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WHERE ITS CONTAINERS WILL BE UNLOADED AND THE SHIP WILL UNDERGO REPAIRS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DOLLY’S POWER SYSTEM FAILED BEFORE IT STRUCK THE BRIDGE IN MARCH, CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE. >> TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT YOUR MORNING WEATHER. GOOD MORNING. >> A SCORCHER OF A TUESDAY. MANY OF US ARE GOING TO BE UP AROUND 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON, IF NOT HOTTER IN SAINT LOUIS, WICHITA, LITTLE ROCK, ATLANTA WILL BE CLOSE 96 THERE, 98 IN NASHVILLE, EL PASO, 107. SOME SPOTS LIKE GREENVILLE AND GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI WILL LIKELY HAVE THEIR HOTTEST JUNE 25TH IN THE RECORD BOOKS. AND AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SURGE OF HEAT BRIEFLY BACK INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES WITH ACCUWEATHER REALFEEL TEMPERATURES BACK ABOVE 100 DEGREES FOR ACCUWEATHER. I’M JEFF CORNISH FOR ABC NEWS. COMING UP, A POLICE OFFICER RUNNING INTO A BURNING BUILDING WITHOUT HESITATION TO SAVE A LIFE. >> ALSO AHEAD, THE FAMILY, DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS AFTER CHICAGO WOMAN GOES MISSING WHILE IN THE BAHAMAS. WHAT POLICE ARE NOW SAYING AND A PATIENT GETS AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT WHILE FULLY AWAKE. >> WHAT THE MEDICAL MILESTONE MEANS FOR FUTUR Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel a nation at war in Rolling Fork This Tornado tore through this town from Lewiston Maine a scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile strike ABC News live everywhere and 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 BBC News live your streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere. There is a price to be paid every time a Survivor shares their story. I will not be silenced. Do you feel the church accepted abuse? And once he accepted it as so much pretended it didn’t exist ready? Kyra Phillips with ABC News does your church protect sexual predators by Nightline secrets of the to buy to church. There’s nothing pretty about hearing the now streaming on Hulu. Let’s go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. It doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge and this With so much at stake. So much on the line, more Americans turn here than any other news cast, ABC News World News Tonight, with David Muir. America’s number one, most watched news cast across all of television, Hi, I’m Andy and I’m Sabrina and we’re mom 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 mom’s wherever you get your podcast. ABC’s David Muir the most watched news cast in America more Americans watch World News Tonight with David Muir than any other newscast. WEEK. >> WE’RE BACK WITH THE FAMILY OF A MISSING CHICAGO WOMAN HEADING TO THE BAHAMAS WHERE SHE WAS VANISHING WHERE SHE VANISHED. LAST WEEK. POLICE SAY TAYLOR CASEY HASN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE WEDNESDAY, ACCORDING TO HER FAMILY’S FACEBOOK PAGE. THE 41 YEAR OLD WAS ATTENDING A YOGA RETREAT NEAR PARADISE ISLAND IN JANUARY. THE STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUED A TRAVEL WARNING FOR THE BAHAMAS RELATED TO CRIME AND OTHER ISSUES. >> WELL, IMAGINE GETTING A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT AND BEING AWAKE THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS. IT HAPPENED IN CHICAGO, AND DOCTORS SAY THIS PROCEDURE IS A GAME CHANGER. THIS MORNING, A MEDICAL MILESTONE IN CHICAGO. ARE YOU AWAKE, JOHN? 28 YEAR OLD JOHN NICHOLAS IS NOW THE FIRST PATIENT AT NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL TO UNDERGO A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT WHILE FULLY AWAKE. >> IT’S JUST A BOOST OF ENERGY TO THE TEAM TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, WE POTENTIALLY CHANGED THE WAY THAT KIDNEY TRANSPLANT CAN BE DONE INSTEAD OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA, WHICH IS TYPICALLY USED FOR THIS SURGERY. >> DOCTORS GAVE NICHOLAS A SINGLE SPINAL ANESTHESIA SHOT, SIMILAR TO WHAT’S USED DURING A C-SECTION. THE ENTIRE PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS. >> WE PLACED THE SPINAL IN THE OPERATING ROOM WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SEDATION, AND THEN THAT WAS THE MAIN ANESTHETIC. IT WAS INCREDIBLY SIMPLE AND UNEVENTFUL. >> THE REVOLUTIONARY SURGERY PAVING THE WAY FOR LIFE SAVING KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS IN PATIENTS WHO CAN’T HAVE GENERAL ANESTHESIA, WHILE ALSO CUTTING HOSPITALIZATION FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS FROM THREE DAYS TO JUST 24 HOURS, GIVE AN INCREDIBLE GIFT TO A FRIEND IS ALWAYS A GOOD FEELING IN YOUR HEART. THAT’S 29 YEAR OLD PAT WEISS, NICHOLAS’S DONOR AND BEST FRIEND SINCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WEISS SAYS WHEN HE GOT A TEXT ABOUT DONATING, HE DIDN’T HESITATE TO SIGN UP. >> WE’VE ALWAYS SAID TO EACH OTHER THAT WE’RE RIDE OR DIE FRIENDS, AND YOU KNOW THAT WE’RE ALWAYS KIND OF WITH EACH OTHER FOR LIFE. BUT, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY HAVING SUCH A BONA FIDE EXAMPLE WHERE WE’VE GOT EACH OTHER’S BACK. LIKE IT. YEAH. IT JUST IT MEANT THE WORLD TO ME. WOW >> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY. AND NOW NORTHWESTERN IS LOOKING TO ESTABLISH A NEW PROGRAM FOR PATIENTS WHO ALSO NEED A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT WITHOUT GENERAL ANESTHESIA. PRETTY INCREDIBLE STORY COMING UP HERE FROM A 14 YEAR OLD WHO SURVIVED A SHARK ATTACK OFF NORTH CAROLINA. >> ALSO AHEAD, THE PARTY STILL UNDERWAY IN SOUTH FLORIDA AFTER THE FLORIDA PANTHERS WON Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Lewiston Maine scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere on the scene of that deadly missile strike and Denis braid, Ukraine. Reporting from the earthquake in Turkey been rolling for this tornado tore through this little town from the most devastating disaster in Hawaii Charleston, South Carolina on the 2024 campaign Trail in Iceland. Let’s go traveling with the president in Mexico City, wherever the story from the front lines from Southern Israel outside the Gaza Strip in Beirut from the FBI here at 10 Downing Street in London streaming live to you wherever the story is wherever the story is where Over the story is we’re going to take you there who are streaming ABC News live ABC News live your streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere America’s number one streaming news. Thursday on the day of their first debate stream ABC News live for all the breaking pre-debate details and coverage then at 7 p.m. Eastern stream a special debate edition of ABC News live Prime with Lindsay Davis and at 8:00 Eastern David Muir and the ABC News special the race for the White House and then watch the CNN presidential debate simulcast streaming live on ABC News live and stay with ABC News live for the instant reaction and all the Fallout after the debate all night. Can you stick good mornings in America? Can you feel the knife wounds that Inspire filled with hope kindness Joy surprises in so much fun start your day with good winning. America’s ray of sunshine highlighting the best of America and helping make dreams. Come true is so happy it is so good and ready to smile and put the good into your Morning America because you know, what will make the morning better a little ray of sunshine. Let’s go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. It doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge and this TODAY FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR FEWER INJECTIONS. >> WE’RE BACK NOW WITH A HEROIC POLICE OFFICER CAUGHT ON CAMERA SAVING A LIFE. OFFICER KEVIN LONG PULLED A MAN FROM A BURNING APARTMENT IN NEW JERSEY AS SMOKE FILLED THE BUILDING. HE WAS ON DUTY AT A NEARBY SHOPPING CENTER WHEN THE CALL CAME IN. >> GLAD THEY’RE ALL OKAY. SUMMER VACATION FOR 114 YEAR OLD FROM WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDED A TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER WITH A SHARK. BLAINE BROWN SAYS HE WAS IN WAIST DEEP WATER WITH A FRIEND ON SUNDAY ON NORTH CAROLINA’S NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH WHEN THE FRIEND TOOK OFF, HE SAYS BEFORE HE KNEW IT, BROWN HAD BEEN BITTEN ON THE LEG AND THE ANKLE. >> THEN I FELT IT BITE DOWN THING. SO SCARED AND SHOCKED AND LIKE NO ONE WAS AROUND ME. I HAD TO WALK OUT LIKE OF THE BEACH BY MYSELF. THEN I JUST LAID DOWN, JUST ALSO SCARED. >> WOW. BROWN IS STILL RECOVERING AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. HIS SCARE HAPPENED THE SAME DAY A SURFER AND ACTOR WHO APPEARED IN ONE OF THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN MOVIES WAS KILLED BY A SHARK IN HAWAII. TAMAYO PERRY WAS KILLED BY A SHARK WHILE WORKING AS A LIFEGUARD ON OAHU. >> FANS OF THE FLORIDA PANTHERS WERE CELEBRATING WELL INTO THIS MORNING AFTER THE TEAM CAPTURED ITS FIRST EVER STANLEY CUP WITH A DRAMATIC WIN OVER THE EDMONTON OILERS. THIS MORNING. A NEW CHAMPION IS CROWNED IN THE NHL, A FLORIDA PANTHERS HAVE WON THE STANLEY CUP, THE FLORIDA PANTHERS WINNING THEIR FIRST EVER STANLEY CUP IN A WINNER TAKE ALL GAME SEVEN OVER THE EDMONTON OILERS MONDAY NIGHT. >> THE FACT THAT IT WAS SO HARD MAKES IT SO SPECIAL, FANS IN SOUTH FLORIDA SAVORING THE MOMENT. >> I CAN’T BELIEVE WE WON. >> I HAVE NO WORDS. IN 30 YEARS WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. >> A GRIPPING FINALE CAPPING OFF AN INSTANT CLASSIC OF A PLAYOFF SERIES, THE PANTHERS STRIKING FIRST WITH A GOAL FROM CARTER VERHAEGHE. THEY SCORE, BUT JUST SOME TWO MINUTES LATER, THE OILERS WOULD RESPOND, TYING THIS ALL OR NOTHING SHOWDOWN. HERE’S JANMARK IT ALONE. >> HE SCORES. >> BUT IT WAS THE PANTHERS WINGER SAM REINHART’S SECOND PERIOD GOAL THAT WOULD PROVE TO BE THE GAME SERIES AND CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER SAM REINHART SCORES CAUSE FLORIDA HAD A THREE GAMES TO NONE LEAD IN THE SERIES, BUT THE OILERS FIERCELY RALLIED BACK TO TIE IT UP THREE THREE. THE PANTHERS WIN, AVERTING WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE MOST UNPRECEDENTED COLLAPSES IN SPORTS HISTORY. INSTEAD, THE PANTHERS ETCHING THEIR OWN LEGACY PANTHERS GENERAL MANAGER BILL ZITO. WHEN THE MOMENT SINKS IN, IT’S REALLY HUMBLING. AND FOR MATTHEW TKACHUK, HE ACCOMPLISHES SOMETHING HIS FATHER, FIVE TIME NHL ALL-STAR KEITH TKACHUK, COULD NOT. HOISTING LORD STANLEY’S CUP, GETTING LOCKED UP BY MY DAD AND BROTHER AND ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS WIN IT FOR THOSE TWO ESPECIALLY. BUT IT WAS CAPTAIN AND LONGEST TENURED PANTHER SASHA BARKOV, WHO RECEIVED THE HIGHEST HONOR FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING TEAM, BEING THE FIRST TO HOLD THE CUP. CONNOR MCDAVID WON THE CONN SMYTHE AWARD FOR THE BEST PLAYER IN THE PLAYOFFS. HE’S THE FIRST PLAYER SINCE 1976 TO WIN THE AWARD ON A TEAM THAT LOST IN THE FINAL. >> A BIG CONGRATS TO PANTHERS FANS, INCLUDING ANDREW HERE. COMING UP, THE BEST CATCH IN BASEBALL. AND IT WASN’T EVEN A PLAYER WHO MADE IT. >> PLUS ADDICTED TO COFFEE. THE NEW STUDY THAT SAYS IT Let’s go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. It doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge and this With so much at stake. So much on the line, more Americans turn here than any other news cast, ABC News World News Tonight, with David Muir. America’s number one, most watched news cast across all of television, Get ready, America every Friday hottest Trends Styles and must have what’s the right stuff to buy right now. I really love that it’s time to buy the right stuff. Yes. And save big time to the right stuff Fridays on GMA you’re going to love it. Hey, good morning. America. Good Morning. America Good Morning America covering the biggest events in the country right now. You don’t just see it. You feel it. I’m in I’m in to Michael towards where. Whenever Wherever news breaks, it’s so important to always remember that lives are changed here in London in Buffalo Uvalde, Texas Edinburgh Scotland reporting from Rolling Fork, Mississippi, the cranium refugees here in Warsaw committing to a small community outside of Mexico City getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime will take you there stream ABC News live weeknights wherever you stream your news only on ABC News live I’m Jack Leslie in Corbin, California the side of the post fire with more than 15,000 Acres burned wherever the story is will take you there. You’re streaming ABC News live. MUIR. >> THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE THURSDAY NIGHT ON ABC. >> TIME TO CHECK THE PULSE. WE BEGIN WITH THOSE WHO JUST CANNOT DO WITHOUT YOUR CUP OF COFFEE. >> RESEARCHERS AT UC SAN DIEGO SAY YOUR COFFEE HABITS MAY ACTUALLY BE IN YOUR GENES. THEY IDENTIFIED GENETIC VARIANTS ASSOCIATED WITH EXCESSIVE COFFEE CONSUMPTION. AFTER STUDYING DNA SCANS OF MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE. >> THE STUDY ALSO FOUND THAT PEOPLE GENETICALLY LIKELY TO DRINK MORE COFFEE ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO USE ALCOHOL. NICOTINE AND OTHER DRUGS. >> NEXT, TWO GIANT PANDAS ARE SET UP FOR THEIR BIG TRIP FROM CHINA TO THE U.S. THEY’LL LEAVE CHINA TOMORROW ON A 7300 MILE TRIP TO THE SAN DIEGO ZOO, AND MORE PANDAS ARE COMING TO THE U.S. AS ZOOS IN SAN FRANCISCO, MEMPHIS, ATLANTA AND WASHINGTON, D.C. >> THE PANDA PROGRAM BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA WAS PAUSED AMID TENSION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES, BUT NEW AGREEMENTS WERE REACHED TO RESTART IT NEXT. A BASEBALL FAN WHO WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. >> HE WAS AT BALTIMORE’S CAMDEN YARDS LAST NIGHT, A FOUL BALL DOWN THE RIGHT FIELD LINE, AND TIM BYER SNAGGED IT WHILE HOLDING A DRINK AND A PHONE IN HIS OTHER HAND. HE PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL AND SAYS THIS WAS HIS FIRST FOUL BALL IN 30 YEARS OF GOING TO GAMES. AND NOT TO BE OUTDONE ARE THE PHILLIES, WHO EXECUTED THE SEASON’S FIRST TRIPLE PLAY AGAINST THE TIGERS, THE PITCHER CAUGHT A WEAK LINE DRIVE FOR THE FIRST OUT. THE RUNNERS AT FIRST AND THIRD WERE THEN CAUGHT OFF BASE, AND FINALLY MATTEL’S NEW TOY. >> THE ACTION FIGURE HONORS JIMMY BUFFETT’S ROLE IN THE 2015 FILM JURASSIC WORLD, BUT DON’T BLINK OR YOU’LL MISS HIS CAMEO. THE MUSICIAN IS THE MAN IN ORANGE RUNNING FROM SOME OF THE DINOS, WHILE YES, HOLDING MARGARITAS. AND NOW MATTEL IS PUTTING OUT AN ACTION FIGURE OF BUFFETT FROM THE FILM. AND YES, IT EVEN INCLUDES MANY DRINKS AND EVEN A SALT SHAKER. >> SALT SHAKER WITH SALT BECAUSE Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel a nation at war in Rolling Fork This Tornado tore through this town from Lewiston Maine a scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile strike ABC News live everywhere and 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 BBC News live your 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 where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. It doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge and this Are you ready to celebrate Sunday? June 30th across the country see experience some of the nation’s greatest Pride celebrations all in one place as they happen live right here on ABC News live fried Across America celebrate Joy love freedom and pride Sunday, June 30th starting at 11 a.m. Eastern time streaming on ABC News live and stream on Hulu. There is a price to be paid every time a Survivor shares their story. I will not be silenced. Do you feel the church accepted abuse? And once he accepted it as so much pretended it didn’t exist ready? Kyra Phillips with ABC News does your church protect sexual predators by Nightline secrets of the to buy to church. There’s nothing pretty about hearing the now streaming on Hulu. CARB STEADY GLUCERNA. BRING ON THE DAY. >> CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES NOW. OFFICIALS IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ARE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON A DAM THAT IS SAID TO BE AT RISK OF IMMINENT FAILURE. RECENT STORMS DUMPED NEARLY 18IN OF RAIN, CREATING RECORD BREAKING FLOODING. NEARBY. RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO BE READY TO EVACUATE. >> LOUISIANA’S NEW LAW REQUIRING THAT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BE DISPLAYED IN EVERY CLASSROOM IS FACING ITS FIRST MAJOR LEGAL CHALLENGE. CIVIL LIBERTIES GROUPS AND PARENTS FILED A LAWSUIT SEEKING TO BLOCK THE LAW, SAYING IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT SOME RELIGIONS ARE SUPERIOR TO OTHERS. >> MAJOR MUSIC LABELS, INCLUDING SONY AND WARNER RECORDS, ARE SUING TWO I SONG GENERATING COMPANIES FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. THE I COMPANIES ARE ACCUSED OF STEALING ARTISTS WORK TO TRAIN THEIR MODELS. NEITHER COMPANY HAS PUBLICLY REVEALED ITS TRAINING DATA. >> TODAY’S WEATHER HEAT ALERTS ARE UP FROM CALIFORNIA TO COLORADO. HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTHWEST COULD CREATE FLASH FLOODING. ALSO, HOT AND RAINY, FROM THE PLAINS TO THE MIDWEST. >> FINALLY, A FATHER AND SON IN NEW YORK CITY ARE GOING THE EXTRA MILE TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED UNDERGROUND. >> ABC’S DANNY NJOO HAS THEIR STORY. THROUGHOUT THE WEEK IN NEW YORK CITY, YOU MAY SEE THIS COOLER FULL OF FOOD AND WATER BEING WHEELED AROUND BY HENRY THOMAS AND HIS SON, CARL. >> WHETHER I HAVE 20 PEOPLE WITH ME OR JUST ME AND MY SON AND ONE OTHER PERSON, YOU KNOW I’M HERE. >> THEIR GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS IS CALLED FREE FOOD FOR THE HOMELESS AND THEIR MISSION IS THAT SIMPL SIR, OLLECT DONATIONS AND HAND OUT AS MANY MEALS AS THEY CAN TO FOLKS WHO REALLY APPRECIATE THE HELP. >> I REMEMBER YOU WERE THERE. YES THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> HENRY FIRST CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, BUT HE DIDN’T KNOW EXACTLY HOW HE WAS GOING TO START THIS MOVEMENT. HE JUST KNEW HE NEEDED TO HELP PEOPLE WHO WERE FEELING LIKE HE ONCE DID. >> PERSONALLY, I WAS HOMELESS MYSELF. I WITNESSED MY MOTHER EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHAT IT IS FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE TO BE OUT HERE IN THE STREET, TO BE OVERLOOKED, TO BE MISTREATED. >> HIS SON, CARL SAYS HE REMEMBERS IN THE BEGINNING, TAKING TRIPS TO THE SUPERMARKET TO BUY BOLOGNA SANDWICHES TO HAND OUT. GOD BLESS YOU. BUT IN THE DECADES SINCE, THE TEAM HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF HELP THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. PEOPLE WILL DONATE ONLINE THROUGH PLACES LIKE VENMO AND GOFUNDME AND THEN SEE HOW THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS MATERIALIZE INTO A WARM EXCHANGE. >> WE USE HUNGER AS THE PLATFORM TO CONNECT HUMAN BEINGS, ACCORDING TO FEEDINGAMERICA.ORG, ABOUT 44 MILLION PEOPLE IN AMERICA ARE FACING HUNGER, INCLUDING 1 IN 5 CHILDREN. >> SO WHILE SECURING ENOUGH FUNDING AND FOOD FOR HIS VISION CAN STILL BE CHALLENGING AT TIMES, NO PROBLEM GETTING ICE CREAM, HENRY FEELS THAT HE JUST CAN’T STOP. >> I HAVE TO GIVE MY LIFE FOR THIS SO THEY ARE FREE FOOD FOR THE HOMELESS. >> IF YOU WANT TO HELP. AND HENRY IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP EXPAND THE MOVEMENT TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. IF YOU’RE INTERESTED AND BRING THE PROGRAM TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, GUYS, MORE VOLUNTEERS WOULD BE GREAT. >> AS THIS PROGRAM EXPANDS AND IT’S TUESDAY, JUNE 25TH. AFTER YEARS OF COURT BATTLES, DID WIKILEAKS WIN? WE START HERE. >> JULIAN ASSANGE GETS A PLEA DEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES. >> PUT AN END ALSO TO THIS VERY, VERY LONG CONFINEMENT BY THE WORLD’S MOST WANTED KEEPER OF STATE. SECRETS WON’T HAVE TO SERVE A DAY IN A U.S. PRISON. THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ISN’T IN DOUBT, BUT DEMOCRATS ARE SWEATING TODAY’S CONTESTS. >> THEY BELIEVE THAT THE PROGRESSIVE MESSAGE IS KIND OF ON THE LINE HERE. COULD THE SQUAD LOSE ITS FIRST MEMBER OVER THE WAR IN GAZA? AND IF YOU CAN’T TAKE THE HEAT, STAY OUT OF THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE. SO, YES, WE WILL HAVE AIR CONDITIONERS. THE POLICY THAT HAS ATHLETES TALKING. ORGANIZERS FROM ABC NEWS, THIS IS START. I’M BRAD MIELKE OVER THE YEARS. LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE SPILLED GOVERNMENT SECRETS. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW ABOUT SOME OF OUR COUNTRY’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL ACTS, I’M THINKING. DANIEL ELLSBERG WITH THE PENTAGON PAPERS. EDWARD SNOWDEN, CHELSEA MANNING, THE MOST RECENT MAJOR CASE IN THE U.S. IS JACK TEIXEIRA, WHO DISSEMINATED THIS TRANCHE OF INTELLIGENCE ABOUT OUR MILITARY AND THE MILITARIES OF OUR ALLIES. BUT PERHAPS NO ONE HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH EXPOSING THE SECRETS OF WORLD LEADERS AS JULIAN ASSANGE. YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO KNOW HIS NAME. >> YOU KNOW WIKILEAKS. THIS DISCLOSURE IS ABOUT THE TRUTH. >> OH, YEAH. LOOK AT THAT. RIGHT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. >> BACK IN 2006, AS THE U.S. WAS MIRED IN TWO WARS AND AS THE INTERNET HAD BECOME UBIQUITOUS WORLDWIDE, ASSANGE CREATED THIS PORTAL. HE CALLED IT WIKILEAKS FOR ANYONE TO UPLOAD SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS. HIS GOAL, HE SAID, WAS RADICAL TRANSPARENCY. >> WE ESTIMATE THAT WHEN FULLY ANALYZED, THESE LOGS WILL BRING TO THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE MORE THAN 15,000 PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED CIVILIAN. >> HE’S AUSTRALIAN, BUT HE SET IT UP IN ICELAND AND HE WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO KEEP OUT OF REACH OF THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENTS WHO SECRETS HE WAS NOW REVEALING. FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THOUGH, HE’S BEEN IN BRITISH CUSTODY ON THE VERGE OF BEING EXTRADITED TO THE U.S.. WELL, LAST NIGHT WE LEARNED OF A PLEA AGREEMENT THAT COULD SEND ASSANGE HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE WITHOUT HIM STEPPING FOOT IN A U.S. PRISON . THIS DOCUMENT NEVER SHOWED UP ON WIKILEAKS BECAUSE THE U.S. HAS UNSEALED IT OVERNIGHT. SO LET’S GO TO ABC’S FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, PATRICK REEVELL. HE’S BEEN REPORTING ON ASSANGE FOR YEARS NOW. HE’S INTERVIEWED THE FAMILY. HE’S BEEN AT THESE EXTRADITION HEARINGS, PATRICK. >> IT’S ALL ENDING. HEY, BRAD. YEAH, IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE WE’RE SAYING THIS, REALLY. RIGHT? BUT YES, IT THAT WE ARE AT THE END OF THE ASSANGE SAGA. AS YOU SAY, OVERNIGHT, THE U.S. HAS REVEALED A PLEA DEAL WITH ASSANGE THAT WILL SEE HIM ESSENTIALLY PLEAD GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF VIOLATING THE ESPIONAGE ACT AND THEN HE WILL BE ALLOWED TO GO HOME. HE WILL BE ALLOWED, MOST LIKELY TO GO TO AUSTRALIA. >> WAIT. SO, PATRICK, WHAT’S HE PLEADING GUILTY TO? I GUESS, AND TO PLEAD GUILTY, YOU HAD TO COME TO AN AMERICAN COURTROOM THEN, RIGHT? SO DOES HE HAVE TO COME TO THE U.S. TO DO ALL THIS? >> YES. SO THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY AN IMMEDIATE QUESTION. RIGHT WHEN THIS CAME OUT. HOW WILL THIS AND BE ABLE TO PLEAD GUILTY? SO OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ASSANGE, THROUGH HIS LAWYERS, HAS AGREED WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO PLEAD GUILTY TO AN ESPIONAGE ACT CHARGE OF CONSPIRING TO UNLAWFULLY OBTAIN AND DISSEMINATE CLASSIFIED NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION. IT’S ONLY ONE COUNT, AND ASSANGE WAS FACING 18 COUNTS OF VIOLATING THE ESPIONAGE ACT. AND OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HE WILL GO TO SAIPAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS, A U.S. COMMONWEALTH IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC, AND THAT HE AND A FEDERAL COURT THERE WILL PLEAD GUILTY AND THEN AFTER THAT, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS HE WILL BE ABLE MOST LIKELY JUST TO WALK FREE AND GO WHERE HE WISHES. >> I SEE. WE HAVE COURTROOMS. WE HAVE FEDERAL COURTROOMS IN THESE OTHER TERRITORIES. BUT THIS WOULD NOT INVOLVE HIM COMING TO THE U.S. MAINLAND. >> HE CAN DO ONE OF THOSE OTHER ONES. EXACTLY. I THINK THAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A KEY THING. I MEAN, WE DON’T KNOW. BUT THE MOST LIKELY EXPLANATION IS THAT ASSANGE IS VERY WORRIED ABOUT TRUSTING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND DOESN’T BELIEVE THAT IF YOU SET FOOT IN MAINLAND AMERICA, HE NECESSARILY WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS PLEA DEAL AND WOULDN’T FIND HIMSELF SUDDENLY BEING PUT ON TRIAL. YOU KNOW, THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM FOR A LONG TIME WERE KEPT SECRET. THEY WERE ONLY REVEALED ONCE HE FINALLY WAS ARRESTED WAY BACK IN 2019. BUT, YES, IN SHORT, THIS IS A PLEA DEAL THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION APPEARS TO HAVE FINALLY COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO END THIS INCREDIBLY LONG SAGA AND PUT AN END ALSO TO THIS VERY, VERY LONG CONFINEMENT THAT JULIAN ASSANGE HAS FACED. FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. >> YES. WELL, PATRICK, THAT’S THE THING. I GET WHY ASSANGE WOULD WANT THIS END. RIGHT. LIKE, I GET WHY MAYBE YOU’D PLEAD GUILTY TO THIS ONE THING. AS LONG AS YOU NEVER HAVE TO GO TO PRISON. >> HE FINALLY GETS TO LIVE AS A FREE MAN. WHAT’S IN IT FOR THE U.S.? I IMAGINE THERE’S LOTS OF AMERICANS WHO ARE LIKE, HEY, THIS GUY FOUND AN AND SHARED OF OUR MOST SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS. >> THEN I MEAN, THAT’S EARLY STUFF. WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR. HE THEN GOES ON TO BE SOMEONE WHO’S LIKE U.S. OFFICIALS BELIEVE, TAKING INTELLIGENCE FROM THE RUSSIANS TO INFLUENCE AMERICAN ELECTIONS, LIKE USING SELECTIVE HACKS THAT FAVOR ONE COUNTRY OVER ANOTHER. AND NOW HE GOES HOME. HE GETS OFF SCOT FREE. LIKE, WHY WOULD YOU AGREE TO THIS FROM THE AMERICAN SIDE? >> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT’S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. AND ONE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO BE TRYING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IN THE DAYS TO COME. BUT, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK MANY PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT JULIAN ASSANGE HAS NOT GOT OFF SCOT FREE. HE SPENT MORE THAN A DECADE NOW IN SOME FORM OF CONFINEMENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS MANY PEOPLE REMEMBER, HE FIRST BACK IN 2011 ENDED UP IN THE ECUADOR EMBASSY IN LONDON AND HE FLED TO THE EMBASSY BECAUSE HE WAS FACING SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES AT THE TIME THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BROUGHT IN SWEDEN. AND SO HE FLED AND HID IN THE ECUADORIAN EMBASSY. >> THE ECUADORIAN GOVERNMENT GAVE HIM ASYLUM THERE. I WOULD LEAVE THIS EMBASSY. >> YOU KNOW, IT’S A IT’S A IT’S A BIT OF A PRISON IN SOME WAY. HE WASN’T ABLE TO LEAVE THE EMBASSY. HE COULD ONLY GO OUTSIDE ONTO THE BALCONY. AND HE WAS BASICALLY LIVING IN THESE FEW ROOMS FOR SEVEN YEARS. BUT HE EVENTUALLY WAS ARRESTED BECAUSE IN 2019, THE ECUADORIAN GOVERNMENT TIRED OF HAVING HIM THERE AND THE TROUBLE THAT HE WAS CAUSING FOR THEM, THEY EVICTED HIM AND HE WAS ARRESTED ON THE STEPS BY THE BRITISH POLICE WHO’VE BEEN WAITING FOR SEVEN YEARS FOR THAT MOMENT FOR BASICALLY VIOLATING HIS BAIL. THE U.S. THEN UNVEILED A SEALED INDICTMENT CHARGING HIM WITH CONSPIRING TO STEAL CLASSIFIED INFORMATION WITH CHELSEA MANNING. >> NEED MORE MEANS OF BEING ABLE TO SAFELY AND SECURELY REVEAL GOVERNMENT WRONGDOING. AND YOU DECIDE TO RISK YOUR CAREER TO BREAK THE LAW. >> WHAT WAS IT THAT YOU WERE SEEING THAT COMPELLED YOU TO DO THAT? I STOPPED SEEING JUST STATISTICS AND INFORMATION, AND I STARTED SEEING PEOPLE. >> AND THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER, AND THIS IS ALL UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY SUDDENLY BROUGHT WHAT’S CALLED A SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT . AND IN THIS SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT, THERE WERE 17 ADDITIONAL CHARGES OF VIOLATING THE ESPIONAGE ACT. >> AND IT WAS THOSE CHARGES THAT PARTICULARLY ALARMED PEOPLE IN THE U.S., IN THE MEDIA, IN THE U.S., I SHOULD SAY, AND PRESS FREEDOM ADVOCATES, BECAUSE BY ASSANGE VERY BROADLY, UNDER THE ESPIONAGE ACT, YOU POTENTIALLY WERE CREATING THIS PRECEDENT THAT MEANT THAT ANY JOURNALIST IN ANY NEWS ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING ABC, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO PUBLISHED CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, GOVERNMENT SECRETS, YOU TOO COULD POTENTIALLY BE PROSECUTED UNDER THE ESPIONAGE ACT, THAT IS AS A SPY IF THIS WENT TO TRIAL IN THE U.S., SUDDENLY ALL OF THAT COULD BE IN PLAY. AND SO THERE IS THE QUESTION TO GO BACK TO. WHY NOW? YOU KNOW, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY EXPLOSIVE TRIAL IN THE U.S. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST MEDIA FREEDOM TRIALS IN DECADES IN THE U.S. AND I THINK THERE’S A QUESTION, YOU KNOW, DOES THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, DOES THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WANT THAT? I THINK BASICALLY BOTH SIDES HAVE SORT OF EXHAUSTED THEMSELVES. I THINK MANY PEOPLE FEEL THAT HE HAS ALREADY BEEN HEAVILY PUNISHED. BUT AS YOU SAID, I THINK THE OTHER THING IS, OF COURSE, THAT FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS A VICTORY I LIKE. THAT MAKES MUCH MORE SENSE. LIKE YOU’RE THE FIRST PERSON TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME CLEARLY THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT WANT THIS HUGE TRIAL OVER PRESS FREEDOMS TO COME TO OUR SHORES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY’VE HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE EVEN GETTING HIM BEHIND BARS IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND SO NOW YOU JUST GUESS, LET THIS GO AWAY. BUT I THINK THE QUESTION WILL BE, WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR JULIAN ASSANGE? AND DOES HAVE ANY ENDEAVORS THAT HE WANTS TO PURSUE NOW IN THIS NEW CHAPTER. ALL RIGHT, PATRICK REVILL REPORTING ON THE SURPRISE ENDING IN THIS LONG CASE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS. NEXT UP ON "START HERE", THE WAR IN GAZA HAS UPENDED LIVES. COULD IT ALSO UPEND THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT AMERICA? >> IT’S PRIMARY DAY AFTER THE BREAK. >> I EXPERIENCED A LOT OF REJECTION, A LOT OF HEART. I I’M A TOUGH WOMAN, BUT IT’S NOT EASY. >> YOU’RE GOING TO FEEL LONELY . >> THERE WAS A LOT OF PERSONAL STUFF IN MY LIFE THAT WAS REALLY FALLEN APART AND BUT MOM AND DADDY DIDN’T RISE. NO QUITTER. NOT EVERYBODY MAKES IT. IT’S TAKEN ME A REALLY LONG TIME TO EVEN GET TO THIS MOMENT. THE CMA AWARD FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR FOR FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR, ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR GOES TO LADY. >> LADY LAINEY WILSON. THAT WAS A BIG DRAW. THE ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR FAME. AND WHAT SHE IS DOING RIGHT NOW IS CHANGING COUNTRY. >> I’M PROUD OF MYSELF. I REALLY AM. I HAVE WORKED MY OFF. NOW IT’S TIME TO SEE WHAT’S NEXT. WOW. I DO SEE THE BELLBOTTOMS IN THE HAT AS MY SUPERHERO OUTFIT. >> THURSDAY ON THE DAY OF THEIR FIRST DEBATE. STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE FOR ALL THE BREAKING PRE-DEBATE DETAILS AND COVERAGE. THEN AT 7 P.M. EASTERN STREAM, A SPECIAL DEBATE EDITION OF ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS. AND AT EIGHT EASTERN, DAVID MUIR AND THE ABC NEWS SPECIAL. THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. AND THEN WATCH THE CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SIMULCAST STREAMING LIVE ON ABC NEWS LIVE AND STAY WITH ABC NEWS LIVE FOR THE INSTANT REACTION AND ALL THE FALLOUT AFTER THE DEBATE ALL NIGHT. >> YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S ONE STREAMING NEWS ABC NEWS LIVE. BREAKING NEWS, EXCLUSIVES, MY REPORTING ACROSS GLOBE KEEPS STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE. >> MORE AMERICANS CHOOSE ABC NEWS, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE. WE KNOW WHO’S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. I’M PRETTY CONFIDENT WE HAVE COVERED THAT HERE BEFORE. BUT LATER TODAY, VOTERS WILL HEAD TO THE POLLS IN STATES LIKE COLORADO, UTAH, SOUTH CAROLINA AND NEW YORK. WHEN RESULTS COME IN THERE. IT’S PROBABLY NOT THE CANDIDATES AT THE TOP OF THE BALLOT THAT ARE GOING TO TURN HEADS. IT’S THE DOWN BALLOT RACES. AND RIGHT NOW, VOTERS ARE LIVING IN A DIVIDED COUNTRY, FACING DIVISIVE ISSUES ,HOUSING AND HIGH. >> THIS WEEKEND IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE A SYNAGOGUE AND TRIED TO BLOCK THE ENTRANCE. THIS IS A PREDOMINANTLY JEWISH NEIGHBORHOOD. PRO-ISRAEL DEMONSTRATORS SOON ARRIVED. AND WHAT FOLLOWED WAS A CHAOTIC, EVEN VIOLENT SCENE. >> PEOPLE WERE SCARED TO COME IN. PEOPLE PREVENTED TO COME IN. WE HAD TO SNEAK OUR MEMBERS INSIDE. >> I’VE SAID IT MANY TIMES. BEING JEWISH DID NOT NECESSARILY MEAN SOMEONE SUPPORTS THE FOREIGN STATE OF ISRAEL. THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THE SYNAGOGUE THAT COULD VERY WELL AGREED WITH PROTESTERS, WHICH THEN WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE WAITING FOR YOU AS YOU ARRIVE AT YOUR PLACE OF WORSHIP MIGHT MAKE YOU THINK, WOW, THESE PEOPLE AREN’T JUST HERE FOR MY POLITICAL VIEWS. >> THEY MIGHT HATE MY RELIGION OR MY RACE. WELL, IN THE FACE OF FLASHPOINTS LIKE THIS, WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE CONGRESSIONAL RACES THAT WOULD ORDINARILY BE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD BECOME REALLY CONTENTIOUS AFFAIRS. >> AND ONE OF THEM IN NEW YORK HAS A MEMBER OF THE YOUNG PROGRESSIVE GROUP OF LAWMAKERS KNOWN AS THE SQUAD, FIGHTING FOR HIS POLITICAL LIFE. POLITICAL ANALYSTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE NOW ASKING WHETHER RACES LIKE THESE COULD UPEND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. WE COULD GET A HINT LATER TONIGHT. SO LET’S CHECK IN WITH ABC’S POLITICAL REPORTER BRITTANY SHEPHERD, WHO’S IN NEW YORK CITY THIS MORNING WHERE SHE’S BEEN FOLLOWING THIS RACE. BRITTANY. WHAT IS THE CAMPAIGN WE’RE TALKING ABOUT AND WHY IS IT SO HIGH STAKES? >> WELL, BRIANNA, I WANT TO SAY, MUCH LIKE THE WEATHER HERE IN NEW YORK RIGHT NOW, THIS RACE IS GETTING REALLY HEATED, PROBABLY THE MOST HERE. THEY’VE BEEN ALL CYCLE AND THE MOST HEATED. YOU KNOW, A PRIMARY HAS BEEN SINCE THE LAUNCH OF ALL OF THIS. THIS IS THE RACE FOR NEW YORK’S 16TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AS SOME OF YOUR EAGLE EARED LISTENERS MAY KNOW. >> REDISTRICTING HAD HAPPENED THIS YEAR IN NEW YORK, IS TRIED AND TRIED AND TRY IT AGAIN TO REDRAW THEIR DISTRICTS. NOW THEY FINALLY SETTLED THIS NEW DISTRICT COVERS FROM WHAT I HAILEY FROM LONG ISLAND WOULD CALL UPSTATE BUT IS PROBABLY MORE ACCURATELY SPANNING FROM THE NORTH OF THE BRONX YONKERS AREA UP TO WESTCHESTER. >> OVER IN THIS NEW DISTRICT, THERE IS A WIDE ARRAY OF BACKGROUNDS RACE AND INCOME HERE. IT’S A NEWER DISTRICT FOR INCUMBENT CONGRESSMAN JAMAAL BOWMAN. SINCE NEW YORK SET THEIR NEW DISTRICT BOUNDARIES RIGHT. AND IT HAS COME TO REALLY UNDERSCORE WHAT SOME OF THE FRACTIONS ARE WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR. >> BUT WHO ARE THE PLAYERS HERE? LET ME SET THAT UP. THDISTRICT, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE LIKE US. >> SO ON ONE SIDE, WE HAVE JAMAAL BOWMAN. HE’S A STAUNCH PROGRESSIVE. >> HE HAS TIES TO THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA. HE’S A BLACK FORMER SCHOOLTEACHER AND HAS CALLED FOR A PERMANENT CEASE FIRE IN GAZA. >> THIS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT DETAIL IN HIS INTRO. HE TOOK A STANCE. IT WAS U.S. TAX DOLLARS. HIS BABY’S NAME. >> INCIDENTALLY, BOWMAN HAS BEEN ONE OF CAPITOL HILLS MOST VOCAL CRITICS OF ISRAEL. HE’S REFERRED TO THE IDEA OF OPERATION GAZA AS A. >> AND HE’S ALSO CRUCIALLY CALLED REPORTS WHERE HAMAS COMMITTED SEXUAL VIOLENCE OCTOBER 7TH AS PROPAGANDA. HE’S SINCE APOLOGIZED FOR THAT CLAIM, BUT HE STILL SUPPORTED THAT NATIONAL BOYCOTT, DIVEST, SANCTION MOVEMENT, THAT BLOOD INTO SO MANY UNIVERSITIES, PEOPLE BOYCOTTING MCDONALD’S AND STARBUCKS THAT SWEPT THE NATION. AND THAT IS THE REAL HEART OF THIS RACE, BECAUSE KIND OF OUT OF NOWHERE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. >> ENTERS WESTCHESTER COUNTY EXECUTIVE GEORGE LATIMER. >> IF YOU THINK THAT THE WAY I HAVE BEEN A LEGISLATOR AND AN EXECUTIVE AND THE RESULTS THAT WE HAVE REPRESENT WHAT YOU THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE REPRESENTED HERE IN WASHINGTON, THEN I’M THERE. >> THERE’S A CHOICE. WHO IS THIS GUY? WELL, A LOT OF MORTGAGE REPRESENTED PARTS OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY FOR SOME TIME SINCE 2005. >> HE SAYS HE’S A PROGRESSIVE, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT HIM, YOU WATCH HIS ADS. HE’S A LITTLE BIT LESS ANIMATED THAN BOWMAN. I THINK YOU CAN SAY HE’S MORE MODERATE ON A SLURRY OF ISSUES, INCLUDING THAT OF ISRAEL PALESTINE, TO FOCUS SOLELY ON ISRAEL AND ISRAEL’S RESPONSE TO WHAT HAMAS DID IS TO MAKE THE VICTIM THE AGGRESSOR. >> LATIMER HAS REALLY TRIED THE TOTAL LINE HERE. HE SAYS HE SUPPORTS A TWO STATE SOLUTION, BUT HASN’T GONE SO FAR AS TO SAY CEASE FIRE NOW, WHICH BOWMAN HAS BEEN SAYING AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. >> I’VE CALLED FOR A PERMANENCE VERY EARLY ON. WHY? BECAUSE WE NEED PEACE. >> WE NEED DIPLOMACY. TO HIM, ANY BARGAINING DONE WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE WITH HAMAS, WHICH HE COMPLETELY CONDEMNS, SUPPORTS SUICIDE BOMB AND HAS TRIED TO ATTACK. LATIMER ON THIS, REFUSING TO CONDEMN ISRAEL AND PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. LATIMER HAS RECEIVED BARBS, SENT BARBS. IT’S BEEN A WHOLE MESS. >> WELL, AND WHAT’S SO INTERESTING, BRITAIN AND YOU MENTIONED IT, HOW THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEMOCRATS IN EVERY RACE. RIGHT. BUT PARTICULARLY IN THIS RACE, THIS PART OF, YOU KNOW, NEW YORK. YOU GOT YOUR YOUR WHITE SUBURBANITES AND THEN YOUR FOLKS FROM THE BRONX WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE REPRESENTING ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS. HOW NASTY HAS THIS CAMPAIGN BECOME? >> WELL, IT’S BROUGHT HILLARY CLINTON OUT OF RETIREMENT FOR ENDORSING IN RACES. WE HAVEN’T HEARD HER NAME THROWN AROUND THE PRIMARY MUCH THESE DAYS. SHE’S ACTUALLY ENDORSED LATIMER IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THE 11TH HOUR OF THIS PRIMARY. WHILE PROGRESSIVES LIKE SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, REP AOC AND OTHERS OF THE SQUAD ARE CIRCLING THE WAGONS AROUND BOWMAN, THEY REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT HIM TO WIN. AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THE PROGRESSIVE MESSAGE IS KIND OF ON THE LINE HERE. THEY WANT HIM OUT BECAUSE HE’S NOT BACK. HE’S NOT OWNED BY ANYBODY BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT HIS PRIMARY FIDELITY AND DUTY IS TO OUR COMMUNITY, OUR PEOPLE. >> AND THIS DIVIDE HAS LED TO WHAT I CAN ONLY APPROPRIATELY DESCRIBE ON AIR AS, LET’S SAY, GOBS OF CASH BEING INFUSED IN THIS RACE. >> BUT A GROSS UNDERSTATEMENT. AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE THE AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, WHAT WE IN POLITICS REFER TO AS AIPAC, REALLY INTO PLAY. >> WE CAN’T HAVE A DEMOCRACY IF BIG MONEY CONTINUES TO CONTROL POLITICS. AND GEORGE LATIMER, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, IS IN THE POCKET OF BIG MONEY. >> AIPAC HAS BEEN LATIMER’S MOST POWERFUL SUPPORTER BY FAR. >> BY NO ESTIMATION THERE’S NO CONTEST HERE. GEORGE LATIMER IS PUTTING PEOPLE AHEAD OF PERSONAL AGENDAS AND DELIVERING REAL PROGRESSIVE RESULTS. >> THE ORGANIZATIONS FUNDING OPERATION CALLED THE UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT PAC, THEIR PAC TO RAISE MONEY ALONE MAKES UP FOR 60% OF ALL AD SPENDING IN THIS RACE, WHICH AS OF NOW AS OF THIS RECORDING CLOCKS IN AT AN EYE POPPING $23 MILLION TOTAL. >> CAN TAKE A BREATH HERE FOR A SECOND, BRAD. NO EXAGGERATION WHEN I SAY THIS THIS RACE IS ON TRACK TO BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSE PRIMARY TO DATE OF ALL TIME, POINT BLANK. >> AND IT’S BECAUSE, LIKE YOU SAID, THE PRO-ISRAEL FOLKS ARE THE ONES SPENDING THE MOST OF THAT MOST OF THOSE GOBS. >> YES, ALMOST OF IT. 60% OF IT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOME FROM THIS PAC HERE, SOME FROM THIS PAC, THEY’RE IN A LOT, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, IN IN DISTRICT SPENDING, JUST FROM SUPPORTERS, SMALL DOLLAR DONATIONS. >> BUT CLEARLY BOWMAN IS GETTING BURIED BY CASH AND PAC IS TO AND HE ADDRESSES AT THIS HUGE RALLY HE HAD IN THE SOUTH BRONX. >> IT WAS SO HOT. I WAS THERE STANDING, LISTENING TO HIM MAKE HIS FINAL FIGHT HIS FINAL PLEA FOR THE MONEY. >> AND MAYBE BUT HE ALSO SAID, QUITE CONTROVERSIALLY, THEY ARE THE MONEY. >> WE ARE THE MIGHTY. THEY ARE THE MONEY. WE ARE THE MONEY. AND THAT’S GIVEN SOME PAUSE TO MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. BRAD, ONE INDIVIDUAL TOLD ME THAT THIS LINE PERPETUATE AN AGE OLD ANTI-SEMITIC TROPE ABOUT JEWISH PEOPLE AND MONEY. RABBIS OF THE DISTRICT HAVE CALLED US AND TOLD US THEY FEEL ABANDONED AND THAT KIND OF BRASH LANGUAGE COULD REALLY COST HIM DEARLY. >> WELL, AND WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT LIKE VOTERS ARE HEADING TO THE POLLS TODAY. >> LOTS OF EARLY VOTES FOR THIS RACE ARE ALREADY IN. AND WE’RE ACTUALLY SEEING HIGHER THAN USUAL PERCENTAGE OF VOTES ALREADY COMPLETED IN AREAS THAT YOU’D IDENTIFY AS MORE CONSERVATIVE AND EVEN MORE JEWISH IN TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHICS. >> SO WHICH IS WHY I GUESS YOU GOT PEOPLE REALLY THINKING THIS IS ALARM BELL TIME FOR JAMAAL BOWMAN. IF HE LOSES BRITTANY. I MEAN, THE SQUAD BASICALLY FORMED WHEN YOU HAD THESE YOUNG UPSTART PROGRESSIVES TAKING DOWN ESTABLISHMENT FIGURES. BUT WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE FORGET IS THEY HAVEN’T LOST THE SEAT SINCE THEN. >> THAT’S WHAT’S MADE THEM SO POWERFUL. THEY’VE RETAINED THEIR SEATS. WHAT HAPPENS IF JAMAAL BOWMAN BECOMES THE FIRST ONE OF THE SQUAD TO BE LIKE, WHOOPS, I LOST. >> WELL, THE BRAND IS ON SHAKY GROUND. YOU KNOW, I SPOKE TO BERNIE SANDERS OVER THE WEEKEND ACTUALLY THE ELDER STATESMAN OF THE SQUAD WHO WAS AT THAT RALLY IN THE BRONX, WHO WAS AROUND AOC, AND HE TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTIONS IN THE MODERN HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY. >> THAT INCLUDES 2016, 2024, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. >> I SAID ALL THIS FOR A HOUSE PRIMARY. BERNIE, ARE YOU SERIOUS? >> BUT HE SAYS THAT ALL OF THIS OUTSIDE MONEY IS PROOF TO HIM OF CORPORATE GREED AND INTEREST IN POLITICS. IT WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF CONGRESS THAT IF YOU WANT TO STAND UP FOR WORKING PEOPLE, YOU WANT TO TAKE ON THE DRUG COMPANIES OR THE INSURANCE COMPANIES OR THE BIG MONEY INTERESTS, DON’T DO IT BECAUSE THE BILLIONAIRES WILL TAKE YOU DOWN. >> BUT I PROMISE TO AIPAC, THEY DON’T AGREE WITH THIS AT ALL. THEY SAY THEY SUPPORT PROGRESSIVES ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. >> BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE DELUGE OF MONEY COMING IN, IF YOU’RE A CANDIDATE PROGRESSIVE OR NOT, WHO IS TOTALLY GRASSROOTS, YOU CAN TOTALLY GET BURIED BY OUTSIDE SPENDING. >> AND I THINK THIS IS A PLACE THIS IS NEW YORK RIGHT? >> IT IS TRENDING MORE CONSERVATIVE MAYBE THAN PEOPLE WOULD EXPECT. BUT IN THE CITY. >> IT’S A DEMOCRAT. A DEMOCRAT CAN BE RIGHT. IF YOU CAN’T COALESCE THIS DISTRICT AS A PROGRESSIVE, YOUR BRAND MIGHT BE IN SOME REAL TROUBLE. >> AND NOT EVEN JUST THE MONEY. RIGHT. I MEAN, IT’S ALSO JUST A REMINDER THAT OF ALL THE ISSUES, LIKE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT COULD FRACTURE A PARTY FOR THIS TO BE THE THING THAT THE ISSUE THE WAR IN GAZA THAT IS CAUSING SO MUCH DIVISION IN THE PARTY REALLY TELLS YOU SOMETHING ABOUT HOW SERIOUSLY AMERICANS TAKE THIS ISSUE. >> ALL RIGHT. BRITTANY SHEPHERD IN NEW YORK CITY BE WATCHING US TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY, ONE MORE QUICK BREAK. WHEN WE COME BACK. GOLD MEDALS ARE FORMED WITH HEAT. >> MAYBE THE MEDALISTS WILL BE, TOO. ONE LAST THING IS NEXT. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR, ENROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF A DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET. WHEREVER THE STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. I’M ANTHONY MACKIE. LIKE MOST ASIAN SHARKS USED TO TERRIFY ME. IF THE SHARK GETS TOO CLOSE, THAT’S IT. HIT IT IN THE NOSE. WELL, YOU DON’T NEED TO HIT IT . I’M ON A QUEST TO FIND OUT WHY THESE APEX PREDATORS AS AMAZING ARE SWIPING FISHERMEN’S HARD EARNED CATCHES. WHAT YOU THOUGHT SHARK BEACH WITH ANTHONY BACK. OH, THAT’S OUR FISH. LOOK AT THAT PART. THE SHAKIEST FOUR WEEK CELEBRATION. THIS SUMMER, SHARK FEST STARTS SUNDAY AT NIGHT ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. >> WITH SO MUCH AT SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> HI, I’M MANDY. 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 NOW TO OUR NEW PODCAST, POP CULTURE MOMS. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> REPORTING FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, WE JUST WATCHED THE ROCKET LAUNCH. I’M GIO BENITEZ. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU’RE THREE ABC NEWS, ONE AND ONE LAST THING. >> HOT ENOUGH FOR YOU? I’VE BEEN THIS TIME MY I THINK YOU’RE GOING TO WANT IS IT IS SO OPPRESSIVE IT’S SO HOT, IT’S SO WET THAT YOU CAN’T BREATHE AND EVERYTHING IS STICKING TO YOU KNOW. THIS WEEK, THE COUNTRY CONTINUES TO SEE THE FALLOUT FROM SEVERE HEAT WAVES. >> AND EVEN IF YOUR AREA THAT BADLY AFFECTED, YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE OUT IN THE ELEMENTS EXERCISING WORKING YOUR HARDEST, THEN YOU GET HOME. >> YOU JUST WANT TO VEG OUT IN SOME AIR CONDITIONING. WELL, IMAGINE NOW IF YOU WERE A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE. >> EARLIER THIS YEAR, ORGANIZERS FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS SAID THEY WANTED TO HAVE THE GREENEST GAMES IN HISTORY, MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. >> IN LONDON, THERE WERE 4 MILLION LITERS OF DIESEL USED. AND WE ARE AIMING FOR, YOU KNOW, AS CLOSE TO ZERO AS POSSIBLE. >> AS PART OF THAT, THEY BUILT THEIR OLYMPIC VILLAGE APARTMENTS WITH NO AIR CONDITIONING. >> WELL, THAT APPARENTLY LEFT TEAM USA STEAMING. >> AND IN RECENT DAYS, THEY’VE INFORMED ORGANIZERS THEY WILL BE BRINGING THEIR OWN PORTABLE AC. WHETHER THE FRENCH LIKE IT OR NOT. >> AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS IS A PERIOD OF TIME IN WHICH CONSISTENCY AND PREDICTABILITY IS. >> CRITICAL FOR TEAM USA’S PERFORMANCE. U.S. OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC CEO SRAH HIRSHLAND SAID ATHLETES CAN’T BE EXPECTED TO PERFORM THEIR BEST IF THEY’RE SWELTERING AT NIGHT. SHE SAID ATHLETES THEMSELVES HAVE CONCERN TO HER ABOUT THIS. >> SOMETHING THAT THE ATHLETES FELT WAS A WAS A CRITICAL COMPONENT IN THEIR PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY AND THE PREDICTABILITY AND CONSISTENCY OF WHAT THEY’RE ACCUSTOMED TO. >> AND SO, YES, WE WILL HAVE AIR CONDITIONERS. NOW, FRANCE SAYS THEY HAVE MADE DESIGN CHOICES TO KEEP ATHLETES COOL WITHOUT THE USE OF THESE HARMFUL GREENHOUSE GASES THAT YOU GET FROM ACHES. THEY HAVE THIS WHOLE GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM WHERE PIPES WILL CIRCULATE COLD AIR RIGHT BENEATH THE ATHLETES FLOORBOARDS AND SAY BETWEEN REGULAR FANS AND WINDOW SHADES. THE DORMS SHOULD NEVER GET HOTTER THAN 79 DEGREES. TO WHICH ATHLETES SAID, WE 79 DEGREES HERE ARE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. FRANCE IS FAMOUSLY AVERSE TO AIR. ONLY ONE IN TEN FRENCH HOMES HAVE A SEAT. AND IN PARIS, NUMBERS ARE EVEN LOWER. IS NOT UNCOMMON TO HEAR PARISIANS SAY THEY’D RATHER SIT IN THE HEAT THAN BREATHE DRY PROCESSED AIR. BUT POLICY AND THE BACKLASH TO IT NOW COULD HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. PORTABLE ACS ARE LESS ENVIRONMENTALLY EFFICIENT THAN ONE LARGE IN-HOUSE SYSTEM. >> AND NOW YOU’RE CREATING A SITUATION WHERE ATHLETES FROM BETTER FUNDED PROGRAMS CAN BEAT THE HEAT, WHILE COMPETITORS, POORER NATIONS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT. >> SOME EQUIPMENT, LIKE FENCER SWORDS, CAN BE AFFECTED IF THEY’RE STUCK IN A HUMID ROOM FOR LONG. >> IT’S NOT JUST THE U.S. THAT’S WORRIED ABOUT THIS. OTHER NATIONS LIKE AUSTRALIA SAY THEY, TOO, WILL IT UP AND BUY SOME PORTABLE ACS. IT’S A MASSIVE LOGISTICAL CASE. BUT YES, WE’RE LOOKING AT PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONERS TO OFFER. >> ON THE OTHER HAND, MAYBE THIS COULD TURN INTO A GOOD THING FOR ATHLETES. VILLAGES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PLACE TO MEET PEOPLE FROM OTHER CULTURES. NOW, YOU CAN IMAGINE, WIN OR LOSE, THE ATHLETES WITH A CS WILL GET GOLD MEDALS FOR POPULAR CITY. >> I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THIS UNTIL TODAY. THERE ARE APPARENTLY ONE AND A HALF BILLION AIR CONDITIONERS IN THE WORLD. A THIRD OF THEM ON CHINA. ALMOST A QUARTER ARE HERE IN THE U.S.. EUROPE HAS LIKE 6% OF THE WORLD’S AIR CONDITIONERS. THEY JUST DON’T USE THEM. HEY, BIG SHOUT OUT TO ABC’S ALEX MALLIN WHO ALONG WITH PATRICK REEVELL HAVE BEEN REPORTING ON THIS BIG ASSANGE PLEA AGREEMENT. HE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE TODAY ON ABCNEWS.COM. AND AS ALWAYS BIG SHOUT OUT TO ANNE FLAHERTY FOR FILLING IN FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS WHILE I GOT SOME R&R AND BRING IN BETTER PUNS THAN I DO. >> I’M FURIOUS. I’M BRAD MIELKE. I’LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION. IT’S OUR COMBAT OPERATION. SO WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS TO THE REACTOR, SO WE HAD A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. 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So listen now to our new podcast pop culture mom’s wherever you get your podcasts. Reporting on the trial of Hunter Biden and Wilmington Delaware. I’m Olivia Reuben, wherever the story is will take you there. You’re streaming TV news live. RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS MORNING, THE FLOODING EMERGENCY IN THE MIDWEST. >> DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWING A DAM ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE. ENTIRE COMMUNITIES UNDERWATER AFTER DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN, WITH MORE ON THE WAY. >> BREAKING NEWS INVOLVING JULIAN ASSANGE, THE MAN ACCUSED IN ONE OF THE LARGEST PUBLICATIONS OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN U.S. HISTORY. THE EXPECTED PLEA DEAL MAKING HIM A FREE MAN. >> CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF KAREN REED, ACCUSED OF KILLING HER POLICE OFFICER BOYFRIEND. WHAT BOTH SIDES ARE EXPECTED TO ARGUE TODAY BEFORE THE JURY DECIDES HER FATE. >> MEDICAL MILESTONE A MAN GETS AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT WHILE FULLY AWAKE. WHAT IT MEANS FOR FUTURE MEDICAL PROCEDURES. >> PLUS A TEENAGER RECOVERING AFTER HE WAS BITTEN BY A SHARK. >> THE WAVE HIT US IN A FEW SECONDS. LATER, IT JUST BIT ME. >> THE INTERVIEW FROM HIS HOSPITAL BED, DESCRIBING THE ATTACK. >> ADDICTED TO COFFEE. THE NEW STUDY THAT SAYS IT COULD BE IN YOUR GENES. >> AND THE FLORIDA PANTHERS WIN THEIR FIRST STANLEY CUP IN FRANCHISE HISTORY. THE EMOTIONAL MOMENTS AFTER THE GAME AND CELEBRATIONS IN SOUTH FLORIDA WELL INTO THE MORNING. >> FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE I’M ANDREW DYMBURT. >> GOOD MORNING TO YOU. I’M RHIANNON ALLY. WE BEGIN WITH THE FLOODING EMERGENCY IN THE UPPER MIDWEST. >> TORRENTIAL RECENT RAIN HAS LED TO DANGEROUS FLOODING. THAT’S NOW BEING BLAMED FOR AT LEAST TWO DEATHS IN SOUTH DAKOTA. AND IOWA. MEANWHILE, OFFICIALS IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON A DAM THAT IS SAID TO BE AN IMMINENT FAILURE CONDITION. ABC’S LIONEL MOISE REPORTS THIS MORNING RECORD BREAKING FLOODS ARE THREATENING TO BURST THE RAPIDAN DAM IN THE UPPER MIDWEST. >> OFFICIALS WARNING FAMILIES NEAR MANKATO, MINNESOTA, ALONG THE BLUE EARTH RIVER TO BE READY TO EVACUATE. STORMS DUMPED NEARLY 18IN OF RAIN ENGULFING NEIGHBORHOODS, LEAVING STRUCTURES BARELY HANGING ON. >> IT’S BEEN A VERY LONG NIGHT. YEAH. NOW, THE THREAT OF OUR HOUSE, MY FAMILY HOUSE, MY WHERE I GREW UP, IS THREATENED BY THE FORCE OF MOTHER NATURE. THE WATER HERE. AND. YOU’RE NOT STOPPING. MOTHER NATURE. >> THE RAIN AND DEBRIS LIKE TREES FALLING AND METAL FROM A DESTROYED ENERGY SUBSTATION ARE STRAINING CONDITIONS. OFFICIALS ARE NOW WARNING THE DAM IS AN IMMINENT FAILURE CONDITION. THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE REMNANTS AFTER FLOODING CAUSED A RAIL BRIDGE CONNECTING IOWA AND SOUTH DAKOTA TO PARTIALLY COLLAPSE. >> THIS RAILWAY BRIDGE RIPPED APART BY THAT RAGING RIVER. YOU SEE THE GUSHING WATER OFFICIALS SAY IT CRESTED AT 45FT. THAT’S HISTORIC LEVELS, FORCING MANY THAT LIVE NEARBY TO EVACUATE. >> BARRIERS WERE BUILT TO WITHSTAND JUST 46FT OVERNIGHT. PRESIDENT BIDEN DECLARING A MAJOR DISASTER IN IOWA, UNLOCKING FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CLEANUP AND RECOVERY EFFORTS. THIS AS HIGH TEMPERATURES PERSIST NATIONWIDE WITH EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS IN THE WEST AND TRIPLE DIGITS IN PARTS OF THE SOUTH. IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, ONE ICE COMPANY HAS HAD TO RAMP UP PRODUCTION AND HIRE MORE DRIVERS TO MEET DEMAND. AS PEOPLE TRY TO STAY COOL. >> WE NORMALLY HAVE THIS FULL, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WEEKEND WE’VE DONE IS QUITE A BIT OF BUSINESS. THIS WEEKEND. >> AS FOR THE RAPIDAN DAM, OFFICIALS STILL DON’T KNOW IF THE DAM WILL TOTALLY FAIL OR IF IT WILL BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE STRAIN WITH ALL THE RAIN AND DEBRIS. ALSO, A FLASH FLOOD WARNING STILL IN PLACE TODAY. BRANDON. ANDREW. >> ALL RIGHT. LIONEL THANK YOU TO THAT. NOW TO THE OTHER MAJOR STORY. WE ARE FOLLOWING A PLEA DEAL FOR WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE. ACCORDING TO NEWLY RELEASED COURT DOCUMENTS, ASSANGE HAS AGREED TO PLEAD GUILTY, RESOLVING CHARGES. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS BROUGHT AGAINST HIM FOR PUBLISHING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT, HE WILL AVOID ANY PRISON TIME. ABC’S PERRY RUSSOM IS IN WASHINGTON WITH THE LATEST ON THIS. GOOD MORNING. PERRY. >> BRIANNA, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. FOR YEARS, THE US GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO PROSECUTE JULIAN ASSANGE. NOW, IT APPEARS THAT CHASE IS OVER AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE OF EVADING THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. IN JUST A MATTER OF DAYS, JULIAN ASSANGE IS EXPECTED TO BE A FREE MAN. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS UNSEALED LAST NIGHT, THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER NOW 52 YEARS OLD, WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO A SINGLE FELONY COUNT UNDER THE US ESPIONAGE ACT. IN EXCHANGE, HE’LL BE SENTENCED TO TIME SERVED AFTER SPENDING THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN A BRITISH PRISON FIGHTING EXTRADITION. >> THE COST TO JULIAN, OF COURSE, HAS BEEN TO BE DEPRIVED OF FREEDOM FOR ALL THESE YEARS IN THE BATTLE FOR JOURNALISTIC FREEDOM, WIKILEAKS RELEASING THIS VIDEO OF ASSANGE SAID TO BE BOARDING A FLIGHT OUT OF LONDON. >> AFTER THE DEAL WITH THE DOJ WAS MADE, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ACCUSED ASSANGE OF PUBLISHING SECRET MILITARY DOCUMENTS AND VIDEOS FROM THE WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. WITH THE HELP OF CHELSEA MANNING, WHO AT THE TIME WAS AN ARMY INTELLIGENCE ANALYST. >> IN OUR RELEASE OF THESE 400,000 DOCUMENTS ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR, THE INTIMATE DETAIL OF THAT WAR FROM THE US PERSPECTIVE, WE HOPE TO CORRECT SOME OF THAT ATTACK ON THE TRUTH. >> ASSANGE HAS RUN FROM PROSECUTION, INCLUDED YEARS OF HIDING IN ECUADOR’S EMBASSY IN LONDON, HIS WIFE SPEAKING OUTSIDE PRISON BEFORE HIS RELEASE. >> WHAT STARTS NOW WITH JULIAN’S FREEDOM IS A NEW CHAPTER. >> THE AUSTRALIAN IS A POLARIZING GLOBAL FIGURE. I DON’T THINK YOU CAN GO AROUND, PUBLISHING VERY, VERY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND EXPECT TO GET AWAY WITH IT. >> WE ALL DESERVE TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN THIS WORLD. AND I THINK HE WAS VERY BRAVE. >> AND THE PLEA DEAL STILL HAS TO BE APPROVED BY A JUDGE. THAT COURT DATE IS ON WEDNESDAY IN SAIPAN, ON AN ISLAND NORTH OF GUAM. THAT’S A US TERRITORY. ANDREW ALL RIGHT, PERRY, THANK YOU. >> ONE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S PLANS TO EASE STUDENT LOAN DEBT HAS HIT A JUDICIAL ROADBLOCK. FEDERAL JUDGES IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI HAVE STOPPED KEY ELEMENTS OF THE SAVE PLAN, WHICH TIES PAYMENT TO BORROWERS INCOMES. REPUBLICAN LED STATES CLAIM THE PRESIDENT DIDN’T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ENACT THE PLAN. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS VOWED TO FIGHT THE RULING WELL WITH THE BIG DEBATE NOW JUST TWO DAYS AWAY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPENT THE NIGHT COURTING DONORS IN NEW ORLEANS. >> GUESTS AT THE FUNDRAISER TOLD ABC NEWS THAT TRUMP MADE LITTLE MENTION OF THE DEBATE, BUT HE DID EXPRESS CONFIDENCE ABOUT HIS PERFORMANCE. TRUMP IS ALSO RAMPING UP CALLS FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO TAKE A DRUG TEST, CLAIMING HE WILL USE PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS BEFORE TAKING THE STAGE TO STAY ALERT. THE BIDEN CAMP DISMISSED THE CLAIM AS DESPERATE LIES. BIDEN’S TEAM FANNED OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY YESTERDAY TO MARK THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE SUPREME COURT RULING THAT OVERTURNED ROE V WADE. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS MADE STOPS IN MARYLAND AND PHOENIX, PLACING THE BLAME SQUARELY ON DONALD TRUMP, SAYING WOMEN KNOW WHAT’S IN THEIR BEST INTEREST. >> WE KNOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP HAND SELECTED THREE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT WITH THE INTENTION THAT THEY WOULD UNDO THE PROTECTIONS OF ROE V WADE, AND THEY DID AS HE INTENDED. AND NOW WE SEE THESE LAWS. PRESIDENT BIDEN REMAINS AT CAMP DAVID PREPARING FOR THE DEBATE WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN AIDES. >> STAY WITH ABC FOR THE SIMULCAST OF THE CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE THAT IS THURSDAY NIGHT, STARTING AT 8:00 EASTERN, RIGHT HERE ON ABC. >> NOW TO THE MURDER TRIAL OF KAREN REED. THE MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN ACCUSED OF RUNNING DOWN HER POLICE OFFICER BOYFRIEND WITH HER SUV AFTER NEARLY TWO MONTHS OF TESTIMONY. REED’S FATE COULD BE IN THE HANDS OF THE JURY TODAY. THIS MORNING, CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE SET TO BEGIN IN THE TRIAL OF KAREN REED, THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HER BOYFRIEND. BOSTON POLICE OFFICER JOHN O’KEEFE. PROSECUTORS ARGUE AFTER A NIGHT OF DRINKING AND FIGHTING IN JANUARY OF 2022, REED INTENTIONALLY HIT O’KEEFE WITH HER SUV AND LEFT HIM TO DIE IN THE SNOW IN CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS. DURING THE TRIAL, LAWYERS SHOWED TEXT MESSAGES REVEALING POSSIBLE TROUBLE IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND PLAYED THIS POLICE DASHCAM OF REED AT THE SCENE. >> SHE KEPT SAYING, THIS IS ALL MY FAULT, THIS IS MY FAULT. I DID THIS. >> BUT THE DEFENSE CLAIMS REED IS BEING FRAMED IN A POLICE COVER UP, SAYING O’KEEFE WAS BEATEN AND ATTACKED BY A DOG INSIDE THE HOME OF ANOTHER BOSTON POLICE OFFICER. REED SPOKE TO OUR MATT GUTMAN BEFORE THE TRIAL. >> I THINK THINGS WENT TOO FAR. IT WAS LATE. THERE WAS ALCOHOL INVOLVED, BUT THEY’RE ALL FAMILY AND THERE’S MANY OF THEM INVOLVED ON THE STAND. >> YESTERDAY, AN INDEPENDENT EXPERT CAST DOUBT ON PROSECUTORS CLAIMS, SAYING IF O’KEEFE HAD BEEN HIT BY A VEHICLE, THE INJURIES WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE SEVERE. >> IT’S NOT CONSISTENT WITH GETTING HIT BY THE CAR AND ENDING UP WHERE HE DID. WE DON’T REALLY HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE TO DETERMINE WHAT ONE SPECIFIC EVENT ACTUALLY CAUSED THAT INJURY. >> REED HAS PLED NOT GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER. SHE FACES LIFE IN PRISON IF CONVICTED. THE CASE HAS DIVIDED THE CANTON COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL MEDIA. >> THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT THIS JURY HAS IS THERE’S NOT A LOT OF DIRECT EVIDENCE, EVIDENCE THAT SPECIFICALLY SHOWS SOMETHING. HAS THE STATE PROVEN ITS BURDEN THAT BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT, SHE ABSOLUTELY HIT THE DECEASED OFFICER WITH HER VEHICLE. IF THE JURY FINDS ANY REASON, ANY LITTLE BIT OF DOUBT, THEY CANNOT CONVICT HER. >> EACH SIDE WILL HAVE ONE HOUR TO MAKE THEIR CLOSING ARGUMENTS BEFORE JURY DELIBERATIONS BEGIN. >> WELL, THE CARGO SHIP THAT CAUSED THE COLLAPSE OF THE KEY BRIDGE HAS LEFT BALTIMORE. THE DOLLY IS NOW HEADED TO VIRGINIA, WHERE ITS CONTAINERS WILL BE UNLOADED AND THE SHIP WILL UNDERGO REPAIRS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DOLLY’S POWER SYSTEM FAILED BEFORE IT STRUCK THE BRIDGE IN MARCH, CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE. >> TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT YOUR MORNING WEATHER. GOOD MORNING. >> A SCORCHER OF A TUESDAY. MANY OF US ARE GOING TO BE UP AROUND 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON, IF NOT HOTTER IN SAINT LOUIS, WICHITA, LITTLE ROCK, ATLANTA WILL BE CLOSE 96 THERE, 98 IN NASHVILLE, EL PASO, 107. SOME SPOTS LIKE GREENVILLE AND GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI WILL LIKELY HAVE THEIR HOTTEST JUNE 25TH IN THE RECORD BOOKS. AND AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SURGE OF HEAT BRIEFLY BACK INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES WITH ACCUWEATHER REALFEEL TEMPERATURES BACK ABOVE 100 DEGREES FOR ACCUWEATHER. I’M JEFF CORNISH FOR ABC NEWS. COMING UP, A POLICE OFFICER RUNNING INTO A BURNING BUILDING WITHOUT HESITATION TO SAVE A LIFE. >> ALSO AHEAD, THE FAMILY, DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS AFTER CHICAGO WOMAN GOES MISSING WHILE IN THE BAHAMAS. WHAT POLICE ARE NOW SAYING AND A PATIENT GETS AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT WHILE FULLY AWAKE. >> WHAT THE MEDICAL MILESTONE MEANS FOR FUTUR Let’s go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. It doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge and this With so much at stake. So much on the line, more Americans turn here than any other news cast, ABC News World News Tonight, with David Muir. 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Is that evil or is it just sick in 2020 Friday night on ABC Whenever Wherever news breaks, it’s so important to always remember that lives are changed here in London in Buffalo Uvalde, Texas Edinburgh Scotland reporting from Rolling Fork, Mississippi, the cranium refugees here in Warsaw committing to a small community outside of Mexico City getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime will take you there stream ABC News live weeknights wherever you stream your news only on ABC News live ABC’s David Muir the most watched news cast in America more Americans watch World News Tonight with David Muir than any other newscast. WEEK. >> WE’RE BACK WITH THE FAMILY OF A MISSING CHICAGO WOMANDING TO THE BAHAMAS WHERE SHE WAS VANISHING WHERE SHE VANISHED. LAST WEEK. POLICE SAY TAYLOR CASEY HASN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE WEDNESDAY, ACCORDING TO HER FAMILY’S FACEBOOK PAGE. THE 41 YEAR OLD WAS ATTENDING A YOGA RETREAT NEAR PARADISE ISLAND IN JANUARY. THE STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUED A TRAVEL WARNING FOR THE BAHAMAS RELATED TO CRIME AND OTHER ISSUES. >> WELL, IMAGINE GETTING A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT AND BEING AWAKE THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS. IT HAPPENED IN CHICAGO, AND DOCTORS SAY THIS PROCEDURE IS A GAME CHANGER. THIS MORNING, A MEDICAL MILESTONE IN CHICAGO. ARE YOU AWAKE, JOHN? 28 YEAR OLD JOHN NICHOLAS IS NOW THE FIRST PATIENT AT NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL TO UNDERGO A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT WHILE FULLY AWAKE. >> IT’S JUST A BOOST OF ENERGY TO THE TEAM TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, WE POTENTIALLY CHANGED THE WAY THAT KIDNEY TRANSPLANT CAN BE DONE INSTEAD OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA, WHICH IS TYPICALLY USED FOR THIS SURGERY. >> DOCTORS GAVE NICHOLAS A SINGLE SPINAL ANESTHESIA SHOT, SIMILAR TO WHAT’S USED DURING A C-SECTION. THE ENTIRE PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS. >> WE PLACED THE SPINAL IN THE OPERATING ROOM WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SEDATION, AND THEN THAT WAS THE MAIN ANESTHETIC. IT WAS INCREDIBLY SIMPLE AND UNEVENTFUL. >> THE REVOLUTIONARY SURGERY PAVING THE WAY FOR LIFE SAVING KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS IN PATIENTS WHO CAN’T HAVE GENERAL ANESTHESIA, WHILE ALSO CUTTING HOSPITALIZATION FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS FROM THREE DAYS TO JUST 24 HOURS, GIVE AN INCREDIBLE GIFT TO A FRIEND IS ALWAYS A GOOD FEELING IN YOUR HEART. THAT’S 29 YEAR OLD PAT WEISS, NICHOLAS’S DONOR AND BEST FRIEND SINCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WEISS SAYS WHEN HE GOT A TEXT ABOUT DONATING, HE DIDN’T HESITATE TO SIGN UP. >> WE’VE ALWAYS SAID TO EACH OTHER THAT WE’RE RIDE OR DIE FRIENDS, AND YOU KNOW THAT WE’RE ALWAYS KIND OF WITH EACH OTHER FOR LIFE. BUT, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY HAVING SUCH A BONA FIDE EXAMPLE WHERE WE’VE GOT EACH OTHER’S BACK. LIKE IT. YEAH. IT JUST IT MEANT THE WORLD TO ME. WOW >> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY. AND NOW NORTHWESTERN IS LOOKING TO ESTABLISH A NEW PROGRAM FOR PATIENTS WHO ALSO NEED A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT WITHOUT GENERAL ANESTHESIA. PRETTY INCREDIBLE STORY COMING UP HERE FROM A 14 YEAR OLD WHO SURVIVED A SHARK ATTACK OFF NORTH CAROLINA. >> ALSO AHEAD, THE PARTY STILL UNDERWAY IN SOUTH FLORIDA AFTER THE FLORIDA PANTHERS WON Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Lewiston Maine scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere on the scene of that deadly missile strike and Denis braid, Ukraine. Reporting from the earthquake in Turkey been rolling for this tornado tore through this little town from the most devastating disaster in Hawaii Charleston, South Carolina on the 2024 campaign Trail in Iceland. Let’s go traveling with the president in Mexico City, wherever the story from the front lines from Southern Israel outside the Gaza Strip in Beirut from the FBI here at 10 Downing Street in London streaming live to you wherever the story is wherever the story is where Over the story is we’re going to take you there who are streaming ABC News live ABC News live your streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere America’s number one streaming news. All right, let the dogs out please. I don’t think he’s gonna give you a hard time. Even if he gives me a hard time the right guy. I want to make sure that we all learn together calm confident confident come surrender everything that he’s taught has become a reality. We are so grateful and impressed. I feel like crying and changed our world. It is a beautiful thing to see as you rehabilitate the dog. You also rehabilitate you What does it take to be the most watched news cast in America are part of an operation sister combat Operation Center. We’re approaching the gate militants came in from different directions. We’re reactor. So we have a couple loaded and ready to go. The house is destroyed but the flag out of Perry and comforted me to USA David. I’m David you are these World News Tonight with David Muir is America’s most watched news cast. Let’s go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. It doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge and this TODAY FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR FEWER INJECTIONS. >> WE’RE BACK NOW WITH A HEROIC POLICE OFFICER CAUGHT ON CAMERA SAVING A LIFE. OFFICER KEVIN LONG PULLED A MAN FROM A BURNING APARTMENT IN NEW JERSEY AS SMOKE FILLED THE BUILDING. HE WAS ON DUTY AT A NEARBY SHOPPING CENTER WHEN THE CALL CAME IN. >> GLAD THEY’RE ALL OKAY. SUMMER VACATION FOR 114 YEAR OLD FROM WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDED A TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER WITH A SHARK. BLAINE BROWN SAYS HE WAS IN WAIST DEEP WATER WITH A FRIEND ON SUNDAY ON NORTH CAROLINA’S NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH WHEN THE FRIEND TOOK OFF, HE SAYS BEFORE HE KNEW IT, BROWN HAD BEEN BITTEN ON THE LEG AND THE ANKLE. >> THEN I FELT IT BITE DOWN THING. SO SCARED AND SHOCKED AND LIKE NO ONE WAS AROUND ME. I HAD TO WALK OUT LIKE OF THE BEACH BY MYSELF. THEN I JUST LAID DOWN, JUST ALSO SCARED. >> WOW. BROWN IS STILL RECOVERING AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. HIS SCARE HAPPENED THE SAME DAY A SURFER AND ACTOR WHO APPEARED IN ONE OF THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN MOVIES WAS KILLED BY A SHARK IN HAWAII. TAMAYO PERRY WAS KILLED BY A SHARK WHILE WORKING AS A LIFEGUARD ON OAHU. >> FANS OF THE FLORIDA PANTHERS WERE CELEBRATING WELL INTO THIS MORNING AFTER THE TEAM CAPTURED ITS FIRST EVER STANLEY CUP WITH A DRAMATIC WIN OVER THE EDMONTON OILERS. THIS MORNING. A NEW CHAMPION IS CROWNED IN THE NHL, A FLORIDA PANTHERS HAVE WON THE STANLEY CUP, THE FLORIDA PANTHERS WINNING THEIR FIRST EVER STANLEY CUP IN A WINNER TAKE ALL GAME SEVEN OVER THE EDMONTON OILERS MONDAY NIGHT. >> THE FACT THAT IT WAS SO HARD MAKES IT SO SPECIAL, FANS IN SOUTH FLORIDA SAVORING THE MOMENT. >> I CAN’T BELIEVE WE WON. >> I HAVE NO WORDS. IN 30 YEARS WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. >> A GRIPPING FINALE CAPPING OFF AN INSTANT CLASSIC OF A PLAYOFF SERIES, THE PANTHERS STRIKING FIRST WITH A GOAL FROM CARTER VERHAEGHE. THEY SCORE, BUT JUST SOME TWO MINUTES LATER, THE OILERS WOULD RESPOND, TYING THIS ALL OR NOTHING SHOWDOWN. HERE’S JANMARK IT ALONE. >> HE SCORES. >> BUT IT WAS THE PANTHERS WINGER SAM REINHART’S SECOND PERIOD GOAL THAT WOULD PROVE TO BE THE GAME SERIES AND CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER SAM REINHART SCORES CAUSE FLORIDA HAD A THREE GAMES TO NONE LEAD IN THE SERIES, BUT THE OILERS FIERCELY RALLIED BACK TO TIE IT UP THREE THREE. THE PANTHERS WIN, AVERTING WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE MOST UNPRECEDENTED COLLAPSES IN SPORTS HISTORY. INSTEAD, THE PANTHERS ETCHING THEIR OWN LEGACY PANTHERS GENERAL MANAGER BILL ZITO. WHEN THE MOMENT SINKS IN, IT’S REALLY HUMBLING. AND FOR MATTHEW TKACHUK, HE ACCOMPLISHES SOMETHING HIS FATHER, FIVE TIME NHL ALL-STAR KEITH TKACHUK, COULD NOT. HOISTING LORD STANLEY’S CU GETTING LOCKED UP BY MY DAD AND BROTHER AND ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS WIN IT FOR THOSE TWO ESPECIALLY. BUT IT WAS CAPTAIN AND LONGEST TENURED PANTHER SASHA BARKOV, WHO RECEIVED THE HIGHEST HONOR FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING TEAM, BEING THE FIRST TO HOLD THE CUP. CONNOR MCDAVID WON THE CONN SMYTHE AWARD FOR THE BEST PLAYER IN THE PLAYOFFS. HE’S THE FIRST PLAYER SINCE 1976 TO WIN THE AWARD ON A TEAM THAT LOST IN THE FINAL. >> A BIG CONGRATS TO PANTHERS FANS, INCLUDING ANDREW HERE. COMING UP, THE BEST CATCH IN BASEBALL. AND IT WASN’T EVEN A PLAYER WHO MADE IT. >> PLUS ADDICTED TO COFFEE. THE NEW STUDY THAT SAYS IT Let’s go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. It doesn’t get any more Cutting Edge and this Hi, I’m Andy and I’m Sabrina and we’re mom 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 mom’s wherever you get your podcast. With so much at stake. So much on the line, more Americans turn here than any other news cast, ABC News World News Tonight, with David Muir. America’s number one, most watched news cast across all of television, >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS. AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S Friday nights actually you were the target of one of the biggest hoaxes perpetrated on America in years the married mother of two Vanishing Without a Trace Sherry Pini very poppy. Sarah poppy knee she was the love of his life. Now keep a PDF or seven years of silence is sitting down when I saw the look in her eyes. I felt in that moment. She was lying. I know that you know anything why would she do all of this? Is that evil or is it just sick in 2020 Friday night on ABC Reporting from Arizona state capitol, I’m Elizabeth. Solji wherever the story is will take you there. You’re streaming ABC News live. MUIR. >> THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE THURSDAY NIGHT ON ABC. >> TIME TO CHECK THE PULSE. WE BEGIN WITH THOSE WHO JUST CANNOT DO WITHOUT YOUR CUP OF COFFEE. >> RESEARCHERS AT UC SAN DIEGO SAY YOUR COFFEE HABITS MAY ACTUALLY BE IN YOUR GENES. THEY IDENTIFIED GENETIC VARIANTS ASSOCIATED WITH EXCESSIVE COFFEE CONSUMPTION. AFTER STUDYING DNA SCANS OF MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE. >> THE STUDY ALSO FOUND THAT PEOPLE GENETICALLY LIKELY TO DRINK MORE COFFEE ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO USE ALCOHOL. NICOTINE AND OTHER DRUGS. >> NEXT, TWO GIANT PANDAS ARE SET UP FOR THEIR BIG TRIP FROM CHINA TO THE U.S. THEY’LL LEAVE CHINA TOMORROW ON A 7300 MILE TRIP TO THE SAN DIEGO ZOO, AND MORE PANDAS ARE COMING TO THE U.S. AS ZOOS IN SAN FRANCISCO, MEMPHIS, ATLANTA AND WASHINGTON, D.C. >> THE PANDA PROGRAM BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA WAS PAUSED AMID TENSION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES, BUT NEW AGREEMENTS WERE REACHED TO RESTART IT NEXT. A BASEBALL FAN WHO WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. >> HE WAS AT BALTIMORE’S CAMDEN YARDS LAST NIGHT, A FOUL BALL DOWN THE RIGHT FIELD LINE, AND TIM BYER SNAGGED IT WHILE HOLDING A DRINK AND A PHONE IN HIS OTHER HAND. HE PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL AND SAYS THIS WAS HIS FIRST FOUL BALL IN 30 YEARS OF GOING TO GAMES. AND NOT TO BE OUTDONE ARE THE PHILLIES, WHO EXECUTED THE SEASON’S FIRST TRIPLE PLAY AGAINST THE TIGERS, THE PITCHER CAUGHT A WEAK LINE DRIVE FOR THE FIRST OUT. THE RUNNERS AT FIRST AND THIRD WERE THEN CAUGHT OFF BASE, AND FINALLY MATTEL’S NEW TOY. >> THE ACTION FIGURE HONORS JIMMY BUFFETT’S ROLE IN THE 2015 FILM JURASSIC WORLD, BUT DON’T BLINK OR YOU’LL MISS HIS CAMEO. THE MUSICIAN IS THE MAN IN ORANGE RUNNING FROM SOME OF THE DINOS, WHILE YES, HOLDING MARGARITAS. AND NOW MATTEL IS PUTTING OUT AN ACTION FIGURE OF BUFFETT FROM THE FILM. AND YES, IT EVEN INCLUDES MANY DRINKS AND EVEN A SALT SHAKER. >> SALT SHAKER WITH SALT BECAUSE Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel a nation at war in Rolling Fork This Tornado tore through this town from Lewiston Maine a scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile strike ABC News live everywhere and Iceland. 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I think we could Thursday on the day of their first debate stream ABC News live for all the breaking pre-debate details and coverage then at 7 p.m. Eastern stream a special debate edition of ABC News live Prime with Lindsay Davis and at 8:00 Eastern David Muir and the ABC News special the race for the White House and then watch the CNN presidential debate simulcast streaming live on ABC News live and stay with ABC News live for the instant reaction and all the Fallout after the debate all night. CARB STEADY GLUCERNA. BRING ON THE DAY. >> CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES NOW. OFFICIALS IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ARE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON A DAM THAT IS SAID TO BE AT RISK OF IMMINENT FAILURE. RECENT STORMS DUMPED NEARLY 18IN OF RAIN, CREATING RECORD BREAKING FLOODING. NEARBY. RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO BE READY TO EVACUATE. >> LOUISIANA’S NEW LAW REQUIRING THAT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BE DISPLAYED IN EVERY CLASSROOM IS FACING ITS FIRST MAJOR LEGAL CHALLENGE. CIVIL LIBERTIES GROUPS AND PARENTS FILED A LAWSUIT SEEKING TO BLOCK THE LAW, SAYING IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT SOME RELIGIONS ARE SUPERIOR TO OTHERS. >> MAJOR MUSIC LABELS, INCLUDING SONY AND WARNER RECORDS, ARE SUING TWO I SONG GENERATING COMPANIES FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. THE I COMPANIES ARE ACCUSED OF STEALING ARTISTS WORK TO TRAIN THEIR MODELS. NEITHER COMPANY HAS PUBLICLY REVEALED ITS TRAINING DATA. >> TODAY’S WEATHER HEAT ALERTS ARE UP FROM CALIFORNIA TO COLORADO. HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTHWEST COULD CREATE FLASH FLOODING. ALSO, HOT AND RAINY, FROM THE PLAINS TO THE MIDWEST. >> FINALLY, A FATHER AND SON IN NEW YORK CITY ARE GOING THE EXTRA MILE TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED UNDERGROUND. >> ABC’S DANNY NJOO HAS THEIR STORY. THROUGHOUT THE WEEK IN NEW YORK CITY, YOU MAY SEE THIS COOLER FULL OF FOOD AND WATER BEING WHEELED AROUND BY HENRY THOMAS AND HIS SON, CARL. >> WHETHER I HAVE 20 PEOPLE WITH ME OR JUST ME AND MY SON AND ONE OTHER PERSON, YOU KNOW I’M HERE. >> THEIR GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS IS CALLED FREE FOOD FOR THE HOMELESS AND THEIR MISSION IS THAT SIMPLE, SIR, TO COLLECT DONATIONS AND HAND OUT AS MANY MEALS AS THEY CAN TO FOLKS WHO REALLY APPRECIATE THE HELP. >> I REMEMBER YOU WERE THERE. YES THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> HENRY FIRST CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, BUT HE DIDN’T KNOW EXACTLY HOW HE WAS GOING TO START THIS MOVEMENT. HE JUST KNEW HE NEEDED TO HELP PEOPLE WHO WERE FEELING LIKE HE ONCE DID. >> PERSONALLY, I WAS HOMELESS MYSELF. I WITNESSED MY MOTHER EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHAT IT IS FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE TO BE OUT HERE IN THE STREET, TO BE OVERLOOKED, TO BE MISTREATED. >> HIS SON, CARL SAYS HE REMEMBERS IN THE BEGINNING, TAKING TRIPS TO THE SUPERMARKET TO BUY BOLOGNA SANDWICHES TO HAND OUT. GOD BLESS YOU. BUT IN THE DECADES SINCE, THE TEAM HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF HELP THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. PEOPLE WILL DONATE ONLINE THROUGH PLACES LIKE VENMO AND GOFUNDME AND THEN SEE HOW THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS MATERIALIZE INTO A WARM EXCHANGE. >> WE USE HUNGER AS THE PLATFORM TO CONNECT HUMAN BEINGS, ACCORDING TO FEEDINGAMERICA.ORG, ABOUT 44 MILLION PEOPLE IN AMERICA ARE FACING HUNGER, INCLUDING 1 IN 5 CHILDREN. >> SO WHILE SECURING ENOUGH FUNDING AND FOOD FOR HIS VISION CAN STILL BE CHALLENGING AT TIMES, NO PROBLEM GETTING ICE CREAM, HENRY FEELS THAT HE JUST CAN’T STOP. >> I HAVE TO GIVE MY LIFE FOR THIS SO THEY ARE FREE FOOD FOR THE HOMELESS. >> IF YOU WANT TO HELP. AND HENRY IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP EXPAND THE MOVEMENT TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. IF YOU’RE INTERESTED AND BRING THE PROGRAM TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, GUYS, MORE VOLUNTEERS WOULD BE GREAT. >> AS THIS PROGRAM EXPANDS AND IT’S TUESDAY, JUNE 25TH. AFTER YEARS OF COURT BATTLES, DID WIKILEAKS WIN? WE START HERE. >> JULIAN ASSANGE GETS A PLEA DEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES. >> PUT AN END ALSO TO THIS VERY, VERY LONG CONFINEMENT BY THE WORLD’S MOST WANTED KEEPER OF STATE. SECRETS WON’T HAVE TO SERVE A DAY IN A U.S. PRISON. THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ISN’T IN DOUBT, BUT DEMOCRATS ARE SWEATING TODAY’S CONTESTS. >> THEY BELIEVE THAT THE PROGRESSIVE MESSAGE IS KIND OF ON THE LINE HERE. COULD THE SQUAD LOSE ITS FIRST MEMBER OVER THE WAR IN GAZA? AND IF YOU CAN’T TAKE THE HEAT, STAY OUT OF THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE. SO, YES, WE WILL HAVE AIR CONDITIONERS. THE POLICY THAT HAS ATHLETES TALKING. ORGANIZERS FROM ABC NEWS, THIS IS START. I’M BRAD MIELKE OVER THE YEARS. LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE SPILLED GOVERNMENT SECRETS. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW ABOUT SOME OF OUR COUNTRY’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL ACTS, I’M THINKING. DANIEL ELLSBERG WITH THE PENTAGON PAPERS. EDWARD SNOWDEN, CHELSEA MANNING, THE MOST RECENT MAJOR CASE IN THE U.S. IS JACK TEIXEIRA, WHO DISSEMINATED THIS TRANCHE OF INTELLIGENCE ABOUT OUR MILITARY AND THE MILITARIES OF OUR ALLIES. BUT PERHAPS NO ONE HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH EXPOSING THE SECRETS OF WORLD LEADERS AS JULIAN ASSANGE. YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO KNOW HIS NAME. >> YOU KNOW WIKILEAKS. THIS DISCLOSURE IS ABOUT THE TRUTH. >> OH, YEAH. LOOK AT THAT. RIGHT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. >> BACK IN 2006, AS THE U.S. WAS MIRED IN TWO WARS AND AS THE INTERNET HAD BECOME UBIQUITOUS WORLDWIDE, ASSANGE CREATED THIS PORTAL. HE CALLED IT WIKILEAKS FOR ANYONE TO UPLOAD SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS. HIS GOAL, HE SAID, WAS RADICAL TRANSPARENCY. >> WE ESTIMATE THAT WHEN FULLY ANALYZED, THESE LOGS WILL BRING TO THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE MORE THAN 15,000 PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED CIVILIAN. >> HE’S AUSTRALIAN, BUT HE SET IT UP IN ICELAND AND HE WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO KEEP OUT OF REACH OF THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENTS WHO SECRETS HE WAS NOW REVEALING. FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THOUGH, HE’S BEEN IN BRITISH CUSTODY ON THE VERGE OF BEING EXTRADITED TO THE U.S.. WELL, LAST NIGHT WE LEARNED OF A PLEA AGREEMENT THAT COULD SEND ASSANGE HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE WITHOUT HIM STEPPING FOOT IN A U.S. PRISON . THIS DOCUMENT NEVER SHOWED UP ON WIKILEAKS BECAUSE THE U.S. HAS UNSEALED IT OVERNIGHT. SO LET’S GO TO ABC’S FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, PATRICK REEVELL. HE’S BEEN REPORTING ON ASSANGE FOR YEARS NOW. HE’S INTERVIEWED THE FAMILY. HE’S BEEN AT THESE EXTRADITION HEARINGS, PATRICK. >> IT’S ALL ENDING. HEY, BRAD. YEAH, IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE WE’RE SAYING THIS, REALLY. RIGHT? BUT YES, IT THAT WE ARE AT THE END OF THE ASSANGE SAGA. AS YOU SAY, OVERNIGHT, THE U.S. HAS REVEALED A PLEA DEAL WITH ASSANGE THAT WILL SEE HIM ESSENTIALLY PLEAD GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF VIOLATING THE ESPIONAGE ACT AND THEN HE WILL BE ALLOWED TO GO HOME. HE WILL BE ALLOWED, MOST LIKELY TO GO TO AUSTRALIA. >> WAIT. SO, PATRICK, WHAT’S HE PLEADING GUILTY TO? I GUESS, AND TO PLEAD GUILTY, YOU HAD TO COME TO AN AMERICAN COURTROOM THEN, RIGHT? SO DOES HE HAVE TO COME TO THE U.S. TO DO ALL THIS? >> YES. SO THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY AN IMMEDIATE QUESTION. RIGHT WHEN THIS CAME OUT. HOW WILL THIS AND BE ABLE TO PLEAD GUILTY? SO OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ASSANGE, THROUGH HIS LAWYERS, HAS AGREED WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO PLEAD GUILTY TO AN ESPIONAGE ACT CHARGE OF CONSPIRING TO UNLAWFULLY OBTAIN AND DISSEMINATE CLASSIFIED NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION. IT’S ONLY ONE COUNT, AND ASSANGE WAS FACING 18 COUNTS OF VIOLATING THE ESPIONAGE ACT. AND OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HE WILL GO TO SAIPAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS, A U.S. COMMONWEALTH IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC, AND THAT HE AND A FEDERAL COURT THERE WILL PLEAD GUILTY AND THEN AFTER THAT, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS HE WILL BE ABLE MOST LIKELY JUST TO WALK FREE AND GO WHERE HE WISHES. >> I SEE. WE HAVE COURTROOMS. WE HAVE FEDERAL COURTROOMS IN THESE OTHER TERRITORIES. BUT THIS WOULD NOT INVOLVE HIM COMING TO THE U.S. MAINLAND. >> HE CAN DO ONE OF THOSE OTHER ONES. EXACTLY. I THINK THAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A KEY THING. I MEAN, WE DON’T KNOW. BUT THE MOST LIKELY EXPLANATION IS THAT ASSANGE IS VERY WORRIED ABOUT TRUSTING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND DOESN’T BELIEVE THAT IF YOU SET FOOT IN MAINLAND AMERICA, HE NECESSARILY WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS PLEA DEAL AND WOULDN’T FIND HIMSELF SUDDENLY BEING PUT ON TRIAL. YOU KNOW, THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM FOR A LONG TIME WERE KEPT SECRET. THEY WERE ONLY REVEALED ONCE HE FINALLY WAS ARRESTED WAY BACK IN 2019. BUT, YES, IN SHORT, THIS IS A PLEA DEAL THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION APPEARS TO HAVE FINALLY COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO END THIS INCREDIBLY LONG SAGA AND PUT AN END ALSO TO THIS VERY, VERY LONG CONFINEMENT THAT JULIAN ASSANGE HAS FACED. FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. >> YES. WELL, PATRICK, THAT’S THE THING. I GET WHY ASSANGE WOULD WANT THIS END. RIGHT. LIKE, I GET WHY MAYBE YOU’D PLEAD GUILTY TO THIS ONE THING. AS LONG AS YOU NEVER HAVE TO GO TO PRISON. >> HE FINALLY GETS TO LIVE AS A FREE MAN. WHAT’S IN IT FOR THE U.S.? I IMAGINE THERE’S LOTS OF AMERICANS WHO ARE LIKE, HEY, THIS GUY FOUND AN AND SHARED OF OUR MOST SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS. >> THEN I MEAN, THAT’S EARLY STUFF. WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR. HE THEN GOES ON TO BE SOMEONE WHO’S LIKE U.S. OFFICIALS BELIEVE, TAKING INTELLIGENCE FROM THE RUSSIANS TO INFLUENCE AMERICAN ELECTIONS, LIKE USING SELECTIVE HACKS THAT FAVOR ONE COUNTRY OVER ANOTHER. AND NOW HE GOES HOME. HE GETS OFF SCOT FREE. LIKE, WHY WOULD YOU AGREE TO THIS FROM THE AMERICAN SIDE? >> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT’S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. AND ONE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO BE TRYING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IN THE DAYS TO COME. BUT, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK MANY PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT JULIAN ASSANGE HAS NOT GOT OFF SCOT FREE. HE SPENT MORE THAN A DECADE NOW IN SOME FORM OF CONFINEMENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS MANY PEOPLE REMEMBER, HE FIRST BACK IN 2011 ENDED UP IN THE ECUADOR EMBASSY IN LONDON AND HE FLED TO THE EMBASSY BECAUSE HE WAS FACING SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES AT THE TIME THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BROUGHT IN SWEDEN. AND SO HE FLED AND HID IN THE ECUADORIAN EMBASSY. >> THE ECUADORIAN GOVERNMENT GAVE HIM ASYLUM THERE. I WOULD LEAVE THIS EMBASSY. >> YOU KNOW, IT’S A IT’S A IT’S A BIT OF A PRISON IN SOME WAY. HE WASN’T ABLE TO LEAVE THE EMBASSY. HE COULD ONLY GO OUTSIDE ONTO THE BALCONY. AND HE WAS BASICALLY LIVING IN THESE FEW ROOMS FOR SEVEN YEARS. BUT HE EVENTUALLY WAS ARRESTED BECAUSE IN 2019, THE ECUADORIAN GOVERNMENT TIRED OF HAVING HIM THERE AND THE TROUBLE THAT HE WAS CAUSING FOR THEM, THEY EVICTED HIM AND HE WAS ARRESTED ON THE STEPS BY THE BRITISH POLICE WHO’VE BEEN WAITING FOR SEVEN YEARS FOR THAT MOMENT FOR BASICALLY VIOLATING HIS BAIL. THE U.S. THEN UNVEILED A SEALED INDICTMENT CHARGING HIM WITH CONSPIRING TO STEAL CLASSIFIED INFORMATION WITH CHELSEA MANNING. >> NEED MORE MEANS OF BEING ABLE TO SAFELY AND SECURELY REVEAL GOVERNMENT WRONGDOING. AND YOU DECIDE TO RISK YOUR CAREER TO BREAK THE LAW. >> WHAT WAS IT THAT YOU WERE SEEING THAT COMPELLED YOU TO DO THAT? I STOPPED SEEING JUST STATISTICS AND INFORMATION, AND I STARTED SEEING PEOPLE. >> AND THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER, AND THIS IS ALL UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY SUDDENLY BROUGHT WHAT’S CALLED A SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT . AND IN THIS SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT, THERE WERE 17 ADDITIONAL CHARGES OF VIOLATING THE ESPIONAGE ACT. >> AND IT WAS THOSE CHARGES THAT PARTICULARLY ALARMED PEOPLE IN THE U.S., IN THE MEDIA, IN THE U.S., I SHOULD SAY, AND PRESS FREEDOM ADVOCATES, BECAUSE BY ASSANGE VERY BROADLY, UNDER THE ESPIONAGE ACT, YOU POTENTIALLY WERE CREATING THIS PRECEDENT THAT MEANT THAT ANY JOURNALIST IN ANY NEWS ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING ABC, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO PUBLISHED CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, GOVERNMENT SECRETS, YOU TOO COULD POTENTIALLY BE PROSECUTED UNDER THE ESPIONAGE ACT, THAT IS AS A SPY IF THIS WENT TO TRIAL IN THE U.S., SUDDENLY ALL OF THAT COULD BE IN PLAY. AND SO THERE IS THE QUESTION TO GO BACK TO. WHY NOW? YOU KNOW, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY EXPLOSIVE TRIAL IN THE U.S. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST MEDIA FREEDOM TRIALS IN DECADES IN THE U.S. AND I THINK THERE’S A QUESTION, YOU KNOW, DOES THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, DOES THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WANT THAT? I THINK BASICALLY BOTH SIDES HAVE SORT OF EXHAUSTED THEMSELVES. I THINK MANY PEOPLE FEEL THAT HE HAS ALREADY BEEN HEAVILY PUNISHED. BUT AS YOU SAID, I THINK THE OTHER THING IS, OF COURSE, THAT FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS A VICTORY I LIKE. THAT MAKES MUCH MORE SENSE. LIKE YOU’RE THE FIRST PERSON TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME CLEARLY THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT WANT THIS HUGE TRIAL OVER PRESS FREEDOMS TO COME TO OUR SHORES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY’VE HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE EVEN GETTING HIM BEHIND BARS IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND SO NOW YOU JUST GUESS, LET THIS GO AWAY. BUT I THINK THE QUESTION WILL BE, WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR JULIAN ASSANGE? AND DOES HAVE ANY ENDEAVORS THAT HE WANTS TO PURSUE NOW IN THIS NEW CHAPTER. ALL RIGHT, PATRICK REVILL REPORTING ON THE SURPRISE ENDING IN THIS LONG CASE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS. NEXT UP ON "START HERE", THE WAR IN GAZA HAS UPENDED LIVES. COULD IT ALSO UPEND THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT With so much at stake. 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BUT LATER TODAY, VOTERS WILL HEAD TO THE POLLS IN STATES LIKE COLORADO, UTAH, SOUTH CAROLINA AND NEW YORK. WHEN RESULTS COME IN THERE. IT’S PROBABLY NOT THE CANDIDATES AT THE TOP OF THE BALLOT THAT ARE GOING TO TURN HEADS. IT’S THE DOWN BALLOT RACES. AND RIGHT NOW, VOTERS ARE LIVING IN A DIVIDED COUNTRY, FACING DIVISIVE ISSUES ,HOUSING AND HIGH. >> THIS WEEKEND IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE A SYNAGOGUE AND TRIED TO BLOCK THE ENTRANCE. THIS IS A PREDOMINANTLY JEWISH NEIGHBORHOOD. PRO-ISRAEL DEMONSTRATORS SOON ARRIVED. AND WHAT FOLLOWED WAS A CHAOTIC, EVEN VIOLENT SCENE. >> PEOPLE WERE SCARED TO COME IN. PEOPLE PREVENTED TO COME IN. WE HAD TO SNEAK OUR MEMBERS INSIDE. >> I’VE SAID IT MANY TIMES. BEING JEWISH DID NOT NECESSARILY MEAN SOMEONE SUPPORTS THE FOREIGN STATE OF ISRAEL. THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THE SYNAGOGUE THAT COULD VERY WELL AGREED WITH PROTESTERS, WHICH THEN WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE WAITING FOR YOU AS YOU ARRIVE AT YOUR PLACE OF WORSHIP MIGHT MAKE YOU THINK, WOW, THESE PEOPLE AREN’T JUST HERE FOR MY POLITICAL VIEWS. >> THEY MIGHT HATE MY RELIGION OR MY RACE. WELL, IN THE FACE OF FLASHPOINTS LIKE THIS, WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE CONGRESSIONAL RACES THAT WOULD ORDINARILY BE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD BECOME REALLY CONTENTIOUS AFFAIRS. >> AND ONE OF THEM IN NEW YORK HAS A MEMBER OF THE YOUNG PROGRESSIVE GROUP OF LAWMAKERS KNOWN AS THE SQUAD, FIGHTING FOR HIS POLITICAL LIFE. POLITICAL ANALYSTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE NOW ASKING WHETHER RACES LIKE THESE COULD UPEND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. WE COULD GET A HINT LATER TONIGHT. SO LET’S CHECK IN WITH ABC’S POLITICAL REPORTER BRITTANY SHEPHERD, WHO’S IN NEW YORK CITY THIS MORNING WHERE SHE’S BEEN FOLLOWING THIS RACE. BRITTANY. WHAT IS THE CAMPAIGN WE’RE TALKING ABOUT AND WHY IS IT SO HIGH STAKES? >> WELL, BRIANNA, I WANT TO SAY, MUCH LIKE THE WEATHER HERE IN NEW YORK RIGHT NOW, THIS RACE IS GETTING REALLY HEATED, PROBABLY THE MOST HERE. THEY’VE BEEN ALL CYCLE AND THE MOST HEATED. YOU KNOW, A PRIMARY HAS BEEN SINCE THE LAUNCH OF ALL OF THIS. THIS IS THE RACE FOR NEW YORK’S 16TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AS SOME OF YOUR EAGLE EARED LISTENERS MAY KNOW. >> REDISTRICTING HAD HAPPENED THIS YEAR IN NEW YORK, IS TRIED AND TRIED AND TRY IT AGAIN TO REDRAW THEIR DISTRICTS. NOW THEY FINALLY SETTLED THIS NEW DISTRICT COVERS FROM WHAT I HAILEY FROM LONG ISLAND WOULD CALL UPSTATE BUT IS PROBABLY MORE ACCURATELY SPANNING FROM THE NORTH OF THE BRONX YONKERS AREA UP TO WESTCHESTER. >> OVER IN THIS NEW DISTRICT, THERE IS A WIDE ARRAY OF BACKGROUNDS RACE AND INCOME HERE. IT’S A NEWER DISTRICT FOR INCUMBENT CONGRESSMAN JAMAAL BOWMAN. SINCE NEW YORK SET THEIR NEW DISTRICT BOUNDARIES RIGHT. AND IT HAS COME TO REALLY UNDERSCORE WHAT SOME OF THE FRACTIONS ARE WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR. >> BUT WHO ARE THE PLAYERS HERE? LET ME SET THAT UP. THE DISTRICT, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE LIKE US. >> SO ON ONE SIDE, WE HAVE JAMAAL BOWMAN. HE’S A STAUNCH PROGRESSIVE. >> HE HAS TIES TO THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA. HE’S A BLACK FORMER SCHOOLTEACHER AND HAS CALLED FOR A PERMANENT CEASE FIRE IN GAZA. >> THIS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT DETAIL IN HIS INTRO. HE TOOK A STANCE. IT WAS U.S. TAX DOLLARS. HIS BABY’S NAME. >> INCIDENTALLY, BOWMAN HAS BEEN ONE OF CAPITOL HILLS MOST VOCAL CRITICS OF ISRAEL. HE’S REFERRED TO THE IDEA OF OPERATION GAZA AS A. >> AND HE’S ALSO CRUCIALLY CALLED REPORTS WHERE HAMAS COMMITTED SEXUAL VIOLENCE OCTOBER 7TH AS PROPAGANDA. HE’S SINCE APOLOGIZED FOR THAT CLAIM, BUT HE STILL SUPPORTED THAT NATIONAL BOYCOTT, DIVEST, SANCTION MOVEMENT, THAT BLOOD INTO SO MANY UNIVERSITIES, PEOPLE BOYCOTTING MCDONALD’S AND STARBUCKS THAT SWEPT THE NATION. AND THAT IS THE REAL HEART OF THIS RACE, BECAUSE KIND OF OUT OF NOWHERE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. >> ENTERS WESTCHESTER COUNTY EXECUTIVE GEORGE LATIMER. >> IF YOU THINK THAT THE WAY I HAVE BEEN A LEGISLATOR AND AN EXECUTIVE AND THE RESULTS THAT WE HAVE REPRESENT WHAT YOU THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE REPRESENTED HERE IN WASHINGTON, THEN I’M THERE. >> THERE’S A CHOICE. WHO IS THIS GUY? WELL, A LOT OF MORTGAGE REPRESENTED PARTS OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY FOR SOME TIME SINCE 2005. >> HE SAYS HE’S A PROGRESSIVE, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT HIM, YOU WATCH HIS ADS. HE’S A LITTLE BIT LESS ANIMATED THAN BOWMAN. I THINK YOU CAN SAY HE’S MORE MODERATE ON A SLURRY OF ISSUES, INCLUDING THAT OF ISRAEL PALESTINE, TO FOCUS SOLELY ON ISRAEL AND ISRAEL’S RESPONSE TO WHAT HAMAS DID IS TO MAKE THE VICTIM THE AGGRESSOR. >> LATIMER HAS REALLY TRIED THE TOTAL LINE HERE. HE SAYS HE SUPPORTS A TWO STATE SOLUTION, BUT HASN’T GONE SO FAR AS TO SAY CEASE FIRE NOW, WHICH BOWMAN HAS BEEN SAYING AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. >> I’VE CALLED FOR A PERMANENCE VERY EARLY ON. WHY? BECAUSE WE NEED PEACE. >> WE NEED DIPLOMACY. TO HIM, ANY BARGAINING DONE WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE WITH HAMAS, WHICH HE COMPLETELY CONDEMNS, SUPPORTS SUICIDE BOMB AND HAS TRIED TO ATTACK. LATIMER ON THIS, REFUSING TO CONDEMN ISRAEL AND PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. LATIMER HAS RECEIVED BARBS, SENT BARBS. IT’S BEEN A WHOLE MESS. >> WELL, AND WHAT’S SO INTERESTING, BRITAIN AND YOU MENTIONED IT, HOW THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEMOCRATS IN EVERY RACE. RIGHT. BUT PARTICULARLY IN THIS RACE, THIS PART OF, YOU KNOW, NEW YORK. YOU GOT YOUR YOUR WHITE SUBURBANITES AND THEN YOUR FOLKS FROM THE BRONX WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE REPRESENTING ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS. HOW NASTY HAS THIS CAMPAIGN BECOME? >> WELL, IT’S BROUGHT HILLARY CLINTON OUT OF RETIREMENT FOR ENDORSING IN RACES. WE HAVEN’T HEARD HER NAME THROWN AROUND THE PRIMARY MUCH THESE DAYS. SHE’S ACTUALLY ENDORSED LATIMER IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THE 11TH HOUR OF THIS PRIMARY. WHILE PROGRESSIVES LIKE SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, REP AOC AND OTHERS OF THE SQUAD ARE CIRCLING THE WAGONS AROUND BOWMAN, THEY REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT HIM TO WIN. AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THE PROGRESSIVE MESSAGE IS KIND OF ON THE LINE HERE. THEY WANT HIM OUT BECAUSE HE’S NOT BACK. HE’S NOT OWNED BY ANYBODY BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT HIS PRIMARY FIDELITY AND DUTY IS TO OUR COMMUNITY, OUR PEOPLE. >> AND THIS DIVIDE HAS LED TO WHAT I CAN ONLY APPROPRIATELY DESCRIBE ON AIR AS, LET’S SAY, GOBS OF CASH BEING INFUSED IN THIS RACE. >> BUT A GROSS UNDERSTATEMENT. AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE THE AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, WHAT WE IN POLITICS REFER TO AS AIPAC, REALLY INTO PLAY. >> WE CAN’T HAVE A DEMOCRACY IF BIG MONEY CONTINUES TO CONTROL POLITICS. AND GEORGE LATIMER, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, IS IN THE POCKET OF BIG MONEY. >> AIPAC HAS BEEN LATIMER’S MOST POWERFUL SUPPORTER BY FAR. >> BY NO ESTIMATION THERE’S NO CONTEST HERE. GEORGE LATIMER IS PUTTING PEOPLE AHEAD OF PERSONAL AGENDAS AND DELIVERING REAL PROGRESSIVE RESULTS. >> THE ORGANIZATIONS FUNDING OPERATION CALLED THE UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT PAC, THEIR PAC TO RAISE MONEY ALONE MAKES UP FOR 60% OF ALL AD SPENDING IN THIS RACE, WHICH AS OF NOW AS OF THIS RECORDING CLOCKS IN AT AN EYE POPPING $23 MILLION TOTAL. >> CAN TAKE A BREATH HERE FOR A SECOND, BRAD. NO EXAGGERATION WHEN I SAY THIS THIS RACE IS ON TRACK TO BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSE PRIMARY TO DATE OF ALL TIME, POINT BLANK. >> AND IT’S BECAUSE, LIKE YOU SAID, THE PRO-ISRAEL FOLKS ARE THE ONES SPENDING THE MOST OF THAT MOST OF THOSE GOBS. >> YES, ALMOST OF IT. 60% OF IT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOME FROM THIS PAC HERE, SOME FROM THIS PAC, THEY’RE IN A LOT, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, IN IN DISTRICT SPENDING, JUST FROM SUPPORTERS, SMALL DOLLAR DONATIONS. >> BUT CLEARLY BOWMAN IS GETTING BURIED BY CASH AND PAC IS TO AND HE ADDRESSES AT THIS HUGE RALLY HE HAD IN THE SOUTH BRONX. >> IT WAS SO HOT. I WAS THERE STANDING, LISTENING TO HIM MAKE HIS FINAL FIGHT HIS FINAL PLEA FOR THE MONEY. >> AND MAYBE BUT HE ALSO SAID, QUITE CONTROVERSIALLY, THEY ARE THE MONEY. >> WE ARE THE MIGHTY. THEY ARE THE MONEY. WE ARE THE MONEY. AND THAT’S GIVEN SOME PAUSE TO MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. BRAD, ONE INDIVIDUAL TOLD ME THAT THIS LINE PERPETUATE AN AGE OLD ANTI-SEMITIC TROPE ABOUT JEWISH PEOPLE AND MONEY. RABBIS OF THE DISTRICT HAVE CALLED US AND TOLD US THEY FEEL ABANDONED AND THAT KIND OF BRASH LANGUAGE COULD REALLY COST HIM DEARLY. >> WELL, AND WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT LIKE VOTERS ARE HEADING TO THE POLLS TODAY. >> LOTS OF EARLY VOTES FOR THIS RACE ARE ALREADY IN. AND WE’RE ACTUALLY SEEING HIGHER THAN USUAL PERCENTAGE OF VOTES ALREADY COMPLETED IN AREAS THAT YOU’D IDENTIFY AS MORE CONSERVATIVE AND EVEN MORE JEWISH IN TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHICS. >> SO WHICH IS WHY I GUESS YOU GOT PEOPLE REALLY THINKING THIS IS ALARM BELL TIME FOR JAMAAL BOWMAN. IF HE LOSES BRITTANY. I MEAN, THE SQUAD BASICALLY FORMED WHEN YOU HAD THESE YOUNG UPSTART PROGRESSIVES TAKING DOWN ESTABLISHMENT FIGURES. BUT WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE FORGET IS THEY HAVEN’T LOST THE SEAT SINCE THEN. >> THAT’S WHAT’S MADE THEM SO POWERFUL. THEY’VE RETAINED THEIR SEATS. WHAT HAPPENS IF JAMAAL BOWMAN BECOMES THE FIRST ONE OF THE SQUAD TO BE LIKE, WHOOPS, I LOST. >> WELL, THE BRAND IS ON SHAKY GROUND. YOU KNOW, I SPOKE TO BERNIE SANDERS OVER THE WEEKEND ACTUALLY THE ELDER STATESMAN OF THE SQUAD WHO WAS AT THAT RALLY IN THE BRONX, WHO WAS AROUND AOC, AND HE TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTIONS IN THE MODERN HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY. >> THAT INCLUDES 2016, 2024, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. >> I SAID ALL THIS FOR A HOUSE PRIMARY. BERNIE, ARE YOU SERIOUS? >> BUT HE SAYS THAT ALL OF THIS OUTSIDE MONEY IS PROOF TO HIM OF CORPORATE GREED AND INTEREST IN POLITICS. IT WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF CONGRESS THAT IF YOU WANT TO STAND UP FOR WORKING PEOPLE, YOU WANT TO TAKE ON THE DRUG COMPANIES OR THE INSURANCE COMPANIES OR THE BIG MONEY INTERESTS, DON’T DO IT BECAUSE THE BILLIONAIRES WILL TAKE YOU DOWN. >> BUT I PROMISE TO AIPAC, THEY DON’T AGREE WITH THIS AT ALL. THEY SAY THEY SUPPORT PROGRESSIVES ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. >> BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE DELUGE OF MONEY COMING IN, IF YOU’RE A CANDIDATE PROGRESSIVE OR NOT, WHO IS TOTALLY GRASSROOTS, YOU CAN TOTALLY GET BURIED BY OUTSIDE SPENDING. >> AND I THINK THIS IS A PLACE THIS IS NEW YORK RIGHT? >> IT IS TRENDING MORE CONSERVATIVE MAYBE THAN PEOPLE WOULD EXPECT. BUT IN THE CITY. >> IT’S A DEMOCRAT. A DEMOCRAT CAN BE RIGHT. IF YOU CAN’T COALESCE THIS DISTRICT AS A PROGRESSIVE, YOUR BRAND MIGHT BE IN SOME REAL TROUBLE. >> AND NOT EVEN JUST THE MONEY. RIGHT. I MEAN, IT’S ALSO JUST A REMINDER THAT OF ALL THE ISSUES, LIKE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT COULD FRACTURE A PARTY FOR THIS TO BE THE THING THAT THE ISSUE THE WAR IN GAZA THAT IS CAUSING SO MUCH DIVISION IN THE PARTY REALLY TELLS YOU SOMETHING ABOUT HOW SERIOUSLY AMERICANS TAKE THIS ISSUE. >> ALL RIGHT. BRITTANY SHEPHERD IN NEW YORK CITY BE WATCHING US TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY, ONE MORE QUICK BREAK. WHEN WE COME BACK. 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WELL, IMAGINE NOW IF YOU WERE A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE. >> EARLIER THIS YEAR, ORGANIZERS FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS SAID THEY WANTED TO HAVE THE GREENEST GAMES IN HISTORY, MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. >> IN LONDON, THERE WERE 4 MILLION LITERS OF DIESEL USED. AND WE ARE AIMING FOR, YOU KNOW, AS CLOSE TO ZERO AS POSSIBLE. >> AS PART OF THAT, THEY BUILT THEIR OLYMPIC VILLAGE APARTMENTS WITH NO AIR CONDITIONING. >> WELL, THAT APPARENTLY LEFT TEAM USA STEAMING. >> AND IN RECENT DAYS, THEY’VE INFORMED ORGANIZERS THEY WILL BE BRINGING THEIR OWN PORTABLE AC. WHETHER THE FRENCH LIKE IT OR NOT. >> AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS IS A PERIOD OF TIME IN WHICH CONSISTENCY AND PREDICTABILITY IS. >> CRITICAL FOR TEAM USA’S PERFORMANCE. U.S. OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC CEO SRAH HIRSHLAND SAID ATHLETES CAN’T BE EXPECTED TO PERFORM THEIR BEST IF THEY’RE SWELTERING AT NIGHT. SHE SAID ATHLETES THEMSELVES HAVE CONCERN TO HER ABOUT THIS. >> SOMETHING THAT THE ATHLETES FELT WAS A WAS A CRITICAL COMPONENT IN THEIR PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY AND THE PREDICTABILITY AND CONSISTENCY OF WHAT THEY’RE ACCUSTOMED TO. >> AND SO, YES, WE WILL HAVE AIR CONDITIONERS. NOW, FRANCE SAYS THEY HAVE MADE DESIGN CHOICES TO KEEP ATHLETES COOL WITHOUT THE USE OF THESE HARMFUL GREENHOUSE GASES THAT YOU GET FROM ACHES. THEY HAVE THIS WHOLE GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM WHERE PIPES WILL CIRCULATE COLD AIR RIGHT BENEATH THE ATHLETES FLOORBOARDS AND SAY BETWEEN REGULAR FANS AND WINDOW SHADES. THE DORMS SHOULD NEVER GET HOTTER THAN 79 DEGREES. TO WHICH ATHLETES SAID, WE 79 DEGREES HERE ARE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. FRANCE IS FAMOUSLY AVERSE TO AIR. ONLY ONE IN TEN FRENCH HOMES HAVE A SEAT. AND IN PARIS, NUMBERS ARE EVEN LOWER. IS NOT UNCOMMON TO HEAR PARISIANS SAY THEY’D RATHER SIT IN THE HEAT THAN BREATHE DRY PROCESSED AIR. BUT POLICY AND THE BACKLASH TO IT NOW COULD HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. PORTABLE ACS ARE LESS ENVIRONMENTALLY EFFICIENT THAN ONE LARGE IN-HOUSE SYSTEM. >> AND NOW YOU’RE CREATING A SITUATION WHERE ATHLETES FROM BETTER FUNDED PROGRAMS CAN BEAT THE HEAT, WHILE COMPETITORS, POORER NATIONS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT. >> SOME EQUIPMENT, LIKE FENCER SWORDS, CAN BE AFFECTED IF THEY’RE STUCK IN A HUMID ROOM FOR LONG. >> IT’S NOT JUST THE U.S. THAT’S WORRIED ABOUT THIS. OTHER NATIONS LIKE AUSTRALIA SAY THEY, TOO, WILL IT UP AND BUY SOME PORTABLE ACS. IT’S A MASSIVE LOGISTICAL CASE. BUT YES, WE’RE LOOKING AT PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONERS TO OFFER. >> ON THE OTHER HAND, MAYBE THIS COULD TURN INTO A GOOD THING FOR ATHLETES. VILLAGES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PLACE TO MEET PEOPLE FROM OTHER CULTURES. NOW, YOU CAN IMAGINE, WIN OR LOSE, THE ATHLETES WITH A CS WILL GET GOLD MEDALS FOR POPULAR CITY. >> I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THIS UNTIL TODAY. THERE ARE APPARENTLY ONE AND A HALF BILLION AIR CONDITIONERS IN THE WORLD. A THIRD OF THEM ON CHINA. ALMOST A QUARTER ARE HERE IN THE U.S.. 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I’M DI MATTEO TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST WEATHER ALERTS COAST TO COAST. A DAM IN MINNESOTA IS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE WHILE DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED TO RETURN. WE HAVE TO AND TIMING. JULIAN ASSANGE STRIKES A DEAL FOR HIS FREEDOM. THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER SAID TO PLEAD GUILTY TO LEAKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF US CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. WHERE HE’S HEADED NOW AND WHAT’S EXPECTED TO HAPPEN NEXT. JUST TWO DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE OF 2024. HOW PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PREPARING AND WHY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CALLING FOR BIDEN TO BE DRUG TESTED. PLUS, THE SURGEON GENERAL, GUN VIOLENCE, A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. >> WE HAVE A LOOK AT THE STAFF AND WHY. DR. VIVEK MURTHY SAYS GUNS ARE A RISK TO YOUNG AMERICANS AND THE WELL-BEING OF THE COUNTRY. >> BUT FIRST, EMERGENCY SAY A MAJOR DAM IN MINNESOTA IS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF COLLAPSE. MINNESOTA GOVERNOR SAYS THE OVERFLOWING BLUE EARTH RIVER STARTED CUTTING A PATH AROUND THE DAM YESTERDAY. NOW IT’S ON THE VERGE OF COMPLETE FAILURE, POSING A THREAT TO RESIDENTS. ABC’S MELISSA DON IS THERE WITH THE LATEST. >> COMMUNITIES ON EDGE AS A DAM IN MINNESOTA IS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF COLLAPSE AFTER DAYS OF RELENTLESS RAIN. THE AND DAM SUFFERING DAMAGE FROM FLOODING MONDAY MORNING. THE VIOLENT WATERS SWEEPING THIS BUILDING AWAY. THIS THIS WATER IS NOT SAFE. >> IT’S CONTAMINATED. WHETHER IT BE THROUGH SEWAGE OR OTHER CONTAMINANTS. >> OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE SUFFERING FROM RAIN. VOLUNTEERS IN WATERVILLE COMING TOGETHER TO SANDBAGS. MANY OTHER STATES IN THE MIDWEST UNDER WATER WITH AT LEAST ONE PERSON DYING IN SOUTH DAKOTA, INTENSE FLOODING ACROSS THE MIDWEST, INCLUDING IN THE SOUTH DAKOTA. YOU SEE THIS MASSIVE SINKHOLE CAUSED AFTER MAJOR FLOODING FROM RIVER OVERTAKING THIS COMMUNITY. DOWNED POWER LINES DESTROYED IN CASE WE NEEDED ANY REMINDER OF THE DESTRUCTIVE NATURE OF WATER, WE ARE SEEING IT IN REAL TIME TODAY. >> CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE REGION TAKING A DIRECT HIT. INTERSTATE 29 LOOKING MORE LIKE A RIVER THAN A ROAD. AND THIS RAIL BRIDGE IN NORTH SIOUX CITY PARTIALLY COLLAPSING. IOWA’S GOVERNOR SAYS NEARLY 2000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES SUSTAINED DAMAGE. >> OFFICIALS WARNING THAT A COLLAPSE IS IMMINENT. AND YOU CAN SEE WHY THE DAM OVERFLOWING AND THOSE FLOODWATERS THREATENING THAT HOME YOU SEE BEHIND ME, DIANE MELISSA. >> DAN, THANK YOU. AND ABC’S CHIEF METEOROLOGIST ZEE IS TRACKING THE FLOODING IN THE MIDWEST AND THE RIP CURRENT THREAT ALONG THE EAST COAST. >> GINGER, WHAT’S THE LATEST? DIANE? STARTED THE MORNING WITH SOME BIG TIME WINDS. 70 PLUS MILE PER HOUR TAKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES IN WEST MICHIGAN. AND NOW THE SAME KIND OF AREA, PLUS A NEW ONE BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT OF ENERGY GOING ON OUT THERE, GOING TO MAKE FOR A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ANYWHERE FROM PARTS OF MISSOURI ,MUCH OF MISSOURI, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN, STILL FAR WESTERN OHIO, NEBRASKA AND SOUTHERN IOWA. SO A LOT OF FOLKS INVOLVED TODAY, DAMAGING WINDS, THE MAIN HAZARDS SO EASILY OVER 60 MILE PER HOUR WINDS THEN WILL MOVE THIS FRONT BECAUSE IT IS A STRONG IT’S GOT SOME COOL AIR BEHIND IT, TOO, RIGHT INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST . THAT’S FOR THURSDAY, YOU SEE THURSDAY THREE. AND SO IT’S REALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IT’S GOING TO BREAK UP SOME HEAT THAT I’LL TELL YOU ABOUT IN A MOMENT. BUT THE HAIL, ISOLATED TORNADO, BUT MOSTLY WIND THREAT, ALL OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE IN THERE, TOO. THERE’S THE HEAT DOME. WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR WEEKS AND IT’S GOING TO EXPAND IT. AND SO PALM SPRINGS HAS AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING THAT GOES TILL THURSDAY NIGHT. SALT LAKE CITY WILL LOSE THEIRS TONIGHT AND COOL DOWN JUST SLIGHTLY. BUT GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, AND MEMPHIS MAY FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE HOTTER SPOTS ON THE MAP FEELS LIKE IT COULD BE CLOSE TO 110 OR EVEN 116. NEW ORLEANS SHOULD EASILY ABOVE 100, SOME SUPER THICK AIR YOU CAN WEAR THERE. AND WE’RE GOING TO KEEP THAT. BUT JUST SLIDE OF EAST A LITTLE BIT. IT’S BARELY NUDGING, TAKING PLACES LIKE PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON, D.C. INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S FOR THE MIDWEEK BEFORE WE GET THAT REINFORCING SHOT OF COOLER AIR. DIANE ABC NEWS CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE. >> THANK YOU. AND WIKILEAKS, JULIAN ASSANGE HAS STRUCK A PLEA DEAL WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS FREEDOM. ASSANGE IS NOW IN BANGKOK AND ON HIS WAY TO A COURT IN THE US COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. ONCE THERE, HE’S EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO LEAKING A TROVE OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. THE DEAL COULD MAKE HIM A FREE MAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 15 YEARS. ABC NEWS SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT TERRY MORAN HAS THE DETAILS. >> JULIAN ASSANGE, WHO FOUNDED WIKILEAKS AND ROCKED GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD WITH IT, IS SET TO PLEAD GUILTY U.S. FEDERAL COURT TO A SINGLE FELONY CHARGE IN EXCHANGE, HIS FREEDOM ENDING THE YEARS LONG LEGAL SAGA AROUND HIS EXPLOSIVE, THE PUBLICATION OF U.S. STATE SECRETS. OVERNIGHT, ASSANGE LEFT A HIGH SECURITY BRITISH PRISON, A MOMENT THAT CAPPED MONTHS OF QUIET TALKS BETWEEN HIS LAWYERS AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. THE DEAL THAT SET HIM FREE. ASSANGE WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF CONSPIRING TO UNLAWFULLY DISSEMINATE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AND AVOID FURTHER PRISON TIME. IN EXCHANGE, HIS PLEA WILL BE TAKEN IN PERSON AS REQUIRED BY LAW. AT ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE U.S. FEDERAL COURTHOUSES INSIDE PAN IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. AVOIDING SETTING FOOT IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S. AND NEAR HIS NATIVE COUNTRY OF AUSTRALIA ASSANGE, CELEBRATED BY SOME AS A HERO, REVILED BY OTHERS AS A RECKLESS VANDAL. PUBLISHED STATE SECRETS OF COUNTRY. AFTER COUNTRY NONE MORE DAMAGING THAN THE VAST TROVE OF U.S. CLASSIFIED WIKILEAKS POSTED ONLINE STARTING IN 2010, AT THE HEIGHT OF U.S. WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. >> WE HOPE TO CORRECT SOME THAT ATTACK ON THE TRUTH THAT OCCURRED BEFORE THE DURING THE WAR AND WHICH HAS CONTINUED ON SINCE THE WAR OFFICIALLY CONCLUDED. >> NEARLY 750,000 DOCUMENTS IN TOTAL WERE LEAKED, REVEALING DETAILED U.S. MILITARY ACTIVITIES AND CONFIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC BILLS. NOW, JULIAN ASSANGE IS ON THE VERGE OF FREEDOM. HIS WIFE RECORDING A HOPEFUL STATEMENT. >> THIS PERIOD OF OUR I’M CONFIDENT NOW HAS COME TO AN END. AND I THINK THAT BY THIS NEXT WEEK, JULIAN WILL BE FREE. >> ASSANGE, HIS FAMILY SAYS HIS HEALTH HAS DETERIORATED IN THE YEARS OF INCARCERATE AND THAT HE’S HAD AT ONE POINT HE FACED UP TO 170 YEARS IN PRISON ON THE ESPIONAGE COUNTS THAT THE WATCH THAT THE UNITED STATES ORIGINALLY WANTED AGAINST HIM. BUT TODAY, HE IS ON HIS WAY HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE. DIANE AND TERI ASSANGE IS IN BANGKOK RIGHT NOW. HE’S EXPECTED TO TAKE ANOTHER FLIGHT TO THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS IN ABOUT AN HOUR. SO WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT THEY REACHED THE TERMS OF THIS DEAL AND WHY NOW? YEAH, THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION. WE’RE STILL REPORTING ON THAT. IT DOES SEEM THAT THE THE PLANETS BECAME ALIGNED FOR THIS. ON THE ONE HAND, THE ELECTION IS COMING UP SOON. THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE IN THE ELECTION, BUT JULIAN ASSANGE HAD ALWAYS REFUSED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO ANY U.S. CRIMINAL CHARGE. >> BUT WITH THE PROSPECT OF A EXCUSE ME, A TRUMP TRUMP PRESIDENCY IN THE NEXT COME JANUARY. HE HAD AN INCENTIVE AND THE UNITED STATES THIS CONVICTION, THIS PROSECUTION LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN IT DID WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY LAUNCHED. OF COURSE, THE DIVULGING TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION VERY IMPORTANT. BUT THE PRESS FREEDOM ISSUES ALSO WERE WEIGHING HEAVILY ON THE UNITED STATES. THEY DIDN’T NECESSARILY WANT TO GO TO TRIAL WITH THIS. >> AND SO WHAT HAPPENS? >> HE PLEADS GUILTY AND LANDS IN AUSTRALIA, TERRY. WELL, HE GOES HOME, DIANE. >> YOU KNOW, HE’S GOT TWO BOYS, FIVE AND SEVEN, WHO WERE CAME INTO THE FAMILY WHEN HE WAS IN THAT ECUADORIAN EMBASSY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. BUT HE HAS NEVER REALLY SPENT ANY TIME WITH HIS BOYS OUTSIDE OF THAT PRISON. HE SERVED THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN IN IN BRITAIN. AND SO HE HAS THAT TO DO. AND THEN HE STILL WANTS TO CONTINUE HIS WORK, APPARENTLY. BUT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG FOR HIM. AND HE IS GOING TO, I THINK, SETTLE DOWN FOR A LITTLE WHILE. HIS WIFE AND FAMILY CERTAINLY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM HOME, DIANE. ALL RIGHT. SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT TERRY MORAN, THANK. NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE VIOLENT ABDUCTIONS OF SOME ISRAELI HOSTAGES TAKEN DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH TERROR ATTACKS. THEIR FAMILIES SAY THEY’RE RELEASING THE FOOTAGE TO PRESSURE PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU TO STRIKE A DEAL TO BRING HIM HOME. CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN. MORE FROM TEL AVIV, ISRAEL. AND WE DO WANT TO WARN YOU, THIS VIDEO MAY BE TO WATCH. >> THAT JUST RELEASED VIDEO SHOWING HAMAS GUNMEN RACING INTO GAZA WITH. AMERICAN HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN ELIOT COHEN OR LEVY ARE SEEN CRAMMED IN THE BACK OF THEIR PICKUP TRUCK, BADLY WOUNDED AND SOAKED IN BLOOD. THE VIDEO FROM A HAMAS TERRORIST’S HELMET CAMERA. HERSH’S HEAD PULLED BACK IS ONE OF THE MILITANT SAYS, I WANT TO TAKE A SELFIE WITH HIM. AND OVERNIGHT, I MET WITH GOLDBERG-POLIN PARENTS. SHE LITERALLY WATCHES FOR THE FIRST TIME A FEW MINUTES AGO. YEAH. HOW DOES A MOTHER WATCH HER SON GO THROUGH THAT? >> I’M NOT EVEN SURE YET. I FELT TERRIBLY SORRY FOR HIM. I DON’T THINK THAT ANY PARENT WOULD EVER WANT TO SEE THEIR CHILD IN ANY DISTRESS. ALL HOSTAGE FAMILIES. WE ALL FEEL THIS. HOW MUCH MORE CAN WE BEAR. >> THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT DOING ENOUGH TO TRY TO SECURE THEIR RELEASE? THE SHORT ANSWER IS. AND I SAY THAT FOR ONE SIMPLE, INDISPUTABLE FACT. ONE 120 HOSTAGES ARE NOT HOME. AND IT’S BEEN 262 DAYS. >> EVEN AS ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER SIGNALS A DRAWDOWN. TROOPS IN GAZA. ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES HIT TWO SCHOOLS WHERE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE WERE SHELTERING. 14 PEOPLE KILLED, INCLUDING EIGHT MEMBERS OF A SINGLE FAMILY. >> DIANE, SOMETHING WE NOTICED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, SENIOR ISRAELI OFFICIALS FROM THE CHIEF MILITARY SPOKESPERSON ,THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, NOW TALKING ABOUT HAMAS AS, AN IDEA, SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE DESTROYED. SEEMINGLY WALKING MONTHS OF RHETORIC, INCLUDING ONE OF THE PRIMARY GOALS OF THE WAR, WHICH WAS TO ERADICATE HAMAS COMPLETELY DYING. >> CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN IN ISRAEL, THANK YOU. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON THE ATTACK. THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE JUST TWO DAYS AWAY. WHILE THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS FOCUSED ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION ACCESS, TRUMP IS MAKING UNSUBSTANTIATED AND CALLING FOR BIDEN TO BE DRUG TESTED. ABC CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE AND SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT ARE TRACKING THE CAMPAIGNS FOR US. >> DIANE, GOOD MORNING. WHAT WE ARE GETTING A BIT OF A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S TO COME ON THAT DEBATE STAGE ON THURSDAY NIGHT. THE IS HOPING TO HOLD DONALD TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTIONS IN OFFICE AND HE IS PUTTING ABORTION RIGHTS FRONT AND CENTER AS WE MARK THE TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY SINCE THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE VERSUS WADE. THE TEAM IS SAYING THAT DONALD TRUMP IS TO BLAME. OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, VICE PRESIDENT SAYING TRUMP IS, QUOTE, GUILTY OF STEALING REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FROM THE WOMEN OF AMERICA. 21 STATES HAVE NOW BANNED OR SEVERELY RESTRICT ABORTION. AND TRUMP HAS BRAGGED ABOUT APPOINTING THREE OF THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WHO OVERTURNED ROE. HE SAYS ABORTION LAWS SHOULD BE UP TO THE STATES, BUT THE PRESIDENT IS WARNING THAT TRUMP WILL GO EVEN FURTHER IF ELECTED. AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE SEEN THAT ABORTION HAS BEEN A WINNING ISSUE FOR DEMOCRATS. THE BIDEN TEAM NOW HOPING THIS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE VOTERS TO THE POLLS IN NOVEMBER. >> RACHEL. SO PRESIDENT BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN IS FOCUSED ON DRAWING A CONTRAST ON POLICY. AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS CONTINUING TO DIG IN HERE. HE’S DONE EVERYTHING FROM MOCK PRESIDENT BIDEN’S DEBATE PREPARATIONS TO, QUESTIONING HIS MENTAL FITNESS. NOW HE’S CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT TO GET A DRUG TEST BEFORE HE GETS ON THAT DEBATE STAGE. AND LOOK, THIS IS A PAGE STRAIGHT OUT OF THE DONALD TRUMP PLAYBOOK. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE’VE HEARD HIM DO BEFORE. HE ALSO HILLARY CLINTON BACK IN 2016 TO GET A DRUG TEST BEFORE SHE TOOK THE DEBATE STAGE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THIS PAST WEEKEND. HE SUGGESTED THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS USING SUPPLEMENTS TO GET, QUOTE, JACKED UP BEFORE HIS PUBLIC APPEARANCES. TO BE CLEAR HERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THAT. THESE ARE BASELESS AND UNFOUNDED CLAIMS. AND THIS MORNING, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN INSISTS THAT DONALD TRUMP IS RESORTING TO BASELESS AND OBVIOUSLY FALSE LIES. BUT THIS IS A SIGN OF JUST NASTY THINGS COULD TURN ON THAT DEBATE STAGE IN 48 HOURS. >> DIANE. MARY BRUCE RACHEL SCOTT. THANK YOU. AND IT’S THURSDAY NIGHT ON ABC. BE SURE TO WATCH THE CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. IT ALL STARTS AT 7 P.M. EASTERN WITH THE ABC NEWS SPECIAL RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE COMING UP. >> CLOSING ARGUMENTS SET TO GET UNDERWAY IN THE CASE AGAINST KAREN REED. SHE’S ACCUSED OF KILLING HER POLICE OFFICER BOYFRIEND. WHY THE CASE IS DIVIDING BOSTON SOCIAL MEDIA. ALSO AHEAD, HIDDEN DANGERS IN WAVES. 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AND THIS WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. >> FIRST, CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE SET TO GET UNDERWAY THIS MORNING IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF KAREN REED. REED IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HER POLICE OFFICER BOYFRIEND IN A CASE THAT’S GRIPPED THE BOSTON AREA. SOCIAL MEDIA AND HEADLINES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NOW, THE JURY COULD BEGIN DELIBERATIONS AS SOON TODAY. >> ABC’S ERIELLE RESHEF HAS THE LATEST. >> CLOSING ARGUMENTS SET TO BEGIN IN THE BOSTON AREA. MURDER TRIAL OF KAREN REED, A CASE THAT DIVIDED A COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL MEDIA. >> IS SHE BEING FRAMED? AN ELABORATE COVER UP INVOLVING CORRUPT COPS, OR DID SHE BACK UP INTO HER BOYFRIEND AND LEAVE HIM FOR DEAD? >> PROSECUTORS REED INTENTIONALLY RAN OVER HER BOYFRIEND, BOSTON OFFICER JOHN O’KEEFE, WITH HER LEXUS SUV DURING A IN JANUARY 2022, LEAVING HIM TO DIE. BUT THE DEFENSE SWINGING BACK, CLAIMING REED IS BEING FRAMED FOR AN INSIDE JOB BY A FELLOW BOSTON POLICE ON THE LAST DAY OF TESTIMONY. SEVERAL DEFENSE EXPERTS TELLING THE COURT O’KEEFE’S INJURIES COULDN’T HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY. >> REED’S CAR. IS THE INJURY TO THE HEAD THAT YOU SAW CONSISTENT HAVING BEEN STRUCK BY A VEHICLE AT 24 MILES PER HOUR? >> IT IS. >> NO, SIR. RIGHT. REEDPEAKING TO OUR MATT GUTMAN BEFORE TRIAL. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE HIT HIM UNWITTINGLY IN YOUR ADMITTEDLY VERY LARGE? >> NO, NOT POSSIBLE. DECLINING TO TESTIFY, REED’S FATE NOW DUE TO BE SEALED BY A JURY OF HER. >> THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT THIS JURY HAS IS THERE’S NOT A LOT OF DIRECT EVIDENCE. EVIDENCE THAT SPECIFICALLY SHOWS SOMETHING. WHAT WE HAVE IS A BROKEN TAIL LIGHT. WE DO HAVE A PIECE OF DNA, BUT THERE’S NOTHING THAT’S DIRECTLY TYING HER TO THIS MURDER. AND THAT’S GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR THE JURY, IS THAT ALL THEY HAVE IS CIRCUMSTANTIAL. ERIELLE RESHEF THANK YOU. AND ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BUCKMIRE ME NOW FOR MORE ON THE KAREN REED CASE. BRIAN, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT IN COURT TODAY? >> GOOD MORNING TO YOU. AND THIS MORNING WE ARE EXPECTING BOTH THE DEFENSE AND THE PROSECUTION TO GIVE CLOSING ARGUMENTS. THE JUDGE HAS ALREADY HINTED THAT THOSE ARGUMENTS WILL LAST ABOUT AN HOUR EACH. AND SO WE WOULD EXPECT THAT BY LUNCH TIME TODAY THE JURY SHOULD GET THE CASE AND PERHAPS START DELIBERATING. >> THEY START EATING. NOW, THERE ISN’T A LOT EVIDENCE DIRECTLY TYING REID TO THE MURDER. DO YOU THINK PROSECUTORS DID ENOUGH TO PROVE THIS CASE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT, PARTICULARLY AGAINST THE DEFENSE WITNESSES? >> YEAH, I DON’T THINK THEY DID. THIS CASE LARGELY CIRCUMSTANTIAL. I THINK BEFORE THE DEFENSE PUT THEIR WITNESSES UP. THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A STRONG ARGUMENT THAT THIS CASE COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY. BUT AFTER WATCHING THE CROSS-EXAMINATION OF THE DEFENSE’S WITNESSES, A FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST AND A CRASH RECONSTRUCTIONIST, THERE DIDN’T SEEM TO BE MUCH PUSH BACK. THE PROSECUTION SUGGESTING THAT THE TYPE OF INJURIES AND THE TYPE OF DAMAGE TO THAT SUV WERE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE PROSECUTION’S. ULTIMATELY, I THINK THIS CASE IS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS INVESTIGATION, THE DEFENSE HAS ARGUED, IS TAINTED. AND THE PROSECUTION AGAINST KAREN REED HAVE PROVEN THE CASE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. AND I THINK THEY FELL SHORT IN SOME AREAS THAT KAREN REED DECLINED TO TESTIFY IN HER OWN DEFENSE. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT DECISION AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE DEFENSE’S CLOSING ARGUMENTS ? >> IT IS A SMART DECISION FOR TWO REASONS. ONE, BASED ON THE OF THE CASE. AND TWO, SHE JUST HAS A RIGHT AS A FIFTH AMENDMENT. THESE THE TYPE OF CASE WHERE IF YOU’RE THE DEFENSE ALLEGING THAT THERE’S A COVER UP THAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF THE PURVIEW OF YOUR CLIENT THE DEFENDANT THAT THERE’S NOT MUCH THEY COULD TESTIFY TO. WHAT WOULD KAREN REED BE ABLE TO SAY? WHEN I WAS DRUNK AND PASSED OUT IN MY BEDROOM, SOME A FEW MILES AWAY, THE PEOPLE THAT MY MY BOYFRIEND THOUGHT WERE FRIENDS WERE PLANTING EVIDENCE. SHE DOESN’T KNOW THAT. SHE’S MERELY KNOWS WHAT SHE DID AND DIDN’T DO. AND I DON’T THINK AS MUCH HER TESTIMONY CAN GIVE IN A CASE LIKE THIS. SO PLEADING THE FIFTH, IN ESSENCE, AND NOT TESTIFYING, I THINK IS HELPFUL IN A CASE THIS NATURE. >> NOW, AFTER CLOSING ARGUMENTS, THE JUDGE GIVE THE JURY INSTRUCTIONS FOR DELIBERATIONS. WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR THERE ? >> I’M LOOKING TO SEE HOW BOTH SIDES ARGUE THAT THE JUDGE SHOULD INSTRUCT THE JURY AS TO CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. WHAT A JURY SHOULD DO WITH THAT CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. COMPETING EXPERT WITNESSES. THIS IS A BIT OF A BATTLE OF THE EXPERTS, SO TO SPEAK. WE’VE MENTIONED THE FIFTH AMENDMENT. WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN HAVE ANY INFERENCE IS AGAINST KAREN REED BECAUSE SHE DID NOT TESTIFY WHEN SHE CAN’T. AND OF COURSE, THE DEFINITION OF REASONABLE DOUBT, I THINK IN A CASE LIKE THIS, IT’S NOT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT KAREN REED KILLED JOHN O’KEEFE. IT’S WHETHER OR NOT THE PROSECUTION PROVED THAT BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. 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OFFICER KEVIN WAS ON DUTY AT A NEW JERSEY SHOPPING CENTER WHEN A CALL CAME IN ABOUT A NEARBY FIRE. SO HE RUSHED OVER AND PULLED THE MAN FROM HIS BURNING APARTMENT. SMOKE FILLED THE BUILDING. LONG SAID IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, BUT THE RISK IS PART OF THE JOB. A MAN AND HIS WIFE ARE NOW STAYING WITH FAMILY. SURGEON GENERAL IS DECLARING GUN VIOLENCE A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IN THE U.S.. FIREARM VIOLENCE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. NOW, DR. VIVEK MURTHY CALLING TO STRENGTHEN GUN REGULATIONS AND PENALIZE PEOPLE WHO FAIL TO SAFELY STORE THEIR WEAPONS. CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT PIERRE THOMAS HAS ,MORE HYPE HERE. >> DIANE, GOOD MORNING. THE SURGEON GENERAL HAS DECIDED FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT THE NATION’S LEVEL OF GUN VIOLENCE HAS REACHED SUCH PERVASIVE LEVELS THAT IT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED, THAT THE TIME COME TO CALL IT A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. MUCH OF VIVEK MURTHY CONCERNED APPEARS ROOTED IN DISTURBING NEW TRENDS, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT GUN VIOLENCE HAS RECENTLY EMERGED AS THE LEADING CAUSE DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS IN THIS COUNTRY. THE SURGEON GENERAL PROVIDES A SERIES OF STAGGERING STATISTICS TO MAKE HIS CASE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE NATION’S RATE OF GUN VIOLENCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IS AT LEAST FIVE TIMES HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER MAJOR WEALTHY COUNTRY. HE BELIEVES THAT GUN VIOLENCE IS TRAUMATIZING NOT ONLY THE BODIES BUT THE MINDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, FAMILIES AND ENTIRE COMMUNITIES. HIS OFFICE SAYS THAT NEARLY SIX OUT OF EVERY TEN ADULTS IN THIS COUNTRY WORRIES ON SOME LEVEL THAT ONE OF THEIR LOVED ONES WILL BECOME VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE. HIS ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY EMPHASIZES NEED FOR MORE FUNDING TO PROVIDE MORE ACCESS ,MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS. DIANE. >> PIERRE THOMAS, THANK YOU. AND ABC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. LUKE BATTELLE IS JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. DR. PATEL, WHAT DOES THE SURGEON GENERAL’S ANNOUNCEMENT SHOW ABOUT HOW GUN VIOLENCE AFFECTS YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE U.S.? THEN THE BIGGEST THING THIS REPORT REALLY SHOWED, WHICH IS IT FLAT OUT, STAGGERING NUMBERS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE GO BACK TO 2005 18 COMPARED TO OTHER HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES. IF YOU’RE LOOKING AT DEATHS BY FIREARM AND CHILDREN, NINE OUT OF TEN OF THEM OCCURRED IN THE UNITED STATES. >> AND THEN FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS TO 2020. >> GUN VIOLENCE SURPASSED CAR ACCIDENTS AS A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE. >> THIS IS STAGGERING. 20, 23, WE HAD OVER 40,000 DEATHS BY FIREARMS. AND WE AREN’T JUST TALKING ABOUT DEATHS THEMSELVES BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT FIREARM INJURIES ARE ALSO VERY WIDESPREAD. THIS REPORT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE FACT THAT WHILE MASS SHOOTINGS ARE THIS HARROWING, WE SEE ALL TOO OFTEN ABOUT 600 A YEAR. THEY ONLY MAKE UP ABOUT 1% OF FIREARM DEATHS. WHEN YOU ADD ACCIDENTS, HOMICIDES, LEGAL INTERVENTION, SUICIDES, ACCIDENTS. SO THIS REPORT REALLY LAYS OUT THE ENTIRE LANDSCAPE OF WHAT FIREARM VIOLENCE REALLY MEANS IN AMERICA AND HOW IT AFFECTS ALMOST ALL OF US. >> AND YOU SAY PEOPLE SOMETIMES FORGET THAT IT’S NOT JUST GUN DEATHS THAT HAVE AN IMPACT, BUT ALSO GUN RELATED INJURIES. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THAT FRONT ON, GUN RELATED INJURIES? IT REALLY IS PERVASIVE. REPORTS ACTUALLY SHOW THAT OVER 50% OF AMERICANS ARE THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY FIREARM INJURY OR HAVE HAD A FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND WHO HAVE. AND WE KNOW THAT FIREARM INJURIES CAN HAVE THIS DEVASTATING TOLL ON VICTIMS COMMUNITIES, FAMILIES PEOPLE AFRAID TO GO OUT, TO GO TO CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS. THE ACTUAL INJURIES THEMSELVES CAN HAVE THIS HUGE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH TOLL. OBVIOUSLY FIREARM INJURIES CAN LEAD PEOPLE IN CHRONIC PAIN OR DISABILITIES, BUT ALSO CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, PTSD. THIS ALL GREATLY IMPACTS EVERYONE’S WAY OF LIFE, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. >> AND MURTHY NOW SAYS THAT IT’S TIME FOR THE U.S. TO TAKE THIS ISSUE OUT OF THE REALM OF POLITICS AND PUT IT IN THE REALM OF PUBLIC HEALTH. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHY IS THIS BEING TOLD TO US BY, A DOCTOR? >> YOU KNOW, IT’S — IT’S COMMONLY BEING SAID THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH. >> WE NEED TO ADOPT. FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT, WHAT THIS REALLY COMES DOWN TO. IF YOU LOOK AT CORE DEFINITIONS OF A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH, THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS REALLY LAY OUT THE PROBLEM. WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS REALLY SHOW THEN? WHAT ARE THE PROVEN RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS? NEXT, HOW DO WE GET WIDESPREAD ADOPTION? AND LAST, HOW DO WE EVALUATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE’VE ACTUALLY MADE CHANGE? AND A LOT OF THIS STARTS WITH GETTING RESEARCH FUNDING TO MAKING SURE WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT ALL OF THESE FACTORS. >> WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, IS AND HOW DO WE ADDRESS IT. AND WE’VE SEEN THIS APPROACH WORK FOR THINGS SUCH AS TOBACCO. AND IF WE AT MOTOR VEHICLES, I THINK LOOKING AT THE AUTO INDUSTRY IS AN IMPORTANT EXAMPLE BECAUSE TO REDUCE AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILE DEATHS. YOU’RE LOOKING AT VEHICLE SAFETY RESTRICTIONS, YOU’RE LOOKING AT RESEARCH, YOU’RE LOOKING AT ROAD SPEED LIMITS, ALL OF THIS, THESE BEHAVIORAL STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE SAVING LIVES, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO FIREARM VIOLENCE AND ALL HANDS ON DECK MULTI ANGLE APPROACH THAT IS ABOVE POLITICS AND SINGLE SOLUTIONS BECAUSE IT CLEARLY REQUIRES MORE THAN THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL. THANK YOU. AND AS WE GET READY FOR ONE OF THE BUSIEST BEACH WEEKENDS OF THE SUMMER, WE ARE BRINGING AWARENESS TO SOMETHING CALLED A DOUBLE DROWNING. BYSTANDERS WHO TRY TO RESCUE SOMEONE STRUGGLING IN THE WATER OFTEN GET THEMSELVES IN TROUBLE TO. ABC NEWS CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE TOOK PART IN A SIMULATION AIMED AT PREVENTING TRAGEDY. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME DENNIS AND SHANNON CANNING COME BACK TO THIS BEACH ON LAKE MICHIGAN SINCE THEY LOST THEIR SON TOM IN THOSE VERY WATERS TWO YEARS AGO. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER HUSBAND AND FATHER TRIED TO RESCUE A YOUNG GIRL. HE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW. >> SHE WAS STRUGGLING IN THE WATER. SHE SURVIVED. AND HE DID NOT. >> TOM, I COULD TELL, WAS CONTEMPLATING WHAT TO DO. THEY HANDED ME HIS HAT AND HIS PHONE AND STARTED WALKING TOWARD THE WATER’S EDGE. WE ALL UNDERESTIMATE HOW TURBULENT, HOW STRONG THIS REALLY IS AND THAT CAN OVERCOME YOU. SO QUICKLY. >> IT’S A HIDDEN DANGER. WE SEE EVERY SUMMER. PARENTS AND BRAVE STRANGERS ATTEMPTING TO RESCUE PEOPLE OUT OF THE WATER, OFTEN ON BEACHES WITHOUT LIFEGUARDS. >> WHILE SOME ARE SUCCESSFUL FAR TOO OFTEN, NEITHER THE VICTIM NOR THE SURVIVE. >> THEY MIGHT HAVE THIS CONFIDENCE BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW TO SWIM. THEY MAKE THAT INSTANT DECISION. JUMP IN. THAT’S UNFORTUNATELY THE MOMENT WHEN THEY LEARN THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY DIFFICULT TASK. >> KEEP THIS PERSON AT THE SURFACE. IT TURNS INTO A DOUBLE DROWNING . TO ILLUSTRATE JUST HOW DIFFICULT IT BE TO RESCUE SOMEONE FROM TURBULENT WATER, I TEAMED UP WITH CERTIFIED LIFEGUARDS AT SCHOOL AND SURF AT THE WATERPARK INSIDE THE AMERICAN DREAM MALL HERE. CHOPPY WAVES WILL HELP SIMULATE THE CHAOS IN THE OCEAN OR THE GREAT LAKES. MY FIRST CHALLENGE. RESCUE. NOT A PERSON, BUT THIS £10 RUBBER DIVING BRICK WHICH LIFEGUARDS USE TO TEST THEIR STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE. I DIVE IN AND GRAB THE BRICK AND MAKE IT BACK TO SHORE. THESE WAVES ARE ONLY TWO FEET TALL, BUT ALREADY IT WAS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE. MY LEGS AND ERNIE. NEXT, WE RAISED THE BAR. THIS. IT’S 12 YEAR OLD COMPETITIVE SURFER CUDA WHO’S GOING TO SIMULATE A DROWNING WHICH CAN BE DANGEROUS TO THE PERSON RESCUING BECAUSE VICTIMS OFTEN PANIC AND THEN CAN DRAG YOU UNDER. AFTER A SHORT BREAK, I PLUNGE BACK IN. THIS TIME IT FEELS MORE REAL. AS SOON AS I TAKE ON THAT WEIGHT, I IMMEDIATELY STRUGGLE TO KEEP MY HEAD ABOVE WATER. FORTUNATELY, SINCE THIS IS SHALLOW AND I’M NOT FIGHTING A RIP CURRENT, I DON’T NEED TO HOLD HIM UP VERY LONG. >> IF ANY OF THIS LOOKS LIKE IT WAS EASY, IT WAS. AND FOR GOOD MEASURE, WE ASKED TO VOLUNTEER DADS TO GIVE BOTH SCENARIOS A TRY. LIKE ME, RYAN SUCCESSFULLY BOTH THE BRICK AND THE DROWNING VICTIM, BUT ALSO LIKE ME, IT WAS A LOT HARDER THAN HE THOUGHT. >> EVEN JUST SWIMMING OUT THERE ,I HARDLY WENT UP. IT WAS VERY, VERY TIRING. THE WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR OTHER VOLUNTEER MIKE, BEFORE HE EVEN MAKES IT TO THE BREAK? THIS DAD OF THREE SIGNALS TO THE LIFEGUARDS. HE JUST CAN’T GET THERE. >> YOU THINK YOU CAN DO IT BY? THE WAVES GETTING SWIMMING AND YOU FEEL LIKE GETTING TIRED AND TIRED. MY ARMS WERE HURTING. I EVEN NOW, MY HEIGHT IS LIKE, BOOM, BOOM. IT’S A LOT MORE TIRING THAN. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE. AND EXPERTS WARNED US IF THIS THE OCEAN OR THE GREAT LAKES, IT WOULD BE INFINITELY MORE CHALLENGING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF RIP CURRENTS IN THE POOL. >> YOU HAVE A CONTROLLED IN THE OCEAN. YOU ARE IN A RELATIVELY SAFE OR SEEMINGLY SAFE POSITION. ONE MOMENT AND THE NEXT YOU’RE SWEPT YOUR FEET AND YOU’RE 50 TO 100 YARDS OUT TO SEA. >> YOU REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT HIT YOU. MIKE SAYS DESPITE HIS STRUGGLE, IF IT HIS OWN KIDS, HE’D STILL TRY TO RESCUE THEM, WHICH WOULD PUT OWN LIFE AT RISK. BUT THERE IS A SAFER WAY. BRING A FLOTATION, WHICH COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS A BOOGIE BOARD. >> HERE’S HOW YOU COULD USE IT. FAR AWAY FROM THEM. SO THEN WHEN YOU HAD THEM, HE’S NOT RIGHT ON TOP OF YOU IN SAFE DISTANCE. YOU SAY, RELAX, I’M HERE TO SAVE YOU. I TRIED MY RESCUE AGAIN. THE DIFFERENCE? STAGGERING. HAVING THE BOOGIE BOARD WAS EVERYTHING. IT MADE IT SO MUCH EASIER. I WAS CALMER. IT FELT LIKE I HAD DISTANCE BETWEEN ME AND THE PERSON. >> THAT DISTANCE GAVE ME CONFIDENCE. MIKE ALSO GIVES IT ANOTHER GO. THIS TIME HE MAKES IT OUT TO THE BREAK AND ALL THE WAY BACK TO SHORE WAS STILL TIRING, BUT IT WAS A LOT EASIER BECAUSE OF THAT EXTREME FATIGUE. >> THE UNITED STATES LIFESAVING WARNS AGAINST US REGULAR FOLKS ATTEMPTING A RESCUE. INSTEAD FIRST ALERT A LIFEGUARD AND CALL 911. IF THE VICTIM IS IN A RIP CURRENT, TRY YELLING INSTRUCTIONS. TELL THEM TO CALM DOWN, FLOAT ON YOUR BACK AND SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. OUT OF THE CURRENT AND NEVER AGAINST IT IF YOU’RE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THEM, THROW THEM SOMETHING THAT FLOATS LIKE THAT BOOGIE BOARD, A POOL NOODLE. MAYBE BEACH BALL OR EVEN A COOLER. IF ALL THAT FAILS, WELL, IT’S NOT RECOMMENDED. EXPERTS SAY IF YOU DO ATTEMPT A WATER RESCUE, DO NOT GO IN WITHOUT A FLOTATION DEVICE. >> YES, I’M NOT. IT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS RESCUE AND A LESSON THIS DAD WON’T SOON FORGET. AND GINGER ZEE JOINS ME NOW FROM SEABRIGHT, NEW JERSEY, WITH MORE ON THIS. GINGER, YOU’RE AN EXPERIENCED SWIMMER, SO HOW SURPRISED WERE YOU AT HOW HARD IT IS TO STAY ABOVE WATER WHEN YOU’RE TRYING TO SUPPORT SOMEONE ELSE TO? I WAS SLOW. I WAS INEFFICIENT. I WAS EXHAUSTED ALL. IT WAS SO FAST THAT I GOT EXHAUSTED AND I KEPT IMAGINING IT BEING ONE OF MY SONS OUT THERE. AND I KNOW ADRENALINE WOULD BE, BUT WITHOUT THIS, I WOULD NEVER GO IN AGAIN. SO THAT’S WHAT I’M TAKING AWAY. I WOULD ALWAYS GO IN WITH SOMETHING TO FLOAT BOTH OF US. >> THIS BEING THAT BOOGIE BOARD THAT YOU’RE HOLDING, I FOUND IT REALLY INTERESTING THAT A COOLER CAN ALSO BE USED AS A FLOTATION DEVICE IN A PINCH. IT’S SUCH A GREAT TIP. WHAT ELSE STUCK OUT TO YOU THAT YOU THOUGHT? YOU KNOW, I CAN REALLY USE THIS IF I’M EVER IN A JAM? THAT’S THE THING IS I CAN GO LOOKING OUT AROUND THIS BEACH RIGHT NOW. AND I NOW WOULD AND SAY, OKAY, I’M GOING TO GRAB THIS. I COULD GET THIS. ANY OF THAT WOULD WORK IF I OUT THERE TO THEM, HERE IS THE BEST THING. YOU’RE OUT WAY OUT IN THE WATER. YOU FINALLY GOT THERE. BOTH OF YOU ARE SAFE FLOATING ON THE FLOTATION DEVICE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A WHOLE HERO. YOU COULD BE A HALF HERO. STAY OUT THERE. 911 HAS BEEN CALLED. PROS ARE ON THE WAY. YOU DON’T HAVE TO HEAR IT THE WAY BACK TO THE SHORELINE. AND THAT’S THE INSTINCT THAT YOU THINK YOU GOT TO GET BACK. BUT IF YOU’RE BOTH OKAY, YOU CAN WAIT IT OUT. AND I GOT JUST I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A BUMPER STICKER THERE JUST BE A HALF HERO. THAT’S THAT’S GOOD ENOUGH. GINGER, WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE MAIN THINGS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW IF THEY DO SEE SOMEONE POTENTIALLY DROWNING? BECAUSE IT’S EASIER TO SAY STAY ON THE BEACH AND WAIT FOR HELP. >> BUT WHEN YOU’RE ACTUALLY THERE, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING SWIM WHERE THERE’S A LIFEGUARD. I MEAN HERE AT THE SHORE. YOU YOU SWIM RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM BECAUSE. THESE GUYS ARE TRAINED. WE’VE ACTUALLY BEEN WATCHING A BUNCH OF THEM TRAIN THIS MORNING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE. SO IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE THE HERO. CAN HAVE SOMEONE WHO’S GOT THE FLOTATION DEVICE. THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY’RE DOING. AND THEN WEATHER WISE, LET ME TELL YOU, LIKE EVERY OTHER FORECAST WE KNOW THE OCEAN IS GOING TO BE ROUGH. WE KNOW THE TYPE OF WIND DIRECTIONS AND SPEEDS THAT MAKE RIP CURRENTS. IF YOU SEE A FLAG UP OR YOU FOLLOW THOSE SHORELINE, BOTH IN THE GREAT LAKES AND THE OCEAN, FORECAST DON’T GO IN THE OCEAN AND YOU WON’T HAVE A PROBLEM ON THOSE. BEST WAYS TO PREVENT THE DANGEROUS SITUATION FROM HAPPENING TO BEGIN WITH. ABC NEWS CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE. GINGER, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE, MAJOR RECORD LABELS ARE SUING AIR COMPANIES. WHY THEY’RE CLAIMING COPYRIGHT AND HOW I COULD RESHAPE THE INDUSTRY. PLUS, TRAVEL. YOU STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GET AWAY AND WE HAVE SOME GREAT TO SHARE. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> GET READY, AMERICA. EVERY FRIDAY, THE HOTTEST TRENDS AND MUST HAVE. BUT WHAT’S THE RIGHT STUFF TO BUY RIGHT NOW? I REALLY LOVE THAT IT’S TIME TO BUY THE RIGHT STUFF AND SEE BIG TIME TO DO THE RIGHT STUFF. FRIDAYS ON "GMA". YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, 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 TO 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER. 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. THURSDAY ON THE DAY OF THEIR FIRST DEBATE STREAM, ABC NEWS LIVE FOR ALL THE BREAKING PRE-DEBATE CHANNELS AND COVERAGE. THEN AT 7 P.M. EASTERN STREAM, A SPECIAL EDITION OF ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS AND EIGHT EASTERN, DAVID HUME AND THE ABC NEWS SPECIAL THE RACE, THE WHITE HOUSE. AND THEN WATCH THE CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SIMULCAST STREAMING LIVE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. AND STAY WITH ABC LIVE FOR THE INSTANT REACTION AND ALL THE FALLOUT AFTER THE DEBATE ALL NIGHT. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAD PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE, THE BRAD PACK SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. THE CRITICS AGREE, AIDED THE BRAD PACK. >> WHAT A DISASTER. WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSE? >> AND NOW, LIKE I SAY, WE’RE BEETLES. WELL, WE DIDN’T SELL SHEA STADIUM 85. I THINK WE COULD HAVE HAD. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, MAJOR RECORD LABELS ARE SUING AIR COMPANIES, CLAIMING COPYRIGHT. THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA CLAIMS AIR MUSIC COMPANIES SUNIL AND UDO TRAINED THEIR PROGRAMS USING, FAMOUS ARTISTS SONGS WITHOUT PERMISSION. THE PROGRAMS CAN EVEN GENERATE FAKE SONGS, MIMICKING FAMOUS ARTISTS VOICES LIKE THIS ONE CREATED TO SOUND LIKE JASON DERULO AND THE KICKING. >> LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, A GOOGLE CHECK POLICY FELLOW MIKE MUSE FOR MORE. MIKE, YOU’RE LAUGHING. I DON’T LIKE THAT SONG. HA HA HA. TRY AGAIN. A SO THE RECORD LABELS SAY THAT’S NOT THE PROBLEM. SO THEY’RE PROBABLY HAPPY TO HEAR IT. THEY SAY THESE A.I. MODELS ONLY WORK COPYING TONS OF SONGS AND INFRINGING COPYRIGHT IN THE PROCESS. >> SO WALK US THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY HERE. HOW DOES IT WORK THAT I’VE GOT TO SAY, THIS IS A TYPE OF CASE I’VE BEEN WAITING TO COME FORWARD AND THE COURT SYSTEM AND AS YOU AND I ALWAYS HAD THESE INCREDIBLE CONVERSATIONS, I TYPICALLY LEAN MORE PRO AI THAN MOST, BUT I’VE BEEN REALLY LOOKING AT THIS IDEA OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE HEART OF IT. SO AT ITS CORE, WHAT THESE GENERATIVE AI COMPANIES ARE DOING, THEY CHATGPT THAT’S A GENERATIVE AI PRODUCT. WHAT THEY DO IS THEY LEARN OFF A DATABASE OF SOURCE MATERIAL. AND SO WHAT THESE MUSIC COMPANIES HAVE DONE IS THEY HAVE ESSENTIALLY HAD TRAINED THE COMPUTER SYSTEM TO OUTPUT A SONG, BUT THEY HAVE TRAINED ON SONGS SIMILAR OR ACTUALLY HAVE TRAINED ON JASON DERULO SONGS UNTO ITSELF TO CREATE A NEW OUTPUT. AND SO THAT IS THE HEART OF IT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, THE TECHNOLOGY ASPECT OF IT AND WHAT WE MEAN BY TRAINING AT AT THE HEART OF THIS LAWSUIT, BILL, COMES DOWN TO THE ISSUE OF FAIR USE AND THE RECORD LABELS AND THE TECH COMPANIES ARE BOTH USING THE TERMINOLOGY OF FAIR USE TO TRY TO WIN THEIR CASE. IN PARTICULAR, EXCUSE ME, DAN, WHEN I LOOK AT MY PHONE, I TOOK SOME NOTES FOR IT, PARTICULAR THE CEO, A PSEUDO HE SAYS, QUOTE, OUR TECHNOLOGY IS TRANSFORMING. IT IS DESIGNED TO GENERATE COMPLETELY NEW OUTPUTS. THAT’S A KEY WORD, TRANSFORMING THAT BECAUSE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE CREATED OUTPUT AND THESE SONG IS BASED UPON FAIR USE, IT HAS TO BE A TRANSFORMATIVE. AND WHAT LEGISLATION MEAN BY TRANSFORMATIVE IS IT HAS TO BE USED DIFFERENTLY THAN THE ORIGINAL OF IT. AND SO THIS IS WHAT THESE MUSIC COMPANIES ARE STANDING ON, WHICH IS IT’S A NEW TRANSFORMATIVE WORK, NOT THE ORIGINAL. >> OH, SOUNDS LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE A TRICKY LEGAL ONE. MIKE A NUMBER OF WRITERS, COMEDIANS, LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SUED COMPANIES OVER THE USE OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. SO HOW BIG OF AN ISSUE THIS OVERALL AND WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS LEGAL BATTLE HEADING FROM HERE? >> THIS IS HUGE BECAUSE I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR CERTAIN CASES COME FORWARD. THIS MUSIC MAN IS GOING TO BE A STRONG CASE TO COME FORWARD BECAUSE WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE IS WE PLAYED THE JASON DERULO SONG, BUT ANOTHER PART OF THE SONGS THAT ARE ON THESE MUSIC SITES RIGHT NOW IS MOTOWN, THE TEMPTATIONS AND MARIAH CAREY’S ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS. WHAT THE RECORD LABEL STRONG DEFENSE IS GOING TO BE IS THAT THEY ARE USING THE HEART OF AN ORIGINAL COPYRIGHT IN ORDER TO SELL OR BE TRANSFORMATIVE. YOU CAN’T USE THE HARD OF IT. >> THINK THAT HOOK THAT WE THINK ABOUT FROM MARIAH CAREY ALL I WANT FROM CHRISTMAS. >> AND SO THAT’S THE HEART OF IT. SO THEY’RE USING THAT FOR THE NEW OUTPUT. THE RECORD LABELS ACTUALLY HAVE A STRONG CASE TO STAND ON. AND WE JUST GOT TO MAKE NEW SERENADE AS A BONUS AS WELL. I TRY ANYTHING FOR YOU. NOW, MIKE, SOME ARGUE THAT I SHOULD NOT BE FOCUSED ON ART OR MUSIC AT ALL. RIGHT. THE SONGWRITING PART, THE SINGING PART. THAT PART’S THE FUN PART. SO WHEN ARE WE GETTING THE LAUNDRY FOLDER PUT AWAY? >> THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. I WANT TO KNOW THE EXACT SAME THING AS I HAD. >> BUT WHAT’S INTERESTING IS TO POINT THE MUSIC LABELS ARE ACTUALLY AGREEING WITH YOU ON THAT ONE. THEY’RE SAYING, BUY THESE TECH COMPANIES STANDING ON THE USE OF FAIR USE. ARE THEY BEING DISINGENUOUS AND ARE PREVENTING INNOVATION FROM GOING FORWARD THAT COULD HELP A.I. SUCH AS FOLDING YOUR LAUNDRY? OKAY, WELL, WHATEVER THAT PART IS, I’M BEHIND ABC NEWS GOOGLE TECH POLICY FELLOW MIKE VIEWS AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR THANKS MIKE. >> COMING UP HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE SUMMER TRAVEL ARE STILL OUT THERE WHY EUROPE IS SUCH A HOT SPOT AND WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE BEST DEALS. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO OUT ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET. WHEREVER THE STORY IS. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE, YOU’RE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS, LIVE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> HEY, EVERYONE IN AMERICA. WOW. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. ARE YOU READY? >> COVERING THE BIGGEST EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. SO I’M GOING ON. >> YOU KNOW, JUST SEE IT. YOU FEEL IT. I’M IN. I’M IN. I’M IN. I’M IN. GYM IN HERE. I AM HERE. AND SO HAPPY I’M HERE. I MEAN, YOU, MICHAEL, FOR YOUR LIFE. >> LET’S GO. THIS SHIP IS INCREDIBLE. IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE. WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. LOOK AT THAT. OH, MY GOSH. WOW. WE ARE HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN . HAMMER, HAMMER, HAMMER. IT DOESN’T GET ANY MORE CUTTING . AND 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 MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> HI, I’M MANDY. AND I’M SABRINA. AND WE’RE 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. >> GET YOUR PODCASTS. TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT TO THE US-MEXICO BORDER. I’M MARY BRUCE. THE STORY IS WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . >> WELCOME BACK. AMERICANS ARE ON THE MOVE THIS SUMMER. THE TSA SAYS SUNDAY MARKED ITS BUSIEST DAY, SCREENING ALMOST 3 MILLION PEOPLE AT US AIRPORTS . AND THE FAA SAID IT EXPECTS THIS THURSDAY TO BE EVEN BUSIER WITH CLOSE TO 54,000 FLIGHTS. AND MANY OF THOSE AMERICANS ARE TO EUROPE. ABC’S CHRISTIANE CORDERO HAS MORE ON WHY HOW YOU CAN BOOK A LAST MINUTE TRIP WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK. >> EUROPE IS ALWAYS A POPULAR TRAVEL DESTINATION. LEAD ECONOMIST AT TRAVEL SITE HOPPER HAILEY BERG SAYS THERE’S EVEN MORE DEMAND IN THE SUMMER. >> WE’RE EXPECTING ABOUT 57,000 FLIGHTS TO TAKE OFF FROM U.S. AIRPORTS HEADED TO EUROPEAN CENTERS. >> BERG SAYS TRAVEL BOOKINGS TO SURGED THIS TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE KIDS ARE OFF FROM SCHOOL. AND FOR MOST OF EUROPE, THE WEATHER IS BEST DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. >> GOOD NEWS FOR TRAVELERS TO EUROPE. PRICES ARE DOWN ABOUT 16% COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR. >> IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO GET A DEAL ON A LAST MINUTE TRIP, BERG SAYS, YOU’LL NEED TO ACT FAST AND BOOK NOW. SHE SUGGESTS SKIPPING THE MOST POPULAR AND DESTINATIONS LIKE LONDON, ROME AND ESPECIALLY PARIS, WHERE THE OLYMPICS WILL BE HOSTED LATER THIS JULY, OPTING FOR THAT ARE MORE OFF THE BEATEN PATH. I RECOMMEND REYKJAVIK AND STOCKHOLM. ALL THREE ARE STILL UNDER FIVE OR $600 ROUND TRIP FROM THE U.S. THIS SUMMER HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TEMPERATE WEATHER DURING THOSE HOTTEST MONTHS AND ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE FEWER CROWDS. >> SHE SAYS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO SAVE FLY DURING THE WEEK. >> YOU’LL SAVE $400 PER TICKET IF YOU CAN DEPART ON TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY AND RETURN EARLY IN THE WEEK. SKIP FRIDAY OR SATURDAY DEPARTURES, WHICH WILL BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE. >> AND IF YOU’RE FLEXIBLE, CONSIDER SHIFTING YOUR VACATION TO THE END OF AUGUST OR EARLY SEPTEMBER. >> WE TYPICALLY SEE PRICES ARE 30% LOWER IF YOU TRAVEL AT THE END OF SUMMER, EARLY. SO FOR THOSE FLEXIBLE TRAVELERS, THIS IS ONE WAY THAT YOU CAN SAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT AND GET MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK WHEN YOU’RE IN THE REGION. CHRISTINE CORDERO, ABC NEWS. CHRISTINE, THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT TO HOPPER. HAILEY NOW. HOPPER. HAILEY BERG JOINING ME FOR SOME TRAVEL TIPS. HAILEY, IF YOU ARE BOOKING A LAST MINUTE TRIP, WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT IN TERMS OF PRICING FOR AIRFARE, HOTELS AND CAR RENTALS? >> IF YOU’RE BOOKING AT THE LAST DOMESTIC OR ABROAD IN EUROPE, YOU SHOULD EXPECT PRICES BE HIGH. MOST TRAVELERS ARE GETTING THE LOWEST PRICES THINK UNDER $300 ROUNDTRIP ON DOMESTIC FOR $700 ON INTERNATIONAL. >> IF THEY BOOK 3 TO 4 MONTHS IN ADVANCE. SO IF YOU’RE BOOKING A SUMMER VACATION, YOU’RE PROBABLY SEEING DOMESTIC AIRFARE WELL OVER $300. AIRFARE TO EUROPE, WELL OVER $1,000 ROUNDTRIP. SAME FOR HOTELS AND RENTAL CARS. PRICES WILL BE ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 40% MORE EXPENSIVE IF YOU’RE BOOKING AT THE VERY MINUTE. >> AND WHAT ABOUT DESTINATION DUPES? DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MORE AFFORDABLE OPTIONS TO TYPICAL HOTSPOTS? >> NOW, WE TYPICALLY SEE A LOT OF DEMAND TO MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL CITIES DURING THE SUMMER. THINK ABOUT THE ISLANDS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. TENERIFE SAY THE CANARY ISLANDS. VERY POPULAR, VERY EXPENSIVE DESTINATION. >> BUT YOU CAN TRADE THOSE IN FOR DESTINATIONS LIKE BARCELONA OR ANYWHERE IN PORTUGAL. WE TYPICALLY SEE FARES ANYWHERE FROM 300 TO $500 LESS EXPENSIVE IN SUMMER AND AT THE END OF SUMMER, IF YOU SWAP OUT THOSE MORE EXPENSIVE ISLAND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND NEAR EUROPE FOR SOMETHING MORE MAINLAND AND A LITTLE LESS EXPENSIVE. >> SO LOOKING AHEAD, THE BEST TIME TO PLAN A FALL TRIP. NOW IS THE TIME TO BOOK A TRIP, WHETHER YOU’RE GOING INTERNATIONAL OR JUST SNEAKING ANOTHER U.S. BASED VACATION. START MONITORING PRICES NOW AND YOU’LL HAVE THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO DECIDE ON DATES AND BOOK THOSE TRIPS. THE BEST PART IS, IF YOU PLAN THAT FALL VACATION NOW, YOU’RE GOING TO SAVE AT LEAST 30% ON HOTELS AND ON FLIGHTS. >> ALL RIGHT. HARPERS, HALEY BURG, WE APPRECIATE IT. HALEY, THANK YOU. >> GREAT BEING WITH YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M DYING TO SAY TO ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA THE NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> GET READY, AMERICA. EVERY FRIDAY, THE HOTTEST TRENDS, STYLES AND MUST HAVE. BUT WHAT’S THE RIGHT STUFF TO BUY RIGHT NOW? I REALLY LOVE THAT IT’S TIME TO BUY THE RIGHT STUFF AND SEE BIG TIME TO DO THE RIGHT STUFF. FRIDAYS ON "GMA". YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM NEWS? THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. 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DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS WHEN YOU "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE" SECRETS OF THE TO GO TO? >> THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THIS NOW STREAMING ON HULU. >> ARE YOU READY TO CELEBRATE SUNDAY JUNE 30TH ACROSS THE COUNTRY SCENE EXPERIENCED OF THE NATION’S GREATEST PRIDE CELEBRATIONS ALL IN ONE PLACE AS THEY HAPPEN LIVE RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS. LIE PRIDE ACROSS AMERICA, CELEBRATE JOY, LOVE, FREEDOM AND PRIDE. SUNDAY, JUNE 30TH, STARTING AT 11 A.M. EASTERN TIME, STREAMING ON ABC NEWS LIVE AND STREAM ON HULU. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER 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 MIAMI, FLORIDA. I’M VICTOR OQUENDO. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE. HI, I’M JIM MACEDA TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, JULIAN ASSANGE STRIKES A DEAL FOR HIS FREEDOM. THE WIKILEAKS IS SET TO PLEAD GUILTY TO LEAKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF US CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. WHERE HE’S HEADED NOW AND WHAT’S EXPECTED TO HAPPEN NEXT. JUST TWO DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE OF 2024. HOW PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PREPARING AND WHY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CALLING FOR BIDEN TO BE DRUG TESTED. WHETHER ALERTS COAST TO COAST A DAM IN MINNESOTA IS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE. WHY DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED TO RETURN. WE HAVE TRACK AND TIMING. >> BUT FIRST, WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE HAS STRUCK A PLEA DEAL WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS FREEDOM. ASSANGE IS NOW IN BANGKOK AND WILL SOON MAKE HIS WAY TO A COURT IN THE US COMMONWEALTH OF NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. ONCE THERE, HE’S EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO LEAKING A TROVE OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. THE DEAL COULD MAKE HIM A FREE MAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 15 YEARS. ABC NEWS SENIOR CORRESPONDENT TERRY MORAN HAS THE DETAILS. >> JULIAN ASSANGE, WHO FOUNDED WIKILEAKS AND ROCKED GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD WITH, IS SET TO PLEAD GUILTY IN U.S. FEDERAL COURT TO A SINGLE FELONY IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS FREEDOM, ENDING THE YEARS LONG LEGAL SAGA AROUND HIS EXPLOSIVE PUBLICATION OF U.S. STATE SECRETS. OVERNIGHT, ASSANGE LEFT A HIGH SECURITY BRITISH PRISON, A MOMENT THAT CAPPED MONTHS OF QUIET TALKS BETWEEN HIS LAWYERS AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. THE DEAL THAT SET HIM FREE. ASSANGE WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF CONSPIRING TO UNLAWFULLY DISSEMINATE CLASSIFIED AND AVOID FURTHER POTENTIAL PRISON TIME IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS PLEA WILL BE TAKEN IN PERSON AS REQUIRED BY LAW AT. ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE U.S. FEDERAL COURTHOUSES INSIDE PEN IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. AVOIDING SETTING FOOT IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S. AND NEAR HIS NATIVE COUNTRY OF AUSTRALIA, ASSANGE CELEBRATED BY SOME AS A HERO, REVILED BY OTHERS AS A RECKLESS VANDAL. PUBLISHED STATE SECRETS OF COUNTRY AFTER COUNTRY NONE MORE DAMAGING THAN THE VAST TROVE OF US CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WIKILEAKS POSTED ONLINE STARTING IN 2010 AT THE HEIGHT OF U.S. WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. >> WE HOPE TO CORRECT SOME OF THAT ATTACK ON THE TRUTH THAT OCCURRED THE WAR DURING THE WAR, AND WHICH HAS CONTINUED ON SINCE THE WAR OFFICIALLY CONCLUDED. >> NEARLY 750,000 DOCUMENTS IN TOTAL WERE LEAKED, REVEALING U.S. MILITARY ACTIVITIES AND CONFIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC CABLES. NOW, JULIAN ASSANGE IS ON THE VERGE OF FREEDOM. HIS WIFE, A HOPEFUL STATEMENT. >> THIS PERIOD OF OUR LIVES. I’M CONFIDENT NOW HAS COME TO AN END. AND I THINK THAT BY THIS TIME NEXT WEEK, JULIAN WILL BE FREE. >> AS LONG AS HIS FAMILY SAYS HIS HEALTH DETERIORATED DURING HIS YEARS OF INCARCERATION. AT ONE POINT, HE FACED UP TO 170 YEARS IN PRISON. INSTEAD, TODAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A DECADE, HE IS FREE AND HE IS GOING HOME. DIANE ABC NEWS SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT TERRY MORAN. THANK YOU YOU. NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE VIOLENT ABDUCTIONS OF SOME ISRAELI HOSTAGES TAKEN DURING THE OCTOBER SEVEN TERROR ATTACKS. THEIR FAMILIES SAY THEY’RE RELEASING THE FOOTAGE TO PRESSURE PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU TO STRIKE A DEAL TO BRING THEM. CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN HAS MORE FROM TEL AVIV, ISRAEL. >> AND WE DO WANT TO WARN YOU, THIS VIDEO MAY BE DIFFICULT TO WATCH THAT JUST RELEASED VIDEO SHOWING HAMAS GUNMEN RACING THAT THE VIDEO IS GRAPHIC. >> AMERICAN HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN ELIOT COHEN OR LEVY ARE SEEN CRAMMED IN THE BACK OF THAT PICKUP TRUCK. BADLY WOUNDED, SOAKED IN BLOOD. THE VIDEO FROM A HAMAS TERRORIST’S HELMET CAMERA. HERSH’S HEAD PULLED BACK IS ONE OF THE MILITANTS SAYS I WANT TO TAKE A SELFIE WITH HIM. >> AND OVERNIGHT, I MET WITH GOLDBERG-POLIN PARENTS. >> SHE LITERALLY WATCHES FOR THE FIRST TIME A FEW MINUTES AGO. YEAH HOW DOES A MOTHER WATCH HER SON GO THROUGH THAT? >> I’M EVEN SURE YET. I FELT TERRIBLY SORRY FOR HIM. I DON’T THINK THAT ANY PARENT WOULD EVER WANT TO SEE THEIR CHILD IN ANY DISTRESS. >> ALL HOSTAGE FAMILIES, WE ALL FEEL THIS. >> HOW MUCH MORE CAN WE BEAR THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT DOING? >> ENOUGH TO TRY TO SECURE THEIR RELEASE. THE ANSWER IS NO. AND I SAY THAT FOR ONE SIMPLE, INDISPUTABLE FACT 120 HOSTAGES ARE NOT HOME. AND IT’S BEEN 262 DAYS. >> EVEN AS ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER SIGNALS A OF TROOPS IN GAZA. ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES HIT TWO SCHOOLS WHERE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE WERE SHELTERING. 14 PEOPLE KILLED, INCLUDING EIGHT MEMBERS OF A SINGLE. >> DIANE, SOMETHING WE NOTICED OVER THE PAST COUPLE DAYS, SENIOR ISRAELI OFFICIALS FROM THE CHIEF MILITARY SPOKESPERSON TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER NOW TALKING ABOUT HAMAS AS AN IDEA, SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE DESTROYED. SEEMINGLY BACK MONTHS OF RHETORIC AND CLEARLY ONE OF THE PRIMARY GOALS OF THE WHICH WAS TO ERADICATE HAMAS COMPLETELY. DIANE CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN IN ISRAEL. THANK. AND WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING INTERNATIONAL NEWS. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PROTESTING ,TAX HIKES IN KENYA ARE NOW INSIDE PARLIAMENT AND PART OF THE IS ON FIRE. THE BBC REPORTS AT LEAST TEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN CLASHES WITH POLICE. THE TAX WOULD RAISE THE PRICE OF GOODS LIKE BREAD, DIAPERS, EVEN TELEPHONE AND INTERNET. SOME LAWMAKERS EVACUATED THROUGH A TUNNEL, BUT PROTESTERS, OPPOSITION LEGISLATORS WHO VOTED AGAINST THE BILL TO WALK OUT OF THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING. KENYA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION SHARED VIDEO OFFICER SHOOTING AT PROTESTERS, SAYING THEY’LL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON THE ATTACK WITH THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE JUST TWO DAYS AWAY. WHILE THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS FOCUSED ON THE ISSUE ABORTION ACCESS, TRUMP IS CALLING FOR THE PRESIDENT TO BE DRUG TESTED. ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. RACHEL, WHAT’S BEHIND THIS NEW MOVE FROM NOW CALLING FOR A DRUG TEST AHEAD OF THE DEBATE? YEAH YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REALLY HEARD THE FORMER PRESIDENT DIG IN TO HIS ATTACKS AND LISTEN, HE’S BEEN EVERYWHERE SORT OF ON THE SCALE. HE QUESTIONED PRESIDENT BIDEN’S MENTAL FITNESS AND THEN HE WENT ON GOLF TO CALL HIM A WORTHY DEBATER. HE HAS ATTACKED THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT IS SPENDING TIME IN CAMP DAVID, HUDDLED WITH HIS SENIOR ADVISERS PREPARING FOR THAT DEBATE. AND NOW WE ARE HEARING THIS LATEST CLAIM FROM THE FORMER INSISTING THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOULD TAKE A DRUG TEST BEFORE HE EVEN ON THE STAGE. AND OF COURSE, JUST OVER THE WEEKEND, WE HEARD THE FORMER PRESIDENT SUGGEST THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS TAKING SUPPLEMENTS TO SOMEHOW GET JACKED UP, IN HIS WORDS, AHEAD OF PUBLIC APPEARANCES. TO BE CLEAR HERE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THAT. THESE ARE BASELESS AND UNFOUNDED CLAIMS, AND THAT IS HOW THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS RESPONDING, SAYING THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS RESORTING TO THESE UNFOUNDED CLAIMS THAT ARE PURELY LIES. BUT THIS IS A PAGE OUT OF DONALD TRUMP’S PLAYBOOK. WE SAW HIM DO THIS LAST TIME AROUND IN 2020 AND EVEN DID IT IN 2016 WITH HILLARY CLINTON. >> DIANE. SO, RACHEL, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT WHEN THESE TWO CANDIDATES TAKE THE STAGE? YEAH, THIS IS A SIGN OF HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO BE. THEN YOU CAN EXPECT THAT THE ATTACKS JUST MIGHT TURN NASTY. >> AND LOOK, WE ALL THAT DEBATE BETWEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE ONE THAT TURNED INTO A SHOUTING MATCH, OBVIOUSLY, THIS TIME AROUND. THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT COULD PREVENT THAT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE MIKES ARE ONLY GOING TO BE TURNED ON WHEN IT’S THE CANDIDATES TURN TO SPEAK, BUT THAT’S NOT GOING TO STOP THEM FROM GOING AT EACH OTHER. AND SO YOU HAVE THE FORMER PRESIDENT ALREADY SORT OF RAMPING UP HIS ATTACKS ON PRESIDENT BIDEN, BUT THEN ALSO TRYING TO DOWNPLAY SOME OF THE EXPECTED HERE BY CALLING HIM A WORTHY DEBATER. BUT SO MUCH HAS CHANGED, DIANE, SINCE THESE LAST TWO SAW EACH OTHER FACE TO FACE. NAMELY, YOU HAD SIX THAT HAPPENED. AND YOU’VE ALSO HAD THE FORMER PRESIDENT CONVICTED ON THOSE 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. AND, OF COURSE, THAT’S ONE OF MANY INVESTIGATIONS INTO HIM AND RACHEL AND TWO COURT RULINGS LAST NIGHT, FEDERAL JUDGES IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI BLOCKED ASPECTS OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM. 8 MILLION AMERICANS ARE ENROLLED IN THAT PROGRAM. AND THIS HAS LONG BEEN ONE OF BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN PROMISES. SO HOW SIGNIFICANT THESE RULINGS BE TO HIS CAMPAIGN? YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN PRESIDENT WAS MAKING THIS PROMISE TO REALLY FORGIVE A LOT STUDENT LOAN DEBT FOR SO MANY AMERICANS OUT THERE. AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SEEMED VERY CLEAR AND CONFIDENT THAT THIS WAS GOING TO STAND UP IN COURT. AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST YEAR ARE CHALLENGE CHALLENGE ON PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM. WE’VE SEEN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TRY TO PURSUE OTHER LEGAL AVENUES TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS RELIEF GETS TO PEOPLE OUT IN THE COUNTRY. BUT THIS IS GOING TO FRUSTRATE PART OF THEIR BASE THAT THEY’RE REALLY TO ENERGIZE IN NOVEMBER, AND THAT IS YOUNG VOTERS AND PEOPLE WHO REALLY SAW THIS AS A CAMPAIGN PROMISE FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN. >> SO THERE IS NO DOUBTING THIS IS DEFINITELY A BLOW NOT ONLY IN THE COURTS, BUT ALSO POLITICALLY FOR THE PRESIDENT HEADING INTO NOVEMBER . ALL RIGHT, RACHEL SCOTT. A LOT TO KEEP AN EYE ON. THANK YOU RACHEL. GOT IT. AND THIS THURSDAY NIGHT ON ABC, BE SURE TO WATCH THE CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SIMULCAST. IT ALL STARTS AT 7 P.M. EASTERN WITH THE ABC NEWS SPECIAL. RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. AND WE’RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS IN FORMER PRESIDENT CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE ACCORDING TO TRANSCRIPTS OF AUDIO BY ABC NEWS. TRUMP PRIVATELY EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT TURNING OVER CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AFTER A SUBPOENA COULD RESULT IN A CRIMINAL CHARGES. >> ABC NEWS SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS JOINS ME NOW FROM OUTSIDE THAT COURTHOUSE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. KATHERINE, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THESE TRANSCRIPTS AND HOW THEY’RE PLAYING A ROLE IN THIS CASE? >> WELL, THESE NOTES HAVE BEEN CENTRAL TO THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S INVESTIGATION SINCE, REALLY THE VERY BEGINNING OF IT. TO TAKE YOU BACK A LITTLE BIT. THEY HAVE TO DO WITH TRUMP’S FORMER LEAD LAWYER ON THE CASE, EVAN CORCORAN. THERE WAS LITIGATION UNDER SEAL IN D.C. ABOUT PIERCING ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE SO THAT HE COULD THEN SPEAK TO THE GRAND JURY AND PROVIDE NOTES. NOW, THE ARE SIGNIFICANT. THEY’RE NOT PUBLIC. THEY’RE UNDER SEAL. WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO REVIEW THE NOTES AND ESSENTIALLY REPORT WHAT THEY’VE SAID. BUT THEY’RE CENTRAL TO THE ALLEGATIONS BY THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE. THE ALLEGATIONS THAT TRUMP WAS TRYING TO HIDE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS OUT AS A STATE THAT HE WAS TRYING TO MISLEAD. HIS LAWYER, EVAN CORCORAN, AT THE TIME THAT HE WAS TRYING TO OBSTRUCT THE GOVERNMENT’S INVESTIGATION. AND WHAT WE’RE LEARNING HERE, DIANA, AND WAS HUGELY SIGNIFICANT, FRANKLY, IS THE FACT THAT ACCORDING TO HIS LAWYER IN THE NOTES THAT HIS LAWYER TOOK, THAT TRUMP ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY IF HE COMPLIED WITH A SUBPOENA TO HAND BACK TO GOVERNMENT. THOSE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, ESSENTIALLY AN ADMISSION THAT HE MAY BELIEVE THAT HE ACTUALLY HAD DONE SOMETHING WRONG HERE. OF COURSE, HE ENDED NOT COMPLYING WITH THE SUBPOENA, AND THAT IS WHY HE’S CHARGED HERE. BUT WE’RE LEARNING MORE INFORMATION, AT LEAST FROM THESE NOTES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE JUDGE HERE IN FLORIDA WILL CONSIDER. THE TRUMP TEAM, THE DEFENSE TEAM IS ASKING THAT THESE NOTES AND ALL THIS INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S FORMER LAWYER NOT BE ADMISSIBLE IN THE PROCEEDINGS. SO SHE IS CONSIDERING TOSSING THESE NOTES OUT ENTIRELY. AND CATHERINE, GIVEN THESE ARE NOTES FROM HIS FORMER LEAD ATTORNEY, WHY AREN’T THEY PROTECTING OR WOULDN’T THEY BE PROTECTED UNDER ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE? RIGHT. IT’S A GOOD QUESTION, DIANA. AND TYPICALLY THEY ARE. AND WHAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE DID WHEN THE GRAND JURY FOR THIS CASE WAS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., IS THEY ASKED THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE COURT TO ESSENTIALLY PIERCE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE. THEY SAID THAT TRUMP WAS USING HIS LAWYER IN THE FURTHERANCE OF A CRIME, IF YOU WILL. SO THEN THE JUDGE ULTIMATELY FOUND THAT ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE COULD BE UNDER WHAT WE CALL THE CRIME FRAUD EXCEPTION, MEANING THAT SHE FOUND THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY PROSECUTORS THAT TRUMP WAS USING HIS SERVICES TO COMMIT A CRIME. SO THEN EVAN CORCORAN, THAT LAWYER HAD TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE GRAND JURY, TURN OVER ALL SORTS OF EVIDENCE WHICH FRANKLY IS THE MOST DAMNING EVIDENCE, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL BELIEVES, TO THEIR INVESTIGATION. NOW, COURSE, TRUMP’S LAWYERS ARE SAYING, WAIT A SECOND, WE DON’T THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE USED HERE, WHICH COULD BE HUGELY SIGNIFICANT DOWN THE ROAD IN THIS CASE, GIVEN THAT THE INDICTMENT AGAINST TRUMP, FRANKLY, INCLUDES MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF WHAT CORCORAN WHAT THIS LAWYER PROVIDED TO THEM AS EVIDENCE DURING THEIR INVESTIGATION. SO I KNOW THE DEFENSE IS ARGUING THIS, BUT HOW IS THIS ARGUMENT GOING? BECAUSE IF THE PROSECUTION IS USING THESE NOTES AS SUCH A BIG FOUNDATION OF THEIR CASE AND THE JUDGE DECIDES TO THROW THEM OUT, HOW SUCCESSFUL IS THE DEFENSE GOING TO BE IN ARGUING THE WHOLE CASE SHOULD GO. >> RIGHT. IT’S A GREAT QUESTION. WE JUST DON’T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT THE JUDGE WILL DO HERE. BUT LET’S JUST SAY THAT THE DEFENSE IS SUCCESSFUL ON THIS. IT WILL HAVE HUGE IMPLICATIONS ON THIS INDICTMENT. WHAT ULTIMATELY HAPPENS WITH THE INDICTMENT, THAT INFORMATION THAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL RELIED UPON TO BRING THE CHARGES AGAINST TRUMP? AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THIS MEANS THAT IF THIS CASE EVER GOES TO TRIAL OR WHEN IT GOES TO TRIAL, THAT THAT INFORMATION CAN’T BE USED, THAT EVAN KAUFMAN ISN’T A WITNESS. SO DO WE GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE WITH THIS? DOES IT HAVE TO BE PRESENTED A DIFFERENT GRAND JURY, OR DO THEY REVISE THE INDICTMENT? IS IT JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER OR NOT CORCORAN TESTIFIES OR NOT? WE JUST DON’T KNOW. WE DON’T ULTIMATELY KNOW WHAT THE JUDGE WILL DO. WE MAY HAVE A CLEAR INDICATION OF THAT, DIANE, THIS AFTERNOON WHEN SHE HEARS ARGUMENTS NOT ONLY ON THE ADMISSIBILITY OF THE CORCORAN INFORMATION, BUT ON OTHER EVIDENCE THAT WAS GATHERED FROM TRUMP’S HOME AUGUST OF 2022 WHEN THE FBI STARTS IT. ALL RIGHT, KATHERINE FAULDERS, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, A DAM IN MINNESOTA IS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE. WHILE DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED TO RETURN. WE HAVE THE TRACK AND THE TIMING RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. HEBREW UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, THE GAZA STRIP AND BEIRUT FOR THE FBI BEFORE HE IS ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER THE STORY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA IS NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD 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, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE ALL A BUZZ KILL AND BASEBALL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT? >> THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID EVERY TIME A SURVIVOR SHARES THEIR STORY. I WILL NOT BE SILENCED. DO YOU FEEL THE CHURCH ACCEPTED ABUSE? I WON’T SAY ACCEPT AS SO MUCH. >> PRETENDED IT DIDN’T EXIST. YEP. THAT’S HIM. YEP. READY? KYRA PHILLIPS WITH ABC NEWS. >> DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS? THE POWERFUL BY BY "NIGHTLINE". SECRETS OF THE TWO BY TWO CHURCH. THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THIS NOW STREAMING ON HULU LITTLE WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS FIRST EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SAY A MAJOR DAM IN MINNESOTA IS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF COLLAPSE. >> THE MINNESOTA GOVERNOR SAYS THE OVERFLOWING BLUE RIVER STARTED CUTTING A PATH AROUND THE RAPID DAM DAM YESTERDAY. NOW IT’S ON THE VERGE OF COMPLETE FAILURE, POSING A THREAT TO RESIDENTS. >> ABC’S MELISSA DON IS THERE WITH THE LATEST COMMUNITIES ON EDGE AS A DAM IN MINNESOTA IS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF COLLAPSE. AFTER DAYS OF RELENTLESS RAIN THE RAPID AND DAM SUFFERING DAMAGE FROM FLOODING MONDAY MORNING. THE VIOLENT WATER SWEEPING BUILDING AWAY. >> THIS WATER IS NOT SAFE CONTAMINATED WHETHER IT BE THROUGH SEWAGE OR OTHER CONTAMINANTS, OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE SUFFERING FROM TORRENTIAL RAIN. VOLUNTEERS WATERVILLE COMING TOGETHER TO PREPARE SANDBAGS. MANY OTHER STATES IN THE MIDWEST UNDER WATER WITH AT LEAST ONE PERSON DYING IN SOUTH DAKOTA. IN FLOODING ACROSS THE MIDWEST, INCLUDING IN THE SOUTH DAKOTA NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU SEE THIS MASSIVE SINKHOLE CAUSED AFTER MAJOR FLOODING FROM A RIVER OVER THIS COMMUNITY. >> DOWNED POWER LINES, DESTROYED HOMES IN CASE. WE NEEDED ANY REMINDER OF THE DESTRUCTIVE NATURE OF WATER, ARE SEEING IT IN REAL TIME TODAY. >> CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT, THE REGION TAKING A DIRECT HIT. INTERSTATE 29 LOOKING MORE LIKE A RIVER THAN A ROAD. AND THIS RAIL BRIDGE IN NORTH SIOUX CITY PARTIALLY COLLAPSING. IOWA’S SAYS NEARLY 2000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES SUSTAINED DAMAGE . >> OFFICIALS WARNING THAT A COLLAPSE IMMINENT. AND YOU CAN SEE WHY THE DAM OVERFLOWING AND THOSE FLOODWATERS THREATENING THAT HOME YOU SEE BEHIND ME. DIANE, WHEN I SAT. >> THANK YOU. AND LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE FOR MORE ON THE FLOODING THREAT AND THE EXTREME HEAT HOVERING OVER THE U.S.. >> HI, SAMARA. HEY, GOOD MORNING, DIANE. SO I DO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR THAT AREA. IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE QUIETING DOWN IN TERMS OF STORMS. THAT STORM THREAT HAS SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT FARTHER SOUTH, BUT WILL BE DEALING WITH THE HEAT IN THE COMING DAYS. SO THAT WILL NOT REALLY HELP THE SITUATION. NOW, HERE’S A LOOK AT THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TODAY FROM DES MOINES TO OMAHA DOWN TO SPRINGFIELD, ST. LOUIS INTO CHICAGO AND OVER INTO INDIANAPOLIS AND LOUISVILLE, WE HAVE THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AN ACTIVE SITUATION. >> WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL A.M. CENTRAL TIME. SO WE’VE GOT AT LEAST WHAT IS THAT, ABOUT TWO MORE HOURS TO GO HERE WITH THIS PARTICULAR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. AND IT’S JUST NOW LEAVING OUT OF CHICAGO, AREAS LIKE ROCKFORD MORE IN THE CLARE, BUT GEAR UP, SOUTH BEND, FORT WAYNE. WE EVEN HAVE AN ACTIVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE GROUND THERE JUST SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. RIGHT NOW, HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH KALAMAZOO IN THE COMING DAYS. WE ANTICIPATE THE SEVERE THREAT TO PERSIST, BUT IT WILL SHIFT A LITTLE BIT FARTHER EAST. >> SO THIS IS 3 A.M. THURSDAY MORNING, BRIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY OR IN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, WE’LL START TO SEE SOME SHOWERS RIDING ALONG THE OF THIS COLD FRONT. AND THAT MEANS THE I-95 CORRIDOR FROM, WASHINGTON, D.C., TO NEW YORK AND FARTHER NORTH OUT TOWARDS PITTSBURGH IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS. SOME HILL AND THE THREAT FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO THAT COMES WITH THESE STORMS. >> AND MEANWHILE, WE’RE STILL DEALING WITH THE HEAT. SO TODAY, TEMPERATURES, PHILADELPHIA IN PARTICULAR UNDER A HEAT ADVISORY WHERE TEMPERATURES CAN HIT THE LOW NINETIES, ESPECIALLY THROUGH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. >> BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURE TREND, IT TELLS THE STORY THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT 84 DEGREES ON FRIDAY VERSUS 96 ON WEDNESDAY AND PHILLY 85 ON FRIDAY VERSUS 97 ON WEDNESDAY. AND IN D.C., UPPER 70S IN BOSTON ON FRIDAY. SO WHAT’S HAPPENING? THAT COLD FRONT IS SWEEPING THROUGH. SO WHILE WE HAVE THE STORMS AHEAD OF IT BEHIND IT, REINFORCING WITH A LITTLE BIT COOLER AIR, AND THEN FINALLY, I’LL LEAVE IT HERE. IT’S NOT JUST THE NORTHEAST WITH THE HEAT. YOU CAN SEE THAT OUT WEST AND TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WE’RE STILL DEALING WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES THAT COULD REACH 115 DEGREES. >> DIANE, 100 AND 15 DEGREES. WOW. ABC NEWS SOMARA THEODORE GRATEFUL FOR THE AIR CONDITIONING RIGHT NOW. TOMORROW YOU. >> COMING UP. YES, CHEF. WE ARE FIRED UP FOR THE CAST OF THE BEAR AHEAD OF THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED THIRD SEASON. WE HAVE A SNEAK PEEK BEFORE TOMORROW’S EPISODE DROPS ON HULU. WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL. A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC’S LIKE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO BACK ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET. FOREVER. THE STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC LIVE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. THEY CALL HIM THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER. HE’S TARGETING YOUNG WOMEN INVOLVED IN VARIOUS ANGLES. >> I WANT TO BRING YOU OVER NOW TO REMEMBER ON THAT KEITH ORCHARD MEET. HOW DID SHE SURVIVE NINE DAYS OF TERROR IN WORD ACCOMPLICE CAME UP. >> NOBODY KNOWS THE REAL STORY THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER ONLY ON HULU. WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, WORLD NEWS WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE’S 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 YOU START HERE. 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WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS COLLECTION SORT OF ODDBALL, AWKWARD CHARACTERS THAT PEOPLE JUST GRAVITATE TOWARD? >> I THINK THAT FEELING OF BELONGING AND LIKE LONELINESS MET BY THE NEED FOR, BELONGING AND THEN FEELING LIKE YOU’RE A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF. THAT’S SUCH A LIKE HUMAN AND UNIVERSAL THING. >> IT’S THE SHOW. AUDIENCES ARE FEASTING ON DOORS TO BARE A STORY OF A RESTAURANT IN NEED OF A REVAMP AFTER A FAMILY TRAGEDY THAT’S BECOME A LOVE LETTER. >> RESTAURANT CULTURE. YES, CHEF. HAVE YOUR COOKING SKILLS. >> YEAH. HAVE GOTTEN WORSE. >> I JUST DON’T HAVE THE TIME NOW. JEREMY ALAN WHITE PLAYING KAMI BAZARDO, A TALENTED CHEF WHO’S COME BACK HOME TO CHICAGO TO RUN THE FAMILY RESTAURANT IN THE NEXT SEASON. >> IS HE GOING TO BE BEYOND DRIVEN BECAUSE OF WHAT HE’S BEEN THROUGH IN SEASON TWO? >> HE’S SO AVOIDANT AND THINK WHEN HE IS GOING THROUGH AN EXPERIENCE THAT’S PARTICULARLY TRAUMATIC, LIKE THE DEATH OF HIS HIS BROTHER OR FEELING LIKE HE’S LET DOWN HIS HIS NEW SORT OF FOUND FAMILY, HE’S GOING TO BURY HIMSELF IN THE WORK. >> I CAN STAND OUT HERE. I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I SHOW A DEBORAH HAS CHARMED AUDIENCES AS SYDNEY, THE PASSIONATE AMBITIOUS SOUS CHEF BY KAMI SIDE AS HE LAUNCHES BEAR THIS TREMENDOUS CHEF. >> THANK YOU, CHEF. I THINK THE ROOT OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS ITS PASSION AND ITS RESPECT, AND IT’S SEEING SAME FIRE MAYBE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF IGNITION, BUT THEY SEE THAT FIRE IN EACH OTHER. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO PUSH THEMSELVES AND THEY WANT TO PUSH EACH OTHER. >> CARMEN BELIEVES IN IN SYDNEY, PROBABLY MORE THAN HE BELIEVES HIMSELF SOMETIMES. >> SATURDAY NIGHT ALUM ABBY ELLIOTT PLAYS KHAMIS SISTER, NICKNAMED SUGAR. >> WE HAVE OUR OUR FAMILY. THE RISOTTOS THAT WE GREW UP IN AND THE TRAUMA THAT CAME WITH THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE CHOSEN FAMILY. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE REALLY RESPONDED TO THAT. >> AS THE TEAM HUSTLES TO MAKE IT IN THE FINE DINING WORLD, THE INTENSITY CAN BE FELT THROUGH THE SCREEN. EVAN MOSS BACHARACH PLAYING COUSIN RICHIE. >> ARE THEY ALL RELATED OR DID THEY JUST CALL EACH OTHER COUSIN OR WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? >> THAT’S UNCLEAR. UNCLEAR FOR ME. YEAH. YEAH. >> I SWEAR TO GOD, COUSIN, IF HE CALLS ME COUSIN, LISTEN, DO ME A FAVOR, OKAY? >> FROM THE FOOD TO THE FIGHTS, THERE’S THE PASSION OF THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY IN CLEAR FOCUS. >> IT’S A REAL MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE ACTORS AND THE CREW BECAUSE IT IS. >> IT IS SO VOLATILE, AND THERE’S REAL FLAMES AND REAL KNIVES IN THE KITCHEN. >> IT’S REAL KNIVES. REAL SPACES. MATTY MATHESON, AN ACTUAL LIFELONG CHEF, IS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND ONE OF THE STARS OF THE SHOW, BRINGING MUCH OF THE HUMOR AS ONE OF THE FAT BROTHERS. >> WHY ARE YOU GUYS ALWAYS SO MAD? NOT THAT I’M NOT MAD. >> HOW MUCH FUN DO YOU HAVE PLAYING THESE TWO HAND BUMBLE HEADS? >> IT’S BAD. IT’S THE BEST EVER. THESE ARE GOALS. >> NO, NO. THE CAST HEADING INTO SEASON THREE WITH GREAT BUZZ AND A BUNDLE OF AWARDS. THE LOVE FOR ITS MIX OF TRAGEDY, PAIN AND LEVITY. IT’S BEEN QUITE A YEAR FOR YOU. >> A SLEW OF AWARDS. SNL. >> COVER OF VANITY FAIR MAGAZINE. ROB, HAVE YOU WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THIS KIND OF THING? 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THE STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE. ABC NEWS LIVE. ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING EVERYWHERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE’S A LOT 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, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH, SOME IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17 POLE, THE BUZZKILL IN BASEBALL. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY ABC NEWS? >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE? WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. YOU’RE LOOKING AT NEW YORK CITY ON THIS TUESDAY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE’S THE RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. SAY A DAM IN MINNESOTA IS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF COLLAPSE AFTER DAYS OF RELENTLESS RAIN, SEVERAL STATES IN THE MIDWEST ARE NOW UNDERWATER. THOUSANDS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES DAMAGED. MEANWHILE, THE DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED TO RETURN 60, 76 MILLION AMERICANS ARE UNDER HEAT ALERTS FROM COAST TO COAST . THE FUTURE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM IS IN QUESTION AFTER FEDERAL COURT RULINGS PUT KEY PARTS OF THE PLAN HOLD. 8 MILLION AMERICANS ARE ENROLLED IN A SAFE PLAN TIES STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT TO A BORROWER’S INCOME. REPUBLICANS CHALLENGED THE PLAN, CLAIMING THE ADMINISTRATION LACKS AUTHORITY TO ENACT IT. NOW THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ARE VOWING TO FIGHT THE RULING . HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON NEW COVID VARIANTS AS THE U.K. REPORTS A RISE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS. EXPERTS SAY THE SO-CALLED FLIRTS OF VARIANTS ARE CIRCULATING HERE, BUT THEY GENERALLY CAUSE MILDER ILLNESS COMPARED TO EARLIER STRAINS LIKE DELTA. THE MOST COMMON SYMPTOMS ARE SORE THROAT, CONGESTION AND FATIGUE, SIMILAR TO A COMMON COLD. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE NEW VARIANTS ARE A GOOD REMINDER THAT WE SEE A SWELL OF SUMMER CASES. THOSE HAVE TYPICALLY HAPPENED AFTER THE 4TH OF JULY. AND A POLICE OFFICER IS BEING HAILED A HERO AFTER A DARING RESCUE CAUGHT ON CAMERA. OFFICER KEVIN LONG WAS ON DUTY AT A NEW JERSEY SHOPPING CENTER WHEN A CALL CAME IN ABOUT A NEARBY FIRE. SO HE RUSHED OVER AND PULLED A MAN FROM HIS BURNING APARTMENT AS SMOKE FILLED THE BUILDING. LONG SAID IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, BUT THE RISK IS PART OF THE JOB. THE MAN, HIS WIFE, ARE NOW STAYING WITH FAMILY. A SURGEON GENERAL IS DECLARING GUN VIOLENCE, PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IN THE U.S.. FIREARM VIOLENCE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. NOW, DR. VIVEK MURTHY IS CALLING TO STRENGTHEN GUN REGULATIONS AND PENALIZE PEOPLE WHO FAIL SAFELY STORE THEIR WEAPONS. CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT PIERRE THOMAS HAS MORE. >> HI, PIERRE. DIANE, GOOD MORNING. THE SURGEON GENERAL DECIDED FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT THE NATION’S LEVEL OF GUN VIOLENCE HAS REACHED SUCH PERVASIVE LEVELS THAT IT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED, THAT THE TIME HAS COME TO CALL IT A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. MUCH OF VIVEK MURTHY IS CONCERNED APPEARS ROOTED IN DISTURBING NEW TRENDS, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT GUN VIOLENCE HAS RECENTLY EMERGED AS THE LEADING CAUSE DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS IN THIS COUNTRY. THE SURGEON GENERAL, A SERIES OF STAGGERING STATISTICS TO MAKE HIS CASE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE NATION’S RATE OF GUN VIOLENCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IS AT LEAST FIVE TIMES HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER MAJOR WEALTHY. HE BELIEVES THAT GUN VIOLENCE IS TRAUMATIZING NOT ONLY THE BODIES, BUT THE MINDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, FAMILIES AND ENTIRE COMMUNITIES. HIS OFFICE SAYS THAT NEARLY SIX OUT OF EVERY TEN ADULTS IN THIS COUNTRY WORRIES ON SOME LEVEL THAT ONE OF THEIR LOVED ONES WILL BECOME A VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE. HIS ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR MORE FUNDING TO PROVIDE MORE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH, SUPPORT FOR GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS. >> DIANE? PIERRE THOMAS, THANK YOU. AND ABC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL IS JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE ON. DR. PATEL, WHAT DOES THE SURGEON GENERAL’S ANNOUNCEMENT SHOW ABOUT HOW GUN VIOLENCE AFFECTS YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE U.S. THEN THE BIGGEST THING THIS REPORT SHOWED WAS JUST FLAT OUT STAGGERING NUMBERS. AND KNOW WE GO BACK TO 2015 COMPARED TO OTHER HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES. IF YOU’RE LOOKING AT DEATHS BY FIREARM AND CHILDREN, NOT A TEN OF THEM OCCURRED IN THE UNITED STATES. >> AND THEN FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS, 2020, GUN VIOLENCE SURPASSED CAR ACCIDENTS AS A LEADING CAUSE DEATH AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE. >> THIS IS STAGGERING. 2023, WE HAD OVER 40,000 DEATHS BY FIREARMS. AND WE AREN’T JUST TALKING ABOUT DEATHS THEMSELVES BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT FIREARM INJURIES ARE ALSO VERY WIDESPREAD. THIS REPORT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE FACT THAT WHILE MASS SHOOTINGS ARE, THIS HARROWING HEADLINE, WE SEE ALL TOO OFTEN ABOUT 600 A YEAR. THEY ONLY MAKE ABOUT 1% OF FIREARM DEATHS. WHEN YOU ADD IN ACCIDENTS, HOMICIDES, LEGAL INTERVENTION, SUICIDES, ACCIDENTS. SO THIS REPORT REALLY LAYS OUT THE ENTIRE LANDSCAPE OF WHAT FIREARM VIOLENCE REALLY MEANS IN AMERICA AND HOW IT AFFECTS ALMOST ALL OF US. AND YOU SAY PEOPLE SOMETIMES FORGET THAT IT’S NOT JUST GUN DEATHS THAT HAVE AN IMPACT, BUT ALSO GUN RELATED INJURIES. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING ON THAT FRONT? WELL, GUN RELATED INJURIES, IT REALLY PERVASIVE. REPORTS ACTUALLY SHOW THAT OVER 50% OF AMERICANS ARE THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY A FIREARM INJURY OR HAVE HAD A FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND WHO HAVE. AND WE KNOW THAT FIREARM INJURIES CAN HAVE THIS DEVASTATING TOLL ON VICTIMS COMMUNITIES, FAMILIES, PEOPLE AFRAID TO GO OUT, TO GO TO CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS. THE ACTUAL INJURIES THEMSELVES CAN HAVE THIS HUGE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH TOLL. OBVIOUSLY, FIREARM INJURIES CAN LEAD PEOPLE IN CHRONIC PAIN OR DISABILITIES, BUT ALSO CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, PTSD. THIS ALL GREATLY IMPACTS EVERYONE’S WAY OF LIFE, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. >> AND MURTHY NOW SAYS THAT IT’S TIME FOR THE U.S. TAKE THIS ISSUE OUT OF THE REALM OF POLITICS AND PUT IT IN THE REALM PUBLIC HEALTH. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHY IS THIS BEING TOLD TO US BY A DOCTOR? >> YOU KNOW, IT’S COMMONLY SAID THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH. WE NEED TO ADOPT THIS FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT, WHAT THIS REALLY COMES DOWN TO. >> IF YOU LOOK AT CORE DEFINITIONS OF A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH, THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS REALLY LAY OUT THE PROBLEM. WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS WILL SHOW THEN? WHAT ARE THE PROVEN RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS? NEXT, HOW DO WE GET WIDESPREAD ADOPTION? AND LAST, HOW DO WE EVALUATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE’VE ACTUALLY MADE CHANGE? AND A LOT OF THIS STARTS WITH GETTING RESEARCH FUNDING TO MAKING SURE WE REALLY LOOK AT ALL THESE FACTORS. WHAT THE PROBLEM IS IS AND HOW DO WE ADDRESS IT. AND WE’VE SEEN THIS APPROACH WORK FOR THINGS SUCH AS TOBACCO . AND IF WE LOOK AT MOTOR VEHICLES, I THINK LOOKING AT THE AUTO INDUSTRY IS, AN IMPORTANT EXAMPLE, BECAUSE TO REDUCE AUTOMOBILE, AUTOMOBILE DEATHS, YOU’RE LOOKING AT VEHICLE SAFETY RESTRICTIONS, YOU’RE LOOKING AT RESEARCH, YOU’RE LOOKING AT ROAD SPEED LIMITS. ALL OF THIS, THESE BEHAVIORAL STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE SAVING LIVES. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO WHEN IT COMES TO FIREARM VIOLENCE AND ALL HANDS ON DECK, MULTI APPROACH THAT IS ABOVE POLITICS AND SINGLE SOLUTIONS. >> IT CLEARLY REQUIRES MORE THAN THAT. ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR. THANK YOU. AND AS WE GET READY FOR ONE OF THE BUSIEST BEACH WEEKENDS OF THE SUMMER, WE ARE BRINGING AWARENESS TO SOMETHING CALLED A DOUBLE DROWNING. >> BYSTANDERS TRY TO RESCUE SOMEONE STRUGGLING IN THE WATER, OFTEN GET THEMSELVES IN TROUBLE, TOO. ABC NEWS CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE TOOK PART IN A SIMULATION AIMED AT PREVENTING TRAGEDY. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME DENNIS AND SHANNON CANNING HAVE COME BACK TO THIS BEACH ON LAKE MICHIGAN SINCE THEY LOST THEIR SON TOM IN THOSE VERY WATERS TWO YEARS AGO. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, HUSBAND AND FATHER TRIED TO RESCUE A YOUNG GIRL. HE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW SHE WAS IN THE WATER. >> SHE SURVIVED. AND HE DID NOT. >> TOM, I COULD TELL, WAS CONTEMPLATING WHAT TO DO. HE HANDED ME HIS HAT AND HIS PHONE AND STARTED WALKING TOWARD THE WATER’S EDGE. WE ALL UNDERESTIMATE HOW TURBULENT, HOW STRONG THIS REALLY IS, AND IT CAN OVERCOME YOU. SO QUICKLY. >> IT’S A HIDDEN DANGER. WE SEE EVERY SUMMER PARENTS AND BRAVE STRANGERS ATTEMPTING TO RESCUE PEOPLE OUT OF THE WATER, OFTEN ON BEACHES WITHOUT LIFEGUARDS. >> WHILE SOME SUCCESSFUL FAR TOO OFTEN, NEITHER THE VICTIM NOR THE RESCUERS. >> THEY MIGHT HAVE THIS CONFIDENCE BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW TO SWIM. THEY MAKE THAT INSTANT DECISION. JUMP IN. THAT’S UNFORTUNATELY MOMENT WHEN THEY LEARN THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY DIFFICULT TASK TO KEEP THIS PERSON THE SURFACE, IT TURNS INTO A DOUBLE DROWNING TO ILLUSTRATE JUST HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE TO RESCUE SOMEONE FROM TURBULENT WATER, I TEAM UP WITH CERTIFIED LIFEGUARDS AT, SCOOT AND SURF AT THE WATERPARK INSIDE THE AMERICAN DREAM MALL HERE. CHOPPY WAVES WILL HELP SIMULATE THE CHAOS IN THE OCEAN OR THE GREAT LAKES. >> MY FIRST CHALLENGE. RESCUE. NOT A PERSON. BUT THIS £10 RUBBER DIVING BRICK, WHICH LIFEGUARDS USE TO TEST THEIR STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE. I DIVE IN AND GRAB THE BRICK AND MAKE IT BACK TO SHORE. THESE WAVES ARE ONLY TWO FEET TALL, BUT ALREADY IT WAS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE. MY LEGS ARE BURNING. NEXT WE RAISE THE BAR. THIS TIME IT’S 12 YEAR OLD COMPETITIVE SURFER CUDA WHO’S GOING TO SIMULATE A DROWNING VICTIM, WHICH CAN BE DANGEROUS TO THE PERSON RESCUING BECAUSE VICTIMS OFTEN PANIC AND THEN CAN DRAG YOU UNDER. AFTER A SHORT BREAK AND PLUNGE BACK IN. THIS TIME IT FEELS MUCH MORE REAL. AS SOON AS I TAKE ON THAT WEIGHT, I IMMEDIATELY TO KEEP MY HEAD ABOVE WATER. FORTUNATELY, SINCE THIS IS SHALLOW AND I’M NOT FIGHTING A RIP CURRENT, I DON’T NEED TO HOLD HIM UP VERY LONG. >> IF ANY OF THIS LOOKS LIKE IT WAS EASY, IT WAS NOT. AND FOR GOOD MEASURE, WE ASKED TO VOLUNTEER DADS TO GIVE BOTH SCENARIOS A TRY. LIKE ME, RYAN SUCCESSFULLY RESCUES BOTH THE BRICK AND THE DROWNING VICTIM, BUT ALSO LIKE ME. IT WAS A LOT HARDER THAN HE GOT EVEN JUST SWIMMING OUT THERE. >> HALI WENT UP. >> IT WAS VERY, VERY TIRING. BUT WATCH WHAT HAPPENS TO. OUR OTHER VOLUNTEER, MIKE, BEFORE HE EVEN MAKES IT TO THE BRICK, THIS DAD OF THREE SIGNALS TO THE LIFEGUARDS. HE JUST CAN’T GET THERE. YOU THINK YOU CAN DO IT BY THE WAY? IT’S GIVING, AND YOU TRY SWIMMING AND IT’S JUST YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE GETTING TIRED AND TIRED. MY ARMS WERE HURTING. I MEAN EVEN NOW, MY HEART IS LIKE, BOOM, BOOM. IT’S A LOT MORE TIRING THAN IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE. AND EXPERTS WARNED US IF THIS WERE THE OCEAN, THE GREAT LAKES, IT WOULD BE INFINITELY MORE CHALLENGING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF RIP CURRENTS IN THE POOL. >> YOU HAVE A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT IN THE OCEAN. YOU ARE IN A RELATIVELY SAFE OR SEEMINGLY RELATIVELY POSITION. ONE MOMENT AND THE NEXT YOU’RE SWEPT OFF YOUR FEET AND. YOU’RE 50 TO 100 YARDS OUT TO SEA AND YOU REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU. >> MIKE SAYS DESPITE HIS STRUGGLE, IF IT WERE HIS OWN KIDS, HE’D TRY TO RESCUE THEM, WHICH WOULD PUT HIS OWN LIFE AT RISK. BUT THERE IS A SAFER WAY. BRING A FLOTATION DEVICE WHICH COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS A BOOGIE BOARD. >> HERE’S HOW YOU COULD USE IT. FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM. SO THEN WHEN YOU HAND THEM IN, HE’S NOT RIGHT ON TOP OF YOU. SAFE DISTANCE. YOU SAY, RELAX, I’M HERE TO SAVE YOU. I TRY MY RESCUE AGAIN. THE DIFFERENCE? STAGGERING. HAVING THE BOOGIE WAS EVERYTHING. IT MADE IT SO MUCH EASIER. I CALMER. IT FELT LIKE I HAD THE SENSE BETWEEN ME AND THE PERSON THAT. >> DISTANCE GAVE ME CONFIDENCE. MIKE ALSO GIVES IT ANOTHER GO. >> THIS TIME HE MAKES IT OUT TO THE BREAK AND ALL THE WAY BACK TO SHORE WAS TIRING, BUT IT WAS A LOT EASIER BECAUSE OF THAT EXTREME FATIGUE. >> THE UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION WARNS AGAINST US REGULAR FOLKS ATTEMPTING A RESCUE INSTEAD. FIRST, ALERT A LIFEGUARD AND CALL 911 IF THE VICTIM IS IN A RIP CURRENT, TRY YELLING INSTRUCTIONS. TELL THEM TO CALM DOWN. FLOAT ON YOUR BACK, SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE OUT OF THE CURRENT AND NEVER AGAINST IT. IF YOU’RE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THEM. THROW THEM SOMETHING THAT FLOATS LIKE THAT BOOGIE BOARD, A POOL NOODLE, MAYBE A BEACH BALL, OR EVEN A COOLER. IF ALL THAT FAILS, WELL, IT’S NOT RECOMMENDED. EXPERTS SAY IF YOU DO ATTEMPT A WATER RESCUE, DO NOT GO IN WITHOUT A FLOTATION DEVICE. >> IT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS. >> AND IT’S A LESSON THIS DAD WON’T SOON FORGET. AND GINGER ZEE JOINS ME NOW FROM SEABRIGHT, NEW JERSEY, WITH MORE ON THIS. GINGER YOU’RE AN EXPERIENCED SWIMMER, SO HOW SURPRISED WERE YOU AT HOW HARD IT TO STAY ABOVE WATER WHEN YOU’RE TRYING TO SUPPORT SOMEONE ELSE TO? >> I WAS SLOW. I WAS INEFFICIENT. I WAS EXHAUSTIBLE. IT WAS SO FAST THAT I GOT EXHAUSTED AND I KEPT IMAGINING IT BEING ONE OF MY SONS OUT THERE. AND I KNOW ADRENALINE WOULD BE DIFFERENT, BUT WITHOUT THIS, I WOULD NEVER GO IN AGAIN. SO THAT’S WHAT I’M TAKING AWAY. I WOULD ALWAYS GO IN WITH SOMETHING, FLOAT BOTH OF US. >> THIS BEING THAT BOOGIE BOARD THAT YOU’RE HOLDING, I FOUND IT REALLY INTERESTING THAT A COOLER CAN ALSO BE USED AS A FLOTATION IN A PINCH. IT’S SUCH A GREAT TIP. WHAT ELSE STUCK OUT TO YOU THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU KNOW, I CAN REALLY USE THIS IF I’M EVER IN A JAM. THAT’S THE THING IS I CAN GO LOOKING OUT AROUND THIS BEACH RIGHT NOW AND. I NOW WOULD GO AND SAY, OKAY, I’M GOING TO GRAB THIS. I COULD GET THIS. ANY OF THAT WOULD WORK IF I GOT OUT THERE TO THEM, HERE IS THE BEST THING. YOU’RE OUT WAY OUT IN THE WATER . FINALLY GOT THERE. BOTH OF YOU ARE SAFE FLOATING ON THE FLOTATION DEVICE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A WHOLE HERO. YOU COULD BE A HALF HERO. STAY OUT THERE. 911 HAS BEEN CALLED. PROS ARE ON THE WAY. YOU DON’T HAVE TO HERO IT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE SHORELINE. AND THAT’S THE INSTINCT THAT YOU THINK YOU GOT TO GET BACK. BUT IF YOU’RE BOTH OKAY, YOU CAN WAIT IT OUT. AND WE GOT IT JUST. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A BUMPER STICKER THERE. JUST BE A HALF HERO. THAT’S. THAT’S GOOD. GINGER, WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE MAIN THINGS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW IF THEY DO SEE SOMEONE POTENTIALLY DROWNING? BECAUSE IT’S EASIER, SAY JUST STAY ON THE BEACH AND WAIT FOR HELP. BUT WHEN YOU’RE ACTUALLY THERE, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING. SWIM WHERE THERE’S A LIFEGUARD. I MEAN, HERE AT THE SHORE, YOU YOU SWIM RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM BECAUSE THESE GUYS ARE TRAINED. WE’VE ACTUALLY BEEN WATCHING A BUNCH OF THEM TRAIN THIS MORNING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE. SO IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE THAT HERO. YOU CAN HAVE SOMEONE WHO’S GOT THE FLOTATION DEVICE. THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY’RE DOING. AND THEN WEATHER WISE, LET ME TELL YOU, LIKE OTHER FORECAST, WE KNOW WHEN THE OCEAN IS GOING TO BE ROUGH. WE KNOW THE OF WIND DIRECTIONS AND SPEEDS THAT MAKE RIP CURRENTS. IF SEE A FLAG UP OR YOU FOLLOW THOSE SHORELINE WIND BOTH IN THE GREAT LAKES AND THE OCEAN, FORECASTS DON’T GO IN THE OCEAN, YOU WON’T HAVE A PROBLEM ON THOSE DAYS. BEST WAYS TO PREVENT DANGEROUS SITUATION FROM HAPPENING TO BEGIN WITH. ABC NEWS CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE. >> GINGER, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE, MAJOR RECORD LABELS ARE SUING AIR COMPANIES. WHY THEY’RE CLAIMING COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND HOW I COULD RESHAPE THE INDUSTRY. PLUS, SUMMERTIME TRAVEL. YOU STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GET AWAY AND WE HAVE SOME GREAT DEALS TO SHARE . >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST AMERICA? AN OPERATION PICKING UP HER LICENSE TO FIND HER IN COMBAT OPERATIONS ON. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR REACTOR. SO WE HAD A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG, THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF IT. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE TO YOU AS THEY LOOK AT YOUR STYLE? >> YOU’RE PROUD OF IT? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? HERE. VERY INTERESTING. IT’S LYLE. >> DAVID. YES. YES, I’M DAVID. >> YOU ARE? I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO. EVERY NIGHT. ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S. >> THE BRAD PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER. YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM, THE INSIDE THE BRAD PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU HAVE A BRAD PACK NAME NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU? >> HMM. I HATED IT. WHAT A DISASTER. WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSIVE ADDRESS? >> LIKE I SAY, WE WERE THE BEATLES. >> WELL, WE DIDN’T SELL SHEA STADIUM 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE CUT IT. >> 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 DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST. HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD R. MURROW AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST LISTENING TO YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. LCOMABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, MAJOR RECORD LABELS ARE SUING AIR COMPANIES, CLAIMING COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA CLAIMS AIR MUSIC COMPANIES SUNIL AND UDO TRAINED THEIR PROGRAMS USING FAMOUS ARTISTS SONGS WITHOUT PERMISSION. THE PROGRAMS EVEN GENERATE FAKE SONGS, MIMICKING FAMOUS ARTISTS VOICES LIKE THIS ONE CREATED TO SOUND LIKE JASON DERULO IN THE JIMMY. LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR GOOGLE TECH POLICY FELLOW MIKE MUSE FOR MORE. MIKE, YOU’RE LAUGHING. I DON’T LIKE THAT SONG. HA HA HA. TRY AGAIN. A HIGH. SO THE RECORD LABELS SAY THAT’S NOT THE PROBLEM. THEY’RE PROBABLY HAPPY TO HEAR IT. THEY SAY THESE A.I. MODELS ONLY WORK BY COPYING TONS OF SONGS AND INFRINGING COPYRIGHTS IN THE PROCESS. SO WALK US THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY HERE. HOW DOES IT WORK? >> THAT I’VE GOT TO SAY, THIS IS A TYPE OF CASE I’VE BEEN WAITING TO COME FORWARD IN THE COURT SYSTEM. AND AS YOU AND I ALWAYS HAVE THESE INCREDIBLE CONVERSATIONS, I TYPICALLY LEAN MORE PRO. I THAN MOST. BUT I’VE BEEN REALLY LOOKING AT THIS IDEA OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. AND EVENTUALLY THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE HEART OF IT. SO AT ITS CORE WHAT THESE GENERATIVE AI COMPANIES ARE DOING, THEY CHATGPT T THAT’S A GENERATIVE AI PRODUCT. WHAT THEY DO IS THEY LEARN OFF A DATABASE OF SOURCE MATERIAL. AND SO WHAT THESE MUSIC COMPANIES HAVE DONE IS THEY HAVE ESSENTIALLY HAVE TRAINED THE COMPUTER SYSTEM TO OUTPUT A SONG, BUT THEY HAVE TRAINED ON SONGS SIMILAR OR ACTUALLY HAVE TRAINED ON JASON DERULO SONGS UNTO ITSELF TO CREATE A NEW OUTPUT. AND SO THAT IS THE HEART OF IT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT IS TECHNOLOGY ASPECT OF IT AND WHAT WE MEAN BY TRAINING AT THE A.I.. >> THE HEART OF THIS LAWSUIT, BILL, COMES DOWN TO THE ISSUE OF FAIR USE AND THE RECORD LABELS AND. THE TECH COMPANIES ARE BOTH USING THE TERMINOLOGY OF FAIR USE TO TRY TO WIN THEIR CASE. IN PARTICULAR, EXCUSE ME, I LOOK AT MY PHONE. I TOOK SOME NOTES FOR RIDICULING THE CEO, A PSEUDO. HE SAYS, QUOTE, OUR TECHNOLOGY IS TRANSFORMED INTO IT IS DESIGNED TO GENERATE COMPLETELY NEW OUTPUTS. THAT’S A KEYWORD TRANSFORMATIVE BECAUSE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE THIS OUTPUT AND THESE SONGS BASED UPON FAIR USE, IT HAS BE A TRANSFORMATIVE WORK. AND WHAT LEGISLATION MEAN BY TRANSFORM IS IT HAS TO BE USED DIFFERENTLY, THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF IT. >> AND SO THIS IS WHAT THESE MUSIC COMPANIES STANDING ON, WHICH IS IT’S A NEW TRANSFORMATIVE WORK, NOT THE ORIGINAL. >> OH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE A TRICKY LEGAL ONE. MIKE A NUMBER OF WRITERS, NEWSPAPERS, COMEDIANS, LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SUED COMPANIES OVER THE USE OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. SO HOW OF AN ISSUE IS THIS OVERALL, AND WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS LEGAL BATTLE HEADING FROM HERE? >> THIS IS HUGE BECAUSE I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR CERTAIN CASES TO COME FORWARD. THIS MUSIC MAN IS GOING TO BE A STRONG CASE TO COME FORWARD BECAUSE WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE IS WE PLAYED THE JASON DERULO SONG. BUT ANOTHER POPULAR SONGS THAT ARE ON THESE MUSIC SITES CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW IS MOTOWN, THE TEMPTATIONS AND MARIAH CAREY’S ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS. WHAT THE RECORD LABEL STRONG DEFENSE IS GOING TO BE IS THAT THEY ARE USING THE HEART OF AN ORIGINAL COPYRIGHT IN ORDER TO SELL OR BE TRANSFORMATIVE. YOU CAN’T USE THE HEART OF IT. >> THINK THAT HOOK THAT WE THINK ABOUT FROM MARIAH CAREY ALL I WANT FROM CHRISTMAS. AND SO THAT’S THE HEART OF IT. SO THEY’RE USING THAT FOR THE NEW OUTPUT. THE RECORD LABELS ACTUALLY HAVE STRONG CASE TO STAND ON. AND WE JUST GOT TO MAKE NEW SERENADE AS A BONUS AS WELL . I’LL TRY ANYTHING FOR YOU. NOW, MIKE, SOME ARGUE THAT I SHOULD NOT BE FOCUSED ON ART OR MUSIC AT ALL. RIGHT. THE SONGWRITING PART, THE SINGING PART. THAT PART’S THE FUN PART. SO WHEN ARE WE GETTING THE ISLAND FOLDER PUT AWAY? THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. I WANT KNOW THE EXACT SAME THING AS WHAT I HAD. >> BUT WHAT’S INTERESTING, TO YOUR POINT, THE MUSIC LABELS ARE ACTUALLY AGREEING WITH YOU ON THAT ONE. THEY’RE SAYING BUY THESE MUSIC A TECH COMPANY STANDING ON THE USE OF FAIR USE. ARE THEY BEING DISINGENUOUS AND ARE PREVENTING INNOVATION FROM GOING FORWARD. >> THAT COULD HELP. SUCH AS FOLDING YOUR LAUNDRY. OKAY. WELL, WHATEVER THAT PART IS BEHIND THAT. ABC NEWS, GOOGLE POLICY FELLOW MIKE VIEWS AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR THANKS MIKE. >> COMING UP HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE SUMMER TRAVEL DEALS STILL OUT T TRE YOU CAN FIND BEST DEALS WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS. >> SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BUFFALO, UVALDE, TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY, GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC LIVE PRIME, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAM YOUR NEWS ONLY ON ABC NEWS LIVE . >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE SO MUCH ON THE LINE. MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID TIME. A SURVIVOR SHARES THEIR STORY. I OWN MY PIECE SILENCED. DO YOU FEEL THE CHURCH ACCEPTED ABUSE? >> I WOULDN’T SAY ACCEPTED AS SO MUCH. PRETENDED IT DIDN’T EXIST. THAT SOUNDS. KYRA PHILLIPS WITH ABC NEWS. DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS? THE POWER AND IN "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE", SECRETS OF THE TO BUY TO CHURCH. >> THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THAT. NOW STREAMING ON HULU, WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE AT ABC NEWS? THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. START HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS ,YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ABC NEWS LIVE. BREAKING NEWS, EXCLUSIVES LIVE REPORTING ACROSS THE GLOBE KEEPS STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING FROM THE WAR IN UKRAINE. I’M IAN PANNELL. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING. ABC LIVE. >> WELCOME BACK. AMERICANS ARE ON THE MOVE SUMMER. THE TSA SAYS SUNDAY MARKED ITS BUSIEST DAY EVER, SCREENING ALMOST 3 MILLION PEOPLE AT US AIRPORTS AND THE FAA SAID IT EXPECTS THIS THURSDAY TO BE EVEN BUSIER WITH CLOSE TO 54,000 FLIGHTS. AND MANY OF THOSE AMERICANS HEADED TO EUROPE. ABC’S CHRISTIANE CORDERO HAS MORE ON WHY AND HOW YOU CAN BOOK A LAST MINUTE TRIP WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK. >> EUROPE IS ALWAYS A POPULAR TRAVEL DESTINATION, BUT LEAD ECONOMIST AT TRAVEL SITE HOPPER HAILEY BERG SAYS THERE’S EVEN DEMAND IN THE SUMMER. >> WE’RE EXPECTING ABOUT 57,000 FLIGHTS TO TAKE OFF FROM U.S. AIRPORTS HEADED EUROPEAN CENTERS. >> BERG SAYS TRAVEL BOOKINGS TO EUROPE SURGED THIS TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE KIDS ARE OFF FROM SCHOOL. AND FOR MOST OF EUROPE, THE WEATHER IS BEST DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. >> GOOD NEWS FOR TRAVELERS TO EUROPE. PRICES ARE DOWN ABOUT 16% COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR. >> IF LOOKING TO GET A DEAL ON A LAST MINUTE TRIP, BERG SAYS, YOU’LL NEED TO ACT FAST AND BOOK NOW. SHE SUGGESTS SKIPPING THE MOST POPULAR AND EXPENSIVE DESTINATIONS LIKE LONDON, ROME AND ESPECIALLY PARIS, WHERE OLYMPICS WILL BE HOSTED LATER THIS JULY, OPTING FOR CITIES THAT ARE MORE OFF THE BEATEN PATH. I RECOMMEND REYKJAVIK, COPENHAGEN, STOCKHOLM. ALL THREE ARE STILL UNDER FIVE OR $600 ROUND TRIP FROM THE U.S. THIS SUMMER. HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TEMPERATE WEATHER DURING THOSE HOTTEST MONTHS AND ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE FEWER CROWDS. >> SHE SAYS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO SAVE FLY DURING THE WEEK YOU’LL SAVE ABOUT $400 PER TICKET IF YOU CAN DEPART ON TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY AND RETURN EARLY IN THE WEEK. SKIP THE FRIDAY OR SATURDAY DEPARTURES, WHICH WILL BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE. AND IF YOU’RE FLEXIBLE, CONSIDER SHIFTING YOUR VACATION TO THE END OF AUGUST, EARLY SEPTEMBER. >> WE TYPICALLY SEE PRICES ARE 30% LOWER. IF YOU TRAVEL AT THE END OF SUMMER OR EARLY FALL. SO FOR THOSE FLEXIBLE TRAVELERS, THIS IS ONE WAY THAT YOU CAN SAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT AND GET MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK WHEN YOU’RE IN THE REGION. CHRISTIANE CORDERO, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. CHRISTINE, THANK YOU. AND LEAD ECONOMIST AT HOPPER, HALEY BERG, IS JOINING ME NOW FOR SOME TRAVEL TIPS. HALEY, IF YOU ARE BOOKING A LAST MINUTE TRIP, WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT IN TERMS OF PRICING ,AIRFARE, HOTELS AND CAR RENTALS? IF YOU’RE BOOKING AT THE LAST MINUTE, DOMESTIC OR ABROAD? >> IN EUROPE, YOU SHOULD EXPECT PRICES TO BE HIGH. MOST TRAVELERS ARE GETTING THE LOWEST PRICES, I THINK UNDER $300 ROUND TRIP ON DOMESTIC OR UP TO $700 ON INTERNATIONAL. IF THEY BOOK 3 TO 4 MONTHS IN ADVANCE. SO IF YOU’RE BOOKING A SUMMER VACATION, PROBABLY SEEING DOMESTIC AIRFARE WELL OVER $300. AIRFARE TO EUROPE, WELL OVER $1,000. ROUND. SAME FOR HOTELS AND RENTAL CARS. PRICES WILL BE ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 40% MORE EXPENSIVE IF YOU’RE BOOKING AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE. >> AND WHAT ABOUT DESTINATION DUPES? DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MORE AFFORDABLE OPTIONS TO TYPICAL HOTSPOTS? >> NO. WE TYPICALLY SEE A LOT OF DEMAND TO MEDITERRANEE IN COASTAL CITIES DURING THE SUMMER. THINK ABSA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. TENERIFE BAY. THE CANARY ISLANDS. VERY POPULAR, VERY EXPENSIVE DESTINATIONS. BUT YOU CAN TRADE THOSE IN FOR DESTINATIONS LIKE BARCELONA OR ANYWHERE IN PORTUGAL. WE TYPICALLY SEE FARES ANYWHERE FROM 300 TO $500 LESS EXPENSIVE IN SUMMER. AND AT THE END OF SUMMER, IF YOU SWAP OUT THOSE MORE EXPENSIVE ISLAND DESTINATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND NEAR EUROPE FOR SOMETHING MORE MAINLAND AND A LITTLE LESS EXPENSIVE. >> SO LOOKING AHEAD, WHEN’S BEST TIME TO PLAN A FALL TRIP? >> NOW IS THE TIME TO BOOKOKINTG IN ANOTHER U.S. BASED VACATION. START MONITORING PRICES NOW AND YOU’LL HAVE THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO DECIDE ON DATES. DESTINATION, AND BOOK THOSE TRIPS. THE BEST PART IS IF YOU PLAN THAT VACATION NOW, YOU’RE GOING TO SAVE AT LEAST 30% ON HOTELS AND ON FLIGHTS. >> ALL RIGHT. >> HARPERS, HALEY BURG, WE APPRECIATE IT. HALEY. THANK YOU. GREAT BEING WITH YOU. >> AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M DIANE MACEDO ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS CONTENT AND ANALYSIS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR, ENROLLING IT. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, 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 TEN DOWNING STREET, FOREVER STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LOGS, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION PICKING UP YOUR LIFE. IT’S A WONDER COMBAT OPERATIONS ARE. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR REACTOR. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG, THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF PERIOD. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE TO. >> LOOK HERE. SMILE. YOU’RE PROUD OF THIS? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU? APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> IT’S MALE DAVID DAVIS. >> YES, YES, I’M DAVID ARE. >> I KNOW YOU DO. EVERY NIGHT. ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> HI, I’M MANDY. AND I’M SABRINA AND WE’RE MOMS JUGGLING TONS OF STUFF EVERY LIKE ALL YOU MOMS OUT THERE. >> AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE LOVE REALLY LOVE POP CULTURE. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BEING OBSESSED WITH POP CULTURE COLLIDES? BEING A MOM, YOU GET US. SO LISTEN NOW TO OUR NEW PODCAST, POP CULTURE MOMS. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS . >> REPORTING FROM FEDERAL COURT IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI, I’M AARON KATERSKY. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . HI I’M DIANE MACEDO TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST JULIAN ASSANGE STRIKES A DEAL FOR HIS FREEDOM. THE WIKILEAKS IS SET TO PLEAD GUILTY TO LEAKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF US CLASSIFIED. WHERE HE’S HEADED NOW AND WHAT’S EXPECTED TO HAPPEN NEXT. JUST TWO DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE OF 2024. HOW PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PREPARING AND WHY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CALLING FOR BIDEN TO BE DRUG TESTED. WEATHER ALERTS COAST TO COAST. A DAM IN MINNESOTA IS ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE WHILE DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED TO RETURN. WE HAVE THE TRACK AND TIMING. PLUS, A JUDGE FURTHER STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN’S DEBT PLAN. WHAT IT MEANS FOR MILLIONS OF BORROWERS EXPECTING RELIEF. >> AND WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE HAS STRUCK A PLEA DEAL WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS FREEDOM. ASSANGE IS NOW ON HIS WAY TO A COURT, THE U.S. COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. ONCE THERE, EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO LEAKING A TROVE OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. THE DEAL COULD MAKE HIM A FREE MAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 15 YEARS. AND JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS ABC’S PATRICK REEVELL ALONG WITH ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ELIZABETH NEWMAN. HAVE MORE ON THIS. PATRICK, YOU’VE COVERED THIS STORY AT LENGTH. HOW DID WE GET TO THIS DEAL AND WHY NOW? >> HI, DAN. YEAH, WE’RE STILL WAITING FOR JULIAN ASSANGE TO ARRIVE IN THE NORTHERN MARIANAS. AS YOU SAY, THIS REMOTE US TERRITORY WHERE TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, LOCAL TIME THERE. HE’S EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY AS PART OF THIS PLEA DEAL WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. AS YOU SAY, THIS IS A VERY LONG STORY AND WHAT WE EXPECT TO PLEAD GUILTY TO, THERE IS JUST ONE COUNT AND ONE FELONY COUNT, BASICALLY PLEADING GUILTY TO ILLEGALLY OBTAINING AND DISCLOSING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AND US PROSECUTORS HAD WANTED TO PROSECUTE HIM FOR 70 COUNTS UNDER THE ESPIONAGE ACT. AND THAT HAD BEEN A VERY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE IN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE WERE FEARS AMONG MAJOR MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEW YORK TIMES THAT WERE THIS TO HAPPEN, IT COULD SET A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY MEAN THAT JOURNALISTS PUBLISHING GOVERNMENT SECRETS RISK BEING CRIMINALIZED. AND SO THOSE THE NEW YORK TIMES, ALONG WITH OTHER MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, HAVE ACTUALLY CALLED ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO DROP THOSE CHARGES. >> AND I THINK THE QUESTION OF WHY NOW IS A VERY GOOD ONE. IN PART, I THINK IT’S BECAUSE IN MAY WE SAW A HERE IN BRITAIN WHICH BASICALLY SUGGESTED THAT WHICH BASICALLY RULED THAT ASSANGE WOULD HAVE COULD AGAIN APPEAL, AGAINST HIS EXTRADITION TO THE UNITED STATES. >> AND THERE WERE ABOUT WHETHER HE WOULD EVER FINALLY ARRIVE IN THE UNITED STATES TO BE PROSECUTED. I THINK ULTIMATELY AS WELL, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME. ASSANGE HAS BEEN IN CONFINEMENT OF ONE FORM OR ANOTHER FOR 14 YEARS NOW. HE SPENT FIVE YEARS, OBVIOUSLY, IN BELMARSH HERE. HE SPENT BEFORE THAT SEVEN YEARS IN THE ECUADORIAN EMBASSY . EVEN BEFORE THAT, SOME TIME UNDER HOUSE ARREST IN THE U.K. ,TRYING TO AVOID THE ASSAULT CHARGES THAT WERE EVENTUALLY DROPPED IN SWEDEN. SO I THINK IN SOME WAYS THERE WERE MANY REASONS FOR THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TRY AND FINALLY COME TO THIS AGREEMENT. AND IN MANY WAYS, THIS WASN’T A TOTAL SURPRISE. I THINK IT’S A DRAMATIC END, BUT NOT A COMPLETE SURPRISE BECAUSE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND PRESIDENT BIDEN HIMSELF HAD BEEN INDICATING THAT WERE CONSIDERING FINALLY MAKING THIS DEAL. >> DAN AND ELIZABETH, WIKILEAKS SAYS IT EXPOSES THE WORLD’S SECRETS. >> IS THERE A CONCERN THAT ASSANGE’S FREEDOM COULD THREATEN NATIONAL SECURITY? >> WELL, CERTAINLY, IF HE DECIDES TO CONTINUE PAST BEHAVIOR, IT WOULD BE A HUGE CONCERN THAT HE COULD CONTINUE TO CAUSE DAMAGE TO NATIONAL SECURITY. WE KNOW FROM GOVERNMENT ASSESSMENTS THAT HIS LEAKS LED TO THE COMPROMISE OF INTELLIGENCE SOURCES, PROBABLY PEOPLE’S LIVES ARE LOST BECAUSE OF SOME OF THESE LEAKS. WE KNOW THAT IT LED TO THE COMPROMISE OF SOME OF OUR COUNTER TECHNIQUES, LIKE COUNTERING OR IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES, VERY IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGY THAT WE USE ON THE BATTLEFIELD TO OUR SOLDIERS SAFE. >> WE KNOW THAT HE LEAKED THINGS THAT COMPROMISED INDIVIDUALS PRIVACY, YOU KNOW, JUST REGULAR CITIZENS, THEIR MEDICAL INFORMATION, SEXUAL PREFERENCES. I MEAN, HE REALLY KIND OF CAST SUCH A BROAD NET THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. AND SO I AM CONCERNED IF HE CONTINUES ON HIS QUEST FOR SUPPOSED TRANSPARENCY, A LOT OF DAMAGE WILL BE CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. >> AND ELIZABETH ASSANGE AND HIS ALLIES SAY IT WAS A PUBLIC SERVICE EXPOSING WRONGDOING LIKE THE 27 APACHE HELICOPTER ATTACK IN IRAQ THAT KILLED CIVILIANS, INCLUDING TWO JOURNALISTS. SO WHY IS THIS NOT BEING SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC? WHAT VALUE DOES IT HAVE TO KEEP SOMETHING LIKE THAT CLASSIFIED? >> I DO THINK THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND IT CAN DO A BETTER JOB WITH TRANSPORT AGENCY AND THERE IS OFTEN RETICENCE TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC WHEN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT MESSES UP AND IT’S BETTER FOR THAT TO BE MADE PUBLIC AND FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MISTAKES THAT GET MADE. WE HAVE SYSTEMS TO DO THAT. WE HAVE WHISTLE BLOWER SYSTEMS, WE HAVE CONGRESS PROVIDING OVERSIGHT. WE HAVE LAWFUL WAYS TO MAKE THINGS PUBLIC, TO MAKE THINGS TRANSPARENT SO THAT PEOPLE BAD ,ACTORS OR JUST, YOU KNOW, MISTAKES ARE ARE MADE TRANSPARENT TO THE US PUBLIC AND PEOPLE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE . WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CASE OF WIKILEAKS WAS THAT PROCESS. THIS WAS AN UNLAWFUL WAY OF SEEKING AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE FOR THE SAKE OF THE THE FREEDOM LOVING, HUMAN RIGHTS, LOVING PEOPLE OF THE WEST, THAT THAT WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS IN A LAWFUL WAY TO SEEK TRANSPARENCY AS OPPOSED TO THE UNLAWFUL WAY THAT HE HE DID, WHICH CAUSED A TON OF DAMAGE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. >> ALL RIGHT, PATRICK REEVELL ELIZABETH NEWMAN, THANK YOU BOTH. AND WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING INTERNATIONAL NEWS. AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND DOZENS INJURED IN CLASHES WITH POLICE OUTSIDE THE KENYAN DURING PROTESTS OVER PROPOSED TAX HIKES. SOME LAWMAKERS EVACUATED, EVACUATED EXCUSE ME, THROUGH A TUNNEL AS THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS BREACHED THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING. THE TAX HIKE WOULD RAISE THE PRICE OF GOODS LIKE BREADS, DIAPERS, EVEN TELEPHONE AND INTERNET DATA. A KENYAN HUMAN COMMISSION SHARED VIDEO OF OFFICERS SHOOTING AT PROTESTERS, SAYING THEY WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. ISRAEL’S DEFENSE MINISTER IS VISITING THE PENTAGON TODAY FOR, A RARE IN-PERSON MEETING WITH SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD AUSTIN. THIS COMES NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE VIOLENT ABDUCTIONS OF SOME ISRAELI HOSTAGES TAKEN DURING THE OCTOBER SEVEN TERROR ATTACKS. CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN HAS MORE FROM TEL AVIV, ISRAEL. AND WE DO WANT TO WARN YOU, THIS VIDEO MAY BE DIFFICULT TO WATCH. >> THAT JUST RELEASED VIDEO SHOWING HAMAS GUNMEN RACING INTO GAZA WITH THREE HOSTAGES ON OCTOBER 7TH WARNING THAT THE VIDEO IS GRAPHIC. AMERICAN ALIYAH COHEN OR LEVY ARE SEEN CRAMMED IN THE BACK OF THEIR PICKUP TRUCK, BADLY WOUNDED AND SOAKED IN BLOOD. VIDEO FROM A HAMAS TERRORIST’S HELMET CAMERA. HERSH’S HEAD PULLED BACK. ONE OF THE MILITANTS SAYS, I WANT TO TAKE A SELFIE WITH HIM. >> AND OVERNIGHT, I MET WITH GOLDBERG-POLIN PARENTS. SHE LITERALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME A FEW MINUTES AGO. YEAH. HOW DOES A MOTHER WATCH HER SON GO THROUGH THAT? >> I’M NOT EVEN SURE YET. I FELT TERRIBLY SORRY FOR HIM. I DON’T THINK THAT ANY PARENT WOULD EVER WANT TO SEE THEIR CHILD IN ANY DISTRESS. ALL HOSTAGE FAMILIES. WE ALL FEEL THIS. HOW MUCH MORE CAN WE BEAR? >> THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT DOING ENOUGH TO TRY TO SECURE THEIR RELEASE? THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. AND I SAY THAT FOR ONE SIMPLE, INDISPUTABLE FACT. 120 HOSTAGES ARE NOT HOME. AND IT’S BEEN 262 DAYS. >> EVEN AS ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER SIGNALS A DRAWDOWN OF TROOPS IN GAZA. ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES HIT TWO SCHOOLS WHERE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE WERE SHELTERING. 14 PEOPLE KILLED, INCLUDING EIGHT MEMBERS OF A SINGLE FAMILY. >> AND CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN JOINS ME NOW FROM TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, ALONG WITH SENIOR REPORTER LUIS MARTINEZ FOR MORE. MATT, THE FAMILIES OF SOME HOSTAGES RELEASED IN THIS VIDEO IN AN EFFORT TO PRESSURE THE GOVERNMENT OUT THERE TRYING TO GET NETANYAHU TO AGREE TO A DEAL FOR A CEASE AND A HOSTAGE RELEASE. >> SO HOW ARE ISRAELI OFFICIALS RESPOND ENDING TO THAT? >> IS THAT PRESSURE CAMPAIGN WORKING? IT’S HARD TO SAY. WE DON’T YET KNOW. THE PROGRESS HAS BEEN, DIANE. ON THESE NEGOTIATIONS, THEY HAVE GOING ON SINCE ALMOST THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE WAR. RIGHT. THERE WAS AN INTERIM AGREEMENT IN WHICH ABOUT 50 HOSTAGES WERE RETURNED AND NOW THEY’RE AWAITING FOR THE REST OF THEM. AND MANY OF THEM ARE DYING. AND THAT’S BIGGEST CONCERN FROM THE FAMILIES, DAN, BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T NECESSARILY LEARN ANYTHING NEW FROM THIS VIDEO THAT THEY AGREED TO BE RELEASED . THERE’S NO INFORMATION ABOUT THE HOSTAGES OR THEIR CONDITION. THIS JUST TO JAR THE PUBLIC HERE IN ISRAEL AND WORLDWIDE, AND SPECIFICALLY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO REMIND THEM, SHAKE THEM BY THE LAPELS AS THE FAMILY TOLD THEM, TO REMIND THEM THAT THE HOSTAGES ARE NOT A CONCEPT THEY’RE PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES WITH LOVED ONES BACK AT HOME. AND THEY ARE DESPERATE TO TO GET THOSE HOSTAGES BACK HOME BEFORE THEY ARE KILLED IN GAZA DIANE. >> AND LOUISE, SECRETARY AUSTIN IS MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER AT THE PENTAGON. HOW SIGNIFICANT THAT MEETING AND WHAT IS ISRAEL HOPING TO GET FROM THAT? A ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT BIDEN AND NETANYAHU SEEMINGLY AT ODDS RIGHT NOW ABOUT WEAPONS BEING SENT TO ISRAEL. >> THEY AND THIS A VERY IMPORTANT VISIT. THIS IS YOU HAVE GALANT MEETING NOT ONLY WITH DEFENSE WITH DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN, BUT ALSO WITH SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN YESTERDAY, AS WELL AS THE CIA DIRECTOR BILL BURNS, WHO’S BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL TO TRY TO BRING AN END TO THIS CONFLICT AND TO TRY TO THE HOSTAGES BACK. BUT WHAT THE ISRAELIS ARE LOOKING FOR AND YOU’VE HEARD THE COMPLAINTS FROM ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU, IS THAT HE FEELS THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS CUT BACK, HAS SLOWED TO A TRICKLE. THE WEAPONS FLOW THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDING TO THE UNITED TO ISRAEL. BUT WHAT YOU HAVE ACROSS THE BOARD IS AMERICAN OFFICIALS SAYING PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY THAT THAT’S NOT CASE, THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT ONLY THAT ONE SHIPMENT OF 500 WEAPONS WAS ACTUALLY SLOWED DOWN. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT £2,000 BOMBS THAT I THINK THE UNITED STATES WAS CONCERNED MIGHT BE USED IN AN OFFENSIVE AGAINST RAFAH. AND THAT’S WHAT ALL OF U.S. OFFICIALS KEEP POINTING TO. BUT YOU KEEP HEARING FROM NATO DOUBLES DOWN THAT, NO, THE UNITED STATES HAS SLOWED TO A TRICKLE. BUT ONE POSSIBLE ANSWER HERE MAY BE THAT AT THE START OF, THIS CONFLICT, THE UNITED STATES BRUSHED AND SERVED A WHOLE BUNCH OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE INTO ISRAEL RIGHT AFTER THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK. WE THINK THAT HASN’T SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY IT’S NO LONGER IN A SEARCH SITUATION. BUT WHAT IS NOW THE CASE IS THE NORMAL OF A FOREIGN MILITARY SALES PROGRAM CAN BE QUITE LENGTHY. >> MATT GUTMAN LUIS MARTINEZ. THANK YOU BOTH. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON THE ATTACK WITH THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE JUST TWO DAYS AWAY. WHILE THE BIDEN IS FOCUSED ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION ACCESS, TRUMP IS SUGGESTING WITHOUT EVIDENCE THAT THE PRESIDENT USES SUPPLEMENTS TO GET, QUOTE, JACKED UP BEFORE PUBLIC APPEARANCES. ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT AND POLITICAL DIRECTOR RICK KLEIN JOIN ME NOW FOR MORE. RACHEL TRUMP IS GOING SO FAR AS TO NOW CALL FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO TAKE A DRUG TEST. WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THAT AND WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT HIS APPROACH TO THIS DEBATE? >> YEAH, WELL THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S APPROACH HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE MAP. HE ONE POINT CALLED PRESIDENT BIDEN THE WORST DEBATER. NOW HE’S CALLING HIM A WORTHY DEBATER. HE HAS QUESTIONED HIS MENTAL FITNESS AND NOW HE IS GOING AS FAR TO SUGGEST THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO TAKE A DRUG TEST BEFORE HE GETS ON THE STAGE AS MENTIONED, SUGGESTING THAT HE TAKES SOME TYPE OF SUPPLEMENT BEFORE HE APPEARS IN PUBLIC AND HAS THESE VERY PUBLIC APPEARANCES. OF COURSE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO BACK THAT UP. THESE ARE BASELESS AND UNFOUNDED, AND THAT’S HOW THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS TREATING THEM, SAYING THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS RESORTED TO JUST SPREADING FALSE, FLAT OUT LIES. BUT THIS IS A PAGE OUT OF THE DONALD TRUMP PLAYBOOK. AND WE HAVE SEEN HIM USE THIS BEFORE. HE USED THIS BACK IN 20 AND EVEN BACK IN 2016, CALLING ON HILLARY CLINTON TO GET DRUG TESTED BEFORE SHE TOOK THE DEBATE STAGE TO DIANE AND RICK. AGE IS KEY FACTOR IN THIS RACE. SO WHAT DO PRESIDENT BIDEN AND PRESIDENT TRUMP NEED TO DO TO PROVE THEY’RE SHARP ENOUGH FOR THE JOB? >> I MEAN, NOT LOOK OLD FOR STARTERS. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE PERCEPTIONS MATTER. I THINK THE IMPRESSION IS THAT VOTERS GET MORE THAN ANYTHING THEY CAN SAY ON THE STAGE. HOW SAY IT, HOW THEY COME ACROSS. AND OF COURSE, THE COMPARISONS IMPORTANT TO DONALD TRUMP, ONLY THREE YEARS YOUNGER THAN JOE BIDEN. BUT TRUMP HAS MADE A LOT OUT OF WHAT HE VIEWS AS BIDEN’S INCOMPETENCE AND INABILITY TO DO THE JOB. POLLING SUGGESTS VOTERS VIEW BIDEN IS QUITE A BIT OLDER THAN THAN TRUMP AND A LOT MORE CONCERNS AROUND HIS AGE AND MENTAL ACUITY. SO YOU HAVE TO NOT MESS UP. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AS VIGOROUS AS YOU CAN. I THINK THAT’S ONE REASON THAT TRUMP IS SUGGESTING, AS RACHEL POINTED OUT, WITHOUT EVIDENCE THAT THAT BIDEN MIGHT BE TAKING SOME KIND OF SOME KIND OF DRUGS TO ENHANCE HIS HIS HIS ONSTAGE PERFORMANCE, GIVEN THE FACT THAT HE HAS SET SUCH A LOW BAR FOR HIM, THAT IF BIDEN DOES A JOB AND SEEMS VIGOROUS THROUGHOUT THE HOUR AND A HALF, IT UNDERCUTS A CENTRAL THAT THAT TRUMP HAS MADE. BUT THERE’S NOT REALLY A LOT OF YOU CAN DO FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU JUST GOT TO GO OUT THERE AND DO YOUR BEST AND HOPE TO COME OFF AS VIGOROUS AS POSSIBLE. >> ALL RIGHT, RACHEL SCOTT, RICK KLEIN, WE WILL BE WATCHING. THANK YOU. AND IT’S THURSDAY NIGHT ON ABC. BE SURE TO CATCH THE CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SIMULCAST. SO IT ALL STARTS AT 7 P.M. EASTERN WITH THE ABC NEWS SPECIAL. RACE THE WHITE HOUSE. AND WE’RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS IN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE. IN A NEW COURT FILING WITH SPECIAL COUNSEL CRITICIZES TRUMP FOR STIRRING NATIONAL SECRETS AMID A, QUOTE, CLUTTERED COLLECTION OF KEEPSAKES. ACCORDING TO TRANSCRIPTS OF AUDIO REVIEWED BY ABC NEWS. TRUMP PRIVATELY EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT TURNING OVER POTENTIALLY DOCUMENTS AFTER A SUBPOENA COULD RESULT IN CRIMINAL CHARGES. ABC NEWS SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS COSBY NOW OUTSIDE THAT COURTHOUSE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. KATHERINE, THIS MAY BE THE MOST DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE AND THE STATE OF THOSE BOXES OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AT THE FBI FOUND AT MAR A LAGO. SO WHAT’S THE LATEST AND HOW CRITICAL IS THIS IN TERMS OF AN ELEMENT TO THE CASE? IT MOST CERTAINLY IS THE MOST DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THAT SEARCH AND WHAT THE BOXES LOOK LIKE. WE’VE SEEN PHOTOS OF THEM PREVIOUSLY IN THE INDICTMENT, BUT NOW THE SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR THE FIRST TIME IS REVEALING NEW PHOTOS THAT DEPICT HOW TRUMP STORED THESE DOCUMENTS. NOW, IT’S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS A RESPONSE FROM THE SPECIAL COUNSEL THAT IS COMING IN RESPONSE TO DONALD TRUMP’S MOTION TO HAVE THE CASE ESSENTIALLY, COMPLETELY TOSSED OUT THERE, SAYING THAT THE FBI SHUFFLED UP THE DOCUMENTS, THAT THEY WEREN’T IN THE SAME ORDER IN THE BOXES WHEN THEY WERE PRESERVED OR WHEN THEY WERE SEIZED VERSUS WHEN THEY WERE FOUND. WHAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL SAYING IS, WAIT A SECOND. THESE WERE A OF KEEPSAKES THAT WERE INTERMINGLED WITH THE NATION’S SECRETS. AND BY THE WAY, EVERY TIME YOU WOULD MOVE A BOX, WHETHER IT WAS TRUMP’S AIDES MOVING THEM, WHETHER TRUMP WAS HOLDING THEM, THE CONTENTS OF THE BOXES SHIFTED BECAUSE IT WASN’T LIKE A FILING SYSTEM. THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY PRETTY MESSY, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOS. SO THE SPECIAL COUNSEL IS REALLY PUSHING BACK ON THIS TRUMP CLAIM THAT THIS EVIDENCE WAS TAMPERED WITH. THEY’RE TRYING TO HAVE THIS WHOLE INDICTMENT THROWN OUT BECAUSE OF IT. SO THAT IS WHERE THIS NEW INFORMATION FROM THE SPECIAL FROM THE SPECIAL COUNSEL CAME FROM. AND THOSE NEW PHOTOS THAT SHOW SPECIFICALLY THE NATURE IN WHICH TRUMP STORED THESE DOCUMENTS, WHICH WERE INTERMINGLED WITH HIS PERSONAL . MEANWHILE, CATHERINE, THE PROSECUTOR IS ASKING FOR A LIMITED ORDER ON TRUMP. WHAT’S THE JUDGE SAYING ABOUT THAT? AND HOW IS TRUMP’S TEAM RESPONDING? WELL, THESE WERE ARGUMENTS THAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY. SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH HAS ASKED FOR THIS GAG ORDER, SPECIFICALLY HAS ASKED THE JUDGE TO ASK TRUMP NOT TO TALK ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED IN THE CASE AND SPECIFICALLY INVOLVED IN THAT SEARCH OF AUGUST 20, 22. TRUMP HAS SAID AND CLAIMED FALSELY THAT SINCE THE FBI SEARCHED HIS PROPERTY, THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WAS, QUOTE UNQUOTE, TRYING TO ASSASSINATE HIM BECAUSE THE FBI AGENTS WERE ARMED WHEN THEY WENT TO THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. BUT THE JUDGE APPEARED, FRANKLY, OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S ARGUMENTS. IT DOESN’T SEEM SHE WILL GRANT SUCH A GAG ORDER, BUT WE’LL HAVE TO SEE AT WHAT POINT SHE ROLLS ON THIS. ALL RIGHT, KATHERINE FAULDERS. THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, MONEY DYSPHORIA YOU CAN DO IF YOU HAVE A SKEWED RELATIONSHIP WITH OVER UNDER SPENDING. AND WHILE THE RAIN MAY HAVE STOPPED FOR PARTS OF THE MIDWEST, IT’S PICKING UP IN OTHERS. AND THEY’RE DEALING WITH THIS HEAT. ALL THE FULL FORECAST COMING UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BREAK . >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS. >> THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FOR IT WAS A TORNADO THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THIS STORY IS ON THE FRONT FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT FOR THE FBI. REPORTER FOR THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. THE STORY IS WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU’RE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE ,ABC LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS 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. WE ARE 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. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN BETWEEN CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17TH. ALL THE BUZZKILL AND BASEBALL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA THIS MORNING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. WHY WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. >> THIS IS "START HERE" TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE HERE . >> WELCOME TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SAY A MAJOR DAM IN MINNESOTA IN IMMINENT DANGER OF COLLAPSE. THIS COMES AS EXTREME HEAT IS SITTING OVER THE MIDWEST AND OTHER MAJOR CITIES. >> ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE HAS THE LATEST HIGH SUMMER. >> HEY, DIANE. YEAH. SO YOU THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THEY’RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK IN THE UPPER MIDWEST FROM A LOT OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS, BUT THEY’RE STILL DEALING WITH SOME HEAT THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. HEAT ADVISORIES ISSUED AND. THERE IS SOME SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON JUST A LITTLE BIT FARTHER SOUTH OF THERE. SO FROM OMAHA TO DES MOINES, FROM SPRINGFIELD TO SAINT LOUIS, FROM CHICAGO TO PEORIA, DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. SO WE’RE GETTING THE GAMUT. LARGE HAIL, A FEW TORNADOES THAT IS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AND. IN FACT, THERE HAS BEEN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED. THEY’VE ALREADY STARTED TO SHAVE IT BACK. SO THEY’RE STARTING GET RID OF IT IN ROCKFORD, CHICAGO. SO YOU ALL ARE IN THE CLEAR. BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS LINE OF ROBUST STORMS NOW HEADED FOR FORT WAYNE, INDIANA FAR WESTERN OHIO. THERE JUST THE WEST AND SOUTH OF TOLEDO. SO THOSE ROLL THROUGH TODAY. THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS HITTING THE EAST COAST THURSDAY MORNING AROUND 3 A.M. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE ON THE SEVERE SIDE AND WE COULD SEE AN ISOLATED TORNADO FROM IT, MAINLY DAMAGING WINDS . SO TEMPERATURES TODAY, WHILE THEY’RE IN THE LOW NINETIES IN THE NORTHEAST AND THE HEAT ADVISORIES BEEN ISSUED FOR PHILADELPHIA, THERE IS STILL A BIT OF A ROLLERCOASTER ON THE WAY WITH THESE TEMPS. >> YOU CAN SEE THINGS DROPPING AND COOLING DOWN HERE IN NEW YORK. DIANE WILL BE IN THE UPPER SEVENTIES FRIDAY AND THAT’S BECAUSE THAT COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH, BRINGING THE STORMS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND THE COOLER BEHIND IT BY FRIDAY. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST FROM OUR THEATER A THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, A JUDGE HALTS FURTHER STUDENT LOAN UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN’S DEBT PLAN. WHAT IT MEANS FOR MILLIONS OF BORROWERS EXPECTING RELIEF. BUSINESS HEADLINES ARE NEXT. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? OPERATION AFTER COMBAT OPERATIONS ARE WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, OPERATE NUCLEAR REACTORS, EVEN A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG THERE’S NOT A CARE IN AND OUT OF POWER. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE. >> THE USA. LOOK AT YOUR SMILE. YOU’RE PROUD OF THIS? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION. IT’S LEO. >> DAVID DAVIS. YES. YES. I’M MUIR. >> I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO? EVERY NIGHT. ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN 19 EIGHTIES, THE BRAD PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE ,THE BRAD PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU WOULD, A BRAD PACK NAME NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU? >> I HATED THE BRAD PACK. WHAT A DISASTER. WHY DID? >> WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSE. AFTER THAT, I’M GOING TO SAY WE WERE BEETLES, RIGHT? >> WELL, IT IS STILL SHEA STADIUM, 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE. BUT WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? >> FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH TO YOU STAR HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> I’M WHIT JOHNSON REPORTING FROM MAUI. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. NORTH STREAMING ABC NEWS LOS. WELCOME BACK. THE FUTURE OF THE PRESIDENT’S STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN IS NOW IN QUESTION AFTER IT WAS TEMPORARILY HALTED BY FEDERAL JUDGES. THIS INSIDE OUT TWO COULD BREAK $1,000,000,000 RECORD. ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS IS MORE ON THAT AND YOUR OTHER BUSINESS HEADLINES. >> ALEXIS, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TODAY? DISAPPOINTMENT FOR MILLIONS OF FOLKS WHO WERE HOPING TO GET THOSE THOSE LOANS FORGIVEN BECAUSE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO ARE BANKING ON THAT STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ARE NOW IN LIMBO. FEDERAL JUDGES KANSAS AND MISSOURI ARE TEMPORARILY BANNING THE GOVERNMENT FROM IMPLEMENTING PARTS OF THE PRESIDENT’S STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PLAN, WHICH BEEN CENTRAL TO BIDEN’S REELECTION CAMPAIGN. SO BEGINNING JULY, 8 MILLION AMERICANS ENROLLED IN THE SAVE PLAN WERE SET TO, SEE THEIR LOAN PAYMENTS CUT IN HALF. BUT THAT’S NOW ON HOLD UNTIL. ABOUT A DOZEN LAWSUITS BROUGHT BY REPUBLICAN STATES WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THE COURTS. THE STATES ARGUE THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION LACKS AUTHORITY TO ENACT HIS PLAN. THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ARE VOWING TO FIGHT THE RULING . WELL, I KNOW IT’S HARD TO THINK BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING WHEN SUMMER HAS JUST STARTED. TARGET ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT ITS CIRCLE WEEK OF SAVINGS WILL RETURN JULY 7TH THROUGH THE 13TH. DEALS INCLUDE UP TO 30% OFF KIDS SCHOOL UNIFORMS AND BACKPACKS, 50% OFF SOME TOYS, INCLUDING LEGOS AND UP TO 40% OFF HOME APPLIANCES LIKE DYSON, KITCHENAID AND NINJA. AND IF YOU’RE SHOPPING FOR A JULY 4TH CELEBRATION, YOU’LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW WALMART, TARGET, KROGER AND PUBLIX AMONG THE RETAILERS THAT WILL BE OPEN FOR REGULAR HOURS ON JULY 4TH. AND INSIDE OUT TWO MAY BE ON ITS WAY TO THE BILLION DOLLAR CLUB. THE FILM BY PIXAR AND ABC’S PARENT COMPANY DISNEY HAS SURPASSED DUE IN PART TO TO BECOME THE HIGHEST GROSSING FILM OF THE YEAR. BOX OFFICE RECEIPTS TOPPING $724 MILLION WORLDWIDE SINCE ITS JUNE 14TH RELEASE. AND THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED GO EVEN HIGHER SINCE THE ANIMATED FEATURE HAS YET TO OPEN IN JAPAN. >> THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST FILM TO TOP $1,000,000,000 SINCE WARNER BROS. BARBIE BACK IN 2023. >> LOOKS LIKE A FUN ONE. IT’S ON MY LIST. IT DOES. ALL RIGHT? THE SUMMER’S ALREADY SHAPING UP ELECTRIC. THANK YOU. AND A GROWING TREND CALLED MONEY DYSMORPHIA IS TAKING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE HAS A DISTORTED PERCEPTION OF THEIR FINANCIAL STATUS. REBECCA JARVIS HAS MORE ON WHY WE’RE SEEING. >> WHEN 25-YEAR-OLD OLIVIA JENKINS FIRST HEARD THE TERM MONEY DYSMORPHIA, SHE SAID IT RESONATED AWAY. AT SOME POINT I FEEL LIKE I IN MY HEAD HAVE MONEY THAN THEY ACTUALLY DO, WHICH IS WHAT CAUSES MY, LIKE, OVERSPENDING. THE NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATE SEEMINGLY LIVES HER DREAM, BUT HER RELATIONSHIP WITH MONEY IS SKEWED. IT’S CALLED MONEY DYSMORPHIA. WHEN SOMEONE HAS A DISTORTED PERCEPTION OF THEIR FINANCIAL STATUS, ESPECIALLY IN THE WORLD OF SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE LIVE IN, IT’S VERY EASY TO FALL INTO THE TRAP OF FEELING LIKE YOU HAVE TO SPEND, SPEND. I KIND OF HAVE ADOPTED THIS MENTALITY OF THAT MONEY IS FAKE. >> IT’S A GROWING TREND THAT CHIME FINANCIAL ADVOCATE DAYSHA KENNEDY HAS SEEN AMONGST HER OVER 300,000 FOLLOWERS. WE ARE CONSTANTLY BEING BOMBARDED WITH WHAT WE SHOULD BUY AND WHAT WE SHOULD DO. AND SOMETIMES IF YOU ARE DOING OKAY, IT’S HARD TO GRASP AS A REALITY BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS BEING CONSUMED. WE SHOULD BE DOING MORE. SHE HELPS HER CLIENTS START CRITICALLY LOOKING AT THEIR FINANCES WITHOUT COMPARING TO OTHERS. PEOPLE ARE SOMETIMES DOING BETTER THAN WHAT THEY THINK. >> ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF BODY DYSMORPHIA IS A CONSTANT COMPARISON TO OUR PEERS. FINANCIAL PSYCHOTHERAPIST DR. ALEX MILKMAN SAYS IT CAN SEND OUR BRAINS INTO SURVIVAL MODE. >> THAT COMPARISON TRIGGERS, THIS IDEA OF HEY. AM I SURVIVING? AM I NOT? HOW AM I DOING COMPARED TO MY PEERS IN ORDER TO AVOID DEALING WITH THAT INNER CRITIC? WE AVOID MONEY ISSUES ALTOGETHER. >> SO WHAT ARE A FEW TACTICS TO HELP GET MONEY UNDER CONTROL? MONITOR HOW OFTEN YOU THINK MONEY THEN UNFOLLOW ACCOUNTS THAT LEAD TO UNHEALTHY COMPARES AND KEEP TRACK OF SPENDING TO REMOVE ANXIETY OF THE AND SOMETHING THAT’S WORKED FOR OLIVIA POZZI PURCHASING. >> WAITING 2448 HOURS. >> BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE TO THINK TO YOURSELF, IS THIS ACTUALLY GOING TO BRING ME VALUE? >> REBECCA JARVIS THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. 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KYRA PHILLIPS WITH ABC NEWS. DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS? THE POWERFUL NEW "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE" THE SECRETS OF THE TO BUY TO CHURCH. >> THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THIS. NOW STREAMING ON HULU. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? ABC NEWS. THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE TOP STORIES START HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS PODCASTS. HI, I’M DIANE MACEDO TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE, JULIAN ASSANGE STRIKES A DEAL FOR HIS FREEDOM. THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER IS SET TO PLEAD GUILTY TO LEAKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF US CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. WHERE HE’S HEADED NOW AND WHAT’S EXPECTED TO HAPPEN NEXT. JUST TWO DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE OF 2024. HOW PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PREPARING AND WHY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CALLING FOR BIDEN TO BE DRUG TESTED. WHETHER ALERTS COAST TO COAST A DAM IN MINNESOTA IS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE. WHY DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED TO RETURN. WE HAVE TRACK AND TIMING. >> BUT FIRST, WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE HAS STRUCK A PLEA DEAL WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS FREEDOM. ASSANGE IS NOW ON HIS WAY TO A COURT IN THE US COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. ONCE THERE, HE’S EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO LEAKING A TROVE OF CLASSIFIED. THE DEAL COULD MAKE HIM A FREE MAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 15 YEARS. ABC NEWS SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPOND TERRY MORAN HAS THE DETAILS. >> JULIAN ASSANGE, WHO FOUNDED WIKILEAKS AND ROCKED GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD WITH IT, IS SET TO PLEAD GUILTY IN U.S. FEDERAL COURT TO A SINGLE FELONY CHARGE IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS FREEDOM, ENDING THE YEARS LONG LEGAL SAGA AROUND HIS EXPLOSIVE PUBLICATION OF U.S. STATE SECRETS. OVERNIGHT, ASSANGE LEFT A HIGH SECURITY BRITISH PRISON, A MOMENT THAT CAPPED OF QUIET TALKS BETWEEN HIS LAWYERS AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. THE DEAL THAT SET HIM FREE. ASSANGE WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF CONSPIRING TO UNLAWFULLY DISSEMINATE CLASSIFIED AND AVOID FURTHER POTENTIAL PRISON TIME IN EXCHANGE. HIS PLEA WILL BE TAKEN IN PERSON AS REQUIRED BY LAW AT ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE U.S. FEDERAL COURTHOUSES INSIDE PENN IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. AVOIDING SETTING FOOT IN THE CONTINENTAL AND NEAR HIS NATIVE COUNTRY OF AUSTRALIA, ASSANGE CELEBRATE, BY SOME AS A HERO, REVILED BY OTHERS AS A RECKLESS VANDAL. PUBLISHED STATE SECRETS OF COUNTRY AFTER COUNTRY NONE MORE DAMAGING THAN THE VAST TROVE OF U.S. CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WIKILEAKS POSTED STARTING IN 2010 AT THE HEIGHT OF U.S. WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. >> WE HOPE TO CORRECT SOME OF THAT ATTACK ON THE TREATY THAT OCCURRED BEFORE THE WAR. DURING THE WAR, AND WHICH HAS CONTINUED ON SINCE THE WAR OFFICIALLY CONCLUDED. NEARLY 750,000 DOCUMENTS IN TOTAL WERE LEAKED, REVEALING DETAILED U.S. MILITARY ACTIVITIES AND CONFIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC. NOW, JULIAN ASSANGE IS ON THE VERGE OF FREEDOM. HIS WIFE RECORDING A HOPEFUL STATEMENT. >> THIS PERIOD OF OUR I’M CONFIDENT NOW HAS COME TO AN END. AND I THINK THAT BY THIS TIME NEXT WEEK, JULIAN WILL BE FREE. >> ASSANGE’S FAMILY SAYS HEALTH HAS DETERIORATED DURING HIS YEARS OF INCARCERATION. AT ONE POINT, HE FACED UP TO 170 YEARS IN PRISON. INSTEAD. TODAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A DECADE, HE IS FREE AND HE IS GOING HOME. >> DIANE ABC NEWS SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT TERRY MORAN. THANK YOU. THE VIDEO SHOWS THE VIOLENT ABDUCTIONS OF SOME ISRAELI HOSTAGES TAKEN THE OCTOBER SEVEN TERROR ATTACKS. THEIR FAMILIES SAY THEY’RE RELEASING FOOTAGE TO PRESSURE PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU TO STRIKE A DEAL TO BRING THEM HOME. CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN HAS MORE FROM TEL AVIV. AND WE DO WANT TO WARN YOU, THIS VIDEO MAY BE DIFFICULT TO WATCH THAT JUST RELEASED VIDEO SHOWING HAMAS GUNMEN RACING INTO GAZA WITH THREE HOSTAGES. ON OCTOBER SEVEN, WARNING THAT THE VIDEO IS GRAPHIC. AMERICAN HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN ELIOT COHEN OR LEVY ARE SEEN CRAMMED IN BACK OF THAT PICKUP TRUCK, BADLY WOUNDED AND SOAKED IN BLOOD. THE VIDEO FROM A HAMAS TERRORIST’S HELMET CAMERA. HERSH’S HEAD PULLED BACK. ONE OF THE MILITANTS SAYS, I WANT TO TAKE A SELFIE WITH HIM. AND OVERNIGHT, I MET WITH GOLDBERG-POLIN PARENTS. SHE LITERALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME A FEW MINUTES AGO. YEAH. HOW DOES A MOTHER WATCH HER SON GO THROUGH THAT? >> I’M NOT EVEN SURE YET. I FELT TERRIBLY SORRY FOR HIM. I DON’T THINK THAT ANY PARENT WOULD EVER WANT TO SEE THEIR CHILD IN ANY DISTRESS. ALL HOSTAGE FAMILIES. WE ALL FEEL THIS. HOW MUCH MORE CAN WE BEAR? >> THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT DOING ENOUGH TO TO SECURE THEIR RELEASE. THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. AND I SAY THAT FOR ONE SIMPLE, INDISPUTABLE FACT 120 HOSTAGES ARE NOT HOME. >> AND IT’S BEEN 262 DAYS. EVEN AS ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER SIGNALS. >> A DRAWDOWN OF TROOPS IN GAZA. ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES HIT TWO SCHOOLS WHERE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE WERE SHELTERING. 14 PEOPLE KILLED, INCLUDING EIGHT MEMBERS OF A SINGLE FAMILY. DIANE, SOMETHING WE’VE NOTICED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM THE CHIEF MILITARY SPOKESPERSON, THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, NOW TALKING ABOUT HAMAS AS IDEA SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE DESTROYED. SEEMINGLY WALKING BACK MONTHS OF RHETORIC, INCLUDING ONE OF THE PRIMARY GOALS OF THE WAR, WHICH WAS TO ERADICATE HAMAS COMPLETELY. >> DIANE. >> CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN IN ISRAEL. THANK YOU. AND WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING INTERNATIONAL NEWS. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PROTESTING HIKES IN KENYA ARE NOW INSIDE PARLIAMENT AND PART OF THE BUILDING IS ON FIRE. THE BBC REPORTS AT LEAST TEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN CLASHES WITH POLICE. THE TAX HIKE WOULD RAISE THE PRICE OF GOODS LIKE BREAD, DIAPERS, EVEN TELEPHONE AND INTERNET DATA. LAWMAKERS EVACUATED THROUGH A TUNNEL, BUT PROTESTERS ALLOWED OPPOSITION WHO VOTED AGAINST THE BILL TO WALK OUT OF THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING. CAN YOU? HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION SHARED VIDEO OF OFFICER SHOOTING AT PROTESTERS, SAYING THEY’LL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. >> AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON THE ATTACK WITH THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE JUST TWO DAYS AWAY. WHILE THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS FOCUSED ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION ACCESS, TRUMP IS CALLING FOR THE PRESIDENT TO BE DRUG TESTED. ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. RACHEL, WHAT’S BEHIND THIS NEW MOVE FROM TRUMP NOW CALLING FOR A DRUG TEST AHEAD OF THE DEBATE? >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REALLY HEARD THE FORMER PRESIDENT DIG INTO ATTACKS AND LISTEN, HE’S BEEN EVERYWHERE SORT OF ON THE SCALE . HE HAS QUESTIONED PRESIDENT BIDEN’S MENTAL FITNESS AND THEN HE WENT TO GOLF TO CALL HIM A WORTHY DEBATER. HE HAS ATTACKED THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT IS SPENDING TIME IN CAMP DAVID, HUDDLED WITH HIS SENIOR PREPARING FOR THAT DEBATE. AND NOW WE ARE HEARING THIS LATEST CLAIM. THE FORMER PRESIDENT INSISTING THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOULD TAKE A DRUG TEST. >> HE EVEN GETS ON THE STAGE. AND OF COURSE, JUST OVER THE WEEKEND, WE HEARD THE FORMER SUGGEST THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS TAKING SUPPLEMENTS, SOMEHOW GET JACKED UP, IN HIS WORDS, AHEAD OF PUBLIC APPEARANCE. TO BE CLEAR HERE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THAT. THESE ARE BASELESS AND UNFOUNDED CLAIMS, AND THAT IS HOW THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS RESPONDING, SAYING THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS RESORTING TO THESE UNFOUNDED CLAIMS THAT ARE PURELY LIES. BUT THIS IS A PAGE OUT OF DONALD TRUMP’S PLAYBOOK. WE SAW HIM DO THIS LAST TIME AROUND IN 2020, AND HE EVEN DID IT IN 2016 WITH HILLARY CLINTON, DIANE. >> SO, RACHEL, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT WHEN THESE TWO CANDIDATES TAKE THE STAGE? YEAH, WELL, THIS IS A SIGN OF HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO BE. THEN YOU CAN EXPECT THAT THE ATTACKS JUST MIGHT TURN NASTY. AND LOOK, WE ALL REMEMBER THAT DEBATE BETWEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, THE ONE THAT TURNED INTO A SHOUTING MATCH. OBVIOUSLY, THIS TIME AROUND, THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT COULD PREVENT THAT. FOR THE MIKES ARE ONLY GOING TO BE TURNED ON WHEN IT’S THE CANDIDATE’S TURN TO SPEAK. BUT THAT’S NOT GOING TO STOP THEM FROM GOING AT EACH. AND SO YOU HAVE THE FORMER PRESIDENT ALREADY SORT OF RAMPING UP HIS ATTACKS ON PRESIDENT BIDEN, BUT THEN ALSO TRYING TO DOWNPLAY SOME OF THE EXPECTATION HERE BY CALLING HIM A WORTHY DEBATER. BUT SO MUCH HAS CHANGED, DIANE, SINCE THESE LAST TWO SAW EACH OTHER FACE TO FACE, NAMELY, YOU HAD JANUARY 6 THAT HAPPENED. AND YOU’VE ALSO HAD THE FORMER PRESIDENT CONVICTED ON THOSE 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. AND, OF COURSE, THAT’S ONE OF MANY INVESTIGATIONS INTO HIM AND RACHEL AND TWO COURT RULINGS NIGHT. FEDERAL JUDGES IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI BLOCKED ASPECTS PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM. 8 MILLION AMERICANS ARE ENROLLED IN THAT PROGRAM. >> AND THIS HAS LONG BEEN ONE OF BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN PROMISES. SO HOW SIGNIFICANT COULD THESE RULINGS BE TO HIS CAMPAIGN? YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN THE PRESIDENT WAS MAKING THIS PROMISE TO REALLY FORGIVE A LOT OF STUDENT LOAN DEBT FOR SO MANY AMERICANS OUT THERE. AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SEEMED VERY CLEAR AND CONFIDENT THAT THIS WAS GOING TO STAND UP IN COURT. AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST YEAR ARE CHALLENGE AFTER CHALLENGE ON PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM. WE’VE SEEN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TRY TO PURSUE OTHER LEGAL AVENUES TO TRY TO SURE THAT THIS RELIEF GETS TO PEOPLE OUT IN THE COUNTRY. BUT THIS IS GOING TO FRUSTRATE PART OF THEIR BASE THAT THEY’RE REALLY TO ENERGIZE IN NOVEMBER, AND THAT IS YOUNG VOTERS AND PEOPLE WHO REALLY SAW THIS AS A CAMPAIGN PROMISE FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN. SO THERE IS NO DOUBTING THIS IS DEFINITELY A NOT ONLY IN THE COURTS, BUT ALSO POLITICALLY FOR THE PRESIDENT HEADING NOVEMBER. >> ALL RIGHT, RACHEL SCOTT A LOT TO AN EYE ON. THANK YOU, RACHEL. YOU GOT IT. AND THIS THURSDAY NIGHT ON ABC ,BE SURE TO WATCH THE CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SIMULCAST. IT ALL STARTS AT 7 P.M. EASTERN WITH THE ABC NEWS SPECIAL. RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. AND WE’RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS . FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE, ACCORDING TO TRANSCRIPTS AUDIO REVIEWED BY ABC NEWS. TRUMP PRIVATELY EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT TURNING OVER POTENTIALLY CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AFTER A SUBPOENA COULD IN CRIMINAL CHARGES. ABC NEWS SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS JOINS ME NOW FROM OUTSIDE THAT COURTHOUSE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. KATHERINE, WHAT CAN YOU US ABOUT THESE TRANSCRIPTS AND HOW THEY’RE PLAYING A ROLE IN THIS CASE? WELL, THESE NOTES HAVE BEEN CENTRAL TO THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S INVESTIGATION SINCE REALLY THE VERY BEGINNING OF IT. TO TAKE YOU BACK A LITTLE. THEY HAVE TO DO WITH TRUMP’S FORMER LEAD LAWYER ON THE CASE, EVAN. THERE WAS LITIGATION UNDER SEAL IN D.C. ABOUT PIERCING CLIENT PRIVILEGE SO THAT HE COULD THEN SPEAK TO THE GRAND JURY AND PROVIDE NOTES. NOW, THE NOTES ARE SIGNIFICANT. THEY’RE NOT PUBLIC. THEY’RE UNDER SEAL. WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO REVIEW THE NOTES AND ESSENTIALLY REPORT WHAT THEY’VE SAID, BUT THEY’RE CENTRAL TO THE ALLEGATIONS BY THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE, THE ALLEGATIONS THAT TRUMP WAS TRYING TO HIDE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AS A STATE THAT HE WAS TRYING TO MISLEAD. HIS LAWYER, EVAN CORCORAN, THE TIME THAT HE WAS TRYING TO OBSTRUCT THE GOVERNMENT’S INVESTIGATION AND WHAT WE’RE LEARNING HERE, DIANE, AND WAS HUGELY SIGNIFICANT, FRANKLY, IS THE FACT THAT ACCORDING TO HIS LAWYER IN THE NOTES THAT HIS LAWYER TOOK, THAT TRUMP ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY IF HE COMPLIED WITH A SUBPOENA TO HAND BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT. THOSE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS ESSENTIALLY AN ADMISSION THAT HE MAY BELIEVE THAT HE ACTUALLY HAD DONE SOMETHING HERE. OF COURSE, HE ENDED UP NOT COMPLYING WITH THE SUBPOENA. AND THAT IS WHY HE’S CHARGED HERE. BUT WE’RE LEARNING MORE INFORMATION, AT LEAST FROM THESE NOTES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE JUDGE HERE IN FLORIDA WILL CONSIDER THE TRUMP TEAM, THE DEFENSE TEAM, IS ASKING THAT THESE NOTES AND ALL THIS INFORMATION BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S FORMER LAWYER NOT BE ADMISSIBLE IN THE PROCEEDINGS. SO SHE’S CONSIDERING TOSSING THESE NOTES OUT ENTIRELY. AND CATHERINE, GIVEN THESE ARE NOTES FROM HIS FORMER LEAD ATTORNEY, AREN’T THEY PROTECTED OR WOULDN’T THEY BE PROTECTED UNDER ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE ? RIGHT. IT’S A GOOD QUESTION, DIANA. AND TYPICALLY THEY ARE. AND WHAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE DID WHEN THE GRAND JURY FOR THIS CASE WAS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., IS THEY ASKED THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE COURT TO ESSENTIALLY PIERCE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE. THEY SAID THAT TRUMP WAS USING HIS LAWYER’S SERVICES IN THE FURTHERANCE OF A CRIME, IF YOU WILL. SO THEN THE JUDGE ULTIMATELY FOUND THAT ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE COULD BE PIERCED UNDER WHAT WE CALLED A CRIME FRAUD EXCEPTION, MEANING THAT SHE FOUND THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY PROSECUTORS THAT TRUMP WAS USING HIS SERVICES TO COMMIT A CRIME. SO THEN EVAN CORCORAN, THAT LAWYER TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE GRAND JURY, TURN OVER ALL SORTS OF EVIDENCE WHICH IS THE MOST DAMNING EVIDENCE, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL BELIEVES TO THEIR INVESTIGATION. NOW, OF COURSE, TRUMP’S LAWYERS ARE SAYING, WAIT A SECOND, WE DON’T THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE USED HERE, WHICH COULD BE HUGELY SIGNIFICANT DOWN THE ROAD IN THIS CASE, GIVEN THAT THE INDICTMENT AGAINST TRUMP, FRANKLY, INCLUDES MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF, WHAT CORCORAN WHAT THIS LAWYER PROVIDED TO THEM AS EVIDENCE DURING THEIR INVESTIGATION. SO I KNOW THE DEFENSE IS ARGUING THIS, BUT HOW IS THIS ARGUMENT GOING? BECAUSE IF THE PROSECUTION IS USING THESE NOTES AS SUCH A BIG FOUNDATION OF THEIR CASE AND THE JUDGE DECIDES TO THROW THEM OUT, HOW SUCCESSFUL IS THE DEFENSE GOING TO BE IN ARGUING THE WHOLE CASE SHOULD GO? RIGHT. IT’S A GREAT QUESTION. WE JUST DON’T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT THE JUDGE WILL DO HERE. BUT LET’S JUST SAY THAT THE DEFENSE IS SUCCESSFUL IN THIS. IT WILL HAVE HUGE IMPLICATIONS ON THIS INDICTMENT. WHAT ULTIMATELY HAPPENS WITH THE INDICTMENT, THAT INFORMATION THAT THE SPECIAL RELIED UPON TO BRING THE CHARGES AGAINST TRUMP AND, THEN ULTIMATELY THIS MEANS THAT IF THIS CASE EVER GOES TO TRIAL OR WHEN IT GOES TO TRIAL, THAT THAT INFORMATION CAN’T BE USED, THAT EVAN KAUFMAN ISN’T A WITNESS. SO DO WE GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE WITH THIS? DOES IT HAVE TO BE PRESENTED A DIFFERENT GRAND JURY? DO THEY REVISE THE INDICTMENT? IS IT JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER OR NOT KAUFMAN TESTIFIES OR NOT? WE JUST DON’T KNOW. WE DON’T ULTIMATELY KNOW WHAT THE JUDGE WILL DO. WE MAY HAVE A CLEAR INDICATION OF THAT, DIANE, THIS AFTERNOON WHEN SHE HEARS ARGUMENTS NOT ONLY ON THE ADMISSIBILITY OF THE CORCORAN, BUT ON OTHER EVIDENCE THAT WAS GATHERED FROM TRUMP’S HOME IN AUGUST OF 2022 WHEN THE FBI SEARCHED IT. ALL RIGHT, KATHERINE, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, A DAM IN MINNESOTA ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE. WHILE DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED TO RETURN. WE HAVE THE TRACK AND THE TIMING RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING FOR IT. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON 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 TEN DOWNING STREET, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. 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NOW IT’S ON THE VERGE OF COMPLETE FAILURE, POSING A THREAT TO RESIDENTS. ABC’S MELISSA DON IS THERE WITH THE LATEST COMMUNITIES ON EDGE AS A DAM IN MINNESOTA IS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF COLLAPSE. AFTER DAYS OF RELENTLESS RAIN, THE RAPID AND DAM SUFFERING FROM FLOODING MONDAY MORNING. THE VIOLENT WATER SWEEPING THE BUILDING AWAY. >> THIS WATER IS NOT SAFE. IT’S WHETHER IT BE THROUGH SEWAGE OR OTHER CONTAMINANTS, OTHER OF THE STATE SUFFERING FROM TORRENTIAL RAIN. VOLUNTEERS IN WATERVILLE COMING TOGETHER TO PREPARE SANDBAGS. >> MANY OTHER STATES, THE MIDWEST, UNDER WATER WITH AT LEAST ONE PERSON DYING IN SOUTH DAKOTA, INTENSE FLOODING ACROSS MIDWEST, INCLUDING IN THE SOUTH DAKOTA NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU SEE THIS MASSIVE SINKHOLE CAUSED AFTER MAJOR FLOODING FROM A RIVER OVERTAKING THIS COMMUNITY DOWNED POWER LINES, DESTROYED HOMES IN CASE WE NEEDED ANY OF THE DESTRUCTIVE NATURE OF WATER, WE ARE SEEING IT IN REAL TIME TODAY. >> CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE REGION TAKING, A DIRECT HIT. INTERSTATE 29 LOOKING MORE LIKE A RIVER THAN A ROAD. AND THIS RAIL BRIDGE IN NORTH SIOUX CITY, PARTIALLY. IOWA’S GOVERNOR SAYS NEARLY 2000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES SUSTAINED DAMAGE. >> OFFICIALS WARNING THAT A COLLAPSE IS IMMINENT. AND YOU CAN SEE WHY THE DAM OVERFLOWING AND THOSE FLOODWATERS THREATENING THAT HOME YOU SEE BEHIND ME DIANE. JOHN, THANK YOU. LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE FOR MORE ON THE FLOODING THREAT AND THE EXTREME HEAT HOVERING OVER THE U.S.. >> HI, SUMMER. HEY, GOOD MORNING, DIANE. SO I DO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR THAT AREA. IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE QUIETING DOWN IN TERMS STORMS. THAT STORM THREAT HAS SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT FARTHER SOUTH, BUT THEY WILL BE WITH THE HEAT IN THE COMING DAYS. SO THAT WILL NOT REALLY HELP THE SITUATION MUCH. NOW, HERE’S A LOOK AT THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TODAY FROM DES MOINES, OMAHA TO SPRINGFIELD, ST LOUIS INTO CHICAGO AND OVER INTO INDIANAPOLIS AND LOUISVILLE WE HAVE THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THIS IS AN ACTIVE SITUATION. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 A.M. CENTRAL TIME. SO WE’VE GOT AT LEAST WHAT IS THAT, ABOUT TWO MORE HOURS TO GO HERE WITH THIS PARTICULAR SEVERE WATCH. AND IT’S JUST NOW LEAVING OUT OF CHICAGO AREAS, ROCKFORD, MORE IN THE CLARE, BUT GEAR UP SOUTH THEN FORT WAYNE. WE EVEN AN ACTIVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE GROUND THERE JUST SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE RIGHT. NOW HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH KALAMAZOO IN THE COMING DAYS. WE ANTICIPATE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TO PERSIST, BUT IT WILL SHIFT A LITTLE BIT FARTHER EAST. >> SO THIS IS 3 A.M. THURSDAY MORNING, BRIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY OR DARK IN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WE’LL START TO SEE SOME SHOWERS RIDING THE PERIPHERY OF THIS COLD FRONT. AND THAT MEANS THE I-95 CORRIDOR, WASHINGTON, D.C. TO NEW YORK AND FARTHER NORTH OUT TOWARDS PITTSBURGH IS, IN FOR DAMAGING WINDS, SOME HAIL AND THE THREAT FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO THAT COMES WITH THESE STORMS. >> AND MEANWHILE, WE’RE STILL DEALING WITH THE HEAT. SO TODAY IS TEMPERATURES. PHILADELPHIA IN PARTICULAR, UNDER A HEAT ADVISORY WHERE TEMPERATURES HIT THE LOW NINETIES, ESPECIALLY THROUGH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. >> BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURE TREND, IT TELLS THE STORY THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT 84 DEGREES ON FRIDAY VERSUS 96 ON WEDNESDAY AND PHILLY 85 ON FRIDAY VERSUS 97 ON WEDNESDAY. AND IN D.C., UPPER 70S IN BOSTON ON FRIDAY. SO WHAT’S HAPPENING? THAT COLD FRONT IS SWEEPING THROUGH. SO WHILE WE HAVE THE STORMS AHEAD OF IT BEHIND IT, REINFORCING WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE COOLER AIR, AND THEN FINALLY, I’LL LEAVE IT HERE. >> IT’S NOT JUST THE NORTHEAST WITH THE HEAT. YOU CAN SEE THAT OUT WEST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS, WE’RE STILL DEALING WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES THAT COULD REACH 115 DEGREES. >> DIANE, 100 AND 15 DEGREES. WOW. ABC NEWS SOMARA THEODORE GRATEFUL FOR THE AIR CONDITIONING RIGHT NOW. TAMARA. THANK YOU. COMING UP. YES, CHEF. WE ARE FIRED UP FOR THE CAST OF THE BEAR AHEAD OF THE HIGHLHL ANTICIPATED THIRD SEASON. WE HAVE A SNEAK PEEK BEFORE TOMORROW’S EPISODE DROPS ON HULU. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION TO KEEP YOUR LIFE IN A BLENDER. COMBAT OPERATIONS ARE. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS OPERATING A NUCLEAR REACTOR. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED WITH THE FLAG. THERE’S NOT A CARE IN AND OUT OF POWER. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE, THE USA. >> LOOK AT YOUR SMILE. YOU’RE PROUD OF THIS? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE YOU THINK THEY’VE GIVEN ME? IT’S LYLE, DAVID. >> THEY’VE. YES. YES. >> I’M DAVID MUIR. I KNOW YOU. YOU DO? EVERY NIGHT. >> ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION WAR ENROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN, LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GOING ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER. >> THE STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT LISTEN TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE COVERING THE VERY LATEST ON THE IMMIGRATION FRONT ALONG THE SOUTHWEST BORDER IN EL PASO. I MEAN, DAY OF YES, GO WHEREVER THE STORY IS WILL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR SEASON THREE OF THE BEAR DROPS TONIGHT. VIEWERS CAN’T STOP TALKING. THE HIT SHOW FOCUSED ON FAMILY, FOOD AND FRIENDSHIP. ABC’S ROBERTS SAT DOWN WITH THE CAST AS WE PREPARE TO HEAD BACK TO THE KITCHEN. >> WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS COLLECTION SORT OF ODDBALL AWKWARD CHARACTERS THAT PEOPLE GRAVITATE TOWARD? >> I THINK THAT FEELING OF BELONGING, LIKE LONELINESS, MET BY THE NEED FOR BELONGING AND THEN FEELING LIKE YOU’RE A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF. THAT’S SUCH A LIKE HUMAN AND UNIVERSAL THING. >> IT’S THE SHOW. AUDIENCES ARE FEASTING DOORS. >> THE BARE A STORY OF A RESTAURANT IN NEED OF REVAMP AFTER A FAMILY TRAGEDY THAT’S BECOME A LOVE LETTER. >> RESTAURANT CULTURE. YES, CHEF. HAVE YOUR COOKING SKILLS IMPROVED? >> YEAH, MINE HAVE GOTTEN WORSE . >> I JUST DON’T HAVE THE TIME NOW. JEREMY ALAN WHITE PLAYING KAMI BAZARDO, A TALENTED WHO’S COME BACK HOME TO CHICAGO TO RUN THE FAMILY RESTAURANT IN THE NEXT SEASON. >> IS HE GOING TO BE BEYOND DRIVEN BECAUSE OF WHAT HE’S BEEN THROUGH IN SEASON TWO? >> HE’S SO AVOIDANT. I THINK WHEN HE IS GOING THROUGH AN EXPERIENCE THAT’S PARTICULARLY TRAUMATIC, LIKE THE DEATH OF HIS HIS BROTHER OR FEELING HE’S LET DOWN HIS, HIS NEW SORT OF FOUND FAMILY HE’S GOING TO BURY HIMSELF IN THE WORK. >> I CAN STAND OUT HERE. I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE I KNOW A DEBORAH HAS CHARMED AUDIENCES AS SYDNEY. THE PASSIONATE, AMBITIOUS SOUS CHEF BY KAMI, SIGHED AS HE LAUNCHES THE BEAR. >> IT’S TREMENDOUS, CHEF. THANK YOU, CHEF. >> I THINK THE ROOT OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS ITS PASSION AND ITS RESPECT. AND IT’S SEEING THAT SAME FIRE MAYBE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF IGNITION. BUT THEY SEE THAT FIRE IN EACH OTHER AND. YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO PUSH THEMSELVES. THEY WANT TO PUSH EACH OTHER. >> CARMEN BELIEVES IN IN SYDNEY PROBABLY MORE THAN HE BELIEVES HIMSELF SOMETIMES. >> SATURDAY NIGHT ALUM ABBY ELLIOTT PLAYS KHAMIS SISTER, NICKNAMED SUGAR. >> WE HAVE OUR OUR FAMILY BAZARDO THAT WE GREW UP IN AND THE TRAUMA THAT CAME WITH THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE CHOSEN FAMILY. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW PEOPLE REALLY RESPONDED TO THAT. >> AS THE TEAM HUSTLES TO MAKE IT IN THE FINE DINING WORLD, THE INTENSITY CAN BE FELT THROUGH THE SCREEN. >> EVAN MOSS BACHARACH PLAYING COUSIN RICHIE. ARE THEY ALL RELATED OR DID THEY JUST CALL EACH OTHER COUSIN OR WHAT’S ON HERE? IT’S UNCLEAR. UNCLEAR TO ME. YEAH. >> YEAH. I SWEAR TO GOD, COUSIN, IF HE CALLS ME COUSIN, LISTEN, DO ME A FAVOR, OKAY? >> FROM THE FOOD TO THE FIGHTS, THERE’S THE PASSION OF THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY IN CLEAR FOCUS. >> IT’S A REAL MARRIAGE. THE ACTORS AND THE CREW. BECAUSE IT IS. >> IT IS SO VOLATILE, AND THERE’S REAL FLAMES AND REAL KNIVES IN THE KITCHEN. >> AND IT’S REAL KNIVES, SMALL SPACES. MADDIE MATHESON, AN ACTUAL LIFELONG CHEF, IS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND ONE OF THE STARS OF THE SHOW, BRINGING MUCH OF THE HUMOR AS ONE OF THE FAT BROTHERS. >> WHY ARE YOU GUYS ALWAYS SO MAD? ME? I’M NOT. HOW MUCH FUN DO YOU HAVE PLAYING THESE TWO HAND BUMBLE HEADS? >> IT’S THE BEST EVER. THESE ARE GIRLS. >> NO, NO. THE CAST HEADING INTO SEASON THREE WITH GREAT BUZZ AND A BUNDLE OF AWARDS. THE LOT FOR ITS MIX OF TRAGEDY, PAIN AND LEVITY. >> IT’S BEEN QUITE A FOR YOU. A SLEW OF AWARDS. SNL COVER OF VANITY FAIR MAGAZINE, ROB LOWE THE CROWN. >> HAVE YOU WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THIS KIND OF THING. OH, ME, ME GETTING IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE OF MY BODY. >> THAT IF THE AWARDS. GREAT. BUT I DON’T THINK THAT THAT’S WHAT YOU CAN BE FOCUSING ON AND CREATE WHAT WE HAVE. GETTING TO MAKE THIS WORK IS THE GIFT. AND ALSO LIKE GETTING TO HAVE PEOPLE REALLY FEEL IMPACTED BY IT AND,KE THAT’S THE GIFT ONP OF THE GIFTS. THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED RIGHT? IF YOU’RE STARVING FOR MORE, GET READY. >> ALL TEN EPISODES OF SEASON THREE OF THE BEAR DROPS TOMORROW, JUNE 26. >> SO BIG QUESTIONS. IS THE GROUP GOING TO SURVIVE THE HEAT IN THEIR NEW KITCHEN? AND WHAT ABOUT SID AND KHAMIS RELATIONSHIP? >> OH, WE GET INTO SO MUCH MORE WITH THIS CROWD, MORE OF MY CONVERSATION WITH THE CAST COMING UP ON "NIGHTLINE". >> DIANE DEBORAH ROBERTS, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ME THAT SAME DAY IN MY SHADOW. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS CONTENT AND ANALYSIS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION. OUR COMBAT OPERATIONS. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS HERE. REACTOR RECEIVED A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG. >> YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT MADE THE USA. GREAT WORK. HI, IT’S LYLE. >> DAVID. DAVE, I’M DAVID. YOU ARE. YOU ARE. YOU? >> EVERY NIGHT. ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. THEY CALL HIM THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER. HE’S TARGETING YOUNG IN MALLS. >> I AM SINGLE. I WANT TO BE. YOU ARE THE COMPANY OF A MEMBER OF ONE. KEKE TORTURED ME. HOW DID SHE SURVIVE NINE DAYS OF TERROR. >> AND THE WORD ACCOMPLICE CAME UP. NOBODY KNOWS THE REAL STORY THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER ONLY ON HULU. >> 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 FOR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO YOU STAR HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE THE CRUSHER AND FAMILIES ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME ANYWHERE STREAMING TO FOUR SEVEN STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR. MAKING ABC NEWS LAUREN AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS REPORTING FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY. FROM THE WAY WHEREVER THE STORY IS WILL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . I AM DEVASTATED TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST WE’RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS IN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. IN A NEW COURT FILING, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL CRITICIZES TRUMP RESTORING NATIONAL SECRETS AMID A, QUOTE, CLUTTERED COLLECTION OF KEEPSAKES. TRUMP’S LAWYERS CLAIM THE BOXES WERE NOT PRESERVED IN THE MANNER THEY WERE FOUND CLAIM THE EVIDENCE HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH, WHICH THE SPECIAL COUNSEL DENIES. ABC NEWS SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS JOINS ME NOW FROM OUTSIDE THAT COURTHOUSE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. KATHERINE, THIS MAY BE THE MOST DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE SEARCH AND THE STATE OF THOSE BOXES OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS THAT THE FBI FOUND AT MAR A LAGO. SO WHAT’S THE LATEST? IT IS THE MOST DETAILED ACCOUNT HERE. AND I SHOULD NOTE THAT THIS FILING FROM SPECIAL COUNSEL CAME IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER ONE OF DONALD TRUMP’S MOTIONS TO DISMISS THE CASE. TRUMP’S LAWYERS ARE ESSENTIALLY CLAIMING THAT BECAUSE BOXES THEY BELIEVE WEREN’T IN THE EXACT FORM IN THAT THAT THEY HAD ALWAYS BEEN IN, THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT MEANS THE FBI HAS TAMPERED WITH EVIDENCE THAT THIS CASE HAS BEEN THROWN OUT. WELL, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL SHOT BACK REALLY AT TRUMP’S ARGUMENT, THEY’RE SAYING, WAIT A SECOND, LOOK AT THE THAT TRUMP KEPT HIS BOXES. HERE ARE NEW PHOTOS EVERY TIME YOU PICKED UP A BOX, THE CONTENTS WOULD SHIFT. AND BY THE WAY, THE CONTENTS OF THE BOXES SPECIFICALLY DIDN’T CHANGE. THIS IS NO REASON TO THROW OUT THE WHOLE INDICTMENT BECAUSE OF IT. BUT IT DOES REVEAL NEW DETAILS ABOUT HOW TRUMP STORED THE NATION’S SECRETS AMONG HIS POSSESSIONS. FRANKLY, IT SHOWS NEW PHOTOS THAT HAVEN’T BEEN REVEALED YET BY THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE THAT ILLUSTRATE THE MESSY NATURE, IF YOU WILL OF HOW TRUMP STORED THESE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS THAT WERE ULTIMATELY RETRIEVED FROM HIS CLUB BACK IN 2022. NOW, TRUMP’S ATTORNEYS, AS YOU MENTIONED, CLAIM THE EVIDENCE HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH. PROSECUTORS ARE BLASTING THIS, SAYING IT’S TRUMP’S LATEST UNFOUNDED ACCUSATION AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS DOING THEIR JOBS. HOW IS THE JUDGE RESPONDING TO THIS BACK AND FORTH? SO IT’S A GOOD QUESTION. I’M CURIOUS TO ULTIMATELY SEE WHAT THE JUDGE DOES WITH THIS MOTION. BROUGHT IT UP IN HEARINGS BEFORE. MY GUESS IS THAT SHE’LL SCHEDULED ANOTHER HEARING ON THIS TOPIC. FOR EXAMPLE, SHE HAS A HEARING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. I DON’T THAT IT WILL ADDRESS THIS IN PARTICULAR, BUT SHE HAS RAISED QUESTIONS, THE CLAIMS ABOUT WHY THE DOCUMENTS COULD HAVE BEEN OUT ORDER. THE SPECIAL COUNSEL HAS SAID, NO, THEY REALLY WEREN’T. SO THE JUDGE LEAST HAS EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST IN THE ARGUMENT. I DON’T THINK IT WILL COME UP TODAY. SHE’S TO SCHEDULE ANOTHER HEARING DOWN THE ROAD WHERE SHE WILL ADDRESS THE SPECIFICS, WHAT TRUMP IS CLAIMING AND WHAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL SAYS. >> ALL RIGHT, KATHERINE FAULDERS. WE WILL BE WATCHING. THANK YOU. AND WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE HAS STRUCK A PLEA DEAL WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS FREEDOM. ASSANGE IS NOW ON HIS WAY TO A COURT IN THE US COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS . ONCE THERE, HE’S EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO LEAKING A TROVE OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS . THE DEAL COULD MAKE HIM A FREE MAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 15 YEARS. AND JOINING ME NOW FOR ON THIS ABC’S PATRICK REEVELL, ALONG WITH ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ELIZABETH NEWMAN. HAVE MORE ON THIS. PATRICK, YOU’VE COVERED THIS STORY LENGTH. HOW DID WE TO THIS DEAL AND WHY NOW? >> HI, DAN. YEAH, WE’RE STILL WAITING FOR JULIAN ASSANGE TO ARRIVE IN THE NORTHERN MARIANAS AS YOU SAY, THIS REMOTE US TERRITORY WHERE TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, LOCAL TIME THERE, HE’S EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY AS PART OF THIS PLEA DEAL WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. AS YOU SAY, THIS A VERY LONG STORY AND WHAT WE EXPECT HIM TO PLEAD GUILTY TO THERE, JUST ONE COUNT, ONE FELONY COUNT, BASICALLY PLEADING GUILTY TO ILLEGALLY OBTAINING AND DISCLOSING CLASSIFIED. US PROSECUTORS HAD WANTED TO PROSECUTE HIM FOR 17 COUNTS UNDER THE ESPIONAGE ACT. AND THAT HAD BEEN A VERY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE IN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE THERE WERE FEARS AMONG MAJOR MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEW YORK TIMES THAT WERE THIS TO HAPPEN, IT COULD SET A DANGEROUS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY MEAN THAT JOURNALISTS PUBLISHER AND GOVERNMENT SECRETS RISK BEING CRIMINALIZED. AND SO THOSE THE NEW YORK TIMES, ALONG WITH OTHER MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, HAD ACTUALLY CALLED ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO DROP THOSE CHARGES. >> AND I THINK THE QUESTION OF WHY NOW? A VERY GOOD ONE. IN PART, I THINK IT’S BECAUSE IN MAY, WE SAW A RULING HERE IN BRITAIN WHICH BASICALLY SUGGESTED THAT WHICH RULED THAT ASSANGE WOULD HAVE COULD AGAIN APPEAL AGAINST HIS EXTRADITION TO THE UNITED STATES. AND THERE WERE DOUBTS ABOUT WHETHER HE WOULD EVER FINALLY ARRIVE IN THE UNITED STATES TO BE PROSECUTED. I ULTIMATELY AS WELL, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME. ASSANGE HAS BEEN IN CONFINEMENT OF ONE FORM OR ANOTHER FOR 14 YEARS NOW. HE SPENT FIVE YEARS, OBVIOUSLY, IN BELMARSH PRISON HERE. HE SPENT BEFORE SEVEN YEARS IN THE ECUADORIAN EMBASSY AND EVEN BEFORE THAT, SOME UNDER HOUSE ARREST IN THE U.K. TRYING TO AVOID THE ASSAULT CHARGES THAT WERE EVENTUALLY DROPPED IN SWEDEN. SO I THINK IN SOME WAYS THERE WERE MANY REASONS FOR THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO TRY AND FINALLY COME TO THIS AGREEMENT. >> AND IN MANY WAYS THIS WASN’T A TOTAL SURPRISE. I THINK IT’S A DRAMATIC END, BUT NOT A COMPLETE SURPRISE BECAUSE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND PRESIDENT BIDEN HIMSELF HAD BEEN INDICATING THAT THEY WERE CONSIDERING FINALLY MAKING THIS DEAL. >> DAN AND ELIZABETH, WIKILEAKS SAYS IT EXPOSES THE WORLD’S SECRETS. IS THERE A CONCERN THAT ASSANGE’S FREEDOM COULD THREATEN NATIONAL SECURITY? WELL, CERTAINLY, IF HE DECIDES TO CONTINUE HIS PAST BEHAVIOR WOULD BE A HUGE CONCERN THAT HE COULD CONTINUE CAUSE DAMAGE TO NATIONAL SECURITY. WE KNOW GOVERNMENT ASSESSMENTS THAT HIS LEAKS LED THE COMPROMISE OF INTELLIGENCE SOURCES. PROBABLY PEOPLE’S LIVES ARE LOST BECAUSE OF SOME OF THESE LEAKS. WE KNOW THAT IT LED TO THE COMPROMISE OF SOME OF OUR COUNTER TECHNIQUES LIKE COUNTERING IEDS OR IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES. VERY IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGY THAT WE USE ON THE BATTLEFIELD TO KEEP OUR SOLDIERS SAFE. WE KNOW THAT HE LEAKED THINGS THAT COMPROMISED INDIVIDUALS PRIVACY, YOU KNOW, JUST REGULAR CITIZENS, THEIR MEDICAL INFORMATION, THEIR PREFERENCES . I MEAN, HE REALLY KIND OF CAST SUCH A BROAD NET THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF WIDESPREAD, WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. AND SO I AM CONCERNED IF HE CONTINUES ON HIS QUEST FOR, SUPPOSED TRANSPARENCY, A LOT OF DAMAGE WILL BE CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. >> AND ELIZABETH ASSANGE AND HIS ALLIES SAY WAS A PUBLIC SERVICE EXPOSING, QUOTE, WRONGDOING LIKE. THE 2007 APACHE HELICOPTER ATTACK IN IRAQ THAT KILLED CIVILIANS, INCLUDING TWO JOURNALISTS. SO WHY IS THIS NOT BEING SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC. WHAT VALUE DOES IT HAVE TO KEEP SOMETHING LIKE THAT CLASSIFIED? >> I DO THINK THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND, YOU KNOW, IT CAN DO A BETTER JOB WITH TRANSPARENCY AND THERE IS OFTEN RETICENCE TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC WHEN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT MESSES UP AND IT’S BETTER FOR THAT TO BE MADE PUBLIC AND FOR TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MISTAKES THAT GET MADE. WE HAVE SYSTEMS DO THAT. WE HAVE WHISTLEBLOWER SYSTEMS, WE HAVE CONGRESS PROVIDING OVERSIGHT, WE HAVE LAWFUL WAYS TO MAKE THINGS PUBLIC, TO MAKE THINGS TRANSPARENT SO THAT PEOPLE, ACTORS OR JUST, YOU KNOW, MISTAKES ARE ARE MADE TRANSPARENT TO THE US PUBLIC AND PEOPLE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE . WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CASE OF WIKILEAKS WAS NOT PROCESS. THIS WAS AN UNLAWFUL WAY OF SEEKING TRANSPARENCY AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE FOR THE SAKE OF THE THE FREEDOM LOVING HUMAN, RIGHTS, LOVING PEOPLE OF THE WEST THAT THAT WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS IN A LAWFUL WAY TO SEEK AS OPPOSED TO THE UNLAWFUL WAY THAT HE HE DID IT, WHICH CAUSED A TON DAMAGE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. >> ALL RIGHT, PATRICK REEVELL ELIZABETH NEUMANN, THANK YOU BOTH. AND WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING INTERNATION AND WE LOSE. AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND DOZENS INJURED IN CLASHES WITH POLICE OUTSIDE THE KENYAN PARLIAMENT DURING PROTESTS OVER PROPOSED TAX HIKES. SOME LAWMAKERS EVALUATED EVACUATED EXCUSE ME, THROUGH A TUNNEL AS THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS BREACHED THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING. A TAX HIKE WOULD RAISE THE PRICE OF GOODS LIKE BREAD, DIAPERS, EVEN TELEPHONE AND INTERNET DATA. A KENYAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION SHARED VIDEO OF SHOOTING AT PROTESTERS, SAYING THEY WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. ISRAEL’S DEFENSE MINISTER IS VISITING THE PENTAGON TODAY FOR A RARE IN-PERSON MEETING WITH SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AUSTIN. THIS COMES AS NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE VIOLENT ABDUCTIONS OF SOME ISRAELI HOSTAGES TAKEN DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH TERROR ATTACKS. CHIEF CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN HAS MORE FROM TEL AVIV, ISRAEL AND WE WANT TO WARN YOU, THIS VIDEO MAY BE DIFFICULT TO WATCH. >> THAT JUST RELEASED VIDEO SHOWING HAMAS GUNMEN RACING INTO GAZA. >> THREE HOSTAGES ON OCTOBER 7TH WARNING THAT THE VIDEO IS GRAPHIC. AMERICAN HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN ELIOT COHEN OR LEVY ARE SEEN CRAMMED IN THE BACK OF THAT PICKUP TRUCK. BADLY WOUNDED, SOAKED IN BLOOD. THE VIDEO FROM A HAMAS TERRORISTS HELMET CAMERA. HERSH’S HEAD PULLED BACK AS ONE OF THE MILITANTS SAYS, I WANT TO TAKE A SELFIE WITH HIM. AND OVERNIGHT, I MET WITH GOLDBERG-POLIN PARENTS. >> SHE LITERALLY WATCHES FOR THE FIRST TIME A FEW MINUTES AGO. YEAH. HOW DOES A MOTHER WATCH HER SON GO THROUGH THAT. >> I’M NOT EVEN SURE. I FELT TERRIBLY SORRY FOR HIM. I DON’T THINK THAT ANY PARENT WOULD EVER WANT TO SEE THEIR CHILD IN ANY DISTRESS. ALL HOSTAGE FAMILIES. WE ALL FEEL THIS. HOW MUCH MORE CAN WE BEAR? >> THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT DOING ENOUGH TO TRY TO SECURE THEIR RELEASE. THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. AND I SAY THAT FOR ONE SIMPLE, INDISPUTABLE FACT 120 HOSTAGES ARE NOT HOME. >> AND IT’S BEEN 262 DAYS. EVEN AS ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER SIGNALS DRAWDOWN OF TROOPS IN GAZA. ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES HIT TWO SCHOOLS WHERE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE WERE SHELTERING. 14 PEOPLE KILLED, INCLUDING EIGHT MEMBERS OF A SINGLE. >> DIANE, SOMETHING WE’VE NOTICED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, SENIOR ISRAELI OFFICIALS FROM THE CHIEF MILITARY SPOKESMAN LISTEN TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER NOW TALKING ABOUT HAMAS AS AN IDEA, SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE DESTROYED. SEEMINGLY WALKING BACK MONTHS OF RHETORIC, INCLUDING ONE OF THE PRIMARY GOALS OF THE WAR WHICH WAS TO ERADICATE HAMAS COMPLETELY, SAYING. CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN IN ISRAEL, THANK FORMER TRUMP IS ON THE ATTACK WITH THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE JUST TWO DAYS AWAY. WHILE THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS FOCUSED ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION ACCESS, TRUMP IS SUGGESTING WITHOUT EVIDENCE THAT THE PRESIDENT USES SUPPLEMENTS TO GET, QUOTE, JACKED UP BEFORE PUBLIC. ABC SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT AND DIRECTOR RICK KLEIN JOIN ME NOW FOR MORE. RACHEL IS GOING SO FAR AS TO NOW CALL FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO TAKE A DRUG TEST. WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THAT AND WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT, HIS APPROACH TO THIS DEBATE? YEAH, WELL, THE PRESIDENT’S APPROACH HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE MAP. HE AT ONE POINT CALLED PRESIDENT BIDEN THE WORST DEBATER AND NOW HE’S CALLING HIM A WORTHY DEBATER. HE HAS QUESTIONED MENTAL FITNESS AND NOW HE IS GOING AS FAR TO SUGGEST THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO TAKE A DRUG TEST BEFORE HE GETS ON THE, AS YOU MENTIONED, SUGGESTING THAT HE TAKES SOME TYPE OF SUPPLEMENT BEFORE HE APPEARS IN PUBLIC AND HAS THESE VERY PUBLIC APPEARANCES. OF COURSE, DIANE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO BACK THAT UP. THESE ARE BASELESS AND UNFOUNDED CLAIMS, AND THAT’S HOW THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS TREATING THEM, SAYING THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS RESORTED TO JUST SPREADING FALSE FLAT OUT LIES. BUT THIS IS A PAGE OUT OF THE DONALD TRUMP PLAYBOOK. AND WE HAVE SEEN HIM USE THIS BEFORE. HE USED THIS BACK IN 2020 AND EVEN BACK IN 2016, CALLING ON HILLARY CLINTON TO GET DRUG TESTED BEFORE SHE TOOK THE DEBATE STAGE TO DIANE AND RICK. AGE IS A KEY FACTOR THIS RACE. SO WHAT DO PRESIDENT BIDEN AND PRESIDENT TRUMP NEED TO DO TO PROVE THEY’RE SHARP ENOUGH FOR THE JOB? >> I MEAN, NOT LOOK OLD STARTERS. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE PERCEPTIONS MATTER AND I THINK THE IMPRESSIONS THAT GET MORE THAN ANYTHING THEY CAN SAY ON THE STAGE, HOW THEY SAY IT, HOW THEY COME ACROSS. AND OF COURSE, THE COMPARISONS IMPORTANT TO DONALD TRUMP, ONLY THREE YEARS YOUNGER THAN JOE BIDEN. BUT TRUMP HAS MADE A LOT OUT OF WHAT HE VIEWS AS BIDEN’S INCOMPETENCE AND INABILITY TO DO THE JOB. >> POLLING SUGGESTS THAT VOTERS VIEW BIDEN IS QUITE A BIT OLDER THAN TRUMP AND A LOT MORE CONCERNS AROUND HIS AGE AND MENTAL ACUITY. SO YOU HAVE TO NOT MESS UP. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AS VIGOROUS AS YOU CAN. I THINK THAT’S ONE REASON THAT TRUMP IS SUGGESTING, AS RACHEL POINTED OUT, WITHOUT EVIDENCE THAT THAT THAT BIDEN MIGHT BE TAKING SOME KIND OF SOME KIND OF DRUGS TO ENHANCE HIS HIS HIS ONSTAGE PERFORMANCE, GIVEN THE FACT THAT HE HAS SET SUCH A LOW BAR FOR HIM, THAT IF BIDEN DOES A JOB AND SEEMS VIGOROUS THROUGHOUT THE HOUR AND A HALF, IT UNDERCUTS A CENTRAL ARGUMENT THAT THAT TRUMP HAS MADE. BUT THERE’S NOT REALLY A LOT OF PREP CAN DO FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU JUST GOT TO GO OUT THERE AND DO YOUR BEST AND HOPE TO COME AS VIGOROUS AS POSSIBLE. >> ALL RIGHT, RACHEL SCOTT RICK KLEIN, WE WILL BE WATCHING. THANK YOU. AND IT’S NIGHT ON ABC. BE SURE TO CATCH THE CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SIMULCAST. IT ALL STARTS AT 7 P.M. EASTERN WITH THE ABC NEWS SPECIAL. RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. >> AND A NEVADA JUDGE IS SET TO DECIDE WHETHER SUSPECT CONNECTED TO THE MURDER OF RAPPER TUPAC SHAKUR WILL BE RELEASED ON BAIL. >> DUANE DAVIS HAD TO BE PROVED HAD BEEN ORDERED TO PROVE THAT HE OBTAINED THE $750,000 BOND LEGALLY BEFORE HE CAN BE RELEASED NINE MONTHS AFTER HIS ARREST. ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND PARTNER AT THE COCHRAN FIRM CHANNA LLOYD IS HERE WITH MORE ON THAT. >> SHANI DAVIS. HIS TEAM HAD REFUSED TO DISCLOSE WHERE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY PLANNING TO GET THIS . NOW THEY SAY HE’S ENLISTED A BAIL BONDS COMPANY. SO DOES THIS STAND NOW? >> SO REALLY, IT’S JUST ABOUT THE JUDGE BEING SURE THAT THERE ARE NO ILLEGAL FUNDS BEING USED TO SECURE THIS BOND. ONCE THEY CAN SHOW THAT IT WAS LEGALLY GOTTEN, THEN THAT WILL GO TOWARDS THE JUDGE FOR CONSIDERATION. >> IF HE MAKES THIS PAYMENT TODAY, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? >> IF HE’S ABLE TO MAKE THE PAYMENT, THEN HE’S GOING TO BE RELEASED A HOUSE ARREST. LET’S REMEMBER, THE JUDGE STILL HAS THE ABILITY TO IMPOSE PRETRIAL LIMITATIONS. >> HE CAN BE ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING OR OTHER THINGS THAT THE JUDGE FEELS IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT HE COMPLIES WITH ALL FUTURE COURT DATES. >> PROSECUTORS CHARGED DAVIS WITH MURDER, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON’T BELIEVE HE WAS THE PERSON WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER. HE HAS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE IN COURT. SO WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR? >> THIS TRIAL IS SET TO BEGIN IN NOVEMBER. WELL, WE’RE LOOKING FOR REALLY, DIANE, IS WHAT DIRECT EVIDENCE DO THEY HAVE LINKING HIM THIS? A LOT OF WHAT IT SEEMS RIGHT NOW SEEMS TO BE STATEMENTS THAT HE’S GIVEN THE PRESS OR WITHIN HIS BOOK. BUT THERE IS ARTISTIC LICENSE. SO WHAT DIRECT EVIDENCE CAN THEY SHOW LINKING HIM TO THIS CRIME IS GOING TO BE VERY FOR US AND FOR THE JURY. >> ALL RIGHT, CHANNA LLOYD THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, MONEY TIPS FOR YOU. >> WHAT YOU CAN DO IF YOU HAVE A SKEWED RELATIONSHIP WITH OVER OR UNDER SPENDING. AND WHILE THE RAIN MAY HAVE STOPPED FOR PARTS OF THE MIDWEST, PICKING UP IN OTHERS AND THEY’RE DEALING WITH THIS HEAT. THE FULL FORECAST COMING UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BREAK . >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE IN EASTERN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE, TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ,ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THIS STORY FROM THE FRONT LINE FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT, COMING REPORTING FOR THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU’RE STREAMING NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE IN RIOT GEAR ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS, THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR. THE 17 PULLED A KILL AND BASED ON THE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT? >> THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID EVERY A SURVIVOR SHARES THEIR STORY. >> I WILL NOT BE SILENCED. DO YOU FEEL THE CHURCH ACCEPTED ABUSE? >> I WOULDN’T SAY ACCEPT IT AS SO MUCH. PRETENDED IT DIDN’T EXIST. YEP. READY? KYRA PHILLIPS WITH ABC NEWS. DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS? "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE" SECRETS OF THE TO BUY TO CHURCH. >> THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THIS NOW STREAMING ON HULU HULU. >> WELCOME BACK ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SAY A MAJOR DAM IN MINNESOTA IS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF COLLAPSE. THIS COMES AS EXTREME HEAT IS STILL SITTING OVER THE MIDWEST AND OTHER MAJOR CITIES. ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE HAS THE LATEST HIGH SUMMER. >> HEY, DIANE. YEAH. SO YOU KNOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THEY’RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK IN THE UPPER MIDWEST FROM A LOT OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS, BUT THEY’RE STILL DEALING WITH SOME HEAT THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. HEAT ADVISORIES ISSUED. THERE IS SOME SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON JUST A LITTLE BIT FARTHER SOUTH OF THERE. SO FROM OMAHA TO DES MOINES, FROM SPRINGFIELD TO SAINT LOUIS, FROM CHICAGO TO. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. SO WE’RE GETTING THE GAMUT. LARGE HAIL, FEW TORNADOES. THAT IS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN FACT, THERE HAS BEEN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED. THEY’VE ALREADY STARTED TO SHAVE IT BACK. SO THEY’RE STARTING TO GET RID OF IT IN ROCKFORD, CHICAGO. SO YOU ALL ARE IN THE CLEAR, BUT YOU SEE THIS LINE OF ROBUST STORMS NOW HEADED FOR FORT WAYNE, INDIANA FAR WESTERN OHIO. THERE JUST TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF TOLEDO. SO THOSE STORMS THROUGH TODAY. THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS HITTING THE EAST COAST THURSDAY MORNING AROUND 3 A.M. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE ON SEVERE SIDE AND WE COULD SEE AN ISOLATED TORNADO FROM IT, MAINLY DAMAGING WINDS. SO TEMPERATURES TODAY, WHILE THEY’RE IN THE LOW NINETIES IN THE NORTHEAST AND THE HEAT ADVISORIES BEEN ISSUED FOR PHILADELPHIA, THERE IS STILL A BIT OF A ROLLERCOASTER ON THE WAY WITH THESE TEMPS. YOU CAN SEE THINGS DROPPING AND COOLING DOWN HERE IN NEW YORK, DIANE WILL BE IN THE UPPER SEVENTIES FRIDAY AND THAT’S BECAUSE THAT COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH, BRINGING THE STORMS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND THE COOL AIR BEHIND IT BY FRIDAY. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST FROM OUR DEIRDRE. >> THANK YOU. COMING UP, A JUDGE HALTS FURTHER STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESSSHAT IT MEANS FOR MIS OF BORROWERS EXPECTING RELIEF. BUSINESS HEADLINES ARE NEXT THURSDAY ON THE DAY OF THEIR FIRST DEBATE STREAM. >> ABC NEWS LIVE FOR ALL THE BREAKING PRE-DEBATE DETAILS AND COVERAGE. THEN AT 7 P.M. EASTERN STREAM, A SPECIAL DEBATE EDITION OF ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS AND IT EIGHT EASTERN. DAVID MUIR AND THE ABC NEWS SPECIAL. THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE AND THEN WATCH THE CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SIMULCAST STREAMING LIVE ON ABC NEWS LIVE AND STAY WITH ABC NEWS LIVE FOR THE INSTANT REACTION AND ALL THE FALLOUT AFTER THE DEBATE ALL NIGHT WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. >> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL A NATION AT WAR. ENROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM SCENE OF A DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE AND ICELAND. LET’S GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER, THE STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE. YOU’RE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LOGS, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. GIVE IT TO ME HERE. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE" TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S INTO IT LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE’S LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. POLICE IN RIOT GEAR ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN BETWEEN CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17 PULLED A BUZZ AND BASEBALL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA THIS MORNING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT. >> REPORTING FROM MONTEREY PARK, CALIF, I’M ROBIN ROBERTS. WHEREVER WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WELCOME BACK. THE FUTURE OF THE PRESIDENT’S LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN IS NOW IN QUESTION AFTER IT WAS TEMPORARILY HALTED BY FEDERAL. THIS IS INSIDE OUT. TWO COULD BREAK $1,000,000,000 RECORD. ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS IS ON THAT AND YOUR OTHER BUSINESS HEADLINES. >> ALEXIS, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TODAY? DISAPPOINTMENT FOR MILLIONS OF FOLKS WHO WERE HOPING TO GET THOSE THOSE LOANS FORGIVEN MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO WERE BANKING ON THAT STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ARE NOW IN LIMBO. FEDERAL JUDGES IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI ARE TEMPORARILY BANNING THE GOVERNMENT FM IMPLEMENTING MAJOR PARTS. THE PRESIDENT’S STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PLAN, WHICH HAS BEEN CENTRAL TO BIDEN’S REELECTION CAMPAIGN. SO BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 8 MILLION AMERICANS ENROLLED IN THE SAVE PLAN WERE SET TO SEE THEIR PAYMENTS CUT IN HALF. BUT THAT’S NOW ON HOLD UNTIL ABOUT DOZEN LAWSUITS BROUGHT BY REPUBLICAN STATES WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THE COURTS. THE STATES ARGUE THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION LACKS AUTHORITY TO ENACT HIS PLAN. THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ARE VOWING TO FIGHT THE RULING. WELL, I KNOW IT’S HARD TO THINK BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING WHEN SUMMER HAS JUST STARTED, BUT TARGET ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT ITS CIRCLE WEEK OF SAVINGS WILL RETURN JULY 7TH THROUGH THE 13TH DEALS INCLUDE UP TO 30% OFF KIDS SCHOOL UNIFORMS AND BACKPACKS, 50% OFF SOME TOYS, INCLUDING LEGOS AND UP TO 40% OFF HOME APPLIANCES LIKE DYSON, KITCHENAID AND NINJA BRANDS. AND IF YOU’RE SHOPPING FOR A JULY 4TH CELEBRATION, YOU’LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW WALMART, TARGET, KROGER AND PUBLIX AMONG THE RETAILERS THAT WILL BE OPEN REGULAR HOURS ON JULY 4TH. AN INSIDE OUT, TOO, MAY BE ON ITS WAY TO THE BILLION DOLLAR CLUB. THE FILM BY PIXAR AND ABC’S PARENT COMPANY DISNEY HAS SURPASSED PART TWO TO BECOME THE HIGHEST GROSSING FILM OF THE YEAR. BOX OFFICE RECEIPTS TOPPING $724 MILLION WORLDWIDE SINCE ITS JUNE 14TH RELEASE. >> AND THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO GO EVEN HIGHER SINCE THE ANIMATED FEATURE HAS YET TO OPEN IN JAPAN. >> THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST FILM TO TOP $1,000,000,000 SINCE WARNER BROS. BARBIE BACK IN 2023. LOOKS LIKE A FUN ONE. >> IT’S ON MY LIST. IT DOES. ALL RIGHT. THE SUMMER’S ALREADY SHAPING UP. >> THANK YOU. AND A GROWING TREND CALLED MONEY IS TAKING OFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT HAPPENS. SOMEONE HAS A DISTORTED PERCEPTION OF THEIR FINANCIAL STATUS. REBECCA HAS MORE ON WHY WE’RE SEEING A RISE WHEN 25-YEAR-OLD OLIVIA JENKINS FIRST HEARD THE TERM MONEY DYSMORPHIA. SHE SAID IT RESONATED AWAY. AT SOME POINT I FEEL LIKE I IN MY HEAD HAVE MORE MONEY THAN THEY ACTUALLY DO, WHICH IS WHAT CAUSES MY, LIKE, OVERSPENDING. THE NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATE SEEMINGLY LIVES HER DREAM, BUT HER RELATIONSHIP WITH MONEY IS SKEWED. IT’S CALLED MONEY DYSMORPHIA. >> WHEN SOMEONE HAS A DISTORTED PERCEPTION THEIR FINANCIAL STATUS, ESPECIALLY IN THE WORLD OF SOCIAL MEDIA WE LIVE IN. IT GETS VERY EASY TO FALL INTO THE TRAP OF FEELING LIKE YOU HAVE TO SPEND, SPEND, SPEND. I KIND OF HAVE ADOPTED THIS MENTALITY OF THAT MONEY IS FAKE. >> IT’S A GROWING TREND THAT FINANCIAL ADVOCATE DAYSHA KENNEDY HAS SEEN AMONGST OVER 300,000 FOLLOWERS. WE ARE CONSTANTLY BEING BOMBARDED WHAT WE SHOULD BUY AND WHAT WE SHOULD DO, AND SOMETIMES EVEN IF YOU ARE DOING OKAY, IT’S HARD TO GRASP IT A REALITY BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS BEING CONSUMED WITH WE SHOULD BE DOING MORE. SHE HELPS HER CLIENTS START CRITICALLY LOOKING AT THEIR FINANCES WITHOUT COMPARING TO OTHERS. PEOPLE SOMETIMES DOING BETTER THAN WHAT THEY THINK. >> ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF BODY DYSMORPHIA IS A CONSTANT COMPARISON TO OUR PEERS. >> FINANCIAL PSYCHOTHERAPIST DR. ALEX MILKMAN SAYS IT CAN SEND OUR BRAINS INTO SURVIVAL. >> THAT COMPARISON TRIGGERS THIS IDEA OF. HEY. AM I SURVIVING? OR AM I NOT? HOW I DOING COMPARED TO MY PEERS? IN ORDER TO AVOID DEALING WITH THAT INNER CRITIC? WE AVOID MONEY ISSUES ALTOGETHER. >> SO WHAT ARE A FEW TACTICS TO HELP GET MONEY DYSMORPHIA UNDER? MONITOR HOW OFTEN YOU THINK ABOUT MONEY. THEN UNFOLLOW ACCOUNTS THAT LEAD TO UNHEALTHY COMPARISONS AND KEEP TRACK OF SPENDING TO REMOVE ANXIETY OF THE UNKNOWN AND SOMETHING THAT’S WORKED FOR OLIVIA POZZI BEFORE PURCHASING WAITING 2448 HOURS. BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE TO THINK TO YOURSELF, IS THIS ACTUALLY TO BRING ME VALUE? >> REBECCA JARVIS, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. >> I’M DIANE MACEDO. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? OPERATION AFTER LIGHT. SO OUR COMBAT OPERATIONS ARE WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. OPERATION NUCLEAR REACTOR. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED WITH THE FLAG. THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF IT. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE MADE TO YOU AS THEY LOOK AT YOUR SMILE? >> YOU’RE PROUD OF IT? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU. IT’S SMILE, DAVID. YES. YES. I’M DAVID. >> I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO? EVERY NIGHT ON ABC’S "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST NEWSCAST WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. >> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION WAR IN ROLLING FORK. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER. >> 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 FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL IN FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. SAW 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. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17TH. HOLD THE BUZZ. KILL BASEBALL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> ARE YOU READY TO CELEBRATE SUNDAY 30TH ACROSS THE COUNTRY SEE EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE NATION’S GREATEST PRIDE CELEBRATIONS ALL IN ONE PLACE AS THEY HAPPEN COLLIDE RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE RIGHT ACROSS CELEBRATE JOY, LOVE, FREEDOM AND SUNDAY, JUNE 30TH, STARTING AT 11 A.M. EASTERN TIME, STREAMING ON ABC NEWS LIVE AND STREAM ON HULU. >> ABC’S DAVID MUIR, THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA. MORE AMERICANS WATCH "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR THAN ANY NEWSCAST TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN NEW DELHI, INDIA. >> I’M WAY WHEREVER THE STORY IS WILL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING NEWS LIVE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. YOU’RE LOOKING AT NEW YORK CITY ON THIS TUESDAY AND HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE’S THE RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. OFFICIALS SAY A DAM IN MINNESOTA IS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF COLLAPSE AFTER DAYS OF, RELENTLESS RAIN. >> SEVERAL STATES IN THE MIDWEST ARE NOW UNDERWATER WITH THOUSANDS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES DAMAGED. MEANWHILE, THE DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED RETURN. 60, 76 MILLION AMERICANS ARE UNDER HEAT ALERTS FROM COAST TO COAST. THE FUTURE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM IS IN QUESTION AFTER FEDERAL COURT RULINGS PUT KEY PARTS OF THE PLAN ON HOLD. 8 MILLION AMERICANS ARE ENROLLED IN THE SAFE PLAN, WHICH TIES STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT TO BORROWER’S INCOME. REPUBLICAN STATES CHALLENGE THE PLAN, CLAIMING THE ADMINISTRATION LACKS AUTHORITY TO ENACT IT. NOW THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ARE VOWING TO FIGHT THE RULING. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON NEW COVID VARIANTS, AS THE U.K. REPORTS A RISE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS. EXPERTS SAY THE SO-CALLED FLIRTS OF VARIANTS ARE CIRCULATING HERE, BUT THEY GENERALLY CAUSE MILDER ILLNESS COMPARED TO EARLIER STRAINS LIKE DELTA. THE MOST COMMON SYMPTOMS ARE SORE THROAT CONGESTION AND FATIGUE, SIMILAR TO A COMMON COLD. HEALTH OFFICIALS, SAY THE NEW VARIANTS ARE A GOOD REMINDER THAT WE COULD SEE A SWELL OF SUMMER CASES. THOSE HAVE TYPICALLY HAPPEN AFTER THE 4TH OF JULY. AND A POLICE OFFICER IS BEING HAILED A HERO AFTER DARING RESCUE CAUGHT ON CAMERA. OFFICER KEVIN LONG WAS ON AT A NEW JERSEY SHOPPING CENTER WHEN A CALL CAME IN ABOUT A NEARBY FIRE. SO HE RUSHED OVER AND PULLED THE MAN FROM HIS BURNING APARTMENT AS SMOKE FILLED THE BUILDING. LONG SAID IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. THE RISK IS PART OF THE JOB. A MAN AND HIS WIFE ARE NOW STAYING WITH FAMILY. SURGEON GENERAL IS DECLARING GUN VIOLENCE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IN THE U.S.. FIREARM VIOLENCE IS THE LEADING CAUSE DEATH AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. NOW, DR. VIVEK MURTHY IS CALLING TO STRENGTHEN GUN REGULATIONS AND PENALIZE PEOPLE WHO FAIL TO SAFELY STORE THEIR WEAPONS. CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT PIERRE THOMAS HAS MORE. >> HI, PIERRE. DIANE, GOOD MORNING. THE SURGEON GENERAL HAS FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT THE NATION’S LEVEL OF GUN VIOLENCE HAS REACHED SUCH PERVASIVE LEVELS THAT IT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED, THAT THE TIME HAS COME TO CALL IT A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. MUCH OF VIVEK MURTHY IS CONCERNED, ROOTED IN DISTURBING NEW TRENDS, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT GUN VIOLENCE HAS RECENTLY EMERGED AS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS IN THIS COUNTRY. THE SURGEON GENERAL PROVIDES A SERIES OF STAGGERING STATISTICS TO MAKE HIS CASE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE NATION’S RATE OF GUN VIOLENCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IS AT LEAST FIVE TIMES HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER MAJOR WEALTHY COUNTRY. HE BELIEVES THAT GUN VIOLENCE IS TRAUMATIZING NOT ONLY THE BODIES, BUT THE MINDS, YOUNG PEOPLE, FAMILIES AND ENTIRE COMMUNITIES. HIS OFFICE SAYS THAT NEARLY SIX OUT OF EVERY TEN ADULTS IN THIS COUNTRY WORRIES ON SOME LEVEL, THAT ONE OF THEIR LOVED ONES WILL BECOME A VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE. HIS ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR MORE FUNDING TO PROVIDE MORE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS. DIANE. PIERRE THOMAS, THANK YOU. >> AND ABC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. DR. PATEL, WHAT DOES THE SURGEON GENERAL’S ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT HOW GUN VIOLENCE AFFECTS YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE U.S.? >> AND THE BIGGEST THING THIS REPORT REALLY SHOWED, WHICH IS IT FLAT OUT STAGGERING NUMBERS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE GO BACK TO 2015 COMPARED TO OTHER HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES. IF YOU’RE LOOKING DEATHS BY FIREARM AND CHILDREN. NINE OUT OF TEN OF THEM OCCURRED IN THE UNITED. AND THEN FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS TO 2020. GUN VIOLENCE SURPASSED CAR ACCIDENTS AS A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE. THIS IS STAGGERING. 2023 WE HAD OVER 40,000 DEATHS BY FIREARMS. AND WE AREN’T JUST TALKING ABOUT DEATHS THEMSELVES. WE KNOW THAT FIREARM INJURIES ARE ALSO VERY WIDESPREAD. THIS REPORT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE FACT THAT WHILE MASS SHOOTINGS ARE THIS HARROWING HEADLINE, WE SEE ALL TOO OFTEN ABOUT 600 A YEAR. THEY ONLY MAKE UP ABOUT 1% A FIREARM DEATHS. WHEN YOU ADD IN ACCIDENTS, HOMICIDES, LEGAL INTERVENTION, SUICIDES AND SO THIS REPORT REALLY LAYS OUT THE ENTIRE LANDSCAPE OF, WHAT FIREARM VIOLENCE REALLY MEANS IN AMERICA AND HOW IT AFFECTS ALMOST ALL OF. >> AND YOU SAY PEOPLE SOMETIMES FORGET THAT IT’S NOT JUST GUN DEATHS THAT HAVE AN IMPACT, BUT ALSO GUN RELATED INJURIES. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING ON THAT FRONT? >> ALL GUN RELATED INJURIES, IT REALLY IS PERVASIVE. YOU KNOW, REPORTS ACTUALLY SHOW THAT OVER 50% OF AMERICANS ARE THEMSELVES HAVE IMPACTED BY A FIREARM INJURY OR HAVE HAD A FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND WHO HAVE. AND WE KNOW THAT FIREARM INJURIES CAN HAVE THIS DEVASTATING TOLL ON VICTIMS FAMILIES, PEOPLE AFRAID TO GO OUT, TO GO TO CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS. THE ACTUAL INJURIES THEMSELVES CAN HAVE THIS HUGE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH TOLL. OBVIOUSLY, FIREARM INJURIES CAN LEAD PEOPLE IN CHRONIC PAIN OR DISABILITIES ALSO CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, PTSD. THIS ALL GREATLY IMPACTS EVERYONE’S WAY OF LIFE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE. >> AND MURTHY NOW SAYS THAT IT’S TIME FOR U.S. TO TAKE THIS ISSUE OUT OF THE REALM OF POLITICS AND PUT IT IN REALM OF PUBLIC HEALTH. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHY IS THIS BEING TOLD TO US BY A DOCTOR? >> KNOW, IT’S COMMONLY BEING SAID THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH. WE NEED TO ADOPT THIS FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT. WHAT THIS REALLY COMES DOWN TO, IF YOU LOOK AT CORE DEFINITIONS OF A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH, THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS REALLY LAY OUT THE PROBLEM. WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS REALLY SHOW, THEN WHAT ARE THE PROVEN RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS? NEXT, HOW DO WE GET WIDESPREAD ADOPTION? AND LAST, HOW DO WE EVALUATE, MAKE SURE THAT WE’VE ACTUALLY MADE CHANGE? AND A LOT OF THIS STARTS WITH GETTING RESEARCH FUNDING TO MAKING SURE WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT ALL OF THESE FACTORS. WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, IS AND HOW DO WE ADDRESS IT. >> AND WE’VE SEEN THIS APPROACH WORK FOR, THINGS SUCH AS TOBACCO. AND IF WE LOOK AT MOTOR VEHICLES, I THINK LOOKING AT THE AUTO INDUSTRY IS AN IMPORTANT EXAMPLE BECAUSE TO REDUCE AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILE DEATHS, YOU’RE LOOKING AT VEHICLE SAFETY RESTRICTIONS ,YOU’RE LOOKING AT RESEARCH, YOU’RE LOOKING AT ROAD SPEED, ALL OF THIS, THESE BEHAVIORAL STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE SAVING LIVES. >> THE ZIG, WHAT WE NEED TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO FIREARM VIOLENCE, AN ALL HANDS ON DECK MULTI ANGLE APPROACH THAT IS ABOVE POLITICS AND SINGLE SOLUTIONS BECAUSE IT CLEARLY REQUIRES MORE THAN THAT. >> ALL RIGHT, ABC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL, THANK YOU. AND AS WE GET READY FOR ONE OF THE BUSIEST BEACH WEEKENDS OF THE SUMMER, WE’RE BRINGING AWARENESS TO SOMETHING CALLED A DOUBLE DROWNING BY WHO TRY TO RESCUE SOMEONE STRUGGLING IN THE WATER, OFTEN GET THEMSELVES IN TROUBLE TOO. ABC NEWS CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE TOOK PART, A SIMULATION AIMED AT PREVENTING TRAGEDY. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME DENNIS AND SHANNON CANNING COME BACK TO THIS BEACH ON LAKE MICHIGAN SINCE THEY LOST THEIR SON TOM IN THOSE VERY WATERS TWO YEARS AGO. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER HUSBAND AND FATHER TRIED TO RESCUE A YOUNG GIRL. HE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW SHE WAS STRUGGLING IN THE WATER. >> SHE SURVIVED. AND HE DID. >> TOM, I COULD TELL, WAS CONTEMPLATING WHAT TO DO. HE HANDED ME HIS HAT AND HIS PHONE AND STARTED WALKING TOWARD THE EDGE. WE ALL UNDERESTIMATE HOW TURBULENT, HOW STRONG THIS REALLY IS, AND THAT CAN OVERCOME YOU SO QUICKLY. >> IT’S A HIDDEN DANGER WE EVERY SINGLE SUMMER. PARENTS AND BRAVE STRANGERS ATTEMPTING TO RESCUE PEOPLE OUT OF THE WATER, OFTEN ON BEACHES WITHOUT LIFEGUARDS. WHILE SOME ARE SUCCESSFUL FAR TOO OFTEN, NEITHER THE VICTIM NOR THE RESCUERS SURVIVE. >> THEY MIGHT HAVE THIS CONFIDENCE BECAUSE THEY HOW TO SWIM. THEY MAKE THAT INSTANT DECISION. JUMP IN. THAT’S UNFORTUNATELY THE MOMENT WHEN THEY LEARN THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY DIFFICULT TASK. >> KEEP THIS PERSON AT THE SURFACE. IT TURNS INTO A DOUBLE DROWNING TO ILLUSTRATE JUST HOW DIFFICULT IT BE TO RESCUE SOMEONE FROM TURBULENT WATER, I TEAM UP WITH CERTIFIED LIFEGUARDS AT SCHOOL AND SURF AT THE WATERPARK INSIDE THE AMERICAN DREAM MALL HERE. CHOPPY WAVES WILL HELP SIMULATE THE CHAOS IN THE OCEAN. THE GREAT LAKES. MY FIRST CHALLENGE. RESCUE NOT A PERSON, BUT THIS £10 RUBBER DIVING BRICK WHICH LIFEGUARDS USE TO TEST THEIR STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE. I DIVE IN AND GRAB THE BRICK AND MAKE IT BACK TO. THESE WAVES ARE ONLY TWO FEET TALL, BUT ALREADY IT WOULD A CHALLENGE. >> MY LEGS IT BURN. NEXT WE RAISE THE BAR. THIS TIME IT’S 12 YEAR OLD COMPETITIVE SURFER CUDA WHO’S GOING TO SIMULATE A DROWNING VICTIM, WHICH CAN BE DANGEROUS TO THE PERSON RESCUING BECAUSE VICTIMS OFTEN PANIC AND THEN CAN DRAG YOU UNDER. AFTER A SHORT BREAK AND PLUNGE BACK INTO. THIS TIME IT FEELS MUCH MORE REAL. AS SOON AS I TAKE ON THAT WEIGHT, I IMMEDIATELY STRUGGLE TO KEEP MY HEAD ABOVE WATER. FORTUNATELY, SINCE THIS POOL THE SHALLOW AND I’M NOT FIGHTING A RIP CURRENT DON’T NEED TO HOLD HIM UP VERY LONG. IF ANY OF THIS LOOKS LIKE IT WAS EASY, IT WAS NOT. >> AND FOR GOOD MEASURE, WE ASKED TO VOLUNTEER DADS TO GIVE BOTH SCENARIOS A TRY. LIKE ME, RYAN SUCCESSFULLY RESCUES BOTH THE BRICK AND THE DROWNING VICTIM, BUT ALSO LIKE ME. IT WAS A LOT HARDER THAN HE THOUGHT. EVEN JUST SWIMMING OUT THERE HARDLY WENT UP. IT WAS VERY, VERY TIRING. >> BUT WATCH WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR OTHER VOLUNTEER, MIKE, BEFORE HE EVEN MAKES IT TO THE BREAK. THIS DAD OF THREE SIGNALS TO THE LIFEGUARDS. >> HE JUST CAN’T GET THERE. YOU THINK YOU CAN DO IT? BY THE WAY, IT’S GETTING. YOU TRY SWIMMING AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE GETTING TIRED AND TIRED. MY ARMS HURTING. I MEAN, EVEN NOW, MY HEIGHT IS LIKE, BOOM, BOOM. IT’S A LOT MORE TIRING THAN IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE. AND WARNED US. IF THIS WERE THE OCEAN OR THE GREAT LAKES, IT WOULD BE INFINITELY MORE CHALLENGING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF RIP CURRENTS IN THE POOL. >> YOU HAVE A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT IN THE OCEAN. YOU ARE IN A RELATIVELY SAFE OR SEEMINGLY RELATIVELY SAFE POSITION. ONE MOMENT AND THE NEXT YOU’RE SWEPT OFF YOUR FEET AND YOU’RE 50 TO 100 YARDS OUT TO SEA AND YOU REALLY DON’T. >> WHAT HIT YOU? MIKE SAYS DESPITE HIS STRUGGLE, IF IT WERE HIS OWN KIDS, HE’D STILL TRY TO RESCUE THEM, WHICH WOULD PUT HIS OWN LIFE RISK. BUT THERE IS A SAFER WAY. BRING A FLOTATION DEVICE, WHICH COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS A BOOGIE BOARD. >> HERE’S HOW YOU COULD USE IT. FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM HOME SO THAT WHEN YOU HAND THEM, HE’S NOT RIGHT ON TOP OF YOU. SAFE DISTANCE. YOU SAY, RELAX, I’M HERE TO SAVE YOU. I TRY MY RESCUE AGAIN. THE DIFFERENCE? STAGGERING. HAVING THE BOOGIE WAS EVERYTHING. IT MADE IT SO MUCH EASIER. I WAS CALMER. IT FELT LIKE I HAD THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ME AND THE PERSON. THAT DISTANCE ME. >> CONFIDENCE. MIKE ALSO GIVES IT ANOTHER GO. THIS. HE MAKES IT OUT TO THE BREAK AND ALL THE WAY BACK TO SHORE. BUT STILL TIRING. >> BUT IT WAS A LOT EASIER BECAUSE THAT EXTREME FATIGUE. THE UNITED STATES LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION WARNS US REGULAR FOLKS ATTEMPTING A RESCUE. INSTEAD, FIRST ALERT A LIFEGUARD AND CALL 911 IF THE VICTIM IS IN A RIP CURRENT, TRY YELLING INSTRUCTIONS. TELL THEM TO CALM DOWN. FLOAT ON YOUR BACK AND SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE OUT OF THE CURRENT AND NEVER AGAINST IT. IF YOU’RE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THEM, THROW THEM SOMETHING THAT FLOATS LIKE THAT. BOOGIE, A PRO NOODLE, MAYBE A BEACH BALL OR EVEN A COOLER. IF ALL FAILS, WHILE IT’S NOT RECOMMENDED, EXPERTS SAY IF YOU DO ATTEMPT TO RESCUE, DO NOT GO IN WITHOUT A FLOTATION DEVICE. IT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. THIS RESCUE. AND IT’S A LESSON THIS DAD WON’T SOON FORGET FORGET. >> AND GINGER ZEE JOINS ME NOW FROM SEABRIGHT, NEW JERSEY, WITH MORE ON THIS. YOU’RE AN EXPERIENCED SWIMMER, SO HOW SURPRISED WERE YOU AT HOW HARD IT IS TO STAY ABOVE WATER WHEN YOU’RE TRYING TO SUPPORT SOMEONE ELSE TO. >> I WAS SLOW. I WAS INEFFICIENT. I WAS EXHAUSTIBLE. IT WAS SO FAST THAT I GOT EXHAUSTED AND I KEPT IMAGINING IT BEING ONE OF MY SONS OUT THERE. AND I KNOW ADRENALINE WOULD BE DIFFERENT, BUT WITHOUT THIS, I WOULD NEVER GO IN AGAIN. SO THAT’S WHAT I’M TAKING AWAY. I WOULD ALWAYS GO IN WITH SOMETHING TO FLOAT, BOTH OF US. THIS BEING THAT BOOGIE BOARD THAT YOU’RE HOLDING FOUND IT REALLY INTERESTING THAT A COOLER CAN ALSO BE USED AS FLOTATION DEVICE IN A PINCH. IT’S SUCH A GREAT TIP. WHAT ELSE STUCK OUT YOU THAT YOU THOUGHT, YOU KNOW I CAN REALLY USE THIS IF I’M EVER IN A JAM. >> THAT’S THE THING IS I CAN GO LOOKING OUT AROUND THIS BEACH RIGHT NOW AND I NOW WOULD GO AND SAY, OKAY, I’M GOING TO GRAB THIS. I COULD GET THIS ANY OF THAT WOULD WORK IF I GOT OUT THERE TO THEM, HERE IS THE BEST THING YOU’RE WAY OUT IN THE WATER. YOU FINALLY GOT THERE. BOTH OF YOU ARE SAFE FLOATING ON THE FLOATATION DEVICE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A WHOLE HERO. YOU COULD BE A HALF HERO. STAY OUT THERE. 911 HAS BEEN CALLED PROS AROUND THE WAY YOU DON’T HAVE TO HERO IT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE SHORELINE. AND THAT’S THE INSTINCT, IS THAT YOU THINK YOU GOT TO GET BACK. BUT IF YOU’RE BOTH OKAY, YOU CAN WAIT IT OUT. AND WE GOT JUST I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A BUMPER STICKER THERE. JUST BE A HALF HERO. THAT’S THAT’S GOOD ENOUGH. GINGER, WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE MAIN THINGS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW IF THEY DO SEE SOMEONE POTENTIALLY DROWNING? BECAUSE IT’S EASIER TO SAY, JUST STAY ON THE BEACH AND WAIT FOR HELP. BUT WHEN YOU’RE ACTUALLY THERE, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED DO SOMETHING. SWIM WHERE THERE’S A LIFEGUARD. I MEAN, HERE AT THE SHORE, YOU YOU SWIM RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM BECAUSE THESE GUYS ARE TRAINED. WE’VE ACTUALLY BEEN WATCHING BUNCH OF THEM TRAIN THIS MORNING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE. SO IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE THAT HERO. YOU CAN HAVE SOMEONE WHO’S GOT THE FLOTATION DEVICE. THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY’RE DOING. AND THEN WEATHER WISE, LET ME TELL YOU, LIKE EVERY OTHER FORECAST, WE KNOW WHEN THE OCEAN IS GOING TO BE ROUGH. WE KNOW THE TYPE OF WIND DIRECTIONS AND SPEEDS THAT MAKE RIP CURRENTS. IF YOU SEE A FLAG OR YOU FOLLOW THOSE SHORELINE, BOTH IN THE GREAT AND THE OCEAN FORECAST, DON’T GO IN THE OCEAN AND YOU WON’T HAVE A PROBLEM ON THOSE DAYS. >> BEST WAYS TO PREVENT THE DANGEROUS FROM HAPPENING TO BEGIN WITH. ABC NEWS CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE GINGER, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE, MAJOR RECORD LABELS ARE SUING COMPANIES. WHY THEY’RE CLAIMING COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND HOW AIR COULD RESHAPE THE INDUSTRY. PLUS, SUMMERTIME TRAVEL. YOU STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GET AWAY. AND WE HAVE SOME GREAT DEALS TO SHARE. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA AMERICA? AN OPERATION BEGAN AFTER ICE APPOINTMENT COMBAT OPERATIONS, AND WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS TO OPERATE A NUCLEAR REACTOR. SO EVEN A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED. BUT THE FLAG, THERE’S A TEAR IN AND OUT OF PERIOD. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE IN THE USA? >> LOOK AT YOUR SMILE. YOU’RE PROUD OF IT? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE. THANK YOU. ISMAIL. >> DAVID? DAVID? YES. YES. I’M. >> YOU ARE. I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT. ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAD PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE ,THE BRAD PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU HAVE PACK MAY NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU? >> I HATED THE. WHAT A DISASTER. WHY DID WE TAKE AS AN OFFENSE ADDRESS? >> I’M NOT GOING TO SAY WE WERE THE BEATLES. WELL, DIDN’T SELL SHEA STADIUM 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE. BUT WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST. HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE AND WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, MAJOR RECORD LABELS ARE SUING A COMPANY CLAIMING COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA CLAIMS AIR MUSIC COMPANIES SOON AND AUDIO TRAINED THEIR PROGRAMS USING FAMOUS ARTISTS SONGS WITHOUT PERMISSION. THE PROGRAMS CAN EVEN GENERATE FAKE MIMICKING FAMOUS ARTISTS. VOICES LIKE THIS ONE CREATED TO SOUND LIKE JASON DERULO TO SAVE THE WORLD, KICKING THAT’S SPRAYING ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR GOOGLE TECH POLICY FELLOW MIKE MUSE FOR MORE. MIKE, YOU’RE LAUGHING. I DON’T LIKE THAT SONG. HA HA HA. TRY AGAIN. A SO THE RECORD LABELS SAY THAT’S NOT THE PROBLEM THOUGH THEY’RE PROBABLY HAPPY TO HEAR IT. THEY SAY THESE A.I. MODELS ONLY WORK BY COPYING TONS OF SONGS AND INFRINGING COPYRIGHTS IN PROCESS. >> SO WALK US THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY HERE. HOW DOES IT WORK THAT GOT TO SAY THIS IS A TYPE OF CASE THAT I’VE BEEN WAITING TO COME FORWARD AND. THE COURT SYSTEM, AND AS YOU AND I ALWAYS HAVE THESE INCREDIBLE CONVERSATIONS, I TYPICALLY LEAN MORE PRO AI THAN MOST, BUT I’VE BEEN REALLY LOOKING AT THIS IDEA OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE HEART OF IT. SO AT ITS CORE, WHAT THESE GENERATIVE AI COMPANIES ARE DOING, I THINK CHATGPT, THAT’S A GENERATIVE AI PRODUCT. WHAT THEY DO, WHAT THEY LEARN OFF OF A DATABASE OF SOURCE MATERIAL. AND SO WHAT THESE MUSIC COMPANIES HAVE DONE IS THEY HAVE ESSENTIALLY HAVE TRAINED THE COMPUTER SYSTEM TO OUTPUT A SONG, BUT THEY HAVE TRAINED ON SONGS SIMILAR OR ACTUALLY HAVE TRAINED ON JASON DERULO SONGS UNTO ITSELF TO CREATE A NEW OUTPUT. AND SO THAT IS THE HEART OF IT WHEN IT COMES TO ME THAT IS THE TECHNOLOGY ASPECT OF IT AND WHAT WE MEAN BY TRAINING AT THE A.I.. THE HEART OF THIS LAWSUIT, THOUGH, COMES DOWN TO THE ISSUE OF FAIR USE AND THE RECORD LABELS AND THE COMPANIES ARE BOTH USING THE TERMINOLOGY OF FAIR USE TO TRY TO WIN THEIR CASE. IN PARTICULAR, EXCUSE ME, DAN, WHEN LOOK AT MY PHONE, I TOOK SOME NOTES FOR A PARTICULAR THE CEO OF A PSEUDO. HE SAYS, QUOTE, OUR TECHNOLOGY IS TRANSFORMING THAT IT IS DESIGNED TO GENERATE COMPLETELY NEW OUTPUTS. THAT’S A KEY WORD, TRANSFORMING ,BECAUSE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE CREATED THIS OUTPUT AND THESE SONGS BASED UPON FAIR USE, IT HAS TO BE A TRANSFORMATIVE WORK. AND WHAT LEGISLATION MEANS BY TRANSFORMATIVE IS IT HAS TO BE USED DIFFERENTLY THAN THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF IT. AND SO THIS IS WHAT THESE MUSIC COMPANIES ARE STANDING, WHICH IS IT’S A NEW TRANSFORMATIVE WORK, NOT THE ORIGINAL. >> OH, THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE A TRICKY LEGAL ONE. >> MIKE, A NUMBER OF WRITERS, NEWSPAPERS, COMEDIANS, LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SUED COMPANIES OVER THE USE OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. SO HOW BIG OF AN ISSUE THIS OVERALL AND WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS LEGAL BATTLE HEADING FROM HERE? >> THIS IS HUGE BECAUSE I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR CERTAIN CASES COME FORWARD. THIS MUSIC MAN IS GOING TO BE A STRONG CASE TO COME FORWARD BECAUSE WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE IS WE PLAYED THE JASON DERULO SONG, BUT ANOTHER POPULAR SONGS THAT ARE ON THESE MUSIC SITES CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW IS MOTOWN, THE TEMPTATIONS AND MARIAH CAREY’S ALL WANT FOR CHRISTMAS. WHAT THE RECORD LABEL STRONG DEFENSE IS GOING TO BE IS THAT THEY ARE USING THE HEART OF AN ORIGINAL COPYRIGHT IN ORDER TO SELL OR BE TRANSFORMATIVE. >> YOU CAN’T USE THE HARD OF IT. THINK THAT HOOK THAT WE THINK ABOUT FROM MARIAH CAREY I WANT FROM CHRISTMAS. >> AND SO THAT’S THE HEART OF IT. SO THEY’RE USING THAT FOR THE NEW OUTPUT. THE RECORD LABELS ACTUALLY HAVE A STRONG CASE TO STAND ON. >> AND WE JUST GOT TO MAKE NEW SERENADE AS A BONUS AS WELL. THAT’S RIGHT. ANYTHING FOR YOU NOW, MIKE. SOME ARGUE THAT I SHOULD NOT BE FOCUSED ON ART OR MUSIC AT ALL. RIGHT. THE SONGWRITING PART, THE SINGING PART THAT PART’S THE FUN PART. SO WHEN ARE WE GETTING THE LAUNDRY FOLDER PUT AWAY? THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. I WANT TO KNOW THE EXACT SAME THING AS WELL THAT. >> BUT WHAT’S INTERESTING IS TO YOUR POINT, THE MUSIC LABELS ARE ACTUALLY AGREEING WITH YOU ON THAT ONE. THEY’RE SAYING, BUY THESE TECH COMPANIES STANDING ON THE USE OF FAIR USE. ARE THEY BEING DISINGENUOUS AND ARE PREVENTING INNOVATION GOING FORWARD THAT COULD HELP, SUCH AS FOLDING YOUR LAUNDRY? >> OKAY. WELL, WHATEVER THAT PART IS BEHIND THAT, MAYBE GENIUS GOOGLE TECH POLICY FELLOW MIKE MUSE AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR. >> THANKS, MIKE. COMING UP HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE SUMMER DEALS ARE STILL OUT THERE. >> WHY EUROPE IS SUCH A HSPOT AT DEALS. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE IN RIOT GEAR ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? >> ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, MIGRANT CRISIS. FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17 PULLED A BUZZ KILL IN BASEBALL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA THIS MORNING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID EVERY TIME A SURVIVOR SHARES THEIR STORY. >> I WILL NOT BE SILENCED. DO YOU FEEL THE CHURCH ACCEPTED ? >> I WON’T SAY ACCEPTED AS SO MUCH. PRETENDED IT DIDN’T EXIST YET. >> THAT’S HOW READY KYRA PHILLIPS ABC NEWS. DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS AND "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE" SECRETS OF THE TO BUY TO? >> THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THIS NOW STREAMING ON HULU. >> HERE AT "GMA", WE HAVE TWO WORDS FOR YOU GIANT PANDAS. AND THIS WEEK, JANAI NORMAN TAKES YOU TO WHAT’S CALLED THE PANDA OF THE WORLD IN CHINA. THIS IS ABOUT THE HAS TWO PANDAS. GET READY TO MAKE THE TRIP TO THE U.S. AND DOES JAMIE, THIS WEEK YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS KEEP STREAMING WITH ABC LIVE. >> WELCOME BACK. AMERICANS ARE ON THE MOVE THIS SUMMER. THE TSA SAYS SUNDAY MARKED ITS BUSIEST DAY EVER SCREENING 3 MILLION PEOPLE AT US AIRPORTS. AND THE FAA SAID. IT EXPECTS THIS THURSDAY TO BE EVEN BUSIER WITH CLOSE TO 54,000 FLIGHTS. AND MANY OF THOSE AMERICANS ARE HEADED EUROPE. ABC’S CHRISTIANE CORDERO HAS MORE ON WHY AND HOW YOU CAN BOOK A LAST MINUTE TRIP WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK. >> EUROPE IS ALWAYS A POPULAR TRAVEL DESTINATION, BUT ECONOMIST AT TRAVEL SITE HOPPER HALEY BERG SAYS THERE’S EVEN MORE IN THE SUMMER. >> WE’RE EXPECTING ABOUT 57,000 FLIGHTS TO TAKE OFF FROM U.S. AIRPORTS HEADED TO CENTERS. >> BERG SAYS TRAVEL BOOKINGS TO EUROPE SURGED THIS TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE KIDS ARE OFF FROM SCHOOL. AND FOR MOST OF EUROPE, THE WEATHER IS BEST IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. >> GOOD NEWS FOR TRAVELERS TO EUROPE, PRICES ARE DOWN ABOUT 16% COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR. >> IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO GET A DEAL ON A LAST MINUTE TRIP, BERG SAYS, YOU’LL NEED TO ACT FAST AND BOOK NOW. SHE SUGGESTS SKIPPING THE MOST POPULAR AND EXPENSIVE DESTINATION LIKE LONDON, ROME AND ESPECIALLY PARIS, WHERE THE OLYMPICS WILL BE HOSTED LATER THIS JULY, OPTING FOR CITIES THAT ARE MORE OFF THE BEATEN PATH. I RECOMMEND REYKJAVIK, COPENHAGEN AND STOCKHOLM. ALL THREE ARE STILL UNDER FIVE OR $600 ROUND TRIP FROM THE U.S. THIS SUMMER. HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TEMPERATE DURING THOSE HOTTEST MONTHS AND ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE CROWDS. >> SHE SAYS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO SAVE FLY DURING THE WEEK YOU’LL SAVE ABOUT $400 PER TICKET IF YOU CAN DEPART, ON TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY AND RETURN EARLY IN THE WEEK SKIP THE FRIDAY OR SATURDAY DEPARTURES, WHICH WILL BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE. >> AND IF YOU’RE FLEXIBLE, CONSIDER SHIFTING YOUR VACATION TO THE END OF AUGUST OR EARLY SEPTEMBER. WE TYPICALLY SEE PRICES ARE 30% LOWER. IF YOU TRAVEL AT THE END OF SUMMER OR EARLY FALL. SO FOR THOSE FLEXIBLE TRAVELERS, THIS IS ONE WAY THAT YOU CAN SAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT AND GET MORE BANG YOUR BUCK WHEN YOU’RE IN THE REGION. CHRISTINE CORDERO, ABC NEWS. CHRISTINE, THANK YOU. AND LEAD ECONOMIST AT HARPER, HALEY BERG IS JOINING ME NOW FOR SOME TRAVEL TIPS. HALEY, IF YOU ARE BOOKING A LAST MINUTE TRIP, WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT IN TERMS PRICING FOR AIRFARE, HOTELS AND CAR RENTALS? IF YOU’RE BOOKING AT THE LAST MINUTE, DOMESTIC OR ABROAD IN EUROPE, YOU SHOULD EXPECT PRICES TO BE HIGH. MOST TRAVELERS GETTING THE LOWEST PRICES THINK UNDER $300 ROUNDTRIP ON DOMESTIC 4 TO $700 ON INTERNATIONAL. IF THEY BOOK 3 TO 4 MONTHS IN ADVANCE. SO IF YOU’RE BOOKING A SUMMER VACATION, PROBABLY SEEING DOMESTIC AIRFARE WELL OVER $300 AIRFARE TO EUROPE, WELL OVER $1,000 ROUND TRIP. SAME FOR HOTELS AND RENTAL CARS. PRICES WILL BE ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 40% MORE EXPENSIVE IF YOU’RE BOOKING THE VERY LAST MINUTE. >> AND WHAT ABOUT DESTINATION DUPES? YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MORE AFFORDABLE OPTIONS TO TYPICAL HOTSPOTS? >> YOU KNOW, WE TYPICALLY SEE A LOT OF DEMAND TO MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL CITIES DURING THE SUMMER THINK IBIZA ISLANDS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, TENERIFE BAY, THE CANARY ISLANDS, VERY POPULAR, VERY EXPENSIVE. BUT YOU CAN TRADE THOSE IN FOR DESTINATIONS LIKE OR ANYWHERE IN PORTUGAL. >> WE TYPICALLY SEE FARES ANYWHERE FROM 300 TO $500 LESS EXPENSIVE OF IN SUMMER AND AT THE END OF SUMMER, IF YOU SWAP OUT THOSE MORE EXPENSIVE ISLAND DESTINATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND NEAR EUROPE FOR SOMETHING MORE MAINLAND AND A LITTLE LESS EXPENSIVE. SO LOOKING AHEAD, WHEN’S THE BEST TIME TO PLAN A FALL TRIP? >> NOW IS THE TIME TO BOOK A TRIP, WHETHER YOU’RE GOING INTERNATIONAL OR JUST SNEAKING IN ANOTHER U.S. BASED VACATION . START MONITORING PRICES NOW AND YOU’LL HAVE THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO DECIDE ON DATES, DESTINATIONS AND BOOK THOSE TRIPS. 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WE’RE HEADING TO SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY. ARE YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN? ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAM YOUR NEWS ONLY ON ABC NEWS LIVE RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> BRUTAL WEATHER FROM COAST TO COAST. >> 76 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER SOME KIND OF HEAT ALERT WITH HIGHS POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTH. WE’VE GOT THE FORECAST NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE. >> PLUS, THE SURGEON GENERAL DECLARING GUN VIOLENCE, PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. DR. VIVEK MURTHY JOINS ME LIVE TO EXPLAIN WHY. AND JULIAN ASSANGE SET TO GO WHY A GUILTY PLEA FROM THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER COULD BRING AN END TO A YEARS LONG LEGAL BATTLE WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I SHOULD SAY. PHIL LIPOFF. TODAY, OUR NATION’S TOP DOCTOR ISSUED A STERN WARNING ON GUN VIOLENCE ALL ACROSS THE U.S., DECLARING IT A PUBLIC HEALTH. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, SURGEON GENERAL VIVEK MURTHY CONCERNS THAT AMERICANS ARE EXPERIENCING FIREARM RELATED DEATHS AT DRAMATICALLY HIGHER RATES, AND THEY’RE NOW THE LEADING CAUSE DEATH. THINK ABOUT THIS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS IN THIS COUNTRY. DR. MURTHY PROVIDING SEVERAL STAGGERING STATISTICS TO MAKE HIS CASE. CHIEF AMONG THEM, THE RATE OF GUN VIOLENCE. THE U.S. IS ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 121 TIMES HIGHER WHEN COMPARED TO ANY OTHER HIGH INCOME COUNTRY, THE WORLD. THE SURGEON GENERAL SAYS THE IMPACT OF THIS VIOLENCE ALSO CAUSING UNTOLD DAMAGE TO OUR MENTAL HEALTH. JOINING ME NOW TO DISCUSS, UNITED STATES SURGEON GENERAL MURTHY. DR. MURTHY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TALK THIS TODAY. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR A LONG TIME HAVE BEEN WANTING THIS TO HAPPEN. ADVISORY OUTLINES HOW THE IMPACT OF GUN VIOLENCE GOES BEYOND DEATHS AND INJURY. IT ACTUALLY LEADS TO CASCADING HARM AND COLLECTIVE ACROSS SOCIETIES, THREATENING THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH EVERYONE, BUT ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE. WHAT CONCERNS YOU THE MOST HERE ? >> WELL, I’LL TELL YOU, THE REASON I’M PUTTING FORWARD THIS ADVISORY IS ABOUT FROM OUR OFFICE ON GUN VIOLENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR HISTORY IS I WANT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN OF GREAT URGENCY AND THAT THE IMPACT IT’S HAVING ON OUR COUNTRY IS FAR WIDER THAN THINK. MOST PEOPLE MAY REALIZE THE GREATEST PRICE WE’RE PAYING FOR GUN VIOLENCE. UNQUESTIONABLY THE LIVES WE LOSE NEARLY 50,000 A YEAR. BUT WE’VE NOW REACHED A PLACE WHERE GUN VIOLENCE HAS BECOME THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG CHILDREN AND TEENS. THAT WAS NOT TRUE A DECADE AGO OR TWO DECADES AGO. IT IS TRUE TODAY. AND WE’RE ALSO SEEING THAT FOR EVERY ONE PERSON WE LOSE TO GUN VIOLENCE, THERE ARE TWO WHO ARE INJURED. THERE ARE MORE WHO WITNESS THESE INCIDENTS FAMILY MEMBERS WHO LOSE A LOVED ONE. COMMUNITIES THAT ARE TRAUMATIZED BY THE VIOLENCE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING OUR CHILDREN, WHO READ ABOUT AND HEAR ABOUT THESE EPISODES OF IN THE NEWS AND THEY WORRY. AND THAT’S WHY SIX IN TEN ADULTS IN AMERICA ARE NOW SAYING THAT THEY’RE WORRIED LOSING A LOVED ONE TO GUN VIOLENCE. IT’S WHY HALF OF KIDS ARE SAYING THAT THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT A SHOOTING TAKING PLACE IN THEIR SCHOOL. THIS IS WHAT I HEAR ALL AMERICA WHEN I MEET WITH KIDS AND WITH PARENTS AND WE UNDERSTAND THE FULL EXTENT OF THIS TOLL. IF WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOW A KIDS ISSUE, THEN MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN RESPOND, WITH GREATER URGENCY AND ADDRESS THIS AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGE THAT IS. >> YEAH, A LOT OF THE DATA YOU PRESENT FOCUSES ON HOW GUN VIOLENCE IS INCREASINGLY IMPACTING KIDS. IS THAT A RECENT PHENOMENON WITH WITH SCHOOL SHOOTINGS? WHY IS THAT PRIMARILY THE FOCUS OF A LOT OF THE THE RESEARCH YOU PROVIDE, BUT ALSO, AS YOU’VE JUST SAID, A LOT OF THE CONCERN FOR NOT ONLY KIDS, BUT FOR THEIR PARENTS. >> IT WAS CERTAINLY MASS SHOOTINGS HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON THE PSYCHE OF OUR COUNTRY REALLY THE FEAR OF GUN VIOLENCE HAS REALLY INFILTRATED THE PSYCHE OF AMERICA. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT KIDS IN PARTICULAR, THE FACT THAT HALF OF THEM ARE WORRIED ABOUT A SHOOTING IN THEIR SCHOOL JUST SPEAKS TO THAT. BUT IT’S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF GUN VIOLENCE DEATHS THAT TAKE PLACE ARE ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE IN OTHER SETTINGS, USUALLY IN IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN HOMES. THEY’RE PEOPLE EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING OUR CHILDREN, WHO ARE ENGAGED IN AND PLAYING SOMETIMES WITH WEAPONS AT HOME THAT ARE LEFT UNLOCKED AND LOADED, AND THEY END UP INJURING THEMSELVES SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, KILLING THEMSELVES OR OTHERS ACCIDENTALLY. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE ACTS OF VIOLENCE THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN NEIGHBORHOODS AS PART OF CONFLICTS WHERE A LETHAL WEAPON IS AVAILABLE AND THAT CAN TO HOMICIDE AS WELL. BUT IT MAY ALSO SURPRISE PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT AROUND 56% OF GUN VIOLENCE RELATED DEATHS ARE SUICIDES. AND THIS IS WHY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BREADTH OF FACTORS THAT ARE DRIVING GUN VIOLENCE, YOU QUICKLY REALIZE THERE’S NOT ONE SIMPLE SOLUTION TO IT. THERE ARE MULTIPLE STEPS WE HAVE TO TAKE AND LAY OUT A SERIES OF STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN TAKE AS A COUNTRY TO ULTIMATELY ADDRESS THIS. AND THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW. THERE IS A SOLUTION HERE. WE DO NOT HAVE TO CONSIGN OURSELVES TO A FUTURE WHERE GUN VIOLENCE, YOU KNOW, IS THE DAY TO DAY REALITY THAT WE FACE, WHERE WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL OR WORK OR THE GROCERY STORE OR A CONCERT WE CAN LIVE IN A SAFER WAY. AND THAT’S WHAT I AM HOPING THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, APPROACH WITH A NEW SET OF URGENCY BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THIS IS A KIDS ISSUE AND NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE WELL-BEING OF OUR CHILDREN. SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A STATISTIC JUST GAVE OUT. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THAT THE AMOUNT THAT THAT IS IT’S SUCH A BIG AMOUNT OF OF THE GUN GUN DEATHS IN THIS IS SUICIDE. MANY PEOPLE WOULD NOT, YOU KNOW, PUT THEIR FINGER ON THAT PERCENTAGE. BUT THAT IS ALSO A STATISTIC USED BY A LOT OF GUN RIGHTS ADVOCATES WHO DON’T WANT ANYTHING TO CHANGE IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF GUN LEGISLATION. YOU CALL FOR AN EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH TO PUBLIC HEALTH CHANGE ALONG WITH THE CIVILIAN BAN ON ASSAULT AND HIGH VOLUME MAGAZINES. I’M WONDERING, HOW REALISTIC IS IT TO THINK THAT YOU EFFECT POSITIVE CHANGE HERE, GIVEN THE DECADES OF PUSHBACK FROM? GUN RIGHTS ADVOCATES, THE POLITICAL CLIMATE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN THIS COUNTRY ,A RIGHT LEANING SUPREME COURT, WHICH ALREADY FAVORS THE SECOND AMENDMENT, AS WE JUST SAW, OVERTURNING THE BAN ON BUMP STOCKS. >> IT WOULD SEEM LIKE YOU’RE CLIMBING A PRETTY BIG HILL HERE. >> WELL, YOU’RE RIGHT THAT THERE’S COMPLEXITY, THIS ISSUE, YOU KNOW, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. AND IT’S NOT SIMPLE TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA. FOR YEARS IT HAS BEEN POLITICIZED AND POLARIZED AS AN ISSUE. BUT HERE’S WHAT I HAVE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS IN TALKING TO PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS AMERICA. I’VE LEARNED THAT PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, ALL POLITICAL BACKGROUNDS ARE RACE AND ETHNICITY BACKGROUNDS, PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT AGES AND DIFFERENT PARTS, YOU KNOW, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS IN OUR COUNTRY. THEY ALL SHARE A COMMON DESIRE TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COUNTRY. THEY WANT THEIR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL SAFELY, JUST AS I DO. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, THE MALL, WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT VIOLENCE. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A WALK IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT WORRYING THAT THAT IS GOING TO PUT THEM AT RISK OF BEING SHOT. AND I THAT THAT THAT BROAD AGREEMENT ON THE URGENCY OF ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE GETS LOST SOMETIMES IN HOW WE COVER THIS. BUT I SEE THAT EACH AND EVERY DAY. AND THE OTHER THING THAT GIVES ME A HOPE THOUGH IS WHAT WE’VE SEEN RECENTLY, WHICH HAS BEEN SOME PROGRESS IN STARTING TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE 5 TO 6 YEARS AGO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES, CONGRESS PUT FORWARD A MODEST SUMMER FUNDING FOR GUN VIOLENCE RESEARCH. MUCH MORE IS NEEDED. BUT THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT START. THE SECOND THING IS, TWO YEARS AGO, THE BIPARTISAN SAFER COMMUNITIES ACT WAS PASSED BY CONGRESS, A FIRST MAJOR PIECE OF LEGISLATION 30 YEARS TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE. YOU KNOW, I DO BELIEVE THAT JUST AS WE DID WITH TOBACCO AND WITH CAR ACCIDENT RELATED IN THIS COUNTRY, IF WE CAN UNDERSTAND THESE ISSUES AS PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES, I UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ACROSS THE SPECTRUM WANT TO ADDRESS THIS, WANT TO LIVE MORE SAFELY THAN I DO THINK THAT WE CAN MAKE PROGRESS, BUT IT’S GOING TO TAKE SHIFTING HOW WE TALK ABOUT THIS, HOW WE THINK ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND RECOGNIZING THE EXPANSIVE TOLL THAT IT’S TAKING ON ALL OF OUR LIVES. >> IT’S INTERESTING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE INTERVIEW, WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT GUN VIOLENCE DOESN’T JUST AFFECT THE VICTIMS, PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY SHOT AND KILLED, YOU KNOW BY GUNS, BUT THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM INCLUDE INTO SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, MY DAUGHTER IS BECOMING A TEACHER AND SHE TELLS ME A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BECOMING TEACHERS AND WE NEED SO MANY MORE TEACHERS IN THIS COUNTRY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, THAT THAT WAS NEVER A CONCERN IN THE PAST. BUT THEY’RE CONCERNED ABOUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. IF THIS PLEA OF YOURS, WHICH I KNOW MANY PEOPLE, BLACK PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS, THIS SHOULD BE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, IF THIS PLEA FALLS ON DEAF EARS, I’M WONDERING WHAT’S. BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME CONVENTIONAL WISDOM THAT SAID CONGRESS WAS GOING TO TAKE SOME SORT OF ACTION AFTER SANDY HOOK, WHERE 20 KIDS WERE GUNNED DOWN AND REALLY NOTHING HAPPENED AFTER. YOU SEEM HOPEFUL THAT WITH BABY STEPS, CONGRESS CAN DO SOMETHING. ARE BABY STEPS GOOD ENOUGH? >> WELL, I THINK WE HAVE TO DO IT. CERTAINLY WE HAVE TO DO A LOT NOW. AND BABY STEPS AREN’T ALWAYS ENOUGH WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, WHAT I’VE LAID OUT ARE MAJOR STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN CONSIDER AND THAT WE SHOULD STRONGLY LOOK AT WHEN IT TO ADDRESSING GUN VIOLENCE. I’D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WE JUST ONE SINGLE STEP THAT WE CAN SOLVE ALL GUN VIOLENCE OR THAT WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF TAKING AN INCREMENTAL STEP HERE, WAITING FIVE OR TEN YEARS AND SEEING WHAT HAPPENS. WE DON’T HAVE THAT LUXURY IN OUR KIDS LIVES. ARE AT STAKE HERE. LIKE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE COST OF AND WE JUST CAN’T AFFORD TO CONTINUE TO BEAR THE COSTS OF INACTION BECAUSE IT’S NOT ONLY BEING BORN IN LIVES LOST, BUT IT IS AFFECTING HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT LIVING THEIR LIVES, ABOUT THE CAREER CHOICES THEY MAKE, ABOUT BASIC DECISIONS LIKE GOING FOR A WALK OR GOING TO SCHOOL OR GOING TO WORK. WE ALL DESERVE TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT’S. WE CAN’T AFFORD TO JUST KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD WHEN IT COMES TO TO ADDRESSING THIS CRISIS. AND I DO BELIEVE AS A COUNTRY THAT WE CAN DO HARD THINGS BECAUSE WE’VE DONE IT IN THE PAST AND 1964, WHEN SURGEON GENERAL LUTHER TERRY ISSUED THE FIRST SURGEON GENERAL’S REPORT ON TOBACCO, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THERE’S NO WAY CAN GET AMERICANS TO STOP SMOKING. 42% OF THE COUNTRY SMOKED AT THAT TIME. THERE WERE ADS EVERYWHERE. DOCTORS WERE SMOKING. IT WAS PART OF THE CULTURE. BUT WE DIDN’T ACCEPT THAT AS OUR REALITY. WE SAID THAT WE CAN DO BETTER AND THROUGH A SERIES OF COMMUNITY ACTIONS PROGRAMS, YOUTH INITIATIVE, ADVOCACY MOVEMENTS AND ACTION FROM LAWMAKERS, WE WERE ABLE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCE TOBACCO USE IN THIS COUNTRY, DROPPING CIGARETTE SMOKING FROM 42% IN 1964 TO UNDER 12% TODAY. SO WE CAN DO HARD THINGS AND OUR KIDS LIVES ARE AT STAKE. >> WE ABSOLUTELY MUST. YEAH, I MEAN, IT’S A SERIOUS APPROACH TO A SERIOUS PROBLEM. IT’S A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH, NOT A NOT A, YOU KNOW, ONE ONE SPECIFIC THING THAT WILL FIX IT. YOU’RE COMING IT FROM A LOT OF ANGLES. AND FINALLY, LABELING IT SORT OF PUT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY FEEL THAT IT IS I MEAN, WE’RE ALL SCARED THAT OUR OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE HURT. NO ONE WANTS THAT. SURGEON GENERAL DR. VIVEK MURTHY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME, SIR. >> WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE HAVING YOU ON. THANKS SO MUCH. >> IT’S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. NOW WE WANT TO TURN TO THE EXTREME AND THREATENING HEAT GRIPPING MUCH OF THIS COUNTRY. 76 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNDER HEAT ALERTS FROM CALIFORNIA ALL THE WAY OVER TO NEW JERSEY. FORECASTERS SAY SOME OF THE WORST HEAT BE IN THE HEARTLAND AND ACROSS THE SOUTH. OFFICIALS ALSO WARNING OF DEADLY RIPTIDE CURRENTS ALONG MUCH OF ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST. THE EXTREME HEAT EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS. SO TAKE IT IN STRIDE. FLORIDA AND TEXAS NEAR TRIPLE TEMPERATURES. AND IN CALIFORNIA, PALM SPRINGS HITTING 110 DEGREES TODAY. >> SERIOUS, ESPECIALLY OUT OF THE IT’S BEEN THIS HOT. >> BUT THE THING IS, WE’RE ALL CHANGE I GUESS GLOBE CHANGE SUPER SCORCHER. AND WE’RE GLAD WE’RE DOING THAT EVENT AT THE POOL TODAY. THE TOP GUN THEME IN THE BACK OF THAT THAT’S MADE IT MUCH DRAMATIC. EXTREME WEATHER ALSO TRIGGERING A POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE IN THE MIDWEST. RECORD BREAKING FLOODING THERE THREATENING BURST A DAM IN MINNESOTA. OFFICIALS NOW WARNING SOME PEOPLE IN THAT AREA THAT THEY NEED TO BE READY TO EVACUATE JUST IN CASE. AT LEAST TWO DEATHS NOW BLAMED ON THAT DEVASTATING FLOODING. PRESIDENT BIDEN’S A MAJOR DISASTER IN IOWA AND MORE SEVERE STORMS IN THE FORECAST ARE EXTREME. WEATHER TEAM HAS IT ALL COVERED. LET’S BRING IN METEOROLOGIST ALEX SMITH FROM OUR ABC STATION HOUSTON. ALEX, I WILL ASK AND THEN WE’LL GET TO SOME MORE IN A MINUTE. HOW HOW DOES IT BEAR AND HOW ARE PEOPLE DEALING? HEY THERE. GOOD AFTERNOON, PHIL? WELL, THE EXTREME HEAT HERE IN TEXAS, THIS IS THE FIRST OF WHAT COULD BE SEVERAL DAYS WHERE WE ARE EXPERIENCING TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. BUT IT’S THAT HEAT INDEX IN THE AFTERNOON, THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR US HERE IN. SOUTHEAST TEXAS, WE COULD SEE TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 110 DEGREES. THAT’S WHAT IT COULD FEEL LIKE IN THE AFTERNOON. HOUSTON UNDER ITS FIRST HEAT ADVISORY OF THE SUMMER SEASON. AND I HAVE TO SAY, AS HERE IN HOUSTON, WE ARE NO STRANGER TO THE SUMMER HEAT. WE PREPARE AND ANTICIPATE IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE TO HELP HANDLE AND MANAGE THE HEAT. SO PEOPLE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY ARE GOING TO BE AT POOLS POTENTIALLY AT THE BEACH OR SPLASH PADS. THOSE ARE A VERY POPULAR SPOT FOR LOCALS TO THE HEAT. BUT IT’S NOT ONLY US. HERE IN TEXAS. WE HAVE THE HEAT CENTERED IN THE SOUTH THIS TIME AROUND. I KNOW MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST WAS DEALING WITH THAT HEAT LAST WEEK, BUT THIS TIME AROUND THEY MEMPHIS UNDER AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WHERE WE COULD SEE TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES AND POSSIBLY RECORD TYING TEMPERATURES. AND THIS COULD BE JUST THE FIRST OF SEVERAL DAYS IN A ROW WHERE WE EXPERIENCE THIS HEAT HERE IN HOUSTON, PREPARING FOR WHAT COULD BE A VERY INTENSE MONTH IN JULY AS WELL. AND JULY AND AUGUST IS WHEN WE USUALLY SEE THE MOST INTENSE HEAT OF THE SUMMER HERE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. >> METEOROLOGIST ALI SMITH, I’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN NEW YORK, THOUGH. YEAH. ALEX, THANK YOU. EXPERTS SAY STAY HYDRATED AND YOU HAVE THE BEST LIVE SHOT OF THE DAY. YOU’RE IN FRONT OF A POOL. SO THAT’S REALLY SMART. I LIKE WHAT YOU DID THERE. >> LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE. SAMARRA IS INDOORS, NOT NOT NEAR A POOL, BUT AN AIR CONDITIONING. SOME 24 STATES UNDER UNDER THOSE HEAT ALERTS HERE IN THE NORTHEAST WHERE WE ARE. WE’VE HAD THIS FOR DAYS NOW. >> WHEN ARE WE GOING TO CATCH A BREAK? WELL, IN THE NORTHEAST, THERE’S ACTUALLY A BREAK ON THE WAY AND I’LL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT. NOW, IT DOES COME WITH A CAVEAT, A LITTLE CATCH TWO, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE STORMS FIRST. MORE THAT A MOMENT. >> I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU THE BROAD PICTURE HERE. YES, WE’RE ALL STILL DEALING WITH THE HEAT, LEAST DOWN IN TEXAS IN THE UPPER 90S OUT WEST, TRIPLE DIGITS. >> TRIPLE DIGITS ALL THE WAY TO WICHITA. ST. LOUIS, 90 IS ON THE EAST COAST. NOW, WE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM, A SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL HERE. THIS AND IT’S REALLY FOR OMAHA TO MOY DOWN AND SAINT LOUIS TO FORT WAYNE OUT TOWARDS INDIANAPOLIS DAMAGING WIND, LARGE HAIL, A FEW TORNADOES. >> THIS IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE IN THE UPPER MIDWEST WHO’VE BEEN DEALING WITH THE FLOODING. SO THE RAIN HAS NOW MOVED FARTHER SOUTH, BUT ALSO IN FOR A LOT OF HEAT. SO THEY HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND SEVERE. THUNDERSTORM WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS RIGHT NOW. THEY RELEASED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WE SAW EARLIER FOR CHICAGO AND SOUTH BEND. HERE IS WHERE THE COOL DOWN COMES IN. SO THURSDAY, 3 A.M., WE’VE GOT SHOWERS AND STORMS RIDING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST ON THE BACK END OF THAT COLD FRONT. WE WILL SEE COOLER WEATHER. >> TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE DROPPING INTO THE EIGHTIES AND SEVENTIES BY THE END OF THE WEEK IN THE NORTHEAST. >> BUT IT DOES COME BECAUSE. >> WE HAVE THE STORMS RIDING THE FRONT OF THE COLD FRONT THERE. WELL, COMES FOR FREE, BUT I’LL TAKE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES ANY DAY OVER OF WHAT WE’VE BEEN DEALING WITH. ALL RIGHT, GUYS, THANK YOU. ELISE SMART. THANK VERY MUCH. >> TO FLORIDA NOW AND THE COURTROOM BATTLE IN THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. JACK SMITH OUT WITH A NEW FILING CLAIMING TRUMP STORED NATIONAL SECRETS AMONG A, QUOTE, CLUTTERED COLLECTION OF KEEPSAKE, INCLUDING THESE NEVER BEFORE SEEN IMAGES OF SOME OF THE BOXES TRUMP STORED THE DOCUMENTS IN. MEANTIME, ACCORDING TO OF AUDIO NOTES REVIEWED BY ABC NEWS, TRUMP PRIVATELY EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT RETURNING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AFTER A SUBPOENA COULD RESULT IN CRIMINAL CHARGES. THOSE NOTES ARE AT THE CENTER OF A HEARING BEFORE JUDGE AILEEN CANNON THIS AFTERNOON. SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS HAS THE LATEST FROM OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA. >> THE JUDGE OVERSEEING DONALD TRUMP’S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE IS CURRENTLY HOLDING HEARINGS TO CONSIDER WHETHER EVIDENCE OBTAINED DURING THAT AUGUST 2022 SEARCH OF DONALD TRUMP’S ESTATE. MAR LAGO CAN EVEN BE USED AT ALL AT TRIAL OR TO BOLSTER THEIR CASE AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THIS COMES AS ABC NEWS IS EXCLUSIVELY REPORTING ON NOTES THAT TRUMP’S FORMER LEAD LAWYER ON THE CASE TOOK ABOUT HIS MEETINGS TRUMP LEADING UP TO THE SEARCH OF HIS ESTATE. IN HIS NOTES, THAT LAWYER CORCORAN SAID THAT TRUMP PRIVATELY EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT TURNING POTENTIALLY CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS IN HIS POSSESSION OVER TO INVESTIGATORS COULD RESULT IN CRIMINAL CHARGES. CORCORAN’S NOTES HAVE BEEN USED BY PROSECUTORS AS SOME OF THE MOST DAMNING EVIDENCE THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT ATTEMPTED TO HIDE FROM INVESTIGATORS AND HIS OWN LAWYERS. NOW, JUDGE CAN AND WILL CONSIDER WHETHER THOSE NOTES COULD EVEN BE USED AT ALL. THIS COMES AFTER TWO DAYS OF CONTENTIOUS HEARINGS IN THIS CASE, MOTIONS BROUGHT BY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LAWYERS, ONE TO CONSIDER WHETHER SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH’S APPOINTMENT AS SPECIAL COUNSEL IS UNLAWFUL. AND THE JUDGE HAS ALSO BEEN CONSIDERING A REQUEST, JACK SMITH, TO IMPOSE A LIMITED GAG ORDER OVER DONALD TRUMP’S SPEECH. IT RELATES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED IN THE CASE. IT’S NOT CLEAR ONE CANDIDATE INTENDS TO RULE ON THIS. >> ALL RIGHT, KATHERINE, THANK YOU. >> AND JUST TWO DAYS TO GO NOW UNTIL DONALD TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN FACE OFF ON A DEBATE STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS. THE CAMPAIGNS ARE ALREADY EXCHANGING A FEW BARBS. PRE-DEBATE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SENDING OUT A FUNDRAISING EMAIL YESTERDAY, MAKING MORE UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS ABOUT JOE BIDEN AND DEMANDING HE BE GIVEN A DRUG TEST BEFORE THE DEBATE. TRUMP CLAIMING BIDEN’S CONFUSED AND, QUOTE, HAS NO IDEA WHAT’S GOING ON. THIS THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN RELEASED A NEW AD ATTACKING TRUMP ON HIS ECONOMIC POLICIES . >> WELL, TRUMP LOVES TO ATTACK JOE BIDEN. JOE BIDEN. JOE BIDEN BECAUSE HE’S FOCUSED ON REVENGE AND HE HAS NO PLAN TO HELP THE MIDDLE CLASS. >> HE JUST GAVE MORE TAX TO THE WEALTHY. JOE BIDEN IS WORKING EVERY DAY TO MAKE YOUR LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE. >> JOINING NOW, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG. SELINA LATEST FIVETHIRTYEIGHT POLLING AVERAGE SHOWS BIDEN WITH A A SLIGHT LEAD HEADING INTO THE DEBATE. HOW ARE BOTH CANDIDATES PREPARING? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE FROM WHAT WE’VE HEARD, IT’S TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. YEAH, PHIL, I MEAN, THESE TWO CANDIDATES COULD NOT BE PREPARING FOR IN MORE DIFFERENT WAYS. FOR INSTANCE, YOU’VE GOT PRESIDENT BIDEN. HE IS STILL DOWN AT CAMP DAVID. HE’S REALLY REFINING HIS MESSAGE, HONING IN ON HIS ATTACK AND DOING THESE FULL 90 MINUTE MOCK DEBATES. HE’S OVER WITH HIS TOP ADVISERS AND THEY’RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAYS TO HOLD TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE, THEY SAY, NOT JUST FOR WHAT HE’S DONE, BUT WHAT HE’S SAID. WE KNOW THEY’RE GOING TO BE GOING HARD AT TRUMP. THE PRESIDENT WILL BE FOR THE OF ROE VERSUS WADE, FOR THE ABORTION RESTRICTIONS WE’RE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND REMINDING VOTERS THAT TRUMP SAID HE’S GOING TO BE A DICTATOR ON DAY ONE. >> NOW, LOOK, THE BIDEN TEAM TELLS ME THAT THEY BELIEVE AMERICAN VOTERS JUST HAVE NOT REALLY BEEN DIALED INTO THIS RACE YET, BUT THAT THIS ON THURSDAY IS REALLY GOING TO BE AN INFLECTION POINT FOR THAT FOR VOTERS UNDERSTAND THE STAKES OF THIS ELECTION. THEN YOU’VE GOT TRUMP, ON THE OTHER HAND. HE’S GOT NONE OF THESE MOCK DEBATES WE’RE FINDING IN THESE MESSAGES. THAT IS NOT THE TRUMP APPROACH. INSTEAD, HE’S HOLDING MORE THAN A DOZEN INFORMAL POLICY SESSIONS, ALLIES, FRIENDS AND POTENTIAL V.P. CONTENDERS. BILL. >> YEAH, I’M CURIOUS, WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S MESSAGING LEADING INTO THIS DEBATE, I MEAN, AS YOU HEARD THE IN THE INTRODUCTION TO THIS CONVERSATION ON HAND, HE SAYS YOU SHOULD DRUG TEST THE PRESIDENT. HE DOESN’T WHERE HE IS. ON THE OTHER HAND, HE SAYS HE’S A FORMIDABLE, FORMIDABLE DEBATER. HE’S CHANGING EXPECTATIONS SORT OF DAILY. YEAH. PHIL, MEAN, I THINK YOU REALLY HIT THE NOSE ON THE HEAD, WHICH IS THAT TRUMP HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE MAP ON THIS ISSUE FOR MONTHS. HE WAS REALLY LOWERING EXPECTATIONS OF A POTENTIAL DATE DEBATE WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN. HE WAS SAYING THAT HE’S COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED, MADE IT SEEM LIKE HE COULDN’T EVEN FINISH A SENTENCE. BUT NOW HE’S REALLY CHANGED HIS TUNE, SAYING THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN, A, QUOTE, WORTHY DEBATER AND THAT HE SHOULDN’T BE UNDERESTIMATED. AND THEN OVER THE WEEKEND, THE FORMER PRESIDENT SUGGESTING THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GOING TO BE ON DRUGS AND, QUOTE, JACKED UP TO PREPARE FOR THIS DEBATE AND ALL OF THAT, PHIL, I THINK JUST DRIVES HOME HOW DONALD TRUMP IS HEDGING AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY IF PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS A BETTER THAN EXPECTED PERFORMANCE. YOU ALSO SEE THE FORMER PRESIDENT MOCKING PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR STUDYING THIS HARD, FOR PUTTING THIS MUCH EFFORT INTO PREPARATION. AND DONALD TRUMP REALLY TRYING TO DRIVE THE CONTRAST THAT HE DOESN’T NEED TO PREPARE. HE’S OUT THERE RALLYING. HE’S ALREADY PREPARED. BUT I’M TOLD FROM SOURCES CLOSE TO THE BIDEN TEAM THAT DONALD TRUMP IS PREPARING MORE THAN HE’S LETTING ON. AND THEY’RE EXPECTED TO SEE A MORE DISCIPLINED VERSION OF TRUMP. >> THIS IS GOING TO BE QUITE A MOMENT IN TIME. AND OUR POLITICAL TEAM, OF COURSE, GETTING READY FOR IT THURSDAY NIGHT, SELINA WANG AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> COMING UP, WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE STRIKES, A PLEA DEAL WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND COULD SOON BE ON HIS HOME TO AUSTRALIA. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? COMING UP, WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS ,WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE CONTINUE FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ,ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT, FROM THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU. THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE, WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU’RE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> AND THEY CALL HIM THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER. HE’S TARGETING YOUNG WOMEN IN MALLS, EXPERIENCING ANGER. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A NUMBER ON THIS. HE TORTURED ME OUT AND SHE SAID, I HAVE NINE DAYS OF TERROR. >> WORD ACCOMPLICE CAME UP. NOBODY KNOWS THE REAL STORY. >> THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER ONLY ON HULU HULU. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC LIVE. JULIAN ASSANGE IS NOW SET TO BECOME A FREE MAN. THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER HAS STRUCK A PLEA DEAL WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN FOR HIS FREEDOM, ENDING A NEARLY 15 YEAR LONG EXTRADITE AND FIGHT. EARLIER, ASSANGE LANDED IN BANGKOK ON HIS WAY COURT IN THE US COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. ONCE HE ARRIVES THERE, THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO VIOLATING ESPIONAGE LAWS WHEN HE LEAKED U.S. CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. ABC’S PATRICK REEVELL HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR US AND HAS MORE NOW. >> PATRICK, THIS DEAL BRINGS AN END TO A YEARS LONG LEGAL BATTLE. WHY DID ASSANGE AGREE TO FINALLY PLEAD GUILTY? >> I HI. HE AS YOU SAY WE’RE STILL WATCHING JULIAN ASSANGE’S PLANE HEAD TOWARDS THE NORTHERN MARIANAS ISLANDS. THIS US COMMONWEALTH IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC. YOU SAY HE LEFT BANGKOK AND IS ALREADY UNRWA THERE RIGHT NOW AS YOU SAY, WE EXPECT TO SEE HIM TOMORROW LOCAL TIME AT 9 A.M. IN THIS COURT, SUBMIT THIS PLEA WHERE WE EXPECT THAT HE WILL SUBMIT A PLEA, ACKNOWLEDGING A LEAKING, I SHOULD SAY, SORRY, OBTAINING ILLEGALLY OBTAINING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTATION AND DISCLOSING IT . AND HE WILL THEN BE SENTENCED TO 62 MONTHS, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO THE OF TIME THAT HE HAS SPENT HERE IN PRISON IN THE U.K.. HE WILL THEN TO AUSTRALIA AND WHERE HE WILL BECOME A FREE MAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 YEARS. AND AS YOU SAY, THE QUESTION OF WHY NOW IS A BIG ONE. I THINK FROM ASSANGE’S SIDE, YOU KNOW, HE’S BEEN SEEKING AVOID PROSECUTION IN THE US FOR 14 YEARS AND IN THIS CASE HE SEES THIS AS A VICTORY. HE’S OBVIOUSLY SUFFERED A GREAT DEAL IN IN THE CONFINEMENT THAT HE HAS SPENT FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS. HE SPENT FIVE YEARS HERE IN BELMARSH PRISON AND ALSO SEVEN YEARS IN THE EMBASSY. >> AND SO HE SEES THIS AS A VICTORY. I THINK THE QUESTION, OF COURSE, IS WHY DID THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DECIDE TO DROP THESE CHARGES NOW? ONE QUESTION, ONE ONE ANSWER, PERHAPS, I THINK, IS JUST HOW CONTROVERSIAL ALL THIS WAS WITH MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS IN THE US URGING THEM DROP THESE CHARGES BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBLE EFFECT IT COULD HAVE OR MEDIA FREEDOMS THERE. >> PHIL? ALL RIGHT, PATRICK REEVELL, THANKS SO MUCH. COMING UP, THEY ARE GOING CRAZY FOR HOCKEY IN A PLACE THAT DOESN’T REALLY ICE, AT LEAST LIKE WE DO IN THE NORTHEAST. HOW THE FLORIDA PANTHERS WON THE STANLEY CUP WHEN WE COME BACK. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION AFTER ICE IS POINTERS TO. THIS OUR COMBAT OPERATIONS ARE WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS OPERATE ON NUCLEAR REACTORS. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG, THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF IT. HOW IMPORTANT IF IT’S LABELED RIGHT HERE, MAYBE YOU LIVE HERE, SMILE. >> YOU’RE PROUD OF IT. I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU? APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ISRAEL DAVID. YES. YES, I’M DAVID, YOU ARE. >> I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT. ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 19 EIGHTIES, THE BRAD PACK WAS HERE THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURE. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE, THE BRAD PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU HAVE A BRAD PACK NAME NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU? >> I HATED THE. WHAT A DISASTER. WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSE? >> AND NOW, LIKE I SAY, WE A BEATLES RATING AND ALL WE DID WAS KILL SHEA STADIUM 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. LORD STANLEY’S IS HEADED TO SOUTH FLORIDA FOR PARKER’S HAVE WON THE STANLEY CUP. THE PANTHERS EDGED OUT THE EDMONTON OILERS IN GAME SEVEN FOR THEIR FIRST EVER STANLEY CUP. THAT IS SUPER EXCITING. THE PANTHERS WON THE FIRST THREE GAMES OF THE SERIES, BUT EDMONTON CAME BACK WITH THREE STRAIGHT WINS. A SECOND PERIOD GOAL PROVED TO BE THE WINNER AND PREVENTED THE PANTHERS FROM BEING THE FIRST TEAM SINCE 1942 TO LOSE THE CUP. AFTER WINNING THE FIRST THREE GAMES. THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M PHIL LIPOFF THE NEWS NEVER STOPS, SO WE DON’T EITHER. >> WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> 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. YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. WHEREVER GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE. >> ABC NEWS AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> BRUTAL WEATHER FROM COAST TO COAST, 76 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER SOME KIND OF HEAT WITH RECORD HIGHS POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTH. WE’VE GOT THE FORECAST NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE. >> PLUS, THE SURGEON GENERAL DECLARING VIOLENCE A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. DR. VIVEK MURTHY JOINS ME LIVE TO EXPLAIN WHY. AND JULIAN ASSANGE SET TO GO FREE. WHY A GUILTY PLEA FROM THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER COULD BRING AN END TO A YEAR LONG LEGAL BATTLE WITH THE GOVERNMENT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE GOOD AFTERNOON. I SHOULD SAY I’M PHIL LIPOFF TODAY, OUR NATION’S TOP DOCTOR . A STERN WARNING ON GUN VIOLENCE ALL ACROSS THE U.S., DECLARING IT A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. SURGEON GENERAL VIVEK MURTHY RAISING CONCERNS THAT AMERICANS ARE EXPERIENCING FIREARM RELATED DEATHS AT DRAMATICALLY HIGHER RATES AND THEY’RE NOW THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH. THINK ABOUT THIS. THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS IN THIS COUNTRY. DR. MURTHY, SEVERAL STAGGERING STATISTICS TO MAKE HIS CASE. CHIEF AMONG THEM, THE RATE OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THE US IS ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 121 TIMES HIGHER WHEN COMPARED TO ANY OTHER HIGH INCOME COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. THE SURGEON GENERAL SAYS THE IMPACT OF THIS VIOLENCE IS ALSO CAUSING UNTOLD DAMAGE TO OUR MENTAL HEALTH. JOINING ME NOW TO DISCUSS UNITED SURGEON GENERAL VIVEK MURTHY. DR. MURTHY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS TODAY. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR A LONG TIME HAVE BEEN WANTING THIS TO HAPPEN. YOUR ADVISORY OUTLINES HOW THE IMPACT OF GUN VIOLENCE GOES BEYOND DEATHS AND INJURY. IT ACTUALLY LEADS TO CASCADING HARM AND COLLECTIVE TRAUMA ACROSS SOCIETIES, THREATENING THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF EVERYONE, BUT ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE. WHAT CONCERNS YOU THE MOST HERE ? >> WELL, I’LL TELL YOU, THE REASON I’M PUTTING FORWARD THIS ADVISORY FROM OUR OFFICE ON GUN VIOLENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR HISTORY IS WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN OF GREAT URGENCY AND THAT THE IMPACT IT’S HAVING ON OUR COUNTRY IS WIDER THAN I THINK MOST PEOPLE MAY REALIZE. THE GREATEST PRICE WE’RE PAYING FOR GUN VIOLENCE ARE UNQUESTIONABLY THE LIVES WE LOSE. NEARLY 50,000 A YEAR. BUT WE’VE NOW REACHED A PLACE WHERE VIOLENCE HAS BECOME THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG CHILDREN AND TEENS. THAT WAS NOT TRUE A DECADE AGO OR TWO DECADES AGO. IT IS TRUE TODAY. AND WE’RE ALSO SEEING THAT FOR EVERY ONE PERSON WE LOSE TO GUN VIOLENCE, THERE ARE TWO WHO ARE INJURED. THERE ARE MORE WHO WITNESS HIS INCIDENTS, MEMBERS WHO LOSE A LOVED ONE. COMMUNITIES THAT ARE TRAUMATIZED, THE VIOLENCE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING OUR WHO READ ABOUT AND HEAR ABOUT THESE EPISODES OF VIOLENCE THE NEWS AND THEY WORRY. AND THAT’S WHY SIX IN TEN ADULTS IN AMERICA ARE NOW SAYING THAT THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT LOSING A LOVED ONE TO GUN VIOLENCE. IT’S WHY HALF OF KIDS ARE SAYING THAT THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT A SHOOTING TAKING PLACE IN THEIR SCHOOL. THIS IS WHAT I HEAR ALL ACROSS AMERICA WHEN I MEET WITH KIDS AND WITH PARENTS. AND WE UNDERSTAND THE FULL EXTENT OF THIS TOLL. IF WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOW A KIDS ISSUE, THEN MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN RESPOND GREATER URGENCY AND ADDRESS THIS AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGE THAT IS. >> YEAH, A LOT OF THE DATA YOU PRESENT FOCUSES ON HOW GUN IS INCREASINGLY IMPACTING KIDS. >> IS THAT A RECENT PHENOMENON WITH WITH SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. WHY IS THAT PRIMARILY THE FOCUS OF A LOT OF THE THE RESEARCH YOU PROVIDE, BUT ALSO, AS YOU’VE JUST SAID, A LOT OF THE CONCERN FOR NOT ONLY KIDS BUT FOR THEIR PARENTS. >> IT WAS CERTAINLY SCHOOL. MASS SHOOTINGS HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON THE PSYCHE. OUR COUNTRY, REALLY THE FEAR OF GUN VIOLENCE HAS REALLY INFILTRATED THE PSYCHE OF, AMERICA. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT KIDS IN PARTICULAR, THE FACT THAT HALF OF THEM ARE WORRIED ABOUT A SHOOTING IN THEIR SCHOOL JUST SPEAKS TO THAT. BUT IT’S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF GUN VIOLENCE DEATHS THAT TAKE PLACE ARE ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE IN OTHER SETTINGS, USUALLY IN IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN HOMES THERE. YOU DO PEOPLE EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING OUR CHILDREN, WHO ARE ENGAGED IN AND PLAYING SOMETIMES WITH WEAPONS AT HOME THAT ARE UNLOCKED AND LOADED AND THEY END UP INJURING THEMSELVES AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, KILLING THEMSELVES OR OTHERS ACCIDENTALLY? WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE ACTS OF VIOLENCE THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN NEIGHBORHOODS AS PART OF CONFLICTS WHERE A LETHAL WEAPON IS AVAILABLE. AND THAT LEAD TO HOMICIDE AS WELL. BUT IT MAY ALSO SURPRISE PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT AROUND 56% OF GUN VIOLENCE RELATED DEATHS ARE SUICIDES. AND THIS IS WHY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BREADTH OF FACTORS THAT ARE DRIVING GUN VIOLENCE, YOU QUICKLY REALIZE THERE’S NOT ONE SIMPLE SOLUTION TO IT. THERE ARE MULTIPLE STEPS WE HAVE TO TAKE AND. I LAY OUT A SERIES OF STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN TAKE AS A COUNTRY TO ULTIMATELY ADDRESS THIS. AND THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THERE IS A SOLUTION HERE. WE DO NOT HAVE TO CONSIGN OURSELVES TO A FUTURE WHERE. GUN VIOLENCE, YOU KNOW, IS THE DAY TO DAY REALITY THAT WE FACE WHERE WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL OR WORK OR THE GROCERY STORE OR A CONCERT. WE CAN LIVE IN A SAFER WAY. AND THAT’S WHAT I’M HOPING THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, APPROACH WITH A NEW SET OF URGENCY, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THIS IS A KIDS ISSUE AND NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE WELL-BEING OF OUR CHILDREN. >> SIR, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A STATISTIC YOU JUST GAVE OUT. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THE AMOUNT THAT THAT IS. IT’S SUCH BIG AMOUNT OF OF THE GUN GUN DEATHS IN THIS COUNTRY IS SUICIDE. MANY PEOPLE WOULD NOT, YOU KNOW, PUT THEIR FINGER ON THAT PERCENTAGE. THAT IS ALSO A STATISTIC USED BY A LOT OF GUN RIGHTS ADVOCATES DON’T WANT ANYTHING TO CHANGE IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF GUN LEGISLATION. YOU CALL FOR AN EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH TO PUBLIC HEALTH CHANGE ALONG WITH THE CIVILIAN BAN ON ASSAULT RIFLES AND HIGH VOLUME MAGAZINES. I’M WONDERING, HOW REALISTIC IS IT TO THINK THAT YOU EFFECT POSITIVE CHANGE HERE, GIVEN THE DECADES OF PUSHBACK FROM RIGHTS ADVOCATES? THE POLITICAL CLIMATE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN THIS COUNTRY ,A RIGHT LEANING SUPREME COURT, WHICH ALREADY FAVORS THE SECOND AMENDMENT, AS WE JUST SAW, OVERTURNING THE BAN ON BUMP STOCKS. >> IT WOULD SEEM LIKE YOU’RE CLIMBING A PRETTY BIG HILL HERE. >> WELL, YOU’RE YOU’RE RIGHT THAT THERE’S COMPLEXITY TO THIS ISSUE, YOU KNOW, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. AND IT’S NOT SIMPLE TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA. FOR YEARS, IT HAS BEEN POLITICIZED AND POLARIZED AS AN ISSUE. BUT HERE’S WHAT I HAVE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS OF TALKING TO PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS AMERICA. I’VE LEARNED THAT PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, ALL POLITICAL BACKGROUNDS ARE RACE AND ETHNICITY, PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT AGES AND DIFFERENT PARTS, YOU KNOW, GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS IN OUR COUNTRY. THEY ALL SHARE A COMMON DESIRE TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COUNTRY. THEY WANT THEIR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL SAFELY, JUST AS I DO. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE GROCERY AND THE MALL WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT VIOLENCE. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT WORRYING THAT THAT IS GOING TO PUT THEM AT RISK OF BEING SHOT. AND I WORRY THAT THAT BROAD AGREEMENT ON THE URGENCY OF ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE GETS LOST SOMETIMES IN HOW WE COVER THIS ISSUE. BUT I SEE THAT EACH AND EVERY DAY. AND THE OTHER THING THAT GIVES ME HOPE, THOUGH, IS WHAT WE’VE SEEN RECENTLY, WHICH HAS BEEN SOME PROGRESS IN STARTING TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE. 5 TO 6 YEARS AGO, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES, CONGRESS PUT FORWARD A MODEST SUMMER FUNDING FOR GUN VIOLENCE RESEARCH. MUCH MORE IS NEEDED. BUT THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT START. THE SECOND THING IS, TWO YEARS AGO, THE BIPARTISAN SAFER COMMUNITIES ACT WAS PASSED BY CONGRESS, A FIRST MAJOR PIECE OF LEGISLATION IN 30 YEARS TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE. YOU KNOW, I DO BELIEVE THAT JUST AS WE DID WITH TOBACCO AND, WITH CAR ACCIDENT RELATED DEATHS IN THIS COUNTRY, IF WE CAN UNDERSTAND THESE ISSUES AS PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES, UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ACROSS THE SPECTRUM WANT TO ADDRESS THIS, WANT TO LIVE MORE SAFELY THAN I DO THINK THAT WE CAN MAKE PROGRESS, BUT IT’S GOING TO TAKE HOW WE TALK ABOUT THIS, HOW WE THINK ABOUT THIS ISSUE, RECOGNIZING THE EXPANSIVE TOLL THAT IT’S TAKING ON ALL OF OUR LIVES. >> IT’S INTERESTING, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE INTERVIEW, WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT GUN DOESN’T JUST AFFECT THE VICTIMS, PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY SHOT AND KILLED BY GUNS, BUT THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM, I’M CLUED INTO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, MY DAUGHTER IS BECOMING A TEACHER AND SHE TELLS A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BECOMING TEACHERS. AND WE NEED SO MANY MORE TEACHERS IN THIS COUNTRY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. NOW THAT THAT WAS NEVER A CONCERN IN THE. BUT THEY’RE CONCERNED ABOUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. IF THIS PLEA OF YOURS, WHICH I KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE BACK, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS THIS SHOULD BE A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IF THIS PLEA FALLS ON DEAF EARS. I’M WONDERING WHAT’S NEXT? BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME CONVENTIONAL WISDOM THAT SAID CONGRESS WAS GOING TO TAKE SOME SORT OF ACTION AFTER. SANDY HOOK, WHERE 20 KIDS WERE GUNNED DOWN AND REALLY NOTHING HAPPENED AFTER THAT. YOU SEEM HOPEFUL THAT WITH BABY STEPS, CONGRESS CAN DO SOMETHING. ARE BABY STEPS GOOD ENOUGH? >> WELL, I THINK WE HAVE TO DO IT. CERTAINLY, WE HAVE TO DO A LOT NOW. AND BABY STEPS AREN’T ALWAYS ENOUGH. WHEN YOU LOOK AT SCALE OF THE PROBLEM. YOU KNOW WHAT? I’VE LAID OUT OUR MAJOR STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN CONSIDER AND THAT WE SHOULD STRONGLY LOOK AT WHEN IT COMES TO ADDRESSING GUN VIOLENCE, I’D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TELL WE JUST TAKE ONE SINGLE STEP THAT WE CAN SOLVE ALL GUN VIOLENCE OR THAT WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF TAKING AN INCREMENTAL STEP HERE, WAITING OR TEN YEARS AND SEEING WHAT HAPPENS. WE DON’T HAVE THAT LUXURY. YOU KNOW, OUR KIDS LIVES ARE AT STAKE HERE. LIKE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE COST OF INACTION AND WE JUST CAN’T AFFORD TO CONTINUE TO BEAR THE COSTS OF INACTION, BECAUSE IT’S NOT ONLY BEING BORN IN LIVES LOST, BUT IT IS AFFECTING HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT LIVING THEIR LIVES, THE CAREER CHOICES THEY MAKE ABOUT BASIC DECISIONS LIKE GOING FOR A WALK OR GOING TO SCHOOL OR GOING TO WORK. WE ALL DESERVE TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT’S SAFE. WE CAN’T AFFORD TO JUST KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD WHEN IT COMES TO TO ADDRESSING THIS CRISIS. AND I DO BELIEVE AS A COUNTRY THAT WE CAN DO HARD THINGS BECAUSE WE’VE DONE IT IN THE PAST. IN 1964, MY SURGEON GENERAL, LUTHER TERRY ISSUED THE FIRST SURGEON GENERAL’S REPORT ON TOBACCO. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THERE’S NO WAY YOU CAN GET AMERICANS TO STOP SMOKING. 42% OF THE COUNTRY SMOKED AT THAT TIME. THERE WERE ADS EVERYWHERE. DOCTORS WERE SMOKING IT WAS PART OF THE CULTURE. BUT WE DIDN’T ACCEPT THAT AS OUR REALITY. WE SAID THAT WE CAN DO BETTER AND THROUGH A SERIES OF COMMUNITY ACTIONS EDUCATION PROGRAMS, YOUTH INITIATIVE, ADVOCACY MOVEMENTS AND ACTION FROM LAWMAKERS, WE WERE ABLE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCE TOBACCO USE IN THIS COUNTRY, DROPPING CIGARETTE SMOKING FROM 42% IN 1964 TO UNDER 12% TODAY. SO WE CAN DO HARD THINGS AND WHEN OUR KIDS LIVES ARE AT STAKE. WE ABSOLUTELY MUST. YEAH, I MEAN, IT’S A APPROACH TO A SERIOUS PROBLEM. >> IT’S A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH, NOT A NOT A, YOU KNOW, ONE ONE SPECIFIC THING THAT WILL FIX IT, COMING AT IT FROM A LOT OF ANGLES AND FINALLY LABELING IT SORT OF WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY FEEL THAT IT IS. I MEAN, WE’RE ALL SCARED THAT OUR OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE NO ONE WANTS THAT. SURGEON GENERAL DR. VIVEK MURTHY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME, SIR. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE HAVING YOU ON. THANKS SO MUCH. >> IT’S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. NOW WE WANT TO TURN TO THE EXTREME LIFE THREATENING HEAT GRIPPING MUCH OF THIS COUNTRY. 76 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNDER HEAT ALERTS FROM CALIFORNIA ALL THE WAY OVER TO NEW JERSEY. FORECASTERS SAY SOME OF THE WORST HEAT WILL BE IN THE HEARTLAND AND ACROSS THE SOUTH. OFFICIALS ALSO WARNING A DEADLY RIPTIDE. CURRENTS ALONG MUCH OF ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST. THE EXTREME HEAT EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS. SO TAKE IT IN STRIDE. FLORIDA AND TEXAS NEAR TRIPLE TEMPERATURES. AND IN CALIFORNIA, PALM SPRINGS HITTING 110 DEGREES TODAY. >> SERIOUS, ESPECIALLY OUT OF THE. IT’S BEEN THIS HOT. THANK YOU, SIR. WE’RE ALL CHANGE, I GUESS THE GLOBE CHANGE, SUPER SCORCHER. AND WE’RE GLAD WE’RE DOING THAT EVENT AT THE POOL TODAY. THE TOP GUN THEME IN THE BACK OF THAT THAT’S MADE IT MUCH MORE DRAMATIC. EXTREME WEATHER ALSO TRIGGERING A POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE IN THE MIDWEST. RECORD BREAKING FLOODING THERE THREATENING TO BURST DAM IN MINNESOTA. OFFICIALS NOW WARNING SOME PEOPLE IN THAT AREA THEY NEED TO BE READY TO EVACUATE JUST IN CASE. AT TWO DEATHS NOW BLAMED ON THAT DEVASTATING FLOODING, PRESIDENT BIDEN, A MAJOR DISASTER IN IOWA AND MORE SEVERE STORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST ARE EXTREME WEATHER TEAM HAS IT ALL COVERED . LET’S BRING IN METEOROLOGIST ALEX SMITH FROM OUR ABC STATION IN HOUSTON. ALEX, I WILL ASK AND THEN WE’LL GET TO SOME IN A MINUTE. HOW HARD IS IT THERE AND HOW ARE PEOPLE DEALING? HEY THERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. WELL, THE EXTREME HEAT HERE IN TEXAS, THIS IS THE FIRST OF WHAT COULD BE SEVERAL DAYS WHERE WE ARE EXPERIENCING TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. BUT IT’S HEAT INDEX IN THE AFTERNOON. THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR US HERE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. WE COULD SEE TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 110 DEGREES. THAT’S WHAT IT COULD FEEL LIKE IN AFTERNOON. HOUSTON UNDER ITS FIRST HEAT ADVISORY OF THE SUMMER. AND I HAVE TO SAY, AS HERE IN HOUSTON, WE ARE NO STRANGER TO THE SUMMER HEAT. WE PREPARE AND ANTICIPATE IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE TO HELP HANDLE AND MANAGE THE HEAT. SO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY ARE GOING TO BE AT POOLS POTENTIALLY AT THE BEACH, EVEN SPLASH PADS. THOSE ARE A VERY POPULAR SPOT FOR LOCALS TO THE HEAT. BUT IT’S NOT ONLY US. HERE IN TEXAS. WE HAVE THE HEAT CENTERED IN THE SOUTH THIS TIME AROUND. I KNOW MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST WAS DEALING WITH THAT HEAT LAST WEEK, BUT THIS TIME AROUND, THEY UNDER AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WHERE WE COULD SEE TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES AND POSSIBLY RECORD TYING TEMPERATURES THERE. AND THIS COULD BE JUST THE FIRST OF SEVERAL DAYS IN A ROW WHERE WE EXPERIENCED HEAT HERE IN HOUSTON PREPARING FOR WHAT COULD BE A VERY INTENSE MONTH IN JULY AS WELL. AND JULY AND AUGUST IS WHEN WE USUALLY SEE THE MOST INTENSE HEAT OF THE SUMMER HERE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. >> METEOROLOGIST ALI SMITH, I’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN NEW YORK, THOUGH. ALI, THANK YOU. EXPERTS SAY STAY HYDRATED AND YOU HAVE THE BEST LIVE SHOT THE DAY YOU’RE IN FRONT OF A POOL. SO THAT’S REALLY SMART. I LIKE WHAT YOU DID THERE. >> LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE NOW. SAMARRA IS INDOORS, NOT NOT NEAR A POOL, BUT AN AIR CONDITIONING SIMILAR 24 STATES UNDER UNDER THOSE HEAT ALERTS HERE IN THE NORTHEAST WHERE WE ARE. WE’VE HAD THIS FOR DAYS NOW. >> WHEN ARE WE GOING TO CATCH A BREAK? WELL, IN THE NORTHEAST, THERE’S ACTUALLY A BREAK ON WAY AND I’LL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT. NOW, IT DOES COME WITH A CAVEAT, A LITTLE 22, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE STORMS FIRST. MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT. I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU THE BROAD PICTURE HERE. YES, WE’RE ALL STILL DEALING WITH THE HEAT, AT LEAST DOWN IN TEXAS IN THE UPPER 90S, OUT WEST, TRIPLE DIGITS, TRIPLE DIGITS, ALL THE WAY TO WICHITA, ST. LOUIS. NINETIES ON EAST COAST. NOW WE HAVE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM, A SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL HERE THIS AFTERNOON. AND IT’S REALLY FOR OMAHA TO MOY DOWN AND SAINT LOUIS UP TO FORT WAYNE OUT TOWARDS INDIANAPOLIS. DAMAGING WIND HAIL, A FEW TORNADOES. >> THIS IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE IN THE UPPER MIDWEST WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE FLOODING. SO THE RAIN HAS NOW MOVED SOUTH ,BUT THEY’RE ALSO IN FOR A LOT OF HEAT. SO THEY HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS RIGHT NOW. THEY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WE SAW EARLIER FOR CHICAGO AND SOUTH BEND. >> HERE IS WHERE THE COOL DOWN COMES IN. SO THURSDAY, 3 A.M., WE’VE GOT SHOWERS AND STORMS RIDING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST ON THE BACK END OF THAT COLD FRONT. WE WILL SEE COOLER WEATHER. >> TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE DROPPING INTO THE EIGHTIES AND SEVENTIES BY THE OF THE WEEK IN THE NORTHEAST. >> BUT IT DOES COME BECAUSE HAVE THE STORMS RIDING THE FRONT OF THE COLD FRONT THERE. >> WELL NOTHING COMES FOR FREE BUT I’LL TAKE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES ANY DAY OVER WHAT WE’VE BEEN DEALING WITH. ALL RIGHT GUYS THANK YOU. AT LEAST SOME. RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> TO FLORIDA NOW AND THE COURTROOM BATTLE IN THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. JACK SMITH OUT WITH A NEW FILING CLAIMING TRUMP STORED NATIONAL AMONG A, QUOTE, CLUTTERED COLLECTION OF KEEPSAKES INCLUDING THESE NEVER BEFORE SEEN IMAGES OF SOME OF THE BOXES TRUMP STORED THE DOCUMENTS IN. MEANTIME, ACCORDING TO TRANSCRIPTS, AUDIO NOTES REVIEWED BY ABC NEWS, TRUMP PRIVATELY EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT RETURNING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AFTER A SUBPOENA COULD RESULT IN CRIMINAL CHARGES. >> THOSE NOTES ARE AT THE CENTER OF A HEARING BEFORE JUDGE AMY CANNON THIS AFTERNOON. SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS HAS THE LATEST FROM OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA THE JUDGE OVERSEEING DONALD TRUMP’S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASES CURRENTLY HOLDING HEARINGS TO CONSIDER WHETHER EVIDENCE OBTAINED DURING THAT AUGUST 22 SEARCH OF DONALD TRUMP’S ESTATE. MAR-A-LAGO CAN EVEN BE USED AT ALL AT TRIAL OR TO BOLSTER THEIR CASE AGAINST, THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THIS COMES AS ABC NEWS IS EXCLUSIVELY REPORTING ON NOTES THAT TRUMP’S FORMER LEAD LAWYER ON THE CASE TOOK ABOUT HIS MEETINGS WITH TRUMP LEADING UP TO THE SEARCH OF HIS ESTATE. IN HIS NOTES THAT LAWYER CORCORAN SAID THAT TRUMP PRIVATELY EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT TURNING POTENTIALLY CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS IN HIS POSSESSION OVER TO INVESTIGATORS COULD RESULT CRIMINAL CHARGES. CORCORAN’S NOTES HAVE BEEN USED BY PROSECUTORS AS OF THE MOST DAMNING EVIDENCE THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT ATTEMPTED TO HIDE DOCUMENTS FROM INVESTIGATORS AND HIS OWN LAWYERS. NOW, JUDGE CAN AND WILL WHETHER THOSE NOTES CAN EVEN BE USED AT ALL. THIS COMES AFTER TWO DAYS OF CONTENTIOUS HEARINGS IN THIS CASE MOTIONS BROUGHT BY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LAWYER AS ONE TO CONSIDER WHETHER SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH’S APPOINTMENT AS SPECIAL COUNSEL IS UNLAWFUL. AND THE JUDGE HAS ALSO BEEN CONSIDERING A REQUEST BY JACK SMITH TO IMPOSE A LIMITED GAG ORDER OVER DONALD TRUMP’S SPEECH AS IT RELATES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED IN THE. >> IT’S NOT CLEAR WHEN CANNON INTENDS TO RULE ON THIS. >> ALL RIGHT, KATHERINE, THANK YOU. JUST TWO DAYS TO GO NOW UNTIL DONALD TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN FACE OFF ON A DEBATE STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS. THE CAMPAIGNS ARE ALREADY EXCHANGING FEW BARBS. PRE-DEBATE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SENDING OUT A FUNDRAISING EMAIL YESTERDAY, MAKING SOME MORE UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS ABOUT JOE BIDEN AND DEMANDING HE BE GIVEN A DRUG TEST BEFORE THE DEBATE. TRUMP CLAIMING BIDEN’S CONFUSED AND, QUOTE, HAS NO IDEA WHAT’S GOING. >> THIS MORNING, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN RELEASED A NEW AD ATTACKING TRUMP ON HIS ECONOMIC POLICIES. WELL, TRUMP LOVES TO ATTACK BIDEN, JOE BIDEN, JOE BIDEN BECAUSE HE’S FOCUSED ON REVENGE AND HE HAS NO PLAN TO HELP THE MIDDLE CLASS. >> HE JUST GAVE MORE TAX CUTS TO THE WEALTHY. JOE BIDEN IS WORKING EVERY DAY TO MAKE YOUR LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE. >> JOINING ME NOW, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDEN SELINA WANG. SELINA, THE LATEST FIVETHIRTYEIGHT POLLING AVERAGE SHOWS BIDEN A SLIGHT LEAD HEADING INTO THE DEBATE. HOW ARE BOTH CANDIDATES? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE FROM WHAT WE’VE HEARD, IT’S TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. >> YEAH, PHIL, I MEAN, THESE TWO CANDIDATES COULD NOT BE PREPARING FOR THIS IN MORE DIFFERENT WAYS. FOR INSTANCE, YOU’VE GOT PRESIDENT BIDEN. HE IS STILL HUNKERING DOWN AT CAMP DAVID. HE REALLY REFINING HIS MESSAGE, HONING IN ON HIS ATTACK LINES AND DOING THESE 90 MINUTE MOCK DEBATES. HE’S OVER THERE WITH HIS TOP ADVISERS. THEY’RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAYS TO HOLD TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE. THEY SAY NOT JUST FOR WHAT HE’S DONE, BUT WHAT HE SAID. WE KNOW THEY’RE GOING TO BE GOING HARD AT TRUMP. THE PRESIDENT WILL BE FOR THE OVERTURNING OF ROE VERSUS WADE ,THE ABORTION RESTRICTIONS WE’RE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND REMINDING VOTERS THAT TRUMP SAID HE’S GOING TO BE A DICTATOR ON DAY ONE. NOW LOOK, THE BIDEN TEAM TELLS ME THAT THEY BELIEVE AMERICAN VOTERS JUST HAVE NOT REALLY BEEN DIALED THIS RACE YET, BUT THAT THIS DEBATE ON THURSDAY IS REALLY GOING TO BE AN INFLECTION POINT FOR THAT FOR VOTERS TO UNDERSTAND THE STAKES OF THIS. THEN YOU’VE GOT TRUMP, ON THE OTHER HAND, HE’S GOT NONE OF THESE MOCK DEBATES FINDING IN THESE MESSAGES. THAT IS NOT THE TRUMP APPROACH. INSTEAD, HE’S HOLDING THAN A DOZEN INFORMAL POLICY SESSIONS WITH ALLIES, FRIENDS, POTENTIAL V.P. CONTENDERS. >> PHIL YEAH, I’M CURIOUS, WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S MESSAGING LEADING INTO THIS DEBATE, I MEAN, AS YOU HEARD IN THE IN THE INTRODUCTION TO THIS CONVERSATION, ON ONE HAND, HE SAYS YOU DRUG TEST THE PRESIDENT. HE DOESN’T KNOW WHERE HE IS. ON THE OTHER HAND, HE SAYS HE’S A FORMIDABLE, FORMIDABLE DEBATER. HE’S CHANGING EXPECTATIONS SORT OF DAILY. YEAH. PHIL, I MEAN, I THINK YOU REALLY HIT THE NOSE ON THE HEAD, WHICH IS THAT TRUMP HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE MAP ON THIS ISSUE FOR MONTHS. HE WAS REALLY LOWERING EXPECTATIONS OF A POTENTIAL DEBATE. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HE WAS SAYING THAT HE’S COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED, MADE IT SEEM LIKE COULDN’T EVEN FINISH A SENTENCE. BUT NOW HE’S REALLY CHANGED HIS TUNE, SAYING THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS A, QUOTE, WORTHY DEBATER AND THAT HE SHOULDN’T BE UNDERESTIMATED. AND THEN OVER THE WEEKEND, THE FORMER PRESIDENT SUGGESTING THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GOING TO BE ON DRUGS AND, QUOTE, JACKED UP TO PREPARE FOR THIS DEBATE AND ALL OF THAT. PHIL, I THINK JUST DRIVES HOME HOW DONALD TRUMP IS HEDGING AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY IF BIDEN HAS A BETTER THAN EXPECTED PERFORMANCE. YOU ALSO SEE THE FORMER PRESIDENT MOCKING PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR STUDYING THIS HARD FOR PUTTING THIS MUCH EFFORT INTO PREPARATION. DONALD TRUMP REALLY TRYING TO THE CONTRAST THAT HE DOESN’T NEED TO PREPARE. HE’S OUT THERE RALLYING. HE’S ALREADY PREPARED. BUT I’M TOLD FROM SOURCES CLOSE TO THE BIDEN TEAM THAT DONALD TRUMP IS PREPARING MORE THAN HE’S LETTING ON. AND THEY’RE EXPECTED TO SEE A MORE DISCIPLINED VERSION OF TRUMP. >> THIS IS GOING TO BE QUITE A MOMENT IN TIME. >> AND OUR POLITICAL TEAM, OF COURSE, GETTING READY FOR IT. THURSDAY NIGHT, SELINA WANG THE WHITE HOUSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMING UP. >> WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE STRIKES A PLEA DEAL WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND COULD SOON BE ON HIS WAY HOME TO AUSTRALIA. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? COMING UP, WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING FOR IT. THIS TORNADO THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF A DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO BACK ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET. WHEREVER THE STORY 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. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. NEWS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION GAVE IT TO ME. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. JULIAN ASSANGE IS NOW SET, BECOME A FREE MAN. THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER HAS STRUCK A PLEA DEAL WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS FREEDOM, ENDING A NEARLY 15 YEAR LONG EXTRADITION FIGHT. EARLIER STAGE LANDED IN BANGKOK ON HIS WAY TO COURT IN THE US COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. >> ONCE HE ARRIVES THERE, THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO VIOLATING ESPIONAGE LAWS WHEN HE LEAKED U.S. CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. >> ABC’S PATRICK REEVELL HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR US AND HAS MORE NOW. >> PATRICK THIS DEAL BRINGS AN END TO A YEARS LONG LEGAL BATTLE. >> WHY DID ASSANGE AGREE TO FINALLY PLEAD GUILTY? >> HI, PHILIP. AS YOU SAY, WE’RE STILL WATCHING JULIAN ASSANGE’S HEAD TOWARDS THE NORTHERN MARIANAS ISLANDS. THIS US COMMONWEALTH IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC. AS YOU SAY, HE LEFT BANGKOK AND IS ALREADY EN ROUTE THAT RIGHT NOW. AS YOU SAY, WE EXPECT TO SEE HIM AT TOMORROW LOCAL TIME AT 9 A.M. IN THIS COURT. SUBMIT THIS PLEA WHERE WE EXPECT THAT HE WILL SUBMIT A PLEA ACKNOWLEDGING A LEAKING I SHOULD SAY OBTAINING ILLEGALLY OBTAINING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTATION AND DISCLOSING IT. AND HE WILL THEN BE SENTENCED TO 62 MONTHS, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT HE HAS SPENT HERE IN PRISON IN THE U.K.. HE WILL THEN FLY TO AUSTRALIA AND HE WILL BECOME A FREE MAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 YEARS. AND AS YOU SAY THE QUESTION OF WHY NOW IS A BIG ONE. I THINK FROM ASSANGE’S, YOU KNOW, HE’S BEEN SEEKING TO AVOID PROSECUTION IN THE US FOR YEARS AND IN THIS CASE HE SEES THIS AS A VICTORY AND HE’S OBVIOUSLY SUFFERED A GREAT DEAL IN THE CONFINEMENT THAT HE HAS SPENT FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS. HE SPENT FIVE YEARS HERE IN BELMARSH PRISON AND ALSO SEVEN YEARS IN THE EMBASSY. AND SO HE SEES A VICTORY. I THINK THE QUESTION, OF COURSE, IS WHY DID THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DECIDE TO DROP THESE CHARGES NOW? ONE QUESTION, ONE ONE ANSWER, PERHAPS, I THINK IS HOW CONTROVERSIAL THIS WAS WITH MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS IN THE US URGING THEM TO DROP THESE CHARGES BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBLE EFFECT IT COULD HAVE ON MEDIA FREEDOMS THERE PHIL? >> ALL RIGHT, PATRICK REEVELL, THANKS SO MUCH. >> COMING UP, THEY ARE GOING CRAZY FOR HOCKEY IN A PLACE DOESN’T REALLY KNOW ICE, AT LEAST LIKE WE DO IN THE NORTHEAST. HOW THE FLORIDA PANTHERS WON THE STANLEY CUP. WHEN WE COME BACK, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION AFTER ICE IS DESTROYED DURING COMBAT OPERATIONS ARE. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, OPERATE FROM NUCLEAR REACTORS. WE A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO AROUND AND THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED. BUT THE FLAG, THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF IT. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE MADE THE U.S. LOOK HERE. >> SMILE. YOU’RE PROUD OF THIS? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU? APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. IT’S VERY INTERESTING. IT’S LOUD. DAVID. >> DAVID? >> YES. YES. I’M DAVID. YOU ARE. >> I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT. AND ABC’S "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE. >> WELCOME BACK TO NEWS LIVE. LORD STANLEY’S CUP IS HEADED TO SOUTH PARTNERS FOR THE STANLEY CUP. THE PANTHERS EDGED OUT THE EDMONTON IN GAME SEVEN FOR THEIR FIRST EVER STANLEY CUP. THAT IS SUPER EXCITING. >> THE PANTHERS WON THE FIRST THREE GAMES OF THE SERIES, BUT EDMONTON CAME BACK WITH STRAIGHT WINS. A SECOND PERIOD GOAL PROVED BE THE WINNER AND PREVENTED THE PANTHERS FROM BEING THE FIRST TEAM SINCE 1942 TO LOSE THE CUP AFTER WINNING THE FIRST THREE GAMES. THANK YOU FOR STRAIGHTENING WITH US. I’M PHIL LIPOFF. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS, SO WE DON’T EITHER. >> WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA AMERICA? AN OPERATION BEGAN AFTER ISIS PLUNDERED OUR COMBAT OPERATIONS AND WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS OPERATE NUCLEAR REACTORS. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG, THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF THERE. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE TO YOU AS THEY LOOK HERE, SMILE. >> YOU’RE PROUD OF THIS? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU FROM? WHERE ARE YOU APPRECIATE. THANK YOU. IT’S VERY INTERESTING. >> ISMAIL. DAVID, THERE’S. >> OH, YES, YES, I’M DAVID, YOU ARE. >> I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT ON ABC’S "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST AND THEY CALL HIM THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER. HE’S TARGETING YOUNG WOMEN IN MALLS AND I AM SINGLE. I WANT TO BE A MEMBER OF THIS CASE. TORTURED ME. HOW DID SHE SURVIVE NINE DAYS OF TERROR? THE WORD ACCOMPLICE CAME UP. NOBODY KNOWS THE REAL THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER ONLY ON HULU THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. >> THE CRUSH AND FAMILIES ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY TIME ANYWHERE STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS REPORTING SPARTANBURG, PENNSYLVANIA ON STEPHANIE RAMOS WHERE EVER STORY IS WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE THIS STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE LIVE RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE BREAKING NEW YORK JUDGE LIFTING PARTS OF A GAG ORDER IMPOSED ON DONALD TRUMP IN IT’S CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY CASE. WHAT RESTRICTIONS WILL BE KEPT IN PLACE UNTIL THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS SENTENCED? COUNTDOWN TO HOW BOTH CANDIDATES ARE PREPARING TWO DAYS AHEAD OF FIRST PRESIDENTIAL MUCH ANTICIPATED MATCHUP OF THE YEAR AND A TOP ISRAELI OFFICIAL MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TODAY. AS WE A NEW LOOK AT THE TERROR ATTACKS ON OCTOBER 7TH. WE ARE LIVE IN TEL AVIV LATER THIS HOUR. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M PHIL LIPOFF. WE BEGIN WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS A NEW YORK JUDGE PARTIALLY LIFTING THE GAG ORDER ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN HIS HUSH MONEY CASE. THE REVISED ORDER NOW LET TRUMP SPEAK PUBLICLY ABOUT WITNESSES IN CASE INCLUDING STORMY DANIELS AND MICHAEL COHEN AS AS THE JURY. BUT RESTRICTIONS ARE STILL IN PLACE ON STATEMENTS ABOUT PROSECUTORS. TRUMP IS SET TO BE SENTENCED IN THIS CASE JULY 11TH AFTER HE WAS FOUND GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS LAST MONTH. >> JOINING ME NOW IS ABC LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR, BRIAN BUCKMIRE. >> BRIAN, LET’S START WITH THE OBVIOUS QUESTION. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE JUDGE’S DECISION AND ALSO WHY NOW? >> SO, PHIL, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. I’VE READ THE FIVE PAGE DECISION AND I WOULD DIVIDE IT INTO THIS. I WOULD THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY IT’S ABOUT PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN. HOWEVER, AS TO THE GROUPS OF PEOPLE AND HOW THEY INTERSECT THOSE PROCEEDINGS, WHEN IT COMES TO WITNESSES. THEIR ROLE IS NOW DONE. AND SO THE JUDGE SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS PARAGRAPH HERE THAT TALKS ABOUT WITNESSES AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCEEDINGS, THEY’RE NO LONGER PARTICIPATING. SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK ABOUT THEM. ALSO SAID THE SAME ABOUT THE JURY, HOWEVER, LEFT IN PLACE ONE OF THE RULINGS THAT THEY COULD NOT RELEASE PUBLIC OR PERSONAL INFORMATION ,THOSE JURORS. SO THAT’S NOT GOING TO BE KEPT OUT. BUT FOR PROSECUTORS AND COURT, THEY ARE STILL PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROCEEDINGS BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT DONE UNTIL JULY 11TH. AND SO I THINK THAT’S WHY HERE IS IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME TO CERTAIN PEOPLE FROM THE PROTECTION OF THAT GAG ORDER, BUT STILL MAINTAIN, WHILE THE PROCEEDINGS IN MANY WAYS ARE STILL CONTINUING UNTIL THE 11TH. >> YOU KNOW, THE WAY YOU EXPLAIN THAT MAKES SENSE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT SOMEONE IF. IT’S NOT HAPPENING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS? IF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SENTENCING HASN’T HAPPENED YET AND HE GOES OUT THERE AND STARTS TALKING, AS WE SAW HIM DO BEFORE ABOUT STORMY DANIELS, MICHAEL COHEN, WHOMEVER THE JURY COULD ,COULD IT AFFECT THE SENTENCE IN ANY WAY? >> YES, IT ABSOLUTELY IT CAN. AND FURTHER STATEMENTS AGAINST ,WITNESSES, NOT ACCEPTING GUILT ARE ALL THINGS THAT THE PROBATION REPORT WILL TALK ABOUT. NOW, THAT INTERVIEW WE KNOW HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE, BUT THE REPORT IS BEING WRITTEN. IT DOESN’T MEAN THAT WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS INTERVIEWED, THAT REPORT WAS DONE. AND SO THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF HIM ABOUT WITNESSES SPEAKING POORLY ABOUT THE JUDGE OR OTHER COMPONENTS, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT COULD BE USED AGAINST HIM AT SENTENCING. >> OKAY. SO IT’S ONE OF THE THINGS BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR, BECAUSE NOW THAT PART OF THE GAG ORDER IS LIFTED. BUT HE’S NOT YET BRIAN BUCKMIRE. >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR TAKING US THROUGH THAT. APPRECIATE IT. >> TO FLORIDA NOW AND THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT, JACK SMITH, OUT WITH A NEW FILING CLAIMING THE FORMER PRESIDENT STORED NATIONAL SECRETS AMONG A, QUOTE, CLUTTERED COLLECTION OF. >> SMITH ALSO UNVEILING THESE NEVER BEFORE SEEN IMAGES OF SOME OF THE BOXES INVESTIGATORS FOUND AT MAR A LAGO. MEANTIME, ACCORDING TO TRANSCRIPTS OF AUDIO NOTES REVIEWED BY ABC NEWS, TRUMP PRIVATELY EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT RETURNING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AFTER A SUBPOENA COULD RESULT IN CRIMINAL CHARGES. THOSE NOTES ARE THE CENTER OF A HEARING BEFORE JUDGE. >> AND IN THIS AFTERNOON. SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS IS OUTSIDE COURTHOUSE IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA AND HAS THE LATEST. >> THE JUDGE OVERSEEING DONALD TRUMP’S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE IS CURRENTLY HOLDING HEARINGS TO CONSIDER WHETHER EVIDENCE OBTAINED DURING THAT AUGUST 2022 SEARCH OF DONALD TRUMP’S ESTATE. MAR-A-LAGO CAN EVEN BE USED AT ALL AT TRIAL OR TO BOLSTER THEIR CASE AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THIS COMES AS ABC NEWS IS EXCLUSIVELY REPORTING ON NOTES THAT TRUMP’S FORMER LEAD LAWYER ON THE CASE TOOK ABOUT HIS MEETINGS WITH TRUMP LEADING TO THE SEARCH OF HIS ESTATE. IN HIS NOTES THAT LAWYER EVAN CORCORAN SAID THAT TRUMP EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT TURNING POTENTIALLY CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS IN HIS POSSESSION OVER TO INVESTIGATORS COULD RESULT IN CRIMINAL CHARGES. CORCORAN’S NOTES HAVE BEEN USED BY PROSECUTORS AS SOME OF THE MOST DAMNING EVIDENCE THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT ATTEMPTED TO HIDE DOCUMENTS FROM INVESTIGATORS AND, HIS OWN LAWYERS. NOW, JUDGE CAN AND WILL CONSIDER WHETHER THOSE NOTES COULD EVEN BE USED AT ALL. THIS COMES AFTER TWO DAYS OF CONTENTIOUS HEARINGS IN THIS CASE, MOTIONS BROUGHT BY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LAWYER, ONE TO CONSIDER WHETHER SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH’S APPOINTMENT AS SPECIAL COUNSEL IS UNLAWFUL. AND THE JUDGE HAS ALSO BEEN CONSIDERING A REQUEST, JACK SMITH, TO IMPOSE A LIMITED GAG ORDER OVER DONALD TRUMP’S SPEECH. IT RELATES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED IN THE CASE. IT’S NOT WHEN CANNON INTENDS TO RULE ON THIS. >> CATHERINE THANK YOU. >> IN ALL OF THIS, JUST TWO DAYS OF THIS, JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE DONALD TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN FACE OFF ON A DEBATE STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS. AND THE CAMPAIGNS ARE ALREADY BARBS. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SENDING OUT A FUNDRAISING EMAIL YESTERDAY, MAKING SOME MORE UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS ABOUT, JOE BIDEN AND DEMANDING THAT HE BE GIVEN A DRUG TEST BEFORE THE DEBATE. TRUMP BIDEN’S CONFUSE AND, QUOTE, HAS NO IDEA WHAT’S GOING ON. >> THIS MORNING, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN RELEASING A NEW AD ATTACKING TRUMP ON HIS ECONOMIC POLICY. >> JOINING NOW, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG SELINA. THE LATEST FIVETHIRTYEIGHT POLLING AVERAGE SHOWS BIDEN A SLIGHT LEAD HEADING INTO THE DEBATE. HOW ARE BOTH CANDIDATES? BECAUSE AS YOU TOLD US LAST HOUR, IT’S NOT IN THE SAME WAY . YEAH, PHIL, I MEAN, THEIR PREPARATION STYLES COULD NOT BE MORE DIFFERENT. YOU HAVE PRESIDENT BIDEN. HE’S STILL HUNKERED DOWN IN CAMP DAVID WITH HIS TOP ADVISERS. HE’S PORING OVER NOTES, HONING IN THE TOP LINES AND DOING THESE FULL 90 MINUTE MOCK DEBATES. AND TRUMP, ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU DON’T HAVE ANY OF THAT PREPARATION HAPPENING. INSTEAD, HE’S GOT MORE THAN A DOZEN INFORMAL MEETINGS WITH POLICY ADVISERS, ALLIES, FRIENDS AND V.P. CONTENDERS. AND LOOK, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, THEY KNOW THE STAKES OF THIS DEBATE. THEY BELIEVE THAT AMERICANS ARE GOING TO FINALLY START TRULY TUNING INTO THIS ELECTION ON NIGHT. AND THAT IS GOING TO DRAW THE CONTRAST AND THE HIGH STAKES HERE, PHIL. >> AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT PRESIDENT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN SAYING LEADING UP TO THE DEBATE WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN, BECAUSE ON SOME DAYS HE SAYS HE DOESN’T WHERE HE IS. HE IS INCAPABLE OF DOING THIS. HE’S GOING TO NEED AN INJECTION BEFORE. THE DEBATE AND ON OTHER DAYS. NO, HE’S CAPABLE. CAN’T UNDERESTIMATE. >> YES. I MEAN, TRUMP HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE MAP WHEN IT COMES TO SETTING EXPECTATIONS FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN. A MONTHS AGO, HE WAS PAINTING HIM AS SOMEONE WHO’S COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED, WHO CAN’T EVEN FINISH A FULL SENTENCE. AND NOW RECENTLY, HE’S COMPLETELY CHANGED HIS TUNE, SAYING THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS A WORTHY DEBATER AND SHOULD NOT BE UNDERESTIMATED. OVER THE WEEKEND, HE EVEN SUGGESTED PRESIDENT BIDEN NEEDS TO USE DRUGS TO QUOTE JACK HIMSELF UP TO PREPARE FOR THIS DEBATE. OF COURSE, BILL. THAT IS NOT TRUE. THOSE ARE BASELESS. >> BUT ALL OF THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW HE’S TRYING TO HEDGE AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY IF PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS A BETTER DEBATE PERFORMANCE THAN EXPECTED. I’M ALSO LEARNING FROM SOURCES CLOSE TO THE BIDEN TEAM THAT THEY BELIEVE DONALD TRUMP IS PREPARING FAR MORE THAN HE’S LETTING ON AND THEY EXPECT TO SEE A MORE DECENT VERSION OF TRUMP UP ON THAT STAGE ON THURSDAY NIGHT. >> CELINE, I’M CURIOUS I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON THIS. THE NEW YORK TIMES PUBLISHED, I GUESS A GUEST FROM HILLARY CLINTON WITH SOME ADVICE TO PRESIDENT BIDEN. SHE WRITES, AND I’LL QUOTE THIS IT’S A WASTE OF TIME TO TRY TO REFUTE TRUMP’S ARGUMENTS. LIKE IN A NORMAL DEBATE, IT’S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT HIS ARGUMENTS EVEN ARE. >> YET EXPECTATIONS FOR ARE SO LOW THAT IF HE DOESN’T LITERALLY LIGHT HIMSELF ON ON THURSDAY EVENING, SOME WILL SAY HE WAS DOWNRIGHT PRESIDENTIAL. SO, I MEAN, THAT’S OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, SHE LOST THE ELECTION TO DONALD, BUT SHE DID DEBATE HIM AND SHE KNOWS WHAT IT’S LIKE WHO HAS MORE TO GAIN FROM THIS DEBATE, DO YOU THINK, AND MORE TO LOSE. >> YEAH, FEEL. I MEAN, IT’S A REALLY TOUGH QUESTION. AND I’VE HEARD IT ARGUED BOTH WAYS FROM BIDEN ALLIES. ON ONE HAND, THEY SAY THAT THE VERY UNIQUE RULES OF THIS DEBATE, WHICH IS NO STUDIO AUDIENCE MIKES ARE MUTED UNLESS IT’S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK THAT IS GOING TO FORCE DONALD TRUMP TO STICK TO THE ISSUES. AND SOME IN THE BIDEN BELIEVE THAT MEANS IT’S GOING TO EMPHASIZE HOW FAR APART HIS POLICY VIEWS ARE FROM THE MAJORITY OF AMERICAN PEOPLE AND HOW EXTREME THEY ARE. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I’VE HEARD THOSE WHO AGREE MORE WITH HILLARY CLINTON, WHO SAY THAT THESE RULES MEAN TRUMP IS FORCED TO BE DISCIPLINED AND TO LOOK MORE PRESIDENTIAL WITHOUT THAT INTERRUPTING AND SHOUTING MATCHES. WE’VE SEEN IN YEARS PAST. AND THAT WOULD WORK TO TRUMP’S ADVANTAGE. SO REALLY, A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD, THESE RULES. BUT OF COURSE, THE BIDEN TEAM, THEY HAD WANTED THOSE IN PLACE . >> SO WE’LL JUST HAVE TO SEE HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT ON THURSDAY, PHIL. IT BE NICE FOR VOTERS TO GET A PRETTY CLEAR IDEA OF POLICY IN A DEBATE ONCE ABC NEWS SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THIS THURSDAY ON ABC NEWS. >> BE SURE TO WATCH THE CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. IT WILL SIMULCAST. IT ALL STARTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE AT 7 P.M. EASTERN WITH A SPECIAL RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. >> ALL RIGHT. NOW WE HAVE TO GET TO THAT EXTREME AND LIFE THREATENING GRIPPING MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. 76 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNDER HEAT ALERTS FROM CALIFORNIA CLEAR ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO NEW JERSEY. >> FORECASTERS SAY SOME OF THE WORST HEAT WILL BE IN THE HEARTLAND AND ACROSS THE SOUTH. >> OFFICIALS ARE WARNING DEEP, DEADLY RIPTIDE CURRENTS ALONG OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST. EXTREME HEAT TO LAST FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE. FLORIDA AND TEXAS NEAR TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES. AND IN CALIFORNIA, PALM SPRINGS HITTING 110 DEGREES TODAY. >> SERIOUS, ESPECIALLY HUMID. >> ALL OF THE HAS BEEN THIS HOT. BUT THE THING IS, WE’RE ALL CHANGE. I GUESS THE GLOBE CHANGE SUPER SCORCHER. AND WE’RE GLAD WE’RE DOING THAT EVENT AT THE POOL TODAY. EXTREME WEATHER ALSO TRIGGERING A POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE IN THE MIDWEST. RECORD BREAKING FLOODING THREATENING TO BURST A DAM IN MINNESOTA. OFFICIALS NOW WARNING SOME PEOPLE IN THAT AREA TO BE READY EVACUATE. AT LEAST TWO DEATHS NOW BLAMED ON THAT DEVASTATING FLOODING. PRESIDENT BIDEN DECLARING A MAJOR DISASTER IN IOWA. AND MORE SEVERE STORMS ARE IN. THE FORECAST ARE EXTREME TEAM HAS IT ALL COVERED. WE WANT TO BRING IN OUR METEOROLOGIST ALLIE SMITH OF OUR ABC STATION IN HOUSTON AND, ALSO SOMARA THEODORE. LISA, I WANT TO BEGIN WITH YOU HERE AT. A POOL WHICH IS ALREADY CHECKED. THAT’S GOOD. BUT HOW HOW IT OUT THERE AND WHAT ARE PEOPLE DOING OUTSIDE OF CREWS TO DEAL WITH THIS? GOOD AFTERNOON. YES, THE HEAT IS REALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND I’M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE POOL AGAIN, BECAUSE I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THIS IS OUR STATION POOL. YES. WE HERE AT ABC 13 AND HOUSTON, TEXAS, HAVE OUR VERY OWN POOL. THIS IS A LEGACY STATION. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE’RE NOT ALLOWED TO SWIM IN THE POOL IN THE SUMMER FOR SAFETY REASONS. SO WHAT WE DO HERE AT CATERS TO STAY SAFE IN THE INTENSE HEAT IS WE STAY HYDRATED AND TAKE A LOT OF BREAKS IN THE AIR CONDITIONING. AND THOSE ARE TWO OF THE BIGGEST TIPS WE HAVE FOR ANYONE WHO IS GOING TO BE OUTSIDE TRAVELING, ENJOYING WHAT IS ALSO JUST BEAUTIFUL WHETHER IT IS BRIGHT AND SUNNY HERE RIGHT NOW IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. BUT THE COMBINATION OF THE SUNSHINE, THE HIGH HUMIDITY AND THE HIGH TEMPERATURES GIVES US HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE AFTERNOON THAT ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. THIS AFTERNOON. WE COULD SEE HEAT INDEX VALUES MAKING IT FEEL LIKE 108 TO 112 DEGREES. AND WE TYPICALLY THOSE RIGHT ABOUT NOW BETWEEN ABOUT ONE AND 5 P.M. IS TYPICALLY WHEN WE HAVE THE MOST INTENSE HEAT OF THE DAY. SO POOLS ARE A BIG WAY TO STAY COOL, BUT ALSO, AGAIN, STAYING HYDRATED AND TAKING IN THE SHADE AND THE AIR CONDITIONING AND THE AIR CONDITIONING. WE USUALLY COOLING CENTERS OPEN TOO, AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS FOR LOCALS TO STAY COOL AND BEAT THE HEAT WHEN THEY’RE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE AFTERNOON ENJOYING THE NICE SUMMER WEATHER. BECAUSE I GOT TO TELL YOU TO THIS IS HOUSTON IN THE SUMMER WE ANTICIPATE THIS HEAT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. TODAY’S THE FIRST DAY WE HAVE A HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND WITH THIS HOT WEATHER, STAYING WITH US INTO THE WEEKEND AND POTENTIALLY NEXT WEEK HEADING THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY, WE’LL LIKELY SEE THESE HEAT ADVISORIES CONTINUE TO BE FOR US HERE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND MUCH OF THE SOUTH AS WELL. I’M METEOROLOGIST, AT LEAST FOR THE REPORTING HERE IN HOUSTON. I’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO, PHIL, IN FRONT OF THE STATION POOL. >> THAT IS PRETTY SPECTACLE. AND I DIDN’T KNOW YOU GUYS OWNED IT. ALL RIGHT, ELISE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE SAMAR. >> I’VE WORKED AT A LOT OF LOCAL STATIONS AND NEVER HAD A PAUL TELL ME ABOUT IT. RIGHT. PHIL COULD USE ONE TODAY FOR CERTAIN, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE NORTHEAST. WE COULD USE ONE LOOK AT THIS. SO HERE’S THE DEAL. WEDNESDAY, PHILADELPHIA, 96 DEGREES, D.C., 97 ON WEDNESDAY, BOSTON, 90 ON WEDNESDAY. >> LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING? YOU SEE HOW WE’RE STARTING TO SEE TEMPERATURES DROP SEVENTIES BY FRIDAY IN THE NORTHEAST. GET A LOT OF THAT. WHY? WELL, WE HAVE A COLD FRONT COMING THROUGH IF YOU WANT COOLER AIR, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE STORMS. ALL RIGHT. SO THURSDAY, 3 A.M.. LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENING. THUNDERSTORMS FIRING UP ALL ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR RIGHT IN FRONT OF THIS COLD FRONT BEHIND IT, COOLER IS GOING TO BE REINFORCING. AND AS A RESULT, WE’LL SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES DROP. BUT LIKE I SAID, DEALING WITH THE STORMS NOW, THESE STORMS WILL MAINLY BRING DAMAGING WINDS, BUT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO. >> SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT . MEANWHILE, TODAY, THE SEVERE THREAT IS ACTUALLY SITTING IN PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKES AND INTO PARTS OF THE MIDWEST. FOR THOSE IN THE UPPER MIDWEST WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THAT FLOODING, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE’RE STARTING TO SEE THAT THAT STORM THREAT SHIFT FARTHER SOUTH. SO NO MORE RAIN. HOWEVER, THE HEATING THINGS UP MEANS THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT ON TOP OF THE FLOODING SITUATION. SO THAT’S GOING TO EXACERBATE ALL. >> BUT KEEP IN MIND, FROM DES MOINES TO OMAHA, SPRINGFIELD OR ST. LOUIS, RIGHT ON INTO LANSING AND FORT WAYNE TODAY, YOU ALL COULD HAVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, BRING DAMAGING WIND, SOME HAIL AND EVEN THE POSSIBILITY FOR A FEW TORNADOES BILL. >> ALL RIGHT, SOMARA THEODORE AND ALI SMITH, THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. >> AND COMING UP NEXT, SOME NEW VIDEO SHOWING THE VIOLENT ABDUCTIONS, SOME ISRAELI HOSTAGES TAKEN DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS. PLUS, WHY PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN. PARTS OF IT AT LEAST, ARE ON HOLD. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR. AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS. >> ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. THE NEED FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY, ENROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT FOR THE FBI. REPORTER FOR THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. THE STORY IS WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. >> ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE IN RIOT GEAR, DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY, ESCALATING TENSIONS, THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS. FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17TH HOLD A PHOTO AND BASED ON THE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID EVERY TIME. A SURVIVOR SHARES THEIR STORY. I WILL NOT BE SILENCED. DO YOU FEEL THE CHURCH ACCEPTED ABUSE? >> I WON’T SAY ACCEPTED AS SO MUCH. PRETENDED IT DIDN’T EXIST YET. THAT’S READY. KYRA PHILLIPS WITH ABC NEWS. DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS? THE PANEL ON THE "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE" SECRETS OF THE TO BUY TO CHURCH . >> THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THIS NOW STREAMING ON HULU. WELCOME BACK. NEW VIDEO SHOWING THE VIOLENT OF THREE ISRAELI HOSTAGES TAKEN DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH TERROR ATTACKS. WE WANT TO WARN YOU, THIS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO WATCH. ONE OF THE HOSTAGES, AMERICAN HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN, SEEN IN THE BACK OF THAT PICKUP TRUCK, BADLY WOUNDED AND SOAKED BLOOD. THE FAMILIES OF THESE HOSTAGES RELEASING THE FOOTAGE IN HOPES OF PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU TO STRIKE A DEAL TO BRING THEM HOME. MEANTIME, THE HAMAS RUN HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS AT LEAST 14 PALESTINIANS ARE DEAD AFTER THE IDF CONDUCTED AIRSTRIKES ON TWO SCHOOLS WHERE JUST THE DISPLACED WERE SHELTERING. EIGHT OF THOSE VICTIMS, ALL MEMBERS OF A SINGLE FAMILY . JOINING ME NOW FROM TEL AVIV, OUR CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, MATT. MATT, TELL US ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS VIDEO AND THE REACTION FROM THE FAMILIES OF THESE HOSTAGES . >> YOU KNOW, THE FAMILIES TELLING ME, PHIL, THAT THE VIDEO ITSELF DOESN’T HAVE ANY GREAT RELEVANCE. RIGHT? THEY DIDN’T LEARN ANYTHING NEW ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THEIR SONS, THE HOSTAGES. IT DIDN’T REVEAL ANYTHING. THEY DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT HAMAS. THE VIDEO HAS BEEN IN THE POSSESSION OF THE IDF SINCE NOVEMBER AND FINALLY, HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN FAMILY SAW IT THIS WEEK. THEY WANTED IT OUT. AND THE REASON IS THAT THEY WANTED TO GRAB THE WORLD, PARTICULARLY ISRAEL’S GOVERNMENT, BY THE LAPELS, TO SHAKE THEM AWAKE, TO REMIND THEM THAT THE HOSTAGES IS NOT A CONCEPT, IT’S NOT A PHRASE. THESE ARE PEOPLE. THEY’RE HUMAN BEINGS, WHO ARE STUCK IN GAZA WITH FAMILIES WHO ARE DESPERATE. AND WHEN I ASKED HIS MOTHER, RACHEL, WHAT IT WAS LIKE. >> HERE WAS HER ANSWER. HOW DOES A MOTHER WATCH HER SON THROUGH THAT? I’M NOT EVEN SURE YET. I FELT TERRIBLE SORRY FOR HIM. I DON’T THINK THAT ANY PARENT WOULD EVER TO SEE THEIR CHILD IN ANY DISTRESS. >> IS THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT DOING ENOUGH TO TRY TO SECURE THEIR RELEASE? THE SHORT ANSWER IS. 120 HOSTAGES ARE NOT HOME AND IT’S BEEN 262 DAYS. >> SO WE KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED THE BIDEN ON THE TABLE THAT ISRAEL AND HAMAS ARE NEGOTIATING. BUT THOUGH WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS IS. IT SEEMS THAT ARE SORT OF TENTATIVELY APPROVING THIS PLAN. BUT A DEAL HASN’T YET BEEN MADE. SO IT’S UNCLEAR WHERE THAT STANDS. WELL, WHILE THAT’S UNCLEAR, MATT, YOU ARE LEARNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THIS WEAPONS. I KNOW YOU CALL IT A CONTROVERSY BETWEEN ISRAEL AND U.S.. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS? WE HEAR ONE THING FROM THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER AND THEN SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. >> AND I THINK, PHIL, WE’RE FINDING A WAY TO SOME MIDDLE GROUND UNDERSTANDING IS NOW FROM SPEAKING TO A SENIOR U.S. SOURCES THAT WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR, THE U.S. WAS ESSENTIALLY GRABBING ALL THE LOW HANGING FRUIT OF WEAPONS, SHIPPING EVERYTHING IN THE MOST EXPEDITED EMERGENCY FASHION TO ISRAEL. THAT LASTED FOR A FEW MONTHS. AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE WEAPONRY THAT WAS SENT WENT THROUGH NORMAL PROCEDURES. THAT REQUIRES NORMAL WASHINGTON BUREAUCRACY, WHICH TAKES MORE TIME. SO WHAT EVERYBODY AGREES, AT LEAST IN WASHINGTON IS THAT THERE IS NO SPECIFIC POLICY TO WITHHOLD WEAPONS, ANY KIND OF WEAPONRY FROM THE STATE OF ISRAEL. THERE IS NO EMBARGO. THERE WAS THAT SINGLE SHIPMENT OF 3500 BOMBS, SOME INCLUDING £2,000 BOMBS THAT THE WHITE HOUSE WAS CONCERNED MIGHT BE USED AGAINST PALESTINIANS IN RAFAH IN ISRAEL’S INCURSION THERE. THAT WAS HELD UP. BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, THEY’RE SAYING THERE IS NO POLICY. THERE IS JUST TYPICAL WASHINGTON BUREAUCRACY. SO THEY’RE SAYING THAT ISRAEL’S NOT WRONG. IT’S JUST NOT A POLICY HERE. THERE’S NO THERE OF IT. UNDERSTOOD. ALL RIGHT. MATT GUTMAN, THANKS FOR THAT. AND THE CLARIFICATION. >> MATT GUTMAN FROM TEL AVIV TONIGHT. MATT, THANK YOU. SO FUTURE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN IS ON AT LEAST PARTS OF IT. FEDERAL JUDGES IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI RULING TO HALT KEY ASPECTS OF THE PRESIDENT’S PLAN, IMPACTING NEARLY 8 MILLION AMERICANS. ABC’S BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS JOINS ME NOW WITH MORE. >> SO ALEXIS, WHAT EXACTLY HAS BEEN HALTED? >> THE COURT AND WHAT IS ALLOWED TO STAY IN PLACE? WELL, LET’S JUST TAKE A STEP BACK AND REALIZE HOW THIS IS FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. MORE THAN ONE IN TEN AMERICANS HOLDS A FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN RIGHT NOW, AND IT’S MAJOR ELECTION ISSUE FOR A LOT OF YOUNG VOTERS. REMEMBER, AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE SUPREME COURT KNOCKED DOWN PRESIDENT BIDEN’S SIGNATURE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD HAVE WIPED OUT DEBTS OF AT LEAST $20,000 FOR MOST FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN FOLKS. WELL, NOW TWO PARTS OF THE SAFE PLAN, WHICH WAS BORN OUT OF LAST YEAR’S FAILURE WITH WITH SCOTUS, IS GOING TO BE PAUSED THAT IS, WHILE ABOUT TWO DOZEN LAWSUITS FROM MOSTLY LED STATES WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THROUGH THE COURT. SO HERE’S WHAT’S GOING TO BE HAPPENING. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CANNOT CANCEL ANY MORE FEDERAL STUDENT DEBT FOR BORROWERS ENROLLED IN SAFE PLAN. AND ALSO BEGINNING JULY 1ST IN JUST A FEW DAYS, MANY OF THEM WOULD HAVE SEEN ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME BORROWERS WOULD HAVE SEEN THEIR THEIR MONTHLY PAYMENTS REDUCED BY HALF SOME INSTANCES. >> THAT IS ON PAUSE NOW. SO THROUGH THIS REPAYMENT PLAN, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN ABLE TO CANCEL 5.5 BILLION IN DEBT FOR 414,000 BORROWERS. >> RIGHT. AND THAT STILL REMAINS FOR THOSE FOLKS. THEY DON’T HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING RETROACTIVELY. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN CASE? >> SO IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THIS SO-CALLED SAFE REPAYMENT PLAN, YOU CAN REMAIN ENROLLED. YOUR MONTHLY PAYMENTS WILL NOT CHANGE WHILE WAIT FOR THESE COURT CASES TO PLAY OUT, WHICH COULD TAKE MANY, MANY MONTHS IN SOME INSTANCES. IT’S GOING TO BE STRESSFUL FOR A LOT PEOPLE. >> ALL RIGHT, ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS ALEXIS, THANK YOU. YOU BET. >> AND STILL TO COME THIS AFTERNOON, CHAOS IN THE STREETS, THE OUTBREAK OF, VIOLENCE IN KENYA AS PROTESTERS ATTEMPT TO BREACH PARLIAMENT WHENEVER A NEWS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN. FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC LIVE. EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO. ON 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER THE STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE OR STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> TONIGHT, BEACHGOERS TAKE CAUTION THAT DEADLY RIP CURRENTS COAST TO COAST. HOW TO SPOT THE DANGER. THE HEAT AND FLOODING BRINGING A MASSIVE MESS. MORE TURN TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. THE MOST WATCHED ON TELEVISION . >> GIVE IT TO ME. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS, THIS IS START. 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 ARE AWARDS AND SEE THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT IN RIOT GEAR, ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING IN THE MIDDLE EAST? WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17TH POLE, THE BUZZKILL IN BASEBALL. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING FROM IOWA ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL. I’M MARY ALICE PARK. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE WATCHING ABC NEWS LIVE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC LIVE FIRE AT KENYA’S PARLIAMENT BUILDING. AND IT BEGAN AS THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS STORMED THAT BUILDING, SENDING LEGISLATORS FLEEING FOR SAFETY, ACCORDING TO REPORTS. POLICE OPENED FIRE AND MAY HAVE KILLED AS MANY AS THREE PEOPLE. THE PROTESTERS WERE DEMANDING LEGISLATORS VOTE AGAINST A BILL THAT WOULD IMPOSE NEW TAXES IN THE COUNTRY WHERE MANY ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH THE COST OF LIVING. THAT BILL BY THE PASSED THE MAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH TUPAC SHAKUR, A 1996 MURDER IS IN COURT TODAY. NEVADA. A JUDGE WILL DECIDE IF DUANE EDDY DAVIS WILL BE RELEASED ON HOUSE ARREST IN EXCHANGE FOR $750,000 BAIL. DAVIS, A FORMER LOS ANGELES LEADER, WAS ARRESTED IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, ACCUSED OF ORCHESTRATED HITTING TUPAC’S 1996 KILLING. DAVIS HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER. HIS TRIAL IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 4TH, AND JURY DELIBERATIONS ARE UNDERWAY. THE MURDER TRIAL OF KAREN REED, SHE IS ACCUSED OF RUNNING OVER HER BOYFRIEND, WHO WAS A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER BACK IN 2020 TO THEN LEAVING HIM TO DIE IN A SNOWSTORM. REED SAYS, SHE IS BEING FRAMED. >> SHE FACES LIFE BEHIND BARS IF FOUND GUILTY. A TEENAGER IN NORTH CALIFORNIA IS. NORTH CAROLINA, I SHOULD SAY, IS RECOVERING FROM A SHARK BITE. HE’S TELLING HIS STORY FROM HIS HOSPITAL BED. BUT A LEGENDARY PROFESSIONAL SURFER WAS NOT AS LUCKY. HE PASSED AWAY AFTER A SHARK ATTACK IN HAWAII. >> MATT RIVERS HAS THE LATEST. AN ORDINARY DAY AT THE BEACH QUICKLY TURNED TERRIFYING FOR 14 YEAR OLDS BLAINE BROWN AND MCKINLEY. >> GORE. I STILL THINK IT’S JUST LIKE NOTHING WORKED EVER TO ME LIKE THIS. I JUST IT’S A BAD DREAM, BUT IT’S JUST SO SCARY. >> THE TWO FRIENDS IN WAIST DEEP WATER AT TOPSAIL BEACH IN NORTH CAROLINA WHEN BLAINE WAS HIT IN THE LEG BY A SHARK. >> I THINK A WAVE HIT US IN THE FACE. >> AND SO THEY JUST BEAT ME. AND THEN ALL OF THE WATER WAS LAID DOWN ON THE SAND. >> HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS CALLING 911. >> 14-YEAR-OLD MALE. THAT WAS THE PATIENT. I WAS ALREADY TELLING PEOPLE THAT BLAINE GOT BIT BY A SHARK AND NOBODY LISTENING BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT, OH, KIDS, THEY’RE JUST TRYING TO BE STUPID. BUT ONCE THEY SAW POOLS OF BLOOD BIGGER THAN MY HEAD, THINK THEY KNEW THAT I WAS NOT JEWISH. >> BLAINE WAS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL. TENDONS IN HIS LEG CUT STITCHES NEEDED. >> BUT IT WILL BE OKAY. I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND. >> WE GRATEFUL THAT THEY WERE THERE. MEANWHILE, HAWAII REMEMBRANCES POURING IN FOR SURFER AND ACTOR PERRY KILLED BY A SHARK OFF THE ISLAND OF OAHU. ACCORDING POLICE. >> THIS IS A CRAZY SHARK. EVERYBODY LOVED TAMAYO. HE WAS SO HE WAS A WONDERFUL HUSBAND. >> HIS LOVING WIFE, AMELIA. AND ANOTHER CLOSE TELLING ABC NEWS HE WAS EVERYONE’S BIG BROTHER. >> TRAGIC THOUGH HIS PASSING MAY BE. HE LEFT THIS WORLD DOING. >> HE LOVED WHERE HE LOVED TO DO IT. OUR THANKS TO MATT RIVERS FOR THAT REPORT. AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. PHIL LIPOFF. >> THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. SO WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED IN LONDON. IN BUFFALO NEWS, ALTON, TEXAS, EDINBURGH REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE, WARSAW. WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY, GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC LIVE PRIME, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAMING NEWS ME ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. MORE TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION 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 IN RIOT GEAR, ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING? >> ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS. FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17TH. HOLD A BUTTON KILL AND FACE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AMERICA. THIS MORNING. >> NUMBER ONE, EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. WHAT? THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID TIME. >> A SURVIVOR SHARES THEIR STORY. I’M ON NIGHT WHO SILENCED. DO YOU FEEL THE CHURCH ACCEPTED ABUSE. >> I WON’T SAY ACCEPTED AS SO MUCH PRETENDED IT DIDN’T EXIST . >> THAT’S YOU READY? KYRA PHILLIPS WITH ABC NEWS. DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS AND "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE" SECRETS OF THE TO BY TO CHURCH ? >> THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THIS NOW STREAMING HULU. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? ABC THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE NORMAL AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE THE DAY’S TOP STORIES START HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. BREAKING NEWS NEW YORK JUDGE LIFTING PARTS OF A GAG ORDER IMPOSED ON DONALD IN HIS CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY CASE. WHAT RESTRICTIONS WILL BE KEPT IN PLACE? THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS SENTENCED. COUNTDOWN TO DEBATE HOW BOTH CANDIDATES ARE PREPARING. TWO DAYS AHEAD OF THE FIRST PRESIDENT SHOW A MUCH ANTICIPATED MATCHUP OF THE YEAR. AND A TOP ISRAELI OFFICIAL MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TODAY. AS WE GET A NEW LOOK AT THE TERROR ATTACKS ON OCTOBER 7TH. WE ARE LIVE IN TEL AVIV LATER THIS HOUR. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M PHIL LIPOFF. WE BEGIN WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS. >> A NEW YORK JUDGE PARTIALLY LIFTING THE GAG ORDER ON FORMER DONALD TRUMP IN HIS HUSH MONEY CASE. THE REVISED ORDER WILL NOW LET TRUMP SPEAK PUBLICLY ABOUT WITNESSES IN THE CASE INCLUDING STORMY DANIELS AND MICHAEL COHEN AS WELL, THE JURY. BUT RESTRICTIONS ARE STILL IN PLACE ON STATEMENTS ABOUT PROSECUTORS. TRUMP IS SET TO BE SENTENCED IN THIS CASE JULY 11TH, AFTER HE WAS FOUND GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS LAST MONTH. >> JOINING ME NOW IS ABC LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR, BRIAN BUCKMIRE. BRIAN, LET’S START WITH THE OBVIOUS QUESTION. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE JUDGE’S DECISION? AND ALSO, WHY NOW? SO, PHIL, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. I’VE READ THE FIVE PAGE DECISION AND I WOULD DIVIDE IT INTO THIS. I WOULD THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY . IT’S ABOUT PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCEEDINGS, AND IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN. HOWEVER, AS TO THE GROUPS OF PEOPLE AND HOW THEY INTERSECT THOSE PROCEEDINGS WHEN IT COMES WITNESSES, THEIR ROLE IS NOW DONE. AND SO THE JUDGE SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS PARAGRAPH HERE THAT TALKS ABOUT WITNESSES AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCEEDINGS, THEY’RE NO LONGER PARTICIPATING, SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK ABOUT THEM. ALSO, THE SAME ABOUT THE JURY, HOWEVER, LEFT IN PLACE ONE OF THE RULINGS THAT THEY COULD NOT RELEASE PUBLIC OR PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE JURORS. SO THAT’S NOT GOING TO BE KEPT OUT. BUT FOR PROSECUTORS AND COURT STAFF, THEY’RE STILL PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROCEEDINGS. THEY’RE NOT DONE UNTIL JULY 11TH. AND SO I THINK THAT’S WHY HERE IS IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME TO RELEASE CERTAIN PEOPLE FROM THE PROTECTION OF THAT GAG ORDER, BUT STILL MAINTAIN OTHERS. WHILE THE PROCEEDINGS IN MANY WAYS ARE CONTINUING UNTIL THE 11TH. >> NO, THE WAY YOU EXPLAIN THAT MAKES SENSE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT SOMEONE IF IT’S NOT HAPPENING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. >> BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS. IF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SENTENCING HASN’T HAPPENED AND HE GOES BACK OUT THERE AND STARTS TALKING, AS WE SAW DO BEFORE, ABOUT STORMY DANIELS, MICHAEL COHEN, WHOMEVER THE JURY COULD, COULD IT AFFECT HIS SENTENCE IN ANY WAY? >> IT ABSOLUTELY IT CAN. A FURTHER AGAINST WITNESSES NOT ACCEPTING GUILT ARE ALL THAT THEIR PROBATION REPORT WILL TALK ABOUT OUT. NOW THAT INTERVIEW WE KNOW HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. BUT THE REPORT IS BEING WRITTEN. IT DOESN’T MEAN WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS INTERVIEWED, THAT REPORT WAS DONE. AND SO THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF HIM SPEAKING ABOUT WITNESSES, SPEAKING POORLY ABOUT THE JUDGE OR OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT COULD BE USED AGAINST HIM AT SENTENCING. >> OKAY. SO IT’S SORT OF ONE OF THE THINGS BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR, BECAUSE NOW THAT PART, THE GAG ORDER IS LIFTED, BUT HE’S NOT SENTENCED YET. BRIAN PALMER, THANKS SO MUCH, TAKING US THROUGH THAT. >> APPRECIATE IT. TO FLORIDA NOW AND THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT. >> SMITH OUT WITH A NEW FILING CLAIMING THE FORMER PRESIDENT STORED NATIONAL SECRETS AMONG A, QUOTE, CLUTTERED COLLECTION OF KEEPSAKES. SMITH ALSO UNVEILING THESE NEVER BEFORE SEEN IMAGES OF SOME OF THE BOXES INVESTIGATORS FOUND AT MAR A LAGO. >> MEANTIME ACCORDING TO TRANSCRIPTS OF AUDIO NOTES REVIEWED BY ABC NEWS, TRUMP PRIVATELY EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT RETURNING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AFTER A SUBPOENA COULD RESULT IN CRIMINAL CHARGES. THOSE NOTES ARE AT THE CENTER OF A HEARING BEFORE JUDGE ERIN CANNON THIS AFTERNOON. SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS IS OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, AND HAS THE LATEST. >> THE JUDGE OVERSEEING DONALD TRUMP’S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE IS CURRENTLY HEARINGS TO CONSIDER WHETHER EVIDENCE OBTAINED DURING THAT AUGUST 2022 SEARCH OF DONALD TRUMP’S ESTATE. MAR-A-LAGO CAN EVEN BE USED AT ALL AT TRIAL OR TO BOLSTER THEIR CASE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THIS COMES AS ABC NEWS IS EXCLUSIVELY REPORTING NOTES THAT TRUMP’S FORMER LEAD LAWYER ON THE CASE TOOK ABOUT HIS MEETINGS WITH LEADING UP TO THE SEARCH OF HIS ESTATE. IN HIS NOTES THAT LAWYER, EVAN SAID THAT TRUMP PRIVATELY EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT TURNING POTENTIALLY CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS IN HIS POSSESSION OVER TO INVESTIGATORS COULD RESULT IN CRIMINAL CHARGES. CORCORAN’S NOTES HAVE BEEN USED BY PROSECUTORS AS SOME THE MOST DAMNING EVIDENCE THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT ATTEMPTED TO HIDE DOCUMENTS FROM INVESTIGATORS AND HIS OWN LAWYERS. NOW, JUDGE CAN AND WILL CONSIDER WHETHER NOTES COULD EVEN BE USED AT ALL. THIS COMES AFTER TWO DAYS OF CONTENTIOUS HEARINGS. IN THIS CASE, MOTIONS BROUGHT BY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LAWYER AS ONE TO CONSIDER WHETHER COUNSEL JACK SMITH’S APPOINTMENT AS SPECIAL COUNSEL IS UNLAWFUL. AND THE JUDGE HAS ALSO BEEN CONSIDERING A REQUEST BY JACK SMITH TO IMPOSE A LIMITED GAG ORDER OVER DONALD TRUMP’S SPEECH AS IT RELATES TO ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED IN THE CASE. IT’S NOT CLEAR ONE CANNOT INTENDS TO RULE ON THIS. ALL OF THIS JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE DONALD TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN FACE OFF ON A DEBATE STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS. AND THE CAMPAIGNS ARE ALREADY BARBS. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SENDING OUT A FUNDRAISING EMAIL YESTERDAY, MAKING SOME MORE UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS ABOUT JOE BIDEN AND DEMANDING THAT HE BE GIVEN A DRUG TEST BEFORE THE DEBATE. TRUMP CLAIMING BIDEN’S CONFUSE AND, QUOTE, HAS NO IDEA WHAT’S GOING ON. >> THIS MORNING, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN RELEASING A NEW AD ATTACKING TRUMP ON HIS ECONOMIC POLICY. JOINING ME NOW, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG SELINA, THE LATEST FIVETHIRTYEIGHT POLLING AVERAGE SHOWS BIDEN WITH A SLIGHT LEAD HEADING INTO THE DEBATE. HOW ARE BOTH CANDIDATES PREPARING? BECAUSE AS YOU TOLD US LAST HOUR, IT’S NOT IN THE SAME WAY. >> YEAH, PHIL, I MEAN, THEIR PREPARATION STYLES COULD NOT BE MORE DIFFERENT. YOU HAVE PRESIDENT BIDEN. HE’S STILL HUNKERED DOWN IN CAMP DAVID WITH, HIS TOP ADVISERS. HE’S PORING OVER NOTES, HONING IN HIS ATTACK LINES, DOING THESE FULL 90 MINUTE MOCK DEBATES. AND TRUMP, ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU DON’T HAVE ANY OF THAT FORMAL PREPARATION HAPPENING. INSTEAD, HE’S GOT MORE THAN DOZEN INFORMAL MEETINGS WITH POLICY ADVISERS, ALLIES AND V.P. CONTENDERS. AND LOOK, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, THEY KNOW THE STAKES OF THIS DEBATE. THEY BELIEVE THAT AMERICANS ARE GOING TO FINALLY START TO TRULY TUNING INTO THIS ELECTION ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND THAT IT’S GOING TO DRAW THE IN THE HIGH STAKES HERE, PHIL. >> AND TALK LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT PRESIDENT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN SAYING LEADING TO THE DEBATE WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN. BECAUSE ON SOME DAYS HE SAYS HE DOESN’T KNOW WHERE HE IS. HE IS INCAPABLE OF DOING THIS. HE’S GOING TO NEED AN INJECTION BEFORE THE DEBATE AND ON OTHER DAYS. NO, HE’S CAPABLE. CAN’T UNDERESTIMATE IT. YES. I MEAN, TRUMP HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE MAP WHEN IT COMES TO SETTING EXPECTATIONS. PRESIDENT BIDEN. A MONTH AGO, HE WAS PAINTING HIM AS SOMEONE WHO’S COGNITIVELY WHO CAN’T EVEN FINISH A FULL SENTENCE. >> AND NOW MORE RECENTLY, HE’S COMPLETELY HIS TUNE, SAYING THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS A WORTHY DEBATER AND SHOULD NOT BE UNDERESTIMATED. OVER THE WEEKEND, HE EVEN SUGGESTED THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN NEEDS TO USE DRUGS TO QUOTE, JACK HIMSELF UP TO PREPARE FOR THIS DEBATE. OF COURSE, BILL. THAT IS NOT TRUE. THOSE ARE BASELESS CLAIMS. BUT ALL OF THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW HE’S TRYING TO HEDGE AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY. >> IS PRESIDENT HAS A BETTER DEBATE PERFORMANCE THAN EXPECTED. I’M ALSO FROM SOURCES CLOSE TO THE BIDEN TEAM THAT THEY BELIEVE DONALD TRUMP IS PREPARING FAR MORE THAN HE’S LETTING ON. AND THEY EXPECT TO SEE A MORE DISCIPLINED VERSION OF TRUMP UP ON THAT STAGE ON THURSDAY NIGHT. >> CELINE, I’M CURIOUS. I TO GET YOUR TAKE ON THIS. THE NEW YORK TIMES PUBLISHED, I GUESS A GUEST FROM HILLARY CLINTON WITH SOME ADVICE TO PRESIDENT BIDEN. >> SHE AND I’LL QUOTE THIS IT’S A WASTE OF TIME TO TRY TO REFUTE MR. TRUMP’S LIKE IN A NORMAL DEBATE, IT’S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT HIS ARGUMENTS EVEN ARE. >> YET EXPECTATIONS FOR HIM ARE SO THAT IF HE DOESN’T LITERALLY LIGHT HIMSELF ON FIRE ON THURSDAY EVENING, SOME WILL SAY HE WAS DOWNRIGHT PRESIDENTIAL. SO, I MEAN, THAT’S OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW, I YOU SHE LOST THE ELECTION TO DONALD BUT SHE DID DEBATE HIM AND SHE KNOWS WHAT IT’S LIKE WHO HAS TO GAIN FROM THIS DEBATE, DO YOU THINK, AND MORE TO LOSE? >> YES, I MEAN, IT’S A REALLY TOUGH QUESTION. AND I’VE HEARD IT ARGUED BOTH WAYS FROM BIDEN. ON ONE HAND, THEY SAY THAT THE VERY UNIQUE RULES OF THIS DEBATE, WHICH IS NO STUDIO AUDIENCE MIKES ARE MUTED UNLESS IT’S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, THAT IS GOING TO FORCE DONALD TRUMP TO STICK TO THE ISSUES. AND SOME IN THE BIDEN CAN’T BELIEVE THAT MEANS IT’S GOING TO EMPHASIZE HOW FAR APART HIS POLICY VIEWS ARE FROM THE MAJORITY OF AMERICAN PEOPLE AND HOW EXTREME THEY ARE. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I’VE HEARD THOSE WHO AGREE MORE WITH HILLARY CLINTON SAY THAT THESE RULES MEAN TRUMP IS FORCED TO BE DISCIPLINED AND TO LOOK MORE PRESIDENTIAL WITHOUT THAT INTERRUPTING AND SHOUTING MATCHES. WE’VE IN YEARS PAST. AND THAT WOULD WORK TO TRUMP’S ADVANTAGE. SO REALLY, IT’S A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD, THESE RULES. BUT OF COURSE, THE BIDEN TEAM, THEY HAD WANTED THOSE RULES IN PLACE. >> SO WE’LL JUST HAVE TO SEE HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT ON THURSDAY. PHIL. IT WOULD BE NICE FOR VOTERS TO GET A PRETTY CLEAR IDEA OF POLICY IN, A DEBATE FOR ONCE. ABC NEWS SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THIS THURSDAY NIGHT ON ABC NEWS. BE SURE TO WATCH THE CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. IT WILL BE SIMULCAST. IT ALL STARTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE AT 7 P.M. EASTERN WITH A SPECIAL RACE FOR THE WHITE. >> ALL RIGHT. NOW WE HAVE TO GET TO THAT EXTREME AND LIFE THREATENING HEAT GRIPPING MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. 76 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNDER HEAT ALERTS FROM CALIFORNIA. CLEAR THE COUNTRY TO NEW JERSEY. >> FORECASTERS SAY SOME OF THE WORST HEAT WILL IN THE HEARTLAND AND ACROSS THE SOUTH. OFFICIALS ARE WARNING DEEP, DEADLY RIPTIDE CURRENTS ALONG MUCH OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST. EXTREME HEAT EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE. FLORIDA AND TEXAS, NEAR TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES. AND IN CALIFORNIA, PALM SPRINGS HITTING 110 DEGREES TODAY. >> SERIOUS, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF THERE’S BEEN THIS HOT THING, THIS WORLD CHANGE AGAINST GLOBE CHANGE, SUPER SCORCHER. AND WE’RE GLAD WE’RE DOING AN EVENT AT THE POOL TODAY. EXTREME WEATHER ALSO TRIGGERING A POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE IN THE MIDWEST. RECORD BREAKING FLOODING THREATENING TO BURST A DAM. MINNESOTA OFFICIALS NOW WARNING SOME PEOPLE IN THAT AREA TO BE READY TO EVACUATE. AT LEAST TWO DEATHS NOW BLAMED ON THAT DEVASTATING FLOODING. PRESIDENT BIDEN DECLARING A MAJOR DISASTER IN IOWA. AND MORE SEVERE STORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST. ARE EXTREME TEAM HAS IT ALL COVERED? WE WANT TO BRING IN OUR METEOROLOGIST ALLIE SMITH OF OUR ABC STATION IN HOUSTON AND ALSO SOMARA THEODORE. LISA, I WANT TO BEGIN WITH YOU. YOU’RE AT A POOL WHICH IS ALREADY CHECKED. THAT’S GOOD. BUT HOW HARD IS IT OUT THERE AND WHAT ARE PEOPLE DOING OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS TO DEAL WITH THIS? GOOD AFTERNOON, PHIL. YES. THE KEY IS REALLY INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON. AND I’M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE POOL AGAIN, BECAUSE I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THIS IS OUR STATION POOL. YES, WE HERE AT ABC 13 AND HOUSTON, TEXAS, HAVE OUR VERY OWN POOL. THIS IS A LEGACY STATION. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE’RE NOT ALLOWED TO SWIM IN THE POOL IN THE SUMMER FOR SAFETY REASONS. SO WHAT WE DO HERE AT K2 TO STAY SAFE IN THE INTENSE HEAT IS WE HYDRATED AND TAKE A LOT OF BREAKS IN THE AIR CONDITIONING. AND THOSE ARE TWO OF THE BIGGEST TIPS WE HAVE FOR ANYONE WHO IS GOING TO BE OUTSIDE TRAVELING, ENJOYING WHAT IS ALSO JUST BEAUTIFUL WEATHER. IT IS BRIGHT. AND SUNNY HERE RIGHT NOW IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH THE COMBINATION OF THE SUNSHINE AND THE HIGH HUMIDITY AND THE HIGH TEMPERATURES GIVES US HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE AFTERNOON ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. THIS AFTERNOON. WE COULD SEE HEAT INDEX VALUES MAKING IT FEEL LIKE 108 TO 112 DEGREES. AND WE TYPICALLY SEE THOSE RIGHT ABOUT NOW BETWEEN ABOUT ONE AND 5 P.M. IS TYPICALLY WHEN WE HAVE THE MOST INTENSE HEAT OF THE DAY. SO POOLS ARE A BIG WAY TO STAY COOL, BUT ALSO STAYING HYDRATED AND TAKING BREAKS IN THE SHADE AND THE AIR CONDITIONING AND THE AIR CONDITIONING. WE USUALLY HAVE COOLING CENTERS OPEN, TOO. IN THE CITY OF, HOUSTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS FOR LOCALS TO STAY COOL AND BEAT THE HEAT WHEN THEY’RE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE AFTERNOON ENJOYING THE NICE SUMMER WEATHER BECAUSE. I GOT TO TELL YOU TO THIS IS HOUSTON. IN THE SUMMER WE ANTICIPATE THIS HEAT EVERYTHING ALL YEAR. TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY WE HAVE A HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND WITH THIS HOT WEATHER, STAYING WITH US INTO THE WEEKEND AND POTENTIALLY NEXT HEADING INTO THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY, WE’LL LIKELY SEE THESE HEAT ADVISORIES CONTINUE BE ISSUED FOR US HERE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND MUCH OF THE SOUTH. WELL, BUT I’M METEOROLOGIST, AT LEAST FROM THE REPORTING HERE IN HOUSTON. I’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO, PHIL, IN FRONT OF THE STATION POOL. THAT IS PRETTY SPECTACULAR. I DIDN’T KNOW YOU GUYS OWNED IT. ALL RIGHT, ELISE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> NOW LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SAMAR. I WORKED AT A LOT OF LOCAL STATIONS AND NEVER HAD POOL. >> TELL ME ABOUT IT. RIGHT, PHIL? WE COULD USE ONE TODAY FOR CERTAIN, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEAST. WE COULD USE ONE. LOOK AT THIS. SO HERE’S THE DEAL. WEDNESDAY, PHILADELPHIA, 96 DEGREES, D.C., 97. >> ON WEDNESDAY, BOSTON, 90 ON WEDNESDAY. >> LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING? YOU SEE HOW WE’RE STARTING TO SEE TEMPERATURES DROP SEVENTIES BY FRIDAY IN THE NORTHEAST. GET A LOT OF THAT. WELL, WE HAVE A COLD FRONT COMING THROUGH IF YOU WANT THE COOLER AIR, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE STORMS. ALL RIGHT. SO THURSDAY, 3 A.M., LOOK WHAT’S THUNDERSTORMS FIRING UP ALL ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR. RIGHT FRONT OF THIS COLD FRONT. BEHIND IT, COOLER AIR IS GOING TO BE REINFORCING. AND AS A RESULT, WE’LL SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES DROP. LIKE I SAID, DEALING WITH THE STORMS. NOW, THESE STORMS WILL MAINLY BRING DAMAGING WINDS, BUT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO. >> SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT. MEANWHILE, TODAY, THE SEVERE THREAT IS ACTUALLY SITTING IN OF THE GREAT LAKES AND INTO PARTS OF THE MIDWEST. FOR THOSE IN THE UPPER MIDWEST WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THAT FLOODING, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE’RE STARTING TO SEE THAT THAT STORM THREAT SHIFT FARTHER SOUTH. SO NO MORE. HOWEVER, HEATING THINGS UP MEANS THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT ON TOP OF THE FLOODING SITUATION. SO THAT’S GOING TO EXACERBATE IT ALL. BUT KEEP IN MIND, FROM DES MOINES TO OMAHA, SPRINGFIELD TO SAINT LOUIS, RIGHT ON INTO LANSING AND FORT TODAY, YOU ALL COULD HAVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT BRING DAMAGING WIND, SOME HAIL AND EVEN THE POSSIBILITY FOR A FEW TORNADOES. >> ALL RIGHT, SOMARA THEODORE AND ALI SMITH, THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. AND COMING UP NEXT, SOME NEW VIDEO SHOWING THE VIOLENT ABDUCTIONS OF, SOME ISRAELI HOSTAGES TAKEN DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS. PLUS, WHY PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN. PARTS OF IT AT LEAST, ARE ON HOLD. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAD PACK NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE, THE BRAD PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU HAVE A BRAD PACK NAME, NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU? >> I HATED IT. WHAT A DISASTER. WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSIVE ADDRESS? >> LIKE I SAY, WE WERE THE BEATLES. WELL, WE DIDN’T SELL SHEA STADIUM 85. I THINK WE COULD HAVE CUT IT. >> ARE YOU READY TO CELEBRATE? SUNDAY, JUNE 30TH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SEE SOME OF THE NATION’S GREATEST PRIDE CELEBRATIONS IN ONE PLACE AS THEY HAPPEN LIVE RIGHT ON ABC NEWS LIVE RIGHT ACROSS AMERICA. CELEBRATE JOY, LOVE, FREEDOM AND PRIDE. SUNDAY, JUNE 30TH, STARTING AT 11 A.M. EASTERN TIME. ON ABC NEWS LIVE AND STREAM ON HULU. >> HERE’S TO GOOD MORNING AMERICA. CAN YOU FEEL THE MORNINGS THAT INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE, KINDNESS, JOY, SURPRISES AND SO MUCH FUN? >> I THINK IT’S GREAT. THE ONLY PLACE TO START YOUR DAY WITH GOOD MORNING AMERICA IS RAY OF SUNSHINE, HIGHLIGHTING BEST OF AMERICA AND HELPING MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE. GOT THIS SO HAPPY. IT IS SO GOOD. GET READY TO SMILE AND PUT THE GOOD IN TO YOUR MORNING AMERICA BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE THE MORNING BETTER? >> A LITTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE. TIME FOR MY WELCOME BACK. NEW VIDEO SHOWING THE VIOLENT ABDUCTIONS OF THREE ISRAELI HOSTAGES TAKEN DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH TERROR ATTACKS. WE WANT TO WARN YOU, THIS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO. ONE OF THE HOSTAGES, AMERICAN HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN SEEN THERE IN THE BACK OF THAT PICKUP TRUCK, BADLY WOUNDED AND SOAKED IN. THE FAMILIES OF THESE HOSTAGES RELEASING THE FOOTAGE IN HOPES OF PRESSURING PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU TO STRIKE A DEAL TO FINALLY BRING THEM HOME. MEANTIME, THE HAMAS RUN HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS AT LEAST 14 PALESTINE TEENS ARE DEAD AFTER THE IDF CONDUCTED ON TWO SCHOOLS WHERE THE DISPLACED WERE SHELTERING. EIGHT OF THOSE VICTIMS, ALL MEMBERS OF A SINGLE FAMILY . JOINING ME NOW FROM TEL AVIV, OUR CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, MATT GUTMAN. MATT, TELL US ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS NEW VIDEO AND THE REACTION FROM THE FAMILIES OF THESE HOSTAGES . >> YOU KNOW, THE FAMILIES TELLING ME, PHIL, THAT THE VIDEO ITSELF DOESN’T HAVE ANY GREAT RELEVANCE, RIGHT? THEY DIDN’T LEARN ANYTHING NEW ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THEIR SONS, THE HOSTAGES. IT DIDN’T REVEAL ANYTHING. THEY DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT HAMAS. THE VIDEO HAS BEEN IN THE POSSESSION OF THE IDF SINCE NOVEMBER AND FINALLY, HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN FAMILY SAW IT THIS AND THEY WANTED IT OUT. THE REASON IS THAT THEY WANTED TO GRAB THE WORLD, PARTICULARLY ISRAEL’S GOVERNMENT, BY THE LAPELS, TO SHAKE THEM AWAKE, TO REMIND THAT THE HOSTAGES IS NOT A CONCEPT, IT’S NOT A PHRASE. THESE ARE PEOPLE, HUMAN BEINGS, WHO ARE STUCK IN GAZA WITH FAMILIES WHO ARE. AND WHAT I ASKED HIS MOTHER RACHEL GOLDBERG-POLIN WHAT IT WAS LIKE. HERE WAS HER ANSWER. >> HOW DOES A MOTHER WATCH SON GO THROUGH THAT? I’M NOT EVEN SURE YET. I FELT TERRIBLY SORRY FOR HIM. I DON’T THINK THAT ANY PARENT WOULD EVER WANT TO SEE THEIR CHILD IN ANY DISTRESS. >> THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT DOING ENOUGH TO TRY TO SECURE THEIR RELEASE. THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. 120 HOSTAGES ARE NOT HOME. AND IT’S BEEN 262 DAYS. SO WE KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED THE BIDEN DEAL ON THE TABLE THAT ISRAEL AND HAMAS ARE NEGOTIATING. BUT STILL, WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS IS. IT SEEMS THAT BOTH ARE SORT OF TENTATIVELY APPROVING PLAN, BUT A DEAL HASN’T YET BEEN MADE. SO IT’S UNCLEAR WHERE THAT STANDS. >> WELL, WHILE THAT’S UNCLEAR. MATT, YOU ARE LEARNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THIS WEAPONS? I KNOW YOU CALL IT A CONTROVERSY BETWEEN ISRAEL AND U.S.. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS? WE HEAR ONE THING FROM THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER AND THEN SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. >> AND I THINK WE’RE FINDING A WAY TO SOME MIDDLE GROUND ON UNDERSTANDING IS NOW FROM SPEAKING TO YOU, SENIOR U.S. SOURCES, THAT WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR, U.S. WAS ESSENTIALLY GRABBING ALL THE LOW HANGING FRUIT OF WEAPONS, SHIPPING IN THE MOST EXPEDITED EMERGENCY FASHION TO ISRAEL, LASTED FOR A FEW MONTHS. AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE WEAPONRY THAT WAS SENT, WENT THROUGH NORMAL PROCEDURES AND THAT NORMAL WASHINGTON BUREAUCRACY, WHICH TAKES MORE TIME. SO WHAT EVERYBODY AGREES, AT LEAST IN WASHINGTON, IS THAT THERE IS NO SPECIFIC POLICY TO WITHHOLD WEAPONS OR ANY KIND OF WEAPONRY FROM THE STATE OF ISRAEL. THERE IS NO EMBARGO. THERE WAS THAT SINGLE SHIPMENT ,3500 BOMBS, SOME INCLUDING £2,000 BOMBS THAT THE WHITE HOUSE WAS CONCERNED MIGHT BE USED AGAINST PALESTINIANS IN RAFAH IN ISRAEL’S INCURSION THERE. THAT SHIPMENT WAS HELD UP. BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, THEY’RE SAYING IS NO POLICY. THERE IS JUST TYPICAL WASHINGTON BUREAUCRACY. SO THEY’RE SAYING THAT ISRAEL’S NOT WRONG. IT’S JUST NOT A POLICY HERE. THERE’S THERE OF IT. UNDERSTOOD. ALL RIGHT. MATT GUTMAN, THANKS. >> THAT AND THE CLARIFICATION. MATT GUTMAN FROM TEL AVIV TONIGHT. MATT, THANK YOU. >> SO THE FUTURE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN IS ON HOLD, AT LEAST PARTS OF IT. FEDERAL JUDGES IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI RULING TO HALT KEY ASPECTS OF THE PRESIDENT’S PLAN IMPACTING NEARLY 8 MILLION AMERICANS. ABC’S BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOPHER JOINS ME NOW WITH MORE. SO ALEXIS, WHAT EXACTLY HAS BEEN HALTED BY THE COURT AND WHAT IS ALLOWED TO STAY IN PLACE? >> WELL, LET’S JUST TAKE A STEP BACK AND REALIZE HOW BIG THIS IS FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. MORE THAN ONE IN TEN AMERICANS HOLDS A FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN RIGHT NOW. AND IT’S A MAJOR ELECTION ISSUE FOR A LOT OF YOUNG VOTERS. REMEMBER, AROUND TIME LAST YEAR, THE SUPREME COURT KNOCKED DOWN PRESIDENT BIDEN’S SIGNATURE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD HAVE WIPED OUT DEBTS OF AT LEAST $20,000 FOR MOST FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN FOLKS. WELL, NOW TWO PARTS OF THE SAVE PLAN, WHICH WAS BORN OUT OF LAST YEAR’S FAILURE WITH WITH SCOTUS, IS GOING TO BE PAUSE. AND THAT IS WHILE ABOUT TWO DOZEN LAWSUITS FROM MOSTLY LED STATES WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THROUGH THE COURT. SO WHAT’S GOING TO BE HAPPENING? THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CANNOT CANCEL MORE FEDERAL STUDENT DEBT FOR BORROWERS ENROLLED IN THE SAFE PLAN. AND ALSO BEGINNING JULY 1ST, IN JUST A FEW, MANY OF THEM WOULD HAVE SEEN, ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME BORROWERS WOULD HAVE SEEN THEIR THEIR MONTHLY PAYMENTS REDUCED BY HALF IN SOME INSTANCES. >> THAT IS ON PAUSE NOW. SO THROUGH THIS REPAYMENT, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN ABLE TO CANCEL 5.5 BILLION IN DEBT FOR 414,000 BORROWERS. >> RIGHT. AND THAT STILL REMAINS FOR THOSE FOLKS. >> THEY DON’T HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING RETROACTIVELY. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN THIS CASE? >> SO IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THIS SO-CALLED SAFE REPAYMENT PLAN, YOU CAN REMAIN ENROLLED, YOUR MONTHLY PAYMENTS WILL NOT CHANGE WHILE WE WAIT FOR THESE COURT CASES TO PLAY OUT, WHICH COULD TAKE MANY, MANY MONTHS, SOME INSTANCES. >> IT’S GOING TO BE STRESSFUL FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT, ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS ALEXIS, THANK YOU. >> YOU BET. AND TO COME THIS AFTERNOON, CHAOS IN THE STREETS, THE OUOU AS PROTESTERS ATTEMPT TO BREACH PARLIAMENT. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION. >> 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. WE 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. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17 POLE. THE BUZZKILL IN BASEBALL. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION OR COMBAT OPERATION, SO WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. THEY REACT. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG, YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT MADE THE USA. GREAT WORK. APPRECIATE. >> THANK YOU. IT’S MALE. DAVID. I’M DAVID. YOU ARE. YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT. >> ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST NEWSCAST. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? ABC NEWS THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES START HERE NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> I’M IN PAIN, ROCK WHEREVER THE STORY IS. WE’LL TAKE YOU TO YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRE AT KENYA’S PARLIAMENT. AND IT BEGAN AS THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS STORMED THAT BUILDING, SENDING LEGISLATORS FLEEING FOR SAFETY, ACCORDING TO REPORTS. POLICE, FIRE AND MAY HAVE KILLED AS MANY AS THREE PEOPLE. >> THE PROTESTERS WERE DEMANDING LEGISLATORS VOTE AGAINST A BILL THAT WOULD IMPOSE NEW TAXES IN THE COUNTRY WHERE MANY ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH THE COST OF LIVING. THAT BILL, BY THE WAY, PASSED THE MAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH SHAKUR. HIS 1996 MURDER IS IN COURT TODAY IN NEVADA. A JUDGE WILL DECIDE IF DUANE DAVIS WILL BE RELEASED ON HOUSE ARREST IN EXCHANGE FOR $750,000 BAIL. DAVIS, A FORMER LOS GANG LEADER, WAS ARRESTED IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, ACCUSED OF ORCHESTRATING TUPAC’S 1996 KILLING, AND DAVIS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER. HIS TRIAL IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 4TH, AND JURY DELIBERATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF KAREN REED. SHE IS ACCUSED OF RUNNING OVER HER BOYFRIEND WAS A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER BACK IN 2020 TO THEN LEAVING HIM TO DIE IN A SNOWSTORM. REED SAYS, SHE IS BEING FRAMED. >> SHE FACES LIFE BEHIND BARS IF FOUND GUILTY. A TEENAGER IN NORTH CALIFORNIA IS. NORTH CAROLINA, I SHOULD SAY, IS RECOVERING FROM A SHARK BITE. HE’S TELLING HIS STORY FROM HIS HOSPITAL BED. BUT A LEGENDARY PROFESSIONAL SURFER WAS NOT AS LUCKY. HE PASSED AWAY AFTER A SHARK ATTACK IN HAWAII. >> MATT RIVERS HAS THE LATEST. AN ORDINARY DAY AT THE BEACH QUICKLY TURNED TERRIFYING FOR 14 YEAR OLDS BLAINE BROWN AND MCKINLEY GORE. >> I STILL THINK IT’S JUST LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED TO ME LIKE THIS. I JUST LIKE A BAD DREAM. >> BUT IT’S JUST. JUST SO SCARY. >> THE TWO FRIENDS IN WAIST DEEP WATER AT TOPSAIL BEACH IN NORTH CAROLINA WHEN BLAINE WAS HIT IN THE LEG BY A SHARK. >> I THINK A WAVE US. >> MY FIRST THINGS LATER, THEY JUST BEAT ME AND MY DAD WHEN ALL OF THE WATER WAS LAID DOWN ON THE SAND. >> HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS CALLING 911 PARTING WERE ALL MALE. THAT WAS THAT SHIRT. I WAS ALREADY TELLING PEOPLE THAT BLAINE GOT BIT BY A SHARK AND NOBODY WAS LISTENING BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT, OH, THEY’RE KIDS, THEY’RE JUST TRYING TO BE STUPID. BUT ONCE THEY SAW POOLS OF BLOOD BIGGER THAN MY HEAD. >> I THINK KNEW THAT I WAS NOT JOKING. >> BLAINE WAS RUSHED TO A HOSPITAL. TENDONS IN HIS LEG C CKAY. >> I GOT LUCKY THERE. SO MANY PEOPLE WILL FEEL GRATEFUL THAT THEY WERE THERE. >> MEANWHILE, IN HAWAII, REMEMBRANCES ARE POURING IN FOR SURFER AND ACTOR TAMAYO PERRY, KILLED BY SHARK OFF THE ISLAND OF OAHU, ACCORDING TO POLICE. >> THIS IS A CRAZY SHARK. EVERYBODY LOVED TAMAYO. HE WAS SO GOOD. HE WAS A WONDERFUL HUSBAND. >> HIS LOVING WIFE, AMELIA, AND ANOTHER CLOSE FRIEND TELLING ABC NEWS HE WAS EVERYONE’S BIG BROTHER. TRAGIC THOUGH HIS PASSING MAY BE. HE LEFT THIS WORLD DOING WHAT HE LOVED. WHERE HE LOVED TO DO IT. >> OUR THANKS TO MATT RIVERS FOR THAT REPORT. AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M PHIL LIPOFF. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. >> SO WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE. ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR, ENROLLING FOR IT. THIS TORNADO THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, 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 HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER. THE STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE 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 HAVE YOUR LIFE AS A FIGHTER. COMBAT OPERATIONS ARE. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS OPERATE NUCLEAR REACTORS. SO WE HAVE COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF IT. HOW IMPORTANT IS THE LABEL RIGHT HERE MADE TO YOU AS THEY LOOK AT YOUR SMILE? >> YOU’RE PROUD OF IT? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK, RIGHT? WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU? IT’S MY DAVID. >> DAVID? >> YES. YES, I’M DAVID, YOU ARE. >> I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO. EVERY NIGHT. ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> HI, I’M MANDY. 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. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BEING OBSESSED WITH POP CULTURE COLLIDES WITH BEING A MOM? YOU GET US. SO LISTEN NOW TO OUR NEW PODCAST, POP CULTURE MOMS. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> REPORTING FROM THE AFTERMATH OF THE MAUI FIRES. I’M MELISSA O’DONNELL. WHATEVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE FOR NEWTOWN, PHIL LIPOFF AND WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING A NEW YORK JUDGE PARTIALLY LIFTING THE GAG ORDER. A PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN HIS HUSH MONEY CASE. >> THE REVISED ORDER WILL TRUMP TO SPEAK PUBLICLY ABOUT WITNESSES, INCLUDING STORMY DANIELS YOU SEE THERE, AND MICHAEL COHEN, AS WELL AS THE JURY SENTENCING IN THAT CASE IS SET FOR JULY 11TH. >> THAT NEWS COMING AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S LAWYERS SPAR WITH SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH DOWN IN FLORIDA. ACCORDING TO TRANSCRIPTS OF AUDIO NOTES REVIEWED BY ABC NEWS, TRUMP PRIVATELY EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT RETURNING CLASSIFIED AFTER A SUBPOENA COULD RESULT IN CRIMINAL CHARGES. THOSE NOTES ARE AT THE CENTER OF A HEARING UNFOLDING THIS AFTERNOON. I’M JOINED NOW BY SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS OUTSIDE OF COURTHOUSE. THAT IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA. >> KATHERINE, BREAK DOWN, THOUGH, FIRST, THE NEW YORK JUDGE’S RULING ON THIS GAG ORDER FOR US. YEAH, SO I SHOULD FIRST NOTE THAT THIS WAS UNCONTAINED, OUSTED BY PROSECUTORS, THAT THE ABILITY TO LIFT PORTIONS OF GAG ORDER AND IT ESSENTIALLY IS WHAT YOU JUST SAID TRUMP CAN’T SPEAK CAN NOW SPEAK I SHOULD SAY ABOUT WITNESSES THE CASE. YOU REMEMBER THROUGHOUT THAT TRIAL, HE CLAIMED IT WAS UNFAIR. HE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE WITNESSES WHO WERE TESTIFY. IN FACT, HE VIOLATED THE GAG ORDER A NUMBER OF TIMES. BUT HE NOW CAN TALK ABOUT WITNESSES. WHAT HE CAN’T TALK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE THE JUDGE’S STAFF, IF YOU WILL, FAMILY MEMBERS, JURORS. HE CAN’T DO THAT. SO THE JUDGE LIFTING THIS IN PART, OF COURSE, NOW THAT THIS IS OVER, THE JUDGE SAYS THE TRIAL’S OVER, THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED. HE WILL ALLOW TRUMP TO SPEAK ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR WITNESSES WHO HE SO WANTED SPEAK ABOUT DURING THE TRIAL. OF COURSE, THIS ALL COMES AS JUST IN A MATTER OF WEEKS, REALLY TRUMP WILL FACE A SENTENCING. THERE ON JULY 11TH IN NEW YORK IN THAT CASE. >> OKAY. AND THERE IN FLORIDA WHERE YOU ARE. >> WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THOSE AUDIO TRANSCRIPTS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR CONVERSATION IN THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE AND THE ROLE THAT THEY’RE PLAYING IN TODAY’S HEARING. >> YEAH. SO THIS IS ALL INTERESTING AND THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE HEARING THAT I JUST GOT OF, WE DIDN’T REALLY HEAR ABOUT THESE AUDIO TRANSCRIPTIONS THAT WE’VE REPORTED ON. THESE DOCUMENTS REMAIN UNDER SEAL. THEY ARE SHIELDED FROM PUBLIC VIEW. WE HAVE REVIEWED AND REPORTED ON THEM, BUT THAT DIDN’T COME UP REALLY IN A PUBLIC SETTING. WE DO KNOW THAT THE JUDGE IS CONSIDERING TOSSING OUT THOSE NOTES ALTOGETHER, MEANING THAT PROSECUTORS WON’T BE ABLE TO USE THEM TO FURTHER THEIR CLAIMS OF TRUMP AND THOSE CHARGES, BUT ALSO WON’T BE ABLE TO USE THEM AT TRIAL. NOW, THE JUDGE DID ADDRESS HERE IN THE COURT ROOM AND IT GOT A LITTLE HEATED THERE AT THE END. SHE ACTUALLY WAS SKEPTICAL OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S HERE, THE PUBLIC PORTION. TRUMP WAS ARGUING THAT THE SEARCH WARRANT SHOULD ESSENTIALLY BE THROWN OUT, THAT HIS LAWYERS WERE SAYING THAT THE SEARCH WASN’T SPECIFIC AND THE DOCUMENTS THAT NEEDED TO BE SEIZED, THAT IT DIDN’T SPECIFY REALLY WHAT AREAS OF MAR-A-LAGO NEEDED TO BE SEARCHED DID. NOW, THE JUDGE WAS REALLY SKEPTICAL ABOUT SHE SAID, WELL ,OTHER LANGUAGE DO YOU WANT IN HERE? WHAT ELSE SHOULD IT HAVE SAID AND APPEARED TO GET A LITTLE FRUSTRATED WITH DEFENSE ATTORNEY ATTORNEYS AT TIMES. SO IT DOES SEEM SHE DIDN’T FROM THE BENCH. AND I DON’T REALLY WANT TO PREDICT HER BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT SHE WILL DO. BUT IT DOES SEEM THAT SHE’S NOT GOING TO ENTERTAIN THIS MOTION . TRUMP THAT THE SEARCH WARRANT SHOULD JUST BE THROWN OUT, THAT THE CASE SHOULD JUST BE THROWN OUT. >> THE SEARCH WARRANT WASN’T SPECIFIC ENOUGH. KATHERINE FAULDERS THANKS FOR KEEPING AN EYE ON BOTH OF THOSE CASES FOR US. >> WE APPRECIATE IT. >> THAT’S ALL PLAYING OUT WITH JUST TWO DAYS TO GO UNTIL . DONALD TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN FACE OFF ON A DEBATE STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS. AND THE CAMPAIGNS ARE AHEAD OF THAT DEBATE, EXCHANGING BARBS. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SENDING OUT THIS FUNDRAISING EMAIL YESTERDAY, MAKING SOME MORE SUBSTANTIAL CLAIMS ABOUT JOE BIDEN AND DEMANDING HE BE GIVEN SOME SORT OF DRUG TEST BEFORE THE DEBATE. >> TRUMP CLAIMING BIDEN’S CONFUSED AND, QUOTE, HAS NO IDEA WHAT’S GOING ON. JOINING ME NOW IS ABC NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR RICK KLEIN. RICK, THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT HAPPENS BEFORE A DEBATE, AT LEAST IN THE LAST NINE YEARS OR SO. THE LATEST 538 POLLING THAT WE HAVE, THE AVERAGE SHOWS BIDEN WITH JUST A SLIGHT LEAD HEADING INTO THIS DEBATE. >> HOW BIG IS THIS FOR BOTH CANDIDATES? I MEAN, WE KNOW IT’S HUGE, BUT WHAT DO THEY BOTH NEED TO DO TO COME OUT ON TOP? >> YEAH, THIS SETS THE STAGE FOR WHAT’S GOING TO BE A VERY INTENSE SUMMER, INCLUDES THE CONVENTIONS, THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK, AND IN THIS CASE, EVEN THE SENTENCING OF THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE OR SOON TO BE NOMINEE AND DONALD TRUMP. SO A LOT’S TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND I THINK A LOT OF AMERICANS WILL BE TUNING IN ESSENTIALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN A BIG WAY. I DON’T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN FRONT CENTER RIGHT NOW AS SOME ARE BEGINS, BUT THAT WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE. AND LOOK, I THINK FOR DONALD TRUMP, HE’S GOT TO GUARD AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY THAT JOE BIDEN’S A LOT BETTER THAN HE SAID HE WOULD BE. AND I THINK THAT’S WHY HE’S TALKING NOW ABOUT HIM POTENTIALLY. I GUESS WITH NO EVIDENCE OF THIS POTENTIALLY BEING HOPPED UP ON ON SOME KIND OF A OF MEDICATION. AND FOR BIDEN’S PERSPECTIVE, A CHANCE TO BUILD ON SOME OF THE RECENT MOMENTUM AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE CONTRAST. I THINK BIDEN IS GOING TO TRY TO HAMMER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THIS IS WHAT DONALD TRUMP HAS SAID HE IS. THIS IS WHAT HE’S DONE IN THE PAST. THIS IS WHAT HE WOULD DO IN THE FUTURE. BOTH CANDIDATES LOOKING FOR THAT STARK CONTRAST, OF COURSE, BUT HOPING THAT IT CUTS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. YEAH. AND WE’RE ALSO FOLLOWING SOME KEY CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES TODAY, NEW YORK AND COLORADO. BREAK DOWN THOSE RACES FOR US AND TELL WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW AND WHAT THESE MIGHT ABOUT IT. >> IT’S SO INTERESTING BECAUSE UNTIL THE RACE LAST WEEK, THAT’S NOW PROBABLY TO GO TO A RECOUNT, NOT A SINGLE INCUMBENT IN EITHER PARTY LOST IN A PRIMARY YEAR. THAT COULD CHANGE TODAY. JAMAAL BOWMAN FROM NEW YORK, A MEMBER OF THE SQUAD VERY PROGRESSIVE MEMBER OF CONGRESS, A DEMOCRAT FROM NEW YORK, IS UP AGAINST AN AGGRESSIVE PRIMARY CHALLENGE WHERE HIS HIS SKEPTICISM ON ISRAEL’S CONDUCT OF THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR HAS BEEN FRONT AND CENTER. IT’S HAD ALL SORTS OF RACIAL AND CLASS OVERTONES IN THIS RACE IN NEW YORK, AND IT’S VERY POSSIBLE THAT BOWMAN GOES DOWN DESPITE FACT THAT HE’S GOT SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, AOC AND OTHERS CAMPAIGNING BY HIS SIDE. ON THE OTHER SIDE HAS BEEN MORE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PARTY, INCLUDING HILLARY, DOING THE RARE THING OF GETTING INVOLVED IN A PRIMARY THAT’S HAPPENING IN HER OWN HOME DISTRICT. >> ALL RIGHT, RICK KLEIN, WE’LL BE WATCHING ALL OF IT. THIS. RICK, THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE VIOLENT ABDUCTIONS OF THREE ISRAELI HOSTAGES TAKEN THE OCTOBER 7TH TERROR ATTACKS. WE WANT TO WARN YOU THAT THIS OBVIOUSLY MAY BE DIFFICULT TO WATCH. ONE OF THE HOSTAGES, AMERICAN HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN, SEEN IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK, BADLY WOUNDED AND SOAKED IN BLOOD. THE FAMILIES OF THESE HOSTAGES RELEASING THE FOOTAGE IN HOPES OF PRESSURING PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU TO STRIKE A DEAL TO BRING THEM HOME. THIS COMES AS US OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO PUSH BACK ON PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU’S CLAIM THAT THE U.S. IS WITHHOLDING WEAPONS SHIPMENTS. JOINING ME NOW FROM TEL AVIV IS OUR CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, MATT GUTMAN. MATT, LET’S START WITH YOUR NEW REPORTING BEHIND THE ISRAELI U.S. WEAPONS. I DON’T KNOW. WE’LL CALL IT AN ISSUE OR MISUNDERSTANDING. >> YOU’VE GOT SOME CLARIFICATION FOR US. A FLAP WE COULD CALL IT FEELS LIKE WHATEVER IT IS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. BASICALLY LATE JANUARY. ISRAEL HAS SAID THAT, HEY, WE’VE NOTICED A SLOWDOWN DOWN IN THE ARRIVAL OF CERTAIN WEAPONS SYSTEMS. WHITE HOUSE, PENTAGON, STATE DEPARTMENT SAID, NO, NO, NO, THAT’S NOT THE CASE. YOU’RE WRONG. AND CERTAINLY THERE IS NO POLICY TO WITHHOLD WEAPONS FROM ISRAEL. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING, CONVERSATIONS WITH U.S. OFFICIALS TODAY AND ISRAELI IS THAT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR, THEY WERE FAST TRACKING ANYTHING HE SAID. ONE OFFICIAL TOLD ME THEY WERE BREAKING IN CHINA TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COULD GET WEAPONS HERE TO ISRAEL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE USING EVERY TRICK THAT THEY KNEW. AFTER A WHILE, THE TRICKS DRIED UP. ALSO, THE LOW HANGING FRUIT OF THE WEAPONRY DRIED UP. THEY COULDN’T SECURE AS MUCH AS THEY WERE BEFORE, AND SO IT HAD TO, THROUGH THE REGULAR BUREAUCRATIC PROTOCOLS OF WEAPONS SYSTEMS DELIVERIES. AND THAT TAKES MORE TIME. SO THIS IS JUST THE NORMAL PACE. BUT ISRAEL, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR, WAS USED TO THIS EXPEDITED PACE, AND THAT’S THE DELTA BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES. THERE WAS, OF COURSE, THAT ONE SHIPMENT OF 3500 BOMBS THAT HAS BEEN HELD UP. BUT THAT IS A SEPARATE MATTER. THEY SAY. SO THEY’RE SAYING THAT ISRAEL’S NOT COMPLETELY WRONG, BUT THIS IS SORT OF A RELATIVE ISSUE. AND THEY’RE SAYING THAT FOR WEAPONS DELIVERIES HAVE ARRIVED ,ISRAEL JUST THE PAST MONTH. >> SO CERTAINLY THEY’RE NOT PUTTING. >> ALL RIGHT. LET’S GET BACK TO THAT. THE NEW VIDEO THAT WE SHOWED JUST AT THE OF THE CONVERSATION, THIS NEW HOSTAGE VIDEO. WHAT’S THE REACTION FROM THE FAMILIES? >> THIS OBVIOUSLY ISN’T THE FIRST TIME WE’VE SEEN A VIDEO OF THIS KIND OF RELEASE TO PRESSURE THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO ACT ON SOME SORT OF HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION DEAL. >> AND I THINK REASON THAT THEY RELEASED IT THIS WEEK WAS BECAUSE ON SUNDAY, ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU SAID IN HIS FIRST INTERVIEW TO ISRAELI TELEVISION IN A LONG TIME THAT HE WOULD BE WILLING TO ACCEPT A PARTIAL DEAL FOR SOMETHING LIKE 33 HOSTAGES. AND THAT REALLY LIT A FIRE ON THEM. AND THEY WANTED TO GRAB THE ISRAELI AUDIENCE. BUT THE GOVERNMENT BY THE LAPELS, SHAKE THEM AND SAY, HEY, THE HOSTAGES IS NOT CONCEPT. THESE ARE HUMANS WHO MIGHT DIE IN GAZA AND THEY HAVE FAMILIES IN ISRAEL. AND YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING. DO NOT ABANDON THEM YOU NEED TO FIND SOME WAY TO HATCH A DEAL. BOTH SIDES SEEM TO HAVE AGREED SORT OF IN PRINCIPLE TO A DEAL, BUT WE DON’T QUITE KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS IS RIGHT NOW. >> PHIL AND THEN I GOT TO GET REACTION AND YOUR TAKE ON THIS, ISRAEL’S TOP COURT RULING, THE IDF CAN NOW DRAFT ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS. THAT BRINGS AN END TO A CONTROVERSIAL, LONGSTANDING EXEMPTION FROM THE DRAFT. HOW BIG A BLOW IS THIS TO NETANYAHU’S GOVERNMENT AND IS IT EARTH SHATTERING IN GENERAL THERE IN ISRAEL? IT’S EARTH SHATTERING IN GENERAL BECAUSE THIS EXEMPTION HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1948. YESHIVA STUDENTS, PEOPLE STUDY TORAH. THE BIBLE IN ISRAEL ARE EXEMPT FROM MILITARY SERVICE. MOST OTHER JEWISH YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN HAVE TO BE CONSCRIPTED TO THE MILITARY. SO THIS BEEN A POINT OF CONTENTION FOR DECADES IN ISRAEL. AND THEY’VE BEEN TALKING THIS SPECIFIC LAW SINCE 1998. PHIL SO FINALLY THE SUPREME COURT MAKES A DECISION AND IT’S GOING TO AFFECT SOME DEGREE THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX PARTIES IN NETANYAHU’S COALITION. THE QUESTION IS, DO THEY BOLT? RIGHT NOW, IT’S UNCLEAR THAT GOING TO DO THAT. THEY AND BIBI NETANYAHU, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, TO NEED EACH OTHER TOO MUCH. BUT AGAIN, THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. PHIL. YEAH. IN ISRAEL WHEN YOU’RE 18. RIGHT IN. BUT THIS HAS AN EXEMPTION. ALL RIGHT. MATT GUTMAN, THANKS SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. >> NOW TO THE EXTREME AND LIFE THREATENING HEAT GRIPPING MUCH OF COUNTRY. 76 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNDER HEAT ALERTS, CALIFORNIA ALL THE WAY TO NEW JERSEY. FORECASTERS SAYING SOME OF THE WORST HEAT WILL BE IN THE HEARTLAND AND ACROSS THE SOUTH. >> OFFICIALS ALSO OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ALONG MUCH OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST. THE EXTREME HEAT EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS. FLORIDA AND TEXAS NEAR TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES. OUT IN CALIFORNIA, PALM SPRINGS HITTING 110 DEGREES TODAY. EXTREME WEATHER ALSO TRIGGERING A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC, CATASTROPHIC EVENT IN THE MIDWEST. RECORD BREAKING FLOODING THERE THREATENING TO BURST A DAM. THIS IS IN MINNESOTA. AND OFFICIALS NOW WARNING SOME PEOPLE IN THAT AREA TO BE READY TO EVACUATE. AT LEAST TWO DEATHS NOW BEING BLAMED ON THE DEVASTATING FLOODING. PRESIDENT BIDEN DECLARING A MAJOR DISASTER IN IOWA. OUR EXTREME WEATHER TEAM HAS IT ALL COVERED FOR US. LET’S BEGIN. METEOROLOGIST ALEX SMITH OF OUR ABC STATION IN HOUSTON. WE WILL TALK TO SOME MORE, THEODORE, IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT ALEX, FIRST OF ALL, TELL US HOW HOT IT IS OUT THERE AND HOW FOLKS IN TEXAS ARE DEALING. RIGHT. SINCE WE JOINED YOU EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, PHIL, IT IS JUST NOTICEABLY HOTTER OUTSIDE. AND THIS IS THE TIME OF DAY WHERE THE HEAT INDEX AND THE HEAT IS REALLY GOING TO START TO TAKE A TOLL ON YOUR BODY AS WELL. WE’VE HAD HEAT INDEX VALUES HERE IN HOUSTON MAKING IT FEEL LIKE ABOVE HUNDRED DEGREES SINCE NOON CENTRAL. AND IT CONTINUES TO JUST THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. YOU THINK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, LANDSCAPERS, ETC., PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO WORK IN THIS HEAT. THIS WHEN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES COULD BECOME A BIG ISSUE. AND SOME OF THOSE THAT YOU ALWAYS WANT TO WATCH FOR, ESPECIALLY IN CHILDREN AND ELDERLY PEOPLE, AS WELL AS WHEN THEY START TO HAVE AN IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT, MAYBE THEY’RE LITTLE MORE SWEATY OR THEIR SKIN IS HOT OR COLD TO THE TOUCH. THAT’S WHEN YOU WANT TO GET THEM IN AIR CONDITIONING, NOT JUST IN THE SHADE, BUT IN A.C. AND HELP THEM COOL OFF, MAKE SURE THEY’RE STAYING HYDRATED AS WELL. AND IT’S REALLY GOING TO BE A COMPOUNDING IMPACT AS WE GO ON THROUGHOUT THIS. WE ARE GOING TO SEE MULTIPLE DAYS IN A ROW WITH TEMPERATURES IN MID TO UPPER NINETIES, BUT ALSO THAT TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT INDEX THAT CAN MAKE FEEL LIKE 110 TO 112 DEGREES OUTSIDE SOME TIMES. SO THAT’S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE’RE KEEPING AN EYE ON. WE HAVE A HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT HERE IN HOUSTON AND WE’LL LIKELY SEE THOSE HOT WEATHER ALERTS CONTINUE NOT ONLY ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS ,BUT MUCH OF THE SOUTH FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. PHIL, I’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO. >> ALL RIGHT, ALI, THANKS. NOW LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE. TOMORROW, EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHEN WE’RE GOING TO HAVE SOME RELIEF. I GUESS LET’S START IN THE EAST. >> WHEN DO WE GET IT? ALL RIGHT. SO WE’RE GOING TO GET IT LIKELY ON FRIDAY, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE A MOMENTARY REPRIEVE. THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER SAID BETWEEN JUNE 29TH AND JULY 3RD. MUCH THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST AND THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY WILL REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO. >> BUT LOOK AT THIS BREAK. FRIDAY, EIGHTIES IN PHILLY, NEW YORK, SEVENTIES ON FRIDAY, BOSTON, 76 DEGREES. >> WHY? BECAUSE A COLD FRONT IS GETTING READY TO ZOOM THROUGH. >> AND WHAT DO WE OFTEN FIND ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF COLD FRONT THUNDERSTORMS RIGHT ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR BEHIND IT, DRY COOLER WEATHER SURGES IN AND WE GET THAT LITTLE MOMENTARY DROP IN TEMPERATURES. BUT KEEP IN MIND, WEDNESDAY, WE COULD SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS. THE NORTHEAST THAT COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED TORNADOES. SOMETHING ELSE WE’RE WATCHING AS A SEVERE THREAT AND THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE MIDWEST AND PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKES. A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE FROM KANSAS CITY TO PEORIA TO SAINT LOUIS OVER FORT WAYNE AND SPRINGFIELD. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BEEN ISSUED THERE. AND THEN JUST OVERALL, LOOKING AT THESE TEMPERATURES, WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE TRIPLE DIGITS OUT WEST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AND LIKE ALI SAID, HEAT INDEX VALUES CAN RANGE FROM 100 DEGREES TO 115. >> MY GOODNESS PHIL, MY GOODNESS, INDEED, SOMARA THEODORE AND ALI SMITH, THANK YOU BOTH FOR THAT. >> MEANTIME, COMING UP, WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE STRIKES A PLEA DEAL WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND BE HOME IN AUSTRALIA SOON. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WE’VE GOT THAT COMING UP. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR. AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, REPORTING LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE CONTINUE FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ,ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT. THE FBI REPORTING FROM IT. NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL IN A FLASH WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE ARE IN RIOT GEAR ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17 YEAR, A BUZZ KILL AND BASEBALL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY? WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS "START HERE" TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT LISTEN TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH TO YOU. START HERE ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF A STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING WHEREVER. >> YOU GET YOUR PODCAST START HERE. >> WELCOME BACK. TODAY OUR TOP DOCTOR ISSUED A STERN WARNING ON GUN VIOLENCE ACROSS THE U.S., DECLARING IT A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, SURGEON GENERAL VIVEK MURTHY SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT DRAMATICALLY HIGH RATES OF GUN, WHICH ARE NOW LEADING THE SINGLE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS IN THIS COUNTRY. THE SURGEON GENERAL HIGHLIGHTING THE DAMAGE THIS VIOLENCE IS CAUSING TO OUR MENTAL HEALTH. WHILE SPEAKING WITH ME ON ABC NEWS LIVE A LITTLE EARLIER TODAY, THE FEAR OF GUN VIOLENCE HAS REALLY INFILTRATED THE PSYCHE, AMERICA. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT KIDS IN PARTICULAR, THE FACT THAT HALF OF THEM ARE WORRIED ABOUT A SHOOTING IN THEIR SCHOOL JUST SPEAKS TO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO CONSIGN OURSELVES TO A FUTURE WHERE GUN IS THE DAY TO DAY REALITY THAT WE FACE, WHERE WE ARE WORRIED GOING TO SCHOOL OR WORK OR THE GROCERY STORE OR A CONCERT. >> WE CAN LIVE IN A SAFER WAY. >> WELL, EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE THAT. JOINING ME NOW TO DISCUSS IS ABC MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL DR. PATEL. WOULD IMAGINE, JUST KNOWING YOU, THAT YOU’VE BEEN ONE OF THE PEOPLE SCREAMING FOR YEARS THAT THIS MOVE SHOULD BE MADE. I MEAN, IT IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT IT’S A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS RIGHT, BILL? IT ABSOLUTELY IS. I MEAN, IT IS BEYOND THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. WE HAVEN’T SEEN THIS KIND OF GROW OVER THE PAST DECADE. >> AND WE’RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE LAST YEAR WE SAW OVER 40,000 DEATHS BY FIREARMS. NUMBER ONE, CAUSE OF DEATH IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. I’M NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE THAT HAVING FIREARMS THAT CAN HAVE DEVASTATING, LONG LASTING IMPACTS ON PHYSICAL MENTAL HEALTH, AFFECTING VICTIMS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND AS WE JUST HEARD, THIS IS CREATING A HUGE MENTAL HEALTH TOLL ON OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO A WORRY, FEAR AND AFFECTING OUR WAY OF LIFE. >> SO YES, THIS IS BEYOND A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS REQUIRES AN ALL HANDS ON DECK. >> SO THE BREAKDOWN, WHAT’S DIFFERENT WITH THIS REPORT IS THERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I MEAN, WHEN PEOPLE SAY PUBLIC HEALTH, THAT’S KIND OF WHAT WE’VE BEEN DOING. >> SO WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW THAT THIS DISTINCTION HAS BEEN MADE? WELL, I’M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT, BECAUSE THE ACTUAL TERM PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH IS REALLY THIS DOWN TO A STATISTICAL RESEARCH EVIDENCE BASED KIND OF ALGORITHM. THE FIRST THING THAT WE’RE GOING TO DO WHEN WE SAY PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH IS WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS CRITICAL RESEARCH AND THERE IS FUNDING TO OVERALL TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PROBLEM, LOOK AT THE STATISTICS. NEXT UP IS WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS? WHAT ARE THE PROTECTIVE FACTORS WHEN IT COMES TO FIREARM VIOLENCE? THEN WHAT CAN WE DO IN TERMS OF PREVENTATIVE STRATEGIES OUT THERE? >> THIS IS NOT ONLY RELATED TO GUN CONTROL, BUT ALSO WITH SAFE STORAGE AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION. ALL OF THAT, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH. AND THEN LASTLY, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT WIDESPREAD ADOPTION? NOW THIS KIND OF APPROACH IS EXACTLY WHAT’S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST WITH HEALTH CRISES ,SUCH AS WITH TOBACCO AND AUTOMOBILE INJURIES. SO BY TAKING APPROACH, I THINK WE CAN SUPERSEDE THE POLITICS. >> THE SINGLE APPROACH, AND ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. >> ALL RIGHT, DR. ALOK PATEL THAT WOULD BE EVERYBODY’S HOPE, I WOULD THINK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. COMING UP, THEY’RE GOING CRAZY FOR HOCKEY, A PLACE THAT BARELY KNOWS WHAT ICE IS, HOW THE FLORIDA PANTHERS WON THE STANLEY CUP. WHEN WE COME BACK, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION PICKING UP YOUR IPHONE FINDER OR CAMERA. SO WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR REACTORS. WE HAVE A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF IT. HOW FAR YOU CAN JUST LABEL RIGHT HERE. >> DO YOU LOOK AT YOUR SMILE? YOU’RE PROUD OF IT. I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU? APPRECIATE THAT. IT’S INTERESTING. >> ISMAIL. DAVID? DAVID. YES. YES, I’M DAVID. >> YOU ARE. I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT. ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS, AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 19 EIGHTIES, THE BRAD PACK WAS HERE. >> THE CENTER YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM, BEING INSIDE THE BRAD PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU COULD HAVE BRAD PACK NAME NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU. >> I HATED THE BRAD PACK. WHAT A DISASTER. >> WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSIVE ADDRESS? I’M NOT GOING SAY WE WERE BEETLES OR ANYTHING. >> WELL, WE DIDN’T FAIL. SHEA STADIUM, 19 85. I THINK WE COULD HAVE DONE IT. >> 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 DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST LISTENING TO YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST, START HERE. REPORTING FROM MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA, I’M ROBIN ROBERTS. WHEREVER, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. JULIAN ASSANGE IS NOW TO BECOME A FREE MAN. THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER HAS STRUCK A PLEA DEAL WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS FREEDOM, ENDING A NEARLY 15 YEAR LONG EXTRADITION FIGHT. ASSANGE LANDED IN BANGKOK ON HIS WAY TO COURT IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. >> ONCE HE ARRIVES, AS THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER, WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO VIOLATING ESPIONAGE LAW WHEN HE LEAKED US CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, ABC NEWS SECURITY ANALYST MICK MULROY JOINS ME NOW FOR. WHAT THREAT DID ASSANGE IMPOSE ON THE US. LEAKING THOSE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. HOW BIG A THREAT WAS IT SO FEEL IT WAS CONSIDERABLE NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE SIZE AND SCOPE IT WAS A HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INTELLIGENCE MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS THAT HE CONVINCED. >> I THINK AS A YOUNG SOLDIER TO DO, ENDED UP GETTING 35 YEARS IN JAIL. IT WAS COMMUTED, BUT 35 YEARS. >> AND HE ALSO PUBLISHED THEM WITHOUT REDACTING ANY OF THE. SO IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THOSE THAT ASSISTED THE U.S. IN GATHERING INTELLIGENCE AND WORKING FOR US WERE EXPOSED . MANY OF THEM COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR CAUGHT AND INCARCERATED. SO HE HE WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT THREAT AND TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY. AND THAT NATIONAL SECURITY ALSO EXTENDS TO MANY OF OUR PARTNERS AND SOME OF THE CLOSEST PARTNERS WE HAVE ARE WHAT’S CALLED THE FIVE EYES. AND AUSTRALIA IS INCLUDED IN THAT. SO I THINK IT’S INCUMBENT ON ALL TO TRY TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO PROTECT THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION AND THOSE THAT PROVIDE IT. >> SO I’M WONDERING WHAT YOU THINK THE LEGACY OF WIKILEAKS IS GOING BE. >> WELL, I THINK IT’S — IT’S ONE IN WHICH IT DELIBERATELY EXPOSED CLASSIFIED. SOME, OF COURSE, WILL SAY IT SHINED A LIGHT ON SOMETHING THAT NEEDED, BUT IT DID SO IN A WAY THAT WAS VERY HAZARDOUS TO NATIONAL AND THOSE IT PROVIDED FOR. IT’S ALSO CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE WAS SOME COLLUSION WITH THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. WIKILEAKS NEVER EXPOSED ANYTHING WHEN IT CAME TO RUSSIA AND THEIR SERVERS WERE HELD IN RUSSIA, WHICH MEANS OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS SOME KIND OF COOPERATION, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THERE. SO I THINK IT’S A LEGACY OF DECEIT AND IT’S A LEGACY OF ILLEGALITY MORE THAN IT CERTAINLY WASN’T JOURNALISM OR HEROISM IN MY DEFINITION AT ALL. >> ALL RIGHT, MICK MULROY, ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOUR OPINION ON IT AND YOUR EXPERTISE. >> YOU. LORD STANLEY’S CUP IS HEADED SOUTH FLORIDA, WHERE IT NEVER FREEZES FOR THE STANLEY CUP. I MEAN, IT GETS CLOSE TO IT. BUT THE FLORIDA PANTHERS EDGED OUT THE EDMONTON OILERS GAME SEVEN FOR THEIR FIRST EVER STANLEY CUP AND NOT WITHOUT HISTORIC DRAMA. THE PANTHERS WON THE FIRST THREE GAMES OF THE SERIES EDMONTON BACK TO WIN THE NEXT THREE. BUT A SECOND PERIOD GOAL PROVED BE THE WINNER AND PREVENTED THE PANTHERS FROM BEING THE FIRST TEAM SINCE 1942 TO LOSE THE CUP AFTER WINNING THE FIRST THREE GAMES. THAT WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN GOOD. >> WITH ME NOW FROM I GUESS WE’LL CALL IT THE ICE LESS SOUTH FLORIDA. >> I LIVED DOWN THERE FOR A WHILE. WPLG REPORTER ROY JOINS US NOW. ROY, WHEN YOU THINK OF FLORIDA ,DON’T NECESSARILY THINK OF HOCKEY. >> SO HOW IS THE SUNSHINE STATE CELEBRATING RIGHT NOW? AND WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK? WE HAD THIS MANY FANS OUT HERE? YOU KNOW, I ARRIVED OUT HERE JUST OF LA SOUL LOSS AND A DAY TO SEE A NUMBER OF FANS REALLY REVELING IN THIS CELEBRATION WITH THE PLAYERS OF THE FLORIDA PANTHERS. THOSE FLORIDA PANTHERS NOW ENJOYING THEIR 2024 STANLEY CUP WIN. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY WERE CELEBRATING RIGHT HERE AT ELBOW ROOM. THEY STARTED EARLY THIS MORNING AT AROUND EIGHT THIS MORNING. AND THE FANS OUT HERE REALLY HAD A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THE CUP, SOME OF THEM GETTING A CHANCE TO TOUCH THAT CUP, OTHERS ACTUALLY DRINKING BEER FROM IT, SOME OF THEM HAVING BEER ON THEM FROM IT. AND THEN THIS A FIRST. I’VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. MAYBE YOU HAVE, BUT WE SAW THE STANLEY CUP, THEN WALKED ALONG THE BEACH AND PUT INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. I DON’T THINK I’VE EVER SEEN THAT IN MY ENTIRE CAREER COVERING SPORTS HERE. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE FANS ARE VERY EXCITED WITH THIS WIN. THIS, OF COURSE, THE CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA BILL. YEAH, THAT’S THAT’S GOT TO BE A FIRST. SO SOUTH FLORIDA. HEY, TELL ME ABOUT THIS. THE THE THE EMOTIONAL UPS AND DOWNS OF THIS SERIES. MY GOODNESS. IF THAT BEEN THE BIGGEST CHOKE SINCE THE 40S, THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A GOOD THING FOR FLORIDA. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PHRASES THAT WAS GETTING THROWN AROUND WAS CARDIAC CATS. AND THAT’S BECAUSE THE PANTHERS REALLY GAVE FANS A LITTLE BIT OF A HEART ATTACK THERE AS THE SERIES WAS TIED 3 TO 3. MANY OF THEM NOT LOSING FAITH, THOUGH, KNOWING THAT THE FLORIDA PANTHERS, THE CATS HERE WOULD BE ABLE TO PULL THROUGH WITH A WIN. >> THEY PULLED THROUGH THE WIN AND THEN WE HAVE A DECENT AMOUNT OF DAY DRINKING GOING ON DOWN THERE ROY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY BEHIND YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STRAIGHTENING WITH US. >> I’M PHIL LIPOFF. >> THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHENEVER, WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE. LONDON IN BUFFALO, ALL DAY. TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI. THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY HERE BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAMING NEWS ONLY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. MORE AMERICANS HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL A TELEVISION FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING. WE’RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE ARE IN RIOT GEAR ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? >> ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT, FAST, STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17 YEAR OLD BUZZKILL AND FACE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT? >> THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID EVERY A SURVIVOR SHARES THEIR STORY. I WILL NOT BE SILENCED. DO YOU FEEL THE CHURCH ACCEPTED ABUSE? >> I WON’T SAY ACCEPTED IT AS SO MUCH. PRETENDED IT DIDN’T EXIST. THAT’S YOU READY? KYRA PHILLIPS WITH ABC NEWS. DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS? THE POWERFUL NEW "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE" SECRETS OF THE TO BUY TO CHURCH . >> THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THIS NOW STREAMING ON HULU. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? ABC NEWS. THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES START HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS . >> AFTER I’M PHILLIP OFF. AND WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS A NEW YORK JUDGE, PARTIALLY LIFTING THE GAG ORDER OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN HIS HUSH MONEY CASE. >> THE REVISED ORDER WILL ALLOW TRUMP TO SPEAK PUBLICLY ABOUT WITNESSES, INCLUDING STORMY DANIELS, WHO YOU SEE, AND MICHAEL COHEN, AS WELL AS THE JURY. SENTENCING IN THAT IS SET FOR JULY 11TH. >> THAT NEWS COMING AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S SPAR WITH SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH DOWN IN FLORIDA. ACCORDING TRANSCRIPTS OF AUDIO NOTES REVIEWED BY ABC NEWS. TRUMP PRIVATELY CONCERN THAT RETURNING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AFTER A SUBPOENA COULD RESULT IN CRIMINAL CHARGES. THOSE NOTES AT THE CENTER OF A HEARING UNFOLDING THIS AFTERNOON. I’M JOINED NOW BY REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS OUTSIDE A COURTHOUSE. THAT COURTHOUSE IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA. >> KATHERINE BREAKDOWN, THOUGH, FIRST, THE NEW YORK RULING ON THIS GAG ORDER FOR US. YES. SO I SHOULD FIRST NOTE THAT THIS WAS UNCONTESTED BY PROSECUTORS, THAT THE ABILITY TO LIFT PORTIONS OF THIS GAG AND IT ESSENTIALLY IS WHAT YOU JUST SAID. TRUMP SPEAK CAN NOW SPEAK, I SHOULD SAY, ABOUT WITNESSES IN CASE YOU REMEMBER THROUGHOUT THAT TRIAL, HE CLAIMED IT WAS UNFAIR. HE WANTED BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE WITNESSES WHO WERE TESTIFYING. IN FACT, HE VIOLATED THE GAG ORDER A NUMBER OF TIMES. BUT HE NOW CAN TALK ABOUT WITNESSES. WHAT HE CAN’T TALK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE THE JUDGE’S STAFF, IF YOU WILL, FAMILY MEMBERS, JURORS. HE CAN’T DO THAT. SO THE JUDGE LIFTING THIS IN PART, OF COURSE, NOW THAT THIS IS OVER, THE JUDGE SAYS THE TRIAL’S OVER, THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED. HE WILL ALLOW TRUMP TO SPEAK ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR WITNESSES. WE SO TO SPEAK, ABOUT DURING THE TRIAL. OF COURSE, THIS ALL COMES AS JUST IN A OF WEEKS, REALLY, TRUMP WILL FACE A SENTENCING ON JULY 11TH IN NEW YORK IN THAT CASE. OKAY. AND THERE IN WHERE YOU ARE, WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THOSE AUDIO TRANSCRIPTS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR CONVERSATION IN THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AND THE ROLE THAT THEY’RE PLAYING IN TODAY’S HEARING? >> YES, THIS IS ALL INTERESTING. IN THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE HEARING THAT I JUST GOT OUT OF, WE DIDN’T REALLY HEAR ABOUT THESE AUDIO TRANSCRIPTIONS THAT WE’VE REPORTED ON. THESE DOCUMENTS REMAIN UNDER SEALED AIR SHIELDED FROM PUBLIC VIEW. WE HAVE REVIEWED AND REPORTED ON THEM, BUT THAT DIDN’T COME UP REALLY IN A PUBLIC SETTING. WE DO KNOW THAT THE JUDGE IS CONSIDERING TOSSING OUT THOSE NOTES ALTOGETHER, MEANING THAT PROSECUTORS WON’T BE ABLE TO USE THEM TO FURTHER THEIR CLAIMS OF TRUMP AND THOSE CHARGES, BUT ALSO WON’T BE ABLE TO USE THEM AT TRIAL. NOW, WHAT THE JUDGE DID ADDRESS HERE IN THE COURT ROOM AND IT GOT A LITTLE HEATED THERE AT THE END, SHE ACTUALLY WAS SKEPTICAL OF PRESIDENT ARGUMENTS HERE, THE PUBLIC PORTION. TRUMP WAS ARGUING THAT THE SEARCH WARRANT SHOULD ESSENTIALLY BE THROWN OUT, THAT HIS LAWYERS WERE SAYING THAT THE SEARCH WARRANT WASN’T SPECIFIC AND THE DOCUMENTS THAT NEEDED TO BE SEIZED, THAT IT DIDN’T SPECIFY REALLY WHAT AREAS OF MAR-A-LAGO NEEDED TO BE SEARCHED. IT DID. NOW, THE JUDGE WAS REALLY SKEPTICAL OF THAT. SHE SAID, WELL, WHAT OTHER LANGUAGE DO YOU WANT IN HERE? WHAT ELSE SHOULD IT HAVE SAID? AND APPEARS TO GET A LITTLE FRUSTRATED WITH DEFENSE ATTORNEY ATTORNEYS AT TIMES. SO IT DOES SEEM SHE DIDN’T RULE FROM THE BENCH. AND I DON’T REALLY WANT TO PREDICT HER BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT SHE WILL DO. BUT IT DOES SEEM THAT SHE’S NOT GOING TO ENTERTAIN THIS MOTION . TRUMP THAT THE SEARCH WARRANT SHOULD JUST BE THROWN OUT, THAT THE CASE SHOULD JUST BE THROWN OUT BECAUSE THE SEARCH WARRANT WASN’T SPECIFIC ENOUGH. >> KATHERINE FAULDERS FOR KEEPING AN EYE ON BOTH OF THOSE CASES FOR US, WE APPRECIATE IT. >> THAT’S ALL PLAYING OUT WITH JUST TWO DAYS TO GO UNTIL . DONALD TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN FACE OFF ON A DEBATE STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS. AND THE CAMPAIGNS ARE AHEAD OF THAT DEBATE. BARBS. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SENDING OUT THIS FUNDRAISING EMAIL YESTERDAY, MAKING SOME MORE SUBSTANTIAL CLAIMS ABOUT JOE BIDEN AND DEMANDING HE BE GIVEN SOME SORT OF DRUG TEST BEFORE THE DEBATE. TRUMP CLAIMING BIDEN IS CONFUSED AND, QUOTE, HAS NO IDEA WHAT’S GOING ON. JOINING ME NOW IS ABC NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR RICK KLEIN. RICK, THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT HAPPENS BEFORE A DEBATE, AT LEAST IN THE LAST NINE YEARS OR SO. THE LATEST 538 POLLING THAT WE HAVE, THE AVERAGE SHOWS BIDEN WITH JUST A SLIGHT LEAD HEADING INTO THIS DEBATE. >> HOW BIG IS THIS MOMENT FOR BOTH CANDIDATES? I MEAN, WE KNOW IT’S HUGE, BUT WHAT DO THEY BOTH NEED TO DO TO COME ON TOP? >> YEAH, THIS SETS THE STAGE FOR WHAT’S GOING TO BE A VERY INTENSE SUMMER THAT INCLUDES THE THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK AND IN THIS CASE, EVEN THE SENTENCING OF THE REPUBLIC NOMINEE OR SOON TO BE NOMINEE AND DONALD TRUMP. SO A LOT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND I THINK A LOT OF AMERICANS WILL BE TUNING IN ESSENTIALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN A BIG WAY. I DON’T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN FRONT AND CENTER RIGHT NOW AS SUMMER BEGINS, BUT THAT WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE. AND LOOK, I THINK FOR DONALD TRUMP, HE’S GOT TO GUARD AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY THAT JOE BIDEN’S A LOT BETTER THAN HE SAID HE WOULD BE. AND I THINK THAT’S WHY HE’S TALKING NOW ABOUT HIM POTENTIALLY AGAINST WITH NO EVIDENCE OF THIS POTENTIALLY HOPPED UP ON AND SOME KIND OF OF MEDICATION AND FOR BIDEN’S PERSPECTIVE, A CHANCE TO BUILD ON SOME OF THE RECENT MOMENTUM AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE CONTRAST. I THINK BIDEN IS GOING TO TRY TO HAMMER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THIS WHAT DONALD TRUMP HAS SAID HE HE IS THIS IS WHAT HE’S DONE IN THE PAST. THIS IS WHAT HE DO IN THE FUTURE. BOTH CANDIDATES LOOKING FOR THAT STARK CONTRAST OF BUT HOPING THAT IT COMES IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. >> YEAH, AND WE’RE ALSO FOLLOWING KEY CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES TODAY IN NEW YORK AND COLORADO DOWN THOSE RACES FOR US. AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW AND WHAT THESE MIGHT SAY ABOUT IT. >> IT’S SO INTERESTING BECAUSE UNTIL THE RACE LAST WEEK THAT’S NOW PROBABLY TO GO FOR A RECOUNT, NOT A SINGLE INCUMBENT IN EITHER PARTY LOST IN A PRIMARY THIS YEAR, THAT COULD CHANGE TODAY. JAMAAL BOWMAN FROM NEW YORK, A MEMBER OF THE SQUAD, VERY PROGRESSIVE MEMBER CONGRESS, A DEMOCRAT FROM NEW YORK, IS UP AGAINST AN AGGRESSIVE PRIMARY CHALLENGE WHERE HIS HIS SKEPTICISM ON ISRAEL’S CONDUCTED ISRAEL, HAMAS HAS BEEN FRONT AND CENTER. IT’S HAD ALL SORTS OF RACIAL AND CLASS OVERTONES IN THIS RACE IN NEW YORK. AND IT’S VERY POSSIBLE THAT BOWMAN GOES DOWN, DESPITE THE FACT HE’S GOT SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, AOC AND OTHERS CAMPAIGNING BY HIS. ON THE OTHER SIDE HAS BEEN MORE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PARTY, INCLUDING HILLARY CLINTON, DOING THE RARE THING OF GETTING INVOLVED IN A PRIMARY THAT’S HAPPENING IN HER OWN DISTRICT. >> ALL RIGHT, RICK KLEIN, WE’LL BE WATCHING ALL OF IT. THIS AFTERNOON. RICK, THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE VIOLENT ABDUCTIONS OF THREE ISRAELI HOSTAGES TAKEN DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH TERROR ATTACKS. WE TO WARN YOU THAT THIS OBVIOUSLY MAY BE DIFFICULT TO WATCH. ONE OF THE HOSTAGES, AMERICAN HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN, SEEN IN THE BACK, A PICKUP TRUCK BADLY WOUNDED AND SOAKED IN BLOOD. THE FAMILIES, THESE HOSTAGES RELEASING THE FOOTAGE IN THE HOPES OF PRESSURING PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU TO STRIKE A DEAL TO BRING THEM HOME. THIS COMES AS US OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO PUSH BACK ON PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU’S CLAIM THAT THE U.S. IS WITHHOLDING WEAPONS SHIPMENTS. BUT JOINING ME NOW FROM TEL AVIV IS OUR CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, MATT GUTMAN. MATT, LET’S START WITH YOUR NEW REPORTING BEHIND THE ISRAELI US. I DON’T KNOW. WE’LL CALL IT AN ISSUE OR MISUNDERSTANDING. YOU’VE GOT SOME CLARIFICATION FOR US. A FLAP WE COULD CALL IT FEELS WHATEVER IT IS, IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, BASICALLY FROM LATE JANUARY. ISRAEL HAS SAID THAT, HEY, WE’VE NOTICED A SLOWDOWN IN THE ARRIVAL OF CERTAIN WEAPONS SYSTEMS. WHITE HOUSE, PENTAGON, STATE DEPARTMENT SAID, NO, NO, NO, THAT’S NOT THE CASE. YOU’RE WRONG. AND CERTAINLY THERE IS NO POLICY TO WITHHOLD WEAPONS FROM ISRAEL. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH U.S. TODAY AND ISRAELI OFFICIALS IS THAT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR, THEY WERE FAST TRACKING ANYTHING HE SAID. ONE OFFICIAL TOLD ME THEY WERE BREAKING PLATES IN CHINA TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COULD GET WEAPONS HERE TO ISRAEL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, EVERY TRICK THAT THEY KNEW. AFTER A WHILE, THE TRICKS DRIED UP. ALSO, THE LOW HANGING FRUIT OF THE WEAPONRY DRIED UP. THEY COULDN’T SECURE AS MUCH AS THEY WERE BEFORE, AND SO IT HAD TO GO THROUGH THE BUREAUCRATIC PROTOCOLS OF WEAPONS SYSTEMS, DELIVERIES . THAT TAKES MORE TIME. SO THIS IS JUST THE NORMAL PACE . BUT ISRAEL, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR, WAS USED TO THIS EXPEDITED PACE, AND THAT’S THE DELTA BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES. THERE WAS, COURSE, THAT ONE SHIPMENT OF 3500 BOMBS THAT HAS BEEN HELD UP, BUT THAT A SEPARATE MATTER, THEY SAY. SO THEY’RE SAYING THAT ISRAEL IS NOT COMPLETELY WRONG, BUT THIS IS SORT OF A RELATIVE ISSUE. AND THEY’RE SAYING THAT FOR WEAPONS DELIVERIES HAVE ARRIVED IN ISRAEL JUST THE PAST MONTH. SO CERTAINLY THEY’RE NOT PUTTING FILL. >> ALL RIGHT. LET’S GET BACK TO THAT. IN THE NEW VIDEO THAT WE SHOWED JUST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION, THIS NEW HOSTAGE VIDEO. >> WHAT’S THE REACTION FROM THE FAMILIES? THIS OBVIOUSLY ISN’T THE FIRST TIME WE’VE SEEN VIDEO OF THIS KIND RELEASED TO PRESSURE THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO ACT SOME SORT OF HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION DEAL. AND I THINK THE REASON THAT THEY RELEASED IT THIS WEEK WAS BECAUSE ON SUNDAY, ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU SAID IN HIS FIRST INTERVIEW TO ISRAELI TELEVISION IN A LONG TIME THAT HE WOULD BE WILLING TO ACCEPT A PARTIAL DEAL FOR SOMETHING LIKE 33 HOSTAGES. AND THAT REALLY LIT FIRE ON THEM. AND THEY WANTED TO GRAB THE ISRAELI AUDIENCE, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE GOVERNMENT BY THE LAPELS, SHAKE THEM AND SAY, HEY, THE HOSTAGES IS NOT A CONCEPT. THESE ARE HUMANS WHO MIGHT DIE IN GAZA AND THEY HAVE FAMILIES IN ISRAEL. AND YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING DO NOT ABANDON THEM. YOU NEED TO FIND SOME WAY TO HATCH A DEAL. BOTH SIDES SEEM TO HAVE AGREED SORT OF IN PRINCIPLE TO A DEAL, BUT WE DON’T QUITE KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS IS RIGHT NOW. PHIL AND MATT, I GOT TO GET YOUR REACTION AND YOUR TAKE ON THIS. ISRAEL’S TOP COURT RULING, THE IDF CAN NOW DRAFT ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS. THAT BRINGS AN END TO A CONTROVERSIAL, LONGSTANDING EXEMPTION FROM THE DRAFT. HOW BIG A BLOW IS THIS TO NETANYAHU’S GOVERNMENT AND IT EARTH SHATTERING IN GENERAL THERE IN ISRAEL. IT’S EARTH SHATTERING IN GENERAL BECAUSE THIS EXEMPTION HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1948. YESHIVA STUDENTS PEOPLE WHO STUDY TORAH, THE BIBLE IN ISRAEL ARE EXEMPT FROM MILITARY SERVICE. MOST OTHER JEWISH YOUNG MEN WOMEN HAVE TO BE CONSCRIPTED TO THE MILITARY. SO THIS HAS BEEN A POINT OF CONTENTION FOR DECADES IN ISRAEL, AND THEY’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC LAW SINCE 1998. PHIL SO FINALLY THE SUPREME COURT MAKES A DECISION AND IT’S GOING TO AFFECT, TO SOME DEGREE, THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX PARTIES IN NETANYAHU COALITION. THE QUESTION IS, DO THEY BOTH? RIGHT NOW IT’S THAT THEY’RE GOING TO DO THAT. THEY AND BIBI NETANYAHU, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SEEM TO NEED EACH OTHER TOO MUCH. BUT AGAIN THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. PHIL YEAH, IN ISRAEL, WHEN YOU HIT 18, RIGHT IN, THIS HAS BEEN AN EXEMPTION. ALL RIGHT. MATT GUTMAN, THANKS SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. NOW TO THE EXTREME AND LIFE HEAT GRIPPING MUCH OF THIS COUNTRY. 76 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNDER HEAT ALERTS FROM CALIFORNIA ALL THE WAY TO NEW. FORECASTERS SAYING SOME OF THE WORST HEAT WILL BE IN THE HEARTLAND ACROSS THE SOUTH. >> OFFICIALS ALSO WARNING OF DEADLY CURRENTS ALONG MUCH OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST. >> THE HEAT EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS. FLORIDA AND NEAR TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES. AND OUT IN CALIFORNIA, PALM SPRINGS HITTING 110 DEGREES TODAY. EXTREME WEATHER ALSO TRIGGERING A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC, CATASTROPHIC EVENT IN THE MIDWEST. RECORD BREAKING FLOODING THERE THREATENING TO BURST A DAM. THIS IS IN MINNESOTA. AND OFFICIALS NOW WARNING PEOPLE IN THAT AREA TO BE READY TO EVACUATE. AT LEAST TWO DEATHS NOW BEING BLAMED ON THE DEVASTATING FLOODING. PRESIDENT BIDEN DECLARING A MAJOR DISASTER IN IOWA. OUR EXTREME TEAM HAS IT ALL COVERED FOR US. LET’S BEGIN WITH METEOROLOGIST SMITH OF OUR ABC STATION IN HOUSTON, AND WE WILL TALK TO SOME MORE, THEODORE, IN JUST A MOMENT. >> BUT ELISE, FIRST OF ALL, TELL US HOW HOT IT IS OUT THERE AND HOW FOLKS IN TEXAS ARE DEALING, RIGHT. SINCE WE JOINED YOU EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, PHIL? IT IS JUST NOTICEABLY HOTTER OUTSIDE. AND THIS IS THE TIME OF DAY WHERE THE HEAT INDEX AND THE HEAT IS REALLY GOING TO START TO TAKE A TOLL ON YOUR BODY AS WELL. WE’VE HAD HEAT INDEX VALUES HERE IN HOUSTON MAKING IT FEEL LIKE ABOVE 100 DEGREES SINCE NOON CENTRAL. AND IT CONTINUES TO JUST BUILD THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. YOU THINK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, LANDSCAPERS, ETC., PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO WORK IN THIS HEAT? THIS IS WHEN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES COULD BECOME A BIG ISSUE. AND SOME OF THOSE SIGNS THAT YOU ALWAYS WANT TO WATCH FOR, ESPECIALLY IN CHILDREN AND ELDERLY PEOPLE, AS WELL AS WHEN THEY START TO HAVE IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT, MAYBE THEY’RE A LITTLE MORE SWEATY OR THEIR SKIN IS HOT OR COLD TO THE TOUCH. THAT’S WHEN YOU WANT TO GET THEM IN AIR CONDITIONING. NOT IN THE SHADE, BUT IN A.C. AND HELP THEM COOL OFF, MAKE SURE THEY’RE STAYING HYDRATED AS WELL. AND IT’S REALLY GOING TO BE A COMPOUNDING IMPACT AS WE GO ON THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK. WE ARE GOING TO SEE MULTIPLE DAYS IN A ROW WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S, BUT ALSO THAT TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT INDEX THAT CAN MAKE IT FEEL LIKE 110 TO 112 DEGREES OUTSIDE SOMETIMES. SO THAT’S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE’RE KEEPING AN EYE ON. WE HAVE A HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT HERE IN HOUSTON AND WE’LL LIKELY SEE THOSE HOT WEATHER ALERTS CONTINUE NOT ONLY ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS ,BUT MUCH OF THE SOUTH FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. STILL, SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO. >> ALL RIGHT, ALI, THANKS. NOW LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE. TOMORROW, EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHEN WE’RE GOING TO HAVE SOME RELIEF, I GUESS. LET’S IN THE EAST. >> WHEN DO WE GET IT? ALL RIGHT. SO WE’RE GOING TO GET IT LIKELY ON, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE A MOMENTARY REPRIEVE. THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER SAID BETWEEN JUNE 29TH AND JULY 3RD. MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST AND THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY WILL REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO. >> BUT LOOK AT THIS BREAK. FRIDAY, EIGHTIES IN PHILLY, NEW YORK ON FRIDAY, BOSTON, 76 DEGREES. >> WHY? BECAUSE A COLD IS GETTING READY TO ZOOM THROUGH. AND WHAT DO WE OFTEN FIND ALONG ? THE LEADING EDGE OF A COLD FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS RIGHT ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR BEHIND IT, DRY, COOLER WEATHER SURGES IN AND WE GET THAT LITTLE MOMENTARY DROP IN TEMPERATURES. BUT KEEP IN MIND, WEDNESDAY, WE COULD SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN. THE NORTHEAST THAT COULD LEAD TO AN ISOLATED TORNADO. SOMETHING ELSE WE’RE WATCHING IS A SEVERE THREAT TODAY AND THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE MIDWEST AND PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKES. A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE FROM KANSAS CITY TO PEORIA TO SAINT LOUIS OVER TO FORT WAYNE AND SPRINGFIELD. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED THERE. AND THEN JUST OVERALL, LOOKING AT THESE SCORCHING TEMPERATURES, WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE TRIPLE DIGITS OUT WEST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AND LIKE ALI SAID, HEAT INDEX VALUES CAN RANGE FROM 100 DEGREES TO 100 AND 15. >> MY GOODNESS. >> MY GOODNESS, INDEED. SOMARA THEODORE AND ALI SMITH, YOU BOTH FOR THAT. >> MEANTIME, COMING UP, WIKILEAKS, JULIAN ASSANGE STRIKES A PLEA DEAL WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND COULD BE HOME IN AUSTRALIA SOON. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WE’VE GOT THAT. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE. ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR, ENROLLING FOR IT. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO BACK ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN 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. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. NEWS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> GIVE IT TO ME HERE. >> 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 FOR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START ABC NEWS, MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE 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 OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17TH POLE, THE BUZZ KILL AND 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 SOURCE. WELCOME BACK. TODAY, OUR NATION’S DOCTOR ISSUED A STERN WARNING ON GUN VIOLENCE ACROSS THE U.S. DECLARING IT A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, SURGEON GENERAL VIVEK MURTHY SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT DRAMATICALLY HIGH RATES OF GUN DEATHS, WHICH ARE NOW LEADING THE SINGLE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS IN THIS COUNTRY, THE SURGEON GENERAL HIGHLIGHTING THE DAMAGE THIS VIOLENCE IS CAUSING TO OUR HEALTH. WHILE SPEAKING WITH ME ON ABC NEWS LIVE A LITTLE EARLIER TODAY. >> THE FEAR OF GUN VIOLENCE HAS REALLY INFILTRATED THE PSYCHE, AMERICA. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT KIDS IN PARTICULAR, THE FACT HALF OF THEM ARE WORRIED ABOUT A SHOOTING IN THEIR SCHOOL JUST SPEAKS TO THAT. WE DO NOT HAVE TO CONSIGN OURSELVES TO A FUTURE WHERE GUN VIOLENCE IS THE DAY TO DAY REALITY THAT WE FACE, WHERE WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL OR WORK OR THE GROCERY STORE OR A CONCERT WE CAN LIVE IN A SAFER WAY. >> WELL, EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE THAT. JOINING ME NOW TO DISCUSS IS ABC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL DR. PATEL. WOULD IMAGINE, JUST KNOWING YOU, THAT YOU’VE BEEN ONE OF THE PEOPLE SCREAMING FOR YEARS THAT THIS MOVE SHOULD BE MADE. I MEAN, IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT IT’S A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, RIGHT PHIL IT ABSOLUTELY IS. >> I MEAN, IT IS BEYOND PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. WE HAVEN’T SEEN THIS KIND OF GROW OVER THE PAST DECADE. AND WE’RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE LAST YEAR WE SAW OVER 40,000 DEATHS BY FIREARMS. NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. I’M NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE INJURIES AT HAVING FIREARMS THAT CAN HAVE DEVASTATING, LONG LASTING IMPACTS ON PHYSICAL MENTAL HEALTH AFFECTING VICTIMS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES. AND AS WE JUST HEARD, THIS IS CREATING A HUGE MENTAL HEALTH TOLL ON OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO A WORRY, FEAR AND AFFECTING OUR WAY OF LIFE. >> SO, YES, THIS IS BEYOND PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS REQUIRES AN ALL HANDS ON DECK APPROACH. >> SO THE BREAKDOWN, WHAT’S DIFFERENT WITH THIS REPORT? >> IS THERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT ? I MEAN, WHEN PEOPLE SAY PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH, THAT’S OF WHAT WE’VE BEEN DOING. SO WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW THAT THIS DISTINCTION BEEN MADE? >> WELL, I’M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT, BECAUSE THE ACTUAL PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH IS REALLY TAKING THIS DOWN TO A STATISTICAL RESEARCH, EVIDENCE BASED KIND OF ALGORITHM. >> THE FIRST THING THAT WE’RE GOING TO DO WHEN WE SAY PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH IS WE’VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS CRITICAL RESEARCH AND THERE IS FUNDING TO OVERALL TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PROBLEM, LOOK AT THE STATISTICS. NEXT UP IS WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS? WHAT ARE THE PROTECTIVE FACTORS WHEN IT COMES TO FIREARM VIOLENCE? >> THEN WHAT WE DO IN TERMS OF PREVENTATIVE STRATEGIES OUT THERE AND THIS IS NOT ONLY RELATED TO GUN CONTROL, BUT ALSO WITH SAFE STORAGE AND, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, ALL OF THAT, INCLUDING SUPPORTING MENTAL. AND THEN LASTLY, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT WIDESPREAD ADOPTION? NOW, THIS KIND OF APPROACH IS, EXACTLY WHAT’S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST WITH HEALTH CRISES, SUCH AS WITH TOBACCO AND AUTOMOBILE INJURIES. SO BY TAKING THIS APPROACH, I THINK WE SUPERSEDE THE POLITICS, THE SINGLE APPROACH DEBATE ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. >> ALL RIGHT, DR. ALOK PATEL THAT WOULD BE EVERYBODY’S HOPE, I WOULD THINK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. >> JULIAN ASSANGE IS NOW SET TO BECOME A FREE MAN. THE FOUNDER HAS STRUCK A PLEA DEAL WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS FREEDOM, ENDING A NEARLY 15 YEAR LONG EXTRADITION FIGHT. EARLIER, ASSANGE LANDED IN BANGKOK ON HIS WAY COURT IN THE US COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. ONCE HE ARRIVES, THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO VIOLATING ESPIONAGE LAW. WHEN HE LEAKED US CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. >> ABC NEWS NATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST MICK MULROY JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. >> NICK, WHAT THREAT DID ASSANGE IMPOSE ON THE US? LEAKING THOSE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS? HOW BIG A THREAT WAS IT? >> SO, PHIL, IT WAS CONSIDERABLE, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE SIZE AND SCOPE. IT A HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INTELLIGENCE, MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS THAT HE CONVINCED, I THINK, AS A YOUNG SOLDIER TO DO WHO ENDED UP GETTING 35 YEARS IN JAIL. THAT WAS COMMUTED, BUT 35 YEARS. >> AND HE ALSO PUBLISHED THEM WITHOUT REDACTING ANY OF THE. SO IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THOSE THAT ASSISTED THE U.S. IN GATHERING INTELLIGENCE AND WORKING FOR US WERE EXPOSED AND MANY OF THEM COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR CAUGHT AND INCARCERATED. SO HE HE WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT THREAT AND DAMAGE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY. AND THAT NATIONAL SECURITY ALSO EXTENDS MANY OF OUR PARTNERS AND SOME OF THE CLOSEST PARTNERS WE HAVE ARE WHAT’S CALLED THE FIVE EYES. AND AUSTRALIA IS INCLUDED IN THAT. SO I THINK IT’S INCUMBENT ON ALL TO TRY TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO PROTECT THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION AND THOSE THAT PROVIDE IT TO. >> ME. I’M WONDERING WHAT YOU THINK THE LEGACY OF WIKILEAKS IS GOING TO BE? >> WELL, I THINK IT’S — IT’S ONE IN WHICH IT DELIBERATELY EXPOSED CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AND SOME, OF COURSE, WILL SAY IT SHINED A LIGHT ON SOMETHING NEEDED, BUT IT DID SO IN A WAY THAT WAS VERY HAZARDOUS TO NATIONAL SECURITY AND THOSE IT PROVIDED FOR IT. IT’S ALSO CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE WAS SOME COLLUSION WITH THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. WIKILEAKS NEVER EXPOSED ANYTHING WHEN IT CAME TO RUSSIA AND THEIR SERVERS WERE HELD IN RUSSIA, WHICH MEANS OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS SOME KIND OF COOPERATION, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THERE. SO I THINK IT’S A LEGACY OF DECEIT AND IT’S A LEGACY ILLEGALITY MORE THAN IT CERTAINLY WASN’T JOURNALISM OR HEROISM IN MY DEFINITION AT ALL. >> RIGHT. MICK MULROY ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOUR OPINION ON IT AND YOUR EXPERTISE. THANK. >> COMING UP, THEY ARE GOING CRAZY FOR HOCKEY IN A PLACE HOW THE FLORIDA PANTHERS WON THE STANLEY CUP. WHEN WE COME BACK, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION AFTER ISIS’S COMBAT OPERATIONS ON. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS TO OPERATE NUCLEAR REACTORS. SO HAD A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF IT. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE MAKING US SAY, LOOK AT YOUR SMILE. >> YOU’RE PROUD OF IT? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU TRYING TO CONVEY INFORMATION? IT’S DAVID. YES. YES, I’M DAVID. >> YOU ARE. I KNOW YOU ARE. EVERY NIGHT. ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL. NATION AT WAR IN ROLLING FORK. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS FROM LEWISTON, 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 BACK ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN 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 LIKE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE 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 IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17 POLE, THE BUZZKILL IN BASEBALL. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT ABC NEWS AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE AND THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE IN DES MOINES, IOWA, I’M RACHEL SCOTT . WHOEVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LORD STANLEY’S CUP IS HEADED TO SOUTH FLORIDA WHERE. >> IT NEVER FREEZES CHARACTERS. STANLEY CUP. I MEAN, IT GETS CLOSE TO IT, BUT THE FLORIDA PANTHERS EDGED OUT THE EDMONTON OILERS GAME SEVEN FOR THEIR FIRST EVER STANLEY CUP, AND NOT WITHOUT HISTORIC DRAMA. THE PANTHERS WON THE FIRST THREE GAMES OF THE SERIES. EDMONTON BACK TO WIN THE NEXT THREE. BUT A SECOND PERIOD GOAL PROVED BE THE WINNER AND PREVENTED THE PANTHERS FROM BEING THE FIRST TEAM SINCE 1942 TO LOSE THE CUP AFTER WINNING THE FIRST THREE GAMES. THAT WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN GOOD. >> WITH ME NOW FROM I GUESS WE’LL CALL IT THE ICE LESS SOUTH FLORIDA. I’VE LIVED DOWN THERE FOR A WHILE. WPLG REPORTER ROY RAMOS JOINS US NOW. ROY, WHEN YOU THINK FLORIDA, YOU DON’T NECESSARILY THINK OF HOCKEY. SO HOW IS THE SUNSHINE STATE CELEBRATING RIGHT NOW? AND WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK? WE HAD THIS MANY FANS OUT HERE? YOU KNOW, I ARRIVED OUT HERE JUST OFF LA SOUL LOSS AND A WIN A TO SEE A NUMBER OF REALLY REVELING IN THIS CELEBRATION WITH THE PLAYERS THE FLORIDA PANTHERS, THOSE FLORIDA PANTHERS NOW ENJOYING THEIR 2024 STANLEY CUP WIN. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY WERE CELEBRATING RIGHT HERE AT ELBOW ROOM. THEY STARTED EARLY THIS MORNING AT AROUND EIGHT THIS MORNING. AND THE FANS OUT HERE REALLY HAD A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THE CUP. SOME OF THEM GETTING A CHANCE TO TOUCH THAT CUP. OTHERS ACTUALLY DRINKING BEER FROM IT, SOME OF THEM HAVING BEER POURED THEM FROM IT. AND THEN THIS A FIRST. I’VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. YOU HAVE. BUT WE SAW THE STANLEY CUP, THEN WALKED ALONG BEACH AND PUT INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. I DON’T THINK I’VE EVER SEEN THAT IN MY ENTIRE CAREER COVERING SPORTS HERE. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE FANS ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY EXCITED WITH THIS WIN. THIS, OF COURSE, AS THE CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE ACROSS FLORIDA BILL. YEAH THAT’S THAT’S GOT TO BE A FIRST. SO SOUTH FLORIDA. HEY, TELL ME ABOUT THIS, THE EMOTIONAL UPS AND DOWNS OF THIS SERIES.N THE BIGGEST CHOKE SINCE THE 40S, THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A GOOD THING FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PHRASES THAT WAS GETTING THROWN AROUND WAS CARDIAC CATS. THAT’S BECAUSE THE PANTHERS REALLY GAVE FANS A LITTLE BIT OF A HEART ATTACK THERE AS THE SERIES WAS TIED 3 TO 3. MANY OF NOT LOSING FAITH, THOUGH, KNOWING THAT THE FLORIDA PANTHERS, THE CATS HERE WOULD BE ABLE TO PULL THROUGH WITH A WIN. >> THEY PULLED THROUGH WIN AND THEN WE HAVE A DECENT AMOUNT OF DAY DRINKING GOING ON DOWN. ROY RAMOS, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT. WE APPRECIATE IT AND CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY BEHIND YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING WITH US. >> PHIL LIPOFF. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION LIKE THIS SPIDER IS A COMBAT OPERATIONS CENTER. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. OPERATION NUCLEAR REACTOR. WE HAD A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF IT. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE TO YOU AS THEY LOOK HERE? >> SMILE. YOU’RE PROUD OF IT? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HEY, WHERE ARE VERY. ISRAEL. >> DAVID? YES. YES. I’M DAVID. >> ARE. I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO? EVERY NIGHT. ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. IS MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> THEY CALL HIM THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER. HE’S TARGETING YOUNG WOMEN IN MALLS AND PRODUCING. I WANT TO BECOME A MEMBER OF ONE OF ITS KEY. TORTURED ME. HOW DID SHE SURVIVE NINE DAYS OF TERROR? THE WORD ACCOMPLICE CAME UP. NOBODY KNOWS THE STORY. >> THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER. ON HULU. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE WITH THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES. THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER STREAMING NEWS . ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7. STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK FOR MAKING ABC NEWS. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. I’M ERIELLE RESHEF IN NORWALK CONNECTICUT. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’U’ . >> HI, I’M PHIL LIPOFF. AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOP HEADLINES ARE WATCHING AT ABC NEWS LIVE THIS HOUR. BREAKING NEWS, THE CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF RAPPER TUPAC SHAKUR HAS BEEN DENIED. A NEVADA JUDGE DECIDING AGAINST RELEASING DWAYNE KEEF DAVIS TO HOUSE ARREST IN EXCHANGE FOR $750,000 IN BAIL. >> DAVIS, A FORMER ANGELES GANG LEADER, WAS ARRESTED IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, ACCUSED OF ORCHESTRATING TUPAC’S 1996 KILLING. DAVIS PLEADED NOT GUILTY OF CHARGES OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER. HIS TRIAL IS SCHEDULED NOVEMBER 4TH. THE JURY IN KAREN IN THE KAREN REED MURDER TRIAL HAS BEGUN DELIBERATING NOW. REID IS ACCUSED OF INTENTIONALLY DOWN HER THEN BOYFRIEND, BOSTON POLICE OFFICER JOHN O’KEEFE, WITH AN SUV AND THEN LEAVING HIM UNCONSCIOUS IN THE SNOW. >> BUT REED’S ATTORNEYS ARGUE SHE WAS FRAMED AND THAT O’KEEFE WAS ACTUALLY DRAGGED OUTSIDE AFTER BEING BEATEN UP IN THE BASEMENT OF A FELLOW POLICE OFFICER’S HOME AND THEN BITTEN BY A DOG AND AN APPLE A DAY MIGHT NOT KEEP THE SPIDERS AWAY . TECH EXPERT JUST DISCOVERED A PRETTY UNUSUAL, SCARY SOFTWARE IN THE APPLE VISION PRO HEADSET. APPARENTLY, IT ALLOWS HACKERS TO FLOOD A USER’S VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAY WITH SPIDERS, BATS AND OTHER SPOOKY TERRORS. ESSENTIALLY, ALL THE USER HAS TO DO IS ACCIDENTALLY VISIT THE WRONG WEBSITE AND THEN YOU CAN SORT OF SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR SANITY. FORTUNATELY, APPLE IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAS ADDRESSED THE BUG OF ALL BUGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US. SOME PHIL LIPOFF NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. AND OF COURSE YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON VARIOUS STREAMING SERVICES. THE ABC NEWS AND ABC NEWS.COM. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. "GMA" STARTS >> DeMarco: "WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW" RIGHT NOW ON "GMA3" — THE FIRST U.S. SURGEON GENERAL RNING ON GUN VIOLENCE. DECLARING IT A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IN AMERICA, AND THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS. >>> AND THE HISTORIC FLOODING IN THE MIDWEST WITH 76 MILLION AMERICANS ON ALERT FROM COAST TO COAST FOR MORE DANGEROUS HEAT. >>> AND THE COUNTDOWN TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. OUR RACHEL SCOTT IS HERE WITH NEWS ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POSSIBLE RUNNING MATE. >>> PLUS, THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTS AND EDUCATION ON STUDENT SUCCESS. WE’LL HEAR WHEN THE LEADERS OF NEW YORK’S ONLY ARTS INTEGRATED CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL. >> YOU HAVE TO GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT YOU’RE PROTECTING, RIGHT? YOU CANNOT PROTECT THE PEOPLE YOU FEAR. >> DeMarco: IN THE LINE OF DUTY, KEEPING BOTH POLICE OFFICERS AND CIVILIANS OUT OF HARM’S WAY. MY INTERVIEW WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY ON THEIR DE-ESCALATION TRAINING THAT’S SAVING LIVES. >>> AND DOCTORS SOUNDING THE ALARM ON THE COMMON PRACTICE OF TAKING A DAILY ASPIRIN FOR HEART HEALTH. >> DeMarco: ALSO, SHE’S A SUPER TALENT IN THE KITCHEN. CHEF MELBA WILSON JOINS US IN STUDIO ON HOW TO MAKE HER COOL AND SAVORY MANDARIN CHICKEN SALAD. >>> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO — WILL BRILL, "STEREOPHONIC." >> AND HIS SPEECH AFTER WINNING A TONY WENT VIRAL. "STEREOPHONIC’S" WILL BRILL IN OUR SPOTLIGHT ON BROADWAY IN THE STUDIO TODAY. >>> THE FLORIDA PANTHERS HAVE WON THE STANLEY CUP. >> DeMarco: AND NICE ON ICE. FLORIDA TAKING HOME THE STANLEY CUP PRIZE, HOISTING THE TROPHY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. ♪ >> DeMarco: WELL, WE GOT EVERYTHING TO FEEL GOOD ON THIS TUESDAY, EVERYBODY. WELCOME BACK TO "WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW," AND IT’S A SPECIAL DAY BECAUSE WE HAVE REBECCA JARVIS ONCE AGAIN IN FOR EVA TODAY. IT’S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, DeMARCO AND DR. JEN. WE’RE GOING UP ON A TUESDAY. LET’S DO THIS. >> DeMarco: WE GOT SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS HOW TO PARTY JUST A LITTLE BIT. >> IT FEELS GOOD. >> DeMarco: THAT’S A CLASSIC. LET’S TALK TO AMERICA’S FAVORITE DOCTOR WHEN IT COMES TO MEDICAL NEWS. THERE’S A NEW ALARM FOR DAILY ASPIRIN FOR HEART DISEASE AND STROKE. WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW? >> Dr. Jen: THE KEY IS FOR PREVENTION. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HEART DISEASE AND STROKE PREVENTION, WE HAVE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PRIMARY PREVENTION, PREVENTING THE FIRST HEART ATTACK OR STROKE, OR PRECHVENTING IT FROM RETURNING. BACK IN 2021, THE DATA THEY ANALYZED, ALMOST 19 MILLION ADULTS AGE 60 AND OVER WITHOUT A DIAGNOSIS OF HEART DISEASE OR A HISTORY OF STROKE USED ASPIRIN AS A MEANS FOR PREVENTION. APPROXIMATELY 1 IN 20 OF ADULTS ARE DOING THIS WITHOUT RECOMMENDED MEDICAL ADVICE WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER RISK/BENEFIT. THERE ARE ALWAYS RISKS. PEOPLE WHO TAKE DAILY LOW-DOSE ASPIRIN DEFINITELY CAN INCREASE THEIR RISK OF BLEEDING ANYWHERE IN THE BODY. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS WITH THE REDUCTION IN RISK FOR ADULTS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH HEART DISEASE OR A HISTORY OF STROKE AND CAN ALSO HELP LOWER THE RISK OF COLORECTAL KANCANCER IN CERT PEOPLE. WE’VE SAID IT BEFORE BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT. RISK-BENEFIT ANALYSIS IS CRITICAL. >> AND HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH MY DOCTOR. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS PREGNANT WITH MY DAUGHTER, DOCTOR SAID, TAKE A BABY ASPIRIN. >> Dr. Jen: TO LOWER THE RISK. >> EXACTLY. WHO SHOULD AND SHOULDN’T BE TAKING ASPIRIN? >> Dr. Jen: THIS IS WHY THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE CANNOT BE COOKIE CUTTER. IT’S NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL, BUT OLDER ADULTS, ANYONE WITH A HISTORY OF A GASTRIC ULCER OR HISTORY OF BLEEDING OR FALLS, YOU NEED TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT THIS. JUST BECAUSE IT’S OVER THE COUNTER, DOES NOT MEAN IT DOESN’T COME WITH RISKS. THERE ARE BENEFITS IN CERTAIN PEOPLE AS WELL. >> DeMarco: YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT. >> RISK AND REWARD. THANK YOU. >> Dr. Jen: YOU BET. >>> WE’RE GOING TO TURN NOW TO ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN IN WASHINGTON WITH OUR VERY LATEST HEAD LINES. GOOD AFTERNOON, JAY. >> Reporter: REBECCA, MY FRIEND, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, AND WE BEGIN WITH THE U.S. SURGEON GENERAL’S NEW WARNING ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE DECLARING IT A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS FOR THE FIRST TIME AS IT NOW EMERGES AS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS IN THE U.S. THE NATION’S RATE OF GUN VIOLENCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IS FIVE TIMES HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER WEALTHY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. >>> AND JULIAN ASSANGE IS NOW OUT OF PRISON ON HIS WAY HOME TO AIZ. ASSANGE HAS BEEN FIGHTING EXTRADITION FOR YEARS AFTER HIS GROUP’S PUBLICATION OF U.S. STATE SECRETS. OFFICIALS SAY HE’LL PLEAD GUILTY TO A SINGLE FELONY CHARGE IN A REMOTE U.S. COURT OVERSEAS AND AVOID ADDITIONAL PRISON TIME. >>> MILLIONS ARE STILL UNDER MASSIVE HEAT ALERTS ACROSS DOESN’T. WE WANT TO CHECK IN NOW WITH GINGER ZEE FOR THE LATEST ON THAT. >> IT WAS THAT RAIN LATE LAST WEEK THAT CAUSED ALL THE RIVER FLOODING AND STILL ONGOING. IN PARTS OF MINNESOTA, YOU SEE A PARTIAL DAM FAILURE THERE. PARTS OF IOWA AND SOUTH DAKOTA, STILL WON’T GET ANYWHERE INTO LATE THURSDAY. WE HAVE TO WATCH THOSE RIVERS IN MANY PLACES. AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE DAMAGING WINDS. WE ALREADY DID IN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. INDIANA, PARTS OF NEBRASKA, MICHIGAN, AND OHIO TOO. THAT’S DAMAGING WIND MAIN HAZARD, BUT WE’LL GET TO THE NORTHEAST NOT BEFORE THE HEAT DOES BECAUSE THE HEAT FOCUSED ON NEW ORLEANS, MEMPHIS TODAY COULD FEEL ABOVE 100. >>> AND TWO COURT RULINGS COULD JEOPARDIZE PRESIDENT BIDEN’S SWEEPING STUDENT LOAN RELIEF PLAN. FEDERAL JUDGES IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI HALTING KEY ASPECTS OF THAT PROGRAM THAT 8 MILLION AMERICANS ARE ENROLLED IN STOPPING ANY FURTHER IMPLEMENTATION, BUT ALLOWING CURRENTLY ENROLLED TO KEEP USING THE PROGRAM UNTIL THE CASES ARE FULLY LITIGATED. >>> AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FRANCHISE HISTORY, THE FLORIDA PANTHERS SKATING TO THE STANLEY CUP TITLE OVER THE EDMONTON OILERS. YOU CAN SEE THE CELEBRATIONS THERE. A LOT OF HAPPY FANS OF MINE AND I’M SURE YOURS IN FLORIDA TEXTING ME ABOUT THAT GAME SEVEN VICTORY, GUYS. >> DeMarco: YOU KNOW IT, JAY. ONE OF US WAS UP ALL NIGHT WATCHING THE GAME AND ENJOYING EVERYTHING. >> Dr. Jen: NOT JUST WATCHING THE GAME, BUT I WATCHED UNTIL THEY SKATED AROUND WITH THAT CUP, THE WHOLE THING. 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And save big time to the right stuff Fridays on GMA you’re going to love it. >> Rebecca: WELCOME BACK TO D "GMA3." IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST UNANSWERED QUESTIONS OF THE 2024 ELECTION. WHO WILL FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP PICK AS HIS RUNNING MATE? >> DeMarco: AND NOW JUST DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, TRUMP IS TELLING REPORTERS THAT HE HAS PICKED A VP, BUT HAS NOT TOLD ANYONE WHO IT IS JUST YET. SO LET’S BRING IN ABC SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT, RACHEL SCOTT FROM WASHINGTON FOR THE LATEST. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU, MY FRIEND. >> Reporter: GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS. >> DeMarco: LET’S TALK ABOUT IT. BEFORE THE WEEK IS OVER, WE COULD LEARN WHO THE FORMER PRESIDENT WILL CHOOSE AS HIS VP. WHO ARE THE FRONT-RUNNERS? >> Reporter: YEAH, AND DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE ALREADY KNOWS WHO HIS RUNNING MATE IS GOING TO BE, AND I’M SURE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE SHORT LIST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AS WELL, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SO MANY OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE TRAVELING TO ATLANTA FOR THAT DEBATE IN JUST 48 HOURS, AND SO SOURCES DO TELL US THAT THEY’RE WELL INTO THE VETTING PROCESS FOR A POSSIBLE RUNNING MATE FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT, AND ON THIS SHORT LIST YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN CONTENDERS FROM SENATOR JD VANCE, MARCO RUBIO, AS WELL AS NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM. WE’RE TOLD ELISE STEFANIK ALSO ON CAPITOL HILL IS SEEN AS A CONTENDER, AND ALSO HAS SOME INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM THEM AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, GUYS. >> Rebecca: IN 2016, THE PICK WAS THEN-INDIANA GOVERNOR MIKE PENCE. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS LOOKING FOR IN HIS VP THIS GO AROUND. >> Reporter: YEAH, AND WHAT A BREAK FROM TRADITION, RIGHT? YOU HAVE THE FORMER PRESIDENT RUNNING AGAIN, BUT NOT ON THE SAME TICKET AS THE VICE PRESIDENT THAT SERVED IN HIS ADMINISTRATION, AND SO SO MUCH GOES INTO THIS, RIGHT? A LOT OF THIS IS THE LOYALTY TEST. WE KNOW FOR DONALD TRUMP, ONE THING THAT HE ALWAYS KEEPS TOP OF MIND AND WHO IS GOING TO BE THE MOST LOYAL TO HIM, BUT NOT ONLY THAT, IT’S ALSO GOING TO BE THE MESSAGING. WHO CAN RAISE THE MOST MONEY, AND BECAUSE THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY SERVED ONE TERM, A LOT OF THE FOCUS TOO WILL CERTAINLY BE ON WHO COULD PROBABLY BE ON THE TICKET IN 2028. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF REPUBLICAN ALLIES ARE KEEPING IN MIND. SO YOU HAVE SOME REPUBLICANS THAT DO LIKE THE IDEA OF NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM. SOME PEOPLE DON’T BELIEVE HE’LL OVERSHADOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT IF HE WAS GOING TO BE A RUNNING MATE. HE’S ALSO A WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN AND HE COULD HELP WITH FUND-RAISING. HE POURED A LOT OF HIS OWN MONEY INTO HIS OWN CAMPAIGN. REMEMBER, HE WAS A RIVAL AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, BUT THEN YOU HAVE SOME OTHER REPUBLICANS WHO ARE SAYING THAT SENATORS JD VANCE, SENATOR MARCO RUBIO, THAT PRESENTS THE PARTY AND OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HAVE A FRESH FACE HEADING INTO 2028, GUYS. >> DeMarco: SO HOW ARE THE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES HANDLING THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S CONVICTION THERE? >> Reporter: RALLYING RIGHT BEHIND HIM, AND THIS HAS BEEN QUITE UNUSUAL AND SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT THAT WE HAVE SEEN BECAUSE IT’S BECOME SUCH A PUBLIC AUDITIONING PROCESS TO BE THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S RUNNING MATE. WE SAW THEM LINE UP ONE BY ONE AT THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S TRIAL WHEN HE WAS CONVICTED ON 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THAT HUSH MONEY TRIAL THERE IN NEW YORK CITY. WE’RE ALSO SEEING A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE SHORT LIST RALLYING BEHIND THE FORMER PRESIDENT WHEN IT COMES TO FUND-RAISING. THEY’RE OUT ON TELEVISION. THEY’RE DEFENDING HIS RECORD AND ALSO PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE MANY, MANY LEGAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE FORMER PRESIDENT. >> Rebecca: WELL, SPEAKING OF THAT CONVICTION, HE ALSO REALLY >> Reporter: MM-HMM. OWN SAKE. >> Rebecca: SO IN TERMS OF THAT VP CANDIDATE THAT MAKES HIM THE MOST WINNABLE CANDIDATE, WHO IS IT? >> Reporter: YEAH. IT’S A GOOD — IT’S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION HERE, AND THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE STAYING, CHOOSE SOMEONE THAT’S GOING TO BE REALLY A FIRE THAT’S GOING TO DEFEND THE FORMER PRESIDENT. WE HAVE SEEN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE VP CANDIDATES DO THAT EXACTLY. EVEN SENATOR JD VANCE WHO WAS ONCE VERY CRITICAL OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT CALLED HIM A MORAL DISASTER. AT ONE POINT HE SAID HE DIDN’T EVEN LIKE DONALD TRUMP. HE’S COME BACK AROUND. HE’S ONE OF HIS FIERCEST DEFENDERS RIGHT NOW AND HE EVEN SHOWED UP OUTSIDE OF THAT MANHATTAN COURTHOUSE AS WELL. SO THERE’S ONE THING THAT DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO BE KEEPING IN MIND. WHO IS GOING TO DEFEND HIM? WHO’S GOING TO BE LOYAL TO HIM? BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND HIS CAMPAIGN, THE RNC, THEY’VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY SORT OF DEFENDING DONALD TRUMP AGAINST THESE LEGAL CHALLENGES. THEY ALSO WANT TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT’S GOING TO BE ABLE TO RAISE SOME MONEY FOR THEM TOO GOING FORWARD. >> DeMarco: WHAT COULD THIS PICK MEAN FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE OVERALL AND THE GOP PARTY MOVING FORWARD? >> Reporter: A LOT OF EYES ON THIS ONE, GUYS. IF YOU CHOOSE SOMEONE LIKE NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM, MAYBE HE WON’T RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2028 IF DONALD TRUMP ENDS UP WINNING THIS ELECTION, AND SO THAT SORT OF CREATES THIS OPEN FIELD. IT WILL BE A COMPLETE AND TOTAL FRENZY MAYBE ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, AND YOU HAVE DONALD TRUMP WHO COULD PLAY KINGMAKER IN THAT SCENARIO, BUT IF YOU DO CHOOSE SOMEONE FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT LIKE SENATOR JD VANCE OR SENATOR MARCO RUBIO, RIGHT, THERE’S A LOT OF REPUBLICANS WHO MIGHT RALLY BEHIND THEM AHEAD OF 2028 IF DONALD TRUMP WERE TO WIN THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. SO IT COULD TOTALLY SET THE TONE NOT ONLY FOR THIS ELECTION, POSSIBLY THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION, BUT ALSO THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, GUYS. >> DeMarco: THE WOMAN WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT POLITICS, CONGRESSIONAL AND ABC CORRESPONDENT, RACHEL SCOTT. GOOD TO SEE YOU, MY FRIEND. >> Reporter: GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> DeMarco: SOMETHING EXTRA. >> Rebecca: OFFICIALS SAY STUDENTS CHARTER SCHOOL ARE BENEFITTING IN A What does it take? To be the most watched news cast in America an operation think after Isis Fighters sister combat operations. We’re approaching the gate now militants came in from four or five different directions operation. So we have a couple loaded and ready to go the house is destroyed but the flag there’s not a tear in it out of Terry and how important this label right here made the USA. Look at you. Smile you’re proud of this. I love it. Hi, David. I’m David. ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir is America’s most watched news cast. Which could do 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 steam weekends on, ABC News live, ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE THEIR DAY HERE AT ABC NEWS. >> THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES 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. We’ve been 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 hole the buzzkill and baseball first thing in the morning America this morning America’s number one early morning news on ABC News live. ♪ >> DeMarco: WELCOME BACK, FOLKS. WE’RE BACK NOW WITH A SCHOOL SHOWING HOW ARTS AND EDUCATION CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF STUDENTS AS THE ONLY ARTS INTEGRATED CHARTERED MIDDLE SCHOOL IN NEW YORK CITY, OFFICIALS SAY TEST SCORES ARE SOARING ALONG WITH STUDENT LEADERSHIP SUCCESS. >> All: WELCOME TO CSA. ♪ >> AT CSA, WE HAVE A TAGLINE. CREATE, LEARN, THRIVE. THAT SITUATES THE ARTS IN THESE THREE SORT OF DOMAINS OF LEARNING. CREATE IS ART FOR ART’S SAKE. LEARN IS ABOUT USING CREATIVITY AS A PATHWAY TO ACADEMIC MASTERY, AND THEN THE THRIVE PIECE IS ABOUT HOW CREATIVITY BUILDS COMMUNITY AND SOCIOEMOTIONAL LEARNING AND HELPS KIDS REALLY FIND THAT SENSE OF BELONGING. >> THE CORE ARTS PROGRAM AT CSA WAS IMPORTANT SO THAT THERE WAS UNITY AND THAT EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING TOGETHER. ♪ >> IN SIXTH GRADE, THEY ALL HAVE PIANO. IN SEVENTH GRADE, WE HAVE A CORE VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM. >> CREATIVE CONNECTIONS IS OUR EIGHTH GRADE CORE ARTS CLASS. IT LEADS TOGETHER ARTS, ACADEMICS, AND ACTIVISM. >> WE ACCEPT EACH STUDENT AS THE LOTTERY PROCESS AS REQUIRED, BUT THERE’S NO AUDITION TO COME INTO OUR SCHOOL. WE ARE CREATING MULTI-GENERATIONAL CHANGE FOR SOME OF THEIR FAMILIES TO KNOW THAT WE’VE SET THEM UP FOR A HIGH SCHOOL THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GET THEM THEIR FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ♪ >> I NEVER KNEW I WOULD BE EVER DOING THEATER PIANO BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS, LIKE, SOME SILLY JOKE. I NEVER KNEW HOW FUN IT COULD BE, AND INSPIRING. >> BEFORE I CAME TO THIS SCHOOL, I JUST SORT OF DID ART, AND NOW COMING TO THE SCHOOL, I MORE EMBRACE IT AS, LIKE, A WHOLE AND I REALLY, LIKE, PUT MYSELF INTO IT. >> WE’RE SEEING THE TEST SCORES SOAR AND WE’RE SEEING IT BECAUSE OF THE ART ENHANCEMENTS THAT LIVE INSIDE OF THE ACADEMICS AND ALSO THE ACADEMICS THAT LIVE INSIDE OF OUR ART CLASSES. SO IT GOES BOTH WAYS. >> IT CREATES AN OUTLET FOR ME SO THAT MEANS I CAN LET GO OF MY STRESS AND FOCUS ON MY STUDIES. >> LOTS OF TIMES PEOPLE FOCUS ON THE ACADEMICS AND THE ARTS AND WE THINK OF THOSE TWO THINGS AS MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, BUT THEY’RE NOT. WE CREATE THE POSSIBILITY FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN AT A LEVEL WHERE THEY WILL RETAIN AND CREATE SOMETHING THAT THEY’RE PROUD OF, AND THAT’S REALLY WHAT EDUCATION SHOULD BE ABOUT. >> ART MAKES ME FEEL WHOLE. >> ART MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I HAVE AN OUTLET AND A WAY TO EXPRESS MYSELF. >> ART IS TRANSFORMATIONAL. >> DeMarco: AND IT’S ALSO FUN. >> Rebecca: YEAH. IT IS FUN, AND IT’S TRANSFORMATIONAL LIKE THEY SAID. I LIKE HOW INTEGRATED I T IS. MY DAUGHTER LOVES ART. I CAN SEE WHY THESE KIDS ARE SO LIT UP BY IT. >> DeMarco: LOVE THAT STORY. >> Rebecca: WELL DONE, DeMARCO. >>> JUST AHEAD ON "GMA3," DR. JEN, HER TIPS ON THE BEST EXERCISES FOR BONE HEALTH. >> DeMarco: SHE HAS AN ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING. >>> PLUS, WE’RE TAKING YOU ON A POLICE RIDE-ALONGOR A LOOK INSIDE THE POLICE PROGRAM THAT APPEARS TO BE SAVING BOTH OFFICER AND CIVILIAN LIVES. WE’RE BACK IN A MOMENT. STAY WITH US. What does it take? To be the most watched news cast in America an operation think after Isis Fighters sister combat operations. We’re approaching the gate now militants came in from four or five different directions operation. So we have a couple loaded and ready to go the house is destroyed but the flag there’s not a tear in it out of Terry and how important this label right here made the USA. Look at you. Smile you’re proud of this. I love it. Hi, David. I’m David. 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America’s number one source >> DeMarco: WE’RE BACK NOW WITH A NEW STUDY TAKING A LOOK AT HOW WHEN IT COMES TO MIDDLE AGED AND OLDER ADULTS, LONG-TERM LONELINESS MAY BE WITH THE 56% INCREASE OF STROKE RISK. >> Dr. Jen: RIGHT. YOU KNOW THAT LONELINESS IS NOW CONSIDERED EQUIVALENT AS A RISK FACTOR FOR OUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AS SMOKING AND PROLONGED SITTING. OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE DON’T HAVE TO BE ALONE TO BE LONELY, AND THERE ARE OVERLAPPING FEATURES BETWEEN LONELINESS AND DEPRESSION, BUT THIS LATEST STUDY REALLY TRIED TO DO MORE CONNECTING OF THE DOTS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OLDER ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 50, CHRONIC LONELINESS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US CAN BE LONELY, YOU KNOW, FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT PROLONGED, CHRONIC LONELINESS AND THE INCREASED RISK OF STROKE AND FOUND THAT THOSE WHO HAD CHRONIC LONELINESS, 56% INCREASED RISK OF STROKE. SO THEORIES ABOUT THIS, SUPPRESSION IN IMMUNE SYSTEM, CHANGE IN BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE POOR SLEEP BEHAVIORS. MORE LIKELY TO DRINK OR SMOKE, BUT I THINK THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MEDICAL LITERATURE, WE KNOW THAT WE ARE HUMAN SOCIAL CREATURES THAT CANNOT HAVE PROLONGED LONELINESS OR IT DOES AFFECT OUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING. >> Rebecca: IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT BEHAVIORS THAT ARE WITH PROLPRO PROLONGED LONELINESS, AND THE INTERNAL MANIFESTATION. >> Dr. Jen: I SPOKE TO THE U.S. SURGEON GENERAL JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO IN ASPEN BECAUSE HE’S HAD AN INITIATIVE SINCE 2017 CALLING LONELINESS AN EP DEMOCRAT — EPIDEMIC IN THIS COUNTRY, AND WHEN TALK ABOUT THAT, IT’S A DISEASE THAT SPREADS BETWEEN HUMANS THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR DEATH. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO ALL WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT WE HAVE TO CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER IN AN UNDISTRACTED WAY AND REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WHO YOU THINK MAY BE LONELY BECAUSE SOMEONE MIGHT BE >> DeMarco: I WAS ABOUT TO SAY. WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART. WOW. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS. AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S What does it take? To be the most watched news cast in America an operation think after Isis Fighters sister combat operations. We’re approaching the gate now militants came in from four or five different directions operation. So we have a couple loaded and ready to go the house is destroyed but the flag there’s not a tear in it out of Terry and how important this label right here made the USA. Look at you. Smile you’re proud of this. I love it. Hi, David. I’m David. ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir is America’s most watched news cast. IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> IF WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 19 EIGHTIES, THE BRAD PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER. YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM, THE INSIDE THE BRAD PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU HAVE A BRAD PACK NAME NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU? >> HMM. I HATED THE PRESS. WHAT A DISASTER. >> WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSIVE ADDRESS? AND THEN, LIKE I SAY, WE WERE BEETLES. >> WELL, WE DIDN’T SELL SHEA STADIUM 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE BETTER WHENEVER. NEWSWEEK’S WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL A NATION AT WAR IN ROLLING FORWARD. 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THE CHAIR OF THE NTSB SPOKE AT A PUBLIC HEARING TODAY IN NIS PALESTINE AND APOLOGIZED ON BEHALF OF HER AGENCY, ADDING THAT THE NTSB SOUGHT TO MINIMIZE THE TOXIC THREAT. >> RESEARCHERS ESTIMATE THAT 110 MILLION RESIDENTS IN 16 STATES WERE IMPACTED BY THE CRASHES POLLUTION. THANKS SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M PHIL LIPOFF ABC NEWS LIVE HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS AND OF YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON VARIOUS STREAMING SERVICES. THE ABC NEWS AND ABCNEWS.COM. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. "GMA3" STARTS >>> HELLO, "GMA3." WE’VE GOT A LITTLE UPDATE FOR YOU. >> WE WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU GUYS TO THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE "GMA3" FAMILY. THIS IS LUNA DAWN LOPEZ, AND SHE WAS BORN JUNE 12, 2024. SHE HAS A FULL HEAD OF HAIR AND LOOKS JUST LIKE JULIO, AND WE WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID FOR US AT OUR WEDDING LAST YEAR. WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL TO YOU GUYS. MAMA IS HEALTHY. BABY IS HEALTHY. EVERYTHING IS GOOD OVER HERE. WE JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU GUYS, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU’VE DONE FOR US. >> DeMarco: AND THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT. WHAT A WAY TO WELCOME YOU BACK TO "GMA3: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW." EVERYBODY SAY, AWW. FIRST WEDDING IN A WEEK. COUPLE JULIO AND MARISSA CELEBRATING THE ARRIVAL OF A NEW FAMILY MEMBER. LUNA DAWN. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THAT BEAUTIFUL COUPLE. THAT IS SPECIAL. >> Dr. Jen: WE’RE KIND OF TAKING A LITTLE CREDIT THERE. >> DeMarco: OF COURSE, WE’RE TAKING CREDIT. JUST A LITTLE BIT. LOYAL >> Rebecca: LITTLE LUNA IS PERFECT. DR. JEN WHO’S TAKING CREDIT FOR THE BAEN BY. I’M ONLY KIDDING. WE’RE BACK WITH A QUESTION ON YOUR MIND. HOW CAN YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BROKEN BONE AND A SPRAIN AND WHEN SHOULD YOU GO TO THE ER? >> Dr. Jen: IT DEPENDS ON THE BODY PART. FINGERS AND TOES, WE TEND NOT TO GO TOO CRAZY ABOUT ORDERING X-RAYS BECAUSE YOU TYPICALLY, MOST OF THE TIME, JUST BUDDY TAPE IT AND IMMOBILIZE IT. THERE’S REALLY NOT A LOT TO DO. THE HALLMARK FEATURES OF A FRACTURE TEND TO BE A BRUISE, A DE DEFO DEFORMITY, WHICH COULD BE A BUMP, AND PAIN. YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE MECHANISM OF INJURY. ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED AT HIGH-SPEED OR VELOCITY OR FORCE. IF YOU HEARD A SNAP OR POP, YOU KNOW, THAT OBVIOUSLY IS A VERY COMMON AND CONCERNING SIGN. COULD BE EITHER A SOFT TISSUE INJURY OR A FRACTURE. OBVIOUSLY IF YOU CAN’T BEAR WEIGHT, IF YOU CAN’T EXTEND IT THROUGH THE FULL RANGE OF MOTION. DIFFERENT IMAGING FOR A FRACTURE. IT’S AN X-RAY FOR A SOFT TISSUE INJURY. IT’S USUALLY AN MRI, BUT IT’S NOT YOUR JOB. IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN, SEE SOMEONE. >> DeMarco: YOUR PRESCRIPTION FOR WELLNESS? >> Dr. Jen: STICKING ON THE SUBJECT OF BONE HEALTH, SOME EXERCISES TO HELP BOOST BONE DENSITY, AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST IN TERMS OF EXERCISES BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER BEHAVIORS THAT ARE GOOD FOR OUR BONES. WEIGHT-BEARING EXERCISES, YOU GUYS. WOMEN, LISTEN TO ME. YOU NEED TO PUMP IRON. >> Rebecca: YES. >> Dr. Jen: THIS IS — L >> Rebecca: YOU GOT ME DOING IT. >> Dr. Jen: YOU CAN DO THINGS LIKE WALKING WITH A WEIGHTED VEST. I HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDING THAT FOR 20 YEARS SINCE I CAME OUT OF RESIDENCY. THAT HELPS GOOD STRESS ON OUR SKELETAL SYSTEM. JOGGING OR FAST-PACED AEROBICS IS ALSO GOOD FOR OUR BONES. REMEMBER, THIS IS A VERY ACTIVE ORGAN SYSTEM THAT NEEDS OXYGEN AND BLOOD FLOW. QUICK CHANGES OF DIRECTION, BOX JUMPS, YOU KNOW, YOU DON’T HAVE TO START JUMPING 3 FEET. YOU CAN START WITH LITTLE BOX JUMPS, SUPERVISE IF YOU’RE ABLE TO. >> Rebecca: DANCING? >> Dr. Jen: DANCING WORKS, BUT AGILITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, EVERY MAN OR WOMAN IF THEY LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO SUFFEROS OSTEOPOROSIS. >> DeMarco: SHE COULD BE A TRAINER. SHE’S A BOSS. SHE STRITRIES TO PLAY IT DOWN. >> Dr. Jen: THESE LITTLE CHICKEN WINGS? I’M WORKING ON IT. >> Rebecca: IN THE BEST WAY. >> DeMarco: FOLKS, WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU SO HIT US UP ON INSTAGRAM WITH YOUR MEDICAL QUESTIONS FOR DR. JEN. >>> COMING UP NEXT, DE-ESCALATING POLICE ENCOUNTERS THAT CAN END IN TRAGEDY. WE’LL TAKE YOU ON AN EYE-OPENING POLICE RIDE ALONG WITH THE CHIEF. >> Rebecca: AND WE’RE HEADED TO THE KITCHEN WITH A STAR CHEF, MELBA WILSON HERE WITH A SWEET AND SAVORY SUMMER SALAD. YUM, YUM. WE EAT. COME ON BACK. WOW. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS. AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S There is a price to be paid every time a Survivor shares their story. I will not be silenced. Do you feel the church accepted abuse? 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So we have a couple loaded and ready to go the house is destroyed but the flag there’s not a tear in it out of Terry and how important this label right here made the USA. Look at you. Smile you’re proud of this. I love it. Hi, David. I’m David. ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir is America’s most watched news cast. 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. We’ve been 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 hole the buzzkill and baseball first thing in the morning America this morning America’s number one early morning news on ABC News live. >> Rebecca: WELCOME BACK. NEW JERSEY’S CAMDEN COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT ROLLED OUT A NEW SYSTEM OF POLICING ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO WHICH INCLUDED A DEUS KALATION PROGRAM TEACHING OFFICERS THE SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES NEEDED TO DIAL DOWN POLICE ENCOUNTERS WITHOUT THE USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE. >> DeMarco: AND I GOT A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT THAT THIS TRAINING HAS HAD NOT ONLY ON CAMDEN, BUT ALSO OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE NATION. >> THE FIRST INTERACTIONS I HAD WITH POLICE WERE ALL NEGATIVE. I STILL HAVE TRUST ISSUES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE BECAUSE WHEN I’M OFFDUTY, I DON’T LOOK LIKE THIS, AND I GET TREATED DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE OF IT. >> DeMarco: MEET CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY’S POLICE CHIEF, THE FIRST LATINO TO LEAD HIS DEPARTMENT. IS IT A CHALLENGE TO POLICE PEOPLE THAT YOU’VE KNOWN PRETTY MUCH ALL YOUR LIFE, OR DOES IT GIVE YOU AN ADVANTAGE? >> MY EXPERIENCES GROWING UP HERE IN THE CITY HAVE BENEFITTED ME IN MY CAREER. I ALWAYS SAY, IF THE STREETS CAN GIVE OUT DEGREES, I WOULD HAVE A DOCTORATE. >> DeMarco: CHIEF RODRIGUEZ SAYS HE’S SEEN IT ALL, THE WORST AND THE BEST OF HIS CITY. >> I GREW UP IN ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN CAMDEN CITY. I HAVE MANY FRIENDS THAT I GREW UP WITH THAT HAVE DIED ON THE STREETS OF CAMDEN, ARE CURRENTRY IN PRISON, OR THEY’RE RAISING THEIR FAMILIES IN THE SAME PROJECTS WHERE I GREW UP. SO I HOPE TO BE THAT SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR THOSE YOUNGER FOLKS THAT LOOK LIKE YOU AND I. >> DeMarco: BUT IT’S MORE THAN JUST INSPIRING PEOPLE. IT’S ABOUT SAVING LIVES, MAKING SURE NO LIVES ARE LOST DURING POLICE ENCOUNTERS, AND THAT STARTS WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. >> YOU HAVE TO GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT YOU’RE PROTECTING, RIGHT? YOU CANNOT PROTECT THE PEOPLE YOU FEAR. >> Rebecca: CHIEF RODRIGUEZ ALSO BELIEVES DE-ESCALATION IS THE FIRST STEP TO PROTECTING HIS OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY AMID NATIONAL REPORTS OF POLICE DYING IN THE LINE OF DUTY. >> WE TYPICALLY SEE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 130 AND 190 OFFICER DEATHS A YEAR, AND OF THOSE, 40 TO 60 ARE USUALLY DEATHS BY GUNFIRE, BUT ALREADY IN 2024, WE HAVE SEEN 136 OFFICERS SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY, AND THERE HAVE BEEN 21 DEATHS OF OFFICERS KILLED BY GUNFIRE. >> DeMarco: WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OFFICERS NEEDING TO SLOW IT DOWN AND YOU FIRST ARRIVE ON SCENE, IF THAT PERSON IS ON 10 OR 100, YOU CAN’T MATCH THAT ENERGY WHEN YOU SHOW UP. >> YOU CANNOT MATCH THAT ENERGY. MOST OF THE TIME, YOU’RE GOING TO GET CALLED OUT A SCENE AND THINGS ARE GOING TO BE AT 10. YOU HAVE TO BE THAT CALM IN THE STORM. >> DeMarco: IN 2014, THE DEPARTMENT’S INTEGRATING COMMUNICATIONS ASSESSMENT AND TACTICS PROGRAM ALSO KNOWN AS ICAT WAS PUT IN PLACE. ICAT EQUIPS FIRST RESPONDING OFFICERS WITH THE NECESSARY TRAINING SKILLS AND TOOLS NEEDED TO DEFUSE AN ENCOUNTER BEFORE IT ESCALATES. THE PROGRAM RECEIVING WIDESPREAD ATTENTION, EVEN RECOGNIZED BY FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. >> WHAT ARE YOU PUTTING IN YOUR POCKET? >> DeMarco: ICAT USES VIDEO OF REAL LIFE AND MOCK SITUATIONS LIKE THIS ONE TEACHING OFFICERS HOW TO ASSESS A SITUATION AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. THE CURRICULUM ALSO INCLUDES PHYSICAL TRAINING ON HOW TO RESOLVE A CONFLICT WITHOUT WITH USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE. >> KIND OF LIKE A BODY LOCK POSITION. >> DeMarco: LIKE THIS. IF THE OFFICER SUB’S WEAPON IS T HERE, YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT SAVING YOUR LIFE. >> IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE’S A THREAT LIKE SOMEONE THAT’S ATTEMPTING TO DISARM ME, THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. IF I HAVE SOMEONE AT GUNPOINT, I’M STILL USING MY WORDS. I’M SIT TACTICALLY REPOSITIONING. >> DeMarco: OFFICERS ON FOOT, HOW DOES IT HELP WITH DE-ESCALATION? >> THESE POLICE VEHICLES ARE BARRIERS WHEN YOU DRIVE AROUND WITH THE WINDOWS UP AND SO WE WANT THEM OUT OF THE CARS, ELIMINATING THOSE BARRIERS TO HAVE THOSE POSITIVE ENGAGEMENTS. >> DeMarco: SINCE ITS INCEPTION, ICAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED AT HUNDREDS OF AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> THE BIGGEST THING IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE GUN NOT BEING YOUR STRONGEST TOOL ON YOUR TOOL BELT OR YOUR BADGE. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME BY 15%, HOMICIDES BY 70%. >> DeMarco: IT HAS TO MAKE YOU FEEL SOME KIND OF WAY TO KNOW THAT CAMDEN IS A MODEL FOR THE COUNTRY. >> YEAH. THE IMPACT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE HERE TO SHOW WHAT A TRUE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN 2024, IS SOMETHING I’M VERY PROUD TO SAY I’M THE CHIEF THAT WEARS THAT PATCH. >> DeMarco: THAT’S SOME GOOD WORK THERE, AND CHIEF RODRIGUEZ ALSO WEIGHED IN ON THE JERSEY STATE POLICE AND THE CRITICISM THEY RECEIVED. YOU CAN CATCH THAT ON ABC NEWSLIVE, AND VARIOUS STREAMING SERVICES LIKE THE ABC NEWS APP AND ABCNEWS.COM. >> Rebecca: LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. >>> UP NEXT, WHEN WE COME BACK, GRAB YOUR APRON. YOU WEAR AN APRON FOR THESE SEGMENTS RIGHT, DeMARCO? I’M WEARING ONE TOO. >> DeMarco: YOU GOT TO PUT IT ON. >> Rebecca: WE ARE HEADING INTO THE "GMA3" KITCHEN. >> DeMarco: THE ONE AND ONLY, MY FRIEND, MELBA WILSON IS HERE WITH A ALAD RECIPE THAT YOU CAN MAKE FOR THE FAMILY TONIGHT. COME ON BACK. ♪ Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel a nation at war in Rolling Fork This Tornado tore through this town from Lewiston Maine a scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile strike ABC News live everywhere and 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 BBC News live your streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere. What does it take? To be the most watched news cast in America an operation think after Isis Fighters sister combat operations. We’re approaching the gate now militants came in from four or five different directions operation. So we have a couple loaded and ready to go the house is destroyed but the flag there’s not a tear in it out of Terry and how important this label right here made the USA. Look at you. Smile you’re proud of this. I love it. Hi, David. I’m David. ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir is America’s most watched news cast. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS. AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S There is a price to be paid every time a Survivor shares their story. I will not be silenced. Do you feel the church accepted abuse? And once he accepted it as so much pretended it didn’t exist ready? Kyra Phillips with ABC News does your church protect sexual predators by Nightline secrets of the to buy to church. There’s nothing pretty about hearing the now streaming on Hulu. ♪ >> DeMarco: WE’RE BACK AND IN THE KITCHEN GETTING READY TO COOK WITH AMAZING CHEF, AUTHOR, FOOD NETWORK PERSONALITY, AND A HARLEM GIRL DOWN TO THE BONE. >> Rebecca: OH YES, AND SHE’S THE FOUNDER OF MELBA’S RESTAURANT IN HARLEM WHICH OPENED A BRAND-NEW LOCATION AT NEWARK’S CREDENTIAL CENTER AND PLANS TO OPEN ANOTHER LOCATION LATER THIS YEAR, AND SHE JOINS US NOW TO SHOW US HOW TO MAKE HER MANDARIN CHICKEN SALAD. PLEASE WELCOME CHEF MELBA WILSON. [ APPLAUSE ] WELCOME. >> I’M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU GUYS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING ME. >> DeMarco: AND BRAVO ON THE NEW LOCATION. >> THANK YOU. GRAND CENTRAL WEEK. WE’RE KILLING IT. WE’RE EMPLOYING PEOPLE, SO THAT’S IMPORTANT. THIS IS ONE OF MY SUMMER FAVORITES. IT’S A GO-TO. IT IS MY MANDARIN CHICKEN SALAD, AND DeMARCO, I KNOW YOU LIKE TO COOK SO YOU’RE GOING TO HELP ME OUT. >> DeMarco: LIKE TO COOK. >> MY OVEN HAS BEEN HEATED TO 450, RIGHT? WE’RE HISPANGOING TO TAKE OUR S. WE HAVE OREGANO, OLIVE OIL. SALT AND PEPPER, LEMON JUICE. WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER. PUT THAT IN THERE. I’M GOING TO WHISK IT UP FOR YOU. >> DeMarco: SHOULD I DUMP THIS IN HERE? >> YEP. PUT ALL OF THAT IN THERE. >> Rebecca: DID YOU WASH YOUR HANDS, DeMARCO? >> DeMarco: I PUT SOME HAND SANITIZER ON. >> Rebecca: JUST MAKING SURE. >> DeMarco: WE’RE GOOD OVER HERE. REAL GOOD QUESTION. >> Re . >> WE’RE GOOD OVER HERE. WHAT HAPPENS OVER HERE IS WE PUT OUR MIXTURE INTO A REUSABLE PLASTIC BAG, RIGHT? >> Rebecca: YEP. >> TAKE OUR CHICKEN BREAST, PUT IT IN THERE, AND WE MASSAGED IT LIKE THIS. >> Rebecca: HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE TO DO THAT FOR? >> I PUT IT IN THE REFRIGERATOR AND LET IT SIT FOR AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF. >> Rebecca: IT GETS THE FLAVOR. >> IT GETS A LOT OF FLAVOR, AND THEN WHAT I DO IS I TAKE MY CHICKEN AND I JUST CUT IT. >> Rebecca: YEP. SO I COOKED IT AT 450? >> I COOKED IT FOR 15 MINUTES FOR 450. >> Rebecca: YES. >> 15 MINUTES, TOOK IT OUT OF THE OVEN, AND THEN TOOK THE FOIL OFF AND THEN I PUT IT BACK IN AND COOKED IT FOR — >> Rebecca: A CRUSTINESS. >> I ALSO — YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR THERMOMETER AND MAKE SURE YOUR CHICKEN IS AT 165. THAT’S HOW WE KNOW IT’S ALREADY COOKED. >> Rebecca: OKAY. DICE IT? >> WE’RE GOING TO DICE IT UP AND WE’RE GOING TO TAKE SOME OF THIS AMAZING MANDARIN POW. WE HAVE OUR AVOCADO. LET’S PUT THIS STUFF IN. >> Rebecca: DeMARCO’S ON THE WORKING SIDE OF THIS. I’M JUST ON THE EATING SIDE. >> PUT YOUR MAYO. >> DeMarco: WE LOVE MAYO. >> Rebecca: SALT? >> SALT, PEPPER. >> DeMarco: HELP ME OUT, REBECCA. >>. >> Rebecca: I’M TRYING. >> DeMarco: SHE’S LIKE MY MOM. DID YOU WASH YOUR HANDS? >> MIX THAT UP, DeMARCO. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS RECIPE IS IT’S SO VERSATILE. I CAN PUT IT ON TOP OF APATILLOS, AND MAKE A SANDWICH AND PUT SOME ARUGULA ON A BUN AND POW. WHAT ABOUT A GOOD SALAD? I LOVE A GOOD SALAD. >> Rebecca: IT’S USEFUL AS A MOM. YOU CAN SPREAD IT OUT. MY DAUGHTER WOULDN’T EAT THE SALAD, BUT SHE’LL EAT THE SANDWICH AND THE MANDARINS. >> SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY. >> DeMarco: WHAT’S THE TIME TO COOK THIS, TO PREPARE THIS? >> YOU’LL COOK IT FOR 20 MINUTES FIRST, COVER IT IN ALUMINUM FOIL, DeMARCO, AND ACHE TAKE THL OF AND LET THAT SKIN CRISP UP AND MAKE SURE IT’S AT 165. >> DeMarco: IT LOOKS SO PERFECT. >> IT’S PERFECT, BUT NOT ONLY IS IT PERFECT, IT’S DELICIOUS. >> Rebecca: YUM. I’M ENJOYING IT. I’M EATING IT RIGHT OUT OF THE BOWL WHICH IS PROBABLY WHAT I WOULD DO IN MY OWN KITCHEN. >> DeMarco: THIS IS A BIG SANDWICH. >> A SPRIG OF DILL ON HERE. IS THAT AMAZING OR WHAT? >> Rebecca: SO GOOD. >> IT’S AMAZING. >> Rebecca: SO SIMPLE. >> IT’S VERY SIMPLE, AND I THINK THAT’S IMPORTANT. WE WANT TO HAVE RECIPES THAT YOU CAN EVEN COOK WITH YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS. >> Rebecca: YEP. >> I HAVE A 24-YEAR-OLD SON. HE A LOT OLOVES TO GET IN THE K WITH ME. >> DeMarco: HE’S THIS TALL. >> HE’S ABOUT 6’10". >> DeMarco: ONE MORE TIME FOR CHEF MELBA WILSON, EVERYBODY. FOR TODAY’S RECIPE, YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN OR GO TO GOODMORNINGAMERICA.COM/FOOD. >>> COMING UP, WILL BRILL. >> Rebecca: HE JOUST WON TO A TONY FOR HIS PERFORMANCE IN "STEREOPHONIC" T THAT PICKED UP THE MOST AWARDS THE OTHER NIGHT. HE’S HERE Hey, good morning, America. Good Morning America Good Morning America Good Morning America the biggest events in the country rit now. That’s good. Really good really good from elementary Good morning America. I’m not going to try to strut like Michael or anything. I have no joins a long long time to dance. Look at that thing. You don’t just see it. You feel it. Amen. I’m into that tells you something with Snoop Dogg hand. Thursday on the day of their first debate stream ABC News live for all the breaking pre-debate details and coverage then at 7 p.m. Eastern stream a special debate edition of ABC News live Prime with Lindsay Davis and at 8:00 Eastern David Muir and the ABC News special the race for the White House and then watch the CNN presidential debate simulcast streaming live on ABC News live and stay with ABC News live for the instant reaction and all the Fallout after the debate all night. These juice right is Li on Hulu La Friday night Houston tried to 29 and ride across America New York, Chicago and San Francisco June 30th Streamlight Pride parades and all your favorites on Hulu. The stories that shape your world that shape your life dramatic stunning empowering genre the most powerful stories of our time Nightline on right after Kimball and streaming on Hulu. Friday nights actually you were the target of one of the biggest hoaxes perpetrated on America in years the married mother of two Vanishing Without a Trace Sherry Pini very poppy. Sarah poppy knee she was the love of his life. Now keep a PDF or seven years of silence is sitting down when I saw the look in her eyes. I felt in that moment. She was lying. I know that you know anything why would she do all of this? Is that evil or is it just sick in 2020 Friday night on ABC >>> AND THE TONY AWARD GOES TO — WILL BRILL, "STEREOPHONIC." [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> OKAY. THERE ARE SIX OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS PLAY. CAN YOU STAND UP REAL QUICK? JUST STAND UP. LOOK AT THESE GUYS. LOOK AT THEM. LOOK AT THEM. LOOK AT THEM. LOOK AT THEM. [ APPLAUSE ] WOW, WOW, WOW. YOU GUYS. >> Rebecca: WELL, LOOK AT THIS GUY. >> DeMarco: RIGHT. >> Rebecca: HE IS OTUR NEXT GUEST. JUST A WEEK AGO WINNING THE TONY AWARD FOR BEST FEATURED ACTOR FOR HIS ROLE IN "STEREOPHONIC." >> DeMarco: HE’S GOT A LOT OF ENERGY AND HE’S HERE TO TELL US ABOUT HIS HUGE SUCCESS IN THE SHOW. WELCOME TONY AWARD WINNER, WILL BRILL. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> DeMarco: I LOVE THIS CLASSIC LOOK RIGHT HERE, BUT LET ME SEE THE BACK OF YOUR JACKET AGAIN. >> HOW ABOUT THIS? >> DeMarco: HE SAID HE FOUND THIS ON THE STREET. >> I FOUND THIS ON THE STREET WITH A FOR FREE SIGN ON IT. IT HAS JOANIE ON IT. I WAS SO WORRIED SOMEONE WOULD TAKE IT BACK AND I HAD IT IN THE BACK OF MY CLOSET. >> Rebecca: NOW YOU’RE WEARING IT ON "GMA3." >> I’M REALLY WORRIED. >> Rebecca: YOU’RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF FAN MAIL. >> DeMarco: CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. >> DeMarco: I SAW YOUR SPEECH AND YOU THANKED YOUR THERAPIST. WHY WAS THAT IMPORTANT? >> I MEAN, WITHOUT MY THERAPIST, I TRULY DON’T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE. IT FELT SO OBVIOUS TO ME. I THOUGHT, THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE HI TO THANK AND IT WAS MY THERAPIST AND MY BASS TEACHER. WITHOUT THEM, THERE’S NO REG IN THIS SHOW, YOU KNOW, EIGHT YEARS AGO I WAS — WHEN I FIRST WORKSHOPPED THIS SHOW, I WAS DRINKING HEAVILY AND I WAS ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED, AND I AM NOW SOBER AND DIVORCED, AND THAT IS A JOURNEY THAT REG GOES THROUGH IN THE SHOW — WHO I PLAY IN THE SHOW. THAT’S A JOURNEY THAT HE GOES THROUGH ALSO. IT’S VERY STRANGE TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, BUT ALSO, LIKE, REALLY GRATIFYING TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE THOSE THINGS WITH MY THERAPIST WITH SOMEBODY WHO, LIKE, REALLY UNDERSTANDS ME AND HAS A LOT OF COMPASSION FOR THAT, AND I DON’T THINK — I DON’T THINK THAT ROLE WOULD BE AS RICH WITHOUT HER INPUT AND INSIGHT. >> Rebecca: WE WERE JUST TALKING A MINUTE AGO ABOUT HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY, AND YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO, HOW DIFFERENT YOUR LIFE WAS, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT SUCCESS LIKE THE SUCCESS YOU HAVE HAD AS OVERNIGHT SUCCESS. >> SURE. SURE. >> Rebecca: IT’S NEVER REALLY LIKE THAT. >> NO, DEFINITELY NOT. I MEAN, I HAVE BEEN IN NEW YORK FOR 15 YEARS, AND IT’S SO INTERESTING, THIS RELATIONSHIP YOU GET TO HAVE WITH AWARDS. YOU’RE SORT OF, LIKE, OH, I DON’T NEED THAT. I’M DOING THIS FOR THE WORK ITSELF, LIKE, I DON’T NEED THE RECOGNITION AND THEN SOMEBODY INVITES YOU TO THE PARTY AND YOU’RE, LIKE, SURE. I’LL GO. IF THERE’S PARTY, I’LL GO. >> Rebecca: SURE. >> AND IT’S A REALLY SPECIAL THING. IT’S VERY STRANGE, ACTUALLY, THE FIRST TIME I MET DAVID WHO WROTE THE PLAY, HE HAD ONLY WRITTEN, LIKE, SEVEN PAGES OF IT. WE MET IN A CAFE BECAUSE I WAS SORT OF FOLLOWING AROUND THE OTHER CAST MEMBERS WHO I WAS FRIENDS WITH, AND HE WHO IS A LITTLE BIT PSYCHIC WAS, LIKE, I THINK YOU’RE GOING TO BE IN THIS PLAY SOMEDAY. I THINK — >> DeMarco: HE SPOKE IT INTO EXIS EXISTENCE. >> EXACTLY, AND THAT WAS IN 2015, AND NOW — SO I HUGGED HIM AFTER I WON THE AWARD AND I WAS, LIKE, WHAT IS HAPPENING? HE WAS, LIKE, I KNEW. I KNEW THE WHOLE TIME. >> DeMarco: WHAT’S NEXT? REAL QUICK. >> WHO KNOWS? I’M REALLY — I, YOU KNOW, BEING IN THE CITY AND IN THIS BUSINESS FOR LONG ENOUGH WILL TEACH YOU TO, LIKE, GIVE UP ON ANY YOUR FE LOOKS LIKE, BUT IT ALSO TEACHES YOU TO JUST ENJOY THE RIDE. I HAVE A DOG AND EVERY TIME WE GO ON A WALK, I THINK, THE JOURNEY IS THE DESTINATION. SHE’S JUST HAPPY TO BE OUT HERE, YOU KNOW? I KIND OF FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT MY CAREER. >> DeMarco: AND WE’RE HAPPY FOR YOU. >> THANKS SO MUCH. >> DeMarco: THANKS A LOT FOR BEING HERE. >> Rebecca: CONGRATS. >> THANK YOU. >> DeMarco: "STEREOPHONIC" PLAYING ON BROADWAY AT THE GOLDEN THEATRE THROUGH JOHN JANUARY 5th. THAT IS "WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW." I’M DeMARCO MORGAN. >> Rebecca: I’M REBECCA JARVIS. FOR ALL OF US HERE AT ABC NEWS, HAVE A YOURSELF A GREAT DAY. MAKE IT FEEL GOOD. YEAH. >> DeMarco: BRAVO. ♪ WOW. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS. AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. 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THESE TWO PANDAS. GET READY TO MAKE THE TRIP TO THE U.S. AND DOES THIS WEEK. >> 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 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BEING OBSESSED WITH POP CULTURE COLLIDES WITH BEING MOM? YOU GET US. SO LISTEN NOW TO OUR NEW PODCAST, POP MOMS. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. REPORTING FROM ROCKLAND COUNTY, NEW YORK, I’M GINGER ZEE. WHEREVER THE STORY, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS. I’M JAY O’BRIEN IN WASHINGTON. RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. A DIRE SITUATION UNFOLDING IN MINNESOTA A DAM OVERFLOWING AFTER THAT HEAVY RAIN. THE PARTIAL FAILURE, POWER OUTAGES, PLUS MORE HISTORIC FLOODING IN THE MIDWEST. FEDERAL OFFICIALS ON THE GROUND THERE MONITORING THAT DAM AND THE REST OF THE. OUR MELISSA GORDON AT THAT SCENE. WHILE 76 MILLION PEOPLE NATIONWIDE SWELTER UNDER ALERTS, RECORD HIGHS POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTH. WE HAVE THE FORECAST AHEAD AND TO DAY. SO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE HOW THE CANDIDATES ARE PREPARING AS FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CALLS FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO TAKE A PRE-DEBATE DRUG TEST. AND WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE ONE STEP CLOSER TO FREEDOM. THE DRAMATIC PLEA DEAL SET TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN HOURS ON A REMOTE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. >> ASSANGE EXPECTED TO ELUDE ANY MORE JAIL TIME. AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR THAT CONTROVERSY? >> OFFICIAL FIGURE. BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH THAT HISTORIC IN THE MIDWEST AS MILLIONS BATTLE SCORCHING TEMPERATURES FROM TO COAST OFFICIALS. EMERGENCY OFFICIALS IN MINNESOTA MONITORING DAM SOUTH OF MINNEAPOLIS UNDER THREAT OF COLLAPSE AFTER MASSIVE WAVES OF RIVER WATER CUT A PATH AROUND IT. THEY THE DAM ITSELF IS HOLDING AND THEY’RE MORE CONCERNED RIGHT NOW ABOUT DEBRIS CLOGGING IT. AT LEAST ONE WOMAN NEARBY CALLING THE SCENE UNBELIEVABLE. >> AND NOW THE THREAT OF OUR HOUSE, MY FAMILY HOUSE, MY WHERE I GREW UP IS BY THE FORCE OF MOTHER NATURE. THE WATER. AND YOU’RE NOT STOPPING MOTHER NATURE. THE DEVASTATING FLOODING EXTENDING BEYOND MINNESOTA. WARNINGS ALSO STILL IN EFFECT IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND, IOWA AND MORE SEVERE STORMS HAMMERING THE LOWER MIDWEST, DOWNING TREES AND CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. ALL OF THIS SCORCHING TEMPERATURES STRETCH FROM COAST TO COAST, TRIGGERING HEAT ALERTS IN, 24 STATES. ABC NEWS MELISSA O’DONNELL IS HAS THE LATEST FOR ON THE GROUND NEAR THAT DAMAGED DAM IN MINNESOTA. MELISSA THIS MAJOR MINNESOTA DAM IS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE AND THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SHOW YOU. REAL TIME HERE. YOU CAN SEE HOW IMPRESSIVE THAT RAGING WATER CONTINUING TO PUSH THROUGH THE RIVER. ALSO JUST LOOKING HOW IT PUSHED THROUGH, CARVING THROUGH SIDE THERE, THAT HOME OUT THERE IN THE DISTANCE, TEETERING ON THE END. THAT THE THREAT THAT WE’RE SEEING, OFFICIALS AND RESIDENTS HERE ARE JUST PRAYING IT WILL HOLD AFTER THE WORST FLOODING THAT THEY’VE SEEN IN NEARLY 60 YEARS. BUT LOOK, THE CONCERN IS ALSO FOR THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ALONG THE BLUE EARTH RIVER. WE HAVE MET WITH SOME NEIGHBORS AND RESIDENTS TELLING US HOW THE MOMENTS WERE YESTERDAY WHEN THEY WERE FORCED TO EVACUATE, NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY WOULD COME BACK TO. HAVE A LISTEN. >> WE WERE IN BED. YEAH, WE WERE SLEEPING. WE GOT THE CALL I GUESS ABOUT THREE OR FOUR THAT THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE INTEGRITY. AND SO WE ESSENTIALLY HEADED HIGHER GROUND AT THAT POINT. SO YOU EVACUATED YOU AND YOUR WIFE? YES AND DO WE HAVE A SIX-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, ROSEMARY, AS WELL? SO SHE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAD OUT WEREN’T REALLY SURE WHAT TO DO. NOW, WE’VE SEEN THE MAJOR FLOODING, OF COURSE, ACROSS MINNESOTA WERE ALSO IN WATERVILLE. THAT’S ANOTHER COMMUNITY UNDER WATER. SO MANY NEIGHBORS KNOWING WHEN WILL THEY BE ABLE TO COME BACK. ALSO, CROPS AROUND AREA TOTALLY INUNDATED, DESTROYED. WE STARTED PEOPLE HERE WHO TELL US HOW SO MUCH OF THESE CROPS ARE THEIR LIVELIHOOD. THAT’S GOING TO BE JUST ANOTHER PROBLEM CRIPPLING THIS COMMUNITY ACROSS MINNESOTA IOWA ,SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS, OF COURSE, AFTER WE’VE LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A PERSON WHO DIED FROM FLOODWATERS FROM SOUTH DAKOTA. ANOTHER PERSON THAT WAS KILLED IN IOWA. SO DEFINITELY UNFORTUNATE THINGS THAT HAVE TURNED DEADLY AND VERY SERIOUS AS THIS THREAT IS STILL IMMINENT. >> JAKE, MELISSA. DON, YOU CAN SEE THAT DAM AND THE DEBRIS BEHIND HER. MELISSA, THANK YOU. WE WANT TO TURN NOW TO SOMARA THEODORE, WHO IS TRACKING THAT HEAT FOR US TOMORROW, JAVA. HE IS STICKING AROUND AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT A COOL DOWN IS ON THE WAY FOR THOSE LIVING IN THE NORTHEAST. SO LET’S THIS OUT. NINETY’S WEDNESDAY IN PHILADELPHIA IN OUR NATION’S CAPITAL UP IN BOSTON BUT LOOK AT FRIDAY HOW WE START TO COOL THINGS DOWN IN THE EIGHTIES IN THE SEVENTIES IN NEW YORK AND BOSTON AND THAT IS BECAUSE A COLD FRONT IS GOING TO BE MOVING THROUGH SO WE GET THE COOLER WEATHER A LITTLE REPRIEVE A LITTLE BREAK BUT IT DOES COME AT THE COST OF SOME STORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS FIRING UP ABOUT 3 A.M. THURSDAY MORNING ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR. THESE STORMS BRING WITH THEM DAMAGING WIND AND THERE IS A CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADOES. >> SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. BUT SOME COOLER AIR BEING REINFORCED BEHIND IT. SO THAT’S THE GOOD NEWS. NOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO HEAD THROUGH OUR TUESDAY, WE DO HAVE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN PARTS OF THE MIDWEST AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. FOR THOSE WHO ARE LIVING IN THE UPPER MIDWEST THAT HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THAT CATASTROPHIC FLOODING, THINGS ARE BACKING OFF A LITTLE BIT AS THESE MOVE FARTHER SOUTH. BUT I KNOW YOU’RE ALSO DEALING WITH THE HEAT THERE. DES MOINES, KANSAS CITY, SPRINGFIELD, ST. LOUIS, RIGHT ON INTO CHICAGO AND INDIANAPOLIS. BE MINDFUL THIS EVENING SOME OF THOSE STORMS WILL BE CARRYING WITH THEM DAMAGING WINDS AND, THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES. >> SOMARA THEODORE FOR, SAMARRA, THANK YOU. WE WANT TO TURN NOW TO THE HEATED END OF THREE DAYS OF COURT HEARINGS IN DONALD TRUMP’S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE IN FLORIDA. JUDGE OVERSEEING IT, EILEEN CANNON, THE TRUMP APPOINTEE APPEARING, DEEPLY SKEPTICAL OF AN ARGUMENT FROM THE DEFENSE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S ATTORNEYS CLAIMING THAT KEY EVIDENCE SECURE DURING THE FBI SEARCH MAR-A-LAGO SHOULD BE THROWN OUT BECAUSE THEY SAY THE WARRANT WASN’T SPECIFIC ENOUGH. MEANTIME, THE JUDGE WHO OVERSAW TRUMP’S HUSH MONEY IN NEW YORK IS MODIFYING THE GAG ORDER AGAINST THE PRESIDENT IN THAT CASE, ALLOWING HIM NOW TO COMMENT PUBLICLY ABOUT WITNESSES AND JURORS FROM THAT CASE. WE WANT TO TURN TO ABC NEWS SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS, WHO HAS MORE FROM OUTSIDE THAT FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, WATCHING THAT CLASSIFIED CASE PLAY OUT. >> KATHERINE, THE JUDGE IN NEW YORK HAS NOW AGREED TO PARTIALLY LIFT THAT GAG ORDER THAT WAS IN PLACE. YOU REMEMBER, DURING THE TRIAL, THE JUDGE DID NOT ALLOW TRUMP TO SPEAK ABOUT THE WITNESSES, TO SPEAK ABOUT THE JURY. FOR EXAMPLE. WELL, NOW THE JUDGE SAYS THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED NOW THAT THE TRIAL IS OVER, TRUMP CAN SPEAK FREELY ABOUT THE WITNESSES, BUT HE STILL CAN’T SPEAK ABOUT COURT STAFF OR THE JURORS. BUT MEANWHILE, JAY, HERE IN FLORIDA, WE’VE JUST CONCLUDED A SERIES OF HEARINGS IN, THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE BROUGHT BY SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH. JUDGE CANNON, CONSIDERING TRUMP’S ARGUMENT THAT KEY EVIDENCE RESULTING FROM THE SEARCH OF MAR A LAGO SHOULD BE TOSSED OUT BECAUSE THE SEARCH WARRANT WASN’T SPECIFIC ENOUGH, BUT THE JUDGE APPEARED TO DISAGREE, SAYING SHE HAD A HARD TIME BUYING DEFENSE ARGUMENT, SAYING THEIR ARGUMENT SEEMED FAR AFIELD. NOW COURT WITH A BIT OF A SPECTACLE IN A PRETTY HEATED WAY. SPECIAL COUNSEL, PROSECUTOR DAVID HARBACH ACCUSED TRUMP’S LAWYERS OF, QUOTE, HIJACKING THE WITH FARFETCHED ALLEGATIONS ABOUT THE CASE. NOW THIS COMES AS THE JUDGE HERE IS ALSO CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT TO TOSS OUT ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE, THAT EVIDENCE THAT WE EXCLUSIVELY REPORTED ON. THOSE ARE NOTES TAKEN BY TRUMP’S FORMER LEAD LAWYER IN THIS CASE, EVAN CORCORAN. NOW THAT, SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THOSE NOTES AND WHAT CORCORAN TOLD THE GRAND JURY FOR ARE SOME OF SOME OF THE MOST DAMNING EVIDENCE AGAINST DONALD. AND IT’S BEEN CITED THROUGHOUT SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH’S INDICTMENT. NOW THAT PORTION OF THE HEARING TOOK PLACE UNDER IT WAS OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW. GIVEN THAT THESE NOTES THAT WE’RE REPORTING ON ARE THEY’RE NOT PUBLIC. SO THAT’S STILL TO BE DETERMINED WHETHER OR NOT WHEN SHE WAS ON THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, AND ALL OF THESE OTHER OUTSTANDING MOTIONS, JAY, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THEM. WE DON’T KNOW WHEN SHE’S GOING TO RULE ON THEM, BUT WHAT’S BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEAR IS THAT THERE LIKELY WON’T BE A TRIAL, LEAST IN THIS CASE, BEFORE THE ELECTION. >> KATHERINE FAULDERS FOR US IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA. KATHERINE, THANK YOU. WE WANT TO TURN NOW TO ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT, NEW YORK, JOHN NORWOOD. I CAN’T THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I DO WANT TO START WITH THIS CLAIM THAT TRUMP’S DEFENSE TEAM MADE ABOUT THE WARRANT, SAYING IT WAS OVERLY BROAD TRYING TO GET THE CASE THROWN AS A RESULT, I IMAGINE, AT SD AND WHY YOU SAW A LOT WARRANTS LIKE THIS. DOES THAT CLAIM HOLD UP? ARE THEY TYPICALLY THIS BROAD? AND IS THE JUDGE RIGHT TO BE AS ,IT APPEARS FROM THOSE PROCEEDINGS TODAY, SKEPTICAL OF THIS CLAIM? J THIS IS THE LONGEST, A LONG SHOTS TRYING TO GET THE CASE DISMISSED BASED ON WARRANT IS A FOOL’S ERRAND. I’M NOT SURPRISED THAT TRUMP’S TEAM IS MAKING THAT ARGUMENT. THEY’RE TRYING THROW EVERYTHING THEY CAN AGAINST THE WALL ON THIS ONE, BUT THIS ONE, I THINK THE JUDGE IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT TO BE VERY SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE ARGUMENT AND THAT I DON’T SEE ANY THAT THAT’S A BASIS TO THE BREADTH OF SEARCH WARRANT, OF THE BREADTH OF THE SEARCH WARRANT IS GOING TO BE A REASON AND BASIS TO DISMISS THIS INDICTMENT. >> SO I WANT TO PICK UP ON SOMETHING CATHERINE SAID AT THE END OF HER REPORTING THERE, WHICH IS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THIS CASE DOES HAPPEN BEFORE THE ELECTION. WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF DELAY TACTICS, THE TRUMP DEFENSE TEAM TO THAT EFFECT. DO THEY HAVE MORE ARROWS, THEIR QUIVER, EVEN IF THIS DOESN’T WORK OUT, TO TRY TO DELAY TRIAL? I THINK THE ARROWS IN THEIR QUIVER, THE ONES THAT THEY’VE ALREADY SHOT, ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH. ALL THE PENDING BEFORE JUDGE CAN END RIGHT NOW AND MEAN TO ME AND SAYS TO ME, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY TRIAL BEFORE THE ELECTION. IF ANYTHING, ANY TRIAL WOULDN’T OCCUR UNTIL WELL INTO 2025. NOW WEDNESDAY, ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. YOUR INSIGHT TONIGHT AND ALL OF THAT COURT DRAMA CONTINUES PLAY OUT AS FOER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ALSO GEARING UP TO FACE BIDEN JUST TWO DAYS FROM NOW WITH THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN ATLANTA . BIDEN TAKING THE WEEK TO HUDDLE WITH ADVISERS AT CAMP DAVID FOR HIS DEBATE. MEANWHILE, HIS CAMPAIGN IS OUT WITH A NEW AD TODAY. >> HERE’S A BIT OF THAT. TRUMP LOVES TO ATTACK JOE BIDEN ,JOE BIDEN, JOE BIDEN BECAUSE HE’S FOCUSED ON REVENGE AND. >> HE HAS NO PLAN TO HELP THE MIDDLE CLASS. HE JUST GAVE MORE CUTS TO THE WEALTHY. JOE BIDEN IS WORKING EVERY DAY TO. >> MAKE YOUR LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE. FOR HIS PART, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON THE ATTACK, CRITICIZING BIDEN FOR GOING TO A QUOTE, LOG CABIN TO STUDY. THAT’S A REFERENCE TO CAMP DAVID. OBVIOUSLY AND THEN HE CLAIMED, AS HE HAS BEFORE, WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE THAT BIDEN WOULD BE USING SUPPLEMENTS TO GET, QUOTE, JACKED UP FOR THE DEBATE. TO BE CLEAR, THESE CLAIMS ARE UNFOUNDED, BUT THIS IS A SIGN OF HOW NASTY THESE ATTACKS COULD TURN ON DEBATE STAGE. SO TO BREAK ALL OF THAT DOWN, WE TURN TO ABC NEWS POLITICAL RICK KLEIN, WHO JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST BREAKING DOWN ALL THINGS, DEBATE ALL THINGS, EXPECTATION GAME AND ALL THINGS EVERYTHING ELSE RICK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BEFORE WE STEPPED OUT HERE ON THIS SET, OUR AND BEN’S WHO COVER THIS CAMPAIGN FOR US LATELY IT’S A SOO RIN KIM. KELSEY WALSH, ISABELLA MARIE, THEY WERE ON A CALL WITH TRUMP CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS AND WE GOT LITTLE BIT OF AN INSIGHT INTO THE EXPECTATION GAME FROM THIS CALL. JASON MILLER, TOP TRUMP ADVISER, SAID, WE THAT MANY IN THE MEDIA THAT’S US ARE ALREADY PREPARING TO GIVE JOE BIDEN A PARTICIPATION TROPHY. TROPHY IF HE CAN SIMPLY STAND FOR 90 MINUTES. >> BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEIR OWN CANDIDATE IS THE ONE WHO HAS REPEATEDLY LOWERED EXPECTATIONS FOR JOE BIDEN. HE MADE THAT CRACK ABOUT BEING JACKED UP, THINGS LIKE THAT. >> WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? I THINK THERE’S REAL NERVOUSNESS ON THE PART OF THE TRUMP TEAM TO WHETHER THEY OVERPLAYED THE ARGUMENT ABOUT BIDEN’S INABILITY TO STRING TOGETHER SENTENCES AND THAT, YEAH, IF HE STANDS UP THERE AND DOES A CREDIBLE JOB THAT EXPLODES A MAJOR NARRATIVE THAT WE’VE HEARD FROM DONALD TRUMP. IT BE THAT THEY’VE BEEN TOO EFFECTIVE IN GETTING THAT PIECE OUT AND THAT’S WHY THE EXPECTATIONS GAME IS GETTING INTO IT THE WAY IT AS WE SHOULD NOTE, TRUMP HAS SAID THIS BEFORE. DEBATE OPPONENTS GOING BACK TO HILLARY CLINTON SUGGESTED THAT SHE WAS ON SOMETHING TO HAVE THE STRONG PERFORMANCE. >> I DON’T THINK ANY OF IT MATTERS IF THE PERFORMANCE IS STRONG YOU GO TO HILLARY CLINTON, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHERE I WANTED TO GO WITH YOU, BECAUSE HILLARY CLINTON HAS THIS OP ED OUT TODAY IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES". SHE TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT HAS DEBATED BOTH BIDEN AND TRUMP BEFORE AND THEN SHE TALKS ABOUT WHAT TRUMP DID IN THOSE DEBATES BACK IN 2016. SHE SAID, QUOTE, HE INTERRUPTS AND BULLIES EVEN STALKING ME AROUND THE STAGE AT ONE POINT BECAUSE HE WANTS TO APPEAR DOMINANT AND, THROW HIS OPPONENT OFF BALANCE. AND THEN SHE SAYS IF BIDEN GIVES A PERFORMANCE SIMILAR THAT OF THE STATE OF THE UNION, HE CAN WORK AGAINST THAT. NOW, THAT DEBATE PREP GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT CAMP DAVID, HOW DO YOU YOUR CANDIDATE TO DO THAT? >> THAT’S NOT A POLICY CONVERSATION, JUST A PERFORMANCE CONVERSATION. >> YEAH, LOOK, IF THE BIDEN TEAM IS SMART, THEY’RE DOING THAT ALMOST. EXACTLY. AND WE KNOW FROM PREVIOUS ACCOUNTS, GOING BACK TO THE 2020 DEBATES AGAINST AGAINST IT WITH TRUMP AND BIDEN, THAT THAT THE BIDEN TEAM TRIED TO TO SHOW THE PHYSICALITY OF DONALD TRUMP. >> HE KNOWS THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION SO WELL AND YOU’RE PREPARING AGAINST SOMEONE THAT IN SOME WAYS IS VERY PREDICTABLE. HE SAYS THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BASICALLY, AND HAS FOR YEARS. IN OTHER WAYS. HE IS TOTALLY A WILD CARD AND THEY NEED TO KIND OF GET BIDEN OFF OF HIS GAME A BIT IF THEY’RE GOING TO PREPARE HIM FOR ANY SCENARIO THAT’S POSSIBLE. AND BY THE WAY, THERE’S NOTHING I CAN DO WITH THE RULES THAT WOULD PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF TRUMP WANTS TO WALK AROUND, HE WANTS TO INTERRUPT EVEN IF HIS MIC ISN’T ON. I DON’T KNOW HOW THAT GETS. >> OH, THAT’S INTERESTING. SO THEY CAN’T PREVENT THAT IN THE CURRENT ITERATION OF THESE DEBATE RULES, HE CAN HAVE FREE REIGN TO THAT STAGE. >> HE’S NOT HE’S NOT SHACKLED TO THIS TO THE PODIUM SO HE CAN MOVE AND LOOK. AND THE DEBATES ARE GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE CANDIDATES HAVING THE KIND OF DEBATES THEY WANT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RICK. >> WE WILL TALK A LOT MORE BETWEEN NOW AND THURSDAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND BE SURE TO WATCH THE CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SIMULCAST THIS THURSDAY NIGHT ON ABC. IT STARTS AT 7 P.M. EASTERN WITH THE ABC NEWS SPECIAL RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. DO NOT MISS. >> MEANTIME, WE ARE FOLLOWING DEVELOPING NEWS THIS HOUR. WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE HAS STRUCK A PLEA WITH THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. ASSANGE LANDING MOMENTS AGO ON THE U.S. ON A U.S. TERRITORY IN THE PACIFIC. HE IS EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO A SINGLE COUNT OF VIOLATING THE ESPIONAGE ACT IN EXCHANGE, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PLANS TO DROP THE 17 OTHER COUNTS THAT THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER IS FACING AFTER HIS WEBSITE WIKILEAKS PUBLISHED CLASSIFIED MATERIALS LEAKED BY FORMER U.S. SOLDIER CHELSEA MANNING IN 2020. SOME OF THOSE MATERIALS SHOWED POSSIBLE WAR CRIMES COMMITTED BY U.S. FORCES IN. WE TURN NOW TO ABC NEWS PATRICK REEVELL, WHO’S BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CASE FOR YEARS, HAS THE VERY LATEST FOR US, PATRICK. >> JULIAN ASSANGE, BOARDING A PRIVATE PLANE IN LONDON AND HEADED AT LAST TOWARDS FREEDOM OVERNIGHT. IT’S EMERGING. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS REACHED A PLEA WITH THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER TO FINALLY END THE MORE THAN DECADE BATTLE TO PROSECUTE HIM FOR PUBLISHING GOVERNMENT SECRETS. ASSANGE BEING FLOWN TO THE REMOTE US TERRITORY OF SAIPAN, AN ISLAND, THE WESTERN PACIFIC, WHERE HE WILL ENTER HIS PLEA IN AN AMERICAN FEDERAL COURT. AFTER THAT, HE’S EXPECTED TO FLY TO HIS NATIVE AUSTRALIA A FREE MAN. ASSANGE HAS SPENT THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN A LONDON PRISON FIGHTING U.S. EFFORTS TO EXTRADITE HIM ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES FOR PUBLISHING LEAKED CLASSIFIED, INCLUDING SOME SHOWING POSSIBLE WAR CRIMES BY TROOPS. >> BEFORE THAT, HE SPENT ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS HIDING IN THE ECUADORIAN EMBASSY IN LONDON TO AVOID POTENTIAL SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES IN SWEDEN THAT WERE LATER DROPPED. THE U.S. EFFORT TO PROSECUTE ASSANGE, DRAWING CRITICISM THAT IT THREATENED MEDIA FREEDOMS AT HOME. ASSANGE NOW SET TO PLEAD GUILTY . JUST ONE FELONY COUNT OF ILLEGALLY OBTAINING AND DISCLOSING SECURITY INFORMATION. HE’S NOW EXPECTED TO REUNITE WITH WIFE STELLA AND TWO YOUNG SONS, BOTH BORN WHILE WAS STILL IN CAPTIVITY. >> WHEN I WAS SPEAKING TO HIM, I SAID, WELL, YOU WE CAN WALK. GO FOR A WALK AND THERE WILL BE NO NO RESTRICTIONS, NO CURFEW, NO. YOU KNOW, ALL THIS IS IT’S SO ALIEN TO THE WAY WE’VE WE’VE IT’S BEEN UNTIL NOW FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS. >> PATRICK REEVELL REPORTING FOR US. PATRICK, THANK YOU. TODAY, THE U.S. SURGEON GENERAL, THE NATION’S TOP DOCTOR, ISSUED A DIRE WARNING ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, DECLARING A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. HE NOTED GUN VIOLENCE NOW THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS IN THIS COUNTRY ALSO WARNING, IT’S NOT JUST TAKING AMERICAN LIVES, BUT ALSO IMPACTING PEOPLE’S MENTAL HEALTH, ESPECIALLY SURVIVORS. EARLIER TODAY, THE SURGEON GENERAL, DR. VIVEK MURTHY, SPOKE WITH MY COLLEAGUE PHIL LIPOFF RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE EXPLAINING WHY HE ISSUED THIS WARNING. >> HERE’S SOME OF WHAT HE SAID. THE GREATEST PRICE WE’RE PAYING FOR GUN VIOLENCE ARE UNQUESTIONABLY THE LIVES WE LOSE. NEARLY 50,000 A YEAR. BUT WE’VE NOW REACHED A PLACE WHERE THE GUN VIOLENCE HAS BECOME THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG CHILDREN AND TEENS. THAT WAS NOT TRUE A DECADE AGO OR TWO DECADES AGO. IT IS TRUE TODAY. AND WE’RE ALSO SEEING THAT FOR EVERY ONE PERSON WE LOSE TO GUN VIOLENCE, THERE ARE TWO WHO ARE INJURED. THERE ARE MORE WHO WITNESS HIS INCIDENTS. FAMILY WHO LOSE A LOVED ONE. COMMUNITIES THAT ARE TRAUMATIZED BY THE VIOLENCE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING OUR CHILDREN, WHO ABOUT AND HEAR ABOUT THESE EPISODES OF VIOLENCE IN THE NEWS AND THEY WORRY AND THAT’S WHY SIX IN TEN ADULTS IN AMERICA ARE NOW SAYING THAT THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT LOSING A LOVED ONE TO GUN VIOLENCE. IT’S WHY HALF OF KIDS ARE SAYING THAT THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT A SHOOTING TAKING PLACE IN SCHOOL. THIS IS WHAT I HEAR ALL ACROSS AMERICA WHEN I MEET WITH KIDS, WITH PARENTS. AND IF WE UNDERSTAND THE FULL EXTENT OF THIS, IF WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOW A KIDS ISSUE, THEN MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN RESPOND WITH GREATER URGENCY AND ADDRESS IT AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGE THAT IT IS. >> OUR THANKS TO PHIL LIPOFF FOR THAT INTERVIEW. STILL AHEAD FOR US ON THIS TUESDAY NIGHT, SHOCKWAVES ACROSS ISRAEL TODAY AS ITS HIGH COURT RULES THAT THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX COMMUNITY CAN NO LONGER BE EXEMPT. THAT COUNTRY’S MANDATORY MILITARY DRAFT. WHY? IT’S A BLOW TO MINISTER NETANYAHU’S RULING COALITION. WE’RE ON THE GROUND IN TEL AVIV WITH THE LATEST AFTER THE BREAK . WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR. >> THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE AND, THE NEED FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE, TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN. THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY FROM FRONT LINE FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT, COMING REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU. WHEREVER THE STORY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. 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DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS AND "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE" SECRETS OF THE TWO BY TWO CHURCH? >> THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THE NOW STREAMING ON HULU. TURNING OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST, ISRAEL’S HIGH COURT HAS RULED THAT THE MILITARY MUST START DRAFTING ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWISH MEN INTO MANDATORY SERVICE SERVICE IN THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES. >> THE MOVE IS SEEN AS A MAJOR TO ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU’S GOVERNMENT. >> ULTRA-ORTHODOX POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE PROVIDED HIM CRUCIAL BACKING IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT EXEMPTION FOR MILITARY SERVICE AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THEIR INSTITUTIONS. MEANWHILE, AFTER INTENSE CRITICISM BY NETANYAHU U.S. OFFICIALS TELLING ABC NEWS THERE IS NO POLICY WITHHOLDING DELIVERIES OF WEAPONS TO ISRAEL. THOSE SOURCES SAYING WEAPONS HAVE ARRIVED IN ISRAEL EVERY WEEK THIS MONTH WITH ONLY A SINGLE PAUSE SHIPMENT. THIS COMES AFTER NETANYAHU HAS REPEATEDLY CLAIMED THAT THOSE WEAPONS DELAYS DO EXIST, ALL OF IT AMID RISING TO ISRAEL’S NORTH WITH IRAN BACKED HEZBOLLAH FIGHTERS IN LEBANON. ABC NEWS CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN IS IN TEL AVIV FOR US WITH THE LATEST MAN. >> FOR THE PAST NUMBER OF THERE HAS BEEN THIS CONTROVERSY BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SPECIFICALLY PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND THE WHITE HOUSE ABOUT WEAPONRY AND FOR MONTHS, ISRAELI SOURCES HAVE BEEN TELLING ME THAT THERE HAS A SLOWDOWN. THEY’RE NOT GETTING THE SAME WEAPONS AS QUICKLY AS BEFORE. OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON SAYING, NO, THAT’S NOT THE CASE. THERE IS NO CHANGE. NOW WE’RE GETTING A CHANGED TONE FROM WASHINGTON, JAY. THEY’RE TELLING US, WELL, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR, ACCORDING TO SENIOR U.S. SOURCES, WE WERE JUST GIVING ISRAEL EVERYTHING. WE WERE GRABBING ALL LOW HANGING FRUIT OF WEAPONS AND EXPEDITING IT IN AN EMERGENCY FASHION TO ISRAEL. ALL THOSE WEAPONS DRIED, THEY COULDN’T SOURCE THEM ANYMORE. NOW THE WEAPONS DELIVERIES ARE SUBJECT TO REGULAR WASHINGTON BUREAUCRACY, AND THAT TAKES TIME. SO THE PACE HAS SLOWED, THEY SAY, RELATIVE TO WHAT IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, THE WAR. BUT THERE IS NO ACTUAL POLICY TO WITHHOLD FROM ISRAEL. THERE IS, HOWEVER, THAT SINGLE SHIPMENT OF 3500 BOMBS, INCLUDING MANY £2,000 BOMBS THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HELD UP. THEY WERE CONCERNED IT MIGHT BE USED AGAINST PALESTINIANS IN THE RAFAH INCURSION. THAT’S ONLY THING THAT HAS BEEN HELD UP. I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WE’RE TOLD THAT ISRAEL IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS IS, BECAUSE THEY ARE AND YOU DO SENSE THIS BUILDUP TOWARDS A POSSIBLE WAR WITH HEZBOLLAH TO ISRAEL’S NORTH. THAT’S THE VERY POWERFUL IRANIAN BACKED PROXY IN LEBANON. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO BE ARMED AND EQUIPPED AS WELL AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE HEZBOLLAH IS VASTLY MORE EXPERIENCED AND POWERFUL AND WELL-ARMED THAN HAMAS. IT’S. >> MATT GET FOR MATT GUTMAN LIVE FOR US IN TEL AVIV. MATT, THANK YOU. 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THE FLORIDA PANTHERS ARE STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE HISTORIC WIN WAS 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING AND NOW PANTHERS FANS CAN FINALLY CALL THEMSELVES CHAMPIONS, BEATING THE EDMONTON OILERS 2 TO 1. BUT IT DIDN’T HAPPEN WITHOUT A FIGHT. THE EDMONTON OILERS CAME TO A HISTORIC FOUR GAME COMEBACK, BUT THE PANTHERS REFUSED TO GO DOWN QUIETLY. >> I GIVE THE CREDIT TO THE OPPONENT. THEY FIGHT HARD, THEY GET IT. IT’S A GOOD MODEL. SO IT WAS A IT WAS A TEAM FINAL. THAT’S WHAT YOU DREAM ABOUT. THAT’S WHAT I. I CAN’T YOU CAN’T EVEN PUT IN THE WORDS YOU, YOU WORK YOUR WHOLE YEAR. YOUR WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS GAME. >> YOU COME OUT ON TOP. IT STILL IS UNBELIEVABLE. >> THE TEAM’S CO-CAPTAIN AND LONGEST TENURED SASHA BARKOV WAS FIRST TO HOLD THE CUP. YOU SEE HIM THERE, THE HIGHEST HONOR FOR THAT CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING TEAM. CONGRATULATE TO THEM AND MY FRIENDS IN FLORIDA. THERE IS MUCH MORE AHEAD FOR RIGHT HERE ON THIS TUESDAY NIGHT ON ABC NEWS LIVE. IN TODAY’S BIG STORY, NEW YORK JAMAAL BOWMAN IN DANGER OF BECOMING THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE SQUAD TO LOSE HIS SEAT HOW TONIGHT’S HIGH STAKES PRIMARY PLAYING OUT IN NEW YORK IS SHINING LIGHT ON THE CHALLENGES FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THIS NOVEMBER. AND IN OUR SPOTLIGHT, JULIAN ASSANGE DUE IN A U.S. COURT ON A REMOTE ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. OUR PANEL WEIGHS IN ON THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER’S PLEA DEAL WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AFTER THIS. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA AMERICA FOR THE OPERATION TO HAVE YOUR SISTER CEASE A COMBAT OPERATIONS? WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, OPERATE NUCLEAR REACTORS. WE HAVE A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG, THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF IT. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE. >> MAKE THE U.S. LOOK HERE. SMILE. YOU’RE PROUD OF THIS. I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HEY, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? WHERE ARE YOU? >> ISRAEL. DAVID? YES YES, I’M DAVID. >> YOU ARE. I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY. >> NIGHT. ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> WHEN EVERY NEWS BREAKS WE ARE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR IN ROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, 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 TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER. 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 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? >> ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. 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THE SECRETS OF THE TO BUY TO CHURCH. THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THAT. >> NOW STREAMING ON HULU. >> A HIGH STAKES DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY PLAYING OUT TONIGHT. NOW IN NEW YORK, SHINING A LIGHT ON THE CHALLENGES FACING PRESIDENT BIDEN AS HE HURTLES TOWARD A REMATCH WITH DONALD TRUMP IN NOVEMBER. JAKE O’BRIEN IN WASHINGTON. IN TODAY’S BIG STORY, NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN, JAMAAL BOWMAN IN A FIGHT FOR HIS POLITICAL FUTURE IN DANGER OF BECOMING THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE SQUAD TO LOSE HIS SEAT IN. THE VOTING UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. THE PRIMARY CHALLENGER PUSHING BOWMAN ON ISRAEL AND WHAT IT ALL COULD MEAN FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR ASMA KHALID HERE WITH ME IN THE STUDIO WITH THAT. AND IN OUR SPOTLIGHT, JULIAN ASSANGE DUE IN COURT JUST MINUTES FROM NOW AFTER STRIKING A PLEA DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS. OUR WEIGHS IN ON WHAT COULD BE THE END OF A MORE THAN DECADE LONG LEGAL BATTLE FOR THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER. BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH TONIGHT’S BIG STORY, THE TENSE HOTLY ANTICIPATED PRIMARY PLAYING OUT RIGHT NOW IN NEW YORK. THE POLLS ARE STILL OPEN TONIGHT FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER AS ALL EYES ARE ON. CONGRESSMAN JAMAAL BOWMAN, AN OUTSPOKEN PROGRESSIVE AND MEMBER OF THE SO-CALLED SQUAD, AS HE TRIES TO FEND OFF A PRIMARY CHALLENGE FROM GEORGE LATIMER, THE MORE CENTRIST WESTCHESTER COUNTY EXECUTIVE. POLLS SHOW BOWMAN BEHIND BY DOUBLE DIGITS IN SOME CASES. IN HEADLINE AFTER HEADLINE THEY’RE ASKING IF HE’S DOOMED, SAYING THAT BOWMAN MIGHT NEED A POLITICAL MIRACLE TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM BECOMING THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE SQUAD TO BE OUSTED BY A PRIMARY CHALLENGER TAKING CENTER STAGE IN THIS RACE. TONIGHT, BOWMAN’S FREQUENT CRITICISM OF ISRAEL, LATIMER HAS DONE THE OPPOSITE, PRAISING ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU’S HANDLING OF THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR. SO CAN. >> BOWMAN HOLD ON TO HIS SEAT. AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE DEMOCRATIC AS A WHOLE IN THIS ELECTION YEAR? AND SPECIFICALLY, WHAT DOES IT MEAN, PRESIDENT BIDEN? JOINING ME NOW TO BREAK ALL OF THAT DOWN IS ABC NEWS POLITICAL AND NPR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT ASMA KHALID. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BEING HERE WITH ME IN THE STUDIO TONIGHT. >> MY PLEASURE. I DO WANT TO START JAMAAL BOWMAN AND KIND OF ZOOMING OUT FROM THIS PRIMARY WHILE ALSO KEEPING OUR FOCUS ON THIS PRIMARY. >> IF HE’S ABLE TO PULL OUT AN UPSET VICTORY TONIGHT. >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY? AND CERTAINLY IF HE LOSES TONIGHT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THIS ELECTION YEAR? >> IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD WATCH OR IS IT A ONE OFF AND A FLUKE? >> YEAH. SO I SAY TWO THINGS. ONE IS I THINK IT’S CAREFUL THAT WE DON’T OVER EXTRACT THE RESULTS FROM FROM THIS RACE. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS THAT THE NEW YORK 16TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT HAS A VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF JEWISH VOTERS. IT IS, I THINK, SOME DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR WHERE THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR MATTERS IN A VERY DISTINCT WAY, IN A WAY THAT IT PERHAPS MIGHT NOT TRANSLATE AS MUCH IN, YOU KNOW, THE ATLANTA SUBURBS OF THE DETROIT SUBURBS, DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS. >> THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY, THOUGH, IS THAT I THINK JAMAAL ,WHILE BEING A MEMBER OF THE SQUAD, HAS HAS FACED STRUGGLES . THINK MANY OF US RECALL HIS INCIDENT WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOR FOR PULLING A FIRE ALARM. >> SO NO DOUBT THIS. YES, EXACTLY. SO I THINK NO DOUBT THIS IS ABOUT THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR. THERE’S A LOT OF MONEY POURED INTO THIS RACE, BUT THERE ARE ALSO DISTINCT SPECIFICS AROUND A LOT OF MONEY POURED IN BY PRO-ISRAEL LOBBYING. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR IN GENERAL, FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, YOU SO OFTEN HEAR THAT THE POLITICAL CALCULUS IS ON THE PROGRESSIVE SIDE OF THE AISLE AND THERE ARE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE UPSET WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN OVER HIS HANDLING OF THE WAR. WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM DEMOCRATIC SOURCES ABOUT HOW THEY’RE GOING TO APPROACH THAT COME NOVEMBER? >> YEAH, I MEAN, LOOK, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, THE WHITE HOUSE, I WOULD SAY BROADLY DOESN’T SEEM TO THINK THAT THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR IS A HUGE LIABILITY THEM IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. THAT BEING SAID, WE’VE ALL REPEATEDLY SEEN POLLING SHOWS A NUMBER OF DEMOCRATIC VOTERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CEASEFIRE. THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE CERTAIN SPECIFIC CHANGES FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS PREDATES THE CURRENT CONFLICT. AND THE REASON I SAY THIS GOING BACK TO 2021, WHEN THERE WAS PREVIOUSLY SOME SKIRMISHES BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. I DID REPORTING AT THAT TIME ON THE PUSH FROM SOME WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO SHIFT WHAT BEN RHODES, OBAMA’S FORMER DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, DESCRIBED TO ME AS THE SHIFTING OF THE OVERTON WINDOW ON THE ISRAEL UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL. AND THIS HAS BEEN A SLOW SHIFT . THINK SOME OF IT WE CAN TALK ABOUT. THE REASONS CERTAINLY HAS BEEN, I THINK, EXPEDITE IT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE’VE BEEN SEEING AFTER OCTOBER 7TH. BUT LOOK, I THESE ARE DIVIDES AND DEBATES THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS BEEN HAVING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THEY HAVE BEEN MAGNIFIED BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT CONFLICT AND SOME OF THE IMAGES WE CAN ALL SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THAT ALL BEING SAID WILL SAY TIME AND AGAIN WHAT I HEAR FROM THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS THEY DO NOT THIS TO BE AN OVERWHELMING CAMPAIGN ISSUE. >> THAT’S INTERESTING THAT THOSE FISSURES HAVE EXISTED BEFORE THIS AND THIS IS JUST EXPOSING THEM MORE AND DEEPENING THAT RIFT. I DO WANT TO PIVOT, THOUGH, TO THE DEBATE, BECAUSE YOU COVER WHITE HOUSE AND THIS DEBATE. >> WE KNOW THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE ON THE ATTACK. WE KNOW THAT BIDEN IS RIGHT NOW AT CAMP DAVID HUDDLING WITH ADVISERS WHO SOME OF WHOM YOU CAN IMAGINE ARE TRYING TO PREPARE HIM FOR THAT EXACT SCENARIO. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT’S GOING THERE? AND ALSO, HOW DOES BIDEN HANDLE THIS DEBATE FROM WHAT YOU’VE SEEN AT THE WHITE HOUSE? >> SO I HEARD FROM A SOURCE HAS INVOLVED WITH DEBATE PLANNING AND DEBATE PREP FOR BIDEN, SAYING THAT ANTICIPATE AND THEY SEE TRUMP WRITING A RUNNING A MORE DISCIPLINED OPERATION. AND THE REASON I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT, WHEN YOU DEBATE DONALD TRUMP, YOU DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT VERSION OF HIM YOU MIGHT GET. A LOT OF FOLKS REMEMBER THAT FIRST DEBATE IN 2020, CHAOTIC, LOT OF CROSSTALK. TRUMP WAS MORE DISCIPLINED. HE, I THINK, WAS MORE IN THAT SECOND DEBATE. THAT, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IS WHAT THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS ANTICIPATING. THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS IN TERMS OF POLICY, SUBSTANCE, STYLE OF HOW THIS ALL WILL TRANSPIRE. BIDEN’S BIG HOMEWORK GUIDE, THOUGH, RIGHT. SO HE’S BEEN READING IN ON WHAT TRUMP SAYS AND THINKS AND TRUMP HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, PREPPING IN A VERY DIFFERENT STYLE AND CHALLENGES IN THAT A SITTING PRESIDENT DOESN’T USUALLY FACE FORMAT LIKE THIS UNTIL HE’S RUNNING FOR ELECTION. HE DOESN’T. AND LOOK, BIDEN IS A MAN WHO AS PRESIDENT HAS NOT DONE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PRESS. SO HE HASN’T BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END OF HAVING TO ENGAGE IN REALLY, I WOULD SAY SUCCINCT SOUND BITES IN A SORT OF COMBATIVE FORMAT. SURE. HE’S GIVEN THE STATE OF THE UNION A FEW TIMES, AND THAT’S WHAT HIS CAMPAIGN POINTS TO AS HIS PERFORMANCE HERE. THE STATE OF THE UNION. I HEAR THIS FROM SUPPORTERS OF PRESIDENT BIDEN, BUT THE STATE OF THE UNION AND A DEBATE WITH PUNCHES AND COUNTERPUNCH IS VERY DIFFERENT FOR ME AS WE COULD DO THIS ALL DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS TUESDAY NIGHT. I DO WANT TO NOW TO OUR BIG STORY PANEL, THOUGH, WITH ALL OF THIS JOINING. US IS ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND OP ED COLUMNIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, GRANDERSON, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST CHRISTINA STINSON RAMIREZ, FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN FROM VIRGINIA, BARBARA COMSTOCK ,ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND SIRIUS XM RADIO HOST MIKE MUSE. WELCOME IN ALL. CHRISTINA, I DO WANT TO START WITH YOU AND I WANT TO PICK UP WHERE OSMAN I LEFT OFF WHEN IT CAME TO JAMAAL BOWMAN. >> DO YOU SEE THIS RACE AS BEING SOMEWHAT OF A BELLWETHER FOR AND PROGRESSIVES AND DO MODERATES AND PROGRESSIVES GET ALONG? OR IS THIS A ONE OFF IN YOUR VIEW? >> I THINK I AGREE MORE WITH THIS IS REALLY A MORE RARE CASE. WE ALSO HAD A PACK GO IN AND TRY AND UNSEAT SOME EARLY IN PENNSYLVANIA. THEY WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. JAMAAL BOWMAN WAS AND HAS BEEN MORE VULNERABLE. BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY EPA WANTS TO SHOW THAT THEY CAN, BUT THEY’RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO WIN. ON THE ISSUE OF ISRAEL ALONE, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY’RE POURING IN MONEY FOR. IT’S REALLY ABOUT OTHER OTHER ISSUES. ISN’T IN THEIR MESSAGING ABOUT AND PALESTINE AND THE TRUTH. I THINK ALSO GOING BACK TO THIS TENSION WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ITSELF IS WE HAVE SEEN, ESPECIALLY AMONGST YOUNGER VOTERS, THEY ULTIMATELY WILL THE FUTURE ON THESE CORE ISSUES. A BIG MOVE IN FAVOR AND MORE SYMPATHY WITH THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE WHILE STILL JEWISH PEOPLE WITHIN ISRAEL. SO I THINK THAT LONG TERM IMPACT REALLY HAS 70% OF DEMOCRATS SAYING AMONGST YOUNG SAYING THEY WANT A CEASEFIRE. THOSE ARE HARD NUMBERS FOR ME, NOT TO COMBAT LONG TERM. >> BARBARA CHRISTINA INVOKED A PACT, PRO-ISRAEL LOBBYING GROUP. DO YOU THINK IF THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL IN UNSEATING TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPPORTING HIS PRIMARY CHALLENGER, THAT THEY MIGHT AFTER OTHER PROGRESSIVES IN OTHER DISTRICTS ? >> WELL, I THINK THEY’VE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR. BUT WHEN YOU’RE TRYING UNSEAT AN INCUMBENT, THERE ALWAYS HAS TO BE OTHER PROBLEMS. SO, YOU KNOW, JAMAAL BOWMAN IS HAD A LOT OF OTHER PROBLEMS AS WAS NOTED EARLIER AND THIS IS A LOT LIKE BOB GOOD ON, THE REPUBLICAN SIDE WHO IS AN EXTREME YOU KNOW FREEDOM CAUCUS GUY WHO JUST YOU KNOW, HE ENDED UP HAVING DONALD TRUMP AND, KEVIN MCCARTHY AND A LOT OF HIS COLLEAGUES AGAINST HIM, TOO. JAMAAL HAD NANCY PELOSI AGAINST HIM, AS WELL AS SOME OF HIS COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE HE’S JUST NOT A VERY GOOD TEAM PLAYER. SO A LOT OF TIMES A OF THINGS GANG UP ON YOU AND THEN A PAC WAS THERE WITH MONEY TO HELP, I THINK PUT IT OVER THE EDGE. SO I DON’T KNOW THAT IT REALLY TELLS YOU A LOT MORE THAN THE FACT THAT IT WASN’T VERY POPULAR, JUST LIKE BOB GOOD. BUT IT’S THESE EXTREMISTS THAT ARE REALLY THEY DRIVE PEOPLE AWAY AND THEN IT CATCHES UP WITH THEM. >> WE COULD TALK ABOUT BOB GOOD ANOTHER TIME. I DO THINK THAT VIRGINIA RACIST NOT BEEN CALLED YET. IT’S ABOUT 300 VOTES APART. LAST I CHECKED, IT MIGHT BE CLOSER NOW. MIKE VIEWS, I WANT TO TURN TO YOU WHEN IT COMES TO THAT JAMAAL BOWMAN RACE, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT HE GETS UNSEATED TONIGHT, THAT HE MIGHT BECOME THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE SQUAD TO LOSE A PRIMARY? DO YOU THINK THAT THIS HAS A LARGER POLITICAL THAN JUST IN THIS DISTRICT? >> ACTUALLY THINK THAT IT DOES. I THINK THAT POLLS ARE AN THAT IT WILL BE A LONG NIGHT FOR JAMAAL BOWMAN GOING FORWARD . AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE HISTORIC NUMBERS OF FUNDRAISING TOTALS THAT HAVE BEEN POURED INTO THIS CAMPAIGN, IT’S ONE OF THE HIGHEST FUNDRAISING EFFORTS OF A CONGRESSIONAL RACE TO DATE. I DO THAT NO MATTER HOW YOU SIT ON THIS SIDE, THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT VOTERS ARE THINKING ABOUT IN PARTICULAR THE YOUNGER DEMOCRATIC VOTING BLOC. IF YOU THINK ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN, HE’S GOING TO NEED THAT ENTIRE COALITION IN ORDER TO WIN BECAUSE IT WILL BE DONE ON THE MARGINS AND ALSO TO WHAT I THINK WHAT ASMA SAID CORRECTLY, I THINK ABOUT THE SUBURBS OF DETROIT THINKING ABOUT DEARBORN, THAT DEFINITELY IS A MORE PRO-PALESTINIAN APPROACH. SO I DEFINITELY DO BELIEVE THAT ISRAEL AND THE HAMAS CONFLICT WILL BE TOP OF VOTERS MIND, AND PARTICULARLY DEMOCRATIC COALITION THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WOULD NEED TO TRY HIS BEST TO KEEP INTACT IN ORDER TO WIN, BECAUSE WHOEVER WINS BETWEEN HIM AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, IT WILL COME DOWN TO THE MARGINS, IN PARTICULAR IN A BATTLEGROUND STATE. I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO OUR FOLKS AT HOME. I’VE BEEN LOOKING DOWN BECAUSE I KEEP CHECKING MY LAPTOP BECAUSE BARBARA PIQUED MY INTEREST TO SEE IF THAT BOB GOOD RACE HAS BEEN CALLED YET. IN MY VIEW IT HAS NOT. OR I MEAN, FROM WHAT I’VE SEEN, IT HAS NOT BEEN YET. THAT’S THAT REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN VIRGINIA. TRUMP CHALLENGING ONE OF MOST CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS IN CONGRESS TO TRY TO OUST HIM. WE CAN GET INTO THAT AGAIN ANOTHER TIME. >> L.Z., I GO BACK TO JAMAAL BOWMAN WITH YOU. >> EVEN IF HE PULLS OFF AN UPSET TONIGHT AND CERTAINLY IF HE LOSES. IS THAT A SIGN TO PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS THAT BEING MEMBER OF THE SO-CALLED SQUAD MIGHT GET YOU NATIONAL POLITICAL FAME, BUT IT DOESN’T NECESSARILY GUARANTEE THAT THE VOTERS IN YOUR DISTRICT WHO ARE ULTIMATELY THE ONES THAT VOTE YOU IN OR OUT SUPPORT YOU. WELL, I DON’T KNOW IF WE CAN MAKE THAT KIND OF BROAD STATEMENT BASED UPON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS ELECTION, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, EXTRA FACTORS COMING IN TO THAT FORMULA THAT’S IT. THAT YOU CAN’T REALLY REPLICATE IN OTHER AREAS AROUND THE COUNTRY. BUT WHAT I WILL SAY THIS ABOUT THIS BLOG, YOU KNOW, THERE IS THIS NOTION THAT IF WE DON’T ALL YES, THEN THERE’S SOMEHOW SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE UNITY OF A PARTICULAR PARTY. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT’S NOT REALLY HOW THE CONSTITUTION WAS SET UP. IT WAS SET UP FOR THERE TO BE CHALLENGES. AND EVEN THOUGH THE FOREFATHERS WEREN’T FOR POLITICAL PARTIES. THEY WEREN’T PART OF THE DISCOURSE. AND SO I THINK JUST BECAUSE YOU CHALLENGED THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND YOU’RE A DEMOCRAT, IT DOESN’T MEAN YOU’RE NOT A GOOD TEAM PLAYER. IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU’RE PUSHING FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU WEREN’T VOTING FOR. AND HIS DISTRICT GETS INTO OFFICE FOR THE ISSUES THAT HE’S FIGHTING FOR. REMEMBER WHAT HIS DISTRICT REALLY LOOKS LIKE. WEST CHESTER IS PREDOMINANTLY WHITE, AND THAT’S MORE PREDOMINATELY WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM. BUT HE ALSO REPRESENTS A LOT OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE WHO ALSO WERE PART OF THE COALITION THAT TOOK IT TO CONGRESS. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE ENTIRETY, WHAT THIS RACE LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE RESULTS MAY END UP BEING. BUT IT ALSO NEEDS BE SINGULAR BECAUSE THEY’RE IN NEW YORK AND YOU REALLY CAN’T REPLICATE THAT ENVIRONMENT AND WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE END OF THAT ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY. AND HE DID CAMPAIGN ON THE SAME MESSAGING AS IT RELATES TO ISRAEL THAT. HE’S SAYING NOW BACK WHEN HE WON THE FIRST TIME, L.Z., CHRISTINE AND BARBARA, MIKE, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. KEEP YOUR SEATS, BECAUSE STILL AHEAD FOR US, JULIAN ASSANGE COULD SOON BE A FREE MAN. >> THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER STRIKING A DEAL WITH FEDERAL PROSECUTORS TO AVOID SPENDING ANY TIME IN AN AMERICAN PRISON EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY MOMENTS FROM NOW. WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THIS? MORE THAN A DECADE OF DRAMA? OUR PANEL WEIGHS IN NEXT. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HEARING ISRAEL NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY STRIKE IN HEBREW, UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. 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FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT? >> THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID EVERY TIME SURVIVOR SHARES THEIR STORY. >> I WILL NOT BE SILENCED. DO YOU FEEL THE CHURCH ACCEPTED ABUSE? I WOULDN’T SAY ACCEPT IT AS SO MUCH, PRETENDED IT DIDN’T EXIST . THAT’S YOU READY? KYRA PHILLIPS, ABC NEWS. DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS? THE POWERFUL WOMEN "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE" SECRETS OF THE TO GO TO CHURCH. >> THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THIS NOW STREAMING ON HULU. >> 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 FOR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST LISTENING TO YOU STAR HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> IN OUR SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT, JULIAN ASSANGE LANDING MOMENTS AGO IN A PLACE ABOUT AS FAR INTO MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN AS YOU CAN GET. HE’S IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, A U.S. COMMONWEALTH NOT FAR FROM GUAM, BUT 5000 MILES OFF THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. THERE IS A FEDERAL COURTHOUSE THERE IN THE CAPITAL OF SAIPAN AND THAT IS WHERE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE HAS PICKED THE FURTHEST AMERICAN COURTROOM HE COULD FIND FROM THE MAINLAND U.S. CLOSE TO HIS NATIVE AUSTRALIA, BY THE WAY, TO PLEAD GUILTY TO, ONE COUNT OF VIOLATING THE ESPIONAGE ACT. THE OTHER 17 FEDERAL COUNTS HE’S FACING, INCLUDING PUBLISHING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AND EVEN ALLEGATIONS HE SOUGHT TO HELP. FORMER ARMY INTELLIGENCE ANALYST CHELSEA MANNING HACK INTO CLASSIFIED U.S. GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS. WILL BE DROPPED. HE’S NOT EXPECTED TO SERVE ANY JAIL TIME AND WILL BE SENTENCED TO TIME SERVED. ASSANGE HAS BEEN HELD FOR FIVE YEARS IN A HIGH SECURITY PRISON IN BRITAIN AS HE’S FOUGHT EXTRADITION TO THE UNITED STATES. WHEN HE PLEADS HE’S EXPECTED TO BECOME A FREE MAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS. LET’S BRING BACK MY PANEL, L.Z., CHRISTINA. BARBARA AND MIKE, WE THANK YOU ALL. AND BARBARA, I DO WANT TO START WITH YOU. YOU HAD ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AS MEMBER OF CONGRESS WHEN YOU WERE SERVING IN CONGRESS. >> WHAT ASSANGE PLEADED TO IS THE EXACT THING THEY TELL YOU ON PAPER. >> YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED DO WITH CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, WHICH IS RELEASE IT. BUT THE ARGUMENT HE MADE IS THAT IN DOING SO, HE HELD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE. HE WRONGDOING IN HIS VIEW. DO YOU AGREE WITH HIS ARGUMENT? >> WHERE ARE YOU IN THIS? WELL, I THINK I MEAN, THIS IS A TOUGH CASE, YOU KNOW, ON THE FACTS, BECAUSE I AM VERY FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND PROTECTING PRESS FREEDOMS AND BACK TO HAVING MEDIA SHIELDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I THINK THE ISSUE HERE IS A FACT, ONE AS TO WHETHER HE WAS A JOURNALIST. I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF JOURNALISTS WHO QUESTION WHETHER HE WAS ACTUALLY A JOURNALIST OR AN ACTIVIST OR A HACKTIVIST. SO THAT’S REALLY ISSUE HERE. BUT GIVEN THAT ALL THIS TIME THAT’S GONE BY, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DIDN’T PROSECUTE HIM. THINK IT’S REALLY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TRIED TO AND DIDN’T. SO I THINK NOW THAT ALL THIS THAT’S GONE BY, I GUESS THEY’VE KIND OF COME TO A DECENT ACCORD HERE AND HE’S PAID HIS DUES SO IT’S STILL UP IN THE AIR. YEAH IT’S A TOUGH THIS IS A THIS A REALLY DIFFICULT CONVERSATION AND FRANKLY, IT’S ONE THAT’S PLAYED OUT FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. CHRISTINA WITH IN MIND, I DO WANT TO PIVOT TO YOU HERE BECAUSE HE RELEASED REMEMBER ON WIKILEAKS THOSE STOLEN EMAILS, EMAILS STOLEN BY HACKERS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. THEY HAD A SERIOUS ON HILLARY CLINTON’S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN 2016. YOU REMEMBER IN THIS PANEL REMEMBERS. BUT ALSO, BY THE SAME TOKEN, ASSANGE, HE HAS EXPOSED WRONGDOING BY THE U.S. MILITARY AND THINGS THAT NATURE. SO IN YOUR VIEW AND I AND I GRANT YOU THIS, IS A DIFFICULT QUESTION. HAS JULIAN ASSANGE BEEN GOOD OR BAD FOR THE COUNTRY? >> IS IT EASY TO EVEN SAY THAT? >> LOOK, I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE LOOK AT IT AS A CORE FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT WE HAVE TO PROTECT. AND THAT’S WHY YOU HAD BARBARA STARR. IT IS A TOUGH CASE, BUT YOU HAD THE "NEW YORK TIMES", THE GUARDIAN AND OTHER TOP INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES ACTUALLY SAY THAT THE PROSECUTION OF HIM SET A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT THAT THREATENED TO UNDERMINE THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE FREEDOM OF PRESS. THEY CAME OUT WITH A JOINT LETTER SAYING THAT HE SHOULD NOT BE PROSECUTED. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE RELEASE ,THE PENTAGON PAPERS. THIS GOES BACK ALL THE WAY TO THOSE TIMES. WHAT ARE STATE SECRETS AND WHAT SHOULD THE PUBLIC BE DECIDED TO SEE WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS LYING TO THEM OR WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS COVERING UP TRUTH THAT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY GO FORWARD WITH A WAR OR NOT. SO I THINK ULTIMATELY THE UNITED STATES MADE A CALCULATED DECISION TO DECIDE TO JUST ONE CHARGE. BUT YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE, AGAIN, TOP NEWS AGENCIES, THE GUARDIAN, "NEW YORK TIMES" SAY THAT EVEN THAT SETS A CHILLING EFFECT ON JOURNALISTS AROUND THE WORLD . L.Z., WHAT BARBARA, CHRISTIANE JUST TAPPED INTO THIS IS THIS OLD STRUGGLE OF, YOU KNOW, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND ALSO THE GOVERNMENT’S NEED, AS IT IS SAID, TO SOME THINGS SECRET IN ORDER TO CONDUCT THE JOB THAT IT HAS TO DO. DO YOU THINK, AS A JOURNALIST YOURSELF, THAT THIS GOVERNMENT IS KEEPING TOO MUCH SECRET? AND I DON’T JUST MEAN THIS ADMINISTRATION. I MEAN EVERY SINGLE ADMINISTRATION THAT IT’S A COMPLICATED QUESTION. I THINK IS GETTING CLOUDED BY THIS WIKILEAKS CONVERSATION BECAUSE. I THINK THEY ARE RELATED. WE’RE TRYING TO MAKE IT BECAUSE HE’S USING IT COVER. AND THIS IS WHAT I MEAN. HE’S NOT A JOURNALIST. RIGHT HE DID NOT GO THROUGH THE SAME PROTOCOLS THAT WE ALL DID THROUGH JOURNALISM SCHOOL OR ANY FORM OF EDUCATION OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, HAD TO ADHERE TO THE STANDARDS AND PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE TO THROUGH ANY MAINSTREAM OR ANY WELL ESTABLISHED, ENTITY IN TERMS OF MEDIA OR BEING REPRESENTED BY JOURNALISM. HE DIDN’T HAVE TO BE VETTED AT ALL. HE WAS A SINGLE PERSON DECIDING WHEN THIS INFORMATION CAN BE SHARED WITH. IT COULD NOT BE SHARED. HE WASN’T WAS A HACKER. HE BECAME A HACKTIVIST. MONETIZE HACKING. THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED. AND DAVID GOT IN TROUBLE. HE TRIED TO USE THE CLOUD OF FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. IF HE HAD GONE INTO THIS AS A JOURNALIST, I MAY BE THINKING ABOUT THIS DIFFERENTLY, BUT IT FEELS TO ME AS IF HE DECIDED TO USE THIS AS AN ARGUMENT TO BE COVERED FOR NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTIVISM, MORE SO THAN DEFENDING THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND BEING A JOURNALIST. MIKE, WHERE ARE YOU IN THIS DEBATE? >> LIKE I SAID, IT’S A VERY COMPLICATED QUESTION, BUT BECAUSE IT HAS SO MUCH NUANCE WHEN IT COMES TO IT AND CAN REALLY PICK UP WHERE. CHRISTINE REALLY? I THOUGHT SO LAID INTO ABOUT THE COALITION OF US BASED MEDIA PUBLICATIONS, I TAKE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TACK ON THAT. AND BECAUSE OF FACT THAT IT WAS MORE, I BELIEVE, SELF-INTEREST BECAUSE FACT THAT THEY DIDN’T WANT A PRECEDENT SET THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE FREEDOM OF PRESS ABILITY TO HOLD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE . SO THEREFORE, THEY DIDN’T WANT TO SET THAT PRECEDENT THAT WOULD HAVE PROHIBITED THEM OR THEM FROM DOING THEIR JOB ACCURATELY, OF HOLDING GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE WITH THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. AND SO I THINK THAT WAS MORE A PART OF LIKE A SELF-INTEREST, THE REASON WHY THEY CAME UP WITH THAT STATEMENT ON TO IT. SO. BUT, JAY, YOU JUST MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT OUR ADVERSARY. THE RUSSIAN HACKERS HACKED INTO THE SYSTEM IN ORDER TO GET DOCUMENTS THAT HE THEN RELEASED AND ALSO TO TO WHAT L.Z. WAS SAYING ABOUT THE STANDARDS AND PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE TO DO AS NEWS ORGANIZATIONS IS THAT HE THEY NOT CROSS OUT OR BLACK OUT HUMAN ASSETS THAT COULD PUT THEM IN HARM’S WAY. AND SO, YES, THERE’S NUANCE, FREEDOM OF PRESS, FREEDOM INFORMATION, BUT ALSO TO STANDARDS AND PRACTICES TO PROTECT. IN PARTICULAR, ARE HUMAN ASSETS AND COUNTRY THAT WE NEED FOR SECURITY HERE AT HOME. SO THIS WHAT MAKES THIS QUESTION SO NUANCED AND SO DIFFICULT OF A TASK? >> WHO SAYS YOU CAN’T HAVE NUANCED, DIFFICULT ON TV? I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR FORBEARANCE IN THAT. AND KEEP YOUR SEATS, BECAUSE WE ARE COMING BACK. 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WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON 17TH. HOLD A BUZZ KILL AND BASEBALL. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT? >> 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 KNOW WHAT WE LOVE, REALLY LOVE POP CULTURE. >> SO WHAT HAPPENS? WHEN BEING OBSESSED WITH POP CULTURE COLLIDES WITH BEING A MOM, YOU GET US. SO LISTEN NOW TO OUR NEW PODCAST, POP CULTURE MOMS. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> I’M JACLYN LEE AND GORMAN, CALIFORNIA THE THE POST BY WITH MORE THAN 15,000 ACRES BURNED. WHEREVER STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. >> TIME NOW FOR OUR LAST CALL. >> THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME ANNOUNCING ITS 2025 HONOREES. MORE THAN 30 NEW STARS ARE TO BE ADDED. SOME BIG PRINCE. ACTRESS JANE FONDA. BILL NYE, THE SCIENCE. ALSO, INTERNATIONAL SOCCER ICON DAVID BECKHAM. AND ACTORS COURTNEY B VANCE AND FRAN DRESCHER ARE THERE. SO WE BRING BACK OUR PANEL BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME NAMES THAT ENLIST AND SOME NAMES I LISTED. WE HAVE LIMITED TIME. EVERYBODY FIRE. YOU ARE ONE NAME THAT YOU LIKE THAT IS IN THIS LIST. BARBARA. GO, GIRL. >> OKAY, MIKE, MY COSTAR. >> NIA LONG IN THE BEST MAN. FINAL CHAPTERS. ALL RIGHT. L.Z., L.Z., I MISSED YOURS. OH, OH. I THINK WE HAVE AN AUDIO ISSUE WITH L.Z., CHRISTINA. >> I’M NOT MUTED. SHE. >> ALL RIGHT. SO WE MISSED YOU BOTH. L.Z., QUICKLY THEN, CHRISTINA, I KNOW YOU’RE SOME AUDIO ISSUES. ALL RIGHT. SO HERE’S WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO. I’M GOING TO TELL MY FAVORITE NAME THAT IS ON THIS LIST THAT NOBODY SAID YET, WHICH ARE THE CREATE OF SOUTH PARK. MATT STONE AND TREY PARKER WILL ALSO BE HONORED ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WITH OUR TIME, I GET THE LAST WORD. THAT IS OUR LAST CALL FOR THIS HALF. THANK YOU ALL. DESPITE THE AUDIO ISSUES, L.Z., CHRISTINA, BARBARA, MIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AND THANK YOU. AT HOME FOR STREAMING WITH US, MJ O’BRIEN. BE SURE TO CATCH ABC NEWS LIVE. PRIME LINSEY DAVIS AT 7 P.M. EASTERN. KEEP IT RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS AND NEITHER DO WE. WHAT DOES TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION TO DISCUSS OUR COMBAT OPERATIONS. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM DIRECTIONS. THEIR REACTORS RECEIVED A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE DESTROYED. BUT THE FLAG, YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT MADE THE USA GREAT WORK. >> HI, IT’S LYLE. DAVID. I’M DAVID. >> YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT. ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR 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. ARE 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 . STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON 17TH POLE, THE BUZZ KILL AND BASEBALL. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY, WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT. >> ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON IN BUFFALO YOU’VE ALL IN TEXAS EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND REPORTING FROM ROLLING MISSISSIPPI. THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY. GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC NEWS LIVE, PRIME. >> WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER. >> YOU SCREEN YOUR NEWS ONLY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAD PACK WAS HERE, THE CENTER OF CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM INSIDE, THE BRAD PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU HAVE A BRAD PACK NAME NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU. >> I HATED THE BRAD PACK. WHAT A DISASTER. >> WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSIVE ADDRESS? I’M NOT GOING TO SAY BEETLES OR ANYTHING. >> WELL, WE DIDN’T FAIL. SHEA STADIUM, 19 85. >> I THINK WE COULD HAVE. 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 EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS. MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YEAR FOUR FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS COVERING THE VERY LATEST ON THE IMMIGRATION FRONT ALONG THE SOUTHWEST BORDER IN EL PASO . MEAN WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE FOR STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, I’M JAKE O’BRIEN IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. THE RACE TO RESPOND TO THE HISTORIC FLOODING THE MIDWEST. EMERGENCY OFFICIALS PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THAT MAJOR DAM THREAT OF FAILING IN MINNESOTA AS MORE STORMS HAMMER THE MIDWEST. WE’RE TRACKING THE VERY LATEST. AND THE HIGH STAKES HEARING IN DONALD TRUMP’S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE. HOW THE JUDGE RESPONDED, HIS LATEST PUSH TO HAVE THE CASE THROWN OUT. PLUS, THE CHANGE TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S GAG ORDER AFTER HIS HUSH MONEY CONVICTION IN NEW YORK. ALL OF THIS AS TRUMP AND BIDEN PREPARE FACE OFF ON THE DEBATE STAGE ON THURSDAY NIGHT WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS NOW ACKNOWLEDGING ABOUT HIS PAST DEBATE PERFORMANCE. >> BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH THAT HISTORIC FLOODING IN THE MIDWEST. MILLIONS BATTLE SCORCHING TEMPERATURES FROM COAST TO COAST. EMERGENCY IN MINNESOTA MONITORING THAT DAM SOUTH OF MINNEAPOLIS UNDER. THREAT OF COLLAPSE AFTER MASSIVE WAVES OF RIVER WATER CUT A AROUND IT. THEY SAY THE DAM ITSELF IS HOLDING AND THEY’RE MORE CONCERNED RIGHT NOW ABOUT DEBRIS CLOGGING IT. AT LEAST ONE WOMAN NEARBY CALLING THE SCENE UNBELIEVABLE . >> AND NOW THE THREAT OF OUR HOUSE, MAY FAMILY HOUSE WHERE I GREW UP IS THREATENED BY THE FORCE OF MOTHER NATURE. THE WATER. >> AND YOU’RE NOT STOPPING MOTHER NATURE. >> THE DEVASTATING FLOODING EXTENDING BEYOND MINNESOTA. WARNINGS ALSO STILL IN PLACE IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND IOWA AND MORE STORMS ARE HAMMERING THE LOWER MIDWEST TODAY. DROWNING AND CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. ALL OF THIS AS SCORCHING TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO STRETCH FROM COAST TO COAST, TRIGGERING ALERTS IN 24 STATES. WE TURN NOW TO ABC’S MELISSA DON WHO HAS THE LATEST ON THE GROUND NEAR THAT DAMAGED DAM IN MINNESOTA MELISSA JAY. >> THIS MAJOR MINNESOTA DAM IS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE AND THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SHOW YOU AT REAL TIME. YOU CAN SEE HOW IMPRESSIVE THAT RAGING WATER CONTINUING TO PUSH THROUGH THE RIVER. ALSO JUST LOOKING HOW IT PUSHED THROUGH CARVING THROUGH THE SIDE THERE, THAT HOME OUT THERE IN THE DISTANCE, TEETERING ON THE END. THAT IS THE THREAT THAT WE’RE SEEING. OFFICIALS AND RESIDENTS HERE ARE JUST PRAYING IT WILL HOLD AFTER THE WORST FLOODING THAT THEY’VE SEEN IN NEARLY 60 YEARS. BUT LOOK, THE CONCERN IS ALSO FOR THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ALONG THE BLUE EARTH RIVER. WE HAVE MET WITH SOME NEIGHBORS AND RESIDENTS TELLING US HOW THE MOMENTS WERE YESTERDAY WHEN THEY WERE FORCED TO EVACUATE, NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY WOULD COME BACK TO. >> HAVE A LISTEN. WE WERE IN BED. YEAH, WE WERE SLEEPING. WE GOT THE CALL, I GUESS ABOUT THREE OR FOUR, THAT THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE. AND SO WE ESSENTIALLY HEADED TO HIGHER GROUND AT THAT POINT. SO WE EVACUATED YOU AND YOUR WIFE? >> YES. AND WE HAVE A SIX-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. ROSEMARY, AS WELL. SO SHE YOU KNOW, WE ALL HEADED OUT, WEREN’T REALLY SURE WHAT TO DO. >> NOW, WE’VE SEEN THE MAJOR FLOODING COURSE ACROSS MINNESOTA. WE WERE ALSO IN WATERVILLE. THAT’S ANOTHER COMMUNITY WATER. SO MANY NEIGHBORS NOT KNOWING WHEN WILL THEY BE ABLE TO COME . ALSO, CROPS AROUND THE AREA TOTALLY INUNDATED. WE STARTED WITH PEOPLE HERE WHO TELL US HOW SO MUCH OF THESE CROPS ARE THEIR LIVELIHOOD. THAT’S GOING TO BE JUST ANOTHER PROBLEM. CRIPPLING THIS COMMUNITY ACROSS MINNESOTA, IOWA, SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS, OF COURSE, AFTER WE’VE LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A PERSON WHO DIED FROM FLOODWATERS FROM ,SOUTH DAKOTA. ANOTHER PERSON CONFIRMED THAT WAS KILLED IN, IOWA. SO DEFINITELY, UNFORTUNATELY, THINGS HAVE TURNED DEADLY AND VERY SERIOUS AS THIS THREAT IS STILL IMMINENT JAKE, MELISSA, DON, THAT DAM RIGHT THERE BEHIND HER, THANK YOU. WE WANT TO TRACK NOW THAT HEAT THAT HAS BEEN STICKING AROUND FOR DAYS. ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE IS TRACKING THAT FOR US. AMARA JAVA, HE IS STICKING AROUND AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT A COOL DOWN IS ON THE WAY FOR THOSE LIVING IN THE NORTHEAST. SO LET’S CHECK THIS OUT. NINETY’S WEDNESDAY IN PHILADELPHIA IN OUR NATION’S UP IN BOSTON. >> BUT LOOK AT FRIDAY HOW WE START TO COOL THINGS DOWN IN THE EIGHTIES IN THE SEVENTIES IN NEW YORK IN BOSTON AND THAT IS BECAUSE A COLD FRONT IS GOING TO BE MOVING THROUGH SO WE GET THE COOLER WEATHER A LITTLE REPRIEVE A LITTLE BREAK BUT IT DOES COME AT THE COST OF SOME STORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS FIRING UP ABOUT 3 A.M. THURSDAY MORNING ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR. >> THESE STORMS WILL BRING WITH THEM DAMAGING WIND. AND THERE IS A CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. BUT SOME COOLER AIR BEING REINFORCED BEHIND IT. SO THE GOOD NEWS. NOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO HEAD THROUGH OUR TUESDAY, WE DO HAVE THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN PARTS OF THE MIDWEST AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES. FOR THOSE WHO ARE LIVING IN THE UPPER MIDWEST THAT HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THAT CATASTROPHIC FLOODING, THINGS ARE BACKING OFF A LITTLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE FARTHER SOUTH. >> BUT I KNOW YOU’RE ALSO DEALING WITH THE HEAT THERE. DES MOINES, KANSAS CITY, SPRINGFIELD, ST. LOUIS, RIGHT ON INTO CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS. BE MINDFUL THIS EVENING SOME OF THOSE STORMS WILL BE CARRYING WITH THEM DAMAGING WINDS AND THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES. SOMARA THEODORE FOR SAMARRA. THANK YOU. WE’RE TURNING NOW TO A HEATED END TO. THREE DAYS OF COURT HEARINGS IN DONALD TRUMP’S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE IN FLORIDA. THE JUDGE OVERSEEING IT, EILEEN CANNON, THE TRUMP APPOINTEE APPEARING DEEPLY SKEPTICAL ABOUT AN ARGUMENT MADE BY THE DEFENSE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ATTORNEYS, CLAIMING KEY EVIDENCE SECURED DURING THE FBI SEARCH OF MAR A LAGO SHOULD BE THROWN OUT BECAUSE THEY SAY WARRANT WASN’T SPECIFIC ENOUGH. MEANTIME, THE JUDGE WHO OVERSAW TRUMP’S HUSH MONEY CONVICTION IN NEW YORK IS MODIFYING GAG ORDER AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT IN THAT CASE, ALLOWING HIM TO COMMENT PUBLICLY ABOUT WITNESSES AND JURORS. AGAIN, FROM CASE. WE TURN NOW TO ABC NEWS SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS, WHO HAS MORE FROM OUTSIDE THAT FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA. >> KATHERINE JAY, THE JUDGE IN NEW YORK NOW AGREED TO PARTIALLY LIFT THAT GAG ORDER THAT WAS IN PLACE. YOU REMEMBER, DURING TRIAL, THE JUDGE DID NOT ALLOW TRUMP TO SPEAK ABOUT THE WITNESSES TO SPEAK ABOUT THE JURY, FOR EXAMPLE. WELL, NOW THE JUDGE SAYS THE CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGED. NOW THAT THE TRIAL IS OVER, TRUMP CAN SPEAK FREELY ABOUT THE WITNESSES, BUT STILL CAN’T SPEAK ABOUT COURT STAFF OR THE JURORS. BUT MEANWHILE, JAY, HERE IN FLORIDA, WE’VE JUST CONCLUDED A SERIES OF HEARINGS IN THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE BROUGHT BY SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH. JUDGE CANNON, CONSIDERING TRUMP’S ARGUMENT THAT KEY EVIDENCE RESULTING FROM SEARCH OF MAR A LAGO SHOULD BE TOSSED OUT BECAUSE THE SEARCH WARRANT WASN’T SPECIFIC ENOUGH. BUT THE JUDGE APPEARED TO DISAGREE, SAYING SHE HAD A HARD TIME BUYING THE DEFENSE ARGUMENT, SAYING THEIR ARGUMENT SEEMED FAR AFIELD. NOW, COURT ENDED WITH A BIT OF A SPECTACLE IN A PRETTY HEATED WAY. SPECIAL COUNSEL PROSECUTOR DAVID HARBACH ACCUSED TRUMP’S LAWYERS OF, QUOTE, HIJACKING THE HEARINGS WITH FAR FETCHED ALLEGATIONS. THE CASE. NOW, THIS COMES AS THE JUDGE HERE IS ALSO CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT TO TOSS OUT ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE, THAT EVIDENCE THAT WE EXCLUSIVELY REPORTED. THOSE ARE NOTES TAKEN BY TRUMP’S FORMER LEAD LAWYER IN THIS CASE, CORCORAN. NOW, THAT’S SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THOSE NOTES AND WHAT CORCORAN’S THE GRAND JURY, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE SOME OF SOME OF THE MOST DAMNING EVIDENCE DONALD TRUMP AND IS CITED THROUGHOUT. SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH’S INDICTMENT REPEATEDLY. NOW THAT PORTION OF THE HEARING TOOK PLACE UNDER SEAL. IT WAS OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW. GIVEN THAT THESE NOTES THAT WE’RE ON ARE SEALED, THEY’RE NOT PUBLIC. SO THAT’S STILL TO DETERMINED WHETHER OR NOT WHEN SHE RULES ON THAT, FOR EXAMPLE AND ALL OF THESE OTHER OUTSTANDING MOTIONS. JAY WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THEM. WE DON’T KNOW WHEN SHE’S GOING TO RULE ON THEM. BUT WHAT’S BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEAR IS THAT THERE LIKELY WON’T BE A TRIAL, AT LEAST IN THIS CASE, BEFORE THE ELECTION. >> KATHERINE FAULDERS IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, FOR US. KATHERINE THANK YOU. JOINING ME NOW TO BREAK ALL OF THIS DOWN IS ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, JOHN DOWD, ERIC KOHN. GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND I DO WANT TO START WITH THAT ARGUMENT THAT THE TRUMP TEAM MADE THAT YOU HEARD CATHERINE REFERENCE THERE ABOUT THE WARRANT AS YOU AND WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER, YOU HAVE SEEN THESE WARRANTS BEFORE THE THAT A WARRANT LIKE THIS IS OVERLY WHICH IS THE ALLEGATION THAT THE TRUMP TEAM MADE TO THE JUDGE. HOW DOES THAT SIT WITH YOU. >> THAT SAT WITH ME FRANKLY AS A FOOL’S ERRAND. THAT’S NOT AN ARGUMENT THAT’S GOING TO WIN. IT’S VERY HARD TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OF SEARCH WARRANTS BECAUSE THEY ARE APPROVED BY A JUDGE. SO I WHAT IT WAS WAS A MEANS FOR THE TRUMP TEAM TO. PUT ANOTHER MOTION IN FRONT OF THIS PARTICULAR JUDGE WHO DOES TAKE HER TIME WITH HER RULINGS TO FURTHER DELAY THE PROCESS IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, TO FURTHER DELAY ANY CHANCE OF A TRIAL IN THIS CASE. >> SHIFTING OUR FOCUS VERY QUICKLY TO NEW YORK AND THAT CHANGING OF THE GAG ORDER. IF THE JUDGE IN THAT CASE, NOT A FEDERAL CASE, BUT LOCAL CASE, DID, WHAT DOES THAT NOW MEAN FOR THE WITNESSES AND THE JURORS IN THAT CASE? BECAUSE TRUMP WAS PREVIOUSLY BARRED FROM SPEAKING ABOUT THEM? THE ORDER HAS BEEN CHANGED. HE NOW CAN CAN THESE WITNESSES AND JURORS DO ANYTHING NOW, IF HE STARTS TO MENTION THEM BY NAME, IT REALLY ISN’T MUCH THAT ANY OF THE JURORS OR THE WITNESS CAN DO, FRANKLY, UNLESS THE FORMER PRESIDENT STARTS MAKING THREATS BECAUSE YOU STILL CANNOT THREAT THREATEN PEOPLE. RIGHT SO IT WOULD BE A CRIME FOR THE PRESIDENT TO MAKE OVERT THREATS TOWARDS THESE PEOPLE, BUT HE CAN SPEAK ABOUT THEM. AND ALSO, JAKE, WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT THE JURORS, THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION IS ACTUALLY HAS BEEN KEPT OUT OF THE PUBLIC. SO GENERALLY, I CAN SEE THE FORMER PRESIDENT JUST TALKING ABOUT JURORS AS A GENERAL WITHOUT ANY SPECIFICITY, BUT HE CAN GO AFTER THE WITNESSES LIKE STORMY DANIELS AND MICHAEL COHEN AND SEE WHAT HE WANTS UP TO THE POINT OF NOT THREATENING THEM. AND HE IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL BECAUSE, OF COURSE, HE IS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL EVERY DAY. CON, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS TUESDAY NIGHT. ALL OF THAT COURT CONTINUES TO PLAY OUT AS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ALSO GEARING UP TO FACE PRESIDENT BIDEN JUST TWO DAYS FROM NOW AT THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. BIDEN TAKING THE WEEK TO WITH HIS ADVISERS AT CAMP DAVID FOR DEBATE PREP. MEANWHILE, HIS IS OUT WITH A NEW AD TODAY. >> HERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT . TRUMP LOVES TO ATTACK JOE BIDEN. >> JOE BIDEN, JOE BIDEN BECAUSE FOCUSED ON REVENGE AND HE HAS NO PLAN TO HELP THE MIDDLE CLASS. >> HE JUST GIVE MORE TAX CUTS TO THE WEALTHY. JOE BIDEN IS WORKING EVERY DAY TO MAKE YOUR LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE. FOR HIS PART, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE ATTACK CRITICIZING BIDEN FOR GOING TO A, QUOTE, LOG CABIN TO STUDY. THAT IS, OF COURSE, A REFERENCE TO CAMP DAVID, WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS NOW. TO BE CLEAR, THESE CLAIMS ARE UNFOUNDED. >> THERE WAS NO PROOF THEM. BUT THIS IS A SIGN OF JUST HOW NASTY THE ATTACKS COULD TURN ON THAT DEBATE STAGE JUST DAYS FROM NOW TO BREAK ALL OF THIS, WE TURN TO ABC NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR RICK KLEIN. HE JOINS ME NOW WITH LATEST. RICK, I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR DAYS IN THE PAST AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT UNTIL THE EXPECTATIONS GAME IN ALL OF THIS, THE TRUMP HELD A PHONE CALL WITH REPORTERS EARLIER. IT WAS AN ON THE RECORD PHONE CALL, WHICH SOMETIMES IS REAL FOR THEM TO JUST GIVE AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE’RE THINKING COMPLETELY ON THE RECORD. AND THEY SAID THAT YOU KNOW, BIDEN WOULD BE GIVEN A, QUOTE, PARTICIPATION TROPHY IF HE CAN STAND UP FOR 90 MINUTES ON IN THERE ACCUSING THE MEDIA OF SETTING THE EXPECTATIONS LOW FOR BIDEN WHEN TRUMP IS THE ONE OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL EVERY SEEMINGLY SETTING THE EXPECTATIONS LOW FOR BIDEN. >> WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO DO HERE? >> THEY’RE TRYING TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS. YEAH, LOOK, THIS IS SOMETHING THE TRUST’S BEEN DOING FOR MONTHS, MAYBE YEARS AT THIS POINT, AND IS TRYING TO TALK ABOUT HOW JOE BIDEN CAN’T DO IT, CAN’T IT DONE? AND HE KIND OF TAUNTED HIM INTO EVEN AGREEING TO DEBATES IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND IN A LOT OF WAYS, I THINK THEY’RE VICTIMS OF THEIR OWN SUCCESS IN BRANDING THAT BECAUSE THEIR WORRY NOW IS THE OPPOSITE, THAT BIDEN WILL DO TOO WELL, THEREFORE BE SEEN AS SOMEONE WHO PUTS TO REST SOME OF THE CONCERNS OVER HIS PERCEIVED INABILITY TO TO STRING TOGETHER SENTENCES. AS TRUMP WILL SAY. >> BUT I THINK, LOOK, WHAT’S GOING TO MATTER ISN’T GOING TO BE THE EXPECTATIONS. IT’S GOING TO BE THE PERFORMANCE. >> THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS ON THURSDAY. WELL, AND IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE TRUMP HAS CONSISTENTLY THEN CALLED BIDEN IN RECENT DAYS A WORTHY DEBATER, DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE’S ALSO SAID THAT HE’S NOT A VERY GOOD DEBATER. >> THEY’RE ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH HIS EXPECTATIONS, MAP AND INCONSISTENCY IS NOT A HALLMARK HERE. BUT TO BE FAIR, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN CAMPAIGNS ALL THE TIME. WHEN THEY CAN’T REALLY DO MUCH ELSE. THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS AN EVENT THAT’S KIND OF OUT OF THEIR CONTROL, WHAT THEY CAN CONTROL ,PERHAPS, IS THE MEDIA STORYLINES THAT COME IN AND OUT OF IT. SO NOW YOU TALK A GUY UP BECAUSE THEY’RE HOPING THAT HE ISN’T AS GOOD. >> SO I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS OP ED THAT CLINTON WROTE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, AND SHE TALKS ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE DEBATING TRUMP, BIDEN, AND THEN HE SAYS THAT BIDEN COULD PUSH AGAINST TRUMP’S ATTEMPTS TO, QUOTE, THROW HIS OPPONENT OFF BALANCE BY GIVING A SIMILAR AND BY THE WAY, YOU SEE SOMETHING ON YOUR SCREEN. >> BY GIVING A SIMILAR PERFORMANCE TO WHAT BIDEN GAVE THE STATE OF THE UNION, HOW DO YOU PREPARE A CANDIDATE FOR VERSUS POLICY? >> THAT’S GOT TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A HARDER, HARDER THING TO DO. >> AND THE STATE OF THE UNION IS A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT? YOU’VE GOT TO YOU’VE GOT A SCRIPT AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH ON THE TELEPROMPTER FOREVER. THIS THIS IS NO NET. YOU’RE OUT THERE AND YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER GUY’S GOING TO DO. YOU CAN DEFINITELY ANTICIPATE. AND IF THEY’RE DOING DEBATE PREP THE WAY THEY HAVE IN THE PAST, THAT MEANS THAT BOB BAUER’S PLAYING, THE PART OF TRUMP IS DOING SOME CRAZY THINGS OUT THERE BECAUSE HE WANTS THROW THEM OFF BALANCE. >> THERE’S BEEN REPORTS ABOUT PRESIDENTS IN THE TIME THAT THEY GET ANGRY AT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING DEBATE PREP FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT USED TO BE CHALLENGED THAT WAY. BUT THAT’S THE POINT. YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT IN YOUR HEAD AND THINK, OKAY, IF HE DOES THIS, DO I DO THAT? AND LOOK, IT’S EASY TO TO MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK THESE PERFORMANCES. BOTTOM LINE IS HILLARY CLINTON DID DEBATE DONALD TRUMP AND I THINK SHE HAD PRETTY GOOD DEBATES. >> SHE LOST THE ELECTION ANYWAY. AS ASMA KHALID NOTED WITH US EARLIER, BIDEN IS NOT NECESSARILY IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WHERE HE’S GIVING QUICK, SUCCINCT ANSWERS. >> HE’S GIVING SPEECHES. THE STATE OF THE UNION IS A SPEECH. >> HE HASN’T GIVEN A LOT OF PRESS CONFERENCES. I DO WANT TO PIVOT TO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. HE HAS BEEN TEASING REPEATEDLY THIS IDEA THAT HE’S TO ANNOUNCE HIS VP PICK SOON, PERHAPS AROUND THE CONVENTION. HE SAID THAT VP PICK IS GOING TO BE, QUOTE UNQUOTE, AT THE DEBATE. BUT THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING. >> WHAT ARE WE HEARING FROM THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ABOUT ALL THAT? YEAH, THERE’S DEFINITELY SOME INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE TIMELINE ON THIS. AND IT SEEMED TO PICK UP IN THE LAST DAY OR SO. NOTHING IS STONE. >> I THINK THERE’S A POSSIBILITY THAT HE DOES THIS AROUND THIS DEBATE MAYBE RIGHT AFTER THE DEBATE, PARTICULARLY IF IT’S NOT A GOOD DEBATE. HE WANTS TO CHANGE THE STORYLINE, BUT HE’S HE THAT THIS IS ONE CHANCE YOU HAVE TO KIND OF DOMINATE THE NEWS AND IT’S PROBABLY BEST IF YOU CAN. >> SO I’M KIND OF STILL THINKING RIGHT AFTER JULY 4TH, THAT WEEK BEFORE HIS SENTENCING ON JULY 11TH, HIS SENTENCING THEN THE CONVENTION, WE HAVE A LOT THAT WE WILL TURN TO RICK KLEIN FOR. RICK KLEIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WE’LL TALK A LOT BETWEEN NOW AND THURSDAY. 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I’D NEVER BEEN TREATED THAT WAY BEFORE. >> LIKE, WE DON’T MATTER TO YOU GUYS AT ALL AND SAY YOU DON’T MATTER YET. >> WE ALL ARE CLOSING THE DOOR ON OUR FAITH. GET IT DONE TODAY. SHORTLY AFTER ANOTHER CLERK ARRIVED AND WITH HER HELP, JENNIFER AND KRISTEN BECAME, ARKANSAS’S FIRST SAME SEX COUPLE TO OFFICIALLY SAY I DO. >> WIDELY CONSIDERED THE FIRST IN THE SOUTH. >> HERE’S YOUR PRETTY LICENSE. ZEKE AND ALSO MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST MALE COUPLE IN THE SOUTH. >> NOW PRONOUNCE YOU THE LEGALLY MARRIED. >> CONGRATULATIONS. WAS IT LIKE TO HOLD THAT PIECE OF PAPER IN YOUR HAND? EMOTIONAL. >> I CRIED. THE FIRST FEELING I GET IS GRATITUDE. BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO MAKING IT TO WHERE CHRIS AND I CAN LIVE. THIS SO-CALLED SIMPLE LIFE THAT WE TO LIVE. >> THE CLERK WHO REFUSED TO ISSUE THE LICENSES LATER HER BOSS, THE COUNTY CLERK, WAS OUT OF TOWN, SO SHE REQUESTED INPUT FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. AFTER NOT HEARING BACK, SHE DECIDED TO CLOSE THE COURTHOUSE. 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ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> HERE AT "GMA", WE HAVE TWO WORDS FOR YOU, GIANT PANDAS. AND THIS WEEK, JANAI NORMAN TAKES YOU TO WHAT’S CALLED THE PANDA CAPITAL OF THE WORLD IN CHINA. THIS IS BOUND AS TWO PANDAS GET READY TO MAKE THE TRIP TO THE U.S. AND DOES "GMA" THIS WEEK, A HIGH STAKES DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY PLAYING TONIGHT. RIGHT NOW IN NEW YORK, SHINING A LIGHT ON THE CHALLENGES FACING PRESIDENT BIDEN AS HE HURTLES TOWARD A REMATCH WITH DONALD TRUMP IN NOVEMBER. JAKE O’BRIEN IN WASHINGTON IN TODAY’S BIG STORY, NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN JAMAAL BOWMAN IN A FIGHT FOR HIS POLITICAL IN DANGER OF BECOMING THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE SQUAD TO HIS SEAT IN CONGRESS. >> THE VOTING UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. THE PRIMARY CHALLENGER PUSHING BOWMAN ON ISRAEL AND WHAT IT ALL COULD MEAN FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR ASMA KHALID HERE WITH ME IN THE STUDIO WITH THAT. >> AND IN OUR SPOTLIGHT, JULIAN ASSANGE, DUE IN COURT JUST MINUTES FROM NOW AFTER STRIKING A PLEA DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS. OUR PANEL WEIGHS IN ON WHAT COULD BE THE OF A MORE THAN DECADE LONG LEGAL BATTLE FOR THE WIKILEAKS. BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH TONIGHT’S BIG STORY AND THE TENSE HOTLY ANTICIPATED PRIMARY PLAYING OUT RIGHT NOW IN NEW. THE POLLS ARE STILL OPEN TONIGHT FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER, AS ALL EYES ARE ON CONGRESSMAN JAMAAL BOWMAN, AN OUTSPOKEN PROGRESSIVE MEMBER OF THE SO-CALLED SQUAD AS HE TRIES TO FEND OFF A PRIMARY CHALLENGE FROM GEORGE LATIMER, THE MORE CENTRIST WESTCHESTER COUNTY EXECUTIVE. POLLS SHOW BOWMAN BEHIND BY DOUBLE DIGITS IN SOME CASES. IN HEADLINE AFTER HEADLINE, THEY’RE ASKING IF HE’S DOOMED, SAYING THAT BOWMAN MIGHT NEED A POLITICAL MIRACLE TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM BECOMING THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE SQUAD TO BE OUSTED BY A PRIMARY CHALLENGER. TAKING CENTER STAGE THIS RACE TONIGHT, BOWMAN’S FREQUENT CRITICISM OF ISRAEL. LATIMER HAS DONE THE OPPOSITE, PRAISING ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU’S OF THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR. SO CAN BOWMAN HOLD ON TO SEAT? AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS A WHOLE IN THIS ELECTION YEAR? AND SPECIFICALLY, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR BIDEN? JOINING ME NOW TO BREAK ALL OF THAT DOWN IS ABC NEWS POLITICAL AND NPR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT ASMA KHALID. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HERE WITH ME IN THE STUDIO TONIGHT. MY PLEASURE. I DO WANT TO START WITH JAMAAL BOWMAN AND KIND OF ZOOMING OUT FROM THIS PRIMARY. >> WHILE ALSO KEEPING OUR FOCUS ON THIS PRIMARY, IF HE’S ABLE TO PULL OUT AN UPSET VICTORY TONIGHT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY? AND CERTAINLY IF HE LOSES TONIGHT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THIS ELECTION YEAR? >> IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD WATCH OR? >> IS IT A ONE OFF AND A FLUKE? YES. SO I WOULD SAY TWO THINGS. ONE IS I THINK IT’S CAREFUL THAT WE DON’T OVER THE RESULTS FROM FROM THIS RACE. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS THAT THE NEW YORK 16TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT HAS A VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF JEWISH VOTERS. IT IS, I THINK, SOME DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR WHERE THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR MATTERS IN A VERY DISTINCT WAY, IN A WAY THAT IT PERHAPS MIGHT TRANSLATE AS MUCH IN, YOU KNOW, THE ATLANTA SUBURBS OF THE DETROIT SUBURBS, VERY DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS. THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY, THOUGH, IS THAT I THINK JAMAAL BOWMAN, WHILE BEING A MEMBER OF THE SQUAD, HAS FACED STRUGGLES, I MEAN MANY OF US RECALL HIS INCIDENT WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOR FOR A FIRE ALARM. SO NO DOUBT THIS. YES, EXACTLY. I THINK NO DOUBT THIS IS ABOUT THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR. >> THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF MONEY POURED INTO THIS RACE, BUT THERE ARE ALSO DISTINCT, SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND. >> A LOT OF MONEY POURED IN BY PRO-ISRAEL LOBBYING GROUPS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR IN GENERAL, FOR THE BIDEN, YOU SO OFTEN HEAR THAT THE POLITICAL CALCULUS IS ON THE PROGRESSIVE SIDE OF THE AISLE AND THERE ARE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE UPSET WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN OVER HIS HANDLING OF THE WAR. WHAT YOU HEARD FROM DEMOCRATIC SOURCES ABOUT HOW THEY’RE GOING TO APPROACH THAT COME NOVEMBER. >> I MEAN, LOOK, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, THE WHITE HOUSE, I WOULD SAY BROADLY SEEM TO THINK THAT THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR IS A HUGE LIABILITY FOR THEM IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. THAT BEING SAID, WE’VE ALL REPEATEDLY SEEN POLLING THAT SHOWS A NUMBER OF DEMOCRATIC VOTERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CEASEFIRE. THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE CERTAIN SPECIFIC CHANGES FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS PREDATES THE CURRENT CONFLICT. AND THE REASON I SEE THIS AS GOING BACK TO 2021 WHEN THERE WAS PREVIOUSLY SOME SKIRMISHES BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. I DID AT THAT TIME ON THE PUSH FROM SOME WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC TO SHIFT WHAT BEN RHODES, OBAMA’S FORMER DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, DESCRIBED TO ME AS THE SHIFTING OF THE OVERTON WINDOW, THE ISRAEL UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL. AND THIS HAS A SLOW SHIFT. I THINK SOME OF IT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE REASONS CERTAINLY HAS BEEN, I THINK, EXPEDITED BECAUSE OF WHAT WE’VE BEEN SEEING AFTER OCTOBER 7TH. BUT LOOK, I THINK THESE ARE DIVIDES AND DEBATES THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS BEEN HAVING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THEY HAVE BEEN MAGNIFIED BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT CONFLICT AND SOME OF THE IMAGES WE CAN ALL SEE ON SOCIAL. THAT ALL BEING SAID, I WILL SAY TIME AND AGAIN WHAT I HEAR FROM THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS THEY DO NOT EXPECT THIS TO BE AN OVERWHELMING CAMPAIGN ISSUE. >> THAT’S INTERESTING THAT THOSE FISSURES HAVE EXISTED BEFORE AND THIS IS JUST EXPOSING THEM MORE AND DEEPENING THAT RIFT. I DO WANT TO PIVOT, THOUGH, TO THE DEBATE BECAUSE YOU COVER THE WHITE HOUSE AND THIS. WE KNOW THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE ON THE ATTACK. WE KNOW THAT BIDEN IS RIGHT NOW AT CAMP DAVID, HUDDLING WITH ADVISERS WHO, SOME OF WHOM YOU CAN IMAGINE ARE TRYING TO PREPARE HIM FOR THAT EXACT SCENARIO. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON THERE? AND ALSO, HOW DOES BIDEN HANDLE THIS DEBATE FROM WHAT YOU’VE AT THE WHITE HOUSE? >> SO I HEARD FROM A SOURCE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH DEBATE PLANNING AND DEBATE PREP FOR BIDEN, SAYING THAT THEY ANTICIPATE AND THEY SEE TRUMP A RUNNING A MORE DISCIPLINED OPERATION. AND THE REASON I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT IS WHEN YOU DEBATE DONALD TRUMP, YOU DON’T REALLY WHAT VERSION OF HIM YOU MIGHT GET. A LOT OF FOLKS WHO REMEMBER THAT FIRST DEBATE IN 2020, CHAOTIC, A LOT OF CROSS TALK. TRUMP WAS MORE DISCIPLINED. HE, I THINK, WAS MORE RESTRAINED IN THAT DEBATE. THAT, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IS WHAT THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS. AND. THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS BOTH IN TERMS OF POLICY, SUBSTANCE, STYLE OF HOW THIS ALL WILL TRANSPIRE. BIDEN’S BIG HOMEWORK, THOUGH, RIGHT. SO HE’S BEEN READING IN ON WHAT TRUMP SAYS AND THINKS AND TRUMP HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, PREPPING IN A VERY DIFFERENT STYLE AND CHALLENGES IN THAT A SITTING PRESIDENT DOESN’T FACE A FORMAT LIKE THIS UNTIL HE’S RUNNING FOR ELECTION. >> HE DOESN’T. AND BIDEN IS A MAN WHO, AS PRESIDENT, HAS NOT DONE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PRESS CONFERENCES. SO HE HASN’T BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END OF HAVING TO ENGAGE IN REALLY, I WOULD SAY, SUCCINCT SOUNDBITES IN A SORT OF COMBATIVE FORMAT. SURE. HE’S GIVEN THE STATE OF THE UNION A FEW TIMES, AND THAT’S WHAT HIS CAMPAIGN POINTS TO AS HIS PERFORMANCE HERE, THE STATE OF THE UNION. I HEAR THIS FROM SUPPORTERS OF PRESIDENT BIDEN, BUT THE STATE OF THE UNION AND A DEBATE WITH PUNCHES AND COUNTERPUNCH IS VERY DIFFERENT FORMATS. MICHAEL, WE COULD DO THIS ALL DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS TUESDAY NIGHT. I DO WANT TO TURN NOW TO OUR BIG STORY PANEL, THOUGH, WITH ALL OF THIS JOINING US IS ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND OP ED COLUMNIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES, L.Z. GRANDERSON, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST CHRISTINA SIMPSON RAMIREZ, FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN FROM VIRGINIA, BARBARA COMSTOCK AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND SIRIUS XM RADIO HOST MIKE LEE. WELCOME IN. CHRISTINA, I DO WANT TO START WITH YOU AND I WANT TO PICK UP WHERE ASMA AND I LEFT OFF WHEN IT CAME TO JAMAAL BOWMAN. >> DO YOU SEE THIS RACE AS BEING SOMEWHAT OF A BELLWETHER FOR DEMOCRATS AND PROGRESSIVES AND DO MODERATES AND PROGRESSIVES GET ALONG? OR IS THIS RACE A ONE OFF IN YOUR VIEW? >> I THINK I AGREE MORE WITH ASTHMA. THIS IS REALLY A MORE RARE CASE. WE ALSO HAD IPAC GO IN AND TRY AND UNSEAT SOME EARLY IN PENNSYLVANIA. THEY WERE UNSUCCESSFUL JAMAAL BOWMAN WAS AND HAS BEEN MORE VULNERABLE. >> I THINK ULTIMATELY EPA WANTS TO SHOW THAT THEY CAN WIN. THEY’RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO WIN ON THE ISSUE AND ISRAEL ALONE, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY’RE POURING IN MONEY FOR, IT’S REALLY ABOUT OTHER COMPONENTS OTHER ISSUES. IT ISN’T IN THEIR MESSAGING ABOUT ISRAEL AND PALESTINE AND THE TRUTH. I THINK ALSO GOING BACK TO THIS TENSION WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ITSELF IS WE HAVE SEEN ESPECIALLY AMONGST YOUNGER VOTERS THAT ULTIMATELY WILL DECIDE THE FUTURE ON THESE CORE ISSUES A BIG MOVE IN FAVOR OF AND MORE SYMPATHY, THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE WHILE STILL SUPPORTING JEWISH PEOPLE WITHIN ISRAEL. SO I THINK THAT THAT LONG TERM IMPACT REALLY HAS 70% OF DEMOCRATS SAYING AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE SAYING THEY WANT A CEASEFIRE. THOSE ARE HARD NUMBERS, BUT WE CAN ACT TO COMBAT LONG TERM. BARBARA CHRISTINA INVOKED AIPAC, THAT PRO-ISRAEL LOBBYING GROUP. DO YOU THINK IF THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL IN UNSEATING BOWMAN TONIGHT, BECAUSE THEY SUPPORTING HIS PRIMARY CHALLENGER, THAT THEY MIGHT GO AFTER OTHER PROGRESSIVES IN OTHER DISTRICTS? WELL, I THINK THEY’VE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR. BUT WHEN YOU’RE TRYING TO UNSEAT AN INCUMBENT, THERE ALWAYS HAS TO BE OTHER PROBLEMS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, JAMAAL BOWMAN IS HAD A LOT OF OTHER PROBLEMS, AS WAS NOTED EARLIER. AND THIS IS A LOT LIKE BOB GOOD ON THE REPUBLICAN WHO IS AN EXTREME YOU KNOW FREEDOM CAUCUS GUY WHO JUST YOU KNOW HE ENDED UP HAVING DONALD TRUMP AND KEVIN MCCARTHY AND A LOT OF HIS COLLEAGUES AGAINST HIM, TOO. JAMAAL BOWMAN HAD PELOSI AGAINST HIM, AS WELL AS SOME OF HIS COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE HE’S JUST NOT A VERY GOOD TEAM PLAYER. SO A LOT OF TIMES, A LOT THINGS GANG UP ON YOU. AND THEN A PAC WAS THERE WITH THE MONEY TO HELP I THINK PUT IT OVER THE EDGE. SO I DON’T KNOW THAT IT REALLY TELLS YOU A LOT MORE THAN THE FACT THAT IT WASN’T VERY POPULAR LIKE BOB GOOD. BUT IT’S THESE EXTREMISTS THAT ARE REALLY THEY DRIVE PEOPLE AWAY AND THEN IT CATCHES UP WITH THEM. WE COULD TALK ABOUT BOB GOOD ANOTHER TIME. I DO THINK THAT VIRGINIA RACE HAS STILL NOT BEEN CALLED YET. IT’S ABOUT 300 VOTES APART. LAST I CHECKED, IT MIGHT BE CLOSER NOW. MIKE IDEAS, I WANT TO TURN TO YOU WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. JAMAAL RACE, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE POSSIBLE THAT HE GETS UNSEATED TONIGHT, THAT HE MIGHT BECOME THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE SQUAD, LOSE A PRIMARY? DO YOU THINK THAT THIS HAS A LARGER POLITICAL IMPACT THAN JUST IN THIS DISTRICT? >> I ACTUALLY THINK THAT IT DOES. >> I THINK THAT IF POLLS ARE INDICATED, IT WILL BE A LONG NIGHT FOR JAMAAL BOWMAN GOING FORWARD. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE HISTORIC NUMBERS OF FUNDRAISING TOTALS THAT HAVE BEEN POURED, THIS CAMPAIGN, IT’S ONE OF THE HIGHEST FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, A CONGRESSIONAL RACE TO DATE. I DO THINK THAT NO MATTER HOW YOU SIT ON THIS SIDE THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT VOTERS THINKING ABOUT, AND PARTICULARLY THE YOUNGER DEMOCRAT VOTING BLOC. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN, HE’S GOING TO NEED THAT ENTIRE COALITION IN ORDER TO WIN BECAUSE IT WILL BE DONE ON THE MARGINS. AND ALSO TO WHAT I THINK ABOUT WHAT ASMA SAID CORRECTLY ,I THINK ABOUT THE SUBURBS OF DETROIT THINKING ABOUT DEARBORN, THAT DEFINITELY IS A MORE PRO-PALESTINIAN APPROACH. >> I DEFINITELY DO THAT. WOULD BE TOP OF MIND,CONFLICT AND PARTICULARLY A DEMOCRATIC COALITION THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WOULD NEED TO TRY HIS BEST TO KEEP EVERYONE INTACT IN ORDER TO WIN, BECAUSE WHOEVER WINS BETWEEN HIM AND FORMER TRUMP, IT WILL COME DOWN TO THE MARGINS, IN PARTICULAR IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATES. >> I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO OUR FOLKS AT HOME. I’VE BEEN LOOKING DOWN BECAUSE I KEEP CHECKING MY LAPTOP BECAUSE BARBARA PIQUED MY INTEREST TO SEE IF THAT BOB GOOD RACE HAS BEEN CALLED. IN MY VIEW IT HAS NIGHT OR JIMMY. FROM WHAT I’VE SEEN, IT HAS NOT BEEN CALLED YET. THAT’S THAT REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN VIRGINIA. TRUMP CHALLENGING ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS IN CONGRESS TO TRY TO OUST HIM. WE CAN GET INTO THAT AGAIN. >> TIME. L.Z., I GO BACK TO JAMAAL BOWMAN WITH YOU. EVEN IF PULLS OFF AN UPSET TONIGHT AND CERTAINLY IF HE LOSES, IS THAT A SIGN TO PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS THAT BEING A MEMBER, THE SO-CALLED SQUAD MIGHT GET YOU NATIONAL POLITICAL FAME ,BUT IT DOESN’T NECESSARILY GUARANTEE THAT THE VOTERS IN YOUR DISTRICT WHO ARE ULTIMATELY THE ONES THAT VOTE YOU IN OR OUT, SUPPORT YOU. >> WELL, I DON’T KNOW IF WE CAN MAKE THAT KIND OF BROAD BRUSH STATEMENT BASED UPON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS ELECTION, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, EXTRA FACTORS COMING IN TO THAT FORMULA THAT INFLUENCE THAT YOU CAN’T REALLY REPLICATE IN OTHER AREAS AROUND THE COUNTRY. BUT WHAT I WILL SAY THIS ABOUT THIS SQUAD, YOU KNOW, THERE IS THIS NOTION THAT IF WE DON’T ALL CHECK. YES, THEN THERE’S SOMEHOW SOMETHING’S WRONG WITH THE UNITY OF A PARTICULAR PARTY. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT’S NOT REALLY HOW THE CONSTITUTION WAS SET UP. IT WAS SET UP FOR THERE TO BE CHALLENGES. AND EVEN THOUGH THE BROUGHT FOR POLITICAL PARTIES THAT WEREN’T PART OF THE DISCOURSE. AND SO I THINK JUST BECAUSE YOU CHALLENGE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND, YOU’RE A DEMOCRAT, IT DOESN’T MEAN YOU’RE NOT A GOOD TEAM PLAYER. IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU’RE PUSHING FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU WEREN’T VOTING FOR AND HIS DISTRICT DIDN’T SEND HIM TO OFFICE OR THE ISSUES THAT HE’S FIGHTING FOR. REMEMBER WHAT HIS DISTRICT REALLY LOOKS LIKE. WEST CHESTER IS PREDOMINANTLY WHITE. AND THAT’S WHERE PREDOMINANTLY WHERE THE MONEY COMING FROM. BUT HE ALSO REPRESENTS A LOT OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE WHO ALSO WERE PART OF THE COALITION THAT TOOK IT TO CONGRESS. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE ENTIRETY OF WHAT THIS RACE LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE RESULTS MAY END UP BE. BUT IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE SINGULAR BECAUSE THEY’RE IN NEW YORK AND YOU REALLY CAN’T REPLICATE THAT ENVIRONMENT AND WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE END OF THAT ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY. AND HE DID CAMPAIGN ON THE SAME MESSAGING AS IT RELATES TO ISRAEL THAT HE’S SAYING BACK WHEN HE WON THE FIRST TIME. L.Z., CHRISTINA, BARBARA, MIKE, THANK ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> KEEP YOUR SEATS, BECAUSE STILL AHEAD FOR US, JULIAN ASSANGE COULD SOON BE A FREE MAN. THE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER STRIKING A DEAL. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS TO AVOID SPENDING ANY TIME IN AN AMERICAN PRISON EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY MOMENTS FROM NOW. WHAT WAS THE OF THIS MORE THAN A DECADE OF LEGAL DRAMA? OUR PANEL WEIGHS IN NEXT. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION PICKING UP YOUR LIFE IN SOME MINOR COMBAT OPERATIONS. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, OPERATE NUCLEAR REACTORS. WE HAD A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF CARE. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE IN THE USA? >> LOOK AT YOUR SMILE. YOU’RE PROUD OF IT? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU? APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. IT’S A MAJOR ISMAEL. >> DAVID. YES. YES. >> I’M DAVID. YOU ARE. I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO. EVERY NIGHT. >> ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> HAVE A COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S. >> THE BRAD PACK WAS HERE. THE CENTER. YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM INSIDE THE BRAD PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU HAVE A BRAD PACK NAME NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU? >> I HATED THE PRESS. WHAT A DISASTER. >> WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSE? AND THEN, LIKE I SAY, WERE THE BEATLES. >> WELL, WE DIDN’T SELL SHEA STADIUM 1985. I WE COULD HAVE. 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 THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD R. MURROW AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO. >> ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BUFFALO, ALL DAY. TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, REPORTING FROM ROLLING, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. WE’RE HEADING TO SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY, BEHIND STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME. >> WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU SCREAM YOUR NEWS ONLY ON ABC NEWS LIVE YOUR WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE SCHOOL MORNINGS KEEP STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE. >> MORE AMERICANS CHOOSE ABC NEWS. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE IN OUR SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT, JULIAN LANDING MOMENTS AGO IN A PLACE ABOUT AS FAR INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN AS YOU CAN GET. HE’S IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, A U.S. COMMONWEALTH NOT FAR FROM GUAM, BUT ABOUT 5000 MILES OFF THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. >> THERE IS A FEDERAL COURTHOUSE THERE IN THE CAPITAL OF CYPATH AND THAT IS WHERE WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE HAS PICKED THE FURTHEST AMERICAN COURTROOM HE COULD FIND FROM THE MAINLAND CLOSE TO HIS NATIVE AUSTRALIA, BY THE WAY, TO PLEAD GUILTY TO, ONE COUNT OF VIOLATING THE ESPIONAGE ACT. THE OTHER FEDERAL COUNTS HE’S FACING, INCLUDING PUBLISHING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AND EVEN ALLEGATIONS HE SOUGHT TO HELP. FORMER ARMY INTELLIGENCE ANALYST CHELSEA MANNING HACK INTO CLASSIFIED U.S. GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS WILL DROPPED. HE’S NOT EXPECTED TO SERVE ANY JAIL TIME AND WILL INSTEAD BE SENTENCED TO TIME SERVED. ASSANGE HAS BEEN HELD FOR FIVE YEARS IN A HIGH SECURITY PRISON IN BRITAIN AS FOUGHT EXTRADITION TO THE UNITED STATES. WHEN HE PLEADS, HE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A FREE MAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS. LET’S BRING BACK MY PANEL NOW. L.Z., CHRISTINA, BARBARA AND MIKE. WE THANK YOU ALL. AND BARBARA, I DO WANT TO START WITH YOU. YOU HAD ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS. >> YOU WERE SERVING IN CONGRESS. WHAT ASSANGE PLEADED GUILTY TO IS EXACT THING THEY TELL YOU ON PAPER YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO WITH CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, WHICH IS RELEASE IT. BUT THE ARGUMENT HE MADE IS THAT IN DOING SO, HE HELD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE. HE EXPOSED WRONGDOING. >> HIS VIEW. DO YOU AGREE WITH HIS ARGUMENT? WHERE ARE YOU IN THIS? WELL, I THINK THIS IS A TOUGH CASE, YOU KNOW, ON THE FACTS, BECAUSE I AM VERY MUCH FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND PROTECTING THE PRESS. FREEDOM TO BACK TO YOUR MEDIA SHIELDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I THINK THE ISSUE HERE, THE FACT, ONE, AS TO WHETHER HE WAS A JOURNALIST. I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF JOURNALISTS WHO QUESTION WHETHER HE WAS A JOURNALIST OR AN ACTIVIST OR A HACKTIVIST. SO THAT’S REALLY THE ISSUE HERE. BUT GIVEN THAT ALL THIS TIME THAT’S GONE BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PROSECUTE HIM? I THINK IT’S REALLY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TRIED TO AND DIDN’T. SO I THINK NOW THAT ALL THE TIME HAS GONE BY, I GUESS THEY’VE KIND OF COME TO A DECENT ACCORD HERE AND HE’S PAID HIS DUES. SO IT’S STILL UP IN THE AIR. YEAH, IT’S A TOUGH THIS IS A THIS IS A REALLY DIFFICULT CONVERSATION. >> AND FRANKLY, ONE THAT’S PLAYED OUT FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. CHRISTINA WITH IN MIND, I DO WANT TO PIVOT TO YOU HERE BECAUSE HE RELEASED REMEMBER ON WIKILEAKS, THOSE STOLEN EMAILS, EMAILS STOLEN BY HACKERS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. THEY HAD A SERIOUS ON HILLARY CLINTON’S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN 2016. YOU REMEMBER ON THIS PANEL REMEMBERS. BUT ALSO, BY THE SAME TOKEN, ASSANGE, HE HAS EXPOSED WRONGDOING BY THE U.S. MILITARY AND THINGS THAT NATURE. SO IN YOUR VIEW AND I AND I GRANT YOU THIS, IS A DIFFICULT QUESTION. HAS JULIAN ASSANGE BEEN GOOD OR BAD FOR THE COUNTRY? IS IT EASY TO EVEN SAY THAT? >> LOOK, I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO FREEDOM OF PRESS, IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE LOOK AT IT AS A CORE FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT THAT HAVE TO PROTECT. AND THAT’S WHY YOU HAD BARBARA SAID IT IS A TOUGH CASE. BUT YOU HAD THE "NEW YORK TIMES", THE GUARDIAN AND OTHER TOP INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES ACTUALLY SAY THAT THE PROSECUTION OF HIM SET A DANGEROUS THAT THREATENED TO UNDERMINE THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE FREEDOM OF PRESS. THEY CAME OUT WITH A JOINT LETTER SAYING THAT HE SHOULD NOT BE PROSECUTED. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE RELEASE ,THE PENTAGON PAPERS. THIS GOES BACK ALL THE WAY TO THOSE TIMES. WHAT ARE STATE SECRETS AND WHAT SHOULD THE PUBLIC BE DECIDED TO SEE WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS LYING TO THEM OR WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS COVERING UP TRUTH THAT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO DECIDE WHETHER GO FORWARD WITH A WAR OR NOT. SO I THINK ULTIMATELY THE UNITED STATES MADE A CALCULATED DECISION, DECIDE TO JUST SEEK ONE CHARGE. BUT YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE, AGAIN, TOP NEWS AGENCIES, THE GUARDIAN, THE NEW YORK TIMES, SAY THAT EVEN THAT SAID, THE CHILLING EFFECT TO JOURNALISTS AROUND THE WORLD. >> L.Z., WHAT BARBARA, CHRISTIANE JUST TAPPED INTO. THIS IS THIS DECADES OLD STRUGGLE OF, YOU KNOW, FREEDOM OF, INFORMATION AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND ALSO THE GOVERNMENT’S NEED AS IT HAS SAID, TO KEEP SOME THINGS SECRET IN ORDER TO CONDUCT THE JOB THAT IT HAS TO DO. DO YOU THINK, AS A JOURNALIST YOURSELF, THAT THIS GOVERNMENT KEEPING TOO MUCH SECRET AND I DON’T JUST MEAN THIS ADMINISTRATION, I MEAN EVERY SINGLE ADMINISTRATION THAT IT’S A COMPLICATED QUESTION. I THINK IT’S GETTING CLOUDED BY THIS WIKILEAKS CONFERENCE BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE RELATED. WE’RE TRYING TO MAKE THEM RELATED BECAUSE. HE’S USING IT AS COVER. AND THIS IS WHAT I MEAN. HE’S NOT A JOURNALIST, RIGHT? HE DID NOT GO THROUGH THE SAME PROTOCOLS THAT WE ALL DID FROM JOURNALISM SCHOOL OR ANY FORM OF EDUCATION, NOR DOES HE HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE STANDARDS AND PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE TO THROUGH ANY MAINSTREAM OR ANY REAL ESTABLISHED ENTITY IN TERMS OF MEDIA OR BEING REPRESENTED BY. SO HE DIDN’T HAVE TO BE VETTED AT ALL. HE WAS HIS PERSON DECIDED WHEN THIS INFORMATION CAN BE SHARED WITH, IT COULD NOT BE SHARED. HE WASN’T A HACKER. HE BECAME A HACKTIVIST. MONETIZE HACKING. THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED. AND DAVID GOT IN TROUBLE. HE TRIED TO USE THE CLOUD OF FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. IF HE HAD GONE INTO THIS AS A JOURNALIST, I MAY BE THINKING ABOUT THIS DIFFERENTLY, BUT IT FEELS TO ME AS IF HE DECIDES TO USE THIS AS AN ARGUMENT TO BE COVERED FOR NOT BEING ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTIVISM, MORE SO THAN DEFENDING THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND BEING A JOURNALIST. MIKE, WHERE ARE YOU IN THIS DEBATE? >> LIKE I SAID, IT’S A VERY COMPLICATED BUT BECAUSE IT HAS SO MUCH NUANCE WHEN IT COMES TO IT, IF I CAN PICK UP WHERE CHRISTINA REALLY I THOUGHT SO ELOQUENTLY LAID INTO ABOUT THE COALITION OF US BASED MEDIA PUBLICATION, I TAKE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TACK ON THAT. AND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT WAS MORE OF, I BELIEVE, SELF-INTEREST, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY DIDN’T WANT PRECEDENT SET THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE FREEDOM OF PRESS ABILITY, HOLD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE. >> SO THEN THEREFORE, THEY DIDN’T WANT TO SET THAT PRECEDENT THAT WOULD HAVE PROHIBITED THEM OR PRECLUDED THEM FROM DOING THEIR JOB OF HOLDING THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE WITH THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. AND SO I THINK THAT WAS MORE A PART OF LIKE A SELF-INTEREST, THE REASON WHY THEY CAME UP WITH THAT STATEMENT ONTO ITSELF. BUT, JAKE, YOU JUST MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT OUR ADVERSARY, THE RUSSIAN HACKERS HACKED, INTO THE SYSTEM IN ORDER TO GET DOCUMENTS THAT HE THEN RELEASED AND THEN ALSO TO GO INTO WHAT HE WAS SAYING ABOUT THE STANDARDS PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE TO DO AS NEWS ORGANIZATIONS IS THAT HE THEY DID NOT CROSS OUT OR BLACKOUT HUMAN ASSETS THAT COULD PUT THEM IN HARM’S WAY. AND SO, YES, THERE’S NUANCE BETWEEN FREEDOM OF PRESS, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION, BUT ALSO TRUE STANDARDS AND PRACTICES TO PROTECT, IN PARTICULAR, OUR KEY HUMAN ASSETS AND COUNTRY THAT WE NEED FOR NOW SECURITY HERE AT HOME. SO THIS WHAT MAKES THIS QUESTION SO NUANCED AND, SO DIFFICULT OF A TASK? >> WHO SAYS YOU CAN’T HAVE NUANCED, DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS ON TV? I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR FORBEARANCE IN THAT SEGMENT AND KEEP YOUR SEATS BECAUSE WE ARE COMING BACK. L.Z., CHRISTINA, BARBARA, MIKE, THANK YOU. STAY WITH US BECAUSE COMING UP IN OUR LAST CALL, THE NEW ADDITIONS ANNOUNCED TO THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME. >> WE’LL TELL YOU WHO’S GETTING STARS. OUR PANEL PICKS THEIR FAVORITES. SO DO I. NEXT, WHAT WHENEVER, WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO. >> ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, BUFFALO, ALL DAY, TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, REPORTING FROM FORK, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY HERE BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU SCREEN YOUR NEWS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> 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. WE’VE SEEN RIOT GEAR ARREST IN DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY ESCALATED TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS, FAST, STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT SOME TIME IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17 YEAR OLD BUZZKILL AND BASEBALL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS ONE THURSDAY ON THE DAY OF THEIR FIRST DEBATE STREAM, ABC NEWS FOR ALL THE BREAKING PRE-DEBATE DETAILS AND COVERAGE. THEN AT 7 P.M. EASTERN STREAM, A SPECIAL DEBATE EDITION OF ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS. AND AT EIGHT EASTERN, DAVID MUIR, THE ABC NEWS SPECIAL. THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE AND THEN WATCH THE CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SIMULCAST STREAMING LIVE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. AND STAY WITH ABC NEWS LIVE FOR THE INSTANT AND ALL THE FALLOUT AFTER THE DEBATE ALL NIGHT. >> THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID EVERY TIME A SURVIVOR SHARES THEIR STORY. I WILL NOT BE SILENCED. DO YOU FEEL THE CHURCH ACCEPTED ABUSE? I WOULDN’T SAY ACCEPTING IT AS SO MUCH. >> PRETENDED IT DIDN’T EXIST. YOU? >> YEP. READY? KYRA PHILLIPS WITH ABC NEWS. DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS? EM NGUYEN. "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE". SECRETS OF THE TO BUY TO CHURCH. >> THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THIS NOW STREAMING ON HULU. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION. IT’S OUR COMBAT OPERATIONS. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE. >> MILITANTS CAME IN FROM, I THINK IT’S LYLE DAVID DAVIS, ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST REPORTING FROM THE DEVASTATING FLOOD ZONES IN SOUTH DAKOTA. I’M MELISSA DON. WHEREVER STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . TIME NOW FOR OUR LAST CALL. >> THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME ANNOUNCING ITS 2025 HONOREES. MORE THAN 30 NEW STARS ARE TO BE ADDED. SOME BIG NAMES PRINCE TO ACTRESS JANE FONDA. >> BILL NYE, THE SCIENCE. ALSO, INTERNATIONAL SOCCER ICON DAVID BECKHAM. AND ACTORS B VANCE AND FRAN DRESCHER ARE THERE. SO WE BRING BACK OUR PANEL BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME NAMES THAT ENLIST AND SOME NAMES I LISTED. >> WE HAVE LIMITED TIME. EVERYBODY FIRE. YOU ARE ONE NAME THAT YOU LIKE THAT IS IN THIS LIST. MIKE, STARTING WITH YOU. >> WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NAME ON THE LIST? NIA LONG COSTAR IN THE BEST MAN, THE FINAL CHAPTER. ALL RIGHT, BARBARA, FAVORITE NAME? >> JANE FONDA. LONG TIME CROWN. L.Z., HOW ABOUT YOU, SIR? FRIENDS, PRINCE AND CHRISTINA, LAST WORD. >> YOUR NAME. >> ALSO, DO YOU FIND THAT BECAUSE SHE ALSO DOES GREAT WORK ON CLIMATE CHANGE. >> ALL RIGHT. AND IF ANYBODY HASN’T GUESSED YET, BECAUSE MAYBE YOU’VE ME SAY THIS BEFORE. MY FAVORITE NAME IS MATT STONE AND TREY PARKER, THE CREATORS OF SOUTH PARK. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS TUESDAY NIGHT. AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. YOU CAN CATCH ABC NEWS LIVE ANY TIME ON YOUR LATEST STREAMING SERVICES. THEN, OF COURSE, YOU CAN WATCH ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME AT 7 P.M. TONIGHT. DON’T IT? IT’S WITH LINSEY DAVIS. KEEP IT RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. DON’T GO AWAY 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. We’ve been 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 hole the buzzkill and baseball first thing in the morning America this morning America’s number one early morning news on ABC News live. With so much at stake. So much on the line, more Americans turn here than any other news cast, ABC News World News Tonight, with David Muir. America’s number one, most watched news cast across all of television, There is a price to be paid every time a Survivor shares their story. I will not be silenced. Do you feel the church accepted abuse? And once he accepted it as so much pretended it didn’t exist . >> TENET IT DIDN’T EXIST. YOU READY? KYRA PHILLIPS WITH ABC. >> DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS? THE POWER AND IMPACT BY "NIGHTLINE". SECRETS OF THE TO BUY TO CHURCH. THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THIS. >> NOW STREAMING ON HULU. WHY DO SO MANY START THEIR DAY HERE? ABC NEWS THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES START HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. YOU GET YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> 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. SCREAMING 24 SEVEN STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> I’M KAYNA WHITWORTH CALIFORNIA ON OUR FIRE COVERAGE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE TONIGHT OF FLOODING EMERGENCY NEW IMAGES OF DEADLY FLOODING IN THE MIDWEST. THE RAPID DAM IN MINNESOTA IN DANGER OF BREAKING FAMILIES READY TO EVACUATE. MAJOR FLOODING EXPECTED AS SEVERAL STATES DEAL WITH THE DISASTER AND BRUTAL HEAT WAVE. AT THE SAME TIME, WE’RE IN THE DISASTER ZONE AND TRACK WHERE THE DEADLY WEATHER GOES NEXT. PLUS, JUST TWO DAYS UNTIL THE HIGH STAKES PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. AND WE’VE NOW ENTERED THE EXPECTED GAME AS SUPPORTERS OF JOE BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF BLANKET. THEIR AIRWAVES LOWERING THE BAR AHEAD OF THURSDAY NIGHT. WHAT CAN EACH DO TO WIN OVER AN INCREASINGLY SMALL NUMBER OF UNDECIDED VOTERS WHO COULD DECIDE THIS ELECTION? WE’LL SPEAK TO A MAJOR POLITICAL STRATEGIST TO FIND OUT. >> AND I’VE JUST TOLD MY BEST FRIEND YESTERDAY TELLS MOTHER CLOSE FRIENDS YESTERDAY, IT’S LIKE COMING OUT ALL OVER ANYWHERE. IT WAS A LOT COMING OUT OF A BREAK. AND I FIND MYSELF APOLOGIZING A LOT FOR KEEPING SECRETS FROM 1.2 MILLION AMERICANS ARE LIVING WITH HIV. AND THANKS TO MODERN MEDICINE FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING THE DISEASE IS NOW POSSIBLE, BUT THE STIGMA OF OPENLY DISCUSSING IT REMAINS. IN TONIGHT’S PRIME, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR L.Z. GRANDERSON SITS DOWN TO DISCUSS CHALLENGES OF CONCEALING HIS HIV DIAGNOSIS. FOR YEARS. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I’M LINSEY DAVIS. SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US. WE’RE FOLLOWING THOSE STORIES AND MUCH MORE, INCLUDING THE FOUNDER OF WIKILEAKS, JULIAN ASSANGE, BACK ON U.S. TERRITORY, ON THE VERGE OF ENTERING A GUILTY PLEA THAT WILL SET HIM FREE. FIRST, THE SCARY NATIONWIDE RECALL INVOLVING MULTIPLE BRANDS OF ICE CREAM BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE LISTERIA CONTAMINATION. AND THE PANTHERS CLINCHED THE STANLEY CUP. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR VICTORY BY NUMBERS. BUT WE BEGIN WITH THE SEVERE STORMS AND THE FLOOD EMERGENCY . AND TONIGHT, AT LEAST 24 STATES ARE UNDER HEAT ALERTS FROM CALIFORNIA ALL THE WAY TO NEW JERSEY. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT STRETCHES FROM SOUTH DAKOTA TO OHIO TOMORROW. IT COULD BRING DAMAGING WINDS, HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO TO THE EAST COAST TODAY. THE CHICAGO AREA WAS SLAMMED WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND WINDS GUSTING OVER 60 MILES AN HOUR. MEANTIME, SOUTHERN MINNESOTA EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED DOWNSTREAM OF A DAM AT RISK OF COLLAPSE. AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE DISASTER AROUND THE COOK LAKE. A NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA. FLOODWATERS SWAMPING THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THIS HEAT WAVE NOT OVER JUST YET. OUR CHIEF METEOROLOGIST, GINGER ZEE, IS STANDING BY TO IT ALL OUT FOR US. BUT FIRST, OUR MELISSA DON LEADS US OFF FROM THE FLOOD ZONE IN MINNESOTA. >> TONIGHT, SEVERE STORMS PACKING, HIGH WINDS AND DRIVING RAIN BARRELING EAST AFTER TAKING OUT TREES IN THE CHICAGO SUBURBS. >> IT SOUNDED LIKE THIS GIANT CRASH AND I ASSUME FOR A SECOND THAT IT WAS JUST OUR PATIO UMBRELLA, BUT IT WASN’T. >> MEANWHILE, SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OFFICIALS AND RESIDENTS DOWNSTREAM OF THE RAPIDAN OUTSIDE MANKATO PRAYING IT WILL HOLD AFTER THE WORST FLOODING IN NEARLY 60 YEARS. >> THE PREVIOUS FLOOD IN 1965 COMPLETELY OVERTOPPED AND INUNDATED THE DAM AS WELL. IT DIDN’T BREACH THE WEST ABUTMENT BECAUSE THERE WASN’T A DEBRIS ACCUMULATION LIKE THIS . >> OFFICIALS SAY WATER OVERLAPPED THE DAM AND ERODED A PATH IT EARLY MONDAY. THE FORCE OF THE WATER TAKING TREES AND DEBRIS DOWNSTREAM MANGLING THE POWER SUBSTATION. JENNY WAS UP MAKING PIES AT HER FAMILY’S STORE BESIDE THE DAM. >> 2 A.M.. ALMOST DONE CLEANING UP. I HEARD A BIG. >> THE HOME SHE GREW UP IN. NOW ON EDGE OF A CLIFF. WE ARE JUST DOWNSTREAM FROM THAT DAM. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW BAD THIS BARN IS FLOODED. WELL, THE DAM WAS BUILT IN 1910, AND OFFICIALS FEAR IT FULLY FAILS. HOMES LIKE THIS COULD FALLEN ALONG WITH ALL THAT. >> THE DAMAGE ACROSS THE REGION IS DEVASTATING, MASSIVE FORMING IN NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA. THE MCCOOK LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLETELY GUTTED BY FLOODWATERS. ROADS DISINTEGRATE AT HOMES HANGING BY A THREAD. >> AND LINSEY, YOU CAN SEE FROM ANGLE ALL OF THE DEBRIS AND BRANCHES PILED UP AT THIS DAM. OFFICIALS ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO STAY AT A SAFE DISTANCE. THEY ARE HOPEFUL, BUT THEY’RE WARNING FAMILIES DOWNSTREAM TO STAY ALERT. LINSEY. HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL BE PAYING ATTENTION. >> MELISSA, THANK YOU. AND NOW OUR CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE, IS TRACKING IT ALL FOR US. HEY, GINGER. LINSEY, HI. YES. SO WE’VE GOT THIS BRAND NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT JUST GOT ADDED MOMENTS AGO. AND THIS ONE IS IN SOUTHERN IOWA. CONNECTS THOSE IN ILLINOIS, BACK TO SOUTH DAKOTA, MUCH OF NEBRASKA TONIGHT, ALL ABOUT GUSTS OVER 70 MILES PER HOUR. WE HAD SUCH A ROWDY MORNING IN SOUTHWEST WITH SO MANY CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER. UNFORTUNATELY, THESE COULD DO THAT. AND HAVE SOME BIG HAIL. WE’RE TALKING IN DIAMETER, UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES THROUGHOUT. WE’RE GOING TO SEE THAT MASSIVE STORMS KIND OF COMBINE WITH PIECE OF ENERGY. THE BIG COLD FRONT IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY GET INVOLVED HERE. SO ST. LOUIS WAKES UP WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD BE SEVERE AND THEN WE’LL TAKE THAT COLD FRONT AND MARCH IT EAST. WEST VIRGINIA, YOU’RE GOING TO GET SLAMMED. LOOKS LIKE LATE NIGHT. BUT SEE HOW WASHINGTON, D.C., BALTIMORE AND PARTS OF DELAWARE ALL START TO POP UP A FEW STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. BE AWARE AFTER I’D SAY 3 P.M., BUT THEN IT’S REALLY TEN OR SO WHEN THINGS GET GOING IN NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, UP TO RHODE ISLAND AND EVENTUALLY BOSTON AS WELL. AND HEAT, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE ADVISORIES AND THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS ON THE MAP STILL FOR PALM SPRINGS UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT. BUT RIGHT ALONG RED RIVER THERE, OKLAHOMA, BETWEEN THERE AND TEXAS, AND THEN OVER GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, THE FEELS LIKE IT COULD BE ABOVE 110. SO