP FOR A VOTE IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT DOESN’T HAVE HARD LINE BORDER SECURITY PROVISIONS. IT’S UNLIKELY THAT JOHNSON IS GOING TO MOVE FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW.

    HE HAS BEEN PRETTY STALWART IN OPPOSITION TO A CONTINUED AID FOR UKRAINE WITHOUT DIFFERENT MEASURES THAT HE WANTS AND B, WALKING THESE LINE BORDER SECURITY PROVISIONS. THINK BACK JUST A MONTHS AGO, DID YEAR WHEN HOUSE REPUBLICANS UNDER KEVIN MCCARTHY’S LEADERSHIP SAID, THEY WOULDN’T CONSIDER AID FOR UKRAINE AND FOR FOR ISRAEL WITHOUT

    BORDER SECURITY PROVISIONS. THEN YOU HAVE THOSE MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS ONLY FOR JOHNSON TO WALK AWAY AND SAY HE DIDN’T LIKE THE PRODUCT OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. IT’S UNLIKELY THAT JOHNSON IS GOING TO BUDGE HERE. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH AND SEE IF MODERATE REPUBLICANS ARE OPEN TO PARTNERING WITH DEMOCRATS AND POTENTIALLY

    TRY TO DO PROCEDURAL MOVES THAT WOULD FORCE JOHNSON’S HAND. BUT EVEN THAT LOOKS UNLIKELY. >> ALL RIGHT, JAY O’BRIEN ON CAPITOL HILL, THANK YOU. AND DOCTORS SAY DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN IS EXPECTED TO RESUME HIS DUTIES TODAY AFTER BEING ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL OVER THE WEEKEND. THE PENTAGON SAYS SECRETARY

    AUSTIN IS STILL IN THE CRITICAL UNIT AT THE WALTER REED MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER. >> AND IT’S UNCLEAR HOW LONG HE WILL BE THERE. CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ HAS THE LATEST HIGH. >> MARTHA. SECRETARY AUSTIN REMAINS THE HOSPITAL IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND IT IS NOT

    CLEAR LONG HE WILL BE THERE. I SAID PROSTATE CANCER SURGERY LATE DECEMBER. HIS PROGNOSIS FOR CANCER IS EXCELLENT. HE IT EARLY. BUT THIS IS THE SECOND SERIOUS COMPLICATION BELIEVED TO BE FROM THAT INITIAL SURGERY. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL ON SUNDAY FOR WHAT THE PENTAGON DESCRIBED AS AN EMERGENCY

    ISSUE ON MONDAY. HIS DOCTORS SAY HE UNDERWENT NON-SURGICAL PROCEDURES UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. BEYOND THAT, THE PENTAGON IS SAYING VERY LITTLE. BUT UNLIKE LAST TIME WHEN AUSTIN WAS TAKEN TO THE ICU AND KEPT IN SECRET FOR DAYS. AUSTIN LET THE WHITE HOUSE KNOW IMMEDIATELY AND DID TRANSFER

    HIS DUTIES TO DEPUTY WITHIN HOURS OF HIS ARRIVAL AT WALTER REED. DOCTORS AUSTIN IS EXPECTED TO RESUME HIS DUTIES TODAY, BUT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HEADING FOR EUROPE FOR MEETINGS WITH NATO ALLIES. >> THAT WILL NOT BE HAPPENING, DIANE. ALL RIGHT, YOU WILL. AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT. MARTHA RADDATZ, THANK YOU.

    NOW WE’RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE SHOOTING AT AUSTIN’S MEGACHURCH IN TEXAS. OFFICIALS HAVE IDENTIFIED THE WOMAN WHO OPENED FIRE SAYING SHE HAD A CRIMINAL RECORD AND A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS. AND POLICE NOW SAY ONE OF THE TWO PEOPLE INJURED WAS HER SEVEN YEAR OLD SON SHOT IN THE HEAD.

    ABC’S MIREYA VILLARREAL HAS THE LATEST FROM HOUSTON. >> NEW VIDEO REVEALS THE TERRIFYING SCENE INSIDE JOEL OSTEEN’S HOUSTON MEGACHURCH. LAKEWOOD DURING A SHOOTING RAMPAGE THAT WOUNDED TWO. >> THE SHOOTER WHO WAS KILLED INSIDE CHURCH IS NOW IDENTIFIED AS 36 YEAR OLD GENESIS MORENO. SHE BROUGHT HER SEVEN YEAR OLD

    BIOLOGICAL SON WITH HER SUNDAY . POLICE SAY IT’S UNCLEAR WHO SHOT THE BOY, BUT CONFIRMED SUSTAINED A SEVERE HEAD WOUND. PARISHIONERS WERE SEEN TRYING TO ESCAPE AND SCREAMING IN TERROR. GUNSHOTS GOING OFF JUST AS A SPANISH SERVICE WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN AT OSTEEN’S CHURCH, HOME TO ONE OF THE

    LARGE CONGREGATIONS IN THE U.S.. SHE IMMEDIATELY STARTS INSIDE OF THE HALLWAY. MULTIPLE ROUNDS ARE FIRED BY HER. AT WHICH POINT OFFICER MORENO OF THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS, ABC AGENT HERRERA RETURNED FIRE. SHE EVENTUALLY FALLS TO THE GROUND. THE SEVEN YEAR OLD CHILD FALLS TO THE GROUND AS WELL.

    FROM GUNFIRE TO WEAPONS WERE RECOVERED AT THE SCENE INCLUDING AN AIR 15. ANTI-SEMITIC WRITINGS WERE FOUND ON THE SHOOTER. >> THERE WAS A STICKER ON THE STOCK OF THE RIFLE THAT STATED PALESTINE AUTHORITIES. ONE OF THE WEAPONS WAS BOUGHT LEGALLY IN DECEMBER. THE SHOOTER, THE GUNS, DESPITE HER HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS.

    AN ARREST DATING BACK TO 2005 ON CHARGES INCLUDING ASSAULT. >> HOUSTON’S POLICE CHIEF DIRECTLY TOLD THEY ARE NOW AWARE OF THE SHOOTER’S MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY AND THEY ARE DELVING INTO IT. BUT WHEN WE ASK THE FBI DIRECTLY HOW SOMEBODY WITH THIS KIND OF A CRIMINAL HISTORY

    COULD GET A HOLD OF NOT JUST ONE BUT TWO GUNS, THEY THAT QUESTION AND SAID IT IS NOW PART OF THEIR LARGER. DIANE MIREYA VILLARREAL IN HOUSTON, THANK YOU. AND THE NYPD IS SEARCHING FOR THE GUNMAN BEHIND A DEADLY SUBWAY SHOOTING HERE, NEW YORK CITY. POLICE SAY ONE PERSON IS DEAD

    AND FIVE OTHERS INJURED AFTER AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO GROUPS OF TEENS. ABC’S TREVOR AULT IS AT THE SCENE IN THE. >> HI, TREVOR. HEY, DIANE. THIS GUNFIRE ERUPTED DURING RUSH HOUR MONDAY EVENING JUST AS THE TRAIN WAS PULLING IN HERE AT. THE EVENING STATION IN THE BRONX, NOT TOO FAR FROM YANKEE

    STADIUM. SIX PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND ONE PERSON WAS KILLED. AND POLICE SOURCES, THIS WAS NOT A RANDOM ATTACK. THEY SAY IT BEGAN AS A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN TWO GROUPS OF TEENAGERS ON THE TRAIN. IT STARTED ON THE TRAIN AND THEN SPILLED OUT TO THE PLATFORM. THE VICTIMS RANGED FROM 14 ALL

    THE WAY UP TO 71 YEARS OLD. THEY SAY THE 14 YEAR OLD WAS LIKELY INVOLVED IN THAT CONFRONTATION. BUT OF THE SIX PEOPLE SHOT WERE INNOCENT BYSTANDERS. WE ALSO KNOW FIVE OF THE SIX HAVE NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. BUT 35 YEAR OLD ALBERT BELTRAN SANCHEZ DIED THE HOSPITAL. NOW, THE SHOOTER, ACCORDING

    TO POLICE, FLED THE SCENE AND NO WEAPON WAS RECOVERED. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS ONE, AN ARREST IS MADE. THERE NEEDS TO BE SWIFT, STRONG CONSEQUENCES. DIANE TREVOR AULT IN THE BRONX, THANK YOU. >> AND THE NTSB INVESTIGATING A FIERY PLANE CRASH IN FLORIDA. >> THE VIDEO SHOWS MOMENT

    THAT SMALL PLANE CRASHED ONTO A HIGHWAY, KILLING TWO PEOPLE. ABC’S VICTOR OQUENDO HAS THE LATEST FROM MIAMI. THAT’S STUNNING. VIDEO OF THE PLANE FALLING OUT OF THE SKY WAS RECORDED ON A CAM. TAKE A LOOK. THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER YOUR SCREEN. THE PLANE CRASHING ONTO A VERY BUSY FLORIDA HIGHWAY, THEN

    SLAMMING INTO THE WALL. IMMEDIATELY BURSTING INTO FLAMES. THIS HAPPENED ON I-75 FRIDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON RUSH. SMOLDERING DEBRIS LEFT LITTERING THE HIGHWAY. FIVE PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD. BOTH PILOTS DIED. BUT MIRACULOUSLY THREE PEOPLE SURVIVED. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEM RUNNING FROM THE WRECKAGE AT ONE POINT. THIS PRIVATE PLANE,

    A BOMBARDIER, CHALLENGER, 600, TAKING OFF FROM OHIO. THE PILOT REPORTED BOTH ENGINES BEFORE CRASHING JUST TWO MILES FROM THE AIRPORT IN NAPLES, FLORIDA. THE JET ALSO INTO A PICKUP TRUCK. OFFICIALS SAYING THE DRIVER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE NTSB IS INVESTIGATING PIECES. THE AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN SHIPPED OFF TO BE EXAMINED.

    A PRELIMINARY IS EXPECTED IN 30 DAYS. >> DIANE VICTOR OQUENDO, MIAMI, THANK YOU. COMING UP, INFLATION NUMBERS ROSE. MORE EXPECTED IN JANUARY. THE NEW NUMBERS JUST OUT AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR YOUR AND GROCERY BILLS. OUR BUSINESS HEADLINES ARE NEXT . >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES HERE

    IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT. FROM THE CAPITAL THE STRUCTURE. CAT 4 STORM HIGH FIVE OFTEN IS IN THE BULL’S EYE. >> ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS IN TIME ANYWHERE STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO FOR FREE.

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    FIRST, THE GLOBAL SNEAKER INDUSTRY IS WORTH MORE THAN $80 BILLION AND IT’S ONLY EXPECTED TO GROW OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THAT’S LARGELY DUE TO SO-CALLED SNEAKERHEADS WHO LOVE COLLECTING AND TRADING SNEAKERS AS A HOBBY. AS WE CELEBRATE BLACK MONTH, OUR MICHAEL STRAHAN TAKES A LOOK AT HOW THEY’RE DRIVING

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    ABC NEWS DOWNLOAD IT NOW WE’RE IN SAINT PETERSBURG IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE ADELPHIA. I’M AND WHEN WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE I I’M DYING TO SAY TO LET’S GET RIGHT TO OUR TOP STORY. A SEVERE WINTER STORM IS SLAMMING THE NORTHEAST.

    THE STORM IS STILL COMING THROUGH NEW YORK CITY AFTER CREATING A MESSY COMMUTE. AND IF YOU’RE OVER THE SNOW, CHECK OUT HOUSTON TODAY. A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY THERE, NOT A CLOUD IN THE SKY. AND ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST MAR THEATER MIGHT WISH SHE WAS ENJOYING THAT HOUSTON SUN,

    BUT INSTEAD WE STUCK HER IN A VERY SNOWY CENTRAL PARK TODAY . >> SMART HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP ? HOW ARE YOU GUYS? YEAH, I’M HERE IN CENTRAL PARK RIGHT NOW. SNOW IS STILL COMING DOWN AND IT HAS BEEN FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS, YOU KNOW, HERE IN CENTRAL PARK, RIGHT.

    A 16.5 INCH DEFICIT. AND WE SEE ABOUT TWO INCHES SO FAR THIS YEAR. NOW WITH THIS SNOW. WE SHOULD REALLY BE PUTTING A DENT IN THOSE TOTALS. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STILL DOING THEIR MORNING RUNS, DOING THEIR MORNING DOG WALKS. I’VE SEEN A FEW KIDDOS OUT HERE ,SO FOLKS ARE OUT AND ABOUT

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    TO THOSE SNOW DAYS AND WE DID GET FEW OF THEM BACK WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. >> BUT WHILE WE HAVEN’T HAD ONE IN A WHILE AND I WAS ACTUALLY TALKING WITH SOMEONE EARLIER, THEY WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE DOING VIRTUAL LEARNING NOW, SO THEY CAN’T EVEN THEY COME OUT

    FIRST NOTING OTHERWISE THEY’D BE OUT HERE WITH THEIR SLEDS. BUT THEY’RE IN SCHOOL TODAY. I’M NOT IN SCHOOL. THEY’RE IN VIRTUAL. >> I KNOW. IT’S UNFORTUNATE. I FEEL SORRY FOR THEM. AND I’M AN ADVOCATE. I’M TOTALLY AN ADVDVOCATE FOR LEARNING AND BEING IN SCHOOL. BUT BETTER THAN LEARNING

    ABOUT THE SNOW OUTDOORS, OUTSIDE, HOPEFULLY SCHOOL IS DONE. THEY’RE GOING TO DO THEIR RECESS THIS AFTERNOON, HITTING SOME THE MOUNDS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN CENTRAL PARK. NONETHELESS, THIS STORM, THIS STORM OUTSIDE OF CENTRAL PARK IN NEW YORK CITY HAS REALLY BEEN MAKING MAJOR IMPACTS. LAGUARDIA HAS BEEN

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    A BIT OF WINTRY MIX WORKING ITS WAY DOWN THAT FAR SOUTH. AND THEN WE HAVE SNOW AS FAR NORTH AS HARTFORD AND BOSTON. OKAY. SO WE’VE BEEN SEEING ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN PARTS OF THE HUDSON REALLY COMING DOWN, TIMING THIS OUT BY LUNCHTIME.

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    FEW SPOTTY SCATTERED SNOW SHORT SHOWERS ON THE BACK END. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE’RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE TEMPERATURES BECAUSE FOR THE NORTHEAST, THEY’RE TAKING A DEEP DIVE INTO THE 20TH TONIGHT. AND I DO HAVE SOME CONCERN FOR THOSE LIVING, ESPECIALLY LITTLE BIT FARTHER SOUTH WHERE

    THEY MAY HAVE SEEN MORE RAIN AND SNOW. WE COULD SEE SOME FREEZING AND THAT COULD MAKE FOR A REALLY PRECARIOUS SITUATION FOR THAT WEDNESDAY MORNING DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE IN CENTRAL PARK APPARENTLY HAVING A GREAT TIME SO FAR. THANK YOU. >> AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S

    ATTORNEYS SAYS HE WILL BE IN COURT THURSDAY FOR WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE THE FINAL HEARING BEFORE THE STORMY DANIELS HUSH MONEY TRIAL BEGINS. MEANWHILE, CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS IS ASKING THE SPECIAL COUNSEL TO RESPOND AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP ASKED THE SUPREME COURT TO TEMPORARILY BLOCK A LOWER COURT’S DECISION REJECTING HIS IMMUNITY CLAIMS.

    TRUMP’S ATTORNEYS, THE JUSTICES, SHOULD ALLOW THE APPEALS PROCESS TO PLAY OUT DUE TO THE HIGH STAKES FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION. SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY ME NOW FOR MORE. AND WHAT DOES THE SUPREME COURT NEED TO CONSIDER HERE? THE SUPREME COURT NEEDS TO CONSIDER WHETHER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FEDERAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE TRIAL

    SHOULD BE PUT ON INDEFINITE HOLD WHILE HE APPEALS AS HE PRESSES THIS NOTION THAT AS A PRESIDENT, HE CANNOT BE CHARGED FOR CONDUCT THAT OCCURRED WHILE HE WAS IN OFFICE, THAT HE IS IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. THIS COULD AFFECT SEVERAL OF CASE HAS BEEN IN PARTICULAR THE FEDERAL CASE ACCUSING HIM

    OF TAMPERING WITH THE ELECTION, CULMINATING IN JANUARY 6TH. AND HE WANTS THE CHANCE TO APPEAL WITHOUT HAVING TO RISK ACTUALLY GOING ON TRIAL. SO HE WANTS THE SUPREME COURT TO PAUSE THIS AND LET HIS APPEALS PLAY OUT. HE SAYS OTHERWISE IT’S GOING TO TOUCH OFF A SERIES OF RECRIMINATIONS WHERE MEMBERS

    OF THE OPPOSITE PARTY PROSECUTE THE SITTING PRESIDENT FROM THE THE OPPOSING PARTY. AND HE SAID THE CYCLE IS GOING TO CONTINUE UNABATED. NOW, TRUMP IS SAID TO ALSO ATTEND COURT FOR THIS PRETRIAL HEARING IN THIS STORMY DANIELS HUSH MONEY CASE. WHAT’S AT STAKE THERE AND WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR?

    >> THIS HEARING IS COMING UP ON THURSDAY. AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS ASKED THAT THAT CASE GO AWAY. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE JUDGE IS GOING RULE ON TRUMP’S MOTION TO DISMISS THE INDICTMENT OUT OF HAND. THIS IS THE ONE THAT ACCUSES THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS

    HERE IN NEW YORK RELATED TO THE $130,000 HUSH PAYMENT TO STORMY DANIELS BACK IN THE 2016 ELECTION. SO BEFORE THERE WAS 2020 ELECTION INTERFERENCE, MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALVIN BRAGG SAYS THAT TRUMP TRIED TO INTERFERE IN THE 2016 ELECTION BY DEPRIVING THE VOTERS OF ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEEDED. TRUMP WANTS THAT INDICTMENT DISMISSED.

    IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, IT WILL NOT GET DISMISSED. AND WE COULD HEAR ABOUT WHEN THAT CASE IS ACTUALLY GOING GO TO TRIAL. >> NOW, THE SAME DAY THE JUDGE IN THE GEORGIA ELECTION CASE AGAINST, THE FORMER PRESIDENT, IS MOVING FORWARD WITH A MISCONDUCT HEARING OVER. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FANI WILLIS

    HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER PROSECUTOR WORKING ON THAT CASE. >> THE JUDGE SAYS WILLIS COULD BE DISQUALIFIED IF EVIDENCE SHOWS SHE FINANCIALLY BENEFITED FROM THE CASE. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT? >> IT WAS STUNNING TO HEAR THE JUDGE EVEN BRING UP THE POSSIBILITY THAT FUNNY WILLIS COULD BE DISQUALIFIED

    FROM THE CASE THAT SHE BROUGHT . IT’S A HIGH BAR TO GET A DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN GEORGIA DISQUALIFIED FROM THE CASE. IT WOULD THROW THE CASE INTO UNCERTAINTY BECAUSE IT GO TO A PANEL OF PROSECUTORS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO EVEN MOVE FORWARD IT. AND SHE SAYS IN RESPONSE THAT ALL DEFENDANTS

    ARE PRESENTING IT’S A BUNCH OF GOSSIP. DOESN’T MATTER WHO SHE IS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH. THAT BEGAN AFTER SHE HIRED NATHAN WANTING TO SPECIAL PROSECUTOR ON THE CASE THAT SHE BROUGHT AGAINST TRUMP. BUT THE JUDGE WANTS TO HEAR IT ALL, INCLUDING POTENTIALLY TESTIMONY FROM FANI WILLIS HERSELF. >> ALL RIGHT, AARON KATERSKY,

    OUR SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT, THANKS VERY. AND THE WHITE HOUSE IS WARNING THAT FAILURE TO PASS ADDITIONAL AID FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE WOULD CALL AMERICAN LEADERSHIP INTO QUESTION THE WORLD. TOP NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY SAYS FAILING TO SEND MORE AID SENDS THE MESSAGE TO OUR ALLIES AND THAT THE UNITED

    STATES CAN’T BE COUNTED ON. THE SENATE’S PASSED A BILL FOR UKRAINE AND ISRAEL AND TAIWAN APPEARS TO DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT THE HOUSE. 22 REPUBLICAN SENATORS DEFIED DONALD TRUMP TO PASS THAT BILL IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS . BUT HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON SAYS HE WON’T EVEN TAKE THE BILL UP.

    ABC’S JOE O’BRIEN JOINS ME FROM CAPITOL HILL ALONG WITH HOST OF THE FIVETHIRTYEIGHT POLITICS PODCAST GALEN DRUKE. JAKE, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AND WHAT DOES THIS HAVE IN THE HOUSE? >> WELL, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU AND I TALKED DIANE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND SAID THAT IF THE SENATE

    DOES, IT ALL HINGES ON MIKE JOHNSON AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE PUTS IT ON THE FLOOR. WE ARE IN THAT EXACT SCENARIO RIGHT NOW. SO OVERNIGHT IS THIS PROCESS OF VOTING. THAT BILL FINALLY GETS PASSED EARLY THIS MORNING. AS YOU SAID, 22 REPUBLICANS DEFYING FORMER DONALD TRUMP’S

    PRESSURE AND VOTING FOR THIS PACKAGE THAT IS FUNDING ISRAEL AND UKRAINE, NOT THE BORDER SECURITY AND IMMIGRATION PROVISIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY NEGOTIATED THAT USED TO BE IN THIS PACKAGE BECAUSE REPUBLICANS ENDED UP OPPOSING THOSE, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE WERE ONGOING MONTHS OF BIPARTISAN TO GET TO THAT POINT.

    NOW, WE ARE IN THIS PLACE WHERE MIKE JOHNSON HAS SAID, BECAUSE THIS PACKAGE DOESN’T HAVE ENOUGH ELEMENTS OF IMMIGRATION, PARTICULARLY HARD LINE BORDER SECURITY PROVISIONS, HE DOESN’T BELIEVE IT’S WORTH PUTTING IT ON THE HOUSE FLOOR FOR A VOTE. IT’S VERY UNLIKELY THAT HE’S GOING TO BUDGE FROM THAT POSITION.

    SO THE QUESTION BECOMES FOR MODERATE REPUBLICANS, ARE SOME OF THEM WILLING TO PARTNER WITH DEMOCRATS AND TRY TO DO PROCEDURAL MOVES THAT WITHOUT EXPLAINING THEM IN TOO MUCH DETAIL, WOULD ESSENTIALLY FORCE JOHNSON’S HAND. EVEN THAT LOOKS UNLIKELY. SO MAGIC JOHNSON VERY MUCH BE THE SPOILER FOR THIS LARGE FOREIGN AID PACKAGE.

    >> AND GALEN, NEW YORKERS ARE ALSO HEADING TO THE POLLS TODAY FOR. A RARE SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL GEORGE SANTOS’S HOUSE SEAT. >> THAT’S A COMPETITIVE RACE. SO WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR THERE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR BIDEN HAD IT

    EXISTED IN THE 2020 ELECTION BY EIGHT POINTS. IT ALSO THEN IN 2022, VOTED FOR THE REPUBLICAN FOR GOVERNOR. AND BEING ZELDIN BY 12 POINTS. THAT’S TO SAY THAT WHILE THIS MAY HAVE A DEMOCRATIC STREAK ON THE FEDERAL OR NATIONAL LEVEL, REPUBLICANS CAN QUITE WELL LOCALLY HERE. AND SO WHAT WE’RE SEEING

    IS MODERATE DEMOCRAT RUNNING AGAINST A REPUBLICAN WITH A VERY INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL STORY, MARZIPAN. IT IS ETHIOPIAN BORN. SHE SERVED IN THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE. AND HAS BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE WAR IN GAZA AS A PRIMARY ISSUE IN THIS RACE. IT’S A DISTRICT WITH ONE OF THE LARGEST JEWISH POPULATIONS,

    THE COUNTRY. IT’S ALSO A WEALTHY DISTRICT WITH A PROPORTION OF HIGHLY EDUCATED, COLLEGE EDUCATED VOTERS, WHICH HAVE SWUNG TO THE LEFT IN RECENT YEARS. SO WHAT WE’RE LOOKING IS A RACE THAT’S REALLY GOING TO CAST SOME MESSAGES IN THE SUBURBS HEADING INTO 2024, PRIMARILY ABOUT IMMIGRATION, THE ECONOMY AND CRIME.

    THOSE ARE THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES TO VOTERS IN THIS DISTRICT IN ORDER GOING INTO THIS RACE. SO I THINK FOR BOTH PARTIES, EVEN THOUGH WHOEVER WINS WILL ONLY SERVE FOR A MATTER OF MONTHS, THEY’RE THINKING ALL ABOUT 2024 AND HOW THEY WILL MAKE THEIR PITCH TO VOTERS.

    >> JAKE SANTOS FLIPPED THIS HOUSE SEAT FROM DEMOCRAT TO REPUBLICAN WHEN HE WAS ELECTED. >> SO HOW ARE VOTERS LEANING NOW? >> WHAT’S AT STAKE FOR THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE HOUSE? WELL, RIGHT NOW, IN IMMEDIATE, AS GALEN NOTED, THIS IS GOING TO BE A BELLWETHER FOR

    HOW DISTRICTS SIMILAR TO THIS MIGHT PLAY OUT IN 2024. BUT IN THE IMMEDIATE RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE FIGHTING OVER BECAUSE IT WOULD REALLY DETERMINE THE TRAJECTORY OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. EVEN THAT GRAPHIC WE HAVE ON OUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS A LITTLE BIT DATED.

    THAT’S HOW MUCH THE HOUSE HAS CHANGED WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. IT’S NOW 219 REPUBLICANS TO 212 DEMOCRATS, BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND, WE HAD SOME DEMOCRATS RETIRED. WE HAD KEVIN MCCARTHY RETIRE. WE HAVE GEORGE SANTOS GET OUT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND SO REPUBLICANS HAVE A SLIM CONTROL, AS YOU KNOW, DIANE,

    OVER THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LOOK NO FURTHER THAN LAST WEEK AND THAT FAILED VOTE TO IMPEACH HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS. ALL IT TOOK WAS THREE REPUBLICANS TO TANK THAT IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION. REPUBLICANS BY THE BY ARE GOING TO TRY TO DO THAT AGAIN TONIGHT. WHEN STEVE SCALISE BACK IN TOWN.

    BUT IT UNDERSCORES JUST HOW SLIM THE HOUSE CONTROL OVER THAT CHAMBER IS AND THE STAKES IN THIS RACE, WHICH COULD GIVE THEM ONE EXTRA VOTE AND JUST ONE MORE VOTE IS A CUSHION FOR THEM ON SOME OF THESE CONTROVERSIAL PIECES OF LEGISLATION LIKE THE MALLORCA’S IMPEACHMENT. >> ALL RIGHT, JAY O’BRIEN

    GALEN DRUKE, THANK YOU BOTH. >> AND DOCTORS SAY DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN EXPECTED TO RESUME HIS DUTIES TODAY AFTER BEING ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL OVER THE WEEKEND. THE PENTAGON SAYS SECRETARY AUSTIN IS STILL IN THE CRITICAL CARE UNIT AT WALTER REED MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE’S BEING TREATED FOR AN EMERGENT ISSUE.

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    URGENT REQUEST WITH THE UN’S COURT OVER ISRAEL’S MILITARY OPERATIONS IN RAFAH. THIS COMES AS CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM BURNS IS IN CAIRO FOR TALKS AIMED AT SECURING RELEASE OF THE REMAINING HOSTAGES IN GAZA. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MOORE ME NOW FROM TEL AVIV FOR MORE ON THAT STORY. MARCUS. THIS NEW REQUEST FROM SOUTH

    AFRICA COMES AFTER THE INTERNATIONAL COURT ON ITS LEGAL CASE ACCUSING ISRAEL OF LAST MONTH. AND THE COURT DECIDED IN THAT CASE NOT TO GRANT SOUTH AFRICA’S FOR A PERMANENT CEASE FIRE. BUT IT DID ORDER ISRAEL TO DO ALL IT CAN TO PREVENT THE DEATHS OF PALESTINIANS. SO HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS

    REQUEST AND HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE COULD IT MAKE THIS TIME AROUND? WELL, DIANA, I MEAN, IT IS POTENTIALLY QUITE SIGNIFICANT AND ALSO IN A SYMBOLIC SENSE, SIGNIFICANT AS WELL. AS YOU KNOW, THE COURT DURING, THAT HEARING LAST MONTH STOPPED JUST SHORT OF CALLING FOR FOR A CEASE FIRE AND CALLING

    ON ISRAEL TO STOP ITS OPERATION IN GAZA, BUT INSTEAD TO DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO PROTECT THE CIVILIAN, NOT THE CIVILIAN LIVES. THE PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. SO THIS LATEST REQUEST, IF NOTHING ELSE, IT INCREASES THE SCRUTINY ON ISRAEL AND THE ENTIRE SITUATION AS A WHOLE, AS IT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.

    BUT, DIANE, AGAIN, WITH THE MAJOR POINT BEING TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT LIVES OF THOSE FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS, MARCUS, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN RAFAH HAVE PACKED UP THEIR BELONGINGS AND THEY’RE MAKING THEIR WAY NORTH AS ISRAEL PREPARES FOR A GROUND OFFENSIVE.

    TOP NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY JUST ANSWERED REPORTER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SITUATION THERE. LET’S TAKE A LISTEN. WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY CONVEYED OUR CONCERNS TO OUR ISRAELI COUNTERPARTS, INCLUDING THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT MOVING FORWARD IN RAFAH IN A MAJOR WAY WITHOUT DUE CONSIDERATION OF CIVILIANS. AND WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY

    CONVEYED PRIVATELY AND PUBLICLY BUT PRIVATELY TO OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO REDUCE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. >> SO WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THAT? MARCUS? >> WELL, THE THAT THEY’RE CONTINUING TO PUT THE PRESSURE ON ON ISRAEL AND PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO SIMPLY NOT TO GO

    THROUGH WITH THIS MILITARY OPERATION IN GAZA. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITUATION, WE’RE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM, AS YOU’VE ALREADY MENTIONED, HAVE ALREADY FLED ONCE, SOME OF THEM TWICE TO TRY TO FIND SAFETY. AND NOW HERE THEY ARE ONCE AGAIN FACED WITH MORE VIOLENCE

    POTENTIALLY. AND THEY’RE ALSO RIGHT ON THE BORDER WITH EGYPT. SO THAT IS ADDING TO THE COMPLICATIONS HERE. AND IT’S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE’VE HEARD FROM PRESIDENT AND WE JUST HEARD FROM THE WHITE HOUSE SPOKESPERSON, JOHN KIRBY, AND OTHER WORLD LEADERS WHO ARE URGING ISRAEL NOT TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS.

    AND IF THEY DO CONTINUE WITH THIS PLANNED MILITARY OPERATION IN RAFAH, THAT THERE BE A CERTAIN PLAN, A STRONG AND SET PLAN TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE THERE WHO ONCE AGAIN ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS. AND MARKETS. >> WHAT’S THE LATEST ON A DEAL TO TRY TO FREE THESE

    HOSTAGES AND STRIKE SOME KIND OF CEASE FIRE DEAL? >> WELL, IT WOULD SEEM RIGHT NOW, DIANA, THAT THE TALKS ARE CONTINUING. WE UNDERSTAND THAT A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS ARE IN CAIRO AS WE SPEAK, AND THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WORK ON A DEAL. IN FACT, ISRAEL HAS SENT A DELEGATION THERE, WE

    UNDERSTAND, TO BE A PART OF THESE TALKS IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. WE DON’T HAVE THOSE DETAILS YET, BUT — BUT, DIANA, JUST THE MERE FACT THAT ALL SIDES RIGHT NOW APPEAR TO BE THAT IS PERHAPS A SIGN OF OF POTENTIAL PROGRESS. BUT IT IS WORTH POINTING OUT

    AND REMEMBERING THAT PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU HAS SAID THAT THEY WILL NOT STOP THEIR MILITARY EFFORT UNTIL HAMAS HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. AND AT THE SAME TIME, SO THEY’RE NOT GOING TO AGREE TO A CEASE FIRE. AND AT THE SAME TIME, HAMAS HAS SAID THAT THEY WILL NOT AGREE

    TO ANYTHING UNTIL THE THE FIGHTING THERE IN GAZA HAS STOPPED. DIANA. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MOORE IN TEL AVIV, ISRAEL. MARCUS THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, THE NEW RESEARCH REVEALING PARENTS AND ADULT CHILDREN ARE STAYING TIED TOGETHER. LATER IN LIFE. THE PROS AND CONS AND HOW TO CREATE HEALTHY BOUNDARIES.

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    THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. IN THIS AREA, FOR INSTANCE, WHERE IN DUNMORE, THEY’VE SEEN ABOUT INCHES OF SNOWFALL. BUT JUST A FEW MILES AWAY SOUTH OF HERE, THEY’VE SEEN ABOUT 10 TO 12 INCHES. AND SOUTHEAST OF US ABOUT 40 MILES FROM HERE IN THE AREAS OF STROUDSBURG AND THE DELAWARE

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    SNOW? >> WELL, A LOT OF THE SNOW PLOW OPERATORS STARTED THEIR OPERATIONS AROUND THREE APART THIS MORNING. SO THEY HAVE BEEN PLOWING AND SPREADING A LOT OF THAT SALT. THE STATE HERE HAS MORE THAN 2000 SNOW PLOW TRUCKS. SO THEY’VE GOT A LOT TO WITH. BUT TO TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW

    THEY’RE HANDLING THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW, I’VE GOT JONATHAN EBERLY HERE WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION JONATHAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STICKING AROUND WITH US. YOU WERE WITH US THIS MORNING FOR GOOD MORNING AMERICA. YOU’RE STILL HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE BUSY SO

    HOW ARE YOUR CREWS HANDLING THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW? THE SNOW HAS STOPPED, BUT IT’S STALLED. IT’S STILL HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE. YES, IT IS STILL OCCURRING ACROSS THE STATE AND IN NORTHEAST P.A., WE STILL ARE EXPERIENCING IT. SNOW CONDITIONS. OUR CREWS ARE HANDLING IT. IT IS A DIFFICULT STORM BECAUSE .

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    WE’VE SEEN TRUCKS COMING IN AND COMING OUT. HOW IS IT’S PRETTY ACTIVE. IT’S A VERY ACTIVE STOCKPILE. WE’RE IN DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE THREE INTERSTATES CONVERGE INTERSTATE 184, INTERSTATE THREE, 88. SO IT’S A VERY ACTIVE STOCKPILE. THEY COVER ALL OF OUR INTERSTATES FROM THE HERE. SO THEY’RE RELOADING OUR SALT.

    THEY’RE MAKING SURE ALL OF OUR SALT BRINE IS IN OUR TRUCKS SO THAT THEY COULD GO OUT AND TREAT THE ROADS FROM STOCKPILE. JONATHAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. DIANE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SNOW STOPPED HERE. SO IT SEEMS THAT THE STORM IS

    MOVING OUT, BUT THESE CREWS HERE, THEY ARE HANDLING THE SITUATION LIKE PROS. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. STEPHANIE RAMOS IN DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA, THANK YOU. >> MEANWHILE, SUPER BOWL MVP PATRICK MAHOMES IS CELEBRATING HIS BIG WIN IN DISNEYLAND. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS QUARTERBACK TOOK HIS FAMILY THERE FRESH OFF HIS BIG WIN.

    MAHOMES SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH OUR WILL REEVE ABOUT BIG WIN, INCLUDING THAT ONE MOMENT HE SAYS MADE HIM NERVOUS BY NOW. >> KANSAS CITY CHIEFS QUARTERBACK PATRICK KNOWS WHAT TO DO TO WIN A SUPER BOWL AND GOES DOWN TO THE 13 YARD LINE AND WHERE TO GO AFTER HE DOES MAHOMES AND THE CHIEFS

    PREVAILING A THRILLING OVERTIME WIN OVER THE SAN FRANCISCO 49 ERS SUNDAY. THE 28 YEAR OLD, NOW A THREE TIME CHAMPION AND SUPER BOWL MVP ON PACE TO REWRITE THE NFL RECORD BOOKS. >> BUT AT THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH, HE WAS THE MOST HUMBLE. >> WILL YOU EVER TAKE THE COMPLIMENT OF BEING

    THE GREATEST AT ANY POINT? WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR YOU TO SAY, ALL RIGHT. YEAH, PRETTY GOOD. >> I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE’VE HAD A GREAT STAR, A GREAT RUN, AND WE KNOW A LOT OF GREAT THINGS, BUT WE STILL GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO. AND SO I THINK IF I COULD

    HAVE THE MINDSET TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN I’M DONE PLAYING, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT WHATEVER TUNNEL THEY WANT TO PUT ON ME. WHO ARE YOU COMPETING WITH? I THINK YOU HAVE TO COMPETE WITH YOURSELF. I MEAN, THAT’S THE FIRST PERSON YOU COMPETE WITH EVERY SINGLE

    DAY, TRYING TO BE THE BEST PERSON, TRYING TO BE THE BEST PLAYER THAT YOU CAN BE AND BE THE BEST TEAMMATE. >> THAT’S FATHER. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. MAHOMES AS A HERO AT DISNEYLAND AFTER CONQUERING THE NFL LAST YEAR IN THAT SAME SPOT, HE TOLD

    ME HE’D BE BACK NEXT YEAR. SUPER BOWL LAS VEGAS, FEBRUARY 11. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO BE FEBRUARY 12? OH, I’M TRYING TO BE IN ONE OF THESE DISNEY PARKS. I’M TO TRY TO DO WHATEVER I CAN TO WORK MY TAIL OFF TO WIN ANOTHER SUPER BOWL, AND THEN WE’LL MEET.

    BUT MEETING AGAIN WASN’T A LOT AS SUPER BOWL 58 IN LAS VEGAS WENT TO OVERTIME FOR JUST THE SECOND TIME IN NFL HISTORY. >> WHAT’S YOUR HEART RATE AS? YOU’RE HEADED TO OVERTIME. DO WE PREPARE FOR THOSE MOMENTS? I FEEL LIKE I WAS LITTLE NERVOUS. WAS MAYBE THAT FOURTH DOWN PLAY.

    I KNEW I WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND GET IT. MAHOMES CLAIMS AFTER THROWING THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN RUNNING WILD. >> TAKE ME THROUGH THAT MOMENT AND WHAT YOU WERE THINKING AND. IT IS ALL EMOTION. ALL EMOTION, MAN. I WAS JUST RUNNING AND THEN I DIDN’T WHERE TO GO.

    SO I LAY DOWN SOMEWHERE. I DIDN’T HAVE A TUMBLE ON THE GROUND. AND IT’S A MOMENT THAT I’LL NEVER FORGET, THOUGH. HOW ARE THE POST-GAME CELEBRATIONS? THEY WERE GOOD. THEY WERE GOOD. YOU KNOW, WINNING A SUPER BOWL IN VEGAS KNOW IS GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT. BUT WE’RE HERE AT DISNEYLAND

    NOW AND WE’RE ENJOYING EVERY OF IT. >> MAHOMES, HIS TEAMMATE TRAVIS KELCE, AND HIS GIRLFRIEND TAYLOR, WERE ENJOYING EVERY BIT OF IT, TOO. >> NEW FOOTAGE SHOWING THE TEAM CELEBRATIONS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, PARTYING LIKE ONLY CHAMPIONS CAN FROM THE LOCKER ROOM TO THE NIGHTCLUBS WHERE SWIFT’S PARENTS JOINED IN.

    THE SINGER POSTING THIS VIDEO, WRITING IT’S A FRIENDS AND FAMILY PARTY. THEY SAID, BRING YOUR PARENTS. THEY SAID. THE SUPERSTAR CELEBRATING TRAVIS’S WIN WITH HER MUSIC, SERVING THE SOUNDTRACK FOR PART OF THE NIGHT FROM YOU BELONG WITH ME TWO LOVE STORY. TRAVIS’S BROTHER, JASON, ALSO

    ON HAND, MASKED UP IN THE DJ BOOTH DANCING. >> I WAS THERE, SO I SAW JASON. HE WAS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY, MAN. THOSE BROTHERS, MAN. >> THEY’RE THE LIFE OF THE PARTY WHEREVER THEY GO. JASON LATER SPOTTED, AT THE END OF THE EVENING, WALKING INTO

    A TREE AS TRAVIS PUT TAYLOR’S COAT. WE’RE AT DISNEY, BUT I THINK TRAVIS REALLY HAS THE FAIRY TALE RIGHT HERE. YOU’RE LIVING THE FAIRY TALE. >> BUT HE’S GOT IT GOING ON AS WELL. YEAH, MAN. I MEAN, TRAVIS, KELSEY’S A GREAT, GREAT COUPLE OF YEARS, I’LL SAY THAT.

    >> MAHOMES READY TO KEEP THAT TALE STREAK ALIVE. >> SO WE’LL MAKE A DATE FOR IT’LL BE DISNEY WORLD PROBABLY NEXT YEAR. DISNEY WORLD. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SUPER BOWL IN NEW ORLEANS. THERE’S A LITTLE FLIGHT OVER. >> I WAS WAS DOING WILL REEVE IN LOS THANK YOU.

    >> AND LITTLE JOHN IS GIVING A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT HIS DURING USHER’S SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW. HE’S SHARING EVERYTHING WENT INTO THAT NIGHT TO REMEMBER COLLABORATING WITH HIS LONGTIME FRIEND USHER LARA SPENCER HAS MORE NOTHING THAT WE CAN’T TURN DOWN AFTER THE SUPER BOWL’S ELECTRIFYING HALFTIME PERFORMANCE, USHER JOINED

    ON STAGE BY MUSICAL TALENTS LIKE ALICIA KEYS. >> IT’S THE ONLY WAY WE KNOW HOW TO ROCK AND HER, BUT THE PARTY REALLY HEATING UP WHEN AND THE ULTIMATE HYPE MAN, LIL JON TOOK THE MIC AND DAD WAS ON THE SIDELINE JUST LIKE A PLAYER, LIKE RIGHT NOW, READY

    TO GO TURN OUT THE LIGHT NOW HE TRULY BROUGHT ATO VEGAS. >> WE WERE AT TOWN SOBBING IN THE SUPER BOWL. IT DOESN’T GET NO MORE ATLANTA THAN THAT. >> THE CHART TOPPING HIT YEAH PRODUCED BY THE CRUNK PIONEER CATAPULTING FANS TO THEIR FEET TWO DECADES AFTER THE SINGLES RELEASE.

    >> IT’S JUST A GOOD FIND POSITIVE FEELING IT’S A SIMPLE CHORUS. >> YEAH, YEAH. YOU DON’T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH YOU JUST SAY YEAH, YEAH. >> IT JUST STILL SOUNDS FRESH. THE 30 MINUTE ATLANTA MEETS VEGAS EXTRAVAGANZA, FURTHER CEMENTING USHER’S ICON STATUS AND THE BEAUTIFUL FINALE TO AN EPIC WEEKEND.

    THE R&B LEGEND SAYING, I DO TYING THE KNOT WITH HIS LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND, JENNIFER GOICOECHEA, THE COUPLE SEEN TOGETHER AT USHER’S ALBUM RELEASE PARTY SUNDAY NIGHT. >> HE’S THE MOST AT PEACE I’VE EVER SEEN HIM AND I THINK HE PROBABLY FELT LIKE IT WAS TIME TO MAKE THAT STEP BECAUSE

    SHE’S BEEN IN HIS CORNER FOR A WHILE NOW. SO I’M REALLY HAPPY FOR HIM. >> AND JANE LARA SPENCER, THANK YOU. COMING UP, SPRING BREAK SAVINGS EXPERTS SAY NOW IS THE GOLDILOCKS WINDOW TO BOOK YOUR TRAVEL AND, HOW YOU CAN GET THE BEST DEAL FOR YOUR FAMILY. ALSO AHEAD, A MARYLAND COUPLE

    IS MAKING HISTORY AND WINE. HOW THE PAIR IS POURING INTO THEIR COMMUNITY BY SHARING THEIR ROOTS. >> 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. NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE

    TELEVISION AND IT HITS ME WITH SOME GOOD, BAD CRITICISM. LET’S START A SONG. SASHA IS GOING TO BE MADE A LITTLE BIT SMARTER IN A MINUTE. WHEN AMERICA IN AMERICA, BECAUSE 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’VE BEEN YOU KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO KNOW THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE BLESSINGS OF THAT EXPERIENCE. >> THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WINNER OF THE GRACIE AWARD FOR BEST NEWS PROGRAM ALL OF TELEVISION STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE TIME

    WITH LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAMES, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY JOE GIRARDI. THIS STORY, A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION, A CENTRAL WILL GET A CHANCE TO MAINTAIN THEIR OFFICIAL VERSION AND THAT SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY

    THAT HASN’T COME OUT. I DIDN’T I WANTED ERICA TO. >> I’M SORRY. FACE TO FACE. ERICA, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SAW THE HOUSEWIFE AND THE HUSTLER IN HULU. WELCOME BACK. IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO ESCAPE THE WINTER WEATHER NOW, COULD THE BEST TIME TO SCORE A SPRING BREAK TRAVEL DEAL?

    EXPERTS SAY BOOKING NOW COULD SAVE YOU TIME AND MONEY. DEMARCO MORGAN, MORE ON SOME TIPS AND TECHNIQUES FIRST SEEN IN THE WASHINGTON POST. >> IT MAY BE THE DEAD OF WINTER, BUT THE TRAVEL DEALS ARE HEATING UP. EXPERTS SAY NOW MAY BE THE BEST TIME TO BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS FOR SPRING BREAK.

    IF YOU STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT. >> CHANCES ARE ONCE MARCH ROLLS AROUND. SPRING BREAK FLIGHTS ARE GOING TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE, NOT LESS. WE ARE IN THE GOLDILOCKS WINDOW FOR CHEAP SPRING BREAK FLIGHTS. YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT. TAKE A PAGE FROM THE CHILDHOOD FAIRY TALE, THE GOLDILOCKS

    WINDOW IS THE IDEAL TIME TO BOOK YOUR FLIGHT. NOT TOO OR TOO LATE FOR THE PRICE TO BE JUST RIGHT. >> IF YOU BOOK 11 MONTHS IN ADVANCE, YOU DON’T SEE MANY CHEAP FLIGHTS. BUT ALSO, IF YOU WAIT UNTIL A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE YOU’RE LIKELY TO GET A CHEAP

    AT THAT POINT IS ALSO GOING TO BE VERY LOW. >> NOW THAT WE ARE IN WINDOW, HOW CAN YOU GET THE BEST DEAL FOR YOUR FAMILY? SKY’S OF TRAVEL SITE GO IN SAYS BE FLEXIBLE WITH YOUR LOCATION . >> FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GO TO THE BEACH, PICK

    THE ONE WITH CHEAPEST AIRFARE. AND KAI SAYS, IF YOU HAVE A BIG FAMILY, IT COULD BE CHEAPER TO BOOK TICKETS INDIVIDUALLY. >> WHEN YOU DO ONE BOOKING OF FOUR TICKETS, ALL FOUR TICKETS HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME PRICE. AND IF THERE’S ONLY THREE TICKETS LEFT AT THE CHEAPEST

    PRICE, THEY’RE GOING TO SELL THE NEXT MOST EXPENSIVE ONE. >> SO INSTEAD, BOOK THREE TICKETS AT ONCE AT THE CHEAPEST PRICE, THEN BOOK THE TICKET. >> GUYS ALSO ADVISES TO COMPARE ROUNDTRIP AND ONE WAY FARES THE CHEAPEST NONSTOP FLIGHT FROM NEW TO SAN DIEGO FOR A WEEK IN LATE APRIL.

    IT’S $448 PER PERSON ROUNDTRIP, BUT YOU BOOK EACH LEG SEPARATELY. YOU CAN FLY ONE WAY TO SAN DIEGO FOR $139 AND BACK TO NEW YORK FOR 254 BUCKS TOTALING $393. THAT’S A SAVINGS OF $55 PER PERSON, 21 DAYS BEFORE TRAVEL DATE. THAT NEEDS TO BE DROPPED A DATE

    TO GET YOUR FLIGHTS BOOK VIA NOW IS ALSO A GREAT TIME TO BOOK A CRUISE. >> WE ARE IN WHAT’S CALLED THE WAITING SEASON AND THAT’S THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND IT’S ON CRUISE LINES OFTEN OFFER A WIDE OF DISCOUNTS AND SAYS YOU CAN SCORE DISCOUNTS BETWEEN 30 AND 60%

    OFF AND YOU’RE ALSO LIKELY TO SEE CABIN UPGRADES BOGO OFFERS AND ONBOARD CREDIT. >> DIANE, I LOVE THE SOUND, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. >> MARK MORGAN, THANK YOU. AND A MARYLAND COUPLE MAKING HISTORY AND WINE. >> JANELLE AND MATTHEW BOYD ARE THE OF THE STATE’S FIRST BLACK OWNED FAMILY WINERY.

    AND THEY SAY IT’S THEIR MISSION TO BRING THEIR COMMUNITY TOGETHER, TO TICK THEIR GLASSES AND SOME LOCALLY MADE WINES. AND JANELLE AND MATTHEW BOYD OF CREW WINES ARE JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE. >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING ON. YOU FOR HAVING US. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO, JANELLE, AFRICAN-AMERICANS

    HAVE A LONG STANDING HISTORY WITH WINEMAKING. WHY WAS THAT SO IMPORTANT TO YOU AND HOW DID THAT INSPIRE CREW WINES? >> SURE. >> SO, ABSOLUTELY. THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND WINEMAKING ACTUALLY GOES BACK 1933 WHEN JOHN JOE LOUIS SENIOR WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICAN WINEMAKER RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN PARKSVILLE, VIRGINIA.

    AND I’M DOING OUR RESEARCH, LEARNING THAT, UNDERSTANDING THAT COMBINED WITH OUR OWN HISTORY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BOTH OF OUR FAMILIES REALLY INSPIRED US TO STEP OUT HERE AND START MAKING WINE AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT WINEMAKING AND HOW WE CAN BRING SOMETHING SPECIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY. >> NOW, MATTHEW, THAT’S

    A HISTORY WE DON’T OFTEN ABOUT, BUT YOU ACTUALLY INCORPORATE THAT HISTORY INTO YOUR TASTINGS AND YOUR CLASSES. >> HOW DOES THAT WORK? WE DO. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW IS REALLY INTERESTING FOR IS ALWAYS BEING ABLE TO SHOW PEOPLE ONE HOW TO MAKE GREAT

    WINES AND HOW THE PROCESS GOES AND TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT NOT JUST THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED WINERIES, BUT ALSO ABOUT OUR OWN HISTORY WITH WINEMAKING. MY FIRST TIME MAKING WINE WAS ACTUALLY WITH MY GRANDFATHER. HE LEARNED FROM PARENTS HOW TO MAKE ONE, AND HE LITERALLY ORDERED GRAPES FROM CALIFORNIA

    ,ORDERED A OAK BARREL FROM CALIFORNIA, A FRENCH OAK BARREL . AND MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND I, WE HELPED HIM WINE RIGHT THERE IN HIS OWN KITCHEN. HE WOULD GIVE WINE OUT TO HIS HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS THE FOLLOWING YEAR AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT. SO, YOU KNOW, INCORPORATE

    THAT HISTORY INTO OUR TASTINGS AND TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT HOW NOT JUST WE’RE MAKING WINE BOTH FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE’RE REALLY WANT TO MAKE WINE SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND PROCESS WHAT GOES INTO THE WINE, WHY WE CHOSE THE CERTAIN GRAPES THAT WE CHOSE SPECIFICALLY, UTILIZE THE GRAPES AND ARE EXTREMELY WELL GEARED.

    >> MARYLAND. MY GRANDFATHER USED TO MAKE WINE IN HIS KITCHEN TOO. YOU’RE JUST GIVING ME. A LITTLE BIT OF NOSTALGIA MYSELF. I’M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THAT WAY WHEN THEY GO TO VISIT THE WINERY. AND JANELLE, YOU STARTED THIS COMPANY DURING THE PANDEMIC AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A SMALL

    VENTURE, JUST YOU TWO. NOW YOUR WINES ARE TAKING OFF. THEY’RE SET TO HEAD TO TARGET THE D.C. AREA. SO TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOUR MORE. SURE. YEAH. IT’S BEEN A WILD RIDE GOING THROUGH VERY FAST. BUT WE WE’RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW THE GROWTH THAT INCURRING MOST EXCITED

    ABOUT THE FACT THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS EXCITED OUR WINES YOU KNOW THEY TRULY ENJOY THEM OUR OUR FREE SPIRIT ROSÉ YOU KNOW SOLD OUT LAST YEAR IN JULY AFTER WE HAD FIRST STARTED IN APRIL. AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR IS REALLY TO CONTINUE TO MAKE GREAT WINE. I TO EXPAND OUR OUR COMPANY

    AND OUR BRAND. AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING TO, YOU KNOW, BRING A TASTING ROOM AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY AND ALSO DO A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY MARKETPLACE FOR OTHER SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO GET IN FRONT OF THEIR CUSTOMERS AND TRULY BUILD COMMUNITY AS WELL. >> ALL RIGHT, JANELLE AND

    MATTHEW OF CRU WINES. >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING ON AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> COMING UP, LET THE GOOD TIMES. MARDI GRAS IS UNDERWAY. HOW A SMALL BUSINESS IN NEW ORLEANS BECAME THE SPOT FOR NG CAKE. ALSO AHEAD, ALICIA KEYS MISSED

    A KEY NOTE AT THE TOP OF HER SUPER BOWL PERFORMANCE. NOW THE INTERNET IS SIDE EYEING A FIX ON THE NFL’S YOUTUBE PAGE. WE ARE SIPPING THAT TEA WITH WILL GANSS NEXT. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE 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. HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING

    TO YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. 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. THIS IS MY CAMP. INSIDE THE TENT IS A SOURCE OF HUMOR FOR THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MURDERED. THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. IN ANYWHERE. WOW. >> SO THE QUESTION IS, OKAY, HERE WE GO.

    ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHAT WOULD YOU DO. YOU JUST WON’T BELIEVE WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY THINK NO ONE’S WATCHING. THIS SEASON, I BROUGHT JEREMY AND KAMAU BELL ALONG FOR THE RIDE. >> ALL RIGHT, LET’S BREAK IT SERIOUS HERE. I WAS HERE ALL THE TIME. THE ALL-NEW SEASON.

    >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SUNDAY NIGHT ON ABC. >> YOU WERE WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS KEEP STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING FROM THE FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA COURTHOUSE. I’M REENA ROY. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING EVERYTHING LIVE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE

    AND HAPPY MARDI GRAS, EVERYONE. TODAY IS FAT TUESDAY AND NO PLACE IN THE WORLD KNOWS HOW TO LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL QUITE LIKE ORLEANS. PEOPLE THERE ARE ALREADY CELEBRATING WITH DRINKS, DANCING AND FOOD. AND NOW ONE BAKERY FOUNDED BY VIETNAMESE REFUGEES HAS BECOME THE SPOT TO GET THE HOLIDAY STAPLE.

    KING CAKE. >> IN GAZA, PRESIDENT OF FUNG BAKERY JOINS NOW FOR MORE. LYNN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING ON. SO US THROUGH THIS. MARDI GRAS 101. WHAT EXACTLY IS CAKE AND WHY IS IT SO SPECIAL TODAY? >> A CAKE IS THE ICONIC CAKE FOR FOR GRAS.

    AND IT’S IT’S A GIANT KIND OF DOUGH. >> SOME CALL IT ENTIRE CINNAMON ROLL. BUT I THINK IT’S DEFINITELY MORE SPECIAL THAN THAT AND IT’S IT HAS BEEN ICING IT AND THEY PLACE A BABY INSIDE YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO ENJOY IT FROM STARTING JANUARY SIXTH UNTIL TODAY FAT TUESDAY AND YOU

    ARE IT GETS THE THE BABY START THE NEXT PARTY. SO IT’S BEEN A TRADITION FOR FOR MANY YEARS IN ORLEANS. >> SO FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN MARDI GRAS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT TODAY IS LIKE IN NEW ORLEANS? >> TODAY IS CRAZY. IGNORING THE WHOLE CITY.

    >> THE WHOLE CITY SHUTS DOWN. EVERYBODY’S PARTYING WE ARE SUPPORTING. >> WE’VE MADE OUR LAST CAKES YESTERDAY. >> WE THOUGHT YESTERDAY AND TODAY WE ARE SHUT DOWN AND WE THROWING ALASTAIR HE SAID CRAWFISH BOIL. THERE ARE PARADES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. YOU CAN’T REALLY DO MUCH ELSE TODAY BUT PARTY.

    IT’S A TOUGH JOB WHEN YOU’RE BEING FORCED TO PARTY. LYNN GARZA, PRESIDENT DONGFANG BAKERY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. HAPPY MARDI GRAS. THANK YOU. AND IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE TEAM WHERE WE BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE BUZZIEST STORIES PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. >> OUR FRIEND WILL GANSS

    IS HERE TO HELP US OUT. WILL SPILL THAT SAME I JUST LIKE TO TELL YOU TO PUT TODAY IN THE HISTORY BOOKS YOU ARE MORE THAN I AM TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS A RARE OCCASION. SO MARK THE DATE IN YOUR CALENDAR, PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT. WE BEGIN WITH THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME.

    THE INTERNET STILL THIRSTY FOR USHER FOLLOWING ITS 15 MINUTE SPECTACLE, BUT THE NFL HAS MADE AN EDIT TO THE YOUTUBE VERSION THAT FANS CAN’T HELP BUT NOTICE. ALICIA KEYS, OF COURSE, JOINED USHER ON STAGE FOR A RED HOT DUET OF MY BOO AFTER A QUICK SOLO RENDITION OF HER

    HIT IF I AIN’T GOT YOU. HERE’S THE VERSION THAT WAS POSTED TO YOUTUBE. TAKE A LISTEN. >> SO BE IT ON THE. OKAY. SOUNDS PRETTY SOLID, RIGHT? WELL, HERE’S WHAT AIRED ON LIVE TV. SO PEOPLE LIKE. YEAH. THAT FIRST NOTE, THERE’S A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE THERE.

    THE VOICE CRACK WAS FIXED FOR THE YOUTUBE VERSION. WE REACHED OUT TO THE NFL FOR COMMENT, BUT WE HAVEN’T HEARD BACK. ONE FAN SAYING OF THE LIVE PERFORMANCE, YES, ALICIA’S VOICE CRACKED ON THE OPENING NOTE, WHICH IS AWESOME. IT’S LIVE. IT’S DUMB AND SHOWS THAT A SUPERSTAR IS NOT PERFECT. I LOVE THAT.

    ACTUALLY. IT’S ALSO COMPLETELY NORMAL, EVEN AT THAT LEVEL TO BE LIKE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF A PERFORMANCE. BUT THAT ALMOST FEEDS THE AS THE ARTIST GETS A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE AND GETS MORE WARMED UP. SO IT DOES TAKE AWAY FROM IT A BIT.

    I AGREE WITH YOU AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY FANS ARE A LITTLE BIT LIKE, HUH, MIGHT WE FIX IT? I DO THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WAS A MARVELOUS PERFORMANCE. EITHER WAY, THE INTERNET IS FAKE. THE INTERNET’S NOT REAL. YOU MEAN EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET ISN’T REAL? ALL RIGHT.

    WAS THE ANNUAL OSCARS LUNCHEON THE FIRST BIG EVENT FOR THE ACADEMY? AS NOMINEES GATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO UNOFFICIALLY CAMPAIGN FOR VOTES FROM FELLOW ACADEMY MEMBERS? FIRST, THAT ICONIC CLASS PHOTO OF THIS CLASS, INCLUDING, OF COURSE, STERLING K BROWN, BRADLEY COOPER, ANNETTE BENING. AND SO OTHERS.

    BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IN MY OPINION, A FEW A FEW FASHIONED THEMES THAT I SPOTTED WHICH COULD INDICATE WHAT’S TO COME ON OSCAR SUNDAY. LET’S TALK ABOUT WOMEN SPORTING SUITS. EMMA STONE AND LOUIS VUITTON, LILY GLADSTONE AND GABRIELA HEARST, MONOCHROME, LILY WAS IN ALL WHITE, WAS VERY POPULAR AND EMILY BLUNT ROCKING, THIS

    INDIGO LOOK AND MY GOODNESS, LOOK AT RYAN GOSLING IN AN ALL LILAC GUCCI SUIT. CHECK IT OUT ON INSTAGRAM. IT WAS LIKE, SO STUNNING. ONE OF MY FAVORITES. IT WAS RIGHT FOR IT WAS MORE THAN CANADA. NO MARDI GRAS BLAZERS. NO, NO, NO. THEY KNEW THAT YOU WERE GOING

    TO TAKE THAT TREND HOME. YEAH, RIGHT. EXACTLY. THEY RIGHT HERE. OH, IT IS. IT IS. AND IN MUSIC NEWS THIS MORNING, GET READY TO ROCK THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCING THEIR NOMINEES FOR THE CLASS OF 2020 FOR INDUCTION IN THIS YEAR’S PRELIMINARY LIST IS STAR STUDDED.

    WE’VE MARIAH CAREY, CHER, MARY J. BLIGE, LENNY KRAVITZ, SINEAD O’CONNOR, OZZY OSBORNE, PETER FRAMPTON AND THE DAVE BAND, AS WELL AS BANDS FOREIGNER, KOOL AND THE GANG, OASIS AND A TRIBE CALLED QUEST AND AMAZING. TEN OF THE 15 NOMINEES ARE VERY FIRST TIMERS TO THE HALL OF FAME LIST, INCLUDING THE ONE

    AND ONLY MIMI WHO WROTE ABOUT THE HONOR ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SAYING BEYOND EXCITED AND THRILLED TO BE AMONG THESE NOMINEES FOR THIS YEAR’S ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE 2024 INDUCTEES WILL BE ANNOUNCED THIS APRIL WITH. THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CEREMONY STREAMING FOR

    THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW ON DISNEY PLUS FROM OUR PARENT COMPANY, DISNEY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND FINALLY, MEET THE FOUR WOMEN THAT THE INTERNET IS CALLING THE REAL LIFE GOLDEN GIRLS, BECAUSE ALL FOUR OF THESE WOMEN HAVE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE, HIGH SCHOOL AND NOW THEY LIVE TOGETHER

    AT THE SAME RETIREMENT CENTER. ELSIE, SYLVIA, MARY GRACE, ALL GRADUATED FROM MOUNT SAINT ACADEMY IN GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, IN THE MID 1950S. THEY REMAINED CLOSE, BUT THEY WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS AFTER GRADUATION HAVING CAREERS AND RAISING 12 CHILDREN BETWEEN ALL FOUR OF THEM. NOW THEIR EIGHTIES, ALL THE

    WOMEN LIVE TOGETHER IN A RETIREMENT FACILITY JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM THAT HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT THE OLD DAYS, THEY GO TO THE MOVIES AND THEY PARTICIPATE IN MUSICAL THEATER NIGHTS. NO DRAMA. YEAH, YEAH, SYLVIA TOLD US. I THINK FRIENDSHIP IS REALLY IMPORTANT. HAVING OLD FRIENDS, WONDERFUL ADDED QUOTE.

    IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT TO KNOW THAT I STILL HAVE THESE THREE WONDERFUL WOMEN AROUND IS ADORABLE. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU, FOR BEING A FRIEND. AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH THAT SAME DAY IN THE SADDLE. ABC NEWS LIFE IS HERE FOR

    YOU ANYTIME. STAY WITH THIS IS NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSHING FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL. THE STRUCTURE KEPT FOUR STORIES HIGH. FIVE AUSTRIA IS IN THE BULLSEYE. >> 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 LIVE. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S

    NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL A TELEVISION. >> GIVE IT TO ME. PRETTY SOON MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY.

    SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD ON MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST. LISTENING 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 FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE SOURCE BECOMES THE ONLY ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO. FASTER, SMARTER AND YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE TO WHERE YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW. YOU’RE GONNA LOVE THIS

    EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE LESSONS ABOUT EXPERIENCE. THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW. >> I’M MOLA LENGHI IN BEIRUT, LEBANON. WHEREVER THE STORY GOES, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE WATCHING ABC NEWS. A LOT RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE DIGGING OUT OF THE WORST SNOWSTORM TWO YEARS.

    WE’VE GOT THE FREEZING FORECAST FOR MILLIONS OF YOU IN THE NORTHEAST. A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW BAD THINGS COULD REALLY GET. PLUS, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE. THE SENATE PASSES THE BILL, BUT IT MIGHT NOT EVEN GET A VOTE IN THE HOUSE. WE’LL SORT IT ALL OUT FROM THE HILL.

    AND INFLATION IN COMING IN HIGHER THAN EXPECTED, WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR MONEY AND INTEREST RATES THIS HOUR. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. WE DO BEGIN WITH THE EXTREME WEATHER THAT’S JUST BARRELING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST RIGHT NOW. THAT POWERFUL STORM DUMPING SNOW FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC TO NEW ENGLAND AS SNOW DECLARED

    IN BOSTON. NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACTUALLY MOVING TO REMOTE LEARNING AND HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS CANCELED AT BOSTON AND NEW YORK AIRPORTS. >> IT’S THE FIRST WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NEW YORK CITY IN TWO YEARS. HEAVY, WET SNOW SEEN BLANKETING THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS HERE . THEN IN BOSTON, PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    GETTING A SNOW DAY. SOME AREAS THERE COULD SEE UP TO HALF A FOOT OF SNOW. STUFF IS ALSO COMING DOWN ACROSS CONNECTICUT. THE STORM FORCING ROUGHLY 800 SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY TO CLOSE TODAY IN. NEW JERSEY RAIN AND SNOW MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. DRIVERS THERE BEING URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE OUT

    ON THE ROADS. >> OUR EXTREME TEAM IS BRAVING ALL THE ELEMENTS FOR US. SAMAR LET’S START WITH YOU. YOU’RE THERE IN CENTRAL PARK WHERE THE SNOW HAS BEEN COMING DOWN ALL. HOW ARE THE CONDITIONS AND IS THE IMPACTS, I GUESS, HOW IS THE IMPACT ON THE CITY?

    >> WELL, KYRA, HERE IN CENTRAL PARK, SNOW IS JUST STOPPED FALLING. SO ANYTHING YOU SEE FALLING IS ACTUALLY COMING OFF THE TREE BRANCHES. IT’S A VERY HEAVY AND WET SNOW. BUT IF YOU LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER, YOU CAN SEE HOW PICTURESQUE IS. WE’RE GETTING A LOT MORE FOOT TRAFFIC NOW.

    SO ARE COMING OUT TO SEE WHAT WINTER NEW YORK IS ALL ABOUT. PICTURESQUE POSTCARD VIEW HERE. ONE THING THAT’S BEEN RARE TO SEE ARE KIDS WITH THEIR SLEDS, SOMETHING WE NORMALLY SEE. BUT NEW YORK CITY IS ACTUALLY FOR VIRTUAL LEARNING TODAY. SO A LOT OF THE KIDDOS STAYED HOME, BUT UNFORTUNATELY,

    THEY DID HAVE SOME ACTIVITIES EARLIER THIS MORNING. >> SO HOPEFULLY THEY’RE ABLE TO TAKE A LITTLE RECESS BREAK, GET OUT HERE AND MAYBE TAKE OH ,WE GO. WE GOT SOME WE GOT A FEW SLEDS RIGHT HERE IN THE SHOT. SO THEY’RE COMING OUT. ENJOY THE WEATHER NOW OUTSIDE

    OF THIS OASIS ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN. WE HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES AT LAGUARDIA, OVER 400 FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED AT ONE POINT THERE AT LAGUARDIA AND WE’RE STILL SEEING FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS, ABOUT 381. AT LEAST 112 FLIGHTS DELAYED AS A RESULT OF THIS BIG STORM, AS YOU SAID EARLIER.

    WE HAVEN’T SEEN A WINTER STORM WARNING IN NEW YORK AT LEAST TWO YEARS. SO AND IT’S NOT JUST NEW YORK. TAKE A LOOK AT THE SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY HERE. YOU CAN SEE UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST WE’RE STILL BEING IMPACTED SORRY, THE I-95 CORRIDOR FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC INTO BOSTON STILL IMPACTED

    BY THIS SYSTEM, BUT IT’S CONTINUING ITS MOVE OUT EASTWARD. >> AND AS A RESULT, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A GOOD AMOUNT OF TOTALS BEING DUMPED BY THIS STORM SYSTEM. PARTS OF NEW JERSEY GOT AROUND 15 INCHES OF SNOW THERE. I’M SORRY, IN IN WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 15.2 INCHES OF SNOW.

    MONTAGUE, NEW JERSEY, SAW 13.2 INCHES OF SNOW. AND I THINK THE QUESTION NOW IS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? SO BY 6 P.M. THIS AFTERNOON, THIS STORM SYSTEM IS SET TO MOVE ALL THE WAY OUT TO SEA. ON THE BACK END, WE COULD STILL SEE A FEW SPORADIC SHOWERS COMING DOWN IN UPSTATE

    NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA. AND THEN TONIGHT, THE NEXT STORY IS THE TEMPERATURES. THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE DIVING DOWN INTO THE 20S. IT’S GOING TO BE SO COLD. AND FOR CITIES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF NEW LIKE WASHINGTON, D.C., THAT GOT THAT RAIN SNOW MIX. THEN WE ACTUALLY SEE SOME FREEZING AND THAT COULD

    LEAD TO REALLY DICEY SITUATION FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE KYRA. >> OKAY. YEAH, IT SURE IS BEAUTIFUL BEHIND YOU. >> WHAT A GREAT CHANCE FOR THE KIDS. AND THEN, STEPHANIE, YOU ARE FAR FROM US, ABOUT HALFWAY HERE. YOU’RE IN PENNSYLVANIA. WHAT’S IT LIKE THERE EITHER, KYRA? WELL, RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT

    THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION INCIDENT COMMAND CENTER, WHERE THE TEAMS HERE ARE MONITORING OF THE INTERSTATE CAMERAS. WE ARE IN DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA . >> AND TAKE A LOOK HERE. YOU CAN SEE HERE AT THESE LIVE PICTURES THE ROADS ARE DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL RIGHT NOW. THESE LIVE IMAGES YOU’RE LOOKING AT COVER

    THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF PENNSYLVANIA. >> BUT THE TEAM IS ABOUT A THOUSAND CAMERAS SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE STATE AND. IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE THE STORM IS OUT OF THIS AREA. BUT EARLIER TODAY, WE SAW AT LEAST TEN INCHES OF SNOW IN SOME AREAS, ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF. AND THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TEMPORARILY

    REDUCED THE SPEED ON SEVERAL INTERSTATES TO 45 MILES PER HOUR IN THE EAST CENTRAL REGION OF THE STATE BECAUSE OF THIS STORM. BUT CONDITIONS WERE REALLY BAD EARLIER WITH LOW VISIBILITY, BUT HAVE REALLY SHAPED UP FOR THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER TEMPERATURES AND. MANY PEOPLE STAYING HOME, INCLUDING MANY OF THOSE KIDDOS

    WHO HAVE A SNOW DAY KYRA. >> YEAH, THERE’S A LOT TO DO. SO STEPHANIE, TELL ME EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE AND WHO IS MONITORING THE CONDITIONS. I THOUGHT YOU WERE ACTUALLY OUT IN THE ELEMENTS, BUT YOU’RE WITH THOSE THAT ARE OF TRACKING EVERYTHING. GIVE US A LITTLE BEHIND

    THE SCENES SHOW AND TELL. >> YES, KYRA. SO THIS IS THE COMMAND OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS TAKING A LOOK AT THE ROADS FROM INSIDE . EARLIER TODAY WE WERE OUT ON THE ROADS EARLIER THIS FOR GOOD MORNING AMERICA. WE WERE FOLLOWING A COUPLE OF SNOW PLOW TRUCKS.

    THEY HAD BEEN OUT OPERATING WORK ON THOSE ROADS SINCE ABOUT 3:00 THIS MORNING, SPREADING SALT, PLOWING THE STREETS, GETTING THEM READY FOR THOSE THAT DID HAVE TO GO TO WORK. THEY DID HAVE TO GET OUT ON TO THE ROADS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE CLEAR FOR MOST PART.

    AND THE TEAMS HERE SAY IT HAS BEEN EASY, WHICH IS WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AFTERNOON WITH, THIS STORM. ALL RIGHT. KNOCK ON WOOD. RIGHT. IT’S PRETTY AMAZING THEY KEEP THEIR EYES ON ON THE ROADS LIKE THAT. SOME MORE. APPRECIATE YOU. STEPHANIE, YOU AS WELL. WE’LL CONTINUE TO CHECK IN WITH

    BOTH OF YOU. MEANWHILE, BACK IN OUR NATION’S CAPITAL, THE SENATE’S NEWLY PASSED $95 BILLION AID PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE. ISRAEL AND TAIWAN APPEARS BE DEAD IN THE HOUSE. SPEAKER REPUBLICAN ARE THE SPEAKER RATHER. REPUBLICAN MIKE JOHNSON SAYS THAT HE MIGHT NOT EVEN TAKE THE BILL. AS HARD LINE REPUBLICANS AS YOU

    KNOW, HAVE BEEN ALIGNED WITH DONALD TRUMP AND STATED THAT THEY OPPOSE THE LEGISLATION AND JUST WON’T VOTE FOR IT. MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER MAKING A LAST DITCH EFFORT AS WELL, TRYING TO CONVINCE SPEAKER JOHNSON OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BILL. >> HERE’S WHAT HE SAID A LITTLE EARLIER.

    >> THE RESPONSIBILITY NOW FALLS ON SPEAKER JOHNSON AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO APPROVE THIS BILL SWIFTLY. AND I CALL ON SPEAKER JOHNSON TO RISE TO THE OCCASION. ALL RIGHT. AS OUR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS, INTO MIX HERE. ALSO JAY O’BRIEN IS UP THERE ON THE HILL. SO, JAY, JUST TELL US,

    WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN NEXT WITH THIS AID PACKAGE? I MEAN, YOU CAN EXPECT FIRSTLY THAT PRESSURE ON SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, AS YOU HEARD FROM CHUCK SCHUMER, TO BRING THIS TO A VOTE. IT PASSED IN THE SENATE WITH 22 REPUBLICANS DEFYING THAT PRESSURE THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OTHERS

    HAVE BEEN MOUNTING, NOT TO VOTE FOR THIS. THOSE 22 REPUBLICANS ENDED UP VOTING FOR THIS WITH MOST SENATE DEMOCRATS, BUT IT’S UNLIKELY JOHNSON IS GOING TO BEND TO THAT PRESSURE. THEN YOU’VE GOT TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON MODERATE HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO SEE IF A HANDFUL OF THEM PARTNER WITH DEMOCRATS, THE HOUSE,

    AND TRY TO FORCE JOHNSON’S ND IN WHAT’S CALLED A DISCHARGE PETITION, WHICH IS A PROCEDURAL MOVE THAT WOULD FORCE TO PUT THIS ON THE FLOOR IF HE DOESN’T DO IT. IF THAT DOESN’T WORK, RATHER, HE DOESN’T HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE FLOOR CAROL. WELL, SPEAKING OF COURT PRESS,

    THE PRESIDENT IS REALLY PUSHING FOR THIS AND EVEN GOING TO MAKE REMARKS. I UNDERSTAND, KAREN, ONCE AGAIN HERE, THE PRESIDENT’S GOING TO BE TALKING IN JUST A COUPLE OF MOMENTS. AND IN A STATEMENT EARLIER, HE SAID THAT THE HOUSE NEEDS TO MOVE URGENCY TO PASS THIS LEGISLATION BECAUSE THE COSTS

    OF INACTION RISING EVERY DAY, HE SAYS, ESPECIALLY IN UKRAINE, WITH REPORTS THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY RUNNING OUT OF AMMUNITION ON THE FRONT LINES. THE WHITE HOUSE SAID TODAY THAT THIS ALSO CALLS INTO QUESTION ABILITY OF AMERICAN LEADERSHIP TO BE COUNTED ON ON THE WORLD. NATIONAL SECURITY SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY SAID NOT PASSING

    LEGISLATION, NOT GETTING THIS AGE. UKRAINE SENDS A MESSAGE THAT TO US ALLIES AND PARTNERS THAT THE U.S. CANNOT BE COUNTED ON. >> IT SENDS MESSAGES NOT JUST TO ALLIES AND PARTNERS, BUT TO POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES AS WELL, THAT THE UNITED STATES CAN’T BE COUNTED ON. >> WE’RE NOT INTERESTED

    IN BEING A LEADER ON THE WORLD STAGE. >> AND THIS IS A MESSAGE IT WILL LIKELY HEAR FROM PRESIDENT WHEN HE GIVES REMARKS IN JUST A COUPLE OF MOMENTS, EMPHASIZING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO GET DONE. THEY’VE APPLAUDED THE SENATE FOR PASSING. THIS WOULD BYPASS IS IN

    SUPPORT, BUT NOW IT HAS A MUCH MORE UNCERTAIN FUTURE IN THE HOUSE. BUT THE PRESIDENT KEEP UP THAT PRESSURE ON LAWMAKERS TO GET THIS DONE KYRA. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS ABC NEWS IPSOS POLL THAT SHOWS MORE AMERICANS ARE ACTUALLY BLAMING BIDEN FOR LAST WEEK’S FAILED BILL MORE THAN DONALD

    TRUMP, WHO ACTUALLY WAS THE ONE WHO CONVINCED REPUBLICANS TO KILL THE BILL. SO REALLY SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE INFLUENCE THAT DONALD TRUMP. AND IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU’RE SEEING, THE DYNAMICS ON THAT SCREEN, IF YOU JUST KEEP IT UP FOR ME FOR ONE MORE SECOND, NEW YORK,

    THEY BLAME REPUBLICANS MORE BY 9%. BUT THEN BY THE SAME TOKEN, AS YOU KNOW, THEY BLAME PRESIDENT BIDEN MORE FOR THE BILL’S FAILURE THAN, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND SOME OF THAT CONNECTS WITH WHAT WE’VE SEEN ON THE HILL, MEANING THE BLAME FOR REPUBLICANS. IT WAS REPUBLICANS WHO WALKED FROM THIS DEAL.

    BUT THEN THE OTHER TOKEN OF THIS IS THAT THE REPUBLICANS WHO WALKED AWAY FROM THIS DEAL, DESPITE THE FACT THAT PREVIOUSLY THEY WERE IN OF THESE ONGOING BORDER NEGOTIATIONS THAT GOT THE DEAL TO THE PART THAT IT WAS FINALIZED THAT THEY COULD WALK AWAY FROM, IF THEY SAID IT WASN’T HARDLINE ENOUGH.

    SO THAT IS POTENTIALLY WHY YOU’RE HEARING THAT BLAME BE CAST ON PRESIDENT BIDEN BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING SITUATION AT THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER. BUT CERTAINLY THE WHITE HOUSE IS TRYING TO MAKE IT CLEAR, AS KAREN KNOWS WELL, THAT THEY ARE LAYING THE BLAME SOLELY ON THE FEET OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS AND MAKING

    THAT CASE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND, KAREN, DO LET US WHEN THE PRESIDENT STARTS SPEAKING. WE WILL JUMP IN ON THAT, MONITOR IT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO AS CONGRESS WORKS TOWARD SOME KIND OF DEAL FOR AID FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE, THE U.S. IS STILL PUSHING FOR ANOTHER

    DEAL BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. TODAY, CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM BURNS IS IN CAIRO FOR TALKS AIMED AT SECURING THE RELEASE OF THE REMAINING HOSTAGES IN GAZA AND A TEMPORARY PAUSE IN FIGHTING. COMES AS PRESIDENT BIDEN IS JOINED, JOINING RATHER, THE GROWING CALLS FOR ISRAEL NOT TO LAUNCH ANOTHER MAJOR GROUND OFFENSIVE INTO

    RAFAH, SAYING THAT TROOPS SHOULD HOLD OFF WITH A CREDIBLE PLAN TO PROTECT MORE THAN 1 MILLION PALESTINIANS THAT ARE SHELTERING THERE. BUT DESPITE ISRAEL INSISTING DOING EVERYTHING TO AVOID CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN GAZA, THE HAMAS RUN HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS THAT DEATH TOLL IS RISING. MORE THAN 28,000 PALESTINIAN HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE OCTOBER

    7TH, ALONG WITH ANOTHER 6000 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INJURED. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MOORE IS TEL AVIV. SO, MARCUS, WHAT’S THE CIA? CIA HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH SPECIFICALLY THERE IN CAIRO? >> WELL, KIRAN, MR. BURNS, CERTAINLY THEY’RE HOPING TO IN SOME WAY HELP FACILITATE THESE NEGOTIATIONS AND KEEP THESE SIDES TALKING.

    BUT AS YOU KNOW, CARTER IS ALSO AT THE TABLE AS THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING A KEY ROLE AS A MEDIATOR IN THE MIDST OF THIS THIS CRISIS THAT’S BEEN UNFOLDING HERE. >> AND ALSO REPRESENTATIVES FROM EGYPT, ALSO THERE IN CAIRO AS PART OF THESE TALKS WITH THE HOPE OF NEGOTIATING AND,

    AGREEING ON A HOSTAGE DEAL. >> AS YOU KNOW, 100 AND 34 ISRAELIS ARE CURRENTLY BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY HAMAS. AND THERE’S BEEN AN URGENT EFFORT TO. GET THEM RELEASED. BUT ALL SIDES, KYRA, SEEM TO AGREE, AT LEAST HERE ON THE ISRAELI SIDE, THAT TO GET THE 134 OTHERS WHO ARE

    BEING HELD CAPTIVE RIGHT NOW TO GET THEM SAFE, IT WILL REQUIRE A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT OR AGREEMENT THERE AND NOT AN ACTUAL RESCUE OPERATION REPORTED ON QUITE A BIT YESTERDAY. AND OVER OVER WEEKEND. SO THIS IS A HIGH STAKES MEETING. AND, KYRA, AT THE VERY LEAST IT

    IS A IT IS A HOPEFUL SIGN FOR THOSE FAMILIES WHO ARE SO WORRIED, THEIR LOVED ONES WHO ARE BEING HELD CAPTIVE RIGHT NOW. OH, AND BIDEN CONTINUES TO ISRAEL TO COME UP WITH A CREDIBLE PLAN, AS WHAT HE CALLS IT, TO PROTECT THE CIVILIANS THAT WERE FORCED TO FLEE

    TO RAFAH, WHICH THE ISRAELI ARMY, THEM, YOU KNOW, JUST EVACUATE TO ISRAEL. I MEAN IT’S JUST THERE’S NO CLEAR AND EASY ANSWER. NO, THERE’S REALLY NOT. AND, CAROL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENING THERE, AID GROUPS TELL YOU AND EVEN IN THE PICTURES THAT WE HAVE SEEN, HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

    IS UNFOLDING THERE. AND THE U.S., AS WELL AS KING ABDULLAH OF JORDAN, WHO WE HEARD FROM YESTERDAY THERE IN WASHINGTON, ARE THEY ARE AMONG THE VOICES CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THIS MILITARY OPERATION IN RAFAH COULD MEAN FOR THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OF REFUGEES, PALESTINIANS WHO ARE THERE IN RAFAH,

    WHO MANY OF THEM ARE, KYRA, AS YOU POINTED OUT, HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THEIR LOCATION SEVERAL TIMES IN THE MIDST OF THIS ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR. >> ALL RIGHT MARCUS MOORE FOR US THERE IN TEL AVIV. MARCUS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY INFLATION ACTUALLY JUMPING 0.3% LAST MONTH.

    HIGHER THAN WHAT ANALYSTS WERE EXPECTING. INFLATION IS STILL DOWN A LITTLE OVER 3% COMPARED TO THE LAST TIME NEXT YEAR. IN OUR BUSINESS, ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS IS HERE TO TELL US EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS ABOUT OUR ECONOMY. HEY, ALEXIS. HEY, KYRA. SO THIS IS REALLY A BIT OF A

    SETBACK FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST INFLATION . YOU KNOW, IT WAS HOPING TO SEE INFLATION MOVE CLOSER TO ITS 2% TARGET. INSTEAD, WE GOT INFLATION AT 3.1% COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. SO, LOOK, THE TREND IS STILL THAT INFLATION, CONSUMER PRICES CONTINUE TO COOL.

    BUT THIS PARTICULAR NUMBER CAME IN ABOVE WALL STREET’S EXPECTATIONS. YOU SEE THEY’RE UP 0.3% IN JANUARY COMPARED TO DECEMBER. AND AGAIN, THAT YEAR OVER YEAR NUMBER UP 3.1% IN THE PAST YEAR. WALL STREET WAS EXPECTING A NUMBER THERE OF 2.9%. AND AGAIN, IT’S THE SAME SUSPECTS THAT ARE PUSHING

    PRICES HIGHER AND THEY’RE FOR THE BASICS KYRA. RENT CONTINUING TO MOVE UP, FOOD PRICES, TRANSPORTATION ALL HIGHER. ON THE PLUS SIDE, THOUGH, GASOLINE WERE GETTING A BREAK AT THE PUMP. THOSE PRICES COMING DOWN A OVER YEAR, AS ARE USED CAR AND TRUCK PRICES, THEY’RE ALSO ON ON THE DECLINE. ALL RIGHT.

    NOW TO OUR FAVORITE QUESTION. WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE AND INTEREST RATES? INVESTORS WERE HOPING FOR A POTENTIAL CUT IN RATES AS SOON AS THIS SUMMER. SO IS THAT ON THE TABLE NOW? >> IT LOOKS LIKE INVESTORS ARE NOW GOING TO PUSH THAT OUT TO POSSIBLY JUNE.

    YOU KNOW, FIRST THERE WAS TALK, COULD THERE BE A RATE CUT AT THE MARCH MEETING THAT WAS OFF THE TABLE PRETTY QUICKLY THAT IT WAS. WILL IT HAPPEN AT THE MAY MEETING? THE FEDERAL RESERVE WANTS TO SEE REAL EVIDENCE, REAL PROOF HERE THAT INFLATION IS SUSTAINABLY LOWER AND THAT IT IS MOVING CLOSER

    TO THAT 2% TARGET BEFORE IT PULLS TRIGGER AND STARTS TO CUT INTEREST RATES. WHAT IT WANTS TO AVOID DOING IS CUTTING INTEREST TOO SOON AND POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, SPARKING INFLATION, HIGHER PRICES IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS TO COME. SO WE’RE GOING HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR FIRST CUT, I THINK.

    ALL RIGHT. WE’RE WAITING. ALEXIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YOU BET. COMING UP, NEW SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS OF THE SUSPECTS WANTED IN THAT DEADLY SHOOTING IN NEW YORK. THE LATEST ON THE MANHUNT TO FIND THEM NEXT. >> WHENEVER BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK

    BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE. EVERYTHING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE IN EASTERN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH, THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH LITTLE TOWN FROM

    THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII AND CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 2020 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY WHERE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL. THE GAZA STRIP AND BEIRUT FROM THE FBI. REPORTER FOR THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE,

    10 DOWNING STREET IN LONDON STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE. WE’RE STREAMING NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> NUMBER ONE, STREAMING NEWS. IT’S LUNCHTIME, 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 WITH THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS AND, OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD “GMA3” WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR OF “GMA” IN THE AFTERNOON.

    SO JOIN US AFTER DINNER FOR. >> EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. I LOVE THAT. ME FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING THAT’S OFF TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. >> WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?

    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS. FAST, STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT SOMEONE IN BETWEEN. HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES SEND? SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. AND A MOOSE STARTED SHOOTING A DOG. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE. >> EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC

    NEWS LIVE. >> SO GLAD YOU’RE SERVING WITH US. WHAT THE NYPD IS ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP FINDING THE GUNMAN WHO OPENED FIRE IN THE SUBWAY. AND THEY’RE HOPING NEWLY RELEASED IMAGES WILL HELP YOU HELP THEM. ONE PERSON IS NOW DEAD AND FIVE OTHERS INJURED AFTER AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO GROUPS

    OF TEENS TURNED VIOLENT. SO POLICE RELEASED SURVEILLANCE PICTURES RIGHT HERE OF THE SUSPECTS. AND THE NYPD CHIEF SAYS THAT WHEN AN ARREST IS MADE, THERE WILL BE STRONG CONSEQUENCES. THE VICTIMS, BY THE WAY, RANGED FROM AGE 14 TO 71. SOME OF THEM WERE INVOLVED IN THE ALTERCATION. OTHERS WERE JUST MERE

    BYSTANDERS. SO THE NTSB IS INVESTIGATING A FIERY PLANE CRASH IN FLORIDA. NEW VIDEO NOW SHOWING THE MOMENT THAT SMALL PLANE CRASHED ONTO A HIGHWAY, KILLING TWO PEOPLE. >> OUR VICTOR OQUENDO HAS MORE FOR US ON THE STUNNING NEW DASH CAM VIDEO OF A PLANE FALLING OUT OF THE SKY,

    CRASHING ONTO A BUSY FLORIDA HIGHWAY, THEN ERUPTING IN FLAMES. >> OH, MY GOD. WATCH AS THE SURVIVORS RUN FROM THE BURNING WRECKAGE. >> IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE KYLE CAVALIER WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE PLANE DOWN. RUSHING TOWARDS THE FIRE SAYING HE HAD NO.

    >> BUT TO TRY TO HELP EXPLAIN. COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. JET FUEL HYDRAULICALLY. SO AT THAT POINT NOW I RUN OVER TO TRY AND HELP THEM. >> THE PRIVATE PLANE, A BOMBARDIER 600 TAKING OFF FROM OHIO, WAS CLEARED TO LAND. >> BUT WE’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THE RUNWAY.

    >> PEOPLE ARE STILL TEN INCHES CRASHING ONTO I-75 BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUST TWO MILES FROM THE AIRPORT IN NAPLES, FLORIDA ,SMOLDERING DEBRIS LITTERING THE HIGHWAY. THE WING CRASHING DOWN AS BYSTANDERS LOOKED ON. >> LOOKS LIKE A HORROR SCENE OR A MOVIE. >> FIREFIGHTERS WILLIAM WILKIE AND ALEXA ZERO WERE THE FIRST

    ON THE SCENE. SPEAKING WITH ABC STATION. >> EVEN IN MY HEAD, I’M LIKE, WOW, I HAVEN’T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. FIVE PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD. BOTH PILOTS DIED. >> MIRACULOUSLY, THREE PEOPLE SURVIVED. THE JET ALSO SLAMMING INTO A PICKUP TRUCK. AN FAA PRELIMINARY REPORT.

    >> THE DRIVER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. AND OUR THANKS TO VICTOR FOR A CANDLE FOR THAT WILL FOLLOW THE INVESTIGATION COURSE. >> WELL, COMING UP, THE MAGIC OF MAHOMES, THE KC SAYS HIS TEAM IS FAR FROM FINISHED. FOLKS. BUT THE SUPER BOWL MVP TELLS OUR WILL REEVE ABOUT A

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    >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING THAT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE EAST . WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE

    IN BETWEEN. THAT IS BILLIONAIRE. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME TO MOVE. STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT? REPORTING FROM THE AUTOWORKERS PICKET LINES. MICHIGAN. I’M FAITH ABUBEY WHEREVER THE STORY IS. WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE WAS

    ABC NEWS LIVE FOR HEADLINES WE’RE TRACKING FOR YOU THIS HOUR. FUNERALS BEGIN TODAY. THOSE THREE U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS WHO WERE KILLED IN JORDAN, STAFF SERGEANT WILLIAM JEROME RIVERS SERVICE HELD AT A BAPTIST CHURCH JUST WEST OF ATLANTA. GOVERNOR BRIAN COWART WAS ACTUALLY AMONG THE ATTENDEES

    TO HONOR THE 46 YEAR OLD’S LIFE AND SERVICE. RIVERS, ALONG WITH SERGEANT KENNEDY AND SERGEANT BRIANNA MOFFITT, WERE KILLED IN A DRONE ATTACK, A U.S. BASE IN NORTHWEST JORDAN. PRESIDENT BIDEN MET WITH THE FAMILIES OF THOSE SERVICE MEMBERS DURING THAT DIGNIFIED TRANSFER THAT YOU’RE SEEING RIGHT HERE THAT WAS HELD

    DELAWARE EARLIER THIS MONTH. HALL WAS A DATA POINT. KHALIF, YOU ARE PRECARIOUSLY PERCHED ON THE TOP OF A CLIFF AFTER LANDSLIDE. THE LANDSLIDE ACTUALLY COMES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WAS SLAMMED BY RAIN AND BRUTAL MUDSLIDES IN A POINT. AND OFFICIALS THERE SAY THAT THE HOMES HAVE BEEN EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO

    IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE. SUPER RATINGS FOR THE SUPER BOWL AND ADOBE ANALYTICS SAY THAT SUNDAY’S BIG GAME, THE LONGEST BOWL EVER PLAYED, BY THE WAY, WAS ALSO THE MOST WATCHED TV PROGRAM OF ALL TIME. AN AVERAGE OF 103 POINT MILLION VIEWERS TUNED IN ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS AND CHANNELS, A 7% JUMP FROM

    LAST YEAR THINK TAYLOR SWIFT HAD. ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT? AND SPEAKING OF SUPER SUNDAY, WHAT YOU DO AFTER YOU WIN SUPER BOWL MVP LIKE GO TO DISNEYLAND, OF COURSE. >> KANSAS CITY CHIEFS QUARTERBACK PATRICK MAHOMES ACTUALLY TOOK HIS ENTIRE FAMILY FRESH OFF THE BIG AND THEN HE SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH OUR

    WILL REEVE RIGHT FROM THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH BY NOW. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS QUARTERBACK PATRICK MAHOMES KNOWS WHAT TO DO TO WIN A SUPER BOWL. HENCE IS A DOWN TO THE 13 YARD LINE AND TO GO AFTER HE DOES MAHOMES AND THE CHIEFS PREVAILING IN A THRILLING OVERTIME WIN OVER THE SAN

    FRANCISCO 49 ON SUNDAY. THE 28 YEAR OLD NOW A THREE TIME CHAMPION AND SUPER BOWL MVP ON PACE TO REWRITE THE NFL’S RECORD BOOKS. BUT AT THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON, HE WAS ALSO THE MOST HUMBLE. >> WILL YOU EVER TAKE THE COMPLIMENT OF BEING THE GREATEST AT ANY POINT?

    WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN YOU TO SAY, ALL RIGHT, YEAH, I’M PRETTY GOOD. >> I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE’VE HAD A GREAT START, GREAT RUN, AND WE KNOW A LOT OF GREAT THINGS, BUT WE STILL GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO. AND SO I THINK IF I HAVE THE MINDSET TO CONTINUE TO GET

    BETTER EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN I’M DONE PLAYING, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT WHATEVER TUNNEL THEY WANT TO PUT ON ME. WHO ARE YOU COMPETING? I THINK YOU GOT TO COMPETE WITH YOURSELF. I MEAN, THAT’S THE FIRST PERSON YOU COMPETE WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY TO BE THE BEST PERSON

    TRYING TO BE THE BEST PLAYER THAT YOU CAN BE AND BE THE BEST TEAMMATE THAT’S BOTHERING YOU FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. >> MAHOMES AS A HERO AT DISNEYLAND AFTER CONQUERING THE NFL LAST YEAR IN THAT SAME SPOT, HE TOLD ME HE’D BE BACK NEXT. SUPER BOWL LAS VEGAS, FEBRUARY

    11TH. WHERE ARE YOU GOING BE FEBRUARY 12. OH, I’M TRYING TO BE IN ONE OF THESE DISNEY PARKS. I’M GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO DO WHATEVER I CAN TO WORK MY TAIL OFF TO WIN ANOTHER SUPER BOWL AND THEN WE’LL MEET AGAIN. >> BUT MEETING AGAIN WASN’T

    A LOCK AS SUPER BOWL 58 IN LAS VEGAS WENT TO OVERTIME FOR JUST THE SECOND TIME IN NFL HISTORY. >> WHAT’S YOUR HEART RATE AS? YOU’RE HEADED TO OVERTIME. DO WE PREPARE FOR THOSE MOMENTS? NO. I FEEL LIKE I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN I WAS MAYBE THAT FOURTH DOWNPLAY.

    I KNEW I WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND GET IT. MAHOMES, AFTER THROWING THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN, MAHOMES RUNNING WILD, TAKE ME THROUGH THAT MOMENT AND WHAT YOU WERE THINKING FEELING. IT IS ALL MOTION, ALL EMOTION. AND I WAS JUST RUNNING AND THEN I KNOW WHERE TO GO ON A LAY DOWN SOMEWHERE.

    I DIDN’T HAVE A TUMBLE ON THE GROUND AND IT’S A MOMENT THAT I’LL NEVER FORGET. HOW ARE THE POST-GAME CELEBRATIONS? THEY WERE GOOD. THEY WERE GOOD. YOU KNOW, WINNING A SUPER BOWL IN VEGAS, YOU KNOW, THERE’S GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT. BUT WE’RE HERE AT DISNEYLAND NOW AND WE’RE ENJOYING EVERY

    BIT OF. >> MAHOMES, HIS TEAMMATE TRAVIS KELCE, AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, TAYLOR SWIFT, ENJOYING EVERY BIT OF IT, TOO. >> NEW FOOTAGE SHOWING THE TEAM’S CELEBRATION WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, PARTYING LIKE ONLY CHAMPIONS CAN FROM LOCKER ROOM TO THE NIGHTCLUBS WHERE SWIFT’S PARENTS JOINED IN THE SINGER POSTING THIS VIDEO WRITING.

    IT’S A FRIENDS AND FAMILY. THEY SAID, BRING YOUR PARENTS, THEY SAID. THE SUPERSTAR CELEBRATING TRAVIS’S WIN WITH HER MUSIC, SERVING AS THE SOUNDTRACK FOR PART OF THE NIGHT FROM YOU BELONG WITH ME, TOO. LOVE STORY. >> TRAVIS, HIS BROTHER JASON. ALSO ON HAND, MASKED IN THE DJ BOOTH DANCING.

    >> I WAS THERE. SO THAT’S JASON. HE WAS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY, MAN. THOSE KELCE BROTHERS, MAN. THEY’RE THE LIFE OF THE PARTY. >> THEY GO. JASON LATER SPOTTED AT THE END OF THE EVENING WALKING INTO TREE AS TRAVIS PUT TAYLOR’S COAT ON. WE’RE AT DISNEY, BUT I THINK

    TRAVIS REALLY HAS THE FAIRY TALE RIGHT HERE. YOU’RE LIVING THE FAIRY TALE, BUT HE’S IT GOING ON AS WELL. YEAH, MAN. I MEAN, TRAVIS KELCE HAD A GREAT, GREAT COUPLE OF I’LL SAY THAT. >> MAHOMES READY TO KEEP THAT FAIRY TALE STREAK ALIVE. SO WE’LL MAKE A DATE FOR IT’LL

    BE DISNEY WORLD PROBABLY NEXT YEAR. DISNEY WORLD. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SUPER BOWL IN NEW. >> THERE’S A LITTLE FLIGHT OVER. I WAS DOING. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH TO WILL REEVE. AND OF COURSE, PATRICK MAHOMES. IT’S ALWAYS TO GET THAT GREAT INTERVIEW EVERY.

    >> I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. AND HEY HOW ABOUT A LITTLE LE BON TOM ROULETTE? LET’S TAKE YOU TO NEW ORLEANS, SHALL WE. YES, IT’S MARDI GRAS TIME. THIS IS LIKE ONE OF THE BEST TIMES OF THE YEAR. SUPER BOWL. MARDI GRAS.

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    WE WANT YOU TO KNOW EVERY MORNING WE’RE RIGHT HERE AND WE GOT YOU WITH THUNDER ABOUT TO DO SOME. YEAH, LET’S GET A SONG NOW. THIS SIDE OF ME IS A LITTLE BIT MY LITTLE BOY. I’M GOING TO AMERICA. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE,

    MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE, DIGGING OUT OF THE WORST SNOWSTORM IN TWO YEARS. WE’VE GOT THE FREEZING FORECAST FOR MILLIONS OF YOU IN THE

    NORTHEAST AND A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW BAD THINGS COULD REALLY GET. PLUS, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE. THE SENATE PASSES THE BILL, BUT IT MIGHT NOT GET A VOTE IN THE HOUSE. WE’LL SORT IT ALL OUT FROM THE HILL. AND INFLATION COMING IN HIGHER THAN EXPECTED, WHAT IT MEANS

    FOR YOUR MONEY AND INTEREST RATES THIS HOUR. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. WE DO BEGIN WITH THE WEATHER THAT’S JUST BARRELING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST RIGHT NOW. THAT POWERFUL WINTER STORM DUMPING SNOW FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC TO NEW ENGLAND. >> A SNOW EMERGENCY IN BOSTON. NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACTUALLY MOVING TO REMOTE

    LEARNING AND HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS CANCELED AT BOSTON AND NEW YORK AIRPORTS. >> IT’S THE FIRST WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NEW YORK CITY IN TWO YEARS. HEAVY, WET SNOW SEEN BLANKETING THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS HERE AND IN BOSTON. PUBLIC SCHOOLS GETTING A SNOW DAY. >> SOME AREAS THERE COULD SEE

    UP TO HALF A FOOT OF SNOW. >> STUFF IS ALSO COMING DOWN ACROSS CONNECTICUT. THE STORM FORCING ROUGHLY 800 SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY TO CLOSE TODAY. IN NEW JERSEY, RAIN AND SNOW MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS TRAVEL DRIVERS THERE BEING URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE OUT ON THE ROADS.

    >> OUR EXTREME WEATHER TEAM IS BRAVING ALL THE ELEMENTS FOR US. SEEMA, LET’S START WITH YOU. YOU’RE THERE IN CENTRAL PARK WHERE THE SNOW HAS BEEN COMING DOWN ALL DAY. HOW ARE THE CONDITIONS AND IS THE IMPACT I GUESS, HOW IS THE IMPACT ON THE CITY? >> WELL, KYRA, HERE IN CENTRAL

    ,THE SNOW IS JUST STOPPED FALLING. SO ANYTHING YOU SEE FALLING IS ACTUALLY COMING OFF THE TREE BRANCHES. IT’S A VERY HEAVY AND WET SNOW. BUT IF YOU LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER YOU CAN SEE HOW PICTURESQUE IS. WE’RE GETTING A LOT MORE FOOT TRAFFIC NOW. SO FOLKS ARE COMING OUT TO SEE

    WHAT WINTER NEW YORK IS ALL ABOUT. PICTURESQUE POSTCARD VIEW HERE. ONE THING THAT’S BEEN RARE TO SEE ARE KIDS WITH THEIR SLEDS, SOMETHING WE NORMALLY SEE. BUT NEW YORK CITY HAS ACTUALLY OPTED FOR VIRTUAL LEARNING TODAY. SO A LOT. THE KIDDOS STAYED HOME, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY DID HAVE SOME CONNECTIVITY EARLIER

    THIS MORNING. SO HOPEFULLY THEY’RE ABLE TO TAKE A LITTLE RECESS BREAK, GET OUT HERE AND MAYBE TAKE OH, HERE WE GO. WE GOT SOME WE GOT A FEW SLEDS RIGHT HERE IN THE SHOT. SO THEY’RE COMING OUT AND ENJOYING THE WEATHER NOW OUTSIDE OF THIS OASIS ON THE OF MANHATTAN.

    WE HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES AT LAGUARDIA. OVER 400 FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED AT ONE POINT THERE AT LAGUARDIA AND WE’RE STILL SEEING FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS, ABOUT 381, AT LEAST 112 FLIGHTS DELAYED AS A RESULT OF THIS BIG STORM. AS YOU SAID EARLIER, WE HAVEN’T SEEN A WINTER STORM WARNING

    IN NEW YORK AT LEAST TWO YEARS. SO AND IT’S NOT JUST NEW YORK. TAKE A LOOK AT THE SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY HERE. YOU CAN SEE UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST WE’RE STILL BEING IMPACTED. I’M SORRY, THE I-95 CORRIDOR FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC INTO BOSTON STILL IMPACTED BY SYSTEM

    ,BUT IT’S CONTINUING ITS MOVE OUT EASTWARD. AND AS A RESULT, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A GOOD AMOUNT OF TOTALS BEING DUMPED BY THIS STORM SYSTEM. PARTS OF NEW JERSEY GOT AROUND 15 INCHES OF SNOW THERE. I’M SORRY, IN IN WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 15.2 INCHES OF SNOW. MONTAGUE, NEW JERSEY, SAW 13.2

    INCHES OF SNOW. AND I THINK THE QUESTION NOW IS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? SO 6 P.M. THIS AFTERNOON, THIS STORM SYSTEM IS SET TO MOVE ALL THE WAY OUT TO SEA. ON THE BACK END, WE COULD STILL SEE A FEW SPORADIC SNOW COMING DOWN IN UPSTATE NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA.

    AND THEN TONIGHT, THE NEXT STORY IS THE TEMPERATURES. THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE DIVING DOWN THE 20S. IT’S GOING TO BE SO COLD. AND FOR CITIES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF NEW YORK, LIKE WASHINGTON, D.C., THAT GOT THAT RAIN SNOW MIX, THEY MAY ACTUALLY SEE SOME FREEZING AND THAT COULD LEAD TO A REALLY DICEY

    SITUATION FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE KYRA. >> OKAY. YEAH, IT SURE IS BEAUTIFUL BEHIND YOU. WHAT A GREAT CHANCE FOR THE KIDS. AND THEN, STEPHANIE, YOU ARE NOT FAR FROM US. ABOUT HALFWAY HERE. YOU’RE IN PENNSYLVANIA. WHAT’S IT LIKE EITHER, KYRA? WELL, RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT

    TRANSPORTATION INCIDENT COMMAND CENTER, WHERE THE TEAMS HERE ARE MONITORING ALL OF THE INTERSTATE CAMERAS. WE ARE IN DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA AND TAKE A LOOK HERE. YOU CAN SEE HERE AT THESE LIVE PICTURES THE ROADS ARE DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL RIGHT NOW. THESE LIVE IMAGES YOU’RE LOOKING AT COVER THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF PENNSYLVANIA.

    >> BUT THE TEAM IS MONITORING A THOUSAND CAMERAS SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE STATE. AND IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE THE STORM IS OUT OF THIS AREA. BUT EARLIER TODAY, WE SAW AT LEAST TEN INCHES OF SNOW IN SOME AREAS, ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HERE. AND THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TEMPORARILY

    REDUCED THE SPEED LIMIT ON SEVERAL INTERSTATES TO 45 MILES PER HOUR IN THE EAST CENTRAL REGION OF THE STATE BECAUSE OF THIS STORM. BUT CONDITIONS WERE REALLY BAD EARLIER WITH LOW VISIBILITY, BUT IT REALLY SAVED UP FOR THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER TEMPERATURES AND MANY STAYING HOME, INCLUDING MANY OF THOSE

    KIDDOS WHO A SNOW DAY KYRA. >> YEAH, THERE’S A LOT TO DO. SO, STEPHANIE, TELL ME EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE AND WHO IS MONITORING THE CONDITIONS. I THOUGHT YOU WERE ACTUALLY OUT IN THE ELEMENTS, BUT YOU’RE WITH THOSE ARE SORT OF TRACKING EVERYTHING. GIVE US A LITTLE BEHIND

    THE SCENES SHOW AND TELL ME. >> YES, KYRA. SO THIS IS THE COMMAND OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS TAKING A LOOK AT THE ROADS FROM INSIDE . BUT, YES, EARLIER TODAY WE WERE OUT ON THE ROADS EARLIER THIS FOR GOOD MORNING AMERICA. WE WERE FOLLOWING A COUPLE OF SNOW TRUCKS.

    THEY HAD BEEN OUT OPERATING WORK ON THOSE ROADS SINCE ABOUT 3:00 THIS MORNING, SPREADING SALT AND PLOWING THE STREETS, GETTING THEM READY FOR THOSE THAT DID HAVE TO GO TO WORK, THAT DID HAVE TO GET OUT ONTO THE ROADS. >> AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE CLEAR FOR THE MOST PART.

    >> AND THE TEAMS HERE SAY IT HAS BEEN EASY GOING IS WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AFTERNOON WITH THIS STORM. >> ALL RIGHT. KNOCK ON WOOD. RIGHT. IT’S PRETTY AMAZING. THEY KEEP THEIR ON THE ROADS LIKE THAT. SAMARA, APPRECIATE YOU, STEPHANIE, YOU AS WELL. WE’LL CONTINUE TO CHECK IN WITH

    BOTH OF YOU. MEANWHILE, HERE, BACK IN OUR NATION’S CAPITAL, THE SENATE’S NEWLY PASSED $95 BILLION AID PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE, ISRAEL AND TAIWAN APPEARS TO BE DEAD IN THE HOUSE SPEAKER, REPUBLICAN OR THE SPEAKER, RATHER, REPUBLICAN MIKE JOHNSON SAYS THAT HE MIGHT NOT EVEN TAKE THE BILL UP. HARDLINE REPUBLICANS, AS YOU

    KNOW, HAVE BEEN ALIGNED WITH DONALD TRUMP AND STATING THAT THEY OPPOSE THE LEGISLATION AND JUST WON’T VOTE FOR IT. MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER IS MAKING A LAST DITCH EFFORT AS WELL, TRYING TO CONVINCE SPEAKER JOHNSON OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BILL. >> HERE’S WHAT HE SAID A LITTLE EARLIER. THERE RESPONSIBILITY NOW FALLS

    ON SPEAKER JOHNSON AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO APPROVE THIS BILL SWIFTLY. >> AND I CALL ON SPEAKER JOHNSON TO RISE THE OCCASION. ALL RIGHT. LET’S BRING OUR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS INTO THE MIX HERE. ALSO JAY O’BRIEN WHO’S UP THERE ON THE HILL. SO, JAY, JUST TELL US,

    WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN NEXT WITH THIS AID PACKAGE? I MEAN, YOU CAN EXPECT FIRSTLY THAT PRESSURE ON SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, AS YOU HEARD FROM CHUCK SCHUMER, TO BRING THIS TO A VOTE. IT PASSED IN THE SENATE WITH 22 REPUBLICANS DEFYING THAT PRESSURE THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OTHERS

    HAVE BEEN MOUNTING NOT TO VOTE FOR THIS. SO THOSE 22 REPUBLICANS ENDED UP VOTING FOR THIS WITH MOST SENATE DEMOCRATS. BUT IT’S UNLIKELY JOHNSON IS GOING TO BEND TO THAT PRESSURE. SO THEN YOU’VE GOT TO KEEP YOUR ON MODERATE HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO SEE IF JUST A HANDFUL OF THEM PARTNER

    WITH DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE AND TRY TO FORCE JOHNSON’S HAND IN WHAT’S CALLED A DISCHARGE, WHICH IS A PROCEDURAL MOVE THAT WOULD FORCE JOHNSON TO PUT THIS ON THE IF HE DOESN’T DO IT. IF THAT DOESN’T WORK, RATHER, HE DOESN’T HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE FLOOR.

    WELL, SPEAKING OF FULL COURT PRESS, THE PRESIDENT IS REALLY PUSHING FOR THIS. AND EVEN GOING TO MAKE REMARKS, I UNDERSTAND TODAY. KAREN, ONCE AGAIN HERE, THE PRESIDENT’S GOING TO BE TALKING IN JUST A COUPLE OF MOMENTS. AND IN A STATEMENT EARLIER, HE SAID THAT THE HOUSE NEEDS TO MOVE WITH URGENCY TO PASS

    THIS BECAUSE THE COSTS OF INACTION ARE RISING EVERY DAY, HE SAYS, ESPECIALLY IN UKRAINE, WITH REPORTS OF THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY RUNNING OUT OF AMMUNITION ON THE FRONT LINES. THE WHITE HOUSE SAID TODAY THAT THIS ALSO CALLS INTO QUESTION THE ABILITY OF AMERICAN LEADERSHIP TO BE COUNTED ON ON THE WORLD STAGE.

    NATIONAL SECURITY SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY SAID NOT PASSING THIS LEGISLATION, NOT GETTING THIS AID TO UKRAINE SENDS A MESSAGE THAT TO U.S. ALLIES AND PARTNERS THAT THE U.S. CANNOT BE ON. >> IT SENDS MESSAGES NOT JUST TO ALLIES AND PARTNERS, BUT TO POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES. WELL, THAT THE UNITED STATES

    CAN’T BE COUNTED ON, THAT WE’RE NOT INTERESTED IN BEING A LEADER ON THE WORLD STAGE. >> AND THIS IS A MESSAGE IT WILL LIKELY HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENT WHEN. HE GIVES REMARKS IN JUST A COUPLE OF MOMENTS, EMPHASIZING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS GET DONE .

    THEY APPLAUDED THE SENATE FOR PASSING THIS WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, BUT NOW IT HAS A MUCH MORE UNCERTAIN FUTURE IN THE HOUSE. BUT THE PRESIDENT WILL KEEP UP THAT PRESSURE ON LAWMAKERS TO GET THIS DONE KYRA. >> SO, JAY, LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS ABC NEWS IPSOS POLL THAT SHOWS MORE AMERICANS

    ARE ACTUALLY BLAMING BIDEN FOR LAST WEEK’S FAILED BILL. MORE DONALD TRUMP, WHO ACTUALLY WAS THE ONE WHO CONVINCED REPUBLICANS TO KILL BILL. SO REALLY SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE INFLUENCE THAT DONALD TRUMP HOLDS. AND IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU’RE SEEING THE DYNAMICS ON THAT SCREEN, IF

    YOU JUST KEEP IT UP FOR ME FOR ONE MORE SECOND, NEW YORK, THEY BLAME REPUBLICANS MORE BY 59%. BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, AS YOU KNOW, THEY BLAME PRESIDENT MORE FOR THE BILL’S FAILURE THAN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND OF THAT CONNECTS WITH WHAT WE’VE SEEN ON THE HILL, MEANING

    THE BLAME FOR REPUBLICANS. IT WAS REPUBLICANS WHO WALKED AWAY FROM THIS DEAL. BUT THEN THE OTHER TOKEN OF THIS IS THAT THE REPUBLICANS WHO WALKED AWAY FROM THIS DEAL, DESPITE FACT THAT PREVIOUSLY THEY WERE IN SUPPORT OF THESE ONGOING BORDER NEGOTIATIONS THAT GOT THE DEAL TO THE PART THAT IT WAS FINALIZED,

    THAT THEY COULD AWAY FROM, IS THAT THEY SAID IT WASN’T HARDLINE ENOUGH. SO THAT IS POTENTIALLY WHY YOU’RE HEARING THAT BLAME BE CAST ON PRESIDENT BIDEN BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING SITUATION AT THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER. BUT CERTAINLY THE WHITE HOUSE IS TRYING TO MAKE IT CLEAR, AS KAREN KNOWS WELL,

    THAT THEY ARE LAYING THE BLAME SOLELY ON THE FEET OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS AND MAKING THAT CASE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND, KAREN, DO LET US KNOW WHEN THE PRESIDENT STARTS SPEAKING. WE WILL JUMP IN ON THAT AND MONITOR IT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS CONGRESS WORKS SOME KIND

    OF DEAL FOR AID FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE, THE U.S. STILL PUSHING FOR ANOTHER DEAL BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS TODAY. CIA DIRECTOR BURNS IS IN CAIRO FOR TALKS AIMED AT SECURING THE RELEASE OF THE REMAINING HOSTAGES IN GAZA AND A TEMPORARY PAUSE IN FIGHTING. THIS COMES AS PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS JOINED JOINING

    RATHER, THE GROWING CALLS FOR ISRAEL NOT TO LAUNCH ANOTHER MAJOR GROUND OFFENSIVE IN TO RAFAH, SAYING THAT TROOPS SHOULD HOLD OFF WITH A CREDIBLE PLAN TO PROTECT THE MORE THAN 1 MILLION PALESTINIANS THAT ARE SHELTERING THERE. BUT DESPITE ISRAEL INSISTING IT’S DOING EVERYTHING TO AVOID CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN GAZA.

    THE HAMAS RUN HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS THAT DEATH TOLL IS RISING. MORE THAN 28,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, ALONG WITH ANOTHER 68,000 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INJURED. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MOORE IS IN TEL AVIV. SO, MARCUS, WHAT’S THE CIA CIA DIRECTOR HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH SPECIFICALLY THERE IN? CAIRO?

    >> WELL, KYRA, MR. BURNS, CERTAINLY THEY’RE HOPING TO IN SOME WAY HELP FACILITATE THESE NEGOTIATIONS AND KEEP THESE SIDES TALKING. BUT AS YOU KNOW, QATAR IS ALSO AT THE TABLE AS THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING A KEY ROLE AS A MEDIATOR, THE MIDST OF THIS THIS CRISIS THAT’S BEEN UNFOLDING HERE.

    AND ALSO REPRESENTATIVES FROM EGYPT, ALSO THERE IN CAIRO, A PART OF THESE TALKS WITH THE HOPE OF NEGOTIATING, AGREEING ON A HOSTAGE DEAL. AS YOU KNOW, 134 ISRAELIS ARE CURRENTLY BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY HAMAS. AND THERE’S BEEN AN URGENT EFFORT TO THEM RELEASED. BUT ALL SIDES, KYRA, SEEM

    TO AGREE, AT LEAST HERE ON THE ISRAELI SIDE, THAT TO GET THE 134 OTHERS WHO ARE BEING HELD CAPTIVE RIGHT NOW TO GET THEM SAFE, IT WILL REQUIRE A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT OR AGREEMENT THERE AND NOT AN ACTUAL RESCUE OPERATION. WE REPORTED ON QUITE A BIT YESTERDAY AND OVER OVER THE WEEKEND.

    SO THIS IS A HIGH STAKES MEETING. AND, KYRA, AT THE VERY LEAST IT IS IT IS A HOPEFUL SIGN FOR THOSE FAMILIES WHO ARE SO WORRIED ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONES WHO ARE BEING HELD CAPTIVE RIGHT NOW ON FIGHTING TO URGE ISRAEL TO COME UP WITH A CREDIBLE PLAN, IS WHAT IT

    CALLS IT, TO PROTECT THE CIVILIANS THERE THAT WERE FORCED TO FLEE TO RAFAH, WHICH THE ISRAELI TELLS THEM, YOU KNOW, JUST EVACUATE TO ISRAEL. I MEAN, IT’S JUST THERE’S NO CLEAR AND EASY ANSWER. NO, THERE’S REALLY. AND, KYRA, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENING THERE, AID GROUPS WILL TELL YOU.

    AND EVEN IN THE PICTURES THAT WE HAVE SEEN, HUMANITAIRE ,A CRISIS IS UNFOLDING THERE. AND THE U.S., WELL, AS KING ABDULLAH OF JORDAN, WHO WE HEARD FROM YESTERDAY THERE IN WASHINGTON, THEY ARE AMONG THE VOICES CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THIS MILITARY IN RAFAH COULD MEAN FOR THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OF REFUGEES OR

    PALESTINIANS ARE THERE IN RAFAH, WHO MANY OF THEM, KYRA, AS YOU POINTED OUT, HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THEIR LOCATION SEVERAL TIMES IN THE MIDST OF THIS ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR. ALL RIGHT MARCUS MOORE FOR US THERE IN TEL AVIV. MARCUS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW, SORRY ABOUT ECONOMY INFLATION ACTUALLY JUMPING 0.3%

    LAST MONTH, HIGHER THAN WHAT ANALYSTS WERE EXPECTING. INFLATION IS STILL DOWN A LITTLE OVER 3% COMPARED TO THE LAST TIME. NEXT. AND OUR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT ALEXIS CHRISTOFORS IS HERE TO TELL US EXACTLY THAT MEANS ABOUT OUR ECONOMY. >> HEY, ALEXIS. HEY, KYRA. SO THIS IS REALLY A BIT OF A

    SETBACK FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST INFLATION . AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS HOPING TO SEE INFLATION MOVE CLOSER TO ITS 2% TARGET. INSTEAD, WE GOT INFLATION AT 3.1% COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. SO, LOOK, THE TREND IS STILL INFLATION. CONSUMER PRICES CONTINUE TO COOL.

    BUT THIS PARTICULAR NUMBER CAME IN ABOVE WALL STREET’S EXPECTATIONS. YOU SEE THEY’RE UP 0.3% IN JANUARY COMPARED TO DECEMBER. AND AGAIN, THAT YEAR OVER YEAR NUMBER UP 3.1% IN THE PAST YEAR. WALL STREET WAS EXPECTING A NUMBER THERE OF 2.9%. AND IT’S THE SAME SUSPECTS THAT ARE PUSHING PRICES

    AND THEY’RE FOR THE BASICS KYRA. RENT CONTINUING TO MOVE UP, FOOD PRICES, TRANSPORTATION ALL HIGHER. ON THE PLUS SIDE, THOUGH, GASOLINE PRICES WERE GETTING A BREAK AT THE PUMP. THOSE PRICES DOWN YEAR OVER YEAR, AS ARE USED CAR TRUCK PRICES. >> THEY’RE ALSO ON ON THE DECLINE. ALL RIGHT.

    NOW OUR FAVORITE QUESTION, WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE? AN INTEREST INVESTORS, YOU KNOW, WERE HOPING FOR A POTENTIAL CUT IN RATES AS SOON AS SUMMER. >> SO IS THAT STILL ON THE TABLE NOW? IT LOOKS LIKE ARE NOW GOING TO PUSH THAT OUT TO POSSIBLY JUNE?

    YOU KNOW, A FIRST THERE WAS TALK, COULD THERE BE A RATE CUT AT THE MARCH MEETING THAT WAS OFF THE TABLE PRETTY QUICKLY THEN IT WAS. WILL IT HAPPEN AT THE MAY MEETING THE FEDERAL RESERVE TO SEE REAL EVIDENCE, REAL PROOF HERE THAT INFLATION IS SUSTAINABLY LOWER AND THAT IT IS MOVING CLOSER

    TO THAT 2% TARGET BEFORE IT PULLS THE TRIGGER AND STARTS TO CUT INTEREST RATES. WHAT IT WANTS TO AVOID DOING IS CUTTING INTEREST RATES TOO SOON AND POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, SPARKING INFLATION AND HIGHER PRICES IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS TO COME. SO WE’RE GOING HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR

    THAT FIRST CUT, I THINK, KYRA ALL RIGHT. >> WE’RE WAITING. ALEXIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU BET. COMING, NEW SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS OF THE SUSPECTS WANTED IN THAT DEADLY SHOOTING IN NEW YORK. LATEST ON THE MANHUNT TO FIND THEM NEXT. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES HERE

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    DAY TO BE THE BEST PERSON, TRYING TO BE THE BEST PLAYER THAT YOU CAN BE AND BE THE BEST TEAMMATE. >> THAT’S FARTHER FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. MAHOMES AS A HERO AT DISNEYLAND AFTER CONQUERING THE NFL LAST YEAR IN THAT SAME SPOT, HE TOLD

    ME HE’D BE BACK NEXT YEAR. SUPER BOWL LAS VEGAS, FEBRUARY 11TH. WHERE ARE YOU TO BE FEBRUARY 12TH? OH, I’M TRYING TO BE IN ONE OF THESE DISNEY PARKS. I TO TRY TO DO WHATEVER I CAN TO WORK MY TAIL OFF TO WIN ANOTHER SUPER BOWL AND THEN WE’LL MEET AGAIN.

    >> BUT MEETING AGAIN WASN’T A LOCK AT SUPER 58 IN LAS VEGAS. WENT TO OVERTIME FOR JUST THE SECOND TIME IN NFL HISTORY. >> WHAT’S YOUR HEART RATE AS HEADED TO OVERTIME? DO WE PREPARE FOR THOSE MOMENTS? I FEEL LIKE I WAS A LITTLE WAS MAYBE THAT FOURTH DOWN PLAY.

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    SORT OF LAY DOWN SOMEWHERE AND I DIDN’T HAVE A TUMBLE ON THE GROUND. AND IT’S MOMENT THAT I’LL NEVER FORGET, THOUGH. HOW WERE THE POST-GAME CELEBRATIONS? THEY WERE GOOD. THEY WERE GOOD. YOU KNOW, WINNING A SUPER BOWL IN VEGAS, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT. BUT WE’RE HERE AT DISNEYLAND

    NOW AND WE’RE ENJOYING EVERY BIT OF IT. >> MAHOMES, HIS TEAMMATE TRAVIS ,AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, TAYLOR SWIFT, WERE ENJOYING EVERY BIT OF IT, TOO. >> NEW FOOTAGE SHOWING THE TEAM’S CELEBRATIONS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, PARTYING LIKE ONLY CHAMPIONS CAN FROM THE LOCKER ROOM TO THE NIGHTCLUBS WHERE PARENTS JOINED IN.

    THE SINGER POSTING THIS VIDEO, WRITING. IT’S A FRIENDS AND FAMILY PARTY. THEY SAID, BRING YOUR PARENTS. THEY SAID THE SUPERSTAR CELEBRATING TRAVIS’S WIN WITH HER MUSIC AS THE SOUNDTRACK FOR PART OF THE NIGHT FROM YOU BELONG WITH ME TO MY STORY. TRAVIS’S BROTHER JASON, ALSO

    ON HAND, MASKED UP IN THE DJ BOOTH DANCING. >> I WAS THERE, SO I SAW JASON AND HE WAS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY, MAN. THAT’S BROTHERS, MAN. >> THEY’RE THE LIFE OF THE PARTY WHEREVER THEY GO. JASON LATER SPOTTED AT THE END OF THE EVENING WALKING INTO

    A TREE AS TRAVIS PUT TAYLOR’S COAT. WE’RE AT DISNEY, BUT I THINK TRAVIS REALLY HAS THE FAIRY TALE RIGHT HERE. YOU’RE LIVING THE FAIRY TALE. >> BUT HE’S GOT IT GOING ON AS WELL. YEAH, MAN. I MEAN, TRAVIS HAD A GREAT, GREAT COUPLE OF YEARS, I’LL SAY THAT.

    >> MAHOMES READY TO KEEP THAT FAIRY TALE STREAK ALIVE. >> SO WE’LL MAKE DATE FOR IT’LL BE DISNEY WORLD PROBABLY NEXT YEAR. DISNEY WORLD. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SUPER BOWL IN NEW ORLEANS, A LITTLE FIGHT. >> I WAS JUST. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH TO WILL REEVE.

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    EXPLOSION. THEY SAMPLED VICTIMS. WE’LL GET A CHANCE THERAPY FOR YOU. AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS. WANT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT I DID? I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY FACE TO FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG? >> THE HOUSEWIFE AND THE

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    AND A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW BAD THINGS COULD REALLY GET WAS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE. THE SENATE PASSES, THE BILL, BUT IT MIGHT NOT EVEN GET A VOTE IN THE HOUSE. WE’RE GOING TO TRY AND SORT IT ALL OUT FROM THE HILL. AND INFLATION COMING IN HIGHER THAN EXPECTED.

    WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR MONEY AND INTEREST RATES THIS HOUR. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I’M KYRA. WE DO BEGIN, THOUGH, WITH THAT POWERFUL WINTER STORM SLAMMING THE NORTHEAST. NOW HEAVY SNOW BARRELING ACROSS SEVERAL STATES FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC, NEW ENGLAND. A SNOW EMERGENCY IN BOSTON AND NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC

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    HALF A FOOT OF SNOW TODAY. AND THEN IT’S COMING DOWN ACROSS CONNECTICUT AS WELL, MAKING FOR DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. DRIVERS THERE STILL URGED TO BE VIGILANT EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO GO, OUT ON THE ROAD. OUR EXTREME WEATHER TEAM IS TRACKING ALL THIS FOR US. SAMAR, FIRST TO YOU.

    YOU’RE IN CENTRAL PARK WHERE WHAT, LITTLE MORE THAN THREE INCHES OF SNOW. >> BUT NEW YORKERS ARE KIND OF USED TO THAT. IT’S BEEN A WHILE. >> YEAH, IT HAS BEEN A WHILE. I THINK AS A RESULT, WE’RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN FOOT TRAFFIC HERE INFLECTING THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. THEY’RE COMING OUT.

    THEY’RE TAKING PICTURES. SUCH A PICTURESQUE VIEW HERE IN CENTRAL PARK. YES, WE DID GET 3.2 INCHES HERE. HERE IN CENTRAL PARK, WE HAD A 16.5 INCH DEFICIT. SO THIS HAS BEEN A LITTLE DENTED. WE GOT ABOUT TWO INCHES EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND SO IT’S A BEAUTIFUL, FUN

    DAY TO COME OUT AND ENJOY THE SNOW. BUT THAT’S INSIDE CENTRAL PARK OUTSIDE OF CENTRAL PARK. IT’S A DIFFERENT STORY. RIGHT? SO LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, WHICH IS A BIG HUB HERE IN THE US IN GENERAL, HAS SEEN OVER 300 FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS. NEWARK, OVER 200 FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS AND AT JFK, OVER 100 FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS.

    NOT ONLY THAT, WE ARE LOOKING AT REMOTE LEARNING FOR THE CHILDREN. >> SO A LOT OF THE KIDS AREN’ OUT HERE SLEDDING AND WHATNOT. THEY’RE AT HOME DOING REMOTE LEARNING. THEY DID HAVE SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH THAT EARLIER MORNING. NO CONNECTIVITY ISSUES DUE TO IBM HAVING SOME. AND THEY ARE USUALLY

    ACCOUNTABLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT THE USERNAME PASSWORDS ARE VERIFIED. >> SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A DEBACLE THERE. BUT HOPEFULLY THE KIDDOS ARE ABLE TO GET OUT THIS AFTERNOON AND ENJOY SOME OF THE SNOWFALL. NONETHELESS, WE’VE BEEN PICKING UP THE INCHES OF SNOW. IT STOPPED FALLING HERE.

    SO ANYTHING YOU SEE COMING DOWN ON ME IS ACTUALLY FALLING OFF OF TREE BRANCHES AND IT STOPPED FOR A LOT OF CITIES. WHAT’S LEFT OF IT NOW IS RIGHT ALONG THE COASTLINE AS IT ITS TRAJECTORY EASTWARD OUT TO SEA . LET’S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE SNOW TOTALS

    THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THUS FAR. SO FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 15.5 INCHES OF SNOW. SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY, OVER A FOOT OF SNOW AS WELL. OUT IN CHESTER, NEW YORK, WE SAW 13 INCHES OF SNOW THERE. NOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT? SO THIS STORM KEEPS HEADED OUT TO SEA.

    IT’S GOING TO CONTINUE TO DRY OUT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. BUT TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET DOWN INTO THE 20S. IT’S GOING TO BE COLD. WE COULD SEE SOME FREEZING. SO ROADS THAT THE GREATEST CONDITIONS FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE KYRA. >> OKAY. AND STEPHANIE, YOU’RE ACTUALLY INSIDE THIS COMMAND CENTER IN PENNSYLVANIA WHERE CREWS

    MONITOR ALL THE DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. >> TELL US ABOUT THAT. THAT’S RIGHT, KYRA. I AM AT PENNSYLVANIA’S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INCIDENT CENTER. >> AND THIS IS WHERE THEY MONITOR ABOUT A THOUSAND CAMERAS, CAMERAS THAT ARE SET UP ALONG THE INTERSTATE ACROSS STATE. TAKE A LOOK. YOU CAN SEE THE ROADS

    ARE PRETTY CLEAR RIGHT NOW. IT WAS A TRICKY MORNING COMMUTE, THOUGH, WHEN THAT WET, STICKY SNOW WAS FALLING. >> IT HAS CLEARED UP NOW ALL OF THE ROAD RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE BEFORE THE STORM THAT HAS BEEN LIFTED. BUT YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC IS MOVING WITH NO ISSUES THERE AT ALL.

    BUT THE COMMAND CENTER MONITORS A THOUSAND CAMERAS AND WITH MORE THAN 2000 SNOWPLOWS ACROSS THE STATE, THEY WERE READY FOR THIS STORM. >> SOME AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF HERE LOOK AROUND THE DELAWARE, GAP AND STROUDSBURG REPORTING ABOUT FOOT OF SNOW. >> BUT SOME SPOTS NORTH OF WHERE WE ARE IN DUNMORE,

    PENNSYLVANIA, NOT SO MUCH. >> BUT EITHER WAY, THE TEAMS HERE WERE READY FOR THIS STORM. BACK TO YOU, KYRA. ALL RIGHT. SAMARRA AND STEPH, THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. WE WILL MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS, OF COURSE, ACROSS THE COUNTRY SO THAT BAD HAVING AN IMPACT ON VOTING, TOO. TODAY IN NEW YORK, HOLDING

    A SPECIAL ELECTION TO REPLACE FORMER CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS AFTER THE CONGRESSMAN TURNED FELON WAS EXPELLED FROM THE HOUSE LAST YEAR. NOW VOTERS ARE CHOOSING BETWEEN DEMOCRAT TOM SUOZZI AND REPUBLICAN MAZIE PHILIP IN A RACE CRUCIAL TO CONTROL OF THE HOUSE. OUR SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AARON KATERSKY IS HERE

    TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR US, ALONG WITH FIVETHIRTYEIGHT’S GALEN DRUKE. SO, AARON, WHAT EXACTLY DO WE KNOW ABOUT BOTH CANDIDATES AND ALSO JUST THE KEY POLICIES THAT THEY’RE CAMPAIGNING ON RIGHT NOW? >> RIGHT NOW, THEY’RE CAMPAIGNING ON RIDES, THE POLLS FOR PEOPLE WHO COULDN’T GET OUT EARLIER BECAUSE OF THE SNOW.

    AND AS THE SNOW SUBSIDES. BOTH THE PHILLIP CAMPAIGN AND, THE SUOZZI CAMPAIGN, SAY THEY’LL DRIVE VOTERS TO THE POLLS NEED BE BECAUSE TURNOUT IS SO IMPORTANT IN THIS TIGHT RACE. THIS HAS BEEN IN LARGE PART A NATIONAL TYPE CAMPAIGN WITH A NUMBER OF NATIONAL SURROGATES FROM BOTH PARTIES CAMPAIGNING WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE CANDIDATES.

    AND BILL, OF TRYING TO PAINT SUOZZI AS PART OF THE NATION’S IMMIGRATION PROBLEM, SHE HAS TRIED TO TIE HIM TO BIDEN POLICIES ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND BLAMING SUOZZI FOR THE INFLUX OF MIGRANTS SENT ON BUSES FROM SOUTHERN STATES TO NEW YORK CITY. AND PART OF THE DISTRICT IS THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS.

    SO IT DOES HIT HOME IN TURN THAT THE SUOZZI CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN TRYING TO PORTRAY PHILLIP AS OUT OF TOUCH ON ON ABORTION AND OTHER HOT BUTTON SOCIAL ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THE DISTRICT, SAYING NO BETTER THAN GEORGE SANTOS BECAUSE PEOPLE DON’T REALLY KNOW ANYTHING HER. >> YEAH, I MEAN WE’RE

    ALL LEARNING MORE ABOUT THESE. GALEN. WHAT DID THE POLLS ACTUALLY SAY ABOUT THE RACE AND WHO DOES THE BAD WEATHER IMPACT OR HELP MORE? YEAH, CAROL, WE DON’T HAVE A TON OF POLLING IN THE DISTRICT, BUT WHAT LIMITED POLLING WE DO HAVE SUGGESTS A COUPLE ADVANTAGE FOR TOM SUOZZI.

    BUT I THINK WE SHOULD BE TO EITHER CANDIDATE WINNING. EITHER CANDIDATE WINNING WOULD NOT BE A. THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT VOTED FOR BIDEN BY EIGHT POINTS IN 2020, BUT THEN IT ALSO VOTED FOR THE REPUBLICAN FOR GOVERNOR IN 2022 BY 12 POINTS. SO THIS IS A MIXED DISTRICT POLITICALLY.

    >> WHEN YOU ASK VOTERS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES ARE IN THIS ELECTION IN THE FOLLOWING 26% SAY IMMIGRATION. 22% SAY THE ECONOMY AND 15% SAY CRIME. THAT’S TO SAY THAT IN THIS DISTRICT, ACROSS VOTERS, ALL TYPE, NOT JUST REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE TALKED ABOUT IMMIGRATION MUCH MORE OVER THE YEARS, ALL VOTERS

    CARE MOST ABOUT. AND THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT ERIN JUST MENTIONED. THERE’S EVEN A MIGRANT CENTER IN THIS DISTRICT WHICH THE CANDIDATES HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT. AND WHILE MAGGIE HAS REALLY BEEN TRYING TO HIT SUOZZI, BARZEE AND SUOZZI ON THIS ISSUE, TOM PRICE IS A MODERATE DEMOCRAT WHO HAS TRIED

    TO CREATE DISTANCE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON THE ISSUE, SAYING THAT HE WILL ACT WITH COMMON SENSE. NOW, IN TERMS OF MAZI PILIP BIOGRAPHY, SHE’S ALSO INTERESTING. >> SHE’S ETHIOPIAN BORN AND SERVED IN THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE. SHE’S AN ORTHODOX JEW AND, A DISTRICT WITH A LARGE CONCENTRATION OF JEWISH

    VOTERS, ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY. AND SO THE WAR IN GAZA ALSO BECOME AN ISSUE. BUT REALLY, KYRA, I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO TRACK IS THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A CLOSE DISTRICT AND SOME OF THESE TOP TIER ISSUES ARE COMING FRONT AND CENTER, BOTH PARTIES

    ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF MESSAGES THEY CAN HOPE TO WIN ON IN THE SUBURBS OF KEY SUBURBS, OF COURSE, IN 2024. SO AARON SANTOS, AS WE KNOW, WAS EXPELLED FROM CONGRESS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, INCLUDING LYING ABOUT VIRTUALLY HIS ENTIRE A BACKGROUND. HE PRETENDED HIS GRANDPARENTS

    FLED THE HOLOCAUST THAT HE WAS JEWISH WHEN HE WAS ACTUALLY A CATHOLIC, THAT HIS MOM DIED BECAUSE OF 9/11, EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS IN AT THE TIME. I MEAN, WE COULD KEEP GOING. RIGHT. IS HE RESPONDING AT ALL TODAY? >> GEORGE SANTOS SAYS HE DOESN’T PLAN TO VOTE FOR

    HIS REPLACEMENT, SO WE’RE NOT SURE HE’S INTERESTED IN THE RACE. AND ODDLY, HE HASN’T REALLY COME UP MUCH, I THINK, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE THE LOCAL REPUBLICANS UNLIKE REPUBLICANS IN WASHINGTON, THE LOCAL REPUBLICANS QUEENS IN NASSAU COUNTY WERE PRETTY QUICK TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES. TOWARD END, TOM SUOZZI HAS TRIED TO COMPARE MAZI PILIP

    TWO TO GEORGE SANTOS IN TERMS OF HOLES IN A RESUME, BUT THAT HASN’T BEEN A MOTIVATING FACTOR, IT SEEMS, FOR VOTERS OF SANTOS HAS BEEN CUTTING VIDEOS ON CAMEO. HIS LAWYERS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CUT A PLEA DEAL AS HE TRIES TO SOMEHOW RESOLVE THE CRIMINAL CHARGES THAT HE FACES.

    >> WELL, POLITICALLY IN THAT SEAT, IT’S TIME FOR A NEW ERA. >> AARON GALEN, THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. IT WAS THEN IT’S REALLY PAST $95 BILLION AID PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE. ISRAEL AND TAIWAN APPEARS TO BE DEAD IN THE HOUSE. SPEAKER REPUBLICAN MIKE JOHNSON SAYING HE MIGHT NOT EVEN TAKE

    THE BILL UP AS HARDLINE REPUBLICANS ALIGNED WITH FORMER DONALD TRUMP AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAY THEY OPPOSE THE LEGISLATION AND VOTE AGAINST IT. THEN YOU’VE GOT THE MAJORITY LEADER, CHUCK SCHUMER. HE’S MAKING A LAST DITCH EFFORT TO CONVINCE THE SPEAKER OF THE IMPORTANCE THE BILL.

    >> TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID EARLIER. THE RESPONSIBILITY NOW FALLS ON SPEAKER JOHNSON AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO APPROVE THIS SWIFTLY. AND I CALL ON SPEAKER JOHNSON TO RISE TO THE OCCASION TOMORROW. >> LET’S BRING IN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS. AS OUR JAY O’BRIEN IS UP THERE

    ON THE HILL FOR US. SO, JAY, LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN NOW WITH THIS AID PACKAGE. YEAH, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF BREAKING NEWS, KYRA. SO TWO DATA POINTS OF BREAKING NEWS. THE FIRST IS THAT JUST MOMENTS AGO, SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON TOLD ,A GROUP OF REPORTERS

    THAT INCLUDES OUR SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG ,THAT NATIONAL SECURITY BECAUSE REMEMBER, THIS IS CALLED THE NATIONAL SECURITY SUPPLEMENTAL IS ALSO BORDER SECURITY. WHAT HE’S ESSENTIALLY SAYING IS THAT HE’S NOT GOING TO ADVANCE THIS LEGISLATION WITHOUT PROVISIONS IN THERE THAT ARE HARD LINE BORDER SECURITY MEASURES. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY IRONIC CURIOUS.

    PICK WHATEVER WORD YOU WANT FOR IT, BECAUSE THERE WERE IMMIGRATION PROVISIONS IN THIS BILL THAT REPUBLICANS HAD CALLED FOR THAT. JOHNSON WHEN THOSE PROVISIONS CAME OUT THAT DIDN’T GO FAR ENOUGH, AND THAT’S WHAT TOOK THE IMMIGRATION OUT OF THIS BILL. NOW HE’S ASKING FOR IMMIGRATION ELEMENTS TO BE PUT BACK INTO

    THIS BILL, BUT MORE IN LINE WITH HIS WORLD VIEW THAN PERHAPS WHAT WAS IN THE LEGISLATION PREVIOUSLY. ONE MORE PIECE OF BREAKING NEWS. HE SAID THIS LEGISLATION MIGHT BE DEAD ARRIVAL IN THE HOUSE IF THAT’S THE CASE. LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES, THE TOP IN THAT CHAMBER MAY HAVE JUST GOTTEN OUT THE PADDLES

    AND TRIED TO SHOCK IT BACK TO LIFE BECAUSE HE SAID IN A STATEMENT, I’LL QUOTE HIM DIRECTLY. WE WILL USE EVERY AVAILABLE LEGISLATIVE TOOL TO GET COMPRESS AND COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL SECURITY LEGISLATION OVER THE FINISH LINE. WHAT HE’S THERE IS THAT DEMOCRATS SEEM TO BE OPEN TO WHAT’S CALLED A DISCHARGE

    PETITION, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE PARTNERING WITH MODERATE REPUBLICANS TO ESSENTIALLY DO A PROCEDURAL MOVE THAT WOULD FORCE HAND AND PUT THIS BILL ON THE HOUSE FLOOR WITHOUT JOHNSON’S SAY SO. IT’S UNCLEAR IF THAT HAS THE MOMENTUM TO ACTUALLY WORK, BUT CERTAINLY LEADER JEFFRIES TELEGRAPHING THAT HE WOULD BE BEHIND THAT MOVE.

    >> SO, KAREN, THE WHITE HOUSE APPARENTLY THE PRESIDENT RIGHT SHOULD BE SPEAKING AT ANY MOMENT. WE THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NOT LONG AGO. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA IF HE IS GOING TO RESPOND TO THIS? >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT IS PART OF THE DELAY. ANTICIPATING THERE WERE

    SOME MOVES COMING UP ON CAPITOL HILL. BUT, KYRA, THE WHITE SAYS THAT THAT POSITION BY HOUSE SPEAKER JOHNSON IS CONFUSING. KARINE JEAN-PIERRE THE PRESS SECRETARY ACCUSED HIM OF PLAYING POLITICS WITH, NATIONAL SECURITY. THE PRESIDENT EARLIER TODAY SAID THE HOUSE NEEDED TO MOVE WITH URGENCY TO PASS THE $95 BILLION FOREIGN AID BILL,

    SAYING THAT THE COST OF IS RISING EVERY DAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO UKRAINE. TALKING ABOUT FRONTLINE SOLDIERS IN THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY RUNNING OUT OF. THE WHITE HOUSE ALSO SAYS THAT A FAILURE TO ACT BY THE HOUSE WOULD CALL INTO QUESTION AMERICAN LEADERSHIP. JOHN KIRBY, NATIONAL SECURITY SPOKESMAN, SAID THIS IS SENDING

    A MESSAGE NOT JUST TO ALLIES AND PARTNERS BUT ALSO AMERICAN ADVERSARIES THAT THE U.S. CANNOT BE COUNTED ON KYRA. >> SO WE JUST GOT A TWO MINUTE WARNING TO THE PRESIDENT, IF YOU GUYS DON’T MIND. AND LET ME KAREN, IF YOU’VE GOT TO HEAD OVER TO WHERE HE’S BEEN

    SPEAKING OR WE GET TO YOU, JUST LET US KNOW. BUT THERE’S A LIVE PICTURE FROM WHERE THE PRESIDENT WILL BE SPEAKING IN LESS THAN 2 MINUTES NOW. JAY, IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT WE’RE WAITING FOR THE PRESIDENT, THIS ABC NEWS IPSOS POLL, THAT’S LET’S SEE IF WE CAN GET THE

    PROMPTER MOVE SO I CAN SEE EXACTLY. I DON’T HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF ME. CAN WE? THANK YOU. THIS POLL RIGHT HERE BLAMING THE PRESIDENT FOR ACTUALLY LET’S SEE HERE. SO THE POLL SHOWED MORE AMERICAN OWNS ACTUALLY BLAME PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR LAST WEEK’S FAILED BILL J. THAN FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. RIGHT.

    ACTUALLY, HE WAS THE ONE WHO CONVINCED REPUBLICANS TO KILL THE BILL. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS GRAPHIC. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS? >> YEAH, THE SPLIT IS VERY NOTEWORTHY. IT SHOWS IN THIS POLLING THAT MORE AMERICANS, 59% TO 51% BLAME REPUBLICANS FOR KILLING THIS DEAL. BUT THEN, OF COURSE,

    ON THE FLIP SIDE, IF YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN THERE, MORE AMERICANS BLAMED PRESIDENT BIDEN RATHER THAN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR THIS DEAL’S FAILURE TO COME TOGETHER. THAT IS SET UP AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE STORY OF THIS DEAL AND THE STORY OF IT IN. VERY BRIEF TERMS IS THAT

    REPUBLICANS SAID THEY DIDN’T WANT ANY LEGISLATION FOR FUNDING FOR UKRAINE OR ISRAEL WITHOUT IMMIGRATION COMPONENTS PUT IN THAT MONTHS AGO. >> THAT’S WHAT STARTED THESE BIPARTISAN NEGOTIATIONS THAT ULTIMATELY FAILED. >> WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU RIGHT TO THE PRESIDENT NOW, GUYS, VERY BLUNT ABOUT IT’S NOT THAT HE WOULDN’T JUST FOCUS

    ON THE STATE, RATHER SUPPORTING THE UNITED STATES SENATE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY BY A MARGIN OF 70 TO 29 TO MOVE FORWARD THE BY PARTISAN NATIONAL SECURITY BILL NOW. >> NOW IT MOVES TO THE HOUSE AND I URGE SPEAKER JOHNSON TO BRING IT TO THE FLOOR IMMEDIATELY, IMMEDIATELY .

    THERE’S NO QUESTION THAT THE SENATE BILL WAS PUT ON THE FLOOR IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. IT WOULD PASS IT WOULD PASS. AND THE SPEAKER KNOWS THAT. SO I CALL ON THE SPEAKER TO LET THE FULL HOUSE SPEAK ITS MIND AND NOT ALLOW A MINORITY OF MOST EXTREME VOICES IN THE

    HOUSE TO BLOCK THIS BILL EVEN FROM BEING VOTED ON. EVEN FROM BEING VOTED ON. THIS IS A CRITICAL ACT. >> THE HOUSE TO MOVE. IT NEEDS TO MOVE AND THE BILL PROVIDES URGENT FUNDING FOR UKRAINE TO KEEP DEFENDING ITSELF AGAINST PUTIN’S VICIOUS, VICIOUS ONSLAUGHT. WE’VE ALL SEEN THE TERRIBLE

    STORIES OF RECENT WEEKS. UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS OUT OF ARTILLERY SHELLS, UKRAINIAN UNITS, RATIONING ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION TO DEFEND THEMSELVES, UKRAINIAN FAMILIES WORRIED THAT THE NEXT RUSSIAN STRIKE WILL PERMANENTLY PLUNGE INTO THE DARKNESS OR WORSE. THIS BIPARTISAN BILL SENDS CLEAR MESSAGE TO UKRAINIANS AND TO OUR PARTNERS AND, TO OUR ALLIES AROUND THE WORLD.

    AMERICA CAN’T BE TRUSTED. AMERICA CAN’T BE RELIED UPON. AND AMERICA STANDS UP FOR FREEDOM. WE STAND STRONG FOR OUR ALLIES. WE NEVER DOWN TO ANYONE AND CERTAINLY NOT TO VLADIMIR PUTIN. SO GET ON WITH THIS. REMEMBER, THE UNITED STATES TOGETHER A COALITION OF NEARLY 50 NATIONS TO SUPPORT UKRAINE.

    WE UNIFIED NATO’S EXPANSION. IT WE CAN’T WALK AWAY NOW. >> THAT’S WHAT PUTIN BETTING ON HIS. >> BUT HE JUST FLATLY SAID THAT SUPPORT IN THIS BILL STANDING UP TO PUTIN OPPOSING IT, IS PLAYING INTO PUTIN’S HANDS. AND I’VE SAID BEFORE, THE STAKES, THIS FIGHT EXTEND FAR BEYOND UKRAINE.

    >> IF WE DON’T STOP PUTIN’S APPETITE FOR POWER AND CONTROL IN UKRAINE, HE WON’T LIMIT HIMSELF JUST TO UKRAINE. >> AND THE COST FOR AMERICA AND OUR ALLIES AND PARTNERS ARE GOING RISE FOR REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS WHO THINK THEY CAN FUNDING FOR UKRAINE AND NOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

    >> HISTORY IS WATCHING HISTORY IS WATCHING HISTORY WATCHING. FAILURE TO SUPPORT UKRAINE AT THIS CRITICAL MOMENT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT SOMETHING, BECAUSE I KNOW IT’S IMPORTANT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THIS BILL SENDS MILITARY EQUIPMENT, UKRAINE. IT SPENDS MONEY RIGHT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES

    OF AMERICA, IN PLACES LIKE WHERE THE PATRIOT MISSILES ARE BUILT, AND ALABAMA, WHERE THE JAVELIN MISSILES ARE BUILT IN PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO AND TEXAS FOR SHELLS ARE MADE. AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS WE SUPPLY UKRAINE WITH MORE EQUIPMENT FROM OUR STOCKPILES. AND NOW WE SPEND MONEY REPLENISHING THOSE STOCKPILES.

    >> SO OUR MILITARY HAS ACCESS AND STOCKPILES ARE MADE RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA BY, AMERICAN WORKERS. AND NOT ONLY SUPPORTS AMERICAN JOBS AND AMERICAN DUTIES AND ALLOWS US TO INVEST IN MAINTAINING THE STRENGTH OF OUR OLD DEFENSE MANUFACTURING CAPACITY. >> BUT THIS PROMISE, OUR NATIONAL SECURITY PRIORITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST

    AS WELL, INCLUDES GREATER SUPPORT FOR OUR TROOPS SERVING IN THE REGION WHO CONTINUE TO DEFEND AGAINST MILITIA ATTACKS BACKED BY IRAN. ALSO PROVIDES US WITH WHAT IT NEEDS TO PROTECT ITS PEOPLE AGAINST. THE TERRORIST GROUPS LIKE HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH AND OTHERS. >> AND IT WILL PROVIDE LIFESAVING HUMANITARIAN AID

    TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE WHO DESPERATELY NEED FOOD, WATER AND SHELTER. >> THEY NEED HELP. FINALLY, THIS BILL INCLUDES CRITICAL FUNDING FOR OUR NATIONAL SECURITY PRIORITIES IN ASIA BECAUSE. EVEN AS WE FOCUS ON THE CONFLICTS IN GAZA AND UKRAINE, WE MUST NOT TAKE OUR EYE OFF OUR NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE

    PACIFIC IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A GREAT NATION, AND WE ARE A GREAT THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD LOOKS TO. AND I MEAN THAT THE REST OF WORLD LOOKS TO US. >> THE STAKES ARE ALREADY HIGH FOR AMERICA’S. >> BEFORE THIS BILL WAS PASSED IN THE SENATE LAST NIGHT.

    BUT IN RECENT DAYS, THOSE STAKES HAVE RISEN. AND THAT’S BECAUSE THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS SET A DANGEROUS AND SHOCKINGLY, FRANKLY, UN-AMERICAN TO THE WORLD. JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, TRUMP GAVE AN INVITATION TO PUTIN TO INVADE SOME OF OUR ALLY, NATO’S ALLIES. >> HE SAID IF AN ALLY DIDN’T

    SPEND ENOUGH MONEY ON DEFENSE, HE WOULD ENCOURAGE RUSSIA TO, QUOTE, DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT AND QUOTE, IMAGINE A PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES SAYING THAT THE WHOLE WORLD HEARD IT. WORST THING IS, HE MEANS NO NO . >> THE PRESIDENT OUR HISTORY’S EVER VOWED DOWN TO A RUSSIAN DICTATOR.

    WELL, LET ME SAY THIS AS CLEARLY AS I CAN. I NEVER WILL. FOR GOD SAKE, IT’S DUMB, SHAMEFUL, DANGEROUS. IT’S UN-AMERICAN. WHEN AMERICA GIVES US WORD, IT MEANS SOMETHING. WE MAKE A COMMITMENT. WE KEEP IT. AND NATO’S A SACRED COMMITMENT. DONALD TRUMP LOOKS AT THIS AS IF IT’S A BURDEN WHEN LOOKS

    AT NATO, HE DOESN’T SEE THE ALLIANCE THAT PROTECTS AMERICA AND WORLD. HE SEES A PROTECTION RACKET. HE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND. >> NATO’S BUILT ON A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY. >> BECAUSE FOR TRUMP, PRINCIPLES MATTER. EVERYTHING IS TRANSACTIONAL. HE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND THAT THE SACRED COMMITMENT WE’VE GIVEN

    WORKS FOR US AS WELL. >> IN FACT, I REMIND AND ALL THOSE WHO WOULD WALK AWAY FROM NATO’S ARTICLE FIVE HAS ONLY BEEN INVOKED ONCE. JUST WANT TO KNOW NATO’S HISTORY. AND IT WAS DONE TO STAND WITH AMERICA AFTER WE WERE ATTACKED ON 911. >> WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET IT.

    YOU KNOW, OUR ADVERSARIES HAVE LONG SOUGHT TO CREATE CRACKS IN THE ALLIANCE. THE GREATEST HOPE OF ALL THOSE WHO WISH AMERICA HARM IS FOR A NATION TO FALL APART. YOU CAN BE SURE THAT THEY ALL CHEERED WHEN HEARD DONALD TRUMP HEARD WHAT HE SAID. YOU KNOW THIS.

    I WILL NOT WALK AWAY. I CAN’T IMAGINE ANY OTHER PRESIDENT WALKING AWAY FOR AS LONG AS I’M PRESIDENT. PUTIN ATTACKS NATO ALLY, THE UNITED STATES WILL DEFEND EVERY INCH OF NATO TERRITORY. AND BECAUSE OF THIS YOU HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, OUR NATION STANDS AT AN INFLECTION POINT.

    AN INFLECTION POINT IN HISTORY WHERE THE DECISIONS WE MAKE NOW ARE GOING TO DETERMINE COURSE OF OUR FUTURE FOR DECADES TO COME. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS. AND I SAY TO THE HOUSE MEMBERS ,REPUBLICANS, YOU GOT TO DECIDE, ARE YOU GOING TO STAND UP FOR FREEDOM OR

    ARE GOING TO SIDE WITH TERROR AND TYRANNY? I’M GOING TO STAND WITH UKRAINE. YOU STAND WITH PUTIN. WE STAND WITH AMERICA. WE’RE TRUMP COLLEAGUES AND DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE CAME TOGETHER TO SEND A MESSAGE OF UNITY. >> THE WORLD. IT’S TIME FOR THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN TO DO THE SAME THING

    ,TO PASS THIS BILL IMMEDIATELY ,TO STAND FOR DECENCY. STANFORD DEMOCRACY TO STAND UP TO SO-CALLED LEADER BENT ON WEAKENING AMERICAN SECURITY . AND I MEAN IT SINCERELY. HISTORY IS WATCHING. >> HISTORY IS WATCHING. IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WE ARE. WE’RE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

    THE WORLD IS LOOKING TO US. THERE’S NOTHING BEYOND OUR CAPACITY. WE ACT TOGETHER. IN THIS CASE, ACTING TOGETHER INCLUDES WITH OUR NATO ALLIES. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. GOD PROTECT YOUR PEOPLE. I PROMISE I’LL COME BACK AND ASK YOUR QUESTIONS LATER. THANK YOU. HAVING TRUMP SAID THAT, SIR,

    BUT COULDN’T HEAR WHAT MR. SPEAKER DOESN’T ANSWER THAT. THINK THAT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE THEY ARE PUSHING FOR THE SENSIBLY PASSED $95 BILLION AID PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE, ISRAEL AND TAIWAN. AS YOU KNOW, IT’S BEEN A BATTLE BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT, THE SPEAKER, THE SPEAKER MAKING IT VERY CLEAR THAT HE MAY NOT

    EVEN TAKE THE BILL UP AS HARD LINE REPUBLICANS THAT ARE SIDE BY SIDE WITH FORMER DONALD TRUMP ON THIS SAYING DON’T PASS IT AND WHERE DOES IT STAND NOW AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN? THE PRESIDENT SORT OF WITH A HAIL MARY THERE KAREN TRAVERS IN JAY O’BRIEN TO TRY AND GET

    LAWMAKERS TO GET ON BOARD. IN PARTICULAR THE HOUSE SPEAKER AND THE HOUSE SAYING IT’S A BIPARTISAN BILL THAT WOULD SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO UKRAINIANS AND ALSO A STRONG MESSAGE TO VLADIMIR PUTIN THAT WE WILL NOT FALL VICTIM TO WHAT HE’S DOING TO INNOCENT OVERSEAS. AND HE’S URGING THE SPEAKER

    TO LET BILL PASS. >> SO, JAY, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? >> I MEAN, MY TAKEAWAY FROM THAT AND FROM MY PERCH HERE ON CAPITOL HILL, I IMAGINE KAREN’S TAKEAWAY WILL BE DIFFERENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. BUT I THINK THE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME THE MOST,

    IT CAME RELATIVELY EARLY WHERE HE SAID THE SPEAKER KNOWS THAT. HE SAID THIS BILL WILL PASS AND QUOTE, THE SPEAKER KNOWS THAT. AND HE SAID THAT THE SPEAKER IS BLOCKING THIS BILL FROM BEING VOTED ON, WHICH IS TRUE. THE SPEAKER HAS INDICATED THAT HE DOESN’T WANT TO MOVE THIS TO THE FLOOR, THOUGH

    HE HASN’T FULLY COME OUT AND PROMISED NOT TO PUT THIS BILL ON THE FLOOR YET AFTER IT PASSED THE SENATE LAST NIGHT. AND THAT’S, BY THE WAY, ACCURATE OUR COUNTING OF REPUBLICAN VOTES IN THE HOUSE IS THAT THERE ARE VERY MUCH LIKELY THE VOTES WITH EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT OR

    MOST DEMOCRATS AND A LARGE NUMBER OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO PASS THIS IF THE SPEAKER PUTS IT ON THE FLOOR. BUT IT’S THE SPEAKER’S PREROGATIVE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE WANTS TO PUT THIS ON THE FLOOR. THERE COULD BE A PROCEDURAL MOVE TAKEN CALLED THE DISCHARGE PETITION THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY

    END, RUN AROUND THE SPEAKER AND PUT THIS ON THE FLOOR ANYWAY, THE SPEAKER’S SAY SO. WE’VE HEARD FROM DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP WHO SAY THEY ARE OPEN TO LOOKING AT SUPPORTING OR JOINING WITH MODERATE REPUBLICANS DO THAT. BUT EVEN MITCH MCCONNELL, WHO SUPPORTED THIS LEGISLATION AND SAID TODAY THAT IN HIS COUNTING, HE THAT THERE

    ARE ENOUGH REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE AND CERTAINLY THERE WERE IN THE SENATE IN THAT VOTE EARLY THIS MORNING TO PUT THIS OVER THE GOAL LINE. AND MITCH MCCONNELL’S EARLIER TODAY WAS THAT REPUBLICANS OFTEN GET ACCUSED OF NOT IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUED AID FOR UKRAINE, AND HE ENCOURAGED SPEAKER JOHNSON TO PUT THIS

    ON THE FLOOR TO SEE IF THAT’S REALLY TRUE AND TO SEE IF THOSE ACCUSATION HOLD OR IF THERE IS A DECENT NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS. AS OUR REPORTING US THERE ARE, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY VOTE FOR THIS PACKAGE. AND THE ONLY IS REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP WHO DON’T WANT TO PUT THIS TO A VOTE.

    >> SO WHERE ARE THOSE DECENT REPUBLICANS? JAY THAT, YOU TALK ABOUT I MEAN, KAREN, IT SEEMS LIKE THE FORMER PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, YOU KNOW, HE’S DICTATING WHAT REPUBLIC INS DO. IT LOOKS LIKE HE’S DICTATING WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE, INCLUDING TELLING THE HOUSE SPEAKER EXACTLY WHAT TO DO. AND SO IT STILL LOOKS LIKE

    TRUMP’S THE ONE IN CHARGE. >> AND THAT GAVE PRESIDENT BIDEN AN OPENING TO LAUNCH A NEW LINE OF ATTACK AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THESE REMARKS WERE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HEARD FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN AT END OF LAST YEAR WHEN HE WAS PUSHING CONGRESS TO GET MOVING FUNDING

    FOR UKRAINE AND THEY DIDN’T DO IT. NOW, HERE WE ARE A MONTH AND A HALF LATER, AND HE’S STILL MAKING THAT SAME POINT ABOUT UKRAINE RUNNING OUT OF ABOUT UKRAINE TRYING TO FEND OFF THIS RUSSIAN ONSLAUGHT. AND THE TIMING, OF COURSE, HE SAYS, IS OF THE ESSENCE.

    THIS IS VERY CRITICAL, HE SAID TODAY I COUNTED FIVE TIMES THE PRESIDENT SAYING HISTORY IS WATCHING AND THE PRESIDENT WAS ABLE TO EXPAND THIS BY TALKING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT, THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS ABOUT NATO AND GIVING THAT INVITATION. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN PUT IT TO VLADIMIR PUTIN TO GO BEYOND

    UKRAINE AND, TO GO AND INVADE OR ATTACK A NARROW COUNTRY. JOE BIDEN SAID THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN ON HIS WATCH. BUT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THAT THEY THINK THAT THEY CAN MAKE POLITICAL HAY OUT OF HERE. >> WELL, IT’S DEFINITELY BECOME POLITICAL, THAT’S FOR SURE. KAREN TRAVERS THE WHITE HOUSE FOR US.

    JAY O’BRIEN UP ON THE HILL. APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. WE’VE GOT A LOT MORE AHEAD. >> STAY WITH US. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC

    MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE IN UKRAINE. UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY, ENROLLING FOR IT. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE 2020 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND.

    >> LET’S GO BACK TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT, FROM THE FBI REPORTING TO THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. THE STORY, WHEREVER THE STORY

    IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA’S ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> I HAVE A OF CONTRACT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US TO USE OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE.

    DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY INSIDE OF AMAZON. SWARMS OF CHEMICALS. 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 AND ANYWHERE. >> WOW.

    ABC THURSDAY NIGHT I WAS ONE OF NINE WIVES. >> I HAD EIGHT MOTHERS, 62 BROTHERS AND SISTERS. I BECAME THE 65TH WIFE OF WARREN JEFFS AND I BELIEVE THAT POLYGAMY BREEDS ABUSE. WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN TAUGHT LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS OUT TO GET US BACK ON. >> WARREN WAS IN PRISON AND HAD

    POWER ROOM AND. THE LAW OFFICIAL DOESN’T STOP WARREN THOUSANDS NOT IN IT. >> THURSDAY NIGHT ON ABC. SO THE QUESTION IS, OKAY, HERE WE GO. WHAT WOULD YOU DO YOU JUST WON’T BELIEVE WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY THINK NO ONE’S WATCHING. ANDREW SEES AND I BROUGHT SHARON NAMES AND KAMAU BELL

    ALONG FOR THE RIDE. ALL RIGHT, LET’S BREAK IT. THE ONUS HERE. I WAS HERE ALL THE TIME, THE ALL-NEW SEASON OF WHAT WOULD YOU DO PREMIERES SUNDAY NIGHT ON ABC. THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAMES, ATTORNEY GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION.

    THE CENTRAL VICTORIANS WILL GET A CHANCE TO FIND THE ERROR, AND THAT’S SORT THE LOSS. WHEN YOU SAY DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HAS BECOME . I DIDN’T I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY. >> FACE TO FACE. ERIKA, WHY DO YOU TAKE SO LONG ? >> THE HOUSEHOLD AND THE

    HUSTLER, YOU KNOW NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE, ARE YOU GOING TO STAND WITH AMERICA OR DONALD TRUMP? PRESIDENT BIDEN URGING HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO VOTE YES FOR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NEW AID FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE, WHERE THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW FROM CAPITOL HILL DIGGING OUT OF THE WORST SNOWSTORM TWO YEARS.

    WE HAVE THE FREEZING FORECAST FOR MILLIONS OF YOU IN THE NORTHEAST AND A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW BAD THINGS COULD REALLY GET. AND INFLATION COMING IN HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR MONEY AND INTEREST RATES. ALL OF THAT THIS HOUR. HELLO, EVERYONE. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. SENATE’S NEWLY PASSED $95

    BILLION AID PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE AND TAIWAN APPEARS TO BE DEAD IN THE HOUSE, BUT PRESIDENT BIDEN GOING FOR THE HAIL MARY. JUST MINUTES AGO DELIVERING, URGING THE HOUSE TO TAKE UP THE BILL AND LET UKRAINE AND ISRAEL GET THE MONEY. LISTEN IN. LET’S BRING OUR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT

    KAREN TRAVERS ALSO JAY O’BRIEN. HE’S UP THERE ON THE HILL. SO, JAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLING ON SPEAKER JOHNSON TO BRING BILL TO THE FLOOR IMMEDIATELY, BUT HE SO FAR HAS REFUSED TO DO THAT. >> SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN? >> I THINK THIS DOESN’T MOVE

    THE NEEDLE NECESSARILY WITH HOUSE REPUBLICANS. I DON’T THINK THAT THIS SPEECH IS GOING TO PRESSURE HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO FALL IN LINE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PACKAGE. IF WEREN’T ALREADY IN SUPPORT OF IT. CERTAINLY, IT’S NOT GOING TO PRESSURE MIKE JOHNSON TO PUT IT ON THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE, WHICH IS HIS PREROGATIVE.

    BUT IT IS A RALLYING CRY TO SOME MODERATE REPUBLICANS WHO SUPPORT FUNDING FOR UKRAINE AND FRANKLY, THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS AS WELL, WHO HAVE EXPRESSED OPENNESS TO DO THIS KIND OF PROCEDURAL MOVE THAT WOULD END RUN AROUND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE MIKE JOHNSON. IT’S CALLED THE DISCHARGE PETITION. IT COMING TOGETHER IS STILL

    VERY UNLIKELY, BUT RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONLY THAT THIS BILL COULD ACTUALLY GET ON THE HOUSE FLOOR FOR A VOTE, IT WOULD DEMOCRATS AND MODERATE REPUBLICANS WORKING TOGETHER, SOMETHING THAT HAKEEM JEFFRIES, THE TOP DEMOCRAT IN THE HOUSE, IN A STATEMENT EARLIER TODAY, EXPRESSED OPENNESS ON EVEN THE PRESIDENT SEEMED

    TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MIKE JOHNSON IS REALLY THE IMPEDIMENT HERE. HE SAID IN HIS ASSESSMENT, THIS LEGISLATION HAS, THE SUPPORT AMONGST MODERATE HOUSE REPUBLICANS, AND HE SAID, QUOTE, THE SPEAKER KNOWS THAT. AND SO THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES, CAN MODERATE REPUBLICANS TRULY BUILD THIS KIND OF TEMPORARY COALITION WITH DEMOCRATS, ACTUALLY GET

    THIS LEGISLATION ON TO THE FLOOR? THAT SEEMS LIKE MIKE JOHNSON KIND OF BACKING DOWN FROM HIS ORIGINAL POSITION. >> THE ONLY PATH THAT THIS WOULD HAVE TO GET A VOTE. >> KAREN, IT FEELS LIKE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, HE’S REALLY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE HERE. >> HE’S CALLING THE SHOTS

    AND THE PRESIDENT WAS WEIGHING INTO CRITICISM OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT TODAY HERE ABOUT HIS RECENT COMMENTS ABOUT NITO AND NOT SUPPORTING A NARROW ALLY AND SEEMING TO INVITE AN INVITATION THERE FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN TO INVADE OR ATTACK A NARROW COUNTRY. HERE AT THE PRESIDENT TODAY WAS STRESSING URGENCY, TELLING

    THE HOUSE THEY MUST PASS THIS CRITICAL AID FOR UKRAINE IMMEDIATELY, TALKING ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES WITH UKRAINE RATIONING AMMUNITION AND PEOPLE THERE BEING WORRIED ABOUT KEEPING THEIR LIGHTS. BUT HE ALSO SEEMED TO BE LAYING DOWN A MARKER FOR IF THIS BILL DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD. >> HE SAID FIVE TIMES TODAY,

    KYRA, HISTORY IS WATCHING. HE SAID THAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT STANDING TO PUTIN WITH A YES VOTE ON THIS LEGISLATION. AND IF YOU VOTE AGAINST HE SAID, YOU ARE PLAYING INTO VLADIMIR PUTIN’S HANDS HERE. ANY WORD FROM THE HOUSE SPEAKER, JAY YEAH. SO THE HOUSE SPEAKER BEFORE PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE SPOKE

    WITH REPORTERS ON HIS WAY TO THE HOUSE FLOOR AND TOLD OUR SENIOR WHITE HOUSE REPORTER, SELINA WANG, AND I’LL QUOTE HIM DIRECTLY HERE, THAT QUOTE, NATIONAL SECURITY BEGINS WITH BORDER SECURITY. THAT IS IN REFERENCE TO THE FACT THIS IS CALLED THE NATIONAL SECURITY SUPPLEMENTAL, THIS MONEY FOR UKRAINE IN ISRAEL AND TAIWAN.

    AND SPEAKER JOHNSON IS INDICATING THAT HE WANTS BORDER SECURITY PROVISIONS PUT BACK INTO THIS LEGISLATION. WITH THAT COMMENT, WE’RE REALLY BACK TO SQUARE ONE BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAID MONTHS AGO, WHAT STARTED THESE BIPARTISAN IMMIGRATION NEGOTIATIONS. THE SENATE, WHEN THE PRODUCT OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS CAME OUT

    A FEW WEEKS BACK, SENATE REPUBLICANS IMMEDIATELY BACKED AWAY AND SAID THEY DIDN’T LIKE WHAT CAME OUT, THAT SO DID HOUSE REPUBLICANS. AND SO THE QUESTION BECOMES, WHAT REALLY CHANGES HERE, BARRING SOMEONE FORCING THE SPEAKER’S HAND. ALL RIGHT, JAY, KAREN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. NOW TO THAT POWERFUL

    STORM SLAMMING THE NORTHEAST. HEAVY SNOW BARRELING ACROSS SEVERAL STATES, THE MID-ATLANTIC TO NEW ENGLAND. A SNOW EMERGENCY IN BOSTON AS WELL. NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACTUALLY MOVED TO REMOTE LEARNING. IT’S THE FIRST WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NEW YORK CITY IN TWO YEARS. THAT’S STARTED AS THE RAIN

    BEGAN OVERNIGHT AND THEN TURNED SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THEN IN BOSTON, YOU SEE THE HEAVY SNOW AND ACTUALLY FOR SCHOOLS TO SHUT DOWN AS WELL, SOME OF THE AREAS COULD SEE UP TO HALF A FOOT OF SNOW. IT’S ALSO COMING DOWN ACROSS CONNECTICUT AND ROADS ARE DANGEROUS.

    DRIVERS THERE ARE URGED TO BE VIGILANT. OUR EXTREME WEATHER TEAM IS TRACKING ALL THIS FOR US. SEEMA, FIRST TO YOU. >> YOU’RE IN CENTRAL PARK WHERE WHAT A LITTLE MORE THAN THREE INCHES OF SNOW, BUT NEW YORKERS ARE KIND OF USED TO THAT. >> IT’S JUST BEEN A WHILE.

    >> YEAH, IT HAS BEEN A WHILE. AND I THINK AS A RESULT, WE’RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN FOOT TRAFFIC HERE IN FLEXING THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. THEY’RE COMING OUT. THEY’RE TAKING PICTURES OF SUCH A PICTURESQUE VIEW HERE IN CENTRAL PARK. AND YES, WE DID GET 3.2 INCHES HERE. HERE IN CENTRAL PARK, WE HAD

    A 16.5 INCH DEFICIT. SO THIS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT. WE GOT ABOUT TWO INCHES EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND SO IT’S A BEAUTIFUL, FUN DAY TO COME OUT AND ENJOY THE SNOW. BUT THAT’S CENTRAL PARK OUTSIDE OF CENTRAL PARK. IT’S A DIFFERENT STORY TO LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, WHICH

    IS A BIG HUB HERE. THE U.S. IN GENERAL HAS SEEN OVER 300 FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS. NEWARK OVER HUNDRED FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS. AND AT JFK, OVER 100 FLIGHTS CANCELLATIONS. >> NOT ONLY THAT, WE ARE LOOKING AT REMOTE LEARNING FOR THE CHILDREN. SO A LOT OF THE KIDS AREN’T OUT HERE SLEDDING, WHATNOT, BECAUSE

    THEY’RE AT HOME DOING REMOTE LEARNING. THEY DID HAVE SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH THAT EARLIER THIS MORNING. NO CONNECTIVITY ISSUES DUE TO IBM HAVING SOME ISSUES. AND THEY ARE USUALLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT THE USERNAME AND PASSWORD ARE VERIFIED. >> SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT A DEBACLE THERE,

    BUT HOPEFULLY THE KIDDOS ARE ABLE TO GET OUT THIS AFTERNOON AND ENJOY OF THE SNOWFALL. NONETHELESS, WE’VE BEEN PICKING UP THE INCHES OF SNOW. IT STOPPED FALLING. SO ANYTHING YOU SEE COMING DOWN ON ME IS ACTUALLY FALLING OFF OF TREE BRANCHES AND IT STOPPED FOR A LOT OF CITIES.

    WHAT’S LEFT OF IT NOW IS RIGHT ALONG THE COASTLINE AS IT CONTINUES A TRAJECTORY EASTWARD OUT TO SEA. LET’S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE SNOW TOTALS THAT WE HAVE THUS FAR. SO FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 15.5 INCHES OF SNOW. SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY, OVER A FOOT OF SNOW AS.

    WELL, OUT IN CHESTER, NEW YORK, WE SAW 13 INCHES OF SNOW THERE . NOW, WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT? SO THIS STORM KEEPS HEADED OUT TO SEA AND IT’S GOING TO CONTINUE TO DRY OUT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. BUT TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET. THEY’RE HEADED DOWN INTO THE 20S. IT’S GOING TO BE COLD.

    WE COULD SEE SOME FREEZING. >> SO ROADS, NOT THE GREATEST CONDITIONS FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE KYRA. >> OKAY. AND STEPHANIE, YOU’RE ACTUALLY INSIDE COMMAND CENTER IN PENNSYLVANIA WHERE CREWS MONITOR ALL THE ROAD CONDITIONS. TELL US ABOUT THAT. >> THAT’S RIGHT. HERE I AM AT PENNSYLVANIA’S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMAND CENTER.

    AND THIS IS WHERE THEY MONITOR ABOUT 2000 CAMERAS, CAMERAS THAT ARE SET UP ALONG THE INTERSTATE ACROSS, THE STATE. TAKE A LOOK. YOU CAN SEE THE ROADS ARE PRETTY CLEAR RIGHT NOW. IT WAS A TRICKY MORNING COMMUTE, THOUGH, WHEN THAT WET, STICKY SNOW WAS FALLING. IT HAS CLEARED UP NOW.

    ALL OF THE ROAD RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE BEFORE THE STORM THAT HAS BEEN LINKED TO. BUT YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC IS MOVING WITH NO ISSUES THERE AT ALL. BUT THE COMMAND CENTER, ABOUT A THOUSAND CAMERAS AND WITH MORE THAN 2000 SNOWPLOWS ACROSS THE STATE, THEY WERE READY FOR THIS STORM.

    >> SOME AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF HERE, LIKE AROUND THE DELAWARE, GAP AND STROUDSBURG, REPORTING ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW. >> BUT SOME SPOTS NORTH OF WHERE WE ARE IN PENNSYLVANIA, NOT SO MUCH. >> BUT EITHER WAY, THE TEAMS HERE READY FOR THIS STORM. BACK TO YOU, KYRA. ALL RIGHT, SEEMA, STEPH, THANK

    YOU BOTH SO MUCH. WE WILL MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS, OF COURSE, ACROSS THE COUNTRY SO THAT BAD WEATHER HAVING AN IMPACT ON VOTING, TOO. TODAY IN NEW YORK, HOLDING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO REPLACE FORMER CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS AFTER THE CONGRESSMAN TURNED FELON WAS EXPELLED FROM THE HOUSE LAST YEAR. VOTERS ARE CHOOSING BETWEEN

    DEMOCRAT TOM SUOZZI AND REPUBLICAN MARCY PHILLIP IN A RACE CRUCIAL TO CONTROL OF THE HOUSE. OUR SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AARON KATERSKY IS HERE TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR US, ALONG WITH FIVETHIRTYEIGHT’S GALEN DRUKE. SO, AARON, WHAT EXACTLY DO WE KNOW ABOUT BOTH CANDIDATES AND ALSO JUST THE KEY POLICIES THAT THEY’RE CAMPAIGNING

    RIGHT NOW? >> RIGHT NOW, THEY’RE CAMPAIGNING ON RIDES TO THE POLLS FOR PEOPLE WHO COULDN’T GET OUT EARLIER BECAUSE THE SNOW AND AS THE SNOW SUBSIDES, BOTH THE PILE PHILIP CAMPAIGN AND THE SUOZZI CAMPAIGN SAY THEY’LL DRIVE VOTERS TO THE POLLS IF NEED BE BECAUSE TURNOUT IS SO IMPORTANT IN THIS TIGHT RACE.

    THIS HAS BEEN IN LARGE PART A NATIONAL TYPE CAMPAIGN WITH A NUMBER OF OF NATIONAL SURROGATES FROM BOTH PARTIES CAMPAIGNING WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE AND TRYING TO PAINT SUOZZI AS PART OF THE NATION’S IMMIGRATION PROBLEM. SHE HAS TRIED TO TIE HIM TO POLICIES ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND BLAMING SUOZZI FOR

    THE INFLUX OF MIGRANTS SENT ON BUSES FROM SOUTHERN STATES TO NEW YORK CITY AND PART OF THE DISTRICT IN THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS. SO IT DOES HIT HOME. IN TURN, THE SUOZZI CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN TRYING TO PORTRAY PHILLIP AS OUT OF TOUCH ON ON ABORTION AND HOT BUTTON SOCIAL

    ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THE DISTRICT, SAYING SHE’S NO BETTER THAN GEORGE SANTOS BECAUSE PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HER. >> YEAH, I MEAN, WE’RE ALL LEARNING MORE ABOUT THESE CANDIDATES. GALEN WHAT ARE THE POLLS ACTUALLY SAY ABOUT THE RACE AND WHO DOES THE BAD WEATHER IMPACT OR HELP MORE?

    YEAH, WE DON’T HAVE A TON OF POLLING IN THE DISTRICT, BUT WHAT LIMITED POLLING WE DO HAVE SUGGESTS A COUPLE POINT ADVANTAGE FOR TOM. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD BE OPEN TO EITHER CANDIDATE WINNING EITHER CANDIDATE. WINNING WOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE. THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT VOTED

    BIDEN BY EIGHT POINTS IN 2020, BUT THEN IT ALSO FOR THE REPUBLICAN FOR GOVERNOR IN 2022 BY 12 POINTS. SO THIS IS A MIXED DISTRICT POLITICALLY. WHEN YOU ASK VOTERS WHAT THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES ARE IN THIS ELECTION, IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER, 26% SAY IMMIGRATION. 22% SAY THE ECONOMY AND 15% SAY CRIME.

    THAT’S SAY THAT IN THIS DISTRICT, ACROSS VOTERS OF ALL TYPE, NOT JUST REPUBLICAN WHO HAVE TALKED ABOUT IMMIGRATION MUCH MORE OVER THE YEARS. ALL VOTERS CARE MOST ABOUT IMMIGRATION. AND THAT’S FOR THE REASONS THAT ERIN JUST MENTIONED. THERE’S EVEN A MIGRANT CENTER IN THIS DISTRICT, WHICH THE CANDIDATES HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT.

    AND WHILE MARGIE HAS REALLY BEEN TO HIT SUOZZI, MARTHA AND SUOZZI ON, THIS ISSUE, TOM SUOZZI IS A MODERATE DEMOCRAT WHO HAS TRIED TO CREATE DISTANCE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THE ISSUE SAYING THAT HE WILL ACT WITH COMMON SENSE. NOW, IN OF MAZI PILIP BIOGRAPHY, SHE’S ALSO INTERESTING.

    SHE’S ETHIOPIAN BORN AND SHE’S SERVED IN THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE. SHE’S AN ORTHODOX IN A DISTRICT WITH A LARGE CONCENTRATION OF JEWISH VOTERS. ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY. AND SO THE WAR IN GAZA HAS ALSO BECOME AN ISSUE. BUT REALLY, KYRA, I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

    THINGS TO TRACK IS THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A CLOSE DISTRICT AND SOME OF THESE TOP TIER ISSUES ARE COMING FRONT AND CENTER, BOTH PARTIES ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF MESSAGES THEY CAN HOPE TO WIN ON IN THE SUBURBS. THOSE KEY SUBURBS, OF COURSE, IN 2024.

    SO SANTOS, AS WE KNOW, WAS EXPELLED FROM CONGRESS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, INCLUDING LYING ABOUT VIRTUALLY HIS ENTIRE RESUME BACKGROUND. HE PRETENDED HIS GRANDPARENTS FLED THE HOLOCAUST, THAT HE WAS JEWISH ISH WHEN HE WAS ACTUALLY A CATHOLIC, THAT HIS MOM DIED BECAUSE OF 9/11, EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS IN BRAZIL AT THE

    TIME. I MEAN, WE COULD GOING. RIGHT. IS HE RESPONDING AT ALL TODAY? >> GEORGE SANTOS SAYS HE DOESN’T PLAN TO VOTE FOR REPLACEMENT, SO WE’RE NOT SURE HE’S TERRIBLY INTERESTED IN THE RACE. ODDLY, HE HASN’T REALLY COME UP MUCH. I THINK IN LARGE PART BECAUSE THE LOCAL REPUBLICANS, UNLIKE

    REPUBLICANS IN WASHINGTON, THE LOCAL REPUBLICANS IN QUEENS AND NASSAU COUNTY, WERE PRETTY QUICK TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES. TOWARD THE END, TOM SUOZZI HAS TRIED TO COMPARE MAZI PILIP TWO TO GEORGE SANTOS IN TERMS HOLES IN HER RESUME, BUT THAT REALLY HASN’T BEEN A MOTIVATING FACTOR. IT FOR VOTERS. SANTOS HAS BEEN CUTTING VIDEOS

    ON CAMEO AND HIS LAWYERS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CUT A PLEA DEAL AS HE TRIES TO SOMEHOW RESOLVE THE CRIMINAL THAT HE FACES. >> WELL, POLITICALLY, IN THAT SEAT, TIME FOR A NEW ERA. AARON AND GALEN, THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. COMING UP, INFLATION IN, YOUR MONEY, PRICES COMING IN A

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    WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE FOR THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. THEY SAMPLED VICTIMS. WE’LL GET A CHANCE TO FINALLY THEIR OBITUARY. AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HAS MADE?

    I DID. I WANTED ERICA TO SAY I’M SORRY . >> FACE TO FACE. ERICA, WHY DID YOU TAKE SO LONG ? >> THE HOUSEWIFE AND THE HUSTLER TO STEAL LOU. >> GLAD YOU’RE SERVING WITH US. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY NOW. INFLATION, 0.3% LAST MONTH, HIGHER THAN WHAT ANALYSTS EXPECTING.

    INFLATION STILL DOWN A LITTLE OVER 3%, COMPARED THIS TIME LAST YEAR. LET’S TAKE IT TO OUR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT LIST, CHRISTOPHER. SO WHAT THIS ALL TELLS US ABOUT OUR ECONOMY OUR MONEY, EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. THAT’S A LOT TO COVER. WE’RE GOING TO TRY HEROES. I THINK THE BIG TAKEAWAY FROM

    THIS IS, IS WHAT WE’VE KNOWN ALL ALONG, WHICH IS THE ROAD LOWER CONSUMER PRICES IS A BUMPY ONE. THIS IS NOT A STRAIGHT DOWN KIND OF SITUATION. THE FED HAS ALSO WARNED US OF THIS. SO PRICES INCREASED IN JANUARY, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS EXPECTED. THESE NUMBERS CAN SEEM

    A LITTLE CONFUSING, UP A POINT 3% FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER. THE YEAR OVER YEAR NUMBER SHOWS THAT INFLATION ROSE 3.1% IN IN JANUARY, COMPARED TO 3.4% IN DECEMBER. SO WE’RE STILL NOT AT THE FED’S OF 2%. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A COMPARISON POINT OVERALL, CONSUMER PRICES UP NEARLY 20%

    THIS JANUARY FROM FOUR YEARS EARLIER, JUST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. SO, AGAIN, WE ARE ALL STILL PAYING SO MUCH MORE FOR JUST THE BASICS AND I THINK THIS GRAPHIC PUTS IT IN PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU. RENT CONTINUES TO BE AREA WHERE INFLATION REMAINS STICKY. VERY STUBBORN. UP 6% YEAR OVER YEAR.

    WE’RE PAYING MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF PERCENT MORE FOR FOOD. ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO COOPERATE FOR US, DOWN MORE THAN 6% YEAR OVER YEAR. AND USED CARS AND TRUCKS. THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN. IF YOU’RE IN THE MARKET FOR ONE DOWN THREE AND A HALF

    PERCENT, THOUGH, IT MIGHT COST YOU MORE TO TAKE OUT A LOAN TO BUY ONE BECAUSE INTEREST RATES ARE SO HIGH. >> AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR INTEREST RATES, KYRA? WELL, WE WERE HOPING THAT THE FED WOULD BE CONVINCED TO START CUTTING INTEREST RATES SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, MOST SAY

    BECAUSE THIS INFLATION REPORT CAME IN PRETTY HOT. THE FED MAY HOLD OFF ON THAT FIRST INTEREST RATE CUT UNTIL AT LEAST THE JUNE MEETING KYRA . ALL RIGHT, LEXUS, THANKS SO MUCH. WELL, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SAY THEY ARE TIRED OF THE SEXISM AND LOW WAGES, SO THEY WILL DEMONSTRATING AROUND THE WORLD TODAY.

    THE ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SAYS THAT THE RALLY WILL BE THE LARGEST COLLECTIVE ACTION, THE HISTORY OF ITS ORGANIZATION, THE WORLDWIDE DAY OF ACTION, IS BEING HELD TO DEMAND HIGHER PAY AND AN END TO THEY’RE CALLING LEGACY SEXISM. OUR AIR REPORTER SAM SWEENEY JOINS US NOW. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT THE AIRLINES.

    I GUESS WHAT AIRLINES ARE INVOLVED HERE AND WHAT EXACTLY DID THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HOPE TO DO THROUGH DEMONSTRATION? IT’S NOT A STRIKE, RIGHT? THEY’RE NOT HEADING TO THE PICKET LINES, JUST A MASSIVE DEMONSTRATION. >> YES, THIS IS A PROTEST. THERE WILL BE NO IMPACT TO FLIGHT OPERATIONS IF A FLIGHT

    ATTENDANT IS SCHEDULED TO WORK TODAY. THEY CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROTEST. BUT THIS IS A LOT OF PEOPLE. 100,000 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS FROM THREE SEPARATE UNIONS, 24 AIRLINES, SOME VERY SMALL AIRLINES AROUND THE WORLD TO THE BIG ONES HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT AMERICAN, UNITED, ALASKA, SOUTHWEST

    AND YOU MENTIONED THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR BETTER WAGES AND BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE NOT PAID UNTIL. THE BOARDING DOOR IS CLOSED AND THE PARKING BRAKE IS RELEASED. THEY’RE NOT PAID WHEN THE FLIGHT IS DELAYED, WHEN THEY’RE BOARDING, WHEN

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    SOME PRETTY BIG CONTRACTS WITH THE PILOTS THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. >> SO WHY NOT STRIKE SAM? STRIKING IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY IS TOUGH. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF HURDLES TO GET THROUGH MEDIATION AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE GOVERNMENT CAN SAY YOU CANNOT STRIKE BACK IN

    THE 90S, AMERICAN AIRLINES PILOTS, THEY TRIED TO STRIKE AND THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION SAID NO AND SENT THEM BACK TO WORK. IT’S A TOUGH HURDLE TO GET THROUGH, BUT THEY WILL WORK AND THEY WILL THREATEN TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT AGAIN, IT’S A LONG ROAD AHEAD HERE. >> SAM, APPRECIATE IT.

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    WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY THINK NO ONE’S WATCHING. AND THIS SEASON, I BROUGHT SARAH HAINES AND, KAMAU BELL ALONG FOR THE RIDE. ALL RIGHT, LET’S BREAK IT SERIOUS HERE. I WAS HERE ALL THE TIME. THE ALL-NEW SEASON. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? THE NEW AIRS SUNDAY NIGHT ON ABC.

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    HEADLINES WE’RE TRACKING FOR YOU THIS HOUR. FUNERALS BEGIN TODAY FOR. THOSE THREE U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS WHO WERE KILLED IN JORDAN, STAFF SERGEANT WILLIAM JEROME RIVERS SERVICE HELD AT A BAPTIST CHURCH JUST WEST OF ATLANTA. GEORGIA’S GOVERNOR, BRIAN KEMP, WAS ACTUALLY AMONG THE ATTENDEES TO HONOR THE 46

    YEAR OLD’S LIFE AND SERVICE. RIVERS, ALONG WITH KELLY SANDERS AND SERGEANT BRIANNA MOFFITT, WERE KILLED IN A DRONE ON A U.S. BASE IN NORTHWEST JORDAN. PRESIDENT BIDEN MET WITH THE FAMILIES OF, THOSE SERVICE MEMBERS, DURING THAT DIGNIFIED TRANSFER THAT YOU’RE SEEING RIGHT HERE, THAT WAS HELD IN DELAWARE EARLIER THIS MONTH.

    HOME IS A DATA POINT IN CALIFORNIA ARE PRECARIOUSLY PERCHED ON THE TOP OF A CLIFF AFTER A LANDSLIDE. THE LANDSLIDE ACTUALLY COMES AFTER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WAS SLAMMED BY. RAIN AND BRUTAL MUDSLIDES. DATA POINT AND OFFICIALS THERE SAY THE HOMES HAVE BEEN EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE PROPERTIES.

    SUPER RATINGS FOR THE SUPER BOWL NIELSEN AND ADOBE ANALYTICS SAY THAT SUNDAY’S BIG GAME THE LONGEST SUPER BOWL EVER PLAYED, BY THE WAY, WAS ALSO THE MOST WATCHED TV PROGRAM OF ALL TIME. AN AVERAGE OF 103 POINT MILLION VIEWERS TUNED IN ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS AND CHANNELS, A 7% JUMP FROM LAST YEAR.

    THINK TAYLOR SWIFT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT? AND SPEAKING OF SUPER SUNDAY, WHAT DO YOU DO AFTER YOU WIN SUPER BOWL MVP LIKE GO TO DISNEYLAND, OF COURSE. >> KANSAS CITY CHIEFS QUARTERBACK PATRICK MAHOMES ACTUALLY TOOK HIS ENTIRE FAMILY FRESH OFF THE BIG WIN, AND THEY SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH OUR

    WILL REEVE RIGHT THERE FROM THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH. BY NOW, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS QUARTERBACK PATRICK MAHOMES KNOWS WHAT TO DO TO WIN A SUPER BOWL. HENCE IT GOES DOWN TO THE 13 YARD LINE AND WHERE TO GO. HE DOES MAHOMES AND THE CHIEFS PREVAILING IN A THRILLING

    OVERTIME WIN OVER THE SAN FRANCISCO 49 ERS SUNDAY. THE 28 YEAR OLD, NOW A THREE TIME CHAMPION AND SUPER BOWL MVP ON PACE TO REWRITE THE NFL’S RECORD BOOKS. >> BUT AT THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH, HE WAS ALSO THE MOST HUMBLE. >> WILL YOU EVER TAKE THE COMPLIMENT OF BEING

    THE GREATEST AT ANY POINT? WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR YOU TO SAY, AH, YEAH, I’M PRETTY GOOD. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE’VE GOT A GREAT STAR, GREAT RUN, AND WE KNOW A LOT OF GREAT THINGS, BUT WE STILL GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO. AND SO I THINK IF I HAD

    THE MINDSET TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN I’M DONE PLAYING, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT WHATEVER TALENT THEY WANT TO PUT ON ME. WHO ARE YOU COMPETING? I THINK YOU HAVE TO COMPETE WITH YOURSELF. I MEAN, THAT’S THE FIRST PERSON YOU COMPETE WITH EVERY SINGLE

    DAY TO BE THE BEST PERSON TRYING TO BE THE BEST PLAYER THAT YOU CAN BE AND BE THE BEST TEAMMATE. >> THAT’S FATHER. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. MAHOMES AS A HERO AT DISNEYLAND AFTER CONQUERING THE NFL LAST YEAR IN THAT SAME SPOT, HE TOLD

    ME HE’D BE BACK NEXT YEAR. SUPER BOWL LAS VEGAS, FEBRUARY 11. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO BE FEBRUARY 12TH? OH, I’M TRYING TO BE IN ONE OF THESE DISNEY PARKS. I’M GOING TO TRY TO DO WHATEVER I CAN TO WORK MY TAIL OFF TO WIN SUPER BOWL AND THEN WE’LL MEET AGAIN.

    >> BUT MEETING AGAIN WASN’T A LOCK AS BOWL 58 IN LAS VEGAS WENT TO OVERTIME FOR JUST THE SECOND TIME IN NFL HISTORY. >> WHAT’S YOUR HEART RATE AS HEADED TO OVERTIME? DO WE PREPARE FOR THOSE MOMENTS? NO. I FEEL LIKE I WAS A LITTLE WAS MAYBE THAT FOURTH DOWNPLAY.

    I’D RATHER GO OUT THERE AND GET IT MAHOMES BACK AFTER THROWING THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN MAHOMES RUNNING WILD. TAKE ME THROUGH THAT MOMENT AND WHAT YOU WERE THINKING AND FEELING. >> IT IS ALL EMOTION. ALL EMOTION. AND I WAS JUST RUNNING AND THEN I DIDN’T KNOW WHERE TO GO.

    SO TO LAY DOWN SOMEWHERE AND I JUST DIDN’T HAVE A TUMBLE ON THE GROUND. AND IT’S A MOMENT THAT I’LL NEVER FORGET. HOW WERE THE POST-GAME CELEBRATIONS? THEY WERE GOOD. THEY WERE GOOD. YOU KNOW, WINNING A SUPER BOWL IN VEGAS, YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT.

    BUT WE’RE HERE AT DISNEYLAND NOW AND WE’RE ENJOYING EVERY BIT OF IT. >> MAHOMES TEAMMATE TRAVIS KELCE AND, HIS GIRLFRIEND, TAYLOR SWIFT, WERE ENJOYING EVERY BIT OF IT, TOO. >> NEW FOOTAGE, THE TEAM’S CELEBRATIONS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, PARTYING LIKE ONLY CHAMPIONS CAN FROM THE LOCKER ROOM TO THE NIGHTCLUBS WHERE SWIFTS PARENTS

    JOINED IN. >> THE SINGER POSTING THIS VIDEO, WRITING. IT’S A FRIENDS AND FAMILY PARTY. THEY SAID, BRING YOUR PARENTS. THEY SAID THE SUPERSTAR CELEBRATING TRAVIS’S WIN WITH HER MUSIC AS THE SOUNDTRACK FOR PART OF THE NIGHT FROM YOU BELONG WITH ME TOO LOVE STORY. TRAVIS, HIS BROTHER JASON, ALSO

    ON HAND, MASKED UP IN THE DJ BOOTH DANCING. >> I WAS THERE, SO I SAW JASON AND HE WAS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY, MAN. THOSE BROTHERS, MAN, THEY’RE THE LIFE OF THE PARTY WHEREVER THEY GO. >> JASON LATER SPOTTED AT END OF THE EVENING WALKING INTO

    A TREE AS TRAVIS PUT TAYLOR’S ON. WE’RE AT DISNEY, BUT I THINK TRAVIS REALLY HAS THE FAIRY TALE RIGHT HERE, LIVING THE FAIRY TALE. >> BUT HE’S GOT IT GOING ON AS WELL. YEAH, MAN. I MEAN, TRAVIS HAD A GREAT, GREAT COUPLE OF YEARS, I’LL SAY THAT. >> MAHOMES READY TO KEEP

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    TIMES OF THE YEAR. SUPER BOWL. MARDI GRAS. YEP. COMING OUT FULL COLOR. >> THE FOOD, THE MUSIC THE DANCE CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH . AND THE MARCHING BANDS. THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE FRUSTRATED FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS, CHRISTIANS, RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, CLOSE

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    >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION AND TV. >> IS IT TO ME? >> WHAT DO YOU SEE? MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY

    HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS THE START HERE TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY, SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD R MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY

    THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST, WORTHLESS MEDIA START HERE. ABC NEWS WEEK YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ABC NEWS LIVE. BREAKING NEWS EXCLUSIVES. LARGE REPORTING ACROSS

    THE GLOBE KEEPS STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE AND DURING REPORTING FROM THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC BY RIGHT NOW AT ABC NEWS LIVE. IT’S SHAMEFUL. IT’S DANGEROUS IT’S UN-AMERICAN. PRESIDENT BIDEN BLASTING DONALD TRUMP’S SUPPORT FOR RUSSIA URGING HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO VOTE YES FOR BILLIONS

    OF DOLLARS IN NEW AID FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE, WHERE THINGS STAND ON CAPITOL HILL THIS HOUR PLUS NEW YORK CITY IS DIGGING OUT OF ITS WORST SNOWSTORM IN TWO YEARS OR BEST, DEPENDING ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW. WE’VE GOT THE FORECAST FOR MILLIONS OF YOU IN THE NORTHEAST AND A CLOSER LOOK

    AT JUST HOW BAD OR GOOD THINGS COULD REALLY GET. >> AND INFLATION COMING IN HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR MONEY AND INTEREST RATES THIS HOUR. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. KYRA PHILLIPS. AND I’M TERRY MORAN. WE BEGIN WITH THAT POWERFUL WINTER STORM THAT’S SLAMMING THE NORTHEAST.

    THE SNOW IS STARTING TO MOVE OUT. THE COLD TEMPERATURES ARE MOVING IN TONIGHT AND THE STORM TRIGGERED A SNOW EMERGENCY. >> BOSTON IN NEW YORK CITY, PUBLIC SCHOOLS MOVED TO REMOTE TODAY. >> IT’S ACTUALLY THE FIRST WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NEW YORK CITY IN TWO YEARS. IT STARTED AS RAIN OVERNIGHT.

    THEN IT TURNED TO SNOW ACROSS OF THE AREA. AND THEN IN BOSTON, YOU SAW THE HEAVY SNOW THERE FORCING SCHOOLS TO SHUT DOWN. SOME AREAS COULD ACTUALLY SEE HALF A FOOT OF SNOW. ALSO COMING DOWN ACROSS CONNECTICUT, CONNECTICUT, RATHER, MAKING ROADS DANGEROUS. AND DRIVERS THERE HAVE BEEN URGED TO BE VIGILANT.

    AND OUR EXTREME TEAM IS TRACKING ALL OF IT. SOMARA THEODORE. THEY’RE THERE. YOU ARE. CENTRAL PARK LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. THERE ARE MORE. THREE INCHES OF SNOW, I GUESS. AND I’M PRO SNOW IN WINTER, SO LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. >> OH, MAN. AND SO IS EVERYONE WHO’S BEEN COMING DOWN HERE, ESPECIALLY THE VISITORS.

    YOU KNOW, IT’S BEEN A PICTURE PERFECT POSTCARD TYPE OF DAY HERE IN CENTRAL PARK. WE DID GET 3.2 INCHES OF SNOW. WE WERE AT ABOUT A 16.5 INCH DEFICIT FOR THE SEASON. AND THIS COUPLED WITH THE ROUGHLY TWO INCHES WE GOT EARLIER IN THE YEAR, HOPEFULLY STARTING TO PUT A DENT

    IN THINGS. SO FOLKS HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN, FOOT TRAFFIC HAS BEEN FLUCTUATING. WE’RE GOING ON A NICE WALKS IN THE PARK HERE. WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE STILL DOING THEIR MORNING RUNS, WALKING DOGS. >> AND AS YOU STATED, KIDS WERE AT HOME TODAY OF VIRTUAL LEARNING. NOW, THEY DID HAVE A FEW ISSUES

    ,ISSUES, AND THAT’S BECAUSE IBM WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOGGING THEM, VERIFYING THOSE USERNAME PASSWORDS HAD SOME ISSUES. SO THEY WERE ABLE TO GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY SOME OF THIS DURING THEIR RECESS BREAK. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THINGS HAVE JUST BEEN REALLY PICTURESQUE HERE IN THE PARK OF THE PARK, A DIFFERENT STORY.

    OKAY, OAK ROADS, MAIN ROADS ARE PRETTY CLEAR IN NEW YORK CITY. SECONDARY ROADS. TAKE YOUR TIME. GIVE YOU SOME TIME SO YOU CAN TAKE TIME. AND THEN WE HAVE AIRLINE TRAVEL. I TOOK A LOOK AT THAT MISERY MAP. AND BOY, HAS IT BEEN MISERABLE FOR MUCH IN THE NORTHEAST.

    LAGUARDIA, THEY’RE SEEING MORE THAN 300 FLIGHT DELAYS OUT IN NEWARK, A BIG INTERNATIONAL SEEING 252 DELAYS THERE. AND OVER AT LEAST 100 DELAYS IN JFK. NOW, LET’S GO AHEAD AND GET TO THE FORECAST. FIRST, I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME CITIES THAT GOT THE BIG HITTERS RIGHT. SO FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, SAW

    15.5 INCHES OF SNOW. CHESTER, YORK, JUST OVER A FOOT AT 13 INCHES THERE. AND THE STORM IS NOW MOVING OUT. SO THE SNOW IS STOPPING, BUT THE NEXT STORY BEGINS. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT, THEY’RE DROPPING INTO THE 20. IT’S GOING TO BE COLD OUT THERE. YOU CAN EVEN SEE SOME FREEZING

    FOR THE FOLKS WHO SAW MORE RAIN. AND THEN AFTER WE SHOULD START TO GET A WARM UP. OKAY. SO BY THE END OF THE WEEK, TEMPERATURES FOR WASHINGTON, D.C., 48 DEGREES, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK CITY, 41, BOSTON, UPPER 30S, CLOSE TO 40. >> AND THAT SHOULD AID IN THE SNOW MELTING HERE.

    BUT FOR NOW, FOR THOSE WHO IN CENTRAL PARK, HOPEFULLY THEY’RE ENJOYING THEMSELVES. FOR THE REST OF YOU STAY OFF THE ROADS IF YOU. >> BACK TO YOU GUYS. IT DOES LOOK LIKE FOLKS ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME. EVEN SOME BEHIND YOU IN SHORTS. OKAY. MEANWHILE, STEPHANIE, YOU’RE IN A PRETTY COOL LOCATION.

    >> THEY’RE ACTUALLY INSIDE THE COMMAND CENTER IN PENNSYLVANIA WHERE CREWS CAN ACTUALLY MONITOR THE ON ALL THE VARIOUS SCREENS BEHIND YOU AND THE CONDITIONS SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO. EXACTLY. >> HERE HERE AT PENNSYLVANIA’S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INCIDENT COMMAND CENTER, THE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE INTERSTATE ACROSS

    THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA THAT’S ABOUT 40,000 MILES OF ROAD. >> THE STORM, AS SOME ARE AS MOVED OUT HERE, NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. >> THE ROADS ARE CLEAR. TAKE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF ON ONE OF THESE LIVE PICTURES HERE IN NORTHEAST. >> MANY PEOPLE DECIDED TO STAY HOME TODAY BECAUSE OF THIS

    STORM SO NOT MUCH GOING ON OUT THERE ON THE ROADS, BUT THE MORNING. WOW, THAT WAS TRICKY. THAT WET, STICKY SNOW WAS FALLING. WE FOLLOWED SOME SNOWPLOWS EARLIER THIS MORNING. THEY WERE PLOWING, SPREADING SALT WITH MORE THAN 2000 SNOWPLOWS ACROSS THE STATE WERE READY FOR THIS STORM. HERE’S A BIT OF OUR

    CONVERSATION EARLIER WITH EXECUTIVE FROM PENNDOT. >> OUR CREWS ARE HANDLING IT IT IS A DIFFICULT STORM BECAUSE IT IS A RUSH HOUR STORM. SO WE’RE SEEING THOUSAND VEHICLES A DAY ON OUR INTERSTATES AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY. SO IT IS A MORE DIFFICULT STORM BECAUSE OF THE TIMING.

    WHAT OUR CREWS ARE EXPERIENCE IN THEIR HANDLING. THEY SURE DID. NOW TO THE SOUTH EAST, US HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA, THEY DID SEE ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW, WHICH WAS WELCOME NEWS TO THE POCONOS, TO THE FOLKS OPERATING THE SKI SLOPES AT THE POCONOS. THEY’VE BEEN BELOW AVERAGE WHEN IT COMES TO SNOW.

    SO NOW THEY HAVE THAT NATURAL WHITE STUFF TO ENJOY GOING INTO THE PRESIDENT’S DAY WEEKEND. >> BACK OVER TO YOU. YES. YOU GO SKI WEEKEND. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, STEPHANIE AND SEEMA. APPRECIATE IT. >> THANKS. WE’RE GOING TO TURN TO WASHINGTON NOW. THE SENATE’S NEWLY PASSED $5 BILLION AID PACKAGE FOR

    UKRAINE, ISRAEL AND TAIWAN LOOKS TO BE DEAD IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BUT PRESIDENT BIDEN WENT FOR A HAIL MARY DELIVERING REMARKS URGING THE HOUSE TO TAKE UP THE UKRAINE AND ISRAEL AID BILL AFTER IT PASSED THE SENATE. >> LET’S TAKE A LISTEN. >> THIS BIPARTISAN BILL SENDS

    A CLEAR MESSAGE TO UKRAINIANS AND TO OUR PARTNERS AND TO OUR ALLIES AROUND THE WORLD. >> AMERICA CAN’T BE TRUSTED. AMERICA CAN’T BE RELIED. >> AND AMERICA STANDS UP FOR FREEDOM. WE STAND STRONG FOR OUR ALLIES. WE NEVER BOW DOWN TO ANYONE, AND CERTAINLY NOT TO VLADIMIR PUTIN.

    >> SO LET’S GET ON WITH THIS. >> LET’S BRING IN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS. ALSO OUR JAY O’BRIEN UP THERE ON THE HILL. C.J., PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLING ON SPEAKER JOHNSON TO BRING THE BILL TO THE FLOOR IMMEDIATELY. HE HAS SAID THAT HE WASN’T GOING TO, BUT HE DID JUST SAY

    THIS. >> NATIONAL SECURITY BEGAN WITH BORDER SECURITY. HE SAID THAT ALL ALONG. THAT BEEN MY COMMENT SINCE LATE OCTOBER IS MY COMMENT TODAY. BUT HOW CAN NATIONAL SECURITY BE PAIRED WITH BORDER SECURITY IF REPUBLICANS THE BORDER DEAL LAST WEEK? >> WHAT A GOOD QUESTION.

    I WAS JUST, IF YOU LIKE. THAT WAS A YEAR AGO LAST WEEK. YES. SO REALLY. THOSE COMMENTS PUT US FROM A HOUSE REPUBLICAN PERSPECTIVE GIVE RIGHT BACK TO SQUARE ONE BECAUSE IT WAS MONTHS AGO THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS THEN UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF KEVIN MCCARTHY, NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT, SAID THAT

    THEY WOULD NOT APPROVE FUNDING FOR UKRAINE IN ISRAEL IF IT WASN’T LINKED BORDER SECURITY PROVISIONS. THAT’S WHAT STARTED THOSE BIPARTISAN NEGOTIATIONS IN THE SENATE, THE PRODUCT OF WHICH WEEKS BACK, REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE ULTIMATELY REJECTED, SAID THEY DIDN’T LIKE THOSE BIPARTISAN TALKS. SO WHAT SPEAKER JOHNSON WAS

    SAYING THERE IS THAT HE WANTS BORDER SECURITY PROVISIONS PUT BACK INTO THIS PACKAGE FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE. BY THE WAY, THAT’S CHRIS, ONE OF THOSE SENATE NEGOTIATORS REACTING TO WHAT HE VIEWS AS THE IRONY OF ALL OF THIS. >> AND SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, IT MEANS DESPITE THE FACT

    THAT THIS PACKAGE PASSED IN THE SENATE WITH 22 REPUBLICAN VOTES, SPEAKER JOHNSON IS INDICATING THAT HE’S NOT GOING TO PUT IT ON THE HOUSE FLOOR FOR A VOTE WITHOUT THOSE BORDER PROVISIONS. AND THOSE ARE VERY TO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THIS DEAL BECAUSE A VERSION OF THEM WERE ALREADY IN THIS DEAL AND

    THEN TAKEN OUT BECAUSE REPUBLICANS DIDN’T LIKE THEM. IT MEANS THAT MODERATE REPUBLICANS MAY HAVE TO PARTNER WITH DEMOCRATS AND POTENTIALLY FORCE JOHNSON’S HAND HERE, BUT EVEN THAT LOOKS UNLIKELY RIGHT NOW. SO THAT THAT IS WHERE WE ARE IN THE HOUSE, DOES GO OVER TO THE WHITE HOUSE. KAREN, IN HIS REMARKS,

    PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED OUT FORMER DONALD TRUMP. WE ALL HEARD TRUMP SAY THAT AT ONE POINT DURING HIS PRESIDENCY, HE WAS ASKED BY THE PRESIDENT, BY THE LEADER OF A BIG COUNTRY, IF THE U.S. WOULD COME TO THE AS THE NATIVE ALLIANCE RECALLS REQUIRES. IF RUSSIA ATTACKED THEM.

    IT’S IF YOU DON’T PAY UP, I’D ENCOURAGE RUSSIA TO ATTACK YOU. >> WHAT’S PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING ABOUT THAT? YEAH, THE PRESIDENT REALLY WENT AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP VERY HARD ON THOSE COMMENTS SAYING THAT THIS WAS ESSENTIALLY AN INVITATION TO VLADIMIR PUTIN AND. VERY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE HE USED THOSE COMMENTS NOT JUST

    TO GO AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT, BUT TO LINK IT TO WHAT’S HAPPENING ON CAPITOL HILL, SAYING THAT THE FAILURE OF CONGRESS TO PASS THIS UKRAINE AID WOULD BE SENDING A MESSAGE TO PARTNERS AND ALLIES OVERSEAS AND ADVERSARIES. AND THOSE COMMENTS DO EXACTLY SAME THAT THE UNITED STATES CANNOT BE COUNTED ON.

    THE PRESIDENT SAID A VOTE FOR THIS FUNDING. $95 BILLION IN FOREIGN AID SAYS . YOU’RE STANDING UP TO PUTIN. VOTING AGAINST IT, THE PRESIDENT SAID, IS PLAYING INTO HIS HANDS. SO, KAREN JAY, WE WILL FOLLOW CLEARLY THE POLITICAL DRAMA AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> NEVER ENDING YET AND WE’LL CONTINUE AS CONGRESS WORKS

    TOWARD POTENTIALLY PASSING MORE AID FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE. THE U.S. IS STILL PUSHING FOR A DEAL BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS IN THE WAR. GAZA TODAY, CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM BURNS. HE IS IN IN EGYPT FOR TALKS AIMED AT SECURING THE RELEASE OF THE REMAINING BEING HELD BY HAMAS IN GAZA.

    AND HE’S ALSO LOOKING FOR TEMPORARY PAUSE, PERHAPS WEEKS LONG IN THE FIGHTING COMES AS PRESIDENT BIDEN IS JOINING THE GROWING CALLS FOR ISRAEL NOT TO LAUNCH A MAJOR GROUND OFFENSIVE INTO THE CITY OF RAFAH. INSIDE GAZA, SAYING TROOPS SHOULD HOLD OFF ATTACKING THAT CITY WITHOUT A, QUOTE, CREDIBLE PLAN TO PROTECT

    THE MORE THAN 1 MILLION PALESTINIANS WHO ARE SHELTERING THERE. >> BUT DESPITE ISRAEL INSISTING IT’S DOING EVERYTHING TO AVOID CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN GAZA, THE HAMAS HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS THE DEATH TOLL IS RISING. MORE THAN 20,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, ALONG WITH ANOTHER 68,000 WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED. OUR FOREIGN

    CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MOORE IS IN TEL AVIV. SO, MARCUS, WHITE HOUSE SPOKESPERSON JOHN KIRBY SAYING RENEWED NEGOTIATIONS FOR A HOSTAGE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, KYRA, PART OF IT MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT’S MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN THE SENSE THAT ALL THE PARTIES

    ARE TALKING, BUT THEY ARE SITTING AROUND THE TABLE AND THAT RIGHT NOW IS THE BIGGEST HOPE FOR THE FAMILIES, THOSE RELATIVES WHO ARE ARE WAITING FOR FOR THEIR LOVED ONES TO BE RELEASED, HOPEFULLY IN A HOSTAGE DEAL THAT MAY COME THIS. BUT IN TERMS OF ANY DETAILS ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC PROGRESS

    BEING MADE AT THIS POINT, WE DON’T KNOW. WE DO HAVE INFORMATION THAT THE ISRAELIS DID SEND A DELEGATION TO THIS MEETING IN CAIRO, BUT THEY ONLY WENT IN A CAPACITY TO LISTEN. THIS BECAUSE OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN, HAD ALREADY REJECTED AN EARLIER FRAMEWORK FOR A HOSTAGE DEAL. SO SO THAT’S WHERE THINGS

    AT THIS POINT, AGAIN, THE LATE WORD IS JUST YOU LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE, IT IS AN ENCOURAGING SIGN THAT AT LEAST THE SIDES ARE TALKING, EVEN THOUGH THERE HAS BEEN NO DEAL AT THIS POINT CAROL. TERRY. BUT MARCUS, IT TOOK A FRIGHTENING MOMENT. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING THE

    ISRAELIS WHEN THEY WENT INTO GAZA TO STAMP OUT HAMAS, WHICH HAD ATTACKED THEM SO HORRIFICALLY, THEY JUST LEVELED SO MUCH OF THE CITY, THE GAZA OF THE GAZA STRIP, AND PEOPLE FLED TO RAFAH. NOW THEY’RE THERE AND NOW RAFAH IS GOING TO GET ATTACKED. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SAYING

    ISRAEL HAS GOT TO COME UP WITH A CREDIBLE PLAN TO PROTECT THE CIVILIANS. WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE? YEAH, A LOT OF CONCERN RIGHT NOW ABOUT THAT SITUATION. AND AS YOU JUST THIS WAS THE SAFE HAVEN FOR THE FAMILIES WERE FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES IN THE MIDST OF ISRAEL’S

    BOMBARDMENT ON GAZA. AND NOW MANY OF THEM ARE HAVING TO LOOK AT LEAVING AGAIN. AND IN FACT, ALREADY WE HAVE SEEN IMAGES, FAMILIES WHO HAVE HAVE LEFT THAT AREA, BUT THEY REALLY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. AND IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF JUST HOW DIRE THE SITUATION IS.

    THERE BECAUSE THIS IS UNFOLDING RIGHT ALONG THE BORDER WITH EGYPT AND RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE PALESTINIANS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GO INTO EGYPT. AND SO THE CONCERN IS WHAT THIS THIS MILITARY, THIS GROUND OPERATION, WHAT IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE ON AN ALREADY HORRIBLE SITUATION FOR FAMILIES IS THE REASON WHY

    PRESIDENT BIDEN, AS WELL AS KING ABDULLAH OF JORDAN, WHO, AS YOU KNOW, I WAS IN WASHINGTON, HE THE SAME OF THE SAME CONCERN. AND SO IT WILL BE A MATTER OF TIME AS WE WATCH AND SEE. BUT AT THIS POINT, THERE HAS BEEN. ISRAEL HAS RELEASED NO SPECIFIC

    PLAN ON HOW THEY WILL GO ABOUT PROTECTING THOSE CIVILIANS. >> ALL RIGHT. WHAT WHAT A TERRIBLE PROBLEM THE WORLD CONFRONTS, MARCUS MOORE. WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE THERE FOR US. >> THANKS VERY MUCH. WELL, CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS HAS ASKED A SPECIAL COUNSEL INVESTIGATING PRESIDENT TRUMP, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, TO RESPOND TO FORMER

    PRESIDENT TRUMP’S MOTION TO FOR THE SUPREME COURT TO TEMPORARILY BLOCK TO STAY THE LOWER COURT’S DECISION THAT REJECTED HIS CLAIMS THAT HE IS IMMUNE FROM PROSECUTION SIMPLY BECAUSE, HE WAS PRESIDENT UNITED STATES. TRUMP’S LAWYERS ARGUED THE JUSTICES SHOULD ALLOW THIS APPEALS PROCESS TO PLAY OUT DUE TO THE HIGH STAKES FOR

    THE UPCOMING ALL ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE TRIAL HERE. THAT’S RIGHT. AND OUR SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING IT. SO LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT. WHAT EXACTLY DOES THE SUPREME COURT NEED TO EVEN CONSIDER THIS. >> ERIN, RIGHT NOW HERE, THE SUPREME COURT IS ONLY BEING ASKED TO PUT A PAUSE

    ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FEDERAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE BEING PROSECUTED OUT OF. WASHINGTON, D.C. EVENTUALLY, HE MAY WELL ASK THE SUPREME COURT TO IN A IN A BIGGER WAY. BUT FOR NOW, ALL HE WANTS IS FOR THE CASE TO GET PUT ON PAUSE, TO GIVE HIM TIME TO APPEAL, PERHAPS TO THE FULL

    D.C. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS. AND THEN, EVEN IF NECESSARY TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, BECAUSE HE ARGUES THAT AS A FORMER OF THE UNITED STATES, HE CANNOT BE PROSECUTED CRIMINALLY FOR ANY CONDUCT THAT TOOK PLACE WHILE HE WAS IN OFFICE. THAT HAS BEEN REJECTED BY A DISTRICT COURT AND BY A THREE

    JUDGE PANEL OF THE D.C. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS. BUT HE WANTS TO PRESS THAT CASE FURTHER. >> ALL RIGHT. SO, ERIN, HOW IS ALL THIS GOING TO AFFECT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S CASE? AND THIS THAT AT THE BOTTOM IS THAT IS THE BIG ONE IN THE FEDERAL COURTS. THE ONE THAT ACCUSES FORMER

    PRESIDENT TRUMP OF CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES AND INTERFERES WITH AN OFFICIAL BECAUSE HE INCITED THE RIOT AT THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6 TRYING TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION. >> SO HOW DOES THIS AFFECT CASE? >> IT’S ALREADY AFFECTED IT BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BEGIN IN THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH.

    AND ALREADY THE TRIAL JUDGE TANYA CHUTKAN HAS HAS CANCELED THAT DATE AND THERE’S NO TELLING WHEN IT COULD BEGIN IF TRUMP GETS HIS WAY AND THE APPEALS PROCESS DRAWN OUT. WELL, THEN WHO KNOWS WHEN THIS CASEOES TO TRIAL? AND THEN YOU COULD SEE THE FORMER PRESIDENT ARGUING

    THAT THE NEARER YOU ARE TO THE NEXT ELECTION. IT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO HIM TO PUT THIS CASE ON FOR TRIAL CLOSE TO NOVEMBER. THAT’S SOMETHING SPECIAL COUNSEL HAS WANTED TO AVOID. HE’S BEEN ASKING THE SUPREME JUST TO DECIDE THE QUESTION RIGHT NOW. SUPREME COURT. SO HASN’T DONE IT, BUT SPECIAL

    COUNSEL JACK SMITH HAS A WEEK TO TO CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS. >> ALL RIGHT, AARON KATERSKY THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THAT. WE DO HAVE BREAKING NEWS OUT OF THE PENTAGON. SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN, WE ARE TOLD, IS SET TO BE RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AS SOON AS TODAY. >> ABC NEWS PENTAGON REPORTER

    LUIS MARTINEZ JOINS NOW. >> LOUIS, WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THE SECRETARY? TELL YOU THE VERY LATEST IS THAT THE PENTAGON HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED LATER TODAY. THEY SAY THAT HE THE DUTIES THAT HE HOLDS, THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES ARE STILL HELD,

    BEING HELD BY THE DEPUTY, SUSPENDED PENDING BY THE DIVISION, DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE KATHLEEN HICKS. BUT THAT ONCE HE IS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL LATER TODAY, THEY SAY THAT ALL OF THOSE IDEAS WILL REVERT BACK TO HIM. NOW, AUSTIN RIGHT NOW IS SAID TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION.

    WE KNOW THAT HE WENT IN FOR WHAT IS LABELED AS AN EMERGING ISSUE. THAT WAS WHAT NECESSITATED NOW HIS THIRD HOSPITALIZATION IN TWO MONTHS AND PRESUMABLY THAT WAS A RESULT OF THE TREATMENT THAT HE RECEIVED FOR HIS CANCER DIAGNOSIS THAT HE WAS RECEIVED BACK IN EARLY DECEMBER. TOMORROW HE IS EXPECTED

    TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY IN A MEETING OF THE 50 NATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDING MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO, UKRAINE, THAT IS KNOWN AS THE UKRAINE DEFENSE CONTACT GROUP. AND THEY BE MEETING VIRTUALLY. AND SO IT IS EXPECTED THAT AUSTIN WILL MOST LIKELY BE DOING THAT FROM HOME, MUCH AS HE DID DURING HIS FIRST

    PUBLIC APPEARANCE AFTER THAT SECRET HOSPITALIZATION IN JANUARY. ALL RIGHT, LUIS MARTINEZ. WE’LL CONTINUE TO TRACK THE SECRETARY’S HEALTH, OF COURSE. >> AND COMING UP, INFLATION AND YOUR MONEY AS THE STOCK MARKET SEES ITS WORST DAY IN MONTHS. WHAT’S THE INFLATION RATE THAT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY MEANS

    TO YOU WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS? >> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS. >> ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY EXPLOSION. CONTINUE FOR UKRAINE.

    REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN. THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ,ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET’S GO BACK. TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY WITH THIS STORY FROM FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN

    ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. IN BEIRUT FOR, THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE NORTH 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 TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE,

    ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING THAT’S TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?

    ESCALATING TENSIONS, THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN AS BILLIONAIRES. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. TO MOVE. STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT 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 TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD AAM OR AND SEE WHY

    THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH TO YOU START HERE ABC NEWS NEEDED YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. INFLATION IS BACK IT JUMPED

    0.3% LAST MONTH. THAT’S HIGHER THAN WHAT ANALYSTS WERE EXPECTING AND HOPING FOR. INFLATION IS STILL DOWN LITTLE, A LITTLE OVER 3% COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST. BUT THAT’S MORE MONEY OUT OF YOUR POCKET. THAT’S OUR BUSINESS LISTENERS. CHRIS COVERS WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT ALL THIS. BREAK IT DOWN FOR US.

    >> SO, GUYS, THIS IS REALLY A SPEED BUMP ON THE FED’S JOURNEY TO 2%. >> INFLATION, 3.1%. A LOT BETTER THAN WHERE WE WERE IN JUNE OF 2022, WHEN INFLATION TOPPED 9%. STILL, CONSUMER PRICES ARE ABOUT 20% HIGHER THAN THEY WERE PRE-PANDEMIC. SO LET’S BREAK IT DOWN.

    MONTH OVER MONTH PRICES UP 0.3% YEAR OVER YEAR, UP 3.1%. >> WHAT THIS SHOWS US IS THAT HIGHER PRICES REMAIN. THEY’RE STICKING AROUND AND CERTAIN PARTS OF THE ECONOMY, WHICH IS DISCOURAGING FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE. BUT THEY DID WARN US THAT IT WASN’T GOING TO BE A STRAIGHT

    LINE DOWN AND THAT WE WERE GOING TO SOMETIMES SAY, KNOW, KIND OF TAKE ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST INFLATION. >> AND SO WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS, ALEXIS? YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE NOT BELIEVING WHAT THEY WERE BEING TOLD THAT THE ECONOMY IS GETTING BETTER.

    >> INFLATION WAS DOWN BECAUSE THEY TOOK SUCH A SHOCK WHEN THAT WHEN THE PRICES WENT UP SO HIGH. >> IS THAT HAVE A RAMIFICATION FOR THE BROADER ECONOMY, PEOPLE NOT SPENDING AS OR OR WHAT DOES IT DO YOU KNOW FOR FOR THE ECONOMY THAT PEOPLE ARE NOW WORRIED AGAIN RIGHT AND

    WE CONTINUE TO GET STICKER SHOCK IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ECONOMY. >> AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHERE THINGS SORT OF ROSE THE MOST AND THE LEAST. LAST MONTH AND ONCE AGAIN, IT’S THOSE RENT CONTINUING TO GO UP 6% YEAR OVER YEAR. WE’RE PAYING MORE FOR FOOD CONTINUALLY. AND GAS PRICES, THOUGH,

    ARE DOWN SO ARE USED CARS AND TRUCKS THAT THAT’S ACTUALLY BEEN A NICE TREND. AND ONE THING I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT, ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS OF INFLATION HERE HAVE NOW SHIFTED AWAY FROM GOODS LIKE GAS AND FOOD AND TO SERVICES AGAIN. SO WE’RE SEEING HIGHER PRICES

    FOR THINGS LIKE HOTELS, AIRFARES, MEDICAL CARE. AND IN FACT, AT HIS MOST RECENT PRESS, FED CHAIR JEROME POWELL POINTED OUT PERSISTENTLY HIGH SERVICES PRICES ARE A CONCERN BECAUSE IT’S HARDER TO GET INFLATION DOWN WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT SERVICES, WHILE STOCKS ARE SELLING OFF ON THE NEWS AS WELL. ALL MAJOR AVERAGES DOWN

    AT LEAST 1% AT SOME POINT TODAY. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HOW THE MARKETS ARE BASICALLY DIGESTING THIS REPORT? >> WE’VE HAD A RECORD RUN, RIGHT, FOR MARKETS. SO SOME OF THIS MIGHT JUST BE AN EXCUSE FOR INVESTORS TO GET OUT OF THE MARKET AT SUCH HIGH LEVELS. BUT I THINK OVERALL UNDERLYING

    HERE IS THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW ,FED PROBABLY WON’T BE CUTTING INTEREST RATES AT THE MAY MEETING AS MANY HAD HOPED. AND NOW SOME ARE LOOKING OUT TO THAT JUNE MEETING. THE FED WANTS TO SURE NOT TO CUT INTEREST RATES TOO SOON AND SORT OF GOOSED THE ECONOMY AND TO GET INFLATION MOVING

    HIGHER AGAIN. THEY WANT TO BE SURE INFLATION UNDER WRAPS AND WELL ON ITS WAY TO THAT 2% TARGET. GUYS ALEXIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU’RE WELCOME. WELL, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SAY THAT THEY ARE TIRED, THE SEXISM AND LOW WAGES. SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE DEMONSTRATING AROUND WORLD TODAY. THE ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL

    FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SAYS. IT WILL RALLY AND IT’LL BE THE LARGEST COLLECTIVE ACTION IN THE HISTORY OF ITS ORGANIZATION. >> THIS WORLDWIDE DAY OF ACTION IS BEING TO DEMAND HIGHER PAY AND THE END OF WHAT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS CALL, QUOTE LEGACY SEXISM. >> FOR MORE LET’S BRING IN ABC’S TRANSPORTATION REPORTER SAM SWEENEY SAM,

    WHAT AIRLINES ARE BEING AFFECTED THIS AND WHAT ARE THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS LOOKING FOR HERE? >> TERRY 100,000 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS FROM THREE SEPARATE UNIONS REPRESENTING THAN 24 AIRLINES. THE BIG AIRLINES HERE IN THE US SOUTHWEST AMERICAN UNITED AND ALASKA AIRLINES AND ALASKA WILL HAVE A STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTE LATER ON TODAY.

    NOW AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WAGES, THAT IS REALLY AT THE CENTER HERE. >> MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE NOT PAID WHEN THE PASSENGERS BOARDING THE PLANE, THEY’RE NOT PAID UNTIL THAT PARKING BRAKE IS RELEASED. THE MAIN CABIN DOOR IS CLOSED. SO IF THEY’RE ON A DELAY,

    THEY’RE SITTING IN THE AIRPORT OR EVEN ON THE PLANE WITH PASSENGERS AND THAT DOOR IS OPEN. THEY ARE NOT GETTING PAID THEY’RE NOT GETTING PAID WHEN THEY’RE GOING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. AND HAVE SAID THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RAISE IN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. AND THAT’S WHY THEY ARE DOING

    THIS DEMONSTRATION TODAY. >> HMM. AND YOU TALKING ABOUT DEMONSTRATION, NOT A STRIKE. WHY ARE THEY CHOOSING TO DEMONSTRATE VERSUS JUST HITTING THE PICKET LINES AND SAYING WE’RE NOT GOING TO WORK TILL WE GET WHAT WE WANT? >> SO THAT’S A COMPLICATED PROCESS TO DO. >> A STRIKE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

    THEY ARE UNDER CONTRACTS. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A CERTAIN PROCESS, INCLUDING MEDIATION. YOU KNOW, THIS THIS BACK AND FORTH WITH THE COMPANY. AND IT COULD TAKE YEARS. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, IF THEY DO GET A VOTE TO STRIKE, THEN THEY WILL GO THROUGH MORE OF A PROCESS.

    BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CAN STEP IN, SAY YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO STRIKE. BACK IN THE 90S, AMERICAN PILOTS, THEY TRIED TO STRIKE. THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION CAME IN AND SAID, NOT SO FAST GET BACK TO WORK AND FIGURE THIS OUT. SO IT IS A LENGTHY PROCESS.

    I EXPECT A STRIKE FROM AN AIRLINE AT ANY POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. >> HMM. ALL RIGHT, SAM, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COMING UP, LIVING ON THE EDGE. >> WHY THESE HOMES ARE NOW PERCHED ON TOP OF A CLIFF IN CALIFORNIA WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE.

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    WITH LINSEY DAVIS ON ABC NEWS LIVE, THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, ATTORNEY TOM GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION TODAY, SEVERAL BIG TIMES. GET A CHANCE TO AIR AND SORT OF A LOSS. YOU WHAT TO SAY? DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THE HOUSE?

    THE HOUSE THAT I DIDN’T I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M FACE TO FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG THE HOUSE HOUSEHOLD AND THE HUSTLER TO, YOU KNOW, REPORTING FROM THE FRONT LINES OF THE WAR IN ISRAEL? I’M IAN PANNELL WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU’RE STREAMING

    ABC NEWS LIVE TO THE TOP HEADLINES WE’RE FOLLOWING THIS HOUR ON ABC NEWS LIVE. THE BRITISH MILITARY RESEARCH CENTER SAYS RUSSIA HAS LOST THREE THOUSAND TANKS IN UKRAINE SINCE IT INVADED THE COUNTRY. THAT’S THE EQUIVALENT OF RUSSIA’S ENTIRE TANK FLEET BEFORE THE WAR. REPORT SAYS RUSSIA IS RETROFITTING ITS OLDER, POOR

    QUALITY SOVIET TANKS TO USE IN BATTLE GOING FORWARD. NEW GUN SAFETY LAWS TAKE EFFECT IN MICHIGAN TODAY AS THE STATE ONE YEAR SINCE THE DEADLY SHOOTING AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. THREE STUDENTS DIED. FIVE OTHERS WERE CRITICALLY INJURED IN THAT MASS SHOOTING. NEW LAWS IMPLEMENT SAFE STORAGE REQUIREMENTS, BACKGROUND CHECKS

    FOR GUN PURCHASES AND RED FLAG LAWS. AND THERE ARE THREE LARGE HOMES THAT ARE PERCHED ON A CLIFF IN DANA POINT, CALIFORNIA. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THEY ARE JUST FEET AWAY FROM FALLING INTO THE OCEAN A LANDSLIDE SENT SOME OF THE GROUND BENEATH THOSE HOMES TUMBLING DOWN CLIFF, LEAVING

    THEM RIGHT ON THE EDGE. THIS COMES AFTER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WAS SLAMMED BY TORRENTIAL RAIN AND BRUTAL MUDSLIDES. THE CITY OF DANA POINT SAYS THOSE HOMES HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AND THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THOSE PROPERTIES. I’M NOT SURE I GOT THE BALCONY THAT’S THAT PRETTY VIEW, THOUGH TIPS THEY ARE CERTAINLY

    WITH US. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS AND I’M TERRY MORAN. ABC NEWS LIVE IS FOR YOU ANY TIME FOR THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS WITH THAT. A LOT MORE ON THE OTHER SIDE. STAY WITH US. WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS

    TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST, ABC NEWS, “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE IN THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION. I HAVE A PULITZER. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. THESE ARE SECRET. WELL, WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW.

    THIS IS WHAT INSIDE THAT THIS WAS A CAMERA FOOTAGE. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING BE MURDERED BECAUSE THERE WERE NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. ANYWHERE. WOW. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? ABC NEWS.

    THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. START HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T COMING. >> YOU DID YOUR DAILY FIRST. LISTEN. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE, IT’S SHAMEFUL. IT’S DANGEROUS,

    IT’S UN-AMERICAN. BIDEN BLASTING DONALD TRUMP’S SUPPORT FOR RUSSIA, URGING HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO VOTE YES FOR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NEW WAY FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE, WHERE THINGS STAND ON CAPITOL HILL THIS HOUR. >> PLUS, NEW YORK IS DIGGING OUT OF ITS WORST SNOWSTORM IN TWO YEARS.

    >> OR BEST DEPENDING ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW. WE’VE GOT THE FORECAST FOR MILLIONS OF YOU IN THE NORTHEAST AND A CLOSER LOOK AT JUST HOW BAD OR GOOD THINGS COULD REALLY GET. AND INFLATION COMING IN HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR MONEY AND INTEREST RATES THIS HOUR.

    >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. AND I’M TERRY MORAN. AND WE BEGIN WITH A POWERFUL WINTER STORM THAT’S SLAMMING THE NORTHEAST. THE SNOW IS STARTING TO MOVE OUT, BUT COLD TEMPERATURES ARE MOVING IN TONIGHT. >> THE STORM TRIGGERED A SNOW EMERGENCY IN BOSTON. IN NEW YORK CITY, PUBLIC

    SCHOOLS MOVED TO REMOTE LEARNING TODAY. >> IT’S ACTUALLY THE FIRST WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NEW YORK CITY IN TWO YEARS. IT STARTED AS RAIN OVERNIGHT. THEN IT TURNED TO SNOW ACROSS, MUCH OF THE AREA. AND IN BOSTON, YOU SAW THE HEAVY SNOW THERE FORCING SCHOOLS TO SHUT DOWN.

    SOME AREAS COULD ACTUALLY SEE HALF A FOOT OF SNOW. IT’S ALSO COMING DOWN ACROSS CONNECTICUT. CONNECTICUT, RATHER, MAKING PRETTY DANGEROUS. >> AND DRIVERS THERE HAVE BEEN URGED TO BE VIGILANT. AND OUR EXTREME WEATHER TEAM IS TRACKING ALL OF IT. SOMARA THEODORE THERE. THERE YOU ARE IN CENTRAL PARK. LOOKS BEAUTIFUL THERE.

    BUT MORE THAN THREE INCHES OF SNOW, I GUESS. AND I’M PRO SNOW IN WINTER, SO LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. OH, MAN. AND SO IS EVERYONE WHO’S BEEN COMING DOWN HERE, ESPECIALLY THE VISITORS. YOU KNOW, IT’S BEEN A PICTURE PERFECT POSTCARD TYPE OF DAY HERE IN CENTRAL PARK.

    WE DID GET 3.2 INCHES OF SNOW. WE WERE AT ABOUT A 16.5 INCH DEFICIT FOR THE SEASON. AND THIS COUPLED WITH THE ROUGHLY TWO INCHES WE GOT EARLIER IN THE YEAR, HOPEFULLY STARTING TO PUT DENT IN THINGS. SO FOLKS HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN, FOOT TRAFFIC HAS BEEN FLUCTUATING.

    WE’RE GOING OUT NICE LONG WALKS IN THE PARK HERE. WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE STILL DOING THEIR MORNING RUNS, WALKING THEIR DOGS. >> AND AS YOU STATED, KIDS WERE AT HOME TODAY BECAUSE OF VIRTUAL LEARNING. NOW, THEY DID HAVE FEW ISSUES, CONNECTIVITY ISSUES, AND THAT’S BECAUSE IBM, WHO’S RESPONSIBLE FOR LOGGING THE MEMORY

    OF VERIFYING THOSE USERNAMES AND PASSWORDS HAD, SOME ISSUES. SO HOPEFULLY THEY WERE ABLE TO GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY SOME OF THIS DURING THEIR RECESS BREAK. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THINGS HAVE JUST BEEN REALLY PICTURESQUE HERE. THE PARK OUTSIDE OF THE PARK, A DIFFERENT STORY. ROADS, MAIN ROADS, PRETTY

    CLEAR IN NEW YORK CITY. SECONDARY ROADS. TAKE YOUR TIME. GIVE YOU SOME TIME. YOU CAN TAKE YOUR TIME. AND THEN WE HAVE AIRLINE TRAVEL. I TOOK A LOOK AT THAT MISERY. AND BOY, HAS IT BEEN MISERABLE FOR MUCH IN THE NORTHEAST. LAGUARDIA THEY’RE SEEING MORE THAN 300 FLIGHT DELAYS OUT

    IN NEWARK, A BIG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SAYING 252 DELAYS THERE. AN OVER AT LEAST 100 DELAYS IN JFK. NOW, LET’S GO AHEAD AND GET TO THIS FORECAST. FIRST, I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME CITIES THAT GOT THE BIG HITTERS RIGHT. SO FARMINGTON SAW 15.5 INCHES OF SNOW. CHESTER, NEW YORK, JUST OVER

    A FOOT AT 13 INCHES THERE. AND THE STORM SYSTEM NOW MOVING OUT. SO THE SNOW IS STOPPING. BUT THE NEXT STORY BEGINS. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT, THEY’RE DROPPING INTO THE 20 IT. IT’S GOING TO BE COLD OUT THERE. COULD EVEN SEE SOME FREEZING FOR THE FOLKS WHO SAW MORE RAIN.

    AND THEN THAT WE SHOULD START TO GET A WARM UP. SO BY THE END OF THE WEEK, TEMPERATURES FOR WASHINGTON, D.C., 48 DEGREES. PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK CITY, 41, BOSTON, UPPER 30S, CLOSE TO 40. AND THAT SHOULD AID IN THE SNOW MELTING HERE. BUT FOR NOW, FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CENTRAL PARK, HOPEFULLY

    THEY’RE ENJOYING THEMSELVES. FOR THE REST OF YOU, STAY OFF THE ROADS IF YOU CAN. >> BACK TO YOU GUYS. THAT’S LOOK LIKE FOLKS ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME EVEN RUNNERS BEHIND YOU IN SHORTS. OKAY. MEANWHILE, STEPHANIE, YOU’RE IN A PRETTY COOL LOCATION. >> THEY’RE ACTUALLY INSIDE COMMAND CENTER IN PENNSYLVANIA WHERE CREWS CAN

    ACTUALLY MONITOR ROADS ON ALL THE VARIOUS SCREENS BEHIND YOU AND THE CONDITIONS SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY TO GO EXACTLY HERE HERE AT PENNSYLVANIA’S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. >> INCIDENTS CENTER, THE TEAMS ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE INTERSTATE ACROSS, THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. >> THAT’S ABOUT 40,000 MILES OF ROAD.

    THE STORM, AS SOME ARE MENTIONED, HAS MOVED OUT HERE IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA . THE ROADS ARE CLEAR. TAKE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF ON ONE OF THESE LIVE PICTURES HERE IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. >> MANY PEOPLE DECIDED TO STAY HOME TODAY OF THIS STORM. SO NOT MUCH GOING ON OUT THERE

    ON THE ROADS, BUT THE MORNING COMMUTE. WOW, THAT WAS TRICKY. THAT STICKY SNOW WAS FALLING. WE FOLLOWED SOME SNOWPLOWS EARLIER MORNING. THEY WERE PLOWING AND SPREADING SALT WITH MORE THAN 2000 SNOWPLOWS ACROSS THE STATE. CREWS WERE READY FOR THIS STORM. HERE’S A BIT OF OUR CONVERSATION EARLIER WITH AN EXECUTIVE FROM PENNDOT.

    >> OUR CREWS ARE HANDLING IT. IT IS A DIFFICULT STORM BECAUSE . IT IS A RUSH HOUR STORM. SO WE’RE SEEING 30,000 VEHICLES A DAY ON THE INTERSTATES AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY. SO IT IS A MORE DIFFICULT STORM BECAUSE OF THE TIMING. WHAT OUR CREWS ARE EXPERIENCED IN HANDLING.

    THEY SURE DID. NOW TO THE SOUTHEAST OF US IN PENNSYLVANIA, THEY DID SEE ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW, WHICH WAS WELCOME NEWS TO THE POCONOS, TO THE FOLKS OPERATING THOSE SLOPES AT THE POCONOS. THEY’VE BEEN BELOW AVERAGE WHEN IT COMES TO SNOW. SO NOW THEY HAVE THAT NATURAL

    WHITE STUFF TO ENJOY GOING INTO THE PRESIDENT’S DAY WEEKEND. BACK OVER TO YOU. YES. AND GO SKI WEEKEND. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, STEPHANIE. AND SMART. >> APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. WE’RE GOING TO TURN TO WASHINGTON NOW. THE SENATE’S NEWLY PASSED $95 BILLION AID PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE. ISRAEL AND TAIWAN LOOKS TO BE

    DEAD IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. BUT PRESIDENT BIDEN WENT FOR A HAIL MARY DELIVERING REMARKS URGING. THE HOUSE TO TAKE UP THE UKRAINE AND ISRAEL AID BILL AFTER IT PASSED THE SENATE . >> LET’S TAKE A LISTEN. THIS BIPARTISAN BILL SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE, UKRAINIANS AND TO OUR PARTNERS AND TO

    OUR ALLIES, THE WORLD, AMERICA CAN BE TRUSTED. AMERICA BE RELIED UPON. AND AMERICA STANDS UP FOR FREEDOM. >> WE STAND STRONG FOR OUR ALLIES. WE NEVER BOW DOWN ANYONE, AND CERTAINLY NOT TO VLADIMIR PUTIN. >> SO LET’S GET ON WITH THIS. >> OKAY. I’M BRINGING WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS, ALSO

    OUR JAY O’BRIEN UP THERE ON THE HILL. SO, JAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLING ON SPEAKER JOHN ENSIGN TO BRING THE BILL TO THE FLOOR IMMEDIATELY. HE HAS SAID THAT HE WASN’T GOING TO, BUT HE DID JUST SAY THIS. >> NATIONAL SECURITY BEGINS WITH BORDER SECURITY. THEY SAID THAT THAT’S BEEN

    MY COMMENT SINCE LATE OCTOBER IS MY COMMENT TODAY. BUT HOW CAN NATIONAL SECURITY PAIRED WITH BORDER SECURITY IF REPUBLICANS THE BORDER DEAL LAST WEEK? >> WHAT A GOOD QUESTION THAT WAS. DOESN’T IT FEEL LIKE THAT WAS A YEAR AGO LAST WEEK? YES. SO REALLY, THOSE COMMENTS PUT

    US FROM A HOUSE PERSPECTIVE RIGHT BACK TO SQUARE ONE, BECAUSE IT WAS MONTHS AGO THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS THEN, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF KEVIN MCCARTHY, NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT SAID THAT THEY WOULD NOT APPROVE FUNDING FOR UKRAINE ISRAEL IF IT WASN’T LINKED TO BORDER SECURITY PROVISIONS. THAT’S WHAT STARTED THOSE BIPARTISAN NEGOTIATIONS IN THE

    SENATE, THE PRODUCT OF WHICH WEEKS BACK REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE ULTIMATELY REJECTED AND SAID THEY DIDN’T LIKE THOSE BIPARTISAN TALKS. SO SPEAKER JOHNSON WAS SAYING THERE IS THAT HE WANTS BORDER SECURITY PROVISIONS PUT BACK INTO THIS PACKAGE FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE. BY THE WAY, THAT’S CHRIS MURPHY, ONE OF THOSE

    SENATE NEGOTIATORS REACTING TO WHAT HE VIEWS AS THE IRONY OF ALL OF THIS. >> AND SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, IT MEANS THAT DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS PACKAGE PASSED IN THE SENATE WITH 22 REPUBLICAN VOTES, SPEAKER JOHNSON IS INDICATING THAT HE’S NOT GOING TO PUT IT

    ON THE HOUSE FLOOR FOR A VOTE WITHOUT THOSE BORDER PROVISIONS . AND THOSE ARE VERY UNLIKELY TO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THIS DEAL BECAUSE A VERSION OF WERE ALREADY IN THIS DEAL AND THEN TAKEN OUT BECAUSE REPUBLICANS DIDN’T LIKE THEM. IT THAT MODERATE REPUBLICANS MAY HAVE TO PARTNER WITH DEMOCRATS AND POTENTIALLY

    FORCE JOHNSON’S HAND HERE. BUT EVEN THAT LOOKS UNLIKELY RIGHT NOW. SO THAT THAT IS WHERE WE ARE IN THE HOUSE DOES GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE. KAREN, IN HIS REMARKS, PRESIDENT CALLED OUT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. WE ALL HEARD TRUMP THAT AT ONE POINT DURING HIS PRESIDENCY,

    HE WAS BY THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THE LEADER OF A BIG COUNTRY. IF THE U.S. WOULD COME TO THE AID, AS THE NATO ALLIANCE RECALLS REQUIRES. IF RUSSIA ATTACKED THEM, IT’S IF YOU DON’T PAY UP, I’D ENCOURAGE RUSSIA TO ATTACK YOU. >> WHAT’S PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING ABOUT THAT? YEAH, THE PRESIDENT REALLY WENT

    AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP VERY HARD ON THOSE COMMENTS SAYING THAT THIS WAS ESSENTIALLY AN INVITATION TO VLADIMIR PUTIN. ENTRY IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE HE USED THOSE COMMENTS NOT JUST TO GO AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO LINK IT TO WHAT’S HAPPENING ON CAPITOL HILL, SAYING THAT THE FAILURE OF CONGRESS TO PASS THIS

    UKRAINE AID WOULD BE SENDING A MESSAGE TO PARTNERS AND ALLIES OVERSEAS AND ADVERSARIES. AND THOSE COMMENTS DO EXACTLY THE SAME. THE UNITED STATES CANNOT BE COUNTED ON. THE PRESIDENT SAID A, FOR THIS FUNDING, $95 BILLION IN FOREIGN AID STAND STANDING UP TO PUTIN IN VOTING AGAINST IT, THE PRESIDENT SAID, IS PLAYING

    INTO HIS HANDS. SO, KAREN JAY, WE WILL FOLLOW CLEARLY THE POLITICAL AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> NEVER ENDING YET AND WILL CONTINUE AS CONGRESS WORKS TOWARD POTENTIALLY PASSING MORE AID FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE. THE U.S. IS STILL FOR A DEAL BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS IN THE IN GAZA TODAY, CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM BURNS.

    HE IS IN CAIRO IN EGYPT FOR TALKS AIMED AT SECURING THE RELEASE OF THE REMAINING HOSTAGES BEING HELD BY HAMAS IN GAZA. AND HE’S ALSO LOOKING FOR A TEMPORARY PAUSE, PERHAPS WEEKS LONG IN THE FIGHTING. THIS COMES AS PRESIDENT BIDEN IS JOINING THE GROWING CALLS FOR ISRAEL NOT TO LAUNCH

    A MAJOR GROUND OFFENSIVE INTO THE CITY OF RAFAH INSIDE GAZA, SAYING TROOPS SHOULD HOLD OFF ATTACKING THAT CITY WITHOUT A, QUOTE, CREDIBLE PLAN TO. >> PROTECT THE MORE THAN 1 MILLION PALESTINIANS WHO ARE SHELTERING THERE, DESPITE ISRAEL INSISTING IT’S DOING EVERYTHING TO AVOID CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN GAZA. THE HAMAS RUN HEALTH MINISTRY

    SAYS THE DEATH TOLL IS RISING. MORE THAN 28,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, ALONG WITH ANOTHER 68,000 WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MOORE IS IN TEL AVIV. SO MARCUS WHITE HOUSE SPOKESPERSON JOHN, SAYING RENEWED NEGOTIATIONS FOR A HOSTAGE DEAL ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

    WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, KYRA, AND PART OF IT MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT’S MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN THE SENSE THAT ALL THE PARTIES ARE TALKING, BUT THEY ARE SITTING AROUND THE TABLE AND THAT RIGHT NOW IS, THE BIGGEST HOPE FOR THE FAMILIES, THOSE RELATIVES

    WHO ARE ARE WAITING FOR FOR THEIR LOVED ONES TO BE RELEASED, HOPEFULLY IN A HOSTAGE DEAL THAT MAY COME THIS . BUT IN TERMS OF ANY DETAILS ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC BEING MADE AT THIS POINT, WE DON’T KNOW. WE DO HAVE INFORMATION THAT THE ISRAELIS DID SEND A DELEGATION

    UP TO THIS MEETING IN CAIRO, BUT THEY ONLY WENT IN A CAPACITY TO TO LISTEN. THIS BECAUSE OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAD ALREADY REJECTED AN EARLIER FRAMEWORK FOR A HOSTAGE DEAL. SO SO THAT’S WHERE THINGS STAND AT THIS POINT. AGAIN, THE LATE WORD IS JUST WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE

    BIG PICTURE, IT IS AN ENCOURAGING SIGN THAT AT LEAST SIDES ARE TALKING, EVEN THOUGH THERE HAS BEEN NO DEAL AT THIS POINT CAROL. >> TERRY. >> BUT MARCUS, IT’S SUCH A FRIGHTENING MOMENT. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING THE ISRAELIS WHEN THEY WENT INTO GAZA TO STAMP OUT HAMAS, WHICH HAD ATTACKED THEM SO

    HORRIFICALLY, THEY JUST LEVELED SO MUCH OF THE THE THE GAZA OF THE GAZA STRIP AND PEOPLE FLED TO RAFAH. NOW THEY’RE THERE AND NOW RAFAH IS GOING TO GET ATTACKED. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SAYING ISRAEL’S GOT TO COME UP WITH A CREDIBLE PLAN TO PROTECT THE CIVILIANS. WHAT’S GOING TO THERE?

    YEAH, A LOT OF CONCERN, TERRY, RIGHT NOW ABOUT THAT SITUATION AND AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, THIS WAS THE SAFE HAVEN FOR. THE FAMILIES WHO WERE FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES IN THE MIDST OF ISRAEL’S BOMBARDMENT, GAZA. AND NOW MANY OF THEM ARE HAVING TO LOOK AT LEAVING AGAIN. AND IN FACT, ALREADY WE

    HAVE SEEN IMAGES OF FAMILIES WHO HAVE HAVE LEFT THAT AREA, BUT THEY REALLY HAVE NOWHERE GO. AND IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF JUST HOW DIRE THE SITUATION IS THERE BECAUSE. THIS IS UNFOLDING RIGHT ALONG THE BORDER WITH EGYPT. AND RIGHT NOW, THESE PALESTINIANS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GO INTO EGYPT.

    AND SO THE CONCERN IS WHAT THIS THIS MILITARY, THIS GROUND OPERATION, WHAT IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE ON AN ALREADY HORRIBLE SITUATION FOR, THOSE FAMILIES IS THE REASON WHY PRESIDENT BIDEN, AS WELL AS KING ABDULLAH OF JORDAN, WHO AS YOU KNOW, I WAS IN WASHINGTON, HE EXPRESSED THE SAME OF THE SAME CONCERN.

    AND SO IT WILL BE A MATTER OF TIME AS WE WATCH AND SEE. BUT AT THIS POINT, THERE HAS NO. ISRAEL HAS RELEASED NO SPECIFIC PLAN ON HOW THEY WILL GO PROTECTING THOSE CIVILIANS. ALL RIGHT. WHAT A WHAT A TERRIBLE PROBLEM THE WORLD CONFRONTS, MARCUS MOORE. WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE THERE FOR, US.

    THANKS VERY MUCH. WELL, CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS HAS ASKED A SPECIAL COUNSEL INVESTIGATING PRESIDENT TRUMP, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, TO RESPOND TO FORMER TRUMP’S MOTION TO FOR THE SUPREME COURT TO TEMPORARILY TO STAY THE LOWER COURT’S DECISION THAT REJECTED HIS CLAIMS THAT HE IS IMMUNE FROM PROSECUTION SIMPLY BECAUSE HE IS PRESIDENT.

    UNITED STATES. TRUMP’S LAWYER ARGUED THE JUSTICES SHOULD ALLOW THIS APPEALS PROCESS TO PLAY OUT DUE TO THE HIGH STAKES FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS, ALL ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE TRIAL HERE. THAT’S RIGHT. AND OUR SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT, AARON KATERSKY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING IT. SO LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT

    EXACTLY DOES SUPREME COURT NEED TO EVEN CONSIDER THIS, ERIN RIGHT NOW HERE? >> THE SUPREME COURT IS ONLY BEING ASKED TO PUT A PAUSE ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FEDERAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE BEING PROSECUTED OUT OF WASHINGTON, D.C. EVENTUALLY ,HE MAY WELL ASK THE SUPREME COURT TO INTERVENE IN A IN A BIGGER WAY.

    BUT FOR NOW, ALL HE WANTS IS FOR THE CASE TO GET PUT PAUSE, TO GIVE HIM TIME TO APPEAL, PERHAPS TO THE FULL CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, AND THEN, EVEN IF NECESSARY, TO THE U.S. SUPREME, BECAUSE HE ARGUES THAT AS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, HE CANNOT BE PROSECUTED

    CRIMINALLY FOR ANY CONDUCT THAT TOOK PLACE WHILE HE WAS IN OFFICE. THAT HAS BEEN REJECTED BY A DISTRICT COURT AND BY A THREE JUDGE PANEL OF THE D.C. COURT OF APPEALS. >> BUT HE WANTS TO PRESS THAT CASE FURTHER. ALL RIGHT. SO WHERE AND HOW IS ALL THIS GOING TO AFFECT THE SPECIAL

    COUNSEL’S? AND THIS CASE AT THE BOTTOM IS THAT IS THE BIG ONE IN THE FEDERAL COURTS, THE ONE THAT ACCUSES FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP OF CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES IN ADVANCE OF AN OFFICIAL PROCEEDING BECAUSE HE INCITED THE RIOT AT THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6 TRYING TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION.

    SO HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THAT CASE? IT’S ALREADY AFFECTED IT BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BEGIN IN THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH. AND ALREADY THE TRIAL JUDGE, TANYA CHUTKAN HAS HAS CANCELED THAT DATE AND THERE’S NO TELLING WHEN IT COULD BEGIN. TRUMP GETS HIS WAY AND THE

    APPEALS PROCESS IS DRAWN OUT. WELL, THEN WHO KNOWS WHEN THIS CASE GOES TO TRIAL AND THEN YOU COULD SEE THE FORMER PRESIDENT ARGUING THAT THE NEARER YOU ARE TO THE NEXT ELECTION, IT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO HIM TO PUT THIS CASE ON FOR TRIAL CLOSE TO NOVEMBER. THAT’S SOMETHING THE SPECIAL

    COUNSEL HAS WANTED TO AVOID. HE’S BEEN ASKING THE SUPREME COURT JUST TO DECIDE QUESTION RIGHT NOW. SUPREME COURT SO FAR HASN’T DONE IT, BUT SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH HAS A WEEK TO RESPOND TO CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS. >> ALL RIGHT, AARON KATERSKY THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THAT. WE DO HAVE BREAKING NEWS OUT

    OF THE PENTAGON. DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN ,WE ARE TOLD, IS SET TO BE RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AS SOON AS TODAY. >> ABC NEWS PENTAGON REPORTER LUIS MARTINEZ JOINS US NOW. LOUIS, WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THE SECRETARY? >> TELL YOU THE VERY LATEST IS THAT THE PENTAGON HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT DEFENSE

    SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED LATER TODAY. THEY SAY THAT HE THE DUTIES THAT HE HOLDS THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES ARE STILL HELD BEING HELD BY DEPUTY IN THE PENTAGON TO BE BY THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, KATHLEEN HICKS, BUT THAT ONCE HE IS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL

    LATER TODAY, THEY SAY THAT ALL OF THOSE UNITS WILL REVERT TO HIM NOW. AUSTIN RIGHT NOW IS SAID TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. WE KNOW THAT HE WENT IN FOR WHAT WAS LABELED AS AN EMERGENT ISSUE. THAT WAS WHAT NECESSITATED NOW HIS THIRD HOSPITALIZATION IN TWO MONTHS. AND PRESUMABLY THAT WAS

    A RESULT OF THE TREATMENT THAT HE RECEIVED FOR HIS CANCER DIAGNOSIS THAT HE WAS RECEIVED BACK IN EARLY DECEMBER. TOMORROW, HE IS EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY IN A MEETING OF THE 50 NATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDING MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE THAT IS KNOWN AS THE UKRAINE DEFENSE CONTACT GROUP.

    AND THEY WILL BE MEETING VIRTUALLY. AND SO IT IS EXPECTED THAT AUSTIN WILL MOST LIKELY BE DOING THAT FROM HOME, MUCH AS HE DID DURING HIS FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE AFTER THAT SECRET IN JANUARY. >> ALL RIGHT, LUIS MARTINEZ WE’LL CONTINUE TO TRACK THE SECRETARY’S HEALTH, OF COURSE.

    >> AND COMING UP, INFLATION AND YOUR MONEY IS THE STOCK MARKET SEES ITS WORST DAY IN MONTHS. WHAT THE INFLATION RATE THAT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY MEANS TO YOU? >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. FRUSTRATED 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 STRUCT KEPT FOR STORE LONG . >> I-5 IS IN THE BULL’S EYE. ABC NEWS LIKE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY TIME ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS.

    >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, WORLD NEWS WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION AND TO ME, WHAT WE’VE SEEN MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS.

    THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD, OUR MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH

    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. GET READY, AMERICA. EVERY THE HOTTEST TRENDS DIALS AND MUST HAVE WHAT’S THE RIGHT STEP BUY RIGHT NOW.

    I REALLY LOVE THAT IT’S TIME TO BUY THE RIGHT STUFF AND SAVE BIG TIME TO THE RIGHT STUFF. RIGHT? AND “GMA”, YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE. USE COMPANY ON ABC NEWS AT BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO FASTER, SMARTER AND CUSTOMIZABLE TO YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU BEING IN THE KNOW

    YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW ABC NEWS AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. INFLATION IS BACK. IT JUMPED 0.3% LAST MONTH. THAT’S HIGHER THAN WHAT ANALYSTS WERE EXPECTING AND HOPING FOR. >> INFLATION IS STILL DOWN

    A LITTLE, A LITTLE OVER 3% COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR. BUT THAT’S MORE MONEY OUT OF YOUR POCKET. THAT’S OUR BUSINESS FOR A SPOT LESS CHRIS EVANS, WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT ALL THIS. >> BREAK IT DOWN FOR US, ALEXIS. SO THIS IS REALLY A SPEED BUMP ON THE FED’S JOURNEY TO 2%

    INFLATION, 3.1%. >> A LOT THAN WHERE WE WERE IN JUNE OF 2022 WHEN INFLATION TOPPED 9%. STILL, CONSUMER PRICES ARE ABOUT 20% HIGHER THAN THEY WERE PRE-PANDEMIC. SO LET’S BREAK IT DOWN. MONTH OVER MONTH PRICES UP 0.3% YEAR OVER YEAR, UP 3.1%. WHAT THIS SHOWS US IS THAT HIGHER PRICES REMAIN STICKY.

    THEY’RE STICKING AROUND AND CERTAIN PARTS OF ECONOMY, WHICH IS DISCOURAGING FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE. BUT THEY DID WARN US, RIGHT, THAT IT WASN’T GOING TO BE A STRAIGHT LINE DOWN AND THAT WE GOING TO SOMETIMES SAY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TAKE ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST INFLATION.

    >> AND SO WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS, ALEXIS? >> YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE NOT BELIEVING WHAT THEY WERE BEING TOLD, THAT THE ECONOMY IS GETTING BETTER INFLATION WAS DOWN, TOO, BECAUSE THEY TOOK SUCH A SHOCK WHEN THAT WHEN THE PRICES WENT UP SO HIGH. IS THAT HAVE A RAMIFICATION FOR

    THE BROADER ECONOMY? PEOPLE NOT SPENDING AS MUCH OR OR WHAT DOES IT DO, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR THE ECONOMY THAT PEOPLE ARE NOW WORRIED AGAIN RIGHT NOW WE CONTINUE TO GET STICKER SHOCK IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ECONOMY. >> I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHERE THINGS SORT OF ROSE THE MOST

    AND THE LEAST LAST MONTH. AND ONCE AGAIN, IT’S THOSE BASICS. RENT CONTINUING TO GO UP 6% YEAR OVER YEAR. WE’RE PAYING MORE FOR FOOD CONTINUALLY. AND GAS PRICES, THOUGH, ARE DOWN. SO ARE USED CARS AND TRUCKS THAT THAT’S ACTUALLY BEEN A NICE TREND. AND ONE THING I REALLY WANT

    TO POINT OUT, ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS OF INFLATION HERE HAVE NOW SHIFTED AWAY FROM GOODS LIKE GAS AND FOOD AND TO SERVICES ONCE AGAIN. SO WE’RE SEEING PRICES FOR THINGS LIKE HOTELS, AIRFARES, RESTAURANTS, MEDICAL CARE. AND IN FACT, AT HIS MOST RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE, FED CHAIR JEROME POWELL POINTED OUT

    PERSISTENTLY HIGH SERVICES PRICES ARE A CONCERN BECAUSE IT’S HARDER TO GET INFLATION DOWN WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT SERVICES. >> WHILE STOCKS ARE SELLING OFF ON THE NEWS AS WELL, ALL MAJOR AVERAGES DOWN AT LEAST 1% AT SOME POINT TODAY. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HOW THE MARKETS BASICALLY DIGESTING THIS REPORT?

    >> WE’VE HAD A RECORD RUN RIGHT FOR THE MARKET, SO SOME OF THIS MIGHT JUST BE AN EXCUSE FOR INVESTORS TO GET OUT OF THE MARKET SUCH HIGH LEVELS. BUT I THINK OVERALL UNDERLYING HERE IS THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FED PROBABLY WON’T BE CUTTING INTEREST RATES

    AT THE MAY MEETING AS MANY HOPED, AND NOW SOME ARE LOOKING OUT TO THAT JUNE MEETING. THE FED WANTS TO. SURE NOT TO CUT INTEREST RATES TOO SOON AND SORT OF GOOSED THE ECONOMY AND TO GET INFLATION MOVING HIGHER AGAIN. THEY WANT TO BE SURE INFLATION IS UNDER WRAPS AND WELL ON ITS

    WAY TO THAT 2% TARGET GUYS. ALEXIS, THANK YOU SO. YOU’RE WELCOME. WELL, FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SAY THAT THEY ARE TIRED OF THE SEXISM AND LOW WAGES. SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE DEMONSTRATING AROUND THE WORLD TODAY. THE ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SAYS IT WILL RALLY AND IT’LL BE THE

    LARGEST COLLECTIVE ACTION IN THE HISTORY OF ITS. THIS WORLDWIDE DAY OF ACTION IS BEING HELD TO HIGHER PAY AND THE END OF WHAT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS CALL, QUOTE, LEGACY SEXISM. >> SO FOR MORE, LET’S BRING IN OVERSEAS TRANSPORTATION SAM SWEENEY. SAM, WHAT AIRLINES ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THIS AND WHAT

    ARE THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS LOOKING FOR HERE? >> TERRY, IT’S 100,000 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS FROM THREE SEPARATE UNIONS REPRESENTING, MORE THAN 24 AIRLINES, THE BIG AIRLINES HERE IN THE US SOUTHWEST, AMERICAN UNITED AND ALASKA AIRLINES AND ALASKA WILL HAVE A STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTE LATER ON TODAY. NOW AS YOU WERE TALKING

    ABOUT WAGES, THAT IS REALLY AT THE CENTER HERE. >> MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE NOT PAID WHEN THE PASSENGERS BOARDING THE PLANE, THEY’RE NOT PAID UNTIL THAT PARKING BRAKE IS RELEASED. THE MAIN CABIN DOOR IS CLOSED. SO IF THEY’RE ON A DELAY, THEY’RE SITTING IN THE AIRPORT

    OR EVEN ON THE PLANE WITH PASSENGERS AND THAT DOOR IS OPEN. THEY ARE NOT GETTING PAID. THEY’RE NOT GETTING PAID WHEN THEY’RE GOING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. AND SOME HAVE SAID THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RAISE IN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, AND THAT’S WHY THEY ARE DOING THIS DEMONSTRATION TODAY.

    >> HMM. AND YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT DEMONSTRATION, NOT A STRIKE. WHY ARE THEY CHOOSING TO DEMONSTRATE VERSUS JUST HITTING THE PICKET LINES AND SAYING WE’RE NOT GOING TO WORK TILL WE GET WHAT WE WANT. >> SO THAT’S A COMPLICATED PROCESS TO DO. A STRIKE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY ARE UNDER CONTRACTS.

    THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A CERTAIN PROCESS, INCLUDING MEDIATION, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS BACK AND FORTH WITH THE COMPANY. AND IT COULD TAKE YEARS. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, IF THEY DO GET A VOTE TO STRIKE, THEN THEY WILL GO THROUGH MORE OF A PROCESS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,

    THE U.S. GOVERNMENT COULD STEP IN AND SAY YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO STRIKE. >> BACK IN THE 90S, AMERICAN AIRLINES PILOTS, THEY TRIED TO STRIKE. THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION CAME IN AND SAID, NOT SO FAST, GET BACK TO WORK AND FIGURE THIS OUT. SO IT IS A LENGTHY PROCESS.

    I WOULDN’T EXPECT A STRIKE FROM AN AIRLINE AT ANY POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. >> HMM. ALL RIGHT, SAM, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> WHY THESE HOMES ARE NOW PERCHED ATOP A CLIFF IN CALIFORNIA. THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY ON THIS STORY. WHY A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION

    THEY SENT VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE TO END. AND THAT SORT OF A LAWSUIT WAY TO SAY, DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HOUSEMATE IN THE HOUSE THAT I. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY. FACE. >> FACE. WHY DO YOU THINK THIS THE HOUSEHOLD AND THE HOUSEWORK, YOU KNOW, THIS

    IS ABC NEWS. WHY THE PRESSURE? THE FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AND REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL. THE STRUCTURE KEPT FOR STORM I FIND OFTEN IS IN THE OF ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY TIME ANYWHERE.

    STREAMING 24/7 STREET TO YEAR FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING. THAT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE.

    >> WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN. HOW DOES BILLIONAIRE SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. THE MOVE STARTED CHEATING A DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS.

    >> WHY? WHY DO? YOU SAY MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE 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 AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH 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 PODCASTS START HERE FROM AMERICA’S SOURCE BECOMES THE ALL-NEW

    ABC NEWS APP BREAKING INCREDIBLE VIDEO FASTER SMARTER AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS IF YOU’VE BEEN IN THE YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE BUSES OF EXPERIENCE THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT REPORTING FROM MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA, ROBIN ROBERTS WHEREVER WHEREVER THE STORY

    IS GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ,THE TOP WE’RE FOLLOWING THIS HOUR IN ABC NEWS LIVE. THE BRITISH MILITARY RESEARCH SAYS RUSSIA HAS LOST 3000 TANKS IN UKRAINE SINCE IT INVADED COUNTRY. THAT’S THE EQUIVALENT OF RUSSIA’S ENTIRE TANK FLEET BEFORE THE WAR. THE REPORT SAYS RUSSIA

    IS RETROFITTING ITS OLDER, POORER QUALITY SOVIET TO USE IN BATTLE GOING FORWARD. NEW GUN SAFETY LAWS EFFECT IN MICHIGAN TODAY AS THE STATE MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THE DEADLY SHOOTING AT STATE UNIVERSITY. THREE STUDENTS DIED. FIVE OTHERS WERE CRITICALLY INJURED IN THAT MASS SHOOTING. THE NEW LAWS IMPLEMENT SAFE REQUIREMENTS, BACKGROUND

    CHECKS FOR ALL GUN PURCHASES AND RED FLAG LAWS. AND THERE ARE THREE LARGE HOMES THAT ARE PERCHED ON A CLIFF IN DANA POINT, CALIFORNIA. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THEY ARE JUST FEET AWAY FROM FALLING INTO THE OCEAN. A LANDSLIDE SENT SOME OF THE GROUND BENEATH, THOSE HOMES TUMBLING DOWN THE CLIFF,

    LEAVING THEM RIGHT ON THE EDGE. THIS COMES AFTER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WAS SLAMMED BY TORRENTIAL RAIN AND BRUTAL MUDSLIDE. THE CITY OF DANA POINT SAYS THOSE HOMES HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AND THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO. >> THOSE PROPERTIES AND NOT CHECK OUT THE BALCONY DOWN. PRETTY VIEW, THOUGH, TIPS.

    THOSE ARE CERTAINLY WITH US. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. AND TERRY MORAN. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME. FOR THE LATEST NEWS CONTEXT, ANALYSIS. >> THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. YOU GET A LOT MORE ON THE OTHER SIDE. STAY WITH US. WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE SO, MUCH

    ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL ON TELEVISION. GIVE IT TO ME. >> 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 TO YOU. YOU KNOW, BREAKING NEWS, POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS AND, OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD “GMA3” WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW, A THIRD HOUR OF “GMA” IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOIN US AFTER NOON FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

    I’M ONE THAT MADE THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS . >> ERIKA JAYNE CELEBRITY ATTORNEY GIRARDI THIS STORY WAS NUCLEAR EXPLOSION OF A SINGLE WILL GET A CHANCE TO FIND THE PERPETRATOR AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THE HOUSEMATE I DIDN’T I WANTED

    ERIKA SAY I’M SORRY FACE TO FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK THE HOUSEHOLD AND THE HOUSE WERE TO HEAR NOW FROM AMERICA’S ONE NEWS SOURCE COMES THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS AND BREAKING INCREDIBLE VIDEO FASTER, SMARTER AND IT CAN TO YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS IF YOU’VE BEEN TO KNOW

    YOU’RE GOING TO KNOW THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE BLESSINGS OF THAT EXPIRE THE ALL NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOADED NOW ON ALEX PRESHA AND EAST PALESTINE OHIO ONE YEAR AFTER THAT TOXIC DERAILMENT. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE ABC NEWS LIVE. HELLO, I’M TERRY MORAN.

    AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOP HEADLINES WE’RE WATCHING AT ABC NEWS LIVE AT THIS HOUR, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST SNOWSTORM TO HIT THE NORTHEAST IN TWO YEARS. HEAVY, WET SNOW COMING DOWN FOR HOURS. NEW YORK AND OTHER STATES. SOME AREAS SEEING MORE THAN A FOOT OF PRECIPITATION. OFFICIALS REPORTING

    ABOUT 160,000 CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT IN THE REGION AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. AND THE WINTRY WEATHER ALSO IMPACTING AIR TRAVEL. THE COMPANY FLIGHTAWARE SAYS THAN A THOUSAND FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELED TODAY. THE SNOW IS STARTING TO MOVE OUT. THE COLD TEMPERATURES ARE MOVING IN TONIGHT. SINCE THE STORM ENDED EARLY.

    OFFICIALS ARE HOPING ROADS AND SIDEWALKS ARE SHOVELED AND CLEARED FOR ALL TURNS TO ICE. WELL, THE CLOSING JUST RINGING ON WALL STREET THERE. THE DOW, NASDAQ AND S&P 500 ARE ALL DOWN OVER ONE AND A HALF PERCENT AFTER. INFLATION CAME IN HIGHER THAN EXPECTED LAST MONTH. INVESTORS HAD BEEN HOPING FOR

    INTEREST RATE CUTS FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE AS AS THIS COMING SUMMER. BUT TODAY’S NUMBERS MAKE THAT POSSIBILITY UNLIKELY. DESPITE TODAY’S LOSSES, STOCKS ARE STILL TRADING NEAR RECORD HIGHS. AND TONIGHT, THE NBA’S ORLANDO MAGIC MAGIC WILL RETIRE THE NUMBER OF SHAQUILLE O’NEAL, SHAQ, THE LEGEND. HE WILL BE THE FIRST PLAYER

    IN FRANCHISE HISTORY TO GET HIS JERSEY RETIRED TO. SHAQUILLE O’NEAL WAS DRAFTED BY THE TEAM IN 1992. HE LED THE MAGIC TO ITS FIRST EVER NBA IN 1995 BEFORE BREAKING FANS HEARTS AND TAKING HIS TALENTS, LOS ANGELES, WHERE HE JOINED KOBE BRYANT TO WIN THREE NBA TITLES. THE HONOR JUST PROVES

    HOW FORGIVING MAGIC ARE AND NOT THAT THEY HAVE ANY OTHER CHOICE, BUT HE WAS GREAT. HE WAS UNSTOPPABLE ON THE MAGIC AT THAT TIME. WELL, THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US. I’M TERRY MORAN. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS

    AND YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON VARIOUS STREAMING SERVICES ON THE ABC NEWS APP AND OF COURSE ON ABC NEWS.COM AS WELL THE NEWS NEVER STOPS AND “GMA” THREE STARTS RIGHT NOW >> DeMarco: “WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” RIGHT NOW ON “GMA3.” 50 MILLION AMERICANS ACROSS THE

    NORTHEAST SLAMMED WITH HEAVY SNOW AND POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING AS THE BIG STORM MOVES QUICKLY OUT TO SEA. >> Eva: NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN RICHIE TORRES ON THE BENEFITS FAMILIES CAN EXPECT WITH THE ENHANCED CHILD TAX CREDIT PROPOSED, AND WHIRLWIND DEVELOPMENTS ON CAPITOL HILL,

    INCLUDING A VOTE TO REPLACE DISGRACED CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SA SANTOS. >>> PLUS, SHARING THE WORLD WITH YOUR KIDS. THE EXPERT GUIDE INTRODUCING US TO 50 ADVENTURE DESTINATIONS THAT MAY NEED TO GO ON YOUR FAMILY’S TRAVEL BUCKET LIST. >> DeMarco: AND YOU MAY RECALL

    MY CHILDHOOD FRIENDS JOINING ME TO UNDERGO A KEY HEALTH TEST NO ONE LIKES TO TALK ABOUT. THE RESULTS OF THOSE COLONOSCOPIES, AND WHEN ARE YOU GETTING YOURS? THE MEDICAL TEAM HERE TODAY TO GET US THROUGH IT ALL. >> Eva: AND ACTOR VINCE STAPLES

    JOINS WITH US A PEEK INSIDE HIS NETFLIX COMEDY SERIES “OUT” — OUT THIS WEEK. ♪ >> DeMarco: IT IS SNOWING OUTSIDE AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME THING. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WET SNOW OUT THERE. WE’RE SO GLAD YOU’RE WITH US.

    WELCOME TO “WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.” >> Eva: THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU KNOW WHO’S NOT DEALING WITH THE SNOW TODAY? >> DeMarco: WHO? >> Eva: DR. JEN ASHTON. SHE IS IN SUNNY L.A. >> DeMarco: HOW YOU DOING, DOC? >> Dr. Jen: YOU GUYS, I’M

    SENDING YOU SOME WARMTH AND SOME SUNSHINE. >> DeMarco: WAY TO RUB IT IN THERE. ALL RIGHT, AMERICA’S FAVORITE DOCTOR. LET’S TALK MEDICAL NEWS IF WE CAN. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IS CALLING DENGUE FEVER IMPORTANT WITH A SERIOUS OUTBREAK. WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW?

    >> Dr. Jen: DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE WORLD IS? IT’S THE MOSQUITO RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING ABOUT A MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE LARGELY DUE TO MALARIA. THIS IS ANOTHER MOSQUITO-BORNE ILLNESS. LET’S GO THROUGH THE DENGUE FEVER 101. IT’S A VIRAL INFECTION SPREAD

    THROUGH THE BITE OF AN INFECTED MOSQUITO. SYMPTOMS, CAN BE FEVER, SEVERE HEADACHES, MUSCLE AND JOINT, BODY ACHES, GI ISSUES OR A RASH. THIS ONSET STARTS ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO TEN DAYS, AVERAGE OF AROUND SEVEN DAYS AFTER A MOSQUITO BITE AND BEING INFECTED.

    SYMPTOMS THEN LAST FOR ABOUT A WEEK. WE KNOW HOW TO PREVENT OR CURTAIL MOSQUITO-RELATED ILLNESS SO USING REPELLENTS CONTAINING DEET OR CLOTHING, MOSQUITO NETS, AND TREATMENT LARGELY SYMPTOM M MATATIC LIKE ASEAT MET FIN FOR RELIEF, AND AGUYS IN THE CASE O RARE OR SEVERE ILLNESS, WHICH IS

    ABOUT 5%, THERE’S A 15% MORTALITY RATE WITH THIS. THAT’S WHY WE’RE LOOKING AT WHAT’S GOING ON IN SOUTH AMERICA, AND THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOME CASES HERE IN THE U.S. >> DeMarco: I WAS JUST TELLING EVA, I HAD NO CLUE THE MOSQUITO

    WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE WORLD. >> Eva: IT’S CRAZY. >> Dr. Jen: ABSOLUTELY, AND WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS, AND CLIMATE CHANGE IS AFFECTING OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THIS IS JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE. >> Eva: AND THEY ARE PER SIS

    TENT LITTLE CREATURES, MAN. >> DeMarco: ALL RIGHT, DOC. THANK YOU. >> Eva: WE TURN NOW TO ABC’S BRAD MILKE WITH OUR LATEST HEADLINES. >> Reporter: THANKS FOR HAVING ME AND YOU DON’T NEED ME TO TELL YOU IT IS SNOWY OUT THERE. WE BEGIN WITH THE MAJOR STORM

    MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST. GINGER ZEE OUT THERE IN THE SNOW WITH THE LATEST. >> Reporter: EVEN WITH THE BIGGEST SNOW FOR A LOT OF FOLKS SINCE FEBRUARY, 2022, LIKE YOU SEE AROUND THERE IN COLUMBUS CIRCLE, THAT SLOPPY SNOW, REALLY WE HAVE A DEFICIT IN MUCH OF THE

    NORTHEAST, BUT TONIGHT WE WILL NOT HAVE A DEFICIT IN COLD, AND THAT IS WHERE WE WILL CEASE ANYTHING THAT IS FALLEN, FREEZE, COMPACT, AND CAUSE PROBLEMS WEDNESDAY MORNING. WE WILL SEE THEM GO BACK TOWARD AVERAGE INTO THE LOW 40s AS WE END THIS WEEK.

    >> Reporter: AND SENATORS WITH THE KEY PRE-DAWN VOTE APPROVING $95 BILLION IN FINANCIAL AID FOR UKRAINE, ISRAEL, AND TAIWAN. NEARLY TWO DOZEN REPUBLICAN SENATORS DEFYING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THIS VOTING WITH DEMOCRATS TO PASS THE MEASURE, EXPECTED TO FACE STRONG PUSHBACK IN THE HOUSE NOW.

    THE NEW INFLATION NUMBERS IN, PRICES UP 3.1% IN JANUARY COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO. THAT’S HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. SO INFLATION IS SLOWING, BUT REMAINING ELEVATED AND A SIGN THAT PRICE PRESSURES ARE EASING ONLY GRADUALLY. >>> THE CHIEFS ENJOYING DISNEYLAND AFTER THEIR EPIC WIN,

    AND IMAGES FROM THE NIGHTCLUB ACTION AFTER THE BIG GAME, TRAVIS AND TAYLOR CELEBRATING. HER PARENTS THERE TOO. REPORTEDLY 100 MILLION PEOPLE TUNING IN, AND THAT’S THE MOST. MORE PEOPLE THAN WATCHED THE MOON LANDING BACK IN 1969. I GUESS WE’RE TAKING OUR PARENTS TO THE CLUB NOW.

    IS THAT WHAT YOU DO? TAKE YOUR PARENTS TO THE CLUB? >> DeMarco: MY MOM WOULDN’T GO. >> Eva: I DON’T KNOW IF YOU MET MY MOM, BUT SHE WOULD TOTALLY THROW DOWN IN THE CLUB. >> DeMarco: ALL RIGHT, BRAD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT, MAN.

    >>> STILL AHEAD ON THIS TUESDAY ON “GMA3,” EXPANDING THE CHILD TAX CREDIT. NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN RICHIE TORRES IS HERE ON HOW THE NEW MEASURE ON CAPITOL HILL COULD IMPACT YOUR FAMILY. >> Eva: PLUS, FEEL LIKE TAKING YOUR LOVED ONES ON A BIG ADVENTURE THIS SUMMER?

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    You’re gonna love this experience. The all new ABC News app, download it now, >> Eva: WELCOME BACK TO “GMA3.” AS TAX DAYAPPROACHES, A NEW BILL PASSED THE HOUSE WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. THE NEW AIM PLANS TO EXPAND THE CHILD TAX CREDIT. IT COULD LIFT AS MANY AS 400,000

    CHILDREN ABOVE THE POVERTY LINE IN ITS FIRST YEAR. >> DeMarco: AND JOINING US NOW IS AN ADVOCATE FOR TAX CREDIT EXPANSION, RICHIE TORRES. GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. >> IT’S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. >> DeMarco: LET’S TALK ABOUT A

    SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED IN THE BRONX. YOUR DISTRICT YESTERDAY AT A SUBWAY STATION. FIVE PEOPLE INJURED, ONE PERSON KILLED. THE AGES RANGED FROM 14 TO 71, AND SHOOTER IS STILL AT LARGE. WHAT’S THE LATEST? >> SO AS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A MASS SHOOTING IN THE BRONX.

    IT BEGAN — IT WAS NOT RANDOM. IT BEGAN AS A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION AND THEN ESCALATED INTO VIOLENCE. FIVE SHOTS WERE FIRED IN THE SUBWAY CREATING PANDEMONIUM ON THE PLATFORM LEAVING FIVE PEOPLE INJURED AND ONE PERSON DEAD. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE SHOOTER’S AT LARGE, BUT THIS IS

    A TRAGIC REMIND HEAR THE WE HAVE FAR TOO MANY GUNS IN AMERICA, AND THOSE GUNS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO DANGEROUS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BROKEN POLITICAL SYSTEM THAT ENABLES THESE INSTRUMENTS OF MASS MURDER TO FLOW FREELY IN THE HANDS OF DANGEROUS PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY GANGS.

    >> Eva: LET’S SWITCH GEARS AND TALK ABOUT THIS CHILD TAX CREDIT WHICH WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE DO YOU THINK THIS CAN ACTUALLY MAKE FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES? >> WELL, THE CHILD TAX CREDIT IS DESIGNED TO BENEFIT FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, BUT HISTORICALLY

    THE STRUCTURE OF THE CHILD TAX CREDIT LEFT BEHIND 19 MILLION CHILDREN, LANGUISHING IN POVERTY, AND NO DISTRICT WAS MORE LEFT BEHIND THAN THE BRONX WHICH I REPRESENT, AND SO THE LATEST TAX BILL EXPANDS THE CHILD TAX CREDIT TO COVER 80% OF THE 19 MILLION.

    IT WILL BENEFIT 16 MILLION CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY SO HALF OF THOSE FAMILIES WILL RECEIVE AN EXTRA $630 OR MORE, 40% WILL RECEIVE AN EXTRA $1,000 OR MORE, AND 25% WILL RECEIVE $1,300 OR MORE. SO AT A TIME OF INFLATION WHEN PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO PUT

    FOOD ON THE TABLE AND PAY THE BILLS, I CONSIDER IT A GAME-CHANGER. >> DeMarco: AND NOW TO A DEVELOPING STORY. THE SENATE PASSED A FUNDING BILL FOR UKRAINE, ISRAEL, AND TAIWAN. DO YOU THINK IT WILL GET THE VOTES IN THE HOUSE, AND WHAT HAPPENS IF IT DOESN’T?

    >> I’M PESSIMISTIC BECAUSE WE SEE NOTHING BUT DYSFUNCTION AND COMPETENCE IN EXTREMISM FROM HOUSE REPUBLICANS UNDER SPEAKER JOHNSON. YOU KNOW, SENATE DEMOCRATS NEGOTIATED A COMPROMISE ON BORDER SECURITY AND SPEAKER JOHNSON REJECTED IT. SENATE DEMOCRATS JUST PASSED A BILL PROVIDING AID TO OUR

    ALLIES, UKRAINE, TAIWAN, AND ISRAEL, AND SPEAKER JOHNSON SO FAR HAS REJECTED IT. SO INSTEAD OF BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION, HOUSE REPUBLICANS IN INSIST ON BEING PART OF THE PROBLEM. >> Eva: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE SPECIAL ELECTION THAT’S HAPPENING ON LONG ISLAND TO FILL

    GEORGE SANTOS’ SEAT. HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT SEAT FOR DEMOCRATS? >> WELL, DEMOCRATS ARE ONLY A FEW SEATS AWAY FROM WINNING THE HOUSE AND MAKING HAKEEM JEFFRIES THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN SPEAKER IN AMERICAN HISTORY, SO THE STAKES ARE EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH, AND YOU MIGHT RECALL IN

    THE 2022 ELECTION CYCLE, ONE OF THE CRUEL IRONIES IS THERE WAS A RED WAVE ALMOST NOWHERE EXCEPT NEW YORK WHERE WE LOST FIVE SEATS AND GROUND ZERO FOR THE RED WAVE IN NEW YORK WAS LONG ISLAND. SO IF WE WIN NEW YORK 3, IT WILL

    SHOW THAT WE CAN WIN ANYWHERE AND WE’RE WELL POSITIONED TO TAKE BACK THE HOUSE. >> DeMarco: THE HOUSE IS HOLDING A SECOND IMPEACHMENT VOTE FOR ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS TONIGHT. HOW DO YOU EXPECT THAT VOTE TO GO? >> THERE’S NO TELLING HOW THE VOTE WILL UNFOLD AND I SUSPECT

    SPEAKER JOHNSON DOES NOT KNOW BECAUSE HE HAS A HISTORY OF BRINGING BILLS TO THE FLOOR THAT OFTEN FAIL. IT’S AN ABUSE OF POWER JUST LIKE IT IS WRONG TO PROSECUTE YOUR POLITICAL OPPONENTS. IT’S WRONG TO IMPEACH YOUR POLITICAL OPPONENTS. THE CONSTITUTION EMPOWERS CONGRESS TO IMPEACH OFFICIALS

    FOR TREASON, BRIBERY, AND HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOR. SECRETARY MAYORKAS HAS NOT COMMITTED TREASON, HE’S NOT COMMITTED BRIBERY. HE’S NOT COMMITTED ANY CRIME. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF REPUBLICANS WEAPONIZING GOVERNMENT TO TARGET THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENTS BASED ON POLICY DISAGREEMENTS.

    >> Eva: THE HOUSE HAS JUST BEEN CHAOTIC RECENTLY. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE SO THAT WORK CAN BE FINISHED AND BILLS CAN PASS THROUGH THERE? IMPORTANT THINGS. >> LOOK. WE HAVE A DYSFUNCTIONAL HOUSE WHERE THE INMATES ARE RUNNING THE ASYLUM, BUT EVERY SO OFTEN

    WE DO A BIPARTISANSHIP. THE PAKTAX BILL WAS PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS. GENERALLY WE SEE NOTHING BUT DYSFUNCTION AND CHAOS FROM HOUSE REPUBLICANS. >> Eva: DO YOU THINK THERE’S ANY HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE MORE WORKING TOGETHER GOING FORWARD OR —

    >> I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO BE OPTIMISTIC, BUT I WOULD ARGUE WE NEED NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE. >> Eva: ALL RIGHT. NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN RITCHIE TORRES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US. >> OF COURSE.

    >> Eva: UP NEXT HERE ON “GMA3,” DREAMING OF A SPECIAL ADVENTURE FOR YOUR FAMILY VACATION THIS YEAR? >> DeMarco: THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION. WE’LL GET HELP FROM THE BUCKET LIST TRAVEL EXPERT WHEN WE COME BACK. With so much at stake.

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    This morning America’s number one early morning news on ABC News live. Reporting from Memphis, I’m Steve osunsami, wherever the story is will take you there. You’re streaming, ABC News live. >> Eva: WELCOME BACK TO “GMA3.” TRAVEL INFLUENCER JESSICA GEE HAS DONE EVERYTHING FROM SWIMMING WITH WHALES TO EATING

    BREAKFAST WITH GIRAFFES. >> DeMarco: SHE’S STOPPING BY TO SHARE HER TOP TRAVEL TIPS FOR FAMILIES WITH KIDS. WE ASKED HER, WHAT INSPIRED HER TO DOCUMENT IT ALL FOR A “NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC” BUCKET FAMILY TRAVEL? >> MY HUSBAND HAD AN APP IN COLLEGE AND SOLD IT AND IT

    DIDN’T FEEL RIGHT TO BUY A HOUSE AND SETTLE DOWN SO WE PUT THE MONEY IN SAVINGS AND SOLD OUR POSSESSIONS, MADE ABOUT $45,000 AND THEN TOOK OFF FOR FOUR MONTHS OF TRAVEL. FOUR MONTHS TURNED INTO THREE YEARS FULL-TIME, AND NOW WE’RE

    EIGHT YEARS LATER AND ALMOST — >> DeMarco: THREE KIDS. >> THREE KIDS, ALMOST 100 COUNTRIES UNDER OUR BELT. >> Eva: WE’RE INCHING UP UPON SPRING BREAK TIME SO SOME FAMILIES ARE LOOKING AT TRAVELING. >> YES. >> Eva: YOU’VE BECOME A REAL

    EXPERT AT THIS WITH THE CHILDREN. LET’S GO THROUGH SOME DIFFERENT AGES AND KIND OF GIVE US YOUR BEST TIPS. SO INFANTS. THAT’S THE PHASE WHERE YOU’RE JUST, LIKE, OH, GOD. DEAR, HELP ME. >> YEAH, YEAH. TRAVELING WITH THEM IS I THINK, ESPECIALLY AS FIRST-TIME MOMS,

    YOU BRING THE WHOLE HOUSEHOLD AND YOU DON’T NEED THAT, RIGHT? YOU CAN CALL AHEAD. YOU CAN CALL YOUR HOTEL OR YOUR HOME RENTAL AND ASK IF THEY HAVE A PACK AND PLAY OR A CRIB. SAVE ON SPACE. YOU CAN GET — THERE’S COLLAPSIBLE STROLLERS.

    I HAVE ONE AND IT FOLDS UP IN THE OVERHEAD BIN. IT’S SUPER SLICK AND MAKES TRAVEL REALLY, REALLY EASY. SOMETHING ON PLANES, MAYBE YOU’VE EXPERIENCED THIS WITH YOUR TODDLER, BUT ALSO BEING READY FOR A MESS. I HAVE THOSE ARM & HAMMER TRASH

    BAGS THAT I CARRY AND SOMETIMES WHEN THERE’S SOIL, TRASH, AND GOLDFISH EVERYWHERE, AND I CAN TAKE THINGS WITH ME IF I NEED TO. >> DeMarco: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MOMENTS BEFORE YOU GET ON THE PLANE. AN AIRPORT CAN BE CRAZY FOR ANYONE BY OURSELVES.

    THREE KIDS, TODDLERS, ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR PARENTS? >> IT’S MY HUSBAND’S JOB TO TIRE OUT THE KIDS. WE TRY TO PLAN THE TRIPS WITH TODDLERS AROUND NAP TIMES, YOU KNOW, BEST PLANS IS WHAT WE TRY TO HAVE, AND MY HUSBAND — IF YOU SEE KIDS RUNNING UP AND DOWN

    AN AIRPORT, IT MIGHT BE MY KIDS. WE’RE TRYING TO TIRE THEM OUT SO THEY CAN RELAX AND HAVE QUIET TIME AND HOPEFULLY FALL ASLEEP. >> DeMarco:. >> Eva: WHAT ABOUT THE OLDER KIDS? IT’S HARD TORER TO KEEP ATTENTI >> IF THEY PACK THEIR OWN

    BACKPACKS, AND SNACKS, THEY KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO. WE DON’T DO SCREEN TIME AT HOME SO WHEN THEY’RE ON THE PLANE, THEY’RE DIALLED IN. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AN APP ON UNITED OR DELTA OR WHATEVER, AND SOMETIMES YOU USE THAT FOR THE IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT.

    >> DeMarco: AND WHAT ABOUT QUIET TIME FOR THE PARENTS? MOM AND DAD, AT LEAST A GLASS OF WINE. >> MY HUSBAND AND I TAKE TURNS GOING TO THE GYM. THAT’S OUR ALONE TIME. USUALLY WHEN WE’RE TRAVELING, WE GIVE OURSELVES THAT PEACE OF MIND AND MENTAL WELL-BEING. >> Eva: THAT’S KEY.

    JESSICA, IT’S GOOD TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE TIPS. I’M DEFINITELY GOING TO USE SOME OF THEM AND BE SURE TO PICK UP “THE BUCKET LIST FAMILY TRAVEL” EVERYWHERE BOOKS ARE SOLD. >>> AND JUST AHEAD HERE ON “GMA3,” IT’S AN ALLERGY

    AFFECTING A LOT OF US, ESPECIALLY AT HOME. DR. JEN JOINS US NEXT. >> DeMarco: AND LATER ON, YOU MET THEM AT THE FIREHOUSE IN MY HOMETOWN OF TULSA. MY CHILDHOOD FRIENDS, THE LATEST ON OUR COLONOSCOPY ADVENTURE TOGETHER INCLUDING THE RESULTS. YET? WE’RE BACK IN A MOMENT.

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    >> DeMarco: AND WE’RE BACK NOW WITH DR. JEN IN LOS ANGELES. THERE’S NEW INFORMATION FROM RESEARCHERS SUGGESTING 1 IN 10 PREGNANT PEOPLE WILL DEVELOP LONG COVID. WHAT DO WE KNEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT? >> Dr. Jen: LISTEN. WE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT HOW

    PREGNANCY IS A UNIQUE IMMUNE SITUATION. THE IMMUNE SITUATION IS OPPRESSED DURING PREGNANCY, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT WOMEN GETTING A VACCINE SHOWING BETTER IMMUNE RESPONSE. THIS STUDY FOLLOWED WOMEN AFTER DELIVERY FOR SIX MONTHS AND FOUND THAT ALMOST 10% AS YOU SAID, DeMARCO, DEVELOPED LONG

    COVID WHICH IN NONPREGNANT PEOPLE HAS BEEN 20% TO 40%, OBVIOUSLY AFFECTING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. EVEN THOUGH IT’S A SMALL STUDY IN A SPECIFIC POPULATION, IT IS AN INTERESTING FINDING THAT SUGG SUGGESTS THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE RESEARCH ON WHAT KIND OF THINGS

    MAY BE PROTECTIVE AGAINST LONG COVID BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT FULLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CAUSING IT, AND THOSE SYMPTOMS CAN LAST FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, AND THEY CAN BE PRETTY DEBILITATING. >> Eva: AND CAN PREGNANT WOMEN TAKE THE COVID VACCINE? >> Dr. Jen: YEAH.

    THEY ABSOLUTELY CAN IN ALL THREE TRIMESTERS. AGAIN, THAT HAS BEEN IMPORTANT DATA THAT THE FDA, THE CDC, ACOG HAVE LOOKED AT, AND THEY’VE SHOWN SAFETY PROFILES AND IMMUNE PROTECTION PASSED ALONG TO THE FETUS. SO I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POPULATION OF 4 MILLION ROUGHLY

    BIRTHS IN THIS COUNTRY EVERY YEAR, AND THE RISKS ON PREGNANT WOMEN, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE EVERY STEP WE CAN TO PROTECT THEIR HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF THE FETUS. >> DeMarco: YOU’RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT. DR. JEN, THANK YOU.U BET. WOW.

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    REMARKS URGING THE HOUSE TO TAKE UP UKRAINE AND ISRAEL AID BILL AFTER IT PASSED THE SENATE. >> TAKE A LISTEN. THIS BIPARTISAN BILL SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE TO AND TO OUR PARTNERS AND TO OUR ALLIES AROUND THE WORLD. AMERICA CAN BE TRUSTED. AMERICA CAN BE RELIED UPON, AND AMERICA STANDS UP FOR

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    KENNETH WAYNE, DEHART TAKEN INTO CUSTODY TODAY IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. HE WAS WANTED BY THE FBI FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR KILLING DEPUTY AND HURTING ANOTHER. THE MANHUNT STRETCHED INTO FOUR DAYS. THE SUSPECT’S BROTHER AND GIRLFRIEND HAVE ALREADY BEEN ARRESTED AND FACE CHARGES OF BEING ACCESSORIES TO HIS CRIME.

    AND POLICE IN KANSAS SAY AN ARREST BEEN MADE THERE IN THE THEFT AND DESTRUCTION OF A JACKIE ROBINSON STATUE THAT WAS STOLEN FROM A WICHITA PARK LAST MONTH. OFFICIALS SAY CHARGED 45-YEAR-OLD RICKY ALDRETE WITH FELONY THEFT, AGGRAVATED DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, IDENTITY THEFT AND MAKING FALSE INFORMATION. POLICE SAY THEY ARE, QUOTE,

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    THAT STATUE OF JACKIE ROBINSON. AND STAYING ON BASEBALL FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A WOMAN WILL BE MAIN PLAY BY PLAY VOICE OF A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM. THE OAKLAND A’S ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THEY WILL HIRE JENNIE KAVNER TO BE THE VOICE OF THE TEAM. IN A STATEMENT, THE FIVE TIME

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    >> Eva: OH, THAT JUST REALLY IS DEPRESSING. DR. JEN ASHTON — SHE’LL MAKE US FEEL BETTER. SHE’S ANSWERING YOUR MEDICAL QUESTIONS. HERE IT IS. WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF MOLD ALLERGY, AND WHEN SHOULD I SEE A DOCTOR? THAT’S FROM JOHN K. >> Dr. Jen: THE SYMPTOMS OF A

    MOLD ALLERGY ARE THE SAME AS REALLY A LOT OF OTHER ALLERGIES. SO EYE IRRITATION, ITCHY EYES, NASAL CONGESTION, COUGH, ITCHINESS, WHEEZING, YOU NAME IT. ANYTHING WHEN YOU THINK OF SEASONAL ALLERGIES OR AN ALLERGY TO ANYTHING EVEN IN YOUR CONTACT ENVIRONMENT, MOLD ALLERGIES GIVE REALLY THE SAME SYMPTOMS.

    THE KEY IS HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT IT’S MOLD VERSUS SOMETHING ELSE? YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TRY TO KIND OF LOOK AROUND YOUR ENVIRONMENT AND LOOK UNDER CARPETS OR LOOK FOR OBVIOUS SIGNS M. MOLD APPEARS BLACK ON WALLS OR ON FLOORS, BUT A LOT OF TIMES

    YOU CAN’T SEE IT. SO YOU WANT TO REALLY IF POSSIBLE GO AND BE FORMALLY EVALUATED BY AN ALLERGIST WHO CAN DO BASIC KINDS OF SKIN AND BLOOD TESTING AND SEE IF IT’S THIS TYPE OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLERGY. PRETTY COMMON AND PRETTY ANNOYING.

    >> DeMarco: DOCTOR, YOUR PRESCRIPTION FOR WELLNESS? >> Dr. Jen: IT HAS TO DO WITH HOME REMEDIES ON HOW TO SOOTHE A SORE THROAT. DEFINITELY COMMON FROM THIS TYPE OF YEAR IN. NUMBER ONE, GARGINGLING WITH A OF SALT AND WARM WATER. GARGLE THAT. TRYING COLD LIQUIDS OR POPSICLES.

    MOMS TRIED AND TRUE TIP TO TRY TO SHRINK THAT SWELLING IN THE BACK OFF YOUR THROAT. BREATHING IN HOT STEAM WITH HELP WITH CONGESTION. THAT’S TIED WITH CAUSING AND CONTRIBUTING TO A SORE THROAT, AND THEN OVER-THE-COUNTER PAIN RELIEVERS LIKE ACETAMINOPHEN AND PAIN RELIEVERS CAN ACTUALLY BE

    SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. >> DeMarco: HAS THE POPSICLE WORKED, EVA? >> Eva: MY HUSBAND SWEARS BY WHISKY. HE’S AN IRISH DUDE. >> Dr. Jen: OKAY, DR. ED. >> DeMarco: WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU SO HIT US UP ON INSTAGRAM WITH ALL YOUR MEDICAL

    QUESTIONS FOR DR. JEN @ABCGMA3. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, FACING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE MOST OF US DON’T WANT TO. MY CHILDHOOD FRIENDS AND I COMPLETE OUR COLONOSCOPY JOURNEY AND WHAT OUR MEDICAL TEAM HERE HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT ALL. >> Eva: PLUS, THE NEW NETFLIX

    COMEDY SERIES BASED ON THIS RAPPER’S LIFE. VINCE STAPLES IS HERE WHEN W 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.

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    >> Eva: WELCOME BACK TO “GMA3.” WE SET OUT TO CHANGE THE CONVERSATION AROUND COLON CANCER SCREENINGS IN MEN, SPECIFICALLY BLACK MEN WHO ARE MOST AT RISK FOR COLON CANCER. I KNOW THIS WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU. >> DeMarco: VERY IMPORTANT, AND TODAY OUR MISSION CONTINUES

    AFTER MY GOOD FRIENDS RONNIE, ALFRED, AND I TOOK THE PLUNGE, AND ALL WENT TOGETHER TO GET OUR COLONOSCOPIES HERE IN NEW YORK CITY TO TAKE OUR HEALTH INTO OUR OWN HANDS, AND TO PROVE THAT GETTING SCREENED ISN’T AS SCARY AS YOU THINK. ♪

    >> SO TODAY IS PREP DAY AND TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY. >> I HAVE TO TRY TO FINISH THIS IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS. I THINK I CAN DO IT. WISH ME LUCK. >> OH! >> DeMarco: 24 HOURS BEFORE THE PROCEDURE, WE ARE PUT ON A CLEAR LIQUID DIET.

    THE NEXT MORNING, WE ARE ON OUR WAY. RONNIE, ARE YOU NERVOUS? >> YEAH, ACTUALLY I AM, BUT I’M ALL RIGHT. >> I’M NOT NERVOUS. I’M READY. >> DeMarco: HE NERVOUS. I’M NERVOUS TOO. >> MAY I HAVE YOUR LAST NAME AND THE DOCTOR YOU’LL BE SEEING TODAY?

    >> DeMarco: LAST NAME IS MORGAN AND THE DOCTOR IS DR. POCHECCO. THIS DOCTOR WILL BE PERFORMING OUR PROCEDURES. >> HOW DO YOU FEEL THIS MORNING? DID PREPS GO OKAY LAST NIGHT? >> YEAH. >> IS IT TRUE THAT THE PREP IS, LIKE, THE WORST PART?

    >> THE PREP ACTUALLY IS THE HARDEST PART, AND THE ANTICIPATION, RIGHT? IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO FOLLOW THOSE INSTRUCTIONS, AND YOU GUYS OBVIOUSLY DID, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. >> DeMarco: THE DOCTOR ADDRESSES ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS. WHAT’S THE LEVEL OF PAIN? >> YOU SHOULD FEEL NO PAIN.

    THE ANAESTHESIA WE PROVIDE IS GOING TO RELAX YOU, MAKE YOU REALLY COMFORTABLE AND PUT YOU AT EASE. SO YOU’LL FEEL AS IF YOU’RE HAVING A REALLY NICE SLEEP. >> DeMarco: IS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU’VE SEEN A GROUP OF GUYS COME IN TOGETHER TO GET COME NO

    COS — COLONOSCOPIES? >> ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS GREAT PRETTY. >> DeMarco: IT’S OFTEN TOUGH TO GET MEN ON BOARD FOR SCREENINGS LIKE THIS. >> I DON’T KNOW, MACHISMO, OR WHATEVER IT IS. MEN ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE AS WILLING TO DO THIS.

    >> DeMarco: ALONG FOR THE RIDE, DR. DARIEN. >> WE DON’T TALK TO OUR FAMILY MEMBERS ABOUT IT. THAT’S WHY I’M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY AND DO THIS PROCESS WITH YOU. >> RONALD STEWART. >> DeMarco: IT’S ONTO OUR PRE-PROCEDURE ASSESSMENT WHERE A NURSE TAKES OUR VITALS.

    >> DO YOU HAVE ANY PAIN RIGHT NOW ANYWHERE? >> NO. I’M A LITTLE TENDER. >> DeMarco: AND REVIEWS OUR MEDICAL HISTORY. >> NO PROBLEMS WITH YOUR LUNGS? >> NOPE? >> ASTHMA? OKAY. >> DeMarco: THEN INTO OUR GOWNS. YOU READY? YOU READY? >> ARE YOU NERVOUS? >> DeMarco: YEAH.

    NOT AS NERVOUS AS I WAS WHEN I WALKED IN. >> Dr. Darien: I’M SO PROUD YOU’RE DOING THIS. >> DeMarco: THANK YOU. >> Dr. Darien: JUST IN JGENERAL AND IN FRONT OF THE WORLD. AS BLACK MEN, STUDIES SHOW STATISTICALLY WE’RE LESS LIKELY TO BE OFFERED COLONOSCOPIES, BUT

    WHAT YOU ARE DOING TODAY IS GOING TO SAVE MORE LIVES THAN I CAN EVER DO IN A SHIFT IN THE ER. YOU’RE GOING TO BE FRESH, REJUVENATED AND SCREENED. >> DeMarco: AND CLEAN. SCREENED AND CLEAN. COME OP N OUT, RONNIE. WE ASKED LAST-MINUTE QUESTIONS. >> NICE TO MEET YOU.

    WELCOME. >> DeMarco: I’M UP FIRST. OH MY GOD. IT’S ABOUT TO HAPPEN NOW. >> USUALLY A FEW SECONDS BEFORE, IT ALL BECOMES REAL, RIGHT? >> DeMarco: IT’S REAL NOW. THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST MONITORING MY VITALS THROUGHOUT THE PROCEDURE. >> WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE INSIDE AND THIS IS ALL NORMAL,

    HEALTHY TISSUE WHICH IS WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE. >> DeMarco: A TEAM OF TECHNICIANS ARE ASSISTING HIM. A SHORT TIME INTO THE COM COLON COLONOSCOPY, THE DOCTOR FINDS SOMETHING. >> THERE IS A POLYP THERE. THIS IS WHAT WE DO COLONOSCOPIES ARE FOR. I CAN’T TELL YOU THE PATHOLOGY,

    BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE A TRADITIONAL, COMMONED A ADENOMA. >> DeMarco: HE REMOVES IT TO TEST FOR CANCER. >> CLEAR. THERE’S ANOTHER POLYP. THAT’S THE NORMAL TISSUE AND WE SUCTION THAT ONE. WATCH THIS. IN THE CHANNEL. NOW THE POLYP IS GONE. >> DeMarco: LESS THAN AN HOUR

    LATER, MY COME NOLONOSCOPY IS FINISHED AND I FELT NOTHING. >> IT WAS AWESOME. >> DeMarco: LIKE ME, ALFRED ENDED UP HAVING POLYPS REMOVED FOR BIOPSIES. >> JUST ONE. THAT’S IT. NOTHING BAD. >> DeMarco: AND FINALLY RONNIE. >> I’M GOING TO SLOWLY WITHDRAW. >> DeMarco: DESPITE CONDUCTING

    THE PREP PROPERLY, A THIRD OF HIS COLON WASN’T FULLY CLEAR. THE DOCTOR DID WORK SEARCHING FOR PORTIONS THAT WERE VISIBLE, A . IN RECOVERY, WE’RE MONITORED BY THE NURSE AND ANESTHESIOLOGIST. >> YOU’RE IN RECOVERY NOW, OKAY? >> EVERYTHING WENT FINE. >> YOUR PROCEDURE WENT PERFECT.

    IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE NORMALLY SEE. YOUR COLON WAS REALLY WELL CLEANED OUT. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. >> DeMarco: I FELT A LITTLE GROGGY, BUT GRATEFUL. AS FOR THE FELLAS, THEY RECOVERED AS QUICKLY AS I DID, FEELING GREAT WITH NO PAIN AT ALL. WE COMPARED NOTES.

    >> TO ME, THE TOUGHEST PART WAS THE PREP, AND I THOUGHT THIS COULD BE THE TOUGHEST PART. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE EASIEST PART. >> YEAH. >> I CAN TELL MY FRIENDS AND SAY, IT’S NOT THAT BAD. IT’S ONE DAY. >> WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE

    THINK THIS IS, BUT HONESTLY I’M GLAD I DID IT. >> YOU NOW ARE AN EXAMPLE OF THE FACT THAT WHEN IT’S OVER, IT’S NO BIG DEAL. >> DeMarco: ONE DAY THAT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE. ONE SACRIFICE. WOW. WE DID IT. WE DID IT. >> Eva: YES.

    >> DeMarco: YES, YES, YES. >> Eva: CRAZY TO WATCH YOURSELF. YOU HADN’T SEEN ANY OF THAT. >> DeMarco: I HAVEN’T SEEN MY COLON. >> Eva: NOW IT’S BEEN ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. >> THANK YOU. >> Eva: LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE

    SAW IN THE VIDEO. YOU FOUND TWO POLYPS. >> THAT’S RIGHT. >> Eva: WITH OUR GOOD FRIEND HERE, DeMARCO. TALK US THROUGH WHAT ELSE YOU FOUND. >> SURE. FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS GREAT YOU CAME. THAT’S PRECISELY WHY WE DO COLONOSCOPY. THE TWO POLYPS ARE WHAT WE

    TYPICALLY SEE, AND, IN FACT, OVER 30% OF ALL PATIENTS THAT EVEN COME HAVE POLYPS. IT’S NOT THAT UNCOMMON. MOST OF THOSE ARE ADENOMAS LIKE YOURS, BUT IF THOSE ARE LEFT ALONE, THEY CAN MUTATE OVER TIME AND CAN GROW INTO CANCER LATER. NOT ALL OF THEM DO, BUT SOME DO.

    IN YOUR CASE, YOU CAME EARLY AND YOUNG AND READY AND CLEAN AND READY TO GO. WE TOOK THEM OUT AND REDUCED THE RISK FOR YOU. >> DeMarco: WHEN DO I HAVE TO COME BACK AND GET THAT CHECKED? >> IN YOUR CASE, THE GUIDELINES

    SUGGEST 7 TO 10 YEARS FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU HAD TWO, SMALL, BENIGN ADENOMAS. THE GUIDELINES ARE THERE BECAUSE OF PATIENTS OVER 50 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT. WE’RE COMFORTABLE TELLING YOU COME BACK IN 7 TO 10 YEARS. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT THOUGH IS YOU’RE AN INDIVIDUAL, RIGHT?

    YOU’RE NOT A POPULATION. YOU’RE A PERSON, AND THINGS CAN CHANGE, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS IN YOUR CASE THAT I WOULD SAY TO ALL OF MY PATIENTS. DeMARCO, I SAY, COME BACK IN 7 TO 10, BUT IF SOMETHING CHANGES, AN ALARM SYMPTOM, BLOOD IN THE

    STOOL, CHANGE IN WEIGHT, ABNORMAL ABNORMAL EMPTYING, SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT, THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE PATIENT AND DOCTOR IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE YOU MAY NEED TO COME BACK EARLIER. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO PREVENT IT? SOME THINGS YOU CAN’T PREVENT. AGE IS A RISK FACTOR.

    CROHN’S DISEASE, DIABETES, AND YOUR GENETICS AND FAMILY HISTORY. WE CONTAN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT T. WE CAN DO THINGS THAT REDUCE THE RISK LIKE DIET AND LIFESTYLE. SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE IS BAD. FITNESS IS IMPORTANT. AVOIDING EXCESS ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO ARE REALLY KEY IN REDUCING THE RISK, AND ALSO

    JUST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO AVOID THE WEIGHT GAIN PROBLEM THAT WE SEE IN AMERICA AND TRYING TO JUST KEEP YOURSELF HEALTHY AND FIT. YOU CAN MAKE SO MUCH OF A CHANGE THAT YOU MAY NEED FEWER COLONOSCOPIES, AND AT THE END OF

    THE DAY, MY JOB AS A DOCTOR IS TO PREVENT COLON CANCER AND IF EVERYBODY DID THAT, THEY WOULD SEE ME A LOT LESS FREQUENTLY. >> Eva: WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THESE NUMBERS. WE KNOW BLACK MEN ARE MORE AT RISK NOT FOR JUST DEVELOPING,

    BUT ALSO FROM DYING FROM COLON CAN CANCER. WHY IS THERE THIS THIS DESISPARY AND WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? >> Dr. Darien: THERE WOULD BE AN ENTIRE SHOW IF WE TALKED ABOUT WHY THESE DISPARITIES EXIST. THERE ARE LARGE FACTORS LIKE ACCESS TO CARE AND COVERAGE

    WHICH IS WHY WE NEED TO PUSH FOR POLICIES THAT PROVIDE FOR ACCESS AND BENEFITS WORKING WITHIN PRIMARY CARE. AS SPECIALISTS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND IN GENERAL, HELPING PATIENTS UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION. AS THE DOCTOR SAID, THAT

    CONVERSATION IS SO VITAL AND SO IMPORTANT WHICH IS WHY I’M SO PROUD OF DeMARCO. YOU’RE NOT ONLY INSPIRING CONVERSATIONS IN THIS MOMENT, BUT ALSO PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AT HOME. SO IF ANYONE CAN TAKE SOMETHING AWAY FROM THIS, IT’S MAKE A PLAN

    TODAY, AND IF YOU DON’T NEED TO, HELP SOMEONE WITH THEIR PLAN. >> DeMarco: COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU GUYS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THAT. BY THE WAY, FOLKS, SPECIAL THANKS TO MANHATTAN ENDOSCOPY CENTER, AND IF YOU NEED THAT, CHECK OUT QUALIFIED HEALTH

    CENTERS IN YOUR AREA. DON’T BE AFRAID TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT. I’M SO GLAD I DID. JUST AHEAD HERE ON “GMA3,” RAPPER AND ACTOR VINCE STAPLES IS HERE IN STUDIO. >> Eva: AND HE IS GIVING US AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE NEW NETFLIX

    SERIES BASED LOOSELY ON HIS LIFE. COME ON BACK. ♪ So Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne celebrity attorney hum Girardi. This story was a nuclear explosion today several victims will get a chance to finally meet Eric majority and at sort of a loss for what to say. Did you see

    The documentary the house wife and husband? I did I wanted Erica to say I’m sorry face-to-face Erica. Why’d it take you so long? the housewife and the Hustler two on Hulu >> 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 So the question is okay. Here we go. Are you kidding me? What would you do? You just won’t believe what people do when they think no one’s watching and this season. I brought Sara Haines and come out Bell along

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    >>> WHO IS THIS LOVELY YOUNG LADY? >> HI. I’M DEJA. >> WAIT A MINUTE. WHY IS EVERYBODY IN YELLOW SHIRTS? WE CHANGED THE COLOR. I PUT IT IN THE GROUP TEXT. >> WHAT DAMN GROUP TEXT? >> LET ME TAKE THAT TRAY, BABY.

    >> DO NOT GIVE THAT WOMAN MY TRAY. >> OKAY. I WILL JUST LET YOU GUYS SETTLE IN. >> BYE, GLADYS. >> OKAY, BYE. >> DeMarco: THAT’S A FAMILY REUNION I’M SURE WE CAN ALL RELATE TO. WE ALL GOT ONE IN THE FAMILY. WELCOME BACK.

    THAT WAS THE FIRST LOOK AT THE ALL-NEW COMEDY SERIES, “THE VINCE STAPLES SHOW,” LOOSELY BASED ON THE RAPPERS A LIFE. >> Eva: THE STAR OF THE SHOW IS WITH US MORE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT IT. PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STUDIO, MUSICIAN AND ACTOR VINCE

    STAPLES. >> DeMarco: GOOD TO SEE YOU MAN. >> HOW YOU DOING? >> DeMarco: LOOKING GOOD TOO. >> I APPRECIATE IT. I REALLY DO. >> Eva: CONGRATULATIONS. I’M SO CURIOUS. HOW DID THIS ALL COME TO BE? >> IT’S REALLY, REALLY BEEN A LONG JOURNEY.

    IT WAS AN IDEA I HAD ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO AND JUST TO SEE IT COMING TO FRUITION FROM LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW TO WRITE, ACT, AND I’M HAPPY TO BE HERE. >> DeMarco: YOU POKE FUN AT YOURSELF IN THE SERIES. HOW CLOSE SIT TO THE REAL-LIFE VINCE?

    >> I THINK IT’S EXTREMELY CLOSE. WE ALL HAVE THESE WEIRD EXPERIENCES DAY TO-TO-DAY WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND SOME OF THE STORIES ARE ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE. I THINK IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KIND OF BE ABLE TO KNOW WHEN YOU ARE IN ON THE JOKE AS WELL.

    >> DeMarco: WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS SAY? >> THEY THINK IT’S HILARIOUS BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE GOOD MEMORIES AND BAD MEMORIES THAT YOU CAN MAKE LIGHT AND MAKE PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THEM IN A NEW LIFE. WE CAN REFLECT AND SEE WHAT

    HAPPENS, AND WE CAN SEE THE GOOD PARTS OF IT AND THE SUNSHINE THAT CAME FROM, LIKE, THE RAINY DAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I’M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED FOR MORE PEOPLE TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE THAT WITH US. >> Eva: IT’S BASED LOOSELY IS

    WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD, LOOSELY ON YOUR LIFE. HOW WAS IT CHOOSING THE MOMENTS THAT YOU SHARE IN THIS WAY? >> IT WAS DIFFICULT, BUT WE HAD A GREAT WRITING ROOM. WE HAD GREAT PEOPLE THAT WORKED WITH US, AND THEY PUT THEIR EXPERIENCES ALONG WITH MINE AND

    WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING WE THOUGHT WAS VERY UNIQUE. >> DeMarco: YOUR RESUME IS FULL OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS. LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR STARDOM IF WE CAN. YOU’RE A HOUSEHOLD NAME. YOUR MUSIC IS THRIVING AND YOU HAVE YOUR OWN SERIES ON NETFLIX,

    AND NOW YOU HAVE MADE IT, SO WHAT’S YOUR ADVICE TO OTHERS WHO SAY, I WANT TO BE THE NEXT VINCE ONE DAY? ESPECIALLY IN LONG BEACH WHERE YOU GREW UP. >> I MEAN, JUST BE THE FIRST YOU. THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME WHERE

    NO ONE WAS LISTENING TO THE MUSIC AND WE COULDN’T GET THE SHOW OFF THE GROUND. YOU GOT TO KEEP TRYING, YOU KNOW, BE CONFIDENT AND COMFORTABLE WITH WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU WANT TO CREATE. HOW IT ENDS IS HOW IT WILL END

    AND I’M PRETTY SURE WE CAN ALL MAKE IT AT LEAST TO OUR OWN STANDARDS. >> DeMarco: THAT’S EASIER SAID THAN DONE. I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY IN L.A. WANTS TO BE THE NEXT VINCE, WANTS TO BE A STAR, INCLUDING HERE IN NEW YORK.

    I MEAN, WHAT’S YOUR STRONG ADVICE ON THOSE DAYS WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE GIVING UP, WHEN YOU’RE NOT GETTING CALLS? >> I THINK LIKE I SAID BEFORE, LIKE, KIND OF WHERE THE SHOW COMES FROM TOO, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE VALUE OF JUST BEING ALIVE OR

    EXISTENCE, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR FAMILY, OUR FRIENDS, AND IF WE CAN BE DAY-TO-DAY HAPPY, IT ADDS TO WHAT WE CREATE AND IT RESONATES WITH OTHER PEOPLE, WHETHER THAT’S MUSIC, FILM, OR TELEVISION, AND IF YOU TRY TO MIKE MAKE SURE YOU MAKE THE BEST OUT

    OF EACH DAY, IT WILL TRANSLATE AND PEOPLE WILL LOVE IT. >> DeMarco: DAY-TO-DAY. >> Eva: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MUSIC. FANS WANT MORE MUSIC. THERE WAS A HINT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT SOMETHING SOMETHING. IS THERE NEW MUSIC COMING? >> DeMarco: WE’RE LISTENING. >> I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY.

    MUSIC IS KIND OF THE FIRST THING THAT I KIND OF FELL IN LOVE WITH AS FAR AS CREATIVITY, AND I’M PLANNING ON MAKING IT FOREVER, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE OLD MEN ON STAGE WITH A GUITAR. SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN

    GET THAT WAY, AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO PUT ON MIUSIC AFTER THE SHOW RELEASES WHICH IS FEBRUARY 15th ON NETFLIX. >> DeMarco: WE’LL ALL BE WATCHING TOO. >> Eva: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US. AND YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE FIRST

    SEASON OF “THE VINCE STAPLES SHOW” ON NETFLIX THIS THURSDAY. >> DeMarco: AND WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK AND WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. First thing in the morning, there’s a lot going on yet. Another Avalanche warning. That’s up to catch you up with

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    You’re gonna love this experience. The all new ABC News app, download it now, >> DeMarco: AND THAT MY FRIEND, IS “WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” ON THIS TUESDAY. I’M DeMARCO MORGAN. >> Eva: I’M EVA PILGRIM, AND FOR ALL OF US HERE AT ABC NEWS, MAKE IT A GREAT ONE.

    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 With so much at stake. So much on the line, more Americans turn here than any

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    At stake at the start of every morning making sense of it all that’s not always so easy and that’s where we come in Good Morning America. We want you to know every morning. We’re right here and we got you. YOU TO KNOW EVERY MORNING WE’RE RIGHT HERE AND WE GOT YOU FROM NEWSROOM.

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    A U.S. NAVY DESTROYER IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. I MAGGIE RULLI WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE WATCHING ABC NEWS LIVE. I’M CAN’T WAIT. WE’RE HERE IN NEW YORK AND RIGHT NOW ON ABC LIVE, A POWERFUL WINTER STORM HAMMERING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HERE, THE EAST COAST. THE NOR’EASTER BLASTING

    NEW YORK CITY AND OTHER AREAS WITH HEAVY SNOW, SNARLING TRAFFIC AND KNOCKING OUT POWER TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS. WE’RE TRACKING IT ALL JUST AHEAD. ALSO, PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLING ON HOUSE REPUBLICANS PASS A $95 BILLION FOREIGN AID BILL THAT INCLUDES MORE FUNDING FOR UKRAINE AND ISRAEL. HIS WARNING TO THOSE CALLED

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    LEAVING CLOSE TO 140,000 PEOPLE IN THE REGION WITHOUT POWER, CANCELING MORE THAN 1500 FLIGHTS. AND IN AND OUT OF AIRPORTS, PLACES LIKE HARD HIT BOSTON NEW YORK AS WELL. NEW YORK CITY SEEING ITS HIGHEST DAILY IN OVER TWO YEARS. THIS IS MANHATTAN CENTRAL PARK RECORDING OVER THREE INCHES OF SNOW. JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

    RECORDING JUST OVER FOUR INCHES AS WELL. AND THE EXTREME WEATHER LEAVING A MESS ON THE ROADS, CREATING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND LEAVING CARS TO JUST SPIN RIGHT OUT OF CONTROL. YOU SEE THERE. ABC NEWS SENIOR METEOROLOGIST MARCIANO AND ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE ARE JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS.

    ROB, YOU’RE THERE IN WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT RIGHT NOW. TELL US ABOUT THE CONDITIONS THAT YOU’VE SEEN THE DAY. >> WELL, I FINALLY STOPPED SNOW, BUT AS I SAY, THAT FLIGHTS ARE START STARTING TO FLY AGAIN, THOUGH THE CRUX, THE STORM IS OVER. IT CAME THROUGH REALLY, REALLY QUICK.

    MOST OF THE SNOW IN THIS, OVER A FOOT OF SNOW FALLING IN WEST HARTFORD, JUST ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW FALLING IN CONNECTICUT’S CAPITAL CITY IN LESS THAN 8 HOURS. SO AT TIMES WE HAD SNOWFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES AN HOUR PLUS, WHICH IS MORE THAN A LOT OF FOLKS IN THIS THESE

    PARTS HAVE GOTTEN ALL SEASON LONG. SO A REALLY INTENSE DUMPING, SNOW COMING WITH IT AND THEN INTENSIFYING AS IT GOT TOWARDS CAPE COD AND CRANKING UP THE WINDS AND SOME COASTAL FLOODING IN BOSTON AND DOWN TOWARDS SCITUATE AND PARTS OF THE CAPE. SO KNOCKING OUT SOME POWER THERE, SO INTENSE REACTIONS UP

    ON THE COAST AND IN INLAND AREAS AS WELL BUT IT’S A HEAVY, WET SNOW. IT’S BEEN DIFFICULT TO REMOVE AND NOW WITH DROPPING OVERNIGHT, WHAT IS LEFT ON THE STREETS IS CERTAINLY GOING TO FREEZE AND CAUSE SOME SLICK SPOTS TOMORROW WHEN FOLKS GO BACK TO WORK AND TO SCHOOL.

    >> FOR THOSE THAT HAD A DAY OFF TODAY KNOW, I CERTAINLY REMEMBER WHAT THAT’S LIKE IN BOSTON. AND SOME ARE SOME AREAS ARE STILL SHOVELING OUT FROM THIS STORM. WHERE YOU SEEING ALL ALONG THE COAST? >> WELL, YES. SO WE SAW A GOOD AMOUNT SNOW. >> AS ROB SAID, IT’S BEEN

    A WHILE SINCE A LOT OF THESE HIGHLY POPULATED CITIES HAVE SEEN SNOW STORMS LIKE THIS ONE. >> NEW YORK HAD ITS FIRST WINTER STORM WARNING IN TWO YEARS. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE TOTALS THAT ARE COMING IN. FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 15 AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOW. SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY, SAW

    ABOUT 15 INCHES OF SNOW. EVEN IN CHESTER, YORK, WE SAW ABOUT 13 INCHES OF SNOW. >> SO VERY SIGNIFICANT AND IMPACTFUL STORM REALLY HELPING WITH THE SNOW DEFICIT. >> A LOT OF CITIES HAVE BEEN UNDER RIGHT NOW. SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

    WELL, THE STORM IS OUT OF HERE. IT WAS A QUICK MOVER, DEFINITELY DROPPED A LOT SNOW, BUT WE’RE DRY WITH QUITE A FEW SPORADIC SNOW SHOWERS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. BUT OTHER THAN THAT OR A FEW FLURRIES, THINGS LOOK GOOD NOW, TONIGHT, IT GETS REALLY AND SO

    SOME OF THAT WET SNOW WILL TURN VERY HARD. SOME OF THE AREAS A LITTLE BIT SOUTH ON I-95 TO THE D.C. METRO AREA COULD ACTUALLY SEE A BIT OF FREEZING WHERE WE HAD MORE RAIN DOWN THAT WAY. >> THESE ARE TEMPERATURES THAT FOLKS ARE WAKING UP TO WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE

    TWENTIES AND TEENS, ALLENTOWN, 19 DEGREES. GOOD EVENING, NEW HAVEN. TOMORROW MORNING, YOU’RE WALKING OUT THE, DAWN, IT’S 22 DEGREES THERE DOWN IN BALTIMORE AT THE FREEZING MARK AT TWO DEGREES. >> SO THE COLD COMES IN. THAT’S THE NEXT OF THE STORY, BUT IT’S NOT DONE YET.

    >> BY THE END OF THE WEEK, THIS FRIDAY, TEMPERATURES ALL UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST WILL BE IN THE FORTIES, UPPER 30S CLOSE TO 40. >> SO WE SHOULD START TO SEE THE SNOW MELT JUST IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND. ALL RIGHT. THESE ARE SOME PRETTY WILD

    SWINGS, ROB, AND SOME ARE. OUR THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN SLAMMING DONALD TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS LOYAL TO IN THE HOUSE WHILE CALLING FOR THE PASSAGE OF A $95 BILLION FOREIGN AID BILL. THE PRESIDENT TODAY URGING GOP SPEAKER MIKE TO BRING THE PACKAGE TO THE HOUSE FOR, QUOTE, IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT

    CLEARED THE SENATE. OVERNIGHT, MORE THAN 20 REPUBLICANS IN THAT CHAMBER VOTING FOR THE BILL DEFYING TRUMP WHO BLASTED IT, WRITING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THE U.S. SHOULD ONLY LOAN MONEY TO FOREIGN ALLIES. AMONG OTHER MEASURES, THE PACKAGE WOULD MORE MONEY TO UKRAINE TO HELP FIGHT VLADIMIR PUTIN’S DEADLY. PRESIDENT BIDEN EARLIER

    ACCUSING TRUMP OF VOWING TO PUTIN. >> TAKE A LISTEN. NO, THE PRESIDENT OUR HISTORY IS EVER BOUND TO A RUSSIAN DICTATOR. >> NATO’S A SACRED COMMITMENT. DONALD TRUMP LOOKS AT THIS AS IF IT’S A BURDEN. WHEN HE LOOKS AT NATO, HE DOESN’T SEE THE ALLIANCE THAT PROTECTS AMERICA AND

    THE WORLD. >> HE SEES A PROTECTION RACKET. WELL, THOSE COMMENTS PART OF A RESPONSE TO TRUMP SAYING THAT THIS IS ABOUT AMERICA’S NATO’S ALLIES OVER THE WEEKEND. >> IF WE PAY AND WE’RE ATTACKED BY RUSSIA, WILL YOU PROTECT US? NO, I WOULD NOT PROTECT YOU. IN FACT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM

    TO DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT. >> AND A LOT OF REACTION THERE. JOINING US MORE IS OUR ABC NEWS JAY O’BRIEN LIVE ON CAPITOL HILL AND ELIZABETH SCHULZE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >> ELIZABETH, PRESIDENT BIDEN REPEATEDLY SAID TODAY HISTORY’S WATCHING. SO HOW IS HE TRYING TO PUT PRESSURE ON HOUSE REPUBLICANS

    RIGHT NOW? KNOW PRESIDENT BIDEN IS REALLY TRYING TO LAY OUT THE STAKES FOR HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAYING THAT IF THEY DO NOT VOTE AND PASS THIS AID FOR UKRAINE, IT IS PLAYING INTO VLADIMIR PUTIN’S HANDS. THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE MOMENT FOR THE U.S. TO SHOW THAT IT’S

    WILLING TO STAND UP TO TYRANNY. AND THE WAY THAT IT CAN DO THAT IS BY PROVIDING THIS FUNDING FOR MILITARY EQUIPMENT FOR UKRAINE TO DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST. RUSSIA AND AS YOU HEARD, THE PRESIDENT REALLY DID LEVEL SOME OF HIS MOST FORCEFUL AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT. HE SAID THAT THOSE

    TRUMP COMMENTS FROM SUGGESTING THAT THE U.S. WOULD NOT STOP RUSSIA FROM ATTACKING NATIVE COUNTRY IF THAT COUNTRY DOES NOT PUT ENOUGH TOWARD ITS OWN DEFENSE. TRUMP PRESIDENT BIDEN REALLY BLASTED TRUMP FOR THOSE COMMENTS. HE SAID THAT’S JUST NOT HOW IT WORKS. AND HE SAID IT’S SHAMEFUL AND UN-AMERICAN.

    AND GEE WHAT IS NEXT HERE? I MEAN, DID PRESIDENT BIDEN OR CAN PRESIDENT BIDEN DO ANYTHING TO SORT OF PUT PRESSURE ON SPEAKER JOHNSON? >> WELL, NOW THAT IS THAT LEGISLATION HAS PASSED IN THE SENATE. CAN AGAIN, 22 REPUBLICANS DEFYING DONALD TRUMP IN VOTING FOR IT. IT GOES TO THE HOUSE AND

    IT’S UP TO SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, AS YOU NOTED, AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE WANTS TO IT ON THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE. CALLING IT FOR A VOTE IS REALLY ONLY HIS PREROGATIVE. THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES, IF MIKE JOHNSON OBSTINATE, WHICH HE’S EXPECTED TO, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

    MIKE JOHNSON HAS SAID HE’S NOT GOING TO PUT THIS ON THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE UNLESS HAS BORDER SECURITY PROVISIONS IN IT, WHICH IS A LINE THAT REPUBLICANS DREW IN THE SAND MONTHS AGO AND THEN REJECTED A BIPARTISAN BORDER DEAL. >> HERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT JOHNSON SAID TO REPORTERS

    IN THAT VEIN EARLIER TODAY. >> NATIONAL SECURITY IS AGAINST BORDER SECURITY. WE HAVE SAID ALL ALONG NATIONAL SECURITY IS BORDER. SO HE’S SAYING HE’S NOT GOING TO ADVANCE THIS PACKAGE. THAT MEANS THAT REALLY THE ONLY OPTION AT THIS MOMENT THAT HOUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE IS TO TRY TO PARTNER WITH MODERATE

    REPUBLICANS AND DO A PROCEDURAL MOVE CALLED A DISCHARGE PETITION THAT WOULD END RUN AROUND JOHNSON AND FORCE THIS ONTO THE FLOOR. IT’S UNCLEAR IF THAT WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL RIGHT NOW. IT’S UNCLEAR IF THAT’S SOMETHING THAT HOUSE DEMOCRATS WOULD GO FOR. BUT HAKEEM JEFFRIES, THE TOP HOUSE DEMOCRAT, HOLDING A PRESS

    CONFERENCE MOMENTS AGO AND SAYING THAT ALL LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE. >> ALL RIGHT. SO WE’LL SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT. ELIZABETH AND OUR THANKS TO, BOTH OF YOU. MEANWHILE, THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAYING THAT IT HAS FOOTAGE SHOWING A HAMAS LEADER INSIDE A TUNNEL BELOW SOUTHERN.

    THE IDF JUST A SHORT TIME AGO RELEASING THIS VIDEO. NOW WATCH IT. THEY SAY THAT THIS WAS TAKEN BACK IN OCTOBER, ALLEGEDLY SHOWING YAHYA SINWAR HIS FAMILY FLEEING FROM TROOPS UNDERGROUND. ISRAEL HAS PUBLICLY ACCUSED SINWAR OF BEING THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE OCTOBER SEVENTH ATTACK. IN THE MEANTIME, CIA

    DIRECTOR BILL BURNS IS IN CAIRO TODAY FOR NEGOTIATIONS ALONGSIDE A DELEGATION FROM ISRAEL AND EGYPTIAN INC AND OFFICIALS FROM QATAR AS WELL. THIS IS ALL DISCUSS A POSSIBLE TRUCE IN GAZA TO TRY AND RELEASE THE REMAINING HOSTAGES THAT ARE BEING HELD BY HAMAS. OF COURSE, THIS COMES

    ON THE HEELS OF A STERN REJECT FROM ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU OVER PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR THAT NEW DEAL WITH HAMAS. HE’S INSISTED VOWING TO PRESS WITH HIS MILITARY OFFENSIVE ACROSS GAZA UNTIL REACHING WHAT HE CALLS TOTAL VICTORY. THIS COMES AHEAD. AN EXPECTED GROUND INVASION IN RAFAH, WHERE OVER A MILLION

    PALESTINIANS HAVE SOUGHT REFUGE AWAY FROM ALL OF THIS FIGHTING. ABC FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MOORE IS IN TEL AVIV NOW WITH MORE ON THIS. MARCUS, LET’S START RIGHT AWAY HERE WITH THE VIDEO. >> WHAT IS THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAYING ABOUT THIS VIDEO AND WHAT IT MEANS IN TERMS OF THEIR EFFORTS TO FIND SINWAR?

    >> WELL A HELLO TO YOU. THIS IS THE VIDEO ACCORDING TO ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE OFFICIALS. THEY SAY NOT ONLY SHOWS THE THE NETWORK OF TUNNELS THAT HAMAS MEMBERS HAVE BEEN USING TO EVADE CAPTURE AND ALSO, THEY SAY, TO CARRY OUT ATTACKS. BUT THEY ALSO SEEM TO BE TO JUXTAPOSE THE IMAGE OF, THIS

    LEADER OF THE HAMAS ORGANIZATION, WHO THEY SAY ORCHESTRATED THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS, HIM FLEEING THE AREA, FLEEING CAPTURE A PEOPLE UP ABOVE WHAT WE’RE SUFFERING, HAVE BEEN SUFFERING. THEY HAVE IN THAT RELEASE TALKED ABOUT HOW. THEY ALSO FOUND AREAS THAT A SAFE AREA WHERE SINWAR APPARENTLY FLED TO IN DAYS

    AFTER THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS AND THAT THAT THOSE AREAS WERE HAD SERVICES ALONG WITH THAT, ALONG WITH FOOD AND, ALSO ALSO MONEY. SO THE VIDEO KIND OF, THEY SAY, SHOWS THAT ORGANIZATION WHERE THEY KEEP ALL OF THIS AND WHERE THOSE SENIOR OFFICIALS ARE OPERATING AND ALSO WHERE THEY MAY HIDING.

    >> AND MARCUS, LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS. THESE NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID YESTERDAY AT THIS MEETING WITH THE KING OF JORDAN, KEY ELEMENTS OF A DEAL IN GAZA ARE AT LEAST ON THE TABLE. >> WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT NOW? YEAH, WELL, KNOW THAT THE

    THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE APPARENTLY ONGOING AND THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL PARTIES THAT ARE PART OF THIS, INCLUDING A DELEGATION FROM FROM ISRAEL. AND THAT IS AN ENCOURAGING SIGN, ESPECIALLY FOR THE AS YOU KNOW, WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR WORD ON THEIR LOVED ONES. BUT IN TERMS OF SPECIFIC PROGRESS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT

    BE HAVING BEEN MADE SO FAR, WE DON’T KNOW AT THIS POINT. BUT THESE ARE NEGOTIATIONS THAT COULD GO ON FOR SEVERAL DAYS. BUT IT DOES KIND OF GIVE SOME BIT OF HOPE. >> ALL RIGHT. MARCUS MOORE IN TEL AVIV, OUR THANKS AS ALWAYS TO YOU. ALSO, DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD

    AUSTIN IS EXPECTED TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL LATER TODAY AFTER UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR A ISSUE. THIS WAS HIS THIRD HOSPITALIZATION SINCE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER BACK IN DECEMBER. THE PENTAGON HAS NOT SAID WHETHER THE ISSUE WAS A COMPLICATION FROM HIS RECENT SURGERY TO TREAT HIS CANCER.

    ALSO THIS EVENING, THE SEARCH INTENSIFYING FOR TWO SUSPECTS IN A DEADLY SHOOTING ON A NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY PLATFORM. NYPD HAS RELEASED SOME SURVEILLANCE IMAGES. YOU SEE HERE OF SUSPECTS AFTER IT SAYS GUNFIRE ERUPTED IN THE BRONX FOLLOWING A DISPUTE FROM TWO GROUPS BELIEVED TO BE GANG RELATED.

    POLICE SAY A 35 YEAR OLD MAN WAS KILLED. FIVE OTHER PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED. AGES RANGING HERE FROM 14 TO 71. INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT ALL OF THE VICTIMS ARE INNOCENT BYSTANDERS, EXCEPT A 15 YEAR OLD BOY WHO WAS INJURED. ALSO, NEW DATA OUT ON THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW. INFLATION JUMPED 0.3% LAST

    MONTH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN WHAT WERE EXPECTING. INFLATION IS STILL DOWN A LITTLE OVER 3% COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR. ABC JACLYN LEE HAS WARNED THE ECONOMY AND WHAT THIS NEW DATA MEANS. >> THE LATEST INFLATION DATA SHOWS AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS ARE PAYING 3.1% MORE COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO, AN IMPROVEMENT

    DECEMBER, BUT POTENTIALLY DISCOURAGING FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE, WHICH CONTINUES FIGHT INFLATION. THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCING IT IS CONCERNED, GIVEN THE MOST RECENT ECONOMIC DATA. >> WE’VE BEEN VERY, VERY CLEAR HERE THAT ARE STILL TOO HIGH. WE’RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO LOWER COST. THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS STILL

    TRYING TO GET INFLATION TO 2%, BUT STUBBORNLY HIGH RENT PRICES ARE MAKING THAT DIFFICULT. NOW, ONE BRIGHT SPOT, PRICES WERE LOWER LAST MONTH FOR NEW AND USED CARS. THE REPORT IS SPARKING A SELL OFF ON WALL STREET AS INVESTORS BET THE FED WILL NOW HOLD OFF ON CUTTING INTEREST RATES UNTIL

    IT GETS MORE PROOF THAT INFLATION IS FALLING BACK TO ITS 2% TARGET. >> WHEN IT COMES TO BORROWING COSTS AND BUYING A HOME, ECONOMISTS BELIEVE THE FEDERAL RESERVE WILL DELAY RATE CUTS. ABC SPOKE WITH CHIEF ECONOMIST MARK ZANDI OF MOODY’S ANALYTICS PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT.

    >> I THINK THE CUTS WILL BE INCREMENTAL. I THINK THE FED WILL BE CAUTIOUS. THEY WANT TO SURE THAT THE ECONOMY DOESN’T REV BACK UP AND INFLATION WITH IT. >> TAKE A LOOK AT THE COST OF GAS PRICES TODAY. THE AVERAGE GALLON IS $3.22. LAST YEAR IT WAS $3.42, ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A.

    HOWEVER, THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS SAYS GROCERY PRICES ARE UP POINT 3% YEAR OVER YEAR, THOUGH THE COST OF THE FOOD AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE IS DOWN. CEREAL IS DECREASED POINT 8%. SAUSAGE IS DOWN 3.3% AND COFFEE IS DOWN 1.4%. DINING OUT IS ALSO UP 5.2% YEAR OVER YEAR.

    >> AND THESE INFLATION NUMBERS ARE ABOVE WALL STREET, EXPECTATIONS DEALING A BLOW TO BORROWERS WHO WERE HOPING SEE LOWER BORROWING COSTS AS THE RESERVE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE IS GOING IN THE DIRECTION IT NEEDS TO BEFORE LOWERING RATES. >> KAYLA JACLYN LEE, OUR THANKS TO YOU.

    AND COMING UP NEXT HERE, THE SPECIAL TO REPLACE FORMER CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS. HOW THE HIGH STAKES RACE FOR THE NEW SEAT COULD SWAY THE REPUBLICANS SLIM MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN 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, THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE AND THE NEED FOR UKRAINE . REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII

    AND CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON 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, BEIRUT FOR THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET

    IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHERE EVER THE IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING. ABC NEWS LIVE. ABC NEWS LIVE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS.

    I HAVE A TAX CONTRACT. 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 COMES INSIDE OF AMAZON. A SLICE OF HUMAN BRAIN. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED IS REALLY NO TELLING

    WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE ANYWHERE. >> WOW. SO THE QUESTION IS, OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU’VE WHAT WOULD YOU DO? YOU JUST WON’T BELIEVE. WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY THINK NO ONE’S WATCHING. AND THIS SEASON, I BROUGHT GERAGOS AND KAMAU BELL ALONG FOR THE RIDE.

    ALL RIGHT, LET’S BREAK IT SERIOUS HERE. I WAS HERE ALL THE TIME. THE ALL-NEW SEASON OF WHAT WOULD YOU DO? PREMIERES SUNDAY NIGHT ON ABC. WELCOME BACK TO NEW YORK. HOLDINGPECIAL ELECTION TO REPLACE FORMER CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS, THE EMBATTLED CONGRESSMAN WAS EXPELLED FROM THE HOUSE LAST YEAR AFTER HE WAS INDICTED

    ON MULTIPLE FRAUD CHARGES. AND NOW VOTERS ARE CASTING THEIR BALLOTS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN DEMOCRAT TOM AND REPUBLICAN MAZI PILIP. THIS IS A HIGH STAKES RACE FOR REPUBLICANS WHO HOPE TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE HOUSE SLIM MAJORITY. THERE. THE SEAT HELD BY SANTOS IS ONE OF FOUR VACANCIES THAT NEED

    TO BE FILLED IN OUR ABC NEWS DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR AVERI HARPER IS JOINING ME WITH MORE ON THIS. >> AVERY, YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. IT’S SO WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU IN PERSON. IT MAKES ME HAPPY SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A LOT HERE IN THIS CONTEST.

    OBVIOUSLY BETWEEN A DEMOCRAT WHO YOU MENTIONED ME, HAS A LONG HISTORY HERE LOCALLY, A RELATIVE NEWCOMER. >> SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS CANDIDATE. RIGHT. SO, TOM SUOZZI, HE IS THE DEMOCRAT WHO IS RUNNING IN THIS RACE. HE ACTUALLY HELD SEAT BEFORE GEORGE SANTOS. HE SERVED IN THAT SEAT FOR

    THREE TERMS. WHAT HAPPENED WAS HE RAN A BID FOR GOVERNOR IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THAT ARGUABLY WAS PART OF WHAT GAVE WAY TO GEORGE SANTOS’S POLITICAL RISE. NOT ONLY HAS HE SERVED AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS, HE’S ALSO BEEN A COUNTY IN THAT DISTRICT,

    A MAYOR IN A TOWN, IN THAT DISTRICT. AND SO HE IS A REAL QUANTITY. ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU HAVE MAZI PILIP, WHO IS A RELATIVE. SHE’S SOMEONE WHO SERVED AS A COUNTY LEGISLATOR FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT SHE HAS A REALLY COMPELLING BACKSTORY. SHE WAS BORN IN ETHIOPIA.

    SHE’S JEWISH. SHE’S BEEN A PARATROOPER FOR THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE, A MOTHER OF SEVEN. AND SO BOTH PARTIES ARE REALLY INVESTED IN THIS MASSIVE VERSUS SUOZZI MATCHUP. YEAH, AND QUITE THE LINGUISTIC RIGHT THERE THAT WE’RE DOING AS WELL. SO THIS IS A SWING DISTRICT IN YORK AND OUR ISSUES GOING

    TO DRIVE VOTERS TO THE POLL HERE, OR IS IT GOING TO BE MORE ABOUT THE PERSON? I THINK IT’S POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD ISSUES OF REALLY DRIVING FOLKS TO THE POLLS ON THIS. LOOK, IF YOU LIVE THE NEW YORK CITY AREA OR THE NEW YORK AREA JUST IN GENERAL, YOU CANNOT

    BUT BE BOMBARDED BY ADS IN THIS RACE. THE ACTUALLY, I THINK IT WAS REALLY THE ISRAELI WAR WITH HAMAS. THIS IS A DISTRICT WITH A LARGE POPULATION AND SOMETHING THAT MILDLY SPEAKS. AND SHE SPEAKS ABOUT IT OFTEN. >> ABORTION HAS ALSO BEEN AN ISSUE IN THIS RACE IN THE LEAD

    UP TO FOLKS GOING TO THE POLLS. IT’S REALLY BEEN ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS AND THE STRAIN THAT IT’S PUT ON COMMUNITIES HERE IN NEW YORK AND AROUND THE CITY. >> AND SO WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT. BUT I MEAN, THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS GO FAR BEYOND NEW YORK.

    AND YOU KNOW, WHAT I KEEP THINKING ABOUT IS WHEN THE NEW YORKERS VOTE FAILED, SANTOS PUT ON X ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. DO YOU MISS ME? YET? THAT VOTE MATTERS. THIS SEAT MATTERS. RIGHT. THIS IS A SEAT THAT REPUBLICANS FLIPPED RED AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE THEIR DARNDEST TO KEEP IT

    THAT WAY. IF DEMOCRATS WIN, IT EATS AWAY AT REPUBLICANS VERY RAZOR-THIN MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE. >> AND SO THAT’S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE FOR THEM IF THEY ARE TRYING TO PASS CONSERVATIVE AGENDA ITEMS. NOW, IF DEMOCRATS LOSE, IT COULD BE WARNING ABOUT THINGS TO COME DOWN THE LINE IN NOVEMBER, IN 2024.

    THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO WIN SUBURBAN DISTRICTS JUST LIKE THIS ONE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO RETAKE THE HOUSE. >> ALSO IMPACT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE I KEEP HEARING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THESE SUBURB VOTES ARE, PARTICULARLY WOMEN. SO WHEN DO YOU SEE THEM, THOSE

    VOTES AT ALL IN A DIFFERENT WAY. >> RIGHT. I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE REALLY INTERESTING. SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THIS IS A DISTRICT WHERE YOU HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE HIGHLY EDUCATED, INCLUDING SOME OF THE WOMEN THAT YOU’RE DESCRIBING. AND THESE ARE FOLKS JUST IN COMMUNITIES LIKE NEW YORK THREE, BUT IN OTHER

    BATTLEGROUND, THEY WERE REALLY THE CRUX OF HOW REPUBLICANS ABLE TO RETAKE THE HOUSE IN 2022. SO WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. OH, THIS IS FASCINATING AS VOTES ARE ALREADY HAPPENING. AVERI HARPER, THANKS SO MUCH. IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU. HAVE YOU HERE. COMING UP NEXT HERE, THEY SAY

    THERE IS NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOE BUSINESS. HOW SNEAKERHEADS ARE MIXING CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND MONEY AS WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH. STAY WITH US. >> THIS IS ABC LIVE TO TALK TO THE FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND. A REFUGEE IN RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM,

    THE CAPITAL DESTRUCTIVE FORCE STORM ON I-5 OFF IS IN THE BULLSEYE. >> NBC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TWO YEARS FOR FOOD. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS WANT AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS TO ME. >> GIVE IT TO ME.

    WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? >> ABC NEWS THIS

    IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE NEWSROOM AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT

    A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC, WE GET YOUR DAILY FIRST. LISTEN NOW, THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR WATCHING TANK AFTER TANK POURING INTO THIS AREA.

    THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. >> BULLET HOLES ALL UP WITHIN MINUTES OF THE AIR RAID SIRENS GOING OFF IN HERE. SOUND AN EXPLOSION DOWN HERE. TONIGHT, WAGING A FIERCE BOMBARDMENT OF GAZA. >> THE ISRAEL-HAMAS FOR NONSTOP LIVE COVERAGE. STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL FROM THE FRONT

    LINE IN DOWNTOWN IN BEIRUT WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> ABC NEWS FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE BECOMES THE ONLY ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO . FASTER, SMARTER AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW,

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    INDUSTRY IS WORTH MORE THAN $80 BILLION AND IS ONLY EXPECTED TO GROW OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THEY CALL THEMSELVES SNEAKERHEADS. THEY COLLECT AND TRADE SNEAKERS AS HOBBY. AND AS WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, OUR MICHAEL STRAHAN TAKES LOOK AT HOW THEY’RE A DRIVING FORCE IN THIS MULTIBILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY.

    HE’S BEEN IN LA FOR FOUR DECADES. >> SNEAKERS HAVE BEEN A SOUGHT AFTER COLLECTOR’S ITEM. >> THE ELEPHANT PRINT FROM THE ORIGINAL RICHARD JORDAN THREES. >> AND YOU COULD HAVE BIG NUMBERS AGAINST BOTH SIDES SPORTS, HIP-HOP, BLACK CULTURE. >> ALL OF THOSE THINGS INTERTWINE. THEN IT’S JUST KIND OF POURED

    INTO SNEAKER CULTURE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. WHAT CULTURE HAS DONE AND CONTINUES TO DO IS KIND OF DEFINE WHAT’S COOL AND MAKE IT THEIR OWN. THE GLOBAL INDUSTRY IS WORTH OVER $80 BILLION AND IS EXPECTED TO TOP $120 BILLION OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND FOR THE DEDICATED SNEAKERHEAD, THERE’S PLENTY

    OF WAYS TO CASH IN. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THE RESALE MARKET, VERNON SAM, THE NATIONAL TOURING DJ. AND IN 2016, HIS INTEREST IN SNEAKERS SPARKED AN IDEA THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE. >> THE RETRO FLU GAME. I BOUGHT ONE FOR ME AND I BOUGHT A COUPLE ONLINE AND I

    GOT IT AND I PUT IT UP ON THE SITE TO SELL IT. AND THEY SOLD WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS. SO IN MY MIND I WAS LIKE, OKAY THIS WORKS. >> MAYBE I CAN USE THIS AS A SIDE HUSTLE. THIS SIDE HUSTLE HAD BECOME HIS FULL TIME JOB.

    I’VE BOUGHT MY DREAM CAR WITH THIS JOB. I’VE GOTTEN A HOUSE. THESE ARE MY FAVORITES. >> BURN IS NOW A PART OF THE GROWING GLOBAL SNEAKER RESALE MARKET WORTH OVER $6 BILLION. IT IS LUCRATIVE BECAUSE A SIMPLE PRINCIPLE SUPPLY AND DEMAND. THIS MY HOME OFFICE. >> EVERY MONTH HE SHUFFLE

    IN AND OUT OF ABOUT 700 TO 1000 PAIRS OF SHOES AS RESALE. I GO BY THE MOTTO OF IF IT MAKES A DOLLAR, IT MAKES SENSE . LIKE IF I GO IN THERE AND I SEE A SHOE THAT’S JUST THE EVERYDAY AVERAGE SHOE THAT A NORMAL PERSON WOULD BUY.

    BUT I COULD END UP MAKING A PROFIT ON IT, I’M GOING TO BUY IT. >> ONCE VERNON THE SALE, THEY END UP AT A STOCK X VERIFICATION CENTER LIKE THIS. HERE THEY GO TO EXAMINATION PROCESS BEFORE HEADING OUT AND ENDING UP IN THE BUYER’S HANDS. >> LET’S TRY HIM FOR THAT.

    THERE’S A LOT MORE NEWS AHEAD HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE IN. TODAY’S BIG STORY, PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLING ON HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO PASS THAT $95 BILLION FOREIGN AID BILL PROVIDING MORE MONEY TO UKRAINE AND ISRAEL. HIS MESSAGE TO LAWMAKERS LOYAL TO DONALD TRUMP AS THE PRESIDENT SEEKS TO RAISE THE STAKES IN THE FUNDING

    FIGHT. ALSO IN OUR SPOTLIGHT, THE BATTLE BETWEEN BIG TECH AND ORGANIZED LABOR. OUR PANEL WEIGHS IN ON WORKERS FOR UBER AND DOORDASH. >> STRIKING FOR HIGHER PAY ON VALENTINE’S DAY. >> THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY JOE GIRARDI. THIS STORY, A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION.

    VERY SIMPLE VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE TO FINALLY MEET ERICA. AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HOUSE? I DIDN’T. I WANTED ERICA TO SAY SORRY. >> FACE TO FACE. ERICA, WHY DID IT TAKE YOU SO LONG?

    >> THE HOUSE AND THE HOUSE ARE TWO FEMALE. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CLUSTER OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND, A REFUGEE CENTER IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA. THE GROUND IN UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL. THE STRUCTURE KEPT FOR STORM ALONG I-5. BOSTON IS IN THE BULL’S EYE

    OF ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREET, ANY ANYTIME, ANYWHERE SKIING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LAUREN AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING. IT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.

    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS, THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST . STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES? SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. THE MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA.

    THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY? WHY 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 FOR EDWARD OUR MURROW AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST LISTENING TO YOU STAR HERE, ABC NEWS, MAKE IT DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE.

    >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> IT’S LUNCHTIME IN AMERICA. SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP? WELL, 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 AND “GMA3” WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR OF “GMA” IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOIN US AFTER DINNER FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. >> I LOVE THAT. ME SO THE QUESTION IS. OKAY, HERE WE GO. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHAT WOULD YOU DO? YOU JUST WON’T BELIEVE

    WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY THINK NO ONE’S WATCHING. SEASON. I GOT SARA HAINES AND KAMAU BELL ALONG FOR THE RIDE. ALL RIGHT, LET’S BREAK IT HONEST HERE. >> I WAS HERE ALL THE TIME. THE ALL-NEW SEASON OF WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> PREMIERES SUNDAY NIGHT ON ABC.

    >> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR WITH TANK AFTER TANK POURING INTO THIS AREA. THIS IS WHERE ALL BEGAN. >> BULLET HOLES ALL UP THE WALLS. WITHIN MINUTES OF THE AIR RAID GOING OFF TO SEND AN EXPLOSION DOWN HERE. TONIGHT, ISRAEL WAGING A FIERCE BOMBARDMENT OF GAZA.

    ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR FOR NONSTOP LIVE COVERAGE STREAM NEWS LIVE REPORTING FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL FROM THE FRONTLINES IN DOWNTOWN IN BEIRUT. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. ABC NEWS WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED IN LONDON. IN BUFFALO. YOU’VE 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, BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME. >> WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU SCREEN YOUR NEWS ONLY ON ABC NEWS LIVE . AND WELCOME BACK.

    PRESIDENT BIDEN SEEKING TO RAISE THE STAKES, THE BATTLE OVER U.S. FOREIGN AID. >> I’M KAYNA WHITWORTH HERE IN NEW YORK AND THAT IS OUR BIG TODAY. >> THE PRESIDENT CALLING ON HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO IMMEDIATELY VOTE THAT $95 BILLION FUNDING PACKAGE AND SLAMMING THOSE LOYAL TO DONALD TRUMP. I’LL SPEAK WITH GOP

    HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEMBER TIM BURCHETT OF TENNESSEE. ALSO IN OUR SPOTLIGHT, THE BETWEEN BIG TECH AND ORGANIZED LABOR. OUR PANEL WEIGHS IN ON WORKERS FOR UBER, LYFT AND DOORDASH STRIKING FOR HIGHER PAY AND IT ON VALENTINE’S DAY. NOW, OF COURSE WE BEGIN HERE WITH OUR BIG STORY. PRESIDENT BIDEN SLAMMING DONALD

    TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS TO HIM IN THE HOUSE WHILE CALLING FOR THE PASSAGE OF A $95 BILLION FOREIGN AID BILL. THE PRESIDENT TODAY URGING, GOP SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, TO BRING THE PACKAGE TO THE HOUSE FLOOR, QUOTE, IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT CLEARED THE SENATE OVERNIGHT. MORE THAN 20 REPUBLICANS IN THAT CHAMBER VOTING FOR

    THE BILL DEFYING TRUMP, WHO BLASTED IT, WRITING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THE U.S. SHOULD ONLY LOAN MONEY TO FOREIGN ALLIES. AMONG OTHER MEASURES, THE PACKAGE WOULD SUPPLY MORE MONEY TO UKRAINE TO HELP IT FIGHT VLADIMIR PUTIN’S DEADLY INVASION. PRESIDENT BIDEN EARLIER ACCUSING TRUMP OF BOWING TO PUTIN. TAKE A LISTEN.

    >> NO, THE PRESIDENT OUR HISTORY HAS EVER BOILED DOWN TO A RUSSIAN DICTATOR. >> NATO’S A SACRED COMMITMENT. DONALD TRUMP LOOKS AT THIS AS IF IT’S A BURDEN. WHEN HE LOOKS AT NATO’S, HE DOESN’T SEE THE ALLIANCE THAT PROTECTS AMERICA, THE WORLD. >> HE SEES A PROTECTION RACKET ON THOSE COMMENTS.

    PART OF A RESPONSE TO TRUMP SAYING THIS ABOUT AMERICA’S ALLIES OVER THE WEEKEND. >> IF WE DON’T PAY AND WE’RE ATTACKED BY RUSSIA, WILL YOU PROTECT US? NO, I NOT PROTECT YOU. IN FACT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY’RE WATCHING. >> SO FOR MORE ON, THIS IS OUR

    REPUBLICAN HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEMBER, CONGRESSMAN TIM BURCHETT OF TENNESSEE IS JOINING US. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AS ALWAYS. SO YOU HEARD WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID TODAY ABOUT SOME OF THIS. HE ALSO ESSENTIALLY SAID THAT HE THINKS AMERICA’S CREDIBILITY IS ON THE LINE HERE.

    SO AT THIS POINT, DO YOU AGREE WITH SPEAKER JOHNSON’S PLAN TO NOT PUT THE BILL ON THE HOUSE FLOOR AT ALL FOR A VOTE? >> YES, MA’AM I DO. YOU KNOW, DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS IN OFFICE? HE WANTED BILLION TO BUILD THE WALL AND THE PELOSI

    HOUSE SAID NO, THAT WOULD, IN FACT, BREAK US? WELL, WE’VE GIVEN OVER 114 BILLION NOW TO UKRAINE. NOW WE’RE GOING TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER 60 BILLION. I JUST AND SPEAKER JOHNSON CAME OUT WITH THIS WEEKS AGO, AS I DID BEFORE PRESIDENT TRUMP SAW IT. HE SAW IT AS A BAD PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

    AND I’LL GUARANTEE YOU THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS THINK WE SHOULD MAKE TO SECURE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER BEFORE WE START ABOUT THE UKRAINIAN BORDER. >> I WANT TO GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT BUT FIRST, YOU AGREE AT ALL WITH THE PRESIDENT OR WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT POTENTIALLY SHOULD

    BE LOOKED AT AS KIND OF A LOAN INSTEAD OF JUST A PAYMENT. WHAT ABOUT PUTTING JUST ELEMENTS OF THIS BILL ON THE FLOOR INSTEAD OF JUST NOT BRINGING IT TO THE FLOOR AT ALL? >> WELL, THE UNIT PARTY, AS WE LIKE TO SAY HERE, WASHINGTON, DOES NOT LIKE TO HAVE SMALL

    PORTIONS OF THE BILL SAY WE DO THAT. TENNESSEE, YOU HAVE A CATCH. AND BILL, YOU CAN’T HAVE A DOG CATCHER’S BILL AND GIVE A PAY RISE. IT HAS TO BE VERY SPECIFIC. BUT IN WASHINGTON THE BIG BOYS DON’T LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY TAKE IT ALL FOR ALL OF THEIR LITTLE DOLLAR GOODIES

    IN THEIR DISTRICT. AND THEN THAT’S HOW WE GET $35 TRILLION IN DEBT. >> OKAY. SO IN YOUR VIEW NOT BRINGING IT TO THE HOUSE FLOOR IS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU SUPPORT AT THIS, BUT ARE REPUBLICANS WILLING TO PERHAPS COMPROMISE WITH DEMOCRATS? ALL EVEN THE PENTAGON WARNED

    TODAY THAT IF THE U.S. DOES NOT STAND AGAINST AGGRESSORS THAT, OUR OWN NATIONAL SECURITY CAN SUFFER CONSEQUENCES? WELL, I WOULD ASK THEM, WHY ARE THEY WHY ARE WE NOT MOVING ON? CHINA, WHO IS IMPRISONING THE WEAKER POPULATION, ORGAN HARVESTING, SLAVE LABOR, THINGS LIKE. YET WE WOULD NOT RAISE THE FINGER.

    AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WE’VE GOT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INVESTED, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INVESTED HERE. THEY’RE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW. THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY HAS THEIR TENTACLES IN A LOT OF THINGS IN AMERICA, INCLUDING OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. SO I DARESAY THAT THE BIG BOYS

    ARE AFRAID. TAKE ON CHINA IN THIS SITUATION AND THE PENTAGON INSTANCE. THEY NEED TO KEEP THEIR MOUTH SHUT. MA’AM, THEY HAVE NOT PASSED AN AUDIT IN THE HISTORY OF AUDITS. THEY HAVE LOST OVER A HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS IN ASSETS. NOW, IMAGINE THAT. A HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS IN ASSETS.

    WHERE IS ALL THIS MONEY GOING? AND HOW DID WE PUNISH THEM OVER THE LAST THIS LAST CYCLE? $20 BILLION, A NEW TAXPAYER MONEY UNACCOUNTED FOR ONCE. SO I THINK THE PENTAGON NEEDS TO SIT THIS ONE OUT. BUT AS I LIKE TO SAY, THE WAR PIGS AT THE PENTAGON

    HAVE GOTTEN US INTO ENOUGH TROUBLE. WAR. THEIR BUSINESS AND THEIR BUSINESS IS GOOD RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF NATIONAL BECAUSE THEY’RE SECURITY CONCERNS. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE SOUTHERN BORDER. I MEAN, WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH HERE FROM HOUSE REPUBLICANS IN TERMS OF WANTING AID TO BE TIED

    TO CHANGES AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER. YET A BIPARTISAN BILL THAT DID INCLUDE THAT WAS VOTED DOWN. SO DO REPUBLICANS TRULY WANT BORDER ADDRESSED RIGHT NOW DURING THIS ELECTION YEAR, OR WOULD YOU RATHER WAIT? >> WELL, WHY ARE YOU ALL IN THE MEDIA NOT ASKING ABOUT H.R. TWO, WHICH WAS PASSED LAST

    YEAR AND YET YET CHUCK SCHUMER HAS NOT BROUGHT UP THAT BILL. ACTUALLY, YOU HAD TO HAVE 5000 PEOPLE CONTACTS BEFORE THEY SHUT THE BORDER DOWN. SO A DAY, SO 4999 PEOPLE A DAY ILLEGALLY COMING OVER OUR BORDER, WHICH KNOW A LARGE GROUP OF THOSE ARE IN FACT COMMUNIST CHINESE.

    AND WE’VE CAUGHT TERRORISTS. THEY’VE LET TERRORISTS GO, THEN THEY’VE RECAPTURED THEM. I MEAN, TO ME, MA’AM, THEY ONLY ANSWERED THE BORDER, THOUGH. I’M NEGOTIATING AT. THE BORDER IS ZERO RIGHT NOW. IT COSTS US OVER $400 BILLION A YEAR TO KEEP THESE PEOPLE UP. THAT’S NOT INCLUDING THE FENTANYL, THE MURDERS, THE RIGHTS.

    >> AND TO ME, THE MOST EGREGIOUS OF THAT IS THE 100,000 CHILDREN THAT ARE DISAPPEARING THAT DON’T KNOW WHATEVER THEY’RE BEING SOLD INTO. AND AGAIN, IT’S REALLY NOT A DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN ISSUE, MA’AM. IT’S THE UNIT PARTY. IT’S THE PEOPLE THAT WHEN THE DOORS ARE CLOSED, IT’S WHEN

    THIS BILL WAS DONE, THE PEOPLE IN THE NATIONAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, NOT YOUR LOCAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, BUT MEN, THEY WANT SOMEBODY ON YOUR ROOF WHO GETS HURT. IF THEY GET HURT AND HAS NO LEGAL GROUNDS, THEY’LL BE DEPORTED. AND THEY KNOW IT. IF THEY IF THEY WOULD CALL ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.

    THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE AFTER. THIS IS ABOUT GREED. AND WE NEED TO SHUT IT DOWN. BOTH PARTIES NEED TO BE THERE. THEY OUGHT TO ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES FOR ALLOWING THIS TO GO ON FOR THIS MANY YEARS. >> WELL, I MEAN YOU TALK ABOUT PASS BILLS, BUT I MEAN, THIS IS WHERE WE’RE AT WITH

    THE BORDER RIGHT NOW. AND THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOMETHING PASSED TO AT LEAST ADDRESS IT. AND THAT’S STILL A CONSIDERATION. >> WHAT WAS PASSED OR ATTEMPTED TO BE PASSED IS NOT IN CONSIDERATION. AGAIN, WHY ARE YOU NOT SAYING THAT ABOUT H.R., WHICH IS PASSED THE HOUSE AND IT’S

    SITTING ON THE SENATE DESK. I’LL TELL YOU WHY. IT SHUTS THE DADGUM BORDER DOWN AND THE NATIONAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE DON’T LIKE THAT IDEA AT ALL. THEY WANT THE CHEAP AND FREE LABOR THAT THEY’RE GETTING RIGHT NOW. AND THEY’RE AND RIGHT NOW THEY’RE WINNING. AND WE DON’T TALK ABOUT THAT

    AT THIS MOMENT BECAUSE THAT’S NOT WHAT WE’RE ADDRESSING AT SECOND, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THIS BIPARTISAN BILL THAT CAN’T GET THROUGH. WELL, H.R. TWO PASSED AND YOU ALL REFUSE TO TALK ABOUT IT. WHY DON’T WHY DON’T Y’ALL WANT TO SHUT THE BORDER DOWN TO NOTHING? HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?

    4999 PEOPLE A DAY IS A GOOD IDEA, MA’AM? THAT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. WE’VE SEEN WHAT’S HAPPENED WITH THE WITH THE TERRORISTS WE’VE SEEN THE THE THE CARTELS MOVING FENTANYL. I MEAN, I’M SURE FENTANYL. YOU COULDN’T GO IN THE NEWSROOM THERE AND ASK TO SEE A SHOW HANDS.

    AND I GUARANTEE YOU ALMOST EVERYONE IN THERE KNOWS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY THAT IN A VERY NEGATIVE LIGHT. AND WE COULD SHUT IT DOWN RIGHT NOW. BUT PRESIDENT AND THIS SENATE REFUSES TO DO THAT. >> AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT LAWMAKERS, THAT’S WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, NOT THE NOT

    THE MEDIA. YES, MA’AM. I MEAN, WE WE’VE GOT TO ADDRESS IT. AND YOU ALL NEED TO ADDRESS IT, TOO. YOU NEVER BRING UP H.R. TO YOU KEEP SAYING, WELL, IT WAS A BIPARTISAN BILL. IT WAS DONE IN A CLOSED ROOM WITHOUT ANY OTHER INPUT, JUST A FEW PEOPLE AT THE TOP.

    AND THE NATIONAL CHAMBER COMMERCE HAD THEIR TENTACLES IN THAT ROOM, AS YOU AND I BOTH KNOW. AND THAT’S WHY THAT LEGISLATION CAME OUT LIKE IT DID. YOU’LL SEE IF YOU HAD TIME TO ANALYZE IT, I’M SURE THERE’S A LOT MORE IN THERE, I POINTED OUT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE’S A LOT

    OF REASONS WHY THE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW CAN, CAN AND CAN IN THE CATCH AND RELEASE HE CAN DO THE UNDER WHICH WAS SUCCESSFUL UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS TO REMAIN IN MEXICO RULES AND WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS IS NOT NOT HEALTHY FOR THIS COUNTRY AND WE ARE GOING TO WE’RE

    POSSIBLY AND WE HAD SEVERAL PAST SECURITY PEOPLE TELL US THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IT’S PUBLIC RECORD THAT WE COULD BE LOOKING AT ANOTHER 911 TYPE SITUATION BECAUSE OF THESE FOLKS BEING IN OUR COUNTRY AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT BOTH PARTIES CERTAINLY PROBLEMS WORTHY OF A COMPROMISE AT THIS HOUR.

    CONGRESSMAN TIM BURCHETT, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR YOUR TIME. >> I WANT TO BRING OUR STORY TO OUR PANEL HERE NOW. SO JOINING US, OUR ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND SIRIUS XM RADIO HOST MIKE MUSE, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM NEW YORK, JOHN KATKO, ALONG WITH PRESIDENT OF NEXGEN

    AMERICA, CHRISTINA SINCERE RAMIREZ AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND OP ED COLUMNIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES LZ GRANDERSON. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. SO, JOHN, LET’S START HERE WITH YOU. WE SAW HOW QUICKLY REPUBLICANS SORT OF CHANGED TUNE ON SUPPORTING BIPARTISAN BORDER POLICY CHANGES AND NOW WE’RE

    SEEING THE LIKES OF REPUBLICANS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, SENATOR LINSEY GRAHAM AGREEING WITH TRUMP ON FOREIGN AID. SO DO YOU THINK MORE REPUBLICANS COULD ALSO THINK ABOUT FOREIGN AID, THAT IT SHOULD BE ALONE PERHAPS? >> WELL, THAT INTERVIEW JUST DAN, IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT’S WRONG WITH CONGRESS, BECAUSE NEITHER SIDE WANTS

    TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN 100% OF WHAT THEY WANT HE REFERRED TO H.R. TO. THAT WAS A COMPLETELY PARTY LINE VOTE. THAT’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. IT WAS DONE ON THE RIGHT. SO WHY WE’RE NOW TALKING ABOUT IT? BUT NOBODY CAME OUT OF THE SENATE. ONE OF THE IMMIGRATION, ILLEGAL

    IMMIGRATION FROM 10,000 OR 5000 A DAY, CUTTING IT IN HALF RIGHT AWAY. WHY ISN’T THAT A GOOD THING? THAT’S A FUNDAMENTAL PRECEPT. WHAT RONALD REAGAN WOULD SAY IS THAT AND GET THAT AND KEEP WORKING ON THE REST. REPUBLICANS DON’T CONTROL THE WHITE HOUSE, SO HOW CAN THEY HOW CAN THEY EXPECT 100%

    OF THIS? THIS IS THEY’LL SAY NO, AND WE’LL JUST WE’RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. AND THAT’S WHY PEOPLE HAVE SUCH A LOW OPINION OF CONGRESS IS VERY FRUSTRATING. >> YOU GET. BUT IT’S VERY FRUSTRATING AND. CHRISTINA, TO YOU. I MEAN, HOW DO YOU SEE TRUMP’S LEVERAGE HERE?

    WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT? >> I MEAN, THE INTERVIEW, IT WAS TROUBLING. IT IS THAT IT SHOWS ONCE AGAIN THAT THERE IS NOT REALLY A REPUBLICAN PARTY. IT IS DONALD TRUMP. THAT IS THE ENTIRE PARTY. THERE IS NO DEBATE OR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT’S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF AMERICAN VOTERS OR

    THEIR CONSTITUENTS. IT’S ABOUT GETTING IN LINE, NOT WITH A PARTY. IT’S ABOUT GETTING IN LINE WITH DONALD TRUMP AND WHAT’S IN HIS BEST INTEREST. AND THAT IS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. YEAH, WE DON’T OVERLOOK THAT. THERE SOME REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE, OBVIOUSLY, THAT DID STAY UP ALL NIGHT AND HELPED

    PUSH THROUGH. AND NOW IN TERMS OF THE HOUSE, THEY’RE NOT EVEN GOING TO BRING IT TO THE FLOOR. BUT ALSO, L.Z., I MEAN, THE THREAT OF IMPEACHMENT LOOMING TOMORROW, THAT’S UP A LOT OF AIR IN CONGRESS AS WELL. >> WELL, YES, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY HAVE TO DO

    SOMETHING TO GET FROM WHAT WE BANG FOR WHAT HAPPENS TO BELOVED DONALD TRUMP. AND IT IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU’RE HEARING HIS NAME MORE THAN AMERICA WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHY BILL WON’T PASS, YOU’RE HEARING THAT IT HELPS TRUMP. YOU DON’T HEAR ABOUT HOW AN IMPACTS AMERICA. AND THAT’S BECAUSE HE HAS TAKEN

    OVER THE ENTIRE PARTY. IN TURN, IT’S HIS PURPOSE ALMOST. IT’S VERY FRUSTRATING AS A CITIZEN, CONSIDER THEMSELVES GOING TO TO MAKE AN INDEPENDENT CHOICE. >> THAT IS PART OF THE CHOICE. YEAH ABSOLUTELY. AND MIKE, HOW DO YOU SEE THIS PLAYING OUT HERE FOR THE SPEAKER, FOR SPEAKER JOHNSON, WHO AT THIS POINT

    IS SAYING, I’M NOT EVEN GOING TO BRING THIS TO THE FLOOR, THEN DON’T EVEN HAVE A VOTE TO TALK ABOUT. >> I THINK THE INTERVIEW THAT YOU JUST HAD WITH THAT CONGRESSMAN IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE CHALLENGE THAT ANY REPUBLICAN SPEAKER WITH UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF THEIR CAUCUS, THE CHALLENGE

    IS THIS IS A CAT COMMENT AND THERE’S A LOT OF THE GOP CAUCUS CURRENTLY IN THE HOUSE ARE VERY SINGULAR FOCUS WITHOUT MOVING WITH BIPARTISAN EFFORT. THE MOMENT YOU ASK THAT, CONGRESSMAN, ABOUT WORKING WITH DEMOCRATS IN HOUSE IN ORDER TO PASS ANY SEPARATE LEGISLATION, HE WAS ANTI AGAINST THAT.

    THAT IS GOING TO PUT SPEAKER JOHNSON’S SPEAKERSHIP AND IF HE WAS TO USE ANY BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO PASS ANY WHICH WAS THE EXAMPLE THAT WE SAW WITH THE PREVIOUS HOUSE SPEAKER MCCARTHY. AND REASON WHY HE WAS REMOVED WAS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT HE WORKED SO CLOSELY, DEMOCRATS, TO GET LEGISLATION ACROSS.

    AND SO THAT IS A CHALLENGE THAT SPEAKER JOHNSON, ANY FUTURE REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE FACES. >> RIGHT. HE REACHED ACROSS AISLE TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT FROM SHUTTING DOWN, WHICH, BY THE WAY, THERE IS ANOTHER SHUTDOWN THAT WE HAVEN’T EVEN DISCUSSED. MIKE JOHNSON, CHRISTINA AND L.Z., THANKS TO ALL OF YOU.

    >> COMING UP NEXT HERE IN OUR SPOTLIGHT, IF YOU WERE HOPING FOR A ROMANTIC NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN OR IF YOU WANTED TO STAY IN WITH SOME TAKE OUT ON VALENTINE’S DAY, YOU MIGHT NEED TO MAKE SOME BACKUP PLANS. HOW DRIVERS FOR RIDE SHARING PLATFORMS AND FOOD DELIVERY

    APPS ARE PLANNING TO SPEND THE HOLIDAY. I’LL GET INTO THAT WITH MY PANEL AFTER THE BREAK. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE. ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR. AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK, HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING.

    >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. THE NEED FOR UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE 2024 TRAIL IN ICELAND.

    LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THIS STORY FROM THE FRONT LINE FROM, SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT FOR THE FBI REPORTING ,FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, LIVE TO YOU. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER

    THE STORY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> I HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S OUR SECRET ONE WE HAVE.

    DO YOU THINK? WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS NOT INSIDE THE OF THIS LIST OF HUMAN BORDERS. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED BECAUSE I NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. I DID NOT GET IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE ANYWHERE. >> WORK.

    WOW. SO THE QUESTION IS. OKAY, HERE WE GO. ARE YOU WHAT WOULD YOU DO? YOU JUST WON’T BELIEVE. WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY THINK NO ONE’S WATCHING. THIS SEASON, I BROUGHT SHARON HAYNES AND KAMAU BELL ALONG FOR THE RIDE. >> ALL RIGHT, LET’S BREAK IT DOWN SERIOUS HERE.

    I WAS HERE ALL THE TIME. THE ALL-NEW SEASON. >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN HERE? SUNDAY NIGHT ON ABC? >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS? >> THIS IS THE START HERE TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S

    TOP STORIES A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S INTO IT LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING 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. ONE, TWO EIGHT SPOTLIGHT. IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO BOOK A RIDE TO TAKE YOUR VALENTINE OUT ON THE TOWN, YOU MIGHT NEED TO FIND A DIFFERENT OPTION. THOUSANDS UBER, LYFT AND DOORDASH DRIVERS AS WELL

    ARE PLANNING TO WALK OFF THE JOB TOMORROW TO PROTEST LOW PAY AND UNSAFE WORKING CONDITIONS. VALENTINE’S DAY WAS CHOSEN SPECIFICALLY FOR THE STRIKE CALL BECAUSE OF HIGHER RIDE DEMAND ON THE HOLIDAY, WHICH WORKERS HOPE WILL AMPLIFY THE IMPACT OF THIS PROTEST. RIDESHARE DRIVERS UNITED AN INDEPENDENT UNION, SAYING

    THAT AND UBER DRIVERS WOULD TURN OFF THEIR APPS OVER WHAT THEY SAY IS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN PAY THAT WE’VE ALL FELT THIS WINTER. NOW, THE GROUP SAID THAT ITS MEMBERS WOULD NOT BE TAKING PASSENGERS TO OR FROM AIRPORTS IN TEN MAJOR CITIES. THAT INCLUDES AUSTIN, CHICAGO, MIAMI, NEWARK AND PHILADEL PHIA .

    I WANT TO BRING BACK MY PANEL HERE MIKE, JOHN, CHRISTINA AND L.Z.. SO HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY TO ALL OF YOU. JOHN, I MEAN. THIS IS VALENTINE’S IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST RIDESHARING AND FOOD DELIVERY DAYS OF THE ENTIRE YEAR. SO WHAT DO YOU TAKE OF THEIR MESSAGE HERE?

    >> DECIDING TO STRIKE ON VALENTINE’S DAY. IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE FOR THEM. I GOT IT RIGHT THE OTHER DAY AND I THINK 35, 40% OF THEIR FARE GOES. I MEAN, IT’S CRAZY. IT WENT UP DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO. GOOD FOR THEM FOR STANDING UP

    FOR THEMSELVES. AND I GOT TO UP, I THINK IT’LL BE A GOOD RESULT OF THE YEAR. >> BUT THEY’VE GOT TO FLEX THEIR MUSCLES. YEAH. AND CHRISTINE, I MEAN, A LOT OF THESE WORKERS, RIGHT, THEY’RE GOING TO BE A PART OF THIS THEY’RE CONSIDERED THESE INDEPENDENT CONTRACT WORKERS THAT COMPANIES LIKE

    UBER, DOORDASH. SO WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TO GIVEN THEIR EMPLOYMENT STATUS? YEAH. >> INDEPENDENT SUB COUNTRIES FOR CONTRACTORS, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED FORM A UNION. AND THAT’S WHY YOU SEE THEM COMING TOGETHER AND TRYING THESE CREATIVE. >> BUT THEY ARE YOU’RE TALKING

    ABOUT UBER, LYFT, DOORDASH COMPANIES THAT ARE MAKING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHILE THESE WORKERS ARE HAVING TO PAY FOR THEIR GAS, THEIR UPKEEP OF THEIR CAR WITH NO REGULAR PROTECTIONS. WE’RE LIVING THROUGH A MOMENT OF MASSIVE RESURGENCE IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT, AND WORKERS ARE ORGANIZING AND BRINGING THEIR POWER TOGETHER THROUGH STRIKES.

    I THINK THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WE’RE GOING TO SEE WITH THESE WORKERS. >> YOU’RE RIGHT. I MEAN, THE STRIKES THAT WE SAW THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND LAST SUMMER HAVE REALLY CHANGED THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF EMPLOYERS. L.Z., I MEAN, LYFT HAS SAID, THOUGH, THAT THEIR DRIVERS

    USING THEIR OWN VEHICLES EARNED ALMOST $31 AN HOUR, INCLUDING TIPS AND BONUSES. BUT NOW THE COMPANY PROMISING THAT ITS DRIVERS WOULD RECEIVE AT LEAST 70% OF THE MONEY THAT CLIENTS PAY TO RIDE WITH THEM IN AN EFFORT TO PAY AND TRANSPARENCY. I MEAN, CLEARLY, IS THAT A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

    >> IS IT ENOUGH? IT’S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AS FAR AS IT BEING ENOUGH, THAT’S REALLY SOMETHING FOR THE DRIVERS THEMSELVES TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, JUXTAPOSE FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. THEY HAVE TO MEASURE. BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE THING THAT I LOVE ABOUT ALL OF THIS

    IS THAT IT’S KIND OF TENDRILS OUT. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THIS MONIKER AS IF THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD SOCIETY BECAUSE THEY’RE YOUNG AND HIP AND ALL OF THAT. BUT THIS IS YET AGAIN AN EXAMPLE IN WHICH GREED IS AND DOESN’T CARE. >> IT DOESN’T REALLY MATTER

    WHAT THE PACKAGING IS. OH, YEAH. THAT’S INTERESTING. MIGHT THIS STRIKE CALL IS THE FIRST SINCE UBER AND LYFT WENT PUBLIC IN 2019. SO WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE GIG ECONOMY AND THE WORKERS? YOU KNOW WHAT I KEEP THINKING ABOUT MIKE, TOO, IS THAT A LOT OF THESE DRIVERS, THIS IS,

    YOU KNOW, THEIR SIDE HUSTLE, RIGHT? THEY’RE DOING THIS TO MAKE EXTRA MONEY. THEY READ YOUR YOU DID. >> YOU DID FIRST HAPPY PRE VALENTINE’S DAY, YOU TWO AS WELL. CAN YOU ABSOLUTELY READ MY MIND WITH THAT. THE GIG ECONOMY WAS ACTUALLY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A GIG ECONOMY.

    IT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE TO BE A FULL TIME SALARY. BUT THE WAY THAT THESE ARE HAPPENING WITH THE RECESSION AND WITH THE PANDEMIC, WE START SEEING THE RELIABILITY ON THE GIG ECONOMY, A FULL TIME JOB. AND SO THIS IS REALLY THE TENSION THAT YOU’RE SEEING BETWEEN THE GIG WORKERS

    AND ACTUALLY THE PLATFORMS THAT THEY ARE CONTRACTORS AND SEEKING MORE DEMAND. BECAUSE WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS THIS INTERSECTION OF COST TO WORK. CHRISTINA HIT IT RIGHT IN THE MONEY, BUT TERMS OF WE’RE SEEING GAS PRICES ARE STILL RISING AND HAS NOT DECREASED. AND SO THAT IS WHY

    YOU’RE SEEING SO MUCH OF AN IMPACT AND CUT INTO WHAT THE VIEWERS MAKING WEEKLY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY LIKE WHAT LYFT IS DOING WITH THE 7% GUARANTEE TO EARNINGS OF A WEEK AND THEN SHOWING WHERE THOSE OTHER EXPENSES ARE GOING FOR THE TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT SO THAT WE AS A SOCIETY HAVE MORE

    UNDERSTANDING HOW THE CALCULATIONS AND THE BUSINESS MODELS WORK. SO MORE GIG WORKERS CAN MAKE MORE OF A CONSCIOUS DECISION. DON’T BE A GIG WORKER OR LIKE TO GO IN SUMMER FULL TIME. >> RIGHT. AND OF COURSE, THEN YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT LIKE GAS PRICES, MORE THAN $6

    IN CALIFORNIA, IT’S JUST DIFFERENT FROM STATE TO STATE. AND THEY’RE HAVING THE SAME STRUGGLE. MIKE, JOHN, JUSTIN AND L.Z., OUR THANKS TO ALL OF YOU GUYS. WE SO APPRECIATE IT. COMING UP IN OUR LAST CALL HERE, JON STEWART, A COMEDIC COMEBACK. HIS LATEST TAKE ON THE 2024 POLITICS. THAT’S AFTER THE BREAK.

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    TRAVERS WHEREVER STORY IS WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE BY. WE CHANGED IT ONE LETTER. >> ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED YET. I THINK A PRETTY GOOD IT’S TIME FOR OUR CALL RIGHT NOW OF COURSE THAT WAS COMEDIAN JON STEWART BACK ON THE DAILY SHOW FOR HIS MONDAY RESIDENCY,

    KICKING OFF THE SHOW’S ELECTION COVERAGE, TAKING A COMEDIC ON THE PROBABLE BIDEN TRUMP REMATCH FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. STEWART MAKING JOKES ABOUT BOTH TRUMP AND BIDEN’S MEMORY, AGE AND MENTAL COMPETENCY. I WANT TO BRING BACK OUR PANEL HERE, MIKE, JOHN, CHRISTINA AND L.Z.. >> JOHN, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?

    COME BACK AND HOW DO YOU THINK THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE? >> RON, GLAD YOU WAITED TOO LONG. I GOT OUT OF CONGRESS BEFORE HE WENT BACK IN TO LAMPOON POLITICIANS. BUT THAT BEING SAID, I THINK HE’S TERRIFIC. HE’S VERY TALENTED AND WE NEED TO LAUGH A LITTLE MORE THESE

    DAYS. SO GOOD FOR HIM AND GOOD US THAT I AGREE WITH THAT. >> WE NEED TO LAUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT MEAN, CHRISTINA, YOU’RE AN EXPERT IN HOW YOUNG PEOPLE VOTE. RIGHT. AND SOMETIMES THAT DEMOGRAPHIC WILL REALLY KEY INTO STUFF LIKE THIS. >> YEAH. I MEAN, WHAT’S GREAT ABOUT JON

    STEWART IS HE’S ONE OF THE MOST TRUSTED VOICES AND LIKE, VOICES IN COMEDY AND POLITICS BECAUSE HE DISHES THAT OUT TO BOTH PARTIES AND BOTH AND YOUNG PEOPLE, A LOT OF THEM THERE IS OVERWHELMINGLY PROGRESSIVE LIKE JON STEWART. THEY REALLY SEE THEMSELVES AS INDEPENDENTS. COULDN’T HAVE COME SOON ENOUGH.

    SO GLAD HE’S BACK. I WATCHED ALL OF IT LAUGH. >> I WAS SO, SO GLAD HE’S BACK ON SCREEN. OH, GOOD. L.Z. WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE SATIRE IN THIS APPROACH? >> YOU THINK IT’S THE RIGHT APPROACH? >> WELL, I’M GLAD THAT HE’S BACK.

    YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS RIGHT. NEED THE LAUGH? MY FEAR IS THAT DEMOCRACY NEEDED HIM TO. AND THAT’S MY CONCERN. YOU KNOW, IT’S LIKE HE’S ONE OF THOSE TRUSTED VOICES CAN CUT THROUGH THE NOISE. AND I’M LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED? HE’S BEEN GOING A DECADE. HE’S STILL THAT GUY.

    WHAT DID WE NOT FIX? HE WAS QUALIFIED. LIKE, WHERE ARE WE AT IN THE COUNTRY THAT WE NEED JON STEWART AND HIS COMEDY. I APPRECIATE THAT. AGREE. MIKE, WHAT WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT? ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF HOW, LIKE CHRISTINA SAID, HE TAKES ON BOTH CANDIDATES.

    >> HE DOES WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF REALLY GREAT COMEDIANS WHO ARE EXPERTS AT SATIRE. SATIRE IS SO DIFFICULT TO GET RIGHT. IF YOU DON’T NAIL IT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE, YOU CAN GET IT REALLY WRONG. AND A LOT OF TIMES A LOT OF AMERICANS ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY DISSECTING SOMETIMES

    THE WAY THAT WE SPEAK OUR POLICY FROM A VERY ESOTERIC WAY. SO CERTAINLY THAT’S WHY GREAT SATIRE IS ARE REALLY GREAT AT REALLY USING COMEDY ORDER TO HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC FOR THEM TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES. AND I THINK THAT IS COMING AT A PERFECT TIME, PARTICULARLY THE ERA OF SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE

    VIDEOS ARE GOING VIRAL. HE WILL BE ABLE TO REACH A YOUNGER AUDIENCE

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