news in America this [Music] morning right now on America this morning a developing Story the FBI now investigating this dramatic and deadly crash in Upstate New York outside a concert venue as possible terrorism pedestrians among the victims what was found inside that flaming SUV and what we learned overnight about the driver breaking news a passenger plane bursts into flames in Tokyo fire pouring from the cabin passengers evacuating the fire coming after this moment the jet apparently hitting
a Japanese Coast Guard Plane while Landing the latest from the scene new tensions in the Middle East Iran reportedly sending a warship into the Red Sea a crucial shipping Lane for global trade just hours after the Pentagon says militants opened fire on US Navy helicopters in the region a high school student is found alone but safe in the Utah Woods days after a so-called cyber kidnapping how scammers online are targeting students and their parents' bank accounts an $842 Million winner the one lu
cky ticket for last night's New Year Powerball jackpot college football nail biters the Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl coming down to the wire and later the tiny dancing lemur who could help save a species from ABC News in New York this is America this morning good Tuesday morning everyone I'm Andrew denber good morning to you I'm Maran and Ali we begin with a growing mystery in Upstate New York where the FBI is investigating a deadly and fiery crash it happened outside a concert venue agents are now
looking into whether there's a link to terrorism this morning a new clue as the FBI investigates whether a potential New Year's Day terror attack was averted in Upstate New York this large SUV crashed and erupted into a ball of flames and Rochester early yesterday morning and investigators now tell ABC News the driver is from nearby Syracuse and went to the Syracuse airport before the crash to rent that large Ford Expedition SUV police say the Ford collided with a smaller SUV around 1:00 a.m. ou
tside the Kodak Center where 1,000 people were coming out of a concert the force of the Collision caused the two vehicles to go through a group of pedestrians that were in the crosswalk and then into two other vehicles two people in the smaller SUV were killed the driver of the Ford was Hospital ized with life-threatening injuries you saw the Carnage of the cars and the one car burnt up and car pieces everywhere and smell of gasoline was just so intense I I couldn't believe how strong it was her
e's the big mystery surrounding the crash according to police First Responders found at least a dozen gasoline canisters inside the Ford it's unclear why the driver was transporting so much gas there was a large fire associated with a crack that took the Rochester Fire Department almost one hour to extinguish for weeks police around the country have been on heightened alert outside of concern that the war in the Middle East could lead to violence here at home but overnight no additional details
were released on the people involved in yesterday morning's crash the three pedestrians were hid in that crash one suffered life-threatening injuries breaking overnight an apparent case of political violence in South Korea as a top politician was stabbed while taking questions from reporters leej mang who ran for president in 2022 and leads the current opposition party was stabbed in his jugular vein police say someone posing as a supporter asked him for an autograph and then attacked him the su
spect has been arrested Lee was rushed to the hospital his predecessor was beaten while campaigning for him two years ago now to the developing story in the Middle East Iran has reportedly deployed a warship to the Red Sea tensions are rising in the region with the US now attacking and killing several Iranian backed Fighters accused of launching attacks on commercial ships in recent weeks ABC's Jay O'Brien is here now with the very latest Jay good morning Andrew good morning Iran appearing to wa
ste no time here in responding to the US military which has been confronting iran-backed Rebel fighters in Yemen this morning a potential escalation in the Red Sea a crucial shipping Lane for global trade it's where iran-backed houthi Rebels have been attacking commercial ships in a show of support for hamas's war against Israel now in Iranian War ship has reportedly sailed into the region a day after US forces killed several houthi Rebels the Pentagon says the houthis were trying to board a mer
chant vessel when they fired at two US Navy helicopters the helicopters were turning fire killing 10 Rebel Fighters it comes as Israel now plans to withdraw some troops from Gaza in a shift to more targeted operations against Hamas in the coming months Israel's defense minister says some Israeli residents living near the Gaza border will soon be allowed to return to their homes they were evacuated after the October 7th attack by Hamas that triggered the war yesterday Israel's military releasing
video of its can9 unit saying it found weapons inside a kindergarten in Gaza and according to the Hamas run Health Ministry an Israeli air strike killed 15 people in central Gaza bringing the reported death toll to nearly 22,000 this Palestinian girl saying her New Year's wish is to return to her home meanwhile in the US Pro Palestinian protesters marching through the streets of New York last night disrupting traffic to busy JFK Airport as for those hostages held by Hamas in Gaza an Israeli team
is expected to head to Egypt this week to discuss a potential deal but ABC News is learning no breakthrough is imminent Andrew all right Jay O'Brien forest in Washington DC Jay thank you a search for survivors is underway in Western Japan as the death toll climbs after a powerful earthquake at least 48 people have died and thousands of homes and buildings are destroyed tsunami warnings were lifted but fires erupted and trains had to be halted the 7.5 magnitude Quake was the strongest to hit tha
t part of Japan since the 1800s several uh times that you can feel this earthquake and it it it just didn't feel normal it didn't feel like the the normal you got an earthquake for you know trimers for a couple of minutes this felt more significant than that and it felt a lot more dangerous thousands of soldiers and other emergency workers have been called to join the rescue efforts now to the race for president the Iowa caucus is just days away and yet another poll is showing good news for form
er president Trump in a possible general election matchup with President Biden this morning a new poll shows President Biden losing ground to former president Trump among Latinos and younger voters the USA Today suff folk University survey shows Trump with a 39% support among the Latino demographic compared to Biden's 34% back in 2020 Biden got 65% support from Latino voters concerns about the economy and the Border have weighed on voters the poll also finds Trump now leading Biden among voters
under age 35 many concerned about climate change and the Middle East are you ready to work hard over these next two weeks so that we win the Iowa Co gu meanwhile the Republican primary candidates are making their final push with the Iowa caucuses now less than two weeks away Trump is leading in Iowa by more than 30 points less than three points separate Florida Governor Ronda santz and Nikki Haley I mean the way I view the the choice in this primary uh Donald Trump is running on his issues Nikki
Haley is running on her donor's issues I'm the only one running on your is issues DeSantis attacking Haley after her recent rise in the polls gaining ground on Trump in New Hampshire that State's Republican governor who endorsed Haley is now calling on Chris Christie to drop out to give Haley a better chance against Trump Chris Christie's a friend but his race is at an absolute dead end this is a two-person race right it's between Trump and Nikki Haley everyone understands that but the former N
ew Jersey governor is not backing down recently launching a seven figure ad campaign some people say I should drop out of this race really I'm the only one saying Donald Trump is a liar New Hampshire it's up to you the results from the Iowa caucuses will not be known until early March on super Tuesday the crisis on the southern border is leading to new tensions between Southern Governors and the mayors of several Northern cities the latest conflict involves buses filled with hundreds of migrants
from Texas and Louisiana arriving in New Jersey an apparent effort to get around a notific a rule imposed by New York City's mayor similar restrictions in Chicago were avoided when a plane load of migrants arrived in a Northern Illinois suburb Chicago's mayor says moves like that don't help anyone this type of chaos is not what's needed in this moment we need a coordinated effort between all levels of government to ensure that this humanitarian Mission that's an international crisis is met with
the type of of Civility and sanctity that's required the month of December saw a record number of unauthorized Crossings on the southern US border Transit officials in San Francisco were working overnight to get a derailed train back on its tracks nine people were hurt when two cars of a BART train jumped the rails outside the city Monday and then caught fire officials hoped to restore normal service this morning time now for your Tuesday weather good morning we're preparing for rain this Tuesd
ay into Central Texas expanding East through midweek for the Gulf Coast we could use some of that rain it has been dry as that system moves East but look at this next one coming into California rain develops in San Francisco Tuesday afternoon and evening heavy snow above 6,000 feet we're going to see a very wet start to Wednesday in Los Angeles with some travel trouble this storm system will ultimately move into the East and there's potential for snow near and Northwest of I 95 this weekend I'm
AI witha meteorologist Jeff Cornish coming up what we're learning about another case of an airline sending a child to the wrong City but first the dramatic scene in Tokyo a passenger plane bursts into flames hundreds evacuating what caused this massive fire after landing and a teenager is found safe in the woods in Utah days after a so-called cyber kidnapping what parents need to know about kidnapping scams whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise att
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now out of their control I felt like I was going to die our lives and our health are debatable I wouldn't wish this upon my worst enemy Diane Sawyer Rachel Scott on the brink now streaming on Hulu from America's number one news comes the all new ABC News app if you love being in the know you're going to love this experience the allnew ABC News app download it now breaking news from Tokyo a massive fire breaking out on this passenger jet at one of Tokyo's airports the Japan Airlines flight was c
oming in for a landing and then the fire apparently broke out as the plane was taxiing Witnesses say the plane's nose gear is down and the fuselage is on fire there was no immediate word on any victims Frontier Airlines is apologizing to an Ohio family after a 16-year-old found himself in Puerto Rico instead of Cleveland the boy was flying alone for the first time and reportedly suffers from anxiety he was set to go from Tampa to Cleveland instead he boarded a plane to San Juan that was at the s
ame gate his father claims the agent never scanned his son's ticket last week Spirit Airlines fired a gate agent who allowed a six-year-old traveling alone to fly to Orlando instead of Fort Meers and a teenager in Utah has survived a scam known as cyber kidnapping the scammers are targeting students and their families and they walking away with big money ABC's Derrik Dennis explains this morning a 17-year-old Chinese exchange student has been found safe by police in Utah camping out in the woods
cold and alone he speaks broken English and had been reported kidnapped by his family in China after they paid a ransom demand of $80,000 the parents reported to school officials that they received a photograph of their child that would indicate he was abducted and they requested a ransom turns out it was a scam known as cyber kidnapping in which kidnappers Target foreign exchange students and their families telling each that the other is in danger and then convincing the student to isolate the
mselves send pictures or cell phone videos making it look like they're being held captive to their parents who in turn hand over Ransom money electronically actors are able to manipulate both a victim and their family into believing that something has happened to the victim Brandon Amer is a cyber security expert and instructor at Utah Valley University and says these unknown actors are crafty they are likely targeting you know people who are very out of their element people who are new in a new
country new environment where they're very unfamiliar with law enforcement they're very unfamiliar culturally authorities are trying to track down the so-called cyber kidnappers starting with the money that was transferred to Chinese Banks as for the 17-year-old student he was rescued by police three days after his reported kidnapping his story a lesson to other parents of kids studying or even working abroad just because somebody contacts you online doesn't mean it's real experts say the scam
typically stops when the communication stops so victims are advised to cut off communication and contact authorities as soon as the threat is made Andrew ranan we are glad he's okay Derek thank you coming up one Sur first deadly encounter with a shark in Hawaii also ahead caught on camera a Beverly Hills 90210 star in a street fight what he's now saying we have really good congratulations your I was terrified it was just so traumatic nightmare people need to understand these were wanted babies 1
8 women facing life and death medical conditions their lives now out of their control I felt like I was going to die our lives and our health are debatable I would wish this upon my worst enemy Diane Sawyer Rachel Scott on the brink now streaming on Hulu whenever wherever news breaks it's so important to always remember that lives are changed here in London in Buffalo youal do Texas edin bruss Scotland reporting from Rolling Fork Mississippi Ukrainian refugees here in warong we're heading to a s
mall community outside of Mexico City getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime we'll take you there stream ABC News live week nights wherever you stream your news only on ABC News live it's lunch time in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know you know that sounds pretty good your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in t
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orning about a Hollywood actor and a street brawl that was caught on camera whenever I feel bad I kind of like to wallow in it for a little while this morning Beverly Hills 90210 actor Ian zering is speaking out after being attacked on a Los Angeles Street video obtained by TMZ shows the 59-year-old moments after he says he got out of his car to check if a group of bikers who had been darting in and out of traffic had damaged his car ziring says that's when the group attacked ziring is seen bein
g punched and kicked by multiple people he fights back but is outnumbered and manages to get away in a separate TMZ video the bikers are apparently preparing to leave the scene as ziring tries to comfort his crying daughter ziring now saying on Instagram I am relieved to report that my daughter and I are both completely unscathed but the incident has left me deeply concerned about the growing boldness of such groups this situation highlights a larger issue of hooliganism on our streets and the n
eed for Effective law enforcement responses police are investigating but no reports of any arrest so far in sports lots of drama in the college football playoff Texas could have tied it with a touchdown down against Washington as time expired last night and maybe taken the lead and won the game with an extra point but a great play by the Huskies defensive back preserved Washington's win the score was 37-31 and Michigan and Alabama went into overtime in the Rose Bowl Michigan taking the lead on t
he 17 yd touchdown run and the Wolverines defense stopped the tide on fourth down for 27-2 win Michigan and Washington will battle for the national title next Monday night coming up some Begins the New Year winning the $842 million Powerball jackpot plus ya a pro hockey team decided to dress up like Elvis with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's number one most watched newscast across all of t
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c] live time to check the pulse and we begin begin with the best New Year's present ever $842 million in a Powerball lottery jackpot yes there was one big winner of last night's drawing the winning ticket was sold in Grand Blank Michigan which is a suburb of Flint Michigan it was sold at the food Castle in Grand Blank if The Winner Takes the cash option they'll get about 425 million before Uncle Sam takes his cut next more parents these days are letting their kids skip school to go on family vac
ations so they say what taking trips while school is in session gives kids a break from their routines traveling during the offseason is also less crowded and less expensive of course many Educators though disagree with pulling kids from class they say everyday attendance is critical for success to develop good habits and also it can help lower anxiety as well next a bizarre sight before a pro hockey game Elvis was all over the building when the Las Vegas golden kns visited Seattle it was for th
e NHL's Winter Classic tradition calls for the players to dress up in a look that reflects their cities so the entire golden kns team dressed as Elvis impersonators as for the Seattle Kraken they dressed as fisherman nailed it a new women's professional hockey league is up and running it includes six teams three in the US three in Canada the League's first ever game was a 4 nothing victory for New York over Toronto but the teams don't have names just yet next an emotional New Year's Day for acto
r Jeremy rener The Avengers star was nearly killed when he was run over by a snowplow a year ago but this weekend he rode in a fire truck to the Reno Nevada hospital where he was treated to say thank you he told the hospital staff he's forever in their debt with gratitude love to see that and finally the cutest video of the day take a look this is a rare dancing lemur just born at the zoo in the UK only about 250 of these remain in the wild so its birth is a really big deal the species is native
to Madagascar the new lemur parents are of course quite excited so are we it's lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know you know that sounds pretty good your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that why do so many people start their day here from ABC News t
his is start here to be in the know and get a different take on the day's top stories a lot of news today so let's get into it listen now to the Daily News podcast honored with four Edward R murl Awards and see why the New York Times calls it a news podcast worth listening to start here ABC News make it your daily first listen now that's a part of the story I bet you didn't see coming wherever you get your podcasts start here wherever news breaks it's so important to always remember that lives a
re changed getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime we'll take you there streaming free on ABC News live with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David M America's number one most watched newscast across all of Television we have really good congratulations your I was terrified it was just so traumatic nightmare people need to understand these were wanted babies 18 women facing life and de
ath medical conditions their lives now out of their control I felt like I was going to die our lives and our health are debatable I wouldn't wish this upon my worst enemy Dian Sawyer Rachel Scott on the brink now streaming on Hulu checking more top stories the FBI is investigating this crash near a concert venue in Rochester New York as possible terrorism two people were killed when that SUV slammed into an Uber pedestrians were also hit police say at least a dozen canisters of gas were inside t
he SUV which had been rented at the Syracuse airport the driver was hospitalized in Tokyo a Japan Airlines plane burst into flames after landing all 400 passengers were evacuated officials say it appears the plane hit a Japanese Coast Guard Plane as it was Landing igniting the massive fire growing concerns about the rise of respiratory illnesses covid flu and RSV across the US 31 states are experiencing high or very high levels of respiratory illness activity some hospitals have even reinstated
masking policy today's weather a new cross country storm brings rain to the West Coast showers for Texas and parts of the Gulf Coast sunny in the Northeast finally the mascot upstaging all of college football Danny new Pops in to show us R stopped Michigan makes a stand New Year's Day Sports may have all been about the college football playoff but the rest of the weekend was about a poptart making history we'll kick it away on Friday Kansas State and NC State squared off in Orlando's poptarts Bo
wl which quickly became a viral sensation online one ex user even writing quote the Pop-Tart ball was one of the greatest things to ever happen to college football welcome back to the poptarts Bowl but I haven't even told you why this got so much [Music] attention after Kansas State won the game the mascot whose name is strawberry emerged on top of a toaster getting ready to pop in the toaster and become the quote unquote first edible mascot in sports history the 2020 number three champions of t
he world coaches and players grabbing fistfuls of strawberry devouring an edible Recreation of the mascot cuz I don't think they actually ate a human being inside a costume I hope but social media quickly became obsessed with the existential crisis of a living baked good being born to then get consumed G on the L after the game Kansas State running back DJ giddens I think did a good job describing what that was like for everyone it was crazy man it was crazy however not all foods are like strawb
erry yesterday in the chees at Citrus poow the mascot also made a grand entrance but he was holding a sign just confirming that he is a quote non-edible mascot by the way according to sports Media Watch The poptart Bowl reeled in 4.3 million viewers making it the most watched Bowl up until that point guys never underestimate the power of a really weird weird idea all right Danny that's what's making news in America this [Music] morning right now on America this morning a developing Story the FBI
now investigating this dramatic and deadly crash in Upstate New York outside a concert venue as possible terrorism pedestrians among the victims what was found inside that flaming SUV and what we learned overnight about the drive breaking news a passenger plane bursts into flames in Tokyo fire pouring from the cabin passengers evacuating the fire coming after this moment the jet apparently hitting a Japanese Coast Guard Plane while Landing the latest from the scene new tensions in the Middle Ea
st Iran reportedly sending a warship into the Red Sea a crucial shipping Lane for global trade just hours after the Pentagon says militants opened fire on US Navy helicopters in the region a high school student is found alone but safe in the Utah Woods days after a so-called cyber kidnapping how scammers online are targeting students and their parents bank accounts an $842 Million winner the one lucky ticket for last night's New Year Powerball jackpot college football nail biters the Sugar Bowl
and Rose Bowl coming down to the wire and later the tiny dancing lemur who could help save a species from ABC news in New York this is America this morning good Tuesday morning everyone I'm Andrew denber good morning to you I'm ran and Aly we begin with a growing mystery in Upstate New York where the FBI is investigating a deadly and fiery crash it happened outside a concert venue agents are now looking into whether there's a link to terrorism this morning a new clue as the FBI investigates whet
her a potential New Year's Day terror attack was averted in Upstate New York this large SUV crashed and erupted into a ball of flames in Rochester early yesterday morning and investigators now tell ABC News the drivers from nearby Syracuse and went to the Syracuse airport before the crash to rent that large Ford Expedition SUV police say the Ford collided with a smaller SUV around 1:00 a.m. outside the Kodak Center where 1,000 people were coming out of a concert the force of the Collision caused
the two vehicles to go through a group of pedestrians that were in the crosswalk and then into two other vehicles two people in the smaller SUV were killed the driver of the Ford was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries you saw the Carnage of the cars and the one car burnt up and car pieces everywhere and smell of gasoline was just so intense I I couldn't believe how strong it was here's the big mystery surrounding the crash according to police First Responders found at least a dozen gas
oline canisters inside the Ford it's unclear why the driver was transporting so much gas there was a large fire associated with a crash that took the Rochester Fire Department almost 1 hour to extinguish for weeks police around the country have been on heightened alert outside of concern that the war in the Middle East could lead to violence here at home but overnight no additional details were released on the people involved in yesterday morning's crash the three pedestrians were hid in that cr
ash one suffered life-threatening injuries breaking overnight an apparent case of political violence in South Korea as a top politician was stabbed while taking questions from reporters Lee Jay mang who ran for president in 2022 and leads the current opposition party was stabbed in his jugular vein police say someone posing as a supporter asked him for an autograph and then attacked him the suspect has been arrested Lee was rushed to the hospital his predecessor was beaten while campaigning for
him two years ago now to the developing story in the Middle East Iran has reportedly deployed a warship to the Red Sea tensions are rising in the region with the US now attacking and killing several Iranian backed Fighters accused of launching attacks on commercial ships in recent weeks ABC's Jay O'Brien is here now with the very latest Jay good morning Andrew good morning Iran appearing to waste no time here in responding to the US military which has been confronting iran-backed Rebel fighters
in Yemen this morning a potential escalation in the Red Sea a crucial shipping Lane for global trade it's where iran-backed houthi Rebels have been attacking commercial ships in a show of support for hamas's war against Israel now an Iranian warship has reportedly sailed into the region a day after US forces killed several hthy Rebels the Pentagon says the houthis were trying to board a merchant vessel when they fired at two US Navy helicopters the helicopters returning fire killing 10 Rebel Fig
hters it comes as Israel now plans to withdraw some troops from Gaza in a shift to more targeted operations against Hamas in the coming month months Israel's defense minister says some Israeli residents living near the Gaza border will soon be allowed to return to their homes they were evacuated after the October 7th attack by Hamas that triggered the war yesterday Israel's military releasing video of its can9 unit saying it found weapons inside a kindergarten in Gaza and according to the Hamas
run Health Ministry and Israeli air strike killed 15 people in central Gaza bringing the reported death toll to nearly 22,00 000 this Palestinian girl saying her New Year's wish is to return to her home meanwhile in the US Pro Palestinian protesters marching through the streets of New York last night disrupting traffic to busy JFK Airport as for those hostages held by Hamas in Gaza an Israeli team is expected to head to Egypt this week to discuss a potential deal but ABC News has learning no bre
akthrough is imminent Andrew all right Jay O'Brien forest in Washington DC Jay thankk you thank you a search for survivors is underway in Western Japan as the death toll climbs after a powerful earthquake at least 48 people have died and thousands of homes and buildings are destroyed tsunami warnings were lifted but fires erupted and trains had to be halted the 7.5 magnitude Quake was the strongest hit that part of Japan since the 1800s several uh times that you can feel this earthquake and it i
t it just didn't feel normal it didn't feel like the the normal you got an earthquake for you know for a couple minutes this felt more significant than that and it felt a lot more dangerous thousands of soldiers and other emergency workers have been called to join the rescue efforts now to the race for president the Iowa caucus is just days away and yet another poll is showing good news for former president Trump in a possible general election matchup with President Biden this morning a new poll
shows President Biden losing ground to former president Trump among Latinos and younger voters the USA today's Suffolk University survey shows Trump with a 39% support among the Latino demographic compared to Biden's 34% back in 2020 Biden got 65% support from Latino voters concerns about the economy and the Border have weighed on voters the poll also finds Trump now leading Biden among voters under age 35 many concerned about climate change and the Middle East are you ready to work hard over t
hese next two weeks so that we win the Iowa caucus meanwhile the Republican primary candidates are making their final push with the Iowa caucuses now less than two weeks away Trump is leading in Iowa by more than 30 points less than three points separate Florida Governor Ronda santz and Nikki Haley I mean the way I view the the choice in this primary uh Donald Trump is running on his issues Nikki Haley is running on her donor's issues I'm the only one running on your issues DeSantis attacking Ha
ley after her recent rise in the polls gaining ground on Trump in New Hampshire that State's Republican governor who endorsed Haley is now calling on Chris Christy to drop out to give Haley a better chance against Trump Chris Christie's a friend but his race is at an absolute dead end this is a two-person race right it's between Trump and Nikki Haley everyone understands that but the former New Jersey governor is not backing down recently launching a seven fig ad campaign some people say I shoul
d drop out of this race really I'm the only one saying Donald Trump is a liar New Hampshire it's up to you the results from the Iowa caucuses will not be known until early March on super Tuesday the crisis on the southern border is leading to new tensions between Southern Governors and the mayors of several Northern cities the latest conflict involves buses filled with hundreds of migrants from Texas and Louisiana arriving in New Jersey Jersey an apparent effort to get around a notification rule
imposed by New York City's mayor similar restrictions in Chicago were avoided when a plane load of migrants arrived in a Northern Illinois suburb Chicago's mayor says moves like that don't help anyone this type of chaos is not what's needed in this moment we need a coordinated effort between all levels of government to ensure that this humanitarian Mission that's an international crisis is met with the type of Civility and sanctity that's required the month of December saw a record number of un
authorized Crossings on the southern US border Transit officials in San Francisco were working overnight to get a derailed train back on its tracks nine people were hurt when two cars of a BART train jumped the rails outside the city Monday and then caught fire officials hope to restore normal service this morning time now for your Tuesday [Music] weather good morning we're preparing for rain this Tuesday Tuesday into Central Texas expanding East through midweek for the Gulf Coast we could use s
ome of that rain it has been dry as that system moves East but look at this next one coming into California rain develops in San Francisco Tuesday afternoon and evening heavy snow above 6,000 feet we're going to see a very wet start to Wednesday in Los Angeles with some travel trouble this storm system will ultimately move into the East and there's potential for snow near and Northwest of I95 this weekend I'm AI witha meteorologist Jeff Cornish coming up what we're learning about another case of
an airline sending a child to the wrong City but first the dramatic scene in Tokyo a passenger plane bursts into flames hundreds evacuating what caused this massive fire after landing and a teenager is found safe in the woods in Utah days after a so-called cyber kidnapping what parents need to know about kidnapping scams 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
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rt here I'm m lang and bout Lebanon and wherever The Story Goes we'll take you there you're watching ABC News live breaking news from Tokyo a massive fire breaking out on this passenger jet at one of Tokyo's airports the Japan Airlines flight was coming in for a landing and then the fire apparently broke out as the plane was taxiing Witnesses say the plane's nose gear is down and the fuselage is on fire there was no immediate word on any victims Frontier Airlines is apologizing to an Ohio family
after a SI 16-year-old found himself in Puerto Rico instead of Cleveland the boy was flying alone for the first time and reportedly suffers from anxiety he was set to go from Tampa to Cleveland instead he boarded a plane to San Juan that was at the same gate his father claims the agent never scanned his son's ticket last week Spirit Airlines fired a gate agent who allowed a six-year-old traveling alone to fly to Orlando instead of Fort Meers and a teenager in Utah has survived a scam known as c
yber kidnapping the SC scammers are targeting students and their families and they're walking away with big money ABC's Derek Dennis explains this morning a 17-year-old Chinese exchange student has been found safe by police in Utah camping out in the woods cold and alone he speaks broken English and had been reported kidnapped by his family in China after they paid a ransom demand of $80,000 the parents reported to school officials that they received a photograph of their child that would indica
te he was abducted and they requested a ransom turns out it was a scam known as cyber kidnapping in which kidnappers Target foreign exchange students and their families telling each that the other is in danger and then convincing the student to isolate themselves send pictures or cell phone videos making it look like they're being held captive to their parents who in turn hand over Ransom money electronically actors are able to manipulate both a victim and their family into believing that someth
ing is happened to the victim Brandon Amer is a cyber security expert and instructor at Utah Valley University and says these unknown actors are crafty they are likely targeting you know people who are very out of their element people who are new in a new country new environment where they're very unfamiliar with law enforcement they're very unfamiliar culturally authorities are trying to track down the so-called cyber kidnappers starting with the money that was transferred to Chinese Banks as f
or the 17-year-old student he was rescued by police 3 days after his reported kidnapping his story a lesson to other parents of kids studying or even working abroad just because somebody contacts you online doesn't mean it's real experts say the scam typically stops when the communication stops so victims are advised to cut off communication and contact authorities as soon as the threat is made Andrew ranan we are glad he's okay Derek thank you coming up one surfer's deadly encounter with a shar
k in Hawaii also ahead caught on camera a Beverly Hills 90210 star in a street fight what he's now saying with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's number one most watched newscast across all of [Music] [Applause] [Music] Television come give it all give it to me we have really good I was terrified it was just so traumatic nightmare people need to understand these were wanted babies 18 women fa
cing life and death medical conditions their lives now out of their control I felt like I was going to die our lives and our health are debatable I wouldn't wish this upon my worst enemy Diane Sawyer Rachel Scott on the brink now streaming on Hulu from America's number one news source comes the allnew ABC News app breaking news Incredible video faster smarter and it can customize to you and your interests if you love being in the know you're going to love this experience what all the buzz is abo
ut experience the allnew ABC News app download it now ABC News live Prime winner of the Gracie Award for best news program in all of Television stream ABC News live Prime with lindsy Davis week nights on BC News live Whenever Wherever news breaks it's so important to always remember that lives are changed here in London in Buffalo yaldi Texas Edinburgh Scotland reporting from Rolling Fork Mississippi Ukrainian refugees here in war song we're heading to a small community outside of Mexico City ge
tting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime we'll take you there stream ABC News live week nights wherever you stream your news only on ABC News live family members are remembering a Hawaiian Surfer killed by a shark over the weekend authorities say Jason Carter Was Bitten while surfing off Maui his death is the first involving a shark in Hawaii in more than a year his cousin says Carter died doing what he loved to do he had a passion for life that was simply beautiful whethe
r you had a lifetime with him or five minutes you felt like a change person because of his beautiful spirit experts say if you sense a shark is nearby stay calm don't thrash scream or make any sudden movements we have new details this morning about a Hollywood actor and a street brawl that was caught on camera whenever I feel bad I kind of like to wallow in it for a little while this morning Beverly Hills 902 and0 actor Ian zering is speaking out after being attacked on a Los Angeles Street vide
o obtained by TMZ shows the 59-year-old moments after he says he got out of his car to check if a group of bikers who had been darting in and out of traffic had damaged his car ziring says that's when the group attacked zering is seen being punched and kicked by multiple people he fights back but is outnumbered and manages to get away in a separate TMZ video the bikers are apparently preparing to leave the scene as ziring tries to Comfort his crying daughter ziring now saying on Instagram I am r
elieved to report that my daughter and I are both completely unscathed but the incident has left me deeply concerned about the growing boldness of such groups this situation highlights a larger issue of hooliganism on our streets and the need for Effective law enforcement responses police are investigating but no reports of any arrests so far in sports lots of drama in the college football playoff Texas could have tied it with a touchdown against Washington as time expired last night and maybe t
aken the lead and won the game with an extra point but a great play by the Huskies defensive back preserved Washington's win the score was 37-31 and Michigan and Alabama went into overtime in the Rose Bowl Michigan taking the lead on a 17 yd touchdown run and the Wolverines defense stopped the tide on fourth down for a 27-2 win Michigan and Washington will battle for the national title next Monday night coming up someone Begins the New Year winning the $842 million Powerball jackpot plus why a p
ro hockey team decided to dress up like Elvis it's lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know you know that sounds pretty good your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that why do so many people start their day here from ABC News this is start here to be in th
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don in Buffalo yaldi Texas Edinburgh Scotland reporting from Rolling Fork Mississippi Ukrainian refugees here in warong we're heading to a small community outside of Mexico City getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime we'll take you there stream ABC News live week nights wherever you stream your news only on ABC News live with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's numbe
r one most watched newscast across all of t [Music] teleion Good Morning America reporting from vade in Mississippi I'm Phil Lipoff wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live time to check the pulse and we begin with the best New Year's present ever $842 million and a Powerball lottery jackpot yes there was one big winner of last night's drawing the winning ticket was sold in Grand Blank Michigan which is a suburb of Flint Michigan it was sold at the food Castle in
Grand Blank if The Winner Takes the cash option they'll get about 425 million before Uncle Sam takes his cut next more parents these days are letting their kids skip school to go on family vacation so they say what taking trips while school is in session gives kids a break from their routines traveling during the offseason is also less crowded and less expensive of course many Educators though disagree with pulling kids from class they say everyday attendance is critical for success to develop
good habits and also it can help lower anxiety as well next a bizarre sight before a pro hockey game Elvis was all over the building when the Las Vegas golden knights visited Seattle it was for the NHL's Winter Classic tradition calls for the players to dress up in a look that reflects their cities so the entire golden knights team dressed as Elvis impersonators as for the Seattle Kraken they dressed as fisherman nailed it a new women's professional hockey league is up and running it includes si
x teams three in the US three in Canada the League's first ever game was a 4 nothing victory for New York over Toronto but the teams don't have names just yet next an emotional New Year's Day for Jeremy rener The Avengers star was nearly killed when he was run over by a snowplow a year ago but this weekend he rode in a fire trck to the Reno Nevada hospital where he was treated to say thank you he told the hospital staff he's forever in their debt with gratitude love to see that and finally the c
utest video of the day take a look this is a rare dancing lemur just born at the zoo in the UK only about 250 of these remain in the wild so its birth is a really big deal the species is native to Madagascar the new lemur parents are of course quite excited so are we 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 polici
es what people are talking about the new ad campaign fast straightforward with some fun in between a real life Barbie Dream House a name change for the wiener mobile first thing in the morning America this morning America's number one early morning news on ABC News [Music] [Applause] [Music] live why do so many people start their day here from ABC News this is start here to be in the know and get a different take on the day's top stories a lot of news today so let's get into it listen now to the
Daily News podcast honored with four Edward R murl Awards and see why the New York Times calls it a news podcast worth listening to start here ABC News make it your daily first listen now that's a part of the story I bet you didn't see coming wherever you get your podcasts start here wherever news breaks it's so important to always remember that lives are changed getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime we'll take you there streaming free on ABC News live 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 let's go how are you I H you yes so what will you be watching Saturdays on ABC News live what would you do hey I guess I just found out the what would you do marathon 2 to 6: Eastern every Saturday on ABC News live my favorite show checking more top stories the FBI is investigating this crash near a concert venue in Rochester New York as possible terrorism two people were killed whe
n that SUV slammed into an Uber pedestrians were also hit police say at least a dozen canisters of gas were inside the SUV which had been rented at the Syracuse airport the driver was hospitalized in Tokyo a Japan Airlines plane burst into flames after landing all 400 passengers were evacuated officials say it appears the plane hit a Japanese Coast Guard Plane as it was Landing igniting the massive fire growing concerns about the rise of respiratory illnesses covid flu and RSV across the US 31 s
tates are experiencing high or very high levels of respiratory illness activity some hospitals have even reinstated masking policies today's weather a new cross country storm brings rain to the West Coast Coast showers for Texas and parts of the Gulf Coast sunny in the Northeast finally the mascot upstaging all of college football Danny new Pops in to show us b r stopped Michigan makes his stand New Year's Day Sports may have all been about the college football playoff but the rest of the weeken
d was about a poptart making history we'll kick it away on Friday Kansas State and NC State squared off in Orlando's poptarts Bowl which quickly became a viral sensation online one ex-user even writing quote the Pop-Tart Bowl was one of the greatest things to ever happened to college football welcome back to the poptarts Bowl but I haven't even told you why this got so much [Music] attention after Kansas State won the game the mascot whose name is strawberry emerged on top of a toaster getting r
eady to pop in the toaster and become the quote unquote first edible masc Scott in sports history the 2023 champions of the world coaches and players grabbing fistfuls of strawberry devouring an edible Recreation of the mascot cuz I don't think they actually ate a human being inside a costume I hope but social media quickly became obsessed with the existential crisis of a living baked good being born to then get consumed get on the L after the game Kansas State running back DJ giddens I think di
d a good job describing what that was like for everyone it was crazy man it was crazy however not all foods are like strawberry yesterday in the chees at Citrus Bowl the mascot also made a grand entrance but he was holding a sign just confirming that he is a quote non-edible mascot by the way according to sports Media Watch the pop chart B Reed in 4.3 million viewers making it the most watch Bowl up until that point guys never underestimate the power of a really weird idea all right Danny that's
what's making news in America this [Music] morning right now on America this morning a developing Story the FBI now investigating this dramatic and deadly crash in Upstate New York outside a concert venue as possible terrorism pedestrians among the victims what was found inside that flaming as TV and what we learned overnight about the driver breaking news a passenger plane bursts into flames in Tokyo fire pouring from the cabin passengers evacuating the fire coming after this moment the jet ap
parently hitting a Japanese Coast Guard Plane while Landing the latest from the scene new tensions in the Middle East Iran reportedly sending a warship into the Red Sea a crucial shipping Lane for global trade just hours after the Pentagon says militants opened fire on US Navy helicopter in the region a high school student is found alone but safe in the Utah Woods days after a so-called cyber kidnapping how scammers online are targeting students and their parents bank accounts an $842 Million wi
nner the one lucky ticket for last night's New Year Powerball jackpot college football nail biters the Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl coming down to the wire and later the tiny dancing lemur who could help save a speed IES from ABC news in New York this is America this morning good Tuesday morning everyone I'm Andrew diber good morning to you I'm ran and Aly we begin with a growing mystery in Upstate New York where the FBI is investigating a deadly and fiery crash it happened outside a concert venue a
gents are now looking into whether there's a link to terrorism this morning a new clue as the FBI investigates whether a potential New Year's Day terror attack back was averted in Upstate New York this large SUV crashed and erupted into a ball of flames in Rochester early yesterday morning and investigators now tell ABC News the drivers from nearby Syracuse and went to the Syracuse airport before the crash to rent that large Ford Expedition SUV police say the Ford collided with a smaller SUV aro
und 1:00 a.m. outside the Kodak Center where 1,000 people were coming out of a concert the force of the Collision caused the two vehicles to go through a group of pedestrians that were in the crosswalk and then into two other vehicles two people in the smaller SUV were killed the driver of the Ford was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries you saw the Carnage of the cars and the one car burnt up and car pieces everywhere and smell of gasoline was just so intense I I couldn't believe how st
rong it was here's the big mystery surrounding the crash according to police First Responders found at least a dozen gasoline canisters inside the fort it's unclear why the driver was transporting so much gas there was a large fire associated with a crash that took the Rochester Fire Department almost 1 hour to extinguish for weeks police around the country have been on heightened alert outside of concern that the war in the Middle East could lead to violence here at home but overnight no additi
onal details were released on the people involved in yesterday morning's crash the three pedestrians were hid in that crash one suffered life-threatening injuries breaking overnight an apparent case of political violence in South Korea as a top politician was stabbed while taking questions from reporters leej mang who ran for president in 2022 and leads the current opposition party was stabbed in his jugular vein police say someone posing as a supporter asked him for an autograph and then attack
ed him the suspect has been arrested Lee was rushed to the hospital his predecessor was beaten while campaigning for him two years ago now to the developing story in the Middle East Iran has reportedly deployed a warship to the Red Sea tensions are rising in the the region with the US now attacking and killing several Iranian backed Fighters accused of launching attacks on commercial ships in recent weeks ABC's Jay O'Brien is here now with the very latest Jay good morning Andrew good morning Ira
n appearing to waste no time here in responding to the US military which has been confronting iran-backed Rebel fighters in Yemen this morning a potential escalation in the Red Sea a crucial shipping Lane for global trade it's where iran-backed houthi Rebels have been attacking commercial ships in a show of support for hamas's war against Israel now an Iranian warship has reportedly sailed into the region a day after US forces killed several houthi Rebels the Pentagon says the houthis were tryin
g to board a merchant vessel when they fired at two US Navy helicopters the helicopters R turning fire killing 10 Rebel Fighters it comes as Israel now plans to withdraw some troops from Gaza in a shift to more targeted operations against Hamas in the coming months Israel's defense minister says some Israeli residents living near the Gaza border will soon be allowed to return to their homes they were evacuated after the October 7th attack by Hamas that triggered the war yesterday Israel's milita
ry releasing video of its can9 unit saying it found weapons inside a kindergarten in Gaza and according to the Hamas run Health Ministry an Israeli air strike killed 15 people in central Gaza bringing the reported death toll to nearly 22,000 this Palestinian girl saying her New Year's wish is to return to her home meanwhile in the US Pro Palestinian protesters marching through the streets of New York last night disrupting traffic to busy JFK Airport as for those hostages held by Hamas in Gaza an
Israeli team is expected to head to Egypt this week to discuss a potential deal but ABC News is learning no breakthrough is imminent Andrew all right Jay O'Brien for us in Washington DC Jay thank you a search for survivors is underway in Western Japan as the death toll climbs after a powerful earthquake at least 48 people have died and thousands of homes and buildings are destroyed tsunami warnings were lifted but fires erupted and trains had to be halted the 7.5 magnitude Quake was the stronge
st to hit that part of Japan since the 1800s several uh times that you can feel this earthquake and it it it just didn't feel normal it didn't feel like the the nor you got an earthquake for you know TM for a couple minutes this felt more significant than that and it felt a lot more dangerous thousands of soldiers and other emergency workers have been called to join the rescue efforts now to the race for president the Iowa caucuses just days away and yet another poll is showing good news for for
mer president Trump in a possible general election matchup with President Biden this morning a new poll shows President Biden losing ground to former president Trump among Latinos and younger voters the USA today's saulk University survey shows Trump with a 39% support among the Latino demographic compared to Biden's 34% back in 2020 Biden got 65% support from Latino voters concerns about the economy and the Border have weighed on voters the poll also finds Trump now leading Biden among voters u
nder age 35 many concerned about climate change and the Middle East are you ready to work hard over these next two weeks so that we win the Iowa caucus meanwhile the Republican primary candidates are making their final push with the Iowa caucuses now less than two weeks away Trump is leading in Iowa by more than 30 points less than three points separate Florida Governor Ronda santz and Nikki Haley I mean the way I view the the choice in this primary uh Donald Trump is running on his issues Nikki
Haley is running on her donor's issues I'm the only one running on your issues DeSantis attacking Haley after her recent rise in the polls gaining ground on Trump in New Hampshire that State's Republican governor who endorsed Haley is now calling on Chris Christie to drop out to give Haley a better chance against Trump Chris Christie's a friend but his race is at an absolute dead end this is a two-person race right it's between Trump and Nikki Haley everyone on understands that but the former N
ew Jersey governor is not backing down recently launching a seven fig ad campaign some people say I should drop out of this race really I'm the only one saying Donald Trump is a liar New Hampshire it's up to you the results from Iowa caucuses will not be known until early March on super Tuesday the crisis on the southern border is leading to new tensions between Southern Governors and the mayors of several Northern cities the latest conflict involves buses filled with hundreds of of migrants fro
m Texas and Louisiana arriving in New Jersey an apparent effort to get around a notification rule imposed by New York City's mayor similar restrictions in Chicago were avoided when a plane load of migrants arrived in a Northern Illinois suburb Chicago's mayor says moves like that don't help anyone this type of chaos is not what's needed in this moment we need a coordinated effort between all levels of government to ensure that this humanitarian Mission that's an international crisis is met with
the type of of Civility and sanctity that's required the month of December saw a record number of unauthorized Crossings on the southern US border Transit officials in San Francisco were working overnight to get a derailed train back on its tracks nine people were hurt when two cars of a BART train jumped the rails outside the city Monday and then caught fire officials hop to restore normal service this morning time now for your Tuesday [Music] weather good morning we're preparing for rain this
Tuesday into Central Texas expanding East through midweek for the Gulf Coast we could use some of that rain at has been dry as that system moves East but look at this next one coming into California rain develops in San Francisco Tuesday afternoon and evening heavy snow above 6,000 feet we're going to see a very wet start to Wednesday in Los Angeles with some travel trouble this storm system will ultimately move into the East and there's potential for snow near and Northwest of I 95 this weekend
I'm AI witha meteorologist Jeff Cornish coming up what we're learning about another case of an airline sending a child to the wrong City but first the dramatic scene in Tokyo a passenger plane bursts into flames hundreds evacuating what caused this massive fire after landing and a teenager is found safe in the woods in Utah days after a so-called cyber kidnapping what parents need to know about kidnapping scams whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surpris
e attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon main the scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere from the scene of that deadly missile strike in Dena Ukraine reporting from the earthquake in Turkey in Rolling Fort This Tornado tore through this little town from the most devastating disaster in Hawaii from Charleston South Carolina on the 2024 campaign Trail in Iceland let's go traveling with the president in Mexico City wherever the story from the
front lines from Southern Israel outside the Gaza Strip in Beirut from the FBI reporting from the nurses on the picket line here at 10 Downing Street in London streaming live to you wherever the story is wherever the story is wherever the story is we're going to take you there you're streaming ABC News live ABC News live you're streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere America's number one streaming news it's lunch time in America so what are we serving up well how about e
verything you need to know you know that sounds pretty good your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afterno for everything you need to know I love [Music] that we have really good congratulations you're bre I was terrified it was just so traumatic nightmare people need to understand these were wanted babies 18 women facing life and death medical conditi
ons their lives now out of their control I felt like I was going to die our lives and our health are debatable I wouldn't wish this upon my worst enemy Diane Sawyer Rachel Scott on the brink now streaming on Hulu from America's number one news comes the allnew ABC News app if you love being in the know you're going to love this experience the allnew ABC News app download it now breaking news from Tokyo a massive fire breaking out on this passenger jet at one of Tokyo's airports the Japan Airline
s flight was coming in for a landing and then the fire apparently broke out as the plane was taxiing Witnesses say the plane's nose gear is down and the fuselage is on fire there was no immediate word on any victims Frontier Airlines is a apologizing to an Ohio family after a 16-year-old found himself in Puerto Rico instead of Cleveland the boy was flying alone for the first time and reportedly suffers from anxiety he was set to go from Tampa to Cleveland instead he boarded a plane to San Juan t
hat was at the same gate his father claims the agent never scanned his son's ticket last week Spirit Airlines fired a gate agent who allowed a six-year-old traveling alone to fly to Orlando instead of Fort Meers and a teenager in Utah has survived a scam known as cyber kidnapping the scammers are targeting students and their families and they're walking away with big money ABC's Derek Dennis explains this morning a 17-year-old Chinese exchange student has been found safe by police in Utah campin
g out in the woods cold and alone he speaks broken English and had been reported kidnapped by his family in China after they paid a ransom demand of $80,000 the parents reported to school officials that they received a photograph of their child that would indicate he was abducted and they requested a ransom turns out it was a scam known as cyber kidnapping in which kidnappers Target foreign exchange students and their families telling each that the other is in danger and then convincing the stud
ent to isolate themselves send pictures or cell phone videos making it look like they're being held captive to their parents who in turn hand over Ransom money electronically actors are able to manipulate both a victim and their family into believing that something has happened to the victim Brandon Amer is a cyber security expert and instructor at Utah Valley University and says these unknown actors are crafty they are likely targeting you know people who are very out of their element people wh
o are new in a new country new environment where they're very unfamiliar with law enforcement they're very unfamiliar culturally authorities are trying to track down the so-called cyber kidnappers starting with the money that was transferred to Chinese Banks as for the 17-year-old student he was rescued by police 3 days after his reported kidnapping his story a lesson to other parents of kids studying or even working abroad just because somebody contacts you online doesn't mean it's real experts
say the scam typically stops when the communication stops so victims are advised to cut off communication and contact authorities as soon as the threat is made Andrew ranan we are glad he's okay Derek thank you coming up one surfer's deadly encounter with a shark in Hawaii also ahead caught on camera a Beverly Hills 90210 star in a street fight what he's now saying whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine repo
rting from Leon main the scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere from the scene of that deadly missile strike in Dena Ukraine reporting from the earthquake in Turkey en rolling Fort 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 from the front lines from Southern Israel outside the G
aza Strip in Beirut from the FBI reporting from the nurses on the picket line here at 10 Downing Street in London streaming live to you wherever the story is wherever the story is wherever the story is we're going to take you there you're streaming ABC News live ABC News live you're streaming ABC News live ABC News live stream streaming free everywhere America's number one streaming news it's lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know you know that
sounds pretty good to your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that 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 let's go how are you H you yes so what will you be watching Saturdays on ABC News live what would you do hey I
guess I just found out the what would you do marathon 2 to 6 Eastern every Saturday on on ABC News live my favorite show family members are remembering a Hawaiian Surfer killed by a shark over the weekend authorities say Jason Carter Was Bitten while surfing off Maui his death is the first involving a shark in Hawaii in more than a year his cousin says Carter died doing what he loved to do he had a passion for life that was simply beautiful whether you had a lifetime with him or five minutes yo
u felt like a changed person because of his beautiful spirit experts say if you sense a shark is nearby stay calm don't thrash scream or make any sudden movements we have new details this morning about a Hollywood actor and a street brawl that was caught on camera whenever I feel bad I kind of like to wallow in it for a little while this morning Beverly Hills 902 and0 actor Ian zering is speaking out after being attacked on a Los Angeles Street video obtained by TMZ shows the 59-year-old moments
after he says he got out of his car to check if a group of bikers who had been darting in and out of traffic had damaged his car ziring says that's when the group attacked ziring is seen being punched and kicked by multiple people he fights back but is outnumbered and manages to get away in a separate TMZ video the bikers are apparently preparing to leave the scene as ziring tries to comfort his crying daughter ziring now Sayang on Instagram I am relieved to report that my daughter and I are bo
th completely unscathed but the incident has left me deeply concerned about the growing boldness of such groups this situation highlights a larger issue of hooliganism on our streets and the need for Effective law enforcement responses police are investigating but no reports of any arrests so far in sports lots of drama in the college football playoff Texas could have tied it with a touchdown against Washington as time expired last night and maybe taken the lead and won the game with an extra po
int but a great play by the huskys defensive back preserved Washington's win the score was 37-31 and Michigan and Alabama went into overtime in the Rose Bowl Michigan taking the lead on a 17 yd touchdown run and the Wolverines defense stopped the tide on fourth down for 27-2 win Michigan Washington will battle for the national title next Monday night coming up someone Begins the New Year winning the $842 million Powerball jackpot plus why a pro hockey team decided to dress up like Elvis all righ
t 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 let's go how are you I hug you yes so what will you be watching Saturdays on ABC News live what would you do hey I guess I just found out the what would you do marathon 2 to 6 Eastern every Saturday on ABC News live my favorite show with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's n
umber one most watched newscast across all of television from America's number one news comes the allnew 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 allnew 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 give it to me your health your money breaking news pop culture wit
h the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that welcome to CS the world's greatest dog show the competition in dog dancing is very stiff dancing with my dog is the closest thing to Magic our winner all CR 202 The Secret Life of dancing dogs now streaming on Hulu wherever news breaks it's so important to always remember that lives are changed getting you behin
d the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime we'll take you there streaming free on ABC News live reporting in Moscow Idaho I'm Kana Whitworth wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live [Music] time to check the pulse and we begin with the best New Year's present ever $842 million in a Powerball lottery jackpot yes there was one big winner of last night's drawing the winning ticket was sold in Grand Blank Michigan which is a suburb of Flint Michigan it was sold
at the food Castle in Grand Blank if The Winner Takes the cash option they'll get about 425 million before Uncle Sam takes his cut next more parents these days are letting their kids skip school to go on family vacations so they say what taking trips while school is in session gives kids a break from their routines traveling during the off season is also less crowded and less expensive of course many Educators though disagree with pulling kids from class they say everyday attendance is critical
for success to develop good habits and also it can help lower anxiety as well next a bizarre sight before a pro hockey game Elvis was all over the building when the Las Vegas golden night visited Seattle it was for the NHL's Winter Classic tradition calls for the players to dress up in a look that reflects their cities so the entire golden knights team dressed as Elvis impersonators as for the Seattle Kraken they dressed as fishermen nailed it a new women's professional hockey league is up and
running it includes six teams three in the US three in Canada the League's first ever game was a 4 nothing victory for New York over Toronto but the teams don't have names just yet next an emotional New Year's Day for actor Jeremy rener The Avengers star was nearly killed when he was run over by a snowplow a year ago but this weekend he rode in a fire trck to the Reno Nevada hospital where he was treated to say thank you he told the hospital staff he's forever in their debt with gratitude love t
o see that and finally the cutest video of the day oh take a look this is a rare dancing lemur just born at the zoo in the UK only about 250 of these remain in the wild so its birth is a really big deal the species is native to Madagascar the new lemur parents are of course quite excited so are we this is ABC News live the crush of families here in Poland at Refugee centers in Putin Russia on the ground in Ukraine close to the front line from the capital destructive Cat 4 stor along I Boston is
in the bullseye let's go ABC News live America's number one streaming news anytime anywhere streaming 24 s straight to you for free thank you for making ABC newsl America's number one streaming news 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 let's go how are you I hug you yes so what will you be watching Saturdays on ABC News live what would you do hey I guess I just found out the what would you do marathon 2 t
o 6: Eastern every Saturday on ABC News live my favorite we have congratulations I was terrified it was just so traumatic nightmare people need to understand these were wanted babies 18 women facing life and death medical conditions their lives now out of their control I felt like I was going to die our lives and our health are debatable I wouldn't wish this upon my worst enemy Diane Sawyer Rachel Scott on the brink now streaming on Hulu it's lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well h
ow about everything you need to know you know that sounds pretty good your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that to me check in more top stories the FBI is investigating this crash near a concert venue in Rochester New York as possible terrorism two people were killed when that SUV slammed into an Uber
pedestrians were also hit police say at least a dozen canisters of gas were inside the SUV which had been rented at the Syracuse airport the driver was hospitalized in Tokyo a Japan Airlines plane burst into flames after landing all 400 passengers were evacuated officials say it appears the plane hit a Japanese Coast Guard Plane as it was Landing igniting the massive fire growing concerns about the rise of respiratory illnesses covid flu and RSV across the US 31 states are experiencing high or v
ery high levels of respiratory illness activity some hospitals have even reinstated masking policies today's weather a new cross country storm brings rain to the West Coast showers for Texas and parts of the Gulf Coast sunny in the Northeast finally the mascot upstaging all of college football Danny new Pops in to show us B Ro Michigan makes a stand New Year's Day Sports may have all been about the college football playoff but the rest of the weekend was about a poptart making history we'll kick
it away on Friday Kansas State in NC State squared off in Orlando's poptarts Bowl which quickly became a viral sensation online one ex-user even writing quote the Pop-Tart Bowl was one of the greatest things to ever happen to college football welcome back to the Pop-Tarts Bowl but I haven't even told you why this got so much [Music] attention after Kansas State won the game the mascot whose name is strawberry emerged on top of a toaster getting ready to pop in the toaster and become the quote u
nquote first edible mascot in sports history the [Applause] 2023 coaches and players grabbing fistfuls of strawberry devouring an edible Recreation of the mascot cuz I don't think they actually ate a human being inside a costume I hope but social media quickly became obsessed with the existential crisis of a living baked good being born to then get consumed get it on the lck after the game Kansas State running back DJ giddens I think did a good job describing what that was like for everyone it w
as crazy man it was crazy however not all foods are like strawberry yesterday in the cheese at Citrus Bowl the mascot also made a grand entrance but he was holding a sign just confirming that he is a quote non-edible mascot by the way according to sports Media Watch the pop chart bu Reed in 4.3 million viewers making it the most watch bull up until that point guys never underestimate the power of a really weird idea all right Danny that's what's making new in America this [Music] [Music] morning
hello good morning and happy New Year I hope you had a lovely holiday season I personally got to take some time off recharge which is why I'm so excited to jump right into 2024 with you now I think for a lot of us this last week has been kind of a whirlwind of family friends or maybe you just ho up at home and binge TV shows which good plan the point is everyone here might feel like we just slept through a week's worth of news so what we thought we'd do here today is just get you caught up usua
lly we pick a few stories and dive a bit deeper into them today let's just hit it all right a wrap up of everything you missed starting around Christmas up through this morning we get it started right [Music] now the biggest story of this year is likely to be what's going to happen to former president Donald Trump because conceivably the possibilities range from being sent to prison to once again being elected president of the United States well last Thursday just a few days after Christmas the
woman who runs elections in Maine decided he shouldn't even be on the ballot and I was required by the law to hold a hearing within 5 days and then to issue a decision you might remember the state supreme court of Colorado made a similar decision they ruled that Trump's behavior on January 6th in 2021 qualified him as an insurrectionist and that under the 14th Amendment an insurrectionist can't serve as a government officer thus far no other state had agreed with them until this this is somethin
g that I did not choose to do but that I was obligated to do and under main law and the Constitution when Maine Secretary of State shenna Bellow ruled that he would be left off the primary ballot the Trump campaign dismissed it as a partisan decision but regardless it did several things at once one it threw Trump's electoral future into doubt because unlike Colorado Maine actually delivered Trump an electoral vote last time around the state matters to him two it put a ton of pressure on the Supr
eme Court to weigh in on each of these states as rulings go through appeals processes and three it brought threats of violence against that Secretary of State in Maine this weekend police showed up to her home in an apparent Act of swatting it also created new convulsions on the campaign Trail you have Donald Trump running on his issues Nikki Haley's running on her donor's issues I'm running on the people's issues remember as of this morning we are T-minus 2 weeks until the Iowa caucuses for all
the Republicans running against Trump the stakes couldn't be high right now and on a seemingly simple question Nikki Haley stumbled what was the cause of the United States Civil War well don't come with an easy question or anything I mean I think the cause of the Civil War was basically how government was going to run the freedoms and what people could and couldn't do how the government was going to run freedoms remember South Carolina was officially the first state to secede from the union wel
l nowhere in the former Governor's answer did she mention the word slavery which caught the ey of her Rivals not that difficult uh to identify uh and acknowledge the role slavery played in in the Civil War and eventually prompted a kind of clarification from Haley herself of course the Civil War was about slavery now if we're talking about the early voting States and how they're going to navigate the politics of 2024 well another big headline came out of Iowa on Friday the state had passed a law
last year last year right 2023 that would ban books from school libraries if they depict sex acts well a federal judge has now blocked this law from going into effect saying its broad language would potentially get rid of literary Classics historic volumes even books designed to teach students to avoid sexual assault you'd have to get rid of them he also put an injunction on a provision that would bar teachers from bringing up anything about gender identity or sexual orientation through the six
th grade meanwhile on the same day last Friday in Ohio another controversial law was halted in its tracks House Bill 68 would prevent transgender girls from participating in girl Sports and would bar anyone under 18 from getting gender affirming care like surgery or hormone treatment even if the parents concur with that child's doctor I believe this is about protecting human life what's interesting about this development is this wasn't blocked by a judge this was vetoed by Ohio Governor Mike dwi
ne a rep Republican who said while this bill would not affect many Ohioans the ones it would affect could be devastated so best to leave it to families he did say he was fine with keeping trans girls out of girls Sports though this holiday season was notable for another reason no snow boots required the weather's really nice I was surprised I didn't even have to get like dressed up or nothing the vast majority of Americans did not have a white Christmas this year even where clouds did gather mos
t of them were too warm for snow in fact the wildest weather might have been in sunny Southern California oh no oh for days now huge waves been pounding the beaches of California all the way up to Oregon propelled by powerful storms in the Pacific and while some Surfers enjoy these 20 and 30ft Tall monsters we always look forward to the big waves but Mother Nature had a little more than we had planned for so I did not surf yesterday in many cases these waves have launched water over the beaches
flooding Coastal communities well the water came over the wall and he washed down the street like it was a river and of course that turned and went into our complex uh and fluttered it completely meanwhile across the Pacific Japan is recovering after a series of deadly earthquakes on New Year's Day one of them a 7.5 and he didn't hit somewhere out in the Pacific the epicenter was on the noo Peninsula it's on the biggest island of Japan it's along the country's West Coast 50-year-old Johnny Woo w
as visiting Japan in Nago when the first one hit suddenly my phone raining about the earthquake warning and suddenly it get pretty strong earthquake you can see all the snow from the electric wire goes down and also from the roof go down and initially Japan had to issue its most urgent tsunami warnings since the Fukushima nuclear disaster a decade ago more than 100,000 people had to be evacuated luckily there was no major tsunami but several people are dead from these Quakes nonetheless un let's
actually stay over overseas for a second because there are several updates from the wars in the Eastern hemisphere so in Gaza the humanitarian situation continues to worsen the United Nations now says half of the residents there are at risk for starvation 90% n out of 10 people reported they've had to go without food for at least a day at a time you see video of people clamoring at soup kitchens little kids lining up with big pots just desperate for some food well on New Year's Eve the Israeli
military looked ahead saying they plan to start withdrawing troops from certain parts of Gaza in part because having this many people involved in the war effort is starting to hurt Israel's own economy however if you're expecting this war to stop Israel said that's not happening it'll go at least throughout this year throughout 2024 they said but they did predict it will look more targeted the war in Ukraine looks even more intractable a couple days before the new year Russia launched its larges
t Air Attack of this war think about it nearly 2 years after invading this was Vladimir Putin's largest aerial assault yet dozens are dead more than 150 injured and Ukraine says it's responding with everything it's got including armed drones oh and one other thing happening in Russia you might know the name alexe naali Putin's biggest critic in Russia who was arrested a couple years ago he had gone missing in recent weeks people wondered if he was dead or if he just been moved within Russia's va
st prison system he's now popped up at a prison camp in Siberia saying he's safe but held in cramped conditions I'm out of breath that's how busy this week was and there's still a bit more to come so let's take a quick break together when we come back we'll talk about changes at hospitals snafus in air travel and maybe even gasp some good news that's after the break [Music] whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukra
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news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food gma3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love [Music] that okay welcome back to Mission coming out of hibernation let's round out the news you probably missed over the last week or two today is of course the first day most offices are open including the stock market which will be something to behold since it finished 2023 like it was on a rock
et ship a December rally meant that the S&P 500 finished up almost 25% for the year when which is way better than a lot of people predicted when the FED raised those interest rates and while the stock market is not the economy it has raised optimism about whether we as a nation have avoided a bigger recession after all one of the things that defined last year's economic Outlook was Tech specifically artificial intelligence well last week the New York Times sued the makers of chat GPT saying the
whole Enterprise rests on feeding works from media companies into this chatbot than telling it software to emulate it which they say equates to mass copyright infringement and speaking of tech remember last month we told you how Apple was being hit with patent lawsuits on key parts of its new watches and how they would have to stop selling some of them just before Christmas well in a court ruling last week post Christmas Apple regained the right to sell their watches while a judge considers the
case they're back on sale right now the Apple watch dispute is all about measuring users health so why do we talk about health headlines for a second because we're in the middle of a Bonafide uptick I would just urge everybody to to be mindful and toh spread good cheer this year not viruses right now more than 30 states are experiencing what the CDC would call high or very high rates of respiratory infection we're talking flu RSV and of course covid we are holding some patients in the emergency
room waiting a bit and I would say every hospital in the region is doing that uh because of just the UN you know just the amount of sick people that we're seeing coming through the doors now covid hospitalizations have increased for seven straight weeks in two dozen states they're expected to keep rising and it Remains the third leading cause of death in this country in fact it's become so much more dire recently that hospitals in several states have once again begun requiring masks especially f
acilities that treat people with compromised immune systems like cancer patients that's not the only Health headline popping up this week on New Year's Eve the maker of the baby formula nutragen issued a voluntary recall of more than half a million cans of formula because of a potential bacterial infection even though no one has been sickened so far they say this is the same type of bacteria that caused a nationwide shortage a year ago okay so we're in the home stretch now let's hit a few more q
uick headlines so the award for the most embarrassing headline might go to Spirit Airlines which is now apologizing after a gate agent in the middle of the holiday Rush mistakenly put a child on the wrong flight the kid was supposed to be traveling from Philadelphia to Fort Meers Florida instead they were put on a plane to Orlando which is in Florida but it's on the other side of the state everyone's fine but spirit says the gate agent is no longer working for them there are lots of new laws tha
t are just taking effect this week California and Washington raised their minimum wage past 16 bucks an hour Minnesota is implementing red flag laws that allow authorities to take someone's gun if they're deemed a threat and in North Carolina law will make it possible for parents to sue porn websites if their kids manage to access them porn sites have been told they need to confirm ages against publicly available databases but perhaps my favorite new law that took effect on the first is in Illin
ois where it used to be illegal to dangle fuzzy dice from your rear view mirror it was deemed a hazard and cops could pull you over for any hanging stuff in your windshield well starting yesterday fuzzy dice and air fresheners can fly free when notable death this holiday season Lee son Kon who played one of the leads in the Oscar winning movie parasite died on Wednesday he was found dead in his car in Soul South Korea his death is being investigated as a possible suicide which brings me to New Y
ear's [Music] Day 3 2 1 the celebrations are often seen as one big party the truth is that to so many this is a chance for a fresh start and I didn't know this in Time Square as the clock hits midnight when the ball drops and the confetti starts to fall well mixed in with all that paper are wishes wishes from people all over the world from 154 countries they send them in to the Time Square Alliance they either write them down by hand or they send them in and they're printed this year the wishes
included things ranging from I hope to try new foods and I want to hug a chicken yes that was real to I wish for the war in Ukraine to end and for my father to live under a peaceful sky and the child of a parent with dementia who wished for his dad to never forget how much he loves him there are a lot of ways 2024 can turn out but right now you like to think it all feels possible hey and if you're wondering how I Brad began the new year here's a [Laughter] sample that is me taking part in the an
nual Polar Bear Plunge in Coney Island Brooklyn I I swear I sound like goofy falling down a well or something they've been doing this for 112 years it was my first time I am still shivering things are only looking up from here if only for the water temperature I guess hey I hope you found this episode useful this big rundown let me know what you think I'm genuinely curious we at start here ABC on all the socials maybe make a resolution this year to share this podcast with a friend and most impor
tantly I hope you're having a great start to 2024 I'm Brad milky see you tomorrow [Music] this is ABC News live the crush of families here in Poland at Refugee Cent In Putin's Russia on the ground in Ukraine close to the front line from the capital destructive Cat 4 storm along I Boston is in the bullseye let's go ABC News live America's number one streaming news anytime anywhere streaming 247 7 straight to you for free thank you for making ABC newsline America's number one streaming news it's l
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ment of Gaza the Israel Hamas War for Non-Stop live coverage stream ABC News live reporting from Southern Israel from the front lines in downtown rala wherever the story is we'll take you there ABC News live with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David M America's number one most watched newscast across all of Television welcome to ks the world's greatest dog show the competition in dog dancing is very stiff dan
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e none of its [Music] kind Zs baby then came Crazy Rap and a year later a Grammy nomination sing dirty raps hit [Music] the I got this one done I'm a witness to my son's basketball game fast forward two decades later this is life for Afroman now living in Winchester Ohio playing the songs that made him famous but he also has some new Tunes will you help me rep my gate will you help [Music] me these days Afroman isn't just singing about weed he's also rapping about his experience with police why
you discon [Music] did how long did it take you to write that song to be fair maybe a good 30 minutes I just uh I think I just wanted to say whatever I was feeling most rappers when they portray the police they have the hire actors thanks to the Adams County Sheriff department they saved me a whole lot of money they came over here with guns to kill me the best thing I came up with was write songs about my experience and try to sell them and make some money to pay for the destruction that they br
ought to my house on August 21st last year deputies from the Adams County Sheriff's Department pulled up in front of Afroman's house in Winchester was driving home like I don't know like 65 miles away from home I get a call my kids was next door playing in the yard when they could see the police officers pulling up armed with long guns and wearing tactical gear the officers kicked down the door and entered the property the whole thing playing out on Afroman security cameras Afroman says he watch
ed his house get raided right from his phone no matter how hard you try to be a law biding citizen this is how you know America treats you you know like you know I felt powerless the warrant obtained for this raid lists some serious allegations evidence of drug possession and trafficking as well as kidnapping it also states that the police received a tip from a confidential informant who had seen large amounts of weed and money at the property and claimed Afroman kept women locked in his basemen
t I didn't get charged I didn't kidnap I don't know where they got that you know what I'm saying and I think they just made it up and I talked to the Head officer I asked him if I was under arrest he said no then I asked him were there any charges he said no then I asked him if he would help me put my door back on the hinges and help me fix my gate and uh that's when he cracked a little smile and said we're not required to do that and that's their way of just letting you know that that's how it
is and you can't do nothing about it so I got to start from right there and figure out what's my move the Adams County Sheriff K Afroman went on and wrote three songs about the incident using the security camera video he then released a music video that quickly went [Music] viral want to put down his GL lemon pound trending on Tick Tock after lemon pound cake and will you help me repair my door Afroman made merchandise saying it was his way of getting justice but 3 months later he received a not
ice the officers involved in that raid were suing him claiming they had suffered humiliation ridicule mental distress embarrassment and loss of reputation after the music videos were released their claim demanded this should receive the proceeds that Afroman made using their image what's your response to that these big tough dudes that laugh when you ask them to help you put your door back on the hinge is turned into these little whiny cry babies complaining about my song my only response to tha
t was a rap song and a t-shirt we reached out to the Adams County Sheriff's Department by bya a telephone and also in person a spokesperson said they could not comment about the case because it's still under investigation we also reached out to the attorney representing the deputies they declined to comment on the specifics of this case but they did say in an email I intend to argue my client's case in the Adams County Court not in the court of public opinion or the Press experts say this case r
aises some interesting legal points the officers do have a reasonable right to privacy we all do but typically that something has to be exposed that is intensely personal and it would offend a reasonable person officers acting in their job executing their job functions is typically not going to rise to the level of a violation of privacy Afroman has lived in Adams County for 17 years a county of 27,000 people where 96% of the residents are white according to the Census Bureau describe to me I me
an how how these last you know 17 plus years been living here in this community yeah when I I ride down the street I get the you know the whistles the out the window yeah they uh they've been overall nice to me I had to go to Walmart the other other day and everybody was coming up to me are you okay man I'm sorry about what you went through and then they tell me stories that they're going through the same thing too but they don't have the platform I have to expose it while the lawsuit is still u
nresolved Afroman is preparing to take a new Direction he's officially running for president in 2024 talk to me about your platform my platform is I want to make marijuana cannabis legal in all 50 states there's no more raiding people for a plant after that I would like to see some serious police reform if a cop doesn't wear a camera he doesn't get a paycheck hey I could win I could lose but I could win yeah if nothing else else uh I'll give a voice to somebody who can run the Baton [Music] furt
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NLV shootings I'm Jaclyn Lee wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live right now on America this morning a developing Story the FBI now investigating this dramatic and deadly crash in Upstate New York outside a concert venue as possible terrorism pedestrians among the victims what was found inside that flaming SUV and what we learned overnight about the driver breaking news a passenger plane bursts into flames in Tokyo fire pouring from the cabin passengers evacua
ting the fire coming after this moment the jet apparently hitting a Japanese Coast Guard Plane while Landing the latest from the scene new tensions in the Middle East Iran reportedly sending a warship into the Red Sea a crucial shipping Lane for Global trade just hours after the Pentagon says militants opened fire on US Navy helicopters in the region a high school student is found alone but safe in the Utah Woods days after a so-called cyber kidnapping how scammers online are targeting students
and their parents bank accounts an $842 Million winner the one lucky ticket for last night's New Year Powerball jackpot college football nail biters the Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl coming down to the wire and later the tiny dancing lemur who could help save a species from ABC news in New York this is America this morning good Tuesday morning everyone I'm Andrew denber good morning to you I'm ran and Aly we begin with a growing mystery in Upstate New York where the FBI is investigating a deadly and
fiery crash it happened outside a concert venue agents are now looking into whether there's a link to terrorism this morning a new clue as the FBI investigates whether a potential New Year's Day terror attack was averted in Upstate New York this large SUV crashed and erupted into a ball of flames in Rochester early yesterday morning and investigators now tell ABC News the drivers is from nearby Syracuse and went to the Syracuse airport before the crash to rent that large Ford Expedition SUV poli
ce say the Ford collided with a smaller SUV around 1:00 a.m. outside the Kodak Center where 1,000 people were coming out of a concert the force of the Collision caused the two vehicles to go through a group of pedestrians that were in the crosswalk and then into two other vehicles two people in the smaller SUV were killed the driver of the Ford was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries you saw the Carnage of the cars and the one car burnt up and car pieces everywhere and smell of gasoline
was just so intense I I couldn't believe how strong it was here's the big mystery surrounding the crash according to police First Responders found at least a dozen gasoline canisters inside the Ford it's unclear why the driver was transporting so much gas there was a large fire associated with a crash that took the Rochester Fire Department almost one hour to extinguish for weeks police around the country have been on heightened alert outside of concern that the war in the Middle East could lead
to violence here at home but overnight no additional details were released on the people involved in yesterday morning's crash the three pedestrians were HD in that crash one suffered like threatening injuries breaking overnight an apparent case of political violence in South Korea as a top politician was stabbed while taking questions from reporters Lee Jay mang who ran for president in 2022 and leads the current opposition party was stabbed in his jugular vein police say someone posing as a s
upporter asked him for an autograph and then attacked him the suspect has been arrested Lee was rushed to the hospital his predecessor was beaten while campaigning for him two years ago now to the developing story in the Middle East Iran has reportedly deployed a warship to the Red Sea tensions are rising in the region with the US now attacking and killing several Iranian backed Fighters accused of launching attacks on commercial ships in recent weeks ABC's Jay O'Brien is here now with the very
latest Jay good morning Andrew good morning Iran appearing to waste no time here in responding to the US military which has been confronting iran-backed Rebel fighters in Yemen this morning a potential escalation in the Red Sea a crucial shipping Lane for global trade it's where iran-backed houthi Rebels have been attacking commercial ships in a show of support for hamas's war against Israel now an Iranian warship has reportedly sailed into the region a day after US forces killed several houthi
Rebels the Pentagon says the houthis were trying to board a merchant vessel when they fired at two US Navy helicopters the helicopters R turning fire killing 10 Rebel Fighters it comes as Israel now plans to withdraw some troops from Gaza in a shift to more targeted operations against Hamas in the coming months Israel's defense minister says some Israeli residents living near the Gaza border will soon be allowed to return to their homes they were evacuated after the October 7th attack by Hamas t
hat triggered the war yesterday Israel's military releasing video of its Kine unit saying it found weapons inside a kindergarten in Gaza and according to the h M run Health Ministry an Israeli air strike killed 15 people in central Gaza bringing the reported death toll to nearly 22,000 this Palestinian girl saying her New Year's wish is to return to her home meanwhile in the US Pro Palestinian protesters marching through the streets of New York last night disrupting traffic to busy JFK Airport a
s for those hostages held by Hamas in Gaza an Israeli team is expected to head to Egypt this week to discuss a potential deal but ABC News is learning no breakthrough is imminent Andrew all right Jay O'Brien forest in Washington DC Jay thank you a search for survivors is underway in Western Japan as the death toll climbs after a powerful earthquake at least 48 people have died and thousands of homes and buildings are destroyed tsunami warnings were lifted but fires erupted and trains had to be h
alted the 7.5 magnitude Quake was the strongest to hit that part of Japan since the 1800s several times that you can feel this earthquake and it it it just didn't feel normal it didn't feel like the the normal you got an earthquake for you know TM for a couple of minutes this felt more significant than that and it felt a lot more dangerous thousands of soldiers and other emergency workers have been called to join the rescue efforts now to the race for president the Iowa caucus is just days away
and yet another poll is showing good news for former president Trump in a possible general election matchup with President Biden this morning a new poll shows President Biden losing ground to former president Trump among Latinos and younger voters the USA today's Suffolk University survey shows Trump with a 39% support among the Latino demographic compared to Biden's 34% back in 2020 Biden got 65% support from Latino voters concerns about the economy and the Border have weighed on voters the pol
l also finds Trump now leading by in among voters under age 35 many concerned about climate change and the Middle East are you ready to work hard over these next two weeks so that we win the Iowa caucus meanwhile the Republican primary candidates are making their final push with the Iowa caucuses now less than two weeks away Trump is leading in Iowa by more than 30 points less than three points separate Florida Governor Ronda santz and Nikki Haley I mean the way I view the the choice in this pri
mary uh Donald Trump is running on his issues Nikki Haley is running on her donor's issues I'm the only one running on your issues DeSantis attacking Haley after her recent rise in the polls gaining ground on Trump in New Hampshire that State's Republican governor who endorsed Haley is now calling on Chris christe to drop out to give Haley a better chance against Trump Chris Christie's a friend but his race is at an absolute dead end this is a two-person race right it's between Trump and Nikki H
aley everyone understands that but the former New Jersey governor is not backing down recently launching a seven figure ad campaign some people say I should drop out of this race really I'm the only one saying Donald Trump is a liar New Hampshire it's up to you the results from the Iowa caucuses will not be known until early March on super Tuesday the crisis on the southern border is leading to new tensions between Southern Governors and the mayors of several Northern cities the latest conflict
involves buses filled with hundreds of migrants from Texas and Louisiana arriving in New Jersey an apparent effort to get around a notification rule imposed by New York City's mayor similar restrictions in Chicago were avoided when a plan load of migrants arrived in a Northern Illinois suburb Chicago's mayor says moves like that don't help anyone this type of chaos is not what's needed in this moment we need a coordinated effort between all levels of government to ensure that this humanitarian M
ission that's an international crisis is met with the type of Civility and sanctity that's required the month of December saw a record number of unauthorized Crossings on the southern US border Transit officials in San Francisco were working overnight to get a derailed train back on its tracks nine people were hurt when two cars of a BART train jumped the rails outside the city Monday and then caught fire officials hope to restore normal service this morning time now for your Tuesday weather goo
d morning we're preparing for rain this Tuesday into Central Texas expanding East through midweek for the Gulf Coast we could use some of that rain it has been dry as that system moves East but look at this next one coming into California rain develops in San Francisco Tuesday afternoon and evening heavy snow above 6,000 feet we're going to see a very wet start to Wednesday in Los Angeles with some travel trouble this storm system will ultimately move into the East and there's potential for snow
near and Northwest of I95 this weekend I'm AI witha meteorologist Jeff [Music] Cornish coming up what we're learning about another case of an airline sending a child to the wrong City but first the dramatic scene in Tokyo a passenger plane bursts into flames hundreds evacuating what caused this massive fire after landing and a teenager is found safe in the woods in Utah days after a so-called cyber kidnapping with parents need to know about kidnapping scams whenever news breaks we are here in I
srael a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon Maine the scene of a horrific mass shooting EBC News live is right there everywhere from the scene of that deadly missile strike in Dena Ukraine reporting from the earthquake in Turkey in Rolling Fort This Tornado tore through this little town from the most devastating disaster in Hawaii from Charleston South Carolina on the 2024 campaign Trail in Iceland let's go traveling with the pres
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fe and death medical conditions their lives now out of their control I felt like I was going to die our lives and our health are debatable I wouldn't wish this upon my worst end enemy Diane Sawyer Rachel Scott on the brink now streaming on Hulu from America's number one news comes the all new ABC News app if you love being in the no you're going to love this experience the allnew ABC News app download it now breaking news from Tokyo a massive fire breaking out on this passenger jet at one of Tok
yo's airports the Japan Airlines flight was coming in for a landing and then the fire apparently broke out as the plane was taxiing Witnesses say the plane's nose gear is down and the fuselage is on fire there was no immediate word on any victims Frontier Airlines is apologizing to an Ohio family after a 16-year-old found himself in Puerto Rico instead of Cleveland the boy was flying alone for the first time and reportedly suffers from anxiety he was set to go from Tampa to Cleveland instead he
boarded a plane to San Juan that was at the same gate his father claims the agent never scanned his son's ticket last week Spirit Airlines fired a gate agent who allowed a six-year-old traveling alone to fly to Orlando instead of Fort Meers and a teenager in Utah has survived a scam known as cyber kidnapping the scammers are targeting students and their families and they're walking away with big money ABC's Derek Dennis explains this morning a 17-year-old Chinese exchange student has been found
safe by police in Utah camping out in the woods cold and alone he speaks broken English and had been reported kidnapped by his family in China after they paid a ransom demand of $80,000 the parents reported to school officials that they received a photograph of their child that would indicate he was abducted and they requested a ransom turns out it was a scam known as cyber kidnapping in which kidnappers Target foreign exchange students and their families telling each that the other is in danger
and then convincing the student to isolate themselves send pictures or cell phone videos making it look like they're being held captive to their parents who in turn hand over Ransom money electronically actors are able to manipulate both a victim and their family into believing that something has happened to the victim Brandon Amer is a cyber security expert and instructor at Utah Valley University and says these unknown actors are crafty they are likely targeting you know people who are very o
ut of their element people who are new in a new country new environment where they're very unfamiliar with law enforcement they're very unfamiliar culturally authorities are trying to track down the so-called cyber kidnappers starting with the money that was transferred to Chinese Banks as for the 17-year-old student he was rescued by police 3 days after his reported kidnapping his story a lesson to other parents of kids studying or even working abroad just because somebody contacts you online d
oesn't mean it's real experts say the scam typically stops when the communication stops so victims are advised to cut off communication and contact authorities as soon as the threat is made Andrew ranan we are glad he's okay Derek thank you coming up one surfer's deadly encounter with a shark in Hawaii also ahead caught on camera a Beverly Hills 90210 star in a street fight what he's now saying whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas
on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon Maine the scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere from the scene of that deadly missile strike in Dena Ukraine reporting from the earthquake in Turkey enr Fort 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 from the front lines from Southe
rn Israel outside the Gaza Strip in Beirut from the FBI reporting from the nurses on the picket line here at 10 Downing Street in London streaming live to you wherever the story is wherever the story is wherever the story is we're going to take you there you're streaming ABC News live ABC News live you're streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere America's number one streaming news it's lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to kno
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uld you do hey I guess I just found out the what would you do marathon 2 to 6 Eastern every Saturday on ABC News live my favorite show family members are remembering a Hawaiian Surfer killed by a shark over the weekend authorities say Jason Carter Was Bitten while surfing off Maui his death is the first involving a shark in Hawaii in more than a year his cousin says Carter died doing what he loved to do he had a passion for life that was Simply Beautiful whether you had a lifetime with him or fi
ve minutes you felt like a change person because of his beautiful spirit experts say if you sense a shark is nearby stay calm don't thrash scream or make any sudden movements we have new details this morning about a Hollywood actor and a street brawl that was caught on camera whenever I feel bad I kind of like to wallow in it for a little while this morning Beverly Hills 902 actor Ian zering is speaking out after being attacked on a Los Angeles Street video obtained by TMZ shows the 59-year-old
moments after he says he got out of his car to check if a group of bikers who had been darting in and out of traffic had damaged his car ziring says that's when the group attacked ziring is seen being punched and kicked by multiple people he fights back but is out numbered and manages to get away in a separate TMZ video the bikers are apparently preparing to leave the scene as ziring tries to comfort his crying daughter ziring now saying on Instagram I am relieved to report that my daughter and
I are both completely unscathed but the incident has left me deeply concerned about the growing boldness of such groups this situation highlights a larger issue of hooliganism on our streets and the need for Effective law enforcement responses police are investigating but no reports of any arrests so far in sports lots of drama in the college football playoff Texas could have tied it with a touchdown against Washington as time expired last night and maybe taken the lead and won the game with an
extra point but a great play by the huskys defensive back preserved Washington's win the score was 37-31 and Michigan and Alabama went into overtime in the Rose Bowl Michigan taking the lead on a 17 yd touchdown run and the wver defense sto the tide on fourth down for 27 to 20 win Michigan and Washington will battle for the national title next Monday night coming up someone Begins the New Year winning the $842 million Powerball jackpot plus why a pro hockey team decided to dress up like Elvis al
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born and raised in a cult Daughters of the cult only on Hulu with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's number one most watched newscast across all of television from America's number one news comes the allnew 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 allnew ABC News app dow
nload 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 your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food G three what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that wherever news breaks it's so important to always remember that lives are changed getting you behind the stories as the
y happen ABC News live Prime we'll take you there streaming free on ABC News live reporting on the flooded streets of Treasure Island I'm Ginger Z wherever the story is is we'll take you there you're streaming AB News [Music] live time to check the pulse and we begin with the best New Year's present ever $842 million in a Powerball lottery jackpot yes there was one big winner of last night's drawing the winning ticket was sold in Grand Blank Michigan which is a suburb of Flint Michigan it was so
ld at the food Castle in Grand Blank if The Winner Takes the cash option they'll get about 425 million before Uncle Sam takes his cut next more parents these days are letting their kids skip school to go on family vacations so they say what taking trips while school is in session gives kids a break from their routines traveling during the off season is also less crowded and less expensive of course many Educators though disagree with pulling kids from class they say everyday attendance is critic
al for success to develop good habits and also it can help lower anxiety as well next a bizarre sight before a pro hockey game Elvis was all over the building when the Las Vegas golden knights visited Seattle it was for the NHL's Winter Classic tradition calls for the players to dress up in a look that reflects their cities so the entire golden knights team dressed as Elvis impersonators as for the Seattle Kraken they dressed as fisherman nailed it a new women's professional hockey league is up
and running it includes six teams three in the US three in Canada the League's first ever game was a 4 nothing victory for New York over Toronto but the teams don't have names just yet next an emotional New Year's Day for actor Jeremy rener The Avengers star was nearly killed when he was run over by a snowplow a year ago but this weekend he rode in a fire truck to the Reno Nevada hospital where he was treated to say thank you he told the hospital staff he's forever in their debt with gratitude l
ove to see that and finally the cutest video of the day take a look this is a rare dancing lemur just B born at the zoo in the UK only about 250 of these remain in the wild so its birth is a really big deal the species is native to Madagascar the new lemur parents are of course quite excited so are we this is ABC News live the crush of families here in Poland at Refugee centers in Putin's Russia on the ground in Ukraine close to the front line from the capital destructive cat store along I Bosto
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2 to 6 Eastern every Saturday on ABC News live my favorite show we have really good congatulations I was terrified it was just so traumatic nightmare people need to understand these were wanted babies 18 women facing life and death Medical conditions their lives now out of their control I felt like I was going to die our lives and our health are debatable I wouldn't wish this upon my worst enemy Diane Sawyer Rachel Scott on the brink now streaming on Hulu it's lunchtime in America so what are w
e serving up well how about everything you need to know you know that sounds pretty good you're help your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love [Music] that checking more top stories the FBI is investigating this crash near a concert venue in Rochester New York as possible terrorism two people were killed when that SUV
slammed into an Uber pedestrians were also hit police say at least a dozen canisters of gas were inside the SUV which had been rented at the Syracuse airport the driver was hospitalized in Tokyo a Japan Airlines plane burst into flames after landing all 400 passengers were evacuated officials say it appears the plane hit a Japanese Coast Guard Plane as it was Landing igniting the massive fire growing concerns about the rise of respiratory illnesses covid flu and RSV across the US 31 states are e
xperiencing high or very high levels of respiratory illness activity some hospitals have even reinstated masking policies today's weather a new cross country storm brings rain to the West Coast showers for Texas and parts of the Gulf Coast sunny in the Northeast finally the mascot upstaging all of college football Danny new Pops in to show us b r stopped Michigan makes a stand New Year's Day Sports may have all been about the college football playoff but the rest of the weekend was a about a pop
tart making history we'll kick it away on Friday Kansas State and NC State squared off in Orlando's Pop-Tarts Bowl which quickly became a viral sensation online one ex-user even writing quote the Pop-Tart Bowl was one of the greatest things to ever happen to college football welcome back to the poptarts bow but I haven't even told you why this got so much [Music] attention after Kansas State won the game the mascot whose name is strong strawberry emerged on top of a toaster getting ready to pop
in the toaster and become the quote unquote first edible mascot in sports history the 2023 BC champions of the world coaches and players grabbing fistfuls of strawberry devouring an edible Recreation of the mascot cuz I don't think they actually ate a human being inside a costume I hope but social media quickly became obsessed with the existential crisis of a living baked good being born to who then get consumed on the L after the game Kansas State running back DJ giddens I think did a good job
describing what that was like for everyone it was crazy man it was crazy however not all foods are like strawberry yesterday in the cheese at Citrus Bowl the mascot also made a grand entrance but he was holding a sign just confirming that he is a quote non-edible mascot by the way according to a sports Media Watch The poptart Bowl reeled in 4.3 million viewers making it the most watch Bowl up until that point guys never underestimate the power of a really weird idea all right Danny that's what's
making news in America this [Music] morning hello good morning and happy New Year I hope you had a lovely holiday season I personally got to take some time off recharge which is why I'm so excited to jump right into 2024 with you now I think for a lot of us this last week has been kind of a whirlwind of family friends or maybe you just hole up at home and binge TV shows which good plan the point is everyone here might feel like we just slept through a week's worth of news so what we thought we'
d do here today is just get you caught up usually we pick a few stories and dive a bit deeper into them today let's just hit it all right a wrap up of everything you missed starting around Christmas up through this morning we get it started right [Music] now the biggest story of this year is likely to be what's going to happen to former president Donald Trump because conceivably the possibilities range from being sent to prison to once again being elected president of the United States well last
Thursday just a few days after Christmas the woman who runs elections in Maine decided he shouldn't even be on the ballot and I was required by the law to hold a hearing within 5 days and then to issue a decision you might remember the state supreme court of Colorado made a similar decision they ruled that Trump's behavior on January 6th in 2021 qualified him as an insurrectionist and that under the 14th Amendment an insurrectionist can't serve as a government officer thus far no other state ha
d agreed with them until this this is something something that I did not choose to do but that I was obligated to do under main law and the Constitution when main Secretary of State shenna Bellow ruled that he would be left off the primary ballot the Trump campaign dismissed it as a partisan decision but regardless it did several things at once one it threw Trump's electoral future into doubt because unlike Colorado Maine actually delivered Trump an electoral vote last time around the state matt
ers to him two it put a ton of pressure on the Supreme Court to weigh in on each of these states as rulings go through appeals processes and three it brought threats of violence against that Secretary of State in Maine this weekend police showed up to her home in an apparent Act of swatting it also created new convulsions on the campaign Trail you have Donald Trump running on his issues Nikki Haley's running on her donor's issues I'm running on the people's issues remember as of this morning we
are T-minus 2 weeks until the Iowa caucuses for all the Republicans running against Trump the stakes couldn't be higher right now and on a seemingly simple question Nikki Haley stumbled what was the cause of the United States Civil War well don't come with an easy question or anything I mean I think the cause of the Civil War was basically how government was going to run the freedoms and what people could and couldn't do how the government was going to run freedoms remember South Carolina was of
ficially the first state to secede from the union well nowhere in the former Governor's answer did she mention the word slavery which caught the ey of her Rivals not that difficult uh to identify uh and acknowledge uh the role slavery played in in the Civil War and eventually prompted a kind of clarification from Haley herself of course the Civil War was about slavery now if we're talking about the early voting States and how they're going to navigate the politics of 2024 well another big headli
ne came out of I AA on Friday the state had passed a law last year last year right 2023 that would ban books from school libraries if they depict sex acts well a federal judge has now blocked this law from going into effect saying it's broad language would potentially get rid of literary Classics historic volumes even books designed to teach students to avoid sexual assault you'd have to get rid of them he also put an injunction on a provision that would bar teachers from bringing up anything ab
out gender ident or sexual orientation through the sixth grade meanwhile on the same day last Friday in Ohio another controversial law was halted in its tracks House Bill 68 would prevent transgender girls from participating in girls Sports and would bar anyone under 18 from getting gender affirming care like surgery or hormone treatment even if the parents concur with that child's doctor I believe this is about protecting human life what's interesting about this development is this wasn't block
ed by a judge this was vetoed by Ohio Governor Mike dwine a republican who said while this bill would not affect many Ohioans the ones it would affect could be devastated so best to leave it to families he did say he was fine with keeping trans girls out of girls Sports though this holiday season was notable for another reason no snow boots required the weather's really nice I was surprised I didn't even have to get like dressed up or nothing the vast majority of Americans did not have a white C
hristmas this year even where clouds did gather most of them were too warm for snow in fact the wildest weather might have been in sunny Southern California oh no oh for days now huge waves have been pounding the beaches of California all the way up to Oregon propelled by powerful storms in the Pacific and well some Surfers enjoy these 20 and 30ft Tall monsters we always look forward to the big waves but Mother Nature had a little more than we had planned for so I did not surf in many cases thes
e waves have launched water over the beaches flooding Coastal communities well the water came over the wall and he washed down the street like it was a river and of course that turned and went into our complex uh and flooded it completely meanwhile across the Pacific Japan is recovering after a series of deadly earthquakes on New Year's Day one of them a 7.5 and he's didn't hit somewhere out in the Pacific the epicenter was on the noo Peninsula it's on the biggest island of Japan it's along the
country's West Coast 50-year-old Johnny Woo was visiting Japan in Nago when the first one hit suddenly my phone raining about the earthquake warning and suddenly it get pretty strong earthquak you can see all the snow from the electric wire goes down and also from the roof go down and initially Japan had to issue its most urgent tsunami warnings since the fukusima nuclear disaster a decade ago more than 100,000 people had to be evacuated luckily there was no major tsunami but several people are
dead from these Quakes nonetheless and let's actually stay overseas for a second because there are several updates from the wars in the Eastern hemisphere so in Gaza the humanitarian situation continues to worsen the United Nations now says half of the residents there are at risk for starvation 90% n out of 10 people reported they've had to go without food for at least a day at a time you see video of people clam ing at soup kitchens little kids lining up with big pots just desperate for some fo
od well on New Year's Eve the Israeli military looked ahead saying they plan to start withdrawing troops from certain parts of Gaza in part because having this many people involved in the war effort is starting to hurt Israel's own economy however if you're expecting this war to stop Israel said that's not happening it'll go at least throughout this year throughout 2024 they said but they did predict it will look more targeted the war in Ukraine looks even more intractable a couple days before t
he new year Russia launched its largest Air Attack of this war think about it nearly 2 years after invading this was Vladimir Putin's largest aerial assault yet dozens are dead more than 150 injured and Ukraine says it's responding with everything it's got including armed drones oh and one other thing happening in Russia you might know the name alexe naali Putin's biggest critic in Russia who was arrested a couple years ago he had gone missing in recent weeks people wondered if he was dead or if
he just been moved within Russia's vast prison system he's now popped up at a prison camp in Siberia saying he's safe but held in cramped conditions I'm out of breath that's how busy this week was and there's still a bit more to come so let's take a quick break together when we come back we'll talk about changes at hospitals snafus in air travel and maybe even gasp some good news news that's after the [Music] break this is ABC News live the crush of families here in Poland at Refugee Cent In Pu
tin's Russia on the ground in Ukraine close to the front line from the capital destructive Cat 4 storm along I Boston is in the bullseye let's go ABC News live America's number one streaming news anytime anywhere streaming 247 great to you for free thank you for making ABC newsl America's number one streaming news with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's number one most watched newscast across
all of television from America's number one news comes the allnew ABC News app breaking news Incredible video faster smarter and custo customizable to your interests if you love being in the know you're going to love this experience the allnew 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 your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course
good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afterno for everything you need to know I love that wherever news breaks it's so important to always remember that lives are changed getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime we'll take you there streaming free on ABC News live our father was the leader of a Mormon religious cult he used us and groomed us to kill for him this is when I found out that I was born and raised in a cult Daug
hters of the cult only on Hulu Okay welcome back to Mission coming out of hibernation let's round out the news you probably missed over the last week or two today is of course the first day most offices are open including the stock market which will be something to behold since it finished 2023 like it was on a rocket ship a DE rally meant that the S&P 500 finished up almost 25% for the year which is way better than a lot of people predicted when the FED raised those interest rates and while the
stock market is not the economy it has raised optimism about whether we as a nation have avoided a bigger recession after all one of the things that defined last year's economic Outlook was Tech specifically artificial intelligence well last week the New York Times sued the makers of chat GPT saying the whole Enterprise rests on feeding works from media companies into this chat bot then telling it software to emulate it which they say equates to mass copyright infringement and speaking of tech
remember last month we told you how Apple was being hit with patent lawsuits on key parts of its new watches and how they would have to stop selling some of them just before Christmas well in a court ruling last week post Christmas Apple regained the right to sell their watches while a judge considers the case they're back on sale right now the Apple watch dispute is all about measuring users health so why do we talk about health headlines for a second because we're in the middle of a Bonafide u
ptick I would just urge everybody to to be mindful and toh spread good cheer this year not puses right now more than 30 states are experiencing what the CDC would call high or very high rates of respiratory infection we're talking flu RSV and of course Co we are holding some patients in the emergency room waiting a bit and I would say every hospital in the region is doing that uh because of just the UN you know just the amount of sick people that we're seeing coming through the doors now covid h
ospitalizations have increased for seven straight weeks in two dozen states they're expected to keep rising and it Remains the third leading cause of death in this country in fact it's become so much more dire recently that hospitals in several states have once again begun requiring masks especially facilities that treat people with compromised immune systems like cancer patients that's not the only Health headline popping up this week on New Year's Eve the maker of the baby formula nutragen iss
ued a voluntary recall of more than half a million cans of formula because of a potential bacterial infection even though no one has been sickened so far they say this is the same type of bacteria that caused a nationwide shortage a year ago okay so we're in the home stretch now let's hit a few more quick headlines so the award for the most embarrassing headline might go to Spirit Airlines which is now apologizing after a gate agent in the middle of the Holiday Rush mistakenly put a child on the
wrong flight the kid was supposed to be traveling from Philadelphia to Fort Meers Florida instead they were put on a plane to Orlando which is in Florida but it's on the other side of the state everyone's fine but spirit says the gate agent is no longer working for them there are lots of new laws that are just taking effect this week California and Washington raised their minimum wage past 16 bucks an hour Minnesota is implementing red flag laws that allow authorities to take someone's gun if t
hey're deemed a threat and a North Carolina law will make it possible for parents to sue porn websites if their kids manage to access them porn sites have been told they need to confirm ages against publicly available databases but perhaps my favorite new law that took effect on the first is in Illinois where it used to be illegal to dangle fuzzy dice from your rear view mirror it was deemed a hazard and cops could pull you over for any hanging stuff in your windshield Shield well starting yeste
rday fuzzy dice and air fresheners can fly free one notable death this holiday season Lee Sun Kon who played one of the leads in the Oscar winning movie parasite died on Wednesday he was found dead in his car in Soul South Korea his death is being investigated as a possible suicide which brings me to New Year's [Music] Day 3 2 1 the celebrations are often seen as one big party the truth is that to so many this is a chance for a fresh start and I didn't know this in Time Square as the clock hits
midnight when the ball drops and the confetti starts to fall well mixed in with all that paper are wishes wishes from people all over the world from 154 countries they send them in to the Times Square Alliance they either write them down by hand or they send them in and they're printed this year the wishes included things ranging from I hope to try new foods and I want to hug a chicken yes that was real to I wish for the war in Ukraine to end and for my father to live under a peaceful sky and th
e child of a parent with dementia who wished for his dad to never forget how much he loves him there are a lot of ways 2024 can turn out but right now you like to think it all feels possible hey and if you're wondering how I Brad began the new year here's a [Laughter] sample that is me taking part in the annual Polar Bear Plunge in Pony Island Brooklyn I I swear I sound like goofy falling down a well or something they've been doing this for 112 years it was my first time I am still shivering thi
ngs are only looking up from here if only for the water temperature I guess hey I hope you found this episode useful this big rundown let me know what you think I'm genuinely curious where it start here ABC on all the socials maybe make a resolution this year to share this podcast with a friend and most importantly I hope you're having a great start to 2024 I'm Brad milky see you tomorrow [Music] National Forest are good places to get away but sometimes bad things happen in good places it's the
stuff of nightmares all I can see was their feet sticking up my knees went weak this is a human scull we were definitely against the clock how many more victims are out there wild crime Blood Mountain now streaming only on Hulu it's lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know you know that sounds pretty good your heal your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third h
our of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love [Music] that National Forest are good places to get away but sometimes bad things happen in good places it's the stuff of nightmares all I can see was their feet sticking up my knees went weak this is a human go we were definitely against the clock how many more victims are out there wild crime Blood Mountain now streaming only on Hulu with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than an
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America's number one streaming news keep streaming with ABC News live reporting from the fton County Georgia Courthouse I'm Reena Roy wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News [Music] live today cook special Bak Baka in Italian B and in Greek I boil potatoes and then I make p and I put in a garlic vinegar oil little salt pepper little lemon and make nice deep for bakala I make spinach pie and they make and it's chicken and they make with lemon and L vable inside mom c
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t in every dish she carefully creates my hobby I make everything good I like to make good everything yes I like make myself like my mom at the heart of enot Maria on Staten Island is restaurant owner Joe scarella a man with a passion for food and a deep love for his Italian Heritage hi guys the inspiration for an Maria was uh the loss of my grandparents and my parents that's a picture of my grandmother and my sister and my mom uh Unfortunately they were all gone now but uh my mom was Maria and s
o I named the restaurant after my mom it's anot Maria after their passing Joe found himself missing the comforting Aroma of his family's kitchen and the warmth and love that his mother and grandmother infused into every meal today Nona Maria is everybody's knower I started inviting grandmother's in and I'm Italian so I started inviting Italian ladies in to cook and it just didn't make sense to feature only Italian ladies anymore and so we just started featuring everybody's grandmother you have a
b b thank you we have ladies from all over the world and some of the ladies that cook here have never worked uh outside of the home before um many times they are uh empty nesters their spouses have passed away they have nobody really to cook for anymore plit lost her spouse and she was uh beving you know heavily saddened by this and so the children brought her in to get her out of the house uh so she could get involved came M come one time to restaurant if you don't like I'll come back I came f
irst time after I I stopped here because the people so happy hungry kiss me and take pictures with me and table all the time when I first um brought her here I didn't really tell her that I had any intention for her to work here I just brought it here to to check it out to see the grandma and so when we first came the first day the uh two of the Italian grandmas were here uh Maria and Adelina and they were in the kitchen my mom just drifted towards them and just through hand mannerisms um throug
h just showing what they were doing with the food my mother just took to them immediately even though she didn't know them I'm happy in the stay in the kitchen and they like the restaurant because the restaurant like a village the people like my food very much call me in a d ball and say to me and I like the food how you make where you from uh remain Grandma now the dishes cooked here range from Italian Classics to Flavors from Greece Japan and Beyond with the menu consistently changing dependin
g on the knowas in the kitchen Italian Nona Maria moved from Italy to New York decades ago and has been cooking at enot Maria for 10 years I like it come over here you know I feel so beautiful I feel safe for the people I like cook I like talk like work too I work so much you know I keep it busy when not busy I may feel okay I'm makeing fresh Del you know I make zuc I make lasna you know lasna everybody like it too because they have everything they have cheese they have mozzarella they have ever
ything inside you know I like make so many different you know every day a cook make a different us do so many things for my grandma I remember when Maria came in with fita to cook here and I says okay great you know we'll talk about a recipe we'll talk about some ingredients and we'll get started and I was standing in the front with her children and they looked to the back of the restaurant and her son turned to me and he said I haven't seen my mother this happy in a long time enot Maria is more
than just a restaurant it's a place where customers can come and experience cultural diversity through food we saw an article on the internet uh about interesting d dining experiences and this sounded like such a unique thing with all the um the grandmothers cooking the idea of all the different nationalities it was um we said it was worth a trip to give it a try the response from the customers is great they will start to talk about their parents or they'll start to talk about their grandparent
s and so it really kind of takes you by the hand and and takes you down memory lane enota Maria is a true Testament to how food can bring people together and connect us to our cultural Roots it's a celebration of culture family and the joy of sharing a meal together thanks to nonas with recipes to share we beacons of warmth and Hospitality there's like 200 different countries and so uh we uh we have just a small slice of that when I come over here I feel very happy they went for the door say Mar
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yo what we know about the race to get hundreds on board off safely and the Collision that appears to have caused it a deadly New Year's Day explosion in Rochester New York police say an SUV loaded with gas canisters crashed into a car outside a crowded concert venue how the crash may have prevented a terror attack and the countdown to Iowa the first big test in the Republican Presidential nomination is just two weeks away now former president Trump is looking to Rally his supporters while his Ri
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Japanese Coast Guard crew members are dead after their plane collided with an airliner on a runway in Tokyo and burst into flames Chief National correspondent Matt Gutman joins me now from Tokyo with more on this Matt what's it like there right now it's very quiet behind me uh at Hana airport uh Diane uh there were thousands of people here early I'll just give you a sense because the airport had come to a complete standstill when that crash happened um but if you go outside those doors just ove
r there you can smell the accurate smoke of burning rubber and fuselage and whatever else was burning out there on that tarmac and that explosion was just massive uh you saw that plane um JL 516 a Airbus a350 a really big plane a widebody plane coming down and just as it landed it collided according to Japanese authorities with a Japanese C Post Guard Plane that had six crew members on board that was just entering the taxi way and basically plowed right through it that's the Genesis of the fireb
all but it kept rolling uh that bigger plane the j516 with 379 passengers and crew on board um for hundreds and hundreds of yards a Flames under its belly its nose on the ground cuz the landing gear had got taken out uh and then it burst into flames um all of the passengers managed to get out but firefighters spent hours and hours working to douse the Flames until the plane completely disintegrated but it is remarkable that not a single one of those passengers was hurt or killed in that Collisio
n we understand from Japanese authorities that five of the six crew members on board that Japanese plane were or are believed to be missing or unaccounted be that they're dead um that plane was delivering Aid to the earthquake region west of where we are right right now A desperately needed Aid there uh there are still tens of thousands of people without electricity a number thousands of people remain cut off there are belief to still be people trapped in buildings that have collapsed there so t
hese are really these twin tragedies here in Japan right now Diane uh Matt it's incredible looking at this video obviously tragic to have lost those Coast Guard members who are believed to be dead in this crash but thinking about how many people were involved here 379 people on board the pilot as well of the other plane we're looking at this video Flames everywhere how are authorities explaining how they managed to get everybody off that airliner safely part of it is just I I think Japanese cult
ure people one of the um passengers who was a Survivor told me that people were orderly they were calm they did as they were told they got off the plane and then they looked back and they saw this massive Inferno uh so many of them managing to film it but he said that except for a couple of kids who were screaming everybody was pretty calm and orderly um I think it's also a testament to the Airbus a350 it's a very large plane this particular plane was only 2 years old so very new in terms of air
planes um and it has a very good track record as does Japanese Airlines so they did exactly what they should have done the passengers got off safely we don't know why that uh Japanese Coast Guard Plane was on the runway at the same time as that JL 516 plane was Landing that is obviously going to be the uh one of the subjects of this investigation that is going to take uh probably some time uh to unfold but that's what they're going to look into uh but it is again miraculous that all 379 of the p
assengers and crew made it out safe and alive from that plane especially when you see those images incredible and Matt Japanese officials say the Coast Guard that plane was on its way to nigata Japan to help with earthquake relief what's the latest on the search and rescue efforts there so the earthquake hit at the very northern part of this Noto Peninsula which is pretty far away uh and remote from where we are um it was a 7.6 obviously a massive Quake but again Japan has very very strong earth
quake regulations um building codes and it seems that there was less damage than you might have expected in almost any other country that had been hit by 7.6 still we heard of passengers on bullet trains being stranded for many many hours passengers stranded at airports um roads are cracked and many houses collapsed especially the older ones um that hadn't been refurbished according to the newest codes uh and we understood that the people were trapped inside so far the death toll uh is at 48 we
understand it's probably likely to climb as Rescuers get to some of these more FL far-flung regions um and again getting to them getting to these roads that have been physically severed by the power of that Quake is going to be the challenge for Rescuers in the coming days days uh and by the way there are still Tremors um all the time in that area and they will subside in the coming days but not that quickly they will probably see Tremors there for the coming weeks and months all right Chief Nat
ional correspondent Matt Gutman in Tokyo Matt thank you and the joint terrorism task force is investigating a possible terror attack outside a concert venue in Rochester New York police say at least three people are dead and five injured after an SUV full of gas canisters collided with a smaller SUV and burst into flames ABC News senior investigative correspondent Aon kerki has more on why law enforcement officials say this may not have been an accident the Urgent investigation into whether a ca
r crash outside a concert venue early New Year's morning may have stopped a possible terror attack just before 1:00 a.m. Monday a large SUV collided with an Uber driver's smaller SUV pulling out of a parking lot by Kodak Center as a thousand people were leaving a concert both vehicles plowed into pedestrians crossing the street Nick how many people injured do you have we're trying to count we got one two three I can see on the ground the large SUV burst into flames the fire took nearly an hour t
o put out and in and around the charred wreckage of the vehicle firefighters found more than a dozen gas cans you saw the Carnage of the cars and the one car burnt up and car pieces everywhere and it was surreal to think wow this happened right here also raising suspicion the driver of the large SUV law enforcement sources told ABC News he's from Syracuse and had driven his own car to the Syracuse airport where he rented the Ford Expedition investigators are pouring through the driver's electron
ic devices and social media accounts and talking to friends and relatives as they try to learn more someone saw something heard something know something um no piece of information is too small we've learned Diane the driver of the Ford Expedition died overnight of his injuries the authorities have been conducting searches as they work to find out more about him because the nagging question Diane why would somebody rent a giant SUV fill it with gas cans and then drive toward a crowded theater Dia
ne Aaron kerki thank [Applause] [Music] you several people are dead after a US strike on Iranian backed Rebels in the Red Sea Iran is now reportedly deploying a warship to the region this comes as one of the world's largest shipping companies says it's pausing all operations in the Red Sea after Rebels targeted another vessel foreign correspondent Marcus Moore has the latest from Israel with Rising tensions in the Middle East Iran putting on a show of force sending a warship to the Red Sea accor
ding to Iranian State media reports and its foreign minister meeting with a senior houthi spokesperson in Tyron Monday day this just hours after US forces responded to a distress call from a shipping vessel attacked by houy rebels in the Red Sea us Central Command saying US Navy helicopters returned fire in self-defense sinking three of the four small boats and killing the crews the fourth boat fled the area a spokesperson for the Iranian back proxy saying that while quote the American enemy Bea
rs the consequences of this crime and its repercussions the rebels were trying to prevent the ship from reaching Israel the houthis have launched dozens of drone and missile attacks on commercial ships since Israel began its war with Hamas following the October 7th terror attack Israel announcing that despite a longer War campaign planned it will start releasing some of its reservist in the coming days this as the Israeli Supreme Court on Monday overturned a law introduced last summer by prime m
inister netanyahu's government the law which created a divide amongst Israeli citizens and triggered Nationwide protest for months prevented judges from overturning government decisions they deemed unreasonable and Diane as we watch all of those developments unfold there's a lot happening behind the scenes uh Israel this week sending a team to Cairo to uh discuss a hostage deal but right now there really is no sense of an imminent breakthrough a very difficult situation as it as it has been desc
ribed we know of more than a 100 people being held hostage right now and Hamas has said that it will agree to no deal until is pulls all of its troops out of Gaza Diane all right Marcus Moore and Tel Aviv Israel thank [Music] you we are just two weeks away from the first major test in the Republican primaries of the 2024 presidential election former president Trump is dominating the polls ahead of the Iowa caucuses a new 538 poll shows him more than 30 points ahead of his Rivals ABC News senior
Congressional correspondent Rachel Scott is tracking the race from the Iowa state capital hi Rachel hey Diane well we really are entering the final stretch all the Republican candidates will be flooding this state making their final pitch to voters and of course that includes the front runner in this race former president Donald Trump he's entering the New Year still holding on to that commanding lead he's 30 points ahead here in Iowa 50 points nationally but he's clearly worried that his suppor
ters might be getting complacent he is urging his supporters to come out and caucus for him in just under two weeks the rest of the field well they are still hoping for a breakthrough Florida Governor Ronda santz is betting big on Iowa he's visited all 99 counties in this state he even held a New Year's Eve rally well he is losing ground to former un Ambassador Nikki Haley she is now neck and neck with him right here in Iowa she's already edging him out in New Hampshire but for the last several
days she has had to play some cleanup here after failing to mention the word slavery when asked by a voter at a town hall what caused the Civil War meanwhile former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie he is facing increasing pressure to drop out of the race entirely he's gone all in on New Hampshire but the state's Governor Chris Nunu says that he believes that his campaign is a dead end he says Nikki Haley has the best shot of defeating Donald Trump and that Chris Christie could be standing in t
he way Diane all right senior Congressional correspondent Rachel Scott thank you meanwhile three women who served in the Trump Administration are warning a second term could mean quote the end of American democracy as we know it the group sat down with ABC news this week co-anchor Jonathan Carl to this day he still doubles down on the fact that he thinks that the election was stolen and fraudulent and then his rhetoric has just gotten increasingly erratic I mean he has literally called for thing
s like doing away with parts of the Constitution wanting to weaponize the doj to an act revenge on his political enemies the fact that he feels that he needs to lean into being a dictator alone shows that he is a weak and feeble man who has no sense of character and integrity and has no sense of leadership everyone who is in The West Wing um and frankly a lot of cabinet secretaries they know how dangerous Trump is people who I have the deepest level of respect for like my former uh boss vice pre
sident Mike Pence he's seen more than any of us have seen he knows more than any of us know and I would just hope in this moment when we are less than a year out from or basically a year out from the election that he would think about speaking out more forcefully just about the unfitness of Donald Trump this is not about politics it's not about policy it is about the character of the man who's the leader of the Free World yeah CU even now even three years later almost you know there are many tha
t haven't come out who know exactly what you all know or no more I think it's really easy to paint all of these Republicans with a broad brush and say that they're doing it for you know their own personal Ambitions which I think is a large majority of them but I think another thing that we have to consider as a factor is that a lot of these people won't come forward even if privately they'll acknowledge that Trump is unfit or will privately acknowledge that the 2020 election wasn't stolen it's b
ecause they know that they will face death threats that their families will face death threats I knew that coming forward and speaking out against Donald Trump I could potentially face security threats or death threats online harassment despite all the personal sacrifice um I knew that ultimately it was the right thing to do and so I just would encourage others to come forward because they're we're running out of time in order to try to stop Trump from being in the Oval Office again his campaign
theme is retribution I mean this is the centerpiece of his campaign he says I am your retribution this is tough question but let me ask each of you are you worried that you you will face that retribution if he comes back in it is a very real concern I've met with former cabinet secretaries very recently who were also on this you know potential theoretical list and and they're worried about it um listen I'll say this with Donald Trump is um what scares me as much as him and his retribution is th
e almost cult-like following he has over his most diard supporters um the the the threats the harassment the death threats that you get when he targets you and he's deliberate in targeting um um is is is really horrifying and has no place in our American discourse our thanks to Jonathan Carl for That interview and the New Year means new state laws are taking effect across the country from guns and minimum wage to inclusion programs chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce breaks down how these
laws will have an immediate impact hi Mary well with the New Year comes a new slate of state laws across the country that are having an immediate impact on Americans lives so first up gun reforms You know despite a historic number of mass shootings last year Congress remains deadlocked on this issue so states are now taking action instead California now taking the biggest step barring guns in most public places including libraries public parks churches and sports venues while Illinois is also B
anning high-powered semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines and Colorado is getting rid of those ghost guns those do-it-yourself homemade guns next the federal minimum wage it hasn't actually been raised in nearly 15 years now still stuck at 725 an hour but once again we are seeing States taking matters into their own hands 22 states are raising their minimum wage many workers that means will now be making $15 an hour or more now we know this states have also been the Battleground for
divisive social issues in Louisiana and West Virginia new restrictions on gender transition care for young people are now in place and in Texas they have now banned offices and programs that promote diversity equity and inclusion at publicly funded colleges and universities conservative lawmakers there arguing that those programs Stoke racial divisions or push liberal agendas on campuses lots of changes across the country all right chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce thank you coming up a
deadly shark attack in a popular Hawaii tourist spot what we know about the surfer killed and the warning for beachgoers also ahead the college football championship is set which top teams are headed to Houston to face off next week whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon Maine the scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere from the scene of that deadly missi
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welcome back to ABC News live first a surfer is dead after a shark attack at a popular beach in Hawaii police say 39-year-old Jason Carter was a local Maui resident First Responders say they took life-saving measures before taking Carter to a hospital but it was too late ABC's DeMarco Morgan has the latest it is a h living nightmare a family grieving after a shark encounter in a popular tourist destination in Maui ended in tragedy authorities investigating the death of 39-year-old Jason J Carter
seen here scuba diving prior to the incident after getting bit by a shark while surfing at paa Bay on Saturday whether you had a lifetime with him or five minutes you felt like a changed person because of his beautiful spirit Carter a local Maui Resident was given Medical Care at the scene before before being rushed to an area hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries he wasn't doing anything Reckless or strange or out of the norm this the first fatality from a shark encounter in Hawaii
in more than a year experts say shark encounters aren't limited to just the summer month Diane we are waiting to learn more details about this incident Diane all right ABC's DeMarco Morgan thank you coming up the crisis at the southern border intensif ifies why the mayors of Denver Chicago and New York are rallying together to call out the governor of Texas but first take a bite out of this mascot meet the poptart taking the internet and college football by storm right after the [Music] break t
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owl Michigan's star running back Blake corm sealed the deal scoring a touchdown in overtime and setting an all-time touchdown record the win comes after coach Jim Harbaugh was suspended for nearly half the season for various alleged infractions including a sign stealing Scandal and the Super Bowl was another uh excuse me the Sugar Bowl was another nailbiter Washington QB and Heisman Trophy winner Michael pennick Jr pulled off 430 passing yards and two touchdowns University of Texas put up a good
fight but Washington hung on to win their first national title game since 1991 Michigan and Washington will now meet up at the national championship game next Monday in Houston and the newly named Pop-Tart bowl is getting lot of attention on social media but not for the reason you might think as Kansas State and North Carolina State faced off the edible pastry named Strawberry made its debut as the games mascot and for the first time in history of football the winners ate the mascot ABC's Danny
new has more b r stopped Michigan makes a stand New Year's Day Sports may have all been about the college football playoff but the rest of the weekend was about a poptart making history we'll kick it away on Friday Kansas State and NC State squared off in Orlando's poptarts Bowl which quickly became a viral sensation online one ex-user even writing quote the Pop-Tart Bowl was one of the greatest things to ever happened to college football welcome back to the poptarts Bowl but I haven't even tol
d you why this got so much [Music] attention after Kansas State won the game the mascot whose name is strawberry emerged on top of a toaster getting ready to pop in the toaster and become the quote unquote first edible mascot in sports history the 2023 champ of the world coaches and players grabbing fistfuls of strawberry devouring an edible Recreation of the mascot cuz I don't think they actually ate a human being inside a costume I hope but social media quickly became obsessed with the existen
tial crisis of a living baked good being born to then get consumed on the L up after the game Kansas State running back DJ giddens I think did a good job describing what that was like for everyone it was crazy man it was crazy however not all foods are like strawberry yesterday in the cheese at Citrus Bowl the mascot also made a grand entrance but he was holding a sign just confirming that he is a quote non-edible mascot our thanks to Danny new for that story coming up one year after his near fa
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three people are dead including the driver of the large SUV five people are injured now investigators say they're trying to uncover why that driver drove his own car to rent the large SUV and why it was filled with gas canisters hundreds of thousands of baby formula cans are being recalled over possible bacterial contamination recit made Johnson Nutrition is voluntarily pulling more than 675,000 cans of nutragen hypoallergenic infant formula powder off shelves it's a special formula given to inf
ants who are allergic to cow's milk the company says the bacterial contamination was only found in samples overseas but that it's issuing the recall in the US out of quote an abundance of caution parents are advised to check with their child's pediatrician about an alternative and the Carolina Panthers owner is under Fire after he was caught on camera apparently tossing a drink onto opposing fans on the right side of the screen you can see owner David terer in a suite at Sunday's game against th
e Jags when he appears to throw a drink at a fan who seems to be taunting him from the stands the NFL said it was aware of the video but would have no further comment the pancers also had no comment and five Japanese Coast Guard crew members are dead after their plane collided with an airliner on a Runway at Hana airport and burst into flames Japan Airlines says all 379 people on the passenger plane got out safely Japan's transport Minister says the pilot of the Coast Guard Plane all also escape
d ABC's contributor and former Marine Corps pilot uh Colonel Steve Ganer joins me now for more on this Colonel G you know all passengers on this commercial plane walked away from this Collision safely and that is even more remarkable when you look at this video This Plane is covered in Flames so what do you make of that the response here how this happened to begin with what's your take looking at this video and hearing what we know so far about how this unfolded yeah Diane uh it's just a matter
of inches this could have been a complete Cat catastrophe uh it is sad that five of the six Japanese Coast Guard members on the other airplane lost their lives but uh in this case what a near miraculous ending to a terrible terrible Collision if you look at it the uh video is a bit difficult to discern because it is at night but if you look at it it looks like the Japanese Coast Guard aircraft is actually out poking its nose out onto the runway for some reason and it's not moving it's not like i
t had cleared been cleared to cross the runway so the Japanese Coast Guard Plane should clearly have not been there uh and the J flight uh crew did not see it obviously uh until it was too late but it clipped the Jala 350 just at a point where yes it did create that horrific explosion but it wasn't so bad that the J crew in the in the cockpit weren't able to keep the airplane tracking down the runway and that is the key to what why this was a successful evacuation of all the passengers on board
they kept going on down the runway the airplane eventually came to a stop skitted to a stop you can see at least the right engine is still turning the deployed the emergency evacuation shoot uh slides and everybody got off safely but that wouldn't have happened if that Japanese Coast Guard uh aircraft had hit just a few feet closer in towards the fuse Gage and this is a brand new plane it's the first a350 to be a total loss so how crucial do you think the data will be here in terms of the eviden
ce they can collect not only in p together how this happened but in trying to boost more safety in the future yeah I think that's going to come down to human error the a350 is an extraordinary airplane uh this is the first Hull loss ever uh it's very strong if you look at some of the ways that you see the burn patterns you see that it's made of carbon fiber it's not made of metal like the 787 is it's very very strong it's stronger than uh most most metals that are used in older aircraft so the a
irplane did its job here what we think what happened is that this was a pilot error somebody probably on the Japanese Coast Guard side uh taxied onto that active Runway uh when they weren't supposed to so we've seen this a number of times in the US we've talked about this where in Austin where uh uh an aircraft almost landed on a Southwest aircraft at JFK where a Del Delta aircraft almost hit another uh commercial aircraft uh so we're seeing this way too often and we've been talking about it the
fa has been holding hearings there are technological fixes it's probably time now for us to go back and talk to the and ask them what's really been done because our luck ran out today it could have been worse but this is a continuing problem not only around the world but in the US in particular all right ABC News contributor Colonel Steve ganard thank you meanwhile aftershocks are still being felt in parts of Western Japan after that devastating 7.6 magnitude earthquake now A desperate search i
s underway to rescue survivors as the Prime Minister says tens of thousands are in the dark and some areas are unac inaccessible Chief National correspondent Matt Gutman has the latest from Tokyo A desperate search for survivors after that deadly earth quake in Japan that magnitude 7.6 Quake flattening buildings severing power lines and killing dozens it forced tens of thousands in coastal areas to evacuate this video capturing the chaos at this train station the violent rattling lasting for sec
onds hundreds of other passengers traveling on high-speed bullet trains stranded for several hours major roadways buckling making them impassible this video taken inside a convenience store Nago showing items on shelves shaking violently cell phone video taken from inside this store showing the panic and Chaos as customers run for safety powerful Tremors rocking this home near the epicenter a baby crying out and there have been dozens of aftershocks in a country accustomed to seismic activity Ja
pan has about three times as many earthquakes as California because it's sitting at a very complicated part of the plate tectonic puzzle where four plates come together our thanks to Matt Gutman for that report a major tsunami warning in the area has now been down downgraded and you might remember during the 201 earthquake there was a triple meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant Japan now says all of its nuclear power plants are safe meanwhile several Mayors here in the US are calling fo
r Action as tensions escalate at the southern border officials in Texas and Louisiana appear to be skirting new rules on sending migrants to New York City instead sending buses to New Jersey where people then reach the City by train and other big City Mayors say they're feeling the pressure too ABC News correspondent MOA langi is following that story for us as the number of Southern border crossings soar Mayors across the country bracing for New Waves of migrants US Customs and Border Protection
reporting more than 242,000 encounters at the Border in November Texas Governor Greg Abbott transporting migrants to democratic run cities like Denver Chicago and New York whose three Mayors gathered virtually last week to sound the alarm we at this point now have had more migrant arrivals to our city than any city in America per capita New York's mayor Adams issuing an executive order requiring charter buses provide the city at least 32 hours notice prior to arrival but buses seemingly skirtin
g around that order over the holiday weekend local officials saying an estimated 10 buses from Texas and one from Louisiana dropped off about 400 migrants at New Jersey Transit stations where they continued into the City by train after putting in place similar restrictions in Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson says a plane carrying 350 Texas migrants arrived early Sunday morning at the Rockland airport and were bust to surrounding suburbs left to find their way to the city and MOA langi joins me now
from downtown Denver Mo these big City Mayors say they are struggling to deal with the Flux Of Asylum Seekers so what's it like in Denver right now well it's similar to a lot of those other cities you know the the city here is scrambling to try to provide and to try to take in and take care of uh these migrants that are showing up uh on the doorstep over the last few weeks Denver has taken in thousands of of migrants putting them up in uh City run shelters and and Facilities providing resources
uh some putting some up uh in non City run uh facilities like motels and hotels around town uh really scrambling to try to provide not just shelter but also other basic necessities uh and resources but you know Diane really the demand is outpacing the supply here in Denver uh and a lot of uh migrants a lot of them families are setting up what you basically see right behind me here is an encampment a little Tent City uh this one in downtown Denver stretching uh several uh city blocks about two ci
ty blocks uh so big that the city is planning to shut it down this particular one shut it down uh later this week uh and so they're scrambling to try to find uh a place to put these migrants once they do uh shut it down uh and also providing some other options for some of these migrants uh a bus ticket to another city uh if they choose Diane we also know Texas governor Greg appid ordered planes to fly about 350 migrants to an airport near Chicago during the holiday weekend what's the latest on t
hat yeah it's similar to here that you know that those those towns in in in the Chicago area also scrambling to to try to take care of those migrants and find a place for them it's a little different there where those migrants are in uh being were dropped off in the suburbs outside of Chicago and a lot of those suburbs a lot of those towns are not Sanctuary cities so there's a lot of coordination between those towns and those counties to try to bust those migrants back into or into Chicago uh wh
ere they can hopefully housed and served but again similar to the situation here a lot of scrambling on the parts of these cities to try to provide resources all right mola langi in Denver for us thanks MOA and Beverly Hills 9021 Oar Ian zering is speaking out after he was involved in a brawl with several bikers on Hollywood Boulevard the New Year's Eve incident was caught on camera in broad daylight with Zing's daughter Witnesses witnessing rather the whole interaction ABC News live anchor Kana
Whitworth has that story hey authorities investigating this brutal midday attack in Hollywood in video obtained by TMZ you can see former 90210 star ion zering exit his vehicle and throw a punch before a vicious brawl breaks out authorities say ziring is the victim in this harrowing near Year Eve incident with a group of people riding motorized minibikes the bikers pummeling zering with kicks and punches before he could run across the street the 59-year-old actor then kicking back before gettin
g away moments later he seemed comforting his terrified 12-year-old daughter who witnessed the whole thing ziring called the incident alarming on Instagram but says both he and his daughter are completely unscathed according to ziring he was stuck in traffic and was approached aggressively by one of these Riders he says he got out of his car to assess any damage which UNT fortunately escalated into a physical altercation the actor goes on to say this situation highlights a larger issue of hoolig
anism on our streets and the need for Effective law enforcement responses to such behavior and Diane zering also saying on Instagram that this whole incident has left him deeply concerned about the growing boldness of such groups who disrupt public safety law enforcement again calling him the victim they say that this group of bikers apparently struck his vehicle law enforcement also says that they will be using that video as part of their ongoing investigation and Diane while an official police
report has been filed no arrests have been made yet all right Kana Whitworth thank you coming up one year after his near fatal snowplow accident Jeremy rener is returning to the hospital that helped save him but the actor now revealing about his recovery also ahead winter is coming again we have the tea on more Game of Thrones spin-offs but the author is revealing about the story lines and when the differ shows could go into [Music] production with so much at stake so much on the line more Amer
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s going to die our lives and our health are debatable I wouldn't wish this upon my worst enemy Diane Sawyer Rachel Scott on the brink now streaming on Hulu welcome back to ABC News live first one year since his nearly fatal snowplow accident actor Jeremy rener is thanking First Responders with a surprise return to the hospital that helped save him rener says knowing he has quote a lot to fight for helped survive now he's marking the anniversary with a dedication to his daughter ABC Stephanie Ram
os has the details Jeremy rener making a surprise return the Avengers star going back to the hospital in Reno Nevada thanking the staff that helped save his life someone's in front of my house on the ground they got run over by a snow cat he's been crushed the 52-year-old run over by a large snowplow on New Year's Day in 2023 First Responders capturing the moments on body camera the actor's nephew telling authorities that rener got out of the plow to check on him but the plow didn't stop he trie
d to jump on into and it took him under the Marvel star suffering 30 broken bones and blunt forc trauma to his chest a long journey to recovery rener has continued to document online a shift The Narrative of of being victimized or making a mistake or anything else I refused to be haunt by that memory that way rener telling Diane Sawyer there were moments he thought he wouldn't make it we just endured that's real love it's suffering but that feeds the seeds of what love is now the 52-year-old com
memorating the anniversary of the accident with his new single titled waight dedicated to his daughter whom he he credits as his number one reason for [Music] Recovery posting this picture of the two of them on Instagram writing I asked her to wait for me when I first saw her January 14th as I arrived home as I got better she got better less afraid there is simply no better motivator to recover than to heal your family and friends rener love and titanium EP which includes the song dedic ated to
his daughter drops later this month Diane W Stephanie Ramos thank you and a new report shows Alzheimer's disease disproportionately affect specific communities the new data from the Alzheimer's Association shows older black Americans are twice as likely to have Alzheimers compared to their white counterparts It also says Hispanics are one and a half times more likely to be diagnosed compared to their white counterparts Melissa Adon has more it's a disease affecting 133% of Hispanics who are 65 o
r older Alzheimer's disease and related dementias the cognitive disorder affects memory thinking and behavior and Hispanics are one and a half times more likely to be diagnosed compared to their white counterparts according to doctors along with age and family history various Health factors can play a part in the diseases development among them high blood pressure diabetes and heart disease you got to look around theal ribbon Dr kured says missing early signs can be attributed in part to the His
panic Community tending to normalize symptoms the Hispanic Community as a culture minimizes the way that we kind of address symptoms of memory loss the symptoms are so mild the person's living their day-to-day life they're working they're driving Etc and they're ignoring their symptoms because the culture says it's okay it's normal it happens to everyone as we age by 2060 an EST estimated 3.2 million Hispanics and Latinos will be living with Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias doctor
s encourage family members to pay close attention when our older adult are aita aito when they develop symptoms memory loss when they stop socializing when they have difficulty in conversations and finding the right words and we tend to not necessarily address it with memory disorder Specialists there's a delay in really addressing the problem experts say early protection is key particularly Hispanics that are middle-aged paying attention to our brain health and really understanding that Alzheim
er's disease is a brain disease it is not normal aging the brain is an organ like any other organ that might experience symptoms of a disease Melissa Adon thank you coming up the Apple versus Android battle why some say having anything other than an iPhone makes you less attractive and how it could impact online dating we'll be right back this is ABC News live the crush of families here in Poland at Refugee centers in Putin's Russia on the ground in Ukraine close to the front line from the capit
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ver the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live welcome back to ABC News live first it is a very happy new year for someone who bought a power ball ticket in Michigan the 84 $ 42.4 Million jackpot was bought at a store in Grand Blanc Michigan Christine winter from our affiliate wjrt is there with more hi Christine Diane 2024 is off to an incredible start for the person who bought that lucky ticket for the big Powerball drawing we know what happened right here in Grand Blank
Township at the longtime Food Castle which is a familyowned business that dates back for decades and we know somebody matched all five numbers plus the Power Ball and this is the fifth largest Powerball jackpot ever won with that $425 million cash payout now we're just waiting to see who comes forward and contacts the Lottery Commission here in Michigan to claim that big prize no doubt a lot of people checking those numbers this morning but it's great to know that uh someone here is going to be
very very rich Diane sounds good wjrt Christine winter thanks Christine and it's time now for the tea where we break down some of the Buzzy stories people are talking about our friend will Gan is here to help us with that what do you got will I wish we could send some tea to her the high today in Grand Blank is 30° yeah I looked but we'll heat it up for you in here despite this headline winter is coming again and again and again George RR Martin there it is kicking off the new year with Big Game
of Thrones news revealing that there are not one not two but three spin-off Series in the works the author and producer writing in a blog post quote HBO and I have our own animated projects at world of the song and ice fire one of them is nine voyages the house of dragon prequel which will follow the Seas snake as he embarks on his legendary Adventure across OS no details on when these shows will go into production but Martin says animation is the right move here writing quote there's a whole w
orld out there and we have a lot better chance of showing it all with animation so we now have three animated projects on the way interesting I know when you think animated I think like Rugrats and you know SpongBob this is not that no yeah I have a feeling this going to be a little more intense than that but like animated movies have come such a long way and so this is going to be a an interesting foray into animated TV series okay um we'll be watching and Diane will be providing the soundtrack
the whole way through yeah I love how by the way we do have the ability to play our own music but sometimes I prefer to just we prefer it too for the record all right next up the only thing more dramatic than the dragons and fratricide of game of th Thrones is Vander pump rules which is now launching a spin-off off of its own Vanderpump Villa takes placey in Lisa Vanderpump's luxury French Villa following her handpicked staff as they live and work together to navigate every extravagant desire o
f their high maintenance guests welcome to Vander pomp Villa I have personally selected each of you from some of the best restaurants bars and kitchens I know you know how to serve but this is France so let's talk expectations why do you look so scared I look so scared too W I feel scared just watching it the show premieres on Hulu from our parent company Disney no exact date but they say soon oh okay vum Villa all right and finally does owning an Android make you less attractive that's what som
e people are saying on Tik Tok content creator travane Barnett hit the streets asking women how owning an Android affects their perception of men 10 but he has an Android phone what's his new rating a three that's a zero that's horrible it's a zero our pictures for Instagram are going to be terrible it's green texts and I'm doing blue I feel like it's that the series of videos has racked up more than half a million views responses are like I can't text you in green and you're less attractive bec
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News live hi I'm D today on ABC News live first a deadly New Year's Day explosion in Rochester New York police say an SUV loaded with gas canisters crashed into a car outside a crowded concert venue how the crash may have prevented a terror attack a Japan Airlines jet bursts into flames on the runway in Tokyo what we know about the race to get hundreds on board off safely and the Collision that appears to have caused it the countdown to Iowa the first big test in the Republican Presidential nom
ination is just two weeks away now former president Trump is looking to Rally his supporters while his Rivals hope for a break through plus how to save more money in 2024 Alexis christopherus has tips on making smart financial decisions this year boy begin with the joint terrorism task force investigating a possible terror attack outside a concert venue in Rochester New York police say at least three people are dead and five injured after an SUV full of gas canisters collided with a smaller SUV
and burst into flames ABC News senior investigative correspondent Erin kki has more on why law enforcement officials say it may not have been an accident this morning the Urgent investigation into whether a car crash outside a concert venue early New Year's morning may have stopped a possible terror attack just before 1:00 a.m. Monday a large SUV collided with an Uber driver's smaller SUV pulling out of a parking lot by Kodak Center as a thousand people were leaving a concert both vehicles plowe
d into pedestrians crossing the street Nick how many people injured do you have we're trying to count we got one two three I can see on the ground the large SUV burst into flames the fire took nearly an hour to put out and in and around the charred wreckage of the vehicle firefighters found more than a dozen gas cans you saw the Carnage of the cars and the one car burnt up and car pieces everywhere and it was surreal to think wow this happened right here also raising suspicion the driver of the
large SUV law enforcement sources told ABC News he's from Syracuse and had driven his own car to the Syracuse airport where he rented the fort Expedition investigators are pouring through the driver's electronic devices and social media accounts and talking to friends and relatives as they try to learn more someone saw something heard something know something um no piece of information is too small we've learned Diane the driver of the Ford Expedition died overnight of his injuries the authoriti
es have been conducting searches as they work to find out more about him because the nagging question Diane why would somebody rent a giant SUV fill with gas cans and then drive toward a crowded theater Diane all right Aaron kerki thank you and we're expecting an update from investigators any minute now as they look into that driver and possible motives we'll bring that to you live as soon as it starts and several people are dead after us strike on Iranian backed rebels in the Red Sea Iran is no
w reportedly deploying a warship to the region this comes as one of the world's largest shipping companies says it's pausing all op operations in the Red Sea after Rebels targeted another vessel foreign correspondent Marcus Moore has the latest from Israel with Rising tensions in the Middle East Iran putting on a show of force sending a warship to the Red Sea according to Iranian State media reports and its foreign minister meeting with a senior houthi spokesperson in ton Monday this just hours
after US forces responded to a distress call from a shipping vessel attacked by houy rebels in the Red Sea us C Cal command saying US Navy helicopters returned fire in self-defense sinking three of the four small boats and killing the crews the fourth boat fled the area a spokesperson for the Iranian back proxy saying that while quote the American enemy Bears the consequences of this crime and its repercussions the rebels were trying to prevent the ship from reaching Israel the houthis have laun
ched dozens of drone and missile attacks on commercial ships since Israel began its war with Hamas following the October 7th terror attack allahar Israel announcing that despite a longer War campaign planned it will start releasing some of its reservist in the coming days this as the Israeli Supreme Court on Monday overturned a law introduced last summer by prime minister netanyahu's government the law which created a divide amongst Israeli citizens and triggered Nationwide protests for months p
revented judges from overturning government decisions they deemed unreasonable and Diane as we watch all of those those developments unfold there's a lot happening behind the scenes uh Israel this week sending a team to Cairo to uh discuss a hostage deal but right now there really is no sense of an imminent breakthrough a very difficult situation as it as it has been described we know of more than a 100 people being held hostage right now and Hamas has said that it will agree to no deal until Is
rael pulls all of its troops out of Gaza Dian all right Marcus Moore and Tel Israel thank you and ABC News National Security and defense analyst MC Roy joins me now for more on this m Israel says it's sending a team to Cairo this week to discuss a deal to release the remaining hostages held in Gaza how important is that meeting after these recent proposals for a ceasefire failed so Dan it's very important uh when it comes to hostage recovery the best way to do that is through a negotiated monito
red and controlled means military operations although they are used often are very dangerous to the hostages but essentially they capts are right next to them and ultimately that their fate is in their hands so this is incredibly important hopefully it'll also come with a truce uh which we' expect which would allow more humanitarian Aid to be brought into Gaza which is desperately needed Mick the Israeli Defense Force also says it expects this war to last all of 2024 but that it plans to move so
me troops out of Gaza what kind of an impact do you think that could have on the trajectory of the war and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza so they're looking at bringing five brigades out which is roughly around 15,000 soldiers so it's a significant uh uh uh move if you will it does indicate to many that this might be moving to a low intensity conflict from a high-intensity one so it's changing phases but it's important to note that that does not mean the fighting is over uh as you mentioned the
re was a senior IDF spokesman who said they expect this to last all of 2024 so it is important that they move into a more precise Special Operations intelligence driven phase of this of this cont but that does that does not mean the fighting is over and that does not mean the deaths are over so it's important to point that out and Mickey Ron is now reportedly deploying a warship to the Red Sea after several people were killed in a US strike on Iranian backed Rebels what do you think this means f
or the potential for a wider War so this is a provocative action in my opinion Iran is saying that they're actually sending this this ship into the Red Sea to protect shipping when in fact they're the ones providing the houthis in Yemen the advanced weapon systems that they're using to attack commercial ships to attack us warships and we obviously know that one of those attacks came from Iran so this is a provocative act they would like to show that they're standing up to the United States but e
ssentially the United States is simply protecting commercial shipping which everybody in the world should be concerned about because so much of the world's energy Supply and commerce flows through these Waters they're international waters every country should be interested in making sure that that continu not just the United States all right M mroy thank you and now to two big breaking headlines out of Japan a search is underway for survivors after a powerful earthquake rocked the western part o
f the country at least 48 people are dead and now Japan's transport Minister says five Japanese Coast Guard crew members are dead after their plane collided with an airliner on a runway in Tokyo and bur into flames Chief National correspondent Matt Gutman has the latest from Tokyo Matt what's it like there right now it's very quiet behind me uh at Hana airport uh Diane uh there were thousands of people here early I'll just give you a sense because the airport had come to a complete standstill wh
en that crash happened um but if you go outside those doors just over there you can smell the accurate smoke of burning rubber and fuselage and whatever else was burning out there on that tarmac and that explosion was just massive uh you saw that plane um JL 516 a Airbus a350 a really big plane a widebody plane coming down and just as it landed it collided according to Japanese authorities with a Japanese Coast Guard Plane that had six crew members on board that was just entering the taxi way an
d basically plowed right through it that's the Genesis of the fireball but it kept rolling uh that bigger plane the j516 with 379 pass passengers and crew on board um for hundreds and hundreds of yards Flames under its belly its nose on the ground cu the landing gear had got taken out uh and then it burst into flames um all of the passengers managed to get out but firefighters spent hours and hours working to douse the Flames until the plane completely disintegrated but it is remarkable that not
a single one of those passengers was hurt or killed in that Collision we understand from Japanese authorities is that five of the six crew members on board that Japanese plane were or are believed to be missing or undercounter that they're dead um that plane was delivering Aid to the earthquake region west of where we are right now uh desperately needed Aid there uh there are still tens of thousands of people without electricity uh a number thousands of people remain cut off there are believed
to still be people trapped in buildings that have collapsed there so these are really these twin tragedies here in Japan right now Diane uh Matt it's incredible looking at this video obviously tragic to have lost those Coast Guard members who are believed to be dead in this crash but thinking about how many people were involved here 379 people on board the pilot as well of the other plane we're looking at this video Flames everywhere how are authorities explaining how they managed to get everybo
dy off that airliner safely part of it is just I I think Japanese culture people one of the um passengers who was a Survivor told me that people were orderly they were calm they did as they were told they got off the plane and then they looked back and they saw this massive Inferno uh so many of them managing to film it but he said that except for a couple of kids who were screaming everybody was pretty calm and orderly um I think it's also a testament to the Airbus a350 it's a very large plane
this particular plane was only 2 years old so very new in terms of airplanes um and it has a very good track record as does Japanese Airlines so they did exactly what they should have done the passengers got off safely we don't know why that U Japanese Coast Guard Plane was on the runway at the same time as that JL 516 plane was Landing that is obviously going to be the uh one of the subjects of this investigation that is going to take uh probably some time uh to unfold but that's what they're g
oing to look into uh but it is again miraculous that all 379 of the passengers and crew made it out safe and alive from that plane especially when you see those images incredible and Matt Japanese officials say the Coast Guard that plane was on its way to nigata Japan to help with earthquake relief what's the latest on the search and rescue efforts there so the earthquake hit at the very northern part of this Noto Peninsula which is pretty far away uh and remote from where we are um it was a 7.6
obviously a massive Quake but again Japan has very very strong earthquake regulations U building codes and it seems that there was less damage than you might have expected in almost any other country that had been hit by 7.6 still we heard of passengers on bullet trains being stranded for many many hours passengers stranded at airports um roads are cracked and many houses collapsed especially the older ones um that hadn't been refurbished according to the newest codes uh and we understood that
the people were trapped inside so far the death toll uh is at 4 48 we understand it's probably likely to climb as Rescuers get to some of these more far-flung regions um and again getting to them getting to these roads that have been physically severed by the power of that Quake is going to be the challenge for Rescuers in the coming days uh and by the way there are still Tremors um all the time in that area and they will subside in the coming days but not that quickly they will probably see Tre
mors there for the coming weeks and months all right Chief National Court responded Matt Gutman in Tokyo Matt thank [Music] you we are just two weeks away from the first major test in the Republican primaries of the 2024 presidential election former president Trump is dominating the polls ahead of the Iowa caucuses the new 538 poll shows him more than 30% ahead of his Rivals ABC new senior Congressional correspondent Rachel Scott is tracking the race from the Iowa state capital hi Rachel hey Dia
ne well we really are entering the final stretch all the Republican candidates will be flooding this state making their final pitch to voters and of course that includes the front runner in this race former president Donald Trump he's entering the New Year still holding on to that commanding lead he's 30 points ahead here in Iowa 50 points nationally but he's clearly worried that his supporters might be getting complacent he is urging his supporters to come out and caucus for him in just under t
wo weeks the rest of the field well they are still hoping for a break bre through Florida Governor Ronda santz is betting big on Iowa he's visited all 99 counties in this state he even held a New Year's Eve rally well he is losing ground to former un Ambassador Nikki Haley she is now neck and neck with him right here in Iowa she's already edging him out in New Hampshire but for the last several days she has had to play some cleanup here after failing to mention the word slavery when asked by a v
oter at a town hall what caused the Civil War meanwhile former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie he's facing increasing pressure to drop out of the race entirely he's gone all in on New Hampshire but the state's Governor Chris anunu says that he believes that his campaign is a dead end he says Nikki Haley has the best shot of defeating Donald Trump and that Chris Christie could be standing in the way Dan all right senior Congressional correspondent Rachel Scott thank you coming up how to save m
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uld you do marathon 2 to 6 Eastern every Saturday on ABC News live my favorite show we breaking news now from Rochester New York where officials are giving an update on a possible terror attack outside a concert venue police say at least three people are dead and five injured after an SUV full of gas canisters collided with a smaller SUV and burst into Flame claims let's listen now to what officials are saying on December 30th between 9:00 a.m. until about 6: p.m. Avery made at least a half doze
n purchases of gasoline and gas containers from different locations throughout the Monroe County and Ontario County areas thus far our information has shown he was alone when making these purchases on January 1st about 12:52 a.m. Avery was operating the rented Fort Expedition eastbound on Westridge Road at about this time two Rocher police officers assigned to the concert were on traffic Post in stopping traffic to allow for pedestrians to cross at this time Avery sped up crossed into the oncomi
ng Lane of traffic and appears to have intentionally been driving towards The Pedestrian Crossing at about the same time a rid share vehicle containing two passengers in the back seat was pulling out of the theater parking lot and was struck by I's Expedition this created the chain of events that followed leading to the death of the two rear seat passengers of the ride share vehicle and the injuries of at least nine pedestrians that number has changed since yesterday as more people have come for
ward to report their injuries yesterday a search warrant was executed on the hotel room renting by Michael Avery there was no suicide note recovered during the search of the hotel room in additional search warrant was executed on Aver's personal vehicle which was recovered at the airport parking garage investigators are still combing through evidence recovered from his vehicle but nothing thus far has been recovered that provides any additional insight into why this occurred although the motive
behind the crime remains unknown the conver Sation we've had with his family so far leads us to believe that Avery may have been suffering from possible undiagnosed mental health issues at this time we've not been able to identify that there was anyone else involved in the crime or that it was part of a larger plot additionally we have not uncovered any information leading us to believe that the actions of Michael Avery on New Year's Eve were motivated by any form of political or social biases i
t must be noted this is an ongoing investigation and additional information may be developed we're going to share his photo today and ask that anyone with additional information about this tragedy or about the suspect's motivation please contact the RPD Major Crimes unit at 428 7157 there's also an email and this will be on the written release when we put it out but it's Major Crimes at city of rochester.gov Mayor Evans is going to say a few words and then I will come back and take some question
s just let me again reiterate my uh thanks to our uh law enforcement Partners into the Rochester Police Department Rochester Fire Department um FBI ATF all of our partners that are here for their work on this uh unfortunate case uh as the chief said there are still many unanswered questions uh we hope to continue to provide updates as we have them uh I have been getting inundated with questions as to why this individual would choose number one Rochester New York why he would choose to do this on
a on New Year's Day and why um he would appear to Target concert goers trying to have a great time to bring in the New Year those are all things that we don't have questions those are all questions that have been raised and things that we just don't have answers to yet uh but as I've said um the Evans Administration is big on transparency so we wanted to make sure today that we provide uh an update on all the information um that we have available now because there there's been tons of stuff tha
t has been uh out there that has been unsubstantiated but what the chief just laid out is the facts but the most important thing today I think for us as we go into the new year is to remember the victims of this horrific accident remember these folks were going to see a Grateful Dead tribute band and they were expecting to be able to ring in the New Year and have a good time time but instead we have individuals that are now going to be bearing family members and we have people who have now life
altering injuries uh because of the choices um that this suspect made so I hope that uh Rochester and the and the broader Community continues to pray for the families um that are mourning the Lost of their loved ones and that we pray for the speedy recovery of the lives of of of the lives that have been impacted um by this tragedy this is this is a very traumatic experience not only for the people who experienced this but also the First Responders it should be noted that there were off-duty Roch
ester Police Officers um that sprung into action to try to render Aid to the indiv individual that was responsible for this heinous act not even thinking about their own safety but running to try to put out the fire of The Inferno that he started so even in the midst of this despicable tragedy there is um a reminder that there still is goodness in this world of the individuals that sprang into action without thinking about their own safety to try to save others um so our thoughts and prayers are
with the families and the victims we will continue to provide updates as we have them we did that yesterday today um and as we get more information um we will continue to provide them there are lots of questions I have lots of questions everyone up here still has lots of questions why Rochester why Syracuse why all the gas cans these are all things that um will continue to be um investigated and as the chief has said this is an ongoing investigation until it's not so this is an ongoing investig
ation until it's not but we will continue to provide updates um as as we have them and the last thing I want to say is that anyone during these festive holiday seasons sometimes people have issues dealing with some of the challenges that they have I want to encourage folks in the Rochester Community the broader Community to seek help if you need it there is so much help out there 988 is a number that can be called for anyone that is experiencing suicidal issues to health issues there are resourc
es that are out there and I sometimes think in these in our broader communities when we see these types of tragedies what could happen if people seek out those resources that are available to them thank you thank you mayor questions thatal problems that's based on our conversations with the family that as I said we've been talking to them since uh since yesterday theel um they parts of the investigation I'm still not going to comment on um so we'll we'll leave that for now Journal no Journal no
suicide note what ties does he have to Rochester in this community that we we don't know again as the mayor said why why Rochester why this venue we just we just don't know any previous interaction with Poli either here or in any evidence that his family ever tried to get him any help for his mental health issues um well again I'm not going to I'm not going to comment on his his family his family uh business I don't I don't know um and no no context with law enforcement Chief now that you ruled
sort of I don't want to put words in your mouth have you ruled out that he there was any social or political agenda there is is there any Nexus to terrorism here at all because I know that word has been grown out a lot um what do you want to say about that well um I'll uh I'll let uh Agent B comment on that but as I said we have not found any of that yet it's the investigation will continue we have not found that Jeremy do you want to comment on that sure Chief thank you good morning so I can co
nfirm our joint terrorism task force is involved but that's not abnormal in a case like this what I can tell you is so far we've uncovered no evidence of an ideology and no Nexus to terrorism either International or domestic so far in investigation will the FBI still be part or do you hand it back over thec police absolutely absolutely the FBI our joint terrorism task force will see this investigation through to its end with the RPD and our law enforcement Partners but again that's not abnormal
it's something we do in all the cases such as this one thank youology of the gas that found another term been thrown out there as explosive um is that how that's uh I guess approached in this scenario so well I I I I saw the term explosives too I mean I without looking up the exact definition of what an explosive is or isn't they were cans of gasoline um you know there's a lot of stuff that's out there a lot of Articles things that we're seeing that you know are inflammatory there were cans of g
asoline um that he used to ignite the vehicle you're talking about little red one two gallon in can correct Chief to your knowledge did he have any interactions with anyone in the Rochester area while he was here from the 27th on did he have any friends here any connections whatsoever none that we've identified thus far Chief just to clarify the was it the Collision that caused fire or had he actually lit the gas cans prior to to crashing again that we're going to have to wait until arson finish
es their investigation can you tell how fast he was going I mean it sounded like he sped up but how fast was he going prior to the GL he did speed up and I have seen the video um but it's been a long time since I was certified in radar or estimating vehicle speed so again we'll let the investigation play out for that proximately 50 or higher I fast fast but you may up or sped toward yes you can clearly see that it was it was in what this 500 feet or so do you believe he was aware that that the c
oncert was happening there or he just happened to see a bunch of people and thought that that was an opportunity well again we're going to have to let the investigation play out what can you tell us about the status of the victim that I apologize for this but how are they doing so one pedestrian uh has suffered life altering injuries um the rest should make full recoveries I can tell you the two two My officers that were at the scene as well as the off-duty officer uh that rendered Aid um are ta
king a little time off um they have obviously some emotional issues they need to deal with as well thank you everyone I appreciate it you us as there Rochester Police giving an update on an explosion a car crash an explosion there up by Rochester New York they say a large SUV a Ford Expedition collided with a smaller SUV but that large Ford Expedition was full of gas canisters it burst into flames and now we're hearing from authorities uh saying that from what they can see it looked like that la
rger SUV intentionally sped up tried to aim for pedestrians and ended up crashing into a rid share vehicle that was carrying two passengers the driver of the larger SUV and the two passengers in that smaller SUV uh all died in the crash and now we're hearing of nine pedestrian injuries I want to bring in ABC new senior investigative correspondent Aon kerki and contributor former FBI agent Brad Garrett for more uh Aaron investigators are looking into the possibility that this wasn't an accident u
h a potential terror attack The Joint terrorism task force is investigating now so what do you make of some of these new developments that we're finding out in terms of this timeline and what they found at the scene I think the most significant is that this appears to have been some kind of an intentional act according to the the chief the driver is seen speeding leing up toward the crosswalk where pedestrians were moving from the the Kodak center after attending a concert toward the parking lot
and the driver speeds toward them um the the chief also still hasn't been able to tell whether it was the the impact with the second car that caused the the big fire or whether the the driver identified now as 35-year-old Michael Avery had actually lit the gasoline on fire before crashing into all those people but it does seem clear Diane the impact with the with the Uber the the Mitsubishi that the smaller SUV probably saved many more lives because it prevented the the fort Expedition from bar
reling into to even more concert goers so they're not finding any evidence at this point of any social or political ideology no evidence that this is in any way uh foreign or domestic Terror related the chief said uh but it does appear to have been an intentional act Brad they're saying they have no reason to believe at least they haven't found so far any sort of political or social bias that may have motivated this um they do say that they believe Avery may have had some mental health issues go
ing on after talking to people who knew him what can you tell us in terms of how they now go about piecing together what happened here particularly since that driver's dead so assuming that there is no information out there about links to extremist groups Etc um or this has any version of sort of a mass shooter type thinking it doesn't appear that any of that is accurate then you're really going to have to Diane focus on Avery and figure out exactly you know what has he said was there a change i
n his behavior in recent days because you know you've got a person that clearly is troubled but rational on a number of levels just because of all the steps rents a motel room that gets a rental car that's bigger than his car apparently loads it up with gas I mean all this stuff is intentional and somewhat organized and so this is really all about Avery what's what's really going on in this kid's head um and is this a delusion is it is it something that you know does the the concert venue mean a
nything to him the people going to it probably not individuals but it might represent something but the other side of this is if you're somebody that's suicidal and clearly this act has all the flavor of being suicidal is do it in such a a spectacular way now if you go to the mindset of mass Shooters they do things in a spectacular way because it gets they get attention even though they're not with us anymore they get attention so is this an empowerment thing for him is it a mental health with a
delusion and a fantasy it may be all of those things I'm only suggesting the short answer is it's really focused it appears to me just on him to figure out what may have been the driving force and Aaron all they've said so far is Michael Avery 35 years old again possible mental health issues there not too much more about him came out in this presser what else are you learning in terms of how investigators are trying to learn more about him and what happened here well they've been talking to his
family and we're told there's no prior history of police interaction uh he's from the Syracuse area so they've undoubtedly checked with departments in central New York to figure out they say no police interaction the chief would not say whether his family had sought any kind of treatment for what was described as an undiagnosed you know mental health issue but to Brad's Point Diane he does appear to have taken a number of affirmative steps over a couple of days the the First on on the 27th of D
ecember so two days after Christmas he uh checks into a a hotel here in in Rochester uh two days later he goes to Rochester Airport trades his car for the the big Ford Expedition one of the the biggest SUVs on the lot and then the next day he makes a half dozen purchases in the area of gasoline and gas canisters and there were somewhere 12 15 of them found in the in the charred wreckage after the the crews put out the fire and then on the morning of New Year's Day an hour into New Year's Day is
when he drives toward Kodak Theater where a Grateful Dead tribute band had just finished playing a New Year's Eve concert so the the planning for this did appear to have unfolded over a number of days pointing again to what the police described as an intentional act uh Brad police did describe it as an intentional act but wouldn't answer whether they thought that uh he saw an opportunity with pedestrians you know there or if he knew that this concert was happening and he was going there how do y
ou go about trying to figure that out well I I think you'd have to again go back to to looking into his background has he made comments to the family about this particular group or this particular concert uh did he have tickets to that event it that all needs to be sorted out but it's clear based on what the chief is saying that a it was intentional and probably he's going to the to the crosswalk where there there are a lot of people coming out from this concert but he happens to hit this S SUV
in the interim so it looked like to me he was trying to kill perhaps a lot of people including himself but you go back to but what's really the motive here Beyond in my mind Beyond suicide what is he really what's driving him what does he need to feel empowered feel strong whatever it might be because that's why you commit these type of Acts and so far they say no Journal no suicide no what do they looking for now to try to get some answers here well they they did find things inside the hotel ro
om where he was staying they also searched his personal vehicle that he traded for this big SUV at the airport in Rochester they found items there that the chief wouldn't say what was found or whether it leads them to any you know particular conclusion but he did talk about what they didn't find and that's evidence of possible you know political or social ideological motivation no apparent link to domestic or or International terrorism but maybe there are some other clues that they're looking fo
r that lead them to further discussion down the road the the biggest clue seems to come from the conversation with his family and uh the the relatives telling police about this undiagnosed mental health condition but there are fewer Clues and and you heard the mayor sort of throw up his hands and and say why Rochester he doesn't appear to have any uh connections here that the police spoke of uh whether he knew about this concert had tickets to it all those questions are are still being asked rig
ht Aaron kerki in Rochester New York Brad Garrett thank you thank you both meanwhile several Mayors are calling for Action as tensions escalate at the southern border officials in Texas and Louisiana appear to be skirting new rules on sending migrants to New York City instead sending buses to New Jersey where people then reach the City by train other Big City Mayors also say they're feeling the pressure ABC News correspondent mola langi is following that story for us is the number of Southern bo
rder crossings soar Mayors across the country bracing for New Waves of migrants you Customs and Border Protection reporting more than 242,000 encounters at the Border in November Texas governor Greg Abbott transporting migrants to democratic run cities like Denver Chicago and New York whose three Mayors gathered virtually last week to sound the alarm we at this point now have had more migrant arrivals to our city than any city in America per capita New York's mayor Adams issuing an executive ord
er requiring charter buses provide the city at least 32 hours notice prior to arrival but buses seemingly skirting around that order over the holiday weekend local officials saying an estimated 10 buses from Texas and one from Louisiana dropped off about 400 migrants at New Jersey Transit stations where they continued into the City by train after putting in place similar restrictions in Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson says a plane carrying 350 Texas migrants arrived early Sunday morning at the Roc
kland airport and were bust to surrounding suburbs left to find their way to the city and MOA langi joins me now from downtown Denver Mo these big City Mayors say they are struggling to deal with the influx of Asylum Seekers so what's it like in Denver right now well it's similar to a lot of those other cities you know the the city here is scrambling to try to provide and to try to take in and take care of uh these migrants that are showing up on the doorstep over the last few weeks Denver has t
aken in thousands of of migrants putting them up in uh City run shelters and and Facilities providing resour sources uh some putting some up uh in non City run facilities like motels and hotels around town uh really scrambling to try to provide not just shelter but also other basic necessities uh and resources but you know Diane really the demand is outpacing the supply here in Denver uh and a lot of uh migrants a lot of them families are setting up what you basically see right behind me here is
an encampment a little Tent City uh this one in downtown Denver stretching uh several uh city blocks about two city blocks uh so big that the city is planning to shut it down this particular one shut it down uh later this week uh and so they're scrambling to try to find uh a place to put these migrants once they do uh shut it down uh and also providing some other options for some of these migrants uh a bus ticket to another city uh if they choose Diane we also know Texas governor Greg appid ord
ered planes to fly about 350 migrants to an airport near near Chicago during the holiday weekend what's the latest on that yeah it's similar to here that you know that those those towns in in in the Chicago area also scrambling to to try to take care of those migrants and find a place for them it's a little different there where those migrants are in uh being were dropped off in the suburbs outside of Chicago and a lot of those suburbs a lot of those towns are not Sanctuary cities so there's a l
ot of coordination between those towns and those counties toy to bust those migrants back into or into Chicago where they can hopefully be housed and served but again similar to the situation here a lot of scrambling on the parts of these cities to try to provide resources all right mola langi in Denver Forest thanks mola coming up one year after his near fatal snowplow accident Jeremy rener returning to the hospital that helped save him but the actor is now revealing about his recovery also ahe
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w welcome back to ABC News live first one year since his nearly fatal snowplow accident actor Jeremy rener is thanking First Responders with a surprise return to the hospital that helped save him rener says knowing he has quote a lot to fight for helped him survive now he's marking the anniversary with a dedication to his daughter ABC Stephanie Ramos has the details Jeremy rener making a surprise return the Avengers star going back to the hospital in Reno Nevada thanking the staff that helped sa
ve his life someone's in front of my house on the ground they got run over by a snow cat he's been crushed the 52-year-old run over by a large snowplow on New Year's Day in 2023 First Responders capturing the moments on body camera the actor's nephew telling authorities that rener got out of the plow to check on him but the plow didn't stop he tried to jump on into the and it took him under the Marvel star suffering 30 broken bones and blunt force trauma to his chest a long journey to recovery r
ener has continued to document online a shift The Narrative of being victimized or making a mistake or anything else I refused to be haunted by that memory that way rener telling Diane Sawyer there were moments he thought he wouldn't make it we just endured that's real love suffering but that feeds the seeds of what love is now the 52-year-old commemorating the anniversary of the accident with his new single titled wait dedicated to his daughter whom he credits as his number one reason for Recov
ery kiss [Music] you posting this picture of the two of them on Instagram writing I asked her to wait for me when I first saw her January 14th as I arrived home as I got better she got better less afraid there is simply no better motivator to recover than to heal your family and friends rener love and titanium EP which includes the song dedicated to his daughter drops later this month Diane W Stephanie Ramos thank you and a new report shows Alzheimer's disease disproportionately affects specific
communities the new data from the Alzheimer's Association shows older black Americans are twice as likely to have Alzheimer's compared to their white counterparts It also says Hispanics are one and a half times more likely to be diagnosed compared to their white counterparts Melissa Adon has more it's a disease affecting 133% of Hispanics who are 65 or older Alzheimer's disease and related dementias the cognitive disorder affects memory thinking and behavior and Hispanics are one and a half tim
es more likely to be diagnosed compared to their white counterparts according to doctors along with age and family history various Health factors can play a part in the diseases development among them high blood pressure diabetes and heart disease on theal ribon Dr kurel seed says missing early signs can be attributed in part to the Hispanic Community tending to normalize symptoms the Hispanic Community as a culture minimizes the way that we kind of address symptoms of memory loss the symptoms a
re so mild the person's living their day-to-day life their working their driving Etc and they're ignoring their symptoms because the culture says it's okay it's normal it happens to everyone as we age by 2060 an estimated 3.2 million Hispanics and Latinos will be living with Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias doctors encourage family members to pay close attention when our older adult are aita aito or when they develop symptoms memory loss when they stop socializing when they have d
ifficulty in conversations and finding the right words and we tend to not necessarily address it with memory disorder specialist there's a delay in really addressing the problem experts say early detection is key particularly Hispanics that are middle-aged paying attention to our brain health and really understanding that Alzheimer's disease is a brain disease it is not normal aging the brain is an organ like any other organ that might experience symptoms of a disease Melissa Adon thank you comi
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more hi Christine Diane 2024 is off to an incredible start for the person who bought that lucky ticket for the big Powerball drawing we know it happened right here in Grand Blank Township at the longtime Food Castle which is a familyowned business that dates back for decades and we know somebody matched all five numbers plus the Powerball and this is the fifth largest Powerball jackpot ever won with that $425 million cash payout now we're just waiting to see who comes forward and contacts the lo
ttery Comm Mission here in Michigan to claim that big prize no doubt a lot of people checking those numbers this morning but it's great to know that uh someone here is going to be very very rich Diane sounds good WJR Christine winter thanks Christine and it's time now for the tea where we break down some of the Buzzy stories people are talking about our friend will Gan is here to help us with that what do you got will I wish we could send some tea to her the high today in Grand Blank is 30° yeah
I looked but we'll heat it up for you in here despite this headline winter is coming again and again and again George RR Martin there it is kicking off the new year with Big Game of Thrones news revealing that there are not one not two but three spin-off Series in the works the author and producer writing in a blog post quote HBO and I have our own animated projects at the world of the song and ice fire one of them is nine voyages the house of dragon prequel which will follow the Seas snake as
he embarks on his legendary Adventure across world out there and we have a lot better chance of showing it all with animation so we now have three animated projects on the way interesting I know when you think animated I think like rug rats and you know SpongeBob this is not that no yeah no I have a feeling this is going to be a little more intense in that but like animated movies have come such a long way and so this is going to be a an interesting foray into animated TV series okay um we'll be
watching and Diane will be providing the soundtrack the whole way through yeah I love how by the way we do have the ability to play our own music but sometimes I prefer to just we prefer it too for the record all right next up the only thing more dramatic than the dragons and fratricide of game of th Thrones is Vanderpump Rules which is now launching a spin-off of its own Vanderpump Villa takes place boy and Lisa Vanderpump's luxury French Villa following her handpicked staff as they live and w
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ng an Android make you less attractive that's what some people are saying on Tik Tok content creator travane Barnett hit the streets asking women how owning an Android affects their perception of men 10 but he has an Android phone what's his new rating a three that's a zero that's horrible it's a zero our pictures for Instagram are going to be terrible it's green texts and I'm doing blue I feel like it's that the series of videos has racked up more than half a million views responses are like I
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ails on that deadly crash outside a concert venue in Rochester New York police say at least three people are dead and five injured after an SUV full of gas canisters collided with a smaller SUV and burst into flames now officials have identified the driver calling him a suspect all evidence point to the suspect is 35-year-old Michael Avery from the Syracuse New York area although the motive behind the crime remains unknown the conversations we've had with his family so far leads us to believe th
at Avery may have been suffering from possible undiagnosed mental health issues additionally we have not uncovered any information leading us to believe that the actions of Michael Avery on New Year's Eve were motivated by any form of political or social biases I want to bring in ABC News senior investigative correspondent Aaron kerki there in Rochester and ABC new's contributor former FBI agent Brad Garrett for more Aon police don't have a motive yet but they say Avery was purposely speeding to
ward The Pedestrian walkway when he hit the smaller SUV so what are some of the other factors here that are leading investigators to say this wasn't an accident they see on on video apparently the the car speed up and then they they see that the the the Ford Expedition moves toward a crosswalk where pedestrians were coming out of the theater the concert had just L out and they were moving toward the parking lot and that's when Michael Avery police said uh steered the vehicle and and hit the gas
and sped toward these pedestrians now a lot of them in all likelihood uh could have been killed had the the Expedition not collided with another vehicle as it was leaving the parking lot this was a four higher Uber uh and two of the passengers were among those killed Michael Avery the driver of the Ford Expedition died overnight of his injuries now Brad we heard officials say that there's no Nexus to Terror at this time what does that mean exactly that means they haven't found any writings they
haven't interviewed anybody uh in interviewing the parents Etc folks close to Mr Avery to suggest he had an ideology toward a particular group uh or the other side of that a particular hatred for a particular ethnic group or whatever it might be so I guess what they're saying is we have found nothing up to this point to connect him to something that would have motivated him to commit this act which obviously takes us back to what's going on in Mr A's head that he would do such a desperate act to
kill himself and others Aaron officials do say though that thousands of people were coming out of the Kodak Center when this was happening how critical is that timing to this investigation it is critical Diane because it does lend uh the the police some some Credence to the idea that this was absolutely intentional now why Rochester why the theater why a New Year's Eve concert by a Grateful Dead jam band the authorities don't have answers to those questions he doesn't have any apparent connecti
ons to Rochester he's from Syracuse but he did undertake several steps over a number of days in in advance beginning 2 days after Christmas the police said that Avery checked himself into a local hotel not far from from the airport here in Rochester two days after that on the 29th of December he trades his own vehicle in at the airport rents the this giant SUV and the next day makes a half dozen purchases around town of of gas cans and fills them with gasoline so he's got between 12 and 15 gas c
anisters that the fire department discovered after they they put out the fire and police don't yet know whether it was the Collision that that sparked those Flames or whether he may have lit the gasoline on fire before he sped toward pedestrians the chief said a little while ago Diane he just hasn't been able to uh determine that yet but this all unfolded a number of days in advance uh again leading police to believe this was an intentional ramming meant to kill all right Aaron kki Brad Garrett
thank you both meanwhile Japan Airlines flight caught fire after hitting a coast guard plane at the hanada airport in Tokyo five Coast Guard members were killed but all 379 people on that Japan Airlines jet survived the Coast Guard spokesperson says that flight was on its way to nigata Japan to help with earthquake relief the Coast Guard Plane that is after sharks from the massive 7.6 magnitude earthquake are still being felt in parts of Western Japan and now A desperate search is underway to re
scue survivors as the Prime Minister says tens of thousands are in the dark and some areas are [Applause] inaccessible several people are dead after us strike on Iranian backed rebels in the Red Sea Iran is now reportedly deploying a warship to the region this comes as one of the world's largest shipping companies says it's pausing all operations in the Red Sea after Rebels targeted another vessel foreign correspondent Marcus Moore has the latest from Israel with Rising tensions in the Middle Ea
st Iran putting on a show of force sending a warship to the Red Sea according to Iranian State media reports and its foreign minister meeting with a senior houthi spokesperson in Teran Monday this just hours after US forces responded to a distress call from a shipping vessel attacked by hthy rebels in the Red Sea us Central Command saying US Navy helicopters returned fire in self-defense sinking three of the four small boats and killing the crews the fourth boat fled the area a spokesperson for
the Iranian back proy saying that while quote the American enemy Bears the consequences of this crime and its repercussions the rebels were trying to prevent the ship from reaching Israel the houthis have launched dozens of drone and missile attacks on commercial ships since Israel began its war with Hamas following the October 7th terror attack Israel announcing that despite a longer War campaign planned it will start releasing some of its reservist in the coming days this as the Israeli Suprem
e Court on Monday overturned a law introduced last summer by prime minister netanyahu's government the law which created a divide amongst Israeli citizens and triggered Nationwide protests for months prevented judges from overturning government decisions they deemed unreasonable foreign correspondent Marcus Moore joins me now from telie Israel for more on this Marcus Israel says it's sending a team to Cairo this week to discuss a deal to release the remaining hostages held in Gaza where do those
negotiations stand now well Diane those negotiations have been ongoing and as you know it's been a very fragile process uh throughout you have scores of families who have been worried about their loved ones and really placing all of their hope um in these negotiations that have been underway a and certainly the word we have of the Israelis sending a team to Cairo to continue the negotiations uh is perhaps an encouraging step but still tonight uh here in in in Israel there's no clear indication
that there's any imminent breakthrough um we know that there's more than a 100 people still being held hostage and Hamas has maintained that uh there will be no deal uh until their conditions are met and that includes Israel pulling all of their uh their troops out of Gaza and of course uh stopping the bombardment that we've watched unfold for the past couple of months Israel's defense minister says some communities in southern Israel near the Gaza border will be able to return soon so what are
you hearing from displaced families there well uh Diane certainly this has been a major part of this we're talking about tens of thousands of people who have been removed from their homes in in the southern communities that we're talking about that's 70,000 people um and these are people who are who have been eager to return home but they only want to do so when it's safe and as you know in the days after the October 7th attacks um a very wide radius around the the Border there with Gaza and Isr
ael was evacuated and those people those families have been staying in in hotels and in other areas since and have watched all of this unfold and certainly do want to to return home but are keenly aware of how unpredictable and how dangerous the situation uh continues to be uh Marcus Iran is also now reportedly deploying a warship to the red after several people were killed in a US strike on Iranian backed Rebels so what's the latest on that front and what kind of an impact could this have on sh
ipping in the Red Sea yeah well as we mentioned at the at the top of the report uh m one of the largest shipping companies in the world they have paused their operations there because Rebel groups have have targeted other vessels that have been going through and this is a critical part of the the supply chain across the across the globe um the it's a shortcut around Africa um using the the Suz canal and so for there to be this type of activity activity happening there uh and this disruption um i
t could certainly have a major impact on on prices for for Commodities and also the amount of time it takes to get uh items to and from and so it's certainly something that everyone is watching very closely we know that the United States has also put uh ships in the area to escort and protect those vessels that have been moving through and and now we see uh Iran doing the same thing and uh uh certainly everyone hoping for for stability uh not only for the safety of those vessels but also the sta
bility of the the entire economy all right foreign correspondent Marcus MOA thank [Music] you we are just two weeks away from the first major test in the Republican primaries of the 2024 presidential IAL election former president Trump is dominating the polls ahead of the Iowa caucuses 538 polling average shows him more than 30 points ahead of his Rivals ABC News senior Congressional correspondent Rachel Scott is in Iowa for us ABC News political director Rick Klein and host of the 538 politics
podcast gayen drer here with me in studio so let's get down to it rick what do you think this 538 polling average tells you about how voters are feeling leading up to Iowa Republicans like Donald Trump they have wire to wire since the beginning of the of the campaign and in fact if anything he's only gotten stronger and and it tells you just so much about this year as we go into this you we're a year past the midterm elections where Donald Trump was at something of a low point after Republicans
didn't do as well as expected Ronda Santa seemed to be on the rise but all of that has flipped and Trump is as strong as he has ever been if not stronger going into the beginning of voting you can always have surprises but right now the surprise would be anyone other than Trump breaking through Rachel two weeks to go here what more are you learning about Trump's strategy in these final weeks heading into not only Iowa but new New Hampshire and the other early States and is there more pressure gi
ven his lead at this point for other candidates to drop out yeah look the Trump campaign is concerned about one thing complacency they know that they have a very strong standing in the polls right now they see their support playing out here in Iowa New Hampshire many of these other early States but the former president himself is urging his voters not to get complacent to turn out in less than two weeks when the Iowa caucuses happened here on January 15th he's also doing a little bit of counterp
rogramming when we see all the other Republican candidates on stage for a debate just next week the former president just announced that he's going to be doing a separate town hall with a completely separate Network trying to get his own message out there you mentioned the pressure on the other candidates and that is certainly increasing right now in fact former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie facing a lot of pressure to get out of the race before New Hampshire given Nikki Haley's momentum th
ere and a lot of this is actually coming from the state's Republican Governor Chris tunu he calls Chris Christy's campaign uh basically going nowhere he says it's a dead end and he says that he could be standing in the way of Nikki Haley who he believes poses the greatest challenge to the former president gayen we are now officially in an election year it's hard to believe that that's just starting now but it is so what do we know about this overall race for the White House at this point and wha
t are some of the top issues as we start the year off for voters yeah Dian happy 2024 I should say first of all a lot can change between now and November of this year but the early polling of the likeliest nominees who are Donald Trump and Joe Biden shows Trump at this point leading by a small amount in the polls about two points on average I should say though that there's a lot of folks who are undecided and of that group many of those people dislike both Trump and Biden we've heard a lot of yo
u know a lot of Americans don't want either to run again this election if it is between those two candidates is likely to come down to how voters who dislike both of them end up deciding right they dislike both but maybe they lean one way or the other when it comes to the actual issues the polling suggest that as always the economy ranks really highly and also we see you know concern about leadership overall things like immigration abortion to some extent but I should say that the really differe
ntiating issues in this campaign probably aren't going to be something like the economy because it's hard for voters to differentiate between the two parties on those issues two issues that the voters can differentiate between the two parties really well on are immigration and abortion Republicans are trusted a lot more on immigration Democrats are trusted a lot more on abortion and I think we're going to see those two issues the parties try to make those issues come to the for as they duke it o
ut over the coming year so Rachel which candidates have the most to lose here and who has the most to gain yeah well the former president quite frankly he has this lead in the polls right now you may remember he was ahead in 2016 he ended up losing Iowa to Senator Ted Cruz at the time and so Trump knows that there's a lot on the line here particularly when you talk to sources within his campaign they really want to set the bar high they hope that if they have a strong performance here in Iowa th
ey have a strong performance than in New Hampshire then that sends a message for the rest of the field to start to win and for others to get out of the race but Ronda santis in particular has gone all in on this state he's visited all 99 counties he has the endorsement of the state's Republican Governor as well this will be critical for him it will be a defining moment and if he does not do well here there will be more and more pressure on him to possibly get out of the race after Iowa so Rick h
ow important are these early primary States right now they're everything if you're going to be able to defeat Donald Trump you got to start somewhere and if you don't do it in those early States this race goes National really quickly we're talking about only only about a month between those early States and then go to South Carolina and then Super Tuesday and if this is a national campaign Donald Trump's going to win uh the only opportunity that Nikki Haley or Ronda Sanz or Chris Christie has is
to to break through in Iowa or New Hampshire get the other candidates out and then have that one-on-one shot but as you can tell that's a lot of Jiu-Jitsu there a lot of positioning that has to happen to even get there so let's bring in the man who specializes in that shujitsu shall we gayen what do you see as a potential path to victory for any of these other candidates besides former president Trump yeah I mean I would say at this point it is unlikely but it looks something like this it turn
turn out that a lot of Republican primary voters just have not been focusing on the campaign thus far and that an early win or sort of over performance of one of the candidates like Dan santis or Haley causes a lot of Voters to tune in in a way that they haven't been tuning in before because primaries are a competition for attention you can't gain in the polls if people don't know who you are and they aren't paying attention to what you're saying and for all of 2023 everyone was focused on Trump
so like Rick said somebody overperforms an Iowa or New Hampshire suddenly all the eyeballs are on that person they're saying a lot of the things that Republican voters like and they say and at the same time of course Trump is facing all of this legal liability and they say hey maybe it's not worth it now the scenario I just painted is not the likeliest one but if it's going to happen that's how it would happen all right interesting stuff Rick Klein gayen Duke Rachel Scott and Iowa for us thank
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set them but we are officially in a presidential election year and the latest ABC News ipsis poll finds the economy is the top concern for voters so I guess it's no surprise that more than 40% of Americans say their number one resolution is to save more money this year that's according to Fidelity Investments 38% want to pay down debt and 30% want to spend less so here are some small things you can do now to make those resolutions feel less overwhelming first simplify your bills by that I mean r
eschedule the timing of your recurring bills so that they're all due at the same time of the month ideally shortly after your paycheck hits your account you can often request a new due date from your credit card company people don't realize that also cable providers and other billers can do the same for you so you don't miss payments it won't only help your budget but paying on time will also improve your credit score also rethink your spending clear your saved credit card information from websi
tes and apps because having to re-enter the card number the expiration date the security code every time you check out online gives you a moment to think over the purchase and here's another one while you're shopping online install an ad blocker so that tempting products don't follow you around the internet and set aside one day of the week as a time to make all of your online purchases also prioritize making more than your monthly minimum payment on your credit cards that won't only speed up yo
ur debt repayment but it will reduce your interest charges and we know that interest is high it's currently above 20% and finally set aside a Financial Health day you take sick days right you take vacation days so why not a Financial Health day you can use it to tackle things like canceling a subscription or a membership you don't use anymore or closing an account that's been hitting you with fees these are small things that I think we can all do now that can make a big difference down the road
and those are the ones we need the little things we can actually do Alexis thank you yep and if you have any Finance questions for Alexis just leave a message on our Instagram feed she might answer your question right here on Thursday coming up it is time to declutter and start fresh in the New Year we have some tips for cleaning up those post holiday trouble spots in your home with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight
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on three post holiday problem spots to tackle right now and how to stay motivated a disaster means it's time to declutter and there's no better way to Roar into 24 we've just been through the busy holiday season and we've usually accumulated more stuff so you can declutter and get get rid of the things that you're not using and just create more of a calm space Sarah mallister started her company go clean Co in 2019 now with more than a million views online she's sharing her tips and tricks aroun
d taking care of your home welcome back today we are going to clean an air fryer the busy Mom showing us the top trouble spots in your home starting with the hall closet saying to utilize the entire space I try to push like the longer trench coat style ones over to the side where they're not going to drag down and touch my shoes and it's really important to switch out your summer jackets with your winter jackets so that you create space where you need it next up the pantry my key tip in the pant
ry is you really need to be able to see what you have in stock before especially when you want to go on a grocery shop so you want to rotate the older stuff to the front and then put the newer stuff to the back one of my favorite Pantry organizational hats is to buy one of these over the- door shoe organizers because you can put all of your little tiny like packets and stuff and they're easy to see so you know if you're running low and finally the playroom so the toy room after the holidays can
be absolute Madness because we've just added more toys to a bigger mess usually my biggest tip for the playroom is to organize and cycle out your toys on a regular basis probably about once a month as you get into the habit of cycling the toys in and out of the playroom you're going to notice what toys your kids actually play with so when they start to not play with stuff it's time to think about donating but most importantly Sarah says it is all about teamwork cleaning takes patience and persev
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this Tuesday and we have a lot of news to get to here's the rundown right now the joint terrorism task force now says a car crash in Rochester New York does not appear to be an attempted terror attack police say 35-year-old Michael Avery drove a large SUV full of gas canisters into a smaller SUV the Collision caused the cars to burst into flames outside the Kodak Center killing two people and injuring nine others investigators say Avery drove his own car from Syracuse to rent the large SUV fille
d with gas canisters Avery was killed in that crash but his motive is still unclear police say it appears he had undiagnosed mental health issues hundreds of thousands of baby formula cans are being recalled over possible bacterial contamination wet made Johnson Nutrition is voluntarily pulling more than 675,000 cans of nutragen hypoallergenic infant formula powder off shelves it's a special formula given to infants who are allergic to cow's milk the company says the bacterial contamination was
only found in samples overseas but that it's issuing the recall in the US out of quote an abundance of caution parents are advised to check with their child's pediatrician about an alternative and the Carolina Panthers owner is under Fire after he was caught on camera apparently tossing a drink onto opposing fans on the right side of the screen you can see owner David terer in a suite at Sunday's game against the Jags when he appears to throw a drink at a fan who seems to be taunting him from th
e stands the NFL said it was aware of the video but would have no further comment the pancers also had no comment and five Japanese Coast Guard crew members are dead after their plane collided with an airliner on a Runway at Hana airport and burst into flames Japan Airlines says all 379 people on the passenger plane got out safely Japan's transport Minister says the pilot of the Coast Guard Plane also escaped ABC's contributor and former Marine Corps pilot uh Colonel Steve Ganer joins me now for
more on this Colonel ganier you know all passengers on this commercial plane walked away from this Collision safely and that is even more remarkable when you look at this video This Plane is covered in flame so what do you make of that the response here how this happened to begin with what's your take looking at this video video and hearing what we know so far about how this unfolded yeah Diane uh it's just a matter of inches this could have been a complete catastrophe uh it is sad that five of
the six Japanese Coast Guard members on the other airplane lost their lives but uh in this case what a near miraculous ending to a terrible terrible Collision if you look at it the uh video is a bit difficult to discern because it is at night but if you look at it it looks like the Japanese Coast Guard aircraft is actually out poking its nose out onto the runway for some reason and it's not moving it's not like it had cleared been cleared across the runway so the Japanese Coast Guard Plane shou
ld clearly have not been there uh and the J flight uh crew did not see it obviously uh until it was too late but it clipped the Jala 350 just at a point where yes it did create that horrific explosion but it wasn't so bad that the Jal crew in the in the cockpit weren't able to keep the airplane tracking down the runway and that is the key to what why this was a successful evacuation of all the passengers on board they kept going on down the runway the airplane eventually came to a stop skitted t
o a stop you can see at least the right engine is still turning the deployed the emergency evacuation Sho uh slides and everybody got off safely but that wouldn't have happened if that Japanese Coast Guard uh aircraft had hit just a few feet closer in towards the fuselage and this is a brand new plane it's the first a350 to be total loss so how crucial do you think the data will be here in terms of the evidence they can collect not only in piecing together how this happen but in trying to boost
more safety in the future yeah I think D that's going to come down to human error the a350 is an extraordinary airplane uh this is the first Hull loss ever uh it's very strong if you look at some of the ways that you see the burn patterns you see that it's made of carbon fiber it's not made of metal like the 787 is it's very very strong it's stronger than uh most most metals that are used in older aircraft so the airplane did its job here what we think what happened is that this was a pilot erro
r somebody probably on the Japanese Coast Guard side uh taxied onto that active Runway uh when they weren't supposed to so we've seen this a number of times in the US we've talked about this where in Austin where uh uh an aircraft almost landed on a Southwest aircraft at JFK where ad Del's uh Delta aircraft almost hit another uh commercial aircraft uh so we're seeing this way too often and we've been talking about it the FAA has been holding hearings there are technological fixes it's probably t
ime now for us to go back and talk to the FAA and ask them what's really been done because our luck ran out today it could have been worse but this is a continuing problem not only around the world but in the US in particular all right ABC News contributor Colonel Steve ganard thank you meanwhile several Mayors here in the US are calling for Action as tensions escalate at the southern border officials in Texas and Louisiana appear to be skirting new rules on sending migrants to New York City ins
tead sending buses to New Jersey where people then reach the City by train and other big City Mayors say they're feeling the pressure too ABC News correspondent MOA langi is following that story for us as the number of Southern border crossings soar Mayes across the country bracing for New Waves of migrants US Customs and Border Protection reporting more than 242,000 encounters at the Border in November Texas governor Greg Abbott transporting migrants to democratic run cities like Denver Chicago
and New York whose three Mayors gathered virtually last week to sound the alarm we at this point now have had more migrant arrivals to our city than any city in America per capita New York's mayor Adams issuing an executive order requiring charter buses provide the city at least 32 hours notice prior to arrival but buses seemingly skirting around that order over the holiday weekend local officials saying an estimated 10 buses from Texas and one from Louisiana dropped off about 4 400 migrants at
New Jersey Transit stations where they continued into the City by train after putting in place similar restrictions in Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson says a plane carrying 350 Texas migrants arrived early Sunday morning at the Rockford airport and were bust to surrounding suburbs left to find their way to the city and MOA langi joins me now from downtown Denver Mo these big City Mayors say they are struggling to deal with the influx of Asylum Seekers so what's it like in Denver right now well it
's similar to a lot of those other cities you know the the city here is scrambling to try to provide and to try to take in and take care of uh these migrants that are showing up on the doorstep over the last few weeks Denver has taken in thousands of of migrants putting them up in uh City run shelters and and Facilities providing resources uh some putting some up uh in non City run facilities like motel and hotels around town uh really scrambling to try to provide not just shelter but also other
basic necessities uh and resources but you know Diane really the demand is outpacing the supply here in Denver uh and a lot of migrants a lot of them families are setting up what you basically see right behind me here is an encampment a little Tent City uh this one in downtown Denver stretching uh several uh city blocks about two city blocks uh so big that the city is planning to shut it down this particular one shut it down uh later this week week uh and so they're scrambling to try to find uh
a place to put these migrants once they do uh shut it down uh and also providing some other options for some of these migrants uh a bus ticket to another city uh if they choose Diane we also know Texas governor Greg appid ordered planes to fly about 350 migrants to an airport near Chicago during the holiday weekend what's the latest on that yeah it's similar to here that you know that those those towns in in in in the Chicago area also scrambling to to try to take care of those migrants and fin
d a place for them it's a little different there where those migrants are in uh being were dropped off in the suburbs outside of Chicago and a lot of those suburbs a lot of those towns are not Sanctuary City so there's a lot of coordination between those towns and those counties to try to bust those migrants back into or into Chicago uh where they can hopefully be housed and served but again similar to the situation here a lot of scrambling on the parts of these cities to try to provide resource
s all right mola langi in Denver Forest thanks MOA and Beverly Hills 9021 Oar Ian Zing is speaking out after he was involved in a brawl with several bikers on Hollywood Boulevard the New Year's Eve incident was caught on camera in broad daylight with Zing's daughter Witnesses witnessing rather the whole interaction ABC News live anchor Kana Whitworth has that story hey authorities investig ating this brutal midday attack in Hollywood in video obtained by TMZ you can see former 90210 star ion zer
ing exit his vehicle and throw a punch before a vicious brawl breaks out authorities say ziring is the victim in this harrowing near Eve incident with a group of people riding motorized minibikes the bikers pummeling zering with kicks and punches before he could run across the street the 59-year-old actor then kicking back before getting away moments later he seemed comforting his terrified 12-year-old daughter who witnessed the whole thing ziring called the incident alarming on Instagram but sa
ys both he and his daughter are completely unscathed according to ziring he was stuck in traffic and was approached aggressively by one of these Riders he says he got out of his car to assess any damage which unfortunately escalated into a physical altercation the actor goes on to say this situation highlights a larger issue of hooliganism on our streets and the need for Effective law enforcement responses to such behavior and Diane ziring also saying on Instagram that this whole incident has le
ft him deeply concerned about the growing boldness of such groups who disrupt public safety law enforcement again calling him the victim they say that this group of bikers apparently struck his vehicle law enforcement also says that they will be using that video as part of of their ongoing investigation and Diane while an official police report has been filed no arrests have been made yet all right Kana Whitworth thank you coming up one year after his near fatal snowplow accident Jeremy rener is
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dedication to his daughter ABC Stephanie Ramos has the details Jeremy rener making a surprise return the Avengers star going back to the HP hospital in Reno Nevada thanking the staff that helped save his life someone's in front of my house on the ground they got run over by a snowcat he's been crossed the 52-year-old run over by a large snowplow on New Year's Day in 2023 First Responders capturing the moments on body camera the actor's nephew telling authorities that rener got out of the plow to
check on him but the plow didn't stop he tried to jump on it into the thing and it took him under the Marvel star suffering 30 broken bones and blunt force trauma to his chest a long journey to recovery rener has continued to document online I shift The Narrative of being victimized or making a mistake or anything else I refused to be haunted by that memory that way rener telling Diane Sawyer there were moments he thought he wouldn't make it we just endured that's real love suffering but that f
eeds the seeds of what love is now the 52-year-old commemorating the anniversary of the accident with his new single titled wait dedicated to his daughter whom he credits as his number one reason for [Music] Recovery posting this picture of the two of them on Instagram writing I asked her to to wait for me when I first saw her January 14th as I arrived home as I got better she got better less afraid there is simply no better motivator to recover than to heal your family and friends renders love
and titanium EP which includes the song dedicated to his daughter drops later this month Diane W Stephanie Ramos thank you and a new report shows Alzheimer's disease disproportionately affects specific communities the new data from the Alzheimer's Association shows older black Americans are twice as likely to have Alzheimer's compared to their white counterparts It also says Hispanics are one and a half times more likely to be diagnosed compared to their white counterparts Melissa Adon has more
it's a disease affecting 13% of Hispanics who are 65 or older Alzheimer's disease and related dementias the cognitive disorder affects memory thinking and behavior and Hispanics are one and a half times more likely to be diagnosed compared to their white counterpart according to doctors along with age and family history various Health factors can play a part in the diseases development among them high blood pressure diabetes and heart disease you got to look around theal ribbon Dr kurel seed say
s missing early signs can be attributed in part to the Hispanic Community tending to normalize symptoms the Hispanic Community as a culture minimizes the way that we kind of address symptoms of memory loss the symptoms are so mild the person's living their day-to-day life they're working they're driving Etc and they're ignoring their symptoms because the culture says it's okay it's normal it happens to everyone as we age by 2060 an estimated 3.2 million Hispanics and Latinos will be living with
Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias doctors encourage family members to pay close attention when our older adult are aita aito when they develop symptoms memory loss when they stop socializing when they have difficulty in conversations and finding the right words and we tend to not necessarily address it with memory disorder Specialists there's a delay in really addressing the problem experts say early detection is key particularly Hispanics that are middle-aged paying attention to o
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nes beat the Alabama Tide in an overtime Rose Bowl Michigan's star running back Blake corm sealed the deal scoring a touchdown in overtime and setting an all-time touchdown record the win comes after coach Jim Harbaugh was suspended for nearly half the season SE in for various alleged infractions including a s stealing Scandal and the Super Bowl was another uh excuse me the Sugar Bowl was another nailbiter Washington QB and Heisman Trophy winner Michael penx Jr pulled off 430 passing yards and t
wo touchdowns University of Texas put up a good fight but Washington hung on to win their first national title game since 1991 Michigan and Washington will now meet up at the national championship game next Monday in Houston and the newly named popart C bowl is getting lots of attention on social media but not for the reason you might think as Kansas State and North Carolina State faced off the edible pastry named Strawberry made its debut as the games mascot and for the first time in history of
football the winners ate the mascot ABC's Danny new has more b r stopped Michigan makes a stand New Year's Day Sports may have all been about the college football playoff but the rest of the weekend was about a poptart making history we'll kick it away on Friday Kansas State and NC State squared off in Orlando's poptarts Bowl which quickly became a viral sensation online one ex-user even writing quote the Pop-Tart Bowl was one of the greatest things to ever happen to college football welcome ba
ck to the poptarts Bowl but I haven't even told you why this got so much [Music] attention after Kansas State won the game the mascot whose name is is strawberry emerged on top of a toaster getting ready to pop in the toaster and become the quote unquote first edible mascot in sports history the [Applause] 2023 of the world coaches and players grabbing fistfuls of strawberry devouring an edible Recreation of the mascot cuz I don't think they actually ate a human being inside a costume I hope but
social media quickly became obsessed with the existential crisis of a living baked good being born to then get consumed on the L after the game Kansas State running back DJ giddens I think did a good job describing what that was like for everyone it was crazy man it was crazy however not all foods are like strawberry yesterday in the chees at Citrus Bowl the mascot also made a grand entrance but he was holding a sign just confirming that he is a quote non-edible mascot our thanks to Danny new f
or that story coming up one year after his near fatal snowplow accident Jeremy rener returns to the hospital that helped save him what the actors is revealing now about his recovery also ahead want to save more money in the new year we'll tell you how Alexis christopherus has tips on making smart financial decisions in 2024 plus winter is coming again we have the tea on more Game of Thrones spin-offs what the author is revealing about the storyline and when the different shows could go into [Mus
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an SUV loaded with gas canisters crashed into another SUV outside a crowded concert venue what we're learning about the driver killed and why investigators are now calling him a suspect a Japan Airlines jet first into flames on the runway in Tokyo what we know about the race to get hundreds on board off safely and the Collision that appears to have caused it the countdown to Iowa the first big test in the Republican Presidential nomination is just two weeks away how former president Trump is loo
king to Rally his supporters while his Rivals hope for a breakthrough and it's time to declutter and start fresh in the New Year we have tips for cleaning up those post holiday trouble spots in your home we begin with new details on that deadly crash outside a concert venue in Rochester New York police say at least three people are dead and five injured after an SUV full of gas canisters collided with a smaller SUV and burst into flames now officials have identified the driver calling him a susp
ect all evidence point to the suspect is 35-year-old Michael Avery from the Syracuse New York area although the motive behind the crime remains unknown the conversations we've had with his family so far leads us to believe that Avery may have been suffering from possible undiagnosed mental health issues additionally we have not uncovered any information leading us to believe that the actions of Michael Avery on New Year's Eve were motivated by any form of political or social biases I want to bri
ng in ABC News senior investigative correspondent Aon kerski there in Rochester an ABC News contributor former FBI agent Brad Garrett for more Aon police don't have a motive yet but they say Avery was purposely speeding toward The Pedestrian walkway when he hit this smaller SUV so what are some of the other factors here that are leading investigators to say this wasn't an accident they see on on video apparently the the car speed up and then uh they they see that the the the Ford Expedition move
s toward a crosswalk where pedestrians were coming out out of the theater the concert had just LED out and they were moving toward the parking lot and that's when Michael Avery police said steered the vehicle and and hit the gas and sped toward these pedestrians now a lot of them in all likelihood could have been killed had the the Expedition not collided with another vehicle as it was leaving the parking lot this was a four higher Uber uh and two of the passengers were among those killed Michae
l Avery the driver of the Ford exped Edition died overnight of his injuries now Brad we heard officials say that there's no Nexus to Terror at this time what does that mean exactly that means they haven't found any writings they haven't interviewed anybody uh in interviewing the parents Etc folks close to Mr Avery to suggest he had an ideology toward a particular group uh or the other side of that a particular hatred for a particular ethnic group or whatever it might be so I guess what they're s
aying is we have found nothing up to this point to connect him to something that would have motivated him to commit this act which obviously takes us back to what's going on in Mr Avery's head that he would do such a desperate act to kill himself and others Aon officials do say though that thousands of people were coming out of the Kodak Center when this was happening how critical is that timing to this investigation it is critical Diane because it does lend uh the the police some some Credence
to the idea that this was absolutely intentional now why Rochester why the theater why a New Year's Eve concert by a Grateful Dead jam band the authorities don't have answers to those questions he doesn't have any apparent connections to Rochester he's from Syracuse but he did undertake several steps over a number of days in advance beginning 2 days after Christmas the police said that Avery checked himself into a local hotel not far from from the airport here in Rochester 2 days after that on t
he 29th of December he trades his own vehicle in at the airport rents the this giant SUV and the next day makes a half dozen purchases around town of of gas cans and fills them with gasoline so he's got between 12 and 15 gas canisters that the fire department discovered after they they put out the fire and police don't yet know whether it was the Collision that that sparked those Flames or whether he may have lit the gasoline on fire before he sped toward pedestrians the chief said a little whil
e ago Diane he just hasn't been able to uh determine that yet but this all unfolded a number of days in advance uh again leading police to believe this was an intentional ramming meant to kill all right Aaron kerki Brad Garrett thank you both meanwhile Japan Airlines flight caught fire after hitting a coast guard plane at the hanada airport in Tokyo five Coast Guard members were killed but all 379 people on that Japan Airlines jet survived the Coast Guard spokesperson says that flight was on its
way to nigata Japan to help with earthquake relief the Coast Guard Plane that is after sharks from the massive 7.6 magnitude earthquake are still being felt in parts of Western Japan and now A desperate search is underway to rescue survivors as the Prime Minister says 10 T of thousands are in the dark and some areas are [Music] [Applause] inaccessible several people are dead after us strike on Iranian backed rebels in the Red Sea Iran is now reportedly deploying a warship to the region this com
es as one of the world's largest shipping companies says it's pausing all operations in the Red Sea after Rebels targeted another vessel foreign correspondent Marcus Moore has the latest from Israel with Rising tensions in the Middle East Iran putting on a show of force sending a warship to the Red Sea according to Iranian State media reports and its foreign minister meeting with a senior houthi spokesperson in tan Monday this just hours after US forces responded to a distress call from a shippi
ng vessel attacked by houy rebels in the Red Sea us Central Command saying US Navy helicopters return fire in self-defense sinking three of the four small boats and killing the crew Cruise the fourth boat fled the area a spokesperson for the Iranian back proxy saying that while quote the American enemy Bears the consequences of this crime and its repercussions the rebels were trying to prevent the ship from reaching Israel the houthis have launched dozens of drone and missile attacks on commerci
al ships since Israel began its war with Hamas following the October 7th terror attack Israel announcing that despite a longer War campaign planned it will start releasing some of its reservist in the coming days this as the Israeli Supreme Court on Monday overturned a law introduced last summer by prime minister netanyahu's government the law which created a divide amongst Israeli citizens and triggered Nationwide protests for months prevented judges from overturning government decisions they d
eemed unreasonable foreign correspondent Marcus Moore joins me now from Tel Aviv Israel for more on this Marcus Israel says it's sending a team to Cairo this week to discuss a deal to release the remaining hostages held in Gaza where do those negotiations stand now well Diane those negotiations have been ongoing and as you know it's been a very fragile process uh throughout you have scores of families who have been worried about their loved ones and really placing all of their hope um in these n
egotiations that have been underway a and certainly the word we have of the Israelis sending a team to Cairo to continue the negotiations uh is perhaps an encouraging step but still tonight uh here in in in Israel there's no clear indication that there's any imminent breakthrough um we know that there's more than 100 people still being held hostage and Hamas has maintained that uh there will be no deal uh until their conditions are met and that includes Israel pulling all of their uh their troop
s out of Gaza and of course uh stopping the bombardment that we've watched unfold for the past couple of months now Marcus Israel's defense minister says some communities in southern isra is near the Gaza border will be able to return soon so what are you hearing from displaced families there well uh Diane certainly this has been a major part of this we're talking about tens of thousands of people who have been removed from their homes in in the southern communities that we're talking about that
's 70,000 people um and these are people who are who have been eager to return home but they only want to do so when it's safe and as you know in the days after the October 7th attacks um a very wide radius around the the Border there with Gaza and Israel was evacuated and those people those families have been staying in in hotels and in other areas since and have watched all of this unfold and certainly do want to to return home but are keenly aware of how unpredictable and how dangerous the si
tuation uh continues to be uh Marcus Iran is also now reportedly deploying a warship to the Red Sea after several people were killed in a US strike on Iranian backed Rebels so what's the latest on that front and what kind of an impact could this have on shipping in the Red Sea yeah well as we mentioned at the at the top of the report uh m one of the largest shipping companies in the world they have paused their operations there because Rebel groups have have targeted other vessels that have been
going through and this is a critical part of the the supply chain across the across the globe um it's a shortcut around Africa um using the the Suz canal and so for there to be this type of activity activity happening there uh and this disruption um it could certainly have a major impact on on prices for for Commodities and also the amount of time it takes to get uh items to and from and so it it's certainly something that everyone is watching very closely we know that the United States has als
o put a ships in the area to escort and protect those vessels that have been moving through and and now we see uh Iran doing the same thing and uh uh certainly everyone hoping for for stability uh not only for the safety of those vessels but also the stability of the the entire economy all right foreign correspondent Marcus MOA thank you we are just two weeks away from the first major test in the Republican primaries of the 2024 presidential election former president Trump is dominant ating the
polls ahead of the Iowa caucuses 538 polling average shows him more than 30 points ahead of his Rivals ABC News senior Congressional correspondent Rachel Scott is in Iowa for us ABC News political director Rick Klein and host of the 538 politics podcast gayen drer here with me in studio so let's get down to it rick what do you think this 538 polling average tells you about how voters are feeling leading up to Iowa Republicans like Donald Trump they have wired a wire since the beginning of the of
the campaign and in fact if anything he's only gotten stronger and and it tells you just so much about this year as we go into this you we a year past the midterm elections where Donald Trump was at something of a low point after Republicans didn't do as well as expected Ronda Santa seemed to be on the rise but all of that has flipped and Trump is as strong as he has ever been if not stronger going into the beginning of voting you can always have surprises but right now the surprise would be an
yone other than Trump breaking through Rachel two weeks to go here what more are you learning about Trump's strategy in these final weeks heading into not only Iowa but New Hampshire and the other early States and is there more pressure given his lead at this point for other candidates to drop out yeah look the Trump campaign is concerned about one thing complacency they know that they have a very strong standing in the polls right now they see their support playing out here in Iowa New Hampshir
e many of these other early States but the former president himself is urging his voters not to get complacent to turn out in less than two weeks when the Iowa caucuses happened here on January 15th he's also doing a little bit of counterprogramming when we see all the other Republican candidates on stage for a debate just next week the former president just announced that he's going to be doing a separate town hall with a completely separate Network trying to get his own message out there you m
entioned the pressure on the other candidates and that is certainly increasing right now in fact former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie facing a lot of pressure to get out of the race before New Hampshire given Nikki Haley's momentum there and a lot of this is actually coming from the state's Republican Governor Chris anunu he calls Chris Chrissy's campaign uh basically going nowhere he says it's a dead end and he says that he could be standing in the way of Nikki Haley who he believes poses
the greatest challenge to the former president gayen we are now officially in an election year it's hard to believe that that's just starting now but it is so what do we know about this overall race for the White House at this point and what are some of the top issues as we start the year off for voters yeah Diane happy 2024 I should say first of all a lot can change between now and November of this year but the early polling of the likeliest nominees who are Donald Trump and Joe Biden shows Tru
mp at this point leading by a small amount in the polls about two points on average I should say though that there's a lot of folks who are undecided and of that group many of those people dislike both Trump and Biden we've heard a lot of you know a lot of Americans don't want either to run again this election if it is between those two candidates is likely to come down to how voters who dislike both of them end up deciding right they dislike both but maybe they lean one way or the other when it
comes to the actual issues the polling suggests that as always the economy ranks really highly and also we see uh you know concern about leadership overall things like immigration abortion to some extent but I should say that the really differentiating issues in this campaign probably aren't going to be something like the economy because it's hard for voters to differentiate between the two parties on those issues two issues that the voters can differentiate between the two parties really well
on are immigration and abortion Republicans are trusted a lot more on immigration Democrats are trusted a lot more on abortion and I think we're going to see those two issues the parties try to make those issues come to the four as they do good out over the coming year so Rachel which candidates have the most to lose here and who has the most to gain yeah well the former president quite frankly he has this lead in the polls right now you may remember he was ahead in 2016 he ended up losing Iowa
to Senator Ted Cruz at the time and so Trump knows that there's a lot on the line here particularly when you talk to sources within his campaign they really want to set the bar high they hope that if they have a strong performance here in Iowa they have a strong performance then in New Hampshire then that sends a message for the rest of the field to start to win and for others to get out of the race but Ronda santis in particular has gone all in on this state he's visited all 99 counties he has
the endorsement of the state's Republican governor as well this will be critical for him it will be a defining moment and if he does not do well here there will be more and more pressure on him to possibly get out of the race after Iowa so Rick how important are these early primary States right now they're everything if you're going to be able to defeat Donald Trump you got to start somewhere and if you don't do it in those early States this race goes National really quickly we're talking about
only only about a month between those early States and then go to South Carolina and then Super Tuesday and if this is a national campaign Donald Trump's going to win uh the only only opportunity that a Nikki Haley or Ronda Sanchez or Chris Christie has is to to break through in Iowa or New Hampshire get the other candidates out and then have that one-on-one shot but as you can tell that's a lot of Jiu-Jitsu there a lot of positioning that has to happen to even get there so let's bring in the ma
n who specializes in that Jiu-Jitsu shall we gayen what do you see as a potential path to victory for any of these other candidates besides former president Trump yeah I mean I would say at this point it is unlikely but it looks something like this it turns out that a lot of Republican primary voters just have not been focusing on the campaign thus far and that an early win or sort of over performance of one of the candidates like Dan santis or Haley causes a lot of Voters to tune in in a way th
at they haven't been tuning in before because primaries are competition for attention you can't gain in the polls if people don't know who you are and they aren't paying attention to what you're saying and for all of 2023 everyone was focused on Trump so like Rick said somebody overperforms in Iowa or New Hampshire suddenly all the eyeballs are on that person they're saying a lot of the things that Republican voters like and they say and at the same time of course Trump is facing all of this leg
al liability and they say hey maybe it's not worth it now the scenario I just painted is not the likeliest one but if it's going to happen that's how it would happen all right interesting stuff R Clin gayen Duke Rachel Scott and Iowa for us thank you all thanks thank you coming up how to save more money in 2024 Alexis Christoper has some tips on making smart financial decisions this year stay with us whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by
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ce we set them but we are officially in a presidential election year and the latest ABC News ipsis poll finds the economy is the top concern for voters so I guess it's no surprise that more than 40% of Americans say their number one resolution is to save more money this year that's according to Fidelity Investments 38% want to pay down debt and 30% want to spend less so here are some small things you can do now to make those resolutions feel less overwhelming first simplify your bills by that I
mean schedule the timing of your recurring bills so that they're all due at the same time of the month ideally shortly after your paycheck hits your account you can often request a new due date from your credit card company people don't realize that also cable providers and other billers can do the same for you so you don't miss payments it won't only help you budget but paying on time will also improve your credit score also rethink your spending clear your saved credit card information from we
bsites and apps because having to re-enter the card number the expiration date the security code every time you check out online gives you a moment to think over the purchase and here's another one while you're shopping online install an ad blocker so that tempting products don't follow you around the internet and set aside one day of the week is a time to make all of your online purchases also prioritize making more than your monthly minimum payment on your credit cards that won't only speed up
your debt repayment but it will reduce your interest charges and we know that interest is high it's currently above 20% and finally set aside a financial Health day you take sick days right you take vacation days so why not a Financial Health day you can use it to tackle things like canceling a subscription or a membership you don't use anymore or closing an account that's been hitting you with fees these are small things that I think we can all do now that can make a big difference down the ro
ad and those are the ones we need the little things we can actually do Alexis thank you yep and if you have any Finance questions for Alexis just leave a message on our Instagram feed she might answer your question right here on Thursday coming up it is time to see clutter and start freshh in the New Year we have some tips for cleaning up those post holiday trouble spots in your home this is ABC News live the crush of families here in Poland at Refugee centers in Putin's Russia on the ground in
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erica's number one streaming news keep streaming with ABC News live reporting from Brownsville Texas I'm John kenyonis wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live [Music] welcome back it's that time of year to start new and start fresh and one big way to do that decluttering Stephanie Ramos has more on three post holiday problem spots to tackle right now and how to stay motivated a disaster means it's time to declutter and there's no better way to Roar into 24 we've
just been through the busy holiday season and we've us usually accumulated more stuff so you can declutter and get rid of the things that you're not using and just create more of a calm space Sarah mallister started her company go clean Co in 2019 now with more than a million views online she's sharing her tips and tricks around taking care of your home welcome back today we are going to clean an air fryer the busy Mom showing us the top trouble spots in your home starting with the hul closet s
aying to utilize the entire space I try to push like the longer trench coat style ones over to the side where they're not going to drag down and touch my shoes and it's really important to switch out your summer jackets with your winter jackets so that you create space where you need it next up the pantry my key tip in the pantry is you really need to be able to see what you have in stock before especially when you want to go on a grocery shop so you want to rotate the older stuff to the front a
nd then put the newer stuff to the back one of my favorite Pantry organizational hats is to buy one of these over the door shoe organizers because you can put all of your little tiny like packets and stuff and they're easy to see so you know if you're running low and finally the playroom so the toy room after the holidays can be absolute Madness because we've just added more toys to a bigger mess usually my biggest tip for the playroom is to organize and cycle out your toys on a regular basis pr
obably about once a month as you get into the habit of cycling the toys in and out of the playroom you're going to notice what what toys your kids actually play with so when they start to not play with stuff it's time to think about donating them but most importantly Sarah says it is all about teamwork cleaning takes patience and perseverance but if you have it you can do [Music] it all right Stephanie Ramos thanks for that and thank you for streaming with us I am Diane Meo ABC News live is here
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ple are injured investigators say Avery drove his own car from Syracuse to rent the large SUV and filled it with gas canisters they say they're still searching for a motive but that it appears he had undiagnosed mental health issues hundreds of thousands of baby formula cans are being recalled over possible bacterial contamination recit M Johnson Nutrition is voluntarily pulling more than 675,000 cans of nutragen hypoallergenic infant formula powder off shelves it's a special formula given to in
fants who are allergic to cow's milk the company says the bacterial contamination was only found in samples overseas but that it's issuing the recall in the US out of quote an abundance of caution parents are advised to check with their child's pediatrician about an alternative and the Carolina Panthers owner is under Fire after he was caught on camera apparently tossing a drink onto opposing fans on the right side of the screen you can see owner David terer in a suite at Sunday's game against t
he Jags when he appears to throw a drink at a fan who seems to be taunting him from the stands the NFL said it was aware of the video but would have no further comment the pancers also had no comment and five Japanese Coast Guard crew members are dead after their plane collided with an airliner on a Runway at Hana airport and burst into flames Japan a line says all 379 people on the passenger plane got out safely Japan's transport Minister says the pilot of the Coast Guard Plane also escaped ABC
's contributor and former Marine Corps pilot uh Colonel Steve Ganer joins me now for more on this Colonel ganier you know all passengers on this commercial plane walked away from this Collision safely and that is even more remarkable when you look at this video This Plane is covered in flame so what do you make of that the response here how this happened to begin with what's your take look looking at this video and hearing what we know so far about how this unfolded yeah Diane uh it's just a mat
ter of inches this could have been a complete Cat catastrophe uh it is sad that five of the six Japanese Coast Guard members on the other airplane lost their lives but uh in this case what a near miraculous uh ending to a terrible terrible Collision if you look at it the uh video is a bit difficult to discern because it is at night but if you look at it it looks like the Japanese Coast Guard aircraft is actually out poking its nose out onto the runway for some reason and it's not moving it's not
like it had cleared been cleared across the runway so the Japanese Coast Guard Plane should clearly have not been there uh and the J flight uh crew did not see it obviously uh until it was too late but it clipped the Jala 350 just at a point where yes it did create that horrific explosion but it wasn't so bad that the Jal crew in the in the cockpit weren't able to keep the airplane tracking down thead Runway and that is the key to what why this was a successful evacuation of all the passengers
on board they kept going on down the runway the airplane eventually came to a stop skitted to a stop you can see at least the right engine is still turning the deployed the emergency evacuation Sho uh slides and everybody got off safely but that wouldn't have happened if that Japanese Coast Guard uh aircraft had hit just a few feet closer in towards the Fus Lage and this is a brand new plane it's the first a350 to be a total loss so how crucial do you think the data will be here in terms of the
evidence they can collect not only in piecing together how this happened but in trying to boost more safety in the future yeah I think D that's going to come down to human error the a350 is an extraordinary airplane uh this is the first Hull loss ever uh it's very strong if you look at some of the ways that you see the burn patterns you see that it's made of carbon fiber it's not made of metal like the 787 is it's very very strong it's stronger than uh most most metals that are used used in olde
r aircraft so the airplane did its job here what we think what happened is that this was a pilot error somebody probably on the Japanese Coast Guard side uh taxied onto that active Runway uh when they weren't supposed to so we've seen this a number of times in the US we've talked about this where in Austin where uh uh an aircraft almost landed on a Southwest aircraft at JFK where a Del uh Delta aircraft almost hit another uh commercial aircraft uh so we're seeing this way too often and we've bee
n talking about it the FAA has been holding hearings there are technological fixes it's probably time now for us to go back and talk to the FAA and ask them what's really been done because our luck ran out today it could have been worse but this is a continuing problem not only around the world but in the US in particular all right ABC News contributor Colonel Steve ganard thank you meanwhile several Mayors here in the US are calling for Action as tensions escalate at the southern border officia
ls in Texas and Louisiana appear to be skirting New rules on sending migrants to New York City instead sending buses to New Jersey where people then reach the City by train and other big city mayor say they're feeling the pressure too ABC News correspondent MOA langi is following that story for us as the number of Southern border crossings soar Mayes across the country bracing for New Waves of migrants US Customs and Border Protection reporting more than 242,000 encounters at the Border in Novem
ber Texas governor Greg Abbot transporting migrants to democ atic run cities like Denver Chicago and New York whose three Mayors gathered virtually last week to sound the alarm we at this point now have had more migrant arrivals to our city than any city in America per capita New York's mayor Adams issuing an executive order requiring charter buses provide the city at least 32 hours notice prior to arrival but buses seemingly skirting around that order over the holiday weekend local officials sa
ying an estimated 10 buses from Texas and one from Louisiana dropped off a about 400 migrants at New Jersey Transit stations where they continued into the City by train after putting in place similar restrictions in Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson says a plane carrying 350 Texas migrants arrived early Sunday morning at the Rockford airport and were bust to surrounding suburbs left to find their way to the city and MOA langi joins me now from downtown Denver Mo these big City Mayors say they are st
ruggling to deal with the influx of Asylum Seekers so what's it like in Denver right now well it's similar to a lot of those other cities you know the the city here is scrambling to try to provide and to try to take in and take care of uh these migrants that are showing up on the doorstep over the last few weeks Denver has taken in thousands of of migrants putting them up in uh City run shelters and and Facilities providing resources uh some putting some up uh in non City run facilities like mot
el and hotels around town uh really scrambling to try to provide provide not just shelter but also other basic necessities uh and resources but you know Diane really the demand is outpacing the supply here in Denver uh and a lot of uh migrants a lot of them families are setting up what you basically see right behind me here is an encampment a little Tent City uh this one in downtown Denver stretching uh several uh city blocks about two city blocks uh so big that the city is planning to shut it d
own this particular one shut it down uh this week uh and so they're scrambling to try to find uh a place to put these migrants once they do uh shut it down uh and also providing some other options for some of these migrants uh a bus ticket to another city uh if they choose Diane we also know Texas governor Greg appid ordered planes to fly about 350 migrants to an airport near Chicago during the holiday weekend what's the latest on that yeah it's similar to here that you know that those those tow
ns and in in the Chicago area also scrambling to to try to take care of those migrants and find a place for them it's a little different there where those migrants are in uh being were dropped off in the suburbs outside of Chicago and a lot of those suburbs a lot of those towns are not Sanctuary City so there's a lot of coordination between those towns and those counties to try to bust those migrants back into or into Chicago uh where they can hopefully be housed and sered but again similar to t
he situation here a lot of scrambling on the parts of these cities to try to provide resources all right mola langi in Denver Forest thanks MOA and Beverly Hills 9021 Oar Ian zering is speaking out after he was involved in a brawl with several bikers on Hollywood Boulevard the New Year's Eve incident was caught on camera in broad daylight with Zing's daughter Witnesses witnessing rather the whole interaction ABC News live anchor Kana Whitworth has that story hey authorities is investigating this
brutal midday attack in Hollywood in video obtained by TMZ you can see former 90210 star zering exit his vehicle and throw a punch before a vicious brawl breaks out authorities say ziring is the victim in this harrowing near Year Eve incident with a group of people riding motorized minibikes the bikers pummeling zering with kicks and punches before he could run across the street the 59-year-old actor than kicking back before getting away moments later he seemed comforting his terrified 12-year-
old daughter who witnessed the whole thing ziring called the incident alarming on Instagram but says both he and his daughter are completely unscathed according to ziring he was stuck in traffic and was approached aggressively by one of these Riders he says he got out of his car to assess any damage which unfortunately escalated into a physical altercation the actor goes on to say this situation highlights a larger issue of hooliganism on our streets and the need for Effective law enforcement re
sponses to such behavior and Dian ziring also saying on Instagram that this whole incident has left him deeply concerned about the growing boldness of such groups who disrupt public safety law enforcement again calling him the victim they say that this group of bikers apparently struck his vehicle law enforcement also says that they will be using that video as part of their ongoing investigation and Diane while an official police report has been filed no arrests have been made yet all right Kana
Whitworth thank you coming up one year after his near fatal snowplow accident Jeremy rener is returning to the hospital that helped save him but the actor now revealing about his recovery also ahead winter is coming again we have the tea on more Game of Thrones spin-offs but the author's revealing about the story lines and when the different shows could go into production [Music] with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonig
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e Sawyer Rachel Scott on the brink now streaming on Hulu broke Shields the most photographed woman in the world a sexualized child model what happened to her isn't really about her it's just about women I let myself be vulnerable and this is the first time I've ever spoken about what happened I thought my one no should have been enough you know when someone like Brook Shields talks about it it makes a difference I'm Amazed that I survived any of it pretty baby Brook Shields Monday night on ABC w
elcome back to ABC News live first one year since his nearly fatal snowplow accident actor Jeremy rener is thanking First Responders with a surprise return to the hospital that helped save him rener says knowing he has quote a lot to fight for helped him survive now he's marking the anniversary with a dedication to his daughter ABC Stephanie Ramos has the details Jeremy rener making a surprise return the Avengers star going back to the hospital in Reno Nevada thanking the staff that helped save
his life someone's in front of my house on the ground they got run over by a snow cat he's been crushed the 52-year-old run over by a large snow plow on New Year's Day in 2023 First Responders capturing the moments on body camera the actor's NE few telling authorities that rener got out of the plow to check on him but the plow didn't stop he tried to jump on into the thing and it took him under the Marvel star suffering 30 broken bones and blunt force trauma to his chest a long journey to recove
ry rener has continued to document online so I shift The Narrative of being victimized or making a mistake or anything else I refused to be haunted by that memory that way rener telling Diane Sawyer there were moments he thought he wouldn't make it we just endured that's real love it's suffering but that feeds the seeds of what love is now the 52-year-old commemorating the anniversary of the accident with his new single titled wait dedicated to his daughter whom he credits as his number one reas
on for recovery kiss you good [Music] night posting this picture of the two of them on Instagram writing I asked her to wait for me when I first saw her January 14th as I arrived home as I got better she got better less afraid there is simply no better motivator to recover than to heal your family and friends rers love and titanium EP which includes the song dedicated to his daughter drops later this month t W Stephanie Ramos thank you and a new report shows Alzheimer's disease disproportionatel
y affects specific communities the new data from the Alzheimer's Association shows older black Americans are twice as likely to have Alzheimer's compared to their white counterparts It also says Hispanics are one and a half times more likely to be diagnosed compared to their white counterparts Melissa Adon has more it's a disease affecting 133% of Hispanics who are 65 or older Alzheimer's disease and related dementias the cognitive disorder affects memory thinking and behavior and Hispanics are
one and a half times more likely to be diagnosed compared to their white counterparts according to doctors along with age and family history various Health factors can play a part in the diseases development among them high blood pressure diabetes and heart disease got to look around theal ribon Dr Kur says missing early signs can be attributed in part to the Hispanic Community tending to normalize symptoms the Hispanic Community as a culture minimizes the way that we kind of address symptoms of
memory loss the symptoms are so mild the person's living their day-to-day life they working they're driving Etc and they are ignoring their symptoms because the culture says it's okay it's normal it happens to everyone as we age by 2060 an estimated 3.2 million Hispanics and Latinos will be Liv living with Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias doctors encourage family members to pay close attention when our older adult are aita aito or when they develop symptoms memory loss when they
stop socializing when they have difficulty in conversations and finding the right words and we tend to not necessarily address it with memory disorder specialist there's a delay in really addressing the problem experts say early detection is key particularly Hispanic that are middle-aged paying attention to our brain health and really understanding that Alzheimer's disease is a brain disease it is not normal aging the brain is an organ like any other organ that might experience symptoms of a dis
ease Melissa Adon thank you coming up the Apple versus Android battle why some say having anything other than an iPhone makes you less attractive and how it could impact online dating we'll be right back why do so many people start their day here from ABC News this is start here to be in the know and get a different take on the day's top stories a lot of news today so let's get into it listen now to the Daily News podcast honored with four Edward R mural Awards and see why the New York Times cal
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ws live welcome back to ABC News live first it is a very happy new year for someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Michigan the 8424 million jacket jackpot was bought at a store in Grand Blanc Michigan Christine winter from our affiliate wjrt is there with more hi Christine Diane 2024 is off to an incredible start for the person who bought that lucky ticket for the big Power Ball drawing we know it happened right here in Grand Blank Township at the longtime Food Castle which is a familyowned b
usiness that dates back for decades and we know somebody matched all five numbers plus the Powerball and this is the fifth largest Powerball Jack pot everone with that $425 million cash payout now we're just waiting to see who comes forward and contacts the Lottery Commission here in Michigan to claim that big prize no doubt a lot of people checking those numbers this morning but it's great to know that uh someone here is going to be very very rich Diane sounds good wjrt is Christine winter than
ks Christine and it's time now for the tea where we break down some of the Buzzy stories people are talking about our friend will Gans is here to help us with that what do you got will I wish we could send some tea to her the high today in Grand Blank is 30° yeah I looked but we'll heat it up for you in here despite this headline winter is coming again and again and again George RR Martin there it is kicking off the new year with Big Game of Thrones news revealing that there are not one not two
but three spin-off Series in the works the author and producer writing in a blog post quote HBO and I have our own animated projects set in the world of the song and ice fire one of them is nine voyages the house of dragon prequel which will follow the Seas snake as he embarks on his legendary Adventure across OS no details on when these shows will go into production but Martin says animation is the right move here writing quote there's a whole world out there and we have a lot better chance of
showing it all with animation so we now have three animated projects on the way interesting I know when you think animated I think like rug rats and you know SpongeBob this is not that I have a feeling it's going to be a little more intense than that but like animated movies have come such a long way and so this is going to be a an interesting foray into animated TV series okay um we'll be watching and Diane will be providing the soundtrack the whole way through yeah I love how by the way we do
have the ability to play our own music but sometimes I prefer to just we prefer it too for the record all right next up the only thing more dramatic than the dragons and fratricide of game of th Thrones is Vanderpump Rules which is now launching a spin-off of its own Vanderpump Villa takes place Lisa vander's luxury French Villa following her handpick staff as they live and work together to navigate every extravagant desire of their high maintenance guests welcome to Vander pomp Villa I have per
sonally selected each of you from some of the best restaurants bars and kitchens I know you know how to serve but this is France so let's talk expectations why do you look so scared I look so scared too wow I feel scared just watching it the show Premier is on Hulu from our parent company Disney no exact date but they say soon oh okay vandom Villa all right and finally does owning an Android make you less attractive that's what some people are saying on Tik Tok content creator travane Barnett hi
t the streets asking women how owning an Android affects their perception of men 10 but he hasn't Android phone what's his new rating a three that's a zero that's horrible it's a zero our pictures for Instagram are going to be terrible it's scen texts and I'm doing blue I feel like it's that the series of videos has racked up more than half a million views responses are like I can't text you in green and you're less attractive because of the Android however not everyone agrees a Google spokesper
son telling the New York Post sorry to burst your blue bubble but green is so in right now I feel we should have brought Mike Muse in for this story cuz he would be so so upset right now one of my best friends Jenny Kim has an Android and I have to say her photos always come out amazing that's what Michael always he always insist let me take the picture and I'll show you how good it comes out that's true all right we really like the blue bubble though we love the blue bubble Gans and thank you f
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believed to be planned and intentional an SUV loaded with gas canons miners barrels into a crowd outside New York City what we're learning about the main investigators say is their suspect tensions Rising Iran moving warships to the Red Sea after the US battles against Iranian back Rebels we are live from Israel and the New Year means new state laws across the country how they'll impact everything from guns to minimum wage we're at the White House with the latest and good afternoon everyone I'm
Kira Phillips our top story this hour a deadly New Year's Day explosion in Rochester New York police say their suspect is 35-year-old Michael Avery and that he is the man that rented an SUV loading it with gas canisters and intentionally driving it into a crowd outside a concert venue his car crashing into another car exploding and killing not only Avery but two others The Joint terrorism task force now working with Rochester police tracing Avery's steps and trying to come up with a motive alth
ough the motive behind the crime remains unknown the conversations we've had with his family so far leads us to believe that Avery may have been suffering from possible undiagnosed mental health issues additionally we have not uncovered any information leading us to believe that the actions of Michael Avery on New Year's Eve were motivated by any form of political or social biases new senior investigative correspondent Aon KY joining us now so Aaron what more are we learning about the suspect 35
-year-old Michael Avery is from the Syracuse area Kira and he came here 2 days after Christmas checked into a local hotel and seemingly began planning for this vehicle ramming he uh checked into the hotel 2 days later he goes to the Rochester airport leaves his car at the airport and rents a giant SUV a Ford Expedition and then the next day makes a half dozen purchases around town of multiple gas canisters and gasoline fills up those canisters keeps them in inside the SUV and then 2 days after t
hat he's here at Kodak Center speeding toward a crowd just leaving a Grateful Dead tribute band concert they're in the crosswalk behind me that's when according to police he speeds up in the Ford Expedition aiming for those pedestrians but ends up crashing into another vehicle an Uber driver's uh smaller SUV that Collision uh even though it killed the two passengers may have ultimately Kira saved many more lives of those pedestrians in the crosswalk so with with regard to the investigation Ain a
re officials considering terrorism in any way shape or form as a potential motive here they're considering it and the FBI is involved but so far they've been clear they found no evidence to link this to any form of domestic or International terrorism nor have they found any evidence to connect this to a particular particular uh social or or political bias so why Avery did this remains something of a mystery you heard the police chief here in Rochester say that the family believes he was sufferin
g from some kind of an undiagnosed mental health issue we're told that he's had no prior interaction with police uh the chief would not say if the family had ever tried to get him some help and as you've been talking about throughout the morning he apparently spent days filling up these gas canisters I mean did anyone else notice what was going on and what else are authorities looking into now uh seemingly nobody else noticed but they they are pretty convinced and they have a number of pieces of
video that that tells the police that he was aiming for those people that were in the crosswalk and we were just down the block uh at a local florist that may have had a camera trained on on the street we saw police officer inside taking a look at at some of the security camera footage so they're clearly still doing some canvasing in the neighborhood to see what other images they can find we know they were at the hotel where he stayed for a couple of days to see what items they might have been
able to recover there uh and and while the chief said they didn't find any suicide note or any kind of a diary or writings um they they are still looking to see if they can find any indication of a motive all right Aon kki appreciate it we'll stay in touch with you we also have breaking news now over in the Middle East we're following a major explosion in southern Bay rout where Lebanese Security Services say at least six people have been killed including top Hamas leader Sal Al aori this comes
as Iranian State media reports Iran is sending a warship to the Red Sea now amid the escalating conflict between Iranian backed houthis and the US Navy our foreign correspondent Marcus Moore is there in Tel Aviv so Marcus what more do we know about the explosion well uh Cara we know that this happened in the in the beay the southern uh bayroot area a neighborhood known as the dahia area which is a Hezbollah stronghold I believe we have a map on the screen now to give you a sense of where this ha
ppened and now I want you to see some of the pictures we understand from uh from reports that this was a um a drone strike on Mr aurori and that he along with five others were were killed at this point uh we don't know their names or who these others were or or what exactly they were doing at the time but there were initial reports that perhaps they were near the Hamas uh office which is there in the dahi uh neighborhood where we have been uh just last year uh spent a month in the area there uh
highly densely populated and and buildings very tightly uh packed together there uh that's all we know at this point Kira there's been no claim of responsibility but Hamas uh as well as Lebanese media and some other outlets and organizations are saying that the is Israelis uh have carried out a drone strike um on those the people there uh no word no official word from the Israelis were working to get that uh to confirm but uh if indeed this was an Israeli strike tonight uh in Beirut um it is pot
entially an escalation a major escalation in this this conflict that we've watched unfold since October 7th because Kira as you know the question will be uh is what the response will be either from Hamas or he Hezbollah has said that uh if Israel were to carry out an attack in Beirut on either members of of their party or Hamas that they would respond in an unprecedented way and so we're waiting to see what the response might be well the US has avoided striking Hui Rebels inside Yemen to prevent
any type of escalation within this war now this uh and Iran sending in a warship yeah there's a lot of moving Parts happening uh the Iran moving that that warship into the Red Sea which is an area where we have been seeing a number of houthi rebels attacking commercial vessels and Iran is saying that they have been having their ships in that area since 2009 to to protect commercial Freight uh and the vessels there and that that is what they're doing they're continuing to do uh but certainly it
goes without saying that uh this is a show of force on the part of of of Iran and we've already been reporting on the number of attacks and the impact that that has had on on Commercial freighting and also the supply chain and uh the certainly just adds uh an extra layer to what we've watched unfold there so we have also reported on the houthis targeting International commercial ships passing through the Red Sea how are the companies responding to this and are they having to take on extra securi
ty measures yeah they have uh some of them have continued to uh go go about these routes through the uh through the along the Red Sea there um but with a protection uh we know that the United States has been uh working to protect those commercial uh ships from drones um and also uh any attackers who would arrive on boats or in helicopters uh but other companies like M for example one of the largest shipping companies in in the world they have suspended their operations in the Red Sea indefinitel
y uh because of this situation and and what's a significant about that is uh this part of the Red Sea is really a shortcut uh past to Africa and without that route they have to go all the way around and so you can imagine the impact of that will and is already having on the supply chain and on prices for some uh Commodities Marcus Moore appreciate it let's head to Japan now as It suffers a series of disasters powerful earthquakes hitting the western part of the country including one quake regist
ering a devastating 7.6 now A desperate search is underway to rescue survivors as the Prime Minister says tens of thousands of people are in the dark while other areas remain completely inaccessible Chief National corespondent Matt Gutman is in Tokyo a desperate search for survivors after that deadly earthquake in Japan that magnitude 7.6 Quake flattening buildings severing power lines and killing dozens it forced tens of thousands in coastal areas to evacuate this video capturing the chaos at t
his train station the violent rattling lasting for seconds hundreds of other passengers traveling on high-speed bullet trains stranded for several hours major roadways buckling making them impassible this video taken inside a convenience store Nago showing items on shelves shaking violently cell phone video taken from inside this store showing the panic and Chaos as customers run for safety the powerful tremor is rocking this home near the epicenter a baby crying out and there have been dozens o
f aftershocks in a country accustomed to seismic activity Japan has about three times as many earthquakes as California because it's sitting at a very complicated part of the plate tectonic puzzle where four plates come together and our thanks to Matt Gutman for that we'll follow that story also in Japan a fiery plane crash in Tokyo five Japanese Coast Guard members now confirmed dead the passenger plane and a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo's ATA airport this morni
ng it burst into flames Japan Airlines says that all 379 people on the passenger plane got out safely but the pilot of the Coast Guard Plane escaped as well but his five crew members did not officials in Japan are now investigating if the landing was given by the airport control center they're also looking into Communications that were exchanged between the airport Control Center and the and the plane uh apparently the plane was reported uh headed to provide earthquake relief well back here at h
ome along the California coast residents are still dealing with the aftermath of a massive storm over the holiday weekend while another one is on the way more large waves are expected to slam hard hit beaches and peers from San Francisco to Los Angeles were also following the rain and snow expected from the Rockies before heading east our meteorologist Mar Theodore has more on what to expect this week all right come with me to the West Coast we are looking at these waves that crashed California
last week we saw waves as high as 40 fet as a result that left damage in places like Rio delmare they're dealing with cleanup right now and they're not really out of the thick of it just yet 15 to 23ft waves are certainly possible by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow really reaching their Zenith then and starting to diminish a bit in the afternoon but enough to prompt the High Surf alerts those will be spanning from North of San Francisco south down to San Diego and this storm system is is also bringing with i
t strong winds as a result of wind advisory winter weather advisory further Inland where they could see anywhere from 4 in to a foot of snow in some of the higher elevations so where does the storm go next after bringing rain early Wednesday morning it then drives into the Rockies bringing some snowfall there and then by Friday making its way to the central portion of the country we could see some rain in Dallas and Houston even a bit of a wintry mix in areas like Witchita by Saturday morning th
is is going to impact weekend plans for those living in the Southeast as well as some winter weather through Parts in Tennessee in Ohio Valley Sunday this is a day to watch this could be some impressive snowfall for the Northeast one of the first snowfalls we've seen substantial snowfalls we've seen in quite some time again we're going to wait it's not definitive forecast but something to watch back to you cara all right Samara thank you so much and coming up countdown to Iowa two weeks until th
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things different do you think a lot has changed it it it it has Kira and happy New Year to you but remember when we were last here it was back in May of last year and that was before even Governor de Sanz had officially announced that he was running but he had so much momentum some three dozen state electeds had already endorsed him back then he later earned the endorsement of Governor Kim rendles and there there was a lot of talk about him closing the gap between him and uh former president Tr
ump but you fast forward that more than 6 months to today and it seems like uh Iowa is solidly Trump right now I mean you look at the polling uh he's leading by about 50% and now it it it seems as though the numbers would S suggest that it's a battle for second place primarily between Nikki Haley and Governor D santis so recent polling shows that former president Trump no no surprise here still maintains a commanding lead in the polls um what do you think his strategy will be in Iowa well Kira i
t's clear that he has been relying on these centered events he's had about 30 events since March of last year uh either with him appearing or having these Trump surrogates but look I mean this is a state that he won that caucus in back in 20120 he he put up a a very competitive run in 2016 and so I I think his his uh his campaign Kan understands that he's got a lot of uh a lot of groundwork already laid here and they're kind of relying on that and and I think I think you're we're starting to kin
d of see uh certainly you can't count your tickets before they hatch but you're starting to kind of see him pivot and and and look ahead all right let's talk about the other candidates just for a moment here Dan santis uh polling second in Iowa at 18% right that's far behind Donald Trump but Nikki Haley closing in on DeSantis in the polls so say a lot about her campaign it does Kira and what's fascinating about that is that Nikki Haley while she has had a number of events here more than 60 which
pales in comparison to Dan santis or even be ramaswami uh she hasn't really uh spent as much time here in in in in later weeks as she has in in New Hampshire in South Carolina that's that's been her primary focus but what is interesting is there are a lot of Nikki Haley ads being run here millions of dollars multiple millions of dollars and it seems as though that's been kind of chipping away at that gap between her and Governor Dan santis all right it's going to start getting really busy now w
e'll be talking a lot Alex thank you well the new year is ushering in new laws across several States and they include a number of controversial issues from gun violence to book banss even gender neutral toy sections chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce breaks down the laws and the impact that they'll have on all of us well with the New Year comes a new slate of state laws across the country that are having an immediate impact on Americans lives first up gun reforms You know despite a histo
ric number of mass shootings last year Congress remains deadlocked on this issue so states are taking action instead California taking the biggest step barring guns in most public places including libraries Parks churches and sports venues while Illinois is also Banning high-powered semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines and Colorado is getting rid of those ghost guns those do-it-yourself homemade guns next the federal minimum wage it hasn't been raised actually in nearly 15 years now
still stuck at 725 an hour but once again we are seeing States taking matters into their own hands 22 states are now raising their minimum wage that means many workers are now going to be making $15 an hour or more and States we know have also been the Battleground for divisive social issues in Louisiana and West Virginia new restrictions on gender transition care for young people are now in place and in Texas they have now banned offices and programs that promote diversity equity and inclusion
at publicly funded colleges and universities conservative lawmakers there arguing those programs Stoke racial divisions or push liberal agendas on campuses so lots of changes across the country Kira all right Mary Bruce thanks so much and coming up we have a winner someone starting off the New Year lucky with the $842 million Powerball prize find out where the hot ticket was sold next [Music] why do so many people start their day here from ABC News this is start here to be in the know and get a
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guard at gunpoint then headed into the building continuing to shoot but no injuries were reported officials say they don't believe this is tied to previous threats to Colorado Supreme Court Justices actor Ian zering is now opening up about a street brawl with several bikers in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve in a video the Beverly Hills 90210 actor can be seen getting out of his car and seeming to engage with one of the bikers before the conflict escalated zaring also said that he and his daughter
who was also in the car at that time came out completely unscathed and it's a very happy new year for a lucky Powerball winner in Michigan The $842 Million jackpot was brought at bought rather at a store in Grand Blanc Michigan that's just outside of Flint the big sum comes after 34 consecutive Powerball drawings with no winner well this winner has yet to claimed their prize and it's been one year since his nearly fatal snowplow AC accident now actor Jeremy rener is thanking First Responders wi
th a surprised return to the hospital that helped save his life rener says that knowing he had a lot to fight for helped him make it and now he's marking the anniversary with a dedication to his daughter here's our Stephanie Ramos Jeremy rener making a surprise return the Avengers star going back to the hospital in Reno Nevada thanking the staff that helped save his life someone's in front of my house on the ground they got run over by a snow cat he's been crushed the 52-year-old run over by a l
arge snow plow on New Year's Day in 20123 First Responders capturing the moments on body camera the actor's nephew telling authorities that rener got out of the plow to check on him but the plow didn't stop he tried to jump on it into the thing and it took him under the Marvel star suffering 30 broken bones and blunt force trauma to his chest a long journey to rec cover a rener has continued to document online I shift The Narrative of being victimized or making a mistake or anything else I refus
ed to be haunted by that memory that way rener telling Diane Sawyer there were moments he thought he wouldn't make it we just endured that's real love it's suffering but that feeds the seeds of what love is now the 52-year-old commemorat ating the anniversary of the accident with his new single titled wait dedicated to his daughter whom he credits as his number one reason for [Music] Recovery posting this picture of the two of them on Instagram writing I asked her to wait for me when I first saw
her January 14th as I arrived home as I got better she got better less afraid there is simply no better motivator to recover than to heal your family and friends and our thanks to Stephanie Ramos for that rener love and titanium e p which includes the song dedicated to his daughter drops later this month more breaking news to tell you about this hour we have now learned that Harvard president Claudine gay has resigned the announcement comes at will come through an email apparently this afternoo
n her resignation brings an end to the shortest presidency in the University's history just 6 months into her Reign there the move comes amid growing allegations of plagiarism and her response to anti-Semitism on campus after Congressional testimony that we covered last month thanks for streaming with us I'm Kira Phillips from breaking news all the stories that matter to you you can always find us on various streaming services the ABC News app and of course on abcnews.com the news never stops ne
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ated as an SUV loaded with gas canisters barrels into a crowd outside a New York concert venue what we're learning about the man investigators say is their suspect tensions Rising Iran moving warships to the Red Sea after the US battles against Iranian back Rebels we are live from Israel and the New Year means new state laws across the country how they'll impact everything from guns to minimum wage we're at the White House with the latest and good afternoon everyone I'm Kira Phillips our top sto
ry this hour a deadly New Year's Day explosion in Rochester New York police say their suspect is 35-year-old Michael Avery and that he is the man that rented an SUV loading it with gas canisters and intentional driving it into a crowd outside a concert venue his car crashing into another car exploding and killing not only Avery but two others The Joint terrorism task force now working with Rochester police tracing Avery's steps and trying to come up with a motive although the motive behind the c
rime remains unknown the conversations we've had with his family so far leads us to believe that Avery may have been suffering from possible undiagnosed mental health issues additionally we have not uncovered any information leading us to believe that the actions of Michael Avery on New Year's Eve were motivated by any form of political or social biases new senior investigative correspondent Ain kki joining us now so aarin what more are we learning about the suspect 35-year-old Michael Avery is
from the Syracuse area Kira and he came here 2 days after Christmas checked into a local hotel and seemingly began planning for this vehicle r he uh checked into the hotel 2 days later he goes to the Rochester airport leaves his car at the airport and rents a giant SUV a Ford Expedition and then the next day makes a half dozen purchases around town of multiple gas canisters and gasoline fills up those canisters keeps them inside the SUV and then 2 days after that he's here at Kodak Center speedi
ng toward a crowd just leaving a Grateful Dead tribute band concert they're in the crosswalk behind me that's when according to police he speeds up in the Ford Expedition aiming for those pedestrians but ends up crashing into another vehicle an Uber driver's uh smaller SUV that Collision uh even though it killed the two passengers may have ultimately Kira saved many more lives of those pedestrians in the crosswalk so with with regard to the investigation Ain our official considering terrorism in
any way shape or form as a potential motive here they're considering it and the FBI is involved but so far they've been clear they found no evidence to link this to any form of domestic or International terrorism nor have they found any evidence to connect this to a particular uh social or or political bias so why Avery did this remains something of a mystery you heard the police chief here in Rochester say that the family believes he was suffering from some kind of an undiagnosed mental health
issue we're told that he's had no prior interaction with police uh the chief would not say if the family had ever tried to get him some help and as you've been talking about throughout the morning he apparently spent days filling up these gas canisters I mean did anyone else notice what was going on and what else are authorities looking into now uh seemingly nobody else noticed but they they are pretty convinced and they have a number of pieces of video that that tells the police that he was ai
ming for those people that were in the crosswalk and we were just down the block uh at a local florist that may have had a camera trained on on the street we saw a police officer inside taking a look at at some of the security camera footage so they're clearly still doing some canvasing in the neighborhood to see what other images they can find we know they were at the hotel where he stayed for a couple of days to see what items they might have been able to recover there uh and and while the chi
ef said they didn't find any suicide note or any kind of a diary or writings um they they are still looking to see if they can find any indication of a motive all right Aon kki appreciate it we'll stay in touch with you we also have breaking news now over in the Middle East we're following a major explosion in southern Beirut where Lebanese Security Services say at least six people have been killed including top Hamas leader s Al aori this comes as Iranian State media reports Iran is sending a w
arship to the Red Sea now amid the escalating conflict between Iranian back houthis and the US Navy our foreign correspondent Marcus Moore is there in Tel Aviv so Marcus what more do we know about the explosion well uh Carol we know that this happened in the in the bay rout the southern uh bayroot area a neighborhood known as the dahia area which is a Hezbollah stronghold I believe we have a map on the screen now to give you a sense of where this happened and now I want you to see some of the pi
ctures we understand from uh from reports that this was a um a drone strike on Mr aori and that he along with five others were were killed at this point uh we don't know their names or who these others were or or what exactly they were doing at the time but there were initial reports that perhaps they were near the Hamas uh office which is there in the dahi uh neighborhood where we have been uh just last year spent a month in the area there uh highly densely populated and and buildings very tigh
tly uh packed together there uh that's all we know at this point Kira there's been no claim of responsibility but Hamas uh as well as Lebanese media and some other outlets and organizations are saying that the Israelis uh have carried out a drone strike um on those the people there uh no word no official word from the Israelis were working to get that uh to confirm but uh if indeed this was an Israeli strike tonight uh in Beirut um it is potentially an escalation a major escalation in this this
conflict that we've watched unfold since October 7th because Kira as you know the question will be uh is what the response will be either from Hamas or Hezbollah Hezbollah has said that uh if Israel were to carry out an attack in Beirut on either members of of their party or Hamas that they would respond in an unprecedented way and so we're waiting to see what the response might be well the US has avoided striking Hui Rebels inside Yemen to prevent any type of escalation within this war now this
uh and Iran sending in a warship yeah there's a lot of moving Parts happening uh the Iran moving that that warship into the Red Sea which is an area where we have been seeing a number of houthi rebels attacking commercial vessels and Iran is saying that they have been having their ships in that area since 2009 to to protect commercial Freight uh and the vessels there and that that is what they're doing they're continuing to do uh but certainly it goes without saying that uh this is a show of fo
rce on the part of of of Iran and uh we've already been reporting on the number of attacks and the impact that that has had on on Commercial freading and also the supply chain and uh this certainly just adds uh an extra layer uh to we've watched unfold there so we have also reported on the houthis targeting International commercial ships passing through the Red Sea how are the companies responding to this and are they having to take on extra security measures yeah they have uh some of them have
continued to uh go about these routes through the uh through the along the Red Sea there um but with a protection uh we know that the United States has been uh working to protect those commercial uh ships from drones um and also uh any attackers who would arrive on boats or in helicopters uh but other companies like M for example one of the largest shipping companies in in the world they have suspended their operations in the Red Sea indefinitely uh because of this situation and and what's signi
ficant about that is uh this part of the Red Sea is really a shortcut uh past to Africa and without that route they have to go all the way around and so you can imagine the impact of that will and is already having on the supply chain and on prices for some uh Commodities Marcus Moore appreciate it let's head to Japan now as It suffers a series of disasters powerful earthquakes hitting the western part of the country including one Quake registering a devastating 7.6 now A desperate search is und
erway to rescue survivors as the Prime Minister says tens of thousands of people are in the dark while other areas remain completely inex accessible Chief National corespondent Matt Gutman is in Tokyo a desperate search for survivors after that deadly earthquake in Japan that magnitude 7.6 Quake flattening buildings severing power lines and killing dozens it forced tens of thousands in coastal areas to evacuate this video capturing the chaos at this train station the violent rattling lasting for
seconds hundreds of other passengers traveling on high-speed bullet trains strand for several hours major roadways buckling making them impassible this video taken inside a convenience store Nago showing items on shelves shaking violently cell phone video taken from inside this store showing the panic and Chaos as customers run for safety powerful Tremors rocking this home near the epicenter a baby crying out and there have been dozens of aftershocks in a country accustomed to seismic activity
Japan has about three times as many earthquakes as California because it's sitting at a very complicated part of the plate tectonic puzzle where four plates come together and our thanks to Matt Gutman for that we'll follow that story also in Japan a fiery plane crash in Tokyo five Japanese Coast Guard members now confirmed dead the passenger plane and a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo's ATA airport this morning it burst into flames Japan Airlines says that all 379 p
eople on the passenger plane got out safely but the pilot of the Coast Guard Plane escaped as well but his five crew members did not officials in Japan are now investigating if the landing was given by the airport control center they're also looking into Communications that were exchanged between the airport Control Center and the and the plane uh apparently the plane was reported uh headed to provide earthquake relief well back here at home along the California coast residents are still dealing
with the aftermath of a massive storm over the holiday weekend while another one is on the way more large waves are expected to slam hard hit beaches and peers from San Francisco to Los Angeles we're also following the rain and snow expected from the Rockies before heading east our meteorologist Mar Theodore has more on what to expect this week all right come with me to the West Coast we are looking at these waves that crashed California last week we saw waves as high as 40 ft as a result that
left damage in places like Rio Delmar they're dealing with cleanup right now and they're not really out of the thick of it just yet 15 to 23t waves are certainly possible by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow really reaching their Zenith then and starting to diminish a bit in the afternoon but enough to prompt the High Surf alerts those will be spanning from North of San Francisco south down to San Diego and this storm system is also bringing with it strong winds as a result of wind advisory winter weather advi
sory further Inland where they could see anywhere from 4 in to a foot of snow in some of the higher elevations so where does the storm go next after bringing rain early Wednesday morning it then drives into the Rockies bringing some snowfall there and then by Friday making its way to the central portion of the country we could see some rain in Dallas and Houston even a bit of a winry mix in areas like Witchita by Saturday morning this is going to impact weekend plans for those living in the Sout
heast as well as some winter weather through parts of Tennessee and Ohio Valley Sunday this is a day to watch this could be some impressive snowfall for the Northeast one of the first snowfalls we've seen substantial snowfalls we've seen in quite some time again we're going to wait it's not definitive forecast but something to watch back to you cara he all right Samara thank you so much and coming up countdown to Iowa two weeks until the Nation cast its first vote as Republican candidates scramb
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s nearest Rivals and our Alex pre is there on the campaign Trail just outside the Iowa state capital in De Moine and you were there as things ramped up last spring Alex let's just talk about well are things different do you think a lot has changed it it it it has Kira and happy New Year to you but remember when we were last here it was back in May of last year and that was before even Governor de Sanz had officially announced that he was running but he had so much momentum some three dozen state
electeds had already endorsed him back then he later earned the endorsement of Governor Kim rendles and there was a lot of talk about him closing the gap between him and uh former president Trump but you fast forward that more than 6 months to today and it seems like uh Iowa is solidly Trump right now I mean you look at the polling uh he's leading by about 50% and now it it it seems as though the the numbers would S suggest that it's a battle for second place primarily between Nikki Haley and G
overnor Dan santis so recent polling shows that former president Trump no no surprise here still maintains a command in lead in the polls um what do you think his strategy will be in Iowa well K it's clear that he has been relying on these centered events he's had about 30 events since March of last year uh either with him appearing or having these Trump surrogates but look I mean this is a state that he won that caucus in back in 2020 he he put up a a very competitive run in 2016 and so I I thi
nk his his uh his campaign understands that he's got a a lot of uh a lot of groundwork already laid here and they're kind of relying on that and and I think I think you're we're starting to kind of see uh certainly you can't count your tickets before they hatch but you're starting to kind of see him pivot and and and look ahead all right let's talk about the other candidates just for a moment here DeSantis uh polling second in Iowa at 18% right that's far behind Donald Trump but Nikki Haley clos
ing in on DeSantis in the polls so it says a lot about her campaign it does cure and what's fascinating about that is that Nikki Haley while she has had a number of events here more than 60 which pales in comparison to Dan santis or even Bea ramaswami uh she hasn't really uh spent as much time here in in in in later weeks as she has in in New Hampshire in South Carolina that's that's been her primary focus but what is interesting is there are a lot of Nikki Haley ads being run here millions of d
ollars mult millions of dollars and it seems as though that's been kind of chipping away at that gap between her and Governor Des santis all right it's going to start getting really busy now we'll be talking a lot Alex thank you well the new year is ushering in new laws across several States and they include a number of controversial issues from gun violence to book bans even gender neutral toy sections chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce breaks down the laws and the impact that they'll h
ave on all of us well with the new year here comes a new slate of state laws across the country that are having an immediate impact on Americans lives first up gun reforms You know despite a historic number of mass shootings last year Congress remains deadlocked on this issue so states are taking action instead California taking the biggest step barring guns in most public places including libraries Parks churches and sports venues while Illinois is also Banning high-powered semi-automatic rifle
s and high-capacity magazines and Colorado is getting rid of those ghost guns those do-it-yourself homemade guns next the federal minimum wage it hasn't been raised actually in nearly 15 years now still stuck at 725 an hour but once again we are seeing States taking matters into their own hands 22 states are now raising their minimum wage that means many workers are now going to be making $15 an hour or more and States we know have also been the Battleground for divisive social issues in Louisia
na and West Virginia new restrictions on gender transition care for young people are now in place and in Texas they have now banned off offices and programs that promote diversity equity and inclusion at publicly funded colleges and universities conservative lawmakers there arguing those programs Stoke racial divisions or push liberal agendas on campuses so lots of changes across the country Kira all right Mary Bruce thanks so much and coming up we have a winner someone starting off the New Year
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ing a security guard at gunpoint then headed into the building continuing to shoot but no injuries were reported officials say they don't believe this is tied to previous threats to Colorado Supreme Court Justices actor Ian zering is now opening up about a street brawl with several bikers in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve in a video the Beverly Hills 90210 actor can be seen getting out of his car and seeming to engage with one of the bikers before the conflict escalated zaring also said that he a
nd his daughter who was also in the car at that time came out completely unscathed and it's a very happy new year for a lucky Powerball winner in Michigan The $842 Million jackpot was brought at bought rather at a store in Grand Blanc Michigan that's just outside of Flint the big sum comes after 34 consecutive Powerball drawings with no winner well this winner has yet to claim their prize and it's been one year since his nearly fatal snowplow accident now actor Jeremy rener is thanking First Res
ponders with a surprised return to the hospital that helped save his life rener says that knowing he had a lot to fight for helped him make it and and now he's marking the anniversary with a dedication to his daughter here's our Stephanie Ramos Jeremy rener making a surprise return the Avengers star going back to the hospital in Reno Nevada thanking the staff that helped save his life someone's in front of my house on the ground they got run over by a snow cat he's been crushed the 52-year-old r
un over by a large snowplow on New Year's Day in 2023 First Responders capturing the moments on body camera the actor's nephew telling authorities that rener got out of the plow to check on him but the plow didn't stop he tried to jump on it into and it took him under the Marvel star suffering 30 broken bones and blunt force trauma to his chest a long journey to recovery rener has continued to document online I shift The Narrative of being victimized or making a mistake or anything else I refuse
d to be haunted buy that memory that way rener telling Diane Sawyer there were moments he thought he wouldn't make it we just endured that's real love it's suffering but that feeds the seeds of what love is now the 52-year-old commemorating the anniversary of the accident with his new single titled waight dedicated to his daughter whom he credits as his number one reason for Recovery kiss you good [Music] night posting this picture of the two of them on Instagram writing I asked her to wait for
me when I first saw her January 14th as I arrived home as I got better she got better less afraid there is simply no better motivator to recover than to heal your family and friends and our thanks to Stephanie Ramos for that rener love and titanium EP which includes the song dedicated to his daughter drops later this month more breaking news to tell you about this hour we have now learned that Harvard president Claudine gay has resigned the announcement comes at will come through an email appare
ntly this afternoon her resignation brings an end to the shortest presidency in the University's history just six months into her Reign there the move comes amid growing allegations of plagiarism and her response to anti-Semitism on campus after Congressional test testimony that we covered last month thanks for streaming with us I'm Kira Phillips from breaking news all the stories that matter to you you can always find us on various streaming services the ABC News app and of course on abcnews.co
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James Longman wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News [Music] live today on ABC News live Iran moves warships to the Red Sea after after the US battles against Iranian backed Rebels we are live in Tel Aviv with the latest a New Year's Day explosion now under investigation an SUV loaded with gas gas canisters barrels into a crowd outside a New York concert venue what we're learning about the man investigators say is their suspect and race for the White House less than
two weeks away from the Iowa caucuses how former president Trump is looking to Rally his supporters while his Rivals just hope for a breakthrough good afternoon everyone I'm Kira Phillips we do begin with breaking new news in the Middle East a potentially dangerous escalation in the is Israel Hamas War Lebanon saying a major explosion in southern Bay rout has killed at least six people including top Hamas leader s Al aruri the explosion happened in hezbollah's area of operation far from the Leb
anese Israeli border and this comes as Iranian State media is reporting Iran is sending a warship now to the Red Sea amid the escalating conflict between Iranian back houthis and the US Navy our foreign correspondent Marcus Moore is in Tel Aviv so Marcus what more do we know about the explosion well we know uh Kira according to officials in Lebanon both from Hezbollah and also Hamas they are saying that this was an Israeli drone strike that left six people dead including uh Sali aori who you jus
t mentioned who is a very highlevel figure um in Hamas he was the the deputy commander of Hamas as well as a senior leader in the West Bank and so um his death or assassination as officials in in Lebanon are calling it will have a a major blow and is seen as a major blow uh to uh to Hamas uh those are the only details we have um at this point Israel is not uh confirming or or claiming responsibility for uh for this attack uh but uh but certainly from what we have seen from all of the reporting u
h that many in the region uh believe that Israel was behind and of course they have said in the past that uh auror uh would be a Target uh this was before the October 7th Terror attacks happened uh prime minister Benjamin nyaho and other officials themselves said that he uh would be a target a fair Target of the uh of the Israelis so there is that to to keep in mind and I think at this point Kira um as we work to learn new details about tonight's attack the next question will be is what kind of
response will there be either from Hamas or Hezbollah Hezbollah has said um in the past that um any strike on any Hamas members or um anyone associated with Hezbollah on the part of Israel would uh would bring about a very strong and unprecedented response from Hezbollah and at this point we've only heard statements from officials there uh there has not been any any retaliation but everyone seems to think there will be something but how big of a retaliation remains to be seen well the US has avo
ided striking hou the rebels inside Yemen to prevent any kind of escalation within this war at all and now Iran is sending in this warship possibly warships yes there's a lot of moving Parts here in in the region here in the Middle East as we've watched um uh houthi uh Rebels attack uh commercial vessels in the area you know the United States um sent in reinforcements to the region and now uh Iran has sent warships into the same Waters uh they say uh to protect the the commercial shipping lines
there something that they said that they've done in the open Waters since 2009 so on their part this is is nothing new but I think when you step back and look at the the 30,000 foot view uh certainly uh Iran just like any other um nation in this particular situation would perhaps want to um be a deterrent and have this be a show of force and so that's what we are seeing here uh of course the hope is that uh this does not spill into a wider conflict but as you know Kira that has been the concern
for quite some time right and we've reported also on the houthi targeting International commercial ships that have been passing through the Red Sea so do we know anything with regard to these companies if they are responding if they've had to take on extra security measures yeah some companies have actually uh rerouted uh their their vessels in including uh MK for example one of the largest shipping companies in the world they have suspended their operations in the Red Sea because the uh houthi
Rebels have attacked uh more more vessels and this continues to be a problem and and certainly the impacts um can't be understated we're talking about supply chain issues that could be exacerbated because of this um not only from a safety uh point of view but the fact that if these vessels now have to continue to go all the way around Africa for example that adds a lot of time and expense and so the the impacts are something that we could all feel uh in a big way and uh certainly we've seen the
United States again trying to uh intervene uh to protect some of the vessels that have been moving through that area to keep it clear uh and of course we'll have to watch and see how this develops in in the coming days all right and the IDF now saying that it expects the war in Gaza to last the entire year all of 2024 uh it's hard to imagine what that can look like well yeah I mean especially when you consider all of the suffering that we have seen uh among innocent families who've been caught i
n the middle of this War uh in terms of of what it will look like in in the days ahead no one has a crystal ball right but uh we can expect uh as we've already seen uh Israel to move out thousands of their troops as they said that they they've done and I think that we uh in the coming days months uh can begin to see a rotation if indeed this um this war does continue throughout the rest of the year rotation of Fighters and troops going in and out of Gaza but but certainly it does seem Kira um th
at the end is not near at all well we'll continue to follow it day by day Marcus Moore thank you and to Japan now as It suffers a series of disasters starting with those powerful earthquakes hitting the western part of the country including one Quake registering at a devastating 7.6 in magnitude now A desperate search is underway to rescue survivors as the Prime Minister says tens of thousands of people are in the dark Chief National correspondent Matt Gutman is in Tokyo a desperate search for s
urvivors after that deadly earthquake in Japan that magnitude 7.6 Quake flattening buildings severing power lines and killing dozens it forced tens of thousands in coastal areas to evacuate this video capturing the chaos at this train station the violent rattling lasting for seconds hundreds of other passengers traveling on high-speed bullet trains stranded for several hours major roadways buckling making them impassible this video taken inside a convenience store Nago showing items on shelves s
haking violently cell phone video taken from inside this store showing the panic and Chaos as customers run for safety powerful Tremors rocking this home near the epicenter a baby crying out and there have been dozens of aftershocks in a country accustomed to seismic activity Japan has about three times as many earthquakes as California because it's sitting at a very complicated part of the plate tectonic puzzle where four plates come together and our thanks to Matt Gutman will continue of cours
e to follow everything out of Japan including this fiery plane crash in Tokyo five Japanese Coast Guard members now confirmed dead after a passenger plane and a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo's at's airport this morning Japan Airlines saying that all 379 people on the passenger plane got out safely and the pilot of the Coast Guard Plane escaped but five of his crew members did not that Coast Guard Plane was reportedly headed to provide earthquake relief and officia
ls are now looking into communication issues between airport control and that plane we turn now to the deadly New Year's Day explosion in Rochester New York police say their suspect is 35-year-old Michael Avery and that he is the man that rented an SU loading it with gas canisters and intentionally driving into a crowd outside a concert venue his car crashing into another car and then exploding killing not only Avery but two others joint terrorism task force now working with Rochester police tra
cing Avery steps and trying to come up with a motive although the motive behind the crime remains unknown the conversations we've had with his family so far leads us to believe that Avery may have been suffering from possible undiagnosed mental health issues additionally we have not uncovered any information leading us to believe that the actions of Michael Avery on New Year's Eve were motivated by any form of political or social biases our senior investigative correspondent Eric kki has been fo
llowing this for us so Erin what more are we learning about the suspect Michael Avery's 35 years old Kira he's from the Syracuse area and he came here to Rochester on the 27th of December 2 days after Christmas he stayed in a local hotel that police spent part of today searching looking for Clues two days later the police said he made a number of purchases around town of of gasoline canisters and spent the day filling him up with gasoline uh that he then loaded into that big Ford Expedition he h
ad rented at Rochester Airport and drove it here on in the first hour of 2024 right as people were leaving Kodak Center as a concert LED out they were just coming across the crosswalk when police said Avery sped toward the pedestrians in the crosswalk and appeared to hit them intentionally so is the Task Force ruling out terrorism or not at this point of the investigation well they haven't found any evidence of it as of yet no evidence of any connection to either foreign or domestic terrorism bu
t there is this nagging question kiraa why does somebody uh come to a place he's not from rent the biggest SUV on the lot load it up with 12 15 gas canisters and then drive it toward a crowd leaving this theater uh so they just don't know uh the family of Michael Avery has indicated that he had some kind of undiagnosed mental health condition but he's had no prior interaction with police and the the authorities did not say whether the family has ever tried to get him any help Ain kkki will follo
w the investigation along with you appreciate it developing now a shooting at a Colorado Courthouse an intruder opening fire on the building early this morning in Denver the suspect entered the courthouse holding an unarmed security guard at gunpoint that suspect taken into custody now and police are investigating a motive ARA langi is in Denver Forest so MOA what do we know about how this all started and how police ultimately uh were able to arrest the suspect oh yeah police say the incident be
gan just after 1:00 a.m. when this suspect was involved in a car crash just outside of the Colorado Supreme Court building in Downtown Denver they say uh once that car crash sort of uh took place the suspect got out of the car pointed a gun at the other driver who was involved in the car crash then turned his attention towards the uh Supreme Court building shooting out a window of the Supreme Court building that was nearby that gave him access to the building once he was in side police say uh he
encountered an unarmed security guard held him at gunpoint demanding access to other parts of the Supreme Court building uh taking that security guard's keys and eventually making his way to the seventh floor of the Supreme Court building now while this was happening authorities say police were responding to the scene they were setting up a perimeter around the building uh outside of the building uh police say the suspect then began firing shots from inside the building uh at the office officer
s who were outside authorities say none of their officers were hit but this led to a several hours long standoff between the suspect who was inside and the officers who were outside this lasted about two hours uh and authorities say that finally ended when the suspect around 3:00 a.m. called 911 and agreed to give himself up to authorities they took him uh into custody at that point so would spend what nearly two weeks now since the Colorado Supreme Court ruled to remove former president Donald
Trump from the ballot do you know if this attack was connected to recent threats in any way against the Supreme Court Justices there well as you said Kira it's been a couple of weeks there have been multiple threats made against Colorado Supreme Court Justices since that ruling came down several weeks ago at this point in the investigation uh to uh today's this early morning's incident authorities are saying preliminary investigations confirm a high probability that this incident is not associat
ed to any of those recent threats against Colorado Supreme Court Justices so at this point it does not look like it had anything to do with that recent ruling it does not seem to be Associated any way with these recent threats uh but again authorities are still investigating a motive to why this suspect allegedly broke into the Supreme Court building uh and and uh fired uh fired shots at police overnight we'll track it mola thank you so much we also have breaking news this hour we're learning th
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ng the polls still 30 points ahead of his nearest Rivals let's bring in our political director Rick Klein here at ABC and also Alex pre who's been covering all the action there in De Mo so Rick let's just talk about what the latest polling tells us about how voters are feeling ahead of the Iowa caucus I mean clearly uh Trump remains in the lead that's exactly it k and a lot of it really hasn't changed if anything Trump is stronger now going into the start of voting just 13 days from now than he
was a year ago uh at the start of at the start of this entire campaign and really it speaks to the popularity that he has it also speaks to some of the shifting strategies of some of his opponents and I'll tell you in talking to the Trump campaign they are more confident on their organizing strategy than ever it isn't just the polling they say they've got people identified in all of Iowa's counties to go out and get people to actually show up on a caucus night uh 13 days from now and to deliver
the victory that he didn't quite get in 2016 he actually lost the caucuses last time right now he's positioned to actually win the the leadoff contest so Alex let's just talk about Trump's strategy here heading into the final two weeks I mean he's doing pretty well doesn't look like uh he has to make any changes well he's got that wide uh Gap in the polls between him and the next closest uh competitor which would be Governor DeSantis uh but listen I mean over since basically March of last year h
e's about had about 30 events here in Iowa which pales in comparison it's it's less than half of the amount that Nikki Haley has had and hers are significantly lower than VC Ramis Swami and Governor DeSantis who completed uh the the full grassly visiting all 99 counties uh back in December but as Rick mentioned uh the campaign the Trump campaign is is is pretty confident right now in his standing he had a strong showing in 2016 obviously a lot of support here in 2020 and these poll numbers uh ha
ve only grown his lead has only grown here now in uh leading up to 2024 he's going to be in Sue Center on the 5ifth he's got a couple of events scheduled on on on January 13th uh but look I mean right now they're they're riding high and I got a chance to talk to a couple of Voters down here uh in one of the the main areas and uh folks that are supporting him in this caucus but I think one of the things that this campaign has probably picked up on is this Republican notion of uh they want to make
sure that there's a republican in the White House regardless come 2024 and so there's a lot of a lot of feeling that if he's a front runner here that that's momentum that's going to carry uh through through the caucus and Rick let's just talk about the Iowa caucus here ahead of other Prime primaries I mean this is this is a pivotal time and look there's a couple things that makes Iowa different than than most of the other states that go early in the process one is it's a relatively small number
of people maybe 200,000 people or so have to get out on what's typically a very cold and often snowy night uh it means you've got really the die hards uh probably the most conservative of the early States particularly among evangelicals that was a recipe for a loss for Donald Trump Ted Cruz actually beat him uh back in in 2016 uh and historically you've seen a lot of upsets there so it is an opportunity to to break through Ronda Sanz in particular has p a lot of time energy attention money into
the state if he were not to win or come very close that would be a bitter disappointment to him Nikki hel's been surging of late and for her to win there would be a huge turnaround and with with New Hampshire just eight days later it's those two early states that are probably the best opportunities any of the candidates have to to establish themselves as the main alternative to Trump all right things are getting busy Rick and Alex thank you so much meanwhile former president Donald Trump may be
the Republican front runner but three women who once served in his administration are now speaking out about why they say he's not fit for office the women actually sat down with our co-anchor of this week and chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Carl here's just a part of that conversation to this day he still doubles down on the fact that he thinks that the election was stolen and fraudulent and then his rhetoric has just got gotten increasingly erratic I mean he has literally called for t
hings like doing away with parts of the Constitution wanting to weaponize the doj to enact revenge on his political enemies the fact that he feels that he needs to lean into being a dictator alone shows that he is a weak and feeble man who has no sense of character and integrity and has no sense of leadership everyone who is in The West Wing um and frankly a lot of cabinet secretaries they know how dangerous Trump is people who I have the deepest level of respect for like my for uh boss vice pre
sident Mike Pence he's seen more than any of us have seen he knows more than any of us know and I would just hope in this moment when we are less than a year out from or basically a year out from the election that he would think about speaking out more forcefully just about the unfitness of Donald Trump this is not about politics it's not about policy it is about the character of the man who's the leader of the Free World yeah even now even 3 years later almost you know there are many that haven
't come out who know exactly what you all know or no more I think it's really easy to paint all of these Republicans with a broad brush and say that they're doing it for you know their own personal Ambitions which I think is a large majority of them but I think another thing that we have to consider as a factor is that a lot of these people won't come forward even if privately they'll acknowledge that Trump is unfit or will privately acknowledge that the 2020 election wasn't stolen it's because
they know that they will face death threats that their families will face death threats I knew that coming forward and speaking out against Donald Trump I could potentially face security threats or death threats online harassment despite all the personal sacrifice um I knew that ultimately it was the right thing to do and so I just would encourage others to come forward because there we're running out of time in order to try to stop Trump from being in the Oval Office again his campaign theme is
retribution I mean this is the centerpiece of his campaign he says I am your retribution this is tough question but let me ask each of you are you worried that you will face that retribution if he comes back in it is a very real concern I've met with former cabinet secretaries very recently who were also on this you know potential theoretical list and and they're worried about it um listen I'll say this with Donald Trump is um what scares me as much as him and his retribution is the almost cult
-like following he has over his most Die Hard supporters um the the the threats the harassment the death threats that you get when he targets you and he's deliberate in targeting um is is is really horrifying and has no place in our American discourse again those former staffer sitting down with our chief Washington correspondent John Carl coming up the only man charged in the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur plotting to harm Witnesses the da in the case explains when we [Music] return this is ABC
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rk County district attorney disagrees saying Davis poses a credible threat to Witnesses and asked the judge to actually decline Davis's request Davis has been in jail in Las Vegas since his arrest in September he's pleaded not guilty Washington eeking out a win over Texas at the Sugar Bowl the huskys clenching 37-31 victory over the Longhorns to secure that spot in the playoff finals h QB Michael Phoenix Phoenix Jr rather threw 430 yards during that game ranking number four in playoff history Wa
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m guns to minimum wage we're at the White House with the latest and good afternoon everyone I'm Kira Phillips our top story this hour a deadly New Year's Day explosion in Rochester New York police say their suspect is 35-year-old Michael Avery and that he is the man that rented an SUV loading it with gas canisters and intentionally driving it into a crowd outside a concert venue his car crashing into another car exploding and killing not only Avery but two others The Joint terrorism task force n
ow working with Rochester police tracing Avery's steps and trying to come up with a motive although the motive behind the crime remains unknown the conversations we've had with his family so far leads us to believe that Avery may have been suffering from possible undiagnosed mental health issues additionally we have not uncovered any information leading us to believe that the actions of Michael ay on New Year's Eve were motivated by any form of political or social biases new senior investigative
correspondent Ain kerki joining us now so Aaron what more are we learning about the suspect 35-year-old Michael Avery's from the Syracuse area Kira and he came here 2 days after Christmas checked into a local hotel and seemingly began planning for this vehicle ramming he uh checked into the hotel two days later he goes to the Rochester airport leaves his car at the airport and rents a giant SUV a Ford Expedition and then the next day makes a half dozen purchases around town of multiple gas cani
sters and gasoline fills up those canisters keeps them inside the SUV and then 2 days after that he's here at Kodak Center speeding toward a crowd just leaving a Grateful Dead tribute band concert they're in the crosswalk behind me that's when according to police he speeds up in the Ford Expedition aiming for those pedestrians but ends up crashing into another vehicle an Uber driver's uh smaller SUV that Collision uh even though it killed the two passengers may have ultimately Kira saved many mo
re lives of those pedestrians in the crosswalk so with with regard to the investigation Ain are officials considering terrorism in any way shape or form as a potential motive here they're considering it and the FBI is involved but so far they've been clear they found no evidence to link this to any form of domestic or International terrorism nor have they found any evidence to connect this to a particular uh social or or political bias so why Avery did this remains something of a mystery you hea
rd the police chief here in Rochester say that the family believes he was suffering from some kind of an undiagnosed mental health issue we're told that he's had no prior interaction with with police uh the chief would not say if the family had ever tried to get him some help and as you've been talking about throughout the morning he apparently spent days filling up these gas canisters I mean did anyone else notice what was going on and what else are authorities looking into now uh seemingly nob
ody else noticed but they they are pretty convinced and they have a number of pieces of video that that tells the police that he was aiming for those people that were in the crosswalk and we were just down the block at a local florist that may have had a camera trained on on the street we saw a police officer inside taking a look at at some of the security camera footage so they're clearly still doing some canvasing of the neighborhood to see what other images they can find we know they were at
the hotel where he stayed for a couple of days to see what items they might have been able to recover there uh and and while the chief said they didn't find any suicide note or any kind of a diary or writings um they they are still looking to see if they can find any indication of a motive all right eron kerki appreciate it we'll stay in touch with you we also have breaking news now over in the Middle East we're following a major explosion in southern Beirut where Lebanese Security Services say
at least six people have been killed including top Hamas leader Sal Al aori this comes as Iranian State media reports Iran is sending a warship to the Red Sea now amid the escalating conf between Iranian backed houthis and the US Navy our foreign correspondent Marcus Moore is there in Tel Aviv so Marcus what more do we know about the explosion well uh Carol we know that this happened in the in the bayro the southern uh bayro area a neighborhood known as the dahia area which is a Hezbollah strong
hold I believe we have a map on the screen now to give you a sense of where this happened and now I want you to see some of the pictures we understand from uh from reports that this was a um a drone strike on Mr aori and that he along with five others were were killed at this point uh we don't know their names or who these others were or or what exactly they were doing at the time but there were initial reports that perhaps they were near the Hamas uh office which is there in the dahi uh neighbo
rhood where we have been uh just last year uh spent a month in the area there uh highly densely populated and and buildings very tightly uh packed together there uh that's all we know at this point Kira there's been no claim of responsibility but Hamas uh as well as Lebanese media and some other outlets and organizations are saying that the Israelis uh have carried out a drone strike um on those the people there uh no word no official word from the Israelis who working to get that uh to confirm
but uh if indeed this was an Israeli strike tonight uh in b um it is potentially an escalation a major escalation in this this conflict that we've watched unfold since October 7th because Kira as you know the question will be uh is what the response will be either from Hamas or Hezbollah Hezbollah has said that uh if Israel were to carry out an attack in Beirut on either members of of their party or Hamas that they would respond in an unprecedented way and so we're waiting to see what the respon
se might be well the US has avoided striking Hui Rebels inside Yemen to prevent any type of escalation within this War now this uh and Iran sending in a warship yeah there's a lot of moving Parts happening uh Iran moving that that warship into the Red Sea which is an area where we have been seeing a number of houthi rebels attacking commercial vessels and Iran is saying that they have been having their ships in that area since 2009 to to protect commercial Freight uh and the vessels there and th
at that is what they're doing they're continuing to do uh but certainly it goes without saying that this is a show of force on the part of of of Iran and we've already been reporting on the number of attacks and the impact that that has had on on Commercial freighting and also the supply chain and uh this certainly just adds uh an extra layer to what we've watched unfold there so we have also reported on the houthis targeting International commercial ships passing through the Red Sea how are the
companies responding to this and are they having to take on extra security measures yeah they have uh some of them have continue to uh go about these routes through the uh through the along the Red Sea there um but with a protection uh we know that the United States has been uh working to protect those commercial uh ships from drones um and also uh any attackers who would arrive on boats or in helicopters uh but other companies like M for for example one of the largest shipping companies in in
the world they have suspended their operations in the Red Sea indefinitely uh because of this situation and and what's significant about that is uh this part of the Red Sea is really a shortcut uh past to Africa and without that route they have to go all the way around and so you can imagine the impact of that will and is already having on the supply chain and on prices for some uh commodities Marcus Moore appreciate it let's head to Japan now as It suffers a series of disasters powerful earthqu
akes hitting the western part of the country including one Quake registering a devastating 7.6 now A desperate search is underway to rescue survivors as the Prime Minister says tens of thousands of people are in the dark while other areas remain completely inaccessible Chief National corent Matt Gutman is in Tokyo a desperate search for survivors after that deadly earthquake in Japan that back to 7.6 Quake flattening buildings severing power lines and killing dozens it forced tens of thousands i
n coastal areas to evacuate this video capturing the chaos at this train station the violent rattling lasting for seconds hundreds of other passengers traveling on high-speed bullet trains stranded for several hours major roadways buckling making them impassible this video taken inside a convenience store Nago showing items on shelves shaking violently cell phone video taken from inside this store showing the panic and Chaos as customers run for safety powerful Tremors rocking this home near the
epicenter a baby crying out and there have been dozens of aftershocks in a country accustomed to seismic activity Japan has about three times as many earthquakes as California because it's sitting at a very complicated part of the plate tectonic puzzle where four plates come together and our thanks to Matt Gutman for that we'll follow that story also in Japan a fiery plane crash in Tokyo five Japanese Coast Guard members now confirmed dead the passenger plane and a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft
collided on the runway at Tokyo's ATA airport this morning it burst into flames Japan Airlines says that all 379 people on the passenger plane got out safely but the pilot of the Coast Guard Plane escaped as well but his five crew members did not officials in Japan are now investigating if the landing was given by the airport control center they're also looking into Communications that were exchanged between the airport Control Center and the and the plane uh apparently the plane was reported u
h headed to provide earthquake relief well back here at home along the California coast residents are still dealing with the aftermath of a massive storm over the holiday weekend while another one is on the way more large waves are expected to slam hard hit beaches and peers from San Francisco to Los Angeles were also following following the rain and snow expected from the Rockies before heading east our meteorologist Mar Theodore has more on what to expect this week all right come with me to th
e West Coast we are looking at these waves that crashed California last week we saw waves as high as 40 feet as a result that left damage in places like Rio delmare they're dealing with cleanup right now and they're not really out of the thick of it just yet 15 to 23t waves are certainly possible by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow really reaching their Zenith then and starting to a bit in the afternoon but enough to prompt the High Surf alerts those will be spanning from North of San Francisco south down to
San Diego and this storm system is also bringing with it strong winds as a result of wind advisory winter weather advisory further Inland where they could see anywhere from 4 Ines to a foot of snow in some of the higher elevations so where does the storm go next after bringing rain early Wednesday morning it then drives into the Rockies bringing some snowfall there and then by Friday making its way to the central portion of the country we could see some rain in Dallas and Houston even a bit of a
wintry mix in areas like Witchita by Saturday morning this is going to impact weekend plans for those living in the Southeast as well as some winter weather through Parts in Tennessee and Ohio Valley Sunday this is a day to watch this could be some impressive snowfall for the Northeast one of the first snowfalls we've seen substantial snowfalls we've seen in quite some time again we're going to wait it's not definitive forecast but something to watch back to you cara all right Samara thank you
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first major test in the Republican primaries less than two weeks away in Iowa former president Donald Trump dominating the polls 30 points ahead of his nearest Rivals and our Alex pret is there on the campaign Trail just outside the Iowa state capital in De Moine and you were there as things ramped up last spring Alex let's just talk about well are things different different do you think a lot has changed it it it it has Kira and happy New Year to you but remember when we were last here it was
back in May of last year and that was before even Governor de Sanz had officially announced that he was running but he had so much momentum some three dozen state electeds had already endorsed him back then he later earned the endorsement of Governor Kim rendles and there was a lot of talk about him closing the gap between him and uh former president Trump but you fast forward that more than 6 months to today and it seems like uh Iowa is solidly Trump right now I mean you look at the polling uh
he's leading by about 50% and now it it it seems as though the numbers would S suggest that it's a battle for second place primarily between Nikki Haley and Governor D santis so recent polling shows that former president Trump no no surprise here still maintains a commanding lead in the polls um what do you think his strategy will be in Iowa well Kira it's clear that he has been relying on these centered events he's had about 30 events since March of last year uh either with him appearing or hav
ing these Trump surrogates but look I mean this is a state that he won that caucus in back in 2020 he he put up a a very competitive run in 2016 and so I I think his his uh his campaign understands that he's got a lot of uh a lot of groundwork already laid here and they're kind of relying on that and and I think I think you're we're starting to kind of see uh certainly you can't count your tickets before they hatch but you're starting to kind of see him pivot and and and look ahead all right let
's talk about the other candidates just for a moment here DeSantis uh polling second in Iowa 18% right that's far behind Donald Trump but Nikki Haley closing in on DeSantis in the polls so says a lot about her campaign it does cure and what's fascinating about that is that Nikki Haley while she has had a number of events here more than 60 which pales in comparison to DeSantis or even be Ramis Swami uh she hasn't really uh spent as much time here in in in in later weeks as she has in in New Hamps
hire in South Carolina that's that's been her primary focus but what is interesting is there are a lot of Nikki Haley ads being run here millions of dollars multiple millions of dollars and it seems as though that's been kind of chipping away at that gap between her and Governor Des santis all right it's going to start getting really busy now we'll be talking a lot Alex thank you well the new year is ushering in new laws across several States and they include a number of controversial issues fro
m gun violence to book bans even gender neutral toy sections chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce breaks down the laws and the impact that they'll have on all of us well with the New Year comes a new slate of state laws across the country that are having an immediate impact on Americans lives first up gun reforms You know despite a historic number of mass shootings last year Congress remains deadlocked on this issue so states are taking action instead California taking the biggest step bar
ring guns in most public places including libraries Parks churches and sports venues while Illinois is also Banning high-powered semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines and Colorado is getting rid of those ghost guns those do-it-yourself homemade guns next the federal minimum wage it hasn't been raised actually in nearly 15 years years now still stuck at 7:25 an hour but once again we are seeing States taking matters into their own hands 22 states are now raising their minimum wage tha
t means many workers are now going to be making $15 an hour or more and States we know have also been the Battleground for divisive social issues in Louisiana and West Virginia new restrictions on gender transition care for young people are now in place and in Texas they have now banned offices and programs that promote diversity equity and inclusion at publicly funded colleges Coles and universities conservative lawmakers there arguing those programs Stoke racial divisions or push liberal agend
as on campuses so lots of changes across the country Kira all right Mary Bruce thanks so much and coming up we have a winner someone's starting off the New Year lucky with the $842 million Powerball prize find out where the hot ticket was sold [Music] next whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war in Rolling for this tornado tore through this town from Leon Maine the scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile strike ABC News live everywhere in Icelan
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upreme Court building overnight the suspect holding a security guard at gunpoint then headed into the building continuing to shoot but no injuries were reported officials say they don't believe this is tied to previous threats to Colorado Supreme Court Justices actor Ian zering is now opening up about a street brawl with several bikers in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve in a video the Beverly Hills 90210 actor can be seen getting out of his car and seeming to engage with one of the bikers before t
he conflict escalated zaring also said that he and his daughter who was also in the car at that time came out completely unscathed and it's a very happy New Year for a lucky Powerball winner in Michigan The $842 Million jackpot was brought at bought rather at a store in Grand Blanc Michigan that's just outside of Flint the big sum comes after 34 consecutive Powerball drawings with no winner well this winner has yet to claim their prize and it's been one year since his nearly fatal snowplow accid
ent now actor Jeremy rener is thanking First Responders with a surprised return to the hospital that helped save his life rener says that knowing he had a lot to fight for helped him make it and now he's marking the anniversary with a dedication to his daughter here's our Stephanie Ramos Jeremy rener making a surprise return the Avengers star going back to the hospital in Reno Nevada thanking the staff that helped save his life someone's in front of my house on the ground they got run over by a
snow cat he's been crushed the 52-year-old run over by a large snow plow on New Year's Day in 2023 First Responders capturing the moments on body camera the actor's nephew telling authorities that rener got out of the plow to check on him but the plow didn't stop he tried to jump on into the and it took him under the Marvel star suffering 30 broken bones and blunt force trauma to his chest a long journey to recovery rener has continued to document online I shift The Narrative of being victimized
or making a mistake or anything else I refused to be haunted by that memory that way rener telling Diane Sawyer there were moments he thought he wouldn't make it we just endured that's real love it's suffering but that feeds the seeds of what love is now the 52-year-old commemorating the anniversary of the accident with his new single titled wait if you wait dedicated to his daughter whom he credits as his number one reason for Recovery [Music] kiss posting this picture of the two of them on In
stagram writing I asked her to wait for me when I first saw her January 14th as I arrived home as I got better she got better less afraid there is simply no better motivator to recover than to heal your family and friends friends and our thanks to Stephanie Ramos for that rener love and titanium EP which includes the song dedicated to his daughter drops later this month more breaking news to tell you about this hour we have now learned that Harvard president Claudine gay has resigned the announc
ement comes at will come through an email apparently this afternoon her resignation brings an end to the shortest presidency in the University's history just 6 months into her Reign there the move comes amid growing allegations of plagiarism and her response to anti-Semitism on campus after Congressional testimony that we covered last month thanks for streaming with us I'm Kira Phillips from breaking news all the stories that matter to you you can always find us on various streaming services the
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allnew ABC News app download it now reporting from Soul South Korea I'm brick Planet wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live today on ABC News live breaking news this hour after anti-Semitism plagiarism and a congressional hearing Harvard president Claudine gay is out just 6 months into her term the ivy league leader resigns plus the race for the White House two weeks away from the Iowa caucuses former president Trump will rally his supporters while his Rivals
hope for a breakthrough and California residents go from one devastating storm to another on its way Samara Theodore with our forecast this this hour good afternoon everyone I'm Kira Phillips we do begin with that breaking news Harvard president claudon gay is stepping down the announcement coming in an email earlier today her resignation brings an end to the shortest presidency in the University's history just six months into her term that move comes amid growing allegations of plagiarism and h
er response to anti-Semitism on campus during Congressional testimony last month she was criticized for not being able to say that calls for the genocide of Jews would violate the school's conduct policy our White House correspondent Mary Parks joins us now with more so what more do we know about her decision to resign Mary Alice yeah K in some ways this is a very fast end to a very short tenure like you said she only took over in the job in July the Harvard Crimson says that it will be the shor
test tenure of any University president since the 1600s she's the first black woman to serve in this role and like you said she's faced months of intense scrutiny over her handling of alleged anti-Semitism on campus there was a series of letters and statements put out by the university in the Fallout of the October 7th Hamas attack against Israel that a lot of uh frankly Jewish donors and other members of the community alums and and and concerned uh students and alums found uh really fell short
they didn't think that she properly um acknowledged the pain the Suffering The atrocities committed by Hamas didn't properly respond to the fear um and anti-Semitism that students were feeling on campus you know in those in those early days um they did move that University leadership and under her guidance did move to set up task forces sort of respond hold listening sessions but all of that here we remember was just overshadowed by that Congressional testimony there's pictures right there that
we're looking at uh such a firestorm such intense backlash after that testimony that so many uh thought just fell short in respon to some basic questions about how the university would handle um certain words on campus calls for genocide on campus we saw those University presidents give uh very lawyer likee responses um that just created such backlash and then like you mentioned Kira in the last few weeks because of all this scrutiny maybe a part of all this scrutiny there's been more attention
on her own academic record a new allegations of plagiarism in the end we saw today a new statement from her saying basically that it just didn't make sense for there to be so much attention on one individual there should be more attention on the entire University and institution as it tries to navigate this complicated time K it was complicated all right and as we watch that testimony I mean all three of the presidents critics say it looked like they lacked empathy and they were just reading fro
m a script um how are those in in Washington here in our nation's capital at the White House up on the hill what kind of response are you hearing after after this a response is just starting to come in Alise stonic that Republican member of Congress member of Republican leadership uh who really uh LED in that Congressional hearing really grilling those University presidents she put out a statement just a few moments ago uh saying that this resignation was long overdue uh she seems to be making i
t a personal mission of hers to continue to investigate what's going on on these universities um but it's not of course just Republicans I mean we're talking about the department of educ ation that has also launched investigations into the handling of anti-Semitism on many of these college campuses but we've seen Republicans in particular really frustrated with some of these responses uh uh but but across the board I would just say that I think that we've seen a charge from Republicans but uh bi
partisan concern for some of that testimony at that Congressional hearing and I imagine that we'll start to see um additional statements from members of Congress in the next few hours and days Kira all right we'll continue to follow it Mar Alis thanks so much in a deadly New Year's Day explosion in Rochester New York police say that their suspect is 35-year-old Michael Avery and that he is the man that ranted an SUV loaded it with gas canisters and intentionally drove it into a crowd just outsid
e a concert venue his car crashing into another car exploding and killing not only Avery but two others joint terrorism task force is now working with the Rochester Police trying to trace Avery steps and come up with a motive although the motive behind the crime remains unknown the conversations we've had with his family so far leads us to believe that Avery may have been suffering from possible undiagnosed mental health issues additionally we have not uncovered any information leading us to bel
ieve that the actions of Michael Avery on New Year's Eve were motivated by any form of political or social biases I senior investigative correspondent Eric kki has been following this since it happened so Ain are we learning any more about these mental health issues surrounding the suspect if the police have learned any more they haven't said much about their conversations with the family of Michael Avery only to suggest that he may have had some kind of undiagnosed mental health problem but it'
s not clear the family ever sought treatment for Avery or asked the police to intervene prior to uh early New Year's Day and the the crash that happened just here behind me at the Kodak Center as a thousand people were coming out of a concert that's when police say Avery took a Ford Expedition he had rented at Rochester Airport and filled with gasoline cans and sped toward the crosswalk as pedestrians were crossing over into the parking lot and he likely would have injured more than nine maybe e
ven killed some had he not collided with an Uber driver who was pulling out of the parking lot so even though two passengers were killed in that vehicle uh that Collision May well have saved additional lives and and police are still investigating Kira whether Avery lit the the the gas cans on fire before speeding toward that crosswalk or whether it was the Collision that caused the fire police said they just don't know yet so let's talk about the task force ruling out terrorism is it leading mor
e towards mental health issues versus clearcut terrorist attack and I think that's because they just don't have any evidence of a connection to either domestic or or foreign terrorism they don't seem to have any evidence that that he had any kind of a political agenda or or a social bias that he may have been motivated by any anything in the news lately but we've talked about this this law enforcement fear over the last several weeks since October 7th really about people acting out because of wh
at they're seeing overseas in in in the war between Israel and Hamas they've not found any evidence of that here but they have found evidence of an intentional Act somebody uh who who would drive this gas Laden giant SUV into a crowd of people less than an hour into the new year Aon kki thank you so much and now to that breaking news overseas in the Middle East We are following a major explosion in southern Beirut where Lebanese Security Services say at least six people have been killed includin
g top Hamas leader s Al arui this comes as Yemen's hou's promised retaliation against US forces for killing members of its group in the Red Sea Iranian State media has reporting that Iran is even sending a warship to the Red Sea now amid the escalating conflict our foreign correspondent Marcus Moore is in Tel Aviv so what more do we know about this explosion this hour Marcus well we know that this happened in the the southern bayroot uh suburb of dahia which is the Hezbollah stronghold there it
was this evening and according to Hezbollah officials and um Hamas officials they are saying that this was an Israeli drone attack that left six people Deb as you just mentioned including uh Mr aruri who is the Deputy commander of of Hamas and also a leader in in the West Bank and so uh he was a very high ranking figure and official and someone that even before the October 7th of terrorist attacks here in Israel um the Israelis had already been uh trying to track him down and said that he was a
Target and it's also worth noting that the US at one point um had a $5 million uh bounty on him for his uh involvement in in terrorist attacks uh in Prior years and so this was a person um who they really wanted to uh to get and uh it K I should point should say that the Israelis have not confirm that they were behind tonight's um explosion uh but based on all the reporting that we've heard from Hezbollah and um and and Hamas officials um they would not be surprised if indeed Israel had somethin
g to do with this um and from this point Begins the question of uh whether or not there will be a response and uh the expectation is that there will indeed be a a response of some sort but uh what that will exactly look like um remains to be seen and the big concern that we have been focusing on for quite some time since uh October 7th is of this conflict this war turning into a wider Regional uh war and certainly many are viewing what happened tonight as a major escalation uh that could potenti
ally uh some believe uh be another step towards a wider conflict but uh Kira I can tell you from the time that I spent uh recently um in in Lebanon in Beirut and including this very neighborhood where this attack uh happened uh people are not wanting a a wider War uh at this point so uh we'll just have to see what happens but this is a major uh development tonight all right Marcus Moore will follow it thank you to Japan now as It suffers a series of disasters powerful earthquakes hitting the wes
tern part of the country including one Quake registering at a devastating 7.6 magnit magnitude now there's a desperate search underway to try to rescue survivors as the Prime Minister says tens of thousands of people are in the dark while other areas remain completely inaccessible our chief National courand Matt Gutman is in Tokyo a desperate search for surviv Surs after that deadly earthquake in Japan that magnitude 7.6 Quake flattening buildings severing power lines and killing dozens it force
d tens of thousands in coastal areas to evacuate this video capturing the chaos at this train station the violent rattling lasting for seconds hundreds of other passengers traveling on high-speed bullet trains stranded for several hours major roadways buckling making them impassible this video taken inside a convenience door Naga showing items on shelves shaking violently cell phone video taken from inside this store showing the panic and Chaos as customers run for safety powerful Tremors rockin
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s than two weeks away now with the caucus in Iowa former president Donald Trump dominating the polls 30 points ahead of his nearest Rivals let's bring in our Alex pret who continues to cover the story out of De Mo Iowa for us you have been talking to Republican voters I know they're in the state so what are they telling you you about who they're for well Kira you were mentioning that lead that former president Trump has pulling at about 50% his next closest uh rival Governor Dan santis at uh jus
t over 18 it's a huge gap and and really it's grown since uh since we were last here back in May and we got a chance to talk to a couple of Voters here Republican voters here on Grand Avenue just around the corner from here and one was a a disantis supporter he says that look you know anything can happen on Iowa uh caucus day we're just 13 days away from that uh but there's a sense here from Iowa Republicans that regardless of of who actually comes uh comes away as a caucus winner there's going
to be a coalescing around around that candidate and so yes there are folks that are for to santis that could see themselves eventually uh moving their support to Nikki Haley or even former president Trump uh but I will say you know we've seen a number of these candidates that that have uh made numerous visits here V ramaswami has pulled a double grassly that's visiting all 99 counties uh twice uh Des santis has done h a full grassly he completed that back in in in December Nikki Haley has had 60
plus visits but former president Trump has only had about 30 events here that he's held since March of last year he's going to be here on the 5th and I actually got a chance to talk to a trump supporter who says that look yes he agrees with the former president 's policies but he does wish that there was a little bit more attention paid on Iowa by him so which candidates do still the needle because I think that's important to an Iowa caucus goer is to show your face so that's one of the things
I wish Trump would have been a little more active here in Iowa and uh I wish he would have shown his face a little bit more and so you you you hear that that that notion that he wishes that he would have shown his face a little bit more but but ultimately uh Kira the consensus is that from Republicans that whoever comes out away from this caucus that is be that will be the person that Republicans here Co L behind I mean let's talk about the candidates that have the most to gain here and the most
to lose in Iowa well Kier I mean for the most to gain I I feel like I mean it's got to be it's got to be Nikki Haley right now right I mean she's having this uh this moment where she's uh she's growing in in in the polls and also if you look at the amount of resources and time that she's spent here uh roughly about 60 visits uh but you know that pales in comparison to to V and and also to Governor DeSantis uh and so you know for her to have a win here would be huge especially considering that r
ight now I mean she's spending a lot of her time uh between New Hampshire and South Carolina but in terms of losers who has the most to lose I mean you have to think it's Governor de Sanz he's someone who doubled if not tripled down on Iowa I mean he had those three dozen state electeds that endorsed him even before he officially announced his candidacy he spent so much time and money here Crossing uh the state in that tour bus so uh a defeat here uh for governor santis uh could be could be crip
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ater he seemed comforting his terrified 12-year-old daughter who witnessed the whole thing ziring called the incident alarming on Instagram but says both he and his daughter are completely unscathed according to ziring he was stuck in traffic and was approached aggressively by one of these Riders he says he got out of his car to assess any damage which unfortunately escalated into a physical altercation the actor goes on to say this situation highlights a larger issue of hooliganism on our stree
ts and the need for Effective law enforcement responses to such behavior and Cara zering also saying that this incident has left him deeply concerned about the growing boldness of such groups who disrupt public safety law enforcement again calling him the victim they say the bikers apparently struck his vehicle they also say that they will be using that video as part of their ongoing investigation and an official police report has been filed Kira but no arrests have been made all right Ka thank
you and a surfer is dead after a shark attack at a popular beach in Hawaii police say that 39-year-old Jason Carter was a local Maui resident First Responders say that they took life-saving measures before taking Carter to the hospital but it was too late our DeMarco Morgan has more it is a uh lift Liv nightmare a family grieving after a shark encounter in a popular tourist destination in Maui ended in tragedy authorities investigating the death of 39-year-old Jason J Carter seen here scuba divi
ng prior to the incident after getting bit by a shark while surfing at paa Bay on Saturday whether you had a lifetime with him or five minutes you felt like a changed person because of his beautiful spirit Carter a local Maui resident with was given Medical Care at the scene before being rushed to an area hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries he wasn't doing anything Reckless or strange or out of the norm this the first fatality from a shark encounter in Hawaii and more than a year e
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nd all the way down to San Francisco that's where it's going to be Heavy Rain through tonight into the early morning hours with Mountain snow as well now by tomorrow we're expecting these High Surf alerts a place that's already seen large waves just last week with the that major storm again High Surf advisories wavs 10 to 20 plus feet the highest waves expected in the San Francisco Bay area and then we have the winter weather advisories across the mountains of LA and Ventura counties up into the
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ryone I'm Kira Phillips we do begin with that breaking news Harvard president claudian gay is stepping down the announcement coming in an email earlier today her resignation brings an end to the shortest presidency in the University's history just six months into her term that move comes amid growing allegations of plagiarism and her response to anti-Semitism on campus during Cong Congressional testimony last month she was criticized for not being able to say that calls for the genocide of Jews
would violate the school's conduct policy our White House correspondent Mary Alis Parks joins us now with more so what more do we know about her decision to resign Mary Alice yeah here in some ways this is a very fast end to a very short tenure like you said she only took over in the job in July the Harvard Crimson says that it will be the shortest tenure of any University president since the 1600s she's the first black woman to serve in this role and like you said she's faced months of intense
scrutiny over her handling of alleged anti-Semitism on campus there was a series of letters and statements put out by the university in the Fallout of the October 7th Hamas attack against Israel that a lot of uh frankly Jewish donors and other members of the community Lums and and and concerned uh students and alums found uh really fell short they didn't think that she properly um acknowledged the pain the Suffering The atrocities committed by Hamas didn't properly respond to the fear um and ant
i-Semitism that students were feeling on campus you know in those in those early days um they did move that University leadership and under her guidance did move to set up task forces sort of respond hold listening sessions but all of that here we'll remember was just overshadowed by that Congressional testimony there's pictures right there that we're looking at uh such a firestorm such intense backlash after that testimony that so many uh thought just fell short in responding to some basic ques
tions about how the university would handle um certain words on campus calls for genocide on campus we saw those University presidents give uh very lawyer likee responses um that just created such backlash and then like you mentioned Cara in the last few weeks because of all this scrutiny maybe a part of all this scrutiny there's been more attention on her own academic record a new allegations of plagiarism in the end we saw today a new statement from her saying basically that it just didn't mak
e sense for there to be so much attention on one individual there should be more attention on the entire University and institution as it tries to navigate this complicated time K yeah it was complicated all right and as we watch that testimony I mean all three of the presidents critics say it looked like they lacked empathy and they were just reading from a script um how are those in in Washington here in our nation's capital at the White House up on the hill what kind of response are you heari
ng after this a response is just starting to come in Alise stonic that Republican member of Congress member of Republican leadership who really LED in that Congressional hearing really grilling those University presidents she put out a statement just a few moments ago uh saying that this resignation was long overdue uh she seems to be making it a personal mission of hers to continue to investigate what's going on on these universities um but it's not of course just Republicans I mean we're talki
ng about the Department of Education uh that has also launched investigations into the handling of anti-Semitism on many of these college campuses uh but we've seen Republicans in particular really frustrated with some of these responses uh but but across the board I would just say that I think that we've seen a charge from Republicans but a bipartisan concern for some of that testimony at that Congressional hearing and I imagine that we'll start to see um additional statement for members of Con
gress in the next few hours and days Kira all right we'll continue to follow it Mar Alis thanks so much and a deadly New Year's Day explosion in Rochester New York police say that their suspect is 35-year-old Michael Avery and that he is the man that ranted an SUV loaded it with gas canisters and intentionally drove it into a crowd just outside a concert venue his car crashing into another car exploding and killing not only Avery but two others joint terrorism task force is now working with the
Rochester Police trying to trade Avery steps and come up with a motive although the motive behind the crime remains unknown the conversations we've had with his family so far leads us to believe that Avery may have been suffering from possible undiagnosed mental health issues additionally we have not uncovered any information leading us to believe that the actions of Michael Avery on New Year's Eve were motivated by any form of political or social biases I've seen your correspond Eric kki has be
en following this since it happened so aarin are we learning any more about these mental health issues surrounding the suspect if the police have learned any more they haven't said much about their conversations with the family of Michael Avery only to suggest that he may have had some kind of undiagnosed mental health problem but it's not clear the family ever sought treatment for Avery or asked the police to intervene prior to early New Year's Day and the the crash that happened just here behi
nd me at the Kodak Center as a thousand people were coming out of a concert that's when police say Avery took a Ford Expedition he had rented at Rochester Airport and filled with gasoline cans and sped toward the crosswalk as pedestrians were crossing over into the parking lot and he likely would have injured more than nine maybe even killed some had he not collided with an Uber driver who was pulling out of the parking lot so even though two passengers were killed in that vehicle uh that Collis
ion May well have saved additional lives and and police are still investigating Kira whether Avery lit the the the gas cans on fire before speeding toward that crosswalk or whether it was the Collision that caused the fire police said they just don't know yet so let's talk about the task force ruling out terrorism is it leading more towards mental health issues versus clearcut terrorist attack and I think that's because they just don't have any evidence of a connection to either domestic or or f
oreign terrorism they don't seem to have any evidence that that he had any kind of a political agenda or or a social bias that he may have been motivated by any anything in the news lately but we've talked about this this law enforcement fear over the last several weeks since October 7th really about people acting out because of what they're seeing overseas in in in the war between Israel and Hamas they've not found any evidence of that here here but they have found evidence of an intentional Ac
t somebody uh who who would drive this gas Laden giant SUV into a crowd of people less than an hour into the New Year Aaron kki thank you so much and now to that breaking news overseas in the Middle East We are following a major explosion in southern Beirut where Lebanese Security Services say at least six people have been killed including top Hamas leader s Al arui this comes as Yemen's h promised retaliation against US forces for killing members of its group in the Red Sea Iranian State media
is reporting that Iran is even sending a warship to the Red Sea now amid the escalating conflict our foreign correspondent Marcus Moore is in Tel Aviv so what more do we know about this explosion this hour Marcus well we know that this happened in the the southern bayout uh suburb of dahia which is the Hezbollah stronghold there it was this evening and according to Hezbollah officials and um officials they are saying that this was an Israeli drone attack that left six people dead as you just men
tioned including uh Mr aruri who is the Deputy commander of of Hamas and also a leader in in the West Bank and so uh he was a very high ranking figure and official and someone that even before the October 7th the terrorist attacks here in Israel um the Israelis had already been uh trying to track him down and and said that he was a Target and it's also worth noting that the US at one point um had a $5 million uh bounty on him for his uh involvement in in terrorist attacks uh in Prior years and s
o this was a person um who they really wanted to uh to get and uh it K I should point should say that the Israelis have not confirmed that they were behind tonight's um explosion uh but based on all the reporting that we've heard from Hezbollah and and and Hamas officials um they would not be surprised if indeed Israel had something to do with this um and from this point Begins the question of uh whether or not there will be a response and uh the expectation is that there will indeed be a a resp
onse of some sort but uh what that will exactly look like um remains to be seen and the big concern that we have been focusing on for quite some time since uh October 7th is of this conflict this war turning into a wider Regional uh war and certainly many are viewing what happened tonight as a major escalation uh that could potentially uh some believe uh be another step towards a wider conflict but uh Kira I can tell you from the time that I spent uh recently um in in Lebanon in Beirut and inclu
ding this very neighborhood where this attack uh happened uh people are not wanting a a wider War uh at this point so uh we'll just have to see what happens but this is a major uh development tonight all right Marcus Moore will follow it thank you to Japan now as It suffers a series of disasters powerful earthquakes hitting the western part of the country including one Quake registering at a devastating 7.6 magnit magnitude now there's a desperate search underway to try to rescue survivors as th
e Prime Minister says tens of thousands of people are in the dark while other areas remain completely inaccessible our chief National course Matt Gutman is in Tokyo a desperate search for survivors after that deadly earthquake in Japan that magnitude 7.6 Quake flattening buildings severing power lines and killing dozens it forced tens of thousands in coastal areas to evacuate this video capturing the chaos at this train station the violent rattling lasting for seconds hundreds of other passenger
s traveling on high-speed bullet trains stranded for several hours major roadways buckling making them impassible this video taken inside a convenience store Nago showing items on shelves shaking violently cell phone video taken from inside this store showing the panic and Chaos as customers run for safety powerful Tremors rocking this home near the epicenter a baby crying out and there have been dozens of aftershocks in a country accustomed to seismic activity Japan has about three times as man
y earthquakes as California because it's sitting at a very complicated part of the plate tectonic puzzle where four plates come together out on me and our thanks to Matt Gutman for that also in Japan a fiery plane crash in Tokyo five Japanese Coast Guard members now confirmed dead after a passenger plane and a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo's Ana airport this morning Japan Airlines says that all 379 people on that passenger plane got out safely and the pilot of the
coast Co Guard Plane escaped but five of his crew members did not that Coast Guard Plane was reportedly headed to provide earthquake relief officials are now looking into Communications between the airport Control Center and that plane now to the race for the White House the first major test in the Republican primary election is less than two weeks away now with the caucus in Iowa former president Donald Trump dominating the polls 30 points ahead of his nearest Rivals let's bring in our Alex pr
e who continues to cover the story out of De Moine I IA Forest you have been talking to Republican voters I know they're in the state so what are they telling you about who they're for well Kira you were mentioning that lead that former president Trump has pulling at about 50% his next closest uh rival Governor DeSantis at uh just over 18 it's a huge gap and and really it's grown since uh since we were last here back in May and we got a chance to talk to a couple of Voters here Republican voters
here here on Grand Avenue just around the corner from here and one was a a disantis supporter who says that look you know anything can happen on Iowa uh caucus day we're just 13 days away from that uh but there's a sense here from Iowa Republicans that regardless of of who actually comes uh comes away as a caucus winner there's going to be a coalescing around around that candidate and so yes there are folks that are for to santis that could see themselves eventually uh moving their support to N
ikki Haley or even former president president Trump uh but I will say you know we've seen a number of these candidates that have uh made numerous visits here uh V ramaswami has pulled a double grassly that's visiting all 99 counties uh twice uh DeSantis has done uh a full grassly he completed that back in in in December Nikki Haley has had 60 plus visits but former president Trump has only had about 30 events here that he's held since March of last year he's going to be here on the 5th and I act
ually got a chance to talk to a trump supporter who says that look yes he agrees with the former president's policies but he does wish that there was a little bit more attention paid on Iowa by him I think that's important to an Iowa caucus goer is to show your face so that's one of the things I wish Trump would have been a little more active here in Iowa and uh I wish he would have shown his face a little bit more and so you you you hear that that that notion that he wishes that he would have s
hown his face a little bit more but but ultimately uh Kira the consensus is that from Republicans that whoever comes out away from this caucus that is be that will be the person that Republicans here Co left behind I mean let's talk about the candidates that have the most to gain here and the most to lose in Iowa well kir I mean for the most to gain I I feel like I mean it's got to be it's got to be Nikki Haley right now right I mean she's having this uh this moment where she's uh she's growing
in in in the polls and also if you look at at the amount of resources and time that she's spent here uh roughly about 60 visits uh but you know that pales in comparison to to V and and also to Governor Dan santis uh and so you know for her to have a win here would be huge especially considering that right now I mean she's spending a lot of her time uh between New Hampshire and South Carolina but in terms of losers who has the most to lose I mean you have to think it's Governor de Sanz he's someo
ne who doubled if not tripled down on Iowa I mean he had those three dozen state electeds that endorsed him even before he officially announced his candidacy he spent so much time and money here Crossing uh the state in that tour bus so a defeat here uh for governor Sanz uh could be could be crippling all right we're tracking it thanks Alex coming up a deadly shark attack at a popular Hawaii tourist spot what we know about the surfer and the warning now for other beachgoers this is ABC News live
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able to your interests if you love being in the no you're going to love this experience the allnew ABC News app download it now well Beverly Hills 90210 star Ian ziring speaking out now after being attacked by a biker gang on the streets of Los Angeles the violent brawl happened on New Year's eveeve and Zing's 12-year-old daughter actually witnessed the entire ordeal as well here's ABC News live anchor Kaa Whitworth with more hey authorities investigating this brutal midday attack in Hollywood i
n video obtained by TMZ you can see former 90210 star ion zering exit his vehicle and throw a punch before a vicious brawl breaks out authorities say ziring is the victim in this harrowing near Year Eve incident with a group of people riding motorized minibikes the biker pummeling zering with kicks and punches before he could run across the street the 59-year-old actor then kicking back before getting away moments later he seemed comforting his terrified 12-year-old daughter who witnessed the wh
ole thing ziring called the incident alarming on Instagram but says both he and his daughter are completely unscathed according to ziring he was stuck in traffic and was approached aggressively by one of these Riders he says he got out of his car to assess any damage which unfortunately escalated into a physical altercation the actor goes on to say this situation highlights a larger issue of hooliganism on our streets and the need for Effective law enforcement responses to such behavior and keri
ng also saying that this incident has left him deeply concerned about the growing boldness of such groups who disrupt public safety law enforcement again calling him the victim they say the bikers apparently struck his vehicle they also say that they will be using that video is part of their ongoing investigation and an official police report has been filed Kira but no arrests have been made all right Kaa thank you and a surfer is dead after a shark attack at a popular beach in Hawaii police say
that 39-year-old Jason Carter was a local Maui resident First Responders say that they took life-saving measures before taking Carter to the hospital but it was too late our DeMarco Morgan has more it is a uh living nightmare a family grieving after a shark encounter in a popular tourist destination in Maui ended in tragedy authorities investigating the death of 39-year-old Jason J Carter seen here scuba diving prior to the incident after getting bit by a shark while surfing at paa Bay on Satur
day whether you had a lifetime with him or five minutes you felt like a changed person because of his beautiful spirit Carter a local Maui Resident was given Medical Care at the scene before being rushed to an area hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries he wasn't doing anything Reckless or strange or out of the norm this the first fatality from a shark encounter in Hawaii in more than a year experts say shark encounters aren't limited to just the summer month Kira we are waiting to le
arn more details about this incident Kira all right DeMarco thanks so much and coming up if you've got travel plans for the week well stick around troubling weather making its way across the country may have a few surprises in store for [Music] you we have really good congratulations your I was terrified it was just so traumatic nightmare people need to understand these were wanted babies 18 women facing life and death medical conditions their lives now out of their control I felt like I was goi
ng to die our lives and our health are debatable I wouldn't wish this upon my worst enemy Diane soyer Rachel Scott on the brink now streaming on Hulu this is ABC News live the crush of families here in Poland at Refugee centers in Putin Russia on the ground in Ukraine close to the front line from the capital destructive Cat 4 storm you're along I Boston is in the Bulls let's go ABC News live America's number one streaming news anytime time anywhere streaming 24/7 straight to you for free thank y
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y award-winning artist was stabbed by another inmate in Atlanta jail in December Williams and his codefendants are charged with violating the state's racketeering laws as well as gang drug and grun gun crimes his attorneys maintain that he did not commit any of those crimes that he's being charged with hundreds of thousands of cans of baby formula are being recalled for possible bacterial contamination the maker of nutrian says that they are voluntarily recalling a hyperallergenic formula made f
or infants with an allergy to cow's milk after possible cross-contamination the manufacturer says it hasn't received any reports of illnesses so far and it's a very very happy New Year for someone who won the Power Ball winner uh t or won the ticket rather in Michigan The $842 Million jackpot was bought at a store in gr Blanc Michigan that's just outside of flint and that big sum actually comes after 34 consecutive Powerball drawings with no winner we're still waiting to hear who actually won th
e big lump sum stay tuned well residents in California are still dealing with the aftermath of a massive storm over the holiday weekend while another one is on on its way more large waves are expected to slam already hard- hit beaches and peers from San Francisco to Los Angeles and we're also following the rain and snow expected from the Rockies before heading east our Meteorologist Melissa Griffin joins us now for more on what to expect this week Melissa hey Cara and happy New Year to you we're
starting off the year with a storm that's going to move right across the country and it's starting in the west right now so Seattle back through Portland all the way down to San Francisco that's where it's going to be Heavy Rain through tonight into the early morning hours with Mountain snow as well now by tomorrow we're expecting these High Surf alerts a place that's already seen large waves just last week with the that major storm again High Surf advisories waves 10 to 20 plus feet the highes
t waves expected in the San Francisco Bay area and then we have the winter weather advisories across the mountains of LA and Ventura counties up into the sieras that's where they could see up to 6 to 12 inches of snow and that's throughout the day on Wednesday into Thursday now as the storm moves across the Rockies we're going to see snow in the four corners region and then it eventually makes its way into the Southern and Central Plains this is Friday morning so we could see snow in places like
Kansas back through Oklahoma City and then it's heavy rain in the south from Dallas back through Houston I think the storm's going to move pretty quickly so not really a big flood threat but some areas could see some localized flooding especially in parts of Eastern Texas after that we got to look ahead into Sunday because a place like the Northeast from DC back through New York City they have been in historic low for snow over the last year and we could be seeing some by Sunday morning so that
's something to keep an eye out potentially the first significant snow in two years Kira for parts of the Northeast all right Melissa we'll track it thank you so much and thank you for streaming with us I'm Kira Phillips from breaking news to all the stories that matter to you you can always find us on your favorite streaming service the ABC News app and of course on ABC news.com the news never stops neither do we we'll be right [Music] back with so much at stake so much on the line more America
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ook Shields talks about it it makes a difference I'm amazed that I survived any of it pretty baby Brook Shields Monday night on ABC we have really good congratulations I was terrified it was just so traumatic nightmare people need to understand these were wanted babies 18 women facing life and death medical conditions their lives now out of their control I felt like I was going to die our lives and our health are debatable I wouldn't wish this upon my worst enemy Diane Sawyer Rachel Scott on the
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me of the top headlines we're watching for you here at ABC News live this hour Lebanese officials saying a major explosion in southern Beirut has killed at least six people including top M official Sal alarri the explosion happened in hz's area of operation far from the Lebanese Israeli border the IDF has not commented on the attack but tensions have been rising between lebanon's has BL and Israeli forces at the northern border since the start of Israel's war against Hamas fears of a wider confl
ict growing as Iranian State media also reporting it sending a warship to the Red Sea where Yemen's houthi say it vows to retaliate against the US forces for killing members of its group the closing bell sounding on Wall Street Traders starting the new year with a sell off the NASDAQ S&P 500 both closing lower on the first trading day of 2024 while the Dow finished mostly unchanged the tech Cav NASDAQ losing nearly 2% the session weighed down by chip Soxs and heavy losses in big Tech well Harvar
d University's president Claudine gay has resigned the announcement coming in an email earlier today Gay's departure brings an end to the shortest presidency in Harvard's history just 6 months that move comes amid growing allegations of plagiarism and her response to anti-Semitism on campus after Congressional testimony last month she was unable to say that calls for the genocide of Jews would violate the school's conduct policy thanks for streaming with us I'm Kira Phillips from breaking news t
o all the stories that matter to you ABC News live is here for you 247 you can always find us on your favorite streaming services the ABC News app and of course on abcnews.com news never stops neither do we GMA 3 starts right now what you need to know right now on GMA 3 did a car crash stop a possible terror attack outside a concert venue in Rochester New York the latest on the investigation the remarkable scene at an airport overseas during the travel rush home hundreds of passengers evacuated
from this blazing jet what we're now learning plus presidential politics less than 2 weeks till the Iowa caucus our gma3 political Round Table tracking the 2024 race what you need to know in this presidential election year I want everyone to know judu is not a boy sport it's a girl sport too anything a boy can do a girl can do and making history in a hijab winning gold the memorable moment in the pan kids tournament also we dream a world the teenage granddaughter of ketta Scott King and Martin L
uther King Jr paying tribute to her ancestors on what would have been King's 95th birthday and empowering women in creative ways Lady Pink the first lady of graffiti on the murals and art that became an indelible trademark first of all it it was one Pop-Tart I knew they came in packs of two and he's been called the man who can make absolutely anything funny Gary Goldman is here on his new streaming special now from Time Square Eva Pilgrim and DeMarco Morgan with Dr Jen Ashton and what you need t
o know sorry I'm just taking a moment to enjoy the music good afternoon everyone and welcome to what you need to know on this Tuesday January 2nd it's a new year it's a new year happy New Year guys 2024 and somebody's already coming in hot America's favorite doctor coming in with the bank my new issue of My Magazine thank you guys thank you thank you um just came out just hit the stands the first one sold out so there is a lot of Juicy good info in here a lot of IDE ideas from our readers and vi
ewers there may or may not be a picture of Eva Pilgrim and DeMarco Morgan we made the cut sorry I couldn't get past the sex after 50 right on the front go and we have a whole Cadre of core experts um some of whom are pretty big names some of them are super smart very impeccably credential sharing some great information and so I hope too this cover right here is so amazing there's so many pictures in here that I love but this picture of you and Mason Mason the Mori yes I'm trying to get him in hi
s own magazine son yeah my son is you can't go through the whole magazine we got to get people to pick it up she's ging it all the way I didn't give you the info I didn't give you the info and Folks by the way you can pick up your copy there and ordered as well Dr Jen ased right now by checking out the QR code at the bottom of your screen you done this was really it's all good we're all so proud he was very proud of you all right let's talk medical news if we can dry January and in the magazine
you call it dry January yes and this has been a trend uh here in this country and in the UK for several years I've been doing it myself for probably the last seven years that's why I renamed it dry January but a recent study in the British medical journal really highlighting how a month of alcohol free abstinence and we're not talking about people who have alcohol use disorder um can really yield some big benefits improving insulin resistance dropping weight dropping both numbers on uh blood pre
ssure compared to people who did not give up alcohol just for 30 days um there are some strategies that I've found helpful and that uh people talk about when they're going to do this avoiding places that trigger desire to drink we don't realize how roote that behavior is using a calendar to just cross off the days and you can look at your progress and then managing those urges by either chewing gum or drinking a mocktail absolutely helps and we have to be crystal clear you guys excessive alcohol
consumption even heavy moderate alcohol consump consumption known to increase the risk of heart and liver disease depression multiple types of cancer so everyone will feel better a month alcohol free everyone yeah and for mental health as well I think it's and for your bank account bles are expensive correct yes they are Dr Jen thank you very much let's check it out with ABC's Jay O'Brien in Washington for a look at your latest headlines and Jay you're talking everything from the jet that went
up in flames in Tokyo to the Women's Hockey League making history on Ice good to see you and happy New Year Happy New Year to you as well DeMarco but we begin really with those big questions about a possible attempted terror attack in Rochester New York suspicions raised after more than a dozen gas canisters were found inside a large SUV that crashed into an Uber outside a crowded concert at the Kodak Center The Joint terrorism task force there leading the investigation law enforcement sources t
elling ABC News the driver of one of the vehicles in that deadly crash drove his own car to the Syracuse airport report before taking the wheel of that rented SUV officials say he died overnight of injuries sustained in that crash to the runway in Tokyo now were a plane packed with about 400 passengers and crew on board collided with a Japanese Coast Guard Plane powerful images there of that jet Up in Flames we're told the passengers and crew escaped the crash and the fire as the search for surv
ivors intensifies after a deadly 7.6 magnitude Quake rocked the region near Nago forc to evacuate due to fears of tsunamis here at home some new gun laws taking effect today California banning guns in most public places Minnesota now allows authorities to ask courts to temporarily take guns from people believed to be an imminent risk to themselves or others Colorado joins about a dozen states banning so-called ghost guns and a new law in Illinois bans high-powered semi-automatic rifles and high-
capacity magazines after the US Supreme Court declined to block that ban now we turn to Samora Theodore with a look at our weather if you haven't seen it already check out this video coming out of California where strong waves battered the California coastline we saw wave heights reach as high as 40 feet in some places now here's the thing we are still anticipating wave heights to be around 23 feet as we head through your Wednesday and Thursday and that has led to a high surf alert for your Wedn
esday and Thursday this storm system also bringing a winter weather advisory further Inland where they could see 4 to 12 in as far as timing goes we're looking at the heaviest rain really moving through the California area by about 5 a.m. on Wednesday that's look your forecast back to you guys and finally for us as you mentioned DeMarco history on the ice the new women's hockey league playing its first pro game in Toronto New York with the shut out 4 to zero Ellis Shelton with the mileston scori
ng what was the League's first ever goal guys congratulations yes and Jay I don't know if you know this but Dr Jen over here is like hocky I'm just saying best sport all right Jay thank you well there's much more ahead here on gma3 on this Tuesday we are two weeks out from the Iowa caucus as the race for the White House kicks into high gear what voters want to hear are Round Table coming up well time is flying and later not only is her dad rooting her on he's also her coach what she just accompl
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f the Iowa State house today as voters get ready to caucus in two weeks the race for the White House shifts into high gear this month with all eyes on Iowa and New Hampshire let the year begin and joining us now is former DNC chair Donna Brazil and former New York Republican congressman John catco and ABC News political director Rick Klein good to have you all with us all right Rick we'll start with you let's talk about the president's approval ratings right here the latest 538 polling average s
hows him at 39% what does this tell you about Biden's chances especially when you talk about seeking re-election yeah and as you head into this reelection year people talk about elections is either a choice or a referendum how do you want to square up do you want to give it a choice between two candidates or an up or down on the current guy that decision is essentially made for the president with numbers like this he has no choice but to make it a choice because if it's a referendum these are th
e kind of approval ratings that has an incumbent president lose almost every time almost without exception so now the challenge for the president you try to get those numbers up a little bit with economic news and some other and some other items you also make this a choice between Biden and Trump you see them talk about Maga you see them talk about democracy you see them talk about the do's decision that's going to define the year basically because it has to because otherwise you're talking abou
t a president who's not going to win all right John let's talk about the numbers when we look at the Republican side former president Trump maintains a very commanding lead his next closest opponents Ronda Sanz and Nikki Haley they are trailing significantly behind so is there a possibility that anyone other than Trump can win in Iowa uh there's no question that there's a possibility but really got to look at the trend lines and I think in Iowa uh it's going to be a tough road to hope for Dan si
s or Haley to to catch Trump but they got to show some promise and I think that's really going to be centered around what happens in New Hampshire we've seen polling lately with haly in New Hampshire and she's really starting to take root and so if she can somehow pull off win in New Hampshire be come out of New Hampshire very strong going into her home state you never know but listen it's a it's a tough road to home what really surprising for me is that no one's considering the fact that anybod
y other than Trump will destroy Biden in a general election and why Republicans aren't looking at that is beyond me all right let's bring in down to Brazil and again Don it is always good to see you this is a jam-packed month here let's talk about it the Iowa caucuses are in two weeks and the New Hampshire primary is on the 23rd so just how critical is this stretch during the camp C season well it's crunch time it's crunch time for the candidates because if you can't make it an hour or New Hamps
hire I doubt very seriously that you will get a boost in South Carolina and going into superi which is on March 5th this year uh where over 14 States will hold their primary of caucuses if you're not able to capture the attention of those caucus scores in our or the primary voters in New Hampshire I doubt you will have the momentum the money uh to be able to even be number two Donald Trump is the front runner on the Republican side he has shown that unlike in 2016 he has put boots on the ground
and while he prefers rallies to retail politics there's no question that to beat his momentum or to capture first place you got to be there where it happens Rick the Israel Hamas conflict has really become a key issue for a lot of Voters how does this play into President Biden's reelection efforts this has divided the Democratic party at the worst possible moment for Joe Biden there are also Democratic primaries coming up now Biden doesn't have that serious opposition but it does give his oppone
nts an opportunity to highlight these divisions and you've seen Democrats come out very strongly condemning president President Biden's handling of this his backing of the Israelis for the most part and if as is likely this extends throughout the entire year you're going to see these fissures and this is going to be a year where we're going to hear about third party candidates like never before and a lot of people that are upset right now with with President Biden's leadership either on Israel o
r a range of other issues might have other options so even as President Biden tries to take that fight to Trump tries to bring it to the general election he has to worry about his own base this conflict is a classic example and a recurring reminder of the problems he may have just getting Democrats to turn out we're all watching all right John CCO Donna Brazil and Rick Klein thanks again for joining us we appreciate it thank you thank you all right just ahead history made in a hijob we'll meet t
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estructive Cat 4 storm along I Boston is in the bullseye let's go abbc News live America's number one streaming news anytime anywhere streaming 24/7 straight to you for free thank you for making ABC newsline America's number one streaming news this is ABC News live the crush of families here in Poland at Refugee centers in Putin's Russia on the ground in Ukraine close to the front line from the capital destructive Cat 4 storm along I Boston is in the bullseye let's go ABC News live America's num
ber one streaming news anytime anywhere streaming 247 straight to you for free thank you for making ABC newsline America's number one streaming news reporting from the war in Ukraine i'mi and panel wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live it's time to back now with a 12-year-old girl making history and breaking barriers she's the first athlete to wear hij job while winning a gold medal at the world's largest jiu-jitsu tournament for kids I made history is the fir
st female to ever wear hijab for the kids pans Brazilian tournament the biggest tournament for kids it's important to see that like other girls like me like wearing the hijab during Jitsu in 2011 there was a band you weren't allowed to wear hijab while competing without that band being lifted in 2014 I wouldn't have been making history I would not have been the champion my hijab is so special to me because it shows a sign in my like Fate In My Religion like this I come from a household full of J
iu-Jitsu and my dad's my coach when we get in this position deep down I'm going to start Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2017 and her progression during that time has been very very consistent I wanted my daughter to start training Jiu-Jitsu and martial arts because I wanted her to have confidence cuz you could just look at the scar and sometimes a look could trigger but Jiu-Jitsu is given her the confidence to basically speak up and kind of uh not be afraid of who she is where she comes from whether my
dad's on the mat he's coaching me and he's always looking for like the best in me and of course I'm a daddy's girl and he just makes do to do more fun for you I train on weekdays of school days I train mostly four times a week and then Sundays and when we're here we're doing submissions or Mount we're doing side control the feeling when I had when I won the kids pans Brazilian tournament was excitement I almost started crying I was super happy so proud of myself when I just felt like I did it li
ke I was there as a dad I'm very very proud uh as a coach I'm even more prouder I want everyone to know judu is not a boy sport it's a girl sport too anything a boy can do a girl can do yes hey we second that right there he was like yes hasir Dad I love that right there right when we come back Dr Jen weighs in on supplements claiming to boost your mood and the winter months plus the teenage author with a new book inspired by her family's real life Legacy of civil rights GMA 3 when we come [Music
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y so published in jamama open network and look I'm going to spoiler alert it found that people who ate and they looked at over 120,000 people followed them for several years by questionnaire um but they found that people who ate high quality low carb diet so people really don't like the term good carb bad carb but for the convenience sake it is easier to refer to them as that because let's say grains fruits vegetables which are considered for argument sake good carbs very different than the carb
s that you find in processed fast foods you know things with a long shelf life but in the study they found that people who ate that kind of diet tended to lose one and a half more pounds on it average not a surprise um but again when you talk about finding a diet that works for weight management you really it's not DIY it's not you have to find what works for you but we all have to know in in our isolation we have to admit to ourselves that grains fruits vegetables are better for us in every way
than any other type of carbohydrate and that's just what this study found but how realistic is it to maintain a low car di lowish now remember our cells need some glucose to function so you know it depends what you're talking about when you talk about low if you're counting micro uh macros in terms of less than 100 grams of carbs a day that's difficult to do but can you avoid the sweets the processed foods yes you can my friend you can do it I believe I is what we have to yeah I believe in you
you can it takes time thank you very much for back in a moment Sumer a shred again this year why do so many people start their day here from ABC News this is start here to be in the know and get a different take on the day's top stories a lot of news today so let's get into it listen now to the Daily News podcast honored with four Edward R mural Awards and see why the New York Times calls it a news podcast worth listening to start here ABC News make it your daily first listen now that's a part o
f the story I bet you didn't see coming wherever you get your podcast start here BR Shields the most photographed woman in the world a sexualized child model what happened to her isn't really about her it's just about women I let myself be vulnerable and this is the first time I've ever spoken about what happened I thought my one no should have been enough you know when someone like Brook Shields talks about it it makes a difference I'm amazed that I survived any of it pretty baby Brook Shields
Monday night on ABC we have really good congratulations I was terrified it was just so traumatic nightmare people need to understand these were wanted babies 18 women facing life and death medical conditions their lives now out of their control I felt like I was going to die our lives and our health are debatable I wouldn't wish this upon my worst enemy Diane Sawyer Rachel Scott on the brink now streaming on Hulu with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other n
ewscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's number one most watched newscast across all of television from America's number one news comes the allnew 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 get ready America every Friday the hottest Trends Styles and must have what's the right stuff to buy right now I really love that
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harges accusing him of pleading not guilty to all prior counts of making positive comments about cutter in exchange for items of value our Aaron kki is with us now with the details what do we know right now Erin C of the new charges against Senator Bob Mendez are contained in a superseding indictment that was just unsealed by federal prosecutors in Manhattan broadly the new charges bring the the alleged conduct against Menendez into 2023 for the last 3 years according to the new indictment Menen
dez has been taking things of value from the qataris in exchange for his support of certain Senate resolutions that were were involving Cotter and for helping his his friend a co-defendant Fred Davies with a a real estate investment from the qari Investment corporation that finally closed that deal worth tens of millions of dollars in 2023 and according to prosecutors Mendez has been continuing to receive things of value from the qataris at one point the new indictment says that Menendez was off
ered luxury wristwatches among other things worth between 10 and $24,000 Cara all right we'll continue to track all the latest developments Aon thank you so much and Harvard University's president Claudine gay resigns the announcement coming in an email earlier today her resignation brings an end to the shortest presidency in Harvard's history just 6 months that move comes amid growing allegations of plagiarism and her response to anti-semitism on campus during Congressional testimony last month
and the joint terrorism task force investigating a deadly two-car crash outside of New Year's conert in Rochester New York police say their suspect is 35-year-old Michael Avery and that he rented an SUV loading it with gas canisters and intentionally driving into a crowd outside a concert venue took firefighters nearly an hour to extinguish the blaze police are investigating a motive thanks for streaming with us I'm Kira Phillips from breaking news to all the stories that matter to you ABC News
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ah I need to pick me up so B12 and vitamin D3 there's probably the most evidence to support those lower levels affecting mood um but again during winter months a lot of people will want or reach for a supplement the best supplement vitamin s Sun um vitamin o being outdoors those kind of things really are the best mood boosters to people who may have a degree of Seasonal effective disorder what happens if you coast and the sun is not out for 17 days straight it's Colden I mean as it right the we
ather here is an issue and obviously in various parts of the country it's an issue but just getting outside um a little bit during the day you know during the daylight hours as long as it's not horrible horrible weather really does help your mood no one regrets a walk no one okay okay DeMarco like I believe you're prescription for a while this okay um has I think we're tackling loneliness today um and this is inspired by a conversation that I had with the US Surgeon General Dr Viv mury um I talk
about it in my latest issue of My Magazine um a true epidemic in this country um so he offered some tips which I think are are very important and I want to emphasize these tips are relevant really for someone um at any age and it really has to do with being connected not being distracted um and being focused just spending 15 minutes a day uh with someone that you care about again connecting with them in a meaningful way giving someone your undivided and complete full attention helps that person
but it also helps you um looking for ways to provide service in some ways to others I know you that's so important to you um DeMarco and that actually helps us combat loneliness so that and so much more from our Surgeon General in my magazine 15 minutes that's all it takes yeah well I mean we all have 15 minutes and when people say I don't know where I can find the time my answer is you don't find the time you make the time you make the time all right doc thank you and we'd love to hear from yo
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r one news comes the allnew 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 allnew ABC News app download it now 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 ne
w ad campaign fast straightforward with some fun in between a real life Barbie Dream House a name change for the Wier mobile first thing in the morning America this morning America's number one early morning news on ABC News live with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's number one most watched newscast across all of television what's good to watch read where can I get a great deal on what I'm
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nspired by her family's Legacy of national civil rights advocacy the only granddaughter of the lake ketta Scott King and Dr Martin Luther King Jr is leading a new generation of modern activists please help us welcome author and Advocate Yolanda Renee King Yolanda Renee when I saw you I said wait a minute you just shut up you grew up on me I remember when she was born she's much taller than me let's start with the book though you wrote this book what's the message that you hope people take away f
rom it so the message I I um it's called we dream a world and um it was inspired by the linkston Hughes poem I dream a world which interestingly inspired I have a dream um the IE of Dream speech and it's really explaining the type of world we can have I think so many people and I I think it's great that we're talking about these issues but I think we actually forget about the type of world that we can have and and so it specifically goes into the vision our vision and it kind of is it serves as
a reminder um of the I Have a Dream speech and I guess a more because I have a dream occurred um 60 years ago um by now and so it is almost I guess like a a modernized version a way in in the form of a children's book to share the type of world we can have I think that a lot of times um children and young people and really people in general I mean we it is a children's book but really it it's for everyone it's for for big kids and I mean big kids like adult big kids like us we're adult big kids
right here and when you look at what's going on around the world why was it important to get this message out now to write this book well I think that it's been a rough year or the previous year I should say now that it's 2024 the of 2023 was a rough year and so um I think that we need to have I guess like a strong start and a new beginning and so um I I feel like the best way is through having a book that inspires people and it coming out in 2024 I mean it's a new year um new goals and I I I th
ink that that will really help a lot of people have faith MH and books are so special with families and sharing sort of those dreams your family has such a very rich history of activism your grandparents your parents are here in studio what's up guys shout out to Atlanta right there how do you think growing up in the family you grew up in has shaped who you are today well I definitely I first want to say that I was never forced to do this for my young age my parents told me listen you we don't e
xpect you to um follow the Legacy we don't expect you to you don't have to and and and to do this work and um and even if you do decide to do this work you don't have to do it the exact way that your grandparents did it you don't have to be them and so I think that almost gave some relief to me and and that allowed me I guess to kind of ease in and do the work and um it really allowed me to be interested because I was was never forced to do this oh but it's in your blood it's in your blood you g
et it naturally and you know your grandfather had a dream we're both Living products of that dream what is your dream well my dream is I I guess in a summarized way is that we that we complete the dream I I think that's so many times we've been told about the dream and we but we haven't really seen it yet and and so I really wrote this book to encourage people to take action and Young kids and and also adults as well to really be inspired to take action I think if they can see it because there t
here's actual images of what the what that dream will look like and so I think also I mean the language of the book and the actual writing is important but also through imagery if people can see what the dream will look like I think that's what will really help them to create the Dream well it's been a pleasure watching you you grow and I feel like you belong to all of us you know good luck to you and and just keep doing you thank you all for having me of course all right Yolanda Renee King and
we dream a world is now available everywhere that books are sold so go out and support her up next here on j3 making art history with a can of spray paint they call her the queen of graffiti how she's empowering other women artists when we come [Applause] [Music] [Applause] back with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's number one most watched newscast across all of television what could watch
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here's ABC's Alexis christopherus I'm Lady Pink I'm a street artist from New York lady Pink's artwork hangs in some of the world's finest museums including the MoMA and the Tate but her first canvas was New York City's subway cars graffiti is more than just a style it's a culture it's an entire culture it's an underground culture the sty thousands and thousands of kids called the first lady of graffiti she's considered a Pioneer in the boys club graffiti world of the 197s and 80s my new group of
friends decided I should have a lady name if they were the only group in New York City with a female so they gave me the name of pink I started as a teenager when I was 15 years old by sneaking out of my mother's house and going to the worst neighborhoods of New York City to go and evangelize the New York subway trains it was risky business right I mean that must have been dangerous absolutely there's electric rails there's police there's you know all kinds of Mayhem underground in the tunnels
born Sandra fabara she was seven when her family immigrated from Ecuador in 1972 to start a new life in Queens New York where her love of street art was born so these are the streets you grew up in this is my neighborhood this was when I first tried doing legal work I came out to the above ground walls and I asked for a grant from the Queen's cultural department and and this was one of the first walls I tainted it says a Storia it looks like inside each letter is a story her art a reflection of
her Latino Roots depicting issues of social justice this is what artists do we scream out our grief our anger our injustices and celebrate what needs to be celebrated and not forgotten we birthe a worldwide movement called street art now it's in every corner of the world that movement helped bring graffiti into the mainstream and soon lady Pink's work moved from subway cars to art galleries I was going to parties with Andy Warhol and Keith Haring and basat this was my experiences as as a 17-year
-old as a teenager her talent and No Nonsense attitude landed her a role in the 1980s independent hip-hop film wild style which quickly became a cult classic we got quite a few jobs lined up sgate sign we're trying to do a lot for the community now trying to like liveen up a few things make it I was going to try to make it a living I guess the film made her a graffiti artist Superstar the day we were together some fans stopped by to show their grude we were driving by we came into New York last
night and I said hey kids that's the lady in the movie that I showed you it's everybody's Bible I can quote parts of the movie you're part of a story and what you give back to the community is wonderful thanks for that got to take care of your neighborhood this mural inspired I asked for a lesson in street art and if you think it's e easy you haven't done it show me again spraying a little let's see nice oh too much this is harder than it looks it's very gentle closer very nice yep yep yep it ca
n all be fixed no problem okay so since you've got that pink maybe you can repair a little bit of this down here what was the inspiration for this girl who looks like she's from out I call her a dreamer she is based on Ancient Ecuadorian Pottery her commissioned mirror are seen around the world including Ukraine Sweden and Ecuador she also paints murals with students from New York's Frank Sinatra School of the Arts we asked the students to think up of what an American Heritage means to them and
they did such a bang up job with the designs and the ideas what message do you want to give young women especially with your art don't let scale scare you you know get on up there girl and do your thing gigantic and big and loud and colorful and don't hold back making art to make a difference Alexis christopherus for gma3 that is so got to love it yes it is thank you Alexis for that report and get ready for a few laughs when we come back oh a lot of laughs it's been said Gary Goldman can make ab
solutely anything funny oh we'll get a peek inside this new comedy special born on third base when we come back what's up 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 straightforward with some fun in between a real life Barbie Dream House a name change fo
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pid welcome back to gma3 today we are joined by one of our favorite guests that Esquire magazine has recently claimed can make absolutely anything funny and we agree yeah also he has a memory like an elephant he's here today to prove just that and to talk about his latest streaming comedy special Gary Gman born on third base please welcome acclaimed comedian actor and author Gary Gman Gary I just quizzed you and you remembered everyone's names from last time which is pretty good crazy yeah well
the key is to to hear the name and repeat it once it's it's something I learned I don't know if I said this last time but I learned it from Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People which I read in fifth grade which is both adorable and sad fth grade well we have to say congratulations speaking of adorable this new comedy special but you talk about some like seriously serious things in here this is not just like all laughs you talk about growing up on food stamps the differences in
family incomes why talk about those things and how did you make them funny well I've been consumed by the unfairness of of poverty and capitalism since I was a since I was a a kid I just saw a Christmas carol every year and would think oh this this is the end of capitalism no nobody is going to be able to treat the poor and the hungry this way after seeing that and then remember seeing Death of a Salesman and I and I thought oh Death of a Salesman will bring that about and then I said well now
I have to get involved I will put out born on third base and that will that will bring about more fairness Eva mentioned your special yes and there's some hilarious there's a lot of hilarious uh parts of it in your special you say that you claim you can tell a lot about a person by the way they order at Chipotle yes now I will admit I've been at a f I've been at a Starbucks behind someone who orders a grand coffee yeah and I'm like Grand oh yeah yeah it's irritating when they don't pronounce it
correctly so what have you noticed at Chipotle what can you find out about you may not have noticed this before today but you will never not notice this after today the people in front of you most of them 99.99% of them when they order at Chipotle Mexican Grill they corn corn black beans brown rice they point they wag their fingers at adults who are maybe making a living wage probably definitely don't have dental and and here's the thing it's not only rude it's completely unnecessary they know w
here the corn is you found it you don't even work here how would they not know where the corn is by this point in their shift you can't just I always give them the benefit of the doubt I say corn and then if they look baffled I I give a little a lot of them have the sign that say don't touch the glasses yes yes I wouldn't last a shift at Chipotle I'm I'm too sensitive somebody would point and I would say oh is that where the corn is where the black beans brend I found the corn it was it was with
the other toppings all right let's talk about this project here you actually wrote performed and executive produced it what was that like well it it was when you write it and perform it they'll give you the executive producer I I really I didn't hire anybody I didn't make any any really big decisions it came with the with a really good contract that I got through um Conan O'Brien's company and and he had put me on years ago and I did this sketch about or a standup that talked about how the stat
es got their abbreviations down to two letters and it and went viral as the kids say and so he he really gave me a career at a time when I couldn't sell a ticket and CO's one of the executive produc yes he's one of the executive producers and it's through his company and and on on Max um well we know how important the number three is to you and you've been on our show three times yes so we give a special gift to three GMA 3 p oh this is a this is a this is this is let's do a Quick Drip check thi
s is uh is this David Yurman feel feels like David well Bravo we love you the best of luck to you I feel so comfortable coming on I'm really grateful for you guys and and uh it's an honor all right Gary Goldman you got to come back thank you thank you folks you can check out Gary Goldman born on third base streaming now on Max and that is what you need to know on this Tuesday it's a great start to the New Year y we will see you right back here tomorrow I'm and I'm Dr Jen Ashton for all of us her
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K wwor here in Los Angeles and right now on ABC News live the killing of a top Hamas leader as tensions sore over the conflict in the Middle East the terror group second in command taken out in a strike in Lebanon north of Israel details on that plus the concerns over Iran deploying a warship in the region also we'll talk about the Fallout from the deadly crash of an SUV loaded with gas cans that appear to be targeting pedestrians in Upstate New York what police are now saying about the driver a
nd the search for a possible motive also the countdown to the first primary contest of the Republican presidential race we are live in Iowa where Nikki Haley and Ronda Sanz are trying to overcome Donald Trump's double digit lead but we begin here with our top story at this hour Lebanese officials are now saying that a major explosion in southern Beirut has killed at least six people and that includes a top Hamas official Sal alarri the explosion happened in hezbollah's area of operation in the L
ebanese capital of Beirut this is a far distance though from the Israeli border and this of course comes as Iranian State media is reporting that Iran is sending a warship to the Red Sea amid escalating conflicts between Iranian B houthis and the US Navy MK one of the largest shipping companies in the world also now pausing all transit through the Red Sea until further notice in the wake of an attack on one of its vessels by these hthy militants that happened on Sunday our foreign correspondent
Marcus Moore is live for us in Tel Aviv and Marcus thank you for being here with us let's start of course with the developing news here in Lebanon and this explosion uh what more are we learning at this hour and is anyone claiming responsibility yeah uh Kan a remarkable string of events here tonight and in in Lebanon no one claiming responsibility but Hamas and Hezbollah are are saying that what happened tonight the explosion uh was the work of the Israelis the Israelis of course are not comment
ing on the explosion that we saw happen in the dahia neighborhood which is the Hezbollah stronghold on the southern suburb of of Beirut and the images that we have seen of the destruction and the aftermath uh certainly give you giving you a sense of how powerful this explosion was the again Hezbollah and Hamas saying that this was um an air strike of some sort of by the uh by the Israelis and that has resulted in in the death of Mr herui and and five other five other people and Canada the questi
on now um as we wait to learn more details about what exactly happened tonight is uh will there be a response at and uh the the thinking is is that there almost certainly be will be a response either on the part of of Hamas or Hezbollah which as you know has um said that they are a part of the uh the cause of the Palestinian people and Hassan naala the head of of Hezbollah has said in the past that if any of his members uh or members of Hamas are are killed at the hands of the uh Israeli governm
ent that they will have a response that is unprecedented so so from here we'll see what the response is will it be a measured one or will it perhaps escalate the situation and that is something Canada that uh so many people have been concerned about uh for quite some time certainly intense few hours Hamas and Hezbollah putting out statements both of them saying that there will be some kind of retaliation so we'll have to wait and see uh scary to think about it there Marcus Also let's talk about
what's going on in the Red Sea Marcus the US has avoided directly striking the houthis inside Yemen precisely to Prov prevent escalating this crisis even further but Marcus what message is Iran sending now by moving that warship into the Red Sea well I I I mean I think it's pretty clear that Iran wants to uh have this be a show of of force of uh deterrence um certainly no surprise uh that they would want to to do something like that now officially uh in terms of their uh decision to send in a wa
rship to the Red Sea they have said that this is something they've done since 2009 to protect the commercial routes there from uh from Pirates uh but when you step back and get the the 30 foot, thousand view uh the 30,000 foot view I should say um it's clear what they what what they are trying to do and it does add um an extra layer of tension uh in this part of the region in particular on the Red Sea which is a critical uh part of the geography here uh as you well know and it's the reason why s
o many people are watching very closely uh Iran's moves and that of the hothy rebels that have been targeting so many of the commercial vessels that passed through there all right Marcus and Tel Aviv thank you so much also now we want to go to New Jersey here with some new information Democratic senator Bob Menendez facing new accusations this evening in the federal corruption case against him prosecutors are now saying that Menendez has made positive comments about cutter in exchange for gifts
including luxury watches worth up to $24,000 Menendez has pleaded not guilty two corruption charges among other claims prosecutors previously said that he and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes from other individuals and that includes gold bars like you see there a luxury vehicle and payments toward a home mortgage and now to Harvard where the University president claudian gay has now resigned the announcement coming in an email earlier today Gay's departure from her po
st brings an end to the shortest presidency in Harvard's history just about 6 months this move comes amid some growing allegations of plagiarism and her response to allegations of anti-Semitism on campus during a congressional testimony that happened last month you recall she was unable to unequivocally say that calls for the genocide of Jews would violate the school's conduct policy gay is staying on as a professor same with Liz McGill who resigned as president of the University of Pennsylvania
but again is still employed there by the university ABC News White House correspondent Mary Al Parks is joining us now with more on this so Mary Alice I mean for months here Harvard's president has really faced some scrutiny what more do we know about this decision now to resign yeah you're exactly right really the backlash started almost immediately after the October 7th terrorist attack we saw student groups on Harvard's campus a several student groups that put out a highly controversial lett
er uh right after the attack uh that really didn't condemn the attack at all but instead blamed Israel and it was Professor gay Dr Gay's response as University president that really brought a lot of scrutiny and backlash um and a lot of calls for her to resign almost immediately right after the students groups put out that letter uh she put out a letter to the community that a lot of people just didn't think went far enough did not condemn the attack explicitly enough and we just saw the controv
ersy snowball from there we saw very powerful alums across the country but especially here in Washington including some very powerful Harvard alums who happen to be members of Congress uh frustrated and and really saying that she was failing to address growing anti-Semitism on her campus it was not just Republican members of Congress though we saw in November the Department of Education launch an investigation on Harvard's campus about whether it was handling anti-Semitism appropriately but then
of course like you said in that introduction there was this moment on Capitol Hill that testimony on Capitol Hill that just uh went viral and so many people thought that that the president's there just fell short in responding to basic questions about anti-Semitism and so marielis how is Washington responding to this right now and what about these students who said you know they just didn't feel safe on campus right well we've seen um some Republican members of Congress uh really celebrating th
is move Alise stonic the Republican that really grilled those members of Congress there that day uh she called uh uh the president Gay's um uh answers um absolutely pathetic that day you see the statement there um saying that she was devoid of moral leadership and the academic Integrity required to be the president of Harvard we had seen these um recent accusations of potential plagiarism and sloppiness in Gay's uh early or Academia these last few weeks and that was part of what I think led to h
er resignation In This Moment uh she felt she wrote that that she just didn't think that that the attention should be on her as one individual in this extraordinary time all right Mary Alis reporting for us from Washington thank you we do have some breaking news at this hour former president Donald Trump has appealed Maine's Secretary of State's decision to Bar him from the 2024 primary election in the state Trump's campaign teams filed a formal appeal to main Superior Court this of course follo
ws the appeal that Trump's team said that main Secretary of State went outside of her Authority when she removed president Trump's name from the ballot there in M that's the story will continue to follow throughout the evening also police have now identified the suspect in that deadly crash of an SUV that was loaded with gas canisters this happened outside of a concert venue in New York now police released some surveillance images showing the alleged driver you see him there 35-year-old Michael
Avery investigators say he died in that crash and this happened after authorities say he appeared to Target a pedestrian Crossing on New Year's Day and then slammed into a ride share vehicle killing two passengers inside investigators also say they're still searching for a possible motive and have found no evidence at this point that the crash was Terror related although the motive behind the crime remains unknown the conversations we've had with his family so far leads us to believe that Avery
may have been suffering from possible undiagnosed mental health issues additionally we have not uncovered any information leading us to believe that the actions of Michael Avery on New Year's Eve were motivated by any form of political or social biases ABC News senior investigative correspondent Aaron kki is live for us this evening Aon thank you for being here and investigators say that the suspect rented that SUV they say they've carried out these two search warrants one in a hotel room that h
e rented and another on his personal vehicle so Ain what more are we learning about this man and his apparent intentions there this seemed like an intentional crash according to police and it was days in the making Cana because the man Michael Avery 35 years old was not from Rochester had no known ties here they didn't even know whether he had a a working knowledge that that there was a New Year's Eve concert at this theater but he arrived in Rochester on the 27th of December seemingly intent on
doing something he checked into a hotel as you say police have now searched it two days later he rents the biggest SUV on the lot this Ford Expedition leaving his own car at the airport and then he goes around town buying gas cans and filling them up and loading them into the SUV before arriving here in the first hour of 2024 and speeding toward a crosswalk where concert goers had just let out they were coming to get their cars in the parking lot nine pedestrians were hurt but why he did this u
h that is unknown at this point you heard police say his family believes he was suffering from some kind of mental health condition that had not been diagnosed but they found no evidence of any links to terrorism Kanan all right Erin kki our thanks to you as always and now to to Japan where a fiery plane crash in Tokyo has claimed the lives of five Japanese Coast Guard members a passenger plane and a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft collided on the runway this morning now Japan Airlines says that a
ll 379 people on the passenger plane were able to safely Evacuate the pilot of the Coast Guard Plane escaped but five of his crew members did not and officials are looking into Communications now between the airport Control Center and that plane also a team of European crash investigators will arrive tomorrow as well as representatives from Airbus but that Japanese Coast Guard Plane was reported to be headed to provide earthquake relief now you remember there was a powerful earthquake it hit the
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ne well the GOP Presidential hopefuls have less than two weeks until the first major test in the Republican contest uh former president Donald Trump Remains the front runner dominating the polls with a 30-point lead against his nearest Rivals despite not having attended a single debate the next GOP debate takes place in De Mo Iowa on January 10th and so far only Trump Ronda santis and Nikki Haley have even qualified but Trump will not attend that event instead he will hold a Fox News town hall o
n the same day ABC News Alex pet is on the campaign Trail he's joining me now live from De Mo Alex thanks for being with us and look Donald Trump he leading in these polls by a huge margin and you've covered this for a long time you were in fact in Iowa just last spring you're back there now you're speaking with voters what are they telling you that they want to see from these candidates ahead of this caucus and has anything changed since your last visit well Kana I think the big thing that's ch
anged since our last visit here is that back in may we heard from a lot of Republicans here that were curious about the candidates it was a it was a sampling opportunity for them to hear these candidates speak make their big push a lot of them weren't settled maybe they had somebody front of mind that they thought they were going to support but they didn't have a clear-cut front runner now I mean I can tell you that we were down on the street earlier today and everyone that we talked to had thei
r person whether it be to santis whether it be Trump whether it be Nikki Haley uh but what is also clear is that there is a sense among Republicans here that one way or another whoever their front runner is there is a need uh from the Republicans here to coales around someone so you know we talked to D Santa supporters who said that well look if Nikki Haley comes out and it's clear that she stands the best shot of winning uh the Republican nomination we're going to Coal us around her uh another
Trump uh Trump supporter said that look I I believe he's my guy I'm I'm not completely uh sold that that's the person that I will caucus for but if it does go somewhere else then I I I am open to to supporting that candidate and that's that's something that's been a a real concrete theme here from Republicans there's a need to call us uh to win the White House right some republ voters wanting to tow that party line but also you know Trump hasn't made an appearance on the debate stage with these
fellow candidates instead he's sort of carving out his own path to reach voters it was interesting what you told me when we're were talking today Alex about how he's talking about policy when he's on the radio there in Iowa I mean is his strategy working with voters in Iowa well what's interesting about that Kana is anytime that he's here so well first let me back up one of the things that we had heard uh even back in May from Republicans here is that there was a uh an apprehension about just ho
w contentious uh the politics of this 2024 election could be uh could become and we've certainly seen a lot of money spent on ads attacking uh candidates attacking each other well whenever we see the former president come here we've heard him do like radio interviews and had a couple of other appearances uh usually he Strays away from attacking other candidates by by name and you brought up how he's not going to be on this uh this debate stage and and said he's holding a dueling event well look
I mean he's been challenged on that certainly by other other folks but a a Fallout of that or another impact of that is that you know he's got to be the lightning rod on the debate stage and this keeps him out of the line of fire out of some of that contentiousness and maybe that's something that he benefits from here in Iowa oh that's interesting and Alex we haven't yet talked about Chris Christie or V ramaswami they have not yet qualified for this next debate at all but how are they reaching v
oters there in Iowa I mean I know V has made a huge effort Kana he has doubled down uh after at by days in I believe he will have had some 250 plus events scheduled across the state he's done something called a double grassly visiting all 99 counties here at least twice look but for him I I think that he hasn't qualified for this debate uh this this latest debate and certainly is is is down in the polls but a a a victory for him would be finishing in the top three in this caucus interesting all
right that really puts it in perspective Alex P our thanks to you and as we said we on the countdown to the Iowa caucus coming up here here from three women who worked in the Trump Administration and they describe why a second Trump presidency in their opinion could be a threat to American democracy that's after the [Music] break whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon main the scene of a h
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erratic I mean he has literally called for things like doing away with parts of the Constitution wanting to weaponize the doj to enact revenge on his political enemies the fact that he feels that he needs to lean into being a dictator alone shows that he is a weak and feeble man who has no sense of character and integrity and has no sense of leadership everyone who is in The West Wing um and frankly a lot of cabinet secretaries they know how dangerous Trump is people who I have the deepest level
of respect for like my former former uh boss vice president Mike Pence he's seen more than any of us have seen he knows more than any of us know and I would just hope in this moment when we are less than a year out from or basically a year out from the election that he would think about speaking out more forcefully just about the unfitness of Donald Trump this is not about politics it's not about policy it is about the character of the man who's the leader of the Free World yeah even now even 3
years later almost you know there are many that haven't come out who know exactly what you all know or know more I think it's really easy to paint all of these Republicans with a broad brush and say that they're doing it for you know their own personal Ambitions which I think is a large majority of them but I think another thing that we have to consider as a factor is that a lot of these people won't come forward even if privately they'll acknowledge that Trump is unfit or will privately acknow
ledge that the 2020 election wasn't stolen it's because they know that they will face death threats that their families will face death threats I knew that coming forward and speaking out against Donald Trump I could potentially face security threats or death threats online harassment despite all the personal sacrifice um I knew that ultimately it was the right thing to do and so I just would encourage others to come forward because there we're running out of time in order to try to stop Trump f
rom being the Oval Office again his campaign theme is retribution I mean this is the centerpiece of his campaign he says I am your retribution this is tough question but let me ask each of you are you worried that you will face that retribution if he comes back in it is a very real concern I've met with former cabinet secretaries very recently who were also on this you know potential theoretical list and and they're worried about it um listen I'll say this with with Donald Trump is um what scare
s me as much as him and his retribution is the almost cult-like following he has over his most DieHard supporters um the the the threats the harassment the death threats that you get when he targets you and he's deliberate in targeting um is is is really horrifying and has no place in our American discourse and our thanks to Jonathan Carl for that report and coming up next here a countdown you know it was a lot more than a ball drop for a lot of people why this need Year's Eve marked a wedding R
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took over at Harry Reid International Airport get off the plane get married uh but this New Year's Eve marked a really special date for the Vegas wedding industry because of its repeating one two3 one 123 pattern uh these specialty dates that fall on holidays tend to be hugely popular on the trip with the biggest record set on July 7th 2007 when more than 4,000 couples tied the knot in a single day the county clerk there says that this group dynamic of the celebration actually makes the day all
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Saturdays on ABC News live what would you do hey I guess I just found out the what would you do marathon 2 to 6 Eastern every Saturday on ABC News live my favorite show and welcome back it's crunch time for the GOP Presidential candidates less than two weeks away from the first primary contest I'm hanworth here in Los Angeles and that's our big story today the Iowa caucuses are quickly approaching and Donald Trump's closest competitors Nikki Haley and Ronda Santos are still trailing by double di
gits so do either of them even stand a chance at overcoming his Monumental lead also in our Spotlight data obtained by ABC News showing that migrant encounters are hitting a new record at our Southern border our panel weighs in on the crisis and how Democratic Mayors are bracing for more arrivals from [Music] Texas we though of course begin with our big story 2024 it's here and the first critical contest of the GOP Presidential race is quickly approaching the Iowa caucuses are set to take place
on January 15th and time is running out if either Nikki Haley or Ronda santis want to take any momentum away from the clear and longstanding front runner Donald Trump so ABC's Alex fret is live for us in De MO is covering all of the candidates ahead of this caucus and Alex you know the people for Trump's campaign say they're extremely confident how could they not be right his lead is huge and it's only growing but Alex they tell ABC News it's more than just the polls that give them that confiden
ce so what is it well K I'm going to borrow from the Sports World here I mean you can't just rely on on the numbers you got to play the game right and so you know for them a lot of that confidence is also rooted in their ground game here they feel like they've been able to identify reporters in all 99 counties uh that will help make sure that people show up on caucus day uh to to to push him over the edge uh and and and and deliver a win and Alex we know that you've spoken with Republican voters
who've expressed some frustration with Trump's limited time that he spent in Iowa so far so Alex how will that impact how they vote at the caucus and then in the larger national race will they just move forward here with Party Loyalty no matter who the Republican candidate is well what's interesting here Kan I want to give you some context so uh former president has been had held about 30 events in Iowa since last March you compare that to Nikki Haley who's somewhere around 60 uh and then at th
e the high end here I think as of end of day of Ramis Swami will have held more than 250 events across the state uh and so so it's a small fraction but one of the things that uh you reference those poll numbers one of the things uh that we have heard from voters is that yes they do wish that the former president had been here but it's not necessarily winning their support take a listen I I think it does still the move the needle because I think that's important to an Iowa caucus goer is to show
your face so that's one of the things I wish Trump would have been a little more active here in Iowa and uh I wish he would have shown his face a little bit more so regardless of if you're person is Trump right if if caucus comes out and you know it doesn't go his way it's there's a Coes behind whoever that Republic you feel that way I will call us whoever the person is if it's D santis I will I will go with DeSantis not a huge Haley fan but if she ends up being the one I will support her and so
at the very end of this uh for Republicans it is about getting a a republican in the White House you heard that gentleman who is a trump supporter uh saying that even if it's not the former president he will go with the Republican winner interesting and let's talk about Nikki Haley for a minute we know has a lot of support from the Koch brothers Super Pac Americans for Prosperity and not only Alex is that a huge financial boost but we know that they do really serious on the ground work they spe
ak directly with voters they use mailers uh they use ads to directly get Iowa Kaka voters to support her any indication that that could be enough to sway voters in her favor well K I think one of the things that uh Nikki Haley has really kind of benefited from as she's risen in the polls is the ad spins here uh millions of dollars pouring in from PS and and also her own campaign supporting and and putting out putting out those ads but if you look at Haley's actions I mean right now I mean she's
really spending a lot of her time split between New Hampshire and uh South Carolina kind of focused on on those primaries so I I I think that seeing as the focus has kind of moved shifted back East uh a a a top three finish here just staying competitive would be really really good for her campaign going forward and trying to build momentum off of that it's so interesting when just stay competitive is the goal Alex pre our thanks to you as always I want to bring our big story now to our panel so
joining us today is our ABC News contributor in serus XM radio host Mike Muse fresh off of Michigan win and Democratic strategist and president of nextg America Christina sinsen Ramirez and editor of the National Review rames panu and ABC News contributing political correspondent and co-author of the political Playbook newsletter Rachel bade so thank you all for being here with us so Rachel let's start here with you we didn't talk about DeSantis at all with Alex he's a far second here uh but he
has really focused all of his his efforts there in Iowa he's toured all 99 counties he held a New Year's Eve rally a reminder to our viewers he also has the endorsement of Iowa's hugely popular Governor there all of this in an effort to sneak out with second place Rachel what if that doesn't happen yeah I mean it really is do our die for Dan santis and Iowa if you think about the next primary states that come after uh New Hampshire is full of a bunch of independent uh swing voters who are not yo
u know big Dan santis fans uh Haley's way above him in terms of the polls not to mention Trump himself uh South Carolina Haley again has an edge and of course Trump does as well uh Nevada comes after Iowa and you know Trump is just going to run away with that new H Iowa is really where Dan santis uh has sort of said he would sort of do it or or die here I mean like everybody said he has sort of uh put everything he has into this you mentioned visiting 99 counties trying to get the endorsement of
the popular Iowa governor which he was able to do uh and these are where there's a lot of Evangelical Republican voters who tend to like him so if he doesn't do well there if his second isn't solid if Nikki Haley actually comes uh behind him and is actually able to uh overtake him in the polls and he comes in third it's really hard to see him continuing in this race and a lot of my Republican sources think he will drop out Kaa yeah this all important race for second and Mike to you as you just
heard Alex say he's been talking with these Republican voters who've expressed some frustration with Trump's lead but essentially they say they're going to vote down the party line so Mike what does that say to you about how voters view the future of this country if Democrats are in office again I mean it says a lot in terms of how they how they're looking to hold the party line but just as Alex is speaking to some of those voters I think that's actually where American for Prosperity fund comes
into play with really helping with the ground game and really strategically targeting digitally likely Haley voters or voters who also too could be turned to Haley voters and with a strong turnout and a strong ground game American for Prosperity said they've increased their number of volunteers that they actually have in that state and so with a strong second place showing that possibly Nikki Haley could have ahead eaten to the projections of former president Trump I think that gives her great m
omentum head into New Hampshire and then I think just as Rachel has mentioned would change the landscape going forward and Nikki Haley of course has a big endorsement there and Christina let's talk about some issues with you that are top of mind for voters of course that includes the economy immigration abortion but according to some analysis from our partners at 538 the policy differences to help the economy are a little hard to decipher for voters so they think that more policy Focus will then
lean to immigration and abortion so Christina how do you see that driving those decisionmaking um that you'll see from voters during this caucus well I mean this is why Trump is speaking to immigration so much and using words that are really fascist related to Nazism what we're going to find in the iow caucus is that the Trump the Republican party is the party of Donald Trump it is the Maga Republican party and he is going to continue to talk about poisoning of the blood of the American people
using immigration and scapegoating immigrants because Donald Trump wants to have the GOP nomination on lockdown before this spring when he has 91 counts and indictments up and he wants to insulate himself from accountability um ultimately you know for those first four years for many immigrant communities across the country the first four years that may have felt chaotic the next four years are going to be absolute destruction and Chaos because that is what Donald Trump is promising especially on
these issues well and his voters may not see it all that way as he clearly has a lot of support rshh let's talk with you about this let's talk about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie he's facing some pretty intense pressure to get out of the race now uh before New Hampshire in part to bolster Nikki Haley's momentum there and also Trump's team is clearly hoping for strong performances in both Iowa and Hampshire to send a message to the rest of the field maybe just get out of the race how do you
see that playing out well I think ultimately if chrisy doesn't want to drop out then uh he's not going to drop out and it's easy to convince yourself that you're playing some Grand uh historical role and that maybe you even have a shot even though it really doesn't look like it one thing that I think militates against Christie getting out is it is such a lopsided contest already that it's not as though you can say well if Christie would just get out Haley will win this thing the numbers just do
n't add up that way and do you agree with that sentiment Rachel or do you think that that Nikki would really have a better chance at winning if the field were smaller you know I mean Kaa if you talk to her her campaign her allies they really do think that if the field uh Narrows that you know she could potentially be uh you know a real challenge to Trump that she could pick up this moment momentum in these early States and you know start to really overtake him I mean not only with Chris Christie
dropping out they believe that if Ronda santis drops out after Iowa before New Hampshire that she could see a boo to there but of course this is their Theory uh we don't actually know until we start to see this happening and uh it could very much be uh you know wishful thinking on their part it's hard to say it's going to be a wild few months in particular yeah and in particular uh to add on to what Rachel was just saying they endorse Nikki Haley I think that to add more momentum towards Nikki
heading into particularly New Hampshire certainly that would be interesting to see all right Mike Christina rsh and Rachel thank you all so much and coming up next here we're going to talk about the crisis of the Southern border and it's moving North how City Mayors are calling foul on buses full of migrants arriving at their doorstep whenever news breaks we are here here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon main the sc
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now that's a part of the story I bet you didn't see coming wherever you get your podcasts start here we don't have a plan for coordinated entry of these Asylum Seekers across the country and that's really what we want the federal government to do because we know there is a way to solve this all right in our Spotlight as the number of Southern border crossings continues to soar Mayors across the country are scrambling to accommodate the busloads of migrants being sent North to cities like New Yor
k Washington DC Chicago and Denver and you just heard Denver's mayor there in an interview on BBC News live uh New York's mayor Adams is also issuing an executive order that requires charter buses to provide the city at least 32 hours notice prior to their arrival but officials in Texas and Louisiana appear to be skirting those rules and instead sending buses to New Jersey local officials saying that an estimated 10 buses from Texas and one from Louisiana dropped off about 400 migrants at New Je
rsey Transit stations where they continued into the City by train I want to bring back our panel here Mike Christina rshh and Rachel so rsh let's start here with you Mayors in these Democratic run cities are now struggling to deal with this influx of Asylum Seekers they're being very vocal about it but in your opinion is Texas governor Greg Abbott's plan of busting these migrants to these cities working in terms of highlighting the problem I I don't think there's any question whatever whether yo
u think it was the right or wrong thing to do it has changed the politics of this issue dramatically it has put it on the national agenda in a new way and made it not just a border state Border City issue um it's something that has caused Democratic Mayors to talk about the strains that illegal immigration creates it has it has made them you know sort of put money where their mouths are because it was it was one thing to say you're a sanctuary City when you're not on the front line uh but once y
ou are it turns out that it there's a huge burden and getting these getting a lot of these uh liberal Democratic Mayors even to complain about the issue and in some cases to complain about the Biden Administration that's something that wouldn't have happened absent the kind of moves that Governor Abbott and to a lesser extent Governor jantis have made and Christina I'd love for you to weigh in on what he just said there about how you are starting to see some of these Democratic Mayors complain a
bout how the Biden Administration is handling this I mean how will that change his support in the election look ultimately I think what most Americans agree and understand is that we need real solutions to the immigration issue in this country that we can have uh immigration system that attacks and addresses the root causes of migration that we need to protect American born and immigrant workers but that these political stunts because that's really all they are are political stunts do nothing to
address the issue and solve the problem and so I live in Texas governor Greg Abbott is my governor and I can tell you all he has done for his entire time in office is play with the lives of refugees and immigrants many of who are children instead of actually using his position to call for True reform and overhaul to both honor our rights under international law and give Asylum Seekers their right and day in court and be able to provide the security and and uh support that local communities need
and that's why you're also seeing local communities even in Texas turn away from the governor's positions and stances that used to support him on immigration along the border well and what about Congress Rachel let's take that to you I mean some people are looking at Congress to fix this they believe that they can are they any closer to a bipartisan Bill o yeah Kan they've been trying to do that for several decades now and they're trying to do it right now as we speak uh still uh no cigar on th
at I mean look I'm really skeptical about a border deal going through for a number of reasons number one is the clock uh when Congress comes back next week they're only going to have a couple of legislative days to avert another government shutdown they don't have an agreement on Topline spending numbers let alone line items within each agency that's going to take up a lot of oxygen number two even if the Senate does come up with some sort of bipartisan agreement there is no guarantee that it wi
ll make get through the Republican Le house the new speaker Mike Johnson he's already in trouble with conservatives right now and a lot of conservatives are probably not going to like whatever they come up with it in the Senate they're going to say it's not good enough so he will face pressure from his own party uh to say that this deal you know he's not going to put on the floor because again it's not good enough it's just it's a really tough issue for Congress and Mike let's talk about this in
addition to the highest ever recorded migrant encounters at the border according to Customs and Border Protection seizures of fentel have also increased more than 800 and 60% compared to 2019 so Mike is the federal government putting enough emphasis on border security in addition to the crossings I don't think we're giving enough Nuance to the conversation of of fentol in the aspect of it it's just not a one prong strategic solution just to focus on the border uh you also too have to focus in o
n China and how you can get diplomatic ties to work in collaboration with the United States uh and with the government of Mexico in order to address fanol uh coming over the border and so to look at it from a binary binaries position I think that doesn't do service to addressing the root cause of the issue of fentol actually coming here and rsh do you want to respond to that well look I think that the fenel has become such a gigantic epidemic in our country that it has to be attacked on multiple
fronts and absolutely that includes China and includes a lot of domestic things including expanding treatment facilities expanding access to Naran but the Mexico border with the US is absolutely part of the equation that has to be tackled as is as is US Mexican government cooperation you know the Biden Administration has been working to try to get that I think one of the things we are seeing in this crisis at the border is that Biden you know look there were all kinds of disagreements they had
with Trump over immigration a lot of them Justified a lot of them arguable but they throughout remain in Mexico because of pure ideology and partisanship and that has been I think a fundamental cause of the problem that we're seeing right now all right L here yeah Christina please Mike's Point you know to go back I think the point to add on to what Mike was saying you have to divorce the discussion about immigration from fentol because most fentol is actually not coming through migrants so it's
a diservice to communities that are suffering from addiction and family members who have lost them to not actually talk about how fentol is getting into this country which is mostly through legal means of trade not through immigrants a supply chain Christina what she saying yeah and most of it's coming over from the Mexican border they are saying that US citizens are traffing it but they're looking at the cartels there in Mexico and the precursors as rsh said are coming over from China so clearl
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agram a reaction to his former team the Michigan Wolverines beating Alabama in the Rose Bowl 27 to2 in overtime on New Year's Day the squad outlasting Alabama coach Nick Savin K Crimson Tied by tying the game in the fourth quarter taking it to overtime where they got the W which puts Michigan in the championship game next Monday to get the trophy they have to face undefeated University of Washington huskys sealed a wild 37 to 31 win over the Texas Longhorns at the Sugar Bowl uh in New Orleans la
st night I want to bring back our panel to see who was glued to their seats on New Year's Day with all this excitement you guys Mike Muse went to Michigan he was at the game at the Rose Bowl take it away Mike look my heart just got back to normal my blood pressure is down I look forward to having my first meal in a few hours my stomach is now settled what a game folks what a game Michigan pulled it out in overtime it was a movie this is why Blake korm came back to Michigan uh to bring home a nat
ional championship so to give him the ball in overtime to score the touchdown you have the overrated SEC going against the amazing big 10 the Big 10 showed the SEC who is boss two iconic coaches Nick Sabin Jim marbaugh going at it with play calling it was made for television and for a movie and I'm so proud University of Michigan as I've said Kana we are going all the way and we are going to raise that trophy against University of Washington come Monday I'll be in the house Kana you're all welco
me to join me for the celebration party that I'm throwing oh I love it I love it he was texting me yesterday like I'm tailgating in the parking lot but Christina I have to tell you I I know you're a Texas girl and when I was watching that game last night I thought Texas was going to pull it off I mean I did too I'm a UT grad I'm a longhorn so I was devastated that we didn't make it but I don't want to be a sore loser so congratulations Michigan and Washington though it probably would have been a
more exciting game if UT was in it but I don't want to be a sore loser so I just want to say congrat conratulations a congratul I thought Arch Manning was
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