TONIGHT, ARRESTED FOR WIRE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING. I'M GOING TO FIGHT MY BATTLE. I'M GOING TO DELIVER. I'M GOING TO FIGHT THE WAY CHECK. I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE OF CLEARING MY NAME, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THE NEW DETAILS ON EMBATTLED CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS AFTER HE SURRENDERED TO AUTHORITIES FOLLOWING AN INDICTMENT ON 13 COUNTS. >> PLUS, HOW DISRUPTIVE WAS IT TO LOSE ALL THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S CONNECTED TO THE NETWORK? >> PRETTY, PRETTY DISRUPTIVE JUST BECAUSE YOU NEED TO HAVE INFORMATION FAST AND NOT HAVING INFORMATION IS PROBABLY THE MOST PANIC INDUCING THING. >> IT'S LIKE I CAN'T MAKE A DECISION IF I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION. THE CYBER ATTACKS ARE GETTING MORE FREQUENT AND DEADLIER FOR PATIENTS. WE TAKE YOU TO THE HOSPITALS ON THE FRONT LINES OF TRYING TO PREPARE AND RESPOND AND I TRULY JUST LOVED GRADY . AND , YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LET A LITTLE COMMUNITY YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO BEAT TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM INFLUENCERS MAY BE ALL THE RAGE, BUT IT WAS YOU TUBERS WHO FIRST BROKE THAT VIRAL MOLD. WE'LL SIT DOWN WITH A COUPLE OF ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER INFLUENCERS ON HOW THEY'VE USED THEIR PLATFORM TO SHOWCASE NOT JUST THEMSELVES, BUT THEIR CULTURES. GOOD EVENING. I'M PHIL LIPOF TONIGHT FOR LINSEY DAVIS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US. WE ARE FOLLOWING THOSE STORIES AND MUCH MORE , INCLUDING THE PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY AT THE BORDER AS OFFICIALS SEND RESOURCES AHEAD OF TITLE. FORTY TWO EXPIRING, PLUS THE IMPORTANT VOTE THAT PAVES THE WAY FOR ABORTION PILLS TO BE SOLD OVER THE COUNTER. AND THE MOMENT PUBLIC SERVICE WORKERS GOT THIS A SURPRISE ENCOUNTER WHILE LOOKING INTO SOME POTHOLES. OUR CORRESPONDENTS ARE FANNED OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY COVERING THOSE STORIES AND MORE FOR US TONIGHT. BUT WE BEGIN WITH CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO A SWEEPING INDICTMENT, ACCUSING HIM OF WIDESPREAD FINANCIAL CRIMES. A 13 COUNT INDICTMENT ACCUSES SANTOS OF DEFRAUDING DONORS, DEFRAUDING THE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS SYSTEM AND DEFRAUDING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ITSELF. TONIGHT, SANTOS IS FREE ON A FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND AS HE WAS SWARMED, AS YOU SEE HERE, BY REPORTERS OUTSIDE FEDERAL COURT IN CENTRAL ISLIP, NEW YORK . HE CALLED THE PROSECUTION A WITCH HUNT AND VOWED NOT TO RESIGN. MORE THAN A DOZEN OF HIS REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE CALLED FOR HIM TO STEP DOWN. SO WHAT COMES NEXT? SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT LEADS US OFF TONIGHT FROM THAT COURTHOUSE ON LONG ISLAND. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. HE HAS ALREADY ADMITTED TO LYING TO HIS CONSTITUENTS. AND TONIGHT, CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES, SWARMED BY REPORTERS OUTSIDE FEDERAL COURT WHERE HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO 13 FEDERAL COUNTS, INCLUDING WIRE FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING AND THEFT. OF PUBLIC FUNDS. >> THE HEARING JUST 10 MINUTES. THE JUDGE READING THE CHARGES, ASKING SANTOS IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS. HIS ANSWER? YES, MA'AM. THE CONGRESSMAN SURRENDERED HIS PASSPORT AND WAS RELEASED ON A 500000 DOLLAR BOND. >> HOLD OUTSIDE THE COURT. OFFICERS FIGHTING TO CLEAR THE WAY OF THE TRIP AS SANTOS PUSHED TOWARD THE PODIUM AND DECLARED HIS INNOCENCE. >> NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO AND FIGHT TO DEFEND MYSELF. THE REALITY IS , IS IT'S A WITCH HUNT. >> PROSECUTORS CHARGE SANTOS CONCOCTED A SCHEME TO RAISE FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DONATIONS TO HELP HIS CAMPAIGN AND SPENT THE MONEY ON LUXURY DESIGNER CLOTHING, CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS, A CAR PAYMENT AND PAYMENTS ON PERSONAL DEBTS. THEY SAY HE ALSO POCKETED SOME OF THE CASH. SANTOS WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH FILING FALSE UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC. WHILE HE WAS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS, COLLECTING MORE THAN TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS IN BENEFITS EVEN THOUGH HE HAD A JOB AND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR A YEAR POSITION AT AN INVESTMENT FIRM. >> WHY WOULD YOU APPLY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WHEN YOU HAD A JOB MAKING ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR? RACHEL , THIS IS PART OF AN ACCURATE INFORMATION AND I WILL GET TO CLEAR MY NAME ON THIS DURING THE PANDEMIC, IT WASN'T VERY CLEAR . I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE GOVERNMENT GETTING THEIR INFORMATION, BUT I WILL PROTECT MY COMPUTER. PROSECUTORS SAY THAT YOU GOT OVER TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. SO HOW IS THAT ACCEPTABLE, MA'AM? LIKE I SAID, MY EMPLOYMENT WAS CHANGED DURING THE TIME. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE GOVERNMENT'S COMING FROM. 5% SANTOS, ALSO ACCUSED OF MAKING FALSE, FICTITIOUS AND FRAUDULENT STATEMENTS TO CONGRESS AND HIS REQUIRED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FILINGS, INCLUDING INFLATING HIS SALARY AND ASSETS WHILE FAILING TO DISCLOSE THEIR INCOME AND CONCEALING THE UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENTS. SANTOS TODAY DECLARING HIS INNOCENCE. >> ARE YOU PLANNING ON RUNNING FOR REELECTION? YES, BUT ON CAPITOL HILL, AT LEAST A DOZEN HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAY IT'S TIME FOR SANTOS TO RESIGN. >> IT'S A DISTRACTION AND IT'S A PUNCH LINE FOR A LOT OF COMMENTARY REGARDING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT WE DON'T NEED. >> HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY, WHO IS COUNTING ON SANTOS'S VOTE TO REMAIN IN POWER, IS NOT CALLING FOR HIM TO STEP DOWN. BUT TONIGHT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, MCCARTHY SAID THE CONGRESSMAN SHOULD NOT RUN FOR REELECTION. >> 70% I THINK I THINK HE HAS OTHER NAMES LIKE. AND RACHEL JOINS ME NOW FROM NEW YORK . RACHEL SCOTT CONGRESSMAN SANTOS IS ALSO FACING OTHER INVESTIGATIONS AS WELL RIGHT? >> EXACTLY. SO THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY. HE'S ALSO FACING A SEPARATE INVESTIGATION BY THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS SEPARATE CHARGES IN BRAZIL OVER ALLEGATIONS OF CHECK FRAUD ,WHICH HE ALSO DENIES A HEARING ON . THAT CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW BILL . ALL RIGHT, RACHEL SCOTT FROM NEW YORK TONIGHT. RACHEL , THANK YOU . >> FOR MORE NOW, LET'S BRING IN DEFENSE ATTORNEY AND FORMER ASSISTANT MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY JEREMY SALAND. JEREMY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US . LET'S JUST START WITH YOUR REACTION TO THE SUBSTANCE, THIS 13 COUNT, 19 PAGE INDICTMENT AGAINST SANTOS. AND I WANT OUR FIRST FOCUS ON THE CHARGES OF DONOR FRAUD. HOW SIGNIFICANT ARE THOSE CHARGES OF USING DONOR FUNDS FOR PERSONAL BENEFIT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM READING THE INDICTMENT, IS HE REALLY PROVOCATIVE TO DUPE THE KANAGAWA KNOWINGLY SO INTO THE INDICTMENT? INTENTIONALLY SO. TO USE THOSE MONIES FOR HIMSELF? IT'S VERY EGREGIOUS. THE DOLLAR AMOUNT MAY NOT BE AS REGIS AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, BUT IT'S A CONSTANT ONGOING SCHEME THAT I THINK REALLY PUTS HIM IN THE MOST DANGER. >> YEAH, AND THAT'S NO DOUBT GOING TO RESONATE WITH VOTERS AS WELL. I'M WONDERING ABOUT IMPROPERLY RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AS WELL, BECAUSE A LOT PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY SO RELY ON THAT AND WHAT THE CHARGES HE WAS ACTUALLY MAKING MONEY WHILE HE WAS RECEIVING THOSE BENEFITS. >> YOU YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY FRIENDS AND HELP YOUR DEFENSE WHEN YOU ARE SKIMMING AS ALLEGED, YOUR SCHEME TO TAKE MONEY WHEN PEOPLE WERE AT THEIR MOST VULNERABLE AND DESPERATE AND NEEDED THOSE DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THEIR FAMILY'S MORTGAGE, TO PAY FOR FOOD ON THE TABLE, TO KEEP IT AFLOAT AND EVERY TIME, EVERY WEEK THAT MR. SANTOS IS ALLEGEDLY SIGNED OFF AND SAID, I'M UNEMPLOYED, I'M UNEMPLOYED, I'M UNEMPLOYED ,AND THEN COLLECTING THOSE DOLLARS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS, IT'S OFFENSIVE TO THE AVERAGE AMERICAN. >> RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW FROM COVERING CASES LIKE THIS THAT THE PUBLIC INTEGRITY UNIT WILL MOVE QUICKLY IF THEY HAVE THE EVIDENCE. BUT I'M WONDERING, WERE YOU SURPRISED BY THE SPEED OF THIS INVESTIGATION? AND THE INDICTMENT AND WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DO YOU THINK THAT SAYS ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S CASE? >> WELL, SPEED ULTIMATELY STARTED WHEN IT INITIATED. I THINK THE GOVERNMENT STARTED TO LOOK INTO MR. SANTOS. WHAT'S HIS LIES WERE BEING REVEALED. AND THERE'S BEEN SO MANY LIES, NOT NECESSARILY IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THIS INDICTMENT, BUT IN TERMS OF HIS CONDUCT. SO IT DOESN'T SHOCK, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, SOME MIGHT ASK WHAT TOOK SO LONG. BUT THE GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO HAVE A VERY STRONG CASE, AT LEAST FOR SOME OF THE CHARGES, IF NOT MOST OF THEM. AGAIN, RECORDS AND RECORDS DON'T LIE. RECORDS TELL THE TRUTH. AND IF HE WAS COLLECTING, FOR EXAMPLE, WE JUST DISCUSSED THE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AT THE SAME TIME DEPOSITING CHECKS INTO HIS BANK ACCOUNT FOR WHERE THERE'S REALLY A DEFENSE TO THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. >> SO WE HEARD SANTOS AFTER LEAVING THE COURTHOUSE TODAY. I'M SURE YOU SAW SOME OF THAT. AND IF YOU DIDN'T, HE BASICALLY STOOD THERE IN FRONT OF A GAGGLE OF REPORTERS AND SAID THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF HIS ABILITY TO ADDRESS THE CHARGES AND DEFEND HIMSELF WHILE CALLING THIS A FAMILIAR TERM, A WITCH HUNT. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF HIS REMARKS? HIS DEMEANOR AT THE TIME OF HIS REMARKS AND HOW HE'S HANDLING THIS PUBLICLY? >> YOU KNOW, THIS WAS SORT OF THE DONALD TRUMP FEATHER DEFENSE. AND LOOK AT ME AND I'M THE VICTIM HERE AND IT SHOCKS ME THAT AN ATTORNEY WOULD ALLOW HIS CLIENT OR A CLIENT TO BE SO OPEN AND START SAYING THINGS WITHOUT HAVING CONTROL OF A LEASH BECAUSE HE CAME ACROSS AS CAVALIER, ARROGANT. I THINK HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THIS WILL BE MY BOOK. I'M GOING TO STAY IN CONGRESS. IT'S A WITCH HUNT. AGAIN, TALKING POINTS OF DONALD TRUMP . HE DID HIMSELF NO FAVORS. HE SEEMED TO RELISH THE MOMENT, ARGUABLY, WHICH DOES NOT REALLY DO ANYTHING FOR A COURT JUDGE, WHETHER IT IS A CONVICTION TO SENTENCE HIM WELL BEYOND THE GUIDELINES OR LESS THAN THE GUIDELINES. >> SO HE REALLY WAS FOOLISH IF YOU WERE HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEY , WHAT KIND OF CREDIBLE DEFENSE COULD SANTO'S MOUNT BASED ON THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM AND BASED ON THE YOU THE LIES WE KNOW TO BE TRUE SO FAR ? >> THEY ARE STARTING A THREE LEGGED RACE, WHICH IS DIFFICULT ENOUGH WITH NO LEGS WELL BEHIND EVERYBODY. IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE PAPERS DON'T LIE. THE POTENTIAL WITNESSES WE TALK ABOUT THESE PEOPLE, THE INDICTMENT, THERE'S A LOT THAT HE HAS TO DEAL WITH . BUT THE GOVERNMENT, WHEN THEY GO AFTER A LEGISLATOR, THEY'RE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT IT AND THEY DO THEIR HOMEWORK. >> DEFENSE ATTORNEY JEREMY LAND ,THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CONVERSATION. >> WE APPRECIATE THE INSIGHT. >> THANK YOU . AND NOW TO THE US MEXICO BORDER, WHERE IN JUST THE DAY, TITLE 40 TO THAT PANDEMIC PANDEMIC ERA RULE THAT ALLOWED THE U.S. TO TURN ASYLUM SEEKERS AWAY IS SET TO EXPIRE. CROWDS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN, AS YOU SEE, TO GATHER AT THE BORDER AS US OFFICIALS BRACE FOR A NEW SURGE OF MIGRANTS. HUNDREDS NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS DEPLOYED, SOME ACTUALLY IN RIOT GEAR. MATT RIVERS ON THE MEXICO SIDE OF THE BORDER, MIREYA VILLARREAL ON THE OTHER SIDE REPORTING ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT IN TIME. >> TONIGHT. WITH JUST OVER 24 HOURS TO GO BEFORE TITLE TWO EXPIRES, MIGRANTS CROWDING AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER FROM CALIFORNIA TO ARIZONA TO TEXAS, WHERE THE NATIONAL GUARD IS ALREADY IN PLACE WEARING RIOT GEAR IN BROWNSVILLE, FEDERAL AGENTS SWEEPING THROUGH THE STREETS OF EL PASO, WAKING MIGRANTS BEFORE DAWN WITH FLIERS WARNING THOSE WHO HAD ENTERED ILLEGALLY AND HAD NOT FILED THE PROPER PAPERWORK TO TURN THEMSELVES IN OR RISK BEING DEPORTED. LINES OF MIGRANTS SURRENDERING TO BORDER PATROL IN EL PASO THIS WEEK, TITLED FORTY TO THE PANDEMIC, ARE A POLICY THAT QUICKLY EXPELLED MIGRANTS BASED ON COVID CONCERNS WILL END LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. AND TONIGHT, DHS SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS WITH A DIRECT MESSAGE. >> WE ARE MAKING A VERY CLEAR THAT OUR BORDER IS NOT OPEN, THAT CROSSING IRREGULARLY IS AGAINST THE LAW, AND THAT THOSE WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RELIEF WILL BE QUICKLY RETURNED . >> DHS SAYING ONE POINT FOUR MILLION PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENT BACK THE LAST YEAR. BUT BY ORCA'S, REITERATING THERE IS A PATH FOR MIGRANTS TO COME IN LEGALLY. >> INDIVIDUALS WHO QUALIFY FOR RELIEF UNDER OUR LAWS HAVE A BASIS TO REMAIN IN THE UNITED STATES . THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IMMIGRANTS TO THIS COUNTRY IS QUITE CLEAR . >> STILL, STARTING FRIDAY, IT WILL BE HARDER TO CLAIM ASYLUM REQUIRING MIGRANTS TO HAVE APPLIED FOR AND BEEN DENIED ASYLUM IN ANOTHER COUNTRY BEFORE BEING ALLOWED TO APPLY HERE IN THE U.S.. ANYONE DEPORTED IS SUBJECT TO AT LEAST A FIVE YEAR BAN FROM THE U.S.. HERE AT THE BORDER, MIGRANTS RUSHING TO BE PROCESSED BY BORDER PATROL BEFORE THAT TAKES EFFECT. >> WE'VE BEEN HERE FOUR DAYS NOW WATCHING HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS HAVE CROSSED FROM MEXICO, GOING UNDER THIS CONCERTINA WIRE AND ARE NOW TRAPPED IN THE SHADOW OF THE U.S. BORDER WALL IN THE HARSH DESERT CONDITIONS HERE ON THE US SIDE NEAR THE WALL, THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME TRANSPORTATION AND PROCESSING. THEY CAN'T GET BUSES HERE FAST ENOUGH TO PICK UP ALL OF THESE MIGRANTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE WALL. SO GROUPS ARE BEING METERED BY BORDER PATROL. MIGRANTS SEARCHED AS THEY MAKE IT THROUGH THAT FENCE AND ONTO BUSES TO BE PROCESSED. TONIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, LEADERS STRESSING THEIR ALREADY OVERWHELMED FROM CHICAGO. >> CHICAGO SIMPLY DOES NOT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR RESOURCES TO CONTINUE AND MAINLY PROVIDING FOR MIGRANTS TO NEW YORK STATE, WHERE ROCKLAND COUNTY IS NOW SEEKING A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST THE CITY OF NEW YORK AFTER THE MAYOR THERE ANNOUNCED HE WOULD SEND MIGRANTS TO THAT COUNTY. >> THEY JUST SAY BASICALLY ROCHLIN BE . WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO. PRESIDENT BIDEN OVERNIGHT WARNING THIS COULD TAKE SOME TIME. >> WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN. IT'S GOING TO BE CHAOTIC. FOR A WHILE. AND MATT RIVERS JOINS ME NOW. MATT , HOW IS THE BORDER PATROL PREPARING FOR THIS TONIGHT? >> WELL, THE BORDER PATROL SAYING THAT FACILITIES AND FIVE OF ITS NINE REGIONS ALONG THE U.S. SOUTHWEST BORDER ARE OVER CAPACITY, BUT IT DOES APPEAR THAT THIS CURRENT MIGRANT SURGE, THE PEAK OF IT, MAY WELL BE OVER. THE BORDER PATROL CHIEF NOW SAYING THAT HE IS NOT EXPECTING THE MASSIVE SPIKE IN MIGRANT CROSSINGS POST TITLE 40 TO THAT SO MANY HAVE BEEN PREDICTING. SO. ALL RIGHT, MATT , RIVERS TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU . NOW TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO HAS BEEN ORDERED TO PAY COLUMNIST E. JEAN CARROLL FIVE MILLION DOLLARS AFTER A JURY FOUND HIM LIABLE FOR BATTERY AND DEFAMATION. BUT WILL THE VERDICT COST HIM POLITICALLY? >> ABC'S SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AARON KATERSKY HAS REACTION FROM TRUMP'S FELLOW REPUBLICANS TONIGHT. >> VINDICATION FOR E. JEAN CARROLL FANTASTIC. I HAVE IS YESTERDAY WAS PROBABLY THE HAPPIEST "GMA LIFE" CARROLL, WINNING HER DEFAMATION AND BATTERY LAWSUIT . THE JURY AWARDING HER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES AFTER FINDING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SEXUALLY ABUSED HER. SHE DESCRIBED THE MOMENT TRUMP'S ATTORNEY CAME UP TO HER TO SHAKE HER HAND IN THE COURTROOM. >> HE CAME OVER TO CONGRATULATE ME. HE PUT OUT HIS HAND AND I SAID, HE DID IT AND YOU KNOW IT. AND WE SHOOK HANDS AND I PASSED BY . SO I GOT MY CHANCE TO SAY IT. >> OVERNIGHT, TRUMP'S ANGER ON FULL DISPLAY. >> HE POSTED MULTIPLE MESSAGES AND VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHO THIS WOMAN IS . THE VERDICT IS A DISGRACE, A CONTINUATION OF THE GREATEST WITCH HUNT OF ALL TIME. ABSOLUTELY. A SHAME. >> TRUMP'S REPUBLICAN SUPPORT HAS BEEN MOSTLY UNSHAKABLE. I THINK IT JUST IT FRANKLY, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE WAY IN WHICH OUR SYSTEM IS TRYING TO USE LAWFARE TO ATTACK DONALD TRUMP . >> BUT FOR REPUBLICAN TO HAVE ALREADY MOVED ON FROM TRUMP , THE VERDICT REAFFIRMED THEIR DOUBTS. >> WELL, THE JURY OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PEERS FOUND HIM RESPONSIBLE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT. I HOPE THE JURY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE REACH THE SAME CONCLUSION, WHICH IS HE IS NOT FIT TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES . >> AND AARON KATERSKY JOINS ME NOW. AARON, I GUESS TIME WILL TELL IF THIS CASE IMPACTS TRUMP POLITICALLY. BUT AS WE KNOW, THERE ARE MORE CASES LOOMING RIGHT NOW. GIVE US A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT ELSE THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS GOING TO FACE. >> MANY MORE . PHIL, IN ADDITION TO THE OUTCOME OF THIS CIVIL CASE, VOTERS COULD CONSIDER TRUMP'S CRIMINAL CHARGES HERE IN NEW YORK OR THE POSSIBILITY THAT HE COULD BE INDICTED IN GEORGIA AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL IS INVESTIGATING TWO THINGS. TRUMP'S ROLE ON JANUARY 6TH AND HOW HE HANDLED CLASSIFIED MATERIAL. MUCH MORE TO COME. >> AARON KATERSKY. THANK YOU . WE ARE MONITORING ALSO TONIGHT THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHERE AT LEAST 19 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED BY AIRSTRIKES IN GAZA SINCE MONDAY. DOZENS HAVE BEEN INJURED. THIS UNREST COMES AFTER ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES TARGETED WHAT THEY SAY ARE ISLAMIC JIHADISTS. ACROSS THE GAZA STRIP FOLLOWING ROCKETS THAT ISRAELI MEDIA REPORTS WERE FIRED FROM GAZA, AT LEAST 400 ROCKETS. THEY SAY ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TODAY TOLD ISRAEL THEY ARE, QUOTE, READY FOR A POSSIBILITY OF AN EXPANDED CAMPAIGN, ADDING THAT ANYONE WHO HARMS THE NATION WILL HAVE, QUOTE, BLOOD ON HIS HEAD. >> THE U.S. ARMY SERGEANT HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO TWENTY FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR SHOOTING AND KILLING AN ARMED MAN DURING A BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. IN 2020 AFTER A JURY CONVICTED DANIEL PERRY OF MURDER LAST MONTH, GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT VOWED TO PARDON HIM. NOW, THE TEXAS PARDON AND PAROLE BOARD IS ALREADY REVIEWING THAT CASE. >> HERE'S STEVE OSUNSAMI. THIS IS THE PRISON SENTENCE TONIGHT FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A STREET PROTESTER THAT THE TEXAS GOVERNOR IS ALREADY PROMISING TO PARDON THIS COURT. >> SINCE ISSUE TWO A TERM OF TWENTY FIVE YEARS. A TEXAS JUDGE SENT 36 YEAR OLD DANIEL PERRY TO PRISON FOR MURDERING THIS MAN, 28 YEAR OLD GARRET FOSTER. BOTH THE VICTIM AND THE MURDERER ARE WHITE AND BOTH MEN SERVED IN THE MILITARY. BUT LONG BEFORE TODAY'S SENTENCING, TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT HAD OUTRAGED THE VICTIM'S FAMILY AND SUPPORTERS WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD APPROVE A RECOMMENDATION TO PARDON THE CONVICTED MURDERER, QUOTE, AS SOON AS IT HITS MY DESK. >> THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE DURING THE SUMMER PROTESTS OF 2024 FOSTER AND HIS FIANCEE, WHO WAS AFRICAN-AMERICAN, WERE IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN WITH MARCHERS FROM BLACK LIVES MATTER. DANIEL PERRY WAS IN A CAR DRIVING FOR A RIDE SHARE COMPANY WHEN HE PULLED INTO A CROWD OF PROTESTERS AND FOSTER, WHO WAS WITH THE CROWD, WAS LEGALLY CARRYING AN ASSAULT RIFLE AS HE APPROACHED A CAR. >> THAT'S WHEN PERRY, WHO WAS INSIDE, STARTED SHOOTING WITH HIS HANDGUN, SENDING EVERYONE RUNNING. I REMEMBER HEARING GUNSHOTS AND JUST FALLING OVER IN FRONT OF ME. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COPE AND LIVE WITHOUT HIM BECAUSE HE WAS EVERYTHING TO ME. >> THE VICTIM'S MOTHER SAYS THE GOVERNOR NEEDS TO LET THIS COURT'S DECISION STAND. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW HARD IT IS TO SIT HERE FACING THE EVIL THAT KILLED MY SON? FINALLY, AFTER THREE LONG YEARS, WE'RE FINALLY GETTING JUSTICE FOR GARRETT AND STEVE JOINS ME NOW. >> STEVE , WHAT'S THE GOVERNOR SAYING ABOUT PERRY'S CASE? WILL FILL THE TEXAS GOVERNOR SAYING THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A STAND YOUR GROUND CASE, ARGUING IN HIS OPINION THAT THIS CONVICTED MURDERER WAS JUST DEFENDING HIMSELF. BUT SHORTLY BEFORE THE SHOOTING, TEXAS POLICE SAY THAT PERRY WAS ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA TALKING ABOUT SHOOTING PROTESTERS. HIS LAWYERS TONIGHT, PHIL, ARE SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COOPERATE FULLY WITH THE PARDON PROCESS. >> PHIL STEVE OSUNSAMI FROM ATLANTA TONIGHT. STEVE , THANK. BIG NEWS OUT OF THE FDA TODAY AFTER THE PANEL OF ADVISERS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING A SPECIFIC BIRTH CONTROL PILL TO BE SOLD WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION. THE DECISION COMES AFTER MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS ADVISE THE FDA ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF OPL PROGESTIN. ONLY A PILL MADE BY FRENCH DRUGMAKER HRA PHARMA. ONE DOCTOR AND ADVISER CALLED THE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PILL VERY REASSURING. THE COMPANY SAYS IF THE FDA TAKES THIS NON-BINDING RECOMMENDATION, IT GREENLIGHTS THE APPLICATION. THE ABORTION PILL CAN BE AVAILABLE AS EARLY AS THIS SUMMER. THIS WOULD MAKE IT THE FIRST EVER OVER THE COUNTER HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL PILL TO THE ECONOMY. >> NOW THE RATE OF INFLATION HAS SLOWED FOR THE TENTH STRAIGHT MONTH. CONSUMER PRICES IN APRIL WERE FOUR POINT NINE PERCENT HIGHER THAN A YEAR AGO. NOW UNDER FIVE PERCENT, THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY TWO YEARS. THIS IS BETTER THAN ECONOMISTS EXPECTED. AND FOR THE SECOND MONTH IN A ROW, THE COST OF GROCERIES FELL. PRICES FOR FRUIT, VEGETABLES, MEAT, EGGS ALL DOWN FROM A MONTH AGO. >> NOW, TO AN ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE WITH THE MOTHER OF THE VIRGINIA SIX YEAR OLD WHO SHOT HIS TEACHER. SHE IS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER A VIRGINIA GRAND JURY INDICTED AND CHARGED HER WITH CHILD NEGLECT. AND FAILING TO SECURE HER SON . R. LINSEY DAVIS SPOKE WITH THAT MOM AND HER GRANDFATHER, WHO NOW HAS CUSTODY OF THE SIX . >> SHE SAYS SHE WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW SHE'S A GOOD MOM. WHILE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN THE U.S. ARE NO LONGER A RARITY ,WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS VIRGINIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JANUARY WAS SHOCKING. THE SHOOTER WAS ONLY SIX YEARS OLD. THE VICTIM, HIS 25 YEAR OLD TEACHER, ABIGAIL'S WERNER. DESPITE BEING SHOT, SHE MANAGED TO GET ALL OF HER STUDENTS TO SAFETY, FEMALE VICTIMS WHO'D BEEN SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN AS WELL AS A THROUGH AND THROUGH INTO THE HAND AMID THE ONGOING CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES, THE FAMILY OF THE FIRST GRADER WHO SHOT HIS TEACHER HAS REMAINED QUIET UNTIL NOW. >> DOES HE TALK ABOUT THE INCIDENT? >> NO, WE TALK. WE PLAY. WE DO, YOU KNOW, DRAW PICTURES AND NOTHING OF THE INCIDENT. >> DASIA TAYLOR SAYS SHE WAS STUNNED ON JANUARY SIX WHEN SHE GOT A PHONE CALL THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SHOOTING AT HER CHILD'S SCHOOL. I WASN'T EVEN ABLE TO GET DRESSED. I RAN OUT AND PJ GOES TO THE SCHOOL. >> HAS HE PROCESSED THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT HAPPENED? >> WELL, IN MY OPINION, HE PROCESSES THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO IT. HE TALKS A LOT MORE ABOUT THE DAY BEFORE OR THE TWO DAYS BEFORE THAN HE DOES ABOUT JANUARY SIX . >> YOU RELEASED A STATEMENT SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO QUOTE YOU SAID, OUR SON SUFFERS FROM AN ACUTE DISABILITY AND IT WAS UNDER A CARE PLAN AT THE SCHOOL THAT INCLUDED HIS MOTHER OR FATHER ATTENDING SCHOOL WITH HIM AND ACCOMPANYING HIM TO CLASS EVERY DAY. THE WEEK OF THE SHOOTING WAS THE FIRST WEEK WHEN WE WERE NOT IN CLASS WITH HIM. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US SPECIFICALLY ABOUT YOUR SON'S DISABILITY? >> HE HAS ADHD. SOME ARE ABLE TO HAVE IT IN A VERY MILD. HE'S OFF THE WALL, DOESN'T SIT STILL OVER. >> AND WHY DID THE SCHOOL DECIDE THAT IT WAS NO LONGER NECESSARY FOR THE FAMILY TO BE IN CLASS? BECAUSE WE ENDED UP WORKING WITH ANOTHER DOCTOR . HE HAD STARTED MEDICATION AND HE WAS MEETING HIS GOALS ACADEMICALLY, HAD YOUR SON EVER SPOKEN LIKE ABOUT HURTING THE TEACHER? OR WAS THERE ANYTHING LIKE ANY ANGST THAT HE HAD AGAINST HER? >> HE ACTUALLY REALLY LIKED HER. I WILL SAY THAT WEEK HE DID COME HOME AND HE WAS TALKING A LOT ABOUT HOW HE FELT LIKE HE WAS BEING IGNORED. SO HE WILL COME HOME AT MOM. I DON'T THINK THAT SHE WAS LISTENING TO ME. I DIDN'T LIKE THAT. AND ACTUALLY, HE ENDED UP GETTING SPENDED THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE HE WAS IN CLASS. HE WAS TRYING TO TELL HER SOMETHING AND SHE ASKED HIM TO GO SIT BACK DOWN. HE THREW HIS ARMS UP. HE SAID , FINE, AND WHEN HE THREW HIS ARMS UP, HE KNOCKED THE PHONE OUT OF HER HAND ON ACCIDENT. AND HE GOT SUSPENDED FOR THAT. >> ZWIRNER DID NOT RESPOND TO ABC NEWS HIS REQUEST FOR COMMENT, BUT IN A LAWSUIT, SHE SAYS THE STUDENT SLAMMED THE CELL PHONE ON THE GROUND SO HARD THAT IT CRACKED AND SHATTERED. SHE'S NOW FILED A FORTY MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT AGAINST THE NEWPORT NEWS SCHOOL DISTRICT. >> AND RICH NICK , ELEMENTARY OFFICIALS CLAIMING THEY IGNORED MULTIPLE WARNINGS ABOUT THE STUDENT'S BEHAVIOR AND CONCERNS THAT HE HAD A GUN . >> ACCORDING TO THE SUIT, THE CHILD HAD A HISTORY OF RANDOM VIOLENCE AND THAT HE ATTACKED STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ALIKE, BOTH IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL. >> IS THAT DESCRIPTION ACCURATE, WHETHER THIS ISN'T THE SCHOOL ENROLLED IN SEPTEMBER KNOWING ALL THE PAST BEHAVIORS? AND THEY ALSO KNEW THAT HE HAD NOT ATTENDED ONLY ABOUT TWO MONTHS OF KINDERGARTEN AND ABOUT TWO MONTHS OF PRE-K AND YOU SAY THAT TO SAY THAT THEY THEN OWN THE RESPONSIBILITY? >> ABSOLUTELY. IF THEY BELIEVED ALL THESE YEARS TO BE TRUE AND THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED HIM INTO FIRST GRADE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RELEASED A STATEMENT TO ABC NEWS SAYING IT COULD NOT RELEASE INFORMATION ABOUT A STUDENT'S EDUCATIONAL RECORD . AND LAST MONTH, THE DISTRICT FILED TO DISMISS WARNER'S SUIT, ARGUING HER INJURIES FALL UNDER WORKER'S COMPENSATION. THE GUN USED IN THE SHOOTING WAS LEGALLY PURCHASED BY TAYLOR. SHE SAYS IT WAS KEPT LOCKED AWAY. >> HOW DID YOUR SON ACCESS THE GUN? NOBODY KNOWS. >> NO ONE KNOWS. YOU'D HAVE TO ASK HIM. >> HAVE YOU ASKED HIM? NO, NOT YET. AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WILL BE PROBABLY BROUGHT OUT DURING LITIGATION. >> LET ME JUST ASK THIS AND I'LL DIRECT IT TO YOU. >> IS IT THAT NO ONE HAS ASKED HIM HOW WE GOT IT OR YOU'RE JUST NOT READY TO REVEAL HOW HE GOT IT? >> WE'RE NOT READY TO DISCUSS. OH, OKAY. I'M I AM. YES. PEOPLE HAVE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THAT. I DON'T HAVE ANY I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE WAS THE GUN LOCKED SOMEWHERE. >> IT WAS LOCKED UP IN APRIL. TAYLOR WAS CHARGED WITH A FELONY COUNT OF CHILD NEGLECT AND A MISDEMEANOR COUNT OF RECKLESSLY LEAVING A FIREARM AS TO ENDANGER A CHILD. HER TRIAL IS SET FOR AUGUST. >> WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THOSE CHARGES? I AM NOT SURE. IT WAS IT WAS SHOCKING. IT STILL IS A LITTLE SHOCKING. DO YOU FEEL IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR A SHOOTING? >> YES, OF COURSE. THAT IS MY SON . SO I AM, AS A PARENT, OBVIOUSLY WILLING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIM BECAUSE HE CAN'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIMSELF. >> THE IDEA THAT YOU COULD FACE UP TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON, DO YOU FEEL THAT THAT WOULD BE A FAIR PENALTY? >> I MEAN, OF COURSE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS FAIR. BUT ANYTHING FOR MY BABY. >> DO YOU FEEL THAT THERE ARE SOME RACIAL COMPONENT TO IT? >> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT IF THE DYNAMICS WERE DIFFERENT, IF THE TEACHER WAS MAYBE LOOKING LIKE ME AND THE STUDENT WAS CAUCASIAN, OR ANOTHER NATIONALITY, IT WOULDN'T BE AS PUMPED UP AS MUCH ANYTHING THAT EITHER OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO ABIGAIL. >> ABIGAIL'S WERNER, FIRST OF ALL, LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M GLAD YOU'RE DOING BETTER. I'M SORRY THAT SHE GOT HURT, JUST LIKE I'M SORRY THAT KIDS IN THAT CLASSROOM HAD TO WITNESS SUCH A TERRIBLE INCIDENT. BUT ON THE SAME TOKEN, I'M REALLY SORRY MY GREAT GRANDSON HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS ORDEAL. >> I JUST TRULY WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE. THE OUT OF THE INCIDENT. HE DID GET HURT. WE WERE ACTUALLY KIND OF FORMING LIKE A RELATIONSHIP WITH ME HAVING TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM. >> SHE WAS A REALLY BRIGHT PERSON, I THINK, TO LINSEY DAVIS FOR THAT EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. >> STILL MUCH MORE TO GET YOU HERE ON PROM. COMING UP, WHY YOUR NEXT FLIGHT BOOKING COULD COME FROM UBER. >> BUT NEXT, CYBERATTACKS ARE HITTING US COMPANIES COAST TO COAST. IT'S HOSPITALS, THOUGH, THAT MAY HAVE THE MOST VULNERABILITY IN TONIGHT'S PRIME FOCUS, HOW THEY'RE PREPARING IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE ATTACKS ARE NOT DEADLY. >> WE ACTUALLY SENT SOME STAFF TO BEST BUY OF WALKIE TALKIES AND WE STARTED SWITCHING OVER TO OUR PAPER SYSTEMS. I GOT A CALL FROM OUR I.T. LEADER. HE SAID EVERY SERVER THAT WE HAVE HAS BEEN INFECTED. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, CRUSHING FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND, HERE IN KENTUCKY, NO MATCH FOR THE TORNADO. MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA, strike in dnipro. Ukraine. ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM UVALDE, TEXAS, ABC NEWS . LIKE THIS ONE , THEY'RE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. AND FOR UKRAINE, REPORTING FOR THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY , CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ALONG THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL FROM ATLANTA IN TRUCKEE, CALIFORNIA, COVERING RECORD SNOWFALL, TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY HERE AT THIS AIRPORT IN TAMPA, IT'S ALREADY SHUT DOWN REPORTING WITH THE NURSES ON THE PICKET, REPORTING FROM JERUSALEM HERE AT 10 DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU, WHEREVER THE STORY IS , WHEREVER THE STORY IS , WHEREVER THE STORY IS , WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. 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EVERY SATURDAY ON "ABC NEWS LIVE". >> MY FAVORITE. >> WELCOME BACK. CYBERATTACKS HAVE CAUSED COSTLY BREACHES OF PERSONAL DATA AND DISRUPTION OF CRITICAL SYSTEMS LIKE OIL PIPELINES AND MASS TRANSIT. BUT THEY ARE ALSO INCREASINGLY A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. SO IN TONIGHT'S PRIME FOCUS, WE EXAMINE WHY AMERICA'S HOSPITALS ARE BECOMING A TOP TARGET FOR HACKERS AND HOW THEY'RE ALREADY HAVING A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON OUR HEALTH CARE. TONIGHT, OUR DEVIN DWYER HAS SOME NEW RESEARCH AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THESE ATTACKS? >> SQUEEZE MY HAND SERVICE. YOU CAN GET THEM THEN. LET'S CALL. I SEE YOU IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. >> MINUTES AND SECONDS CAN DECIDE LIFE OR DEATH AND CHEST COMPRESSIONS. >> SIMULATIONS LIKE THIS ONE TRAIN DOCTORS TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO THE UNEXPECTED, CHARGING SHOCKING. >> WE WERE INVITED TO WATCH DR. ARMAND HUSSEIN, A SECOND YEAR RESIDENT, PRACTICE HIS SKILLS WHEN SUDDENLY THERE IS SOMETHING HAPPENING WITH OUR I.T. SYSTEMS RIGHT NOW. >> AMOC CYBER ATTACK LOCKS DOWN HIS COMPUTER AS HE'S TREATING PATIENTS IN CRISIS. OUR MONITOR IS DOWN. DR. HOSSEIN IS CALM UNDER PRESSURE, BUT INSTANTLY WITHOUT CRITICAL TOOLS. >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THE PAPER CHARTS ARE, LIKE ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORDS, TEST RESULTS IN CONTACT WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND HOSPITALS. >> HOW DISRUPTIVE WAS IT TO LOSE ALL THE TECHNOLOGY? THAT'S CONNECTED TO THE NETWORK? >> PRETTY, PRETTY DISRUPTIVE JUST BECAUSE YOU NEED TO HAVE INFORMATION FAST AND NOT HAVING INFORMATION IS PROBABLY THE MOST PANIC INDUCING THING. >> IT'S LIKE I CAN'T MAKE A DECISION IF I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION. IT HAPPENED IN REAL LIFE THREE YEARS AGO, JUST AS THE PANDEMIC WAS TAKING HOLD, CYBER CRIMINALS TARGETED THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HOSPITAL NETWORK. IT WAS TERRIBLE. DR STEVEN LOFFLER, THE HOSPITAL'S PRESIDENT , WAS SEEING PATIENTS IN BURLINGTON THAT DAY. >> MY EMAIL STOPPED WORKING, WHICH IS ODD, BUT NOT. IT DOES HAPPEN ONCE IN A WHILE. WAS A CYBER ATTACK EVEN IN YOUR CONSCIOUS? NO, I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY. IT WAS CHALLENGING BECAUSE OUR PHONES WEREN'T WORKING. WE ACTUALLY SENT SOME STAFF TO BEST BUY TO BUY WALKIE TALKIES AND WE STARTED SWITCHING OVER TO PAPER SYSTEMS. I GOT A CALL FROM OUR IT LEADER. HE SAID EVERY SERVER THAT WE HAVE HAS BEEN INFECTED. >> THOSE SERVERS WERE IMMEDIATELY TAKEN OFFLINE. LEFFLER SAYS NO PATIENT INFORMATION WAS LEAKED, BUT THAT THE IMPACT ON PATIENT CARE WAS SUBSTANTIAL. THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE SCHEDULED FOR STAGING CANCER OPERATIONS AND WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION SHOULD WE DO IT? AND WE DID THEM WHEN IT WAS APPROPRIATE. SOME WERE ABLE TO DELAY THE CRISIS STRETCHED FOR 28 DAYS. THIRTEEN HUNDRED HOSPITAL SERVERS AND 5000 COMPUTERS HAD TO BE WIPED. A JOB SO BIG THE GOVERNOR CALLED IN THE NATIONAL GUARD. ALL TOLD, IT COST THE HOSPITAL MORE THAN FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ,AN EXPENSE SOME EXPERTS SAY INEVITABLY DRIVES UP THE COST OF CARE WE'VE HAD THREE YEARS AGO. >> THIS WAS MUCH HARDER BY A FACTOR OF TEN , HARDER THAN MUCH HARDER FOR US . >> VERY, VERY LUCKY. JESS KRAUSS AND HIS WIFE CARA WERE UVM PATIENTS AT THE TIME. AND LIVED THROUGH IT. >> I HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER WITH STAGE THREE COLORECTAL CANCER. YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE OR DIE AT THAT POINT. >> JUST AS HIS DOCTORS BEGAN AN AGGRESSIVE RADIATION AND CHEMO PLAN, KRAUSS WAS TOLD IT ALL HAD TO BE PUT ON HOLD INDEFINITELY. >> I GOT A CALL THAT DAY SAYING, YEAH, WE DON'T COME. >> YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE FIGURING IT OUT. AND WE WERE LIKE, WHAT? >> LIKE, THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL. FOR DEATH TREATMENT, RADIATION. AND IT WAS VERY TIMELY BECAUSE JUST HIS TUMOR WAS QUITE LARGE . HOW MANY APPOINTMENTS DID YOU HAVE TO MISS? >> YOU REMEMBER PROBABLY ABOUT A WEEK WE WERE AFRAID. WE WEREN'T SURE IF THAT WOULD AFFECT THE OUTCOME. AGAIN, THE TUMOR, WOULD IT START GROWING BACK WITHIN THAT WEEK? >> WE READ IT. BUT TODAY, KRAUSS'S CANCER IS IN REMISSION AND HE'S SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT THE IMPACT OF CYBERATTACKS ON PATIENTS AND THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO LOOK AT IT NOW AND SAY, OKAY, YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A WEEK DELAY AND IT DIDN'T REALLY IMPACT. AND I HOPE THAT IT'S BEEN A LESSON LEARNED TO HOSPITALS. YOU NEED TO HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO TO BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY PIVOT IF YOU NEED TO . >> RESEARCH SHOWS CYBERATTACKS ON HOSPITALS ONCE THOUGHT TO BE MOST DAMAGING TO PATIENT PRIVACY, ARE POTENTIALLY ENDANGERING AMERICAN LIVES. >> A CYBER ATTACK ON A HOSPITAL IS NOT AN ECONOMIC CRIME. IT IS NOT A VICTIMLESS CRIME. THESE ARE DIRECT THREATS TO PATIENT SAFETY AND THREATS TO LIFE CRIMES. THE NUMBER OF CYBERATTACKS ON U.S. HOSPITALS EACH YEAR HAS DOUBLED SINCE 2016 FROM 43 INCIDENTS TO 91 IN 2021. EXPERTS SAY HEALTH CARE NETWORKS ARE RIPE TARGETS BECAUSE THEY'RE MOST VULNERABLE AND BECAUSE HOSPITALS ARE MOST LIKELY TO PAY A RANSOM. >> IN OUR I.T., EXPERTS KNEW AS SOON AS THEY LOOKED AT WHAT HAPPENED THAT A RANSOM WOULD NOT HAVE RESTORED OUR SYSTEM. AND SO WE DID NOT PAY THE RANSOM. >> WE DID NOT CONTACT THE PEOPLE WHO DID IT. A NEW GOVERNMENT ANALYSIS FINDS NEARLY ALL HOSPITALS ARE OPERATING WITH CRITICAL SYSTEMS OR SOFTWARE WITH KNOWN VULNERABILITIES, BUT ONLY HALF, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, HAVE A PLAN TO ADDRESS THEM. >> WHAT'S THE BIGGEST LESSON YOU THINK OTHER HOSPITALS IN AMERICA NEED TO TAKE FROM WHAT HAPPENED AT UVM? IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU. EVEN WHEN YOU THINK IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, IT CAN HAPPEN AND IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING YOU DO IN WAYS YOU PROVIDE CARE FOR YOUR PATIENTS. >> U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY CYBERATTACKS ARE THE SINGLE LARGEST THREAT TO AMERICA'S HOSPITALS, DESERVING IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. >> THE AVERAGE INCIDENT DISRUPTING PATIENT CARE FOR 19 DAYS AND STRETCHING FAR BEYOND INDIVIDUAL HOSPITAL. >> OUR STUDIES SHOWED THE SECONDARY EFFECTS IS BLAST RADIUS ECOSYSTEM EFFECTS AND SAW INCREASED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PATIENTS THIS WAY, MORE PATIENTS THAN THEY NORMALLY DO. IF YOU'RE IN THE WAITING ROOM, YOU WAITED LONGER AT HOSPITALS NEXT TO RANSOMWARE ATTACKS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY MORE PATIENTS, SOME WAY MORE AMBULANCES. ONCE A TRAUMA CENTER ON THE STROKE CENTER, WHEN THOSE TYPES OF SPECIALTY CENTERS GO DOWN, THOSE PATIENTS GO TO THE PERIPHERY. >> SO A CYBER ATTACK ON ONE HOSPITAL HAS MUCH BROADER EFFECT, HUGE EFFECT IN THE ENTIRE REGION, JUST LIKE I'M NOT GOING TO USE THAT, WE'LL JUST GO TO MANUAL EVERYTHING. >> DR. HUSSAIN SAYS MORE PRACTICE WITHOUT COMPUTERS IS URGENTLY NEEDED. >> WORK IS DONE. >> WE GO TEAM THAT. EXPERTS SAY HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS ALSO NEED TO BEEF UP THEIR DEFENSES. JOSH KAUFMAN, A TOP U.S. CYBERSECURITY EXPERT WHO HELPED DESIGN THE SIMULATION. WE SAW THIS AS A MINDSET. >> SHIFT IS NEEDED AND FAST. WE'RE JUST NOT TRAINED FOR THIS. WE'RE NOT PREPARED FOR THIS. WE IMPLICITLY TRUST AND DEPEND ON THESE TECHNOLOGIES. >> AND WHEN THEY THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE, THAT THINGS CAN HAPPEN. IF YOU CAN GREATLY REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE IMPACT BY HAVING MULTIPLE SYSTEMS IN PLACE. AND THAT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD. >> I FEEL LIKE WE'RE SOME OF THE LUCKY ONES. YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAD AN AMAZING DOCTOR WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND. BUT I THINK SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS TO COMMUNICATION NEED TO HAPPEN ,BUT ESPECIALLY NOW RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S A TRUE MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. OUR THANKS TO DEVIN FOR THAT. STILL MUCH MORE TO GET YOU. 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THESE STORIES AND MORE IN TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN. >> NOR NORFOLK SOUTHERN HAS OUTLINED A PLAN TO PAY RESIDENTS OF EAST PALESTINE, OHIO, IMPACTED BY FEBRUARY'S TRAIN DERAILMENT. SOUTHERN CEO ALAN SHORE WROTE TO STATE LAWMAKERS TUESDAY NIGHT ABOUT THE PLAN, WHICH COMMITS TO ESTABLISHING A FUND TO COMPENSATE HOMEOWNERS WHOSE PROPERTIES LOST VALUE BECAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT. HOMEOWNERS WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF THE DERAILMENT SITE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE IF THEY SELL THEIR HOMES FOR LESS THAN WHAT THEIR PROPERTIES APPRAISED VALUE WAS BEFORE FEBRUARY 3RD. NORFOLK SOUTHERN LAST MONTH REPORTED THE DERAILMENT HAD COST THE COMPANY AN INITIAL THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS. VICE PRESIDENT OF HARRIS WILL BE MAKING HISTORY AT WEST POINT LATER THIS MONTH. A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS . THE VP WILL BE DELIVERING THE COMMENCEMENT SPEECH. THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY ON MAY 27 BECOMING THE FIRST WOMAN TO DO SO. DELIVER COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES AT THE U.S. COAST GUARD AND NAVAL ACADEMIES IN HER TIME AS VICE PRESIDENT . MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES AT THE U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND HOWARD UNIVERSITY WILL SOON ALLOW SOME WRITERS TO BOOK THEIR AIR TRAVEL VIA THE APP. THE COMPANY IS PLANNING TO ROLL OUT A NEW FEATURE FOR USERS IN THE UK TO BOOK PLANE TICKETS. THE TOOL WILL BE POWERED BY AN ONLINE TRAVEL AGENT, HOPPER, AND ALLOW CUSTOMERS TO BOOK BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS WHO WERE USERS IN THE UK CAN ALREADY BOOK CARS, BUSES, TRAINS AND BOAT TRANSPORTATION. ON THE APP. >> THE FLIGHT BOOKING FEATURE WILL ROLL OUT THIS SUMMER. CLEVELAND OFFICIALS ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR MS WORKER MICHELLE JORDAN. SHE WAS LAST SEEN ON MAY SIX , JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO ATTEND A HEARING IN A TRIAL AGAINST MICHAEL STENNETT. WTW PRESS REPORTS THAT JORDAN HAD CLAIMS THAT IT WAS STALKING HER IN THE DAYS AND MONTHS BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED AND THAT AN ARREST WARRANT FOR STENNETT STALKING CHARGES SAID HE WAS SPOTTED OUTSIDE HER HOME AS RECENTLY AS TWO DAYS BEFORE HER DISAPPEARANCE. THERE'S A FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD FOR INFORMATION ON JORDAN'S LOCATION. A STORMWATER CREW IN FLORIDA RECENTLY HAD A COLD BLOODED SURPRISE ON THE JOB. CREWS IN OVIEDO WERE CONDUCTING STORMWATER PIPE INSPECTION TO INVESTIGATE A SERIES OF POTHOLES AND DISPATCHED A FOUR WHEEL ROBOTIC CAMERA INSIDE A PIPE UNDERGROUND. THE ROBOT EVENTUALLY RAN INTO WHAT CRUZ THOUGHT WAS A TOAD, BUT ACTUALLY WAS A FIVE FOOT LONG ALLIGATOR. THE ROBOT EVENTUALLY GOT STUCK IN THE PIPE AND THE GATOR WANDERED OFF. OVIEDO OFFICIALS SAID THEY WERE GRATEFUL THE CREWS HAD A ROBOT AND BUDDY HOLLY, ITS TOP DOG, AT LEAST AT THE WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW, THE 15% GRIFFON OF THE DAY ON TOOK HOME THE COVETED BEST IN SHOW PRIZE AT THE ONE HUNDRED FORTY SEVENTH EDITION OF THE EVENT. BUDDY IS THE FIRST GUY TO WIN THE BIG SHOW. THE SIX YEAR OLD FROM PALM SPRINGS BEAT TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED COMPETITORS OF OVER 200 DIFFERENT BREEDS TO BECOME THE ULTIMATE TOP DOG . >> WE ARE CELEBRATING ASIAN-AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH FOR MAY. >> AND TONIGHT WE CONTINUE OUR CULTURE CONVERSATION SERIES, SPEAKING WITH THREE SOCIAL MEDIA CREATORS USING THEIR PLATFORMS TO AMPLIFY AAPI VOICES AND CULTURE, ABC'S ASHAN SINGH SAT DOWN WITH SOME OF THE OGGI CREATORS ON YOUTUBE WHO HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR A NEW GENERATION OF CONTENT CREATORS. TIKTOK AND WHAT THEIR SUCCESS MEANS FOR REPRESENTATION ONLINE . >> I DON'T LIKE WHEN YOU WALK AROUND THE HOUSE WITH JUST YOUR UNDERPANTS. >> GROWING UP IN THE 2000S, IT WAS YOUTUBE THAT FIRST GAVE US SPACE TO CREATE AND SHARE CONTENT BY AT THE EARLIEST USERS MAKING SILLY VIDEOS AT HOME? >> NO, I'M DEFINITELY NOT A STRAIGHT-A STUDENT LIP SYNCHING TO SONGS, GRIEVING HOW TO DEMOS ACCORDING TO MAKE UP TUTORIALS. >> COULD YOU BELIEVE IN THOSE EARLY DAYS THAT THIS COULD BE MORE THAN A HOBBY? >> NO, I DIDN'T. I THINK IT WAS PURELY I TRULY JUST LOVED CREATING. AND , YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU BUILT A LITTLE COMMUNITY, YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO FEED THAT, RIGHT? >> YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO INSPIRE THAT. I FEEL LIKE IN THOSE EARLY DAYS, A LOT OF THE CREATORS WERE MORE ACCIDENTAL CREATORS THAT KIND OF EITHER CHOSE TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE OR CHOSE TO LET IT, LIKE, FIZZLE OUT THE PEOPLE THAT KIND OF LEANED INTO THEY TURNED THEMSELVES IN THE BUSINESSES, THE PLATFORM OPENING AN AVENUE FOR MANY ASIAN-AMERICANS, NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS TO BE SEEN HERE AS GUYS, STARTING WITH YOU, TUBERS LIKE PHILIP WANG. >> JOSH , THIS IS ALEX, ALEX , JOSH , OH, AND CRYSTAL LIM, WHO HELD THE DOOR OPEN FOR A NEW GENERATION OF TIKTOK CREATORS LIKE DREW AFLALO. I NEVER PLANNED ON EVER BECOMING THE CONTENT CREATOR EVER. AND WHEN IT STARTED, I DID JUST FOR FUN LIKE I DID IT BECAUSE IT MADE ME LAUGH. >> AND I LIKE TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE. >> SO WHEN YOU GUYS FIRST WERE INTRODUCED TO YOUTUBE, DID YOU REALIZE HOW IT WAS GOING TO FLIP THE SCRIPT FROM FOR MEDIA MOVING FORWARD, OR DID I DID IT. >> I DEFINITELY DID. I SAY THE SAME. I THINK FOR ME, I JUST SAW IT AS ANOTHER INTERNET TOOL THAT COULD BE HELPFUL IN JUST MAKING MORE STUFF. SO WE HAD NO IDEA THAT IT COULD SHIFT CULTURE AS MUCH AS IT HAS AND CREATE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ASIA. >> I ALSO THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF AMAZING ASIAN CREATORS ,BECAUSE WE WERE NOT REPRESENTED AND STILL NOT AS MUCH. SO WE USE THESE DIGITAL PLATFORMS AS OUR MAIN PLATFORMS . AND I THINK THROUGH THAT OUR AUDIENCES WERE LIKE, OH, SHE LOOKS LIKE ME. HE LOOKS LIKE ME. I CAN DO THAT, TOO. RIGHT. THIS IS WHERE WE WERE. >> IT ALLOWED US TO DO IT OURSELVES. YEAH, IT OPENED THE WORLD AND OPEN ALL OF US TO A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND TO SHOW THAT THERE IS THIS TALENT THAT WOULD NOT HAVE HAD ANY OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THEMSELVES IF IT HAD TO GO THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL SYSTEM THAT KEEPS AND HAS THAT RED TAPE THERE. >> TAKE ME BACK TO THE JUMP FOR YOU . WHEN YOUTUBE WAS INTRODUCED. >> YEAH. WHERE WERE YOU , LIKE SEVENTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH GRADE? IT'S PROBABLY I'VE WATCHED BOTH YOUR VIDEOS. I USED TO MAKE VIDEOS ABOUT BREAKUP'S LIKE HOW TO GET OVER. >> OH, LIKE SHORT FILMS. YEAH. I SHOWED MY MY GIRLFRIENDS. OH I WAS SHE WAS VERY GOOD. >> I SAID YOU NEED TO WATCH THAT. OH MY GOSH. DON'T EVEN ASK ME ABOUT MY DAY. I WANT TO WATCH FULL CIRCLE MOMENT. YEAH. I . >> AMAZING. WHAT DID YOUR PARENTS THINK. MY PARENTS HAVE ALWAYS AND VERY SUPPORTIVE OF EVERYTHING I WANT TO DO. I HAD LIKE A TIME FRAME WHEN IT REALLY STARTED KICKING OFF. >> THEY WERE LIKE, I LIKE TILL THE END OF THE YEAR. >> THAT'S ALL THE TIME. YEAH. I THINK THE PARENTS STRATEGY AND IT MADE ME WORK HARDER. >> YOU ARE ONE OF THE ONLY ONLINE CONTENT CREATORS THAT I DO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ON AN ISLAND WHEN IT COMES TO THE TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT YOU STAND TO REPRESENT AND THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU'VE GOT TO PUT ON YOUR BACK . >> I FEEL A LOT OF PRESSURE, BUT I ALSO FEEL PROUD TO BE LIKE ONE OF THE FIRST LIKE TO REALLY WALK THROUGH THE DOOR AND JUST HOLD IT OPEN FOR OTHER PEOPLE. I FEEL LIKE THE SAME WAY YOU GUYS HAVE, LIKE, PAVED THIS NEW PATH FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. >> THAT'S KIND OF HOW I FEEL. ABOUT MINE AND THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD. >> I GOT SHOWS LIKE IT REALLY IS LIKE REALLY ENCOURAGING TO SEE LIKE ANOTHER LIKE THE NEXT GENERATION. WHEN YOU SAID LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN, LIKE, THAT'S TOTALLY HOW I FEEL TOO. ABOUT LIKE YOU CAN'T STOP US . >> I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT THE HECK Y'ALL ARE DOING WHEN YOU STARTED DOING IT, LIKE IT WAS YOU DIDN'T REALIZE THE PATH. >> YOU WERE TRAILBLAZER, WHEREAS DREW WAS PROBABLY PRETTY COGNIZANT OF IT AT THE TIME. >> YEAH, I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST MOVED TO L.A. AFTER GRADUATING, WE ATTENDED SOME LIKE FILM FESTIVALS AND WE WERE GETTING INVITED TO SPEAK AT SCHOOLS. DEFINITELY FELT THIS AGENDA THAT WAS BEING PUT ON US OF LIKE, HEY, YOU GUYS ARE REPRESENTING ASIAN-AMERICANS. THIS IS I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M GETTING INTO. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I YEAH, RIGHT. >> AND WE'RE BOTH PARENTS. AND SO I THINK WE HAVE A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. COMING UP, LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN AND SAID EVERYONE HAS, YOU KNOW, A SEAT AT THE TABLE, LIKE BUILDING SUCH A STRONG COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S SO HARD TO GET IN THE DOOR. OTHERWISE YOU ALMOST HAVE TO MAKE YOUR OWN DOOR AND GO IN THROUGH IT. A LOT OF TIMES IF YOU CUT OFF A WHITE AUDIENCE OUT, LIKE YOU MAY NOT MAKE IT IN MAINSTREAM IF THEY DON'T LIKE YOU . >> SO LIKE HAVING OTHER REPRESENTATION HAS BEEN ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR ME AS WELL. >> SO WHAT DO THEY CAN DO WITH THE BIG PIECE OF FABRIC WITH TWO LARGE HOLES IN IT FROM YOUTUBE? >> VIDEOS TO FASHION BLOGGING, LIN HAS TRANSITIONED OVER TO TIKTOK, GETTING 2.8 MILLION FOLLOWERS AND NOW OWNS TWO SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES COMING INTO THE WORLD OF YOUTUBE. >> AND INSTAGRAM. THAT WAS VERY INTENTIONAL FOR ME BECAUSE I ALWAYS KNEW THAT I NEVER HAD THOSE ROLE MODELS. I ALWAYS LOOKED UP TO THE BLOND HAIRED, BLUE EYED GIRL AND WANTED TO LOOK LIKE HER. I PUT ON MAKEUP TO LIKE HAVE BIGGER EYES AND LIGHTER HAIR. SO I KNEW THAT IF I HAD THIS PLATFORM, WHICH WAS GROWING FAST EARLY ON , THAT I HAD TO REPRESENT ME AND MY CULTURE. OBVIOUSLY, I WANTED A DIVERSIFIED FOLLOWING, BUT NATURALLY MY FOLLOWING REALLY STARTED OFF WITH ASIAN GIRLS THAT LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE ME FOR WANG WONG FU PRODUCTIONS STARTED OFF AS A CLASS VIDEO PROJECT , BUT NOW REACHES OVER THREE POINT TWO MILLION SUBSCRIBERS ON YOUTUBE AND IS A LEADING INDEPENDENT ASIAN-AMERICAN DIGITAL COMPANY. >> EVERYBODY GETS TO SAY, COOL, YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN THE MAINSTREAM NOW. HAS IT EVER HIT YOU JUST HOW BIG YOU GUYS ACTUALLY ARE? >> IT'S CRAZY. TO SEE THAT THERE'S A NEXT GENERATION OR THERE'S YOUNG PEOPLE THAT GREW UP SAYING, OH, I DON'T BE TV STAR, I WANT TO BE A CONTENT CREATOR. I WANT TO LIKE I AM IN THE INDUSTRY OF FILM HOLLYWOOD EVER BECAUSE OF YOU . LIKE THERE'S ACTORS AND DIRECTORS OUT THERE THAT SAID THEY WATCH WHILE FEELING LIKE THAT'S WHAT MADE THEM THINK THAT THEY COULD DO IT. >> FOR ME. I'M JUST REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE BEGINNING WITH THE FACT THAT OTHERS CAN HAVE REALLY AWESOME CAREERS THROUGH WATCHING OUR VIDEOS. >> I MEAN, FOR ME, THAT'S LIKE THE PROUDEST THING. AFFLALO HAS GAINED EIGHT MILLION FOLLOWERS ON TIKTOK IN JUST THE PAST TWO YEARS. CATAPULTING HER TO A SPOT HOSTING ON THE OSCARS RED CARPET. >> AND YOU STARTED SPEAKING SOMEONE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. YOU SPEAK SPEAKING MOMENT. SHE NOW HAS HER OWN PODCAST. >> SO I GOT ANOTHER ONE . THE OTHER ONE , THE LAST ONE . SORRY. WHEN I FIND MYSELF IN THE SPACES, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE . THE OSCARS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. LIKE THEY REACHED OUT TO ME TO HOST FOR THEM, WHICH IS LIKE CRAZY FOR MY SPOTIFY EXCLUSIVE SHOW. WHEN I GOT THE BILLBOARD ON THE REEF, I TOOK MY WHOLE FAMILY TO GO HERE AND LIKE WE WERE LOOKING AT IT AND MY WHOLE FAMILY WAS SO EMOTIONAL. LAST NAMES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. MY DAD'S LAST NAME'S ON A BILLBOARD. THAT'S CRAZY. I FEEL VERY GRATEFUL THAT I GET TO PLATFORM MY OWN CULTURE IN A WAY THAT'S NEVER REALLY BEEN SEEN BEFORE IN THE WORLD OF SOCIAL MEDIA. THAT'S COOL. BUT I GET TO SEE SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE EVERY OTHER WHITE PERSON YOU SEE IN MEDIA. I GET JUST TO SEE THEM CREATE SOMETHING. >> I GET TO SEE THEM EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH ART AND BE SEEN FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. IT'S JUST PURELY JUST FOR THE LOVE AND PASSION OF CREATING OUR THANKS TO ASHTON FOR THAT. AND YOU CAN SEE MORE OF OUR CULTURE CONVERSATION SERIES IN THE COMING WEEKS AND A FULL SPECIAL AIRING MAY TWENTY FOURTH. THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS HOUR. I'M PHIL LIPOF. STAY WITH "ABC NEWS LIVE" FOR MORE CONTENT AND ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. >> THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. AND COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR ,THE STATE OF EMERGENCY NOW UNDERWAY IN ONE OF THE BIGGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD AND HOW THEY'RE COPING WITH UNPRECEDENTED FLOODS. PLUS, AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE IDENTIFYING AS SPIRITUAL BUT NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY SPECIFIC RELIGION. I SPEAK WITH ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE USING HIS PULPIT TO INSPIRE. THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. PRIME, THANKS SO MUCH FOR STAYING WITH US. LIVE REPORTING. BREAKING NEWS EXCLUSIVES, AWARD WINNING, POWERFUL EYE OPENING "ABC NEWS LIVE" FINE WITH A LINSEY DAVIS STREAMING LIVE CASE RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, THANK YOU FOR MAKING INDONESIAN'S THIS WEEK. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE NEWS AND POLITICS SHOW ON SUNDAY MORNINGS. THIS IS WHERE THE NEWSMAKERS COME FIRST IN THE MORNING TO BE HEARD ON AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MORNING SHOW. HOW WOULD YOUR MOM ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR BROTHER? NOW, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO FROM 20 BILLION DOLLARS TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. YEAH. ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT NINE O'CLOCK YOU WRITE THAT YOU HAD LOW GREAT DEPRESSION. HOW'D YOU GET OUT OF THAT? WHEREVER THE STORY. ABC GOOD MORNING AMERICA IS RIGHT THERE. THIS IS "ABC NEWS LIVE" FOR THE FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL DISTRICT ,CAT FOUR STORM ALONG FIVE IS IN THE BULL'S EYE. >> GOT BBC NEWS , AMERICA'S NUER 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. >> YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET ON THIS. THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO TELL YOU . IS THIS GOD ? CAN YOU HEAR ME OUT THERE? BEHIND THE SCENES? THERE'S ALWAYS A BETTER SHOW. I ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE DURING THE COMMERCIAL BREAK. RIGHT? THEY DON'T HAPPEN. I HAD NO IDEA REALLY WHAT I WAS GETTING MYSELF INTO THAT DAY THAT WE WALKED OUT. I TREASURE THAT. I JUST I COULDN'T SIT BACK AND DO A GOOD JOB. YOU'RE DOING GOOD. YEAH. IT WAS CRAZY. America wants and America needs BEHIND THE TABLE. LISTEN, WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST, ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO . READY? LET'S DO IT. YES, IT'S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO? LET'S GO . HOW ARE YOU ? SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING? SATURDAY IS ON "ABC NEWS LIVE". WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON TWO TO 6:00 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS. >> MY MY FAVORITE NOW. >> I FEEL LIKE THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD IS ON MY SHOULDERS. I'VE SEEN A LOT. I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT WITHOUT EVER HAVING A CHANCE TO SHARE MY SIDE OF THE STORY. >> AARON KATERSKY LIFE STORY AND SARA HAINES DRUGS FOR DRINKING. >> EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO TRAGEDIES JUST NOW. I'VE TURNED IT AROUND AND I'VE GOT A LOT TO SAY. >> THERE'S ALWAYS TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY. 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" FROM. GOOD EVENING. I'M PHIL LIPOF IN TONIGHT FOR LINSEY DAVIS. >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO TONIGHT, INCLUDING THE 13 CHARGE INDICTMENT BROUGHT AGAINST EMBATTLED CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS. WHAT HE TOLD REPORTERS SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING COURT. AND WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE NEW YORK LAWMAKER? PLUS, LYNDSEY'S EXCLUSIVE SIT DOWN WITH THE MOTHER OF THE SIX YEAR OLD STUDENT WHO SHOT HIS TEACHER. WHAT SHE'S REVEALING ABOUT HER SON AND THE MESSAGE SHE'S HOPING TO DELIVER. AND UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY, THE BIGGEST CITY IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE GETTING HIT WITH A DELUGE. HOW RESIDENTS ARE NOW TRYING TO COPE WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED TORRENT OF RAIN AND FLOODING. BUT WE BEGIN WITH THAT FEDERAL INDICTMENT AGAINST CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS, THE EMBATTLED CONGRESSMAN PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO 13 COUNT INDICTMENT ACCUSES SANTOS OF DEFRAUDING DONORS, DEFRAUDING THE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS SYSTEM AND DEFRAUDING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ITSELF. TONIGHT, SANTOS IS FREE ON FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND. TODAY, HE CALLED THE PROSECUTION A WITCH HUNT AND VOWED NOT TO RESIGN. MORE THAN A DOZEN OF HIS REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES, HOWEVER, HAVE CALLED FOR HIM TO STEP DOWN. SO WHAT COMES NEXT? SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT LEADS US OFF TONIGHT WITH A LITTLE MORE . >> EVERYONE. HE HAS ALREADY ADMITTED TO LYING TO HIS CONSTITUENTS. AND TONIGHT, CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES, SWARMED BY REPORTERS OUTSIDE FEDERAL COURT WHERE HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO 13 FEDERAL COUNTS, INCLUDING WIRE FRAUD. MONEY LAUNDERING AND THEFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS. THE HEARING JUST 10 MINUTES. THE JUDGE READING THE CHARGES, ASKING SANTOS IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS. HIS ANSWER? YES, MA'AM. THE CONGRESSMAN SURRENDERED HIS PASSPORT AND WAS RELEASED ON A 500000 BOND. OH, OUTSIDE THE COURT, OFFICERS FIND HIM TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR THE TRIP AS SANTOS PUSHED TOWARD THE PODIUM AND DECLARED HIS INNOCENCE. >> NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO AND FIGHT TO DEFEND MYSELF. THE REALITY IS , IS IT'S A WITCH. PROSECUTORS CHARGE SANTOS CONCOCTED A SCHEME TO RAISE 50000 DOLLARS IN DONATIONS TO HELP HIS CAMPAIGN AND SPENT THE MONEY ON LUXURY DESIGNER CLOTHING, CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS, A CAR PAYMENT AND PAYMENTS ON PERSONAL DEBTS. THEY SAY HE ALSO POCKETED SOME OF THE CASH. SANTOS WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH FILING FALSE UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC WHILE HE WAS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS. COLLECTING MORE THAN TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS IN BENEFITS EVEN THOUGH HE HAD A JOB AND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR A YEAR POSITION AT AN INVESTMENT FIRM. >> WHY WOULD YOU APPLY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WHEN YOU HAD A JOB OF MAKING ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR? RACHEL , THIS IS PART INACCURATE INFORMATION AND I WILL GET TO CLEAR MY NAME ON THIS DURING THE PANDEMIC. IT WASN'T VERY CLEAR . I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE GOVERNMENT'S GETTING THE INFORMATION, BUT I WILL PRESENT MY PROSECUTORS SAY THAT YOU GOT OVER 20 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. HOW IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? MA'AM? LIKE I SAID, MY EMPLOYMENT WAS CHANGED DURING THE TIME. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE GOVERNMENT IS COMING FROM. >> 5% MATT SANTOS ALSO ACCUSED OF MAKING FALSE, FICTITIOUS AND FRAUDULENT STATEMENTS TO CONGRESS AND HIS REQUIRED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FILINGS, INCLUDING INFLATING HIS SALARY AND ASSETS WHILE FAILING TO DISCLOSE OTHER INCOME AND CONCEALING UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENTS. >> SANTOS TODAY DECLARING HIS INNOCENCE. ARE YOU PLANNING ON RUNNING FOR REELECTION? BUT ON CAPITOL HILL, AT LEAST A DOZEN HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAY IT'S TIME FOR SANTOS TO RESIGN. >> IT'S A DISTRACTION AND IT'S A PUNCH LINE FOR A LOT OF COMMENTARY REGARDING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT WE DON'T NEED. HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY, WHO WAS COUNTING ON SANTOS VOTE TO REMAIN IN POWER, IS NOT CALLING FOR HIM TO STEP DOWN. >> BUT TONIGHT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, MCCARTHY SAID THE CONGRESSMAN SHOULD NOT RUN FOR REELECTION. >> 70% RELAXIUM . I THINK I THINK HE HAS OTHER THINGS LIKE THANKS TO RACHEL FOR THAT. AND NOW TO THE US MEXICO BORDER ,WHERE IN JUST THE DAY, TITLE 42 , THAT PANDEMIC ERA RULE THAT ALLOWED THE U.S. TO TURN ASYLUM SEEKERS AWAY IS SET TO EXPIRE. CROWDS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO GATHER AT THE BORDER AS U.S. OFFICIALS BRACE FOR A NEW SURGE OF MIGRANTS. HUNDREDS OF NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS DEPLOYED, SOME IN RIOT GEAR THAT RIVERS ON THE MEXICO SIDE OF THE BORDER. MIREYA VILLARREAL ON THE US SIDE REPORTING ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME. >> TONIGHT. WITH JUST OVER 24 HOURS TO GO BEFORE TITLE 42 EXPIRES, MIGRANTS CROWDING AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER FROM CALIFORNIA TO ARIZONA TO TEXAS, WHERE THE NATIONAL GUARD IS ALREADY IN PLACE WEARING RIOT GEAR IN BROWNSVILLE, FEDERAL AGENTS SWEEPING THROUGH THE STREETS OF EL PASO, WAKING MIGRANTS BEFORE DAWN WITH FLIERS WARNING THOSE WHO HAD ENTERED ILLEGALLY AND HAD NOT FILED THE PROPER PAPERWORK TO TURN THEMSELVES OR RISK BEING DEPORTED. LINES OF MIGRANTS SURRENDERING TO BORDER PATROL IN EL PASO THIS WEEK, TITLED FORTY TO THE PANDEMIC, ARE A POLICY THAT QUICKLY EXPELLED MIGRANTS BASED ON COVID CONCERNS WILL END LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. AND TONIGHT, DHS SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS WITH A DIRECT MESSAGE. >> WE ARE MAKING IT VERY CLEAR THAT OUR BORDER IS NOT OPEN, THAT CROSSING IRREGULARLY IS AGAINST THE LAW, AND THAT THOSE WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RELIEF WILL BE QUICKLY RETURNED . >> DHS SAYING ONE POINT FOUR MILLION PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENT BACK THE LAST YEAR. BUT BY AUGUST, REITERATING THERE IS A PATH FOR MIGRANTS TO COME IN LEGALLY. >> INDIVIDUALS WHO QUALIFY FOR RELIEF UNDER OUR LAWS HAVE A BASIS TO REMAIN IN THE UNITED STATES . THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IMMIGRANTS TO THIS COUNTRY IS QUITE CLEAR . >> STILL, STARTING FRIDAY, IT WILL BE HARDER TO CLAIM ASYLUM REQUIRING MIGRANTS TO HAVE APPLIED FOR AND BEEN DENIED ASYLUM IN ANOTHER COUNTRY BEFORE BEING ALLOWED TO APPLY HERE IN THE U.S.. ANYONE DEPORTED IS SUBJECT TO AT LEAST A FIVE YEAR BAN FROM THE U.S.. HERE AT THE BORDER, MIGRANTS RUSHING TO BE PROCESSED BY BORDER PATROL BEFORE THAT TAKES EFFECT. >> WE'VE BEEN HERE FOUR DAYS NOW WATCHING HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS HAVE CROSSED FROM MEXICO, GOING UNDER THIS CONCERTINA WIRE AND ARE NOW TRAPPED IN THE SHADOW OF THE U.S. BORDER WALL IN THE HARSH DESERT CONDITIONS HERE ON THE US SIDE NEAR THE WALL. THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME TRANSPORTATION AND PROCESSING. THEY CAN'T GET BUSES HERE FAST ENOUGH TO PICK UP ALL OF THESE MIGRANTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE WALL. SO GROUPS ARE BEING METERED BY BORDER PATROL. MIGRANTS SEARCHED AS THEY MAKE IT THROUGH THAT FENCE AND ONTO BUSES TO BE PROCESSED. TONIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, LEADERS STRESSING THEIR ALREADY OVERWHELMED FROM CHICAGO. >> CHICAGO SIMPLY DOES NOT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR RESOURCES TO CONTINUE AND MAINLY PROVIDING FOR MIGRANTS TO NEW YORK STATE, WHERE ROCKLAND COUNTY IS NOW SEEKING A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST THE CITY OF NEW YORK AFTER THE MAYOR THERE ANNOUNCED HE WOULD SEND MIGRANTS TO THAT COUNTY. >> THEY JUST SAY, BASICALLY, ROCHLIN BE , WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO. PRESIDENT BIDEN OVERNIGHT WARNING THIS COULD TAKE SOME TIME. >> WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN. IT'S GOING TO BE CHAOTIC. FOR A WHILE. OUR THANKS TO MATT RIVERS FOR THAT. AND TONIGHT, ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS APPEAR TO BE ON THE BRINK OF WAR. ISRAEL CLAIMS TO HAVE HIT AT LEAST 40 TARGETS IN GAZA LINKED TO ISLAMIC TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. PALESTINIAN MILITANTS FIRED HUNDREDS OF ROCKETS BACK INTO ISRAEL. ABC'S FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN IN TEL AVIV TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, HUNDREDS OF ROCKETS FIRED FROM GAZA TOWARDS ISRAEL. PEOPLE RUNNING FOR COVER ON THIS TEL AVIV BEACH IS THEIR DEFENSE. SYSTEMS. BLUE ROCKETS OUT OF THE SKY. BEACHGOERS HUDDLING IN THE SHELTER. I JUST START TO FEEL THE GROUND RUMBLE KIND IN BETWEEN AN EARTHQUAKE AND A FIREWORK. BUT IT IS DEFINITELY, OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THAT. >> MOST OF THE ROCKETS INTERCEPT AND NO REPORTS OF ISRAELI CASUALTIES. ISRAEL LAUNCHING DOZENS OF AIRSTRIKES. PALESTINIAN MEDICS SAY SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND NEARLY 50 IN ISRAEL RELEASING THESE VIDEOS CLAIMING TO HAVE DESTROYED MULTIPLE TARGETS IS THE HEAVIEST VIOLENCE IN MONTHS AND ERUPTED AFTER ISRAEL ASSASSINATED THREE TOP COMMANDERS OF THE PALESTINIAN MILITANT GROUP ISLAMIC. AT LEAST 21 PEOPLE KILLED SINCE MONDAY, INCLUDING CHILDREN, ACCORDING TO PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS. >> THIS LITTLE GIRL SCREAMING FOR HER FATHER, WHO , ALONG WITH HER MOTHER AND BROTHER, ALL KILLED. >> AND JAMES JOINS ME NOW FROM TEL AVIV. JAMES , HOW IS THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER RESPONDING TO THIS LATEST ROUND OF VIOLENCE TONIGHT? >> WELL, PHIL, HE MADE AN ADDRESS ON NATIONAL TELEVISION TONIGHT SAYING THE MILITARY OR ANY PART WAY THROUGH THIS EXERCISE, THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE ROOTING OUT TERRORISTS. HE SAID THAT THE IDF, THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES, HAD KILLED SOME 120 TERRORISTS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. PALESTINIANS GET ANGRY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THEY WILL SAY, WELL, THERE WERE LEADERS OF THE ISLAMIC. YES, KILLED, BUT ALSO MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEY WOULDN'T REGARD THEM AS TERRORISTS. AND SO THIS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE GAZA STRIP LOOKS LIKELY TO CONTINUE. AND EVERYONE WATCHING AND WAITING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT HAMAS GETS INVOLVED IN THIS, BECAUSE AT THE MOMENT, IT'S JUST ISLAMIC, ONE OF THE MILITANT GROUPS THAT OPERATES IN GAZA. BUT IF HAMAS, WHO CONTROLS THE STRIP, IF THEY DECIDE TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS, COULD ESCALATE REALLY QUITE BADLY. >> SO JAMES LONGMAN FROM TEL AVIV. JAMES , THANK. THERE IS BIG NEWS OUT OF THE FDA TODAY AFTER A PANEL OF ADVISERS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING A SPECIFIC BIRTH CONTROL PILL TO BE SOLD WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION. THE DECISION COMES AFTER MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS ADVISE THE FDA ON THE RECOMMENDATION PILL PROGESTIN ONLY PILL MADE BY FRENCH DRUGMAKER HRA PHARMA. ONE DOCTOR AND ADVISER CALLED THE SAFETY EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PILL VERY REASSURING. THE COMPANY SAYS IF THE FDA TAKES THIS NON-BINDING RECOMMENDATION, A GREEN LIGHT, THE APPLICATION, THE ABORTION PILL CAN BE AVAILABLE AS EARLY AS THIS SUMMER. THIS WOULD MAKE IT THE FIRST EVER OVER-THE-COUNTER HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL PILL. >> NOW TO AN ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE WITH THE MOTHER OF THE VIRGINIA SIX YEAR OLD WHO SHOT HIS TEACHER. SHE IS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER A VIRGINIA GRAND JURY INDICTED AND CHARGED HER WITH CHILD NEGLECT AND FAILING TO SECURE HER SON . OUR LINSEY DAVIS SPOKE WITH THAT MOM AND HER GRANDFATHER, WHO NOW HAS CUSTODY OF THE SIX YEAR OLD. SHE SAYS SHE WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW SHE'S A GOOD MOM. >> WHILE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN THE U.S. ARE NO LONGER A RARITY . WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS VIRGINIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JANUARY WAS SHOCKING. THE SHOOTER WAS ONLY SIX YEARS OLD. THE VICTIM, HIS 25 YEAR OLD TEACHER, ABIGAIL ZWIRNER. DESPITE BEING SHOT, SHE MANAGED TO GET ALL OF HER STUDENTS TO SAFETY. >> FEMALE VICTIMS HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN AS WELL AS A THROUGH AND THROUGH INTO THE HANDS. >> AMID THE ONGOING CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES. THE FAMILY OF THE FIRST GRADER WHO SHOT HIS TEACHER HAS REMAINED QUIET UNTIL NOW. DOES HE TALK ABOUT THE INCIDENT? >> NO. HE TALKS A LOT MORE ABOUT THE DAY BEFORE OR THE TWO DAYS BEFORE THAN HE DOES ABOUT JANUARY SIX , SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTING, THE FAMILY RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING, OUR SON SUFFERS FROM AN ACUTE DISABILITY AND WAS UNDER A CARE PLAN AT THE SCHOOL THAT INCLUDED HIS MOTHER OR FATHER ACCOMPANYING HIM TO CLASS EVERY DAY. THE WEEK. THE SHOOTING WAS THE FIRST WEEK WHEN WE WERE NOT IN CLASS WITH HIM. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US SPECIFICALLY ABOUT YOUR SON'S DISABILITY? >> KETANJI HAS ADHD OR SOME ARE ABLE TO HAVE IT IN A VERY MILD MEGAN HUGHES AFTER ALL, DOESN'T SIT STILL OVER. >> AND WHY DID THE SCHOOL DECIDE THAT IT WAS NO LONGER NECESSARY FOR THE FAMILY TO BE IN CLASS? HE HAD STARTED MEDICATION AND HE WAS MEETING HIS GOALS ACADEMICALLY. >> HAD YOUR SON EVER SPOKEN LIKE ABOUT HURTING A TEACHER OR WAS THERE ANYTHING LIKE ANY ANGST THAT HE HAD AGAINST HER? >> NO, HE ACTUALLY REALLY LIKED HER. I WILL SAY THAT WEEK HE DID COME HOME AND HE WAS TALKING A LOT ABOUT HOW HE FELT LIKE HE WAS BEING IGNORED. SO HE WILL COME HOME. AND MOM, I DON'T THINK THAT SHE WAS LISTENING TO ME. I DIDN'T LIKE THAT. AND THEN ACTUALLY , HE ENDED UP GETTING SUSPENDED THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE HE WAS IN CLASS. HE WAS TRYING TO TELL HER SOMETHING AND SHE ASKED HIM TO GO SIT BACK DOWN. HE THREW HIS ARMS UP. HE SAID FINE. AND WHEN HE THREW HIS ARMS UP, HE KNOCKED THE PHONE OUT OF HER HAND . ON ACCIDENT AND HE GOT SUSPENDED FOR THAT. >> ZWIRNER DID NOT RESPOND TO ABC NEWS. HIS REQUEST FOR COMMENT. BUT IN A LAWSUIT, SHE SAYS THE STUDENT SLAMMED THE CELL PHONE ON THE GROUND SO HARD THAT IT CRACKED AND SHATTERED. SHE'S NOW FILED A 40 MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT AGAINST THE NEWPORT NEWS SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND NICK, ELEMENTARY OFFICIALS CLAIMING THEY IGNORED MULTIPLE WARNINGS ABOUT THE STUDENTS BEHAVIOR AND CONCERNS THAT HE HAD A GUN. >> ACCORDING TO THE SUIT, THE CHILD HAD A HISTORY OF RANDOM VIOLENCE AND THAT HE ATTACKED STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ALIKE, BOTH IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL. IS THAT DESCRIPTION ACCURATE, WHETHER THIS ISN'T THE SCHOOL ENROLLED HERE IN SEPTEMBER, KNOWING ALL OF THE PAST BEHAVIORS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RELEASED A STATEMENT TO ABC NEWS SAYING IT COULD NOT RELEASE INFORMATION ABOUT A STUDENT'S EDUCATIONAL RECORD . AND LAST MONTH, THE DISTRICT FILED TO DISMISS ZWIRNER SUIT, ARGUING HER INJURIES FALL UNDER WORKERS COMPENSATION. THE GUN USED IN THE SHOOTING WAS LEGALLY PURCHASED BY TAYLOR. SHE SAYS IT WAS KEPT LOCKED AWAY. HER ATTORNEY WOULD NOT SAY HOW THE SIX YEAR OLD GOT IT. HOW DID YOUR SON ACCESS THE GUN? NOBODY KNOWS. NO ONE KNOWS. LET ME JUST ASK THIS AND DIRECT IT TO YOU, JIM . IS IT THAT NO ONE HAS ASKED HIM HOW HE GOT IT OR YOU'RE JUST NOT READY TO REVEAL HOW HE GOT IT? >> WE'RE NOT READY TO DISCUSS. OH, OKAY. YES, PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE GOT THE GUN. >> WAS THE GUN LOCKED SOMEWHERE? >> IT WAS LOCKED IN APRIL. TAYLOR WAS CHARGED WITH A FELONY COUNT OF CHILD NEGLECT AND A MISDEMEANOR COUNT OF RECKLESSLY LEAVING A FIREARM AS TO ENDANGER A CHILD. >> HER TRIAL IS SET FOR AUGUST. >> DO YOU FEEL IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOOTING? >> YES, OF COURSE. THAT IS MY SON . SO I AM, AS A PARENT, OBVIOUSLY WILLING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIM BECAUSE HE CAN'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIMSELF. >> ANYTHING THAT EITHER OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO ABIGAIL ZWIRNER. I JUST REALLY WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE. THE OUT OF THE INCIDENT, SHE DID GET HURT. WE WERE ACTUALLY KIND OF FORMING LIKE A RELATIONSHIP WITH ME HAVING TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM. AND SHE WAS A REALLY BRIGHT PERSON. OUR THANKS TO LINSEY FOR THAT EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. THERE IS STILL MUCH MORE TO GET YOU HERE. COMING UP, WE SPEAK WITH THE MAN TRYING TO SPREAD SPIRITUALITY, BUT NOT NECESSARILY A SPECIFIC RELIGION. AND HOW HE'S NOT ALONE. >> BUT NEXT, THE MASSIVE MILITARY DEVELOPMENT IN THE KEY FIGHT FOR THE CITY OF BAKHMUT AS RUSSIA AND UKRAINE REMAIN LOCKED IN BATTLE WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. FRUSTRATED FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND, HERE IN KENTUCKY, NO MATCH FOR THE TORNADO. MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA, ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE REPORTING FROM YOU , VOLBEAT, TEXAS. "ABC NEWS LIVE" IS RIGHT THERE. EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE AND NEED FOR UKRAINE REPORTING FOR THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY . I'M CHARLES, SOUTH CAROLINA. ALONG THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL, KETANJI IN TRUCKEE, CALIFORNIA, COVERING RECORD SNOWFALL. TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO CITY HERE AT THIS AIRPORT IN TAMPA. IT'S ALREADY SHUT DOWN REPORTING THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE REPORTING FROM JERUSALEM HERE AT 10 DOWNING STREET IN LONDON. STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER THE STORY IS , WHEREVER THE STORY IS , WHEREVER THE STORY IS , WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LE "ABC NEWS LIVE" YOU'RE STREAMING "ABC NEWS LIVE", "ABC NEWS LIVE" STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS LINAMAR. IF ONLY THERE WAS A PLACE IN THE MORNING TO START MY DAY WITH A SMILE SOMEWHERE TO HELP ME GETTING TO KNOW A PLACE AS SPECTACULAR AS WELL. ME, WE MIGHT KNOW A PLACE WHERE I STREAMING LIVE. OH WAIT, THERE IS GOOD MORNING AMERICA "GMA," 7:00, 8:00 EVERY DAY. BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. GOOD MORNING, MICHAEL. GOOD MORNING, ROBIN. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. HOW ARE YOU ? OH, THAT'S HOW YOU START TODAY, PEOPLE. >> ALL RIGHT. HERE WE ARE READY. >> LET'S DO IT. YES, IT'S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO? LET'S GO . HOW ARE YOU ? YEAH. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING SATURDAY ON ABC? NEWS? WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I'VE JUST FOUND WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> MARATHON TO THE SIX EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY g from Burlington Vermont wherever ON "ABC NEWS LIVE". >> MY FAVORITE. NOW I'M DEVIN DWYER REPORTING FROM BURLINGTON, VERMONT. WHEREVER THE STORY IS , WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE WATCHING "ABC NEWS LIVE". LINSEY DAVIS. WELCOME BACK. WE ARE TRACKING SEVERAL HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD RIGHT NOW IN THE BATTERED CITY OF BERMUDA. UKRAINIAN MILITARY COMMANDERS SAY THEY HAVE PUSHED RUSSIAN FORCES BACK BY AT LEAST THREE SQUARE MILES. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT GAIN FOR UKRAINIAN FORCES. >> THEIR LEADER OF RUSSIA'S BOGNOR MILITARY GROUP ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAD LOST GROUND, SAYING THEY HAD LOST ABOUT 500 SOLDIERS WHILE BATTLING IN THAT AREA. >> THE CITY OF NEW ZEALAND IS UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER TORRENTIAL RAIN BROUGHT EXTENSIVE FLOODING TO THE REGION. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PICTURES. HEAVY RAIN BEGAN ON TUESDAY, BRINGING ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL PER HOUR. ACTUALLY , IN SOME AREAS WITH WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 70 MILES PER HOUR. FLOODING ROADS AND HOMES. ACTUALLY , A YOUNG STUDENT WENT MISSING AFTER TOURING A SERIES OF CAVES WITH HIS FELLOW CLASSMATES AND TEACHERS. THE AUCKLAND REGION HAS ALREADY REACHED 90% OF ITS AVERAGE RAINFALL THIS YEAR. AND A SAD DAY FOR RESIDENTS. THE SMALL VILLAGE OF BRANDES, SWITZERLAND. OFFICIALS INFORMED RESIDENTS THERE THAT THEY HAD TO EVACUATE BY FRIDAY BECAUSE UP TO TWO MILLION CUBIC METERS OF ALPINE ROCK COULD BREAK LOOSE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND FLATTENED THE ENTIRE VILLAGE. BREN'S HAS A POPULATION OF ROUGHLY ONE HUNDRED CITIZENS WHO DATE BACK GENERATIONS. NOBODY WOULD BLAME YOU IF THE EVENTS OF THE PAST FEW YEARS SEEM OVERWHELMING TO YOU . THE PANDEMIC JANUARY 6TH, THE INCREASING DIRE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. WHILE SOME TURN TO FAITH IN THOSE TIMES, AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE IDENTIFYING AS SPIRITUAL BUT NOT AFFILIATED WITH A SPECIFIC RELIGION. ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS USING HIS PULPIT, SO TO SPEAK, TO INSPIRE. JOINING ME NOW IS GREG EPSTEIN ,THE HUMANIST CHAPLAIN OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND MIT AND AN ATHEIST, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO IN JUST A MINUTE. ALSO, BY THE WAY, IN BOSTON, PARTS YOUR WICKED SMART BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH OF THESE SCHOOLS. I CAN SAY THAT BECAUSE I'M FROM BOSTON. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THIS BOOK, GOOD WITHOUT GOD , HAS BEEN OUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, ALMOST A DECADE. AND I KNOW YOU'RE WRITING MORE , BUT TALK ABOUT YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY. YOU WERE RAISED IN THE JEWISH FAITH. YEAH, I'M CULTURALLY JEWISH AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> BY THE WAY. IT'S IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND I'M CULTURALLY JEWISH. MY MOM WAS A REFUGEE FROM CUBA WHOSE FAMILY HAD ALSO BEEN REFUGEES TO CUBA. MY DAD WAS ALSO THE SON OF REFUGEES FROM EASTERN EUROPE AND I WAS RAISED IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE MOST MULTICULTURAL, MULTIETHNIC, MULTIRELIGIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD, FLUSHING, QUEENS. AND MAYBE EVEN SOCIETY EVER CREATED, EVER ENVISIONED AT THAT POINT. AND THAT WAS SO INFLUENTIAL IN ME. THE IDEA THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ALL SO ALIKE, WE'RE ALL SO HUMAN, CATHOLICISM AND ISLAM AND JUDAISM BE A GOOD PERSON, DON'T KILL , BE KIND TO YOUR NEIGHBOR. >> WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? SO THERE ARE MORAL AND ETHICAL TEACHINGS. GREAT MORAL AND ETHICAL TEACHINGS IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE WORLD'S MAJOR RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS. AND I HONOR THAT. AND IF YOU'RE A RELIGIOUS PERSON, I HONOR YOU . I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO CHANGE. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU SHOULD CHANGE. AND I DON'T THINK HUMANISM IS EITHER. THE IDEA IS THAT FOR THOSE OF US WHO REALLY SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT HUMAN BEINGS CREATED RELIGION, THAT THAT THE WORLD CAN BE EXPLAINED BY SCIENCE WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THEOLOGY. THERE'S JUST PLENTY OF WAYS FOR US TO PURSUE GOODNESS AND TRUTH AND BEAUTY AND COMMUNITY AS WELL. >> LET'S LET'S THEN SPEAK JUST ABOUT JUDAISM FOR HALF A SECOND, BECAUSE THAT'S THE FAITH WE WERE RAISED IN MINE AS WELL. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE RABBIS AND I BELIEVE CLERGY ACROSS ALL RELIGIONS, BUT SPECIFICALLY RABBIS. AND I GUESS I SHOULD SPECIFICALLY MY MOM, WHO IS CONCERNED THAT THE MORE PEOPLE MOVE TOWARD SPIRITUALITY, THE LESS THEY MOVE AWAY FROM THE TRADITIONAL ASPECTS OF A RELIGION. AND WITH A RELIGION LIKE JUDAISM, 15 MILLION ACROSS THE WORLD, A BILLION. SHE AND OTHER CLERGY ARE CONCERNED THAT THE RELIGION MIGHT DISAPPEAR. >> YOU SAY I SAY JUDAISM IS A BEAUTIFUL IDENTITY. HERITAGE, CULTURE, COMMUNITY AS WELL AS RELIGION. HALF OF THE WORLD'S DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS NON-RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR. AND I'M ACTUALLY ORDAINED AS A RABBI MYSELF. I WAS ORDAINED BY SOMETHING CALLED THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SECULAR HUMANISTIC JUDAISM. AFTER FIVE YEARS OF INTENSIVE STUDY, INCLUDING A YEAR AND A HALF IN ISRAEL AND ACTUALLY BECOMING A HUMANIST AND REALLY KIND OF BEING BECOMING FIRM IN MY ATHEISM AND MY SECULARISM, MY HUMANISM, MY NOT BEING RELIGIOUS MADE ME MORE INTERESTED IN MY OWN CULTURAL BACKGROUND AND MY OWN FAMILY'S HISTORY. >> I'M CURIOUS AT THESE SCHOOLS. AMAZING INSTITUTIONS, HARVARD, MIT, YOU SPLIT YOUR TIME BETWEEN THE TWO. YOUR CHAPLAIN. WHEN KIDS TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE MEANING OF LIFE, AND WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING WITH THEIR LIVES, HOW DO YOU APPROACH THAT ? >> I THINK THESE DAYS THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONCERNS AND I'M MEETING WITH AS MANY AS I POSSIBLY CAN MAKE TIME FOR TO TALK ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT MEANING AND PURPOSE OF LIFE. IN LIFE, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE REALLY AFRAID OF THE CHANGE THAT IS COMING DOWN THE PIPE IN SOCIETY. WHETHER IT'S CLIMATE CHANGE OR TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE OR OTHER KINDS OF CHANGE, INCLUDING CHANGES IN OUR BELIEF IN OUR RELIGION. IT'S JUST PEOPLE ARE REALLY WORRIED THAT THE WORLD IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE AND WHAT IS IT BECOMING. >> AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED, THEY GO RIGHT TO RELIGION. PEOPLE GET MORE FAITHFUL SOMETIMES WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THESE THINGS. YEAH, BUT YOU GO YOU GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. >> SO HOW DO YOU GUIDE SOMEONE FOR ME? I THINK THAT BEING A HUMANIST MEANS REALLY THINKING DEEPLY ABOUT HOW WE ARE ALL ONLY HUMAN ,HOW THERE IS NO ONE RIGHT WAY TO BE A HUMAN BEING TO , YOU KNOW, TO TO TO LIVE AND TO LOVE. BUT THERE IS SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO FOR ONE ANOTHER AND WITH ONE ANOTHER TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR EVERYONE. >> GREG EPSTEIN, THANKS SO MUCH. WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR TAKING THE TIME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT TO BE HERE. AND STILL TO COME, IS SIGNING DAY A GROUP OF FIVE YEAR OLDS MAKING PREDICTIONS AND PROMISES AHEAD OF THEIR BIGGEST SCHOOL YEAR YET. I FEEL LIKE THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD IS ON MY SHOULDERS. I'VE SEEN A LOT. >> I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT WITHOUT EVER HAVING A CHANCE TO SHARE MY SIDE OF THIS STORY. >> AARON KATERSKY LIFE STORY IN ONE SENSE, DRUGS FOR DRINKING, EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO TRAGEDIES. >> JUST NOW I'VE TURNED IT AROUND AND I'VE GOT A LOT TO SAY. >> THERE'S ALWAYS TWO SIDES, THREE STORY WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST IN U.S. NEWS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT SEEMS THIS WEEK AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE NEWS AND POLITICS SHOW ON SUNDAY MORNINGS. >> ALL RIGHT. HERE WE ARE. >> READY. LET'S DO IT. YES, IT'S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO? LET'S GO . HOW ARE YOU ? OH, YEAH. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING SATURDAY? ON "ABC NEWS LIVE"? WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON 2:00 TO 6:00 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON "ABC NEWS LIVE". >> MY FAVORITE NOW. WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. THEY ARE FIVE YEAR OLDS READY TO EMBARK ON THEIR NEXT BIG ADVENTURE KINDERGARTEN TODAY. A GROUP OF KIDS IN LAMBERTVILLE, MICHIGAN, SIGNED CONTRACTS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, MAKING PROMISES AND PREDICTIONS FOR THE YEAR AHEAD. REPORTER WHITNEY BURNEY FROM OUR PARTNER STATION WXYZ HAS THE STORY IN OUR LOCAL LOWDOWN . >> FOR EVEN THE MOST BRAVE FIVE YEAR STARTING SCHOOL CAN BE SCARY. BUT AT MONROE, ROAD ELEMENTARY, IT JUST GOT A LITTLE LESS INTIMIDATING. >> IT WAS A BIG DEAL AND IT WAS AMAZING. >> AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. LAST WEEK DURING AN OPEN HOUSE FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, ADMINISTRATORS PUT ON THEIR FIRST EVER KINDERGARTEN SIGNING DAY INCOMING STUDENTS SIGN CONTRACTS WITH THEIR HANDPRINT, PROMISING TO COME IN WITH A SMILE, GREAT ATTITUDE AND A GOOD NIGHT'S REST . THEY ALSO SNAPPED THESE PHOTOS WITH THEIR NEW PRINCIPAL BEFORE COMMITTING TO THE DISTRICT. >> YOU GET TO STAMP YOUR HAND. >> WHAT COLOR WAS IT FOR? AN EXCITING MEMORY TO HAVE FOR PARENTS LIKE TIFFANY SMITH? OH, I CURRENTLY HAVE A SECOND GRADER AND SHE LOVES IT. AND EVERY YEAR KEEPS GETTING BETTER. >> AND LOGAN WILL BE GOING INTO YOUNG FIVES. THIS YEAR. WE CELEBRATE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES GOING TO COLLEGE. WE MAKE A BIG DEAL AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL. AND I THOUGHT, WHY NOT DO THAT TO OUR KINDERGARTNERS? >> PRINCIPAL ALEX CHAPMAN SAYS HE GOT THE IDEA FROM SOCIAL MEDIA AND HAS GOTTEN QUITE THE RESPONSE SINCE POSTING THE PHOTOS. CHAPMAN SAYS WHILE THE ACTIVITY IS FUN FOR KIDS, AND FAMILIES, IT ALSO HELPS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE SO KIDS CAN SUCCEED . >> I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO MAKE THE KIDS FEEL REALLY SPECIAL, ONE THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT. I THOUGHT THE FAMILIES WOULD GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY IN TO THE SCHOOL. I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE SAFE, THAT THEY'RE LOVED AND THAT THIS IS THEIR SCHOOL. >> I SEE YOU . >> IT'S JUST A GREAT STORY ALL AROUND AND A GREAT PICTURE. A GREAT MEMORY. THANKS TO WHITNEY BERNIE, MY PARTNER STATION, WXYZ. >> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT. I'M PHIL LIPOF. "ABC NEWS LIVE" IS HERE FOR YOU ALL NIGHT. WITH THE LATEST NEWS CONTEXT AND OF COURSE, ANALYSIS. YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON HULU, ROKU, THE ABC NEWS APP, AND ON ABCNEWS.COM This is ABC News live. The crushing families here in
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