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FIRST STEPS TO REMOVE THE WRECKAGE OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE AS WE GET A NEW VIEW FROM ON BOARD THE CARGO SHIP THAT HIT THE BRIDGE, BRINGING IT DOWN. >> PLUS, WHY THE WIFE OF A CONSTRUCTION WORKER WHO SURVIVED THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE PLUNGING INTO THE WATER, SAYS IT’S A

MIRACLE HER HUSBAND ESCAPED. >> A RECORD HAUL, A THREE PRESIDENT FUNDRAISER FOR THE DEMOCRATS COSTING UP TO $500,000 A TICKET. THE PERFORMANCES INSIDE AND THE PROTESTS OUTSIDE. >> HE WAS A BILLIONAIRE AT AGE 30. NOW HE’S HEADED TO PRISON. THE FORMER CRYPTO KING, WHO ORCHESTRATED ONE OF THE LARGEST FINANCIAL FRAUDS IN HISTORY,

LEARNS HIS PUNISHMENT. BUT HOW MUCH TIME WILL SAM BANKMAN-FRIED REALLY SPEND BEHIND BARS? >> THE HISTORIC SOLAR ECLIPSE JUST DAYS AWAY. THE TRAVEL COSTS OUT OF THIS WORLD. HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR FLIGHTS AND HOTEL ROOMS TO BEHOLD THE CELESTIAL SIGHT. A FOOD FIGHT ON CAPITOL HILL. >> THE NEW BATTLE OVER

RECLASSIFYING THE POTATO. >> BEYONCE MAKING HISTORY. >> THIS AIN’T TEXAS. AIN’T NO HOLDING. REACTION TO HER NEW ALBUM DROPPING OVERNIGHT. >> AND THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPION, WHO LOST HIS SUPER BOWL RING WHILE DOING ERRANDS, HOW HE HOPES TO GET IT BACK. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. THIS IS AMERICA, THIS MORNING.

>> GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE. I’M ANDREW DYMBURT. >> GOOD MORNING TO YOU I’M RHIANNON ALLY. WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE. >> WE HAVE NEW VIDEO FROM INSIDE THE CARGO SHIP THAT HIT THE BRIDGE. EXPERTS SAY IT COULD TAKE ONE MONTH JUST TO CLEAR THE

WRECKAGE OF THIS DISASTER FROM THE WATER. >> WE’RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE SIX VICTIMS OF THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE AND THE TWO SURVIVORS. THE WIFE OF A CONSTRUCTION WORKER WHO SURVIVED SAYS HER HUSBAND DOESN’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO SWIM, BUT SOMEHOW ESCAPED. ABC’S PERRY RUSSOM IS IN BALTIMORE WITH THE LATEST

PERRY. GOOD MORNING. >> RIHANNA. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. RESOURCES ARE NOW FLOWING INTO BALTIMORE, INCLUDING FEDERAL FUNDING AND LARGE EQUIPMENT TO CLEAR THE WATER. THIS MORNING, THE LARGEST CRANE ON THE EAST COAST ARRIVING IN BALTIMORE AND HELPING IN THE RECOVERY EFFORTS AFTER TUESDAY’S DEADLY BRIDGE COLLAPSE. WE’VE GOT WORK TO DO,

BUT WE’RE MOVING THE 1000 TON CRANE WILL HELP PULL THESE GIANT PIECES OF METAL FROM THE RIVER. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOW APPROVED $60 MILLION TO HELP WITH INITIAL COSTS FOR MOVING THE DEBRIS AND REOPENING THE PORT OF BALTIMORE. >> I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THIS WORK WILL NOT TAKE HOURS. THIS WORK

WILL NOT TAKE DAYS. THIS JUST TE HAVE A VERY LONG ROAD AHEAD OF US. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. AND WE’RE PREPARING INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN ON BOARD DAILY SURVEYING THE TWISTED STEEL ENCASING THE FRONT OF THE SHIP. >> THE COAST GUARD SAYS THEY’RE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHERE TO CUT THE BRIDGE. THE WEIGHT OF THOSE

BEAMS CRASHING ONTO THE SHIP, A MAJOR CHALLENGE. ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE WITH AN UP CLOSE LOOK. >> FROM HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE PIECE OF THE KEY BRIDGE WEIGHING DOWN THE BOW OF THE SHIP. WE’RE TOLD THAT THAT PIECE ALONE WEIGHS BETWEEN 3 AND 4000 TONS. THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS

GOING TO HAVE TO CUT IT UP INTO FOUR PARTS AND LIFT IT OFF BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN BEGIN TO CLEAR IT OUT. >> EIGHT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE ON THE BRIDGE WHEN IT COLLAPSED. AUTHORITIES HAVE RECOVERED THE BODIES OF TWO MEN IN A PICKUP TRUCK UNDERWATER. FOUR OTHERS ARE PRESUMED DEAD,

TRAPPED UNDER THE WRECKAGE. TWO PEOPLE SURVIVED AN ESTIMATED 185 FOOT FALL INTO THE WATER, THE WIFE OF ONE OF THEM SAYING, MY HUSBAND DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO SWIM. IT’S A MIRACLE HE SURVIVED. BUT HER FAMILY IS STILL IN MOURNING. SHE SAYS HER BROTHER IN LAW WAS ONE OF THE WORKERS KILLED.

>> LET US JOIN TOGETHER IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AT THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME YESTERDAY, THREE POLICE OFFICERS HONORED FOR SAVING LIVES BY SHUTTING DOWN THE BRIDGE IN THE MOMENTS BEFORE IT COLLAPSED, PREVENTING AN EVEN LARGER DISASTER. >> AND WHEN ASKED FOR A TIMELINE

ON REMOVING THE WRECK, THE GOVERNOR DID NOT HAVE AN ANSWER, SAYING IT’S A COMPLICATED PROCESS. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS USING AN ESTIMATE THAT SHOWS THIS ENTIRE COLLAPSE COULD COST UP TO $4 BILLION. ANDREW BACK TO YOU WITH THE LATEST FROM BALTIMORE. >> PERRY. THANK YOU. PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS

DESCENDED ON NEW YORK LAST NIGHT AS PRESIDENT BIDEN HELD A STAR STUDDED FUNDRAISER, JOINED BY FORMER PRESIDENTS. OBAMA AND CLINTON. THE PROTESTERS CLASHED WITH POLICE OUTSIDE RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN SAYS THE FUNDRAISER BROUGHT IN $26 MILLION, THE BIGGEST HAUL EVER FOR A

POLITICAL EVENT. THE THREE PRESIDENTS TOOK PART IN AN ON STAGE CONVERSATION MODERATED BY STEPHEN COLBERT, LIZZO AND QUEEN LATIFAH ALSO PERFORMED. DONORS PAID UP TO $500,000 TO ATTEND. MEANWHILE, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ALSO IN NEW YORK, PUTTING A SPOTLIGHT ON CRIME. HE ATTENDED A WAKE FOR AN NYPD OFFICER GUNNED DOWN DURING A

TRAFFIC STOP. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN CLAIMS IT WILL TOP BIDEN’S FUNDRAISING RECORD NEXT WEEK BY BRINGING IN $33 MILLION AT A PALM BEACH EVENT. >> HIS LAWYER CALLS HIM AN AWKWARD MATH NERD. PROSECUTORS CALL HIM A GREEDY SWINDLER. NO MATTER WHAT YOU CALL HIM. SAM BANKMAN-FRIED, THE MAN WHO

BECAME A BILLIONAIRE AT AGE 30, IS NOW HEADED TO PRISON. JUST TWO YEARS AGO, FTX FOUNDER SAM BANKMAN-FRIED MINGLED WITH THE RICH AND POWERFUL. THIS MORNING, THE ONE TIME KING OF CRYPTO IS OFF TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR 25 YEARS, ALTHOUGH EXPERTS SAY THAT SENTENCE COULD BE CUT IN HALF

WITH GOOD BEHAVIOR. AND BY COMPLETING PRISON REHAB PROGRAMS. FTX WAS THE PREMIER CRYPTO EXCHANGE, BUT IT COLLAPSED IN LATE 2022 AFTER BANKMAN-FRIED USED BILLIONS IN CUSTOMER FUNDS TO KEEP HIS HEDGE FUND, ALAMEDA RESEARCH, AFLOAT. AT HIS TRIAL, PROSECUTORS PLAYED THIS ABC NEWS INTERVIEW. >> SO YOU DO KNOW, AND YOU DID

KNOW THAT FDX DEPOSITS WERE BEING FUNNELED TO ALAMEDA. >> SO I WAS VAGUELY AWARE THAT THAT WAS HOW SOME WIRES WERE BEING SENT IN THE FIRST PLACE. >> DIDN’T THAT SET OFF ALARM BELLS IN YOUR HEAD? >> SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THAT

PROCESS. AND LOOK, I REALLY DEEPLY WISH THAT I HAD TAKEN LIKE A LOT MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE DETAILS WERE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE. >> HIS LAWYER, SEEKING A MORE LENIENT SENTENCE, DESCRIBED BANKMAN-FRIED AS AN AWKWARD MATH NERD, BUT HIS VICTIMS CLAIM HE WAS MORE CALCULATING, ONE

TELLING THE JUDGE HE LOST MONEY. I WANTED TO SPEND ON A FAMILY HOME, ANOTHER SAYING IT WAS MY LIFE SAVINGS AND NOW I’M LEFT WITH NOTHING. BANKMAN-FRIED WON’T JUST BE SERVING PRISON TIME AS PUNISHMENT. >> THE JUDGE ALSO ORDERED BANKMAN-FRIED TO FORFEIT $11 BILLION. HE DOES NOT HAVE THAT.

BUT PROSECUTORS CAN USE ASSETS THEY’VE ALREADY SEIZED FROM HIM TO COMPENSATE VICTIMS, THOUGH MANY OF THE FTX CUSTOMERS HAVE SAID THEY’RE LOSING HOPE THEY’LL EVER BE MADE WHOLE. >> EVEN IF VICTIMS DO GET THEIR MONEY BACK. MANY CRYPTOCURRENCIES AT THE TIME OF FTX’S COLLAPSE WOULD BE WORTH CONSIDERABLY MORE. TODAY,

BITCOIN’S VALUE HAS INCREASED MORE THAN 300% SINCE LATE 2022. PROSECUTORS REQUESTED UP TO 50 YEARS IN PRISON, AND THE JUDGE RULED THAT WOULD BE EXCESSIVE, BUT DID ACKNOWLEDGE A LACK OF REMORSE FROM BANKMAN-FRIED. >> THE FAA IS INVESTIGATING THE TAXIWAY COLLISION OF TWO DELTA JETS AT THE MINNEAPOLIS AIRPORT.

THE PLANES CLIPPED EACH OTHER’S WINGS AS ONE WAS MOVING ON THE TAXIWAY AND THE OTHER WAS PULLING AWAY FROM ITS GATE. PASSENGERS SAY THEY WERE STUNNED AND WHICH IS STARTLING. >> THE BOOM AND MOST VIOLENT SHAKE I’VE EVER HAD ON ON AN AIRPLANE. WE WERE TAXIING AND

ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST A BIG, JARRING BUMP, ON THE RUNWAY. >> NO ONE WAS INJURED. NEARLY 300 PASSENGERS THEN BOARDED OTHER PLANES TO THEIR DESTINATIONS. >> THE MAN ACCUSED OF GOING ON A STABBING RAMPAGE IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, SAYS HE BECAME PARANOID WHILE DOING DRUGS. JUST BEFORE THE ATTACK, A VIGIL WAS

HELD FOR THE FOUR PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED. SEVEN OTHERS WERE INJURED. THE SUSPECT CLAIMS THE MARIJUANA HE WAS SMOKING WITH HIS FRIEND WAS LACED, AND THAT’S WHAT FUELED HIS RAMPAGE WITHIN MINUTES, AUTHORITIES SAY HE KILLED HIS FRIEND AND HIS FRIEND’S MOTHER, ALONG WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD MAIL CARRIER AND A

15 YEAR OLD GIRL DOWN THE STREET WHO WAS WATCHING A MOVIE WITH HER THREE FRIENDS. >> THEN YOU THINK ABOUT THESE FOUR. THEY WERE DOING WHAT WE ALL DO, BUT YOU SHOULD ALL BE DOING. IT’S SPRING BREAK. YOU HAVE THREE GIRLS WATCHING A MOVIE. I CAN’T EVEN COMPREHEND THAT. >> JUST TRAGIC.

>> POLICE SAY THE 15 YEAR OLD DIED WHILE PROTECTING HER SISTER. THE SUSPECT FACES FOUR COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER ON CAPITOL HILL. >> A FOOD FIGHT APPEARS TO BE RAMPING UP. 14 SENATORS HAVE SENT A LETTER TO THE USDA AND OTHER HEALTH OFFICIALS URGING THEM NOT TO RECLASSIFY THE

POTATO AS A GRAIN. IT’S CURRENTLY LISTED AS A VEGETABLE. THE DISPUTE COMES AMID REPORTS THAT OFFICIALS MAY RECLASSIFY THE POTATO IN THE GOVERNMENT’S DIETARY GUIDELINES. SOME EXPERTS SAY POTATOES SHOULD NOT COUNT TOWARD A PERSON’S DAILY VEGETABLE INTAKE BECAUSE THEY’RE HIGH IN CARBS. BUT THE SENATORS SAY CHANGING THE POTATOES CLASSIFICATION WOULD HURT

FARMERS AND CONFUSE CONSUMERS. >> IT IS TIME NOW FOR YOUR FRIDAY WEATHER. >> GOOD MORNING. WE’RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE GOLDEN STATE. IT DROPPED SOUTH THROUGH FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, SO IT’S GOING TO BE WET AND SNOWY. A FOOT TO TWO FEET OF SNOW FOR

DONNER PASS. SO TRAVEL PROBLEMS FROM SOME OF THE SNOW. BUT MOSTLY IT IS THE HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT’S THE BIGGEST CONCERN. 2 TO 4IN IN A FEW LOCATIONS, WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. THERE WILL BE RAIN ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE U.S. FOR THE WEEKEND, INCLUDING PLACES LIKE CHICAGO

AND PORTIONS OF THE MIDWEST AND NORTHERN PLAINS. FOR ACCUWEATHER, I’M MELISSA CONSTANZA. >> COMING UP, THE NFL CHAMPION WHO LOST HIS SUPER BOWL RING WHILE RUNNING ERRANDS, THE FIRST NEW QUESTIONS BEING RAISED ABOUT THE DEATH OF COLLEGE STUDENT RILEY STRAIN, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN A NASHVILLE RIVER AND

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The biggest Stars music Trends, and of course, good food 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. So Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne celebrity attorney hum Girardi. This story was a nuclear explosion

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On Hulu America. SERIES SPONSORED BY PLANET FITNESS. >> WELCOME BACK! THIS IS NEWLY RELEASED DASH CAM VIDEO OF A DEADLY SCHOOL BUS CRASH OUTSIDE OF ATIN, TEXAS. LAST FRIDAY. A TRUCK SIDESWIPED THE BUS AND THAT’S WHAT CAUSED IT TO FLIP OVER. TWO PEOPLE DIED, INCLUDING A FIVE YEAR OLD BOY, COURT

PAPERS SAY. THE TRUCK DRIVER ADMITTED FOR ONLY SLEEPING FOR THREE HOURS AND USING COCAINE BEFORE THE CRASH. >> THE FAMILY OF RILEY STRAIN THE COLLEGE STUDENT FOUND DEAD IN NASHVILLE, IS NOW REQUESTING A SECOND AUTOPSY. STRAIN’S BODY WAS FOUND LAST WEEK IN THE CUMBERLAND RIVER, TWO WEEKS

AFTER HE WAS LAST SEEN DURING A NIGHT OUT. A FAMILY FRIEND SAYS STRAIN WAS NOT WEARING PANTS OR HIS BOOTS WHEN HIS BODY WAS RECOVERED, AND THE AUTOPSY, WHICH CALLED STRAIN’S DEATH ACCIDENTAL, ALSO REVEALED THAT NO WATER WAS FOUND IN HIS LUNGS, WHICH COULD CALL INTO QUESTION WHETHER STRAIN WAS ALIVE WHEN HE

ENTERED THE RIVER. >> WE TURN NOW TO YOUR MONEY AND WALL STREET SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS. THE DOW APPROACHING 40,000. BUT WILL MOST AMERICAN FAMILIES REALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS RALLY? HERE’S ABC’S ALISON KOSIK. >> SAY GOODBYE TO THE BEST FIRST QUARTER SINCE 2019. >> A STOCK MARKET RALLY FOR THE

RECORD BOOKS. STOCKS HAVE CLOSED OUT THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR, NOT ONLY LOGGING THEIR BEST QUARTER SINCE 2019, BUT IN THE CASE OF THE S&P 500 HITTING A NEW RECORD HIGH. PEOPLE WHO’VE BEEN ON THE SIDELINES WHO FINALLY SAID, I’VE GOT TO GET IN BECAUSE ALL MY FRIENDS ARE

SITTING AROUND THE DINNER ON SUNDAY TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THEY’RE MAKING, RIGHT? RECESSION WORRIES NOW BEING REPLACED WITH CONFIDENCE, ALONG WITH A BIG HELPING OF ENTHUSIASM FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE TECH SECTOR. STOCKS LIKE CHIP MAKER NVIDIA SURGING MORE THAN 80% THIS YEAR, ALSO GIVING THE MARKET A BOOST. THE FEDERAL

RESERVE CHAIRMAN SAYING THIS ABOUT INTEREST RATES LAST WEEK. >> WE BELIEVE THAT OUR POLICY RATE IS LIKELY AT ITS PEAK FOR THIS TIGHTENING CYCLE. >> TRANSLATION AFTER RAISING INTEREST RATES 11 TIMES TO TAME INFLATION, THE FED COULD BEGIN CUTTING THEM LATER THIS YEAR, FUELING THIS LATEST RUN UP IN STOCKS.

>> WE’VE SEEN THE HIGHS OF INTEREST RATES. MARKETS DON’T LIKE UNKNOWNS AND ANXIETY AROUND THAT. IT’S GOOD NEWS FOR YOUR 401 K ALREADY UP AN AVERAGE OF 19% LAST YEAR. >> BUT THE DOWNSIDE THE HIGH COST OF EVERYTHING FROM HOUSING AND CARS TO GROCERIES IS PROMPTING A RECORD NUMBER OF

AMERICANS TO DIP INTO THEIR 401 K’S TO PAY THEIR BILLS. DESPITE A BOOMING STOCK MARKET. A RECENT POLL FOUND 40% OF REGISTERED VOTERS THINK THE ECONOMY IS WORSE NOW THAN A YEAR AGO. THE MARKETS ARE CLOSED TODAY FOR GOOD FRIDAY, BUT NEW INFLATION NUMBERS ARE DUE OUT THIS MORNING. INVESTORS WILL BE

WATCHING BECAUSE INFLATION IS ONE ISSUE THAT COULD TURN THIS MARKET HOT STREAK COLD. ANDREW RHIANNON. >> ALL RIGHT ALISON WE’LL ALL BE WATCHING FOR THAT. COMING UP. EGGS IN YOUR CHOLESTEROL. THE NEW RESEARCH ON WHAT’S ACTUALLY GOOD FOR BREAKFAST. >> ALSO AHEAD JUST HOW MUCH MONEY PEOPLE

So Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne celebrity attorney hum Girardi. This story was a nuclear explosion today several victims will get a chance to finally meet Eric majority and at sort of a loss for what to say. Did you see the documentary the house wife and husband?

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Monday afternoon, April 8th starting at 2 p.m. Eastern. YOU. MORE PROOF THIS MORNING THAT EGGS HAVE BEEN GETTING A BAD RAP. >> A NEW STUDY SHOWS IT’S OKAY TO EAT AN ENTIRE DOZEN ON A WEEKLY BASIS. RESEARCHERS SAY EATING 12 FORTIFIED EGGS PER WEEK HAD NO ADVERSE IMPACT ON

GOOD OR BAD CHOLESTEROL LEVELS IN PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 50, AND THERE WERE SIGNS OF POTENTIAL BENEFITS FOR SENIORS WHO ATE EGGS EACH DAY, SUCH AS IMPROVED CHOLESTEROL AND INSULIN RESISTANCE SCORES. BUT EXPERTS SAY MORE RESEARCH IS NEEDED, SO TALK TO YOUR OWN DOCTOR BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY CHANGES TO YOUR

DIET. AND THE CDC IS WARNING THAT MONKEYPOX IS ON THE RISE AGAIN. IN THE U.S, CURRENT CASES ARE NEARLY DOUBLE WHAT THEY WERE AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. IT SPREADS VIA SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT WITH SYMPTOMS LIKE SMALLPOX, BUT MILDER. NOW, THE CDC SAYS ANYONE WITH A HIGH RISK OF INFECTION

SHOULD GET VACCINATED. >> THE COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR NEXT MONTH’S SOLAR ECLIPSE, AND IF YOU’RE PREPARING TO TRAVEL TO SEE IT, PREPARE TO PAY UP THIS MORNING WITH JUST TEN DAYS TO GO UNTIL A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE PASSES OVER PARTS OF THE U.S, TOURISTS FLOCKING TO THE PATH OF

TOTALITY ARE CONTENDING WITH SKY HIGH PRICES. >> BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BOOKING HOTELS FOR 11 MONTHS NOW. AIRLINES HAVE ADDED SPECIAL FLIGHTS FOR THE COVERAGE. >> THOSE FLYING TO THE FESTIVITIES FACE EXTRA HIGH PRICES AS SPRING BREAK COINCIDES WITH THE COSMIC SPECTACLE. THE AVERAGE ROUNDTRIP TICKET TO

LOUISVILLE IS RUNNING ABOUT $1,200. BUFFALO ABOUT 1000, SAN ANTONIO JUST UNDER 900 AND HOTEL AND AIRBNB PRICES IN COMMUNITIES ALONG THE ECLIPSE PATH ARE ALSO ASTRONOMICAL. IN KILLEEN, TEXAS, A ROOM THAT TYPICALLY COSTS ABOUT $100 A NIGHT WILL RUN YOU MORE THAN $860 IN BURLINGTON, VERMONT, IT WILL COST NEARLY

$1,400 FOR A ROOM THAT TYPICALLY GOES FOR 106. >> WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM AS FAR AWAY AS LONDON, ENGLAND, THAT ARE THAT ARE COMING TO FRANKLIN COUNTY. >> MANY INSIST THE OUT OF THIS WORLD COSTS ARE WORTH IT TO WITNESS THE LAST TOTAL ECLIPSE IN THE U.S. FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

>> I DON’T KNOW IF THERE ARE WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT I HAVE. IF THE NUMBER WENT TO 100, I’M PROBABLY AT LIKE 500. >> DESPITE THE HIGH DEMAND, IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO BOOK A FLIGHT OR HOTEL AND DON’T FORGET YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES.

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READY TO GIDDY UP? >> YES, BEYONCE RELEASED COWBOY CARTER OVERNIGHT, HER EIGHTH ALBUM. IT FEATURES A COVER OF DOLLY PARTON’S CLASSIC JOLENE. I CAN EASILY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU’RE ATTRACTED TO MY MAN, BUT YOU DON’T WANT THIS SMOKE TO SHOOT YOUR SHARE UP WITH SOMEONE ELSE. YEAH, SHE CHANGED THE LYRICS A

BIT. THE ALBUM BLENDS ELEMENTS OF COUNTRY, R&B, GOSPEL AND A BEATLES COVER. BEYONCE SAID, THIS AIN’T A COUNTRY ALBUM. THIS IS A BEYONCE ALBUM. SHE SAYS SHE DID NOT FEEL WELCOME IN 2016 AT THE COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, BUT INDUSTRY ANALYSTS SAY THIS ALBUM SHOWS HER DETERMINATION AND INFLUENCE.

>> PEOPLE WERE SAYING THEY WERE GOING TO BOYCOTT IT BECAUSE SHE WAS PERFORMING. PHIL, THINK ABOUT WHAT I JUST SAID RIGHT THERE. THEY WANT TO BOYCOTT THE CMAS BECAUSE BEYONCE IS PERFORMING. THE FACT THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING WITH HER AND THAT SHE WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO TAKE

FROM IT AND PUT OUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT I HAVE A FEELING IS GOING TO BE A MASTERPIECE IS AMAZING. >> BEYONCE BECAME THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO REACH NUMBER ONE WITH A COUNTRY SONG LAST MONTH. THE ALBUM FEATURES WILLIE NELSON, MILEY CYRUS AND POST MALONE. NEXT, IF YOU’RE DANCING

TO BEYONCE AT HOME, YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT ON A PAIR OF SHOES, DOCTORS SAY. >> AS PEOPLE SPEND MORE TIME AT HOME THESE DAYS THANKS TO WORKING REMOTELY, THEY’RE EXPERIENCING MORE FOOT PAIN. THAT’S BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SPENDING MORE TIME BAREFOOT AND WITHOUT THE PROPER SUPPORT FROM A GOOD OLD FASHIONED PAIR OF

SHOES. DOCTORS SAY THE FLOORS IN YOUR HOME CAN BE DAMAGING TO YOUR FEET. SO THEY SAY, WEAR SHOES INDOORS. >> YOU CAN HAVE A SPECIAL PAIR THAT YOU ONLY WEAR INSIDE NEXT MARCH. MADNESS TWO UPSETS IN THE SWEET 16 ALABAMA WAS TRAILING BY EIGHT AT HALFTIME AGAINST TOP SEEDED NORTH CAROLINA, BUT THE

TIDE TURNED LATE AND THEY TOOK DOWN THE TAR HEELS 8987. NEXT FOR ALABAMA’S CLEMSON, WHO UPSET SECOND SEED ARIZONA 77 TO 72 LAST NIGHT. CLEMSON HASN’T BEEN THIS FAR IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE 1980. >> AND FINALLY, A FORMER NFL CHAMPION HAS LOST HIS SUPER BOWL RING. >> CHRISTOPHER WASHINGTON SAYS

THE RING HE WON WITH THE 49 ERS BACK IN 1989 SLIPPED OFF HIS FINGER WHILE HE WAS RUNNING ERRANDS NEAR HIS HOME IN GILBERT, ARIZONA. >> WASHINGTON SAYS THEY’VE RETRACED THEIR STEPS AND SCOURED A MALL PARKING LOT. BUT SO FAR NO LUCK. T

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Other news cast, ABC News World News Tonight, with David Muir. America’s number one, most watched news cast across all of television, 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

>> CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES NOW THE NAVY HAS SENT THE BIGGEST CRANE ON THE EAST COAST TO THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE SITE. IT WILL LIFT MASSIVE CHUNKS OF WRECKAGE FROM THE WATER. AN INITIAL $60 MILLION IN FUNDING HAS BEEN APPROVED AS WORKERS RACE TO CLEAR THE VITAL SHIPPING ROUTE OVERSEAS.

>> 45 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A BUS PLUNGED OFF A BRIDGE IN SOUTH AFRICA, BURSTING INTO FLAMES. AN EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL IS THE ONLY SURVIVOR. THE BUS WAS TRAVELING TO AN EASTER FESTIVAL AND A WEEK LONG PROTEST IN THE MIDDLE EAST, JORDANIANS HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATING NEAR THE ISRAELI EMBASSY IN AMMAN TO

SUPPORT PALESTINIANS IN GAZA. >> THEY ARE DEMANDING AN END TO JORDAN’S PEACE TREATY WITH ISRAEL. >> HOME DEPOT IS MAKING A MAJOR ACQUISITION. IT’S BUYING SRS DISTRIBUTION, A SUPPLIER FOR PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTORS, FOR $18 BILLION, HOPING TO GROW ITS PROFESSIONAL CUSTOMER BASE. >> TODAY’S WEATHER HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MOST OF CALIFORNIA. SOME

AREAS COULD SEE UP TO SIX INCHES BY SUNDAY. SNOW IN THE ROCKIES, SHOWERS IN THE MIDWEST. >> AND FINALLY, LESLEY GORE’S FEMINIST ANTHEM, YOU DON’T OWN ME, CELEBRATING ITS 60TH ANNIVERSARY. >> HERE’S DANNY. NOW YOU DON’T OWN ME. >> I’M NOT JUST ONE OF YOUR LOVE AND YOUR TOYS.

>> AS WE REACH THE FINAL WEEKEND OF WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, LET’S NOT FORGET THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF A DEFIANT ANTHEM THAT KEEPS FINDING NEW GENERATIONS. YOU DON’T OWN ME. >> DON’T TRY TO CHANGE ME IN ANY WAY. >> YOU DON’T OWN ME WAS ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY THEN 17

YEAR OLD SINGER LESLEY GORE. IT WAS PRODUCED BY THE LEGENDARY QUINCY JONES. WELL, NOW NOBODY KNOWS WHERE MY JOHNNY HAS GONE. AND IT WAS ACTUALLY WRITTEN BY TWO MEN WHO WERE REPORTEDLY FED UP WITH THE MUSIC BEING WRITTEN FOR FEMALE SINGERS AT THE TIME. >> THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST

SONG IN IN IN MODERN POP HISTORY WHERE IT’S ALL ABOUT EMPOWERMENT AND ALL DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO. >> THE SONG PEAKED AT NUMBER TWO IN FEBRUARY OF 1964, AND WOULD BECOME GORE’S ANTHEM, BUT NOT JUST HERS. >> IN 2000 2018, WHEN THE THEY HAD THE BIG WOMEN’S MARCH IN

WASHINGTON, THIS WAS THE ANTHEM, DURING THE METOO MOVEMENT. THIS WAS ALSO THE ANTHEM TO LIVE MY LIFE THE WAY THAT I WANT TO. >> AND THE SONG KEEPS RETURNING IN POP CULTURE AS WELL. WHO COULD FORGET IN FIRST WIVES CLUB, WHEN BETTE MIDLER, DIANE KEATON AND GOLDIE HAWN BELTED IT

OUT TOGETHER? WELCOME TO THE ERAS TOUR. >> IN FACT, TAYLOR SWIFT HAS BEEN PLAYING A COVER OF YOU DON’T OWN ME BEFORE SHE TAKES THE STAGE ON HER ERAS TOUR. >> IN AN INTERVIEW 1991, GORE SAID, QUOTE, FOR ME, IT WAS NOT A SONG ABOUT BEING A WOMAN, IT

WAS ABOUT BEING A PERSON AND WHAT WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT? OF COURSE, IT GOT PICKED UP AS AN ANTHEM FOR WOMEN, WHICH MAKES ME VERY PROUD. LESLEY GORE SADLY PASSED AWAY IN 2015 GUYS, BUT HER MUSIC LIVES ON IN JANUARY. HER COVER OF MISTY BECAME THE OLDEST SONG TO GO NUMBER ONE ON

THE BILLBOARD TIKTOK CHART. >> GUYS, ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES. >> ONE OF MY FAVORITES. 60 YEARS YOUNG. ALL RIGHT, THAT’S RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS MORNING. FUNDING AND EQUIPMENT ON THE WAY TO BALTIMORE. THE FIRST STEPS TO REMOVE THE WRECKAGE OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE AS WE GET A NEW VIEW

FROM ON BOARD THE CARGO SHIP THAT HIT THE BRIDGE, BRINGING IT DOWN. >> PLUS, WHY THE WIFE OF A CONSTRUCTION WORKER WHO SURVIVED THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE PLUNGING INTO THE WATER, SAYS IT’S A MIRACLE HER HUSBAND ESCAPED. >> A RECORD HAUL, A THREE PRESIDENT FUNDRAISER FOR THE DEMOCRATS COSTING UP TO $500,000

A TICKET. THE PERFORMANCES INSIDE AND THE PROTESTS OUTSIDE. >> HE WAS A BILLIONAIRE AT AGE 30. NOW HE’S HEADED TO PRISON. THE FORMER CRYPTO KING, WHO ORCHESTRATED ONE OF THE LARGEST FINANCIAL FRAUDS IN HISTORY, LEARNS HIS PUNISHMENT. BUT HOW MUCH TIME WILL SAM BANKMAN-FRIED REALLY SPEND BEHIND BARS? >> THE HISTORIC SOLAR ECLIPSE

JUST DAYS AWAY. THE TRAVEL COSTS OUT OF THIS WORLD. HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR FLIGHTS AND HOTEL ROOMS TO BEHOLD THE CELESTIAL SIGHT. A FOOD FIGHT ON CAPITOL HILL. >> THE NEW BATTLE OVER RECLASSIFYING THE POTATO. >> BEYONCE MAKING HISTORY. >> THIS AIN’T TEXAS. AIN’T NO HOLDING. REACTION TO HER NEW

ALBUM DROPPING OVERNIGHT. >> AND THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPION, WHO LOST HIS SUPER BOWL RING WHILE DOING ERRANDS, HOW HE HOPES TO GET IT BACK. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. THIS IS AMERICA, THIS MORNING. >> GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE. I’M ANDREW DYMBURT. >> GOOD MORNING TO YOU I’M

RHIANNON ALLY. WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE. >> WE HAVE NEW VIDEO FROM INSIDE THE CARGO SHIP THAT HIT THE BRIDGE. EXPERTS SAY IT COULD TAKE ONE MONTH JUST TO CLEAR THE WRECKAGE OF THIS DISASTER FROM THE WATER. >> WE’RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE SIX VICTIMS OF THE

BRIDGE COLLAPSE AND THE TWO SURVIVORS. THE WIFE OF A CONSTRUCTION WORKER WHO SURVIVED SAYS HER HUSBAND DOESN’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO SWIM, BUT SOMEHOW ESCAPED. ABC’S PERRY RUSSOM IS IN BALTIMORE WITH THE LATEST PERRY. GOOD MORNING. >> RIHANNA. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. RESOURCES ARE NOW FLOWING INTO BALTIMORE, INCLUDING FEDERAL

FUNDING AND LARGE EQUIPMENT TO CLEAR THE WATER. THIS MORNING, THE LARGEST CRANE ON THE EAST COAST ARRIVING IN BALTIMORE AND HELPING IN THE RECOVERY EFFORTS AFTER TUESDAY’S DEADLY BRIDGE COLLAPSE. WE’VE GOT WORK TO DO, BUT WE’RE MOVING THE 1000 TON CRANE WILL HELP PULL THESE GIANT PIECES OF METAL FROM THE RIVER.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOW APPROVED $60 MILLION TO HELP WITH INITIAL COSTS FOR MOVING THE DEBRIS AND REOPENING THE PORT OF BALTIMORE. >> I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THIS WORK WILL NOT TAKE HOURS. THIS WORK WILL NOT TAKE DAYS. THIS JUST TE HAVE A VERY LONG ROAD AHEAD OF

US. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. AND WE’RE PREPARING INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN ON BOARD DAILY SURVEYING THE TWISTED STEEL ENCASING THE FRONT OF THE SHIP. >> THE COAST GUARD SAYS THEY’RE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHERE TO CUT THE BRIDGE. THE WEIGHT OF THOSE BEAMS CRASHING ONTO THE SHIP, A MAJOR CHALLENGE. ABC’S ELIZABETH

SCHULZE WITH AN UP CLOSE LOOK. >> FROM HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE PIECE OF THE KEY BRIDGE WEIGHING DOWN THE BOW OF THE SHIP. WE’RE TOLD THAT THAT PIECE ALONE WEIGHS BETWEEN 3 AND 4000 TONS. THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS GOING TO HAVE TO CUT IT UP INTO

FOUR PARTS AND LIFT IT OFF BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN BEGIN TO CLEAR IT OUT. >> EIGHT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE ON THE BRIDGE WHEN IT COLLAPSED. AUTHORITIES HAVE RECOVERED THE BODIES OF TWO MEN IN A PICKUP TRUCK UNDERWATER. FOUR OTHERS ARE PRESUMED DEAD, TRAPPED UNDER THE WRECKAGE. TWO PEOPLE SURVIVED AN ESTIMATED 185

FOOT FALL INTO THE WATER, THE WIFE OF ONE OF THEM SAYING, MY HUSBAND DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO SWIM. IT’S A MIRACLE HE SURVIVED. BUT HER FAMILY IS STILL IN MOURNING. SHE SAYS HER BROTHER IN LAW WAS ONE OF THE WORKERS KILLED. >> LET US JOIN TOGETHER IN A

MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AT THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME YESTERDAY, THREE POLICE OFFICERS HONORED FOR SAVING LIVES BY SHUTTING DOWN THE BRIDGE IN THE MOMENTS BEFORE IT COLLAPSED, PREVENTING AN EVEN LARGER DISASTER. >> AND WHEN ASKED FOR A TIMELINE ON REMOVING THE WRECK, THE

GOVERNOR DID NOT HAVE AN ANSWER, SAYING IT’S A COMPLICATED PROCESS. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS USING AN ESTIMATE THAT SHOWS THIS ENTIRE COLLAPSE COULD COST UP TO $4 BILLION. ANDREW BACK TO YOU WITH THE LATEST FROM BALTIMORE. >> PERRY. THANK YOU. PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS DESCENDED ON NEW YORK LAST NIGHT

AS PRESIDENT BIDEN HELD A STAR STUDDED FUNDRAISER, JOINED BY FORMER PRESIDENTS. OBAMA AND CLINTON. THE PROTESTERS CLASHED WITH POLICE OUTSIDE RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN SAYS THE FUNDRAISER BROUGHT IN $26 MILLION, THE BIGGEST HAUL EVER FOR A POLITICAL EVENT. THE THREE

PRESIDENTS TOOK PART IN AN ON STAGE CONVERSATION MODERATED BY STEPHEN COLBERT, LIZZO AND QUEEN LATIFAH ALSO PERFORMED. DONORS PAID UP TO $500,000 TO ATTEND. MEANWHILE, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ALSO IN NEW YORK, PUTTING A SPOTLIGHT ON CRIME. HE ATTENDED A WAKE FOR AN NYPD OFFICER GUNNED DOWN DURING A

SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS. WHAT’S First thing in the morning, there’s a lot going on yet. Another Avalanche warning. That’s up to catch you up with what happened overnight a dangerous ice storm is impacting the morning commute. What’s happening today escalating tensions in the Middle East what people are

Talking about the migrant crisis fast straight forward with some fun in between passes billionaire. Sounds good to me. The Moose started chasing a dog first thing in the morning America this morning America’s number one early morning news on ABC News live. Everything is so fast.

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

We’re reporting on board a u.s. Navy destroyer in the Eastern Mediterranean. I’m Maggie Rulli, wherever the story is will take you there. You’re watching ABC News live. SERIES SPONSORED BY PLANET FITNESS. >> WELCOME BACK! THIS IS NEWLY RELEASED DASH CAM VIDEO OF A DEADLY SCHOOL BUS CRASH OUTSIDE

OF AUSTIN, TEXAS. LAST FRIDAY. A TRUCK SIDESWIPED THE BUS AND THAT’S WHAT CAUSED IT TO FLIP OVER. TWO PEOPLE DIED, INCLUDING A FIVE YEAR OLD BOY, COURT PAPERS SAY. THE TRUCK DRIVER ADMITTED FOR ONLY SLEEPING FOR THREE HOURS AND USING COCAINE BEFORE THE CRASH. >> THE FAMILY OF RILEY STRAIN

THE COLLEGE STUDENT FOUND DEAD IN NASHVILLE, IS NOW REQUESTING A SECOND AUTOPSY. STRAIN’S BODY WAS FOUND LAST WEEK IN THE CUMBERLAND RIVER, TWO WEEKS AFTER HE WAS LAST SEEN DURING A NIGHT OUT. A FAMILY FRIEND SAYS STRAIN WAS NOT WEARING PANTS OR HIS BOOTS WHEN HIS BODY WAS RECOVERED, AND THE AUTOPSY,

WHICH CALLED STRAIN’S DEATH ACCIDENTAL, ALSO REVEALED THAT NO WATER WAS FOUND IN HIS LUNGS, WHICH COULD CALL INTO QUESTION WHETHER STRAIN WAS ALIVE WHEN HE ENTERED THE RIVER. >> WE TURN NOW TO YOUR MONEY AND WALL STREET SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS. THE DOW APPROACHING 40,000. BUT WILL MOST AMERICAN FAMILIES REALLY BENEFIT FROM

THIS RALLY? HERE’S ABC’S ALISON KOSIK. >> SAY GOODBYE TO THE BEST FIRST QUARTER SINCE 2019. >> A STOCK MARKET RALLY FOR THE RECORD BOOKS. STOCKS HAVE CLOSED OUT THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR, NOT ONLY LOGGING THEIR BEST QUARTER SINCE 2019, BUT IN THE CASE OF THE S&P 500 HITTING

A NEW RECORD HIGH. PEOPLE WHO’VE BEEN ON THE SIDELINES WHO FINALLY SAID, I’VE GOT TO GET IN BECAUSE ALL MY FRIENDS ARE SITTING AROUND THE DINNER ON SUNDAY TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THEY’RE MAKING, RIGHT? RECESSION WORRIES NOW BEING REPLACED WITH CONFIDENCE, ALONG WITH A BIG HELPING OF ENTHUSIASM FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND

THE TECH SECTOR. STOCKS LIKE CHIP MAKER NVIDIA SURGING MORE THAN 80% THIS YEAR, ALSO GIVING THE MARKET A BOOST. THE FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN SAYING THIS ABOUT INTEREST RATES LAST WEEK. >> WE BELIEVE THAT OUR POLICY RATE IS LIKELY AT ITS PEAK FOR THIS TIGHTENING CYCLE. >> TRANSLATION AFTER RAISING

INTEREST RATES 11 TIMES TO TAME INFLATION, THE FED COULD BEGIN CUTTING THEM LATER THIS YEAR, FUELING THIS LATEST RUN UP IN STOCKS. >> WE’VE SEEN THE HIGHS OF INTEREST RATES. MARKETS DON’T LIKE UNKNOWNS AND ANXIETY AROUND THAT. IT’S GOOD NEWS FOR YOUR 401 K ALREADY UP AN AVERAGE OF 19% LAST YEAR.

>> BUT THE DOWNSIDE THE HIGH COST OF EVERYTHING FROM HOUSING AND CARS TO GROCERIES IS PROMPTING A RECORD NUMBER OF AMERICANS TO DIP INTO THEIR 401 K’S TO PAY THEIR BILLS. DESPITE A BOOMING STOCK MARKET. A RECENT POLL FOUND 40% OF REGISTERED VOTERS THINK THE ECONOMY IS

WORSE NOW THAN A YEAR AGO. THE MARKETS ARE CLOSED TODAY FOR GOOD FRIDAY, BUT NEW INFLATION NUMBERS ARE DUE OUT THIS MORNING. INVESTORS WILL BE WATCHING BECAUSE INFLATION IS ONE ISSUE THAT COULD TURN THIS MARKET HOT STREAK COLD. ANDREW RHIANNON. >> ALL RIGHT ALISON WE’LL ALL BE WATCHING FOR THAT. COMING UP.

EGGS IN YOUR CHOLESTEROL. THE NEW RESEARCH ON WHAT’S ACTUALLY GOOD FOR BREAKFAST. >> ALSO AHEAD JUST HOW MUCH MONEY PEOPLE ARE With so much at stake. So much on the line, more Americans turn here than any other news cast, ABC News World News Tonight, with David Muir.

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I have a point of contact. They’re expecting us this our secret world. We have do you think we’re going to be safe? I don’t know. This is more curved inside up and is a slice of human brain. These are assassinations of people are going to be murdered.

No telling what some of them will do. Everywhere and anywhere. Wow. YOU. MORE PROOF THIS MORNING THAT EGGS HAVE BEEN GETTING A BAD RAP. >> A NEW STUDY SHOWS IT’S OKAY TO EAT AN ENTIRE DOZEN ON A WEEKLY BASIS. RESEARCHERS SAY EATING 12 FORTIFIED EGGS PER WEEK HAD NO ADVERSE IMPACT ON

SHOULD GET VACCINATED. >> THE COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR NEXT MONTH’S SOLAR ECLIPSE, AND IF YOU’RE PREPARING TO TRAVEL TO SES MORNING WITH JUST TEN DAYS TO GO UNTIL A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE PASSES OVER PARTS OF THE U.S, TOURISTS FLOCKING TO THE PATH OF TOTALITY ARE CONTENDING WITH SKY HIGH PRICES.

>> BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BOOKING HOTELS FOR 11 MONTHS NOW. AIRLINES HAVE ADDED SPECIAL FLIGHTS FOR THE COVERAGE. >> THOSE FLYING TO THE FESTIVITIES FACE EXTRA HIGH PRICES AS SPRING BREAK COINCIDES WITH THE COSMIC SPECTACLE. THE AVERAGE ROUNDTRIP TICKET TO LOUISVILLE IS RUNNING ABOUT $1,200. BUFFALO ABOUT 1000, SAN

ANTONIO JUST UNDER 900 AND HOTEL AND AIRBNB PRICES IN COMMUNITIES ALONG THE ECLIPSE PATH ARE ALSO ASTRONOMICAL. IN KILLEEN, TEXAS, A ROOM THAT TYPICALLY COSTS ABOUT $100 A NIGHT WILL RUN YOU MORE THAN $860 IN BURLINGTON, VERMONT, IT WILL COST NEARLY $1,400 FOR A ROOM THAT TYPICALLY GOES FOR 106.

>> WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM AS FAR AWAY AS LONDON, ENGLAND, THAT ARE THAT ARE COMING TO FRANKLIN COUNTY. >> MANY INSIST THE OUT OF THIS WORLD COSTS ARE WORTH IT TO WITNESS THE LAST TOTAL ECLIPSE IN THE U.S. FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. >> I DON’T KNOW IF THERE ARE

WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT I HAVE. IF THE NUMBER WENT TO 100, I’M PROBABLY AT LIKE 500. >> DESPITE THE HIGH DEMAND, IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO BOOK A FLIGHT OR HOTEL AND DON’T FORGET YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES. >> I NEED TO GET SOME OF THOSE

FOR ME AND THE KIDS. AND MIKE COMING UP. WHY YOU SHOULD WEAR SHOES AT HOME. THE WARNING FROM DOCTORS, PLUS BEYONCE’S NE 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

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

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Where ever the news is we’ll take for their streaming ABC News live. FUN THIS MORNING ON GMA’S CONCERT SERIES SPONSORED BY PLANET FITNESS. TIME TO CHECK THE PULSE. >> AND WE BEGIN WITH THE BEEHIVE READY TO GIDDY UP? >> YES, BEYONCE RELEASED COWBOY CARTER OVERNIGHT, HER EIGHTH ALBUM. IT FEATURES A COVER OF

DOLLY PARTON’S CLASSIC JOLENE. I CAN EASILY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU’RE ATTRACTED TO MY MAN, BUT YOU DON’T WANT THIS SMOKE TO SHOOT YOUR SHARE UP WITH SOMEONE ELSE. YEAH, SHE CHANGED THE LYRICS A BIT. THE ALBUM BLENDS ELEMENTS OF COUNTRY, R&B, GOSPEL AND A BEATLES COVER. BEYONCE SAID, THIS AIN’T A COUNTRY ALBUM. THIS

IS A BEYONCE ALBUM. SHE SAYS SHE DID NOT FEEL WELCOME IN 2016 AT THE COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, BUT INDUSTRY ANALYSTS SAY THIS ALBUM SHOWS HER DETERMINATION AND INFLUENCE. >> PEOPLE WERE SAYING THEY WERE GOING TO BOYCOTT IT BECAUSE SHE WAS PERFORMING. PHIL, THINK ABOUT WHAT I JUST SAID RIGHT

THERE. THEY WANT TO BOYCOTT THE CMAS BECAUSE BEYONCE IS PERFORMING. THE FACT THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING WITH HER AND THAT SHE WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO TAKE FROM IT AND PUT OUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT I HAVE A FEELING IS GOING TO BE A MASTERPIECE IS AMAZING. >> BEYONCE BECAME THE FIRST

BLACK WOMAN TO REACH NUMBER ONE WITH A COUNTRY SONG LAST MONTH. THE ALBUM FEATURES WILLIE NELSON, MILEY CYRUS AND POST MALONE. NEXT, IF YOU’RE DANCING TO BEYONCE AT HOME, YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT ON A PAIR OF SHOES, DOCTORS SAY. >> AS PEOPLE SPEND MORE TIME AT HOME THESE DAYS THANKS TO

WORKING REMOTELY, THEY’RE EXPERIENCING MORE FOOT PAIN. THAT’S BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SPENDING MORE TIME BAREFOOT AND WITHOUT THE PROPER SUPPORT FROM A GOOD OLD FASHIONED PAIR OF SHOES. DOCTORS SAY THE FLOORS IN YOUR HOME CAN BE DAMAGING TO YOUR FEET. SO THEY SAY, WEAR SHOES INDOORS. >> YOU CAN HAVE A SPECIAL PAIR

THAT YOU ONLY WEAR INSIDE NEXT MARCH. MADNESS TWO UPSETS IN THE SWEET 16 ALABAMA WAS TRAILING BY EIGHT AT HALFTIME AGAINST TOP SEEDED NORTH CAROLINA, BUT THE TIDE TURNED LATE AND THEY TOOK DOWN THE TAR HEELS 8987. NEXT FOR ALABAMA’S CLEMSON, WHO UPSET SECOND SEED ARIZONA 77 TO 72

LAST NIGHT. CLEMSON HASN’T BEEN THIS FAR IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE 1980. >> AND FINALLY, A FORMER NFL CHAMPION HAS LOST HIS SUPER BOWL RING. >> CHRISTOPHER WASHINGTON SAYS THE RING HE WON WITH THE 49 ERS BACK IN 1989 SLIPPED OFF HIS FINGER WHILE HE WAS RUNNING ERRANDS NEAR HIS HOME IN GILBERT, ARIZONA.

>> WASHINGTON SAYS THEY’VE RETRACED THEIR STEPS AND SCOURED A MALL PARKING LOT. BUT SO FAR NO LUCK. T First thing in the morning, there’s a lot going on yet. Another Avalanche warning. That’s up to catch you up with what happened overnight a dangerous ice storm is impacting the morning commute. What’s happening today

Escalating tensions in the Middle East what people are talking about the migrant crisis fast straight forward with some fun in between passes billionaire. Sounds good to me. The Moose started chasing a dog first thing in the morning America this morning America’s number one early morning news on ABC News live.

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THE NAVY HAS SENT THE BIGGEST CRANE ON THE EAST COAST TO THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE SITE. IT WILL LIFT MASSIVE CHUNKS OF WRECKAGE FROM THE WATER. AN INITIAL $60 MILLION IN FUNDING HAS BEEN APPROVED AS WORKERS RACE TO CLEAR THE VITAL SHIPPING ROUTE OVERSEAS. >> 45 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A

BUS PLUNGED OFF A BRIDGE IN SOUTH AFRICA, BURSTING INTO FLAMES. AN EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL IS THE ONLY SURVIVOR. THE BUS WAS TRAVELING TO AN EASTER FESTIVAL AND A WEEK LONG PROTEST IN THE MIDDLE EAST, JORDANIANS HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATING NEAR THE ISRAELI EMBASSY IN AMMAN TO SUPPORT PALESTINIANS IN GAZA.

>> THEY ARE DEMANDING AN END TO JORDAN’S PEACE TREATY WITH ISRAEL. >> HOME DEPOT IS MAKING A MAJOR ACQUISITION. IT’S BUYING SRS DISTRIBUTION, A SUPPLIER FOR PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTORS, FOR $18 BILLION, HOPING TO GROW ITS PROFESSIONAL CUSTOMER BASE. >> TODAY’S WEATHER HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MOST OF CALIFORNIA. SOME

BITCOIN’S VALUE HAS INCREASED MORE THAN 300% SINCE LATE 2022. PROSECUTORS REQUESTED UP TO 50 YEARS IN PRISON, AND T JUDGE RULED THAT WOULD BE EXCESSIVE, BUT DID ACKNOWLEDGE A LACK OF REMORSE FROM BANKMAN-FRIED. >> THE FAA IS INVESTIGATING THE TAXIWAY COLLISION OF TWO DELTA JETS AT THE MINNEAPOLIS AIRPORT.

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THE BILLBOARD TIKTOK CHART. >> GUYS, ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES. >> ONE OF MY FAVORITES. 60 YEARS YOUNG. ALL RIGHT, THAT’S IT’S FRIDAY, MARCH 29TH. AND THEY DON’T TAKE CRYPTO IN THE PRISON COMMISSARY. >> WE START HERE. SAM BANKMAN-FRIED IS SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS BEHIND BARS. IT’S ONE OF THE LONGEST FINANCIAL FRAUD SENTENCES

IN HISTORY. WHY THAT JUDGE DECIDED TO SEND A MESSAGE TO OTHER DIGITAL SCAMMERS? THE CLEAN UP BEGINS IN BALTIMORE. YOU CAN SEE THE STEEL WEIGHING DOWN OF THE BOW OF THE FED. BUT IS IT SAFE? OUR TEAM IS OUT ON THE WATER AND AMERICANS SAY THEY DON’T LIKE THEIR OPTIONS, BUT THEY

DON’T SEEM TO WANT ANOTHER ONE. >> JOE LIEBERMAN’S LAST POLITICAL CRUSADE SEEMS TO BE A BUS. >> WHY GROUPS RECRUITING THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES OR COMING UP SHORT? FROM ABC NEWS, THIS IS “START HERE”. I’M BRAD MIELKE. >> WHEN WE LOOK BACK ON THIS DECADE, THE 2020S, WE MIGHT

REMEMBER IT AS A TIME WHEN THERE WAS THIS REALLY WEIRD FAD CALLED CRYPTOCURRENCY, THIS DIGITAL MONEY THAT WASN’T ISSUED BY A GOVERNMENT, BUT RATHER BY ANYONE WHO WAS CONVINCED THEY COULD GET PEOPLE COMBINED AND TRADE THEIR PRODUCT. LET BE TELLING OUR GRANDKIDS THERE WERE A MILLION OF THESE THINGS.

YOU WANT TO BELIEVE IT OR PERHAPS WILL LOOK BACK AT THIS TIME PERIOD AS THE START OF WHEN CRYPTOCURRENCIES BECAME THE NORM. I MEAN, WE HEARD ABOUT THIS AT ALL. BUT ONE THING SEEMED CERTAIN. WE WILL LOOK BACK AND SEE THE SAGA OF SAM BANKMAN-FRIED AS AN INFLECTION POINT, AS THE

MOMENT THAT THIS NASCENT INDUSTRY STARTED TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. OR PERHAPS THE MOMENT IT ALL STARTED FALLING APART. YESTERDAY, THE YOUNG TECH MOGUL WHO RAN ONE OF THE WORLD’S PREEMINENT CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGES WAS SENTENCED FOR FRAUD WORTH BILLIONS. ABC’S SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY WAS IN COURT WATCHING THIS. HE IS OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE RIGHT NOW.

>> WHAT WAS THE SENTENCE? SAM BANKMAN-FRIED WAS SENT TO PRISON FOR 25 YEARS, BRED BY A JUDGE WHO SAID HE COMMITTED A VERY SERIOUS CRIME AND SHOWED NO REMORSE FOR IT. >> AND HE WAS ALSO ORDERED TO FORFEIT 11 DOLLARS THAT HE DOES NOT HAVE, BUT THAT PROSECUTORS COULD, IN THEORY,

USE TO TRY TO COMPENSATE THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS WHO IN SOME CASES LOST ALL THEIR MONEY. I REALLY DEEPLY WISH THAT I HAD TAKEN LIKE IT A LOT MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE DETAILS WERE. SAM BANKMAN-FRIED COMMITTED AN $8 BILLION FRAUD. HE TOOK CUSTOMER MONEY FROM FTC’S ONCE THE PREMIER

CRYPTO EXCHANGE, YOU KNOW, HAD THE NAME ON THE ARENA IN MIAMI, HAD SUPER BOWL ADS. BANKMAN-FRIED PALLED AROUND WITH BILL CLINTON AND GISELLE AND TOM BRADY AND THE LIKE. AND HE USED THAT $8 BILLION TO PROP UP HIS PRIVATELY HEDGE FUND, WHICH WAS MAKING A SERIES OF RISKY INVESTMENTS

THAT TURNED OUT TO BE BAD BETS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BANKMAN-FRIED WAS ABLE TO DO SO EFFECTIVELY WAS PORTRAY HIMSELF AS ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS. HE WAS UP ON CAPITOL HILL. >> IS IT RECKLESS FOR CRYPTO COMPANIES TO GET RICH BY SELLING AMERICAN SUCH A DANGEROUS, RISKY PRODUCT?

I THANK YOU, SENATOR BROWN, FOR THE QUESTION. I THINK WHAT THIS HIGHLIGHTS IS THE NEED FOR FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF THE CRYPTOCURRENCY INDUSTRY. >> HE WAS USING HIS POLITICAL INFLUENCE. THANKS TO THE DONATIONS HE HAD MADE TO SO MANY CAMPAIGNS TO LOBBY FOR SENSIBLE REGULATION OF THE CRYPTO INDUSTRY.

AND SO IN MANY IT BACKED UP WHAT HE WAS TELLING CUSTOMERS THAT THEIR MONEY WAS SAFE, THAT HE WAS A RELIABLE PARTNER FOR THEM. AND THE JUDGE SAID, BRAD, THAT WAS ALL AN ACT. HE DID NOT BUY IT AND FOUND THAT BANKMAN-FRIED HAD DECEIVED A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> WHY SUCH A LONG SET? I MEAN, THIS WAS HUGE BY FINANCIAL CRIME STANDARDS, RIGHT? IT’S ONE OF THE LONGEST FINANCIAL FRAUD SENTENCES IN HISTORY. IT’S NOT BERNIE MADOFF 150 YEARS, BUT IT’S MORE THAN, SAY, ELIZABETH HOLMES AT, WHAT, 11 YEARS? AND THE JUDGE SAID IT REFLECTED

THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE CRIME AND IT WASN’T EVEN WHAT PROSECUTORS WANTED. 40 TO 50 YEARS, BUT IT WAS FAR MORE THAN THE SIX YEARS THE DEFENSE WAS SEEKING. AND THE JUDGE SAID HE HAD A REAL CONCERN AND THAT SAM BANKMAN-FRIED WOULD COMMIT ANOTHER FRAUD IF HE WAS LET OUT OF PRISON TOO SOON.

HE TALKED ABOUT HIS REMARKABLE INTELLIGENCE AND HE SAID THAT THERE IS A REAL RISK THAT HE HAD THE CONNIVING ABILITY TO COMMIT SOME OTHER KIND OF A CRIME. AND THE JUDGE ADDED POINTEDLY, IT IS NOT A TRIVIAL RISK. LOOK, I SCREWED UP LIKE I WAS CEO. I HAD A RESPONSIBILITY HERE.

I HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE ON TOP OF WHAT WAS GOING ON ON THE EXCHANGE. >> BANKMAN-FRIED IS QUIRKY. IN FACT, HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEYS SAID THAT HE HAS A MANNER OF SPEAKING THAT THAT PEOPLE FIND OFF PUTTING. BUT HE’S REALLY AT HEART SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO DO GOOD.

HE’S JUST KIND OF AN AWKWARD MATH NERD, IS HOW HIS OWN ATTORNEYS DESCRIBED HIM AND PROSECUTORS SAID THEY AGREED SAM BANKMAN-FRIED WAS NOT A MONSTER, BUT HE WAS SOMEBODY WHO GAMBLED FOR YEARS WITH OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY. >> AND THE JUDGE AGREED THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE SOME KIND OF A MESSAGE SENT

HERE BECAUSE HE SAID THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS CRIME. AND SAM BANKMAN-FRIED APOLOGIZED, SAID HE FELT SORRY THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WERE HURT. BUT THE JUDGE SAID HE NEVER HEARD A WORD OF REMORSE AND THAT CLEARLY RUBBED THE JUDGE THE WRONG WAY. >> WELL, SO THEN WHAT IS

THE LEGACY OF THIS FRAUD LIKE AS YOU WATCHED THESE COURT PROCEEDINGS? >> DID YOU GET A SENSE THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE PERCEPTION OR EVEN THE BUSINESS MODEL OF CRYPTOCURRENCY? >> BRAD THIS WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST FINANCIAL FRAUDS AMERICAN HISTORY, AND PROSECUTORS WASTED NO TIME. IT WAS A QUICK PROSECUTION

AND THEY WERE ADAMANT THAT THEY WANTED TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT EVEN THOUGH CRYPTO IS KIND OF THIS NEW FANGLED CURRENCY, THEY’RE REALLY PROSECUTING AN OLD FASHIONED CRIME LIKE LYING OR CHEATING OR STEALING. AND THEY SAID BANKMAN-FRIED FRAUD WAS A CRIME AS OLD AS TIME. AND SO I THINK PART OF THE

LEGACY HERE IS, IS THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE NEW THINGS THAT COME AROUND, THAT CRIMINALS CAN EXPLOIT AND PROSECUTORS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP UP. >> IT’S ONE OF THOSE PIECES OF TECHNOLOGY WHERE YOU CAN IMAGINE IT BEING LIBERATING FOR SO MANY PEOPLE THAT GO, AHA, LIKE THIS IS NOT DEPENDENT

ON CENTRAL BANKS OR ON FOREIGN CURRENCY RATES OR ANYTHING. IT’S — IT’S OUR OWN THING. OR YOU CAN ALSO SEE DOLLAR LIGHTING UP IN PEOPLE’S EYES. AND BECAUSE EVERYTHING HERE IS MOVING SO QUICKLY, HAD THESE ELECTRONIC EXCHANGES IN THE CARIBBEAN, YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW QUICKLY AUTHORITIES WANT TO CLAMP DOWN ON ANY POTENTIAL

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AFTERNOON, APRIL 8TH, STARTING AT 2 P.M. EASTERN. MORE AMERICANS CHOOSE ABC NEWS. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE. WHEN BALTIMORE OFFICIALS DECIDED TO CALL OFF SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS IN THE FRIGID WATERS UNDER THE REMAINS OF WHAT USED TO BE THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE, YOU’D THINK EVERYONE COULD SORT OF STOP

AND CATCH THEIR BREATH. BUT THAT WOULD IGNORE SEVERAL URGENT ISSUES STILL UNFOLDING AT THE CRASH SITE. FOR ONE, A USUALLY BUSTLING PORT IS AT A STANDSTILL, LOSING MONEY EVERY DAY FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND THESE HUGE SHIPPING CONTAINERS AREN’T ALL SITTING NICELY ON TOP OF THEIR SHIP. >> REMEMBER WHEN THAT BRIDGE COLLAPSED?

>> MANY OF THEM FELL INTO THE WATER AND SOME OF THOSE CONTAINERS HAVE RELEASED THEIR CONTENTS INTO THE BAY. LET’S GO TO BALTIMORE RIGHT NOW. ABC ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS BEEN OUT ON THE WATER, GETTING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE WRECKAGE. ELIZABETH, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN SEEING? HEY, BRIAN.

YOU KNOW, THIS WAS REALLY THE FIRST TIME WE GOT TO GO UP CLOSE TO THE SITE OF THE COLLAPSE. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, BRAD, IT WAS PRETTY STRIKING TO SEE THE EXTENT OF THIS DAMAGE. >> WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD 25 MINUTE RIDE WHEN WE GET OUT THERE.

WE GOT ON BOARD A BOAT WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. THEY TOOK SOME JOURNALISTS OUT TO BASICALLY SEE WHAT IS THE START OF A VERY LONG CLEANUP PROCESS. IMMEDIATELY, AS YOU’RE ON THIS BOAT, KIND OF APPROACHING THE DALI SHIP, YOU JUST CAN SEE THE SCALE OF HOW MASSIVE THE SHIP IS.

WHILE WE’RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO A SHIP THE SIZE OF A SKYSCRAPER BASICALLY LODGED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER, AND THEN THIS BRIDGE JUST COMPLETELY IN CLOSED ALL AROUND IT WITH THE STEEL JUTTING OUT IN EVERY DIRECTION. YOU CAN SEE THE STEEL WEIGHING DOWN THE VALVE THAT YOU COULD

SEE THE CONTAINERS LINED UP ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP. I MEAN, THIS IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING TO TRY TO EVENTUALLY CLEAR THAT OUT. AND YOU HAD BEEN THE FIRST ONE TO SAY, HEY, THESE CAN TAKE THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST AUTO INDUSTRY IMPORT AREAS IN THE COUNTRY.

I MEAN, WHAT ARE IN THOSE CONTAINERS AND ARE THERE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS NOW GOING INTO THE WATER? >> RIGHT. SO WE ASKED THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH LIEUTENANT GENERAL SCOTT SPELLMAN. WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP IN TRYING TO GET ANY OF THIS CLEARED OUT?

LET ME JUST WALK THROUGH OUR GENERAL SEQUENCE AT WORK. YOU CAN SEE ON THE VESSEL OVER THERE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF UNSTABLE CONTAINERS. AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY CAREFUL PROCESS TO REMOVE THOSE CONTAINERS FROM THE SHIP ITSELF. WE KNOW THAT A HANDFUL OF THEM

HAVE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, BUT WE’VE LEARNED THAT MOST OF THOSE MATERIALS ARE THINGS LIKE SOAPS AND PERFUME. >> SO RIGHT NOW THEY’RE NOT AN ACTUAL THREAT. BUT OF COURSE, THEY HAVE TO TAKE EVERY PRECAUTION. THAT WORK WILL BE ONGOING. WE’RE GOING TO STABILIZE ALL OF THAT WORK, OUR COAST GUARD COUNTERPARTS AND CERTAINLY

THE SHIPPING COMPANY. PART OF THE ISSUE, BRAD, IS NOT JUST KIND OF GETTING TO THOSE CONTAINERS AND GETTING THEM OFF SO THAT THE WEIGHT COMES OFF OF THE SHIP. >> THE ISSUE IS ALSO GETTING INTO THE WATER ITSELF IS EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO UP HERE, WE CAN DO IN THE DAYLIGHT .

WE’VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME THING 50 FEET DOWN, INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING AND WHAT WE WERE TOLD FROM GENERAL SPELLMAN IS THAT THERE WERE REALLY ONLY A COUPLE OF INCHES BETWEEN THE SHIP AND THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER. >> AND SO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO

IS JUST LIFT ALL OF THAT WEIGHT UP. BUT IT’S SO HARD FOR DIVERS TO GET UNDERNEATH BECAUSE OF HOW SHARP THIS METAL IS, BECAUSE OF HOW DARK AND COLD THE WATERS ARE. THIS EFFORT TO KIND OF GET AT THOSE CONTAINERS IS DANGEROUS AND IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.

>> WELL, AND IT MAKES ME THINK, ELIZABETH, IF THERE’S ONLY A FEW INCHES FOR YOUR AVERAGE, YOU KNOW, CARGO CONTAINER, THAT MEANS THAT A BRIDGE SITTING IN THERE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO BE TRAVERSABLE LIKE ALL THAT MUST NEED TO COME OUT. HOW INTENSIVE DOES THIS CLEANUP PROCESS BECOME?

>> THE SHORT ANSWER IS IT’S INTENSE. >> I MEAN, ONE PART OF THE BRIDGE THAT’S ON THE BOW RIGHT NOW, WE WERE TOLD, WEIGHS BETWEEN THREE AND 4000 TONS, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT £8 MILLION. I MEAN, THAT’S AN UNFATHOMABLE NUMBER. >> THIS EVENING, WE’RE BRINGING

IN ONE OF THE LARGEST CRANES ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD THAT CAN PICK UP A THOUSAND TONS WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO. >> WE WERE TOLD BY GENERAL SPELLMAN IS BASICALLY CUT THAT PIECE OF THE BRIDGE INTO FOUR SECTIONS AND THEN LIFT EACH SECTION BECAUSE THEY CAN ONLY CARRY ABOUT A THOUSAND

TONS AT A TIME, WHICH IS ALREADY A HUGE NUMBER. SO THEY’RE BRINGING IN THESE MASSIVE CRANES THAT WILL GO INTO THE WATER TO LIFT THOSE 8000 TONS PART. THEY’LL TAKE THEM PIECE BY PIECE OUT. AND THEN THROUGHOUT THAT WHOLE PROCESS, THEY’LL NAVIGATE THE STEEL THAT’S UNDERNEATH ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS CHANNEL

BEHIND YOU, YOU COULD SEE A CONCRETE TOWER, REINFORCED CONCRETE TOWER. YOU DON’T SEE ONE ON THIS SIDE BECAUSE IT’S IN THE WATER THAT’S ALL RESTING ON THE BOTTOM. THERE’S SUCH AN URGENT EFFORT TO GET THIS PORT CLEARED SO THAT SHIPS CAN COME BACK IN AND OUT BECAUSE IT IS SO VITAL

TO THE ECONOMY OF BALTIMORE AND REALLY TO THE U.S. AS FAR AS BEING A KEY PORT, WHEN WE GET THE STEEL AND CONCRETE OFF THE OFF OF THIS CHANNEL, WE WILL GO WITH ONE WAY TRAFFIC FOR FOUR VESSELS TO COME IN. THE PRIORITY IS TO FOCUS 24/7

ON CLEARING IT OUT SO THAT THEY CAN TRY TO REOPEN THE PORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> ALL RIGHT, ELIZABETH SCHULZE. THEY’RE OUT IN THE WATER GETTING A SENSE OF ALL THIS FIRSTHAND. >> UNBELIEVABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS SO MUCH, BRAD. YOU PROBABLY HEARD THAT JOE LIEBERMAN DIED THIS WEEK.

HE WAS, OF COURSE, A CONNECTICUT SENATOR, A ONE TIME PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. AND HE FAMOUSLY OSCILLATED BETWEEN BEING A DEMOCRAT AND AN INDEPENDENT. MIGHT SOUND WEIRD TO SOME MODERN DEMOCRATS, BUT HE WAS WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A KIND OF CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRAT. BEING A DEMOCRAT OR A REPUBLICAN IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS NOWHERE NEAR

AS IMPORTANT AS BEING AN AMERICAN. >> SO IT MADE A CERTAIN KIND OF SENSE WHEN LATER IN HIS LIFE, LIEBERMAN STARTED A PROJECT CALLED NO LABELS. HIS DREAM WAS TO ESCAPE THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM AND RUN A CANDIDATE WHO COULD CHALLENGE REPUBLICANS ENDEMIC RATS. WELL, THIS YEAR, WITH THE

TOP TWO CANDIDATES SUFFERING SOME OF THE WORST APPROVAL RATINGS IN HISTORY, YOU’D THINK THIS WAS THE MOMENT. AND YET, AHEAD OF A SELF-IMPOSED DEADLINE OF APRIL 1ST, ONE OF NO LABELS MOST SOUGHT AFTER CANDIDATES SAYS HE WILL NOT BE RUNNING AT ALL. ABC’S POLITICAL DIRECTOR RICK KLEIN IS WITH ME.

RICK, THIS WAS FORMER NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE SAYING WHAT? NO, THANKS. >> YEAH, HE ACTUALLY KICK THE TIRES ON THIS BRAD AND HIS TEAM. I’M DID SOME POLLING IN MORE THAN A DOZEN STATES AND AND RAN THE NUMBERS AND RAN THE MATH AND ULTIMATELY CONCLUDED THAT FIRST THEY’RE NOT SURE

THAT NO LABELS ACTUALLY GET ON THE BALLOT IN ALL PLACES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND YOU’D HAVE TO WIN IN SO MANY STATES, 20, 25 STATES THAT IT’S ALMOST AN IMPOSSIBLE CLIMB IN THEIR ESTIMATION. >> THE ONLY THING A NO LABELS CANDIDATE WOULD DO WOULD BE CONTRIBUTE TO DONALD TRUMP’S ELECTION AGAIN.

AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT CHRIS CHRISTIE SAID HE WOULDN’T DO WHEN HE DECIDED TO EXIT THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RACE RIGHT BEFORE THE VOTING EVEN STARTED. >> FROM THE MOMENT I GOT INTO THE RACE. THE DECISION THAT I MADE WAS REALLY SIMPLE. >> I WOULD RATHER LOSE BY TELLING THE TRUTH THAN LIE

IN ORDER TO WIN. >> AND IT’S SO INTERESTING, BRAD, BECAUSE IT’S NOT JUST CHRISTIE. I MEAN, IN HONOR OF BASEBALL SEASON, I CAN TICK OFF THE MURDERER’S ROW OF PEOPLE THAT THEY THOUGHT NO LABELS THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO LURE INTO THIS RACE. PEOPLE LIKE LARRY HOGAN, THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF

MARYLAND, AND JOE MANCHIN, THE SENATOR FROM WEST VIRGINIA . NIKKI HALEY WAS TALKED ABOUT AS A DREAM CANDIDATE. THEY WENT ON AND ON THROUGH THE LIST, JON HUNTSMAN, THE PEOPLE LIKE JEFF DUNCAN, FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA, EVEN SAID, NO, THEY WEREN’T ABLE TO GET ANYONE SO FAR TO SIGN ON THE DOTTED

LINE AND GO WITH THIS AND THAT LEAVES NO LABELS WITHOUT A CANDIDATE. AND JOE LIEBERMAN’S LAST POLITICAL CRUSADE SEEMS TO BE A BUST. >> YES, I WAS GOING TO SAY IS, AS WE REFLECT ON THE LIFE OF JOE LIEBERMAN, IS THE WHOLE IDEA OF ESCAPING THIS TWO PARTY SYSTEM.

>> I MEAN, IS THAT KIND OF DONE OR IS THAT JUST UNIQUE TO THIS YEAR? >> YEAH, LOOK, I THINK MAYBE THIS IS THE MECHANISM THAT MIGHT MIGHT BE EITHER OFF OR AHEAD OF ITS TIME. NO LABELS CAME IN FOR JUST WITHERING SCRUTINY AS SOON AS IT WAS LAUNCHED FROM MOSTLY

DEMOCRATS WHO SAID THIS IS IN AN EFFORT TO WHETHER TO ORGANIZERS KNOW IT OR WANT TO OR NOT, IT’S JUST GOING TO HELP DONALD TRUMP. >> THE STAKES ARE TOO HIGH FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND THEY TRY TO BRING IT DOWN. THAT’S COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT THE NO LABELS WAS VERY

SECRETIVE ABOUT SOME OF ITS FUNDRAISING PRACTICES AND EVEN ABOUT SOME OF ITS ORGANIZATIONAL EFFORTS. SO WHEN CANDIDATES DID THINK, WELL, MAYBE I’M INTRIGUED BY THIS, WHEN THEY GOT CLOSER, WHEN THEY LOOK UNDER THE HOOD OF IT, THEY SAID, WAIT A SECOND, THIS MAYBE ISN’T EVERYTHING. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

SO IT MAY BE THAT JOE LIEBERMAN IS RIGHT IN THE LONGER TERM, BUT CERTAINLY IN THIS CYCLE, NO LABELS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE DELIVERING ON THE PROMISE. AS YOU SAY, BRAD, YOU WOULD THINK OBJECTIVELY THAT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE NOT HAPPY WITH THE TWO CHOICES, THEY’D BE WANTING

TO LOOK FOR THIS UNITY TICKET, BUT THEY JUST HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE ACTUAL HUMANS TO BE PART OF THAT TICKET. >> AND IF WE’RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL THIRD PARTY BIDS, CAN WE TALK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT THE FORMER DEMOCRAT TURNED INDEPENDENT? SOUNDS FAMILIAR, BUT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

ROBERT F KENNEDY JR. HE SAYS HE WANTS TO GET ON THE BALLOT IN ALL 50 STATES. HE SAYS HE’S PICKED A RUNNING MATE. I MEAN, IS THERE A CHANCE THAT NOW HE DOES BECOME THE KIND OF THE MOST HIGH PROFILE OUTSIDER RUNNING HERE? >> NO QUESTION.

>> AND LOOK, HE DOES COME AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. THE NO LABELS. NO LABELS HAS TALKED ABOUT IT. THEY’RE STILL ABLE TO PULL THAT OFF. THEY WOULD DO A UNITY TICKET. THE DEMOCRAT AND THE REPUBLICAN RUNNING TOGETHER ARE KENNEDY IS A FORMER DEMOCRAT. HE PICKED A WEALTHY FORMER

DEMOCRATIC DONOR IN NICOLE SHANAHAN TO BE HIS RUNNING MATE THIS WEEK. >> YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY I GRAVITATED TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BECAUSE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE PARTY OF PEACE. THE PARTY OF COMPASSION. MANY DEMOCRATS, WE STILL BELIEVE IN THOSE IDEALS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AS AN INSTITUTION, IT HAS LOST ITS

WAY. >> BUT NOT CLEAR AT ALL THAT HE WOULD NECESSARILY TAKE MORE FROM A DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE. KEEP IN MIND THAT WHILE HE’S GOT ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS NAMES IN DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL HISTORY, THERE ARE A LOT OF VIEWS THAT HE HAS, PARTICULARLY AROUND VACCINE SKEPTICISM AND FRANKLY, SOME ANTI-SCIENCE VIEWS

THAT ARE MORE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH LIBERTARIANS, REPUBLICANS, THE MAGA MOVEMENT. >> WE DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM WALL STREET, FROM BIG TECH, FROM BIG PHARMA, FROM BIG AG ON THE MILITARY CONTRACTORS AND LOBBYISTS. >> SO COMBINE ALL OF THAT WITH THE FACT THAT HE REALLY ISN’T ON THE BALLOT ANYWHERE YET.

HE’S ONLY ON ONE STATE, UTAH AND SIX OR SO OTHERS THAT HIS SUPER PAC AND PEOPLE AROUND HIM SAY THEY WILL GET ON. IT’S GOING TO BE AN UPHILL CLIMB FOR THE EVEN TO GET TO THE STARTING LINE, TO EVEN BE IN ENOUGH PLACES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

>> BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HE’S GOING TO GET A LOT OF ATTENTION. AND THE SOURCES THAT I’VE TALKED TO IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THE FIREPOWER THAT THEY HAD AIMED AT NO LABELS, IS NOW SQUARELY AT ROBERT F KENNEDY. THEY VIEW HIM AND HIS CANDIDACY

AS A AS A THREAT TO JOE BIDEN AND TO THE DEMOCRATIC CHANCES, I THINK LIKE ALMOST AN EXCUSE SAYING I’LL VOTE FOR THIS GUY WHO SAYS HE’S A DEMOCRAT, EVEN THOUGH, AS YOU’VE SAID, SOME OF HIS CLAIMS ARE JUST ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT, THEY’VE BEEN AT ODDS WITH BASIC FACTS. RICK KLEIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. ONE MORE QUICK BREAK. WHEN WE COME BACK, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A BREAKTHROUGH FOR TENNIS. WELL, NOW THERE’S NO LOVE LOST HERE. ONE LAST THING IS NEXT. >> I’VE COVERED A LOT OF TWISTED, DARK STORIES, BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS.

TERRIFYING. ALISON WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. ELISE HAD TO ASK, WOULD HORSE TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING? AND I SAID, YOU MEAN A HORSE? SHE SAID, NO, A PERSON. >> THIS IS CRAZY. THE WOMAN, 20 YEARS OLD. I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT

IN A VERY LONG. >> TONIGHT ON BBC. MONDAY AFTERNOON. EQUALLY, I’M LOOKING ALL EYES TO THE SKY. A LITTLE SOLAR ECLIPSE. A BREATHTAKING CELESTIAL EVENT . ABC NEWS. TOGETHER WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, WITH BBC, DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS REPORTING. WATCH IT ALL ON ABC NEWS LIVE. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL. NAT GIO.

WHY DISNEY PLUS HULU AND LIVE ON ABC. >> ECLIPSE ACROSS AMERICA MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8TH, STARTING AT 2 P.M. EASTERN. >> YOU SHOULD SEE ME THE STRONGEST FEELINGS FIGHT FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR FAMILIES. BUT OH, HEY, SEE HOW WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE.

>> MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL ON TELEVISION. >> INSIDE THAT ROOM IS A SLICE OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE. I’VE NEVER SEEN A PLACE LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. WOW WOW.

>> BEYONCE’S CONQUERING COUNTRY . >> MY FAMILY LOVES BEYONCE. HELLBOY CARTER COMES INTO THE WORLD AT A VERY COMPLEX TIME. PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS SONG IS GOOD TO RESIST JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE SAYING HIP-HOP MUSIC WITH A COUNTRY ACCENT DOES NOT MAKE IT COUNTRY MUSIC. >> THE STAGE, YOUR LANE.

>> WELL, THAT’S NOT REAL COUNTRY. IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO IS AT SUPERSTAR STATUS TO DO SOMETHING THAT SHAKES IT ALL UP. >> IT’S BEEN SAID COUNTRY. THIS IS “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” NOW STREAMING ON HULU. >> INTERROGATIONS ARE A SLOW BURN. YOU READY TO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED? QUESTION AFTER QUESTION

HOUR AFTER HOUR. YOU CAN SEE THE CLICK CLICK, CLICK, CLICK. SO MANY PEOPLE THAT STEPPED INTO THE BOX, THEY THINK THEY’RE GOING TO TALK THEIR WAY OUT OF IT, BUT THEY’RE WALKING HIM DOWN THE PATH OF CONFESSION. OR HE FINALLY BROKE. IT WAS SURREAL. OH, MY GOD. INTERROGATION TAPES PREMIERES

MONDAY ON ABC. TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT TO THE U.S., MEXICO BORDER, I’M MARY BRUCE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE IN. >> ONE LAST THING. >> YESTERDAY WAS BASEBALL’S OPENING DAY, WHICH MEANT THE RETURN OF HOME RUNS, HOT DOGS.

AND MY FAVORITE COMPLAINING ABOUT BAD CALLS. >> THAT’S NOT EVEN CLOSE TO A STORY. WELL, ONE DAY SOON, THEY CAN CHALLENGE THAT OR JUST HAVE THE ROBOT CALL IT. >> THE MAJOR LEAGUES CONTINUE, FLIRT WITH THE IDEA OF AUTOMATED UMPIRING. >> A WORLD WHERE A MACHINE WOULD TELL A PITCHER WHETHER

HE JUST THREW A BALL OR STRIKE. >> I’LL HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT FOR NOW. >> ONE BALL, TWO STRIKES ON SNELL. IF YOU THINK THAT WOULD SOLVE EVERYTHING, CHECK OUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE TENNIS WORLD THIS WEEK AND ME. WELL, THIS WAS A WOMEN’S MATCH AT THE MIAMI OPEN, WHICH THIS

YEAR RELIED EXCLUSIVELY ON ELECTRONIC LINE CALLING. YOU KNOW HOW IN THE OLD DAYS YOU’D HAVE HUMAN LINE JUDGES STATIONED BEHIND EACH LINE, THEY WOULD RAISE THEIR HAND CALLING IN OR OUT IN RUNS IN THIS MATCH. SORANA CIRSTEA SERVES THE BALL AND IT CLEARLY BOUNCES WIDE. IT’S LIKE A FOOT OUT OF BOUNDS.

BUT INSTEAD OF HEARING AN AUTOMATED VOICE CALL OUT, THE SYSTEM DECLARES IT IN WHITE. >> THE OTHER PLAYER STARES UP AT THE CHAIR LIKE, ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING. AND HERE’S WHAT’S BIZARRE. AS THE REPLAY COMES UP ON THE SCREEN SHOWING THE PATH OF THE BALL, THE SIMULATION

SHOWS A BALLPARK THAT CLEARLY DOESN’T BELONG TO THIS SERB. >> IT’S EITHER A GLITCH OR THE COMPUTER’S REMEMBERING AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PLAY. >> LOOK AT THE TECHNOLOGIES WORKING HERE. THE CHAIR UMPIRE LOOKS FLUMMOXED, AS IF TO SAY, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? >> SAY THE LINE SYSTEM IS FALLIBLE, THE WHOLE MATCH

WILL BE COMPROMISED. HE UPHOLDS THE BAD CALL AND THE ENTIRE MOMENTUM OF THE MATCH SHIFTS. >> THAT’S SERVER COMES FROM BEHIND TO WIN. >> IT WASN’T THE ONLY FLUB THIS WEEK. ANOTHER MATCH HAD TO BE HALTED BECAUSE OF A POWER OUTAGE, WHICH THIS WAS A DAYTIME MATCH A FEW YEARS AGO.

>> THIS WOULD HAVE MATTERED, BUT NOWADAYS THERE AREN’T EVEN HUMAN LINE JUDGES ON SITE TO SERVE AS BACKUPS. YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE SYSTEM REBOOTS ITSELF. ALL THIS SERVES AS FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. TESTS IN THE MINORS HAVE ACTUALLY RESULTED IN. YOU WERE ARGUMENTS.

WE SEEM TO IMPLICITLY TRUST MACHINES MORE THAN OUR FELLOW HUMANS. BUT IF THE CALLS ARE WRONG, CAN YOU EVER OVERRULE THEM? AFTER A FEW YEARS OF THIS, WOULD YOU EVEN HAVE ENOUGH TRAINED HUMANS? DO THE JOB IF YOU NEEDED THEM LATER? AFTER ALL, YOU’VE GOT THE HIGHEST LEVELS.

>> NO ONE IS FAULTLESS. >> DEVELOPMENT. I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE GRACIE’S WERE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY. THEY HONOR SOME OF THE BEST WOMEN IN JOURNALISM. WELL, OUR OWN FRANZEN. YOU HEARD HER VOICE AND GUEST HOSTING HERE BEFORE SHE WON OUTSTANDING NEWS ANCHOR ON THE AUDIO SITE

KAYNA WHITWORTH WON FOR THE ABC PODCAST KING ROAD KILLING YOU CHECK OUT THAT PART IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY. AND ONE OTHER MILESTONE WE’RE PROUD TO START HERE. TURNED SIX YEARS OLD THIS WEEK. WE’RE READING, WE’RE SPELLING. WE’RE SO PROUD THIS TEAM AND I’M SO THANKFUL TO SO MANY

OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US SINCE DAY. IF YOU’RE JUST DISCOVERING THE SHOW, SO GLAD YOU’RE HERE, TELL A FRIEND. START HERE IS PRODUCED BY KELLY TEREZ. JEN NEWMAN. VIKA ARONSON. CAMERON CHERTAVIAN AND ANTHONY ALI MARWA MOUWAKI. AMIR WILLIAMS. AND WELCOME BACK BRENDA SALINAS BAKER FROM MATERNITY LEAVE.

SHE’S GOT THE CUTEST BABY WITH THE ENRAGING FORMAT OUT OF AIR. ARIELLE CHESTER IS OUR SOCIAL PRODUCER. JOSH COHAN IS DIRECTOR OF PODCAST PROGRAMMING. I’M OUR MANAGING EDITOR LAURA MAY OR EXECUTIVE PRODUCER. THANKS TO LAKEIA BROWN JON NEWMAN, TARA GIMBEL AND LIZ ALESSE SPECIAL THANKS THIS WEEK TO CHRIS BARRY

SALLY HAWKINS, RYAN MANTELL AND OUR ENTIRE D.C. BUREAU HAS BASICALLY BEEN LIVING IN BALTIMORE WEEK, BRINGING US THE LATEST. I’M BRAD MIELKE. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. I’M. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR.

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

WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH 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 INSIDE THE AMAZON STORE

IS COMING FOR YOU? I’VE NEVER A PLACE LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. I HAVE. WOW. >> I’VE COVERED A LOT OF TWISTED, DARK STORIES, BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS. >> HE’S TERRIFYING. ALISON WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE

BEGAN. ELISE HAD TO ASK, WOULD HORSE TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING? AND I SAID, YOU MEAN A HORSE? >> SHE SAID, NO. A PERSON. >> THIS IS CRAZY. THE 21 YEAR OLD. I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. I REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW ABC BACK TO LOVES EVENTS THAT ARE

SO BELOVED IS A LITTLE BIT MY LITTLE MORE THAN A MINUTE. I JUST >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE”. TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY.

SO LET’S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS. AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S? Well,

How about everything you need to know? You know, that sounds pretty good. Give the afternoon. So, join us afternoon for everything you need to know. I love that. Reporting from the devastating mudslides in the Hills above Los Angeles. I’m Rob Marciano, wherever the story is will take

You there. You’re streaming ABC News live. RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS MORNING. FUNDING AND EQUIPMENT ON THE WAY TO BALTIMORE. THE FIRST STEPS TO REMOVE THE WRECKAGE OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE AS WE GET A NEW VIEW FROM ON BOARD THE CARGO SHIP THAT HIT THE BRIDGE, BRINGING IT DOWN.

>> PLUS, WHY THE WIFE OF A CONSTRUCTION WORKER WHO SURVIVED THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE PLUNGING INTO THE WATER, SAYS IT’S A MIRACLE HER HUSBAND ESCAPED. >> A RECORD HAUL, A THREE PRESIDENT FUNDRAISER FOR THE DEMOCRATS COSTING UP TO $500,000 A TICKET. THE PERFORMANCES INSIDE AND THE PROTESTS OUTSIDE.

>> HE WAS A BILLIONAIRE AT AGE 30. NOW HE’S HEADED TO PRISON. THE FORMER CRYPTO KING, WHO ORCHESTRATED ONE OF THE LARGEST FINANCIAL FRAUDS IN HISTORY, LEARNS HIS PUNISHMENT. BUT HOW MUCH TIME WILL SAM BANKMAN-FRIED REALLY SPEND BEHIND BARS? >> THE HISTORIC SOLAR ECLIPSE JUST DAYS AWAY. THE TRAVEL COSTS

OUT OF THIS WORLD. HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR FLIGHTS AND HOTEL ROOMS TO BEHOLD THE CELESTIAL SIGHT. A FOOD FIGHT ON CAPITOL HILL. >> THE NEW BATTLE OVER RECLASSIFYING THE POTATO. >> BEYONCE MAKING HISTORY. >> THIS AIN’T TEXAS. AIN’T NO HOLDING. REACTION TO HER NEW ALBUM DROPPING OVERNIGHT.

>> AND THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPION, WHO LOST HIS SUPER BOWL RING WHILE DOING ERRANDS, HOW HE HOPES TO GET IT BACK. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. THIS IS AMERICA, THIS MORNING. >> GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE. I’M ANDREW DYMBURT. >> GOOD MORNING TO YOU I’M RHIANNON ALLY. WE WANT TO BEGIN

WITH THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE. >> WE HAVE NEW VIDEO FROM INSIDE THE CARGO SHIP THAT HIT THE BRIDGE. EXPERTS SAY IT COULD TAKE ONE MONTH JUST TO CLEAR THE WRECKAGE OF THIS DISASTER FROM THE WATER. >> WE’RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUE BRIDGE COLLAPSE AND THE TWO SURVIVORS. THE WIFE OF A

CONSTRUCTION WORKER WHO SURVIVED SAYS HER HUSBAND DOESN’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO SWIM, BUT SOMEHOW ESCAPED. ABC’S PERRY RUSSOM IS IN BALTIMORE WITH THE LATEST PERRY. GOOD MORNING. >> RIHANNA. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. RESOURCES ARE NOW FLOWING INTO BALTIMORE, INCLUDING FEDERAL FUNDING AND LARGE EQUIPMENT TO CLEAR THE WATER. THIS MORNING,

THE LARGEST CRANE ON THE EAST COAST ARRIVING IN BALTIMORE AND HELPING IN THE RECOVERY EFFORTS AFTER TUESDAY’S DEADLY BRIDGE COLLAPSE. WE’VE GOT WORK TO DO, BUT WE’RE MOVING THE 1000 TON CRANE WILL HELP PULL THESE GIANT PIECES OF METAL FROM THE RIVER. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOW APPROVED $60 MILLION TO HELP

WITH INITIAL COSTS FOR MOVING THE DEBRIS AND REOPENING THE PORT OF BALTIMORE. >> I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THIS WORK WILL NOT TAKE HOURS. THIS WORK WILL NOT TAKE DAYS. THIS WORK WILL NOT JUST TAKE WEEKS. WE HAVE A VERY LONG ROAD AHEAD OF US. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. AND WE’RE PREPARING INVESTIGATORS

HAVE BEEN ON BOARD DAILY SURVEYING THE TWISTED STEEL ENCASING THE FRONT OF THE SHIP. >> THE COAST GUARD SAYS THEY’RE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHERE TO CUT THE BRIDGE. THE WEIGHT OF THOSE BEAMS CRASHING ONTO THE SHIP, A MAJOR CHALLENGE. ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE WITH AN UP CLOSE LOOK.

>> FROM HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE PIECE OF THE KEY BRIDGE WEIGHING DOWN THE BOW OF THE SHIP. WE’RE TOLD THAT THAT PIECE ALONE WEIGHS BETWEEN 3 AND 4000 TONS. THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS GOING TO HAVE TO CUT IT UP INTO FOUR PARTS AND LIFT IT OFF

BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN BEGIN TO CLEAR IT OUT. >> EIGHT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE ON THE BRIDGE WHEN IT COLLAPSED. AUTHORITIES HAVE RECOVERED THE BODIES OF TWO MEN IN A PICKUP TRUCK UNDERWATER. FOUR OTHERS ARE PRESUMED DEAD, TRAPPED UNDER THE WRECKAGE. TWO PEOPLE SURVIVED AN ESTIMATED 185 FOOT FALL INTO THE WATER, THE

WIFE OF ONE OF THEM SAYING, MY HUSBAND DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO SWIM. IT’S A MIRACLE HE SURVIVED. BUT HER FAMILY IS STILL IN MOURNING. SHE SAYS HER BROTHER IN LAW WAS ONE OF THE WORKERS KILLED. >> LET US JOIN TOGETHER IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AT THE

BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME YESTERDAY, THREE POLICE OFFICERS HONORED FOR SAVING LIVES BY SHUTTING DOWN THE BRIDGE IN THE MOMENTS BEFORE IT COLLAPSED, PREVENTING AN EVEN LARGER DISASTER. >> AND WHEN ASKED FOR A TIMELINE ON REMOVING THE WRECK, THE GOVERNOR DID NOT HAVE AN ANSWER, SAYING IT’S A COMPLICATED PROCESS. THE DEPARTMENT OF

HOMELAND SECURITY IS USING AN ESTIMATE THAT SHOWS THIS ENTIRE COLLAPSE COULD COST UP TO $4 BILLION. ANDREW BACK TO YOU WITH THE LATEST FROM BALTIMORE. >> PERRY. THANK YOU. PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS DESCENDED ON NEW YORK LAST NIGHT AS PRESIDENT BIDEN HELD A STAR STUDDED FUNDRAISER, JOINED BY FORMER PRESIDENTS. OBAMA AND

CLINTON. THE PROTESTERS CLASHED WITH POLICE OUTSIDE RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN SAYS THE FUNDRAISER BROUGHT IN $26 MILLION, THE BIGGEST HAUL EVER FOR A POLITICAL EVENT. THE THREE PRESIDENTS TOOK PART IN AN ON STAGE CONVERSATION MODERATED BY STEPHEN COLBERT, LIZZO AND QUEEN

LATIFAH ALSO PERFORMED. DONORS PAID UP TO $500,000 TO ATTEND. MEANWHILE, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ALSO IN NEW YORK, PUTTING A SPOTLIGHT ON CRIME. HE ATTENDED A WAKE FOR AN NYPD OFFICER GUNNED DOWN DURING A TRAFFIC STOP. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN CLAIMS IT WILL TOP BIDEN’S FUNDRAISING RECORD NEXT WEEK BY

BRINGING IN $33 MILLION AT A PALM BEACH EVENT. >> HIS LAWYER CALLS HIM AN AWKWARD MATH NERD. PROSECUTORS CALL HIM A GREEDY SWINDLER. NO MATTER WHAT YOU CALL HIM. SAM BANKMAN-FRIED, THE MAN WHO BECAME A BILLIONAIRE AT AGE 30, IS NOW HEADED TO PRISON. JUST TWO YEARS AGO, FTX FOUNDER SAM

BANKMAN-FRIED MINGLED WITH THE RICH AND POWERFUL. THIS MORNING, THE ONE TIME KING OF CRYPTO IS OFF TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR 25 YEARS, ALTHOUGH EXPERTS SAY THAT SENTENCE COULD BE CUT IN HALF WITH GOOD BEHAVIOR. AND BY COMPLETING PRISON REHAB PROGRAMS. FTX WAS THE PREMIER CRYPTO EXCHANGE, BUT IT COLLAPSED IN LATE 2022 AFTER

BANKMAN-FRIED USED BILLIONS IN CUSTOMER FUNDS TO KEEP HIS HEDGE FUND, ALAMEDA RESEARCH, AFLOAT. AT HIS TRIAL, PROSECUTORS PLAYED THIS ABC NEWS INTERVIEW. >> SO YOU DO KNOW, AND YOU DID KNOW THAT FDX DEPOSITS WERE BEING FUNNELED TO ALAMEDA. >> SO I WAS VAGUELY AWARE THAT THAT WAS HOW SOME WIRES WERE

BEING SENT IN THE FIRST PLACE. >> DIDN’T THAT SET OFF ALARM BELLS IN YOUR HEAD? >> SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS. AND LOOK, I REALLY DEEPLY WISH THAT I HAD TAKEN LIKE A LOT MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE DETAILS WERE OF WHAT WAS GOING

ON THERE. >> HIS LAWYER, SEEKING A MORE LENIENT SENTENCE, DESCRIBED BANKMAN-FRIED AS AN AWKWARD MATH NERD, BUT HIS VICTIMS CLAIM HE WAS MORE CALCULATING, ONE TELLING THE JUDGE HE LOST MONEY. I WANTED TO SPEND ON A FAMILY HOME, ANOTHER SAYING IT WAS MY LIFE SAVINGS AND NOW I’M LEFT WITH NOTHING. BANKMAN-FRIED

WON’T JUST BE SERVING PRISON TIME AS PUNISHMENT. >> THE JUDGE ALSO ORDERED BANKMAN-FRIED TO FORFEIT $11 BILLION. HE DOES NOT HAVE THAT. BUT PROSECUTORS CAN USE ASSETS THEY’VE ALREADY SEIZED FROM HIM TO COMPENSATE VICTIMS, THOUGH MANY OF THE FTX CUSTOMERS HAVE SAID THEY’RE LOSING HOPE THEY’LL EVER BE MADE WHOLE.

>> EVEN IF VICTIMS DO GET THEIR MONEY BACK. MANY CRYPTOCURRENCIES AT THE TIME OF FTX’S COLLAPSE WOULD BE WORTH CONSIDERABLY MORE. TODAY, BITCOIN’S VALUE HAS INCREASED MORE THAN 300% SINCE LATE 2022. PROSECUTORS REQUESTED UP TO 50 YEARS IN PRISON, AND THE JUDGE RULED THAT WOULD BE EXCESSIVE, BUT DID ACKNOWLEDGE A LACK OF

REMORSE FROM BANKMAN-FRIED. >> THE FAA IS INVESTIGATING THE TAXIWAY COLLISION OF TWO DELTA JETS AT THE MINNEAPOLIS AIRPORT. THE PLANES CLIPPED EACH OTHER’S WINGS AS ONE WAS MOVING ON THE TAXIWAY AND THE OTHER WAS PULLING AWAY FROM ITS GATE. PASSENGERS SAY THEY WERE STUNNED AND WHICH IS STARTLING.

>> THE BOOM AND MOST VIOLENT SHAKE I’VE EVER HAD ON ON AN AIRPLANE. WE WERE TAXIING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST A BIG, JARRING BUMP, ON THE RUNWAY. >> NO ONE WAS INJURED. NEARLY 300 PASSENGERS THEN BOARDED OTHER PLANES TO THEIR DESTINATIONS. >> THE MAN ACCUSED OF GOING ON A

STABBING RAMPAGE IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, SAYS HE BECAME PARANOID WHILE DOING DRUGS. JUST BEFORE THE ATTACK, A VIGIL WAS HELD FOR THE FOUR PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED. SEVEN OTHERS WERE INJURED. THE SUSPECT CLAIMS THE MARIJUANA HE WAS SMOKING WITH HIS FRIEND WAS LACED, AND THAT’S WHAT FUELED HIS RAMPAGE WITHIN MINUTES, AUTHORITIES SAY HE

KILLED HIS FRIEND AND HIS FRIEND’S MOTHER, ALONG WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD MAIL CARRIER AND A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL DOWN THE STREET WHO WAS WATCHING A MOVIE WITH HER THREE FRIENDS. >> THEN YOU THINK ABOUT THESE FOUR. THEY WERE DOING WHAT WE ALL DO, BUT YOU SHOULD ALL BE DOING. IT’S SPRING BREAK. YOU

HAVE THREE GIRLS WATCHING A MOVIE. I CAN’T EVEN COMPREHEND THAT. >> JUST TRAGIC. >> POLICE SAY THE 15 YEAR OLD DIED WHILE PROTECTING HER SISTER. THE SUSPECT FACES FOUR COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER ON CAPITOL HILL. >> A FOOD FIGHT APPEARS TO BE RAMPING UP. 14 SENATORS HAVE

SENT A LETTER TO THE USDA AND OTHER HEALTH OFFICIALS URGING THEM NOT TO RECLASSIFY THE POTATO AS A GRAIN. IT’S CURRENTLY LISTED AS A VEGETABLE. THE DISPUTE COMES AMID REPORTS THAT OFFICIALS MAY RECLASSIFY THE POTATO IN THE GOVERNMENT’S DIETARY GUIDELINES. SOME EXPERTS SAY POTATOES SHOULD NOT COUNT TOWARD A PERSON’S DAILY

VEGETABLE INTAKE BECAUSE THEY’RE HIGH IN CARBS. BUT THE SENATORS SAY CHANGING THE POTATOES CLASSIFICATION WOULD HURT FARMERS AND CONFUSE CONSUMERS. >> IT IS TIME NOW FOR YOUR FRIDAY WEATHER. >> GOOD MORNING. WE’RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE GOLDEN STATE. IT DROPPED SOUTH THROUGH FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, SO

IT’S GOING TO BE WET AND SNOWY. A FOOT TO TWO FEET OF SNOW FOR DONNER PASS. SO TRAVEL PROBLEMS FROM SOME OF THE SNOW. BUT MOSTLY IT IS THE HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT’S THE BIGGEST CONCERN. 2 TO 4IN IN A FEW LOCATIONS, WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING.

THERE WILL BE RAIN ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE U.S. FOR THE WEEKEND, INCLUDING PLACES LIKE CHICAGO AND PORTIONS OF THE MIDWEST AND NORTHERN PLAINS. FOR ACCUWEATHER, I’M MELISSA CONSTANZA. >> COMING UP, THE NFL CHAMPION WHO LOST HIS SUPER BOWL RING WHILE RUNNING ERRANDS, THE FIRST NEW QUESTIONS BEING RAISED ABOUT THE DEATH OF COLLEGE STUDENT

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It take you so long? the housewife and the Hustler two on Hulu America. SERIES SPONSORED BY PLANET FITNESS. >> WELCOME BACK! THIS IS NEWLY RELEASED DASH CAM VIDEO OF A DEADLY SCHOOL BUS CRASH OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN, TEXAS. LAST FRIDAY. A TRUCK SIDESWIPED THE BUS AND THAT’S WHAT CAUSED IT TO FLIP

OVER. TWO PEOPLE DIED, INCLUDING A FIVE YEAR OLD BOY, COURT PAPERS SAY. THE TRUCK DRIVER ADMITTED FOR ONLY SLEEPING FOR THREE HOURS AND USING COCAINE BEFORE THE CRASH. >> THE FAMILY OF RILEY STRAIN THE COLLEGE STUDENT FOUND DEAD IN NASHVILLE, IS NOW REQUESTING A SECOND AUTOPSY. STRAIN’S BODY

WAS FOUND LAST WEEK IN THE CUMBERLAND RIVER, TWO WEEKS AFTER HE WAS LAST SEEN DURING A NIGHT OUT. A FAMILY FRIEND SAYS STRAIN WAS NOT WEARING PANTS OR HIS BOOTS WHEN HIS BODY WAS RECOVERED, AND THE AUTOPSY, WHICH CALLED STRAIN’S DEATH ACCIDENTAL, ALSO REVEALED THAT NO WATER WAS FOUND IN HIS LUNGS,

WHICH COULD CALL INTO QUESTION WHETHER STRAIN WAS ALIVE WHEN HE ENTERED THE RIVER. >> WE TURN NOW TO YOUR MONEY AND WALL STREET SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS. THE DOW APPROACHING 40,000. BUT WILL MOST AMERICAN FAMILIES REALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS RALLY? HERE’S ABC’S ALISON KOSIK. >> SAY GOODBYE TO THE BEST FIRST

QUARTER SINCE 2019. >> A STOCK MARKET RALLY FOR THE RECORD BOOKS. STOCKS HAVE CLOSED OUT THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR, NOT ONLY LOGGING THEIR BEST QUARTER SINCE 2019, BUT IN THE CASE OF THE S&P 500 HITTING A NEW RECORD HIGH. PEOPLE WHO’VE BEEN ON THE SIDELINES WHO

FINALLY SAID, I’VE GOT TO GET IN BECAUSE ALL MY FRIENDS ARE SITTING AROUND THE DINNER ON SUNDAY TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THEY’RE MAKING, RIGHT? RECESSION WORRIES NOW BEING REPLACED WITH CONFIDENCE, ALONG WITH A BIG HELPING OF ENTHUSIASM FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE TECH SECTOR. STOCKS LIKE CHIP MAKER NVIDIA SURGING MORE

THAN 80% THIS YEAR, ALSO GIVING THE MARKET A BOOST. THE FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN SAYING THIS ABOUT INTEREST RATES LAST WEEK. >> WE BELIEVE THAT OUR POLICY RATE IS LIKELY AT ITS PEAK FOR THIS TIGHTENING CYCLE. >> TRANSLATION AFTER RAISING INTEREST RATES 11 TIMES TO TAME INFLATION, THE FED COULD BEGIN

CUTTING THEM LATER THIS YEAR, FUELING THIS LATEST RUN UP IN STOCKS. >> WE’VE SEEN THE HIGHS OF INTEREST RATES. MARKETS DON’T LIKE UNKNOWNS AND ANXIETY AROUND THAT. IT’S GOOD NEWS FOR YOUR 401 K ALREADY UP AN AVERAGE OF 19% LAST YEAR. >> BUT THE DOWNSIDE THE HIGH COST OF EVERYTHING FROM HOUSING

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THE BILLBOARD TIKTOK CHART. >> GUYS, ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES. >> ONE OF MY FAVORITES. 60 YEARS YOUNG. ALL RIGHT, THAT’S WHAT CHALLENGES ON THE PATH TO PARENTHOOD AS DOCTORS AND FAMILIES GRAPPLE WITH ALABAMA’S IVF RULING. WE’RE LOOKING AT THE CHALLENGES SOME COUPLES FACE WITH INFERTILITY AND SOME OF THE PATHS FORWARD.

EGG FREEZING WITH INFERTILITY INCREASING THE BILLS A LITTLE BIT LIKE WE ARE TELLING MEN THAT THEY MUST THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO HAVE INFERTILITY. THAT’S NOT FAIR. THE PROCESS, THE COST AND THE QUESTION IS TO ASK BEFORE FREEZING YOUR EGGS THEN WHY SOME FAMILIES, INCLUDING MY OWN, ARE TURNING

TO SURROGACY. I KEPT TO MYSELF, YOU KNOW, WHEN IS THIS GOING TO END? YOU KNOW, WHEN AM I GOING TO HAVE THIS HAPPY ENDING AND HOW AM HAPPY AND BUILDING A FAMILY THROUGH ADOPTION? ONE FAMILY SHARES THEIR JOURNEY AFTER FACING FERTILITY CHALLENGES. HOW DO WE WANT TO BE PARENTS?

AND THAT’S A GOOD MATTER WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THE HELLO AND WELCOME TO FERTILITY IN AMERICA. I’M REBECCA JARVIS. INFERTILITY IS SO COMMON AMONG WOMEN WITH NO PRIOR BIRTHS, ABOUT ONE IN FIVE ARE UNABLE TO GET PREGNANT AFTER A YEAR OF TRYING. IT COULD BE A DESPERATE

AND LONELY STRUGGLE. AND OVER THE NEXT HALF HOUR, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE OPTIONS FOR COUPLES STRUGGLING TO GET PREGNANT AND START A FAMILY. BUT FIRST, WE TURN TO RACHEL SCOTT ON THE FALLOUT FROM THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT’S RULING THAT FROZEN EMBRYOS CHILDREN. >> RACHAEL, FOR MANY ALABAMA

FAMILIES, IT WAS TWO WEEKS OF HANGING IN AGONIZING LIMBO AS FERTILITY CLINICS IN THE STATE PAUSED TREATMENTS. THOSE TREATMENTS HAVE NOW RESUMED, BUT THE FALLOUT IS STILL RIPPLING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OF COURSE, OF THIS STARTED WHEN THE ALABAMA STATE SUPREME COURT ISSUED A DECISION THAT. EMBRYOS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDREN.

WE SAW THE STATE’S LARGEST IVF TREATMENT PROVIDERS STOP PROVIDING CARE OUT OF FEAR OF WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT WHEN HANDLING EMBRYOS. SO THEN, AFTER PUBLIC OUTRAGE, STATE LAWMAKERS PASSED A BILL AIMED AT PROTECTING BOTH IVF PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS FROM LEGAL LIABILITY. THE STATE’S REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SIGNED BILL INTO LAW.

BUT THE DEBATE OVER THIS ISSUE IS FAR FROM OVER. EVEN THE STATE’S GOVERNOR EMPHASIZED THE NEED TO IDENTIFY AND PASS LONGER PROTECTIONS FOR IVF PATIENTS. ADVOCATES SAY THE BILL FAILED TO THE CORE QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT EMBRYOS ARE CONSIDERED. >> WHICH PROMPTED ALL OF THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> THANK YOU, RACHEL. WE NOW TURN TO EGG FREEZING AS A GROWING OF WOMEN ARE FREEZING THEIR EGGS, HOPING IT’S A KIND OF INSURANCE. >> TAKE A LOOK. I AM ABOUT TO TAKE MY FIRST SET OF SHOTS AND I AM SO NERVOUS. >> NATALIE BAILEY, AN ENGINEER

FROM TEXAS, IS ABOUT TO START HER WEEKS LONG JOURNEY TO FREEZE HER EGGS. >> THESE ARE THE SHARKS I HAVE TO TAKE AND I’VE GOT A BOX PACKED WITH ALL THE SYRINGES. >> AND I HAVE INJECTIONS. LITERALLY EVERY SHOT AT THE SITE MYSELF. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

>> THIS IS THE PROCESS CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 2 TO 3 WEEKS WITH MULTIPLE HORMONE INJECTIONS, DAY WITHOUT ULTRASOUND COMBINED WITH DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENTS EVERY DAY. >> LEADING UP TO THE RETRIEVAL. I’M PUSHING 40. I WANT SHOW. IF I WANTED TO FULLY CLOSE THE DOOR ON HAVING CHILDREN,

THE NUMBER OF WOMEN FREEZING THEIR EGGS IS INCREASED MORE THAN 150% OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. OUT POCKET COSTS AVERAGE ABOUT 15 TO OVER $20,000, WHICH INCLUDES THE COST OF THE EGG FREEZING PROCESS, MEDICATIONS AND ANNUAL STORAGE. MEANTIME A RECENT STUDY FOUND ONLY TWO AND A HALF TO 3%

OF WOMEN WHO FREEZE THEIR EGGS RETURN TO USE THAT AND THRILLED WITH THEIR INCREASE IN AWARENESS THAT FERTILITY PRESERVATION EXISTS. MY CONCERN IS THAT IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE WE ARE TELLING THAT THEY MUST DO THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE INFERTILITY. THAT’S NOT FAIR. BUT INFERTILITY IS INCREASING.

PEOPLE ARE PUTTING OFF THEIR FAMILY BUILDING FOR LONGER. FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE PEACE OF MIND IS ISN’T WORTH IT. >> 30 1% OF COMPANIES ARE OFFERING FERTILITY SUPPORT, AND NATALIE SAYS HER COMPANIES SUPPORT WAS CRUCIAL. AFTER 16 DAYS, SHE WAS READY FOR HER EGG RETRIEVAL AT A SPIRE.

>> HOUSTON FERTILITY INSTITUTE. PROCESS TO MONITOR YOUR HEART FUNCTION. THE OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE ABOUT 30 MINUTES. 1421. >> ONCE RETRIEVED, THE EGGS GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO SAFELY STORE THEM. WHICH WE GOT TO SEE AT A DIFFERENT CLINIC UNRELATED TO NATALIE’S JOURNEY. SPRING FERTILITY IN NEW YORK. USING DONATED IMMATURE EGGS.

THE EGGS ARE SKILLFULLY MOVED THROUGH DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS TO PREPARE THEM TO BE CRYOPRESERVED THREE EGGS WHERE THEY CAN LAST FOR YEARS STORED IN LIQUID NITROGEN FOR. THE PROCESS IS REVERSED, WHICH CAN DETERMINE IF SOME EGGS WERE COMPROMISED. THE ATTRITION COULD LOOK LIKE THIS. 20 EGGS ARE PRESERVED. 17 SURVIVE. 13 SUCCESSFULLY FERTILIZED.

SEVEN BECOME EMBRYOS. THREE ARE VIABLE AFTER GENETIC TESTING AND ONE IMPLANTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL PREGNANCY. NATALIE WAS HAPPY TO LEARN 25 EGGS WERE RETRIEVED HER PROCEDURE. >> I’M VERY HAPPY I WAS ABLE TO TO DO THIS. AND AT LEAST I KNOW I HAVE A BACKUP IF I DECIDE TO HAVE

A CHILD LATER ON IN LIFE. THESE TREATMENTS, AS WE MENTIONED, CAN BE EXPENSIVE AND TAXING ON THE BODY. MANY EMPLOYERS ARE ALSO BEGINNING TO OFFER BENEFITS TO THEM AND COUNSELORS TO TALK ABOUT THEM. BUT FOR MORE ON EGG FREEZING AND INFERTILITY, WE TURN NOW TO OUR CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT, JENNIFER ASHTON.

IT’S SO NICE TO SEE YOU HERE, JEN. THIS IS A CONVERSATION YOU’VE HAD WITH PATIENTS FOR YEARS. WHEN ARE PEOPLE DOING THIS AND MAKING THIS TURN TO EGG FREEZING? WELL, I THINK WE’RE IN AN EXCITING TIME RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY.

WE HAVE NOW MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, TRACK RECORD DATA ON THIS PROCESS. AND WHAT STARTED AS A TREATMENT FOR INFERTILITY IS NOW AN EMPHASIS ON THE WORD SLOWLY MOVING TOWARDS PROACTIVE STEP FOR FERTILITY. SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS HOW EARLY? I START THIS DISCUSSION WITH PATIENTS IN THEIR

MID-TWENTIES BEFORE, IT MAY EVEN BE ON THEIR RADAR. AND WHEN I STARTED TO DO THAT, WHAT I FOUND IS THAT THIS IS ALREADY THE £800 GORILLA IN THE ROOM FOR WOMEN IN THEIR MID-TWENTIES. THEY’RE ALREADY DOING THE MATH, LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE, THINKING THEIR LIFE AND THEIR CAREERS AND WHETHER

THEY’RE SINGLE NOT AND THEIR FAMILY PLAN. DO THEY WANT TWO CHILDREN? DO THEY WANT FOR WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO BE LIVING? AND THEY’RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR THEIR FUTURE. AND LUCKILY, THE SCIENCE AND THE DATA AND THE MEDICINE IS THERE TO REALLY BROADEN THIS

INTO A PROACTIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT FERTILITY INSTEAD OF A TREATMENT FOR A PATHOLOGIC STATE, IF YOU WILL. >> WELL, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT AS SOMEONE WHO WHO AT IT IN MY OWN JOURNEY AS MORE OF A TREATMENT, BECAUSE I HADN’T THOUGHT IT UNTIL IT BECAME AN ISSUE. CAN YOU JUST BREAK DOWN

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IVF AND EGG FREEZING? YES. SO EGG FREEZING JUST IT HAS TO DO WITH THE OVARIES, JUST HAS TO DO WITH THE. THE ACTUAL EGGS. YOU CAN THINK OF IT ALMOST AS HALF OF IVF PROCESS. SO WOMEN CAN DO THAT WHEN THEY’RE SINGLE WHEN THEY’RE NOT IN A RELATIONSHIP, WHEN

THEY’RE THINKING TEN OR MORE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. IVF AND FREEZING IS DIFFERENT. THAT REQUIRES. THAT REQUIRES A PROCEDURE THAT AN EMBRYOLOGIST WILL DO IN A LAB SETTING. AND THEN IVF CREATED EMBRYOS CAN EITHER BE TRANSFERRED IN A FRESH METHOD OR STORED CRYOPRESERVED. >> THERERE A LOT OF STARTUPS NOW AROUND.

THIS WORLD, THIS DOMAIN OF INFERTILITY AND INFANT AND FERTILITY. I WONDER WHAT YOU MAKE OF THEM AND AS A PATIENT, WHAT KINDS OF QUESTIONS WE SHOULD BE ASKING. FIRST, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT I MAKE OF IT IS THAT THE MORE MAINSTREAM THESE KIND OF APPROACHES ARE TO COUPLES

AND TO WOMEN IN PARTICULAR ARE THE BETTER. WITH THAT, HOWEVER, COMES A LOT OF CAVEATS NOT JUST BUYER BEWARE, BUT PATIENT BEWARE. AND SO THE QUESTIONS THAT I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO ASK ARE, IS THE COMPANY OR THE CENTER OR THE BUSINESS THAT IS PROMOTING THESE SERVICES? ARE THEY ACCREDITED?

ARE THEY LICENSED? THEY BOARD CERTIFIED? WHAT IS THEIR SAFETY? AND TRACK RECORD IN TERMS OF SUCCESS RATES AND? AS THE COST COMES DOWN, WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING IT MORE, MORE ACCESSIBLE BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO COME DOWN AND THERE’S NO REASON IT SHOULDN’T. AND THERE’S NO REASON IT WON’T.

BUT WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT MEDICAL CARE, YOU SACRIFICE QUALITY FOR COST. AND I THINK THAT’S THE DIFFICULTY. >> GENDER PATIENT AUTONOMY AND RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DOCTOR AND PATIENT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU TALK ABOUT A LOT AND FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT THIS AND YOU STAY IN YOUR LIFE. YOU DON’T POLITICS.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF POLITICIANS AND COURTS NOW INTERFERING WITH THESE MEDICAL CHOICES? WELL, YOU SAID IT PERFECTLY. I DO LIKE TO STAY IN MY AND THANK GOD I’M NOT A POLITICIAN. BUT AS A PHYSICIAN I FEEL REALLY, REALLY STRONGLY, WHETHER YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT WOMEN’S HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH FOR MEN OR

FOR WOMEN. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS ARE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. AND THAT PERSON, PERIOD. FULL STOP. I THINK WHEN YOU START SEEING POLITICIANS AND PEOPLE WITHOUT THE CREDENTIALS START TO LEGISLATE WHAT CAN DO IS A SLIPPERY. IT’S A DANGEROUS. IT SETS US BACK IN TERMS OF ALL

OF THE ADVANCES, PARTICULARLY IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH THAT WE’VE EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS. AND WE’RE BEHIND. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT. STILL HAVE A LOT MORE TO DO. AND ALL THIS DOES IS PUT LIVES RISK AND DELAY OUR PROGRESS. WELL, AND TALKING ABOUT BEING BEHIND. THERE’S STILL SO MUCH

UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY. SO THERE’S STILL WORK TO BE DONE. YEAH, I 30% OR MORE OF A COUPLE’S INFERTILITY IS CALLED UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY. SO YEAH, OBVIOUSLY WE NEED MORE RESEARCH. WE MORE CLINICAL TRIALS, WE NEED MORE DATA. BUT WHEN YOU ABOUT THE ABILITY TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT FERTILITY NOW, I THINK WE’RE IN AN

EXCITING TIME. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE IN THEIR TWENTIES NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT JUST AS THEY START THINKING ABOUT THEIR OVERALL HEALTH. THE SAME EXACT WAY. AND I THINK NOW THERE ARE MORE OPTIONS THAN EVER. WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WE DON’T WANT TO RESTRICT IT

AND DIAL IT BACKWARDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR, AS ALWAYS. THANKS FOR DOING. GREAT TO SEE YOU. OKAY. WHEN WE RETURN, LOOK AT THE COST AND CHALLENGES FACING FAMILIES WOW. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE”.

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Disney Plus Hulu and live on ABC Eclipse Across America Monday afternoon, April 8th starting at 2 p.m. Eastern. PREMIERES MONDAY ON ABC. >> WELCOME TO FERTILITY IN AMERICA. I’M REBECCA JARVIS. IN NOVEMBER, MY FAMILY GREW WHEN. WE WELCOMED OUR SON LEO, BUT IT WASN’T AN EASY JOURNEY.

HERE’S LOOK AT OUR LONG ROAD TO BRING HIM HOME. WHEN I PICTURED OUR FAMILY. I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF MY FAMILY, THE FAMILY I GREW UP WITH AS ONE OF TWO KIDS. MY YOUNGER SISTER LAUREN AND I ARE INCREDIBLY CLOSE. AND SO AS I THOUGHT ABOUT MY FUTURE, OUR FUTURE, I ALWAYS

ENVISIONED THAT WE WOULD HAVE TWO, THAT WE’D BE A FAMILY . >> FOUR. IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG ROAD, US FOR FERTILITY, FOR PREGNANCY. I DID IVF TO GET PREGNANT WITH ISABEL, AND BEFORE HER I HAD DONE SEVEN ROUNDS OF IVF IN ORDER TO HAVE HER.

>> ONE OF THE HARDEST PARTS OF OUR FERTILITY JOURNEY IS THAT THERE’S NEVER BEEN A NAME. IT’S ALWAYS BEEN UNEXPLAINED. AND I KNOW NOW HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS, THAT THAT’S THE CASE FOR SO MANY WOMEN. >> TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD JUST EXPERIENCED ANOTHER MISCARRIAGE IN THE IVF JOURNEY, AND THAT

CATALYZED THE SEARCH FOR ANOTHER ROUND. I HAD JUST LOST A PREGNANCY AT FIVE MONTHS AND WE LOOKED AT OUR DOCTORS AND SAID WHAT DO WE DO? THIS KEEPS HAPPENING. AND THERE’S NO TELLING WHETHER WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL WHETHER I CAN MAINTAIN A SUCCESSFUL PREGNANCY. AND OUR DOCTORS SAID SURROGACY

IS YOUR BEST PATH FORWARD. AND THAT WAS HARD TO HEAR IN A WAY THAT WAS AT THE TIME WE’D NEVER CONSIDERED THAT. >> EVERY TIME I GOT PREGNANT, I WOULD LOOK THE WORLD WITH ROSE COLORED GLASSES AND I WOULD IMAGINE WHAT LIFE GOING TO BE LIKE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

AND EVERY TIME I LOST A PREGNANCY, TO HAVE THAT TAKEN AWAY WAS SO TOUGH. SO EVEN IN THE SURROGACY, I REALLY DID HOLD MY BREATH FOR A VERY TIME. AND I PROBABLY IN SOME WAYS TO PROTECT MYSELF AND MY FAMILY DIDN’T WANT TO FEEL THAT MASS OF EXCITEMENT IN THAT MASS OF

JOY UNTIL I REALLY FELT IT WAS TRULY A SURE THING. BUT WHEN I DO ALLOW MYSELF TO FEEL THAT WAY, IT WAS TRULY THE BEST FEELING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT MATT AND SAY, WE ARE HAVING A BABY. >> WE’RE HAVING ANOTHER BABY. >> ISABEL IS GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BROTHER.

OUR FAMILY WILL BE A FAMILY OF FOUR. >> AS I WAS TALKING WITH, A VERY GOOD GROUP OF FRIENDS ABOUT OUR JOURNEY, I HAD MENTIONED ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF TREPIDATION THAT MY WIFE HAD WAS I WON’T BE CARRYING THE BABY AND HOW DO I KNOW I’LL HAVE A CONNECTION AND SOMEBODY

IS CARRYING OUR BABY. I WON’T HAVE THAT MATERNAL CONNECTION. AND ONE OF MY VERY GOOD FRIENDS SAID, WELL, YOU JUST TELL HER NOW SHE KNOWS HOW A DAD FEELS AND PERSPECTIVE WAS VERY USEFUL TO YOU. >> IT WORKS. >> AND WHAT IT MEANT WAS, IT DOESN’T DIMINISH YOUR LOVE FOR

THE CHILD. IT DOESN’T DIMINISH YOUR LOVE FOR THE FAMILY THAT YOU’RE BUILDING AND JUST MEANS YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE IMPACT. A LOT OF SQUABBLES. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN’T OUT OF THIS. WHEN WE LEFT NEW YORK TO WITNESS THE I COULDN’T GET OVER HOW SURREAL THE WHOLE

THING WAS AND JUST FEELING SO HAPPY. BUT ALSO HOW STRANGE IT WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET ON AN AIRPLANE, FLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND GOD WILLING, COME HOME WITH A BABY BOY TO LEAVE FEELING SO EXCITED ALSO. YES. GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT WE’VE BEEN THROUGH TO GET HERE,

THAT FIRST MOMENT WHEN WE SAW LEO, I YELLED, HE’S PERFECT. THE MOMENT ISABEL MET LEO, NOBODY TO SEE. MEET HER LITTLE BROTHER AND TO GIVE HIM SUCH CARE AND SUCH SWEET KISSES AND HUG HIM. >> SHE REALLY IS AN INCREDIBLE ROLE BIG SISTER. >> AND ALSO THE FEELING OF GRATITUDE TOWARDS

OUR SURROGATE AND HER FAMILY. I JUST WANTED TO HUG HER AND GIVE HER ALL OF OUR LOVE THAT WE WERE ALSO POURING OVER LEO BECAUSE THERE’S NO WAY THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT HER. WAS TRULY MAGICAL. >> IT’S SO NICE. AND THEN TO HAVE IT BE REAL.

>> NOW IS THE BEST. IT FELT GOOD TO SHARE THAT STORY, AND I HEARD FROM SO MANY OF TRAVELING A SIMILAR PATH. IT IS A JOURNEY AND NUMBER OF WOMEN AND FAMILIES ARE ON OFTEN QUIETLY STRUGGLING WITH THEIR OWN FERTILITY AND THE QUESTIONS THAT RAISES, INCLUDING WHAT COULD BE THE

RIGHT PATH AHEAD FOR THE FAMILIES YOU’RE ABOUT TO MEET. >> THE ANSWER WAS SURROGACY. TAKE A LOOK. >> OHIO NATIVES MEREDITH AND ERIC PARIS HAD ALWAYS DREAMED OF HAVING A FAMILY, BUT THE PATH TO PARENTHOOD WASN’T EASY FOR. THAT. WE STARTED HAVING LOSSES, PREGNANCY LOSSES PRETTY EARLY

ON IN THE JOURNEY, AND IT JUST KEPT HAPPENING AND HAPPENING AND HAPPENING. DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS. THE COUPLE CONTINUED SEEING SPECIALISTS. I THINK ONE VISIT I HAD LIKE 18 VIALS OF BLOOD TAKEN AND THEY COULD NEVER REALLY QUITE FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. EVERY 3 TO 4 MONTHS.

>> YOU KNOW, WE’D GO THROUGH THE SAME AND WE’D LOSE ANOTHER PREGNANCY. UP TO 30% OF COUPLES WHO STRUGGLE WITH FERTILITY ARE DIAGNOSED WITH UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY, MEANING THEY FAIL TO CONCEIVE FOR LEAST A YEAR WITHOUT AN IDENTIFIABLE CAUSE. AND FOR MEREDITH, ERIC, IT LED THEM TO CONSIDER SURROGACY. THERE’S MULTIPLE DIFFERENT

TYPES PATIENTS THAT NEED TO USE A SURROGATE. THOSE WHO CAN’T GET PREGNANT, THOSE WHO CAN’T STAY PREGNANT, THOSE WHERE IT’S MEDICALLY INDICATED THAT THEY DON’T GET PREGNANT ALSO SAME SEX FATHERS. >> THE AVERAGE COST OF SURROGACY RANGES FROM ABOUT $100,000 TO OVER $200,000, DEPENDING ON A NUMBER

OF FACTORS LIKE USING AN AGENCY OR GOING INDEPENDENT INSURANCE. >> EMBRYO AND MORE. MEREDITH AND ERIC WENT INDEPENDENT AND THEIR SURROGATE, DESIREE, ON A FACEBOOK MATCHING GROUP. >> WE JUST CHATTED WHOLE DAY AND I JUST HAD THIS FEELING THAT IT WAS HER. THE PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES LEGAL AGREEMENTS AND MEDICAL

EVALUATIONS AS WELL AS AN EGG RETRIEVAL FOR MEREDITH TO BE IMPLANTED IN DESIREE, TOOK A LITTLE OVER A YEAR BEFORE THE DAY THAT ERIC AND MEREDITH HAD BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR. >> ALL RIGHT. SO IT IS SEVEN YEARS AT THE HOSPITAL. WE ARE WALKING IN THIS PARK

AND GETTING TO OUR ROOM. SO I’M SUPER EXCITED, SUPER NERVOUS, GETTING READY TO, HEAD INTO THE ROOM BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE PUSHING WILL START SOON. THE BIRTH OF THEIR SON, COLE. >> I WILL NEVER FORGET AFTER HE CAME OUT GRABBING DESIREE’S HAND AND JUST TELLING HER, KNOW

THERE ARE NO WORDS I CAN EVER SAY THANK YOU ADEQUATELY. IN DESIREE, MEREDITH FOUND A LIFELONG FRIEND, AND THROUGH THAT FACEBOOK GROUP, A NETWORK OF OTHER MOTHERS WITH A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE INCLUDING SWEET SEAN CARR. >> THE HARDEST THING ABOUT ALL OF THIS, TOO, IS THAT YOU DON’T HAVE ANY CONTROL.

>> SHE AND HER HUSBAND GO FACED YEARS OF DIFFICULTIES TRYING TO CONCEIVE. >> HAD SEVEN RETRIEVALS, EIGHT TRANSFERS AND FIVE MISCARRIAGES. >> I KEPT THINKING TO MYSELF, YOU KNOW, WHEN IS THIS GOING END? YOU KNOW, WHEN AM I GOING TO HAVE THIS HAPPY ENDING AND HOW AM I GOING TO HAVE IT

TO FIND HER SURROGATES? >> WE ASKED FRIENDS TO HER STORY IN THEIR NETWORKS, AND IT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF KATHY ON THE NEXT DOOR APP. >> I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THAT’S SOMETHING I COULD DO AND HELP SOMEBODY ELSE GROW THEIR FAMILY. >> THE MOTHER OF FOUR CAME ACROSS LOUISE POST AND DECIDED

TO REACH OUT. >> WHEN I MET HER AND JUST HEARD HER STORY AND SAW EVERYTHING, IT JUST SEEMED RIGHT. >> IT WAS A FAMILY AFFAIR. THE DAY JAYDEN WAS BORN WITH KATHY, CHILDREN AND HUSBAND THERE FOR SUPPORT. >> THEY BECOME AN EXTENDED FAMILY TO US AND WE HOPE THAT JAYDEN WILL GROW UP

AND SEE AS SUCH. OH, OUR THANKS TO MEREDITH. >> ERIC, DESIREE, SWEE, GIGLIO AND KATHY FOR SHARING THEIR STORIES. THEY ALL HOPE THAT SHARING THE STORY HELPS OTHERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING FEEL LESS LONELY. WHEN WE RETURN, ONE FAMILY TAKES US THROUGH THE strongest females fight for the survival of their families

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YOU’RE STREAMING THE ABC NEWS LONG. WELCOME TO FERTILITY IN AMERICA. >> I’M REBECCA JARVIS. WHEN YOU’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF INFERTILE LIVING CHALLENGES, IT IS AGONIZING AND IT’S HARD TO SEE THE LIGHT. BUT THERE IS HOPE WITH MANY PATHS TO GROWING YOUR FAMILY, INCLUDING ADOPTION. >> YOU’RE OUT OF TOWN.

WENT ON DRAMA AND LOST. RAYA BEGAN FACING CHALLENGES TRYING TO BUILD THEIR FAMILY. >> THEY STARTED TO EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS. IT WAS A VERY TRYING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THE BOTH OF US. AFTER FERTILITY TESTING, THEY DECIDED TO TRY IVF BUT WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL THAT POINT.

JUST DO THE ROLLERCOASTER OF OF THAT JOURNEY. AND YOU DECIDED TO PAUSE AND EXPLORE ADOPTION. IT WAS MORE OF A FACT OF LET’S DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO DO BECAUSE WE WANT BE PARENTS. HOW DO WE WANT TO BE PARENTS AND TO US IT DIDN’T MATTER. >> ANDREA LEWIS RESEARCHED

DIFFERENT AGENCIES BEFORE DECIDING TO WORK WITH AMERICAN ADOPTIONS AND START THE PROCESS PREPARATION PROJECT. A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GET OUR HOME STUDY COMPLETED AND THE AMERICAN ADOPTIONS AGENCY HELPED US PUT TOGETHER A PROFILE. THE BIRTH MOM HAS THE CHOICE TO PICK YOU TO SAY THIS SEEMS TO MEET MY QUALITY.

>> ABOUT 38% OF ADOPTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE PRIVATE, DOMESTIC, WITH AN AVERAGE COST BETWEEN 20,040 $5,000. >> YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE ON THE SAME PAGE, BOTH PHILOSOPHICALLY AND FINANCIALLY, WITH ANYTHING SIGNING A CONTRACT TO. THIS CAN BE KIND OF A VULNERABLE TIME FOR SOME. AND THEY’RE ANXIOUS TO BE

PARENTS, SO IT’S WORTH IT TO SLOW AND TAKE THEIR TIME TO FIND THAT RIGHT MATCH FOR THEIR FAMILY. THE RIOTS CONNECTED WITH THEIR FIRST DAUGHTER, MARISOL, HIS BIRTH MOTHER. SEVEN MONTHS OF BEGINNING THEIR ADOPTION PROCESS, TWO MONTHS BEFORE SHE WAS BORN. >> WE HAD TIME TO BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH HER

AND SEE THE DELIVERY. I REMEMBER THE BIRTH MOM ASKING ME LIKE, DO YOU WANT MY BABY? LIKE. AND I WAS ALMOST BECAUSE HEARING THAT THERE’S THAT FEAR FROM BIRTH MOMS. AND SO OF COURSE, REASSURED HER AND SAID, OF COURSE, WE’RE SO GRATEFUL YOU’RE PICKING. >> THE COUPLE KEEP OPEN LINES

OF COMMUNICATION WITH BODY, SOUL, BIRTH MOTHER AND WITH THEIR SECOND DAUGHTER, ELISE, HIS BIRTH MOTHER. TODAY, 95% OF DOMESTIC INFANT ADOPTIONS HAVE SOME LEVEL OF OPENNESS. >> IT USED TO BE THE CONCEPT THAT THE BIRTH PARENTS WERE GIVING UP THEIR KID. >> NOW, THE MENTALITY, THE BIRTH PARENTS ARE LOOKING

FOR A FAMILY TO GIVE TO THEIR KID. AND THAT’S BEEN A HUGE CHANGER. >> THE REYES CELEBRATE THEIR DAUGHTER’S ADOPTIONS AS PART OF THEIR STORIES AND EVEN CREATED A SPECIAL DAY. >> WE CELEBRATE BOTH OF THEIR CULTURE DAYS EVERY YEAR. IT’S PART OF THEIR LIFE. IT’S SO NORMALIZED THAT OUR

NEPHEW TOLD MY SISTER, I WANT TO GOT YOU TO DO WHAT? HAPPY GOTCHA DAY. AND FOR A LITTLE MORE PERSPECTIVE, ARE ABOUT 400,000 KIDS CURRENTLY IN FOSTER CARE, 117,000 OF THEM ARE AWAITING ADOPTION. IT CAN BE A GIFT. AND EVERY STATE HAS INFORMATION THROUGH WEBSITES, TYPICALLY UNDER THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN

AND FAMILY SERVICES. WHETHER YOU ARE PRESERVING FERTILITY OR YOU’RE AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO GROW AND BUILD YOUR FAMILY, REMEMBER YOU AREN’T ALONE. EVEN WHEN IT FEELS ISOLATING, THERE ARE SO MANY SUPPORT RESOURCES OUT THERE FROM ONLINE GROUPS AND BOARDS LIKE SOME OF THE FAMILIES WE SPOKE TO UTILIZED.

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You’re streaming ABC News live. . >> I, I, I’M DEVASTATED TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE FIRST, THE RUSH TO REOPEN ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL HARBORS IN THE COUNTRY. CREWS ARE NOW WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO GET BALTIMORE SHIPPING PORT RUNNING AGAIN. WHAT NEW VIDEO FROM THE CARGO

SHIP SHOWS ABOUT THE BRIDGE COLLISION AND WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THE VICTIMS. FOUR PRESIDENTS IN ONE CITY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ATTENDS A WAKE FOR AN NYPD OFFICER WHILE PRESIDENTS BIDEN, OBAMA, CLINTON ATTEND A NEW YORK CITY FUNDRAISER. WHY THE EVENT IS BEING CALLED. CALIFORNIA AND UTAH ARE DIGGING

OUT FROM A WINTER STORM. NOW A MORE POWERFUL WEATHER SYSTEM IS ON THE MOVE. WHERE IT’S GOING AND WHAT IT’S EXPECTED TO BRING. >> YOU’RE DOING. >> PLUS, THE WAIT IS OVER FOR BEYONCE FANS. QUEEN BEES ALBUM HAS DROPPED. WE HAVE A PREVIEW OF HER LATEST RELEASE AND THE REACTION.

>> BUT WE BEGIN WITH NEW IN A DEADLY BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW LOOKING INTO WHETHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. WERE ONBOARD THE CARGO SHIP THAT CRASHED INTO THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE. CREWS ARE NOW WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO CLEAR DEBRIS FROM THE SCENE SO THAT VITAL PORT CAN REOPEN.

ABC NEWS CORRESPONDENT ELIZABETH SCHULZE IS NEAR THE WRECKAGE WITH THE LATEST. >> FOUR DAYS AFTER THE CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE OF BALTIMORE, FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE, THE HERCULEAN TASK OF CLEARING THE WRECKAGE IS UNDERWAY. THE U.S. NAVY SENDING THREE GIANT CRANES TO THE SCENE TO HELP REMOVE DEBRIS FROM STEEL ENCASED DAILY CARGO SHIP.

>> FOR THE FIRST TIME RIGHT NOW, WE’RE GETTING AN UP CLOSE LOOK AT THE SCALE OF THIS WRECKAGE. IT REALLY IS STRIKING TO SEE THE SIZE OF THIS CONTAINER SHIP, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS MOBILIZING 1000 PERSONNEL. GENERAL SCOTT SPELLMAN SHOWING US THE DAMAGE UP CLOSE.

>> WE HAVE TO GET THAT SECTION OF BRIDGE THAT IS RESTING ON THE FRONT OF THAT VESSEL OFF OF THE VESSEL. >> THAT STEEL WEIGHS, NEARLY £9 MILLION WILL BE CUT INTO FOUR PARTS. >> EACH PIECE LIFTED ONE BY ONE. BEHIND YOU, YOU COULD SEE A CONCRETE TOWER, REINFORCED CONCRETE TOWER.

YOU DON’T SEE ONE ON THIS SIDE BECAUSE IT’S IN THE WATER. THAT’S ALL RESTING ON THE BOTTOM. >> FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW PORING OVER THE SHIP’S VOYAGE DATA RECORDER, OUTLINING A TIMELINE OF THE 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE DISASTER. NEW VIDEO FROM THE NTSB SHOWS INVESTIGATORS EXAMINING THE CONTAINER.

56 OF THEM CONTAIN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. >> FLOATING BARRIERS DEPLOYED AROUND THE SHIP’S HULL. THERE IS NO RISK TO THE PEOPLE. AND WE ENSURE THAT BOTH FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE OPERATING, BUT ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE INSIDE OF THE AREA. >> SIX CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO WERE ON THE BRIDGE WHEN IT

COLLAPSED ARE NOW PRESUMED DEAD, INCLUDING 38-YEAR-OLD MEMORIAL SERVICE SANDOVAL. >> SEEN HERE IN A VIDEO MESSAGE HE SHARED FAMILY ON THE WAY TO WORK A FEW MONTHS AGO. OH, LOOK AT YOU. >> I MEAN, HIS BROTHER CARLOS TELLING US MINER WAS A HAPPY PERSON WITH A BIG HEART

AND OPENING DAY IN, BALTIMORE’S CAMDEN YARDS. THE ORIOLES HONORING THE VICTIMS AND THREE HEROIC OFFICERS WHO SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES BY HALTING TRAFFIC BEFORE THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. >> LET US JOIN TOGETHER AT A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. ELIZABETH SCHULZE JOINS ME NOW . >> MORE ON THIS.

ELIZABETH, THIS IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING. SO HOW CREWS GOING ABOUT TRYING TO CLEAR THIS AREA NOW? IT IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING. ABSOLUTELY, DIANE AND IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO SEE THIS MORNING THAT THAT HUGE CRANE, ONE OF THREE THAT WAS SENT

BY THE U.S. NAVY IS NOW HERE, BALTIMORE. AND THAT CRANE, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE SCALE, IT’S THE BIGGEST ON THE EAST COAST. IT IS CAPABLE OF LIFTING A THOUSAND TONS. BUT SOME OF THOSE PIECES OF STEEL ON THAT, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE HANGING OVER

THE BOW RIGHT NOW WITH 3 TO 4000 TONS. SO THAT’S WHY THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE THIS IN DIFFERENT STAGES. THEY’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE TO CUT IT UP BEFORE. THEY LIFT EACH PIECE ONE BY ONE. AND THAT’S JUST THE EFFORT WHEN IT COMES TO CLEARING OFF THE SHIP ITSELF.

WE ALSO THERE IS ALSO LOADS OF DEBRIS UNDERNEATH, THE SURFACE, WHICH IS WHY THERE’S A TEAM FROM THE COAST GUARD, THE ARMY CORPS ENGINEERS. WE DID GET AN UPDATE, DIANE, THIS MORNING FROM THE COAST GUARD THAT THE CONDITIONS NOW ARE TOO CHALLENGING FOR DIVERS, THAT THE WATER SIMPLY IS TOO

DARK AND TOO MURKY, THAT IT’S TOO DANGEROUS TO BE GOING UNDERNEATH. SO THOSE OPERATIONS FOR DIVING ARE HALTED RIGHT NOW. THE GOVERNOR SAID AT A LOT OF TIMES DIVERS COULDN’T SEE MORE THAN A FOOT OR TWO IN FRONT OF THEM, WHICH IS WHY THEY’RE HAVING TO COME AT IT

WITH THESE MASSIVE CRANES AND OTHER TYPES OF VESSELS INSTEAD DIANE. NOW, ELIZABETH, YOU WENT TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. WHAT WERE THEY LOOKING AND WHAT DID YOU SEE? >> YEAH, AND THIS WAS REALLY UNIQUE. NO SHIPS. RIGHT NOW, COMMERCIAL SHIPS ARE ALLOWED IN AND OUT OF THE

PORT WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL WEEK HOW THIS SHIP IS NOW COMPLETELY BLOCKED TO ANY OTHER TRAFFIC. BUT COURSE, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS REALLY LEADING UP THIS EFFORT TO START CLEARING IT OUT. SO WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY GET WITHIN A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YARDS OF THE SITE OF THE WRECKAGE.

AND THE FIRST THING THAT REALLY WAS REMARKABLE AS YOU APPROACH JUST TO SEE HOW BIG THAT SHIP WAS, DIANE, I MEAN, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A SKYSCRAPER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER AND THEN HOW FAR DOWN IT’S BECAUSE OF THE STEEL THAT’S ON TOP OF IT. THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

GENERAL TOLD US THAT THERE’S ONLY REALLY A COUPLE OF INCHES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SURFACE OF THE RIVER BECAUSE IT’S SO FAR DOWN. SO THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY LIFT THAT WEIGHT OFF IN ORDER FOR THE SHIP TO REFLOAT. AND THAT’S HOW THEY CAN START THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE SHIP OUT.

SO ALL OF THAT DEBRIS HAS TO GET CLEARED FIRST BEFORE THE SHIP CAN MOVE OUT. AND THEN WE AND YOU HEARD IT IN THE PIECE THERE, GENERAL SPELLMAN, TALKING ABOUT HOW THERE WAS THAT CONCRETE TOWER ALSO STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER. SO THAT DEBRIS ALSO HAS TO GET CLEARED.

REALLY WHAT IT UNDERSCORED IS HOW IT’S GOING TO TAKE TIME ,GET EACH OF THESE PIECES MOVING BEFORE THERE WILL BE ANY SAFE PASSAGE FOR OTHER COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND FOR THE COMMERCIAL VESSELS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH AT SUCH A BIG PACE BEFORE THIS PORT CLOSED. AND NOW, INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING AT THIS DATA

RECORDER. >> WHAT ARE THEY HOPING TO LEARN? RIGHT. SO A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO GIVE THIS TIMELINE. AND WE ARE NOW KIND OF GETTING A MINUTE BY MINUTE EXPLANATION WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. THE NTSB, DIANE, IS REALLY LOOKING CLOSELY AT WHAT ARE THOSE HAZARDOUS

ON THE SHIP. WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE 56 CONTAINERS THAT CONTAINED SOME TYPE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. SO FAR, WE’VE BEEN TOLD THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE SOAP, PERFUME LITHIUM BATTERIES, THAT HAS BEEN RELEASED. VIDEO LAST NIGHT SHOWED THEIR INVESTIGATORS TAKING STOCK OF THAT MATERIAL. THEY DO SAY THAT AS RIGHT NOW

THERE IS NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC OR TO RESCUE WORKERS. ALL RIGHT, ELIZABETH, CHELSEA NEAR THE CRASH SITE FOR US. THANK YOU. >> AND PRESIDENT BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN SAYS IT RAISED A RECORD BREAKING $26 MILLION DURING AN UNPRECEDENTED FUNDRAISER WITH THREE LIVING PRESIDENTS. FORMER PRESIDENTS BARACK OBAMA AND BILL CLINTON JOIN

PRESIDENT BIDEN ON STAGE IN NEW YORK CITY FOR CONVERSATION MODERATED BY COMEDIAN STEPHEN COLBERT. ABC CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE HAS THE LATEST. >> THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS CELEBRATING WHAT IT’S TOUTING AS AN HISTORIC NIGHT. A STAR STUDDED FUNDRAISER AT NEW YORK’S RADIO CITY MUSIC RAISING A WHOPPING $26 MILLION

IN A SINGLE NIGHT. PRESIDENT BIDEN SHARING THE STAGE WITH HIS TWO DEMOCRATIC PREDECESSORS, BARACK OBAMA AND BILL CLINTON IN CONVERSATION WITH LATE NIGHT HOST STEPHEN COLBERT. >> BIG NAME STARS COMING OUT, TOO, INCLUDING QUEEN LATIFAH AND LIZZO SEEN HERE IN VIDEO SHARED BY THE DNC CHAIR. >> WE GOT WITH NO TV CAMERAS

INSIDE THE CAMPAIGN, INSTEAD SELECTIVELY RELEASING JUST ONE CLIP, TAKING A SHOT AT RIVAL DONALD TRUMP. >> CAN VOTERS TRUST A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO HAS NOT WON A SINGLE TRUMP INTERNATIONAL GOLF CLUB TROPHY? AT LONG LAST, SIR. HAVE YOU NO CHIP SHOT? WE’LL WALK. >> I’D BE HAPPY TO PLAY.

I TOLD HIM ONCE BEFORE WHEN HE CAME IN TO THE OVAL WHERE HE WAS BEING SHOT BEFORE HE WAS SWORN IN, I SAID, I’LL GIVE YOU THREE STROKES. SHOULD BE CARRIED ON BACK. ACCORDING TO REPORTERS IN THE ROOM, ALL PRESIDENTS MADE THE CASE THAT TRUMP PRESENTS A DANGEROUS THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.

BUT THEY ALSO TRIED TO ENERGIZE VOTERS AROUND BIDEN’S RECORD, HIGHLIGHTING HIS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND INVESTMENTS IN AMERICAN MANUFACTURING AND STEPS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE. THE RECORD BREAKING EVENT BRINGING IN MORE MONEY THAN TRUMP RAISED ALL LAST MONTH WITH TICKETS SELLING FROM $225 TO HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

BUT THE FUNDRAISER ALSO HIGHLIGHTED ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACING THE PRESIDENT. PROTESTERS OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE ROOM, MANY CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE, GAZA AND ACCUSING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OF AIDING, INTERRUPTING THE SHOW AT LEAST SIX TIMES NOW. RESPONSE TO THOSE INTERRUPTIONS, PRESIDENT BIDEN

SAID THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY INNOCENT VICTIMS. MORE AID NEEDS TO GET INTO GAZA AND HIGHLIGHTED HIS SUPPORT FOR A TWO STATE SOLUTION. >> BUT DESPITE THESE PROTESTS, BIDEN CAMPAIGN HOPES THE SOLD OUT EVENTS WILL HELP ENERGIZE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO RUN NECK AND NECK WITH TRUMP.

DIANE. CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE. THANK YOU. AND JUST MILES AWAY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ALSO IN NEW YORK ATTENDING A WAKE FOR POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. >> TRUMP WAS EAGER TO DRAW A CONTRAST. PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STAR STUDDED FUNDRAISER. ABC NEWS CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHAEL SCOTT HAS

THE LATEST ON THAT. >> HI, RACHEL. WELL DONALD TRUMP WAS EAGER TO TRY TO DRAW A CONTRAST WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THAT STAR STUDDED FUND RAISER JUST A FEW MILES AWAY, MEETING WITH THE FAMILY, AN NYPD OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, OFFICER JONATHAN WAS SHOT DURING A TRAFFIC STOP

ON MONDAY. THE 31 YEAR OLD WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED, LEAVING BEHIND A WIFE, ONE-YEAR-OLD SON. THE FORMER PRESIDENT ATTENDED THE WAKE FOR DILLER, BUT USED IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CALL FOR A CRACKDOWN ON VIOLENT, TELLING REPORTERS THE COUNTRY HAS GOT TO GET BACK TO LAW

AND ORDER. TRUMP DID NOT PROVIDE ANY SPECIFIC DETAILS ON HOW HE WOULD COME BACK CRIME IF HE WERE TO BE REELECTED. AND FBI DATA DOES SHOW A DROP VIOLENT CRIME NATIONWIDE. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO CALL FOR LAW AND ORDER, HE HAS ALSO EXPRESSED DEEP

SUPPORT FOR THE RIOTERS WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY SIX, MANY OF WHOM WERE CONVICTED FOR BRUTALLY ATTACKING POLICE OFFICERS THAT DAY. AND TRUMP HIMSELF IS NOW CHARGED WITH 88 CRIMINAL COUNTS. DIANE? >> CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT, RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU. AND NOW TO ANOTHER DANGEROUS INCIDENT AT A U.S. AIRPORT.

TWO DELTA PLANES CLIPPED WINGS ON THE TARMAC IN MINNESOTA ON ONE OF THE BUSIEST SPRING BREAK TRAVEL DAYS. TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT GIO BENITEZ HAS THE DETAILS. >> HI, JILL. THE FAA INVESTIGATED TWO DELTA PLANES COLLIDING WITH OUR CRASH ACROSS THE. TWO AIRBUS A320 PLANES CLIPPED WINGS ON THE TAXIWAY AT THE MINNEAPOLIS SAINT PAUL

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. >> IT JUST STARTLING THE BOOM AND MOST VIOLENT SHAKE I’VE EVER HAD ON ON AN AIRPLANE. >> ACCORDING TO DELTA. >> THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING PUSH BACK FROM THE GATE OF ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT. AT AROUND 10:45 A.M., INVOLVING SOME 271 PEOPLE ON BOTH PLANES ,TROY JACKSON WAS TRAVELING

TO SEE HIS FAMILY IN ARIZONA. >> YOUR TAXIING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, JUST A BIG JARRING THUMP. >> THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE COLLISION. FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, BOTH PLANES RETURNED TO THEIR GATES SO PASSENGERS COULD DEPLANE DELTA, APOLOGIZING FOR THE DELAYS, SAID THEY WERE WORKING TO RE ACCOMMODATE

CUSTOMERS TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATION. THIS INCIDENT COMING JUST ONE DAY AFTER PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED FROM A FRONTIER FLIGHT IN CHARLOTTE FOR AN UNIDENTIFIED STRONG ODOR. PASSENGERS SEEN HERE EXITING THE PLANE DOWN. THESE SLIDES. FRONTIER AIRLINES SAYING WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE APOLOGIES AND CONCERN FOR THOSE IMPACTED AND ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE

OF THE INCIDENT. GIO BENITEZ. THANK YOU. AND INVESTORS ARE HEADING INTO A LONG WEEKEND ON A HIGH. THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE CLOSED ANOTHER ALL TIME RECORD 39,807. THAT’S FEWER THAN 200 POINTS FROM THE ALL TIME RECORD FOR THE 40,000 MARK. THE S&P ALSO CLOSED AT A

RECORD HIGH, CLOSING ITS BEST FIRST QUARTER IN FIVE YEARS. THE STOCK MARKET CLOSED TODAY FOR EASTER WEEKEND. >> AND IN OUR NEXT HOUR, ALEXIS FOR US WILL BREAK DOWN WHAT THAT ALL MEANS FOR YOU. MEANWHILE, POPE IS PLANNING TO PRESIDE OVER GOOD FRIDAY, MASS TODAY AT THE VATICAN.

THE PONTIFF IS KEEPING A FULL SCHEDULE THROUGHOUT HOLY WEEK DESPITE RECENT HEALTH. ABC NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN HAS MORE. HI, JAMES. >> YEAH, GOOD MORNING, DIANE. EASTER THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME OF THE YEAR FOR CHRISTIANS. AND DESPITE HIS RECENT COLD AND FLU SYMPTOMS, THE MOBILITY ISSUES HE’S HAD.

POPE FRANCIS IS PRESIDING OVER CELEBRATIONS. HE LOOKED ON GOOD FORM YESTERDAY AT THE WASHING OF THE FEET CEREMONY. THIS IS A RITUAL THAT SEEKS TO EMULATE. WASHING THE FEET OF THE DISCIPLES THE NIGHT BEFORE HE DIED. AND FRANCIS IS THE FIRST POPE TO TAKE THESE CEREMONY HONORS

OUT OF THE CHURCH AND INTO THE COMMUNITIES. IT’S JUST JUST THAT, AGAIN, AT ALL. FEMALE PRISON JUST OUTSIDE ROME, HE WATCHED THE FEET OF 12 FEMALE INMATES. SOME OF THEM VISIBLY MOVED. HE DID THIS ALL FROM HIS WHEELCHAIR. AND HE IN HIS MESSAGE WAS THAT ALWAYS FORGIVES. NOW, TONIGHT WILL BE

THE CEREMONY AT THE COLOSSEUM, THE WAY OF THE CROSS CEREMONY. THIS IS FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN POPE FRANCIS WILL DELIVER HIS OWN MEDITATIONS. AND THIS WEEKEND, THE BIG MOMENT, THE SUNDAY WHERE HE’LL DELIVER HIS BLESSING FROM THE BALCONY. ST PETER’S SQUARE. THOUSANDS WILL BE THERE. MILLIONS WILL BE

WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD. AND IT WAS RAGING IN UKRAINE AND IN GAZA. HIS MESSAGE BE ONE OF PEACE AND HOPE. DIANE. ABC NEWS, FOREIGN JAMES LONGMAN . THANK YOU. AND A MAJOR STORM IS MOVING TOWARD CALIFORNIA AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, BRINGING FLASH FLOODING, STRONG WINDS

AND HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> A STORM IS LINGERING IN THE NORTHEAST WITH NEW ENGLAND UNDER HEAVY RAIN AND FLOOD ALERTS. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE IS TRACKING IT ALL FOR US. >> HI, GINGER. LET’S ABOUT EASTER WEEKEND ON THE WEST COAST BECAUSE THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE

SOME ISSUES. LET’S LOOK FIRST AT BROOKINGS MORGAN WHERE THAT WATERSPOUT WAS TWISTING OVER THE OCEAN. IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY UNSETTLED. A LOT OF PLACES HAVE BEEN ABOVE AVERAGE, BOTH IN RAIN AND SNOW . COTTONWOOD CANYON SHOWN OFF THEIR FRESH PILE. BUT LOOK AT THIS. THE STRONG STORM IS NOW COMING AT THE COAST.

AND SO THE WIND ADVISORIES HAVE ALREADY STARTED. SACRAMENTO, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TUCSON AND PHOENIX. SO IT’S GOING TO IMPACT SEVERAL STATES. LAS VEGAS ALSO RIGHT THERE CLOSE TO THAT ELEVATED RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING. BUT SANTA BARBARA TO L.A., BY THE WAY, HAS ALREADY

SURPASSED THEIR ANNUAL AVERAGE RAINFALL. AND IT’S MARCH. GRANTED, THEY GET A LOT IN THE WINTER, BUT STILL, WE ARE WAY AHEAD. AND SO IT IS GOING TO BE EASY TO FLASH FLOOD IN THE FOOTHILLS UP TO A HALF FOOT. THEN THE STORM DOESN’T STOP AT THE WEST COAST, IT MOVES EAST.

AND SO IT’S GOING TO LOOK FOR A MONDAY WHERE THERE’S THIS ELEVATED RISK. IT’S HARD FOR THEM TO DO THIS, PUT THIS OUT THIS EARLY. AND WE ANTICIPATE GET EVEN MORE EXPRESSIVE. SO THE HIGHEST TORNADO THREAT RIGHT THERE, OKLAHOMA, KANSAS, MISSOURI, WATCH THROUGH THE WEEKEND BECAUSE THOSE WILL UPDATE AND PROBABLY WILL INTENSIFY.

AND THEN AS WE GO THE MID-ATLANTIC ON TUESDAY, IT’S LIKE THE MID-SOUTH, OHIO RIVER VALLEY OVER TO WASHINGTON, D.C. AGAIN, DAMAGING WINDS, TORNADOES TO START THE NEXT WORKWEEK. DIANE, CHIEF METEOROLOGIST, GINGER, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, HOMEOWNERS VERSUS SQUATTERS. WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF THERE’S ANYONE IN YOUR HOME WHO SHOULDN’T BE THERE.

ALSO AHEAD, FORMER CRYPTO KING SAN BANKMAN-FRIED IS SENTENCED FOR MASSIVE FRAUD. HOW MUCH HE’S EXPECTED TO PAY BACK AND HOW LONG HE WILL BE BEHIND BARS. WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, 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 IN UKRAINE, UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER, HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY FROM THE FRONT LINES, FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT FROM THE FBI REPORTING THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING NEWS LIED TO YOU.

WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC LIVE YOU’RE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS MONDAY AFTERNOON IN RELIEF, ANDREW CUOMO TO THE SKY FOR

A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. A BREATHTAKING CELESTIAL ARGUMENT. ABC NEWS TOGETHER WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, WITH ABC NEWS DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY REPORTING. WATCH IT ALL ON ABC NEWS LIVE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL, NAT GIO. ONE, DISNEY PLUS, HULU AND LIVE ON ABC CLIPS ACROSS AMERICA MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL

8TH, STARTING AT 2 P.M. EASTERN . YOU SHOULD SEE ME DOWN. THE STRONGEST FEELINGS FIGHT FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR FAMILIES. OH, HEY, THE QUEEN IS SHE CROWN . >> >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. >> SAN BANKMAN-FRIED IS NOW SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON

FOR STEALING BILLIONS IN A MASSIVE CRYPTOCURRENCY SCHEME. DURING THE SENTENCING HEARING, BANKMAN-FRIED CAST HIMSELF AN AWKWARD MATH NERD LOOKING TO DO GOOD. >> BUT THE JUDGE WASN’T HAVING IT. ABC NEWS SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AARON KATERSKY HAS THE DETAILS. >> ONCE LAUDED AS THE WUNDERKIND OF CRYPTO WHO KEPT

THE COMPANY OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS THIS MORNING, SHAM BANKMAN-FRIED BEGINS A 25 YEAR FEDERAL PRISON SENTENCE. BANKMAN-FRIED ADDRESSING THE COURT. SORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT EVERY STAGE. THINGS I SHOULD HAVE DONE AND SAID THINGS I SHOULDN’T HAVE. >> BUT THE JUDGE SAYING THERE WAS NEVER A WORD OF REMORSE FOR

THE COMMISSION OF TERRIBLE CRIMES. >> YOU JUST NEED RTX. ONCE THE GO TO CELEBRITY ENDORSED CRYPTO, IT’S FDX. IT’S A SAFE, EASY WAY TO GET IN THE CRYPTO. >> BEHIND THE SCENES DID NOT KNOW BANKMAN-FRIED WAS USING BILLIONS OF THEIR MONEY FOR HIMSELF TO PROP UP HIS STRUGGLING ALAMEDA HEDGE FUND.

>> AT TRIAL PROSECUTORS PLAYED THIS INTERVIEW WITH OUR GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS. >> SO YOU DO KNOW YOU DID KNOW THAT DEPOSITS WERE BEING FUNNELED TO ALAMEDA. >> SO I WAS VAGUELY AWARE THAT THAT WAS HOW SOME QUERIES WERE BEING SENT IN THE FIRST PLACE. >> DIDN’T GET SET OFF ALARM BELLS IN YOUR HEAD.

SO THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS. AND LOOK I REALLY DEEPLY WISH THAT I HAD TAKEN LIKE A LOT MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE DETAILS WERE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE. >> CUSTOMERS OF LOST EVERYTHING. >> ONE VICTIM TELLING THE JUDGE

THE MONEY, WHICH I WANTED TO SPEND ON A FAMILY HOME TAKEN AWAY, AS WELL AS MY CHILDREN’S EDUCATION. IN ADDITION TO THE 25 YEARS IN PRISON, BANKMAN-FRIED WAS ORDERED TO FORFEIT $11 BILLION TO COMPENSATE VICTIMS. IT’S ONE OF THE STIFFEST WHITE COLLAR SENTENCES HANDED DOWN IN RECENT YEARS, AND IT

REFLECTED THE JUDGE’S WORRY BANKMAN-FRIED COULD COMMIT ANOTHER FRAUD. THERE IS A RISK THAT THIS MAN WILL BE IN A POSITION TO DO SOMETHING VERY IN THE FUTURE, AND IT’S NOT A TRIVIAL RISK. >> BANKMAN-FRIED WILL BE TAKEN TO A MEDIUM OR LOW SECURITY PRISON, LIKELY NEAR HIS PARENTS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

DIANE, THE JUDGE SAID THAT BANKMAN-FRIED MAY BE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT HE’S NOT A RISK OF BEING VIOLENT. >> DIANE, ABC NEWS SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, AARON KATERSKY, THANK YOU. >> AND LAWMAKERS IN SEVERAL STATES ARE CRACKING DOWN ON SQUATTERS. THE NEW PENALTIES COME AS HOMEOWNERS ACROSS, THE COUNTRY FACE A SURGE

IN PEOPLE TAKING OVER THEIR HOUSES. >> ZOHREEN SHAH HAS MORE FROM LOS ANGELES. >> FOR HOMEOWNERS VERSUS SQUATTERS, INCIDENTS LIKE THIS ONE IN NEW YORK UNCOVERED BY OUR STATION WABE. DAN KRAUS ARE PUSHING LAWMAKERS TO DO SOMETHING. >> YOU SHOULDN’T BE TRYING TO STEAL MY HOUSE. YES, YOU ARE.

IN FLORIDA WEDNESDAY, GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SIGNING A BILL LAW TO HELP HOMEOWNERS GET SQUATTERS OUT OF THEIR PROPERTIES. >> WHAT THE SQUATTERS KNOW IS EVEN WHEN THEY’RE IN THE WRONG, IT’S A MASSIVE PROCESS MANY TIMES BEFORE THEY CAN BE EVICTED. >> THE NEW LAW, EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, ALLOWS PROPERTY OWNERS

TO REQUEST LAW ENFORCEMENT TO IMMEDIATELY EVICT SQUATTERS WHO WILL NOT LEAVE CITY CITY. IT IS A SCENE PLAYING OUT REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> THEY CAME IN THROUGH THE BACK. WHEN YOU HAVE THE WILD PARTIES AND PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY PARKING THE YARD. >> IN GEORGIA, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER ASHLEY LINCOLN AT OUR

ABC ATLANTA AFFILIATE WSB TV UNCOVERING SEVERAL OWNED RENTAL PROPERTIES TAKEN OVER BY SQUATTERS LIKE THIS PROPERTY FOR THE LAST 14 MONTHS. THIS RING VIDEO CAPTURING THE SQUATTERS, UNLOADING FURNITURE INTO THE HOME. >> THE POLICE KEPT DOING THE THING AND YOU CAN’T PROTECT NOBODY. >> THE STATE LEGISLATOR, THEY’RE FIGHTING BACK SAYING

SQUATTERS SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH TRESPASSING. THE BILL NOW SITTING ON THE GOVERNOR’S DESK WAITING TO BECOME LAW. BOTH OF THESE ACTS, THE ONE IN FLORIDA AS WELL IN GEORGIA, ARE GIVING A FASTER WAY TO GET THESE INDIVIDUALS OUT OF THE HOME. IT’S TAKING IT OUT OF THE CIVIL COURT PROCESS AND EMPOWERING

LAW FISHERS TO REMOVE THE SQUATTERS FROM THE PROPERTY IN LOTS ANGELES. ABC’S JACLYN LEE SPOKE WITH MOMS WHO CALL THEMSELVES VIGILANTES. CREATING A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH AFTER SQUATTERS TOOK OVER THIS $3 MILLION HOME DOWN THE STREET. LAW ENFORCEMENT UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT’S A, QUOTE, CIVIL MATTER. HE SAID SQUATTERS TREATING THIS

LIKE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU KNOW, IT’S A CONSTANT PROBLEM. SO, SHE ADDS, ARE EVEN HELPING THEMSELVES TO PACKAGES THAT ACTUALLY BELONG TO THE HOMEOWNER. SO EXPERTS HAVE TWO BIG TIPS. KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR PROPERTY. >> AND IF YOU LEARN THAT YOU HAVE SQUATTERS, CALL A LAWYER. DIANE ZOHREEN SHAH, THANK YOU.

>> COMING UP, THE WAIT IS OVER FOR BEYONCÉ FANS QUEEN BEY AS NEW ALBUM HAS DROPPED. >> WE HAVE A PREVIEW OF HER LATEST RELEASE AND THE REACTION. >> ALSO AHEAD, GET READY TO LEARN MY FAVORITE LIFE HACK EVER. SEE HOW A SIMPLE ORGANIZATION METHOD INSIDE MY FRIDGE HAS

HELPED ME SAVE TIME, MONEY, SPACE AND STRESS. RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK, I’VE COVERED A LOT OF TWISTED, DARK STORIES, BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS. MOST TERRIFYING. ALISA WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. ELISE HAD TO ASK, WOULD HORSE

TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING? AND I SAID, YOU MEAN A HORSE? >> SHE SAYS, NO. A PERSON. THIS IS CRAZY. THE 2024 THAT I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN A VERY LONG TIME. >> MY NOW BBC NINE. THE SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH THE DEBUT OF THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. 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

ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY, SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST. HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. 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. >> MONDAY AFTERNOON AND POLICE CAN NOW EYES TO THE SKY AND BULLETPROOF ECLIPSE A BREATHTAKING CELESTIAL EVENT. BBC IS TOGETHER WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, WITH ABC NEWS DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS REPORTING.

WATCH IT ALL ON ABC NEWS. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL. NAT GIO. WHY DISNEY PLUS AND LIVE ON ABC. THE CLIPS ACROSS AMERICA MONDAY AFTERNOON APRIL 8TH, STARTING AT 2 P.M. EASTERN INSIDE OUT AND AS A SOURCE OF HUMOR FOR YOU I’VE SEEN A PLACE LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. WOW WOW.

>> REPORTING FROM THE 24 CAMPAIGN TRAIL. I’M EVA PILGRIM WHEREVER THE STORY IS WILL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . >> WELCOME BACK. AT A TIME FROM A SET OF METHODS WHERE I SHOW YOU SOME OF MY FAVORITE HACKS TO MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER.

TODAY I BRING YOU MY FAVORITE LIFE HACKS SO FAR. IT HELPS ME EAT BETTER. IT SAVES ME TIME, MONEY, SPACE AND STRESS. >> TAKE A LOOK. GET READY TO LEARN MY FAVORITE LIFE HACK EVER. AND IT ALL REVOLVES AROUND MY REFRIGERATOR DOOR. BUT FIRST, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT LIFE.

BEFORE THIS LESSON I USED TO STOCK MY FRIDGE THE SAME WAY MOST PEOPLE DO PRODUCE IN THE DRAWERS CONDIMENTS, THE DOOR, AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE SHELVES. >> IT’S THE BEST WAY TO KEEP PERISHABLES FRESH THE LONGEST UNLESS YOU FORGET ABOUT THEM HIDDEN IN DRAWERS OR BEHIND OTHER ITEMS.

MY PERISHABLE FOODS WERE OUT SIGHT AND IN MY WORLD THAT ALSO MEANS OUT OF MIND. I WAS CONSTANTLY TOSSING FOOD THAT WENT BAD OR STUCK WITH RANDOM EXTRAS OF ITEMS I NEVER NEEDED TO BEGIN WITH, JUST FOR THE TIMES, CHEESE AND HUMMUS. FIRST CHANGE CONDIMENTS. THEY’RE GOING IN THIS BOTTOM DRAWER.

THEN I THIS TIKTOK VIDEO FROM INFLUENCER CASEY DAVIS. >> IF I WANT A CONDIMENT WILL BE LOOKING FOR THAT SPECIFIC CONDIMENT SO THEY DON’T NEED TO BE FRONT AND CENTER. WHAT I NEED IS WHEN I OPEN MY FRIDGE AND GO, I’M HUNGRY. WHAT DO I? >> EVERYTHING IS VISUAL.

I TOOK HER RECOMMENDATIONS A STEPS FURTHER WITH CLEAR CONTAINERS AND BOOKENDS AND MY NEW REFRIGERATORS SYSTEM WAS BORN. HERE’S HOW IT WORKS. CONDIMENTS ARE IN THE BOTTOM DRAWER, FRUITS IN THE TOP DRAWER AND ALMOST ALL VEGGIES IN LEFTOVERS GO IN MY DOOR. CONTAINERS WHERE WE SEE THEM. SO REMEMBER TO EAT THEM.

THE BEST PART IS I CAN SERVE AND REHEAT RIGHT IN THAT SAME CONTAINER. SO NO EXTRA DISHES. PLUS YOU EVER GET ANNOYED AT STORING FOOD CONTAINERS AT LIDS THAT NEVER SEEM TO MATCH? ONCE MY CONTAINERS ARE CLEAN, THEY GO RIGHT BACK IN THE DOOR NO CABINET SPACE NEEDED AND NO

MORE TUPPERWARE SCAVENGER. THE FACT LEGITIMATELY HELPS MY WHOLE FAMILY EAT BETTER. IT SAVES ME MONEY, STRESS, TIME AND SPACE AND IT MEANS EVERYONE’S NOT CALLING ME EVERY TIME THEY OPEN. I HAVEN’T FOUND THAT. >> AND NOW I WANT TO CREATE A MACEDO METHOD FOR YOU, SO LET

ME KNOW WHAT PROBLEM YOU WANT. HACKED ON INSTAGRAM AT DIANE MACEDO AND WE JUST MIGHT TACKLE IT IN ANOTHER MACEDO METHODS. >> COMING UP, GRAB YOUR COWBOY BOOTS AND YOUR COWBOY HAT. BEYONCE’S NEW IS OUT AND WE ARE BREAKING IT DOWN FROM THE SONGS TO THE HISTORY, THE FASHION.

ALSO AHEAD, BUCKLE UP FOR THE TOTAL ECLIPSE. HOW IT IS ALONG THE PATH OF TOTALITY ARE PREPARING FOR A SUPER BOWL OF TRAVEL. PLUS, LORI BERGAMOTTO IS TAKING US OUT TO BALLGAME. SHE’S SHARING THE RIGHT STUFF TO BRING TO THE STADIUM AND THE DEALS KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK.

>> I’VE COVERED A LOT TWISTED, DARK STORIES, BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. TERRIFYING. >> ALISON WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. ELISE HAD TO ASK HORSE TRANQUILIZER, KILL A HUMAN BEING. AND I SAID, YOU MEAN HER HORSE ?

>> SHE SAID, NO PERSON. THIS IS CRAZY. >> THE 2024. I HADN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN A MARYLAND TONIGHT BBC SHOW ,A HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR, ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY. THIS SORRY WAY, A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. THEY SAMPLED VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE TO FIND THEIR OBITUARY.

AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY IN THAT HOUSE? I DID. I WANTED TO SAY I’M SORRY. FACE TO FACE. ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SAW THE HOUSE AND? >> THE HOUSE? AND YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD SEE ME DOWN. THE STRONGEST FIGHT FOR

THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR FAMILIES . OKAY. >> WHAT? >> WHAT DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE NOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S GET INTO IT.

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

PODCAST START HERE. >> MONDAY AFTERNOON IN RELIEF UNDER CAN NOW EYES TO THE SKY BY SOLAR ECLIPSE A BREATHTAKING CELESTIAL ABC NEWS TOGETHER WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WITH DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS REPORTING. WATCH IT ON ABC NEWS LIVE. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL. MAGIC YEAR ONE. DISNEY PLUS SCOOP AND LIVE ON ABC.

ECLIPSE ACROSS AMERICA. MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8TH, STARTING AT 2 P.M. EASTERN. >> YOU’RE WATCHING NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. ABC NEWS LIVE. BREAKING NEWS, EXCLUSIVES, LIVE REPORTING ACROSS THE GLOBE KEEPS STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE. >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. ANOTHER AVALANCHE 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? TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN AS BILLIONAIRES ACT. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

THE MOOSE STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WELCOME TO ABC NEWS LIV FIRST THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. YOU’RE LOOKING AT NEW YORK CITY ON THIS FRIDAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO.

HERE’S A RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. CREWS ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO CLEAR DEBRIS FROM THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. THE NAVY SENDING THREE GIANT CRANES TO THE SCENE TO HELP REMOVE THE WRECKAGE FROM THE CARGO SHIP. THEY PLAN TO CUT THE STEEL INTO FOUR PARTS AND LIFT EACH ONE OUT OF THE WATER SO

THAT VITAL PORT CAN BE REOPENED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS ALSO APPROVED AN INITIAL $60 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO HELP WITH CLEANUP. A SUSPECT IN A DEADLY ILLINOIS STABBING RAMPAGE BLAMING DRUGS FOR THE ATTACK. ROCKFORD POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT CLAIMS MARIJUANA GIVEN TO HIM

BY ONE OF THE VICTIMS WAS LACED AND MADE HIM PARANOID. WITHIN MINUTES, AUTHORITIES SAY HE KILLED HIS FRIEND. HIS FRIEND’S MOTHER, A NEIGHBORHOOD MAIL CARRIER AND A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL DOWN THE STREET WHO WAS WATCHING A MOVIE WITH HER THREE FRIENDS. >> THEN YOU THINK ABOUT THESE FOUR.

THEY WERE DOING WHAT WE ALL DID ,WHAT YOU SHOULD ALL BE DOING THAT SPRING BREAK. THREE GIRLS WATCHING A MOVIE. I CAN’T COMPREHEND THAT. >> THE SUSPECT FACES FOUR COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL IS MARKING ONE YEAR SINCE REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS ARRESTED IN RUSSIA

BY PUBLISHING A FRONT PAGE WITH A BLACK HOLE HEADLINE. HIS STORY BE HERE. GERSHKOVICH WAS ARRESTED ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES WHILE ON A REPORTING TRIP THERE. THE JOURNAL AND GERSHKOVICH DENY THOSE CLAIMS. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS SAID EVAN’S FREEDOM IS A PRIORITY FOR THE PRESIDENT. AND BASEBALL STAR SHOHEI OHTANI

IS CELEBRATING A SUCCESSFUL HOME DEBUT WITH THE DODGERS. HE FINISHED WITH TWO HITS IN A WIN OVER THE CARDINALS. IT COMES AMID A GAMBLING SCANDAL. HIS FORMER INTERPRETER. COMMISSIONER ROB MANFRED, SAYS THE LEAGUE IS COMMITTED TO THE INVESTIGATION AND HOPES IT WILL TAKE A SHORT TIME RESOLVE. >> AND BEYONCE’S HIGHLY

ANTICIPATED COUNTRY ALBUM IS HERE. COWBOY CARTER DROPPED OVERNIGHT AND IT’S ALREADY SHOWING UP RAVE REVIEWS. OUR STEPHANIE RAMOS HAS THE REACTION FROM THE BEEHIVE AND SURPRISE COLLABORATIONS. >> OH, OKAY. >> SAY SADDLE UP, COWBOY. >> CARTER IS FINALLY HERE. WE WANT TO WELCOME INTO CIRCUS. AND THE BEEHIVE IS BUZZING

WITH A BEYONCÉ ALBUM. >> THIS IS NOT A COUNTRY ALBUM. >> SHE SAID IT AND SHE MEANT IT WITH A WHOPPING 27 TRACKS AND STAR STUDDED COLLABORATIONS LIKE MILEY CYRUS BACKSTAGE AND CRAZY INTERLUDES WITH COUNTRY MAINSTAYS LIKE WILLIE NELSON. >> YOU KNOW, MY NAME WAS LINDA MARTELL, THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY

SUCCESSFUL BLACK FEMALE ARTIST IN COUNTRY MUSIC. >> LADIES AND, GENTLEMEN, THIS PARTICULAR TUNE STRETCHES ACROSS A RANGE OF GENRES AND THE ONE AND ONLY DOLLY PARTON. >> HEY, MISS HONEY, WE ESTABLISHED BLEEDING INTO A BARN BURNING COVER OF THE COUNTRY QUEEN HIT. >> JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE, BABY, I’M WARNING YOU, WOMAN.

>> DO YOUR BEYONCÉ. WARMING HEARTS WITH A FUTURE FROM HER DAUGHTER RUMI ON THE ENDURING PROTECTOR. >> NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. WHY, PLEASE. AND A NEW SPIN ON THE BEATLES CLASSIC BLACKBIRD FEATURING COUNTRY NEWCOMERS BRITTNEY SPENCER, TIARA KENNEDY REYNA, ROBERTS AND TANNER ADELE, THE BLIND BIRD FLYING INTO

THE LAND OF A DARK LAND. I OUR JANAI NORMAN RECENTLY SITTING DOWN WITH ADELE. I’VE BEEN KNOCKING, BANGING, KICKING ON THIS DOOR AND BEYONCE, THEY REALLY OPENED IT. I DON’T KNOW IF IT CHANGES THAT KIND OF SYSTEM. >> IT GATE KEEPING OF COUNTRY MUSIC, BUT IT DOES CHANGE

WHO FEELS EMPOWERED TO BE THERE AND SHOW UP AND LISTEN. >> THIS IS BEYONCE’S FIRST COUNTRY ALBUM, A GENRE, SHE SAYS SHE INITIALLY DIDN’T FEEL WELCOMED IN. >> TEXAS HOLD’EM TOPPING THE CHARTS THE 32 TIME GRAMMY WINNER, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO REACH NUMBER ONE ON THE COUNTRY CHARTS.

SHE REALLY IS TAKING HER ACCLAIM AND ALSO BRINGING AN ENTIRE NEW AUDIENCE TO AN ART FORM. BEYONCE SAYS COWBOY CARTER TOOK FIVE YEARS TO PRODUCE. SHE SAYS SHE WAS INITIALLY GOING TO PUT IT OUT DURING THE PANDEMIC. THERE WAS TOO MUCH HEAVINESS IN THE WORLD. SHE DECIDED TO TAKE HER WITH

IT, AND HERE IT IS. YOU CAN SEE MORE OF BEYONCE’S JOURNEY INTO COUNTRY MUSIC ON “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” TWO EPISODE. IT’S BEYONCÉ COUNTRY NOW ON HULU. >> DIANE STEPHANIE RAMOS, THANKS FOR THAT. AND IT IS TIME FOR THE TRACK WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE MUSIC HEADLINES OF THE WEEK.

>> SO TODAY WE ARE GOING ALL IN ON COWBOY QUARTER AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, DJ AND RADIO PERSONALITY MEGAN RYTE BROUGHT IN SOME BACKUP WITH ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR SIRIUS XM RADIO HOST MIKE MUSE AND CELEBRITY STYLIST NICKI FREEMAN. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. MEGAN, MEGAN’S ALREADY WE’RE READY TO GO.

ALL RIGHT. LET’S TAP INTO WHAT WE DO EVERY WEEK NOW. LET’S COWBOY CARTER AND MEGAN. LET’S START WITH THE MUSIC. WHAT SONGS ARE TRENDING RIGHT NOW? ALL RIGHT. FIRST I WANT TO SAY WE GOT TO GIVE IT SOME TIME OKAY? WE HAVE TO LISTEN AND STAY WITH THIS ALBUM FOR A LITTLE BIT.

SO DON’T GET MAD ABOUT WHAT I’M CHOOSING. THIS IS WHAT I AM SEEING SO FAR. I GOT TO START WITH. YEAH, OKAY. SAMPLES SINATRA. THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING. IT ALSO INTERPOLATE THE BEACH BOYS, GOOD VIBRATIONS AND BILLBOARD IS CALLING IT THE BEST BEYONCÉ SONG ON COWBOY

CARTER AND I GOT TO GO WITH THAT. I’M LOVING JOLENE. IT IS ALSO I’M SORRY. I’M LOVING. YEAH, IT IS ALSO, TO ME, THE CLOSEST THING THAT YOU WILL GET TO HEARING WHAT BEYONCE SOUNDS LIKE LIVE ON A STUDIO ALBUM. NOW WE’RE MOVING ON TO JOLENE. IF YOU’RE GOING TO COVER

A DOLLY PARTON SONG, YOU GOT TO DO IT RIGHT. WHERE DO WHITNEY HOUSTON AND BEYONCÉ DID JUST THAT. AND EVEN WRITING THE LYRICS, INSTEAD OF SAYING, I’M BEGGING YOU BEYONCE, THEY SAID, I AM WARNING YOU, YOU DON’T COME FOR MY MAN. I DIDN’T WANT TO SING IT. BUT THAT’S WHAT SHE WAS SAYING

. >> ALL RIGHT. SO KEEP IT MOVING TO SPAGHETTI. LINDA MARTELL AND SHABU, THEY ARE ON THIS RECORD. >> ALL RIGHT. NOW, IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH LINDA MARTELL, SHE IS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO CHART ON A BILLBOARD COUNTRY CHART. AND SHE OPENS THE SONG SAYING GENRES ARE A FUNNY LITTLE

CONCEPT, AREN’T THEY? IN THEORY, THEY A SIMPLE DEFINITION THAT’S EASY TO UNDERSTAND. BUT IN PRACTICE, WELL, SOME FEEL CONFINED, RIGHT? YEAH. YOU HEAR HER RIGHT THERE. AND THAT BASICALLY WHAT COWBOY CARTER IS IN ITS ESSENCE. ALL RIGHT. >> SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO BLACKBIRD, IT REIMAGINES THE BEATLES CLASSIC

AND FEATURES TANNER, ADELE, REYNA, ROBERTS, TARIK ARDITTI AND BRITTNEY SPENCER. NOW, TIERRA ACTUALLY PUT THIS INTO EXISTENCE BY POSTING IT ON TWITTER. SO I AM VERY, VERY THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE ALBUM. SO MEGAN, TALK ABOUT THE FEATURES THIS ALBUM BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM. YEAH.

AND A LOT OF THESE FEATURES ARE DEFINITELY HOT. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT DOLLY PARTON, WILLIE NELSON, MILEY CYRUS. PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT THOSE MILEY VOICES AS WELL, POST MALONE, WILLIE JONES AND HER DAUGHTER RUBY. >> OH, I LOVE IT. IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR. >> MICHAEL JACKSON SAID IN

A STATEMENT THAT THE ALBUM WAS BORN OUT OF AN SHE DID NOT FEEL WELCOME. >> AND SHE ALSO WENT ON TO SAY THAT THIS ISN’T A COUNTRY ALBUM, IT’S A BEYONCE ALBUM. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? >> IT’S DONE THIS BEYONCE IS A TRUE ARTIST IN EVERY SENSE

OF THE FORM. THIS IS A COUNTRY ALBUM AT ITS CORE AND FOUNDATIONAL, BUT WITH A BEYONCÉ TWIST, THIS ALBUM IS VERY VOCAL FORWARD. I THINK THIS IS THE MOST THE ALBUM WHERE WE SEE THE MOST BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE OF BEYONCE AND THE WAY THAT SHE’S ABLE TO CREATE

HARMONIES OR THE WAY SHE’S ABLE TO PLAY WITH HER VOCAL CORD. SHE A VOCAL ACROBAT WHEN IT COMES TO BEING ABLE TO LAY DOWN MELODIES AND TRACKS, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE SONG DAUGHTER WHICH ULTIMATELY BLENDS INTO OPERA THAT SHE’S SINGING. >> I THINK FOR ME, THE CORE

OF THIS IS REALLY THE LINDA MARTELL PIECE OF THIS ALBUM WHEN SHE FATHER THE LINDA MARTELL. SO LINDA TALKS ABOUT GENRE AS A FUNNY CONCEPT, BUT I COULDN’T BELIEVE THAT THIS COULD BE MORE TRUE TO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO YEAH, I’M SORRY I HIT THE AUDIO IN MY BACKGROUND.

BUT IN SHORT, THIS ALBUM IS IS REALLY BUT IN PRACTICE, MIKKI YOU CAN’T LOOK AT THAT ALBUM COVER AND NOT NOTICE THE FASHION HERE. COWBOY CORE IS NOW TRENDING LIKE CRAZY. WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS ALBUM WILL DO FOR FASHION? >> WELL, I MEAN, BEYONCE’S SHE’S A TRENDSETTER.

AND YOU KNOW, WITH THE FASHION COWBOY CORE TREND. I MEAN IT’S TAKEN OFF TO NEW HEIGHTS. I MEAN, WHAT WE STARTED THIS WAS WITH THE RENAISSANCE ALBUM WHEN, YOU KNOW, HAD HER BEDAZZLED, YOU KNOW, OUTFITS AND ON THE HORSEBACK THAT COVER SHOT REALLY STARTED THE TREND. THE COWBOY CORE TREND MOVEMENT, REALLY.

AND THEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS ALBUM, I MEAN, THE WORLD IS GOING CRAZY, WANTS TO HAVE A COWBOY HAT AND BOOTS, WHICH IS THE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS TO THE COWBOY CORE TREND. AND MIKE, YOU TALKED ABOUT GENRES BEING FUNNY. BEYONCE HAS COVERED A NUMBER OF THEM SHE’S ALSO A PROUD HOUSTON NATIVE HERE, SAW

HER COUNTRY ROOTS MAKE. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW THE HISTORY OF COWBOYS AND ITS RELATION TO BLACK AMERICANS. HER TRACK LIST ALSO GIVES A NOD TO THE CIRCUIT. SO WHAT’S THE IMPACT HERE BEYOND THE MUSIC? >> YEAH, THE IMPACT BEYOND THE MUSIC. THAT WAS ANYTHING ABOUT COWBOY

CULTURE THAT SHE REALLY AGAIN, A NOD TO IS TO THINGS. >> COWBOY CULTURE AND REAL CULTURE REALLY BEGAN IN THE LATE 19 CENTURY, BEGINNING PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE 1880S, WHERE YOU SAW ENSLAVED PEOPLE BEGIN FOR THE FIRST TIME TO GET PAID JOBS. BEING A COWBOY FOR THE FIRST TIME, THESE COWBOYS WERE

BEING PAID, BLACK COWBOYS WERE PAID EQUITABLE PAYMENT, JUST AS THE WHITE COWBOYS. AND THEN WHEN YOU GO INTO THE EARLY 1900S, YOU REALLY BEGAN TO SEE THE ANDRE OF THE RODEO. >> AND BLACK COWBOYS ARE CREDITED TO REALLY ADVANCING THE STYLE TO WITH THE RODEO AS FASHION TO ACTOR

CURRENTLY TO WHICH A BLACK MAN WITH THAT A FOR CREATING THE CATEGORY OF STEERING THE CATTLE AND SO THIS IS A NOD AND REALLY CENTERING BLACK IDENTITY WITHIN COUNTRY MUSIC AND WHEN I WOULD TRANSLATE EARLIER WHEN YOU LOOK AT LINDA MARTEL THE REASON WHY SHE IS FOCUSING ON LINDA MARTEL

IS THE WAY THAT SHE IS. IT’S BECAUSE IT’S ABOUT LINDA MARTEL WITH EXCLUDED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS FROM COUNTRY MUSIC. SHE WAS MADE NOT TO FEEL WELCOME AS BIG AS IT WAS IN THE COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS. AND SO BY CENSORING LINDA MARTEL BACK INTO COUNTRY MUSIC BY CENTERING BLACK COWBOYS

AND COWBOY CULTURE BACK INTO COUNTRY MUSIC AND CENTERING THE RODEO AND BLACK IDENTITY IN COUNTRY MUSIC, SHE REALLY WAS CENTERING BLACK IDENTITY INTO COUNTRY MUSIC. SO THIS ALBUM REALLY IS A THESIS ON RECENTERING, RECLAIMING BLACK IDENTITY, BLACK CULTURE AND FOREFRONT AND REALLY GIVING US A HISTORY LESSON THROUGH THE LENS OF MUSIC.

THIS ALBUM IS ACTUALLY BRILLIANT AND IT’S ITS CONCEPT AS A THESIS ALMOST ACADEMICALLY. >> ALL RIGHT, SO WE’RE GETTING MUSIC AND AN EDUCATION AT THE SAME TIME. AND NOW RAPID FIRE. MEGHAN SONG SO FAR I HAVE TO SAY, AND AGAIN YOU GOT TO TAKE A WHILE TO LISTEN TO IT COMPLETELY.

BUT I’M LOVING SPAGHETTI AND IT’S KIND OF REMINDED ME OF LIKE THAT PERSON THAT YOU DON’T REALLY KNOW ONLINE BUT YOU’RE ROOTING FOR AND . I’VE BEEN FOLLOWING HIM FOR SIX MONTHS, SO I’M HAPPY THAT HE HAS THIS MOMENT MAKING A FINAL WORD, YOUR FAVORITE SONG SO FAR?

>> WELL, I’M STILL ON TEXAS HOLD’EM. WAS PRACTICING MY HOEDOWN THIS MORNING AND KNOW I MEAN, I’M GOING TO REALLY GET INTO THE ALBUM AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE’LL DO HAVE A DINNER TONIGHT. >> ALL MY FRIENDS LINE DANCE FOR ALL MEGAN RYTE. >> MIKE MILLS, MICKEY FRIEDMAN, THANK.

>> AND MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF IMPACT BY “NIGHTLINE”. IT’S BEYONCE’S COUNTRY ONLY ON HULU. >> NEW EPISODES DROP EVERY THURSDAY. COMING UP LIVING BEYOND 100. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT LONGEVITY AND HOW ONE RESEARCH SAYS WE CAN CHANGE OUR OUTLOOK BY CHANGING OUR DIET.

>> TONIGHT, THE SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS. THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID DUKE. THE MOST NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS? EVERY SHOULD ASK AND ANSWER

BEFORE JUMPING INTO MARRIAGE? OWNING A HOME AND HAVING CHILDREN? NEXT WEEK ON “GMA”. OH, YEAH. WE’RE GOING THERE. BEFORE YOU TAKE THE LEAP NEXT WEEK, GOOD MORNING, AMERICA, I’VE COVERED A LOT OF TWISTED, DARK STORIES, BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS. TERRIFYING. ALISON WAS THE VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

>> SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE. ELISE HAD TO ASK, WOULD HORSE TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING? >> AND I SAID, YOU MEAN A HORSE? SHE SAYS, NO. A PERSON. >> THIS IS CRAZY. THE WOMAN, 20 OF WHOM I HADN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

I REALLY WANT TO KNOW. ON ABC, THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY JOE GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. A SAMPLE BECOMES WE’LL GET A CHANCE TO FINALLY ERIC AND SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THE HOUSE MAKING? I DID.

I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M FACE TO FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK SO LONG? >> THE HOUSEWIFE AND THE HUSTLER TO, YOU KNOW, MONDAY AFTERNOON AND RELIEF. >> I’M LOOKING ALL EYES TO THE SKY FOR TOMORROW. SO LIMITLESS. A BREATHTAKING CELESTIAL EVENT. ABC NEWS TOGETHER WITH NATIONAL

GEOGRAPHIC WITH ABC’S DAVID AND LINSEY DAVIS REPORTING. WATCH IT ALL ON ABC NEWS. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL. NAT GIO. WHY DO DISNEY PLUS HULU AND LIVE ON ABC? A CLIPS ACROSS AMERICA MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8TH, STARTING AT 2 P.M. EASTERN. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS.

ACTOR LEWIS JR. THE FIRST BLACK MAN TO WIN A SUPPORTING ACTOR. OSCAR HAS DIED. GOSSETT WON AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN AND, AN EMMY FOR HIS ROLE IN THE ICONIC MINISERIES ROOTS . >> IN 1959, GOSSETT RECEIVED CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR HIS ROLE IN THE BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF A

RAISIN IN THE SUN, ALONG WITH SIDNEY POITIER. HIS OF DEATH HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED. GOSSETT WAS 87 YEARS OLD. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR SIRIUS XM RADIO HOST MIKE IS BACK WITH US NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. MIKE, TALK ABOUT THE LEGACY THAT LOUIS GOSSETT JR LEAVES BEHIND.

HE WAS SUCH A TRAILBLAZER IN SO MANY WAYS, AND PARTICULARLY THE ROLES THAT HE SELECTED. AND YOU CANNOT HELP BUT THINK ABOUT THE ICONIC MOVIE THAT IS ROOTS. ROOTS IS A FILM THAT IS STILL THAT LIVES ON TODAY AND DISCUSSED IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACIAL CONSTRUCTS. AND SO TO HAVE AN ACTOR OF HIS

ABILITY AND HIS TALENT AND HIS GIFTS, TO BE A PART OF THAT AND TO CREATE A LEGACY OF A THROUGHLINE ALL THE WAY GOT TO CONTEMPORARY CURRENT TIMES WHERE HE WAS STILL ACTING EVERY TIME HE STEPPED INTO THE SCREEN . DIANE WAS ANYTHING ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE ACTUALLY BROUGHT

THE PROVENANCE OF HISTORY. HE BROUGHT THE PRIVATE EYE BREAKING THE COLOR BARRIERS, ACTING IT, BUT THEN HOLLYWOOD. YOU SAW THAT AND FACE. YOU SAW THAT AND HIS DEMEANOR AND YOU SAW THAT AND HOW HE CARRIED HIMSELF INSIDE THE ROLES. WHAT MADE HIM SUCH A BRILLIANT

ACTOR IS HE LOST HIMSELF IN THE CHARACTERS AND THE WAY THAT HE WAS ABLE TO BRING THE CHARACTERS FORWARD. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HIM AND SIDNEY POITIER, THESE ARE THE LIVING LEGENDS THAT WE HAD AMONGST US. AND NOW WE CAN CELEBRATE HIM AND HIS TRANSITION AS WHO

LEFT A MARK, LEFT A LEGACY, BOTH IN HOLLYWOOD, BUT BOTH IN THE WAY THAT BLACK PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR BLACK MEN, WERE PORTRAYED. ALL RIGHT, MIKE MYERS, IT’S A LOSS. THANK YOU. >> AND AN ITALIAN RESEARCHER CLAIMS TO HAVE FOUND A WAY TO HELP PEOPLE LIVE BEYOND 100. PROFESSOR VALTER LONGO HAS BEEN

ON A QUEST TO FIND THE HOLY GRAIL OF HEALTH. >> NOW, HE SAYS, CHANGING THE WAY WE EAT COULD HELP REDUCE AGING. >> ABC’S ERIELLE RESHEF HAS MORE. >> 56-YEAR-OLD VALTER LONGO IS A FORMER NINETIES GRUNGE BAND GUITARIST TURNED GERONTOLOGY PROFESSOR. >> IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO MAKE A SWITCH.

LONGO, THE DIRECTOR OF THE LONGEVITY INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING BOOK THE LONGEVITY DIET, WHICH AT THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN WHAT YOU EAT, HOW YOU EAT AND LIVING A LONG LIFE. >> ROY WALFORD WAS THE UCLA MEDICAL AND HE TALKED ABOUT LIVING TO 120.

BUT THEN I ALSO SAY HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET TO 100. >> LONGO DEVELOPED SOMETHING HE CALLS THE FASTING MIMICKING DIET OR FMD A SHORT TERM LOW CALORIE DIET DESIGNED TO INDUCE THE POTENTIAL OF REAL FASTING. RECENTLY, PUBLISHING A STUDY WHICH TO FIND THAT THIS KIND OF DIET REDUCED MARKERS

OF AGING IN. BUT THAT DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN THE SAME IS TRUE IN HUMANS. >> BY DOING FIVE DAYS OF 811 HUNDRED CALORIES, WE’RE VERY VERY FAR FROM THE BODY. BUT WE’RE JUST STARTING TO PUSH THE CELLS INTO THE RESET MODE. >> IF YOU GO TOO LONG, YOU CAN SLOW METABOLISM AND START

HAVING PROBLEMS. AND IF YOU GO TOO SHORT, YOU’VE NEVER ENTERED THIS REPROGRAMING STEM CELL ACTIVATION. >> BEYOND THE OCCASIONAL FIVE DAY FAST MIMICKING, LONGO RECOMMENDS EATING A VERSION OF THE POPULAR MEDITERRANEAN DIET WITH HEALTH BENEFITS SUPPORTED BY YEARS OF RESEARCH. >> SOME OF THE INGREDIENTS THAT KEEP UP IN OUR ASSOCIATED

WITH LONGEVITY EXTENSION ARE LONGER. OUR HIGH LEVELS OF LAGOON’S WHOLE GRAINS AND THAT’S DIFFERENT TYPE OF TREE NUTS AND LOW LEVELS RED MEAT AND EVEN WHITE MEAT, AT LEAST UNTIL AGE 65 OR 70. >> WHILE NO MEDICAL OR DIET INTERVENTION, A LONGER LIFE STUDIES SHOW GENETICS, DIET

AND LIFESTYLE CAN PLAY A ROLE IN LONGEVITY. DIFFERENT PEOPLE WILL DO DIFFERENT THINGS. >> FOR THOSE THAT DON’T WANT TO CHANGE AT, THEY WILL DO. >> THEY WILL TAKE 15 DAYS A YEAR AND. >> THESE FOODS ERIELLE RESHEF. THANK AND LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL

FOR MORE ON THIS. DR. PATEL WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR TOP TIPS FOR LIVING A LONG HEALTHY LIFE? >> I THINK ONE REALLY BIG TIP IS WHAT WE JUST ABOUT AND THAT IS DIET. >> YOU KNOW, IN SOME OF THESE STUDIES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY AT INDIVIDUALS LIVING PAST 100,

EVEN A 110 DIET IS A MAJOR FACTOR. THEY TEND TO BE VERY LEAN, NOT OBESE. DIETS LIKE THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET CAN ENSURE THAT YOU’RE GETTING HEALTHY FATS A LOT OF VEGETABLES, AND YOU’RE LIMITED ON HOW MUCH ULTRA PROCESSED FOOD AND RED MEAT YOU’RE EATING. NOW, A BIG CONVERSATION IS ALSO

WITH CALORIC RESTRICTION. SO OBVIOUSLY KEEPING OUR CALORIES WITHIN A REASONABLE CAN ALSO HELP AND REDUCE YOUR RISK OF THOSE AGE RELATED DISEASES, SUCH AS HYPERTENSION, HEART DISEASE AND CANCER. >> THESE ARE DISEASES THAT ARE NEW IN HUMAN HISTORY BECAUSE WE’RE LIVING LONGER. SO LIVING LONGER, HEALTHIER. LIFE ALSO INVOLVES LIVING

A QUALITY LIFE AND REDUCE YOUR RISK OF ALL OF THOSE. AND I WANT TO HEAR EVERYONE WITH THAT OKINAWAN PHRASE HOW TO ACHIEVE BOONMEE, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS EAT INTO YOUR 80% FULL AND DON’T OVEREAT. >> VERY IMPORTANT JAPANESE WISDOM. >> ALL RIGHT. LET’S GET TO SOME OF OUR VIEWER

QUESTIONS NOW FOR OUR WEEKLY SEGMENT. BUT TELL IT LIKE IT IS. BOB BARKER FROM CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA ASKS, IS THERE ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN RED DAY 40 AND BEHAVIORAL ISSUES IN CHILDREN? >> OH, THIS IS A LOADED QUESTION. I GET ASKED IT ALL THE TIME. AND THIS REALLY STEMS FROM SOME STUDIES AND OBSERVATIONAL

REPORTS THAT HAVE LOOKED RED DAY 40 AND ANY ISSUES, ESPECIALLY BEHAVIORAL IN CHILDREN WITH ADHD OR OTHER NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DIAGNOSES. >> SO BACKGROUND RED DYE 40 IS AN ARTIFICIAL FOOD COLORING IS REGULATED BY THE FDA. IT IS FOUND IN THINGS SUCH AS CEREALS, BEVERAGES, CANDIES, GELATIN. AND FOR THE FDA, IT IS SAFE FOR

HUMAN CONSUMPTION. >> BUT SOME KIDS CAN HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS. SO IT’S WELL KNOWN THAT SOME KIDS CAN HAVE FOOD SENSITIVITY REACTIONS SUCH AS HIVES,AUSEA OR ECZEMA FROM RED DYE 40. BUT WHAT’S MORE INTERESTING AND WHAT BOTH LAURA REFERRING TO ARE THESE STUDIES THAT ARE SHOWING A POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN HYPERACTIVITY AND OTHER

BEHAVIORAL ISSUES IN CERTAIN KIDS WITH DIAGNOSES SUCH AS ADHD AND RED DYE 40 CONSUMPTION AND IMPROVEMENT WHEN RED 940 IS REMOVED. >> SO IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT DON’T NEED RED DIVERSITY IN OUR DIET AT ALL. SO IT’S NOT A BAD IDEA TO ELIMINATE OR REDUCE IT IF YOU ARE CONCERNED AND ALSO

READ THAT 40 IS FOUND IN A LOT OF ULTRA PROCESSED FOODS AS IS, AND WE’RE MOVING THOSE IS BENEFICIAL FOR YOUR HEALTH AND ANYONE BUT NO ONE SHOULD PANIC. YOU CAN EAT IT IN MODERATION. IF YOU DO DECIDE TO MAKE A CHANGE. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE KEEP IT DIARY OR

A LOT OF WHAT THEY’RE DOING, SO YOU CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL TO TRY TO IDENTIFY ANY HEALTHY PATTERNS THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE LONG TERM FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. >> AND I KNOW SOMETIMES THE DIARY HELPS IMPROVE YOUR HABITS. YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE TO WRITE

DOWN THAT YOU ATE THE ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, A PACK OF SKITTLES YOU JUST DON’T DO IT. >> BUT WE’RE NOT JUDGING. WE DON’T ENJOY. >> I’M GOING ACROSS THE ENTIRE BOX ASKING FOR A RUN OF DR. PATEL. >> THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

FOR DR. PATEL, JUST LEAVE A MESSAGE ON INSTAGRAM FEED AND HE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT HERE ON FRIDAY. >> COMING UP, BUCKLE UP FOR THE TOTAL ECLIPSE. TAKE OVER HOW CITIES ALONG THE PATH OF TOTALITY ARE PREPARING FOR A SUPER BOWL OF TRAVEL. >> I’VE COVERED A LOT

OF TWISTED STORIES, BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS. TERRIFYING. ALISON WAS THE VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. ELISE HAD ASKED, WOULD HORSE TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING? >> AND I SAID, YOU MEAN A HORSE? SHE SAYS, NO, A PERSON.

>> THIS IS CRAZY. THE 2020 HAVE NOT. >> I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN A VERY LONG. >> TONIGHT ON ABC MONDAY AFTERNOON EQUALLY I’M LOOKING ALL EYES TO THE SKY FOR SOLAR ECLIPSE. A BREATHTAKING CELESTIAL LOVE. NOT EVEN SINCE TOGETHER WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, WITH ABC, DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS REPORTING.

WATCH IT ALL ON NEWS LIVE. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL. NAT GIO. ONE, DISNEY PLUS, HULU AND LIVE ON ABC ECLIPSE ACROSS AMERICA MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8TH, STARTING AT $0.02 EASTERN TONIGHT. >> THE SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. LOSS OF THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORMS HEADING

INTO THE HOLIDAY. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DIGNITY OR THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. INSIDE THAT END IS A SLICE OF HUMAN BRAIN. I’VE NEVER SEEN A PLACE LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. WOW. >> I’M KAYNA WHITWORTH AT THE APEX SUMMIT IN SAN FRANCISCO,

WHEREVER THE STORY IS. WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . WELCOME BACK. GET YOUR GOGGLES READY. WITH JUST TEN DAYS UNTIL THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, CITIES WITH THE BEST VIEW PREPARING TO BECOME TOURIST HOTSPOTS. >> NEARLY 4 MILLION PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO TRAVEL TO VIEW THE RARE EVENT.

>> AND IF YOU HAVEN’T PLANNED YOUR VIEWING, DON’T WORRY. ABC’S GIO BENITEZ HAS TIPS ON HOW TO BOOK A LAST MINUTE ECLIPSE TRIP ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> A TOTAL ECLIPSE TAKE OVER. WE HAVE FOLKS COMING FROM JAPAN AND TASMANIA, 11 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WITH THE STUNNING AND RARE EVENT A LITTLE OVER A WEEK

AWAY. CITIES ALONG THE PATH OF TOTALITY. NOW THE BIGGEST TOURIST HOTSPOTS IN THE U.S. NEARLY 4 MILLION VISITORS EXPECTED AS FAR SOUTH AS TEXAS. ALL THE WAY NORTH TO ME. >> BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BOOKING HOTELS FOR 11 MONTHS NOW. AIRLINES HAVE ADDED SPECIAL FLIGHTS FOR THE COVERS.

>> WE’VE GOT ALL THE GADGETS HOPING TO BE ABLE TO RECORD COOL PICTURES. >> WESLEY MYERS AND HER FAMILY HITTING THE ROAD A 15 HOUR DRIVE FROM FLORIDA TO TEXAS TO TAKE PART. >> WE WANTED TO GO SOMEWHERE THAT HAD A DECENT AMOUNT OF TOTAL FOR SHOW THE KIDS AROUND TEXAS.

SO THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE THEY ARE HAVING OVER 4 MINUTES AND. >> NESMITH’S THE SINGER, HAS BEEN PLANNING HIS TRIP FOR SEVEN YEARS. >> I DON’T KNOW IF THERE ARE WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT I HAVE IN HAVING ,YOU KNOW, PREPARING FOR THIS FOR YEARS.

I KNEW THE DATES. THE NEXT FIVE OR SIX ARE HAPPENING. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE WANT TO GO. >> PRICELINE SAYING IT HAS SEEN MORE THAN A 330% JUMP IN FLIGHT SEARCHES FOR CITIES LIKE INDIANAPOLIS CLEVELAND, SAN ANTONIO, BUFFALO AND DALLAS COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. THOSE ECLIPSE WEEKEND FLIGHTS

DON’T ALWAYS COME CHEAP. THE AVERAGE ROUND TRIP TICKET TO LOUISVILLE RUNS ABOUT 1200 DOLLARS. BUFFALO, ABOUT 1000. IN SAN ANTONIO, JUST UNDER 900. TRAVEL EXPERTS SAY MAY STILL BE TIME TO SNAG A DEAL, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO HOTEL. >> YOU WANT TO GO TO A SECONDARY CITY, SO DON’T TRY

TO GO TO INDIANAPOLIS BUT TRAVEL TO BLOOMINGTON OR OR OUTSIDE THE MAJOR CITIES CAN SOMETIMES STILL SEE HOTEL DEALS THERE. >> WITH ALL THAT TRAVEL, LOCAL ECONOMIES EXPECTED TO REAP THE REWARDS. THE STATE OF TEXAS COULD POCKET A RECORD $428 MILLION. AND THOSE SMALLER CITIES ARE STILL GOING BIG ON ECLIPSE

MANIA, LIKE HIDALGO, TEXAS WHICH IS OFFERING A WEEKEND OF EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE MAIN ONE. LOCALS, THEY’VE BEEN PREPARING FOR TWO YEARS TO WELCOME CROWDS TO BALL. >> WE ORDERED 25,000 PAIRS OF ECLIPSE GLASSES AND THERE WAS A MOMENT WHEN WE STARTED TO THINK MAYBE THAT’S NOT

ENOUGH, AND SO WE ORDERED ANOTHER 20 5000 PAIR. >> THERE’S REALLY NO SHORTAGE OF WAYS TO PARTICIPATE. >> SIX FLAGS OVER TEXAS THRILL SEEKERS. A CHANCE TO STRAP IN FOR A SOLAR COASTER. AND IF YOU HAVE YOUR SEA LEGS IN AMERICA OFFERS AN EXPERIENCE FAR AWAY FROM THE DISTRACTIONS. >> OFFSHORE.

GIO BENITEZ THANK YOU. AND IF YOU CAN’T GET INTO THE PATH OF TOTALITY, WE HAVE YOU COVERED. JOIN US ON MONDAY, APRIL 8TH, WHERE YOU CAN FOLLOW THE ECLIPSE ACROSS AMERICA BEGINNING AT 2 P.M. EASTERN RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AND ALL OF DISNEY’S

FAMILY OF NETWORKS AND SOCIAL PLATFORMS. THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US, DIANE MACEDO. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR, ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY JOE GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A EXPLOSION OF A

CENTRAL BIG TIME. WE’LL GET A CHANCE TO BANG THE AREA AND SORT OF A LOSS IN THE WEST TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HOUSE RIGHT? I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY FACE TO FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK THIS LONG THE HOUSE AND THE

HOUSE WORK YOU NOW? >> TONIGHT, SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES PAST THE SECOND ROUND OF TRAINS. SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS EVERY

COUPLE SHOULD ASK AND ANSWER BEFORE JUMPING INTO MARRIAGE? OWNING A HOME AND HAVING CHILDREN? NEXT WEEK ON “GMA”. OH, YEAH. WE ARE GOING THERE. BEFORE YOU TAKE THE LEAP NEXT WEEK ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, EMPLOYEES ARE LOOKING ALL EYES THE SKY. FIVE FOOT TALL SOLAR ECLIPSE.

A BREATHTAKING CELESTIAL EVENT. ABC NEWS TOGETHER WITH NATIONAL WITH ABC NEWS DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS REPORTING. WATCH IT ALL ON ABC NEWS LIVE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL, NAT GIO. WHY DISNEY PLUS HULU AND LIVE ON. ECLIPSE ACROSS AMERICA MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8TH STARTING AT 2 P.M. EASTERN. >> BEYONCE’S CONQUERING COUNTRY.

>> MY FAMILY WAS BEYONCE. HOW DID CARTER COMES INTO THE WORLD AT A VERY COMPLEX TIME. ARE SAYING THIS SONG IS TOO PICTURE IS IT JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE SAYING HIP-HOP MUSIC WITH A COUNTRY ACTUALLY DOES NOT MAKE A COUNTRY MUSIC TO STAY IN YOUR LANE? >> WELL, THAT’S NOT REAL COUNTRY.

IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO IS AT SUPERSTAR STATUS TO DO SOMETHING, SHAKES IT ALL UP. >> IT’S BEYONCE AND COUNTRY. THIS IS, IN FACT BY NIGHTLINE’S NOW STREAMING ON HULU. >> ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WINNER OF THE GRACIE AWARD FOR BEST NEWS PROGRAM IN ALL TELEVISION STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME

WITH LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY. I THE WAY WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WILL TAKE YOU THERE YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . I AM DIAMOND STATED TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THE RUSH TO REOPEN ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL HARBORS IN THE COUNTRY.

CREWS NOW WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO GET BALTIMORE SHIPPING PORT RUNNING AGAIN. BUT NEW FROM THE CARGO SHIP SHOWS ABOUT THE BRIDGE COLLISION AND WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THE VICTIMS. FOUR PRESIDENTS AND ONE CITY. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ATTENDS A WAKE FOR AN NYPD OFFICER. WHILE PRESIDENTS BIDEN, OBAMA

AND CLINTON ATTEND A NEW YORK CITY FUNDRAISER II, THE EVENT IS BEING CALLED UNPRECEDENTED. CALIFORNIA AND UTAH ARE DIGGING OUT FROM A WINTER STORM. >> NOW A MORE POWERFUL SYSTEM IS ON THE MOVE. WHERE IT’S GOING AND WHAT IT’S EXPECTED TO. PLUS, LORI BERGAMOTTO IS TAKING US ALL OUT TO THE BALLGAME.

SHE’S SHARING THE RIGHT STUFF TO BRING INTO THE STADIUM AND THE DEALS ARE KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK. >> WE WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DEADLY BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE, INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW LOOKING INTO WHETHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE ON BOARD THE CARGO SHIP THAT CRASHED INTO THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE.

>> CREWS ARE NOW WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO CLEAR DEBRIS FROM THE SCENE SO THAT VITAL PORT CAN REOPEN. ABC NEWS CORRESPONDENT ELIZABETH SCHULZE IS NEAR THE WRECKAGE WITH THE LATEST. >> FOUR DAYS AFTER THE CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE OF, BALTIMORE’S FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE, THE HERCULEAN TASK OF CLEARING THE WRECKAGE IS UNDERWAY.

THE U.S. NAVY SENDING THREE GIANT CRANES TO THE SCENE TO HELP REMOVE DEBRIS FROM THE STEEL ENCASED CARGO SHIP. >> FOR THE FIRST TIME RIGHT NOW, WE’RE GETTING AN UP CLOSE LOOK AT THE SCALE OF THIS WRECKAGE. IT REALLY IS STRIKING TO SEE THE SIZE OF THIS CONTAINER, SAID THE ARMY CORPS

OF ENGINEERS, MOBILIZING 1000 PERSONNEL. >> GENERAL SCOTT SPELLMAN SHOWING US THE DAMAGE CLOSE. >> WE HAVE TO GET THAT SECTION OF BRIDGE THAT IS RESTING ON THE FRONT OF THAT VESSEL, OFF OF THE VESSEL THAT STILL WEIGHS £9 MILLION AND WILL BE CUT INTO FOUR PARTS. >> EACH PIECE LIFTED ONE BY ONE.

>> BEHIND YOU, YOU COULD SEE A CONCRETE TOWER REINFORCED. CONCRETE TOWER. YOU DON’T SEE ONE ON THIS SIDE BECAUSE IT’S IN THE WATER THAT’S ALL RESTING ON THE BOTTOM. >> FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW PORING OVER THE SHIP’S VOYAGE DATA RECORDER, OUTLINING A TIMELINE OF THE 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE DISASTER.

>> NEW VIDEO FROM THE NTSB SHOWS INVESTIGATORS EXAMINING THE CONTAINERS, 56 OF THEM, CONTAIN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. >> LOADING BARRIERS DEPLOYED AROUND THE SHIP’S HULL. THERE IS NO RISK TO THE PEOPLE. AND WE ENSURE THAT BOTH FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE OPERATING, BUT ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE INSIDE OF THE AREA,

SIX CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO WERE ON THE BRIDGE WHEN IT COLLAPSED ARE NOW PRESUMED DEAD, INCLUDING 38-YEAR-OLD MINER YASSIR SWANSON SANDOVAL, SEEN HERE IN A VIDEO MESSAGE HE WITH FAMILY ON THE WAY TO WORK A FEW MONTHS AGO. >> OH, LOOK, I WANT TO CHECK. >> I MEAN, HIS BROTHER

CARLOS TELLING US MINER A HAPPY PERSON. BUT THE BIG HEART AND OPENING DAY AT BALTIMORE’S CAMDEN YARDS, THE ORIOLES HONORING THE VICTIMS, THREE HEROIC OFFICERS WHO SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES BY HALTING TRAFFIC BEFORE THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. >> LET US TOGETHER AT A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE TRAGEDY.

>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELEASED $60 MILLION IN EMERGENCY FUNDING TO HELP COVER THE IMMEDIATE OF REOPENING THE PORT. IT COULD ULTIMATELY TAKE BILLIONS, REBUILD THE BRIDGE, AND IT WILL BE AN EFFORT THAT COULD LAST FOR YEARS. DIANE ELIZABETH SCHULZE NEAR THE CRASH SITE IN MARYLAND. >> THANK YOU.

AND ABC’S IKE EJIOCHI JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. THE LARGEST CRANE ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD IS NOW BEING TRANSPORTED TO BALTIMORE TO REMOVE THE WRECKAGE. WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THAT? WELL THEN YOU HAVE THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SAYING THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING RIGHT NOW, MOST PERTINENT THING

IS REMOVING THE PORTION OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE OFF THE BOW OF THE SHIP. AND THAT TAKES THE CHESAPEAKE 1000, THE LARGEST CRANE ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD. AND IT ARRIVED HERE LAST NIGHT. LET ME STEP ASIDE SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THIS CRANE IS MASSIVE AND IT

HAS THE ABILITY TO LIFT ROUGHLY POINT £2 MILLION AT A TIME. NOW, THE PIECE OF STEEL THAT’S CURRENTLY RESTING ON THE BOW OF THE SHIP THAT WEIGHS ROUGHLY £9 MILLION. SO ENGINEERS WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW AND WHERE TO CUT THE STEEL TO ENSURE NO FURTHER DAMAGE

WILL BE POSTED TO CONSTRUCTION CREWS, DIVER CREWS OR EVEN THE SHIP ITSELF. NOW, ONCE THEY FIGURE OUT WHERE TO CUT THE STEEL, THEY’LL BEGIN TO USE THAT MASSIVE TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING ALL OF THAT METAL AND CONCRETE OFF THE BOW OF THE SHIP. NOW, RIGHT NOW, THIS IS NOT

GOING TO BE A QUICK PROCESS. WE TOLD AT THE MOMENT THERE’S NO SPECIFIC TIMELINE TO THAT ENTIRE OPERATION. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE CRANE CURRENTLY ON SCENE, IT’S AN OPERATION THAT HAS JUST BEGUN. DAN, I. WE’RE ALSO SEEING NEW IMAGES FROM INSIDE THE CARGO SHIP.

>> WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING FROM THEM? WELL, YOU SAW THOSE DRAMATIC IMAGES FROM THOSE NTSB AND OTHER INVESTIGATORS IS FINALLY GETTING A CHANCE TO GET INSIDE THE SHIP TO GET A BETTER OF WHAT HAPPENED LEADING UP TO THIS ENTIRE INCIDENT. BUT REMEMBER, BEFORE THEY THE CHANCE TO GET IN THERE, IT

BEHOOVED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DIVERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SHIP WAS STABILIZED AND THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE SHIP WASN’T COMPROMISED ONCE THAT WAS FINISHED. THOSE INVESTIGATORS, AS YOU SAW, GOT A CHANCE TO BOARD THE SHIP. OBVIOUSLY, THEY HAD A FIRSTHAND VISION OF HOW MUCH DAMAGE HAPPENED. THEY WERE IN THE CONTROL ROOM

AS THEY WERE CHECKING THE MONITORS, THEY WERE CHECKING THE GAUGES. OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS REPORTED THAT POWER OUTAGE COULD HAVE LED TO THE FAILURE OF THOSE SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTS. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY WERE CHECKING TO MAKE SURE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS LEAK INTO THE AREA OF THE SHIP. SO THE CREW AND OTHER INVESTIGATORS WERE SAFE ENOUGH

TO COME ON BOARD AND TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK. SO, AGAIN THEY JUST GOT ON BOARD. WE’RE SEEING THOSE DRAMATIC IMAGES AND IT’S A SCENE THAT WE’LL SEE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND POSSIBLY INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES AHEAD. >> POLICE SAY A LARGE VEHICLE IS STILL IN THE WATER NEAR THE WRECKAGE.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? THAT’S RIGHT. MARYLAND STATE POLICE TOLD US THAT DIVE CREWS AND OTHER CREWS WERE ABLE TO SEND AUTOMATIC VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SONAR INTO THE WATER. AND WHAT THEY FOUND WAS ANOTHER LARGE VEHICLE, THE GALLEY THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY ENCAPSULATED DEBRIS, TWISTED METAL AND RUBBLE.

NOW, WHAT THEY ALSO SAID IS THEY FOUND PARTS OF THE BRIDGE INSIDE THE WATER, ALONG WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF CONCRETE AND REBAR. NOW, BEING TOLD THAT IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME JUST TO REACH THAT VEHICLE. AND ONCE THEY REACH IT, WE’RE BEING TOLD THAT OFFICIALS TELL

US THAT WILL TAKE MORE TIME TO ESSENTIALLY REMOVE THAT DEBRIS, TRY TO GET TO THAT VEHICLE. BUT OFFICIALS TELL US THAT THE VEHICLE THAT’S IN THE CENTER OF ALL THAT DEBRIS, THEY BELIEVE IT TO BE TO BELONG TO THE CREW THAT WAS WORKING ON TOP OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

BRIDGE AT THE TIME OF THE COLLAPSE DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. IKE EJIOCHI IN BALTIMORE. >> THANK YOU. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN SAYS IT RAISED A RECORD BREAKING $26 MILLION DURING AN UNPRECEDENTED FUNDRAISER WITH THREE LIVING PRESIDENTS. >> FORMER PRESIDENTS BARACK OBAMA AND BILL CLINTON JOIN PRESIDENT BIDEN ON STAGE IN NEW

YORK CITY FOR CONGRESS NATION MODERATED BY COMEDIAN STEPHEN COLBERT. >> ABC NEWS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE HAS THE LATEST. >> THE THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS CELEBRATING WHAT IT’S TOUTING AS AN HISTORIC NIGHT. A STAR STUDDED FUNDRAISER AT NEW YORK’S RADIO CITY HALL RAISING A WHOPPING $26 MILLION

IN A SINGLE NIGHT. PRESIDENT BIDEN SHARING THE STAGE WITH HIS DEMOCRATIC PREDECESSORS, BARACK OBAMA AND BILL CLINTON IN CONVERSATION WITH LATE NIGHT HOST STEPHEN COLBERT. >> BIG NAME STARS COMING OUT, TOO, INCLUDING QUEEN LATIFAH AND LIZZO. SEEN HERE IN A VIDEO SHARED BY THE DNC CHAIR. >> WE GOT GREAT.

>> WITH NO TV CAMERAS ALLOWED INSIDE CAMPAIGN INSTEAD SELECTIVELY RELEASING JUST ONE CLIP, TAKING SHOT AT RIVAL DONALD TRUMP. >> CAN VOTERS TRUST A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO HAS NOT WON A SINGLE TRUMP INTERNATIONAL CLUB TROPHY? AT LONG LAST, SIR, HAVE YOU NO CHIP SHOT? WELL, LOOK, I’D BE HAPPY TO PLAY.

I TOLD THEM ONCE BEFORE WHEN HE CAME IN TO THE OVAL, WHEN HE WAS BEING SHOT BEFORE HE GOT SWORN IN, I SAID, I’LL GIVE YOU THREE STROKES. >> SHOULD BE CARRY YOUR OWN BAG . ACCORDING TO REPORTERS IN THE ROOM, ALL THREE PRESIDENTS MADE THE CASE THAT TRUMP PRESENTS

A DANGEROUS THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. BUT THEY ALSO TRIED TO ENERGIZE VOTERS AROUND. BIDEN’S RECORD HIGHLIGHTING HIS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO LOWER PRESCRIPTION COSTS AND INVESTMENTS IN AMERICAN MANUFACTURING AND STEPS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE. THE RECORD BREAKING EVENT BRINGING IN MORE MONEY THAN TRUMP RAISED ALL LAST MONTH WITH TICKETS SELLING FOR $225

TO HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. BUT THE FUND RAISER ALSO HIGHLIGHTING ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACING THE PRESIDENT. PROTESTERS OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE ROOM, MANY CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE IN GAZA AND ACCUSING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OF AIDING, INTERRUPTING THE SHOW AT LEAST SIX TIMES NOW.

IN RESPONSE TO THOSE INTERRUPTIONS, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY INNOCENT VICTIMS THAT MORE AID NEEDS TO GET INTO GAZA AND HIGHLIGHTED HIS SUPPORT FOR A TWO STATE SOLUTION. BUT DESPITE THESE PROTESTS, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HOPES THE SOLD OUT EVENT WILL HELP ENERGIZE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES

TO RUN NECK AND NECK WITH TRUMP. DIANE, CHIEF, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE, THANK YOU. >> AND JUST MILES AWAY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ALSO IN NEW YORK ATTENDING A WAKE FOR A POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. TRUMP WAS EAGER TO DRAW A CONTRAST WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STAR STUDDED FUNDRAISER.

ABC NEWS CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT HAS THE LATEST ON THAT STORY. >> HI, RACHEL. WELL, DONALD TRUMP WAS EAGER TO TRY TO DRAW A CONTRAST WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN IN THAT STAR STUDDED FUNDRAISER JUST A FEW MILES AWAY, MEETING WITH THE FAMILY OF AN NYPD OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

OFFICER JONATHAN DILLER WAS SHOT DURING A TRAFFIC STOP ON MONDAY. THE 31 YEAR OLD WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED, LEAVING BEHIND A WIFE AND A ONE-YEAR-OLD SON. THE FORMER PRESIDENT ATTENDED THE WAKE FOR DILLER, BUT ALSO USED IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY CALL FOR A CRACK DOWN ON VIOLENT

CRIME, TELLING REPORTERS THE COUNTRY GOT TO GET BACK TO LAW AND ORDER. TRUMP DID NOT PROVIDE ANY SPECIFIC DETAILS HOW HE WOULD COME BACK CRYING IF HE WERE TO BE REELECTED. AND FBI DOES SHOW A DROP IN VIOLENT CRIME NATIONWIDE. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT CONTINUES

TO CALL FOR LAW AND ORDER HE HAS ALSO EXPRESSED DEEP SUPPORT FOR THE RIOTERS WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY SIX, MANY OF WHOM WERE CONVICTED FOR BRUTALLY ATTACKING POLICE OFFICERS THAT DAY. AND TRUMP HIMSELF IS NOW CHARGED WITH 88 CRIMINAL COUNTS. DIANE, CHIEF, CONGRESSIONAL RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO ANOTHER DANGEROUS INCIDENT, A U.S. AIRPORT. TWO DELTA PLANES CLIPPED WINGS ON THE TARMAC IN MINNESOTA ON ONE OF THE BUSIEST SPRING TRAVEL DAYS. TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT. >> GIO BENITEZ HAS THE DETAILS. THE FAA INVESTIGATING TWO DELTA PLANES COLLIDING WITH OUR CRASH . >> THE TWO AIRBUS A320 PLANES

CLIPPED WINGS ON THE TAXIWAY AT THE MINNEAPOLIS SAINT PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. >> IT JUST STARTLING THE BOOM. THE SILENT SHAKE I’VE NEVER HAD ON ON AN AIRPLANE. >> ACCORDING TO DELTA, THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING PUSH BACK FROM THE GATE OF ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT. AT AROUND 10:45 A.M. INVOLVING

SOME 271 PEOPLE ON BOTH PLANES, TROY JACKSON WAS TRAVELING TO SEE FAMILY IN ARIZONA. >> WE WERE TAXIING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN REALLY JARRING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES FROM THE COLLISION. >> FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, BOTH RETURNED TO THEIR GATES SO PASSENGERS COULD DEPLOY. >> DELTA APOLOGIZING FOR

THE DELAYS AND SAID THEY WERE WORKING TO RE ACCOMMODATE TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATIONS. THIS INCIDENT COMING JUST ONE DAY AFTER PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED FROM A FRONTIER FLIGHT IN CHARLOTTE FOR AN UNIDENTIFIED STRONG ODOR. PASSENGERS HERE EXITING THE PLANE DOWN THESE SLIDES. FRONTIER AIRLINES SAYING WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE APOLOGIES

AND CONCERN FOR THOSE IMPACTED AND ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT. >> GIO BENITEZ, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, A POWERFUL WEATHER SYSTEM IS ON THE MOVE OUT WEST. IT’S GOING AND WHAT IT’S EXPECTED TO BRING. ALSO AHEAD, THE DOW CLOSES AT ANOTHER ALL TIME HIGH. WHAT’S DRIVING THE MARKET?

CITY’S HEIGHTS AND WHAT IT SIGNALS FOR THE ECONOMY. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE

OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY AND THEN ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH LITTLE TOWN. THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ISLIP. LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY WHERE

THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. IN BEIRUT FROM THE FBI, ACCORDING TO THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINES HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER . THE STORY IS WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS,

WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. I HAVE A BIG CONCERN. THEY’RE EXPECTING A SECRET LAW WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE?

I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY PEN. INSIDE THAT PEN IS A SLICE OF HUMAN BRAIN. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED GOVERNMENT AGENDA. >> NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE. WOW WOW. BEYONCE IS CONQUERING COUNTRY.

>> MY FAMILY GOES BEYONCE, COWBOY CARTER COMES INTO THE AT A VERY COMPLEX TIME. PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS SONG IS TOO GOOD TO RESIST JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE SAYING HIP-HOP WITH A COUNTRY ACCENT DOES NOT MAKE IT COUNTRY MUSIC. >> THE STAGE IN YOUR LAND. >> WELL, THAT’S NOT REAL COUNTRY.

IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO IS AT SUPERSTAR STATUS TO DO SOMETHING THAT SHAKES IT ALL UP. >> IT’S FIANCE COUNTRY. THIS IS “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” NOW STREAMING HULU. >> WE’VE SEEN MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS THE START HERE TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT

TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT LISTEN NOW TO THEIR 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 IS MAKING YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN.

>> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING WHEREVER. >> YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE. KEY IS TO GIVE MORNINGS IN AMERICA. CAN YOU HEAR THE MARINES THAT INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE, KINDNESS, JOY, SURPRISES AND IS SO MUCH FUN. MAKE IT ABSOLUTELY GREAT.

START YOUR DAY WITH GOOD AMERICA’S RAY OF SUNSHINE, HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF AMERICA AND MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE. SO HAPPINESS, SO GOOD. READY TO SMILE AND PUT THIS GOOD INTO YOUR MORNING AMERICA BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE THE MORNING BETTER. A LITTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE. >> WELCOME BACK.

A MAJOR STORM IS MOVING TOWARD CALIFORNIA AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, BRINGING FLASH FLOODING, STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. A STORM IS LINGERING IN THE NORTHEAST WITH NEW ENGLAND UNDER RAIN AND FLOOD ALERTS. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE IS TRACKING IT ALL. HI, GINGER LET’S TALK

ABOUT EASTER WEEKEND ON THE WEST COAST BECAUSE THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ISSUES. LET’S LOOK FIRST AT BROOKINGS, OREGON, WHERE THAT WATERSPOUT WAS TWISTING OVER THE OCEAN. IT BEEN EXTREMELY UNSETTLED. A LOT OF PLACES HAVE BEEN ABOVE AVERAGE, BOTH IN RAIN AND IN SNOW. COTTONWOOD CANYON SHOWN UP

THERE, FRESH PILE, BUT LOOK AT THIS. THE STRONG STORM IS NOW COMING AT THE COAST. AND SO THE WIND ADVISORIES HAVE ALREADY STARTED. SACRAMENTO, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TUCSON AND PHOENIX. SO IT’S GOING TO IMPACT SEVERAL STATES. LAS VEGAS ALSO RIGHT THERE, CLOSE TO THAT ELEVATED RISK FOR

FLASH FLOODING. BUT SANTA BARBARA TO L.A., L.A., BY THE WAY, HAS ALREADY SURPASSED THEIR ANNUAL AVERAGE RAINFALL. AND IT’S MARCH. GRANTED, THEY GET A LOT IN THE WINTER, BUT STILL WE ARE WAY AHEAD. AND SO IT IS GOING TO BE EASY TO FLASH FLOOD, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS UP TO A HALF

FOOT. THEN THIS STORM DOESN’T STOP AT THE WEST COAST, IT MOVES EAST. AND SO IT’S GOING TO LOOK FOR A MONDAY WHERE THIS IS ELEVATED RISK. IT’S HARD FOR THEM TO DO THIS, PUT THIS OUT THIS EARLY, AND WE ANTICIPATE WE’LL GET EVEN MORE EXPRESSIVE. SO THE HIGHEST TORNADO THREAT

RIGHT THERE, OKLAHOMA, KANSAS, MISSOURI, WATCHED THE WEEKEND BECAUSE THOSE WILL UPDATE AND PROBABLY WILL INTENSIFY. AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC ON TUESDAY, IT’S LIKE THE MID-SOUTH, OHIO RIVER VALLEY OVER TO WASHINGTON, D.C., AGAIN, DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES TO START THE NEXT WORKWEEK. >> DIANE, CHIEF METEOROLOGIST ZEE, THANK YOU.

AND GAS PRICES ARE RISING FASTER THAN USUAL THIS YEAR. >> WHILE AMERICANS SEEM TO BE COOLING ON A CERTAIN HOT SAUCE . >> BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS HAS MORE ON THAT AND YOUR OTHER BUSINESS HEADLINES. >> ALEXIS, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TODAY? HAPPY FRIDAY, DIANE. LET’S START WITH THAT STOCK

MARKET, FOLKS, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN ON A TEAR THIS YEAR. EVERYTHING STOCKS TO BITCOIN TO GOLD HAS MARCHED TO RECORD HIGHS. THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE IS UP 10% SO FAR THIS. IT IS NOW ABOUT 200 POINTS AWAY FROM CROSSING 40,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME WHILE THE S&P

HUNDRED, WHICH IS TIED TO MANY PEOPLE’S FOR ONE KEY RETIREMENT PLANS, IS UP ABOUT 11%. ITS BEST START TO YEAR SINCE 2019. STRONG COMPANY PROFITS AND ENTHUSIASM AROUND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAS HELPED FUEL RALLY AND HOPES THAT THE FED WILL CUT INTEREST RATES THIS YEAR IS, ALSO GIVING INVESTORS A REASON TO KEEP

ON BUYING. WELL, STOCKS AREN’T THE ONLY ON THE RISE, UNFORTUNATELY. SO ARE GAS PRICES AS WE HEAD INTO BUSY SPRING AND SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON. >> ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR IS NOW $3.54. THAT’S $0.08 MORE THAN WE WERE PAYING A YEAR AGO.

GAS IS ALREADY TOP $4 A GALLON IN OREGON, WASHINGTON AND NEVADA. DRIVERS, CALIFORNIA ALREADY PAYING ABOUT FIVE BUCKS A GALLON TO FILL UP. GAS PRICES TYPICALLY RISE THIS TIME OF YEAR AS MORE PEOPLE GET ON THE ROAD AND REFINERIES SWITCH TO THAT MORE EXPENSIVE SUMMER BLEND OF GASOLINE. HIGHER GAS PRICES IN FEBRUARY,

ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS BEHIND A SURPRISE RISE IN INFLATION. AND SOME FANS OF HOT SAUCE ARE ASKING HAS TO RATCHET UP LOST ITS KICK. THE BELOVED HUGH FONG HOT SAUCE DISAPPEARED A FEW MONTHS BECAUSE OF SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. WELL, NOW IT’S BACK. BUT SOME SAY IT’S NOT THE SAME.

EVER SINCE YOU’VE LONG HAD A FALLING OUT WITH ITS LONGTIME SUPPLIER OF CHILI PEPPERS. SO LOYAL FANS HAVE TAKEN TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO COMPLAIN THAT THE SAUCE HAS LOST ITS CLASSIC HEAT. HUGH FONG SAYS ITS RECIPE HASN’T CHANGED, BUT THAT SOME BATCHES CAN VARY IN COLOR AND LEVEL OF SPICY NOTES.

>> YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR HOPS. YES. AND IF YOU’RE ME, YOU DO NOT NEED IT ON FIRE OR YOU WILL BE IN TROUBLE. >> ALEXIS, THANK YOU. SURE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY FINANCE QUESTIONS FOR ALEXIS, LEAVE A MESSAGE ON OUR INSTAGRAM FEED

AT ABC LIVE AND SHE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT HERE ON THURSDAY. COMING UP, JIMMY LIVESTOCK CONTRIBUTOR LORI BERGAMOTTO JOINS US FOR THE RIGHT STUFF. FAN FAVORITES TO GET YOU READY FOR GAME DAY. IT IS TIME FOR, THE RIGHT STUFF, WHEN WE COME BACK. >> I’VE COVERED A LOT

OF TWISTED DOG STORIES, BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS. THE MOST TERRIFYING ALISA WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. ELISE HAD TO ASK, WOULD HORSE TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING? >> AND I SAID, YOU MEAN A HORSE? SHE SAID, NO.

A PERSON. >> THIS IS CRAZY. THE 2020 HAVE. I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN A VERY LONG TONIGHT ON BBC. >> MONDAY AFTERNOON, EMPLOYEES . I’M LOOKING ALL EYES TO THE SKY FOR TERRIBLE SOLAR ECLIPSE. A BREATHTAKING CELESTIAL EVENT BBC NEWS TOGETHER WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WITH BBC DAVID MUIR

AND LINSEY DAVIS REPORTING. WATCH IT ALL ON ABC NEWS LIVE. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL. NAT GIO WILD, DISNEY PLUS HULU AND LIVE ON ABC ECLIPSE ACROSS AMERICA MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8TH, STARTING AT 2 P.M. EASTERN. >> WHAT YOU GET TO WATCH READ WHERE CAN I GET A GREAT

DEAL AND WHAT I’M JUST DYING TO BUY? OH, IT’S ALL RIGHT HERE, JIMMY. LIFE. GET THE LATEST CELEBRITY BUYS DEALS AND DEALS IN YOUR COOLEST LIFESTYLE FROM “GMA”. >> I LOVE THAT SO MUCH. WEEKENDS ON ABC NEWS LIVE TONIGHT, SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. THE MOST NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR HERE? FROM ABC NEWS, THIS IS THE START HERE TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE

ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN 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 STAR. ABC NEWS WANTED 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. WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS EVERY COUPLE SHOULD ASK AND ANSWER BEFORE JUMPING INTO MARRIAGE OWNING A HOME AND HAVING CHILDREN? NEXT WEEK ON “GMA”, EARLIER, WE’RE GOING THERE. BEFORE YOU TAKE THE LEAP NEXT

WEEK ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA, BEYONCE IS CONQUERING COUNTRY BY FAMILY. >> LOOK, BEYONCE, A COWBOY. CARTER COMES INTO THE WORLD AT A VERY COMPLEX TIME. PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS SONG IS TOO DANGEROUS. >> IT’S JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE PLAYING HIP-HOP MUSIC WITH A COUNTRY ACCENT AND IT’S NOT MAKING COUNTRY MUSIC

THE STAY IN YOUR LANE. WELL, THAT’S NOT REAL COUNTRY. IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO IS AT SUPERSTAR TO DO SOMETHING THAT SHAKES IT ALL UP. >> IT’S BEYONCE. THAT COUNTRY. >> THIS IS “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” NOW STREAMING ON HULU SUNDAY MORNING, BREAKING NEW REPORTS ON THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE, THE INVESTIGATION

AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR REBUILDING. AND NEW ISIS AFTER THE TERROR THAT HAPPENED IN MOSCOW. WHAT’S BEING DONE HERE TO KEEP AMERICANS SAFE? >> SUNDAY MORNING ON ABC’S THIS WEEK, REPORTING FROM THE SITE OF THE 2024 IOWA CAUCUSES. I’M VICTOR OQUENDO. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU’RE STREAMING.

ABC NEWS LIVE CHECK. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. IT’S TIME FOR THE RIGHT STUFF WITH OUR FRIEND “GMA LIFE” CONTRIBUTOR LORI BERGAMOTTO. EVERY FRIDAY LAURIE BRINGS US SOME OF HER FAVORITE AND TODAY WE ARE LOOKING AT FAVORITES TO GET YOU READY FOR GAME DAY. YOU CAN SHOP THESE PRODUCTS

IN WHAT LORI SHARED ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA BY SCANNING THAT QR CODE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF YOUR SCREEN. LORI, WE MIGHT GET STRUCK LIGHTNING. I SEE FANS WEARING METS JERSEYS RIGHT NOW. NOT TO MENTION I MINE WOULD ACTUALLY FIT MIKE PIAZZA. I GOT MINE ACTUALLY AS MY LAST NAME. WOW.

I DON’T KNOW. BUT WE’RE GOING TO GO WITH IT. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE NEED FOR THE BIG GAME. OKAY. SO EVERYTHING YOU’RE GOING TO SEE TODAY, YOU CAN TAKE YOU LIKE A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS GAME OR TWO. IF YOUR YOU KNOW, YOUR KIDS GAME, A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL GAME

OR REC GAME, WHERE TO START WITH BINOCULARS. EVERYBODY WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, I DIDN’T REALIZE HOW MUCH THIS WOULD IMPROVE MY VIEWING EXPERIENCE. >> OH, HI. OH, WOW. >> VERY PRETTY INCREDIBLE. SO WHAT WE LOVED ABOUT THESE IS THEY’RE FROM WALMART. SO THEY’RE A GREAT VALUE.

THEY HAVE A LIFETIME WARRANTY. I DON’T KNOW. I’M JUST GOING TO BE SPOTTING LIKE SPECKS, OF ANYTHING IN THE STUDIO I NEED TO DUST OVER THERE. YEAH, EXACTLY. BUT WHAT’S SO COOL ABOUT THIS IS ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE WATCHING ACTION, DON’T GET TOO CLOSE TO ME.

WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE I AM. BUT IF YOU IF YOU’RE WATCHING ACTION ON A FIELD, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TEN TIMES MAGNIFICATION. THAT’S AN IMPORTANT THING. SO A LOT OF BINOCULARS WILL BE LIKE EIGHT TIMES 42 OR, YOU KNOW, EIGHT BY 42 OR

TEN RUNS TEN TIMES YOU WANT TEN TIMES. THAT’S GOING TO LET YOU SEE THAT ACTION GOING TO GO REALLY SHOWS CLEAR RESOLUTION. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ONE. SO DON’T PLAY YESTERDAY. THE YANKEE GAME, GUYS HOW ARE YOU? GET IN THERE. HOW DID YOU GET IT IN THERE? OKAY.

I’LL CHARGE YOU THE CHARGER. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU’RE IN A STADIUM AND THIS COULD BE A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS GAME OR IT COULD BE AT A CONSOLE ANYWHERE, THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THEIR PHONE. EXACTLY. IT ZAPS THE BATTERY RIGHT OUT OF YOUR PHONE. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULDN’T

REALLY BE ON YOUR PHONE. YOU SHOULD BE IN THE PRESENT THE MOMENT. BUT YOU MIGHT NEED TO CALL AN UBER OR LYFT. YOU MIGHT TO GET IN CONTACT WITH YOUR CHILD OR WHATEVER IT IS YOU NEED TO YOUR PHONE. WE LOVE THIS ANKER BATTERY BECAUSE IT WEIGHS ABOUT THE

SAME SIZE AS A BASEBALL. SO IT’S PRETTY, PRETTY LIGHT. AND WHAT’S REALLY COOL ABOUT IT IS IT CAN CHARGE UP TO THREE TIMES IT EXPANDS. YEAH, YEAH. IT’S LIKE A LITTLE PHONE STAND. IT’S REALLY, REALLY COOL. AND SO IT CAN CHARGE YOUR THREE TIMES WITH JUST ONE CHARGE

TO THIS BATTERY CHARGER. WOW. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO KEEP LIKE, OH, NO, I’VE GOT TO RECHARGE THIS SO YOU GET A LOT OF USE OUT OF IT. IT’S REALLY AFFORDABLE. IT HAS A 400,000 AT FIVE STAR REVIEWS. OKAY. SO WE LOVE THAT. WHAT IS THIS?

OKAY, BEAR WITH ME. OKAY. THINK ABOUT I KNOW IT’S ONLY MARCH AND WE’RE FREEZING, BUT THINK ABOUT IN AUGUST. YEAH, IT GETS HOT IN THE GAME. YES, RIGHT. YOU’RE OUTSIDE. THE SUN IS BEATING DOWN ON YOU. YOU’RE JUST REALLY. NOW FEEL THIS. THIS IS A COOLING TOWER WHERE IT’S REALLY COOL.

IT’S WET. SORRY. IT’S WET AND COOL WE’LL JUST COOL YOU DOWN. THAT’S NICE. YEAH. SO YOU’RE NOT. YOU DON’T JUST FEEL LIKE YOU. YOU HAVE, LIKE, A WET PAPER TOWEL ON. >> YOU IT USES A TECHNOLOGY WITH THE WEAVE THE WAY THAT IT’S SO THAT YOU JUST FEEL

COOL DOWN BUT YOU DON’T GET ACTUALLY WET AND YOU JUST YOU FEEL THAT SENSE OF LIKE TEMPERATURE REGULATION IS REALLY NICE. SO IT’S REALLY EASY. CAN JUST TOTE IT WITH YOU. LOOK AT THE KIDS, THAT’S VERY FUN AND EASY. YOU JUST YOU WET IT, YOU BRING

IT, YOU SHAKE IT OUT AND YOU BRING IT AND THEN YOU’RE COOL FOR THE GAME. LOVE IT ALL RIGHT BY ME. SOME PEANUTS, JACK TONIGHT WE GOT LORI BERGAMOTTO. THANK YOU. AND TO SHOP THESE PRODUCTS AND MORE OF THE RIGHT STUFF. SCAN THAT QR CODE ON THE BOTTOM

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IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY JOE GIRARDI . THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. THEY SENT ALL VICTIMS. WE’LL GET A CHANCE FINDING ERIKA AND THEN SORT OF A LOSS

FOR TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THE HOUSE, WHICH I DIDN’T. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY . >> FACE TO FACE. ERIKA, WHY DO YOU TAKE SO LONG ? >> THE HOUSE WON’T. AND THE HOUSE SEARCH. YOU KNOW. >> I’VE COVERED A LOT OF TWISTED, DARK STORIES,

BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS. IT WAS TERRIFYING. ALYSSA WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. ALEX HAD TO ASK, WOULD HORSE TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING? AND I SAID, YOU MEAN A HORSE? >> SHE SAID, NO. A PERSON.

>> THIS IS CRAZY. THE 2024 THAT I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN A VERY LONG TIME. TONIGHT ON ABC, FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER WARNING. IT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE.

>> WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS SO FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN. AS BILLIONAIRE SIT DOWN IS GOING TO BE THE MOVE. STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA. THIS MORNING AMERICA’S NUMBER

ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE AT 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 FOR EDWARD ARE MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE, ABC NEWS MAKING YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE

COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> ABC NEWS, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. YOU’RE LOOKING AT NEW YORK CITY ON THIS FRIDAY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE’S A RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW.

CREWS ARE WORKING THE CLOCK TO CLEAR DEBRIS FROM THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. THE NAVY SENDING THREE GIANT CRANES TO THE SCENE TO HELP REMOVE THE WRECKAGE FROM THE CARGO SHIP. >> THEY PLAN TO CUT THE STEEL INTO FOUR PARTS AND LIFT EACH ONE OUT OF THE WATER SO

THAT VITAL PORT CAN BE REOPENED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS ALSO APPROVED AN INITIAL $60 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO HELP WITH CLEANUP. THE SUSPECT IN A DEADLY ILLINOIS STABBING RAMPAGE IS BLAMING DRUGS FOR THE ATTACK. ROCKFORD POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT CLAIMS GIVEN TO HIM BY ONE

OF THE VICTIMS WAS LACED AND MADE HIM. WITHIN MINUTES, AUTHORITIES SAY HE KILLED HIS FRIEND. HIS MOTHER, A NEIGHBORHOOD MAIL CARRIER AND A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL DOWN THE STREET WHO WAS WATCHING A MOVIE WITH HER THREE FRIENDS. >> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THESE FORWARD THREE WERE DOING WHAT WE ALL DID, WHAT YOU

SHOULD ALL BE DOING THAT SPRING BREAK, THREE GIRLS WATCHING MOVIE. >> I CAN’T EVEN COMPREHEND THAT THE SUSPECT FACES FOUR COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL IS MARKING YEAR SINCE REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS ARRESTED IN RUSSIA BY PUBLISHING FRONT PAGE WITH A BLACK HOLE. THE HEADLINE, HIS STORY SHOULD

BE HERE. GERSHKOVICH WAS ARRESTED ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES WHILE A REPORTING TRIP THERE. THE JOURNAL AND GERSHKOVICH DENY THOSE CLAIMS. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS SAID EVAN’S FREEDOM IS A PRIORITY FOR THE PRESIDENT. AND BASEBALL STAR SHOHEI OHTANI IS CELEBRATING A SUCCESSFUL HOME DEBUT WITH THE DODGERS. HE FINISHED WITH TWO HITS IN

A WIN OVER THE CARDINALS. IT COMES AMID A GAMBLING SCANDAL AROUND HIS FORMER INTERPRETER. COMMISSIONER ROB MANFRED SAYS THE LEAGUE IS COMMITTED TO THE INVESTIGATION AND HOPES IT WILL TAKE A SHORT TIME RESOLVE. >> AND BEYONCE’S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED COUNTRY ALBUM IS HERE. >> COWBOY CARTER DROPPED OVERNIGHT, AND IT’S ALREADY

LASSOING UP RAVE REVIEWS. OUR STEPHANIE RAMOS HAS THE REACTION, THE BEEHIVE AND SURPRISE COLLABORATIONS. >> HELLO. >> ALLOW. TO SAY THAT UP, COWBOY CARTER IS FINALLY HERE. WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO TAKE SECONDS. AND THE BEEHIVE IS WITH A BEYONCÉ ALBUM. >> THIS NOT A COUNTRY ALBUM.

>> SHE SAID IT AND SHE MEANT IT WITH A 27 TRACKS AND STAR STUDDED COLLABORATIONS LIKE MILEY CYRUS AND BETTY AND INTERLUDES WITH COUNTRY MAINSTAYS LIKE WILLIE NELSON. >> YOU KNOW MY NAME. NO NEED TO KNOW YOUR. LINDA MARTELL, THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL BLACK FEMALE ARTIST IN COUNTRY MUSIC.

>> LADIES AND THIS PARTICULAR TUNE STRETCHES A RANGE OF GENRES AND THE ONE AND ONLY DOLLY PARTON. >> HEY, MISS HONEY BEE IS DOLLY BE LEADING INTO A BARN BURNING COVER OF THE COUNTRY. >> HIT. JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE, JOHN, CANDY. >> DO YOU WANT ME. >> BEYONCÉ WARMING HEARTS

WITH A FEATURE FROM HER OWN DAUGHTER RUMI ON THE ENDURING PROTECTOR. >> NOT GUILTY HERE. THE WORLDWIDE PLEASE. AND A NEW SPIN ON THE BEATLES CLASSIC BLACKBIRD FEATURING COUNTRY NEWCOMERS BRITTANY SPENCER, TIARA KENNEDY ,ROBERTS AND TANNER O’DELL THAT THE FLAG AND BLACKBIRD AND THE LIGHT OF THE DARK LAND.

I LEAVING OUR JANAI NORMAN RECENTLY SITTING DOWN ADELE. >> I’VE BEEN KNOCKING, BANGING, KICKING ON THIS DOOR AND BEYONCE. THEY REALLY OPENED. >> I DON’T KNOW IF IT CHANGES THAT KIND SYSTEMATIC GATEKEEPING OF COUNTRY, BUT IT DOES CHANGE WHO FEELS EMPOWERED TO BE THERE AND SHOW UP AND LISTEN.

>> THIS IS BEYONCE’S FIRST COUNTRY ALBUM, A GENRE SHE SAYS SHE INITIALLY DIDN’T FEEL WELCOMED IN. >> TEXAS HOLD’EM TOPPING THE CHARTS, THE 32 TIME GRAMMY WINNER, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO REACHED NUMBER ONE ON THE COUNTRY CHARTS. SHE REALLY IS STAKING HER CLAIM. AND ALSO BRINGING AN ENTIRE

NEW AUDIENCE TO AN ART FORM. BEYONCE SAYS COWBOY. CARTER FIVE YEARS TO PRODUCE. SHE SAYS SHE WAS INITIALLY GOING TO PUT IT OUT DURING THE PANDEMIC BUT THERE WAS TOO MUCH HEAVINESS IN THE WORLD. SHE DECIDED TO TAKE HER TIME WITH IT. AND HERE IT IS. YOU CAN SEE MORE OF BEYONCE’S

JOURNEY INTO COUNTRY MUSIC. ON “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” TWO EPISODE. IT’S BEYONCÉ COUNTRY STREAMING ON HULU. DIANE STEPHANIE RAMOS, THANKS FOR THAT. AND IT IS TIME FOR THE DROP WHERE WE TALK ABOUT BIG MUSIC HEADLINES OF THE WEEK. >> TODAY WE ARE GOING ALL IN ON COWBOY QUARTER AND ABC

CONTRIBUTOR, DJ AND RADIO PERSONALITY MEGAN RYTE BROUGHT IN SOME BACKUP WITH ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR SIRIUS XM RADIO HOST MIKE MUSE AND CELEBRITY STYLIST MICKIE FREEMAN. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. MEGHAN, MEGHAN’S ALREADY DANCING. READY TO GO. ALL RIGHT, LET’S STOP. THIS IS WHAT WE DO EVERY WEEKEND.

NOW, LET’S TALK COWBOY CARTER AND MEGHAN. LET’S START WITH THE MUSIC. WHAT SONGS ARE TRENDING RIGHT NOW? ALL RIGHT. FIRST I WANT TO SAY WE GOT TO GIVE IT SOME TIME. OKAY? WE TO LISTEN TO STAY WITH THIS ALBUM FOR A LITTLE BIT. SO DON’T GET MAD ABOUT WHAT I’M CHOOSING.

BUT THIS IS WHAT I AM SEEING SO FAR. I GOT TO START WITH THE AIR SAMPLES. NANCY SINATRA’S THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING. IT ALSO INTERPOLATE THE BEACH BOYS, GOOD VIBRATIONS AND BILLBOARD IS CALLING IT THE BEST BEYONCE SONG ON COWBOY CARTER. AND I GOT TO GO WITH THAT.

I’M LOVING JOLENE. IT IS ALSO I’M SORRY. I’M LOVING. YEAH IT IS ALSO, TO ME, THE CLOSEST THING THAT YOU WILL GET TO HEARING WHAT BEYONCE SOUNDS LIKE LIVE ON A STUDIO ALBUM. NOW WE’RE MOVING TO JOLENE. IF YOU’RE GOING TO COVER A DOLLY PARTON SONG, YOU GOT TO DO IT RIGHT.

WORD TO WHITNEY HOUSTON. AND BEYONCE DID. JUST THAT. AND EVEN WRITING THE LYRICS INSTEAD OF SAYING, I’M BEGGING YOU, BEYONCE, I SAID, I AM WARNING YOU, DON’T COME FOR, MY MAN. I DIDN’T WANT TO SING IT. BUT THAT’S WHAT SHE WAS SAYING. ALL RIGHT. SO KEEP IT MOVING TO SPAGHETTI.

>> LINDA MARTELL, ALICIA, BOOSIE ARE ON THIS RECORD. >> ALL RIGHT. NOW, IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH MARTELL, SHE IS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO CHART ON A BILLBOARD COUNTRY CHART, AND SHE OPENS THE SONG BY SAYING GENRES ARE A FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPT, AREN’T THEY? IN THEORY, THEY HAVE A SIMPLE

DEFINITION THAT’S EASY TO UNDERSTAND, BUT IN PRACTICE, WELL, SOME FEEL CONFINED, RIGHT? YEAH. YOU HEAR HER RIGHT THERE. AND THAT IS BASICALLY COWBOY CARTER IS IN ITS ESSENCE. >> ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO BLACKBIRD. OKAY. IT REIMAGINES THE BEATLES CLASSIC AND FEATURES CARTER, ADELE, REYNA, ROBERTS, TARA KENNEDY AND BRITTNEY SPENCER.

NOW, TIERRA ACTUALLY PUT THIS INTO EXISTENCE BY POSTING IT ON TWITTER. SO I AM VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE ALBUM SO THEY CAN TALK ABOUT THE FEATURES ON THIS ALBUM BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM. YEAH, I DID A LOT OF THESE FEATURES ARE DEFINITELY HIGH.

YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT DOLLY PARTON, WILLIE NELSON, MILEY CYRUS. PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT THOSE MILEY VOICES. WELL, POST MALONE, WILLIE JONES AND HER DAUGHTER RUBY CARTER. >> OH, I LOVE THAT. IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR. MIKE SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THE ALBUM WAS BORN OUT

OF AN OR SHE DID NOT FEEL WELCOME. >> AND SHE ALSO WENT ON TO SAY ,THIS ISN’T A COUNTRY ALBUM, IT’S A BEYONCE ALBUM. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. BEYONCÉ PUT HER OWN TWIST ON THIS. BEYONCE IS A TRUE ARTIST

IN EVERY SENSE OF THE FORM. THIS IS A COUNTRY ALBUM AT ITS CORE AND FOUNDATIONAL, BUT A BEYONCÉ TWIST. THIS ALBUM IS VERY VOCAL FORWARD. I THINK THIS IS THE MOST THE ALBUM WHERE WE SEE THE MOST BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE OF BEYONCE AND THE WAY THAT SHE’S ABLE TO CREATE

HARMONIES, THE WAY SHE’S ABLE TO PLAY WITH HER VOCAL CORD. SHE IS A VOCAL ACROBAT WHEN IT COMES TO BEING ABLE TO LAY DOWN MELODIES AND TRACKS, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE SONG DARK, WHICH ULTIMATELY BLENDS INTO OPERA, THAT SHE’S SINGING. I THINK FOR ME, THE CORE

OF THIS IS REALLY THE LINDA MARTELL PIECE OF THIS ALBUM, WHICH IS CALLED THE LINDA MARTELL. SO LINDA TALKS ABOUT GENRE AS A FUNNY CONCEPT, BUT I COULDN’T DO THAT. THIS ALBUM, COULDN’T BE MORE TRUE TO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO ME. YEAH, YEAH. I’M SORRY I HIT THE AUDIO IN MY

BACKGROUND, BUT IN SHORT, THIS ALBUM IS REALLY GREAT. >> BUT IN PRACTICE, MIKKI, YOU CAN’T LOOK AT THAT ALBUM COVER AND NOT NOTICE FASHION HERE. A COWBOY CORE IS NOW TRENDING LIKE CRAZY. WHAT DO YOU THINK ALBUM WILL DO FOR FASHION? >> WELL, I MEAN, BEYONCE, SHE’S A TRENDSETTER.

>> AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THE FASHION, THE COWBOY CORE TREND. I MEAN, IT’S TAKEN OFF TO NEW HEIGHTS. I MEAN, WHAT WE STARTED THIS WAS WITH THE RENAISSANCE ALBUM WHEN, YOU KNOW, HAD HER BEDAZZLED, YOU KNOW, OUTFITS ON HER HEAD AND ON THE HORSEBACK THAT COVERS IT REALLY STARTED THE TREND.

THE COWBOY POOR TREND MOVEMENT, REALLY. >> AND THEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS ALBUM, I MEAN, THE WORLD IS GOING CRAZY, WANTS TO HAVE A COWBOY HAT AND BOOTS, WHICH IS THE IMPORTANT TO THE COWBOY CORE TREND. >> AND MIKE, YOU TALKED ABOUT BEING FUNNY. BEYONCE HAS COVERED A NUMBER OF THEM.

SHE’S ALSO A PROUD HOUSTON NATIVE HERE. SO HER COUNTRY ROOTS MAKE SENSE. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW THE HISTORY OF COWBOYS AND ITS RELATION TO BLACK AMERICANS. HER TRACK LIST ALSO GIVES A NOD TO THE CHITLIN CIRCUIT. SO WHAT’S THE IMPACT HERE BEYOND THE MUSIC?

>> YEAH, THE BEYOND THE MUSIC IS THAT WHAT’S AMAZING ABOUT COWBOY CULTURE, THAT SHE REALLY AGAIN GARNERED TOO, IS TWO THINGS COWBOY CULTURE AND REAL CULTURE REALLY BEGAN IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY, BEGINNING PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE 1880S, WHERE YOU SAW ENSLAVED PEOPLE BEGAN FOR THE FIRST TIME TO GET PAID JOBS.

BEING A COWBOY, THE FIRST TIME THESE COWBOYS WERE BEING PAID, BLACK COWBOYS WERE BEING PAID EQUITABLE PAYMENT. JUST AS THE WHITE COWBOYS WORK . AND THEN WHEN YOU GO INTO THE EARLY 1900S, YOU REALLY BEGAN TO SEE THE ANDRE OF THE RODEO. >> AND BLACK COWBOYS ARE CREDITED TO ADVANCING

THE STYLE TO WHICH THE RODEO IS FASHIONED CURRENTLY, TO WHICH A BLACK MAN WAS AS RESPONSIBLE, CREATING THE CATEGORY OF STEERING THE CATTLE. AND SO THIS IS A NOD AND REALLY CENTERING BLACK IDENTITY WITHIN COUNTRY MUSIC. AND WHEN I, I THINK EARLIER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT LINDA MARTELL, THE REASON WHY SHE’S FOCUSING

ON LINDA MARTELL THE WAY THAT SHE IS, IT’S BECAUSE IT’S ABOUT LINDA MARTELL EXCLUDED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS FROM COUNTRY MUSIC. SHE WAS MADE NOT TO FEEL WELCOME JUST AS BEYONCE. IT WASN’T A COUNTRY MUSIC. AND SO BY CENTERING LINDA MARTELL BACK INTO COUNTRY MUSIC ,BY CENTERING BLACK COWBOYS

AND COWBOY CULTURE BACK COUNTRY MUSIC, AND CENTERING THE RODEO AND BLACK IDENTITY IN COUNTRY MUSIC, SHE’S REALLY RECENTERING BLACK IDENTITY INTO COUNTRY MUSIC. THIS ALBUM REALLY IS A THESIS ON RECENTERING, RECLAIMING IDENTITY, BLACK CULTURE AT THE FOREFRONT, AND REALLY GIVING US A HISTORY LESSON THROUGH THE LENS OF MUSIC.

THIS ALBUM IS ACTUALLY BRILLIANT, ITS CONCEPT THAT THE THESIS IS ALMOST ACADEMIC. >> ALL RIGHT, SO WE’RE GETTING AND AN EDUCATION ALL AT THE SAME TIME AND NOW A RAPID FIRE. MEGHAN FAVORITE SONG SO FAR? I HAVE TO SAY AGAIN, YOU GOT TO TAKE A WHILE TO LISTEN TO IT

COMPLETELY, BUT I’M LOVING SPAGHETTI AND IT’S KIND OF REMINDED ME OF LIKE THAT PERSON THAT YOU DON’T REALLY KNOW ONLINE BUT YOU’RE ROOTING FOR AND . BOOSIE I’VE BEEN FOLLOWING HIM FOR SIX MONTHS, SO I’M HAPPY HE HAS THIS MOMENT. >> I MAKE A FINAL WORD. YOUR FAVORITE SONG SO FAR WHILE ?

>> I’M STILL ON TEXAS. HOLD ON. I WAS PRACTICING MY HOEDOWN THIS MORNING AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, GOING TO REALLY GET INTO THE ALBUM TODAY AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DO HAVE A DINNER TONIGHT WITH MY FRIEND. >> A LINE DANCE FOR ALL MEGAN RYTE MIKE MUSE, NIKKI FREEMAN THANK YOU.

>> AND MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE”. IT’S BEYONCE’S COUNTRY ONLY ON HULU. >> NEW EPISODES DROP EVERY THURSDAY. COMING UP, LIVING BEYOND 100. WHAT WE KNOW LONGEVITY AND HOW ONE RESEARCHER SAYS WE CAN CHANGE OUR OUTLOOK BY CHANGING OUR DIET.

>> NIGHT THE SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. DAVID MUIR, THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION SUNDAY MORNING BREAKING NEW REPORTS ON THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE.

THE INVESTIGATION, WHAT’S NEXT? THE REBUILDING AND NEW ICIS ATTACKS AFTER, THE TERROR THAT HAPPENED IN MOSCOW. WHAT’S BEING DONE HERE TO KEEP AMERICANS SAFE? SUNDAY MORNING ON ABC’S THIS WEEK WITH GOOD, BAD, SO LITTLE SUNSHINE. JUST A LITTLE BIT. JUST A LITTLE BIT. MY LITTLE BOY IS SAME MORNING AMERICA.

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

MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. START HERE ABC NEWS NEEDED YOUR DAILY FIRST. LISTEN NOW THAT’S PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS HERE. >> MONDAY AFTERNOON, A LEAF WITH CRIMINAL EYES TO THE

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STARTING AT 2 P.M. EASTERN. >> YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE. S LIVE. WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS ACTOR LOUIS GOSSETT JR, THE FIRST BLACK MAN TO WIN A SUPPORTING ACTOR OSCAR HAS DIED. GOSSETT WON AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN

AND AN EMMY FOR HIS ROLE IN THE ICONIC MINI SERIES ROOTS. IN 1959, GOSSETT RECEIVED CRITICAL ACCLAIM. HIS ROLE IN THE BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF A RAISIN IN THE SUN, ALONG WITH SIDNEY POITIER . HIS CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED. GOSSETT, 87 YEARS OLD. >> ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, SIRIUS

XM RADIO. MIKE MYERS IS BACK WITH US NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. MIKE, TALK ABOUT THE LEGACY THAT LOUIS GOSSETT JUNIOR LEAVES BEHIND. HE WAS A TRAILBLAZER IN SO MANY WAYS, AND PARTICULARLY ROLES THAT HE SELECTED. AND YOU CANNOT HELP BUT THINK ABOUT THE ICONIC MOVIE THAT IS ROOTS.

ROOTS IS A FILM THAT IS STILL THAT LIVES ON TODAY AND DISCUSSED IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACIAL CONSTRUCTS. AND SO TO HAVE AN ACTOR OF HIS ABILITY AND HIS TALENT AND HIS GIFTS TO BE A PART OF THAT, AND THEN TO CREATE A LEGACY OF A THROUGHLINE ALL THE WAY UP

TO CONTEMPORARY AND CURRENT TIMES WHERE HE WAS STILL ACTING EVERY TIME HE STEPPED INTO THE SCREEN. DIANE, WAS ANYTHING ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE ACTUALLY BROUGHT THE PROVENANCE OF HISTORY. HE BROUGHT THE PROVENANCE BREAKING THE COLOR BARRIERS WITHIN ACTING AND WITHIN HOLLYWOOD. YOU SAW THAT IN HIS FACE.

YOU SAW THAT IN HIS DEMEANOR. >> AND YOU SAW THAT IN HOW HE THE ROLES.MSELF INSIDE WHAT MADE HIM SUCH A BRILLIANT ACTOR IS THAT HE LOST HIMSELF IN THE CHARACTERS AND THE WAY THAT HE WAS ABLE TO BRING THE CHARACTERS FORWARD. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT AND

SIDNEY POITIER, THESE ARE THE LIVING LEGENDS WE HAD AMONGST US, AND NOW WE CAN CELEBRATE HIM IN HIS TRANSITION. AS SOMEONE WHO LEFT A MARK, LEFT A LEGACY BOTH IN HOLLYWOOD, BUT BOTH IN THE WAY THAT BLACK PEOPLE, PARTICULAR BLACK MEN, WERE PORTRAYED. >> ALL RIGHT, MIKE MYERS, IT’S A LOSS.

THANK YOU. AND AN ITALIAN RESEARCHER CLAIMS TO HAVE FOUND A WAY TO HELP PEOPLE LIVE BEYOND 100. >> PROFESSOR VALTER LONGO HAS BEEN ON A QUEST TO FIND THE HOLY GRAIL OF HEALTH. >> NOW HE SAYS CHANGING THE WAY WE EAT COULD HELP REDUCE AGING. >> ABC’S ERIELLE RESHEF HAS MORE.

>> 56-YEAR-OLD VALTER LONGO, A FORMER NINETIES GRUNGE BAND GUITARIST, TURNED GERONTOLOGY PROFESSOR. >> IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO MAKE A SWITCH. >> LONGO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE LONGEVITY INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING BOOK THE LONGEVITY DIET, WHICH LOOKS AT THE

CONNECTIONS BETWEEN WHAT YOU EAT, HOW EAT AND LIVING A LONG LIFE. >> WALFORD, WHO WAS A UCLA MEDICAL DOCTOR AND HE TALKED ABOUT LIVING TO 120. BUT THEN I ALSO SAY HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET TO 100. >> LONGO DEVELOPED HE CALLS THE FASTING MIMICKING DIET OR

FMD A SHORT TERM LOW CALORIE DIET DESIGNED TO INDUCE THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF REAL FASTING. RECENTLY, PUBLISHING A STUDY WHICH CLAIMED TO FIND THAT THIS KIND OF DIET REDUCED MARKERS OF AGING IN MICE. BUT THAT DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN THE SAME TRUE IN HUMANS. >> BY LEAVING FIVE DAYS OF 800

1100 CALORIES, WE’RE VERY VERY FAR FROM STARVING THE BODY, BUT WE’RE JUST STARTING TO THE CELLS INTO RESET MODE. >> IF YOU GO TOO LONG, YOU CAN SLOW METABOLISM AND START HAVING PROBLEMS. >> AND IF YOU GO TOO, YOU NEVER ENDED UP IN GRINDING THIS STEM CELL ACTIVATION. BEYOND THE OCCASIONAL

FIVE DAY FAST MIMICKING LONGO RECOMMENDS EATING A VERSION OF THE POPULAR MEDITERRANEAN DIET WITH HEALTH BENEFITS SUPPORTED BY YEARS OF RESEARCH. >> SOME OF THE INGREDIENTS THAT KEEP COMING UP AND ASSOCIATED WITH LONGEVITY EXTENSION LONGER LIFESPAN ARE HIGH LEVELS OF LEGUMES, WHOLE GRAINS, NUTS, DIFFERENT TYPE OF TREE NUTS AND ALL

LEVELS OF RED MEAT AND EVEN WHITE MEAT, AT LEAST UNTIL AGE 65 OR 70. >> WHILE NO MEDICAL OR DIET INTERVENTION GUARANTEES A LONGER LIFE, STUDIES SHOW GENETICS, DIET AND LIFESTYLE CAN PLAY A ROLE IN LONGEVITY. >> DIFFERENT PEOPLE WILL DO DIFFERENT THINGS. FOR THOSE THAT DON’T WANT

TO CHANGE, LEAST THEY WILL DO. >> THEY WILL TAKE 15 DAYS A YEAR AND THESE FINDINGS ERIELLE RESHEF. >> THANK. AND LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL FOR MORE ON THIS. DR. PATEL WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR TOP TIPS FOR LIVING A LONG, HEALTHY?

>> I THINK ONE REALLY BIG TIP IS WHAT WE JUST TALKED AND THAT IS DIET. >> YOU KNOW, IN SOME OF THESE STUDIES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT INDIVIDUALS LIVING PAST 100, EVEN A 110 DIET IS A MAJOR FACTOR. THEY TEND TO BE VERY LEAN, NOT OBESE. DIETS LIKE THE MEDITERRANEAN

DIET CAN ENSURE THAT YOU’RE GETTING HEALTHY FATS. A LOT OF AND YOU’RE LIMITED ON HOW MUCH ULTRA PROCESSED FOOD AND RED MEAT YOU’RE EATING. NOW A BIG CONVERSATION IS ALSO WITH CALORIC. SO OBVIOUSLY KEEPING OUR CALORIES WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT CAN ALSO HELP AND REDUCE YOUR RISK

OF THOSE AGE RELATED DISEASES, SUCH AS HYPERTENSION, HEART DISEASE AND CANCER. >> THESE ARE DISEASES THAT ARE NEW IN HUMAN HISTORY BECAUSE WE’RE LIVING LONGER. SO LIVING LONGER, HEALTHIER. LIFE ALSO INVOLVES LIVING A QUALITY LIFE AND REDUCE THE RISK OF ALL OF THOSE. AND THEN WE EVERYONE WITH THAT.

OKAY, NOW EMBRACE HIERARCHY BOONMEE, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS EAT UNTIL YOUR 80% FULL AND DON’T OVEREAT. >> VERY IMPORTANT JAPANESE WISDOM. >> ALL RIGHT. LET’S GET TO SOME OF OUR VIEWER QUESTIONS NOW FOR OUR WEEKLY SEGMENT. BUT TELL IT LIKE IT IS. PAUL GORKA FROM CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA ASKS, IS THERE ANY

CONNECTION BETWEEN RED DYE 40 AND BEHAVIORAL ISSUES IN CHILDREN? >> OH, THIS IS A LOADED QUESTION. I GET ASKED IT ALL THE TIME, AND IT’S REALLY STEMMED FROM SOME STUDIES AND OBSERVATION REPORTS THAT HAVE LOOKED AT RED DYE 40 AND ANY ISSUES, ESPECIALLY BEHAVIORAL IN CHILDREN WITH ADHD OR OTHER NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DIAGNOSES.

>> SO BACKGROUND RED DIE 40 IS AN ARTIFICIAL FOOD COLORING IS REGULATED BY THE FDA. >> IT IS FOUND IN THINGS SUCH AS CEREALS, BEVERAGES, CANDIES, GELATIN AND THROUGH THE FDA, IT IS SAFE HUMAN CONSUMPTION. >> BUT SOME KIDS CAN HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS. SO IT’S WELL KNOWN THAT SOME

KIDS CAN HAVE FOOD SENSITIVITY REACTIONS SUCH AS HIVES NAUSEA OR ECZEMA FROM RED DYE 40. >> BUT WHAT’S MORE INTERESTING AND WHAT GLORIA IS REFERRING TO ARE THESE STUDIES THAT ARE SHOWING A POSSIBLE BETWEEN HYPERACTIVITY AND OTHER BEHAVIORAL ISSUES IN CERTAIN KIDS WITH DIAGNOSES SUCH AS ADHD AND RED DYE

40 CONSUMPTION AND AN IMPROVEMENT WHEN RED NATURALLY IS REMOVED. SO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE DON’T NEED RED DIVERSITY IN OUR DIET AT ALL. SO IT’S NOT BAD IDEA TO ELIMINATE OR REDUCE IT IF YOU ARE CONCERNED. >> AND ALSO RED THAT 40 IS FOUND IN A LOT OF ULTRA

PROCESSED FOODS AS IS. >> AND THOSE IS BENEFICIAL FOR YOUR HEALTH AND ANYONE BUT NO ONE SHOULD PANIC. YOU CAN EAT IT IN MODERATION. IF YOU DO DECIDE TO MAKE A DIETARY CHANGE. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE CAN EAT DIARY OR A LOT OF WHAT THEY’RE DOING SO YOU CAN THEN SHARE

THAT INFORMATION WITH A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL TO TRY TO IDENTIFY ANY HEALTHY PATTERNS THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE LONG TERM FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. AND I KNOW SOMETIMES A DIARY HELPS IMPROVE YOUR HABITS BECAUSE YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE WRITE DOWN THAT YOU ATE THE ENTIRE PACK OF SKITTLES.

YOU JUST DO IT. BUT WE’RE NOT JUDGING AS MIKE AND I COMING. >> THE ENTIRE BOX WAS GOING FOR A FRIEND OF DR. PATEL. THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR. PATEL, JUST LEAVE A MESSAGE. >> THE INSTAGRAM FEED AND HE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION

RIGHT HERE ON FRIDAY. COMING UP, BUCKLE UP FOR THE TOTAL ECLIPSE. HOW CITIES ALONG THE PATH OF TOTALITY ARE PREPARING FOR A SUPER BOWL OF TRAVEL. I HAVE A OF CONTACT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S A SECRET WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW.

THIS IS WHAT, INSIDE OUT. AND THERE’S A SLICE OF HUMAN BRAIN. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. THERE’S NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE ANYWHERE. WOW. >> NIGHT. >> THE SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION

CONTINUES. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. DEADLY NEW YORK, THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. BEYONCE IS CONQUERING COUNTRY, BUT THEN GOES BEYONCE, A COWBOY. >> CARTER COMES INTO THE WORLD AT A VERY COMPLEX TIME.

PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS SONG IS TOO DANGEROUS. IT JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE SAYING HIP-HOP MUSIC WITH A COUNTRY ACCENT AND IT’S NOT MAKING COUNTRY MUSIC TO STAY IN YOUR LANE. >> WELL, THAT’S NOT REAL COUNTRY. IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO IS AT SUPERSTAR STATUS TO SOMETHING THAT SHAKES IT ALL UP. >> IT’S FIANCEE COUNTRY.

THIS IS “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” NOW STREAMING ON HULU. WHAT IF SOON THE NEW PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE AT ABC NEWS. THIS IS START TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. START HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING

IN YOUR DAILY FIRST. >> LISTEN. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS . I’M ALEX PRESHA IN EAST PALESTINE, OHIO. ONE YEAR AFTER THAT TOXIC TRAIN DERAILMENT. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE THEM HERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . >> WELCOME BACK. GET YOUR GOGGLES READY. WITH JUST TEN DAYS UNTIL

THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, CITIES WITH THE BEST VIEW ARE PREPARING TO BECOME TOURIST HOTSPOTS. >> NEARLY 4 MILLION PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO TRAVEL TO VIEW THE RARE EVENT. AND IF YOU HAVEN’T PLANNED YOUR VIEWING, DON’T WORRY. ABC’S JUBILEE CHURCH HAS TIPS ON HOW TO BOOK A LAST MINUTE ECLIPSE TRIP ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> A TOTAL ECLIPSE TAKE OVER. WE HAVE COMING FROM JAPAN AND TASMANIA 11 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WITH THE STUNNING AND RARE CELESTIAL EVENT A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AWAY. CITIES ALONG THE PATH OF TOTALITY ARE NOW THE BIGGEST TOURIST HOTSPOTS IN THE U.S. NEARLY 4 MILLION VISITORS ARE EXPECTED AS FAR SOUTH AS TEXAS.

ALL THE WAY NORTH TO ME. >> BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BOOKING HOTELS FOR 11 MONTHS NOW. >> AIRLINES HAVE ADDED SPECIAL FLIGHTS FOR THE COVERAGE. WE’VE GOT THE GADGETS HOPING TO BE ABLE TO RECORD SOME PICTURES. >> WESLEY MYERS AND HER FAMILY HITTING THE ROAD.

A 15 HOUR DRIVE FROM FLORIDA TO TEXAS TO TAKE PART. >> WE WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE THAT HAD A DECENT AMOUNT OF TOTAL ALREADY LAUNCH DAY, THE KIDS AROUND TEXAS. SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE THEY ARE HAVING OVER 4 MINUTES AND AS MR. CYR HAS BEEN PLANNING HIS TRIP FOR

SEVEN YEARS, I DON’T KNOW IF THERE ARE WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT I HAVE IN HAVING, YOU KNOW, PREPARING FOR THIS FOR YEARS. I KNEW THE DATES OF NEXT FIVE OR SIX THAT ARE HAPPENING. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE WANT GO. >> PRICELINE SAYING IT HAS SEEN

MORE THAN A 330% JUMP IN FLIGHT SEARCHES FOR CITIES LIKE INDIANAPOLIS, CLEVELAND, ANTONIO, BUFFALO AND DALLAS COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. THOSE ECLIPSE WEEKEND FLIGHTS DON’T ALWAYS COME CHEAP. THE AVERAGE ROUND TRIP TICKET TO LOUISVILLE RUNS ABOUT 1200 DOLLARS. BUFFALO, ABOUT A THOUSAND IN SAN ANTONIO, JUST 900.

TRAVEL EXPERTS SAY THERE MAY STILL BE TIME TO SNAG DEAL, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO HOTELS. >> YOU WANT TO GO A SECONDARY CITY, SO DON’T TRY TO GO TO INDIANAPOLIS. THE TRAVEL TO BLOOMINGTON OR ARE OUTSIDE THE MAJOR CITIES BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU’LL STILL SEE HOTEL DEALS THERE.

WITH ALL THAT TRAVEL, LOCAL ECONOMIES ARE EXPECTED TO REAP THE REWARDS. THE STATE OF TEXAS COULD POCKET A RECORD $428 MILLION. AND THOSE SMALLER CITIES ARE STILL GOING BIG ON ECLIPSE MANIA LIKE HILLSBORO, TEXAS, WHICH IS OFFERING WEEKEND OF EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE MAIN ONE. LOCALS SAY THEY’VE BEEN

PREPARING FOR TWO YEARS TO WELCOME CROWDS TO ECLIPSE. >> WE ORDERED 25,000 PAIRS OF ECLIPSE GLASSES AND THERE WAS A MOMENT WHEN WE STARTED TO THINK MAYBE THAT’S NOT ENOUGH. AND SO WE ORDEREDTHER 25,000 PAIRS. >> THERE’S REALLY NO SHORTAGE OF WAYS TO PARTICIPATE. SIX FLAGS OVER TEXAS OFFERING

THRILL SEEKERS A CHANCE STRAP IN FOR A SOLAR COASTER. AND IF YOU HAVE YOUR SEA LEGS, HOLLAND AMERICA OFFERS AN EXPERIENCE FAR AWAY FROM THE DISTRACTIONS. >> OFFSHORE. >> GIO BENITEZ THANK YOU. AND IF YOU CAN’T GET INTO THE PATH OF TOTALITY WE HAVE YOU COVERED.

JOIN US ON MONDAY, APRIL 8TH, WHERE YOU CAN FOLLOW THE ECLIPSE ACROSS AMERICA BEGINNING AT 2 P.M. EASTERN RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, AND ALL OF DISNEY’S FAMILY OF AND SOCIAL PLATFORMS. THANKS FOR SHARING ME WITH US. I’M DIANE MACEDO. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR

YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> I’VE COVERED A LOT OF TWISTED DARK STORIES. I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS. INSTEAD, ALISON WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. ELISE HAD TO ASK, WOULD HORSE

TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING? AND I SAID, YOU MEAN A HORSE? >> SHE SAYS, NO. A PERSON. >> THIS IS CRAZY. THE 2023. >> I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. I REALLY WANT TO KNOW ON ABC THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, BRAVO’S JAYNE CELEBRITY ATTORNEY. GIRARDI THIS STORY WAS

A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. TODAY, CENTRAL BECOMES WE’LL GET A CHANCE TO FINALLY MEET THEIR PEOPLE AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HOUSEWIFE ON THE HOUSE? I DID. I WAS LIKE MATCHES ON DYNAMITE. SO IF I FORMULATED IT DOWN FOR

HIM TO BE INVOLVED IN SUCH A MASSIVE SCHEME AND THEN FOR IT TO INVOLVE A REAL HOUSEWIFE ,MY REACTION WAS, OH,. HOW DEEP DOES IT STOP? SHE LOVED US AND SHE TURNED ON ME WHEN SHE NEEDED MONEY. YOU CAN PLAY VILLAIN ON THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS IF YOU WANT,

BUT DON’T BE A THE VICTIM. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M. FACE TO FACE. ERIKA, WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR A HOUSEWIFE AND HER HUSBAND ? >> THE RECKONING. AMY ANIELLO. >> IT’S LUNCHTIME IN AMERICA. SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP? WELL HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW?

THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD. YOU HAVE YOUR MONEY. BREAKING NEWS, MUSIC AND, OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD. A THIRD HOUR OF “GMA” IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOIN US AFTER DINNER FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. I LOVE THAT. ME REPORTING IN SAINT PETERSBURG FLORIDA IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE ADELPHIA.

I’M MOVING WHEREVER THE STORY IS. >> WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE AND DIANE MACEDO TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THE RUSH TO REOPEN ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL HARBORS IN THE COUNTRY. CREWS ARE NOW WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO GET BALTIMORE SHIPPING RUNNING AGAIN.

BUT NEW VIDEO FROM THE CARGO SHIP SHOWS ABOUT THE BRIDGE COLLISION AND WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THE VICTIMS. >> FOUR PRESIDENTS IN ONE CITY. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ATTENDS A WAKE FOR AN NYPD OFFICER. OUR PRESIDENTS BIDEN, OBAMA AND CLINTON ATTEND A NEW YORK CITY FUNDRAISER. WHY THE EVENT IS BEING CALLED ON.

CALIFORNIA AND UTAH ARE DIGGING FROM A WINTER STORM. NOW. A MORE POWERFUL WEATHER SYSTEM IS ON THE MOVE. WHERE IT’S GOING AND WHAT IT’S EXPECTED TO BRING. PLUS, AN HBCU IS STRIPPED OF ITS BOARD. >> TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS APPOINT NEW LEADERS AT THE STATE’S ONLY PUBLIC FUNDED HISTORICALLY ,UNIVERSITY BY COMMUNITY

MEMBERS SAY STATE LEADERS ARE TARGETING THE SCHOOL. >> WE BEGIN WITH THOSE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DEADLY BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW LOOKING INTO WHETHER HAZARDOUS WERE ON BOARD THE CARGO SHIP. ABC’S IKE EJIOCHI JOINS ME NOW FROM DUNDALK, MARYLAND. I THINK THE LARGEST CRANE ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD IS NOW

BEING TRANSPORTED TO BALTIMORE TO REMOVE THE WRECKAGE. WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THAT EFFORT TO CLEAR THIS AREA? >> THAT’S RIGHT. THAT MASSIVE CRANE FINALLY MADE ITS WAY DOWN HERE TO THE PORT OF BALTIMORE. AND IT WILL BE A CRUCIAL LITTLE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO HELP GET THIS RECOVERY PROCESS ONGOING NOW.

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IT IS A MASSIVE CRANE. IT IS THE CHESAPEAKE 1000. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT RIGHT HERE OFF IN THE DISTANCE. NOW, THIS CRATE, IT HAS THE ABILITY TO LIFT ROUGHLY POINT £2 MILLION AT A TIME, NOT A PIECE OF STEEL THAT YOU’RE

RIGHT NOW THAT’S CURRENTLY RESTING ON THE BOW OF THE SHIP THAT WEIGHS ROUGHLY £9 MILLION. SO ENGINEERS, THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW AND WHERE TO CUT THE STEEL TO ENSURE NO FURTHER DANGER WILL BE POSED TO ANY OF THE CREWS OR THE DIVING CREWS OUT

THERE OR EVEN THE SHIP ITSELF. NOW, ONCE THEY FIGURE OUT WHERE TO CUT THE STEEL, THEY’LL BEGIN TO USE THAT MASSIVE CRANE TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING ALL THAT METAL CONCRETE, HITTING THE DEBRIS OFF THE BOW OF THE SHIP. NOW, WE’RE BEING TOLD THIS ENTIRE PROCESS WILL BE

A PAINSTAKINGLY LONG PROCESS. IT’S NOT SOMETHING WILL BE DONE RIGHT AWAY. AND RIGHT NOW, WE’RE BEING TOLD THERE’S NO CURRENT TIMETABLE FOR THIS ENTIRE OPERATION. >> AND POLICE SAY A LARGE VEHICLE IS STILL IN THE WATER NEAR THE WRECKAGE. >> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? THAT’S RIGHT. THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE

SAID THAT THEY SAID AUTOMATIC VEHICLES WITH SONAR DOWN INTO THE WATER TO SURVEY. AGAIN. THESE ARE MANY INVESTIGATIONS AND MANY OPERATIONS GOING ON AT ONCE. AND THEY SET THAT DOWN THERE. THEY FOUND A LARGE VEHICLE TRAPPED AND ESSENTIALLY IT’S ENCAPSULATED BY DEBRIS AND MANGLED METAL RIGHT AT

THE BOTTOM OF THE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT BRIDGE IN THE CENTER WHERE THAT SHIP IS RIGHT NOW. NOW, WE’RE BEING TOLD, ALONG WITH THE BRIDGE IN THE WATER, THERE’S ALSO UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF CONCRETE AND REBAR STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WATER. SO THE PROCESS OF REMOVING NOT

ONLY BRIDGE, BUT THE DEBRIS WILL BE A PAINSTAKINGLY LONG PROCESS. BACK TO THAT CAR, WE’RE BEING TOLD THAT WILL TAKE SOME TIME JUST TO EVEN REACH THAT CAR. THAT’S HOW MUCH MANGLED METAL IS DOWN THERE. BUT THEY SAY IT WILL ALSO TAKE EVEN MORE TIME TO GET TO THE

CAR, NOT JUST REACHING IT, BUT TO REALLY GET TO THE CENTER OF THAT CAR. OFFICIALS TELL US THEY BELIEVE THAT CAR BELONGS TO ONE OF THE CONSTRUCTION CREWS THAT WAS WORKING ON THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE, THE PART OF THE COLLISION. >> WE’RE ALSO SEEING NEW IMAGES FROM INSIDE CARGO SHIP.

WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING FROM THEM ? >> SO, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE MANY EFFORTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. THERE’S A RECOVERY MISSION THAT’S HAPPENING, BUT THERE’S ALSO THAT INVESTIGATORY MISSION THAT WE’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. AND THOSE WERE NTSB AND OTHER INVESTIGATORS FINALLY GETTING ON BOARD THE GALLEY TO START

THAT PROCESS OF FIGURING OUT HOW THIS ENTIRE INCIDENT HAPPENED. BUT BEFORE THEY DID THAT, REMEMBER DIVE CREWS HAD TO GO IN THE WATER AND REALLY INVESTIGATE THE SHIP’S STABILITY AND ITS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY TO MAKE SURE IT WAS EVEN SAFE FOR THOSE INVESTIGATE TO GET ON BOARD. NOW, IF YOU’RE SEEING A VIDEO

THAT YOU’RE WATCHING RIGHT NOW, YOU’RE SEEING JUST ALL OF THE DEBRIS AND ALL THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE INSIDE THE SHIP. YOU’RE SEEING THOSE INSPECTORS INSPECT SOME OF THE GAUGES, THE THERMOMETERS THAT ARE USED TO CONTROL THAT SHIP. OBVIOUSLY, FOLLOWING THE REPORTS OF A POWER OUTAGE THAT COULD HAVE AFFECTED THOSE THINGS.

BUT ONE MORE THING THAT THEY’RE DOING. THEY’RE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THE SHIP IS SAFE IN TERMS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. THEY’RE MAKING SURE NOT ANYTHING ON THERE THAT CAN POTENTIALLY CAUSE A THREAT TO THE CREW OR ANY OTHER INVESTIGATORS AT THE SITE TO COME ON BOARD AND CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS THERE.

>> ALL RIGHT, IKE EJIOCHI IN MARYLAND, THANK YOU. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN SAYS IT RAISED A RECORD $26 MILLION DURING AN UNPRECEDENTED FUNDRAISER WITH THREE LIVING PRESIDENTS. FORMER PRESIDENTS BARACK OBAMA AND, BILL CLINTON JOIN PRESIDENT BIDEN ON STAGE IN NEW YORK CITY FOR A CONVERSATION MODERATED BY COMEDIAN STEPHEN COLBERT.

ABC NEWS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE HAS THE LATEST. >> THE BIDEN IS CELEBRATING WHAT IT’S TOUTING AS AN HISTORIC NIGHT. A STAR STUDDED FUNDRAISER AT NEW YORK’S RADIO CITY MUSIC RAISING A WHOPPING $26 MILLION IN A SINGLE NIGHT. PRESIDENT BIDEN SHARING THE STAGE WITH HIS TWO DEMOCRAT PREDECESSORS, BARACK OBAMA

AND BILL CLINTON IN CONVERSATION WITH LATE NIGHT HOST STEPHEN COLBERT. >> BIG NAME STARS COMING OUT, TOO, INCLUDING QUEEN LATIFAH AND LIZZO. SEEN HERE IN A VIDEO SHARED BY THE DNC CHAIR. >> WE GOT WITH NO TV CAMERAS ALLOWED INSIDE CAMPAIGN, INSTEAD SELECTIVELY RELEASING JUST ONE CLIP, TAKING A SHOT

AT RIVAL DONALD TRUMP. >> CAN VOTERS TRUST A PRESIDENTIAL WHO HAS NOT WON A SINGLE TRUMP INTERNATIONAL CLUB TROPHY? AT LONG LAST, SIR, HAVE YOU NO SHOT? WELL, LOOK, I’D BE HAPPY TO PLAY. I TOLD ONCE BEFORE WHEN HE CAME INTO THE OVAL WHERE HE WAS BASED, BEFORE HE GOT SWORN IN,

I SAID, I’LL GIVE YOU THREE STROKES FOR THE CARRY ON BAG. ACCORDING TO REPORTERS IN THE ROOM, ALL THREE PRESIDENTS MADE THE CASE THAT TRUMP PRESENTS A DANGEROUS THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. BUT THEY ALSO TRIED TO ENERGIZE VOTERS AROUND. BIDEN’S RECORD HIGHLIGHTING HIS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO LOWER PRESCRIPTION

DRUG COSTS AND INVESTMENTS IN AMERICAN MANUFACTURING STEPS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE. >> THE RECORD BREAKING EVENT BRINGING IN MORE MONEY THAN TRUMP RAISED ALL LAST MONTH WITH TICKETS SELLING FROM $225 TO HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. BUT THE FUNDRAISER ALSO HIGHLIGHTING ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACING THE PRESIDENT.

PROTESTERS AND INSIDE THE ROOM, MANY CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE IN GAZA AND ACCUSING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OF AIDING, INTERRUPTING THE SHOW AT LEAST SIX TIMES. NOW. IN RESPONSE TO THOSE INTERRUPTIONS, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY INNOCENT VICTIMS THAT MORE AID NEEDS TO GET INTO GAZA

AND HIGHLIGHTED HIS SUPPORT FOR A STATE SOLUTION. BUT DESPITE THESE PROTESTS, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HOPES THE SOLD OUT EVENT WILL HELP ENERGIZE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AS THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO RUN NECK AND NECK WITH TRUMP. DIANE, CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, MARY BRUCE, THANK YOU. >> AND JUST MILES AWAY, FORMER

PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS IN NEW YORK ATTENDING A WAKE FOR A POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. TRUMP WAS EAGER TO DRAW A CONTRAST WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STAR STUDDED FUNDRAISER. ABC’S CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHAEL SCOTT HAS THE LATEST ON THAT STORY. >> HI, RACHEL. WELL, DONALD TRUMP WAS EAGER

TO TRY TO A CONTRAST WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THAT STAR STUDDED FUND RAISER A FEW MILES AWAY, MEETING WITH THE FAMILY OF AN NYPD OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. OFFICER JONATHAN DILLER WAS SHOT DURING TRAFFIC STOP ON MONDAY. THE 31 YEAR OLD WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE DIED,

LEAVING BEHIND A WIFE AND A ONE-YEAR-OLD SON. THE FORMER PRESIDENT ATTENDED THE WAKE FOR DILLER BUT ALSO USED IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CALL FOR A CRACK DOWN ON VIOLENT CRIME, TELLING REPORTERS THE COUNTRY GOT TO GET BACK TO LAW AND ORDER. TRUMP DID NOT PROVIDE ANY SPECIFIC DETAILS HOW HE WOULD

HAVE THAT CRIME IF HE WERE TO BE REELECTED. AN FBI DATA DOES SHOW A DROP IN VIOLENT CRIME NATIONWIDE. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO CALL FOR LAW AND ORDER, HE HAS ALSO EXPRESSED DEEP SUPPORT FOR THE RIOTERS WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL

ON JANUARY SIX, MANY OF WHOM WERE CONVICTED FOR BRUTALLY POLICE OFFICERS THAT DAY. AND TRUMP HIMSELF IS NOW WITH 88 CRIMINAL COUNTS. >> DIANE, CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT. >> THANK YOU. AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU MET WITH FAMILIES OF HOSTAGES HELD IN GAZA SAYING CONTINUED PRESSURE IS THE ONLY WAY

TO SECURE THEIR RELEASE. ALSO REITERATED ISRAEL’S INTENTION TO LAUNCH AN OFFENSIVE INTO RAFAH. THIS COMES AS THE U.N. TOP COURT IS ORDERING ISRAEL TO OPEN MORE LAND CROSSINGS TO GET AID INTO GAZA. ABC NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT BRITT CLENNETT JOINS ME NOW FROM TEL AVIV. >> BRAD, HOW SIGNIFICANT WAS

THIS MEETING BETWEEN NETANYAHU AND THE FAMILIES OF HOSTAGES? >> WELL, THE FAMILIES OF IDF SOLDIERS BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY HAMAS IN GAZA REALLY APPEARED DISSATISFIED. DIANE, ON THURSDAY FOLLOWING A DIRECT MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, THAT PREVIOUSLY THE PRIME MINISTER HAD MET WITH THE

FAMILIES OF ALL HOSTAGES, ALL OF THE FAMILIES OF FEMALE HOSTAGES. BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE PRIME MINISTER HAD MET WITH RELATIVES OF MALE HOSTAGES HELD CAPTIVE. MOST ACTUALLY AREN’T EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED IN FIRST PHASE OF FUTURE DEALS. NOW, AMONG THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE MEETING WITH PARENTS OF TWO

ISRAELI AMERICAN SOLDIERS HELD HOSTAGE EDEN ALEXANDER AND OMAR NEUTRA. NOW, ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS, ONE HOSTAGE FAMILY MEMBER COMPLAIN THAT NETANYAHU DID REALLY NOT OFFER ANYTHING NEW TO THE FAMILIES AND MOMENTUM. DIANE, IT REALLY SEEMS THAT THE TALKS HAVE SLOWED DOWN. EARLIER TODAY, THE PRIME MINISTER SAID NETANYAHU HAD SPOKEN WITH HIS INTELLIGENCE

AND AUTHORIZED DELEGATIONS TO GO TO DOHA AND CAIRO IN THE COMING DAYS, AGAIN RAISING. SO WHAT’S THE LATEST ON EFFORTS TO GET AID INTO GAZA? >> YEAH, THE UN’S TOP COURT HAS ORDERED ISRAEL TO ALLOW THE AID INTO GAZA AT A HIGHER MORE OF IT 500 TRUCKS PER DAY BEFORE

THE WAR. NOW, IT’S ONLY A TRICKLE OF THAT IN ORDER TO A FAMINE WHICH THE UN SAYS IS IMMINENT. NOW, THE INTERNATIONAL OF JUSTICE SAID ISRAEL HAD TO ACT WITHOUT DELAY TO ALLOW THE PROVISION OF URGENTLY NEEDED BASIC SERVICES. THIS FOLLOWS WARNINGS, DIANE, THAT FAMINE COULD HIT GAZA WITHIN WEEKS.

NOW, ISRAEL HAS CALLED CLAIMS THAT IT IS BLOCKING AID A WHOLLY UNFOUNDED. THE ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTRY SAID IT CONTINUING TO PROMOTE NEW INITIATIVES AND TO EXPAND EXISTING ONES TO ALLOW A CONTINUOUS FLOW OF AID INTO GAZA BY LAND AND SEA. BUT A LOT OF CRITICISM FROM U.N. AID AGENCIES.

THAT’S JUST NOT ENOUGH. NOW, THE SYRIAN ARMY SAYS ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES NEAR ALEPPO KILLED AS MANY AS 42 PEOPLE TODAY. WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT THAT? YES, SO THE ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES TARGETED AREAS ARE CLOSE TO THE SYRIAN CITY OF ALEPPO. SYRIAN STATE NEWS AGENCY THERE SAID THAT THERE WERE CIVILIAN

AND MILITARY CASUALTIES. ONE OF THE HEZBOLLAH FIGHTERS KILLED WAS A LOCAL FIELD COMMANDER WHOSE BROTHER WAS KILLED IN AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE ON SOUTHERN LEBANON IN NOVEMBER. BUT AS OF YET, HEZBOLLAH HAS NOT COMMENTED ON THE REPORTS. ALL RIGHT, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT BRITT CLENNETT IN TEL, THANK YOU. >> AND POPE FRANCIS

WILL PRESIDE OVER GOOD FRIDAY, MASS TODAY AT THE VATICAN. THE PONTIFF IS KEEPING A FULL SCHEDULE HOLY WEEK DESPITE RECENT HEALTH ISSUES. EASTER WEEKEND IS CONSIDERED THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME OF THE YEAR FOR CHRISTIANS. THE COLOSSEUM WILL HOST THE WAY OF THE CROSS SERVICE AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS PAPACY,

FRANCIS WILL DELIVER HIS OWN MEDITATIONS. EASTER SUNDAY, THE POPE WILL BLESS THE CROWDS ON SAINT PETER’S SQUARE AND MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD. THE WARS UKRAINE AND GAZA ARE EXPECTED TO BE PART OF THE POPE’S MESSAGE OF PEACE AND HOPE. >> AND A MAJOR STORM IS MOVING TOWARD CALIFORNIA AHEAD OF THE

HOLIDAY WEEKEND, BRINGING FLASH FLOODING, STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS THE MOUNTAINS. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, A STORM IS LINGERING IN THE NORTHEAST WITH NEW UNDER HEAVY RAIN AND FLOOD ALERTS. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE TRACKING IT ALL FOR US. >> HI, GINGER. LET’S TALK ABOUT EASTER WEEKEND ON THE WEST COAST BECAUSE

THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ISSUES. LET’S LOOK FIRST AT BROOKINGS, OREGON, WHERE THAT WATERSPOUT TWISTING OVER THE OCEAN. IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY UNSETTLED. A LOT OF PLACES HAVE BEEN ABOVE BOTH IN RAIN AND SNOW. COTTONWOOD CANYON SHOWN UP THERE, FRESH. BUT LOOK AT THIS. THE STRONG STORM IS NOW COMING

AT THE COAST. SO THE WIND ADVISORIES HAVE ALREADY STARTED. SACRAMENTO, SAN FRANCISCO BAY, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TUCSON AND PHOENIX. SO IT’S GOING TO IMPACT SEVERAL STATES. LAS VEGAS ALSO RIGHT THERE, CLOSE TO THAT ELEVATED RISK, FLASH FLOODING, BUT SANTA BARBARA TO L.A., L.A., BY THE

WAY, HAS ALREADY SURPASSED THEIR ANNUAL AVERAGE RAINFALL. AND IT’S MUCH. GRANTED, THEY GET A LOT IN THE WINTER, BUT STILL, WE ARE WAY AHEAD. AND SO IT IS GOING TO BE EASY TO FLASHFLOOD, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS UP TO A HALF FOOT. THEN THIS STORM DOESN’T STOP AT THE WEST COAST.

IT MOVES EAST. AND SO IT’S GOING TO LOOK FOR A MONDAY WHERE THERE’S THIS ELEVATED RISK. IT’S HARD FOR THEM TO DO THIS, PUT THIS OUT THIS EARLY, AND WE ANTICIPATE WILL GET EVEN MORE EXPRESSIVE. SO THE HIGHEST TORNADO THREAT RIGHT THERE, KANSAS, MISSOURI, WATCHED THROUGH THE WEEKEND BECAUSE THOSE WILL UPDATE

AND PROBABLY WILL INTENSIFY. AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH MID-ATLANTIC ON TUESDAY, IT’S LIKE THE MID-SOUTH, OHIO VALLEY OVER TO WASHINGTON, D.C. AGAIN, DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES TO THE NEXT WORKWEEK. >> DIANE, CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, AN HBCU STRIPPED OF ITS. TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS APPOINT

NEW LEADERS AT THE STATE’S ONLY PUBLICLY FUNDED BLACK UNIVERSITY BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS. STATE LEADERS TARGETING THE SCHOOL 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 AT THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE 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. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND.

LET’S GO BACK. TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS FROM THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. IN BEIRUT, FROM THE FBI. REPORTING FROM THE NORTH IS ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON. STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER.

THE STORY IS WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE AMERICA IS NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON YET.

HAVE ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING. IT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS. FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME TIME IN BETWEEN. HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES

AND 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON? EQUALLY, I’M LOOKING ALL EYES TO THE SKIES BY FOR EXAMPLE, SOLAR ECLIPSE A CELESTIAL EVENT ABC NEWS TOGETHER WITH GEOGRAPHIC WITH ABC’S

DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS REPORTER WATCH IT ALL ON ABC NEWS LIVE. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL, NAT GIO. ONE, DISNEY PLUS HULU AND LIVE ABC. ECLIPSE ACROSS AMERICA MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8TH, STARTING AT 2 P.M. EASTERN. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THE GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE HAS SIGNED A LAW

TO FULLY VACATE THE BOARD AT TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY. >> IT REMOVES THE TRUSTEES OF TENNESSEE’S ONLY PUBLICLY FUNDED HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY. NOW SOME LAWMAKERS AND COMMUNITY SAY THE STATE IS UNFAIRLY TARGETING THE SCHOOL. CHRIS O’BRIEN, OUR AFFILIATE WKRN IN NASHVILLE, HAS THE DETAILS. >> THE BILL TO SLASH TENNESSEE

STATE UNIVERSITY’S BOARD OF IS HEADED TOWARD LAW. THE MOVE COMES AFTER SEVERAL SCATHING FROM THE TENNESSEE COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE ALLEGING SEVERE MISMANAGEMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY. >> THURSDAY, THE MEASURE PASSED THE HOUSE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS NOW AND THE GRACE THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN HAS ACTUALLY BEEN TURNED AROUND

AND SHOWN BACK IN OUR FACE FROM THAT VERY. SO WE HAD TO TAKE A STAND. >> UP UNTIL THURSDAY, THE HOUSE PLAN TO ONLY REMOVE PSU BOARD MEMBERS. BUT ALL BUT TWO HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOTED TO JOIN A SENATE PLAN TO GET RID OF ALL BOARD MEMBERS. I THINK THE DISAPPOINTING PART

FOR US IS THERE WERE MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRAT CAUCUS THAT WE TALKED TO, AND I KNOW THAT DIDN’T VOTE FOR IT, BUT I DON’T THINK THAT BEHIND THE SCENES THAT’S THEIR VOTE DOESN’T REFLECT WHERE THEY WORK BEHIND THE SCENES. DEMOCRATS SAY HOUSE REPUBLICANS WENT BACK ON THEIR WORD AFTER THE TWO SIDES BROKERED

A COMPROMISE ON THE ISSUE. >> I WAS TOLD WHEN SESSION STARTED THAT THERE WOULD BE A SUBSTITUTE IN CONFORMING TO THE SENATE BILL. BUT SENATE REPUBLICANS WARNED THEY WOULD ONLY SUPPORT REPLACING THE ENTIRE BOARD AND IF THE HOUSE AND SENATE DID NOT REACH AN AGREEMENT, THE BOARD WOULD JUST BE ELIMINATED.

>> AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE PUT IN A POSITION OF BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERALL OVERSIGHT AND LEADERSHIP OF, THE UNIVERSITY WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT. AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE IT’S TIME FOR ME TO MOVE ON AND LET OTHERS TAKE THE LEAD. >> THEY ALSO NOTED

THE COMPTROLLER RELEASED A NEW AUDIT OF TSU TODAY, FINDING SEVERAL ISSUES BUT NOTHING ILLEGAL, SOMETHING THE UNIVERSITY IN A STATEMENT TODAY. WHEN YOU GET AN AUDIT THAT HAS 60 FINDINGS AND 30 RECOMMENDATIONS OR WHATEVER THE NUMBERS ARE, AND YOU CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT NOTHING THAT THERE’S A LOT OF MISMANAGEMENT,

BUT FORTUNATELY THERE’S NOTHING ILLEGAL THAT THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. TSU RELEASED TWO STATEMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE LEGISLATIVE MOVE. IN PART, THEY WROTE, THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED, UNFORTUNATE AND UNCHARTED WATERS ANY PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE. THEY ALSO NOTED WHAT THEY CALL CHRONIC UNDERFUNDING FOR GENERATIONS. >> OUR THANKS TO W PARENTS

CHRIS O’BRIEN FOR THAT REPORT. AND BEYONCE’S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED COUNTRY ALBUM IS HERE. COWBOY CARTER DROPPED OVERNIGHT AND IT’S ALREADY LASSOING UP SOME RAVE REVIEWS. >> BUT QUEEN BEES FORAY INTO COUNTRY MUSIC HAS BEEN ALSO WITH SOME CONTROVERSY AND IGNITED A DEBATE ON THE ROOTS OF THE ALL AMERICAN GENRE.

>> JANAI NORMAN HAS MORE HERE IN HEART OF HOUSTON. IS THE RODEO BEYONCE HAS PERFORMED HERE MULTIPLE TIMES. SO WE WANTED TO ASK HOUSTONIANS HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THEIR HOMETOWN QUEEN. BEYONCE. MY DARLING LOVES BEYONCE. SHE’S FROM HOUSTON. WHAT IS IT ABOUT BEYONCE? IT’S THE NEW MUSIC THAT MAKES IT COUNTRY.

I THINK THE TOPIC OF HER LYRICS, IT’S VERY COUNTRY CENTERED. COUNTRY MUSIC’S FOR EVERYBODY. IT’S FOR BEYONCE, BUT IT’S COUNTRY MUSIC READY FOR BEYONCE. PEOPLE LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION, WHY IS COUNTRY MUSIC SO LIGHT? AND I POINT TO THE LARGER ISSUE THAT AMERICA IS SEGREGATED. >> I’VE BEEN KNOCKING, BANGING,

KICKING ON THIS DOOR. >> AND BEYONCE, THEY REALLY OPENED THE WAY THAT THE INDUSTRY IS REACTING TO HER IS NOT THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE REACTED TO ANY BLACK WOMAN IN THE PAST. AND I DON’T IT’LL BE THE WAY THAT THEY REACT TO OTHER BLACK WOMEN IN THE FUTURE.

>> IN A POST ON INSTAGRAM, BEYONCE WRITING MY HOPE IS THAT YEARS FROM NOW MENTION OF AN ARTIST RACE AS IT RELATES TO RELEASING GENRES OF MUSIC WILL BE IRRELEVANT. >> IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO IS AT SUPERSTAR STATUS TO DO SOMETHING THAT SHAKES IT UP. THAT’S SHAKEUP, THANKS IN PART

TO COUNTRY AND FOLK ARTIST RHIANNON GIDDENS. >> HER BANJO IS THE FIRST THING YOU HEAR ON TEXAS. >> HOLD THEM. DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS ISN’T ABOUT BEYONCE? >> A GROWING COUNTRY? IT’S BEYONCE GETTING BACK TO HER ROOTS. >> I’M LIKE, PEOPLE CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO THAT WILL

MAKE A COUNTRY RECORD BECAUSE YOU RECORD LIKE NOBODY’S ASKING LANA DEL REY, WHAT RIGHT DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE A YOU KNOW, I’M SAYING LIKE EVERYBODY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THEIR ROOTS, TO GO BACK TO LIKE, THIS IS MY LIFE TO I WANT I WANT TO DO THIS

LIKE THE STAY IN YOUR LANE THE WELL THAT’S NOT REAL COUNTRY. THAT’S JUST RACISM. YOU KNOW PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO SAY IT’S BECAUSE SHE’S BLACK. YOU KNOW, BUT THEY USE THESE THESE CODED, YOU KNOW, AND THAT’S PROBLEMATIC. >> JANAI NORMAN. THANK YOU. AND YOU CAN SEE MORE OF TODAY’S

FULL REPORT ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF IMPACT BY “NIGHTLINE”. ITS BEYONCE EIGHT COUNTRY ONLY ON HULU. NEW EPISODES DROP EVERY THURSDAY. COMING UP, GET READY TO LEARN MY FAVORITE LIFE HACK. SEE HOW A SIMPLE ORGANIZATION METHOD INSIDE MY FRIDGE HAS HELPED ME SAVE. TIME, MONEY, SPACE AND STRESS.

RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. >> TONIGHT, THE SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE CONTINUES. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DIGNITY. THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION SUNDAY MORNING BREAKING NEW REPORTS ON THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE

COLLAPSE. THE INVESTIGATION, WHAT’S NEXT FOR REBUILDING? AND NEW FACES. ATTACKS AFTER, THE TERROR THAT HAPPENED IN MOSCOW. WHAT’S BEING DONE HERE TO KEEP AMERICANS SAFE? >> SUNDAY MORNING ON ABC’S THIS WEEK, THE MAN WITH THE GOOD, BAD LUCK. AND IT’S BEEN A SOAP JUST A LITTLE BIT. MY LITTLE BOY IN A MINIVAN

IN AMERICA, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY TOM GIRARDI. THIS STORY, WHY A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION? THEY ALL DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO FRANKLY, CARICATURE IT. AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS. WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY IN THAT HOUSE? I DID.

I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY TO FACE ERIKA. >> WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SAW HER? >> THE HOUSE AND THE HOUSE ARE TWO IN BLUE. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC? THIS IS “START HERE”. TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET

A DIFFERENT ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS 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 SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> REPORTING FROM THE FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA COURTHOUSE REENA ROY WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING EVERYTHING LIVE. >> WELCOME BACK. IT IS TIME FOR THE STATE

OF METHODS WHERE I SHOW YOU SOME OF MY FAVORITE HACKS TO MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER TODAY. BRING YOU MY FAVORITE LIFE HACKS SO FAR. IT HELPS ME EAT BETTER. IT SAVES ME TIME, MONEY, SPACE AND STRESS. GET READY TO LEARN MY FAVORITE LIFE HACK EVER.

AND IT ALL REVOLVED AROUND MY REFRIGERATOR DOOR. BUT FIRST, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT LIFE BEFORE THIS HACKS. I USED TO STOCK MY FRIDGE THE SAME WAY MOST PEOPLE DO PRODUCE IN THE DRAWERS, CONDIMENTS IN THE DOOR, AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE SHELVES. IT’S THE BEST WAY TO KEEP

PERISHABLES FRESH THE LONGEST UNLESS YOU FORGET ABOUT THEM HIDDEN IN DRAWERS OR BEHIND OTHER ITEMS. MY PERISHABLE FOODS WERE OUT OF SIGHT. AND IN MY WORLD, THAT ALSO MEANS OUT OF MIND, I WAS CONSTANTLY TOSSING FOOD THAT WENT BAD OR STUCK RANDOM EXTRAS OF ITEMS I NEVER NEEDED TO BEGIN WITH.

>> LET ME JUST PUT AWAY THE COTTAGE CHEESE AND HUMMUS FIRST. CHANGE CONDIMENTS. THEY’RE GOING IN THIS BOTTOM DRAWER HERE. THEN SAW THIS TIKTOK VIDEO FROM INFLUENCER CASEY DAVIS. >> IF I WANT A CONDIMENT, I WON’T GO LOOKING FOR THAT SPECIFIC CONDIMENT. SO THEY DON’T NEED TO BE FRONT AND CENTER.

WHAT I NEED IS WHEN I OPEN MY FRIDGE AND GO, I’M HUNGRY. WHAT DO I HAVE? EVERYTHING IS VISUAL. I TOOK HER RECOMMENDATIONS A FEW STEPS FURTHER WITH CLEAR CONTAINERS AND BOOKENDS AND MY NEW REFRIGERATOR SYSTEM WAS BORN. HERE’S HOW IT WORKS. CONDIMENTS ARE IN THE BOTTOM DRAWER. FRUITS THE TOP DRAWER

AND ALMOST ALL VEGGIES AND LEFTOVERS GO IN MY DOOR. >> CONTAINERS WHERE WE SEE THEM, SO WE REMEMBER TO EAT THEM. THE BEST PART IS I CAN BAKE, SERVE AND REHEAT RIGHT IN THAT SAME CONTAINER. SO NO DISHES. BUT DO YOU EVER GET ANNOYED AT STORING FOOD CONTAINERS, AT LIDS THAT NEVER SEEM

TO MATCH. ONCE MY CONTAINERS ARE CLEAN, THEY GO RIGHT BACK IN THE DOOR. NO CABINETS FACE NEEDED AND NO MORE TUPPERWARE SCAVENGER. THIS HACK LEGITIMATELY HELPS MY WHOLE FAMILY EAT BETTER. IT SAVES ME MONEY, STRESS, TIME AND SPACE AND IT MEANS EVERYONE’S NOT CALLING ME. EVERY TIME IT OPENS, I HAVE

FOUND THAT. AND NOW I WANT TO CREATE MACEDO METHOD FOR YOU. SO LET ME KNOW WHAT PROBLEM YOU WANT. HACKED ON INSTAGRAM DIANE MACEDO AND WE JUST MIGHT TACKLE IT IN ANOTHER MACEDO METHODS. MEANWHILE, A NEW BOOK IS ALREADY IN THE SPOTLIGHT EVEN BEFORE ITS RELEASE AND HER

DEBUT MEMOIR, THE MANGO TREE, A MEMOIR OF FRUIT FLORIDA, AND FELONY AUTHOR ANNABEL TOME ATTIC WEAVES TOGETHER FOOD, FAMILY, CULTURE, WARS AND RACE. >> NOW, PUBLICATION EATER HAS NAMED THE NOVEL ONE OF THE BEST FOOD BOOKS OF THE SPRING. A LOOK. >> HI, I’M TOM ARMITAGE, AUTHOR THE MANGO TREE, A MEMOIR

OF FRUIT, FLORIDA AND FELONY. >> AND HERE ARE THREE REASONS WHY YOU NEED TO READ THIS BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL BOOK RIGHT THERE. ONE. IT’S WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, AND THE MANGO TREE IS PACKED WITH STRONG, COMPLICATED FEMALE CHARACTERS, INCLUDING MY FILIPINA MOM, WHO IN 2015 USED HER BEBE GUN TO SHOOT AT A

MAN SHE WAS STEALING MANGOES FROM HER BELOVED TREES HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. TRULY, THIS BOOK IS A LOVE LETTER TO MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS AND THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS WE SHARE TOO. IT’S ABOUT IDENTITY. WHO ARE WE? WHAT DEFINES US? THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS I STRUGGLED AS A MULTIRACIAL

GIRL GROWING UP IN ROBERT E LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND THEY’RE THE QUESTIONS I GET TO ANSWER OR AT LEAST START TO DO THIS BOOK. THREE. MANGOES. MY GOSH, I SPENT 15 YEARS AS A RESTAURANT CRITIC, SO FOOD IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. BUT MANGOES ESPECIALLY PLAY

A JUICY SWEET ROLE IN MY LIFE AND A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THIS BOOK . THE BEST PLACE TO READ THE MANGO TREE IN COURT WAITING FOR YOUR MOM TO TESTIFY DURING HER FIRST APPEARANCE HEARING. AT THE BAIL BONDS OFFICE WAITING TO POST BAIL FOR HER OR JUST ANYWHERE YOU CAN FIND

A LITTLE BIT OF RESPITE FROM FLORIDA HEAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HOPE YOU EAT THIS BOOK. >> ALL RIGHT. AT ABOUT 10 MINUTES. THANK YOU. THE MANGO TREE, A MEMOIR OF FLORIDA AND FELLAINI IS AVAILABLE STARTING APRIL 2ND. WHEREVER BOOKS SOLD. >> THANKS FOR SHARING ME WITH US. I’M DIANE MACEDO.

ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BARCELONA YOU’VE ALL BEEN IN TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN

REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW GRINDING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY. GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. >> ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE STREET. >> ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAMING NEWS ME ON ABC NEWS LIVE TONIGHT. SEARCH FOR MISSING WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE

INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. AND TODAY, THE NEW MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON 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 CAMP INSIDE OUT AND IS A SOURCE OF HUMAN WORD. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. AND THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING AND ANYWHERE. >> WOW. BEYONCE IS CONQUERING COUNTRY. MY FAMILY WAS BEYONCE COWBOY.

>> CARTER COMES INTO THE WORLD AT A VERY COMPLEX TIME. PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS SONG IS TOO GOOD TO RESIST. >> JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE SAYING HIP-HOP MUSIC WITH A COUNTRY ACCENT DOES NOT MAKE A COUNTRY MUSIC. >> THE STAND YOUR LAND. WELL, THAT’S NOT REAL COUNTRY. >> IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO IS

AT SUPERSTAR STATUS TO SOMETHING THAT SHAKES IT ALL UP. >> IT’S BEYONCE COUNTRY. THIS IS “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” NOW STREAMING ON HULU. WHY DO SO PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? >> ABC NEWS. THIS IS START 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 IN YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS AND I I’M GOING TO SAY IT TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THE RUSH TO REOPEN ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL HARBORS IN THE COUNTRY. CREWS ARE NOW WORKING AROUND

THE CLOCK TO GET BALTIMORE SHIPPING PORT RUNNING AGAIN. NEW VIDEO FROM THE CARGO SHIP SHOWS ABOUT THE BRIDGE COLLISION AND WHAT WE’RE LEARNING, THE VICTIMS. FOUR PRESIDENTS IN ONE CITY. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ATTENDS A WAKE FOR AN NYPD OFFICER. ALL PRESIDENTS BIDEN, OBAMA AND CLINTON ATTEND IN NEW CITY FUNDRAISER.

THE EVENT IS BEING CALLED UNPRECEDENTED. CALIFORNIA AND UTAH ARE DIGGING OUT FROM A WINTER STORM. NOW A MORE POWERFUL WEATHER SYSTEM IS ON THE MOVE. WHERE IT’S GOING AND WHAT EXPECTED TO BRING. PLUS, LORI BERGAMOTTO TAKING US ALL OUT TO THE BALLGAME. SHE’S SHARING THE RIGHT STUFF

TO BRING THE STADIUM AND THE DEALS ARE KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK. >> WE BEGIN WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DEADLY BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW LOOKING INTO WHETHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE ON BOARD THE CARGO SHIP THAT CRASHED INTO THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE.

CREWS ARE NOW AROUND THE CLOCK TO CLEAR DEBRIS FROM THE SCENE SO THAT VITAL PORT CAN REOPEN. ABC NEWS CORRESPONDENT ELIZABETH SCHULZE IS NEAR THE WRECKAGE WITH THE LATEST. FOUR DAYS AFTER THE CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE OF BALTIMORE’S FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE, THE HERCULEAN TASK OF CLEARING THE IS UNDERWAY.

THE U.S. NAVY SENDING THREE GIANT CRANES TO THE SCENE TO HELP REMOVE DEBRIS, THE STEEL ENCASED DAILY CARGO SHIP. >> FOR THE FIRST TIME RIGHT NOW, WE’RE GETTING AN UP CLOSE LOOK AT THE SCALE OF WRECKAGE. IT REALLY IS STRIKING TO SEE THE SIZE OF THIS CONTAINER SHIP.

>> THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS MOBILIZING 1000 PERSONNEL. >> GENERAL SCOTT SPELLMAN SHOWING US THE DAMAGE CLOSE. >> WE HAVE TO GET THAT SECTION OF BRIDGE THAT IS RESTING ON THE FRONT OF THAT VESSEL, OFF OF THE VESSEL THAT STILL WEIGHS NEARLY £9 MILLION. WE’LL BE CUTTING TO FOUR PARTS,

EACH PIECE LIFTED ONE BY ONE. >> BEHIND YOU, YOU COULD SEE A CONCRETE TOWER REINFORCED CONCRETE TOWER. YOU DON’T SEE ONE ON THIS SIDE BECAUSE IT’S IN THE WATER THAT’S ALL RESTING ON THE BOTTOM. >> FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW PORING OVER THE SHIP’S VOYAGE DATA RECORDER OUTLINING A TIMELINE OF THE 5 MINUTES

BEFORE THE DISASTER. NEW VIDEO THE NTSB SHOWS INVESTIGATORS EXAMINING THE CONTAINERS. 56 OF THEM CONTAIN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FLOATING DEPLOYED AROUND THE SHIP’S HULL. >> THERE IS NO RISK TO THE PEOPLE. AND WE ENSURE THAT BOTH FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE OPERATING, BUT ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE INSIDE OF THE AREA.

>> SIX CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE ON THE BRIDGE WHEN IT COLLAPSED, ARE NOW PRESUMED DEAD, INCLUDING 38-YEAR-OLD WALT NAUTA CYR SWANSON SANDOVAL, SEEN HERE A VIDEO MESSAGE HE SHARED WITH CANDY ON THE WAY TO WORK. >> A FEW MONTHS AGO, I REMEMBER HIS CARLOS TELLING US MINER WAS A HAPPY PERSON WITH BIG HEART

AND OPENING DAY IN BALTIMORE’S CAMDEN YARDS. THE ORIOLES HONORING THE VICTIMS AND THREE HEROIC OFFICERS WHO SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES BY HALTING TRAFFIC BEFORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. >> LET US JOIN TOGETHER IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE TRAGEDY. >> THE FEDERAL RELEASED $60 MILLION IN EMERGENCY FUNDING

TO HELP COVER IMMEDIATE COSTS OF REOPENING THE PORT. IT COULD ULTIMATELY BILLIONS TO REBUILD THE BRIDGE, AND IT WILL BE AN EFFORT THAT COULD LAST FOR YEARS. DIANE ELIZABETH SCHULZE NEAR THE CRASH SITE IN MARYLAND. YOU. AND ABC’S IKE EJIOCHI JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. THE LARGEST CRANE

ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD IS NOW BEING TRANSFERRED IT INTO BALTIMORE TO REMOVE THE WRECKAGE. WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THAT? >> WELL, YOU HEARD THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SAYING THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING RIGHT NOW, THE MOST PERTINENT THING IS REMOVING THE PORTION OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE

OFF THE BOW OF THE SHIP. AND THAT TAKES THE CHESAPEAKE 1000, THE LARGEST CRANE ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD. AND IT ARRIVED HERE LAST NIGHT. LET ME STEP ASIDE SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THIS IS MASSIVE AND IT HAS THE ABILITY TO LIFT ROUGHLY £2.2 MILLION AT A TIME.

NOW, THE PIECE OF STEEL THAT’S CURRENTLY RESTING ON THE BOW, THE SHIP THAT WEIGHS ROUGHLY £9 MILLION. SO ENGINEERS WILL HAVE TO FIGURE EXACTLY HOW AND WHERE TO CUT THE STEEL TO ENSURE NO DAMAGE WILL BE POSTED TO CONSTRUCTION CREWS, DIVER CREWS OR EVEN SHIP ITSELF. NOW, ONCE THEY FIGURE OUT WHERE

TO CUT THE STEEL, THEY’LL BEGIN TO USE THAT MASSIVE CRANE TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING ALL OF THAT METAL AND CONCRETE OFF THE BOW OF THE SHIP. NOW, RIGHT NOW, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A QUICK PROCESS, WE ARE TOLD AT THE MOMENT, THERE’S NO SPECIFIC TIMELINE TO THAT ENTIRE OPERATION.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE CRANE CURRENTLY ON SCENE, IT’S AN OPERATION THAT HAS JUST BEGUN. WE’RE ALSO SEEING NEW IMAGES FROM INSIDE CARGO SHIP. >> WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING FROM THEM? YOU SAW THOSE DRAMATIC IMAGES FROM THOSE NTSB AND OTHER INVESTIGATORS FINALLY GETTING A CHANCE TO GET INSIDE THE SHIP

TO GET A BETTER IDEA WHAT HAPPENED LEADING UP TO THIS ENTIRE INCIDENT. REMEMBER, BEFORE THEY HAD CHANCE TO GET IN THERE, IT BEHOOVED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DIVERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SHIP WAS STABILIZED AND THE STRUCTURAL OF THE SHIP WASN’T COMPROMISED. ONCE THAT WAS FINISHED, THOSE INVESTIGATORS YOU SAW GOT

A CHANCE TO BOARD THE SHIP. OBVIOUSLY, THEY HAD A FIRSTHAND VISION. HOW MUCH DAMAGE HAPPENED? THEY WERE IN THE CONTROL ROOM. THEY WERE CHECKING THE THEY WERE CHECKING THE GAUGES. OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS REPORTED THAT A POWER COULD HAVE LED TO THE FAILURE OF THOSE SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTS. BUT IMPORTANTLY, THEY WERE

CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THAT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS LEAK INTO THE AREA OF THE SHIP. SO THE CREW AND OTHER WERE SAFE ENOUGH TO COME ON BOARD AND CONTINUE THEIR WORK. SO THEY JUST GOT ON BOARD. WE’RE SEEING THOSE DRAMATIC IMAGES AND A SCENE THAT WE’LL SEE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND POSSIBLY INTO THE WEEKEND

AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. >> POLICE SAY A LARGE VEHICLE IS STILL SUBMERGED IN THE WATER NEAR THE WRECKAGE. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? RIGHT. MARYLAND STATE POLICE TOLD US THAT DIVE CREWS AND OTHER CREWS WERE ABLE TO SEND AUTOMATIC VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SONAR INTO THE WATER. WHAT THEY FOUND WAS ANOTHER

LARGE VEHICLE BELOW THE DALI THAT IS ESSENTIALLY ENCAPSULATED WITH TWISTED METAL AND RUBBLE. NOW, WHAT THEY ALSO SAID IS THEY FOUND PARTS OF THE BRIDGE INSIDE THE WATER, ALONG WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF CONCRETE AND REBAR. NOW WE’RE BEING TOLD IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME JUST TO REACH

THAT VEHICLE ONCE THEY REACH IT. WE’RE BEING TOLD, OFFICIALS TELL US THAT WILL EVEN TAKE MORE TIME TO ESSENTIALLY REMOVE THAT DEBRIS, TRY TO GET TO THAT VEHICLE. BUT OFFICIALS TELL US THAT THE VEHICLE THAT’S IN THE CENTER OF ALL THAT DEBRIS, THEY BELIEVE IT TO BE TO BELONG

TO THE CREW THAT WAS WORKING ON TOP OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE AT THE TIME OF THE COLLAPSED. ALL RIGHT, IKE EJIOCHI IN BALTIMORE, THANK YOU. AND. >> AND PRESIDENT BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN SAYS IT RAISED A RECORD BREAKING $26 MILLION DURING AN UNPRECEDENTED FUNDRAISER WITH THREE LIVING PRESIDENTS. >> FORMER PRESIDENTS BARACK

OBAMA AND BILL CLINTON JOIN. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN ON STAGE IN NEW YORK CITY FOR A CONVERSATION MODERATED BY COMEDIAN STEPHEN COLBERT. ABC NEWS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT BRUCE HAS THE LATEST. >> THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN CELEBRATING WHAT IT’S TOUTING AS AN HISTORIC NIGHT AS STARS STUDDED FUNDRAISER AT NEW

YORK’S RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, RAISING A WHOPPING $26 MILLION IN A SINGLE NIGHT. PRESIDENT BIDEN SHARING THE STAGE WITH HIS TWO DEMOCRATIC PREDECESSORS, BARACK OBAMA. BILL CLINTON IN CONVERSATION WITH LATE NIGHT HOST STEPHEN COLBERT. BIG NAME STARS COMING OUT, TOO, INCLUDING QUEEN LATIFAH AND LIZZO, SEEN HERE IN A VIDEO

SHARED BY THE DNC CHAIR. WE GOT THAT WITH NO TV CAMERAS ALLOWED INSIDE THE CAMPAIGN, INSTEAD SELECTIVELY RELEASING JUST ONE CLIP, TAKING A SHOT AT RIVAL DONALD TRUMP. CAN TRUST A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO HAS NOT WON A SINGLE TRUMP INTERNATIONAL GOLF CLUB TROPHY AT LONG LAST, SIR, HAVE YOU NO CHIP SHOT?

WELL, LOOK, I’D BE HAPPY TO PLAY. >> I TOLD THEM ONCE BEFORE WHEN HE CAME IN TO THE OVAL, WHEN HE WAS BUSY BEFORE HE WAS SWORN IN, I SAID, I’LL GIVE YOU THREE STROKES TO BE CARRIED. >> YOU DON’T BACK. ACCORDING TO REPORTERS IN THE ROOM, THREE PRESIDENTS MADE

THE CASE THAT TRUMP PRESENTS A DANGEROUS THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. BUT THEY ALSO TRIED TO ENERGIZE VOTERS AROUND BIDEN’S RECORD, HIGHLIGHTING WHO’S BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND INVESTMENTS IN AMERICAN MANUFACTURING AND STEPS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE. THE RECORD BREAKING EVENT BRINGING IN MORE MONEY THAN TRUMP RAISED ALL LAST MONTH

WITH TICKETS SELLING FROM $225 TO HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. BUT THE FUNDRAISER ALSO HIGHLIGHTING ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACING THE PRESIDENT. PROTESTERS OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE ROOM, MANY CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE IN GAZA AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OF AIDING. INTERRUPTING THE SHOW AT LEAST

SIX TIMES NOW IN RESPONSE TO THOSE INTERRUPTIONS, BIDEN SAID THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY INNOCENT VICTIMS THAT MORE AID NEEDS TO GET GAZA AND HIGHLIGHTED HIS SUPPORT FOR A TWO STATE SOLUTION. BUT DESPITE THESE PROTESTS, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HOPES THE SOLD OUT EVENT WILL HELP ENERGIZE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

AS THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO RUN NECK AND, NECK WITH TRUMP DIANE. >> CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE. THANK YOU. >> AND JUST MILES AWAY FROM THE PRESIDENT, TRUMP WAS ALSO IN NEW YORK ATTENDING A WAKE FOR A POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. TRUMP EAGER TO DRAW A CONTRAST

WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STAR STUDDED FUNDRAISER. ABC NEWS CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT HAS THE LATEST ON THAT STORY. >> HI, RACHEL. WELL, DONALD TRUMP WAS EAGER TO TRY TO DRAW CONTRAST WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THAT STAR STUDDED FUND RAISER JUST A FEW MILES AWAY, MEETING WITH THE FAMILY OF AN NYPD

OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. OFFICER JONATHAN DILLER WAS SHOT DURING A TRAFFIC STOP ON MONDAY. THE 31 YEAR OLD WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE. HE DIED LEAVING BEHIND A WIFE AND A ONE-YEAR-OLD SON. THE FORMER PRESIDENT ATTENDED THE WAKE FOR DILLER, BUT ALSO

USED IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CALL FOR A CRACKDOWN ON VIOLENT CRIME, TELLING REPORTERS THE COUNTRY HAS GOT TO GET BACK TO LAW AND ORDER. TRUMP DID NOT PROVIDE ANY SPECIFIC DETAILS HOW HE WOULD COME BACK CRIME IF HE WERE TO BE REELECTED. AN FBI DATA DOES SHOW A DROP

IN VIOLENT CRIME NATIONWIDE. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO CALL FOR LAW AND ORDER, HE HAS ALSO EXPRESSED DEEP SUPPORT FOR THE RIOTERS WHO STORMED CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, MANY OF WHOM WERE CONVICTED FOR BRUTALLY ATTACKING POLICE OFFICERS THAT DAY. AND TRUMP HIMSELF IS NOW

CHARGED WITH 88 CRIMINAL COUNTS. DIANE, CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT, RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU. >> AND NOW TO ANOTHER DANGEROUS INCIDENT AT A U.S.. TWO DELTA PLANES CLIPPED WINGS ON THE TARMAC IN MINNESOTA ON ONE OF THE BUSIEST SPRING TRAVEL DAYS. TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT GIO BENITEZ HAS THE DETAILS. >> THE FAA TWO DELTA PLANES

COLLIDING WITH OUR CRASH. >> THE TWO AIRBUS A320 PLANES CLIPPED WINGS ON THE TAXIWAY AT THE MINNEAPOLIS SAINT PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. >> IT JUST STARTLING THE BOOM. THE MOST VIOLENT SHAKE I’VE EVER HAD ON ON AN AIRPLANE. >> ACCORDING TO DELTA, THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING PUSH BACK FROM THE GATE OF ONE

OF THE AIRCRAFT. AT AROUND 10:45 A.M., INVOLVING ME 271 PEOPLE ON BOTH PLANES . >> TROY JACKSON WAS TRAVELING TO SEE HIS FAMILY IN ARIZONA. TAXIS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, JUST A BIG, JARRING THUMP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, THE COLLISION. FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, BOTH PLANES RETURNED TO THEIR GATES.

SO COULD DEPLANE DELTA APOLOGIZING FOR THE DELAYS AND, SAID THEY WERE WORKING TO RE ACCOMMODATE CUSTOMERS TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATIONS. THIS INCIDENT COMING JUST ONE DAY AFTER PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED FROM FRONTIER FLIGHT IN CHARLOTTE FOR AN UNIDENTIFIED STRONG ODOR. PASSENGERS SEEN HERE EXITING THE PLANE DOWN THESE SLIDES.

FRONTIER AIRLINES SAYING WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE APOLOGIES AND CONCERN FOR IMPACTED AND ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT. >> GIO BENITEZ, THANK YOU. COMING UP, A POWERFUL WEATHER SYSTEM IS THE MOVE OUT WEST. WHERE IT’S GOING AND WHAT IT’S EXPECTED TO BRING. ALSO AHEAD, THE DOW CLOSES

AT ANOTHER ALL TIME HIGH. WHAT’S THE MARKETS TO THESE RECORD HIGHS AND WHAT IT SIGNALS FOR THE ECONOMY? >> I’VE COVERED A LONG, TWISTED, DARK STORIES, BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS TERRIFYING. ALISON WAS THE VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN.

AT LEAST HAD TO ASK, WOULD HORSE TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING? >> AND I SAID, YOU MEAN A HORSE? SHE SAID, NO, A PERSON. >> THIS IS CRAZY. 120. I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN A VERY LONG. >> TONIGHT ON BBC NINE, THE SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE

INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. PLUS THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH THE NEW MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. SUNDAY MORNING BREAKING NEW REPORTS ON THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE, THE INVESTIGATION AND WHAT’S NEXT TO? REBUILDING. AND VOICES ATTACKS AFTER THE TERROR THAT HAPPENED

IN MOSCOW. WHAT’S BEING DONE HERE TO KEEP AMERICANS SAFE? SUNDAY MORNING ON ABC’S THIS WEEK. >> WHENEVER WHEREVER BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BUFFALO, IN TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN HERE IN WARSAW. WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL

COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY, GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. >> ABC NEWS, LIVE CRIME. WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU SCREAM YOUR NEWS ON ABC NEWS LIVE ARTIST CONQUERING COUNTRY. MY FAMILY WAS BEYONCE A COWBOY CARTER COMES INTO WORLD AT

A VERY COMPLEX TIME. PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS SONG TOO GOOD TO RESIST JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE SAYING HIP-HOP MUSIC WITH A COUNTRY ACCENT DOES NOT MAKE IT COUNTRY MUSIC. >> THE STAGE, YOUR LANE. >> WELL, THAT’S NOT REAL COUNTRY. IT TAKES SOMEBODY IS AT SUPERSTAR STATUS TO DO SOMETHING THAT SHAKES IT ALL UP.

IT’S BEYONCE THAT COUNTRY. >> THIS IS “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” NOW STREAMING ON. WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS EVERY COUPLE SHOULD ASK? AND BEFORE JUMPING INTO MARRIAGE. OWNING A HOME AND HAVING CHILDREN. NEXT WEEK ON “GMA”. OH, YEAH. WE’RE GOING THERE. BEFORE TAKE THE LEAP NEXT WEEK ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA.

WHAT SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE AT ABC NEWS. >> THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES HOUR HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.

>> MONDAY AFTERNOON, EMPLOYEES ARE LOOKING ALL EYES TO SKY FOR A TERRIBLE SOLAR ECLIPSE. A BREATHTAKING NUGGET BBC NEWS TOGETHER WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WITH ABC’S DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS REPORTING. WATCH IT ALL ON ABC NEWS LIVE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL, NAT GIO WILD, DISNEY PLUS HULU AND LIVE ON ABC.

CLIPS ACROSS AMERICA MONDAY AFTERNOON EIGHTH STARTING AT 2 P.M. EASTERN. >> IT’S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA. SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP? WELL, HOW EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. YOU KNOW, THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU COULD 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. ME WEL MOVING TOWARD CALIFORNIA AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, BRINGING FLASH FLOODING, STRONG WINDS, HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS.

ACROSS THE COUNTRY, A STORM IS LINGERING THE NORTHEAST WITH NEW ENGLAND UNDER HEAVY RAIN AND FLOOD ALERTS. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST ZEE IS TRACKING IT ALL. >> HI, GINGER. LET’S TALK ABOUT EASTER WEEKEND ON THE WEST COAST BECAUSE THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ISSUES. LET’S LOOK FIRST AT BROOKINGS, OREGON, WHERE THAT WATERSPOUT

WAS TWISTING OVER THE OCEAN. IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY UNSETTLED. A LOT OF PLACES HAVE BEEN ABOVE AVERAGE, BOTH IN RAIN AND OF SNOW. COTTONWOOD CANYON SHOWN UP THERE, FRESH PILE. BUT LOOK AT THIS. THE STRONG STORM IS NOW AT THE COAST. AND SO THE WIND ADVISORIES HAVE ALREADY STARTED. SACRAMENTO, FRANCISCO BAY AREA,

ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TUCSON AND PHOENIX. SO GOING TO IMPACT SEVERAL STATES. LAS VEGAS ALSO RIGHT THERE CLOSE TO THAT ELEVATED RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING. BUT SANTA BARBARA TO L.A., L.A. ,BY THE WAY, HAS ALREADY SURPASSED THEIR ANNUAL AVERAGE RAINFALL. AND IT’S MUCH. GRANTED, THEY GET A LOT IN THE

WINTER, BUT STILL, WE ARE WAY AHEAD. AND SO IT IS GOING TO BE EASY TO FLASHFLOOD, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS UP TO A HALF FOOT. THEN THE STORM DOESN’T STOP AT THE WEST COAST. IT MOVES EAST. AND SO IT’S GOING TO LOOK FOR MONDAY WITH THIS ELEVATED RISK.

IT’S HARD THEM TO DO THIS, PUT THIS OUT THIS EARLY, AND WE ANTICIPATE WE’LL GET EVEN MORE EXPRESSIVE. SO THE HIGHEST TORNADO THREAT RIGHT THERE, OKLAHOMA, KANSAS, MISSOURI, WATCH THROUGH THE WEEKEND BECAUSE THOSE WILL UPDATE AND PROBABLY WILL INTENSIFY. AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH MID-ATLANTIC ON TUESDAY, IT’S LIKE THE MID-SOUTH, OHIO

RIVER OVER TO WASHINGTON, D.C. AGAIN, DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES TO START NEXT WORKWEEK. >> DIANE. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST, GINGER ZEE, THANK YOU. >> AND GAS PRICES ARE RISING FASTER THAN USUAL THIS YEAR. AMERICANS SEEM TO BE COOLING ON A CERTAIN HOT SAUCE. IT NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS HAS

MORE ON THAT AND YOUR OTHER BUSINESS HEADLINES. >> ALEXIS, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TODAY? HAPPY FRIDAY, DIANE. LET’S START WITH THAT STOCK MARKET INCREASE, FOLKS, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN ON A TEAR THIS YEAR. EVERYTHING FROM STOCKS, BITCOIN TO GOLD AS MARCH TO RECORD HIGHS. THE DOW JONES AVERAGE IS UP 10%

SO FAR THIS YEAR. IT IS ABOUT 200 POINTS AWAY FROM CROSSING 40,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME. WHILE THE S&P 500, WHICH TIED TO MANY PEOPLE’S 41K RETIREMENT PLANS, IS UP 11%, ITS BEST START TO A YEAR SINCE 2019. STRONG COMPANY PROFITS AND AROUND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAS HELPED FUEL

THAT RALLY AND HOPES THAT THE FED WILL CUT INTEREST RATES THIS YEAR IS ALSO GIVING INVESTORS A REASON TO KEEP ON BUYING? WELL, STOCKS AREN’T THE ONLY THING ON THE RISE, UNFORTUNATELY. SO ARE GAS PRICES AS WE HEAD INTO THE BUSY SPRING AND SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON. >> ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A,

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR IS NOW $3.54. THAT’S $0.08 MORE THAN WE WERE PAYING A YEAR AGO. GAS IS ALREADY TOP DOLLARS A GALLON IN OREGON, WASHINGTON AND NEVADA. DRIVERS, CALIFORNIA ALREADY PAYING ABOUT FIVE BUCKS A GALLON TO FILL. GAS PRICES TYPICALLY RISE THIS

TIME OF YEAR AS MORE PEOPLE GET THE ROAD AND REFINERIES SWITCH TO THAT MORE EXPENSIVE SUMMER BLEND OF. HIGHER GAS PRICES IN FEBRUARY WERE ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS BEHIND A SURPRISE RISE IN INFLATION. AND SOME FANS OF HOT SAUCE ARE ASKING HAS TO RATCHET UP LOST ITS KICK.

THE BELOVED HUE FONG HOT SAUCE DISAPPEARED A FEW MONTHS BECAUSE OF SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. WELL, NOW IT’S BACK. BUT SOME SAY IT’S NOT THE SAME. EVER SINCE YOU’VE LONG HAD A FALLING WITH ITS LONGTIME SUPPLIER OF CHILI PEPPERS. SO SOME LOYAL FANS HAVE TAKEN TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO COMPLAIN

THAT THE SAUCE HAS LOST CLASSIC HEAT. HUGH FONG SAYS ITS RECIPE HASN’T CHANGED, BUT THAT SOME BATCHES CAN VARY IN COLOR AND LEVEL OF SPICINESS. >> YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR HATS. YES. AND IF YOU’RE ME, YOU DO NOT NEED IT ON FIRE OR YOU WILL BE IN TROUBLE.

>> ALEXIS, THANK YOU. SURE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY FINANCE QUESTIONS FOR ALEXIS, LEAVE A MESSAGE ON OUR INSTAGRAM FEED ,ABC NEWS LIVE, AND SHE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT HERE ON THURSDAY. >> COMING UP, JIMMY LIVESTOCK CONTRIBUTOR LORI BERGAMOTTO JOINS US FOR RIGHT STUFF WITH FAN FAVORITES TO GET

YOU READY FOR GAME DAY. FOR THE RIGHT STUFF WHEN WE COME BACK. THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY, GIRARDI, THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. VERY SIMPLE. VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE TO FIND WORKING. AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHAT TO.

DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HOUSEMAN? I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY FACE TO FACE. ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK ME SO LONG? >> THE HOUSEHOLD AND THE HOUSEWORK. YOU KNOW. >> I’VE COVERED A LOT OF TWISTED, DARK STORIES, BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING

QUITE LIKE THIS. IT’S TERRIFYING. >> ALISA WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. ELISE HAD TO ASK. WOULD HORSE TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING? AND I SAID, YOU MEAN HER HORSE ? >> SHE SAID, NO, A PERSON. THIS IS. >> ONE OF THEM.

I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT A VERY LONG TIME. >> TONIGHT ON ABC, FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING THAT’S OFF TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. >> A DANGEROUS ICE 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. IN A MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY? WHAT?

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

EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST. LISTENING TO YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS WEEK IGNORED FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. INTERROGATIONS ARE A SLOW BURN.

READY TO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED ? QUESTION AFTER QUESTION, HOUR AFTER HOUR YOU CAN SEE THE CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK . SO MANY PEOPLE THAT STEPPED INTO THE BOX, THEY THINK THEY’RE GOING TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THEY’RE WALKING HIM DOWN THE PATH OF CONFESSION. HE FINALLY BROKE. IT WAS SURREAL. OH MY GOD.

INTERROGATION TAPES PREMIERES MONDAY ON ABC. >> SUNDAY MORNING, BREAKING NEW REPORTS ON THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. THE INVESTIGATION AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR REBUILDING. AND NEW FACES. ATTACKS AFTER TERROR THAT HAPPENED IN MOSCOW. WHAT’S BEING DONE HERE TO KEEP AMERICANS? SUNDAY MORNING ON ABC’S THIS WEEK NIGHT, THE SEARCH FOR

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BUT WE’RE GOING TO GO WITH IT. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE NEED FOR THE BIG GAME. OKAY. SO EVERYTHING YOU’RE GOING TO SEE TODAY, YOU CAN TAKE TO YOU LIKE A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS OR TWO IF YOU’RE, YOU KNOW, YOUR KIDS GAME, A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL GAME, REC GAME, WHERE TO START

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BUT YOU MIGHT NEED TO CALL AN UBER OR LYFT. YOU MIGHT NEED TO GET IN CONTACT WITH YOUR CHILD OR WHATEVER IT IS YOU NEED TO YOUR PHONE. WE LOVE THIS ANKER BATTERY CHARGER BECAUSE IT WEIGHS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS A BASEBALL SO IT’S PRETTY, PRETTY LIGHT.

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CALIFORNIA, I’M ROBIN ROBERTS. WHEREVER, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE TO TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. AND I’M DI MATTEO. LET’S GET STRAIGHT TO OUR TOP STORY. WE’RE FOLLOWING NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN A DEADLY BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. >> INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW LOOKING INTO WHETHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE ONBOARD

THE CARGO SHIP. CHRISTIANE CORDERO JOINS ME NOW FROM NEAR THE CRASH SITE IN MARYLAND. >> CHRISTIANE, THE LARGEST CRANE ON THE EASTERN IS NOW AT THAT SITE TO TRY TO REMOVE THIS WRECKAGE, THE WATER. >> WHAT’S THE LATEST? YES, AND THAT CRANE ARRIVED LATE LAST NIGHT. YOU MENTIONED RIGHT AFTER THIS

IN EASTERN SEABOARD. IT’S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. IT CAN LIFT MORE THAN £2 MILLION AT A TIME. BUT TO PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE, THE LARGEST SECTION OF FALLEN BRIDGE THAT SITS OVER THE VESSEL RIGHT NOW IS MORE THAN FIVE FOOT TIMES. THAT IS ABOUT £9 MILLION, ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS.

AND SO WHAT THEY’RE PLANNING ON DOING IS KIND OF CUTTING THAT INTO PIECES. SO THEY COULD STRATEGICALLY, VERY STRATEGICALLY TAKE IT OFF OF THAT VESSEL, BECAUSE THE GOAL HERE IS TO GET IT TO FLOAT AND THEN CLEAR THAT OUT OF THE WAY SO THAT THEY CAN EVENTUALLY REOPEN THE PORT.

BUT, DIANE, YOU KIND OF GOT A SENSE OF HOW COMPLEX THAT MISSION IS. IT CERTAINLY LOOKS THAT WAY BECAUSE YOU HAVE POLICE SAY THAT THERE’S A VEHICLE STILL IN THE WATER, THE WRECKAGE. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? LAST NIGHT WE HEARD FROM AUTHORITIES THAT THEIR LATEST UPDATE THAT THERE THAT THEY

BELIEVE THAT VEHICLE IS CONNECTED WITH CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, WHETHER THOSE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BEFORE THAT ARE STILL MISSING AND REMAINS HAVE NOT BEEN RECOVERED YET, ARE IN THAT VEHICLE TO BE DETERMINED. BUT THE POINT IS THEY CAN’T GET TO THAT RIGHT NOW OF ALL BECAUSE THIS MISSION HAS BEEN THE RECOVERY MISSION HAS BEEN

REALLY COMPLEX FROM THE START. WE’VE HEARD THE COAST GUARD DESCRIBE ONLY SEEING ABOUT A FOOT OR TWO IN FRONT OF THEM BECAUSE THE WATER IS SO MURKY. IT’S OBVIOUSLY REALLY COLD. IT’S HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. RIGHT. AND THEN TODAY THEY ACTUALLY ARE PAUSING THE DIVE EFFORTS

AND THE VEHICLE RECOVERY EFFORTS BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SHEEN FOUND ON THE WATERWAY AT SURFACE LEVEL FROM THOSE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THAT YOU MENTIONED, NOT EXPECTED TO BE AN ENVIRONMENTAL, BUT OF COURSE, IS BECAUSE OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AND BECAUSE OF PROTOCOL. THAT’S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY’RE ABLE TO TACKLE RIGHT NOW.

BUT CERTAINLY A PART THE MISSION THAT THEY’RE VERY MUCH STILL MOTIVATED BY AND PRIORITY RISING IN THE SENSE THAT THEY WANT TO BRING THESE FAMILIES CLOSURE. >> AND, CHRISTIANE, I KNOW WE’RE ALSO GETTING SOME IMAGES FROM INSIDE THE CARGO SHIP. ARE THOSE ANY MORE LIGHT ON THIS INVESTIGATION? CERTAINLY.

I MEAN, THEY’RE COLLECTING EVIDENCE AND TSB, RIGHT. THEY ABOARD IT AND THEN THEY RELEASED SOME OF THE FOOTAGE. I THINK FROM A HUMAN YOU JUST KIND OF GET A SENSE OF THE SENSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS CATASTROPHE. YOU CAN SEE THE STEEL BEAMS STICKING OUT RIGHT NEXT TO THE

SHIP MEAN IT’S EVERYTHING THAT IT’S NOT SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE, RIGHT? THERE’S A LOT OF WRECKAGE ON THE SHIP ITSELF. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE BARRELS THAT HAVE TOPPLED OVER, ALLUDING TO THE 50 PLUS CONTAINERS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THAT SPILLED. THAT, BY THE WAY, IS SUPPOSEDLY, ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, SOAPS

AND PERFUMES AS FAR AS THEY KNOW RIGHT NOW. AND SO THAT KIND OF SUGGESTS A LACK OF ENVIRONMENTAL THERE. BUT, YEAH, WHEN WE SAW THOSE IMAGES ON BOARD CARGO SHIPS, IT WAS PRETTY STUNNING, TO SAY THE LEAST. ALL RIGHT, CHRISTIANE CORDERO IN MARYLAND FOR US, THANK YOU. AND POPE FRANCIS IS PRESIDING

OVER GOOD FRIDAY, MASS TODAY AT THE VATICAN. HERE’S A LIVE LOOK AT THE PONTIFF. HE’S KEEPING A FULL THROUGHOUT HOLY WEEK DESPITE SOME RECENT HEALTH ISSUES. >> EASTER WEEKEND IS CONSIDERED THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME OF THE YEAR FOR CHRISTIANS. THE COLOSSEUM WILL HOST THE WAY OF THE CROSS SERVICE AND FOR

THE FIRST TIME IN HIS PAPACY, FRANCIS WILL DELIVER HIS OWN MEDITATIONS. EASTER SUNDAY, THE POPE WILL BLESS CROWDS ON SAINT PETER’S SQUARE AND MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD. AND WARS IN UKRAINE AND GAZA ARE EXPECTED TO BE PART OF THE POPE’S MESSAGE OF PEACE AND HOPE AND AGAIN, THAT’S

A LIVE LOOK AT VATICAN CITY AT THAT CEREMONY WITH THE POPE THERE. >> AND A MAJOR STORM IS MOVING CALIFORNIA AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, BRINGING FLASH FLOODING, STRONG WINDS AND, HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, A STORM IS LINGERING IN THE NORTHEAST WITH NEW ENGLAND UNDER HEAVY

RAIN AND FLOOD ALERTS. >> CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE IS TRACKING IT ALL FOR US. HI, GINGER. LET’S TALK ABOUT EASTER WEEKEND ON THE WEST COAST BECAUSE THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ISSUES. LET’S LOOK FIRST AT BROOKINGS, OREGON, WHERE THAT WATERSPOUT WAS TWISTING OVER THE OCEAN. IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY UNSETTLED.

A LOT OF PLACES HAVE BEEN ABOVE AVERAGE, BOTH IN RAIN AND SNOW. COTTONWOOD CANYON SHOWN UP THERE, FRESH PILE. BUT LOOK AT THIS. THE STRONG STORM IS NOW COMING AT THE COAST. AND SO THE WIND ADVISORIES ALREADY STARTED. SACRAMENTO, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TUCSON AND PHOENIX.

SO IT’S GOING TO IMPACT SEVERAL STATES. LAS VEGAS ALSO RIGHT THERE, CLOSE TO THAT ELEVATED RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING. BUT SANTA BARBARA, TO L.A., L.A., BY THE WAY, HAS ALREADY SURPASSED ANNUAL AVERAGE RAINFALL. AND IT’S MARCH. GRANTED THEY GET A LOT IN THE WINTER, BUT STILL, WE ARE WAY AHEAD.

AND SO IT IS GOING TO BE EASY TO FLASHFLOOD, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS, UP TO A FOOT. THEN THE STORM DOESN’T STOP THE WEST COAST. IT MOVES EAST. AND SO IT’S GOING TO LOOK FOR A MONDAY WHERE THERE’S THIS ELEVATED RISK. IT’S HARD FOR THEM TO DO THIS,

PUT THIS OUT THIS EARLY AND WE ANTICIPATE WILL GET EVEN MORE EXPRESSIVE. SO THE HIGHEST TORNADO THREAT RIGHT THERE, OKLAHOMA, KANSAS, MISSOURI, WATCHED THROUGH THE WEEKEND BECAUSE THOSE WILL UPDATE AND PROBABLY WILL INTENSIFY. AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC ON TUESDAY, IT’S LIKE THE MID-SOUTH OHIO RIVER VALLEY OVER

TO WASHINGTON, D.C., AGAIN, DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES TO START THE NEXT WORKWEEK. >> DIANE, CHIEF METEOROLOGIST, THANK YOU. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN SAYS RAISED A RECORD BREAKING $26 MILLION DURING AN UNPRECEDENTED FUNDRAISER WITH THREE LIVING PRESIDENTS. FORMER PRESIDENTS OBAMA AND BILL CLINTON JOIN PRESIDENT BIDEN ON STAGE IN NEW

YORK CITY FOR A CONVERSATION MODERATED BY COMEDIAN STEPHEN COLBERT. ABC NEWS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE HAS THE LATEST. >> THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS CELEBRATING WHAT IT’S TOUTING AS AN HISTORIC NIGHT. A STAR STUDDED FUNDRAISER AT NEW YORK’S RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL RAISING A WHOPPING $26 MILLION IN A SINGLE NIGHT.

PRESIDENT BIDEN SHARING THE STAGE WITH HIS TWO DEMOCRATIC PREDECESSORS, BARACK OBAMA AND BILL IN CONVERSATION WITH LATE NIGHT HOST STEPHEN COLBERT. >> NAME STARS COMING OUT, TOO, INCLUDING QUEEN LATIFAH AND LIZZO, SEEN HERE IN A VIDEO SHARED BY THE DNC CHAIR WITH NO TV CAMERAS INSIDE THE CAMPAIGN, INSTEAD SELECTIVELY RELEASING

JUST ONE CLIP, TAKING A SHOT AT RIVAL DONALD TRUMP. >> CAN VOTERS TRUST A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO HAS NOT WON A SINGLE TRUMP INTERNATIONAL GOLF CLUB TROPHY? AT LONG LAST, SIR, HAVE YOU NO CHIP SHOT? WE’LL LOOK. >> I’D BE HAPPY TO PLAY. I TOLD HIM ONCE BEFORE WHEN

HE CAME INTO THE OVAL, WHEN HE WAS BEAT BEFORE YOU GOT SWORN IN. I SAID, I’LL GIVE YOU THREE STROKES. SHOULD HE CARRY THEIR OWN BAG? >> ACCORDING TO REPORTERS IN THE ROOM, THREE PRESIDENTS MADE THE CASE THAT TRUMP PRESENTS A DANGEROUS TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. BUT THEY ALSO TRIED TO ENERGIZE

VOTERS AROUND BIDEN’S RECORD, HIGHLIGHTING HIS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND INVESTMENTS IN AMERICAN MANUFACTURING STEPS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE. THE RECORD BREAKING EVENT BRINGING IN MORE MONEY THAN TRUMP RAISED ALL LAST MONTH WITH TICKETS SELLING FROM $225 TO HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. BUT THE FUNDRAISER ALSO

HIGHLIGHTING ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACING THE PRESIDENT. PROTESTERS OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE ROOM, MANY CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE IN GAZA AND ACCUSING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OF AIDING. >> INTERRUPTING THE SHOW AT LEAST SIX TIMES NOW. IN RESPONSE TO THOSE INTERRUPTIONS, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY

INNOCENT VICTIMS THAT MORE AID NEEDS TO GET INTO GAZA AND HIGHLIGHTED HIS SUPPORT FOR TWO STATES SOLUTION. BUT DESPITE THESE PROTESTS, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HOPES THE SOLD OUT EVENT WILL HELP ENERGIZE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AS THE PRESIDENT TO RUN NECK AND NECK WITH TRUMP. DIANE, CHIEF, WHITE HOUSE, MARY BRUCE, THANK YOU.

>> AND JUST MILES AWAY, FORMER PRESIDENT WAS ALSO IN NEW YORK ATTENDING A WAKE FOR A POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. TRUMP WAS EAGER TO DRAW A CONTRAST WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STAR STUDDED FUND RAISER. ABC’S CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT HAS THE LATEST ON THAT STORY. >> HI, RACHEL.

WELL, DONALD TRUMP WAS EAGER TO TRY DRAW A CONTRAST WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THAT STAR STUDDED FUND RAISER A FEW MILES AWAY, MEETING WITH THE FAMILY OF AN NYPD OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. OFFICER JONATHAN DILLER WAS SHOT DURING TRAFFIC STOP ON MONDAY. THE 31 YEAR OLD WAS RUSHED

TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED, LEAVING BEHIND A WIFE AND A ONE-YEAR-OLD SON. THE FORMER PRESIDENT ATTENDED THE WAKE FOR DILLER, BUT ALSO USED IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CALL A CRACKDOWN ON VIOLENT CRIME, TELLING REPORTERS THE COUNTRY HAS GOT GET BACK TO LAW AND ORDER. TRUMP DID NOT PROVIDE ANY

SPECIFIC DETAILS ON HOW HE WOULD COME BACK CRYING IF HE WERE TO BE REELECTED. AND FBI DATA SHOW A DROP IN VIOLENT CRIME NATIONWIDE. IS WORTH NOTING THAT AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO CALL FOR LAW AND ORDER HE HAS ALSO EXPRESSED DEEP SUPPORT FOR THE RIDERS WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL

ON JANUARY SIX, MANY OF WHOM WERE CONVICTED FOR BRUTALLY ATTACKING OFFICERS THAT DAY. AND TRUMP HIMSELF IS NOW CHARGED WITH 88 CRIMINAL COUNTS. DIANE, CHIEF, CONGRESSIONAL RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU. AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU MET WITH FAMILIES OF HOSTAGES HELD IN GAZA SAYING CONTINUED MILITARY PRESSURE IS THE ONLY WAY TO SECURE

THEIR RELEASE. HE ALSO REITERATED ISRAEL’S INTENTION TO LAUNCH AN OFFENSIVE INTO RAFAH. THIS COMES AS THE U.N. TOP COURT IS ORDERING ISRAEL TO OPEN MORE LAND CROSSINGS TO GET AID INTO GAZA. ABC NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT BRITT CLENNETT JOINS NOW FROM TEL AVIV. BRANT, HOW SIGNIFICANT WAS THIS MEETING BETWEEN NETANYAHU

AND THE FAMILIES OF HOSTAGES? >> WELL, THE FAMILIES OF IDF SOLDIERS BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY HAMAS IN GAZA REALLY APPEARED DISSATISFIED, DIANE, ON FOLLOWING A DIRECT MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE OCTOBER 7TH THAT PREVIOUSLY THE PRIME MINISTER HAD MET WITH THE FAMILIES OF ALL HOSTAGES,

ALL THE FAMILIES OF, FEMALE HOSTAGES. BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE PRIME MINISTER HAD MET WITH RELATIVES OF MALE HOSTAGES HELD CAPTIVE. MOST ACTUALLY AREN’T EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED IN THE FIRST PHASE OF FUTURE DEALS. >> NOW AMONG THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE MEETING WITH PARENTS OF TWO ISRAELI AMERICAN SOLDIERS HELD

HOSTAGE EDEN ALEXANDER AND OMAR NEUTRA. NOW, ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS, ONE HOSTAGE FAMILY MEMBER COMPLAINED THAT NETANYAHU DID REALLY NOT OFFER ANYTHING NEW TO THE FAMILIES AND MOMENTUM. DIANA REALLY SEEMED THAT THE TALKS HAD SLOWED DOWN. EARLIER TODAY, THE PRIME MINISTER SAID NETANYAHU HAD SPOKEN WITH HIS INTELLIGENCE

AND AUTHORIZED TO GO TO DOHA AND CAIRO IN THE COMING DAYS. AGAIN RAISING HOPE. SO WHAT’S THE LATEST ON EFFORTS TO GET AID INTO GAZA? YEAH, THE UN’S TOP COURT HAS ORDERED ISRAEL TO ALLOW THE AID INTO GAZA AT A HIGHER RATE MORE OF IT, 500 TRUCKS PER DAY BEFORE THE WAR.

NOW IT’S ONLY A TRICKLE OF THAT. IN ORDER AVERT A FAMINE WHICH THE UN SAYS IS IMMINENT. NOW THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE SAID ISRAEL HAD TO ACT WITHOUT DELAY, ALLOW THE PROVISION OF URGENTLY NEEDED BASIC SERVICES IN THIS FOLLOWS WARNINGS, DIANA, THAT FAMINE COULD HIT GAZA WITHIN WEEKS.

NOW ISRAEL HAS CALLED CLAIMS THAT IT IS BLOCKING AID WHOLLY ON THAT FOUND. THE ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTRY SAID IT WAS CONTINUING TO PROMOTE NEW INITIATIVES AND TO EXPAND EXISTING ONES TO ALLOW A CONTINUOUS FLOW OF AID INTO GAZA BY LAND AND SEA. BUT A LOT OF CRITICISM FROM U.N. AID AGENCIES.

>> THAT’S JUST NOT ENOUGH. NOW, THE SYRIAN ARMY SAYS ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES NEAR ALEPPO KILLED AS MANY AS 42 PEOPLE TODAY. WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT THAT? YES, I THINK THE ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES TARGETED AREAS AT CLOSE TO THE SYRIAN CITY OF ALEPPO. SYRIAN STATE NEWS AGENCY THERE SAID THAT THEY WERE CIVILIAN

AND MILITARY CASUALTIES. ONE OF THE HEZBOLLAH FIGHTERS KILLED WAS A LOCAL FIELD COMMANDER WHOSE BROTHER WAS KILLED IN AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE ON SOUTHERN LEBANON IN NOVEMBER . BUT AS OF YET, DIANE, HEZBOLLAH HAS NOT COMMENTED ON THE REPORTS. ALL RIGHT. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT BRITT CLENNETT IN TEL AVIV, THANK YOU.

COMING UP, AN HBCU STRIPPED OF ITS. TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS APPOINT NEW LEADERS AT THE STATE’S ONLY PUBLICLY HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAY STATE LEADERS ARE TARGETING THE SCHOOL WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE 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 CLASHES. RIGHT. THE NEED FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS

LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET’S GO BACK. TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY WHERE THE STORY FROM THE FRONT LINE FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. IN BEIRUT COMING, FBI REPORTING

FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. THE STORY IS WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE.

AMERICA’S ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> I HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US USE OUR SECRET. WELL, WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY INSIDE BUT AM IS A SOURCE OF HUMOR FOR THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED ONLY,

ENDING NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE IN ANYWHERE. WOW. BEYONCE IS CONQUERING COUNTRY BY TELLING US BEYONCE, COWBOY CARTER COMES INTO THE WORLD AT A VERY COMPLEX TIME. PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS SONG IS TOO GOOD TO RESIST. JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE SAYING

HIP-HOP MUSIC WITH A COUNTRY ACCENT DOES NOT MAKE MAKING COUNTRY MUSIC THE STAND YOUR LAND. >> WELL, THAT’S NOT REAL COUNTRY. IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO IS AT SUPERSTAR STATUS TO DO THAT, SHAKES IT ALL UP. >> IT’S FIANCEE COUNTRY. THIS IS IMPACT BY “NIGHTLINE” NOW STREAMING ON HULU.

>> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THE GOVERNOR TENNESSEE HAS SIGNED A LAW TO FULLY VACATE THE BOARD AT TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY. IT REMOVES THE TRUSTEES OF TENNESSEE’S ONLY PUBLICLY FUNDED HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY. NOW, SOME LAWMAKERS AND COMMUNITY SAY THE STATE IS UNFAIRLY TARGETING THE SCHOOL. CHRIS O’BRIEN, OUR AFFILIATE

WKRN IN NASHVILLE, HAS THE DETAILS. >> THE BILL TO SLASH TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS HEADED TOWARD LAW. THE MOVE COMES AFTER SEVERAL SCATHING AUDITS FROM THE TENNESSEE COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE ALLEGING SEVERE MISMANAGEMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY. >> THURSDAY, THE MEASURE PASSED THE HOUSE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR

YEARS NOW, AND THE GRACE THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN HAS ACTUALLY BEEN TURNED AROUND AND SHOVED BACK IN OUR FACE FROM THAT VERY. SO WE HAD TO TAKE A STEP. >> UP UNTIL THURSDAY THE HOUSE PLAN TO ONLY REMOVE THREE TSU BOARD MEMBERS, BUT ALL BUT TWO HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOTED JOIN

A SENATE PLAN TO GET RID OF ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS. >> I THINK THE DISAPPOINTING PART FOR US IS THERE WAS MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS WE TALKED TO AND I KNOW THAT THEY DIDN’T VOTE FOR IT, BUT I DON’T THINK THAT BEHIND THE SCENES THAT THEIR VOTE DOESN’T REFLECT

WHERE THEY WERE BEHIND THE SCENES. >> DEMOCRATS SAY HOUSE REPUBLICANS WENT BACK ON THEIR WORD AFTER TWO SIDES BROKERED A COMPROMISE ON THE ISSUE. >> I WAS TOLD WHEN SESSION STARTED THAT THERE WOULD BE A SUBSTITUTE IN CONFORMING TO THE SENATE BILL. >> BUT SENATE REPUBLICANS WARNED THEY WOULD ONLY SUPPORT

THE ENTIRE BOARD. AND IF THE HOUSE AND SENATE DID NOT REACH AN AGREEMENT, BOARD WOULD JUST BE ELIMINATED. >> SO YOU WOULD THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE PUT IN POSITION OF BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERALL OVERSIGHT AND LEADERSHIP OF THE UNIVERSITY WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT AND AND WOULD THEN SAY,

YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE IT’S TIME FOR ME TO MOVE ON. BUT JUST TAKE THE LEAD. >> THEY ALSO NOTED THE COMPTROLLER RELEASED A NEW AUDIT OF TSU TODAY, FINDING SEVERAL ISSUES, BUT NOTHING ILLEGAL, SOMETHING THE UNIVERSITY NOTED IN A STATEMENT TODAY. WHEN YOU GET AN AUDIT THAT HAS 60 FINDINGS AND 30

RECOMMENDATIONS OR WHATEVER NUMBERS ARE, AND YOU CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT NOTHING THAT THERE’S A LOT OF MISMANAGEMENT, BUT FORTUNATELY THERE’S NOTHING DONE THAT THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. TSU RELEASED TWO STATEMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE LEGISLATIVE MOVE. IN PART, THEY WROTE THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED, UNFORTUNATE AND UNCHARTED WATERS FOR ANY

PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE. THEY ALSO NOTED WHAT THEY CALL UNDERFUNDING FOR GENERATIONS. OUR THANKS TO W PARENTS CHRIS O’BRIEN FOR THAT REPORT. AND BEYONCE’S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED COUNTRY ALBUM IS HERE. COWBOY CARTER DROPPED OVERNIGHT AND IT’S ALREADY SHOWING UP SOME RAVE REVIEWS BUT QUEEN BEES FORAY INTO COUNTRY MUSIC

HAS BEEN ALSO MET WITH SOME CONTROVERSY AND IGNITED A DEBATE ON THE ROOTS OF THE ALL AMERICAN GENRE. JANAI NORMAN HAS MORE HERE IN THE HEART OF HOUSTON. >> IS THE RODEO. BEYONCE HAS PERFORMED HERE MULTIPLE TIMES, SO WE WANTED TO ASK HOUSTONIANS HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THEIR HOMETOWN QUEEN.

BEYONCE SAY MY FAMILY LOVES BEYONCE. SHE’S FROM HOUSTON. WHAT IS IT, BEYONCE’S NEW MUSIC THAT MAKES IT COUNTRY? I THINK THE TOPIC OF HER LYRICS ,IT’S VERY COUNTRY CENTERED. COUNTRY MUSIC IS FOR EVERYBODY, IS FOR BEYONCE. HE GOT HIS COUNTRY MUSIC READY FOR BEYONCE. PEOPLE LIKE TO ASK

THE QUESTION, WHY IS COUNTRY MUSIC LIGHT? AND I POINT TO THE LARGER ISSUE THAT AMERICA IS SEGREGATED. >> I’VE BEEN KNOCKING BANGING, Y THAT THEY HAVE REACTED TO ANY BLACK WOMAN IN THE PAST. AND I DON’T THINK IT WILL BE THE WAY THAT THEY REACT TO OTHER BLACK WOMEN IN THE.

IN A POST ON INSTAGRAM, BEYONCE WRITING MY HOPE IS THAT YEARS FROM NOW, THE MENTION OF AN ARTIST RACE AS IT RELATES TO RELEASING GENRES OF MUSIC WILL BE IRRELEVANT. IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO AT SUPERSTAR STATUS TO DO SOMETHING THAT, SHAKES IT ALL UP. THAT’S SHAKEUP, THANKS IN PART

TO COUNTRY FOLK ARTIST RHIANNON GIDDENS. HER BANJO IS. >> THE FIRST THING YOU HEAR ON TEXAS HOLD’EM. DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS ABOUT BEYONCE? >> LIKE GOING COUNTRY? IT’S BEYONCE GETTING BACK TO HER ROOTS. I’M LIKE, PEOPLE CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. DO MAKE A COUNTRY RECORD, MAKE

A COUNTRY RECORD. LIKE, NOBODY’S ASKING A LOT OF DELIVERY. WHAT RIGHT DO YOU TO MAKE A COUNTRY RECORD? YOU KNOW, I’M SAYING, LIKE EVERYBODY HAS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THEIR ROOTS, TO GO BACK TO LIKE, THIS IS MY TOO. I WANT TO I WANT TO DO THIS

LIKE THE STAY IN YOUR LANE. THE. WELL, THAT’S NOT REAL COUNTRY. THAT’S JUST RACISM. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO SAY IT’S BECAUSE SHE’S BLACK. YOU KNOW, BUT THEY USE THESE THESE CODED TERMS, YOU KNOW, AND PROBLEMATIC. >> JANAI NORMAN. THANK YOU. >> AND YOU CAN SEE MORE OF

TODAY’S FULL REPORT ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF IMPACT BY “NIGHTLINE”. >> IT’S BEYONCÉ COUNTRY ONLY ON HULU. NEW EPISODES DROP THURSDAY. >> COMING UP, GET READY TO LEARN MY FAVORITE LIFE. SEE HOW A SIMPLE ORGANIZATION METHOD INSIDE MY FR HAS HELPED ME SAVE TIME, MONEY, SPACE AND STRESS. RIGHT AFTER.

THE BREAK I’VE COVERED A LOT TWISTED DARK STORIES, BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE THIS. IT’S TERRIFYING. ALISON WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. ELISE HAD TO ASK, WOULD HORSE TRANQUILIZER. KILL A HUMAN BEING. AND I SAID, YOU MEAN A HORSE?

SHE SAID, NO, A PERSON. >> THIS IS CRAZY. 20, 20. I’VE GOT. I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN A VERY LONG. >> TONIGHT ON BBC NEWSNIGHT, THE SEARCH FOR BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND,

MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH THE NEW THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION SUNDAY MORNING. BREAKING NEW ON THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE, THE INVESTIGATION AND WHAT’S NEXT, THE REBUILDING AND NEW FACES. ATTACKS AFTER THE TERROR THAT HAPPENED IN MOSCOW. WHAT’S BEING DONE HERE TO KEEP AMERICANS SAFE?

SUNDAY MORNING ON ABC’S THIS WEEK. SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS THE START HERE TO IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS

PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK 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. >> GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE.

INTERROGATIONS. A SLOW BURN. TO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED. QUESTION QUESTION HOUR AFTER HOUR. YOU CAN SEE THE CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK. SO MANY THAT STEP INTO THE BOX, THEY THINK THEY’RE GOING TO TALK THEIR WAY OUT OF IT, BUT THEY’RE WALKING HIM DOWN THE PATH OF AND FINALLY GROW.

IT WAS SURREAL. OH, MY GOD. INTERROGATION TAPES PREMIERES MONDAY ON. ABC. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING OFF TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS, THE MIDDLE EAST.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS, FAST ,STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT TIME IN BETWEEN. HOW DO BILLIONAIRES AND 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 WE’RE REPORTING ON BOARD A U.S. NAVY DESTROYER

IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. I’M MAGGIE RULLI. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU’RE WATCHING ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WELCOME BACK. IT IS TIME FOR THE STATE OF METHODS WHERE I SHOW YOU SOME OF MY FAVORITE HACKS TO MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER. TODAY, I BRING YOU MY FAVOR

LIFE HACK. SO FAR IT HELPS ME EAT BETTER, SAVES ME TIME, SPACE AND STRESS . GET READY TO LEARN MY FAVORITE LIFE HACK EVER. AND IT ALL REVOLVES AROUND MY REFRIGERATOR DOOR. >> BUT FIRST, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT LIFE BEFORE THIS. I USED STOCK MY FRIDGE THE SAME WAY MOST PEOPLE DO.

PRODUCE IN THE DRAWERS, CONDIMENTS IN DOOR, AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE SHELVES. IT’S THE BEST WAY TO KEEP PERISHABLES FRESH THE LONGEST UNLESS YOU FORGET ABOUT THEM HIDDEN IN DRAWERS OR BEHIND OTHER ITEMS. MY PERISHABLE FOODS WERE OUT OF SIGHT. AND IN MY WORLD THAT ALSO MEANS OUT OF MIND.

I WAS TOSSING FOOD THAT WENT BAD OR STUCK WITH RANDOM EXTRAS OF ITEMS I NEVER NEEDED TO BEGIN WITH, JUST THE ONES CARROTS, CHEESE AND HUMMUS. >> FIRST CHANGED CONDIMENTS. THEY’RE GOING IN THIS BOTTOM DRAWER HERE. THEN I SAW THIS TIC VIDEO FROM INFLUENCER CASEY DAVIS. >> IF I WANT A CONDIMENT,

I WILL GO LOOKING FOR THAT SPECIFIC CONDIMENT SO THEY DON’T NEED TO BE FRONT AND CENTER. WHAT I NEED IS WHEN I OPEN MY FRIDGE AND GO, I’M HUNGRY. WHAT DO I HAVE? EVERY THING IS VISUAL. I TOOK HER RECOMMENDATIONS A FEW STEPS FURTHER WITH CLEAR AND BOOKENDS, AND MY

NEW REFRIGERATOR SYSTEM WAS BORN. HERE’S HOW IT WORKS. CONDIMENTS ARE IN THE BOTTOM DRAWER OF FRUITS. IN THE TOP DRAWER, AND ALMOST ALL VEGGIES AND LEFTOVERS GO IN MY DOOR CONTAINERS WHERE WE SEE THEM SO WE REMEMBER TO EAT THEM. THE BEST PART IS I CAN BAKE, SERVE, REHEAT RIGHT IN

THAT SAME CONTAINER. SO NO EXTRA DISHES ARE GOING TO KNOW WHERE THAT STORE IN FOOD CONTAINERS THAT LIVE THAT NEVER SEEM TO MATCH. ONCE MY CONTAINERS ARE CLEAN, THEY GO RIGHT BACK IN THE DOOR. NO SPACE NEEDED AND NO MORE TUPPERWARE SCAVENGER EXCLUDED. >> IT REALLY HELPS MY WHOLE FAMILY EAT BETTER.

IT SAVES ME MONEY, STRESS, TIME AND SPACE AND IT MEANS EVERYONE’S CALLING ME EVERY TIME THEY OPEN THE DOOR. I HAVE MY AND NOW I WANT TO CREATE A MESSAGE TO METHOD FOR USE. SO LET ME KNOW WHAT PROBLEM YOU WANT. HACKED ON INSTAGRAM AT DIANE MACEDO AND WE JUST

MIGHT TACKLE IT IN ANOTHER METHOD OF METHODS. MEANWHILE, A NEW BOOK IS ALREADY IN THE SPOTLIGHT, EVEN BEFORE ITS RELEASE AND HER DEBUT MEMOIR, THE MANGO TREE, A MEMOIR OF FRUIT FLORIDA, AND FELONY AUTHOR ANNABEL TOME ATTIC WEAVES TOGETHER FAMILY, CULTURE, WARS AND RACE. NOW, PUBLICATION EATER HAS

NAMED A NOVEL ONE OF THE BEST FOOD BOOKS OF THE SPRING. TAKE A LOOK. >> HI, I’M ANNABEL. TOM ATTACH, AUTHOR OF MANGO TREE, A MEMOIR OF FRUIT, FLORIDA AND FELONY. >> AND HERE ARE THREE REASONS WHY YOU NEED TO READ THIS BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL BOOK RIGHT THERE. >> ONE.

IT’S WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, AND THE MANGO TREE IS PACKED WITH STRONG, COMPLICATED FEMALE CHARACTERS, INCLUDING MY FILIPINO MOM, WHO IN 2015 USED HER BABY GUN TO SHOOT AT A MAN SHE CLAIMED STEALING MANGOES FROM HER BELOVED TREES HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. TRULY, THIS BOOK IS A LOVE

LETTER TO MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS . THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS WE SHARE TOO. IT’S ABOUT IDENTITY. WHO ARE WE? WHAT DEFINES? US? THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS I STRUGGLED WITH AS A MULTIRACIAL GIRL GROWING UP IN ROBERT E COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND THE QUESTIONS I GET TO ANSWER AT LEAST START TO DO THIS BOOK.

THREE. MANGOES. MY GOSH. I SPENT 15 YEARS AS A RESTAURANT, SO FOOD IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. BUT MANGOES ESPECIALLY PLAY A JUICY, SWEET ROLOL ROLE IN THS BOOK. >> THE BEST PLACE TO READ THE MANGO IN COURT WAITING FOR YOUR MOM TO TESTIFY DURING FIRST APPEARANCE HEARING.

MAYBE AT THE BAIL BONDS OFFICE WAITING TO POST BAIL FOR HER, OR JUST ANYWHERE YOU CAN. A LITTLE BIT OF RESPITE FROM THIS FLORIDA HEAT. THANK SO MUCH. >> I HOPE YOU EAT THIS BOOK. >> ALL RIGHT. ANNABEL TOLD ME TO THANK YOU. THE MANGO TREE MEMOIR OF FRUIT

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THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. VERY SIMPLE, BECAUSE WE’LL GET A CHANCE TO FINALLY CARE. AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHAT YOU SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTS IN THAT HOUSE? I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY FACE TO FACE. ERIKA, WHY DID YOU TAKE SO LONG?

THE HOUSE AND THE HOUSE. >> YOU KNOW, I’VE COVERED A LOT TWISTED, DARK STORIES, BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE THIS. AND IT’S TERRIFYING. ALISA WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. ELISE HAD TO ASK, WOULD TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING?

AND I SAID, YOU MEAN HER HORSE? SHE SAID, NO, A PERSON. >> THIS IS CRAZY. THE 2024. I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN A VERY LONG TONIGHT ON ABC. >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING. THAT’S TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.

A DANGEROUS ICE STORM 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 BILLIONAIRE 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 LIVE. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS? >> THIS IS THE START HERE. TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY.

SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD OUR MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. START HERE. ABC NEWS GET YOUR DAILY FIRST. >> LISTEN NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T

COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE ABC NEWS AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. YOU’RE AT NEW YORK CITY ON THIS FRIDAY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE’S A RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW.

CREWS ARE WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK TO CLEAR DEBRIS FROM THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE. THE NAVY SENDING THREE GIANT CRANES TO THE SCENE TO HELP REMOVE WRECKAGE FROM THE CARGO SHIP. THEY PLAN TO CUT THE STEEL INTO FOUR PARTS AND LIFT EACH ONE OUT OF THE WATER SO THAT VITAL PORT CAN BE REOPENED

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS APPROVED AN INITIAL $60 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO HELP CLEANUP. THE SUSPECT IN A DEADLY ILLINOIS STABBING RAMPAGE BLAMING DRUGS FOR THE ATTACK. ROCKFORD POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT CLAIMS MARIJUANA GIVEN TO HIM BY ONE OF THE VICTIMS WAS LACED AND HIM PARANOID.

WITHIN MINUTES, AUTHORITIES SAY HE KILLED HIS FRIEND. HIS FRIEND’S MOTHER, A NEIGHBORHOOD MAIL CARRIER AND A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL DOWN THE STREET WHO WAS WATCHING A MOVIE WITH HER THREE FRIENDS. >> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THESE FOUR, THEY WERE DOING WHAT WE ALL DO, BUT YOU SHOULD ALL BE DOING IT. SPRING BREAK.

IT’S THREE GIRLS WATCHING A MOVIE. >> I CAN’T COMPREHEND. THE SUSPECT FACES FOUR COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL IS MARKING ONE YEAR SINCE REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS ARRESTED IN RUSSIA BY PUBLISHING A FRONT PAGE WITH A BLANK HOLE. THE HEADLINE, HIS STORY SHOULD BE HERE. GERSHKOVICH WAS ARRESTED

ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES WHILE A REPORTING TRIP THERE. THE JOURNAL AND GERSHKOVICH DENY THOSE CLAIMS. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS SAID EVAN’S FREEDOM IS A PRIORITY FOR THE PRESIDENT. AND BASEBALL STAR SHOHEI OHTANI IS CELEBRATING A SUCCESS FOR HOME DEBUT WITH THE DODGERS. HE FINISHED WITH TWO HITS IN

A WIN OVER THE CARDINALS. IT COMES AMID A GAMBLING SCANDAL AROUND HIS FORMER INTERPRETER, COMMISSIONER MANFRED SAYS THE LEAGUE IS COMMITTED TO THE INVESTIGATION AND HOPES IT WILL TAKE A SHORT TIME TO RESOLVE. >> AND BEYONCE’S ANTICIPATED COUNTRY ALBUM IS HERE. >> COWBOY CARTER DROPPED, AND IT’S ALREADY SHOWING UP

RAVE REVIEWS. OUR STEPHANIE RAMOS HAS THE REACTION FROM THE BEEHIVE AND SURPRISE COLLABORATIONS. >> HOW ABOUT THAT SADDLE UP, COWBOY? CARTER IS FINALLY HERE. WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE TO CIRCUS AND THE BEEHIVE IS BUZZING A BEYONCÉ ALBUM THIS IS NOT A COUNTRY ALBUM.

>> SHE SAID IT AND SHE MEANT IT WITH A WHOPPING 27 TRACKS AND STAR STUDDED COLLABORATIONS LIKE CYRUS BAD AND CRAZY INTERLUDES WITH COUNTRY MAINSTAYS WILLIE NELSON. >> YOU KNOW MY NAME. YOU NO NEED TO KNOW YOURS. LINDA. THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL BLACK FEMALE ARTIST IN COUNTRY MUSIC.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS PARTICULAR TUNE STRETCHES ACROSS A RANGE OF GENRE, RACE AND THE ONE AND ONLY DOLLY PARTON. >> HEY, MISS HONEY BEE IS HEAT LEADING INTO A BARN BURNING COVER OF THE COUNTRY QUEEN. >> HIT. JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE. JOHNNY ON YOU WOMAN FLYIN. DO YOUR MAN. >> BEYONCE.

A WARMING WITH A FEATURE FROM HER OWN DAUGHTER RUMI ON THE ENDEARING PROTECT HER. >> NOW I’M GIVING YOU THE PLEASE. AND A NEW SPIN ON THE BEATLES BLACKBIRD FEATURING COUNTRY NEWCOMERS BRITTNEY SPENCER, TIARA, KENNEDY, REYNA, ROBERTS AND TANNER, ADELE, THE FLAG AND BLACKBIRD BEDTIME.

AND THE NIGHT OF THE DARK LAND BY OUR JANAI NORMAN RECENTLY SITTING DOWN WITH ADELE. >> I’VE BEEN KNOCKING, BANGING KICKING ON THIS DOOR AND BEYONCE. THEY REALLY OPENED IT. >> I DON’T KNOW IF IT CHANGES THAT KIND OF SYSTEMATIC GATEKEEPING OF COUNTRY MUSIC, BUT IT DOES CHANGE WHO FEELS

EMPOWERED TO BE THERE AND SHOW UP AND LISTEN. >> THIS IS BEYONCE’S FIRST COUNTRY ALBUM, A GENRE SHE SAYS SHE INITIALLY DIDN’T FEEL WELCOMED IN THANKS TO TEXAS HOLD’EM TOPPING CHARTS. >> THE 32 TIME GRAMMY WINNER, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO REACH NUMBER ONE ON THE COUNTRY CHARTS, SHE REALLY IS TAKING

HER ACCLAIM AND ALSO BRINGING AN ENTIRE NEW AUDIENCE TO AN ART FORM. BEYONCE SAYS COWBOY CARTER FIVE YEARS TO PRODUCE. SHE SAYS SHE WAS INITIALLY GOING TO PUT IT OUT DURING THE PANDEMIC. THERE WAS TOO MUCH HEAVINESS IN THE WORLD. SHE DECIDED TO TAKE HER TIME IT AND HERE IT IS.

YOU CAN SEE MORE OF BEYONCE’S JOURNEY INTO COUNTRY MUSIC “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” EPISODE. IT’S BEYOND THE COUNTRY NOW, STREAMING ON HULU. DIANE STEPHANIE RAMOS, THANKS FOR THAT. AND IT IS TIME FOR THE DROP WHERE WE TALK ABOUT BIG MUSIC HEADLINES OF THE WEEK. SO TODAY WE ARE GOING ALL IN

ON COWBOY QUARTER AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR RADIO PERSONALITY MEGAN RYTE BROUGHT IN SOME BACK UP BUT ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTORS XM RADIO HOST MIKE MUSE AND CELEBRITY STYLIST MICKEY FREEMAN. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT MEGAN MEGAN’S ALREADY DANCING. WE ALREADY GOT A LOT OF TIME TO DO WHAT WE DO EVERY WEEKEND.

NOW LET’S TALK COWBOY CARTER. MEGAN, LET’S START WITH THE MUSIC. WHAT SONGS ARE TRENDING RIGHT NOW? ALL RIGHT. FIRST I WANT TO SAY WE GOT TO GIVE IT SOME TIME. OKAY? WE HAVE TO LISTEN, STICK WITH THIS ALBUM FOR A LITTLE BIT. SO DON’T GET MAD ABOUT WHAT

I’M CHOOSING, BUT THIS IS WHAT I AM SO FAR. I GOT TO START WITH THE AIR SAMPLES. NANCY SINATRA. THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING AND ALSO INTERPOLATE THE BEACH BOYS. GOOD VIBRATIONS AND BILLBOARD IS CALLING IT THE BEST BEYONCE SONG ON COWBOY CARTER. AND I GOT TO GO WITH THAT.

I’M JOLENE. IT IS ALSO I’M I’M SORRY I’M LOVING. YEAH, IT IS ALSO ME. THE CLOSEST THING THAT YOU WILL GET TO HEARING WHAT BEYONCE SOUNDS LIKE LIVE ON A STUDIO ALBUM. NOW WE’RE MOVING ON TO JOLENE. YOU’RE GOING TO COVER A DOLLY PARTON SONG. YOU GOT TO DO IT RIGHT.

WORD TO WHITNEY HOUSTON AND BEYONCÉ DID JUST THAT. AND EVEN WRITING THE LYRICS, INSTEAD OF SAYING, I’M BEGGING YOU, BEYONCÉ SAID, I AM WARNING YOU, DON’T COME FOR MY MAN I DIDN’T WANT TO SING IT, BUT THAT’S WHAT SHE WAS SAYING. ALL RIGHT. SO KEEP IT MOVING TO SPAGHETTI .

>> LINDA MARTELL ALICIA BOOSIE ARE ON THIS RECORD RIGHT NOW. >> IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH LINDA MARTELL, SHE IS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO CHART ON A BILLBOARD COUNTRY AND SHE OPENS THE SONG BY SAYING GENRES ARE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPT, AREN’T THEY? IN THEORY, THEY HAVE A SIMPLE DEFINITION THAT’S TO UNDERSTAND.

>> BUT IN PRACTICE, WELL, SOME FEEL CONFINED RIGHT. YEAH. YOU HEAR HER RIGHT THERE. AND THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT COWBOY CARTER IS. AND IT’S ESSENCE. >> ALL RIGHT, SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO BLACKBIRD, IT REIMAGINES THE BEATLES CLASSIC AND FEATURED CARTER, ADELE, REYNA, ROBERTS, SARAH KENNEDY AND BRITTNEY SPENCER.

>> NOW, TIERRA ACTUALLY PUT THIS INTO EXISTENCE BY POSTING TWITTER. >> SO I AM VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE ALBUM SO I CAN TALK ABOUT THE FEATURES ON THIS ALBUM BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM. YEAH, I DID A LOT OF THESE FEATURES ARE DEFINITELY HIGH.

YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT DOLLY PARTON, WILLIE NELSON, MILEY CYRUS. PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT THOSE MILEY VOICES AS WELL. POST MALONE, WILLIE JONES AND HER DAUGHTER RUMI CARTER. OH, I LOVE THEM. IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR. LIKE WE SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THE ALBUM WAS BORN OUT

OF AN EXPERIENCE WHERE SHE NOT FEEL WELCOME. AND SHE ALSO WENT ON TO SAY THAT THIS ISN’T A COUNTRY, IT’S A BEYONCÉ ALBUM. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. BEYONCÉ PUT HER OWN TWIST ON THIS. BEYONCE IS A TRUE ARTIST. EVERY SENSE OF THE FORM.

THIS IS A COUNTRY ALBUM, ITS CORE AND FOUNDATIONAL. BUT WITH A BEYONCÉ TWIST, THIS ALBUM IS VERY VOCAL FORWARD. I THINK THIS IS THE MOST THE ALBUM WHERE WE SEE THE MOST BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE, BEYONCE AND THE WAY THAT SHE’S ABLE TO CREATE HARMONIES, THE WAY ABLE TO PLAY WITH HER VOCAL CORD.

SHE IS A VOCAL ACROBAT WHEN IT COMES TO BEING ABLE TO LAY DOWN MELODIES AND TRACKS, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS ON DAUGHTER, WHICH ULTIMATELY BLENDS INTO OPERA THAT SHE’S SINGING. I THINK FOR ME, THE CORE OF THIS IS REALLY THE LINDA MARTELL PIECE OF THIS ALBUM

WHEN SHE CALLS IT LINDA MARTELL. SO LINDA TALKS ABOUT AS A FUNNY CONCEPT THEN I COULDN’T BELIEVE THIS ALBUM COULD BE MORE TRUE TO THAT. WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR. BUT IN SHORT, THIS ALBUM IT DID REALLY GREAT. >> AND MIKKI, YOU CAN’T LOOK AT THAT ALBUM COVER AND NOT

NOTICE THE FASHION HERE. A COWBOY CORE IS NOW TRENDING LIKE CRAZY. WHAT DO YOU THINK ALBUM WILL DO FOR FASHION? >> WELL, I MEAN, BEYONCE SHE’S A TRENDSETTER AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FASHION COWBOY CORE TREND, I MEAN, IT’S TAKEN OFF TO NEW HEIGHTS. I MEAN, WHAT WE STARTED THIS

WAS WITH THE RENAISSANCE WHEN SHE, YOU KNOW, HAD HER BEDAZZLED, YOU KNOW, OUTFITS, HER EYES AND ON THE THAT COVER SHOT REALLY STARTED THE TREND THE COWBOY CORE TREND MOVEMENT REALLY AND THEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS ALBUM. >> I MEAN THE WORLD IS GOING CRAZY. >> EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE

A COWBOY HAT AND BOOTS, WHICH IS THE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS TO THE COWBOY CORE. AND MIKE, YOU TALKED ABOUT GENRES BEING FUNNY. DANCE HAS COVERED A NUMBER OF THEM. SHE’S ALSO A PROUD HOUSTON HERE, SO HER COUNTRY ROOTS MAKE SENSE. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW THE HISTORY OF COWBOYS

AND ITS RELATION TO BLACK AMERICANS. HER LIST ALSO GIVES A NOD TO THE CHITLIN CIRCUIT. SO WHAT’S THE HERE BEYOND THE MUSIC? >> YEAH, THE IMPACT BEYOND. THE MUSIC IS THAT THE THING ABOUT COWBOY CULTURE THAT SHE REALLY AGAIN GARNERED TO IS TWO THINGS COWBOY CULTURE AND REAL CULTURE REALLY BEGAN

IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY BEGINNING PARTICULARLY IN THE 1880S, WHERE YOU SAW ENSLAVED PEOPLE BEGIN FOR THE FIRST TIME TO GET PAID JOB BEING A COWBOY FOR THE FIRST TIME, THESE COWBOYS WERE BEING PAID, BLACK COWBOYS WERE BEING PAID EQUITABLE PAYMENT, JUST AS THE WHITE COWBOYS. AND THEN WHEN YOU GO INTO

THE EARLY 1900S, YOU REALLY BEGAN TO SEE THE ANDRE OF THE RODEO. AND BLACK COWBOYS ARE CREDITED TO REALLY ADVANCING THE STYLE WITH THE RODEO AS FASHION TO ACTOR CURRENTLY TO WHICH A BLACK MAN WITH AS RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING THE CATEGORY OF STEERING THE CATTLE AND SO THIS IS A NOD AND REALLY

CENTERING BLACK IDENTITY WITHIN COUNTRY MUSIC. AND WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY EARLIER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT LINDA MARTELL, THE REASON WHY SHE’S FOCUSING ON LINDA MARTELL THE WAY THAT SHE IS, IT’S BECAUSE IT’S ABOUT LIMITING. MARTELL WAS EXCLUDED IN SO MANY WAYS FROM COUNTRY MUSIC. SHE WAS MADE NOT TO FEEL

WELCOME JUST BEYONCÉ WAS TO THE COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS. AND SO BY CENTERING LINDA BACK INTO COUNTRY MUSIC, BY CENTERING BLACK COWBOYS COWBOY CULTURE, BACK INTO COUNTRY MUSIC AND CENTERING THE RODEO AND BLACK IDENTITY IN COUNTRY MUSIC, SHE’S REALLY RECENTERING BLACK IDENTITY INTO COUNTRY MUSIC. SO THIS ALBUM REALLY IS A THESIS ON RECENTERING,

RECLAIMING BLACK IDENTITY, BLACK CULTURE AT FOREFRONT, AND REALLY GIVING US A HISTORY LESSON THROUGH THE LENS OF MUSIC. THIS ALBUM IS ACTUALLY BRILLIANT AND ITS CONCEPT THAT THE THESIS ALMOST ACADEMICALLY. >> ALL RIGHT, SO WE’RE GETTING MUSIC AND AN EDUCATION AT THE SAME TIME AND NOW A RAPID FIRE. MEGHAN SONG.

SO FAR, I HAVE TO SAY AGAIN, YOU GOT TO TAKE A WHILE TO LISTEN TO IT COMPLETELY. BUT I’M LOVING SPAGHETTI AND IT’S OF REMINDED ME OF LIKE THAT PERSON THAT YOU DON’T REALLY KNOW ONLINE, BUT YOU’RE ROOTING FOR. IT’S YOUR BOOSIE. I’VE BEEN FOLLOWING HIM FOR

SIX MONTHS, SO I’M HAPPY THAT HE HAS THIS. MIKKI, FINAL WORD, YOUR FAVORITE SONG SO FAR? WELL, I’M STILL ON TEXAS HOLD’EM. >> I WAS PRACTICING MY DOWN THIS MORNING AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I’M TO REALLY GET INTO THE ALBUM TODAY AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE’LL DO HAVE A DINNER

TONIGHT WITH MY FRIEND, A LINE DANCE FOR ALL RIGHT. MY MUSE, MICKEY FREEMAN. THANK YOU. AND MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE”. IT’S BEYONCE’S ONLY ON HULU. NEW EPISODES DROP EVERY THURSDAY. COMING UP, LIVING BEYOND 100. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT LONGEVITY

AND HOW ONE RESEARCH SAYS WE CAN CHANGE OUR OUTLOOK BY CHANGING OUR DIET DIET. >> THE NIGHT SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. PLUS THE SECOND ROUND OF SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR.

THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION SUNDAY MORNING BREAKING NEW REPORTS, THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE, THE INVESTIGATION AND WHAT’S NEXT. THE REBUILDING AND NEW FACES. ATTACKS AFTER THE TERROR THAT HAPPENED IN MOSCOW. WHAT’S BEING DONE HERE TO KEEP AMERICANS SAFE? SUNDAY MORNING ON ABC’S THIS WEEK, I WANT TO GO

BACK TO EVANS, ARIZONA, SO THAT SUNSHINE A LITTLE BIT IS A LITTLE BIT MY LITTLE MORNING AMERICA. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS START HERE TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES.

A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND. SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE

STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY. GIRARDI THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. THEY SAMPLED VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE TO FIND THE ERROR. 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 THIS SHOULD A HOUSEHOLD AND ALSO TO ANYONE WHO NOW ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WINNER OF THE GRACIE AWARD FOR NEWS PROGRAM IN ALL OF TELEVISION

AT STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE TIME LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. ACTOR GOSSETT JR, THE FIRST BLACK MAN TO WIN A SUPPORTING ACTOR OSCAR HAS DIED. GOSSETT WON AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN

AND AN EMMY FOR HIS ROLE IN THE ICONIC MINI SERIES ROOTS. IN 1959, GOSSETT RECEIVED CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR HIS ROLE IN THE BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF A RAISIN IN THE SUN, ALONG WITH SIDNEY POITIER. HIS OF DEATH HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED. GOSSETT WAS 87 YEARS OLD. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR SIRIUS XM

RADIO HOST MIKE IS BACK WITH US NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. MIKE, TALK ABOUT THE LEGACY THAT LOUIS GOSSETT JR LEAVES BEHIND. HE WAS SUCH A TRAILBLAZER IN SO MANY WAYS AND PARTICULARLY THE ROLE THAT HE SELECTED. AND YOU CANNOT HELP BUT THINK ABOUT THE ICONIC MOVIE THAT IS ROOTS.

ROOTS IS A FILM THAT IS STILL THAT LIVES ON TODAY AND DISCUSSED IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACIAL CONSTRUCTS. AND SO TO HAVE AN ACTOR OF HIS ABILITY AND HIS TALENT AND HIS GIFTS, TO BE A PART OF THAT AND TO CREATE A LEGACY OF A THROUGH LINE ALL THE WAY GOT

TO CONTEMPORARY CURRENT TIMES WHERE HE WAS STILL ACTING EVERY TIME HE STEPPED INTO THE DIANE WAS SAYING ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE ACTUALLY BROUGHT DIPRIVAN SHOTS OF HISTORY. HE BROUGHT THE PRIVATE EYE BREAKING THE COLOR BARRIERS WITHIN ACTING AND WITHIN HOLLYWOOD. YOU SAW THAT AND HIS FACE. YOU SAW THAT AND HIS DEMEANOR

AND YOU SAW THAT IN HOW HE CARRIED HIMSELF INSIDE THE ROLES. WHAT MADE HIM SUCH A BRILLIANT ACTOR IS THAT HE LOST HIMSELF IN THE CHARACTERS AND THE WAY THAT WAS ABLE TO BRING THE CHARACTERS FORWARD. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HIM AND AS ANY HERE, THESE ARE THE

LIVING LEGENDS THAT WE HAD AMONGST US, AND NOW WE CAN CELEBRATE HIM AND HIS TRANSITION. AS SOMEONE WHO LEFT A MARK, LEFT A LEGACY, BOTH IN HOLLYWOOD, BUT BOTH IN THE WAY THAT BLACK PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR BLACK MEN, WERE PORTRAYED. >> ALL RIGHT, MIKE MYERS, IT’S A LOSS. THANK YOU.

>> AND AN ITALIAN RESEARCHER CLAIMS TO HAVE FOUND A WAY TO HELP PEOPLE LIVE BEYOND 100. PROFESSOR VALTER LONGO BEEN ON A QUEST TO FIND THE HOLY GRAIL OF HEALTH. >> NOW, HE SAYS, CHANGING THE WAY WE COULD HELP REDUCE AGING. >> ABC’S ERIELLE RESHEF HAS MORE. 56-YEAR-OLD VALTER LONGO IS A

FORMER NINETIES GRUNGE BAND GUITARIST TURNED GERONTOLOGY. IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO MAKE A SWITCH. LONGO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE LONGEVITY INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING BOOK THE LONGEVITY DIET, WHICH LOOKS AT THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN WHAT YOU EAT, HOW YOU EAT AND LIVING

A LONG LIFE. >> WALFORD WAS THE UCLA MEDICAL AND HE TALKED ABOUT LIVING TO 120. BUT THEN I ALSO HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET TO 100. >> LONGO DEVELOPS HE CALLS THE FASTING MIMICKING DIET OR FMD A SHORT TERM LOW CALORIE DIET DESIGNED TO INDUCE THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF REAL FASTING.

RECENTLY, PUBLISHING A STUDY WHICH CLAIMED TO FIND THAT THIS KIND OF DIET REDUCED MARKERS OF AGING IN. BUT THAT DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN THE SAME IS TRUE IN HUMANS. >> BY DOING FIVE DAYS OF 800 1100 CALORIES, WE’RE VERY VERY FAR FROM THE BODY. BUT WE’RE JUST STARTING TO PUSH

THE CELLS INTO THE RESET MODE. IF YOU GO TOO LONG, YOU CAN SLOW METABOLISM, THEN START HAVING PROBLEMS. AND IF YOU GO TO SHORT, YOU NEVER ENDED. >> IS REPROGRAMING THIS STEM CELL ACTIVATION. BEYOND THE OCCASIONAL DAY, FAST MIMICKING LONGO RECOMMENDS EATING A VERSION OF THE POPULAR DIET WITH HEALTH BENEFITS

SUPPORTED BY YEARS OF RESEARCH. >> SOME OF THE INGREDIENTS THAT KEEP COMING UP IN AN HOUR ASSOCIATED WITH LONGEVITY EXTENSION OR LONGER LIFESPAN ARE HIGH LEVELS OF LEGUMES, WHOLE GRAINS, NUTS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREE NUTS AND LOW LEVELS OF RED MEAT AND EVEN WHITE MEAT, AT LEAST UNTIL AGE 65 OR 70.

>> WHILE NO MEDICAL OR DIET INTERVENTION GUARANTEES A LONGER LIFE. STUDIES SHOW GENETICS, DIET AND LIFESTYLE CAN PLAY A ROLE IN LONGEVITY. >> NOW DIFFERENT PEOPLE WILL DO DIFFERENT THINGS. FOR THOSE THAT DON’T WANT TO CHANGE, AT LEAST THEY WILL DO. THEY WILL TAKE 15 DAYS A YEAR AND DO THESE.

>> AND THESE ERIELLE RESHEF. THANK YOU. AND LET’S BRING ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL FOR MORE ON THIS. >> DR. PATEL. >> WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR TOP TIPS FOR LIVING A LONG, HEALTHY LIFE? >> I THINK ONE REALLY BIG TIP IS WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT AND THAT DIET.

YOU KNOW, IN SOME OF THESE STUDIES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT INDIVIDUALS LOOKING PAST 100 EVEN TO 110 DIET AS A MAJOR FACTOR, THEY TEND BE VERY LEAN, NOT OBESE. DIETS LIKE A MEDITERRANEAN DIET CAN ENSURE THAT YOU’RE GETTING HEALTHY FATS, A LOT OF VEGETABLES. >> AND YOU’RE LIMITED ON HOW

MUCH ULTRA PROCESSED FOOD AND RED MEAT YOU’RE EATING. NOW, A BIG CONVERSATION ALSO WITH CALORIC RESTRICTION. SO OBVIOUSLY KEEPING OUR CALORIES WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT CAN ALSO HELP AND REDUCE YOUR RISK OF THOSE AGE RELATED, SUCH AS HYPERTENSION, HEART DISEASE AND CANCER. THESE ARE DISEASES THAT ARE RELATIVELY NEW IN HUMAN HISTORY

BECAUSE WE’RE LIVING LONGER SO LIVING LONGER, HEALTHIER LIFE ALSO INVOLVES LIVING QUALITY LIFE AND REDUCING RISK OF ALL OF THOSE AND MEAN WE EVERYONE WITH THAT OKINAWAN PHRASE HAD A HOCKEY BOOM, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS EAT UNTIL YOU’RE 80% FULL AND DON’T OVEREAT. VERY IMPORTANT JAPANESE WISDOM. >> ALL RIGHT.

LET’S GET TO SOME OF OUR VIEWER QUESTIONS NOW FOR OUR WEEKLY SEGMENT. BUT TELL IT LIKE IT IS. BULGAKOV FROM CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA ASKS, IS THERE ANY BETWEEN RED DIE 40 AND BEHAVIORAL ISSUES IN CHILDREN? >> OH, THIS IS A LOADED QUESTION. I GET ASKED IT ALL THE TIME,

AND IT’S REALLY STEMS FROM SOME STUDIES AND OBSERVATIONAL REPORTS THAT HAVE LOOKED AT RED DAY 40 AND ANY ISSUES ESPECIALLY BEHAVIORAL IN CHILDREN WITH ADHD OR OTHER NEURODEVELOPMENTAL. >> SO BACKGROUND RED AT 40 IS AN ARTIFICIAL FOOD COLORING. IT’S REGULATED BY THE FDA. IT IS FOUND IN THINGS SUCH

AS CEREALS, BEVERAGES, CANDIES, GELATIN. FOR THE FDA, IT IS SAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, BUT SOME KIDS HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS. >> SO IT’S WELL KNOWN THAT SOME KIDS CAN HAVE FOOD REACTIONS SUCH AS HIVES, NAUSEA OR ECZEMA FROM RED DYE. BUT WHAT’S MORE INTERESTING AND WHAT BOB LAKA IS REFERRING

TO ARE THESE STUDIES THAT ARE SHOWING A POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN HYPERACTIVITY AND OTHER BEHAVIORAL ISSUES IN CERTAIN KIDS WITH DIAGNOSIS, SUCH AS ADHD AND DYE 40 CONSUMPTION AND AN IMPROVEMENT WHEN RED 40 IS REMOVED. SO IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE DON’T NEED RED DIVERSITY IN OUR DIET AT ALL.

>> SO IT’S NOT A BAD IDEA TO ELIMINATE OR REDUCE IF YOU ARE CONCERNED. >> AND ALSO, RED DOG 40 IS FOUND IN A LOT OF ULTRA PROCESSED AS IS. AND WE’RE MOVING THOSE IS BENEFICIAL FOR YOUR HEALTH IN. ANYONE BUT NO ONE SHOULD PANIC. YOU CAN EAT IT IN MODERATION IF

YOU DO DECIDE TO MAKE A DIETARY CHANGE. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND IT. PEOPLE KILLING MY DIARY OR A LOT OF WHAT THEY’RE DOING. SO YOU CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS TO TRY TO IDENTIFY ANY HEALTHY PATTERNS THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE LONG TERM FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

>> AND I KNOW SOMETIMES THE DIARY HELPS IMPROVE HABITS BECAUSE YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE TO WRITE DOWN THAT YOU ATE THE ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, PACKETS, SKITTLES, SO YOU JUST DON’T DO IT. >> BUT WE’RE NOT JUDGING. WE DON’T JUDGE IF THERE’S SOMEONE ACROSS THE ENTIRE BOX

ASKING FOR A RED DR. PATEL. >> THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR PATEL, JUST LEAVE A MESSAGE ON OUR INSTAGRAM FEED AND HE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT HERE ON FRIDAY. >> COMING UP, BUCKLE UP FOR THE TOTAL ECLIPSE. TAKE OVER HOW CITIES ALONG THE PATH OF TOTALITY PREPARING

FOR A SUPER BOWL OF TRAVEL. >> WHAT DO YOU SEE IN MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE”. TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT.

LISTEN NOW TO THE 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 MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING.

WHEREVER GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE. >> TONIGHT, THE SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DIGNITY. THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. >> HAVE A PET.

THEY’RE EXPECTING A SECRET. WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY FRIEND INSIDE OUT AND IS A SOURCE OF HUMOR FOR THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED BECAUSE YOU’RE NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE

IN ANYWHERE. >> WOW. BEYONCE IS CONQUERING COUNTRY. MY FAMILY LOVES BEYONCE. >> COWBOY CARTER COMES INTO THE WORLD AT A VERY COMPLEX TIME. PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS SONG IS TOO GOOD TO RESIST. >> JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE PLAYING HIP-HOP MUSIC WITH A COUNTRY ACCENT DOES NOT MAKE YOU COUNTRY MUSIC.

>> THE STAY IN YOUR LANE. WELL, THAT’S NOT REAL COUNTRY. IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO IS AT SUPERSTAR TO DO SOMETHING THAT SHAKES IT ALL UP. >> IT’S FIANCEE COUNTRY. >> THIS IS “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” NOW STREAMING ON HULU RIGHT NOW. THERE’S JUST 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 COME IN. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. WE WANT YOU TO KNOW EVERY MORNING WE’RE RIGHT HERE AND WE GOT YOU REPORTING FROM THE WAR IN UKRAINE. >> I’M IAN PANNELL.

WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . >> WELCOME BACK. GET YOUR GOGGLES READY. >> WITH JUST TEN DAYS UNTIL THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, CITIES WITH THE BEST VIEW ARE PREPARING TO BECOME TOURIST HOTSPOTS. >> NEARLY 4 MILLION PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO TRAVEL TO VIEW

THE RARE EVENT. AND IF YOU HAVEN’T PLANNED YOUR VIEWING, DON’T WORRY. ABC’S GIO BENITEZ HAS TIPS ON HOW TO BOOK A LAST MINUTE ECLIPSE TRIP ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> A TOTAL ECLIPSE TAKE OVER. WE HAVE FOLKS COMING FROM JAPAN AND TASMANIA 11 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WITH A STUNNING AND RARE CELESTIAL EVENT

A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AWAY. CITIES ALONG THE PATH OF TOTALITY NOW THE BIGGEST TOURIST HOTSPOTS IN THE U.S. NEARLY 4 MILLION VISITORS EXPECTED AS FAR SOUTH AS TEXAS. ALL THE WAY NORTH TO ME. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BOOKING HOTELS FOR 11 MONTHS NOW. AIRLINES HAVE ADDED SPECIAL

FLIGHTS FOR THE COVERAGE. >> WE’VE GOT ALL THE GADGETS HOPING TO BE RECORD SOME COOL PICTURES. >> WESLEY MYERS AND HER FAMILY HITTING THE ROAD FOR A 15 HOUR DRIVE FROM FLORIDA TO TEXAS TO TAKE PART. >> WE WANTED TO GO SOMEWHERE THAT HAD A DECENT AMOUNT OF TOTALITY FOR SHOW.

THE KIDS AROUND TEXAS. SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE THEY ARE HAVING OVER 4 MINUTES. >> AND AS MR. SEAR HAS BEEN PLANNING HIS TRIP SEVEN YEARS. I DON’T THINK THERE ARE WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT I HAVE HAVING, YOU KNOW, PREPARING FOR THIS FOUR YEARS.

I KNEW THE DATES OF THE NEXT FIVE OR SIX THAT ARE HAPPENING. >> I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE WANT TO GO. PRICELINE SAYING IT HAS SEEN MORE THAN A 330% JUMP IN FLIGHT SEARCHES FOR CITIES LIKE INDIANAPOLIS, SAN ANTONIO, BUFFALO AND DALLAS COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

THOSE ECLIPSE WEEKEND FLIGHTS DON’T ALWAYS COME CHEAP. THE AVERAGE ROUND TRIP TICKET TO LOUISVILLE RUNS ABOUT 1200 DOLLARS. BUFFALO, ABOUT A THOUSAND. IN SAN ANTONIO, JUST UNDER 900. TRAVEL EXPERTS SAY THERE MAY STILL BE TIME TO SNAG A DEAL, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO HOTELS. >> YOU WANT TO GO TO A

SECONDARY CITY, SO DON’T TRY TO GO TO INDIANAPOLIS, BUT TRAVEL TO BLOOMINGTON OR OR OUTSIDE THE MAJOR CITIES CAN SOMETIMES YOU’LL STILL SEE HOTEL DEALS THERE. >> WITH ALL THAT TRAVEL, LOCAL ARE EXPECTED TO REAP THE REWARDS. THE STATE OF TEXAS COULD POCKET A RECORD $428 MILLION AND A

SMALLER CITIES ARE STILL GOING BIG ON ECLIPSE MANIA LIKE HILLSDALE TEXAS, WHICH IS OFFERING A WEEKEND OF EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE MAIN ONE. LOCALS SAY THEY’VE BEEN PREPARING FOR TWO YEARS TO WELCOME CROWDS TO ECLIPSE BULL. >> WE ORDERED 25,000 PAIRS OF ECLIPSE GLASSES AND WAS A MOMENT WHEN WE STARTED

TO THINK MAYBE THAT’S NOT ENOUGH. AND SO WE ORDERED ANOTHER 5000 PAIRS. >> THERE’S REALLY NO SHORTAGE OF WAYS TO PARTICIPATE. SIX FLAGS OVER TEXAS OFFERING THRILL SEEKERS A CHANCE TO STRAP IN FOR A SOLAR COASTER. AND IF YOU HAVE YOUR SEA LEGS, HAUL IN OFFERS AN EXPERIENCE

FAR AWAY FROM THE DISTRACTIONS. OFFSHORE GIO BENITEZ. >> THANK YOU. AND IF YOU CAN’T GET INTO THE PATH OF TOTALITY, WE HAVE YOU COVERED. JOIN US ON MONDAY, APRIL 8TH, WHERE YOU CAN FOLLOW THE ECLIPSE ACROSS AMERICA, BEGINNING AT 2 P.M. EASTERN RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS NATIONAL, AND ALL

OF DISNEY’S FAMILY OF NETWORKS AND SOCIAL PLATFORMS. THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M DIANE MACEDO ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. I’VE COVERED A LOT TWISTED, DARK STORIES, BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE THIS IN THIS TERRIFYING.

ALISON WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE JUST SEDUCED. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. ELISE HAD TO ASK, WOULD HORSE TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING? >> AND I SAID, YOU MEAN A HORSE? SHE SAID, NO, A PERSON. >> THIS IS CRAZY. THE 2020 EVENT. I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT

IN A VERY LONG. >> TONIGHT ON ABC. TONIGHT, THE SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF FRENCH SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DEBUT THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA.

>> WHY DO SO MANY 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 R

MURROW AWARDS AND SEE THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> IT’S LUNCHTIME IN AMERICA.

SO WHAT ARE YOU SERVING UP? WELL, ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD. YOU HELP YOUR MONEY. BREAKING NEWS, MUSIC AND, OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD. A THIRD HOUR OF “GMA” IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOIN US AFTER DINNER FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. I LOVE THAT.

AND ME REPORTING FROM NEAR THE EPICENTER OF WORST QUAKE TO HIT MOROCCO. I’M TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE RIGHT NOW ON NEWS LIVE. THE RUSH TO REOPEN ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL HARBORS IN THIS COUNTRY AS CREWS WORK

AROUND THE CLOCK IN BALTIMORE. WE’RE GETTING NEW VIDEO FROM THAT DEADLY COLLISION BETWEEN A CARGO SHIP AND THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE. WE’RE LIVE IN BALTIMORE WITH THE LATEST. >> PLUS, HIS STORY SHOULD BE THE “WALL STREET JOURNAL” LEFT ITS FRONT PAGE BLANK TODAY ,MARKING ONE YEAR SINCE REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS

WRONGFULLY DETAINED IN VLADIMIR PUTIN’S RUSSIA. THE LATEST ON HIS CONDITION AND ON THE EFFORTS TO BRING HIM HOME. >> AND TENNESSEE IS OFFICIALLY THE FIRST STATE TO TRY TO PROTECT MUSICIANS FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. ONE NASHVILLE MUSICIAN SAYS THIS MOVE DOESN’T GO FAR ENOUGH. JOIN US LIVE COMING UP.

IVAN TERRY MORAN AND WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO, THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE. >> THERE’S NEW VIDEO THAT SHOWS NTSB INVESTIGATORS COMBING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE. THE DAILY CARGO SHIP AUTHORITIES ARE NOW LOOKING INTO WHETHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON BOARD THE SHIP WHEN IT LOST POWER AND COLLIDED

INTO ONE OF THE PILLARS IN THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE, BRINGING IT DOWN INTO THE WATER. ALSO HAPPENING THIS HOUR, THE FIRST OF SEVERAL HEAVY DUTY CRANES IN THE PORT OF BALTIMORE IS HELPING TO CLEAR THE MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF DEBRIS. >> THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOB AHEAD.

SO LEADING US OFF IS IKE EJIOCHI IS IN BALTIMORE ,ABC NEWS TRANSPORTATION REPORTER SAM SWEENEY HERE IN WASHINGTON. SO FIRST TO YOU, WHEN DO WE EXPECT THAT CRANE TO ACTUALLY START THAT LONG TASK OF CLEARING THE DEBRIS IN THE CHANNEL? AND HOW LONG WILL THAT TAKE? WELL, IT’S VERY THE CHESAPEAKE

1000, THE BIGGEST CRANE IN THE EASTERN SEABOARD HAS MADE ITS WAY DOWN HERE TO THE PORT OF BALTIMORE. AND A STATION ITSELF RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOLLY, THAT MASSIVE CONTAINER SHIP THAT’S STILL WHERE IS IN THE CENTER OF WHAT USED TO BE THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE. NOW, BEFORE CRANE COULD

START GETTING TO WORK, THERE’S SOME LOGISTICAL ISSUES THAT WE TO DEAL WITH. YOU SEE THAT CRANE HAS THE ABILITY TO LIFT £2.2 MILLION AT A TIME. HOWEVER, THAT LARGE PIECE OF THE BRIDGE THAT YOU’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW, THAT’S STILL LOCATED ON TOP OF THE BOW, THAT’S ABOUT £9 MILLION OF MATERIAL.

SO ENGINEERS ARE ESSENTIALLY GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW AND WHERE TO CUT THE STEEL, THE CONCRETE LOCATED ON TOP OF THE SHIP BEFORE. SO NO FURTHER DAMAGE CAN BE DONE TO THE SHIP OR THE CREWS FOR THE CRANE TO GET WORK. NOW, ONCE THEY FIGURE OUT WHERE

THE WHERE TO CUT THAT STEEL, THEY’LL BEGIN TO USE MASSIVE CRANE THERE. THEY’RE GOING TO START REMOVING PIECES OF METAL RHUBARB IN THE CONCRETE OFF THE BOW OF THE SHIP. SO THE AND SOME OTHER THINGS CAN START TO GET READY AND ESSENTIALLY START TO THAT MASSIVE SHIP OUT OF THE HARBOR.

BUT WE’RE BEING TOLD THAT THIS IS NOT A LIGHT JOB. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT’S ONLY A HUNDRED FEET DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EIFFEL TOWER, THE HEIGHT OF THE EIFFEL TOWER AND THE LENGTH OF THE DOLLY. SO THIS IS A MASSIVE JOB WE’RE BEING TOLD IS GOING TO TAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND AT THE MOMENT, RIGHT NOW, THERE REALLY IS NO CONCRETE TIMETABLE IN TERMS OF HOW LONG ENTIRE PROCESS IS GOING TO TAKE, TERRI. RIGHT. IT’S GOING TO TAKE LONG. AND AS YOU JUST DESCRIBED FOR US, IT’S A DANGEROUS JOB. LET ME GO TO SAM ON WHAT THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION

SAFETY BOARD IS LOOKING AT. I GUESS THAT WE’RE TALKING THE OTHER DAY WHO SAID THAT THE SHIP LIKE THAT A, HAS A RECORDER LIKE A BLACK BOX. WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION? WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE DATA RECORDER FROM THE SHIP BEEN RECOVERED. IT’S NOT EXACTLY THE SAME

AS WHAT YOU WOULD SEE. AN AIRPLANE. YOU’RE GETTING MORE THAN A THOUSAND INPUTS OF DATA. IT’S A LITTLE SIMPLER THAN THAT. SO IT DOESN’T HAVE EVERYTHING. BUT IT WILL ALLOW INVESTIGATOR TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE MOMENTS LEADING UP TO THIS COLLISION. >> THOSE INVESTIGATORS

ARE GOING TO REMAIN ON SCENE AT LEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THEIR GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO COLLECT ALL OF PERISHABLE DATA, ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP PUT THEM, ALLOW THEM TO PIECE THIS DISASTER TOGETHER. AND THE COMING WEEKS, MONTHS AND EVEN YEARS. >> THEY WILL NOT DO ANY MORE BRIEFINGS.

THE NEXT BIT OF INFORMATION WE WILL GET FROM THE NTSB IS LIKELY TO BE THE PRELIMINARY REPORT, AND THAT COULD COME OUT IN 2 TO 4 WEEKS. ALL RIGHT. SO WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND IKE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER MAIN TASKS IS RECOVERING THE DEAD, TWO OR

TWO OF THE BODIES OF THE MEN WHO WERE ON THAT BRIDGE. THOSE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED. THERE ARE FOUR MISSING. WHAT’S THE STATUS OF THE SEARCH FOR THEIR REMAINS? WELL, TERRY, GETTING SOME INSIGHT IN TERMS OF WHAT’S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN ORDER TO TRY TO RETRIEVE THOSE

PRESUMED DEAD BODIES NOW, WE’RE BEING TOLD. DIVERS THAT DIVE OPERATIONS HAS ESSENTIALLY BEEN SUSPENDED NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE FEAR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AROUND THAT AREA OF THE WATER, BUT BECAUSE OF HOW MURKY, DANGEROUS AND THAT WATERS ARE FILLED WITH ALL THAT DEBRIS . NOW, THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE, THEY SENT DOWN AUTOMATIC

VEHICLES, ARE TASKED WITH SONAR DOWN TO THE WATERS. THOSE MURKY, DEEP WATERS, DARK WATERS. AND THEY FOUND ESSENTIALLY ANOTHER LARGE VEHICLE IS TRAPPED UNDERNEATH THERE, ENCAPSULATED BY SO MUCH DEBRIS, WE’RE BEING TOLD IS GOING TO TAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET TO THAT VEHICLE AND EVEN MORE TIME TO TRY

TO RELEASE THAT VEHICLE FROM ALL THE DEBRIS BY IT. AND OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT VEHICLE OWNS TWO, ONE OF THE CREW MEMBERS WHO WERE WORKING ON THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION TERRY. >> GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. SO MUCH WORK AHEAD, A.J.

SAM SWEENEY, THANKS BOTH. AND NOW TO THE WAR BETWEEN, ISRAEL AND HAMAS. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS AGREED TO SEND DELEGATIONS TO DOHA. THAT’S THE CAPITOL OF THE NATION OF QATAR. AND CAIRO CALLED IN THE COMING DAYS FOR A NEW TALKS AIMED AT SECURING THE RELEASE

OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES AS PART OF A GAZA CEASE FIRE DEAL WITH HAMAS. THAT IS STILL OUT OF REACH. THIS COMES AS A TOP COURT AT THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS MUST OPEN LAND CROSSINGS TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN TO GET INTO GAZA. RIGHT NOW, MORE THAN 1 MILLION PALESTINIANS ARE AT RISK

OF WHAT THE UNITED NATIONS WARNS COULD BE THE WORST FAMINE THE WORLD HAS SEEN SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. MEANWHILE, THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES ARE CLAIMING TO HAVE KILLED A TOP HAMAS OPERATIVE AT AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL IN NORTHERN GAZA. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE MORE THAN 200 HAMAS FIGHTERS

ISRAEL CLAIMS TO HAVE KILLED SINCE THE RAID ON THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX BEGAN EARLIER THIS WEEK. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT BRITT CLENNETT JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM TEL AVIV. SO, BRAD, LET’S START WITH NETANYAHU APPROVING A NEW CEASE FIRE, TALK TO ASK HIM TO GO NOWHERE. >> WHAT’S YOUR SENSE OF THIS ROUND?

YES, CERTAINLY THE FAMILIES OF IDF SOLDIERS HELD HOSTAGE BY HAMAS IN GAZA, THEY APPEAR DISSATISFIED, DISAPPOINTED ON THURSDAY FOLLOWING A DIRECT MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE’D MET WITH THEM SINCE OCTOBER. PREVIOUSLY, THE PRIME MINISTER HAD MET WITH THE FAMILIES OF ALL HOSTAGES, THE FAMILIES

OF FEMALE HOSTAGES AS HOSTAGES THAT ARE SOLDIERS. BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE PRIME MINISTER MET WITH RELATIVES OF MALE SOLDIERS HELD CAPTIVE. NOW. MOST AREN’T ACTUALLY EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED IN THE FIRST PHASE OF A FUTURE DEAL. BUT AMONG THOSE WHO ATTENDED MEETING THE PARENTS OF TWO

ISRAELI AMERICAN SOLDIERS HELD HOSTAGE. THEY ARE EDEN ALEXANDER AND OMAR NEUTRA. AND ACCORDING TO PRESS, ONE FAMILY MEMBER WHO WAS PART OF THAT MEETING WITH COMPLAINED THAT HE DIDN’T OFFER ANYTHING NEW TO THE FAMILIES. SO MOMENTUM DOES KIND OF APPEAR TO HAVE TAKEN A BACKSEAT, DESPITE NETANYAHU ANNOUNCING

THAT HE’S MET WITH INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITIES AND HE’S GOING TO SEND A DELEGATION TO DOHA IN CAIRO IN THE COMING DAYS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS. TERRY. >> SO, BRET, THANKS FOR THAT. LET’S TURN TO THE AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL. THE IS CLAIMING TO HAVE KILLED A TOP HAMAS OPERATIVE, OTHER FIGHTERS.

DIDN’T THEY RAID THAT PLACE MONTHS AGO? WHAT HAPPENING IN THIS WAR? I ACTUALLY DO WONDER WHAT THE GOAL OF THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES ARE AND IF THEY’RE ANYWHERE NEAR ACCOMPLISHED IT, IF THEY’RE GOING BACK TO THE PLACES THEY’VE ALREADY TURNED INTO RUBBLE, BASICALLY, AND FINDING LOTS MORE HAMAS FIGHTERS.

YEAH, I THINK THAT’S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. THIS IS ROUND TWO IN AL-SHIFA. THEY’VE ALREADY SAID THAT THEY WERE ABLE DISMANTLE HAMAS’S COMMAND CENTER IN NORTHERN GAZA AND NOW THEY’RE BACK. SO PLENTY OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW HOW MUCH IMPACT THEY’RE HAVING. THE FIGHTING IS CONTINUING IN AL-SHIFA. THAT’S GAZA’S MAIN HOSPITAL.

IT’S NOW IN THE 12TH DAY OF THIS ROUND TWO OPERATION BY THE IDF AROUND THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX. THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR SAYS HAMAS MILITANTS HAVE BEEN ABLE CARRY OUT NEARLY 70 ATTACKS IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, TARGETING ISRAELI FORCES IN AND AROUND THE HOSPITAL SINCE ISRAELI FORCES RETURNED

TO THAT AREA ON MARCH 18TH. SO, AS YOU SAY, PLENTY OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT THEY’RE ABLE TO MAKE THERE AND CLEAR THE WELL, BECAUSE THEY’RE CERTAINLY HAVING AN IMPACT ON GAZA ITSELF, ITS RUBBLE, FAMINE LOOMS, AND YET IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE A LOT OF WAR OBJECTIVES LEFT.

BRITT CLENNETT, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR US. >> APPRECIATE IT. WELL, MARKS, ONE YEAR SINCE THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS DETAINED IN RUSSIA. THE AMERICAN JOURNALIST HAS BEEN HELD IN MOSCOW’S INFAMOUS LOVER TOTAL PRISON ON ACCUSATIONS TRYING TO COLLECT RUSSIAN STATE SECRETS. THAT’S A CHARGE

THAT GERSHKOVICH THE PAPER AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ALL VEHEMENTLY DENYING. THE JOURNAL PUBLISHED A STARK REMINDER OF EVAN GERSHKOVICH DETAINMENT ON ITS FRONT PAGE TODAY. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THAT’S THE HEADLINE. HIS STORY SHOULD BE HERE. STUDIES RUSSIAN PRISONS. THE PAPER ALSO SENT PUSH NOTIFICATIONS OF SMARTPHONES

THIS MORNING TO TRY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF EVAN’S PLIGHT. JOINING ME NOW IS ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS TO EXPLAIN THE LATEST ON WHAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS DOING TO TRY TO GET THEM RELEASED MATERIALS . IT DOES SEEM LIKE JOE BIDEN HAS PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT

THIS AND NO DEAL, NO SIGN OF A DEAL AT THIS POINT. >> YEAH, NOT YET, TERRY, BUT IT IS WORTH TAKING NOTE OF THIS MOMENT TODAY, NOT ONLY THAT STRIKING FRONT PAGE, BUT LOOK, ALL OF WASHINGTON, WE SAW STATEMENTS TODAY FROM THE PRESIDENT, THE SECRETARY OF STATE, BOTH CONGRESSIONAL

LEADERS FROM THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE STANDING TOGETHER, REALLY CALLING OUT RUSSIA, DEMANDING THAT PUTIN RELEASE EVAN, BRING HIM HOME. >> THE MESSAGE ACROSS THE BOARD FROM ALL OF THESE WASHINGTON LEADERS WAS THE SAME. JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME. AND IF THOSE ABSOLUTELY NO

EVIDENCE THAT HE WAS DOING ANYTHING BUT HIS JOB TRYING TO REPORT, TRYING TO REPORT ON THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND HE SHOULD BE HOME WITH HIS FAMILY. NOW, IN THAT STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN, THE PRESIDENT WROTE THAT HE THAT HE NOTED THE FACT THAT EVAN, RIGHT AFTER HE WAS ILLEGALLY DETAINED,

DRAFTED A LETTER TO HIS FAMILY AND SAID, I’M NOT LOSING HOPE. THE PRESIDENT WENT ON TO WRITE THAT. HE TOLD EVAN’S, I WILL NEVER GIVE UP HOPE EITHER. HE SAID, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY TO SECURE EVAN’S RELEASE. ABSOLUTE, AS ANYONE HAS REPORTED IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA, ESPECIALLY RECENTLY, KNOWS

THE LINE. DOING YOUR JOB AS A REPORTER AND GETTING THROWN IN PRISON IS DANGEROUS, OBSCURE. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT EVAN GERSHKOVICH CONDITION, WHERE HE’S BEING HELD AND WHERE CASES ? YEAH. FOR THIS PAST YEAR, HE’S BEEN IN A JAIL, A FORMER KGB JAIL IN. HE HAS REPEATEDLY TRIED TO GET

A TRIAL DATE SET OVER AND OVER. THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT HAS DENIED THAT AND DELAYED ANY TRIAL. JUST THIS WEEK THEY PUSHED BACK ANY PRETRIAL AND THEY EXTENDED HIS PRETRIAL DETENTION. ANOTHER MONTHS THE NEXT DAY, NOT SET TILL JUNE. REALLY FRUSTRATING? BUT WE, OF COURSE, CONTINUE TO HEAR MOMENT OF HOPE, MOMENTS

OF OF HONESTLY, HUMOR FROM EVAN, HIS COLLEAGUES, HIS FAMILY, TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE WAS REMAINS IN GOOD. HE IS PLAYING CHESS, THEY SAY, WITH HIS DAD PLAY BY PLAY OVER THE MAIL THAT HIS PARENTS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE WORKING TO KEEP UP

HIS SPIRITS AS WELL. >> OH, WHAT A REMARKABLE THING THAT IS. HE CERTAINLY DESERVES TO COME HOME THIS TIME. MARYALICE PARKS, THANK VERY MUCH. WELL, LET’S TURN BACK TO THIS COUNTRY AND THE WEATHER. >> THE WEST COAST IS BRACING FOR A POWERFUL STORM. ALERTS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR

CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, ARIZONA. FLOOD WATCHES UP FOR SANTA BARBARA. LOS ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO. AND THAT SAME SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE HEARTLAND, BRING RAIN, HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. METEOROLOGIST MELISSA GRIFFIN IS TRACKING THE FORECAST FOR US. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE A WASHOUT THE WEST COAST THIS WEEKEND.

HOW HOW BAD IS GOING TO GET? >> WELL, TERRY, IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE COULD BE HEAVY RAIN, FLASH FLOODING. EVEN FEET OF MOUNTAIN SNOW FOR PARTS OF CALIFORNIA SATURDAY LINGERING INTO EASTER SUNDAY. SO IF YOU HAVE THOSE EASTER PLANS, IT’S SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON. YOU MENTIONED THOSE FLOOD

WATCHES THAT’S IN EFFECT FROM SANTA BARBARA TO L.A. INTO SAN DIEGO. WIND ALERTS STRETCHING THROUGH AS WELL. >> SO LET’S KIND THIS OUT FOR YOU. YOU CAN SEE THE HEAVIEST RAIN MOVING IN TO SAN FRANCISCO. THAT’S THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW MORNING, THAT’S WHEN

THE HEAVY RAIN REACHES PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING LOS ANGELES. AND THAT’S WHY THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER HAS ALREADY ISSUED THIS AREA IN YELLOW. THAT’S WHERE WE COULD SEE THE HIGHEST RISK FOR NOT ONLY FLASH FLOODING, BUT ALSO FOR MUDSLIDES. >> NOW, YOU MENTIONED THIS STORM. IT DOES MOVE EAST.

HEAVY SNOW, THE ROCKIES ON SUNDAY, BUT THEN IT’S BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THAT EXPECTING A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK FOR PARTS OF THE HEARTLAND. ANYWHERE FROM TEXAS ALL THE WAY TO THE MID-ATLANTIC. >> WE’LL NEED TO BE ON ALERT FOR TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS NEXT WEEK. >> TERRY AND MELISSA ONCE AGAIN

TO SEE A BASEBALL HAS STARTED. MY CUBS DID LOSE LAST NIGHT AN EXTRA INNINGS TO THE WORLD CHAMPION. >> TEXAS RANGERS, BUT LOOK PRETTY GOOD PITCHING IN THE LATE INNINGS. BUT THERE WAS RAIN ON THE EAST COAST. >> IT SHUT DOWN THE METS AND THE PHILLIES.

>> WHAT CAN FANS EXPECT IN THE BALLPARKS TODAY? YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT, TERRY. AND YOU CAN SEE THIS STORM NOW HAS EXITED SO. DRIER WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA. WE THE METS GAME TODAY, 55 DEGREES. WIND GUSTS, THOUGH, COULD REACH 30 MILES PER HOUR, BUT LOTS

OF SUNSHINE OUT THERE. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE PHILLIES GAME AGAINST THE BRAVES. TEMPERATURE 56 DEGREES AGAIN, THOSE WINDS COULD BE GUSTING, BUT IT’S STILL GOING TO BE SUNSHINE. IT’S STILL GOING TO BE DRY. SO A MUCH BETTER DAY TODAY FOR OPENING GAMES HERE IN THE NORTHEAST TERRY. SORRY ABOUT WHERE.

>> YEAH. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE 161 MORE GAMES AND, YOU KNOW WE HAD ANY TEAM CAN HAVE A BAD CENTURY AS THE CUBS DEMONSTRATED BUT. MELISSA GRIFFIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. COMING UP, THERE’S A NEW REPORT BY THE UNITED NATIONS, HAITI. WHAT’S HAPPENING THERE? IT HIGHLIGHTS THE CRISIS THERE.

WE’VE GOT THE LATEST ON THE PLIGHT OF AMERICAN CITIZENS STILL TO ESCAPE THE GANG VIOLENCE THAT HAS JUST PLUNGED THAT COUNTRY INTO CHAOS. AFTER THIS. >> 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, ABC NEWS IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE IN UKRAINE, UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY. IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII FROM CHARLESTON,

SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET’S GO. TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT FOR THE FBI. REPORTING FOR THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON.

STREAMING LIVE TO YOU OR EVER. THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE. THERE ARE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. >> ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL.

I’M LOOKING ALL EYES TO THE SKY FOR ITS SOLAR ECLIPSE. A BREATHTAKING CELESTIAL THAT ABC NEWS TOGETHER WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, WITH CDC’S DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS REPORT ON. WATCH IT ALL ON ABC NEWS LIVE. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL, NAT GIO. ONE, DISNEY PLUS, HULU AND LIVE ON ABC.

THE CLIPS ACROSS AMERICA MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8TH, STARTING AT 2 P.M. EASTERN. >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING HEADS UP TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. >> A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?

ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT? THE MIGRANT CRISIS, FAST, STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN THAT IS BILLIONAIRES. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. TO STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA THIS AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. WHAT? >> AND WELCOME BACK.

A NEWLY RELEASED REPORT BY THE UNITED NATIONS ON HAITI SAYS IMMEDIATE AND BOLD ACTION MUST BE TAKEN TO THIS, QUOTE, CATASTROPHIC SITUATION THAT HAS UNFOLDED THERE. THE REPORT SAYS HAITI NOW NEEDS BETWEEN FOUR AND 5000 INTERNATIONAL POLICE TO HELP THAT STRUGGLING EMERGE OUT OF LAWLESSNESS, ALMOST UTTER LAWLESSNESS. IT’S BEEN COMPLETELY OVERRUN

BY GANG VIOLENCE THERE. THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS 40 AND 50 U.S. CITIZENS HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF HAITI SINCE MARCH 17TH, WITH HELICOPTER FLIGHTS CONTINUING TO TAKE AMERICANS OVER TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NOT FAR AWAY. AND ON THURSDAY, CANADA SENT A HELICOPTER TO ITS EMBASSY IN PORT AU PRINCE WITH THE

CAPITAL, HAITI, TO EVACUATE CANADIANS WHO WANT TO ESCAPE THE VIOLENCE THERE. FOR MORE ON THIS, LET’S BRING IN FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MATT RIVERS. MATT, YOU’VE BEEN THERE. TELL US MORE ABOUT FIRST WHAT THE UN REPORT IS 4 TO 5000 INTERNATIONAL POLICE THAT TEAMS . WHO’S GOING TO DO THAT AND

WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THE GROUND THERE. >> YEAH, AND TERRY, THE LAST TIME WE HEARD FROM A U.N. EXPERT ABOUT HOW MANY TROOPS WOULD BE NEEDED OR HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS, RATHER, IN THIS CASE WOULD BE NEEDED. >> IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 1000 TO 2000. NOW, THAT SAME THAT WAS BACK IN JULY.

HE SAID THAT. NOW, FAST FORWARD TO THE END OF MARCH, BEGINNING OF APRIL, AND YOU’RE LOOKING AT 5000 TROOPS. THAT’S HOW BAD THINGS HAVE GOTTEN IN HAITI. WE WERE JUST THERE LESS THAN A WEEK AGO, AND YET THINGS HAVE NOT GOTTEN BETTER SINCE WE LEFT. AND WE KNOW THAT AT LEAST

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING, BECAUSE OF THIS U.N. REPORT THAT JUST CAME OUT YESTERDAY, THE NUMBERS ARE STRIKING IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS OF THIS YEAR ALONE, GOING UP TO MARCH 22ND, MORE THAN 1500 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN HAITI AS A RESULT OF THIS ONGOING VIOLENCE. >> AND THOSE PEOPLE, ACCORDING

TO THE UN, ARE NOT INVOLVED WITH THE GANGS OR THE POLICE. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ESSENTIALLY JUST INNOCENT BYSTANDERS IN ALL OF THIS. IT’S A STAGGERING NUMBER ALONGSIDE THE AMOUNT OF INJURED, THE AMOUNT OF KIDNAPPED. >> AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE REPORT, PART OF THIS REPORT

THAT REALLY STRUCK ME ABOUT HOW THE GANGS ARE USING SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST ORDINARY WOMEN. HAITIAN CITIZENS. ONE PART SAYS DURING GANG ATTACKS, SEVERAL WOMEN AND GIRLS HAVE SUBJECTED TO , INCLUDING COLLECTIVE, IN THEIR OWN HOMES, OFTEN HAVING WITNESSED THE KILLING OF THEIR HUSBANDS. SO IT IS JUST HORRIFIC SITUATION RIGHT NOW IN HAITI

THAT, FRANKLY, IS NOT GOING TO GET BETTER ANYTIME SOON. >> I MEAN, IT’S — IT’S CRAZY AND. THERE ARE STILL U.S. AND CANADIAN CITIZENS LOOKING TO ESCAPE. >> HOW DO THEY DO THAT? WHAT’S THEIR JOURNEY LIKE? YEAH, SO BASICALLY, THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO TRY AND EVACUATE AMERICANS.

THEY SAY THEY’VE DONE SO MORE THAN 450 TIMES. NOW. THEY’RE GETTING MORE THAN 450 CITIZENS OUT. THEY BASICALLY FLY DAILY STILL DEPENDING ON EACH DAY, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FLIGHTS, LANDING HELICOPTER FLIGHTS IN THE U.S. EMBASSY COMPOUND. >> YOU’VE SEEN THE CANADIANS FOLLOW SUIT, BUT THERE’S OTHER EMBASSIES THAT ARE GETTING

THEIR CITIZENS OUT. >> WE KNOW THE CHINESE HAVE EVACUATED OF THEIR CITIZENS. WE KNOW THE QATARIS HAVE EVACUATED SOME SOME OF THEIR CITIZENS. SO THIS THE KIND OF THING YOU’RE SEEING MORE AND MORE STATES TRY AND DO TO GET THEIR PEOPLE OUT BECAUSE THERE’S NO OTHER WAY OUT

OF PORT AU PRINCE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT STILL CLOSED. >> I MEAN, IT’S JUST IT’S BREATHTAKING LI SHOCKING, DISTURBING SITUATION. MATT RIVERS, THANK YOU. GOING THERE FOR US AND FOR CONTINUING TO REPORT ON THE STORY. IT. >> WELL, COMING UP, TENNESSEE HAS BECOME THE FIRST STATE TO TRY TO PROTECT MUSICIANS

FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. BUT ONE BASS PLAYER IN NASHVILLE SAYS THIS FIRST STEP DOESN’T GO FAR ENOUGH. HE’LL JOIN YOUR LIVE RIGHT THE BREAK TONIGHT, THE SEARCH MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD

NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION SUNDAY MORNING BREAKING REPORTS ON THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE, THE INVESTIGATION AND, WHAT’S NEXT FOR REBUILDING AND BASIS ATTACKS AFTER THE TERROR THAT HAPPENED IN MOSCOW? WHAT’S BEING DONE HERE TO KEEP AMERICANS? >> SUNDAY MORNING ON ABC’S THIS WEEK WITH.

ANGER, PATRIOTISM OF IT’S KIND OF THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MY LITTLE MONUMENT MIDWEST RIGHT NOW SAME MORNING AMERICA. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR GAME HERE. FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS THE START HERE. TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S

TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD ARE MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE, ABC NEWS MAKING YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN.

>> NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY, GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. THE SEVERAL VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE TO FINALLY THE TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AND THAT

SORT OF LOSS FOR WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT I DID? I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY FACE TO FACE. ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SAW THE HOUSEWIFE AND THE HOUSE? >> YOU KNOW, REPORTING FROM THE NUCLEAR ARMED BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE, THE USS

KENTUCKY IN SOUTH KOREA? I’M MARTHA RADDATZ. >> WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. ALL RIGHT. THE ARTIFICIAL FUTURE SEGMENT. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT RIGHT NOW, BECOMING THE FIRST STATE TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTS MUSICIANS FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE GOVERNOR HAS NOW SIGNED

THE ELVIS ACT INTO LAW. IT STANDS FOR ENSURING LIKENESS ,VOICE AND IMAGE SECURITY ACT . NICE TRY. THE BILL ATTEMPTS TO PROTECT SONGWRITERS, THOUGH, AND OTHER MUSIC INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS FROM HAVING THEIR VOICE OR THEIR MUSIC, THEIR TALENT REPLICATED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT. IT’S ALREADY HAPPENING. TENNESSEE’S GOVERNOR SPOKE

ABOUT THE LEGISLATION ALONGSIDE COUNTRY MUSIC ICONS LUKE BRYAN AND CHRIS JAMES, THERE ARE CERTAINLY MANY THINGS THAT ARE POSITIVE ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE. DOES IT ALSO WHEN FALLING INTO THE HANDS OF BAD ACTORS, IT CAN DESTROY THIS INDUSTRY? ALL RIGHT. IT’S A BIG ISSUE IN NASHVILLE AND ACROSS THE ARTS.

SO LET’S BRING IN ABC’S EMMANUELLE SALIBA ALONG WITH DAVE POMEROY. HE’S THE PRESIDENT, THE NASHVILLE MUSICIANS ASSOCIATION, AND THEY’VE BEEN NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS AND A VETERAN MUSICIAN IN NASHVILLE BEYOND. WELCOME TO BOTH. EMMANUEL, FIRST BREAK, BREAK DOWN WHAT THIS LEGISLATION IS AND HOW IT WORKS, HOW IT

WOULD PROTECT THOSE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. >> WELL, TERRY, I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE TOOLS ARE ACTUALLY CAPABLE OF DOING. TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT. RIGHT NOW, I CAN ACCESS ONE OF THESE TOOLS AND I CAN I CAN SELECT A MUSICIAN AND I HAVE ESSENTIALLY ACCESS TO

THEIR VOICE AND I CAN CREATE ANY A NEW SONG, I CAN HAVE THEM SING OTHER PEOPLE’S SONGS. AND IT’S JUST AS EASY AS CLICKING ON A WEBSITE, SOMETIMES PAYING A COUPLE OF DOLLARS AND THAT’S ACCESSIBLE TO OF US. SO WHAT THIS BILL IS DOING IS IT’S ENSURING THAT CANNOT

MIMIC OTHER PEOPLE’S VOICES WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION. AND THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES IF YOU TO DO THAT THERE. IT CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS A MISDEMEANOR. SO THAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF THE LAW THAT TENNESSEE HAS PASSED. SO, DAVE, AS A VETERAN MUSICIAN ,CREATIVE ARTIST, AND NOW SOMEONE WHO’S KIND OF LEADING

THAT COMMUNITY IN, THESE BRAVE, BRAVE NEW WORLD, WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO THE BILL? >> WHAT ARE HEARING IN THE MUSIC COMMUNITY? WELL, I THINK IT’S A GOOD START TO MAKE SURE THAT TECHNOLOGY CANNOT BE USED TO REPLACE MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS. IT’S WE JUST MADE A LANDMARK NEW AGREEMENT WITH THE MOTION

PICTURE IN THE FILM TELEVISION PRODUCERS THAT DOES HAVE EXTENSIVE EYE PROTECTION, THAT REQUIRES CONSENT AND COMPENSATION. WHEN A MUSICIAN IS BEING TO DUPLICATE A MUSICIAN. AND I THINK THAT’S A GOOD THING. AND WE’RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS NEW AGREEMENT. THE TENNESSEE IS THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY, AND I THINK

IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET IT DONE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. AND THERE ARE STRIKING DIFFERENCES IN THE TWO BILLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN CONGRESS IN VARIOUS STAGES MOVING THROUGH. >> AND THE ISSUE THAT CONCERN THAT WE’VE HAD IS, IS THAT THE ELVIS ACT PROTECTS ELVIS. THE LANGUAGE IS SOMEWHAT

AMBIGUOUS WHEN IT COMES TO MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, SINCE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE LANGUAGE THAT MAKES IT VERY CLEAR THAT IT IS MORE THAN LIKENESS, VOICE AND IMAGE AND LIKENESS CAN CERTAINLY BE INTERPRETED BY SOME TO MEAN A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE. BUT WE’RE HOPING TO ADD SOME LANGUAGE TO THE BILL EARLY

NEXT YEAR WHEN WE CAN AMEND IT TO JUST MAKE IT VERY CLEAR AS IS IN THE SENATE BILL, NO FAKES ACT, WHERE IT’S VERY CLEAR THAT MUSICIANS WHO PLAY ON SOUND RECORDINGS ARE PROTECTED. THE LANGUAGE IN THE HOUSE BILL IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE TENNESSEE BILL, WHICH DOES

HAVE A LIKENESS IT, BUT NOT A SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING. >> OKAY. SO LET ME ASK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR THAT EXPLANATION. AS A YOUR BASS PLAYER, YOU’RE ONE OF THE GREAT BASS PLAYERS. I MEAN, I JUST LOOKED YOU UP ON WIKIPEDIA.

I LOOKED AT ALL THESE MUSICIANS. I’M SURE I’VE HEARD YOUR MUSIC OVER THE YEARS. I GOT TO START WITH SLEEPING WITH PEOPLE I HEARD IN CONCERT BACK THEN. MAYBE I HEARD YOU PLAY AT MY FIRST GIG IN NASHVILLE. I LOVE THAT HE WAS A GREAT PERSON I PLAY WITH.

YOU TAUGHT ME A LOT. >> THAT’S GREAT. WELL, LET ME ASK YOU THEN. SO, YOU KNOW, GO. ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR? I GUESS, YEAH, OF COURSE YOU WOULD BE IF IF IF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS ESSENTIALLY STEALING YOUR STYLE. >> IS THAT WHAT YOU’RE CONCERNED ABOUT? >> YEAH, THE STYLE, THE SOUND,

ALL OF THE THINGS THAT GO INTO A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE MUSICIANS, THE ONES WHO MAKE THE STARS SOUND GREAT. AND SO, YES, THERE’S THERE’S MANY WAYS IT CAN BE MANIPULATED. AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS NOT DONE WITHOUT CONSENT. AND IT CAN BE MANIPULATED MANY

WAYS. AND THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN EVOLVING FOR A LONG LONG TIME, AND THE AFM HAS ALWAYS BEEN AHEAD OF C IN TERMS OF TRYING TO PROTECT OUR MEMBERS FROM HAVING THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STOLEN. WE HAVE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE. AND I THINK EVERYBODY SENSES

THAT THIS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS GETTING THE HORSE HAS LEFT THE BARN AND IS GALLOPING AWAY. SO WE WISH YOU GOOD LUCK ON ON THE EFFORTS THAT YOU OTHER MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS ARE MAKING, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CREATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENT, YOUR WORK, YOU KNOW, IS YOURS. AND RECOGNIZED AND REWARDED AS SUCH.

DAVE POMEROY, EMMANUELLE SALIBA, THANK FOR REPORTING ON THIS BILL, THIS IMPORTANT STEP IN THIS AREA. >> THANKS VERY MUCH, GUYS, AND THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH US. I’M MORAN. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. NEITHER DO WE. WILL BE RIGHT BACK. >> BEYONCE’S CONQUERING COUNTRY. MY FAMILY LOVES BEYONCE.

COWBOY CARTER COMES INTO THE WORLD AT A VERY COMPLEX TIME. PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS SONG IS TOO BIG TO RESIST. JUST YOU SING. HIP-HOP MUSIC WITH A COUNTRY ACCENT DOES NOT MAKE IT COUNTRY MUSIC? >> THE STAND YOUR LAND. WELL, THAT’S NOT REAL COUNTRY. IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO IS

AT SUPERSTAR STATUS TO DO SOMETHING THAT, SHAKES IT ALL UP. >> THAT’S FIANCEE COUNTRY. THIS IS “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” NOW STREAMING ON HULU TONIGHT. SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD

NEWS TONIGHT WITH DIG. YOU ARE THE MOST NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. >> LET’S GET TO WATCH. WHERE CAN I GET A GREAT DEAL ON WHAT I’M JUST DYING TO BUY. OH, IT’S ALL RIGHT HERE. RIGHT? GET THE LATEST. CELEBRITY BUYS DEALS AND DEALS IN THE COOLEST LIFESTYLE TIPS FROM “GMA”.

I LOVE THAT SO MUCH. JIMMY BEGINS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> ABC NEWS. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. THE RUSH TO REOPEN ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL HARBORS IN THIS COUNTRY AS. CREWS WORK AROUND THE CLOCK IN BALTIMORE. WE’RE GETTING NEW VIDEO THAT DEADLY COLLISION BETWEEN

A CARGO SHIP AND THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE. WE’RE LIVE IN BALTIMORE WITH THE LATEST. PLUS, HIS STORY SHOULD BE HERE. >> THE WALL STREET JOURNAL LEFT, ITS FRONT PAGE BLANK TODAY MARKING ONE YEAR SINCE REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS WRONGFULLY DETAINED AND VLADIMIR PUTIN’S RUSSIA. THE LATEST ON HIS CONDITION

AND ON THE EFFORTS TO BRING HIM HOME. >> AND TENNESSEE IS OFFICIALLY THE FIRST STATE TO TRY TO PROTECT MUSICIANS FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. BUT ONE NASHVILLE MUSICIAN SAYS THIS MOVE DOESN’T GO FAR ENOUGH. JOIN US LIVE COMING UP. I BROUGHT. >> I’M TERRY MORAN. WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH NEW

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE. THERE’S NEW VIDEO THAT SHOWS NTSB INVESTIGATORS COMBING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE OF THE DAILY SHIP. AUTHORITIES ARE NOW LOOKING INTO WHETHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON BOARD THE SHIP WHEN IT LOST POWER AND COLLIDED INTO ONE OF THE PILLARS IN THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE,

BRINGING IT DOWN INTO THE WATER. ALSO HAPPENING THIS HOUR, THE FIRST OF SEVERAL HEAVY DUTY CRANES IN THE PORT OF BALTIMORE IS HELPING TO CLEAR THE MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF DEBRIS. >> THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOB AHEAD. SO LEADING US UP. ABBY CRUZ IKE EJIOCHI IS IN

AND ABC NEWS TRANSPORTATION REPORTER SAM SWEENEY HERE IN WASHINGTON. SO FIRST TO YOU. WHEN DO WE EXPECT THAT CRANE TO ACTUALLY START THAT LONG TASK OF CLEARING THE DEBRIS IN THE CHANNEL? AND HOW LONG THAT TAKE? WELL, IT’S VERY THE CHESAPEAKE 1000, THE BIGGEST CRANE IN THE EASTERN SEABOARD MADE ITS WAY

DOWN HERE, THE PORT OF BALTIMORE. AND A STATION ITSELF RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOLLY, THAT MASSIVE CONTAINER SHIP THAT STILL IS THE CENTER OF WHAT USED TO BE THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE. NOW, BEFORE THAT COULD START GETTING TO WORK, THERE’S SOME LOGISTICAL ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

YOU SEE THAT CRANE HAS THE ABILITY TO LIFT £2.2 MILLION AT A TIME. HOWEVER, THAT LARGE PIECE OF THE BRIDGE THAT YOU’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW THAT’S STILL LOCATED ON TOP OF THE BOW, THAT’S ABOUT £9 MILLION OF MATERIAL. SO ENGINEERS ARE ESSENTIALLY THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY

HOW AND WHERE TO CUT THE STEEL ,THE CONCRETE LOCATED ON TOP OF THE SHIP BEFORE. SO NO FURTHER DAMAGE CAN BE DONE TO THE SHIP OR THE CREWS BEFORE THE CRANE COULD GET TO WORK. NOW, ONCE THEY FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT WOULD HAVE CUT THAT STEEL, THEY WERE GOING TO USE

THAT MASS CRANE THERE. THEY’RE GOING TO START REMOVING PIECES OF METAL. THE LUC BRUGGEMAN, THE OFF THE BACK OF THE SHIP. SO THE TUGBOAT AND SOME OTHER CAN START TO GET READY AND ESSENTIALLY START TO PULL THAT MASSIVE OUT OF THE HARBOR. BUT WE’RE BEING TOLD THAT THIS

IS NOT A LIGHT JOB YET TO UNDERSTAND. IT’S ONLY A HUNDRED FEET DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EIFFEL TOWER, THE HEIGHT OF THE EIFFEL TOWER AND THE LENGTH OF THE DOLLY. SO THIS IS A MASSIVE JOB, WE’RE BEING TOLD, IS GOING TO TAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME. AND AT THE MOMENT, RIGHT NOW,

THERE REALLY IS NO CONCRETE TIMETABLE IN TERMS OF HOW LONG THIS ENTIRE PROCESS IS GOING TO TAKE, TERRI. RIGHT IT’S GOING TO TAKE LONG. AND AS YOU JUST DESCRIBED FOR US, IT’S A DANGEROUS JOB. LET ME GO TO SAM ON WHAT THE NATIONAL TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD IS LOOKING AT.

I GUESS THAT WE’RE TALKING THE OTHER DAY HE SAID THAT THE SHIP LIKE THAT HAS A HAS A RECORDER LIKE A BLACK BOX. WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION? >> WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THEY DATA RECORDER FROM THIS SHIP HAS BEEN RECOVERED. >> IT’S NOT EXACTLY THE SAME.

WHAT YOU WOULD SEE AN AIRPLANE WHERE YOU’RE GETTING MORE THAN A THOUSAND INPUTS OF DATA. IT’S A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER THAN THAT. >> IT DOESN’T HAVE EVERYTHING. BUT IT WILL ALLOW INVESTIGATORS TO UNDERSTAND LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE MOMENTS LEADING UP TO THIS COLLISION. >> THOSE INVESTIGATORS

ARE GOING TO REMAIN ON SCENE AT LEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THEIR GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO COLLECT ALL OF THE PERISHABLE DATA, ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP PUT THEM, ALLOW THEM PIECE THIS DISASTER TOGETHER IN THE COMING WEEKS, MONTHS, EVEN YEARS. >> THEY WILL NOT DO ANY

MORE PRESS BRIEFINGS THE NEXT OF INFORMATION WE WILL GET FROM THE NTSB IS LIKELY TO BE THE PRELIMINARY, AND THAT COULD COME OUT IN 2 TO 4 WEEKS. ALL RIGHT. SO WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND IKE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER MAIN TASKS IS RECOVERING THE DEAD.

TWO OR TWO OF THE BODIES OF THE MEN WHO WERE ON THAT BRIDGE. THOSE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HAVE RECOVERED. THERE ARE FOUR MISSING. WHAT’S THE STATUS OF THE FOR THEIR REMAINS? >> TERRY, WE’RE GETTING SOME INSIGHT IN TERMS OF WHAT’S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN ORDER TO TRY TO RETRIEVE THOSE

PRESUMED DEAD BODIES. NOW, WE’RE BEING TOLD DIVERS AT DIVE OPERATIONS HAS ESSENTIALLY BEEN SUSPENDED NOT ONLY OF THE FEAR OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AROUND THAT AREA OF THE WATER, BUT BECAUSE OF HOW MURKY AND DANGEROUS AND THAT WATERS ARE WITH ALL THAT DEBRIS. NOW, THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE, THEY SENT DOWN AUTOMATIC

VEHICLES ARE ATTACHED WITH SONAR DOWN TO THE WATERS. THOSE DEEP WATERS, THOSE DARK WATERS, AND THEY FOUND ESSENTIALLY ANOTHER LARGE VEHICLE IS TRAPPED UNDERNEATH THERE BY SO MUCH DEBRIS, WE’RE BEING TOLD IS GOING TO TAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET TO THAT VEHICLE AND EVEN MORE TIME

TO TRY TO RELEASE THAT VEHICLE FROM ALL THE DEBRIS DEBRIS SURROUND ABOUT IT. AND OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THAT BELIEVE THAT VEHICLE OWNS TWO ONE OF THE CREW MEMBERS WHO WERE WORKING ON THE FRANCIS SCOTT PHRASE AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION TERRY. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. >> SO MUCH WORK AHEAD,

IKE EJIOCHI SAM SWEENEY. THANKS BOTH. AND NOW TO THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN HAS AGREED TO SEND DELEGATIONS TO DOHA. THAT’S THE CAPITOL OF THE NATION OF QATAR AND CAIRO CALLED THE COMING DAYS FOR NEW TALKS AIMED AT SECURING THE RELEASE OF ISRAELI PART

OF A GAZA CEASEFIRE DEAL WITH HAMAS. THAT IS STILL OUT OF REACH. THIS COMES AS A TOP COURT AT UNITED NATIONS SAYS ISRAEL MUST OPEN LAND CROSSINGS TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN AID TO GET INTO GAZA. RIGHT NOW, MORE THAN 1 MILLION PALESTINIANS ARE AT RISK OF WHAT THE UNITED NATIONS

COULD BE THE WORST FAMINE THE WORLD HAS SEEN SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. MEANWHILE, THE ISRAELI DEFENSE ARE CLAIMING TO HAVE KILLED A TOP HAMAS OPERATIVE AT, AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL IN NORTHERN GAZA. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE MORE THAN 200 HAMAS FIGHTERS ISRAEL CLAIMS TO HAVE KILLED SINCE THE RAID ON THE HOSPITAL

COMPLEX BEGAN EARLIER THIS WEEK. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT BRITT CLENNETT JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM TEL AVIV. >> SO LET’S START WITH NETANYAHU APPROVING A NEW CEASE FIRE TALK THAT SEEMED TO GO NOWHERE. >> WHAT’S YOUR SENSE OF THIS ROUND? YES, I TELL YOU, THE FAMILIES OF IDF SOLDIERS BEING HELD

HOSTAGE BY HAMAS IN GAZA, THEY APPEARED DISSATISFIED DISAPPOINTED ON THURSDAY FOLLOWING A DIRECT MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE’D MET WITH THEM SINCE OCTOBER. PREVIOUSLY, THE PRIME MINISTER HAD MET WITH THE FAMILIES OF ALL HOSTAGES OR THE OF FEMALE HOSTAGES AS HOSTAGES THAT ARE SOLDIERS.

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE PRIME MINISTER MET WITH RELATIVES OF MALE SOLDIERS HELD CAPTIVE. NOW, MOST AREN’T ACTUALLY EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED IN THE FIRST PHASE OF A FUTURE DEAL. BUT AMONG THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE MEETING WITH PARENTS OF TWO ISRAELI AMERICAN SOLDIERS HELD HOSTAGE. THEY ARE EVEN ALEXANDER AND OMAR NEUTRA.

AND ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS. ONE FAMILY MEMBER WHO WAS PART OF THAT MEETING, NETANYAHU, COMPLAINS THAT HE DIDN’T OFFER ANYTHING NEW TO THE FAMILIES. SO MOMENTUM DOES KIND OF APPEAR TO HAVE TAKEN A BACKSEAT, DESPITE NETANYAHU ANNOUNCING THAT HE’S MET WITH INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITIES AND HE’S GOING

TO SEND A DELEGATION TO DOHA IN CAIRO IN THE COMING DAYS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS. TERRY. >> SO, BRET, THANKS FOR THAT. LET’S TURN TO THE AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL. THE IDF IS CLAIMING TO HAVE KILLED A TOP HAMAS OPERATIVE AND OTHER FIGHTERS. DIDN’T THEY RAID THAT PLACE MONTHS AGO?

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THIS WAR? >> I ACTUALLY DO WONDER WHAT THAT GOAL OF THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES ARE AND IF THEY’RE ANYWHERE NEAR ACCOMPLISHING IT, IF GOING BACK TO PLACES THEY’VE ALREADY TURNED INTO RUBBLE, BASICALLY, AND FINDING LOTS MORE HAMAS FIGHTERS. YEAH, I THINK THAT’S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

THIS IS ROUND TWO AND AL-SHIFA. THEY’VE ALREADY SAID THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DISMANTLE HAMAS’S COMMAND CENTER IN NORTHERN GAZA AND NOW THEY’RE BACK. SO PLENTY OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW HOW MUCH IMPACT THEY’RE HAVING THERE. THE FIGHTING IS CONTINUING IN AL-SHIFA. THAT’S GAZA’S MAIN HOSPITAL. THAT’S NOW IN THE 12TH DAY

OF THIS ROUND TWO OPERATION BY THE IDF, THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX. THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR SAYS HAMAS MILITANTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CARRY OUT NEARLY 70 ATTACKS IN THE LAST THREE DAYS, TARGETING ISRAELI IN AND AROUND THE HOSPITAL SINCE ISRAELI FORCES RETURNED TO THAT AREA ON MARCH EIGHT.

SO, AS YOU SAY, PLENTY OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT THEY’RE ABLE TO MAKE THERE AND CLEAR THE AREA. >> WELL, BECAUSE THEY’RE CERTAINLY HAVING AN IMPACT ON GAZA ITSELF, ITS ITS RUBBLE, FAMINE LOOMS. AND YET IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE A LOT OF WAR OBJECTIVES LEFT.

BRITT CLENNETT, AS ALWAYS, THANK FOR BEING THERE FOR US. >> APPRECIATE IT. WELL, TODAY MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS DETAINED IN RUSSIA. THE AMERICAN JOURNALIST HAS BEEN HELD IN MOSCOW’S INFAMOUS LEVEL OF PRISON ON ACCUSATIONS TRYING TO COLLECT RUSSIAN STATE SECRETS. THAT’S A CHARGE

THAT GERSHKOVICH THE PAPER AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ALL VEHEMENTLY. THE JOURNAL PUBLISHED A STARK REMINDER OF EVAN GERSHKOVICH DETAINMENT ON ITS FRONT PAGE TODAY. >> TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THE HEADLINE. HIS STORY SHOULD BE HERE. STUDIES A RUSSIAN PRISON. THE PAPER ALSO SAID PUSH NOTIFICATIONS ON SMARTPHONES

THIS MORNING TO TRY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF EVAN’S PLIGHT. JOINING ME NOW IS ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS TO EXPLAIN THE LATEST ON WHAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS DOING TO TRY TO GET THEM RELEASED. MATT MARYALICE, IT DOES SEEM LIKE JOE BIDEN HAS PUT A LOT

OF AND EFFORT INTO THIS AND NO DEAL, NO SIGN OF A DEAL AT THIS POINT. >> YEAH, NOT YET, TERRY, BUT IT IS WORTH TAKING OF THIS MOMENT TODAY. NOT ONLY THAT STRIKING FRONT PAGE, BUT LOOK, ALL OF WASHINGTON, WE SAW STATEMENTS TODAY FROM THE PRESIDENT, THE SECRETARY OF STATE, BOTH

CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS FROM THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ON BOTH SIDES OF AISLE STANDING TOGETHER, REALLY CALLING OUT RUSSIA, DEMANDING THAT PUTIN RELEASE EVAN AND BRING HIM HOME. THE MESSAGE ACROSS THE BOARD FROM ALL OF THESE WASHINGTON LEADERS WAS THE SAME. JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME AND THAT THERE’S ABSOLUTELY NO

EVIDENCE THAT HE WAS DOING ANYTHING BUT HIS JOB, TRYING TO REPORT, TRYING TO REPORT ON THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND THAT HE SHOULD BE HOME WITH HIS FAMILY. NOW, IN THAT STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN, THE PRESIDENT WROTE THAT HE THAT HE NOTED THE FACT THAT EVAN, RIGHT AFTER HE WAS ILLEGALLY DETAINED,

DRAFTED A LETTER TO HIS FAMILY AND SAID, I’M NOT LOSING HOPE. THE PRESIDENT WENT ON TO WRITE THAT HE TOLD EVAN’S PARENTS, I WILL NEVER GIVE UP HOPE EITHER. HE SAID, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK EVERY SINGLE TO SECURE EVAN’S RELEASE. >> AS SOON AS ANYONE REPORTED IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA, ESPECIALLY

RECENTLY, KNOWS THE LINE BETWEEN DOING YOUR JOB AS A REPORTER AND GETTING THROWN IN PRISON IS DANGEROUSLY OBSCURE. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT EVAN GERSHKOVICH CONDITION, WHERE HE’S BEING HELD AND WORST CASES ? >> YEAH. FOR THIS PAST YEAR, HE HAS BEEN IN A JAIL, A FORMER KGB JAIL IN.

HE HAS REPEATEDLY TRIED TO GET A TRIAL DATE SET OVER AND OVER. THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT HAS DENIED THAT AND DELAYED ANY TRIAL JUST THIS WEEK THEY PUSHED BACK ANY PRETRIAL AND THEY EXTENDED HIS PRETRIAL DETENTION. ANOTHER THREE MONTHS THE NEXT DAY, NOT SET TILL JUNE. REALLY FRUSTRATING? BUT WE, OF COURSE, CONTINUE

TO HEAR MOMENT OF HOPE, MOMENTS OF OF HONESTLY, HUMOR FROM EVAN, HIS COLLEAGUES, HIS FAMILY, TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE HAS REMAINED IN GOOD SPIRITS. HE IS PLAYING CHESS, THEY SAY, WITH HIS DAD, PLAY BY PLAY OVER THE MAIL THAT HIS PARENTS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY

ARE WORKING TO KEEP UP HIS SPIRITS AS WELL. >> OH, WHAT A REMARKABLE THING THAT IS. HE CERTAINLY DESERVES TO COME HOME THIS TIME. MARYALICE PARKS, YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, LET’S TURN BACK TO THIS COUNTRY AND THE WEATHER. THE WEST COAST IS BRACING FOR A POWERFUL SPRING STORM.

ALERTS NOW IN EFFECT FOR CALIFORNIA, NEVADA AND, ARIZONA. FLOOD WATCHES UP FOR SANTA BARBARA, LOS ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO. AND THAT SAME SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE HEARTLAND RAIN, HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. METEOROLOGIST MELISSA GRIFFIN IS TRACKING THE FORECAST FOR US. SO LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE

A WASH OUT ON THE WEST COAST THIS WEEKEND. KNOW HOW HOW BAD IS IT GOING TO GET? >> WELL, TERRY, IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE COULD BE SOME HEAVY RAIN, FLASH FLOODING. EVEN FEET OF MOUNTAIN SNOW FOR PARTS OF CALIFORNIA SATURDAY LINGERING INTO EASTER SUNDAY. SO IF YOU HAVE THOSE EASTER

PLANS, IT’S SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON. YOU MENTIONED THOSE FLOOD WATCHES THAT IN EFFECT FROM SANTA BARBARA TO L.A. INTO SAN DIEGO, WIND ALERTS STRETCHING THROUGH ARIZONA AS. SO LET’S KIND THIS OUT WHERE YOU COULD SEE THE HEAVIEST RAIN MOVING INTO SAN FRANCISCO. THAT’S THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING.

AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW MORNING, THAT’S WHEN THE HEAVY RAIN REACHES PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING LOS ANGELES. THAT’S WHY THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER HAS ALREADY ISSUED THIS AREA HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. THAT’S WHERE WE COULD SEE THE HIGHEST RISK FOR NOT ONLY FLASH FLOODING BUT ALSO FOR MUDSLIDES.

NOW, YOU MENTIONED THE STORM. IT DOES MOVE EAST. HEAVY ACROSS THE ROCKIES ON SUNDAY, BUT THEN IT’S BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY THAT I’M EXPECTING A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK FOR PARTS OF THE HEARTLAND. ANYWHERE FROM TEXAS ALL THE WAY TO THE MID-ATLANTIC WILL NEED TO BE ON ALERT FOR TORNADOES

AND DAMAGING WINDS NEXT WEEK TERRY. >> AND MELISSA, ONCE AGAIN, BASEBALL SEASON HAS STARTED. THE CUBS DID LOSE LAST NIGHT AN EXTRA INNINGS TO THE WORLD CHAMPION. >> TEXAS RANGERS, BUT LOOKED PRETTY GOOD PITCHING IN THE LATE INNINGS. BUT THERE WAS RAIN ON THE EAST COAST.

IT SHUT DOWN THE METS AND THE PHILLIES. >> WHAT CAN FANS EXPECT AT THE BALLPARKS TODAY? YEAH THAT’S RIGHT, TERRY. AND YOU CAN SEE THIS STORM NOW HAS EXITED SO DRYER, WHETHER IT’S IN STORE FOR NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, WE HAVE THE METS TODAY, 55 DEGREES. WIND GUSTS, THOUGH, COULD REACH

30 MILES PER HOUR, BUT LOTS OF SUNSHINE OUT THERE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE PHILLIES GAME AGAINST THE BRAVES. TEMPERATURE OF 56 DEGREES. AGAIN, THOSE WINDS COULD BE GUSTING, BUT IT’S STILL GOING TO BE SUNSHINE. IT’S STILL GOING TO BE DRY. SO A MUCH BETTER DAY TODAY FOR

OPENING GAMES HERE IN THE NORTHEAST GERRI. SORRY ABOUT THE WORMS. >> YEAH. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE 261 MORE GAMES AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ANYTHING CAN HAVE A BAD CENTURY AS CUBS DEMONSTRATED. BUT MELISSA GRIFFIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. >> WELL, COMING UP, THERE’S A NEW REPORT BY UNITED NATIONS

ON HAITI AND WHAT’S HAPPENING THERE. IT HIGHLIGHTS THE CRISIS UNFOLDING THERE. WE’VE GOT THE LATEST ON THE PLIGHT OF AMERICAN CITIZENS STILL SEEKING TO ESCAPE THE GANG VIOLENCE THAT HAS JUST PLUNGED THAT COUNTRY INTO CHAOS. AFTER THIS OCTOBER. A LOT TWISTED, DARK STORIES, BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

IT’S TERRIFYING. ALISA WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. ALICE HAD TO ASK, WOULD HORSE TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING? AND I SAID, YOU MEAN A HORSE? >> SHE SAYS, NO, A PERSON. THIS IS CRAZY EACH ONE OF THEM.

I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN A VERY LONG. >> TONIGHT ON BBC NINE, THE SEARCH FOR BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH THE DEBUT OF THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST

ON TELEVISION. SUNDAY MORNING BREAKING, NEW REPORTS ON THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE, THE INVESTIGATION AND WHAT’S FOR REBUILDING. AND DO YOU ASSESS ATTACKS AFTER THE TERROR THAT IN MOSCOW? WHAT’S BEING DONE HERE TO KEEP AMERICANS SAFE? SUNDAY MORNING ON ABC’S THIS WEEK. WHAT DO YOU SEE? MANY PEOPLE START THEIR HERE.

>> FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS THE START HERE TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST. HONORED 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 NEED 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 RIGHT NOW. >> THERE’S JUST SO MUCH HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD.

SO AT STAKE AT THE START OF EVERY MORNING. AND THAT’S WHY GOOD MORNING AMERICA IS RIGHT HERE. >> AND WE GOT WE GOT. WE GOT YOU. AND WELCOME BACK A RELEASED REPORT BY THE UNITED NATIONS ON HAITI SAYS. IMMEDIATE AND BOLD ACTION MUST BE TAKEN TO HANDLE THIS, QUOTE, CATASTROPHIC SITUATION

THAT HAS UNFOLDED THERE. THE REPORT SAYS HAITI NOW NEEDS BETWEEN FOUR AND 5000 INTERNATIONAL POLICE TO HELP THAT STRUGGLING NATION EMERGE OUT OF LAWLESSNESS. ALMOST LAWLESSNESS. IT’S BEEN COMPLETELY OVERRUN BY GANG VIOLENCE THERE. THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS 450 U.S. CITIZENS HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF HAITI SINCE MARCH 17TH, WITH HELICOPTER FLIGHTS

CONTINUING TO TAKE AMERICANS OVER TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NOT FAR AWAY. AND ON THURSDAY, CANADA ALSO SENT A HELICOPTER TO ITS EMBASSY IN PORT WITH THE CAPITAL OF HAITI TO EVACUATE CANADIANS WHO WANT TO ESCAPE THE VIOLENCE THERE. FOR MORE ON THIS, LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MATT RIVERS.

>> MATT, YOU’VE BEEN THERE. TELL US MORE ABOUT FIRST, WHAT THE UN REPORT IS SAYING AND 4 TO 5000 INTERNATIONAL POLICE FORCES THAT TEAMS. WHO’S GOING TO DO THAT AND WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THE GROUND THERE? >> YEAH, AND TERRY, THE LAST TIME WE HEARD FROM A UN EXPERT

ABOUT HOW MANY TROOPS WOULD BE NEEDED OR HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS, RATHER, IN THIS CASE WOULD BE, IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 1000 TO 2000. NOW, THAT SAME EXPERT THAT WAS BACK IN JULY THAT. NOW, FAST FORWARD TO THE END OF MARCH, BEGINNING OF APRIL AND YOU’RE AT 5000 TROOPS. THAT’S HOW BAD THINGS

HAVE GOTTEN IN HAITI. WE WERE THERE LESS THAN A WEEK AGO, AND YET THINGS HAVE NOT GOTTEN BETTER SINCE WE LEFT. AND WE KNOW THAT, AT LEAST STATISTICALLY SPEAKING, OF THIS U.N. REPORT THAT JUST CAME OUT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE NUMBERS ARE STRIKING IN THE FIRST COUPLE MONTHS OF THIS

YEAR ALONE GOING UP TO MARCH 22ND, MORE THAN 15 HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN HAITI AS A RESULT OF THIS ONGOING VIOLENCE. >> AND THOSE, ACCORDING TO THE UN, ARE NOT INVOLVED WITH THE GANGS OR THE POLICE. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ESSENTIALLY JUST INNOCENT BYSTANDERS IN ALL OF THIS.

IT’S A STAGGERING NUMBER ALONGSIDE THE AMOUNT OF INJURED, THE AMOUNT OF KIDNAPPED. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE REPORT, PA OF THIS REPORT THAT REALLY STRUCK ME ABOUT HOW THE GANGS ARE USING SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST ORDINARY WOMEN HAITIAN CITIZENS. ONE PART SAYS DURING GANG ATTACKS, SEVERAL AND GIRLS HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO ,

INCLUDING COLLECTIVE, IN THEIR HOMES, OFTEN HAVING WITNESSED THE KILLING OF THEIR HUSBANDS. SO IT IS JUST A HORRIFIC SITUATION RIGHT NOW IN HAITI THAT, FRANKLY, IS GOING TO GET BETTER ANYTIME SOON. >> I MEAN, IT’S — IT’S CRAZY. THERE ARE STILL U.S. AND CANADIAN CITIZENS LOOKING TO.

>> HOW DO THEY DO THAT? WHAT’S THEIR JOURNEY LIKE? >> YEAH. SO BASICALLY, THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO TRY AND EVACUATE AMERICANS, THEY SAY THEY’VE DONE SO MORE THAN 450 TIMES. NOW. THEY’RE GETTING THAN 450 CITIZENS OUT. THEY BASICALLY FLY DAILY AND DEPENDING ON EACH DAY, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FLIGHTS,

LANDING HELICOPTER FLIGHTS IN THE U.S. EMBASSY COMPOUND. YOU’VE SEEN THE CANADIANS FOLLOW SUIT, BUT THERE’S ALSO OTHER EMBASSIES THAT ARE GETTING THEIR CITIZENS OUT. WE KNOW THE CHINESE HAVE EVACUATED SOME OF THEIR CITIZENS. WE KNOW THE QATARIS HAVE EVACUATED SOME SOME OF THEIR. SO THIS IS THE KIND OF THING

YOU’RE SEEING MORE AND MORE STATES TRY AND DO TO GET THEIR PEOPLE OUT BECAUSE THERE’S NO OTHER WAY OUT OF PORT AU PRINCE WITH THE AIRPORT STILL CLOSED. >> I MEAN, IT’S JUST IT’S JUST BREATHTAKINGLY SHOCKING, DISTURBING SITUATION THAT. THANK YOU FOR GOING THERE FOR US AND FOR CONTINUING TO REPORT

ON THE STORY. APPRECIATE IT. WELL, COMING UP, TENNESSEE HAS BECOME THE FIRST STATE TO TRY TO PROTECT MUSICIANS FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEBUT ONE R IN NASHVILLE SAYS THIS FIRST STEP DOESN’T GO FAR ENOUGH. HE’LL JOIN ME LIVE RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. I’VE COVERED A LOT OF TWISTED, DARK STORIES, BUT I’VE NEVER

SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS. WAS TERRIFYING. ALISON WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. POLICE HAD ASKED, WOULD HORSE TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING? AND SAID, YOU MEAN A HORSE? >> SHE SAID, NO. A PERSON. THIS IS CRAZY.

THE 20 NUMBER I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN A VERY LONG TIME. >> TONIGHT ON BBC. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS? >> THIS IS THE START HERE. TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES.

A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST. ARMED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT NEWS PODCAST. WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY

THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> I’M MOLA LENGHI ON THE BORDER OF LEBANON AND. WHEREVER THE STORY GOES, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE WATCHING ABC NEWS LIVE ALL RIGHT. ARTIFICIAL FUTURIST SEGMENT ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE IS IN

THE SPOTLIGHT RIGHT NOW AFTER BECOMING THE FIRST STATE TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTS MUSICIANS FROM, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE GOVERNOR HAS NOW SIGNED THE CODE. ELVIS ACT INTO LAW. IT STANDS FOR ENSURING LIKENESS ,VOICE AND IMAGE SECURITY ACT. NICE TRY. THE BILL ATTEMPTS TO PROTECT SONGWRITERS, THOUGH, AND PERFORMERS AND, OTHER MUSIC

INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS FROM HAVING THEIR VOICES OR THEIR MUSIC, THEIR TALENT REPLICATED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITHOUT, THEIR CONSENT. IT’S ALREADY HAPPENING. TENNESSEE’S GOVERNOR SPOKE ABOUT THE LEGISLATION ALONGSIDE COUNTRY MUSIC ICONS LUKE BRYAN AND CHRIS JAMES. >> THERE ARE CERTAINLY MANY THINGS THAT ARE POSITIVE ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE.

DOES IT ALSO, WHEN FALLING INTO THE HANDS OF BAD ACTORS, IT CAN DESTROY THIS INDUSTRY. >> ALL RIGHT. IT’S A BIG ISSUE IN NASHVILLE AND ACROSS THE ARTS, REALLY. SO LET’S BRING IN ABC IS EMMANUEL SALIBA ALONG WITH DAVE POMEROY. HE’S THE PRESIDENT OF THE NASHVILLE MUSICIANS ASSOCIATION AND INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT,

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS AND A VETERAN MUSICIAN IN NASHVILLE AND BEYOND. >> WELCOME TO BOTH EMMANUEL, BREAK DOWN WHAT THIS LEGISLATION IS AND HOW IT WORKS, HOW IT WILL PROTECT THOSE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. >> WELL, TARA, I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE TOOLS ARE ACTUALLY

CAPABLE OF DOING TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT. RIGHT NOW I CAN ACCESS ONE OF THESE TOOLS AND I CAN I CAN SELECT A MUSICIAN AND I HAVE ESSENTIALLY ACCESS TO THEIR VOICE AND I CAN CREATE ANY A NEW SONG, I CAN HAVE THEM SING OTHER PEOPLE’S SONGS. AND IT’S JUST AS EASY

AS CLICKING ON A WEBSITE AND PAYING A COUPLE OF DOLLARS. AND THAT’S ACCESSIBLE TO ANY OF. SO WHAT THIS BILL IS DOING IS IT’S ENSURING THAT PEOPLE CANNOT MIMIC OTHER PEOPLE’S VOICES WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION AND THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES IF YOU DECIDE TO DO THAT THERE IT CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS A MISDEMEANOR.

SO THAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF THE LAW THAT TENNESSEE HAS PASSED. SO DAVE, AS A VETERAN MUSICIAN, A CREATIVE ARTIST AND NOW SOMEONE WHO’S KIND OF LEADING THAT COMMUNITY IN THESE GREAT BIG, BRAVE NEW WORLD, WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO THE BILL? >> WHAT ARE YOU HEARING IN THE MUSIC COMMUNITY?

>> WELL, I THINK IT’S A GOOD START TO MAKE SURE THAT TECHNOLOGY CANNOT BE USED TO REPLACE MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS. IT’S WE’VE JUST MADE A LANDMARK NEW AGREEMENT, THE MOTION PICTURE AND THE FILM TELEVISION PRODUCERS THAT DOES HAVE EXTENSIVE AI PROTECTION THAT REQUIRES CONSENT AND COMPENSATION. A MUSICIAN IS BEING USED

TO DUPLICATE A MUSICIAN. AND I THINK THAT’S A GOOD THING. AND WE’RE PROUD OF THIS NEW AGREEMENT. THE TENNESSEE BILL IS THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY, AND I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET IT DONE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. AND THERE ARE STRIKING DIFFERENCES IN THE TWO BILLS

THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN CONGRESS AND VARIOUS STAGES OF MOVING THROUGH. >> AND THE ISSUE THAT CONCERN THAT WE’VE HAD IS, IS THAT THE ELVIS ACT PROTECTS ELVIS, BUT THE LANGUAGE IS SOMEWHAT AMBIGUOUS WHEN IT COMES TO MUSICAL PERFORMANCE. >> WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE LANGUAGE THAT IT VERY

CLEAR THAT IT IS MORE THAN LIKENESS, VOICE AND IMAGE AND LIKENESS CAN CERTAINLY BE INTERPRETED BY SOME TO MEAN A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE. BUT WE’RE HOPING TO ADD SOME LANGUAGE TO THE BILL EARLY NEXT YEAR WHEN WE CAN AMEND IT TO JUST MAKE IT VERY CLEAR AS IT IS IN THE SENATE BILL NO

FACE ACT, WHERE IT’S VERY CLEAR THAT MUSICIANS WHO PLAY ON SOUND RECORDINGS ARE PROTECTED. THE LANGUAGE IN THE HOUSE BILL IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE TENNESSEE BILL, WHICH DOES HAVE A LIKENESS IN IT, BUT NOT A SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING. >> OKAY.

SO LET ME ASK YOU THANK YOU FOR THAT AND FOR THAT EXPLANATION. AS A YOU’RE BASS PLAYER, YOU’RE ONE OF THE GREAT BASS PLAYERS. I MEAN, I JUST LOOKED YOU UP ON WIKIPEDIA AND I GOT ALL OF THESE MUSICIANS. I’M SURE I’VE HEARD YOUR MUSIC OVER THE YEARS.

YOU GOT TO START WITH SLEEPING THE PEOPLE I HEARD IN CONCERT BACK IN THE DAY. I HEARD YOU PLAY AND YOUR FIRST GIG IN NASHVILLE. I LOVE THAT HE WAS A GREAT PERSON I PLAYED WITH. >> HE TAUGHT ME A LOT. THAT’S GREAT. WELL, LET ME ASK YOU THEN.

>> SO, YOU KNOW, GO. ARE YOU ABLE TO? I GUESS, YEAH, OF COURSE YOU WOULD BE IF IF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS ESSENTIALLY STEALING YOUR STYLE. >> IS THAT WHAT YOU’RE CONCERNED ABOUT? >> YEAH, THE STYLE, THE SOUND, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT GO INTO A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE ARE,

YOU KNOW, THE MUSICIANS ARE THE ONES WHO MAKE THE STARS SOUND GREAT. AND SO, YES, THERE’S THERE’S MANY WAYS IT CAN BE MANIPULATED. AND WE JUST WANT MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS NOT DONE WITHOUT CONSENT. AND COMPENSATION. >> AND IT CAN BE IN MANY WAYS. AND THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN

EVOLVING FOR A LONG TIME AND THE AFM HAS ALWAYS BEEN AHEAD OF THE CURVE IN TERMS OF TRYING TO PROTECTOUR MEMBERSG THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STOLEN. WE HAVE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE. AND I THINK EVERYBODY SENSES THAT THIS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THING IS GETTING

THE HORSE HAS LEFT THE BARN AND IS GALLOPING AWAY. SO WE WISH YOU GOOD LUCK ON ON THE EFFORTS THAT YOU AND OTHER MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS ARE MAKING, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CREATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, YOUR WORK, YOU KNOW, IS YOURS AND RECOGNIZE IT AND REWARD IT AS SUCH.

DAVE POMEROY AND THEN HONESTLY THE THANK YOU FOR REPORTING THIS BILL, THIS IMPORTANT STEP IN THIS AREA. THANKS VERY MUCH, GUYS AND THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH US. >> I’M TERRY MORAN. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. NEITHER DO WE. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> TONIGHT, THE SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE AS THE BRIDGE

COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID DUKE. THE MOST NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION SUNDAY MORNING. BREAKING NEW REPORTS ON THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE, THE INVESTIGATION AND WHAT’S NEXT. THE REBUILDING AND NEW RACIST ATTACKS AFTER THE TERROR

THAT HAPPENED IN MOSCOW. WHAT’S BEING DONE HERE TO KEEP AMERICANS SAFE? SUNDAY MORNING ON ABC’S THIS WEEK, MONDAY AFTERNOON, EMPLOYEES WORKING CAROL TO THE SKY, DESIGNED FOR A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, A BREATHTAKING CELESTIAL EVENT. ABC NEWS TOGETHER WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, WITH ABC NEWS DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS REPORTING.

WATCH IT ALL ON ABC NEWS LIVE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL, NAT GIO WILD, DISNEY PLUS, HULU AND LIVE ON ABC. ECLIPSE ACROSS AMERICA MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8TH, STARTING AT 2 P.M. EASTERN. HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY TOM JURY. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION THEY SAMPLED.

VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE TO. FIND THE ARAB MAJORITY. AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS IN A WAY. SAY, DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HOUSE WHICH I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I’M SORRY. FACE TO, FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK THIS WOMAN, THE HOUSEHOLD AND THE

HOUSE SO AND WHO THIS IS, ABC NEWS LIVE TO TALK TO THE FAMILIES ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME ANYWHERE STREAMING 24/7. STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS ONE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS 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 RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. THE RUSH TO REOPEN ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL HARBORS IN THIS COUNTRY AS CREWS WORK AROUND THE CLOCK IN BALTIMORE. WE’RE GETTING NEW VIDEO FROM THAT DEADLY COLLISION BETWEEN

A CARGO SHIP AND THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE. >> WE’RE LIVE THERE IN BALTIMORE IN A MOMENT. PLUS, IS IS SENDING ANOTHER DELEGATION TO QATAR FOR MORE ON A POSSIBLE CEASE FIRE AND THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES. WE’VE THE LATEST ON THOSE TALKS AS ISRAEL CLAIMS IT KILLED ANOTHER TOP HAMAS COMMANDER

IN THE GAZA STRIP. AND REMEMBER, EMPATHS USED TO BE CALLED MONKEY POX. ALL CASES ON THE RISE IN THE U.S. ALMOST DOUBLE WHAT THEY WERE AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. DR. DARIEN SUTTON IS HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED KNOW. 5:01 A.M.. TERRY MORAN WE’RE GOING

TO BEGIN THE NEW DETAILS IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO THAT BRIDGE COLLAPSE. BALTIMORE. NEW VIDEO SHOWS INVESTIGATORS THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD COMBING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE OF THE CARGO SHIP. AUTHORITIES ARE NOW LOOKING INTO WHETHER HAZARDOUS MATERIAL BOATS WERE ON BOARD THAT SHIP WHEN IT LOST POWER AND COLLIDED

INTO THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE. ALSO HAPPENING AT THIS HOUR, THE FIRST OF SEVERAL HEAVY DUTY CRANES IN THE PORT OF HELPING TO CLEAR MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF DEBRIS. THAT’S A MONSTER JOB. SO LEADING US OFF EMBASSIES. I IS IN BALTIMORE AND ABC NEWS TRANSPORTATION REPORTER SAM SWEENEY HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C..

SO IKE, FIRST, WHEN DO WE EXPECT THAT CRANE ACTUALLY TO START CLEARING SOME OF THAT DEBRIS OR SEEING ANY OF IT AT ALL? >> AND HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THE SHIP IS FREED? YEAH, TERRY, IT’S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THAT MASSIVE CRANE,

THE CHESAPEAKE 1000 BEGINS TO DO ITS WORK. HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THE LARGEST CRANE IN THE EASTERN SEABOARD HAS MADE ITS WAY DOWN HERE TO THE PORT OF BALTIMORE. TAKE A LOOK. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CRANE RATHER SITUATED, RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOLLY, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A SPAN OF WHAT

USED TO BE THE FRANCIS KEY BRIDGE. NOW, THAT MASSIVE CRANE HAS THE ABILITY TO LIFT ROUGHLY £2.2 MILLION. BUT THIS IS THE REASON WHY I CAN’T GET TO WORK RIGHT AWAY . YOU SEE THAT LARGE PIECE OF BRIDGE THAT’S CURRENTLY ON THE TOP OF THE BOW, THE SHIP, THAT’S ABOUT £9 MILLION.

SO ENGINEERS SAY THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY EXACTLY HOW AND WHERE TO CUT THAT TO ENSURE NO FURTHER DANGER TO ANY CREWS OR EVEN TO THE SHIP. NOW, ONCE THEY FIGURE OUT WHERE TO CUT THE STEEL, THEY’LL BEGIN TO USE THAT CRANE TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING

ALL THAT METAL, CONCRETE AND DEBRIS OFF THE BOW OF THE SHIP. BUT HERE’S THE PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE REALLY BIG SHIFTS, THESE ARE REALLY, REALLY BIG PIECES. IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME RIGHT NOW TO ACTUALLY START THAT WORK AND START THE. WE’RE BEING TOLD THERE’S NO

CURRENT TIMETABLE AS TO WHEN THE MASSIVE CRANES COULD START REMOVING THAT DEBRIS OUT OF HERE. WE’RE BEING TOLD THAT CREWS HERE ARE WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK AND NONSTOP. MAKE SURE TO GET THAT WORK EXPANDED SO CAN REOPEN THE PORT OF BALTIMORE, ONE OF THE BUSIEST PORTS IN THE

COUNTRY, OPEN FOR BUSINESS. AGAIN, VERY. ABSOLUTELY. IT’S A ONE OF A KIND CHALLENGE BECAUSE. OBVIOUSLY, THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED. RIGS HAVE COME DOWN, BUT IN THIS STATE, IN THIS MANNER WITH THIS KIND OF BRIDGE. AND SAM, ONE OF THE THESE I’VE LEARNED FROM YOU OVER THE PAST

FEW DAYS IS THAT SHIPS OF THIS DO HAVE A DATA RECORDER SO THAT THE NTSB IN ITS INVESTIGATION IS GOING TO GET SOME INFORMATION. >> WELL, WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THAT? >> YEAH, THE NTSB WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MOMENTS LEADING UP TO THIS

CRASH, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE ENGINES, WHAT WAS ON THE BRIDGE OR IN THE SO-CALLED COCKPIT OF THE SHIP WHERE WERE OPERATING IT THE PILOT WAS OPERATING IT FROM. WE ARE EXPECTING THE NTSB TO GIVE US AN UPDATE IN 2 TO 4 WEEKS ON THAT. THAT WILL BE A PART OF THEIR PRELIMINARY REPORT.

IN THE MEANTIME, RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE RUSHING AROUND TO COLLECT ALL OF THE WHAT’S KNOWN AS PERISHABLE EVIDENCE DATA THAT THEY CAN WHILE THIS SHIP IS STILL IN PLACE, WHILE THE SCENE IS STILL THERE AND PRESERVED. ONCE THEY LEAVE THIS, THEY WILL HEAD BACK TO THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND THEY

WILL BEGIN PORING OVER ALL OF THIS EVIDENCE, THE VIDEOS THAT THEY THEMSELVES TOOK, THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS. THEY’LL REVIEW THE INTERVIEWS FROM THE CREW MEMBERS AND TRY TO PIECE THIS TOGETHER AND. >> GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENED. YEAH, THAT IS A HUGE TASK AS WELL THAT WILL GO ON FOR

A WHILE AND HAVE MAJOR CONSEQUENCES. ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE. IKE, HOWEVER, LET’S TURN ONCE AGAIN TO THE EFFORT TO RECOVER THE DEAD. THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, THOSE MEN WHO FELL TO THEIR DEATH AS THE BRIDGE CAME DOWN TRYING TO GET OFF THAT BRIDGE AT THE TIME. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US THE STATUS

OF THAT OF THAT EFFORT? WELL, TERRY, THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW. THOSE DIVING OPERATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SO CRUCIAL TO THE RECOVERY EFFORT, THEY’VE ACTUALLY BEEN PAUSED RIGHT NOW FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. ONE, THERE’S THAT CONCERN ABOUT HAZARDS. HAZARDS ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER, ESSENTIALLY HURTING OR

HARMING OF THE DIVERS THERE. AND ALSO JUST THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT’S AND AROUND THE DALI RIGHT NOW. THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE SAID THEY SENT AUTOMATIC VEHICLES WITH SONAR DOWN TO THOSE WATERS AND THEY FOUND THAT IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT MUD AND MUCK RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A MASSIVE AMOUNT

OF CONCRETE, METAL AND RHUBARB ALL AROUND THE WATER RIGHT THERE, MAKING IT VERY TREACHEROUS FOR THOSE DIVERS TO DO THEIR JOB. NOW, ALONG WITH THAT DEBRIS, THEY ALSO FOUND ANOTHER VEHICLE ESSENTIALLY ENCAPSULATED BY A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS, DEBRIS RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE DALI. WE’RE BEING TOLD THEY’RE GOING TO TAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT

OF TIME TO GET TO THAT VEHICLE AND EVEN A LONGER AMOUNT OF TIME TO SHAKE THAT VEHICLE LOOSE TERRY. YEAH, THAT IS A DANGEROUS AND AN IMPORTANT SACRED JOB THERE. IKE EJIOCHI IN SAM SWEENEY, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU BOTH. NOW OF THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN DANIEL,

WHO HAS AGREED TO SEND DELEGATIONS TO DOHA. THAT’S CAPITAL OF QATAR AND CAIRO. QUOTE IN THE COMING DAYS FOR NEW TALKS AIMED AT SECURING THE RELEASE OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES AS PART OF A GAZA CEASE FIRE DEAL WITH HAMAS. THIS COMES AS A TOP COURT AT THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS

ISRAEL OPEN LAND CROSSINGS TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN AID TO GET INTO GAZA. RIGHT NOW, MORE THAN 1 MILLION PALESTINIANS ARE AT RISK OF WHAT THE U.N. WARNED COULD BE, QUOTE, THE FAMINE THE WORLD HAS SEEN SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. >> MEANWHILE, THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES ARE CLAIMING TO HAVE KILLED A TOP OPERATIVE

AT AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL IN NORTHERN GAZA. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE MORE THAN 200 HAMAS FIGHTERS. ISRAEL CLAIMS IT KILLED THERE SINCE THE RAID ON THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX BEGAN EARLIER THIS WEEK. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT BRITT CLENNETT JOINS ME NOW FROM TEL AVIV. >> SO THERE’S BENJAMIN NETANYAHU APPROVING NEW CEASE

TALKS. IT SEEMS LIKE HE’D BEEN MAKING EFFORTS FOR WEEKS NOW TO GET A CEASE FIRE DEAL. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS EFFORT YET, TERRY? IT FEELS LIKE WE’RE ON A BIT A MERRY GO ROUND WITH THESE TALKS TO ARRANGE THESE TALKS, HOPE TO RAISE THE FAMILIES,

CONSIDER THAT MAYBE THEIR LOVED ONES ARE GOING TO BE RELEASED. AND THEN THERE IS DISAPPOINTMENT NOT ONLY AMONG THE HOSTAGE FAMILIES, BUT ALSO IN GAZA WHERE HOPE IS RAISED THAT THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME KIND OF CEASE FIRE AT SOME POINT. AS YOU SAY, NETANYAHU’S NETANYAHU’S OFFICE HAS SAID IT

HAS APPROVED A NEW ROUND OF GAZA CEASEFIRE TALKS TO TAKE PLACE IN DOHA AND DAYS AFTER THE NEGOTIATIONS APPEARED TO HAVE STALLED. NOW HE’S SENDING AN INTELLIGENCE DELEGATION FOR THOSE TALKS, WHICH WE’RE TOLD WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE COMING DAYS. AND QATAR, THE MEDIATOR HERE. IT SAID EARLIER THIS WEEK

THAT TALKS BETWEEN AND ISRAEL ON A GAZA TRUCE AND HOSTAGE RELEASE WERE CONTINUING. SO THAT, AS I SAY, HAS RAISED HOPES. BUT IT’S UNCLEAR WHETHER NETANYAHU IS SOFTENING ON ANY OF THE PREVIOUSLY DEBATED STICKING POINTS. PRESSURE IS GROWING ON NETANYAHU FROM THOSE HOSTAGE FAMILIES TO DO SOMETHING

TO RELEASE THOSE LOVED ONES. THEY HAVEN’T OR HEARD FROM THOSE LOVED ONES IN 174 DAYS, TERRY. AND DESPITE REPEATEDLY CALLING ON NETANYAHU TO DO MORE. THEY JUST HAVEN’T SEEN ANY MOVEMENT ON. >> SO FRUSTRATION HERE IS GROWING, UNDERSTANDABLY AND ONE DOES WONDER IF HE’S IF NETANYAHU IS NOW PURSUING

A CEASE FIRE FOR REAL OR IF HIS HANDLING OF POLITICS IN ISRAEL AND WITH THE UNITED STATES. AND MEANWHILE, ONE OF THE CONCERNS IN THIS WAR HAS BEEN IT’S SPREADING AND. NOW, SYRIA IS BLAMING ISRAEL FOR STRIKES IN ALEPPO, MAJOR CITY IN SYRIA THAT HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 42 PEOPLE.

WHAT’S HAPPENED. >> AND HOW IS ISRAEL RESPONDING? HOW SERIOUS IS THIS? YES, A SERIOUS DEFENSE MINISTRY SAID PLANES TARGETED SEVERAL SITES IN THE ALEPPO COUNTRYSIDE IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING. SYRIAN STATE NEWS AGENCY, THEY SAID THERE WERE CIVILIAN AND MILITARY CASUALTIES. NOW, ONE OF THE HEZBOLLAH

FIGHTERS KILLED WAS A LOCAL FIELD COMMANDER. HIS BROTHER WAS KILLED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON SOUTHERN LEBANON IN NOVEMBER. AND HOURS LATER, THE IDF SAID IT KILLED A SENIOR HEZBOLLAH FIGURE IN AN AIR STRIKE IN LEBANON. AND TERRY, WE’VE SPENT TIME UP NORTH ALONG THOSE BORDER TOWNS

HAVE SEEN THE BACK AND FORTH THERE. AND WE’VE HEARD FROM THE IDF THREATENING TO EXPAND THERE. SO THAT DOES APPEAR TO BE A KIND OF TACTICAL ESCALATION OVER THE LAST 48 HOURS. THE QUESTION IS, IS THIS A MARKER OF A BIGGER PUSH TO COME? WHAT WE CAN SAY FOR SURE THAT,

THESE REGIONAL ATTACKS ARE, AS YOU SAY, A REMINDER OF THE ONGOING OF A WIDER WAR BREAKING OUT, TERRY. >> YEAH, IT’S A DANGEROUS GAME TO PLAY THERE. BRITT CLENNETT IN TEL AVIV FOR US. >> THANKS VERY MUCH. WELL, TODAY MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE “WALL STREET JOURNAL” REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS DETAINED IN RUSSIA.

THIS AMERICAN JOURNALIST HAS BEEN HELD IN MOSCOW’S INFAMOUS TOTAL PRISON ON ACCUSATIONS THAT. HE TRIED TO COLLECT RUSSIAN STATE SECRETS. THAT’S A CHARGE THAT GERSHKOVICH THE PAPER OF THE “WALL STREET JOURNAL” HAS PAPER. AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ALL VEHEMENTLY DENIES JUST REPORTING. THE JOURNAL PUBLISHED A STARK REMINDER. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT

OF GERSHKOVICH DETAINMENT ITS FRONT PAGE TODAY. THE HEADLINE HIS STORY SHOULD BE HERE. >> THE PAPER ALSO SAID NOTIFICATIONS TO SMARTPHONES THIS MORNING TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS. >> EVANS PLIGHT. JOINING ME NOW IS ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS TO EXPLAIN THE LATEST ON WHAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS DOING

THAT GERSHKOVICH RELEASED. HE’S THE FIRST AMERICAN REPORTER MARYALICE DETAINED BY MOSCOW SINCE THE COLD WAR. >> WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO TRY TO FREE HIM? >> YEAH, TERRY, WE SAW JUST AN ABSOLUTE SHOW OF SUPPORT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND FROM REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS JOINING TOGETHER ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY.

I MEAN, A RARE MOMENT OF BIPARTISAN IN UNITY FROM WASHINGTON, CALLING OUT PUTIN, CALLING OUT THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT, DEMANDING THAT EVEN BE SENT HOME. BUT THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT THEY ARE IN TALKS WITH THEIR RUSSIAN COUNTERPARTS TRYING TO WORK, SECURING HIS RELEASE, TRYING TO WORK ON ANY POSSIBLE DEAL.

WE’VE HEARD SOME RUMORS OF SOME TALKS OF A POSSIBLE PRISONER EXCHANGE, BUT WE KNOW THE WHITE HOUSE IS ALWAYS SO TIGHT-LIPPED IT COMES TO ANY OF THAT KIND OF NEGOTIATION. THEY DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANY DETAILS UNTIL ANY DEALS ARE DONE. BUT REALLY POWERFUL STATEMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT TODAY.

>> THE PRESIDENT WROTE THAT SHORTLY AFTER WHOLLY UNJUST AND ILLEGAL DETENTION AND THEN DRAFTED A LETTER, HIS FAMILY WRITING, I AM NOT LOSING HOPE. BIDEN SAYING HE TOLD HIS EVANS PARENTS, I WILL NOT GIVE UP HOPE EITHER AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK EVERY DAY TO GET IVAN HOME. >> THAT’S A TERRIBLE CASE

AND PUTIN HAS SHOWN SO FAR NO REAL TO DOING ANY KIND OF DEAL, AT LEAST IN PUBLIC. HE’S SHOWN HE’S NOT SHOWN THAT. >> AND WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT EVAN’S CONDITION? HE’S BEEN THERE FOR A YEAR NOW. WHAT’S THE STATUS OF HIS CASE AS WELL?

>> AND THAT’S PART OF WHAT WE’VE HEARD FROM THESE REPUBLICANS AND TODAY, TERRY, JUST ACCUSING PUTIN OF USING REPORTERS USING AMERICANS AS BARGAINING CHIPS. BUT LOOK, EVAN’S HIS COLLEAGUES. THEY SAY THAT HE’S HOLDING UP OKAY, THAT THEY’RE PROUD OF HOW HE’S TRIED TO STAY IN GOOD, HOW HE’S KEPT HIS HUMOR.

WE ARE TOLD BY HIS COLLEAGUES HE IS PLAYING CHESS THROUGH THE MALE PLAY BY PLAY WITH. HIS DAD. AND LOOK, HIS HIS COLLEAGUES SAY THAT THEY ARE PROUD TO KNOW THAT HE IS STANDING STRONG, BUT HE HAS TRIED OVER AND OVER TO GET A TRIAL DATE SET THERE IN RUSSIA.

SO FAR, THAT HAS BEEN DENIED. JUST THIS WEEK, THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT UP EXTENDING HIS DETENTION, PUSHING BACK A POSSIBLE TRIAL. ANOTHER FEW MONTHS. IF CONVICTED, TERRY, HE COULD FACE 20 YEARS IN PRISON. WOW. ALL RIGHT. >> WELL, MARYALICE PARKS, NOW, LET ME JUST ASK YOU ONE MORE.

HAS HIS FAMILY COME OUT TODAY TO MARK THIS MOMENT? >> YEAH, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING INTERVIEWS, TERRY, AND NOT ONLY WITH THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, OBVIOUSLY, EVAN’S EMPLOYER, BUT EARLIER THIS WEEK, THEY TALKED TO OUR GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS. TAKE A LISTEN. >> WELL, I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE PESSIMISM AND IS

THE GAME IS OVER. THEY ARE SAYING THE FAMILY IS MOVING FORWARD. YEAH THEY SAID THAT HE REMEMBERS BIRTHDAYS. HE HAS TRIED TO ARRANGE SENDING FLOWERS TO HIS LOVED ONES. STILL HE IS TRYING TO PROP THEM UP AS THEY OBVIOUSLY WORK TO KEEP PROPPING HIM UP, TOO. >> ALL RIGHT.

SUCH AN IMPORTANT CASE MARYALICE PARKS. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT ON IT. AND EVAN SHOULD COME HOME. >> OKAY. LET’S TURN TO THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN BIG MONEY IN THE BIG APPLE. PRESIDENT BIDEN POSTED RECORD BREAKING FUNDRAISER IN NEW YORK CITY WITH FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA CLINTON BY HIS SIDE.

THIS STAR STUDDED EVENT RAISED $26 MILLION, THEY SAY, BUT IT WAS INTERRUPTED AT LEAST SIX TIMES BY PROTESTERS WHILE HUNDREDS MORE GATHERED OUTSIDE . AT THE SAME TIME, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE WAS JUST A FEW MILES AWAY AT LONG ISLAND AT THE WAKE FOR A NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED

IN THE LINE OF DUTY. ABC NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR RICK KLEIN JOINS ME NOW TO LOOK AT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE EVENTS. >> RICK LET’S TALK CASH AT FIRST. SO I GUESS BIDEN, AS THEY SAY, PULLED IN $26 MILLION. TRUMP AT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FUNDRAISER. THEY SAY NEXT WEEK HAS ALREADY

RAISED $33 MILLION, PLEDGED DONATIONS. TALK TO US ABOUT THE MONEY BATTLE RIGHT NOW. >> YEAH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE SHOULD NOTE THAT WE DON’T KNOW FOR CERTAIN EITHER THESE FIGURES IS TRUE. WE WON’T KNOW UNTIL WE SEE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS. THE BIDEN TEAM SAYS REASON TO BE SKEPTICAL OF THE

TRUMP TEAM AND SOME OF THE MONEY THAT THAT WOULD INCLUDE WOULD ACTUALLY GO TO A TRUMP ALIGNED PAC THAT IS PAYING APART TRUMP’S BILLS. IT’S POSSIBLE THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE PLAYING AROUND THE NUMBERS TO TRY TO ONE UP EACH OTHER TO GET SOME CONTEXT. THAT $26 MILLION THAT BIDEN

RAISED JUST YESTERDAY TO THIS MULTIPLE PRESIDENT TRIPLE PRESIDENT EVENT HAS MORE THAN TRUMP RAISED ALL OF LAST QUARTER. HE HAS HAD FUNDRAISING GOALS. AND IN FACT, AS THIS CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE, THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BE DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR ON PACE WITH BIDEN. BUT IT IS NOTABLE THAT THERE

ARE SO MANY BIG MONEY DONORS ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE WHO ARE COMING INTO THE TRUMP FOLD WILLING TO PONY UP THAT CASH DESPITE MAYBE BEING FOR ANOTHER CANDIDATE IN THE PRIMARIES, BEING SKEPTICAL OF TRUMP IF THINKING HE CAN’T WIN OR BEING UPSET WITH HIS ACTIONS AFTER JANUARY 6TH.

A LOT OF MONEY IS COMING HOME AND NEITHER CANDIDATE, I THINK, IS GOING TO LOSE THIS ELECTION BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE MONEY ON THEIR SIDE. RIGHT. I THINK THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY STAND FOR IF WE DO OUR JOB.

AND I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THOSE PROTESTERS. SO THIS IS SOMETHING NOW THAT WE’VE SEEN OBVIOUSLY ON A REGULAR BASIS, THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THERE WERE HAPPY TO BE WITH BIDEN, BUT THERE ARE THESE PROTESTERS AND THEY REPRESENT SOME FRACTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY GOING FORWARD. THERE THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY

WITH THE PALESTINIAN FLAG. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE THE PRESIDENT’S POLICY SUPPORTING ISRAEL AND ITS WAR IN GAZA. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? HOW CONCERNED THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THIS ISSUE IS GOING TO HAVE ON THE PRESIDENT’S REELECTION EFFORT? >> YEAH, IT’S HARD TO DIVE INTO IT.

THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A DRAG ON HIS APPROVAL RATING. WE SAW IT WITH TANGIBLE IMPACTS ,MICHIGAN AND MINNESOTA. WE’RE LOOKING TO TO SEE WHAT THE UNCOMMITTED VOTE GETS IN WISCONSIN IN THE PRIMARIES NEXT WEEK. THAT WILL BE DELEGATES AT THE CONVENTION WHO TECHNICALLY NOT COMMITTED TO ANYONE BECAUSE OF THIS PROTEST AGAINST

THE PRESIDENT’S POLICY. I THINK YOU HEARD FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA DESCRIBE THIS AS, LOOK, THE PRESIDENCY ABOUT TOUGH CHOICES AND WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT IN THAT JOB WHEN THEY’RE MAKING THOSE CHOICES. BUT THE FACT THAT THEY COULDN’T CARRY OUT THIS EVENT DESPITE ALL THE SECURITY WITHOUT INTERRUPTIONS, WITHOUT

THE SCENE OUTSIDE TELLS YOU ABOUT HOW REAL THIS IS. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE THAT ARE POTENTIAL DEMOCRATIC VOTERS. SOME ARE PROBABLY NOT. I THINK THE WHITE HOUSE IN THE TRADITION AND ALSO THE CAMPAIGN VIEW IS THAT THE IS GOING TO BE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE IN NOVEMBER.

AND WHEN THE STARK CHOICE AMONG VOTERS IS EITHER TRUMP OR BIDEN, THAT MANY OF THEM, IF NOT MOST OF THEM, ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO BIDEN, BUT THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK FOR THOSE VOTES, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

RICK KLEIN, THANKS VERY MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT. THE WEST COAST IS BRACING A POWERFUL SPRING STORM. ALERTS NOW IN EFFECT FOR CALIFORNIA, IN NEVADA AND ARIZONA. FLOOD WATCHES UP FOR SANTA BARBARA. LOS ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO. AND THAT SAME SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE HEARTLAND, BRINGING RAIN,

HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. METEOROLOGIST GRIFFITH IS TRACKING THE FORECAST FOR US. IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE A WASHOUT ON THE WEST COAST THIS WEEKEND. HOW HOW BAD IS THAT GOING TO GET? >> WELL, TERRY, IT DOES LIKE THERE COULD BE SOME HEAVY RAIN, FLASH FLOODING. EVEN FEET OF MOUNTAIN SNOW FOR

PARTS OF CALIFORNIA SATURDAY LINGERING INTO EASTER SUNDAY. SO IF YOU HAVE THOSE EASTER PLANS IS SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON. YOU MENTIONED THOSE FLOOD WATCHES THAT IN EFFECT FROM SANTA BARBARA TO L.A. INTO SAN DIEGO. WIND ALERTS STRETCHING THROUGH ARIZONA AS WELL. SO LET’S TIME THIS OUT FOR YOU.

YOU COULD SEE THE HEAVIEST RAIN MOVING SAN FRANCISCO. THAT’S THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW MORNING, THAT’S WHEN THE HEAVY RAIN REACHES PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING LOS ANGELES. THAT’S WHY THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER HAS ALREADY THIS AREA HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.

THAT’S WHERE WE COULD SEE THE HIGHEST RISK, NOT ONLY FLASH FLOODING, BUT ALSO FOR MUDSLIDES. NOW, YOU MENTIONED THIS STORM DOES MOVE EAST. HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE ROCKIES ON SUNDAY, BUT THEN IT’S BY AND TUESDAY THAT I’M EXPECTING A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK FOR PARTS OF THE ANYWHERE FROM

TEXAS ALL THE WAY TO THE MID-ATLANTIC. WE’LL NEED TO BE ON ALERT. >> TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS EARLY NEXT WEEK TERRY. AND MELISSA, ONCE AGAIN, A BASEBALL SEASON HAS STARTED. MY DID LOSE NIGHT AN EXTRA INNINGS TO THE WORLD CHAMPION TEXAS RANGERS, BUT LOOKED PRETTY GOOD PITCHING IN THE LATE INNINGS.

>> BUT THERE WAS RAIN ON THE EAST COAST. IT SHUT THE METS AND THE PHILLIES. >> WHAT CAN FANS EXPECT AT THE BALLPARKS? >> YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT, TERRY. AND YOU COULD SEE THIS STORM HAS EXITED SO DRIER WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA. WE HAVE THE METS GAME TODAY,

55 DEGREES. WIND GUSTS, THOUGH, COULD REACH 30 MILES PER HOUR, BUT LOTS OF OUT THERE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE PHILLIES GAME AGAINST THE BRAVES. TEMPERATURE 56 DEGREES. AGAIN, THOSE WINDS COULD BE GUSTING, BUT IT’S STILL GOING TO BE SUNSHINE. IT’S STILL GOING TO BE DRY.

SO A MUCH BETTER TODAY, DAY TODAY FOR OPENING GAMES HERE IN THE NORTHEAST. >> TERRY, I’M SORRY. YEAH. YEAH. YOU KNOW THEY’RE NOT IN 61 MORE GAMES AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD ANYTHING CAN HAVE A BAD AS THE CUBS DEMONSTRATED BUT MELISSA GRIFFIN THANK VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.

>> AND COMING UP AND PARKS CASES ARE SPIKING NATIONWIDE. WE’VE GOT A NEW WARNING NOW FROM THE CDC. 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 EVERY FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE IN UKRAINE. UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM 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 STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT FOR THE FBI AND 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 TAKE 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. I THOUGHT OF THAT CONCERT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US TO SEE FOR A WHILE. >> WE HAVE.

DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS WHAT INSIDE OUT AND IS A SOURCE OF HUMOR 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. ANYWHERE. WOW. BEYONCE CONQUERING COUNTRY.

MY FAMILY LOVES BEYONCE. >> HELLBOY CARTER COMES INTO THE WORLD AT A VERY TIME. PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS SONG IS TOO GOOD TO RESIST JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE SING HIP-HOP MUSIC WITH A COUNTRY ACCENT DOES NOT MAKE YOU COUNTRY MUSIC. >> THE STAND YOUR LAND. WELL, THAT’S REAL COUNTRY.

IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO IS AT SUPERSTAR STATUS TO SOMETHING THAT SHAKES IT ALL UP. >> IT’S BEEN SAY COUNTRY. THIS IS “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” NOW STREAMING ON HULU. >> THANKS. STREAMING WITH US. THE CDC IS ISSUING A NEW WARNING ABOUT A NATIONWIDE SPIKE IN CASES. NEW DATA SHOWS THE NUMBER

OF REPORTED INFECTIONS IS ALMOST DOUBLE WHAT THEY WERE AT THIS TIME LAST. AND PARKS, WHAT USED TO BE CALLED MONKEYPOX. IT’S A DISEASE THAT IS RARELY FATAL. SYMPTOMS ARE SIMILAR TO SMALLPOX, BUT MILDER. ABC NEWS MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT DR. DARIEN SUTTON US NOW. >> SO DR. SUTTON, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

I GUESS YOU WERE ON THIS CALL WITH THE CDC TODAY. WHAT THEY SAY, WHAT’S THEIR WARNING AND? >> WHY ARE THEY DOING IT NOW? THAT’S RIGHT, TERRY. SO I WAS JUST ON A PHONE CALL ACTUALLY EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WITH DR. JENNY MCQUISTON. SHE IS THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CDC OF HIGH CONSEQUENCE PATHOGENS.

BUT THE MAIN POINT THAT THEY WANTED US TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE RATE IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN LAST. >> BUT THANKFULLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL NUMBERS, THEY’RE STILL RELATIVELY LOW. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THESE RECENT NUMBERS FROM THIS MONTH OF 2020, FOR ABOUT 511 CASES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.

THIS TIME YET, LAST YEAR IT WAS ABOUT 287 CASES. BUT JUST TO TAKE IT BACK, TAKE 1000 FOR PERSPECTIVE AND LOOK AT THIS. SINCE TIME OF INITIAL DIAGNOSIS, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IN MAY OF 2022, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 32,000 CASES. SO OBVIOUSLY WE’RE NOT DEALING

WITH THAT HIGH OF THE NUMBERS THAT THAT WAS, BUT WE’RE STILL HAVING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BATTLE THESE INCREASING NUMBERS THAT WE’RE SEEING IN URBAN PLACES LIKE CHICAGO. >> AND SO ARE THEM. >> WHAT IS THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS DISEASE FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS A DOCTOR?

WHAT ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT IF PEOPLE GET IT? WELL, MY MAIN CONCERN IS UNCONTROLLED SPREAD. MANY PEOPLE KNOW IN PARKS AS IT’S CHARACTERISTIC RASH, BUT IT CAN CAUSE FATAL IF NOT NEAR COMPLICATIONS THAT MIGHT LEAD TO CHRONIC CONDITIONS THAT YOU WANT TO AVOID. AND ONE OF THE BEST WAYS

TO AVOID THAT IS WITH A FULL. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER, MANY PEOPLE MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN THE VACCINATION REQUIRES TWO DOSES APPROXIMATELY 28 DAYS APART. THE MAJORITY OF THE PATIENTS WHO ARE BEING INFECTED NOW ARE THOSE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED OR UNDER-VACCINATED. SO IT’S IMPORTANT THAT IF

YOU ARE AT RISK AND YOU HAVING COMPLETED YOUR VACCINATION, GET THAT SECOND DOSE. >> SO SHOULD EVERYONE GET OR JUST THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK? >> AND HOW DO YOU CATEGORIZE THOSE? WELL, MAINLY FOCUS IS TO THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK. SO THOSE WHO HAVE MULTIPLE INTIMATE PARTNERS WHO MIGHT

HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO PARTS, THOSE LIVING WITH HIV. THOSE ARE ALL PEOPLE WHO ARE HIGHER RISK FOR GETTING IMPACTS. SO YOU WANT TO GET VACCINATED. AND JUST IN GENERAL, THANKFULLY, WE DON’T HAVE THE ISSUE THAT WE HAD BEFORE TERMS OF THE LACK OF SUPPLY. SUPPLIES ARE FULLY STOCKED

AND EVEN APRIL, IT MIGHT BE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SO THAT YOU CAN GET IT AT YOUR PRIMARY CARE OFFICE. >> GREAT. SO GET VACCINATED IF YOU ARE IN THAT GROUP AND BE CAREFUL OUT THERE. THAT’S DARIEN SUTTON. GREAT TO SEE YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ALWAYS RELY ON YOU.

THANKS VERY MUCH FOR COMING UP. >> APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS. THE OLD RHYME GOES MAYBE HIGHER GAS PRICES, TOO. WE GOT THE LATEST TRENDS FROM TRIPLE LANE COMING UP NEXT. I’VE COVERED A LOT OF TWISTED, DARK STORIES, BUT I’VE SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS. IT’S TERRIFYING.

ALISON WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. ELISE HAD TO ASK, WOULD HORSE TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING? AND I SAID, YOU MEAN A HORSE? >> SHE SAID, NO. A PERSON. >> THIS IS CRAZY. THE 2024. I HADN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT

IN A VERY LONG TIME. >> TONIGHT ON BBC NINE, THE SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF FRIENDS SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MORE AMERICANS TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. DAVID, YOU ARE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. SUNDAY MORNING BREAKING

NEW REPORTS ON THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE, THE INVESTIGATION AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR REBUILDING. AND ISIS ATTACKS AFTER THE TERROR THAT HAPPENED IN MOSCOW. WHAT’S BEING HERE TO KEEP AMERICANS SAFE? SUNDAY MORNING ON ABC’S THIS. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC.

THIS IS A START HERE TO BE A MEMORIAL AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY, SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT

A NEWS WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER WARNING MINUTES UP

TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. >> WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS. FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH 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? I’M MATT GUTMAN REPORTING FROM . WHEREVER THE NEWS IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC ON. WELCOME BACK NOW TO SOME OF THE OTHER TOP HEADLINES WE’RE

FOLLOWING AT THIS HOUR. NEW YORK GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL WILL ATTEND THE SECOND WAKE FOR SLAIN NEW YORK POLICE OFFICER JONATHAN DILLER TODAY. NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ATTENDED YESTERDAY’S WAKE. DILLER WAS SHOT AND KILLED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP MONDAY, LEAVING BEHIND A WIFE AND ONE YEAR OLD SON.

TENNESSEE’S GOVERNOR HAS SIGNED A BILL UNDOING TRAFFIC STOP REFORMS THAT WERE PUT PLACE BY MEMPHIS LAST YEAR FOLLOWING THE BEATING DEATH OF TYRON NICHOLS BY POLICE. THOSE REFORMS OUTLAWING THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC STOPS FOR, QUOTE, MINOR OFFENSES SUCH AS BROKEN TAILLIGHTS. THE GOVERNOR AND OTHER REPUBLICANS ARGUE THERE NEEDS

TO BE A CHANGE IN. POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, NOT NEW RULES FOR TRAFFIC STOPS. NICHOLS BEATEN TO DEATH LAST YEAR BY A GROUP OF POLICE OFFICERS AFTER BEING PULLED OVER FOR WHAT THEY INITIALLY CALLED RECKLESS DRIVING, WASN’T WHETHER HE SET TRAVEL SEASON AND WITH IT, HIGHER GAS PRICES TRIPLE, SAYS THEN

AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF GAS IS $0.08 HIGHER THAN IT WAS AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. MULTIPLE STATES ON, THE WEST COAST, THEY’VE ALREADY SEEN GAS PRICES TOP $4 A GALLON. AND THAT’S FOR THE SUMMER TRAVEL. THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M TERRY MORAN. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS, DO WE?

WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. I’VE COVERED A LOT TWISTED, DARK STORIES, BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE THIS TERRIFYING. AT LEAST SOME. WAS THE VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. AT LEAST HAD TO ASK. WOULD HORSE TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING?

AND I SAID, YOU MEAN A HORSE? SHE SAID, NO, A PERSON. >> THIS IS CRAZY. >> THE 2023. I HADN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN A VERY LONG TONIGHT ON ABC. >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING OFF TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT

HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. >> WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS, THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS. FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN. HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. THE MOOSE 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 GET RIGHT TO 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 START HERE. ABC NEWS, WE GET YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE

STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. THE RUSH TO REOPEN ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL HARBORS IN THIS COUNTRY AS CREWS WORK AROUND THE CLOCK IN BALTIMORE, WE’RE GETTING NEW VIDEO FROM DEADLY COLLISION BETWEEN A CARGO SHIP AND THE FRANCIS

SCOTT KEY BRIDGE. WE’RE LIVE IN BALTIMORE WITH THE LATEST. PLUS, HIS STORY SHOULD BE HERE. >> THE WALL STREET JOURNAL LEFT ITS FRONT PAGE BLANK TODAY, MARKING ONE YEAR SINCE REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS WRONGFULLY DETAINED AND VLADIMIR RUSSIA. THE LATEST ON HIS CONDITION AND ON THE EFFORTS TO BRING HIM HOME.

>> AND TENNESSEE OFFICIALLY THE FIRST STATE TO TRY TO PROTECT MUSICIANS FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. BUT ONE NASHVILLE MUSICIAN SAYS THIS MOVE DOESN’T GO FAR ENOUGH. HE’LL JOIN US LIVE COMING UP. I’M OWN I’M TERRY MORAN. >> AND WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO, THE BRIDGE

COLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE. THERE’S NEW VIDEO THAT SHOWS NTSB INVESTIGATORS COMBING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE OF THE DAILY CARGO SHIP. AUTHORITIES ARE NOW LOOKING INTO WHETHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON BOARD THE SHIP WHEN IT LOST POWER AND COLLIDED INTO ONE OF THE PILLARS IN THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE, BRINGING IT DOWN INTO THE WATER.

ALSO HAPPENING THIS HOUR, THE FIRST OF SEVERAL HEAVY DUTY CRANES IN THE PORT OF BALTIMORE IS HELPING TO CLEAR THE MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF DEBRIS. >> THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOB AHEAD. SO LEADING US OFF, ABC’S IKE EJIOCHI IS IN BALTIMORE. >> ABC NEWS TRANSPORTATION REPORTER SAM SWEENEY HERE

IN WASHINGTON. SO FIRST TO YOU. WHEN DO WE EXPECT THAT CRANE TO ACTUALLY START THAT LONG TASK OF CLEARING THE DEBRIS IN THE CHANNEL? AND HOW LONG WILL THAT TAKE? WELL, I’LL TELL YOU, THE CHESAPEAKE 1000, THE BIGGEST CRANE IN THE EASTERN SEABOARD HAS MADE ITS WAY DOWN HERE, THE PORT

OF BALTIMORE, AT A STATION ITSELF RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOLLY, THAT MASSIVE CONTAINER SHIP THAT’S STILL LAND IS IN THE CENTER OF WHAT USED TO BE THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE. NOW, BEFORE CRANE COULD START GETTING TO WORK. THERE’S SOME LOGISTICAL ISSUES THAT WE TO DEAL WITH. YOU SEE THAT CRANE HAS

THE ABILITY TO LIFT £2.2 MILLION AT A TIME. HOWEVER, THAT LARGE PIECE OF THE BRIDGE THAT YOU’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW, THAT’S STILL LOCATED ON TOP OF THE BOW, THAT’S ABOUT £9 MILLION OF MATERIAL. SO ENGINEERS ARE ESSENTIALLY GOT TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW AND WHERE TO CUT THE STEEL

,THE CONCRETE LOCATED ON TOP OF THE SHIP BEFORE. SO NO FURTHER DAMAGE CAN BE DONE TO THE SHIP OR THE CREWS BEFORE THE CRANE COULD GET WORK. NOW, ONCE THEY FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT WOULD HAVE CUT THAT STEEL, WE’RE AGAIN TO USE MASSIVE CRANE THERE. THEY’RE GOING TO START REMOVING

PIECES OF METAL LUC BRUGGEMAN THE CONCRETE OFF THE BOW OF THE SHIP. SO THE AND SOME OTHER THINGS CAN START TO GET READY AND ESSENTIALLY START TO THAT MASSIVE SHIP OUT OF THE HARBOR. BUT WE’RE BEING TOLD THAT THIS IS NOT A LIGHT JOB YET TO UNDERSTAND. IT’S ONLY A HUNDRED FEET

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EIFFEL TOWER, THE HEIGHT OF THE EIFFEL TOWER AND THE LENGTH OF THE DOLLY. SO THIS IS A MASSIVE JOB WE’RE BEING TOLD IS GOING TO TAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME. AND AT THE MOMENT, RIGHT NOW, THERE REALLY IS NO CONCRETE TIMETABLE IN TERMS OF HOW LONG

ENTIRE PROCESS IS GOING TO TAKE, TERRI. RIGHT. IT’S GOING TO TAKE LONG. AND AS YOU JUST DESCRIBED FOR US, IT’S A DANGEROUS JOB. LET ME GO TO SAM ON WHAT THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD LOOKING AT. I GUESS WE’RE TALKING THE OTHER DAY YOU SAID THAT THE SHIP LIKE

THAT A HAS A RECORDER LIKE A BLACK BOX. WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION? WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE DATA RECORDER FROM THIS SHIP BEEN RECOVERED. IT’S NOT EXACTLY THE SAME AS WHAT YOU WOULD SEE. AN AIRPLANE. YOU’RE GETTING MORE THAN A THOUSAND INPUTS OF DATA.

IT’S A LITTLE SIMPLER THAN THAT. SO IT DOESN’T HAVE EVERYTHING. BUT IT WILL ALLOW INVESTIGATOR TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE MOMENTS LEADING UP TO THIS COLLISION. >> THOSE INVESTIGATORS ARE GOING TO REMAIN ON SCENE AT LEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THEIR GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO

COLLECT ALL OF PERISHABLE DATA, ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP PUT THEM, ALLOW THEM TO PIECE THIS DISASTER TOGETHER IN THE COMING WEEKS, MONTHS AND EVEN YEARS. >> THEY WILL NOT DO ANY MORE BRIEFINGS. >> THE NEXT BIT OF INFORMATION WE WILL GET FROM THE NTSB IS LIKELY TO BE THE PRELIMINARY

REPORT, AND THAT COULD COME OUT IN 2 TO 4 WEEKS. ALL RIGHT. SO WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND IKE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER MAIN TASKS, RECOVERING THE DEAD, TWO OR TWO OF THE BODIES OF THE MEN WHO WERE ON THAT BRIDGE, THOSE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED.

THERE ARE FOUR MISSING. WHAT’S THE STATUS OF THE SEARCH FOR THEIR REMAINS? >> MILITARY? WE’RE GETTING SOME INSIGHT IN TERMS OF WHAT’S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN ORDER TO TRY TO RETRIEVE THOSE PRESUMED DEAD BODIES, NOW, WE’RE BEING TOLD. DIVERS THAT DIVE OPERATIONS HAS ESSENTIALLY BEEN SUSPENDED NOT

ONLY BECAUSE OF THE FEAR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AROUND THAT AREA OF THE WATER, BUT BECAUSE OF HOW MURKY, DANGEROUS AND THAT WATERS ARE FILLED WITH ALL THAT DEBRIS . NOW, THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE, THEY SENT DOWN AUTOMATIC VEHICLES ARE ATTACHED WITH SONAR DOWN TO THE WATERS. THOSE MURKY, DEEP WATERS, DARK WATERS.

AND THEY FOUND ESSENTIALLY ANOTHER LARGE VEHICLE IS TRAPPED UNDERNEATH THERE, ENCAPSULATED BY SO MUCH DEBRIS, WE’RE BEING TOLD IS GOING TO TAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET TO THAT VEHICLE ,EVEN MORE TIME TO TRY TO RELEASE THAT VEHICLE FROM ALL THE DEBRIS IT. AND OFFICIALS ARE SAYING

THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT VEHICLE OWNS TWO ONE OF THE CREW MEMBERS WHO WERE WORKING ON THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION TERRY. >> GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. SO MUCH WORK AHEAD, A.J. SAM SWEENEY, THANKS BOTH. AND NOW TO THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS.

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS AGREED TO SEND DELEGATIONS TO DOHA. THAT’S THE CAPITOL OF THE NATION. QATAR AND CAIRO CALLED IN THE COMING DAYS FOR NEW TALKS AIMED AT SECURING THE RELEASE OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES, PART OF A GAZA CEASE FIRE DEAL WITH HAMAS THAT IS STILL OUT OF REACH.

THIS COMES AS A TOP COURT AT THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS ISRAEL MUST OPEN LAND CROSSINGS TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN AID TO GET INTO GAZA. RIGHT NOW, MORE THAN 1 MILLION PALESTINIAN ARE AT RISK OF WHAT THE UNITED NATIONS WARNS COULD BE THE WORST FAMINE THE WORLD HAS SEEN SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

MEANWHILE, THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES ARE CLAIMING TO HAVE KILLED A TOP HAMAS OPERATIVE AT AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL IN NORTHERN GAZA. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE MORE THAN 200 HAMAS FIGHTERS ISRAEL CLAIMS TO HAVE KILLED SINCE THE RAID ON THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX BEGAN EARLIER THIS WEEK. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT BRITT CLENNETT

JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM TEL AVIV. SO LET’S START WITH NETANYAHU APPROVING A NEW CEASE FIRE TALK, THEY SEEMED TO GO NOWHERE. >> WHAT’S YOUR SENSE OF THIS ROUND? YES, I TELL YOU, THE FAMILIES OF IDF SOLDIERS HELD HOSTAGE BY HAMAS IN GAZA, THEY APPEAR HAVE LITTLE DISSATISFIED, DISAPPOINTED.

ON THURSDAY, FOLLOWING A DIRECT MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE’D MET WITH THEM SINCE OCTOBER. PREVIOUSLY, THE PRIME MINISTER HAD MET WITH THE FAMILIES OF ALL HOSTAGES, THE FAMILIES OF FEMALE HOSTAGES AS HOSTAGES THAT ARE SOLDIERS. BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME

THE PRIME MINISTER MET WITH RELATIVES OF MALE SOLDIERS HELD CAPTIVE. NOW, MOST AREN’T ACTUALLY EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED IN THE FIRST PHASE OF A FUTURE DEAL. BUT AMONG THOSE WHO ATTENDED MEETING WERE PARENTS OF TWO ISRAELI AMERICAN SOLDIERS HELD HOSTAGE. THEY ARE EDEN ALEXANDER AND OMAR NEUTRA. AND ACCORDING TO PRESS AND ONE

FAMILY MEMBER WHO WAS PART OF THAT MEETING WITH COMPLAINED THAT HE DID NOT OFFER ANYTHING NEW TO THE FAMILIES. SO MOMENTUM DOES KIND OF APPEAR TO HAVE TAKEN A BACKSEAT, DESPITE NETANYAHU ANNOUNCING THAT HE’S MET WITH INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITIES AND HE’S GOING TO SEND A DELEGATION TO DOHA

IN CAIRO IN THE COMING DAYS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS. TERRY. >> SO, BRET, THANKS FOR THAT. LET’S TURN TO THE AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL. THE IS CLAIMING TO HAVE KILLED A TOP HAMAS OPERATIVE AND OTHER FIGHTERS. DIDN’T THEY RAID THAT PLACE MONTHS AGO? WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THIS WAR? >> I ACTUALL DO WONDER

WHAT THE GOAL. WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS IN MARYLAND GOVERNOR WES MOORE SPEAKING ABOUT THAT DEADLY BRISTOL BRIDGE. >> LET’S LISTEN IN. ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK IN ADVANCE OF EVERYTHING TODAY AND TAKE CARE AND LEADING ON OUR RESPONSE.

AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN PART OF RESPONSE FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR, TO THE ARMED FORCES, TO PHILANTHROPY, TO ALL PARTS SOCIETY AND ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE OFFERED PRAYERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR PRAYERS BEEN FELT

ALL WHO HAVE OFFERED KIND WORDS . I WANT TO SAY THAT YOUR KIND WORDS HAVE BEEN HEARD. AND ALSO, I WANT TO THANK TRADE POINT ATLANTIC, THIS HORRIFIC HUMAN TRAGEDY WAS ALSO AN ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE. IN THE EARLY HOURS, IT WAS TRADE POINT WHO SAID, LET US HELP THE PORT OF BALTIMORE

IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST PORTS IN THE WORLD AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE KEY BRIDGE HAS SHUT DOWN VESSEL TRAFFIC TO THE PORT. TRADE POINT ATLANTIC IMMEDIATELY BEGAN MOBILIZING AND ACCEPTING SOME CARGO SHIPS FROM VESSELS THAT WERE BOUND FROM THE PORT OF BALTIMORE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN PREPARING FOR THOSE ARRIVALS

AND THEY ACCEPTED THEIR FIRST SHIPMENT OF CARGO BOUND FOR THE PORT. JUST YESTERDAY. WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEIR TEAM AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND GRATEFUL FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP. NOW, TODAY, I WILL PROVIDE UPDATES ON THE FOUR DIRECTIVES I’VE ISSUED TO OUR TEAM.

AS A REMINDER, THE ARE FIRST, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON RECOVERY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BRING A SENSE OF CLOSURE TO THESE FAMILIES. SECOND, WE NEED TO BE CLEAR. WE NEED TO CLEAR THE CHANNEL AND OPEN THE VESSEL TRAFFIC TO THE PORT BECAUSE THE HEALTH

OF THE MARYLAND ECONOMY AND THE NATIONAL ECONOMY DEPEND ON IT. WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS CRISIS. THAT MEANS THE FAMILIES. THAT MEANS THE WORKERS. THAT MEANS THE BUSINESSES. THAT MEANS THE FIRST RESPONDERS. THAT MEANS EVERYBODY.

AND FOURTH, WE NEED TO AND WE WILL REBUILD THE KEY BRIDGE. SO FIRST, ON OUR RECOVERY, AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, WE NEED TO DO MORE CLEARING THE CHANNEL TO MOVE FORWARD. IS A REMARKABLY COMPLEX OPERATION. AND OUR FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON UNITY OF COMMAND AND OF EFFORT.

WE HAVE A UNIFIED COMMAND BRIEFING WHICH INCLUDES STATE, THE U.S. COAST GUARD, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION AND OTHER LEADERS WHO ARE CENTRAL TO THIS MISSION. NOW, DURING THAT BRIEFING, COLONEL BUTLER, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF MARYLAND STATE POLICE, DISCUSSED THE CONDITIONS IN THE WATER

MAKES IT UNSAFE FOR DIVERS. BUT AS SOON AS THOSE CONDITIONS CHANGE, HIS DIVERS WILL GO BACK IN THE WATER. SECOND, ON CLEARING THE FEDERAL CHANNEL AND OPENING VESSEL TRAFFIC TO THE PORT. AS OF THIS MORNING, I’VE BEEN BRIEFED BY THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON CLEARING WRECKAGE AND MOVING FORWARD.

OUR TEAM WENT OUT WITH THE COAST GUARD JUST A FEW HOURS AGO, INCLUDING THE CLOSE TO THE COAST GUARD COMMANDANT TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE, TO SEE THE WRECKAGE UP CLOSE, TO SEE A FREIGHT THAT IS NEARLY THE SIZE OF THE EIFFEL TOWER, AND TO SEE THAT SAME FRONT WITH A KEY BRIDGE RESTING

ON TOP OF IT, TO SEE SHIPPING CONTAINERS THAT WERE RIPPED IN HALF AS IF THEY WERE PAPIER MACHÉ. TO KNOW THAT OUT THERE, YOU HAVE TO NAVIGATE HIGH WINDS AND ELECTRIC WIRES TO GO OUT THERE AND TO SEE IT UP CLOSE, YOU REALIZE JUST HOW DAUNTING A TASK THIS IS.

YOU REALIZE HOW DIFFICULT. THE WORK IS AHEAD OF US WITH A SALVAGE OPERATION THIS COMPLEX AND FRANKLY, WITH A SALVAGE OPERATION. THIS YOU NEED TO PLAN FOR EVERY SINGLE MOMENT AND EVERY TIME YOU TAKE ACTION TO MOVE A PIECE OF WRECKAGE, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THAT REQUIRES YOU TO REASSESS THE SITUATION.

SO WHEN I LED SOLDIERS IN COMBAT, I KNEW THAT PREPARATION WAS EVERYTHING . YOU DO NOT GO INTO THE FIELD OF BATTLE WITHOUT GETTING THE INTELLIGENCE THAT YOU NEED FIRST. SO AS THE MISSION CONTINUES, YOU NEED TO STAY FROSTY. YOU NEED TO REASSESS AND YOU NEED TO ADAPT.

THAT’S THE MINDSET THE ARMY CORPS IS APPLYING WITH THEIR PARTNERS IN UNIFIED COMMAND. WE HAVE THE BEST INSPECTORS, THE BEST SURVEYORS AND THE BEST ENGINEERS IN THE WORLD WORKING AND SETTING UP AND EXECUTING A PLAN OF ACTION RIGHT HERE IN MARYLAND. AND I’VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE U.S. NAVY THAT THEY

ARE SUPPLYING US WITH FOUR HEAVY LIFT CRANES TO HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED. ONE ARRIVES TONIGHT AND THE FOURTH IS ARRIVING ON MONDAY. ONE OF THE CRANES IS CALLED THE CHESAPEAKE 1000, AND IT CAN LIFT ABOUT 1000 TONS. BUT THE BIG PART AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS THAT THE KEY

BRIDGE WHICH SITS ON TOP OF THE VESSEL RIGHT NOW, THAT THAT WEIGHT IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND 4000 TONS. SO OUR TEAM NEEDS TO CUT THAT TRUST INTERSECTION IN A SAFE AND A RESPONSIBLE AND IN AN EFFICIENT WAY BEFORE IT CAN LIFT THOSE PIECES OUT OF THE WATER.

THIS CRANE THAT WE’RE LOOKING AT IS MASSIVE. THE THING WE ALSO KNOW IS THIS. SO THE AHEAD OF US. SO IN THE COMING WEEKS, WE EXPECT TO HAVE A FOLLOWING THE FOLLOWING ENTITIES INSIDE OF THE WATER, SEVEN FLOATING CRANES, TEN TUGS, NINE BARGES, EIGHT SALVAGE VESSELS AND FIVE COAST GUARD BOATS.

I’VE SAID IT BEFORE, I WILL SAY IT AGAIN AND I WILL KEEP ON SAYING IT. THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT MARYLAND. THIS MISSION IS NOT JUST ABOUT MARYLAND. AND WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS NOT JUST ABOUT MARYLAND ECONOMY. THIS IS ABOUT THE NATION’S ECONOMY. THE PORT HANDLES MORE CARS

AND FARM EQUIPMENT THAN ANY OTHER PORT IN THIS COUNTRY. AT LEAST 8000 WORKERS ON THE DOCKS HAVE JOBS THAT HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS. OUR ECONOMY DEPENDS ON THE PORT OF. BALTIMORE AND THE PORT OF BALTIMORE DEPENDS ON VESSEL . MARYLAND’S ECONOMY AND MARYLAND’S WORKERS RELY

ON US TO MOVE QUICKLY. BUT NOT JUST MARYLAND, THE NATION’S ECONOMY AND THE NATION’S WORKERS ARE REQUIRING US TO MOVE QUICKLY. THIRD, I’M TAKING CARE OF OUR PEOPLE. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE’RE DOING WITH THE MARYLAND LEGISLATURE. I WANT TO THANK SPEAKER ADRIAN JONES, SENATE

PRESIDENT BILL FERGUSON, AND MINORITY LEADER STEVE HERSHEY. THEY HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH OUR TEAM SINCE DAY ONE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK DELEGATE LOU CLIP INGER, SENATOR JOHNNY RECENTLY AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT SIX AND DISTRICT 46 TEAMS. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE MARYLAND LEGISLATORS

WHO HAVE REACHED OUT AND THEIR SUPPORT. LEGISLATORS, FRANKLY, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. AND I WANT TO THANK OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION, TOO, TO INCLUDE RASKIN, WHO WAS HERE EARLIER, BUT UNFORTUNATELY NOT BE HERE NOW, BUT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. WE THIS WE ARE TEN DAYS AWAY

FROM THE CONCLUSION OF THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO DO. THE TOP PRIORITY IN THAT WORK IS GOING TO BE FINALIZING OUR BUDGET. MY ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED A RESPONSIBLE BUDGET THAT MAKES IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING AND CHILD CARE AND, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND TRANSPORTATION.

SO NOW, IT IS VITAL THAT THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE FIND COMPROMISE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ,PASS THE BUDGET AND PROVIDE CERTAINTY AT CHALLENGING AND UNCERTAIN TIME. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE PASS LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT THE FAMILIES AND THE VICTIMS OF THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE AND EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN

AFFECTED BY THIS EMERGENCY. I WILL BE PROPOSING THE CREATION OF A PERMANENT STATE SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE CHILDREN OF SURVIVING SPOUSES OF TRANSPORTATION WORKERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON THIS JOB. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR LEGISLATION THAT SEEKS TO PROTECT WORKERS LIKE THE SIX VICTIMS OF A KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSE.

I HAVE ALSO ASKED THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ENSURE ANY LEGISLATION WE WORK ON PROVIDES THE FLEXIBILITY ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO SUPPORT PORT WORKERS, BUSINESSES AND OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. WE POSSIBLY FIND EVERY ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS BEFORE A SESSION ENDS, BUT WE CAN GIVE THE STATE ABILITY TO RESPOND OVER

THE COMING MONTHS. FOURTH, ON REBUILDING. AS I SAID YESTERDAY, WE CANNOT REBUILD THE BRIDGE UNTIL WE HAVE CLEARED THE WRECKAGE. I’VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT YOU NEVER LEARN ANYTHING ANYBODY. WHEN TIMES ARE EASY, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND SOMEONE’S METTLE, WATCH THEM. WHEN IT’S HARD TO WATCH THEM,

WHEN IT’S DIFFICULT, WATCH THEM. WHEN THE STAKES ARE HIGH. WELL, THAT TIME IS NOW. AND WE ARE GOING TO RISE TO MEET THIS MOMENT BECAUSE WE ARE MARYLAND TOUGH AND BECAUSE WE ARE BALTIMORE STRONG. SO IN THIS MOMENT, I’M GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO THE US COAST

GUARD OVER TO ADMIRAL GUILLORY. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE’LL BE BRIEFED BY COLONEL PINKERTON FROM THE FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE, THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, EPA ADMINISTRATOR ORTIZ. CONGRESSMAN CONGRESSMAN KWEISI MFUME, AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE JOHN OLSZEWSKI. I THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON.

I’M REAR ADMIRAL SHANNON GUILLORY, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE UNIFIED COMMAND. AS I MENTIONED LAST NIGHT, OUR NUMBER PRIORITY OF THE UNIFIED COMMAND IS TO REOPEN THE PORT OF BALTIMORE. AND TO DO THAT, WE’VE BROKEN THAT INTO THREE PHASES. NUMBER ONE, PHASE, REOPENING THE SHIPPING CHANNEL. NUMBER TWO IS REMOVE THE SHIP.

AND NUMBER THREE IS TO REMOVE THE DEBRIS FROM THE BRIDGE FROM THE REST OF THE WATERWAY. WE’RE BEGINNING TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THOSE PHASES. IN THE PHASE ONE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, WE NEED TO DO THE ASSESSMENTS OF THE BRIDGE BOTH ABOVE THE WATERLINE AND BENEATH THE WATER.

THOSE ASSESSMENTS CONTINUE, AS THE GOVERNOR SAID, WE WERE OUT THERE TODAY AND WE COULD SEE THE ENGINEERS AND THE DIVERS AND THE SURVEY OUT THERE ON THE WATER IN THESE DIFFICULT WIND CONDITIONS, DOING THEIR JOB, DOING THEIR WORK TO ASSESS THAT BRIDGE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CUT IT UP INTO

PIECES. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO LIFT. AND BACK AT THE UNIFIED, THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMODORE, ALL THE ELECTED, THEY COULD SEE THOSE ENGINEERS WORKING ON THOSE VERY PLANS. ENGINEERS FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, NAVY SUPERVISOR OF SALVAGE. WE HAD STATE ENGINEERS. THERE WERE SOME PRIVATE

ENGINEERS HELPING US, AND WE HAD SOME COAST GUARD ENGINEERS THERE. AND THEY’RE ALL WORKING DILIGENTLY TO FIGURE OUT THAT. RIGHT. PLAN TO BE ABLE TO BREAK THAT BRIDGE UP INTO THE SIZE PIECES THAT WE CAN LIFT. AND THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS WE NEED TO GET THE HEAVY LIFT EQUIPMENT HERE.

AND WE’VE BEEN TELLING YOU THAT THOSE CRANES ARE ON THEIR WAY. THAT EQUIPMENT IS ON THAT WAY. AND BEHIND US, YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE ARRIVING. THEY’RE ARRIVING AND THEY’RE TO CONTINUE TO ARRIVE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. AND WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE

THAT PLANNING SO THAT WE WILL BE READY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND DO IT SAFELY. I’LL TURN IT OVER TO COLONEL JASON JACKSON. OKAY. GOVERNOR MOORE, ELECTED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE. AS WE JUST TRANSITION. >> ALL RIGHT, THERE YOU HEARD

THE TOP OF THIS PRESS CONFERENCE UPDATING THE PRESS AND PUBLIC. MARYLAND GOVERNOR WES TALKING ABOUT THE PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW, THE SITUATION AT THE SITE OF THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE WEST. MORE DETAILS PLAN TO GET THE DEBRIS OUT OF THE WATER. AND ALSO, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT HE

WILL VISIT BALTIMORE NEXT. GOVERNOR MOORE TODAY SAYING THAT THE FOUR PRIORITIES AT THIS POINT, NUMBER ONE, FOCUS ON THE RECOVERY FOR THE SAKE OF THE FAMILIES OF THE MEN LOST IN THIS TRAGEDY, CLEAR THE CHANNEL AND GET THE PORT OPEN. >> TAKE CARE OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO IS PART

OF THE FIRST RESPONDER ACTION IN THAT ENORMOUS EFFORT. THAT IS GOING TO BE NEEDED TO CLEAR THAT CHANNEL. AND WITH A FOURTH PRIORITY FOR THE GOVERNOR AND FOR THE CITY OF BALTIMORE AND THE WHOLE REGION TO REBUILD THAT BRIDGE. YOU TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS. LET’S IN ABC’S IKE EJIOCHI

AND ABC NEWS TRANSPORTATION REPORTER SAM SWEENEY. SO IKE, WE HEARD IT THERE FROM GOVERNOR MOORE. THE FOUR PRIORITIES AND THE LAST ONE THAT REBUILD THE BRIDGE. YOU DIDN’T ANY TIMELINE ON. IT’S IMPOSSIBLE. BUT HE DID SUGGEST, AS DID ADMIRAL GILROY, THAT THE TASK OF CLEARING THE DEBRIS THERE HAS BEGUN.

THAT’S RIGHT, TERRY. YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR MOORE, HE ESSENTIALLY BACK ON HIS MILITARY TRAINING AND IDEALS IN ORDER TO CREATE THIS FOUR POINT PLAN, A PLAQUE HE FEELS WILL BE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH AND FOOLPROOF ENOUGH TO REALLY GET THIS ENTIRE PORT CLEAR AND BACK OPEN TO BUSINESS. AND HE LAID OUT THAT PLAN

AND ESSENTIALLY SAID THE MOST IMPORTANT PART RIGHT NOW IT’S THE WATERWAY CLEARING. >> THE WATERWAY RIGHT NOW THAT YOU CAN SEE IS STILL LITTERED WITH ALL OF THAT DEBRIS AND CONCRETE THAT WE’RE SEEING. I’VE BEEN THERE SINCE EARLIER THIS WEEK. NOW, HE SAID THE CONDITIONS IN THE WATER MAKE IT UNSAFE FOR DIVERS.

AND HE SAYS AS SOON AS THOSE CONDITIONS CHANGE, THE DIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO GO BACK INTO THE WATER AND CONTINUE THAT ASSESSMENT OF THE SHIP. NOW, HE SAID CLEARING THE WRECKAGE OF THE SURVEY DAMAGE THIS MORNING. HE WAS OUT IN THE WATER ALONG WITH OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS

IN THE TEAM, AND HE SAID THAT JUST TO SEE THE SHEER SCALE OF THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED. AND HE ESSENTIALLY SAID THE U.S. NAVY IS SUPPLYING MARYLAND WITH FOUR HEAVY LIFT CRANES TO ARE HERE, THAT MASSIVE CHESAPEAKE THAT CAN ESSENTIALLY LIFT UP TO £2.2 MILLION AT A TIME.

AND HE SAYS ONE WILL BE COMING TONIGHT AND HOPEFULLY ONE MORE OVER THE WEEKEND. BUT THERE’S ANOTHER THING THAT IS COMING. IT’S NOT JUST THOSE HEAVY LIFT CRANES THAT WILL BE HELPING THIS EFFORT. HE SAID THERE’LL BE SEVEN, OBVIOUSLY ALTOGETHER SEVEN FLOATING CRANES, TEN TUGBOATS, NINE BARGES, EIGHT SALVAGE VESSELS AND EVEN

FIVE COAST GUARD BOATS. THIS IS A WHOLE ALL EFFORT AND ALL IN A DEPARTMENT EFFORT HERE. THERE’S ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO GET THIS AREA BACK TOGETHER. BUT ANOTHER THING THAT I TO POINT OUT THAT HE SAID IS THAT TAKING CARE OF OUR PEOPLE, HE SAID, YES, WE NEED TO CLEAR THIS WATERWAY.

WE NEED TO GET THIS SHIP OUT OF HERE. BUT WE CAN’T FORGET ABOUT THE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE WORKERS WHO NOT ONLY LIVES BUT CONTINUE ON A DAILY BASIS TO BE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COMMUNITY. HE SAID HE’S FILED HE FINALIZED THE BUDGET THAT, PRIORITIZED CHILD CARE, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND, OF COURSE,

INFRASTRUCTURE HE’S URGED THIS CONGRESS TO ESSENTIALLY PASS THAT LEGISLATION. AND ONE MORE THING THAT HE’S DOING IS THAT HE SAID HE’S GOING TO SET UP A PERMANENT SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE TRANSPORTATION WORKERS WHO LOST THEIR HERE, SOMETHING THAT HE SAYS IS NECESSARY TO BRING THIS COMMUNITY BACK TO WHOLE AREA.

>> IT WAS IT IS AN AMBITIOUS AGENDA. IT HAS TO BE GIVEN THE SCALE OF THIS CATASTROPHE. AND, SAM, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT SOMETHING THAT GOVERNOR MOORE SAID. HE SAID THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLY COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT JOB BECAUSE HE SAYS EVERY TIME THE ONE

PIECE OF DEBRIS IS REMOVED, THE TANGLED MESS ON TOP OF THE DOLLY, THE CARGO SHIP AND BEYOND, YOU HAVE TO STOP AND REASSESS THE RISK OF MOVING FORWARD. >> IT IS GOING TO BE PAINSTAKING AS WELL AS DANGEROUS. >> YES. IF THINK ABOUT IT, YOU HAD THESE MASSIVE PIECES OF STEEL

AND WHEN YOU ONE ANOTHER PIECE MOVES. >> THIS IS AN UNSECURED STRUCTURE AT THIS AND YOU ARE REQUIRING DIVERS TO BE THERE. OTHER PERSONNEL, YOU HAVE HEAVY WITH CRANES THERE. THERE’S GOING TO BE TUGS THERE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU STILL HAVE THE GIANT SHIP THERE, THE CARGO SHIP THERE.

AND THEY DON’T WANT ANY SORT OF DANGEROUS OBSTACLES IN THEIR WAY. AND THEY HAVE TO DO CALCULATIONS FOR EACH AND EVERY PART OF THIS. IT IS GOING TO BE PAINSTAKING. IT IS GOING TO BE LONG. AND NOT TO MENTION, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT, AS I JUST MENTIONED,

THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF CRANES THERE ALREADY. MORE ARE COMING TONIGHT. ANOTHER ONE HOPEFULLY EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS IS GOING TO A VERY LONG AND DRAWN OUT PROCESS. >> AND YET THERE IS SOME PROGRESS, OBVIOUSLY ARE BEING MADE ON THE BIG OF GETTING THE PORT OPERATING AGAIN.

AT THE TOP OF HIS BRIEFING, GOVERNOR MOORE THANKED TRADE POINT ATLANTIC. THAT IS THE FACILITY ASSOCIATED WITH AMAZON AND FEDEX, WHICH HAVE HUGE FACILITIES THERE IN THE PORT OF BALTIMORE. THAT SMALL SHIPYARD IS JUST SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE. SO IT’S OPEN AND THEY ARE HANDLING SOME TRAFFIC THERE.

>> IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE IS SOME PROGRESS BEING MADE. THAT NEWS AS WELL BY GOVERNOR WESTMORE OF MARYLAND AND IKE EJIOCHI AND SAM SWEENEY THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING WITH US. >> WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE NEWS TONIGHT IN THE SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

PLUS THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT, THE DEBUT OF THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. SUNDAY MORNING BREAKING NEW REPORTS, THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE, THE INVESTIGATION AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR REBUILDING. AND NEW CASES. ATTACKS AFTER THE TERROR

THAT HAPPENED IN MOSCOW. WHAT’S BEING DONE HERE TO KEEP AMERICANS SAFE? SUNDAY MORNING ON ABC’S THIS WEEK. >> GOOD, BAD, BUT DOESN’T LOOK AS IT STANDS SO FAR. >> GIANTS A LITTLE BIT BEAT A LITTLE MY LITTLE BOY AND I’M GOING TO AMERICA PRETTY SOON AND PEOPLE START DAY HERE.

FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS THE START HERE TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN 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. 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 PODCAST START HERE. >> BEYONCE IS CONQUERING COUNTRY. >> MY FAMILY WAS BEYONCE.

HALLE BERRY. CARTER COMES INTO THE WORLD A VERY COMPLEX TIME. PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS SONG IS TOO TO RESIST. >> JUST BECAUSE YOU’VE SEEN HIP-HOP MUSIC, A COUNTRY ACCENT DOES NOT MAKE IT COUNTRY MUSIC. >> THIS TIME, YOUR LANE. WELL, THAT’S NOT REAL COUNTRY. IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO IS

AT SUPERSTAR STATUS TO DO SOMETHING THAT SHAKES IT ALL UP. >> IT’S FANCY COUNTRY. THIS IS “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” NOW STREAMING ON HULU. YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. KEEP WITH ABC NEWS LIVE RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. THE RUSH TO REOPEN ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL HARBORS

IN THIS COUNTRY AS CREWS WORK AROUND THE CLOCK IN BALTIMORE. WE’RE GETTING NEW VIDEO FROM THAT DEADLY COLLISION BETWEEN A CARGO SHIP AND THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE WHERE LIVES IN BALTIMORE. IN A MOMENT. >> PLUS, HIS STORY SHOULD BE HERE. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL LEFT ITS FRONT PAGE BLANK

TODAY, MARKING ONE YEAR SINCE REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS WRONGFULLY DETAINED IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA. WE’LL TALK TO ONE OF EVAN’S COLLEAGUES AT THE JOURNAL COMING UP. AND ALL HAIL QUEEN’S JUBILEE. LET’S SEE WITH THAT AND MORE ON HIS NEW HAS OFFICIALLY DROPPED AND ALREADY AN INSTANT CLASSIC. >> THE EYES OF MANY.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT COWBOY CARTER COMING UP. HELLO, EVERYONE. TERRY MORAN. BUT WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE NEW DETAILS IN THE INVESTIGATION, THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. MARYLAND GOVERNOR WESTMORE SAID IN A NEWS CONFERENCE JUST MOMENTS AGO THAT THE CONDITIONS IN THE WATER ARE SO ROUGH, SO

DIFFICULT, THE DIVERS RIGHT NOW CAN’T EVEN GO IN. SO WE’VE ALSO LEARNED THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL VISIT BALTIMORE NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE, NEW VIDEO SHOWS NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY INVESTIGATORS COMBING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE OF THE DALY CARGO SHIP ARE NOW LOOKING INTO WHETHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

WERE BOARD THE SHIP WHEN IT LOST POWER AND COLLIDED WITH THE SCOTT KEY BRIDGE, BRINGING THAT MASSIVE STRUCTURE DOWN INTO THE WATER. A■LSO HAPPENING AT THIS HOUR, TWO HEAVY DUTY CRANES ARE IN THE PORT OF BALTIMORE HELPING CLEAR THE MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF DEBRIS, WITH TWO MORE STILL

ON WAY TO TACKLE THIS MONSTER TASK FOR BALTIMORE AND FOR THCOUNTRY. SO LEADING US OFF, IKE EJIOCHI, HE’S BEEN IN BALTIMORE FOR DAYS NOW. ABC NEWS TRANSPORTATION REPORTER SAM SWEENEY HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WITH ME. SO WE JUST HEARD FROM MARYLAND’S GOVERNOR WES MOORE. WHAT’S SAYING ABOUT THE

OPERATION AT THE SITE OF THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE AS WELL AS THE RECOVERY SO FAR? WELL, TERRY, HE SAYS RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF THAT RECOVERY, IN TERMS OF MAKING THOSE FAMILIES HOME, HE SAYS MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. GOVERNOR MOORE WAS OUT ON THE WATER TODAY WITH A LOT

OF THOSE EMERGENCY CREWS SURVEYING, THIS ENTIRE DISASTER ZONE. AND HE SAID SIMPLY THIS, THE SCALE, THIS PROJECT IS UNPRECEDENTED. AND HE SAID RIGHT NOW THE OPERATIONS FOR THE DIVERS, THAT’S BEEN PAUSED. WHY? BECAUSE THE THE AREA IN THE WATER RIGHT NOW IS JUST TOO DANGEROUS FOR THOSE DIVERS RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNOW, THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE, THEY HAD AUTOMATIC EQUIPPED WITH SONAR THAT WENT INTO THE WATER RECENTLY AND THEY SAID THAT THE AREA BENEATH THE DARLING IS JUST LITTERED WITH CONCRETE, MANGLED METAL AND, OF COURSE, RHUBARB. BUT ANOTHER THING THEY FOUND DOWN THERE WAS A LARGE VEHICLE . MARYLAND STATE POLICE

SAID THERE’S A LARGE VEHICLE RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE ENTIRE RUBBLE THAT’S ESSENTIALLY ENCAPSULATED BY A LARGE AMOUNT OF THAT DEBRIS. THEY SAID IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR CREWS TO EVEN GET DOWN THERE, LET ALONE THE MORE TIME TO ESSENTIALLY DOUBLE THAT CAR AWAY FROM ALL OF THAT DEBRIS.

NOW, OFFICIALS SAY THAT IT’S POSSIBLE THAT THAT CAR BELONGED TO OF THE CREW MEMBERS WHO WERE WORKING ON THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION. BUT HE SAID ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW, THAT WHOLE RECOVERY EFFORT IS PUT ON PAUSE UNTIL THEY CAN CLEAR THIS WHOLE AREA .

REMOVING THIS SHIP OUT OF HERE IS ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITY. AND THEY CAN’T DO THAT UNTIL THE DEBRIS IN AND AROUND THE AREA OF ITALY IS REMOVED. THEY WON’T BE ABLE TO TUG THAT WHOLE THING OUT OF THERE. SO THEY SAID THOSE MASSIVE CRANES, SOME OF THEM ARE ALREADY HERE NOW.

MORE COMING TONIGHT. AND OF COURSE, IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS WILL BE OVER HERE TO TRY TO REMOVE THAT DEBRIS SO THEY CAN CONTINUE WITH THIS RECOVERY EFFORT TERRY. SUCH A HUGE TASK. AND SAM, KNOW THAT THE NTSB IS NOW LOOKING AT THE SHIP’S DATA RECORDER. >> I GUESS ANALOGOUS TO THE

BLACK BOX ON THE AIRPLANE. WHERE’S INVESTIGATION HEADED AT THIS POINT? >> WELL, TERRY, THEY WANT TO COLLECT OF THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY CAN, WHILE THIS SCENE IS STILL THERE FOR THEY WILL REMAIN THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND THEY WILL GO PIECE BY PIECE, INCH BY ON THE SHIP, DOCUMENTING IT, TAKING PHOTOS, RETRIEVING

THE VIDEO AND AUDIO THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN. AND, OF COURSE, SPEAKING WITH THOSE CREW MEMBERS TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED. THEY WILL BRING ALL OF THAT EVIDENCE BACK TO WASHINGTON, D.C. THEY WILL BEGIN TO PORE OVER IT, OF COURSE, GOING THROUGH THOSE DATA RECORDERS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MAY

HAVE CAUSED THIS POSSIBLE POWER FAILURE BOARD THE SHIP. >> AND THEN THEY WILL RELEASE A PRELIMINARY REPORT. WE WILL LEARN A LITTLE BIT NEW INFORMATION IN 2 TO 4 WEEKS. BUT AGAIN, THAT FINAL REPORT, THE FINAL CAUSE, WE LIKELY WON’T KNOW THAT FOR AT LEAST A YEAR OR TWO. >> HMM.

LOTS TO COME. IKE EJIOCHI SAM SWEENEY. THANKS BOTH, AS YOU HAVE BEEN HELPING US THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THANK YOU VERY. WE TURN NOW TO THE WAR BETWEEN AND HAMAS AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. HE HAS NOW AGREED TO SEND DELEGATIONS TO DOHA. THAT’S THE CAPITAL, QATAR

AND CAIRO IN THE COMING DAYS, QUOTE UNQUOTE, FOR NEW TALKS AIMED AT SECURING THE RELEASE OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES AS PART OF A GAZA CEASE FIRE DEAL WITH HAMAS. WE’LL SEE THAT COMES ABOUT. THIS DOES COME AS A TOP COURT AT THE UNITED NATIONS. ISRAEL MUST OPEN LAND CROSSINGS

TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN TO GET INTO GAZA. RIGHT NOW, MORE THAN 1 MILLION PALESTINIANS ARE AT RISK OF WHAT THE UNITED WARNS COULD BE, QUOTE, THE WORST FAMINE THE WORLD SEEN SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. MEANWHILE, THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES ARE CLAIMING TO HAVE KILLED A TOP HAMAS OPERATIVE AT AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL

IN NORTHERN GAZA. ON TOP OF THE MORE THAN 200 HAMAS FIGHTERS ISRAEL CLAIMS TO HAVE KILLED THERE SINCE THE ON THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX BEGAN EARLIER THIS WEEK. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT BRITT CLENNETT IS IN TEL AVIV WITH THE LATEST HYBRID. >> HI, TERRY. YEAH, NETANYAHU’S OFFICE SAID IT APPROVED A NEW ROUND

OF GAZA CEASEFIRE TALKS TO TAKE PLACE IN DOHA AND CAIRO DAYS AFTER THE NEGOTIATIONS APPEARED TO HAVE STALLED. NOW HE’S SENDING AN INTELLIGENCE DELEGATION FOR THESE WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE COMING DAYS, WE’RE TOLD. QATAR, THE MEDIATOR HERE, IT SAID EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT TALKS BETWEEN HAMAS,

ISRAEL ON A GAZA TRUCE AND HOSTAGE RELEASE WERE CONTINUING. THAT’S RAISING HOPE AMONG NOT JUST THE HOSTAGE FAMILIES, BUT ALSO PEOPLE IN GAZA WHO ARE DESPERATE FOR THE FIGHTING TO END. IT’S UNCLEAR WHETHER NETANYAHU IS SOFTENING ON ANY OF THE PREVIOUSLY DEBATED STICKING POINTS, BUT PRESSURE IS GROWING

ON THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER TO RELEASE THOSE HOSTAGES AND TO COME HOME WITH SOME KIND OF. NOW, THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE NOT SEEN OR HEARD FROM THEIR LOVED IN 174 DAYS, THEY’VE REPEATEDLY CALLED ON NETANYAHU TO DO MORE TO MAKE A DEAL TO ENSURE THE RELEASE OF THEIR LOVED ONES.

AND ON THAT ATTACK IN SYRIA, TERRY, SYRIA’S DEFENSE MINISTRY SAID ISRAELI PLANES TARGETED SEVERAL SITES IN THE ALEPPO IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING. SYRIAN STATE NEWS AGENCY SAID THERE WERE CIVILIAN AND MILITARY CASUALTIES AND OF THE HEZBOLLAH FIGHTERS REPORTEDLY KILLED WAS A LOCAL FIELD COMMANDER.

HIS BROTHER WAS KILLED IN AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE ON LEBANON IN NOVEMBER. HOURS LATER, THE IDF SAID IT KILLED A SENIOR HEZBOLLAH FIGURE IN AIRSTRIKE IN LEBANON. AND IT REALLY RAISES THE QUESTION ABOUT THERE IS A WIDER WAR BREWING HERE. VERY ALL RIGHT, BRITT CLENNETT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR.

STAYING OVERSEAS TODAY MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE “WALL STREET JOURNAL” REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS DETAINED IN RUSSIA. THE AMERICAN JOURNALIST WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY DURING A REPORTING TRIP IN THE URAL MOUNTAINS AREA. HE’S BEEN BASICALLY ACCUSED OF ACTING ON U.S. ORDERS TO COLLECT RUSSIAN STATE SECRETS. SOMETHING THAT HE AND THE

NEWSPAPER, THE STREET JOURNAL AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ALL VEHEMENTLY DENY. JUST MINUTES AGO, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID, QUOTE, I ADMIRE THE OF TRYING EVERYTHING WE CAN DO SO FAR. WE’RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP. JOINING ME NOW IS BRITAIN’S FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, MARCUS FOR MORE ON THIS GERSHKOVICH. MARCUS, HE’S THE FIRST

AMERICAN REPORTER DETAINED BY MOSCOW SINCE THE COLD WAR. TALK TO US ABOUT THE EFFORTS TO FREE HIM. WELL, TERRY, THESE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY EVER SINCE WORD OF HIS DETENTION CAME OUT. AND AS YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN STATEMENTS MADE IN THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE EFFORTS

ON THE PART OF THE U.S. TO TRY TO TALK TO RUSSIAN OFFICIALS ABOUT SECURING HIS RELEASE. AND AS THOSE STATEMENTS ARE MADE IN THE PUBLIC, AS YOU KNOW, VERY THAT THERE ARE BACK ROOM DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. BUT SO FAR, THERE HAS BEEN NO

NO PROGRESS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF IN TERMS OF SECURING HIS RELEASE. BUT THE THE EFFORTS DO CONTINUE. AND YOU JUST READ THE STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE TODAY WHEN HE SAID THAT THEY WILL NOT GIVE UP. AND CERTAINLY OUR GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS SPOKE WITH EVAN’S FAMILY.

THEY ARE NOT GIVING UP ON HIM EITHER. AND THOSE EFFORTS, TERRY, DO CONTINUE AS WE SPEAK. >> AND MARCUS, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT EVAN GERSHKOVICH CONDITION, HOW HE’S HOLDING AFTER THIS YEAR IN A RUSSIAN PRISON? >> IT’S BEEN A IT’S BEEN A LONG YEAR, TERRY, WITHOUT A DOUBT.

WE KNOW HE’S AT THE LEFT OF A PRISON, WHICH IS IN EASTERN MOSCOW. AND WE UNDERSTAND FROM HIS FAMILY AND HIS FRIENDS, HE’S BUT HE’S DOING RELATIVELY WELL, I MEAN, WELL ENOUGH TO JOKE WITH HIS HIS FRIENDS WHO HE’S BEEN IN CONTACT. HE’S ALSO MANAGED TO SEND THEM LETTERS.

AND WE HEARD FROM A FRIEND SAID THAT HE TRIED TO TO CHEER THEM UP IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THIS THIS ORDEAL THAT HE’S BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF. AND SO THAT’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HIS CONDITION IN TERMS OF HIS CASE ON TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK, IN HIS PRETRIAL DETENTION

WAS EXTENDED BY ANOTHER THREE MONTHS. AND SO THIS ONGOING AND, TERRY, THERE’S EVERY SENSE THAT RUSSIA IS CLEARLY USING HIS DETENTION AS A BARGAINING CHIP, PERHAPS FOR SOME TYPE OF PRISONER SWAP. >> NO QUESTION ABOUT IT’S A TOUGH SITUATION AND UNJUST FOR HIM TO COME HOME AT HIS NEWS MARCUS MOORE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WANT TO STAY ON THIS STORY ON THIS ANNIVERSARY OF EVAN GERSHKOVICH DETENTION IN RUSSIA. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL TAKE, A LOOK AT THIS. THEY’VE PUBLISHED A STARK REMINDER OF HIS DETAINMENT ON ITS FRONT PAGE TODAY. >> LOOK AT THE HEADLINE THERE. HIS SHOULD BE HERE.

THE PAPER ALSO SENT PUSH NOTIFICATIONS TO SMARTPHONES TO RAISE AWARENESS OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THIS JOURNALIST. >> JOINING ME NOW IS ONE OF EVAN GERSHKOVICH, HIS COLLEAGUES, “WALL STREET JOURNAL” SENIOR VIDEO CORRESPONDENT SHELBY HOLIDAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON THIS DAY. WE SAW THAT FRONT.

IT’S SO STRIKING AND ALL THE MESSAGES FROM YOUR COLLEAGUES. WHAT’S WHAT’S THE FEELING THERE IN THE NEWSROOM TODAY ON THIS THIS TERRIBLE ANNIVERSARY? >> IT’S A SOMBER DAY AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME ON TO TALK ABOUT EVAN. IT’S A DAY THAT WE NEVER TO HAVE COME.

IT’S A DAY WE NEVER WANTED TO HAVE TO MARK. YET HERE WE ARE ONE YEAR LATER. THE FACTS ARE THAT EVAN GERSHKOVICH IS AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED JOURNALISTS JOURNALIST. HE’S AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST, BUT HE WAS RAISED WITH RUSSIAN HERITAGE AND HE WAS ONE OF THE FEW AMERICAN JOURNALISTS

TO BE ACCREDITED TO REPORT ON THE GROUND IN RUSSIA AFTER. THE WAR IN UKRAINE BROKE OUT, SO HE FELT HE HAD THIS UNIQUE AND, POWERFUL DUTY TO TELL US WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY AT A REALLY IMPORTANT TIME IN THE WORLD. HE WAS BREAKING A LOT OF NEWS.

HE WAS WRITING DEEPLY SOURCED AND POWERFUL PIECES ABOUT PRESIDENT PUTIN AND HIS INNER CIRCLE, ABOUT RUSSIA’S WAR EFFORT, ABOUT HOW THAT WAR EFFORT WAS AFFECTING THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY. >> AND THEN ONE YEAR AGO, HE WAS DETAINED FOR DOING HIS JOB AND FOR DOING HIS JOB WELL.

>> SO IT’S BEEN A REALLY TOUGH YEAR. WE’VE TRIED AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO SUPPORT HIM AND WRITE HIM LETTERS WE’VE HAD REDEFINE. WE HAD A LOT OF COLLEAGUES FROM ABC AND FROM ACROSS THE NEWS WORLD COME INTO THE OFFICE AND READ SOME OF EVAN’S WORK THIS WEEK.

>> AND ALL OF THAT’S BEEN REALLY MEANINGFUL, BUT NOTHING CHANGE UNTIL HE COMES HOME. >> IT’S TIME. IT IS SUCH TOUGH SITUATION. HAVING BEEN TO RUSSIA MANY TIMES, YOU COULD FEEL THE WALLS CLOSING IN AS PUTIN CEMENTED HIS GRIP ON POWER. AND AFTER THE WAR BEGAN IN UKRAINE, IT WAS JUST VERY

DIFFICULT TO EVEN ONE OF THE FEW REPORTERS ABLE TO GET THERE AND DO GREAT WORK. AND NOW HE’S IN PRISON FOR IT AND UNJUSTLY. OBVIOUSLY, YOU’VE YOU’VE SPOKEN WITH HIS PARENTS, EVAN’S PARENTS, SEVERAL TIMES THE PAST YEAR. >> HOW ARE THEY HOLDING UP? HIS PARENTS ARE JUST INCREDIBLY

WISE AND STRONG AND GRACIOUS. IT’S SO IMPOSSIBLE TO IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO WALK IN THEIR SHOES. BUT ONE THING THAT THEY’VE REMAINED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS OPTIMISTIC, INTERVIEWED THEM A FEW DAYS AFTER EVAN WAS DETAINED AND HIS MOM SAID, WE FROM THE SOVIET UNION, WE FLED

THE SOVIET UNION, BUT WE’RE AMERICANS AND WE’RE HAPPY TO BE AMERICANS AND WE CHOOSE TO BE OPTIMISTIC. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE DONE SO POWERFULLY THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR FOR. EXAMPLE, THEY ACTUALLY TRAVELED TO MOSCOW LAST SUMMER TO GO SEE EVAN AT A HEARING, STANDING

IN HIS CAGE AND I’LL NEVER FORGET IT. I WAS TALKING TO HIS MOM, WRITING A STORY ABOUT IT, AND SHE SAID, WE SMILED WE CHOSE TO DO THE ONE THING THAT THE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES WOULD NEVER EXPECT TO, WHICH IS TO HAVE THIS HAPPY, BEAUTIFUL MOMENT WITH OUR SON, DESPITE THE TERRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES, DESPITE

THE UNFAIR FACT THAT HE IS STANDING BEHIND A GLASS CAGE. WE WANTED TO HAVE A HAPPY MOMENT AND TAKE THAT HOME WITH US. AND EVEN AFTER HEARING PRESIDENT PUTIN GIVE AN INTERVIEW AND TALK ABOUT THEIR SON AS IF HE HAD A BARGAINING CHIP, THEY CHOSE TO BE OPTIMISTIC AND LOOKED AT IT

AS GOOD THAT PRESIDENT PUTIN IS WILLING TO TALK TO THE US ABOUT POTENTIALLY THEIR SON. AND SO THEY’VE JUST REMAINED REMARKABLY STRONG AND. OF COURSE, IT’S BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR AND OF COURSE THEY’RE ADMITTING IT’S TAKING A TOLL. IT’S TAKING A TOLL ON EVAN. OF COURSE, IT’S TAKING A TOLL

ON HIS FAMILY, BUT THEY’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY HE WALKS FREE, WHENEVER THAT IS. THEY HAVE A VACATION PLANNED. THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR HEADS HAVE SO MANY SO MANY IDEAS OF WHAT THEY’LL DO. THEY WEREN’T ABLE TO HUG HIM WHEN THEY WENT TO MOSCOW. HIS MOM JUST WANTS TO GIVE

A BIG HUG. SO, OF COURSE, IT’S A DIFFICULT ANNIVERSARY YET THEY REMAIN INCREDIBLY STRONG AND ARE TRULY SETTING THE BAR, ALL OF US. >> THAT’S AMAZING. AND I LOVE THAT STORY OF A SMILE BEING AN ACT OF DEFIANCE AND COURAGE IN THE TEETH OF THE KREMLIN’S REGIME. AND, YOU KNOW, IT’S GETTING SO

DIFFICULT TO REPORT NOT JUST IN RUSSIA, BUT ELSEWHERE AS WELL. IT USED TO BE YOU COULD GO TO A LOT OF BAD PLACES. >> AND IF YOU WERE A REPORTER, THERE WAS A CULTURE, YOU WEREN’T SAFE, BUT IT WAS A DIFFERENT STATUS. NO LONGER. AND EVAN’S CASE, YOU KNOW,

WHAT DOES THIS CASE SAY ABOUT ABOUT THE STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM AND THE SAFETY OF JOURNALISTS AROUND THE WORLD ? >> THAT’S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT. AND WELL, OF COURSE, TODAY IS EVAN AND THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DETENTION. >> IT IS ALSO A REALLY IMPORTANT DAY TO SHINE A LIGHT

ON SEVERAL JOURNALISTS WHO HAVE BEEN DETAINED AND JOURNALISTS WHO REPORT IN THE FACE OF REALLY CHALLENGING AUTHORITIES AND CIRCUMSTANCES. THE FEAR IS THAT PRESIDENT PUTIN, BY DETAINING EVAN AND OTHERS LIKE HIM, IS SHOWING OTHER GOVERNMENTS WHO HAVE SIMILAR AUTHORITARIAN LEANINGS THAT IF YOU LIKE WHAT’S BEING REPORTED ABOUT YOU OR YOU, YOU HAVE

A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH THE PRESS. MAYBE YOU JUST GRAB A JOURNALIST AND HOLD HIM UNLAWFULLY AND UNFAIRLY AND WRONGFULLY, AND THAT’S HOW YOU DEAL WITH IT. AND IT’S IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN SCREAMING ABOUT ALL YEAR AT THE “WALL STREET JOURNAL” THAT THIS. YES, IT’S ABOUT OUR BUT

IT’S ALSO BIGGER THAN THAT. IT’S ABOUT PRESS FREEDOM AND THE ABILITY FOR JOURNALISTS TO BE ON THE GROUND AND TELL IMPORTANT STORIES AND GIVE US A GIVE US A WINDOW INTO EVENTS THAT ARE SHAPING GENERATION. SO IT IS A BIG DAY TO TALK ABOUT PRESS FREEDOM. IF YOU GO TO THE

“WALL STREET JOURNAL” HOMEPAGE, YOU’LL SEE STORIES ABOUT EVAN, BUT ALSO ABOUT OTHER JOURNALISTS WHO HAVE SUFFERED SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCE HOUSES. >> THAT’S GREAT. SHELBY HOLLADAY FROM “WALL STREET JOURNAL”, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON THIS DAY FOR BRINGING US NEWS AND THAT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. AND WE ALL HOPE EVAN COMES

HOME, AS HE SHOULD ON THIS REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. >> ALL RIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK. COMING UP, CRACKING DOWN ON SQUATTERS THE NEW PENALTIES AIMED AT PROTECTING HOMEOWNERS . 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 EVERYDAY FROM THE SCENE OF, THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE IN UKRAINE, UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO THROUGH THIS LITTLE

TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER, HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHERE THE STORY FROM THE FRONT LINES FROM, SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. IN BEIRUT FROM THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE IS

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

THE MIGRANT CRISIS. FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN THAT IS 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 WHAT WHAT DO YOU SEE? MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY

HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THEIR 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 GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> START HERE. >> LAWMAKERS IN SEVERAL STATES ARE CRACKING DOWN ON SQUATTERS NOW THE PENALTIES

COME AS HOMEOWNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FACE A SURGE IN PEOPLE TAKING OVER THEIR HOUSES. >> HERE’S ABC’S ZOHREEN SHAH. >> HOMEOWNERS WATER IS. INCIDENTS LIKE THIS ONE IN NEW YORK UNCOVERED BY OUR STATION ABC. DAN CREWS ARE PUSHING LAWMAKERS TO DO. YOU SHOULDN’T BE TRYING TO STEAL MY HOUSE.

YES YOU ARE. IN FLORIDA WEDNESDAY, GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SIGNING A BILL LAW TO HELP HOMEOWNERS GET SQUATTERS OUT OF THEIR PROPERTIES. >> WHAT THE SQUATTERS KNOW IS EVEN WHEN THEY’RE IN THE WRONG, IT’S A PROCESS MANY TIMES BEFORE THEY CAN BE EVICTED. >> THE NEW LAW, EFFECTIVE JULY

1ST, ALLOWS PROPERTY OWNERS TO REQUEST ENFORCEMENT IMMEDIATELY OF SQUATTERS WHO WILL NOT LEAVE CITY AFTER CITY. IT IS A SCENE PLAYING OUT REPEATEDLY ACROSS COUNTRY. >> THEY CAME IN THROUGH THE BACK. WHEN YOU HAVE THE WILD PARTIES AND PEOPLE ACTUALLY PARKING ON THE YARD. >> IN GEORGIA, INVESTIGATIVE

REPORTER ASHLEY LINCOLN AT OUR ABC ATLANTA AFFILIATE WSB TV UNCOVERING SEVERAL CORPORATE OWNED RENTAL PROPERTIES TAKEN OVER BY SQUATTERS LIKE THIS PROPERTY FOR THE LAST 14 MONTHS. THIS RING VIDEO CAPTURING THE SQUATTERS, UNLOADING FURNITURE INTO THE HOME. >> THE POLICE CAN’T DO ANYTHING AGAIN. >> YOU CAN’T PROTECT NOBODY. THE STATE LEGISLATOR,

THEY’RE FIGHTING BACK SAYING SQUATTERS SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH TRESPASSING. THE BILL NOW SITTING ON THE GOVERNOR’S DESK WAITING TO BECOME LAW. BOTH OF THESE ACTS, THE ONE IN FLORIDA AS WELL IN GEORGIA, ARE GIVING HOMEOWNERS A FASTER WAY TO GET THESE INDIVIDUALS OF THE HOME. IT’S TAKING IT OUT OF THE CIVIL

COURT PROCESS AND EMPOWERING LAW OFFICIALS TO REMOVE THE SQUATTERS FROM THE PROPERTY. >> IN LOS ANGELES. ABC’S JACLYN LEE SPOKE WITH MOMS WHO CALL THEMSELVES VIGILANTES, CREATING A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH AFTER SQUATTERS TOOK OVER THIS $3 MILLION HOME DOWN THE STREET, LAW ENFORCEMENT UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT’S A QUOTE,

CIVIL MATTER. >> HE SAID SQUATTERS ARE TREATING THIS LIKE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU KNOW, IT’S A CONSTANT PROBLEM. SHE ADDS, THEY ARE EVEN HELPING THEMSELVES TO PACKAGES THAT ACTUALLY BELONG TO THE HOMEOWNER. SO EXPERTS, TWO BIG TIPS. KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IF YOU LEARN YOU HAVE SQUATTERS. >> CALL LAWYER TERRY.

WHAT STORY ZOHREEN SHAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. WELL, COMING BEYONCE’S NEW ALBUM IS APT TO SURPRISE GUESTS FEATURED AND HOW FANS ARE REACTING. COMING RIGHT UP. >> GOOD NIGHT. THE SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF STRING OF SNOWSTORMS HEADING

INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH THE NEW. THE MOST NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION SUNDAY MORNING. BREAKING NEW REPORTS ON THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE, THE INVESTIGATION AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR REBUILDING . AND NEW FACES, ATTACKS AFTER THE TERROR THAT HAPPENED IN MOSCOW.

WHAT’S BEING DONE HERE TO KEEP AMERICANS SAFE? SUNDAY MORNING ON ABC’S THIS WEEK. >> WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SUPER BOWL. AND INSTEAD OF THAT SIDESHOW, THE HEAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE MIDWEST THAN IN AMERICA. >> WHAT DO YOU MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE

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

A NEWS PODCAST LISTENING TO YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST, START HERE. THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY JOE GIRARDI, THIS STORY.

WHY A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION TODAY? SEVERAL BIG NAMES WILL GET A CHANCE TO FINALLY EASE THEIR GRIEF. AND THAT SORT OF LOSS YOU FOR WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY ASPECT? I DID. I WANTED ERICA TO SAY I’M SORRY FACE TO FACE. ERICA, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SAW

THE HOUSE ONE AND THE HUSTLER TWO? >> YOU KNOW, 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 . >> WELL, THAT’S ASSUMING THIS. HERE’S SOME BIG NEWS ON THIS FRIDAY. >> BEYONCÉ’S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED COUNTRY ALBUM.

>> IT’S HERE TO JULIE. >> JOHNNY, EVERY I’M WARNING YOU, DON’T COME HOME ALONE. WELL, THAT SOUNDS GREAT, COWBOY. CARTER IT’S CALLED AND IT DROPPED OVERNIGHT. IT’S ALREADY LASSOING UP RAVE REVIEWS. LET’S BRING IN KELLYCARTER, THE SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER AT LANDSCAPE. >> SO, KELLY, FIRST START WITH BEYONCE’S MUSIC.

WHAT’S ARE TRENDING OFF OF THIS ALBUM RIGHT NOW? WHAT DO YOU. HOW DID THAT HIT THE PUBLIC? >> I MEAN, THERE ARE SO MANY SONGS PEOPLE ARE IMMEDIATELY GRAVITATING TO. I THINK WE JUST PLAYED ONE OF THEM. THAT COVER, THAT REMAKE OF DOLLY PARTON’S SONG JOLENE IS SO GREAT AND WHAT’S

WHAT MAKES THIS EVEN BETTER THAN JUST A REALLY GREAT REMAKE IS THAT SHE QUEEN DOLLY PARTON IN ON THE FUN, TOO, YOU KNOW, ALMOST GIVING A BLESSING OF SORTS, IT FEELS LIKE, OR RERECORDING AND ALSO REMIXING IN SOME WAYS BECAUSE THERE’S SOME LYRICS IN THE SONG THAT BEYONCÉ BRINGS TO JOLENE

AND PEOPLE ARE ABSOLUTELY LOVING THAT, AND THEY’RE LOVING THE COSIGN THAT DOLLY PARTON EFFECTIVELY IS GIVING BEYONCE. OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE LOVING AND THE SONG SHE DOES WITH MILEY CYRUS. THAT IS INCREDIBLE TOO. AND QUITE FRANKLY I THINK I THINK BRINGING PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY AUTHENTIC TO COUNTRY

MUSIC OR THE KINGS, QUEENS LIKE WILLIE NELSON AND DOLLY PARTON AND LINDA MARTELL JUST REALLY KIND OF SOLIDIFIES, YOU KNOW, THE SPACE THAT BEYONCÉ IS HERSELF. AND THEY ALL ARE SAYING, YES, YES, QUEEN, BEYONCE, THEY COME TO COUNTRY MUSIC AND DO WHAT IT IS THAT YOU DO AND WE’RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.

SO SO WE’RE PULLING UP FOR FOR YOUR COUNTRY ALBUM AND I THINK THAT’S INCREDIBLE. >> I LOVE THAT. I LOVE THAT. THAT KIND OF CROSS-POLLINATION THERE AND THE WAY THESE ARTISTS ARE COMING TOGETHER. >> AND SHE SOUNDS GREAT, YOU KNOW, DOES SHE HAVE IT? >> I’M NOT THAT FAMILIAR

WITH HER BIOGRAPHY, BUT I KNOW THAT SHE COMES FROM TEXAS, RIGHT. >> DOES SHE HAVE LITTLE COUNTRY ROOTS? >> SHE SHE COMES FROM TEXAS. AND BEYONCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN COUNTRY. SHE’S, AS YOU SAY, GIRL WHO GREW UP GOING TO THE RODEO. AND IN FACT, WHEN DESTINY’S HER FORMER GROUP, GOT INVITED

TO PERFORM AT THE RODEO, THAT WAS ONE OF HER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING SHE WENT TO AS KID. SHE ACTUALLY JOKINGLY SAID THAT HER MOTHER COULDN’T KEEP HER COWBOY BOOTS AS A LITTLE GIRL GROWING UP. >> SO THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE THAT IS VERY AUTHENTIC TO BEYONCE.

AND I THINK WHAT SHE’S EFFECTIVELY SAYING WITH THIS ALBUM IS DON’T GATE KEEP ME FROM A GENRE OF MUSIC LIKE AND DON’T LIMIT WHAT I CAN DO WHEN WE’RE IN THE SPACES THAT I CAN SHOW UP. THIS IS NOT ONLY A REALLY GREAT MUSICAL JOURNEY, THIS IS ALSO AN EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY.

SHE IS TEACHING PEOPLE ABOUT THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO PERFORM AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY AND THEN GOT THIS WOMAN WHO ALSO IS IN HER EIGHTIES. ON THIS ALBUM AND ESSENTIALLY GIVE KIND OF A LESSON AND A PRELUDE SAYING. YOU KNOW GENRES KIND OF DON’T MATTER. YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF IN A

PLACE AND CREATE REALLY GREAT MUSIC AND PEOPLE SHOULD ACCEPT YOU. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. YEAH, I LOVE THAT MUSICIANS HAVE ALWAYS LISTENED TO EACH OTHER’S MUSIC, RIGHT? NO MATTER WHAT GENRE THEY WERE IN. THEY’RE MUSICIANS, THEY’RE CURIOUS, THEY’RE THEY WANT TO SEE IF THERE’S ANYTHING

THAT THAT THEY CAN GLEAN. AND AND INCORPORATE IN THEIR OWN MUSIC FROM THAT. BUT THE FACT THE MATTER IS RIGHT, OUR SOCIETY DOES WHAT IT DOES. AND SO WHAT YOU THINK THE WIDER IMPACT OF BEYONCE SORT OF STAKING A CLAIM HERE NOT JUST FOR HERSELF MAY BE RIGHT THERE BEEN GREAT BLACK COUNTRY

MUSIC ARTISTS OVER THE YEARS, BUT FOR THE QUEEN OF POP, TO CROSS THAT LINE AND DO SUCH A GREAT JOB SOUNDS LIKE. >> YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK, FIRST OF ALL, WE SHOULD ALL PREPARE OURSELVES FOR A THOUSAND PIECES TO COME FROM EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT JUST THAT.

BUT I THINK BIGGER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, BEYONCE IS REALLY KIND OF OPENING THE DOOR, AS SHE TALKED ABOUT AT LENGTH IN AN INSTAGRAM BEFORE THIS ALBUM DROPPED, THAT SHE FELT NOT WELCOME AND, A SIMILAR SPACE THAT SHE PERFORMED WITH THE DIXIE CHICKS SOME YEARS AGO. AND THAT IS REALLY WHERE

THE SEED WAS PLANTED FOR HER TO DO THIS ALBUM TODAY. AND I THINK WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT BEYONCE THAT YOU’RE SAYING YOU CANNOT DENY I AM COUNTRY, I AM HERE. AND IF YOU DON’T THINK THAT I’M OF THESE THINGS THAT I TOLD YOU THAT I AM, I’M GOING

TO BRING IN THE PEOPLE THAT YOU RESPECT THE MOST TO GIVE ME THAT COSIGN. YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT LITTLE NOTHING. WE CAME OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. YOU HAVE TO GET A COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND TO JUMP ON AN, YOU KNOW, SONG WITH THEM IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ON THAT COUNTRY

MUSIC CHARTS. THE I THINK NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT UPHILL BATTLE. I DON’T THINK WITH THIS ALBUM MAY NOT LOVE THAT SHE IS CROSSING GENRES IN THIS WAY ,BUT YOU KIND OF HAVE TO RESPECT WHAT SHE’S DOING AND SHE’S TALENTED AND GET OUT TO NOW. THAT’S IT. BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT

SOUNDS GREAT. CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR THE WHOLE THING. OKAY. KELLYCARTER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US ON THIS. >> IT’S A GREAT STORY. >> THANK YOU. AND MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF IMPACT X “NIGHTLINE”. IT’S BEYONCE, A COUNTRY ONLY ON HULU. NEW EPISODES DROP EVERY

THURSDAY. TAKE A LISTEN TO IT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M TERRY MORAN. WE’RE GOING TO LEAVE YOU NOW WITH A LOOK AT THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? BECAUSE MEMORIAL FLOWERS ARE BEING PLACED THERE TO REMEMBER. >> ACTOR LOUIS GOSSETT JR.

GOSSETT WAS THE FIRST BLACK MAN EVER TO WIN AN OSCAR FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FOR HIS UNFORGETTABLE ROLE IN AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN. IF YOU HAVEN’T IT, CHECK IT OUT. LOU GOSSETT JR WAS 87 YEARS OLD. >> THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. NEITHER DO IT. >> WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK.

>> WHENEVER, WHEREVER BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BUFFALO, UVALDE, 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 SCREEN US ON ABC NEWS TONIGHT SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF FRIENDS. NO SCREAMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MORE TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID.

YOU ARE THE MOST WATCHED ON TELEVISION. >> I HAVE A POINT OF CONCERN. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S OUR SECRET WAR WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY FIRST INSIGHT ABOUT PARENT IS A SLICE OF HUMOR. FLESH. 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. BEYONCE IS CONQUERING COUNTRY. MY FAMILY LOVES BEYONCE. IT COWBOY CARTER COMES INTO THE WORLD AT A VERY TIME. PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS SONG IS

TOO GOOD TO RESIST JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE SAYING HIP-HOP MUSIC WITH A COUNTRY ACCENT. >> IT’S NOT MAKING COUNTRY MUSIC THE STAY IN YOUR LANE. WELL, THAT’S REAL COUNTRY. IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO IS AT SUPERSTAR STATUS TO DO THAT, SHAKES IT ALL UP. >> IT’S FIANCEE COUNTRY. THIS IS IMPACT BY “NIGHTLINE”

NOW STREAMING ON HULU. WHAT YOU’VE SEEN MANY PEOPLE’S THEIR DAY HERE ABC NEWS THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES START HERE THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING MAKING YOUR DEBUT FIRST LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET

YOUR PODCASTS. WE’RE RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. THE RUSH TO REOPEN ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL HARBORS IN THIS COUNTRY AS CREWS WORK THE CLOCK IN BALTIMORE. WE’RE GETTING NEW VIDEO FROM THAT DEADLY COLLISION BETWEEN A CARGO SHIP AND THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE.

>> WE’RE LIVE IN BALTIMORE IN A MOMENT. PLUS, HIS STORY SHOULD BE HERE. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL LEFT ITS FRONT PAGE BLANK TODAY, MARKING ONE YEAR SINCE REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS WRONGFULLY DETAINED IN VLADIMIR RUSSIA. WE’LL TALK TO ONE OF EVAN’S COLLEAGUES AT THE JOURNAL COMING UP. AND ALL HAIL THE QUEEN JONI.

LISTEN TO THAT. BEYONCÉ’S NEW ALBUM HAS OFFICIALLY DROPPED AND IT’S ALREADY AN INSTANT CLASSIC IN THE EYES OF MANY EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT COWBOY CARTER. >> COMING UP, JOLENE, HOWEVER, WHEN I’M TERRY MORAN AND WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE NEW DETAILS IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE.

MARYLAND GOVERNOR WES MOORE SAID A NEWS CONFERENCE JUST MOMENTS AGO THAT THE CONDITIONS IN THE WATER ARE SO ROUGH, SO DIFFICULT, THE DIVERS RIGHT NOW CAN’T EVEN GO IN. SO WE’VE ALSO LEARNED THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS THAT HE WILL VISIT BALTIMORE NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE, NEW VIDEO SHOWS NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY

BOARD INVESTIGATE HOURS COMBING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE OF THE DALY CARGO SHIP. AUTHORITIES ARE NOW LOOKING INTO WHETHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE ON BOARD THE SHIP WHEN IT LOST POWER AND COLLIDED WITH THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE BRIDGE, BRINGING THAT MASSIVE STRUCTURE DOWN INTO THE WATER. ALSO HAPPENING AT THIS HOUR,

TWO HEAVY DUTY CRANES IN THE PORT OF BALTIMORE HELPING CLEAR THE MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF DEBRIS WITH TWO MORE STILL ON THEIR WAY TO TACKLE THIS MONSTER TASK AHEAD FOR BALTIMORE. AND FOR THE COUNTRY. SO LEADING US OFF ABC’S IKE EJIOCHI HE’S BEEN IN BALTIMORE FOR DAYS NOW ABC NEWS TRANSPORTATION

REPORTER SAM SWEENEY HERE IN WASHINGTON D.C. WITH ME. SO WE JUST HEARD FROM MARYLAND’S GOVERNOR WES MOORE. WHAT’S HE SAYING ABOUT THE OPERATION AT THE SITE OF THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE AS WELL AS THE RECOVERY SO FAR? WELL, TERRY, HE SAYS RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF RECOVERY, IN TERMS OF MAKING THOSE FAMILIES WHOLE,

HE SAYS MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. GOVERNOR MOORE WAS OUT ON THE WATER TODAY WITH A LOT OF THOSE EMERGENCY SURVEYING THIS ENTIRE DISASTER ZONE. AND HE SAID SIMPLY THIS THE SCALE OF THIS PROJECT IS UNPRECEDENTED. AND HE SAID RIGHT NOW, THE OPERATIONS FOR THE DIVERS, THAT’S BEEN PAUSED.

WHY BECAUSE THE THE LEAD AREA IN THE WATER RIGHT NOW IS JUST DANGEROUS FOR THOSE DIVERS RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE HAD AUTOMATIC VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SONAR THAT WENT INTO WATER RECENTLY. AND THEY SAID THAT THE AREA BENEATH THE GALLEY IS JUST LITTERED WITH CONCRETE, MANGLED METAL.

AND, OF COURSE. BUT ANOTHER THING THEY FOUND DOWN THERE WAS A LARGE. MARYLAND STATE POLICE SAID THERE’S A LARGE VEHICLE RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE ENTIRE RUBBLE THAT’S ESSENTIALLY ENCAPSULATED BY A LARGE AMOUNT OF THAT DEBRIS. THEY SAID IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR CREWS TO EVEN GET THERE, LET ALONE TAKING

THE MORE TIME TO ESSENTIALLY JUGGLE CAR AWAY FROM ALL OF THAT DEBRIS. NOW, OFFICIALS SAY THAT IT’S POSSIBLE THAT CAR BELONGED TO ONE OF THE CREW MEMBERS WHO WERE WORKING ON THE FRANCIS SCOTT BRIDGE AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION. BUT HE SAID ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW, THAT WHOLE RECOVERY

EFFORT IS PUT ON PAUSE UNTIL THEY CAN CLEAR THIS WHOLE AREA REMOVING THIS SHIP OUT OF HERE IS ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITY. AND THEY CAN’T DO THAT UNTIL THE DEBRIS IN AND AROUND THE AREA OF A DOLLY IS REMOVED. THEY WON’T BE ABLE TO TOP THAT WHOLE THING OUT OF THERE.

SO THEY SAY THAT THOSE MASSIVE CRANES, SOME OF THEM ALREADY HERE NOW, MORE COMING TONIGHT, OF COURSE, IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS WILL BE OVER HERE TO TRY TO REMOVE THAT DEBRIS SO THEY CAN CONTINUE WITH THIS RECOVERY EFFORT. TERRY. SUCH A HUGE TASK. AND, SAM, WE KNOW THAT THE NTSB

IS NOW LOOKING AT THE SHIP’S DATA RECORDER. I GUESS ANALOGOUS TO THE BLACK BOX ON THE AIRPLANE. WHERE DOES THIS INVESTIGATION IS HEADED AT THIS POINT? >> WELL, TERRY, THEY WANT TO COLLECT ALL OF THE EVIDENCE THEY CAN WHILE THIS SCENE IS STILL THERE FOR THEM. >> THEY WILL REMAIN THROUGH

THE WEEKEND AND THEY WILL GO PIECE BY PIECE, INCH BY INCH ON THE SHIP, DOCUMENTING IT, TAKING PHOTOS, RETRIEVING ALL THE VIDEO AND AUDIO THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN. AND, OF COURSE, SPEAKING WITH THOSE CREW MEMBERS TO TRY UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED. THEY WILL BRING ALL OF THAT EVIDENCE BACK TO WASHINGTON.

THEY WILL BEGIN TO PORE OVER IT, OF COURSE, GOING THROUGH THOSE DATA RECORDERS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THIS POSSIBLE POWER ON BOARD THIS SHIP. >> AND THEN THEY WILL RELEASE A PRELIMINARY REPORT WHICH WE WILL LEARN A LITTLE BIT NEW INFORMATION IN 2 TO 4 WEEKS.

BUT AGAIN, THAT FINAL REPORT, THE FINAL CAUSE, WE LIKELY WON’T KNOW THAT FOR AT LEAST A YEAR OR TWO. >> HMM. LOTS TO. IKE EJIOCHI. SAM SWEENEY. THANKS BOTH. AS YOU HAVE BEEN HELPING US THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE TURN NOW TO THE WAR BETWEEN

ISRAEL AND HAMAS AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. HE HAS NOW AGREED TO SEND DELEGATIONS TO DOHA. THAT’S THE CAPITOL OF QATAR AND CAIRO IN THE COMING DAYS, QUOTE UNQUOTE, FOR NEW TALKS AIMED AT SECURING THE RELEASE OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES AS PART OF A GAZA CEASE FIRE DEAL WITH HAMAS.

WE’LL SEE IF THAT COMES ABOUT. THIS DOES COME AS A TOP COURT AT THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS ISRAEL MUST OPEN LAND CROSSINGS TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN AID TO GET INTO GAZA. RIGHT NOW, MORE THAN 1 MILLION PALESTINIANS ARE AT RISK OF WHAT THE UNITED NATIONS WARNS BE, QUOTE, THE WORST

FAMINE THE WORLD HAS SEEN SINCE SECOND WORLD WAR. MEANWHILE, THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES ARE CLAIMING HAVE KILLED THE TOP HAMAS OPERATIVE AT AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL, NORTHERN GAZA. ON TOP OF THE MORE THAN 200 HAMAS FIGHTERS ISRAEL CLAIMS TO HAVE KILLED THERE SINCE RAID ON THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX BEGAN EARLIER THIS WEEK. OUR FOREIGN

CORRESPONDENT BRITT CLENNETT IS IN TEL AVIV WITH THE LATEST HYBRID. >> HI, TERRY. NETANYAHU’S OFFICE HAS SAID IT APPROVED A NEW ROUND OF GAZA CEASEFIRE TALKS TO TAKE PLACE IN DOHA AND CAIRO DAYS AFTER THE NEGOTIATIONS APPEARED TO HAVE STALLED. NOW HE’S SENDING AN INTELLIGENCE DELEGATION FOR THESE TALKS, WHICH WILL TAKE

PLACE IN THE COMING DAYS, WE’RE TOLD. QATAR, THE MEDIATOR, IT SAID EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT TALKS BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL ON A GAZA TRUCE AND HOSTAGE RELEASE WERE CONTINUING. THAT’S RAISING HOPE AMONG NOT JUST THE HOSTAGE FAMILIES, BUT ALSO PEOPLE IN GAZA WHO ARE DESPERATE FOR THE FIGHTING TO END.

IT’S UNCLEAR WHETHER NETANYAHU IS SOFTENING ON ANY OF THE PREVIOUSLY DEBATED STICKING POINTS, BUT PRESSURE IS GROWING ON THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER TO RELEASE THOSE HOSTAGES TO COME HOME WITH SOME KIND OF DEAL. NOW, THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE NOT SEEN OR HEARD FROM THEIR LOVED ONES IN 174 DAYS HAVE REPEATEDLY CALLED ON

HER TO DO TO MAKE A DEAL TO ENSUR THE RELEASE OF THEIR LOVED ONES. AND ON THAT ATTACK IN SYRIA, TERRY, SYRIA’S DEFENSE MINISTRY SAID ISRAELI PLANES TARGETED SEVERAL SITES IN THE ALEPPO COUNTRYSIDE IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING. SYRIAN STATE NEWS AGENCY SAID THEY CIVILIAN AND MILITARY

CASUALTIES AND ONE OF THE HEZBOLLAH FIGHTERS REPORTEDLY KILLED WAS A LOCAL FIELD COMMANDER WHOSE BROTHER WAS KILLED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON LEBANON IN NOVEMBER. HOURS LATER, THE IDF SAID IT KILLED A SENIOR HEZBOLLAH FIGURE IN AN AIRSTRIKE IN LEBANON. AND IT REALLY RAISES THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER

THERE IS A WIDER WAR BREWING HERE. ALL RIGHT, BRITT CLENNETT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH THAT. STAYING OVERSEAS TODAY MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE “WALL STREET JOURNAL” REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS DETAINED IN RUSSIA. THE AMERICAN JOURNALIST WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY DURING A REPORTING TRIP IN THE URAL MOUNTAINS AREA. HE’S BEEN BASELESSLY

ACCUSED OF ACTING ON U.S. ORDERS TO COLLECT RUSSIAN SECRETS, SOMETHING THAT HE AND THE NEWSPAPER, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ALL VEHEMENTLY DENY. JUST MINUTES AGO, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID, QUOTE, I ADMIRE THE HELL OUT OF TRYING EVERYTHING WE CAN DO SO FAR. WE’RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP.

>> JOINING ME NOW AS HE BEGINS, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MOORE FOR MORE ON THIS GERSHKOVICH MARCUS. HE’S THE FIRST AMERICAN REPORTER DETAINED BY MOSCOW SINCE THE COLD WAR. TO US ABOUT THE EFFORTS TO FREE HIM. >> WELL, TERRY, THESE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN UNDER WAY EVER SINCE WORD OF HIS DETENTION CAME OUT.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN STATEMENTS MADE IN THE PUBLIC ABOUT, THE THE EFFORTS ON THE PART OF THE U.S. TO TRY TO TALK TO RUSSIAN OFFICIALS ABOUT SECURING HIS RELEASE. AND AS THOSE STATEMENTS ARE MADE, THE PUBLIC, AS YOU KNOW VERY WELL, THAT THERE ARE BACK ROOM DISCUSSIONS

THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. BUT SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN NO NO PROGRESS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF IN TERMS OF SECURING RELEASE . BUT THE OF THE EFFORTS TO CONTINUE AND YOU JUST READ THE STATEMENT, PRESIDENT BIDEN ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE TODAY WHERE HE SAID

THAT THEY WILL NOT GIVE UP AND CERTAINLY OUR DOORSTEP SPOKE WITH EVAN’S FAMILY. THEY ARE NOT GIVING UP ON HIM EITHER. AND THOSE EFFORTS, TERRY, DO CONTINUE AS. >> WE SPEAK. AND, MARCUS, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT EVAN GERSHKOVICH CONDITION, HOW HE’S HOLDING UP AFTER THIS YEAR IN A RUSSIAN PRISON?

>> YEAH, THAT’S BEEN A IT’S BEEN A LONG YEAR, TERRY, WITHOUT A DOUBT. WE KNOW THAT HE’S AT THE LEFT OF A PRISON, WHICH IS IN EASTERN MOSCOW, AND WE UNDERSTAND FROM HIS FAMILY AND HIS FRIENDS THAT HE’S BUT HE’S DOING WELL. >> I MEAN, WELL ENOUGH TO TO

JOKE WITH HIS HIS FRIENDS WHO HE’S BEEN IN CONTACT WITH. HE’S ALSO MANAGED TO SEND THEM LETTERS. AND WE HEARD FROM A FRIEND WHO SAID THAT HE TRIED TO CHEER THEM UP IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THIS THIS ORDEAL THAT HE’S BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF.

AND SO THAT’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HIS CONDITION IN TERMS OF HIS CASE ON TUESDAY THIS WEEK. HIS PRETRIAL DETENTION WAS EXTENDED BY ANOTHER THREE MONTHS. AND SO THIS IS ONGOING AND, TERRY, THERE’S EVERY SENSE THAT RUSSIA IS CLEARLY USING HIS DETENTION AS A BARGAINING CHIP, PERHAPS FOR SOME TYPE OF PRISONER SWAP.

NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. IT’S A TOUGH SITUATION AND UNJUST FOR HIM TO COME HOME. ABC NEWS MARCUS MOORE. THANK VERY MUCH. WE WANT TO STAY ON THIS STORY ON THIS ANNIVERSARY THREE OF OF EVAN GERSHKOVICH DETENTION IN RUSSIA. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

THEY PUBLISHED THE STARK OF HIS DETAINMENT ON ITS FRONT PAGE TODAY. LOOK AT THE HEADLINE THERE. HIS STORY SHOULD BE HERE. THE PAPER ALSO PUSH NOTIFICATIONS TO SMARTPHONES TO RAISE AWARENESS OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THIS JOURNALIST. JOINING ME NOW IS ONE OF EVAN GERSHKOVICH, HIS COLLEAGUES, “WALL STREET JOURNAL” SENIOR

VIDEO CORRESPONDENT SHELBY HOLIDAY. SHELBY, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON THIS. WE SAW THAT FRONT PAGE. IT’S SO STRIKING AND ALL THE MESSAGES FROM YOUR COLLEAGUES. WHAT’S WHAT’S THE FEELING THERE ? >> THE NEWSROOM TODAY ON THIS THIS TERRIBLE ANNIVERSARY. >> IT’S A SOMBER DAY.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME ON TO TALK, EVAN. IT’S A DAY THAT WE NEVER WANTED TO HAVE COME. IT’S A DAY WE NEVER WANTED TO HAVE TO MARK. YET HERE WE ARE, ONE YEAR LATER . THE FACTS ARE THAT EVAN GERSHKOVICH IS AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED JOURNALIST. JOURNALIST?

HE’S AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST, BUT HE WAS RAISED WITH RUSSIAN HERITAGE AND HE WAS ONE OF THE FEW AMERICAN JOURNALISTS TO BE ACCREDITED REPORT ON THE GROUND IN RUSSIA AFTER THE WAR IN UKRAINE BROKE OUT. SO HE FELT HE HAD THIS UNIQUE AND POWERFUL DUTY TO TELL

US WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY AT A REALLY IMPORTANT TIME IN THE WORLD. HE WAS BREAKING LOT OF NEWS. HE WAS WRITING DEEPLY SOURCED AND POWERFUL PIECES ABOUT. PRESIDENT PUTIN AND HIS INNER CIRCLE ABOUT RUSSIA’S WAR EFFORT, ABOUT HOW THAT WAR EFFORT WAS AFFECTING THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY.

AND THEN ONE YEAR AGO, HE WAS DETAINED FOR DOING HIS JOB AND, FOR DOING HIS JOB WELL. >> SO IT’S BEEN A REALLY TOUGH YEAR. WE’VE TRIED AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO SUPPORT HIM AND WRITE HIM LETTERS. WE’VE HELD REDESIGNS. WE HAD A LOT OF COLLEAGUES FROM

ABC AND FROM ACROSS THE NEWS WORLD COME INTO THE OFFICE AND READ SOME OF EVAN’S WORK THIS WEEK. AND ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN REALLY MEANINGFUL. BUT NOTHING WILL CHANGE. >> HE COMES ON. IT’S TIME. IT IS SUCH A TOUGH SITUATION, HAVING BEEN TO RUSSIA MANY TIMES.

YOU COULD FEEL THE CLOSING IN AS PUTIN CEMENTED HIS GRIP ON POWER AND AFTER THE WAR BEGAN IN UKRAINE, IT WAS JUST VERY DIFFICULT FOR EVAN, ONE OF THE FEW REPORTERS ABLE TO GET THERE AND DO GREAT. AND NOW HE’S IN PRISON FOR IT. AND JUSTLY. OBVIOUSLY, YOU’VE SPOKEN

WITH HIS PARENTS, EVAN’S PARENTS SEVERAL, TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR. >> HOW ARE THEY HOLDING UP? HIS PARENTS JUST INCREDIBLY WISE AND STRONG AND GRACIOUS. IT’S SO IMPOSSIBLE TO IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO WALK IN THEIR SHOES. BUT ONE THING THAT THEY’VE REMAINED THROUGHOUT YEAR IS OPTIMISTIC.

I INTERVIEWED THEM A FEW DAYS AFTER EVAN WAS DETAINED. HIS MOM SAID, WE CAME FROM THE SOVIET UNION. WE FLED THE SOVIET UNION, BUT WE’RE AMERICANS AND WE’RE HAPPY TO BE AMERICANS. AND WE CHOOSE TO BE OPTIMISTIC . AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE DONE SO POWERFULLY

THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR. FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ACTUALLY TRAVELED TO MOSCOW LAST SUMMER TO GO SEE EVAN AT A HEARING STANDING IN HIS CAGE AND. I’LL NEVER FORGET IT. I WAS TALKING TO HIS MOM, WRITING A STORY ABOUT IT, AND SHE SAID, WE SMILED WE CHOSE TO DO THE ONE THING

THAT THE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES WOULD NEVER EXPECT US TO, WHICH IS TO HAVE THIS HAPPY, BEAUTIFUL MOMENT WITH OUR SON. DESPITE THE TERRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES, DESPITE THE UNFAIR FACT HE IS STANDING BEHIND A GLASS CAGE. WE WANTED TO HAVE A HAPPY MOMENT, TAKE THAT HOME WITH US. AND EVEN AFTER HEARING PRESIDENT PUTIN AN INTERVIEW

AND TALK ABOUT THEIR SON AS IF HE HAD A BARGAINING CHIP, THEY CHOSE TO BE OPTIMISTIC AND LOOKED AT IT AS GOOD NEWS. PRESIDENT PUTIN IS WILLING TO TALK TO THE US ABOUT POTENTIALLY THEIR SON. SO THEY’VE JUST REMAINED REMARKABLY STRONG AND. OF COURSE, IT’S BEEN

A DIFFICULT YEAR AND OF COURSE THEY’RE ADMITTING IT’S TAKING A TOLL, TAKING A TOLL ON EVAN. OF COURSE, IT’S TAKING A TOLL ON HIS FAMILY, BUT THEY’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY HE WALKS FREE WHENEVER. THAT IS, THEY HAVE A VACATION PLANNED. THEY ARE, YOU IN THEIR HEADS

HAVE SO MANY SO MANY IDEAS OF WHAT THEY’LL DO. THEY WEREN’T ABLE TO HUG HIM WHEN THEY WENT TO MOSCOW. HIS MOM JUST WANTS TO HIM A BIG HUG. SO, OF COURSE, IT’S A DIFFICULT ANNIVERSARY YET THEY REMAIN INCREDIBLY STRONG AND ARE TRULY SETTING THE FOR ALL OF US. >> THAT’S AMAZING.

AND I LOVE THAT STORY OF A SMILE BEING AN ACT OF DEFIANCE AND COURAGE IN THE TEETH OF THE KREMLIN’S REGIME. AND, YOU KNOW, IT’S GETTING SO DIFFICULT TO REPORT NOT JUST IN RUSSIA, BUT ELSEWHERE AS WELL. THEY USED TO BE YOU COULD GO TO A LOT OF BAD.

AND IF YOU WERE A REPORTER, THERE WAS A COLOR, YOU WEREN’T SAFE. BUT IT A DIFFERENT STATUS NO LONGER. AND EVAN’S CASE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THIS CASE SAY ABOUT THE STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM AND THE SAFETY AROUND THE WORLD TODAY? >> THAT’S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT.

WELL, OF COURSE, TODAY IS ABOUT EVAN AND THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DETENTION. IT IS ALSO A REALLY IMPORTANT DAY TO SHINE A LIGHT ON SEVERAL JOURNALISTS WHO HAVE BEEN DETAINED AND SEVERAL JOURNALISTS WHO REPORT IN THE FACE OF REALLY CHALLENGING AUTHORITARIAN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE FEAR IS THAT PRESIDENT PUTIN, BY DETAINING

EVAN AND OTHERS LIKE HIM, IS SHOWING OTHER GOVERNMENTS WHO HAVE SIMILAR AUTHORITARIAN THAT IF YOU DON’T LIKE WHAT’S BEING REPORTED ABOUT YOU OR YOU, YOU HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH THE PRESS, MAYBE YOU CAN JUST GRAB A JOURNALIST AND HOLD HIM UNLAWFULLY, UNFAIRLY AND WRONGFULLY. AND THAT’S HOW YOU DEAL WITH IT.

AND IT’S IT’S THAT WE HAVE BEEN SCREAMING ABOUT ALL YEAR AT THE “WALL STREET JOURNAL” THAT THIS. YES, IT’S ABOUT OUR COLLEAGUE, BUT IT’S ALSO BIGGER THAN THAT. IT’S ABOUT PRESS FREEDOM, THE ABILITY FOR JOURNALISTS TO BE ON THE GROUND AND TELL IMPORTANT AND GIVE US A GIVE US

A WINDOW INTO EVENTS THAT ARE SHAPING THIS GENERATION. SO IT IS A BIG DAY. TALK ABOUT PRESS FREEDOM. AND IF YOU GO TO THE “WALL STREET JOURNAL” HOMEPAGE, YOU’LL STORIES ABOUT EVAN, BUT ALSO ABOUT OTHER JOURNALISTS WHO HAVE SUFFERED SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES AT GREAT SHALL BE HOLIDAY. FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON THIS DAY FOR BRINGING US NEWS AND THAT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AND WE ALL HOPE THAT EVAN COMES HOME AS HE SHOWS LIKE THIS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. >> ALL RIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK. COMING UP, CRACKING DOWN ON SQUATTERS.

ARE THE NEW PENALTIES AIMED AT PROTECTING HOMEOWNERS IN TONIGHT, THE SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE CONTINUES. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORM. HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS WITH DAVID. YOU ARE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION SUNDAY. BREAKING NEW REPORTS

ON THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. THE INVESTIGATION AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR REBUILDING AND NEW ISIS ATTACKS AFTER TERROR THAT HAPPENED IN MOSCOW. WHAT’S BEING DONE HERE TO KEEP AMERICANS SAFE? >> SUNDAY MORNING ON ABC’S THIS WEEK. YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS REPORTING. BREAKING NEW EXCLUSIVES KEEP

STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS. >> LAWMAKERS IN SEVERAL ARE CRACKING DOWN ON SQUATTERS. NOW THE NEW PENALTIES COME AS HOMEOWNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FACE A SURGE IN PEOPLE TAKING OVER THEIR HOUSES. >> HERE’S ABC ZOHREEN SHAH. HOMEOWNERS VERSUS WATER IS INCIDENTS LIKE THIS ONE IN NEW YORK UNCOVERED BY OUR

STATION WABE. >> DAN CREWS ARE PUSHING LAWMAKERS TO DO SOMETHING. YOU SHOULDN’T BE TRYING TO STEAL MY HOUSE. YES, YOU ARE IN. FLORIDA WEDNESDAY, GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SIGNING A BILL INTO LAW TO HELP HOMEOWNERS GET SQUATTERS OUT OF THEIR PROPERTIES. >> WHAT THE SQUATTERS KNOW IS EVEN WHEN THEY’RE IN

THE WRONG, IT’S A MASSIVE PROCESS MANY TIMES BEFORE THEY CAN BE EVICTED. >> THE NEW LAW, EFFECTIVE JULY FIRST ALLOWS PROPERTY OWNERS TO REQUEST LAW ENFORCEMENT IMMEDIATELY OF SQUATTERS WHO WILL NOT LEAVE CITY AFTER CITY. IT IS A SCENE OUT REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> THEY CAME IN THROUGH THE BACK.

>> WHEN YOU HAVE WILD PARTIES AND PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY PARKING ON THE YARD. IN GEORGIA, REPORTER ASHLEY LINCOLN AT OUR ABC ATLANTA AFFILIATE WSB TV UNCOVERING SEVERAL CORPORATE OWNED RENTAL PROPERTIES TAKEN BY SQUATTERS LIKE THIS PROPERTY FOR THE LAST 14 MONTHS. THIS RING VIDEO CAPTURING THE SQUATTERS, UNLOADING INTO THE HOME.

>> THE POLICE CAN’T DO ANYTHING. AND YOU PROTECT NOBODY. THE STATE LEGISLATOR, THEY’RE FIGHTING BACK SAYING, SQUATTERS SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH TRESPASSING. THE BILL NOW SITTING ON THE GOVERNOR’S DESK WAITING TO BECOME LAW. BOTH OF THESE ACTS, THE ONE IN FLORIDA AS WELL IN GEORGIA, ARE GIVING HOMEOWNERS A FASTER

WAY TO GET THESE INDIVIDUALS OUT OF THE HOME. IT’S TAKING IT OF THE CIVIL COURT PROCESS AND EMPOWERING LAW FISHERS. >> REMOVE THE SQUATTERS FROM THE PROPERTY IN LOS ANGELES. ABC’S JACLYN LEE SPOKE WITH MOMS WHO CALL THEMSELVES VIGILANTES, CREATING A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH AFTER SQUATTERS TOOK OVER THIS $3

MILLION HOME DOWN THE STREET. LAW ENFORCEMENT UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT’S A, QUOTE, CIVIL MATTER, HE SAID. >> SQUATTERS TREATING THIS LIKE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. >> YOU KNOW, IT’S A CONSTANT PROBLEM. SHE ADDS, THEY ARE EVEN HELPING THEMSELVES TO PACKAGES THAT ACTUALLY BELONG TO THE HOMEOWNER. SO EXPERTS HAVE TWO BIG TIPS.

KEEP AN EYE YOUR PROPERTY, AND IF YOU LEARN THAT YOU HAVE SQUATTERS, CALL A LAWYER. >> TERRI, WHAT A STORY. ZOHREEN SHAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT. WELL, COMING UP, BEYONCE’S NEW ALBUM, THE JAPANESE PRIZE. GUESTS FEATURED AND HOW FANS ARE REACTING. COMING RIGHT UP.

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

STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME TIME IN BETWEEN. HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES NOW THE MOVE STARTED CHASING DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AMERICA THIS MORNING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME THE WINNER OF THE GRACIE AWARD FOR BEST NEWS PROGRAM IN. ALL OF TELEVISION.

STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS ON ABC NEWS LIVE ON AARON KATERSKY IN PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION IN NEW YORK’S THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING NEWS LIVE, BUT THANKS FOR STREAMING THIS HERE.

>> SOME BIG NEWS ON THIS FRIDAY ,BEYONCE’S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED COUNTRY ALBUM. IT’S HERE DURING. I’M WARNING YOU, DON’T COME MY MOM. WELL, THAT SOUNDS COWBOY CARTER IT’S CALLED AND IT DROPPED OVERNIGHT. >> IT’S ALREADY THE LAST SHOWING OF RAVE REVIEWS. LET’S BRING IN KELLYCARTER, THE SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER AT A.J..

SO, KELLY FIRST, START WITH BEYONCE’S MUSIC. WHAT SONGS ARE OFF OF THIS ALBUM RIGHT NOW? WHAT WHAT DO YOU. HOW DID THAT HIT THE PUBLIC? I MEAN, THERE ARE SO MANY SONGS THAT PEOPLE ARE IMMEDIATELY TO. I THINK WE JUST PLAYED ONE OF THEM THAT COVER THAT REMAKE, DOLLY PARTON’S INFAMOUS

SONG JOLENE IS SO GREAT. WHAT’S WHAT MAKES THIS EVEN BETTER THAN JUST A REALLY GREAT REMAKE THAT SHE BROUGHT QUEEN DOLLY PARTON IN ON THE FUN, TOO. YOU ALMOST GIVING A BLESSING OF SORTS, IT FEELS LIKE. OR RERECORDING AND ALSO REMIXING IN SOME WAYS BECAUSE THERE’S SOME NEW LYRICS IN THIS

SONG THAT BEYONCÉ BRINGS TO JOLENE AND PEOPLE ARE ABSOLUTELY LOVING THAT, AND THEY’RE LOVING THE COSIGN THAT DOLLY PARTON EFFECTIVELY IS GIVING BEYONCÉ OTHER PROJECTS THAT PEOPLE LOVING THE SONG SHE DOES WITH MILEY CYRUS THAT IS INCREDIBLE TO AND AND QUITE FRANKLY I THINK I THINK BRINGING NPR WHO ARE VERY AUTHENTIC

TO COUNTRY MUSIC OR THE KINGS AND QUEENS, WILLIE NELSON AND DOLLY PARTON AND LINDA MARTELL JUST REALLY KIND OF SOLIDIFIES, YOU KNOW, THE SPACE THAT BEYONCÉ IS FINDING HERSELF AND ALL ARE SAYING, YES, YES, QUEEN, BEYONCE, THEY COME TO COUNTRY AND DO WHAT IT IS THAT YOU DO AND WE’RE HERE TO SUPPORT

YOU SO MUCH SO WE’RE PULLING UP FOR YOUR COUNTRY ALBUM AND I THINK THAT’S INCREDIBLE. >> I LOVE THAT. I LOVE THAT THAT KIND OF CROSS-POLLINATION THERE AND THE THE WAY THESE ARTISTS ARE COMING TOGETHER. >> AND SHE SOUNDS GREAT, YOU KNOW, DOES SHE HAVE A

I’M NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH THE BIOGRAPHY, BUT I KNOW THAT COMES FROM TEXAS, RIGHT. >> DOES SHE HAVE LITTLE COUNTRY ROOTS? >> SHE SHE COMES FROM TEXAS. AND THE ANSWER HAS ALWAYS BEEN COUNTRY. SHE’S, AS YOU SAY, GIRL WHO GREW UP GOING TO THE RODEO. AND IN FACT, WHEN DESTINY’S

CHILD, HER FORMER GROUP GOT INVITED TO PERFORM AT THE RODEO, THAT WAS ONE OF HER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING SHE WENT TO AS A. SHE ACTUALLY JOKINGLY SAID THAT HER MOTHER COULDN’T KEEP OUT OF HER COWBOY BOOTS AS A LITTLE GIRL GROWING UP. >> SO THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE

IS VERY AUTHENTIC TO BEYONCE. AND I THINK WHAT SHE’S EFFECTIVELY SAYING WITH THIS ALBUM IS DON’T GATE KEEP ME FROM A GENRE OF MUSIC LIKE AND DON’T LIMIT WHAT I CAN DO WHEN WE’RE IN THE SPACES THAT I CAN SHOW UP IN. THIS IS NOT ONLY A REALLY GREAT

MUSICAL JOURNEY, THIS IS ALSO EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY. SHE IS TEACHING PEOPLE ABOUT THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO PERFORM AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY AND THEN GOT THIS WOMAN WHO ALSO IS IN HER EIGHTIES. YES. ON THIS ALBUM AND ESSENTIALLY GIVE KIND OF A LESSON AND A PRELUDE SAYING, YOU KNOW,

GENRES KIND OF DON’T MATTER. YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF IN A PLACE AND CREATE REALLY GREAT MUSIC AND PEOPLE SHOULD ACCEPT YOU AND. >> THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. YEAH, I LOVE THAT MUSICIANS HAVE ALWAYS LISTENED TO EACH OTHER’S MUSIC. NO MATTER WHAT GENRE THEY WERE

IN, THEY’RE MUSICIANS, THEY’RE CURIOUS, THEY’RE THEY WANT TO SEE IF THERE’S ANYTHING THAT THAT THEY CAN GLEAN. AND, AND INCORPORATE IN THEIR OWN MUSIC FROM THAT. BUT THE FACT OF MATTER IS, RIGHT, OUR SOCIETY DOES WHAT IT DOES. AND SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THE WIDER IMPACT OF BEYONCE

SORT OF STAKING THE CLAIM HERE, NOT JUST FOR HERSELF, MAYBE RANDOM AND GREAT COUNTRY MUSIC ARTISTS OVER THE YEARS, BUT FOR THIS QUEEN OF TO CROSS THAT LINE AND DO SUCH A GREAT JOB? >> SOUNDS LIKE. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK FIRST OF ALL, WE SHOULD ALL PREPARE FOR

A THOUSAND PIECES TO COME FROM EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT JUST THAT. BUT I THINK BIGGER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, BEYONCE IS REALLY KIND OF OPENING THE DOOR, AS SHE TALKED ABOUT AT LENGTH IN AN INSTAGRAM POST. THIS ALBUM DROPPED THAT SHE FELT NOT WELCOME AND A CMA SPACE WHEN SHE PERFORMED

WITH THE DIXIE CHICKS SOME YEARS AGO. AND THAT IS WHERE THE SEED WAS PLANTED FOR HER TO DO THIS ALBUM TODAY. AND I THINK WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT BEYONCE THAT YOU’RE SAYING YOU CANNOT DENY, I AM COUNTRY, I AM HERE. AND IF YOU DON’T THINK THAT I’M

ANY OF THESE THINGS LIKE THAT, I TOLD YOU THAT I AM, I’M GOING TO BRING IN THE THAT YOU RESPECT THE MOST TO GIVE ME THAT COSIGN. YOU THINK ABOUT LITTLE THAT CAME OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. YOU HAVE TO GET A COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND TO JUMP ON AN, YOU KNOW,

SONG WITH THEM IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ON THAT COUNTRY MUSIC CHART. THE ANSWER IS GOING TO HAVE THAT UPHILL BATTLE. I DON’T THINK WITH THIS ALBUM, PEOPLE MAY NOT THAT SHE IS CROSSING GENRES IN THIS WAY, BUT YOU KIND OF HAVE TO RESPECT WHAT SHE’S DOING AND SHE’S TALENTED AND WELL, GET OUT

TO NOW. THAT’S IT. BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT SOUNDS GREAT. CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR THE WHOLE THING. OKAY. KELLYCARTER. HEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US ON THIS. >> IT’S A GREAT STORY. THANK YOU. AND MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF IMPACT “NIGHTLINE”.

>> IT’S BEYONCÉ COUNTRY ONLY ON HULU. NEW EPISODES DROP EVERY THURSDAY. TAKE A LISTEN TO IT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M TERRY MORAN. WE’RE GOING TO LEAVE YOU NOW WITH A LOOK AT THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME. WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? MEMORIAL? FLOWERS ARE BEING PLACED THERE

TO REMEMBER ACTOR LOUIS GOSSETT JR. CARSON WAS THE FIRST BLACK MAN EVER TO WIN AN OSCAR FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FOR HIS UNFORGETTABLE ROLE IN AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN. IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT, CHECK IT OUT. >> LOUIS GOSSETT JR WAS 87 YEARS OLD, AND HE’S NEVER STOPS.

>> NEITHER DO WE. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> NIGHT IN THE SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF DRINKS. NO STORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. THE MOST WATCHED ON TELEVISION SUNDAY MORNING. BREAKING NEW REPORTS

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ON THE RECOVERY EFFORTS IN THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. MARYLAND GOVERNOR WESTMORE SAID THIS AFTERNOON, THAT THE CONDITIONS IN THE WATERS AROUND THE BRIDGE ARE SO ROUGH, THE DIVERS CAN’T EVEN ENTER THOSE WATERS RIGHT NOW. THAT’S AS TOO HEAVY. CRANES ARE NOW IN THE PORT OF BALTIMORE HELPING CLEAR THE

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Reporting from The Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia. I’m Olivia Reuben, wherever The Story Goes, we’ll take you there. You’re screaming. ABC News live. ♪ >> DeMarco: HE’S ROCKING IT OUT. WELCOME BACK TO “GMA3.” OUR NEXT GUEST IS THE HOST AND JUDGE OF THE SPANISH COOKING SHOW, “QUE DELICIOSO.”

NOW HE’S SHOWCASING HIS OWN RECIPES WITH HIS DEBUT COOKBOOK CALLED “ONE WITH THE KITCHEN.” >> Eva: HE’S HERE TO TELL US MORE AND SHARE A SIGNATURE DISH. PLEASE WELCOME CHEF CHRIS VALDES. [ APPLAUSE ] >> DeMarco: WELCOME. >> I’M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE,

AND GOOD MORNING, AMERICA, AND I’M BRINGING SOME CUBAN AND LATIN FLAVOR INTO THE KITCHEN. >> Eva: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BOOK. I’M EXCITED TO EAT ALL THE THINGS. I ACTUALLY ALREADY TOOK A NIBBLE DOWN THERE, IF YOU SEE. LET’S GET STARTED. WHAT ARE WE MAKING?

>> SO, WE’RE GOING TO BE MAKING A SPANISH TORTILLA OMELET, BUT WE’RE CALLING IT A MIAMI SPANISH TORTILLA OMELET. SO IF YOU WANT TO HELP ME HERE, WE’RE GOING TO START WITH A HOT PAN. FIRST WE’RE GOING TO ADD THE MADUROS.

IT’S GOING TO ADD SWEETNESS AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO ADD CHORIZO. BY THE WAY, SINCE WE’RE LEARNING SPANISH, SAY IT AGAIN — >> DeMarco: “QUE DELICIOSO.” >> WE NEED TO WORK ON THAT. IT’S, “QUE DELICIOSO,” AND YOU HAVE TO WORK ON THE SEXY PART.

>> Eva: I FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD SHIMMY WHEN YOU SAY THAT. >> IT ADDS MORE PERSONALITY. SO, WE’RE GOING TO COOK THESE MADUROS UNTIL THEY’RE BROWN AND CARAMELIZED, AND WE’RE GOING TO COOK THE CHORIZO. WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO IS THAT’S GOING TO BALANCE THE

TORTILLA FLAVOR WITH SWEETNESS AND SALTINESS. IT’S JUST AMAZING. ONCE THAT’S COOKED DOWN, WE’RE GOING TO ADD ONIONS. >> DeMarco: THAT’S A LOT OF ONIONS. >> THEY’RE GOING TO COOK DOWN AND ADD SOME SWEETNESS. IT’S AMAZING. WE’RE GOING TO ADD GREEN BELL PEPPERS, SEASON WITH SALT AND

PEPPER, AND ADD SOME POTATOES. WE’RE GOING TO COOK THIS DOWN FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES, AND THEN YOU CAN CUBE THESE UP OR LEAVE THEM LIKE THAT, SLICED, AND WE END UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS. >> DeMarco: RIGHT HERE. >> Eva: LOOK WHAT YOU MADE.

>> DeMarco: TOOK A LONG TIME. >> THAT LOOKS VERY DELICIOSO. [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] >> WE’LL CUT THE SPANISH LESSONS OUT. IF YOU WANT TO HELP ME CRACK THESE EGGS. >> Eva: WE NEED MORE? >> WE NEED A FEW MORE, ESPECIALLY — WE HAVE A BIG

CREW. WE NEED TO FEED SOME PEOPLE HERE. I WANT TO SHARE THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THIS DISH. IT WAS 2:00 IN THE MORNING, AND I’M LIKE, MAN — [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] THAT TRANSLATION IS, I’M STARVING. IF TAYLOR SWIFT WAKES UP AT 2:00

IN THE MORNING TO WRITE SONGS, I CAN WAKE UP AT THAT TIME AND MAKE RECIPES. >> Eva: AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING YOU’RE HUNGRY. >> DeMarco: OR YOU’VE BEEN DRINKING ALL NIGHT OR SOMETHING. >> WELL, I OPENED THE FRIDGE AND I SEE SOME CHORIZO. I SEE THE POTATOES.

I SEE THAT SWEET PLANTAIN. I’M LIKE, WHOA, THIS IS GOING TO MAKE A MIAMI-STYLE TORTILLA AND I MADE IT AND IT WAS DELICIOUS AND I WOKE UP AND ATE THE LEFTOVERS AND IT WAS AMAZING. WE’RE GOING TO ADD OUR EGGS. >> DeMarco: YOU GOT TO BEAT THOSE EGGS, EVA.

YOU’RE TRYING TO BE CUTE ON TV. >> Eva: I ALMOST SPILLED. >> GO FOR IT. >> Eva: THIS ONE? >> BECAUSE WE’RE GOING TO POUR IT OVER. IT’S OKAY, GUYS, DON’T WORRY. AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO — >> Eva: WE’VE CLEARLY NEVER COOKED BEFORE.

>> PUT IT IN THE OVEN FOR 20 MINUTES. AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO MIX IT JUST A LITTLE AND THEN INTO THE OVEN FOR 20 MINUTES. AND THEN WE END UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS. >> Eva: OH, THAT’S FANCY LOOKING. >> WE’RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING

CALLED THE FLIP, AND IT’S NOT THE ’70s DANCE THAT I KNOW. >> DeMarco: I DON’T KNOW IF I CAN DO THE FLIP. >> Eva: I FEEL LIKE THAT’S A REAL SKILL. >> I WOULD INVITE YOU TO — LET’S TRY IT. PUT ONE HAND HERE, GET THE PAN,

AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO TILT. I THINK YOU CAN DO THAT. >> DeMarco: I CAN DO THIS. >> I THINK YOU CAN DO THAT. >> Eva: HEY! >> LOOK AT THAT. >> DeMarco: YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I CAN DO A LITTLE SOMETHING EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

>> MY DOCTOR’S ALWAYS ASKING ME, DO YOU EAT YOUR GREENS? I ALWAYS MAKE SURE I GARNISH IT WITH SOMETHING GREEN. >> DeMarco: I THINK THEY WANT YOU TO EAT MORE GREENS THAN THIS, BROTHER. >> I WANT TO SHOW YOU GUYS, YOU CAN CUT IT LIKE THIS.

>> DeMarco: LOOK AT EVA’S. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. LOOKS LIKE A RAT. >> Eva: NEW YORK CITY RATS. >> DeMarco: LOOK AT THAT. >> Dr. Darien: THIS IS NOT WHAT I MAKE AT 2:00 A.M. >> Eva: ME AT 2:00 A.M. IS MICROWAVING CHEESE ON BREAD.

>> Dr. Darien: THAT IS DELICIOUS. >> THANK YOU. WHEN I INVITE SOME FRIENDS OVER, I’LL CUT IT UP INTO LITTLE CUBES AND WE CALL IT A LITTLE PARTY WITH SOME MIMOSAS. >> Eva: I WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOU. >> DeMarco: WHAT’S THE DRINK?

>> IT’S THE SAME ONE THAT INSPIRED ME TO WRITE THIS RECIPE AT 2:00 A.M. IN THE MORNING. >> DeMarco: LITTLE TEQUILA. TELL US HOW WE CAN GET THIS BOOK AGAIN AND YOUR INSPIRATION AGAIN BEHIND IT ALL. >> ONLINE, AND IT’S BASICALLY, WE ARE A CUBAN FAMILY.

WHEN I GREW UP, WE LOST EVERYTHING, AND THEN I FIND MY WAY IN THE KITCHEN AND THEN I HAD A DREAM AT THE AGE OF 10 OF ALL THESE LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING WHEN I SAW CHEF EMERIL FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND HE WENT, BAM!

I STARTED SEEING ALL THESE THINGS. I’M LIKE, WHAT AM I SEEING? THAT DAY CHEF EMERIL INSPIRED ME TO BECOME A CHEF, AND YEARS LATER, 13 YEARS OF BEING A CATERER AND SHOWS AND TV AND LIVING MY LIFE, I GET TO DO WHAT

I CAME TO THIS WORLD TO DO, WHICH IS TO SHARE MY LOVE AND PASSION FOR FOOD AND TO MAKE SOME DELICIOUS RECIPES. >> DeMarco: DREAMS COME TRUE. >> Eva: ADD A LITTLE BAM IN YOUR LIFE, RIGHT? >> YOU CAN ADD THE BAM. I DON’T WANT A LAWSUIT.

>> DeMarco: CONGRATULATIONS. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> Eva: THANK YOU, CHRIS. FOR TODAY’S RECIPE YOU CAN GO TO GOODMORNINGAMERICA.COM/FOOD. YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE RIGHT ON THE SCREEN TOO. >> DeMarco: THIS WAS A LOT OF FUN. YOU CAN PICK UP HIS COOKBOOK “ONE WITH THE KITCHEN”WE’RE JUST ON “GMA3.”

>> Eva: GET READY FOR THE FLAVORS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AND MR. WONDERFUL HIMSELF, KEVIN O’LE I’ve covered a lot of Twisted dark stories, but I’ve never seen anything quite like this. It’s terrifying. Eliza was a very beautiful woman. She just seduced him.

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IN OTHER NEWS WE HAVE TODAY, ONE YEAR SINCE THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS DETAINED IN RUSSIA. THE AMERICAN JOURNALIST HAS BEEN HELD FOR IN THE MOSCOW’S INFAMOUS NET FOR TOTAL PRISON ON ACCUSATIONS OF TRYING TO COLLECT STATE SECRETS OF RUSSIA, A CHARGE THAT GERSHKOVICH IN THE

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AT THE VATICAN. HE PRESIDED OVER WHAT IS CALLED THE LITURGY OF THE PASSION AND DEATH OF OUR JESUS CHRIST. IN ST PETER’S SQUARE THERE. AMERICAN SIR. AND SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HIS HEALTH. THE POPE HAS BEEN STRUGGLING RECENTLY WITH COLD AND FLU SYMPTOMS, BUT HE LOOKED STRONG TODAY. HE, HOWEVER, NOT CONDUCT

WHAT IS CALLED THE WEBCAST CEREMONY TO PRESERVE HIS HEALTH FOR EASTER SERVICES ON SUNDAY. I’M TERRY MORAN. THANKS FOR WATCHING WITH US. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS MORE NEWS RIGHT AFTER THIS ♪ YOU GOT THAT YUMMY ♪ >> Eva: THAT SONG LETS YOU KNOW IT’S THAT TIME.

>> DeMarco: IT’S TIME TO EAT. >> Eva: YOU KNOW OUR NEXT GUEST AS ONE OF THE SHARKS FROM “SHARK TANK.” BUT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW HE KNOWS HIS WAY AROUND THE KITCHEN. >> DeMarco: TODAY HE’S GOING TO SHOW US HOW TO MAKE A WINNER, WINNER CHICKEN DINNER.

PLEASE WELCOME KEVIN O’LEARY, AKA CHEF WONDERFUL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> DeMarco: CHECK OUT THIS HEAD GEAR. >> I’M HONORING THE CHICKEN. I WANT TO BE ONE WITH THE BIRD. CHICKEN IS ONE OF THE BEST PROTEIN VALUES IN AMERICA IF YOU BUY THE WHOLE BIRD.

MOST PEOPLE JUST BUY THE LEGS OR THE HALF. NO, GET THE WHOLE BIRD. I’LL SHOW YOU HOW TO COOK IT. >> DeMarco: WHAT ARE WE DOING TODAY? >> WE’RE GOING TO THE MEDITERRANEAN. LEMONS, GARLIC AND LEMON JUICE. I’M GOING TO MAKE A PASTE TO PUT ON THE CHICKEN.

YOU’RE GOING TO HELP ME. WE’LL GRIND A LITTLE GARLIC WITH LEMON ZEST. THIS IS SEASONING HERE. HERE’S SOME PEPPER. YOU JUST GRIND THIS UP. >> DeMarco: WHAT DO YOU MEAN GRIND IT? >> Eva: GET OUT YOUR AGGRESSIONS. IF YOU’VE HAD A ROUGH DAY OR —

>> IT’S HARD TO DO, BUT THIS IS THE PASTE. WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE PASTE — YOU KNOW THAT SONG — ♪ YOU’RE UNDER MY SKIN ♪ >> YOU HAVE TO GET THIS UNDER THE SKIN OF THE CHICKEN. I DON’T USE GLOVES. PINCH AND PUSH.

>> Eva: THAT’S WHERE THE FLAVOR GETS IN. >> PINCH AND PUSH AND RUB. GET IN THERE. >> Eva: AND RUB, IT SOUNDS LIKE AN EXERCISE CLASS. PINCH AND PUSH AND RUB. >> PINCH AND PUSH. YOU RUB IT THERE. THAT’S HOW YOU GET IT CRISPY.

YOU’LL BE TACTILE WITH THE BIRD. TACTILE WITH THE BIRD. BE ONE WITH THE BIRD. I DON’T FEAR THE BIRD. YOU GOT THE GLOVES ON. CHEFS DON’T MIND. IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR SKIN. OLIVE OIL IS FANTASTIC. >> Eva: DR. JEN LOVES OLIVE OIL. >> NOW WE HAVE TO STUFF THIS.

PUT IN HALF A CLOVE OF GARLIC IN THE BIRD’S YOU KNOW WHERE. RIGHT THERE. >> Eva: ONE MORE. >> STICK A COUPLE LEMONS IN THERE. >> Eva: SHOVE THEM UP. >> THAT’S PERFECT. NOW HERE’S THE SECRET WE’RE ALL GOING TO LEARN TODAY. THE REASON A BIRD DRIES OUT IS

ALL THE JUICES LEAK WHEN IT’S COOKING FOR AN HOUR AT 375. THE WAY TO STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING IS TRUSSING IT. YOU TAKE TWINE AND WRAP IT AROUND THE LEGS. THEN YOU TRY AND WRAP THE WINGS TO KEEP IT CLOSE TO THE BODY. >> Eva: YOU STICK IT ALTOGETHER.

>> HOWEVER, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE LEGS STAY TRUSSED, BUT THE WING — THE STRING BURNS OFF AND ALL THE JUICE FLOWS. WE SAW THIS ON “SHARK TANK.” IT’S THE TURBO TRUSSER. THIS GETS THE BIRD INTO A HARNESS, PUSHES IT INTO A BIG BALL OF CHICKEN AND COOKS IT

ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY. >> Eva: OH, WOW. THEN YOU DON’T HAVE TO TRY TO TRUSS IT UP. >> THAT’S WHY THE TRUSS IS SO GREAT. IT’S ALSO FOR TURKEYS. YOU HOOK IT INTO THE WING LIKE THIS. NOW THE WING IS STUCK RIGHT TO THE BIRD.

>> DeMarco: IT’S LIKE HANDCUFFS ON THE CHICKEN. >> HERE’S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. >> Eva: THAT’S AMAZING. THE REAL TEST IS TO TASTE IT. >> LET ME CUT A PIECE OFF. IT’S ALWAYS THE WHITE MEAT. THIS IS WHERE YOU TEST IF YOU GET THAT JUICINESS YOU REALLY WANT.

JUST THAT WHITE MEAT. >> Eva: THAT LEMON ZEST ADDS TO THE FLAVOR. >> DeMarco: YOU CAN TASTE IT. >> Eva: I ALREADY ATE MINE. >> OH! >> Eva: FULL OUTFIT SHOT. CAN WE PLEASE SHOW HIS FULL OUTFIT? >> THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT.

THAT IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. YOU NEVER TASTE CHICKEN LIKE THAT. THIS IS FANTASTIC. >> DeMarco: THIS IS A MEDITERRANEAN DISH? >> IT IS. ALL THESE FLAVORS — LEMON IS A GREAT FLAVOR OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. YOU CAN PUT IT RIGHT ON THE BIRD. OH, THAT’S RIDICULOUS. THAT’S RIDICULOUS.

>> Eva: IT IS GOOD. >> DeMarco: CHEF, THANK YOU. >> Eva: IF YOU WANT THIS RECIPE, HEAD TO GOODMORNINGAMERICA.COM/FOOD OR SCAN THE QR CODE RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. >> DON’T FUSS IT. JUST TRUSS IT. >> Eva: UP NEXT ON THIS SPECIAL

FOODIE EDITION OF “GMA3,” LOBSTER ANYONE? >> DeMarco: ONE OF MY FAVORITES PREPARE IT WHENEVER THE MOOD STRIKES FROM FOLKS WHO KNOW HOW TO DO IT RIGHT. First thing in the morning, there’s a lot going on yet. Another Avalanche warning. That’s up to catch you up with

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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, ♪ GOT THAT YUMMY ♪ >> DeMarco: ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW THAT TUNE MEANS IT’S TIME TO EAT. WELCOME BACK TO “GMA3.”

WHILE TWO COUSINS WERE REMINISCING ABOUT THEIR CHILDHOOD FOOD IN PORTLAND, MAINE, THEY BRAINSTORMED A WAY TO BRING FRESH LOBSTER TO THE L.A. FOOD TRUCK SCENE. COUSINS MAINE LOBSTER WAS BORN. EVERYTHING CHANGED WHEN BARBARA CORCORAN INVESTED IN THEIR COMPANY ON “SHARK TANK,” AND NOW

THEY HAVE STORES AND FOOD TRUCKS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> Eva: TODAY WE ARE SO LUCKY THEY’RE GOING TO SHARE THEIR EASY AND DELICIOUS LOBSTER ROLLS DONE THREE DIFFERENT WAYS. PLEASE WELCOME CO-FOUNDERS OF COUSINS MAINE LOBSTER, JIM TSELIKIS AND SABIN LOMAC. >> DeMarco: GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> YOU GOT THE NAMES RIGHT. >> Eva: THE PRODUCER’S IN OUR EAR. LET’S START WITH THE FIRST KIND. >> THIS IS YOUR TRADITIONAL WAY OF MAKING A LOBSTER ROLL IN MAINE. IT IS OUR MOTHER’S FAVORITE RECIPE, AND IT’S SIMPLE.

SO WE BRING THE SPLIT TOP ROLL FROM MAINE. YOU GOT TO HAVE IT FLAT ON THE SIDES. JUST DO A LITTLE BIT OF MAYONNAISE FOR YOU. JUST A LITTLE, AND THEN — >> Eva: THAT’S A LOT. >> THAT’S A LITTLE. THAT’S A CHEAT DAY, AND THEN

WE’RE GOING TO DO MAINE LOBSTER. WE DO CLAW AND KNUCKLE. THAT’S THE SWEETEST, MOST TENDER PART OF THE LOBSTER SO YOU KNOW THAT. SHOUTOUT TO OUR MOMS. THIS BUSINESS WAS KIND OF AIMED TO RECREATE OUR CHILDHOOD, AND EVERY TIME WE TAKE A BITE, WE THINK OF THEM.

>> THE MOST POPULAR ROLL WE HAVE ON OUR TRUCKS AND RESTAURANTS — >> GET TO WORK. >> Eva: HE’S GOOD AT COOKING. >> THIS IS OUR LEMON BUTTER, BUT WE HAVE 60 TRUCKS AND RESTAURANTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. WE FRANCHISED EVERYWHERE, AND THIS IS THE MOST POPULAR LOBSTER

ROLL ON ALL OF OUR UNITS. >> Eva: NEEDS MORE BUTTER. >> SHE’S ON TOP OF IT WITH THE BUTTER. >> Eva: WHO DOESN’T LOVE THE BUTTER ON THERE? >> I THINK THAT’S HOW PEOPLE TEND TO GO WITH OUR MENU ITEM AND THIS IS THEIR FAVORITE

BECAUSE OF THE BUTTER. BUTTER WINS OVER MAYONNAISE, BUT THAT’S THE SIMPLICITY OF THE CONNECTICUT ROLL. >> WE’RE GOING TO BE DOING THE SPECIAL ONE FOR YOU GUYS. THIS IS THE PROTEIN STYLE ROLL WHICH IS REALLY JUST SPECIFICALLY DONE FOR YOU GUYS. IT’S THE SAME WARM LOBSTER MEAT

WITH A LITTLE LEMON ON TOP. WE THROW IT OVER CABBAGE AND YOU COULD CHOOSE ANY TYPE OF LETTUCE. >> DeMarco: A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE. >> Dr. Darien: MAGICALLY APPEARED RIGHT WHEN WE’RE READY TO EAT. >> WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON THIS. YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS LOBSTER.

THE SWEETEST, MOST TENDER PART. WE HAVE OVER 60 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, FAMILY BUSINESS, AND IF YOU CAN’T GET TO OUR TRUCKS, WE SHIP OVERNIGHT. >> Eva: FOR THE PEOPLE TRYING TO DO THIS AT HOME, RIGHT, SEAFOOD CAN SOMETIMES GET A LITTLE GUMMY IF YOU COOK IT.

WHAT’S THE TRICK THERE? >> SO WE HAVE ALL OF OUR LOBSTER COOKED THE SAME WAY EVERY TIME TO HAVE THE CONSISTENCY YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT. SO YOU’RE NOT OVERCOOKING AND UNDERCOOKING IT, AND HAVING A DIFFERENCE WHETHER IT BE A MEAT OR PROTEIN LIKE LOBSTER.

WE TRY TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT, BUT WE PUT OUR DIRECTIONS IN SO YOU DON’T GET THAT, YOU KNOW, TEXTURE. >> Eva: THEY COME ALIVE? >> NOT AT OUR TRUCKS AND RESTAURANTS. IF WE SHIP OVERNIGHT TO YOUR HOUSE, WE CAN SEND LIVE LOBSTERS. WHAT DID I SAY?

>> WE CAN SEND LIVE LOBSTERS BUT WE ALSO SEND JUST THE FRESH MAINE MEAT. >> Eva: OKAY. >> WE KNOW WHEN WE’RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT WHEN THE STAGE CREW IS GATHERING LIKE VULTURES. SHOUTOUT TO BARBARA. BAR BARBARA CORCORAN WAS THE SHARK WHO INVESTED IN US.

SHE’S TAUGHT US A LOT. >> WE HAVE TO GIVE HER CREDIT FOR THE IDEA OF FRANCHISING BECAUSE WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, AND SHE TOLD US IN 2014, YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT, AND HERE WE ARE. >> Eva: LOOK AT YOU GUYS NOW.

MAKING DELICIOUS LOBSTER ROLLS FOR EVERYONE TO EAT. >> Eva: TSELIKIS AND SABIN LOMAC. YOU CAN GET THE RECIPES ON GOODMORNINGAMERICA.COM/FOOD OR THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT THERE, RIGHT NOW. >>> JUST AHEAD, WHAT’S BETTER THAN BEEF NACHOS. >> DeMarco: NOT SURE THERE’S AN

ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. A GOOD FRIEND OF OURS AT “GMA3” IS ABOUT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A BEEF NACHO RECIPE YOU’LL WANT TO TRY ASAP. ♪ WOW. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE”.

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>> DeMarco: CHECK THIS PICTURE OUT. MY STOMACH IS GROWLING. WELCOME BACK. FOOTBALL SEASON IS IN FULL SWING. NO MATTER WHO YOU’RE ROOTING FOR ONE THING WE CAN AGREE ON IS DELICIOUS FOOD FOR THE GAME. >> Eva: THIS IS WHY I WATCH FOOTBALL. HERE TO SHOW HIS SIGNATURE BEEF

NACHOS IS THE CO-FOUNDER OF VCR GROUP, OUR FRIEND CHEF JOSH CAPON. >> DeMarco: HE’S BACK. [ APPLAUSE ] >> DeMarco: GOOD TO SEE YOU, CHEF. >> Eva: START US OFF. WHAT ARE WE MAKING? >> WHEN YOU’RE WATCHING FOOTBALL WHETHER IN THE PARKING LOT OR IN

YOUR OWN HOME, YOU NEED GOOD FOOD. IT’S ALL ABOUT TAILGATING. BEEF IS WHAT’S FOR DINNER. IT’S FOR TAILGATING AND NACHOS. WE START BY BROWNING UP THAT BEAUTIFUL GROUND BEEF. THE MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE IS THEY JUST PUT GROUND BEEF ON THE TACOS. NO. WE NEED A LITTLE CUMIN.

>> DeMarco: GET THE SPICES. >> CHILI POWDER, MOST IMPORTANTLY, A LITTLE FIRE ROASTED TOMATO PUREE AND SOME CHICKEN STOCK. >> Eva: OH, THE SMELL. >> IT’S NOT JUST GROUND BEEF. SEE THAT FLAVOR. THEN WE MOVE DOWN. THEN WE’RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN. WE NEED SOME GUAC.

ONIONS, JALAPENOS, CILANTRO, LIME JUICE, SALT AND PEPPER. MIX IT ALL TOGETHER. START MIXING. >> Eva: I’M MIXING. >> HOW DO YOU MAKE GUACAMOLE? THE EASIEST WAY TO MAKE GUAC IS MASH THE AVOCADO, THEN FOLD IN THE PICO. JUST LIKE THAT. WE SAVE SOME ON TOP. THAT’S PERFECT.

LET THAT ALL COME TOGETHER. >> DeMarco: IT COMES TOGETHER QUICKLY TOO. DOESN’T TAKE ALL DAY. >> EASY. COOKING SHOULD BE QUICK AND EASY AS LONG AS YOU’RE PREPARED. SOUR CREAM. LIME ZEST. LIME JUICE. WE’RE GOING TO WHISK THAT TOGETHER. >> Eva: WHAT IS THIS MAKING?

>> LIKE A CREMA, SOUR CREAM ON THE TOP. THEN WE MAKE OUR QUESO. WE ALWAYS START WITH BUTTER, FLOUR. >> Eva: LOOK AT THIS CHEESE. >> START DUMPING THE CHEESE IN. LET’S GO. HANDFULS OF CHEESE. COME ON! WE’RE GOOD. GIVE THAT A LITTLE HEAT. ONCE THAT ALL MELTS DOWN YOU

HAVE QUESO. WE HAVE GROUND BEEF, CHEESE SAUCE. LOWER THAT DOWN. WE DON’T WANT THAT TO BURN. >> Eva: WE DON’T WANT IT TO BURN. >> NOW IT’S GO TIME. ONCE YOUR FRIENDS ARE OVER MAYBE AT HALFTIME, END OF THE FIRST QUARTER, LAY OUT SOME CHIPS. GENTLY PICK THAT UP.

>> Eva: IT’S GO TIME. >> GENTLE DRIZZLE THAT CHEESE SAUCE ALL OVER THE TOP. PERFECT. SHE’S GOT SKILLS. MOST IMPORTANTLY CHEESE FIRST. NEVER TOO MUCH CHEESE. PERFECT. SEE THIS BEEF. SEE WHAT WE DID. >> DeMarco: ON ONE SIDE, CHEF. >> LOOK AT THAT. OH, COME ON.

IF THAT DOESN’T GET YOU EXCITED, THEN YOU DON’T HAVE A PULSE. >> Eva: YOU HAVE A NEW RESTAURANT IN VEGAS. >> I DO. WE’RE OPENING UP CAPON’S BURGERS. THAT’S IT RIGHT THERE. SOME PEOPLE GET THEIR NAME IN LIGHTS IN VEGAS. I GOT MY NAME ON THE FLOOR.

I WILL TAKE IT. >> DeMarco: THAT’S HOW YOU DO IT. >> WE’RE SUPER EXCITED. >> Eva: YOU SAID PEOPLE MISPRONOUNCE YOUR NAME ALL THE TIME. IT’S NOT CAPONE. >> NO. IT’S CAPON. I HAVE MY OWN BURGER SPOT. I’M ALSO OPENING UP LITTLE MAVEN ON WEST 18th STREET.

IT SHOULD BE FUN. LOOK AT THAT. SHE’S ALREADY IN THERE. LOVE IT. >> Dr. Jen: NAILED IT. >> I LOVE IT. >> DeMarco: LET THE PEOPLE KNOW THEY CAN USE CHICKEN AND — >> I THINK NACHOS CALL FOR GROUND BEEF, BUT YOU CAN USE GROUND TURKEY, CHICKEN.

THERE’S SOME NONMEAT PRODUCTS. THERE’S ALSO NOTHING WRONG WITH JUST THE CHIPS AND CHEESE. YOU READY? DO ME THE HONORS. LITTLE ZIG ZAG. OH! COME ON. >> DeMarco: CHEF, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. FOR TODAY’S RECIPES GO TO OUR WEBSITE GOODMORNINGAMERICA.COM OR SCAN THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN.

WE LOVE YOU MAN. >>> UP NEXT, NO DELUXE COOKING SHOW WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT HER. >> Eva: WE’RE TALKING ABOUT LIDIA BASTIANICH. SHE KNOCKED OUR SOCKS OFF THIS YEAR WITH A A TWIST THAT YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO TRY WHEN WE COME BACK.

I’ve covered a lot of Twisted dark stories, but I’ve never seen anything quite like this. It’s terrifying. Eliza was a very beautiful woman. She just seduced him. This is where the nightmare began at least had asked would horse tranquilizer kill a human being and I said, you mean a horse.

She says no a person. This is crazy the 2020 event. I hadn’t thought about that in a very long time tonight on ABC Tonight the search for missing Bridge workers as the bridge collapse investigation continues coughs the second round of spring snow storms heading into the holiday

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>> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE”. TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR

EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS. AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S Beyonce’s conquering country my family loves Beyonce Cowboy Carter comes into the world at a very complex time. People are

Saying this song is too good to resist just because you sing hip hop music with a country accent does not make it country music the stay in your lane the well that’s not real country. It takes somebody who is at Superstar status to do something that shakes it all

Up this fiance country. This is impact by Nightline now streaming on Hulu What does it take to be the most watched news cast in America are part of an operation sister combat Operation Center. We’re approaching the gate militants came in from different directions. We’re

Reactor. So we have a couple loaded and ready to go. The house is destroyed but the flag out of Perry and comforted me to USA David. I’m David you are these World News Tonight with David Muir is America’s most watched news cast. Reporting from The Fulton County. Georgia Courthouse, I’m

Reena Roy rubber. The story is will take you there. You’re streaming, ABC News live. ♪ YOU GOT THAT YUMMY ♪ >> DeMarco: YOU HEAR THAT SONG AND YOU KNOW IT’S TIME TO EAT. WELCOME BACK. OUR NEXT GUEST HAS BEEN BRINGING FAMILIES TO THE TABLE FOR 25

YEARS WITH HER COOKING SHOW “LIDIA’S KITCHEN.” >> Eva: NOW SHE HAS A NEW COOKBOOK “FROM OUR FAMILY TO YOURS.” SHE’S SHARING A FAVORITE OF HERS WITH US. PLEASE WELCOME LIDIA BASTIANICH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. >> DeMarco: SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU. >> THANK YOU.

TODAY WE’LL MAKE AN EASY RECIPE. ACTUALLY YOU’RE GOING TO COOK. >> DeMarco: LET’S DO IT. I LOVE IT. >> WE CAN SHOW THEM THEY CAN DO IT AT HOME. THIS IS A TOMATO SOUP WITH CLAMS AND — [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] GARLIC IN FIRST.

NOW YOU BROWN A LITTLE BIT THE GARLIC. WE’RE GOING TO MOVE FAST. NOW YOU PUT THE TOMATOES IN. >> DeMarco: NO SPLASH. >> ALL RIGHT. VERY CONSIDERATE. THEN THYME AND THEN PEPPERCHINI. YOU LIKE SPICY? >> DeMarco: I LOVE SPICY. >> THIS IS THE BASE OF THE SOUP.

THEN THE WATER. >> DeMarco: ALL OF IT? >> ALL OF IT. WE’RE MAKING SOUP. WE’RE GOING TO COOK PASTA IN THERE. THIS SOUP TURNS INTO THIS. >> Eva: WHAT’S THIS GUY? >> THIS IS — [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] IT MEANS CRUMB IN ITALIAN, BUT

IT’S A FANCY COUS COUS. A BIG PIECE OF PASTA. IT’S TOASTED. IT’S GREAT WHEN YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE HAVING PASTA, YOU WANT SOMETHING ELSE. [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] THAT’S WHAT THEY SAY. YOU PUT THAT IN THERE. >> DeMarco: THIS INGREDIENT, DO I PUT THIS IN THERE?

>> YES. LITTLE SALT. >> DeMarco: JUST A LITTLE. >> Eva: TOO MUCH SALT WOULD BE A PROBLEM. >> YES, IT’S THE SALT. THE SOUP IS COOKING. THE PASTA IS COOKING. WE’RE GOING TO DO THE CLAMS. ARE YOU GOING TO WORK ON THE CLAMS? WE NEED GARLIC AND OIL. TAKE THE CLAMS.

WASH THEM. THE WHOLE THING. >> DeMarco: THE WHOLE THING? >> ONE BY ONE YOU WANT TO DO? >> DeMarco: WE WOULD BE HERE ALL DAY. JUST DROP THEM IN? >> DROP THEM ALL IN. MAKE SURE YOU WASH THEM WELL. WE WANT TO FLAVOR THE CLAMS AND

WE’RE GOING TO ADD THE CLAMS AND THE JUICE HERE. THIS IS GOING — LET’S ADD THE WINE. >> DeMarco: THE WINE. >> ALL OF IT. >> Eva: DON’T SAVE ANY FOR YOURSELF? >> THIS IS GOING TO COOK. THE FREGOLA IS COOKING. THE CLAMS ARE COOKING.

WHEN THEY OPEN UP LIKE THAT, WE STRAIN THEM. YOU CAN PUT THE CLAMS IN THERE. >> DeMarco: EVA, YOU COME HERE AND COOK. >> WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER. PUT THE JUICE THAT WE STRAINED. >> Eva: I DON’T WANT TO SPLATTER. THERE WE GO.

>> DeMarco: PUT THIS JUICE IN HERE? >> GO AHEAD AND PUT IT IN. GIVE IT A MIX. THIS IS THE STRAINED JUICE OF THE CLAMS. >> Eva: THAT CLAM JUICE IS DELICIOUS. >> DeMarco: LOOKS GOOD. >> THAT LOOKED — YOU GUYS HAVE MOVES.

>> DeMarco: LOOK AT THE TEAM WORK. >> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THIS IS GOING TO COOK. DON’T OVERCOOK THIS. THE PASTA IS COOKED. THE SOUP IS DONE. THE CLAMS ARE JUST ABOUT DONE. BRING IT TO BOIL. THEN FLAVOR IT. THEN IS HOW IT COMES. >> Eva: WOW.

>> DeMarco: LOOK AT THAT. >> IS THIS GOOD OR WHAT? >> Eva: LOOKS DELICIOUS. >> I TOOK THE SHELLS OUT BECAUSE YOU CAN DO IT THIS WAY OR YOU CAN SAVE SOME WITH THE SHELLS AND PRESENT THEM LIKE THAT. >> DeMarco: THAT’S BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE THAT PRESENTATION.

>> YOU EARNED A TASTE. >> Eva: I ALREADY STARTED TASTING EARLIER. >> DeMarco: LET’S GO OVER HERE. >> I’M GOING TO PUT PARSLEY IN THERE. PARSLEY IS ALWAYS GOOD. YOU CAN SEE YOU PUT THIS ON THE TABLE — >> DeMarco: THIS IS GOOD.

>> DO YOU LIKE IT? >> DeMarco: THIS IS REALLY GOOD. >> SOME NICE TOASTED BREAD. SIMPLE, STRAIGHT AHEAD. YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT THE CLAMS — YOU DON’T WANT TO OVERCOOK IT. YOU MIGHT WANT TO WAIT FOR THIS AS THE LAST STEP TO ADD THE

CLAMS IN THE LAST MINUTE. YOU HAVE TO KEEP — PAY ATTENTION TO THE COOKING TIME OF THE FISH. >> DeMarco: BECAUSE IT WILL COOK TOO FAST AND BE TOUGH. SAYS THE GUY WHO’S NOT THE CHEF. ONE MORE TIME FOR CHEF LIDIA BASTIANICH. [ APPLAUSE ]

>> DeMarco: GOOD TO SEE YOU MY FRIENDS. >>> THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS “WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” FOR TODAY. SO MUCH DELICIOUSNESS. THANK YOU TO ALL OUR CHEFS. I’M DeMARCO MORGAN. >> Eva: I’M EVA PILGRAM. I LOVE THE WAY YOU SAY DELICIOUSNESS.

FROM ALL OF US AT ABC NEWS, HAPPY COOKING. ♪ ♪ 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.

Tonight the search for missing Bridge workers as the bridge collapse investigation continues coughs the second round of spring snow storms heading into the holiday weekend more Americans turn to World News Tonight with David Muir the most-watched newscast on television. I have a point of contact. They’re expecting us

This our secret world. We have do you think we’re going to be safe? I don’t know. This is more curved inside up and is a slice of human brain. These are assassinations of people are going to be murdered. No telling what some of them will do. Everywhere and anywhere. Wow.

Right. Now there’s just 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 come in Good Morning America. We want you to know every morning. We’re right here and we got you.

YOU TO NOW EVERY MORNING WE’RE RIGHT HERE AND WE GOT YOU. >> IT’S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA. SO WHAT ARE THEY SERVING UP? WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW? THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD. YOU HAVE YOUR MONEY. BREAKING NEWS, MUSIC AND THE FIRST GOOD FOOD. A THIRD HOUR OF “GMA”

IN AFTERNOON. SO JOIN US AFTER DINNER FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. I LOVE THAT. ME REPORTING FROM THE SITE OF THE KEY BRIDGE ABOARD A SHIP WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. I’M ELIZABETH HURLEY. >> WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS.

I’M JAY O’BRIEN IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW ON ABC LIVE. THE RACE TO CLEAR THAT CARGO SHIP IN THE GIANT OF TANGLED WRECKAGE BLOCKING THE PORT IN BALTIMORE. MASSIVE CRANES ARRIVING AS ENGINEERS WORK TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CUT UP AND TOW AWAY WHAT’S LEFT OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE.

WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THAT EFFORT AT THIS HOUR AND, THE STALLED SEARCH FOR MORE VICTIMS PRESUMED DEAD AND ISRAEL ONLY UNLEASHING ATTACKS ON IRAN BACKED MILITANTS IN AS CONCERNS GROW FOR CIVILIANS TRAPPED IN THE FIGHTING IN GAZA. WHEN ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER IS NOW SAYING ABOUT THOSE CEASE FIRE TALKS.

AND NEW YORK POLICE ANNOUNCING A SECOND ARREST IN WHAT THEY SAY ARE A SERIES OF UNRELATED RANDOM ATTACKS ON WOMEN. HOW THE VICTIMS USED TIKTOK TO SHARE THEIR STORIES. >> BUT WE BEGIN WITH THAT HERCULEAN EFFORT UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW IN BALTIMORE. CREWS SCRAMBLING TO DISMANTLE TWISTED WRECKAGE OF THE FRANCIS

SCOTT KEY BRIDGE IN THE WATER BELOW THEM. DIVE TEAMS ARE BATTLING THROUGH ROUGH CONDITIONS TO SEARCH FOR THE REMAINING VICTIMS. THE CITY’S PORT STILL BLOCKED BY THAT CARGO SHIP AND THE PILE OF TWISTED METAL THAT WAS ONCE THAT BRIDGE. >> THREE FLOATING CRANES HAVE IN BALTIMORE HARBOR, INCLUDING THE LARGEST

ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD, CAPABLE OF LIFTING MORE THAN £2 MILLION AT A TIME. >> SOME OF THE DEBRIS IS EVEN TOO HEAVY FOR THAT CRANE AND NEEDS TO BE CUT UP AND REMOVED. MARYLAND GOVERNOR WES MOORE GIVING AN UPDATE EARLIER TODAY TO SEE SHIPPING CONTAINERS THAT WERE RIPPED IN HALF AS IF

THEY WERE PAPIER MACHÉ TO. KNOW THEY’RE OUT THERE. YOU HAVE TO NAVIGATE HIGH WINDS AND ELECTRIC WIRES TO GO OUT THERE TO SEE IT UP CLOSE. >> YOU REALIZE JUST HOW DAUNTING A TASK THIS IS. >> AS YOU HEARD THE GOVERNOR SAY, THEIR DIVE TEAMS ARE STILL WORKING, RECOVER THE REMAINS

OF FOUR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS PRESUMED. DESPITE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS UNDERWATER, THE BODIES, TWO OF THOSE WORKERS WERE RECOVERED EARLIER THIS WEEK. IDENTITIES, THEY’RE ON THE FAR RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN. WE TURN NOW TO NEWS IKE EJIOCHI, WHO HAS BEEN LIVE FROM BALTIMORE ALL WEEK FOR. US. IKE, THE VICTIMS WERE HONORED

TODAY BY AN ADVOCACY. WHAT IS THAT GROUP SAYING? >> YEAH. JAY WELL, THOSE ARE VICTIMS. WE’RE JOINED BY THE ADVOCACY GROUP CASA. AND THEY’RE ALSO JOINED BY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, BALTIMORE, THE SURROUNDING AREA, AS WELL AS LABOR PARTNERS. AND THEY ESSENTIALLY GATHERED TODAY JUST TO HONOR THOSE SIX CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY ON FATEFUL DAY. NOW, THROUGHOUT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THOSE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE ESSENTIALLY HIGHLIGHTING, SHOWING A SPOTLIGHT ON HOW DANGEROUS. THEIR JOB ACTUALLY IS. AND EVENTUALLY THEY CALLED ON PRESIDENT BIDEN TO PASS MEANINGFUL SUPPORT AND MEANINGFUL ASSISTANCE THAT HONORS THOSE WORKERS BY ESSENTIALLY PROVIDING

SUBSTANTIAL RELIEF THAT RECOGNIZES THEIR SACRIFICES TO THIS COUNTRY. AND THEY ALSO DEMANDED THAT WORK PERMITS AND TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. NOW, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THAT GROUP, CASA, GUSTAVO TORRES, SPOKE AT LENGTH ABOUT WHAT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS MEANT TO THE COMMUNITY. >> TAKE A LISTEN. WE JOINED TOGETHER TODAY FOR A SOMBER MOMENT OF HONORING

THE SIX BROTHERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING. THE KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSE THIS WEEK. WE HAVE REMAINS ONCE AGAIN ABOUT THE ENORMOUS CONTRIBUTION THAT THE IMMIGRANTS MADE TO THIS COUNTRY. NOW, AGAIN, GOVERNOR MOORE EARLIER TODAY ANNOUNCED A PERMANENT FOR THE CHILDREN OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THAT

FATEFUL EARLY MORNING. >> JAY AND I, AS WE WERE SAYING EARLIER, THE EFFORT TO REMOVE THIS DEBRIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG PROCESS. WHAT IS LEFT OF THIS BRIDGE, THE TOP OF IT, YOU CAN SEE IT POKING OUT OF THE WATER THERE. WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT ENGINEERS ARE CONFRONTING NOW?

WHAT ABOUT THE TIMELINE OF HOW LONG THIS IS GOING TO TAKE? >> WELL, JAY, YOU SAID IT YOURSELF. CHALLENGES ESSENTIALLY ARE JUST HOW BIG THIS SHIP IS PRECISELY. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK THERE, YOU SAID IT YOURSELF. YOU CAN SEE THAT MASSIVE CRANE, THE CHESAPEAKE 1000 ESSENTIALLY

PEEKING OUT OF THE WATER THERE. IT ARRIVED HERE AT THE PORT OF BALTIMORE AROUND 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT. AND IT HAS THE ABILITY TO ESSENTIALLY LIFT AROUND £2.2 MILLION. BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THAT MANGLED METAL RIGHT THERE THAT’S STILL SITTING ON THE BOW OF THE THE DALI. THAT’S ABOUT £9 MILLION.

>> SO ENGINEERS WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE HOW TO CUT THE STEEL TO ENSURE NO FURTHER DAMAGE IS DONE TO THAT AND AS WELL AS THE CREW THAT’S WORKING ON IT. NOW, ONCE THEY FIGURE OUT HOW AND WHERE TO CUT THE STEEL, THEY’RE GOING TO BEGIN TO USE THAT MASSIVE CRANE

THAT CHESAPEAKE TO ESSENTIALLY START PICKING OFF THOSE PIECES FROM THE BOW AND CLEARING IT CLEAR ENOUGH SO THEY CAN ONE DAY EVENTUALLY GET THAT TUGBOAT, GET IT IN HERE INTO THE PORT AND, ESSENTIALLY PULL THAT MASSIVE SHIP OUT OF HERE SO THEY CAN WORK ON REOPENING THE PORT PORT.

THAT’S ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN THE COUNTRY, JAKE. IKE, YOU HAVE BEEN THERE ALL WEEK FOR US, INCLUDING NOT SLEEPING ON NIGHT THAT THIS HAPPENED. IT’S NOT ABOUT US. I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT IT’S ABOUT THE STORY, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORTING, MY FRIEND. I’LL SEE YOU BACK HERE IN D.C..

TURNING TO THE MIDDLE EAST NOW, WHERE SYRIA REPORTS ISRAEL HAS UNLEASHED BARRAGE OF AIRSTRIKES NEAR THAT COUNTRY’S NORTHERN CITY OF, ALEPPO, KILLING AT LEAST 44 PEOPLE AND WOUNDING A NUMBER OTHERS. A HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CLAIMING MOST OF THE DEAD INCLUDE SYRIAN . THERE ARE ALSO REPORTS THAT THOSE ISRAELI STRIKES HIT

MISSILE DEPOTS FOR THE IRAN BACKED MILITANT GROUP HEZBOLLAH, WHICH OPERATES IN LEBANON. ISRAEL’S DEFENSE MINISTER SAYING THE IDF WILL EXPAND ITS CAMPAIGN AND INCREASE THE RATE OF ATTACKS IN THE NORTH AS VIOLENCE ESCALATES BETWEEN HEZBOLLAH AND ISRAELI FORCES, ALL OF IT AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE ONGOING WAR IN GAZA.

MEANTIME, PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT HIS COUNTRY RETURN TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE FOR CEASE FIRE AND HOSTAGE TALKS WITH HAMAS. THIS COMING SHORTLY AFTER HE AGREED TO RESCHEDULE AN ISRAELI DELEGATION’S VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER THAT TRIP EARLIER THIS WEEK. SO WITH ALL OF THAT, WE TURN

TO ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER SENIOR CIA FIELD OPERATIVE DARRELL BLOCKER. HE JOINS ME NOW. DARYL, LET’S START ABOUT THIS. THOSE STRIKES IN THE IDF CLAIMS THAT IT’S TARGETING HEZBOLLAH INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT IS THERE A RISK IN CONDUCTING STRIKES IN SYRIA WITH ALL OF THAT ONGOING CONFLICT IN THE REGION ?

>> THERE’S THERE’S ALWAYS THE RISK OF ESCALATION, THE ROLE THAT SYRIA HAS PLAYED IN THE MIDDLE EAST PROCESS DATES BACK TO THE THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE IN 1448. >> RUSSIA HAS BEEN IN THERE FOR ALMOST AS LONG AS THAT. THEY’VE CERTAINLY BEEN IN THERE SINCE THE CIVIL WAR LAUNCHED 2012.

>> SO I’M CERTAIN THAT HEZBOLLAH TOOK A HIT, THAT SYRIA TOOK A HIT, THAT PROBABLY RUSSIA TOOK A HIT AS WELL. >> SO FOR OUR FOLKS AT HOME, JUST TO GIVE THEM THE MAP FOR A SECOND, GAZA IS ON ISRAEL’S SOUTHERN BORDER. LEBANON IS ON ITS BORDER TO THE NORTH.

SO WHAT WE’VE SEEN IN RECENT WEEKS WITH THE INCREASE OF VIOLENCE ALONG, THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THAT COUNTRY. YOU’VE HEARD THE ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER SAY ISRAEL WILL ONLY BE EXPANDING ITS MILITARY CAMPAIGN THERE. BUT. BUT WHAT ARE YOUR BIGGEST CONCERNS WITH THAT POSSIBLE EXPANSION? >> WELL, THE SUPPLY LINES

ARE PROBABLY COMING THROUGH ALEPPO, WHICH IS WHY IT WAS A TARGET. AND CERTAINLY WITH THE THE BORDERS HAD ALWAYS BEEN TROUBLESOME. THE GOLAN, OF COURSE, THE 82 INCURSIONS OF ISRAEL INTO SOUTHERN LEBANON AND THEN GAZA AND THE WEST BANK HAS HAVE BEEN AN IRRITANT FOR FOR MANY YEARS.

BUT ISRAEL HAS DEALT WITH THIS A LOT. THEY ARE TRYING TO ESCALATE AS MUCH AS THEY CAN OUTSIDE OF THEIR PARTICULAR BORDERS. BUT SYRIA CAN’T CLAIM TO BE A A NEUTRAL PARTY IN THIS. >> YOU HEARD US MENTION NETANYAHU SAYING ISRAEL IS GOING TO GO BACK TO THE

NEGOTIATING TABLE TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF A CEASE FIRE WITH HAMAS. THOSE TALKS SAID THAT ON AND THEY’VE OFF AND THEY’VE BEEN STALLED. HOW YOU VIEW THE LENGTH OF TIME THIS HAS TAKEN AS IMPACTING THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING THESE HOSTAGES HOME UNTIL HAMAS HAS CONFIRMED HOW MANY HOSTAGES

ARE STILL ALIVE OR WHO THEY STILL HAVE IN TERMS OF THE REMAINS, IT’S GOING TO BE AN IRRITANT. >> BUT I’M I’M ACTUALLY A BIT BY THE FACT THAT ISRAEL GOING BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE, THAT IT WON’T JUST BE THE AMERICANS AND THE EGYPTIANS OR THE AMERICANS AND THE COUNTRIES

OR WHOMEVER OUT THERE. ISRAEL HAS TO BE AT THE TABLE AND IS A DEFINITELY A GOOD SIGN. >> DARRELL BLOCKER FOREST. DARYL THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AS ALWAYS. TO UKRAINE NOW OR OFFICIALS SAY THERE ANOTHER THERE WAS ANOTHER BARRAGE OF RUSSIAN MISSILES THAT TARGETED THAT COUNTRY’S POWER GRID. UKRAINE’S ARMED FORCES CLAIMING

LAUNCHED 99 DRONES AND MISSILES. TEN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THAT COUNTRY COMING UNDER FIRE. RESIDENTS IN KHARKIV STILL RECOVERING FROM LARGE SCALE BLACKOUTS AFTER THAT CITY’S THERMAL POWER PLANT WAS HIT LAST WEEK. RUSSIA HAS BEEN ESCALATING ITS ATTACKS SPECIFICALLY IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF KYIV, APPARENTLY IN RETALIATN FOR RECENT UKRAINIAN STRIKES ALONG

THE RUSSIAN BORDER. WE TURN TO MOSCOW NOW, WHERE IT’S BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE EVAN GERSHKOVICH, “WALL STREET JOURNAL” REPORTER, ARRESTED FOR JUST DOING HIS JOB WAS THROWN IN JAIL. THIS WAS THE FRONT PAGE OF HIS NEWSPAPER THIS MORNING, A GIANT BLANK SPACE. THE HEADLINE THERE. HIS STORY SHOULD BE HERE.

GERSHKOVICH WAS DETAINED ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES WHILE ON A REPORTING TRIP. HIS FAMILY, HIS EMPLOYER, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ALL VEHEMENTLY DENY THOSE CHARGES. HE REMAINS IN A MOSCOW JAIL CELL. HIS TRIAL, IF YOU CAN CALL IT THAT, IS SET TO BEGIN IN JUNE. PRESIDENT BIDEN RELEASED A NEW

STATEMENT THIS MORNING SAYING HE WILL NEVER GIVE UP HOPE AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK EVERY DAY FOR GERSHKOVICH HIS RELEASE ALONG WITH OTHER AMERICANS WRONGFULLY DETAINED ABROAD. POLICE SAY THEY’VE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTS. BACK HERE AT HOME IN SEPARATE RANDOM ATTACKS ON IN NEW YORK CITY, INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECT IS IN THIS

LATEST ARREST ALLEGEDLY PUNCHED A 27 YEAR OLD STUDENT IN THE FACE IN MANHATTAN AND THAT THE MAN IS NOT LINKED TO ANY OTHER ASSAULTS. >> THAT ATTACK IS, JUST ONE IN WHAT POLICE SAY WERE A SERIES OF AT LEAST FIVE SEPARATE AND UNRELATED ASSAULTS ON WOMEN THAT GAINED A LOT OF ATTENTION

AFTER THE VICTIMS POSTED ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES ON TIK TOK. >> JOINING ME WITH MORE ON THIS STORY IS ABC NEWS SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY. ERIN, WHAT ARE POLICE SAYING ABOUT THESE ATTACKS AND THE SUSPECTS THEY’VE ARRESTED? >> THEY, AS YOU POINT OUT, JAY, SAYING THAT THERE IS NO PATTERN HERE.

THERE IS NOT SOME SERIAL ATTACKER RUNNING AROUND THE CITY PUNCHING, WOMEN IN THE FACE. BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN THAT WHAT’S HAPPENED TO THESE WOMEN ISN’T SCARY. AND A NUMBER OF THEM HAVE TAKEN TO TIK-TOK TO POST ABOUT EXPERIENCES THAT THEY SAY HAPPENED TO THEM IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

POLICE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY SEVEN OF THOSE INCIDENTS, SOME ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE, AS YOU MENTIONED, TO WHERE THE THE SUSPECTS ARE CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT. THE POLICE TONIGHT ARE SEEKING AT LEAST TWO MORE INDIVIDUALS. SO IT DOES REINFORCE IDEA THAT THESE ARE RANDOM AND CARRIED OUT BY PEOPLE.

BUT THIS SERIES OF OF VIDEOS ON ON TIKTOK HAVE BEEN VIEWED WIDELY. ONE VIDEO HAS 49 MILLION VIEWS. AND SO IT DOES HAVE YOUNG WOMEN IN THE CITY CONCERNED FOR THEIR SAFETY. >> AND POLICE, ERIN, SAY THEY’RE STILL SEARCHING SUSPECTS IN THE OTHER ATTACKS. >> IS THAT CORRECT? THEY ARE. THEY’RE FOR SUSPECTS.

THEY HAVE AT LEAST TWO THAT THEY LIKE. AND TWO OF THE ASSAULTS. AND THEY’VE PUT OUT SOME IMAGES FOR FOR PUBLIC TO SEE HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. JAY AND THEN THEY ARE STILL FOR SUSPECTS IN THE OTHERS. AND THEY’VE BEEN SCOURING SURVEILLANCE. A LOT OF THESE RANDOM ASSAULTS

HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LOWER HALF OF MANHATTAN. AND SO POLICE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS AND FRANKLY, YOUNG WOMEN ARE PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE, AS I SAY, THESE VIDEOS BEEN VIEWED QUITE A LOT. AND SO YOUNG WOMEN ARE TAKING CARE TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE SAFE. BUT FELONY ASSAULT IN GENERAL

IN THE CITY ARE JUST 3% LAST MONTH OVERALL. OTHER STATISTICS THAT THE VIOLENT CRIME SURGE THAT WE SAW IN NEW YORK AFTER THE PANDEMIC HAS CONTINUED TO LEVEL OFF. BUT AGAIN, IT DOESN’T MAKE INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES ANY TERRIFYING. >> AARON KATERSKY FOR US ON A STORY THAT’S BEEN GETTING A OF ATTENTION.

ERIN, THANK YOU. AS WE HEAD INTO THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND, THE WEST COAST IS BRACING FOR A MAJOR STORM THAT COULD BRING FLASH FLOODING, STRONG WINDS AND ALSO HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS. STORM THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE HEARTLAND EARLY NEXT WEEK, BRINGING RAIN, HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST GRIFFIN IS TRACKING IT ALL FOR US MELISSA. >> JAY, WE HAVE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS WE LOOK AHEAD FOR CALIFORNIA. FLOOD WATCHES NOW IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE. WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND THAT WIND ALERTS STRETCH ALL THE WAY HERE INTO ARIZONA.

SO THE TIMING FOR IT, THE HEAVY RAIN THAT’S TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW FOR SAN FRANCISCO. IT SLIDES DOWN THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA, L.A. YOU’RE GETTING IN ON THAT BY SATURDAY MORNING. 1 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW FOR THE SIERRA MOUNTAINS, CONDITIONS THERE. BUT IT’S ALL ABOUT THE FLOODING

THAT I’M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT LATE TONIGHT. TOMORROW EVENING ON SATURDAY, L.A., SAN DIEGO, SANTA BARBARA. THAT’S WHERE WE COULD SEE THE HIGHEST RISK FOR. FLASH FLOODING AND ALSO MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW TO START YOUR WEEKEND. THIS STORM, IT DOESN’T STOP THERE. IT’S ON THE MOVE SUNDAY ACROSS

THE ROCKIES WITH HEAVY SNOW. MONDAY INTO TUESDAY IS WHERE WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK ACROSS SO MUCH OF THE HEARTLAND STRETCHING FROM TEXAS ALL THE WAY TO THE MID-ATLANTIC. THIS IS MONDAY AND TUESDAY, ALREADY AN ENHANCED THREAT FOR OKLAHOMA AND MISSOURI FOR TORNADOES.

BUT ANYWHERE OVER ALL THE WAY EAST OF D.C. COULD SEE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. IT’S GOING TO BE A DANGEROUS WEEKEND IN THE WEST AND POTENTIALLY A DANGEROUS START NEXT WEEK IN THE EAST. >> J. MELISSA GRIFFIN IT ALL FOR US. MELISSA, THANK YOU. STILL AHEAD FOR US, POPE

FRANCIS PRESIDING OVER HOLY WEEK SERVICES AHEAD OF FULL EASTER WEEKEND CELEBRATIONS. WE’VE GOT MORE DETAILS ON THAT. LOOK AT THE PONTIFF. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE.

>> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE. THAT DEADLY MISSION CONTINUE FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO 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, WHERE THE STORM IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT. THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE NORTH IS ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET

IN LONDON, STREAMING 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. WE’RE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. I HAVE A CONCERT.

THEY’RE EXPECTING THIS OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW THIS IS MY HAPPENS INSIDE OUT AND AS A SLICE OF HUMAN BRAIN THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING BE MURDERED. THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. I DO NOT.

IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE IN ANYWHERE. >> WOW. BEYONCE IS CONQUERING COUNTRY. MY FAMILY LOVES BEYONCE. >> HOW CARTER COMES INTO THE WORLD AT A VERY COMPLEX TIME PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS SONG IS TOO BIG TO RESIST JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE SAYING HIP-HOP MUSIC WITH A COUNTRY ACCENT DOES NOT MAKE COUNTRY MUSIC

THE STAY IN YOUR LANE, THE WELL, THAT’S NOT REAL COUNTRY. >> IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO IS AT SUPERSTAR STATUS TO, DO SOMETHING THAT SHAKES IT ALL UP. >> IT’S FIANCEE COUNTRY. THIS IS “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” NOW STREAMING ON HULU. >> WELCOME BACK. POPE FRANCIS OVER HOLY WEEK SERVICES AT THE VATICAN.

THE PONTIFF FULFILLING, HIS DUTIES DESPITE COLD AND FLU SYMPTOMS AND EVEN SOME MOBILITY ISSUES. HOWEVER, THE VATICAN RELEASING A STATEMENT MOMENTS AGO THAT THE POPE WILL NOT TONIGHT’S WAY OF THE CROSS IN ORDER TO PRESERVE HIS HEALTH IN VIEW OF TOMORROW’S VIGIL. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE EASTER

SUNDAY MASS THIS. IT’S CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TIMES OF YEAR FOR CHRISTIANS. HERE’S ABC NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN. >> EASTER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME OF THE FOR CHRISTIANS. AND DESPITE HIS COLD AND FLU SYMPTOMS, HIS MOBILITY ISSUES THAT HAVE PLAGUED HIM RECENTLY,

POPE FRANCIS IS PRESIDING OVER EASTER CELEBRATIONS. HE LEFT ON GOOD FORM AT THE WASHING OF THE FEET CEREMONY THURSDAY. THIS IS A RITUAL THAT SEEKS TO EMULATE, WASHING THE FEET OF THE DISCIPLES NIGHT BEFORE HE DIED. AND FRANCIS, THE FIRST POPE TO TAKE THESE RITUALS OUT OF THE CHURCH AND INTO

THE COMMUNITY. HE DID JUST THAT YET AGAIN AT AN ALL FEMALE PRISON JUST OUTSIDE OF ROME, WASHING THE FEET OF 12 FEMALE INMATES, SOME OF THEM CRYING AS HE DID IT ALL HIS WHEELCHAIR. HE SAID TO THEM, HIS MESSAGE WAS ALWAYS FORGIVES. EASTER SUNDAY, HE’LL BE DELIVERING HIS BLESSING FROM

THE BALCONY AT SAINT PETER’S SQUARE. THOUSANDS WILL BE THERE. MILLIONS WILL BE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD. AND WITH WARS RAGING IN UKRAINE AND GAZA. HIS MESSAGE AS EVER, WILL BE ONE OF PEACE AND HOPE. >> JAMES LONGMAN US. JAMES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COMING UP, MOURNING THE LOSS

OF A GREAT ACTOR AND A PIONEER. WE’RE BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH A LOOK AT THE CAREER AND LEGACY OF LOUIS GOSSETT JR . FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING THAT’S UP. TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE STORM

IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS. FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME TIME IN BETWEEN. HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES? SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. THE MOVE STARTED CHEATING A DOG. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AMERICAN THIS MORNING,

AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY SUNDAY MORNING? >> BREAKING NEW REPORTS ON THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSED, THE INVESTIGATION AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR REBUILDING. AND NEW ISIS AFTER THE TERROR THAT HAPPENED IN MOSCOW. WHAT’S BEING DONE HERE? >> KEEP AMERICANS SAFE. SUNDAY MORNING ON ABC’S THIS

WEEK NIGHT, THE SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATE CONTINUES. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT, DIGNITY. THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. WHY DO SO MANY 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 RIGHT TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST. HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT

A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. >> THE CRUSH AND FAMILIES ON THE GROUND UKRAINE.

NBC NEWS LIVES AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YEAR FOUR FOR ME. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. REPORTING IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, OUTSIDE THE FULTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE. I’M. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE SCREAMING ABC LINE. WELCOME BACK.

WE’RE CELEBRATING THE LIFE CAREER OF OSCAR WINNING ACTOR LOUIS GOSSETT JR, WHO PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING IN CALIFORNIA. THE 87 YEAR OLD WAS THE FIRST BLACK MAN TO WIN THE OSCAR FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR WAS IN 1983 FOR HIS BLISTERING PORTRAYAL OF NAVY DRILL SERGEANT, NAVY DRILL SERGEANT, FULLY AN OFFICER AND

A GENTLEMAN. >> HE WAS NOMINATED FOR EIGHT PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS, WINNING IN 1977 FOR HIS SHORT BUT MEANINGFUL ROLE IN, THE ABC MINISERIES ROOTS. HE WAS RECENTLY SEEN IN THE MUSICAL REMAKE THE COLOR PURPLE, HIS COLOR PURPLE CASTMATE, COLMAN DOMINGO. TODAY, WE LOST A TRUE GREAT, A TRUE LEGEND.

SO LET’S BRING IN SIRIUS XM RADIO HOST AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR MIKE MUSE FOR MORE ON THIS. MIKE, MY FRIEND. TELL US ABOUT THE LEGACY THAT LOUIS GOSSETT JUNIOR LEAVES BEHIND. >> HE READS INCREDIBLE LEGACY. WHAT IS SO NOTABLE ABOUT HIS CAREER IS HIS CAREER WAS REALLY BEGINNING TO TAKE OFF

RIGHT DURING THAT INTERSECTION OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. AND WHEN BLACK WERE STARTING TO GET THEIR ROLE IN HOLLYWOOD. THE CHALLENGE WITH ACTORS WHO IN THAT TIME PERIOD IS THAT NOT ONLY WERE THEY PORTRAYING ISSUES ON THE STAGE AND ALSO TOO, ON THE BIG SCREEN, BUT THEY WERE PORTRAYING ISSUES

THAT THEY HAD TO EXPERIENCE IN REAL LIFE. LOUIS GOSSETT JR DID. THE PLAY A RAISIN IN THE SUN IN 1959, DEAD SMACK IN THE MIDDLE ,THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA. BUT IN THAT PLAY, THAT PLAY WAS ABOUT A BLACK FAMILY IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO DEALING WITH THE DISCRIMINATION, RACISM

AND ASSIMILATION, ALL THE THINGS THAT A LOT OF BLACK AMERICANS, EVEN A LOT MOST AMERICANS WERE DEALING WITH IN REAL LIFE. SO THE TRUE REPRESENTATION OF ART IMITATING LIFE. BUT WE GET TO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH THAT HAD TO INFORM THE THAT HE PLAYED. AND JAY, YOU REALLY MENTIONED

HE WAS THE FIRST BLACK MAN TO WIN A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN THAT CATEGORY. >> BUT HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT IN HIS MEMOIR IS THAT ALTHOUGH HE GOT THE STATUE, HE WASN’T ABLE TO GET ANY OTHER ROLES OUTSIDE OF JUST SUPPORTING ACTOR LETTING YOU KNOW HOW LIMITING ROLE AS MORE OF A

BLACK AMERICAN IN THAT TIME PERIOD, EVEN WHEN THEY REACHED THE PINNACLE OF THE HIGHEST. BUT THE DOUBLE EDGED SWORD OF ALL OF THAT WAS HE WAS ABLE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH ROLES IN FILMS HE DID BECAUSE HE HAD THAT STATUE. HE WAS PART OF THAT MOVEMENT

WITH SIDNEY POITIER, RUBY DEE. HE DID ICONIC ROLES WHERE HE’S OPPOSITE SIDE OF JOSEPHINE STORY. >> HE IS PART OF THIS INCREDIBLE CANON OF BLACK CINEMA AND BLACK INCREDIBLE BLACK CINEMA. >> ACTORS. >> SO, MIKE, YOU MENTIONED IN TALKING ABOUT PORTRAYING WE EXPERIENCES IN HIS OWN LIFE,

HE USED TO TELL THIS STORY. I TODAY OF HIS WALKING AROUND BEVERLY HILLS IN THE 1980S, HE GETS DETAINED BY BEVERLY HILLS POLICE FOR HOURS, AND THEN HE CREATES THIS GROUP TO COMBAT RACISM. >> IT’S CALLED E RACISM. TALK TO ME, ABOUT HOW HE EMBODIED THAT MOVEMENT THROUGH HIS WORK.

>> THAT STORY THAT YOU TOLD IS SO EMBLEMATIC OF SO MANY BLACK AMERICANS, AND PARTICULARLY SO MANY BLACK MEN. THERE’S THIS THEORY OUT THERE THAT BECAUSE YOU ACHIEVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SUCCESS, WHETHER IS ACADEMIC SUCCESS, WHETHER YOU MEET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL SUCCESS, THAT SOMEHOW WE ARE FREE FROM

HAVING ANY TYPE OF DISCRIMINATED PRACTICES AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT. BUT HERE YOU HAVE AS WELL. THE COP WAS MAN COMING FROM THE BROADWAY STAGE IN HOLLYWOOD TO DO THE FILM VERSION OF A RAISIN IN THE SUN, OSCAR AWARD WINNING. AND YET HE IS STILL HARASSED BY THE POLICE NOT ONCE BUT MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE

IN HOLLYWOOD. AND THAT JUST ILLUMINATES JUST THE CHALLENGES THAT SO MANY BLACK AMERICANS FACE THEN AND STILL FACE TO THIS DAY, THE CHALLENGES ARE THERE. SO IN HIS PASSING, I HOPE THERE COULD BE LESSONS LEARNED, LESSONS TOLD AND STILL HOLD UP A MIRROR TO SOCIETY THAT WE

STILL HAVE SO MUCH MORE WORK TO GO. BUT AS WE CELEBRATE THIS INCREDIBLE THESPIAN WHO BROUGHT US THE GIFT OF ACTING, THE GIFT OF HUMANITY INTO THESE ROLES WHERE OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SEEN, THE HUMAN IN THEM. AND WE CELEBRATE THIS INCREDIBLE ACTOR LIVED A FULL

LIFE UNTIL THE AGE OF 87. >> MIKE LEE IS MY FRIEND. MIKE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHTS HERE. WE WILL SEE YOU MOMENTS FROM NOW BECAUSE THERE WAS MUCH MORE AHEAD FOR US ON HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. IN TODAY’S BIG STORY, THE RACE TO REMOVE THAT CARGO AND THE

MASSIVE TANGLE OF WRECKAGE FROM BALTIMORE’S HARBOR. I’LL WITH A CIVIL ENGINEERING EXPERT ABOUT THE DIFFICULT TASK AHEAD AND HOW LONG IT MIGHT TAKE TO GET THAT PORT BACK UP AND RUNNING AGAIN. AND IN OUR SPOTLIGHT, THE RECORD BREAKING FUNDRAISER FOR JOE BIDEN FEATURING TWO FORMER DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS. I’LL TALK TO OUR PANEL,

INCLUDING MIKE, ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY DESPITE RANKING IN TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THAT MOMENTS FROM THAT. >> HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY ON THIS STORY WEIGHING . A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION, THE SO-CALLED, WILL GET A CHANCE TO FINALLY, ERICA.

AND THAT’S SORT OF A LOSS IN A WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY HOUSE? I DID. I WANTED ERICA TO SAY I’M SORRY FACE TO FACE. >> DON’T. WHY DO YOU THINK THIS WOMAN, THE HOUSEWIFE AND THE HUSTLER TO YOU KNOW, I’VE COVERED A LOT OF TWISTED, DARK STORIES,

BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS. IT’S TERRIFYING. LISA WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. >> SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. ELISE HAD TO ASK, WOULD TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING? >> AND I SAID, YOU MEAN A HORSE? SHE SAYS, NO. A PERSON. >> THIS IS CRAZY.

THE 21 YEAR OLD. >> I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN A VERY LONG TIME. NOT BBC FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> A LOT GOING ON. WE HAVE ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING. THAT’S OFF TO CATCH YOU UP. 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. SOMEONE IN BETWEEN. HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES AND SOUNDS GOOD TO MEET THE MOVE. STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS.

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

OUR MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. STAR 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. >> MONDAY AFTERNOON EQUALLY IF

I’M LOOKING NOW EYES TO THE SKY FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEWHERE ECLIPSE A BREATHTAKING CELESTIAL MONUMENT. ABC NEWS TOGETHER WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, WITH ABC NEWS DAVID MUIR LINSEY DAVIS REPORTING. WATCH IT ALL ON ABC NEWS LIVE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL, NAT GIO. ONE, DISNEY PLUS, HULU AND LIVE ON ABC CLIPS ACROSS

AMERICA MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8TH, STARTING AT 2 P.M. EASTERN . BEYONCÉ’S CONQUERING COUNTRY. MY FAMILY WAS BEYONCE. >> HELLBOY CARTER COMES INTO THE WORLD AT A VERY COMPLEX TIME. PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS SONG IS TOO GOOD TO RESIST JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE SEEING HIP-HOP MUSIC WITH A COUNTRY ACCENT, NOT MAKE

IT COUNTRY MUSIC. >> THE STAY IN YOUR LANE. WELL, THAT’S REAL COUNTRY. IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO IS AT SUPERSTAR STATUS TO DO SOMETHING THAT SHAKES IT ALL UP. >> IT’S THE ONSET COUNTRY. THIS IS IMPACT BY NIGHTLINE’S NOW STREAMING ON HULU. >> THE ENORMOUS CLEANUP PRESENTING MAJOR TECHNICAL CHALLENGES AFTER

THAT DEVASTATING BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE. I’M JAY O’BRIEN IN WASHINGTON. IN TODAY’S BIG STORY, THE RACE TO REMOVE THAT CARGO SHIP AND THE MASSIVE TANGLE OF WRECKAGE FROM BALTIMORE’S HARBOR. SPEAK WITH A CIVIL ENGINEERING EXPERT ABOUT THE DIFFICULT TASK AHEAD. AND HOW LONG IT MIGHT TAKE TO GET THAT PORT BACK UP

AND RUNNING. AND IN OUR THE RECORD BREAKING FUNDRAISER FOR JOE BIDEN, FEATURING TWO FORMER DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS. I’LL TALK TO OUR PANEL ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY DESPITE RAKING IN TENS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. BUT WE BEGIN WITH OUR BIG STORY. MASSIVE CRANES AND THOUSANDS OF WORKERS ARE HEADED

TO BALTIMORE AT THIS HOUR TO JOIN THE ONGOING EFFORT AFTER THAT DEVASTATING BRIDGE COLLAPSE. >> THEY’RE TRYING FAST AS THEY CAN TO GET THE HARBOR HOME TO THE NINTH LARGEST PORT IN THE COUNTRY UP AND RUNNING AGAIN. AND THAT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. MORE THAN 1000 PERSONNEL FROM

THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ARE ALREADY THERE. AND THEY BROUGHT THIS THE CHESAPEAKE 1000, THE LARGEST FLOATING CRANE ON THE EASTERN. BUT STILL SOME OF THE DEBRIS IS EVEN TOO HEAVY FOR THE CHESAPEAKE. SO IT HAS TO BE CUT UP INTO MORE MANAGEABLE PIERCE PIECES. >> HERE IS EVERYTHING THESE

CREWS HAVE TO DO. JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE WHAT THEY’RE UP AGAINST, THEY HAVE TO GET THE HUGE STEEL TRUSSES OF THE BRIDGE THAT ARE CURRENTLY BLOCKING THE WATERWAY OUT OF THE RIVER. THEY ALSO TO GET THE PIECES OF THE BRIDGE THAT CRASHED ON TO THE DALI, THAT SHIP OFF

OF THE SHIP. AT SOME POINT, THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO TOW AWAY DOLLY AND THEY’VE GOT TO DREDGE UP ALL THE CONCRETE AND STEEL THAT HAS ALREADY SUNKEN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER THERE. THIS IS GOING TO TAKE MONTHS. >> NOT TO MENTION CREWS STILL HAVEN’T RECOVERED THE BODIES

OF FOUR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO WERE ON THAT BRIDGE MISSING AND PRESUMED DEAD. SO JOINING US NOW IS MARCIA GILBERT, THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. >> MARCIA, JUST FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS BRIDGE IS MASSIVE. >> THE MIDSECTION OF IT IS GONE. >> GIVE ME A SENSE OF HOW BIG A

BRIDGE OF THIS SIZE IS, IF YOU DON’T MIND. >> SO WHERE WE CAN GET A SENSE OF WHAT CREWS ARE FACING IN THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE TO CLEAR IT UP? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, YOU CAN SEE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHESAPEAKE 1000 FROM THE FOOTAGE THAT YOU JUST

SHOWED, IT WORKS IN COMPARISON TO THE BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND. THE MAIN SPAN OF THE BRIDGE IS 1200 FEET LONG. SO THAT LETS YOU GIVE YOU SOME SORT OF PERSPECTIVE OF HOW MUCH IS STILL THERE. AND AS YOU SAID, THAT CRANE CAN LIFT A THOUSAND TONS. >> BUT WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT IN

THESE SECTIONS IS PROBABLY FOUR TIMES THAT AMOUNT. >> SO IT’S NOT AN ACTION THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, PRAYING ,HANDLE. THIS BRIDGE WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SEVENTIES. WE’VE HEARD TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE MILLEDGE SAY, MARCIA, THAT NEWER BRIDGES ARE BUILT OUT TO MORE RIGOROUS SAFETY STANDARDS.

BUT IS THERE A WAY THAT ANY BRIDGE, REGARDLESS OF WHEN IT WAS BUILT, COULD HAVE WITHSTOOD THE IMPACT OF A HEAD ON COLLISION TO A PIER OF A SHIP OF THIS SIZE, LIKE THE KIND OF COLLISION THAT WE SAW? >> WELL, WE CAN ALWAYS BUILD A STRUCTURE THAT, CAN WITHSTAND

SOME MIGHTY FORCES, BUT WE DON’T THE RESOURCES TO BUILD THOSE OF STRUCTURES. WE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO BUILD A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. AND THE WHOLE IDEA OF PROTECTING THE PIERS IS SO THAT YOU DON’T HAVE A DIRECT HIT ON UP HERE IN THE WATER. SO THEY ARE NOT MADE

TO WITHSTAND A DIRECT HIT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT PROTECTION IS OUT IN THE WATER. IT’S TO GLANCE ANY SHIPS AWAY THE PIERS SO THEY DON’T HAVE A DIRECT YOU. AND THAT’S THE PROBLEM. I THINK WE ALL SAW THE FOOTAGE, THE DEVASTATING FOOTAGE OF THAT SHIP HEADING STRAIGHT FOR THE PIER.

AND THEY CAN’T WITHSTAND THAT KIND IMPACT, THAT KIND OF LOAD. >> THESE SHIPS ARE SO ENORMOUS. THEY’RE SO LARGE. THESE ARE NOT LOADS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE EVEN ANTICIPATED OR IMAGINED BACK IN THE 70S WHEN THIS WAS BEING DESIGNED. >> SO, MARCIA, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY A NEW BRIDGE

IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE REBUILT THERE. THE PRESIDENT IS COMMITTED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAYING EVERY DOLLAR OF THAT NEW BRIDGE. IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, HOW COULD A PROJECT LIKE THAT TAKE? AND WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF COST? ARE WE TALKING TENS OF MILLIONS OR HUNDREDS? >> MILLIONS.

THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE IN THE HUNDREDS CATEGORY, IN MY OPINION. OF COURSE, ALL GOING TO DEPEND ON WHAT THE REPLACEMENT BRIDGE LOOKS, WHAT KIND OF METHODS ARE BEING USED. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THIS IS A PROCESS THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE. FIRST OF ALL, THEY’VE GOT

TO CLEAR THE CHANNEL. THEY’VE GOT TO CLEAR IT SAFELY . THEY GOT TO REMOVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE DAMAGED FIRST TO AT LEAST OPEN UP THE THE CHANNEL FOR NEW TRAFFIC. AND THEN THEY’VE GOT TO REMOVE THE REST OF IT. AND SO THEY CAN AND THEN THEY’VE GOT TO REMOVE

THE EXISTING SHIP. SO ALL OF THIS HAS TO HAPPEN FIRST. AND, YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WHAT WE’VE GOT TO REMEMBER IS THERE’S NO IMPACTS TO THIS PROCESS. THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS. THIS HAS TO BE A METICULOUS, METHODICAL PROCESS. SO IT’S DONE SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY.

BUT I CAN TELL IN ALL YOUR VIEWERS THAT THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST IN ENGINEERING AND COASTGUARD AND CORPS OF ENGINEERS ARE ON THIS CASE, IT’S UNPRECEDENTED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH THE KIND OF EXPERTISE NEED RIGHT NOW ARE ALL AT WORK TRYING SOLVE THIS AS QUICKLY AND AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE.

MARCIA GILBERT MURPHY, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY CIVIL ENGINEERS, SOMEONE WHOSE EXPERTISE WE ALSO NEED RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I WANT TO BRING IN OUR BIG STORY PANEL NOW. JOINING US TODAY IS ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND SIRIUS XM RADIO HOST MIKE MUSE, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN

OF VIRGINIA, BARBARA COMSTOCK. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND PRESIDENT OF NEXGEN AMERICA, CHRISTINA SIMPSON RAMIREZ. AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND OP ED COLUMNIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, L.Z. GRANDERSON. WELCOME IN ALL. BARBARA, WE START WITH YOU. THERE ARE SOME REPUBLICAN SPENDING HAWKS ALREADY, CONGRESS, WHO HAVE COME OUT AND TRY

TO POUR COLD WATER ON THAT PROMISE. YOU HEARD ME MENTION FROM THE PRESIDENT ABOUT PAYING FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF REBUILDING THE BRIDGE. IS THIS PROJECT, IF IT ULTIMATELY HAS TO GO, THROUGH A CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATION, GOING TO FACE SOME RESISTANCE? >> WELL, HOPEFULLY NOT, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT MARYLAND.

IT’S ABOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. IT’S ABOUT THE ECONOMY. YOU KNOW, SO MUCH GOES THROUGH HERE. SO, YES YOU WILL HEAR THOSE SAME VOICES THAT IF THERE IS A TRAGEDY IN THEIR OWN STATE, THEY THEY THROW THOSE VIEWS OUT WINDOW. BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT IS SO IMPORTANT CONGRESS COMES

TOGETHER ON THIS AND GETS THIS DONE AND THAT THOSE VOICES VERY MUCH NEED TO BE OVERRIDDEN. THAT’S CONSPIRACY THEORIES, ALL OF THAT. THIS IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED VERY SERIOUSLY. >> CHRISTINA, IT’S NECESSARY THAT WE REMEMBER HERE THERE WERE EIGHT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

ON THAT BRIDGE, ALL OF THEM WERE IMMIGRANTS. TWO WERE RESCUED. THEY WERE FOUND TO THEIR BODIES FOUND YESTERDAY. AND THERE ARE FOUR STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR AND PRESUMED DEAD. THEIR COWORKER SPOKE TO THE “NEW YORK TIMES”. HE SAID, QUOTE, WE ARE LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND QUOTE, HE SAID THEY’RE KEEPING

THEIR FAMILIES AFLOAT BOTH HERE IN THE U.S. AS WELL AS IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES. >> HOW IS THIS TRAGEDY, IN YOUR VIEW, SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE OF THOSE WORKERS? >> LOOK, THERE ARE MIGRANT THAT ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR ECONOMY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. DOMESTIC WORKERS, FARMERS IN MY HOME IN TEXAS, BORN WHEN

WORKERS MAKE UP 70% OF THE WORKFORCE. THAT BUILDER HOMES OUR SCHOOLS OUR ROADWAYS. THESE ARE DANGEROUS DIFFICULT JOBS AND I THINK IT SHOWS YOU SHED LIGHT ON THE COURAGE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF MIGRANTS IN A TIME WHEN WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE DON’T NEED MIGRANTS WHAT WE NEED IS A

SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US TO NOT ONLY ACCEPT THEIR LABOR, BUT THEIR FULL HUMANITY AS WELL, AND PROTECT AMERICAN WORKERS. AND I HOPE THIS SHEDS LIGHT ON THAT AND PUSHES FORWARD LEGISLATION TO JUST THAT. >> L.Z., THERE’S SOMEBODY HERE THAT A LOT OF AMERICANS GOTTEN VERY FAMILIAR WITH NOW IN THE

PRESS CONFERENCES AND ALL THE COVERAGE. AND THAT’S MARYLAND GOVERNOR WESTMORE. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT TEST FOR HIM. HE IS NEW TO THAT ROLE AS GOVERNOR, BUT OBVIOUSLY HAD ALREADY HAD SOMEWHAT OF A NATIONAL PROFILE BEFORE THEN. HOW, IN YOUR VIEW, DO YOU THINK HE’S HANDLING CRISIS SO FAR AND

FRANKLY, HOW THE STATE OF MARYLAND IS HANDLING IT WRIT LARGE? WELL, I THINK HE’S BEEN VERY SMART IN TERMS NOT GETTING SO CAUGHT UP WITH THE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC OF THIS. THAT’S A CHRISTINA’S POINT. HE GETS TO MENTION, BECAUSE YOU MAY HEAR EARLIER THIS WEEK HE’S ALREADY PUT OFF THE IDEA ESTABLISHING PERMANENT

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE MIGRANT WORKERS ARE LOST . AND SO YOU ALREADY SEE HIM THREADING THE NEEDLE BETWEEN, RECOGNIZING GLOBAL COMMERCE, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THE HUMANITY THAT WAS LOST. SO I THINK HE’S BEEN FANTASTIC IN THIS. AND JAY, I WOULD TELL PRESIDENT BIDEN IS ACTUALLY

COMING THERE NEXT WEEK AS WELL. AND IT IS REALLY TO SEE HOW MUCH POLITICS HE BRINGS IN VERSUS BEING A COMPASSIONATE CHILD WHO’S ALWAYS BEEN THERE WHEN WE’VE HAD TRAGEDIES. MIKE, YOU MAY KNOW THIS OUR VIEWERS MAY KNOW THIS, TOO. IT’S CALLED THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE. IT’S APPROXIMATELY WHERE

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY WAS WHEN HE WROTE THE STAR BANNER. THEY UNFURLED A BIG STAR SPANGLED BANNER, A STAR SPANGLED BANNER EXCUSE ME, THE ORIOLES GAME YESTERDAY. WE HAVE SEEN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE IN THAT DEMONSTRATION AND OTHERS COME TOGETHER IN THIS MOMENT. HOW HAS IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU TO WATCH?

>> IT’S BEEN BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH. I THINK THAT’S THE BEAUTY OF, AMERICA, WHEN WE HAVE CRISES, HOW MUCH WE PUT ASIDE OUR PARTISAN DIFFERENCES AND PULL TOGETHER FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF AMERICANS IN PARTICULAR AS THEY WERE BIG ON RECOVERING ALL THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST,

YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO DO WHAT’S RIGHT FOR THE LOVED ONES. AND THIS THINKING RIGHT NOW, JAY, OF THE MARVEL OF ENGINEERING THAT IS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE AS, A FORMER ENGINEER, THIS IS WHAT YOU PREPARE FOR IN ALL OF YOUR COLLEGE CLASSES AND CURRICULUM. THESE MAJOR CASE STUDIES OF HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS

OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN. AND THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THE ARMY MARINE CORPS OF ENGINEERS SHINE THAT GROUP OF IS A WELL TESTED, WELL TRAINED GROUP OF ENGINEERS WHO CAN HANDLE WHAT SEEMS LIKE AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION. IT’S GOING TO BE AN ENGINEERING MARVEL. LOOK AT THEM PROJECT MANAGE

THIS AS WELL AS BE ABLE TO CREATE SOLUTIONS TO PUT IT IN PLACE IN ORDER TO CLEAR THE BRIDGE AND THE CHANNEL. THIS IS ENGINEERING MARVEL WITNESSING RIGHT BEFORE US AS NOTHING LIKE AMERICAN INGENUITY AND INNOVATION. WE THINK ABOUT IT SO MUCH IN SILICON VALLEY, BUT THIS

IS WAY AT THE HEART OF AMERICA IS THIS ENGINEERING ARE ABOUT TO SEE OUR FINEST ENGINEERS AT WORK. >> I KNOW SOME FOLKS IN THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST. YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT, MIKE. BARBARA. CHRISTINA, L.Z., THANK YOU. STAY WITH US BECAUSE COMING UP

IN OUR SPOTLIGHT, A GATHERING FIT FOR A PRESIDENT FOR THREE. >> HOW A FUNDRAISER FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN LAST NIGHT BECAME THE TALK OF THE TOWN IN NEW YORK CITY. THAT IS A HARD THING TO DO. MY PANEL WEIGHS IN AFTER THE BREAK. >> AND WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS.

>> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR. >> THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE IN UKRAINE. UKRAINE REPORTING FROM

THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORWARD THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII FROM CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY. WHEREVER THE STORY FROM THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN

ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP, BEIRUT FOR THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT 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 HERE, STREAMING ABC LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. AMERICA’S ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> I HAVE A CONCERT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S OUR SECRET WORLD. WE HAVE DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS ONE PERSON INSIDE THE TENT IS A SOURCE OF HUMAN

BRAIN. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. GOODMAN THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO NOT. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. ANYWHERE. WOW. THE BEYONCE IS CONQUERING COUNTRY. IF MY FAMILY LOVES BEYONCE, COWBOY CARTER COMES INTO THE WORLD AT A VERY TIME

PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS SONG IS TOO GOOD TO RESIST JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE SEEING HIP-HOP MUSIC WITH A COUNTRY DOES NOT MAKE IT COUNTRY MUSIC. >> THE IN YOUR LANE. WELL, THAT’S NOT REAL COUNTRY. IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO IS AT SUPERSTAR STATUS TO DO SOMETHING THAT SHAKES IT ALL UP.

>> IT’S BEEN THAT COUNTRY THIS IS “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” NOW STREAMING ON HULU. SOON MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. >> THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE MORNING AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT.

LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD R. MURROW AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST LISTENING TO START HERE ABC NEWS NEEDED MORE DANY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET

YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE IN OUR THEY CALLED IT THE FUND RAISER TO END ALL FUND THE LARGEST ONE THE LARGEST ONE, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE HAS EVER HAD, ACCORDING TO THE FIRST LADY. IT WAS LAST NIGHT AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL. A LOT STAR POWER THERE. HOLLYWOOD MEETS WASHINGTON,

IN A WAY, ALL AIMED AT REELECTING PRESIDENT BIDEN IN HIS REMATCH, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, STEPHEN COLBERT MODERATED CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENTS BIDEN, OBAMA AND CLINTON. QUEEN LATIFAH, LIZZO AND BEN PLATT ALL PERFORMED ALL AN AUDIENCE OF DEMOCRATIC DONORS. THERE WERE ALSO AT LEAST SIX INTERRUPTIONS FROM PROTESTERS CALLING FOR A CEASE FIRE.

GAZA OVERALL, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN SAYS IT RAISED ABOUT $26 MILLION FROM THIS EVENT. SO I WANT TO BRING BACK MY PANEL NOW. CHRISTINA, I WANT TO START WITH YOU. IF YOU SAW THE VIDEO THAT WE JUST PLAYED OF THIS EVENT, THERE’S A LITTLE COURTESY IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER

THAT SAYS EITHER FROM THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, FROM JAIME HARRISON, THE CHAIR OF THE DNC. THAT’S BECAUSE THERE WERE NO TV CAMERAS ALLOWED INSIDE. THIS WAS A CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISER THAT’S NOT UNCOMMON FOR FUND RAISERS, BUT WAS THIS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY, IN YOUR VIEW, BECAUSE THEY HAD SOME STARS OBAMA AND CLINTON.

>> THOSE ARE VERY EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATORS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. >> WHY NOT LIVESTREAM THIS? WHY NOT MORE OF IT? >> WAS THIS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY IN YOUR VIEW? >> I MEAN, IT WAS A HISTORICAL MOMENT TO HAVE ALL THREE THERE, WHICH IS WHY YOU HAD SO MUCH

MONEY RAISED AT THIS ONE EVENT. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LOVE HEAR FROM THEM AND YOU CAN SAY IT’S A MISSED OPPORTUNITY, BUT WHEN YOU ALSO AT THE FUNDRAISING NUMBERS BETWEEN BIDEN AND TRUMP, THIS EVENT WAS NOT JUST INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING FOR THIS EVENT. OVERALL, BIDEN IS BEATING TRUMP.

THE LAST FEBRUARY REPORT RATE, HE HAD DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ON HAND AND TRUMP. SO IN AND SMALL DOLLAR DONORS NOW IN LARGE SCALE DONORS THAN TRUMP DOES. SO IT’S A REAL ADVANTAGE THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS, BUT THEY HAVE TO DO A LOT MORE TO GET THEIR WORD OUT.

MONEY IS NOT EVERYTHING WE KNOW THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS PASSED POLICIES THAT ARE VERY POPULAR WITH DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL DON’T KNOW ABOUT THOSE POLICIES. AND LASTLY, OF COURSE, THERE WERE PROTESTERS THERE ABOUT THE ISSUE OF GAZA. AND THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE MOST RECENT SHOWS

THAT THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS NOW WANT A CEASEFIRE. BARBARA, CHRISTINA LEADS ME RIGHT TO YOU HERE. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ALREADY PROMISING IT’S GOING TO HOLD AN EVEN BIGGER FUND RAISER. THEY CLAIM HAUL IN AN ESTIMATED $33 MILLION. >> THAT’S ACCORDING TO SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE PLANNING. >> BUT TRUMP AND THE RNC

AS CHRISTINA, ARE BEHIND DEMOCRATS IN OVERALL FUNDRAISING. CAN THEY CLOSE THE GAP, IN YOUR VIEW AND WHY THEY LAGGING BEHIND? WELL, THERE’S BEEN A FIVE FOLD DIFFERENCE IN BIDEN AHEAD BY FIVE FOLD IN TERMS OF RAISING MONEY. SO EVEN IF HE HAS THAT BIG FUND RAISER, WHICH, AGAIN, HE IS

STILL GOING TO BE WAY BEHIND. ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS, SECONDLY IS THAT HE’S SPENDING HIS MONEY STILL ON LEGAL FEES, NOT ON CAMPAIGNS. AND THIRDLY, I’D POINT OUT THAT BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN OPENING DOZENS AND DOZENS OF THINGS, WHILE LARA TRUMP, WHO HAS TAKEN OVER THE RNC JUST

FIRED A WHOLE BUNCH OF FIELD OFFICE STAFF MUCH MR. GRANT AND A LOT OF RNC FOLKS IN THE FIELD AND, SHE’S THOSE OFFICES AREN’T EVEN OPEN. SO YOU STILL HAVE A BIG DISCREPANCY HERE. AND THEN FINALLY I POINT OUT YOU HAD ALL THOSE PRESIDENTS THERE. DONALD TRUMP CAN’T EVEN GET HIS

OWN PRESIDENT TO SUPPORT HIM, SAID HE WON’T SUPPORT HIM AND THERE’S NO LIVING OR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OR VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO IS SUPPORTING TRUMP. AND OF COURSE, THERE’S ABOUT 17 OR 18 OF HIS OWN CABINET MEMBERS WHO AREN’T SUPPORTING. >> L.Z., WE’RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDRAISING, THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS HERE.

AND THAT’S BECAUSE IT TAKES THAT TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE. IN YOUR REPORTING, HOW YOU HEARD VOTERS REACT TO THAT AND IS THIS JUST INEXTRICABLY LINKED NOW? IT’S BIG MONEY AND POLITICS ALWAYS GOING TO BE TOGETHER AND THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. WELL, I’LL START WITH YOUR LAST QUESTION FIRST.

THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THIS IS WHETHER OR NOT CONGRESS HAS THE FORTITUDE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. LET’S HEAR. QUESTION YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY. VOTERS ARE CONCERNED WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT’S GOING INTO POLITICS AND NOT JUST IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE

RIDICULOUS IN A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT. DICKERSON THE GOVERNANCE LEVEL. AND SO I DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT OVERALL SOLUTION WILL BE, BECAUSE THAT IS A MONSTER THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT, KNOW, CAMPAIGN FINANCING AND ALL THE DOLLARS TO YOUR POINT THAT IT TAKES TO GET TO THESE OFFICES. BUT I DO KNOW THIS, YOU CAN’T

CONTINUE TO HAVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE LIVING CHECK THE CHECK WHILE YOU HAVE FUND RAISERS MAKING TENS AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. EVENTUALLY THERE’S GOING TO BE PUSHBACK. AND I’M QUITE SURE HOW THAT PUSHBACK IS GOING TO BE. BUT WE’VE ALREADY SAW THE GREAT RESIGNATION. AND WITH ALL OF THE STRIKES

THAT HAVE HAPPENED AS TO YEAR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. >> YEAH, I DON’T KNOW IF OUR VIEWERS KNOW THIS, BUT WHEN POLITICAL REPORTERS LIKE ME TRY TO CHECK UP ON HOW A CAMPAIGN IS DOING, WE LOOK AT HOW MUCH CASH THEY HAVE AND HOW MUCH

MONEY THEY HAVE RAISED. SO MONEY IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF A CAMPAIGN. MIKE, I WANT TO TURN TO YOU BECAUSE BACK TO THAT RADIO CITY FUNDRAISER, A LOT OF STAR POWER THERE, AS WE SAW. DO YOU THINK THAT THE BIDEN-HARRIS CAMPAIGN BENEFITS FROM THOSE KIND OF CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS OR DO THOSE

ENDORSEMENTS JUST SPEAK TO VOTERS WHO ARE ALREADY KIND OF LEANING DEMOCRAT ANYWAY? >> I THINK IT DOES TWO THINGS. I THINK HAVING THIS CELEBRITY MOMENT AT THESE TYPE OF FUNDRAISERS IS A HUGE ADVANTAGE IN TERMS OF GET THE CONVERSATION GOING. AND IT REALLY SPEAKS TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THAT.

ONE, IT GOES TO THE ENERGY OF THE BIDEN. PRIOR TO THEIR PRIMARY CONTEST, PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT DEMOCRATIC PARTY DIDN’T HAVE THE APPETITE OR THE ENTHUSIASM OR THE ENERGY TO SUPPORT A REELECTION BID FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN. HAVING THESE TYPE OF CELEBRITIES, HAVING THIS TYPE OF DRAW WITH TWO OTHER

LIVING PRESIDENTS AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, HAVING THEIR PICTURES DISTRIBUTED THE WAY THAT IT WAS, AND RAISING SUCH A RECORD TOTAL THAT SHOWS THAT A DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS UNITY, WHICH IS THE EXTREME OPPOSITE OF CONVERSATION TO WHAT BARBARA WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. WHEN IT COMES TO WHERE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE WITH

UNIFICATION. AND I REALLY DO THINK THAT RAISING THIS TYPE OF MONEY AND TOTALS IS GOING TO BE TACTICALLY SOUND FOR BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN GOING FORWARD IN TERMS OF HOW TO POSITION IN THE KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES. >> ALL RIGHT, MIKE, BARBARA, CHRISTINA, L.Z., YOU VERY MUCH STAY WITH US. >> KEEP YOUR SEATS, BECAUSE

COMING UP IN OUR LAST BEYONCE’S NEW ALBUM OUT, AND WE CAN’T STOP ABOUT IT, OUR PANEL WEIGHS IN ON COUNTRY CARTER. YOU HEARD OF IT. AND BEYONCE’S NEW TAKE ON SOME CLASSIC SONGS LIKE DOLLY PARTON’S JOLENE. THAT IS AFTER THE BREAK BREAK. >> I’VE COVERED A LOT OF TWISTED DARK STORIES,

BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE. IT’S TERRIFYING. ALISA WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. SHE JUST SEDUCED HIM. THIS IS WHERE THE NIGHTMARE BEGAN. ELISE HAD TO ASK, WOULD HORSE TRANQUILIZER KILL A HUMAN BEING? AND I SAID, YOU MEAN A HORSE? SHE SAYS, NO. A PERSON. >> THIS IS CRAZY.

THE 21 YEAR. I HADN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. I REALLY WANT TONIGHT ON BBC AMERICA TONIGHT, SEARCH FOR MISSING BRIDGE WORKERS AS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. PLUS, THE SECOND ROUND OF SPRING SNOWSTORMS HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION.

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

EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING . 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 FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING THAT’S OFF TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE 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 DOES BILLIONAIRES?

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. THE MOOSE STARTED CHASING A DOG. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AMERICA THIS MORNING. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT? BEYONCÉ’S CONQUERING COUNTRY. BUT THEN SHE GOES BEYONCE. >> COWBOY CARTER COMES INTO THE WORLD A VERY COMPLEX TIME. PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS SONG IS

TOO DANGEROUS. >> IT’S JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE SAYING HIP-HOP MUSIC WITH A COUNTRY ACTUALLY DOES NOT MAKE IT COUNTRY MUSIC. >> THE STAY IN YOUR LANE. WELL, THAT’S NOT REAL COUNTRY. IT TAKES SOMEBODY WHO IS SUPERSTARS TO DO SOMETHING THAT SHAKES IT ALL UP. >> IT’S FIANCEE, COUNTRY THIS

IS “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” NOW STREAMING ON HULU. >> IT’S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA. SO WHAT ARE THEY SERVING UP? WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW? THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD. YOU HAVE YOUR MONEY. BREAKING NEWS, MUSIC AND, OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD. A THIRD HOUR OF GAMING THE AFTERNOON.

SO JOIN US AFTER DINNER FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. I LIKE THAT. ME, I’M WHIT JOHNSON REPORTING MAUI. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. NORTH STREAMING ABC NEWS. LOT. HEY, MISS HONEY BEE IS TELLING ME TO DO THE JOHNNY BABY, HONEY NEW WOMAN. >> FIND YOUR.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST BUZZED ABOUT COLLABORATIONS WITH BEYONCE AND NONE OTHER COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND DOLLY PARTON. TIME NOW FOR OUR LAST CALL SUPERSTAR, BEYONCE KNOWLES, DROPPING HER HIGHLY ANTICIPATED COUNTRY ALBUM. YOU JUST HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF A COWBOY, CARTER. OVERNIGHT, IT’S ALREADY LASSOING UP RAVE REVIEWS

AND INCLUDES COLLABORATIONS. DOLLY PARTON AS YOU HEARD WILLIE NELSON POST MALONE, WILLIE JONES AND HER YOUNGER DAUGHTER RUMI CARTER. THE MUSIC ICON SINGLE TEXAS HOLD’EM MAKING HER THE FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO HAVE BOTH BILLBOARD’S HOT COUNTRY SONGS AND HOT R&B HIP-HOP SONG CHARTS. SINCE THOSE LISTS BEGAN IN 1958

. >> SO LET’S GO BACK TO THE PANEL. THE THING ABOUT TV IS YOU CAN SEE SOMEONE’S REACTION ON THE SCREEN. SO I SAY ALL THAT SHAKE. CAN WE GET MIKE MEWES UP HERE WITH THE REST OF MY PANEL? BECAUSE I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ,MIKE, AND GET HIS REACTION

AND SEE HIS FACE ON THE SCREEN. MIKE MYERS, I HAVE NOT YET LISTENED TO A SINGLE TRACK FROM COWBOY CARTER. YOUR REACTION, PLEASE. I’M JUDGING YOU. I DON’T KNOW YOU ANYMORE. I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS AND I’M REEVALUATING THE ENTIRE SCENARIO. WHY WERE YOU NOT UP AT MIDNIGHT TO SAY THAT TO YOU?

>> SOMEBODY TRIED TO PLAY, AND I WAS LIKE, NO, NO, NO, I WANT TO SAY THIS THING TO MIKE. >> SO LET ME WAIT BEFORE I LISTEN IT. >> I’M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU, JAY, BECAUSE YOU WERE LOVERS. >> YOU WOULD LOVE WHAT SHE’S DONE VOCALLY.

AND THAT’S A FOR AN ALBUM. IT’S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIMENTAL ALBUM. SHE TOOK A RISK NOT ONLY WITH SOUND PRODUCTION VOICE, AND I LOVE THAT HOW SHE BROUGHT IN THE LINDA MARTELL. LINDA MARTELL WAS THIS INCREDIBLE BLACK FEMALE COUNTRY STAR WHO WAS FIRST TO PERFORM AT THE OPERATOR WHO KNOWN FOR

BLENDING DON ORIGINAL R&B THEN SO NOW INTO COUNTRY. AND REALLY THAT IS THE MUSIC FOR THIS ALBUM. >> MY PLAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO LISTEN TO HER ON THE TRAIN ON THE WAY HOME. THAT’S BARBARA YOUR TAKE ON THIS ALBUM VERY QUICKLY. I SPENT TOO MUCH TIME WITH MIKE. I APOLOGIZE.

>> WELL, I JUST THINK IT’S AWESOME THAT SOMEONE WITH THIS KIND

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