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THE SECOND AMENDMENT GIVES AMERICANS THE RIGHT TO CARRY A HANDGUN OUTSIDE THE HOME. PRESIDENT BIDEN QUICKLY CONDEMNING THE RULING. >>> PLUS, FORMER TOP DOJ OFFICIAL SAYING TRUMP THREATENED TO OUST THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL. >>> A MANHUNT TONIGHT FOR A SO CALLED MASTER OF DISGUISE WANTED IN CONNECTION FOR THE MURDER OF AN AMERICAN WOMAN IN MEXICO. AUTHORITIES SAY HE IS KNOWN FOR USING MULTIPLE ALIASES AND HAS ALREADY MANAGED TO SLIP AWAY FROM U.S. AGENTS. >>> NEW VIDEO SHOWS RIOT POLICE USING TEAR GAS AND SMOKE GRENADES IN ECUADOR AS THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS CLOSE IN ON THE LATEST DATE OF BUILDING. THE DEMANDS THEY ARE URGING THE PRESIDENT TO MEET. >>> A WOMAN FALLING OFF SUBWAY TRACKS IN NEW YORK AFTER SUFFERING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. OFFICERS PULLING HER ONTO THE PLATFORM BEFORE A TRAIN PULLS IN. THEY ARE ALL SPEAKING TO TOP STORIES. >>> A CHILD IN NEW YORK WRITING TO A SOLDIER IN VIETNAM. THEIR FIRST MEETING FIVE DECADES IN THE MAKING. >>> TOP STORIES STARTS RIGHT NOW. >>> GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE SUPREME COURT RULING THAT COULD SHIFT THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE ON GUN RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY. THE HIGH COURT STRIKING DOWN A NEW YORK LAW THAT REQUIRES A SPECIAL LICENSE TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS OUTSIDE THE HOME. THE SIX CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES SIDING WITH GUN ADVOCATES. PRESIDENT BIDEN SLAMMING THE RULING, SAYING IT CONTRADICTS BOTH COMMON SENSE AND THE CONSTITUTION. THE DECISION JUST HOURS BEFORE A BIPARTISAN GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION BILL CLEARED A KEY PROCEDURAL VOTE IN THE SENATE TODAY, MAKING WAY FOR PASSAGE THIS WEEK. BUT TONIGHT, IT IS CLEAR THE NATION REMAINS DEEPLY DIVIDED OVER GUN ACCESS. LET'S GET TO PETE WILLIAMS FROM WASHINGTON. >> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY, THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT WHEN THE SECOND AMENDMENT SAYS THERE IS A RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, THAT MEANS THE RIGHT TO CARRY A HANDGUN OUTSIDE THE HOME FOR SELF-DEFENSE. THE COURT STRUCK DOWN A NEW YORK LAW THAT REQUIRED A SPECIAL NEED BEYOND SELF DEFENSE TO GET A PERMIT FOR CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON IN PUBLIC. BY A VOTE OF 6-3, THE COURT SAID NO OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT REQUIRES A SPECIAL NEED TO EXERCISE IT, AND THAT IS NOT HOW THE SECOND AMENDMENT WORKS. JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS SAID LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN STILL BAN GUNS FROM SENSITIVE PLACES, HE SAYS THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYWHERE THE PUBLIC CONGREGATES. CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS SAID STATES CAN STILL IMPOSE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS, LIKE BACKGROUND IN MENTAL HEALTH CHECKS AND FIREARMS TRAINING. >> THE SUPREME COURT LEFT OPEN WHERE THE STATE COULD RESTRICT THESE GUNS AND WHO COULD HAVE THEM. TOOK THE DECISION WILL HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON NEW YORK IN FIVE OTHER STATES WITH SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS, BUT IN THE MOST FAR-REACHING LANGUAGE IN THE REALLY, IS SET A CONCERN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ISN'T ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY NEW GUN CONTROLS. JUSTICE THOMAS SAID GUN REGULATIONS MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE HISTORICAL TRADITION OF FIREARMS REGULATION. >> THIS LANGUAGE IS GOING TO MAKE IT REALLY DIFFICULT TO JUSTIFY GUN LAWS GOING FORWARD AND WILL LEAD TO COURT STRIKING DOWN A WIDE VARIETY OF GUN SAFETY LAWS. >> Reporter: THE THREE LIBERALS LISTED NINE RECENT MASSES SHOOTINGS, AND SCOOTING THE ONES IN BUFFALO AND UVALDE. JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER SAID COURTS MUST CONSIDER THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF GUN VIOLENCE THAT LEADS STATES TO REGULATE FIREARMS. >> PETE WILLIAMS JOINS US NOW FROM WASHINGTON. WHAT DOES THIS REALLY TELL US ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THE COURT RIGHT NOW? >> Reporter: TELLS US THE NEW CONSERVATIVE SUPER MAJORITY IS FLEXING ITS MUSCLES. REMEMBER, THE COURT HAS ADOPTED THIS QUESTION OF WHETHER THERE IS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO HAVE GUNS OUTSIDE THE HOME FOR 14 YEARS, BUT THIS TIME THE CONSERVATIVES DECIDED THEY HAD THE WAS TO ANSWER IT. I THINK WE WILL SEE THE SAME 6 3 VOTING PATTERN IN DECISIONS YET TO COME. >> WHAT OTHER BIG RULINGS DO WE EXPECT? >> Reporter: THE BIGGEST ONE IS ON ABORTION, WHETHER THE COURT WILL SAY ROE V WADE SHOULD BE OVERTURNED. THIS IS THE CASE FOR MISSISSIPPI THAT WOULD BAN ABORTION AFTER 15 WEEKS. WE ALSO HAVE SOME RELIGION CASES. ONE FROM A PRAYING COACH IN WASHINGTON STATE WHO PRAYED ON THE 50 YARD LINE AFTER GAMES. AND THEN WHETHER PRESIDENT BIDEN CAN SHUT DOWN THE SO CALLED REMAIN IN MEXICO PROGRAM THAT FORCED PEOPLE WAITING FOR ASYLUM TO WEIGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BORDER IN MEXICO. THOSE ARE THE CASES. I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE WILL GET THOSE DECISIONS. WE WILL GET SOME TOMORROW AND SOME ON MONDAY. WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE LAST DAY OF THE TERM YET. >>> OFFICIALS IN NEW YORK AND AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE RESPONDING TO THE RULING. STATE GOVERNORS ARE SAYING IT IS DEEPLY DISTURBING. THE NEW YORK CITY MAYOR CALLED THE DECISION AND OUTRAGE. >> Reporter: WITH GUN VIOLENCE SURGING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SOME CITY LEADERS ARE BLASTING THE SUPREME COURT DECISION. >> WE CANNOT ALLOW NEW YORK TO BECOME THE WILD, WILD WEST. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. >> Reporter: THE NEW YORK CITY MAYOR SAYS LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE AWAITING LEGAL OPTIONS. THE NYPD HAS RECOVERED MORE THAN 3000 GUN SO FAR THIS YEAR AND GUN ARRESTS HAVE HIT A 28 YEAR HIGH. >> THE DECISION IGNORES THE SHOCKING CRISIS OF GUN VIOLENCE EVERY DAY, ENGULFING NOT ONLY NEW YORK, BUT ENGULFING OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY. >> Reporter: IN ESTATE STEEL REELING FROM THE BUFFALO MASS SHOOTING LAST MONTH THAT LEFT 10 PEOPLE DEAD, A DEFIANT GOVERNOR IS CONSIDERING CALLING A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE TO COME UP WITH NEW REGULATIONS. >> WE CAN HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON SPEECH, YOU CAN'T YELL FIRE IN A CROWDED THEATER, BUT SOMEHOW THERE IS NO RESTRICTIONS ALLOWED ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT? >> Reporter: BUT THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT BROUGHT THE LAWSUIT WELCOMED THE RULING, WHICH HE SAYS PROTECTS THE SECOND AMENDMENT. >> THE TIME HAS COME FOR THIS. THE JUDGES DECIDED. >> Reporter: OTHER STATES WITH SIMILAR LAWS ARE NOW SCRAMBLING TO DEFEND THE. >> WHAT WORKS IN A RURAL STATE LIKE WYOMING DOESN'T NECESSARILY WORK IN A STATE LIKE NEW JERSEY. >> Reporter: DO YOU EXPECT MORE LEGAL CHALLENGES TO THE LAWS OF NEW JERSEY AS A RESULT OF THIS? >> YES, THE SUPREME COURT INVITED OPEN SEASON ON CHALLENGES TO GUN LAWS. >> Reporter: TODAY THE SENATE CLEARED A KEY PROCEDURAL VOTE ON A BIPARTISAN BILL TO COMBAT GUN VIOLENCE, A FINAL VOTE COULD COME TOMORROW. OFFICIALS IN NEW YORK WERE QUICK TO POINT OUT IT IS NOT OPEN SEASON FOR CARRYING GUNS IN PUBLIC. PRIVATE BUSINESSES CAN PROHIBIT WEAPONS, BUT WE EXPECT LAWMAKERS TO DEBATE EXACTLY WHAT A SENSITIVE AREA MEANS WHERE GUNS CAN BE BANNED. SUBWAYS, HOSPITALS? THAT IS ALL STILL AN OPEN QUESTION. >>> NOW TO CAPITOL HILL AND THE PRESSURE CAMPAIGN BY PRESIDENT TRUMP TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION. THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE HOLDING HEARINGS TODAY AND LOOKING INTO FORMER TOP DOJ OFFICIALS WHO SAID THE PRESIDENT THREATENED TO OUST HIS ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL AND INSTALL A TRUMP LOYALIST. >> Reporter: THE COMMITTEE TONIGHT LAYING OUT THEIR CASE THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ATTEMPTED TO FORCE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO HELP HIM OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION. PRESSURING SENIOR OFFICIALS TO MAKE CLAIMS OF WIDESPREAD FRAUD THAT DID NOT EXIST. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP ULTIMATELY WANTED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO SAY THE ELECTION WAS CORRUPT AND LEAVE THE REST TO HIM. >> Reporter: A QUOTE SUPPORTED BY HANDWRITTEN NOTES. MR. TRUMP WANTED TO REPLACE THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER NAMED JEFFREY CLARK LLAMA WHO DRAFTED A LETTER TO KEY STATES FALSELY CLAIMING THE DOJ FOUND SIGNIFICANT FRAUD. >> WHEN WE FINISHED DISCUSSING WHAT HE PLANNED ON DOING, I SAID [ BLEEP ] CONGRATULATIONS. YOU WILL BE COMMITTING A FELONY. >> JEFF CLARK IS NOT COMPETENT TO SERVE AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. I SAID HE IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER. GO BACK TO YOUR OFFICE, AND WE WILL CALL YOU WHEN THERE IS AN OIL SPILL. >> HIS PROPOSAL WAS NUTS. THE ONLY THING HE KNEW ABOUT ELECTIONS AND ENVIRONMENTALISM IS THAT THEY BOTH START WITH THE LETTER E. >> THE LEADERSHIP WOULD BE GONE. JEFF CLARK WOULD BE LEAVING A GRAVEYARD. >> Reporter: CLARK REPEATEDLY INVOKED HIS FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS WHEN HE WAS QUESTIONED BY THE COMMITTEE. FEDERAL AGENTS SEARCHED HIS HOME ON WEDNESDAY, SEIZING HIS ELECTRONICS. COMMITTEE EVIDENCE SHOWS CLARK WAS RECOMMENDED TO THE PRESIDENT BY REPUBLICAN SCOTT PERRY, WHO IS AMONG SEVERAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO LATER ASKED FOR PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY CALLED CLAIMS HE ASKED FOR A PARDON A LIE. TOP DOJ OFFICIALS DEBUNKING CONSPIRACY THEORIES PUSHED BY THE PRESIDENT AND HIS AIDES, INCLUDING A YOUTUBE VIDEO SUGGESTING ITALIAN SATELLITES WERE USED TO SWITCH TRUMP VOTES TO BIDEN. >> I EMAILED THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SAID, PURE INSANITY. THAT WAS MY IMPRESSION OF VIDEO WHICH WAS PATENTLY ABSURD. >> Reporter: TRUMP ALLIES DISMISS THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE AS A DEMOCRATIC DISTRACTION. >> IT IS A POLITICAL COMMITTEE THE HEARING BEGAN TODAY WITH A COMPILATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP MISREPRESENTING THE REALITY OF THE PANDEMIC. >> THE DISINFECTANT THAT KNOCKS IT OUT IN A MINUTE. IS THERE A WAY WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? BY INJECTION? I HAVE READ A LOT ABOUT HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE. I HAPPEN TO THINK IT HAS AN IMPACT. >> YOU WERE SAYING IT IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR. >> IT IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR. CASES ARE UP. BECAUSE WE TEST MORE THAN ANYBODY IN HISTORY. WE'RE ROUNDING THE CORNER. >> STANDING BY THE SIDE OF TRUMP IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION DURING THOSE MOMENTS WAS DR. DEBRA BROOKS, WHO SERVED AS THE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE COORDINATOR. TODAY SHE TESTIFIED ABOUT THE MISSTEPS SHE WITNESSED THE ADMINISTRATION MAKE. THE COMMITTEE ASKING ABOUT ONE OF THE ADVISORS DURING THE PANDEMIC, DOCTOR SCOTT ABBOTT, WHO SHE TESTIFIED ADVOCATED FOR A DANGEROUS HERD IMMUNITY APPROACH. >> HE WAS SUGGESTING THAT THE NATION SHOULD STOP TAKING ANY STEPS TO MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS AND LET IT RUN RAMPANT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES. YOU ALSO WROTE THAT HE BELIEVES THAT CASE IDENTIFICATION IS BAD FOR THE REELECTION. YOU ARE PUTTING A REELECTION OVER HEALTH. DID YOU AGREE WITH HIS DIAGNOSIS THAT YOU SHOULD STOP TESTING BECAUSE AN ELECTION IS COMING? >> OF COURSE NOT. >> SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SHE ROLE SHE PLAYED IN GETTING A WHITE COAT PROTECTION TO THE COMMUNICATION COMING OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE. THOSE CRITICAL MONTHS, MARCH THROUGH MAY 2020, WHEN HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE WAS DISCUSSED. SHE DIDN'T PUSH BACK. WE WEREN'T HEARING A LOT OF CLARITY ABOUT WHETHER THIS WAS AIRBORNE. IT TURNS OUT THEY KNEW IN FEBRUARY. A LOT OF CONFUSION WITH PHYSICIANS ON THE TEAM. THEY SAID THEY WOULD TAKE A STAND EVEN IF THEY LOST THEIR JOBS. WE WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN THIS PHENOMENON OF DOCTORS ACTUALLY PROPAGATING THIS INFORMATION. NOW WE'RE SEEING THAT THERE IS A DETERRENCE. IF YOU DO IT AND PUT OUT MISINFORMATION, YOU RISK YOUR LICENSE. THAT DETERRENCE DID NOT EXIST 24 MONTHS AGO. IT DOES NOW. >> WHILE DEATHS HAVE NOT BEEN AT THE LEVEL SEEN BEFORE, WE ARE STILL SEEING THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF CASES AT ABOUT 100,000. WHERE HAS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FALLEN SHORT? >> AND FORTUNATELY, STILL ON COMMUNICATION. THE THING THAT PLAGUED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THE MOST, ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES THAT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY WITH THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, IS COMMUNICATION. WE SPENT THE LAST YEAR DISCUSSING WHY YOU SHOULD GET VACCINATED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. IT HAS CAUSED A LOT OF CONFUSION. OMICRON FORCED US TO REAGAN RECKON THAT YOU HAVE TO GET VACCINATED TO KEEP OUT OF THE HOSPITAL >> THANKS SO MUCH. >>> OVERSEAS NOW TO UKRAINE WHERE THE FIGHTING IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTRY RAGES ON. CIVILIANS TRAPPED IN THE WAR ZONE FINDING FEW RESOURCES TO HELP THEM ESCAPE. ONE GROUP OF SOCIAL WORKERS DARING TO ATTEMPT THE DANGEROUS MISSION, BUT SUFFERING LOSSES OF THEIR OWN ALONG THE WAY. >> Reporter: IS RUSSIAN FORCES POUND EASTERN UKRAINE, CIVILIANS DESPERATELY SEARCH FOR A WAY OUT. FOR SOME, THE HELP COMES FROM AN UNEXPECTED SOURCE, SOCIAL WORKERS. >> WE HAVE MORE THAN 3000 SOCIAL WORKERS. THE AIM IS PRIORITY NUMBER ONE. >> Reporter: 100% LIFE IS A NONPROFIT FOCUSED ON EQUITABLE HEALTHCARE FOR HIV-POSITIVE UKRAINIANS, BUT TODAY THE ORGANIZATION IS A VITAL PART OF WARTIME EFFORTS TO DELIVER AID AND EVACUATE CIVILIANS. >> OUR FOUNDATION BEGAN PROVIDING HELP TO THE CIVILIANS AND THE MILITARY. BRINGING MEDICINE AND FOOD, WHATEVER PEOPLE NEED. SOMETIMES WE'RE DOING MISSIONS THE MILITARY CANNOT DO. >> Reporter: HAS COME AT A COST. ON MARCH 30, ONE OF THEIR CONVOYS CAME UNDER ATTACK. >> AND RUSSIAN MILITARY DRONE CAME TO WORK ON VIA. ALL THE CARS WERE BURNED. WE JUST HAD ONE MAN SURVIVE. >> Reporter: BUT THEY PRESSED ON. >> THIS IS PART OF THE WAR AVENUE ONE WILL REMEMBER THE SOLDIERS, NO ONE WILL REMEMBER THE SOCIAL WORKER. >> Reporter: THEIR JOBS FULL OF NEW CHALLENGES, BUT IN SOME WAYS, WAR HASN'T CHANGE THINGS AT ALL. >> OUR NAME IS 100% LIFE. THIS IS OUR MISSION. THIS IS OUR GOAL. >> Reporter: RUSSIAN FORCES HAVE REPORTEDLY DEPLOYED ALL OF THEIR RESERVE UNITS TO THE FIGHTING HAPPENING IN AND AROUND THE DONBASS REGION. THIS IS A REMINDER OF WHY GROUPS LIKE 100% LIFE ARE STILL SO VITALLY IMPORTANT >>> A DANGEROUS HEATWAVE IS SLAMMING THE SOUTHEAST. 28 MILLION PEOPLE REMAIN UNDER ALERTS IN THE REGION. TEMPERATURES SOARING INTO THE SWELTERING TRIPLE DIGITS IN DOZENS OF CITIES. LET'S GET TO OUR BROKER. IS THERE ANY RELIEF ON THE WAY? >> LOOKING TOWARDS THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK, WE WILL SEE SOME. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE 28 MILLION PEOPLE FROM TEXAS ALL THE WAY TO FLORIDA UNDER HEAT ADVISORY IS, HEAT WATCHES AND WARNINGS. HERE IS THE PROBLEM. LOOK AT SOME OF THESE TEMPERATURES. 170 127 MILLION OF US HAD HIGHS TODAY ABOVE 90. 30 MILLION HAD HIGHS TODAY ABOVE 100. WHEN YOU HAVE TEMPERATURES THAT HOT, YOU WILL NOT SEE TEMPERATURES DROPPED BACK AT NIGHT THAT MUCH. THAT IS A BIG PROBLEM. WE COULD SEE TWO DOZEN RECORDS, RECORD HIGH LOW TEMPERATURES. THAT MEANS IT WILL ONLY DROP DOWN TO 80 IN DALLAS, 7 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR A LOW TEMPERATURE. TALLAHASSEE, 77. TAMPA, 83. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, WE'RE LOOKING AT RECORDS POSSIBLE TAMPA, ALBANY, GEORGIA, 101, DALLAS COULD SET A RECORD, SAME IN SAN ANTONIO AND NEW ORLEANS. THERE COULD BE SOME WEEKEND RELIEF AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM PUSHES IN A DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE. WICHITA ON SATURDAY 90A, BY MONDAY, 79. STILL ABOVE AVERAGE, BUT FEELING MUCH BETTER. JACKSON 97, BY MONDAY, 93. JACKSONVILLE, 89, STILL STAYING IN THE UPPER 80s, BUT TEMPERATURES WILL START TO MODERATE A BIT. EVEN AT THOSE LOWS, THOSE ARE TEMPERATURES THAT ARE STILL WELL ABOVE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE, EVEN IN AUGUST.>>> TONIGHT AND WOMAN BEING HELD HOSTAGE IN DESPERATE NEED OF HELP, USING A FOOD DELIVERY APP TO SEND A SECRET MESSAGE. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE CHIPPER TRUCK CAFI IN YONKERS, NEW YORK WHERE AN EMPLOYEE TOOK A GRUBHUB ORDER FOR A BREAKFAST SANDWICH WITH A SECRET PLEA FROM A HOSTAGE NEEDING HELP. >> WHEN I SEE THE MESSAGE, CALL THE POLICE, ADULT SAID THE FOOD. >> Reporter: THAT MESSAGE WAS FROM A WOMAN BEING HELD AGAINST HER WILL. THAT WOMAN WROTE HER PLEA IN A SPECIAL INSTRUCTION SECTION OF THE GRUBHUB ORDER. IN RED IN PART, PLEASE CALL THE POLICE, PLEASE DON'T MAKE IT OBVIOUS. THE TRUCK OWNER HAS LONG TOLD EMPLOYEES THE IMPORTANCE OF READING THE ENTIRE ORDER REQUEST. >> THEY KNOW TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE BEFORE. >> Reporter: HER EMPLOYEES CALLED THE POLICE, WHO RESPONDED TO THIS HOME IN THE BRONX. A 32-YEAR-OLD SAID HE WENT TO ANSWER THE DOOR. HE WAS EXPECTING A DELICIOUS HOT BREAKFAST, BUT INSTEAD HE GOT THE COLD FIST OF JUSTICE. POLICE ARRESTED HIM, AND HE IS BEING HELD ON A $25,000 BAIL. THE NYPD SAYS HE IS CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT, >>> ELECTION, A CRIMINAL SEX ACT, UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT, AND MORE. WE REACHED OUT TO HIS PUBLIC DEFENDER BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. THE STORY WAS POSTED ONLINE SO OTHERS KNOW TO CHECK THE DETAILS. >> I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THEY CAN DO IN THAT SITUATION. >> Reporter: THE GOOD DEED DID NOT GO UNNOTICED. THE GRUBHUB CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER CALLED THE EMPLOYEE TO AWARD HER AND HER STAFF. >> SAID HE WAS SO HAPPY ABOUT WHAT WE DID. HE OFFERED US $5000 FOR PAYING ATTENTION. >> Reporter: GRUBHUB SAYS THEY HOPE THE MONEY HELPS THE BUSINESS AND REMIND ALL THEIR CUSTOMERS AND WHAT AMAZING PEOPLE THEY ARE. >> A TERRIFYING SITUATION. THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF SIMILAR CRIMES BEFORE? >> Reporter: JUST A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE THIS INCIDENT, HE WAS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT A 26-YEAR-OLD WOMAN. HIS NEXT COURT DATE IS COMING UP ON FRIDAY >>> STILL AHEAD, MASTER OF DISGUISE. A MAN WANTED IN CONNECTION TO THE MURDER OF AN AMERICAN WOMAN IN NEW MEXICO. HOW HE KEEPS MANAGING TO EVADE AUTHORITIES AND WHAT WE ARE JUST LEARNING FROM THE F.B.I. >>> AND RUSH-HOUR RESCUE. TWO NYPD OFFICERS SAVING A WOMAN FROM SUBWAY TRACKS AFTER SHE SUFFERED A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. WHAT THOSE OFFICERS TOLD TOP STORIES ABOUT THEIR LIFE OR DEATH DECISIULE. LISTEN NOW.>>> HALLIE JACKSON NOW, WEEKDAYS AT 5:00. >>> BACK NOW TO AN ONGOING MANHUNT. THE F.B.I. IS ASKING FOR THE HELP OF THE PUBLIC TO FIND A MAN WANTED FOR QUESTIONING IN CONNECTION WITH A MURDER OF A SAN DIEGO WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN MEXICO. THE MAN USES MULTIPLE ALIASES AND HAS A CRIMINAL HISTORY OF FRAUD, INCLUDING ESCAPING FROM A HAWAII IN JAIL. TOOK TONIGHT THE F.B.I. IS ON THE HUNT FOR A MASTER OF DISGUISE WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD OF FRAUD ACROSS DIFFERENT STATES , NOW WANTED IN CONNECTION TO THE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND IN MEXICO. >> HE IS WANTED IN REGARDS TO THE DISAPPEARANCE, AND NOW WHAT WE CONSIDER THE DEATH, OF RACQUEL SABEAN. >> Reporter: 50-YEAR-OLD TYLER ADAMS WAS ARRESTED IN MEXICO LAST WEEK AFTER AN AMBER ALERT WAS ISSUED FOR HIS SEVEN MONTH OLD BABY. DURING THE SEARCH, AUTHORITIES FOUND THE BADLY DECOMPOSED BUILDING OF HIS GIRLFRIEND, RACQUEL SABEAN, IN THE TRUNK OF A CAR. THE CHILD WAS EVENTUALLY FOUND SAFE AND HANDED TO MEXICAN CHILD SERVICES. MEXICAN OFFICIALS SAY, AFTER HIS ARREST, THEY DISCOVERED THE MAN WAS WANTED IN THE U.S. ADAMS HAD A WARRANT ISSUED IN 2019 AFTER HE ESCAPED A WORK FURLOUGH PROGRAM WHILE SERVING TIME FOR FRAUD CHARGES IN HAWAII. MEXICAN AUTHORITIES MAKING THE DECISION TO HAND HIM OVER TO U.S. OFFICIALS. >> WE PUT THE BABY INTO CUSTODY OF IMMIGRATION >> Reporter: THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE F.B.I. INFORMED HE WAS ONCE AGAIN ON THE LOSE. >> IN TERMS OF THE HANDOVER AT THE PORT OF ENTRY, I CAN SAY THIS, HE WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE PORT OF ENTRY. HE USED A FAKE ID. WHEN THEY RAN THE IDEA, THERE WERE NO WARRANTS SHOWING. THAT ENABLED HIM TO COME TO INTO THE U.S. AS IT RELATES TO THE HANDOFF BETWEEN MEXICAN AUTHORITIES AND CBD AT THE BORDER, THE F.B.I. WAS NOT PRESENT. >> Reporter: CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION HAS NOT RESPONDED TO MULTIPLE REQUESTS TO DISCUSS THE CASE. THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIM LEFT WONDERING HOW ADAMS MANAGED TO USE A FAKE ID TO ENTER THE U.S. >> I HAVE A FEELING HE WILL HARM SOMEBODY ELSE. I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS. >> Reporter: THIS AFTERNOON, SOME GOOD NEWS FOR THE FAMILY, AS MEXICAN AUTHORITIES HANDED OVER THE BABY TO THE FAMILY. THE SUSPECT REMAINS AT LARGE WITH THE F.B.I. INFORMING THE LAST IDENTITY HE USED IS UNDER THE NAME ARON BAYNES. HOW TO SOMEBODY YOU SO MANY IDENTITIES AND GET AWAY WITH IT? >> THAT IS THE NATURE OF IDENTITY THEFT, FINANCIAL FRAUD. THAT IS THE NATURE OF HIS CRIMINAL BACKGROUND. WHAT IS UNIQUE HERE IS THAT HE IS AN ESCAPEE WITH A WHITE COLLAR BACKGROUND THAT MADE ITS WAY TO THE MAINLAND. >> INCREDIBLE STORY. ADAMS HAS CHANGED HIS APPEARANCE OVER THE YEARS. ARE AUTHORITIES CONCERNED HE MIGHT CHANGE HIS APPEARANCE NOW? >> THE AGENT WE SPOKE TO TOLD US THE F.B.I. IS OPERATING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE SWELLING IN THE MUGSHOT AND THE DISFIGURED FEATURES COULD MEAN HE DID SOMETHING TO TRY TO CHANGE HIS PHYSICAL APPEARANCE. WE DON'T HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT HE HAD ANYTHING LIKE PLASTIC SURGERY DONE, BUT FROM THE LOOKS OF IT, IT IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY. >> >>> NOW TO NEW YORK CITY AND THE INCREDIBLE MOMENT CAUGHT ON CAMERA OF A WOMAN ON THE SUBWAY TRACKS. TONIGHT SHE IS GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE. IT IS ALL THANKS TWO NYPD OFFICERS WHO LEAPT INTO ACTION. WE SAT DOWN WITH ALL OF THEM. >> Reporter: TERRIFYING MOMENTS ON A SUBWAY PLATFORM. >> I DON'T REMEMBER WALKING TOWARDS THE PLATFORM. I DON'T REMEMBER FALLING. I DON'T REMEMBER GETTING UP. WHAT HAPPENED TO ELIZABETH JOHNSTON WAS CAPTURED ON POLICE BODY CAM IS. SHE WAS ON HER WAY TO WORK DURING RUSH HOUR AND HAD AN EPILEPTIC SEIZURE. LUCKILY, NYPD OFFICERS WERE PATROLLING JUST STEPS BEHIND. >> I CALLED HER OUT. MADAME, BUT SHE DIDN'T REPLY BACK. I RAN AFTER HER, TRYING TO STOP HER I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM ANYTHING. SHE SEEMED DISORIENTED. SHE HAD JUST PASSED ME 20 SECONDS BEFORE THAT AND WAS FINE. BY THE TIME I GOT TO HER, SHE FELL ON THE TRACKS. THE WAY SHE FELL, YOU COULD SEE HER HEAD HIT THE TRACKS. AT THAT TIME, I JUMPED DOWN AND PICKED HER UP. >> DID YOU THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU DID THAT? >> NO. >> Reporter: IT WAS A DARING MOVE, JUST AS A TRAIN WAS COMING. >> I HAD TO GET HER SAVED. SHE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. >> Reporter: DID IT RUN THROUGH YOUR HEAD THAT THIS IS A LIFE- AND-DEATH SITUATION? >> THAT IS WHY WE ARE NYPD. THAT IS HOW WE WERE TRAINED. >> IT WAS SCARY. TO >> Reporter: THESE PARTNERS KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL THAT THEY ACTED INSTINCTIVELY. WHEN MOHAMMED JUMPED ONTO THE TRACKS, HIS PARTNER WAS THERE TO PULL HER ONTO THE PLATFORM. THEY DIDN'T DISCUSS IT. NO CONVERSATION NEEDED. >> I WAS JUST THERE AT THE RIGHT TIME. >> Reporter: ELIZABETH HAS NO MEMORY OF WHAT HAPPENED, BUT WATCHING THE VIDEO IS OVERWHELMING. >> MY HEART IS THROBBING. IT FELT WEIRD TO LOOK AT A. I HAVE NEVER SEE MYSELF HAVE A SEIZURE. >> Reporter: THEY ARE CALLING YOU HEROES. >> IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER POLICE OFFICER THERE, THEY WOULD'VE DONE THE SAME THING. >> Reporter: BUT ELIZABETH DOESN'T SEE IT THAT WAY. >> OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE TWO GUARDIAN ANGELS NOW. I WILL NEVER FORGET ABOUT THEM. >> AN INCREDIBLE STORY. THOSE OFFICERS HAD BEEN THERE AND IF THEY HAD AND SHE WOULD IT BE WITH US NOW. ISSUE STILL IN SHOCK? >> Reporter: I THINK SO. SHE IS A VERY CALM YOUNG WOMAN, 25 YEARS OLD. ONE OF THE THINGS, AT THE MOMENT OF THE SEIZURE, SHE BLANKED OUT AND FELL AND HIT HER HEAD. SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS COMING. SHE WAS UNCONSCIOUS. THAT MAY HAVE SAVED HER FROM BECOMING MORE ANXIOUS AND FLUSTERED AND FLOUNDERING AS OFFICERS TRY TO GET HER OFF THE PLATFORM BEFORE THE TRAIN CAME DOWN THE TRACKS. >> EVENTS LIKE THIS CAN BE LIFE- CHANGING. IS ELIZABETH PLANNING ON DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY AFTER THIS? >> Reporter: I DIDN'T GET THE SENSE OF THAT. SHE ACKNOWLEDGES LIVING WITH EPILEPSY, BUT SHE SAYS THERE ARE CHALLENGES, BUT SHE INTENDS TO LIVE HER LIFE TO THE FULLEST, THANKS TO THESE OFFICERS, SHE GETS TO DO JUST THAT. AS FOR THE OFFICERS, THEY WILL BE BACK ON DUTY TOMORROW.>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE DESPERATE SEARCH FOR A MISSING AMERICAN COUPLE BUT THE NEWLYWEDS FROM VIRGINIA SAILING TOWARDS PORTUGAL. AND NOW, YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT AS A PODCAST, AVAILABLE ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE. >>> NBC NEWS, STREAMING FREE. >> BACK NOW WITH THE NEWSFEED. THE SEARCH FOR A VIRGINIA COUPLE WHO VANISHED IN THE NORTH ATLANTA. THE NEWLYWEDS WERE SAILING TOWARDS PORTUGAL WHEN THEY HIT ROUGH WEATHER JUST OUTSIDE THE VIRGINIA COAST. THEY WERE LAST REPORTED TURNING BACK TO SHORE. THE COAST GUARD NOW SEARCHING THE AREA, BUT THEY HAVE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF THEM ALL OF THE VOTE BOWED. >>> A VERMONT MAN FACING CHARGES AFTER HE ATTACKED STATE TROOPERS WITH AN EXCAVATOR. THE TROOPERS WERE TRYING TO ARREST HIS SON AND WIFE. ALL THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED. THE OFFICERS WERE NOT HURT. >>> FOLLOWING UP ON THE STORE WE BROUGHT YOU YESTERDAY, THE FDA HAS ORDERED JUUL TO STOP SELLING E-CIGARETTES IN THE. AGENCY SAYS JUUL PROVIDED INSUFFICIENT AND CONFLICTING DATA ABOUT POTENTIALLY HARMFUL CHEMICALS. THE COMPANY SAID IT IS EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS, INCLUDING AN APPEAL. >>> BRITTNEY GRINER WILL BE HONORED AT THE WNBA ALL-STAR GAME. SHE HAS BEEN IN RUSSIAN DETENTION SINCE FEBRUARY. TO HAVE BEEN NAMED AS AN HONORARY STARTER FOR THE GAME IN JULY. THE COMMISSIONER SAID THERE IS NO DOUBT SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED COACH. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE BOND OF A LIFETIME AND A PHOTO MORE POWERFUL THAN WORDS. >>> A SWIMMER AFTER THE CONDITION AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY A SHARK OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA. THE SWIMMER IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE THANKS TO THE HELP OF GOOD SAMARITANS. >> Reporter: THE CALL WENT OUT JUST AFTER 10:30 AM WEDNESDAY. >> WE'RE GETTING A REPORT SOMEBODY GOT ATTACKED BY A SHARK. THEY ARE STILL IN THE WATER. >> Reporter: OFFICERS RESPONDING TO THE REPORT OF A SHARK ATTACK AT LOVERS POINT BEACH IN PACIFIC GROVE, CALIFORNIA. THE VICTIM SWIMMING ABOUT 150 YARDS OFFSHORE WHEN THE ATTACK HAPPENED. >> WE COULD HEAR SOMEONE CALLING FOR HELP, AND THEN SPLASHING THE WATER. >> Reporter: AMY AND PAUL WERE PADDLE BOARDING NEARBY. >> AS SOON AS WE GOT CLOSE TO HIM, WE COULD SEE HE HAD SEVERE LACERATIONS ON HIS ARMS AND LEGS. >> Reporter: A SURFER WHO WAS WORKING WITH KIDS IN THE AREA ALSO HEARD THE CRIES FOR HELP. >> I GRABBED A COUPLE OF BOARDS AND TOOK THEM OUT. AS I APPROACH, I SAW A POOL OF BLOOD. THIS VIDEO SHOWS AMY, PAUL, AND HE GETTING TO THE SWIMMER AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, PUTTING HIM ONTO THE EXTRA BOARD AND FRANTICALLY PADDLING HIM BACK TO SHORE. THE INJURIES ARE EXTENSIVE. >> HIS LEG WAS ALMOST SEVERED. >> ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BONE. >> Reporter: AS A LUCKY BREAK, PAUL IS A COP AND AMY IS A NURSE. >> PAUL WAS CALLING FOR TOURNIQUETS IN ADVANCE FOR PEOPLE ON THE SHORE. A PHYSICIAN WAS THERE. THERE WAS A NURSE, MYSELF, AND OTHER BYSTANDERS. TOOK THE VICTIM ALSO SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT INJURIES TO HIS TORSO AND ARMS. >> THE WORST INJURIES I HAVE EVER SEEN. TOOK AFTER THE ATTACK, THE COAST GUARD USED BOATS AND DRONES TO SEARCH FOR THE SHARK, BUT WERE UNABLE TO TRACK IT DOWN. THIS LIFELONG RESIDENT SAYS THAT, AS HORRIFIC AS THE INCIDENT WAS, HE WAS INSPIRED TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE JUMP INTO HELP. >> THE COURAGE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WHEN NOW AND SAVED HIM. >> Reporter: THE LOCALS HERE SAY THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN A SHARK HERE AT THE BEACH, BUTOCE TEMPERATURES >>> NOW TO THE AMERICAS, FOCUSING ON STORY FROM THE U.S. IN LATIN AMERICA. IN MEXICO, THERE HAS BEEN A HUGE INCREASE OF WOMEN TRAVELING TO THE COUNTRY FOR ABORTIONS. THIS AS AMERICA THE WAY A SUPREME COURT RULING THAT COULD OVERTURN ROE V WADE. >>> >> Reporter: FOR MANY WOMEN, THIS DOCTOR IS THEIR LAST CHANCE. HIS NEW MEXICO PRACTICE IS ONE OF JUST A FEW REMAINING ABORTION CLINICS ALONG THE U.S.- MEXICO BORDER, JUST ONE MILE WEST OF THE TEXAS STATE LINE. >> WE DO ABOUT 250 A MONTH NOW. >> Reporter: THAT IS A JOB SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER WHEN A TEXAS LAW BANNED ABORTIONS AS EARLY AS SIX WEEKS. BEFORE THAT, THE STATE ALLOWED THEM UP TO 20 WEEKS. >> NOW DOING AN ABORTION AT SIX WEEKS IS LIKE NOT DOING AN ABORTION AT ALL. >> Reporter: BUT SOME WHO CAN'T FIND HELP ACROSS DIFFERENT STATES ARE LEAVING THE COUNTRY ENTIRELY. MANY AMERICANS ARE COMING TO MEXICO TO BUY ABORTION PILLS, THE MOST COMMONLY USED NOT REQUIRING A PRESCRIPTION. WE ABOUT TO MEET WOMEN WHO PROVIDE SERVICES OUT OF THEIR HOME HERE IN MEXICO. JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, THESE WOMEN PROVIDE AN ABORTION INDUCING DRUG. THEY SAY THEY HAVE SEEN A DRAMATIC SURGE OF AMERICAN CLIENTS SINCE THE TEXAS LAW WENT INTO EFFECT. BEFORE THEY WERE SEEN TWO TO THREE AMERICAN WOMEN PER YEAR, NOW THEY'RE SEEING 50 WEEK. AND SOMETIMES MORE. WHERE THEY COMING FROM? >> TEXAS. >> Reporter: THEY ARE NOT ALONE. ANOTHER MEXICAN ORGANIZATION THAT OPENED ITS DOORS IN JANUARY SAYS AMERICANS NOW MAKE UP 25% OF CUSTOMERS. WHAT DID THE WOMEN TELL YOU? >> IT IS FEAR, NOT ONLY OF GOING TO JAIL, BUT THE ECONOMIC PENALTIES. EVEN THOUGH THERE HASN'T BEEN A CASE SINCE THE LAW CHANGED, IT IS ENOUGH TO DRIVE FEAR. >>> COMING UP, THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF A SOCCER LEGEND. NOW TO GLOBAL WATCH. WE BEGIN WITH THE LATEST ON THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE IN AFGHANISTAN. NEW VIDEO SHOWS PEOPLE DIGGING THROUGH RUBBLE BY HAND TO TRY TO FIND SURVIVORS. HOWEVER, A IN MANY AREAS, DEBRIS IS JUST TOO THICK AND REQUIRES CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT MANY VILLAGES DO NOT HAVE. FUNERALS HAVE BEGUN FOR THE 1000 VICTIMS. OFFICIALS SAY THE FULL EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE IS UNKNOWN, IN THE DEATH TOLL IS LIKELY TO RISE.>>> MASSIVE PROTESTS IN ECUADOR TAKING OVER THE CAPITAL CITY. NEW VIDEO SHOWS THOUSANDS REACHING THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING WHILE LAWMAKERS WERE INSIDE. AUTHORITIES FIRING TEARGAS AND SMOKE GRENADES TO CLEAR THE GROUP. DEMONSTRATORS DEMANDING THE GOVERNMENT REDUCE FUEL PRICES, FIGHT CRIME, AND ADDRESS UNEMPLOYMENT. OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE OF DIED AND HUNDREDS ARE INJURED. >>> THE DOCTORS AND NURSES WHO CARE FOR SOCCER LEGEND DIEGO MARADONA BEFORE HIS DEATH WILL BE TRIED FOR HOMICIDE IN ARGENTINA. AN INVESTIGATION FOUND THE DOCTORS AND NURSES AND A PSYCHOLOGIST ACTED IN AN INAPPROPRIATE AND RECKLESS MANNER WHILE TREATING THE SOCCER STAR. HE BATTLED SUBSTANCE ABUSE FOR YEARS AND DIED IN 2020 FROM CARDIAC ARREST AT THE AGE OF 60. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, PENPALS FROM THE VIETNAM WAR MEETING IN PERSON FOR, IT'S YOUR PLAYLIST. >> WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, THE EMOTIONAL MEETING 50 YEARS IN THE MAKING. A LONG ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT EXCHANGING LETTERS WITH A SOLDIER STATIONED IN VIETNAM. BACK THEN, SHE NEVER WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THIS. >> Reporter: IT ALL STARTED AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT IN 1971. >> A LETTER FROM PEOPLE BACK HOME. >> Reporter: FOURTH-GRADER KATHY AND HER CLASS WERE SENDING CHRISTMAS CARDS TO SOLDIERS STATIONED IN VIETNAM. RECEIVING THAT LETTER, MEDIC DOMINIC. HE DIDN'T HESITATE TO WRITE BACK. >> THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST LETTER YOU EVER WRITE. IT MEANS A LOT TO THE SOLDIER TO KNOW PEOPLE ARE THINKING OF THEM. >> Reporter: A HALF-CENTURY LATER, KATHY STILL HAS THE LETTER FROM HIM AND ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. >> THAT WAS A SPECIAL LETTER. SOMETHING I WANTED TO HOLD ONTO. I NEVER IMAGINED I WOULD MEET THE MAN. >> Reporter: THAT CHANGE EARLIER THIS MONTH >> Reporter: REMARKABLY, THEY MET FOR THE FIRST TIME AT A LOCAL VETERANS EVENT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> Reporter: KATHY RETURN THAT LETTER IN PERSON TO DOMINIC. HE'S PROBABLY DISPLAYING IT IN HIS LOCAL VFW. TO ACTUALLY HAVE IT COME FULL CIRCLE, OH, THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE. THESE TWO PENPALS NOW WITH A LIFETIME OF STORY TO CATCH UP ON. >> NEVER HAD A FACE AND A NAME. YOU KNOW? IT'S SO WONDERFUL. >> WE WANT TO THINK HER STATION IN YORK FOR
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