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trial after an explosive day in court yesterday the judge admonishing a witness even clearing the courtroom at one point what to expect today plus Trump making news overnight for a social media post suggesting his election Victory will bring a unified Reich a term associated with Nazi Germany the new reaction coming in under arrest in Paradise an American father could learn his fate today as he faces prison time for bringing two rounds of ammunition into Turks and caos what he’s saying ahead of his court hearing dramatic new video showing the arrest of a former MLB pitcher taken into custody in an underage sex sting taking aim at AI actress Scarlett Johansson threatening legal action claiming chat GPT copied her voice and the legal battle involving graceand you a nothing how Elvis’s granddaughter is hoping to block the sale of the Historic Landmark from ABC News this is America this morning good morning everyone I’m Andrew dber good morning to you I’m ran and Ali we begin with an explosive day in Donald Trump’s hush money trial a defense witness is returning to the stand today after the judge threatened to strike his testimony the chaos unfolded once Michael Cohen left the stand following an admission that he stole money from Trump’s company here’s ABC’s lion Moes after prosecutors rested their case in Donald Trump’s hush money trial some tense moments in the courtroom between the judge and a surprised witness called to the stand by Trump’s legal team Robert Costello is a lawyer who advised Trump fixer Michael Cohen after his hotel room and office were raided by the FBI in 2018 in court Trump’s legal team got Cohen to admit under oath that he stole $30,000 from the Trump organization focused on destroying his credibility as a witness but when Robert Costello took the stand things got heated Costello said he told Cohen all his problems would go away if he just told the Feds the truth about Donald Trump and the deal with stormmy Daniels but he said Cohen insisted Trump knew nothing about those payments that he did this on his own saying I swear to God Bob I don’t have anything on Donald Trump prosecutors objected several times and when judge Juan Mara upheld those objections Costello could be heard from the witness stand saying gez and mumbling ridiculous under his breath the judge Furious ultimately clearing the jury to address Costello directly if you don’t like my ruling you don’t give me side eye and you don’t roll your eyes do you understand that Costello glared at him are you staring me down the judge asked the judge then clearing the entire courtroom Costello ultimately resumed testimony but some legal experts say his Outburst could work against the defense team don’t make yourself aidh to what could be a very important message that what that Michael Cohen lied and you can’t believe Michael Cohen and it’s the goal and object of that criminal defense team to take this away from falsifying business records and make it a case about the extorter Stormy Daniels and the liar conniving agenda-driven Michael Cohen Costello could have given a little bit more but he lost that opportunity to a large extent before joury Trump’s lawyers tried to get the case dismissed hopefully the motion to dismiss this trial will go through because this trial is a disaster for our country but the trial is far from over with the defense team expected to rest its case today ahead of the holiday the jury will be excused until after Memorial Day with jury instructions and closing arguments and deliberations next week the former president is not expected to take the stand Trump’s legal issues have been a major cost as he prepares to take on Joe Biden in the presidential election disclosure reports show Trump’s save America Super PAC spent $3.3 million in Le bills last month also showing more than a million in legal fees which have yet to be paid to various law firms ranan Andrew Lionel thank you Trump is facing backlash over a social media post with wording associated with Nazi Germany a video that appears to suggest there will be a quote unified Reich if he wins the election the phrase pops up as part of hypothetical news headlines the Biden Camp responded to the post saying Trump is telling America exactly what he will do if he regains power a trump campaign official said this was not a campaign video it was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word Iran’s supreme leader declared 5 days of public mourning after the helicopter crash that killed the country’s president and top Diplomat ABC’s mwin has reaction from the US and tyan good morning M Ranna good morning Iran will hold Memorial services today for president RI as new video Services of the crash site crowds gathered in Iran overnight to mourn the loss of president ibraim risi who was killed in a helicopter crash on the Northern Iranian Mountain Side new video shows the moment search teams reached the wreckage after more than a dozen hours of searching through heavy fog in the immediate aftermath of the crash conspiracy theories of foreign involvement cropping up online but us defense secretary Lloyd Austin making it clear the US had nothing to do with the crash the United States had no part to play uh in in that crash and so and that’s that’s a fact playing and simple the state department says the Iranian government even requested help from the US government in finding the helicopter but was unable to assist for what officials called logistical reasons the loss of Iran’s President coming at a time of heightened tension considered Iran’s second most powerful person behind Ayatollah Ali K RI was considered a top Contender to one day replace the 85-year-old supreme leader in 2022 risi was responsible for the brutal Crackdown on protesters in Iran and oversaw the massive missile and drone attack on Israel last month we have been quite clear that Abraham REI was a brutal participant in the repression of the Iranian people for nearly four decades he was involved in numerous horrific human rights abuses that said we regret any loss of Life crowds now gathering in Iran as the nation Mourns the loss of President ibraim RI along with seven others in the helicopter crash but some in Iran along with those in Exile in Berlin and London celebrating the loss of a man they considered a tyrant Iranian authorities have now agreed to hold the presidential election on June 28th ranan all right M thank you for that President Biden is joining Israel and slamming the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court the prose uter is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with three Hamas leaders over their actions taken during the war he said Israel is using starvation of Palestinians as a method of warfare and Collective punishment against civilians unfortunately these crimes continue to this day Israel like all states has the right to defend its population those rights however do not absolve Israel of its obligations to comply with International humanitarian law the ICC has no jurisdiction over Israel and Mr Khan’s actions will not stop us from waging our just war against Hamas a three judge panel will decide whether to issue the arrest warrants which could make it hard for Netanyahu to travel abroad now two Turks and Kos where Tyler winrich could learn his fate today he is one of several Americans charged with carrying ammunition into the tropical Nation us lawmakers are now pleading for leniency this morning one of the Americans facing prison time in Turks and Kos over ammunition in their luggage is speaking out ahead of his plea hearing later today I have a lot of fear and anxiety you know the best outcome to this is that the judge will find leniency and in compassion in the situation and steer away from that 12E sentence and be able to give a sentence that is is less than that in a fine hopefully Tyler winrich is one of five Americans recently charged with carrying small amounts of ammunition into the tropical nation winrich was found with just two rounds he said he mistakenly left in his backpack after a trip to a gun range yesterday a bipartisan delegation of us lawmakers traveled to Turks and Kos to ask for leniency Senator John fedman who was part of the delegation saying I left these meetings optimistic that we can get this resolved and look forward to working with my colleagues in Congress and TCI officials to bring these American citizens home just last week a grandmother from Florida was arrested at the airport after two bullets were found in her luggage I was afraid I didn’t know what was going to happen because I couldn’t believe they was in there three other men are also waiting for the courts to decide their fate one could receive a sentence as soon as Friday Turks and Kos passed strict gun laws two years ago after arise in violence and gun trafficking the new laws mean the Americans face a minimum sentence of 12 years plus a fine but the court can make exceptions the state department has warned any Americans who are traveling to Turks and Kos to carefully check their luggage we will hear more from Tyler winrich coming up on GMA time-lapse video shows the cargo ship Dolly being moved into the Port of Baltimore the ship that brought down the Key Bridge was moved from the crash scene to a terminal moving about 1 mph cruise ships will return to the port this coming weekend and full port operations are expected by the end of the month early numbers show the tsa’s predictions of a record travel summer appear to be on track the agency says Friday and Sunday were among the five busiest in US history less than a week before the Memorial Day holiday both saw more than 2.8 million Travelers pass through airport checkpoints so let’s take a look at your morning weather [Music] good morning we’re facing some damaging thunderstorms through much to the Midwest into the Mississippi 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your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that let’s go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my God we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge than [Music] this right now there’s just so much happening in our world so much at stake at the start of every morning and that’s why at Good Morning America we’re right here and we got you we got you we got you we’re back with a fire at a Tesla Factory near San Francisco officials say it started last night in an oven at a manufacturing facility no one was hurt the exact cause though remains under investigation Friday marks 5 years since Connecticut mother Jennifer doulos disappeared dulo seemingly vanished after taking her kids to school and has never been found she and her husband fotus dulos were in a custody battle during their divorce Jennifer’s mother Gloria Farber is raising the couple’s five children she spoke about her daughter’s disappearance with ABC affiliate WTNH how it happened is just so horrendous I know I mean a poor thing I mean I just I just feel I don’t know what made him just Absol go off the rails dulos died by Suicide just after being charged with her murder his girlfriend is being sentenced for conspiracy and other charges next week an investigator spent hours yesterday at the Long Island New York home of a suspect charged with murdering Four Women prosecutors said it was part of the ongoing investigation Rex huberman has pleaded not guilty to killing those four women investigations into other unsolved murders in the same area are ongoing a former major league pitcher is among 27 people arrested in Florida in an underage sex sting video shows former Red Sox pitcher Austin Maddox arriving at a home where police made a dramatic takedown and arrest they say Maddox thought he had arranged to meet an underage girl but he actually had been communicating over the Internet with an undercover agent as you can see from these photographs these men run the gamut of Ages backgrounds and races but I’m just very happy that they’re off the street Austin Maddox is facing four felony counts he’s being held on a 300,000 Bond well a post race punch could lead to a NASCAR suspension Ricky Stenhouse Jr took a swing at Kyle bus after Sunday’s All-Star Race in North Carolina he blamed Bush for causing a wreck that knocked Stenhouse out of the $1 million race Stenhouse could be suspended for the punch Bush May face discipline for the wreck coming up the fast food Wars heating up what Wendy’s is now offering for breakfast also ahead actress Scarlett Johansson threatening legal action claiming chat GPT copied her voice how the company is responding next let’s go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my gosh we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge than [Music] this Whenever Wherever news breaks it’s so important to always remember that lives are changed here in London in Buffalo yaldi Texas Edinburgh Scotland reporting from Rolling Fork Mississippi Ukrainian refugees here in waron we’re heading to a small community outside of Mexico City getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime we’ll take you there stream ABC News live week nights wherever you stream your news only on ABC News live it’s lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know you know that sounds pretty good your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food gma3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that me I experienced a lot of hard a I’m a tough woman but it’s not easy you’re going to feel lonely it’s taken me a really long time to even get to this moment and the CMA award for Entertainer of the Year goes to Lany Wilson that was a mic drop the Entertainer of the Year here baby I do see the bell bottoms in the Hat as my superhero [Applause] outfit if you want a relationship a happy relationship you need to be in control of that relationship ENT Tate is one of many male Supremacy influencers you see him as this guy that has money has girls basically he’s a god his compound what prosecutors say he ran a sex trafficking business from we’re not the first affluent wealthy men who have been unfairly attacked you think he right they never meant for any of this to be public someone has to say there’s something wrong going around here Andrew Tate into the cider Traer who was the inspiration for Gordon gecko in the movie Wall Street has died bosi built up a $200 million Fortune by 1986 before serving two years in prison and paying a then record $100 million fine Ivan bosi was 887 the FDA reportedly cleared the way for neuralink to implant its brain ship into a second person the company owned by Elon Musk said the first patient was able to control a computer mouse just by using their thoughts but the tiny wires in the brain had pulled out of position while the Wall Street Journal reports that neuralink says it fixed the problem before the second person gets the chip next month now to Scarlet Johansson threatening legal action against open AI the actress claims it artificial intelligence copied her voice the company is now responding to her allegations this morning open AI is pausing the use of one of its chat G PT voices after actress Scarlett Johansson said the voice sounded eerily similar to her own Johansson said she was approached by open AI CEO Sam Altman about doing voice work for the chatbot but that she declined after hearing the release demo she wrote I was shocked angered and in disbelief adding my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference the Oscar nominated actress hired lawyers to inquire about the process of generating The Voice Hi hi how you doing Johansson famously starred in 2013’s her playing an AI Voice Assistant much like chat gpt’s product it it seems like I’m having so many new feelings that I don’t think I’ve ever been felt before that was her actual voice from the movie and this is a sample of chat gpt’s AI generated chatbot Sky you’ve got me on the edge of my well I don’t really have a seat but you get the idea fans called out the similarity and comments on that YouTube video shared by open AI the company disputed the comparison in a Blog post writing AI should not deliberately mimic a celebrity’s distinctive voice and that the voice of Sky belongs to a different professional actress who they say was cast for The Voice before they reached out to Johansson Altman writing in a statement we are sorry to miss Johansson that we didn’t communicate better that voice is one of five options on chat gpt’s app the other options are still available coming up the legal battle to stop the sale of graceand plus the private island off of Florida selling for a mass massive price with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America’s number one most watched newscast across all of television [Music] [Applause] [Music] come give it all to me give it to me let’s go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my [Music] gosh we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge than this [Music] Babe Ruth Hank Aron showy Otani Legends of the game but now the list of greats redefined from ABC News reclaim the Forgotten lead a side of the story of baseball you have 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offering an English muffin breakfast sandwich and potatoes for three bucks that follows McDonald’s announcement of a new value meal starting next month experts say it’s a trend that’s actually good for consumers it’s a great deal for for consumers at the drive-thru it’s an even better deal for Wendy’s if one uh competitor is lowering prices to raise their sales everyone’s going to follow suit and then you’ll have a lot more cheap options fast food prices in March were 33% higher than they were in 2019 next graceand up for sale or is it well a foreclosure notice says Elvis Presley’s famed home will be auctioned off on Thursday it’s based on a lean from an unpaid loan apparently taken out by Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie who died last year but Presley’s granddaughter says the loan documents are fake she is asking the court to stop the sale one home that’s already been sold as a record Setter in Palm Beach Florida and it did not go to auction it was just sold for $152 million a record for a property on the inter Coastal Waterway without additional ocean Frontage the Mansion is nearly 29,000 total square ft including 11 bedrooms there’s also lighted tennis courts and you don’t need just one pool why not have two why not make it three top headlines next it’s lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know you know that sounds pretty good it to your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afterno for everything you need to know I love that why do so many people start their day here from ABC News this is start here to be in the know and get a different take on the day’s top stories a lot of news today so let’s get into it listen now to the Daily News podcast honored with four Edward R murl Awards and see why the New York Times times calls it a news podcast worth listening to start here ABC News make it your daily first listen now that’s a part of the story I bet you didn’t see coming wherever you get your podcasts start here wherever news breaks it’s so important to always remember that lives are changed getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime will take you there streaming free on ABC News live with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America’s number one most watched newscast across all of Television let’s go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before W look at that oh my gosh we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge than [Music] this checking more top stories a defense witness in Donald Trump’s hush money trial continues this testimony today after the judge cleared the courtroom and rebuked him for muttering on the stand that was after former fixer Michael Cohen admitted to stealing from the Trump organization Rudy Giuliani is due in an Arizona courtroom today to face charges in the state’s fake elector case Giuliani is among 18 people accused in the scheme aimed at overturning the 2020 election he was serve the indictment on Friday as he left his 80th birthday party in Florida the chairman of the FDIC is resigning following a scathing report about the agency’s toxic work culture including stalking harassment and homophobia the White House says Martin Gruenberg will step down once Biden names his success today’s weather rain and Mountain snow in the Northwest violent storms including tornadoes are possible from the plains to the Great Lakes but clear on the East Coast finally the kindhearted student who convinced one teacher to dance our Danny new has the details dancece the now viral video of a teacher and student having a good oldfashioned dance off he was tell me oh Mrs Lori you old you you look at your hair it all started when Philadelphia second teacher Regina Lori felt a little age shamed by her student Amad Dennis who maybe didn’t know that Mrs Lori majored in dance at Temple University did you expect those moves from Miss Lori no no I never she could dance like that the video was posted by the school’s dean of students on Tik Tok and now has amassed almost 20 million views it’s also just the latest viral example Le to remind us of the bond Educators and their young scholars can share so today you know it’s surprise day whether it’s a teacher in Minnesota surprising her students with her own wedding during school Mass or the prank that made waves a few days ago in Illinois as the senior class paid a bag pipe player to follow their principle around all day for Mrs Lori many of the comments on Tik Tok were quite positive like the clothing company Puma riding nav as teachers got moves or this message that said quote these type of teachers make a huge difference in education but Mrs Lori who has been a teacher for more than 30 years does not just want to make a difference for the students I think that I’ve let the way in terms of having other teachers you know not be afraid to kick off their shoes literally and just just try it just show that you’re also a person guys can we give a mod some credit to it is not easy to get up in front of your school and go toe-to-toe with someone who has a degree in dance and he was pretty good they both deserve a lot of credit maybe he’ll get a degree in dancing one of these [Music] days right now on America this morning former president Trump’s defense likely resting its case today in his hush money trial after an explosive day in court yesterday the judge admonishing a witness even clearing the courtroom at one point what to expect today plus Trump making news overnight for a social media post suggesting his election Victory will bring a unified Reich a term associated with Nazi Germany the new reaction coming in under arrest in Paradise an American father could learn his fate today as he faces prison time for bringing two rounds of ammunition into Turks and caos what he’s saying ahead of his court hearing dramatic new video showing the arrest of a former MLB pitcher taken into custody in an underage sex sting taking aim at AI actress Scarlett Johansson threatening legal action claiming chat GPT copied her voice and the legal battle involving graceand you a nothing how Elvis’s granddaughter is hoping to block the sale of the Historic Landmark from ABC News this is America this morning good morning everyone I’m Andrew dber good morning to you I’m ran and Ally we begin with an explosive day in Donald Trump’s hush money trial a defense witness is returning to the stand today after the judge threatened to strike his testimony the chaos unfolded once Michael Cohen left the stand following an admission that he stole money from Trump’s company here’s ABC’s Lionel Moes after prosecutors rested their case in Donald Trump’s hush money trial some tense moments in the courtroom between the judge and a surprised witness called to the stand by Trump’s legal team Robert Costello is a lawyer who advised Trump fixer Michael Cohen after his hotel room and office were raided by the FBI in 2018 in court Trump’s legal team got Cohen to admit under oath that he stole $30,000 from the Trump organization focused on destroying his credibility as a witness but when Robert Costello took the stand things got heated Costello said he told Cohen all his problems would go away if he just told the Feds the truth about Donald Trump and the deal with stormmy Daniels but he said Cohen insisted Trump knew nothing about those payments that he did this on his own saying I swear to God Bob I don’t have anything on Donald Trump prosecutors Obed several times and when judge Juan Mara upheld those objections Costello could be heard from the witness stand saying geez and mumbling ridiculous under his breath the judge Furious ultimately clearing the jury to address Costello directly if you don’t like my ruling you don’t give me side eye and you don’t roll your eyes do you understand that Costello glared at him are you staring me down the judge asked the judge then clearing the entire courtroom Costello ultimately resumed testimony but some legal experts say his Outburst could work against the defense team don’t make yourself aidh show to what could be a very important message that what that Michael Cohen lied and you can’t believe Michael Cohen and it’s the goal and object of that criminal defense team to take this away from falsifying business records and make it a case about the extorter Stormy Daniels and the liar conniving agenda driven Michael Cohen Costello could have given a little bit more but he lost that opportunity to a large extent before joury Trump’s lawyers tried to get the case dismissed hopefully the motion to dismiss this trial will go through because this trial is a disaster for our country but the trial is far from over with the defense team expected to rest its case today ahead of the holiday the jury will be excused until after Memorial Day with jury instructions and closing arguments and deliberations next week the former president is not expected to take the stand Trump’s legal issues have been a major cost as he prepares to take on Joe Biden in the presidential election disclosure reports show Trump’s save America superpack spent $3.3 million in legal bills last month also showing more than a million and legal fees which have yet to be paid to various law firms renan Andrew Lionel thank you Trump is facing backlash over a social media post with wording associated with Nazi Germany a video that appears to suggest there will be a quote unified Reich if he wins the election the phrase pops up as part of hypothetical news headlines the Biden Camp responded to the post saying Trump is telling America exactly what he will do if he regains power a trump campaign official said this was not a campaign video it was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word Iran supreme leader declared 5 days of public mourning after the helicopter crash that killed the country’s president and top Diplomat ABC’s mwin has reaction from the US and tyan good morning M Ranna good morning Iran will hold Memorial services today for president RI as new video Services of the crash site crowds gathered in Iran overnight to mourn the loss of president ibraim risi who was killed in a helicopter crash on the Northern Iranian Mountain Side new video shows the moment search teams reached the wreckage after more than a dozen hours of searching through heavy fog in the immediate aftermath of the crash conspiracy theories of foreign involvement cropping up online but us defense secretary Lloyd Austin making it clear the US had nothing to do with the crash the United States had no part to play uh in in that crash and so and that’s that’s a fact plain and simple the state department says the Iranian government even requested help from the US government in finding the helicopter but was unable to assist for what officials called logistical reasons the loss of Iran’s President coming at a time of heightened tension considered Iran’s second most powerful person behind Ayatollah Ali K RI was considered a top Contender to one day replace the 8 5-year-old supreme leader in 2022 risi was responsible for the brutal Crackdown on protesters in Iran and oversaw the massive missile and drone attack on Israel last month we have been quite clear that Abraham REI was a brutal participant in the repression of the Iranian people for nearly four decades he was involved in numerous horrific human rights abuses that said we regret any loss of life crowds now gathering in Iran as the Mourns the loss of President ibraim RI along with seven others in the helicopter crash but some in Iran along with those in Exile in Berlin and London celebrating the loss of a man they considered a tyrant Iranian authorities have now agreed to hold the presidential election on June 28th ranan all right M thank you for that President Biden is joining Israel and slamming the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court the prosecutor is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime min Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with three Hamas leaders over their actions taken during the war he said Israel is using starvation of Palestinians as a method of warfare and Collective punishment against civilians unfortunately these crimes continue to this day Israel like all states has the right to defend its population those rights however do not absolve Israel of its obligations to comply with International humanitarian law the ICC has no jurisdiction over Israel and Mr Khan’s actions will not stop us from waging our just war against Hamas a three judge panel will decide whether to issue the arrest warrants which could make it hard for Netanyahu to travel abroad now two Turks and Kos where Tyler winrich could learn his fate today he is one of several Americans charged with carrying ammunition into the tropical Nation us lawmakers are now pleading for leniency this morning one of the Americans facing prison time in and Kos over ammunition in their luggage is speaking out ahead of his plea hearing later today I have a lot of fear and anxiety you know the best outcome to this is that the judge will find leniency and and compassion in the situation and steer away from that 12E sentence and be able to give a sentence that is is less than that in a fine hopefully Tyler winrich is one of five Americans recently charged with carrying small amounts of ammunition into the tropical nation wnri was found with just two rounds he said he mistakenly left in his backpack after a trip to a gun range yesterday a bipartisan delegation of us lawmakers traveled to Turks and caos to ask for leniency Senator John fedman who was part of the delegation saying I left these meetings optimistic that we can get this resolved and look forward to working with my colleagues in Congress and TCI officials to bring these American citizens I’s home just last week a grandmother from Florida was arrested at the airport after two bullets were found in her luggage I was afraid I didn’t know what was going to happen because I couldn’t believe they was in there three other men are also waiting for the courts to decide their fate one could receive his sentence as soon as Friday Turks and Kos passed strict gun laws two years ago after arise in violence and gun trafficking the new laws mean the Americans face a minimum sentence of 12 years plus a fine but the court can make exceptions the state department has warned any Americans who are traveling to Turks and Kos to carefully check their luggage we will hear more from Tyler winrich coming up on GMA time laps video shows the cargo ship Dolly being moved into the Port of Baltimore the ship that brought down the Key Bridge was moved from the crash scene to a terminal moving about 1 mile hour cruise ships will return to the port this coming weekend and full port operations are expected by the end of the month early numbers show the tsa’s predictions of a record travel summer appear to be on track the agency says Friday and Sunday were among the five busiest in US history less than a week before the Memorial Day holiday both saw more than 2.8 million Travelers pass through airport checkpoints so let’s take a look at your morning [Music] weather good morning we’re facing some damaging thunderstorm storms through much to the Midwest into the Mississippi Valley today in through this evening and tonight with large hail damaging wind and tornado threats as well the storms will be aggressively moving east across the Mississippi Valley late in the day and in through the evening and into the night as well it’ll be very warm in the Northeast on Tuesday but also tomorrow Wednesday a day with near record highs for some with highs within a few degrees of records with highs in the 80s and 90s I’m a you witha meteorologist Jeff Cornish coming up the Nascar driver facing a possible suspension for throwing punches also ahead authorities returned to the New York home of Rex hman the man charged in the so-called Gilgo Beach killing setting up a tent in the front yard so what prompted the search and a former MLB pitcher taken into custody during an underage sex sting what we’re learning this is not about parents who just let their kid watch violent movies play violent video games this is about parents par s who neglected their son ignored his cries for help then bought him a gun the first parents in America to be charged in a school shooting they purchased that gun for him and bragged about it you don’t get to walk away from that that’s a criminal act sins of the parents the crumbly trials the opposite of love is not hate it’s just being ignored only on Hulu here’s to good mornings in America 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she spoke about her daughter’s disappearance with ABC affiliate WTNH how it happened is just so horrendous I know I mean a poor thing I mean I just I just feel I don’t know what made him just abgg go off the rails fotus dulos died by Suicide just after being charged with her murder his girlfriend is being sentenced for conspiracy and other charges next week an investigator spent hours yesterday at the Long Island New York home of a suspect charged with murdering Four Women prosecutors said it was part of the ongoing investigation Rex huberman has pleaded not guilty to killing those four women investigations into other unsolved murders in the same area are ongoing a former major league pitcher is among 27 people arrested in Florida in an underage sex sting video shows former Red Sox pitcher Austin Maddox arriving at a home where police made a dramatic takedown and arrest they say Maddox thought he had arranged to meet an underage girl but he actually had been communicating over the 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record $100 million fine Ivan bosi was 87 the FDA reportedly cleared the way for neuralink to implant its brain chip into to a second person the company owned by Elon Musk said the first patient was able to control a computer mouse just by using their thoughts but the tiny wires in the brain had pulled out of position while the Wall Street Journal reports that neuralink says it fixed the problem before the second person gets the chip next month now to Scarlett Johansson threatening legal action against open AI the actress claims it artificial intelligence copied her voice the company is now responding to her allegations this morning open AI is pausing the use of one of its chat GPT voices after actress Scarlett Johansson said the voice sounded eerily similar to her own Johansson said she was approached by open AI CEO Sam Altman about doing voice work for the chatbot but that she declined after hearing the release demo she wrote I was shocked angered and in disbelief adding my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference the Oscar nominated actress hired lawyers to inquire about the process of generating The Voice hi hi how you doing Johansson famously starred in 2013’s her playing an AI Voice Assistant much like chat gpt’s product it seems like I’m having so many new feelings that I don’t think I’ve ever been felt before that was her actual voice from the movie and this is a sample of chat gpt’s AI generated chatbot Sky you’ve got me on the edge of my well I don’t really have a seat but you get the idea fans called out the similarity in comments on that YouTube video shared by open AI company disputed the comparison in a blog post writing AI should not deliberately mimic a celebrity’s distinctive voice and that the voice of Sky belongs to a different professional actress who they say was cast for The Voice before they reached out to Johansson Altman writing in a statement we are sorry to miss Johanson that we didn’t communicate better that voice 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granddaughter says the loan documents are fake she is asking the court to stop the sale one home has already been sold as a record Setter in Palm Beach Florida and it did not go to auction it was just sold for $152 million a record for a property on the int Coastal Waterway without addition ocean Frontage the Mansion is nearly 29,000 total square ft including 11 bedrooms there’s also lighted tennis courts and you don’t need just one pool why not have two why not make it three stop headlines [Music] next this is not about parents who just let their kid watch violent movies play violent video games this is about parents who neglected their son ignored his cries for help then bought him a gun the first parents in America to be charged in a school shooting purchased that gun for him and bragged about it you don’t get to walk away from that that’s a criminal act sins of the parents the crumbly trials the opposite of love is not hate it’s just being ignored only on [Music] [Applause] [Music] Hulu give it to me what so many people start their day here from ABC News this is start here to be in the know and get a different take on the day’s top stories a lot of news today so let’s get into it listen now to the Daily News podcast honored with four Edward R murl Awards and see why the New York Times calls it a news podcast worth listening to start here ABC News make it your daily first listen now that’s a part of the story I bet you didn’t see coming wherever you get your podcasts start here wherever news breaks it’s so important to always remember that lives are changed getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime we’ll take you there streaming free on ABC News live if you want a relationship a happy relationship you need to be in control of that relationship in Tate is one of many male Supremacy influencers you see him as this guy that has money has girls basically he’s a god this compound what prosecutors say ran a sex trafficking business from we’re not the first affluent wealthy men who have been unfairly attacked you think he he raped you they never meant for any of this to be public someone else to say there’s something wrong going around here Entre Tate Into the manosphere Now streaming on Hulu checking more top stories a defense witness in Donald Trump’s hush money trial continues his testimony today after the judge cleared the courtroom and rebuked him for muttering on the stand that was after former fixer Michael Cohen admitted to stealing from the Trump organization Rudy Giuliani is due in an Arizona courtroom today to face charges in the state’s fake elector case Giuliani is among 18 people accused in the scheme aimed at overturning the 2020 election he was sered the indictment on Friday as he left his 80th birthday party in Florida the chairman of the FDIC is resigning following a scathing report about the agency’s toxic work culture including stalking harassment and homophobia the White House says Martin Gruenberg will step down once Biden names his successor today’s weather rain and Mountain snow in the Northwest violent storms including tornadoes are possible from the plains to the Great Lakes but clear on the East Coast finally the kindhearted student who convinced one teacher to dance our Danny new has the details dancece the now viral video of a teacher and student having a good oldfashioned dance off he was telling me Oh Mrs Lori you old you you look at your it all started when Philadelphia’s second grade teacher Regina Lori felt a little age shamed by her student Amad Dennis who maybe didn’t know that Mrs Lori majored in dance at Temple University did you expect those moves from Miss Lori no no I don’t she could dance like that the video was posted by the school’s dean of students on Tik Tok and now has amassed almost 20 million views it’s also just the latest viral example to remind us of the bond Educators and their young scholars can share so today you know it’s surprise day whether it’s a teacher in Minnesota surprising her students with her own wedding during school Mass or the prank that made waves a few days ago in Illinois as the senior class paid a bagpipe player to follow their principal around all day for Mrs Lori many of the comments on Tik Tok were quite positive like the clothing company Puma riding nad’s teachers got moves or this message that said quote these type of teachers make a huge difference in education but Mrs Lori who has been a teacher for more than 30 years does not just want to make a difference for the students I think that I’ve leted the way in terms of having other teachers you know not be afraid to kick off their shoes literally and just just try it just show that you’re so person and guys can we give a mod some credit to it is not easy to get up in front of your school and go toe-to-toe with someone who has a degree in dance and he was pretty good they both deserve a lot of credit maybe he’ll get a degree in dancing one these [Music] days right now on America this morning former president Trump’s defense likely resting its case today in his hush money trial after an explosive day in court yesterday the judge admonishing a witness even clearing the courtroom at one point what to expect today plus Trump making news overnight for a social media post suggesting his election Victory will bring a unified Reich a term associated with Nazi Germany the new reaction coming in under arrest in Paradise an American father could learn his fate today as he faces prison time for bringing two rounds of ammunition into Turks and caos what he’s saying of his court hearing dramatic new video showing the arrest of a former MLB pitcher taken into custody in an underage sex sting taking aim at AI actress Scarlett Johansson threatening legal action claiming chat GPT copied her voice and the legal battle involving Graceland you how Elvis’s granddaughter is hoping to block the sale of the Historic Landmark from ABC News this is America the this morning good morning everyone I’m Andrew diber good morning to you I’m ran and Ali we begin with an explosive day in Donald Trump’s hush money trial a defense witness is returning to the stand today after the judge threatened to strike his testimony the chaos unfolded once Michael Cohen left the stand following an admission that he stole money from Trump’s company here’s ABC’s Lionel Moes after prosecutors rested their case in Donald Trump’s hush money trial some tense moments in the courtroom between the judge and a surprised witness called to the stand by Trump’s legal team Robert Costello is a lawyer who advised Trump fixer Michael Cohen after his hotel room and office were raided by the FBI in 2018 in court Trump’s legal team got Cohen to admit under oath that he stole $330,000 from the Trump organization focused on destroying his credibility as a witness but when Robert Costello took the stand things got heated Costello said he told Cohen all his problems would go away if he just told the Feds the truth about Donald Trump and the deal with Stormy Daniels but he said Cohen insisted Trump knew nothing about those payments that he did this on his own saying I swear to God Bob I don’t have anything on Donald Trump prosecutors objected several times and when judge Juan Maran upheld those objections Costello could be heard from the witness stand saying gez and mumbling ridiculous under his breath the judge f Furious ultimately clearing the jury to address Costello directly if you don’t like my ruling you don’t give me side eye and you don’t roll your eyes do you understand that Costello glared at him are you staring me down the judge asked the judge then clearing the entire courtroom Costello ultimately resumed testimony but some legal experts say his Outburst could work against the defense team don’t make yourself a sideshow to what could be a very important message that what that Michael Cohen lied and you can’t believe Michael Cohen and it’s the goal and object of that criminal defense team to take this away from falsifying business records and make it a case about the extorter Stormy Daniels and the liar conniving agenda driven Michael Cohen Costello could have given a little bit more but he lost that opportunity to a large extent before joury Trump’s lawyers tried to get the case dismissed hopefully the motion to dismiss this trial will go through because this trial is a disaster for our country but the trial is far from over with the defense team expected to rest its case today ahead of the holiday the jury will be excused until after Memorial Day with jury instructions and closing arguments and deliberations next week the former president is not expected to take the stand Trump’s legal issues have been a major cost as he prepares to take on Joe Biden in the presidential election disclosure reports show Trump’s save America Super PAC spent $3.3 million in legal bills last month also showing more than a million in legal fees which have yet to be paid to various law firms renan Andrew Lionel thank you Trump is facing backlash over a social media post with wording associated with Nazi Germany a video that appears to suggest there will be a quote unified Reich if he wins the election the phrase pops up as part of hypothetical news headlines the Biden Camp responded to the post saying Trump is telling America exactly what he will do if he regains power a trump campaign official official said this was not a campaign video it was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word Iran’s supreme leader declared 5 days of public mourning after the helicopter crash that killed the country’s president and top Diplomat ABC’s M win has reaction from the US and tyan good morning M Ranna good morning Iran will hold Memorial services today for president RI as new video Services of the crash site Crow s gathered in Iran overnight to mourn the loss of president ibraim rizi who was killed in a helicopter crash on the Northern Iranian Mountain Side new video shows the moment search teams reached the wreckage after more than a dozen hours of searching through heavy fog in the immediate aftermath of the crash conspiracy theories of foreign involvement cropping up online but us defense secretary Lloyd Austin making it clear the US had nothing to do with the crash United States had no part to play uh in in that crash and so and that’s that’s a fact plain and simple the state department says the Iranian government even requested help from the US government in finding the helicopter but was unable to assist for what officials called logistical reasons the loss of Iran’s President coming at a time of heightened tension considered Iran’s second most powerful person behind Ayatollah Ali K RI was considered a top Contender to one day replace the 85-year-old supreme leader in 2022 risi was responsible for the brutal Crackdown on protesters in Iran and oversaw the massive missile and drone attack on Israel last month we have been quite clear that Abraham REI was a brutal participant in the repression of the Iranian people for nearly four decades he was involved in numerous horrific human rights abuses that said we regret any loss of life crowds now gathering in Iran as the nation Mourns the loss of President ibraim RI along with seven others in the helicopter crash but some in Iran along with those in Exile in Berlin and London celebrating the loss of a man they considered a tyrant Iranian authorities have now agreed to hold the presidential election on June 28th ranan all right M thank you for that President Biden is joining Israel and slamming the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court the prosecutor is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with three Hamas leaders over their actions taken during the war he said Israel is using starvation of Palestinians as a method of warfare and Collective punishment against civilians unfortunately these crimes continue to this day Israel like all states has the right to defend its population those rights however do not absolve Israel of its obligations to comply with International humanitarian law the Isis has no jurisdiction over Israel and Mr Khan’s actions will not stop us from waging our just war against Hamas a three judge panel will decide whether to issue the arrest warrants which could make it hard for Netanyahu to travel abroad now two Turks and Kos where Tyler winrich could learn his fate today he is one of several Americans charged with carrying ammunition into the tropical Nation us lawmakers are now pleading for leniency this morning one of the Americans facing prison time in Turks and caos over ammunition in their luggage is speaking out ahead of his plea hearing later today I have a lot of fear and anxiety you know the best outcome to this is that the judge will find leniency and and compassion in the situation and steer away from that 12year sentence and be able to give a sentence that is is less than that in a fine hopefully Tyler wiri is one of five Americans recently charged with carrying small amounts of ammunition into the tropical nation winrich was found with just two rounds he said he mistakenly left in his backpack after a trip to a gun range yesterday a bipartisan delegation of us lawmakers traveled to Turks and Kos to ask for leniency Senator John fedman who was part of the delegation saying I left these meetings optimistic that we can get this resolved and look forward to working with my colleagues in Congress and TCI officials to bring these American citizens home just last week a grandmother from Florida was arrested at the airport after two bullets were found in her luggage I was afraid I didn’t know what was going to happen because I couldn’t believe they was in there three other men are also waiting for the courts to decide their fate one could receive his sentence as soon as Friday Turks and Kos passed strict gun laws two years ago after arise in violence and gun trafficking the new laws mean the Americans face a minimum sentence of 12 years plus a fine but the court can make exceptions the state department has warned any Americans who are traveling to Turks and Kos to carefully check their luggage we will hear more from Tyler wiri coming up on GMA time-lapse video shows the cargo ship Dolly being moved into the Port of Baltimore the ship that brought down the Key Bridge was move from the crash scene to a terminal moving about 1 mph cruise ships will return to the support this coming weekend and full port operations are expected by the end of the month early numbers show the tsa’s predictions of a record travel summer appear to be on track the agency says Friday and Sunday were among the five busiest in US history less than a week before the Memorial Day holiday both saw more than 2.8 million Travelers pass through airport checkpoints so let’s take a look at your morning weather good morning morning we’re facing some damaging thunderstorms through much to the Midwest into the Mississippi Valley today in through this evening and tonight with large hail damaging wind and tornado threats as well the storms will be aggressively moving east across the Mississippi Valley late in the day and then through the evening and into the night as well it’ll be very warm in the Northeast on Tuesday but also tomorrow Wednesday a day with near record highs for some with highs within a few degrees of records with highs in the 80s and 90s I’m a you witha meteorologist Jeff Cornish [Music] coming up the Nascar driver facing a possible suspension for throwing punches also ahead authorities returned to the New York home of Rex hman the man charged in the so-called Gilgo Beach killing setting up a tent in the front yard so what prompted the search and a former MLB pitcher taken into custody during an underage sex sting what we’re learning whenever news breaks we are here in Israel and at war in Rolling for this tornado tore through this town from Le main the scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missing strike ABC News live everywhere in Iceland let’s go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street wherever the story is we’re going to take you there you’re streaming ABC News live ABC News live you’re streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere it’s lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know you know that sounds pretty good your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that let’s go the ship is incredible it feels feel like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my gosh we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge than [Music] this with so much at stake so much on the line more americ Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America’s number one most watched newscast across all of Television hi I’m Andy and I’m Sabrina and we’re moms juggling tons of stuff every day like all you moms out there and you know what we love really love Pop Culture so listen now to our new podcast pop culture moms wherever you get your podcast right now there’s just so much happening in our world so much at St at the start of every morning and that’s why at Good Morning America we’re right here and we got you we got you we got you we’re back with a fire at a Tesla Factory near San Francisco officials say it started last night in an oven at a manufacturing facility no one was hurt the exact cause though remains under investigation Friday marks 5 years since Connecticut mother Jennifer doulos disappeared doulos seemingly vanished after taking her kids to school and has never been found she and her husband fotus dulos were in a custody battle during their divorce Jennifer’s mother Gloria Farber is raising the couple’s five children she spoke about her daughter’s disappearance with ABC affiliate WTNH how it happened is just so horrendous I know I mean a poor thing I mean I just I just feel I don’t know what made him just ABS swiggle off the rails fotus D’s died by Suicide just after being charged with her murder his girlfriend is being sentenced for conspiracy and other charges next week an investigators spent hours yesterday at the Long Island New York home of a suspect charged with murdering Four Women prosecutors said it was part of the ongoing investigation Rex hman has pleaded not guilty to killing those four women investigations into other unsolved murders in the same area are ongoing a former major league pitcher is among 27 people arrested in Florida in an under underage sex sting video shows former Red Sox pitcher Austin Maddox arriving at a home where police made a dramatic takedown and arrest they say Maddox thought he had arranged to meet an underage girl but he actually had been communicating over the Internet with an undercover agent as you can see from these photographs these men run the gamut of Ages backgrounds and races but I’m just very happy that they’re off the street Austin Maddox is facing four felony counts he’s being held on a $300,000 Bond well a post race punch could lead to a NASCAR suspension Ricky Stenhouse Jr took a swing at Kyle Busch after Sunday’s All-Star Race in North Carolina he blamed Bush for causing a wreck that knocked Stenhouse out of the $1 million race Stenhouse could be suspended for the punch Bush May face discipline for the wreck coming up the fast food Wars heating up what Wendy’s is now offering for breakfast also ahead actress Scarlett Johansson threatening legal action claiming chat GPT copied her voice voice how the company is responding 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one streaming news it’s lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know you know that sounds pretty good your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that let’s go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my gosh well that hug we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge than [Music] this we’re trying to get answers for the community at large even if maybe some of the community doesn’t feel like they need those answers I have covered child homicides before and now my daughter’s autopsy will be made public one day those who felt her will never know peace did did you just stand her and let my friend’s child [Music] die Ivan bosi The Insider traitor who was the inspiration for Gordon gecko in the movie Wall Street has died bosi built up a $200 million Fortune by 1986 before serving two years in prison and paying a then record $100 million fine Ivan bosi was 87 the FDA reportedly cleared the way for neur link to implant its brain chip into a second person the company owned by Elon Musk said the first patient was able to control a computer mouse just by using their thoughts but the tiny wires in the brain had pulled out of position while the Wall Street Journal reports that nurlink says it fixed the problem before the second person gets the chip next month now to Scarlet Johansson threatening legal action against open AI the actress claims it artificial intelligence copied her voice the company is now responding to her allegations this morning open AI is pausing the use of one of its chat GPT voices after actress Scarlett Johansson said the voice sounded eerily similar to her own Johansson said she was approached by open AI CEO Sam Altman about doing voice work for the chatbot but that she declined after hearing the release demo she wrote I was shocked angered and in disbelief adding my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference the Oscar nominated actress hired lawyers to inquire about the process of generating The Voice hi hi how you doing Johansson famously starred in 2013’s her playing an AI Voice Assistant much like chat gpt’s product it it seems like I’m having so many new feelings that I don’t think I’ve ever been felt before that was her actual voice from the movie and this is a sample of chat gpt’s AI generated chatbot Sky you’ve got me on the edge of my well I don’t really have a seat but you get the idea fans called out the similarity in comments on that YouTube video shared by open AI the company disputed the comparison in a blog post writing AI should not deliberately mimic a celebrity’s distinctive voice and that the voice of Sky belongs to a different professional actress who they say was cast for The Voice before they reached out to Johansson Alman writing in a statement we are sorry to miss Johansson that we didn’t communicate better that voice is one of five options on chat gpt’s app the other options are still available coming up the legal battle to stop the sale of graceand plus the private island off of Florida selling for a massive price let’s go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my [Music] gosh we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge than [Music] this with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America’s number one most watched newscast across all of Television get ready America every Friday the hottest Trends Styles and must have what’s the right stuff to buy right now I really love that 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living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my God [Music] we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge than [Music] this this is a case that has been confounding for decades the clown pulls out a gun and Fires at Point Blank Range now Friday night the son who witnessed it all the last words I heard was oh how pretty and bang a shocking murder that took decades to unravel is now a mystery something breaks the case wide open finally solved the stunning 2020 True Crime event Friday at 98 Central on ABC it’s lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know you know that sounds pretty good your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that me checking more top stories a defense witness in Donald Trump’s hush money trial continues his testimony today after the judge cleared the courtroom and rebuked him for muttering on the stand that was after former fixer Michael Cohen admitted to stealing from the Trump organization Rudy Giuliani is due in an Arizona courtroom today to face charges in the state’s fake elector case Giuliani is among 18 people accused in the scheme aimed at overturning the 2020 election he was serve the indictment on Friday as he left his 80th birthday party in Florida the chairman of the FDIC is resigning following a scathing report about the agency’s toxic work culture including stalking harassment and homophobia the White House says Martin Gruenberg will step down once Biden names his successor today’s weather rain and Mountain snow in the Northwest violent storms including tornadoes are possible from the plains to the Great Lakes but clear on the East Coast finally the kind-hearted student who convinced one teacher to dance our Danny new has the details the dance the dance the now viral video of a teacher and student having a good oldfashioned dance off he was tell me oh Mrs L you old you you look at your hair it all started when Philadelphia second grade teacher Regina Lori felt a little age shamed by her student Amad Dennis who maybe didn’t know that Mrs Lori majored in dance at Temple University did you expect those moves from Miss laor no no I don’t she could dance like that the video was posted by the school’s dean of students on Tik Tok and now has amassed almost 20 million views it’s also just the latest viral example to remind us of the bond Educators and their young scholars can share so today you know is surprise day whether it’s a teacher in Minnesota surprising her students with her own wedding during school Mass or the prank that made waves a few days ago in Illinois as the senior class paid a bagpipe player to follow the principal around all [Music] day for Mrs Lori many of the comments on Tik Tok were quite positive like the clothing company Puma riding naad as teachers got moves or this message that said quote these type of teachers make a huge difference in education but Mrs Lori who has been a teacher for more than 30 years does not just want to make a difference for the students I think that I’ve let the way in terms of having other teachers you know not be afraid to kick off their shoes literally and just just try it just show that you’re also a person and guys can we give a mod some credit too it is not easy to get up in front of your school and go toe-to-toe with someone who has a degree in dance and he was pretty good they both deserve a lot of credit maybe he’ll get a degree in [Music] dancing it’s Tuesday May 25th first he was poised to become the next supreme leader what does Iran do now that he’s dead you start [Music] here Iran prepares a new succession plan you know Iran isn’t known for holding free and fair votes but president isn’t the only position being jockeyed for what it means for a regime in turmoil the world’s top prosecutor says he’s ready to arrest the men leading the war in Gaza on both sides those who do not comply with the law should not complain later why Israeli and American officials are Furious and wearing a mask was mandatory than optional now could it be illegal while some laws do discriminate sickness does not a controversial Bill meant to deter crime is testing North Carolina’s patience from ABC News this is start here I’m Brad [Music] milky hey good to be back and let’s get right into the story that’s got governments scrambling around the Middle East and really around the rest of the world the helicopter crash that killed the president of Iran after an hours long search through foggy mountainous terrain Iranian State media reported that the wreckage of a military helicopter has been found with the body of President ibraim RI inside the foreign minister was on board too and while you cannot call these men the most powerful people in Iran that title still rests with the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Kami Iran now has to act quickly to head off any concerns about a power vacuum and in doing so the country is also immediately placed blame for this crash at the feet of the US let’s go to the US state department right now ABC’s Shannon Crawford covers diplomacy Shannon first off the crash itself do do we have new details on on exactly what happened here well there’s every indication right now that this was an accident caused by weather conditions as you point out it was foggy a storm cropped up very quickly there was a mountainous terrain basically the opposite of the conditions you want to see if you’re a helicopter operator we did learn that Iran reached out to the US for help in the aftermath of the crash now the US is Iran sworn enemy so that’ll show you how desperate they were to get to that site this is something that we’ll continue to watch and I don’t uh necessarily see any broader uh Regional security impacts at this point in time ter now ultimately the US wasn’t able to help the state department said that was because of logistical reasons wow yeah and and so now they know the president is dead they had said there’s no signs of life but they weren’t quite sure until they could sift through the wreckage now they have what happens that they hold elections or what what do you do right Iran’s Constitution is very clear elections have to be held within 50 days of the president’s death so what we can expect to see is the vice president he’s been installed as the caretaker he will organize elections but you know Iran isn’t known for holding free and fair votes we can expect that all-encompassing power the Supreme Leader ayatolla keni to be picking his favorites and stacking the deck yeah and as as the country is kind of dealing with this I wonder like that I guess I’m wondering how blame gets assigned for something this big and this tragic like does it go toward the pilot does go to the military or like the former foreign minister for Iran just came out and said he blames the US for this like and he’s not even talking about a missile strike or something right like how how did he get there right well it wouldn’t be Beyond Iran to invent some kind of missile barrage that took down the helicopter but really what they’re pointing to now is a US sanction regime that has been in place since 1979 uh when the Iranian Islamic revolution took place so basically what the US does is it sharply limits the amount of goods that can enter Iran and especially Aviation material and the US policy for many many years has been that any plane or aircraft equipment that consists of more than 10% of americanmade Parts cannot enter Iran so really when you think about how the US has dominated Aviation production for so long that effectively eliminates buying Western aircraft for the Iranian regime and maintaining the planes that it has oh so essentially like we we have either outof parts or parts from other parts of the world that just aren’t as good and that that led to this effectively that’s right the helicopter involved in this crash it’s known as the bell 212 and it was probably experts think about 50 years old and it’s also Al designed to be flown in visual conditions now what that means is a pilot has to rely solely on their ability to observe the conditions the surroundings they can’t use anything fancy like radar or things like that to see where they’re going the United States had no part to play uh in in that crash and so and that’s that’s a fact plain and simple Administration officials like defense secretary Lloyd Austin and White House spokesperson John Kirby have rejected Iran’s claim and every country no matter who they are has a responsibility their own responsibility to ensure the safety and reliability of its equipment and that includes civil aviation the US offered its condolences but officials say ultimately the fault is on Iran for choosing to operate an out ofate aircraft in deplorable conditions okay so then I’m thinking that the president RI if he was kind of considered to be a favorite of the Ayatollah now that he’s dead I mean are there risks to the regime here Steven G told us yesterday this does change too much I mean is that the case like that kind of business as usual for Iran or are there risks here for them well in the short term not that much is going to change but the future of Iran is now very much in question the Ayatollah is 85 years old before the crash that killed RI it was very much seen as a two-person Race To Succeed him either RI or his son now that to son keeps a pretty low profile in Iran but he is seen as being very politically Savvy but while there’s plenty of corruption in Iran being the son of the current supreme leader isn’t going to give him a leg up the foundational principle of the Islamic Republic is that it ended hereditary rule they don’t want kings and King’s Sons coming into place after them now the process by which a replacement for the Ayatollah is selected is very complicated it’s very obscure but there are plenty of opportunities for the public to lose faith in its leadership and that’s going to be a major question going forward I see like you give up anything in terms of control right now but but do you pay for it with legitimacy and perhaps you know protest or even a counterrevolution at some point all because of this kind of chance moment uh Shannon Crawford there at the state department thank you thank you Brad next up on start here Benjamin Netanyahu might have become a political Pariah but is he a war criminal why the heg wants him in custody after the break with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America’s number one most watched newscast across all of Television right now there’s just so much happening in our world so much at stake at the start of every 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Israeli Defense Forces continued to bombard Palestinian communities these phrases began being directed more and more toward the Israeli government today is day 205 of genocide in Gaza however all these loaded phrases have specific definitions definitions that are often adjudicated by international law and while countries like the US have seen thousands of arrests in connection to protests 40,000 people and you’re arresting us instead yesterday we learned that the top prosecutor at the ha the venue for the international criminal court in the Netherlands is looking to make arrests in connection with the war itself and on this prosec list of names are top officials going all the way up to the Israeli Prime Minister himself Benjamin Netanyahu let’s take you to Israel right now ABC’s foreign correspondent Britt clenet is on the road right now traveling between demonstrations because Brit they set off a firestorm of controversy what do we know about this announcement from the ICC so the prosecutor of the international criminal court is basically seeking arrest warrants for topas and Israeli officials for crimes against humanity Karim Khan the the chief prose of the world’s top war crimes Court says evidence from an independent investigation and it led him to request warrants for nek yahu the prime minister of Israel a defense minister yoav gallant and three Hamas officials including Yaya and what does that mean like I feel like Americans don’t often think about the IC what kind of authority do they have like I’m picturing people being hauled away when I hear about arrest warrants is that what we’re talking about well look no western style democracy has has been issued an ICC arrest warrant so if this becomes the first and Netanyahu is issued an arrest warrant it will shock Israel and its allies including the US the immediate issue for Israeli officials under kind of any ICC arrest warrant would be that the Court’s member states of which you know there are more than 120 would be under a kind of legal obligation to arrest these officials if they travel to any of those countries so you know this is a serious obligation uh that shouldn’t be kind of underestimated at this point if Netanyahu travels abroad he may face being sent to face the ICC and that said Brad Israel is not a member of the IC nor is the us so we won’t be seeing um some any kind of extradition from the US Netanyahu will be able to travel uh to the United States what has been the reaction both there and I suppose from the US right when we talk about sort of the allies of these leaders well Netanyahu called it an absurd and false order through this incendiary decision Mr Khan takes his place among the great anti-semites in modern times he said with what audacity does the IC Dare to Compare Hamas and Israel 80 years ago the Jewish people were totally defenseless against our enemies those days are over Israel’s foreign minister called K’s decision a historical disgrace so certainly a lot of uh outrage here in Israel we also heard from President Biden describing the decision as outrageous uh while Secretary of State Anthony blinkin says that Washington fundamentally rejects the move and you know we were at a protest in Tel Aviv a little earlier and and speaking to one of the demonstrators who said they were insulted disgusted by the image of sinoa and Netanyahu alongside each other you compare some terrorist that is worse than Bin Laden to a prime minister of country that Sina has caused so Much Death and horror on October 7th and since holding those hostages and towards uh his own people so uh certainly some um outrage among Israelis that there is a comparison drawn and we have seen those images of Sina and Netanyahu side by side those who do not comply with the law should not complain later when my office takes action based upon solid evidence and Khan that top prosecutor announcing that no one is above the law accusing Netanyahu and galland of causing extermination starvation as a method of war the denial of humanitarian relief supplies and deliberately targeting civilians in Conflict the total Siege also involved cutting off crossborder water pipelines from Israel to Gaza which is the principal source of clean water for the population in Gaza and the court finds enough evidence of crimes it can then summon the suspects then there would be a pre-trial and then a trial before judges in which the prosecution must prove Beyond reasonable doubt that the individual is guilty of those crimes once a verdict passes that person may be charged and and then sentenced to imprisonment yeah and when we talk about these War crime trials when we talk about ICC imprisonments it has happened before like it has happened with national leaders they’re all generally considered Paras war criminals throughout the entire world so to think that that is sort of the status that Benjamin Netanyahu is occupying right now in the eyes of so many at least outside of Israel that at least tells you how far public sentiment has shifted against him especially in Europe and at the hag all right uh brick clanet thank you so much thanks Brad so a couple weeks ago I’m at the doctor’s office with my wife who’s got lupus and is on immunosuppressants which means her immune system is way less able to fight diseases than the average person lots of people are on these drugs including patients with cancer and during this appointment she asked her doctor about how to protect herself from Airborne diseases particularly covid-19 which caused nearly as many hospitalizations in January of this year as it did in January of last year the CDC followed that by reducing its isolation guidance to just 24 hours after your fever goes away if your symptoms are improving so my wife is asking what can I do to keep myself safe the doctor points to her face she’s wearing a face mask as are we and the doctor says this is still your best defense a few days later though the North Carolina State Senate passed a bill that would ban the wearing of face masks in public is it really that you find mased chemo patients that threatening I smell Politics on the other side of the aisle when they scaring people to death about a bill that is only going to criminalize people who are trying to hide their identity this is set off a flurry of reactions praise from law enforcement officials who say the prevalence of masked criminals is making life more dangerous relief from some residents in college towns where protesters often wear masks to conceal their identities but also anger and fear from many people who consider masks as essential Public Health tools imuno compromised individuals are at risk and the danger of passing this legislation as is will put them at risk one of those people is a cancer survivor named Sydney Batch who also happens to be a North Car Carina state senator she joins us now Senator batch thanks for joining us this bill passed in the Senate last week it’s moving right now to the house they’re going to consider it this week can you just describe what’s in it yeah I know thank you for having me and I’m so sorry to hear about your wife and so many other individuals who walk around this Earth through no fault of their own amuno compromised uh so this bill actually uh passed the Senate last week it was quickly introduced into our um committee on Judiciary and then move to the floor for a vote and what the bill basically does is it states that if you are wearing a mask uh for any reason other than a couple of exceptions Halloween if you’re part of a secret society Etc um then you would be violating the law and it would be a Class one misdemeanor prior to uh 2020 this was the law of the land but in 2020 during covid we actually passed a bill that had a public health exception and so you could wear it for your own uh public health and safety well my colleagues have actually removed that provision send forward your Amendment the clerk will read Senator batch moves to amend the bill and during the floor debate last week we talked about adding it back in and ran amendments this language has actually been worked through with the Department of Health and Human Services and it would very much address the issue that I am actually speaking to for imuno compromised individuals unfortunately that failed uh and that’s how the bill has now passed so it no longer has the exemption for health and and uh we now if it passes the house we’ll be in a position where the governor of our state has to uh veto it and unfortunately it may be overridden because we have a super majority in both Chambers and you said this was already like pretty much the law of the land before why I like what was what’s the rationale of this and and why the return of it yeah so you know my Republican colleagues have talked about the fact that this was put in place in 1954 I believe and that was to address the Klux Clan uh with regards wearing hoods during the 1950s uh however we changed it in 2020 and so a number of my Republican colleagues continue to say that there’s been an increase in protests where people have been abusing that mass provision there’s a whole crowd of people out there that are running around taking advantage of this mask hangover from when we had the pandemic and I actually don’t disagree with them in that regard and that you know there are some bad actors that will come into a protest and they will try and disguise their face but that doesn’t mean that you throw the baby out with the bath water I think that we can do hard things and that’s what we’re elected to do and so when we have provided as Democrats myself and another colleague Senator grafin provided intent language with regards to wearing a mask and requirements that would mean that you could wear it if you were you know compromised if you wanted to protect somebody in your home Etc you could remove the mask if law enforcement asked you to do so to identify your faith and then you could still wear it but both of those amendments were voted down so I don’t understand why there wasn’t a reasonable compromise because I do believe law enforcement need to do their job and we also need to protect the imuno compromised yeah I mean that’s what it seems like this is all about right is weighing risks and benefits right like like the risks of having fewer people identifiable on the streets and the risks of not being able to wear what the health profession would say is like a really important tool I mean how do you and how do your constituents weigh that yeah I mean I think that the the real fear and some people say that we’re fear markering and and what I would tell you is that for someone who’s been imuno compromised in the past and had to wear masks and my children and my husband wore masks to protect me you know I’m not fearmongering it’s a it’s a genuine concern right somebody can actually die and get very ill if they are not able to protect themselves if they’re imuno compromised Etc this is actually um a bipartisan concern that we’ve heard from from all of our constituents Republican and Democrat elect like and that is because what I do know is that while some laws do discriminate sickness does not illness does not cancer does not right so you’re going to get affected one way or the other and what we’re hearing are from veterans and from um a lot of individuals who are kidney transplant patients and and other organ transplant patients that constantly have to be on immunosuppressant and they’re just really worried I think the challenge is is trying to actually weigh that with the with Public Safety and I think that’s what we were able to do with this bill with the Amendments that we filed so I do agree law enforcement should be able to identify who is there and who they are uh but then once you are able to figure out that you can identify who I am you should have no problem with me wearing a mask I was going to say Republicans have been emphatic like that this would not apply to somebody who’s clearly just walking around doing their thing is there a concern I guess that that once it’s in a discretion of the police officer like we’ve seen that police officers will have very different ideas of of who’s suspicious based on all the stuff besides the mask that they’re wearing like the color of their skin or is that is that a concern yeah that definitely is something that has been brought up with the disproportionate impact of individuals who are wearing masks and disproportionately people of color in North Carolina ended up being uh harmed by covid much more so and died and became sicker Etc and so there are a lot of individuals in the community that will still wear a masks a lot of black churches you’ll see people still wearing masks but they also disproportionately if you look at statistics uh also get um stopped by and questioned by police uh disproportionate to obviously the population what do you think happens now as this legislation moves to the house I do think that what you see especially in a lot of southern states is one bill will get filed and then you’ll see multiple pop up across the country right so I don’t think that in North Carolina it’s going to be unique to us you’ll probably see this other places but in the house there have actually been uh at least one Republican who said that she would not vote for the bill if it comes up uh in the house the way that it is because she is concerned about the language for public health and safety being taken out and what I will also tell you is one of the other concerns is that the Department of Health and Human Services in North Carolina will no longer by law or any public health uh system be able to actually allow and require masks to actually ever be used for any type of pandemic and so if we have another covid which we will likely have because that’s just the nature of the world is that we’re not going to be able to deal with a public health scare in the way that we have we were able to do in Co 30,000 North Carolinians you know died in Co and we saved a lot of lives because we had masking protocol yeah really interesting story with with so many stakeholders here state senator Sydney bats just outside Raleigh North Carolina thank you so much thank you so much for having me I really appreciate it okay one more quick break when we come back she’s the voice of the future whether she likes it or not one last thing is next with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America’s number one most watched newscast across all of Television hi I’m Andy and I’m Sabrina and we’re moms juggling tons of stuff every day like all you moms out there and you know what we love really love Pop Culture so listen now to our new podcast pop culture moms wherever you get your [Music] podcast and one last thing the more you see these demonstrations of programs like chat GPT the more you feel like we are living in the movie Her would you like your OS to have a male or female voice female I guess you remember this this was a film from Spike Jones in 2013 set in the not too distant future in which every person has a digital assistant powered by artificial intelligence eventually walking Phoenix falls in love with his which is voiced by Scarlet Johansson Samantha hi sweetheart well last week open AI unveiled its latest iteration of chat GPT which can hold quick spontaneous conversations complete with shifts in tone hey chat GPT I’m Mark how are you oh Mark I’m doing great thanks for asking it made lots of people go wo like the movie Her is coming to life little did we no yesterday in a statement Scarlet Johansson said that at one point she had been recruited to be one of the voices of chat GPT she said open AI apparently was so enamored with her voice from the movie her they said let’s do this for real in fact she says Sam Alman freed the CEO personally said he would like her to be the voice of the system because people find her voice comforting they want to get scared by the seismic shift that is taking place online however she says she decided to say no no thanks months later she was shocked to hear one of the several voices they were using to roll out their new software this was a voice they called Sky Milo lla began her voice soft and gentle you’re going to have a new playmate soon Milo’s ears perked up Curious a new playmate that is Sky when you ask her to read you a story this open AI says is the sound of a voice actor they used to model their new system okay so that’s sky this is Scarlet Johansson’s voice it’s been a gift that I never could have anticipated when I first signed on to do Iron Man 2 with Robert 10 years tell me these two do not sound almost identical scarjo says she was Disturbed especially when Alman again allegedly called her shortly before the new Chad gbt reveal asking her to reconsider she said no and then here’s this today we’re going to make the perfect iced latte she hired lawyers to demand a stop to it and when you listen to these voices you suddenly understand why artists are so concerned about artificial intelligence like if you have enough samples of someone’s voice an advanced system can get them to basically say whatever you want you don’t need them to audition again or read something new they can just plug it into the system open AI won’t release the name of the actress they hired they say for privacy reasons but how would you even know if they did use scar Joe’s voice as the basis of this Sam mman has now released a statement saying they’re taking down the voice of Sky they oliz for not communicating with her better but he insists they would never use deep fakes of someone’s voice and that he did not intend for this one to resemble Johansson’s that last claim might be really tough for many to believe since on the day of the big chat GPT demonstration Alman freed put out a social media post it was just one word it said her oh no I just had a scary realization they could try to compile a daily news podcast product that’s not the scary part the scary part is if the voice sounds nothing like me I I would be so insulted more on all these stories at ABC news.com or the ABC News app I’m briad milky see you [Music] tomorrow [Music] cheers with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America’s number one most watched newscast across all of Television this is a case that has been confounding for decades the clown pulls out a gun and Fires at Point Blank raid now Friday night the son who witnessed it all the last words I heard was oh how pretty and bang a shocking murder that took decades to unravel is now a mystery something breaks the case wide open finally solved the stunning 2020 True Crime event Friday at 98 Central on ABC hi I’m Andy and I’m Sabrina and we’re moms 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defense likely resting its case today in his hush money trial after an explosive day in court yesterday the judge admonishing a witness even clearing the courtroom at one point what to expect today plus Trump making news overnight for a social media post suggesting his election Victory will bring a unified Reich a term associated with Nazi Germany the new reaction coming in under arrest in Paradise an American father could learn his fate today as he faces prison time for bringing two rounds of ammunition into Turks and caos what he’s saying ahead of his court hearing dramatic new video showing the arrest of a former MLB pitcher taken into custody in an underage sex sting taking aim at AI actress Scarlett Johansson threatening legal action claiming chat GPT copied her voice and the legal battle involving graceand you nothing how Elvis’s granddaughter is hoping to block the sale of the Historic Landmark from ABC News this is America this morning good morning everyone I’m Andrew dber good morning to I’m Maran and Ali we begin with an explosive day in Donald Trump’s hush money trial a defense witness is returning to the stand today after the judge threatened to strike his testimony the chaos unfolded once Michael Cohen left the stand following an admission that he stole money from Trump’s company here’s ABC’s Lionel Moes after prosecutor rested their case in Donald Trump’s hush money trial some tense moments in the courtroom between the judge and a surprised witness called to the stand by Trump’s legal team Robert Costello is a lawyer who advised Trump fixer Michael Cohen after his hotel room and office were raided by the FBI in 2018 in court Trump’s legal team got Cohen to admit under oath that he stole $330,000 from the Trump organization focused on destroying his credibility as a witness but when Robert costell took the stand things got heated Costello said he told Cohen all his problems would go away if he just told the Feds the truth about Donald Trump and the deal with Stormy Daniels but he said Cohen insisted Trump knew nothing about those payments that he did this on his own saying I swear to God Bob I don’t have anything on Donald Trump prosecutors objected several times and when judge Juan Mara upheld those objections Costello could be heard from the witness stand saying geez and mumbling ridiculous under his breath the judge Furious ultimately clearing the jury to address Costello directly if you don’t like my ruling you don’t give me side eye and you don’t roll your eyes do you understand that Costello glared at him are you staring me down the judge asked the judge then clearing the entire courtroom Costello ultimately resumed testimony but some legal experts say his Outburst could work against the defense team don’t make make yourself a sideshow to what could be a very important message that what that Michael Cohen lied and you can’t believe Michael Cohen and it’s the goal and object of that criminal defense team to take this away from falsifying business records and make it a case about the extorter Stormy Daniels and the liar conniving agenda driven Michael Cohen Costello could have given a little bit more but he lost that opportunity to a large extent before joury Trump’s lawyers tried to get the case dismissed hopefully the motion to dismiss this Tri will go through because this trial is a disaster for our country but the trial is far from over with the defense team expected to rest its case today ahead of the holiday the jury will be excused until after Memorial Day with jury instructions and closing arguments and deliberations next week the former president is not expected to take the stand Trump’s legal issues have been a major cost as he prepares to take on Joe Biden in the presidential election disclosure reports showed Trump’s save America super Pac spent $3.3 million in legal bills last month also showing more than a million in legal fees which have yet to be paid to various law firms ranan Andrew Lionel thank you Trump is facing backlash over a social media post with wording associated with Nazi Germany a video that appears to suggest there will be a quote unified Reich if he wins the election the phrase pops up as part of hypothetical news headlines the Biden Camp responded to the post saying Trump is telling America exactly what he will do if he regains power a trump campaign official said this was not a campaign video it was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word Iran supreme leader declared 5 days of public mourning after the helicopter crash that killed the country’s president and top Diplomat ABC’s mwin has reaction from the US and tyan good morning M Ranna good morning Iran will hold Memorial services today for president RI new video Services of the crash site crowds gathered in Iran overnight to mourn the loss of President ibraim RI who was killed in a helicopter crash on the Northern Iranian Mountain Side new video shows the moment search teams reached the wreckage after more than a dozen hours of searching through heavy fog in the immediate aftermath of the crash conspiracy theories of foreign involvement cropping up online but us defense secretary Lloyd a making it clear the US had nothing to do with the crash the United States had no part to play uh in in that crash and so and that’s that’s a fact plain and simple the state department says the Iranian government even requested help from the US government in finding the helicopter but was unable to assist for what officials called logistical reasons the loss of Iran’s President coming at a time of heightened tension considered Iran’s second most powerful person behind Ayatollah Ali K RI was considered a top Contender to one day replace the 85-year-old supreme leader in 2022 rayi was responsible for the brutal Crackdown on protesters in Iran and oversaw the massive missile and drone attack on Israel last month we have been quite clear that Abraham REI was a brutal participant in the repression of the Iranian people for nearly four decades he was involved in numerous horrific rights abuses that said we regret any loss of life crowds now gathering in Iran as the nation Mourns the loss of President ebrahim RI along with seven others in the helicopter crash but some in Iran along with those in Exile in Berlin and London celebrating the loss of a man they considered a tyrant Iranian authorities have now agreed to hold the presidential election on June 28th ranan all right M thank you for that President Biden is joining Israel and slamming the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court the prosecutor is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with three Hamas leaders over their actions taken during the war he said Israel is using starvation of Palestinians as a method of warfare and Collective punishment against civilians unfortunately these crimes continue to this day Israel like all states has the right to defend its population those rights however do not absolve Israel of its oblig ations to comply with International humanitarian law the ICC has no jurisdiction over Israel and Mr Khan’s actions will not stop us from waging our just war against Hamas a three judge panel will decide whether to issue the arrest warrants which could make it hard for Netanyahu to travel abroad now two Turks and Kos where Tyler winrich could learn his fate today he is one of several Americans charged with carrying ammunition into the tropical Nation us lawmakers are now pleading for leniency this morning one of the Americans facing prison time in Turks and Kos over ammunition in their luggage is speaking out ahead of his plea hearing later today I have a lot of fear and anxiety you know the best outcome to this is that the judge will find leniency and and compassion in the situation and steer away from that 12E sentence and be able to give a sentence that is less than that in a fine hopefully Tyler wirick is one of five Americans recently charged with carrying small amounts of ammunition into the tropical nation wirick was found with just two rounds he said he mistakenly left in his backpack after a trip to a gun range yesterday a bipartisan delegation of us lawmakers traveled to Turks and Kos to ask for leniency Senator John fetman who was part of the delegation saying I left these meetings optimistic that we can get this result D and look forward to working with my colleagues in Congress and TCI officials to bring these American citizens home just last week a grandmother from Florida was arrested at the airport after two bullets were found in her luggage that was afraid I didn’t know what was going to happen because I couldn’t believe they was in there three other men are also waiting for the courts to decide their fate one could receive a sentence as soon as Friday Turks and Kos passed strict gun law two years ago after Aris in violence and gun trafficking the new laws mean the Americans face a minimum sentence of 12 years plus a fine but the court can make exceptions the state department has warned any Americans who are traveling to Turks and caos to carefully check their luggage we will hear more from Tyler winrich coming up on GMA time-lapse video shows the cargo ship Dolly being moved into the Port of Baltimore the ship that brought down the Key Bridge was moved from the crash scene to a terminal moving about 1 mph cruise ships will return to the port this coming weekend and full port operations are expected by the end of the month early numbers show the tsa’s predictions of a record travel summer appear to be on track the agency says Friday and Sunday were among the five busiest in US history less than a week before the Memorial Day holiday both saw more than 2.8 million Travelers pass through airport checkpoints so let’s take a look at your morning weather [Music] good morning we’re facing some damaging thunderstorms through much to the Midwest into the Mississippi Valley today in through this evening and tonight with large hail damaging wind and tornado threats as well the storms will be aggressively moving east across the Mississippi Valley late in the day and in through the evening and into the night as well it’ll be very warm in the Northeast on Tuesday but also tomorrow Wednesday a day with near record highs for some with highs within a few degrees of records with highs in the 80 and 990s I’m ay witha meteorologist Jeff Cornish coming up the Nascar driver facing a possible suspension for throwing punches also ahead authorities returned to the New York home of Rex hman the man charged in the so-called Gilgo Beach killing setting up a tent in the front yard so what prompted the search and a former MLB pitcher taken into custody during an underage sex sting what we’re learning let’s go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my gosh 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arranged to meet an underage girl but he actually had been communicating over the Internet with an undercover agent as you can see from these photographs these men run the gamut of Ages backgrounds and races but I’m just very happy that they’re off the street Austin Maddox is facing four felony counts he’s being held on a $300,000 Bond well a postrace punch could lead to a NASCAR suspension Ricky Stenhouse Jr took a swing at Kyle Bush after Sunday’s All-Star Race in North Carolina he blamed Bush for causing a wreck that knocked Stenhouse out of the $1 million race Stenhouse could be suspended for the punch Bush May face discipline for the wreck coming up the fast food Wars heating up what Wendy’s is now offering for breakfast also ahead actress Scarlett Johansson threatening legal action claiming chat GPT copied her voice how the company is responding next whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine 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Fortune by 1986 before serving two years in prison and paying a then record $100 million fine Ivan bosi was 87 the FDA reportedly cleared the way for neuralink to implant its brain chip into a second person the company owned by Elon Musk said the first patient was able to control a computer mouse just by using their thoughts but the tiny wires in the brain had pulled out of position while the Wall Street Journal reports the neuralink says it fixed the problem before the second person gets the chip next month now to scarl Johansson threatening legal action against open AI the actress claims it artificial intelligence C copied her voice the company is now responding to her allegations this morning open AI is pausing the use of one of its chat GPT voices after actress Scarlett Johansson said the voice sounded eerily similar to her own Johansson said she was approached by open AI CEO Sam Altman about doing voice work for the chatbot but that she declined after hearing the release demo she wrote I was shocked angered and in disbelief adding my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference the Oscar nominated actress hired lawyers to inquire about the process of generating The Voice Hi hi how you doing Johansson famously starred in 2013’s her playing an AI Voice Assistant much like chat gpt’s product it it seems like I’m having so many new feelings that I don’t think I’ve ever been felt before that was her actual voice from the movie and this is a sample of chat gpt’s AI generated chatbot Sky you’ve got me on the edge of my well I don’t really have a seat but but you get the idea fans called out the similarity in comments on that YouTube video shared by open AI the company disputed the comparison in a blog post writing AI should not deliberately mimic a celebrity’s distinctive voice and that the voice of Sky belongs to a different professional actress who they say was cast for The Voice before they reached out to Johansson Alman writing in a statement we are sorry to miss Johansson that we didn’t communicate better that voice is one of five options on chat gpt’s app the other options are still available coming up the legal battle to stop the sale of graceand plus the private island off of Florida selling for a massive price let’s go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my gosh well that we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge than [Music] this hi I’m Andy and I’m Sabrina and we’re moms juggling tons of stuff every day like all you moms out there and you know what we love really love Pop Culture so listen now to our new podcast pop culture moms wherever you get your podcasts 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 M America’s number one most watched newscast across all of Television why do so many people 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million a record for a property on the inter Coastal Waterway without additional ocean Frontage the Mansion is nearly 29,000 total square feet including 11 bedrooms there’s also lighted tennis courts and you don’t need just one pool why not have two why not make it three top headlines next whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war in Rolling Fort This Tornado tore through this town from Leon Maine the scene of for horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile strike ABC News live everywhere in Iceland let’s go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street wherever the story is we’re going to take you there you’re streaming ABC News live ABC News live you’re streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere let’s go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my go we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge than [Music] this this is a case that has been confounding for decades the clown pulls out a gun and Fires at Point Blank raid now Friday night the son who witnessed it all the last words I heard was oh how pretty and bang a shocking murder that took decades to unravel is now a mystery something breaks the case wide open finally solved the stunning 20120 True Crime event Friday at 98 Central on ABC we’re trying to get answers for the community at large even if maybe some of the community doesn’t feel like they need those answers you I have covered child homicides before and now my daughter’s autopsy will be made public one day those who felt her will never know peace did you just stand her and let my friend’s child [Music] die checking more top stories of Defense witness in Donald Trump’s hush money trial continues this testimony today after the judge cleared the courtroom and rebuked him for muttering on the stand that was after former fixer Michael Cohen admitted to stealing from the Trump organization Rudy Giuliani is due in an Arizona courtroom today to face charges in the state’s fake elector case Giuliani is among 18 people accused in the scheme aimed at overturning the 2020 election he was served the indictment on Friday as he left his 80th birthday party in Florida the chairman of the FDIC is resigning following a scathing report about the agency’s toxic work culture including stalking harassment and homophobia the White House says Martin Gruenberg will step down once Biden names his successor today’s weather rain and Mountain snow in the Northwest violent storms including tornadoes are possible from the plains to the Great Lakes but clear on the East Coast finally the kind-hearted student who convinced one teacher to dance our Danny new has the [Music] details the now viral video of a teacher and student having a good oldfashioned dance off he was tell me oh Mrs Lori you old you you look at your hair it all started when Philadelphia second grade teacher Regina Lori felt a little AG shamed by her student Amad Dennis who maybe didn’t know that Mrs Lori majored in dance at Temple University did you expect those moves from Miss Lori no no I don’t she could dance like that the video was posted by the school’s dean of students on Tik Tok and now has amassed almost 20 million views it’s also just the latest viral example to remind us of the bond Educators and their young scholars can share so today you know is surprise day whether it’s a teacher in Minnesota surprising her students with her own wedding during school Mass or the prank that made waves a few days ago in Illinois as the senior class paid a bag pipe player to follow their principal around all [Music] day for Mrs Lori many of the comments on Tik Tok were quite positive like the clothing company Puma riding naad as teachers got moves or this message that said quote these type of teachers make a huge difference in education but Mrs Lori who has been a teacher for more than 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former president posted on his social soci media and the backlash it’s getting and President Biden’s outrage at the international criminal court what he’s saying as an ICC prosecutor seeks an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu we’ll hear directly from the Prime Minister this morning the severe weather slamming the Heartland strong tornadoes are possible today what’s next for the already hard- hit region we begin with the breaking news one person is dead and several injured after severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight the airline says the plane from London was carrying 229 passengers and crew when it was diverted to bangok for an Bangkok rather for an emergency landing Transportation correspondent Gio bonitz joins us from Minneapolis St Paul Airport with more hey there we’ve often talked about here the dangers of air turbulence and now we’ve seen this terrible incident this is exactly what we’ve been afraid of take a look at the flight path right now because this was a Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore and we’re told that just about an hour and a half before landing right over the andman sea the Boeing Tri 7 hit severe turbulence again killing at least one person injuring many others there were 221 passengers on board 18 crew members Singapore Airlines saying in a statement it offers its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased our priority is to provide all possible assistance to all passengers and crew on board the aircraft we are working with the local authorities in Thailand to provide the necessary medical assistance now it’s important to remember we still don’t know exactly why this happened uh but remember that even if you’re on a flight and especially this week with holiday travel millions are going to be flying it may be clear weather turbulence can still happen so keep that seat Bel on even if you think it’s going to be a smooth ride Diane all right good advice Transportation correspondent Gio bonitz thank you former president Trump’s defense team is expected to added its case today in this final stretch of his historic criminal hush money trial Robert Costello a lawyer close to Rudy Giuliani who once advised Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen will return to the stand after a dramatic day of testimony yesterday the judge at one point was so angry he cleared out the courtroom ABC News senior investigative correspondent Aaron kerki has the latest it may have been the muttering that caused judge Juan mwn to lose patience with defense witness Robert Costello a lawyer close to Trump Ally Rudy Giuliani who once advised Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen at trial after the judge sustained a prosecutor’s repeated objections Costello could be heard saying geez and loudly exhaling an aggravated judge excused the jury then told Costello if you don’t like my ruling you don’t say GE okay you don’t give me side eye and you don’t roll your eyes Costello glared at him and M became irate are you staring me down right now clear the courtroom the judge has ordered the spectators ejected the judge told Costello I’m putting you on notice that your conduct is contemptuous if you try to stare me down one more time I will remove you from the stand the defense called Costello to talk about meeting Cohen after the FBI raided Cohen’s Home and Office in 2018 Costello testified he advised Cohen to cooperate but Cohen told him I swear to God Bob I don’t have anything on Donald Trump and Costello said Cohen told him numerous times that President Trump knew nothing about the hush payment to Stormy Daniels Cohen was the last Witness for the prosecution he testified he had more than 20 conversations either in person or by phone with Trump in October 2016 about the payment to Daniels the defense cast Cohen as an unreliable liar and Thief getting Cohen to admit to the jury he pocketed $330,000 meant for a technology company that had done work for Trump so you stole from the Trump organization right defense attorney Todd blanch asked yes sir Cohen responded he fought off though a different attack on his credibility when the defense suggested Cohen profits from from his testimony if president Trump is convicted that would benefit you personally financially right blanch asked no sir Cohen said it’s better if he is not for me because it gives me more to talk about in the future and Diane the defense argued that the case should be dismissed before it even gets to the jury telling the judge the prosecutors failed to prove any Criminal Intent there was no immediate ruling from the judge the defense is going to rest today likely with no testimony from Trump himself and then closing AR the jury instructions and deliberations all happen next week Diane senior investigative correspondent Eric kki thank you and ABC’s legal contributor Khan nowaday joins me now for more con first I want to just get your reaction to that scene with Robert Costello essentially making the judge so mad he cleared the courtroom I I thought that was shocking and you know in a lot of ways it’s from the Trump team’s perspective quite unfortunate because I think from their view they had some pretty good evidence they were going to present which was Costello as Aaron said testified about conversations he had with Michael Cohen about whether Trump knew about the hush money payment and because of the way Costello acted his demeanor on the stand it it really probably hurt in some ways or diminished the quality of his testimony at least before the eyes of the jury and now how critical is his testimony that Cohen told him he had nothing on Trump and that Trump knew nothing about the payment to Stormy Daniels I I think for the defense it was very critical it was their I think what they viewed as their you know the ace up their sleeve because it directly contradicts everything Michael Cohen has been saying so it was something they can point to uh and that I’m sure Todd Lynch is going to point to in his closing arguments next week of how well listen you can’t believe Michael Cohen you heard from Costello he said Michael Cohen told him the exact OPP opposite all right con now a day thank you and we will be covering Trump’s criminal hush money trial all day long we’ll bring you the latest right here on ABC News live and former president Trump is under Fire after posting a video on social media that used language from na Germany it’s the latest in a series of posts and statements his opponents say are anti-semitic and authoritarian Rachel Scott has that story former president Donald Trump sparking backlash after a video posted to his social media account seemingly suggests there will be a unified Reich if he wins the 2024 election Donald Trump wins what’s next for America those words are largely associated with Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler’s thirdd Reich another name for his Nazi regime the 30C video features hypothetical newspaper articles of trump celebrating a victory in November that phrase appearing three times including under the headline what’s next for America it includes reference ref es to World War I citing German industrial strength and peace through strength another headline suggesting Trump would reject globalists a phrase often used by the far right as an anti-semitic slur in a statement Trump campaign’s press secretary says this was not a campaign video it was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word while the president was in court but the campaign has not deleted the post and it’s not the first time Trump has used language similar to what Adon Hitler once wrote just months ago he declared immigrants are poisoning the blood of America they’re poisoning the blood of our country that’s what they’ve done the Biden campaign issuing a statement saying Donald Trump is not playing games he’s telling America exactly what he intends to do if he regains power rule as a dictator over a unified rake the Biden campaign calling this a pattern Diane noting that the former president had dinner with a white supremacist two years ago and that he once said that there were very fine people on both sides after the Charlottesville white supremacist rally the Trump campaign did not respond to our questions about why they did not immediately delete this video Diane all right Rachel Scott thank [Applause] [Music] you President Biden is rejecting allegations from the international criminal court as a prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for the Israeli Prime Minister and other top officials for war crimes against humanity Biden is calling the prosecutor’s request outrageous saying the war in Gaza is not genocide prosecutor for the ICC say they are also seeking arrest warrants for the top Hamas leaders chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce has the latest President Biden rallying to Israel’s defense in Blunt terms what’s happening is not genocide we reject that we don’t always stand with Israel and and the threats against its security Biden outraged denouncing the international criminal court as its prosecutor seeks a global arrest warrant for both Israel’s primee Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Yaya sinir for war crimes and crimes against humanity whatever these warrants May imply there is no equivalence between Israel and Hamas the Court’s top prosecutor Kim Khan accusing Netanyahu and his defense minister yoav Galant of deliberately starving Palestinians by choking off Aid and deliberately targeting civilians in conflict the Hamas ran Health Ministry saying over 35,000 people have been killed unfortunately these crimes continue to this day Israel like all states has the right to defend its population those rights however do not absolve Israel of its obligations to comply with International humanitarian law the ICC which investigates and tries individuals accused of the gravest crimes also charging three senior leaders of Hamas for the October 7th attack that killed roughly 1200 people and launched the war accusing them of murder torture rape and hostage taking Netanyahu calling the charges against him absurd what a travesty of Justice what a disgrace and Blasting the comparison to Hamas the ICC has no jurisdiction over Israel and Mr Khan’s actions will not stop us from waging our just war against Hamas now three judges will decide in the coming weeks whether or not to issue these arrest warrants and if they do well Netanyahu could then face arrest in any of the that are party to the court Diane that does not include the us but does include most of Europe all right chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce thank you and earlier on GMA Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu responded to the icc’s request for a war crimes arrest warrant calling it absurd here’s what he told our George Stephanopoulos this morning you’ve been accused of using starvation as a weapon of War I know you’ve called that decision by the prosecutors outrageous the prosecutor responded to that yesterday I want you to listen to what he had to say Israel has every right not to give sucker to Hamas that is not contested Israel has every right and needed an obligation to get hostages back but you must do so by complying with the law the fact that Hamas Fighters need water doesn’t justify denying water from all the civilian population of Gaza your response well I I think this is absurd this is beyond outrageous he said that we deny water yeah and he’s making a totally false accusation here and everywhere else we are supplying now nearly half of the water of Gaza we supplied only 7% before the war so this is completely opposite of what he’s saying he’s saying that we’re starving people you know we have supplied half a million tons of food and medicine with 20,000 trucks this guy is out to demonize Israel he’s doing a h job he is creating a false symmetry between the democratically elected leaders of Israel and the terrorist Chief that’s like saying in uh after 91 well I’m issuing arrest warrants for uh for George Bush but also for bin Laden or after in World War II well I’m issuing arrest warrants for FDR but also for Hitler it’s a hit job uh it’s not serious he’s out to defame Israel and he’s also pouring gasoline on the fires of anti-Semitism that are spreading around the world because he is attacking the one and only Jewish state and trying to handcuff us preventing us from uh exercising responsibly through the laws of war as we obey them and we are subordinate to them he’s saying we’re not he’s creating false symmetry false facts uh and he’s doing a grave Injustice to the international Court as you know there is a serious food crisis in Gaza right now Cy McCain head of the UN world food program said parts of Gaza are undergoing full-blown famine do you acknowledge that under international law Israel has a legal obligation to prevent people in Gaza from starving well we certainly have an obligation to enable trucks to go in and as I said we’ve enabled 20,000 trucks to go in we just fixed the road beds to enable those trucks to go in uh and half a million tons of uh of Food and Drugs so who’s stopping this in fact Hamas is the one that is uh looting these uh these trucks while we’re enabling them to go in we don’t have a deliberate starvation diet we don’t uh policy in fact we have the opposite policy to allow maximum humanitarian Aid to get people out of Harm’s Way while Hamas is doing everything to keep them In Harm’s Way at gunpoint and in fact we’ve sent millions of text messages of phone calls uh leaflets to people doing something that no Army and no government has done in Modern urban Warfare giving up the element of surprise telling people get out of Harm’s Way and uh let us finish the war against the terrorists we’re not targeting the population we’re targeting the terrorists these are facius charges I think that they cast a terrible a terrible stain on the ICC but I think serious countries are not taking them seriously and I was very glad to see that President uh uh Biden called them outrageous as did many leaders bipartisan support across the United States and people are now putting Bill in Congress bipartisan Bill to put sanctions on the ICC prosecutor uh for doing such a terrible singling out of Israel really really uh a distortion and a travesty of Justice are you concerned about traveling in the wake of this arrest warrant no I’m not concerned about traveling I think I’m not concerned at all about our status I I think that the prosecutor should be concerned about his status because he’s really turning the IC into a pariah institution people are just not going to take it seriously uh they see it as a politicized thing I hope that the judges don’t turn uh don’t confirm what he says because that will make them into a kangaroo court uh Israel is fighting a just War not only ours not only our war we’re fighting the war of all democracies because if democracies are now faced with a situation that after taking incredible efforts to get people’s out of arms way to supply humanitarian Aid on a vast scale if they’re told then they’re hauling to the dock because the terrorists who are fighting them are using civilians as human Shields then others will do it again and every democracy will be pulled into the dock we’re First You’re Next and then people understand that so that has to be stopped and that has to be resisted and I can assure you the vast majority of Israelis and all responsible leaders in the world understand that this uh should be resisted the big question is what happens the day after the fighting stops do you have a plan for the day after the war absolutely I think the day after the war it’s first of all the day after Kamas you have to destroy Kamas otherwise gazin don’t have a future peace doesn’t have a future the expansion of Peace doesn’t have a future so get rid of Hamas that’s our goal number one number two demilitarize Gaza and the one sustained demilitarization I think requires that Israel have the overall responsibility to fight resurging terrorists three uh ensure that Gaza or seek a civilian Administration by gazans who are not affiliated with Hamas uh and also don’t seek the destruction of Israel and and and the last thing is re rebuild Gaza in a peaceful way using the support of moderate Arab states and the International Community that’s a realistic plan that’s the one I have but it goes through victory there is peace and uh uh and stability and prosperity only through victory the road to peace goes through victory over Hamas Mr Prime Minister thanks for your time our thanks to George Stephanopoulos and prime minister Netanyahu for That interview coming up the severe weather slamming the Heartland strong tornadoes are possible today what’s next for the already hard-hit region also ahead fast food Wars are heating up how the prices are going and where you can get the best deal whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a 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to breaking news one person is dead and several injured after severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight the airline says the plane from London was carrying 229 passengers and crew when it was diverted to bangcock for an emergency landing foreign correspondent Maggie ruy joins me now for more Maggie what’s the latest hey Diane well we now know that in addition to that one fatality 18 people have been hospitalized another 12 are being treated for their injuries now this flight took off from here in the UK last night Monday night uh we then understand around 4 p.m. local time in Thailand is when they hit this patch of turbulence and we’ve been seeing images that have been put out on social media showing the cabin of the airline just scattered with debris passengers saying anyone who wasn’t seat belted in went and hit the ceiling one pass passenger even told Reuters he described the scene saying suddenly the aircraft starts tilting up and there was shaking so I started bracing for what was happening very suddenly there was a dramatic drop so everyone seated and not wearing a seat Bel was launched immediately into the ceiling Dan he then provides even more detail some of it sounding horrific he says some people hit their heads on the baggage cabins overhead denting it and they hit the places where the lights and masks are and broke straight through now Dane there are still so many question about exactly what happened on this flight but as we start to get some of these firsthand accounts it truly sounds terrifying and how is Singapore Airlines responding Maggie you know they’ve been providing updates on social media quite frequently not that long ago we just got the latest update on Facebook uh confirming those numbers of hospitalized and injuries um they released this statement they said Singapore Airlines offers its deepens condolences to the family of the deceased we deeply apologize for the traumatic experience that our passengers crew members suffered on this flight they say they’re providing all necessary assistance during this difficult time they’re working with our colleagues and the local authorities in Thailand to provide the necessary assistance going so far as to say that a Singapore Airlines team is on the way to Bangkok to provide any additional assistance as needed and that they’ve also set up a hotline for relatives seeking information and Diane what’s interesting here is that Singapore Airlines often is a top airline in the aviation industry they’re an industry Trend CER they often win Awards and Diane the other thing that we should note is that while severe turbulence is quite rare on flights according to a study by the US national Transportation safety board turbulence related injuries are the most common type of injuries on airplanes wow foreign correspondent Maggie rouy sometimes we dismiss it as no big deal but good to remember that it can be dangerous thank you [Music] former president Trump’s defend team is expected to rest its case today in this final stretch of his historic criminal hush money trial Robert Costello a lawyer close to Rudy Giuliani who once advised Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen will return to the stand after a dramatic day of testimony yesterday the judge at one point was so angry he cleared out the courtroom ABC News senior investigative corespondent Ain kki joins me now from outside the courthouse along with ABC News senior reporter Katherine falders and ABC News legal contributor Brian buckmire for more Aon what can we expect from court today Robert Costello has probably 45 minutes or so left of of cross-examination by assistant district attorney Susan hoffinger uh who indicated to the judge that she’s not going to take very much longer with Costello and then the defense will get a chance to to ask him more questions if if uh if defense attorney Amel BBY so desires and that should be it after Costello we don’t believe there are any other defense Witnesses former president Trump is unlikely to take the witness stand himself the judge will likely affirm that decision in open court uh once the defense rests the jury is going to be sent home until after Memorial Day with closing arguments jury instructions and deliberations all to happen next week and I want to go to Katherine on that question because it’s a big one qu uh Katherine of whether or not Trump would actually take the stand he’s gone back and forth a lot sending kind of mixed messages throughout this case what’s the latest on that he’s gone back and forth publicly originally saying that he did intend to testify he’s walked that back a bit but his allies are also on TV saying that he should testify um look at this point what we’re told by sources is that Trump will not take the stand he won’t testify at trial I caution uh saying at this point because as all of you know he can make a last minute decision so we likely will hear that decision from uh defense Council this morning they will probably have to indicate whether or not he will take the stand or not um but again at this point we are hearing from our sources that he will not testifying we expect the defense to rest their case after Costello is off the stand so Aon that means Costello could be their only witness and yesterday he was really focused on how he says Michael Cohen told him that he had nothing on Trump and that Trump knew nothing about this payment to Stormy Daniels what do you expect to hear from him today well I think the the prosecutors are going to try and and suggest that that maybe Costello was a little more uh in on what they’ve called a pressure campaign against Michael Cohen than than he has led on the the the the defense insisted that you know Cohen was the one reaching out to costell was the one trying to get information out of him because of his relationship with Rudy Giuliani what’s my fate what’s my off-ramp what’s my exit route how am I going to deal with this costell described Cohen as manic and suicidal after the feds had raided his home and his office back in 2018 and and Cohen described Costello really wanting to bring him into the fold because of his relationship he believed with Rudy Giuliani and and with the former president Costello is is saying it was the other way around so I I I would expect prosecutors to try and clarify that before they let they they let him go off the witness day and Brian the hurdle for the prosecution from the very beginning one big one at least was going to be Michael Cohen’s credibility they rested yesterday after Cohen’s testimony didn’t call anyone after him do you think they did enough to rehabilitate his credibility especially now that you have Bob Costello on the stand saying he told me something completely different than what he’s saying on the stand I think that question is still up in the air to to many degrees um Bob Cassell’s cross-examination I think is that have a heavy impact on answering that question because uh to to the defense is credit putting out a witness that doesn’t have the credibility issues that Michael Cohen has that being the the the numerous uh violations of law for lying perjury fraud uh lying to Congress Bob Costello is saying that this Michael Cohen when he came to me was very Manic and seemed to be uh suggesting that he had nothing on Donald Trump where if he did he could have evaded a lot of prosecution from the sdny and others who ended up filing charges get him if you believe that then Michael Cohen’s credibility is out the window so I think for the prosecution they to eron’s point have to do a cross-examination to show that the focus was more about getting information from Costello through Rudy gilani to understand what Michael Cohen’s landscape was in the legal field rather than Michael Cohen being truthful to having nothing on Donald Trump now uh Erin the defense also made this motion to dismiss yesterday they’ve done this in the past the judge still hasn’t ruled on that what are you watching for there it was a a a a full-throated uh almost hyperbolic motion from the defense to get the judge to dismiss the case before it even goes to the jury the defense attorney Todd blanch said there was no evidence that any business records were falsified no evidence of any Criminal Intent by anyone and and and said that the whole theory of the prosecution’s case was wrong you know the the prosecutors have laid out this idea that the Stormy Daniels payoff and its cover up was uh was all to keep information from voters in 2016 and the defense said how is that a crime crime to keep information away from voters all right Aaron kerski Katherine falers Brian Buck Meer thank you and we will be covering Trump’s criminal hush money trial all day long we’ll bring you the latest right here on ABC News live first President Biden meanwhile is rejecting allegations from the international criminal court as a prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for the Israeli Prime Minister and other top officials for war crimes against humanity Biden calls the prosecutor request outrageous saying the war in Gaza is not genocide the prosecutor for the ICC says he’s also seeking arrest warrants for top Hamas leaders chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce has the latest President Biden rallying to Israel’s defense in Blunt terms what’s happening is not genocide we reject that we’ll always stand with Israel and and the threats against its security Biden outraged denouncing the international criminal court as its prosecutor seeks a global arrest warrant for both Israel’s prime minister Benjamin netan and Hamas leader Yaya sinir for war crimes and crimes against humanity whatever these warrants May imply there is no equivalence between Israel and Hamas the Court’s top prosecutor Karim Khan accusing Netanyahu and his defense minister yoav Galant of deliberately starving Palestinians by choking off Aid and deliberately targeting civilians in Conflict the Hamas ran Health Ministry saying over 35,000 people have been killed unfortunately these crimes continue to this day today Israel like all states has the right to defend its population those rights however do not absolve Israel of its obligations to comply with International humanitarian law the ICC which investigates and tries individuals accused of the gravest crimes also charging three senior leaders of Hamas for the October 7th attack that killed roughly 1200 people and launched the war accusing them of murder torture rape and hostage taking Netanyahu calling the charges against him absurd what a travesty of Justice what a disgrace and Blasting the comparison to Hamas the ICC has no jurisdiction over Israel and Mr Khan’s actions will not stop us from waging our just war against Hamas now three judges will decide in the coming weeks whether or not to issue these arrest warrants and if they do well Netanyahu could then face arrest in any of the Nations that are party to the court Diane that does not include the us but does include most of Europe chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce thank you and earlier on GMA Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu responded to the ICC Prosecutor’s request for a war crimes arrest warrant calling it absurd here’s what he told our George Stephanopoulos this morning you’ve been accused of using starvation as a weapon of War I know you’ve called that decision by the prosecutors outrageous the prosecutor responded to that yesterday I want you to listen to what he had to say Israel has every right not to give suer to Hamas that is not contested Israel has every right and needed an obligation to get hostages back but you must do so by complying with the law the fact that Hamas Fighters need water doesn’t justify denying water from all the civilian population of Gaza your response well I think this is absurd this is beyond outrageous he said that we deny water yeah and he’s making it totally false accusation here and everywhere else we are supplying now nearly half of the water of Gaza we supplied only 7% before the war so this is completely opposite of what he’s saying he’s saying that we’re starving people you know we have supplied half a million tons of food and medicine with 20,000 trucks this guy is out to demonize Israel he’s doing a hijab he’s creating a false symmetry between the democratically elected leaders of Israel and the terrorist Chief that’s like saying in uh after 911 well I’m issuing arrest warrants for uh for George Bush but also for bin Laden or after in World War II well I’m issuing arrest warrants for FDR but also for Hitler it’s a hit job uh it’s not serious he’s out to defame Israel and he’s also pouring gasoline on the fires of anti-Semitism that are spreading around the world because he is attacking the one and only Jewish State and trying to handcuff us preventing us from uh exercising responsibly through the laws of war as we obey them and we are subordinate to them he’s saying we’re not he’s creating false symmetry false facts uh and he’s doing a grave Injustice to the international Court as you know there is a serious food crisis in Gaza right now cdy McCain head of the UN world food program said parts of Gaza are undergoing full-blown famine do you acknowledge that under international law Israel has a legal obligation to prevent people in Gaza from starving well we certainly have an obligation to enable trucks to go in and as I said we’ve enabled 20,000 trucks to go in we just fixed the road beds to enable those trucks to go in uh and half a million tons of uh of Food and Drugs so who’s stopping this in fact Hamas is the one that is uh looting these uh these trucks while we’re enabling them to go in we don’t have a deliberate starvation diet we don’t uh policy in fact we have the opposite policy to allow maximum humanitarian Aid to get people out of Harm’s Way while Hamas is doing to keep them In Harm’s Way at gunpoint and in fact we’ve sent millions of text messages of phone calls uh leaflets to people doing something that no Army and no government has done in Modern urban Warfare giving up the element of surprise telling people get out of Harm’s Way and uh let us finish the war against the terrorists we’re not targeting the population we’re targeting the terrorists these are facius charges I think that they cast a terrible a terrible stain on the ICC but I think serious country countes are not taking them seriously and I was very glad to see that President uh Biden called them outrageous as did many leaders bipartisan support across the United States and people are now putting Bill in Congress bipartisan Bill to put sanctions on the ICC prosecutor uh for doing such a terrible singling out of Israel really really uh a distortion and a travesty of Justice are you concerned about traveling in the wake of this arrest warrant no I’m not concerned about traveling I think I’m not concerned at all about our status I I think that the prosecutor should be concerned about his status because he’s really turning the IC into a par institution people are just not going to take it seriously uh they see it as a politicized thing I hope that the judges don’t turn uh don’t confirm what he says because that will make them into a kangaroo court uh Israel is fighting a just War not only ours not only our war we’re fighting the war of all democracies because if democracies are now faced with a situation that after taking incredible efforts to get peoples out of arms way to supply humanitarian Aid on a vast scale if they’re told then they’re hauled into the dock because the terrorists who are fighting them are using civilians as human Shields then others will do it again and every democracy will be pulled into the dock we’re First You’re Next and many people understand that so that has to be stopped and that has to be resisted and I can assure you the vast majority of Israelis and all responsible leaders in the world understand that this uh should be resisted the big question is what happens the day after the fighting stops do you have a plan for the day after the war absolutely I think the day after the war it’s first of all the day after Kamas you have to destroy Kamas otherwise gazans don’t have a future peace doesn’t have a future the expansion of Peace doesn’t have a future so get rid of Hamas that’s our goal number one number two demilitarize Gaza and the one sustained demilitarization I think requires that Israel have the overall responsibility to fight resurgent terrorists three uh ensure that Gaza or seek a civilian Administration by gazin who are not affiliated with Hamas uh and also don’t seek the destruction of Israel and and and the last thing is re rebuil Gaza in a peaceful way using the support of moderate Arab states and the International Community that’s a realistic plan that’s the one I have but it goes through victory there is peace and uh uh and stability and prosperity only through victory the road to peace goes through victory over Kamas Mr Prime Minister thanks for your time our thanks to George Stephanopoulos and prime minister Netanyahu for That interview coming up extreme heat across the country where the unreasonably or unseasonably warm temperatures are settling in this week and the climate and your mental health how do identify and cope with Eco anxiety in the Ever Changing climate [Music] the defense is now heading into the final stretch in former president Trump’s criminal hushh money trial how court is moving forward after some contentious moments between the judge and a witness stay with [Music] us whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon Maine the scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere from the scene of that deadly missile strike in Dena Ukraine reporting from the earthquake in Turkey in Rolling Fort This Tornado tore through this little town from the most 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but one side of the building was really just demolished with the hail coming down one of three tornadoes the good news here with the tornadoes of yesterday none of these did a lot of damage but the hail did enough damage for everything here’s the severe weather pulling up toward the great lakes and you can see today we’re looking at this highest threat for strong tornadoes likely ef2 or higher PE you’re right on the edge Chicago land I want you paying attention but a lot of this is for De Moine Mason City in that area spread of the severe weather continues to push East and as it pushes East it’s got a long line into Rochester during the day on Wednesday but look at Little Rock Tex Arcana Dallas here’s the highest threat for tornado some damaging winds there and then we’re going to continue to watch that kind of move a little bit east as we go into the holiday weekend we’re dry uh over the next couple of days as we look on the west coast and we’ve got Dallas Fort Worth some severe storms for your Thursday travel New York City some rain is possible I think we’re going to be in and out of rain likely in until we get to Memorial Day and right now if the modeling’s accurate look looking pretty wet at that time Sam Champion thank you and researchers now say climate change can impact your mental health in three different ways as part of mental health awareness month we are looking at how to identify and manage Eco anxiety Chief climate correspondent Ginger Z has the details there are a variety of consequences a changing climate can have on people’s mental health it’s a growing area of research but the American Psychiatric association says that impacts fall into three buckets there are the direct impacts of heat on the brain and the prevalence of mental illness there are indirect effects that are the many ripples of putting carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and then there are psychological impacts one of the psychological impacts Trauma from living through an extreme weather disaster some also struggle with mental distress sometimes called Eco anxiety as they watch the world grapple with climate change I feel anxiety constantly about the weather about like the weather overheating I do get stressed fairly often people expect us to be the generation that that fixes a problem that no one asked for a lot of young people are thinking about how this is going to impact their Futures their safety the idea of wanting to have children worzel noted that there are ways to cope number one make sure your physical needs like Cooling and hydration are met and also ask your mental health care provider they likely have therapy specifically addressing in climate change all right thanks to Ginger Z for that report and if you are someone you know is in crisis free confidential help is available 247 call or text the national Lifeline at 988 coming up she’s called the heart and soul of one Metro Atlanta school district to meet the woman changing young lives for more than 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Robert Costello a lawyer who once advised Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen will return to the stand after a dramatic day of testimony yesterday the judge at one point was so angry he cleared out the courtroom ABC News senior investigative correspondent Aon kki joins me now from outside Court along with ABC News senior reporter kathern falders and ABC News legal contributor Brian buckmire for more Erin let’s start with what we can expect today Bob Costello is on the stand what or will be on the stand what is he expected to get into today yeah the judge just took his place at the bench Diane we expect that Robert Costello will return to the witness stand any moment now for I don’t know half hour 45 minutes left of cross-examination by assistant district attorney Susan hoffinger who is going to try and and question his account of meeting with Michael Cohen right after the feds raided Cohen’s Home and Office in 2018 when Costello described Cohen as manic and suicidal hoffinger said you called him a drama queen didn’t you and and and Costello conceded that that he did uh and and what the circumstances were uh of that meeting are kind of in in doubt uh Cohen said that he felt pressured to come into the fold because Costello was close with Rudy Giuliani who was about to join Trump’s legal team and Costello said he didn’t even want Cohen as a client but there was the email to his son about how he landed Cohen as a client it was all very uh confusing and and and we know that that Cohen has some some truth issues here so the prosecutors are going to do it uh what they can with him and then that should be it for the defense they’ll rest their case in all likelihood with no testimony from Trump himself Katherine Donald Trump Jr is in court with his father today for the first time along with with a number of Republican lawmakers in Trump’s Entourage how significant is that I’m not totally surprised by by that we’ know that Trump’s uh sons have been in in court Don JR this is his first time there of course we’ve seen Eric Trump in court um so I’m not totally surprised by that but I think it’s definitely a continuation of this support that the former president wants in the courtroom obviously we haven’t seen Melania Trump at all she has been essentially invisible from this trial but um in terms of the family but then you see the you see the group there that’s the group today walking in the new group of supporters if you will and I and I think it’s just represents really how Trump is trying to bring the campaign to the courthouse he said that publicly said he can’t be out on the campaign Trail so why not bring his supporters and most adamant you know members of Congress who who are supporting him to the courthouse so uh this is his Entourage for the day and we will continue to see that throughout the trial H Brian what do you make of Bob Costello’s testimony so far the impact for the defense here and that moment with the judge yesterday where the judge cleared the courtroom and threatened to remove him from the witness stand yeah so impact I think outside of theatrics it might have been to some degree beneficial for the defense because it gave them an alternative Theory it gave them this idea that they can argue that Michael Cohen may have been telling Bob Castello the truth that he did not have anything on Donald Trump and that he’s lying not for the safety or to help Donald Trump but that he was telling the truth in an opportunity what he could have told an attorney I’ve Got dirt on Trump use this for the stny to help me however the way that he performed in front of the jury and and luckily the judge pulled him out the jury out before they saw the real fireworks I think that could harm him in the sense of one more outburst and the judge has already threatened how hold his actions as contemptuous and throw out his entire testimony I don’t think any defense attorney is happy about that and they’re worried uh if anything that Bob C could go on another tangent that could have him running a foul with court rules in terms of the the testimony itself he is saying Michael Cohen told him before this trial ever started that he had nothing on Trump and that Trump didn’t know about stormmy Daniels this payment to stormmy Daniels so how is the prosecution now going to respond to that so the prosecution already had Michael Cohen testify to some degree about this conversation that Michael Cohen was somewhat hesitant of Bob castello’s relationship with Rudy juliani and that this was more of a testing of the waters uh so to speak to see what Rudy Giuliani might have known and how this investigation was going about and also to see whether or not Donald Trump was protecting him so the prosecution can go that route of saying yes Michael Cohen might have told you X but you don’t know what he’s thinking which is why and Michael Cohen did testify to that and so I think that’s where the prosecution may may may go through their cross-examination of bodell which I say should last about 30 to 45 minutes and Erin yesterday the defense also made a motion to dismiss saying there’s no evidence that the records in question here or the filings in questions here were falsified that is the prosecution’s case the judge hasn’t ruled on that yet what’s the latest but he did seem a little skeptical judge ran was like you want me to just toss the whole thing don’t even give it to the jury and and and defense attorney Todd blanch said yeah and they shouldn’t even consider Michael Cohen’s testimony and the judge was skeptical still saying you think he’s going to fool 12 New Yorkers so I’m not sure that the judge is going to Grant this motion for a directed verdict uh but uh it it’s common for the defense to make one uh upon the the prosecution resting and that’s what the defense attorney did uh and it really capped u a rather theatrical day I me clearing the courtroom um I was in there at the time we all got told to yelled at to get out uh some of us objected to the Press being taken out of a public trial uh mad opted to keep the what he told Costello without anybody there on the record so we know that he said your behavior was contemptuous and Bob Costello should know better he was a prosecutor he knows what it means when an objection is sustained that he should have stopped talking uh it seemed performative and the judge finally had enough you know don’t roll your eyes don’t say gez and exhale loudly and then when Costello glared at him uh the judge looked at him and said are you staring me down and that’s when he cleared the courtroom had everybody out so that he could admonish him uh further was pretty dramatic and and a rare uh clearing of the courtroom that’s something you normally see in the movies and Brian what does it do that this is an attorney to Aaron’s point this is not someone who doesn’t understand a normal decorum of a courtroom or the way these proceedings work this guy does this for a living and yet had this exchange why do that it’s not only knowledge is also that we are considered officers of the court and we’re supposed to conduct oursel in a specific manner the way that you’re allowed to conduct yourself as a reporter or just as a citizen is far different than me I have a certain set of rules that I have to abide by and so for an attorney to do that I think flies in the face of what the judicial system is I think that’s that frustration why do that I think uh Aaron hit the nail on the head it’s performative the only question in my mind is who is he performing for whether he thinks he’s performing for the jury he’s definitely not performing for the judge or the prosecutor maybe he’s performing for Donald Trump or someone else but those actions I think can derail uh his credibility and also can have jurors looking at him in a way of why would you do that who are you here for and who are you performing for where his testimony could have actually really helped and Bob Costello has resumed a cross-examination and our Josh iner is describing him as being a little snarky on the stand this morning already sort of answering giving a little more in an answer than he’s necessarily asked he just responded with something saying I did I provided a lot of emails to your office so we may be in for another uh dramatic day in court we’ll keep an eye on that but but Katherine before he started testimony the judge started with some a bit of housekeeping and scheduling talking about jury deliberations closing Arguments for next week what is this timeline looking like now and what does that mean for the Trump campaign yeah so so the judge was saying that he’s going to ask their the jury about their availability to sit next Wednesday we know that summations are currently scheduled for Tuesday that’s after Memorial Day so having that additional Wednesday could really streamline uh this process so we’ll see what happens there and and look I think at that point after after summations and and the jury gets the case it’s in the hands of the jury so it’s just about how long they in fact deliberate now what does that mean for the Trump campaign if they sit on Wednesday Trump can’t go out and campaign on Wednesday he hasn’t really been doing much of that anyway he’s been doing that on the weekends so I don’t really think it slows down his campaign timeline or his desired campaign timeline uh if you will and Brian what are you watching for with Costello back on the stand it seems Susan hoffinger is trying to go after his relationship with Cohen showing an email where Cohen is asking him to stop contacting him saying you’ve never represented me here how much are they going to now try to distance this relationship between the two and essentially tried to make the case I suppose that you didn’t really know Michael Cohen that well why would he tell you these things yeah and and and Bob cillo kind of gave some hints of that already in his testimony that he is not the actual one who knows Michael Cohen that that interaction that he’s describing was the first time he met him and it’s his partner that did so distancing him from Michael Cohen and being like you don’t really know Michael Cohen you don’t know how to gauge his truthfulness or lying whether he’s playing you or telling you the truth and then show how that relationship devolved over time and how Michael Cohen or at least tried to establish how Michael Cohen may have distrusted Bob Costello because of his relationship with Rudy Giuliani if they can being the prosecution raise that doubt in his testimony I think that will help him a long way Erin what are you watching for next well see how the uh the the cross-examination goes and and then I guess the ultimate question is whether Donald Trump will tell testify in his own defense he has said that he would he has said that he wants to uh his attorneys probably don’t want him to uh and and while we’re told the defense only has you know these two witnesses it was Costello and before him they put their paralal on to get a a summary chart of phone calls into into evidence we think this is it but until uh Trump says so that he’s not going to testify uh we can’t rule it out so be waiting to see what he does once Costello is off the witness day all right Aaron KY kathern falers Brian buckmeier thank you and we will be covering Trump’s criminal hush money trial all day long we’ll bring you the latest right here on ABC News live meanwhile former president Trump is under Fire after posting and now deleting a video on social media that used language from Nazi Germany it’s the latest in a series of posts and statements his opponents say are anti-semitic and authoritarian Rachel Scott has that story former president Donald Trump sparking backlash after a video posted to his social media account seemingly suggests there will be a unified Reich if he wins the 2024 election Donald Trump wins what’s next for America those words are largely associated with Nazi Germany and alaf Hitler’s thirdd Reich another name for his Nazi regime the 30 second video features hypothetical newspaper articles of trump celebrating a victory in November that phrase appearing three times including under the headline what’s next for America it includes references to World War I citing German industrial strength and peace through strength another headline suggesting Trump would reject globalists a phrase often used by the far right as an anti-semitic slur in a statement Trump campaign’s press secretary says this was not a campaign video it was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word while the president was in court the American dream is back the Trump campaign deleted the video after several hours but it’s not the first time Trump has used language similar to what Adolf Hitler once wrote just months ago he declared immigrants are poisoning the blood of America they’re poisoning the blood of our country that’s what they’ve done the Biden campaign issuing a statement saying Donald Trump is not playing games he’s telling America exactly what he intends to do if he regains power rule as a dictator over a unified rank the Biden campaign calling this a pattern noting that the former president had dinner with the white supremacist 2 years ago and old also once said that there were very fine people on both sides after the Charlottesville white supremacist rally we asked the Trump campaign why this video was left up for several hours and they did not respond Rachel Scott thank you and the Department of Homeland Security is issuing a new warning about artificial intelligence and the 2024 election the department says AI offers opportunities for Bad actors to undermine our democratic system ABC News chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has the latest hi Pierre good morning artificial intelligence is no longer the stuff of Science Fiction is causing real concern right now as Homeland Security officials issue a stark new warning about this year’s November election we live in a world where artificial intelligence can create video pictures and documents that look stunningly authentic now the Department of Homeland Security is warning AI will likely be used against us in the up coming election this isn’t a threat of tomorrow this is a threat of today according to the new Homeland Security bulletin enemy country’s terrorists and other adversaries could exploit AI tools to confuse or overwhelm voters and election staff to disrupt their duties during the 2024 election cycle for example according to the DHS bulletin enemies might use AI to share altered images videos or audio clips claiming that a polling station is closed or that polling times have changed changed the bulletin points to this audio we know the value of voting Democratic when our votes count it’s important that you save your vote for the November election which authorities suspect it’s an AI generated message sounding like President Biden which urged people not to vote in the leadup to the New Hampshire Primary in January and DHS officials also expressing concern that AI technology might be used to create and push out dangerous information that could help extremists design violent attacks home security secretary mayor is telling reporters Monday that he has deep concerns that AI will be used to promote huge amounts of false information as we head to the election Diane chief justice correspondent Pier Thomas thank you coming up Scarlett Johansson is slamming open AI hear the chat pot she says is her voice used without her permission and how open AI is responding also ahead it’s expected to be the record-breaking Memorial Day weekend we have the best and worst times to head to the road and the airports right after the [Music] break tonight as this criminal trial winds down who will testify next plus tracking the severe weather just ahead of the holiday weekend getaway more Americans turn to World News Tonight with David mure the most watched newscast on television identical twins separated at Birth they first met on GMA all right Gracie come on out and meet your sister it’s very overwhelming now as they graduate high school see the joyous reunion live tomorrow on GMA whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at War en rolling Fort This Tornado tore through this town from Leon main the scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile strike ABC News live everywhere in Iceland let’s go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street wherever the story is we’re going to take you there your streaming ABC News live ABC News live you’re streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere this is a case that has been confounding for decades the clown pulls out a gun and Fires at Point Blank raid now Friday night the son who witnessed it all the last words I heard was oh how pretty and bang a shocking murder that 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face charges in the state’s fake elector case Julian is among 18 people accused in the scheme aimed at overturning the 2020 election his attorneys have not said whether they will seek a postponing the Ally of Donald Trump was served in the indictment on Friday as he left his 80th birthday party in Florida an ex-trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and one of Trump’s closest advisers and members of his 2024 campaign borish Epstein are scheduled to be arraigned in June a postrace punch could lead to a NASCAR suspension Ricky Stenhouse Jr was caught on camera taking a swing at Kyle Bush after Sunday’s All-Star Race in North Carolina Stenhouse blamed Bush for causing a wreck that knocked Stenhouse out of the running for the $1 million race prize Stenhouse could be suspended for that punch Bush May face discipline for the wreck at chocolate lab and his owner are celebrating their big win over the weekend COA beat out dozens of four-legged Surfers in the third annual European dog surfing Championship the event was created to promote dog adoptions and discourage pet abandonment by showing people just one of the fun ways to bond with your dog looks like fun and the TSA is seeing some of its highest passenger travel numbers in history right now and that’s before what’s expected to be a record-breaking Memorial travel weekend you are traveling through airports in the next few days make sure to bring your patience and expect some higher volumes at security checkpoints Transportation correspondent Gio bonitz has more from Minneapolis hi Gio hey there we are at Delta’s second busiest Hub in the country and right here in Minneapolis they’re seeing about 15% more passengers than last year and that’s really the story all across the country let’s look at the numbers right now because we have some new numbers from the TSA in the last two weeks four of the days have been in the top 10 10 busiest days in history and we haven’t even hit that big holiday travel Rush TSA is expecting the busiest summer travel season ever screening up to 3 million passengers a day at some point now the busiest day is heading into Memorial Day Weekend Thursday and Friday take a look at these FAA predictions here 53,000 flights planned for Thursday another 50,000 on Friday and then Delta is expecting to fly 3 million customers between Thursday and Monday just about every Airline seeing packed planes right now there are some new incentives rolling out with some Airlines Frontier and spirit are now also ending change and cancellations fees just like American Delta and United have on most tickets now that’s big of course because Frontier and spirit are discount carriers so people often turn to them for some lower prices but a lot of people are going to be traveling this week it’s going to be very very busy but this plane right here this Delta flight they’re going off to Cancun so it’s a pretty good holiday for them Diane GI bonitz in Minneapolis thank you coming up Scarlett Johansson’s fight against open AI for using her likeness and so she says we will hear the voice used by the company and how open AI is responding also ahead graceand for sale how Elvis’s granddaughter actress Riley Co is fighting for his [Music] estate whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war in Rolling for this tornado tore through this town from louon Maine the scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile strike ABC News live everywhere in Iceland let’s go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street wherever the story is we’re going to take you there you’re streaming ABC News live ABC News live you’re streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere we’re trying to get answers for the community at large even if maybe some of the community doesn’t feel like they need those answers I have covered child homicides before and now my daughter’s autopsy will be made public one day those who felted her will never know peace did you just stand her and let my friend’s child [Music] die let’s go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my [Music] gosh we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge than [Music] this tonight as this criminal trial winds down who will testify next plus tracking the severe weather just ahead of the holiday weekend getaway more Americans turn to World News Tonight with David mure the most watched newscast on television I experienced a lot of hard a it’s taken me a long time to even get to this moment and the CMA award for Entertainer of the goes to Laney Wilson [Music] [Applause] wild reporting from Burlington Vermont right in the heart of the path of totality wherever the story is we’ll take you there you’re streaming ABC News live welcome back to ABC News live Scarlet Johansson is taking on open AI for allegedly copying her voice the actress says she turned down an offer to be the voice of the artificial intelligence system and the company then made one that sounds just like her instead open a is now responding to those allegations Chief business correspondent Rebecca Jarvis has more Scarlet Johansson calling out Sam Altman the CEO of leading generative artificial intelligence Company open aai claiming he gave his company’s new AI personal assistant known as Sky a strikingly familiar voice take a listen hey chbt how are you doing I’m doing fantastic thanks for asking that voice according to Joe Hanson is eerily similar to none other than her own in the 2013 movie her where Johansson plays of all things an AI assistant here she is in the film it seems like I’m having so many new feelings that I don’t think have ever been felt before and again here’s open AI Sky once upon a time in a world not too different from ours there was a robot named bite Joe Hanson’s husband Colin Jo even waiting into the controversy on last week’s SNL chat GPT has released a new voice assistant feature inspired by Scarlet Johansson’s a I character in her which I’ve never bothered to watch because without that body what’s the point of listening and as it turns out Sam Altman is a fan of the film telling a conference last year it’s his favorite which part of her do you look at and go this is never going to happen well I I mean a ton of it the number of things that I think her got right this idea that it is going to be this like conversational language interface that was incredibly prophetic and certainly more than a little bit inspired us Alman approached Johansson to become the voice of his new product but Johansson says she declined with Alman asking her to reconsider just two days before its release the issue here is not that her voice was itself was taken but was there in fact something so close that uh she should have uh legal rights against open AI That’s the question here now Johansson who’s ERS are insisting open AI disclose how it developed the voice says she’s shocked angered and in disbelief the company disputing the comparison in a blog post writing AI should not deliberately mimic a celebrity’s distinctive voice and that the voice of Sky belongs to a different professional actress who they say was cast for The Voice before they reached out to Johansson Altman writing in a statement we are sorry to miss Johansson that we didn’t communicate better our thanks to Chief business correspondent Rebecca Jarvis for that report open AI says they worked with a casting director and narrowed down more than 400 submissions to five voices meanwhile actress Riley Kio Elvis’s granddaughter is fighting to keep graceand from going up for sale since 1982 the Tennessee estate has been a museum that attracts millions of people every year and the king of rock and roll’s family wants to keep it that way gma3 anchor Eva Pilgrim has the details graceand Elvis Presley’s historic home could be heading to the auction block a LLC called nson Investments and private lending claims Elvis’s only child Lisa Marie Presley who died in 2023 borrowed 3.8 million using the deed to Graceland as collateral the company claims it was never paid back so they put a lean on the house and its extensive grounds planning to auction it off this week but Elvis’s granddaughter actress Riley Kio is fighting back the oldest daughter of Lisa Marie is the trustee for the prominade trust the company that owns Graceland in a counter suit Kio claims her mother never borrowed money from nsy investment and alleges that the company is not real nson investments in private lending LLC appears to be a false entity created for the purpose of defrauding the prominade trust The Heirs of Lisa Marie Pressley or any purchaser of graceand at a non-judicial sale on Monday a temporary straining order on the sale was granted our thanks to Eva Pilgrim for that report and our thanks to you for streaming with us I’m Diane Meo ABC News live is here for you anytime 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money has girls basically he’s a god his compound what prosecutors say he ran a sex trafficking business from we’re not the first affluent wealthy men who have been unfairly attacked you think he he raped you they never meant for any of this to be public someone El to say there’s something wrong going around here ENT your Tate Into the manosphere Now streaming on Hulu this is ABC News live the crush of families on the ground in Ukraine ABC News live America’s number one streaming news anytime anywhere streaming 24/7 straight to you for free thank you for making ABC News live America’s number one streaming news reporting from the Fon County Georgia Courthouse I’m Reena Roy wherever the story is we’ll take you there you’re streaming ABC News live [Music] hi I’m D let’s get right to our top story Robert Costello former lawyer fudi Giuliani who once advised Michael Cohen has just concluded cross-examination in the former president’s historic criminal hush money trial this after a dramatic day of testimony yesterday ABC News senior investigative correspondent Aon kerki joins me now from outside the courthouse along with ABC News senior reporter kathern falers and ABC News legal contributor Brian buckmire for more eron yesterday we saw the judge clear the courtroom and threaten to take Costello off the witness stand so it seems like we’re off to a better start today at least on that front well everyone’s still in the room so I I take that as a win uh but Robert Costello’s cross-examination with prosecutor Susan hoffinger which just concluded was a bit contentious as hoffinger confronted him with email after email to reinforce the idea that he was pressuring Michael Co to bring him into the fold of Trump’s legal orbit after Costello denied doing any such thing and saying that it was Cohen who really wanted to come into the fold and be a pal of Rudy Giuliani and get secret messages passed to former president Trump these emails show the complete opposite and as hoffinger repeatedly said the emails speak for themselves at one point there was one email in which Costello is expressing to a business partner using an exploitive to describe Michael Cohen saying he’s playing with the most powerful man on on the planet and costell said you were talking about former president Trump weren’t you at first Costello said no there’s the email Costello is sort of forced to to eat it a little bit and now he’s on redirect with defense attorney Amel bovie Brian Costello’s the the reason the defense is calling him is to further question The credibility of Michael Cohen and essentially say what Michael Cohen’s testifying to is different than what he told me could that backfire if the prosecution now makes it seem like it’s actually Costello who’s not credible here yeah absolutely I I mean if he had just gone in and just got that simple information out about a manic uh Michael Cohen saying that he had nothing on Donald Trump and didn’t give all that extra that we saw that caused him to get thrown out and now we’re seeing on cross-examination I think the defense would have been great to call him but this witness is appearing to be like a dual-edged sword and that there are some good things they can pull from him but all of these emails seems to suggests that he has an a to grind as well as his demeanor on the stand and I think the jury can interpret that and say you know what it seems like you’re not fully being truthful with us so why should we fully believe uh what you say about Michael Cohen and now it becomes a battle of who’s telling the truth and that could work to whoever does the better summation at the end of the TR whether it be the prosecution of Defense Katherine he’s on redirect down but this could be the defense’s last witness other than perhaps Donald Trump himself right big question is will he test ify what are you hearing on that front yeah it certainly is a big question and we will know a final answer when the defense rests its case Trump indicated as much before cameras this morning when he said something like we’ll be resting pretty soon um so that does indicate that this is their last witness look sources that we’ve been talking to as of this morning say Trump is not expected to take the stand his lawyers don’t want him to he doesn’t really want to but there are his political allies on television and in his ear saying you should do it you should take the stand what do you have to lose so obviously he does have that in the back of his mind um he probably will not take the stand we will know shortly this is likely to be their last witness and if he doesn’t take the stand his lawyers will certainly be breathing a sigh of relief and aarin uh former president Trump’s son Don Jr is in court for the first time we’ve seen Eric there throughout these proceedings but how significant is it uh to now see Don Jr in court well this has been a a steady drum beat of supporters coming with former president Trump to court each and every day I mean we at one point had the speaker of the house today we’re down to you know Joe Piscopo so I I I’m not sure the the the Entourage is always as perhaps robust as the former president would like but he’s clearly energized by having supporters there uh it it perhaps is a show of of strength prosecutors have expressed concern that it could actually uh that it’s worrisome to have these people tra in with security detail and the jury to to see it in the middle of testimony many of them often walk across the street to the park and and give remarks sometimes they’re heckled by protesters other times they’re cheered by protesters yesterday’s crew included I think at least three people who had felony charges against them um and and I think it it does work as a double-edged sword one as a show of of force and strength uh but if any of these people are recognized by the jury as unsavory characters uh you have the disgrace former police commissioner Bernie Carrick um you know in in in the Entourage yesterday who was pardoned by Trump if people recognize that and and find that unsavory perhaps it works against him politically but there’s no telling but clearly Trump wants them there uh and so they’ve come every day Brian now closing arguments are expected to begin next week based on all the puzzle pieces that have been laid out throughout the course of this case what are you watching for in terms of what comes out during closing well interesting enough yesterday’s trial order dismissal from the defense gave us a bit of a kind of preview as to what the prosecution thinks his case is and so for there we’ve seen that there are different theories of intent to defraud whether it be General defraud the voting public or defraud the government Regulators we’ve also seen a hint that this underlying crime that makes this what typically a misdemeanor into a felony has to do with election fraud and campaign finances to some degree but how much the prosecution will go into that is still up for for question what I’m really looking at here is what is the defense argument so far are they going to go with the Bob Castello version and idea of Michael Cohen said that he had nothing Michael Cohen told me this and that’s to be believed and that he’s lying on the stand and everywhere else or are we going to get into this kind of nitty-gritty of this isn’t a crime it’s it’s democracy to to keep stories and push other stories here uh I’m looking to see how the defense argues us when they have a few ideas that they can but it seems a little bit unorganized well and and so to that point how do you decide on which Avenue to take because we’ve sort of heard the Trump was doing this to protect his family argument but now you have Bob Costello saying oh Cohen told me he didn’t know about the hush money payment at all that’s a completely different argument then he knew about it but the motives were not focused on the election stylistically people can disagree but I think you pick one idea and you run with it because if you try to present to a jury well you can say that there’s Reasonable Doubt because he was protecting his family or you can say there’s Reasonable Doubt because he didn’t know about the scheme at all or you can say this Reasonable Doubt because he knew the scheme and look at his work words here but there’s no underlying crime if you do that it seems to me at least disingenuous to a jury I think the defense has to pick one where the evidence they feel strongly supports it and run with it but with so many ideas that kind of dilutes their arguments in many ways so Katherine what do that all mean for the timeline especially with Donald Trump stuck in court and clearly ansy to get on the campaign Trail yeah exactly and the judge indicated that he’s going to ask uh if the jury can come in on Wednesday which would typically be a day Trump has off I’m not sure what exactly it does to to the timeline entirely here um I think that from the beginning we predicted that this trial would last longer than we’ve expected it to so I think at the end of the day it comes down to the jury deliberations how long do they deliberate when can Trump get back out on the campaign Trail certainly he will be inside that Courthouse during the deliberations every day so we should expect that um but I don’t anticipate him having to walk into that courtroom let’s say for too much longer I know he is antsy to get out on the campaign Trail at the same time he has been willing to bring the campaign Trail to him so at the end of the day he does think that his legal battles help him politically um which we will see him after this trial is over if there’s various different hearings and any of the other uh ongoing criminal cases he probably will appear at those as well and Aaron Bob Costello is now being questioned Again by the defense on redirect what do you make of that line of questioning and what do you watch watching for next well they’d like to try and and and bolster him by showing him different emails than the prosecutor showed him on cross-examination to to get out the defense idea that it was Michael Cohen who was pushing for this back Channel relationship and access to Trump so that he could resolve his his legal disputes whereas prosecutors portrayed it as Castello pressuring Cohen to you know come into the fold and and you know resist any anything that would would implicate the the former president so u in the end I I think a lot of it is a sideshow uh because the the the core of the testimony uh from Cohen is that Trump knew about the the the the payments he had more than 20 discussions with the former president about the payoff to Stormy Daniels and the the the the way that he would be reimbursed um the defense I think is trying to use Costello to chip away again at Cohen’s credibility all right Aaron kki falers Brian buckmire thank you and we will be covering former president Trump’s criminal hash money trial all day long and bring you the latest right here on ABC News live and now we have some breaking news overseas one person is dead and at least two dozen injured after severe turbulance on a Singapore Airlines flight the airlines says the Boeing plane from London was carrying 229 passengers and crew when it was diverted to Bangkok for an emergency landing foreign correspondent Maggie Ry joins me now for more Maggie what do we know so far hey Diane yeah well now we know that in addition to that one fatality 18 people have been hospitalized another 12 are being treated for their injuries and Diane we’re now getting our first look inside the aircraft a glimpse of what really happened up in the air through uh social media post from passengers on board we’re able to see uh passengers being taken off through an emergency exit on stretchers you then see some fairly graphic images things like blood on the seats you also see large dens in the ceiling and in the luggage compartments up ahead one passenger spoke with Reuters and described this scene Diane he said suddenly the aircraft starts tilting up and there was shaking so I started bracing for what was happening and very suddenly there was a very dramatic drop so everyone seated and not wearing a seat Bel was launched immediately into the ceiling he says some people hit their heads on the baggage cabins overhead and dented it then they hit places where the lights and masks are and broke straight through Diane we still don’t have all of the details we don’t know exactly what happened on board that flight but with some of these images and videos that are being released right now and those firsthand accounts it uh it just sounds terrifying and Maggie what’s Boeing saying yeah well Boeing just released a fairly short statement they said we are in contact with Singapore Airlines regarding this flight and stand ready to support them we extend our deepest condolences to the family who lost a loved one and our thoughts are with the passengers and crew and now for their port Singapore Airlines has been put numerous updates on social media they also expressed their condolences they also said their plan on sending a team to Thailand to be there to assist in any way they can and they’ve also opened up a hotline for families of people that were on this flight Dan all right foreign correspondent Maggie rouy thank you and President Biden is rejecting allegations by a prosecutor at the international criminal court seeking arrest warrants for the Israeli Prime Minister and other top officials for war crimes against humanity Biden calls the prosecutor’s request outrageous saying the war in Gaza is not genocide the prosecutor for the ICC says he’s also seeking arrest warrants for top Hamas leaders White House correspondent Karen Travers joins me now for more Karen President Biden has recently expressed concerns over netanyahu’s handling of the war ICC allegations you know Diane the president is pushing back very strongly on this saying that the these warrants would be outrageous and that there is no equivalence between Israel and Hamas but as you mentioned the president in recent weeks has been more public with his concerns his frustrations with how pres prime minister Netanyahu has been handling the situation in Gaza calling for more restraint calling for more care to be taken for civilian casualties and also concerns about a potential major military operation into Rafa the United States calling for a different way forward but in terms of what the ICC announced yesterday the White House disagrees with this strongly the president said yesterday very clearly what’s happening is not genocide we reject that he says this is outrageous now John Kirby told reporters the administration believes the ICC doesn’t have jurisdiction in Gaza and house Speaker Mike Johnson says Congress is considering sanctioning the court saying if the ICC is allowed to threaten Israeli leaders hours could be next so what can you tell us about the authority of the ISC here on the jurisdiction issue the US and Israel are saying the same thing that because Israel did not sign on as a party to the court they cannot be held liable under it so that’s the same message that we’re hearing from United States officials and officials in Israel in terms of the sanctions we don’t know yet what that would look like going forward a couple weeks ago there was a republican Congressman chip Roy of Texas who introduced a bill to sanction the ICC and its leadership when there were Rumblings that this move might be imminent and Diane that bill does not have any text yet we don’t have any timeline for it but it did say that it would seek to impose sanctions with respect to the court if they engaged in any effort to investigate arrest detain or prosecute any protected person of the United States or its allies now the ICC prosecutor is also seeking an arrest warrant for the leader of Hamas for alleged War crime so what are the next steps now yeah so this would go through a process right now there’s three judges that would decide in the coming week whether they would move forward to issue these arrest warrants and if they do prime minister Netanyahu and the leader of Hamas could face arrest in any nation that is party to the court and that’s an important thing here that does not include the United States but that does include most of Europe so that is the countries that would be party to this and that is something that of course could happen in the coming weeks all right White House correspondent Karen Travers Karen thank you coming up extreme heat across the country where the unseasonably warm temperatures are settling in this week also ahead the climate and your mental health how to identify and cope with Eco anxiety in the Ever Changing [Music] climate whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon Maine the 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now huge hail and winds up to 90 mph are forecast across the Midwest this after more than 100 severe storm reports yesterday from Colorado to Michigan meteorologist Samar Theodor is tracking where that threat is headed next hi Samara hey good morning Diane okay so here’s who I need to get ready now right now if you actually live in Iowa you have some rain and storms moving through a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 1 p.m. but as we head through the afternoon and evening this threat becomes more elevated specifically just to the east of Omaha right around 3 p.m. you’re going to start to see that line coming together very well that will then sweep Eastward across de Moy Cedar Rapids Mason City Davenport down towards Kirksville and as far north as lacrosse it’s there where we could see ef2 tornadoes are even higher uh and damaging wind as we move into Chicago timing on that Chicago that really dangerous line arrives around 8 9:00 tonight so you’re coming home from work you’re going to the grocery store be careful out there on the roads because we’re looking at some very strong uh damaging winds and possibly straight line winds okay tomorrow the severe weather threat is a little bit far farther south it stretches from Waco Texas all the way up to Rochester and uh Buffalo New York but the area in Orange is where we have the highest threat for tornadoes and damaging winds that includes Dallas Little Rock Texas Arcana right on up into Springfield and Paduka so keep that in mind one thing only helping to energize these storms is the Heat record heat look at some of these numbers record highs possible in shreport today St Louis even Binghamton New York 90° in the east coast we’re looking about 10 to 20° above normal for this time of year Diane so uh we’re really in the throws of this severe weather season and it’s so imperative that folks have those alerts on tonight if they’re living in the Heartland there is great advice Samar Theodore thank you and researchers now say climate change can impact your mental health in three different ways as part of mental health awareness month we are looking at how to identify and manage Eco anxiety Chief climate correspondent Ginger Z has the details there are a variety of consequences a changing CL clate can have on people’s mental health it’s a growing area of research but the American Psychiatric association says that impacts fall into three buckets there are the direct impacts of heat on the brain and the prevalence of mental illness there are indirect effects that are the many ripples of putting carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and then there are psychological impacts one of the psychological impacts Trauma from living through an extreme weather disaster some also struggle with mental distress sometimes called anxiety as they watch the world grapple with climate change I feel anxiety constantly about the weather about like the weather overheating I do get stressed fairly often people expect us to be the 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Massachusetts has had a rough time in school since the third grade I didn’t really like school at that time so I was like hesitating to do my homework for Mom Esther the breaking point for us was homework during parent teacher conference in the spring I remember going in and meeting with his teacher and I walked out crying cuz she was telling me he’s not keeping up with his peers he’s not able to write a paragraph by pulling together his thoughts academic declines and the loss of social connection are what Richard Reeves president of the nonpartisan research group American Institute for boys and men is worried about you say the boys are not okay what does that mean to you it means that in classrooms around the country we see that the boys are just behind the girls so on average now they’re a grade level behind in English and literacy at about Middle School age but if you see gender gaps of this size then you should worry about the system that’s producing those gaps Reef says these disparities hit boys of color particularly hard and that many young men today lack a clear definition of their roles in the way we’ve created identity for girls you go girl Girls on the Run black girl magic girls you know girls con code just this amazing message of be independent be powerful be you right incredibly positive messaging and so what’s left is a bunch of boys and men who are just floundering with this question about how to be a good man we’ve done a really good job of calling men out and calling boys out for their bad behavior we’ve done a really bad job of calling them in and making them feel seen and heard and part of and part of our conversation and feeling needed and valued and reev says we have to support our boys with extra help and patience and that’s working for Sebastian who’s received extra coaching to help with reading they broke it down into smaller sections and they created a schedules and he’s getting some tips for organization and time management I’m super 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trial the jury’s now leaving the courtroom until next week with a pre-charged conference happening later later this afternoon this after testimony from Robert Costello a former lawyer for Rudy Giuliani who testified that Michael Cohen told him Trump did not know about the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels I want to bring in our senior reporter Katherine falders along with ABC News legal contributor Brian Buck Meer for more Katherine the jury’s now out till next week so what happens next right so as you mentioned later this afternoon they’ll have that charge conference where the judge will uh where there debate instructions about how to instruct the jury before deliberation so that will happen at 2:15 obviously the jury won’t be in the room for that but we will see the former president his lawyers and prosecutors again and then look after that after that 215 conference they’re out for the Memorial Day Weekend they’ll come back summations will be on Tuesday I’m not sure that we’ve gotten an answer yet to whether or not um the jury can be in on Wednesday he says if they can’t yeah I’m I’m just looking at the notes from inside the court because the judge wanted this to be consistent so Tuesday they’ll do the summation so closings in the case potentially work on Wednesday and then look this goes to the jury the jury will begin deliberating so in terms of timeline when the jury begins deliberating how long that will take obviously is unclear um so it’s just in their hands and then of course after that hopefully uh Trump he would say hopefully could get back out on the campaign Trail Brian what’s each side going to try to get out of this pre-charge conference so it’s really about arguing about where the commas are put and the eyes are then teaser cross we’re we’re talking about instructions like lack of Interest or interested witnesses that fals us and Uno whether you make one false statement and all your statements can be thrown out and then of course the actual charges themselves the falsification of business records and what theory the prosecution is putting forward and what language under that theory is going to be used and so in that both sides are going to want to get the most favorable uh interpretation or words that are going to be used so they can kind of fit those factual arguments into the framework that is the law that the judge is going to give to the jury based on what you’ve heard so far what are the key points you expect each side to focus on during their closing arguments let’s start with the prosecution what do you think they are going to try to really home in on and what story are they going to try to paint here so I think they hone in on how this case came about their investigation they’re going to start with the catch and kill scheme that started with David Becker and the conversation that Michael Cohen had with him to kind of create that the multiple check-ins as they try to point out that Michael Cohen had with Donald Trump to attach him to this crime that he is knowledgeable about the workings of Michael Cohen as well as the payment and reimbursement and how those all occurred I think another aspect they’ve got to focus on uh because don’t forget the order in which these closing arguments happen is the defense goes first and the prosecution goes last the prosecution has to address many of the pitfalls of their star witness Michael Cohen and his credibility they’re going to have to try to rehabilitate that through corroboration saying that yes Cohen has lied here here here here here here here and here but on these instances he is telling the truth because we have the receipts so to speak and for the defense they’ve got a point at every lie and every reason why you cannot believe Michael Cohen and that this case rest on his credibility and his um recounting of these events and I think credibility becomes a big point for both sides Katherine what’s at stake here for the former president both legally and also in terms of his campaign and reputation well legally if he’s found guilty that could be obviously potential jail time for the former president who knows whether that will happen or not but in terms of the campaign even if he is found guilty by the jury of course Trump’s lawyers are obviously expected to appeal any sort of um verdict in in that sense so we could probably expect that legally and and as it relates to the campaign look I know we’ve talked a lot about the politics and the legal being Blended together this isn’t really going to affect you know after the fact after the trial is over it’s not really going to affect his ability to get back out on the campaign Trail and do his rallies and campaign and do his fundraisers surely he will appear in other court houses if there happen to be some hearings or motions hearings or status hearings though he doesn’t need to show up but he does view his legal woses and his legal dilemas as part of his political platform at this point so frankly he views this as a beneficial in some way now I’m curious to see uh with any verdict if he is found guilty here how that ultimately affects the polling politically how that affects uh his money flow we know that some donors have said privately that they won’t give money uh if he is found guilty in in any of these in any of these cases so that still is to be determined Diane and Brian we can’t ignore the historic nature of this a former president has never stood criminal trials so what does the outcome here do for precedent I think it creates a precedent that regardless of what your political affiliation how you document and how you run your campaign will be evaluated not just by the federal government but by various state governments as well uh we have an election this year we have two individuals that we think are going to be uh the presumptive nominees for their respective parties and I think in terms of Precedence what we’re going to see is whether you’re in New York Iowa California Texas now State prosecutors will look at how these filings are done and how they’re documented and I think we’re going to see uh greater investigations or better scrutiny of political candidates and how they run from the federal all the way down to the state level Katherine what are you watching for next in these proceedings look I think at the end of the day it’s going to be in the in the hands of the jury soon so if there’s any more theatrics from from the Trump side I don’t really think that they have much room to do any of that um so the question is how long do they deliberate there’s all sorts of tea leaves when when reading the jury as Brian knows all too well if they deliberate an hour later they come back with a with a verdict that’s probably not a good thing for Trump um but you know who knows they only need one juror for a hung jury and and frankly at this rate the Trump lawyers view that at least as a win they now are out of court until next week so what do you expect from The Campaign on that front will former president Trump take advantage to hit the campaign Trail and what’s their messaging going to be until then yeah I think he will take advantage of it in some ways and their messaging will be similar to what we’ve seen throughout the trial and and their fundraising efforts if you will and those emails that we get that he’s being unlawful persecuted and prosecuted he blames this on on Joe Biden even though there’s no evidence of that in any way as it relates to this case so I I can assure you we will see a lot more of that we will see his political allies definitely appearing on the airwaves I’m sure they’re doing that currently or maybe soon outside the courthouse all of those advisers you see him behind there uh who have shown up to court with him I think we’ll see a lot of that and frankly I do think he’ll take advantage of this Trump will in some ways between now and then it is the Memorial Day long weekend but he will have some campaign events as well all right Catherine falers Brian buckmire thank you both and we will keep you updated on the latest of former president Trump’s criminal hush money trial right here on ABC News live stay with us former president Trump is under Fire after posting and now deleting a video on social media that used language from Nazi Germany it’s the latest in a series of posts and statements his opponents say are anti-semitic and authoritarian Rachel Scott has that story former president Donald Trump sparking backlash after a video posted to his social media account seemingly suggests there will be a unified Reich if he wins the 2024 election Donald Trump wins what’s next for America those words are largely associated with Nazi Germany and alaf Hitler’s thirdd Reich another name for his Nazi regime the 32nd video features hypothetical newspaper articles of trump celebrating a victory in November that phrase is appearing three times including under the headline what’s next for America it includes references to World War I citing German industrial strength and peace through strength another headline suggesting Trump would reject globalists a phrase often used by the far right as an anti-semitic slur in a statement Trump campaign’s press secretary says this was not a campaign video it was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word while the president was in court the American dream is back the Trump campaign deleted the video after several hours but it’s not the first time Trump has used language similar to what Adolf Hitler once wrote just months ago he declared immigrants are poisoning the blood of America they’re poisoning the blood of our country that’s what they’ve done the Biden campaign issuing a statement saying Donald Trump is not playing games he’s telling America exactly what he intends to do if he regains power rule as a dictator over a unified rank the Biden campaign calling this a pattern noting that the former president had dinner with the white supremacist two years ago and also once said that there were very fine people on both sides after the Charlottesville white supremacist rally we asked the Trump campaign why this video was left up for several hours and they did not respond Rachel Scott thank you and the Department of Homeland Security is issuing a new warning about artificial intelligence and the 2024 election the department says AI offers opportunities for Bad actors to undermine our democratic system ABC News chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has the latest hi Pierre good morning artificial intelligence is no longer the stuff of Science Fiction is causing real concern right now as Homeland Security officials issue a stark new warning about this year’s November election we live in a world where artificial intelligence can create video pictures and documents that look stunningly authentic now the Department of Homeland Security is warning AI will likely be used against us in the upcoming election this isn’t a threat of tomorrow this is a threat of today according to the new Homeland Security bulletin enemy countries terrorists and other adversaries could exploit AI tools to confuse or overwhelm voters and election staff to disrupt their duties during the 2024 election cycle for example according to the DHS bulletin enemies might use AI to share altered images videos or audio clips claiming that a polling station is closed or that polling times have changed the bulletin points to this audio we know the value of voting Democratic when our votes count it’s important that you save your vote for the November election which authorities suspect it’s an AI generated message sounding like President Biden which urged people not to vote in the leadup to the New Hampshire Primary in January and DHS officials also expressing concern that AI technology might be used to create and push out dangerous information that could help extremists design violent 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assistant known as Sky a strikingly familiar voice take a listen hey chbt how are you doing I’m doing fantastic thanks for asking that voice according to Johanson is eerily similar to none other than her own in the 2013 movie her where Johansson plays of all things an AI assistant here she is in the film it seems like I’m having so many new feelings that I don’t think I’ve ever been felt before and again here’s open AI Sky once upon a time in a world not too different from ours there was a robot named bite Jo Hanson’s husband Colin Jo even waiting into the controversy on last week’s SNL Chad GPT has released a new voice assistant feature inspired by Scarlet Johansson’s AI character in her which I’ve never bothered to watch because without that body what’s the point of listening and as it turns out Sam Alman is a fan of the film telling a conference last year it’s his favorite which part of her do you look at and go this is never going to happen well I I mean a ton of it the number of things that I think her got right this idea that it is going to be this like conversational language interface that was incredibly prophetic and certainly more than a little bit inspired us Altman approached Johansson to become the voice of his new product but Johansson says she declined with Altman asking her to reconsider just two days before its release the issue here is not that her voice was itself was taken but was there in fact something so close that she should have uh legal rights against open AI That’s the question here now Johansson whose lawyers are insisting open AI disclose how it developed the voice says she’s shocked angered and in disbelief the company disputing the comparison in a blog post writing AI should not deliberately mimic a celebrity’s distinctive voice and that the voice of Sky belongs to a different professional actor who they say was cast for The Voice before they reached out to Johansson Alman writing in a statement we are sorry to miss Johansson that we 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legal contributor Brian buckmire for more Aaron what’s the latest the charging conference will be held after the lunch break and that’s a chance for the attorneys to discuss with the Jud judge how he intends to instruct the jury on the law and the evidence and for this particular case uh some of the nuances are going to be important because I expect the judge will end up telling the jury that former president Trump can be convicted of falsifying business records if he actually does the falsification himself or if he causes others to falsify the records and we know that some of what the prosecutors have argued were falsified includes the inv voices that Michael Cohen prepared asserting that he was to be paid pursuant to a retainer agreement which he testified and others testified did not exist so some of the the instructions to the jury are going to be key and prosecutors are probably going to want uh more expansive explanations perhaps uh the defense would want more narrowly tailored explanations Brian closing arguments are now expected next week what are you listening for what do you think each side has to do there in order to win this case so the prosecution is very straightforward there are elements of this crime they have to meet each and every one of them Beyond A Reasonable Doubt the intented the fraud and underlying crime to Aid and ab bet the commission thereof and I think that they’re going to walk through the catch and kill scheme the agreements between uh David pecker and Michael Cohen and the way that these checks moved back and forth for the purpose of reimbursement not legal expenses making sure there’s a distinction between the two uh that this was a reimbursement and not a legal expense that’s what the prosecution has to proof for the defense they interestingly enough have a number of theories that they could uh try to raise Reasonable Doubt one that the prosecution didn’t prove their case about A Reasonable Doubt to as we’ve heard them say multiple times that there is no crime in this but also from Bob Costello that uh Donald Trump didn’t know about the ins and outs of this payment uh based on what Michael Cohen allegedly told him a lot of different theories and they don’t think they really work that well together so I’m looking to see which one they pick which one they run with and based on the evidence and the testimony presented throughout this case do you think the prosecution has enough to be able to prove Donald Trump is guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt I think they have enough but I do not think they are as confident in it as they were uh going into this trial I think that Michael Cohen and through Bob Castello they took a few hits in terms of believability and credibility I think I can see a path towards a conviction but I can also see a path towards a hung jury and a lot of jury deliberation and some arguments in between um closing arguments and a verdict ultimately it’s going to decide as to what these 12 decide in terms of those arguments back and forth and what facts they they give more credibility to so Katherine what does this mean for Trump and his ability to be on the campaign Trail again look we’ll see I don’t think it affects his ability to be on the campaign Trail too much because at the end of the day we’re going into the long weekend Memorial Day he does have plenty of time to campaign between now and when they have to be back in court on Tuesday but then uh one closing statement ments happen closing arguments happen and then uh the jury could potentially they could potentially work on Wednesday uh once the jury gets the case once they begin deliberating Trump isn’t likely to leave that courthouse at all he’ll stay there during the deliberations and we’ll just have to see at the end of the day how long the jury deliberates and that will obviously determine how um and when Donald Trump can get back on the campaign tra but as you know he’s been bringing the campaign Trail to him he’s been using that camera as somewhat of a campaign stump speech if you will so he hasn’t really and I know he says this publicly uh but he hasn’t totally missed too much of it in a way because Trump does view his legal woses as as good politics frankly he views it as helping his campaign uh so at the end of the day uh he does want to get back out there but that’s not going to prevent him from using all those resources like that camera and his political allies to campaign for him all right Aaron kkki kathern falers Brian buckmire thank you all and we will be covering Trump’s criminal hush money trial all day long we’ll bring you the latest right here on ABC News live meanwhile one person is dead and more than 60 injured after severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight the airline says that plane was coming from London carrying 229 passengers and crew when it had to be diverted to Bangkok for an emergency landing AB news contributor and former Marine Corps fighter pilot Steve ganard joins me now for more on this Steve this flight reportedly hit severe turbulence over the Indian Ocean and then descended 6,000 ft in a span of about three minutes what does that feel like when you’re on an airplane not not I shouldn’t laugh but it’s not very fun nobody likes turbulence not even Pilots like turbulence Diane so apparently they were coming in over the Indian Ocean over the endc and over actually over the irowa river valley which is in Myanmar as they’re about to cross in Thailand as you know this is a very tropical area it’s uh it gets hot in the daytime you have all this heat rising off the uh off of the land and it’s very wet and so you get these big afternoon thunderstorms which is when when this occurred sometimes they create these big lines that make it very difficult for pilots and they have to navigate through the worst part of these storms so uh think of these storms sort of like a Rapids in a in a river or a waterfall air is a fluid so it’s turbulent what happens is this hot Rising air creates the turbulence so the air is moving around it gets up it condenses and you get these big thunderstorms so there is air going both up and down inside of a thunderstorm and so when people say they hit an air pocket really what you’re doing is you’re going into turbulence where the air is rapidly going up and going down and the airplane is having to fly through that so that’s what was produced here apparently the fast and seats belt sign came on just prior to hitting this turbulence which would suggest that the pilot knew they were about to go through an area of of activity at least uh thunderstorms and so they said quick get your seat belt on unfortunately the people who were injured did not get their seat Bel on in time now millions of people travel every day and turbulence is something that’s pretty normal to anticipate on a flight uh so what can you do if you’re a traveler to try to prevent something like this uh because you know sometimes that fast and seat belt like comes on and you’re in the bathroom or you’re up getting something or you’re trying to get your toddler buckled in you know there are a number of scenarios here where it’s easier said than done to just put your seat belt on right away sure and all of us are inveterate Travelers and we’re like oh it’s not going to happen it’s a nice clear day so there are a couple types of turbulence one is sort of clear air turbulence where you have the jet stream which we know drives weather around the world when those jet streams come together they can create severe turbulence but in this case and in most cases it’s therm activity so it’s it’s thunderstorms it’s the hot air Rising off the Earth that keeps that contributes to this this kind of instability and turbulence so that’s something that people just need to understand when the pilot and the cabin crew say put your seat belt on it means put your seat Bel on so I think there have been four deaths of people inside of cabins since about 1980 so it is possible to be killed by turbulence but not if you have your seat belt on nobody has ever even been hurt by turbulence if they had their seat build on as a pilot yourself how how do you navigate situations like this is is there a way to avoid turbulence or at least this kind of turbulence yeah the this kind of turbulence shows up on radar the clear air turbulence we talked about where you have these big rivers of air coming together does not show up on on radar so that’s a little more Insidious because you could be up you know using the bathroom or getting something to eat and be caught unawares in this case the light came on the pilot said put your seat belt on likely because they saw the thunderstorm the line of thunderstorms in front of them they knew they had to penetrate at some point and so there was at least some advanced warning here but unfortunately some people didn’t get buckled in in time and Steve this event obviously will go under investigation what are you what are you listening for and looking for there yeah how much warning the crew actually gave the uh the folks in the back was there enough time uh it was middle of the day the radar was presumably working so perhaps there should have been more time more time for the people in the back to include the the cabin crew to be able to get buckled in because it sounds like that some of the cabin crew themselves were hurt as well so they didn’t know that it was coming uh so it’ll just be was there enough time did they give enough warning I think one thing Diana where where people get concerned is well are the wings going to get ripped off in turbulence you know we all see the wings out there flapping they’re designed to do that so think about this horrible incident that just happened where you had all these people injured injured but the airplane came out of it just fine so I guess the only positive thing to think about here is understand just how strong these airplanes are how they’re built to withstand this kind of turbulence and the only time people really get hurt in turbulence is when they don’t buckle their seat belt all right the planes are built to withstand it we are not unless we have our seat belts buckled Steve ganard thank you as always and President Biden is rejecting allegations from the international criminal court as a prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for the Israeli Prime Minister and other top officials for war crimes against humanity Biden calls the prosecutor’s request outrageous saying the war in Gaza is not genocide and that prosecutor says he’s also seeking arrest warrants for top Hamas leaders White House correspondent Karan Travers joins me now for more on this Karen President Biden has expressed concerns over Benjamin n netan who’s handling of the war in Gaza so how is he reconciling that with this response now to the IC saying that this request is outrageous yeah President Biden said yesterday that there is no equivalence between Israel and tamas and yes it’s true that in recent weeks the president and his administration have come out more public more forcefully saying that Israel has to take more concern and Care over civilians in Gaza they’ve also been pushing for a different path forward than what Israel might be planning for a major military operation into TFA where there are about a million civilians who’ve been taking Refuge there but in terms of what the ICC announced they could be doing yesterday with these arrest warrants the president said it’s outrageous and he said yesterday very bluntly what’s happening is not genocide we reject that again the president’s saying there’s no equivalence between what Hamas is doing and what Israel is doing is they carry out their war in Gaza now the administration says they don’t believe the IC has jurisdiction in Gaza and the house speaker is now saying Congress is considering sanctioning the I regarding these warrants uh saying that if the IC is allowed to threaten Israeli leaders our leaders could be next so what what is that the authority of the IC do they have jurisdiction here and what could potential sanctions look like on the jurisdiction issue the United States and Israel are saying the same thing that the ICC does not have authority here because Israel did not sign on to the court is not a party to it so therefore they could not be held liable under it now in terms of sanctions the white house uh just said that they are talking to Capitol Hill about what could come next but it’s not clear what a timeline that could be and what sanctions could even look like there was a republican Congressman chip Roy of Texas a couple weeks ago who introduced legislation that could move forward on sanctions on the ICC on the court and its leadership but there’s no bill text of that no timeline then on where that could go from here but Diane one thing that they did say is that they want to try to investigate or that they they would impose sanctions based on anybody that would try to investigate arrest detain or prosecute any protected person of the United States and its allies so another strong show of support there from the United States and the administration for Israel so Karen what are the next steps in actually getting these warrant for these Israeli and Hamas leaders and what happens if they do could Benjamin Netanyahu be taken away in handcuffs yeah it could take a couple weeks for this to play out right now there are three judges that will look at all of this and then decide whether or not to issue those arrest warrants and here’s something that’s important though the arrest warrants would be in any nation that is party to the court now that of course as we say is not Israel because they didn’t sign on to this that’s also not the United States but it is countries in Europe so that is where this would apply and again this would happen over the next couple of weeks as these judges would consider the next steps and President Biden is in New Hampshire today for an event on Veterans Healthcare what do you expect to hear from him today this is a pretty big announcement for the administration the president’s going to say that there have been over 1 million claims approved from Veterans for Health Care under the packed act this was bipartisan legislation the president signed into law in 2002 to get better care for veterans who have been exposed to toxic burn pits or other hazardous materials while they were serving in Iraq or Afghanistan the administration also says there have been more than 5.4 million screenings for veterans who’ve been exposed to this kind of toxic chemicals now this is personal for the president because he often talks about how his son Bo died of brain cancer and he says it’s because of his own exposure when Bo was serving in IR Roa next to those burn pits so look for him to talk about that today talk about his son Bo while he’s meeting with veterans and their families in New Hampshire today all right White House correspondent Karen Travers thank you meanwhile anti-war protesters were just removed from a senate hearing after interrupting testimony from Secretary of State Anthony blinkin calling him a war criminal secretary blinkin is there to make the case for the president’s $64 billion Foreign Affairs budget proposal and this all comes amid a deep divide in the country over funding for Israel ABC’s Jay O’Brien joins me now on Capitol Hill for more Jay what just happened yeah blinkin was just less than a minute frankly Diane into his remarks when the first protester interrupted him that protester uh said that he was a quote unquote Butcher and then other protesters sprung up and said as you noted they called him a war criminal there about three protesters maybe four in total the hearing seems to have calmed down since then again these demonstrators have been removed the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ben Carden made the point to apologize to blinkin about the interruptions but also say that these demonstrate as you just noted the high temperature on this issue across the country and then said inside this hearing this morning not everyone is going to agree on different Avenues of the administration’s handling of the Israel Hamas War certainly there are Progressive Democrats who think that the administration and blinkin and the president have let them down on this issue now blinkin is testifying before two Senate committees the Foreign Relations Committee and then later today another subcommittee why two hearings what are they focusing on so this is about the budget it’s something that you got to kind of kick into the fall every single cabinet secretary testifies about their budget and blink’s got two different ones he’s got the overall uh hearing to the entire Senate Foreign Relations Committee and then a smaller hearing later on this afternoon to a subcommittee of that same Senate Foreign Relations Committee as you said earlier he was going to make the case for the budget but you almost have to kind of put that aside and talk about the news environment in which these hearings occur so another thing that blinkin is most notably going to be asked about is the administration’s decision to pause the shipment of some 2,000 PB bombs to Israel Over concerns that those massive bombs could be used in Israel’s uh military operation in Rafa that City in the south of Gaza that’s home to more than a million refugees there are certainly Republicans particularly on that committee that’s meeting later on on in the day Lindsey Graham Chief among them that are staunchly opposed to that decision and you can exp expect Lincoln to get some pointed questions on that decision made by the administration Jay this also comes after a prosecutor at the international criminal court requested arrest warrants for the leader of Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Ben Benjamin Netanyahu over alleged war crimes the Biden Administration has rejected that move so do you think we’ll see blinkin talk about that at the hearings at all he actually already has just moments ago and that was one point of universal agreement the top Democrat on that committee the top Republican on that committee and Anthony blinkin all together said in various ways they reject that arrest warrant and the accusations made by the IC they said it was a false equivalency among other things to compare Israel to the leader of Hamas because there have been two arrest warrants requested as carara noted earlier one for yah sinir the leader of Hamas and the other for uh Benjamin Netanyahu again the US has rejected those um called them outrageous the president has and blinkin echoed what the president said and Democrats and Republicans both agreeing with him a rare point of bipartisan agreement andj blinkin is also expected to testify before the house tomorrow what can we expect from those hearings you can expect him to get some point questions in front of House Republicans 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Colorado to Michigan meteorologist Tomar Theodor is tracking where that threat is headed now hi Samara hey good morning Diane okay so I’m going to segment this okay guys so segment one we have severe thunderstorms moving through the state of Iowa right now in fact this area in pink including Cedar Rapids Fort Dodge de Moy all under severe thunderstorm watch until 100 p.m. then this afternoon around 2 3:00 you’re going to start to see a line of storms really coming into high definition and formation just to the east of Omaha around 2 3:00 that line then sweeps through Iowa sweeps into areas like uh Illinois this red zone so if you’re in a city in this Red Zone you run the risk of seeing a strong tornado we’re talking ef2 or even higher that’s Mason City de Moy Cedar Rapids Davenport Kirksville that’s this afternoon is this evening for my friends living out in Chicago that chance starts to rise around 8 9:00 tonight and it’s there where where we could still see some tornadoes but you have a higher risk of damaging winds 70 to 90 miles per hour and I say this all the time but when we see uh very strong straight line winds that could be as damaging as a low-level tornado so keep that in mind tomorrow the threats for severe weather shifts farther south now we’re talking Waco Dallas Little Rock that’s the biggest shot at seeing tornado but anywhere from uh Texas right on up into even Rochester New York we could see thunderstorms that are strong to severe a lot of this just being fueled by the heat that we are dealing with these storms so record highs are possible shreport 93 degrees 93 in St Louis maybe even 90 in Bingington anywhere else it’s unusually hot for our friends in Puerto Rico excessive heat warnings it’s going to feel like up to 112 degrees and finally I’ll leave it here Diane I know that we’re entering a holiday week weekend so folks are going to be traveling soon anyone who is going to be leaving from places like Dallas Fort Worth be prepared for the 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a part of the story I bet you didn’t see coming make it your daily first listen wherever you get your podcasts [Music] hi I’m D let’s get right to our top story court is adjourned until next Tuesday in former president Trump’s historic criminal hush money trial the defense has rested its case after a former lawyer fudi Giuliani testified that Michael Cohen told him Trump did not know about the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels now lawyers are preparing for a pre-charged conference this afternoon before they make their closing arguments ABC News senior reporter Katherine falers joins me now along with ABC News legal contributor Brian buckmire for more Katherine what’s the latest from Court well look we know that the court is in recess they will come back around 2:15 to hash out uh how the jury jury instructions will look like and how the jury will be instructed to uh deliberate on this so that’s what’s happening now they’re in a break the jury won’t return obviously to uh the courtroom today they’re done until next week until Tuesday when summations are supposed to occur now on Tuesday in terms of the timeline here uh the judge may go a little long he says they may work late um and if they can’t work late they might come in on Wednesday so after the jury gets the case um it’s Off to the Races for them in terms of deliberating uh we obviously don’t know how long they will deliberate it’s really in their hands at this point now throughout that process you could see uh the jury issue a number of uh what what are called notes where they could have a question for the judge they could ask for clarification on a certain definition for something we could see that occur uh it’s just unclear at this point how long this will last but overall on the timeline of this this has this trial has at least gone by much faster than both parties originally thought that it would Brian with closing arguments coming next week the defense has made a few different arguments throughout the course of this trial through their questioning and an opening statements and former president Trump’s comments to the cameras outside Court including that the way that these transactions were listed was fine that they were legal fees um including that uh Trump wanted to prevent people from finding out about the stormy Daniel story to protect his family not because of the campaign and now we also heard with this last witness the argument made that Trump didn’t know about the hush money payment at all where do you expect them to go how do you expect to put them into all of these into one argument for these closing so first and foremost I start with it’s not necessarily what we know because we see the comments that Donald Trump makes uh when he’s outside of the hallways uh but the jury doesn’t to to somee kind of block that out and only think about what the jury saw just like with Bob Castell for example the jury didn’t really see that Outburst uh we all know what happened we read the transcript but the jury’s not going to really be contemplating but even in questioning the defense did try to go after those fees and talk about other work that Michael Cohen was doing trying to imply it sounds like that those fees maybe weren’t reimbursement for Stormy Daniels they were for this other work that Cohen was doing yeah so what I to answer your question I think what the defense is going to have to do is they’re gonna have to narrow their argument to this is not illegal that’s what they opened with with Bob Costello his testimony almost made me think like were you planning on having him testify when you did opening statement because a lot of what he said I think is good in many regards that Donald Trump didn’t know this that that uh Michael Cohen was telling Bob Costello the truth when he said that Donald Trump didn’t know uh about these payments or or how they were operating but that’s not what they opened with and so for them to try to meander out of what they opened with into Bob Costello but then also argue what they opened with I think they have to drop one of those arguments and focus clearly on one or they’re going to have to go with the argument of well Reasonable Doubt can come from anything so if you believe Bob Costello that’s reasonable doubt if you believe that these are not area of a crime that’s reasonable doubt if you believe that Michael Cohen is not credible that’s reasonable doubt but oftentimes in a jury uh trial like this giving alternative theories that are so distinct from each other aren’t the most helpful Arguments for the defense and what if you’re the prosecution what are you doing in these closing arguments to try to hammer this case home and prove guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt so I was thinking about about order and as a defense attorney I hate the fact that prosecutors get the final word the prosecution literally gets to sit back and see what theory the defense goes with drive home their Theory which they started with and was pretty consistent from their opening statements and then kind of take a shotgun approach of this is why this Bob Castell argument is wrong this is why saying Donald Trump didn’t know was wrong based on his tweets and the information came in and they just got get to Cherry pick uh the arguments that they find are weakest from the defense because ultimately they get the last word before the jury gets the charges and then begin deliberating next week Katherine Trump has also been very vocal the jury does not see his comments but he’s been very vocal outside the courtroom in part because he can’t be on the campaign Trail so what does the timing now mean as they go into closing arguments and deliberation that he’s no longer going to be stuck in this courtroom yeah look well the judge surely wants to wrap this up as soon as possible so I I have a feeling that everything that will occur prior to the jury beginning to deliberate will be rather quick of course it just depends how long the jury does deliberate and I’m sure Trump uh will stay in that Courthouse um for the entirety of the deliberation so I’m not sure it slows down the campaign trailed so much or his momentum look he has that camera right there he can go out and talk to that camera whenever he feels like he has his political allies they’re going out and talking to all the cameras outside the courthouse so you will continue to see that and he has it’s it’s Tuesday he should be out of there pretty soon and he has um from now until he’s back on Tuesday so a week to be out on the campaign Trail and campaigning so he has definitely um a good amount of time right now and surely he will be back in a week and it just depends how long deliberations end up lasting but he is eager to get back out on the campaign Trail at the same time he does view these legal issues um as something that is good for the politics of it all Catherine fers Brian buck thank you both and we will be covering Trump’s criminal hush money trial all day long we’ll bring you the latest right here on ABC News live and former president Trump is under Fire after posting and deleting a video on social media that used language from Nazi Germany it’s the latest in a series of posts and statements his opponents say are anti-semitic and authoritarian Rachel Scott has that story former president Donald Trump sparking backlash after a video posted to his social media account seemingly suggests there will will be a unified Reich if he wins the 2024 election Donald Trump wins what’s next for America those words are largely associated with Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler’s thirdd Reich another name for his Nazi regime the 32nd video features hypothetical newspaper articles of trump celebrating a victory in November that phrase appearing three times including under the headline what’s next for America it includes references to World War I citing Germany industrial strength and peace through strength another headline suggesting Trump would reject globalists a phrase often used by the far right as an anti-semitic slur in a statement Trump campaign’s press secretary says this was not a campaign video it was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word while the president was in court the American dream is back the Trump campaign deleted the video after several hours but it’s not the first time Trump has used language similar to what Adolf Hitler once wrote just months ago he declared immigrants are poisoning the blood of America they’re poisoning the blood of our country that’s what they’ve done the Biden campaign issuing a statement saying Donald Trump is not playing games he’s telling America exactly what he intends to do if he regains power rule as a dictator over a unified rake the Biden campaign calling this a pattern noting that the former president had dinner with the white supremacist 2 years ago and also once said that there were very fine people on both sides after the Charlottesville white supremacist rally we asked the Trump campaign why this video was left up for several hours and they did not respond Rachel Scott thank you and ABC’s Deputy political director Avery Harper joins me now for more Avery what kind of a response was this post getting when it was up right uh there has been widespread backlash to this post and uh you know it was left up for many hours after it started getting that backlash I’ll tell you the Biden campaign has slammed the incident they call it a part of a long history of anti-Semitic Behavior by the former president and there is a pattern of former president Trump utilizing references to uh Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler you have to remember it’s hasn’t been that long since uh we saw former president Trump refer to his political opponents as Vermin uh also he refer to uh immigrants as poisoning the blood of this country uh like we saw in that piece his campaign they did Issue a statement about uh this post they say it’s not something that was created by the campaign but you have to understand that uh when a a campaign reposts another piece of content be it a video or a a tweet or uh just a a a picture that that’s widely considered uh endorsing the contents of that video and so that has been the backlash that we’ve seen thus far Avery Trump has been vocal about his support for Israel so beyond you know we didn’t create the video is there any explanation for why he would post something with Nazi terminology look I’m not going to attempt to make sense of the former president’s uh post I can point you to the campaign statement saying that uh a staffer who clearly did not see the word is who reposted that video but I do think it’s really important to look at uh this statement in context with things that the former president has said and done in the past uh obviously there is some disconnect between his policies right his support for Benjamin Netanyahu and some of these things that he has said so Avery what kind of an impact could this have on the campaign uh I don’t necessarily anticipate that this is going to have an impact on the campaign per se we’ve seen similar uh incidents in the past uh with former president Trump where he has said these things and it has not shaken uh his support uh within those who are DieHard supporters of him I I do think that we can keep an eye on we will be keeping an eye on how this impacts uh voters who are Independents voters who may be still deciding how they’re going to vote in November all right Avery Harper thank you and the Department of Homeland Security is issuing a new warning about artificial intelligence in the 2024 election the department says AI offers opportunities for Bad actors to undermine our democratic system ABC News chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has those details hi Pierre artificial intelligence is no longer the stuff of Science Fiction is causing real concern right now as Homeland Security officials issue a stark new warning about this year’s November election we live in a world where artificial intelligence can create video pictures and documents that look stunningly authentic now the Department of Homeland Security is warning AI will likely be used against us in the upcoming election this isn’t a threat of tomorrow this is a threat of today according to the new Homeland Security bulletin enemy countes terrorists and other adversaries could exploit AI tools to confuse or overwhelm voters and election staff to disrupt their duties during the 2024 election cycle for example according to the DHS bulletin enemies might use AI to share altered images videos or audio clips claiming that a polling station is closed or that polling times have changed the bulletin points to this audio we know the value of voting Democratic when our votes count it’s important that you save your vote for the November election which authorities suspect it’s an AI generated message sounding like President Biden which urged people not to vote in the leadup to the New Hampshire Primary in January and DHS officials also expressing concern that AI technology might be used to create and push out dangerous information that could help extremists design violent attacks Homeland Security secretary mayor is telling reporters Monday that he has deep concerns that AI will be used to promote huge amounts of false information as we head to the election Diane chief justice correspondent Pier Thomas thank you we’ll be right [Music] back whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at War en rolling for this tornado tore through this town from Leon main the scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile strike ABC News live everywhere in Iceland let’s go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street wherever the story is we’re going to take you there you’re streaming ABC News live ABC News live you’re streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere tonight as 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you actually live in Iowa you have some rain and storms moving through a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 1 p.m. but as we head through the afternoon and evening this threat becomes more elevated specifically just to the east of Omaha right around 300 p.m. you’re going to start to see that line coming together very well that will then sweep Eastward across de Moy Cedar Rapids Mason City Davenport down towards Kirksville and as far north as lacrosse it’s there where we could see ef2 tornadoes are even higher uh and damaging wind as we move into Chicago timing on that Chicago that really dangerous line arrives around 8 n o’clock tonight so you’re coming home from work you’re going to the grocery store be careful out there on the roads because we’re looking at some very strong uh damaging winds and possibly straight line winds okay tomorrow the severe weather threat is a little bit farther south it stretches from Waco Texas all the way up to Rochester and uh Buffalo New York but the area in Orange is where we have the highest threat for tornadoes and damaging winds that includes Dallas Little Rock Tex Arcana right on up into Springfield and Paduka so keep that in mind one thing only helping to energize these storms is the Heat record heat look at some of these numbers record highs possible in shreport today St Louis even Bingington New York 90° in the east coast we’re looking about 10 to 20° above normal for this time of year Diane so uh we’re really in the throws of this severe weather season and it’s so imperative that folks have those alerts on tonight if they’re living in the Heartland there is great advice Samar Theodor thank you and researchers now say climate change can impact your mental health in three different ways as part of mental health awareness month we are looking at how to identify and manage Eco anxiety Chief climate correspondent Ginger Z has the details there there are a variety of consequences a changing climate can have on people’s mental health it’s a growing area of research but the American Psychiatric association says that impacts fall into three buckets there are the direct impacts of heat on the brain and the prevalence of mental illness there are indirect effects that are the many ripples of putting carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and then there are psychological impacts one of the psychological impacts Trauma from living through an extreme weather disaster some also struggle with mental distress sometimes called Eco anxiety as they watch the world grapple with climate change I feel anxiety constantly about the weather about like the weather overheating I do get stressed fairly often people expect us to be the generation that that fixes the problem that no one asked for a lot of young people are thinking about how this is going to impact their Futures their safety the idea of wanting to have children worzel noted that there are ways to cope number one make sure your physical needs like cool Cooling and 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more 10-year-old Sebastian of Boston Massachusetts has had a rough time in school since the third grade I didn’t really like school at that time so I was like hesitating to do my homework for Mom Esther the breaking point for us was homework during parent teacher conference in the spring I remember going in and meeting with his teacher and I walked out crying cuz she was telling me he’s not keeping up with his peers he’s not able to write a paragraph by pulling together his thoughts academic declines and the loss of social connection are what Richard Reeves president of the nonpartisan research group American Institute for boys and men is worried about you say the boys are not okay what does that mean to you it means that in classrooms around the country we see that the boys are just behind the girls so on average now they’re a grade level behind in English and literacy at about Middle School age but if you see gender gaps of this size then you should worry about the system that’s producing those gaps Reef says these disparities hit boys of color particularly hard and that many young men today lack a clear definition of their roles in the way we’ve created identity for girls you go girl Girls on the Run black girl magic girls you know girls con code just this amazing message of be independent be powerful be you right incredibly positive messaging and so what’s left is a bunch of boys and men who are just floundering with this question about how to be a good man we’ve done a really good job of calling men out and calling boys out for their bad behavior we’ve done a really bad job of calling them in and making them feel seen and heard and part of and part of our conversation and feeling needed and valued and REE says we have to support our boys with extra help and patience and that’s working for Sebastian who’s received extra coaching to help with reading they broke it down into smaller sections and they created a schedule and he’s getting some tips for organization and time management I’m super grateful that we’re doing it now so that it will set him up for Success now in school as well as you know in the future with life skills the great news is that with some support around study skills Sebastian’s doing much better mom says he’s got all A’s and B’s and the fighting about homework has been dialed way back now a few things parents can do to help their kids um number one don’t treat boys like malfunctioning girls I’m talking to myself I’m the mother of boy girl twins and it’s just important to know boys develop executive function later than girls and for parents that means reminding them helping them create routines uh if you can Advocate your boys uh have male teachers in school reev says it’s the clearest sign that school is for boys and men we also need to Foster spaces for boys to develop friendships in the real world Sports Scouts playdates it’s critical and finally lean into the things your son is interested in outside of school it could be lizards it could be Rocket Motors it could be skateboarding just find a way to celebrate the nonacademic side of their lives Diane love that Becky Worley thanks for that we will be right back what does it take to be the most watched newscast in America we are part of an operation is this our combat Operation Center we’re approaching the gate militants came in from different directions nuclear reactor so you have a couple loaded and ready to go the house is destroyed but the flag not a Car Any how important it made the USA great work hi appr think it’s David D I’m David I know you are you every night ABC’s World News Tonight with David mure is America’s most watched newscast we’re trying to get answers for the community at large even if maybe some of the community doesn’t feel like they need those answers I have covered child homicides before and now my daughter’s autopsy will be made public one day those who felt her will never no peace did you just stand there and 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next Tuesday in former president Trump’s historic criminal hush money trial the defense has rested its case at after a former lawyer fudi Giuliani testified Michael Cohen told him Trump didn’t know about the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels now lawyers are preparing for a pre-charge conference this afternoon before they make their closing arguments next week ABC News senior reporter Katherine falers joins me now along with attorney Adam schahet for more Katherine what’s the latest from Court well we know that they’re in recess the jury has left for the day the jury won’t be back inside the courtroom until Tuesday when they will hear uh closing arguments when they’ll hear summations of course then uh they will just be instructed to they will be get the jury instructions and then they will begin deliberating now we know that Trump and his lawyers will come back to the courtroom around 2:15 this afternoon there will be a conference in which the parties will debate how they plan to instruct the jury prior to their deliberations but that’s at least what we can expect at this point we will have a little bit of a a week here a long weekend a long Memorial Day weekend of quiet a court will resume of course a week from today Adam the defense will be first up in closing arguments what do you think they’ll focus on well you know the prosecution has put forth so much evidence but there are parts of the prosecution’s case that only Michael Cohen testified to and I believe that the defense is going to laser focus on those moments and an effective closing argument from the defense will really focus on those moments make sure that the if the make sure jury thinks if I can’t trust Cohen I have to acit and what about the prosecution well the prosecution really needs to Jujitsu the entire move right they need to make Michael Cohen’s uh weaknesses into a strength right this is the person that Donald Trump chose to carry out his crimes right this is the person that Donald Trump brought into the fold in order to pay off this adult film star right this is the person this was Donald Trump’s Choice um they didn’t choose Michael Cohen Donald Trump did and look at the rest of the evidence 20 Witnesses support him so Katherine what’s at stake here for Trump legally and in terms of his campaign well legally surely depending on if he’s convicted or not there’s a potential for jail time here so obviously he’s certainly worried about that at the same time the lawyers frankly would view it as a win if they get a hung jury so of course they’re relying on uh just one jury to maybe have some questions about what they heard throughout the trial so obviously you know legally there’s a lot at stake politically uh it’s a double-edged sword if you will from sources close to Trump that that I’m talking to on the one hand um Trump views his legal battles as helping him politically he’s using that camera he has those sergot they’re out there all of his CGS are out there talking to the media for example uh at the same time I’m curious to see is if Trump is found guilty how does not resonate with his supporters and especially with his donor base we’ve seen some donors we’ve reported that some donors have privately said that if he’s a convicted of a crime that they wouldn’t support him financially does that happen and then if he is convicted of a crime how does that resonate with his supporters does it help him at times these investigations have seemed to help him but if it does go further and that he is convicted does that then turn off some of his report or supporters we don’t know so that would be something to watch as this trial unfolds kathern fers Adam schad thank you meanwhile one person is dead and more than 60 injured after severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight the airline says that plane was coming from London carrying 229 passengers and crew when it had to be diverted to Bangkok for an emergency landing ABC News contributor and former Marine Corps fighter pilot Steve ganard joins me now for more on this Steve this flight report Ed L hit severe turbulence over the Indian Ocean and then descended 6,000 ft in a span of about three minutes what does that feel like when you’re on an airplane not not I shouldn’t laugh but it’s not very fun nobody likes turbulence not even Pilots like turbulence Diane so apparently they were coming in over the Indian Ocean Over the endan Sea and over actually over the irowa river valley which is in Myanmar as they’re about to cross into Thailand as you know this is a very tropical area it’s uh it gets hot in the daytime you have all this heat rising off the uh off of the land and it’s very wet and so you get these big afternoon thunderstorms which is when when this occurred sometimes they create these big lines that make it very difficult for pilots and they have to navigate through the worst part of these storms so uh think of these storms sort of like a Rapids in a in a river or a waterfall air is a fluid so it’s turbulent what happens is this hot r Rising air creates the turbulence so the air is moving around it gets up it condenses and you get these big thunderstorms so there is air going both up and down inside of a thunderstorm and so when people say they hit an air pocket really what you’re doing is you’re going into turbulence where the air is rapidly going up and going down and the airplane is having to fly through that so that’s what was produced here apparently the fasten seats belt sign came on just prior to hitting this turbulence which would suggest that the pilots knew they were about to go through an area of of activity at least uh thunderstorms and so they said quick get your seat belt on unfortunately the people who were injured did not get their seat belt on in time now millions of people travel every day and turbulence is something that’s pretty normal to anticipate on a flight uh so what can you do if you’re a traveler to try to prevent something like this uh because you know sometimes that fastened seat belt light comes on and you’re in the bathroom or you’re up getting something or you’re trying to get your toddler buckled in you know there are a number of scenarios here where it’s easier said than done to just put your seat belt on right away sure and all of us are inveterate Travelers and we’re like oh it’s not going to happen it’s a nice clear day so there are a couple types of turbulence then one is sort of clear air turbulence where you have the jet stream which we know drives weather around the world when those jet streams come together they can create severe turbulence but in this case and in most cases it’s thermal activity so it’s it’s thunderstorms it’s the hot air Rising off the Earth that keeps that contributes to this this kind of instability and turbulence so that’s something that people just need to understand when the pilot and the cabin crew say put your seat Bel on it means put your seat belt on so I think there have been four deaths of people inside of cabins since about 1980 so it is possible to be killed by turbulence but not if you have your seat belt on nobody has ever even been hurt by turbulence if they had their seat belt on as a pilot yourself how how do you navigate situations like this is is there a way to avoid turbulence or at least this kind of turbulence yeah the this kind of turbulence shows up on radar the clear air turbulence we talked about where you have these big rivers of air coming together does not show up on on radar so that’s a little more Insidious because you could be up you know using the bathroom or getting something to eat and be caught unawares in this case the light came on the pilot said put your seat belt on likely because they saw the thunderstorm the line of thunderstorms in front of them they knew they had to penetrate at some point and so there was at least some advanced warning here but unfortunately some people didn’t get buckled in in time and Steve this event obviously will go under investigation what are you what are you listening for and looking for there yeah how much warning the crew actually gave the uh the folks in the back was there enough time uh it was middle of the day the radar was presumably working so perhaps there should have been more time more time for the people in the back to include the the cabin crew to be able to get buckled in because it sounds like that some of the cabin crew themselves were hurt as well so they didn’t know that it was coming uh so it’ll just be was there enough time did they give enough warning I think one thing di where where people get concerned is well are the wings going to get ripped off in turbulence you know we all see the wings out there flapping they’re designed to do that so think about this horrible incident that just happened where we had all these people injured but the airplane came out of it just fine so I guess the only positive thing to think about here is understand just how strong these airplanes are how they’re built to withstand this kind of turbulence and the only time people really get hurt in turbulence is when they don’t buckle their seat belt all right the planes are built to withstand it we are not unless we have our seat belts buckled Steve ganard thank you as always and President Biden is rejecting allegations from the international criminal court as a prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for the Israeli Prime Minister and other top officials for war crimes against humanity Biden calls the prosecutor’s request outrageous saying the war in Gaza is not genocide and that prosecutor says he’s also seeking arrest warrants for top Hamas leaders White House correspondent Karen Travers joins me now for more on this Karen President Biden has expressed concerns over Benjamin n netan who’s handling of the war in Gaza so how is he reconciling that with this response now to the the IC saying that this request is outrageous yeah President Biden said yesterday that there is no equivalence between Israel and Hamas and yes it’s true that in recent weeks the president and his administration have come out more public more forcefully saying that Israel has to take more concern and Care over civilians in Gaza they’ve also been pushing for a different path forward than what Israel might be planning for a major military operation into Rafa where there are about a million civilians who’ve been taking Refuge there but in terms of what the ICC announced they could be doing yesterday with these arrest warrants the president said it’s outrageous and he said yesterday very bluntly what’s happening is not genocide we reject that again the president’s saying there’s no equivalence between what Hamas is doing and what Israel is doing as they carry out their war in Gaza now the administration says they don’t believe the ICC has jurisdiction in Gaza and the house speaker is now saying Congress is considering sanctioning the IC regarding these warrants uh saying that if the IC is allowed to threaten Israeli leaders our leaders could be next so what what is that the authority of the IC do they have jurisdiction here and what could potential sanctions look like on the jurisdiction issue the United States and Israel are saying the same thing that the ICC does not have authority here because Israel did not sign on to the court is not a party to it so therefore they could not be held liable under it now in terms terms of sanctions the white house uh just said that they are talking to Capitol Hill about what could come next but it’s not clear what a timeline that could be and what sanctions could even look like there was a republican Congressman chip Roy of Texas a couple weeks ago who introduced legislation that could move forward on sanctions on the ICC on the court and its leadership but there’s no bill text of that no timeline then on where that could go from here but Diane one thing that they did say is that they want to try to investigate or that they they would impose sanctions based on anybody that would try to investigate arrest detain or prosecute any protected person of the United States and its allies so another strong show of support there from the United States and the administration for Israel so Karen what are the next steps in actually getting these warrants for these Israeli and Hamas leaders and what happens if they do could Benjamin Netanyahu be taken away in handcuffs yeah it could take a couple weeks for this to play out right now there are three judges that will look at all of this and then decide whether or not to issue to those arrest warrants and here’s something that’s important though the arrest warrants would be in any nation that is party to the court now that of course as we say is not Israel because they didn’t sign on to this that’s also not the United States but it is countries in Europe so that is where this would apply and again this would happen over the next couple of weeks as these judges would consider the next steps and President Biden is in New Hampshire today for an event on Veterans Healthcare what do you expect to hear from him today this is a pretty big announcement for the administration the president’s going to say that there there have been over 1 million claims approved from Veterans for Health Care under the pacted ACT this was bipartisan legislation the president signed into law in 2002 to get better care for veterans who have been exposed to toxic burn pits or other hazardous materials while they were serving in Iraq or Afghanistan the administration also says there have been more than 5.4 million screenings for veterans who’ve been exposed to this kind of toxic chemicals now this is personal for the president because he often talks about how his son Bo died of brain cancer and he says it’s because of his own exposure when Bo was serving in a rock next to those burn pits so look for him to talk about that today talk about his son Bo while he’s meeting with veterans and their families in New Hampshire today all right White House correspondent Karen Travers thank you meanwhile anti-war protesters were just removed from a senate hearing after interrupting testimony from Secretary of State Anthony blinkin calling him a war criminal secretary blinkin is there to make the case for the president $ 64 billion Foreign Affairs budget proposal and this all comes a deep divide in the country over funding for Israel ABC’s Jay O’Brien joins me now on Capitol Hill for more Jay what just happened yeah blinkin was just less than a minute frankly Dian into his remarks when the first protester interrupted him that protester uh said that he was a quote unquote Butcher and then other protesters sprung up and said as you noted they called him a war criminal there were about three protesters maybe four in total the hearing seems to have calmed down since then again these demonstrators have been removed the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ben Cen made the point to apologize to blinkin about the interruptions but also say that these demonstrate as you just noted the high temperature on this issue across the country and then said inside this hearing this morning not everyone is going to agree on different Avenues of the administration’s handling of the Israel hos War certainly there are Progressive Democrats who think that the administration and blinkin and the president have let them down on this issue now blinkin is testifying before two Senate committees the Foreign Relations Committee and then later today another subcommittee why two hearings what are they focusing on so this is about the budget it’s something that you got to kind of kick into the fall every single cabinet secretary testifies about their budget and blinken’s got two different ones he’s got the overall uh hearing to the entire Senate Foreign Relations Committee and then a smaller hearing later on this afternoon to a subcommittee of that same Senate Foreign Relations Committee as you said earlier he’s going to make the case for the budget but you almost have to kind of put that aside and talk about the news environment in which these hearings occur so another thing that blinkin is most notably going to be asked about is the administration’s decision to pause the shipment of some 2,000 pound bombs to Israel Over concerns that those massive bombs could be used in Israel’s uh military operation in Rafa that City in the south of Gaza that’s home to more than a million refugees there are certainly Republicans particularly on that committee that’s meeting later on on in the day Lindsey Graham Chief among them that are staunchly opposed to that decision and you can exp expect Lincoln to get some pointed questions on that decision made by the administration Jay this also comes after a prosecutor at the international criminal court requested arrest warrants for the leader of Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin netan over alleged war crimes the Biden Administration has rejected that move so do you think we’ll see blinkin talk about that at the hearings at all he actually already has just moments ago and that was one point of universal agreement the top Democrat on that committee the top Republican on that committee and Anthony blinkin all together said in various ways they reject the accusations made by the I they said it was a false equivalency among other things to compare Israel to the leader of Hamas because there have been two arrest warrants requested as Cara noted earlier one for yaha Sinar the leader of Hamas and the other for uh Benjamin Netanyahu again the US has rejected those um it called them outrageous the president has and blinkin echoed what the president said and Democrats and Republicans both agreeing with him a rare point of bipartisan agreement and Jay blink’s also expected to testify before the house tomorrow what can we expect from those hearings you can expect him to get some pointed questions in front of House Republicans remember in the Senate this committee is controlled by democrats in the house the committee is controlled by Republicans so particularly on that question of the pausing of those 2,000lb bombs and possible threats of withholding other military assistance from the US to Israel something the Administration has telegraphed they may or may not do depending upon this operation in Rafa you can expect House Republicans to seize on that topic and give some pointed questions to the secretary J O’Brien on Capitol Hill Jay thank you coming up the severe weather slamming the Heartland strong tornadoes are possible today what’s next for the already hard-hit region also ahead fast food Wars are heating up how low the prices are going and where you can get the best deal whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon Maine the scene of for horrific mass 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tonight and it’s there where well we could still see some tornadoes but you have a higher risk of damaging winds 70 to 90 miles per hour and I say this all the time but when we see uh very strong straight line winds that could be as damaging as a low-level tornado so keep that in mind tomorrow the threat for severe weather shifts farther south now we’re talking Waco Dallas Little Rock that’s the biggest shot at seeing tornadoes but anywhere from uh Texas right on up into even even Rochester New York we could see thunderstorms that are strong to severe a lot of this just being fueled by the heat that we are dealing with these storms so record highs are possible shreport 93 degrees 93 in St Louis maybe even 90 in Bingington you know else it’s unusually hot for our friends in Puerto Rico excessive heat warnings it’s going to feel like up to 112 degrees and finally I’ll leave it here Diane I know that we’re entering a holiday weekend so folks are going to be traveling soon anyone who is 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testified that Michael Cohen told him Trump did not know about the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels now lawyers are preparing for a pre-charge conference this afternoon before they make their closing arguments ABC News senior reporter kathern falers joins me now along with ABC News legal contributor Brian buckmire for more uh Katherine what’s the latest from Court well look we know that the court is in recess they will come back around 2:15 to hash out uh how the jury jury instructions will look like and how the jury will be instructed to uh deliberate on this so that’s what’s happening now they’re in a break the jury won’t return obviously to uh the courtroom today they’re done until next week until Tuesday when summations are supposed to occur now on Tuesday in terms of the timeline here the judge may go a little long he says they may work late um and if they can’t work late they might come in on Wednesday so after the jury gets the case um it’s Off to the Races for them in terms of deliberating uh we obviously don’t know how long they will deliberate it’s really in their hands at this point now throughout that process you could see uh the jury issue a number of what what are called notes where they could have a question for the judge they could ask for a clarification on a certain definition for something we could see that occur uh it’s just unclear at this point how long this will last but overall on the timeline of this this has this trial has at least gone by much faster than both parties originally thought that it would Brian with closing arguments coming next week the defense has made a few different arguments throughout the course of this trial through their questioning and an opening statements and former president Trump’s comments to the cameras outside Court including that the way that these transactions were listed was fine that they were legal fees um including that uh Trump wanted to prevent people from finding out about the stormy Daniel story to protect his family and not because of the campaign and now we also heard with this last witness the argument made that Trump didn’t know about the hush money payment at all where do you expect them to go how do you expect to put them into all of these into one argument for these closing so first and foremost I start with it’s not necessarily what we know because we see the comments that Donald Trump makes uh when he’s outside of the hallways uh but the jury doesn’t see that so I have to to some degree kind of block that out and only think about what the jury saw just like with Bob Castello for example the jury didn’t really see that Outburst uh we all know what happened we read the transcript but the jury’s not going to really be contemplating but even in questioning the defense did try to go after those fees and talk about other work that Michael Cohen was doing trying to imply it sounds like that those fees maybe weren’t reimbursement for Stormy Daniels they were for this other work that Cohen was doing yeah so what I to answer your question I think what the defense is going to have to do is they’re going to have to narrow their argument to this is not illegal that’s what they opened with with Bob Costello his testimony almost made me think like were you planning on having him testify when you did opening statement because a lot of what he said I think is good in many regards that Donald Trump didn’t know this that that U Michael Cohen was telling Bob Castello the truth when he said that Donald Trump didn’t know uh about these payments or or how they were operating but that’s not what they opened with and so for them to try to meander out of what they opened with into Bob Castello but then also argue what they opened with I think they have to drop one of those arguments and Focus clearly on one or they’re going to have to go with the argument of well Reasonable Doubt can come from anything so if you believe Bob Costello that’s reasonable doubt if you believe that these are not area of a crime that’s reasonable doubt if you believe that Michael Cohen is not credible that’s reasonable doubt but oftentimes in a jury uh trial like this giving alternative theories that are so distinct from each other aren’t the most helpful Arguments for the defense and what if you’re the prosecution what are you doing in these closing arguments to try to hammer this case home and prove guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt so I was thinking about about order and as a defense attorney I hate the fact that prosecutors get the final word the prosecution literally gets to sit back and see what theory the defense goes with drive home their Theory which they started with and was pretty consistent from their opening statements and then kind of to take a shotgun approach of this is why this Bob Castell argument is wrong this is why saying Donald Trump didn’t know was wrong based on his tweets and the information came in and they just got get to cherry-pick uh the arguments that they find are weakest from the defense because ultimately they get the last word before the jury gets the charges and then begin deliberating next week Katherine Trump has also been very vocal the jury does not see his comments but he’s been very vocal outside the courtroom in part because he can’t be on the campaign Trail so what does the timing now mean as they go into closing arguments and deliberation that he is no longer going to be stuck in this courtroom yeah look well the judge surely wants to wrap this up as soon as possible so I I have a feeling that everything that will occur prior to the jury beginning to deliberate will be rather quick of course it just depends how long the jury does deliberate and I’m sure Trump will stay in that Courthouse um for the entirety of the deliberation so I’m not sure it slows down the campaign Trail so much or his momentum look he has that camera right there he can go out and talk to that camera whenever he feels like he has his political allies they’re going out and talking to all the cameras outside the courthouse so you will continue to see that and he has it’s it’s Tuesday he should be out of there pretty soon and he has um from now until he’s back on Tuesday so a week to be out on the campaign Trail and campaigning so he has definitely um a good amount of time right now and surely he will be back in a week and it just depends how long deliberations end up lasting but he is eager to get back out on the campaign Trail at the same time he does view these legal issues um as something that is good for the politics of it all Katherine fers Brian buckmire thank you both and we will be covering Trump’s Criminal money trial all day long we’ll bring you the latest right here on ABC News live and former president Trump is under Fire after posting and deleting a video on social media that used language from Nazi Germany it’s the latest in a series of posts and statements his opponents say are anti-semitic and authoritarian Rachel Scott has that story former president Donald Trump sparking backlash after a video posted to his social media account seemingly suggests there will be a unified Reich if he wins the 2024 election Donald Trump wins what’s next for America those words are largely associated with Nazi Germany and Alf Hitler’s Third Reich another name for his Nazi regime the 30 second video features hypothetical newspaper articles of trump celebrating a victory in November that phrase appearing three times including under the headline what’s next for America it includes references to World War I citing German industrial strength and peace through strength another head line suggesting Trump would reject globalists a phrase often used by the far right as an anti-semitic slur in a statement Trump campaign’s press secretary says this was not a campaign video it was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word while the president was in court the American dream is back the Trump campaign deleted the video after several hours but it’s not the first time Trump has used language similar to what Adolf Hitler once wrote just months ago he declared immigrants are poisoning the blood of America they’re poisoning the blood of our country that’s what they’ve done the Biden campaign issuing a statement saying Donald Trump is not playing games he’s telling America exactly what he intends to do if he regains power rule as a dictator over a unified rake the Biden campaign calling this a pattern noting that the former president had dinner with the white supremacist two years ago and also once said that there were very fine people on both sides after the Charlottesville white supremacist rally we asked the Trump campaign why this video was left up for several hours and they did not respond Rachel Scott thank you and ABC’s Deputy political director Avery Harper joins me now for more Avery what kind of a response was this post getting when it was up right uh there has been widespread backlash to this post and uh you know it was left up for many hours after it started getting that backlash I’ll tell you the Biden campaign has slammed the incident they call it a part of a long history of anti-semitic Behavior Uh by the former president and there is a pattern of former president Trump utilizing uh references to uh Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler you have to remember it’s hasn’t been that long since uh we saw former president Trump refer to his political opponents as Vermin uh also he referred to uh immigrants as poisoning the blood of this country uh like we saw in that piece his campaign they did Issue a statement about uh this post they say it’s not something that was created by the campaign but you have to understand that uh when a campaign reposts another piece of content be it a video or a a tweet or uh just a a a picture that that’s widely considered uh endorsing the contents of that video and so that has been the backlash that we’ve seen thus far Avery Trump has been vocal about his support for Israel so beyond you know we didn’t create the video is there any explanation for why he would post post something with Nazi terminology look I’m not going to attempt to make sense of the former president’s uh post I can point you to the campaign statement saying that uh a staffer who clearly did not see the word is who reposted that video but I do think it’s really important to look at uh this statement in context with things that the former president has said and done in the past uh obviously there is some disconnect between his policies right his support for Benjamin Netanyahu and some of these things that he has said so Avery what kind of an impact could this have on the campaign uh I don’t necessarily anticipate that this is going to have uh an impact on the campaign per se we’ve seen similar uh incidents in the past uh with former president Trump where he has said these things and it has not shaken uh his support uh within those uh who are DieHard supporters of him I I do think that we can keep an eye on we will be keeping an eye on how this impacts voters who are independent voters who may be still deciding how they’re going to vote in November all right Avery Harper thank you and the Department of Homeland Security is issuing a new warning about artificial intelligence in the 2024 election the department says AI offers opportunities for Bad actors to undermine our democratic system ABC News chief justice correspondent Pier Thomas has those details hi Pier artificial intelligence is no longer the stuff of Science Fiction is is causing real concern right now as Homeland Security officials issue a stark new warning about this year’s November election we live in a world where artificial intelligence can create video pictures and documents that look stunningly authentic now the Department of Homeland Security is warning AI will likely be used against us in the upcoming election this isn’t a threat of tomorrow this is a threat of today according to the new Homeland Security bulletin enemy countries terrorists and other adversaries could exploit AI tools to confuse or overwhelm voters and election staff to disrupt their duties during the 2024 election cycle for example according to the DHS bulletin enemies might use AI to share altered images videos or audio clips claiming that a polling station is closed or that polling times have changed the bulletin points to this audio we know the value of voting Democratic when our votes count it’s important that you save your vote for the November election which authorities suspect it’s an AI generated message sounding like President Biden which urged people not to vote in the leadup to the New Hampshire Primary in January and DHS officials also expressing concern that AI technology might be used to create and push out dangerous information that could help extremists design violent attacks Homeland Security secretary mayor is 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allegedly copying her voice the actress says she turned down an offer to be the voice of the artificial intelligence system and the company then made one that sounds just like her instead open AI is now responding to those allegations Chief business correspondent Rebecca Jarvis has more Scarlett Johansson calling out Sam Altman the CEO of leading generative artificial intelligence Company open AI claiming he gave his company’s new a I personal assistant known as Sky a strikingly familiar voice take a listen hey chubbt how are you doing I’m doing fantastic thanks for asking that voice according to Joe Hanson is eerily similar to none other than her own in the 2013 movie her where Johansson plays of all things an AI assistant here she is in the film it seems like I’m having so many new feelings that I don’t think I’ve ever been felt before and again here’s open AI Sky once upon a time in a world not too different from ours there was a robot named bite Johansson’s husband Colin Jo even waiting into the controversy on last week’s SNL Chad GPT has released a new voice assistant feature inspired by Scarlet Johansson’s AI character in her which I’ve never bothered to watch because without that body what’s the point of listening and as it turns out Sam Alman is a fan of the film telling a conference last year it’s his favorite which part of her do you look at and go this is never going to happen well I I mean a ton of it the number of things that I think her got right this idea that it is going to be this like conversational language interface that was incredibly prophetic and certainly more than a little bit inspired us Altman approached Johansson to become the voice of his new product but Johansson says she declined with Alman asking her to reconsider just 2 days before its release the issue here is not that her voice was itself was taken but was there in fact something so close that uh she should have uh legal rights against open AI That’s the question here now Johansson whose lawyers are insisting open aai disclose how it developed the voice says she’s shocked angered and in disbelief the company disputing the comparison in a blog post writing AI should not deliberately mimic a celebrity’s distinctive voice and that the voice of Sky belongs to a different professional actress who they say was cast for The Voice before they reached out to Johansson Alman writing in a statement we are sorry to miss Johanson that we didn’t communicate better our thanks to Chief business correspondent Rebecca Jarvis for that report open AI says they worked with a casting director and narrowed down more than 400 submissions to five voices meanwhile actress Riley Kio Elvis’s granddaughter is fighting to keep graceand from going up for sale since 1982 the Tennessee estate has been a museum that attracts millions of people every year and the king of rock and roll’s family wants to keep it that way gma3 anchor Eva Pilgrim has the details graceand Elvis Presley’s historic home could be heading to the auction block a LLC called nson Investments and private lending claims Elvis’s only child Lisa Marie Presley who died in 2023 borrowed 3.8 million using the deed to Graceland as collateral the company claims it was never paid back so they put a lean on the house and its extensive grounds planning to auction it off this week but Elvis’s granddaughter actress Riley Kio is fighting back the oldest daughter of Lisa Marie is the trustee for the prominade trust the company that owns graceand in a counter suit Kio claims her mother never borrowed money from nsy investment and alleges that the company is not real nson investments in private lending LLC appears to be a false entity created for the purpose of defrauding the prominade trust The Heirs of Lisa Marie Presley or any purchaser of graceand at a non-judicial sale on Monday a temporary restraining order on the sale was granted our thanks to Eva Pilgrim for that report and our thanks to you for 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that me reporting from Spartansburg Pennsylvania I’m Stephanie Ros wherever the story is we’ll take you there you’re streaming ABC News [Music] live and right now on ABC News live the defense rest Donald Trump’s felony hush money trials close heading to the jury after the former president decided not to test testify in his own defense we have the latest from outside court and we’ll talk about what happens next plus one person dead more than 70 injured after Extreme turbulence on a flight from London to Singapore we have a closer look at what went wrong also lend me your voice the top AI company in the country Under Fire after actress Scarlet Johansson says it’s using her voice for a new AI assistant without her permission overreach or overblown we’ll investigate [Music] hi everybody I’m Kana Whitworth so glad to have you with us today our top story at this hour Donald Trump’s defense team resting their case in the unprecedented hush money trial against the former president today ended weeks of testimony with Trump’s lawyers questioning their second and Final witness Michael Cohen’s one-time lawyer Bob Castello and it only took moments for cross-examination to turn T the prosecution sparring with Costello over his relationship with Rudy Giuliani before confronting the former Federal prosecutor with his own emails including one where he calls Cohen quoting here an a-hole now the judge dismissing the jury for a long Memorial Weekend break with closing arguments set now for a week from today so leading us off is our ABC News investigative correspondent Aaron kerki who’s live for his outside Court along with legal contributor and trial attorney Brian buckmire gentlemen thank you for being here with us today uh eron let’s start here with you look the prosecution and the defense we return to the courtroom here in just about an hour or so off for this pre-charge conference Aon what do we expect from that this is where the lawyers work out with the judge how he’s going to instruct the jury on the law and how the jury should interpret the law and the evidence that they’ve heard in support of it and and in this particular case it is important because the the way that the case is charged as a felony falsification of of business records prosecutors have said that former president Trump uh decided to falsify records in order to uh help commit or conceal another crime but here’s the key prosecutors don’t actually have to spell out or prove what that other crime was it could be a tax crime it could be an election related crime they’ve sort of raised the prospect of both and and so there are some nuan is that the defense is going to want to argue uh with the prosecutors and then you know ultimately the judge will decide how to instruct the jury come probably Wednesday of next week because closing arguments he suggested could take all day a week from today all right Erin thank you for that and Brian based on on what you have heard here and what we have seen do you think that um they have reached the burden of proof here in terms of prosecutors it only takes one juror right yeah so I’m going to preface my answer and and explain it might take a little long but this is the way I look at it yes has the prosecution pled out information that an individual could find Donald Trump guilty Beyond A Reasonable Doubt absolutely however I do think that there are pieces of evidence that could give an individual a reasonable amount of Doubt an honest doubt an actual doubt not an imaginary one this is how New York State defines Reasonable Doubt where you could look at the testimony of Michael Cohen find that the lack of credibility ility in this witness and credibility potentially in uh Bob Castello could leave a reasonable individual to a not guilty and so while I think the elements are there for the prosecution I also think that it’s a bit of an even or somewhat even argument for the defense depending on what theory they push through they do seem to have two or three here I think they just have to clean it up a little on uh summation a little bit on summation okay and so aerin we have a little bit of time here as you mentioned the jury’s excused until after after the Memorial Day holiday what are the rules that they need to abide by and tell them because they have quite a stretch here they do they have a week and and the judge expressed some concern about that but he also expressed concern about too much time lapsing between the closing arguments and the jury charge and then the deliberations beginning so he opted just because of the calendar and the long holiday weekend the jury was promised at the outset that they would have the rest of of this week off so he told the jury before they they were excused for the week not to talk about the case not to research the case don’t go visit any locations associated with the case and and and effectively if they are hearing conversations at their Memorial Day barbecue about Donald Trump and his legal woses they’re supposed to walk away uh it’s a tall order for sure and it is a popular conversation topic because it’s so prominent in the news but the judge implored the jury uh to keep their years away from it so that they are only making a decision on the evidence they heard of trial right and as Brian pointed out so they can be honest with themselves about how they really feel about it but Brian uh look look let’s talk about the remarks that we’ve been seeing outside of Court uh even the former president’s son uh followed in the footsteps of Trump’s defense team calling into question The credibility of Michael Cohen let’s take a listen here the star witness in this case is a what nine times convicted liar and now now an admitted Thief that is who they’re hanging the entire case on the other one happens to be a porn star not exactly not exactly the ultimate form of Juris Prudence here but that’s what you have and Brian and we’ve heard arguments like that even before this started right questioning Michael Cohen’s credibility and we have heard time and time again Brian people saying we’ve known he’s a liar and now he has said a thief as well how does that impact these jury deliberations do you think it impacts the jury deliberation in a way that the jury has to go back and see okay Michael Cohen’s a liar and now we know he’s a thief but the prosecution I think laid out a pretty good case of his testimony being Michael Cohen along with corroboration and so the jury will have to go back and say Okay Michael Cohen said X and the prosecution provided y as corroboration and through each one of those statements especially those that are material to this case uh and I say material specifically because for the defense a lot of the lies uh that Michael Cohen was caught in had to do with things that aren’t directly uh attached to this actual case lying about the reimbursement lying about the uh catch and kill scheme the defense didn’t really touch much on that but a more collateral issues and so I think this makes for a much more difficult deliberation for the jury but not an impossible one to take a liar who is Michael Cohen and try to see if he was telling the truth in this case we see it in other cases uh jail house snitches uh codefendants kind of telling on each other we have criminal records It’s Not Unusual it is rare but it is possible for the prosecution to pull out of Victory here all right well uh the days are numbered here we will find out soon enough Aon kki and Brian buckmire our thanks to both of you for being with us here today coming up next on ABC News live severe turbulence leaves one person dead dozens more injured what we know about the chaotic scene after the terrifying moments up in the air also Trump s from media account posts then deletes a video suggesting the creation of a unified Reich if he wins reelection the political backlash and what Trump’s Camp is now saying about that post when we [Music] return whenever news 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involving a Singapore Airlines Boeing jet the turbulence was so bad that one person was killed at least 70 others were hurt the flight was from London to Singapore and it was roughly 90 minutes from Landing it hit this severe turbulence and it was forced to make an emergency landing there in Bangkok uh one passenger can be seen uh there being carried out of the airplane there on a stretcher uh there’s actually blood stains on some of the seats um and really what that does is it shows you how intense that situation really was our Patrick reval has been following the story for us and is joining us now with more so Patrick clearly terrifying uh do we know any more about what happened here because right there’s different kinds of turbulence some shows up on radar some doesn’t hi Ken yeah I mean we’re still learning more about what exactly happened in this um severe turbulence incident where as you say dozens of people were injured and at least one person was killed the Singapore Airlines flight was flying from London to Singapore and it hit this patch of turbulence Over the anderman Sea as it was in its final stretch to Singapore as you say we’ve seen um some of the pictures passengers on board have described basically seeing people being thrown up so hard into the ceiling of the plane um that it was enough to smash some of the panels up there we’ve seen you know images afterwards of oxygen mass hanging down debris on the ground as you say even blood stains um the plane was forced then to divert to Bangkok in Thailand where people as you saw were being medivaced off the plane dozens of passengers taken to hospital there um and as you as we’ve been learning recently among them at least two Americans yeah that is really scary you’re seeing we saw a woman as well you know like holding a baby in a wheelchair being wheeled off as well what more do we know about these Americans or any of these other passengers on board how are they doing yeah we currently know very little about the condition of the two Americans we only know from the hospital in Bangkok that there are two Americans among around 70 people who were hospitalized there um six people are said to be in a critical condition according to the hospital which again tells you how severe this um incident of turbulence was I mean it’s very rare to hear about these sorts of injuries um and that’s so far all we know about the condition of those people Singapore Airlines have sent an aircraft to pick up some of the passengers around 100 passengers have continued on their way to Singapore obviously still lots of questions about what exactly happened and why so many people were injured in this Canan all right Patrick reval thank you so much we appreciate that also now President Biden lashing out at the international criminal court after its top prosecutors sought arrest warrants for top Israeli officials including Benjamin Netanyahu now the Court’s Chief prosecutor says that leaders of Israel and Hamas including the Prime Minister committed war crimes in Gaza Netanyahu reacting to the news this morning on GMA I I think that the prosecutor should be concerned about his status because he’s really turning the IC into a par institution people are just not going to take it seriously uh they see it as a politicized thing well in Washington today Secretary of State Anthony blinkin says that the Biden Administration is ready to work with Congress on a bipartisan basis to respond to this decision in the meantime the situation in Gaza is getting more dire by the day food distribution in southern city of Rafa is currently suspended land Crossings remain closed from Aid coming from uh the New us-built Port is that’s flowing very slowly at this time ABC News foreign correspondent BR Clinton is joining us now from Tel Aviv Britt thank you for being with us and let’s start first now with netanyahu’s reaction uh to these arrest warrants what more is he saying yeah some very strong words from the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu who said that Victory can only come with the destruction of Hamas and on that request from that ICC prosecutor for an arrest warrant this is what the uh Israeli Prime Minister had to say this guy is out to demonize Israel he’s doing a hit job he’s creating a false symmetry between the democratically elected leaders of Israel and the terrorist Chief that’s like saying in uh after 911 well I’m issuing arrest warrants for uh for George Bush but also for bin Laden or after in World War II well I’m issuing arrest warrants for FDR but also for Hitler it’s a hit job a hit job that’s uh What uh the Israeli Prime Minister called the request for an arrest warrant for him as well as heras Leaders including Yaya Sina and I have to say the reaction from people inside Israel has been one of outrage they’re asking how can there be a comparison between Sina and uh democratically elected leader that they that they compare them side by side those images that went around the world has caused a lot of anger here absolutely as one of our analysts has pointed out BR Yahya sinir known The Butcher of conun for killing Palestinians even before this all started so we understand the outrage there uh what is next though for Netanyahu I mean can he actually face charges the ICC doesn’t have jurisdiction everywhere yeah so that’s the big question here will those 123 member states uh have be involved in extraditing him will there be restrictions on where Netanyahu can go there will be a panel of three judges who will then decide whether this case will proceed uh whether they will issue an arrest warrant for Netanyahu as long as well as the other officials inside Israel and those Hamas leaders but certainly some serious uh allegations and one that’s ignited a huge response from as we heard Netanyahu but as well as um people inside Israel too and also Bren I know that you have some new reporting about evacuations and it sounds like heavy fighting at a hospital in Northern Gaza uh what is the latest there especially considering we know that Northern part of Gaza is a place that the IDF has cleared multiple times and Hamas militants continue to return yes so the Gaza run Health Ministry has said that there are around 150 patients who have been having to been evacuated Under Fire they say that this includes babies in incubators really stressing uh that these people uh have been uh under intense bombardment as they’ve been trying to uh lead out in safety and they said that this uh highlights the issue uh with Hospital Under Fire by the IDF but what we’ve seen time and time again is hospitals caught in the crossfire between Hamas and the IDF the IDF says that Hamas is using them uh to as Shields and that the IDF uh is targeting these hospitals all right brick clinet from Tel Aviv thank you for being with us here today also now to former president Donald Trump posted and then deleted a video on his social media platform that used language that mirrors Nazi Germany suggesting that there will be a unified Reich if he wins the 2024 election uh the words unified Reich appear as part of this hypothetical news headline that announced Trump’s hypothetical victory in 2024 the narrator in this video asking what happens after Donald Trump after Donald Trump’s win so for more I want to bring in our Deputy political director Avery Harper for this Avery thank you for being here with us and look this video I mean it was up for more than 18 hours on Trump’s account what does his campaign have to say for well the campaign has not responded to our questions of why this uh video was kept up for so long but they did Issue a statement responding to uh the fact that it was posted the backlash they got for the fact that it was posted uh they said uh that this was not a campaign video it was created by a random account online uh they also responded that it was a campaign staff or not former president Trump himself who reposted this but I think it’s really important to understand that when a social media post is uh posted that it’s often interpreted as an endorsement of the contents of uh that post and uh this is also something that’s being looked at in the context of uh things that former president Trump has said in the past uh he does have a history of invoking uh rhetoric that is reminiscent of Nazi Germany you have to also remember that it wasn’t too long ago uh that he used words that echoed Hitler uh talking about uh immigrants being uh or poisoning the blood of our country and so this is something that’s high in folks Minds as they look at that Instagram or at that social media post certainly and Avery as President Biden and his campaign reacting at all to this uh they are slamming those comments they say that this is a part of a long history of what they refer to as anti-semitic Behavior by former president Trump uh and uh this is something that they’re going to continue to point to incidents like this as they uh try 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snippet of it right Emanuel is this uh is actually her voice it’s not right what more do we know here well uh what we know thanks to the actress who released a statement she says that open AI approached her months ago about using her voice on a new feature they were going to release called uh voice mode which allows users to interact with Chad GPT much in the way that they would a Siri or an Alexa after some thought she said she refused that offer um they approached her again just two days before the release she didn’t have time to respond and then in the statement she says she was surprised uh when she heard the voice and her even her families and and Friends uh couldn’t tell the difference between her voice and the voice of of this um of uh chat gbt called sky right her family and friends are calling her thinking that it’s her and Elizabeth I mean this is exactly what worried a lot of people about AI you I’m sure remember it was a major sticking point out here in Hollywood uh with those strikes what does this do for the trust or the lack thereof uh in this AI industry it is exactly what a lot of those strikes were about Kaa it wasn’t just from the actors and actresses it was from the producers the writers this fear that artificial intelligence would be used to replace their jobs but also that it would be used to then supplement in a way that you don’t really know what’s real and what’s done by a machine or what’s done by an algorithm What’s Done by technology uh interestingly the union actually that was behind the strike came out and said they support open I AI taking down this voice I mean I think one of what is really interesting about this story too Kana is that open AI came out and said it actually interviewed hundreds of people for this job so what this really underscores is the lack of clarity the lack of guardrails about what is the standard for a situation like this we’re seeing companies self- police themselves companies come out say they’re doing what’s right based on their own standards when there isn’t really a standard that they should all be biing by at the same time right there’s no bar to be met or to fall below at this point as everyone is navigating Ai and Emanuel as if that voice clip wasn’t enough right open AI Chief Sam Alman he tweeted just the one word her recently and so for people that are paying attention that of course is a reference right to a movie by the same name where Johansson actually played this AI Voice Assistant it’s my understanding it was also Sam alman’s favorite movie right and Scarlett Johansson did mention that in her letter about how surprising that was um but open AI says that is not her voice that’s the voice of another voice actress another actress um as Elizabeth mentioned the open AI said they interviewed um hundreds of voice actors and and worked with their representatives but again just as we’ve been saying this just illustrates the lack of guardrails and the the need for a federal legislation which Scarlet Johansson mentions in her letter you know this is an ongoing theme with with artists um actors musicians visual artists the need to protect their talents whether that be their voice their digital likeness their art um and so we’re just seeing a a growth in calls for federal legislation that would protect them and their art yeah it sounds like they said they inter red some they went over 400 submissions and selected five different voices here but still a stunning uh moment there for Scarlet Johansson Elizabeth of course this all comes as we’re learning that the US is forming This Global AI safety network with key International allies as well what exactly does that mean right so Kina this was an announcement today by the Commerce Secretary Gina Rondo essentially that the US wants to partner with other economies uh countries in Europe Japan a lot of this is the US going to its allies and saying how can we try to work together within the existing framework of the law to try to say that we are committed to rules around artificial intelligence but really the undertone there is the threat posed by other governments especially when you think of China we’ve also seen a push in Congress to invest in legislation that could combat some of China’s Investments and ai2 Ka all right that is so interesting uh Elizabeth and Emanuel thank you so much for being with us today we appreciate it and I’m Kana Whitworth keep streaming with us because the news never stops neither do we we’ll be right back [Music] why do so many people start their day here from ABC News this is start here to be in the know and get a different take on the day’s top stories a lot of news today so let’s get into it listen now to the Daily News podcast honored with four Edward R 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 I bet you didn’t see coming wherever you 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break a charging conference is set to happen in just about a half an hour here with closing arguments set for a week from today so I want to bring in our senior reporter kathern falers joined by legal contributor and trial attorney Brian buckmire I’m so glad to have you both here with us so Katherine what are we expecting to happen here and like I mentioned about the next 30 minutes yes so this will be a hearing where the jury obviously won’t be present for this we’ll hear from lawyers for Trump and and the prosecutors and it will essentially be debates over how to instruct the jury ahead of deliberations the former president will be there obviously in attendance for this hearing um so a procedural thing if you will and then of course after this uh they are off for the rest of the week uh they in in fact actually a whole week so uh next Tuesday the parties will come back they will give their closing statements and then it will go over to the jury the jury will deliberate and then it’s in their hands Kaa we have to see how long they deliberate for um but that will be a week from today a week from today and so Brian is this are they going to be talking to the they won’t be talking exactly to the jury but what will the lobbying be like between the defense and the prosecution before they present all of these jury instructions and things like that so interesting enough most people can actually look up what are the standard uh charges that will be given to a jury you can just Google cji NYS as in New York state and in the state of New York there are model uh examples of how to test someone’s credibility what the elements of the crime are for this specific falsification in the first degree uh what you can do with interested Witnesses and how you evaluate proof Beyond A Reasonable Doubt and what both sides will be doing is taking case law as well as the best theory that they have for the case and trying to form the language that the judge will ultimately present to the jury as to how to describe how to evaluate credibility how to look at the certain evidence how to uh determine whether or not uh the prosecution has fulfilled their burden of proof Beyond A Reasonable Doubt and while it can be extremely tedious and somewhat arduous at times ensuring that even the the right comma is used or the right and or or shall or must can be a very big difference between a guilty or not guilty verdict and we’ll see both sides kind of battling that out in this pre-ra conference yeah clearly those details are vital and not to be overlooked also Cath to you as this has all been playing out in New York uh special councel Jack Smith has clearly been busy as well it sounds like there’s new developments according to these newly unsealed documents in the special council’s case this of course is Trump’s Federal classified documents case and what are you hearing might there be additional obstruction efforts that they’re alleging right so much of the evidence and Discovery in this case will frankly uh never be made public most likely because uh what’s going to happen is that this uh won’t go to to trial before the November election so what the special counsel um at least is is revealing in these newly unsealed filings and I should note that Trump actually requested that these be unsealed um they detail additional efforts of obstruction and it’s important because there is this whole question about how did remaining classified documents get back in that storage room when the FBI searched the storage room on August this is two months after Trump’s lawyer himself went through that storage room every box and said to the government there’s no more documents left well two months later there were more documents so the special Council has this has this theory in these newly unsealed papers that Trump actually directed his AIDS go back down to Mar Lago and essentially avoid security cameras that would have detected them that previously detected them to get classified information back into that storage room now it’s unclear why the special councel hasn’t brought that up until it has been revealed in these these newly unsealed filings but surely they have evidence that they could point to uh should this uh at any point go to trial right and you mentioned rightfully so right that this is because Trump these are filings from him as he’s trying to get this all dismissed and so that’s part of the reason we’re learning about this now and Brian back to you so uh clearly that is not going to go to trial before the November election but a lot of focus of course has been in New York and so if the jury isn’t going to be back in that courtroom for another week they’re going to go this Memorial Day weekend and Aaron kki said you know the judges said you need to back out of any barbecue conversation where the Trump trial comes up how do they enforce these rules with the jury in many ways Kana it comes down to self-reporting uh if a juror is in an environment where they walk past the TV screen they they hear some reporting they turn on the radio uh someone to your point at the Memorial Day uh weekend parade or kind of Celebration makes comments of it they’re expected to self-report to tell the court and then the court will evaluate with both parties that offense in prosecution whether or not this is an intentional or unintentional violation and to whether or not it affects their deliberation uh but also other people can report if you’re at a party with a juror and and you hear them hear something that can happen as well but it’s really a bit of the honor code if you think of it the honor code certainly all right B Brian buckmire and kathern falers thank you so much for being with us today we always appreciate you also now severe turbulence it has left a person dead does more injured we’ll talk about the latest on what we know about this chaotic scene after terrifying moments up in the air also Trump social media account posts then deletes a 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there’s new video that’s emerging now from inside that turbulent flight involving a Singapore Airlines Boeing jet the turbulence was so bad that one person was killed at least 70 others were hurt the flight was from London to Singapore and it was roughly 90 minutes from Landing it hit this severe turbulence and it was forced to make an emergency landing there in Bangkok uh one passenger can be seen uh there being carried out of the airplane there on a stretcher uh there’s actually blood stains on some of the seats uh and really what that does is it shows you how intense that situation really was our Patrick reval has been following the story for us and is joining us now with more so Patrick clearly terrifying uh do we know any more about what happened here because right there’s different kinds of turbulence some shows up on radar some doesn’t hi K yeah I mean we’re still learning more about what exactly happened in this um severe turbulence incident where as you say dozens of people were injured and at least one person was killed the Singapore Airlines flight was flying from London to Singapore um and it hit this patch of turbulence Over the anderman Sea as it was in its final stretch to Singapore as you say we’ve seen um some of the pictures passengers on board have described basically seeing people being thrown up so hard into the ceiling of the plane um that it was enough to smash some of the panels up there we’ve seen you know images afterwards of oxygen mass hanging down debris on the ground as you say even blood stains um the plane was forced then to divert to Bangkok in Thailand where people as you saw were being medivaced off the plane dozens of passengers Tak into Hospital there um and as you as we’ve been learning recently among them at least two Americans yeah that is really scary and you’re seeing we saw a woman as well you know like holding a baby in a wheelchair being wheeled off as well what more do we know about these Americans or any of these other passengers on board how are they doing yeah we currently know very little about the condition of the two Americans we only know from the hospital in Bangkok that there are two Americans among around 70 people who were hospitalized there um six people are said to be in a critical condition according to the hospital which again tells you how severe this um incident of turbulence was I mean it’s very rare to hear about these sorts of injuries um and that’s so far all we know about the condition of those people Singapore Airlines have sent an aircraft to pick up some of the passengers around 100 passengers have continued on their way to Singapore but obviously still lots of questions about what exactly happened and why so many people were injured in this Canan all right Patrick reval thank you so much we appreciate that also now President Biden lashing out at the international criminal court after its top prosecutors sought arrest warrants for top Israeli officials including Benjamin Netanyahu now the Court’s Chief prosecutor says that leaders of Israel and Hamas including the Prime Minister committed war crimes in Gaza Netanyahu reacting to the news this morning I I think that I think that the prosecutor should be concerned about his status because he’s really turning the IC into a pariah institution people are just not going to take it seriously uh they see it as a politicized thing well in Washington today Secretary of State Anthony blinkin says that the Biden Administration is ready to work with Congress on a bipartisan basis to respond to this decision in the meantime the situation in Gaza is getting more dire by the day food distribution in southern city of Rafa is currently suspended land Crossings remain closed from Aid coming from uh the new US built Port is that’s flowing very slowly at this time ABC News foreign correspondent brck Clinton is joining us now from Tel Aviv Brit thank you for being with us and let’s start first now with netanyahu’s reaction to these arrest warrants what more is he saying yeah some very strong words from the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu who said that Victory can only come with the destruction of Hamas and on that request from that ICC prosecutor for an arrest warrant this is what the uh Israeli Prime Minister had to say this guy is out to demonize Israel he’s doing a hit job he’s creating a false symmetry between the democratically elected leaders of Israel and the terrorist Chief that’s like saying in uh after 911 well I’m issuing arrest warrants for uh for George Bush but also for bin Laden or after in World War II well I’m issuing arest warrants for FDR but also for Hitler it’s a hit job a hit job that’s what the Israeli Prime Minister called the request for an arrest warrant for him as well as Hamas leaders including Yaya Sina and I have to say the reaction from people inside Israel has been one of outrage they’re asking how can there be a comparison between Sina and a democratically elected leader that they that they compare them side by side those images that went around the world has caused a lot of anger here absolutely as one of our analysts has pointed out BR Yahya senoir known as The Butcher of conun for killing Palestinians even before this all started so we understand the outrage there uh what is next though for Netanyahu I mean can he actually face charges the ICC doesn’t have jurisdiction everywhere yeah so that’s the big question here will those 123 member states uh have be involved in extraditing him will there be restrictions on where Netanyahu can go there will be a panel of three judges who will then decide whether this case will proceed uh whether they will issue an arrest warrant for Netanyahu as long as well as the other officials inside Israel and those Hamas leaders but certainly some serious allegations and one that’s ignited a huge response from as we heard Netanyahu but as well as um people inside Israel too and also Brent I know that you have some new reporting about evacuations and it sounds like heavy fighting at a hospital in Northern Gaza uh what is the latest there especially considering we know that northern part of Gaza is a place that IDF has cleared multiple times and Hamas militants continue to return yes so the Gaza run Health Ministry has said that there are around 150 patients who have been having to been evacuated Under Fire they say that this includes babies in incubators really stressing uh that these people uh have been uh under intense bombardment as they’ve been trying to uh LED out in safety and they said that this uh highlights the issue uh with hospitals Under Fire by the the IDF but what we’ve seen time and time again is hospitals caught in the crossfire between Hamas and the IDF the IDF says that Hamas is using them uh to as Shields and that the IDF uh is targeting these hospitals all right brick clinet from Tel Aviv thank you for being with us here today also now to former president Donald Trump posted and then deleted a video on his social media platform that used language that mirrors Nazi Germany suggesting that there will be a unified Reich if he wins the 2024 election uh the words unified Reich appear as part of this hypothetical news headline that announced Trump’s hypothetical victory in 2024 the narrator in this video asking what happens after Donald Trump after Donald Trump’s win so for more I want to bring in our Deputy political director Avery Harper for this Avery thank you for being here with us and look this video I mean it was up for more than 18 hours on Trump’s account what does his campaign have to say for it well the campaign has not responded to our questions of why this uh video was kept up for so long but they did Issue a statement responding to uh the fact that it was posted the backlash they got for the fact that it was posted uh they said uh that this was not a campaign video it was created by a random account online uh they also responded that it was a campaign staff or not former president Trump himself who reposted this but I think it’s really important to understand that when a social media post is reposted that it’s often interpreted as an endorsement of the contents of uh that post and uh this is also something that’s being looked at in the context of uh things that former president Trump has said in the past uh he does have a history of invoking uh rhetoric that is reminiscent of Nazi Germany you have to also remember that it wasn’t too long ago uh that he used words that echoed Hitler uh talking about uh immigrants being uh or poisoning the blood of our country and so this is something that’s high in folks Minds as they look at that Instagram or at that social media post certainly and Avery is President Biden in his campaign reacting at all to this uh they are slamming those comments they say that this is a part of a long history of what they refer to as anti-semitic Behavior by former president Trump uh and this is something that 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fantastic thanks for asking okay so there you heard it our Emanuel civa and Elizabeth schy are joining me now for more that’s just sort of a little snippet of it right Emanuel is this uh is actually her voice it’s not right what more do we know here well uh what we know thanks to the actress who released the statement she says that open AI approached her months ago about using her voice on a new feature they were going to release called uh voice mode which allows users to interact with Chad GPT much in the way that they would a Siri or an Alexa after some thought she said she refused that offer um they approached her again just two days before the release she didn’t have time to respond and then in this statement she says she was surprised uh when she heard the voice and her even her families and and Friends uh couldn’t tell the difference between her voice and the voice of of this um of uh chat gbt called sky right her family and friends are calling her thinking that it’s her and Elizabeth to you I mean this is exactly what worried a lot of people about AI you I’m sure remember it was a major sticking point out here in Hollywood uh with those strikes what does this do for the trust or the lack thereof uh in this AI industry it is exactly what a lot of those strikes were about Kaa it wasn’t just from the actors and actresses it was from the producers the writers this fear that artificial intelligence would be used to replace their jobs but also that it would be used to then supplement in a way that you don’t really know what’s real and what’s done by a machine or what’s done by an algorithm What’s Done by technology uh interestingly the union actually that was behind the strike came out and said they support open ey AI taking down this voice I mean I think one of what is really interesting about this story too Kana is that openi came out and said it actually interviewed hundreds of people for this job so what this really underscores is the lack of clarity the lack of guardrails about what is the standard for a situation like this we’re seeing companies self- police themselves companies come out say they’re doing what’s right based on their own standards when there isn’t really a standard that they should all be abiding by at the same time right there’s no bar to be met or to fall below at this point as everyone is navigating Ai and Emanuel as if that voice clip wasn’t enough right open AI Chief Sam Alman he tweeted just the one word her recently and so for people that are paying attention that of course is a reference right to a movie by the same name where Johansson actually played this AI Voice Assistant it’s my understanding it was also Sam alman’s favorite movie right and Scarlett Johansson did mention that in her letter about how surprising that was um but open a I says that is not her voice that’s the voice of another voice actress another actress um as Elizabeth mentioned the open AI said they interviewed um hundreds of voice actors and and worked with their representatives but again just as we’ve been saying this just illustrates the lack of guardrails and the the need for a federal legislation which Scarlet Johansson mentions in her letter you know this is an ongoing theme with with artists um actors musicans visual artists the need to protect their talents whether that be their voice their digital likeness their art um and so we’re just seeing a a growth in calls for federal legislation that would protect them and their art yeah it sounds like they said they interviewed some they went over 400 submissions and selected five different voices here but still a stunning uh moment there for Scarlett Johansson Elizabeth of course this all comes as we’re learning that the US is forming This Global AI safety network with key International allies as well what exactly does that mean right so K this was an announce today by the Commerce Secretary Gina Rondo essentially that the US wants to partner with other economies countries in Europe Japan a lot of this is the US going to its allies and saying how can we try to work together within the existing framework of the law to try to say that we are committed to rules around artificial intelligence but really the undertone there is the threat posed by other governments especially when you think of China we’ve also seen a push in Congress to invest in legislation that could combat some of China’s investments in ai2 Ka all right that is so interesting uh Elizabeth and Emanuel thank you so much for being with us today we appreciate it and I’m Kaa Whitworth keep streaming with us because the news never stops neither do we we’ll be right [Music] back what does it take to be the most watched newscast in America an operation to capture ice is finder this our combat Operation Center we’re approaching the gate now militants came in from four or five different directions operational nuclear reactor so you have a couple loaded and ready to go the house is destroyed 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Angeles I’m Jaclyn Lee wherever the story is we’ll take you there you’re streaming ABC News [Music] live right now on ABC News live the defense arrests Donald Trump’s found hush money trial is close to heading to the jury after the former president decided not to testify in his own defense we have the latest outside court and we’ll talk about what happens next also one person dead more than 70 injured after Extreme turbulence on a flight from London to Singapore we take a closer look at exactly what went wrong there also how about this uh I’ll have a slice of pizza with the side of OIC yeah Nestle is marketing a new line of frozen pizzas pastas and sandwiches SP specifically for people on weight loss drugs like OIC so are they really good for you Dr Patel will help us unpack all of this later this [Music] hour hi everybody I’m Kana Whitworth so glad to have you with us today and our top story at this hour is Donald Trump’s defense team resting their case in the unprecedented hush money trial against the former president today ended weeks of testimony with Trump’s lawyers questioning their second and Final witness Michael Cohen’s one-time lawyer Bob Castello it only took moments for cross-examination to turn tense the prosecution sparring with Castello over his relationship with Rudy Giuliani before confronting the former Federal prosecutor with his own emails including one where he calls Cohen and quoting here an a-hole now the judge dismissing the jury for a long Memorial Weekend break closing arguments are set to happen exactly a week from today leading us off here is our ABC News investigative reporter Olivia rubman who’s outside the courthouse she’s been covering this since day one joined by legal contributor and trial attorney Brian buckmire so glad to have you both here with us and Olivia look the prosecution and defense will return to the courtroom really at any moment now for this pre-charge conference so how will the rest of this trial play out timing wise correct Kaa they are going to start that conference in about 15 minutes I assume it will take it to the end of the day to about 4:30 and then the jury essentially has a week off they have a long Memorial Day weekend because the judge pushed out the schedule closing arguments are now going to be delivered next Tuesday and judge Maran cautioning the jury telling them this is not going to be short preparing for them to take it all day with the closing arguments even suggesting they would be asking them if they could go past 4:30 on Tuesday to get both of them in to in that one day if not they will return once again on Wednesday to fin fin the closing arguments then meron will deliver what is known as the jury charge instructing them on the law how to review the evidence key uh instructions that will no doubt uh affect what their ultimate verdict is and then they will be Off to the Races where they will have Tuesday what whatever day they start to deliberate although I would note this court does not sit on Wednesdays in this trial but meran hinting they could have them sit for deliberations on Wednesdays as well so it could be a Tuesday Wednesday Thursday deliberation uh situation next week right right he was asking the jury about their availability on that Wednesday noting that they haven’t been in court at all on Wednesdays uh thank you Olivia and Brian can you walk us through what typically happens during this conference here that Olivia noted will start in about 15 minutes so okay in a pre-charge conference what you’ll see is both sides advocating for specific language within the charges that the judge will ultimately read to the jury uh as they begin their deliberations or just before they begin their deliberations you’ll hear things like we want to ensure that this language appears in what it means to be a credible witness or how a juror can evaluate the lack of evidence as well as the actual evidence presented but even when it comes to the falsification of business records charge uh in that model uh example of how those charges are read to a jury that we all can kind of Google and look up and the judge will present there are four Alternatives as to how a person can be found guilty of this crime whether be to make or cause false entries to alter erase obliterate or other forms of of changing a document to Omit or to make a true entry in a business record or to prevent the making of a true entry or cause of the emission thereof and what you’ll hear is in especially in this example defense and prosecutors will say all right the evidence that came up during the trial affords itself lending to this interpretation of the charge and you want this language being read rather than that language and then they’ll provide case law to support their reasoning right Brian and and Olivia as Brian is talking there there is these images um you know drawings of trump uh in the courtroom with his eyes closed in a way that you have described him time after time uh can you take us a little bit into the testimony of Bob Castello back on the stand today for a quick what 30 minutes or so uh what suck out to you during his testimony today well it was anything but sleepy Kaa most of that today was a quite heated cross-examination from prosecutor Susan hoffinger who as you said was confronting Costello with his own emails because Michael Cohen got on the stand to testify that Costello opened this back channel to him once his home was raided by the FBI once it became clear he was being investigated and that it was Costello who was working to funnel M messages to him on behalf of Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani and I’m paraphrasing here but you know messages such as hold the line you have friends in high places the team is with you do you need me to funnel anything and Trump’s team was trying to push back on that but it sort of became a screaming Fest at times with Costello quite contentious in how he answered the questions quite aggressive not wanting to admit that he was involved in any sort of back channeling with Michael Cohen despite the fact that his own emails appeared to show that he was uh so so not clear how that you know went over with the jury but it is interesting that after weeks of testimony this is where the jury left off with testimony from Bob Costello trying to sort of discredit Michael Cohen and ultimately saying that Michael Cohen told him that Donald Trump had no idea about the $130,000 payment to stormmy Danel so of course Donald Trump’s own team doesn’t even contest that so parts of it a bit disjointed there Kana and certainly giving something the jury to think about as they go into their onewe break and Brian I love your perspective on that as Olivia points out disjointed right you heard two very different things here from men on the stand and from day one um Michael Cohen’s credibility was in question so how does the jury parse all of that yeah it it’s going to be difficult because the defense at the very early onset of this case made the argument that this isn’t a crime this is democracy the ability to uh push certain stories and keep certain stories and and pay for them and and never at any point in time at least in the beginning of this case that a defense really push back on a lack of knowledge on Donald Trump’s part in terms of the payments and the reimbursements always aru uing that what Michael Cohen did was a legal expense and it was properly documented however when Bob Castello gets on the stand and says from Michael Cohen’s own mouth that Donald Trump did not know the ins and outs of this agreement you’re now presented with two very different theories here and it’s going to be interesting to see which one the defense uh picks up and runs with so to speak in this case because it’s either that Michael Cohen is just lying to everyone and we have to parse through whether or not he’s lying to the jury here or that Bob castella was lying about what Michael Cohen said to him as to whether or not Donald Trump knew about the ins and outs of this agreement but Michael Cohen also gave us through his direct examination that he didn’t trust Bob Castell because of his relationship with Rudy Rudy Giuliani and that’s why he didn’t give him all the information so again it comes back to the jury having to decide who’s telling the truth here and whether or not the corroboration the prosecution put forward is enough to prove this case Beyond A Reasonable Doubt right who they believe more and as we know Donald Trump did not take the stand as there was some speculation at the onset of of all of this that he might but also Olivia I’m hoping that you can remind all of us we’re talking a lot about who might they believe uh when they testify and I want to talk to you in a moment about the paper trail but first let’s take a listen to the former president addressing cameras as he heads back in the court riew that’s been done of the case so far as they say there is no crime this should have never been brought it should be dismissed before you even have a verdict but uh we have a judge it’s extremely uh let’s say complicated but let’s also say conflictive he’s complicated and conflictive and uh it’s for strange situation nobody’s ever seen anything quite like it but we have uh situation where we have no crime and this next couple of hours is very important because the judge can try and manufacture one where he goes from a misdemeanor which doesn’t exist because of the statute of limitations doesn’t exist Absol absolutely and they try and bring it into a felony but you can’t do it because they haven’t been able to prove it and you see what’s happened there with the go remember I’m gagged I’m not allowed to say what I’d like to really say because you’d be very impressed but I’m gagged so why would I take the chance but we do want to defend our constitution so at some point maybe I will take the chance it’s uh a very serious situation when a republican nominee for president the Republican nominee somebody that that one easily and quickly in record time gets number one gagged and number two is before a Democrat appointed judge and you’re playing with fire like this it’s very sad but the good news is they’ve not proven a case there is no crime now you’re going to read all of these experts and you know the ones that have to go over their names again but all experts legal Scholars talented people very smart people and there is no crime so maybe they’ll try and devise one right now the judge he’ll help them out because the judge all right so you’re hearing from the former president there addressing cameras again saying many of the same things that we have heard time and time again uh that he does believe that this is unfair uh he has called this a Witch Hunt numerous times uh he’s calling it complicated and conflicted and even saying that the judge here is trying to manufacture a crime and he goes on to talk about how he is gagged and he really address it and again starts to show news articles as he has done on a daily basis you can also see his son there behind him over his shoulder he was there yesterday as well so I want to bring back in Olivia and Brian buckmire to talk more about this so Olivia I mean really we as we March towards next week here uh and the end of all of this as we’ve been covering it every single day you’ve been watching the former president’s disposition in court and as you mentioned uh the testimony today and we know as yesterday was anything but sleepy to your point uh but he did have his eyes closed for a lot how have you seen his demeanor change uh throughout the course of this 20 days well we have certainly seen him sort of Wayne in and out of Interest he has been most interested when it is his own attorneys who are questioning the Witnesses on cross-examination he clearly likes to watch his own legal team work and he drifts away when it is the prosecutors working with their Witnesses entering in key testimony into the record in front of the jury but as you also pointed out it is just fascinating Kana that he ultimately chose not to testify in this case I’ve been with him in a number of civil uh trials that he attended he chose to testify in all of them think about the Civil fraud trial think about the egene Caroll trial when he took the stand for just minutes but here no testimony and it underscores how sort of grave the consequences are here this is a criminal trial and the first one he has faced possibly the only one and it’s a reversal Kana from his public statements I remember asking him in March saying you know will you testify he had said he would have no problem in April he said again at a press conference that he would absolutely testify and now here we are his defense resting today so without any testimony from Donald Trump and all the jury has to go on is what they saw of him in the courtroom at times asleep at times uninterested at times angry cursing from the defense table at times muttering under his breath at times shaking his head but never hearing his own account of the events as he says that they occurred which we just heard from him once again in the hallway which is that there was no crime here so we know he calls it a Witch Hunt we know he says it’s unfair but that is a part of his defense Kaa to say that it there was no crime and that these payments were properly marked so he is saying it in the hallway but he is not saying it on the witness stand in front of the jury right and he has access to those cameras uh day in and day out and he even turned around and left and didn’t take any questions from reporters that were sort of shouting the question that you did get an answer to though Olivia months ago asking him why he wouldn’t testify he didn’t take those questions today and Brian I’ve heard a lot of different legal an analysis here on why he shouldn’t testify and a lot of there’s a lot of voices out there that say don’t do it it would just bury the case but I heard someone else say you know what he’s the only one that can really tell his own perspective and his own experience he he is from the sense of a lot of these conversations that the prosecution have highlighted it was only Michael Cohen and Donald Trump and so if you’re thinking about this from a standpoint of let’s have a battle of credibility right let’s have what Donald Trump says that conversation was pitted against that of Michael Cohen hey say what you want to say about about the former president he doesn’t have multiple convictions for for lying and defrauding uh Congress courts judges whatever may be and so that could theoretically be a good defense to have Donald Trump on this stand and testifying But ultimately it’s his Fifth Amendment right the jury will be told not to consider the fact that he did not testify against him and I do think that this is not a case where witness gets up on the stand and says this is what happened and that’s how you win as a defense attorney I do think this is a case where you highlight the flaws in the prosecution’s case and you ultimately they could not prove this case Beyond A Reasonable Doubt so I think just the nature of this case it was smart for Donald Trump not to take the stand and probably take the advice of his attorneys and not to take the stand in here all right uh Brian buckmire and Olivia Rubin our thanks to both of you and we just showed you moments ago there the former president walking back into the courtroom for this conference and everything will reconvene uh next Tuesday thank you both for being here with us up next on ABC News live a deadly turbulence on a flight Bound for Singapore we have the latest on the survivors in just a moment [Music] whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon Maine the scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere 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has more for us so Patrick uh what more do we know about exactly what happened here hi Kana yeah I mean we’re still learning more about this extreme turbulence that hit this Singapore Airlines flight it was flying from London he thr to Singapore it had about it had 2111 passengers on board as well as 18 crew and according to the airline about 10 hours in it it suddenly suffered ex um sudden extreme turbulence when it was at about 37,000 ft and as you say we’ve been seeing the video from inside and the images of the aftermath and people um on board have been talking to the media and describing people just being hurled up into the ceiling of the plane when there was this very sudden drop um people were hitting the the the ceiling of the aircraft so hard that they were actually damaging the over the um overhead panels above the plane then diverted to Bangkok in Thailand um we’ve seen people being stretched off the plane dozens of people being given medical attention and a significant number of people we’re hearing from TI authorities around 30 people now hospitalized in Bangkok with moderate injuries and at least six people critically injured Kana six people critically injured as well it’s just a terrifying scene hard to imagine that kind of turbulence Patrick rille thank you so much also President Biden lashing out at the international criminal court after its top prosecutors sought arrest warrants for top Israeli officials including Benjamin Netanyahu now the Court’s Chief prosecutor saying that leaders of Israel and Hamas including the Prime Minister committed war crimes in Gaza Netanyahu reacting to the news this morning on GMA I I think that the prosecutor should be concerned about his status because he’s really turning the IC into a pariah institution people are just not going to take it seriously uh they see it as a politicized thing well in Washington today Secretary of State Anthony blinkin says that the Biden Administration is ready to work with Congress on a bipartisan basis to respond to this decision in the meantime the situation in Gaza is getting worse by the day a food distribution in the southern city of Rafa is currently suspended land Crossings remain closed right now so Aid coming also from that New Port that was built by the United States that Aid is Flowing very slowly at the moment ABC’s Elizabeth schy is at the White House for us with more on this so Elizabeth let’s start with President Biden coming to Israel’s defense here lashing out at the international criminal court talk to us more about the administration’s response here well simply put Kaa The Biden Administration is calling this decision outrageous the president is making clear that they do not see an equivalence between what Israel’s leaders have done and what hamas’s leaders have done when it comes to crimes against humanity the icc’s top prosecutor accused Netanyahu of targeting civilians of choking off Aid and notably today Kaa France which is of course a key Ally of the US broke with the US in saying that it supports the icc’s decision the White House says it does not agree with the decision but it also is not yet calling for sanctions on the ICC which is an effort that is being pushed by some Republicans on Capitol Hill absolutely right we saw speaker Johnson make notes of that yesterday almost immediately but also Elizabeth Secretary of State Anthony blinkin he was in Washington today testifying before lawmakers about the Biden administration’s Foreign Affairs budget and there was a lot of commotion uh there what happened yeah this was in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Secretary of State blinkin interrupted by a protester who was holding up a sign basically calling blinkin a criminal and blinkin stopped for a moment it was interrupted a couple minutes later he continued on and then was interrupted again but he was asked as he continued his testimony later in the day uh in the morning Ka what the US is doing to continue to push for a ceasefire here’s how blink answered that the extremely wrongheaded decision by the uh ICC prosecutor yesterday the shameful equivalence implied uh between Hamas and the leadership of Israel I think that only complicates the prospects for getting such an agreement so again blasting that decision by the ICC and I will say Kaa that interruption protest that we saw in Capitol Hill emblematic of what we see so often on the campaign Trail just earlier today vice president Harris she’s out in Philadelphia she was interrupted by dozens of protesters there too yeah we are seeing that across the board you’re so right and again noting that the ICC they’re questioning jurisdiction and the timing of this as well uh several uh leading officials in the United States Elizabeth schy thank you so much for being with us today all right coming up next here on ABC News live the pizza and pasta meal deal that’s being offered for people who take OIC or wovi that’s [Music] next whenever news 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Patel uh okay so let’s first start by mentioning that Nestle started working on these companion products if you will for these appetite suppressing drugs at some point last year uh so first of all just generally what should people be on the lookout for if they’re interested in eating some of these meals well Kaa you’re you’re on point I think at the end of 2023 many mu food manufacturers including nesie started to notice changes in their sales potentially what could happen as these weight loss drugs grow in popularity so what people can expect likely is going to show up on shelves are these foods that are targeting those who may be taking weight loss drugs are eating less food but want to still make sure that they’re getting high nutrient dense meals so Nestle is saying hey we’ll make sure that these meals are smaller to fit your appetite but we’ll have protein fiber and iron which people may be missing if they’re taking weight loss drugs and are eating less in general and this isn’t really much of a surprise because these companies take in billions of dollars a year a lot of them sell processed convenient foods and they follow market trends we’ve seen this in the past with foods that are marketed for lowfat diets high protein diets glutenfree you know non- gml whatever it may be so if there is a trend that Americans are following their diet expect the food manufacturers to jump on board well that’s interesting and in your opinion here if there’s somebody that is taking one of these drugs because they have diabetes it’s been prescribed to them by a doctor versus someone who is taking it purely for the aesthetic appeal of weight loss do they need to be addressing what they’re actually eating in a different way every single person who is taking these weight loss medications need to understand how they work they suppress your appetite they kind of mimic these these hunger hormones I should say they block the hunger hormones you’re eating less you also are going to have a delayed Transit time in your gut long story short food stays in your gut for longer which is why some people may have side effects like bloating or nausea and they eat less if you eat less you may not be taking in the right amount of protein fiber iron vitamins and nutrients which your body needs which is it’s so important for people to take these medications alongside professional Healthcare guidance and that may include the guidance of a dietitian or nutritionist so you can make sure that even if you’re eating less calories per day you’re eating High nutrient dense foods that is so incredibly important and everyone reacts differently to various Foods so there might be a little bit of trial and error and when in terms of those nutrient-dense foods that you need to be eating these meals are going to be highly processed right so does that impact how these nutrients that they’re putting in does that impact how they’re absorbed for people you know it definitely impacts what people should be paying attention to K if you look at other health foods that are out there that are convenient that are quick you don’t have to cook I understand the appeal there are already protein bars and meal replacements and shakes you can buy and some of these may have hidden additives preservatives sugar they’re not always tightly regulated so Whole Foods are always going to be better and even though you know I saw the picture today of one of the foods that’s advertised and it looks like hey there’s some chicken there’s some vegetables there’s rice there’s whole grains but I don’t know what else could potentially be in there for it to have a shelf life so if you talk to any clinical dietitian for people on these medications what’s recommended is that you start with protein first and that you make sure you’re filling your plate with plant-based food so you get all those vital nutrients you’re not filling up on things like processed foods carbs or anything that may actually worsen your 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Operation Center we’re approaching the gate militants came in from different directions nuclear reactor so you have a couple loaded and ready to go the house is destroyed but the flag not a car how important it made the USA great work hi appreciate Youk is David DAV I’m David I know you are ABC’s World News Tonight with David mure is America’s most watched [Music] newscast hi everyone I’m Kaa WTH so glad to have you with us today our top story at this hour the judge in the historic hush money payment trial against former president Donald Trump is now holding what’s called a pre-charged conference to finalize the instructions that will be given to the jury the defense and the prosecution both in attendance right now each with an opportunity here to weigh in of course this is coming after Trump’s defense team rested their case in this unprecedented hush money trial earlier today with Trump’s lawyers questioning their second and Final witness Bob Castello the jury has now been dismissed for this long Memorial Weekend break as the judge signals this case could be in their hands next week so I want to bring in our investigative reporter Olivia Rubin outside the courthouse joined by legal contributor and trial attorney Brian buckmire thank you both for being here so Olivia they all just sort of filed in here for this judge’s conference and uh Trump before he went in there said you know these next couple of hours are very very important so give us an idea of what it’s like there and and especially considering that the jury has now left after seeing this very contentious moment in court it is key Kaa because this is going to determine what M tells the jury to consider uh as it relates to the law as it relates to the evidence and so it is going to shape their deliberations and what they ultimately are trying to figure out so Donald Trump is correct when he calls this critical the jury is not here for this type of uh hearing this is between Donald Trump’s team and the prosecutors in the case each making their own AR Arguments for how he should instruct them and just now it is just getting underway and it is Donald Trump’s attorney Amil Bo who is kicking it off and what he is arguing is that uh he would like an instruction from Judge Maran to instruct the jury that they are that there was sort of a a civil conspiracy that underlined this scheme here not a criminal conspiracy remember this is a felony case because prosecutors have alleged the underlying crime The Conspiracy to influence the election but what Bo is arguing to the judge is that prosecutors failed to identify throughout the course of this case that criminal underpinning saying that it should be civil but not criminal of course I expect that prosecutors will push back on this heavily in the moments to come when they now get their turn yeah absolutely Olivia and we’ve heard time and time again that a lot of legal analysts feel like that that a felony is too far here and that they haven’t proven a crime yet but Brian I’m really curious to get your perspective here on what Olivia was just talking about uh they the defense attorneys right now want this alleged conspiracy as she said to be painted as civil not criminal in these jury instructions can you tell us why that’s so important and how you think the prosecution might fight back on that yeah okay so if the defense gets what they’re asking for and is able to color the underlying let’s say action because it wouldn’t be necessarily a crime if it’s civil rather than criminal then they get to say that there’s no underlying crime based on the definition of the penal law code that Donald Trump is facing then it wouldn’t make it a a felony it wouldn’t make it a crime as has been articulated in the charges against Donald Trump however I don’t think that’s going to work uh I agree with the defense in that a prosecutor should have to point out the underlying crime if you’re going to elevate it from a misdemeanor to a felony but myself and the defense who’s probably made these argumen and State Court many times will come up with a fact that that doesn’t work when it comes to criminal law interpretation the charge is what it is in the sense of if you look at penal law I believe it’s 17510 it doesn’t articulate that you have to explain or prove what the underlying crime is merely that one exists uh so I understand why defense attorneys don’t like it but that is how it applies to everyone whether or not you’re the former president or just a regular citizen absolutely and Olivia can you C sort of catch us up to catch us up here on what you’re hearing out of court right now from our reporters that are in there mhm just watching the notes from the team and what uh they are saying now is that the judge has now just declined to add a specific line to the jury charge specifically about Donald Trump’s own limits to contributing to his own campaign in 2015 and 2016 his attorney AML Bo had argued that that line would have sort of told the jury that Trump could have paid out of his uh own pocket as personal expenses for these prosecutors did not want that line added they said it was extren because he didn’t even make the payment himself self and said it had nothing to do with the case and the judge declining that so it might seem small Kaa one line here one line there but that is the type of back and forth that is going to overall make up this jury charge and again can’t underscore it enough every single line is going to be key and prosecutors are going to try to get lines in there that they want the defense are going to try to get lines in there that they want and they will work together and the judge will ultimately craft that one single charge that he will give to the jury so we’ll keep an eye on on how it’s shaping out absolutely every single detail here is critical and crucial and I know you’ll be watching that very closely uh also though if as we move ahead if we look ahead if you can for a week here Brian uh the judge expects summations next Tuesday so what will you be listening for in that moment yeah for the prosecution I think it’s very easy their case has been consistent throughout opening statements and also uh the evidence that they’ve marshaled through this trial that Donald Trump was aware through their star witness that testified Michael Cohen of these payments this catch and kill scheme the reimbursement and how these checks move from one location to another to get the signature of Donald J Trump trump sorry uh in order to effectuate this catchin kill scheme and as a prosecution would put it the falsify falsification of business records what I’m really looking for though is from the defense because throughout this case it seems like they almost have different themes here uh one if you believe Bob Costello who was told by Michael Cohen that Donald Trump didn’t know anything about this um two that this is just business as usual this is the way that democracy works as we heard from the opening statement and then three that there is no crime here that Donald Trump was aware of these payments but that this is completely legal and that there’s no underlying crime to make it a felony I’m interested to see which Theory because some of them don’t really uh Jive well together so to speak uh the defense goes with and which one they argue the facts align with and how they they present this inmation all right uh Brian buckmire and Olivia Ruben our thanks to both of you as always also today a court hearing is being held right now in Turks and Kos for the for one of the Americans arrested for possession of ammunition now the Caribbean Court heard comments from both the defense and the prosecution today Tyler Scott wenrich pled guilty to two counts of possession of ammunition and the judge just announced that he will issue his sentencing within seven days when Rich is facing a possible 12year sentence here uh this comes a day after bipartisan group of senators traveled to the island nation they were pleading for leniency uh or to handle these situations differently at the very least ABC’s Matt Rivers has more a high stakes hearing for Tyler wri one of five Americans facing 12 years behind bars in Turks and Kos for carrying ammunition to the island that they all say they didn’t know they had after being detained in April when two rounds of ammunition were found in his bag while rebor in a Royal Caribbean cruise ship I have a lot of fear and anxiety as to what’s going to happen and I’m hoping that the judge finds some compassion and leniency in the situation that I’m that I’m in a bipartisan Congressional Delegation meeting with Island officials Monday on behalf of the detained Americans saying they proposed other consequences for breaking the law instead of you being charged underneath the national law you can be charged underneath custom act which is simply a fine and you’re expelled from the country long a popular tourist destination for Americans in recent years Turks and caos has strengthened gun laws following an increased in gun-related violence and weapons trafficking 45-year-old Sharita Greer detained just 8 days ago on a Mother’s day trip with her daughters the Florida mother and grandmother taken into custody after ammunition was also found in her bag on her way back to the States Greer says she was handcuffed to a chair for three nights at the police station I never experienced anything like that she is now living with two of the other detained Americans Brian hagerich and Ryan Watson as all three await their days in court they are my forever family and with all of this stuff happening I’m just thankful and my family back home is thankful H thanks to mat Rivers for that reporting also Scarlett Johansson is taking on open AI for allegedly copying her voice now the actress says she turned down an offer to be the voice of the artificial intelligence system and the company made one that sounds like her instead here’s Chief business correspondent Rebecca Jarvis Scarlet Johansson calling out Sam Alman the CEO of leading generative artificial intelligence Company open AI claiming he gave his company’s new AI personal assistant known as Sky a strikingly familiar voice take a listen hey ch BT how are you doing I’m doing fantastic thanks for asking that voice according to Johanson is eerily similar to none other than her own in the 2013 movie her where Johansson plays of all things an AI assistant here she is in the film it seems like I’m having so many new feelings that I don’t think I’ve ever been felt before and again here’s open AI Sky once upon a time in a world not too different from ours there was a robot named bite Johansson’s husband Colin Jo even waiting into the controversy on last week’s SNL Chad GPT has released a new voice assistant feature inspired by Scarlet Johansson’s AI character in her which I’ve never bothered to watch because without that body what’s the point of listening and as it turns out Sam Alman is a fan of the film telling a conference last year it’s his favorite which part of her do you look at and go this is never going to happen well I I mean a ton of it the number of things that I think her got right this idea that it is going to be this like conversational language interface that was incredibly prophetic and certainly more than a little bit inspired us Altman approached Johansson to become the voice of his new product but Johansson says she declined with ultman asking her to reconsider just two days before its release the issue here is not that her voice was itself was taken but was there in fact something so close that uh she should have legal rights against open AI That’s the question here now Johansson whose lawyers are insisting open AI disclose how it developed the voice says she’s shocked angered and in disbelief the company disputing the comparison in a blog post writing AI should not deliberately mimic a celebrity’s distinctive voice and that the voice of Sky belongs to a different professional actress who they say was cast for The Voice before they reached out to Johansson Alman writing in a statement we are sorry to miss Johansson that we didn’t communicate better all right our thanks to Chief business correspondent Rebecca Jarvis for that report open AI by the way says they worked with casting director narrowing down more than 400 submissions to then five final voices for all of that all right coming up next here on ABC News live deadly turbulence on a flight Bound for Singapore we’ll have the latest on the survivors in just a [Music] moment what does it take to be the most watched newscast in America an operation to capture Isis Fighters is this our combat Operation Center we’re approaching the gate now militants came in from four or five different directions operational nuclear rea so you have a couple loaded and ready to go the house is destroyed but the flag there’s not a tear in it not a te in it how 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the Daily News podcast honored with four Edward R mural Awards and see why the New York Times calls it a news podcast worth listening to start here ABC News make it your daily first listen now that’s a part of the story I bet you didn’t see coming wherever you get your podcast start here ABC News America’s number one news source all right welcome back to ABC News live there’s new video emerging from inside a tur involving a Singapore Airlines Boeing jet the turbulence so bad that a person was killed at least 70 others were hurt the flight was going from London to Singapore it was about 90 minutes from Landing when it hit this severe turbulence and then it was forced to make an emergency landing in Bangkok one passenger at one point could be seen they were you see there sort of carried out of the airplane on a stretcher there’s also blood stains on some of the seats which just goes to show how intense this situation was our Patrick reel has been following the story and has more for us so Patrick uh what more do we know about exactly what happened here hi Kana yeah I mean we’re still learning more about this extreme turbulence that hit this Singapore Airlines flight it was flying from London he throw to Singapore it had about it had 2111 passengers on board as well as 18 crew and according to the airline about 10 hours in it it suddenly suffered ex um sudden extreme turbulence when it was at about 37,000 ft and as you say we’ve been seeing the video from inside and the images of the aftermath and people um on board have been talking to the media and describing people just being hurled up into the ceiling of the plane when there was this very sudden drop um people were hitting the the the ceiling of the aircraft so hard that they were actually damaging the over the um overhead panels above the plane then diverted to Bangkok in Thailand um we’ve seen people being stretched off the plane dozens of people being given medical attention and a significant number of people we’re hearing from TI authorities around 30 people now hospitalized in Bangkok with moderate injuries and at least six people critically injured can six people critically injured as well it’s just a terrifying scene hard to imagine that kind of turbulence Patrick reille thank you so much also President Biden lashing out at the international criminal court after its top prosecutors sought arrest warrants for top Israeli officials including Benjamin Netanyahu now the Court’s Chief prosecutor saying that leaders of Israel and Hamas including the Prime Minister committed war crimes in Gaza n yahu reacting to the news this morning on GMA I I think that the prosecutor should be concerned about his status because he’s really turning the IC into a pariah institution people are just not going to take it seriously uh they see it as a politicized thing well in Washington today Secretary of State Anthony blinkin says that the Biden Administration is ready to work with Congress on a bipartisan basis to respond to this decision in the meantime the situation in Gaza is getting worse by the day uh food distribution in the southern city of Rafa is currently suspended land Crossings remain closed cled right now so Aid coming also from that New Port that was built by the United States that Aid is Flowing very slowly at the moment ABC’s Elizabeth schy is at the White House for us with more on this so Elizabeth let’s start with President Biden coming to Israel’s defense here lashing out at the international criminal court talk to us more about the administration’s response here well simply put Kaa The Biden Administration is calling this decision outrageous the president is making clear that they do not see an equivalence between what Israel’s leaders have done and what hamas’s leaders have done when it comes to CRI crimes against humanity the icc’s top prosecutor accused Netanyahu of targeting civilians of choking off Aid and notably today Kaa France which is of course a key Aly of the US broke with the US in saying that it supports the icc’s decision the White House says it does not agree with the decision but it also is not yet calling for sanctions on the ICC which is an effort that is being pushed by some Republicans on Capitol Hill absolutely right we saw speaker Johnson make notes of that yesterday almost immediately but also Elizabeth Secretary of Anthony blinkin he was in Washington today testifying before lawmakers about the Biden administration’s Foreign Affairs budget and there was a lot of commotion uh there what happened yeah this was in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Secretary of State blinkin interrupted by a protester who was holding up a sign basically calling blinkin a criminal and blinkin stopped for a moment it was interrupted a couple minutes later he continued on and then was interrupted again but he was asked as he continued his testimony later in the day uh in the morning Kaa what the US is doing to continue to push for a ceasefire here’s how blink answered that the extremely wrongheaded decision by the uh ICC prosecutor yesterday the shameful equivalence implied uh between Hamas and the leadership of Israel I think that only complicates the prospects for getting such an agreement so again blasting that decision by the ICC and I will say that Interruption protest that we saw in Capitol Hill emblematic of what we see so often on the campaign Trail just earlier today vice president Harris she’s out in Philadelphia she was interrupted by dozens of protesters there too yeah we are seeing that across the board you’re so right and again noting that the ICC they’re questioning jurisdiction and the timing of this as well uh several uh leading officials in the United States Elizabeth schy thank you so much for being with us today all right coming up next here on ABC News live the pizza and pasta meal deal that’s being offered for people who take OIC or wovi that’s [Music] next Whenever Wherever news breaks it’s 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alal wherever the story is will take you there you’re streaming ABC News [Music] live all right if you’re taking wovi or o listen up the world’s biggest food company Nestle has announced a new line of $5 frozen pizzas and protein enriched pastas that will be sold in the United States specifically for people that are taking these drugs now the company says that the new products are set to hit the supermarket shelves in October with a focus on having products with more protein iron and calcium for those that are taking the popular appetite suppressing drugs uh ABC News medical contributor Dr elizel is joining me now with more on this I I have so many questions Dr Patel H okay so let’s first start by mentioning that Nestle started working on these companion products if you will for these appetite suppressing drugs at some point last year uh so first of all just generally what should people be on the lookout for if they’re interested in eating some of these meals well Kaa you’re you’re on point I think at the end of 2023 many mu food manufactures including nesie started to notice changes in their sales potentially what could happen as these weight loss drugs grow in pop popularities what people can expect likely is going to show up on shelves are these foods that are targeting those who may be taking weight loss drugs are eating less food but want to still make sure that they’re getting high nutrient dense meals so Nestle is saying hey we’ll make sure that these meals are smaller to fit your appetite but we have protein fiber and iron which people may be missing if they’re taking weight loss drugs and are eating less in general and this isn’t really much of a surprise because these companies take in billions of dollars a year a lot of them sell processed convenient foods and they follow market trends we’ve seen this in the past with foods that are marketed for lowfat diets high protein diets gluten-free you know non- GMO whatever it may be so if there is a trend that Americans are following with their diet expect the food manufacturers to jump on board well that’s interesting and in your opinion here if there’s somebody that is taking one of these drugs because they have diabetes it’s been prescribed to them by a doctor versus someone who is taking it purely for the aesthetic appeal of weight loss do they need to be addressing what they’re actually eating in a different way every single person who is taking these weight loss medications need to understand how they work they suppress your appetite they kind of mimic these these hunger hormones I should say they block the hunger hormones you’re eating less you also are going to have a delayed Transit time in your gut long story short food stays in your gut for longer which is why some people may have side effects like bloating or nausea and they eat less if you eat less you may not be taking in the right amount of protein fiber iron vitamins and nutrients which your body needs which is why it’s so important for people to take these medications alongside professional Healthcare guidance and that may include the guidance of a dietitian or nutritionist so you can make sure that even if you’re eating less calories per day you’re eating High nutrient dense foods that is so incredibly important and everyone reacts differently to various Foods so there might be a little bit of trial and error and when in terms of those nutrient-dense foods that you need to be eating these meals are going to be highly processed right so does that impact how these new nutrients that they’re putting in does that impact how they’re absorbed for people you know it definitely impacts what people should be paying attention to K if you look at other health foods that are out there that are convenient that are quick you don’t have to cook I understand the appeal there are already protein bars and meal replacements and shakes you can buy and some of these may have hidden additives preservatives sugar they’re not always tightly regulated so Whole Foods are always going to be better and even though you know I saw the picture today of one of the foods that’s advertised and it looks like hey there’s some chicken there’s vegetables there’s rice there’s whole grains but I don’t know what else could potentially be in there for it to have a shelf life so if you talk to any clinical dietitian for people on these medications what’s recommended is that you start with protein first and that you make sure you’re filling your plate with plant-based food so you get all those vital nutrients you’re not filling up on things like processed foods carbs or anything that may actually worsen your symptoms and not get you the nutrients you need right make sure you read those labels and like my mom says you need to be able to pronounce what you’re putting in your body good advice Dr Mom I love that right Dr Patel thank you so much for being with us we appreciate you and thank you for streaming with us I’m Kana 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of this I love it great work hi where are you where are you appreciate you thank you David good to meet you is David David yes yes I’m David M I know you are you every night EC’s World News Tonight with David mure is America’s most watched newscast it’s lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know that sounds pretty good you’re how your money breaking news music and of course good food a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afterno for everything you need to know I love that reporting from Monteray Park California I’m Robin Roberts wherever wherever the story is we’re going to take you there you’re streaming ABC News live [Music] right now on ABC News live the defense rest Donald Trump’s felony hush money trial is close to heading to jury after the former president decided not to testify in his own defense we have the latest for you from outside Court plus an American delegation headed to Turks and caos after an American Tourist was arrested after bringing ammunition into his luggage we will talk to one of those lawmakers about what actually happened and what’s next also severe weather slamming the middle of the the country and things may only get worse as the day goes on we have your forecast coming up all right hi everybody I’m Kana Whitworth thank you so much for joining us our top story at this hour the judge in the historic hush money payment trial against former president Donald Trump now holding what is called a pre-charge conference so they’re doing this to finalize the jury instructions the defense and the prosecution both in attendance as is Trump and they each have an opportunity here to weigh in on what they want the jury to read this of course comes after Trump’s defense team rested their case in this unprecedented hush money trial earlier today Trump’s lawyers questioning their second and Final witness Bob Castello the jury has now been dismissed for this long Memorial Weekend break as the judge signals this case could be in their hands by next week so I want to bring our investigative reporter Olivia Rubin who’s live outside the courthouse for us I joined by criminal defense attorney and former Federal prosecutor Tim Jansen so thank you both for being here with us so Olivia uh let’s dive into what’s happening right now in court as again the defense and the prosecution are sort of saying what they want the judge to write down for the jury to understand here and the judge I know Olivia has said we need this to be as simple as possible for the jury they need to be able to understand everything that they’re reading and it seems like they went really back and forth here Olivia on the jury was saying they must find Trump acted willfully uh in order to convict that’s what the defense wants wants the judge to write uh but it sounds like the prosecution wants it you know criminally every single word that judge Mara gives to the jury matters Kaa and right now both sides are arguing for exactly how they want this phrasing to be as you just said Donald Trump’s team wants it to be made clear that it is civil conspiracy prosecutors saying it does not matter whether it was civil or criminal they just need to prove that Donald Trump acted unlawfully but they have since moved on Kaa to a topic that we are very familiar with and that is Michael Cohen and what the judge is grappling with right now and actually expressing concerns about is how exactly the phrasing to use to describe Michael Cohen’s convictions to the jury he is expressing concern as is Donald Trump’s team that Michael Cohen’s guilt what he has pled guilty to what he’s been convicted of could be used by proxy by the jury to infer Donald Trump’s guilt as well and of course they want to avoid that so just to sort of you know give you a a reading of what judge Maran is saying in this from our great notes uh from the team here he says it seems to me right now we are really playing with fire and getting close to that meaning the jury could infer Trump’s guilt because of Michael Cohen so they are debating what uh sort of words to use whether they use that he participated in crimes that he was convicted of crime so again it seems so small Kaa but again again every single word here matters and the last thing that Donald Trump’s team wants right now is for the jury to look at convicted Michael Cohen and look at the association he had with Donald Trump and say Donald Trump must be guilty too so that’s why they are playing with the wording here to ensure that that does not happen yeah that concern of proxy and and to Livia’s Point here our team is doing such a fabulous job in court of keeping us updated so Tim I’d love to get your take here on the fact that according to our team the judge echoed the defense’s concern about this about the jury potentially looking at Trump and Cohen together and finding Trump Guilty by proxy well the jury instructions are the most important thing in the case at this point they’re one of the reasons why cases get overturned in proper jury instructions and the judge knows that the jury and this evidence had been admitted so far it’s not clear they got Michael Cohen is a convicted felon he pled to certain crimes and the judge is correct Donald Trump what he pled to Cohen as far as his charges has nothing to do with what president Trump is on trial for and he is equally should be concerned that the jury could say well he pled to these campaign Finance laws so Donald Trump must have pled to him and that’s not the law and secondly willfulness this is a criminal case willfulness is an element of the offense it’s the highest degree of Center that a jury has to find and so you can’t say criminally responsible ible or criminally liable it’s willfulness that’s in the statute and willfulness it sounds like is where judge Marshon land on that uh on that language isn’t that right Olivia judge Marshon said he would Reserve his decision about whether to include willful uh in the jury charge and this is all in terms of how he acted right was it willfully uh was it criminally uh was it unlawfully correct he’s reserving uh to rule on that specific issue and they have a move to another legal issue now but one that is so critical Kaa and that is accomplice liability and what prosecutors want here is an instruction to the jury that Donald Trump can be found guilty because of other people’s actions that he caused these records to be falsified even though he personally did not enter them into the Trump organization system himself did not personally write the Michael Cohen invoices himself that he caused them to be uh created and that’s why he can still be found guilty and what they are arguing prosecutors they’re saying this is necessary because in Donald Trump’s opening statement from his attorney they pointed out that Donald Trump personally did not write those records so accomplice liability it is legal it is difficult to understand but it is critical if the jury is going to find Trump guilty for records that other people created certainly and Tim you’ve been following this as well from day one and you’ve been watching all of this play out uh we know that the jury just left after seeing this sort of fiery moment in court with Costello uh the def uh one of the people that you know gave serious testimony uh but it was different from what we heard from Michael Cohen and so when you watched all of this Tim what was what was the most interesting most important piece of testimony that you heard well you know I didn’t get to watch it live because it’s not on TV but clearly U Costello was his attorney and at the time that he was trying to cut a deal for Castello or for uh Cohen he said do you have any information against Donald Trump that’s who they want to go after if you have it now I can get you a great deal and what did Cohen say at the time I don’t have anything if he would have had something at the time he would have disclosed it and what we do to all of our clients when you’re caught and you’re in the Trap the way to get out of the Trap you cooperate with the feds he did not do that in fact he gave statements that are clearly different than what he testified in his trial and Robert Cohen’s an an officer of the Court he’s an attorney uh he said he had his partner who was present at that meeting so his credibility is much higher than Michael Cohen and so it does come down to an issue of credibility for you and many wondering how the how the jury will perceive that as well Olivia ruin uh Tim Jansen thank you so much I know I’ll be talking with both of you throughout the day coming up next here why did Donald Trump’s social media accounts site language associated with the Nazis and wait almost a day before taking it all down we have the details on that also we have the latest from Turks and Kos that meeting uh members of Congress had with law enforcement there to try and prevent an American from doing 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be allowed to then proceed uh these arrest warrants would be then be issued for them no western style democracy has been issued an ICC arrest warrant so if this does become the first it will shock Israel and its allies including the US now just for some context you know the immediate problem for Israeli officials under any ICC arrest would be that the Court’s 124 member states would be under a legal obligation to arrest these officials if they travel to any of those countries now if the court finds enough evidence of the crimes it can then summon the suspect to appear voluntarily at the court can also issue an arrest warrant relying on member countries to make the arrest as I say and transfer the suspect to the IC so that means that there might be some restrictions on where nanyu can travel then there would be a pre-trial and then a trial before judges in which the prosecution must prove Beyond reasonable doubt that the individual is guilty of these crimes Kaa all right Brit Clint in Tel Aviv our thanks as always to you also after widespread condemnation Israel has reversed course and returned broadcasting equipment that it had seized belonging to the Associated Press now Israeli officials seized this equipment after accusing the news organization of violating a new media law by providing images to Al jazer the Biden Administration asked the Israeli government to reverse its decision Israel minister of communications announced the order that the equipment be returned [Music] all right former president Donald Trump posted and then deleted a video on his social media platform that used language that mirrors Nazi Germany suggesting there will be a unified Reich if he wins this 2024 election uh the words unified Reich appear as part of a hypothetical news headline that announced Trump’s hypothetical victory in 2024 the narr in the video asking what happens after Donald Trump’s win for more I want to bring in ABC News political director Rick Klein uh Rick thank you so much for being here with us so I think a lot of people wondering right now look this video is up for a long time more than 18 hours on his account how is his campaign explaining that well they’re saying it was a mistake by a staffer uh who who uh posted it um when it was created by someone outside of the campaign and it happened while he was in court a couple of points on that one is he did have access to his phone while he was in court so it’s possible it was being refuted and the the Stafford did it defense doesn’t entirely get you out of something like this lots of things and campaigns are posted by staffers uh they they did they did uh disavow it um and and kind of turn the tables and then ultimately took it down so it appears that they recognized why it was potentially problematic after some time um but um the the the the defense of the Stafford doing it is is what they’re sticking with now and the campaign is not telling us who the staffer is or or if there’s any consequences for said staffer uh certainly fodder for uh President Biden and his campaign how are they reacting well they’re saying as part of a pattern of uh of rhetoric and statements that are showing sympathy for uh for Nazis for uh for Hitler’s Germany uh and they they like um they like the contrast that that provides and something that President Biden has talked repeatedly about in his campaign all the way back to the beginning of The Campaign which he always said was launched in response to the Charlottesville rally um so this is this is to them Reckless move on the part of the of of the Trump campaign uh and again part of part of what they see is a continued U pattern of uh statements or images that appear to uh to to to be at least somewhat friendly to some of the most horrible humans in uh in American history certainly and Rick I do want to switch gears if you will for just a moment here can you bring us up to date on what Donald Trump is now saying about contraceptives and possibly restricting them yeah I mean look we’ll have to watch the the full video to get released by The the local uh TV station that did it but he he was asked in a in a in a local interview um what if any limits um he would want to have imposed on on contraceptives and he said he would have a policy out soon and it would be a good policy it wasn’t a no since that time his campaign has come out and clarified that he has never um called for any limits on birth control or contraceptive contraceptives in any uh in any way shape or form uh and that this is being a clear answer on all right well I know you’ll bring us up to speed on that as soon as we see that full video Rick Klein thank you so much for joining us today it’s always good to have you all right turning now to the latest on the five Americans detained in Turks and Kos a judge heard both defense and prosecution arguments today and will issue his sentencing within 7 days but a bipartisan group of senators just returned from the island nation after meeting with the governor’s office pleading for leniency on these Americans or to handle these situations entirely differently congressman guy Russian follow is joining me now and he was actually there as part of this delegation uh thank you so much for being here with us so you just returned uh from this trip to Turks and caos I it’s my understanding both pushing for the release of these Americans but also to help see if situations like this entirely can be handled differently bring us up to speed on what happened Kana that’s exactly right we were just searching for a resolution here we want the four Americans that are now detained one was released because he had terminal cancer and he was was a compassionate release back to the United States but the four that still remain we just want a resolution here if something like this occurred where you had two rounds of ammunition in the United States while going through bordering Customs this would be handled with a with a fine no jail time and You’ be sent back to your country of origin here on the other hand these four and five these five Americans were traveling from Turks and kagos back to the United States had minimal amounts of ammunition uh we’re talking two rounds in onek a handful in the other and 20 rounds in another case they did not know these rounds of ammunition were in their in their luggage and then they’re facing now instead of just the fine and being sent back to the United States they’re facing a mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years in prison a prison by the way that the UN has flagged for human rights abuses so this is terrifying it’s it’s to the point now Kan where every third week an American is being detained wrongfully in Turks and Kos every third week that those numbers are staggering uh this certainly is a terrifying situation and and while they may be admitting guilt to exactly what they’re accused of we are hearing stories right that I forgot these were in my bag I hadn’t used this bag since my last hunting trip it does seem like this isn’t something that is happening by accident but it is still against the law in this other country so how are you advising that they they walk that line and they are allowed to make their own laws and uphold them uh but also are you are you asking for a break for just American citizens or should this be handled differently across the board well no what they don’t tell you the Turks and Kos government is that they handle these cases differently for non-americans so for example there was a Brazilian that got caught innocently with rounds in her luggage and she was allowed to leave much as the Americans would do with a fine and being sent back to her own her own country so when it comes to non- US citizens there’s a different standard the Turks and Kos government is targeting American citizens putting them in front of their Criminal Justice System totally inappropriately and that’s the problem here additionally 12year mandatory minimum is unheard of uh for a what’s called a strict liability case that’s that’s when you don’t have what’s called men’s Rea or a guilty mind or evil intent there was no intent here to break the law all these Americans admitted that it was AC that rounds were accidentally left in their luggage they weren’t selling arms on the streets of Turk and cikos they weren’t importing thousands of round of ammunition these were clearly mistakes and that face a 12year mandatory sentence is inhumane and that’s not that that is not uh congruent with with other nations in the Caribbean or the develop developed world for that for that matter so just because the length of sentence is incredibly Draconian and how this law is being applied to Americans Visa other nationalities shows you that they are targeting American citizens that’s the problem can you elaborate that uh elaborate on that for us a little bit why in your opinion based on just being there do you think they are as you put it targeting Americans here again noting that this is a country and a nation that relies heavily on tourism they’re totally dependent on the United States it’s a British protectorate a Brit British territory but they’re so tied in the United States that they use the US dollar as a for form of currency tourism is the vast majority of their economy and from that tourism the United States represent something like 86% of tourists coming in that country Americans own 75% of the real estate or 75% of the the homes on the island they’re tied to us but there’s internal political pressures going on on the island there’s basically three ruling families of Turks and Kos islands and they’re all jockeying for position and the power the family that most recently came into power that faction ran on a platform of cracking down on tourists specifically American and I can tell you that there’s internal political pressure that is forcing them I’m not justifying this but it’s it’s having the premere and that ruling click in Turks and Kos Target Americans and show to the show to their constituents that they’re going after Americans and I can tell you there when I I was down there for two days there is a sentiment of anti-americanism on that island we were talking to the business Community leaders we were talking to the government we were getting they were rolling their eyes at us crossing their arms at us uh making inflammatory stat statements about Americans uh so this is not a government that is favorable to Americans despite the fact that they’re totally dependent on us for their economy also we represent something like 75% of imports into that country they’re totally dependent on us and to turn around and treat five American citizens this way is egregious I I know that one of your constituents has a hearing set for this Friday so I’m hoping that Congressman Russian poer you will keep us updated and and join us again and we can talk more about this thank you so much for your time appreciate it 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defense attorney and former Federal prosecutor Tim Jansen so thank you both for being here with us and Olivia I know that uh you are keeping up to date very closely with the team that is in the courtroom right now and it sounds like at this moment they’re arguing over how they will use the language or do they use the language here of this accomplice liability so so where does that stand at this moment well to sort of emphasize how quickly this is moving from one topic to another as they tick through different in instructions they have now moved on Kaa to the topic of intent and Donald Trump’s intent as part of this scheme and just to you know read out a bit of what the team inside is reporting so uh diligently amongst very dense legal arguments judge Maran saying he is concerned uh about an addition that Trump attorneys had proposed uh about his intent to defraud the defenses saying that uh that uh instruction must establish Beyond A Reasonable Doubt two separate intents that Donald Trump had but the prosecutors had pushed back on that a bit saying that uh they would essentially be rewriting the statute and judge Maran appearing to agree with that signaling that it would be rewriting the statute if he was to advise them on different types of intents if there was needed to be two different types so that is the sort of debate that is going on right now again the jury is not there for this Donald Trump is present for this the team inside noting that at times his eyes are closed at times he appears to be shuffling through papers on the table in front of them some of which appear to be news clippings because when you sit there you can sometimes see what Donald Trump is flipping through often times they have large photos on them large pictures indicating that they could be news clipping so not necessarily engaged with this with this uh arguments which again are so in the Weeds on New York state criminal statutes that it would be hard quite frankly for anyone to follow along let alone a criminal defendant who is not a lawyer certainly and so Tim I I would love to get your uh response to this as Olivia is here talking about uh the judge ruling the state doesn’t have to prove too separate intents here in these jury instructions well of course the defense is going to want uh intent in every part of any jury instruction they’re going to want to add intent which could confuse the jury uh normally the jury instructions are pretty straightforward uh this case is not a straightforward case so you’re going to have the defense want intent emphasized more often you’re going to have the prosecution say no judge intents already been been uh identified in the jury instructions and the jury can follow it these are highly complex matters most defendants have no idea what’s happening they they defer to the lawyer to do this usually each team will have one lawyer who has prepared the injury instructions from the beginning and that’s all they’ve worked on so when they get to this point they know exactly what they want in uh many times it has to be based on evidence that’s been introduced in the trial certainly and again every word matters and it has to be simple enough for the jury to understand it which is something even judge marshan has alluded to today uh Olivia if we could just for a moment bounce back to this accomplice liability here is interesting to me because prosecutors saying this is a necessary part of the instruction because prosecutors argue right Olivia that uh that Trump himself the defense said in their opening statements Trump himself didn’t actually enter these accounting records he did not and as you pointed out his defense attorneys Todd blanch told that to the jury saying Donald Trump did not enter any business records into the Trump organization ation system he didn’t write the invoices that Michael Cohen submitted so they distanced him from these records but of course what prosecutors are trying to use as part of the law that essentially can find someone culpable for someone else’s action so that’s sort of uh you know the liability aspect of it and they need that instruction in there because they are trying to convict Donald Trump on charges that on some cases for records that he never touched that he likely never saw and the jury never saw evidence that he touched or saw Michael Cohen’s invoices or the internal uh ledgers that were generated in within the Trump organization system there were other people who took the stand and said that they entered the legal expenses into the system so still they need that instruction to get Donald Trump convicted on those records because again as they have argued as part of the statute he caused those records to be falsified even though he didn’t personally falsify some of them himself absolutely and Tim I’d love to go back with you on how the judge is mulling over how Cohen’s guilty pleas should actually be described here I found this interesting because going into this we knew that Michael Cohen’s credibility uh was questionable and many thought oh well his testimony may not stand up because people will question his credibility but here there’s concerned about how his crime should be described did he participate in crimes or was he convicted in crimes and the defense is saying this is important because Donald Trump could potentially be be convicted by proxy by you know being close to Michael Cohen yeah that’s that’s always a problem the jury might get confused and believe that when Michael Cohen said I pled and I was convicted was he convicted of what Donald Trump is charged with now or was he convicted and pled to something completely separate which is the case it was completely separate but it will wasn’t really brought out and the judge is properly finding that the jury might infer guilt by proxy which is absolutely invi ation so that jury instruction has to really be clear he might insert language in there that Michael con plad guilty and was sentenced for a crime nothing to do with this case which probably should be done um and they accomplished liability you know they have to do that in this case because there’s no evidence Donald Trump knew about orchestrated signed or did any of those ledgers you know accomplished liability is usually when the driver of a bank robbery who doesn’t go in but they go in and Rob and shoot people and all you did was Rob right all you did was drive the car you’re still liable under the accomplished liability it’s much more difficult in a case in a white collar case where they have Donald Trump not knowing what Michael Cohen was doing and they agreed that he didn’t see the records or participate in the record making and that’s certainly something that Robert Costello testified to Tim Jansen Olivia Rubin thanks to both of you again this is so important uh we’re keeping our audience up to date minute by minute in this trial because of our excellent team out there so Olivia and Tim thank you 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Americans turn to World News Tonight with David mure the most watched newscast on [Music] [Applause] [Music] television come give it all to me give it to me first thing in the morning there’s a lot going on we’re still in a flash flood warning to catch you up with what happened overnight police in riot gear arresting dozens of protesters what’s happening today escalating tensions in the Middle East what people are talking about the migrant crisis fast straightforward with some fun in between check out the gator on the 17th pole the buzz kill in baseball first thing in the morning America this morning America’s number one early morning news on ABC News live ABC News America’s number one news [Music] source all right President Biden lashing out at the international criminal court after its top prosecutors sought arrest warrants for top Israeli officials including Benjamin Netanyahu the Court’s Chief prosecutors saying that leaders of Israel and Hamas including the Prime Minister committed war crimes in Gaza Netanyahu reacting to the news this morning on GMA I I think that the prosecutor should be concerned about his status because he’s really turning the IC into a par institution people are just not going to take it seriously uh they see it as a politicized thing well in Washington today Secretary of State Anthony blinkin says that the Biden Administration is ready to work with Congress on a bipartisan basis to respond to this decision here’s ABC News foreign correspondent brick clinet hi Kaa some strong words from Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu regarding that IC request for an arrest warrant now if approved by a panel of three judges the case would be allowed to then proceed uh these arrest warrants would be then be issued for them no western style democracy has been issued an ICC arrest warrant so if this does become the first it will shock Israel and its allies including the US now just for some context you know the immediate problem for Israeli officials under any ICC restr would be that the Court’s 124 member states would be under a legal obligation to arrest these officials if they traveled to any of those countries now if the court finds enough evidence of the crimes it can then summon the suspect to appear voluntarily at the court can also issue an arrest warrant relying on member countries to make the arrest as I say and transfer the suspect to the IC so that means that there might be some restrictions on where Netanyahu can travel then there would be a pre trial and then a trial before judges in which the prosecution must prove Beyond reasonable doubt that the individual is guilty of these crimes Ka all right BR Clinton in Tel Aviv our thanks as always to you also after widespread condemnation Israel has reversed course and returned broadcasting equipment that it had seized belonging to the Associated Press now Israeli officials seized this equipment after accusing the news organization of violating a new media law by providing images to Al jazer the Biden Administration asked the Israeli government to reverse its decision Israeli minister of communications announced the order that the equipment be [Music] returned all right former president Donald Trump posted and then deleted a video on his social media platform that used language that mirrors Nazi Germany suggesting there will be a unified Reich if he wins this 2020 24 election uh the words unified Reich appear as part of a hypothetical news headline that announced Trump’s hypothetical victory in 2024 the narrator in the video asking what happens after Donald Trump’s win for more I want to bring in ABC News political director Rick Klein uh Rick thank you so much for being here with us so I think a lot of people wondering right now look this video is up for a long time more than 18 hours on his account how is his campaign explaining that well they’re saying it was a mistake by a staff who who posted it um when it was created by someone outside the campaign and it happened while he was in court a couple of points on that one is he did have access to his phone while he was in court so it’s possible it was being refuted and the the Stafford did it defense doesn’t entirely get you out of something like this lots of things and campaigns are posted by staffers uh they they did they did uh disavow it um and and kind of turn the tables and then ultimately took it down so it appears that they recognized why it was potentially problematic after some time um uh but U the the the the the defense of the staff for doing it is is what they’re sticking with now and the campaign is not telling us who the staff for is or or if there’s any consequences for said staffer uh certainly fodder for uh President Biden and his campaign how are they reacting well they’re saying as part of a pattern of uh of rhetoric and statements that are showing sympathy for uh for Nazis for uh for Hitler’s Germany uh and they they like U they like the contrast that that provides and something that President Biden has talked repeatedly about in his campaign all the way back to the beginning of The Campaign which he always said was launched in response to the Charlottesville rally um so this is this is to them a reckless move on the part of the of of the Trump campaign uh and again part of uh part of what they see is a continued U pattern of uh statements or images that appear to uh to to to be at least somewhat friendly to some of the most horrible humans in uh in American history certainly and Rick I do want to switch gears if you will for just a moment here can you bring us up to date on what Donald Trump is now saying about contraceptives and possibly restricting them yeah I mean look we’ll have to watch the the full video to get released by The the local uh TV station that did it but he he was asked in in a in a local interview um what if any limits um he would want to have imposed on on contraceptives and he said he would have a policy out soon and that it would be a good policy it wasn’t a no since that time his campaign has come out and clarified that he has never um called for any limits on birth control or contraceptive contraceptives in any uh in any way shape or form uh and that uh this is being concocted by the Biden campaign into something but as for the video that’s out there now it’s a pretty clear question that he did not have a very clear answer on all right well I know you’ll bring us up to speed on that as soon as we see that full video Rick Klein thank you so much for joining us today it’s always good to have you all right turning now to the latest on the five Americans detained in Turks and Kos a judge heard both defense and prosecution arguments today and will issue his sentencing within 7 days but a bipartisan group just returned from the island nation after meeting with the governor’s office pleading for leniency on these Americans or to handle these situations entirely differently Congressman guy russan follow is joining me now and he was actually there as part of this delegation uh thank you so much for being here with us so you but also to help see if situations like this entirely can be handled differ bring us up to speed on what happened K that’s exactly right we were just searching for a resolution here we want the four Americans that are now detained one was released because he had terminal cancer and it was a compassionate release back to the United States but the four that still remain we just want a resolution here if something like this occurred where you had two rounds of ammunition in the United States while going through bordering Customs this would be handled with a with a fine no jail time and you’d be sent back to your country of origin here on the other hand these four and five these five Americans were traveling from Turks and Kos back to the United States had minimal amounts of ammunition uh we’re talking two rounds in one case a handful in the other and 20 rounds in another case they did not know these rounds of ammunition were in their uh in their luggage and then they’re facing now instead of just the fine and being sent back to the United States they’re facing a mandatory minimum sentence of 12 12 years in prison a prison by the way that the UN has flagged for human rights abuses so this is terrifying it’s it’s to the point now k out where every third week an American is being detained wrongfully in Turks and cagos every third week that those numbers are staggering uh this certainly is a terrifying situation and and while they may be admitting guilt to exactly what they’re accused of we are hearing stories right that I forgot these were in my bag I hadn’t used this bag since my last hunting trip it does seem like this isn’t something that is happening by accident but it is still against the law in this other country so how are you advising that they they walk that line and they are allowed to make their own laws and uphold them uh but also are you are you asking for a break for just American citizens or should this be handled differently across the board well no what they don’t tell you the Turks and Kos government is that they handle these cases differently for non-americans so for example there was a Brazilian that got caught innocently with rounds in her luggage and she was allowed to leave much as the Americans would do with a fine and being sent back to her her home country so when it comes to non US citizens there’s a different standard the Turks and Kos government is targeting American citizens putting them in front of their Criminal Justice System totally inappropriately and that’s the problem here additionally 12year mandatory minimum is unheard of uh for a what’s called a strict liability case that’s that’s when you don’t have what’s called Rea or a guilty mind or evil intent there was no intent here to break the law all these Americans admitted that it was ACD that rounds were accidentally left in their luggage they weren’t selling arms on the streets of Turk and cosos they weren’t importing thousands of rounds of ammunition these were clearly mistakes and that face a 12-year mandatory sentence is inhumane and that’s not that that is not uh congruent with with other nations in the Caribbean or the develop developed world for them for that matter so just because the length of sentence is incredibly Draconian and how this law is being applied to Americans Visa other nationalities shows you that they are targeting American citizens that’s the problem can you elaborate that elaborate on that for us a little bit why in your opinion based on just being there do you think they are as you put it targeting Americans here again noting that this is a country and a nation that relies heavily on tourism they’re totally dependent on the United States it’s a British protectorate a Brit British territory but they’re so tied into the United States that they use the US dollars that for form of currency tourism is the vast majority of their economy and from that tourism the United States represents something like 86% of tourists coming in that country Americans own 75% of the real estate or 75% of the the homes on the island they’re tied to us but there’s internal political pressures going on on the island there’s basically three ruling families of Turks and Kos islands and they’re all jockeying for position and the power the family that most recently came into power that faction ran on a platform of cracking down on tourists specifically American and I can tell you that there’s internal political pressure that is forcing them I’m not justifying this but it’s it’s having the premere and that ruling click in Turks and Kos Target Americans and show to the show to their constituents that they’re going after Americans and I can tell you there when I I was down there for two days there is a sentiment of anti-americanism on that island we were talking to the business Community leaders we were talking to the government we were getting they were rolling their eyes at us crossing their arms at us uh making inflammatory statements about Americans uh so this is not a government that is favorable to Americans despite the fact that they’re totally dependent on us for their economy also we represent something like 75% of imports into that country they’re totally dependent on us and to turn turn around and treat five American citizens this way is egregious I I know that one of your constituents has a hearing set for this Friday so I’m hoping that Congressman Russian Faller you will keep us updated and and join us again and we can talk more about this thank you so much for your time we really appreciate it of course all right coming up next turn on ABC News live uh there’s a whole lot of shaking going on in Tennessee as the king’s granddaughter tries to save his Memphis Kingdom we’ll explain next [Music] what does it take to be the most watched newscast in America an operation to capture 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conditions are favorable for tornadoes but what we have issued from the National Weather Service this evening is a PDS tornado watch a particularly dangerous situation it means not just any tornadoes e2s are higher extremely violent tornadoes are possible and in some cases likely that is until 9:00 p.m. for the area shaded in yellow there so as we time this out look what happens that line of storms then makes its way to cities like Chicago and Pua Chicago heads up around 8 :00 this is going to be moving through your area and one of the big components of these storms is going to be wind gusts reaching 80 90 miles per hour if you are in a home where you know that tree has not always been structurally sound and it’s near a bedroom maybe move the kiddos into the guest room tonight just be very cautious and aware of where you’re going to be sleeping tonight driving and parking the car now the area in red has the highest threat for strong tornadoes that includes Mason City and de Mo as well there is another severe weather threat this is tomorrow it’s shifted farther south Dallas Texs Arcana Little Rock right on up into Paduka but straight through the Ohio and Tennessee Valley we could see strong thunderstorms leading to a few tornadoes and finally I’ll wrap here we are warming up significantly on the East Coast near 90° in our nation’s capital on Wednesday New York City near 90 on Thursday and if you have any plans on traveling for the Memorial Day holiday well particularly those headed out of the Dallas Texas area uh parts of Louisiana Oklahoma and Arkansas you guys could be in from for some severe thunderstorms on Thursday but things look pretty dry in the Southeast and Out West Kaa all right Samara Theodore we appreciate you as always and coming up next here on ABC News live We Appreciate You streaming with us the news never stops here neither Dey I’m Kaa Whitworth we’ll be right back [Music] identical twins separated at Birth they first met on GMA all right Gracie 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afternoon everyone and welcome to what you need to know what happened I was not you’re just not feeling it today on this Tuesday um I was going to let you dance but you just hang out I’m let you you can you can do that all by yourself all by yourself Dr D good to see you good afternoon we do have some headlines to talk about this is getting a lot of chatter in the studio here the steps versus the minutes working out which is better which is better in terms of longevity reducing our risk of death in terms of reducing our risk of cardiovascular disease so researchers at Harvard answered or tried to answer the same question they followed over 14,000 women all over the age of 60 monitoring how many steps on a weekly basis that they did also how much time in terms of minutes and when they worked out what they found out was something that is to be expected those who were at the higher end of steps regardless of how much time they worked out and those who were at the higher end of time regardless of how many steps still had relatively equal benefit in terms of reduced risk of death for example close to 40% reduced risk so at the end of the day it really doesn’t matter as long as you’re going over that minimum recommendation you know that 7,000 steps a week or that uh 150 minutes of workout a day that’s just 20 to 25 minutes a day so what are some of the other ways that we can move you know I think at the end of the day you can measure your heart rate you can measure your steps you can measure the amount of minutes it doesn’t matter again as long as you get to that minimum some easy ways to figure it out we’re talking about moderate to vigorous exercise for example bris walking the way that you know that you’re doing that is if you can still talk but not sing also a light bike ride uh water aerobics gardening like mowing the lawn the average American gets about 3,000 to 4,000 steps a day just in generally living so if you’re going for steps just increasing that another 3,000 is not that difficult a couple of laps around the track at the end of the day it can help reduce your risk of heart heart disease also just in general make you live longer bottom line move bottom line move bottom line move very very simple all right doc thank you very much appreciate it let’s check in out with ABC’s MW in Washington with a look at your latest headlines always good to see you my friend good to see you jamarco in 7,000 steps I feel like I can definitely do that now to our headlines we begin with their tornado threat intensifying across the Midwest our Sam Champion with the latest big severe storm season so far yesterday at least 100 severe storm reported this is the area that we’re looking today for the highest threat for strong tornadoes now look in the zone that’s red here this is Northern Missouri all the way into Iowa a little bit into Wisconsin and Michigan right there but when you see Grand Rapid Chicago land you’re on the Eastern end of it we’ll watch Wednesday as the big storm threat drops a little to the South Little Rock Tex Arcana Dallas you’re in this but also look at the wedge that heads East we’ll start to see some storms moving in that direction but for tomorrow for Wednesday Columbus Cleveland Buffalo Rochester Pittsburgh you are in line for some of those severe storms thank you Sam and the deadly turbulence on board a flight from London to Singapore one passenger killed and dozens injured the Boeing 777 flight diverted back to Bangkok now Singapore Airlines issuing a statement saying it offers its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased an investigation is underway here at home in the criminal trial against former president Trump the judge po losing patience with a defense witness clearing the courtroom room after apparent muttered comments and looks from the attorney who once represented Michael Cohen Trump has denied all wrongdoing and Trump stirring up an outcry after his social media account reposted a 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M is available to you on YouTube Welcome Back to gma3 the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4th 1776 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania that means America will celebrate its semiquincentennial or 250th anniversary on July 4th 2026 well but you won’t have to wait two years to get the party started and today the new details are now being announced about America’s semiquincentennial celebration in Philadelphia and it’s going to be a massive multi-year event and here to discuss it all is Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro Governor good to see you and thanks for being on hey gang great to be with you and it’s going to be massive and Philly is going to be the center of the universe and 2026 and we’ll all be watching and partying with you all right this is a big one so tell us about some of the events that you have lined up look 2026 is going to be a huge year for us we got everything from the World Cup to March Madness and what we’re announcing today is Ted democracy a series where we’re going to be discussing the importance of our democracy the way it was founded here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in this city of Brotherly Love and sisterly affection and the important stories and people that shaped our democracy over the last 250 years you know the the story of our great nation is really ordinary Americans rising up demanding more Seeking Justice and then ushering in eras of change and we’re going to be focused on telling those stories along with having a hell of a good time in 2026 in our bars in our restaurants on our streets it’s going to be an awesome party here in Philly and throughout Pennsylvania and Eva we invite you to come back home and enjoy it with us we we all know Philadelphia knows how to throw a party we’ve seen a party in Philadelphia a time or two you say and I’m pretty sure anyone in Philadelphia would agree with you that this is the natural place to celebrate America’s big birthday explain to other people who maybe don’t understand the cultural significance of everything that went down right there in Philadelphia yeah I mean Eva this is where it all started in Independence Hall this is where our founding fathers came together and and dreamed of this nation dreamed of a place where we could be free dreamed of a place where uh we could achieve Prosperity through hard work dreamed of a place that would be a place of inclusion and tolerance particularly here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania founded by William Penn on that promise of inclusion and tolerance and welcoming this is where it all started and we are proud of that Heritage we’re proud of the fact that we’ve defined freedom and expanded Freedom over many generations and we’re excited to both celebrate our history but also take a moment to look forward at the challenges we have ahead and draw from the strength of our past in order to be able to have an even brighter future not just for folks here in Pennsylvania but for all Americans this is where it started and it’s fitting that this is where we’re celebrating USA 250 and governor in a year we’re so divided when it comes to race gender politics uh you name it why is it so important for us to celebrate this big milestone together yeah look I I think we have far more in this nation that unites us and doesn’t divide us I I think Americans love this country and frankly I’m a little sick and tired of people who keep talking you know bleep about this country I bleep myself there I was careful I I know this is a family program and what I mean by that is I I get that there are some people who like to try and divide us for their own own political purposes but the American people and particularly the good people of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania we’re folks who love one another who want to bring people together who want to celebrate the progress we’ve made in this country and who dream of an even brighter better future together and so this is going to give us an opportunity to celebrate all that it’s also going to give us an opportunity to just welcome people here to this environment where we are loving and we are friendly and yeah sometimes Philly folks have a little bit of an edge to them but that’s only when our sports teams aren’t winning otherwise we’re we’re in great spirits and right now they’re all winning so we’re feeling real good Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shir thank you so much for being here up next here freedom is at the heart of this Art Exhibit we’re going to meet The Talented artists behind the new creation celebrating the 70th anniversary of Brown versus the Board of Education when we come back [Music] to [Music] again what does it take to be the most watched newscast in America an operation to capture Isis Fighters is this our combat Operation Center we’re approaching the gate now militants came in from four or five different directions operational nuclear reactor so you have a couple loaded and ready to [Music] go the house is destroyed but the flag there’s 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ABC News live week nights wherever you stream your news only on ABC News live why do so many people start their day here from ABC News this is start here to be in the know and get a different take on the day’s top stories start here now that’s a part of the story I bet you didn’t see coming make it your daily first listen wherever you get your podcasts reporting from Bedminster New Jersey I’m Mary Bruce wherever the story is we’ll take you there you’re streaming ABC News live welcome back the city of Topeka Kansas is celebrating the 70th anniversary of Brown versus Board of Education the Supreme Court ruling that ended racial segregation in public schools it was named after the Brown family of Topeka who were plaintiffs in the case artist Vanessa German created a new exhibit honoring that anniversary called craving light a museum of love and Reckoning as part of our special series a defining decision Brown versus Board of Education we get a sneak peek at this unique [Music] experience this is the church hat of one Mrs Leola Brown the wife of Oliver Brown namesake of brown V board I got involved with brown V board the 70th commemoration through their call for artist I came to Topeka met with several citizens and based on the conversations I had with residents in Topeka I made a proposal for a series of activations since coming to Topeka I have learned that the case of brown and the actual work of integrating the full American story into our hearts into our minds and into the way we live in this country that it’s still happening one of the artworks that I really love and put a lot of heart and soul into are figurative representations of some of the child plaintiffs some of the students who actually testified before The Supreme Court I turned them all into Power figures and I made a series of them and elevated them so every single person who walks into the exhibition will have to look up to them one of the works is a cabinet of Wonder a cabinet of mystery and a cabinet of curiosity the strangest thing in the world this exhibition features a series of sculptural works as well as performance aspects with a fire roaring in our chest Vanessa German has a way of communicating with people her ability to exess what she’s heard from members of the ti Community we about to make a choir at the cookout she has a real gift for bringing those stories to life and for honoring them in a way that is what they deserve you’re not talking loud but you’re being the Beloved Community why should people care about Brown something that happened 1954 in 2024 once people step to the inside of the story they’ll find that it’s really a story about freedom freedom matters every day all the time completely who are we if we are not free and this is a story that is ultimately about the power and the breath and the beauty of freedom freedom matters every day well said there and pretty nice there Vanessa German’s exhibition is now open and will be on display at the mulane art museum 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your smile you’re proud of this I love this great work hi where are you where are you appreciate you thank you D than is David David yes yes I’m David M I know you are watch you every night ABC’s World News Tonight with David mure is America’s most watched newscast shut up and welcome back we are heading into Memorial Day weekend and for many families that means it’s time for a road trip yeah pack the car up but each year car accidents unfortunately account for some 4 million ER visits and Dr Darion is outside our Studios right now with his prescription for well and it’s good to see you any tips for us who will be hitting the roads with our families well I’m so happy to be in this car because it reminds me of something really really important which is how to stay safe with doing things inside of the car so Eva DeMarco the first step is making sure that your position is correct making sure the steering wheel specifically the airbag is facing your chest and not your face in the event of 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News live what does it take to be the most watched newscast in America an operation to capture Isis Fighters is this our combat Operation Center we’re approaching the gate now militants came in from four or five different directions operational nuclear reactor so you have a couple loaded and ready to [Music] go the house is destroyed but the flag there’s not a tear in it not a tear in it how important is this label right here made the USA look at your smile you’re proud of this I love this great work hi where are you where are you appreciate you thank you David good to meet you is David David yes yes I’m David M I know you are watch you every night ABC’s World News Tonight with David mure is America’s most watched newscast first thing in the morning there’s a lot going on we’re still in a flash flood warning to catch you up with what happened overnight police in riot gear arresting dozens of protesters what’s happening today escalating tensions in the Middle East what people are talking about the migrant crisis fast straightforward with some fun in between check out the gator on the 17th pole the buzz kill in baseball the first thing in the morning America this morning America’s number one early morning news on ABC News live [Music] welcome back to gma3 you know him from his shows like beep the league and 30 Rock and now Paul Shear is with a brand new M he is in the house it’s titled joyful Recollections of trauma the book gives readers an inside look at Shear’s challenging childhood and how it’s led him to where he is today and here to share all is the author himself Paul sheer to see you thank you so much for having me it’s great to be here no great to have you here so you were raised to keep things private you wrote a book yeah I know well because now I’m an adult right when you’re a kid they tell you certain things right they’re like don’t talk about this we don’t you know in mix company we don’t say these things but when you become an adult you have your kids you realize like it’s my duty to kind of share to kind of talk about what I’ve learned and you know over the last 14 years doing how did this get made this podcast that I do with my wife and Jason manukas um I would just tell these stories and I look at the horrified looks on their face when I tell them things like oh yeah there was a my grandma told me about a butcher in our neighborhood who would uh kidnap kids and then chop them up in the chop meat and then uh and if you answered the door when your parents were at home and I tell that story like whoa what what are you talking about that was to keep you from opening the door exactly and it did work I never opened the door nor was ever chopped up into chop meat so there you go it’s funny because you describe your childhood as traumatic yes but also you wanted this book to be funny and entertaining how do those things go together well I think that we’re all kind of forged in trauma right like whatever has made us and gotten us to this point like there’s good and bad about it you know I wanted to embrace both I’m a comedian so obviously my version of it or how I’m going to interpret it is going to be in a funny way you know it’s like trauma can be a lot of different things it could be you know um this book talks about things like abuse but it also talks about things like having a really weird runin with Britney Spears or Robert dowy Jr or just learning that I have to give up being cool and owning a minivan like that’s trauma h honly when you have to own up to getting a minivan that’s a little bit traumatic they make large these days so you also say that being a father helped you write this book how so yeah I think that you know when you become a a dad or you know or you or care for a child in your life you start to look at your own childhood in a way that’s completely different you know whether it’s empathetic to the parents who raised you or or actually even empathetic to yourself so I think honestly having my kids around made me want to write this book for them and also to remember what I’ve learned and what I want to do differently but did it make you softer on your children compared I’m always I’m a softy I’m a softy 100% you were talking about Not Giving kids chocolate and sugar I’m giving my kids chocolate and sugar nerds gummy clusters all day every day no but no I think you know the most important thing is is like listening to your kids and I think that that really is something where to make them feel seen and heard is the most important thing and and that’s kind of what I wrestled with a little bit in the book is feeling like I wasn’t getting that and making sure that I’m giving that to my kids and also embarrassing them oh always I’m always going to embarrass my kids I I was saying during the break that when we pull into school I uh I turn down the windows and I make sure that I’m blasting like Peppa Pig out loud so my kids are completely embarrassed and my kids are 7even in turn that off turn that off what are you hoping that people who read this book what are you hoping they take away from it all um I hope that people feel like they’re at dinner with me it’s it’s a conversation um I think it’s important to share traumatic moments because everything I’ve ever learned in the way that I’ve become better as a human being is by reading and by seeing what other people have shared about their experiences so I hope in a way it could help people it’s not prescriptive and if anything else you’ll learn how to not approach Robert Downey Jr and you start in a conversation so that’s important thank you thank you um and you can pick up a copy of Joyful Recollections of trauma wherever books are sold or you can scan that QR code it’s right there on the bottom of your screen to purchase a copy right now that was a good one there coming up well I’m your guests with this easy fancy dish you know we like to be fancy we’re grilling up something delicious and healthy with chef Robert Irvine be right back whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war in Rolling Fort This Tornado tore through this town from Le main the scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile strike ABC News live everywhere in Iceland let’s go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street wherever the story is we’re going to take you there you’re streaming ABC News live ABC News live you’re streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere what does it take to be the most watched newscast in America an operation to capture Isis Fighters is this our combat Operation Center we’re approaching the gate now militants came in from four or five different directions operational nuclear reactor so you have a couple loaded and ready to go the house is destroyed but the flag there’s not a tear in it not a tear in it how important is this label right here made the USA look at your smile you’re proud of this I love this great work hi where are you where are you appreciate you thank you David is David David yes yes I’m David M I know you are watch you every night ABC’s World News Tonight with David mure is America’s most watched newscast what’s good to watch read where can I get a great deal on what I’m just dying to buy oh it’s all right here GMA life get the latest celebrity Buzz Deals and Steals and the coolest lifestyle tips from GMA I love that so much streaming weekends on ABC News live why do so many people start their day here from ABC News this is start here to be in the know and get a different take on the day’s top stories a lot of news today so let’s get into it listen now to the Daily News podcast honored with four Edward 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 I bet you didn’t see coming wherever you get your podcasts start here here if you want a relationship a happy relationship you need to be in control of that relationship ENT Tate is one of many male Supremacy influencers you see him as this guy that has money has girls basically he’s a god it’s compound what prosecutors say he ran a sex trafficking business from we’re not the first affluent wealthy men who have been unfairly attacked you think he he raped you they never meant for any of this to be public someone else to say there’s something wrong going around here ENT your Tate Into the manosphere Now streaming on Hulu identical twins separated at Birth they first met on GMA all right Gracie come on out and meet your sister it’s very overwhelming now as they graduate high school see the joyous reunion live tomorrow on GMA reporting in Atlanta Georgia outside the fton county courthouse I’m M win wherever the story is we’ll take you there you’re streaming ABC News live got oh that song can only mean thing if you’re looking for mouthwatering recipes to show off on this Memorial Day Weekend Our Guest has got you covered he’s the man he’s made a name for himself as host of Food Network’s hit show Restaurant Impossible and he’s going to make meal prep this week impossible for all of us please welcome chef and entrepreneur Robert Irvine everybody thanks for having me you so lovely you’re actually kind of scary on your show when you’re like telling people how lovely in person I have I have 48 hours to get things done like we got 3 minutes to get this dish done all right so we’re going to start with lav which is a Greek yogurt we’re going to add a little lemon juice mhm little zest some salt some Satia which is a Mediterranean seasoning mix mix mix and what are we making again we’re going to make a uh a sawfish Kebab okay with a a almost an avocado salad now watch this this took me 20 years to to figure this out I’m going to show you in 3 seconds for free that’s it that’s how it goes so we got some cauliflower here I’m going to pin salt pepper on it this is pre- blanched which means it’s boiled and then cooled down in ice I’m going to put a little Eva can you put that on there quick right while he’s putting that on there I’m going to start with the marinade which is lemon juice M little olive oil some red onions that been just chopped fast oh I’m I’m some zest salt and pepper and this is kind of the marinade for our our swordfish and how long would you keep the till it goes nice and golden brown and we want the sugar to come out there everything has sugar we don’t add it but the fruit does so there’s the marinade look and all I’m going to do is put our Sal fish on the skewers and just leave that for about you know 2 to 4 hours and turn it occasionally so it gets all nice and nicey so just a couple hours no overnight you don’t want to do it overnight because it’s water you fish is 90% water and we want just enough flavor in it without drying it out so if you put a little bit of Dema on there and this is one that we’ve already had done right you can see the colors of it it’s beautiful top right we just let it do it thing now check to make sure cauliflower has turn that over while you’re checking yeah you got to keep I know you don’t like to cook cook I you don’t like to cook in the kitchen so over here over here we’re going to make our salad which avocado Tomatoes add a little chopped garlic little red pepper for heat sweetness of garlic some olive oil little uh acidity which is red wine vinegar and you need that to bring out the flavors together uh little chopped parsley I feel like I’m doing all the work you are do really well too we’re just ready to eat we’re going to turn that you can use your finger just turn over yeah we come on you’re a big guy see I didn’t want to I didn’t want to break it apart don’t you won’t break it so I’m going to start with uh our plate of Al labna so this is something that you can do on Memorial Day weekend that’s so fancy looking too Memorial Day weekend special weekend because we honor those men and women uh that wear the cloth of our nation that have lost their lives right so I will be in DC hosting the uh Memorial Day parade and we’ll be doing uh about a thousand kids from traps trages traged assists program for survivors gostar families we cook for them for a week and then we do a big a to oneor those men and women um that have fallen and it’s pretty amazing I got to tell you because the Robert Irvine Foundation spends 145 days a year around me basically around the world with our men and women that wear the cloth of nation wow you work the veterans yes I’m about to take uh 300 uh veterans back to Normandy mhm uh for the 80th anniversary so look at that that’s beautiful that looks absolutely beautiful you don’t want to cook fish too long right we’re going to flip the cauliflower over okay there we go look at me doing Evil’s job you know what I’m well look see this is Beau that means that the sugars came out a bit we’re almost ready to Plate this we’ll give that another second uh but we’re taking these uh with American Airlines 300 W two veterans we’re doing a dinner in Normandy a Rober Foundation is cooking and doing the taking care of those you know there’s only 70 uh really left and they the resistance um in France so it’s going to be really exciting and then we on the fifth heads of state come in six the memorial and then the 6th afternoon I fly to Scotland with 100 Wounded Warriors to do a 56 mile March uh across the country very special so all right we ready ready for this ready yeah pick it up we got a cauliflower first take the colorl make it nice and nice pretty no no no no oh you want it on I want it I want it pretty come on Marco Okay no whoo whoa whoa come on whoa whoa that’s it that’s good then we’re going to play like this right across the top there okay look at him cleaning the plate off oh look at that sort of look brown right across the top right on the top just oh wow oops obviously you don’t follow direction to Mar come on man I’m going to call I am I am calling your mother after this oh my good so there it is perfection that looks good come over here I’ve got one already well thank you so much for being here with us today we really appreciate it and for today’s recipe go to good morning am.com food or you can scan that QR code right there at the bottom of your screen can’t wait to dig in thank you very much just to have the rock legend sigining at a new Broadway here the one and only shy Lewis is here sharing secrets from behind the curtain and a special performance by star Mackenzie Curts T3 when we back listen to it did you expect anything [Music] he thinks that this case is collapsing of its own weight his cases of disgrace to our country to the state of New York never saiden anything like it Steven calier see it an outrage that the district attorney brought this case and that the judge did not declare it a misra very highly respected Steven calibra C who says an outrage the district attorney brought this case and the judge did not declare a mistrial and everybody saying in one form or another Andy McCarthy what they have this kind of a Cas is that the federal prosecutors at my old office of southern district of New York wouldn’t take it in the first place they would not take it the southern district turned down this case and the case that sance looked at and wouldn’t take it and the case that brg himself looked at in 2022 and shut it down and this is what we’ve been wasting all this timel on Alan ders I’ve observed and participated in Trials throughout the world I have seen Justice and Injustice in China Russia Ukraine England France Italy Israel as well as in nearly 40 or 50 States but in my 60 years as a lawyer and law Professor I have never seen a spectacle such as the one I observed sitting in the front row of the courthouse he never seen anything like it he’s been a great lawyer great legal scholar for years he’s never seen anything like it it’s all politics said Leo Terell if anyone tells you otherwise they’re not a lawyer let me just tell you that the White House is the person or the grp Group whatever they’re the one trying this case you heard who was doing all the Talking representative from the White House just recently this is all about Biden can’t campaign so he’s trying to injure his opponent they’re trying to hurt the opponent because they can’t win it fair and square it’s lawfare they’re a lot of terms for it it’s a third world country way of campaigning such a disgrace said to see what’s happened to our country our country is going to hell under the bid but look at the person why don’t you look at the person that argued their case almost the entire case look at the person where did he come from unbelievable he came from Biden and I don’t know if it’s Biden because I don’t think Biden has any idea what the hell’s happening but it’s from the fascists that Circle in the Oval Office they Circle the Resolute desk the beautiful Resolute desk that’s being stinked up by York campaign Finance La is extraordinarily complicated back in 2013 in an oral argument Supreme Court Justice Anthony SC said this campaign Finance law is so intricate that I can’t figure it out and what he’s referring to is the fact that we had a legal expert the number one expert on campaign Finance law who wasn’t allowed to participate he wasn’t allowed to participate they said he can’t be a witness unless you want to just talk about what’s the definition of the law you couldn’t talk to him about anything else Greg Garett this trial is now officially a sad and pathetic show it’s a crime M and BR are the head clouds it should be patently obvious to all that the leading Republican candidate for president is on trial not for what he has done but for who he is Trump is the potential Nemesis of the Democrats by the way I’ve just gotten out of courot I haven’t even seen this until I’m reading it to you now for the first time I haven’t even looked it over president does after every day that Court wraps up uh he’s flanked by all his supporters you can actually see his son Eric there in the background is lawyer Todd blanch right next to him but court wrapped up after pretty long day of proceedings in his hush money trial the judge in the case actually holding what’s called a pre-charge conference actually finalize the instructions that will be given uh to the jury um Trump’s defense team arrested its case earlier today with the former president’s lawyers questioning their second and Final witness Bob Costello you remember Bob Castello is the one that created a little bit of drama over uh the past couple of days uh allegedly giving the side eye as the judge said uh to uh judge uh m in the courtroom actually causing the judge to to to boot all the reporters out of the courtroom and and tell the witness uh you better get it together or or I’m going to kick you off the stand so it it wasn’t just Stormy Daniels and and Michael Cohen and David pecker that created a lot of talk over the past couple of weeks but it came down to an advisor a lawyer who once uh worked and and helped Michael Cohen at one Point uh ended up being a pretty feisty witness in this case let’s bring in our investigative reporter Olivia Rubin she’s been following Court of course inside and out along with our criminal defense attorney and former Federal prosecutor Tim joh Jansen so uh Highlights today Olivia well a brief morning of testimony Kira where we as you just said the jury continued to hear from Bob Castello that is a defense witness the one who infuriated judge Maran a day earlier with his decorum on the stand sort of scoffing at his rulings and we saw a little bit more of that attitude today from Bob costell who faced Fierce questioning on cross-examination from the prosecutors in this case they attempted to paint him as someone who was intimidating Michael Cohen on behalf of Donald Trump urging him not to flip and work with prosecutors after his home was infamously raided in 2018 costell pushing back on that heavily the two bickering at certain times uh at one point calling her questioning ridiculous so the jury saw all of that and more today and it was quite a way for them to end uh of course with that last witness because Donald Trump the big screaming headline of today did not end up taking the stand and it comes after Donald Trump repeatedly publicly said that he would I asked him about it in March he said he would have no problem testifying he said it again in April saying he would absolutely testified but today his attorney Todd blanch rested the case about uh you know an hour into the day with no testimony from Donald Trump uh and I think we kind of knew that Tim right you even made that call that uh it wasn’t looking like the former president was going to testify no surprise I’m sure uh his attorneys are taking a s relief that he decided not to get up on that stand it sure show would have been interesting that’s for sure you never know what would have happened um but let’s talk about where we go from here uh summations a verdict I mean this could all be wrapped up in what by the end of the next week possibly yeah I think they’re going to they’re going to resolve it they’ll have their closing arguments the judge will give them time limits um the the prosecution will get the opening argument then the defense and then the prosecution gets what’s called a rebuttal but since they carry the burden of the of the case um it there was no surprise that Donald Trump didn’t testify you know he he can talk all he wants but his lawyers are never going to let him get on the stand uh judge meron’s ruling certainly in uh enforce that that decision because he would have been open up to so many different impeachment and instances that the jury could have convicted him just on those allegations so I think we are where we are jury instructions are important um and hopefully it’ll be done by next week fingers crossed it’s definitely been an interesting historic ride to say the least Olivia Tim appreciate both of you just um being along for the ride we’ve got a lot more news ahead stay with us don’t go far right after the break more news 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 let get into it listen now to the Daily News podcast honored with four Edward R ml Awards and see why the New York Times calls it a news podcast worth listening to start here ABC News make it your daily first listen now that’s a part of the story I bet you didn’t see coming wherever you get your podcasts start here with so much at stake in our world right now more Americans turn here to David than anywhere else and now America’s most trusted most watched newscast ABC’s World News Tonight with David mure is available to you on YouTube first thing in the morning there’s a lot going on we’re still in a flash flood warning 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severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight at least one passenger is dead dozens more seriously injured details on that victim and what the airline is saying about the incident but we do begin with day 20 in the former president’s historic hush money trial the defense resting its case after prosecution’s cross-examination of the sometime combative witness Bob Costello Costello accused of giving judge Juan Maran the side ey was given a Stern warning after the judge cleared the courtroom to admonish the attorney that was once an adviser to Michael Cohen the jury now adjourned until next Tuesday when they will likely hear a full day of closing arguments let’s bring in our investigative reporter Olivia ruin along with our legal contributor and law professor Kim wayy So Olivia talk to us about timing here did the defense rest its case maybe a little quicker than expected and did we learn anything else from today’s proceedings well it’s certainly uh jived with the most recent update that Todd blanch gave the court yesterday which was that they had two short Witnesses and they would wrap within minutes of prosecutors wrapping their case and that’s exactly what happened they put on first a pargal to enter some evidence into the record he was on the stand for about 15 minutes and then they moved into Bob Costello who had he not had that sort of blowup with judge Maran it is quite possible that they could have rested yesterday but of course Maran CH uh admonished Costello on the stand sent the uh press out of the room and admonished him again threatening to strike all of his testimony so that continued today but of course the defense ultimately resting after putting on just a few hours worth of testimony for the jury after prosecutors spent 19 days putting on testimony so really uh the bulk of the work done there by them and Donald Trump opting not to testify he had teased publicly that he would he had actually said emphatically that he would he said absolutely but when the time came he did not get up up in that witness stand in front of the jury he stuck instead to the camera that is at in the hallway outside of the courtroom that is where he has chosen to defend himself rather than on the witness hand so Kim Let’s talk about the cross-examination of Costello you know what did we learn about him on the stand today and what do you think made his testimony so notable for the prosecution well remember costell was called by the defense not by the prosecution and the defense does not have any burden of proof Donald Trump can just sit there and say listen there’s not enough weight on the scales to convict me Beyond A Reasonable Doubt but this witness was there to basically refute Michael Cohen’s story that Donald Trump engaged while President in a pressure campaign uh to purportedly silence Michael Cohen when he was uh investigated by the FBI to keep him from cooperating with Federal authorities and it sort of blew up for the prosecution Costello as Olivia indicated got rude to the judge the jury saw that juries like judges and uh they they it’s kind of like the captain of the ship it was not a good moment and and he sort of uh came across as someone who might have been kind of uh closer to julani and the president former president then actually representing Michael Cohen so the prosecution not only uh ended on a high note with their last witness Michael Cohen but may have ended on a high note with the Govern with the defenses second witness and their only real primary witness Bob Costello H so Olivia the defense called uh the two witnesses do you think that the primary focus of its defense was to cast doubt on Michael Cohen or was the former fixer testimony strong and believable enough believable enough you think they were certainly trying to cast out on Michael Cohen again specifically Cohen’s idea that he was being pressured by Donald Trump and when his attorneys were arguing about the scope of what Costello’s testimony was going to be again this was outside of the jury’s presence they said that the point of that line of questioning was to make Donald Trump look threatening to look like someone that was trying to pressure Michael Cohen and they felt likely that that’s something that could have impacted their decision and their entire defense strategy has been to discredit Michael Cohen and they just need one juror who for them hopefully won’t believe Michael Cohen because when you really look at the evidence what is connecting Donald Trump to the actual repayment plan is really Michael Cohen’s testimony he spoke about working it out with Alan weiselberg and then going to Trump Tower to discuss it with Donald Trump and then he spoke about going to the White House once Donald Trump was president in early 2017 and sort of affirming it again that is what they have to tie Donald Trump to the repayment plan and to the records that are ultimately falsified so the the jury needs to believe Michael Cohen who I would also point out did come off as highly credible on the witness stand all right well Kim Trump as we see opted not to take the witness stand would his testimony you think have made a difference for the defense unlikely I as Olivia said um he could refute the story that he spoke to Michael Cohen and said make these payments the jury can infer from the evidence they don’t necessarily need Michael Cohen they can infer from the other things but I agree critical testimony but there’s also if he had been introduced he could have been impeached by other bad acts so it probably would have been a very bad call and now they’re left with primarily the prosecution’s case and closing arguments all right stay tuned Olivia Kim thanks so much well absurd audacious and outrageous Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu using those words about the decision by the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court to seek a warrant for his arrest prosecutor Kareem Khan asking a panel of ICC judges to issue warrants for Israeli government officials and Hamas leaders over the October 7th attack and the ongoing war in Gaza prime minister Netanyahu telling Good Morning America that Khan is creating a false equivalence here that’s like saying in uh after 911 well I’m issuing arrest warrants for uh for George GE Bush but also for bin Laden or after in World War II well I’m issuing rest warrants for FDR but also for Hitler it’s a hit job uh it’s not serious he’s out to defame Israel and he’s also pouring gasoline on the fires of anti-Semitism that are spreading around the world our foreign correspondent brick clinet has the latest for us now from Tel Aviv hi Caris the question now is could net who actually face charges here now if approved by a panel of three judges the actually would be allowed to proceed they will arrest warrants for these officials now no western style democracy it must be said has been issued an ICC arrest warrant so if this does go through Netanyahu would become the first and it will shock Israel and its allies including the US now the immediate problem for Israeli officials under any ICC arrest warrant would be that the courts around 124 member states would be under a legal obligation to arrest these officials if they travel to any of those countries now if the court finds enough evidence of the crimes it can then summon the suspect to a fe appear voluntarily the court can also issue an arrest warrant a relying on member countries to make the arrest and transfer the suspect to the IC now that means that there might be restrictions on where Netanyahu will be able to travel then there would be a pre-trial and then a trial before judges in which the prosecution must prove Beyond reasonable doubt that the individual is guilty of the crimes uh in this case for war crimes and for crimes against humanity now those images of Yaya Sina alongside nahu that sparked a lot of anger here in Israel many questions about how can there be a comparison given the pain and the death that Sina has inflicted on Israeli people from October 7th and Beyond Kira all right Brit Clinton and Tel Aviv Forest Brit thanks so much joining me now our ABC News National Security and defense Mick mroy so Mick you know October 7th was nearly eight months ago with all the evidence of war crimes including rape murder kidnapping of civilians why did the ICC prosecutor wait this long you think to actually ask for arrest warrants particularly for Hamas well that is a good question Cara because obviously the crimes were actually documented by Hamas and it would have been very easy to move pretty quickly uh to issue an arrest warrant for senoir and all of his senior leaders uh I think the biggest problem with this it is the problem of moral equivalency you have a despotic terrorist group that did horrible things to civilians on purpose and then you have a democratically elected leader who responded to that and yes there is criticism including from the United States and how the war was prosecuted but there is no equivalence to this there was of course criticism of the United States and how we responded after 911 uh but certainly there was no equivalence to the United States in al-Qaeda and there’s no equivalence to Israel and Hamas here so that’s the first one the second is just they don’t even have jurisdiction over Israel so they’re going to essentially do something that’s against their Charter and then they’re going to try to arrest them by as Brett had pointed out the member states uh that are a part of this which will seriously restrict the travel in in many cases of prime minister Netanyahu and foreign minister Gant also not a good thing when you’re in the middle of a war and you want to end the war with a ceasefire and potentially you want to negotiate toward a two-state solution none of that helps and it’s against the charter of this of this group I mean you heard Netanyahu just moments ago when he gave that interview that he he thinks this is a hit job uh on behalf of the IC do you agree well it certainly looks like it’s against their Charter it will not help it is very selective because of course there’s a lot of leaders around the world that should be uh considered in this and haven’t been so very selective I can see why is Israel would feel like this is focus primarily on them uh and not on the actual topic that this group is supposed to look at uh I don’t think it will of course ultimately in the arrest of uh prime minister or the Minister of Defense but it could significantly complicate their travels which complicates their ability to carry out their foreign policy and diplomatic uh actions so bottom line is just going to add complications um so well I have you let’s talk about Aid to Gaza the floating Pier uh that was built by the US you were a part of this huge project as well it’s facilitating deliveries of Food Supplies it’s been operational now for just a few days how much more Aid is getting in and is it a drop in the bucket compared to what’s needed right now so Cara that’s right and I’m after I leave Japan I’m going to Cyprus right now uh uh right after this and I think what we’re looking at is Aid getting into Cyprus so once uh these large quantities of Aid starts flowing into Cyprus which is happening right now and a very good thing then once this system is set up to this jot this military peer there will be Aid brought in at scale every day it’s basically the aid which is uh you know has been stuck all over the region getting to Cyprus and then of course the system being uh functioning up and running and it this will really give uh the humanitarian Community uh the ability to bring in much more food water and Medicine Mick great to talk to you tonight thanks so we have now learned the identity of the British man who died during severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight a Facebook post by a UK musical theater group identified the victim as 73-year-old Jeff kitchen it happened on a flight from London to Singapore late last night one person person actually seen carried out of the plane right there on a stretcher after the flight made the emergency landing in Bangkok at least 70 people were injured emergency medical tents set up on the tarmac to treat those with the injuries the national Transportation safety board is now announcing that it’s sending representatives to support Singapore’s investigation our Patrick reval is following the story from our London Bureau Patrick hi kirao we are still learning more about this incident of severe turbulence that injured dozens of people and left at least one passenger dead the Singapore airline’s flight was flying from London to Singapore with 211 passengers and 18 crew on board and about 10 hours in the airline says the Boeing trip 7 hit sudden extreme turbulence while at 37,000 ft we’ve seen the images from inside showing the aftermath passengers on board have described people being suddenly launched upwards as the plane abruptly dropped some hitting so hard into the ceiling that they smashed the overhead panels above the plane was forced to divert to Bangkok in Thailand Tha authorities have said around 30 people have been hospitalized having suffered moderate injuries of Hospital in Bangkok it said six people are in a critical condition two Americans are among the injured according to the hospital but it’s not clear what their injuries are or how severe TI authorities have also identified the passenger who died a 73-year-old British man who they say was suffering from a heart condition Singapore Airlines in a statement has said it expresses its deepest condolences and that it deeply apologizes for the traumatic experience it says a team from the airline has arrived to assist an investigation is underway into the incident still a lot to understand about what happened and why so many people were hurt Kira Patrick revil thanks so much well the port of Prince airport has reopened after being 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the overall response Avery to the Post in delete by Trump well there has been widespread backlash to this post uh that has since been deleted uh by uh Trump on his uh website truth social I I do find it really interesting uh when you look at the uh Trump campaign’s response to uh the backlash uh they never apologized for the content of uh this post uh you know typically when you repost a social media post it is widely interpreted as endorsing the contents of it uh they just uh were sure to take it down and so we’re I think a lot of folks are looking at this in the context of other things that he has said uh there has been a pattern of him using and invoking a rhetoric that has hearkened back to Nazi Germany so Avery this isn’t the first time that Trump has been accused of anti-Semitic behavior and if if you look at the numbers uh it doesn’t look like voters are bothered by it no uh this is not something that has caused him significant support uh within uh Republican ranks I I am interested uh this is you know he is going to become the Republican uh nominee he is a presumptive republican nominee but as we move into a general election I’m interested to see if this has cost him support among Independents those who are undecided who are looking to figure out who they’re going to cast ballots for in in November uh this could be something that U you know makes them make a second decision or think twice about it all right on a totally different subject Trump says that he’s looking at restrictions on contraception and that he plans to share his policy on that very shortly so what do you think we can expect from this right this was from a local television interview he was asked about uh his stance on contraception uh he said that he was going to uh speak about it in in the coming days but he has later tried to clean that uh comment up from that local television uh interview he said on Truth social that he does not believe in a ban on uh birth control and that the 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AI for allegedly using a voice similar to hers and a new tool while she’s slamming the company for using her [Music] likeness so in today’s big story nearing the final stretch in the hush money trial of former president Donald Trump the defense resting its case after the prosecution’s cross-examination of the sometime combative witness Bob Costello Costello accused of giving judge Juan Maran the side eye was given a Stern warning after the judge cleared the courtroom to admonish the attorney that once was an advisor to Michael Cohen the jury now adjourned until next Tuesday when they will likely hear a full dat of closing arguments joining me now ABC News legal contributor and law professor Kim wayy so Kim Let’s talk about this that you know the judge is supposed to be impartial yet he boots all of the reporters out of the courtroom um to tell Bob Costello don’t give me the side eye do what do you think the vibe is in the courtroom right now and even more so how how the judge is handling all this it sort of seemed like he kind of lost it well from what it sounds like uh Kira it’s really unusual uh to have that kind of disrespect for a judge where reportedly and this is a lawyer was uh making comments under his breath when the judge sustained objection to his testimony I mean the judge has to manage the courtroom in a in a way that is uh demonstrates order and it’s almost like a like an elementary school classroom so I’m actually not that surprised the judge pushed back back because that could have gotten really out of control and it’s terrible for the jury to see that it’s actually not good for the defense it’s somewhat unusual he emptied the courtroom of reporters of course there’s a First Amendment issue there but remember that those kinds of conversations go right to the Press uh through Donald Trump’s mouth and uh right after court and I think the Judge understands this is an unusual circumstance and him making those comments can then blow up to into you know judge merchan is somehow not bi as biased are not not being fair to Donald Trump which so far he’s been doing this by the book so you wrote this oped for the hill you say Trump’s defense team has only one strategy left it’s the same one I think they started with in opening arguments Kira and that is listen what even if Donald Trump did everything that the prosecution said that he did this should not be a crime for which a former president is prosecuted and potentially incarcerated he could face up to four years in prison and they’re essentially saying listen hush money payments are what rich and famous people do uh you might need to hold your nose for them but you know democracy means you get elected at at whatever cost that’s not true there are ways of getting elected uh that are illegal and the prosecution’s argument is um you know making a campaign donation to pay off uh someone to keep quiet about an affair is a violation of the election laws which which moves this falsification of Records charge up to a misdemeanor I mean excuse me a felony but they’re essentially asking I think they will ask the jury to nullify the law and that I think also is demonstrated by the fact they didn’t call any Witnesses you know they didn’t call his bodyguard for example Keith Schiller to say listen this is actually what happened when Michael Cohen called at least from my perspective they didn’t really go at the heart of the case that Donald Trump uh directed this other than to try to refute Michael Cohen’s uh credibility but there’s so much evidence Kira um you know Donald Trump on caught recorded at saying let’s pay Karen McDougall in cash we know he was involved in the hush money payments Alan weiser’s handwriting on the payback for Stormy Daniels uh including a gross up for taxes consistent with government’s Theory no other alternative narrative for why this happened the way it did I don’t think the jury reasonably can think at this moment Michael Michael Cohen did this completely on his own with no Knowledge from Donald Trump you know hope Hicks testifying she didn’t believe it really when when U When Donald Trump said listen this was all Michael Cohen she testified something to to the effect of no Michael Cohen wouldn’t do that wouldn’t just do that out of the goodness of his heart take out a you know a home equity line of credit on his own home so I don’t think that that there is another story for to give Reasonable Doubt other than to say listen this is overreaching even if the law is satisfied as the government has has uh set forth the case so I’ve been wanting to ask you this after all this wraps up and this case becomes history what is Professor Kim Wy going to tell her students about the people of the state of New York versus Donald J Trump gosh there’s so much I you know I believe Kira this is all of these are really important Lynch pins for democracy because the other guard rails around the presidency to prevent abuse of office haven’t worked impeachment congressional oversight withholding funding uh the the 25th Amendment all the other things that that are supposed to make sure presidents like everyone else abide by the rule of law none of those work during the last Administration and the Supreme Court and judge Canon are preventing the federal cases essentially from going to trial before November and we know that the voters some voters have said a verdict in a convicting him as a felony as a felon will be important when they go to the poll so I think that’s important the other piece Kira is listen the the court system is working judges and juries base decisions on Law and authenticated verified facts and for a former president and members of Congress behind him to attack the judicial system is an attack on Democracy itself and I do tell my students you need to practice law with the utmost Integrity because if you lose that you lose everything Kim Willie appreciate you thank you let’s bring in the big story to our panel shall we joining us today ABC News contributor and oped colonist for the Los Angeles Times LZ Granderson ABC News political contributor and former North Dakota Senator Heidi Hamp also our contributor and former New York congressman John kaco and our contributor and Sirius XM radio host Mike Muse great to see you all so LZ I of course I’m going to take this to you first you know the judge blasted Bob Costello saying don’t give me the side eye you know we didn’t have cameras in the courtroom so a lot of these moments are really up to our imagination I’m just wondering if you could give me your best side eye and just tell me how you think Costello thre that to the judge and then after you do that could you please tell me in all seriousness you know do you think the Judge is just fed up with the cast of characters here I’ll start with your last question first I guess um with a side ey please I don’t know if it’s a Fed Up situation as much as there has been a lot of extraordinarily odd things happening in his courtroom and he’s trying as best he can to keep what is a historical court case on track and it’s almost impossible because almost every single person that takes the stand to your point is a is a character but I will try right now to give a proper side eye I’m not sure if the it or not I don’t use it very often it’s usually something my kid uses yes oh I get it too believe me all right Mike that was excellent Elie uh Mike speaking of the cast of characters here Trump and his you know sketchy posy showing up to support him at court you had Congressman Matt Gates you had former NYPD commissioner and convicted felon Bernie Carrick you had a Hell’s Angel for goodness sake what do you think uh this is all about empowering Trump or scaring the jury oh that’s interesting question on the latter part about scaring the jewelry I do think there could be a possibility about jury intimidation uh when you have those individuals walk into their room in particular what you and Kim were talking about earlier in that moment where the judge excused the Press but allowed what we consider to be hogus to still may be in in the room um and so there is this Dynamic of is this jury intimidation that is a question um that is being talked about and being asked but when it comes to H surrogates coming out and actually making statements uh while court is in session and while they’re on break for me that is just a campaign stomp uh former president Trump is a master uh at using media for his own good strategically and I think this is actually part of the campaign strategy is because it’s constant free earned media uh that we get a chance to see President Trump and the way we cover it on a daily and consistent basis and so I look at this more so as a campaign stop and John speaking of politics you know politics what do you make of this cast of characters including the lawmakers that really ditched their jobs in our nation’s capital to take this field trip up to the courthouse and pretty much suck up to Trump I mean and what do you make of that and then also you know what do you think of speaker Mike Johnson he was the only one that didn’t sit in the courtroom but the rest did well I think it’s pandering uh to the highest order and it’s something you know we have responsibilities in all our positions and lives and one of them is to have some Integrity in what we’re doing and I think they took some Integrity off all of them when they came in that courtroom and got involved in a partisan thing like like that and U I just thought it was very unfortunate I would have never done it under any circumstance uh you got to respect the rule of law I think that’s that that’s looking away from the rule of law and that’s something I was really concerned about Point well made and Heidi you know you’re a Democrat but you were in the Trump orbit for a bit of time he wanted you to switch parties you didn’t what’s it like to be in the Trump World and then what is it like to be kicked to the curb I feel like I was kicked to the curb I think I just said no not you others others okay I you know that the the reality is that if you listen to Michael or to to um uh Cohen’s testimony anybody who has crossed Trump trump will cross them back there’s no loyalty there and for those people to sit behind him and assume that that they’re gonna like be his best friends forever how ridiculous is all of that and I you know and the jury really the jury doesn’t even know the Supreme Court wouldn’t know the Supreme Court if they were sitting behind him this is all to keep Trump you know feeling like he’s got a posy feeling like he’s got folks supporting him and I should emphasize once again yes Heidi you did say no others didn’t and well look what happens times yes there you go everybody everybody applaud LZ Heidi John and Mike thanks guys great conversation coming up next in our Spotlight Scarlet Johansson isn’t faking it why the Hollywood 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own fans point out that the actress previously voiced the supporting character in the movie titled her where Amanda vs a relationship with an AI virtual assistant the film was released in 2013 here’s part of the clip what it like to be alive in that room right now I wish I put my arms around you wish I could touch you how would you touch me o Scarlett Johansson says that she was shocked angered and in disbelief that open AI CEO Sam Alman would use a voice so similar to hers after she declined an offer from the company when they originally approached her to voice their technology well in a statement Alman denies that the chat gbt voice is based on the Hollywood stars likeness saying that the voice actor for its assistant was cast before they expressed interest in Johansson let’s bring back my panel LZ Heidi John and Mike LZ aai was a major sticking point in the recent Hollywood strike what does this do to the trust Factor here or lack thereof you think in the industry what trust what trust this is like real science 2.0 where like the nerv created the voice of their choice you know in order to go on with their Gadget I think this is just a self-inflicted wound I think this was poorly poorly thought out and by the way scotlet Johansson was part of one of the highest grossing movie franchises of all time and she sued that studio and W what are you doing so Heidi if the voice clip wasn’t enough open AI Chief Sam Alman tweeted the word her recently a reference to the movie by the same name where Johansson played an AI Voice Assistant AI regulations already a major talking point on Capitol Hill how do you see this evolving now that we see actually What’s Happening Here with Johanson a you know famous actress with a big platform well absolutely and like LZ said they picked on the wrong person you could have found maybe somebody who wasn’t paying that much attention but right now Amy kishar moved a couple bills forward I think the concern that I have is you see it right here in real time what does that mean for putting words in politicians mouths putting words in actors mouths it’s very dangerous and we need to have an awareness that this could happen and some way to call it out and good for Johansson good for her well John how do you see this playing out yeah I agre with Heidi just said in LZ I’m G to expound that a little bit I think our our real role is litigation here uh copyright infringment trials patent INF fringement I mean authors are getting all their books loaded into AI people write stories based on what the content they got from these books so there’s all kinds of huge issues and I think litigation is going to play a very big role in defining the parameters of AI but make no mistake about it this is the wild west and if anyone thinks they know how it’s going to end up they’re they’re dreaming because no one does but we’ve got to be as Vigilant as possible to to police what they’re doing and Mike this all comes as the US is forming a global AI safety network with key International allies how important do you think a network like this is you know as AI becomes I mean smarter and smarter by the day it it’s important I’ve always said from the beginning that it’s important that we have guard rails and safety measures in place as we consider these AI tools and products I’ve always said too the federal government should be more focused on AI but Al too the federal government is far behind when it comes to really understanding technology uh we still haven’t had the federal government passed a privacy data act uh that a lot of consumers have been asking for uh Europe is Miles and years ahead of us when it comes to that Europe is already ahead of us in putting together AI regulations and systems in place where the US is still holding Congressional hearings still trying to wrap their minds around the concept of it kir I’ve been covering uh open AI uh Dem demonstration that they did last week as as also too covering uh Google’s IO developers conference that they had uh The Innovation is absolutely amazing I know we love in media uh I’m not one of those in media who love to talk about the fear aspect of artificial artificial intelligence but for me I look at it for the good that it could do in particular for the democratization that can call just one quick example since we’re discussing open AI in the demonstration they did uh the chat GPT system was able to tutor the developer in linear algebra as someone who’s a stem major someone who did nuclear chemical research I would have loved to been able to have a tutor such as that at my disposal in the dorm room at 2: a.m. when I’m having complications really understanding that and so it’s all about ways that AI could help us in democratization and also to helping individuals uh that are physically challenged uh that are hearing and impaired visibly I have complications there’s so much good that AI could do uh but I am a supporter of making sure G was in 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our panel prefers shall we all right Mike I’m starting with you Pizza mac and cheese what do you think I would love to start with the pizza flavored ice cream I am down when it comes to food I am down to try anything once uh but you just triggered me with the Pepsi peeps I find that absolutely disgusting and I’m in the studio with Dr Daran suton who’s coming up shortly and I’m sure he would be highly disappointed if any of us says that we want to try Pepsi and peeps okay IDI what’s your fancy you know remember when bask and Robins bragged that they have 31 Flavors those days are gone I think somehow putting sweet stuff with sweet stuff makes more sense than Savory with ice cream but you know bacon ice cream is taken off I think if if you can sell it it’s all more power to you just don’t make eat it Baskin Robin’s still my all-time favorite ice cream cake every year for my birthday now my kids get it too John all of this what do you think are we going too far what’s wrong with the classic oh my God why every single Market Market is segmented and Subs segmented and sub segmented my God how about’s a what’s wrong with mint chocolate chip come on man we don’t eat all garage mint chocolate chip I I just I’m going oh you are number one in my book not that you weren’t but that’s my favorite all right Elie you get the last call as I attempt this Oreo Sour Patch cookie um you know we know you’re a person of very cultivated taste I wouldn’t necessarily call it that I will say this John at some point it was just chocolate and then someone said hey let’s throw some mintal and then someone said let’s throw in some ice cream and that’s all what this is we’re just throwing stuff on the wall and see what sticks there up on the wall all right oh my God John I got to say Oreo sour pet cookies they’re not bad it’s a little sweet for my taste but oh John you’re such a pessimist I’ll save you the bag and send it your way thanks guys that’s our