TAX CHARGES. THE PRESIDENT'S SON APPEARED IN PERSON AT HIS ARRAIGNMENT TODAY IN FEDERAL COURT IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. IT COMES JUST A DAY AFTER HIS SURPRISE ATTENDANCE AT A CAPITOL HILL HEARING ON WHETHER TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. THE YOUNGER BIDEN FACES NINE FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR TAX RELATED CHARGES, ACCUSING HIM OF FAILING TO PAY $1.4 MILLION FROM 2016 TO 2019. THE INDICTMENT ALLEGES HE EARNED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM FOREIGN ENTITIES IN COUNTRIES LIKE UKRAINE AND CHINA AND CHOSE NOT TO PAY TAXES. NOW TO THE FLOOD EMERGENCY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. PEOPLE ARE JUST BEGINNING TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE AFTER ONE STORM. NOW ANOTHER ONE IS ON THE WAY. ABC'S SENIOR METEOROLOGIST ROB MARCIANO IS TRACKING WHAT'S NEXT. BUT FIRST, HERE'S A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE ALREADY LEFT BEHIND. TONIGHT, FAMILIES ACROSS THE WATERLOGGED NORTHEAST NOW BRACING FOR MORE FLOODING, RAIN AND LITTLE FALLS, NEW JERSEY. THE PASSAIC RIVER REACHING MAJOR FLOOD STAGE AND HAS YET TO CREST. >> WATER IS NOW POURING INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SUN IS SETTING AND THE STREETS ARE FILLING UP. PEOPLE ARE BEING ASKED TO EVACUATE BECAUSE THE RIVER IS GOING TO KEEP RISING THROUGH THE DARK OF NIGHT. >> THIS COMMUNITY SEEING ITS THIRD SUCH WATER EVENT IN AS MANY WEEKS AND PREPARING FOR A FOURTH. COURTNEY WILSON STAYING PUT BUT READY TO FLEE IF THE WATER GETS TOO HOT. WELL, ROLL UP THE STREET AND GET OUT THAT WAY. >> GOVERNOR MURPHY HERE TODAY URGING VIGILANCE. >> WE HAVE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES, AND I HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY. AND FROM THE SOUTH. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING THE MOMENT AN F TWO TORNADO STRUCK BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON TUESDAY. WINDS UP TO 125 MILES PER HOUR. THAT TWISTER UP TO FIVE FOOTBALL FIELD WIDE JUST A MONSTER OF A STORM. >> AND ROB JOINS US NOW FROM WAYNE, NEW JERSEY, IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT WATER THERE. AND ROB, IS THAT NEXT WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM GEAR IS UP. MOST OF THE COUNTRY IS UNDER A STORM WARNING TONIGHT. >> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT'S AHEAD? WELL, THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND THE LAST ONE, AND IT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR, LINSEY. THIS RIVER IS STILL RISING, WILL CREST LATER ON TONIGHT, THESE VACUUM CLEANERS. IT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE BEFORE THEY CAN GET A RINSE THEMSELVES BECAUSE FLOOD WATCHES ARE ALREADY UP HERE FOR THE NEXT ONE COMING IN. BLIZZARD WARNINGS, AS YOU MENTIONED. WINTER STORM WARNINGS, THEY'RE UP ALREADY IN THE MIDWEST. AND WE ALSO HAVE A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTH. LITTLE ROCK DOWN TO I-20, SHREVEPORT IN EASTERN THE MISSISSIPPI COULD SEE SOME STRONG TORNADOES DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW ACROSS GEORGIA, ALABAMA AND THE CAROLINAS. THE LOW ITSELF TAKING A VERY SIMILAR TRACK TO THE LAST ONE ACROSS THE HEARTLAND RAMPS UP. I THINK CHICAGO GETS MORE IN THE WAY OF SNOW THAN IT DID WITH THE LAST ONE. COULD BE SIGNIFICANT THERE. AND THEN IT PUSHES UP A PIECE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. BUT EVERYBODY EAST AND SOUTH, THE LOW WILL HAVE MOSTLY RAIN, BUT IT WILL BE HEAVY ONE OR TWO IN SOME CASES THREE INCHES. THAT'S COMING HERE INTO THE NORTHEAST WITH HEAVY WIND AS WELL TOMORROW NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SO JUST AS THESE RIVERS, SOME OF THEM AT LEAST BEGIN TO RECEDE, A LOT OF THEM ARE GOING RIGHT BACK UP AFTER THIS NEXT RAINSTORM THIS WEEKEND. LINSEY, NO REST FOR THE WEARY. >> ROB MARCIANO, OUR THANKS TO YOU AS ALWAYS. TODAY, THE FAA ANNOUNCED THAT IT'S INVESTIGATING BOEING AFTER 737 MAX NINE JET LOST ITS DOOR PLUG MID-FLIGHT LAST WEEK AND FORCED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE AGENCY SAID THE INCIDENT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED AND CANNOT HAPPEN AGAIN. >> FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS WILL WORK TO DETERMINE IF BOEING FAILED TO ENSURE COMPLETED PRODUCTS CONFORM TO ITS APPROVED DESIGN AND WERE IN A CONDITION FOR SAFE OPERATION. BOEING SAID IT WILL COOPERATE FULLY AND TRANSPARENTLY. >> THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL ANNOUNCED IT WILL INVESTIGATE THE MISHANDLING OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD AUSTIN'S RECENT HOSPITALIZATION AND MEMO . THE INSPECTOR GENERAL SAID IT WILL EXAMINE THE ROLES, PROCEDURES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACTIONS RELATED TO THE SECRETARY'S SECRETIVE HOSPITALIZATION. THE PENTAGON HAS COME UNDER FIRE FOR NOT NOTIFYING THE WHITE HOUSE OR OTHER TOP MILITARY OFFICIALS SOONER AFTER SECRETARY AUSTIN HAD COMPLICATIONS FROM A CANCER PROCEDURE. >> OVERSEAS TODAY AT THE HAGUE IN THE NETHERLANDS, THE UN'S INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEGAN HEARING SOUTH AFRICA'S CASE, ACCUSING ISRAEL OF IN ITS WAR IN GAZA. SOUTH AFRICA IS ASKING THE COURT TO IMPOSE BINDING PRELIMINARY ORDER ON ISRAEL, INCLUDING AN IMMEDIATE HALT TO THE MILITARY CAMPAIGN IN GAZA. >> PALESTINIANS IN GAZA ARE BEING KILLED BY ISRAELI WEAPONRY AND BOMBS FROM AIR, LAND AND SEA. THEY ARE ALSO AT IMMEDIATE RISK OF DEATH BY STARVATION, DEHYDRATION AND DISEASE AS A RESULT OF THE ONGOING SIEGE BY ISRAEL. THE DESTRUCTION OF PALESTINIAN TOWNS, THE INSUFFICIENT AID BEING ALLOWED THROUGH TO THE PALESTINIAN POPULATION AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF DISTRIBUTING THIS LIMITED AID WHILE BOMBS FALL. THIS CONDUCT RENDERS ESSENTIALS TO LIFE UNOBTAINABLE. >> ISRAEL WILL PRESENT ITS ARGUMENT BEFORE THE COURT TOMORROW. EARLIER THIS WEEK, ISRAELI PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG DEFENDED HIS COUNTRY'S WAR CONDUCT IN A MEETING WITH U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN. AND HERE WITH THE HYPOCRISY OF SOUTH AFRICA. WE WILL BE IN AN INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE AND WILL PRESENT PROUDLY OUR CASE OF USING SELF-DEFENSE UNDER AN ALMOST INHERENT RIGHT UNDER INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW . WHILE WE ARE DOING OUR UTMOST ON THE EXTREMELY COMPLICATED CIRCUMSTANCES ON THE GROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WILL BE NO UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, WE'RE JOINED NOW BY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW FRANCIS BOYLE. HE WAS INVOLVED IN PROSECUTING WAR CRIMES FOLLOWING THE WAR IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, AND HE WAS A LEGAL ADVISER ON THE PALESTINIAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN 1988 AND THE CREATION OF THE STATE OF PALESTINE, WHICH IS NOW A UN OBSERVERS STATE. >> PROFESSOR, THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME ON. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE STRENGTH OF THIS CASE. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS CALLED IT, QUOTE, MERITLESS, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AND COMPLETELY WITHOUT ANY BASIS, IN FACT, END QUOTE. TO SOUTH AFRICA, HAVE A STRONG ARGUMENT FOR. >> I HAVE READ ALL THE WRITTEN READINGS BY THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA. >> I LISTENED TO ALL THE HEARINGS HELD IN IN THE COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA AND PRESENTED A SOLID CASE. I PREDICT SOUTH AFRICA WILL RULE AGAINST SPACE TO CEASE AND DESIST FROM COMMITTING ALL ACTS OF AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS. JUST LIKE I WANT YOU TO, ALL NEWS FOR THE REPUBLICAN ADVANCE. THE EVENTUAL WINNER AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA. >> WELL, THE WORLD COURT CONSIDERED THAT IN THE ADVISORY OPINION AND RULED THAT THAT ONLY APPLIED IN THE EVENT OF AN ARMED ATTACK BY ANOTHER STATE. AND THE PALESTINIANS WERE MORE NOT A STATE. AS PROFESSOR LOEB CORRECTLY POINTED OUT TODAY. HAMAS IS NOT A STATE, AND SO GAZA IS OCCUPIED TERRITORY. ISRAEL IS THE BELLIGERENT ARCHITECT OF GAZA UNDER THE LAWS OF WAR. AND THE WORLD COURT ALREADY REJECTED ISRAEL, ARGUING THAT IT HAD ANY RIGHT OF SELF DEFENSE AGAINST OCCUPYING PEOPLE LIKE THE PALESTINIAN. AFTER SECRETARY BLINKEN'S VISIT TO ISRAEL THIS WEEK ANNOUNCED ISRAEL HAD AGREED TO A U.N. LED MISSION TO ALLOW DISPLACED GAZANS TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES IN THE NORTH. >> DOES THIS CASE PUT PRESSURE ON ISRAEL TO HASTEN THAT PROCESS? WELL, THEY BETTER. YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH AFRICA HAS CALLED FOR A CEASE FIRE. I BELIEVE THE COURT WILL GIVE THEM A CEASE FIRE AGAINST ISRAEL, JUST LIKE THE COURT GAVE A CEASE FIRE TO UKRAINE AGAINST RUSSIA OR, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A CEASEFIRE AND MASSIVE PROVISION OF HUMANITARIAN RELIEF SUPPLIES TO THE PALESTINIANS THAT MIGHT HELP ISRAEL AFTER THE WORLD COURT. >> FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE COURT? HOW SOON COULD WE EXPECT A RULING? YES, I WANT MY FIRST WARNING FOR ALL WHO ARE ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE HEARINGS ,I WANT MY SECOND ORDER. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER THE OF THE HEARINGS ON FEBRUARY 4TH, A THIRD OF THESE JUDGES RETIRED. >> SO CLEARLY THEY WILL WANT TO WIND UP. THESE ARE THE MEMORY MEASURES, PROCEEDINGS BEFORE FEBRUARY FOUR AND GET THE ORDER OUT THERE BEFORE NEW JUDGES COME IN TO HANDLE THE NEXT STAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS. PROFESSOR FRANCIS BOYLE, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. SURE. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. NOW TO THAT DEADLY AVALANCHE AT A SKI RESORT NEAR LAKE TAHOE, CALIFORNIA. TONIGHT, WE'RE HEARING TERRIFYING ACCOUNTS OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE TRAPPED UNDER THE SNOW. ABC'S MATT RIVERS IS THERE. HE SPOKE TO SURVIVORS. >> TONIGHT, NEW VIDEO SHOWING THE HARROWING RESCUES DURING THAT DRAMATIC AVALANCHE NEAR LAKE TAHOE. >> BUT IT FELT LIKE MY WHOLE BODY JUST GET LIFTED. >> AND YOU HAD TO SHOULD HAVE BEEN BURIED UP TO HER NECK. SHE WAS QUICKLY DUG OUT. HER PARTNER SAFE, TOO, BUT HER BROTHER SWEPT OVER A TEN FOOT CLIFF. >> WERE YOU SCARED FOR YOUR LIFE? AND I THINK I FELT EVERY TYPE OF FEAR POSSIBLE IN A DAY. I DID. >> MY LIFE, I THINK. YOURS AND MY BROTHER'S LIVES. HER BROTHER OLIVER FOUND 15 MINUTES LATER. >> THEY'RE BRINGING YOU VIDEO SHOWING SKI PATROL, TENDING TO HIS BROKEN LEG. RESCUERS LEADING A FRANTIC SEARCH FOR THOSE STILL BURIED. >> CHEERS ERUPTING WHEN THIS MAN IS DUG OUT. ONLOOKERS REPORTING THAT PART OF THE SNOW PACK HAD BROKEN LOOSE IN A RARE IN BOUNDS AVALANCHE THAT KILLED 66-YEAR-OLD KENNETH KIDD. JANET, HE SWEPT AWAY AND BURIED HER HUSBAND. >> LATER TAKING THIS VIDEO. THE AVALANCHE HAVE A DESK BEHIND ME. >> ONLY JANET'S FOOT STICKING OUT FROM THE SNOW. I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY, NO WORRY. I GOT YOU. >> JANET THEN TAKING THIS SELFIE WITH HER RESCUER WHEN THEY THE WHERE THAT AVALANCHE HAPPENED RIGHT THERE BEHIND ME. AND EVEN THOUGH IT IS A BLUE SKY DAY TODAY, THE SIERRA AVALANCHE CENTER SAYING THE DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS WILL LAST INTO TOMORROW AND THE PEOPLE NEED TO BE CAREFUL THERE. >> MATT, THANK YOU. TONIGHT, A NEW REPORT FINDS THAT MORE THAN $1,000,000,000 WORTH OF WEAPONS SENT TO UKRAINE WERE NOT PROPERLY TRACKED. >> IT IS TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE AS THAT STORY TONIGHT. >> IT'S A CRITICAL MOMENT FOR U.S. SUPPORT IN THE WAR. A NEW REPORT ACCUSING U.S. OFFICIALS OF FAILING TO ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN HALF OF THE SOPHISTICATED WEAPONS SUPPLIED TO UKRAINE. IN A SAMPLE THAT WAS UNDER REVIEW, THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATING WHETHER NEARLY 40,000 ITEMS SUCH AS STINGER MISSILES AND NIGHT VISION SETS WERE PROPERLY TRACKED JUST BEFORE. >> AND IN THE MONTHS AFTER RUSSIA INVADED. >> THE REPORT FOUND THAT MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF 1.7 BILLION IN MILITARY ITEMS UNDER SCRUTINY WERE DELINQUENT OR NOT PROPERLY ACCOUNTED FOR. >> BUT THE REPORT FINDING NO EVIDENCE THAT ANY U.S. MILITARY AID TO UKRAINE HAS BEEN MISUSED OR STOLEN. AT THIS TIME, THERE REMAINS NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE OF ILLICIT DIVERSION OF U.S. PROVIDED ADVANCED CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS FROM UKRAINE. >> IT COMES WITH CONGRESS STILL NOT AGREEING ON CONTINUING TO SUPPORT UKRAINE. >> AND NOW THESE FRONTLINE TROOPS ARE RUNNING LOW ON AMMUNITION. WELL, YOU COULD REALLY FEEL THE FORCE OF THIS AMERICAN GUN . BUT THESE UKRAINIAN ARTILLERY UNITS ARE NOW HAVING TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT THEY FOUGHT THE KURDS AT THIS SCARCITY OF AMMUNITION. >> THE UNITS SHOWING US THEIR STOCK OF JUST 20 SHELLS. THEY HAD AROUND 200 A DAY JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. >> AND LINSEY, A TOP U.S. DEFENSE OFFICIAL REACTING TO THAT REPORT, SAYING THE ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES FOR WEAPONRY SENT HERE ARE, QUOTE, NOT PRACTICAL IN A HOSTILE, DYNAMIC WARTIME ENVIRONMENT. LINSEY TOM, THANK YOU. >> IT IS THE END OF AN ERA IN THE NFL. COACH BILL BELICHICK PARTED WAYS WITH THE PATRIOTS AFTER MORE THAN TWO DECADES AND SIX SUPER BOWL WINS DESPITE HAVING ONE MORE YEAR LEFT ON HIS CONTRACT. >> HERE'S ABC'S WILL REEVE WITH A LOOK BACK AT AN INCREDIBLE RUN. >> TONIGHT BILL BELICHICK SAYING GOODBYE TO NEW ENGLAND AS THE LEGENDARY COACH AND HIS TEAM OF NEARLY A QUARTER CENTURY PART WAYS. >> THIS IS A DAY OF KNOW, GRATITUDE AND CELEBRATION. BELICHICK, WHO COACHED THE PATRIOTS FOR 24 SEASONS, WINNING SIX SUPER BOWLS IN NINE APPEARANCES ALONGSIDE TEAM OWNER ROBERT KRAFT. >> TODAY, GRATEFUL WE HAD A VISION OF, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH THE GREAT CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM HERE. AND THAT'S EXCEEDED MY MY WILDEST DREAMS. >> THE COACH HAD ONE YEAR LEFT ON HIS CONTRACT BUT FACED MOUNTING PRESSURE THIS SEASON. THE TEAM HAS STRUGGLED SINCE TOM BRADY LEFT IN FREE AGENCY, MISSING THE PLAYOFFS IN THREE OF THE LAST FOUR SEASONS. BRADY CALLING HIM THE BEST COACHING NFL HISTORY, SAYING, I COULD HAVE NEVER BEEN THE PLAYER I WAS WITHOUT YOU. KRAFT, WHO HIRED BELICHICK AWAY FROM THE NEW YORK JETS IN 2000. >> DEALING THIS SEPARATION AMICABLE BUT NECESSARY. >> THIS IS A MOVE THAT WE MUTUALLY AGREED THAT IS NEEDED AT THIS TIME. >> FANS LIKE BELICHICK. EMOTIONAL. I'M 23 SO MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN BELICHICK DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE PATRIOTS WITHOUT BELICHICK THEY'RE SO APPRECIATIVE THE FANS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THEY'VE GIVEN ME MY FAMILY THIS FOOTBALL TEAM. >> BELICHICK LEAVES NEW ENGLAND WITH THE SECOND MOST WINS FOR A COACH IN LEAGUE HISTORY AND WITH FONDNESS FOR THE TEAM AND ORGANIZATION. >> IT'S AWESOME. THERE'S SO MANY FOND MEMORIES AND THOUGHTS THAT I THINK ABOUT THE PATRIOTS AND I'LL ALWAYS BE A PATRICK. BELICHICK NEEDS JUST 15 MORE WINS TO BREAK THE ALL TIME RECORD. IF HE DOES IT, IT WILL BE WITH A NEW TEAM. NO OFFICIAL WORD YET ON BELICHICK'S FUTURE PLANS, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE SEVEN OTHER AVAILABLE HEAD COACHING JOBS IN THE NFL. >> LINSEY. A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE WILL. THANK YOU. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON BILL BELICHICK'S IMPACT LATER IN THE SHOW, BUT STILL MUCH MORE TO GET TO HERE ON TONIGHT'S HISTORIC MOVE FORWARD TODAY FOR CRYPTO INVESTORS. BUT NEXT, IMAGINE BEING THE ONLY PUBLIC OFFICIAL WHO'S A DEMOCRAT IN AN OTHERWISE REPUBLICAN STATE. WE BRING YOU HIS STORY. I WANT TO TALK TO EVERYBODY. I WANT EVERY PERSPECTIVE IN ON THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE IN THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. THAT, TO ME, IS PUBLIC SERVICE. AND I THINK THAT'S HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IT, EVEN IF IT ISN'T VERY POPULAR RIGHT NOW. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR. AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE ,THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE NEARLY 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 LINE FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT FROM THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC 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. EVERYBODY IN THAT HOME IS OKAY TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE ARE HERE AT FASHION'S BIGGEST NIGHT OUT. WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? YOUTUBE HAS UNVEILED A NEW SET OF POLICIES. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE NEW AD CAMPAIGN FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN A REAL LIFE BARBIE DREAM HOUSE, A NAME CHANGE FOR THE WIENERMOBILE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT? ARE YOU READY? LET'S DO IT. YES, IT'S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO NOW? LET'S GO. HOW ARE YOU? YEAH. 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 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE BY YOUR FAVORITE NOW. >> WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. THEY SAY ONE IS THE LONELIEST NUMBER. AND IN A STATE WITH A SMALL POPULATION LIKE IOWA, THAT MAY BE ESPECIALLY TRUE. IN TONIGHT'S PRIME FOCUS, WE INTRODUCE YOU TO THE ONLY PUBLIC OFFICIAL IN THE ENTIRE STATE IS A DEMOCRAT. ALEX PRESHA BRINGS US THIS REPORT FROM THE HAWKEYE STATE. NO SUCH THING AS A BAD DAY IN THE WOODS UP IN THAT TREE. >> THAT MAN WITH THE BOW AND ARROW WEARING CAMOUFLAGE IS THE BEST HOPE FOR DEMOCRATS IN IOWA. >> OH, DEAR. 41-YEAR-OLD ROB SEON IS THE STATE'S AUDITOR AND THE ONLY DEMOCRAT IN IOWA TO HOLD STATEWIDE OFFICE. AND AN AVID BO HUNTER. I WANT TO TALK TO EVERYBODY. >> I WANT EVERY PERSPECTIVE IN ON THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE IN THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. >> THAT, TO ME, IS PUBLIC SERVICE. AND I THINK THAT'S HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IT, EVEN IF IT ISN'T VERY POPULAR RIGHT NOW. IT'S BUMPER, SAYS ROB. SAND FINDS BUCKS. AND AFTER A NARROW WIN IN 2018, HE BELIEVES HE GOT THE JOB HE WAS BORN TO DO. I JUST TELL PEOPLE WHO I AM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT I BELIEVE. I GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN. MY FAITH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, AND SO I TALK ABOUT IT. I LIKE TO HUNT. I LIKE TO FISH ON GUNS. I DO THINK THAT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT MAKE ME A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO PLACE IN IOWA FOR IOWANS. WITH THE CAUCUSES JUST AROUND THE CORNER, IOWA IS KNOWN FOR SETTING THE TONE FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. >> HOW'S IT GOING FROM A JUNIOR SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS? IOWA. DO WE LOVE IT? TO A MEGA REAL ESTATE TYCOON WITH SUCH A DYNAMIC SWING OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, IT'S HARD TO PUT IOWA IN A BOX. THE REALITY IS THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR BOTH OF THEM. AND TO ME, I THINK, AGAIN, I WILL GO TO LISTENING. WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO THOSE PEOPLE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS IT THAT MADE YOU VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA AND THEN VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP. >> THE IOWA CAUCUSES IN CHAOS THIS MORNING AFTER A TUMULTUOUS 2020 CAUCUS WHERE IT TOOK DAYS TO TALLY THE VOTES. POLLS GREW FOR IOWA TO LOSE THEIR FIRST IN THE NATION STATUS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SOUTH CAROLINA, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED THEY WERE PULLING OUT OF THE IOWA CAUCUSES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS. >> IT PUTS BLACK VOTERS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE PROCESS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, SETTING THEIR SIGHTS ON MORE VOTERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA THAT PROPELLED BIDEN TO VICTORY LAST ELECTION. THE CHANGE SENDING SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE HAWKEYE STATE. IT SEEMS LIKE RIGHT NOW IS IT'S KIND OF A LONELY TIME TO BE A DEMOCRAT IN IOWA. THE IOWA ELECTORATE HAS BECOME MORE POLARIZED AND NOT TO THE BENEFIT OF THE DEMOCRATS, WHERE A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE COME SPEND MONEY IN IOWA. AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S A WISE INVESTMENT. >> ONCE A MODERATE VOICE BETWEEN THE TWO LEFT LEANING COAST, IOWA LIKE SO MANY IN THE MIDWEST, HAS TURNED DECIDEDLY REPUBLICAN. >> WHILE A NUMBER OF STATES IN THE REGION HAVE GONE FROM MODERATE TO MEGA. IOWA HAD THE LARGEST SWING OF VOTERS WITH A TOTAL OF 31 COUNTIES THAT FLIPPED FROM VOTING FOR OBAMA IN 2012 TO TRUMP IN 2016. >> DEMOCRATS HAVE A LOT OF REBUILDING TO DO HERE IN IOWA, AND THE FIRST THING TO DO IS THEY'VE GOT TO SIT DOWN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR MESSAGE IS THAT WILL GO BEYOND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN CITIES AND WHO HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES. REPUBLICANS AND REPUBLICAN LEANING FOLKS ARE NOT WILLING AT THIS POINT TO PAY ATTENTION TO DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T THINK THE DEMOCRATS HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER THEM. >> REPUBLICANS PLAN ON CASHING IN ON THIS OPPORTUNITY CREATED BY THE DEMOCRATS. >> I THINK A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE NATIONAL PARTY NOT WANTING TO BE INVOLVED WITH IOWA, WHICH I THINK IS A MISTAKE FOR THEM. BUT THAT'S GOING TO HELP US KEEP THIS STATE RED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. JOE MITCHELL, ONCE THE YOUNGEST REPRESENTATIVE IN THE IOWA STATE HOUSE, TODAY HEADS RUN GEN-Z, A FARM TEAM OF SORTS FOR YOUNG REPUBLICANS HERE IN IOWA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> THERE'S NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL. YOU CAN'T WIN MAJORITIES WITH THAT. THAT MINDSET AND, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY IN IOWA, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO. THAT'S WHY THERE'S HUGE MAJORITIES OF BOTH IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE FOR THAT VERY REASON. >> HOW MANY OF YOU ARE COMING LEGALLY AT A TOWN HALL FOR THE FIRST TIME? >> REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES HAVE BARNSTORMED THE STATE FOR MONTHS, HOPING TO GET THAT PRECIOUS IOWAN VOTE IN 2020. >> THE COLLAPSE OF IOWA DEMOCRATS INCLUDED LOSING A SENATE SEAT, TWO CONGRESSIONAL SEATS AND A HALF DOZEN SEATS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE. READ A HEARTFELT VICTIM, LOSING HER BID FOR CONGRESS BY JUST SIX VOTES, MAKING IT ONE OF THE CLOSEST HOUSE RACES IN MODERN HISTORY. THIS IS A LOW POINT FOR DEMOCRATS, BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF OPTIMISM HERE. WE DON'T EXPECT TO TURN THIS ON A DIME. BUT I THINK THAT IOWA DEMOCRATS ARE DEFINITELY ENGAGED AND VERY COMMITTED TO GETTING A MORE BALANCED GOVERNMENT IN PLACE IN IOWA TODAY. REID, WHO HEADS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN IOWA AND IN HER FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE, SHE'S DETERMINED TO REBUILD THE HAWKEYE DEMOCRATS REDO STRATEGY. BACK TO BASICS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN IS IN OUR GRASSROOTS EFFORTS TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT COUNTY PARTIES NEED TO DO, WHICH IS GET OUT THE DEMOCRATIC VOTE. >> LAST YEAR, ROB AND CRISS CROSSED IOWA, TALKING TO VOTERS IN ALL 90 NINE COUNTIES, SPREADING THE MESSAGE THAT THERE IS A FUTURE FOR DEMOCRATS HERE IN IOWA. >> BUT THAT MESSAGE HAS ALSO MADE HIM A TARGET FOR REPUBLICANS. >> LAST YEAR, ROB FOUND HIMSELF IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS. SHE AND THE REPUBLICAN SUPERMAJORITY IN THE IOWA STATE LEGISLATURE EFFECTIVELY TIED THE HANDS OF THEIR ONLY POLITICAL OPPONENTS, RESTRICTING ORDERS, ACCESS TO CERTAIN INFORMATION FROM STATE AGENCIES WHILE INVESTIGATING WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE. >> WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOCUSED ON PUBLIC SERVICE. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOCUSED ON DOING THE RIGHT THING AND NOT ON DOING THE DEMOCRATIC OR THE REPUBLICAN THING. AND AS REPUBLICANS IN IOWA GEAR UP TO DECIDE THE NEXT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, THIS LONE DEMOCRAT HAS HIS FOCUS ON A DIFFERENT OPPONENT. >> THE IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS LIKE A SPORTS TEAM WITH A WIN LOSS RECORD. THAT IS NOT GREAT. BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE WINS AND THE LOSSES, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF REALLY CLOSE LOSSES. >> OUR THANKS TO ALEX PRESHA. AND STILL MUCH MORE TO GET TO TONIGHT ON TIME. COMING UP, OUR COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND MICHAEL STRAHAN TAKES ON THE CHALLENGE OF HIS LIFE RIGHT ALONGSIDE HIS DAUGHTER. BUT NEXT, FROM COLLEGE FOOTBALL TO THE NFL'S, SOME OF FOOTBALL'S GREATEST COACHES SEE THEIR ERAS COME TO AN END. WE'LL SHOW YOU WHY THE NUMBERS . 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. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. CRUSHING ON FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND, A REFUGEE CENTER IN PUTIN'S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL. THE STRUCTURE FOR STORM, I FIND, IS IN A POOL OF GAS. >> NBC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, STREAMING 24/7. STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING INSIDER. AND AS A SLICE OF HUMAN FREEDOM, I'VE NEVER SEEN A PLACE LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. WOW. >> ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. YOU READY? LET'S DO IT. YES, IT'S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO, RIGHT? LET'S GO. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? SO, WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING? SATURDAYS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON. 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> MY FAVORITE SHOW FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. EVERYBODY IN THAT HOME IS OKAY TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE ARE HERE AT FASHION'S BIGGEST NIGHT OUT. WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? YOUTUBE HAS UNVEILED A NEW SET OF POLICIES. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW AD CAMPAIGN FAST ,STRAIGHT FORWARD, BUT SOME TIME IN BETWEEN. A REAL LIFE BARBIE DREAM HOUSE. A NAME CHANGE FOR THE WIENERMOBILE. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS LIVES. >> IN AN INTERVIEW, YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU FELT THE BOOGEYMAN WAS COMING. YEAH, SINCE I WAS A KID, I FELT SOMETHING TO GET. IN THE CASE OF JONATHAN MAJORS ,THE ACTOR CONVICTED OF CHARGES. >> WHAT HAPPENED EXACTLY? THE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW YOU UNCONSCIOUS. YOUR DEFENSE TEAM HAS SAID THAT YOU WERE THE VICTIM OF THAT NIGHT WHO RECEIVED INJURIES IN THE CAR. >> I DID. JONATHAN MAJORS SPEAKS THE "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE" EXCLUSIVE 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. WORTH LISTENING TO YOU STAR HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT'S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST, START HERE. IT'S LUNCHTIME IN AMERICA. >> SO WHAT ARE YOU SERVING UP? WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW? YOU KNOW, THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD. YOU HAVE YOUR MONEY BREAKING NEWS, POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS. MUSIC TRENDS AND, OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD. "GMA3" WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR OF "GMA" IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOIN US AFTER DINNER FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. >> I LOVE THAT. ME REPORTING FROM THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW IN LAS VEGAS, I'M ELIZABETH SCHULZE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . >> WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. IT IS THE END OF AN ERA IN THE WORLD OF FOOTBALL. COACH BILL BELICHICK IS LEAVING THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AFTER THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COACHING TENURE IN THE HISTORY OF THE NFL. AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY RECENT BREAK UP IN FOOTBALL. LET'S TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE LEGACY OF THREE DEPARTING FOOTBALL LEGENDS BY THE NUMBERS . >> BELICHICK COACHED 24 SEASONS WITH THE PATRIOTS, WINNING AN NFL RECORD, SIX SUPER BOWL TITLES THERE. THIS SEASON, HE BECAME JUST THE THIRD NFL COACH TO REACH 300 CAREER WINS IN THE REGULAR SEASON. >> AND AFTER 17 SEASONS WITH THE CRIMSON TIDE YESTERDAY, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA COACH NICK SABAN ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT. HE WON A RECORD SEVEN NATIONAL TITLES, SIX WITH THE ALABAMA FOOTBALL PROGRAM. HE HAS 292 CAREER WINS AS A COLLEGE HEAD COACH, AND FOUR OF HIS PLAYERS WON THE HEISMAN TROPHY. MEANWHILE, HEAD COACH PETE CARROLL JUST ENDED HIS TIME WITH THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS. AFTER 14 SEASONS, HE LED THE TEAM TO ONE SUPER BOWL VICTORY. HE WAS THE OLDEST HEAD COACH IN THE NFL AT 72 YEARS OLD AND THE SEAHAWKS WERE THE THIRD NFL TEAM THAT HE COACHED. HE'S ONE OF THREE COACHES TO WIN BOTH A COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND A SUPER BOWL. AND HERE'S SOME FOOTBALL TRIVIA FOR YOU. DID YOU KNOW ALABAMA COACH NICK SABAN WAS ONCE BELICHICK'S ASSISTANT? IT'S TRUE FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS BACK IN THE 90S. AND GET THIS, PETE CARROLL WAS THE NEW ENGLAND HEAD COACH BEFORE BELICHICK. A LOT OF CHANGE IN THE NFL RIGHT NOW AND NO WORD JUST YET ON WHO WILL FILL THEIR VERY LARGE SHOES. AND WE STILL HAVE MUCH MORE AHEAD HERE ON PRIME TONIGHT. OUR GUEST, JELLYROLL TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS ON OUR NATION'S FINANCIAL CRISIS. AND OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ACTOR JONATHAN MAJORS. >> WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BUFFALO, EVOLVED IN TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, FROM POLAND. ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US. >> UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. DO YOU THINK YOU'LL EVER BE ABLE TO GO BACK HOME? WE'RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY. SPLINTERED HOUSES AND SPLINTERED LIVES IN THE MAGNA TUDE OF THE DEVASTATION. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. >> THE U.S. CAPITOL. MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY. MINNEAPOLIS, MEXICO. >> TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST, ALASKA. GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. GIVING YOU A FRONT ROW SEAT TO OUR WORLD AS IT PLAYS OUT IN REAL TIME. LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME. >> WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS ON AMERICA'S MOST HONORED STREAMING NEWS PROGRAM ON ABC NEWS LIVE STREAM FREE RIGHT NOW WHEREVER YOU STREAMING NEWS. >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, EVERYBODY IN THAT HOME IS OKAY TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE ARE HERE AT FASHION'S BIGGEST NIGHT OUT. WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? YOUTUBE HAS UNVEILED A NEW SET OF POLICIES. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN A NEW AD CAMPAIGN. FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN A REAL LIFE BARBIE DREAM HOUSE, A NAME CHANGE FOR THE WIENERMOBILE. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN RUSSIA, ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL. DESTRUCTIVE CAT 4 STORM WARNING HIGH FIVE. BOSTON IS IN THE BULL'S EYE. LET'S GET ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREET IS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE STREET 24/7. STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> 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 UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. WE'RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY HERE BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. >> ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAMING NEWS ME ON ABC NEWSIVE GET READY AMERICA EVERY FRIDAY THE HOTTEST TREND STYLES AND MUST HAVE AT ONCE THE RIGHT STUFF TO BUY RIGHT NOW. I REALLY LOVE THAT IT'S TIME TO BUY THE RIGHT STUFF AND BIG 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? ABC NEWS THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. STAR 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 . ARE YOU 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, YOU GUYS? WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING? SATURDAYS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? HEY, I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS. >> MY FAVORITE SHOW, JELLYROLL TESTIFIES IN A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING. JEWISH STUDENTS ARE SUING HARVARD AND A SECRET NEW YORK CITY TUNNEL SEALED WITH CEMENT. THESE STORIES AND MUCH MORE IN TONIGHT'S RUNDOWN. >> I'M I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON THE FOOTBALL CRISIS. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE WORST THINGS HAPPENED IN AMERICA. >> KNOWN FOR HIS STAGE NAME, JELLY ROLL, JASON FORD TOLD A SENATE COMMITTEE ON THURSDAY THAT HE DEEPLY REGRETS HIS PAST INVOLVEMENT WITH DRUGS. HE SAID HE HAS LOST HIS OWN LOVED ONES DUE TO FENTANYL OVERDOSES AND SAID THE NATION IS IN CRISIS. I'VE ATTENDED MORE FUNERALS THAN I CARE TO SHARE WITH YOU ON THIS COMMITTEE. I COULD SIT HERE AND CRY FOR DAYS ABOUT THE CASKETS I'VE CARRIED OF PEOPLE THAT LOOK NEARLY DEEPLY IN MY SOUL. >> A MAJOR MOVE FOR CRYPTO INVESTING. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION APPROVING THE TRADING OF SPOT BITCOIN EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS OR ETFS. IT MEANS INVESTORS WILL BE ABLE TO BUY SHARES IN A FUND THAT TRACKS THE VALUE OF BITCOIN WITHOUT THE CUMBERSOME PROCESS OF ACTUALLY BUYING THE CRYPTOCURRENCY DIRECTLY. THE MOVE GIVES FURTHER LEGITIMACY TO BITCOIN TRADING AND ALLOWS FUND MANAGERS TO EASILY USE A BITCOIN ETF AS A COMPONENT OF A BROKERAGE HELD INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO OR EVEN FOR A1K. NOW, IN SAYING YES TO THESE ETFS, THE SEC IS SAYING, LOOK, WE'RE NOT APPROVING IT, WE'RE NOT ENDORSING IT. AND IN FACT, THE SEC CHAIR, GARY GENSLER, OUT WITH THIS RED FLAG. INVESTORS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS ABOUT. THE MYRIAD RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH BITCOIN AND PRODUCTS WHOSE VALUE IS TIED TO CRYPTO. >> WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE TUNNEL THAT A GROUP OF WORSHIPERS ILLEGALLY DUG UNDER THE HAMMER WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN BROOKLYN. OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS 60 FEET LONG AND EIGHT FEET WIDE AND POSE A SERIOUS RISK TO THE STABILITY OF TWO BUILDINGS. THE CITY JUST ISSUED AN ORDER TO VACATE PARTS OF THE BUILDINGS. POLICE ARRESTED NINE MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION WHO THEY SAY DUG THE TUNNEL TO HAVE AROUND THE CLOCK ACCESS TO THE SYNAGOGUE. >> THOSE MEN ARE ALSO ACCUSED OF OBSTRUCTING WORKERS WHO TRIED TO FILL THE ILLEGAL TUNNEL EARLIER THIS WEEK. WORKERS FINALLY FILLED THAT TUNNEL YESTERDAY IN VIRGINIA, JUST OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON, D.C., TWO DEPUTIES ON MOTORCYCLES HAVE BEEN INJURED AFTER A TEEN DRIVER PLOWED INTO THEM THIS MORNING WHILE THEY WERE RESPONDING TO AN ACCIDENT. OFFICIALS CONFIRMED ONE DEPUTY HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL WHILE THE OTHER REMAINS UNDER MEDICAL CARE WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. HURT SAYS IT'S SELLING OFF ABOUT A THIRD OF ITS ELECTRIC VEHICLE FLEET. THAT AMOUNTS TO AROUND 20,000 CARS, MAINLY TESLAS. THE RENTAL AGENCY CITES WEAK DEMAND AND HIGH REPAIR COSTS, BUT IT COULD BE GOOD NEWS FOR BUYERS. HERTZ HAS MORE THAN 350 TESLA MODEL THREES LISTED ON THEIR CAR SALES WEBSITE, WITH MANY GOING FOR UNDER $25,000. THAT'S BEFORE FEDERAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCENTIVES. IT'S ALSO LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT THE ELECTRIC SEDAN COST WHEN NEW. THE LAWSUIT FILED IN BOSTON'S FEDERAL COURT CLAIMS HARVARD HAS ALLOWED ITS CAMPUS TO BECOME A BASTION OF RAMPANT ANTI-SEMITISM FROM WHICH THE UNIVERSITY HAS FAILED TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES TO SHIELD JEWISH STUDENTS. >> IT ACCUSES THE UNIVERSITY OF VIOLATING A FEDERAL ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW. THE GROUP SAYS ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS ON CAMPUS ESCALATED FOLLOWING THE HAMAS ATTACKS ON ISRAEL ON OCTOBER 7TH. WHICH ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE REMOVAL OF HARVARD'S PRESIDENT, CLAUDINE. >> NOW, ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE WITH ACTOR JONATHAN MAJORS IN HIS FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE HE WAS CONVICTED OF MISDEMEANOR RECKLESS ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT. THIS IS OUR BREAKING CALL. THE TWO YEAR RELATIONSHIP WITH GRACE JABBARI, TOXIC AND UNHEALTHY. BUT HE WAS ADAMANT, SAYS THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO PHYSICAL ABUSE. I TOLD YOU, TIME ISN'T WHAT YOU THINK. LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, THE NAME JONATHAN MAJORS WAS FOLLOWED BY TALK OF CRITICAL AND BOX OFFICE SUCCESS, SKYROCKETING FAME, EVEN OSCAR BUZZ. >> I'M COMING TO EVERYTHING. DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS SURROUNDS THAT MARQUEE NAME. >> SOMETHING ABOUT SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW AND LOOKING AT YOU AND UNDERSTANDING THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION. SITUATION THAT I IN MANY WAYS, YOU KNOW, PUT MYSELF IN. >> THE ACTOR SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH ABC NEWS FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER BEING CONVICTED IN LATE DECEMBER FOR HARASSMENT AND MISDEMEANOR RECKLESS ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE, WHICH COULD CARRY A PENALTY OF UP TO A YEAR BEHIND BARS. >> WHY DID YOU DECIDE YOU WANTED TO TALK NOW? I FELT LIKE IT WAS TIME. A LOT HAS HAPPENED IN MY PERSONAL LIFE AND MY CAREER AND THE CULTURE. IT'S ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY AND COMING FORWARD AND BEING BRAVE AND GIVING MY MY PART OF THE STORY. YOUR REACTION TO THAT VERDICT? >> SHOCK. I WAS ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED. AND AFRAID. I'M STANDING THERE AND THE VERDICT COMES DOWN. I SAY, HOW? HOW, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? >> BASED ON THE EVIDENCE, BASED OFF THE PROSECUTION'S EVIDENCE, LET ALONE OUR EVIDENCE. HOW WAS THAT POSSIBLE? >> BUT AFTER ONLY HOURS OF DELIBERATION, A JURY OF HIS PEERS AGREED WITH PROSECUTORS THAT HE DID PHYSICALLY INJURED HIS THEN GIRLFRIEND, GRACE JABBARI, IN AN INCIDENT LAST MARCH. >> WHAT HAPPENED EXACTLY, DO YOU KNOW? >> NO, I DON'T KNOW. >> SHE'S UNCONSCIOUS. THAT NINE ONE ONE CALL FROM MAJORS CAME HOURS AFTER AN ARGUMENT BROKE OUT WITH JABBARI IN THE BACK SEAT OF AN SUV WHEN MAJORS RECEIVED A TEXT FROM ANOTHER WOMAN SAYING, OH, HOW I WISH TO BE KISSING YOU. JABBARI TESTIFIED THAT WHEN SHE GRABBED THE PHONE, MAJORS TRIED TO GET IT BACK, FRACTURING HER FINGER AND GIVING HER A CUT BEHIND HER EAR. SHE SAYS INSIDE THE CAR, YOU HIT HER IN THE FACE, TWIST HER ARM BEHIND HER BACK. FRACTURED HER MIDDLE FINGER. YEAH. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. HOW DID THOSE INJURIES COME ABOUT? I WISH TO GOD I KNEW THAT WOULD GIVE CLARITY. >> THAT WOULD GIVE ME SOME TYPE OF PEACE ABOUT IT. >> BUT YOU'RE CONFIDENT YOU DIDN'T. NO QUESTION. >> SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS MAJORS GETTING OUT OF THE CAR, FOLLOWED BY JABBARI, WHOM HE THEN PUTS BACK INSIDE THE VEHICLE. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS WHAT THE DEFENSE REMAINS FOCUSED ON. MAJORS RUNS OFF AND JABBARI CHASES AFTER HIM. >> IF YOU WATCH THOSE VIDEOS AND YOU REVERSE THAT AND YOU A BLACK MAN CHASING A YOUNG WHITE GIRL DOWN THE STREET SCREAMING, CRYING, THAT MAN IS GOING TO BE SHOT AND KILLED IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY. >> NEDA'S DEFENSE TEAM SHARED THESE PHOTOS, WHICH HE SAYS SHOW THE INJURIES HE RECEIVED THAT NIGHT, WHICH WERE DEEMED INADMISSIBLE IN COURT. HOW WERE YOU INJURED? >> MY INJURIES WERE SCRATCH IN MY HAND, YOU KNOW, FROM CLAWING FOR THE PHONE. AND I HAD A ON MY TONGUE, HAD TO BE ON THE RUN, PERIOD. I HAD ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, SCRATCH ON MY ANKLES, MY CHEEK, SOME PRESSURE, AND THAT BLED OVERNIGHT. >> BUT PROSECUTORS SAY MAJORS WAS THE AGGRESSOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALVIN BRAGG SAYS THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED THROUGHOUT THIS TRIAL ILLUSTRATED A CYCLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE IN COURT. >> PROSECUTORS POINTED TO A PREVIOUS ARGUMENT DURING WHICH HE KNOCKED A CANDLE TO THE FLOOR LIKE A COMPLETELY LOST LOST MY TEMPER IN THAT MOMENT AND THREW IT ALL ON THE GROUND. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I WOULD WANT MY CHILD TO DO. AND I DID THAT. I ABSOLUTELY DID THAT AND FEEL TERRIBLE ABOUT IT. THE PROSECUTION ALSO PLAYED AUDIO JABBARI HAD RECORDED EARLIER IN THE RELATIONSHIP. WHERE WERE MAJORS ENCOURAGED HER TO ACT MORE LIKE CORETTA SCOTT KING AND MICHELLE OBAMA. >> I'M A GREAT MAN. A GREAT MAN. I DO GREAT THINGS. NOT JUST FOR ME, FOR MY FOR MY CULTURE. >> IT'S A WORLD THAT IS ACTUALLY THE POSITION I'M IN. >> THE WOMAN THAT SUPPORTS ME NEEDS TO BE A GREAT WOMAN. >> THERE ARE SOME WHO QUESTION THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, AS YOU'RE PROBABLY WELL AWARE, THAT THE PEOPLE WERE SAYING, WHY WAS HE TELLING THIS WOMAN TO BE LIKE CORETTA SCOTT KING AND MICHELLE OBAMA? >> IT WAS ME TRYING TO GIVE AN ANALOGY OF OF WHAT IT IS I'M ASPIRING TO BE. YOU KNOW, THESE GREAT MEN. MARTIN AND PRESIDENT OBAMA, IN TRYING TO GIVE A REFERENCE POINT TO THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS I ALSO SAY IS, LOOK, I NEED HER IN GRACE TO MAKE THE SAME SACRIFICES THAT I AM MAKING. >> IN A STATEMENT TO ABC NEWS, AN ATTORNEY FOR JAHVARIS SAID IN PART, IT IS NOT AT ALL SURPRISING THAT MR. MAJORS CONTINUES TO TAKE NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS, ADDING THE TIMING OF THESE NEW STATEMENTS DEMONSTRATES A CLEAR LACK OF REMORSE FOR HIS ACTIONS. >> DO YOU FEEL YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR HER INJURIES AT ALL? I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN THE CAR. I SHOULDN'T HAVE STEPPED OUT OF THE RELATIONSHIP. I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN A RELATIONSHIP. I'M NOT IN THE CAR. NONE OF THIS HAS HAPPENED. IF I LEAVE THE RELATIONSHIP NOW, THAT IS HAPPENING. IF I'M MAN ENOUGH AND BRAVE ENOUGH TO SAY I WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY ELSE OR I'M. I'M DONE NOW. I'M NOT IN THAT CAR. WHEN I HEAR I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE THINGS, BUT NONE OF HER INJURIES. >> I CAN'T SAY THAT. A LOT OF INJURIES. >> ABC'S IMPACT IS TAKING AN EVEN DEEPER DIVE INTO THE INTERVIEW. THE EVIDENCE AND THE VERDICT. >> YOU CAN STREAM IT NOW ON HULU. ROBIN ROBERTS DOWN WITH MICHAEL STRAHAN AND HIS DAUGHTER ISABELLA. 19-YEAR-OLD ISABELLA REVEALED HER BATTLE WITH A RARE CANCER, A BRAIN TUMOR THAT TYPICALLY AFFECTS YOUNG CHILDREN. BUT ISABELLA IS NOW SHARING HER STORY IN THE HOPES THAT IT WILL HELP OTHERS. HERE'S ROBIN ROBERTS EVERY WEEK TO OUR DEAR FRIEND MICHAEL. >> SIDE BY SIDE WITH HIS DAUGHTER ISABELLA, AS THEY REVEAL WHAT THEY'VE BEEN FACING OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. >> ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO. >> SOON AFTER STARTING COLLEGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS PAST FALL, THE THEN 18-YEAR-OLD FRESHMAN BEGINS EXPERIENCING EXCRUCIATING HEADACHES UNLIKE ANY SHE'S HAD BEFORE. WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS GOING ON AT THE TIME? >> I THOUGHT I HAD VERTIGO BECAUSE I LOOK THAT UP AND ASSOCIATED THAT WITH WALKING STRAIGHT. >> DOCTORS SUDDENLY TELLING ISABELLA SHE'S DEVELOPED A FAST GROWING FOUR CENTIMETER TUMOR IN THE BACK OF HER BRAIN, ITS SIZE LARGER THAN A GOLF BALL. >> I JUST REMEMBER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO L.A. ASAP AND IT JUST DIDN'T FEEL REAL. >> ISABELLA, UNDERGOING EMERGENCY. THE PROCEDURE URGENT TO REMOVE THE MASS. THE DAY BEFORE HER 19TH BIRTHDAY, BIEBER DAY. >> TO PRESERVE ISABELLA'S RECOLLECTION OF HER RECOVERY REMAINS FOGGY. LIKE TAKING HER FIRST SIPS OF WATER THAT FEEL REFRESHING AND LEARNING HOW TO WALK AGAIN WITH THE HELP OF HER TWIN SISTER, SOFIA. >> OH, YEAH. AFTER A GRUELING MONTH OF REHAB AND FAMILY, ISABELLA THEN MOVING ON TO SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RADIATION TREATMENT. >> I JUST FINISHED RADIATION THERAPY, WHICH IS PROTON RADIATION. AND I GUESS RINGING BELL YESTERDAY. IT WAS GREAT. IT WAS VERY EXCITING BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. >> SO I DON'T WANT TO LIKE, HIDE ANYMORE BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO ALWAYS HELP TO JUST JUST BE A VOICE AND BE A PERSON. PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH SOME OF THEIR RADIATION BECAUSE LOOK AT I GOT AN AMAZING DAUGHTER AND I KNOW SHE'S GOING THROUGH IT, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE NEVER GIVEN MORE THAN WE CAN HANDLE AND THAT SHE IS GOING TO CRUSH THIS. I MEAN, I KNOW THIS IS TOUGH, BUT YOU YOU KEEP ON DOING THAT AND ABOVE AND YOU INSPIRE ALL OF US, EVERY SINGLE DAY WE'RE AROUND YOU. AND WE LOVE YOU. WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. AND YOU GOT THIS. SO LET ME TELL YOU. >> >> ISABELLA SUCH AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL. AND WE THANK HER FOR SHARING HER STORY. AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS HOUR ON LINSEY DAVIS. BE SURE TO STAY TUNED TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR MORE CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR STAYING WITH US. >> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR, EMERGENCY FLOOD EVACUATIONS AND A TORNADO WITH 125 MILE PER HOUR WINDS. AND WE TAKE YOU TO THE MOST POWERFULTHE NEWEST AND GREATESTS ARE. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE'S START THEIR DAY HERE AT ABC NEWS? THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. START HERE. THAT'S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. YOU DID YOUR DAILY FIRST WHISTLE. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS FROM AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE NEWS COMPANY ON THE ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO, FASTER, SMARTER AND CUSTOMIZABLE TO YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE. THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW IT'S LUNCHTIME IN AMERICA. SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP? WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW? YOU KNOW, THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD. YOU HAVE YOUR MONEY. BREAKING NEWS, POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS AND OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD "GMA3" WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR OF DNA IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOIN US AFTERNOONS FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. I LOVE THAT. ME. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND, A REFUGEE CENTER IN PUTIN'S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL. THE STRUCTURE FOR STORM HIGH FIVE. BOSTON IS IN THE BULLSEYE. 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. >> IN AN INTERVIEW YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU FELT THE BOOGEYMAN WAS COMING. >> YEAH, SINCE I WAS A KID, I THOUGHT IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE CASE OF JONATHAN MAJORS, THE ACTOR CONVICTED OF CHARGES. >> WHAT HAPPENED EXACTLY? THE KNOW NO, I DON'T KNOW. >> SHE'S UNCONSCIOUS AND THE DEFENSE TEAM HAS SAID THAT YOU WERE THE VICTIM OF THAT NIGHT. WHO YOU SEE INJURED IN THE CAR. >> I DID. JONATHAN MAJORS SPEAKS THE "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE" EXCLUSIVE NOW STREAMING ON HULU . ARE YOU 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 SATURDAYS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT THOUGH . WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. MY FAVORITE SHOW WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS. IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON. BUFFALO DEVOLVED IN TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW, ACCORDING A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY HERE BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC NEWS LIVE FROM WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAMING NEWS ONLY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. 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 . GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M LINSEY DAVIS. THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME. THANKS SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. THE U.S. MILITARY ALONG WITH THE BRITISH MILITARY, HAS LAUNCHED RETALIATORY STRIKES AGAINST MULTIPLE WHO THE TARGETS IN YEMEN. THIS FOLLOWS MONTHS OF ATTACKS ON COMMERCIAL SHIPPING IN THE RED SEA. IN JUST THE PAST 24 HOURS, AMERICAN BRITISH FORCES HAVE REPELLED THE LARGEST ATTACK YET, INTERCEPTING BARRAGE OF 18 DRONES AND THREE MISSILES. THE MILITANTS SAY THEIR ATTACKS ARE IN RESPONSE TO ISRAEL'S WAR ON HAMAS. YOU MAY REMEMBER ONE OF THE HOUTHIS MOST BRAZEN ATTACKS WAS BACK IN NOVEMBER, HIJACKING THIS CARGO SHIP CO-OWNED BY AN ISRAELI BUSINESSMAN. THAT SHIP IS STILL BEING HELD BY REBELS. AND TONIGHT, U.S. TOMAHAWK MISSILES AND FIGHTER JETS ARE TAKING AIM AT THE IRAN BACKED U.S. BASES INSIDE YEMEN . LET'S GET RIGHT TO ABC'S MARY BRUCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THIS LATE BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. >> U.S. AND BRITISH FORCES UNLEASHING A MASSIVE RETALIATORY STRIKE ON HOUTHI REBELS IN YEMEN. AFTER MONTHS OF COSTLY ATTACKS ON COMMERCIAL SHIPPING IN THE RED SEA, A U.S. OFFICIAL CONFIRMING THE STRIKES HIT MULTIPLE HUGE TARGETS IN YEMEN AND INVOLVED A MIX OF TOMAHAWK CRUISE MISSILES AND FIGHTER JETS. JUST 24 HOURS AGO, THE WHITE HOUSE WARNED THE WHO COULD BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES IF THEY DON'T STOP ATTACKS ON COMMERCIAL SHIPPING IN THE RED SEA. >> TONIGHT, DOUBLING DOWN. I'M NOT GOING TO TELEGRAPH PUNCHES ONE WAY OR ANOTHER HERE. WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO TO TO COUNTER AND DEFEAT THESE THREATS THAT THE HOUTHIS KEEP THROWING UP ON COMMERCIAL SHIPPING IN THE RED SEA. >> IN LONDON TONIGHT, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER RISHI SUNAK CONVENING AN URGENT MEETING WITH HIS CABINET, DISCUSSING POSSIBLE RETALIATORY MEASURES SINCE MID-NOVEMBER OVER THE HOUTHIS HAVE LAUNCHED AT LEAST 27 ATTACKS, CLAIMING IT'S IN RETALIATION FOR ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST HAMAS, DISRUPTING ONE OF THE MOST VITAL SHIPPING ROUTES IN THE WORLD. 15% OF WORLD COMMERCE PASSES THROUGH THE RED SEA. MAJOR SHIPPING COMPANIES FORCED TO SAIL AROUND AFRICA TO AVOID THE VIOLENCE. THE LATEST ATTACK COMING OVERNIGHT. THE ROUTINE FIRING A BALLISTIC MISSILE TOWARDS A COMMERCIAL SHIP IN THE REGION JUST HOURS AFTER AMERICAN AND BRITISH FORCES REPELLED THE REBELS. LARGEST ATTACK YET, INTERCEPTING A BARRAGE OF 21 HOUTHI DRONES AND MISSILES. ONE OF THE HOUTHIS MOST BRAZEN ATTACKS COMING IN NOVEMBER WHEN TERRORISTS HIJACKED A CARGO SHIP CO-OWNED BY AN ISRAELI BUSINESSMAN LANDING A HELICOPTER ON ITS DECK IN THE RED SEA. THE SHIP AND ITS 25 MAN CREW STILL BEING HELD BY THE REBELS CLEARLY WILL DIE. >> TONIGHT, A BLOODY LEADER WARNING ANY U.S. ATTACK WILL NOT GO WITHOUT A RESPONSE. >> SOME OMINOUS WORDS THERE. OUR THANKS TO MARY BRUCE. OUR SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG ,US NOW FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. SELINA, WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING TONIGHT? WELL, LINSEY, WE'VE LEARNED THAT THOSE U.S. RETALIATORY STRIKES, THEY HAVE HIT MULTIPLE HOUTHI TARGETS. WE'RE ALSO LEARNING THAT THE U.K. IS ALSO USING SOME OF ITS ASSETS TO ALSO CONDUCT THESE STRIKES. AND THE U.S. OFFICIALS SAID THAT THEIR STRIKES INVOLVE A MIX OF TOMAHAWK CRUISE MISSILES AND FIGHTER. NOW, THIS FOLLOWS A STEADY STREAM OF ESCALATION FROM THE U.S. IN TERMS OF THEIR STRONG TONE, SAYING THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT THESE ATTACKS AND THAT IF THEY DO NOT STOP TARGETING THESE COMMERCIAL SHIPS IN THE RED SEA OR THEY WILL BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES. EARLIER TODAY, LINSEY, I WAS TALKING TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY SPOKESPERSON AT THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING HOW FAR WILL THE UNITED STATES GO? JOHN KIRBY TELLING ME THAT THE U.S. WILL DO WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO TO DETER AND DEFEAT THE THREATS COMING FROM THE HOUTHIS. AND JUST EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE HOUTHIS LAUNCHED A MAJOR ATTACK AND THE U.S. AND BRITISH NAVIES SHOOTING DOWN MORE THAN 20 MISSILES AND DRONES TRYING TO DETER THAT. THE U.S. HAD ALSO CREATED A COALITION WITH OTHER COUNTRIES, RELEASED A STATEMENT AS WELL, CONDEMNING AND WARNING. SO THERE'S BEEN A STEADY DRUMBEAT LEADING UP TO THIS. WE KNEW THE U.S. WAS GOING TO RESPOND IN SOME WAY. AND NOW WE'RE SEEING THAT RESPONSE. AND PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT FOR US. WHY ARE THESE STRIKES IN THE RED SEA SUCH A BIG DEAL? WELL, LOOK, THE RED SEASON, INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WATERWAY, ABOUT 15% OF COMMERCIAL SHIPPING PASSES THROUGH THERE. AND WE'RE ALREADY SEEING SOME MAJOR. AND THE US HAS DELAYED THAT THESE ATTACKS. THEY NOT ONLY THREATENED LIVES, THEY ALSO THREATEN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. WE'VE ALREADY SEEN HOW IT'S THREATENED GLOBAL SHIPPING. SO THAT HELPS TO LAY THE STAKES OF WHY THIS WAS SUCH A BIG DEAL. >> ALL RIGHT. SELINA WANG FROM WASHINGTON. PRESIDENT BIDEN RELEASED A STATEMENT ABOUT THOSE STRIKES SAYING IN PART, THESE TARGETED STRIKES ARE A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT THE UNITED STATES AND OUR PARTNERS WILL NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON OUR PERSONNEL OR ALLOW HOSTILE ACTIONS TO IMPERIL FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST CRITICAL COMMERCIAL ROUTES. I WILL NOT HESITATE TO DIRECT FURTHER MEASURES TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE AND THE FREE FLOW OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE AS NECESSARY. IN NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT, CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN THE $370 MILLION FINANCIAL FRAUD CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. THE FORMER PRESIDENT SPOKE TO THE COURT DURING CLOSING ARGUMENTS. ATTACKING THE JUDGE AND PROSECUTOR FROM HIS SEAT AT THE DEFENSE TABLE. ABC SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY IS OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. >> TONIGHT, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP LAUNCHING INTO UNSCRIPTED AND UNAUTHORIZED REMARKS DURING CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN A CIVIL FRAUD TRIAL THAT THREATENS THE FUTURE OF A REAL ESTATE EMPIRE THAT HELPED PROPEL HIM TO THE WHITE HOUSE. IGNORING THE JUDGE'S INSISTENCE HE STICK TO THE FACTS AND THE LAW, TRUMP WENT ON THE ATTACK, CALLING THE CASE A POLITICAL WITCH HUNT THAT SHOULD BE SET ASIDE AND CASTING HIMSELF AS THE VICTIM, SAYING, I'VE BEEN PERSECUTED BY SOMEONE RUNNING FOR OFFICE. TRUMP CALLED HIMSELF AN INNOCENT MAN AND TOLD THE JUDGE WHAT HAPPENED HERE, SIR, IS A FRAUD ON ME. COMPLAINING NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES SUED HIM TO GET PUBLICITY. THE JUDGE IN THE CASE HAS ALREADY FOUND THAT TRUMP OVERVALUED HIS REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES FOR YEARS, ALLOWING HIM TO GET BETTER TERMS ON LOANS AND INSURANCE. NOW THE COURT IS DECIDING HOW MUCH TRUMP AND HIS BUSINESS SHOULD PAY ALONG WITH THE FUTURE OF TRUMP'S REAL ESTATE DEALINGS IN NEW YORK. >> AND IN COURT TODAY, TRUMP DID MAKE ONE CONCESSION WHEN HIS TRUMP TOWER PENTHOUSE WAS VALUED AS IF IT WAS THREE TIMES ITS ACTUAL SIZE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAID IT WAS AN HONEST MISTAKE. AN ATTORNEY FOR THE STATE SAID IT SCREAMS OF AN INTENT TO DEFRAUD. TRUMP, SEATED AT THE DEFENSE TABLE, BEGAN TO ATTACK THE JUDGE, WHO IMPLORED A DEFENSE LAWYER TO CONTROL YOUR CLIENT. AFTER 5 MINUTES, THE JUDGE CUT OFF TRUMP'S REMARKS, HOLDING UP HIS PHONE TO SIGNAL TRUMP WAS OUT OF TIME. TRUMP, THEN MAKING HIS CASE TO CAMERAS OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM. >> IT'S A DISGRACE, AND THEY SHOULD PAY ME DAMAGES. >> IN THEIR CLOSING ARGUMENTS, STATE LAWYERS SAYING THEY PROVED FRAUD WAS CENTRAL TO THE OPERATION OF THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION BUSINESS. AND TRUMP WAS RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THE BUCK STOPS WITH HIM. >> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ARGUING TRUMP SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO DO BUSINESS IN NEW YORK AGAIN. >> THIS CASE IS ABOUT THE FACTS AND THE LAW, AND MR. DONALD TRUMP VIOLATED THE LAW. >> SHE'S BEEN SAYING THAT FROM THE BEGINNING. OUR THANKS TO AARON KATERSKY. HUNTER BIDEN HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO FEDERAL TAX CHARGES. THE PRESIDENT'S SON APPEARED IN PERSON AT HIS ARRAIGNMENT TODAY IN FEDERAL COURT IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. IT COMES JUST ONE DAY AFTER HIS SURPRISE ATTENDANCE AT A CAPITOL HILL HEARING ON TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. YOUNGER BIDEN FACES NINE FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR TAX RELATED CHARGES, ACCUSING HIM OF FAILING TO PAY $1.4 MILLION IN 2016 THROUGH 2019. THE INDICTMENT ALLEGES HE EARNED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM FOREIGN ENTITIES IN COUNTRIES LIKE UKRAINE AND CHINA AND CHOSE NOT TO PAY TAXES. NOW TO THE FLOOD EMERGENCY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. >> PEOPLE ARE JUST BEGINNING TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE AFTER ONE STORM AND NOW THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ON THE WAY. ABC SENIOR METEOROLOGIST ROB MARCIANO IS TRACKING WHAT COMES NEXT. BUT FIRST, THERE'S A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE. IT'S ALREADY BEEN LEFT BEHIND. >> TONIGHT, FAMILIES ACROSS THE WATERLOGGED NORTHEAST NOW BRACING FOR MORE FLOODING. RAIN IN LITTLE FALLS, NEW JERSEY. THE PASSAIC RIVER REACHING MAJOR FLOOD STAGE AND HAS YET TO. WATER IS NOW POURING INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SUN IS SETTING AND THE STREETS ARE FILLING UP. PEOPLE ARE BEING ASKED TO EVACUATE BECAUSE THE RIVER IS GOING TO KEEP RISING THROUGH THE DARK OF NIGHT. >> THIS COMMUNITY SEEING ITS THIRD SUCH WATER EVENT IN AS MANY WEEKS AND PREPARING FOR A FOURTH. PORT NEILSON STAYING PUT BUT READY TO FLEE IF THE WATER GETS TOO HOT. WE'LL GO UP THE STREET AND GET OUT THAT WAY. >> GOVERNOR MURPHY HERE TODAY URGING VIGILANCE. WE HAVE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES AND HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY. AND FROM THE SOUTH. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING THE MOMENT AN EF TWO TORNADOES STRUCK BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON TUESDAY. WINDS UP TO 125 MILES PER HOUR. THAT TWISTER UP TO FIVE FOOTBALL FIELD WIDE JUST A MONSTER OF A STORM. >> AND ROB JOINS US NOW FROM WAYNE, NEW JERSEY, IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT WATER THERE. ROB, IS THAT NEXT WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM GEAR IS UP. MOST OF THE COUNTRY IS UNDER A STORM WARNING TONIGHT. >> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT'S AHEAD? WELL, THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND THE LAST ONE. IT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR, LINSEY. THIS RIVER IS STILL RISING, WILL CREST LATER ON TONIGHT. THESE VACUUM CLEANERS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE A WHILE BEFORE THEY CAN GET A RINSE THEMSELVES BECAUSE FLOOD WATCHES ARE ALREADY UP HERE FOR THE NEXT STORM COMING IN. BLIZZARD WARNINGS, AS YOU MENTIONED, WINTER STORM WARNINGS, THEY'RE UP ALREADY IN THE MIDWEST. AND WE ALSO HAVE A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTH. LITTLE ROCK DOWN TO I 23, PORTLAND, EASTERN. THE MISSISSIPPI COULD SEE SOME STRONG TORNADOES DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW ACROSS GEORGIA, ALABAMA AND THE CAROLINAS. THE LOW ITSELF TAKING A VERY SIMILAR TRACK TO THE LAST ONE ACROSS THE HEARTLAND RAMPS UP. I THINK CHICAGO GETS MORE IN THE WAY OF SNOW THAN IT DID WITH THE LAST STORM. COULD BE SIGNIFICANT THERE. AND THEN IT PUSHES UP A PIECE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. BUT EVERYBODY EAST AND SOUTH, THE LOW WILL HAVE MOSTLY RAIN, BUT IT WILL BE HEAVY 1 TO 2 IN SOME CASES THREE INCHES. THAT'S COMING HERE INTO THE NORTHEAST WITH HEAVY WIND AS WELL TOMORROW NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SO JUST AS THESE RIVERS, SOME OF THEM AT LEAST BEGIN TO RECEDE, A LOT OF THEM ARE GOING RIGHT BACK UP AFTER THIS NEXT RAINSTORM THIS WEEKEND. LINSEY, NO REST FOR THE WEARY. >> ROB MARCIANO, OUR THANKS TO YOU AS ALWAYS. >> TONIGHT, A NEW REPORT FINDS MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF WEAPONS SENT TO UKRAINE WERE NOT PROPERLY TRACKED. >> TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE HAS THE STORY TONIGHT. IT'S A CRITICAL MOMENT FOR U.S. SUPPORT IN THE WAR. A NEW REPORT ACCUSING OFFICIALS OF FAILING TO ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN HALF OF THE SOPHISTICATED WEAPONS SUPPLY TO UKRAINE IN A SAMPLE THAT WAS UNDER THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT'S INSPECTOR GENERAL. INVEST IN GETTING WHETHER NEARLY 40,000 ITEMS SUCH AS STINGER MISSILES AND NIGHT VISION SETS WERE PROPERLY TRACKED JUST BEFORE AND IN THE MONTHS AFTER RUSSIA INVADED. THE REPORT FOUND THAT MORE THAN $1,000,000,000 WORTH OF 1.7 BILLION IN MILITARY ITEMS UNDER SCRUTINY WERE DELINQUENT OR NOT PROPERLY ACCOUNTED FOR. BUT THE REPORT'S FINDING NO EVIDENCE THAT ANY U.S. MILITARY AID TO UKRAINE HAS BEEN MISUSED OR STOLEN. >> AT THIS TIME, THERE REMAINS NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE OF ILLICIT DIVERSION OF U.S. PROVIDED ADVANCED CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS FROM UKRAINE. >> IT COMES WITH CONGRESS STILL NOT AGREEING ON CONTINUING TO SUPPORT UKRAINE. >> NOW THESE FRONTLINE TROOPS ARE RUNNING LOW ON AMMUNITION. YOU COULD REALLY FEEL THE PAIN OF THIS AMERICAN GUN. BUT THESE UKRAINIAN ARTILLERY UNITS ARE NOW HAVING TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT THEY FIGHT BECAUSE OF THIS SCARCITY OF AMMUNITION THE UNITS SHOWING US THAT STOCK OF JUST 20 SHELLS, THEY HAD AROUND 200 A DAY JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. >> OUR THANKS TO TOM. >> SO MUCH MORE TO GET TO TONIGHT HERE ON TIME. COMING UP, WE YOU AN UPDATE ON THOSE TV STATION EMPLOYEES WHO ARE HELD HOSTAGE LIVE ON THE AIR. BUT NEXT, IMAGINE TURNING WORDS INTO A CAREER AND THEN SHARING IT ALL ON TOK. 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WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE EVENTS THAT ARE SO ESSENTIAL. >> THE LITTLE THINGS, MY LITTLE BOY. I'M GOING TO AMERICA. 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? WELL, I GO, HOW ARE YOU? YOU? YEAH. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING? SATURDAY IS ON ABC NEWS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> MY FAVORITE. NOW REPORTING FROM THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL. I'M RACHEL SCOTT IN DES MOINES, IOWA, WHERE THE STORY IS. WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WELCOME BACK. >> WE'RE TRACKING SEVERAL HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD. RIOTS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA'S TWO BIGGEST CITIES HAVE REPORTEDLY LEFT 15 PEOPLE DEAD AMID RIOTS, INCLUDING THE UNREST STARTED YESTERDAY AFTER HUNDREDS OF POLICE OFFICERS, SOLDIERS AND PRISON STAFF WALKED OFF THEIR JOBS IN PROTEST OVER A PAY DISPUTE. THE GOVERNMENT ATTRIBUTED THE CUTS TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE GLITCH. TENSIONS THERE HAVE BEEN ON THE RISE AMID HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AND HIGHER LIVING COSTS. THE ECUADORIAN TV CHANNEL THAT WAS STOLEN BY ARMED MEN WHO HELD EMPLOYEES HOSTAGE ON LIVE TELEVISION IS NOW BACK ON THE AIR. BROADCASTING RESUMED AS VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO BREAK OUT IN OTHER PARTS OF ECUADOR, WHICH IS STILL UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY, ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, A BOMB THREAT WAS MADE IN A BUSTLING AREA OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL TODAY, AS AUTHORITIES ELSEWHERE SAY TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN A NIGHTCLUB, ARSON. AND IN LONDON, ARCHEOLOGISTS HAVE ANNOUNCED A MAJOR HISTORICAL DISCOVERY DATING BACK TO THE BRONZE AGE, SOME 1500 YEARS BURIED REMAINS OF MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE WERE ON EARTH FROM AN ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY, WHICH WAS UNCOVERED DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD'S LONGEST LAND AND SUBSEQUENT CONNECTOR BETWEEN U.K. AND DENMARK. GRAVEYARD TREASURES WILL ALSO DISCOVERED AND INCLUDE KNIVES, JEWELRY AND POTTERY VESSELS. >> THE LATEST AND GREATEST IN TECHNOLOGY IS BEING UNVEILED AT THE ANNUAL CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW IN LAS VEGAS THIS WEEK. CBS IS BILLED AS THE MOST POWERFUL TECH EVENT IN THE WORLD, WHERE INNOVATIONS LIKE SNORE, REDUCING PILLOWS, FLIP PHONES THAT CAN BEND, AND EVEN A COMPUTER YOU CAN PUT IN YOUR MOUTH ARE BEING UNVEILED. BUT THE BIG STAR OF THIS YEAR'S SHOW, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. JOINING US NOW TO HELP BREAK DOWN WHAT IT ALL MEANS FOR TECH TRENDS IN 2024 IS BRIAN COOLEY, EDITOR AT LARGE FOR. >> HEY, BRIAN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. >> HAPPY TO BE HERE. SO A.I. AND VR WERE AT THE FOREFRONT LAST YEAR PROVING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE YEARS IN MORE THAN A DECADE. TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING WITH THIS YEAR THAT MAKES IT WHAT THEY ARE AND BE OUR LAST YEAR WERE TYPICALLY PUT TOGETHER IN WHAT'S CALLED THE METAVERSE, WHICH IS SOMETHING OF A WORLD OF SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU GET INTO USUALLY USING HEADGEAR OR VISUAL GOGGLES. THIS YEAR IS BEING USED IN A WAY THAT I THINK IS MORE ENCOURAGING. AND IT'S THE IDEA THAT SO MANY PRODUCTS WE OWN TODAY THAT ARE CALLED SMART SMARTPHONES, SMART TVS, SMART HOME PRODUCTS, WE ALL KNOW THEY REALLY AREN'T SMART. >> THEY'RE THEY'RE ADAPTABLE, THEY'RE VERY CUSTOMIZABLE, BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY SMART WITH THE APPLICATION OF A.I. IN THE FEW YEARS GOING FORWARD ,THOSE PRODUCTS MAY ACTUALLY BECOME SMART. THAT MEANS THAT THEY WILL ANTICIPATE OUR NEEDS MORE AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTROL THEM. NOT NECESSARILY BY TOUCHING, TAPPING OR SWIPING OR SPEAKING, BUT SOMETIMES BY JUST BEING THE SIGNALS THAT WE GIVE OFF EVERY DAY, BY JUST BEING AROUND. PRODUCTS AREN'T REALLY BEING INTERPRETED YET, BUT I COULD HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN. IT'S KIND OF A MAGICAL FRONTIER. I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IT'S GOING TO BE REAL. >> WOW. SO OUR MIND AS WELL, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'LL BE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THESE DIFFERENCES IN HOW THE GADGETS REACT. LET'S TALK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY WITH CUTTING EDGE GADGETS LIKE PHONE SCREENS THAT MIMIC THE LOOK AND FEEL OF PAPER. AND SAMSUNG IS NEW GLARE FREE TV. >> YEAH, THERE'S A GLARE FREE TELEVISION FROM SAMSUNG. NOW THIS IS NOT NEW PEOPLE HAVE SEEN GLARE FREE TELEVISIONS BEFORE THEY'RE USUALLY JUST A MATTE FINISH. AND THOSE MATTE FINISHES TEND TO DISPERSE THE GLARE, NOT GET RID OF IT. SAMSUNG'S NEW PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ONE OF THOSE FUZZY MATTE SCREENS. IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE OFF ANGLE VIEWING, AND IT GIVES YOU THIS ABILITY TO BASICALLY MAKE THOSE LIGHTS BEHIND YOU, GO AWAY AND NOT SHOW UP AS HOTSPOTS IN THE TELEVISION. HOW MANY OF US HAVE BEEN FIGHTING WITH THIS DURING FOOTBALL PARTIES AND NOW PLAYOFF PARTIES THAT ARE COMING? >> AND THOSE ARE OFTEN DURING THE DAY AND YOU'VE GOT WINDOWS AND LIGHTS AND THEY'RE ALL MAKING THESE HOT SPOTS ON THE SCREEN. THIS TECHNOLOGY LOOKS PRETTY CONVINCING TO MAKE THAT STOP. >> AND THERE'S ALSO A NEW ROBOT THAT SOME PET OWNERS MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO HEAR ABOUT. >> TELL US ABOUT THAT. >> YEAH, THE PET ROBOTICS AREA HAS BEEN COMING ALONG FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, KIND OF SINCE A COMPANY CALLED COMPANION IN SAN FRANCISCO GOT GOING WITH ROBOTICS THAT HAVE A.I. IN THEM. THIS NEW ONE IS CALLED AURORA. OH, IT IS AN ACTUAL ROBOTIC DEVICE. IT LOOKS KIND OF HUMANOID, A COUPLE OF FEET TALL, MOVES AROUND ON ITS WHEELS, AND WHAT IT CAN DO IS USE A CAMERA. AND LIDAR, NOT UNLIKE A SELF-DRIVING CAR, TO MONITOR YOUR DOG IN TERMS OF WHERE IT IS, WHAT IT'S DOING, WHAT ITS MOOD AND ACTIVITY ARE LIKE. THIS IS PART OF ITS A.I. THAT DOES THAT. IT CAN THROW A BALL TO ENGAGE THE ANIMAL IN FUN. IT CAN ALSO USE TREATS WITH A SEPARATE ROBOTIC FEEDER TO ENGAGE TRAINING ALL WHILE YOU'RE NOTROUND. AND IF YOU DO WANT TO SEE YOUR DOG WHILE YOU'RE NOT AROUND, YOU CAN ACTUALLY CONNECT THROUGH THE CAMERA. >> KIND OF LIKE A ROLLING HOUSE SECURITY CAM AND SEE WHAT'S UP. >> CAN IT WALK YOUR DOG AND CLEAN UP AFTER IT, TOO? I GUESS THAT'S NEXT. HERE TO WATCH IT, TO GO OUTSIDE WITH YOUR DOG. NOT NOT WITH THIS TRAFFIC NEARBY. AND YEAH, CLEANING UP WOULD BE VERY NICE. I HAVEN'T THAT YET, BUT I GUESS YOU COULD KIND OF USE THE ROBOTIC VACUUM FOR THAT. YOU'VE BEEN ATTENDING CS FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES NOW. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT STANDS OUT TO YOU AS AS COMPLETELY USELESS? AND AT THE SAME TIME, I'D ASK IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE AS LIFE CHANGING, YOU KNOW, A CATEGORY THAT I SEE THAT OFTEN STRUGGLES TO GET TRACTION ARE A LOT OF NEW COOKING TECHNOLOGIES. WE SAW SOME RATHER EXPENSIVE COOKTOP RANGES THAT SOME OF THEM COOK FOOD BY BASICALLY ELECTROCUTING IT. ANOTHER ONE HAS THESE ROBOTIC HEAT PANELS THAT MOVE AROUND AFTER THEY MEASURE THE THICKNESS OF WHAT YOU'RE GRILLING. >> THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN COMING FOR MANY YEARS. I DON'T I HAVEN'T SEEN IT, HAVE A LOT OF TRACTION. >> ON THE OTHER HAND, THAT I THINK IS EXCITING IS I BELIEVE, THE SMART HOME, WHICH IS ALL THOSE LIGHT SWITCHES AND OUR TELEVISIONS AND SMART SPEAKERS ARE FINALLY GOING TO START TO KNIT TOGETHER IN THE IMMINENT YEAR OR TWO AHEAD, ADDING A I. SO LET'S SAY I WALK INTO A ROOM THAT IS A COMMAND FOR THE LIGHTS TO COME ON FOR THAT ZONE OF THE C TO WARM OR COOL THAT ROOM. THE TV SHOULD PROBABLY GO ON. MAYBE THE CHAIR STARTS TO RECLINE OR GETS INTO MASSAGE MODE. THAT KIND OF SMARTS SHOULD BE COMING IN. THE SMART HOME HAS BEEN SORT OF DISCONNECTED AND SCATTERED UP UNTIL NOW, BUT I'M EXCITED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO START TO FIX THAT. >> OKAY. I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. ALL THE FUTURE JUST AROUND THE CORNER. BRIAN COOLEY, OUR THANKS TO YOU . >> AND STILL TO COME, OUR WEEKLY SEGMENT TIKTOK, WHERE WE INTRODUCE YOU TO ONE WOMAN WHO TURNED HER WORD GAME INTO SOME SERIOUS CASH. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS THIS START HERE. TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD OUR MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT'S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. WHEREVER GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE. >> 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 FROM AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE NEWS COMPANY ON ABC NEWS AT BREAKING NEWS. INCREDIBLE VIDEO, FASTER, SMARTER AND CUSTOMIZABLE TO YOUR INTERESTS. YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW. YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE. THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP. >> DOWNLOAD IT NOW. ARE YOU REALLY READY? LET'S DO IT. YES, IT'S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO NOW? LET'S GO. HOW ARE YOU, YOU GUYS? 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 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> NOW WE TURN NOW TO OUR WEEKLY SEGMENT. >> TIKTOK. LET ME TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE STORY. THE SENSATION, WORDY, RISKY SHARK. ALL FIVE LETTER WORD PICKS ON WORDS TO DESCRIBE OUR NEXT GUEST PUZZLE INFLUENCER SAVANNAH DELILLO, KNOWN TO HER NEARLY 2 MILLION TIKTOK FOLLOWERS FOR SOLVING THE DAILY WORD GUESSING GAME. >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK. WE'RE GOING TO BE ON TV LIKE AN HOUR. I'M ABOUT TO GO INTO MY INTERVIEW. I HAVE TO LEAVE IN LIKE 2 MINUTES. STRESSFUL, BUT OKAY. WE GET AN IRON MIDDLE. MAYBE THE ANSWER IS GOING TO BE ,I DON'T KNOW, SOME WORD ABOUT BEING ON TV, BEING INTERVIEWED FOOD. >> AND SAVANNAH JOINS US NOW. WELCOME TO THE SHOW. HI. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. NOW, YOU SAY MYRTLE IS MORE THAN JUST A GAME. >> IT'S ACTUALLY PERFORMANCE ART. OH, YES. HOW YOU MAKE THAT DISTINCTION BECAUSE THE REST OF THE WORLD PRIMARILY LOOKS AT IT AS A GAME. >> WELL, I MAKE A VIDEO EVERY SINGLE DAY OF ME SOLVING THE WORLD, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD GET PRETTY BORING IF I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE WORDS I WAS DOING EVERY DAY. SO YOU GOT TO MAKE IT EXCITING AND YOU GOT TO BRING IN SOME SPECIAL THINGS. SO I TRY TO USE WADDLE AS LIKE A TEMPLATE TO TALK ABOUT OTHER STUFF THAT'S GOING ON OR DO COMPETITIONS WITH OTHER PEOPLE OR JUST HAVE OTHER FUN TO DO. SO I DEFINITELY TRY TO MAKE IT EXCITING AND FUN AND NOT JUST ME READING OFF A BUNCH OF WORDS. HOW DID YOU DECIDE? BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DO WORD, BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T DO IT LIKE YOU DO. HOW DID YOU DECIDE, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY MAKE THIS MY CONTENT? >> WELL, SO I NEVER HAD THE PLAN OF WANTING TO BE A TIKTOK STAR OR CONTENT CREATOR. I JUST STARTED PLAYING WORDPLAY AND I REALLY LIKED IT. AND I SAW THAT PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND SO I THOUGHT I MIGHT AS WELL JUST, YOU KNOW, DO IT EVERYDAY ON TIKTOK. AND IT TRANSFORMED INTO SOMETHING I COULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED. YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE TWO YEARS LATER AND I'M STILL POSTING TO EVERY SINGLE DAY AND HAVING A LOT OF FUN DOING IT. >> AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR FORMULA, HOW YOU GO ABOUT DECIDING YOUR FIRST WORD OF THE DAY. >> SO I PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF STRATEGIES FOR THEIR STARTING WORDS, AND SOME PEOPLE START WITH THE SAME EVERY SINGLE DAY. BUT I THINK THAT'S BORING. I TRY TO START WITH A FUN WORD EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO I THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON DURING THE DAY OR LIKE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO ME YESTERDAY, BUT ALWAYS A FUN WORD. AND I TRY NOT TO REPEAT WORDS TOO MANY TIMES. AND THEN HOW DID THIS END UP LEADING TO COLLABORATIONS WITH LIKE ED SHEERAN AND THE JONAS BROTHERS? >> YEAH. SO I THINK SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT I TRY TO DO WITH MY CONTENT IS THAT I TALK ABOUT THE THINGS I'M INTERESTED IN AND I'M SUPER INTERESTED IN MUSIC. AND SO I WAS SHARING A LOT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT I CARE ABOUT IN MUSIC, AND I THINK THAT GOT THE ATTENTION OF ED SHEERAN AND THE JONAS BROTHERS. AND SO I WAS ASKED TO MAKE LITTLE VIDEOS WITH, AND IT WAS HONESTLY BEEN A DREAM. I COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN. AND YOU ALSO WRITE REVIEW COLUMNS FOR WORD FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES OWNS WORD. >> EXPLAIN WHAT THAT'S ABOUT. YEAH. SO FEW MONTHS AGO, THE NEW YORK TIMES REACHED OUT TO ME AND SAID THEY WERE DOING A DAILY JOURNAL REVIEW COLUMN WHERE THEY WERE HAVING A GUEST COLUMNIST EVERY DAY WRITE ABOUT THEIR STRATEGY IN SOLVING THE WORLD THAT DAY. AND SO I JUMPED ON THAT OPPORTUNITY. I THOUGHT IT WAS SO COOL AND EXCITING. SO, YEAH, THINK I'VE DONE A FEW COLUMNS FOR THEM AND I JUST WRITE ABOUT WHAT WAS THINKING AND HOW HOW I FELT ABOUT THE WORD. IF I THOUGHT IT WAS A FUN WORD BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE WHEN THE ANSWER IS BORING. I WANT IT TO BE A FUN AND EXCITING WORD. SO I DEFINITELY LIKE IT BETTER WHEN THEY PICK UNIQUE WORDS. I MEAN, I GUESS YOU WOULD CONSIDER YOURSELF A PROFESSIONAL WORD OR WORD OR PLAYER. OH YEAH. AT THIS POINT, HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN IT IN ON FIRST TRY? I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN IT IN THE FIRST TRY. I HAVE SOME FRIENDS WHO ALSO PLAY WORD ON TIKTOK, AND THEY'VE GOTTEN WORD A LITTLE ON THEIR FIRST TRY. SO I'M STILL WAITING FOR THE DAY, BUT I KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THAT'S MY 2024 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION TO GET WORD ALL IN ONE. >> DO YOU THINK THAT YOU'LL EVER PIVOT OR YOU'RE STICKING TO WORD? WELL, SO I ALWAYS HAVE POSTED MY WORD TO EVERY DAY. AND AS LONG AS PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THAT, I THINK I'LL STILL DO THAT. BUT I ALSO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BRING IN SOME OTHER TYPES OF CONTENT AS WELL SO I'M TALKING MORE ABOUT MUSIC OR OTHER GAMES OR JUST THINGS GOING IN MY LIFE. AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH THAT TOO. SO I LIKE I LIKE STICKING AROUND WITH LIKE GAMES. AND SO I'VE ALSO DONE A LOT OF OTHER GAMES AND COLLABORATION WITH OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS. BUT I THINK WORLD ALWAYS BE THERE AND I KNOW FACE A LOT OF FUN. >> SAVANNAH THANK SO MUCH FOR COMING ON THE SHOW AND YOU CAN CHECK OUT SAVANNAH ON TIK-TOK AT DAILY ZAP TO SOLVE A HURDLE AND THAT OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT. I'M LINSEY DAVIS EVERYTHING IS LIVE IS HERE PEOPLE ALL NIGHT WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON HULU ROKU, PLUTO TV, THE ABC NEWS APP AND OF COURSE ON ABCNEWS.COM. >> COM THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US HAVE A GREAT NIGHT C News live the crushing families here in
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