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MEGA MERGER IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY. >> JUST AS CREDIT CARD DEBT SOARS TO NEW HEIGHTS. WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR CONSUMERS AS TWO OF THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD COMPANIES, CAPITAL ONE AND DISCOVER, COMBINE FORCES RUSSIANS ON THE MOVE VLADIMIR PUTIN’S FORCES SEIZE MORE TERRITORY IN UKRAINE WITH US WAR

FUNDING HELD UP IN CONGRESS. >> THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE POSTING THIS PRESIDENT’S DAY PHOTO WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW A NEW OFFER FROM THE WHITE HOUSE LOOKING TO STRIKE A DEAL. >> A LANDMARK COURTRILLIONULING ON FERTILITY TREATMENTS. A STATE COURT NOW SAYING THAT FROZEN EMBRYOS ARE CHILDREN. HOW THE

RULING COULD HAVE FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES. >> WHERE IS AUDREY CUNNINGHAM, THE 11 YEAR OLD TEXAS GIRL MISSING FOR NEARLY A WEEK AFTER FAILING TO CATCH HER BUS TO SCHOOL? POLICE FOCUSING THEIR CASE ON A MAN LIVING ON HER FATHER’S PROPERTY. WHAT THE SHERIFF IS SAYING ABOUT THE SEARCH SCAM ALERT.

>> THE CALL THAT APPEARS TO BE FROM AMAZON. THAT’S A GIANT FRAUD. HOW ONE WOMAN LOST $50,000 OUT OF THIS WORLD. >> WHAT SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED ABOUT THE BRIGHTEST OBJECT IN THE UNIVERSE, 500 TRILLION TIMES BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN. >> AND LATER, THE BASKETBALL PLAYERS IN A JAM. THAT IS, UNTIL

THE CHEERLEADERS COME TO THE RESCUE. FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. >> THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE. I’M ANDREW DYMBURT. >> GOOD MORNING. I’M ALISON KOSIK IN FOR RHIANNON. AND WE BEGIN WITH YOUR MONEY AND A MAJOR MERGER IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY, CAPITAL ONE.

>> AND DISCOVER ARE JOINING FORCES JUST AS CREDIT CARD DEBT SOARS TO A RECORD HIGH. HERE’S ABC’S LIONEL MOISE THIS MORNING. >> A SHAKEUP IN THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY. CAPITAL ONE IS BUYING DISCOVER IN A DEAL VALUED AT $35 BILLION CAPITAL ONE IS ACQUIRING DISCOVER, WHICH IS MORE THAN

JUST A CREDIT CARD ISSUER. >> THEY ALSO HAVE A CARD NETWORK OVER WHICH THE TRANSACTIONS ARE RUN. AND THEY ALSO HAVE ACCUMULATED A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DEPOSIT BASE, BRINGING IN DEPOSITS FROM CONSUMERS AND MAKING LOANS OTHER THAN JUST CREDIT CARDS. >> JOINING FORCES WILL GIVE CAPITAL ONE ACCESS TO DISCOVER’S PAYMENT NETWORK, COLLECTING FEES

TO BETTER COMPETE AGAINST VISA AND MASTERCARD, WHICH COULD BENEFIT CUSTOMERS IN THE LONG RUN. IT COMES AS CREDIT CARD DEBT IN THE U.S. HITS A RECORD HIGH. THE AVERAGE BALANCE NOW TOPS $6,000, AND WITH HIGH INTEREST RATES, DELINQUENCIES ARE UP AMONG ALL AGE GROUPS. 49% OF CREDIT CARDHOLDERSRY DEBT FROM MONTH TO MONTH.

>> THE INCREASE IN CREDIT CARD DEBT AT A TIME WHEN CREDIT CARD RATES ARE NORTH OF 20% AT RECORD HIGHS THEMSELVES, THAT REALLY ILLUSTRATES THE FINANCIAL STRAIN THAT MILLIONS OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE FEELING. JUST TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. AS SAVINGS BALANCES WERE RUN DOWN. WE’VE SEEN CREDIT CARD BALANCES RUN UP. MORE

PEOPLE ARE CARRYING BALANCES FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME. COULD A MERGER LIKE THIS WITH TWO BIG CREDIT COMPANIES HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT? FOR CONSUMERS THAT ARE GRAPPLING WITH HIGH BALANCES AND HIGH INTEREST RATES, THIS COMBINATION ISN’T GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO CHANGE THAT, PARTICULARLY IN THE SHORT TERMS.

SO FOCUS ON PAYING DOWN THAT DEBT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE MAKES YOUR FINANCIAL LIFE EASIER . >> BANK RATE SAYS ANY CHANGES IN THE TERMS OF YOUR CREDIT CARD MUST BE COMMUNICATED 45 DAYS IN ADVANCE, AND EXPERTS SAY PAYING DOWN YOUR DEBT AND INCREASING YOUR CREDIT SCORE WILL PUT YOU

IN A BETTER POSITION TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY POTENTIAL PERKS AFTER THE MERGER. ANDREW ALLISON. >> ALL RIGHT. LIONEL THANK YOU. OVERSEAS, THERE’S WORD THAT RUSSIA HAS LAUNCHED A NEW OFFENSIVE IN UKRAINE AFTER CAPTURING A KEY CITY IN THE EAST, UKRAINE SAYS IT’S SUFFERING FROM A SHORTAGE OF AMMUNITION. EVEN WITH US FUNDING

FOR THE WAR HAS STALLED IN CONGRESS AND AS RUSSIA MAKES GAINS, WE’RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE DEATH OF VLADIMIR PUTIN, CRITIC ALEXEI NAVALNY, HIS SUPPORTERS CLAIM HE WAS MURDERED. ABC’S EM NGUYEN IS HERE WITH THE LATEST M. GOOD MORNING ALISON. >> GOOD MORNING. RUSSIA IS BEGINNING TO MAKE MAJOR GAINS ON

THE BATTLEFIELD, UPPING THE PRESSURE ON REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS TO PASS MORE FUNDING FOR UKRAINE. THIS MORNING RUSSIAN FORCES ARE LAUNCHING NEW ASSAULTS ON MULTIPLE FRONTS, RECOVERING SOME GROUND LOST TO UKRAINE LAST SUMMER. NEUROSURGEON ROCCO ARMANDO PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A DOCTOR FOR THE U.S. ARMY. NOW HE’S VOLUNTEERING IN UKRAINE AND THE

MOST SEVERE CASES AND THE MOST SEVERE I MEAN, THE MOST SEVERE PENETRATING BRA INJURIES, PENETRATING NECK INJURIES, POLYTRAUMA INJURIES, YOU KNOW, AND THEIR VICTIMS, BASICALLY OF ARTILLERY OVER THE WEEKEND, THE RUSSIANS CAPTURED A KEY CITY IN THE EAST, A UKRAINIAN COMMANDER SAYS THEY LACKED THE MANPOWER, POWER AND SHELLS TO HOLD OFF THE

RUSSIANS. U.S. AID IS CURRENTLY HELD UP IN THE REPUBLICAN LED HOUSE, WHICH IS ON A TWO WEEK RECESS. SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON POSTED THIS THUMBS UP PICTURE WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP YESTERDAY, SAYING THEY HAD A GREAT MEETING ON PRESIDENT’S DAY. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS REPUBLICANS ARE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE, NOT SUPPORTING UKRAINE

THE WAY THEY’RE WALKING AWAY FROM THE THREAT OF RUSSIA, THE WAY THEY’RE WALKING AWAY FROM NATO IS JUST SHOCKING. >> MEANWHILE, RUSSIA IS REFUSING TO TURN OVER THE BODY OF VLADIMIR PUTIN CRITIC ALEXEI NAVALNY, WHO DIED AT A REMOTE PRISON. >> PUTIN, HIS WIDOW, CLAIMS RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES ARE HOLDING

ON TO NAVALNY’S REMAINS UNTIL THE POISON CAN LEAVE HIS BODY. >> AS FOR UKRAINE AID, PRESIDENT BIDEN NOW SAYS HE IS WILLING TO MEET WITH SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE. ANDREW M THANK YOU. >> REBELS BACKED BY IRAN CLAIM THEY’VE SHOT DOWN A US DRONE NEAR YEMEN. THE HOUTHI REBELS

RELEASED VIDEO CLAIMING TO SHOW THE INCIDENT. THEY’VE ALSO CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR A NEW WAVE OF ATTACKS ON SHIPS IN THE REGION IN ATTACKS IN THE RED SEA, RECENTLY LED TO A 45% DROP IN TRAFFIC THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL, AS SHIPPING COMPANIES SEEK COSTLY DETOURS. >> THE MAN WHO FATALLY SHOT TWO

POLICE OFFICERS AND A FIREFIGHTER DURING A STANDOFF NEAR MINNEAPOLIS, SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAD A GUN, COURT PAPERS SAY. SHANNON GOODEN WAS BARRED FROM POSSESSING FIREARMS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO ASSAULT. BACK IN 2008, GOODEN WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CUSTODY BATTLE WITH THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN, AND

POLICE SAY HE DIED BY SUICIDE AFTER OPENING FIRE ON FIRST RESPONDERS WHO WERE ANSWERING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE CALL. >> NOW TO A COURT DECISION ON FERTILITY TREATMENTS THAT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT FAR BEYOND ALABAMA. THAT’S WHERE THE STATE’S HIGHEST COURT HAS RULED THAT FROZEN EMBRYOS ARE CHILDREN. THE ISSUE ALREADY

GETTING ATTENTION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IN WASHINGTON THIS MORNING, NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF FERTILITY TREATMENTS AFTER ALABAMA’S SUPREME COURT RULED THAT FROZEN EMBRYOS ARE CHILDREN, THE DECISION REVERSES A LOWER COURT’S RULING IN A CASE BROUGHT BY A COUPLE WHO SUED A FERTILITY CLINIC FOR WRONGFUL DEATH AFTER SOMEONE DROPPED

THEIR FROZEN EMBRYOS ON THE FLOOR, DESTROYING THEM. THE COURT CITED ALABAMA’S CONSTITUTION IN ITS RULING, SAYING EVEN BEFORE BIRTH, ALL HUMAN BEINGS BEAR THE IMAGE OF GOD AND THEIR LIVES CANNOT BE DESTROYED WITHOUT EFFACING HIS GLORY. >> IT COULD EFFECTIVELY END IVF IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF ALABAMA WITH TREATMENTS LIKE IN VITRO

FERTILIZATION. >> ASIAN. SEVERAL EGGS ARE FERTILIZED OUTSIDE THE BODY BEFORE BEING IMPLANTED INTO A PATIENT’S UTERUS. >> THERE’S MOSTLY CONCERN, UM, THERE’S WORRY, THERE’S SOME ANGER. UM, AS PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS TOGETHER, COLLABORATIVELY AND NOT HAVE THESE DECISIONS MADE FOR US AND

WITHOUT OUR INPUT, ALABAMA STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION WARNING THE INCREASED RISK OF LEGAL EXPOSURE MIGHT RESULT IN ALABAMA’S FERTILITY CLINICS SHUTTING DOWN THE ISSUE IS ALREADY ON THE RADAR OF FEDERAL LAWMAKERS. >> ILLINOIS SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH AND PENNSYLVANIA CONGRESSWOMAN SUSAN WILD HAVE INTRODUCED A BILL CALLED THE ACCESS TO FAMILY BUILDING ACT.

IT WOULD ESTABLISH IVF AND OTHER FERTILITY TREATMENTS AS A RIGHT FOR PATIENTS AND DOCTORS. >> EVERYONE DESERVES ACCESS TO THE FULL RANGE OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO HELP THEM START OR GROW THEIR FAMILIES, INCLUDING TREATMENTS LIKE IN VITRO FERTILIZATION. >> 42% OF ADULTS IN THE US SAY THEY’VE USED FERTILITY

TREATMENTS OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS IN TEXAS, THE SEARCH FOR 11 YEAR OLD AUDREY CUNNINGHAM IS FOCUSING ON A MAN WHO LIVES ON HER FATHER’S PROPERTY. >> POLICE SAY DON MACDOUGALL WAS THE LAST PERSON SEEN WITH AUDREY BEFORE SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING LAST WEEK. AFTER FAILING TO CATCH HER BUS TO SCHOOL.

INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING A LAKE 60 MILES NORTH OF HOUSTON AFTER FINDING A BACKPACK IN THE AREA, MACDOUGALL . >> I AM NOT GIVING UP HOPE THAT WE’LL BE ABLE TO BRING AUDREY HOME. SO YES, I AM HOPING THAT SHE IS STILL ALIVE AND WE’RE GOING TO WORK JUST AS HARD TO

MAKE SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO TRY TO BRING HER HOME. >> MACDOUGALL WAS CONVICTED OF ENTICING A MINOR SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUT WAS NOT REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER. >> TURNING TO THE WEATHER, MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY FOR A LARGE SECTION OF CALIFORNIA, WHERE

MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH AFTER HISTORIC RAINFALL EARLIER THIS MONTH. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN AND ROUGH SURF IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WIND GUSTS UP TO 60MPH ARE POSSIBLE. LET’S CHECK YOUR TUESDAY FORECAST. >> GOOD MORNING. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO BRING RAIN AND EVEN SOME HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW INTO THE

STATE OF CALIF AS IT CONTINUES TO PINWHEEL THIS MOISTURE IN. YOU CAN SEE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE DAY, WE’RE STILL TALKING RAIN IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. BUT LOOK AT ALL THAT RAIN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOVES IN AND THERE’S STILL A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE GO THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT, THEN INTO

WEDNESDAY. WE ARE QUIETING THINGS DOWN. BUT KEEP IN MIND TODAY THERE IS SOME RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM LOS ANGELES TO SAN DIEGO. FOR ACCUWEATHER, I’M MELISSA CONSTANZA. >> COMING UP, A GROWING PROBLEM IN SCHOOLS WHO SUBSTITUTES FOR THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. >> BUT FIRST, THE NEW WARNING

FOR PARENTS ABOUT A SPIKE IN CASES OF THE MEASLES. WHAT DOCTORS ARE NOW SEEING AND LATER , WHO ARE YOU GOING TO CALL WHEN THE BALL GETS STUCK? >> THE CHEERLEADERS. THAT’S WHO Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal

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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. HERE. >> AND WE GOT YOU. >> WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU. >> WE’RE BACK WITH A PARKING LOT PROBLEM NEAR BOSTON. THIS AUDI

MANAGED TO GET WEDGED BETWEEN TWO OTHER VEHICLES OUTSIDE OF A CVS. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER HIT THE GAS INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE, THEN HIT AN ELEVATED SIDEWALK IN. THAT’S WHERE IT LANDED. >> DOCTORS ARE WARNING PARENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ABOUT A RISE IN CASES OF THE MEASLES. THE LATEST CONCERN IN FLORIDA THIS

MORNING, DOCTORS IN FLORIDA ARE CLOSELY WATCHING A CLUSTER OF CHILDREN INFECTED WITH MEASLES, AS EXPERTS WARN ABOUT A SURGE IN CASES NATIONWIDE. >> AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, NOT A HAIR ON FIRE MOMENT YET. BUT IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME ONE. >> AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEAR FORT LAUDERDALE IS NOW REPORTING

FIVE STUDENTS WITH MEASLES. MEANWHILE, NINE CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA SINCE DECEMBER, ALL INVOLVING UNVAXED PEOPLE. SO FAR THIS YEAR, AT LEAST ONE CASE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 12 STATES. >> ALL YOU HAVE TO BE IS IN THE SAME ROOM OR PROXIMITY WITH A WITH AN INFECTED PATIENT TO BE

AT RISK FOR CONTRACTING A VIRUS. MEASLES SPREADS IN THE AIR WHEN AN INFECTED PERSON COUGHS OR SNEEZES. >> SYMPTOMS INCLUDE FEVER, COUGH , RUNNY NOSE, AND A DISTINCTIVE RASH, BUT SEVERE CASES CAN LEAD TO BRAIN SWELLING, PNEUMONIA, OR EVEN DEATH. THE CDC REQUIRES A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE MEASLES VACCINE TO ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOL, BUT

PARENTS CAN SEEK RELIGIOUS OR MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS, EXPERTS SAY. WHEN 95% OF A COMMUNITY IS VACCINATED, IT CANNOT SPREAD. BUT CURRENTLY, ONLY 36 STATES FALL BELOW THAT THRESHOLD. >> WE HAVE TO HAVE VERY HIGH, VERY HIGH, 95% OR GREATER IMMUNITY WITHIN A POPULATION IN ORDER FOR THIS VIRUS. THAT’S

LIKE A HEAT SEEKING MISSILE TO NOT BE ABLE TO FIND SOMEONE WHO IS SUSCEPTIBLE. >> DOCTORS ARE ALREADY SEEING WHAT THEY CALL AN ALARMING INCREASE OF CASES IN EUROPE. >> THEY NOW ARE HAVING A 30,000 TIMES INCREASE, 30 FOLD INCREASE THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. IF WE HAVE OUR IMMUNIZATION RATES

FALL BELOW A THRESHOLD, WHAT IS THAT THRESHOLD >> 95% COMPLICATIONS FROM MEASLES ARE MOST LIKELY IN CHILDREN UNDER AGE FIVE AND ADULTS OVER 30 ARE MORE. >> SCHOOLS ARE SCRAMBLING TO FIND SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS PROBLEM GETTING WORSE SINCE THE PANDEMIC , FEWER PEOPLE ARE ENTERING THE EDUCATION FIELD AND THE AVERAGE

PAY AROUND $20 PER HOUR ISN’T KEEPING PACE WITH THE ECONOMY. THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS. ONE MAJOR SCHOOL DISTRICT IN IOWA CAN BARELY COVER HALF OF TEACHERS SICK CALLS. SOME STATES HAVE NOW LOOSENED COLLEGE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS. OTHERS ARE RAISING PAY. SOME NOW OFFER $50 AN HOUR. >> COMING UP, THE CALL THAT

APPEARS TO BE FROM AMAZON. THAT’S A GIANT SCAM. >> ALSO AHEAD, A GAS STATION EMERGENCY CAUGHT ON CAMERA AND THE LIFE SAVERS WHO CAME TO THE So Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne celebrity attorney hum Girardi. This story was a nuclear explosion

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We are here in Israel, a nation at War. We seen tank after tank pouring into this area, this is where it all began, but it holds all up a wall with a minutes of the air raid, sirens going off in his sound of explosion tonight. Israel waging a fierce bombardment of Gaza Israel,

Hamas War for Non-Stop live coverage stream. ABC News live reporting from Southern Israel from the frontlines in downtown Ramallah Beirut forever. The story is will take you there. Kids aren’t supposed to die in college kids aren’t supposed to die at all. How could this possibly have happened?

The incident brought a lot of panic to students that could have been me. It could have been one of my friends last time. We saw her alive. It’s just a very tragic thing to happen to someone whenever you speak to your loved one. The last thing you

Should ever say is. I love you. There’s might be the last time death in the dorms to all new episodes streaming only on Hulu. VICKS VAPORS. >> NOW BACK WITH A BRAWL BREAKING OUT AFTER THE BASKETBALL GAME BETWEEN TEXAS A&M COMMERCE AND INCARNATE WORD. AS THE TEAMS WERE SHAKING HANDS,

IT’S UNCLEAR WHY IT STARTED. A YOUNG GIRL IN THE CROWD WAS REPORTEDLY INJURED, A WOMAN WHO SAYS SHE WAS SCAMMED BY A CALL CLAIMING TO BE FROM AMAZON IS NOW WARNING OTHER CUSTOMERS TO BE ON ALERT. >> SHE ENDED UP LOSING $50,000, WHICH SHE DELIVERED IN A SHOE BOX.

>> IT ACTUALLY SHOWED UP AS AMAZON ON MY CALLER ID, SHE SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY UNDER MY ACCOUNT. >> CHARLOTTE COLES, A PERSONAL FINANCE COLUMNIST IN NEW YORK, SAYS SHE GOT A CALL SHE THOUGHT WAS FROM AMAZON, TELLING HER SHE’D BEEN THE VICTIM OF IDENTITY FRAUD. SHE SAYS SHE

SPOKE WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE, EVEN SOMEONE CLAIMING TO BE FROM THE CIA. YEAH, HE KNEW MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. >> THE LAST FOUR DIGITS. HE KNEW MY BIRTHDAY. HE KNEW MY ADDRESS. HE KNEW THAT I LIVED WITH MY HUSBAND AND SON, AND HE TOLD ME THAT MY IDENTITY HAD BEEN STOLEN

BY A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION. >> COLE SAYS THE PERSON SHE THOUGHT WAS AN INVESTIGATOR TOLD HER THERE WAS A WARRANT OUT FOR HER ARREST FOR CYBER CRIMES MONEY LAUNDERING AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. >> HE TOLD ME THAT IN ORDER TO AVOID ARREST, I WOULD NEED TO COOPERATE WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION ON THE THING THAT

MADE ME KEEP GOING WAS THAT THEY HAD HAD SO MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT MY FAMILY, AND THEY MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT MY FAMILY WAS POTENTIALLY IN GREAT DANGER. >> COLES FOLLOWED THE SCAMMERS DIRECTIONS, RUSHING TO THE BANK TO WITHDRAW $50,000 CASH AND PUTTING THE CASH IN AN SUV THAT

WAS SENT TO HER HOUSE. BUT AS SOON AS THE DRIVER DROVE AWAY, COLE SAYS SHE REALIZED SHE’D BEEN SCAMMED. >> OH MY GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE? I I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS HAS HAPPENED. >> SHE’S NOT ALONE. THE FTC SAYS YOUNGER ADULTS 18 TO 59 ARE NOW BEING SCAMMED AT A HIGHER RATE

THAN OLDER PEOPLE. EXPERTS SAY IF YOU SUSPECT A SCAM, ASK FOR THE CALLER’S NAME. THEIR SUPERVISOR NAME AND WHAT BANK, BRANCH OR GOVERNMENT AGENCY THEY WORK FOR. THEN CALL THAT ORGANIZATION TO VERIFY. ALSO, KEEP IN MIND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL NEVER ASK YOU FOR CASH.

>> A TEXAS MAN SAYS THREE GAS STATION WORKERS SAVED HIS LIFE AFTER HE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST. BRUCE BARTLETT COLLAPSED SHORTLY AFTER ENTERING THE CONVENIENCE STORE AND THE WOMEN QUICKLY ADMINISTERED CPR UNTIL THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED. BARTLETT RETURNED ABOUT ONE WEEK LATER TO THANK THEM IN PERSON. >> HE WAS TURNING PURPLE AND I’M

JUST LIKE, SHOULD I DO MOUTH TO MOUTH? LIKE I DON’T? I’M NOT SURE, BUT I DID IT. >> IT REALLY IS ANGELS ON EARTH THAT THERE’S REALLY PEOPLE WITH SOME BIG HEARTS THAT CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER AND THAT JUMP INTO ACTION AND TRY TO SAVE A LIFE. THEY ARE HEROES.

>> BARTLETT IS HOPING TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT LEARNING CPR. >> COMING UP, FORGET THE DRIVE THRU. THERE’S NOW A SKI THROUGH MCDONALD. >> PLUS, THE EIGHT YEAR OLD TAKING THE CHESS WORLD With so much at stake. So much on the line, more Americans turn here than any

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ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S Reporting from Monterey Park, California, I’m Robin Roberts. Wherever wherever the story is, we’re going to take you there. You’re streaming ABC News live. MORNING AMERICA, WE’RE RIGHT HERE AND WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU. >> TIME TO CHECK THE PULSE.

>> WE BEGIN WITH WHAT SCIENTISTS SAY COULD BE THE BRIGHTEST PLACE IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE. >> OH, YES, IT’S CALLED A QUASAR. AND IT’S LOCATED AT THE SAFE, COZY DISTANCE OF 12 BILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY. THE ARTIST’S RENDERING SHOWS IT’S BLACK HOLE, WHICH SCIENTISTS SAY IS GROWING AT THE FASTEST RATE

EVER SEEN BECAUSE OF ALL THE ENERGY IT’S CONSUMING. >> THE QUASAR AROUND THE BLACK HOLE IS SAID TO BE 500 TRILLION TIMES BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN. NEXT, AN EIGHT YEAR OLD JUST SHATTERED A WORLD RECORD IN CHESS. >> ASHWATH KAUSHIK OF SINGAPORE JUST BECAME THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO BEAT A GRAND MASTER,

BEATING A 37 YEAR OLD AT A TOURNAMENT IN EUROPE. HIS PARENTS DON’T EVEN PLAY CHESS, HE LEARNED THE GAME ONLINE. NEXT, ANOTHER AMAZING YOUNG PERSON. >> SHE’S 11 AND BROUGHT HER LOVE OF READING TO A BUSY AIRPORT. SIA MALHOTRA HELPED BUILD A CHILDREN’S LIBRARY AT NEWARK AIRPORT. IT NOW SITS IN TERMINAL

A, BUT SIA HAS EVEN BIGGER PLANS . >> I WANT TO PROPOSE TO THE PORT AUTHORITY TO PUT THIS LIBRARY LIKE TO GET MORE LIBRARIES AND PUT THEM IN THE OTHER TERMINALS TOO. >> SHE HAS AN IDEA. SHE NURTURES IT SO SHE’LL KEEP ON PESTERING PEOPLE THAT HEY, I NEED TO GET

THIS DONE. THE IDEA CAME FROM A LIBRARY IN ALASKA. >> NEXT, SOME HEROES ON THE COURT DURING A MIDDLE SCHOOL GAME IN WEST VIRGINIA. >> THEY WEREN’T PLAYING IN THE GAME, BUT THEY DID SAVE IT. OH THE CHEERLEADERS ARE GOING TO GET IT. >> NICE MOVE. >> THEY LIFTED ONE TEAM MEMBER

UP AND THE BALL WAS REALLY STUCK. IT TOOK THEM A WHILE, BUT THEY EVENTUALLY GOT IT FREE AND FINALLY FORGET THE DRIVE THROUGH. THERE IS A MCDONALD’S WITH A SKI THROUGH THE MC SKI IS IN SWEDEN. >> IT’S DESCRIBED AS THE ONLY MCDONALD’S WHERE YOU CAN GET

YOUR FOOD IN A SKI THROUGH LANE. TIKTOK HAS TURNED THIS INTO A MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION. >> STARBUCKS COULD BE NEXT It’s lunchtime in America. So what are we serving up? Well, how about everything you need to know? You know, that sounds pretty good. Give your help your money. Breaking news pop culture with

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On Hulu STORIES. >> A BIG DEAL IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY, CAPITAL ONE SAYS IT’S BUYING. DISCOVER FOR $35 BILLION, BRINGING TOGETHER TWO OF THE NATION’S LARGEST CREDIT CARD COMPANIES. THE DEAL MUST STILL BE APPROVED BY REGULATORS. >> MAN ARRESTED FOR TWO MURDERS INSIDE A DORM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO IN COLORADO SPRINGS

IS DUE IN COURT TODAY. 25 YEAR-OLD NICHOLAS JORDAN IS A STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL. POLICE SAY THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO KNEW EACH OTHER AND NOT A RANDOM ATTACK. THE VICTIMS WERE A 26 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO WAS NOT A STUDENT, AND A 24 YEAR OLD WHO

WAS STUDYING MUSIC OVERSEAS. >> EXPLOSIONS ROCKED SOUTHERN LEBANON AND ONE OF THE LARGEST ISRAELI ATTACKS THERE SINCE THE START OF THE WAR AGAINST HAMAS. ISRAEL SAYS THE STRIKES TARGETED HEZBOLLAH WEAPON DEPOTS IN RETALIATION FOR A DRONE ATTACK. >> TODAY’S WEATHER MORE RAIN ON THE WEST COAST WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND LOS ANGELES.

SNOW FROM THE SIERRAS TO THE ROCKIES CLEAR ACROSS MUCH OF THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, AND FINALLY, ALEX THE GREAT. DANNY, NEW REPORTS ON THE GIANT THERAPY RABBIT WHO IS BECOMING A STAR. WHEN YOU MEET ALEX FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT’S HARD NOT TO GO. >> I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU SO

MUCH. >> LOOKING AT YOU ON SCREEN. >> AS YOU CAN TELL, ALEX IS A BIG BOY WEIGHING IN AT 30 POUNDS. >> IN FACT, HE IS ACTUALLY A GIGANTIC BREED OF RABBIT CALLED A FLEMISH GIANT, WHICH IS AMAZING SINCE THEY GOT A RABBIT. >> YEAH, THIS FLEMISH GIANT HAS

BECOME A FAN FAVORITE AT SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS GAMES, WHERE HE IS THE TEAM’S OFFICIAL RALLY RABBIT. >> THEY ALL GET EXCITED AND THEY ALL WANT TO PET HIM. >> THEY ALL WANT TO TOUCH HIS FEET. >> NOW MOST ANIMALS WOULD NOT APPRECIATE THIS MUCH LOVIN, BUT WHEN JOSH HERE ADOPTED ALEX FROM

A RABBIT RESCUE IN DECEMBER OF 2020, AS SOON AS I PICKED HIM UP, HE JUST SNUGGLED INTO ME AND HE DIDN’T WANT TO LEAVE. FAST FORWARD MORE THAN THREE YEARS AND ALEX HAS BECOME A BAY AREA SPORTS CELEBRITY FOR ALL OF THEIR TEAM’S FANS, OFTEN ZOOMING AROUND IN HIS RABBIT WAGON THAT

JOSH CONTROLS AND THEN STOPPING FOR PETS. >> HE’LL GO RIGHT UP TO PEOPLE AND SIT RIGHT ON YOUR FEET AND WAIT FOR YOU TO PET HIM. >> YOU ARE MAKING INCREDIBLE THINGS HAPPEN FOR THIS CITY. >> BUT IT’S NOT JUST SPORTS. IN 2021, ALEX BECAME A CERTIFIED THERAPY ANIMAL AND NOW SPENDS

EVERY WEEK VOLUNTEERING AT HOSPICE CARE CENTERS. SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES, AND EVEN THE AIRPORT. LORD KNOWS I NEED SOMEONE TO CALM ME DOWN THERE. AT JUST THREE YEARS OLD, ALEX SURE HAS EARNED THE RESPECT OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. AND HERE’S JOSH’S GUESS ON HOW. >> BECAUSE HE LOVES PEOPLE. I

MEAN, HE TRULY JUST LOVES PEOPLE . >> BY THE WAY, GUYS JOSH AND HIS WIFE KATE HAVE APPLIED WITH THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS TO CERTIFY THAT ALEX HAS THE MOST VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR ANY THERAPY RABBIT IN HISTORY. >> SUCH A WESTLEY RABBIT. I WANT TO JUST HUG THEM.

>> THAT’S WHAT’S MAK. RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS MORNING, A MEGA MERGER IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY. >> JUST AS CREDIT CARD DEBT SOARS TO NEW HEIGHTS. WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR CONSUMERS AS TWO OF THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD COMPANIES, CAPITAL ONE AND DISCOVER, COMBINE FORCES RUSSIANS ON THE MOVE VLADIMIR

PUTIN’S FORCES SEIZE MORE TERRITORY IN UKRAINE WITH US WAR FUNDING HELD UP IN CONGRESS. >> THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE POSTING THIS PRESIDENT’S DAY PHOTO WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW A NEW OFFER FROM THE WHITE HOUSE LOOKING TO STRIKE A DEAL. >> A LANDMARK COURTRILLIONULING ON FERTILITY TREATMENTS. A STATE

COURT NOW SAYING THAT FROZEN EMBRYOS ARE CHILDREN. HOW THE RULING COULD HAVE FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES. >> WHERE IS AUDREY CUNNINGHAM, THE 11 YEAR OLD TEXAS GIRL MISSING FOR NEARLY A WEEK AFTER FAILING TO CATCH HER BUS TO SCHOOL? POLICE FOCUSING THEIR CASE ON A MAN LIVING ON HER FATHER’S PROPERTY. WHAT THE

SHERIFF IS SAYING ABOUT THE SEARCH SCAM ALERT. >> THE CALL THAT APPEARS TO BE FROM AMAZON. THAT’S A GIANT FRAUD. HOW ONE WOMAN LOST $50,000 OUT OF THIS WORLD. >> WHAT SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED ABOUT THE BRIGHTEST OBJECT IN THE UNIVERSE, 500 TRILLION TIMES BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN. >> AND LATER, THE BASKETBALL

PLAYERS IN A JAM. THAT IS, UNTIL THE CHEERLEADERS COME TO THE RESCUE. FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. >> THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE. I’M ANDREW DYMBURT. >> GOOD MORNING. I’M ALISON KOSIK IN FOR RHIANNON. AND WE BEGIN WITH YOUR MONEY AND A MAJOR MERGER IN THE BANKING

INDUSTRY, CAPITAL ONE. >> AND DISCOVER ARE JOINING FORCES JUST AS CREDIT CARD DEBT SOARS TO A RECORD HIGH. HERE’S ABC’S LIONEL MOISE THIS MORNING. >> A SHAKEUP IN THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY. CAPITAL ONE IS BUYING DISCOVER IN A DEAL VALUED AT $35 BILLION CAPITAL ONE IS ACQUIRING DISCOVER, WHICH IS MORE THAN

MOST SEVERE CASES AND THE MOST SEVERE I MEAN, THE MOST SEVERE PENETRATING BRAIN INJURIES, PENETRATING NECK INJURIES, POLYTRAUMA INJURIES, YOU KNOW, AND THEIR VICTIMS, BASICALLY OF ARTILLERY OVER THE WEEKEND, THE RUSSIANS CAPTURED A KEY CITY IN THE EAST, A UKRAINIAN COMMANDER SAYS THEY LACKED THE MANPOWER, POWER AND SHELLS TO HOLD OFF THE

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>> WE’RE BACK WITH A PARKING LOT PROBLEM NEAR BOSTON. THIS AUDI MANAGED TO GET WEDGED BETWEEN TWO OTHER VEHICLES OUTSIDE OF A CVS. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER HIT THE GAS INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE, THEN HIT AN ELEVATED SIDEWALK IN. THAT’S WHERE IT LANDED. >> DOCTORS ARE WARNING PARENTS

ACROSS THE COUNTRY ABOUT A RISE IN CASES OF THE MEASLES. THE LATEST CONCERN IN FLORIDA THIS MORNING, DOCTORS IN FLORIDA ARE CLOSELY WATCHING A CLUSTER OF CHILDREN INFECTED WITH MEASLES, AS EXPERTS WARN ABOUT A SURGE IN CASES NATIONWIDE. >> AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, NOT A HAIR ON FIRE MOMENT YET. BUT IT

HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME ONE. >> AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEAR FORT LAUDERDALE IS NOW REPORTING FIVE STUDENTS WITH MEASLES. MEANWHILE, NINE CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA SINCE DECEMBER, ALL INVOLVING UNVAXED PEOPLE. SO FAR THIS YEAR, AT LEAST ONE CASE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 12 STATES.

>> ALL YOU HAVE TO BE IS IN THE SAME ROOM OR PROXIMITY WITH A WITH AN INFECTED PATIENT TO BE AT RISK FOR CONTRACTING A VIRUS. MEASLES SPREADS IN THE AIR WHEN AN INFECTED PERSON COUGHS OR SNEEZES. >> SYMPTOMS INCLUDE FEVER, COUGH , RUNNY NOSE, AND A DISTINCTIVE

RASH, BUT SEVERE CASES CAN LEAD TO BRAIN SWELLING, PNEUMONIA, OR EVEN DEATH. THE CDC REQUIRES A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE MEASLES VACCINE TO ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOL, BUT PARENTS CAN SEEK RELIGIOUS OR MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS, EXPERTS SAY. WHEN 95% OF A COMMUNITY IS VACCINATED, IT CANNOT SPREAD. BUT CURRENTLY, ONLY 36 STATES FALL BELOW THAT THRESHOLD.

>> WE HAVE TO HAVE VERY HIGH, VERY HIGH, 95% OR GREATER IMMUNITY WITHIN A POPULATION IN ORDER FOR THIS VIRUS. THAT’S LIKE A HEAT SEEKING MISSILE TO NOT BE ABLE TO FIND SOMEONE WHO IS SUSCEPTIBLE. >> DOCTORS ARE ALREADY SEEING WHAT THEY CALL AN ALARMING INCREASE OF CASES IN EUROPE.

>> THEY NOW ARE HAVING A 30,000 TIMES INCREASE, 30 FOLD INCREASE THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. IF WE HAVE OUR IMMUNIZATION RATES FALL BELOW A THRESHOLD, WHAT IS THAT THRESHOLD >> 95% COMPLICATIONS FROM MEASLES ARE MOST LIKELY IN CHILDREN UNDER AGE FIVE AND ADULTS OVER 30 ARE MORE.

>> SCHOOLS ARE SCRAMBLING TO FIND SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS PROBLEM GETTING WORSE SINCE THE PANDEMIC , FEWER PEOPLE ARE ENTERING THE EDUCATION FIELD AND THE AVERAGE PAY AROUND $20 PER HOUR ISN’T KEEPING PACE WITH THE ECONOMY. THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS. ONE MAJOR SCHOOL DISTRICT IN IOWA CAN BARELY COVER HALF OF

TEACHERS SICK CALLS. SOME STATES HAVE NOW LOOSENED COLLEGE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS. OTHERS ARE RAISING PAY. SOME NOW OFFER $50 AN HOUR. >> COMING UP, THE CALL THAT APPEARS TO BE FROM AMAZON. THAT’S A GIANT SCAM. >> ALSO AHEAD, A GAS STATION EMERGENCY CAUGHT ON CAMERA AND THE LIFE SAVERS WHO CAME TO THE

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Outside of Mexico City getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime will take you there stream ABC News live weeknights wherever you stream your news only on ABC News live VICKS VAPORS. >> NOW BACK WITH A BRAWL BREAKING OUT AFTER THE BASKETBALL GAME BETWEEN TEXAS

A&M COMMERCE AND INCARNATE WORD. AS THE TEAMS WERE SHAKING HANDS, IT’S UNCLEAR WHY IT STARTED. A YOUNG GIRL IN THE CROWD WAS REPORTEDLY INJURED, A WOMAN WHO SAYS SHE WAS SCAMMED BY A CALL CLAIMING TO BE FROM AMAZON IS NOW WARNING OTHER CUSTOMERS TO BE ON ALERT. >> SHE ENDED UP LOSING $50,000,

WHICH SHE DELIVERED IN A SHOE BOX. >> IT ACTUALLY SHOWED UP AS AMAZON ON MY CALLER ID, SHE SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY UNDER MY ACCOUNT. >> CHARLOTTE COLES, A PERSONAL FINANCE COLUMNIST IN NEW YORK, SAYS SHE GOT A CALL SHE THOUGHT WAS FROM AMAZON, TELLING HER

SHE’D BEEN THE VICTIM OF IDENTITY FRAUD. SHE SAYS SHE SPOKE WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE, EVEN SOMEONE CLAIMING TO BE FROM THE CIA. YEAH, HE KNEW MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. >> THE LAST FOUR DIGITS. HE KNEW MY BIRTHDAY. HE KNEW MY ADDRESS. HE KNEW THAT I LIVED WITH MY

HUSBAND AND SON, AND HE TOLD ME THAT MY IDENTITY HAD BEEN STOLEN BY A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION. >> COLE SAYS THE PERSON SHE THOUGHT WAS AN INVESTIGATOR TOLD HER THERE WAS A WARRANT OUT FOR HER ARREST FOR CYBER CRIMES MONEY LAUNDERING AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. >> HE TOLD ME THAT IN ORDER TO

AVOID ARREST, I WOULD NEED TO COOPERATE WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION ON THE THING THAT MADE ME KEEP GOING WAS THAT THEY HAD HAD SO MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT MY FAMILY, AND THEY MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT MY FAMILY WAS POTENTIALLY IN GREAT DANGER. >> COLES FOLLOWED THE SCAMMERS DIRECTIONS, RUSHING TO THE BANK

TO WITHDRAW $50,000 CASH AND PUTTING THE CASH IN AN SUV THAT WAS SENT TO HER HOUSE. BUT AS SOON AS THE DRIVER DROVE AWAY, COLE SAYS SHE REALIZED SHE’D BEEN SCAMMED. >> OH MY GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE? I I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS HAS HAPPENED. >> SHE’S NOT ALONE. THE FTC SAYS

YOUNGER ADULTS 18 TO 59 ARE NOW BEING SCAMMED AT A HIGHER RATE THAN OLDER PEOPLE. EXPERTS SAY IF YOU SUSPECT A SCAM, ASK FOR THE CALLER’S NAME. THEIR SUPERVISOR NAME AND WHAT BANK, BRANCH OR GOVERNMENT AGENCY THEY WORK FOR. THEN CALL THAT ORGANIZATION TO VERIFY. ALSO, KEEP IN MIND LAW ENFORCEMENT

OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL NEVER ASK YOU FOR CASH. >> A TEXAS MAN SAYS THREE GAS STATION WORKERS SAVED HIS LIFE AFTER HE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST. BRUCE BARTLETT COLLAPSED SHORTLY AFTER ENTERING THE CONVENIENCE STORE AND THE WOMEN QUICKLY ADMINISTERED CPR UNTIL THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED. BARTLETT RETURNED ABOUT ONE WEEK LATER TO

THANK THEM IN PERSON. >> HE WAS TURNING PURPLE AND I’M JUST LIKE, SHOULD I DO MOUTH TO MOUTH? LIKE I DON’T? I’M NOT SURE, BUT I DID IT. >> IT REALLY IS ANGELS ON EARTH THAT THERE’S REALLY PEOPLE WITH SOME BIG HEARTS THAT CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER AND THAT JUMP INTO

ACTION AND TRY TO SAVE A LIFE. THEY ARE HEROES. >> BARTLETT IS HOPING TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT LEARNING CPR. >> COMING UP, FORGET THE DRIVE THRU. THERE’S NOW A SKI THROUGH MCDONALD. >> PLUS, THE EIGHT YEAR OLD TAKING THE CHESS WORLD BY STORM

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The story is will take you there. You’re stringing ABC News long. MORNING AMERICA, WE’RE RIGHT HERE AND WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU. >> TIME TO CHECK THE PULSE. >> WE BEGIN WITH WHAT SCIENTISTS SAY COULD BE THE BRIGHTEST PLACE IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE. >> OH, YES, IT’S CALLED A

QUASAR. AND IT’S LOCATED AT THE SAFE, COZY DISTANCE OF 12 BILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY. THE ARTIST’S RENDERING SHOWS IT’S BLACK HOLE, WHICH SCIENTISTS SAY IS GROWING AT THE FASTEST RATE EVER SEEN BECAUSE OF ALL THE ENERGY IT’S CONSUMING. >> THE QUASAR AROUND THE BLACK HOLE IS SAID TO BE 500 TRILLION

TIMES BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN. NEXT, AN EIGHT YEAR OLD JUST SHATTERED A WORLD RECORD IN CHESS. >> ASHWATH KAUSHIK OF SINGAPORE JUST BECAME THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO BEAT A GRAND MASTER, BEATING A 37 YEAR OLD AT A TOURNAMENT IN EUROPE. HIS PARENTS DON’T EVEN PLAY CHESS, HE LEARNED THE GAME ONLINE.

NEXT, ANOTHER AMAZING YOUNG PERSON. >> SHE’S 11 AND BROUGHT HER LOVE OF READING TO A BUSY AIRPORT. SIA MALHOTRA HELPED BUILD A CHILDREN’S LIBRARY AT NEWARK AIRPORT. IT NOW SITS IN TERMINAL A, BUT SIA HAS EVEN BIGGER PLANS . >> I WANT TO PROPOSE TO THE PORT AUTHORITY TO PUT THIS LIBRARY

LIKE TO GET MORE LIBRARIES AND PUT THEM IN THE OTHER TERMINALS TOO. >> SHE HAS AN IDEA. SHE NURTURES IT SO SHE’LL KEEP ON PESTERING PEOPLE THAT HEY, I NEED TO GET THIS DONE. THE IDEA CAME FROM A LIBRARY IN ALASKA. >> NEXT, SOME HEROES ON THE COURT DURING A MIDDLE SCHOOL

GAME IN WEST VIRGINIA. >> THEY WEREN’T PLAYING IN THE GAME, BUT THEY DID SAVE IT. OH THE CHEERLEADERS ARE GOING TO GET IT. >> NICE MOVE. >> THEY LIFTED ONE TEAM MEMBER UP AND THE BALL WAS REALLY STUCK. IT TOOK THEM A WHILE, BUT THEY EVENTUALLY GOT IT FREE AND

FINALLY FORGET THE DRIVE THROUGH. THERE IS A MCDONALD’S WITH A SKI THROUGH THE MC SKI IS IN SWEDEN. >> IT’S DESCRIBED AS THE ONLY MCDONALD’S WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR FOOD IN A SKI THROUGH LANE. TIKTOK HAS TURNED THIS INTO A MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION. >> STARBUCKS COULD BE NEXT

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YEAR-OLD NICHOLAS JORDAN IS A STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL. POLICE SAY THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO KNEW EACH OTHER AND NOT A RANDOM ATTACK. THE VICTIMS WERE A 26 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO WAS NOT A STUDENT, AND A 24 YEAR OLD WHO WAS STUDYING MUSIC OVERSEAS. >> EXPLOSIONS ROCKED SOUTHERN

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>> OH, YES, IT’S CALLED A QUASAR. AND IT’S LOCATED AT THE SAFE, COZY DISTANCE OF 12 BILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY. THE ARTIST’S RENDERING SHOWS IT’S BLACK HOLE, WHICH SCIENTISTS SAY IS GROWING AT THE FASTEST RATE EVER SEEN BECAUSE OF ALL THE ENERGY IT’S CONSUMING. >> THE QUASAR AROUND THE BLACK

HOLE IS SAID TO BE 500 TRILLION TIMES BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN. NEXT, AN EIGHT YEAR OLD JUST SHATTERED A WORLD RECORD IN CHESS. >> ASHWATH KAUSHIK OF SINGAPORE JUST BECAME THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO BEAT A GRAND MASTER, BEATING A 37 YEAR OLD AT A TOURNAMENT IN EUROPE. HIS

PARENTS DON’T EVEN PLAY CHESS, HE LEARNED THE GAME ONLINE. NEXT, ANOTHER AMAZING YOUNG PERSON. >> SHE’S 11 AND BROUGHT HER LOVE OF READING TO A BUSY AIRPORT. SIA MALHOTRA HELPED BUILD A CHILDREN’S LIBRARY AT NEWARK AIRPORT. IT NOW SITS IN TERMINAL A, BUT SIA HAS EVEN BIGGER PLANS .

>> I WANT TO PROPOSE TO THE PORT AUTHORITY TO PUT THIS LIBRARY LIKE TO GET MORE LIBRARIES AND PUT THEM IN THE OTHER TERMINALS TOO. >> SHE HAS AN IDEA. SHE NURTURES IT SO SHE’LL KEEP ON PESTERING PEOPLE THAT HEY, I NEED TO GET THIS DONE. THE IDEA CAME FROM A

LIBRARY IN ALASKA. >> NEXT, SOME HEROES ON THE COURT DURING A MIDDLE SCHOOL GAME IN WEST VIRGINIA. >> THEY WEREN’T PLAYING IN THE GAME, BUT THEY DID SAVE IT. OH THE CHEERLEADERS ARE GOING TO GET IT. >> NICE MOVE. >> THEY LIFTED ONE TEAM MEMBER UP AND THE BALL WAS REALLY

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Three. What you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon. So, join us afternoon for everything you need to know. I love that. STORIES. >> A BIG DEAL IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY, CAPITAL ONE SAYS IT’S BUYING. DISCOVER FOR $35 BILLION, BRINGING TOGETHER TWO OF THE NATION’S LARGEST CREDIT

CARD COMPANIES. THE DEAL MUST STILL BE APPROVED BY REGULATORS. >> MAN ARRESTED FOR TWO MURDERS INSIDE A DORM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO IN COLORADO SPRINGS IS DUE IN COURT TODAY. 25 YEAR-OLD NICHOLAS JORDAN IS A STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL. POLICE SAY THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO KNEW

EACH OTHER AND NOT A RANDOM ATTACK. THE VICTIMS WERE A 26 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO WAS NOT A STUDENT, AND A 24 YEAR OLD WHO WAS STUDYING MUSIC OVERSEAS. >> EXPLOSIONS ROCKED SOUTHERN LEBANON AND ONE OF THE LARGEST ISRAELI ATTACKS THERE SINCE THE START OF THE WAR AGAINST HAMAS.

ISRAEL SAYS THE STRIKES TARGETED HEZBOLLAH WEAPON DEPOTS IN RETALIATION FOR A DRONE ATTACK. >> TODAY’S WEATHER MORE RAIN ON THE WEST COAST WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND LOS ANGELES. SNOW FROM THE SIERRAS TO THE ROCKIES CLEAR ACROSS MUCH OF THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, AND FINALLY, ALEX THE GREAT. DANNY,

NEW REPORTS ON THE GIANT THERAPY RABBIT WHO IS BECOMING A STAR. WHEN YOU MEET ALEX FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT’S HARD NOT TO GO. >> I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. >> LOOKING AT YOU ON SCREEN. >> AS YOU CAN TELL, ALEX IS A BIG BOY WEIGHING IN AT 30 POUNDS.

>> IN FACT, HE IS ACTUALLY A GIGANTIC BREED OF RABBIT CALLED A FLEMISH GIANT, WHICH IS AMAZING SINCE THEY GOT A RABBIT. >> YEAH, THIS FLEMISH GIANT HAS BECOME A FAN FAVORITE AT SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS GAMES, WHERE HE IS THE TEAM’S OFFICIAL RALLY RABBIT. >> THEY ALL GET EXCITED AND THEY

ALL WANT TO PET HIM. >> THEY ALL WANT TO TOUCH HIS FEET. >> NOW MOST ANIMALS WOULD NOT APPRECIATE THIS MUCH LOVIN, BUT WHEN JOSH HERE ADOPTED ALEX FROM A RABBIT RESCUE IN DECEMBER OF 2020, AS SOON AS I PICKED HIM UP, HE JUST SNUGGLED INTO ME AND

HE DIDN’T WANT TO LEAVE. FAST FORWARD MORE THAN THREE YEARS AND ALEX HAS BECOME A BAY AREA SPORTS CELEBRITY FOR ALL OF THEIR TEAM’S FANS, OFTEN ZOOMING AROUND IN HIS RABBIT WAGON THAT JOSH CONTROLS AND THEN STOPPING FOR PETS. >> HE’LL GO RIGHT UP TO PEOPLE AND SIT RIGHT ON YOUR FEET AND

WAIT FOR YOU TO PET HIM. >> YOU ARE MAKING INCREDIBLE THINGS HAPPEN FOR THIS CITY. >> BUT IT’S NOT JUST SPORTS. IN 2021, ALEX BECAME A CERTIFIED THERAPY ANIMAL AND NOW SPENDS EVERY WEEK VOLUNTEERING AT HOSPICE CARE CENTERS. SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES, AND EVEN THE AIRPORT. LORD KNOWS I NEED

SOMEONE TO CALM ME DOWN THERE. AT JUST THREE YEARS OLD, ALEX SURE HAS EARNED THE RESPECT OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. AND HERE’S JOSH’S GUESS ON HOW. >> BECAUSE HE LOVES PEOPLE. I MEAN, HE TRULY JUST LOVES PEOPLE . >> BY THE WAY, GUYS JOSH AND HIS WIFE KATE HAVE APPLIED WITH THE

GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS TO CERTIFY THAT ALEX HAS THE MOST VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR ANY THERAPY RABBIT IN HISTORY. >> SUCH A WESTLEY RABBIT. I WANT TO JUST HUG THEM. >> THAT’S WHAT’S MAK MORNING. >> HAVE A GREAT TUESDAY. WE. >> IT’S TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20TH. COULD ALL OF ISRAEL GO

ON TRIAL? >> WE START HERE AMID NEW OUTCRIES OVER ITS WAR TACTICS. DOZENS OF COUNTRIES TAKE ISRAEL TO COURT. ISRAEL NEVER OFFICIALLY ANNEXED THE WEST BANK, SAYING LIKE IT’S MINE. BUT IT ALSO NEVER GAVE IT UP. THIS ARGUMENT CUTS TO THE CORE OF THE REGION’S MOST BASIC LAND DISPUTE.

WE’LL WALK YOU THROUGH IT ALL. DIABETES CASES ARE RISING AND AMPUTATIONS ARE RISING EVEN FASTER. IT’S EASIER TO JUST TELL SOMEONE. WE’RE GOING TO BE PERFORMING AN APPLICATION AND MOVE ON. WHY THIS CRISIS IS AFFECTING BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES MOST OF ALL. AND COMPANIES LOVE TOUTING NEW A.I. SYSTEMS, BUT ARE

THEY READY TO BE SUED OVER THEM? WE CAN NO LONGER TRUST WHAT WE SEE AND WHAT WE HEAR. HOW ONE CUSTOMER SUCCESSFULLY BLAMED AIR CANADA FOR ABC NEWS. THIS STORY AIR. I’M BRAD MIELKE TO WATCH THE WAR UNFOLDING IN GAZA. IT’S OFTEN FRAMED AS HALF THE WORLD THINKS ONE THING,

THE OTHER HALF MUST BE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED. BUT THAT BELIES TWO KEY FACTS. ONE IS THIS CONFLICT IS VERY NUANCED. TONS OF GRAY AREA, TONS OF HISTORY. THE OTHER IS AT THIS POINT, THE VOICES SAYING ISRAEL’S RESPONSE IS JUSTIFIED OR ABSOLUTELY DWARFED BY THE NUMBER OF VOICES SAYING ISRAEL’S GOING TOO FAR OUT

OF THE VIEW. AS YOU KNOW, THAT THE CONDUCT OF THE RESPONSE IN GAZA, IN THE GAZA STRIP HAS BEEN OVER THE TOP. EARLIER THIS MONTH, PRESIDENT BIDEN CLEARLY WANTED TO SEND A MESSAGE TO ISRAEL ITS MILITARY HAD DECIMATED HUGE SWATHS OF GAZA, EFFECTIVELY CORNERING CIVILIANS IN A TINY SOUTHERN AREA KNOWN

AS RAFAH, AHEAD OF A POTENTIAL MILITARY OFFENSIVE. WELL, THEN THIS PAST FRIDAY, ISRAEL RAIDED A HOSPITAL FROM WHAT THE IDF CALLS IT. PRECISE OPERATION HAS RENDERED NASSER HOSPITAL IN SOUTHERN GAZA USELESS. THAT’S NOT ME SAYING THAT. IT’S NOT PALESTINIAN AUTHORITIES. IT’S THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYING GAZA’S LAST REMAINING HOSPITAL CAN’T TAKE

CARE OF ITS PATIENTS. THERE’S WASTE EVERYWHERE, ELECTRICITY. WHAT WAS NO WARNING? NOT WORKING. PARTS OF HOSPITAL ARE DAMAGED AND SOME SEVERELY. WELL, ISRAEL SAYS IT FOUND EVIDENCE THERE THAT HAMAS WAS ONCE USING HOSPITALS AS BASES OF OPERATIONS. THIS RAID DREW WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION AND THAT WAS BEFORE A REPORT CAME OUT

YESTERDAY FROM THE UNITED NATIONS, THE UN’S HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE SAYING U.N. EXPERTS HAVE EXPRESSED ALARM OVER CREDIBLE ALLEGATIONS OF EGREGIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS TO WHICH PALESTINIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS CONTINUE TO BE SUBJECTED TO. THIS REPORT SAYS IT IS NOW SEEN CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT GAZAN WOMEN AND GIRLS HAVE BEEN BRUTALIZED BY ISRAELI SOLDIERS

,ARBITRARY DETENTION ARRESTS. >> BUT THERE ARE ALSO ALLEGATIONS OF BEATINGS,, TALES OF WOMEN FORCED TO STRIP NAKED FOR NO APPARENT REASON, AND SOME ALLEGEDLY KEPT IN A CAGE IN THE RAIN. THIS REPORT ALSO CALLS FOR INVESTIGATIONS INTO POTENTIAL EXECUTIONS. ISRAEL SAYS IT CAN’T RESPOND TO THIS REPORT BECAUSE IT DOESN’T LIST SPECIFIC

INCIDENTS, DOES INSIST IT’S ABIDING BY THE RULES OF WAR. BUT NOW THESE CALLS FOR RESTRAINT ARE ESCALATING BEYOND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. THEY’RE STARTING TO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO COURT. >> A FEW WEEKS AGO, SOUTH AFRICA, WITH ITS OWN HISTORY OF SYSTEMIC INJUSTICES, ALLEGED THAT PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WAS RAGING

NOTHING SHORT OF A . >> SOUTH AFRICA. THE VIEW THAT WE COULD NOT STAND IDLY BY AND CONTINUE TO OBSERVE THE KILLING OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN CITIZENS. >> ISRAEL SAYS THIS FIGHT IS ONLY AGAINST HAMAS, NOT THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, AND THAT IT TAKES GREAT CARE TO LIMIT CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. BUT YESTERDAY, REPRESENTATIVES

FROM SEVERAL COUNTRIES GATHERED AT THE HAGUE, THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, TO ARGUE THAT ISRAEL IS OVERSTEPPING ITS BOUNDS, NOT JUST IN WAR, BUT IN SOMETHING EVEN MORE FUNDAMENTAL. PLEASE BE SEATED. THIS CASE STRIKES TO SOME OF THE CORE ISSUES AROUND THIS CONFLICT, SO I WANT TO START WITH IT TODAY.

ABC’S CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN IS HERE. MATT, WHAT IS THIS CASE? WHAT ARE THE ACCUSATIONS? IT’S ACTUALLY A CASE THAT WAS BROUGHT AGAINST ISRAEL IN DECEMBER OF TWO. AND IT WAS BASED ON A U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECRYING THE OCCUPATION OF THE WEST BANK, SPECIFICALLY BY ISRAEL.

SO JUST A REALLY QUICK PRIMER, BRAD. 1967 ISRAEL LAUNCHES A PREEMPTIVE ATTACK ON MULTIPLE ARAB STATES. ITS NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING JORDAN. JORDAN AT THAT TIME HAD OR WAS IN CONTROL OF WHAT WE NOW KNOW AS THE WEST BANK. ISRAEL DEFEATED JORDAN, TOOK THE LAND AND NEVER LEFT. ISRAEL NEVER OFFICIALLY ANNEXED

THE WEST BANK, SAYING LIKE IT’S MINE. BUT IT ALSO NEVER GAVE IT UP. AND IN THE INTERIM, OVER THE PAST 50 PLUS YEARS, ISRAELI JEWISH SETTLERS HAVE MOVED IN TO TOWNS THAT THEY CREATED, SOMETIMES ANNEXING OR TAKING PALESTINIAN LAND FOR IT AND MAKING HOMES, MAKING VILLAGES, TOWNS. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES QUITE BIG.

SO IT STARTED OUT WITH JUST LITERALLY A FEW PEOPLE IN THE VERY LATE SIXTIES AND THEN IN THE SEVENTIES HAS NOW BECOME ABOUT 400,000 SETTLERS WHO LIVE IN THE WEST BANK PROPER AND A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND ADDITIONAL ISRAELIS WHO LIVE IN EAST JERUSALEM, WHICH IS ALSO CONTESTED STILL.

SO THAT IS REALLY THE CRUX OF WHAT’S AT ISSUE HERE. >> AND THESE 52 COUNTRIES WHO ARE GOING TO PRESS THE CASE AGAINST ISRAEL, SAYING THAT VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE PROCEEDINGS WERE OPENED UP BY PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER RIYAD AL-MALIKI. THE ONLY SOLUTION CONSISTENT WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW IS FOR

THIS ILLEGAL OCCUPATION TO COME TO AN IMMEDIATE, UNCONDITIONAL AND TOTAL END. AND IF YOU ASK THE SETTLERS WHO LIVE THERE, THEY SAY, WELL ,LISTEN, IF THERE IS ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE JEWS HAVE A RIGHT TO THE LAND, IT’S RIGHT HERE. >> IF HE SAYS IN THE BIBLE,

I WANT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TO LIVE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL. SO FOR ME, THAT’S NOT ONLY AN IMPERATIVE, IT’S AN INVITATION . >> THERE IS A REASON THAT JEWS HAVE THE NAME JEWS. IT’S BECAUSE THEY ARE FROM THE AREA OF JUDEA, WHICH IS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE WEST BANK.

>> BUT THAT IS UNCLEAR. LIKE THE WAR RIGHT NOW IS IN GAZA. >> YOU’RE HEARING ABOUT LIKE CLAIMS OF THAT ISRAEL FIERCELY DISPUTES. DOES ANY OF THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS? YOU’RE SAYING THIS IS JUST A COMPLETELY HISTORIC THING THAT IS COINCIDENTALLY NOW COMING UP? >> YES SO THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE

HERE IS THAT BOTH THE CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST ISRAEL FOR AND THIS CASE AGAINST ISRAEL, FOR ITS OCCUPATION IN THE WEST BANK. WELL, AND PREVIOUSLY GAZA AND EAST JERUSALEM, THEY’RE BOTH HAPPENING AT THE ICJ, THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE. BUT THAT’S REALLY IT. >> AND SO, LEGALLY SPEAKING,

THE TWO CASES ARE NOT AT ALL RELATED, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH ISRAEL’S CONDUCT IN THE WEST BANK AND IN GAZA AS WELL. SINCE OCTOBER 7TH AND THE TERRIBLE RAMPAGE BY HAMAS ON ISRAELI COMMUNITIES JUST OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. PEACE NOW SAYS THAT 26 NEW ILLEGAL OUTPOSTS WERE

CREATED. >> THAT IS THE MOST EVER IN A YEAR. AND THEY’RE SAYING THAT ALL OF THAT HAPPENED AFTER OCTOBER 7TH, WHICH SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT SETTLERS ARE USING THIS MOMENT TO TRY TO GRAB AS MUCH LAND AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN, BECAUSE ISRAELI SENTIMENT IS ANTI-PALESTINIAN RIGHT NOW.

>> BUT SO THAT MAKES ME WONDER WHAT ACTUALLY COMES OF THIS MAN, BECAUSE MOST AMERICANS, FOR INSTANCE, DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE IS. >> THE U.S. ISN’T EVEN A SIGNATORY OF IT. WE DON’T RECOGNIZE THEIR AUTHORITY. NEITHER DO ISRAEL OR CHINA OR RUSSIA, A BUNCH OF COUNTRIES.

SO, I MEAN, WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HAGUE WHEN IT COMES TO THIS CONFLICT? SO IT’S KIND OF TRICKY, RIGHT? THE HAGUE’S RULINGS ARE BINDING ,BUT THERE IS NO ENFORCEMENT. SO IT WOULD BE ON ISRAEL TO ENACT ANY CHANGES THAT THE ICJ DEMANDS, WHICH IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY NOT

UNDER A NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT. >> EVERYBODY WHO TALKS ABOUT A TWO STATE SOLUTION, WELL, I ASK, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? SHOULD THE PALESTINIANS HAVE AN ARMY? >> MULTIPLE ISRAELI GOVERNMENTS HAD SAID THAT THEY WOULD TRADE MOST OF THE WEST BANK IF THEY HAD A PALESTINIAN PARTNER .

THEY COULD WORK WITH A LEADER OR GROUP OF LEADERS WHO WERE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO ENFORCE THE AGREEMENTS IN A PEACE DEAL. AND ISRAEL HAS CONSISTENTLY THAT THAT LEADER OR GROUP OF PEOPLE HAS NOT OCCURRED AND NOT RISEN UP. >> AND SO IT CAN’T HAVE PEACE AND IT CAN’T GIVE BACK THE WEST

BANK. AT THE SAME TIME, IT HAS BEEN BUILDING THESE SETTLEMENTS, WHICH THE U.S. AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAVE ROUNDLY CALLED ILLEGAL. WE BOTH WERE VERY SURPRISED AT THE PRESENCE OF THE UNITED STATES IS INTERESTED IN PEOPLE LIKE US IN ISRAEL, AND IT IS SHOWING THIS INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS THAT IS GROWING AGAINST

ISRAEL SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF ITS HANDLING OF THE WAR IN GAZA. THE MASSIVE DEATHS, THE INDESCRIBABLE AMOUNT OF DESTRUCTION OF PALESTINIANS HOMES, INFRASTRUCTURE, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IN THE GAZA STRIP. WELL OVER 50% OF ALL OF THE STRUCTURES DESTROYED THERE. >> AND IN A NORMAL YEAR, U.S. OFFICIALS MIGHT TURN A BLIND

EYE TO SETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES, BUT NOT NOW. THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL THAT IS ON THE GROUND THAT WE HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR NEEDS TO DO MORE TO ARREST EXTREMIST SETTLERS, ENGAGE IN VIOLENCE AND PROSECUTE EXTREMIST SETTLERS, ENGAGE IN VIOLENCE. THEY HAVE BEEN RAMPANT, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE MORE FANATICAL SETTLERS WHO’VE BEEN

TRYING TO OUST PALESTINIANS FROM THEIR LAND, WHO’VE BEEN SHOOTING AT THEM. THERE HAVE BEEN CASES OF ISRAELI SETTLERS SHOOTING AND MURDERING PALACE CIVILIANS . >> 17-YEAR-OLD TOWFIQ HAS NOW BECOME AN ACCIDENTAL MARTYR. >> FARMER BELAL SALEH SHOT WHILE PICKING OLIVES WITH HIS FAMILY. >> NEURON FIELDS.

AND THE U.S. IS NO LONGER TURNING A BLIND EYE. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY ARE SANCTIONING SPECIFIC SETTLERS FOR THEIR ACTIONS IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, SPECIFICALLY THE WEST BANK. >> THEY’RE ATTACKING PALESTINIANS IN PLACES THAT THEIR ENTIRE WOULD BE. >> IT HAS TO STOP. THIS IS GOING TO GET EVEN

MORE TRICKY FOR THE U.S. TO NAVIGATE AND THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO CRACK DOWN ON ISRAEL TO SOME DEGREE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE ICJ RULING IS. >> YEAH, THAT’S INTERESTING. WE SEE ISRAEL AS AS AN AMERICAN ALLY. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU HAVE LITERALLY OVER 50 COUNTRIES BRINGING THIS CASE AT HAGUE.

>> YOU IMAGINE THE U.S. WANTS TO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM TOO, AND DOES IT ONLY WANT IT TO BE US VERSUS THE WORLD? >> OKAY. MATT GUTMAN, THANKS AS ALWAYS. YOU GOT IT, BRAD. KNOW WHAT I HEAR ABOUT AMPUTATIONS? I THINK ABOUT MOMENTS OF TRAUMA THAT FEW COULD HAVE SEEN COMING

LIKE A CAR ACCIDENT, A WAR TIME INJURY. IN FACT, THE DAYS OF LOTS OF PEOPLE GETTING AMPUTATIONS, THAT SEEMS LONG GONE. MEDICINE’S COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE CIVIL WAR ERA. BUT IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, WE’VE ACTUALLY SEEN MORE AND MORE AMPUTATIONS FROM A DISEASE THAT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD

BE PREVENTABLE DIABETES. AND HERE IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH, IT’S WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE RACING UPWARDS, ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. ABC STEVE OSUNSAMI HAS PUT TOGETHER A SPECIAL REPORT ON THIS, WHICH IS AIRING ON HULU RIGHT NOW. STEVE. IT’S FASCINATING BECAUSE I DIDN’T THINK THAT THIS WAS GETTING WORSE.

>> YOU KNOW, IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCOVERED IS THAT EVERY THREE AND A HALF MINUTES IN AMERICA, THERE IS A DIABETIC WHO NEEDS AN AMPUTATION BECAUSE OF DISEASE THAT THEY WEREN’T ABLE TO MANAGE. EVERY THREE AND A HALF MINUTES. WELL, AS YOU POINT OUT, THE INCIDENCE DIABETES ACROSS

AMERICA IS INCREASING. WE WALKED WITH OUR DATA AND MEDICAL TEAMS ON THIS AND PORED THROUGH YEARS OF NUMBERS FROM AMERICAN HOSPITALS AND COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. >> AND WE FOUND THAT THE NUMBER OF DIAGNOSED DIABETICS NATIONWIDE IS UP MORE THAN 7% SINCE 2001. >> HOWEVER, OVER THAT SAME PERIOD, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE

NEEDING TO HAVE A LIMB CUT OFF HAS GROWN MORE THAN TWICE AS FAST, ABOVE 18%. AND THAT’S WITH A DROP IN SURGERIES DURING THE WORST OF THE PANDEMIC. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT 154,000 TOES, ARMS, LEGS AND FEET THAT ARE CUT OFF OF DIABETICS EVERY YEAR. >> I DID HAVE THE DOCTOR WHO

CAME IN AND TOLD YOU YOU NEED TO SEE THE TREAT TWO WAYS THAT YOU DO KEEPING INTACT OR WE AMPUTATED. IT’S EASIER TO JUST TELL SOMEONE WE’RE GOING TO BE PERFORMING AN AMPUTATION AND MOVE ON. ONE VERY IMPORTANT THING I WANT TO UNDERLINE ABOUT THIS SPECIAL

IS THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON IT, AND THAT INCLUDES MYSELF AND AT LEAST A DOZEN OR SO OTHERS. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAS SOMEONE IN OUR LIVES WHO EITHER HAS OR HAD DIABETES OR WHO DIED FROM THE DISEASE OR WHO NEEDED AN AMPUTATION BECAUSE OF THE DISEASE.

AND ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WAS MY FATHER. HIS DIABETES ENDED UP COSTING HIM HIS VISION FUNCTION OF HIS KIDNEYS. AND IT NEARLY HIM, HIS LEGS. >> I REMEMBER GOING HOME ONE DAY DURING ALL OF THIS AND I START I LOOK IN THE FRIDGE AND NOT A VEGETABLE TO BE SEEN.

ORANGE JUICE, GRAPEFRUIT JUICE, GRAPE JUICE. YOU KNOW, STARCHES, ALL THESE THINGS THEY TELL DIABETICS NOT TO HAVE. AND I LOOK AT MY DAD, I’M LIKE, WHY IN THE WORLD ARE YOU NOT DOING BETTER? AND HE SAID TO ME, WELL, THE MEDICINE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT. >> WELL, IT DIDN’T.

HE DIED AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO WORKED ON THIS SPECIAL HAD A SIMILAR STORY WITH PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES. THE PROBLEMS ARE COMPLEX. A LOT OF THE RESPONSIBILITY IS ON THE PATIENTS WHO SHOULD DO BETTER. BUT A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS WE FOUND ARE SYSTEMATIC THAT THE

SYSTEM DOESN’T HELP THESE PATIENTS AS BEST THEY CAN. AND OFTENTIMES LEADS THEM DOWN THE ROAD TO AMPUTATIONS THAT COULD BE PREVENTED, BUT IT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK. >> WOW. AND JUST A REFRESHER TO OUR LISTENERS ABOUT HOW DIABETES WORKS. NORMALLY. YOUR BODY PRODUCES INSULIN

TO HELP MOVE SUGAR FROM YOUR BLOOD IN YOUR CELLS. >> SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE BORN WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE INSULIN. >> THAT’S TYPE ONE DIABETES. OTHER TIMES YOUR CELLS CAN STOP RESPONDING TO INSULIN. AS YOU GROW OLDER, YOU PANCREAS IS TRYING TO MAKE MORE OF IT. THAT’S TYPE TWO, AND THAT

STARTS AFFECTING CIRCULATION. THAT’S WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO AMPUTATION TERRITORY. >> SO, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE RIGHT. WE SPOKE TO A MAN FROM ATLANTA NAMED SHELTON ECCLES SAYING NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO ME. I’LL LIVE WITH THIS 45, 45 YEARS. I DRINK SODA 45 YEARS. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES

MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. >> I WAS PRETTY MUCH WHAT I CALL MYSELF. ON AND OFF AGAIN. DIABETIC. CAUSE I TOOK MY MEDICINE WHEN I WAS GOING TO THE DOCTOR TO TRY TO GET POSITIVE NUMBERS. >> THERE’S A TEST THAT YOU TAKE CALLED THE A1C AND WHAT IT DOES

IS IT’S A SIMPLE BLOOD TEST THAT YOU TAKE THAT MEASURES YOUR BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS. >> I PROBABLY STOP IN SUGAR A DAY BEFORE, A DAY BEFORE, THE DAY BEFORE, THINKING THAT WAS GOING TO HELP YOU AND IT WAS GOING TO HELP, YOU KNOW,

5.6 OR BELOW IS NORMAL BETWEEN 5.7 AND 6.4 IS PRE-DIABETIC. ANYTHING 6.5% AND THAT’S BLOOD SUGAR IS WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. OR MORE IS THE FULL BLOWN DISEASE. SHELTON, AS HE SHARES, WAS A 14 14 IN YOUR THIRTIES 14 THE MOTHER. DID YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR FAMILY?

I THINK AS FAR AS I KNOW, I’M THE ONLY ONE. ONE DAY HE HAD A SORE ON HIS FOOT. IT WOULDN’T HEAL. NOW I’M ON THE ZONING IN AND OUT. AT THIS POINT. I REMEMBER GETTING UP, OPENING THE DOOR, AND AFTER THAT, I DON’T REMEMBER ANYTHING ELSE TO HAPPEN.

HE’S NOW IN THE ICU, AND THEY ESSENTIALLY TELL HIM THIS HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT THAT SORE WON’T. HE’LL BECAUSE OF YOUR HIGH BLOOD SUGAR THAT HAS ROBBED YOUR LEGS OF CIRCULATION THAT YOU KNOW THAT THE BEST DECISION THAT THEY COULD MAKE AT THE TIME WAS TO CUT OFF

HIS LEG BELOW THE KNEE. AND HE, OF COURSE, IS REALIZING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE IN FOR HIS LIFE AND STILL BEING RESISTANT. >> BUT THEY BASICALLY TOLD HIM HIS LIFE DEPENDED ON IT. ONCE THAT HAPPENED, MY DAUGHTER CAME TO ME AND SHE AND THAT’S WHERE SHE LEANED DOWN.

EXCUSE ME THAT WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND LET THEM DO WHAT THEY GOT TO DO. >> I SAID, LET’S DO IT. A LITTLE SMALLER STEP LIKE THAT, RIGHT. >> OKAY. HE ENDED UP GETTING A METAL REPLACEMENT. HE HAS A PROSTHETIC AND HE HAD TO LEARN TO WALK AGAIN.

>> SO BY THE NEW YEAR THOUSAND, WE WALKED ALL THAT. HE CAME IN A WALKING WITHOUT THE SAME PEOPLE THAT EVERYBODY SEE THIS. >> AND IT WAS THAT EVENT THAT CAUSED HIM TO ESSENTIALLY CHANGE. >> WE’RE SURE EVERYONE’S NOW ABLE TO SEE RIGHT NOW IS AT A SEVEN. WOW.

IS THAT IS THAT FROM A 14 TO A SEVEN? 14 TO A SEVEN? WOW. >> YES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE’S TELLS YOU TODAY IS THAT HE SAYS IT WAS ENTIRELY HIS FAULT. THAT’S WHAT HE’LL TELL YOU. BUT WE DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE OTHER REASONS AT PLAY YET.

>> TALKING ABOUT THE SEAT BECAUSE WHAT WAS SHOCKING TO HEAR YOU SAY IS NOT JUST THE DIABETES NUMBERS ARE GOING UP, BUT THAT THE NUMBER OF AMPUTATIONS IS ALMOST OUTPACING THE GROWTH IN DIABETES. THAT LIKE THAT MUCH? I DON’T KNOW. ARE WE THAT MUCH QUICKER TO CUT SOMEONE’S LEG OFF AT THIS POINT?

>> WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE? SO THE THE NUMBER OF AMPUTATIONS IS OUTPACING THE NUMBER OF DIABETICS, MORE THAN TWICE AS FAST, UP 18%. >> THESE SURGERIES ARE HAPPENING MORE OFTEN TO DIABETICS WHO LIVE IN MAJORITY BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. >> NO MATTER WHAT PART OF THE COUNTRY. >> AND THEY’RE HAPPENING MOSTLY

IN THE SOUTH. >> VERY OFTEN THEIR SYMPTOMS ARE IGNORED. VERY OFTEN THEY ARE NOT GIVEN ADEQUATE INFORMATION ABOUT OPTIONS. >> PART OF THE REASON WHY RACE MATTERS HERE IS BECAUSE MOST OF THE DOCTORS TREATING THESE PATIENTS DON’T LOOK LIKE THESE PATIENTS. A CARDIOLOGY JUST BY THE NAME

OF DR. RICHARD BROWN POINTS OUT IN THE UNITED STATES, LESS THAN 5% OF THE CARDIOLOGISTS ARE BLACK. AND QUITE FRANKLY, THERE IS EVIDENCE IF YOU ARE TAKEN CARE OF BY SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE YOU, YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO COMPLY WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. >> THE OTHER THING THAT BROWN

POINTS OUT IS UNCONSCIOUS BIAS ON THE PART OF PRACTITIONERS OF PHYSICIANS. >> YOU MAKE YOUR OWN DETERMINATION THAT, HEY, MAYBE HE CAN’T COME BACK THREE OR FOUR TIMES FOR THE APPROPRIATE CARE FOR A SPECIALTY. SO I’M GOING TO DO HIM A FAVOR AND JUST AGITATE THE LEG. >> IT’S MUCH EASIER TO TELL

A PATIENT WHO YOU’RE NOT NECESSARILY CERTAIN IS GOING TO LISTEN TO ANY RECOMMENDATIONS YOU MAKE. >> JUST THAT THE SIMPLEST THING AT THIS POINT IS JUST TO CUT THE LEG OFF OR CUT THE ARM OFF, AS OPPOSED TO EXPLORING OTHER OPTIONS. >> THE FIRST THING THAT I FELT

WERE CRAMPS IN MY CALVES. WHEN I WALKED, WE MET A PATIENT WHO HAD THIS EXACT SAME EXPERIENCE. >> HIS NAME WAS J.B. STARKS IN CHICAGO. HE WAS IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM IN COOK COUNTY. HE HAD FROSTBITE ON HIS LEFT FOOT THAT WOULDN’T HEAL. THEN DETERMINED. AND THEN I HAD PERIPHERAL

ARTERY DISEASE AND I’M PRESENTING GANGRENE IN MY LEFT FOOT. SO THE CONVERSATION WAS, WELL, IT’S TIME FOR AMPUTATION. >> THAT SET OFF ALARM BELLS FOR HIM AND HE WENT TO ANOTHER FACILITY. >> I MET MY VASCULAR SURGEON. THE GENTLEMAN WAS A PERSON OF COLOR. AND SO HE PLACED STINTS IN MY

RIGHT LEG AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CIRCULATION AT THE SAME TIME AS WE THE IMPUTATION ON MY LEFT FOOT THAT SURGEONS SAVED MOST OF HIS LEFT FOOT HERE. AND HE ENDED UP LOSING HIS MOST OF HIS TOES AND SAVED ALL OF HIS RIGHT LEG BECAUSE HE KNEW THEY DISCOVERED IN THE

EMERGENCY ROOM THAT HE HAD CIRCULATION ISSUES IN IN BOTH LEGS. >> HE HAD TO CUT OFF MY LEFT LEG AND I DOUBT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE LEFT MY RIGHT LEG, WHICH WOULD HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE COMPLETELY. THIS WAS SIX YEARS AGO. I COULDN’T IMAGINE BEING 17 AND BEING A DOUBLE AMPUTEE.

STEVE, I’M WONDERING WHAT HAPPENS NEXT THEN, LIKE YOU DO HAVE NEW TREATMENTS FOR DIABETES, RIGHT? THE DRUGS, OZEMPIC AND MOUNJARO HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED GAME CHANGERS. IS THAT THE ANSWER OR WHAT IS? OH YEAH. OZEMPIC MOUNJARO AND BELL CYSTS. I MEAN, TRY TRULICITY. THERE’S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM. THEY’RE ALL FROM THIS CLASS

OF MEDICINE THAT WORK BY SLOWING DOWN THE WAY FOOD MOVES THROUGH THE SYSTEM. AND SO THEY CAUSE WEIGHT LOSS AND THEY ALSO CAN LOWER THE RISK OF AMPUTATIONS, ACCORDING TO ONE STUDY, BY AS MUCH AS 50%. I MEAN, THAT’S JUST IT’S HUGE NEW TOOLS. >> AND I’VE I’VE ABOUT £42.

SO WHAT IS YOUR A-1 C RIGHT NOW? 66. THAT’S GOOD. YEAH. THE PROBLEM THAT IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES THERE A RESISTANCE TO INJECTIONS AND IN PARTICULAR DRUGS THAT REMIND ANYONE INSULIN AND ALL OF THESE DRUGS FOR THE MOST PART THE EXCEPTION OF REBELS THIS ARE INJECTIONS AND. PART OF THE REASON WHY

IS BECAUSE THERE’S A CULTURAL FEELING WHEN YOU’RE ON INSULIN, YOU’RE DONE, YOU’RE AT THE END ,THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO. YOUR LIFE IS OVER AND THAT’S IN LARGE PART FROM WHAT MANY BLACK AND BROWN AMERICANS HAVE SEEN. THE OTHER THING AND THIS IS SPECIFIC TO BLACK AND BROWN AMERICANS IS THAT THERE’S

A DISTRUST IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR WHEN IT COMES TO DRUGS. AND THAT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE EXPERIMENTS ON BLACK MEN IN TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA. YOU KNOW, THE MEMORY OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS IS LONG. >> YEAH, I’M WONDERING YOU SAID AT THE OUTSET HOW THIS AFFECTS

SO MANY PEOPLE. >> WHAT SHOULD THE TAKEAWAY BE FOR? THOSE OF US WHO WANT TO PROTECT OURSELVES OR OUR LOVED ONES. THERE’S A SIMPLE TEST YOU CAN TAKE. IT’S CALLED AN ABI TEST. ESSENTIALLY, IT’S A BLOOD PRESSURE TEST THAT COMPARES THE BLOOD PRESSURE OF YOUR ARMS,

YOUR HANDS AND ARMS TO YOUR FEET. AND IF IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE, THEN THEY KNOW SOMETHING’S UP. AND CURRENTLY, UNLESS ALREADY HAVE SYMPTOMS, IT’S NOT COVERED BY MEDICARE OR MEDICAID . WELL, AND SO DR. BROWN, ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER PEOPLE WE SPOKE WITH, WHAT THEY’RE TRYING

TO DO IS TO GET THIS SIMPLE, SIMPLE TEN MINUTE TEST TO BE COVERED, EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE SYMPTOMS, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE AT RISK OF LOSING A LIMB BECAUSE OF A DIABETIC COMPLICATION HAVE NO SYMPMS AT ALL. >> SO THINK ABOUT THIS. A DISEASE THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.

NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT. >> AND NOW YOU DON’T HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS. AND SO THAT’S I THINK, BIG TAKEAWAY FROM DR. BROWN. >> SO WE STARTED AN INITIATIVE AT JOHNSON AND JOHNSON CALLED SAVE LIVES, CHANGE LIVES. >> AND SO JOHNSON & JOHNSON IS GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY’RE OFFERING THIS

TEST FOR FREE. AND ON THE DAY THAT I TOOK THE TEST HERE IN ATLANTA, THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE BEFORE ME WERE TOLD THAT THEY WERE AT RISK FOR AN AMPUTATION AS A RESULT OF DIABETES. THAT WAS NOT BEING MANAGED WELL. AND THE KIND OF SORT OF WAKEUP CALL THAT I THINK A LOT

OF PEOPLE NEED. AND THIS REPORT IS CALLED SEVERED. IT’S ON ABC NEWS LIVE AND ON HULU STREAMING RIGHT NOW. AND THE LEAD OF YOUR PIECE, STEVE, I’LL NEVER FORGET THIS LINE. SOME PEOPLE CALL IT THE SUGAR. AND YET THAT IS TOO SWEET A NAME FOR WHAT DIABETES IS JUST INCREDIBLE REPORTING.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, YOU’RE WELCOME. AND ONE LAST THING. THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS FILED A LAWSUIT IN FEDERAL COURT AGAINST. MICROSOFT AND CHATGPT MAKER OPEN AIR. IT’S THE LATEST EXAMPLE HIGHLIGHTING THE GROWING DANGERS POSED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO MIMIC THE VOICE OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

WITHOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAS BEEN EVERYWHERE IN THE NEWS RECENTLY FOR LOTS OF REASONS. IT’S HAVING SOME TEETHING ISSUES AS WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT BELONGS IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES. THERE’S A FEAR THAT I COULD REPLACE SOME JOB ROLES. GRAPHIC DESIGN CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND ACTUALLY LOTS OF COMPANIES ALREADY EXPERIMENTING WITH A.I.

CUSTOMER SERVICE. >> THEY’VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A WHILE. BUT BACK IN 2022, AN AIR CANADA CUSTOMER NAMED JAKE USED THEIR WEBSITE CHATBOT SERVICE TO HELP WITH THE PROBLEM WAS HAVING. HE HIS GRANDMOTHER HAD JUST DIED. HE WAS LOOKING TO BOOK SOMETHING CALLED A BEREAVEMENT FLIGHT, WHICH IS A DISCOUNT

OFFERED TO CUSTOMERS WHO ARE LOOKING TO GET BACK HOME FOR A FUNERAL. AIRLINES DO IT ALL THE TIME. MOFFITT ASKED THE CHAT ON THE AIR CANADA SITE HOW TO GET THE DISCOUNT. THE COMPUTER APPARENTLY SAID, QUOTE, IF YOU NEED TO TRAVEL IMMEDIATELY OR HAVE ALREADY TRAVELED, WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT

YOUR TICKET FOR A REDUCED BEREAVEMENT RATE. KINDLY DO SO WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE DATE YOUR TICKET WAS ISSUED. THERE’S ONE PROBLEM. >> AIR CANADA’S POLICY DOESN’T EXACTLY WORK LIKE THAT. WHEN JAKE CAME BACK FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER’S FUNERAL, HE TRIED TO CLAIM THAT DISCOUNT HE WAS WITHIN THE 90 DAYS.

IT WAS JUST LIKE THE CHAT BOT TOLD HIM TO. WHEN HE FOUND OUT AIR CANADA DOESN’T OFFER THIS DISCOUNT RETROACTIVELY, BUT LET’S REWIND HOW THE CHAT BOT PUT IT. IF YOU NEED TO TRAVEL IMMEDIATELY OR HAVE ALREADY TRAVELED, IT WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT YOUR TICKET FOR A REDUCED BEREAVEMENT RATE.

KINDLY DO SO WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE DATE YOUR TICKET WAS ISSUED. >> LUCKILY FOR HE HAD RECEIPTS, SCREENSHOTS OF HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHATBOT. HE SENT THEM TO AIR CANADA BUT THEY TOLD HIM HE SHOULD HAVE DOUBLE CHECKED THE WRITTEN POLICY ON THEIR WEBSITE. THAT’S THE REAL ONE. SO WHAT YOU SAID.

WHAT? YOU WANT ME TO DOUBLE CHECK YOUR WEBSITE AGAINST A DIFFERENT PART OF? YOUR WEBSITE? WHAT? MONTHS AND A LAWSUIT LATER. AIR CANADA HAS NOW ADMITTED THE CHAT BOT WAS MISLEADING IN ITS AND HAD BEEN FORCED BY A CANADIAN COURT TO GIVE HIM HIS REFUND. THEY INITIALLY SAID THEY

DESIGNED THIS AS AN EXPERIMENT, BUT THAT THEY WILL COMPLY WITH THE RULING. >> THAT’S KIND OF THE ISSUE HERE. THE WHOLE AIR SPACE IS EXPERIMENTAL. THE COMPANIES ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT AT ALARMING SPEEDS. >> THIS MORNING, OPEN AIR, THE COMPANY BEHIND CHATGPT INTRODUCING THE WORLD TO THIS GROUNDBREAKING TEXT VIDEO TOOL

CALLED A DAY AFTER MOFFITT WON HIS CASE OPENAI, THE MAKERS OF CHATGPT ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH SORA PHOTOREALISTIC VIDEO SOFTWARE THEY CLAIM WILL SOON ALLOW USERS TO GENERATE HYPER REALISTIC VIDEOS WITH A TEXT PROMPT THAT CONCEIVABLY IF YOU TYPE IN SHIRTLESS VLADIMIR PUTIN SMELLING FLOWERS, THAT’S WHAT YOU’LL SEE.

WHETHER IT’S REAL OR NOT, IT’S GOING TO SHIFT EVERYTHING FOR US. >> WE CAN NO LONGER TRUST WHAT WE SEE AND WHAT WE HEAR. >> IF STUFF LIKE THIS CAN LOOK CONVINCING, IT’S GOT BIG IMPLICATIONS FOR SPREADING . >> AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE CASE OF AIR CANADA, IT ALSO

RAISES NEW QUESTIONS LIKE COULD THEY CREATE VIDEO CALLS HELD BY AIR AGENTS? WILL THOSE AGENTS EVEN BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY OR IS IT JUST THEIR BEST GUESS? >> HOW WOULD YOU EVEN KNOW IF YOU’RE TALKING TO A HUMAN OR A MACHINE? BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THE SORA SOFTWARE STILL HAS

SOME WORK TO GO BEFORE IT’S RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. >> SO HERE’S A BIT. IT IS NOT PERFECT YET. THE EXAMPLE THAT OPENAI GAVE IS IT DOESN’T UNDERSTAND CAUSE AND EFFECT. SO IF YOU PROMPT SOMEONE TO, FOR EXAMPLE, BITE A COOKIE, THE COOKIE MIGHT NOT HAVE A BITE MARK.

>> AND THIS IS KEY BECAUSE AIR CANADA’S BOT ALSO DIDN’T UNDERSTAND CAUSE AND EFFECT. IT DIDN’T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE EFFECTS OF SAYING THE WRONG THING. IT WAS THE CUSTOMER THAT HAD TO FACE THE REALITY OF A MONTHS LONG LEGAL BATTLE. >> WHILE PROGRAMMERS WERE THINKING ABOUT THEIR THOUSANDS

ZERO FOOT VIEW, AIR CANADA’S DEFENSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN. YOU GUYS NEVER TRUSTED CLIPPY, MICROSOFT WORD. LIKE, WHY WOULD YOU TRUST OUR GUY? HEY, IF YOU HAD A MONTH TO REVIEW, START BEFORE. PLEASE DO. IT REALLY HELPS US OUT. AND I SHOULD SAY LOTS OF GREAT REVIEWS

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>> JUST AS CREDIT CARD DEBT SOARS TO NEW HEIGHTS. WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR CONSUMERS AS TWO OF THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD COMPANIES, CAPITAL ONE AND DISCOVER, COMBINE FORCES RUSSIANS ON THE MOVE VLADIMIR PUTIN’S FORCES SEIZE MORE TERRITORY IN UKRAINE WITH US WAR FUNDING HELD UP IN CONGRESS.

>> THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE POSTING THIS PRESIDENT’S DAY PHOTO WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW A NEW OFFER FROM THE WHITE HOUSE LOOKING TO STRIKE A DEAL. >> A LANDMARK COURTRILLIONULING ON FERTILITY TREATMENTS. A STATE COURT NOW SAYING THAT FROZEN EMBRYOS ARE CHILDREN. HOW THE RULING COULD HAVE FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES.

>> WHERE IS AUDREY CUNNINGHAM, THE 11 YEAR OLD TEXAS GIRL MISSING FOR NEARLY A WEEK AFTER FAILING TO CATCH HER BUS TO SCHOOL? POLICE FOCUSING THEIR CASE ON A MAN LIVING ON HER FATHER’S PROPERTY. WHAT THE SHERIFF IS SAYING ABOUT THE SEARCH SCAM ALERT. >> THE CALL THAT APPEARS TO BE

FROM AMAZON. THAT’S A GIANT FRAUD. HOW ONE WOMAN LOST $50,000 OUT OF THIS WORLD. >> WHAT SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED ABOUT THE BRIGHTEST OBJECT IN THE UNIVERSE, 500 TRILLION TIMES BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN. >> AND LATER, THE BASKETBALL PLAYERS IN A JAM. THAT IS, UNTIL THE CHEERLEADERS COME TO THE

RESCUE. FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. >> THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE. I’M ANDREW DYMBURT. >> GOOD MORNING. I’M ALISON KOSIK IN FOR RHIANNON. AND WE BEGIN WITH YOUR MONEY AND A MAJOR MERGER IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY, CAPITAL ONE. >> AND DISCOVER ARE JOINING

FORCES JUST AS CREDIT CARD DEBT SOARS TO A RECORD HIGH. HERE’S ABC’S LIONEL MOISE THIS MORNING. >> A SHAKEUP IN THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY. CAPITAL ONE IS BUYING DISCOVER IN A DEAL VALUED AT $35 BILLION CAPITAL ONE IS ACQUIRING DISCOVER, WHICH IS MORE THAN JUST A CREDIT CARD ISSUER.

>> THEY ALSO HAVE A CARD NETWORK OVER WHICH THE TRANSACTIONS ARE RUN. AND THEY ALSO HAVE ACCUMULATED A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DEPOSIT BASE, BRINGING IN DEPOSITS FROM CONSUMERS AND MAKING LOANS OTHER THAN JUST CREDIT CARDS. >> JOINING FORCES WILL GIVE CAPITAL ONE ACCESS TO DISCOVER’S PAYMENT NETWORK, COLLECTING FEES TO BETTER COMPETE AGAINST VISA

AND MASTERCARD, WHICH COULD BENEFIT CUSTOMERS IN THE LONG RUN. IT COMES AS CREDIT CARD DEBT IN THE U.S. HITS A RECORD HIGH. THE AVERAGE BALANCE NOW TOPS $6,000, AND WITH HIGH INTEREST RATES, DELINQUENCIES ARE UP AMONG ALL AGE GROUPS. 49% OF CREDIT CARDHOLDERS NOW CARRY DEBT FROM MONTH TO MONTH.

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>> AND WE GOT YOU. >> WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU. >> WE’RE BACK WITH A PARKING LOT PROBLEM NEAR BOSTON. THIS AUDI N TWO OTHER VEHICLES OUTSIDE OF A CVS. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER HIT THE GAS INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE, THEN HIT AN ELEVATED SIDEWALK IN. THAT’S WHERE IT LANDED.

>> DOCTORS ARE WARNING PARENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ABOUT A RISE IN CASES OF THE MEASLES. THE LATEST CONCERN IN FLORIDA THIS MORNING, DOCTORS IN FLORIDA ARE CLOSELY WATCHING A CLUSTER OF CHILDREN INFECTED WITH MEASLES, AS EXPERTS WARN ABOUT A SURGE IN CASES NATIONWIDE. >> AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, NOT A

HAIR ON FIRE MOMENT YET. BUT IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME ONE. >> AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEAR FORT LAUDERDALE IS NOW REPORTING FIVE STUDENTS WITH MEASLES. MEANWHILE, NINE CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA SINCE DECEMBER, ALL INVOLVING UNVAXED PEOPLE. SO FAR THIS YEAR, AT LEAST ONE CASE HAS

BEEN REPORTED IN 12 STATES. >> ALL YOU HAVE TO BE IS IN THE SAME ROOM OR PROXIMITY WITH A WITH AN INFECTED PATIENT TO BE AT RISK FOR CONTRACTING A VIRUS. MEASLES SPREADS IN THE AIR WHEN AN INFECTED PERSON COUGHS OR SNEEZES. >> SYMPTOMS INCLUDE FEVER, COUGH , RUNNY NOSE, AND A DISTINCTIVE

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HERE AND WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU. >> TIME TO CHECK THE PULSE. >> WE BEGIN WITH WHAT SCIENTISTS SAY COULD BE THE BRIGHTEST PLACE IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE. >> OH, YES, IT’S CALLED A QUASAR. AND IT’S LOCATED AT THE SAFE, COZY DISTANCE OF 12 BILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY. THE

ARTIST’S RENDERING SHOWS IT’S BLACK HOLE, WHICH SCIENTISTS SAY IS GROWING AT THE FASTEST RATE EVER SEEN BECAUSE OF ALL THE ENERGY IT’S CONSUMING. >> THE QUASAR AROUND THE BLACK HOLE IS SAID TO BE 500 TRILLION TIMES BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN. NEXT, AN EIGHT YEAR OLD JUST SHATTERED A WORLD RECORD IN CHESS.

>> ASHWATH KAUSHIK OF SINGAPORE JUST BECAME THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO BEAT A GRAND MASTER, BEATING A 37 YEAR OLD AT A TOURNAMENT IN EUROPE. HIS PARENTS DON’T EVEN PLAY CHESS, HE LEARNED THE GAME ONLINE. NEXT, ANOTHER AMAZING YOUNG PERSON. >> SHE’S 11 AND BROUGHT HER LOVE OF READING TO A BUSY AIRPORT.

SIA MALHOTRA HELPED BUILD A CHILDREN’S LIBRARY AT NEWARK AIRPORT. IT NOW SITS IN TERMINAL A, BUT SIA HAS EVEN BIGGER PLANS . >> I WANT TO PROPOSE TO THE PORT AUTHORITY TO PUT THIS LIBRARY LIKE TO GET MORE LIBRARIES AND PUT THEM IN THE OTHER TERMINALS TOO.

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>> A BIG DEAL IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY, CAPITAL ONE SAYS IT’S BUYING. DISCOVER FOR $35 BILLION, BRINGING TOGETHER TWO OF THE NATION’S LARGEST CREDIT CARD COMPANIES. THE DEAL MUST STILL BE APPROVED BY REGULATORS. >> MAN ARRESTED FOR TWO MURDERS INSIDE A DORM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO IN COLORADO SPRINGS

>> THAT’S WHAT’S MAK. WE. >> IT’S TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20TH. COULD ALL OF ISRAEL GO ON TRIAL? >> WE START HERAMID NEW OUTCRIES OVER ITS WAR TACTICS. DOZENS OF COUNTRIES TAKE ISRAEL TO COURT. ISRAEL NEVER OFFICIALLY ANNEXED THE WEST BANK, SAYING LIKE IT’S MINE. BUT IT ALSO NEVER GAVE IT UP.

THIS ARGUMENT CUTS TO THE CORE OF THE REGION’S MOST BASIC LAND DISPUTE. WE’LL WALK YOU THROUGH IT ALL. DIABETES CASES ARE RISING AND AMPUTATIONS ARE RISING EVEN FASTER. IT’S EASIER TO JUST TELL SOMEONE. WE’RE GOING TO BE PERFORMING AN APPLICATION AND MOVE ON. WHY THIS CRISIS IS AFFECTING BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES

MOST OF ALL. AND COMPANIES LOVE TOUTING NEW A.I. SYSTEMS, BUT ARE THEY READY TO BE SUED OVER THEM? WE CAN NO LONGER TRUST WHAT WE SEE AND WHAT WE HEAR. HOW ONE CUSTOMER SUCCESSFULLY BLAMED AIR CANADA FOR ABC NEWS. THIS STORY AIR. I’M BRAD MIELKE TO WATCH THE WAR UNFOLDING IN GAZA.

IT’S OFTEN FRAMED AS HALF THE WORLD THINKS ONE THING, THE OTHER HALF MUST BE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED. BUT THAT BELIES TWO KEY FACTS. ONE IS THIS CONFLICT IS VERY NUANCED. TONS OF GRAY AREA, TONS OF HISTORY. THE OTHER IS AT THIS POINT, THE VOICES SAYING ISRAEL’S RESPONSE IS JUSTIFIED OR

ABSOLUTELY DWARFED BY THE NUMBER OF VOICES SAYING ISRAEL’S GOING TOO FAR OUT OF THE VIEW. AS YOU KNOW, THAT THE CONDUCT OF THE RESPONSE IN GAZA, IN THE GAZA STRIP HAS BEEN OVER THE TOP. EARLIER THIS MONTH, PRESIDENT BIDEN CLEARLY WANTED TO SEND A MESSAGE TO ISRAEL ITS MILITARY HAD DECIMATED

HUGE SWATHS OF GAZA, EFFECTIVELY CORNERING CIVILIANS IN A TINY SOUTHERN AREA KNOWN AS RAFAH, AHEAD OF A POTENTIAL MILITARY OFFENSIVE. WELL, THEN THIS PAST FRIDAY, ISRAEL RAIDED A HOSPITAL FROM WHAT THE IDF CALLS IT. PRECISE OPERATION HAS RENDERED NASSER HOSPITAL IN SOUTHERN GAZA USELESS. THAT’S NOT ME SAYING THAT. IT’S NOT PALESTINIAN

AUTHORITIES. IT’S THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYING GAZA’S LAST REMAINING HOSPITAL CAN’T TAKE CARE OF ITS PATIENTS. THERE’S WASTE EVERYWHERE, ELECTRICITY. WHAT WAS NO WARNING? NOT WORKING. PARTS OF HOSPITAL ARE DAMAGED AND SOME SEVERELY. WELL, ISRAEL SAYS IT FOUND EVIDENCE THERE THAT HAMAS WAS ONCE USING HOSPITALS AS BASES OF OPERATIONS.

THIS RAID DREW WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION AND THAT WAS BEFORE A REPORT CAME OUT YESTERDAY FROM THE UNITED NATIONS, THE UN’S HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE SAYING U.N. EXPERTS HAVE EXPRESSED ALARM OVER CREDIBLE ALLEGATIONS OF EGREGIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS TO WHICH PALESTINIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS CONTINUE TO BE SUBJECTED TO. THIS REPORT SAYS IT IS NOW SEEN

CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT GAZAN WOMEN AND GIRLS HAVE BEEN BRUTALIZED BY ISRAELI SOLDIERS ,ARBITRARY DETENTION ARRESTS. >> BUT THERE ARE ALSO ALLEGATIONS OF BEATINGS,, TALES OF WOMEN FORCED TO STRIP NAKED FOR NO APPARENT REASON, AND SOME ALLEGEDLY KEPT IN A CAGE IN THE RAIN. THIS REPORT ALSO CALLS FOR INVESTIGATIONS INTO POTENTIAL EXECUTIONS.

ISRAEL SAYS IT CAN’T RESPOND TO THIS REPORT BECAUSE IT DOESN’T LIST SPECIFIC INCIDENTS, DOES INSIST IT’S ABIDING BY THE RULES OF WAR. BUT NOW THESE CALLS FOR RESTRAINT ARE ESCALATING BEYOND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. THEY’RE STARTING TO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO COURT. >> A FEW WEEKS AGO, SOUTH AFRICA, WITH ITS OWN HISTORY

OF SYSTEMIC INJUSTICES, ALLEGED THAT PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WAS RAGING NOTHING SHORT OF A . >> SOUTH AFRICA. THE VIEW THAT WE COULD NOT STAND IDLY BY AND CONTINUE TO OBSERVE THE KILLING OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN CITIZENS. >> ISRAEL SAYS THIS FIGHT IS ONLY AGAINST HAMAS, NOT THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE,

AND THAT IT TAKES GREAT CARE TO LIMIT CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. BUT YESTERDAY, REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVERAL COUNTRIES GATHERED AT THE HAGUE, THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, TO ARGUE THAT ISRAEL IS OVERSTEPPING ITS BOUNDS, NOT JUST IN WAR, BUT IN SOMETHING EVEN MORE FUNDAMENTAL. PLEASE BE SEATED. THIS CASE STRIKES TO SOME

OF THE CORE ISSUES AROUND THIS CONFLICT, SO I WANT TO START WITH IT TODAY. ABC’S CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN IS HERE. MATT, WHAT IS THIS CASE? WHAT ARE THE ACCUSATIONS? IT’S ACTUALLY A CASE THAT WAS BROUGHT AGAINST ISRAEL IN DECEMBER OF TWO. AND IT WAS BASED ON A U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECRYING

THE OCCUPATION OF THE WEST BANK, SPECIFICALLY BY ISRAEL. SO JUST A REALLY QUICK PRIMER, BRAD. 1967 ISRAEL LAUNCHES A PREEMPTIVE ATTACK ON MULTIPLE ARAB STATES. ITS NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING JORDAN. JORDAN AT THAT TIME HAD OR WAS IN CONTROL OF WHAT WE NOW KNOW AS THE WEST BANK. ISRAEL DEFEATED JORDAN, TOOK

THE LAND AND NEVER LEFT. ISRAEL NEVER OFFICIALLY ANNEXED THE WEST BANK, SAYING LIKE IT’S MINE. BUT IT ALSO NEVER GAVE IT UP. AND IN THE INTERIM, OVER THE PAST 50 PLUS YEARS, ISRAELI JEWISH SETTLERS HAVE MOVED IN TO TOWNS THAT THEY CREATED, SOMETIMES ANNEXING OR TAKING PALESTINIAN LAND FOR IT AND MAKING HOMES,

MAKING VILLAGES, TOWNS. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES QUITE BIG. SO IT STARTED OUT WITH JUST LITERALLY A FEW PEOPLE IN THE VERY LATE SIXTIES AND THEN IN THE SEVENTIES HAS NOW BECOME ABOUT 400,000 SETTLERS WHO LIVE IN THE WEST BANK PROPER AND A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND ADDITIONAL ISRAELIS WHO LIVE

IN EAST JERUSALEM, WHICH IS ALSO CONTESTED STILL. SO THAT IS REALLY THE CRUX OF WHAT’S AT ISSUE HERE. >> AND THESE 52 COUNTRIES WHO ARE GOING TO PRESS THE CASE AGAINST ISRAEL, SAYING THAT VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE PROCEEDINGS WERE OPENED UP BY PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER RIYAD AL-MALIKI.

THE ONLY SOLUTION CONSISTENT WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW IS FOR THIS ILLEGAL OCCUPATION TO COME TO AN IMMEDIATE, UNCONDITIONAL AND TOTAL END. AND IF YOU ASK THE SETTLERS WHO LIVE THERE, THEY SAY, WELL ,LISTEN, IF THERE IS ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE JEWS HAVE A RIGHT TO THE LAND, IT’S RIGHT HERE.

>> IF HE SAYS IN THE BIBLE, I WANT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TO LIVE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL. SO FOR ME, THAT’S NOT ONLY AN IMPERATIVE, IT’S AN INVITATION . >> THERE IS A REASON THAT JEWS HAVE THE NAME JEWS. IT’S BECAUSE THEY ARE FROM THE AREA OF JUDEA, WHICH IS THE

SOUTHERN PART OF THE WEST BANK. >> BUT THAT IS UNCLEAR. LIKE THE WAR RIGHT NOW IS IN GAZA. >> YOU’RE HEARING ABOUT LIKE CLAIMS OF THAT ISRAEL FIERCELY DISPUTES. DOES ANY OF THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS? YOU’RE SAYING THIS IS JUST A COMPLETELY HISTORIC THING THAT IS COINCIDENTALLY NOW COMING UP?

>> YES SO THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE HERE IS THAT BOTH THE CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST ISRAEL FOR AND THIS CASE AGAINST ISRAEL, FOR ITS OCCUPATION IN THE WEST BANK. WELL, AND PREVIOUSLY GAZA AND EAST JERUSALEM, THEY’RE BOTH HAPPENING AT THE ICJ, THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE. BUT THAT’S REALLY IT.

>> AND SO, LEGALLY SPEAKING, THE TWO CASES ARE NOT AT ALL RELATED, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH ISRAEL’S CONDUCT IN THE WEST BANK AND IN GAZA AS WELL. SINCE OCTOBER 7TH AND THE TERRIBLE RAMPAGE BY HAMAS ON ISRAELI COMMUNITIES JUST OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. PEACE NOW SAYS THAT 26

NEW ILLEGAL OUTPOSTS WERE CREATED. >> THAT IS THE MOST EVER IN A YEAR. AND THEY’RE SAYING THAT ALL OF THAT HAPPENED AFTER OCTOBER 7TH, WHICH SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT SETTLERS ARE USING THIS MOMENT TO TRY TO GRAB AS MUCH LAND AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN, BECAUSE ISRAELI SENTIMENT IS ANTI-PALESTINIAN RIGHT NOW.

TO DO IS TO GET THIS SIMPLE, SIMPLE TEN MINUTE TEST TO BE COVERED, EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE SYMPTOMS, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE AT RISK OF LOSING A LIMB BECAUSE OF A DIABETIC COMPLICATION HAVE NO SYMPTOMS AT ALL. >> SO THINK ABOUT THIS. A DISEASE THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.

>> MOST OF US ARE THINKING CHARLOTTE. SAYS SHE CAN’T START HER DAY WITHOUT START HERE. AND ANNA, WHO SAID SHE DIDN’T REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THE SHOW WAS TO HER, WAS HAVING TROUBLE UPLOADING TO ON FRIDAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT, BY THE WAY. AND I WAS NOTICING THAT TOO. LUCKILY, WE GOT IT RESOLVED.

YOU GOT YOUR FIX. I’M BRAD MIELKE SEE RIGHT ON TIME TOMORROW. YOU REPORTING FROM THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTHOUSE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.. I’M TERRY MORAN. WHEREVER THE NEWS IS WILL TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE. IT BECOMES THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP.

BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO. FASTER, SMARTER AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE HIM AND KNOW YOU’RE GOING ON THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE BLESSINGS OF THAT EXPERIENCE, THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW AND DIANE MACEDO TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THE POWERFUL

STORM HITTING THE WEST COAST. CALIFORNIA IS GETTING MORE RAIN, STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WHEN RELIEF IS ON THE WAY AND THE SPRING LIKE CONDITIONS ON THE EAST COAST. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKES HIS FIRST COMMENTS ON THE DEATH OF ALEXINA VALENTI. WHY HE’S COMPARING HIMSELF TO THE RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER.

AS NIKKI HALEY ATTACKS TRUMP FOR NOT CONDEMNING RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN AND THE FALLOUT COULD SWAY VOTERS WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY FOUR DAYS AWAY. IT’S JUDGMENT DAY FOR PARENTING RUBY FRANKY. SHE AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER ARE SET TO BE SENTENCED ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. HOW LONG THEY COULD SPEND BEHIND BARS.

PLUS, A MAJOR MERGER THAT COULD IMPACT WHAT’S IN YOUR WALLET. CAPITAL ONE IS BUYING. DISCOVER HOW THE $35 BILLION DEAL COULD BRING BENEFITS AMID SURGING CREDIT CARD DEBT. >> AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR BILL RIGHT NOW. >> BUT WE BEGIN WITH THAT MAJOR STORM IN CALIFORNIA.

RESIDENTS LOS ANGELES ARE BRACING FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES TODAY. THIS COMES AFTER ANOTHER STORM HIT THE SANTA BARBARA AREA WHERE BODY WAS FOUND IN THE DEBRIS. ABC NEWS CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT GUTMAN IS IN LOS ANGELES WITH THE LATEST. MUCH OF CALIFORNIA UNDER FLOOD ALERTS AS ANOTHER ATMOSPHERIC

RIVER PUMMELS THE STATE IN. SANTA BARBARA AUTHORITIES REPORTING A FATALITY AFTER A WOMAN’S BODY WAS REPORTEDLY FOUND IN MISSION CREEK MONDAY. OFFICIALS ARE URGING RESIDENTS TO EXERCISE CAUTION. >> WE ASK YOU ALL IN SANTA BARBARA, STAY AWAY FROM THE CREEKS. >> THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY DANGEROUS. THE CITY’S AIRPORT CLOSING AFTER FLOODING CAUSED

OPERATIONS TO HALT. AND ACROSS THE GOLDEN STATE, ROADS DISAPPEARING UNDER RISING FLOODWATERS. WE GET TO A FARM ON THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA NEAR LOS ANGELES. >> HEAVY RAINS ERODING THE GROUND BENEATH THIS HOUSE. IT’S WALLS CRACKING AND WINDOW SHATTERING RIGHT FRONT OF NIKKI MNUCHIN’S HOME. >> YOU HAVE WATER PIPES,

A BRICK, AND THEN THEY ADD MORE TO THE MISERY AND THEN IT BECOMES THIS VICIOUS CYCLE. >> MANY RESIDENTS AFRAID OF HOW THEIR HOMES BE AFFECTED. >> THE HOUSES AROUND UCLA LIKE GOING TO, LIKE, GO DOWNHILL TOWARDS. YOU CAN SEE LIKE MUDSLIDES. LUCKILY OUR HOUSE, YOU KNOW, IT’S FINE.

>> AND IN SANTA ROSA, THIS RESIDENT RECALLING THE MOMENT A TREE CRASHED INTO HIS APARTMENT. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT FELT LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE HIT MY HOUSE. BUT FROM ABOVE THAT THE TREE HAD GONE ENTIRELY THROUGH THE WALL OF MY HOUSE. >> THAT BRANCH AND PEELING HIS ROOF AND WALL.

LUCKILY, HE WAS ABLE TO WALK AWAY UNINJURED. YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE THING STRETCHES THE WHOLE WAY. >> THEY ARE TYPICALLY WITH THESE STORIES, THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS, IT’S ALL ABOUT THIS FIRE HOSE MOISTURE THAT PUMMELS ESPECIALLY PARTS OF CALIFORNIA. SO WHAT WE’VE EXPERIENCED IS THE SATURATED SOIL BECAUSE

OF THESE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS. AND THIS WHOLE STREET WAS BASICALLY A DEBRIS FLOW OF PUMMELING THESE CARS. AND YOU THINK, OH, IT’S JUST MUDSLIDES. NO, BUT IT CAN BE FEROCIOUS AND EXTREMELY DAMAGING AND SEE THE DAMAGE TO WHAT WAS A VOLKSWAGEN OF BMW HERE. I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS AS WELL.

THEY’VE ALREADY BARRICADED IT WITH SANDBAGS, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF RIVERS THAT’S HOW MUCH WE LOST OUR MIKE. >> WE’RE GOING TO TRY TO COME BACK. >> I’M TALKING. YOU GET ABOUT A YEAR’S WORTH OF MOISTURE, SOME OF THESE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS OR SOME OF THESE SYSTEMS AND WE’RE HAVING SOME ISSUES THERE WITH MY

AUDIO. >> WE’LL TRY TO GET HIM BACK. ABC NEWS CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN. MATT, THANK YOU. AND ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST OMAR THEODORE HAS THE LATEST ON THE STORM’S TRACK TIMING HIGHS TOMORROW. THE WEST COAST HAS BEEN GETTING HAMMERED. A SERIES OF STORMS THAT HAS LED TO FLOODING SNOW FURTHER

INLAND AND REALLY ROUGH SURF. WE HAVE HIGH SURF ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FOR FRANK. LOOK AT THESE WAVES PUMMELING AND CRASHING INTO THE COASTLINE THERE. AND THE CULPRIT BEHIND ALL OF THIS, THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER PUMPING MOISTURE INTO THE WEST COAST ALONG WITH THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE, THIS DISTURBANCE HERE.

WE’VE GOT A HIGH ALERTS, WINTER STORM WARNINGS FURTHER INLAND. AND OF COURSE, THE FLOOD WATCH LINING THE CALIFORNIA COASTLINE. NOW, HERE’S THE BIGGEST THREAT LOS ANGELES, ANAHEIM, RIVERSIDE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ESSENTIALLY HAS THE HIGHEST FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES THREAT AS WE HEAD THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE, THOUGH,

AS FAR NORTH AS SACRAMENTO AND REDDING AND AS FAR SOUTH AS SAN DIEGO. TIMING THIS OUT. THIS RAIN REALLY STICKS AROUND THROUGH THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. NOT REALLY WRAPPING UP UNTIL 11 A.M. EVEN THEN, SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH SNOW UP IN THE ROCKIES. >> DAN SOMARA THEODORE, THANK YOU.

AND ALEXEI NAVALNY’S FAMILY IS ACCUSING PUTIN’S REGIME OF A COVER UP AS RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES REFUSED TO RELEASE BODY. THIS IS THE KREMLIN IS REJECTING EUROPEAN’S CALL FOR AN EXAMINATION INTO HIS DEATH. MEANWHILE, UKRAINIAN FORCES TELL ABC NEWS THEY ARE OUTGUNNED AND OUTMANNED THE RUSSIANS RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY’RE STILL FIGHTING. CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS

CORRESPONDENT RADDATZ HAS THE LATEST FROM KYIV. >> THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT STANDING FIRM REFUSING TO TURN OVER ALEXEI BODY TO HIS FAMILY. >> NAVALNY’S MOTHER POSTING VIDEO THIS MORNING APPEALING TO PUTIN TO RETURN HIS BODY TO THE FAMILY. >> SHE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO SEE IT. NAVALNY’S YULIA CLAIMING RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING

TO DISGUISE REAL CAUSE OF DEATH. >> WHAT MAKES ME WHAT I’M SAYING, THEY COWARDLY AND MEANLY HIDING HIS BODY. >> UNION ACCUSING PUTIN OF KILLING HER HUSBAND. THESE NEW IMAGES FROM AN ANTI-TRUMP NEWS OUTLET REPORTEDLY SHOWING WHAT MAY BE THE CONVOYED NAVALNY’S REMAINS FROM PRISON. ALTHOUGH THE VIDEO NOT BE INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED,

PUTIN’S FIERCEST CRITIC HAD BEEN FACING A DECADES LONG PRISON SENTENCE FOR EXTREME THIS AND OTHER CHARGES WHICH HIS SUPPORTERS SAY WERE FABRICATED. HIS DEATH DRAWING GLOBAL CONDEMNATION. PRESIDENT BIDEN DIRECTLY BLAMING VLADIMIR PUTIN AND WEIGHING A RESPONSE. OH, YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR MIND COMPLETELY. >> YOU JUST DESCRIBED THIS AS UKRAINIAN FORCES WITHDRAW

FROM THE CITY OF WITH RUSSIA CLAIMING ITS BIGGEST BATTLEFIELD GAIN MONTHS. RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA SHOWING TROOPS WITHIN THE DESTROYED LIMITS. >> ONE UKRAINIAN COMMANDER SAYING THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH MANPOWER OR SHELLS TO HOLD OFF THE RUSSIAN ASSAULT. WE WENT INSIDE A HOSPITAL IN DNIPRO, WHICH HAS BEEN TREATING SCORES OF RAINIAN

CASUALTIES FROM THE MONTHSLONG BATTLE. AMERICAN NEUROSURGEON DR. ROCCO PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A DOCTOR FOR THE U.S. ARMY IN, IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. BUT NOW HE’S VOLUNTEERED HERE IN UKRAINE FOR THE SECOND TIME. >> THE MOST SEVERE PENETRATING BRAIN INJURY, PENETRATING NECK INJURIES, PROBABLY TRAUMA INJURIES. YOU KNOW, THEY’RE VICTIMS BASICALLY OF ARTILLERY.

>> NOW, WITH CRUCIAL U.S. AID HALTED IN CONGRESS, BIDEN SLAMMING HOUSE REPUBLICANS, BUT SAYING HE IS WILLING TO MEET WITH SPEAKER JOHNSON. >> THE WAY THEY’RE WALKING AWAY WITH RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO WALKING AWAY FROM THE WAY THEY’RE WALKING AWAY WITH NO OBLIGATION OBLIGATION. AND SOLDIERS TELLING ME THIS

MORNING THIS AIDE IS ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE OR EVEN MORE LIVES WILL BE LOST. >> DIANE SHE. GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ IN KYIV, UKRAINE. THANK YOU. AND FORMER U.N. AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY IS BLASTING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP OVER HIS STANCE ON RUSSIA IN HIS FIRST COMMENTS ABOUT THE DEATH OF RUSSIAN LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY.

TRUMP CLAIMS HE’S FACING SIMILAR POLITICAL IN HIS OWN LEGAL BATTLES AND TRYING TO COMPARE PRESIDENT TO VLADIMIR PUTIN. NOW, HALEY’S CRITICIZING TRUMP FOR, HIS HISTORY OF PRAISING PUTIN, ACCUSING TRUMP OF, QUOTE, SIDING WITH A . ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHAEL SCOTT HAS THE LATEST. >> DONALD TRUMP UNDER FIRE FOR

COMPARING OWN LEGAL TROUBLES TO THREATS. RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY A FACE WHILE STANDING UP TO PUTIN’S AUTHORITARIAN REGIME. BREAKING HIS SILENCE DAYS AFTER NAVALNY’S DEATH, WRITING THE SUDDEN DEATH OF ALEXEI NAVALNY HAS MADE ME MORE AND MORE AWARE OF WHAT HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY, POINTING TO A GROSSLY UNFAIR COURTROOM

DECISIONS, THE FORMER PRESIDENT MAKING NO MENTION OF PUTIN. >> I DON’T KNOW WHY HE KEEPS GETTING WEAK IN THE KNEES WHEN IT COMES TO RUSSIA. IS FACING CHARGES FOR HIS EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE 20 20 ELECTION AND HAS WARNED HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS COULD BE PROSECUTED. HE’S REELECTED.

THERE ARE NO FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA. >> NAVALNY PUSHED FOR DEMOCRACY AND IS AMONG THE GROWING LIST OF PUTIN’S POLITICAL OPPONENTS THAT HAVE BEEN JAILED, POISONED OR KILLED. >> TRUMP’S RIVAL NIKKI HALEY, WRITING DONALD TRUMP COULD HAVE CONDEMNED PUTIN FOR BEING A MURDEROUS. TRUMP COULD HAVE PRAISED

NAVALNY’S COURAGE, ADDING INSTEAD HE DENOUNCING AMERICA AND COMPARING THE COUNTRY TO RUSSIA. THE FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN HER HOME STATE. >> WITH JUST FOUR DAYS UNTIL THE PRIMARY. IT’S A GREAT DAY IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND STILL GOING AFTER TRUMP FOR ENCOURAGING PUTIN TO ATTACK AMERICA’S NATURAL ALLIES.

>> THEY DON’T SPEND ENOUGH ON DEFENSE. NO, I WOULD NOT PROTECT YOU. IN FACT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT. >> THE IDEA THAT TRUMP WOULD ASSOCIATE HIMSELF WITH PUTIN LIKE THAT OVER OUR ALLIES WHO STOOD WITH US AFTER 911. >> WHAT HE JUST DID WAS PUT

ALL OF OUR ALLIES IN DANGER AND EVERY MILITARY SERVICE PERSON SERVING, THEY’RE IN DANGER. >> NIKKI HALEY IS STILL TRAILING DONALD TRUMP BY MORE THAN 13 POINTS HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA BY MORE THAN 60 POINTS NATIONALLY. SHE IS EXPECTED TO GIVE AN ADDRESS ON THE STATE OF THE RACE LATER TODAY.

BUT SHE’S MADE IT CLEAR SHE’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. SHE’S VOWING TO STAY IN THIS RACE. SUPER TUESDAY. JM SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHAEL SCOTT, THANK YOU. AND AN UNPRECEDENTED RULING BY THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT COULD IMPACT THE FUTURE OF IN VITRO FERTILIZATION. THE STATE’S HIGHEST RULED FROZEN EMBRYOS OUTSIDE THE ARE CHILDREN.

A CASE WAS BROUGHT BY A COUPLE WHO SUED A FERTILITY CLINIC FOR WRONGFUL DEATH AFTER. SOMEONE DROPPED THEIR FROZEN EMBRYOS ON THE FLOOR, DESTROYING THEM. NOW MEDICAL EXPERTS WARN THE RULING COULD HAVE FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE SEEKING TREATMENTS LIKE IVF. AND FORMER MOM. >> INFLUENCER RUBY FRANKE

IS BEING SENTENCED TODAY ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. THE UTAH MOTHER OF SIX AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER PLEADED GUILTY TO THE CHARGES AFTER POLICE FOUND ONE OF FRANKIE SONS EMACIATED WITH OPEN AND BOUND WITH DUCT TAPE. POLICE SAY ONE OF FRANKIE’S DAUGHTERS WAS ALSO FOUND MALNOURISHED. >> NOW SHE FACES UP TO YEARS

IN PRISON. ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH HAS THE LATEST. >> I’M ONLY IS IT ONE MORE TIME AND THEN YOU’RE GOING TO LOSE THE PRIVILEGE TO EAT DINNER. >> IT’S JUDGMENT DAY FOR THE MOM INFLUENCER. >> RUBY. FRANKIE. MY DEEPEST REGRET AND SORROW FOR MY FAMILY AND MY CHILDREN. GUILTY.

>> AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO MULTIPLE FELONY AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE CHARGES IN DECEMBER, THE MOTHER OF SIX AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER, JODI HILDEBRANDT, BOTH SET TO BE SENTENCED IN A UTAH COURTROOM. >> THERE IS IN THE STATE OF UTAH, A STATUTE THAT FAVORS TIME OFFENDERS. BUT AS PART OF THE PLEA

DEAL THAT TRIED THE INTERVENTION WITH THE PROSECUTOR, SHE THAT SHE WOULD BOTH ADMIT TO BEING GUILTY OF THE CHARGES AND ACCEPT SENTENCING THAT WOULD INCLUDE PRISON TIME. >> I HESITATE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO SOUND LIKE I’M LIKE A MEAN BARBARIAN . FRANKIE MADE A NAME FOR HERSELF

ONLINE, KNOWN FOR HER TOUGH LOVE PARENTING. >> I’M NOT EVEN GOING TO LET YOU EAT BREAKFAST UNTIL YOU GET YOUR CHORES DONE. >> OFTEN APPEARING IN VIDEOS WITH HILDEBRANDT AND JODI HILDEBRANDT AND A MOVIE FRANKIE. THEIR NOTORIETY REACHING AN INFAMOUS PEAK LAST AUGUST AFTER FRANKIE’S SON ESCAPED FROM HILDEBRAND’S HOME.

>> I JUST HAD A 12 YEAR OLD BOY SHOW UP HERE AT MY FRONT DOOR ASKING FOR HELP. >> THE BOY CLIMBING OUT OF A WINDOW AND RUNNING TO A NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE FOR HELP. >> HE’S EMACIATED. >> HE’S GOT TAPE AROUND HIS LEGS. THAT CHILLING CALL PROMPTING POLICE TO LEAD AN EXTENSIVE

SEARCH OF FRANKIE’S HOME. BARNETT POLICE SEEN HERE IN BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE WITH GUNS DRAWN. FRANKIE EVENTUALLY SHIFTING BLAME ON HILDEBRAND WHO SHE ALLEGES MANIPULATED HER. BOTH WOMEN AGREED TO PLEA DEALS, WHICH GIVE PAINSTAKING DETAILS ABOUT HOW TWO OF FRANKIE’S CHILDREN WERE CONVINCED THEY WERE EVIL AND PUNISHMENTS WERE NECESSARY TO REPENT.

THOSE PUNISHMENTS INCLUDED OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT, PHYSICAL RESTRAINTS AND BEING DENIED FOOD AND WATER. >> DON’T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT FRANKIE HERSELF IS A MOTHER AND THAT SHE HAD AN OBLIGATION TO PROTECT HER CHILDREN AND TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY AND WELL-BEING. ABC NEWS LIVE KANE WHITWORTH

JOINS ME NOW FROM UTAH FOR MORE. KANE ROBBIE ALREADY PLEADED GUILTY TO CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. SO WHAT CAN WE EXPECT SEE IN COURT TODAY? >> RIGHT. SO TODAY IS DAY SHE WILL LEARN HER FATE, AS WILL JODI HILDEBRANDT. SO BOTH OF THEM PLEADED GUILTY TO FOUR COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE.

IN EACH ONE OF THOSE COUNTS CARRIES A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF, AT LEAST 15 YEARS IN PRISON. IT’S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND HERE THAT BOTH OF THEM WERE INITIALLY FACING SIX COUNTS. BUT AS PART OF THIS PLEA DEAL, THEY DISMISSED TWO OF THEM. AND SO NOW ULTIMATELY IT’S UP TO THE TO DECIDE.

DIANE KANE, ANY UPDATES ON HOW CHILDREN ARE DOING NOW? ALL RIGHT. SO SHE HAS SIX CHILDREN. >> TWO OF THEM ARE ADULTS. FOUR OF THEM ARE MINORS. THE MINORS RIGHT NOW ARE ACTUALLY IN THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE. REALLY? FRANKIE’S HUSBAND HAS FILED FOR DIVORCE. HE IS ALSO PLANNING TO SUE HILDEBRAND.

AND DIANE, THERE’S COURT DOCUMENTS. AND IN THOSE COURT WHERE HE IS SUING FOR RESTITUTION, HE SAID THAT THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO NEED LONG TERM PROFESSIONAL CARE. >> DIANE? ALL RIGHT, KAYNA WHITWORTH THANK YOU. AND WE WILL FOLLOW TODAY’S SENTENCING. ALL DAY RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE.

AND FOR MORE ON HOW RUBY, FRANKIE ROSE FAME AND WHETHER THERE WERE MISSED SIGNS BEFORE HER ARREST. BE SURE. WATCH IMPACT BY NIGHTLINE’S A MOM WHO ANSWERS DOUBLE LIFE THAT’S STREAMING NOW ON HULU. >> COMING THE MAJOR ADVANCE AND BLURRING THE LINES BETWEEN REAL AND COMPUTER GENERATED.

HOW YOU CAN SPOT FLAWS IN SOME OF THESE VIDEOS. ALSO AHEAD, CAPITAL ONE IS BEHIND DISCOVER. THE $35 BILLION DEAL COULD BRING BENEFITS AMID SURGING CREDIT DEBT. WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS.

ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE 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 TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINE FROM ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. IN BEIRUT FROM THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN

DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING TO YOU WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE YOU’RE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> IT’S LUNCHTIME IN AMERICA,

SO WHAT ARE YOU 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 RUN THAT ME. >> SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I’M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. >> IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. WELL, WHAT?

THIS MAN DOES BEST BREAKFAST GUYS ARE NOT GOOD. >> WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE AGAIN. EVERYDAY HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? I WAS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS? THIS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND? I’M HIS GIRLFRIEND OF MY KIND. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC.

WELCOME BACK. NEW ADVANCES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARE RAISING MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT? WHEN YOU CAN’T TRUST YOUR OWN EYES OPEN. A.I. IS PREVIEWING NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD ALLOW ANYONE TO CREATE REALISTIC LOOKING VIDEOS WITH JUST A FEW CLICKS ON A KEYBOARD. SO HOW DO YOU SEPARATE REALITY FROM ILLUSION?

>> CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT REBECCA JARVIS HAS THE LATEST. YOU’RE WATCHING THE LATEST IN AI GENERATED. THIS IS SORA IN ACTION. A NEW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOL THAT PROMISES TO LET ANYONE CREATE REAL STICK AND IMAGINATIVE SCENES LIKE THESE FROM JUST A FEW TEXT INSTRUCTIONS. >> IT IS VERY SIMPLY A MAGICAL

PROGRAM WHERE YOU TYPE IN TEXT AND OUT COMES A VIDEO THAT CORRESPONDS TO YOUR TEXT. FOR INSTANCE, TYPING IN THE PROMPT, A CAT WAKING UP AND SLEEPING OWNER DEMANDING BREAKFAST CAN GENERATE A VIDEO LIKE THIS IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES, BLURRING THE LINES BETWEEN WHAT’S REAL AND CREATED BY HUMANS VERSUS WHAT’S

COMPUTER GENERATED. >> THE COMPANY BEHIND THIS TECHNOLOGICAL MARVEL OPENAI THE SAME BUSINESS BEHIND CHATGPT. IT IS NOW VALUED AT $80 BILLION, TRIPLE WHAT? IT WAS JUST TEN MONTHS AGO. >> SORA IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, BUT OPENAI IS LETTING A SELECT FEW OUTSIDE EXPERTS TEST IT. AND RED FLAG POTENTIAL PITFALLS.

MEANTIME, OPENAI CEO SAM ALTMAN HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTING WHAT HIS TECHNOLOGY CAN DO BY REPLYING TO USER PROMPTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA . ONE USER TWEETING A BICYCLE RACE ON OCEAN WITH DIFFERENT ANIMALS AS ATHLETES RIDING THE BICYCLES WITH DRONE CAMERA VIEW. ALTMAN RESPONDING WITH THIS VIDEO. BUT WHILE THE TECHNOLOGY

IS STILL YOUNG, SOME EXPERTS ALREADY SOUNDING THE ALARM. >> WE HEARD ABOUT AN EXECUTIVE AT A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY IN HONG KONG WHO WAS CARVED OUT OF $25 MILLION IN A FAKE VIDEO CALL THAT WAS ORCHESTRATED, SAW AND HEARD HIS COLLEAGUES, BUT THEY WERE NOT REAL. WE’VE ALSO HEARD OF VIRTUAL

KIDNAPINGS THAT ARE STAGED AND YOU HEAR YOUR KIDS VOICE, BUT IT’S NOT THEM. YOU SEE THEM AND IT’S NOT REALLY THEM. >> WILL SMITH SHARING THIS PARODY OF AN A.I. VIDEO OF HIMSELF RECENTLY. IT WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED A YEAR AGO BY REDDIT USER CHEYNE DROP, WHO SAID HE MADE IT WITH MODEL

SCOPED TEXT TO VIDEO GENERATOR. FAST FORWARD JUST 12 MONTHS LATER. NOW LIFELIKE TEXT VIDEO FROM OPENAI AND SIMILAR A.I. PROGRAMS LIKE RUNWAY AND PEEK LABS. >> SO THESE VIDEOS ARE NOT PERFECT YET. I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU ONE OF THE VIDEOS. THE WOMAN WALKING THROUGH TOKYO .

WATCH THAT CIRCLE AND THE ARROW. IF YOU LOOK REALLY CLOSELY, IT LOOKS LIKE HER RIGHT LEG BECOMES HER LEFT LEG. LET’S PLAY IT AGAIN IN SLOW MOTION. CAN YOU CATCH THAT FLY? BUT EVEN WITH THESE FLAWS, IT IS STILL IN CLOSE TO LOOKING REAL. DIANE I’M NOT SURE IF THAT IS

A TOUGH ONE. CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT REBECCA JARVIS, YOU. >> COMING UP, THE FINANCIAL ADVICE COLUMNIST. WHO SAYS SHE FELL FOR AN INTRICATE HOAX? HOW SHE SAYS SHE WAS TRICKED INTO TURNING OVER $50,000 IN CASH. BUT FIRST, HOW A £30 BUNNY IS BRINGING JOY TO CALIFORNIA’S BAY AREA.

DANNY NEW HAS THAT STORY RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. >> THE CRASH IN FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA. ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL. THE STRUCTURE FOR STORM ON I-5

IS IN THE PROBLEM OF ABC NEWS LIVE. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> IT’S SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. MORE AMERICANS TURN THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST.

ABC NEWS, “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MARK, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> ALL OF TELEVISION FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS COMPANY ON ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO FASTER, SMARTER AND CUSTOMIZABLE TO YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW, YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE.

>> THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW IT’S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA. SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP? WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW? YOU KNOW, THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD TO YOU HOW YOUR MONEY BREAKING NEWS POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS MUSIC TRENDS AND, THE SCORES,

GOOD FOOD MYSTERY 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. MAYBE WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED. GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS HAPPEN.

>> ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WE’LL TAKE YOU STREAMING FREE ON ABC NEWS LIVE INSIDE THAT AND AS A SLICE OF CALIFORNIA I’VE SEEN A PLACE LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE WOW. >> REPORTING FROM THE FULTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE. I’M REENA ROY BARBER. THE STORY IS TO TAKE YOU THERE .

YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, A £30 THERAPY RABBIT IS BRINGING JOY TO THE BAY AREA. ALEX THE GREAT IS EVERYTHING FROM VISITING NURSING HOMES TO RALLYING THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS TO VICTORY. >> ABC’S DANNY NEW HAS HIS STORY WHEN YOU MEET

ALEX FOR THE FIRST TIME IT’S HARD NOT TO GO. >> I LOVE. I LOVE LOOKING AT YOU. >> AS YOU CAN TELL, ALEX IS A BIG BOY. >> WEIGHING IN AT £30. IN FACT, HE IS ACTUALLY A GIGANTIC BREED OF RABBIT CALLED A FLEMISH GIANT, WHICH IS AMAZING SINCE THEY GET

A RABBIT. >> YEAH. THIS GIANT HAS BECOME A FAN FAVORITE AT SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS GAMES, WHERE HE IS THE TEAM’S OFFICIAL RALLY RABBIT. THEY ALL GET EXCITED AND THEY ALL WANT TO CHAT AND THEY ALL WANT TO GET TO SPEAK. >> NOW, MOST ANIMALS WOULD NOT APPRECIATE THIS MUCH. LOVE IT.

BUT WHEN JOSH HERE ADOPTED ALEX FROM A RABBIT RESCUE IN DECEMBER OF 2020, SINCE THE TREATMENT HE JUST SNUGGLED IN TO ME AND HE DIDN’T WANT TO BE. FAST FORWARD MORE THAN THREE YEARS AND ALEX HAS BECOME A BAY AREA SPORTS CELEBRITY FOR ALL THEIR TEAMS. FANS OFTEN ZOOMING AROUND

HIS RABBIT WAGON THAT JOSH CONTROLS AND THEN STOPPING PETS . >> HE’LL GO RIGHT UP TO PEOPLE SITTING HERE ON YOUR FEET WHEN YOU READ ABOUT IT. YOU ARE MAKING INCREDIBLE THINGS HAPPEN FOR THE CITY BUT IT’S NOT JUST SPORTS. IN 2021, ALEX BECAME A CERTIFIED THERAPY ANIMAL AND NOW SPENDS EVERY WEEK

VOLUNTEERING AT A HOSPICE CARE SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES AND EVEN THE AIRPORT. >> LORD KNOWS I NEED SOMEONE TO CALM ME DOWN THERE. AT JUST THREE YEARS OLD, ALEX SURE HAS EARNED THE RESPECT THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. AND HERE’S JOSH’S GUESS ON HOW BECAUSE HE THOSE PEOPLE I MEAN

HE TRULY JUST LOVES PEOPLE. >> BY THE WAY, DIANE, JOSH AND HIS WIFE KATE HAVE, APPLIED WITH THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS TO CERTIFY THAT ALEX HAS RECORDED THE MOST VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR ANY THERAPY RABBIT IN HISTORY. >> HONESTLY, DIANE, HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO HUG SOMETHING SO

BADLY IN YOUR LIFE? >> YES, BECAUSE I HAVE A BUNNY RABBIT AT HOME MYSELF. SO GLAD THE BAY AREA IS YIELDING THE SAME JOY THAT WE DO AT HOME. SHOUT OUT TO FRANK GIBBONS. COMING UP, THE MAJOR MERGER THAT COULD WHAT’S IN YOUR WALLET HOW CAPITAL ONE BUYING DISCOVER COULD BRING BENEFITS

AMID SURGING CREDIT CARD DEBT. ALSO AHEAD, THE HISTORIC IVF RULING. A DECISION IN ALABAMA COULD PUT ACCESS TO CERTAIN FERTILITY TREATMENTS AT RISK. PLUS, OVER A MILLION GAZANS ARE SEEKING SHELTER IN RAFAH. WHAT’S AT RISK IF ISRAEL LAUNCHES A MAJOR GROUND OFFENSIVE AND THE PLEAS FROM THOSE IMPACTED?

>> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSH IN HERE IN POLAND. AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA. ON THE GROUND, UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINES FROM THE CAPITAL DESTRUCTIVE FOR STORM I FIND OPEN DOORS IN THE HALLWAY. ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY TIME ANYWHERE.

STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO FOR FOOD. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE. >> STREAMING NEWS FOR THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY TOM GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. SIMPLE VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE TO FINALLY AARON FERRER. AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS.

YOU 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 YOU LONG THE HOUSEHOLD AND HAZARDS, YOU KNOW? >> SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING MOTHERS

TO PAY HER TAB. I’M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. IF YOU WANT CHARITY TO A SOUP KITCHEN. >> WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES BEST, YOU GUYS ARE NOT GOOD. >> WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERYDAY HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? I WAS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS? THIS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND.

I’M HIS GIRLFRIEND. OH, MY GOD. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. >> 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.

A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. 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. WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN NEW MALDEN, TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW, HEADING TO A

SMALL OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY. HERE BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME. WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAM MORNING NEWS ONLY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. 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 WITH YOUR 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 THIRD HOUR OF “GMA” IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOIN US AFTER DINNER FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.

>> I LOVE THAT THESE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC LIVE. FIRST, THANKS FOR STARTING WITH US. YOU’RE LOOKING AT NEW YORK CITY ON THIS TUESDAY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE’S THE RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. CALIFORNIA ROADS DISAPPEARING UNDER FLOODWATERS AS ANOTHER ATMOSPHERIC RIVER PUMMELS THE STATE.

OFFICIALS IN SANTA BARBARA ARE URGING CAUTION AFTER A WOMAN’S WAS REPORTEDLY FOUND IN MISSION CREEK AND THE CITY’S AIRPORT ALSO CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. NOW, MUCH OF THE STATE IS UNDER ALERT FOR FLOODING, HIGH WINDS AND WINTER WEATHER. THE MAN WHO FATALLY SHOT TWO POLICE OFFICERS AND A FIREFIGHTER DURING A STANDOFF

NEAR MINNEAPOLIS WAS BANNED FROM OWNING GUNS. COURT PAPERS SAY SHANNON GOODWIN WAS BARRED FROM POSSESSING FIREARMS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO ASSAULT IN 2008. GOODWIN WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CUSTODY BATTLE WITH THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN. POLICE SAY HE DIED BY SUICIDE AFTER OPENING FIRE. FIRST RESPONDERS WHO WERE

ANSWERING A CALL FOR A DOMESTIC DISPUTE. WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE IS FACING WHAT COULD BE HIS FINAL EXTRADITION BATTLE IN THE U.K.. HIS ATTORNEYS ARE APPEALING THE HIGH COURT IN LONDON TO STOP ASSANGE FROM BEING SENT TO THE U.S. TO FACE CHARGES. A DECISION IS EXPECTED TOMORROW.

AND IF THE COURT RULES AGAINST HIM, ASSANGE COULD BE EXTRADITED WITHIN DAYS. AND AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CHESS PRODIGY IS MAKING HISTORY WITH KOSUKE OF SINGAPORE. JUST BECAME THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER BEAT A GRANDMASTER. BIG WIN CAME AGAINST A 37 YEAR OLD IN A TOURNAMENT IN EUROPE. OTTAWA SAYS HE LEARNED THE GAME ONLINE.

HIS PARENTS SAY THEY DON’T EVEN PLAY CHESS. CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM. AND NOW TO A MAJOR SHAKEUP IN THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY. CAPITAL ONE IS BUYING DISCOVERY IN A DEAL VALUED AT $35 BILLION. A DEAL MERGES TWO OF THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY AND COULD BRING SOME BENEFITS FOR CONSUMERS.

CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT REBECCA HAS MORE. A MASSIVE SHAKEUP, THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY. CAPITAL ONE IS BEING DISCOVERED IN, A DEAL VALUED AT $35 BILLION. CAPITAL IS ACQUIRING DISCOVER, WHICH IS MORE THAN JUST A CREDIT CARD ISSUER. THEY ALSO HAVE A CARD NETWORK ON WHICH THE TRANSACTION RUN. AND THEY ALSO HAVE ACCUMULATED

A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DEPOSIT BASE, BRINGING IN DEPOSITS FROM STORES AND MAKING BONDS OTHER THAN JUST CREDIT CARDS. JOINING FORCES WILL GIVE CAPITAL ONE ACCESS TO DISCOVER’S PAYMENT NETWORK COLLECTING FEES TO BETTER COMPETE AGAINST INDUSTRY HEAVYWEIGHTS. VISA AND MASTERCARD, WHICH COULD BENEFIT CONSUMERS IN THE LONG RUN. IT COMES AS CREDIT CARD DEBT

IN THE U.S. HITS A RECORD. MORE THAN $1.1 TRILLION. THE BALANCE NOW TOPS $6,000. AND WITH INTEREST RATES RISING. DELINQUENCIES ARE ALSO UP AMONG ALL AGE GROUPS. 49% OF CREDIT CARD HOLDERS NOW DEBT FROM MONTH TO MONTH. >> THE INCREASE IN CREDIT CARD DEBT AT A TIME WHEN CREDIT CARD

RATES ARE NORTH OF 20% ARE AT RECORD HIGHS THEMSELVES. THAT REALLY ILLUSTRATES THE FINANCIAL STRAIN THAT MILLIONS OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE FEELING JUST TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET AS SAVINGS BALANCES WERE RUN DOWN. WE’VE SEEN CREDIT CARD BALANCES RUN UP. MORE PEOPLE ARE CARRYING BALANCES FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME.

>> IF YOU’RE A CUSTOMER OF EITHER COMPANY, DON’T EXPECT ANY IMMEDIATE CHANGES. >> YOU STILL HAVE PAY YOUR BILLS, SAME AS BEFORE, AND THE DEAL STILL NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY WHICH COULD TAKE A YEAR. AFTER THAT, THERE MAY BE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR CONSUMERS. ANALYSTS BELIEVE THE COMBINED COMPANY WILL OFFER REWARDS

PROGRAMS. DISCOVER CARDS ARE MOSTLY CASH BACK TODAY, CAPITAL ONE OFFERS A VARIETY. AND THERE ISN’T A LOT OF OVERLAP THOSE CUSTOMERS. SO IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE CARDS TODAY, YEAR FROM NOW, DON’T BE SURPRISED IF YOU GET A LETTER, THE MAIL DESCRIBING NEW TERMS AND IT MAY EVEN

THAT MASTERCARD AND VISA JUMP IN WITH SOME BETTER OFFERS AS WELL. DIANE ALL RIGHT. >> INTERESTING. CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT REBECCA JARVIS, THANK YOU. LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS FOR MORE ON THIS. ALEXIS, HOW SIGNIFICANT IS A MERGER LIKE THIS? IT’S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE.

THEY ARE LOOKING TO SHAKE UP THE LANDSCAPE OF THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY. AND YOU CAN BET ANTITRUST REGULATORS ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT WHAT THIS DEAL MEANS FOR CONSUMERS GOING FORWARD. SO, REBECCA, THAT THIS COULD BENEFIT CONSUMERS IN THE LONG RUN. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW,

YOU KNOW, IT’S STILL YET TO BE SEEN? >> BIGGER ISN’T ALWAYS BETTER FOR CONSUMERS. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY’RE NOT MONOPOLIZING THIS INDUSTRY IF THESE TWO COMPANIES COME TOGETHER. IT WOULD CREATE THE SIXTH LARGEST U.S. BANK BY ASSETS AND THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD ISSUER IN THE COUNTRY.

SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT REALIZE IF YOU DON’T GREAT CREDIT AND YOU CARRY A BALANCE ON YOUR CREDIT CARD, YOU ACTUALLY GET LOWER INTEREST RATES AT SMALLER BANKS DO ABOUT 20 AND A HALF PERCENT NOW VERSUS ABOUT 23% AT THE LARGER BANKS. SO, AGAIN, WE’RE NOT ALWAYS

SURE THAT THEY’RE TO BE GIVING YOU THE BEST RATE OUT THERE. SO WHAT’S THE BIG PICTURE IMPACT IF THIS DEAL GOES THROUGH? >> IF THIS DEAL GOES THROUGH, YOU CAN SEE MORE CONSOLIDATION IN AN AREA THAT’S ALREADY BEEN HAVING ISSUES. WE KNOW OUR BANKING INDUSTRY HAD SOME ISSUES EARLY LAST

YEAR WHEN WE SAW A NUMBER OF AND MID-SIZED BANKS CRUMBLE BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T RUN EFFECTIVELY. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE REWARDS PROGRAMS CAN ACTUALLY ENHANCE WHAT CUSTOMERS . AS WE HEARD, WE KNOW THAT CAPITAL ONE IS MORE OF A REWARDS BASED CAR. DISCOVER IS MORE OF A CASH BACK.

SO MAYBE THE TWO OF THEM COMBINED WILL OFFER BETTER REWARDS FOR CUSTOMERS IN THE SHORT TERM. THE NAME OF YOUR CARD IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE. IT’S GOING TO BE BUSINESS USUAL. AND I THINK THE NUMBER ONE TAKEAWAY FOR CONSUMERS IS PAY YOUR CREDIT CARD DEBT. DOESN’T MATTER WHO’S HOLDING

THE CREDIT CARD, IT’S IMPORTANT TO PAY DOWN. ALL RIGHT, ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS. THANK YOU. AND ALEXIS, STAY WITH US BECAUSE. WE HAVE ANOTHER FINANCIAL STORY THAT WE WANT YOU TO WEIGH IN ON HERE. A FINANCIAL COLUMNIST IS SPEAKING OUT SAYING SHE FELL FOR AN ELABORATE PHONE SCAM COSTING HER $50,000.

CHARLOTTE COLE SAYS SHE NEVER THOUGHT THIS KIND OF THING COULD HAPPEN TO HER, BUT THAT THIS SCAMMERS KNEW HER WEAKNESS, HER FAMILY. NOW, SHE SAYS SHE WANTS OTHERS TO KNOW THIS CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE. ABC’S EVA PILGRIM HAS THAT STORY. >> IT SOUNDS EVEN CRAZY TO. >> DESCRIBE IT.

A WARNING FROM A JOURNALIST WHO COVERS PERSONAL FINANCE. SHE LOST $50,000 IN AN ELABORATE SCAM. THAT ALL STARTED WITH A PHONE CALL. >> IT ACTUALLY SHOWED UP AS AMAZON ON CALLER I.D.. SHE SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY UNDER MY ACCOUNT. >> CHARLOTTE CALLS THE CUTS FINANCIAL ADVICE COLUMNIST

THOUGHT HAD JUST LEARNED SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF IDENTITY FRAUD. THE PERSON SHE WAS SPEAKING TO TRANSFERRING HER TO SOMEONE CLAIMING TO BE AN FTC INVESTIGATOR AND LATER SOMEONE WHO SAID THEY WERE PART OF THE CIA. >> HE KNEW MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, THE LAST FOUR DIGITS. HE KNEW MY BIRTHDAY.

HE KNEW MY ADDRESS. HE KNEW THAT I LIVED WITH MY HUSBAND AND SON AND HE ME THAT MY IDENTITY HAD BEEN STOLEN BY A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION. >> THE PERSON CALLS THOUGHT WAS AN INVESTIGATOR DESCRIBING DETAIL 22 BANK ACCOUNTS, NINE VEHICLES, FOUR PROPERTIES, MONEY WIRED OVERSEAS DRUGS

AND ALL LINKED TO HER NAME, TELLING HER THERE WAS A WARRANT OUT, HER ARREST FOR CYBER CRIMES, MONEY LAUNDERING AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. >> HE TOLD ME THAT IN ORDER TO AVOID ARREST, I WOULD NEED TO COOPERATE THEIR INVESTIGATION. THE THING THAT MADE ME KEEP GOING WAS THEY HAD SO MUCH

INFORMATION, MY FAMILY, AND THEY MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT MY FAMILY WAS POTENTIALLY IN GREAT THEIR DIRECTIONS. DON’T TELL ANYONE ABOUT. THE INVESTIGATION TAKE OUT $50,000 CASH AND DELIVER IT TO A VEHICLE THAT WOULD PULL UP TO HER HOME AS SOON AS THEY HAD THE CASH. COLE SAYS THE PHONE CALL TURNED

AND SHE KNEW SHE’D BEEN SCAMMED. >> OH, MY GOD. WHAT HAVE I DONE? I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS HAS HAPPENED. >> CALLS IS THE GROWING FACE OF WHO THESE SCAMMERS TARGET YOUNGER ADULTS. ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM THE FTC 18 TO 59 YEAR OLDS ARE 34% MORE LIKELY THAN OLDER ADULTS.

>> THOSE OVER 60 TO LOSE MONEY TO FRAUD. >> THE SCAMMERS HAVE GOTTEN MUCH, MUCH MORE VALUABLE OVER TIME. AND WATCH OUT FOR THIS BIG FLAG. THERE IS NO WAY THAT A MEMBER OF THE ENFORCEMENT IS GOING TO LEGITIMATELY BE ASKING YOU TO FOLLOW THEIR MONEY IN ANY MANNER.

>> EXPERTS SAY IF YOU SUSPECT A SCAM, ASK FOR THE CALLER’S NAME AND THEIR SUPERVISORS NAME AND WHAT BRANCH OF BANK OR GOVERNMENT THEY WORK FOR, THEN CALL THAT BRANCH USING A NUMBER KNOW IS LEGITIMATE TO VERIFY. DIANE EVA PILGRIM, THANK YOU. >> SO, ALEXIS, I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION TO HEARING

SOMEONE WHO COVERS FINANCE FOR A LIVING COULD FALL FOR A SCAM LIKE THIS. AND IF THAT’S THE CASE, HOW DO THE REST OF US PROTECT OURSELVES? RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IT IS SO UPSETTING. READ THIS STORY. BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU FROM PEOPLE I KNOW EVEN WITHIN

MY CIRCLE, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN SCAMS SIMILAR TO. THIS THEY TRIED TO BE SCAMMED LIKE THIS. THEY’VE GOTTEN OUT OF IT. SOME HAVE ACTUALLY FALLEN PREY . SO I CAN SEE WHERE THIS CAN HAPPEN TO WELL-EDUCATED PEOPLE. PEOPLE WHO ARE QUOTE UNQUOTE, ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW BETTER. I ACTUALLY RECEIVED A TEXT

MESSAGE RECENTLY FROM THAT LOOKED LEGITIMATE, LOOKED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM MY CREDIT CARD COMPANY, TOLD ME THAT A PURCHASE WAS TRYING TO BE MADE. THEY STOPPED THE PURCHASE, BUT I NEEDED TO CALL TO VERIFY MY CARD. THEY GAVE ME NUMBER TO CALL. I DID CALL THAT NUMBER AND THEY

IMMEDIATELY WANTED SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, MY CREDIT CARD NUMBER. AND I SAID, WELL, YOU’RE CALLING ME AND YOU’RE THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY. YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION. THEY STARTED TO BECOME BELLIGERENT AND THEY HUNG UP ON ME. I THEN CALLED THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY, WHICH BY THE WAY, WAS A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN

THE NUMBER THEY SENT ME ON THE LINK. SO I THINK THAT’S YOU NEED TO DO YOU NEED YOU DON’T FEEL PRESSURED TO EVER GIVE INFORMATION. NO AGENCY, NO ONE WILL EVER ASK YOU TO GIVE THEM MONEY. PICK CALL THE COMPANY. YOU KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER YOU KNOW TO BE TRUE.

IF IT’S YOUR BANK, YOU CALL THE BANK. WALK INTO THE BANK. IF IT’S A BRANCH THAT YOU CAN WALK IN, PUT IN. THERE YOU ARE. WELL, IF YOU’RE GOING ON THE WEBSITE, RATHER THAN CLICKING ON A LINK THAT’S IN THE EMAIL. >> EXACTLY. >> SO YOU WANT TO DO YOUR DUE

DILIGENCE AND I KNOW IT’S HARD AND YOU GET CAUGHT UP AND THAT’S WHAT THAT JOURNALIST DID IN THE FEAR MONGERING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. THEY TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN BE ARRESTED OR THEY KNOW WHERE YOUR FAMILY IS AND YOU KNOW THAT HUMAN ELEMENT OF WANTING

TO PROTECT YOUR LOVED ONES KICKS IN. YOU KNOW AND OVERRIDES WHAT YOU KNOW TO BE BETTER INFORMATION KNOW. BUT YOU NEED TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK DON’T OUT INFORMATION AND THEN CALL THESE PLACES DIRECTLY AND TALK TO THEM. >> ALSO CHECK YOUR CREDIT CARD AND BANK STATEMENTS. THAT WOMAN, WE DIDN’T TALK

ABOUT IT IN THE PIECE, BUT THAT JOURNALIST DID. AND SHE SAID SHE DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING OUT THE ORDINARY YET SHE CONTINUED BECAUSE OF THE FEAR MONGERING. ALL RIGHT. GOOD, GOOD TIPS, TOO. NO SCARY TO THINK HOW EASY IT CAN BE TO FALL VICTIM TO THIS. ALEXIS, THANK YOU.

COMING UP, HISTORIC IVF RULING. HOW A DECISION IN ALABAMA COULD PUT ACCESS TO CERTAIN FERTILITY TREATMENTS AT RISK. ALSO AHEAD, A NEW STUDY, THE HOME BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS AND JUST PERSPECTIVE. THEY ARE. DR. SUTTON IS HERE TO BREAK IT DOWN. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO

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AT STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE WITH LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY GIRARDI THIS STORY WHY A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION THEY SAMPLED VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE TO MEET THEIR OBITUARY. AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS YOU WANT TO SAY DID YOU SEE

THE DOCUMENTARY THAT AND I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY FACE TO FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SAW THE HOUSEWIVES? >> AND ALSO DO YOU WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR US. AN UNPRECEDENTED RULING BY THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT COULD IMPACT THE FUTURE OF IN-VITRO

IN THE STATE. ALABAMA’S HIGHEST COURT RULED FROZEN EMBRYOS OUTSIDE THE ARE CHILDREN. NOW, MEDICAL EXPERTS WARN THE RULING COULD HAVE FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE SEEKING FERTILITY TREATMENTS LIKE IVF. >> ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS THE LATEST. THE FIRST OF ITS KIND DECISION BY THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT THAT COULD PUT FAMILIES

ACCESS TO FERTILITY TREATMENTS IN THE POST ROE AT RISK. THE COURT DETERMINING FROZEN EMBRYOS AS PEOPLE UNDER A STATE LAW RULING UNBORN ARE CHILDREN WITHOUT EXCEPTION BASED ON DEVELOPMENTAL. THE CHIEF JUSTICE, IN A CONCURRING OPINION QUOTING BIBLE CITING THE SANCTITY OF UNBORN LIFE. >> WE HAVE KIND OF WHAT IS JUST

A FRIENDLY LANDSCAPE FOR THE LAW. THE CASE IN QUESTION INVOLVES A PATIENT WHO MANAGED TO ACCESS THE FREEZER STORING FROZEN EMBRYOS AT AN ALABAMA FERTILITY CLINIC. E PATIENT PICKED UP MULTIPLE EMBRYOS AND MISTAKENLY AND DESTROYED THEM. THE STATE’S HIGH COURT SAYS THAT PATIENT CAN NOW BE HELD LIABLE IN A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT.

THIS POINT, THERE IS NO DECISION ON WHEN A PHYSICIAN OR WHERE THEY CAN CONCLUDE STORING THESE EMBRYOS. SO THEY ARE POTENTIALLY LIABLE FOR THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF AN EMBRYO AFTER THE PARENTS HAVE PASSED. WE’RE CONCERNED THAT THIS RULING HAS FORAGING CONSEQUENCES FOR WHAT WE FEEL IS SAFE TO FREEZE AND SAFE

TO DISCARD IN 2021. >> MORE THAN 238,000 FAMILIES IN THE U.S. ON IN VITRO FERTILIZATION OR IVF TO HAVE A BABY. MULTIPLE EMBRYOS ARE OFTEN FROZEN TO INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT ONE WILL SUCCESSFULLY IMPLANT. DOCTORS LIKE MAMIE IN ALABAMA WARN THE RULING COULD BLOCK WOMEN FROM ACCESSING IVF, MAKE

THE PROCESS MORE EXPENSIVE, OR FOR SOME CLINICS TO CLOSE ALTOGETHER BECAUSE OF LEGAL RISKS. BECAUSE THIS RULING IS SO INCOMPLETE AND IT LEAVES THOSE OF US WHO ARE SITTING FACE FACE WITH PATIENTS JUST WITH THE INABILITY TO COMMENT ON WHAT IS SAFE, WHAT IS LEGAL FOR THEM RIGHT NOW.

AND ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS WALK US THROUGH THIS DECISION AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR IVF TREATMENTS IN ALABAMA. YOU KNOW, DIANE, THIS REALLY IS A BIG DEAL FOR FAMILIES WHO COULD BE SEEKING FERTILITY TREATMENTS LIKE IVF IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA.

ESSENTIALLY, IT COULD MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE FAMILIES TO GET FERTILITY TREATMENTS BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT THAT THOSE DOCTORS, THE PROVIDERS IN CLINICS SIMPLY CANNOT DO PROVIDE IVF WITHOUT TAKING ON TOO MUCH RISK. THE DOCTORS AND LEGAL EXPERTS THAT WE SPOKE TO THAT BECAUSE IN THIS IS CONSIDERED EMBRYOS BE CONSIDERED CHILDREN.

THIS CREATES A VERY BLURRED LINE ON WHO’S LIABLE IF EMBRYOS THAT AREN’T USED IN THIS PROCESS TO BE DISCARDED, WHO’S AT RISK. SO ULTIMATELY, WHAT THIS COULD MEAN IS THAT CLINICS JUST DON’T WANT TO TAKE ON THAT LEGAL RISK. FAMILIES COULD ALSO END UP SPENDING LOT MORE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

THEY COULD FIND THAT THERE ARE NOT OPTIONS FOR THIS FOR THEM TO PURSUE. SO ALABAMA REALLY COULD BECOME THE FIRST STATE WHERE IVF IS NOT AN OPTION FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE TRYING TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS DIANE. BUT, ELIZABETH, YOU SAY THE IMPACT HERE COULD ALSO GO BEYOND ALABAMA. CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW.

RIGHT. AND THE REASON HERE IS THE PRECEDENT THAT IT MIGHT SET. WE’VE SEEN SINCE THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE IN JUNE 2022 MORE STATES HAVE PUT RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. AND THERE HAS BEEN A CONCERN, ESPECIALLY AMONG ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES THAT THIS COULD EXTEND INTO TREATMENTS OR EVEN CONTRACEPTION.

SO BY BECOMING THE FIRST STATE TO POTENTIALLY HAVE LAWS THAT MAKE IT SO THAT THE STATE DOES SO, THAT A CHILD THAT IS AN QUALIFIES AS LIFE. THAT COULD CREATE A PRECEDENT WHERE OTHER STATES COULD THEN FOLLOW, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THESE STATES WHICH NOW HAVE 13 STATES THAT HAVE TOTAL BANS ON ABORTION.

DIANE, SINCE THE SUPREME COURT’S DECISION AND THIS WOULD BE A STEP IN AN OTHER DIRECTION. >> MEANWHILE, THE SUPREME COURT IS EXPECTED TO ISSUE DECISION IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ON WHETHER TO PUT NATIONWIDE RESTRICTIONS ON, THE WIDELY USED ABORTION PILL. WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THAT? RIGHT. SO WE’RE TALKING THE ABORTION

PILL MYTH PRESS STONE, WHICH IS USED IN MORE THAN HALF ABORTIONS ACROSS THE U.S.. YOU’LL REMEMBER THERE WAS AN APPEALS COURT THAT BASICALLY DECIDED LAST YEAR THAT THERE SHOULD BE MORE RESTRICTIONS ON PEOPLE’S USE OF MIFEPRISTONE. SO THOSE RESTRICTIONS COULD NOT SENDING IT OUT BY MAIL, LIMITING THE TIMEFRAME IN WHICH

PEOPLE QUALIFY TO USE MIFEPRISTONE. AND WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS, DIANE, IS THAT THIS DECISION THAT’S IN FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT, IF THESE RESTRICTIONS ARE UPHELD, IT WOULD APPLY TO WOMEN, EVERY STATE, NOT JUST STATES WHERE ABORTION IS BANNED. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE CLOSELY WATCHED AS A HUGE CASE HERE,

HUGE DECISION FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT. AND IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY WEIGH IN ON ABORTION SINCE DECISION TO OVERTURN ROE IN 2022. ALL RIGHT. ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE ELIZABETH. THANKS. AND A NEW STUDY FINDS WOMEN CAN GET THE SAME BENEFITS AS MEN FROM EXERCISE WITH LESS EFFORT.

ACCORDING TO THE STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. MEN ACTUALLY NEED TO WORK OUT TWICE AS HARD TO GET THE SAME EXERCISE BENEFITS WOMEN. ABC’S MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT DR. DARIEN SUTTON IS JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE ON THAT AND YOUR OTHER TOP HEALTH HEADLINES.

I’M HAPPY TO HEAR THIS ONE. >> SO TALK ME THROUGH WHAT ARE THE BIG TAKEAWAYS OF THIS STUDY? >> I THINK IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE’VE KNOWN FROM STUDIES THAT WOMEN ARE LESS LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN REGULAR EXERCISE THAN MEN, BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THAT THEY ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER.

>> WE KNOW IN MANY OTHER EXPERIENCES IN LIFE. SO IN THIS STUDY, THEY FOUND THAT WOMEN WHO REGULARLY EXERCISE COMPARED TO MEN HAVE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN THEIR RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DEATH OR DEATH JUST TO ALL CAUSES, AND ALSO REDUCTIONS IN THEIR RISK OF HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES. AND WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A

SIGNIFICANT WHEN YOU COMPARE THE TWO FOR WOMEN WHEN THEY REGULARLY EXERCISE, THEY HAD A 24% REDUCTION IN OVERALL RISK OF DEATH AND 36% REDUCTION IN RISK OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE. AND FOR MEN, THOSE NUMBERS WERE A LITTLE SMALLER. >> I WOULD SAY A LOT. STATISTICALLY, 15% REDUCTION AND 14% REDUCTION IN RISK

OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE. >> SO IT JUST SHOWS US THAT WOMEN ARE GETTING MORE OF A BENEFIT AND HELP REDUCTIONS IN TERMS OF RISK OUT OF THOSE WORKOUTS THAN MEN ARE. >> SO NEXT TIME I WORK OUT WITH MY HUSBAND, I COULD BE LIKE, COME ON, BUDDY, LET’S .

OR YOU CAN STOP HALF WAY AND SAY, I’M DONE. MAYBE I’M GOOD. YOU. MEANWHILE, A NEW STUDY PUBLISHED ABOUT AT HOME BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS AND THAT THIS IS SO INTERESTING. THEY SHOW THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY HELP LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, I IMAGINE, IN AN INDIRECT WAY. SO WALK US THROUGH THIS ONE.

I THINK IT’S REALLY ABOUT THE MORE NUMBERS, THE BETTER, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING . WHEN I’M IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, I’M ONLY MEASURING YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IN A MOMENT IN TIME AND CAN IMAGINE THAT THAT IS A SCARY EXPERIENCE. AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT BLOOD

IS LIKELY TO COME UP. AND USUALLY I’M CALMING PEOPLE DOWN. IT SHOWS IN THIS STUDY THAT IF YOU HAVE A BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF MONITOR AT HOME AND OTHER FORMS OF DIGITAL HEALTH MONITORS, THEN IT CAN HELP REDUCE PATIENTS WHO USE THESE MONITORS REGULARLY AND POINT REDUCTIONS IN THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE.

NOW, THAT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION EXCUSE ME, SMALL REDUCTIONS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME CAN SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT AND BENEFIT YOUR HEART, YOUR BRAIN, YOUR KIDNEYS. SO IT’S JUST A REMINDER THAT MAYBE THOSE BLOOD PRESSURE CUFFS ARE HELPFUL WHEN YOU USE THEM AT HOME.

IS IT BECAUSE KNOWING YOU HAVE THE MONITOR CHANGES YOUR BEHAVIOR OR? >> IS IT BECAUSE IT’S GETTING A MORE ACCURATE READ OF WHAT YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU’RE AT HOME IN A NORMAL STATE? >> I THINK IT’S THE LATTER. I THINK YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE REALLY AS A PHYSICIAN, CURIOUS

WHAT YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IS AT HOME WHEN YOU’RE SITTING WATCHING TV, NOT WHEN YOU’RE PLAYING WITH THAT STRESSED OUT, NOT WHEN YOU’RE IN A HOSPITAL BED, STRESSED OUT. AND IT ALSO CAN UNCOVER MASS HYPERTENSION, BLOOD PRESSURE. THOSE WHO HAVE HIGHER NUMBERS AT HOME AND DON’T KNOW BECAUSE

WE ONLY CHECK IT ONCE IN THE HOSPITAL. SO I THINK THAT THOSE ARE INTERESTING. >> AND BEFORE YOU GO, I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS FDA APPROVED. THEY JUST HAVE THEIR FIRST EVER MEDICATION THAT HELPS TO MITIGATE RISK OF SERIOUS REACTIONS TO FOOD ALLERGIES. HOW DOES THIS WORK AND HOW

SIGNIFICANT IS THAT? >> SO THE ALLERGIES WE’RE TALKING ABOUT ARE PEANUT MILK ALLERGIES AND OTHER COMMON NUT ALLERGIES. ANAPHYLAXIS. ONE OF THE SCARIEST DIAGNOSIS THAT I CAN EXPERIENCE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, THIS NEW MEDICATION EXCUSE ME, IT’S NOT NEW. IT’S A NEW APPROVAL FOR A MEDICATION THAT’S EXISTED CALLED. IT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES

THE RISK OF ANAPHYLAXIS FOR THOSE WHO USE IT REGULARLY BASED OFF OF THEIR WEIGHT AND THEIR AGE. NOW, THIS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ALTHOUGH ONLY ABOUT 5% OF THE POPULATION IS TRULY AT RISK FOR ANAPHYLAXIS. THIS PROVIDES SO MUCH PEACE OF MIND FOR THOSE WHO LIVE WITH THAT ALLERGY.

THE FEAR OF GETTING ON A PLANE, THE FEAR OF GOING INTO ANY KIND OF EVENT WITH MIXED FOOD OR AS A PARENT, IF YOU’RE SENDING YOUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, IF THEY HAVE THAT RISK, I KNOW SOMEONE WHO PASSED AWAY FROM A PEANUT ALLERGY. SO ABSOLUTELY, IT COULD LIFE SAVING.

>> SO THIS COULD BE LIFE SAVING AND CHANGING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OVERALL. BUT IT DOES NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR AN EPIPEN THAT’S FOR ACUTE EMERGENCIES. THIS IS SOMETHING GET REGULARLY TO PREVENT THE RISK OVERALL. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT AND DR. DARIEN SUTTON, GREAT TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING. >> COMING UP, COULD WE BE GETTING SOME NEW MUSIC FROM RIHANNA? HER FANS SURE HOPE SO. AND HER MAN, ASAP. ROCKY IS GIVING US AN UPDATE. WILL GANSS HAS THE TEAM NEXT. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSHING FAMILIES IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN RUSSIA,

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

IT’S LUNCHTIME IN AMERICA. >> SO WHAT ARE YOU SERVING UP? WELL, ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. YOU KNOW, THAT SOUNDS PRETTY, RIGHT? YOU HAVE 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 AFTER DINNER FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. I LOVE THAT THESE. SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB? I’M JUST REALLY HUNGRY.

>> IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES, I SUSPECT THAT GUYS ARE NOT GOOD WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERY DAY. HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? I WAS. WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS? IS THIS AND THIS GIRLFRIEND? I’M HIS GIRLFRIEND IS MY COUSIN.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO. >> SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION.

INSIDE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, THE PHRASE I’VE NEVER SEEN A PLACE LIKE THIS IN MY WOW. REPORTING FROM THE FBI. I’M PIERRE THOMAS. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> STREAMING ABC NEWS LOS. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST IT IS TIME NOW FOR

THE TEAM WHERE BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE BUZZFEED STORIES PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. AND OUR FRIEND WILL GANSS HERE . JUST GO BACK TO WELL, WHAT YOU GOT? HEY, I GOT THAT. ME AND DR. SUTTON ARE THE SAME EXACT HEIGHT. I DIDN’T HAVE TO RAISE THE CHAIR. NOT AT ALL. HE LAUGHED.

YEAH, WE’RE BASICALLY THE SAME PERSON. ALL RIGHT. WE BEGIN WITH BRIANNA AND UPDATE ON THAT ALBUM THAT SHE HAS BEEN TEASING SINCE 2018, YOU GUYS. HER NINTH STUDIO ALBUM HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS A WHILE WITH THE NAVY. THAT’S WHAT RIHANNA’S FANS ARE CALLED IS IN OVERDRIVE AFTER HER MAN GAVE AN UPDATE

TO FANS IN PARIS ASAP. ROCKY TELLING FANS OFFICIALLY, QUOTE, SHE’S WORKING ON IT. THE RAPPER THEN GRINNING AND WALKING AWAY TO THE THOUSANDS OF FANS FREAKING OUT IN THE STREETS OF PARIS. THE ONLY DEETS RIRI HERSELF HAS GIVEN COME FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WHEN SHE SAID, WHATEVER YOU KNOW OF,

RIHANNA IS NOT GOING TO BE WHAT YOU HEAR. I’M REALLY EXPERIMENTING A FLUTE ALBUM. I MEAN, LISTEN, IF BRIANNA WANTS TO GIVE ME A FLUTE ALBUM, I’LL TAKE IT AT THIS POINT. BUT I DO APPRECIATE HER AND LIKE DANCE. I MEAN, YEAH, TRUE. I LOVE HER OWN STUFF, BUT I

THINK RIHANNA CAN DO NO WRONG. SHE’S ALSO A PISCES. ARE YOU AS AM I HAPPY? PISCES. HAPPY. PISCES. ALL RIGHT. NOW TO OUR FIRST LOOK AT REGINA KING AS GROUND BREAKING POLITICIAN SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, HER TRAILBLAZING RUN FOR PRESIDENT, 1972. THE TRAILER DROPPED YESTERDAY, WHICH WAS WHAT? PRESIDENTS DAY.

TAKE A LOOK. I HAVE SOMETHING I WANT TO TELL YOU. I AM RUNNING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HOLY. SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE. SHIRLEY WILL BE AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX MARCH 22ND. >> AND REGINA KING IS SO GOOD. I LIKE FORGET BECAUSE SHE DOES COMEDY SO WELL THAT SHE CAN

THEN TACKLE A DRAMATIC BIOPIC LIKE THIS ONE. LIKE, I’M SO EXCITED. NEXT TO A BRAND NEW ACTRESS STEPPING INTO MIRANDA PRIESTLEY’S NEW BUTTON. I KNOW IT’S ROLE MADE FAMOUS, OF COURSE, BY MERYL STREEP, EARNING HER AN OSCAR NOMINATION AND TEACHING GENERATIONS OF FILM FANS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TURQUOISE, LAPIS AND CERULEAN.

BUT NOW VANESSA WILLIAMS IS SET TO TACKLE THE ROLE IN THE MUSICAL VERSION, WHICH IS COMING TO LONDON’S WEST END THIS FALL. AND THAT’S, OF COURSE, NO STRANGER TO THE STAGE. NOMINATED FOR A TONY FOR PLAYING THE WITCH AND INTO THE WOODS. SO, YES, SHE’S GOT THE GALL FOR MIRANDA PRIESTLY.

>> SHE RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, TURN YOUR LOINS SO EXCITED. MUSIC BY ELTON JOHN. BY THE WAY, PLEASE BOARD SOMEONE ELSE WITH YOUR QUESTION . IT’S SO GOOD. THAT’S ALL. I LOVE THAT, BY THE WAY. AND FINALLY, SOMETHING THE SINGLE LADIES AND ANY HAIRCARE ENTHUSIASTS WHO ARE CRAZY LOVE WITH QUEEN BEES,

LUSCIOUS LOCKS, BEYONCE’S HAIRCARE LINE SACRED LAUNCHES TODAY. IT’S BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE AT LEAST LAST SPRING. AND TODAY, FANS ARE FINALLY GETTING THEIR FIRST LOOK AT THE SHAMPOOS CONDITIONERS, HAIR, OIL AND EVEN A RITUAL SHAKING VESSEL. BEYONCÉ EXPLAINING IN A STATEMENT THAT SHE HAS LIKE A LONG STANDING WITH HAIR

AND HAIR HEALTH. HER MOM RAN A SALON WHEN SHE A CHILD GROWING UP IN HOUSTON. BEYONCÉ USED TO SWEEP THE HAIR AND ALL OF THAT STUFF, SO IT’S KIND OF IN HER DNA. SHE SAYS THIS IS A REAL PASSION PROJECT FOR. HER. THIS WAY YOUR LOCKS LOOK GREAT

UNDER THE NEW COWBOY HAT. EVERYBODY’S GOING TO BE BUYING. THAT’S A VERY GOOD POINT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHEN SHE LAUNCHES THE FAN KEEPS HER HAIR PERFECTLY JUST LIKE THAT. ALL OF US, EVERY. I’LL BUY THAT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR AND THANKS, DIANE CHEERS.

>> AND THANKS TO YOU FOR SHARING THEM WITH THAT SAME DIANE MACEDO ABC NEWS. LOVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT ANALYSIS AND OCCASIONAL TEA. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY STAR ,ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY TOM GIRARDI. THIS STORY, A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION MAY SIMPLY VICTIMS WILL GET

A CHANCE TO BANG THE AIR. AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS FOR WANT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HAS COME OUT? I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY FACE TO FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DID YOU DECIDE ON THE HOUSEWIFE AND THE HUSTLER TO WHOM YOU KNOW,

WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE? >> SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MARK. AMERICA’S NUMBER MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS COMPANY ON ABC NEWS AND BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO. FASTER, SMARTER

AND CUSTOMIZABLE TO YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE. THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD NOW. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE THE AND FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL.

THE DESTRUCTIVE FOR STORM I FIND IS IN THE BULL’S EYE OF NBC NEWS LINE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FOR

ABC NEWS THIS? IS THE START HERE TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS AND WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT

A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE ABC NEWS WE 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 LUNCHTIME IN AMERICA. SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP? WELL, ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.

YOU KNOW, THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD. CAN YOU HELP YOUR MONEY? BREAKING NEWS POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS. MUSIC TRENDS AND, OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD TO “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 AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE SAUCE BECOMES THE ONLY ABC NEWS APP BREAKING THIS INCREDIBLE VIDEO FASTER SMARTER AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS. YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE WITH THE LESSONS ABOUT EXPERIENCE. THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS DOWNLOAD

IT NOW WE’RE PUTTING IN FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY RIGHT HERE IN THE FAT TUESDAY STORM. I’M GINGER ZEE WHEREVER THE STORY IS WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE AND SAITO TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKES HIS FIRST COMMENTS ON THE DEATH OF ALEXEI NAVALNY.

WHY HE’S COMPARING HIMSELF TO THE RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER AS NIKKI HALEY ATTACKS FOR NOT CONDEMNING RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN. THE FALLOUT COULD SWAY VOTERS WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY JUST DAYS AWAY. OVER A MILLION GAZANS ARE SEEKING SHELTER IN RAFAH. WHAT’S AT RISK IF ISRAEL LAUNCHES A MAJOR GROUND

OFFENSIVE AND THE PLEAS FROM THOSE IMPACTED? >> PLUS, IT’S JUDGMENT DAY FOR INFLUENCER RUBY FRANKY. SHE AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER ARE SET TO BE ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES, HOW LONG THEY COULD SPEND BEHIND BARS. >> WE BEGIN WITH FORMER U.N. AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY BLASTING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP OVER

HIS STANCE ON RUSSIA AND HIS FIRST COMMENTS ABOUT THE DEATH OF RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY. TRUMP CLAIMS HE IS FACING SIMILAR POLITICAL PERSECUTION AND HIS OWN LEGAL BATTLES AND TRYING TO COMPARE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO VLADIMIR PUTIN. NOW, HALEY’S CRITICIZING TRUMP FOR HIS HISTORY OF PRAISING PUTIN ACCUSING

TRUMP OF, QUOTE, SIDING WITH A . ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHAEL SCOTT HAS THE LATEST. DONALD TRUMP UNDER FIRE FOR COMPARING HIS OWN LEGAL TO THREATS. RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY FACED WHILE STANDING UP TO PUTIN’S AUTHORITARIAN REGIME. TRUMP BREAKING HIS SILENCE DAYS AFTER NAVALNY’S DEATH, WRITING. THE SUDDEN DEATH.

ALEXEI NAVALNY HAS MADE ME MORE AND MORE AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING OUR COUNTRY. POINTING TO GROSSLY UNFAIR COURTROOM DECISIONS, THE FORMER PRESIDENT MAKING NO MENTION OF PUTIN. I DON’T KNOW WHY HE KEEPS GETTING WEAK IN THE KNEES WHEN IT COMES TO RUSSIA. >> TRUMP IS FACING FOR

HIS EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE 20 20 ELECTION AND HAS MORE HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS COULD BE PROSECUTED IF HE’S REELECTED. >> THERE ARE NO FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA. NAVALNY PUSHED FOR DEMOCRACY AND IS AMONG THE GROWING LIST OF PUTIN’S POLITICAL OPPONENTS THAT HAVE BEEN JAILED, POISONED OR KILLED.

TRUMP’S RIVAL, NIKKI HALEY. DONALD TRUMP COULD HAVE CONDEMNED VLADIMIR PUTIN FOR BEING A MURDEROUS. TRUMP COULD HAVE PRAISED NAVALNY’S COURAGE, ADDING INSTEAD, HE’S DENOUNCING AMERICA AND COMPARING THEIR COUNTRY TO RUSSIA. THE FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN HER HOME STATE. >> WITH JUST FOUR DAYS UNTIL

THE PRIMARY, IT’S A GREAT DAY IN CAROLINA, AND SHE’S STILL GOING AFTER TRUMP ENCOURAGING PUTIN TO ATTACK AMERICA’S NATAL ALLIES. IF THEY SPEND ENOUGH ON DEFENSE, NO, I WOULD NOT PROTECT YOU. IN FACT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT. >> THE IDEA THAT TRUMP WOULD

ASSOCIATE HIMSELF WITH PUTIN LIKE THAT OVER OUR WHO STOOD WITH US AFTER 911. >> WHAT HE JUST DID WAS PUT ALL OF OUR ALLIES IN DANGER AND EVERY SERVICE PERSON WHO’S SERVING, THEY’RE IN DANGER. NIKKI HALEY IS STILL TRAILING DONALD TRUMP BY MORE THAN 30 POINTS HERE IN SOUTH

CAROLINA, BY MORE THAN 60 POINTS NATIONALLY. SHE’S EXPECTED TO GIVE AN ADDRESS ON STATE OF THE RACE LATER TODAY. BUT SHE’S MADE IT CLEAR SHE’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. SHE’S VOWING TO STAY IN THIS RACE. SUPER TUESDAY. DAN SENOR, CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT, RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU. AND ABC NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR

RICK KLEIN JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. RICK, DO YOU MAKE OF HALEY’S STEPPED UP ATTACKS ON TRUMP? ARE THEY EFFECTIVE OR IT TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE? WELL, THE HALEY CAMPAIGN SAYS THAT THEY’RE DOING EXACTLY THEY ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY COULD DO, WHICH IS TO GET THAT ONE ON ONE RACE, GET THINGS DOWN

TO HER STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND THEN PROSECUTE THE CASE AGAINST TRUMP. THE PROBLEM, THERE’S NO INDICATION IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE POLLING THAT REPUBLICAN VOTERS WANT TO HEAR WHAT NIKKI HALEY IS TELLING THEM RIGHT NOW. AND THE EVENTS OF ALIGNED ALMOST PERFECTLY IN HER FAVOR WHEN YOU SEE WHAT’S GOING ON IN

THE IN THE CAMPAIGN AND THE FACT THAT SHE IS NOW ONE ON ONE AGAINST TRUMP IN HER HOME STATE AND EXTERNAL EVENTS, INCLUDING DEATH OF NAVALNY AND THE WAY THAT TRUMP HAS REACTED TO IT, HIS COMMENTS ON NATO, ALL THAT UNDERSCORES EXACTLY THE CASE THAT NIKKI HALEY HAS BEEN MAKING AND WANTS

TO MAKE AND WANTS VOTERS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE OVER WHAT SHE HOPES STILL BE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTING. THE PROBLEM IS IT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE REPUBLICAN VOTERS ARE BUYING WHAT SHE’S SELLING RIGHT NOW. >> NOW, HALEY’S HOME STATE PRIMARY IS NOW JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY.

>> SO DOES SHE STILL HAVE A PATH TO THE NOMINATION IF SHE DOESN’T WIN IN THE STATE WHERE SHE USED TO BE GOVERNOR? I THINK THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO. ONE ASTERISK I’D OFFER IS, IS THAT IF SOMETHING WERE TO GO COMPLETELY SIDEWAYS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP WITH EITHER

A HEALTH ISSUE OR A MAJOR CHANGE, THAT DYNAMICS MAY BE RELATED TO A CONVICTION. SHORT OF THAT, I DON’T SEE HOW ABLE TO ACCUMULATE DELEGATES TO OVERTAKE DONALD TRUMP. SHE DOES NOT HAVE A REALISTIC PATH THAT GETS HER THERE. COULD SHE GET SOME DELEGATES IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND A BUNCH OF SUPER STATES?

YES, BUT DONALD TRUMP IS ON A PATH RIGHT NOW TO CLINCH THE NOMINATION AND SOMETIME IN THE MONTH OF MARCH. AND EVEN IF NIKKI HALEY WILL DO VERY WELL IN SOUTH CAROLINA, THAT REALLY DOESN’T CHANGE. >> EVEN IF SHE WINS, DO WHAT SHE DID IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THAT DOESN’T CHANGE.

SHE NEEDS TO START IF YOU WANT TO WIN, YOU GOT TO START WINNING STATES. AND THAT MEANS HER HOME STATE ABOUT AS PRIVATE AN OPPORTUNITY AS ANY. OF COURSE, SHE WAS VOTED AND THERE TWICE STATEWIDE AND INDEPENDENTS AND EVEN DEMOCRATS CAN VOTE THERE BECAUSE THERE IS NO PARTY REGISTRATION.

SO IT’S A PERFECT ALIGNMENT. SHE JUST HAS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. >> NOW, HAVING SAID TO GIVE REMARKS ON THE STATE, THE RACE LATER TODAY, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR THERE? >> YEAH, I DON’T THINK SHE’S DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE. I KNOW THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF SPECULATION AROUND THAT.

THAT WOULD BE A MAJOR, MAJOR SURPRISE. I SHE’S TRYING TO DO IS MAKE THE CASE FOR WHY SHE CAN STAY IN THIS RACE THROUGH, SUPER TUESDAY, IF NOT BEYOND WHERE SHE CAN WIN DELEGATES. AND THE IMPORTANCE HER AND HER CAMPAIGN OF THE MESSAGING THAT SHE’S BRINGING RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK JUST TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO REFOCUS ON THIS, TELL VOTERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, IN OTHER STATES THAT HAVEN’T GONE YET, THAT THERE’S STILL LOTS AND LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES . ONLY THREE STATES EFFECTIVELY HAVE VOTED SO FAR. BUT OF COURSE, CHANGES VERY QUICKLY. AND THE TEN DAYS BETWEEN SOUTH

CAROLINA AND SUPER TUESDAY BECOME ALL IMPORTANT FOR HER. AND I THINK SHE’S TRYING TO RECAST THINGS NOW. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR RICK KLEIN, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND ALEXEI NAVALNY, HIS FAMILY IS ACCUSING VLADIMIR REGIME OF A COVER UP AS RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES REFUSED TO RELEASE HIS BODY.

THIS IS THE KREMLIN IS REJECTING THE EUROPEAN UNION’S CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT EXAMINATION INTO HIS DEATH. MEANWHILE, UKRAINIAN FORCES TELL ABC THEY ARE OUTGUNNED AND OUTMANNED BY THE RUSSIANS, BUT THEY’RE STILL. CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ HAS THE LATEST FROM. >> KYIV, UKRAINE, THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT STANDING, REFUSING

TO TURN OVER ALEXEI NAVALNY’S BODY TO HIS FAMILY. NAVALNY’S MOTHER POSTING A VIDEO THIS MORNING APPEALING TO PUTIN TO RETURN HIS BODY, THE FAMILY. >> SHE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO SEE IT. NAVALNY’S WIDOW YULIA CLAIMING RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING TO DISGUISE THE REAL CAUSE OF DEATH. >> WHAT MAKES ME WHAT I’M

SAYING, THEY ARE COWARDLY AND MEEKLY HIDING HIS BODY. >> UNION ACCUSING PUTIN KILLING HER HUSBAND. THESE NEW IMAGES FROM AN ANTI-PUTIN NEWS OUTLET REPORTEDLY SHOWING WHAT MAY BE THE CONVOYED TRANSFER NAVALNY’S REMAINS FROM PRISON. ALTHOUGH THE VIDEO COULD NOT BE IN DEPENDENTLY VERIFIED, PUTIN’S FIERCEST CRITIC HAD BEEN FACING A DECADES LONG

PRISON SENTENCE FOR EXTREMISM. OTHER CHARGES, WHICH HIS SUPPORTERS SAY WERE FABRICATED, HIS DEATH DRAWING GLOBAL CONDEMNATION. PRESIDENT BIDEN DIRECTED BLAMING VLADIMIR PUTIN AND WEIGHING A RESPONSE. >> ALL YOU HAVE TIME TO REALLY APPRECIATE IN ADDITION TO THIS, AS FORCES WITHDRAW FROM THE CITY, ABOUT 50, WITH RUSSIA CLAIMING BIGGEST BATTLEFIELD

GAIN IN MONTHS. RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA TROOPS WITHIN THE DESTROYED CITIES LIMITS. ONE UKRAINIAN COMMANDER SAYING THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH MANPOWER OR SHELLS TO HOLD OFF THE RUSSIAN ASSAULT. >> WE WENT INSIDE A HOSPITAL IN DNIPRO, WHICH HAS BEEN TREATING SCORES OF UKRAINIAN CASUALTIES FROM THE MONTHSLONG BATTLE.

>> AMERICAN NEUROSURGEON DR. ROCCO RAIMONDO PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A DOCTOR FOR THE U.S. ARMY IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN BUT NOW HE’S VOLUNTEERED HERE IN UKRAINE FOR THE SECOND TIME, THE MOST SEVERE PENETRATING BRAIN INJURIES, PENETRATING NECK INJURIES, PROBABLY TRAUMA INJURIES. >> YOU KNOW, THERE VICTIMS BASICALLY OF ARTILLERY.

>> NOW, WITH CRUCIAL U.S. AID IN CONGRESS, BIDEN SLAMMING HOUSE REPUBLICANS, BUT SAYING HE IS WILLING TO MEET WITH SPEAKER JOHNSON AND KNOW THEY’RE WALKING AWAY. >> I WAS LUCKY IT WAS A WALK IN A HOTEL. THEY WERE WALKING AWAY. WE KNEW OUR OBLIGATIONS. >> THE AND SOLDIERS TELLING ME

THIS MORNING THIS AID IS ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE. >> EVEN MORE LIVES WILL BE LOST. DIANE. CHIEF GLOBAL CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ IN KYIV, UKRAINE. THANK YOU. MEANWHILE, U.S. IS EXPECTED TO CALL FOR A CEASE FIRE IN GAZA AT THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY. THE U.S. IS NEW. U.N. RESOLUTION ALSO OPPOSES

ISRAEL’S GROUND OFFENSIVE IN RAFAH, WHERE NOW MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE ARE SEEKING REFUGE. OUR PATRICK REEVELL HAS THE LATEST. >> THOUSANDS HAVE FLED TO RAFAH AS THE CLOSEST THING TO A SAFE HAVEN BEFORE THE WAR. 250,000 PEOPLE LIVED IN THE SOUTHERN CITY. NOW THE 1.4 MILLION PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS.

60% OF GAZA’S POPULATION ARE SQUEEZED INTO IT PRESSED UP AGAINST THE BORDER WITH EGYPT HAVING FLED ISRAEL’S MILITARY OPERATION IN THE REST OF GAZA. >> SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW A MASSIVE TENT CITY AROUND RAFAH THAT IS SPRAWLED DRAMATICALLY EVEN SINCE JANUARY. BUT NOW ISRAEL HAS SAID IT PLANS LAUNCH A MAJOR GROUND

OFFENSIVE INTO RAFAH, ARGUING IT’S THE LAST HOLDOUT OF HAMAS, TELLING THE CIVILIAN POPULATION FLEE. THAT HAS TRIGGERED ALARMS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING AMONG ISRAEL’S ALLIES, WHO FEAR A HUMANITARIAN DISASTER. >> THEY’RE GOING TO EVACUATE. WHERE THEY WANT, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO EVACUATE THESE PEOPLE? ABU MUSTAFA NOW LIVES WITH HER

TWO DISABLED DAUGHTERS IN A PLASTIC TENT PITCHED BENEATH THE BORDER FENCE WITH EGYPT. >> LOOK, I THINK WE ARE ALL AFRAID, SHE SAYS. ALL NIGHT WE WERE THINKING. >> WHERE SHOULD WE GO? THERE’S NO TRANSPORTATION, NO RIDES, NOTHING THOUSANDS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TRYING TO FLEE AGAIN. THEY FACE RETURNING NORTH

TO AREAS SUFFERING SEVERE AID SHORTAGES OR WHERE THERE’S ONGOING FIGHTING. GLOBAL PRESSURE MOUNTING ON ISRAEL NOT TO LAUNCH THE OFFENSIVE. FRANCE, BRITAIN, CANADA, GERMANY ISSUING WARNINGS AND URGING A CEASEFIRE. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ALSO WARNING ISRAEL NOT TO GO AHEAD UNLESS CIVILIANS CAN BE PROTECTED. >> THE MAJOR MILITARY OPERATION

SHOULD NOT WITHOUT A CREDIBLE PLAN, A CREDIBLE PLAN FOR THE SAFETY AND SUPPORT. MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE SHELTERING THERE. >> BUT ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, THE OFFENSIVE MUST HAPPEN TO RECOVER HOSTAGES AND DEFEAT . >> THERE’S IS AN ESTIMATED 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE IN THAT AREA RIGHT NOW.

AND AS THE AS THE GERMAN GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAID, THEY CAN THEY CAN’T THEY CAN’T JUST DISAPPEAR. WHERE ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO? NO. OF THE AREAS THAT WE’VE CLEARED NORTH OF RAFAH, PLENTY OF AREAS THERE. BUT WE ARE WORKING OUT A DETAILED PLAN TO DO SO. AND THAT’S WHAT WE’VE DONE

TO NOW. WE’RE NOT WE’RE NOT CAVALIER ABOUT THIS. THIS IS PART OF OUR WAR EFFORT TO GET CIVILIANS OUT OF HARM’S WAY. IT’S PART HAMAS’S EFFORT TO KEEP THEM IN HARM’S WAY. BUT WE HAVE SO FAR SUCCEEDED AND GOING TO SUCCEED AGAIN. THOSE WHO SAY THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WE ENTER RAFAH

ARE BASICALLY SAYING LOSE THE WAR, KEEP HAMAS THERE. >> IN RAFAH, PEOPLE WAIT TO SEE IF ISRAELI TROOPS WILL COME THEM. >> IT’S A TERRIFYING THING, TO BE HONEST, HE SAYS. >> THEY SAY THERE ARE STILL SAFE AREAS WHERE. >> ARE THEY? PATRICK REEVELL. THANK YOU. COMING UP, PARENTING INFLUENCER

RUBY FRANKY IS SET TO BE SENTENCED ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. HOW SHE AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER COULD SPEND BEHIND BARS. RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK BREAK. >> WHEN EVER A NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE.

>> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE AT THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY, MASSIVE STRIKE IN 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 2020 CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND. ICELAND. LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY. THIS STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL INSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT FOR THE FBI, THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON STREAMING LIVE

TO YOU. THE STORY. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’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 CONTRACTED. 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 ONE INSIDE THE TENT IS A SLICE OF HUMAN FREEDOM. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO THAT IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

WOW. SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I’M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. >> IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES IS BEST. >> GUYS ARE NOT GOOD.

MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERY DAY HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? I WAS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS? THIS, THIS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND? I’M HIS GIRLFRIEND. OH, MY GOD. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. WELCOME BACK. A STUDENT IS UNDER ARREST AFTER

TWO PEOPLE WERE FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN A COLORADO DORM ROOM. POLICE SAY IT APPEARS A 25 YEAR OLD SUSPECT KNEW THE TWO VICTIMS, BUT IS UNCLEAR HOW DOZENS OF PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS YESTERDAY FOR A MEMORIAL WALK IN HONOR OF THE VICTIMS SUSPECT IS BEING HELD

ON $1 MILLION BOND AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON. FORMER MOM INFLUENCER RUBY FRANK IS BEING SENTENCED TODAY ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. THE UTAH MOTHER OF SIX AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER PLEADED GUILTY TO THE CHARGES AFTER. POLICE FOUND ONE OF FRANKIE SONS WITH THEM EMACIATED,

RATHER, WITH OPEN WOUNDS BOUND WITH DUCT TAPE. POLICE SAY ONE OF FRANKIE’S DAUGHTERS WAS ALSO FOUND MALNOURISHED. NOW SHE FACES UP TO 16 YEARS IN PRISON. ABC NEWS LIVE LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH HAS THE LATEST. I’M ONLY IT ONE MORE TIME AND THEN YOU’RE GOING TO LOSE THE PRIVILEGE TO EAT DINNER.

>> IT’S JUDGMENT DAY FOR THE MOM. LOSER RUBY FRANKE COLLIDED REGRET AND SORROW FOR MY FAMILY AND MY CHILDREN GUILTY AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO MULTIPLE FELONY AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE CHARGES IN DECEMBER, THE MOTHER OF SIX AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER, JODI HILDEBRANDT, BOTH SET TO BE SENTENCED IN A UTAH COURTROOM.

>> THERE IS IN THE STATE OF UTAH, A STATUTE THAT FAVORS FIRST TIME OFFENDERS. >> BUT A PART OF THE PLEA DEAL THAT HEARD THE INTERVENTIONS WITH THE PROSECUTOR, SHE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SHE WOULD BOTH ADMIT TO BE GUILTY OF THE CHARGES AND ACCEPT SENTENCING THAT WOULD INCLUDE PRISON TIME.

>> I HESITATE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE LIKE A MEAN BARBARIAN. FRANKIE MADE A NAME FOR HERSELF ONLINE, KNOWN FOR HER TOUGH LOVE STYLE PARENTING. >> I’M NOT GOING TO LET YOU EAT BREAKFAST UNTIL YOU GET YOUR CHORES DONE. >> OFTEN APPEARING IN VIDEOS WITH HILDEBRAND.

JODY HILDEBRAND AND I’M RUBY. FRANKIE. THEIR NOTORIETY WAS REACHING AN INFAMOUS PEAK LAST AUGUST, AFTER FRANKIE’S SON FROM HILDEBRAND’S HOME, JUST AFTER 12-YEAR-OLD BOYS SHOW UP HERE AT MY FRONT DOOR ASKING FOR HELP THE BOY CLIMBING OUT OF A WINDOW AND RUNNING TO A NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE. >> HELP! HE’S EMACIATED.

HE’S GOT TAPE AROUND HIS LEGS. >> THAT CHILLING CALL PROMPTING POLICE TO LEAD AN EXTENSIVE OF FRANKIE’S HOME. THE POLICE WERE SEEN HERE IN CAMERA FOOTAGE WITH GUNS DRAWN. FRANKIE EVENTUALLY SHIFTING BLAME ON HILDEBRAND, SHE ALLEGES, MANIPULATED HER. BOTH WOMEN TO PLEA DEALS WHICH GIVE PAINSTAKING DETAILS ABOUT HOW TWO OF FRANKIE’S

CHILDREN WERE CONVINCED THEY WERE EVIL AND THAT PUNISHMENTS WERE NECESSARY TO REPENT. THOSE PUNISHMENTS INCLUDED HOURS OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT, PHYSICAL RESTRAINTS AND BEING DENIED FOOD AND WATER. >> DON’T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT FRANKIE IS A MOTHER AND THAT SHE HAD AN OBLIGATION TO PROTECT HER CHILDREN AND TO ENSURE

THEIR SAFETY AND WELL-BEING. >> AND ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BUCKMIRE JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS CASE BRIAN WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR TODAY IN THE SENTENCING? I WILL SEE HOW THE JUDGE HANDLES POTENTIAL VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS THERE COULD BE A NUMBER OF WAYS HE GOES ABOUT THIS.

EITHER THE VICTIMS, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT JODI HILDEBRAND’S NIECE, JESSE HILDEBRANDT, HAS SENT IN A LETTER WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL GET TIME TO EITHER SPEAK TO THAT LETTER OR SO WILL SPEAK ON HER ON THEIR BEHALF. YOU KNOW, I SO FAR THAT THE CHILDREN WILL NOT TESTIFY AND NEITHER WILL REALLY

FRANKIE’S, BUT WILL OTHER PEOPLE COME AND TESTIFY OVER THE DRESSING TO SAY, I READ THESE LETTERS AND NOW I’M GOING TO GO FORWARD IN SENTENCING. >> NOW, PROSECUTORS USED SOME OF RUBY’S OWN PUBLISHED VIDEOS AS EVIDENCE IN THE CASE. COULD THEY COME INTO PLAY DURING THE SENTENCING AS WELL? >> ABSOLUTELY.

AS PART OF THE SENTENCING, THE PROSECUTORS GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY SPEAK AS WELL AS THE DEFENSE. AND WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO DO IS PUT FORWARD AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THE PROSECUTOR AND MITIGATION FOR THE DEFENSE MITIGATION BEING LIKE RUBY, FRANKIE, JODI HILDEBRANDT HAVE NO CRIMINAL RECORD. AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES BEING THOSE VIDEOS THAT YOU

TALKED ABOUT, AS WELL AS THE INJURIES THAT WERE SEEN ON THE DAY THOSE CHILDREN WERE SAVED. FRANKIE’S HAS BEEN FILED FOR DIVORCE. HE’S ALSO SUING. >> HILDEBRANDT FOR RESTITUTION. HOW LIKELY IS HE TO GET THAT? I MEAN, A VERY STRONG CASE, FIRST OF ALL. >> AND THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY

,WHEN IT COMES TO THE BURDEN OF PROOF FOR A CRIMINAL CASE THAT’S BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT, THAT’S MUCH HIGHER THAN A CIVIL CASE. BUT THE FACT THAT THE DEFENDANT IN THIS CASE PLED GUILTY, PLED GUILTY TO THE FACTS THAT WE’RE READING, AND THOSE PLEA AGREEMENT IS GOING TO MAKE CIVIL AND DIVORCE CASE

THAT MUCH STRONGER FOR FOR RESTITUTION. AND OTHER DAMAGES HE’S SEEKING. >> ALL RIGHT, BRIAN BUCKMIRE, THANK YOU. AND WE WILL FOLLOW TODAY’S SENTENCING RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. AND FOR ON HOW RUBY FRANKE ROSE TO FAME AND WHETHER THERE WERE MISSED SIGNS HER ARREST. >> BE SURE TO WATCH

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THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND, A REFUGEE CENTER IN RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL. DESTRUCTIVE FORCE STORM HIGH FIVE OR IS IT IN THE BULL’S EYE? ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY TIME ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT YOU FOR FREE.

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>> WELCOME BACK TO. >> ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, RESIDENTS OF LOS ANGELES ARE BRACING FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES TODAY. THIS COMES AFTER ANOTHER STORM HIT, THE SANTA BARBARA AREA WHERE A BODY WAS FOUND IN THE DEBRIS. ABC CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN IS IN LOS ANGELES WITH THE LATEST.

MUCH OF CALIFORNIA UNDER FLOOD AS ANOTHER ATMOSPHERIC RIVER PUMMELS THE STATE. IN SANTA BARBARA, AUTHORITIES REPORTING A FATALITY AFTER A WOMAN’S BODY WAS REPORTEDLY FOUND IN MISSION CREEK MONDAY. OFFICIALS ARE URGING RESIDENTS TO EXERCISE CAUTION. >> WE ASK YOU ALL IN SANTA BARBARA, PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THE CREEKS.

THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY DANGEROUS. >> CITIES. AIRPORT CLOSING AFTER FLOODING CAUSED OPERATIONS TO HALT. AND ACROSS THE GOLDEN STATE, ROADS DISAPPEARED IN A RISING FLOODWATERS. WE GET TO A HOME ON THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA NEAR LOS ANGELES. HEAVY RAINS ERODING THE BENEATH THIS HOUSE. ITS WALLS CRACKING AND WINDOWS SHATTERING RIGHT IN FRONT

OF NIKKI MNUCHIN’S HOME. >> YOU HAVE WATER PIPES, A BREAK AND THEN THEY ADD MORE TO THE MISERY AND THEN IT BECOMES THIS VICIOUS CYCLE. >> MANY RESIDENTS AFRAID OF HOW THEIR HOMES MIGHT BE AFFECTED. THE HOUSES AROUND UCLA LIKE GOING TO LIKE THE DOWNHILL TOWARDS. YOU CAN SEE LIKE MUDSLIDES.

LUCKILY, OUR HOUSE, YOU KNOW IT’S FINE. >> AND IN SANTA ROSA, THIS RESIDENT WERE CALLING THE MOMENT A TREE CRASHED INTO HIS APARTMENT. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT FELT LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE AT MY HOUSE. BUT FROM ABOVE THAT THE TREE HAD GONE ENTIRELY THROUGH THE WALL OF MY HOUSE.

>> THAT BRANCH IMPALING HIS ROOF AND WALL. >> LUCKILY, HE WAS ABLE TO WALK AWAY UNINJURED. YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE HARVEY STRETCHES THE WHOLE WAY AND THE STORY WITH HIS ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS IS THE GROUND SATURATION. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT YOU TO SEE THESE CARS AND WE

THINK OF MUDSLIDES, BUT THERE REALLY ARE DEBRIS SLIDES THAT BRING IN BRICKS AND MUD AND PIECES OF WOOD, AND THEY CAN OBVIOUSLY BE FATAL. BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE SOMETHING ELSE WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS THE PREVIOUS ONE BROUGHT ALMOST A YEAR’S WORTH OF MOISTURE. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS IT MAKES

THE SOIL ALMOST SOUPY AND IT GOUGED OUT BOTTOM OF THIS HOUSE. YOU COULD SEE THE SLIDE ACTUALLY BEGAN UP ON THAT HILLSIDE TAKING MOST OF THE HILLSIDE DOWN. AND THE HOUSE BEHIND IT. NOW, THE CONCERN FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IS THAT THIS MOISTURE WILL ALREADY HIT AN ALREADY SATURATED EARTH,

LOOSENING EVEN MORE, CREATING EVEN MORE MUDSLIDES. AND THEY’RE URGING PEOPLE RIGHT NOW TO STAY HOME. CERTAINLY HERE IN AREAS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN, THANK YOU. AND ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE HAS THE LATEST . >> THE STORM’S TRACK AND TIMING. HI, SAMARA.

THE WEST COAST HAS BEEN GETTING HAMMERED WITH A SERIES OF STORMS THAT HAS LED TO FLOODING, SNOW INLAND AND EVEN REALLY ROUGH SURF. WE HAVE HIGH SURF ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FOR BRAGG, CALIFORNIA. LOOK AT THESE WAVES PUMMELING, CRASHING INTO THE COASTLINE THERE. AND THE CULPRIT BEHIND ALL OF THIS, THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER

PUMPING MOISTURE INTO THE WEST COAST ALONG WITH THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE, THIS DISTURBANCE HERE LEAKING THE HIGH WIND ALERTS. WINTER STORM WARNINGS FURTHER INLAND. AND OF COURSE, THE FLOOD WATCH IS LINING THE CALIFORNIA COASTLINE. NOW, HERE’S THE BIGGEST THREAT, LOS ANGELES. ANAHEIM, RIVERSIDE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ESSENTIALLY HAVE THE HIGHEST FLASH FLOODING

AND MUDSLIDE THREAT AS WE HEAD THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE, THOUGH AS FAR NORTH AS SACRAMENTO AND REDDING AND AS FAR SOUTH AS SAN DIEGO. TIMING THIS OUT. THIS RAIN REALLY STICKS AROUND THROUGH THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. NOT REALLY UP UNTIL 11 A.M. EVEN THEN, SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

WITH SNOW PICKING UP IN THE ROCKIES. DIANE, ABC METEOROLOGIST, SOMARA THEODORE, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH US. I’M DIANE MACEDO SAY ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON VARIOUS STREAMING SERVICES ABC NEWS APP AND OF COURSE

ON ABC NEWS.COM. THE NEWS NEVER. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> FOR HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY TOM GIRARDI, THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION, A SEVERAL TIMES WE’LL GET A CHANCE TO MAJORITY AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY

THAT HOUSE NOW? I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY FACE TO FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK THIS LONG THE HOUSEWIFE AND BOXER TO? >> YOU KNOW, 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 THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME IN BETWEEN AS 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 DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY? 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 OUR MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START ABC NEWS, MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING.

WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE IN AMERICA. ABC NEWS, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE. WELCOME BACK, ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THANKS FOR STICKING WITH US. YOU’RE LOOKING AT NEW YORK CITY ON THIS TUESDAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE’S THE RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. CALIFORNIA ROADS

ARE DISAPPEARING UNDER FLOODWATERS AS ANOTHER ATMOSPHERIC RIVER PUMMELS THE STATE. OFFICIALS IN SANTA BARBARA ARE URGING CAUTION AFTER A WOMAN’S BODY WAS REPORTEDLY FOUND IN MISSION CREEK. AND CITY’S AIRPORT IS ALSO CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. NOW, MUCH OF THE STATE IS UNDER ALERT FOR FLOODING. HIGH WINDS AND WINTER WEATHER.

THE MAN WHO FATALLY SHOT TWO POLICE OFFICERS AND A FIREFIGHTER, A STANDOFF NEAR MINNEAPOLIS WAS BANNED FROM OWNING GUNS. COURT PAPERS SAY SHANNON GOODEN WAS BARRED FROM POSSESSING FIREARMS, PLEADING GUILTY TO ASSAULT BACK IN 2008. GOODEN WAS IN THE OF A CUSTODY BATTLE WITH THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN.

POLICE SAY HE DIED SUICIDE AFTER OPENING FIRE ON FIRST RESPONDERS WHO WERE ANSWERING A CALL FOR A DOMESTIC DISPUTE. WIKILEAKS FOUNDER ASSANGE IS FACING WHAT COULD BE HIS FINAL EXTRADITION BATTLE IN THE U.K.. HIS ATTORNEYS ARE APPEALING TO THE HIGH COURT IN LONDON TO STOP ASSANGE BEING SENT

TO THE US TO FACE ESPIONAGE CHARGES. A DECISION IS EXPECTED TOMORROW AND THE COURT RULES AGAINST HIM. ASSANGE COULD BE EXTRADITED WITHIN DAYS. AND AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CHESS PRODIGY MAKING HISTORY. ASHWORTH KAUSHIK OF SINGAPORE JUST BECAME THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO BEAT A GRANDMASTER. BIG WIN CAME AGAINST A 37

YEAR OLD AT A TOURNAMENT IN EUROPE. OTTAWA SAYS HE LEARNED THE GAME ONLINE. HIS PARENTS SAY THEY DON’T EVEN CHESS. CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM. AND NOW TO A MAJOR UP IN THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY. CAPITAL ONE IS BUYING DISCOVERY IN A DEAL AT $35 BILLION. THAT DEAL MERGES TWO OF THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD

COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY AND COULD BRING SOME FOR CONSUMERS. CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT REBECCA JARVIS HAS MORE. A MASSIVE SHAKE UP IN THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY. CAPITAL ONE IS BUYING DISCOVERY IN A DEAL VALUED AT $35 BILLION. >> CAPITAL ONE IS ACQUIRING DISCOVER, WHICH IS MORE THAN JUST A CREDIT CARD.

>> THEY ALSO HAVE A CARD NETWORK OVER WHICH THE TRANSACTIONS RUN. >> AND THEY ALSO HAVE ACCUMULATED A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DEPOSIT BASE, BRINGING IN DEPOSITS FROM CONSUMERS AND MAKING LOANS THAN JUST CREDIT CARDS. JOINING FORCES WILL GIVE CAPITAL ACCESS TO DISCOVER’S PAYMENT NETWORK, COLLECTING FEES TO BETTER COMPETE AGAINST INDUSTRY HEAVYWEIGHTS.

VISA AND MASTERCARD. WHICH COULD BENEFIT CONSUMERS IN THE LONG RUN. IT COMES AS CREDIT CARD DEBT IN THE U.S. HITS A RECORD HIGH. MORE $1.1 TRILLION. THE AVERAGE BALANCE NOW TOPS $6,000. AND WITH INTEREST RATES RISING ,DELINQUENCIES ARE ALSO UP AMONG ALL AGE GROUPS. 49% OF CREDIT CARD HOLDERS NOW

CARRY DEBT MONTH TO MONTH. >> THE INCREASE IN CREDIT CARD DEBT AT A TIME WHEN CREDIT CARD RATES ARE NORTH OF 20% ARE AT RECORD HIGHS THEMSELVES. THAT REALLY ILLUSTRATES THE FINANCIAL STRAIN THAT MILLIONS OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE FEELING JUST TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. SAVINGS BALANCES WERE RUN DOWN .

WE’VE SEEN CREDIT CARD BALANCES RUN UP. MORE PEOPLE ARE BALANCES FOR LONGER PERIODS OF ON. >> IF YOU’RE A CUSTOMER OF EITHER COMPANY, DON’T EXPECT ANY IMMEDIATE CHANGES. YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY YOUR BILLS, SAME AS BEFORE. AND THE DEAL STILL NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY REGULATORS, WHICH

COULD TAKE A YEAR. AFTER THAT, THERE MAY BE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR CONSUMERS. ANALYSTS BELIEVE THE COMBINED COMPANY WILL OFFER BETTER REWARDS PROGRAMS. DISCOVER CARDS ARE MOSTLY CASH BACK TODAY, WHILE CAPITAL ONE OFFERS A VARIETY. AND THERE ISN’T A LOT OF OVERLAP IN THOSE CUSTOMERS.

SO IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE CARDS TODAY, YEAR FROM NOW, DON’T BE SURPRISED IF YOU GET A LETTER, THE MAIL DESCRIBING NEW TERMS AND IT MAY EVEN BE MASTERCARD AND VISA JUMP IN WITH SOME BETTER OFFERS AS WELL. DIANE ALL RIGHT. >> INTERESTING. CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT REBECCA JARVIS, THANK YOU.

AND LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS FOR MORE ON THIS. ALEXIS, HOW SIGNIFICANT IS A MERGER LIKE THIS? IT’S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE ARE LOOKING TO SHAKE UP THE LANDSCAPE OF THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY AND YOU CAN BET THAT ANTITRUST REGULATORS ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT WHAT

THIS DEAL MEANS FOR CONSUMERS GOING FORWARD. >> SO REBECCA MENTIONED THAT THIS COULD BENEFIT CONSUMERS IN THE LONG RUN. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW, YOU KNOW, IT’S STILL YET TO BE SEEN? >> BIGGER ISN’T ALWAYS BETTER FOR CONSUMERS. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY’RE NOT MONOPOLIZING THIS INDUSTRY.

IF THESE TWO COMPANIES COME TOGETHER. IT WOULD CREATE THE SIXTH LARGEST U.S. BANK BY ASSETS AND THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD ISSUER IN THE COUNTRY. SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT REALIZE IF YOU DON’T HAVE GREAT CREDIT AND YOU CARRY A BALANCE ON YOUR CREDIT CARD, ACTUALLY GET

LOWER INTEREST RATES AT SMALLER BANKS, THERE ARE ABOUT 20 AND A HALF PERCENT NOW VERSUS ABOUT 23% AT THE LARGER BANKS. SO, AGAIN, WE’RE NOT ALWAYS SURE THAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE GIVING YOU THE BEST RATE OUT THERE. SO WHAT’S THE BIG PICTURE IF THIS DEAL GOES THROUGH?

>> IF THIS DEAL GOES THROUGH, YOU CAN MORE CONSOLIDATION IN AN AREA THAT’S ALREADY BEEN HAVING ISSUES. WE KNOW OUR BANKING INDUSTRY HAD SOME ISSUES EARLY LAST YEAR WHEN. WE SAW A NUMBER OF SMALLER AND MID-SIZED BANKS CRUMBLE BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T BE RUN EFFECTIVELY. SO THEY’RE WANT TO MAKE SURE

THESE REWARDS PROGRAMS CAN ACTUALLY ENHANCE WHAT CUSTOMERS GET. AS WE HEARD, WE KNOW THAT CAPITAL ONE IS MORE OF A REWARDS BASED, A CAR DISCOVER IS MORE OF A CASH BACK. SO MAYBE THE TWO OF THEM COMBINED WILL OFFER BETTER REWARDS FOR CUSTOMERS IN THE SHORT TERM.

THE NAME OF YOUR CARD’S NOT GOING TO CHANGE. IT’S GOING TO BE BUSINESS AS USUAL. AND I THINK THE NUMBER ONE TAKEAWAY FOR CONSUMERS IS PAY DOWN YOUR CREDIT CARD DEBT. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO’S HOLDING THE CREDIT CARD. IT’S IMPORTANT TO PAY IT DOWN. ALL RIGHT, ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS. THANK YOU.

AND ALEXIS, STAY WITH US BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER FINANCIAL STORY THAT WE WANT YOU TO WEIGH IN ON HERE. FINANCIAL ADVICE COLUMNIST IS SPEAKING OUT SAYING SHE FELL FOR AN ELABORATE PHONE SCAM COSTING HER $50,000. >> CHARLOTTE COLE SAYS SHE NEVER THOUGHT THIS KIND OF THING COULD HAPPEN TO HER,

BUT THAT THESE SCAMMERS KNEW HER WEAKNESS. HER FAMILY. NOW SHE SAYS SHE WANTS OTHERS TO KNOW THIS CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE. ABC’S HAS THAT STORY. >> IT SOUNDS EVEN TO DESCRIBE IT. >> A WARNING FROM A JOURNALIST WHO COVERS FINANCE. SHE LOST $50,000 IN AN ELABORATE SCAM.

>> THAT ALL STARTED WITH A PHONE CALL. IT ACTUALLY SHOWED UP AS AMAZON ON MY CALLER I.D. SHE SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY UNDER MY ACCOUNT. CHARLOTTE CALLS THE CUTS FINANCIAL ADVICE COLUMNIST THOUGHT SHE HAD JUST LEARNED SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF IDENTITY FRAUD. THE PERSON SHE WAS SPEAKING

TO TRANSFER HER TO SOMEONE CLAIMING TO BE AN FTC INVESTIGATOR. AND LATER WHO SAID THEY WERE PART OF THE CIA. >> HE KNEW MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, THE LAST FOUR DIGITS. HE KNEW MY BIRTHDAY. HE KNEW MY ADDRESS. HE KNEW THAT I LIVED WITH MY HUSBAND, SON.

AND HE TOLD ME THAT MY IDENTITY HAD BEEN STOLEN BY A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION. >> THE PERSON CALLS, THOUGHT, AN INVESTIGATOR DESCRIBING IN DETAIL 22 BANK ACCOUNTS, NINE VEHICLES, FOUR PROPERTIES, MONEY WIRED OVERSEAS, DRUGS AND CASH, ALL LINKED TO HER NAME, TELLING HER THERE WAS A WARRANT OUT FOR HER ARREST

FOR CYBER CRIMES, MONEY LAUNDERING AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. >> HE TOLD ME THAT IN ORDER TO AVOID ARREST, I WOULD NEED TO COOPERATE WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION. THE THING THAT MADE ME KEEP GOING WAS THAT THEY HAD SO MUCH INFORMATION, MY FAMILY, AND THEY MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT MY FAMILY WAS POTENTIALLY IN GRAVE

THEIR DIRECTIONS. DON’T TELL ANYONE ABOUT THE TAKE OUT $50,000 CASH AND DELIVER IT TO A VEHICLE THAT WOULD PULL UP TO HER HOME AS SOON AS THEY HAD THE CASH. >> COLE SAYS THE PHONE CALL TURNED AND SHE KNEW SHE’D BEEN SCAMMED. >> OH MY GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE ?

I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS HAS HAPPENED. COLE’S THE GROWING FACE OF WHO THESE SCAMMERS TARGET. YOUNGER. >> ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM THE FTC, 18 TO 59 YEAR OLDS ARE 34% MORE LIKELY THAN OLDER ADULTS. THOSE OVER 60 TO LOSE MONEY TO FRAUD. >> THE SCAMMERS HAVE GOTTEN

MUCH, MUCH MORE BELIEVABLE OVER TIME. >> AND WATCH OUT FOR BIG RED FLAG. THERE IS NO WAY THAT A A MEMBER OF THE ENFORCEMENT IS GOING TO BE LEGITIMATE, WILL BE ASKING TO FORWARD THEM MONEY IN ANY MANNER. >> EXPERTS SAY IF YOU SUSPECT A SCAM, ASK FOR THE CALLER’S

NAME AND THEIR SUPERVISORS NAME AND WHAT BRANCH OF BANK OR GOVERNMENT AGENCY THEY WORK FOR? THEN CALL THAT BRANCH USING A NUMBER YOU KNOW IS LEGITIMATE TO VERIFY. DIANE EVA PILGRIM, THANK YOU. >> SO, ALEXIS, I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION TO HEARING THAT SOMEONE WHO COVERS FINANCE

FOR A LIVING COULD FALL FOR A SCAM LIKE THIS. AND IF THAT’S THE CASE, HOW DO THE REST OF US PROTECT OURSELVES? YOU KNOW, WAS SO UPSETTING TO READ THIS STORY. BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU FROM PEOPLE I KNOW EVEN WITHIN MY INNER CIRCLE, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN SCAMS

SIMILAR TO THIS. THEY’VE TRIED TO BE SCAMMED LIKE THIS. THEY’VE GOTTEN OUT OF IT SOME ACTUALLY FALLEN PREY. SO I CAN SEE WHERE THIS CAN HAPPEN TO WELL-EDUCATED PEOPLE. PEOPLE WHO ARE QUOTE UNQUOTE, ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW BETTER. I ACTUAL RECEIVED TEXT MESSAGE RECENTLY THAT LOOKED LEGITIMATE, LOOKED LIKE IT WAS COMING.

MY CREDIT CARD COMPANY TOLD ME THAT A PURCHASE WAS WAS TRYING TO BE MADE. THEY STOP THE PURCHASE, BUT I NEEDED TO CALL TO VERIFY MY CARD. THEY GAVE ME A NUMBER TO CALL. I DID CALL THAT NUMBER. AND THEY IMMEDIATELY MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, MY CREDIT CARD NUMBER.

AND I SAID, WELL, YOU’RE CALLING ME AND YOU’RE THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY. YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION. THEY STARTED TO BECOME BELLIGERENT AND THEY HUNG UP ON ME. I THEN CALLED THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY, BY THE WAY, WAS A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN THE NUMBER THEY SENT ME ON THE LENGTH.

SO I THINK THAT’S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. YOU NEED YOU DON’T FEEL PRESSURED TO EVER GIVE INFORMATION. NO AGENCY, NO ONE WILL EVER ASK YOU TO GIVE THEM MONEY. CALL THE COMPANY THAT YOU KNOW WITH THE NUMBER YOU KNOW TO BE TRUE. IF IT’S YOUR BANK, YOU CALL THE BANK.

WALK INTO BANK. IF IT’S A BRANCH THAT YOU CAN WALK IN AND PUT IN. THERE YOU ARE. WELL, IF YOU’RE GOING ON THE WEBSITE, RATHER THAN CLICKING ON A LINK THAT’S IN THE EMAIL. EXACTLY SO YOU WANT TO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND I KNOW IT’S HARD AND YOU GET CAUGHT.

AND THAT’S WHAT THAT JOURNALIST DID IN THE FEAR MONGERING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. THEY TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN BE ARRESTED OR THEY KNOW WHERE YOUR FAMILY IS AND YOU KNOW THAT HUMAN ELEMENT OF WANTING TO PROTECT YOUR LOVED ONES KICKS IN, YOU KNOW, AND OVERRIDES WHAT YOU KNOW

TO BE BETTER INFORMATION KNOW. BUT YOU NEED TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK. DON’T GIVE OUT INFORMATION AND THEN CALL THESE PLACES DIRECTLY AND TALK TO THEM. >> ALSO, CHECK YOUR CREDIT CARD AND BANK STATEMENTS. THAT WOMAN, SHE WE DIDN’T TALK ABOUT IT IN THE PIECE, BUT THAT JOURNALIST DID.

>> AND SHE SAID SHE DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. YET, SHE CONTINUED, BECAUSE OF THE FEAR MONGERING. ALL GOOD, GOOD TIPS TO KNOW. SCARY TO THINK HOW EASY IT CAN BE TO FALL VICTIM TO THIS. >> ALEXIS, THANK YOU. COMING UP, HISTORIC IVF RULING. HOW A DECISION IN ALABAMA COULD

PUT ACCESS TO CERTAIN FERTILITY TREATMENTS AT RISK. ALSO AHEAD, A NEW STUDY ON THE HOME BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS AND JUST PERSPECTIVE. THEY ARE. DR. SUTTON IS HERE TO BREAK IT DOWN. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST.

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OF STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE TIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE FOR THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR. ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY TOM GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. THEY SAID, OH, BIG TIME. WE’LL GET A CHANCE TO FINALLY NEED THERAPY AND. THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HOUSE WHITE HOUSE? I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M. >> FACE TO FACE. ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK SOMETHING THE HOUSEWIFE AND THE HOUSE ARE TO YOU? WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST AND UNPROCESSED ATTEMPTED RULING BY THE ALABAMA

SUPREME COURT COULD IMPACT THE FUTURE OF IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION IN THE STATE. ALABAMA’S HIGHEST COURT RULED EMBRYOS OUTSIDE THE ARE CHILDREN. NOW, MEDICAL EXPERTS WARN RULING COULD HAVE FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE SEEKING FERTILITY TREATMENTS LIKE. >> ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS THE LATEST THE FIRST OF ITS KIND DECISION BY THE ALABAMA

SUPREME COURT THAT COULD PUT FAMILIES ACCESS TO FERTILITY TREATMENTS IN THE POST ERA AT RISK. THE COURT DETERMINING FROZEN EMBRYOS QUALIFY AS PEOPLE UNDER ITS STATE LAW RULING UNBORN ARE CHILDREN WITHOUT EXCEPTION, BASED ON DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE. THE CHIEF JUSTICE, IN A CONCURRING OPINION QUOTING THE BIBLE CITING THE SANCTITY OF UNBORN LIFE.

>> WE HAVE KIND OF WHAT IS JUST A BRAND NEW LANDSCAPE FOR THE LAW. THE CASE IN QUESTION INVOLVED A PATIENT WHO MANAGED TO ACCESS THE FREEZER STORING FROZEN EMBRYOS AT AN ALABAMA FERTILITY CLINIC. THE PATIENT PICKED UP MULTIPLE EMBRYOS AND MISTAKENLY DROPPED AND DESTROYED. THE STATE’S HIGH COURT SAYS

THAT PATIENT CAN NOW BE HELD LIABLE IN A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT. AT THIS POINT, THERE IS NO DECISION ON WHEN A PHYSICIAN OR A CLINIC CAN CONCLUDE STORING THESE EMBRYOS SO THEY ARE POTENTIALLY LIABLE FOR THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF AN EMBRYO AFTER THE PARENTS HAVE PASSED. >> WE’RE CONCERNED THIS RULING

HAS FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES FOR WHAT WE FEEL IS SAFE TO FREEZE AND SAFE TO DISCARD. >> IN 2021, MORE THAN 238,000 FAMILIES IN THE U.S. RELIED ON IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION OR IVF TO HAVE A BABY. MULTIPLE EMBRYOS ARE OFTEN FROZEN TO INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT ONE WILL SUCCESSFULLY IMPLANT. DOCTORS LIKE MAMIE MCCLAIN,

ALABAMA, WARNED THE RULING COULD BLOCK WOMEN FROM ACCESSING MAKE THE PROCESS MORE EXPENSIVE. OR FOR SOME CLINICS, CLOSE ALTOGETHER BECAUSE OF LEGAL RISKS. BECAUSE THIS RULING IS SO INCOMPLETE AND IT LEAVES THOSE OF US WHO ARE SITTING FACE TO FACE WITH PATIENTS JUST WITH THE INABILITY TO COMMENT

ON WHAT IS SAFE AND WHAT IS LEGAL FOR THEM RIGHT NOW. AND ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS A LOOK AT WALK US THROUGH THIS DECISION AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR IVF IN ALABAMA. YOU KNOW, DIANE, THIS REALLY IS A BIG DEAL FOR FAMILIES

WHO COULD BE SEEKING FERTILITY TREATMENTS LIKE IVF IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA. IT COULD MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE FAMILIES TO GET FERTILITY TREATMENTS BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT THAT THOSE DOCTORS, THE PROVIDERS, CLINICS SIMPLY CANNOT DO PROVIDE IVF WITHOUT TAKING ON TOO MUCH RISK. THE DOCTORS AND LEGAL EXPERTS

THAT WE SPOKE TO THAT BECAUSE THIS IS CONSIDERED EMBRYOS, BE CONSIDERED CHILDREN, THIS CREATES A VERY BLURRED LINE ON WHO’S LIABLE IF EMBRYOS THAT AREN’T USED IN THIS PROCESS NEED TO BE DISCARDED, WHO’S AT RISK. SO ULTIMATELY, WHAT THIS COULD MEAN IS THAT CLINICS JUST DON’T WANT TO TAKE ON THAT LEGAL

RISK. FAMILIES COULD ALSO END UP A LOT MORE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THEY COULD FIND THAT THERE ARE NOT OPTIONS FOR THIS FOR THEM TO PURSUE. SO ALABAMA REALLY COULD BECOME THE FIRST STATE WHERE IVF IS NOT AN OPTION FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE TRYING TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS DIANE.

BUT, ELIZABETH, YOU SAY THE IMPACT COULD ALSO GO BEYOND ALABAMA. CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW. RIGHT. AND THE REASON IS THE PRECEDENT THAT IT MIGHT SET. WE’VE SEEN SINCE THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED V WADE IN JUNE 2022 MORE STATES HAVE PUT RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. AND THERE HAS BEEN A CONCERN,

ESPECIALLY AMONG ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES, THAT THIS COULD EXTEND INTO FERTILITY TREATMENTS OR EVEN CONTRACEPTION. SO BY BECOMING THE FIRST STATE TO POTENTIALLY HAVE LAWS THAT MAKE IT SO THAT THE STATE DOES SO, THAT A CHILD THAT IS AN EMBRYO QUALIFIES AS LIFE. THAT COULD CREATE A PRECEDENT WHERE OTHER STATES COULD THEN FOLLOW.

SOME OF THESE STATES WOULD NOW HAVE 13 STATES THAT HAVE TOTAL BANS ON ABORTION. DIANE, SINCE THE SUPREME COURT’S DECISION AND THIS IS WOULD BE A STEP IN ANOTHER DIRECTION. MEANWHILE, THE SUPREME COURT IS EXPECTED TO ISSUE A DECISION IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ON WHETHER TO PUNISH NATIONWIDE

RESTRICTIONS ON THE WIDELY USED ABORTION PILL. WHAT’S THE ON THAT? RIGHT. SO WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE ABORTION PILL, MIFEPRISTONE WHICH IS USED IN MORE THAN HALF OF ABORTIONS ACROSS THE U.S.. YOU’LL REMEMBER THERE WAS AN APPEALS COURT THAT BASICALLY DECIDED LAST YEAR THAT THERE SHOULD BE MORE RESTRICTIONS ON PEOPLE’S USE OF MIFEPRISTONE.

SO THOSE RESTRICTIONS COULD INCLUDE NOT SENDING IT OUT BY MAIL, LIMITING THE TIMEFRAME IN WHICH PEOPLE COULD QUALIFY TO USE THEM BEFORE PRESTON. AND WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS, DIANE, IS THAT THIS DECISION IN FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT, IF THESE RESTRICTIONS ARE UPHELD, IT WOULD APPLY TO WOMEN IN EVERY STATE, NOT

JUST STATES. ABORTION IS BANNED. SO THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE CLOSELY WATCHED. IT’S A HUGE CASE, A HUGE DECISION IN FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT. AND IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY WEIGH IN ON ABORTION SINCE THAT DECISION TO OVERTURN ROE IN 2022. ALL RIGHT. ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE. THANKS, ELIZABETH.

AND A NEW STUDY FINDS WOMEN CAN GET THE SAME BENEFITS MEN FROM EXERCISE WITH LESS EFFORT. ACCORDING TO THE STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, MEN ACTUALLY NEED TO WORK OUT TWICE AS HARD TO GET THE SAME EXERCISE BENEFITS AS WOMEN. ABC NEWS MEDICAL

CORRESPONDENT DR. DARIEN SUTTON IS JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE ON THAT AND YOUR OTHER TOP HEALTH HEADLINES. I’M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT ONE FOR ONE. >> SO TALK ME THROUGH WHAT ARE THE BIG TAKEAWAYS OF THIS STUDY. >> I THINK IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE’VE KNOWN FROM STUDIES THAT WOMEN

ARE LESS LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN REGULAR EXERCISE THAN MEN. >> BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THAT THEY ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER. WE’VE ACTUALLY KNOWN MANY OTHER EXPERIENCES IN LIFE. >> SO IN THIS STUDY, THEY FOUND THAT WOMEN WHO REGULARLY EXERCISE COMPARED TO MEN HAVE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN THEIR RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR

DEATH OR DEATH JUST TO ALL CAUSES. AND ALSO REDUCTIONS IN THEIR RISK OF HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES. AND WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT WHEN YOU COMPARE THE TWO FOR WOMEN WHEN THEY REGULARLY EXERCISE, THEY HAD A 24% REDUCTION IN OVERALL RISK OF DEATH AND 36% REDUCTION IN RISK OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE.

AND FOR MEN, NUMBERS WERE A LITTLE SMALLER. I WOULD SAY A LOT, STATISTICALLY, 15% REDUCTION AND 14% REDUCTION IN RISK OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE. SO IT JUST SHOWS US THAT WOMEN ARE GETTING MORE OF A BENEFIT AND REDUCTIONS IN TERMS OF RISK OUT OF THOSE WORKOUTS THE MEN ARE.

>> SO NEXT TIME I OUT WITH MY HUSBAND, I CAN BE LIKE, COME ON, LET’S GO, OR YOU CAN STOP WAY AND SAY, I’M DONE. I’M GOING TO CARRY ON. MEANWHILE, A NEW STUDY PUBLISHED ABOUT AT HOME BLOOD PRESSURE AND THAT THIS IS SO INTERESTING. >> THEY SHOW THAT THEY CAN

ACTUALLY HELP LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, I IMAGINE, IN AN INDIRECT WAY. SO WALK US THROUGH THIS ONE. I THINK IT’S REALLY ABOUT THE MORE NUMBERS, THE BETTER, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING. WHEN I’M IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, I’M ONLY MEASURING YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE A MOMENT IN TIME.

AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THAT IS A SCARY EXPERIENCE. AND YOU IMAGINE THAT BLOOD PRESSURE IS LIKELY TO COME UP. AND USUALLY I’M CALMING PEOPLE DOWN. >> IT SHOWS IN THIS STUDY THAT IF YOU HAVE A BLOOD PRESSURE CUP MONITOR AT HOME AND OTHER OF DIGITAL HEALTH MONITORS, THEN IT CAN HELP

REDUCE PATIENTS WHO USE THESE MONITORS REGULARLY HAVE TWO POINT REDUCTIONS IN THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE. NOW, THAT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION EXCUSE ME, SMALL REDUCTIONS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME CAN SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT AND BENEFIT YOUR HEART, YOUR BRAIN, YOUR KIDNEYS. >> SO IT’S JUST A REMINDER

THAT MAYBE THOSE BLOOD PRESSURE CUFFS ARE HELPFUL WHEN YOU USE THEM AT HOME. >> IS IT BECAUSE KNOWING YOU HAVE THE MONITOR CHANGES YOUR BEHAVIOR OR IS IT BECAUSE IT’S GETTING A MORE ACCURATE READ OF WHAT YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU’RE AT HOME IN A NORMAL STATE?

>> I THINK IT’S THE LATTER. I THINK YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, I’M REALLY, AS A PHYSICIAN, CURIOUS WHAT. YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IS AT HOME WHEN YOU’RE SITTING WATCHING TV, NOT WHEN YOU’RE STRESSED, NOT WHEN YOU’RE IN A HOSPITAL BED, STRESSED OUT. AND IT ALSO CAN UNCOVER MASS HYPERTENSION OR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

THOSE WHO HAVE HIGHER NUMBERS AT HOME AND DON’T KNOW BECAUSE WE ONLY CHECK IT ONCE IN THE HOSPITAL. >> SO I THINK THAT THOSE ARE INTERESTING. AND BEFORE YOU GO, I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS FDA APPROVED. THEY JUST HAVE THEIR FIRST EVER MEDICATION THAT HELPS TO MITIGATE THE RISK OF SERIOUS

REACTIONS TO FOOD ALLERGIES. HOW DOES THIS WORK AND HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT? >> SO THE ALLERGIES WE’RE TALKING ABOUT ARE PEANUT MILK, EGG ALLERGIES, AND OTHER COMMON NUT ALLERGIES, ANAPHYLAXIS. ONE OF THE SCARIEST DIAGNOSIS THAT I CAN EXPERIENCE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, THIS NEW MEDICATION EXCUSE ME

IT’S NOT NEW IS A NEW APPROVAL FOR A MEDICATION EXISTED CALLED ZOELLER. IT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES THE RISK BENEFIT LAPSES FOR THOSE WHO USE IT REGULARLY BASED OFF OF THEIR WEIGHT AND THEIR AGE. NOW THIS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ALTHOUGH ONLY ABOUT 5% OF THE POPULATION IS TRULY AT RISK FOR ANAPHYLAXIS.

THIS PROVIDES SO MUCH PEACE OF MIND FOR THOSE WHO LIVE THAT ALLERGY, THAT FEAR OF GETTING ON A PLANE, THE FEAR OF GOING INTO ANY KIND OF EVENT WITH MIXED FOOD OPTIONS, OR AS A PARENT, THE FEAR OF SENDING YOUR CHILDREN SCHOOL IF THEY HAVE THAT RISK. I KNOW SOMEONE WHO PASSED AWAY

FROM A PEANUT ALLERGY. >> SO ABSOLUTELY, IT COULD BE LIFE SAVING. SO THIS COULD BE LIFE SAVING AND CHANGING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OVERALL. BUT IT DOES NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR AN EPIPEN THAT SUPPORTS YOU TO EMERGENCIES. >> THIS IS SOMETHING TO GIVE REGULARLY TO PREVENT THE RISK OVERALL. RIGHT. ABC NEWS MEDICAL

CORRESPONDENT DR. DARIEN SUTTON, GREAT TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING ME. >> COMING UP, COULD WE BE GETTING SOME NEW MUSIC FROM RIHANNA? HER FANS SURE HOPE SO. AND HER ASAP. ROCKY IS GIVING US AN UPDATE. WILL GANSS A A NEXT. WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS,

IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BARCELONA HOLIDAY, TEXAS. >> EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI. 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 PRIME WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE.

>> STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WITH GUYS WHEREVER YOU STREAMING NEWS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> I HAVE A TEMPERATURE. THEY’RE EXPECTING US A SECRET WHILE WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THAT PREMISE AS FAR AS THE APPARENTLY THESE

ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. >> THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO, THAT IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE. WOW. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. MORE AMERICANS HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. U.S. NEWS “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT”

WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION. >> SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OKAY. HERE, GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I’M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN.

WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES IS NOT GOOD. HE’LL MAKE YOU BELIEVE WE GET EVERYDAY HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? I WAS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW. THIS RUPERT AND HIS GIRLFRIEND? I’M HIS GIRLFRIEND. OH MY GOD. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC.

>> WHAT DO YOU SEE? MANY PEOPLE START 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 SEE COMING. WE HAD YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> WHEREVER YOU GET

YOUR PODCASTS. REPORTING FROM MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA, I’M ROBIN ROBERTS. WHEREVER, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE TEAM WHERE WE BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE BUZZIEST STORIES. PEOPLE ARE ABOUT.

AND OUR FRIEND WILL GANSS IS HERE TO SPILL THAT, TOO. WELL, WE. HEY, I GOT THAT. ME AND DR. SUTTON ARE THE SAME EXACT HEIGHT. I DIDN’T HAVE TO. RAISE THE CHAIR. NOT AT ALL. AFTER HE LEFT. YEAH. WE’RE BASICALLY THE SAME PERSON . ALL RIGHT.

WE BEGIN WITH BRIANNA AND AN UPDATE ON THAT ALBUM THAT SHE HAS BEEN TEASING SINCE 2018, YOU GUYS. HER NINTH STUDIO ALBUM HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A WHILE WITH THE NAVY. THAT’S WHAT RIHANNA’S FANS ARE CALLED IS IN OVERDRIVE AFTER HER MAN GAVE AN UPDATE TO FANS PARIS ASAP.

ROCKY TELLING FANS OFFICIALLY, QUOTE, SHE’S WORKING ON IT. THE RAPPER THEN GRINNING AND WALKING AWAY. THE SOUNDS OF FANS FREAKING OUT IN THE STREETS OF PARIS. THE ONLY DEETS RIRI HERSELF HAS GIVEN COME FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. WHEN SAID WHATEVER YOU KNOW OF, RIHANNA IS NOT GOING TO BE

WHAT YOU HEAR. I’M REALLY EXPERIMENT A FLUTE ALBUM. I MEAN, LISTEN, IF YOU DON’T WANT TO GIVE ME A FLUTE ALBUM, I’LL TAKE IT AT THIS POINT. BUT I DO APPRECIATE HER SINGING AND LIKE DANCING. I MEAN, YEAH, TRUE. I LOVE HER OWN STUFF, BUT THINK RIHANNA CAN DO NO WRONG.

SHE’S ALSO A PISCES, AS ARE YOU. AS AM I HAPPY. PISCES. HAPPY. PISCES. ALL RIGHT. NOW TO OUR FIRST LOOK AT REGINA KING AND GROUND BREAKING POLITICIAN SHIRLEY CHISHOLM ON HER TRAILBLAZING RUN FOR PRESIDENT, 1972. THE TRAILER DROPPED YESTERDAY, WHICH WAS WHAT, PRESIDENTS DAY. TAKE A LOOK.

I HAVE SOMETHING I WANT TO TELL YOU. I AM RUNNING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. >> HOLY. SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE. SHIRLEY WILL BE AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX MARCH 22ND. >> AND REGINA KING IS SO GOOD. I LIKE FORGET BECAUSE SHE DOES COMEDY SO WELL THAT SHE CAN

THEN TACKLE A DRAMATIC BIOPIC LIKE THIS ONE. LIKE, I’M SO EXCITED. NEXT TO A BRAND NEW ACTRESS STEPPING INTO MIRANDA PRIESTLEY’S NEW BUTTON. I KNOW IT’S THE ROLE MADE FAMOUS, OF COURSE, BY MERYL STREEP EARNING HER AN OSCAR NOMINATION, TEACHING GENERATIONS OF FILM FANS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TURQUOISE AND CERULEAN.

BUT NOW VANESSA WILLIAMS IS SET TACKLE THE ROLE IN THE MUSICAL VERSION, WHICH IS COMING TO LONDON’S END THIS FALL. VANESSA, OF COURSE, NO STRANGER TO THE STAGE NOMINATED A TONY FOR PLAYING THE WITCH AND INTO THE WOODS. SO, YEAH, SHE’S GOT THE CALL FOR MIRANDA PRIESTLY. >> SHE RELEASED A STATEMENT

SAYING, QUOTE, GIRD LOINS. SO EXCITED. MUSIC BY ELTON JOHN, BY THE WAY, PLEASE BALL SOMEONE ELSE WITH YOUR QUESTION. >> IT’S SO GOOD. THAT’S ALL. LOVE THAT, BY THE WAY. AND FINALLY, SOMETHING FOR THE SINGLE LADIES AND ANY HAIRCARE ENTHUSIASTS WHO ARE CRAZY IN LOVE. THE QUEEN BEES, LUSCIOUS LOCKS .

BEYONCE’S HAIRCARE LINE SACRED. LAUNCHES TODAY. IT’S BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE AT LEAST LAST SPRING. AND TODAY, FANS ARE FINALLY THEIR FIRST LOOK AT THE SHAMPOOS, CONDITIONERS, HAIR, OIL AND EVEN A RITUAL SHAKING VESSEL. BEYONCÉ EXPLAINING IN A STATEMENT THAT SHE HAS LIKE A LONG STANDING FASCINATION WITH HAIR, HAIR HEALTH.

HER MOM RAN A SALON WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD. GROWING UP IN HOUSTON. BEYONCÉ USED TO SWEEP THE HAIR AND ALL OF THAT STUFF, SO IT’S KIND OF IN HER DNA, SHE SAYS. THIS IS A REAL PASSION PROJECT FOR HER. THIS WAY YOUR LOCKS LOOK GREAT UNDER THE COWBOY HAT EVERYBODY

IS GOING TO BE BUYING. THAT’S A VERY GOOD POINT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHEN SHE LAUNCHES THE FAN THAT KEEPS YOUR HAIR PERFECTLY, JUST LIKE BLOWING ALL THE DOLLARS US EVERYWHERE. I’LL BUY THAT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR AND THANKS, DIANE. CHEERS. AND THANKS TO YOU FOR SHARING

WITH SAME DIANE MACEDO ABC NEWS. LOVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT, ANALYSIS AND OCCASIONAL TEA. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> >> THIS ABC NEWS LIVE. >> THE PRESSURE ON FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND. REFUGEES CENTERED IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE

CLOSE TO THE LINE FROM THE CAPITAL. DESTRUCTIVE FORCE STORM ON ICE. >> BOSTON IS IN THE BULLSEYE. ABC NEWS LATIN AMERICA IS NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY TIME ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER STREAMING NEWS.

>> WITH SO MUCH AT SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MORGAN. ERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION TELEVISION, TV GIVE IT TO ME. >> WHAT DO YOU SEE? MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY

HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF TODAY. SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD OUR MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES

CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE FROM AMERICA’S NEWSROOM, YOUR SOURCE BECOMES THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO

FASTER, SMARTER AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU YOUR INTERESTS. AND NOW YOU’RE GOING TO DO THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE LESSONS OF ABOUT EXPERIENCE. THE NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW REPORTING THE AUTOWORKERS PICKET LINES IN MICHIGAN. I’M FAITH ABUBEY. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE.

THE SENIOR ABC LIVE. I’M DIAMOND SAITO. TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE FOR US, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKES HIS FIRST COMMENTS ON THE DEATH OF ALEXINA EVENLY. WHY HE’S COMPARING HIMSELF TO THE RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER AS NIKKI HALEY ATTACKS TRUMP FOR NOT CONDEMNING RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.

HOW THE FALLOUT COULD SWAY VOTERS WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY, IT’S JUDGMENT DAY FOR PARENTING . RUBY FRANKY. SHE AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER ARE SET TO BE SENTENCED ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. HOW LONG THEY COULD SPEND BEHIND BARS. PLUS, A MAJOR ADVANCE IN BLURRING THE LINES BETWEEN

WHAT’S REAL OR COMPUTER GENERATED. HOW YOU CAN SPOT FLAWS IN SOME OF THESE VIDEOS. >> WE BEGIN WITH FORMER U.N. AMBASSADOR NIKKI BLASTING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP OVER HIS STANCE ON RUSSIA AND HIS FIRST COMMENTS ABOUT THE DEATH OF RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY. TRUMP CLAIMS HE’S FACING SIMILAR POLITICAL PERSECUTION

AND IS ON LEGAL BATTLES AND TRYING TO COMPARE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO VLADIMIR PUTIN. NOW, HALEY’S CRITICIZING TRUMP FOR HIS HISTORY OF PRAISING PUTIN, ACCUSING TRUMP OF, QUOTE, SIDING WITH A . ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT HAS THE LATEST. DONALD TRUMP UNDER FIRE FOR COMPARING HIS OWN LEGAL

TROUBLES TO THREATS. RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY FACED WHILE STANDING UP TO PUTIN’S AUTHORITARIAN REGIME. TRUMP BREAKING HIS SILENCE DAYS AFTER NAVALNY’S DEATH, WRITING THE SUDDEN DEATH OF ALEXEI NAVALNY HAS MADE ME MORE AND MORE AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY. POINTING TO GROSSLY UNFAIR COURTROOM DECISIONS, THE FORMER

PRESIDENT MAKING NO MENTION OF PUTIN. >> I DON’T KNOW WHY HE KEEPS GETTING WEAK IN THE KNEES WHEN IT COMES TO RUSSIA. >> TRUMP IS FACING CHARGES FOR HIS EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION AND HAS WARNED HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS BE PROSECUTED IF HE’S REELECTED. THERE ARE NO FREE AND, FAIR

ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA. NAVALNY PUSHED FOR DEMOCRACY AND IS AMONG THE GROWING LIST OF PUTIN’S POLITICAL OPPONENTS THAT HAVE BEEN JAILED POISONED OR KILLED. TRUMP’S RIVAL NIKKI HALEY, WRITING DONALD TRUMP COULD HAVE CONDEMNED VLADIMIR PUTIN FOR BEING A MURDEROUS. SOME COULD HAVE PRAISED NAVALNY’S COURAGE, ADDING INSTEAD HE DENOUNCING AMERICA AND COMPARING

THEIR COUNTRY TO RUSSIA. >> FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN HER HOME STATE WHEN JUST FOUR DAYS UNTIL THE PRIMARY. >> IT’S A GREAT DAY IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SHE’S STILL GOING AFTER TRUMP FOR ENCOURAGING PUTIN TO ATTACK AMERICA’S NATIVE ALLIES. >> THEY DON’T SPEND ENOUGH ON DEFENSE.

NO, I WOULD NOT PROTECT YOU. IN FACT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT. >> THE IDEA THAT TRUMP WOULD ASSOCIATE HIMSELF WITH PUTIN LIKE THAT OVER OUR ALLIES WHO STOOD WITH US AFTER 911, WHAT HE JUST DID WAS PUT ALL OF OUR ALLIES IN DANGER AND EVERY

MILITARY SERVICE PERSON WHO’S SERVING, THEY’RE IN DANGER. NIKKI HALEY IS STILL TRAILING DONALD TRUMP BY MORE THAN 30 POINTS HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA, BY MORE THAN 60 POINTS NATIONALLY. SHE IS EXPECTED TO GIVE AN ADDRESS ON THE STATE OF THE RACE LATER TODAY. BUT SHE’S MADE IT CLEAR SHE’S

NOT GOING ANYWHERE, VOWING TO STAY IN THIS RACE. >> THERE, SUPER TUESDAY, DIANE. ALL RIGHT, SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU. AND HOST OF FIVETHIRTYEIGHT POLITICS PODCAST GALEN DRUKE JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. GALEN, ARE THE POLLS SHOWING RIGHT NOW? >> YES. SO AS WE HEARD FROM RACHEL,

THE POLLS ARE A BIT CLOSER IN SOUTH CAROLINA THAN THEY ARE NATIONALLY. TRUMP THERE LEADS BY ABOUT 30 POINTS. SO HE’S AT ABOUT 64% TO HALEY’S 32% TO BE SPECIFIC. AND THAT’S ABOUT AS WELL AS SHE’S DOING IN ANY OF THE STATES. WHEN YOU LOOK NATIONALLY, TRUMP LEADS HER BY MORE LIKE

60 POINTS. AND THEN WHEN WE GET INTO THE SUPER TUESDAY STATES, SOME OF THOSE BIG STATES THAT HAVE WORN A LOT OF DELEGATES LIKE, CALIFORNIA OR TEXAS, HE IS TRAILING BY 70, EVEN 80 POINTS IN SOME OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. SO, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO SOUTH CAROLINA, SHE’S STILL SORT

OF FIGHTING HER LIFE IN HER HOME STATE. BUT THINGS ACTUALLY GET HARDER AFTER SOUTH, NOT EASIER. DOES SHE HAVE A PATH TO NOMINATION IF SHE LOSES CAROLINA? >> YOU WANT A BLUNT ANSWER? NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. I MEAN, EXCEPT FOR ACT OF GOD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN, EVEN AT THIS POINT

IN TIME, HER PATH TO THE NOMINATION IS REALLY HARD TO SEE. I MEAN, THE POLLS WOULD HAVE TO BE OFF DRAMATICALLY FOR THERE TO BE AN UPSET. SOUTH CAROLINA. AND, YOU KNOW, PRIMARY POLLING IS REALLY PRETTY VOLATILE. THESE ARE POLLS THAT THEY’RE NOT GOSPEL AND THINGS CAN

CHANGE ON AVERAGE. YOU KNOW, THE AVERAGE ERROR IN A PRIMARY LIKE THIS FOR THE POLLS APPROACHES OR TEN POINTS. BUT 30 POINTS IS, YOU KNOW, TRIPLE. SO SOMETHING WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN. MAYBE TRUMP DECIDES TO OUT OF THE RACE. I DON’T KNOW WHY HE WOULD

DECIDE TO DO THAT AFTER ALL OF THIS TIME. BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, IT’S MAYBE MORE ABOUT MAKING HER PITCH FOR WHAT SHE ENVISIONS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SHOULD BECOME. I THINK WE’RE GETTING INTO THE TERRITORY OF LIKE WHAT ARE THINGS SHE’S TRYING TO ACHIEVE APART FROM NECESSARILY BEING THE NOMINEE YEAR.

>> MEANWHILE, TRUMP IS VOWING TO APPEAL THIS RULING AGAINST HIM IN THE NEW YORK CIVIL FRAUD CASE. COULD THE PENALTIES HE’S FACING THERE IMPACT HIS CAMPAIGN? >> YEAH, THIS IS A TRICKY QUESTION. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU CAN’T USE CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR PERSONAL REASONS. AND THESE FEES ESSENTIALLY

WHAT HE’S LIABLE TO PAY IF HE SORT OF LOSES THE APPEAL APPROACHES HALF A BILLION DOLLARS AND HE CAN’T JUST USE CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR THAT. NOW, MAYBE HE’LL ARGUE THAT THIS IS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. AND SO IT’S NOT JUST BUT FROM COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS, HE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO USE

THAT MONEY. THAT ALSO MEANS THAT YOU KNOW, HE WILL HAVE CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO CONTINUE CAMPAIGNING. IN FACT HE HASN’T SPENT ANY OF HIS PERSONAL MONEY SINCE 2016 ON ANY OF HIS CAMPAIGNS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS MEANS THAT HE HAS TO PAY POTENTIALLY HALF A BILLION DOLLARS FROM HIS OWN FUNDS.

AND THERE MAY BE OTHER WAYS THAT HE TRIES FUNDRAISE TO PAY OFF THOSE FEES. BUT IT WILL MAKE THINGS TRICKY . LEGAL FEES. HE HAS ARGUED THAT HE CAN SPEND HIS CAMPAIGN FUNDS ONLINE FEES, NOT THESE DAMAGES THAT HE’S BEEN REQUIRED TO PAY, BUT LEGAL FEES. SO THAT DOES MEAN THAT IN OTHER

CASES, YOU KNOW, THERE’S THE FORM CRIMINAL SUITS AGAINST HIM CURRENTLY TO FEDERAL ONE IN NEW YORK, IN MANHATTAN, AND THE OTHER IN FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA ,THAT COULD SAP MONEY FROM WHAT HE WOULD OTHERWISE BE SPENDING, TRYING TO BECOME TRYING TO WIN THE PRESIDENCY IN 2024. >> ALL RIGHT. HOST OF THE FIVETHIRTYEIGHT

POLITICS PODCAST, GALEN DRUKE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND ALEXEI NAVALNY FAMILIES ACCUSING VLADIMIR PUTIN’S REGIME OF A COVER UP AS RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES REFUSED RELEASE HIS BODY. THIS IS THE KREMLIN IS REJECTING THE EUROPEAN UNION’S CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT EXAMINATION INTO NAVALNY’S DEATH. MEANWHILE, UKRAINIAN FORCES TELL ABC NEWS THEY ARE OUTGUNNED AND OUTMANNED

BY THE RUSSIANS BUT STILL FIGHTING. ABC’S PATRICK REEVELL JOINS ME FROM KYIV, UKRAINE WITH MORE ON THAT. PATRICK, LET’S START WITH UKRAINE. ONE UKRAINIAN COMMANDER TELLS ABC NEWS TROOPS DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH MANPOWER OR SHELLS TO HOLD OFF A RUSSIAN ASSAULT IN VEHICLE. SO WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THE FIGHTING AND HOW

CRITICAL IS FUNDING FOR UKRAINE THAT’S BEEN STALLED IN CONGRESS ? IVAN YEAH, I MEAN, IT’S NOT JUST THAT ONE COMMANDER, BUT MANY OFFICIALS AND SOLDIERS THAT WE’VE BEEN TALKING TO HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT THE AMMUNITION SHORTAGES ARE REALLY STARTING TO HAVE A IMPACT ON THE BATTLEFIELD. AND IT SPECIFICALLY. YES.

THE KEY EASTERN CITY OF ACTIVE FELL IN PART BECAUSE UKRAINIAN FORCES SIMPLY DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH AMMUNITION TO BE TRYING TO HOLD THE RUSSIANS BACK. UKRAINIAN FORCES ARE HAVING TO RATION AMMUNITION BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW WHEN THEY’RE GOING TO MORE. AS A RESULT, THE RUSSIANS ARE ABLE TO AMASS ARTILLERY

AND ARE ABLE TO FIRE AND ARE ABLE TO SEND THEIR TROOPS INTO BATTLE IN A MUCH MORE CONCENTRATED WAY THAN THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IN THE PAST. AND ALREADY NOW WE’RE SEEING THAT RUSSIA HAS GONE ON THE OFFENSIVE ALSO IN THE SOUTH ON THE ZAPORIZHIA, WHERE THEY’RE TRYING TO REVERSE

SOME OF THE MINOR GAINS THAT MADE IN ITS FAILED COUNTER-OFFENSIVE LAST YEAR. SO, YES, PEOPLE HERE ARE VERY WORRIED AND INCREASINGLY FRIGHTENED ABOUT THE CLOCK ON AID IN THE U.S. THEY’RE STILL HOPEFUL THAT THERE WILL BE A PATH FOUND TO TRY AND BRING IT TO A VOTE ON THE FLOOR IN CONGRESS.

BUT PEOPLE HERE ARE VERY WORRIED. >> AND PATRICK ALEXEI NAVALNY’S MOTHER RECENTLY MADE A VIDEO APPEALING DIRECTLY TO VLADIMIR PUTIN THAT HE RELEASE THE BODY OF HER SON SO SHE CAN BURY HIM. WHY ARE THEY TAKING RUSSIA SO LONG TO HAND OVER NAVALNY’S BODY? AND HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GO

ABOUT INVESTIGATING IF THERE IS A COVER UP HERE? >> YEAH, NAVALNY’S MOTHER, LUDMILLA, POSTED VIDEO MAKING A DIRECT APPEAL TO VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING, LET ME SEE MY SON. AND SAYING SHE WANTS TO BURY HIM. AND IT HAS TO BE SAID THAT THERE IS NO GOOD EXPLANATION WHY SOMEONE WHO SUPPOSEDLY DIED

FROM A MEDICAL ISSUE WOULD NOT BE THEY NOT ALLOW THEIR FAMILIES TO SEE THE BODY AND YET TO BE SHOWN THE BODY. AND SO QUITE SIMPLY, THE SUSPICIONS THAT THE NAVALNY’S TEAM ARE PUTTING FORWARD IS THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO BASICALLY BUY TO CONCEAL WHAT CAUSED DEATH. AND, YOU KNOW, WE SAW THIS

AFTER HE WAS POISONED BACK IN 2020. THEY REFUSED TO ALLOW HIM TO BE TREATED, TO BE TAKEN ABROAD. THEY DELAYED FOR SEVERAL DAYS IN ORDER HIS TEAM TO TRY AND CONCEAL THE POISON THAT WAS IN HIS BLOODSTREAM. AND THEY SAY THAT THIS IS BASICALLY WE’RE SEEING A VERY SIMILAR THING AGAIN.

NOW, THEY DON’T KNOW THE CAUSE OF DEATH, THAT THEY ARE CERTAIN THAT HE WAS KILLED. AND IT HAS TO BE SAID WITH EVERY DAY THAT HIS BODY IS NOT BEING GIVEN BACK THE SUSPICIONS ,OF COURSE, OF FOUL PLAY. >> NOW, THE NEW YORK TIMES OBTAINED SOME LETTERS SENT FROM

ALEXEI NAVALNY WHILE HE WAS IN PRISON. SO WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING FROM THAT? >> YEAH, THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS PUBLISHED A NUMBER OF LETTERS THAT WAS SENT AND RECEIVED BY NAVALNY. IT’S POSSIBLE TO SEND LETTERS TO PRISONERS IN RUSSIAN PRISON CAMPS. AND HE WAS A PROLIFIC WRITER.

AND IT GIVES REALLY FASCINATING GLIMPSE INTO HIS WORLD. I MEAN, WE SEE HIM TALK TO ONE OF HIS FRIENDS ABOUT PRISON LIFE. THERE’S A VERY MEMORABLE WHERE HE SAYS IF THE PRISON STAFF ARE ORDERED TO GIVE YOU CAVIAR, THEY’LL GIVE IT TO YOU. IF THEY’RE ORDERED TO STRANGLE

YOU IN THEIR CELL, IN YOUR CELL. THEY’LL DO THAT BASICALLY, MEANING THAT THE PEOPLE THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE GUARDS SIMPLY FOLLOW ORDERS TO THE DEGREE THAT THERE IS A GREAT, GREAT AMOUNT DEHUMANIZATION INSIDE PRISONS. IT ALSO SHOWS, YOU KNOW, THAT HE WAS A PROLIFIC READER THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BOOKS

THAT HE WAS TAKING SOLACE FROM. HE SAID THAT HE WAS READING 44 BOOKS IN ENGLISH A YEAR AND IT JUST GENERALLY SHOWED BEING THE EXTRAORDINARY ENERGY THAT ALEXEI NAVALNY HAD AND IS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I HAD MET HIM AND I COVERED HIM FOR YEARS. AND ONE OF THE ABIDING MEMORIES

YOU HAVE OF AND IT IS THIS EXTRAORDINARY VITALITY THAT HE HAS. THESE LETTERS ARE A FASCINATING GLIMPSE INTO HIS LIFE IN PRISON . ALL RIGHT. PATRICK REEVELL IN KYIV, UKRAINE. THANK YOU. >> MEANWHILE, THE U.S. IS CALLING FOR SUSTAINED CALM GAZA AS OFFICIALS WORK TOWARD A HOSTAGE DEAL AT THE U.N.

SECURITY COUNCIL TODAY. U.S. AMBASSADOR LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD SAID, QUOTE, DEMANDING UNCONDITIONAL CEASE FIRE WITHOUT AN AGREEMENT REQUIRING HAMAS TO RELEASE THE HOSTAGES WILL NOT BRING ABOUT A DURABLE PEACE. THIS COMES GAZA’S HAMAS RUN HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS ISRAELI TROOPS HAVE TURNED THE MAIN HOSPITAL SERVING THE SOUTHERN GAZA STRIP INTO A MILITARY BARRACKS AND ARE,

QUOTE, ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF PATIENTS AND MEDICAL STAFF. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MOORE HAS THE LATEST FROM TEL AVIV, ISRAEL. HI, MARCUS. >> HI, DIANE. THAT IDF RAID ON GAZA HOSPITAL IN KHAN YOUNIS STARTED FIVE DAYS AGO AND IT IS STILL ONGOING. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT THEY HAD

SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFERRED 32 CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS TO OTHER HOSPITALS ON THE GAZA STRIP. BUT AID GROUPS CONTINUALLY SOUNDING THE ALARM, SAYING AROUND 15 STAFF MEMBERS AND 130 PATIENTS ARE STILL BEING CARED FOR THERE. WITH DWINDLING ACCESS TO FOOD, WATER AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES. THE IDF SAYING THAT THEY HAVE ARRESTED HUNDRED SUSPECTED

MILITANTS INSIDE THE FACILITY AND THAT THIS WAS A BASE FOR HAMAS OPERATIONS AND SOMETHING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITIES DENY, SAYING A HANDFUL OF DOCTORS AND PATIENTS ARE AMONG THOSE DETAINED. ISRAELI TROOPS WENT INSIDE SEARCHING FOR SIGNS, HOSTAGES, AND NO BODIES OF HOSTAGES WERE FOUND. THE IDF SAID, THAT THEY DID

FIND MEDICINE THAT HAD BEEN EARMARKED FOR ONE HOSTAGE. THAT BOX WAS UNOPENED. NOW THE RAID IS ONGOING AS CONTINUE ABOUT WHAT AN ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATION IN THE CROWDED CITY RAFAH WOULD LOOK LIKE. THE U.S. BRINGING FORWARD A PROPOSAL AT, THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL FOR A TEMPORARY HUMANITARIAN PAUSE. REJECTING A COUNTERPROPOSAL FOR

A COMPLETE CEASEFIRE. BUT ISRAEL HAS SAID THAT IT WILL MOVE ON RAPID NEXT MONTH IF HAMAS HAS NOT FREED THE HOSTAGES BY RAMADAN, SPARKING FEARS OF MASS CASUALTIES. >> AND PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ONCE AGAIN CONTRADICTING US POLICY ABOUT A FUTURE PALESTINIAN STATE. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYING PLANS

TO IMPOSE A STAY WOULD BE AN UNJUST REWARD FOR THE OCTOBER SEVEN TERROR ATTACKS, BUT MANY ALLIES SAYING THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO MOVE TOWARDS LASTING PEACE. DIANA MARCUS MOORE IN TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, THANK YOU. AND A STUDENT IS FACING FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES AFTER TWO PEOPLE WERE FOUND SHOT

TO DEATH IN A COLORADO DORM ROOM. POLICE SAY THE 25 YEAR OLD SUSPECT WAS ROOMMATES WITH THE MALE VICTIM AND KNEW THE FEMALE VICTIM AS WELL. DOZENS OF PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, COLORADO’S SPRINGS YESTERDAY FOR MEMORIAL WALK IN HONOR OF THE VICTIMS. THE SUSPECT BEING HELD ON A $1

MILLION BOND AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON. AND FORMER MOM INFLUENCER RUBY FRANKE IS BEING TODAY ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. THE UTAH MOTHER OF SIX AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER PLEADED GUILTY TO THE CHARGES AFTER. POLICE FOUND ONE OF FRANKIE SONS EMACIATED WITH OPEN WOUNDS AND BOUND DUCT TAPE.

POLICE SAY ONE OF FRANKIE’S DAUGHTERS WAS ALSO FOUND MALNOURISHED. NOW SHE FACES UP TO 60 YEARS IN PRISON. ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH HAS THE LATEST. >> AND I ANSWER RUBY, FRANKIE AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER, JODI HILDEBRANDT, BOTH PLEADED GUILTY TO FOUR COUNTS, EACH OF AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE.

AND EACH ONE OF THOSE COUNTS CARRIES A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF UP TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON. >> NOW, INITIALLY THESE WOMEN WERE BOTH FACING SIX COUNTS EACH, BUT AS PART OF A PLEA DEAL, TWO OF THOSE COUNTS WERE DISMISSED. BUT IN THAT PLEA DEAL, WE LEARNED SOME PAINSTAKING DETAILS ABOUT HOW TWO OF

FRANKIE’S CHILDREN WERE CONVINCED THAT THEY WERE EVIL AND THAT THEY HAD TO RECEIVE THESE PUNISHED MOMENTS TO REPENT, IF YOU WILL. THOSE PUNISHMENTS INCLUDED PHYSICAL RESTRAINTS. THEY WERE ALSO DENIED FOOD AND WATER. IT POSSIBLE THAT TODAY DURING THE SENTENCING HEARING, WE DO HEAR IMPACT STATEMENTS. BUT AT THIS POINT, PROSECUTORS

ARE SAYING THAT A GOOD THING THAT THESE CHILDREN DID NOT HAVE TO TESTIFY. RIGHT NOW, RUBY’S FOUR YOUNGER CHILDREN ARE IN THE CUSTODY OF THE. HER HUSBAND HAS FILED FOR DIVORCE. HE ALSO PLANS ON SUING HILDEBRANDT, SAYING THAT THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO LONG TERM PROFESSIONAL CARE. DAN?

>> ALL RIGHT, ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH, THANK YOU. AND ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BUCKMIRE JOINS ME NOW FOR ON THIS. BRIAN, YOU SAY SENTENCING WORKS DIFFERENTLY IN UTAH THAN IN SOME OTHER STATES. >> HOW SO? YES, IN MOST STATES THAT WE EXPECT TO SEE THE JUDGE COME

OUT DURING SENTENCING, HEAR VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, FOUR DIFFERENT CHARGES, YOU’VE ALREADY PLED GUILTY AND SAY THEY’RE GOING TO RUN CONSECUTIVELY, MEANING ONE AFTER THE OTHER, NOT CONCURRENTLY. AT THE SAME TIME. SO AS WE REPORTED, HE COULD FACE UP TO 60 YEARS, BUT THAT’S

UP TO THE JUDGES SAYING IN UTAH. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IS WE’RE PROBABLY GOING TO HEAR A RANGE OF 1 TO 15 YEARS FROM THE JUDGE AND THEN THE BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES WILL THEN REVISIT THE ISSUE. NOW, SHE’S BEING CHARGED AT THE TOP CHARGE OF BEING A SECOND DEGREE FELONY.

SO THE HIGHEST THE LAW IN UTAH SAYS THAT SHE CAN GET IS ACTUALLY 30 YEARS, THE MINIMUM BEING A YEAR FOR EACH. SO THE RANGE IS ACTUALLY FOUR YEARS TO 30, BUT WE MIGHT NOT KNOW THE FINAL NUMBER BECAUSE GOING TO BE UP TO THE BOARD, WHATEVER SHE GETS

CALLED A YEAR FROM NOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, WHATEVER IT IS TO ANALYZE HER CASE AND HOW SHE’S DONE WHILE INCARCERATED. >> AND THEN THE FINAL NUMBER THEN. NOW, RUBY FRANKY WAS KNOWN FOR HER VIDEOS PARENTING. SO COULD WE SEE THOSE COME INTO PLAY IN SENTENCING? YES AND NO.

>> I WOULD PROBABLY LEAN TOWARDS NO IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY SEEING THE VIDEOS BEING PLAYED, BUT THE JUDGE WILL DEFINITELY SAY THAT THEY REVIEW THE EVIDENCE. THEY WOULD CONSIDER THE HARM THAT THEY SEE IN THESE VIDEOS. I THINK EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE JUDGE, THE PROSECUTOR AND THE DEFENSE WANT TO STAY

AWAY FROM REVICTIMIZING THESE CHILDREN. SO THE JUDGE WILL PROBABLY CONSIDER IT. WE MIGHT SEE IT BEING PLAYED AGAIN IN COURT. >> NOW, REVIEWS FRANKIE HAS BEEN FOR DIVORCE. SHE’S ALSO SUING HER BUSINESS PARTNER, JODI HILDEBRANDT, FOR RESTITUTION. >> WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN THAT CASE? I’M LOOKING TO SEE WHAT THE

ARE IN TERMS OF HOW HE SAYS THAT. JODI HILDEBRANDT NEGATIVELY AFFECTED THESE CHILDREN. WE’VE SEEN ALREADY SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE IN THE PLEA AGREEMENT WOULD ALSO HAVE SAYING THOSE DAMAGES LEAD TO A SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT. HOW ARE THESE CHILDREN BEING TAKEN OF? WHAT SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE

GIVEN, HOW THEY’RE GOING TO GO FROM THE DAMAGE THAT THEY CLEARLY FACE IN THIS CASE AND GROW INTO BEING HEALTHY, YOUNG OF SOCIETY? NOW, THE JUDGE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO HEAR VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS. WHO DO YOU THINK COULD BE MOST IMPACTFUL HERE? AND MUCH DO THEY PLAY A ROLE

IN THE ULTIMATE DECISION? >> SO OFTENTIMES WE HEAR FROM VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS AND THE ADS WITH AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES AND, IT COULD ADD MORE IN TERMS OF JAIL TIME IN THE EYES OF, THE JUDGE OR EVEN THE PAROLE BOARD WHO COULD ULTIMATELY HEAR THIS CASE, NOT JUST BUT FURTHER DOWN THE LINE.

I KNOW THAT JODI HILDEBRAND’S NIECE, JESSE HILDEBRANDT, SHE THEY SAID THAT THEY’RE GOING TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK AS WELL. THEY HAVE ALREADY TOLD US ABOUT HOW THIS KIND OF CONCOCTION OF JODI HILDEBRAND’S MINDSET OF HOW SHE ABUSES AND CONTROLS CHILDREN IS SO TANTAMOUNT TO TORTURE. WE’VE HEARD IN THE CHARGES.

I EXPECT TO HEAR THEM TESTIFY. THE CHILDREN PROBABLY LESS SO. BUT I WANT TO HEAR OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO THIS TYPE OF HARM THROUGH JODI HILDEBRANDT AND POTENTIALLY WOULD BE, FRANKLY, AS WELL. >> ALL RIGHT, BRIAN BUCKMIRE THANKS AS ALWAYS. AND WE WILL BE FOLLOWING TODAY’S SENTENCING RIGHT HERE

ON ABC LIVE. AND FOR MORE ON HOW RUBY, FRANKIE ROSE TO FAME AND WHETHER THERE WERE MISSED SIGNS BEFORE HER ARREST. BE SURE TO WATCH IMPACT BY NIGHTLINE’S INFLUENCER’S DOUBLE LIFE. THAT’S STREAMING NOW ON HULU. COMING UP, CAPITAL ONE IS BUYING DISCOVER HAVE $35 BILLION DEAL COULD BRING

BENEFITS AMID SURGING CARD DEBT. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR BILL RIGHT NOW NOW. >> WHENEVER A NEWS 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 RIGHT THERE AT THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE DELIVERING 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 2020 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 FOR THE FBI IS 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. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU’RE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. AMERICA’S 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 ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS, FAST, STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH SOME SOMEONE IN BETWEEN AS BILLIONAIRES. THAT 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 DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES A LOT OF NEWS TODAY

SO LET’S INTO IT LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH 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. WE GET YOUR DAILY FIRST. LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF A STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE

COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS ,START HERE. WELCOME BACK. HAWAII IS CONSIDERING A NEW FOR TOURISTS WHO VISIT THE ISLANDS. THIS IS CAPITAL ONE IS BUYING DISCOVER AND A MAJOR CREDIT CARD MERGER. ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER HAS MORE ON THAT AND YOUR OTHER BUSINESS HEADLINES. ALEXIS, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR?

DIANE, WAL-MART IS MAKING HEADLINES TODAY, SO LET’S START THERE IT IS, THE SMART TV MAKER, VIZIO FOR $2.3 BILLION IN CASH. THIS DEAL GIVE WAL-MART ACCESS TO MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO SELL ADVERTISING AND CUSTOMER DATA THROUGH THE TVS THAT VIZIO MAKES, AS WELL AS CREATE FOR ITS SHOPPERS. WAL-MART WILL CONTINUE TO SELL

OTHER BRANDS OF TELEVISIONS EVEN AFTER IT BUYS VIZIO. THE BUYOUT NEWS COMES THE SAME DAY WAL-MART POSTED BETTER THAN EXPECTED QUARTERLY EARNINGS, HELPED BY STRONG SALES OF GROCERIES AND A 23% JUMP IN ONLINE SALES AND A MORE BUY OUT NEWS. CAPITAL ONE WILL PAY $35 BILLION TO BUY DISCOVER.

IT’S A DEAL THAT COULD SHAKE UP THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY IF REGULATORS AND SHAREHOLDERS SIGN OFF ON THE MERGER WOULD CREATE THE NATION’S LARGEST CREDIT CARD ISSUER. EXPERTS. CUSTOMERS SHOULDN’T EXPECT TO SEE ANY CHANGES RIGHT AWAY, BUT THAT THE MERGER COULD EVENTUALLY MEAN BETTER REWARDS PROGRAMS FOR BOTH COMPANIES

AND GET READY TO PAY MORE TO CHECK A BAG ON AIRLINES. THE CARRIER IS RAISING THE PRICE TO CHECK A BAG BY FIVE BUCKS TO $35 ONLINE, $40 AT THE AIRPORT. A SECOND CHECKED BAG WILL RISE $40 TO 45, BOTH ONLINE AND AT THE AIRPORT. THE LAST THE AIRLINE RAISED

BAGGAGE FEES WAS 2018. AMERICAN ALSO SAYS CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE TO BUY TICKETS DIRECTLY FROM THE AIRLINE OR ITS PARTNER IF THEY WANT TO EARN POINTS IN ITS LOYALTY PROGRAM. AND YOU MAY SOON BE HIT WITH A CLIMATE TAX IF YOU’RE VISITING HAWAII. LAWMAKERS IN THAT STATE ARE SET

TO APPROVE A $25 CLIMATE TAX ON TOURISTS TO PROTECT BEACHES AND PREVENT WILDFIRES. HAWAIIAN SPORTS IS STILL RECOVERING FROM LAST YEAR’S DEADLY WILDFIRES IN THE CHINA. HAWAII WOULD JOIN OTHER TOURIST IN CHARGING A SIMILAR TAX, INCLUDING VENICE, ITALY AND GREECE AND NEW ZEALAND. SO I THINK THE TAKEAWAY TODAY

IS YOU’RE PAYING UP FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. YES, IT SURE SOUNDS THAT WAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY FINANCE QUESTIONS FOR ALEXIS, JUST LEAVE A MESSAGE ON OUR INSTAGRAM FEED AT ABC NEWS LIVE. AND SHE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION HERE ON THURSDAY.

>> COMING UP, THE MAJOR ADVANCE AI BLURRING THE LINES BETWEEN REAL AND COMPUTER GENERATED. HOW YOU CAN SPOT FLAWS IN SOME OF THESE VIDEOS WITH SO MUCH AT 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 THE TELEVISION . >> GIVE IT TO ME. >> BACK TO. LET’S. YEAH, LET’S GET A SONG NOW. I’M SORRY THE WIND IS A LITTLE BIT MY LITTLE MIRROR IN AMERICA. >> FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE COMES THE NEW ABC NEWS. AND BREAKING NEWS INCREDIBLY

VIDEO FASTER, SMARTER AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW, YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE BUZZ IS ABOUT EXPERIENCE. THE NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW. ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME. WINNER OF THE GRACIE AWARD FOR BEST NEWS PROGRAM IN ALL

OF TELEVISION STREAM STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY JOE GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. THEY SAMPLED VICTIMS. WE’LL GET A CHANCE TO FIND THE STORY AND. THAT’S SORT OF THE LOSS

YOU WANT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT WAS MADE? I DIDN’T. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M. >> FACE TO FACE. ERIKA, WHY DID YOU WANT. THE HOUSE AND THE HOUSE, SIR, TO YOU KNOW, REPORTING FROM MEMPHIS. I STEVE OSUNSAMI WHEREVER THE STORY IS. WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE.

THE THREE ABC NEWS LOS. WELCOME BACK TO ADVANCES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARE RAISING MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CAN’T TRUST YOUR OWN EYES OPEN. A.I. IS PREVIEWING NEW TECHNOLOGY WILL ALLOW ANYONE TO CREATE REALISTIC LOOKING VIDEOS WITH JUST A FEW ON A KEYBOARD. SO HOW DO YOU SEPARATE REALITY

FROM ILLUSION? >> CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT REBECCA JARVIS HAS MORE ON THAT. YOU’RE WATCHING THE LATEST IN AI GENERATED CONTACT. THIS IS SORA IN ACTION. A NEW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT PROMISES TO LET ANYONE CREATE REALISTIC AND IMAGINATIVE SCENES LIKE THESE FROM JUST A FEW TEXT.

>> SO IS VERY SIMPLE A MAGICAL PROGRAM WHERE YOU TYPE IN TEXT AND OUTCOMES, A VIDEO THAT CORRESPONDS TO YOUR TEXT. >> FOR INSTANCE, TYPING IN THE PROMPT, A CAT WAKING UP ITS SLEEPING OWNER DEMANDING BREAKFAST. CAN GENERATE A VIDEO LIKE THIS IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES, BLURRING THE LINES BETWEEN

WHAT’S REAL AND CREATED BY HUMANS VERSUS WHAT’S COMPUTER GENERATED. THE COMPANY BEHIND THIS TECHNOLOGICAL MARVEL OPENAI THE SAME BUSINESS BEHIND CHATGPT. IT IS NOW VALUED $80 BILLION, TRIPLE WHAT? IT WAS JUST TEN MONTHS AGO. SORA IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, BUT OPENAI IS LETTING A SELECT FEW OUTSIDE

EXPERTS TEST IT AND RED FLAG POTENTIAL PITFALLS. MEANTIME, OPENAI SAM ALTMAN HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTING WHAT HIS TECHNOLOGY CAN DO BY REPLYING TO USER PROMPTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. ONE USER TWEETING A BICYCLE RACE ON OCEAN WITH DIFFERENT ANIMALS AS ATHLETES RIDING THE BICYCLES WITH DRONE CAMERA . ALTMAN RESPONDING WITH THIS VIDEO.

BUT WHILE THE TECHNOLOGY IS STILL YOUNG, SOME EXPERTS ARE ALREADY SOUNDING THE ALARM. >> WE HEARD ABOUT AN EXECUTIVE AT A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY IN HONG KONG WHO WAS CARVED OUT OF $12 MILLION IN A FAKE VIDEO CALL THAT WAS ORCHESTRATED, SAW AND HEARD HIS COLLEAGUES, BUT THEY WERE NOT REAL.

WE’VE ALSO HEARD OF VIRTUAL KIDNAPINGS THAT ARE STAGED. >> YOU HEAR YOUR KIDS VOICE, BUT IT’S NOT THEM. YOU SEE THEM. >> IT’S NOT REALLY THEM. WILL SMITH SHARING THIS PARODY OF AN A.I. VIDEO OF HIMSELF RECENTLY. IT WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED YEAR AGO BY REDDIT USER CHAIN

DRAKE, WHO SAID HE MADE IT WITH SCOPED TEXT TO VIDEO GENERATOR. FAST FORWARD JUST 12 MONTHS LATER, NOW LIFELIKE PROMPTED VIDEO FROM OPENAI AND SIMILAR AI PROGRAMS RUNWAY AND PEEK LABS. THESE VIDEOS ARE NOT PERFECT YET. I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU ONE OF THE VIDEOS, THE WOMAN WALKING THROUGH TOKYO.

WATCH THAT CIRCLE AND THE ARROW. IF YOU LOOK REALLY CLOSELY, IT LOOKS LIKE HER RIGHT LEG BECOMES HER LEFT LEG. LET’S PLAY IT AGAIN. SLOW MOTION. CAN YOU CATCH THAT FLY? BUT EVEN WITH THESE FLAWS, IT IS STILL INCREDIBLY CLOSE TO LOOKING REAL. >> DIANE SHAW IS CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT.

>> REBECCA JARVIS, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US ON DIANE MACEDO IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHENEVER WHEREVER OUR NEWS BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES CHANGED HERE IN LONDON,

IN BUFFALO, NEW MALDEN, TEXAS. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW, WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF CITY, GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. >> ABC NEWS LIVE FROM WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. STREAM ABC LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAMING NEWS ME

ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> 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 I HAVE A CONCERT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US BECAUSE OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE.

DO YOU THINK GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS WHAT WE’VE BEEN FIRED UP. THIS IS A CAMOUFLAGE. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDER. AS NO TELLING WHAT THEY WILL DO. I THINK I GET IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. ANYWHERE. WOW.

SO THE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I’M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. IF YOU, CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. >> WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES IS ENOUGH GOOD TO MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERYTHING. HERO. ARE YOU A HERO?

I WAS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS WITH THIS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND? I’M HIS GIRLFRIEND. OH, MY GOD. WHAT WOULD YOU DO SUNDAY NIGHT ,TEN NINE, CENTRAL ON ABC. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START DAY HERE? ABC NEWS. THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE

NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES STARTING. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING, MAKING YOUR DEBUT FIRST. LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> ABC NEWS, AMERICA IS NUMBER ONE SOURCE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THANKS FOR STARTING WITH US.

YOU’RE LOOKING AT NEW YORK CITY ON THIS TUESDAY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE’S THE RUNDOWN NOW. CALIFORNIA ROADS ARE DISAPPEARING UNDER FLOODWATERS AS ATMOSPHERIC RIVER PUMMELS THE STATE. OFFICIALS IN SANTA BARBARA ARE URGING CAUTION AFTER A WOMAN’S BODY WAS REPORTEDLY FOUND IN MISSION CREEK.

AND THE CITY’S AIRPORT IS ALSO CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. NOW, MUCH OF THE STATE IS UNDER ALERT FOR FLOODING. HIGH WINDS AND WINTER WEATHER. THE MAN WHO FATALLY SHOT TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN A FIREFIGHTER DURING A STANDOFF NEAR MINNEAPOLIS WAS FROM OWNING GUNS. COURT PAPERS SAY SHANNON GOODEN WAS BARRED FROM POSSESSING

FIREARMS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO ASSAULT BACK IN 2008. GOODEN WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CUSTODY BATTLE WITH THE MOTHER OF, HIS CHILDREN. POLICE SAY HE DIED BY SUICIDE AFTER OPENING FIRE ON FIRST RESPONDERS WHO WERE ANSWERING A CALL FOR A DOMESTIC DISPUTE. WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE IS FACING COULD

BE HIS FINAL EXTRADITION BATTLE IN THE U.K.. HIS ATTORNEYS ARE TO THE HIGH COURT IN LONDON TO STOP ASSANGE FROM BEING SENT TO THE U.S. TO FACE ESPIONAGE CHARGES. A DECISION IS EXPECTED TOMORROW AFTER COURT RULES AGAINST HIM. ASSANGE COULD BE EXTRADITED WITHIN DAYS. AND AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CHESS PRODIGY IS MAKING HISTORY

WITH CLASSIC SINGAPORE. JUST BECAME THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO BEAT A GRANDMASTER. BIG WIN CAME AGAINST A 37 YEAR OLD AT A TOURNAMENT IN EUROPE. OTTAWA SAYS HE LEARNED THE GAME ONLINE. HIS PARENTS SAY THEY DON’T EVEN PLAY CHESS. CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM. AND NOW TO A MAJOR SHAKEUP IN THE CREDIT INDUSTRY.

CAPITAL ONE IS BUYING DISCOVERY IN A DEAL VALUED AT $35 BILLION. A DEAL MERGES TWO OF THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY AND COULD BRING SOME BENEFITS FOR CONSUMERS. CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT REBECCA HAS MORE. >> A MASSIVE SHAKEUP, THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY. CAPITAL ONE IS BEING DISCOVERED

IN DEAL VALUED AT $35 BILLION. CAPITAL IS ACQUIRING DISCOVER, WHICH IS MORE THAN JUST A CREDIT CARD. THEY ALSO HAVE A CARD NETWORK OVER WHICH THE TRANSACTION IS RUN. AND THEY ALSO HAVE ACCUMULATED A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BASE, BRINGING IN DEPOSITS FROM CONSUMERS AND MAKING LOANS OTHER THAN JUST CREDIT CARDS.

JOINING FORCES WILL GIVE CAPITAL ONE ACCESS TO DISCOVER’S PAYMENT NETWORK COLLECTING TO BETTER COMPETE AGAINST INDUSTRY HEAVYWEIGHTS. VISA AND MASTERCARD, WHICH COULD BENEFIT CONSUMERS IN LONG RUN. IT COMES AS CREDIT CARD DEBT IN THE U.S. HITS A RECORD HIGH . MORE THAN $1.1 TRILLION. THE BALANCE NOW TOPS $6,000. AND WITH RATES RISING,

DELINQUENCIES ARE ALSO UP AMONG ALL GROUPS. 49% OF CREDIT CARD HOLDERS NOW DEBT FROM MONTH TO MONTH. >> THE INCREASE IN CREDIT CARD DEBT AT A TIME WHEN CREDIT CARD RATES ARE NORTH OF 20% ARE AT RECORD HIGHS THEMSELVES. THAT REALLY ILLUSTRATES THE STRAIN THAT MILLIONS OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE FEELING JUST

TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. SAVINGS BALANCES WERE RUN DOWN. WE’VE SEEN CREDIT CARD BALANCES RUN UP. MORE PEOPLE ARE CARRYING BALANCES FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME. >> IF YOU’RE A CUSTOMER OF EITHER COMPANY, DON’T EXPECT ANY IMMEDIATE CHANGES. YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY YOUR BILLS, SAME AS BEFORE.

AND THE DEAL STILL NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY. REGULATORS, WHICH COULD TAKE A YEAR. AFTER THAT, THERE MAY BE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR CONSUMERS. ANALYSTS BELIEVE THE COMBINED COMPANY WILL OFFER BETTER REWARDS PROGRAMS. DISCOVER CARDS ARE MOSTLY CASH BACK TODAY, WHILE CAPITAL ONE OFFERS A VARIETY. AND THERE ISN’T A LOT

OF OVERLAP THOSE CUSTOMERS. SO IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE CARDS TODAY, A YEAR FROM NOW, DON’T BE SURPRISED IF YOU GET A LETTER, THE MAIL DESCRIBING NEW TERMS AND IT MAY EVEN THAT MASTERCARD AND VISA JUMP IN WITH SOME BETTER OFFERS AS WELL. DIANE ALL RIGHT. >> INTERESTING. CHIEF BUSINESS

CORRESPONDENT REBECCA JARVIS, THANK YOU. AND LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS FOR MORE ON THIS. >> ALEXIS, HOW SIGNIFICANT IS A MERGER LIKE THIS? IT’S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING TO SHAKE UP THE LANDSCAPE OF THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY AND. YOU CAN BET THAT ANTITRUST

REGULATORS ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT WHAT THIS DEAL MEANS FOR CONSUMERS GOING FORWARD. >> SO REBECCA MENTIONED THAT THIS COULD BENEFIT CONSUMERS IN THE LONG RUN. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW? >> YOU KNOW, IT’S STILL YET TO BE SEEN. A BIGGER ISN’T ALWAYS BETTER FOR CONSUMERS.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY’RE NOT MONOPOLIZING THIS IF THESE TWO COMPANIES COME TOGETHER. IT WOULD CREATE THE SIXTH LARGEST U.S. BANK BY ASSETS AND THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD ISSUER IN THE COUNTRY. SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT REALIZE YOU DON’T HAVE GREAT CREDIT AND

YOU CARRY A BALANCE ON YOUR CREDIT CARD. YOU ACTUALLY GET LOWER INTEREST RATES AT SMALLER BANKS. THERE ARE ABOUT 20 AND A HALF PERCENT NOW VERSUS ABOUT 23% AT THE LARGER BANKS. SO, AGAIN, WE’RE NOT ALWAYS SURE THAT THEY’RE TO BE GIVING YOU THE BEST RATE OUT THERE.

SO WHAT’S THE BIG PICTURE IMPACT IF THIS DEAL GOES THROUGH, IF THIS DEAL GOES THROUGH? >> YOU CAN SEE MORE CONSOLIDATION IN AN AREA THAT’S ALREADY BEEN HAVING ISSUES. WE KNOW OUR BANKING INDUSTRY HAD SOME ISSUES EARLY LAST YEAR AND WE SAW A NUMBER OF AND MID-SIZED BANKS CRUMBLE BECAUSE

THEY COULDN’T RUN EFFECTIVELY. SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE REWARDS PROGRAMS CAN ACTUALLY ENHANCE WHAT CUSTOMERS GET AS WE HEARD, WE KNOW THAT CAPITAL ONE IS MORE OF A REWARDS BASED CAR. DISCOVER IS MORE OF A CASH BACK. SO MAYBE THE TWO OF THEM COMBINED WILL OFFER BETTER

REWARDS FOR CUSTOMERS IN THE SHORT TERM. THE NAME OF YOUR CARD’S NOT GOING TO CHANGE. IT’S GOING TO BE BUSINESSES USABLE. AND I THINK THE NUMBER ONE TAKEAWAY FOR CONSUMERS IS PAY DOWN YOUR CREDIT CARD DEBT. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO’S HOLDING THE CREDIT CARD, IT’S IMPORTANT TO PAY IT DOWN.

ALL RIGHT, ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS, THANK YOU. AND ALEXIS, STAY WITH US BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER STORY THAT WE WANT YOU TO WEIGH IN ON HERE. A FINANCIAL ADVICE COLUMNIST SPEAKING OUT SAYING SHE FELL FOR AN ELABORATE PHONE SCAM COSTING HER $50,000. CHARLOTTE COLE, SHE NEVER THOUGHT THIS KIND OF THING

COULD HAPPEN TO HER, BUT THAT THESE SCAMMERS KNEW HER WEAKNESS. HER FAMILY. NOW, SHE SAYS SHE WANTS OTHERS TO KNOW CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE. ABC’S EVA PILGRIM HAS THAT STORY. >> IT SOUNDS EVEN CRAZY TO DESCRIBE IT. >> A WARNING FROM A JOURNALIST WHO COVERS PERSONAL FINANCE.

SHE LOST $50,000 IN AN ELABORATE SCAM THAT ALL STARTED WITH A PHONE CALL. >> IT ACTUALLY SHOWED UP AS AMAZON ON MY CALLER I.D.. SHE SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY UNDER MY ACCOUNT. >> CHARLOTTE CALLS THE CUTS FINANCIAL ADVICE COLUMNIST THOUGHT. SHE HAD JUST LEARNED SHE WAS

THE VICTIM OF IDENTITY FRAUD. THE PERSON SHE WAS SPEAKING TO TRANSFERRING HER TO SOMEONE CLAIMING TO BE AN FTC AND LATER SOMEONE WHO SAID THEY WERE PART OF THE CIA. >> HE KNEW MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, LAST FOUR DIGITS. HE KNEW MY BIRTHDAY. HE KNEW MY ADDRESS.

HE KNEW THAT I LIVED WITH MY HUSBAND AND SON AND HE TOLD ME THAT MY IDENTITY HAD BEEN STOLEN BY A ORGANIZATION. >> THE PERSON CALLS, THOUGHT WAS AN INVESTIGATOR DESCRIBING IN DETAIL 22 BANK ACCOUNTS, NINE VEHICLES, FOUR PROPERTIES FOR MONEY WIRED OVERSEAS DRUGS AND CASH, ALL LINKED TO HER

NAME, TELLING HER THERE WAS A WARRANT FOR HER ARREST FOR CYBER CRIMES, MONEY LAUNDERING AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. HE TOLD ME THAT IN ORDER TO AVOID ARREST, I WOULD NEED TO COOPERATE WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION. THE THING THAT MADE ME KEEP GOING WAS THAT THEY HAD SO MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT, MY FAMILY,

AND THEY MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT MY FAMILY WAS POTENTIALLY IN GREAT DANGER. THEIR DIRECTIONS DON’T TELL ANYONE ABOUT. THE INVESTIGATION TAKE OUT $50,000 CASH AND DELIVER IT TO A VEHICLE THAT WOULD PULL UP TO HER HOME AS SOON AS THEY HAD THE CASH. COLE SAYS THE PHONE CALL TURNED

AND SHE KNEW SHE’D BEEN SCAMMED. >> OH, MY GOD. WHAT HAVE I DONE? I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS HAS HAPPENED. >> CALLS IS THE GROWING FACE OF WHO THESE SCAMMERS TARGET YOUNGER ADULTS. ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM THE FTC THE 18 TO 59 YEAR OLDS ARE 34% MORE LIKELY THAN OLDER ADULTS.

>> THOSE OVER 60 TO LOSE MONEY TO FRAUD. >> THE SCAMMERS HAVE GOTTEN MUCH, MUCH BELIEVABLE OVER TIME. AND WATCH OUT FOR THIS RED FLAG . THERE IS NO WAY THAT A A A MEMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS GOING TO RIGIDLY BE ASKING YOU TO FOLD THEIR MONEY IN ANY MANNER.

>> EXPERTS SAY IF YOU SUSPECT A SCAM FOR THE CALLER’S NAME AND THEIR SUPERVISORS NAME AND WHAT BRANCH OF BANK OR GOVERNMENT AGENCY THEY WORK FOR, THEN CALL THAT BRANCH USING NUMBER, YOU KNOW, IS LEGITIMATE TO VERIFY. DIANE EVA PILGRIM, THANK YOU. >> SO, ALEXIS, I WANT TO GET REACTION TO HEARING

THAT SOMEONE WHO COVERS FINANCE FOR A LIVING COULD FOR A SCAM LIKE THIS. AND IF THAT’S THE CASE, HOW DO THE REST OF US PROTECT OURSELVES? RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IT WAS SO UPSETTING TO READ THIS STORY, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU FROM PEOPLE I KNOW EVEN WITHIN MY INNER

CIRCLE, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN SCAMS SIMILAR TO THIS. THEY’VE TRIED TO BE SCAMMED LIKE THIS. THEY’VE GOTTEN OUT OF IT. SOME HAVE ACTUALLY FALLEN PREY. SO I CAN SEE WHERE THIS CAN HAPPEN TO WELL-EDUCATED PEOPLE. PEOPLE WHO ARE QUOTE UNQUOTE, ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW BETTER. I ACTUALLY RECEIVED A TEXT

MESSAGE RECENTLY FROM THAT LOOKED LEGITIMATE, LOOKED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM MY CREDIT CARD COMPANY, TOLD ME THAT PURCHASE WAS WAS TRYING TO BE MADE. THEY STOPPED THE PURCHASE, BUT I NEEDED TO CALL TO VERIFY MY CARD. THEY GAVE ME A NUMBER TO CALL. I DID CALL THAT NUMBER.

>> AND THEY IMMEDIATELY WANTED MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, MY CREDIT CARD NUMBER. AND I SAID WELL, YOU’RE CALLING ME AND YOU’RE THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY. YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION. THEY STARTED TO BECOME BELLIGERENT AND THEY HUNG UP ON ME. I THEN CALLED THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY, WHICH BY THE WAY, WAS

A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN THE NUMBER THEY SENT ME ON THE LENGTH. SO I THINK THAT’S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. YOU NEED YOU DON’T FEEL PRESSURED TO EVER GIVE INFORMATION. NO AGENCY, NO ONE WILL EVER ASK YOU TO GIVE THEM MONEY. PICK CALL THE COMPANY THAT YOU KNOW WITH THE NUMBER YOU KNOW

TO BE TRUE. IF IT’S YOUR BANK, YOU CALL THE BANK. WALK INTO THE BANK. IF IT’S A BRANCH THAT YOU CAN WALK IN, PUT IN. THERE YOU ARE ALL IF YOU’RE GOING ON THE WEBSITE RATHER THAN CLICKING ON A LINK THAT’S IN THE EMAIL. >> EXACTLY.

>> SO YOU WANT TO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND I KNOW IT’S HARD AND YOU GET CAUGHT. AND THAT’S WHAT THAT JOURNALIST DID IN THE FEAR MONGERING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. THEY TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN BE ARRESTED OR THEY KNOW WHERE YOUR FAMILY IS AND YOU THAT

HUMAN ELEMENT OF WANTING TO PROTECT YOUR LOVED ONES KICKS IN. YOU AND OVERRIDES WHAT YOU KNOW TO BE BETTER INFORMATION KNOW. BUT YOU NEED TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK. DON’T OUT INFORMATION AND THEN CALL THESE PLACES DIRECTLY AND TALK TO THEM. >> ALSO CHECK YOUR CREDIT CARD AND BANK STATEMENTS.

THAT WOMAN, SHE WE DIDN’T TALK ABOUT IT IN THE PIECE, BUT THAT JOURNALIST DID. AND SHE SAID SHE DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. YET, SHE CONTINUED, BECAUSE OF THE FEAR MONGERING. ALL RIGHT. GOOD, GOOD TIPS TO KNOW. SCARY TO THINK HOW EASY IT CAN BE TO FALL VICTIM TO THIS.

>> ALEXIS, THANK YOU. COMING UP, THE HISTORIC IVF RULING, HOW A DECISION IN ALABAMA COULD PUT ACCESS TO CERTAIN FERTILITY TREATMENTS AT RISK. ALSO AHEAD, A NEW STUDY, THE HOME BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS AND JUST HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE. DR. SUTTON IS HERE TO BREAK IT DOWN.

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THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING MAKING YOUR DEBUT FIRST. >> LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS>> WELCOME BACK TOS LIVE FOR US. AN UNPRECEDENTED RULING BY THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT COULD IMPACT THE FUTURE OF IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION IN THE STATE. ALABAMA’S HIGHEST RULED FROZEN EMBRYOS OUTSIDE THE

ARE CHILDREN. NOW MEDICAL WARN THE RULING COULD HAVE FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE SEEKING TREATMENTS LIKE IVF. ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS THE. >> THE FIRST OF ITS KIND DECISION BY THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT THAT COULD PUT FAMILIES ACCESS TO FERTILITY TREATMENTS IN THE POST ROE ERA AT RISK. THE COURT DETERMINING FROZEN

EMBRYOS QUALIFY AS PEOPLE UNDER ITS STATE LAW, RULING UNBORN CHILDREN ARE CHILDREN WITHOUT EXCEPTION ON DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE. THE CHIEF JUSTICE IN A CONCURRING QUOTING THE BIBLE, CITING THE SANCTITY OF UNBORN LIFE. >> WE HAVE KIND OF WHAT IS JUST A NEW LANDSCAPE SHAPE FOR THE LAW. >> THE CASE IN QUESTION

INVOLVES A PATIENT WHO MANAGED TO ACCESS THE FREEZER, STORING FROZEN EMBRYOS AT AN ALABAMA FERTILITY CLINIC. THE PATIENT PICKED UP MULTIPLE EMBRYOS AND MISTAKENLY AND DESTROYED THEM. THE STATE’S HIGH COURT SAYS THAT PATIENT CAN NOW BE HELD LIABLE IN A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT. AT POINT, THERE IS NO DECISION

ON WHEN A PHYSICIAN OR A CLINIC CAN CONCLUDE. STORING THESE EMBRYOS SO THEY ARE POTENTIALLY LIABLE FOR THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF AN EMBRYO. AFTER THE PARENTS HAVE PASSED. >> WE’RE CONCERNED THAT THIS RULING HAS FAR CONSEQUENCES FOR WHAT WE FEEL IS SAFE TO FREEZE AND SAFE TO DISCARD IN 2021.

>> MORE THAN 238,000 FAMILIES IN THE RELIED ON IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION OR IVF TO HAVE A BABY. MULTIPLE EMBRYOS ARE OFTEN FROZEN TO INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD ONE WILL SUCCESSFULLY IMPLANT. DOCTORS LIKE MAMIE MCCLAIN IN ALABAMA WARN THE RULING COULD BLOCK WOMEN FROM ACCESSING IVF OR MAKE THE PROCESS MORE EXPENSIVE OR

FOR SOME CLINICS TO CLOSE ALTOGETHER BECAUSE OF LEGAL RISKS. >> BECAUSE THIS RULING IS SO INCOMPLETE AND IT LEAVES THOSE OF US WHO ARE SITTING FACE TO FACE WITH PATIENTS JUST WITH THE INABILITY TO COMMENT ON WHAT IS SAFE AND WHAT IS LEGAL FOR RIGHT NOW. >> AND ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE

JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS A LOOK AT WALK US THROUGH THIS DECISION AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR IVF IN ALABAMA. YOU KNOW, DIANE, THIS REALLY IS A BIG DEAL FOR FAMILIES COULD BE SEEKING FERTILITY TREATMENTS LIKE IVF IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA. IT COULD MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR

THOSE FAMILIES TO GET FERTILITY TREATMENTS. BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT THAT THOSE DOCTORS THAT PROVIDERS IN CLINICS SIMPLY CANNOT DO PROVIDE IVF WITHOUT TAKING ON TOO MUCH RISK. THE DOCTORS AND LEGAL EXPERTS WE SPOKE TO SAID THAT BECAUSE THIS IS CONSIDERED EMBRYOS WOULD BE CONSIDERED CHILDREN. THIS CREATES A VERY BLURRED

LINE ON WHO’S LIABLE IF EMBRYOS THAT AREN’T USED IN. THIS PROCESS NEED TO BE DISCARDED, WHO’S AT RISK. SO ULTIMATELY, WHAT THIS MEAN IS THAT CLINICS JUST DON’T WANT TO TAKE ON THAT LEGAL RISK. FAMILIES ALSO END UP SPENDING A LOT MORE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THEY COULD FIND THAT THERE

ARE NOT OPTIONS FOR THIS FOR THEM TO PURSUE. SO ALABAMA REALLY COULD BECOME THE FIRST STATE WHERE IVF IS NOT AN OPTION FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE TRYING TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS DIANE. BUT, ELIZABETH, YOU SAY THE IMPACT HERE ALSO GO BEYOND ALABAMA. CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW. RIGHT. AND THE REASON HERE,

THE PRECEDENT THAT IT MIGHT SET. WE HAVE SEEN SINCE THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE, IN JUNE 2022, MORE STATES HAVE PUT RESTRICTIONS, WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. AND THERE HAS BEEN A CONCERN, ESPECIALLY AMONG ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES, THAT THIS COULD EXTEND INTO FERTILITY TREATMENTS OR EVEN CONTRACEPTION. SO BY BECOMING THE FIRST STATE

TO POTENTIALLY HAVE LAWS THAT MAKE IT SO THAT THE STATE DOES SO THAT A CHILD THAT IS AN EMBRYO QUALIFIES AS. THAT COULD CREATE A PRECEDENT WHERE OTHER STATES COULD THEN FOLLOW, ESPECIALLY SOME OF STATES WOULD NOW HAVE 13 STATES THAT HAVE TOTAL BANS ON ABORTION SINCE THE SUPREME COURT’S DECISION.

AND THIS IS WOULD BE A IN ANOTHER DIRECTION. >> MEANWHILE, THE SUPREME COURT IS EXPECTED TO ISSUE A DECISION IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ON WHETHER TO PUT NATIONWIDE WIDE RESTRICTIONS ON THE WIDELY USED ABORTION PILL. WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THAT? RIGHT. SO WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE ABORTION PILL MYTH OF CHRIS

STONE, WHICH IS USED IN MORE THAN HALF OF ABORTIONS ACROSS THE U.S.. REMEMBER, THERE WAS AN APPEALS COURT COURT THAT BASICALLY DECIDED LAST YEAR THAT THERE SHOULD BE MORE RESTRICTIONS ON PEOPLE’S USE OF MISOPROSTOL . AND SO THOSE RESTRICTIONS COULD INCLUDE NOT SENDING IT OUT BY MAIL. LIMITING THE TIME FRAME

IN WHICH PEOPLE COULD QUALIFY TO USE MIFEPRISTONE. AND WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS, DIANE, IS THAT THIS DECISION THAT’S IN FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT, IF THESE RESTRICTIONS ARE UPHELD, IT WOULD APPLY TO WOMEN IN EVERY STATE, NOT JUST STATES WHERE ABORTION IS BANNED. SO THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE CLOSELY WATCHED.

IT’S A HUGE CASE, HUGE DECISION IN FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT AND WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY WEIGH IN ON ABORTION SINCE THAT DECISION TO OVERTURN ROE IN 2022. ALL RIGHT. ABC’S THANKS, ELIZABETH. >> THANKS. AND A NEW STUDY, WOMEN CAN GET THE SAME BENEFITS AS MEN

FROM EXERCISE WITH LESS. ACCORDING TO THE STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. MEN ACTUALLY NEED TO WORK OUT TWICE AS HARD, GET THE SAME EXERCISE BENEFITS AS WOMEN. ABC NEWS MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT DR. DARIEN SUTTON IS JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE ON THAT AND YOUR OTHER TOP HEALTH

HEADLINES. I’M HAPPY TO HEAR THIS ONE. SO TALK ME THROUGH WHAT ARE THE BIG TAKEAWAYS OF THIS STUDY? >> I THINK IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE WE’VE KNOWN FROM STUDIES THAT WOMEN ARE LESS LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN REGULAR EXERCISE THAN MEN, BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THAT THEY ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER.

WE KNOW IN MANY OTHER EXPERIENCES IN LIFE. SO IN STUDY, THEY FOUND THAT WOMEN WHO REGULARLY EXERCISE COMPARED TO MEN HAVE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN THEIR RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DEATH OR DEATH. JUST ALL CAUSES, AND ALSO REDUCTIONS IN THEIR RISK OF HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES. AND WE’RE TALKING A SIGNIFICANT

WHEN YOU COMPARE THE TWO FOR WOMEN, WHEN THEY REGULARLY EXERCISE THEY HAD A 24% REDUCTION IN OVERALL RISK OF DEATH AND 36% REDUCTION IN RISK OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE. >> AND FOR MEN THOSE NUMBERS WERE A LITTLE SMALLER. >> I WOULD SAY A LOT STATISTICALLY, 15% REDUCTION AND 14% REDUCTION IN RISK

OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE. SO IT JUST SHOWS US THAT WOMEN ARE GETTING MORE OF A BENEFIT AND HELP REDUCTIONS IN TERMS OF RISK OUT OF THOSE WORKOUTS. >> MEN ARE. SO NEXT TIME I WORK OUT WITH MY HUSBAND, I CAN BE LIKE, COME ON, BUDDY, LET’S GO.

OR YOU CAN STOP HALF WAY AND SAY, I’M DONE. I’M GOOD. I’M TO YOU. MEANWHILE, A NEW STUDY PUBLISHED ABOUT AT HOME BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS AND THIS IS SHOW INTERESTING. THEY SHOW THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY HELP LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, I IMAGINE, IN AN INDIRECT WAY. SO WALK US THROUGH THIS.

>> I THINK IT’S REALLY ABOUT THE MORE NUMBERS, THE BETTER, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING. WHEN I’M IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, I’M ONLY MEASURING YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IN A MOMENT IN TIME. YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THAT IS A SCARY EXPERIENCE. AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT BLOOD

IS LIKELY COME UP. AND USUALLY I’M CALMING PEOPLE DOWN. IT SHOWS IN THIS STUDY THAT IF YOU HAVE A BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR AT HOME AND OTHER FORMS OF DIGITAL HEALTH MONITORS, THEN IT CAN HELP REDUCE PATIENTS WHO USE THESE MONITORS REGULARLY AND FOR POINT REDUCTIONS IN THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE.

IS IT BECAUSE KNOWING YOU HAVE THE MONITOR CHANGES YOUR BEHAVIOR OR IS IT IT’S GETTING A MORE ACCURATE READ OF WHAT YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE LOOKS LIKE? >> YOU’RE AT HOME IN A NORMAL STATE? I THINK IT’S THE LATTER. I THINK YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, I’M REALLY AS A PHYSICIAN, CURIOUS WHAT YOUR

BLOOD PRESSURE IS AT HOME WHEN YOU’RE SITTING WATCHING TV, NOT WHEN YOU’RE STRESSED OUT AND NOT WHEN YOU’RE IN A HOSPITAL BED. >> STRESSED OUT. AND IT ALSO CAN UNCOVER MASS HYPERTENSION OR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. THOSE WHO HAVE NUMBERS AT HOME AND DON’T KNOW BECAUSE WE ONLY CHECK IT ONCE IN THE

HOSPITAL. SO I THINK THAT THOSE ARE THE GROUNDS FOR STAYING. >> AND BEFORE YOU GO, I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS FDA APPROVED. THEY JUST APPROVED THEIR FIRST EVER MEDICATION THAT HELPS TO MITIGATE THE RISK OF SERIOUS REACTIONS TO FOOD ALLERGIES. >> HOW DOES THIS WORK AND HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT?

SO THE ALLERGIES WE’RE TALKING ABOUT PEANUT MILK, EGG ALLERGIES AND OTHER COMMON NUT ALLERGIES, ANAPHYLAXIS. ONE OF THE SCARIEST DIAGNOSIS THAT I CAN EXPERIENCE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, THIS NEW MEDICATION EXCUSE ME, IT’S NOT NEW. IT’S A NEW APPROVAL FOR A MEDICATION THAT’S EXISTING CALLED ZOLL. THERE IT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES

THE RISK BENEFIT LAPSES FOR THOSE WHO USE IT REGULARLY BASED OFF OF THEIR WEIGHT AND THEIR AGE. NOW, THIS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ALTHOUGH ONLY ABOUT PERCENT OF THE POPULATION IS TRULY AT RISK FOR ANAPHYLAXIS, THIS PROVIDES MUCH PEACE OF MIND FOR THOSE WHO LIVE WITH THAT ALLERGY.

THE FEAR OF GETTING ON A IF YOU’RE GOING INTO ANY KIND OF EVENT WITH MIXED FOOD OPTIONS OR AS A PARENT FEAR YOU’RE SENDING YOUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL IF THEY HAVE THAT RISK, I SOMEONE WHO PASSED AWAY FROM A PEANUT ALLERGY. SO IT COULD BE LIFESAVING. >> SO THIS COULD BE LIFE SAVING

AND CHANGING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OVERALL. BUT IT DOES NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR AN EPIPEN THAT SUPPORTS YOU TO EMERGENCIES. >> THIS IS SOMETHING REGULARLY TO PREVENT THE RISK OVERALL. ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT DR. DARIEN SUTTON, GREAT TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> COMING UP.

COULD WE BE GETTING SOME NEW MUSIC FROM RIHANNA? HER FANS SURE HOPE SO. AND HER MAN ASAP. ROCKY IS GIVING US NEXT TO HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY TOM GIRARDI. THIS STORY, WHY A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION THEY SENT OBJECT TO WILL GET YOU AN ELITE

THERAPY PARTY AND THAT SORT OF LOSS WANT TO SAY DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT I DID I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY THANKS TO FACE ERIKA. >> WHY DO YOU KEEP ME SO LONG? >> THE HOUSE? WHY IN THE SO? DO YOU KNOW.

>> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSHING THE FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINES FROM THE CAPITAL DESTRUCTIVE FORCE STORM ALONG I-5. BOSTON IS IN THE BULL’S EYE. LET’S GET ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE, STREAMING NEWS. ANYTIME,

ANYWHERE STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FOOD. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LY AMERICA’S NUMBER STREAMING NEWS FOR 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 MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH THE MAN 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 ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC

NEWS LIVE REPORTING ON CAPITOL HILL, I’M DEVIN DWYER. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE TEAM WHERE WE BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE BUZZIEST STORIES PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

AND OUR FRIEND WILL GANSS HERE . JUST GO BACK TO WHEN WE GOT. HEY, I GOT THAT. AND DR. SUTTON ARE THE SAME EXACT HEIGHT. I DIDN’T HAVE TO RAISE THE CHAIR. NOT AT ALL. SURE. HE LAUGHED. YEAH, WE’RE BASICALLY THE SAME PERSON. ALL RIGHT. WE BEGIN WITH BRIANNA

AND UPDATE ON THAT ALBUM THAT SHE HAS BEEN TEASING SINCE 2018, YOU GUYS. HER NINTH STUDIO ALBUM HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A BUT THE NAVY, THAT’S WHAT RIHANNA’S FANS ARE CALLED IS IN OVERDRIVE AFTER HER MAN GAVE AN UPDATE TO FANS IN PARIS ASAP. ROCKY TELLING FANS OFFICIALLY,

QUOTE, SHE’S WORKING ON IT. THE RAPPER GRINNING AND WALKING AWAY TO THE SOUNDS OF FANS FREAKING OUT IN STREETS OF PARIS. THE ONLY DEETS RIRI HERSELF HAS GIVEN COME FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WHEN SHE SAID, WHATEVER YOU KNOW OF RIHANNA, NOT GOING TO BE WHAT YOU HEAR. I’M REALLY EXPERIMENTING

A FLUTE ALBUM. I MEAN, LISTEN, IF YOU DON’T WANT TO GIVE ME A FLUTE ALBUM, I’LL TAKE IT AT THIS POINT. BUT I DO APPRECIATE HER SINGING AND LIKE DANCE. I MEAN, YEAH, TRUE LOVE, HER OLD STUFF. BUT I THINK RIHANNA CAN DO NO WRONG. SHE’S ALSO A PISCES AS ARE YOU.

AS AM I HAPPY. PISCES. HAPPY, PISCES. ALL RIGHT. NOW TO OUR FIRST LOOK AT REGINA KING AS GROUND BREAKING POLITICIAN SHIRLEY ON HER TRAILBLAZING RUN FOR PRESIDENT 1972. THE TRAILER DROPPED YESTERDAY, WHICH WAS WHAT PRESIDENTS DAY. TAKE A LOOK. I HAVE SOMETHING I WANT TO TELL YOU.

I AM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HOLY. SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE. SURELY IT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX ON MARCH 22ND. >> OH, AND REGINA KING IS SO GOOD. I FORGET BECAUSE SHE DOES COMEDY SO WELL THAT SHE CAN THEN TACKLE A DRAMATIC BIOPIC LIKE THIS ONE.

LIKE, I’M SO EXCITED. NEXT TO A BRAND NEW ACTRESS STEPPING INTO MIRANDA PRIESTLEY’S NEW BUTTON, I KNOW IT’S THE ROLE MADE FAMOUS, OF COURSE, BY MERYL STREEP EARNING HER AN OSCAR NOMINATION AND TEACHING GENERATIONS OF FILM FANS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAPIS AND CERULEAN. BUT NOW VANESSA WILLIAMS IS SET

TO TACKLE THE ROLE IN THE MUSICAL VERSION, WHICH IS COMING TO LONDON’S END THIS FALL. VANESSA, OF COURSE, NO STRANGER TO THE STAGE NOMINATED A TONY FOR PLAYING THE WITCH AND INTO THE WOODS. SO, YEAH, SHE’S GOT THE CALL. >> MIRANDA PRIESTLY, SHE RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, GIRD YOUR LOIN.

I’M SO EXCITED. MUSIC BY ELTON JOHN. BY THE WAY, PLEASE BOARD SOMEONE ELSE WITH YOUR QUESTIONS. SO. THAT’S ALL. I LOVE THAT, BY THE WAY. AND FINALLY, SOMETHING FOR THE SINGLE AND ANY HAIRCARE ENTHUSIAST WHO ARE CRAZY IN LOVE WITH QUEEN BEES. LUSCIOUS LOCKS, BEYONCE’S HAIRCARE LINE, SACRED LAUNCHES TODAY.

IT’S BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE AT LEAST LAST SPRING. AND TODAY, FANS ARE FINALLY GETTING THEIR FIRST LOOK AT THE SHAMPOOS CONDITIONERS, HAIR, OIL AND EVEN A RITUAL. >> BEYONCÉ EXPLAINING IN A STATEMENT THAT SHE HAS LIKE A LONG STANDING FASCINATION WITH HAIR AND HAIR HEALTH.

HER MOM RAN A SALON WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD. GROWING UP IN HOUSTON. BEYONCÉ USED TO SWEEP THE HAIR AND ALL OF THAT STUFF, SO IT’S KIND OF IN HER DNA. SHE SAYS THIS IS A REAL PASSION PROJECT FOR HER. THIS WAY, YOUR LOCKS LOOK GREAT UNDER THE NEW COWBOY HAT

EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE BUYING. THAT’S VERY GOOD POINT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHEN SHE LAUNCHES THE FAN THAT. KEEPS YOUR HAIR PERFECTLY JUST LIKE THIS EVERY. I’LL BUY THAT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR AND THANKS, DIANE. CHEERS AND THANKS TO YOU FOR SHARING WITH US.

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YOU NEED TO KNOW. YOU KNOW, THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD. LEAVE IT TO YOU. HOW YOUR MONEY BREAKING NEWS, POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS AND COURSE GOOD FOOD THREE 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 LOVE THAT. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CLUSTER OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND, A REFUGEE CENTER IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL DESTRUCTIVE FORCE STORM HIGH FIVE IS IN THE BULLSEYE. LET’S GO. ABC NEWS, AMERICA’S NUMBER

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KNOW, YOU’RE GONNA LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE DOZENS EXPERIENCE THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD NOW REPORTING FROM VADER MISSISSIPPI ON PHIL LIPOFF WHEREVER THE STORY IS WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS FIVE. I’M DYING TO SAY THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING TWO BIG STORIES RIGHT NOW.

FIRST, IN JUST MOMENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL NIKKI HALEY IS EXPECTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON. THE STATE OF THE RACE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. SHE’S IN HER HOME STATE OF SOUTH WHERE THE PRIMARY WILL BE HELD IN JUST FOUR DAYS. AND IN UTAH, MOM TO ENTER RUBY FRANKY WILL LEARN HER FATE

ANY MINUTE NOW. A SENTENCING HEARING JUST BEGINNING AFTER SHE PLEADED GUILTY TO CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. WE TEAM COVERAGE OF BOTH STORIES, BUT WE BEGIN WITH NIKKI HALEY SET TO THOSE REMARKS ON THE STATE OF THE RACE. SHE’S EXPECTED TO REMAIN DEFIANT DESPITE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LEAD IN THE POLLS.

HER REMARKS COME AS SHE IS BLASTING THE FORMER PRESIDENT OVER HIS STANCE ON RUSSIA AND HIS FIRST COMMENTS ABOUT THE DEATH OF RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY. TRUMP CLAIMS FACING SIMILAR POLITICAL PERSECUTION IN HIS OWN LEGAL BATTLES AND TRYING TO COMPARE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO VLADIMIR PUTIN. NOW THE FORMER U.N. AMBASSADOR

IS CRITICIZING TRUMP FOR HIS OF PRAISING PUTIN, ACCUSING TRUMP OF, QUOTE, SIDING WITH A . ABC NEWS DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR AVERI HARPER AND HOST OF THE FIVETHIRTYEIGHT POLITICS PODCAST GALEN DRUKE. JOIN ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. AVERY HALEY’S HOME STATE PRIMARY IS NOW JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY. WHAT’S AT STAKE HERE?

I MEAN, HER PATH FORWARD, THE RACE REALLY, YOU KNOW, VOTERS ARE REALLY PRAGMATIC AND SO THEY TO VOTE FOR SOMEBODY WHO THEY HAVE CONFIDENCE CAN WIN. SHE HAS NOT WON IN A PRIMARY CONTEST YET. LISTEN EARLIER THIS YEAR, SHE WOULD TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT SHE PERFORMED WELL IN IOWA

,WAS STRONGER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND SHE WANTED TO BE EVEN STRONGER IN HER HOME STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. SHE IS NOT SAYING THAT ANYMORE. SHE’S JUST SAYING THAT SHE WANTS TO BE COMPETITIVE. AND SO I THINK YOU’RE SEEING HER SORT OF TEMPER EXPECTATIONS HERE. SHE’S GOING TO BE SPEAKING

IN SOUTH CAROLINA, AND WE EXPECT FOR HER TO BE DEFIANT. SHE SAYS SHE’S GOING TO STAY IN THE RACE, LOOKING FORWARD TO A SUPER TUESDAY. YOU KNOW, WE’VE SEEN HER IN DELEGATE RICH STATES, PLACES LIKE TEXAS, LIKE CALIFORNIA. AND SO SHE’S REALLY PLOTTING HER PATH FORWARD. AND SHE’S BEEN STEPPING UP

HER ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE DEATH OF ALEXEI NAVALNY AND RUSSIA. IS IT THE TOPIC? IS IT THE TIMING OR IS IT. >> YEAH, IT’S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE WE SAW THE PRIMARY WHEN THERE WERE MORE CANDIDATES COMPETING, DONALD TRUMP, THAT A LOT OF THE

TOP TIER CANDIDATES LIKE RONDA OR NIKKI HALEY OR TIM SCOTT WERE NOT ATTACKING TRUMP. ALL THAT MUCH. AND I THINK THAT WAS IN PART BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT TO GET CODED AS THE OPPOSITION. RIGHT? THEY DIDN’T WANT TO BE SEEN AMONGST REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS AND SIDING WITH DEMOCRATS, SO TO SAY,

ON SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. SO NOW SHE’S ATTACKING TRUMP, ESPECIALLY ON THIS. I THINK, FIRST OF ALL, IT IS THE TOPIC IN PARTICULAR. THIS IS A QUESTION ON WHICH TRUMP IS NOT WITH THE MAJORITY AMERICANS. THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS BY A LONG SHOT DO NOT LIKE DO NOT

SEE RUSSIA AS AN ALLY AND SO ALIGN WITH HALEY AND, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, FOR THAT MATTER, ON THIS ISSUE. BUT THE QUESTION IS, HOW DOES THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTORATE FEEL RIGHT. THIS WHOLE OVER ALL THESE PAST MONTHS, WE HAVE NOT BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC BROADLY.

WE HAVE TALKING ABOUT THE MUCH NARROWER PART OF THE AMERICAN ELECTORATE IS THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS. THEY SEEM PRETTY COMMITTED. TRUMP WE SAW THE POLLING JUST OUT ON THE SCREEN THERE THAT CURRENTLY TRUMP LEADS HALEY BY MORE THAN 30 POINTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. SO WHILE THESE ATTACKS MAY

BE ON THE MAJORITY SIDE WHEN IT COMES THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE. WE’LL SEE HOW MUCH IT ACTUALLY AFFECTS SOUTH CAROLINA. EVERY SAID IT, SOUTH CAROLINA COULD COST HER THE PATHWAY FORWARD. WHAT DO THE POLL NUMBERS SHOW IN TERMS OF HER PATH FORWARD IF SHE DOESN’T WIN? CAROLINA BLEAK, DIANE.

SO LIKE I SAID, TRUMP BY MORE THAN 30 POINTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THAT IS HER HOME STATE AND THAT’S CURRENTLY THE STATE WHERE SHE IS POLLING THE BEST AGAINST, THE FORMER PRESIDENT. FROM THERE, IT ONLY GETS HARDER. HE ALSO MENTIONED LIKE TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA, THOSE ARE REALLY DELEGATE RICH THAT

ARE GOING TO BE VOTING VERY SOON ON SUPER TUESDAY, WHICH IS MARCH 5TH. AND SHE’S POLLING AT SHE’S DOWN BY 60 TO 70 POINTS IN SOME CASES THERE. AND NIKKI HALEY IS TAKING THE PODIUM NOW. LET’S LISTEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

IT’S ANOTHER GREAT DAY IN SOUTH AND WE’RE HOPING FOR AN EVEN BETTER DAY ON SATURDAY. EARLY VOTING IS UNDERWAY. I HAVE A QUICK REMINDER TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINIANS IN A GENERAL ELECTION, YOU’RE GIVEN A CHOICE . IN A PRIMARY, YOU MAKE YOUR CHOICE RIGHT. MAKE SURE YOU MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE.

MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD. TODAY, TOMORROW AND ON SATURDAY . SOME OF YOU, PERHAPS A FEW OF YOU IN THE MEDIA, CAME HERE TODAY TO SEE IF I’M DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE. WELL, I’M FAR FROM IT. AND I’M HERE TO TELL WHY I’M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE.

WE HAVE A COUNTRY TO SAVE. SINCE THE START, MY CAMPAIGN, I’VE BEEN FOCUSED ON THE REAL ISSUES OUR COUNTRY, THE ONES THAT DETERMINE WHETHER AMERICA WILL THRIVE OR SPIRAL OUT. I’M TALKING ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF STUDENTS WHO DON’T KNOW HOW TO READ OR DO BASIC MATH. THE FAMILIES WHO CAN’T AFFORD

GROCERIES, MUCH LESS A FIRST HOME. THE TOTAL LAWLESSNESS ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. I’M TALKING ABOUT THE MURDERS, OUR CITIES, THE FENTANYL ON OUR STREETS, THE CHILDREN WHO’VE BEEN KILLED IN THEIR MOMS CAR BY STRAY BULLETS. AND I’M TALKING ABOUT THE AMERICAN WEAKNESS THAT LED TO IN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE

EAST AND THE URGENT NEED TO RESTORE OUR STRENGTH BEFORE WAR SPREADS AND DRAWS AMERICA FURTHER IN. THESE THE CHALLENGES I’M HERE TO TACKLE. BUT INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON HOW TO MAKE AMERICA STRONGER TOMORROW. SOME PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW IF I’M GOING TO CAVE TODAY. WE’VE ALL HEARD THE CALLS FOR

ME DROP OUT. WE ALL KNOW WHERE THEY’RE COMING FROM. THE POLITICAL ELITE, THE PARTY BOSSES, THE CHEERLEADERS AND THE COMMENTATOR WORLD. THE ARGUMENT FAMILIAR? THEY SAY I HAVEN’T WON A STATE ,THAT MY PATH TO VICTORY IS SLIM. THEY POINT TO THE PRIMARY POLLS AND SAY I’M ONLY DELAYING THE INEVITABLE.

WHY KEEP FIGHTING WHEN THE BATTLE WAS APPARENTLY OVER AFTER IOWA. LOOK, I GET IT IN POLITICS THE HERD MENTALITY IS ENORMOUSLY STRONG. A LOT OF REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS HAVE SURRENDERED TO IT. THE PRESSURE ON THEM WAS WAY TOO MUCH. THEY DIDN’T WANT TO BE LEFT OUT OF THE CLUB.

OF COURSE, MANY OF THE SAME POLITICIANS WHO NOW PUBLICLY EMBRACE TRUMP PRIVATELY DREAD HIM. THEY KNOW WHAT A DISASTER HE’S BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE FOR OUR PARTY. THEY’RE JUST TOO AFRAID TO SAY IT OUT LOUD. WELL, I’M NOT AFRAID TO SAY THE HARD TRUTHS OUT LOUD.

I FEEL NO NEED TO KISS THE RING OUT. I HAVE NO OF TRUMP’S RETRIBUTION. I’M NOT. I’M NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING FROM HIM. MY OWN POLITICAL FUTURE IS ZERO CONCERN. SO I HEAR WHAT THE POLITICAL CLASS SAYS, BUT I HEAR FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, TOO. I’VE HEARD FROM A RETIRED ARMY

MEDIC WHO LOOKED EVIL IN THE EYE WHEN HE SAYS, WE’RE HEADED TOWARD DISASTER THAT AMERICAN LIVES ARE ON THE LINE. HE KNOWS WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT. HE KNOWS WE. CAN’T AFFORD MORE OF THE SAME. THAT’S WHY HE TOLD ME TO GIVE THEM. I’VE HEARD FROM A MOM

WHO PROMISED TO EMAIL ME EVERY DAY, AND SHE DOES. SHE JUST WANTS A RETURN TO NORMALCY. SHE WANTS ME TO KEEP RUNNING FOR THE SAKE OF HER FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON. SHE HOPES HE’LL SEE THE AMERICA SHE GREW UP IN, AN AMERICA THAT STRONG AND PROUD AND UNITED IN PURPOSE.

AND I’VE HEARD FROM A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO JUST LAST WEEK CAME TO HEAR ME SPEAK. SHE ASKED ME TO SIGN A NOTE TO, OUR TEACHER EXPLAINING HER ABSENCE. AFTER GROWING UP AMID THE CHAOS AND ANGER OF THE LAST FEW YEARS. SHE FINALLY HAS HOPE THAT AMERICA WILL MAKE IT IF WE

MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE. I’M CONSTANTLY HEARING FROM AMERICANS THESE HUNDREDS A DAY, THOUSANDS A WEEK AND OF THOUSANDS SINCE I DECLARED MY CANDIDACY. THEY SEE THE SAME POLLS AS ME. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THEY HAVE THE SAME BELIEF AS ME. THEY BELIEVE IN AMERICA. THEY BELIEVE AMERICA CAN DO MUCH BETTER.

THAT WE MUST DO BETTER. AND THEY KNOW WHEN THE COUNTRY’S FUTURE IS ON THE LINE. YOU DROP OUT. YOU KEEP FIGHTING. IN YOU FIGHT HARDER THAN EVER. THAT’S WHY I REFUSE TO QUIT. SOUTH CAROLINA WILL VOTE ON SATURDAY, BUT ON SUNDAY, I’LL STILL BE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. I’M NOT GOING.

I’M CAMPAIGNING DAY UNTIL THE LAST PERSON VOTES BECAUSE. I BELIEVE IN A BETTER AMERICA AND A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR KIDS. NOTHING GOOD IN LIFE COMES EASY . I’M WILLING TO TAKE THE CUTS, THE BRUISES AND THE NAME CALLING BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY GET TO THE BLESSING IS BY GOING

THROUGH THE PAIN. DROPPING OUT WOULD BE THE EASY ROUTE. I TAKEN THE EASY ROUTE. I’VE BEEN THE UNDERDOG IN EVERY I’VE EVER RUN. I’VE ALWAYS BEEN DAVID TAKING ON GOLIATH AND LIKE DAVID, I’M NOT JUST FIGHTING SOMEONE BIGGER THAN ME. I’M FIGHTING FOR SOMETHING BIGGER THAN MYSELF. I’M USED TO PEOPLE QUESTIONING

MY INTENTIONS. SO I’LL MAKE A FEW THINGS CLEAR. SOME PEOPLE USED TO SAY I WAS RUNNING BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO BE VICE PRESIDENT. I THINK I’VE PRETTY WELL SETTLED THAT QUESTION. OTHER PEOPLE SAY I’M TRYING TO SET UP A FUTURE RUN. HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORK?

IF I WAS RUNNING FOR A BOGUS REASON, I WOULD HAVE DROPPED OUT A LONG TIME AGO. THE REST OF THE FELLOWS ALREADY DID THAT. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PLANS. I DON’T JUDGE THEM. BUT I’M STILL HERE. I’M FIGHTING FOR WHAT I KNOW IS RIGHT. AND I DON’T CARE WHAT THE PARTY

LEADERS AND POLITICAL ELITES WANT. I’LL KEEP FIGHTING UNTIL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CLOSE THE DOOR. THAT DAY IS NOT TODAY. AND IT WON’T BE ON SATURDAY. NOT BY A LONG SHOT. THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES HAVE BARELY BEGUN. YOU’RE WATCHING A FORMER U.N. AMBASSADOR, SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY, ANNOUNCING SHE’S REFUSING DROP

OUT OF THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE AHEAD OF HER HOME STATE’S PRIMARY ON SATURDAY. HALEY SAYS SHE FEELS NO NEED TO SO-CALLED KISS THE RING, THAT SHE HAS NO FEAR OF TRUMP’S RETRIBUTION. AND SHE SAYS DROPPING OUT WOULD BE THE EASY ROUTE AND THAT SHE

HAS NEVER TAKEN THE EASY ROUTE. I WANT BRING IN ABC NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR AVERI HARPER AND FIVETHIRTYEIGHT POLITICS PODCAST HOST GALEN DRUKE FOR MORE. >> EVERY HALEY SAYING I’M SAYING IN THIS BECAUSE THE COUNTRY’S FUTURE IS ON THE LINE HERE. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE THESE COMMENTS? I MEAN, SHE IS DEFIANT.

THE FACT IS SHE IS RUNNING A VERY UPHILL BATTLE TO HER HOME STATE’S PRIMARY. THESE ARE VOTERS WHO ARE VERY WITH HER. THIS IS WHERE HER CHANCES ARE THE BEST TO COME OUT WITH WIN. AND SHE’S RUNNING 30 POINTS BEHIND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. SO IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN

EXACTLY WHAT HER PATH FORWARD IS. SHE’S GOING TO HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENCE OF SUPPORTERS OF DONORS. WE’RE GOING TO POWER HER CAMPAIGN THROUGH SUPER TUESDAY. AGAIN, A LOT OF THE NUMBERS SAY ABOUT HER PROSPECTS OF POTENTIALLY PULLING OFF SOUTH CAROLINA. YOU KNOW, NOT GREAT. AND SHE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AND

SHE REFERRED TO IT AS THE HERD MENTALITY, SUGGESTING THAT SHE’S NOT TO PULL IT OFF. BUT REALLY, IT’S NOT JUST THE HERD MENTALITY. IT’S THE DATA. YOU KNOW, TRUMP LEADS BY MORE THAN 30 POINTS THERE AND THE AVERAGE POLLING ERROR IN A PRIMARY RACE LIKE THIS IS MAYBE 8 TO 10 POINTS.

SO WE’RE LOOKING AT AN UPSET THAT TRIPLE THE AVERAGE POLLING ERROR IN SOUTH CAROLINA. AND AGAIN, THAT’S FOR SHE’S POLLING THE BEST. SO I THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT MAYBE OF THE REASONS THAT SHE MIGHT STAY IN. BEYOND WINNING NOMINATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND THROUGH SOUTH CAROLINA AND THROUGH

SUPER TUESDAY, WHEN IT COMES TO THE MOST STRAIGHTFORWARD PATH, IT’S REALLY NOT GREAT ODDS. SHE SEEMED TO TRY TO DOWNPLAY THAT IDEA THAT THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE THAT SHE’S TRYING TO GET OUT HERE. SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE SAY, I’M TRYING TO RUN FOR VICE PRESIDENT. >> OBVIOUSLY, THAT’S NOT THE CASE.

NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT SHE MEANT BY THAT. IN APRIL LET YOU EXPAND, BUT SHE’S ALSO TRYING TO SHOOT DOWN THE POSSIBILITY THAT SHE IS USING THIS AS A PLATFORM TO LINE UP A FUTURE RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN. WHAT DID MAKE OF THAT EXCHANGE? I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

YOU KNOW, SHE STILL ALSO NOT RULED OUT ENDORSING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID IF SHE WERE DROP OUT. AND SO, YEAH, THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHY SHE’S STILL IN THIS RACE. SHE IS SOMEONE WHO REALLY ENJOYS THE UNDERDOG IN THE RACE. YOU SAW HER THERE.

I REFERRED TO HER BEING, DAVID, AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP BEING GOLIATH WHEN SHE RAN FOR GOVERNOR IN HER STATE IN THE PRIMARY. SHE WAS RUNNING THIRD IN THOSE PRIMARY POLLS UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE THE PRIMARY ELECTION. IT WASN’T UNTIL JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE SHE SCORED BIG ENDORSEMENT FROM

SARAH PALIN AND SHE WAS ABLE TO COME AWAY WITH THE GOP THERE. SO BEING THE UNDERDOG IS A PLACE THAT SHE FINDS COMFORT IN. JUST REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF SHE’S GOING TO BE ABLE TO PULL OFF ANY SORT OF PERFORMANCE THAT’S GOING TO PROPEL HER CAMPAIGN FORWARD.

AND CAITLIN, IN TERMS OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, SPECULATED SIDE KNOW ATTEMPTS OR GOALS THERE. >> DOES IT HELP HER TO STAY IN THE RACE LONGER IF SHE IS HOPING FOR A VP NOD OR IF SHE IS HOPING FOR A FUTURE PRESIDENTIAL RUN? >> THESE ARE ALL GOOD QUESTIONS.

AND AS SHE SAID, I THINK THE DOOR TRULY HAS CLOSED ON ANY VP OPPORTUNITY. BUT WE CAN THINK OF MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER REASONS THAT SHE WOULD BE STAYING IN. ONE IS MAYBE THE MOST OBVIOUS THAT SHE’S POINTING TO RIGHT NOW IS TO MAKE A POLITICAL POINT.

THIS ISN’T TOTALLY OUT OF THE ORDINARY THAT WE SEE CANDIDATES WHO ARE CLEARLY GOING TO LOSE THE NOMINATION ULTIMATELY STAY IN THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE COMPLETION OF PRIMARY VOTING. OF BERNIE SANDERS IN 2016 AGAINST HILLARY CLINTON. IT WAS QUITE CLEAR HE WAS NOT GOING TO WIN THAT NOMINATION. BUT HE WANTED TO MAKE

A POLITICAL POINT ABOUT BRINGING THE PARTY FURTHER TO THE LEFT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT HE CARED ABOUT. MAYBE NIKKI HALEY WANTS TO CONTINUE MAKING ARGUMENTS, AS WE’VE HEARD SO FAR, ABOUT AMERICA’S ROLE IN THE WORLD, YOU KNOW, PARTICULAR WE AS PERTAINS TO RUSSIA, CHINA, UKRAINE, THINGS LIKE THAT,

AS SHE’S DONE SO FAR. YOU KNOW, THERE IS ALSO THE SORT OF LIKE DARK HORSE CATEGORY OF REASONS THAT SHE COULD BE IN, WHICH IS SOMETHING LIKE TRUMP IS ACTUALLY CONVICTED IN ONE OF THESE CASES. AND THERE IS SOME RECKONING WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE THE NOMINEE.

YOU KNOW, TRUMP FACES AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF LEGAL LIABILITY CURRENTLY. >> AND SO EVEN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES, MAYBE YOU KEEP YOUR OPTIONS OPEN. AND WHILE LASTLY, SHE IS SAYING THAT SHE’S NOT SETTING HERSELF UP FOR A FUTURE. I MEAN, PEOPLE WILL SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT WHEN THEY’RE CAMPAIGNING, BUT WE

ALL KNOW THAT AMBITIOUS POLITICIANS SOMETIMES TRY A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE THEY WIN THEIR PARTY’S NOMINATION. I MEAN, LOOK AT JOE BIDEN, THE PRESIDENT TODAY. LOOK AT HILLARY CLINTON, FOR EXAMPLE. YOU KNOW, EVEN MCCAIN OR MITT ROMNEY HAD TO RUN A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE THEY WON THEIR PARTY’S. AND SO, YOU KNOW,

SHE’S EXPANDING THAT DONOR BASE . SHE’S EXPANDING THE EMAIL LIST POTENTIALLY FOR HER POLITICAL. SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME IDEAS OF WHAT COULD BE GOING ON WITH EVERY. >> WE HEARD HER SAY SHE’S STAYING IN UNTIL AMERICAN PEOPLE CLOSE THE DOORS. INTERESTING THAT YOU SAID THE DOORS CLOSE ON VICE

PRESIDENT BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE IT ECHOED HER OWN WORDS. AND SHE SAID, I’M STAYING IN HERE. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CLOSE THE DOOR ON ME. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I MEAN, IT’S TO INTERPRET EXACTLY WHAT SHE MEANS. SHE COULD MEAN UNTIL WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, DEFINITIVE NOMINEE.

SHE COULD MEAN THE THE DELEGATE COUNT COULD HAVE AT THE CONVENTION. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO INQUIRE ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT SHE MEANS THERE. BUT WE KNOW THAT SUPER TUESDAY IS A STATE WHERE WE’RE TO SEE 16 STATES AND TERRITORIES HEAD TO THE POLLS. AND SO WE COULD BE WAITING

TO SEE THE OUTCOME OF RACES. BUT THE FACT REMAINS THAT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, IT’S JUST SO FAR OUT AHEAD OF HER, IT IS HARD TO SEE HOW SHE COMES OUT ON TOP IN SOME OF THESE BIG RACES. GALEN, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR IN SOUTH CAROLINA? WE JUST HEARD NIKKI HALEY SAY

EARLY VOTING IS ALREADY OPEN. THE BIG DAY SATURDAY. >> WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR? YEAH. ONE, CAN NIKKI HALEY KEEP TRUMP UNDER 60%? YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN’T SOUND LIKE A BIG WIN FOR NIKKI HALEY . AND OF COURSE IT ISN’T. BUT THAT’S BEATING EXPECTATIONS, SO TO SAY.

ALSO, I THINK WE WANT TO KEEP LOOKING AT WHAT IS NIKKI HALEY’S COALITION SO FAR. SHE HAS BEEN WINNING AMONGST COLLEGE EDUCATED VOTERS. AND I’M CURIOUS TO SEE IF THAT CONTINUES. YOU KNOW MAYBE THAT’S HOW SHE MAKES A PITCH IN SOME SORT OF LIKE FUTURE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OR,

YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE REALLY OUTSIDE OPTION THAT I DIDN’T MENTION EARLIER. >> BUT THE NO LABELS THIRD PARTY CAMPAIGNERS FOLKS WHO ARE HOPING TO PROVIDE A DIFFERENT OPTION THAT ISN’T A REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT TO AMERICANS. THEY’VE SAID THEMSELVES THEY WOULD LOVE NIKKI HERE TO CONSIDER NIKKI HALEY AS AN OPTION.

SO, YOU KNOW, IS SHE AMONGST THE SORT OF MODERATE OR MEDIAN VOTERS THAT CARRIES IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IN A GENERAL ELECTION, IF NOT IN REPUBLICAN PRIMARY? THAT’S WHAT I’LL BE LOOKING AT. ALL RIGHT. INTERESTING. AVERI HARPER GALEN DRUKE. THANK YOU BOTH. AND AFTER THE BREAK, WE’RE

GOING TO GO TO UTAH, WHERE MOM INFLUENCER RUBY FRANKY WILL BE LEARNING HER FATE ANY MINUTE NOW. >> HER SENTENCING HEARING IS JUST BEGINNING AFTER SHE PLEADED GUILTY TO CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. >> SHE COULD FACE DECADES IN PRISON. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHENEVER A NEWS BREAKS.

WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING IN ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE. EVERYTHING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE

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AND AS A SOURCE OF CONCERN, THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. ANYWHERE. WOW. >> SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OKAY, HERE WE. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY

HER TAB. I’M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. WELL, WHAT MAN DOES BEST? >> GUYS ARE NOT GOOD. HE WILL MAKE YOU IN EVERYDAY HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? PLUS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS THIS? AND HIS GIRLFRIEND? I AM HIS GIRLFRIEND.

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>> WELCOME BACK. SENTENCING IS UNDERWAY FOR FORMER MOM INFLUENCER RUBY ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. THE UTAH MOTHER OF SIX AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER PLEADED GUILTY TO THE CHARGES AFTER POLICE FOUND ONE OF FRANKIE’S SONS EMACIATED WITH OPEN WOUNDS BOUND WITH DUCT TAPE. POLICE SAY ONE OF FRANKIE’S DAUGHTERS WAS ALSO FOUND MALNOURISHED.

NOW SHE FACES UP TO 60 YEARS IN PRISON. ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH THE LATEST ADDITION TO RUBY, FRANKIE AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER, JODI HILDEBRANDT, BOTH PLEADED GUILTY TO FOUR COUNTS, EACH OF AGGRAVATE AND CHILD ABUSE, AND EACH ONE OF THOSE COUNTS CARRIES A MAXIMUM SENTENCE

OF UP 15 YEARS IN PRISON. >> NOW, INITIALLY, THESE WOMEN WERE BOTH FACING SIX COUNTS EACH, BUT AS PART OF A PLEA DEAL, TWO OF THOSE COUNTS WERE DISMISSED. BUT IN THAT PLEA DEAL, WE LEARNED SOME PAINSTAKING DETAILS ABOUT HOW TWO OF FRANKIE’S CHILDREN WERE CONVINCED THAT THEY WERE EVIL

AND THAT THEY HAD TO RECEIVE THESE PUNISHMENTS TO REPENT, IF YOU WILL. THOSE PUNISHMENTS INCLUDED KNOW PHYSICAL RESTRAINTS. THEY WERE ALSO DENIED FOOD AND WATER. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT TODAY DURING THE SENTENCING HEARING, WE HEAR VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS. BUT AT THIS POINT, PROSECUTORS SAYING THAT IT’S A GOOD THING

THAT THESE CHILDREN DID NOT HAVE TO TESTIFY. RIGHT NOW, RUBY’S FOUR YOUNGER CHILDREN ARE IN THE CUSTODY OF, THE STATE. HER HUSBAND HAS FILED FOR DIVORCE. HE ALSO PLANS ON SUING HILDEBRANDT, SAYING THAT THESE KIDS ARE GOING NEED LONG TERM PROFESSIONAL CARE. DAN, ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR, KAYNA WHITWORTH, THANK YOU.

ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BUCKMIRE JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. BRIAN, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR TODAY, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE WAY SENTENCING IN UTAH? >> SO ESSENTIALLY, UTAH’S UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT THE JUDGE ISN’T GOING TO GIVE US THOSE FINAL NUMBERS IN TERMS

OF HOW LONG WHO BEFORE MAKING HILDEBRANDT WILL. INSTEAD, THEY’RE MORE LIKELY NOT TO SAY 1 TO 15 YEARS AND THEN THE UTAH BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES ULTIMATELY THE CALCULATION. WHAT I’M ALSO LOOKING AT NOW AS WE’RE GETTING REPORTING IS WHAT REALLY IS SAYING IN TERMS OF OUR OWN VICTIM

IMPACT STATEMENT ISSUED, TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. WHAT YOU’RE HEARING THAT SHE IS AND HOW IS SHE APOLOGIZING TO THE VICTIM’S, NAMELY HER CHILDREN IN THIS CASE? >> NOW, SHE WAS KNOWN FOR HER ON PARENTING. NOW SHE’S SAYING, I WAS DELUSIONAL AS A RESULT OF WHAT HILDEBRAND WAS TEACHING OR.

HOW FAR CAN I GO IN A SENTENCING HEARING LIKE THIS? I THINK IT PART OF THE WAY, BUT NOT ALL OF THE WAY. OF COURSE, WE’RE GOING TO HEAR DIFFERENT THINGS, JODI AND RUBY. RUBY IS GOING TO BE THE PARENT THAT SAYS, HEY, I WAS LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE AND COUNSEL,

BUT INSTEAD, AS YOU POINTED OUT, I WAS DELUSIONAL. AND THE ADVICE THAT GOT FOR JODI HILDEBRANDT, JODI HILDEBRANDT WILL PROBABLY BE SINGING A DIFFERENT TUNE. WHAT ULTIMATELY THEY’RE BOTH GOING TO TRY TO DO IS SAY, I ADMIT THAT I DID SOMETHING WRONG, BUT TRY TO GIVE THEM

SOME OF A MONOCLE OR A PIECE OF GRACE, SAY I WAS WRONG. BUT THIS IS WHY TO TRY TO HELP THEM WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO SENTENCING DOWN THE LINE. >> SHE ALSO ADDRESSED HER MARRIAGE IN COURT, SAYING YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HER HUSBAND HAS FILED FOR DIVORCE. SHE SPOKE IN COURT TODAY SAYING

THAT DISSOLUTION OF THEIR MARRIAGE IS A TRAGEDY AND, IS REALLY TRYING TO STRIKE A SYMPATHETIC TONE, SAYING THAT SHE SHE HAS NO IDEA WHY SHE DID WHAT SHE DID AND FEELS VERY APOLOGETIC FOR IT NOW, INCLUDING THE WAY THAT IT IMPACTED THEIR MARRIAGE. >> COULD THAT COME INTO PLAY

WITH HIS LAWSUIT NOW, SINCE HE IS FILING FOR DIVORCE AND ALSO SUING JODI HILDEBRAND ? >> ABSOLUTELY. THE HUSBAND HERE IS GOING TO TAKE THE WORDS THAT ARE GOING TO COME FROM BOTH RUBY AND JODI AND SAY, HEY, I’M FILING FOR DIVORCE. I’M FILING FOR CUSTODY.

LOOK AT WHAT THEY SAID AT THEIR SENTENCING. LOOK AT WHAT THEY SAID THEY DID WRONG IN MY IN MY MARRIAGE, IN THE RAISING OF OUR CHILDREN AND THE WAY THAT THEY. HARLEM. GIVE ME CUSTODY. GIVE ME THIS. GIVE ME THAT. >> I CAN MAKE THESE CHILDREN WHOLE. BASED ON THE DAMAGE THAT THESE

TWO WOMEN PUT UPON THEM. SO WHAT DOES THE JUDGE HAVE TO CONSIDER HERE IN DECIDING WHERE THE SENTENCING GOES? >> AGGRAVATING FACTORS AS WELL AS MITIGATING THE DEFENSE AND PROSECUTION WILL GET BOTH. BUT ALSO WE BE TAKING FOR THEIR ACTS ARE THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME UP? WE HAVEN’T IT.

BUT I THINK THEY COME AND SAY I DID NOTHING WRONG. THE LAW IS WRONG. I WAS RAISING MY CHILDREN. THAT COULD GO TOWARDS AGGRAVATING FOR THE JUDGE. BUT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DID WRONG BY YOUR CHILDREN, BY YOUR HUSBAND, BY YOUR COMMUNITY APOLOGIZING, THAT’S HELPFUL. BUT I DON’T THINK THEY’RE GOING

THAT FAR IN TERMS OF REDUCING THE SENTENCE. IT MIGHT BE MORE OF AN IMPACT WHEN BOARD OF PAROLE AND PARDONS ARE PART OF THE PAROLE REVIEW THIS CASE, AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, HERE’S AN EXTRA POINT IN TERMS OF ADMISSION, GUILT AND UNDERSTANDING WRONG. AND THAT WILL HELP YOU IN TERMS

OF BEING RELEASED DOWN THE ROAD. >> WHAT ABOUT VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS? SO VERY UNIQUE WE DON’T WANT TO RETRAUMATIZE THE CHILDREN HERE. I DON’T EXPECT THE CHILDREN OF RUBY, FRANKLY, TO COME UP AND GIVE ANY KIND OF VICTIM IMPACT. WHAT WE MIGHT GET IS ONE OF TWO OPTIONS. EITHER THE CHILDREN OR OTHER

VICTIMS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH JODI HILDEBRAND’S KIND OF BRAND PARENTING WOULD HAVE GIVEN LETTERS TO THE JUDGE AND THE JUDGE OR THE PROSECUTOR COME IN AND SAY, WE’RE GOING TO READ THE LETTERS ON THEIR BEHALF. OR THE OTHER OPTION IS THE JUDGE WOULD SAY, I HAVE CONSIDERED THESE LETTERS. I HAVE READ THEM.

THEY’RE A PART OF THE RECORD. THEY’RE GOING TO GO TOWARDS MY ULTIMATE DECISION, BUT I’M NOT GOING TO MAKE THEM PUBLIC. BRIAN, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT. WE WE FIND OUT THE SENTENCING TODAY, BUT YOU SAID WE MAY NOT GET THOSE ACTUAL NUMBERS. >> SO WHERE DOES THIS GO FROM HERE?

SO THEY WILL THEN BE PROCESSED AS THOSE INMATES ARE. >> THEY WILL PROBABLY BE IN A LOCAL COUNTY JAIL AND THEN SENT TO A STATE PRISON WHERE THEY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. AND THEN THE UTAH BOARD PARDONS AND PAROLES AT THEIR OWN LEISURE. IT COULD BE A YEAR.

IT COULD BE FIVE YEARS. IT COULD BE WHENEV BASED ON THE SYSTEM, WE’LL CALL THESE TWO WOMEN BEFORE THEM AND SEE HOW THEY HAVE DONE. THEY WILL EVALUATE ARE THEY A RISK TO THE COMMUNITY. ARE THEY A RISK TO THEMSELVES? DO THEY DO THEY DO WELL, IN TERMS OF THE PROGRAM,

AS LONG INCARCERATED AND THEN RELEASED AND BASED THOSE STANDARDS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DO HAVE THAT SENTENCE COMING IN NOW. >> SHE’S BEEN SENTENCED TO 1 TO 15 YEARS PER COUNT, SERVED CONSECUTIVELY. >> YOUR REACTION? IT MAKES SENSE. THAT’S WHAT THE JUDGE IS GOING TO GIVE BASED ON THE PLEA AGREEMENT.

BUT THE ACTUAL NUTS AND BOLTS, THE ACTUAL YEARS BECAUSE THAT DOESN’T TELL US HOW MANY YEARS. >> IT’S NOT SIX. IT COULD BE A BIG DIFFERENCE. YOU ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE ONE OF THE 15, RIGHT? CORRECT. AND SO THE JUDGE IS GIVING PARAMETERS. THE BOARD OF PARDONS

AND PAROLES WILL LOOK AT IT, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MARKS THAT THEY CAN GIVE US 30 YEARS BECAUSE THE TOP CHARGES OF SECOND DEGREE FELONY AND BASED ON HOW THEY NAVIGATE THROUGH THE SYSTEM, IS WHAT WE’LL UNDERSTAND IS HOW MANY YEARS IN JAIL WILL SERVE AS WELL AS A POTENTIAL PAROLE OR PROBATION AFTERWARDS.

>> SO THAT’S FOR RUBY. FRANKIE, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR WITH JODI HILDEBRAND? DOES THIS SENTENCING TELL YOU ANYTHING GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT ONE ALONE? >> I MEAN, I POSE THIS QUESTION TO THE PRODUCERS BEFORE THIS AS WELL. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS WORSE TO CAUSE THIS DAMAGE TO YOUR

OWN CHILDREN OR TO DO IT TO OTHERS? AND DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT THE JUDGE IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERING, BECAUSE AT LEAST AS WE UNDERSTAND FACTS HERE, JODI HILDEBRANDT, IN MANY WAYS IS THE RINGLEADER. THESE ARE HER THEORIES AND THAT SHE HAS BEEN GUIDING RUBY FRANKE, BECAUSE WE ALSO KNOW THAT JODI’S NIECE,

JESSE HILDEBRANDT, THEY CAME FORWARD AND SAID THIS IS PART AND PARCEL OF WHAT JODI HILDEBRANDT DOES. SHE HASN’T JUST DONE THIS TO THESE CHILDREN. SHE’S DONE THEM TO ALL OF THEM. SO JODI HILDEBRANDT IS, PERCEIVED AS THE RINGLEADER, AS WE’VE ALL HEARD HER STATEMENT, CAN BE VERY DIFFERENT. AND HER SENTENCE ULTIMATELY

IN FRONT OF THE BOARD CAN BE VERY DIFFERENT AS. >> WELL. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL BE WATCHING THAT, BRIAN BUCKMIRE. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, BREAKING NEWS, MOM, INFLUENCER RUBY FRANKE HAS BEEN SENTENCED NOW TO 1 TO 15 YEARS PER COUNT OF CHILD ABUSE THAT SHE’S WITH SERVED CONSECUTIVELY. >> WE WILL FIND OUT FROM

THE PRISON BOARD A LITTLE LATER ON WHAT THE ACTUAL SENTENCING WILL COME OUT TO BE. BUT FOR MORE ON HOW RUBY FRANKIE ROSE TO FAME AND WHETHER THERE WERE MISSED SILENCE BEFORE HER ARREST, BE SURE TO WATCH IMPACT BY NIGHTLINE’S AMANPOUR ANSWERS DOUBLE LIFE AT STREAMING NOW ON HULU.

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YOU’RE LOOKING AT NEW YORK CITY ON THIS TUESDAY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE’S THE RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. CALIFORNIA ROADS ARE DISAPPEARING UNDER FLOODWATERS AS ANOTHER ATMOSPHERIC RIVER PUMMELS THE STATE. OFFICIALS IN SANTA BARBARA ARE URGING CAUTION AFTER A WOMAN’S BODY WAS REPORTEDLY FOUND IN MISSION CREEK.

AND THE CITY’S AIRPORT IS ALSO CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. NOW, MUCH OF THE STATE IS UNDER ALERT FOR FLOODING HIGH WINDS AND WINTER WEATHER. THE MAN WHO FATALLY SHOT TWO POLICE OFFICERS AND A FIREFIGHTER DURING A STANDOFF NEAR MINNEAPOLIS WAS BANNED FROM OWNING GUNS. COURT PAPERS SAY SHANNON GOODEN WAS FROM POSSESSING FIREARMS

AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO ASSAULT BACK IN 2008. GOODEN WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CUSTODY BATTLE WITH THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN. POLICE SAY HE DIED BY SUICIDE AFTER OPENING FIRE ON FIRST RESPONDERS WHO WERE ANSWERING THE CALL FOR A DOMESTIC DISPUTE . WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE IS FACING COULD

BE HIS FINAL EXTRADITION BATTLE IN THE U.K.. HIS ATTORNEYS ARE APPEALING TO THE HIGH COURT IN LONDON TO STOP ASSANGE FROM BEING SENT TO THE US TO FACE ESPIONAGE CHARGES. A DECISION IS EXPECTED TOMORROW AT THE COURT RULES AGAINST HIM. ASSANGE COULD BE EXTRADITED WITHIN DAYS. AND AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CHESS

PRODIGY IS MAKING HISTORY. ASHWORTH OF SINGAPORE JUST BECAME THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO BEAT A GRANDMASTER. BIG WIN CAME AGAINST THE 37 YEAR OLD AT A TOURNAMENT IN EUROPE. OTTAWA SAYS HE LEARNED GAME ONLINE. HIS PARENTS SAY THEY DON’T EVEN PLAY CHESS. TO HIM. AND NOW TO A MAJOR SHAKE UP

IN THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY. CAPITAL ONE IS BUYING DISCOVERY IN A DEAL VALUED AT $35 BILLION. THAT DEAL MERGES TWO OF THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD IN THE COUNTRY AND COULD BRING SOME BENEFITS FOR CONSUMERS. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT REBECCA JARVIS HAS MORE. A MASSIVE SHAKE UP IN THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY.

>> CAPITAL ONE IS BUYING DISCOVERY IN A DEAL VALUED AT $35 BILLION. >> CAPITAL ONE IS ACQUIRING, WHICH IS MORE THAN JUST A CREDIT CARD ISSUER. >> THEY ALSO HAVE A CARD NETWORK OVER WHICH THE TRANSACTIONS ARE RUN. AND THEY ALSO HAVE ACCUMULATED A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DEPOSIT,

BRINGING IN DEPOSITS FROM CONSUMERS AND MAKING BONDS OTHER THAN JUST CREDIT CARDS. JOINING FORCES WILL GIVE CAPITAL ONE ACCESS TO DISCOVER’S PAYMENT NETWORK, COLLECTING FEES TO BETTER COMPETE AGAINST INDUSTRY HEAVYWEIGHTS. VISA AND MASTERCARD, WHICH COULD BENEFIT CONSUMERS IN THE LONG RUN. IT COMES AS CREDIT CARD DEBT

IN THE U.S. HITS A RECORD HIGH MORE THAN $1.1 TRILLION. THE AVERAGE BALANCE NOW TOPS $6,000. AND WITH INTEREST RATES RISING ,DELINQUENCIES ARE ALSO UP AMONG ALL AGE GROUPS. 49% OF CREDIT CARD HOLDERS NOW CARRY DEBT MONTH TO MONTH. >> THE INCREASE IN CREDIT CARD DEBT AT A TIME WHEN

CREDIT RATES ARE NORTH OF 20% ARE AT RECORD HIGHS THEMSELVES . THAT REALLY ILLUSTRATES THE FINANCIAL STRAIN THAT MILLIONS OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE FEELING JUST TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. AS SAVINGS BALANCES WERE RUN DOWN. WE’VE SEEN CREDIT CARD BALANCES RUN UP. MORE PEOPLE CARRYING BALANCES FOR LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.

>> IF YOU’RE A CUSTOMER OF EITHER COMPANY, DON’T EXPECT ANY IMMEDIATE CHANGES. YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY YOUR BILLS, SAME AS BEFORE. AND DEAL STILL NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY REGULATORS, WHICH COULD TAKE A YEAR. AFTER THAT, THERE MAY BE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR CONSUMERS. ANALYSTS BELIEVE COMBINED COMPANY WILL OFFER BETTER

REWARDS PROGRAMS. DISCOVER CARDS ARE MOSTLY CASH BACK TODAY, WHILE CAPITAL ONE OFFERS A VARIETY. AND THERE ISN’T A LOT OF OVERLAP IN THOSE CUSTOMERS. SO IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE CARDS TODAY, A YEAR FROM NOW, DON’T BE SURPRISED IF YOU GET A LETTER IN THE MAIL. DESCRIBE NEW TERMS.

AND IT MAY EVEN BE THAT MASTERCARD AND VISA JUMP WITH SOME BETTER OFFERS AS WELL DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. INTERESTING CHEAT BUSINESS. REBECCA JARVIS, THANK YOU. AND LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS FOR MORE ON THIS. ALEXIS, HOW SIGNIFICANT IS A MERGER THIS. IT’S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE

THEY ARE LOOKING TO SHAKE UP THE LANDSCAPE OF THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY. AND YOU CAN BET THAT ANTITRUST REGULATORS ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT WHAT THIS DEAL MEANS FOR CONSUMERS GOING FORWARD. >> SO REBECCA MENTIONED THAT THIS COULD BENEFIT CONSUMERS IN THE LONG RUN. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW.

YOU KNOW, IT’S STILL YET TO BE SEEN. BIGGER, ISN’T BETTER FOR CONSUMERS. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY’RE NOT MONOPOLIZING THIS INDUSTRY IF THESE TWO COMPANIES COME TOGETHER. IT WOULD CREATE THE SIXTH LARGEST U.S. BANK BY ASSETS AND THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD ISSUER, THE COUNTRY.

SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT REALIZE IF YOU DON’T HAVE GREAT CREDIT AND YOU CARRY A BALANCE ON YOUR CREDIT CARD, ACTUALLY GET LOWER INTEREST RATES AT SMALLER BANKS. THERE ARE ABOUT 20 AND A HALF PERCENT NOW VERSUS ABOUT 23% OF THE LARGER BANKS.

SO, AGAIN, WE’RE NOT ALWAYS SURE THAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE GIVING YOU THE BEST RATE OUT THERE. SO WHAT’S THE BIG PICTURE IMPACT IF DEAL GOES THROUGH? >> IF THIS DEAL GOES THROUGH, YOU CAN SEE MORE CONSOLIDATION ,AN AREA THAT’S ALREADY BEEN HAVING ISSUES. WE KNOW OUR BANKING INDUSTRY

HAD SOME ISSUES EARLY LAST YEAR WHEN WE SAW A NUMBER OF SMALLER AND MID-SIZED BANKS CRUMBLE BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T BE RUN EFFECTIVELY. SO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS REWARDS PROGRAMS CAN ACTUALLY ENHANCE WHAT CUSTOMERS GET. AS WE HEARD, WE KNOW THAT CAPITAL ONE IS MORE OF A REWARDS BASED.

A CAR DISCOVER IS MORE A CASH BACK. SO MAYBE THE TWO OF THEM COMBINED WILL OFFER BETTER REWARDS CUSTOMERS IN THE SHORT TERM. THE NAME OF YOUR IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE. IT’S GOING TO BE BUSINESS AS USUAL. AND I THINK THE NUMBER ONE TAKEAWAY FOR CONSUMERS

IS PAY DOWN YOUR CREDIT CARD DEBT MATTER. WHO’S HOLDING THE CREDIT CARD? IT’S IMPORTANT TO PAY IT DOWN. ALL RIGHT ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS. THANK YOU. AND ALEXIS, STAY WITH US BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER FINANCIAL THAT WE WANT YOU TO WEIGH IN ON HERE. A FINANCIAL ADVICE COLUMNIST IS SPEAKING OUT SAYING SHE FELL

FOR AN ELABORATE PHONE SCAM, COSTING HER $50,000. CHARLOTTE COLE, SHE NEVER THOUGHT THIS KIND OF THING COULD HAPPEN TO HER, BUT THAT THESE SCAMMERS KNEW HER WEAKNESS. HER FAMILY. NOW, SHE SAYS SHE WANTS OTHERS TO KNOW THIS CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE. ABC’S EVA PILGRIM HAS THAT STORY. IT SOUNDS EVEN CRAZY

TO DESCRIBE IT. >> A WARNING FROM A JOURNALIST WHO COVERS PERSONAL FINANCE. SHE $50,000 IN AN ELABORATE SCAM. THAT ALL STARTED A PHONE CALL. >> IT ACTUALLY SHOWED UP AS AMAZON ON MY CALLER I.D.. SHE SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY UNDER MY ACCOUNT. >> CHARLOTTE CALLS THE CUTS

FINANCIAL ADVICE COLUMNIST THOUGHT SHE HAD JUST LEARNED SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF IDENTITY FRAUD. THE PERSON SHE WAS SPEAKING TO TRANSFERRING HER TO SOMEONE CLAIMING TO BE AN FTC AND LATER SOMEONE WHO SAID THEY WERE PART OF THE CIA. >> SHE KNEW MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, THE LAST FOUR DIGITS.

HE KNEW MY BIRTHDAY. HE KNEW MY ADDRESS. HE THAT I LIVED WITH MY HUSBAND AND SON. AND HE TOLD ME THAT MY IDENTITY HAD BEEN STOLEN BY A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION. >> THE PERSON CAUSE THOUGHT WAS AN INVESTIGATOR DESCRIBING IN DETAIL 22 BANK ACCOUNTS NINE VEHICLES, FOUR PROPERTIES, MONEY WIRED OVERSEAS, DRUGS

AND CASH, ALL LINKED TO HER NAME, TELLING HER THERE WAS A WARRANT OUT FOR HER ARREST FOR CYBER CRIMES, MONEY LAUNDERING AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. >> HE TOLD ME THAT IN ORDER TO ARREST, I WOULD NEED TO COOPERATE WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION. THE THING THAT MADE ME KEEP GOING WAS THAT THEY HAD SO MUCH

INFORMATION ABOUT MY FAMILY AND THEY MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT MY FAMILY WAS POTENTIALLY IN GREAT DANGER. >> THEIR DIRECTIONS DON’T ANYONE ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION TAKE OUT $50,000 CASH AND DELIVER IT TO A VEHICLE THAT WOULD PULL UP TO HER HOME AS SOON AS THEY HAD THE CASH?

COLE SAYS THE PHONE CALL TURNED AND SHE KNEW SHE’D BEEN SCAMMED. OH, MY GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE? >> I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS HAS HAPPENED. >> COLE’S IS THE GROWING FACE OF WHO THESE TARGET? YOUNGER ADULTS. ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM THE FTC, 18 TO 59 YEAR OLDS ARE 34%

MORE LIKELY THAN OLDER ADULTS. THOSE OVER 60 TO LOSE MONEY TO FRAUD. >> THE SCAMMERS HAVE GOTTEN MUCH MORE BELIEVABLE OVER TIME. >> AND WATCH OUT THIS BIG RED FLAG. THERE IS NO WAY THAT A A MEMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS GOING TO LEGITIMATELY BE ASKING YOU TO FORWARD THEIR MONEY

IN ANY MANNER. >> EXPERTS SAY IF YOU SUSPECT SCAM, ASK FOR THE CALLER’S NAME AND THEIR SUPERVISORS NAME AND WHAT BRANCH OF BANK OR GOVERNMENT AGENCY THEY WORK FOR? THEN CALL THAT BRANCH USING A NUMBER YOU KNOW IS LEGITIMATE TO VERIFY. >> DIANE EVA PILGRIM, THANK YOU.

SO, ALEXIS, I TO GET YOUR REACTION TO HEARING THAT SOMEONE WHO COVERS FINANCE FOR A LIVING COULD FALL FOR A SCAM LIKE THIS. AND IF THAT’S THE CASE, HOW DO THE REST OF US PROTECT OURSELVES? YOU KNOW, IT WAS SO UPSETTING TO READ THIS STORY, BUT I

HAVE TO TELL YOU FROM, PEOPLE I KNOW EVEN WITHIN MY INNER CIRCLE, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN SCAMS SIMILAR TO THIS. THEY TRIED TO BE SCAM LIKE THIS. THEY’VE GOTTEN OUT OF IT SOME HAVE ACTUALLY FALLEN PREY. SO I CAN SEE WHERE THIS CAN HAPPEN TO WELL-EDUCATED PEOPLE WHO ARE QUOTE UNQUOTE,

ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW BETTER. I ACTUALLY RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE RECENTLY FROM THAT LOOKED LEGITIMATE LOOKED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM MY CREDIT CARD COMPANY TOLD ME THAT A PURCHASE WAS WAS TRYING TO BE MADE. THEY STOPPED THE PURCHASE, BUT I NEEDED TO CALL TO VERIFY MY.

THEY GAVE ME A NUMBER TO CALL. I DID CALL THAT NUMBER. AND THEY WANTED MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, MY CREDIT CARD NUMBER. AND I SAID, WELL, YOU’RE CALLING AND YOU’RE THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY. YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION. THEY STARTED TO BECOME BELLIGERENT AND THEY HUNG UP ON ME.

I THEN CALLED THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY, WHICH BY THE WAY, WAS A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN THE NUMBER THEY SENT ME ON THE LINK. SO I THINK THAT’S YOU NEED TO DO YOU NEED YOU DON’T FEEL PRESSURED TO EVER GIVE INFORMATION. NO AGENCY, NO ONE WILL EVER ASK

YOU TO GIVE THEM MONEY TO CALL THE COMPANY. YOU KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER YOU KNOW TO BE TRUE. IF IT’S YOUR BANK, YOU CALL THE BANK. WALK INTO THE BANK. IF IT’S A BRANCH THAT YOU CAN WALK IN, PUT IN. THERE YOU ARE. WELL, IF YOU’RE GOING THE WEBSITE RATHER THAN

CLICKING ON A LINK THAT’S IN THE EMAIL. EXACTLY. SO YOU WANT TO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND I KNOW IT’S HARD AND YOU GET CAUGHT UP AND THAT’S WHAT THAT JOURNALIST DID IN THE FEAR MONGERING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. THEY TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN

BE ARRESTED OR THEY KNOW WHERE YOUR FAMILY IS AND YOU KNOW, HUMAN ELEMENT OF WANTING TO PROTECT YOUR LOVED ONES KICKS IN, YOU KNOW, AND OVERRIDES WHAT YOU KNOW TO BE BETTER INFORMATION, YOU KNOW. BUT YOU NEED TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK. DON’T GET INFORMATION AND THEN CALL THESE PLACES DIRECTLY

AND TALK TO THEM. ALSO, CHECK YOUR CREDIT CARD AND BANK STATEMENTS. THAT WOMAN, SHE WE DIDN’T TALK IT IN THE PIECE, BUT THAT JOURNALIST DID. >> AND SHE SAID SHE DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY YET, SHE CONTINUED BECAUSE OF THE FEAR MONGERING. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. GOOD TIPS TO KNOW.

SCARY TO THINK HOW EASY IT CAN BE TO FALL VICTIM TO THIS. ALEXIS, THANK YOU. COMING UP, HISTORIC IBM RULING HOW A DECISION IN ALABAMA COULD PUT ACCESS TO CERTAIN FERTILITY TREATMENTS AT RISK. ALSO AHEAD, A NEW STUDY, THE HOME BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS AND JUST HOW AFFECTED THEY ARE.

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BY THE ALABAMA COURT COULD IMPACT THE FUTURE OF IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION IN THE STATE. ALABAMA’S HIGHEST COURT RULED FROZEN EMBRYOS OUTSIDE THE ARE CHILDREN. NOW MEDICAL EXPERTS WARN THE RULING COULD HAVE FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES FOR. THOSE SEEKING FERTILITY TREATMENTS LIKE IVF. ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS THE LATEST.

>> THE FIRST OF ITS KIND DECISION BY THE SUPREME COURT THAT COULD PUT FAMILIES ACCESS TO FERTILITY TREATMENTS . IN THE POST ROE ERA AT RISK. THE COURT DETERMINING FROZEN QUALIFY AS PEOPLE UNDER A STATE LAW RULING CHILDREN ARE CHILDREN WITHOUT EXCEPTION BASED ON DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE. THE CHIEF JUSTICE, IN A

CONCURRING OPINION QUOTING BIBLE CITING THE SANCTITY OF UNBORN LIFE. WE HAVE KIND OF WHAT IS JUST A BRAND NEW LANDSCAPE FOR THE LAW. >> THE CASE IN QUESTION INVOLVES A PATIENT WHO MANAGED TO ACCESS THE FREEZER, STORING FROZEN EMBRYOS AT AN ALABAMA FERTILITY CLINIC. THE PATIENT PICKED UP MULTIPLE

EMBRYOS AND MISTAKENLY DROPPED AND DESTROYED THEM. THE STATE’S HIGH COURT, THAT PATIENT CAN NOW BE HELD LIABLE IN A WRONGFUL DEATH. AT THIS POINT, THERE IS NO DECISION ON WHEN A PHYSICIAN OR A CLINIC CAN CONCLUDE STORING THESE EMBRYOS. SO THEY ARE POTENTIALLY FOR THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF AN EMBRYO

AFTER THE PARENTS HAVE PASSED. >> WE’RE CONCERNED THAT THIS RULING HAS FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES FOR WHAT WE FEEL IS SAFE TO FREEZE AND SAFE TO DISCARD IN 2021. >> MORE THAN 238,000 FAMILIES IN THE U.S. RELIED ON IN VITRO FERTILIZATION OR IVF TO HAVE A BABY. MULTIPLE EMBRYOS ARE OFTEN FROZEN TO INCREASE

THE LIKELIHOOD THAT ONE WAS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLANT. DOCTORS LIKE MAMIE MCLAIN IN ALABAMA WARN, THE RULING COULD BLOCK WOMEN FROM ACCESSING IVF, MAKE THE PROCESS MORE EXPENSIVE, OR FOR SOME CLINICS TO CLOSE ALTOGETHER BECAUSE OF LEGAL. >> BECAUSE THIS RULING IS SO INCOMPLETE AND IT LEAVES THOSE OF US WHO ARE SITTING FACE

TO FACE WITH PATIENTS JUST WITH THE INABILITY TO ON WHAT IS SAFE AND WHAT IS LEGAL FOR THEM RIGHT NOW. >> AND ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. ELIZABETH, WALK US THROUGH THIS DECISION AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR TREATMENTS IN ALABAMA. YOU KNOW, DIANE, THIS REALLY

IS A BIG DEAL FOR FILIES WHO COULD BE SEEKING FERTILITY TREATMENTS LIKE IVF IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA. ESSENTIALLY, IT COULD MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE TO GET FERTILITY TREATMENTS BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT THAT THOSE DOCTORS, THE PROVIDERS IN CLINICS SIMPLY CANNOT DO PROVIDE IVF WITHOUT TAKING ON TOO MUCH RISK.

THE DOCTORS, LEGAL EXPERTS THAT WE SPOKE TO SAID THAT BECAUSE THIS IS CONSIDERED EMBRYOS WOULD BE CONSIDERED CHILDREN, THIS CREATES A VERY BLURRED LINE ON WHO’S LIABLE. EMBRYOS THAT AREN’T USED IN THIS PROCESS NEED TO BE DISCARDED, WHO’S AT RISK. SO ULTIMATELY, WHAT THIS COULD MEAN IS THAT CLINICS JUST DON’T

WANT TO TAKE ON THAT RISK. FAMILIES COULD ALSO END UP SPENDING A LOT MORE TO GO THAT PROCESS. THEY COULD FIND THAT THERE ARE NOT OPTIONS FOR THIS FOR THEM TO PURSUE. SO ALABAMA REALLY COULD BECOME THE FIRST STATE WHERE IVF IS NOT AN OPTION FOR FAMILIES

WHO ARE TRYING TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS DIANE. BUT ELIZABETH YOU SAY THE IMPACT HERE COULD ALSO GO BEYOND ALABAMA. CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW. RIGHT. AND THE REASON HERE IS THE PRECEDENT THAT IT MIGHT SET. WE’VE SEEN SINCE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE IN JUNE 20, 22, MORE STATES HAVE PUT

RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND THERE HAS BEEN A CONCERN, ESPECIALLY AMONG ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES, THAT COULD EXTEND INTO FERTILITY TREATMENTS OR EVEN CONTRACEPTION. SO BY BECOMING THE FIRST STATE TO POTENTIALLY HAVE LAWS THAT MAKE SO THAT THE STATE DOES SO, THAT A CHILD THAT IS AN EMBRYO QUALIFIES AS LIFE.

THAT COULD CREATE A PRECEDENT. OTHER STATES COULD THEN FOLLOW, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THESE STATES. WE NOW HAVE 13 STATES THAT HAVE TOTAL BANS ON ABORTION. DIANE, SINCE SUPREME COURT’S DECISION AND THIS WOULD BE A STEP IN THAT OTHER DIRECTION. >> MEANWHILE, THE SUPREME COURT IS EXPECTED TO ISSUE A DECISION

IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ON WHETHER TO PUT NATIONWIDE RESTRICTIONS, THE WIDELY USED ABORTION PILL. >> WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THAT? RIGHT. SO WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE ABORTION PILL, MIFEPRISTONE, WHICH IS USED IN MORE THAN HALF OF ABORTIONS ACROSS THE U.S.. REMEMBER, THERE WAS AN APPEALS COURT THAT BASICALLY DECIDED

LAST YEAR THAT THERE SHOULD BE MORE RESTRICTION ON PEOPLE’S USE OF MIFEPRISTONE. SO THOSE RESTRICTIONS COULD INCLUDE NOT SENDING IT OUT BY MAIL. LIMITING THE TIME FRAME IN WHICH PEOPLE QUALIFY TO USE MIFEPRISTONE. AND WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS, DIANE, IS THAT THIS DECISION THAT’S IN FRONT OF THE SUPREME

COURT, IF THESE RESTRICTIONS ARE UPHELD. IT WOULD APPLY TO WOMEN IN EVERY STATE, NOT JUST STATES WHERE ABORTION IS BANNED. SO THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE CLOSELY WATCHED. IT’S A HUGE CASE, HUGE DECISION IN FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY WEIGH IN ON ABORTION

SINCE THAT DECISION TO OVERTURN IN 2022. ALL RIGHT. ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE. THANKS, ELIZABETH. THANKS. AND A NEW STUDY FINDS WOMEN CAN GET THE SAME BENEFITS MEN FROM EXERCISE WITH LESS EFFORT. ACCORDING TO THE STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, MEN ACTUALLY NEED TO WORK OUT

TWICE AS HARD TO GET THE SAME EXERCISE BENEFITS WOMEN. ABC NEWS MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT DR. DARIEN SUTTON IS JOINING ME NOW. MORE ON THAT AND YOUR OTHER TOP HEALTH HEADLINES. I’M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. SO, DOCTOR, WHAT ARE THE BIG TAKEAWAYS OF THIS STUDY? >> I THINK IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE’VE KNOWN

FROM STUDIES THAT WOMEN ARE LESS LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN REGULAR EXERCISE MEN, BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THAT THEY ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER. WE KNOW IN MANY OTHER EXPERIENCES IN LIFE. SO IN THIS STUDY THEY FOUND THAT WOMEN WHO REGULARLY EXERCISE COMPARED TO MEN HAVE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN THEIR RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR

DEATH OR DEATH. JUST ALL CAUSES, AND ALSO REDUCTIONS IN THEIR RISK OF HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES. AND WE’RE ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT WHEN YOU COMPARE THE TWO FOR WOMEN, WHEN THEY REGULARLY EXERCISE, THEY HAD A 24% REDUCTION IN OVERALL RISK OF DEATH AND 36% REDUCTION IN RISK OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE.

AND FOR MEN THOSE NUMBERS WERE A LITTLE SMALLER, I WOULD SAY STATISTICALLY 15% REDUCTION AND 14% REDUCTION IN RISK OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE. >> SO IT JUST SHOWS US THAT WOMEN ARE MORE OF A BENEFIT AND HELP REDUCTIONS IN TERMS OF RISK OUT THOSE WORKOUTS IMMINENT.

>> SO NEXT TIME I WORK OUT WITH MY HUSBAND, I CAN BE LIKE, COME ON, LET’S GO, OR YOU CAN STOP HALFWAY AND SAY, I’M DONE. MAYBE I’M GOING DO BETTER. MEANWHILE, A NEW STUDY PUBLISHED ABOUT HOME BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS. >> I THOUGHT, THIS IS SO INTERESTING. THEY SHOW THAT THEY CAN

ACTUALLY HELP LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE. I IMAGINE IN AN INDIRECT. >> SO WALK US THROUGH THIS ONE. I THINK IT’S REALLY ABOUT THE MORE NUMBERS, THE BETTER, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING. WHEN I’M IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, I’M ONLY MEASURING YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IN A MOMENT IN TIME.

AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THAT IS A SCARY EXPERIENCE. AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT BLOOD PRESSURE IS LIKELY COME UP. AND USUALLY I’M CALLING PEOPLE DOWN. >> IT SHOWS IN THIS STUDY THAT IF YOU HAVE A BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF MONITOR AT HOME AND OTHER FORMS DIGITAL HEALTH MONITORS, THEN IT CAN HELP

REDUCE PATIENTS WHO USE THESE MONITORS REGULARLY AT MORE POINT REDUCTIONS IN THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE. >> NOW, THAT MIGHT NOT LIKE A LOT, BUT SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION EXCUSE ME, SMALL REDUCTIONS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME CAN SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT AND BENEFIT YOUR HEART, YOUR BRAIN YOUR KIDNEYS. SO IT’S JUST A REMINDER

THAT MAYBE THOSE BLOOD PRESSURE CUFFS ARE HELPFUL WHEN YOU USE THEM AT HOME. >> IS IT BECAUSE KNOWING YOU HAVE THE MONITOR CHANGES YOUR BEHAVIOR OR IS IT BECAUSE IT’S GETTING A MORE ACCURATE READ OF WHAT BLOOD PRESSURE LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU’RE AT HOME IN A NORMAL STATE?

I THINK IT’S THE LATTER. I THINK YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, I’M REALLY, AS A PHYSICIAN, CURIOUS WHAT YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IS AT HOME WHEN YOU’RE SITTING WATCHING TV, NOT WHEN YOU’RE STRESSED OUT, NOT WHEN YOU’RE IN A HOSPITAL BED, STRESSED OUT. AND IT ALSO CAN UNCOVER MASS HYPERTENSION OR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

THOSE WHO HAVE HIGHER NUMBERS AT HOME AND DON’T KNOW BECAUSE WE ONLY CHECK IT ONCE IN THE HOSPITAL. >> SO I THINK THAT THOSE ARE INTERESTING. AND BEFORE YOU GO, I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS FDA APPROVED. THEY JUST APPROVED THEIR FIRST EVER MEDICATION. AND THAT HELPS TO MITIGATE

THE RISK OF SERIOUS REACTION TO FOOD ALLERGIES. HOW DOES THIS WORK AND HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT? SO ALLERGIES WE’RE TALKING ABOUT ARE PEANUT MILK, EGG ALLERGIES AND OTHER COMMON NUT ALLERGIES ANAPHYLAXIS. ONE OF THE SCARIEST DIAGNOSIS THAT I CAN EXPERIENCE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM THIS MEDICATION EXCUSE ME, IT’S NOT NEW.

IT’S A NEW APPROVAL FOR A MEDICATION THAT’S EXISTED ZOLLNER. IT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES THE RISK OF ANAPHYLAXIS FOR THOSE WHO USE IT REGULARLY BASED OFF OF THEIR WEIGHT AND THEIR AGE. NOW THIS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ALTHOUGH ONLY ABOUT 5% OF THE POPULATION IS TRULY AT RISK FOR ANAPHYLAXIS. THIS PROVIDES SO MUCH PEACE

OF MIND FOR THOSE WHO, WITH THAT ALLERGY, THE FEAR OF GETTING ON A PLANE, THE FEAR OF GOING INTO ANY OF EVENT WITH MIXED FOOD OPTIONS, OR AS A PARENT, THE FEAR OF SENDING YOUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL IF THEY HAVE THAT RISK. >> I KNOW SOMEONE WHO PASSED

AWAY FROM A PEANUT ALLERGY. SO ABSOLUTELY, IT COULD BE LIFE SAVING. SO THIS COULD BE LIFE SAVING AND CHANGING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OVERALL. BUT IT DOES NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR AN EPIPEN. THAT’S FOR CUTE EMERGENCIES. >> THIS IS SOMETHING TO DO REGULARLY TO PREVENT THE RISK OVERALL. RIGHT. >> ABC NEWS MEDICAL

CORRESPONDENT DR. DARIEN SUTTON, GREAT TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. COMING UP, COULD BE GETTING SOME NEW MUSIC FROM RIHANNA. HER FANS SURE HOPE SO. HER MAN ASAP. ROCKY IS GIVING US AN UPDATE. WILL GANSS HAS TEAM NEXT. >> 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 STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD OUR MURROW AWARDS.

SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING STAR 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. 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 ALL ON TELEVISION RIGHT NOW. >> THERE’S SO MUCH HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD, SO MUCH AT STAKE AT THE START OF EVERY MORNING, MAKING SENSE OF IT ALL.

THAT’S NOT ALWAYS SO EASY. AND THAT’S WHERE WE IN. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. WE WANT YOU TO KNOW EVERY MORNING WE’RE RIGHT HERE AND WE GOT YOU REPORTING THE CARGO SHIP FIRE IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ON AARON KATERSKY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE .

WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE TEAM WHERE WE BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE BUZZIEST STORIES. PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. AND OUR FRIEND WILL GANSS IS HERE. JUST GO BACK TO WHAT WE GOT. HEY, I GOT THAT. ME AND DR. SUTTON ARE THE SAME EXACT HEIGHT.

I DIDN’T HAVE TO THE CHAIR. NOT AT ALL. HE LEFT. YEAH. WE’RE BASICALLY THE SAME PERSON . ALL RIGHT. WE BEGIN WITH BRIANNA AND AN UPDATE ON THAT ALBUM THAT SHE BEEN TEASING SINCE 2018, YOU GUYS. HER NINTH STUDIO ALBUM HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A WHILE WITH THE NAVY.

THAT’S WHAT RIHANNA’S FANS ARE CALLED IS IN OVERDRIVE AFTER HER MAN GAVE AN UPDATE TO FANS IN PARIS ASAP. ROCKY TELLING FANS OFFICIALLY, QUOTE, SHE’S WORKING ON IT. THE RAPPER THEN GRINNING AND WALKING AWAY TO THE SOUNDS OF FANS FREAKING OUT IN THE STREETS OF PARIS. THE ONLY DEETS RIRI HERSELF HAS

GIVEN COME FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. WHEN SHE SAID, WHATEVER YOU KNOW OF, RIHANNA IS NOT GOING TO BE WHAT HEAR? I’M REALLY EXPERIMENTING A FLUTE ALBUM. I MEAN, LISTEN, IF RIHANNA WANTS TO GIVE ME A FLUTE ALBUM, I’LL TAKE IT AT THIS POINT.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE HER SINGING AND LIKE DANCING. I MEAN, YEAH, TRUE. I LOVE HER OLD STUFF, BUT I THINK RIHANNA CAN DO NO WRONG. SHE’S ALSO A PISCES, AS ARE YOU. AS AM I HAPPY. PISCES. HAPPY. PISCES. ALL RIGHT. NOW TO OUR FIRST LOOK AT REGINA KING AS GROUNDBREAKING BREAKING

POLITICIAN SHIRLEY CHISHOLM ON HER TRAILBLAZING RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 1972. THE TRAILER DROPPED YESTERDAY, WHICH WAS WHAT, PRESIDENTS DAY. >> TAKE A LOOK. >> I HAVE SOMETHING I WANT TO TELL YOU. I AM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. >> HOLY. SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE.

SHIRLEY WILL BE AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX MARCH 22ND. AND REGINA KING IS SO BAD, I FORGET BECAUSE SHE DOES COMEDY SO WELL THAT SHE CAN THEN TACKLE AS DRAMATIC BIOPIC LIKE THIS ONE. LIKE, I’M SO EXCITED. NEXT TO A BRAND NEW ACTRESS STEPPING INTO MIRANDA PRIESTLEY’S NEW BUTTON.

I KNOW IT’S THE ROLE MADE FAMOUS, OF COURSE, BY MERYL STREEP EARNING HER AN OSCAR NOMINATION AND TEACHING GENERATIONS OF FILM FANS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TURQUOISE AND CERULEAN. BUT NOW VANESSA WILLIAMS IS SET TO TACKLE THE ROLE IN THE MUSICAL VERSION, WHICH IS COMING TO LONDON’S WEST END THIS FALL.

VANESSA, OF COURSE, NO STRANGER TO THE STAGE. NOMINATED FOR A TONY, FOR PLAYING THE WITCH AND INTO THE WOODS. SO YES, SHE’S GOT THE GIRL, MIRANDA PRIESTLY. >> SHE RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, THIRD YEAR LLOYD SO EXCITED. >> MUSIC BY ELTON JOHN. BY THE WAY, PLEASE BOARD ELSE WITH YOUR QUESTION.

SO GOOD. THAT’S ALL. LOVE THAT, BY THE WAY. AND FINALLY, SOMETHING FOR THE SINGLE LADIES AND HAIRCARE ENTHUSIASTS WHO ARE CRAZY IN LOVE WITH QUEEN BEES, LUSCIOUS LOCKS, BEYONCE’S HAIRCARE LINE SACRED LAUNCHES TODAY. IT’S BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE AT LEAST LAST SPRING. AND TODAY, FANS ARE FINALLY

GETTING THEIR FIRST LOOK AT THE SHAMPOOS, CONDITIONERS, HAIR, OIL AND EVEN RITUAL SHAKING VESSEL BEYONCÉ EXPLAINING IN A STATEMENT THAT SHE HAS LIKE A LONG STANDING FASCINATION WITH HAIR AND HAIR HEALTH. HER MOM RAN A SALON WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD GROWING UP HOUSTON, BEYONCÉ USED TO SWEEP THE HAIR

AND ALL OF THAT STUFF, SO IT’S KIND OF IN HER DNA. SHE SAYS THIS IS A REAL PASSION PROJECT FOR HER. THAT’S WHAT YOUR LOCKS LOOK GREAT UNDER THE NEW COWBOY HAT AND EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE BUYING. THAT’S A VERY GOOD POINT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN SHE

LAUNCHES THE FAN THAT KEEPS YOUR HAIR PERFECTLY JUST LIKE THAT. THAT’S EVERYWHERE. I’LL BUY THAT. ALL RIGHT. WELL AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR AND THANKS, DIANE. CHEERS. AND THANKS TO YOU FOR SHARING IT WITH. US. I’M DIANE MACEDO. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT, ANALYSIS

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NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION AND GIVE IT TO ME. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY, SO LET’S GET INTO IT.

LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS 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.

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DOWNLOAD IT NOW REPORTING FROM MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA, I’M ROBIN ROBERTS. WHEREVER WHEREVER THE STORY IS GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ,BREAKING FIRST ON ABC NEWS LIVE JUDGMENT DAY. RUBY, FRANKIE’S IN HER CHILD ABUSE CASE. HOW LONG THE FORMER MOMMY BLOGGER WILL BEHIND BARS AND HOW HER LAWYERS

ARE REACTING. ALSO BREAKING THIS HOUR IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL IN A LIVE SPEECH, NIKKI SAYS SHE’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE FOR A LAST DITCH EFFORT TO SWAY VOTERS. JUST FOUR DAYS UNTIL THE CRITICAL REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN HER STATE. AND WASHED OUT UNRELENTING RAIN ONCE AGAIN HAMMERING CALIFORNIA, NEARLY THE ENTIRE

STATE, FEELING THE IMPACT OF EXTREME WEATHER. THE URGENT WARNINGS AND THE TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION LEFT BEHIND. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. WE DO BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. FORMER YOUTUBE MOMMY BLOGGER RUBY FRANKY IS TO PRISON FOR ABUSING HER CHILDREN. MOMENTS AGO, THE UTAH MOTHER OF SIX WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR

CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES OF 1 TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. HER REACTION SEEN RIGHT THERE. FRANKIE AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER PLEADED GUILTY TO CHARGES AFTER POLICE FOUND ONE OF FRANKIE SONS EMACIATED WITH OPEN WOUNDS AND BOUND DUCT TAPE. WELL, ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS WAS MALNOURISHED. THIS OFF THIS HOUR.

OUR PHIL LIPOFF ALSO OUR LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY, CHANNA LLOYD. PHIL, LET’S START WITH YOU AND JUST BRING US THE NEWS ON HOW MUCH TIME SHE REALLY IS EXPECTED TO SPEND IN PRISON. >> THIS IS A PRETTY HORRIFIC CASE, KYRA. YOU’VE BEEN FOLLOWING WE’VE ALL BEEN FOLLOWING.

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOOKING TO THE SENTENCING. >> RUBY FRANKY PLEADED GUILTY AND JODY HILDEBRAND, HER BUSINESS BOTH TO FOUR COUNTS, EACH OF AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE. TODAY THEY GOT THE MAX, AS YOU MENTIONED. YOU ADD ALL THE CASES, IT ALL CHARGES UP. IT’S 4 TO 6 YEARS.

EACH COUNT WAS 1 TO 15 AND CONSECUTIVE. >> NOW, UNDER UTAH LAW, IT WILL BE UP TO THE PAROLE BOARD TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH OF THAT TIME THEY WERE SENTENCED TO WILL BE BEHIND. WE’RE TOLD THAT SHOULD HAPPEN IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS. BY THE WAY, THERE WAS LENGTHY

STATEMENT TODAY GIVEN BY FRANKIE TO THE COURT. SHE REFERRED HER CHILDREN AS MY BABIES, MY SIX CHICKS. THAT’S A QUOTE. AND SHE COMPARED HERSELF TO A MAMA. DUCK TO MAMA. THAT’S NOW MAMA DONE. CHANNA SENTENCING IN UTAH WORKS DIFFERENTLY. OTHER STATES, THOUGH. SO HOW DO YOU THINK THAT PLAYED

A PART IN TODAY’S DECISION? >> WELL, WHAT IT DOES IS IT BASICALLY BIFURCATES THEM. SO THE JUDGE MAKES A DETERMINATION ON WHETHER THEY’LL BE CONCURRENTLY OR CONSECUTIVE. AND SHE LOOKS AT THE RANGE AND THEN THE PAROLE BOARD IS GOING TO LOOK ALL EVERYTHING, THEIR TOTAL AGGREGATE SENTENCE. HOW MUCH COULD POTENTIALLY

BE WHAT TIME SERVE HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. AND THEY COME UP WITH THE EXACT AMOUNT OF TIME SHE WILL ACTUALLY SPEND IN PRISON. SO PHIL, FRANKIE’S HUSBAND HAS NOW FOR DIVORCE. HE’S SUING HER PARTNER, HILDEBRANDT FOR RESTITUTION. >> WHAT’S THE LATEST THERE? WELL, RUBY’S HUSBAND, KEVIN, WHO YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT, WAS

ACTUALLY IN COURT TODAY WITH TWO OF HIS ADULT CHILDREN FOR THE SENTENCING. HE HAS FILED FOR DIVORCE, AS YOU POINT OUT. HE’S LOOKING TO REGAIN CUSTODY OF HIS KIDS. HE WAS FROM RUBY. NOW HE HAS FILED FOR DIVORCE. HE’S ALSO SUING. HILDEBRANDT FOR RESTITUTION. HE SAYS HIS KIDS ARE GOING

TO NEED YEARS OF THERAPY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH. DURING HER LENGTHY STATEMENT IN COURT TODAY. RUBY CALLED KEVIN THE LOVE OF HER LIFE AND HE HEARD THAT OUR FOLKS THAT WERE IN COURT TO SEE IT. SO YOU KIND OF SHOOK HEAD. HE TURNED RED. IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL AND.

IT JUST SIMPLY PUT HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS. WELL, SHAWNA THE JUDGE READ VICTIM IMPACT SENTENCES AS WELL. I’M SURE THAT THAT HAD SOME TYPE OF HERE ON FRANKIE’S SENTENCING. >> ABSOLUTELY. AND WHEN THE BOARD LOOKS AT IT, LET’S REMEMBER, THEY’RE ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT ANYTHING

THAT CAN INCREASE THAT SENTENCE OR MITIGATED SO THE FACT THAT THESE WERE CHILDREN. THAT’S GOING TO BE FACTORED INTO THE BOARDS. >> THEY’RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE EXTENT OF THE ABUSE. ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE GOING TO BE FACTORED INTO THAT DECISION. AND EXACTLY HOW MUCH TIME FROM

1 TO 15 YEARS, THEY’LL RECEIVE FOR EACH CHARGE. ALL RIGHT. PHILLIP CHANNA LLOYD, APPRECIATE YOU BOTH SO. AND FOR MORE ON HOW RUBY FRANKIE ROSE TO FAME AND WHETHER THERE WERE MISSED SIGNS BEFORE THAT ARREST, BE SURE TO WATCH “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” A MOM INFLUENCER’S DOUBLE LIFE.

IT’S NOW STREAMING ON HULU. >> SEE IT? SO AS YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD BY NOW, NIKKI HALEY VOWS TO STAY IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE SOUTH REPUBLICAN PRIMARY JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY NOW. HALEY DELIVERED LIVE REMARKS IN HER HOME STATE SAYING SHE IS NOT AFRAID OF TRUMP’S

RETRIBUTION OR CONTINUING HER CAMPAIGN. EVEN AS OUR FRIENDS AT FIVETHIRTYEIGHT SAY, THE MATH IS INCREDIBLY TOUGH HERE. VOTERS DON’T SEEM VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HER CHANCES. HALEY IS HAILING SHE WON’T BACK DOWN, THOUGH, TELLING VOTERS TODAY IN GREENVILLE SHE’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. >> WELL, I’M NOT TO SAY

THE HARD TRUTHS OUT LOUD. I FEEL NO NEED TO KISS THE RING. WOW. I HAVE NO FEAR OF TRUMP’S RETRIBUTION. I’M NOT NOT I’M NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING HIM. >> THAT’S WHY I REFUSED TO QUIT . >> LET’S BRING IN OUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR, RICK KLEIN, ALSO OUR SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT, RACHEL SCOTT,

WHO’S RIGHT THERE IN GREENVILLE . SO, RACHEL, WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME OUT EARLY THIS MORNING THAT SHE’D BE MAKING A LIVE SPEECH, EVEN FOLKS THAT KNOW HER WELL THOUGHT THAT THIS COULD BE IT. BUT AS WE JUST HEARD, SHE REFUSES TO KISS THE RING AND SHE REFUSES TO CALL QUITS.

>> EXACTLY. AND PART OF THE SPECULATION BEHIND FOLKS SAYING THAT SHE MIGHT BE DROPPING OUT IS BECAUSE THEY’RE LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS THAT JUST RATTLED OFF THERE. SHE’S BEHIND 30 POINTS HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO DONALD TRUMP, 60 POINTS NATIONALLY. BUT SHE MADE IT CLEAR. SHE IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

AND I WAS HERE WHEN SHE INITIALLY HER BID FOR PRESIDENT. SHE DIDN’T MENTION DONALD TRUMP BY NAME, NOT ONCE. WELL, SHE WENT AFTER HIM REPEATEDLY IN THIS VERY FIERY SPEECH SAYING THAT IT’S NOT NORMAL TO HAVE A CANDIDATE WHERE YOU’RE PAYING $50 MILLION OF YOUR OWN CAMPAIGN, YOUR SUPER-PAC ON LEGAL FEES.

SHE SAID IT’S NOT NORMAL TO HAVE A CANDIDATE THAT IS NOW THREATENING OR ENCOURAGING RUSSIA TO GO AFTER OUR NATO ALLIES IF THEY DON’T SPEND ENOUGH ON DEFENSE SPENDING. SHE SAID IT’S NOT NORMAL TO HAVE A CANDIDATE WHO IS THREATENING OR VOWING RETRIBUTION TO GO AFTER HIS POLITICAL RIVALS.

AND SHE SAID THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE ALL OF THAT IN JUST ONE MONTH. BUT SHE SAYS SHE’S STAYING. IT’S UNCLEAR, THOUGH, WHAT HER PATH IS TO THE NOMINATION AT THIS POINT. WELL, RICK, IT SEEMS LIKE SHE’S AIMING TO SURVIVE AND TAKE THIS FIGHT INTO THE MULTISTATE SUPER TUESDAY

CONTEST IN MARCH. YOUR THOUGHTS? >> YEAH, THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT BY BY NIKKI HALEY TO WAKE HER OWN PARTY UP IN HER OWN HOME STATE, UP FROM RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS A VERY MUCH TRUMP IFIED STATE OF AFFAIRS INSIDE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. SHE KNOWS THE MATH. SHE KNOWS HOW BRUTAL IT IS.

YOU KNOW, HARD IT IS TO BREAK THROUGH IN VOWING TO STAY AT LEAST THROUGH SUPER TUESDAY. SHE’S TRYING TO MAKE A CLAIM TO THE DISAFFECTED PORTIONS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. PEOPLE ARE NOT SOLD ON TRUMP AND PEOPLE NOT SOLD BY BIDEN. YOU COULD ALSO, THOUGH, HEAR THE SPEECH, KYRA AT LEAST

THE OUTLINES OF POTENTIAL EXIT PATH. SHE MADE CLEAR THAT FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS HAS WITH DONALD TRUMP, SHE HAS EVEN MORE FOR JOE BIDEN. AND SHE HAS SAID SHE’S NEVER IN THIS RACE SIMPLY TO TAKE DOWN TRUMP AT ANY COST. >> SO, RACHEL, EVEN BEEN SPEAKING WITH VOTERS IN HER HOME STATE.

LET’S TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT THEY THINK. NO, BUT GOD, I HOPE SHE IS REALLY CLOSE. I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE TRUMP. YOU KNOW, IT STEPPED INTO THE GAME AND SHE’S GOT TO DEAL WITH THE PROSPECT FOR YEARS OF TRUMP IS REALLY IMPOSSIBLE. >> WELL, AND THAT’S EXACTLY

WHAT HALEY DROVE HOME ON SUNDAY DURING HER TOWN HALL, AS SHE POINTED TO BOTH BIDEN AND TRUMP NOT BEING THE PRESIDENT, THAT THIS COUNTRY WANTS TO SEE . >> YES. AND SHE REALLY SORT OF TRIED TO DELIVER A LITTLE BIT OF A GENERAL ELECTION EVEN HERE TODAY, MOVING AWAY FROM DONALD

TRUMP AND MOVING THE FOCUS ON PRESIDENT BIDEN AS WELL. AND SHE POINTS REPEATEDLY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO THESE HEAD TO HEAD MATCH UPS WITH JUST HER AND PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHERE SHE EDGES HIM OUT. BUT, OF COURSE, TO GET THERE, SHE HAS TO GET THROUGH DONALD TRUMP FIRST.

AND THAT STILL APPEARS TO BE HER CHALLENGE. AND SHE STILL CAN’T ANSWER TO THIS DAY NECESSARILY WHICH STATE SHE THINKS THAT SHE CAN ACTUALLY WHEN TO GET ENOUGH DELEGATES EVENTUALLY TO BECOME THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. ALL RIGHT, RICK, RACHEL, THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. WE’RE ALSO NOW LEARNING

THAT EVEN VLADIMIR PUTIN’S MOST PROMINENT CRITIC, ALEXEI NAVALNY, COMMENTED ON U.S. POLITICS JUST MONTHS BEFORE HE DIED. THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS PUBLISHED LETTERS BETWEEN NAVALNY AND HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS AS HE STRUGGLED TO STAY CONNECTED TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD WHILE SUFFERING IN PRISON. THE RUSSIAN DISSIDENT WHO JUST

DIED THIS PAST AND IN PRISON, CALLED TRUMP’S AGENDA FOR A SECOND TERM REALLY SCARY. ALL THIS BREAKING AS THE KREMLIN SAYS IT WILL NOT ACCEPT DEMANDS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR AN INDEPENDENT INTO NAVALNY’S DEATH. OUR PATRICK REEVELL IS IN KYIV FOR MORE. >> SO, PATRICK, JUST TALK TO US

ABOUT THESE LETTERS. HI, KYRA. YES, AS YOU SAY, THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS PUBLISHED A NUMBER LETTERS THAT WERE SENT BETWEEN ALEXEI NAVALNY AND COLLEAGUES AND SOME OF HIS SUPPORTERS. AND THEY DO OFFER THIS FASCINATING GLIMPSE INTO HIS WORLD. HE TALKS ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS. HE TALKS ABOUT BOOKS.

HE TALKS ABOUT LIFE IN PRISON. HE TALKS ABOUT LIFE OUTSIDE OF PRISON BECAUSE HE WAS VERY FASCINATED BY WHAT GOING ON IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS. I’VE BEEN TALKING WITH YEVGENY FELDMANN, WHO WAS NAVALNY’S PHOTOGRAPHER FOR YEARS AND WHO SENT SOME OF THESE LETTERS, AND THEY OFTEN DISCUSSED AMERICAN POLITICS IN SOME

OF THESE. AND AS YOU SAY, NAVALNY IN ONE OF THEM WRITES THAT TRUMP’S ELECTORAL AGENDA WAS VERY SCARY. HE ALSO WROTE, THOUGH, THAT HE FEARED THAT IF PRESIDENT BIDEN SUFFERED SOME KIND OF HEALTH PROBLEM, THEN OBVIOUSLY TRUMP COULD BE ELECTED. AND THAT DO THE DEMOCRATS NOT KNOW THAT?

AND MANY OF THESE THAT IS ALSO JUST TALK ABOUT HIS LIFE IN PRISON, HE SAYS AT ONE POINT HE SAYS THAT THE GUARDS THERE, IF THEY WERE ORDERED TO PROVIDE HIM WITH CAVIAR, THEY WOULD OR IF THEY ORDERED TO STRANGLE HIM IN HIS CELL. THEY WERE JUST SHOWING THE LEVEL OF DEHUMANIZATION

INSIDE THE PRISON. >> SO THE WHITE HOUSE IS PROMISING MAJOR SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA IN RESPONSE TO THE DEATH OF NAVALNY. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK WE CAN EXPECT? >> YEAH, THE WHITE HOUSE A LITTLE WHILE AGO HAS SAID THAT IT WILL IMPOSE, QUOTE, MAJOR SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA AND SAYING

THAT RUSSIA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NAVALNY’S DEATH. >> BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHAT CAN THESE SANCTIONS BE? BECAUSE AS MOST EXPERTS ARE NOTING, THERE ARE ALREADY VERY SEVERE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA BECAUSE OF THE WAR HERE IN UKRAINE. THE PROBLEM WITH THOSE SANCTIONS IS THAT RIGHT NOW THEY’RE NOT SUFFICIENTLY

ENFORCED AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY GAPS. AND RUSSIA HAS MANAGED TO ADAPT TO THEM TO A GREAT DEGREE. WHAT A LOT OF SUPPORTERS OF NAVALNY ARE SAYING IS THAT THE U.S. AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SHOULD NOW TAKE THIS $300 BILLION OF RUSSIAN ASSETS THAT HAVE BEEN FROZEN BECAUSE

OF THE WAR AND SHOULD BE GIVEN AND THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO UKRAINE AS A PUNISHMENT. RUSSIA. THEY’RE SAYING THAT THAT WOULD BE A MUCH MORE PAINFUL SANCTION AND A MUCH BETTER WAY TO HONOR ALEXI NAVALNY’S NAME. >> ALL RIGHT, PATRICK REEVELL THERE IN KYIV FOR US. PATRICK, THANK YOU.

BACK HERE AT HOME, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS IN CALIFORNIA CLEANING UP IN THE AFTERMATH OF POWERFUL STORMS WITH EVEN MORE EXTREME WEATHER ON THE WAY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. TORRENTIAL RAIN AND HEAVY RAINS DOWNING TREES AND KNOCKING POWER OF THE SANTA BARBARA AREA, GETTING THE MOST RAIN WITH NEARLY A FOOT FALLING

THERE IN JUST THE LAST 72 HOURS. THEN IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE AND HEAVY RAIN WASHING THE ROADS. MUDSLIDES ALSO MAKING SOME STREETS PRETTY NEARLY IMPASSABLE. AND MORE RAIN AND SNOW IS NOW EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WEATHER ALERTS IN EFFECT FROM SAN DIEGO TO REDDING.

OUR METEOROLOGIST, MR. GRIFFIN IS TRACKING THE EXTREME WEATHER FOR US. SO YET ANOTHER DAY OF RAIN OUT WEST. THAT’S RIGHT, KYRA. THIS RAIN DOES NOT WANT TO GO AWAY. IT’S ALL BECAUSE OF THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER THAT CONTINUES TO STREAM, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF MOISTURE INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREAS

THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN SO MUCH RAIN LIKE SANTA BARBARA, NEARLY A FOOT OF RAIN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. AND SHOWERS CONTINUE FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. WELL, WHICH IS WHY WE STILL HAVE 37 MILLION CALIFORNIANS UNDER FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN. YOU CAN SEE WINTER

STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE FEET OF SNOW THERE IN THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS AS WELL. BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THE AREA THAT WE’RE STILL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. AND THAT IS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS IS NOW SOUTH OF SANTA BARBARA, INCLUDING LOS ANGELES

AND JUST NORTH OF SAN DIEGO. THIS IS WHERE WE DO STILL HAVE FLOOD WARNINGS. WE’RE SEEING ROAD CLOSURES BECAUSE OF THOSE MUDSLIDES AND THOSE ROCKSLIDES, POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING COULD CONTINUE THERE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS THROUGH THIS EVENING INTO EARLY TOMORROW. SO LET’S TIME THAT OUT.

YOU CAN SEE ROUNDS OF RAIN CONTINUE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHILE HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVER SPREAD THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS THROUGH TOMORROW. YET ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN THERE IN L.A. THIS IS OVERNIGHT. SO STILL COULD SEE THOSE MUD AND LANDSLIDES THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS INTO TOMORROW

AND ALL MOVES OUT BY WEDNESDAY. AND, KYRA, AS THIS THING JUST CRASHES RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY REALLY QUICKLY. IT’S JUST RAIN FOR THE COAST BECAUSE WE’RE EXPECTING A WARM-UP HERE AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK. ALL RIGHT. >> SOUNDS GOOD. MELISSA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND COMING UP, PAYING MORE FOR YOUR PLASTIC. WHY A $35 BILLION MERGER COULD HIT YOU RIGHT IN THE CREDIT CARD. BACK IN A MOMENT. WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON,

MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MILITARY STRIKE DELIVERING. PRAISE REPORTING FOR 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 BACK. TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORM IS ON, THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT, FROM THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET

IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER 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 AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> IT’S LUNCHTIME IN AMERICA.

SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING? WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW? YOU KNOW, THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD. YOU HAVE YOUR MONEY BREAKING NEWS POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS AND, OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD “GMA3” WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW A HOUR OF JUNIOR IN THE AFTERNOON.

SO JOIN US AFTER FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. I LOVE THAT. ME FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER WARNING. THAT’S ALL TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS. FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN. 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? >> GLAD YOU’RE SERVING WITH US

TODAY. WELL, US MAJOR, A MAJOR CHANGE RATHER, FOR YOUR CREDIT CARD CAPITAL ONE IS BUYING DISCOVER IN A DEAL WORTH $35 BILLION. AND THE DEAL GIVES CAPITAL ONE ACCESS TO ABOUT 60 MILLION NEW CUSTOMERS NOW. BUT HERE’S THE QUESTION IS IT GOING TO MAKE ANYTHING CHEAPER? THAT’S WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW.

LET’S BRING IN OUR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT ALEXIS CHRISTOFOR. >> SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN? >> YOU HAVE A CAPITAL ONE OR DISCOVER CARD. YOU’RE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO GET SERVED HERE, KYRA. >> WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THIS DEAL IS NOT DONE YET. IT STILL NEEDS TO BE SIGNED OFF

BY BANK REGULATORS AND SHAREHOLDERS. IF IT DOES, IT WOULDN’T BE TILL LATE THIS YEAR OR EARLY 2025. IF HAPPENS, THOUGH, IT WILL CREATE THE SIXTH LARGEST U.S. BANK BY ASSETS AND THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD ISSUER IN THE COUNTRY. AND, YOU KNOW WHAT? >> BIGGER DOESN’T ALWAYS MEAN BETTER.

WE DON’T KNOW YET WHAT THIS WOULD MEAN. CONSUMERS, AT LEAST IN THE SHORT TERM. IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE CARDS, YOU SHOULDN’T SEE ANY CHANGES. WE’RE NOT EVEN SURE IF ALL THE CARDS WOULD SWITCH OVER TO THE CAPITAL ONE OR DISCOVER BRAND IF THIS DEAL HAPPENS, YOU KNOW,

DISCOVER IS MORE OF A CASH REWARDS CARD WHERE CAPITAL ONE HAS WANTS DIFFERENT OF PERKS AND REWARDS. SO IF THESE TWO COMPANIES COME TOGETHER, IT MEAN A BETTER, MORE ROBUST REWARDS PROGRAM FOR CONSUMERS. I THINK THE QUESTION WE ALL WANT TO HAVE ANSWERED IS WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THOSE

INTEREST RATES THAT WE’RE PAYING ON THESE CREDIT CARDS, WHICH ARE ALREADY AT A RECORD HIGH? AND I DID A LITTLE DIGGING. AND IT’S INTERESTING TO FIND SMALLER BANKS, EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE A GREAT CREDIT SCORE, YOU’RE GOING TO GET A MORE COMPETITIVE INTEREST RATE AT THOSE SMALLER BANKS, WHICH ARE ABOUT 20%.

NOW, THE LARGER BANKS ARE CHARGING ABOUT 23%. SO YET TO BE SEEN WHETHER OR NOT A BIGGER CREDIT CARD ISSUER WOULD MEAN SMALLER INTEREST RATES FOR CONSUMERS. THAT IS SUCH A HIGH. I CRINGE WHEN I HEAR 20, 23. LET’S SWITCH GEARS TO ANOTHER BUSINESS STORY, IF YOU DON’T MIND.

AMERICAN RAISING BAG FEES, TALKING ABOUT RAISING FEES AND CHANGING CUSTOMERS EARN FREQUENT FLIER MILES. WHAT’S GOING ON THERE? I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ALL FEEL SO NICKEL AND DIMED EVERY TIME WE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO BUY A FLIGHT. AND SO AMERICAN BECAME THE LATEST AIRLINE TO RAISE FEES. JETBLUE AND ALASKA AIR DID

THAT RECENTLY. IT’S THE FIRST TIME THEY’VE DONE IT SINCE 2018. DOESN’T MAKE IT ANY EASIER FOR US. SO NOW YOUR FIRST CHECKED BAG IS GOING TO COST YOU 35 BUCKS IF YOU DO IT ONLINE, 40 AT THE AIRPORT. SECOND BAG’S GOING TO COST $45. AND THE AIRLINES SAY THEY’RE GETTING HIT

WITH INFLATION JUST LIKE WE ARE. THEY SAY IT COSTS MORE, IT TAKES MORE TO CARRY ALL OF THOSE BAGS. THEY’RE PAYING MORE FOR FUEL. THEY’RE PAYING MORE FOR LABOR COSTS. THEY SAY THAT’S WHY THEY HAVE TO RAISE THE BAGGAGE FEES. AND IF YOU WANT TO HAVE FREQUENT FLIER MILES, YOU HAVE

TO IN THE FUTURE GO DIRECTLY TO AMERICAN AIRLINES TO BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS IN ORDER TO GET THOSE REWARDS POINTS KYRA. >> ALL RIGHT, ALEXIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, IN ALABAMA, THE STATE SUPREME COURT HAS HANDED DOWN A HISTORIC DECISION THAT COULD IMPACT THE FUTURE OF IN VITRO FERTILIZATION.

THE COURT RULING THAT FROZEN EMBRYOS DO INDEED AS CHILDREN UNDER A STATE LAW. MEDICAL EXPERTS AND ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES WAR THAT THIS COULD HAVE MAJOR CONSEQUENCES. WOMEN SEEKING TO ACCESS FERTILITY TREATMENT. IN THE POST ROE ERA AND IT COMES AFTER A PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED AND DESTROYED VIALS OF FROZEN

EMBRYOS AT AN ALABAMA FERTILITY CLINIC. STATE HIGH COURT SAYS THAT THE PATIENT CAN NOW BE HELD LIABLE IN A WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT. OUR ELIZABETH SCHULZE JOINS US WITH MORE. >> I WORK. I HAVE MY TWINS BECAUSE OF IVF . I WAS PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS. I MEAN, TO ME, I JUST THIS

IS REALLY FRUSTRATING TO HEAR. AND THIS REALLY IS A CASE THAT COULD HAVE FAR REACHING FOR FAMILIES IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA WHO ARE TRYING TO GET PREGNANT THROUGH IN VITRO, THROUGH IVF. AND WHAT THIS CASE CENTERED ON WAS THIS THIS INCIDENT WHERE A PATIENT WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THIS FERTILITY CLINIC

IN ALABAMA. THEY SOMEHOW GOT ACCESS TO THAT FREEZER, TOOK OUT SOME EMBRYOS, ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED THEM, AND DESTROYED THEM. AND THAT’S HOW THIS LAWSUIT WENT FORWARD. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT ALABAMA’S COURT DECIDED IS THAT NOW THAT PATIENT CAN BE HELD LIABLE FOR WRONGFUL DEATH. SO THIS DOES HAVE FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES, COULD ULTIMATELY

MEAN THAT IT’S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET IVF IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA. THAT IS CRAZY. YOU WORK SO HARD EVEN JUST TO GET EMBRYOS AND THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A FAMILY AND THEN THEY’RE THE ONES THAT MADE THE MISTAKE. RIGHT. AND THIS REALLY COMES DOWN

TO THE QUESTION OF LIABILITY. RIGHT. WHAT THE DOCTORS WE SPOKEN TO IN ALABAMA, LEGAL EXPERTS SAYING IS THERE JUST WOULD BE TOO MUCH RISK TO TAKE ON IF ARE A CLINIC, IF YOU ARE A DOCTOR. TO KNOW THAT OFTEN WHEN YOU’RE DOING IVF THERE ARE MULTIPLE EMBRYOS, YOU WANT

TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE POSSIBLE TO GET PREGNANT. SO THERE’S MULTIPLE LEFT OVER. BUT WHAT DO YOU DO THEN WITH THOSE ONES THAT AREN’T USED? AND IF YOU ARE POSSIBLY GOING TO GET SUED FOR NOT THOSE, IT’S JUST NOT WORTH IT FOR SOME PEOPLE. THAT’S JUST CRAZY. ALL RIGHT.

SO COULD WE SEE THIS GOING BEYOND ALABAMA INTO OTHER STATES? RIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW, THIS WILL GO BACK TO THE STATE. THIS DOESN’T REALLY BE A FIRST OF ITS KIND TRIAL IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA SPECIFICALLY. BUT IT COULD SET A PRECEDENT WHEN IT COMES TO OTHER STATES.

WE HAVE SEEN MORE BROADLY THIS PUSH TO PUT RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN THE WAKE OF THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE AND JUNE 2022. SO THERE HAS BEEN CONCERN FROM SOME ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES WHO ARE PUSHING TO HAVE RESTRICTIONS GO BEYOND WHAT WE’VE JUST SEEN IN ABORTION, POSSIBLY

TO INCLUDE IVF OR EVEN CONTRACEPTION KYRA. WELL, LET’S KEEP FOLLOWING IT. APPRECIATE. >> THANKS, ELIZABETH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, COMING UP, THE FAB FOUR TIMES FOR BEATLE FANS. YOU’VE GOT A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO AT THE BOX OFFICE, BUT IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE LONGER THAN YOU WANT. WE’LL EXPLAIN.

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HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION OKAY. SEVERAL VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE TAKE THE AREA AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS. WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HOUSE WHICH I DIDN’T I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY FACE TO FACE.

ERICA, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SAW THE HOUSE AND THE HOUSE SEARCHING AND I’M MELISSA DAN ON MAUI, WHERE THE WILDFIRE RECOVERY EFFORTS CONTINUE AND THE PEOPLE REMAIN HOPEFUL, RESILIENT. >> YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, SOME OF THE TOP HEADLINES. >> WE’RE FOLLOWING FOR YOU THIS HOUR. WIKILEAKS FOUNDER

JULIAN ASSANGE IN COURT TODAY AS HE FIGHTS EXTRADITION TO THE U.S.. ASSANGE FACES CHARGES OF SPYING . AND IF A BRITISH COURT DENIES HIS APPEAL TODAY, HE’D BE TRANSFERRED AMERICAN CUSTODY. THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER FACES 18 CHARGES OVER HIS PUBLICATION OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, BUT HE MAINTAINS THAT HE’S JUST SIMPLY

A WHISTLE BLOWER REPORTING AMERICAN WAR CRIMES. THE MAN WHO FATALLY SHOT TWO POLICE OFFICERS AND A FIREFIGHTER DURING A STANDOFF NEAR MINNEAPOLIS WAS BANNED FROM OWNING GUNS. COURT PAPERS SAY THAT SHANNON GOODEN WAS BARRED FROM POSSESSING FIREARMS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO ASSAULT BACK IN 2008. GOODEN WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A

CUSTODY BATTLE WITH THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN. POLICE SAY HE DIED BY SUICIDE AFTER OPENING FIRE ON FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE ANSWERING A CALL FOR A DOMESTIC DISPUTE. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE FAB FOUR FROM DIRECTOR SAM MENDEZ. THE BEATLES ARE COMING TOGETHER . FOUR BEATLES BIOPICS CENTERED

AROUND A DIFFERENT MEMBER OF THE BAND, AND EACH RELEASING IN THE SAME YEAR. AND IT SAYS THAT HE’S HONORED, HONORED, RATHER TO BE TELLING THE STORY OF THE GREATEST ROCK BAND OF ALL TIME AND EXCITED CHALLENGE THE NOTION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A TRIP TO THE MOVIES. YOU CAN GET YOUR TICKET TO RIDE

COME IN 2027. ALL RIGHT. SO CAN YOU TRUST OWN EYES? >> BECAUSE NEW ADVANCES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARE RAISING THE AND PROMPTING ANOTHER. HOW DO YOU SEPARATE REALITY FROM ILLUSION? OPEN AI PREVIEWING NEW TECHNOLOGY ALLOWING ANYONE TO CREATE REALISTIC LOOKING VIDEOS WITH JUST A FEW CLICKS ON YOUR KEYBOARD.

SO HOW WILL YOU KNOW WHAT’S REAL AND WHAT’S NOT? HERE’S CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT REBECCA JARVIS. >> YOU’RE WATCHING THE LATEST IN AI GENERATED CONTENT. THIS IS SORA IN ACTION A NEW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOL THAT PROMISES TO LET ANYONE CREATE REALISTIC AND IMAGINATIVE SCENES LIKE THESE FROM JUST A FEW TEXT INSTRUCTIONS.

>> SO IS VERY SIMPLY A MAGICAL PROGRAM WHERE YOU TYPE TEXT AND OUT COMES A VIDEO THAT CORRESPONDS TO YOUR TEXT. >> FOR INSTANCE, TYPING IN THE PROMPT A CAT WAKING UP ITS SLEEPING OWNER DEMANDING BREAKFAST CAN GENERATE A VIDEO LIKE THIS IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES, BLURRING THE LINES

BETWEEN REAL AND CREATED BY HUMANS VERSUS WHAT’S COMPUTER. >> THE COMPANY BEHIND THIS TECHNOLOGICAL MARVEL OPENAI THE SAME BUSINESS BEHIND CHATGPT. IT IS NOW VALUED AT $80 BILLION TRIPLE WHAT IT WAS JUST TEN MONTHS AGO. SORA IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, BUT OPENAI IS LETTING US SELECT FEW

OUTSIDE EXPERTS TESTED AND RED FLAG POTENTIAL PITFALLS. MEANTIME, OPENAI CEO SAM ALTMAN HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTING WHAT HIS TECHNOLOGY CAN DO BY REPLYING TO USER ON SOCIAL MEDIA. ONE USER TWEETING A BICYCLE RACE ON OCEAN WITH DIFFERENT ANIMALS AS ATHLETES RIDING, THE BICYCLES WITH DRONE CAMERA VIEW OF IN RESPONSE WITH THIS

VIDEO. BUT WHILE THE TECHNOLOGY IS STILL YOUNG, SOME EXPERTS ARE ALREADY SOUNDING THE ALARM. WE HEARD ABOUT AN EXECUTIVE AT A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY IN HONG KONG WHO WAS CONNED OUT OF $25 MILLION IN A FAKE VIDEO CALL THAT WAS ORCHESTRATED. HE SAW AND HEARD HIS COLLEAGUES, BUT THEY WERE NOT REAL.

WE’VE ALSO HEARD OF VIRTUAL KIDNAPINGS THAT ARE STAGED. YOU HEAR YOUR KID’S VOICE, BUT IT’S NOT THEM. YOU SEE THEM AND IT’S NOT REALLY THEM. >> WILL SMITH SHARING THIS PARODY OF AN AI VIDEO OF HIMSELF RECENTLY. IT WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED YEAR AGO BY REDDIT USER CHEYNE

DROP, WHO SAID HE MADE IT WITH SCOPED TEXT TO VIDEO GENERATOR. FAST FORWARD JUST 12 MONTHS LATER, NOW LIFELIKE TEXT PROMPTED VIDEO FROM OPENAI AND SIMILAR A.I. LIKE RUNWAY AND PEAK LABS. >> OH MY THANKS TO REBECCA JARVIS FOR THAT. SCARY AND EXCITING AT THE SAME TIME. WELL, THANKS FOR SHARING

WITH US. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. >> THE NEWS NEVER STOPS NATIVELY. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK. MORE NEWS ON THE OTHER SIDE FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE. >> NEWS BECOMES THE ONLY ABC NEWS APP WHERE WE CAN THE SECRET OF A VIDEO FASTER, SMARTER AND CUSTOMIZABLE TO YOUR INTERESTS.

YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW SO THE QUESTION IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OKAY HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I’M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP.

WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES BEST GUYS ARE NOT GOOD. WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERYDAY HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? PLUS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS GOOFUS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND FIND HIS GIRLFRIEND’S KIND? WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC.

>> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, 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 TELEVISION. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START 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 OUR 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 PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS ,START HERE. >> YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S THE NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ABC NEWS LIVE. ABC NEWS, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE SOURCE.

BREAKING NEWS FIRST ON ABC NEWS LIVE. JUDGMENT DAY RUBY FRANKE SENTENCED IN HER CHILD ABUSE CASE. HOW LONG THE MOMMY BLOGGER WILL SPEND BEHIND BARS AND HOW HER LAWYERS ARE REACTING. ALSO BREAKING THIS HOUR IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL, A LIVE SPEECH. NIKKI HALEY SAYS SHE’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

HER LAST DITCH EFFORT TO SWAY VOTERS. WITH JUST FOUR DAYS UNTIL THE CRITICAL REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN HER HOME STATE. AND WASHED OUT, UNRELENTING ONCE AGAIN HAMMERING CALIFORNIA, NEARLY THE ENTIRE STATE FEELING, THE IMPACT OF EXTREME WEATHER, THE URGENT WARNINGS AND THE OF DESTRUCTION LEFT BEHIND. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I’M PHILLIPS.

WE DO BEGIN WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS. FORMER YOUTUBE MOMMY BLOGGER RUBY FRANKY IS HEADED TO PRISON FOR ABUSING HER CHILDREN. MOMENTS. THE UTAH MOTHER OF SIX WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES OF 1 TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. HER REACTION SEEN RIGHT THERE. FRANKIE AND HER BUSINESS

PARTNER PLEADED GUILTY CHARGES AFTER POLICE FOUND ONE OF FRANKIE’S SONS EMACIATED OPEN WOUNDS AND BOUND WITH DUCT TAPE. WELL, ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS WAS MALNOURISHED. LETTING US OFF THIS HOUR, OUR PHILIPPA, ALSO OUR LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY, CHANNA LLOYD ,LET’S START WITH YOU AND JUST

BRING US THE NEWS ON HOW MUCH TIME SHE REALLY IS EXPECTED TO SPEND IN PRISON. THIS IS A PRETTY HORRIFIC, KYRA, THAT YOU’VE BEEN FOLLOWING. WE’VE ALL BEEN FOLLOWING MILLIONS. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOOKING TO THE SENTENCING. RUBY FRANKE PLEADED GUILTY. >> JODI HILDEBRAND, HER BUSINESS PARTNER, BOTH

TO FOUR COUNTS, EACH OF AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE. >> TODAY, THEY GOT THE MAX, AS YOU MENTIONED. YOU ADD ALL THE CASES UP, IT ALL CHARGES UP. IT’S 4 TO 6 YEARS. E■ACH COUNT WAS 1 TO 15 AND CONSECUTIVE. NOW, UNDER UTAH, IT WILL BE UP TO THE PAROLE BOARD TO FIGURE

OUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH THAT TIME THEY WERE SENTENCED TO WILL BE BEHIND BARS. TOLD THAT SHOULD HAPPEN IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS. BY THE WAY, THERE WAS A LENGTHY STATEMENT TODAY GIVEN BY FRANKIE TO THE COURT. SHE REFERRED TO HER CHILDREN AS MY BABIES, MY SIX CHICKS. THAT’S A QUOTE.

AND SHE COMPARED HERSELF TO A MAMA. DUCK TO MAMA. THAT’S NOW MAMA. DONE. CHANNA SENTENCING IN UTAH WORKS DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER STATES, THOUGH, SO HOW DO YOU THINK THAT PLAYED A PART IN TODAY’S DECISION? >> WELL, WHAT IT DOES IS IT BASICALLY BIFURCATES THEM. SO THE JUDGE MAKES

A DETERMINATION ON WHETHER THEY’LL BE CONCURRENTLY OR CONSECUTIVELY. AND SHE LOOKS AT THE RANGE AND THEN THE PAROLE BOARD IS GOING TO LOOK AT ALL EVERYTHING, THEIR TOTAL AGGREGATE SENTENCE, HOW MUCH THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE, WHAT TIME SERVE HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. AND THEN THEY COME WITH THE EXACT AMOUNT OF TIME SHE

WILL ACTUALLY SPEND IN PRISON. >> SO PHIL, FRANKIE’S HUSBAND HAS NOW FILED FOR DIVORCE. HE’S SUING HER PARTNER, HILDEBRANDT FOR RESTITUTION. >> WHAT’S THE LATEST THERE? WELL, RUBY’S HUSBAND, KEVIN, WHO YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT, WAS ACTUALLY IN COURT TODAY WITH TWO OF HIS ADULT CHILDREN FOR THE SENTENCING.

HE HAS FILED FOR DIVORCE, AS YOU POINT OUT. HE’S LOOKING TO REGAIN CUSTODY OF HIS KIDS. HE WAS ESTRANGED FROM RUBY. NOW HE HAS FILED FOR DIVORCE. HE’S ALSO SUING HILDEBRANDT FOR RESTITUTION. HE SAYS HIS KIDS ARE GOING TO NEED YEARS OF THERAPY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH DURING HER LENGTHY

IN COURT TODAY. RUBY CALLED KEVIN THE LOVE OF HER LIFE. AND AS HE HEARD THAT OUR FOLKS WHO WERE IN COURT TO SEE IT SAY HE KIND OF SHOOK HIS HEAD. >> HE TURNED RED, WAS VERY. >> AND IT JUST SIMPLY PUT HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS WHILE

CHANNA, THE JUDGE, READ VICTIM IMPACT SENTENCES. WELL. I’M SURE THAT THAT HAD SOME TYPE OF IMPACT HERE ON FRANKIE’S SENTENCING. >> ABSOLUTELY. AND WHEN THE BOARD LOOKS AT IT, LET’S REMEMBER ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT ANYTHING THAT CAN INCREASE THAT SENTENCE OR MITIGATED. SO THE FACT THAT THESE WERE

CHILDREN THAT’S GOING TO BE FACTORED INTO THE BOARD’S DECISION. THEY’RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE EXTENT OF, THE ABUSE. ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE GOING TO BE FACTORED INTO THAT DECISION AND EXACTLY HOW MUCH TIME FROM 1 TO 15 YEARS THEY’LL RECEIVE FOR EACH CHARGE. >> ALL RIGHT, PHILIP, AWESOME.

LLOYD, APPRECIATE YOU BOTH SO MUCH. AND FOR MORE ON HOW RUBY FRANKIE ROSE TO FAME AND WHETHER THERE WERE MISSED SIGNS BEFORE THAT ARREST, BE SURE TO WATCH IMPACT BY NIGHTLINE’S MOM DOUBLE LIFE. >> IT’S NOW STREAMING ON HULU. >> YOU GET THE SO AS YOU PROBABLY HEARD BY NOW, NIKKI

HALEY VOWS TO STAY IN THE RACE FOR WHITE HOUSE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PRIMARY JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY NOW. HALEY DELIVERED LIVE REMARKS IN HOME STATE, SAYING SHE IS NOT AFRAID OF TRUMP’S RETRIBUTION OR CONTINUING HER CAMPAIGN. EVEN AS OUR FRIENDS AT FIVETHIRTYEIGHT SAY, THE MATH IS INCREDIBLY TOUGH HERE.

VOTERS DON’T SEEM VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HER CHANCES. HALEY IS HAILING SHE WON’T BACK DOWN, THOUGH, TELLING VOTERS TODAY IN GREENVILLE SHE’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WELL, I’M NOT AFRAID TO SAY THE HARD TRUTHS OUT LOUD. I FEEL NO NEED TO KISS THE RING . I HAVE I HAVE NO FEAR OF TRUMP’S RETRIBUTION.

WELL, I’M NOT I’M NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING FROM HIM. THAT’S WHY I REFUSE TO QUIT. >> LET’S BRING IN OUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR RICK KLEIN, ALSO OUR SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT, RACHEL SCOTT, WHO’S THERE IN GREENVILLE. SO, RACHEL, WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME OUT EARLY MORNING THAT SHE’D BE MAKING A LIVE SPEECH, EVEN FOLKS

THAT KNOW HER WELL THOUGHT THAT THIS COULD BE IT. BUT AS WE JUST HEARD, SHE REFUSES TO KISS THE RING AND SHE REFUSES TO CALL IT QUITS. >> EXACTLY. AND PART OF THE SPECULATION BEHIND FOLKS SAYING THAT SHE MIGHT BE DROPPING OUT IS BECAUSE THEY’RE LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU JUST

RATTLED OFF THERE. SHE’S BEHIND THREE POINTS HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO DONALD TRUMP, 60 POINTS NATIONALLY. BUT SHE MADE IT CLEAR SHE IS GOING ANYWHERE. AND I WAS HERE WHEN SHE INITIALLY ANNOUNCED BID FOR PRESIDENT. >> SHE DIDN’T MENTION DONALD TRUMP BY NAME. NOT ONCE. WELL, SHE WENT AFTER HIM

REPEATEDLY IN THIS VERY FIERY, SAYING THAT IT’S NOT NORMAL TO HAVE A CANDIDATE WHERE YOU’RE PAYING $50 MILLION OF YOUR OWN CAMPAIGN, YOUR SUPER PAC ON LEGAL FEES. SHE SAID IT’S NOT NORMAL TO HAVE A CANDIDATE THAT IS NOW THREATENING OR ENCOURAGING RUSSIA TO GO AFTER OUR NATO ALLIES IF.

THEY DON’T SPEND ENOUGH ON DEFENSE SPENDING, SHE SAID. IT’S NOT NORMAL TO HAVE A CANDIDATE WHO THREATENING OR VOWING RETRIBUTION TO GO AFTER HIS POLITICAL RIVALS. AND SHE THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE ALL OF THAT IN JUST ONE MONTH. >> BUT SHE SAID SHE’S STAYING IN. IT’S UNCLEAR, THOUGH, WHAT HER

PATH IS TO THE NOMINATION AT THIS POINT. WELL, RICK, IT SEEMS LIKE SHE’S AIMING TO SURVIVE AND TAKE THIS FIGHT INTO THE MULTISTATE SUPER TUESDAY CONTEST IN MARCH. >> YOUR THOUGHTS? YEAH, THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT BY BY HALEY TO WAKE HER OWN PARTY UP IN HER OWN HOME STATE, UP

RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS A VERY MUCH TRUMP IFIED STATE OF AFFAIRS INSIDE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. SHE KNOWS THE MATH. SHE KNOWS HOW BRUTAL IT IS, YOU KNOW, HOW HARD IT IS TO BREAK THROUGH IN VOWING TO STAY AT LEAST THROUGH SUPER TUESDAY . SHE’S TRYING TO MAKE HER CLAIM TO THE DISAFFECTED PORTIONS

OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. PEOPLE ARE NOT SOLD ON TRUMP AND PEOPLE NOT SOLD BY BIDEN. YOU COULD ALSO HEAR IN THE SPEECH, KYRA, AT LEAST THE OUTLINES OF POTENTIAL EXIT PATH. SHE MADE CLEAR THAT FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS HAS WITH DONALD TRUMP, SHE HAS EVEN MORE FOR JOE BIDEN.

AND SHE HAS SAID SHE HAS NEVER BEEN IN RACE SIMPLY TO TAKE DOWN TRUMP AT ANY COST. >> SO RIGHT TO EVEN SPEAK WITH VOTERS IN HER HOME STATE. LET’S TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT THEY THINK. NO, BUT GOD, I HOPE SHE IS REALLY CLOSE. I THINK SHE’LL BE ACCEPTED.

BUT SHE’S GOT TO DEAL WITH THE PROSPECT OF FOUR YEARS OF CONFLICT. IT’S REALLY STUPID. >> WELL, AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HALEY DROVE HOME ON SUNDAY DURING HER TOWN HALL, AS SHE POINTED TO BOTH BIDEN AND TRUMP NOT BEING THE PRESIDENT, THAT THIS COUNTRY WANTS TO SEE . >> YES.

AND SHE REALLY SORT OF TRIED TO DELIVER A LITTLE BIT OF A GENERAL ELECTION EVEN HERE TODAY, MOVING AWAY FROM DONALD TRUMP AND MOVING THE FOCUS ON PRESIDENT BIDEN AS WELL. AND SHE POINTS REPEATEDLY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO THESE HEAD TO HEAD MATCH UPS WITH JUST HER AND PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHERE SHE

EDGES AN OUT. BUT, OF COURSE, TO GET THERE, SHE HAS TO GET THROUGH DONALD TRUMP FIRST. AND THAT STILL APPEARS TO BE HER CHALLENGE. AND SHE STILL CAN’T ANSWER TO THIS DAY NECESSARILY WHICH STATE SHE THINKS THAT SHE CAN ACTUALLY WIN TO GET ENOUGH DELEGATES EVENTUALLY TO BECOME THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.

ALL RIGHT, RICK, RACHEL, THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. WE’RE ALSO NOW LEARNING THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN’S MOST PROMINENT CRITIC, ALEXEI NAVALNY, COMMENTED ON U.S. POLITICS JUST MONTHS BEFORE HE DIED. THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS PUBLISHED LETTERS BETWEEN NAVALNY AND HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS AS HE STRUGGLED TO STAY CONNECTED TO THE OUTSIDE

WORLD WHILE SUFFERING IN PRISON. THE RUSSIAN DISSIDENT WHO JUST DIED THIS PAST AND IN PRISON, CALLED TRUMP’S AGENDA FOR A SECOND TERM REALLY SCARY. ALL THIS BREAKING AS THE KREMLIN SAYS IT WILL NOT ACCEPT DEMANDS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR AN INDEPENDENT DESTINATION INTO NAVALNY’S DEATH. OUR PATRICK REEVELL IS IN KYIV

FOR MORE. >> SO, PATRICK, JUST TALK TO US ABOUT THESE LETTERS. >> HI, CAROL. YEAH, AS YOU SAY, THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS PUBLISHED A NUMBER OF LETTERS THAT WERE SENT BETWEEN ALEXEI NAVALNY AND HIS COLLEAGUES AND SOME OF HIS SUPPORTERS. AND THEY DO OFFER THIS FASCINATING GLIMPSE INTO HIS WORLD.

AND HE TALKS ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS. HE TALKS ABOUT BOOKS. HE TALKS ABOUT LIFE IN PRISON. HE TALKS ABOUT LIFE OUTSIDE OF PRISON BECAUSE HE WAS VERY FASCINATED BY WHAT WAS GOING ON IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS. I’VE BEEN TALKING WITH YEVGENY ,WHO WAS NAVALNY’S PHOTOGRAPHER FOR YEARS, AND WHO

SENT SOME OF THESE LETTERS, AND THEY OFTEN DISCUSSED AMERICAN IN SOME OF THESE LETTERS. AND AS YOU SAY, NAVALNY IN ONE OF THEM WRITES THAT TRUMP’S ELECTORAL AGENDA WAS VERY SCARY . HE ALSO WROTE, THOUGH, THAT HE FEARED THAT IF PRESIDENT BIDEN SUFFERED SOME KIND OF HEALTH PROBLEM, THEN OBVIOUSLY

TRUMP COULD BE ELECTED AND THAT DO THE DEMOCRATS NOT KNOW THAT MANY OF THESE IS ALSO THEY JUST TALK ABOUT HIS LIFE IN PRISON. HE SAYS. AT ONE POINT HE SAYS THAT THE GUARDS THERE, IF THEY WERE ORDERED TO PROVIDE HIM WITH CAVIAR, THEY WOULD ALL, IF THEY’RE ORDERED TO STRANGLE HIM

IN HIS CELL. THEY WERE JUST SHOWING THE LEVEL OF DEHUMANIZATION INSIDE, THE PRISON. >> SO THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOW PROMISING MAJOR SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA IN RESPONSE TO THE DEATH NAVALNY. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK WE CAN EXPECT? YEAH, THE WHITE HOUSE A LITTLE WHILE AGO HAS SAID THAT IT

WILL IMPOSE, QUOTE, MAJOR SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA AND SAYING THAT RUSSIA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NAVALNY’S DEATH. BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHAT CAN THESE SANCTIONS BE? BECAUSE AS MOST EXPERTS ARE NOTING, THERE ARE ALREADY VERY SEVERE ON RUSSIA BECAUSE OF THE WAR HERE IN UKRAINE. I MEAN, THE WITH THOSE SANCTIONS IS THAT RIGHT NOW

THEYE NOT SUFFICIENTLY ENFORCED. AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY GAPS. AND RUSSIA HAS MANAGED TO ADAPT TO THEM TO A GREAT DEGREE. WELL, A LOT OF SUPPORTERS OF NAVALNY ARE SAYING IS THAT THE U.S. AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SHOULD NOW TAKE THIS $300 BILLION OF RUSSIAN ASSETS THAT HAVE BEEN FROZEN BECAU

OF THE WAR AND SHOULD BE GIVEN AND THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO UKRAINE AS A PUNISHMENT FOR RUSSIA. THEY’RE SAYING THAT THAT WOULD BE A MUCH MORE PAINFUL SANCTION AND A MUCH BETTER WAY TO HONOR ALEXEI NAVALNY’S NAME. ALL RIGHT, PATRICK REEVELL THERE IN KYIV FOR US. PATRICK, THANK YOU.

MEANWHILE, BACK HERE AT HOME, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS IN CALIFORNIA CLEANING UP IN THE AFTERMATH OF POWERFUL STORMS WITH EVEN MORE EXTREME WEATHER ON THE WAY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. TORRENTIAL RAIN AND HEAVY RAINS DOWNING AND KNOCKING OUT POWER OF THE SANTA BARBARA AREA, GETTING THE MOST RAIN WITH NEARLY A FOOT FALLING

THERE IN JUST THE LAST 72 HOURS. THAT IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE. AND HEAVY RAIN WASHING OUT THE ROADS. MUDSLIDES ALSO MAKING SOME STREETS PRETTY NEARLY IMPASSABLE. AND MORE RAIN AND SNOW IS NOW EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WEATHER ALERTS IN EFFECT FROM SAN DIEGO TO REDDING.

OUR METEOROLOGIST MELISSA GRIFFIN IS TRACKING THE EXTREME WEATHER FOR US. SO YOU HAD ANOTHER DAY OF RAIN OUT WEST. RIGHT, KYRA. THIS RAIN DOES NOT WANT TO GO AWAY. IT’S ALL BECAUSE OF THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER THAT CONTINUES TO STREAM, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF MOISTURE INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AREAS

THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN SO MUCH RAIN LIKE SANTA BARBARA, NEARLY A FOOT RAIN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. AND SHOWERS CONTINUE FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. >> WELL, WHICH IS WHY WE STILL HAVE 37 MILLION CALIFORNIANS UNDER FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN. YOU CAN SEE WINTER

STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE FEET. SNOW THERE IN THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS AS WELL. BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THE AREA THAT WE’RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. THAT IS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS IS NOW SOUTH OF SANTA BARBARA, INCLUDING LOS ANGELES

AND JUST NORTH OF SAN DIEGO. THIS IS WHERE WE DO STILL HAVE FLOOD WARNINGS. WE’RE SEEING ROAD CLOSURES BECAUSE OF THOSE MUDSLIDES AND THOSE ROCKSLIDES AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING COULD CONTINUE THERE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS THROUGH THIS EVENING INTO EARLY TOMORROW. SO LET’S TIME THAT OUT.

YOU CAN SEE THE ROUNDS OF RAIN CONTINUE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHILE HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVER SPREAD THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS THROUGH TOMORROW YET ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN THERE IN L.A. THIS IS OVERNIGHT. SO WE COULD SEE THOSE MUD AND LANDSLIDES THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS INTO TOMORROW.

IT ALL MOVES OUT BY WEDNESDAY. AND, KYRA, AS THIS THING JUST CRASHES RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY REALLY QUICKLY. IT’S RAIN FOR THE EAST COAST BECAUSE WE’RE EXPECTING A WARM-UP HERE AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. MELISSA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND UP, PAY MORE FOR

YOUR PLASTIC. WHY A $35 BILLION MERGER COULD HIT YOUR RIGHT IN THE CREDIT CARD. BACK IN A MOMENT. THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSH AND FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL DESTRUCTIVE FORCE STORM.

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ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION. >> GIVE IT TO ME. SOON PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON 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 AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST LISTENING TO START HERE ABC NEWS WE IT YOUR FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE

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GLAD YOU’RE STREAMING WITH US TODAY US MAJOR A MAJOR CHANGE RATHER FOR YOUR CREDIT CARD CAPITAL ONE IS BUYING DISCOVER IN A DEAL WORTH $35 BILLION. AND THE DEAL GIVES CAPITAL ONE ACCESS TO ABOUT 60 MILLION NEW CUSTOMERS NOW. BUT HERE’S THE QUESTION IS IT GOING TO MAKE ANYTHING CHEAPER?

THAT’S WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW. LET’S BRING IN OUR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT ALEXIS CHRISTOFOR. SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF YOU HAVE A CAPITAL ONE OR DISCOVER CARD? >> KYRA, WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THIS DEAL IS NOT DONE YET. IT STILL NEEDS TO BE SIGNED OFF BY BANK REGULATORS AND SHAREHOLDERS.

IF IT DOES HAPPEN, IT WOULDN’T BE TILL LATE THIS YEAR OR EARLY 2025. IF IT HAPPENS THOUGH, IT WILL CREATE THE SIXTH LARGEST U.S. BANK BY ASSETS AND, THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD ISSUER IN THE COUNTRY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? BIGGER DOESN’T ALWAYS MEAN BETTER. WE DON’T KNOW YET WHAT THIS

WOULD MEAN FOR CONSUMERS, AT LEAST IN THE SHORT. IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE CARDS, YOU SHOULDN’T SEE ANY CHANGES. WE’RE NOT EVEN IF ALL THE CARDS WOULD SWITCH OVER TO THE CAPITAL ONE OR DISCOVER BRAND, IF THIS DEAL HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, DISCOVER IS MORE OF A CASH REWARDS CARD WHERE

CAPITAL ONE HAS MORE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARKS AND REWARDS. SO IF THESE TWO COMPANIES COME TOGETHER, IT COULD MEAN A BETTER, MORE ROBUST REWARDS PROGRAM FOR CONSUMERS. I THINK THE QUESTION WE ALL WANT TO HAVE ANSWERED IS WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THOSE INTEREST RATES THAT WE’RE PAYING ON THESE CREDIT CARDS,

WHICH ARE ALREADY AT A RECORD HIGH? AND I A LITTLE DIGGING. AND IT’S INTERESTING TO FIND SMALLER BANKS, EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE A CREDIT SCORE, YOU’RE GOING TO GET A MORE COMPETITIVE INTEREST RATE AT THOSE SMALLER BANKS, WHICH ARE ABOUT 20%. NOW, THE LARGER BANKS ARE CHARGING ABOUT 23%.

SO YET TO BE SEEN WHETHER OR NOT A BIGGER CREDIT CARD ISSUER WOULD MEAN SMALLER INTEREST RATES FOR CONSUMERS. THAT IS SUCH A HIGH. I CRINGE WHEN I HEAR 20, 23. LET’S SWITCH GEARS TO ANOTHER BUSINESS STORY, IF YOU DON’T MIND. AMERICAN RAISING BAG FEES. TALK ABOUT RAISING FEES

AND CHANGING HOW CUSTOMERS EARN FREQUENT FLIER MILES. WHAT’S GOING ON THERE? I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ALL FEEL SO NICKEL AND DIMED EVERY TIME WE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO BUY A FLIGHT. AND SO AMERICAN BECAME THE LATEST AIRLINE TO RAISE BAGGAGE. JETBLUE AND ALASKA AIR DID THAT RECENTLY.

IT’S THE FIRST TIME THEY’VE DONE IT SINCE 2018. DOESN’T MAKE IT ANY EASIER US. SO NOW YOUR FIRST CHECK BAG IS GOING TO COST YOU 35 BUCKS IF YOU DO IT ONLINE, 40 AT THE AIRPORT, SECOND BAG IS GOING TO COST $45. AND THE AIRLINES SAY THEY’RE GETTING HIT

WITH INFLATION JUST LIKE WE ARE. THEY SAY IT COSTS MORE, IT TAKES MORE FUEL TO CARRY ALL OF THOSE BAGS. THEY’RE PAYING MORE FOR FUEL. THEY’RE PAYING MORE FOR COSTS. THEY SAY THAT’S WHY THEY HAVE TO RAISE THE BAGGAGE FEES AND. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE FREQUENT FLIER MILES, YOU HAVE TO IN

THE FUTURE GO DIRECTLY TO AMERICAN AIRLINES TO BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS IN ORDER TO GET THOSE REWARDS POINTS KYRA. >> ALL RIGHT, ALEXIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, ALABAMA, THE STATE SUPREME COURT HAS HANDED DOWN A HISTORIC DECISION THAT COULD IMPACT THE FUTURE OF IN VITRO FERTILIZATION. THE COURT RULING THAT FROZEN

EMBRYOS DO INDEED QUALIFY AS CHILDREN UNDER A STATE LAW. MEDICAL EXPERTS AND ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES WAR THAT THIS COULD HAVE MAJOR CONSEQUENCES FOR WOMEN SEEKING TO ACCESS FERTILITY TREATMENT. IN THE POST ROE ERA. AND IT COMES AFTER. A PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED AND DESTROYED VIALS OF FROZEN EMBRYOS AT AN ALABAMA FERTILITY CLINIC.

STATE’S HIGH COURT SAYS THAT THE PATIENT CAN NOW BE HELD LIABLE IN A WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT. >> OUR ELIZABETH SCHULZE JOINS US WITH MORE. >> MORE. I HAD MY TWINS BECAUSE OF IVF, SO I WAS PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS. I MEAN, TO ME, I JUST THIS IS REALLY TO HEAR AND THIS

REALLY IS A CASE THAT COULD HAVE FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES . FAMILIES IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA WHO ARE TRYING TO GET PREGNANT THROUGH IN VITRO, THROUGH IVF. AND WHAT THIS CASE CENTERED ON WAS THIS INCIDENT WHERE A PATIENT WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THIS FERTILITY CLINIC IN ALABAMA.

THEY SOMEHOW GOT ACCESS TO THAT FREEZER, TOOK SOME EMBRYOS, ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED THEM AND DESTROYED THEM . AND THAT’S HOW THIS LAWSUIT WENT FORWARD. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT ALABAMA SUPREME COURT IS THAT NOW THAT PATIENT CAN BE HELD LIABLE FOR, WRONGFUL DEATH. SO THIS DOES HAVE FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES, COULD ULTIMATELY

MEAN IT’S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET IVF IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA. THAT IS JUST CRAZY. YOU WORK SO HARD EVEN JUST TO GET EMBRYOS AND THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A FAMILY. AND THEN THEY THEY’RE THE ONES THAT MADE THE MISTAKE. RIGHT. AND THIS REALLY COMES DOWN

TO THE QUESTION OF LIABILITY. RIGHT. WHAT THE DOCTORS WE SPOKEN TO IN ALABAMA, LEGAL EXPERTS ARE SAYING IS THERE JUST WOULD BE TOO MUCH RISK TO TAKE ON IF YOU ARE A CLINIC IF YOU ARE A DOCTOR. TO KNOW THAT OFTEN WHEN YOU’RE DOING IVF, THERE ARE EMBRYOS.

YOU WANT TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE POSSIBLE TO GET PREGNANT. SO THERE’S MULTIPLE LEFT OVER. BUT WHAT DO YOU DO THEN WITH THOSE ONES THAT AREN’T USED? AND IF YOU ARE POSSIBLY GOING TO GET SUED FOR NOT USING THOSE ,IT’S JUST NOT WORTH IT FOR SOME PEOPLE. THAT’S JUST CRAZY. ALL RIGHT.

SO COULD WE SEE THIS GOING BEYOND ALABAMA INTO OTHER. RIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW, THIS WILL GO BACK TO THE STATE. THIS WILL REALLY BE A FIRST OF ITS KIND TRIAL IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA SPECIFICALLY. BUT IT COULD A PRECEDENT WHEN IT COMES TO OTHER STATES. WE HAVE SEEN MORE BROADLY THIS

PUSH TO PUT RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN THE WAKE OF THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE AND JUNE 2022. SO THERE HAS BEEN CONCERN FROM SOME ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES WHO ARE PUSHING TO HAVE RESTRICTIONS GO BEYOND WHAT WE’VE JUST SEEN IN ABORTION, POSSIBLY TO INCLUDE IVF OR EVEN CONTRACEPTION KYRA.

WELL, LET’S KEEP FOLLOWING IT. APPRECIATE IT. >> THANKS, ELIZABETH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, COMING UP, THE FAB FOUR TIMES, FOUR BANDS. YOU’VE GOT A LOT TO LOOK TO AT THE BOXXE LONGER THAN YOU WANT. WE’LL EXPLAIN. WELL, MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS. >> THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE,

CELEBRITY JOE GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION AT A CENTRAL BIG TIME. SO GET A CHANCE, FIND THE ERROR AND THAT SORT OF LOSS. WANT TO SAY DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HOUSE MAKING? I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY TO FACE ERIKA.

>> WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SAW THE HOUSE AND YOU HAVE SO FEW IN WHO? >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE PRESSURE, THE FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. CLOSE THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL. THE STRUCTURE KEPT FOUR STORIES HIGH.

>> FIVE IS IN THE BULL’S EYE. LET’S GET 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. WHY AMERICA’S? >> NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.

YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING 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. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN. HOW DO BILLIONAIRES AND JIMMY

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 WHAT DO YOU MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE

ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO LISTEN NOW TO THEIR DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD R MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKING 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 RIGHT . NOW, THERE’S JUST SO MUCH HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD, SO MUCH AT STAKE AT, THE START OF EVERY MORNING. AND THAT’S WHY AT GOOD MORNING AMERICA, WE’RE RIGHT HERE

AND WE GOT IT. >> WE GOT. WE GOT YOU. WE’RE REPORTING ON BOARD A U.S. NAVY DESTROYER IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. I’M NOT EVEN REALLY WHEREVER THE STORY IS. WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE WATCHING ABC NEW RYAN. SOME OTHER TOP HEADLINES WE’RE FOLLOWING FOR YOU THIS HOUR. WIKILEAKS, JULIAN ASSANGE

IN COURT TODAY AS HE FIGHTS EXTRADITION TO THE U.S. ASSANGE FACES CHARGES OF SPYING. AND IF A BRITISH COURT DENIES HIS APPEAL TODAY, HE’D BE TRANSFERRED INTO AMERICAN CUSTODY. WIKILEAKS FOUNDER FACES 18 CHARGES OVER HIS PUBLICATION OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, BUT HE MAINTAINS THAT HE’S JUST SIMPLY A WHISTLE REPORTING

AMERICAN WAR CRIMES. THE MAN WHO FATALLY TWO POLICE OFFICERS AND A FIREFIGHTER DURING A STANDOFF NEAR MINNEAPOLIS WAS BANNED OWNING GUNS. COURT PAPERS SAY THAT SHANNON GOODEN WAS BARRED FROM POSSESSING FIREARMS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO ASSAULT BACK IN 2008. GOODEN WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CUSTODY BATTLE WITH THE

MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN. POLICE SAY HE DIED BY SUICIDE AFTER OPENING FIRE ON FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE ANSWERING A CALL FOR A DOMESTIC DISPUTE. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE FAB FOUR FROM DIRECTOR SAM MENDEZ. THE BEATLES ARE TOGETHER FOR FOUR BEATLES. BUT BIOPICS CENTERED AROUND A DIFFERENT MEMBER OF THE BAND.

>> AND EACH RELEASING IN THE SAME YEAR. MENDEZ SAYS THAT HE’S WANDERED HONORED, RATHER, TO BE TELLING THE STORY OF THE GREATEST ROCK BAND OF ALL TIME, EXCITED TO CHALLENGE THE NOTION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A TRIP TO THE MOVIES. YOU CAN GET YOUR TICKET TO RIDE COME IN 2027. ALL RIGHT.

SO CAN YOU TRUST OWN EYES? BECAUSE NEW ADVANCES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARE RAISING THE QUESTION, PROMPTING ANOTHER HOW DO YOU SEPARATE REALITY FROM ILLUSION? OPENAI. PREVIEWING NEW TECHNOLOGY ALLOWING ANYONE TO CREATE REALISTIC LOOKING VIDEOS WITH JUST A FEW CLICKS ON YOUR KEYBOARD. SO HOW WILL YOU KNOW WHAT’S

REAL AND WHAT’S NOT? HERE’S CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT REBECCA JARVIS. YOU’RE WATCHING THE LATEST IN AI GENERATED CONTENT. THIS IS SORA IN ACTION, A NEW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT PROMISES TO LET ANYONE CREATE REALISTIC, IMAGINATIVE SCENES LIKE THESE FROM JUST A FEW TEXT INSTRUCTIONS. >> SORA IS VERY SIMPLE A MAGICAL PROGRAM WHERE

YOU TYPE IN TEXT AND A VIDEO THAT CORRESPONDS TO YOUR TEXT. >> FOR INSTANCE, IN THE PROMPT, A CAT WAKING UP ITS SLEEPING OWNER DEMANDING CAN GENERATE A VIDEO LIKE THIS IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES, BLURRING THE LINES BETWEEN WHAT’S REAL AND CREATED BY HUMANS VERSUS WHAT’S COMPUTER GENERATED.

THE COMPANY BEHIND THIS TECHNOLOGICAL MARVEL A.I. THE SAME BUSINESS BEHIND CHATGPT. IT IS NOW VALUED AT $80 BILLION. TRIPLE WHAT? IT WAS JUST TEN MONTHS AGO. SORA IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE TO PUBLIC, BUT OPENAI IS LETTING A SELECT FEW OUTSIDE EXPERTS TEST IT AND RED FLAG POTENTIAL PITFALLS. MEANTIME OPENAI CEO SAM ALTMAN

HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTING WHAT HIS TECHNOLOGY CAN DO BY REPLYING TO USER PROMPTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. ONE USER TWEETING A BICYCLE RACE ON OCEAN, DIFFERENT ANIMALS AS ATHLETES RIDING THE BICYCLES WITH CAMERA VIEW. ALTMAN RESPONDING WITH THIS VIDEO. BUT WHILE THE TECHNOLOGY IS STILL YOUNG, SOME EXPERTS ALREADY SOUNDING THE ALARM.

>> WE HEARD ABOUT AN EXECUTIVE AT A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY IN HONG KONG WHO WAS CONNED OUT OF $25 MILLION IN A FAKE VIDEO CALL THAT WAS ORCHESTRATED. HE SAW AND HEARD HIS, BUT THEY WERE NOT REAL. WE’VE ALSO HEA THAT ARE STAGED IN YOUR KIDS VOICE, BUT IT’S NOT THEM.

>> YOU SEE THEM AND IT’S NOT REALLY THEM. WILL SMITH SHARING THIS PARODY OF AN A.I. VIDEO OF HIMSELF RECENTLY. IT WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED A YEAR AGO BY REDDIT USER DROP, WHO SAID HE MADE IT WITH MODEL SCOPED TEXT TO VIDEO GENERATOR . FAST FORWARD JUST 12 MONTHS LATER.

NOW LIFELIKE TEXT PROMPTED VIDEO FROM OPENAI AND AI PROGRAMS LIKE RUNWAY AND PEEK LABS. >> AND OUR THANKS TO REBECCA JARVIS THAT. SCARY AND EXCITING AT THE SAME TIME. WELL, THANKS FOR SHARING WITH US ON KYRA PHILLIPS. >> THE NEWS NEVER STOPS NEEDED. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.

MORE NEWS ON THE OTHER SIDE. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TERM HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST, BBC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION AND TV AND EVEN TO ME IT’S LUNCHTIME IN AMERICA.

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SO JOIN US AFTER DINNER FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. I LOVE THAT NAME. THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ON THIS STORY. WHY A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION TODAY. SEVERAL VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE BY THE AIR AND ANSWER THE LAWSUIT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY ASPECT? I.

I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY. FACE TO. >> ERIKA. WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SAW THE HOUSEWIFE AND THE HUSTLER TEAM IN? >> YOU KNOW, FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE SOURCE BECOMES THE ONLY ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO. FASTER SMARTER AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS IF.

YOU’VE BEEN IN THE KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE ALL THE LESSONS OF THAT EXPERIENCE THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP IT NOW I TALK ABOUT IT. UKRAINIAN ATTACK HELICOPTERS IN EASTERN UKRAINE WHEREVER STORY IT WILL TAKE YOU THAT YOU’RE WATCHING ABC NEWS LIVE LIVE BREAKING FIRST ON ABC NEWS

LIVE PRISON TIME FORMER MONEY BLOGGER ROBBIE FRANKIE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR CHILD ABUSE. HOW LONG SHE SPENT BARS AND REACTION THIS HOUR FROM HER ATTORNEYS. VETO U.S. VOTES AGAINST A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A CEASE FIRE IN GAZA THE CONTROVERSIAL REASONS BEHIND THAT DECISION AND WHAT ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER IS SAYING ABOUT THE VOTE.

WE’RE LIVE IN TEL AVIV. AN UNDERWATER DRENCHED AND YET ANOTHER DAY OF TORRENTIAL RAIN FLOODING, MUDSLIDES AND THE THREAT OF EVEN MORE STORMS ON THE WAY. HOW LONG IS EXTREME IS GOING TO LAST? GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. WE DO BEGIN WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS, THOUGH, FORMER YOUTUBE

MOMMY BLOGGER RUBY FRANKY HEADED TO PRISON NOW FOR ABUSING HER CHILDREN. THE UTAH MOTHER OF SIX WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES OF 1 TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. FRANKY, HER BUSINESS PARTNER, PLEADED GUILTY TO CHARGES AFTER POLICE FOUND ONE OF FRANKIE’S SONS EMACIATED WITH OPEN

AND BOUND WITH DUCT TAPE, WHILE ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS WAS MALNOURISHED. LEADING US OFF THIS HOUR. OUR ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR, KAYNA WHITWORTH. SHE’S THERE IN SAINT GEORGE, UTAH. ALSO OUR LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY, CHANNA LLOYD. SO, KAYLA, YOU WERE THERE INSIDE THE COURTROOM WHEN FRANKIE WAS ACTUALLY SENTENCED.

WHAT WAS HER REACTION AND THE REACTION IN COURT RIGHT NOW? IT DOES APPEAR THAT RUBY FRANKIE CAME INTO THIS COURTROOM TODAY PREPARED FOR WHAT SHE WOULD RECEIVE. NOW, AGAIN, JUDGE HANDED DOWN THE SENTENCE TO BE SERVED CONSECUTIVELY, NOT CONCURRENTLY. ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1 TO 15 YEARS. ULTIMATELY, THE TIME SERVED

WILL BE DECIDED BY A PAROLE BOARD. THAT WAS THE SAME SENTENCE HANDED OUT TO JODI HILDEBRANDT AS WELL. AND WHILE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN PREPARED, IT WAS REALLY THE FAMILY MEMBERS THERE THAT WE KEPT AN EYE ON. IN FACT, RUBY, FRANKIE’S HUSBAND, WHO HAS SINCE FOR DIVORCE, WAS SITTING IN THERE

ALONG WITH HER TWO ADULT CHILDREN. AND THAT WAS HIS REACTION. WATCHING HIM, THE COURT PROCEEDINGS, THAT REALLY WAS ASTONISHING. IN FACT, HE KEPT HIS EYES LASER FOCUSED ON RUBY AS SHE READ A RATHER LENGTHY AND EMOTIONAL STATEMENT. AND HE WAS NODDING AT ONE POINT, SHE ADDRESSED HIM DIRECTLY. HE TURNED RED.

HE PUT HIS HANDS. HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS AND APPEARED TO BE CRYING. AND SHE SAID, KNOW MY SIX BABIES? SHE CALLED THEM HER LITTLE BABY CHECKS AND SHE REFERRED TO HERSELF AS THE MOM OF DEATH. >> AND THEN SHE WENT ON THIS BENCH, AN APOLOGY TOUR, IN A WAY.

AND SHE EVEN APOLOGIZED TO HER SIBLINGS. AND AT ONE POINT, SHE SAID, MY DECISION TO ROLL AROUND IN A PIGSTY, DRAG YOUR FAMILIES THROUGH THE MUD HERE. HMM. AND SHAWNA, SENTENCING THERE IN UTAH ACTUALLY WORKS DIFFERENTLY. OTHER STATES. HOW DID THAT PLAY A PART TODAY? YOU THINK?

>> WELL, IT’S GOING TO BIFURCATES. SO THE JUDGE WAS ABLE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE SENTENCES WOULD BE CONSECUTIVE OR CONCURRENT. AND ALL THIS INFORMATION IS STILL GOING TO GO TO THE BOARD TO MAKE A DECISION OF HOW MUCH TIME EACH OF THOSE COUNTS BE HAD.

NOW, THESE ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HEARD IN COURT TODAY WILL ALSO BE HEARD BY THE BOARD, AND THEY CAN USE IT IN CONSIDERATION OF THAT DETERMINATION. >> SO, DANA, WHAT ARE PROSECUTORS AND FRANKIE’S LAWYERS SAYING NOW UNDERSTAND? THEY SPOKE AFTER HER SENTENCING . THEY SURE DID. AND IN FACT, THE PROSECUTORS

SAY THAT NOT ONLY HIS LINE OF WORK, BUT WITHIN THE ENTIRE OFFICE, THIS IS THE WORST CASE OF CHILD ABUSE THAT THEY HAVE EVER SEEN. >> TAKE A LISTEN. >> CHILD ABUSE IS NEVER. AND. BUT THAT WAS THAT WAS THE MINDSET THAT THEY HAD AT THE TIME.

AND THINK THAT YOU SAW TODAY, THERE’S THERE’S GOOD REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THIS FRANKIE HAS KIND OF UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT. NOW, AT ONE POINT HERE, HE ACTUALLY LIKENED JODI HILDEBRAND’S HOME WHAT THESE KIDS WENT THROUGH TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP. THAT IS THAT JODI HILDEBRAND’S LAWYER DENIES HE DOES NOT AGREE WITH CHARACTERIZATION.

BUT EITHER WAY, IT DOES APPEAR AT THIS POINT, KYRA, THAT THEY’RE REALLY FOCUSED ON RUBY, FRANKY AND HER BEING VERY REMORSEFUL IN THIS SITUATION. AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT JODI HILLEBRAND HASN’T REALLY EXPRESSED JUST YET. >> ALL KAYNA WHITWORTH CHANNA LLOYD, THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. AND FOR MORE ON, HOW RUBY

FRANKIE ACTUALLY ROSE TO FAME AND WHETHER THERE WERE MISSED SIGNS BEFORE HER ARREST. YOU CAN WATCH OUR IMPACT BY NIGHTLINE’S A MOM DOUBLE LIFE. >> IT’S NOW STREAMING ON HULU. SO NIKKI HALEY VOWS STAY IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PRIMARY JUST DAYS AWAY.

HALEY DELIVERED LIVE REMARKS IN HER HOME TODAY, SAYING SHE’S NOT AFRAID OF TRUMP’S RETRIBUTION OR CONTINUING HER CAMPAIGN. EVEN AS OUR FRIENDS AT FIVETHIRTYEIGHT SAY, MATH IS INCREDIBLY TOUGH AND VOTERS DON’T SEEM VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HER CHANCES. NOW, HALEY IS HAILING SHE WON’T BACK DOWN, TELLING IN GREENVILLE SHE’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

WELL, I’M NOT AFRAID TO SAY THE HARD TRUTHS OUT LOUD. I FEEL NO NEED TO KISS THE RING. WOW. I HAVE NO FEAR OF TRUMP’S RETRIBUTION. I’M NOT. I’M NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING FROM HIM. THAT’S WHY I REFUSE TO QUIT. OUR DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR,

AVERI HARPER, JOINING ME NOW. SO HALEY, AIMING TO SURVIVE AND TAKE THIS FIGHT INTO THE MULTISTATE SUPER TUESDAY CONTESTS IN MARCH, YOUR THOUGHTS, AVERY? >> IT’S GOING TO BE REALLY TOUGH FOR HER TO DO THAT. YOU MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THOSE SOUTH CAROLINA POLL NUMBERS. SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE SHE

IS BEHIND BY 30 POINTS, IS ACTUALLY THE BEST IT GETS FOR HER RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF POLLING, WHEN WE LOOK AT A NATIONAL POLL, SHE’S ACTUALLY DOWN BY 60 POINTS, ACCORDING TO FIVETHIRTYEIGHT. AND SO IT BECOMES REALLY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENCE OF SUPPORTERS BECAUSE FOLKS WANT TO VOTE FOR

SOMEBODY WHO THEY BELIEVE CAN WHEN SHE IS SOMEONE WHO IS REALLY COMFORTABLE BEING IN THE UNDERDOG POSITION. BUT IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER SHE’S GOING TO BE ABLE TO GAIN ANY MOMENTUM INTO SUPER TUESDAY. >> SO OUR TEAMS HAVE BEEN WITH VOTERS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR MONTHS NOW.

AND HERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT SOUTH CAROLINA VOTERS ACTUALLY SAID ABOUT THEY BELIEVE SHE CAN STAND A CHANCE IN HER HOME STATE. >> NO, BUT GOD, I HOPE SHE IS REALLY CLOSE. I THINK IT’S GOING TO TOUGH. YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT THAT DIFFICULT TO GET ON THE TEAM, BUT I MEAN,

SHE’S GOT TO DO IT. THE PROSPECT FOR YEARS OF TRUMP REALLY SKIPPING SO HALEY HAS BEEN BANKING EVERYTHING ON THIS PRIMARY. AND HER OWN VOTERS DON’T REALLY HAVE FAITH. WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT SAYS? >> I’M NOT SURE THAT THAT BODES WELL FOR HER. LISTEN, THERE ARE FOLKS WHO DO

SUPPORT NIKKI HALEY. SHE’S ALWAYS HAD A FOLLOWING. BUT THE FACT REMAINS, BY AND LARGE, CURRENT REPUBLICAN PARTY IS STILL IN LOVE WITH FORMER TRUMP. AND THAT’S WHY WE’VE SEEN HIM WIN EVERY SINGLE NOMINATING CONTEST BY A LARGE MARGIN. YOU KNOW, FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, FOR HER TO YOU KNOW

HEADING INTO SOUTH CAROLINA BEING 30 POINTS BEHIND, THIS IS A STATE WHERE PEOPLE KNOW HER, WHERE PEOPLE VOTED FOR HER AS GOVERNOR TWICE. AND THE PROSPECTS ARE NOT LOOKING ALL THAT GREAT FOR. ALL RIGHT. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW LONG, HALEY, CAN I MEAN, HAVE A REALITY CHECK?

HOW CAN HOW LONG CAN SHE LAST? AND WHAT WILL BE HER BIGGEST CHALLENGE OR CHALLENGES FROM NOW TO, YOU KNOW, SUPER TUESDAY? WELL, LOOK, SHE ENOUGH MONEY TO KEEP IT GOING. SHE HAS BEEN ON A FUNDRAISING BLITZ. SHE’S BEEN GOING TO SUPER TUESDAY STATES, PLACES LIKE TEXAS, PLACES LIKE CALIFORNIA,

WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF DELEGATES TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SHORE UP AND, FILL UP HER CAMPAIGN COFFERS. BUT AGAIN, I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS GOING BE BEYOND SUPER TUESDAY, MAINTAINING THE SUPPORT OF VOTERS, OF DONORS TO PROPEL HER CAMPAIGN, BECAUSE ALL THOSE FOLKS ARE PRAGMATIC. THEY WANT TO SEE THAT SOMEONE

CAN. >> AND SHE HAS YET TO DO THAT. ALL RIGHT, AVERI HARPER, APPRECIATE SO MUCH. TURNING NOW TO THE LATEST IN THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. THE U.S. VOTING AGAINST A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE IN GAZA. THE U.S. WAS THE ONLY NATION ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO VOTE

AGAINST THE MEASURE. THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N., LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD. AN UNCONDITIONAL CEASE FIRE WITHOUT ANY OBLIGATION FOR HAMAS, OR AT LEAST WAS JUST IRRESPONSIBLE. ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MORRIS IN TEL AVIV. SO, MARCUS, THIS COMES AS THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER THE IDF’S PLANS FOR RAFAH.

WHAT’S NETANYAHU SAYING ABOUT THE U.N. VOTE NOW? WELL, KYRA HE’S OBVIOUSLY KEENLY AWARE OF THE PRESSURE AND THE CONCERNS THE INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS ABOUT ANY OF THEIR MILITARY OPERATIONS. HE SAYS THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE WITH THEIR EFFORT AND, THAT IS TO ACHIEVE ALL OF THEIR ALL THEIR GOALS, WHICH INCLUDES

ELIMINATING HAMAS, AND ALSO SECURING THE RELEASE ALL OF THE HOSTAGES. BUT CERTAINLY THERE’S A LOT AT STAKE AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THAT. BUT BASED ON WHAT WE’VE HEARD FROM BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND OTHERS IN HIS GOVERNMENT, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS FORWARD WITH THEIR WITH THEIR PLANS.

SO WHAT ARE WE HEARING NOW ABOUT THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM SUSPENDING ITS ACTIONS DUE TO THE VIOLENCE THERE? JUST TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN HAVE WHEN PEOPLE ARE ALREADY STARVING. YEAH. I MEAN, ALREADY, AS YOU’RE WELL AWARE, THESE PAST FOUR MONTHS AND EVEN BEFORE THE OCTOBER

SEVEN TERROR ATTACKS, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE DEPENDED ON ON AID TO SURVIVE. AND CERTAINLY THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS HAS ONLY MADE THAT WORSE. AND TO LEARN NOW THAT THE SEVEN AID GROUPS ARE SUSPENDING THEIR AID TO PARTS OF THE REGION THAT WILL HAVE A REALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON PEOPLE’S

ABILITY TO BUY TO SURVIVE. WITHOUT A DOUBT, CAROL. ALL RIGHT. OUR MARCUS MOORE THERE IN TEL AVIV. MARCUS, THANK YOU. NOW BACK IN THE UNITED STATES, EXTREME WEATHER IS WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT OUT WEST. CALIFORNIA FOR YET ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HITTING THE SANTA AREA.

THAT CITY GETTING NEARLY A FOOT OF RAIN IN JUST THE LAST THREE DAYS. THEN FARTHER NORTH NEAR SAN FRANCISCO. HEAVY RAIN, FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. AND TODAY, MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED. >> WITH WEATHER ALERTS IN EFFECT FROM SAN DIEGO TO REDDING. LET’S BRING IN OUR METEOROLOGIST MELISSA GRIFFIN FOR MORE.

SO WHEN WILL CALIFORNIA ACTUALLY CATCH A BREAK? YOU THINK? >> WELL, CAROL, WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE HOURS OF THIS HEAVY RAIN, BUT THE STORM STARTS TO MOVE AWAY TOMORROW. WE TALK ABOUT THESE ATMOSPHERIC ALL THE TIME FOR THE WEST COAST. SO WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? THIS SATELLITE IMAGERY REALLY

DEPICTS THAT. YOU CAN SEE IT THERE. IT’S A PLUME, A VERTICAL PLUME OF MOISTURE GOING RIGHT THERE INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND YOU COMBINE THAT WITH, THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM. YOU HAVE HEAVY RAIN FLOODING MOUNTAINS NOW AND HIGH WINDS ALL IMPACTING MUCH OF THE STATE. AND THAT’S WHY WE STILL HAVE THESE WINTER

STORM WARNINGS IN EFFECT. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES NOW STRETCHING INTO THE ROCKIES AND THOSE FLOOD WATCHES CONTINUE FOR THOSE 37 MILLION CALIFORNIANS FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND AGAIN, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO L.A. AND SAN DIEGO, WHERE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE ROUNDS OF RAIN

RIGHT THROUGH TONIGHT. SO MORE FLASH FLOODING, POSSIBLE MUD AND ROCKSLIDES REMAIN A BIG CONCERN AS SOME OF THOSE ROADS REMAIN CLOSED THERE DUE TO THOSE ISSUES. HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW CONTINUES. SO HERE’S THE TIMING AS WE HEAD INTO THIS EVENING, THOUGH. HOPEFULLY LAST ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN THERE FOR L.A. MAKES ITS

WAY THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW. AND THEN FINALLY IT STARTS TO MOVE EAST AND CALIFORNIA WILL SEE SOME DRIER CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY INTO THE END OF THE WEEK. HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW HERE FOR THE ROCKIES AND THE WHERE DOES THE STORM SYSTEM GO AFTER THAT?

WELL, IT KIND OF WEAKENS, BUT IT’S GOING TO HIT SOME REALLY WARM AIR BECAUSE IT’S SO MILD STILL IN THE MIDWEST AND THAT WHILE THEY’RE MOVING STRAIGHT TO THE EAST COAST AS WE HEAD INTO THE END, THE WEEK LOOKS LIKE MOSTLY RAIN. THERE’S EMBEDDED SNOW SHOWERS THERE IN NEW ENGLAND, BUT A

RAINY FRIDAY TO START, BUT LOOKING DRIER FOR THE WEEKEND, TOO. OKAY. WELL, THAT’S A LITTLE GOOD NEWS. MELISSA THANK YOU. COMING UP, A CRITICAL SITUATION IN SUDAN ONLY GETTING. FAMINE, VIOLENCE PLAGUING THE POPULATION THERE AS TWO MILITARY GROUPS FIGHT FOR CONTROL WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. >> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL

A NATION AT WAR. AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS. >> THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE ON THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY STRIKE IN UKRAINE. UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH.

THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN. IT’S THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND. LET’S GO. TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, FROM THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP, IN BEIRUT. THE FBI REPORTING FROM

THE DAWSONS ON THE PICKET LINE 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, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE.

>> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. I HAVE A CONTRACT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S OUR SECRET WAR WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE OF AND IS A SLICE OF HUMAN BLOOD. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED.

>> THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE, ANYWHERE. >> WOW. SO THE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I’M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN.

>> WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES IS BREAKFAST THROWS ENOUGH. >> GOOD. WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERY DAY. HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? WAS WHAT WOULD YOU DO? YOU SAW THIS? IS THIS. I’M HIS GIRLFRIEND. TIME HIS. OH, MY GOD. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SUNDAY NIGHT?

A TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. >> THE CONFLICT IN SUDAN HAS BEEN RAGING ON SINCE APRIL AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AMID THE FIERCE THERE, THE SUDANESE ARMED FORCES AND THE PARAMILITARY GROUP RAPID SUPPORT FORCES ARE FACING OFF WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN CAUGHT THE CROSSFIRE, FORCING THEM

FROM THEIR HOMES AND THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM SAYS THAT NOW MORE THAN 25 MILLION PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH CRITICAL OF HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION. AND IT’S ONLY GETTING WORSE. JOINING US NOW TO JOINING US NOW, NIC PYATT, THE INTERIM HEAD OF MISSIONS FOR SUDAN AT THE NONVIOLENT PEACE FORCE.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, NICK. MORE THAN 7 MILLION PEOPLE FACING EXTREME HUNGER BY JUNE. THAT’S ACCORDING TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING YOURS. HOW DO YOU EVEN BEGIN TO HELP? YEAH, THAT’S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, BECAUSE THIS CATASTROPHE THAT WE’RE FACING IN SUDAN NOW IS SO COMPLEX, SO

VAST, AND VERY, VERY INTENSE. THE RESPONSE AS WELL HAS BEEN VERY MISMATCHED WITH THE SCALE OF THE CRISIS WE ARE SEEING. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES ARE DOING THEIR VERY BEST TO SUPPORT WHERE POSSIBLE. BUT LAST YEAR, THE RESPONSE WAS ONLY 35% FUNDED. SO FINANCIAL RESOURCING TO BE

ABLE TO SCALE UP TO ADDRESS NEEDS IS NOT THERE. WE’RE SEEING A MASSIVE EFFORT FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES, FROM LOCAL COMMITTEES, RALLYING TO MOBILIZE WHATEVER FOOD, WATER AND CLOTHING THAT THEY CAN WHERE. IT’S AVAILABLE. BUT AGAIN, NOT FUNCTIONING WITH VERY LITTLE OUTSIDE SUPPORT. SO IT’S VERY DIFFICULT ACROSS

THE BOARD AND MIGRANT. >> SO ARE YOU AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR JUST CARRIED OUT FOR ITS 12TH VISIT TO THAT COUNTRY. SO WHAT IS THE UN ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN IN SUDAN AND IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU JUST LAID OUT? ANY OTHER CONCERNS THAT WE’RE NOT FOCUSING ON?

I MEAN, I THINK THERE’S A HUGE LEVEL OF CONCERN THAT IS NOT DISCUSSED INTERNATIONALLY AT ALL. WHAT OUR TEAMS ARE SEEING ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY, WE ARE NOW TEN MONTHS INTO THIS CONFLICT AND THE SITUATION HAS JUST WORSENING FOR EVERY COMMUNITY AND FOR EVERY FAMILY, ANY COMMUNITY IS LIVING

WITH THE FEAR OF DAILY. THE AERIAL BOMBARDMENTS GETTING CAUGHT IN CROSSFIRE. WOMEN, PARTICULARLY ARE FEARING FOR THEIR SAFETY EACH AND EVERY DAY BECAUSE HAS BEEN SUCH A WIDESPREAD METHODOLOGY THAT HAS BEEN USED BY ARMED GROUPS. SCHOOLS HOSPITALS, HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IN AL-BASHIR IN NORTH DARFUR, WHERE MY MAJORITY IS, THERE

ARE NO DOCTORS LEFT. THERE ARE NO SPECIALIST DOCTORS ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE AVAILABLE TO TREAT A POPULATION OF MILLIONS. MOTHERS ARE TERRIFIED THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE MOBILIZED INTO ARMED. FOOD PRICES HAVE RISEN AND FOOD IS NOT AVAILABLE. HUNGER CRISIS, AS YOU MENTIONED, IS COMING TOWARDS

US AND WATER MEDICINE. THE UNAVAILABLE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR PEOPLE TO AFFORD. SO THE THE THE IMPACTS THAT WE’RE SEEING ON THE GROUND COMPARED TO WHAT IS BEING DISCUSSED AT AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL ON COVERAGE IN INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AND BY GOVERNMENTS IS IS COMPLETELY OUT OF WHACK. >> SO THE U.N. IS ALSO SAYING

THAT THERE’S THIS MEDIA DEFICIT PROBLEM OVER THE CATASTROPHE THERE IN SUDAN. >> SO WHAT MORE CAN WE DO? SO THESE THREE KEY THINGS, I THINK I MEAN, THE AT THE IN TIME, THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECOGNITION THAT SUDAN IS THE WORLD’S BIGGEST DISPLACEMENT CRISIS THAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW.

8 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES SINCE APRIL LAST. THAT’S THE SAME AS THE CITY OF NEW YORK. SO THIS IS A HUGE CATASTROPHE AND THAT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED AS SUCH. THE MEDIA COVERAGE SHOULD ACCORDINGLY FOLLOW. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE NEEDS TO BE A HUGE COLLECTIVE

DIPLOMATIC EFFORT FROM MANY GOVERNMENTS TO APPLY PRESSURE ON ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN THE CONFLICT. THIS PRESSURE NEEDS TO BE OBVIOUSLY TO FIND A LONG, SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION TO THIS. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, TO FIND WAYS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INVOLVED IN THE CONFLICT ARE, UPHOLDING THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES

TO PROTECT CIVILIANS AND THAT THOSE WHO HAVE COMMITTED MASS ATROCITIES, ARBITRARY KILLINGS, ARRESTING PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY LOOK, THOSE PEOPLE NEED TO BE HELD AS WELL. >> WELL, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT IT. THAT’S FOR SURE. NIC PIOT, APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. SO THE FORMER FBI INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT A

MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SCHEME AMONG PRESIDENT BIDEN, HIS SON HUNTER AND A UKRAINIAN COMPANY IS IN COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY. 43-YEAR-OLD ALEXANDER SMIRNOV WAS CHARGED AS PART OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S INTO HUNTER BIDEN, LED BY TRUMP APPOINTEE DAVID WEISS. SMIRNOV WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK AT THE LAS VEGAS AIRPORT

AND FACES A MAXIMUM OF 25 YEARS IN PRISON IF CONVICTED. FORMER HONDURAN PRESIDENT JUAN ORLANDO HERNANDEZ IS ON IN NEW YORK. JURY SELECTION BEGAN TODAY WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF TAKING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN BRIBES FROM DRUG TRAFFICKERS RUNNING HIS COUNTRY AS A NARCO STATE. HERNANDEZ IS, THE FIRST FORMER

HEAD OF STATE TO FACE DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES IN THE UNITED SINCE FORMER PANAMANIAN LEADER MANUEL NORIEGA. HERNANDEZ HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND HAS SAID THAT CARTELS ARE RETALIATING AGAINST HIM NOW FOR HIS ANTI-DRUG POLICIES FOR HIS TIME IN OFFICE . >> WELL, COMING UP, IT’S TIME FOR THE ITCHY AND SCRATCHY SHOW.

NO, NOT FROM THE SIMPSONS. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW UNIFORM FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. IT’S GOING ON. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. TUCHEL FAMILIES IN POLAND, A REFUGEE CENTER IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL. DESTRUCTIVE FORCE STORM ALONG

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ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH. DAVID MARK, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION TV. >> GIVE IT TO ME. 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 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 AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST. WORTHLESS MEANING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS WEEK IGNORED DAILY FIRST. >> LISTEN.

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ARE HEARING ISRAEL A NATION AT WAR, WATCHING TANK AFTER TANK POURING INTO AREA. >> THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. WELL, IT HOLDS ALL OF THE WAR WITHIN MINUTES OF THE AIR RAID SIRENS GOING OFF IN HERE. SEVEN EXPLOSION DOWN HERE TONIGHT. >> ISRAEL WAGING FIERCE BOMBARDMENT OF GAZA, ISRAEL, HAMAS WAR.

FOUR NONSTOP LIVE COVERAGE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL FROM THE FRONT LINES IN DOWNTOWN IN BEIRUT. >> THE STORY IS WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING FROM SOUTH KOREA. I’M JOOHEE CHO WHEREVER THIS STORY IS WILL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE

AND SOME OTHER HEADLINES THAT WE’RE FOLLOWING THIS HOUR. POLICE IN NEW YORK INVESTIGATING A SMALL PLANE LANDING ON A LONG ISLAND HIGHWAY THIS MORNING. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE THERE FROM THE PLANE. MARK, CHOPPER, IT’S STILL UNCLEAR WHAT LED TO THE CRASH IN THE FIRST PLACE.

ANOTHER SCARE IN THE AREA UNITED FLIGHT FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO BOSTON MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER A PORTION THE PLANE’S WINGS RIPPED OFF. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE DAMAGE THERE IN THE VIDEO. A PASSENGER UNITED SAID THAT NO ONE WAS HURT IN THE INCIDENT AND ALL PASSENGERS WERE ABLE

TO GET ON DIFFERENT FLIGHTS AND WEARING FEELINGS ON THEIR SLEEVES. PLAYERS AND FANS FURIOUS OVER THE NEW UNIFORMS BEING USED IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL THIS SEASON. PLAYERS ARE CALLING THE UNIFORMS CHEAP AND ITCHY EVEN THOUGH THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO BE DESIGNED FOR THE PLAYERS. ASSOCIATION SAYS ITS UNION IS SEEKING A CHANGE BEFORE

THE SEASON GETS UNDERWAY IN JUST A FEW WEEKS. WELL, FINANCIAL COLUMNIST IS SPEAKING OUT NOW, SAYING THAT SHE FELL FOR AN ELABORATE PHONE SCAM COSTING HER MORE THAN $50,000. CHARLOTTE SAYS THAT SHE NEVER THOUGHT THIS KIND OF THING COULD HAPPEN TO HER, BUT THAT THESE SCAMMERS KNEW HER WEAKNESS AND HER FAMILY.

NOW, SHE SAYS SHE WANTS OTHERS TO KNOW HOW IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE. >> HERE’S ARETHA PILGRIM. IT SOUNDS EVEN CRAZY TO DESCRIBE IT. >> A WARNING FROM A JOURNALIST WHO COVERS PERSONAL FINANCE. SHE LOST $50,000 IN AN ELABORATE SCAM. THAT ALL STARTED WITH PHONE CALL. >> IT ACTUALLY SHOWED UP

AS AMAZON ON CALLER ID. SHE SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY UNDER MY ACCOUNT. >> CHARLOTTE CALLS THE CUTS FINANCIAL ADVICE. CALL THE. THOUGHT SHE HAD JUST LEARNED SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF IDENTITY FRAUD. THE PERSON WAS SPEAKING TO TRANSFERRING HER TO SOMEONE CLAIMING TO BE AN ETSY INVESTIGATOR.

AND LATER SOMEONE WHO SAID THEY WERE PART OF THE CIA. >> HE KNEW MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, THE LAST FOUR DIGITS. HE KNEW MY BIRTHDAY. HE KNEW MY ADDRESS HE KNEW THAT I LIVED WITH MY HUSBAND AND SON AND TOLD ME THAT MY IDENTITY HAD BEEN STOLEN BY A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION.

>> THE PERSON CLOSE THOUGHT WAS AN INVESTIGATOR DESCRIBING DETAIL 22 BANK ACCOUNTS, NINE VEHICLES, FOUR PROPERTIES, MONEY WIRED OVERSEAS, DRUGS AND CASH, ALL LINKED TO HER NAME. TELLING HER THERE WAS A WARRANT OUT FOR HER ARREST, CYBER CRIMES, MONEY LAUNDERING AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. HE TOLD THAT IN ORDER TO AVOID

ARREST, I WOULD NEED TO COOPERATE WITH THEIR INVESTIGATOR. AND THE THING THAT MADE ME KEEP GOING WAS THAT THEY HAD SO MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT MY FAMILY AND THEY MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT MY FAMILY WAS POTENTIALLY IN GREAT DANGER. >> THEIR DIRECTION. DON’T TELL ANYONE ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION.

TAKE OUT $50,000 CASH AND DELIVER IT TO A VEHICLE THAT WOULD UP TO HER HOME AS SOON AS THEY HAD THE CASH. COLE SAYS THE PHONE CALL TURNED AND SHE KNEW SHE’D BEEN SCAMMED . OH, MY GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE? I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS HAS HAPPENED. >> COLE’S IS THE GROWING FACE

OF WHO SCAMMERS TARGET YOUNGER ADULTS. ACCORDING TO A RECENT FROM THE FTC, 18 TO 59 YEAR OLDS ARE 34% MORE LIKELY THAN OLDER ADULTS. >> THOSE OVER 60 TO LOSE MONEY TO FRAUD. THE SCAMMERS HAVE GOTTEN MUCH, MUCH MORE BELIEVABLE OVER TIME AND WATCH FOR THIS BIG RED FLAG.

THERE IS NO WAY A A MEMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS GOING TO RIGIDLY BE ASKING YOU TO FOLLOW THEIR MONEY IN ANY MANNER. >> HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT. IT’S CAUTIONARY TALE FOR SURE. EVA, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M PHILLIPS. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS, AND NEITHER DO WE.

WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. MORE NEWS ON. >> THE OTHER SIDE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ON JANUARY 18TH, 1958, WHEN I STEPPED ON THE ICE WITH THE BRUINS, I DID NOT DAWN ON ME THAT I WAS BREAKING THE COLOR BARRIER. THAT’S HOW FOCUSED I WAS ON MAKING MY DREAM COME TRUE

TRUE. >> HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY TOM GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. THEY SAID VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE BY THE HERITAGE LOTTERY. AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS, YOU WANT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT THAT?

I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY. FACE, FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DO YOU TAKE SO LONG? >> THE HOUSE WANTING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE PRESSURE, THE FAMILIES HERE ,POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE TO THE FRONT LINE

FROM THE CAPITAL DESTRUCTIVE FORCE STORM. I FIND IT IS IN THE BULL’S EYE. LET’S GO TO 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 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 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, STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT SOME TIME IN BETWEEN.

HOW DOES BILLIONAIRE SOUND? SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. THE MOVE STARTED CHEATING A DOG. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AMERICA THIS MORNING IN AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC? >> THIS IS “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 THE 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 WE GET YOUR DAILY FIRST. >> LISTEN NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR, WATCHING TANK TANK POURING INTO THIS AREA. THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN.

>> BULLET HOLES ALL UP A WALL WITHIN MINUTES OF THE AIR RAID SIRENS GOING OFF. YOU HEAR THE SOUND EXPLOSION OUT HERE TONIGHT. ISRAEL WAGING A FIERCE BOMBARDMENT OF GAZA, THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR. >> FOUR NONSTOP LIVE COVERAGE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL FROM THE FRONT LINES

IN DOWNTOWN IN BEIRUT. >> WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. ABC NEWS BY BREAKING NEWS FIRST ON ABC NEWS LIVE JUDGMENT DAY. RUBY FRANKE SENTENCED IN HER CHILD ABUSE CASE. HOW LONG THE FORMER MOMMY BLOGGER WILL SPEND BEHIND BARS AND HOW HER LAWYERS ARE REACTING. ALSO BREAKING THIS HOUR IN IT

FOR THE LONG HAUL. IN A LIVE SPEECH, NIKKI HALEY SAYS SHE’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. HER LAST DITCH EFFORT TO SWAY VOTERS. WITH JUST FOUR DAYS UNTIL THE CRITICAL REPUBLICAN IN HER HOME STATE. AND WASHED OUT, UNRELENTING RAIN ONCE AGAIN HAMMERING CALIFORNIA. NEARLY THE ENTIRE STATE, FEELING THE IMPACT OF EXTREME WEATHER.

THE URGENT WARNINGS AND THE TRAIL DESTRUCTION LEFT BEHIND. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. DO BEGIN WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS. FORMER YOUTUBE MOMMY BLOGGER RUBY IS HEADED TO PRISON FOR ABUSING HER CHILDREN. MOMENTS AGO. THE UTAH MOTHER OF SIX WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES OF 1 TO 15 YEARS

IN PRISON ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. HER REACTION SEEN RIGHT THERE. FRANKIE AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER GUILTY TO CHARGES AFTER POLICE FOUND ONE OF FRANKINCENSE EMACIATED WITH OPEN WOUNDS AND BOUND DUCT TAPE. WELL, ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS WAS MALNOURISHED. LETTING US OFF THIS HOUR, OUR PHIL LIPOFF ALSO OUR LEGAL

CONTRIBUTOR AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY CHANNA LLOYD. PHIL, LET’S START WITH YOU. JUST BRING US THE NEWS ON HOW MUCH TIME SHE REALLY IS EXPECTED SPEND IN PRISON. >> THIS IS A PRETTY HORRIFIC CASE, KYRA, THAT YOU’VE BEEN FOLLOWING. WE’VE ALL BEEN FOLLOWING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOOKING TO THIS SENTENCING.

RUBY FRANKY PLEADED GUILTY AND JODI HILDEBRAND, HER BUSINESS PARTNER, BOTH TO FOUR COUNTS, EACH OF AGGRAVATED ABUSE. TODAY THEY GOT THE MAX, AS YOU MENTIONED. YOU ADD ALL THE CASES UP, ALL THE CHARGES UP, IT’S 4 TO 6 YEARS. EACH COUNT WAS 1 TO 15 AND CONSECUTIVE.

NOW, UNDER UTAH LAW, IT BE UP TO THE PAROLE BOARD TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH OF THAT TIME THEY WERE SENTENCED TO WILL BE BEHIND BARS. WE’RE TOLD THAT HAPPEN IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS. BY THE WAY, THERE WAS A LENGTHY STATEMENT TODAY GIVEN BY FRANKIE TO THE COURT.

SHE REFERRED TO HER CHILDREN AS MY BABIES, MY SIX CHICKS. THAT’S A QUOTE. AND SHE COMPARED HERSELF TO A MAMA, DUCK TO MAMA. >> NOW, MAMA, DONE. CHANNA SENTENCING IN UTAH WORKS DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER STATES, THOUGH, SO HOW DO YOU THINK THAT PLAYED A PART IN TODAY’S DECISION?

>> WELL, WHAT IT DOES IS IT BASICALLY BIFURCATES THEM. SO THE JUDGE MAKES A DETERMINATION ON WHETHER THEY’LL BE CONCURRENTLY OR CONSECUTIVELY. AND SHE LOOKS AT THE RANGE AND THEN THE PAROLE BOARD IS GOING TO LOOK AT ALL EVERYTHING, THEIR TOTAL AGGREGATE SENTENCE, HOW MUCH THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE,

WHAT TIME SERVE HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. AND THEN THEY COME UP WITH THE EXACT AMOUNT OF TIME SHE WILL ACTUALLY SPEND IN PRISON. SO PHIL, FRANKIE’S HUSBAND HAS NOW FOR DIVORCE. HE’S SUING HER PARTNER, HILDEBRANDT FOR RESTITUTION. >> WHAT’S THE LATEST THERE? WELL RUBY’S HUSBAND, KEVIN, WHO YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT, WAS

ACTUALLY IN COURT TODAY WITH TWO OF HIS ADULT CHILDREN FOR THE SENTENCING HE HAS FILED FOR DIVORCE. AS YOU POINT OUT, HE’S LOOKING TO REGAIN CUSTODY OF HIS KIDS. HE WAS FROM RUBY. NOW HE HAS FILED FOR DIVORCE. HE’S ALSO SUING. HILDEBRANDT FOR RESTITUTION. HE SAYS HIS KIDS ARE GOING

TO NEED YEARS OF THERAPY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH. DURING HER LENGTHY STATEMENT IN COURT TODAY, RUBY CALLED KEVIN THE LOVE OF HER LIFE. AND AS HE HEARD THAT OUR FOLKS WHO WERE IN COURT TO SEE IT. SO YOU KIND SHOOK HIS HEAD. HE TURNED RED. IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL.

AND IT JUST SIMPLY PUT HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS. WELL, CHANNA THE JUDGE READ VICTIM IMPACT SENTENCES AS WELL. I’M SURE THAT THAT HAD SOME TYPE OF HERE ON FRANKIE’S SENTENCING. ABSOLUTELY. >> AND WHEN THE BOARD LOOKS AT IT, LET’S REMEMBER, THEY’RE ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT ANYTHING THAT CAN INCREASE

THAT SENTENCE OR MITIGATED. SO THE FACT THAT THESE WERE CHILDREN, THAT’S GOING TO BE FACTORED INTO TOARDS DECISION. >> THEY’RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE EXTENT OF THE ABUSE. ALL OF THESE ITEMS GOING TO BE FACTORED INTO THAT DECISION IN EXACTLY HOW MUCH TIME FROM 1 TO 15 YEARS THEY’LL RECEIVE

FOR EACH CHARGE. ALL RIGHT. PHILLIP LLOYD, APPRECIATE YOU BOTH SO MUCH. FOR MORE ON HOW RUBY, FRANKIE ROSE TO FAME AND THERE WERE MISSED SIGNS BEFORE THAT ARREST. BE SURE TO WATCH IMPACT BY NIGHT LINES. A MOM INFLUENCER’S DOUBLE LIFE. IT’S NOW STREAMING ON HULU.

YOU GET, AS YOU PROBABLY HEARD BY NOW, NIKKI HALEY VOWS TO STAY IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE SOUTH REPUBLICAN PRIMARY JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY NOW. HALEY DELIVERED LIVE REMARKS IN HER HOME STATE SAYING SHE IS NOT AFRAID OF TRUMP’S RETRIBUTION OR CONTINUING HER CAMPAIGN. EVEN AS OUR FRIENDS

AT FIVETHIRTYEIGHT SAY, THE MATH IS INCREDIBLY TOUGH HERE, VOTERS DON’T SEEM VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HER CHANCES. >> ALIAS HAILING SHE WON’T BACK DOWN, THOUGH, TELLING VOTERS TODAY IN GREENVILLE SHE’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. >> WELL, I’M NOT TO SAY THE HARD TRUTHS OUT LOUD. I FEEL NO NEED TO KISS THE RING.

HAVE I HAVE NO OF TRUMP’S RETRIBUTION? WELL, I’M NOT. I’M NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING FROM HIM. >> THAT’S WHY I REFUSE TO QUIT SPRAYING. OUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR, RICK KLEIN. ALSO, OUR SENIOR CONGRESONAL RACHEL SCOTT, WHO’S RIGHT THERE IN GREENVILLE. SO, RACHEL, THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME OUT EARLY THIS MORNING

THAT SHE’D BE MAKING A LIVE SPEECH. FOLKS THAT KNOW HER WELL THOUGHT THAT THIS COULD BE IT. BUT AS WE JUST HEARD, SHE REFUSES TO KISS THE RING AND SHE REFUSES TO CALL IT QUITS. EXACTLY. YOU’RE IN PART OF THE SPECULATION BEHIND FOLKS SAYING THAT SHE MIGHT BE DROPPING OUT

IS BECAUSE THEY’RE LOOKING AT NUMBERS THAT YOU JUST RATTLED OFF THERE. SHE’S BEHIND 30 POINTS HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO DONALD TRUMP, 60 POINTS NATIONAL LEAD. BUT SHE MADE IT CLEAR SHE IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. AND I WAS HERE, WHEN SHE INITIALLY ANNOUNCED HER BID FOR PRESIDENT, SHE DIDN’T MENTION

DONALD TRUMP BY NAME, NOT ONCE. WELL, SHE WENT AFTER HIM REPEATEDLY, THIS VERY FIERY SPEECH SAYING THAT IT’S NOT NORMAL TO HAVE CANDIDATE WHERE YOU’RE PAYING $50 MILLION FROM YOUR OWN CAMPAIGN, YOUR SUPER PAC, ON LEGAL FEES. SHE SAID IT’S NOT NORMAL. HAVE A CANDIDATE THAT IS NOW THREATENING OR ENCOURAGING

RUSSIA TO GO OUR NATURAL ALLIES IF THEY DON’T SPEND ENOUGH ON DEFENSE SPENDING, SHE SAID. IT’S NOT NORMAL TO HAVE A CANDIDATE WHO IS THREATENING AND VOWING RETRIBUTION TO GO AFTER HIS POLITICAL RIVALS. AND SHE SAID THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE ALL OF THAT IN JUST ONE MONTH, BUT SHE SAYS

SHE’S STAYING IN. IT’S UNCLEAR, THOUGH, WHAT HER PATH IS TO THE NOMINATION AT THIS POINT. WELL RICK, IT SEEMS LIKE SHE’S AIMING TO SURVIVE AND TAKE THIS FIGHT INTO, THE MULTISTATE SUPER TUESDAY CONTEST IN MARCH. >> YOUR THOUGHTS? YEAH, THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT BY BY NIKKI HALEY TO WAKE HER OWN

PARTY UP IN HER OWN HOME STATE UP FROM RIGHT NOW. WHAT IS A MUCH TROUBLE FIED STATE OF AFFAIRS INSIDE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY KNOWS THE MATH. SHE KNOWS HOW BRUTAL IT IS, YOU KNOW, HOW HARD IT IS TO BREAK THROUGH IN VOWING STAY AT LEAST THROUGH SUPER TUESDAY.

SHE’S TRYING TO MAKE HER CLAIM TO THE DISAFFECTED OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. PEOPLE ARE NOT SOLD ON TRUMP AND PEOPLE NOT SOLD ON BIDEN. YOU COULD ALSO HEAR IN THE SPEECH, CAROL, AT LEAST THE OUTLINES OF POTENTIAL EXIT PATH. SHE MADE CLEAR THAT FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS SHE HAS WITH DONALD

TRUMP, SHE HAS EVEN MORE FOR JOE BIDEN AND HAS SAID SHE’S NEVER BEEN IN THIS RACE SIMPLY TO TAKE DOWN TRUMP AT ANY COST . SO, RACHEL, YOU’VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH VOTERS IN HER HOME STATE. LET’S TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT THEY THINK NO MATTER WHO SHE IS, REALLY CLOSE.

I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE INSTRUCTIVE TO DETERMINE WHAT SHE’S GOING TO DO IN, THE PROSPECT OF FOUR YEARS OF TRUMP OR BIDEN. THAT’S REALLY IMPOSSIBLE. >> AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HALEY DROVE HOME ON DURING HER TOWN HALL, AS SHE POINTED TO BOTH BIDEN AND TRUMP NOT BEING THE PRESIDENT THAT THIS

COUNTRY WANTS TO SEE. >> YES. AND SHE REALLY SORT OF TRIED TO DELIVER A LITTLE BIT OF A GENERAL ELECTION EVEN HERE TODAY, MOVING AWAY FROM DONALD TRUMP AND MOVING FOCUS ON PRESIDENT BIDEN AS WELL. AND SHE POINTS REPEATEDLY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO THESE HEAD TO HEAD MATCH UPS

WITH JUST HER AND PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHERE SHE EDGES HIM OUT. BUT, OF COURSE, GET THERE. SHE HAS TO GET THROUGH DONALD TRUMP FIRST. AND THAT STILL TO BE HER CHALLENGE. AND SHE STILL CAN’T ANSWER TO THIS DAY NECESSARILY WHICH STATE SHE THINKS THAT SHE CAN ACTUALLY WIN TO GET ENOUGH

DELEGATES EVENTUALLY TO BECOME THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. ALL RIGHT, RICK, RACHEL, THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. WE’RE ALSO NOW LEARNING THAT EVEN VLADIMIR PUTIN’S MOST PROMINENT CRITIC, ALEXEI NAVALNY, ON U.S. POLITICS JUST MONTHS BEFORE HE DIED, THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS PUBLISHED LETTERS BETWEEN NAVALNY AND HIS CLOSEST AS HE

STRUGGLED TO STAY CONNECTED TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD WHILE SUFFERING IN PRISON. THE RUSSIAN DISSIDENT WHO JUST DIED THIS PAST WEEK AND IN PRISON, CALLED TRUMP’S AGENDA FOR A SECOND TERM REALLY SCARY. ALL THIS BREAKING AS THE KREMLIN SAYS IT WILL NOT ACCEPT DEMANDS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR AN INDEPENDENT INTO NAVALNY’S DEATH.

OUR PATRICK REEVELL IS IN KYIV FOR MORE. >> SO, PATRICK, JUST TALK TO US ABOUT THESE LETTERS. >> HI, KYRA. YES, AS YOU SAY, THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS PUBLISHED A NUMBER LETTERS THAT WERE SENT BETWEEN ALEXEI NAVALNY AND COLLEAGUES AND SOME OF HIS SUPPORTERS. AND THEY DO OFFER THIS

FASCINATING GLIMPSE INTO HIS WORLD AND HOW HE TALKS ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS. HE TALKS ABOUT BOOKS, HE TALKS ABOUT LIFE IN PRISON. HE TALKS ABOUT LIFE OUTSIDE OF PRISON BECAUSE HE WAS VERY FASCINATED BY WHAT GOING ON IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS. I’VE BEEN TALKING WITH YEVGENY FELDMANN, WHO WAS NAVALNY’S

PHOTOGRAPHER FOR YEARS AND WHO SENT SOME OF THESE LETTERS, AND THEY OFTEN DISCUSSED AMERICAN POLITICS IN SOME OF THESE LETTERS. AND AS YOU SAY, NAVALNY IN ONE OF THEM WRITES THAT TRUMP’S ELECTORAL AGENDA WAS VERY SCARY. HE ALSO WROTE, THOUGH, THAT HE FEARED THAT IF PRESIDENT BIDEN SUFFERED SOME KIND OF HEALTH

PROBLEM, THEN OBVIOUSLY TRUMP COULD ELECTED AND THAT THE DEMOCRATS NOT KNOW THAT. AND MANY OF THESE THAT IS ALSO THEY JUST TALK ABOUT HIS LIFE IN PRISON, HE SAYS AT ONE POINT HE SAYS THAT THE GUARDS THERE, IF THEY WERE ORDERED TO PROVIDE HIM WITH CAVIAR. THEY WOULD OR IF THEY ORDERED

TO STRANGLE HIM IN HIS CELL, THEY WOULD JUST SHOWING THE LEVEL OF DEHUMANIZATION INSIDE, THE PRISON. >> SO THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOW PROMISING MAJOR SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA IN RESPONSE TO THE DEATH NAVALNY. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK WE CAN EXPECT? >> YEAH, THE WHITE HOUSE A

LITTLE WHILE AGO HAS SAID THAT IT WILL IMPOSE QUOTE MAJOR SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA AND SAYING THAT RUSSIA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NAVALNY’S DEATH. BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHAT CAN THESE SANCTIONS BE? BECAUSE AS MOST EXPERTS ARE NOTING, THERE ARE ALREADY VERY SEVERE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA BECAUSE OF THE WAR HERE IN UKRAINE.

I MEAN, THE PROBLEM WITH, THOSE SANCTIONS IS THAT RIGHT NOW THEY’RE NOT SUFFICIENTLY ENFORCED. AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY GAPS. >> AND RUSSIA HAS MANAGED TO ADAPT TO THEM TO A GREAT DEGREE WITHOUT A LOT OF SUPPORTERS OF NAVALNY ARE SAYING IS THAT THE U.S. AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SHOULD

NOW TAKE THIS $300 BILLION OF RUSSIAN ASSETS HAVE BEEN FROZEN BECAUSE OF THE WAR AND SHOULD BE GIVEN AND THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN UKRAINE AS A PUNISHMENT FOR RUSSIA. SO THEY’RE SAYING THAT THAT WOULD BE A MUCH MORE PAINFUL SANCTION AND A MUCH BETTER WAY TO HONOR ALEXINA THAN HIS NAME.

>> ALL RIGHT. PATRICK REEVELL THERE IN KYIV FOR US. PATRICK, THANK YOU. MEANWHILE, BACK HERE AT HOME, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS IN CALIFORNIA CLEANING UP IN THE AFTERMATH OF POWERFUL STORMS WITH EVEN EXTREME WEATHER ON THE WAY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. TORRENTIAL AND HEAVY RAINS DOWNING TREES AND KNOCKING OUT

POWER OF THE SANTA BARBARA, GETTING THE MOST RAIN WITH NEARLY A FOOT FALLING THERE IN JUST THE LAST 72 HOURS. THAT IN NORTHERN NORTHERN PART ,THE STATE. AND HEAVY RAIN WASHING OUT THE ROADS, MUDSLIDES ALSO MAKING SOME STREETS PRETTY NEARLY IMPASSABLE. AND MORE RAIN AND SNOW IS NOW EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT

24 HOURS. WEATHER ALERTS IN EFFECT FROM DIEGO TO REDDING. OUR METEOROLOGIST MELISSA GRIFFIN IS TRACKING THE EXTREME FOR US. SO YOU HAD ANOTHER DAY OF RAIN OUT WEST? >> THAT’S RIGHT, KYRA. THIS RAIN DOES NOT WANT TO GO AWAY. IT’S ALL BECAUSE THAT ATMOSPHERIC RIVER THAT CONTINUES TO STREAM,

ESPECIALLY A LOT OF MOISTURE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN SO MUCH RAIN LIKE SANTA BARBARA, NEARLY A FOOT OF RAIN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND SHOWERS CONTINUE FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AS WELL, WHICH IS WHY WE STILL HAVE 37 MILLION CALIFORNIANS UNDER FLOOD WATCH

,AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN. YOU CAN SEE WINTER STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE. SEVERAL MORE FEET OF SNOW THERE IN THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS AS WELL. BUT I WANT POINT OUT THE AREA THAT WE’RE STILL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR LIFE THREATENING, FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. AND THAT IS SOUTHERN

CALIFORNIA. THIS IS NOW SOUTH OF BARBARA, INCLUDING LOS ANGELES AND JUST NORTH OF SAN DIEGO. THIS WHERE WE DO STILL HAVE FLOOD WARNINGS. WE’RE SEEING ROAD CLOSURES BECAUSE OF THOSE MUDSLIDES AND THOSE ROCKSLIDES AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING COULD CONTINUE THERE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS THROUGH THIS EVENING INTO EARLY

TOMORROW. SO LET’S TIME THAT OUT. YOU CAN SEE THE ROUNDS OF RAIN CONTINUE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA . HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVER SPREAD THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS THROUGH TOMORROW. YET ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN THERE IN L.A. THIS OVERNIGHT. SO STILL WE COULD SEE THOSE MUD

AND LANDSLIDES THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS INTO TOMORROW. IT ALL MOVES OUT BY WEDNESDAY. AND, KYRA, AS THIS THING JUST CRASHES RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, REALLY IT’S JUST RAIN FOR THE EAST COAST BECAUSE WE’RE EXPECTING A WARM-UP HERE AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD.

MELISSA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND COMING UP, PAYING MORE FOR YOUR PLASTIC. WHY A $35 BILLION MERGER COULD HIT YOUR RIGHT IN THE CREDIT CARD. IKE IN A MOMENT. >> GOOD HEAVENS. SO FAR NOW, BESIDES A LITTLE BIT BEING A LITTLE BIT TRICKIER. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS

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AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOS ANGELES. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THE HOUSE, WHICH I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY, FACE TO FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SAW THE HOUSE AND THE HOUSE TO HIM? >> YOU KNOW, GLADING WITH US TO.

WELL, US MAJOR, A MAJOR CHANGE, RATHER, FOR YOUR CREDIT CARD. CAPITAL ONE IS BUYING DISCOVER IN A DEAL WORTH $35 BILLION. AND THE DEAL GIVES CAPITAL ONE ACCESS TO ABOUT 60 MILLION NEW CUSTOMERS NOW. BUT HERE’S A QUESTION. IS IT GOING TO MAKE ANYTHING CHEAPER? THAT’S WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW

THIS SPRING IN OUR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT ALEXIS CHRISTOFOR. SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF HAVE A CAPITAL ONE OR DISCOVER CARD? >> THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED HERE, KYRA. >> WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THIS DEAL IS NOT DONE YET. IT STILL NEEDS TO BE SIGNED OFF

BY BANK REGULATORS AND SHAREHOLDERS. IF IT DOES HAPPEN, IT WOULDN’T BE TILL LATE THIS YEAR OR EARLY 2025. IF HAPPENS, THOUGH, IT WILL CREATE THE SIXTH LARGEST U.S. BANK BY ASSETS AND THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD ISSUER IN THE COUNTRY. AND, YOU KNOW, BIGGER DOESN’T ALWAYS MEAN BETTER.

>> WE DON’T KNOW YET WHAT THIS WOULD MEAN FOR CONSUMERS, AT LEAST IN THE SHORT TERM. BUT IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE CARDS, YOU SHOULDN’T SEE ANY CHANGES. WE’RE NOT EVEN SURE IF ALL THE CARDS WOULD SWITCH OVER TO THE CAPITAL ONE OR DISCOVER BRAND IF THIS DEAL HAPPENS, YOU KNOW,

DISCOVER IS MORE OF A CASH REWARDS CARD WHERE CAPITAL ONE HAS MORE DIFFERENT OF PERKS AND REWARDS. SO IF THESE TWO COMPANIES COME TOGETHER, IT COULD MEAN A BETTER, MORE ROBUST REWARDS PROGRAM FOR CONSUMERS. I THINK THE QUESTION WE ALL WANT TO HAVE ANSWERED IS WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THOSE

INTEREST RATES THAT WE’RE PAYING ON THESE CREDIT CARDS, WHICH ARE ALREADY AT A RECORD HIGH? AND I DID A LITTLE. AND IT’S INTERESTING TO FIND SMALLER BANKS, EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE A GREAT CREDIT SCORE, YOU’RE GOING TO GET A MORE COMPETITIVE INTEREST RATE AT THOSE SMALLER BANKS, WHICH ARE ABOUT 20%.

NOW, THE LARGER BANKS ARE CHARGING ABOUT 23%. SO YET TO BE SEEN WHETHER OR NOT A BIGGER CREDIT CARD ISSUER WOULD MEAN SMALLER INTEREST RATES FOR CONSUMERS THAT IS SUCH A HIKE. I CRINGE WHEN I HEAR 2023. LET’S SWITCH GEARS TO ANOTHER BUSINESS STORY, IF YOU DON’T MIND. AMERICAN AIRLINES RAISING BAG FEES.

TALK ABOUT RAISING AND CHANGING HOW CUSTOMERS EARN FREQUENT FLIER MILES. WHAT’S GOING ON THERE? >> I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO SAW NICKEL AND DIMED EVERY TIME WE KNOW TRY TO BUY A FLIGHT. AND SO AMERICAN BECAME THE LATEST AIRLINE, RAISE BAGGAGE FEES. JETBLUE AND ALASKA AIR DID THAT RECENTLY.

IT’S THE FIRST TIME THEY’VE DONE IT SINCE 2018. DOESN’T MAKE IT ANY EASIER FOR US. SO NOW YOUR FIRST CHECK BAG IS GOING TO COST YOU 35 BUCKS IF YOU DO IT ONLINE, 40 AT THE AIRPORT. SECOND BAG IS GOING TO COST $45. AND THE AIRLINES SAY THEY’RE GETTING HIT WITH JUST

LIKE WE ARE. THEY SAY IT COSTS MORE, IT TAKES MORE FUEL TO CARRY ALL OF THOSE BAGS. THEY’RE PAYING MORE FOR FUEL. THEY’RE PAYING MORE FOR LABOR COSTS. THEY SAY THAT’S WHY THEY HAVE TO RAISE THE BAGGAGE FEES. AND IF YOU WANT TO HAVE FREQUENT FLIER MILES, YOU HAVE

TO IN THE FUTURE GO DIRECTLY TO AMERICAN AIRLINES TO BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS IN ORDER TO GET THOSE REWARDS POINTS KYRA. ALL RIGHT, ALEXIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, IN ALABAMA, THE STATE SUPREME COURT HAS HANDED DOWN A HISTORIC DECISION THAT COULD IMPACT THE FUTURE OF IN VITRO FERTILIZATION.

THE COURT RULING THAT FROZEN EMBRYOS DO INDEED AS CHILDREN UNDER A STATE LAW. MEDICAL AND ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES WAR THAT THIS COULD HAVE MAJOR CONSEQUENCES FOR WOMEN SEEKING TO ACCESS FERTILITY TREATMENT. IN THE POST ROE ERA, AND IT COMES AFTER A PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED AND DESTROYED VIALS OF FROZEN

EMBRYOS AT AN ALABAMA FERTILITY . STATE HIGH COURT SAYS THAT THE PATIENT CAN NOW BE HELD LIABLE IN A WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT. OUR ELIZABETH SCHULZE JOINS US WITH. >> THAT’S WHERE I HAD MY TWINS BECAUSE OF IVF. I WAS PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS. I MEAN, TO ME, I JUST THIS

IS REALLY FRUSTRATING TO HEAR. >> AND THIS REALLY IS A CASE THAT COULD HAVE FAR REACHING FOR FAMILIES IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA WHO ARE TRYING TO GET PREGNANT THROUGH IN VITRO, THROUGH IVF. AND WHAT THIS CASE CENTERED ON WAS THIS THIS INCIDENT WHERE A PATIENT WAS ABLE TO GET INTO

THIS FERTILITY CLINIC IN ALABAMA. THEY SOMEHOW GOT ACCESS TO THAT FREEZER, TOOK OUT SOME EMBRYOS, ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED THEM, AND THEM. AND THAT’S HOW THIS LAWSUIT WENT FORWARD. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT ALABAMA’S COURT DECIDED IS THAT NOW THAT PATIENT CAN BE HELD LIABLE FOR WRONGFUL DEATH. SO THIS DOES HAVE FAR REACHING

CONSEQUENCES, COULD ULTIMATELY MEAN THAT IT’S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET IVF IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA. THAT IS JUST CRAZY. >> YOU WORK SO HARD EVEN JUST TO GET EMBRYOS AND THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A FAMILY AND THEN THEY THEY’RE THE ONES THAT MADE THE MISTAKE. RIGHT. AND THIS REALLY COMES DOWN

TO THE QUESTION, LIABILITY, RIGHT. WHAT THE DOCTORS WE SPOKEN TO IN ALABAMA, LEGAL EXPERTS ARE SAYING IS THERE JUST WOULD BE TOO MUCH RISK TO TAKE ON IF YOU ARE A CLINIC, IF YOU ARE A DOCTOR. TO KNOW THAT OFTEN WHEN YOU’RE DOING IVF, THERE ARE MULTIPLE EMBRYOS.

YOU WANT TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE POSSIBLE, GET PREGNANT. SO THERE’S MULTIPLE LEFT OVER. BUT WHAT DO YOU DO THEN WITH THOSE ONES THAT AREN’T USED? AND IF YOU ARE POSSIBLY GOING TO GET SUED FOR USING THOSE, IT’S JUST NOT WORTH IT. FOR SOME PEOPLE. THAT’S JUST CRAZY. ALL RIGHT.

SO COULD WE SEE THIS GOING BEYOND ALABAMA INTO OTHER STATES? >> RIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW, THIS WILL GO BACK TO THE STATE. THIS WILL REALLY BE A FIRST OF ITS KIND TRIAL IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA SPECIFICALLY. BUT IT COULD SET A PRECEDENT WHEN IT COMES TO OTHER STATES.

WE HAVE SEEN MORE BROADLY THIS TO PUT RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN THE WAKE OF THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE AND JUNE 2022. SO THERE HAS BEEN CONCERN FROM SOME ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES WHO ARE PUSHING TO HAVE GO BEYOND WHAT WE’VE JUST SEEN IN ABORTION, POSSIBLY

TO INCLUDE IVF OR EVEN CONTRACEPTION KYRA. WELL, LET’S KEEP FOLLOWING IT. APPRECIATE IT. >> THANKS, ELIZABETH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, COMING UP, THE FAB FOUR TIMES FOR BEATLE FANS. YOU’VE GOT A LOT TO LOOK BUT ITT TAKE A LITTLE LONGER THAN YOU WANT. WE’LL EXPLAIN. WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS WEEPS.

WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BUFFALO. DEVOLVED IN TEXAS. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND REPORTING FROM ROLLING 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 STREAMING NEWS ME ON ABC NEWS LIVE WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION.

I HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY PANTS INSIDE OUT. AND THERE’S A SLICE OF HUMAN BRAINS. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED.

>> THERE’S ONLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE. WOW. >> SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTANT MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I’M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN.

WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES IS CORRECT THAT GUYS ARE NOT GOOD. >> IT WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN AN EVERYDAY HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? PLUS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS? THIS? I’M HIS GIRLFRIEND. I’M HIS GIRLFRIEND IS MY COUSIN. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN

NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. 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 TOP STORIES. START HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T COMING MAKING YOUR DEBUT FIRST. >> LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET

YOUR PODCASTS. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MARK, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION, TRAVELING WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN IN IRELAND AND KAREN TRAVERS. WHEREVER THE STORY IS,

WE’LL TAKE THERE. >> YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. >> SOME OTHER TOP HEADLINES WE’RE FOLLOWING FOR YOU THIS HOUR. WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE IN COURT TODAY AS HE FIGHTS EXTRADITION TO THE U.S. SIDE AND FACES CHARGES OF SPYING. AND IF A BRITISH COURT DENIES HIS APPEAL TODAY, HE’D BE TRANSFERRED INTO

AMERICAN CUSTODY. THE WIKIAKS FOUNDER FACES 18 CHARGES OVER HIS PUBLICATION OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CLASSIFIED, BUT HE MAINTAINS THAT HE’S JUST SIMPLY A WHISTLE BLOWER REPORTING AMERICAN WAR CRIMES. THE MAN WHO FATALLY SHOT TWO POLICE OFFICERS AND A FIREFIGHTER DURING A STANDOFF NEAR MINNEAPOLIS WAS BANNED FROM OWNING GUNS.

COURT PAPERS SAY THAT SHANNON GOODEN WAS BARRED FROM POSSESSING FIREARMS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO ASSAULT BACK IN 2008. GOODEN WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CUSTODY BATTLE WITH THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN. POLICE SAY HE DIED BY SUICIDE AFTER OPENING FIRE ON FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE ANSWERING A CALL FOR A DOMESTIC.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE FAB FOUR FROM DIRECTOR SAM MENDEZ. THE BEATLES ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR FOUR BEATLES BIOPICS CENTERED AROUND A DIFFERENT MEMBER OF THE BAND. AND EACH RELEASING IN THE SAME YEAR. MENDEZ SAYS THAT HE’S UNDER HONORED TO BE TELLING THE STORY OF THE GREATEST ROCK BAND

OF ALL TIME AND EXCITED TO CHALLENGE THE NOTION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A TRIP TO THE MOVIES. YOU CAN GET YOUR TICKET TO RIDE. COMING 2027. ALL RIGHT. SO CAN YOU TRUST YOUR OWN EYES. >> BECAUSE NEW ADVANCES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARE RAISING THE QUESTION AND PROMPTING ANOTHER. HOW DO YOU SEPARATE REALITY

FROM. OPENAI AI PREVIEWING NEW TECHNOLOGY ALLOWING ANYONE TO CREATE REALISTIC LOOKING VIDEOS WITH JUST A FEW CLICKS ON YOUR KEYBOARD. >> SO HOW WILL YOU KNOW WHAT’S REAL AND WHAT’S NOT? HERE’S CHIEF BUSINESS REBECCA JARVIS. YOU’RE WATCHING THE LATEST IN AI GENERATED CONTENT. THIS IS SORA IN ACTION, A NEW

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOL THAT PROMISES TO LET ANYONE CREATE REALISTIC AND IMAGINATIVE SCENES. THESE FROM JUST A FEW TEXT INSTRUCTIONS. SOUL IS VERY SIMPLY A MAGICAL PROGRAM WHERE YOU TYPE IN TEXT AND OUT COMES A VIDEO CORRESPONDS TO YOUR TEXT. >> FOR INSTANCE, TYPING IN THE PROMPT A CAT WAKING UP ITS

SLEEPING OWNER DEMANDING BREAKFAST CAN A VIDEO LIKE THIS IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES, BLURRING THE LINES BETWEEN WHAT’S REAL AND CREATED BY HUMANS VERSUS, WHAT’S COMPUTER GENERATED. THE COMPANY BEHIND THIS TECHNOLOGICAL MARVEL OPENAI THE SAME BUSINESS BEHIND CHATGPT. IT IS NOW VALUED AT $80 BILLION. TRIPLE.

IT WAS JUST TEN MONTHS AGO. SORA IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE THE PUBLIC, BUT OPENAI IS LETTING A SELECT FEW OUTSIDE TEST IT AND RED FLAG POTENTIAL PITFALLS. MEANTIME, OPENAI CEO SAM ALTMAN HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTING WHAT HIS TECHNOLOGY CAN DO BY REPLYING TO USER PROMPTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA . ONE USER TWEETING A BICYCLE

RACE ON OCEAN WITH DIFFERENT ANIMALS AS ATHLETES RIDING THE BICYCLES WITH DRONE CAMERA . ALTMAN RESPONDING WITH THIS VIDEO. BUT WHILE THE TECHNOLOGY IS STILL YOUNG, SOME EXPERTS ARE ALREADY SOUNDING THE ALARM. >> WE HEARD ABOUT AN EXECUTIVE AT A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY IN HONG KONG WHO WAS OUT OF $25

MILLION IN A FAKE VIDEO CALL THAT WAS ORCHESTRATED. HE SAW AND HEARD HIS COLLEAGUES, BUT THEY NOT REAL. WE’VE ALSO HEARD OF VIRTUAL KIDNAPINGS THAT ARE STAGED AND YOU HEAR YOUR KIDS VOICE. BUT IT’S NOT THEM. >> YOU SEE THEM AND IT’S NOT REALLY DONE. WILL SMITH SHARING THIS PARODY

OF AN A.I. VIDEO OF HIMSELF RECENTLY. IT WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED A YEAR AGO BY REDDIT USER CHAIN DROP, WHO SAID HE MADE IT WITH MODEL SCOPED TEXT TO VIDEO GENERATOR . FAST FORWARD JUST 12 MONTHS LATER. NOW LIFE TEXT PROMPTED VIDEO FROM OPENAI AND SIMILAR A.I. PROGRAMS LIKE RUNWAY AND PEEK

LABS. >> AND OUR THANKS TO REBECCA JARVIS FORSCARY AND E SAME TIME. WELL, THANKS FOR SHARING WITH US. I’M PHILLIPS. >> THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. AND WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK. MORE NEWS ON THE OTHER SIDE. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND REFUGEE CENTER

IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE LINE FROM THE CAPITAL DESTRUCTIVE CAT 4 STORM BY FIVE IS IN A POLL BY ABC NEWS LATIN AMERICA. NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY TIME ANYWHERE STREAMING 24/7 STREET HERE. FOURTH, THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS. WHY AMERICA’S NUMBER

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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 INTO IT LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD OUR MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES

CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC 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 FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE SOURCE BECOMES THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS BREAKING NEWS INCREDIBLE VIDEO FASTER,

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YOU THERE. THE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIFE RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE JUDGMENT DAY. FORMER MOMMY BLOGGER RUBY FRANKY SENTENCED IN HER CHILD ABUSE CASE. HOW LONG SHE’S SPENT IN PRISON OR WILL SPEND IN PRISON AND HOW HER LAWYERS ARE NOW RESPONDING AND IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL.

NIKKI HALEY VOWING TO STAY IN THE RACE. HER LAST DITCH EFFORT TO SWAY VOTERS WITH JUST FOUR DAYS UNTIL THE CRITICAL REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN HER HOME STATE. AS MAJOR MERGER OF BANKING GIANT ONE BUYING DISCOVER FOR 35 BILLION BUCKS, THE DEAL BRINGING TOGETHER TWO OF THE NATION’S LARGEST CREDIT CARD COMPANIES,

THE IMPACT THIS COULD HAVE ON YOUR WALLET THIS HOUR. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I’M KYRA. WE DO BEGIN WITH FORMER YOUTUBE MOMMY BLOGGER RUBY FRANKY HEADED TO PRISON FOR ABUSING HER CHILDREN. THE UTAH MOTHER OF SIX WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR CONSECUTIVE SENTENCING SENTENCES OF 1 TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON ON CHILD ABUSE

CHARGES. FRANKIE AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER PLEADED GUILTY TO THOSE CHARGES AFTER POLICE FOUND ONE OF FRANKIE’S SONS EMACIATED ,OPEN WOUNDS AND BOUND WITH DUCT TAPE. AND THEN ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS WAS DISCOVERED MALNOURISHED. >> ABC ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH IS IN SAINT GEORGE, UTAH. SHE WAS IN THE COURTROOM ALSO.

OUR LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY CHANNA LLOYD JOINS US ONCE AGAIN. SO KEEN TO TELL US WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN THE SENTENCING WAS READ. JUST THE REACTION FROM FRANKY AND WHAT ARE ATTORNEYS SAYING NOW? RIGHT HERE SINCE SHE CAME IN TODAY. CLEARLY VERY PREPARED WHAT SHE

WAS GOING TO HEAR FROM THE JUDGE. ESSENTIALLY, HE’S DECIDING HERE THAT SHE NEEDS TO SERVE THESE SENTENCES CONSECUTIVELY, NOT CONCURRENT. AND SHE WAS THERE TODAY TO EXPRESS REMORSE AND TO TAKE IN FACT, SHE SAID IN HER STATEMENT, WHICH WAS QUITE LENGTHY AND VERY EMOTIONAL, THAT THE MOMENT I WAS

HANDCUFFED WAS, THE MOMENT I GAINED MY FREEDOM. SHE WENT ON TO TALK ABOUT A LIFE OF AND LIES THAT SHE HAS BEEN LIVING. SHE ALSO ADDRESSED VERY POIGNANTLY HER FAMILY, HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND AND HER TWO OLDER CHILDREN WERE ACTUALLY IN THAT COURTROOM. AND SHE SAID TO HER KIDS,

YOU KNOW, SHE’S SIX OF THEM FOR A MINOR. SHE CALLED THEM HER BABY CHICKS. AND SHE SAID, I’M THE MAMA DUCK. AND SHE ALSO WENT ON TO SAY THAT I TOOK ALL THAT WAS SOFT AND GOOD. HOW TERRIFYING THAT MUST HAVE BEEN FOR YOU. AND YOU WATCH HER ESTRANGED

HUSBAND, HE SORT OF LOOKED THROUGH THE ENTIRE TIME WITH ALMOST A SCOWL. AND THEN YOU WATCHED HIM BECOME VERY EMOTIONAL, VERY SHAKEN UP IN THOSE MOMENTS. AND WHEN WE SPOKE WITH LAWYERS IN THE AFTERMATH OF, ALL OF THIS, THE PROSECUTORS SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST CASES

OF ABUSE THEIR OFFICE HAS EVER SEEN. ALL RIGHT. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO LISTEN TO SOME SOUND. SORRY ABOUT THAT, KAYNA. OR SHAWNA. SENTENCING IN UTAH WORKS DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER STATES. >> RIGHT. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW THAT PLAYS A PART IN THIS. >> ABSOLUTELY. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THE

JUDGE MAKES THE DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT’LL BE CONSECUTIVE OR WHETHER IT’S GOING TO RUN CONCURRENTLY. AND THEN IT’S GOING TO BE GO BEFORE THE BOARD. THE BOARD IS GOING TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING THE SENTENCING REPORT. THEY’RE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL OF THESE STATEMENTS AND THEY’RE GOING MAKE A DETERMINATION

OF WHAT TIME BETWEEN ONE AND 15 YEARS SHE GETS FOR EACH COUNT. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE TRIAL, OF COURSE. AND WE JUST THINK ABOUT THOSE KIDS THAT HAD TO SUFFER IN THE MEANTIME. THEY WILL BE IN GOOD HANDS GOING FORWARD. KAYNA SHOT. I THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND ALSO FOR MORE ON HOW RUBY FRANKIE ROSE TO FAME AND WHETHER THERE WERE MISSED SIGNS EVEN BEFORE HER ARREST. BE SURE TO WATCH “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” IS A MOM INFLUENCER DOUBLE LIFE HER DOUBLE LIFE NOW STREAMING ON HULU. SO NIKKI HALEY IS VOWING TO STAY IN THE RACE FOR

THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PRIMARY JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY NOW, NIKKI HALEY DELIVERING LIVE REMARKS IN HER HOME STATE TODAY, SAYING SHE’S NOT AFRAID OF TRUMP’S RETRIBUTION OR CONTINUING HER. EVEN AS OUR FRIENDS AT FIVETHIRTYEIGHT SAY, THE MATH IS INCREDIBLY TOUGH. AND POLLS ARE SHOWING THAT SHE

TRAILS TRUMP BY AT LEAST A THREE POINT MARGIN. BUT HALEY IS PROMISING THAT SHE WON’T DOWN TELLING VOTERS TODAY IN GREENVILLE THAT SHE’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WELL, I’M NOT AFRAID TO SAY THE HARD OUT LOUD. I FEEL NO NEED TO KISS THE RING. I HAVE NO FEAR OF TRUMP’S RETRIBUTION.

I’M NOT I’M NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING FROM HIM. THAT’S WHY REFUSE TO QUIT. SOUTH CAROLINA WILL VOTE ON SATURDAY, BUT ON SUNDAY I’LL STILL BE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. >> I’M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. >> LET’S BRING IN OUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR, RICK KLEIN, NOW. MORE ON THIS. SHE ISN’T GOING ANYWHERE.

STRONG WORDS FROM HALEY EXPECTED, NO DOUBT. AND SHE’S PLEDGING TO STAY IN ALL WAY TO THE VERY END. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS SHE GOING TO FACE WITH REGARD TO STRUGGLES AS SHE DOES THAT? >> YES. I THINK IF YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES AS STRONG AS HER

WORDS WERE, YOU CAN ALSO SEE HER CRAFTING A BIT OF AN END GAME. SHE SAYS SHE’S NEVER BEEN IN IT TO STOP TRUMP AT ALL COSTS. AND SHE IS SAYING SHE’LL BE IN THE DAY AFTER A SOUTH CAROLINA VOTES AND THROUGH SUPER TUESDAY. BUT THERE’S A WHOLE LOT OF VOTING, MAYBE HALF

THE COUNTRY THAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT. AND THAT’S WHERE IT GETS VERY DIFFICULT. LOOK, THINGS ARE ALIGNED FOR HER IN TERMS OF NEWS EVENTS, WORLD YOU KNOW, WORLD EVENTS AROUND AND IN HIS ACTIONS AND AROUND DONALD TRUMP’S ACTIONS IN RESPONSE IT. A PLUS BEING HER HOME STATE. ALL OF THESE ARE FACTORS

THAT SHOULD BE GREAT. NIKKI HALEY SO IF SHE’S NOT ABLE TO BREAK THROUGH DESPITE ALL OF THESE THINGS, IT’S VERY HARD TO SEE A PATH FORWARD, EVEN IF SHE CAN ACCUMULATE SOME DELEGATES. BUT AT LEAST FOR NOW SHE IS SIGNALING TO HER DONORS AND TO HER FOLLOWERS TO TO KIND

OF RESET AND REJIGGER THIS RACE SO THAT SHE HAS A CHANCE TO WIN. >> SO SHE’S USING HER FOREIGN POLICY BACKGROUND. CLEARLY TO COME FORWARD AND HAMMER TRUMP FOR ENCOURAGING PUTIN TO ATTACK AMERICA’S NATO’S ALLIES IF THEY DON’T SPEND ENOUGH MONEY ON. BUT VOTERS REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW.

ARE THEY LISTENING? THAT IS IT IMPACTING THEM? WHAT? SWAY THEM OVER TO HER SIDE? WE HAVE SEEN NO SIGNS IN EITHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE POLLING OR IN THE RESULTS SO FAR THAT ANYTHING IS BEING SWAYED IN NIKKI HALEY’S DIRECTION. REPUBLICAN VOTERS HERE SEEM TO LIKE DONALD TRUMP A LOT,

AND THEY HAVE SAID SO CONSISTENTLY IN POLLS AND IN A HANDFUL OF STATES THAT HAVE VOTED SO FAR. SO SHE NEEDS KIND OF A PARADIGM SHIFT FOR PEOPLE TO CARE ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND TO BUY INTO THE ARGUMENT AROUND ELECTABILITY THAT SHE’S THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD BEAT

JOE BIDEN, THAT I THINK IS SO KEY WHEN VOTERS IN THE REPUBLICAN SIDE JUST DON’T BUY THAT. >> SO FAR. SO WHAT CAN WE EXPECT NEXT? WELL, THE SOUTH CAROLINA IS FOUR DAYS AWAY. THE HALEY TEAM IS SAYING SHE’LL BE AT LEAST AS STRONG AS SHE WAS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

BUT KEEP IN MIND, SHE GOT BEAT PRETTY BADLY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AND THEN THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF STATES THAT VOTE ON SUPER TUESDAY THAT GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCUMULATE DELEGATES. THE TRUMP TEAM’S MAKING AN THAT MATHEMATICALLY IT’S BASICALLY ALREADY DONE. BUT HALEY TEAM IS SAYING, LOOK,

LET’S LET VOTERS HAVE MORE OF A SAY AND. THEY ARE POINTING OUT THE MANY FLAWS OF DONALD TRUMP AND THE VARIOUS WAYS THAT HIS CAMPAIGN COULD SIDEWAYS AND SUFFER SOME MAJOR SETBACKS, IN WHICH CASE SHE COULD BE THERE STANDING. >> ALL RIGHT. RICK KLEIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE’LL BE FOLLOWING EVERY MOVE FOR THE NEXT FOUR DAYS. AND EVEN AFTER. WE’RE ALSO LEARNING NOW THAT EVEN VLADIMIR PUTIN’S MOST PROMINENT CRITIC, ALEXEI NAVALNY, COMMENTED ON U.S. POLITICS MONTHS BEFORE HIS DEATH. THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS PUBLISHED THESE LETTERS BETWEEN NAVALNY, HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS, AS HE STRUGGLED TO STAY

CONNECTED TO THE OUTSIDE WHILE IN PRISON. THE RUSSIAN DISSIDENT WHO JUST DIED THIS WEEK IN A RUSSIAN PRISON CALLED TRUMP’S AGENDA FOR A SECOND TERM REALLY SCARY. AND ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN BREAKING AS THE KREMLIN SAYS IT WILL NOT ACCEPT DEMANDS FROM THE EUROPEAN FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO NAVALNY’S DEATH.

OUR PATRICK REED WAS IN KYIV, UKRAINE, WITH MORE. SO TALK TO US ABOUT THESE LETTERS. PATRICK. >> HI, CAROL. AS YOU SAY, THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS PUBLISHED THESE LETTERS. ALEXEI NAVALNY AND HIS CLOSE FRIENDS AND HIS SUPPORTERS. IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEND LETTERS INTO RUSSIAN PRISON CAMPS

AND BASICALLY THEY GIVE YOU A REMARKABLE GLIMPSE INTO HIS WORLD. YOU KNOW, HE TALKS ABOUT LIFE IN PRISON. HE TALKS ABOUT THE BOOKS THAT HE’S READING THERE. HE TALKS ABOUT HIS VIEWS ON RUSSIAN POLITICS, BUT HE ALSO DOES TALK ABOUT US POLITICS. WE TALKED TO YEVGENY FELDMANN, WHO IS NAVALNY’S PHOTOGRAPHER

WHO EXCHANGE LETTERS WITH NAVALNY, WHERE THEY QUITE REGULARLY TALKS ABOUT U.S. POLITICS. AND THEN ONE OF THEM, AS YOU SAY, NAVALNY WROTE THAT HE FOUND TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN, HIS ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN POLICIES FRIGHTENING. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE DEMOCRATS NOT UNDERSTAND THAT IF BIDEN WERE TO SUFFER SOME KIND OF MEDICAL PROBLEM AND SERIOUS

MEDICAL PROBLEM, THAT TRUMP COULD WIN. AND DO THEY NOT SEE THAT THAT IS A PROBLEM? BUT HE ALSO, OF COURSE, TALKS ABOUT LIFE IN PRISON AND WHAT IT IS LIKE. ONE MEMORABLE QUOTE THAT STUCK OUT WAS HE SAID THAT IF PRISON GUARDS THERE WERE ORDERED TO GIVE HIM RED CAVIAR,

THEY WOULD DO THAT. BUT LIKEWISE, IF THEY WERE ORDERED TO STRANGLE HIM IN HIS CELL, THEY WOULD DO THAT JUST SHOWING THE OF DEHUMANIZING ATTITUDE THAT THERE IS TOWARDS RUSSIAN PRISONERS INSIDE, RUSSIAN PRISON CAMPS. >> SO, MEANWHILE, NAVALNY THOUGHT TRUMP WAS SCARY. I MEAN, LET’S NOT FORGET VLADIMIR PUTIN.

HE’S BEEN QUESTIONED TIMES ABOUT HIS RIVALS AND THE FACT THAT THEY TURN UP DEAD IN PRISON. LET’S NOT FORGET, WHEN OUR OWN RACHEL SCOTT ASKED PUTIN THAT VERY QUESTION AT THAT 2021 PRESS CONFERENCE. >> THE LISTS OF YOUR POLITICAL OPPONENTS WHO ARE DEAD, PRISON OR JAIL IS LONG. >> ALEXEI NAVALNY ORGANIZATION

CALLED FOR FREE AND FAIR, AN END TO CORRUPTION. >> BUT RUSSIA HAS OUTLAWED THAT ORGANIZATION CALLING IT EXTREMIST. AND YOU HAVE NOW PREVENTED ANYONE WHO SUPPORTS HIM TO RUN FOR OFFICE. SO MY QUESTION IS, MR. PRESIDENT, WHY YOU SO AFRAID OF SIR PATRICK, AS YOU SEE RIGHT THERE. PUTIN DOESN’T ANSWER, RACHEL.

SO I ASK YOU, IS THAT BECAUSE HE’S OF THE OPPOSITION IN RUSSIA? >> YOU KNOW, IT’S AN INTERESTING QUESTION BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND, OF COURSE, YES, IF HE HAS BEEN MURDERED, THEN CLEARLY THE PRESIDENT PUTIN IS CONCERNED ENOUGH AND FRIGHTENED ENOUGH OF THE OPPOSITION THAT HE FEELS

HE NEEDS TO TAKE THESE EXTREME MEASURES. AND, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE WAR IN UKRAINE BEGAN, WE’VE SEEN HIM DRIVE OUT VIRTUALLY ALL PUBLIC OPPOSITION. ALL OF NAVALNY’S COLLEAGUES ARE IN EXILE OR IN JAIL. VIRTUALLY ALL PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO VLADIMIR PUTIN IS NOW OUTLAWED. AND CLEARLY, WE SEE, EVEN

WITH THE WAY PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MOURN IN RUSSIA RIGHT NOW, WE SEE FEAR BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BEING EVEN EVEN FLOWERS BEING LEFT FOR NAVALNY AT THESE MONUMENTS IN MOSCOW ARE BEING CLEARED UP EVERY FEW MINUTES BY. POLICE PEOPLE ARE BEING INTIMIDATED BY POLICE. SO, YES, CLEARLY, VLADIMIR

PUTIN IS AFRAID OF OPPOSITION. BUT THE PROBLEM IS HE CLEARLY ALSO HAS THE POWER TO INFLICT HUGE HARM ON IT AND TO CRUSH IT. AT THE MOMENT. >> PATRICK REEVELL THERE AND KEY FOR US. THANK YOU, PATRICK. WE’VE GOT A BIT OF BREAKING NEWS BACK HERE AT HOME.

THOSE TWO MEN IN KANSAS CITY HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER AND OTHER FELONIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING LAST WEEK AT THE SUPER BOWL VICTORY PARADE AS THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS MADE THEIR WAY DOWN THE MAIN ROAD NEXT TO UNION STATION. DOMINIC MILLER AND MEIGS WERE CHARGED WITH HAVE BEEN CHARGED

WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER, TWO COUNTS OF ARMED CRIMINAL ACTION AND UNLAWFUL USE OF A WEAPON. PROSECUTORS SAY THAT SHOOTING STARTED AFTER A VERBAL ESCALATED INTO THAT GUNFIGHT. BOTH SUSPECTS ARE NOW BEING HELD ON $1,000,000 BOND. PASSENGERS FLYING UNITED AIRLINES FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO BOSTON FINALLY LANDED AT THEIR DESTINATION EARLY THIS MORNING AFTER

THE PLANE WAS DIVERTED TO DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS CAME THE CREW REPORTED A POSSIBLE WING SLAT ISSUE. A VIDEO ACTUALLY TAKEN BY A PASSENGER AND IT SHOWS THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT’S WING AS. THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN IN DENVER. FOR MORE, LET’S BRING IN OUR PHIL LIPOFF WHO’S BEEN FOLLOWING THIS.

SO WHAT ARE PASSENGERS SAYING HAPPENED EXACTLY ON THAT FLIGHT, PHIL? >> WELL, KYRA, YOU SAW THE DAMAGE THERE TO THE WING. WE SPOKE WITH ONE PASSENGER WHOSE NAME WAS KEVIN CLARK. HE TOOK THAT PICTURE, HE TOLD US SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM SAN FRANCISCO ON THE WAY TO BOSTON.

>> HE HEARD A HUGE VIBRATION, HIS WORDS FROM RIGHT OUTSIDE THE WINDOW. HE DIDN’T THINK MUCH OF IT, SO HE TOOK A NAP. HE SAYS WHEN HE WOKE UP, THE WAS WALKING DOWN THE AISLE AND THE PILOT ANNOUNCED TO THE WHOLE PLANE THAT THERE WAS, IN FACT, SOME DAMAGE TO ONE

OF THE FLAPS. >> YOU SEE IT THERE. AND WHILE IT WASN’T A MAJOR CONCERN TO THE CREW, THEY WOULD STILL BE DIVERTING TO DENVER. >> AND THAT’S WHAT THEY DID. >> SO WHAT’S THE FAA SAYING ABOUT THIS? WE GOT A VERY BRIEF RESPONSE FROM THE FAA WHEN WE ASKED THEM

WHAT SAYING ABOUT THIS SITUATION. THEY CONFIRMED THAT FLIGHT 354 DID LAND SAFELY. AS YOU MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE SEGMENT IN DENVER, AND THAT THE CREW REPORTED THIS ISSUE WITH THE FLAP. >> AND AGAIN, YOU SEE IT THERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN. ALL THEY’LL IS THEY’RE

INVESTIGATING AND ANY OF THE QUESTIONS NEED TO BE DIRECTED TO UNITED. >> ALL RIGHT, PHIL, APPRECIATE IT. WE’LL FOLLOW IT LIKE GOING ON WITH OUR AIRLINES. NOW, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE EXTREME WEATHER. A LOT ON THERE. 37 MILLION PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA ON ALERT FOR FLOODING AND, MUDSLIDES FOR YET ANOTHER DAY

IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. TORRENTIAL RAIN AND RAINS DOWNING TREES AND KNOCKING OUT POWER IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE. HEAVY RAIN ALSO WASHING OUT THE ROADS THERE. WEATHER ALERTS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SAN DIEGO TO REDDING. AND OUR METEOROLOGIST MELISSA GRIFFIN TRACKING IT ALL FOR US. >> MELISSA, TIME IT ALL OUT.

WELL, KARA, I WANT TO START OFF WITH THE FACT THAT DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES IS HAVING THEIR WETTEST FEBRUARY IN 25 YEARS, THEY COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE THROUGH WHAT IS FEBRUARY ON RECORD. AND THAT IS JUST ABOUT SHOWING WHY WE STILL HAVE THIS LIFE FLASH FLOODING THREAT FOR MUDSLIDES, ROCK SLIDES, ROAD CLOSURES REPORTED.

AND THIS IS FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, FOR THE DAY IN A ROW FROM LOS ANGELES, JUST NORTH OF SAN DIEGO. THAT’S WHERE WE’RE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. NOW, YOU CAN SEE ON THE RADAR HERE THAT STREAMING OF ROUNDS OF RAIN FOR SOUTHERN

CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES IN THERE AS WELL. AND THOSE ALERTS FROM SAN DIEGO ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. SOME COULD SEE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN. WINTER WEATHER AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS CONTINUING THERE IN THE MOUNTAINS. SO I WANT TO TIME THIS OUT FOR

YOU BECAUSE WE’RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY THE LAST ROUND OF RAIN FOR CALIFORNIA. THAT WILL BE TONIGHT BEFORE THE STORM MOVES OUT BY TOMORROW . SO FLOODING, RAIN, BUT ROCKSLIDES STILL A POSSIBILITY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AND THEN YOU SEE THE MOUNTAIN SNOW IN THE SIERRA MOUNTAINS MOVING INTO THE ROCKIES

THAT FINALLY MOVES OUT AND IT WILL DRY OUT IN CALIFORNIA. ANY THAT COMES FROM THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN BECAUSE, CAROL, LOOK AT THIS FORTIES AND FIFTIES FOR PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKES, MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST RIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. ALL RIGHT, MELISSA, THANKS SO MUCH.

>> WELL, COMING UP, READY FROM THE RED SEA BUSINESSES. BELEAGUERED AMID THOSE CONTINUED ATTACKS ON INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING ROUTES, HOW COULD THE REBELS ARE KILLING OUR CASH FLOW RIGHT AFTER THIS. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR. AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS.

>> ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, REPORTING LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE AT THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE IN EASTERN 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 TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL TO THE GAZA STRIP. IN BEIRUT FROM THE FBI BEFORE HE MET NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE 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 YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> 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 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. THAT IS BILLIONAIRE 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. >> WHAT YOU SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT

TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT LISTEN TO THEIR DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD OUR MURROW AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTHLESS NAME TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY LISTEN.

NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING WHEREVER. >> YOU GET YOUR PODCAST START HERE. GLAD YOU’RE STREAMING WITH US. WITH US MAJOR CHANGE FOR YOUR CREDIT CARD FOR ALL OF US. I GUESS WE’RE FEELING A CHANGE OUR CREDIT CARDS CAPITAL ONE IS BUYING DISCOVER AND A

DEAL NOW WORTH $35 BILLION. THAT DEAL GIVING CAPITAL ONE ACCESS TO ABOUT 60 MILLION NEW CUSTOMERS. BUT HERE’S QUESTION IS IT GOING TO MAKE THINGS ANY CHEAPER? >> OUR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT LIST IS IS TRACKING IT. SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A CAPITAL OR DISCOVER CARD, ALEXIS?

>> WELL, HERE BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, JUST A STEP BACK TO LOOK AT HOW BIG THIS DEAL REALLY IS. IT WOULD BE IF IT IF IT’S APPROVED BY REGULATORS AND SHAREHOLDERS, IT WOULD BE THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD MERGER EVER, AND IT WOULD CREATE THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD ISSUER IN THE COUNTRY.

NOW, IT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WE ARE LOOKING AT PERHAPS APPROVAL TO HAPPEN LATER THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR. IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE CARDS, A CAPITAL ONE OR DISCOVER CARD, IT’S GOING TO BE BUSINESS AS USUAL, AT LEAST UNTIL THIS DEAL IS APPROVED AND EVEN THEN

YOU’LL BE SLOW TO SEE CHANGES. THEY’RE VERY LOW ON DETAILS AT THE MOMENT. WE DON’T KNOW IF THEY’RE GOING TO KEEP BOTH BRANDS ALIVE. DISCOVER CARDS WILL BE REBRANDED AS CAPITAL OR VICE VERSA. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THEY HAVE VERY DIFFERENT REWARDS PROGRAMS. DISCOVER IS A CASH BACK CARD

GENERALLY, AND ONE HAS MORE REWARDS. SO IF ANYTHING, WE COULD PERHAPS SEE A MORE ROBUST REWARDS PACKAGE FOR CUSTOMERS. SO THE DEAL COMES AS CREDIT CARD DEBT IN THE U.S. IS HITTING A RECORD HIGH. SO HOW IS THAT GOING TO PLAY INTO THIS MERGER? YEAH THAT’S THE BACKDROP TO THIS MERGER HERE.

SO RIGHT NOW, THE AVERAGE DEBT THAT AMERICANS ARE HOLDING ON THEIR MONTHLY CREDIT CARD OVER, $6,000 A MONTH. THERE YOU HAVE IT. AND THAT BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW INFLATION IS STILL HIGH, MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME MAKING THOSE PAYMENTS. SO WE’RE SEEING DELINQUENCY RATES AMONG ALL AGE GROUPS

ARE HIGHER NOW, NOT ONLY FOR CREDIT CARDS, BUT FOR AUTO LOANS AS WELL. 9% OF CARDHOLDERS CARRYING DEBT NOW MONTH TO KYRA. >> YEAH, IT’S HARD, ESPECIALLY AND IT BUILDS UP DURING COVID AND IT’S GOTTEN EVEN WORSE UP THIS POINT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALEXIS. ALL RIGHT.

BACK OVERSEAS NOW WOULD BE TERRORISTS AREN’T JUST ATTACKING OUR MILITARY ASSETS. THEIR MISSILES IN THE RED SEA ARE NOW STARTING TO KILL OUR COMMERCE BECAUSE OF TENSIONS. SHIPS HAVE TO REROUTE, WHICH MEANS MORE FUEL AND FREIGHT COSTS. AND EVENTUALLY THAT MEANS WE ALL END UP PAYING THE PRICE.

>> AND NOW HOUTHIES ARE EVEN ADDING ANOTHER WEAPON TO THEIR ARSENAL, AN UNMANNED. SO NOW THIS GLOBAL WAR IS IMPACTING THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN AS WELL. REVENUE GENERATED BY THESE VESSELS IN OUT OF EGYPT, SUEZ CANAL HAVE DROPPED 40 TO PERCENT AFTER THE ATTACKS ON THOSE SHIPS. SO SHIPPING COMPANIES

ARE HAVING TO DIVERT SAILING LONGER ROUTES. SO WHEN IT COMES TO DELIVERING GOODS THAT WE DEPEND ON, WELL, WE’RE ALL THE PRICE OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE MICK MULROY JOINS US NOW. ALSO INTERNATIONAL LAW AND MARITIME SECURITY EXPERT DR. IAN ROWLEY, HE’S BEEN FOLLOWING THE TENSIONS IN THE

MIDDLE EAST AND HOW IT’S REALLY TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON OUR ECONOMY. LET’S START WITH YOU AND THIS UNMANNED SUBMARINE FIRST, DON’T DESTROYERS HAVE THE CAPABILITY JUST TO BLOW THESE RIGHT OUT OF THE WATER? >> SO, KARA YES, THEY DO. OBVIOUSLY, THEY HAVE TO PROTECT FROM BOTH AERIAL SURFACE

AND SUBSURFACE, JUST LIKE A TORPEDO OR A SUBMARINE. THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT. THAT SAID, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE HOUTHIS AND THE IRANIAN BACKERS ARE REALLY TRYING TO CHANGE THE STRATEGY HERE TO CAUSE A TACTICAL DILEMMA FOR THE U.S. MILITARY, BOTH TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AND THESE COMMERCIAL SHIPS, BECAUSE

THEY CAN ESSENTIALLY DO A SWARM, A MULTI DIMENSIONAL SWARM, WHICH COULD OVERWHELM THE DEFENSES IF THEY SEND ENOUGH OF THEM THEM. AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE VERY CONCERNING TO ALL US. >> SO, IAN, LET’S TALK ABOUT THESE COMMERCIAL SHIPS. WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING MOVED

THROUGH THESE LANES AND GIVE US SPECIFICS ON GOODS AND, PRODUCTS THAT WE DEPEND ON AND THEN HOW IT’S GOING TO CONTINUE TO COST US IF WE’VE GOT TO ULTIMATELY PAY FOR ALL THESE DIVERSION INS AND ROUTES. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, I THINK I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO START OFF

BY SAYING THAT 30% OF THE WORLD’S CONTAINER TRAFFIC MOVED THROUGH THE RED SEA PRIOR TO ALL OF THIS. AND THAT IS LARGELY WHAT HAS DIVERTED SINCE THAT IS ALL OUR GOODS. THAT’S THAT’S FOOD, THAT’S CLOTHES, THAT’S THAT’S EVERYTHING THAT WE GO TO THE STORE TO BUY. >> SO WE HAVEN’T NO SHIPPING,

NO SHOPPING. >> AND IN THIS CASE, WE ARE NOW SEEING SHIPPING, HAVING TO REROUTE AROUND THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA. >> AND SO WE ARE STILL SEEING BUNKERS WHICH CARRY BULK GOODS LIKE GRAIN AND OTHER FOOD SUPPLIES, AS WELL AS TANKERS WHICH CARRY BOTH OIL AND CHEMICALS MOVING THROUGH THE RED SEA.

>> AND THAT ACCOUNT FOR, THE ROUGHLY 43% OF SHIPPING THAT IS STILL GOING THROUGH THAT WE WOULD EXPECT. >> BUT IT MEANS THAT THE GOODS THAT WE RELY ON AND A LOT OF OUR OUR ECONOMIC DRIVERS ARE CIRCUMNAVIGATING THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA. THAT IS PUT 130% INCREASE

ON THE SOUTHERN TIP OF AFRICA. >> THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, WHICH MEANS THAT WE ARE SEEING NEW CHOKE POINTS, NEW AREAS OF CONCERN, AND IT’S PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON AFRICAN PORTS. AND SO THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS ARE STILL BEING FELT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

>> AND WE COULD SEE IT GET A LOT WORSE. >> SO NOT ONLY COULD WE NOW HAVE OTHER AREAS OF SECURITY LIKE PIRACY OR TERRORIST ATTACKS ELSEWHERE, BUT EVEN AN INCIDENT, AN ACCIDENT COULD DISRUPT THE VERY THIN MARGIN WE’RE NOW OPERATING ON TO MAINTAIN THE SUPPLY CHAINS BECAUSE OUR SHIPPING LINES

HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF SHOWING AGILITY. >> BUT THERE’S ONLY SO MUCH THEY CAN DO AND. >> SO NOW WITH, YOU KNOW, A CATASTROPHIC SPILL. FOR EXAMPLE, IF ONE OF THE MISSILES HITS ONE OF THE THE TANKERS, IT’S THROUGH COULD NOT ONLY TAKE OUT THE ACCESS TO SOME OF THE AREAS THROUGH

THAT SPILL, BUT ALSO THE DESALINATION PLANTS OF PEOPLE IN THE REGION. AND SO THERE A LOT OF FOLLOW ON CONSEQUENCES THAT COULD LEAD TO FOOD, NOT BEING ABLE TO GET TO PLACES IT NEEDS TO GO AND CONSEQUENCES IN A FAMINE EGYPT IS LOSING, YOU KNOW, 57% OF ITS INCOME FROM THE SUEZ

CANAL RIGHT NOW. >> THAT’S ABOUT 56 TOTAL BILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS ITS INCOME. THAT IS NOW STAKE. >> AND THAT’S THAT’S A HUGE CONSEQUENCE IF IT HAS AN ECONOMIC COLLAPSE. AND FINALLY, WITH THAT ATTACK ON USING UNMANNED UNDERWATER, ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE LOOKING TO DO

IS ATTACK THE SUBMARINE CABLE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT’S GOING THROUGH THE RED SEA, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR A THIRD OF THE WORLD’S INTERNET AND ROUGHLY $10 TRILLION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY A DAY THROUGH THOSE CABLES. SO THERE’S A LOT OF ADD ON HARM THAT WE COULD STILL BE FEELING AS THE WEEKS AND MONTHS OF THIS

CRISIS CONTINUE. WOW. NO SHIPS, NO SHIPPING, NO ON THE INTERNET. I GOT SO MUCH BY WHAT YOU JUST SAID IN FINAL QUESTION TO YOU, MICK, JUST LISTENING TO HOW BAD COULD GET WHAT WE’RE ALREADY FEELING AS IAN KIND OF BRINGS ALL TOGETHER, WHAT MORE CAN COALITION FORCES DO THEN

TO PROTECT THESE THESE SHIPPING LANES? OH, HE CERTAINLY DID LAY OUT THE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING NOW. AND JUST IMAGINE IF SOME OF THESE GET THROUGH SINK A SHIP ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER HIT A U.S. MILITARY SHIP IS ESSENTIALLY AN ACT OF WAR. THERE’S A LOT OF CONSEQUENCES TO THEIR.

SO WHAT CAN THEY DO RIGHT NOW? THEY’RE GOING TO TRY TO STOP IT BECAUSE THESE ARE ADVANCED WEAPONS SYSTEMS. SO MOST PEOPLE DON’T BELIEVE THE HOUTHIES CAN MANUFACTURE THESE IN YEMEN. SO THEY’RE COMING FROM IRAN. SO STOP THE INFLOW OF THESE WEAPONS FROM IRAN INTO YEMEN. AND THEN, OF COURSE, DEPLETE

THEIR CAPABILITIES INSIDE YEMEN, THEIR STORAGE FACILITIES AT THE SITES. >> WOW. MICK MULROY IAN, ROBBIE, APPRECIATE YOU BOTH. >> IT’S A LOT TO DIGEST. CLEARLY, THIS WAR IS EFFECTING MORE THAN JUST THE WATER AND THE SKIES, BUT ALSO EVERYDAY NEEDS ACROSS THE GLOBE, INCLUDING HERE IN THE U.S.. APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU. COMING UP, DAYTONA TURNS INTO A DITCH. ABOUT 85 CARS PARTICIPATING IN THE RACE CRASH AMID SOME BRUTAL FLORIDA WEATHER. WE’VE GOT THE DETAILS NEXT. WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. MORE AMERICANS TURN THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST IN ABC NEWS, “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT”,

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ABC NEWS LIVE, THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY TOM GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. THEY SAID VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE TO FINALLY MEET THEIR PARTY AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS, YOU WANT 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 THINK YOU SAW THE HOUSEHOLD AND THE HOUSE SO TO SEE, YOU KNOW, REPORTING IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, OUTSIDE THE FULTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE. I’M EDWIN. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE FOR SCREAMING. ABC NEWS.

HERE’S SOME OTHER HEADLINES WE’RE FOLLOWING THIS HOUR. MAN SUSPECTED OF BEATING AND STRANGLING A WOMAN IN A NEW YORK CITY HOTEL IS CHARGED WITH TWO SEPARATE STABBINGS. NOW IN ARIZONA, 26-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT THAT YOU SEE HERE WAS CAUGHT AFTER MAKING STATEMENTS THAT LINKED HIM TO A STRING OF ASSAULTS ON WOMEN IN ARIZONA.

AND THEN ANOTHER ATTACK IN FLORIDA. POLICE SAY THAT SEVERAL OF THOSE CRIMES INVOLVE, ATTACKS ON WOMEN INVOLVED IN WORK. POLICE ARE NOW WORKING WITH THE FBI. THEY CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE HOW FAR THIS COULD GO. THE ALABAMA STATE SUPREME COURT RULING THAT FROZEN EMBRYOS DO INDEED QUALIFY AS CHILDREN

UNDER STATE LAW. IT’S A HISTORIC DECISION THAT COULD IMPACT THE FUTURE OF IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION. MEDICAL EXPERTS, ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES WARN THAT THIS COULD HAVE MAJOR CONSEQUENCES FOR WOMEN SEEKING ACCESS TO FERTILITY TREATMENTS. AND IT COMES AFTER A ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED AND DESTROYED VIALS OF FROZEN EMBRYOS AT AN ALABAMA FERTILITY CLINIC.

THE STATE’S HIGH COURT SAYS THAT THE PATIENT CAN NOW BE HELD LIABLE IN WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT. AND A WET AND WILD IN DAYTONA. NASCAR’S DAYTONA 500 FILLED WITH A LOT OF SLIPPING, SLIDING AND CRASHING, INCLUDING AN 18 CAR PILEUP, THE 193RD LAP OF THE RACE. IT HAPPENED NEAR THE FINISH

LINE, ABOUT 85, WITH 114 CARS CRASHED IN SOME FORM OR FASHION . THE LEADERBOARD CHANGED MORE THAN 41 TIMES, BUT THE 26-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM BYRON. THANKS FOR STARTING WITH US. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. IT’S ALWAYS WILD RIDE ON THIS SHOW, ISN’T IT? WE’VE GOT A LOT MORE NEWS STRAIGHT AHEAD.

>> WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. AND WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT’S SO TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BUFFALO, LIVE ALL DAY. 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 ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD TONIGHT

WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION. I HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT. THE RESPECTING IS OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY INSIDER AND. THIS SLICE OF HUMAN BRAIN. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS

THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED BECAUSE IS NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO, NOT GET. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE. >> WOW. SO THE QUESTIONS WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I’M JUST REALLY HUNGRY.

IF YOU CHARITY GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. >> WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES IS BREAKFAST. >> GUYS ARE NOT GOOD. WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERY DAY HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? I WAS. WHAT YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS, THIS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND. HIS GIRLFRIEND? OH, MY GOD.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN, NINE, CENTRAL ON ABC. >> WHAT DO YOU SEE? PEOPLE 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.

YOU HAD YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, ABC NEWS, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE SOURCE RIGHT NOW ON ABC LIVE JUDGMENT DAY, FORMER MOMMY BLOGGER RUBY FRANKY SENTENCED INNER CHILD ABUSE CASE. HOW LONG SHE’S SPENT IN PRISON OR WILL SPEND IN PRISON AND HOW HER LAWYERS ARE NOW RESPONDING.

IN IT FOR THE LONG NIKKI HALEY VOWING TO STAY IN THE RACE. HER LAST DITCH EFFORT TO SWAY VOTERS. WITH JUST FOUR DAYS UNTIL THE CRITICAL REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN, HER HOME STATE AND MAJOR MERGER BANKING GIANT CAPITAL BUYING DISCOVERY FOR 35 BILLION BUCKS. THE DEAL BRINGING TOGETHER OF THE NATION’S LARGEST

CREDIT CARD COMPANIES. THE IMPACT THIS HAVE ON YOUR WALLET THIS HOUR. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I’M KYRA PHILLIPS. WE DO WITH FORMER YOUTUBE MOMMY BLOGGER RUBY FRANKY HEADED TO PRISON FOR HER CHILDREN. THE UTAH MOTHER OF SIX WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR CONSECUTIVE SENTENCING SENTENCES, RATHER, OF 1 TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON

ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. FRANKIE AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER PLEADED GUILTY TO THOSE CHARGES AFTER POLICE FOUND ONE OF FRANKIE’S SONS EMACIATED WITH OPEN WOUNDS AND BOUND WITH DUCT TAPE. AND THEN ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS WAS DISCOVERED MALNOURISHED. ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH IS IN SAINT GEORGE, UTAH. SHE WAS IN THE COURTROOM ALSO.

OUR LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY CHANNA LLOYD JOINS US ONCE AGAIN. SO TO TELL US WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN THE SENTENCING WAS READ JUST THE REACTION FROM FRANKY AND WHAT HER ATTORNEYS SAYING NOW. RIGHT HERE IS SHE CAME IN TODAY CLEARLY VERY PREPARED FOR WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO HEAR FROM

THE JUDGE. ESSENTIALLY, HE’S DECIDING HERE THAT SHE NEEDS TO SERVE SENTENCES CONSECUTIVELY, NOT CONCURRENTLY. AND SHE THERE TODAY TO EXPRESS REMORSE AND TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. IN FACT, SHE SAID IN HER STATEMENT, WHICH WAS QUITE LENGTHY AND VERY EMOTIONAL THAT THE MOMENT I WAS HANDCUFFED WAS THE MOMENT I GAINED MY FREEDOM.

SHE WENT ON TO TALK ABOUT A LIFE OF DISILLUSIONMENT AND LIES THAT SHE HAD BEEN LIVING. SHE ALSO ADDRESSED VERY POIGNANTLY HER FAMILY. HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND AND HER TWO OLDER CHILDREN WERE ACTUALLY IN THAT COURTROOM. AND SHE SAID THAT TO HER KIDS, YOU KNOW, SHE’S SIX OF THEM FOR A MINOR.

SHE CALLED THEM HER BABY CHICKS AND SHE SAID, I’M THE MAMA DUCK. AND SHE ALSO WENT ON TO SAY THAT I TOOK ALL THAT WAS SOFT AND GOOD. HOW TERRIFY AND THAT MUST HAVE BEEN FOR YOU. AND SURE, YOU WATCHED HER ESTRANGED, WHO SORT OF LOOKED HER THE ENTIRE TIME

WITH ALMOST A SCOWL. AND THEN YOU WATCHED HIM BECOME VERY EMOTIONAL, VERY SHAKEN UP IN THOSE. AND WHEN WE SPOKE WITH LAWYERS IN THE AFTERMATH OF ALL OF THIS ,PROSECUTORS SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST CASES OF CHILD ABUSE THEIR OFFICE HAS EVER SEEN. >> BUT THAT WAS THAT WAS

MINDSET THAT THEY HAD AT THE TIME. AND I THINK THAT YOU YOU SAW TODAY THEY WERE SAYING THERE’S GOOD REASON TO BELIEVE THAT FRANKIE HAS KIND OF UNDERSTOOD THAT. AND SHAWNA, SENTENCING IN UTAH WORKS DIFFERENTLY. >> OTHER STATES. RIGHT. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW THAT PLAYS A PART IN THIS. ABSOLUTELY.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THE JUDGE MAKES A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL BE CONSECUTIVE OR WHETHER IT’S GOING TO RUN CONCURRENTLY AND THEN IT’S GOING TO BE GO BEFORE THE BOARD. THE BOARD IS GOING TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING, SENTENCING REPORT. THEY’RE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL

OF THESE STATEMENTS AND THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE A DETERMINATION OF WHAT TIME BETWEEN ONE AND 15 YEARS SHE GETS FOR EACH COUNT. >> ALL RIGHT. WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE TRIAL, OF COURSE AND WE JUST THINK ABOUT THOSE KIDS THAT HAD TO SUFFER IN THE MEANTIME. HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE IN

GOOD HANDS GOING FORWARD. KAYNA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND ALSO FOR MORE ON HOW RUBY FRANKIE ROSE TO FAME, WHETHER THERE WERE MISSED SIGNS EVEN BEFORE HER ARREST. BE SURE TO WATCH “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” AS A MOM INFLUENCER DOUBLE LIFE HER DOUBLE NOW STREAMING ON HULU. SO NIKKI HALEY IS VOWING

TO STAY IN THE RACE. THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PRIMARY JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY NOW. NIKKI HALEY DELIVERING LIVE REMARKS IN HER HOME STATE TODAY, SAYING SHE’S NOT AFRAID OF TRUMP’S RETRIBUTION OR CONTINUING CAMPAIGN. EVEN AS OUR FRIENDS AT FIVETHIRTYEIGHT SAY THE MATH IS INCREDIBLY TOUGH AND POLLS

ARE SHOWING THAT SHE TRAILS TRUMP BY AT LEAST A 30 POINT MARGIN. BUT HALEY IS PROMISING SHE WON’T BACK DOWN, TELLING VOTERS TODAY IN GREENVILLE THAT SHE’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. >> WELL, I’M NOT AFRAID TO SAY THE HARD TRUTHS OUT LOUD. I FEEL NO NEED TO KISS THE RING .

I HAVE NO FEAR OF TRUMP’S RETRIBUTION RIGHT NOW. I’M NOT I’M NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING FROM HIM. THAT’S WHY I REFUSE QUIT. SOUTH CAROLINA WILL VOTE ON SATURDAY, BUT ON SUNDAY I’LL STILL BE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. >> I’M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. LET’S BRING IN OUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR, RICK KLEIN, NOW.

MORE ON THIS. SHE ISN’T GOING ANYWHERE. STRONG WORDS FROM HALEY EXPECTED, NO DOUBT. AND SHE’S PLEDGING TO STAY IN ALL THE WAY TO THE VERY END. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS SHE GOING TO FACE WITH REGARD TO STRUGGLES AS SHE DOES THAT? >> YEAH, CAROL, I IF YOU READ

BETWEEN THE LINES, IS AS STRONG AS HER WORDS WERE. YOU CAN ALSO SEE HER CRAFTING A BIT OF AN END GAME. >> SHE SAID SHE’S NEVER BEEN IN IT TO STOP TRUMP AT ALL COSTS. AND SHE IS SAYING SHE’LL BE IN THE DAY AFTER A SOUTH CAROLINA VOTES AND SUPER TUESDAY.

BUT THERE’S A WHOLE LOT OF VOTING, MAYBE HALF THE COUNTRY THAT HAPPENS THAT AND THAT’S WHERE IT GETS VERY DIFFICULT. LOOK, THINGS ARE ALIGNED FOR HER IN TERMS OF NEWS EVENTS, WORLD WORLD EVENTS AROUND PUTIN IN HIS ACTIONS AND AROUND DONALD TRUMP’S ACTIONS IN RESPONSE. IT. IT PLUS BEING HER HOME STATE.

ALL OF THESE ARE FACTORS THAT SHOULD BE GREAT. NIKKI HALEY. SO IF SHE’S NOT ABLE TO BREAK THROUGH DESPITE ALL OF THESE THINGS, IT’S VERY HARD TO SEE A PATH FORWARD, EVEN IF SHE CAN ACCUMULATE SOME DELEGATES. BUT AT LEAST FOR NOW, SHE IS SIGNALING TO HER DONORS

AND TO HER FOLLOWERS TO TO KIND OF RESET AND REJIGGER RACE SO THAT SHE HAS A CHANCE TO WIN. >> SO SHE’S USING HER FOREIGN POLICY BACKGROUND, CLEARLY TO COME FORWARD AND HAMMER TRUMP FOR ENCOURAGING PUTIN TO ATTACK AMERICA’S NATO’S ALLIES IF THEY DON’T SPEND ENOUGH MONEY ON DEFENSE.

BUT THE VOTERS CARE ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW. ARE THEY LISTENING TO THAT? IS IT IMPACTING THEM? >> WHAT, SWAY THEM OVER TO HER SIDE? WE’VE SEEN NO SIGNS IN EITHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE POLLING OR IN THE RESULTS SO FAR THAT ANYTHING IS BEING SWAYED IN NIKKI HALEY’S DIRECTION. REPUBLICAN VOTERS HERE SEEM

TO LIKE TRUMP A LOT, AND THEY HAVE SAID SO CONSISTENTLY IN POLLS AND IN A HANDFUL OF STATES THAT HAVE VOTED SO FAR. SO SHE NEEDS KIND OF A PARADIGM SHIFT FOR PEOPLE TO CARE ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND TO BUY INTO THE ARGUMENT AROUND ELECTABILITY THAT. SHE’S THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN

BEAT JOE BIDEN THAT I THINK IS SO KEY. >> VOTERS ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE JUST DON’T BUY THAT. SO FAR. SO WHAT CAN WE EXPECT NEXT? WELL, THE SOUTH IS FOUR DAYS AWAY. THE HALEY TEAM IS SAYING SHE’LL BE AT LEAST AS STRONG AS SHE WAS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

BUT KEEP IN MIND, SHE GOT BEAT PRETTY BADLY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THEN THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF STATES THAT VOTE ON SUPER TUESDAY THAT GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCUMULATE DELEGATES. THE TRUMP TEAM IS MAKING AN ARGUMENT THAT MATHEMATICALLY IT’S BASICALLY ALREADY DONE. BUT THE HALEY TEAM IS SAYING,

LET’S LET VOTERS HAVE MORE OF A SAY. AND THEY ARE POINTING OUT THE MANY FLAWS OF DONALD TRUMP AND THE VARIOUS WAYS THAT HIS CAMPAIGN GOES SIDEWAYS AND SUFFER SOME MAJOR SETBACKS, IN WHICH CASE SHE COULD BE THERE STANDING. ALL RIGHT, RICK KLEIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE’LL BE FOLLOWING EVERY MOVE

FOR THE NEXT FOUR DAYS AND EVEN AFTER THAT. WE’RE ALSO NOW THAT EVEN VLADIMIR PUTIN’S MOST PROMINENT CRITIC, ALEXEI NAVALNY, COMMENTED ON U.S. POLITICS MONTHS BEFORE HIS DEATH. THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS PUBLISHED THESE LETTERS BETWEEN NAVALNY AND HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS AS HE STRUGGLED TO STAY CONNECTED TO THE OUTSIDE

WORLD WHILE IN PRISON. THE RUSSIAN DISSIDENT WHO JUST DIED THIS PAST WEEK IN A RUSSIAN PRISON. TRUMP’S AGENDA FOR A SECOND TERM, REALLY SCARY. AND ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN BREAKING AS THE KREMLIN SAYS IT WILL NOT ACCEPT DEMANDS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO NAVALNY’S DEATH.

OUR PATRICK REEVELL IS IN KYIV, UKRAINE, WITH MORE. SO TALK TO US ABOUT THESE LETTERS. PATRICK, NIGERIA. >> AS YOU SAY, THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS PUBLISHED THESE LETTERS BETWEEN ALEXEI NAVALNY AND HIS CLOSE FRIENDS AND HIS SUPPORTERS. IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEND LETTERS INTO RUSSIAN PRISON CAMPS

AND BASICALLY THEY GIVE YOU A REMARKABLE GLIMPSE INTO HIS WORLD. YOU KNOW, HE TALKS ABOUT LIFE IN PRISON. HE TALKS ABOUT THE BOOKS THAT HE’S READING THERE. HE TALKS ABOUT HIS VIEWS ON RUSSIAN POLITICS, BUT HE ALSO DOES TALK ABOUT U.S. POLITICS. SO WE TALKED TO YEVGENY, WHO IS NAVALNY’S PHOTOGRAPHER,

WHO EXCHANGED SOME LETTERS WITH NAVALNY, WHERE THEY QUITE REGULARLY TALKED ABOUT US POLITICS AND ONE OF THEM, AS YOU SAY, NAVALNY WROTE THAT HE FOUND TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN, HIS ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN POLICIES FRIGHTENING. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE DEMOCRATS, NOT UNDERSTAND THAT IF BIDEN WERE TO SUFFER SOME KIND OF MEDICAL PROBLEM,

SERIOUS MEDICAL PROBLEM, THAT TRUMP COULD WIN. AND DO THEY NOT SEE THAT THAT IS A PROBLEM? BUT HE ALSO, OF COURSE, TALKS ABOUT LIFE IN PRISON AND WHAT IT’S LIKE THERE. MEMORABLE QUOTE THAT STUCK OUT WAS HE SAID THAT IF PRISON GUARDS, THERE WERE ORDERED TO GIVE HIM RED CAVIAR,

THEY WOULD DO THAT. BUT LIKEWISE, IF THEY WERE ORDERED STRANGLE HIM IN HIS CELL, THEY WOULD DO THAT, JUST SHOWING THE SORT OF ATTITUDE THAT THERE IS TOWARDS RUSSIAN PRISONERS INSIDE RUSSIAN PRISON CAMPS. >> SO, MEANWHILE, NAVALNY THOUGHT TRUMP WAS SCARY. I MEAN, LET’S NOT FORGET VLADIMIR PUTIN. HE’S BEEN QUESTIONED TIMES

ABOUT HIS RIVALS AND THE FACT THAT THEY TURN UP DEAD IN PRISON. LET’S NOT FORGET, WHEN OUR OWN RACHEL SCOTT ASKED PUTIN THAT VERY QUESTION AT THAT 2021 PRESS CONFERENCE. >> THE LIST OF YOUR POLITICAL WHO ARE DEAD, PRISON OR JAILED IS LONG. >> ALEXEI NAVALNY. THIS ORGANIZATION CALLS FOR

FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS AN END TO CORRUPTION. >> BUT RUSSIA HAS OUTLAWED THAT, CALLING IT EXTREMISTS. AND YOU HAVE NOW PREVENTED ANYONE SUPPORTS HIM TO RUN FOR OFFICE. SO MY QUESTION IS, MR. PRESIDENT, WHY YOU SO AFRAID OF. SO PATRICK, DOES YOU SEE RIGHT THERE. PUTIN DOESN’T ANSWER, RACHEL.

SO I ASK YOU, IS THAT BECAUSE HE’S OF THE OPPOSITION IN RUSSIA? >> YOU KNOW, IT’S AN INTERESTING QUESTION BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND, OF COURSE, YEAH, IF VOLNEY HAS BEEN MURDERED, THEN CLEARLY PRESIDENT PUTIN CONCERNED ENOUGH AND FRIGHTENED ENOUGH OF THE OPPOSITION THAT HE FEELS HE NEEDS TO TAKE THESE EXTREME

MEASURES. AND, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE WAR IN UKRAINE BEGAN, WE’VE SEEN HIM DRIVE OUT VIRTUALLY PUBLIC OPPOSITION. ALL OF NAVALNY’S COLLEAGUES ARE IN EXILE OR IN JAIL. VIRTUALLY ALL PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO VLADIMIR PUTIN IS NOW OUTLAWED. AND CLEARLY, WE SEE, EVEN WITH THE WAY PEOPLE ARE TRYING

TO MOURN IN RUSSIA RIGHT NOW. WE SEE FEAR BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BEING EVEN EVEN FLOWERS BEING LEFT FOR. NAVALNY AT THESE MONUMENTS IN MOSCOW, BEING CLEARED UP EVERY FEW MINUTES BY PEOPLE ARE BEING INTIMIDATED BY POLICE. SO, YES, CLEARLY, VLADIMIR PUTIN IS AFRAID OF OPPOSITION. THE PROBLEM IS HE CLEARLY ALSO

HAS THE POWER TO INFLICT HUGE HARM ON IT AND TO CRUSH IT. >> AT THE MOMENT. >> PATRICK REEVELL THERE AND KEY FOR US. THANK YOU, PATRICK. WE’VE GOT A BIT OF BREAKING NEWS BACK HERE AT HOME. THOSE TWO MEN IN KANSAS CITY HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER AND OTHER FELONIES

IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING LAST WEEK AT THE SUPER BOWL VICTORY PARADE AS THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS MADE THEIR WAY DOWN THE MAIN ROAD NEXT TO UNION STATION. DOMINIC MILLER AND LINDELL MEIGS WERE CHARGED WITH HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER. >> TWO COUNTS OF ARMED CRIMINAL ACTION, UNLAWFUL USE OF

A WEAPON. PROSECUTORS SAY THAT SHOOTING STARTED AFTER A VERBAL ALTERCATION ESCALATED INTO THAT GUNFIGHT. BOTH SUSPECTS ARE NOW BEING HELD ON $1,000,000 BOND. >> PASSENGERS FLYING UNITED AIRLINES SAN FRANCISCO TO BOSTON FINALLY LANDED AT THEIR DESTINATION EARLY THIS MORNING AFTER THE PLANE WAS DIVERTED TO DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS CAME AFTER THE CREW

REPORTED A POSSIBLE WING SLAT ISSUE. A VIDEO WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN BY A PASSENGER AND IT SHOWS THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT’S WING AS THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN IN DENVER. FOR MORE, LET’S BRING IN OUR PHIL LIPOFF WHO’S BEEN FOLLOWING THIS. SO WHAT ARE PASSENGERS SAYING HAPPENED EXACTLY ON THAT FLIGHT, PHIL?

>> WELL, KYRA, YOU SAW DAMAGE THERE TO THE WING. WE SPOKE WITH ONE PASSENGER WHOSE NAME IS KEVIN CLARK. >> HE TOOK THAT PICTURE, HE TOLD US SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM SAN FRANCISCO THE WAY TO BOSTON. HE HEARD A HUGE VIBRATION, HIS WORDS FROM RIGHT OUTSIDE THE WINDOW.

HE DIDN’T THINK MUCH OF IT. SO HE TOOK A NAP. HE SAYS WHEN HE WOKE UP, THE PILOT WAS WALKING DOWN THE AISLE AND THE PILOT ANNOUNCED THE WHOLE PLANE THAT THERE WAS, IN FACT, SOME DAMAGE TO ONE OF THE FLAPS. YOU SEE IT THERE. >> WHILE IT WASN’T A MAJOR

CONCERN TO THE CREW, THEY WOULD STILL BE DIVERTING DENVER, AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID. >> SO WHAT’S THE FAA SAYING THIS? >> WE GOT A VERY BRIEF RESPONSE FROM THE FAA WHEN WE ASKED THEM WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE FAA, THIS SITUATION. THEY CONFIRMED FLIGHT 354 DID LAND SAFELY.

AS YOU MENTIONED, AT THE TOP OF THE SEGMENT IN DENVER. AND THE CREW REPORTED THIS ISSUE WITH THE FLAP. >> AND AGAIN, YOU SEE IT THERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN. ALL THEY’LL SAY IS THEY’RE INVESTIGATING AND ANY OF THE QUESTIONS NEED TO BE DIRECTED TO UNITED.

>> ALL RIGHT, PHIL, APPRECIATE IT. WE’LL FOLLOW IT. A LOT GOING ON WITH OUR AIRLINES. NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT THE EXTREME WEATHER. A LOT GOING ON THERE. 37 MILLION PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA ON ALERT. FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES FOR YET ANOTHER DAY. IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, TORRENTIAL RAIN AND HEAVY RAINS

DOWNING TREES AND KNOCKING OUT POWER IN THE PART OF THE STATE. HEAVY RAIN ALSO WASHING OUT THE ROADS THERE. WEATHER NOW IN EFFECT FROM SAN DIEGO TO REDDING. AND OUR METEOROLOGIST, MR. IS TRACKING IT ALL FOR US. MELISSA, TIME IT ALL OUT. WELL, KARA, I WANT START OFF

WITH THE FACT THAT DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES IS HAVING THEIR WETTEST IN 25 YEARS. THEY COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE THEIR WETTEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. AND THAT IS JUST ABOUT SHOWING WHY WE STILL HAVE THIS LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING THREAT FOR MUDSLIDES, ROCKS, LIES, LANDSLIDES, ROAD CLOSURES REPORTED. AND THIS IS FOR SOUTHERN

CALIFORNIA, THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW FROM LOS ANGELES, JUST NORTH OF SAN DIEGO. THAT’S WHAT WE’RE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. NOW, YOU CAN SEE ON THE RADAR HERE THAT STREAMING OF ROUNDS, RAIN FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,

LOS ANGELES IN THERE AS WELL. AND THOSE FLOOD ALERTS FROM SAN DIEGO ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. SOME SPOTS COULD SEE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS CONTINUING THERE IN THE MOUNTAINS. SO I WANT TO TIME OUT FOR

YOU BECAUSE WE’RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY THE LAST ROUND OF RAIN FOR. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THAT WILL BE TONIGHT BEFORE THE STORM MOVES OUT BY. SO FLOODING, RAIN, MUDDY, ROCKSLIDES STILL A POSSIBILITY ,THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AND THEN YOU SEE THE MOUNTAIN SNOW IN THE SIERRA MOUNTAINS MOVING THE ROCKIES.

THAT FINALLY MOVES OUT AND IT WILL DRY OUT IN CALIFORNIA. ANY PRECIPITATION THAT COMES FROM THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN BECAUSE. CAROL, LOOK AT THIS. FORTIES AND FIFTIES FOR PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKES, MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST, RIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

>> ALL RIGHT, MELISSA, THANKS SO MUCH. WELL, COMING UP, READY THE RED SEA. BUSINESSES BELEAGUERED AMID THOSE CONTINUED ATTACKS ON INTERNATIONAL ROUTES. HOW COULD THE REBELS ARE KILLING OUR CASH FLOW RIGHT AFTER THIS? >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START DAY HERE. FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS “START HERE” TO IN

THE NEWSROOM AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S GET RIGHT TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST WITH FOUR EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. START HERE.

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ACCESS TO ABOUT 60 MILLION NEW CUSTOMERS. BUT HERE’S QUESTION IS IT GOING TO MAKE THINGS ANY CHEAPER? >> OUR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT LIST IS CHRISTOPHER US IS TRACKING IT. SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A CAPITAL ONE OR DISCOVER CARD, ALEXIS? >> WELL, CAROL, BEFORE WE

GET TO THAT, JUST A STEP BACK TO LOOK AT HOW BIG THIS DEAL REALLY IS IT WOULD BE IF IT IF IT’S APPROVED BY REGULATORS AND SHAREHOLDERS. IT BE THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD MERGER EVER. AND IT WOULD CREATE THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD ISSUER IN THE COUNTRY. NOW IT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

WE ARE LOOKING AT PERHAPS APPROVAL TO LATER THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR. IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE CARDS, A CAPITAL ONE OR DISCOVER CARD, IT’S GOING TO BE BUSINESS AS USUAL, AT LEAST UNTIL THIS DEAL IS APPROVED. AND EVEN THEN, YOU’LL BE SLOW TO SEE CHANGES. THEY’RE VERY LOW ON DETAILS

AT THE MOMENT. WE DON’T KNOW IF THEY’RE GOING TO KEEP BOTH BRANDS ALIVE. DISCOVER CARDS WILL BE REBRANDED AS CAPITAL ONE OR VICE VERSA. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THEY HAVE VERY DIFFERENT REWARDS PROGRAMS. DISCOVER IS A CASH BACK CARD GENERALLY AND CAPITAL HAS MORE REWARDS. SO IF ANYTHING, WE COULD

PERHAPS SEE A MORE ROBUST REWARDS PACKAGE FOR UPPER CUSTOMERS. SO THE DEAL COMES AS CREDIT CARD DEBT IN THE U.S. IS HITTING A RECORD. >> SO HOW IS THAT GOING TO PLAY INTO THIS MERGER? YEAH, THAT’S THE BACKDROP TO THIS MERGER HERE. SO RIGHT NOW, THE AVERAGE DEBT

THAT AMERICAN ARE HOLDING ON THEIR MONTHLY CREDIT CARD, OVER $6,000 A MONTH. THERE YOU HAVE IT. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW INFLATION IS STILL HIGH, MANY ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME MAKING THOSE PAYMENTS. SO WE’RE SEEING DELINQUENCY RATES AMONG ALL AGE GROUPS ARE HIGHER NOW, NOT ONLY FOR

CREDIT CARDS, BUT FOR AUTO LOANS AS WELL. 49% OF CARDHOLDERS CARRYING DEBT NOW MONTH TO MONTH. KYRA? YEAH, IT’S HARD, ESPECIALLY NOW. AND IT BUILDS UP DURING COVID AND IT’S GOTTEN EVEN WORSE UP TO THIS POINT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALEXIS. ALL RIGHT. BACK OVERSEAS NOW, WITH THE

TERRORISTS AREN’T JUST ATTACKING OUR MILITARY ASSETS, BUT THEIR MISSILES IN THE RED SEA ARE NOW STARTING TO KILL OUR COMMERCE BECAUSE OF RISING TENSIONS. SHIPS HAVE TO REROUTE, WHICH MEANS FUEL AND FREIGHT COSTS. AND EVENTUALLY THAT MEANS WE ALL END UP PAYING PRICE. AND NOW WITH THESE OR EVEN

ADDING ANOTHER WEAPON TO THEIR ARSENAL, AN UNMANNED SUBMARINE. SO NOW THIS GLOBAL WAR HAS IMPACT THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN AS WELL. REVENUE GENERATED BY VESSELS MOVING IN OUT OF EGYPT’S SUEZ CANAL HAVE DROPPED TO 50% AFTER THE ATTACKS ON THOSE SHIPS. SO MAJOR SHIPPING COMPANIES ARE HAVING TO DIVERT SAILING

LONGER ROUTES WHEN IT COMES TO DELIVERING GOODS THAT WE DEPEND ON, WELL, WE’RE ALL PAYING THE PRICE. OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE DEALS. MICK MULROY JOINS US NOW. ALSO, INTERNATIONAL LAW AND MARITIME SECURITY EXPERT DR. IAN ROWLEY. HE’S BEEN FOLLOWING THE TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND, HOW IT’S REALLY STARTING

TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON OUR ECONOMY. LET’S WITH YOU AND THIS UNMANNED SUBMARINE FIRST. DON’T DESTROYERS HAVE THE CAPABILITY JUST TO BLOW THESE RIGHT OUT OF THE WATER, THOUGH, KARA? >> YES, THEY DO. OBVIOUSLY, THEY HAVE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM BOTH AERIAL SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE AND JUST A TORPEDO OR A SUBMARINE.

THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT. THAT SAID IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE HOUTHIS AND THE IRANIAN BACKERS ARE REALLY TRYING TO CHANGE THE STRATEGY HERE TO CAUSE A TACTICAL DILEMMA FOR THE U.S. MILITARY, BOTH TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AND THESE COMMERCIAL SHIPS, BECAUSE THEY CAN ESSENTIALLY DO A SWARM, A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL,

WHICH COULD OVERWHELM THE DEFENSES IF THEY SEND ENOUGH OF THEM AT THEM. AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE VERY CONCERNING TO ALL OF US. >> SO, IAN, LET’S TALK ABOUT THESE SHIPS. WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING MOVED THROUGH THESE LANES AND GIVE US SPECIFICS ON GOODS AND

PRODUCTS THAT WE DEPEND ON AND THEN HOW IT’S GOING TO CONTINUE TO COST US IF WE’VE GOT IT PAY FOR ALL THESE DIVERSIONS AND ROUTES? >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, I THINK I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO START OFF BY SAYING 30% OF THE WORLD’S CONTAINER TRAFFIC MOVED THROUGH

THE RED SEA PRIOR TO ALL OF THIS. AND THAT IS LARGELY WHAT HAS DIVERTED SINCE. THAT IS ALL GOODS. >> THAT’S THAT’S FOOD, THAT’S CLOTHES. THAT’S THAT’S EVERYTHING THAT WE GO TO THE STORE TO BUY. >> SO WE OFTEN SAY NO SHIPPING, NO SHOPPING. AND IN THIS WE ARE NOW SEEING

SHIPPING, HAVING TO REROUTE AROUND THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA . AND SO WE ARE STILL SEEING BUNKERS WHICH CARRY BULK GOODS LIKE GRAIN AND OTHER FOOD SUPPLIES, AS WELL AS TANKERS WHICH CARRY BOTH OIL AND CHEMICALS MOVING THROUGH THE RED SEA. AND THAT ACCOUNT FOR THE ROUGHLY 43% OF SHIPPING

THAT IS STILL GOING THROUGH THAT. >> WE WOULD EXPECT. BUT IT MEANS THAT THE GOODS THAT WE RELY ON AND A LOT OF OUR OUR ECONOMIC DRIVERS ARE CIRCUMNAVIGATING THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA. THAT IS PUT 130% INCREASE ON SOUTHERN TIP OF AFRICA, THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, WHICH

MEANS THAT WE ARE SEEING NEW CHOKEPOINTS, NEW AREAS OF CONCERN AND IT’S PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON AFRICAN PORTS. AND SO THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS ARE STILL BEING FELT A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND WE COULD SEE IT GET A LOT WORSE. >> SO NOT ONLY WE NOW

HAVE OTHER AREAS OF SECURITY CONCERN LIKE PIRACY OR TERRORIST ATTACKS ELSEWHERE, BUT EVEN AN INCIDENT, AN ACCIDENT COULD THE VERY THIN MARGIN THAT WE’RE NOW OPERATING ON TO MAINTAIN THE SUPPLY CHAINS BECAUSE OUR SHIPPING LINES HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF SHOWING. BUT THERE’S ONLY SO MUCH THEY CAN DO.

AND SO NOW WITH, YOU KNOW, A CATASTROPHIC SPILL, FOR EXAMPLE, IF ONE OF THE MISSILES HITS ONE OF THE THE TANKERS IT’S GOING THROUGH COULD NOT ONLY TAKE OUT THE ACCESS TO SOME OF THE AREAS THROUGH THAT SPILL, BUT ALSO THE DESALINATION PLANTS OF PEOPLE IN THE REGION.

AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLLOW CONSEQUENCES THAT COULD LEAD TO FOOD NOT BEING ABLE TO GET TO THE PLACES IT NEEDS TO GO AND CONSEQUENTLY A FAMINE. EGYPT IS, YOU KNOW, 57% OF ITS INCOME FROM THE SUEZ CANAL RIGHT NOW. >> THAT’S ABOUT $56 BILLION TOWARDS ITS INCOME.

THAT IS NOW AT STAKE. AND THAT’S THAT’S HUGE CONSEQUENCE IF IT HAS AN ECONOMIC COLLAPSE. >> AND FINALLY, THAT ATTACK ON USING UNMANNED UNDERWATER VESSELS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW THE GREEKS ARE LOOKING TO DO IS ATTACK THE SUBMARINE CABLE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT’S GOING THROUGH THE RED SEA, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR A THIRD

OF THE WORLD’S INTERNET. AND ROUGHLY $10 TRILLION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY A DAY GO THROUGH THOSE CABLES. >> SO A LOT OF ADD ON HARM THAT WE COULD STILL BE FEELING AS WEEKS AND MONTHS OF THIS THIS CRISIS CONTINUE. >> WOW. NO SHIPS, NO SHIPPING, NO SURFING ON THE INTERNET.

I GOT MUCH BY WHAT YOU JUST SAID. IAN, FINAL QUESTION TO YOU, MICK. JUST LISTENING TO HOW BAD THIS COULD GET, WHAT WE’RE ALREADY FEELING AS IAN KIND OF BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER. WHAT MORE CAN COALITION FORCES DO THEN TO PROTECT THESE THESE SHIPPING LANES?

>> SO HE CERTAINLY DID LAY OUT THE THE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES ARE HAPPENING NOW. AND JUST IMAGINE IF SOME OF THESE GET THROUGH, SINK A SHIP DISASTER, HIT A U.S. MILITARY SHIP, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY AN ACT OF WAR. THERE’S A LOT OF CONSEQUENCES TO THEIR ACTIONS. SO WHAT CAN THEY DO RIGHT NOW?

THEY’RE GOING TO TRY TO STOP THEM BECAUSE THESE ARE REALLY ADVANCED WEAPONS SYSTEMS. SO MOST PEOPLE DON’T BELIEVE THE HOUTHIS CAN MANUFACTURE THESE IN YEMEN THAT ARE COMING FROM IRAN TO STOP THE INFLOW OF WEAPONS FROM IRAN INTO YEMEN. AND THEN, OF COURSE, DEPLETE THEIR CAPABILITIES INSIDE YEMEN, THEIR STORAGE FACILITIES

AND THEIR LAUNCH SITES. >> WOW. MICK MULROY, IAN, ROBBIE, APPRECIATE YOU BOTH. IT’S A LOT TO DIGEST. CLEARLY THIS WAR IS IT’S AFFECTING MORE THAN JUST THE WATER AND THE SKIES. BUT EVERYDAY NEEDS ACROSS THE GLOBE, INCLUDING HERE IN THE U.S. APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. COMING UP, DAYTONA TURNS A DITCH.

ABOUT 85 CARS PARTICIPATING IN THE RACE CRARA. SOME BRUTAL FLORIDA WEATHER. WE’VE GOT THE DETAILS NEXT. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, THERE’S A LOT GOING ON YET. AVALANCHE WARNING. THAT’S OFF TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE.

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT, FAST, STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT SOME IN BETWEEN. HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES? SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. THE MOVE STARTED CHASING DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE. EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. LIE, BABY.

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>> Eva: WELCOME BACK TO “GMA3” AFTER MONTHS OF SPECULATION. WEST VIRGINIA SENATOR JOE MANCHIN SAYS HE WILL NOT LAUNCH A THIRD PARTY BID FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. >> DeMarco: SENATOR MANCHIN PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION IN THE FALL FUELING RUMORS OF AN

INDEPENDENT RUN. IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, WE HAVE WEST VIRGINIA SENATOR JOE MANCHIN HIMSELF. GOOD TO SEE YOU AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING ON. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU, DeMARCO, AND EVA. IT’S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU. >> Eva: SENATOR, YOU HAVE A

REPUTATION FOR BEING A POLITICIAN WHO REGULARLY VOTES OUTSIDE OF YOUR PARTY. MANY WERE HOPEFUL THAT YOU WOULD MAKE A RUN FOR PRESIDENT. WHY ARE YOU NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, AND WHY DID YOU CHOOSE NOT TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION? >> EVA, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME

JUST SAY THAT THE PARTY — THE PARTY NEVER HAS DIVGUIDED ME TO WHERE I JUST HAD TO VOTE A PARTY LINE. I’VE NEVER DONE THAT. I THINK YOU KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, I BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER ALL THE TIME.

DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, WE SOLVED PROBLEMS. I DON’T LOOK AT THE REPUBLICANS BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE OR BEING MY ENEMY. THEY’RE MY FRIENDS, AND THEY’RE MY COLLEAGUES, AND THEY MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF FIXING A PROBLEM. WE’VE BECOME DYSFUNCTIONAL NOW TO TRULY YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO PICK

A SIDE. THE OTHER SIDE’S YOUR ENEMY AND JUST GO AT IT AND THAT’S NOT HOW WE BECAME THE COUNTRY THAT WE ARE, AND THAT’S NOT HOW WE’LL CONTINUE TO BE THE SUPERPOWER OF THE WORLD. THAT WORRIES ME TREMENDOUSLY. >> Eva: I’M KRCURIOUS. I HAVE TO ASK YOU.

YOU HAVEN’T SUPPORTED EITHER CANDIDATE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, ANY CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT CURRENTLY. DO YOU PLAN TO AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD? >> I’M SURE AT SOME POINT I’M GOING TO HAVE TO BECAUSE I’VE ALWAYS FPARTICIPATED EVER SINCEI WAS ABLE TO VOTE.

YOU HAD TO BE 21, AND RIGHT NOW I’M NOT ENDORSING ANYBODY. I’VE SAID VERY PUBLICLY I COULD NOT, NOR WOULD I SUPPORT OR VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP. I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY DETRIMENTAL TO SOCIETY AND TO OUR COUNTRY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR STANDING IN THE

WORLD ORDER. I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THAT. I WISH HE WOULD CHANGE. I DON’T THINK THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN, AND I KNOW THAT MY STATE’S VERY RED AND HE HAS A LOT OF SUPPORT HERE, BUT I’VE GOT TO BE AS TRUTHFUL AS I CAN

BECAUSE I SAID, IF I CAN COME HOME AND EXPLAIN IT, I CAN VOTE FOR IT. IF I CAN COME HOME AND EXPLAIN IT, I CAN SAY WHY I WON’T VOTE FOR SOMEONE. FOR JOE BIDEN, HE’S BEEN SO FAR PUSHED TO THE LEFT, HE’S NOT THE

JOE BIDEN I’VE KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS. ALWAYS KIND OF CENTER, CENTER-LEFT MAYBE, BUT CENTER, AND NOT OUT OF THE BOUNDARY OF THE SENSIBLE MIDDLE AND HE’S BEEN PUSHED SO FAR OTT TO THE L. WE HAVE TO SEE IF HE’LL COME

BACK AND BE THE JOE BIDEN WE LICH ELECTED IN 2020. >> DeMarco: YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE PUBLIC EYE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU THINK AND HOPE YOUR LEGACY WILL BE? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I’VE DONE EVERYTHING I THOUGHT THAT I

COULD DO TO HELP, FIRST OF ALL, THE PEOPLE THAT I WORK FOR. I DON’T WORK FOR A DEMOCRATIC PARTY OR A REPUBLICAN PARTY OR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN. I WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF WEST VIRGINIA, BUT I TAKE AN OATH OF — IN MY OFFICE, TO SUPPORT

AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. I TAKE THAT AS SERIOUS AS ANYTHING I DO, AND I’VE ALWAYS SAID THIS. IF MY COUNTRY’S DOING WELL, MY STATE WILL DO WELL. IF MY STATE’S DOING WELL, THAT MEANS MY COUNTRY’S DOING WELL. IT GOES HAND IN HAND. SO I’VE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING I

COULD DO TO HELP OUR MINERS, MAKING SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, GETTING AN ENERGY POLICY THAT WORKS. WE’RE PRODUCING DeMARCO, MORE ENERGY THAN WE EVER HAVE. YOU DON’T HEAR PRESIDENT BIDEN TALKING ABOUT THAT. HE’S TALKING ABOUT ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS THAT HAVE

BEEN DONE, AND WHAT I’M SAYING IS YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE DEPENDABLE, RELIABLE, AND AFFORDABLE ENERGY DISPATCHABLE 24/7, AND WE’RE DOING BOTH. WE’RE PRODUCING MORE ENERGY AND WE’RE INVESTING IN THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE FUTURE. EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBLE TO THE CLIMATE. I FEEL GOOD THAT I’VE DONE

EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN DO. NOW IF I CAN JUST GO AROUND AND TELL AMERICA WHAT YOU CAN DO. YOU CAN DEMAND I WANT BETTER PRIMARIES. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN OPEN PRIMARY SYSTEM. I WANT — I WANT BASICALLY TO HAVE TERM LIMITS AND TOTALLY

DETERMINE THE MOVEMENT FOR TERM LIMITS IN CONGRESS ON GOOD, SHARP PEOPLE THAT WANT TO WORK TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE FABRIC OF AMERICA REALLY DOES FIT TOGETHER. >> DeMarco: WEST VIRGINIA SENATOR JOE MANCHIN, THANKS A LOT FOR COMING ON, AND THANK

YOU, A ESPECIALLY THANK YOU FOR BEING TO KIND TO A YOUNG REPORTER BACK IN THE DAY. EVA PILGRIM, ANSWERING OUR PHONE CALLS AND ALL OF THAT. WE APPRECIATE YOU. >> LET ME TELL YOU ONE THING, SHE WAS DETERMINED. SHE WAS GOOD AND SHE WAS

DETERMINED AND SHE WAS TENACIOUS. SHE WOULD NOT QUIT. SHE KEPT COMING AFTER ME ALL THE TIME AND I LOVE THAT. >> DeMarco: AND LOOK AT HER NOW. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> LOOK AT HER NOW. B WELL, I’M PROUD OF HER THAT’S FOR SURE.

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ABC News live. ♪ >> Eva: WELCOME BACK. OUR NEXT GUEST IS A SELF-DEVELOPMENT EXPERT AND AUTHOR WHO IS ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO NOT LET THEIR PAST DEFINE THEM. >> DeMarco: AND HER NEW BOOK “RISE ABOVE THE STORY,” SHE GOES DEEP AND SHARES HER STORY

OF TRAUMA AND HEALING WHICH LED HER TO EMBRACE HER AUTHENTIC SELF AND HERE TO DISCUSS IT ALL IS CORINA KILCOIN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON THE SHOW. >> DeMarco: YOU’RE VERY RAW IN THIS BOOK.

YOU GREW UP IN A VIOLENT HOME. A MOTHER WHO SUFFERED FROM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. HOW DID IT SHAPE YOU INTO WHO YOU ARE TODAY? >> SO MUCH OF MY CHILDHOOD WAS BOUND UP IN TRAUMA AND LIKE YOU SAID ABOUT MY MOTHER, AND MY

MOTHER ALSO WENT TO PRISON AND IT LEFT ME TO TAKE CARE OF MY YOUNGER BROTHER AND SISTER AND MY MOTHER, AND WE WOULD GO WITHOUT BASICS LIKE HOT WATER AND ELECTRICITY FROM TIME TO TIME, AND I KNEW EDUCATION WAS MY WAY OUT, MY ESCAPE.

I PUT MYSELF THROUGH COLLEGE AND LAW SCHOOL AND WHEN I WAS 24, MY BROTHER DIED AND I ADOPTED MY 9-YEAR-OLD BROTHER, AND I CHASED SUCCESS THINKING THAT WOULD HEAL ME THAT IF I HAD ENOUGH CLIENTS AND I WOULD SOMEHOW HEAL MYSELF. SPOILER ALERT, THAT DIDN’T WORK.

WHEN I WAS BOUND UP IN ALL OF THIS SHAME, I REALIZED THAT I NEEDED TO HEAL MYSELF AND I WENT ON A HEALING JOURNEY. >> Eva: YOU ENCOURAGE READ ERS N THIS BOOK TO, YOU KNOW, RISE ABOVE THEIR STORIES. HOW DOES ONE DO THAT?

>> FOR ME, IT WAS AN OVERWHELMING JOURNEY INTO HEALING, AND I THINK WHAT I CAME OUT WITH AT THE END WAS THREE STEPS. WHEN I GOT TO THE OTHER HEALING, AND THAT WAS THIS IDEA OF CREATING A SELF-AWARENESS AROUND WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU AND THE

STORIES YOU’RE TELLING YOURSELF BECAUSE OF IT, AND THEN THIS DEEP, HARD WORK OF HEALING YOUR INNER CHILD, FORGIVING OTHERS AND FORGIVING OURSELVES, AND THE THIRD STEP WHICH WAS THE HARDEST FOR ME, WHICH WAS FINDING SELF-LOVE, THAT AUTHENTIC SELF-LOVE AND STOP BEING SO CRITICAL OF OURSELVES.

>> DeMarco: YOU’RE THE TRUE DEFINITION OF WHAT IT MEANS WHEN PEOPLE SAY, I DON’T LOOK LIKE WHAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH. I’M SURE YOU HEARD THIS BEFORE. YOUR BIGGEST HOPE FOR THIS BOOK IS PEOPLE DON’T FEEL ALONE. >> I DON’T WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL ALONE.

>> DeMarco: THEY’RE NOT IN IT BY THEMSELVES. >> 70% OF US WILL EXPERIENCE TRAUMA YO TRAUMA OUR LIFETIME, 70% OF US. THE AVERAGE PERSON HAS 60,000 THOUGHTS A DAY, AND 97% OF THEM ARE REPETITIVE. IMAGINE IF ALL YOU’RE SPEWING ABOUT YOURSELF ARE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS IN YOUR HEAD.

I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW NO MATTER WHERE THEY CAME FROM OR WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH, THEY’RE WORTHY OF HAPPY. >> Eva: 70%. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. YOU CAN PICK UP A COPY OF “RISE ABOVE YOUR LOVE” ANYWHERE BOOKS ARE SOLD.

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IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES So the question is what would you do? Okay, here we go. You saw an expecting mother struggling to pay her tab. I’m just really hungry. If you want charity go to a soup kitchen. Well what this man does th she’s

From America’s number one news, comes the all new, ABC, News app, breaking news, Incredible video faster smarter and customizable to your interests. If you love being in the know, you’re gonna love this experience. The all new ABC News app, download it now, >> DeMarco: WE’RE BACK NOW WITH

DR. JEN TALKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL LINK BETWEEN EXCESS VITAMIN D3 AND HEART DISEASE. >> Dr. Jen: B AS IN BOY, AND KEYWORD, POSSIBLE LINK. THIS IS A RECENT STUDY DONE ON ABOUT 3,500 PEOPLE HERE IN THE U.S. AND IN EUROPE, LOOKING FOR LEVELS OF NIACIN.

THIS IS VERY, VERY COMMONLY PUT IN FOUR TO FIVE FOODS NOW. MORE SO THAN REACHING FOR A SUPPLEMENT OF THIS VITAMIN B3 OR NIACIN, AND SOME PEOPLE DO THAT AS WELL, AND FOUND AN ASSOCIATED LINK — AN OBSERVATION ASSOCIATION, NOT CAUSE AND EFFECT, BETWEEN PEOPLE WITH

HIGHER LEVELS OF NIACIN IN THEIR BLOOD AND AN INCREASED RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN THREE YEARS. HEART ATTACK, AND STROKE. WE NEED CAUSALITY WHEN WE LOOK AT MEDICAL HEADLINES LIKE THIS. YOU HAVE TO SHOW THE BIOLOGICAL STEPS, CAUSE AND EFFECT BEFORE YOU HAVE A FIRM RECOMMENDATION

THAT YOU WANT TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR BASED ON THAT DATA, AND IT’S NOT THERE YET. SO MORE RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE DONE. THEY SAW A POSSIBLE LINK, AND THIS WAS ONE STUDY AS WE SAY IN MEDICINE, ONE STUDY DOES NOT A DEFINITIVE GUIDELINE MAKE, AND

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. EVEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT VITAMINS, MORE IS NOT NECESSARILY BETTER. ALTHOUGH WE LIKE TO THINK THAT IT IS. IT’S JUST NOT. >> Eva: I THINK B3. WHAT COULD I BE EATING THAT HAS IT? >> Dr. Jen: EVERYTHING.

WHEN YOU SEE THE WORD FORTIFIED FOOD ON A PACKAGE LABEL, THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT’S IN THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO EAT FROM THE FARM, NOT THE FACTORY, AND JUST BE AWARE THAT ANYTHING WE’RE GETTING A LOT OF CAN BOTH

HAVE GOOD EFFECTS AND POSSIBLY NOT SO GOOD EFFECTS. >> DeMarco: THE DOCTOR HASK YOU. WE’RE BACK IN A MOMENT. STAY WITH US. 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

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THIS IS GOING TO TAKE ALL NIGHT, LADIES. HE’S WEARING THE FRENCH CUFFS. >> Eva: WELCOME BACK TO “GMA3: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW,”. A NEW SEASON FOR THE HIT “WILL TRENT,” RAMON RODRIGUEZ JOINS US HERE COMING UP. STAY WITH US FOR THAT. >> DeMarco: IT TAKES A LONG TIME

I AGREE WITH THAT.CH CUPFFS. DR. JEN IS BACK WITH US. THESE WITH QUESTIONS. AS MAN IN MY 50s, ARE THERE CERTAIN TESTS THAT I SHOULD ASK FOR IN MY ANNUAL BLOOD PANEL? IT’S A GOOD QUESTION. >> Dr. Jen: IT IS A GOOD QUESTION, AND THIS IS THE END OF

MY ADVICE ON THIS IS WHEN YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER SAYS, I’M GOING TO DO SOME BLOOD TESTS OR, “EVERYTHING IS NORMAL,” YOU SHOULD ACTUALLY SAY, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU ACTUALLY TESTING AND CAN I HAVE A COPY OF THE RESULTS? YOU CAN’T IMAGINE HOW MANY TIMES

I’LL ASK SOMEONE, WELL, DID YOU HAVE ANY BLOOD TESTS AND THEY SAY, YEAH, AND IT WAS NORMAL. I SAY, WHAT DID YOU HAVE DONE AND THEY DON’T KNOW. IT’S THAT HEALTH CARE PROVIDER’S JOB TO TELL YOU WHAT THEY’RE LOOKING FOR, BUT IF THEY DON’T, YOU SHOULD ASK.

FOR A MAN IN THEIR 50s, AT AVERAGE RISK AND I HAVE TO UNDERSCORE IT, AVERAGE RISK, SO THAT’S NO FAMILY HISTORY OF ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT, YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR LIPID PANEL CHECKED, SO YOUR CHOLESTEROL. MOST OF THE TIME THAT’S DONE FASTING. IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE.

IT CAN AFFECT YOUR TRIGL TRIGLYCERIDES. SCREEN FOR PRE-DIABETES OR TYPE II, AND THE PROSTATE SCREENING ANTIGEN. THAT’S REALLY GENERALIZED. FOR BLACK MEN, THEY MAY WANT TO START SCREENING IN THEIR 40s, BUT IT’S FREQUENTLY DONE IN THEIR 50s AS WELL, AND THAT’S BASICALLY IS.

A LOT OF THING ARE UNNECESSARILY ADDED, BUT JUST ASK. NEEDLE GOES INTO YOUR ARM. BLOOD’S COMING OUT. YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT’S BEING TESTED. >> Eva: I WANT TO TEST ALL THE THINGS. YOU’RE ALREADY TAKING MY BLOOD. I WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING YOU CAN GET FROM THAT.

>> DeMarco: ONE PUNCH, HUH? >> Eva: YOUR PRESCRIPTION FOR WELLNESS. >> Dr. Jen: TIPS ON HOW TO MANAGE THE PAIN OR DISCOMFORT WITH SHINGLES OUTBREAKS. THIS CAN BE EXTREMELY PAINFUL BECAUSE IT’S NEUROPATHIC PAIN OR PAIN COMING FROM NERVE ENDINGS. JUST PUT A WASHCLOTH TOPICALLY,

OR SOAKING IN AN OATMEAL BATH CAN HELP SUPERFICIALLY OR SOME SKIN LOTIONS LIKE CALAMINE LOTION, BUT ALSO UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DEVELOP SOMETHING CALLED PHN AFTER A SHINGLES OUTBREAK THAT REQUIRE PRESCRIPTION PAIN MEDICATION. THAT PAIN CAN PERSIST FOR MONTHS

AND IT CAN BE EXCRUCIATING. IF YOU ARE OVER 50, GET THAT SHINGLES VACCINE. >> DeMarco: THAT’S THE BEST ADVICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WOULD LOVE THE HEAR FROM YOU. HIT US UP ON INSTAGRAM WITH ALL YOUR QUESTIONS FOR AMERICA’S FAVORITE DOCTOR @ABCGMA3.

>> Eva: NEXT, WALKING DOWN THE AISLE IN STYLE WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK. WE’LL HEAR FROM THE EDITORIAL TEAM AT BRIDES AS OUR COUPLE PREPARES FOR THEIR BIG DAY. >> DeMarco: AND SEASON TWO OF “WILLHT. RAMON RODRIGUEZ IS HERE. STAY TUNED. YOU’RE WATCHING “G WOW.

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On? What? I’m just dying to buy. Oh, it’s all right here. GMA life get the latest celebrity, Buzz Deals and Steals, and the coolest lifestyle tips from GMA, I love that so much steam weekends on, ABC News live, >>> YOU WANTED YOUR MOMENT, RIGHT? WHY NOT HAVE IT IN FRONT OF

EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD AND ON NATIONAL TV? TIFFANY, WILL YOU MARRY ME? >> YES. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> YOU >>. >> DeMarco: YOU KNOW WHAT? IT WASN’T A DRY EYE IN THE ROOM. EVA WAS CRYING. ROXY WAS CRYING. >> Dr. Jen: YOU CRIED.

>> DeMarco: JUST A LITTLE BIT. WELCOME BACK TO “GMA3.” WE HAVE THE GROOM-TO-BE A.J. COOPER TO THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, TIFFANY RATLIFF, AND THEY’RE GETTING MARRIED THIS FRIDAY RIGHT HERE ON “GMA3.” [ APPLAUSE ] >> Eva: SO NOW IT IS TIME TO

TALK WEDDING PLANNING AND THOSE EXPENSES CAN ADD UP QUICKLY. IN FACT, ACCORDING TO THE KNOT, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR WEDDING COSTS LAST YEAR WAS $35,000. OUR NEXT GUEST IS HERE WITH TIPS TO KEEP COSTS DOWN WHEN PLANNING THE BIG DAY. JOINING US IS SARA SCHREIBER

WE’VE GOT OUR ROCSI DIAZ ALONG FOR THE RIDE, BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SPECIFICS, TIFFANY AND A.J., WHAT STRESSES YOU OUT THE MOST WHEN YOU THINK BUDGET FOR A WEDDING? >> I WOULD HAVE TO SAY — >> EVERYTHING. >> THE TRADITION VERSUS REALITY,

YOU KNOW, TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH SOCIAL MEDIA NORMS AND WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO AS OPPOSED TO WHAT IS ORIGINAL. >> DeMarco: LET’S GET TO IT. WE GOT HELP RIGHT HERE. LET’S START WITH YOU, SARA. YOU SAY LESS IS NOT MORE WHEN IT COMES TO THE VENUE.

>> THAT’S RIGHT. LESS REALLY IS NOT MORE WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR VENUE. SPACES LIKE BARNS, LOFTS THAT ARE REALLY BIG TO YOUR POINT, THEY MAY BE REALLY BIG ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY SEEM REALLY GREAT AT FIRST. THEY HAVE THESE LOWER UP-FRONT COSTS, BUT THEY ACTUALLY COST

YOU MORE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN. HERE’S WHY, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO BRING EVERYTHING IN. YOU HAVE TO BRING IN CATERING. THAT IS 40% OF YOUR BUDGET RIGHT THERE. THEN YOU HAVE TO BUILD IN RENTALS AND DECOR. STICK TO A TRADITIONAL SPACE LIKE A BALLROOM, A BANQUET HALL.

A LITTLE MORE MONEY UP FRONT, BUT DEFINITELY COST SAVINGS IN THE LONG RUN, AND WHATEVER VENUE YOU’RE TOURING, YOU CAN ASK A FEW QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY HELP YOU BUDGET, SAVE SOME MONEY. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CANCELLATIONS? ARE THERE ANY OFFPEAK DATES OR

TIMES OF YEAR THAT YOU CAN RECOMMEND? THAT’S A REALLY, REALLY BIG ONE. YOU KNOW, THESE QUESTIONS WILL HELP YOU SAVE SOME MONEY AND IT CAN’T HURT TO ASK. >> Eva: YOU ALSO SAY — >> I DO. >> Eva: WHIT COMES TO WEDDING

WHEN YOU START TO LOSE THE MONEY REAL QUICK, YOU SAY, BE FLEXIBLE WITH THE FLOWERS. >> THAT’S RIGHT. ONCE YOU IDENTIFY A FLORIST, IDENTIFY A FLORAL BUDGET, WORK WITH THEM. MAYBE IT’S A GARDEN ROSE RIGHT HERE. GORGEOUS. REALLY CATCHES YOUR EYE, BUT THEY’RE DEFINITELY MORE EXPENSIVE.

STICKING WITH SOMETHING LIKE CARNATIONS WHICH HONESTLY HAVE A TRICK. YOU CAN MANIPULATE THEM AND THEN FLUFF THEM OPEN TO MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE THIS. IT’S A REALLY, REALLY — IT’S A NICE ALTERNATIVE. MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK. YOU’LL GET A LOT MORE OF THESE

PER STEM THAN YOU ARE FOR THOSE. SO DEFINITELY SOME SAVINGS. >> WHAT ABOUT MY FAVORITE THOUGH? I LOVE A GOOD STARGAZER LILY AND I KNOW YOU CAN’T ALWAYS FIND THOSE. THEY’RE NOT ALWAYS IN SEASON. >> ABSOLUTELY. PICK A FEW STEMS AND PUT THEM IN YOUR BOUQUET SO THEY’RE CLOSE TO

YOU AND YOU HAVE THEM NICE AND VISIBLE. YOU’LL BE HOLDING THAT BOUQUET FOR YOUR PHOTOS SO YOU’LL HAVE YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER FOR IT. >> DeMarco: THAT’S A GREAT TIP. >> I LOVE ALL OF THESE TIPS AND I HAVE TWO MORE WHEN IT COMES TO BACHELOR AND BACHELORETTE PARTY,

READY? THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR, VENMO, VENMO IS AN EASY WAY TO SEND AND RECEIVE MONEY, AND AN EASY WAY TO USE THE APP AS WELL. BRIDAL PARTIES CAN SHARE THE BRIDE AND GROOM’S VENMO QR CODE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR PRINT OUT PHYSICAL COPIES.

PEOPLE CAN CONTRIBUTE MONEY TO THEIR CELEBRATION BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS. ALL RIGHT? PLUS, VENMO HAS THIS REALLY COOL FEATURE RIGHT NOW THAT WEDDING PARTIES CAN USE TO KEEP TRACK OF, YOU KNOW, WHO PAID FOR WHAT THROUGHOUT THE BACHELOR PARTY OR

BACHELORETTE PARTIES FROM DECOR TO MEALS. THE APP AUTOMATICALLY CALCULATES THE AMOUNT DUE AND OWED TO EACH PERSON IN THE PARTY SO YOU CAN SETTLE THAT UP ON VENMO AND THERE’S NO STRESS OF I.O.U. OR DeMARCO TALKING ABOUT, MY MONEY, MY MONEY. >> DeMarco: YOU KNOW IT.

>> AND THANKS TO OUR THE SPONSOR, VIEWERS AT HOME HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN $100 INTO THEIR VENMO ACCOUNT. HEAD TO “GGMAGIVEAWAYS FOR OUR OFFICIAL RULES. I OWE YOU MONEY. >> DeMarco: PROBABLY $150. >> Eva: HE’S CHARGING INTEREST NOW. >> DeMarco: THIS WAS FUN, GUYS. ALL RIGHT?

>> Eva: THANK YOU ROCSI AND SARAH. SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU BOTH WITH US, AND YOU CAN HEAD OVER TO BRUDS FROM OUR WEDDING PLANNPLANNING ADVICE. TIFFANY AND A.J. WILL BE BACK WITH US TOMORROW. WE’LL TALK WEDDING CAKE TRENDS

AND MAKE SURE TO TUNE IN ON FRIDAY FOR THEIR BIG DAY. >> DeMarco: GOT TO GET THAT CAKE RIGHT. >> Eva: MY FAVORITE PART. UP NEXT, IS LOVE IN THE AIR FOR “WILL TRENT”? >> DeMarco: THE SECOND SEASON KICKS OFF TONIGHT, AND RAMON RODRIGUEZ IS HERE. COME ON BACK.

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So the question is what would you do? Okay, here we go. You saw an expecting mother struggling to pay her tab. I’m just really hungry. If you want charity go to a soup kitchen. Well what this man does that she’s pregnant guys are not good. I’ll make you believe in everyday hero.

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>>> 104, 104, 103, 104. THEY GET THAT MIXED UP. >> THE WORLD IS AN IMPERFECT PLACE. D >> DID YOU KNOW THAT LESS THAN 1% OF AMER 1% OF AMERICANS DRIVE MAROON CAR SFLS. >> THAT’S A FUN FACT. >> YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBOR BOTH

DRIVE ONE, BUT THIS IS GOING TO SOUND CRAZY, BUT WOULD YOU HAVE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE SOMEBODY WOULD BE TRYING TO KILL YOU TODAY? HEY, STOP! >> DeMarco: I PROMISE YOU THE SECOND YOU START WATCHING IT, YOU’LL BE HOOKED, DRAWN IN.

THAT WAS A PEEK AT THE HIT CRIME DRAMA SERIES “WILL TRENT,” AND THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER. A NEW SEASON KICKS OFF TONIGHT. >> Eva: WE WERE LEFT WITH PRETTY BIG CLIFFHANGERS AFTER THE FIRST SEASON, AND THE STAR OF THE SHOW IS HERE WITH US TODAY, AND HE’LL

HOPEFULLY GIVE US CLUES ABOUT WHAT’S COMING IN SEASON TWO. PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE STUDIO, RAMON RODRIGUEZ. >> THANK YOU. THANK Y’ALL FOR HAVING ME. >> Eva: CONGRATULATIONS. SEASON TWO. >> I KNOW. IT’S NO EASY FEAT, GETTING A SEASON TWO. >> DeMarco: YOU GOT IT.

YOU MAUDE IT. >> IT’S EXCITING. EVERYONE IS PUMPED AND THRILLED, THE END OF SEASON ONE, AND DIVE INTO THESE CHARACTERS A BIT MORE. >> Eva: TO THAT POINT, ARE WE GOING TO GET SOME ANSWERS TONIGHT? >> WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE WILL

GO DOWN THIS RABBIT HOLE ABOUT HIS IDENTITY. AT THE END OF SEASON ONE, WE LEARNED ABOUT WHO HIS MOM IS, AND WHO SHE WAS IN A BIT OF HIS CULTURE, AND I THINK WE’RE GOING TO START TO GET A SENSE OF HIM EXPLORING THAT, AND THERE WILL

BE SOME IMPACTS FROM THAT, GOOD AND BAD. >> Eva: YOU HAVE BEEN POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT GRATITUDE RECENTLY, AND TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE GRATEFUL AND HAVE GRATITUDE. SEASON TWO, IT’S NOT EASY TO GET A SEASON TWO. >> NO.

>> Eva: WHERE IS ALL OF THIS GRATITUDE COMING FROM? >> WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I’M A NEW YORK CITY KID FROM THE LOW EAST SIDE. ROOTS IN PUERTO RICO, AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN IN THIS FOR A LITTLE WHILE. I HAVE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS,

AND I’VE NEVER BEEN PART OF A SHOW THAT STARTED AS A PILOT AND GOT TO A SEASON TWO. I HAVE BEEN A PART OF GREAT SHOWS AND GREAT FILMS, BUT IT’S NOT LOST UPON ME HOW BIG OF A DEAL THIS IS, TO GET A SEASON

TWO PICKUP, TO BE ABLE TO DIVE BACK INTO THE SHOW, TO SEE MY FACE ON BILLBOARDS. IT’S BIZARRE, YOU KNOW? SO I WAS IN L.A. REKCENTLY AND SAW A BILLBOARD AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS DRIVING TO DO SOME PRESS AND I SAID, I’M SORRY. YOU GOT TO PULL OVER.

THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. I NEED TO SORT OF HAVE A MOMENT HERE AND LET MY LITTLE 5-YEAR-OLD SELF GET EXCITED AND TAKE IT IN, AND I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO KEEP THAT PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, I’VE GOT

FAMILY HERE IN THE CITY THAT KEEPS ME GROUNDED FOR SURE TOO. SO YEAH. >> DeMarco: AGAIN, BRAVO, AND ONE MORE TIME FOR RAMON RODRIGUEZ, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. AN ALL NEW SEASON OF “WILL TRENT” PREMIERS TONIGHT ON ABC. CHECK IT OUT.

>> Eva: WE LOVE YOU, BUT WE ALSO LOVE BETTY. >> NO DOUBT. >> Eva: FROM TV TO ONE OF R&B’S RISING STARS — >> DeMarco: COME ON BACK FOR A PERFORMANCE AND CONVERSATION FROM OCTOBER LONDON. ♪ First thing in the morning, there’s a lot going on yet.

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Reporting breaking new exclusives keep streaming with ABC News live. ♪ >> DeMarco: WELCOME BACK TO “GMA3.” IT IS TIME TO GET DOWN, EVERYBODY. WE’RE CLOSING OUT THE SHOW BY TURNING UP THE HEAT WITH SOME SOULFUL MELODIES AND HE CHART-TOPPING BEATS FROM ONE OF R&B’S RISING STARS.

>> Eva: OUR NEXT GUEST IS KNOWN FOR HIS SOULFUL TUNES AND YOU CAN CATCH HIM ON HIS REBIRTH OF MARVIN TOUR IN A CITY NEAR YOU. PLEASE WELCOME OCTOBER LONDON. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> Eva: YOU SIGNED WITH SNOOP DOGG’S LABEL. >> YES. >> Eva: YOU SAY YOUR LOVE OF CARS ACTUALLY ALMOST PUT YOU IN THE DIRECTION TO BECOME A TRUCK DRIVER? >> YEAH, IT DID. AS A KID, YOU JUST LOVE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW?

SO AT THAT POINT, I JUST WANTED TO BE A TRUCKER SO BAD AND AS I GOT OLDER, I WANTED IT A LITTLE BIT LESS AND LITTLE BIT LESS, BUT MUSIC BROUGHT ME HERE. >> DeMarco: AT WHAT POINT DID YOU REALIZE YOU WERE SITTING ON

GOLD, AS IN THAT VOICE? >> WHEN SNOOP CALLS YOU. THAT’S, LIKE, OKAY, COOL. >> DeMarco: WHAT WAS ITS LIKE WORKING UNCLE SNOOP? >> HE’S ALWAYS LOOKED OUT FOR ME. I GOT WITH HIM IN 2016, AND HE’S A CHARACTER AS YOU KNOW. >> Dr. Jen: YOU’RE TREATING US

TO A SONG TODAY, YOU AND YOUR PIANIST, ISRAEL. >> “BACK TO YOUR PLACE” IS THE SINGLE AND IT’S THE LONGEST R RUNNING SINGLE AND WE HAVEN’T EVEN GOTTEN TO THE SECOND ONE, IT’S BEEN RUNNING SO LONG. >> Eva: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Eva: BE SURE TO CHECK HIM OUT ON THE REBIRTH OF MARVIN TOUR COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU. >> DeMarco: AND NOW HERE TO PERFORM “BACK TO YOUR PLACE” IS OCTOBER LONDON. >> THANK YOU. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ♪

♪ AE YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH ♪ ♪ OH, BABY, I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU ♪ ♪ AND ALL OF THE THINGS I WANT TO DO ♪ ♪ ONCE THE DAY BECOMES THE NIGHT ♪ ♪ SAID I’VE BEEN PATIENT, AND I’VE BEEN KIND ♪

♪ OH, BUT MY BODY IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME ♪ ♪ YOU SAID YOUR CLOCK ON YOUR WALLS IS TICKING ♪ ♪ SO LET ME GIVE YOU WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN MISSING ♪ ♪ SO SHE SAID TAKE ME, OH BABY ♪ ♪ TAKE ME BACK TO YOUR PLACE ♪

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♪ FOR YOUR HEART TO BE MINE ♪ ♪ OH, BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE COMES TO MIND ♪ ♪ BUT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU TOLD ME THAT I WAS THE ONE, GIRL ♪ ♪ I TOOK EVERY HOUR AND MINUTE, BABE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS RIGHT ♪

♪ OH, TAKE ME OH BABY ♪ ♪ TAKE ME BACK TO YOUR PLACE ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> DeMarco: WOW. SAID, THAT’S BABY-MAKING MUSIC. >> DeMarco: THE POPULATION WILL MOST CERTAINLY INCREASE AFTER THAT. >> MAYBE. MAYBE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME, YES.

>> Eva: AND “WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” ON THIS TUESDAY. I’M EVA PILGRIM. >> DeMarco: I’M DeMARCO MORGAN. >> Dr. Jen: AND I’M DR. JENN ASHTON. >> DeMarco: FOR ALL OF US HERE AT ABC NEWS INCLUDING OCTOBER LONDON, HAVE A GREAT DAY, AND

WE’LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. BRAVO. ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 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.

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>> I’M VICTOR OQUENDO. WHEREVER THE STORY IS WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE I’M IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE YOUTUBE MOM RUBY FRANKY AND HER ASSOCIATE JODI HILDEBRANDT SENTENCED FOR CHILD ABUSE. THE PUNISHMENTS FOR THEIR SHOCKING TREATMENT OF FRANCIE’S SON AND YOUNG DAUGHTER ARE KAYNA WHITWORTH

LIVE FOR US IN UTAH WITH. THE LATEST. AND NIKKI HALEY DEFYING GROWING PRESSURE TO DROP OUT OF THE GOP JUST FOUR DAYS OUT FROM THE NEXT MAJOR CONTEST IN HER HOME STATE. HER MESSAGE TO VOTERS TODAY AND SHOWDOWN AT THE U.N. OVER THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR. WHY U.S. TODAY VETOED A SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION

DEMANDING AN IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE. BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH THAT SENTENCING OF FORMER MOM, INFLUENCER AND VLOGGER RUBY FRANKY, THE MOTHER OF SIX, WILL SERVE FOUR CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES, EACH CARRYING 1 TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. JODI HILDEBRANDT, HER SONS COUNSELOR AND PAID MENTOR, ALSO RECEIVING THE SAME SENTENCE,

THE WOMEN PLEADING GUILTY TO THOSE CHARGES AFTER. POLICE FOUND ONE OF FRANKIE’S SONS EMACIATED WITH OPEN AND BOUND WITH DUCT TAPE. ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE MALNOURISHED. FRANKY GAINED ONLINE NOTORIETY FOR HER TOUGH AND OFTEN CONTROVERSIAL PARENTING ADVICE. SO WE TURN TO THE ANCHOR OF THIS PROGRAM, LIVE

ON ASSIGNMENT FOR US. KAYNA WHITWORTH, WHO IS IN SAINT GEORGE, UTAH, CAME TO TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RUBY, FRANKIE’S FAMILY. THEY WER PRESENT IN THAT COURTROOM. >> WHAT WAS THEIR REACTION TO THE SENTENCING? RIGHT. JAY SO HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND WAS THERE. HE HAS FILED FOR DIVORCE AND HE

WAS ALSO THERE WITH TWO OF THEIR OLDER CHILDREN. AND HE HAD HIS EYES LOCKED ON HIS ESTRANGED WIFE THE ENTIRE TIME, ESPECIALLY DURING HIS STATEMENT. AND JAY, YOU SAW HIS FURROWED BROW TURN INTO QUIVERING AND HE CRIED. HE PUT HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS. WHEN SHE GAVE HER STATEMENT,

SHE CALLED HIM THE LOVE OF HER LIFE. SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW SHE CONSIDERED HERSELF A MAMA DUCK TO HER SIX LITTLE BABY CHICKS. AND SHE SAID THINGS. I’VE TAKEN ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE GOOD AND SOFT AWAY FROM YOU. HOW TERRIFYING THAT MUST HAVE BEEN. BUT ESSENTIALLY, ACCORDING

TO HER LAWYERS AND ACCORDING TO RUBY, FRANKIE HERSELF, SHE WAS THERE TODAY TO RESPONSIBILITY AND TO RECOGNIZE HER FAILURES. JAY AND KATE AT RUBY FRANK, HE ALSO THAT EMOTIONAL STATEMENT IN COURT. WALK US THROUGH JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT HAPPENED WITHIN THOSE WALLS OF THAT COURTROOM TODAY.

ESSENTIALLY, JAY, SHE GOT REALLY EMOTIONAL WHEN WAS TALKING ABOUT THE LIFE OF DECEPTION. AND SHE’S REALLY BEEN LEADING. SHE HAD A LOT OF APOLOGIES TO DOLE OUT, INCLUDING APOLOGIES, HER OWN PARENTS. SHE SAYS, I’VE BEEN UTTERLY WRETCHED. SHE APOLOGIZED TO HER SIBLINGS AS WELL. SHE SAID, MY CHOICE TO LIVE

IN A PIGSTY HAS NOW ESSENTIALLY DRAG YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY THROUGH THE MUD. AND SO THERE IS A LOT OF MAKING UP TO DO. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE FOUR YOUNGER CHILDREN, THE MINORS, ARE CURRENTLY IN STATE CUSTODY NOW AS HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND TRIES TO SORT ALL OF THIS OUT.

>> SO THERE’S STILL A LOT OF HURDLES TO JUMP HERE. JACK. AND CANADA JUDGES UNDERSTAND IT HAD HARSH WORDS FOR JODI HILDEBRAND, THE OTHER DEFENDANT IN THIS CASE. HOW DID THEY DIFFER AND HOW IN THIS HEARING IT DIFFER BETWEEN JODI HILDEBRAND AND RUBY FRANKY? >> YEAH, IT’S REALLY INTERESTING, JANE.

SO THE JUDGE ADDRESSED JODI HILDEBRANDT DIRECTLY. HE CALLED THIS WHOLE SITUATION TRAGIC AND HE SAID IT IS LARGELY JODI OF YORE MAKING SAID YOU TERRORIZED THESE CHILDREN. HE SAID THIS PARTICULARLY BAD BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONE THAT HAS A HISTORY HERE AND HAS MADE A PROFESSION OUT OF BEING A COUNSELOR.

AND SO IT WAS HER EDUCATION THAT MADE HER ALL THAT MORE DANGEROUS. SHE ALSO READ A VERY BRIEF STATEMENT. AND IN HER STATEMENT, SHE WASN’T NECESSARILY TAKING SAME KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT RUBY FRANKIE DID AND SAID HER STATEMENTS SIMPLY SAID THINGS ALONG THE LINES OF I DEEPLY CARE FOR THESE CHILDREN AND.

JANE, WHEN SHE SAID THAT RUBY, FRANKIE’S TWO OLDER KIDS, I MEAN, THEY WERE IN DISBELIEF BY HEARING THAT IN THIS COURTROOM. AND NOW WHAT’S HAPPENING IS RUBY FRANKIE IS ESSENTIALLY PAINTING THIS WHOLE PICTURE THAT IT WAS JODI HILDEBRANDT THAT MANIPULATED HER IN THIS SITUATION. AND WE HEARD PROSECUTORS AFTER

THE FACT SAY NOT ONLY IS THIS THE WORST CASE OF CHILD ABUSE THAT THEY’VE EVER SEEN, BUT THEY ALSO TOLD ME THEY HOPE THAT JODI HILDEBRANDT SERVES A LONGER SENTENCE HERE TO KAYNA WHITWORTH, THE FEARLESS ANCHOR OF THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH ON AN IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT FOR US.

AND FOR MORE ON HOW RUBY, FRANKIE ROSE TO FAME AND WHETHER THERE WERE MISSED SIGNS BEFORE HER ARREST, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT CNA’S REPORTING ON “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE”. A MOM INFLUENCER’S DOUBLE LIFE THAT’S STREAMING RIGHT NOW ON. WE TURN NOW TO TWO MEN IN KANSAS CITY WHO’VE BEEN CHARGED

WITH MURDER, OTHER FELONIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING AT THE END OF THE SUPER BOWL VICTORY PARADE IN KANSAS CITY. DOMINIC MILLER AND LYNDALE MEIGS FACING A SERIES OF CHARGES, INCLUDING SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND UNLAWFUL OF A WEAPON. PROSECUTORS SAY THE SHOOTING STARTED AFTER A VERBAL ALTERCATION ESCALATED INTO A GUNFIGHT LAST WEEK.

BOTH SUSPECTS ARE BEING HELD ON $1,000,000 BOND. NOW TO ANOTHER SCARE IN THE AIR, THIS TIME INVOLVING A UNITED FLIGHT FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO BOSTON AFTER THE PLANE SUFFERED DAMAGE TO ONE OF ITS WINGS. THIS VIDEO WE HAVE FOR YOU TAKEN BY A PASSENGER SHOWS DAMAGE TO A PART OF THE WING

CALLED THE WING SLAT AS THAT BOEING AIRCRAFT CARRYING MORE THAN 160 PASSENGERS TOUCHED DOWN IN DENVER YESTERDAY. THE PASSENGER AT ONE POINT DURING THE FLIGHT, HE HEARD A HUGE VIBRATING SHEEN RIGHT OUTSIDE THE WINDOW, THEN SAW THE DAMAGE. ONCE THE PILOT, THEY WOULD BE DIVERTING MORE VIDEO SHOWS, CREWS INSPECTING THE WING

ON THE TARMAC. UNITED HAS NOT SAID WHAT CAUSED THE DAMAGE. YOU CAN SEE THE PIECE OF THE WING THERE PARTIALLY SHREDDED. IT’S RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. SLATS ARE THOSE MOVABLE PANELS ,USED DURING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. AND THE FAA SAYS IT HAS. INVESTIGATING THIS. SO FAR, NO COMMENT FROM BOEING.

WE TURN NOW TO NIKKI HALEY DEFYING CALLS TO DROP OUT OF THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL RACE DESPITE SHOWING DONALD TRUMP WITH A MASSIVE LEAD. THE FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR RALLYING SUPPORTERS IN HER HOME STATE AHEAD OF THE NEXT MAJOR CONTEST THERE ON SATURDAY. HALEY VOWING TO KEEP IN THE FIGHT AT LEAST UNTIL AFTER

SUPER TUESDAY. THAT IS ON MARCH 5TH. AND BLASTING POLITICIANS WHO ARE LOYAL TO TRUMP. WELL, I’M NOT AFRAID TO SAY THE HEARTLESS OUT LOUD. I FEEL NO NEED TO KISS THE RING. WOW I HAVE NO FEAR OF TRUMP’S. >> WELL, MEANTIME, TRUMP LANDING IN SOUTH CAROLINA

TODAY, HOLDING A FLY EVENT NEAR GREENVILLE AHEAD OF A TELEVISED TOWN HALL EVENT TONIGHT, THE LATEST POLLING AVERAGE FROM OUR PARTNERS AT FIVETHIRTYEIGHT SHOWING HIM BEATING NIKKI HALEY IN THAT STATE, 63 TO 33%. SO WITH ALL OF THAT, WE TURN TO MY FRIEND AND OUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR, RICK KLEIN,

WHO HERE WITH US TO BREAK ALL OF THIS DOWN. RICK, YOU HEARD THOSE STRONG WORDS FROM NIKKI HALEY. SHE’S HAD CONTINUED JABS AT TRUMP ON THE TRAIL. BUT THE QUESTION REALLY IS, WHAT DOES SHE HAVE TO DO IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO REMAIN AS A VIABLE CANDIDATE? >> YOU TALK ABOUT HARD TRUTHS

TO THE HARD TRUTHS. >> IS THE STUBBORN MATH RIGHT NOW FOR NIKKI HALEY. LOOK, IF SHE DOES NOT IN SOUTH CAROLINA, IT’S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE A PATH FOR HER TO THE NOMINATION. >> COULDN’T ALIGN THE FORCES ANY BETTER FOR HER IN TERMS OF THE MAKE UP OF THE ELECTORATE.

THE FACT THAT DEMOCRATS AND EVEN INDEPENDENTS CAN VOTE IN SOUTH CAROLINA, THE FACT THAT SHE RAN THERE TWICE AND IS FROM THE STATE AND THE ISSUE SAID THE FACT THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT PUTIN AND NAVALNY AND TRUMP HIMSELF AND HIS OWN HIS COMMENTS ON ALL OF THESE THINGS FEEDS SO

PERFECTLY WELL INTO HER MESSAGE THAT SHE FRANKLY HAS TO WIN. AND HER CAMPAIGN RECOGNIZES IF SHE DOES, IT IS TO BE VERY HARD TO MAKE UP. AND, RICK, SOMETHING THAT I’VE BEEN KIND OF MULLING HERE IS, THE PRIMARY MAP, IF YOU WILL. THE NEXT STATE IS MICHIGAN. AND THEN WE GO TO

SUPER TUESDAY. >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR NIKKI HALEY? WELL, GET REALLY CRAZY, REALLY FAST. THIS CAMPAIGN ESSENTIALLY GOES NATIONAL ON SUPER, AND THAT CUTS BOTH WAYS. FIRST, IT MAKES IT VERY HARD TO CATCH UP AND TRUMP WILL BE ACCUMULATING DELEGATES AND ALMOST CERTAINLY BE ON A PATH TO CLINCHING

THE NOMINATION IN MARCH. THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, THOUGH, IS THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT IT TAKE, PARTICULARLY IN STATES THAT ALLOW NON-REPUBLICANS TO VOTE AND IN STATES THAT HAVE PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION OF DELEGATES. SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A WINNER TAKE ALL STATE, NOT ALL OF THEM LIKE THAT.

THERE’S A CHANCE FOR SOMEONE TO PICK UP SOME DELEGATES. AND YOU CAN SEE NIKKI HALEY WINNING A FEW HUNDRED DELEGATES. THAT’S NOT ENOUGH TO WIN THE NOMINATION, BUT IT’S ENOUGH TO MAKE SOME NOISE. >> AND B, THERE IS KIND OF A BACKUP PLAN FOR REPUBLICANS. ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE IN

THIS, RICK KLEIN. I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE’VE EVER BEEN IN STUDIO TOGETHER, IN-PERSON ABOUT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. WE TURN NOW TO THE LATEST IN THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. THE U.S. TODAY AGAINST A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN

IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE IN GAZA AT A MEETING OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL. THE ONLY NATION OF THE 15 PERMANENT SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOTE AGAINST MEASURE. >> THIS IS NOW THE THIRD TIME THE U.S. HAS USED VETO POWER TO KILL A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A HUMANITARIAN PAUSE. >> GAZA.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CITING CONCERNS THAT AN IMMEDIATE HALT TO THE WAR COULD HINDER EFFORTS TO RELEASE REMAINING ISRAELI HOSTAGES BY HAMAS. THE U.S. INSTEAD REVEALING AN ALTERNATE RESOLUTION, TODAY’S VOTE THAT WOULD SUPPORT A TEMPORARY CEASE FIRE IN GAZA LINKED TO THE RELEASE OF ALL HOSTAGES. SO ALL OF THIS HAPPENING

AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF ISRAEL’S ATTACKS CONTINUING ACROSS GAZA. WE TURN TO ABC NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MOORE IS LIVE FOR US TONIGHT IN TEL AVIV. >> MARCUS JAY, THE U.S. ONCE AGAIN USING ITS VETO POWER TO REJECT PROPOSALS FOR A CEASEFIRE IN THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL. AS KNOW, ALGERIA PUT FORWARD

THE MOTION, BUT THE US HAS USED ITS VETO TO PREVENT A BINDING CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE. INSTEAD PROPOSING, A HUMANITARIAN PAUSE. THE U.S. AMBASSADOR SAYING THEY WERE FORCED A VOTE THAT GOES AGAINST THE CONSENSUS THERE, BUT THAT NO ATTACK TAKE PLACE IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF RAFAH. BUT TODAY PRIME MINISTER

NETANYAHU VOWING TO PRESS ON WITH THE WAR IN GAZA DESPITE ,THAT PRESSURE FROM THE UN. ISRAEL HAS SAID THAT IT WILL MOVE ON TO NEXT MONTH IF HAMAS HAS NOT FREED THE HOSTAGES BY RAMADAN SPARKING FEARS OF MASS CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. AS YOU KNOW SOME 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE ARE SHELTERING THERE.

MANY OF THEM HAVE FLED THE FIGHTING MORE THAN ONCE, ACCORDING TO THE U.N. AND PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU, ARE DEFYING THE U.S. ONCE AGAIN. ON THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT CONTRADICTING U.S. POLICY ABOUT A FUTURE PALESTINIAN STATE. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYING A STATE WOULD BE AN UNJUST REWARD FOR THE OCTOBER SEVEN TERROR ATTACKS, THOUGH

MANY ALLIES ARE SAYING THAT IS THE ONLY WAY FORWARD TO LASTING PEACE. NOW, IN TERMS OF THE FIGHTING, THE GROUND, ALL EYES RIGHT NOW ARE ON NASSER HOSPITAL IN KHAN YUNIS. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT THEY SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFERRED TWO CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS TO OTHER HOSPITALS IN THE GAZA STRIP.

BUT AID GROUPS ARE STILL SOUNDING THE ALARM, SAYING THAT AROUND 15 STAFF MEMBERS AND 130 PATIENTS ARE STILL INSIDE WITH DWINDLING ACCESS TO FOOD, WATER AND, MEDICAL SUPPLIES ARE JUST A BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR YOU. THE IDF SAYING THAT THEY HAVE ARRESTED 200 SUSPECTED MILITANTS INSIDE, THE FACILITY

AND THAT IT WAS A BASE FOR HAMAS OPERATIONS. THAT’S SOMETHING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITIES DENY. THEY WENT IN SEARCH SIGNS OF HOSTAGES AND THOUGH NO BODIES OF HOSTAGES WERE FOUND, THE IDF SAID THAT THEY DID FIND MEDICINE THAT HAD BEEN EARMARKED FOR ONE HOSTAGE AND THAT BOX WAS UNOPENED.

NOW, AID GROUPS ARE WARNING OF A DIRE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UNFOLDING THERE. SOME DOCTORS ARE DESCRIBING THE FACILITY AS A DEATH CELL. >> MARCUS MOORE. LIVE FOR US IN TEL AVIV. MARCUS, THANK YOU. NOW TO AN UNPRECEDENTED RULING BY THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT THAT COULD IMPACT A FUTURE OF IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION

IN THAT STATE. ALABAMA’S COURT RULING THAT FROZEN EMBRYOS, EMBRYOS OUTSIDE THE ARE CHILDREN. MEDICAL EXPERTS WARN THAT RULING COULD HAVE REACHING CONSEQUENCES FOR PEOPLE SEEKING IN VITRO FERTILIZATION. >> HERE’S ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE. >> THE FIRST OF ITS KIND DECISION BY THE ALABAMA COURT THAT COULD PUT FAMILIES

ACCESS TO FERTILITY TREATMENTS . THE POST ROE ERA AT RISK. THE COURT DETERMINING FROZEN EMBRYOS QUALIFY AS PEOPLE UNDER A STATE LAW RULING UNBORN CHILDREN ARE CHILDREN WITHOUT EXCEPTION BASED DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE. THE CHIEF JUSTICE, IN A CONCURRING OPINION QUOTING THE BIBLE, CITING THE SANCTITY OF UNBORN LIFE, HAVE KIND

OF WHAT IS JUST A BRAND NEW LANDSCAPE FOR THE WORLD. >> THE CASE IN QUESTION INVOLVED A PATIENT WHO MANAGED ACCESS THE FREEZER STORING FROZEN EMBRYOS AT AN ALABAMA FERTILITY CLINIC. THE PATIENT PICKED UP MULTIPLE EMBRYOS AND MISTAKENLY AND DESTROYED THEM. THE STATE’S HIGH COURT SAYS THAT PATIENT CAN NOW BE HELD

LIABLE IN A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT. THIS POINT, THERE IS NO DECISION ON A PHYSICIAN OR A CLINIC CAN CONCLUDE LWD STORING THESE EMBRYOS SO THEY ARE POTENTIALLY LIABLE. THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF AN EMBRYO AFTER THE PARENTS HAVE PASSED. >> WE’RE CONCERNED THAT THIS RULING HAS FORAGING CONSEQUENCES FOR WHAT WE FEEL

IS SAFE TO FREEZE AND SAFE TO DISCARD. >> 2021. MORE THAN 238,000 FAMILIES IN THE U.S. ON IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION OR IVF TO HAVE BABY. MULTIPLE EMBRYOS ARE OFTEN FROZEN TO INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT ONE WILL SUCCESSFULLY IMPLANT. DOCTORS LIKE MAMIE MCLAIN IN ALABAMA WARN, THE RULING COULD BLOCK WOMEN FROM

ACCESSING IVF, MAKE THE PROCESS MORE EXPENSIVE OR FOR SOME CLINICS TO CLOSE ALTOGETHER BECAUSE OF LEGAL RISKS. >> BECAUSE THIS RULING IS SO INCOMPLETE AND IT LEAVES THOSE OF WHO ARE SITTING FACE TO FACE WITH PATIENTS JUST WITH THE INABILITY TO COMMENT ON WHAT IS SAFE AND WHAT IS LEGAL FOR

THEM RIGHT NOW. >> OUR THANKS TO ELIZABETH SCHULZE FOR THAT REPORT. THE WHITE HOUSE WEIGHING IN THIS STORY JUST MOMENTS AGO, SAYING IN PART, QUOTE, THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF CHAOS WE EXPECTED WHEN THE SUPREME OVERTURNED ROE VERSUS WADE. NOW TO TO MULTIBILLION DOLLAR MERGERS SHAKING UP THE BUSINESS WORLD.

FIRST, WAL-MART TODAY ANNOUNCED IT’S BUYING THE SMART TVS MAKER VIZIO FOR $2.3 BILLION IN CASH. AND IN THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY. CAPITAL ONE ANNOUNCED IT WILL PAY 35 BILLION TO BUY DISCOVER IN A DEAL THAT WOULD COMBINE TWO MAJOR U.S. CREDIT CARD COMPANIES. SO TO BREAK ALL OF THIS DOWN,

TO MAKE SENSE OF IT, WE TURN TO ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFF FOR US WITH THE DETAILS. ALEXIS. LET’S START WITH THAT WAL-MART VIZIO DEAL. >> WHAT’S THE GOAL HERE FOR WAL-MART? YEAH, IT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE A NATURAL FOR WAL-MART. BUYING TV MAKER. BUT THE LONG GAME HERE FOR

WAL-MART THAT IN BUYING VIZIO IT IS GOING TO HELP ITS ADVERTISE BUSINESS AND ITS MEDIA ASPIRATIONS. VIZIO IS MORE JUST A TV MAKER. THEY HAVE SOMETHING CALLED SMART OPERATING CAST, WHICH COMES INSIDE EACH OF THEIR SMART VIZIO TVS AND CONNECTS TO THINGS LIKE AMAZON’S ALEXA AND TO APPLE’S AIRPLAY.

SO WHAT WAL-MART WANTS TO DO IS REACH CUSTOMERS. IT’S ABOUT COLLECTING CUSTOMER DATA AND, SELLING THAT TO ADVERTISERS. AND IN THE MIX ALSO COMING WITH ITS OWN ENTERTAINMENT FOR SHOPPERS. SO WE’VE SEEN WAL-MART OF DIVERSIFY AWAY FROM JUST ONLINE AND IN. IT HAS ITS OWN PRIVATE LABEL, ELECTRONICS COMPANY CALLED ON.

IT SELLS THAT IN STORES. WAL-MART IS SAYING AFTER IT BUYS VIZIO, IT WILL STILL SELL OTHER COMPETING TELEVISIONS IN ITS STORES. BUT THIS IS A MAJOR PUSH FOR WAL-MART OUTSIDE OF ITS REGULAR BUSINESS MODEL. >> TVS ARE GREETINGS, BY THE WAY, TO VIEWERS WHO ARE WATCHING ON SMART TVS, ALSO

ON EVERYTHING ELSE. ANYWAY, TO THAT PLAN, CAPITAL ONE BUYOUT OF DISCOVER. HOW COULD THAT THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY, AS YOU KNOW AND I KNOW AMERICANS ON MORE THAN $1 TRILLION IN CREDIT CARD DEBT. YEAH THIS IS HUGE. AND IN FACT THE BIGGEST CREDIT CARD ACQUISITION IT WERE

TO HAPPEN IN HISTORY $35 BILLION. BANK REGULATORS STILL NEED TO SIGN OFF. SHAREHOLDERS STILL NEED TO SIGN OFF. IT’S GOING TO GET A LOT OF SCRUTINY FROM THE DOJ. YOU CAN BET. BUT IN THE LONG RUN, WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING AT IS CONSOLIDATION IN THIS INDUSTRY. AND IT’S YET BE KNOWN WHAT IT

REALLY MEANS FOR CONSUMERS. WILL IT MEAN LOWER INTEREST RATES ON CREDIT CARDS? MANY ARE SAYING PROBABLY NOT. WHEN YOU CREATE A BEHEMOTH LIKE THIS, YOU MIGHT GET BETTER REWARDS. WHEN THESE TWO CREDIT CARDS COME TOGETHER, THEIR REWARDS PROGRAMS MAY MAKE IT A MORE ROBUST FOR ALL OF US.

>> STILL YET TO BE SEEN. THERE IS ALWAYS A SILVER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. STILL AHEAD FOR US TONIGHT, ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE. >> OUR AARON KATERSKY SITS DOWN WITH YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES. AFTER THAT VERDICT, HER WON AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. WHAT SHE HAS SAY ABOUT THAT

OUTCOME. STRAIGHT AHEAD, MOMENTS FROM NOW. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR. AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE

FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE AND THE NEED FOR UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN 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. THIS STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT, THE FBI. REPORTER FOR THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN 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 HERE, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. I CAN CONFIRM THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW.

>> THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE OUT AND AS A SOURCE OF FOR THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. >> THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD. WOW. >> SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

OKAY, HERE WE YOU SAW AN EXPECTING MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAX. I’M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. WELL, THIS MAN DOES THIS GUYS ARE NOT GOOD. WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERY DAY? HERO? ARE YOU A HERO? I WAS.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS THIS? AND HIS GIRLFRIEND? I’M HIS GIRLFRIEND’S. OH, MY GOD. >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. WILL. >> WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. A SAD DEVELOPMENT IN A WE’VE BEEN REPORTING ON.

OFFICIALS SAY THE BODY OF A MISSING TEXAS GIRL WAS LOCATED IN THE TRINITY RIVER IN NORTHERN TEXAS TODAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY 11-YEAR-OLD AUDRIE CUNNINGHAM LAST SEEN THURSDAY MORNING NEAR HER FATHER’S HOME IN LIVINGSTON OF HOUSTON. POLICE SAY SHE NEVER MADE IT TO SCHOOL. THAT DAY. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO SAY THAT A

PERSON OF INTEREST HAS BEEN CUSTODY SINCE FRIDAY. A FAMILY FRIEND WHO WAS LIVING A TRAILER BEHIND THE FATHER’S HOME AND WAS ARRESTED ON AN UNRELATED ASSAULT CHARGE. HE HAS AN EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY, INCLUDING ENTICING A MINOR IN 2008. POLICE SAY HE ADMITTED LEAVING THE GIRL’S HOME WITH HER

ON THE DAY SHE WENT MISSING. PAUL COUNTY, TEXAS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYING THAT AN ARREST WARRANT IS BEING PREPARED AGAINST THAT PERSON OF INTEREST AND HE WILL BE CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER. >> WE TURN NOW TO AN ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE, NEW YORK’S FIRST BLACK FEMALE ATTORNEY GENERAL, LETITIA JAMES SPEAKING OUT AFTER

A STUNNING VICTORY IN HER HIGHEST PROFILE CASE TO AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. A JUDGE RULING LAST WEEK THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND HIS COMPANIES PAY OVER $355 MILLION FOR WIDESPREAD FRAUD AND INFLATING THEIR NET VALUE. TRUMP ALSO BANNED FROM DOING BUSINESS IN NEW YORK STATE FOR THREE YEARS. HIS SONS ARE BANNED FOR

TWO YEARS. >> ABC NEWS SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT SAT DOWN WITH LETITIA JAMES AND JOINS ME NOW MORE FROM HIS EXCLUSIVE. ERIN, WHAT DID THE ATTORNEY GENERAL JUST FIRST OFF, SAY TO YOU ABOUT THAT CASE AS RELATES TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP? >> IS SHE SATISFIED WITH THE JUDGE’S DECISION?

SHE IS SATISFIED WITH THE JUDGE’S DECISION. JAY AND SHE IS CONFIDENT, MOREOVER, THAT IT’S GOING TO HOLD UP ON APPEAL A $355 MILLION FINE PLUS INTEREST, THE THREE YEAR BAN ON TRUMP FROM RUNNING ANY COMPANY IN NEW YORK, INCLUDING OWN. AND MAYBE THE MOST CRUCIAL PART

FOR HER IS, THE MONITOR THAT’S BEEN INSTALLED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS OVER THE TRUMP ACTING EFFECTIVELY AS A FINANCIAL BABYSITTER FOR TRUMP’S COMPANY. AND THE QUESTION, OF COURSE, IS TRUMP BE ABLE TO PAY? SHE WOULDN’T DIRECTLY ANSWER, SAID THAT’S NOT FOR HER TO SAY. BUT SHE DID TELL US THAT SHE

WOULD DO IN HER POWER TO TRY AND FORCE TRUMP PAY, INCLUDING, IF NECESSARY, SEIZING HIS ASSETS IF HE DOES NOT HAVE FUNDS TO PAY OFF THE JUDGMENT. AND THEN WE WILL SEEK, YOU KNOW, JUDGMENT ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS IN COURT. AND WE WILL ASK THE JUDGE TO SEIZE HIS ASSETS.

THAT INCLUDES 40 WALL STREET, WHICH LETITIA JAMES CAN SEE JUST OUT HER WINDOW FROM HER OFFICE. JAKE. >> AND ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES AARON IS PURSUING A NUMBER OF OTHER HIGH PROFILE CASES. AS YOU KNOW, THERE’S THAT CIVIL CASE AGAINST TOP OFFICIALS FROM THE NRA. SHE’S ACCUSED THE NRA

OF VIOLATING LAWS BY USING OFFICIAL FUNDS FOR PERSONAL BENEFIT. WHAT SHE SAY TO YOU ABOUT THAT? >> DID SHE EVEN MENTION OR SHE DID? THAT CASE IS WITH THE JURY NOW. SO SHE’S A VERDICT IN THE NRA CASE AT ANY TIME, DAY NOW, LIKELY THIS WEEK. SHE ALSO HAS SUED PEPSI, UBER,

LYFT, GUN OPIOIDS, MANUFACTURERS. IT’S QUITE A LIST CRITICS THAT IT’S BAD FOR BUSINESS AND THAT SHE’S KILLING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN NEW YORK. BUT TODAY SHE DEFENDED THOSE DECISIONS, SAID SHE’S DOING THE PEOPLE’S BUSINESS TO MAKE SURE THERE’S AN EVEN PLAYING ACROSS THE BOARD. >> JAKE, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW IF

YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT INVOLVES THE LAW OF NEW YORK STATE AND FRANKLY, ANYWHERE ELSE, YOU TURN TO AARON KATERSKY. ERIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MY FRIEND. COMING UP FOR US TONIGHT, HOW BEYONCE IS MAKING HISTORY YET AGAIN. >> AHEAD OF THE RELEASE OF HER NEW COUNTRY ALBUM.

>> THAT’S NEXT. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE IN FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AND REFUGEE CENTERS IN BRITAIN AND RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL DESTRUCTIVE FORCE STORM HIGH FIVE IS IN THE BULL’S EYE. LET’S GET ABC NEWS LIVE.

AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY TIME ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7. STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS EVENT. >> GIVE IT TO ME. >> 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 ON TELEVISION. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE’S START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM 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, HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S THE PART OF THE

STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. WHEREVER GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> START HERE. FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE COMES THE NEW ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS. INCREDIBLE VIDEO. FASTER, SMARTER AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS IF YOU LOVE IN THE KNOW, YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE.

WITH ALL THE BUZZ IS ABOUT EXPERIENCE. THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW ON MOBILE MONEY IS TEN RUN WHEREVER THE STORY IS WE’LL TAKE YOU DOWN YOUR STREET STREAMING ABC NEWS WHAT ALL RIGHT WELCOME BACK ALL HAIL THE QUEEN POP AND R&B STAR BEYONCE SANG IN SETTING THE COUNTRY MUSIC

WORLD ON FIRE. THE MULTI TALENTED SINGER AND ACTRESS HAS BECOME THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ARTIST EVER TO TOP BILLBOARD’S HOT COUNTRY SONGS CHART. THANKS TO HER COUNTRY DEBUT SINGLE, TEXAS HOLD’EM. YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD IT, WHICH OPENED AT NUMBER ONE AND 16 KERRIDGE IS AT NUMBER NINE ON THE HOT 100.

THE SUPERSTAR SURPRISED FANS ANNOUNCING HER NEW COUNTRY ALBUM IN A VERIZON AD THAT AIRED THE SUPER BOWL. YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THAT TEXAS HOLD’EM WILL BE FEATURED. BEYONCE’S NEW ALBUM TITLED ACT TWO, THE SEQUEL TO HER 2022 RENAISSANCE ALBUM. THE NEW ALBUM IS SET FOR ON MARCH 29TH.

THERE IS A LOT MORE STILL AHEAD FOR US RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE IN TODAY’S STORY, NIKKI HALEY VOWING TO STAY IN THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL RACE, DEFYING CALLS TO DROP OUT. DOES SHE HAVE A PATH FORWARD AS SHE TRAILS DONALD TRUMP BY DOUBLE DIGITS IN THE POLLS

WITH THE NEXT MAJOR, BY THE WAY, IN HER HOME STATE? AND IN OUR SPOTLIGHT, ASSANGE WAGING A LAST DITCH EFFORT TO FIGHT EXTRADITION TO THE U.S.. OUR PANEL WEIGHS IN ON WHAT COULD BE THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER’S FINAL COURT HEARING IN THE U.K.. ALL OF THAT MOMENTS FROM NOW. REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY

HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY ON THIS STORY. WHY A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION? THE SO-CALLED VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE TO, FINALLY LEAVE. AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS. YOU WANT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY IN THAT HOUSE WITH THEM? I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY.

FACE TO, FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DO YOU TAKE SO LONG? >> THE HOUSE AND YOUR HOUSE, SIR. DO YOU? THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE PRESSURE. FAMILIES HERE. POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE TO THE FRONT LINES FROM THE CAPITAL DESTRUCTIVE

CAT 4 STORM ONE HIGH FIVE IS IN THE BULL’S EYE AGAINST ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREET ANY TIME ANYWHERE STREAMING 24/7. STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK FOR MAKING ABC NEWS. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING

GETS OFF TO. CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING MORNING COMMUTE. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN. HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES AND 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 PRETTY SOON 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 THE 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 WEEK IS YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN.

NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> 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. DO YOU HAVE 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 AFTER DO FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. I LOVE THAT. MAYBE. >> SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I’M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES IS THAT YOU GUYS ARE NOT GOOD. WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERY DAY. HERO. ARE YOU A HERO?

READY TO DIE? PLUS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS? AND HIS GIRLFRIEND NAME HIS GIRLFRIEND. OH, MY GOD. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC ABC NEWS LIVE PRIZE, WINNER OF THE GRACIE AWARD FOR BEST NEWS PROGRAM IN ALL OF TELEVISION

STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> NIKKI HALEY DEFYING CALLS TO DROP OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY FROM WHAT COULD BE A MAKE BREAK MOMENT FOR HER CAMPAIGN. I’M JAKE O’BRIEN IN WASHINGTON . IN TODAY’S BIG STORY, THE FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA

GOVERNOR VOWING TO STAY IN THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL RACE BEYOND SUPER TUESDAY. DOES SHE HAVE A PATH FORWARD AS SHE TRAILS DONALD TRUMP BY DIGITS IN THE NEXT MAJOR CONTEST IN HER OWN HOME STATE? AND IN OUR SPOTLIGHT, JULIAN ASSANGE WAGING A LAST DITCH EFFORT TO FIGHT EXTRADITION TO THE U.S..

OUR PANEL WEIGHS IN ON WHAT COULD THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER’S FINAL COURT HEARING IN THE U.K. HE. BUT WE BEGIN WITH OUR BIG STORY. NIKKI HALEY DEFYING CALLS TO DROP OUT OF THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DESPITE POLLS SHOWING DONALD TRUMP WITH A MASSIVE LEAD. THE FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR RALLYING SUPPORTERS

IN HER HOME STATE AHEAD OF THE NEXT MAJOR CONTEST, WHICH IS THERE ON SATURDAY. HALEY TO KEEP FIGHTING UNTIL AT LEAST AFTER SUPER TUESDAY, MARCH 5TH, AND BLASTING REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS WHO ARE TO TRUMP. WELL, I’M NOT AFRAID TO SAY THE ANSWERS OUT LOUD. I FEEL NO NEED TO KISS

THE RING. WOW I HAVE NO FEAR OF CHANCE, RETRIBUTION. >> MEANTIME, TRUMP LANDING IN SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY, HOLDING A FLY IN EVENT NEAR GREENVILLE AHEAD OF A TELEVISED TOWN HALL EVENT. TONIGHT, THE LATEST POLLING AVERAGE FROM OUR PARTNERS AT FIVETHIRTYEIGHT. LOOK THAT SHOWING HIM BEATING HALEY IN THAT STATE.

>> 63% TO 33%. SO TO BREAK ALL OF THIS DOWN, WE BRING RICK KLEIN, ABC NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR BACK IN HERE FROM OUR D.C. BUREAU. RICK, DOES NIKKI HALEY HAVE A PATH IF SHE DOESN’T WIN SOUTH CAROLINA OR EVEN FRANKLY, IF SHE DOESN’T DO WELL IN CAROLINA? NOT A DIRECT PATH, NO.

I DON’T KNOW OF ANY SCENARIO. I DON’T THINK HER CAMPAIGN CAN EVEN POINT TO ONE THAT HAS HER OVERTAKING DONALD TRUMP IN THE DELEGATE LEAD IF SHE DOESN’T WIN SOUTH CAROLINA AND THEN DO VERY WELL AT SUPER TUESDAY TEN DAYS LATER. NOW, THE PATH THAT DOES EXIST

MIGHT BE THERE TO BE AS KIND A BACKUP PLAN. SO HANG AROUND IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS TO DONALD TRUMP OR IN CASE FURTHER LEGAL LEGAL JEOPARDY IMPERILS HIS NOMINATION IN SOME WAY. IN THE MEANTIME, SHE CAN ACCUMULATE DELEGATES. BUT THE ONLY WAY TO BEAT DONALD TRUMP IS ACTUALLY BEAT DONALD TRUMP.

AND IF SHE DOESN’T DO THAT IN SOUTH CAROLINA, I DON’T SEE SHE STARTS DOING THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE. >> SO, I MEAN, WE’RE ALL FAMILIAR THE KIND OF EXPECTATIONS GAME. LIKE THE CLOSER YOU GET TO A PRIMARY CAMPAIGN START TO COME OUT AND SAY, WELL, ACTUALLY THIS WOULD BE A WIN

FOR US OR THIS WOULD BE A WIN FOR US IF WE DO THIS, IT WOULD BE A WIN. IS THE HALEY CAMPAIGN MANAGING EXPECTATIONS? ARE THEY NOT DOING THAT? AND WHAT ARE THEY SAYING IS A WIN, FOR THEM? THEY’RE NOT PUTTING SPECIFIC TARGETS ON A, BUT WHAT THEY ARE

SAYING IS THEY EXPECT DO AS WELL OR BETTER THAN THEY DID IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. NOW, OF COURSE, NEW IT WAS JUST THE TWO OF THEM RUNNING AT THE TIME. SHE’S NOT GOING TO COME IN WORSE THAN SECOND PLACE. BUT REMEMBER, THAT WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT CLOSING THAT GAP

IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ENDED UP BEING IN THE LOW DOUBLE DIGITS IN END. SHE HAS TO AT LEAST DO A LOT BETTER THAN THAT TO BE IN SERIOUS CONTENTION. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE FOR ALL THE TALK ABOUT HER DROPPING OUT, THE DONORS HAVEN’T REALLY HAVEN’T REALLY BEEN PUTTING

A LOT OF PRESSURE ON HER. SHE STILL HAS MONEY. SHE STILL HAS THE RESOURCES AND SHE STILL HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING, LOOK, YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU CAN TO STOP TRUMP BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAT TRUMP IS THE CANDIDATE FOR REPUBLICANS

TO PUT FORWARD AGAINST PRESIDENT BIDEN. >> SO MICHIGAN COMES AFTER SOUTH CAROLINA. SUPER TUESDAY COMES AFTER THAT. IT DOESN’T GET HARDER FOR NIKKI HALEY AS THE MAP GOES ON. IT GETS REALLY STUBBORN BECAUSE OF HOW QUICKLY THE STATES START TO CASCADE UPON THEMSELVES, STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA, TEXAS ON SUPER TUESDAY.

AND BY THE END OF THE NIGHT, ON SUPER TUESDAY, YOU’RE ALMOST HALFWAY HOME IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF DELEGATES THE TRUMP TEAM BELIEVES THAT THEY ARE BASICALLY A MATHEMATICAL CERTAINTY. BY THAT POINT. THEY’RE NOT MUCH LONG. NOT LONG THEREAFTER. AND IT BECOMES HARDER TO MOUNT A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN.

LOOK, THE STARS OF ALIGNED, SUCH AS THEY EVER WILL. FOR NIKKI HALEY IN SOUTH CAROLINA HOME STATE IS FOR WE GAP BETWEEN MAJOR CONTESTS AND THE WORLD AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS THAT HAVE HELPED PUT DONALD TRUMP ON THE DEFENSIVE. IF ALL OF THOSE THINGS CAN’T GET NIKKI HALEY BACK IN

THE GAME, I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO START RIGHT AFTER THAT. >> AND RICK, EVEN IF SHE GETS TROUNCED BY TRUMP, CAN HER ATTACKS ON FORMER PRESIDENT, IN YOUR VIEW, HAVE AN IMPACT ON HIM IN A GENERAL ELECTION? >> SURE. AND I’LL TELL YOU, THE BIDEN TEAM WOULD LIKE TO SEE NIKKI

HALEY RUN AS LONG AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE WEAKNESSES THAT IT EXPOSES. BUT LOOK, IF DONALD TRUMP RUNS THE TABLE, HE WINS ALL 50 STATES AND ALL THE TERRITORIES . IT’S REALLY HARD TO TALK ABOUT A FRACTURED OR DIVIDED REPUBLICAN PARTY, PARTICULARLY . YOU COMPARE TO THE FRACTURES ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.

I DO THINK SOME OF THE THINGS SHE’S SAYING NOW WILL BE RECYCLED AS GENERAL ELECTION ATTACKS. BUT KEEP IN MIND HOW, MANY REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID AWFUL THINGS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP IN THE PAST, ONLY TO COME BACK ON BOARD IN THE END. AND EVEN TODAY, NIKKI HALEY, IN MAKING THIS CASE, TRUMP MADE

CLEAR THAT THE PROBLEM SHE HAS WITH JOE BIDEN ARE BIGGER AND MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY OF THE DISAGREEMENTS SHE HAS WITH TRUMP. >> RICK KLEIN I’VE SAID THIS BEFORE, I WILL SAY IT AGAIN. ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE IN THIS UNIVERSE, RICK KLEIN. THANK YOU YOUR TIME, SIR,

ON THIS TUESDAY NIGHT. I WANT TO TURN NOW TO OUR BIG STORY PANEL. JOINING US IS ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND SIRIUS XM HOST MIKE MILLS. ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER REPUBLICAN FROM NEW YORK, JOHN KATKO. NOT GOING TO RATE EVERYONE AS WE GO THROUGH DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST

AND PRESIDENT OF NEXT GEN AMERICA, CHRISTINE CHRISTINA THEN AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND OP ED COLUMNIST FOR THE L.A. TIMES L.Z. GRANDERSON. WELCOME YOU ALL IN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JOHN FIRST TO YOU. WHAT DO YOU VIEW AS NIKKI HALEY STRATEGY? WHAT DOES IT NEED TO BE AND WHAT HAPPENS TO HER

CAMPAIGN IF SHE DOESN’T PERFORM WELL IN SOUTH CAROLINA? >> WELL, I THINK SHE’S ALREADY SAID THAT SHE’S GOING TO BE IN THIS RACE AT LEAST THROUGH SUPER TUESDAY, IF YOU LOOK AT IT. SOUTH CAROLINA IS HARD CORE RIGHT. AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THAT’S NOT REALLY WHAT IS GOING TO BRING HER HOME.

WHAT’S GOING TO GIVE HER A CHANCE IS HOW SHE DOES SUPER TUESDAY. THAT’S HER LAST HOPE. I THINK YOUR BEST CHANCE, THAT BEING NINE OUT OF THE 15 STATES, I’M NOT AFFILIATED TO VOTING. SO SHE CAN PULL OFF A FEW UPSETS THERE AND GET IT

AND KEEP IT CLOSE THEN I THINK SHE’S GOT A SHOT AFTER SUPER TUESDAY. IF SHE GETS SWAMPED IN SUPER TUESDAY, OF COURSE THAT’S A REAL PROBLEM. BUT I DON’T THINK SOUTH CAROLINA IS GOING TO BE HER WATERLOO. I THINK I THINK SUPER TUESDAY IS GOING TO BE TO THE GREAT

CHRISTINE A SENSE IN RAMIREZ’S . NOW I WANT TO TURN TO THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IN A WAY. YOU HEARD RICK MENTION. DO THESE ATTACKS FROM HALEY ON TO TRUMP HELP PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW? >> WELL, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT FEELS DISAFFECTED BY TRUMP. YOU HAD A SIGNIFICANT PORTION

OF THE ELECTORATE THAT SAW THEMSELVES AS REPUBLICANS LAST ELECTION VOTING FOR BIDEN. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON’T AGREE WITH NIKKI HALEY ON MOST POLICY FRONTS, BUT I’VE GOT GIVE IT TO HER. SHE HAS HAD THE GUTS AND COURAGE TO STAND UP AND BE IN THIS RACE WHEN MOST OTHER MEN AND REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

BACKED OUT. AND SO, YES, IT DOES WEAKEN DONALD TRUMP, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE MOST INDEPENDENT AND MODERATE VOTERS THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT MORE AND MORE START TO REALLY HEAR THE ATTACKS ON DONALD TRUMP COMING. >> NIKKI HALEY, REASONS NOT TO VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT REPUBLICANS DISAFFECTED BY TRUMP.

I THINK I HEARD JOHN KATKO, FORMER REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF CONGRESS, GO, HMM. BUT I WANT TO TURN JOHNNY, DON’T GET THE ANSWER. I WANT TO TURN TO YOU. YEAH, I WANT TO THANK YOU, JOHN, BUT I WANT TO TURN TO L.Z. HERE, BECAUSE AGE IS SOMETHING THAT NIKKI HALEY

TALKS ABOUT A LOT. L.Z., AS YOU KNOW, SHE TALKS ABOUT HOW SHE IS YOUNGER THAN BOTH TRUMP AND. IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH VOTERS, DO PEOPLE VIEW AGE AS A PRIMARY CONCERN OF THIS CAMPAIGN OR. >> IS IT OVERBLOWN? YOU KNOW, IT’S INTERESTING QUESTION BECAUSE ANSWER NUMBER ONE, YES, MAYBE 40.

AGE BROUGHT UP A LOT. BUT HERE’S THE REALITY. WHAT ARE THEY VOTING FOR IN THE PRIMARIES? AGE. SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THEMSELVES SEEM TO BE SOMEWHAT CONFLICTED IN THE SENSE THAT IT’S BROUGHT UP A LOT. IT IS A HUGE CONCERN FOR BOTH PARTIES. AND YET BOTH MEN WERE BOTH

GOING TO BE WELL INTO THE 80S AS PRESIDENT AND LEADING THE VOTE. AND SO ACTUALLY WHAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE HOW PEOPLE TALK ABOUT AGE AND HAVING THOUGHT ABOUT AGE UNNECESSARILY IN GROWING IT’S INTERESTING. >> THAT’S A GOOD I WANT TO TAKE THAT TO MIKE, ACTUALLY. MIKE, SO YOU HEARD TALK

ABOUT HOW IT DOESN’T BEAR OUT IN THE POLLING IN THE PRIMARIES. DO YOU THINK YOU HEAR VOTERS START TO TALK MORE ABOUT AGE AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE GENERAL AND PEOPLE SORT OF THINK IN THIS ELECTION YEAR MINDSET THAT SOME AMERICANS MIGHT NOT BE IN RIGHT NOW.

>> YEAH, BUT FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THINK I CAN SPEAK SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US. >> WE LOVE YOU AS ONE APC MAN OF MIKE WINS. GOING TO BREAK MIKE, THE BATTLES OVER. NOTHING MORE. NO, GO AHEAD. FORGET. I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO AGE

QUESTION THAT BOTH OF THESE CANDIDATES PRESUMABLY WILL BE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ARE ROUGHLY THE SAME AGE. ONLY THREE YEARS SEPARATES THEM. JAY I REALLY THINK WHAT AMERICA IS TRYING SAY FROM A NUANCE PERSPECTIVE IS THAT WE’RE MORE INTERESTED IN TERMS OF TERM. I DON’T THINK IT’S JUST ABOUT THE AGE OF BIDEN

AND TRUMP, BUT I THINK IT’S ABOUT THE AGING SENIOR LEADERSHIP ON BOTH PARTIES THAT ARE IN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. I THINK WHAT AMERICA IS EXPRESSING, BUT IT’S SO BINARY, THEY BLAME IT ON BIDEN AND TRUMP, AND THAT ADDS TO SOCIETY, THEY’RE ASKING FOR MORE TERM LIMITS.

SO WE’RE NOT IN A POSITION WHERE YOU GET TO SENIOR LEADERSHIP WHO HAVE BEEN SERVING 30 PLUS YEARS TO WHICH THEIR AGE BECOMES THE ISSUE. I THINK MORE SO WHERE THEY’RE TRYING TO SAY IS ABOUT TERM LIMIT, BUT WE JUST HAVEN’T HAD THAT EXPANDABLE CAPILLARY TO TALK ABOUT THAT ENOUGH.

I KIND OF WANT TO BUILD THAT AND TOSS, CHRISTINE A SOMEWHAT OF AN ODDBALL QUESTION, BUT IT RELATES TO GENERAL ELECTION. CHRISTINA, THE WHITE HOUSE, AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN MAKING REPEATED MENTION OF THE FACT THAT REPUBLICANS ARE STALLING AID FOR UKRAINE, THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S STATEMENT ABOUT NAVALNY DIDN’T REFERENCE

ANY KIND OF THING ABOUT VLADIMIR PUTIN IN IT. DO YOU THINK THOSE GENERAL ELECTION ATTACKS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE HAS HAVE STAYING POWER THIS YEAR? >> I MEAN, WE’RE IN SUCH A TUMULTUOUS TIME. ALL WE KNOW IS THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME CORE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP WHERE

REPUBLICANS, NOT JUST ON THOSE ISSUES ARE REALLY UNPOPULAR. ABORTION’S GOING TO COME UP THIS ELECTION. >> WHERE THEY STAND ON DEMOCRACY AND THEN THOSE TWO ISSUES, THEY WERE A DRIVING FORCE LAST TIME THAT REALLY STOPPED A RED WAVE THAT REPUBLICANS THOUGHT THEY HAD ON LOCK. AND IT’S REALLY GOING TO BE UP

IN THE AIR. WHAT HAPPENS THIS ELECTION AGAIN ON THOSE ISSUES PARTICULAR. >> AND IF COULD ADD ON TO THAT WHAT CHRISTINA IS SAYING, I THINK THAT’S WHEN IT GOES TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION IN REGARDING THE ROLE THAT NIKKI HALEY CAN PLAY IF SHE STAYS IN IT LONG ENOUGH, THE PRIMARY COME TO A

CONCLUSION HER, HER ATTACKS AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BODE WELL MORE WITH INDEPENDENTS WHO THINK MORE ABOUT GEOPOLITICAL ISSUES OR MORE A GEOPOLITICAL NUANCE PERSPECTIVE UNDERSTANDING. >> THAT’S A FAIR POINT. JOHN KRISTINA, L.Z., AND MIKE, WHO WINS THIS ROUND? WE’RE NOT KEEPING SCORE, BUT WHO WINS THIS ROUND?

HE SAID NICE THINGS ABOUT ME. I’M A PUSHOVER. BUT DON’T WORRY, BECAUSE HE’S COMING BACK FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF THIS COMING UP. WIKILEAKS. JULIAN ASSANGE. WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE IN HIS LAST CHANCE TO FIGHT EXTRADITION TO THE U.S. ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES. IS HE A CHAMPION OF FREEDOM,

THE PRESS OR A DANGEROUS ROGUE WHO UNDERMINES NATIONAL. THAT IS IN OUR SPOTLIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. >> WHENEVER A NEWS RELEASE WE ARE HEARING REAL A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK LIKE MOSQUE ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC

SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE AT THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY STRIKE IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORWARD 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 WORKING THIS STORY FROM THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT, FROM THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE DAWSONS ON THE PICKET LINES HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. THE STORY IS WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS,

WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> I HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE?

I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THAT AND THERE’S ALL SORTS OF HUMOR FIND THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS, THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. >> THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE IN ANYWHERE. >> WOW. SO THE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I’M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. >> WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES IS CORRECT BREAKFAST GUYS ARE NOT GOOD. >> WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERY DAY. ARE YOU A HERO OF MINE?

WAS WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS? WHO’S THIS? AND HIS GIRLFRIEND? I’M HIS GIRLFRIEND. OH, MY GOD. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SUNDAY NIGHT, TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE 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 THEIR DAILY NEWS PODCAST. HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO.

YOU START HERE ABC NEWS MEETING 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. IN TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT, WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE IN COURT TODAY AS HE FIGHTS EXTRADITION TO THE U.S. A SON FACING

CHARGES OF SPYING. AND IF A BRITISH COURT DENIES HIS APPEAL, HE WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO AMERICAN CUSTODY. THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER FACING CHARGES INCLUDING VIOLATING THE ESPIONAGE OVER HIS PUBLICATION OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS DATING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2007. THEY INCLUDE STATE DEPARTMENT DIPLOMATIC CABLES, FBI MESSAGES

ON 911, DETAILS OF OPERATIONS IN IRAQ AND IN AFGHANISTAN. THE LIST GOES ON. ASSANGE MAINTAINS THAT HE IS SIMPLY A WHISTLEBLOWER REPORTING ON AMERICAN WAR CRIMES AND OTHER ISSUES. IF CONVICTED, HE SHOULD BE SENTENCED HE WOULD BE SENTENCED, RATHER, TO UP TO 107, 175 YEARS IN PRISON. HE COULD BE SENTENCED TO THAT

LENGTH. SO WITH ALL OF THAT, I WANT TO BRING BACK OUR PANEL HERE. MIKE, JOHN, CHRISTINA, AND L.Z.. MIKE, FIRST TO YOU, BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT JUST A FORMER REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF CONGRESS YOU ARE ALSO A FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR. SO WITH ALL OF THAT, WITH HOW COMPLICATED AND THE ESPIONAGE

ACT IS WITH HOW SERIOUS, FRANKLY, THE ESPIONAGE IS, DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT HAS A CASE HERE? >> I YOU ARE GOING TO NEED YOU SAID MIKE. >> BUT YES, JAY GOT A FEW MORE MINUTES TO SHOW LOVE TO ME AND I’LL BE BUT I’LL TELL YOU MY TIME AS A PROSECUTOR DID

TWO EXTRADITIONS FROM ENGLAND AND WE HAVE A CONTACT THEM SO THEY THEY THEY’RE NOT GOING TO RAISE THE MERITS OF THE CASE. AND THEY THEY’RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE HE’S EXHAUSTING HIS RIGHTS IN ENGLAND. SO WHEN HE GETS HERE, HE CAN ASSERT ALL THOSE ARGUMENTS. I’M NOT SURE HOW WHAT WAS GOING

TO DO WITH OURS BUT I’D BE VERY SURPRISED IF HE’S NOT TRANSFERRED THE U.S. TO STAND TRIAL. AND THE CHARGES ARE ABOUT AS SERIOUS AS. IT GETS THE U.S. TO CERTIFY THAT THEY WOULD NOT SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY HIM WHICH POSSIBLY COULD HAPPEN IN THE OFFING HERE, BUT THAT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

THAT’S PART OF THE AGREEMENT THAT THEY WANT. SO WHEN IT COMES TO WHEN IT COMES TO HERE AND HE WON’T GET HERE, HONESTLY, VERY SERIOUS, VERY LENGTHY WITH SOME VERY, VERY INTERESTING ISSUES, I’M NOT SURE HIS DEFENSE WILL WORK, BUT HE’S CERTAINLY ENTITLED TO BRING IT. I SO EAGER TO HEAR YOUR POINT

OF VIEW, JOHN. >> I BUNGLED YOUR NAME AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I WANT TO L.Z. AND THANK YOU, SIR, TO L.Z. THE UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION HAS FOUND THAT ASSAD IS UNLAWFULLY, IN THEIR VIEW, DETAINED. SHOULD HE, IN YOUR VIEW, BE EXTRADITED? YES.

YOU KNOW, I WASN’T ONE OF THOSE PROGRESSIVES THAT CHEERED ON THE LEAKS BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD THE SERIOUSNESS OF THEM. I DIDN’T THINK HE WAS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF WHISTLEBLOWER. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE HOME OF SOMEONE WHO WAS ADDICTED TO POWER AND WAS ABLE TO USE TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO BUILD THAT POWER.

MORE IMPORTANTLY. I WOULD REMIND EVERYONE THAT HE TRIED TO USE THE BANNER OF THE JOURNALIST AND THEN YOU FIND OUT THAT HE WORKED WITH RUSSIAN HACKERS IN ORDER HAVE THE DNC REDO FOR 2016. SO IT’S HARD FOR ME TO, UNDER THE GUISE OF WHISTLE BLOWER OR JOURNALIST WHEN HE’S WORKING

RUSSIAN HACKERS TO INTERFERE WITH OUR ELECTION. SO, YES, I DO BELIEVE SHOULD BE EXTRADITED. I DON’T HAVE ANY LOVE LOST FOR HIM. I KNOW HE WAS A FIGURE OF THAT POINT IN POP CULTURE, BUT I DON’T KNOW. VERY MANY PEOPLE STILL MAY SEE REMOTELY AS A WHO FIGURE AT THIS POINT. >> YEAH.

MIKE, I WANT TO THROW THAT OVER TO YOU SOME QUICK FACTS. FIRST, AS ALLUDED TO, ONE BIG WIKILEAKS DOCUMENT DUMP WAS THOSE MORE THAN 20,000 EMAILS HACKED BY FROM THE BY HACKERS TIED TO RUSSIA. THEY INCLUDED THOUSANDS OF HILLARY CLINTON’S 2016 CAMPAIGN EMAILS, INCLUDING THOSE OF CAMPAIGN MANAGER, JOHN PODESTA.

>> SO I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE YOU, MIKE, IS DO YOU VIEW ASSANGE AS L.Z. KIND OF MENTIONED, AS A POLITICAL ACTOR OR AS A TRUTH TELLER OR AS A JOURNALIST OR AS SOMETHING THAT IS SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF THOSE? >> WHERE ARE YOU HERE?

>> I DON’T KNOW IF I SEE HIM AS A JOURNALIST, BUT I THINK SOMEWHERE SPREAD AROUND THOSE OTHER TWO THIRDS OF CATEGORIES THAT YOU MENTIONED. WHAT I’M FASCINATED ABOUT THIS CASE IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM EXTRADITED TO COME ON TO PRESENT, AS JOHN SAID, HIS DEFENSE BEFORE A U.S. COURT

SYSTEM. SO CAN GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE’RE CURRENTLY CONFLATING FREEDOM INFORMATION, FIRST AMENDMENT AND ALSO A FREEDOM OF PRESS. AND I, THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO BE SET ON WHAT IS PLAUSIBLE. YES, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC DOES HAVE A RIGHT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENING IN OUR GOVERNMENT.

AND JOURNALISTS DO HAVE A RIGHT TO TO AND TO PUT THINGS OUT THERE ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST. BUT THERE’S TWO WAYS ABOUT THAT GOING THROUGH IT. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, THERE’S A PROTOCOL THAT IS SET IN PLACE. WHAT WE DON’T WANT TO SEE IS A

SITUATION OF BAD ACTORS TRYING TO HACK IN ORDER UNDERNEATH THIS GUY’S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND FREEDOM OF PRESS. AND SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SET THAT PRECEDENT BECAUSE FOR FAR TOO LONG, WITH THIS CASE BEING IN THE WIND, THAT HAS YET TO BE ESTABLISH NOR ARGUED, NOR A PRECEDENT

FIRMLY SET ON IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORY, WHICH IS WHY IT’S IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO COME BACK AND FACE A U.S. COURT SYSTEM. >> AND CHRISTINA, YOU KNOW THIS, BUT FOR OUR FOLKS AT HOME, THE BACKBONE OF, NEARLY EVERY FIRST AMENDMENT CASE IN SOME FORM OR FASHION

IS A CHILLING EFFECT, RIGHT? >> DOES HAVE MAKING A RULING ON THIS ISSUE ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT MAKE IT LESS LIKELY THAT OTHERS THIS IS MY VERY, VERY LIMITED VIEW UNDERSTANDING OF THE MATTER MAKE IT LESS LIKELY THAT OTHERS EXERCISE THAT RIGHT. SO DO YOU THINK THIS COULD HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT

ON INVESTIGATIVE? >> I THINK IT COULD HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT ON INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM THAT IS NEW IN ITS APPROACH. I MEAN, I THINK WHAT IS VERY TRUE ABOUT THIS CASE AND WHAT MIKE SAID, IT’S COMPLICATED. IT IS A CASE THAT WHERE PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT THERE ARE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS

WHERE WE LIVE IN A DIGITAL AGE. YOU KNOW, YOU THINK BACK TO THE PENTAGON BEING RELEASED AND THE IMPACT THAT HAD ON THE VIETNAM WAR AND HOW THAT INFORMATION WAS RELEASED. SO THERE ARE REAL QUESTIONS. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OUR GOVERNMENT DOES WRONG IN A FOUR YEAR FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST WILL NOT

YOU THAT INFORMATION? WHAT IS THE DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS TO THAT TO THE PRESS? AND IN THIS DIGITAL AGE, WHO IS THE PRESS? I THINK THAT THAT THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO GET INTO THAT THIS CASE IS A MUCH, MUCH LARGER QUESTION FOR THAT BEYOND JULIAN ASSANGE

AND GOES INTO THE FUTURE OF MEDIA AND JOURNALISM AS A WHOLE. >> JAKE JOHNSON, VETERAN MEDIA. BACK TO JAMES BOND RIGHT NOW. MY FAVORITE OF THE LANDSCAPE OF POP CULTURE LIKE THAT IS. >> OH, I’M SORRY, MIKE. LET ME GET A COLD CALL LIKE LAW SCHOOL. LET ME HAVE MIKE FINISH

HIS THOUGHT. THEN I GO TO L.Z.. SORRY, CHRISTINA, YOU NAILED THAT. I THINK THAT’S REALLY WHAT IT DOWN TO ANYTHING ABOUT THE FREEDOM OF PRESS AND A FREEDOM INFORMATION ACT, BECAUSE NOW WE’RE IN INSINUATION WE’RE PODCAST NOW ARE ALL POPULAR BUT PODCAST ISN’T NECESSARILY UNDER THE GUISE OF TRADITIONAL MEDIA PEOPLE CAN

START PODCASTING OR KITCHEN, YOU KNOW, ON A RV ON A ROAD TRIP. AND SO THEY’RE NOT BEHOLDEN TO STANDARDS THAT WE TYPICALLY ARE UNDER A NETWORK. AND SO IF THEY WERE TO USE ILL GOTTEN WAYS OR TO SOURCE INFORMATION, HOW WOULD THEY BE CHARGED? >> HOW WOULD THEY BE VIEWED? YEAH, EXACTLY.

AND BY THE BY EVERYTHING THAT GOES TO ABC NEWS GOES THROUGH A DEPARTMENT CALLED STANDARDS AND PRACTICES TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR REPORTING IS BACKED UP SOME OF THAT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN AND I FOUND IN MY CONVERSATIONS MAY NOT KNOW BUT L.Z., I CUT YOU OFF. GO AHEAD, SIR NO PROBLEM.

I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD IN AGREEING WITH WHAT MIKE CHRISTINA BOTH SAID IS THAT YOU THINK ABOUT HOW THE PANAMA PAPERS WAS HANDLED, THAT SHE WAS A BIG INFORMATION LEAK, BUT IT WORKED IN TRADITIONAL MEDIA AND PROTOCOLS. AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT QUESTION LIKE SAYING, WELL, HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE

THAT, YOU KNOW, PODCASTS AREN’T GOING, YOU KNOW, TOO FAR THE OTHER WAY WITH ALL JOURNALISTIC PROTOCOLS, NEED TO FOLLOWED. BUT ONE OF THE WAYS YOU DO THAT IS BY REMEMBERING THAT TRADITIONALLY THE LEGACY MEDIA HAS A PLACE AND HAS A STANDARD AND THAT’S WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HOLD

ON TO TRADITIONAL MEDIA AND LEGACY BECAUSE THOSE STANDARDS. >> MIKE YEAH, I KNOW THAT WAS DONE VERY BRIEFLY. OVERSTATING THE CASE IS THE FACT THAT HE THE MANNER IN WHICH YOU HAVE TAKEN ACTION THAT’S GOING TO KILL MY TAKE ON COURT, THAT WAS A ROBUST DISCUSSION AND I LOVE THAT WE

DON’T SHY AWAY FROM HARD TALKS HERE. THANK YOU ALL YOU GUYS ROCK MIKE, JOHN, CHRISTINA AND L.Z., THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> STILL AHEAD FOR NOT AS HARD OF A CONVERSATION, BUT WORTH YOUR TIME. CHECKMATE. HOW ONE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD PRODIGY MADE CHESS HISTORY. MY PANEL IS GOING TO SOUND OFF

ACROSS THE BOARD ON THAT STORY RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. LOOK AT HIM. HE’S TALKING THIS. IS ABC NEWS LIVE THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND, REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, CLOSE TO THE FRONT FROM THE CAPITAL. THE STRUCTURE KEPT FOUR STORIES HIGH.

FIVE ALL IS IN THE BULL’S EYE. >> LET’S GET ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY TIME. STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA IS NUMBER ONE. >> STREAMING NEWS IT TO ME. >> 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 THE 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 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 WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE ABC NEWS IGNORED

DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING GETS 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, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN. HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES SOUNDS GOOD TO ME TO MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA. THIS MORNING AMERICA’S NUMBER

ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT? >> 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 INTERESTS. YOU WANT TO KNOW YOU’RE GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS ABOUT EXPERIENCE.

THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW. >> I’M MATT RIVERS AND THAT THE PANAMA CANAL. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING. ABC NEWS ON TIME NOW FOR OUR LAST CALL. AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BECOMES THE YOUNGEST PLAYER EVER TO DEFEAT CHESS GRANDMASTER IN A CLASSICAL TOURNAMENT GAME .

ASHWIN KAUSHIK SETS A NEW RECORD IN THE CHESS WORLD BY BESTING SEVEN-YEAR-OLD YARDSTICK SCOPA IN THE FOURTH ROUND OF COMPETITION IN SWITZERLAND, THE YOUNG BOY ALREADY HAD MADE A NAME HIMSELF, WINNING YOUTH TOURNAMENT AROUND THE WORLD, BECOMING THE WORLD UNDER EIGHT RAPID CHAMPION. IN 2022, WE CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE HERE ON THIS PROGRAM.

AND SO THAT IS WHY WE BRING THE PANEL. I WANT TO START WITH MIKE HERE. MIKE, YOUR REACTION VERY QUICKLY. WE LIMITED TIME TO THIS YOUNG BOY’S INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT. >> BOYGENIUS HE DID BETTER THAN ME WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD. I THINK I WAS BARELY PLAYING WITH LEGO BLOCKS.

SO GOOD FOR HIM. I LOVE LEGOS. CHRISTINA, WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU ABOUT THE POWER OF YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGED ON AN AWESOME OF THING LIKE CHESS

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