>> right now on america this morning, new court documents connected to sex offender jeffrey epstein are unsealed. and what they reveal about the high powered people in his orbit from bill clinton to michael jackson and new details about an accusation against prince andrew. the reaction this morning. >> breaking overnight, two arrests in the killing of a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend in texas on christmas week. the father and son now charged in their murders. the possible motive and how police

tracked down the suspects. >> growing concerns about a wider conflict in the middle east after twin bombings inside iran. dozens killed the clues as to who may be responsible. >> the investigation into that deadly airport disaster, a passenger jet bursting into flames after hitting a smaller plane on the runway in tokyo. what we've now learned about the flight crew chaos in the courtroom. >> what set off this violence in las vegas? the judge attacked later. >> a reality check for some people using popular weight loss drugs like ozempic and the chaos. >> as people try to get their hands on those trendy pink stand tumblers. >> from abc news in new york. this this is america this morning. >> good thursday morning, everyone i'm andrew dymburt. >> i'm andrea fujii in for rhiannon. we begin with reaction to the jeffrey epstein documents . the names of several people connected to the disgraced financier and sex offenders were

unsealed last night. >> the names in those documents include bill clinton and prince andrew. this morning we're learning why attorneys wanted to depose former president clinton in a now settled defamation case relating to allegations against sex offender jeffrey epstein and his onetime paramour, ghislaine maxwell. >> we know that clinton has been publicly associated with epstein before the first batch of previously sealed court documents related to epstein were made public last night, one from a lawsuit filed by virginia giuffre. >> she's one of the women who say they were abused at epstein's home in florida, new york and on a private caribbean island. giuffre's attorneys sought to depose clinton as part of her 2016 lawsuit against epstein's former girlfriend, ghislaine maxwell, because her attorneys argued clinton is a key person who can provide information about his close relationship with maxwell and epstein and disapprove maxwell's claims. >> this is just the first of what's coming out about these names that have been associated with jeffrey epstein for a long time. >> giuffre made no allegations of wrongdoing against clinton,

contradicting a previous claim when she said she flew with clinton and the secret service in a helicopter, according to maxwell's unsealed deposition. she said the allegations that clinton had dinner on epstein's private island were 100% false. >> without virginia giuffre's lawsuit, this stuff wouldn't have been exchanged because it was relevant to the claims. and now the court has decided there's no good basis to keep this stuff under wraps from the public. after epstein's arrest in 2019, a clinton spokesperson denied the former president knew about epstein's crimes, denied clinton was ever on epstein's island, and said clinton had not communicated with epstein in more than a decade. >> also in the documents deposition from a witness who said she met michael jackson and magician david copperfield during her time with epstein. epstein died in jail while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in 2019. his death was ruled a suicide. maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking and other crimes for helping epstein abuse teenage girls. she is serving a 20 year sentence, which she is appealing . in a statement overnight, her

lawyer said she has consistently and vehemently maintained her innocence, breaking overnight. >> two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a pregnant teenager from texas and her boyfriend and the suspects are a father and his 19 year old son. police in san antonio say it appears to have been a drug deal gone bad. savannah soto and matthew guerra were found shot inside a car last week. she disappeared just before she was scheduled to give birth. police say her cell phone helped them track down the suspects. >> one of the key pieces of evidence that we did collect at the scene was savannah's cell phone, with that information, the detective detectives were able to find a possible location of where the suspect vehicle that was released on that, on that surveillance camera, the surveillance video, a possible location where that suspect vehicle might be. >> the police say they believe the son killed the couple and the father helped move the bodies. >> turning to the middle east, major new concerns this morning about a wider conflict in the

region after twin bombings inside iran. dozens of people were killed during a memorial for a top iranian general. so who is to blame? this morning we have some clues. abc's ike and josh is here now with more ike. good morning. >> good morning andrew. officials are still trying to determine exactly how many people died. and some say more than 100. the biden administration saying it's likely isis behind the two explosions triggering panic on the streets of a crowded iranian city. the two powerful bombs detonating during a ceremony marking the death of iran's former top general qassem soleimani, killed four years ago by a us drone strike and considered the mastermind behind an iranian backed network of militia groups that included hamas and hezbollah. the scene outside a local hospital, chaotic as the wounded are frantically lifted down from emergency vehicles and pushed into the hospital on stretchers. officials say the bombs were placed in backpacks and detonated remotely, the attack killing scores of people and

wounding over 200 more, the largest in that country in more than 40 years. signature iranian officials immediately accusing israel and, quote, criminal america of the attacks, saying israel will pay the price. u.s. officials denying involvement. >> i'm not going to speak for another nation. i would just tell you that we have no indication that israel was in any way involved in this. >> the attack comes just one day after officials say an israeli drone targeted and killed a top hamas official, saleh al-arouri, in lebanon, raising fears of a wider war in the region. >> we remain, uh, incredibly concerned, as we have been from the outset of this conflict, about the risk of the conflict spreading into other fronts. >> now, hezbollah's top leader calling the strike a serious and heinous crime that will not go without punishment. u.s. officials say they were not told in advance of the strike. andrea back to you, ike. >> thank you. police in newark,

new jersey, say the murder of a muslim leader does not appear to be a hate crime. imam hassan sharif was shot outside his mosque. neighbors who gathered last night blamed crime in the area. a $25,000 reward is offered for information leading to an arrest. >> new details about that deadly plane collision in tokyo this week. local media reports. the passenger jet's cabin crew told the pilots that the plane was on fire after hitting a coast guard plane, killing five people. air traffic control transcripts suggest the coast guard plane was not cleared for takeoff. another potential factor some runway warning lights were not working. japan airlines says the disaster could cost $104 million. now to the campaign trail. >> a new attacks between the candidates with just days to go before the iowa caucuses, former president trump overnight released a new attack ad targeting nikki haley. >> what president trump believes and what he will do and what he will implement, works, and it will benefit the families that are there overnight. >> south dakota governor kristi noem, hitting the campaign trail

in iowa for donald trump, urging voters to think of how their lives have changed since trump left office, stressing grocery costs, gas prices and the border crisis. >> is that what you hear about when you live and talk to your families and your neighbors is just how much their way of life has been undermined by everything that joe biden has done in the white house. >> with less than two weeks until the iowa caucuses, former president trump leads by 30 points. florida governor ron desantis was pressed on why he hasn't been more forceful against trump. >> why haven't you gone directly after polls are down? he's, you know, up really high. >> what do you mean by going directly after? >> i mean, you're, uh, in my viewpoint, uh, you're going pretty soft on him. >> i think the narrative is this i think what the media wants is, is they want republican candidates to just kind of like, smear him personally and kind of do that. that's just not how i roll in new hampshire, polls show former south carolina governor nikki haley pulling into second place, haley sharing

this message with a packed town hall. >> i know the momentum in iowa, the momentum in new hampshire. they want something different overnight. >> the trump campaign launching a new ad attacking haley's stance on the border wall and travel bans. >> haley's weakness puts us in grave danger. >> meanwhile, trump is bringing his battle to stay on the ballot in colorado to the u.s. supreme court after that state's high court disqualified him for his actions. on january 6th, 2021. trump's legal team is appealing, but not asking the justices to expedite consideration if the court takes its time. colorado's current ruling calls for trump to remain on the ballot for the state's march 5th primary. it's unclear when the supreme court will decide whether to take up trump's case, turning to the weather, a cross country storm is set to dump significant snow in the northeast this weekend. >> let's check your thursday forecast. >> good morning. we're tracking a cross country storm bringing

some snow to parts of new mexico colorado into the texas panhandle in kansas. thursday thursday night into friday with drenching rain farther south. that becomes the weekend snow maker in many parts of the northeast, with drenching rain farther southeast. this expands northeast through the night. on saturday into parts of the new england state. still lingering snow sunday. a quick look at snowfall forecast here 1 to 3in in the light blue, six plus inches in the dark blue. i'm accuweather meteorologist jeff cornish. coming arrested for stealing a plane and flying out of state. >> also ahead. >> chaos in court. a man leaping over the bench to attack a judge. what? we're learning about the suspect and later the new dog breed now recognized by the american kennel club

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you, we got you in idaho, a man is under arrest, accused of stealing a private plane in las vegas. >> the plane's owner reported that his emergency location transmitter was activated and he wasn't flying it. the faa tracked it to barstow, california, where police say the man was arrested trying to run away. >> now to the wild scene inside a nevada courtroom. a man lunging over the bench to attack the judge. here's abc's derrick dennis disorder in this las vegas courtroom. >> hey, whoa whoa, whoa. >> hey, 30 year old dobra redden unrestrained, lunges over the bench, right at district court. >> judge mary kay holthus pinning her against the wall, humbling her on the floor, knocking the court's american flag over until court staff and sheriff's deputies fight him off . the chaos erupting moments after a relatively calm sentencing, redden a repeat offender, had pleaded guilty to

attempted battery with substantial bodily harm, but he did not want to go to prison again. i feel like i should be given the shot because i'm in a better place than i was, judge holthus, reminding redden of his lengthy rap sheet. >> three felonies, a gross, nine misdemeanors, multiple dvs. he's got a lot going on, sir. >> he still asked for leniency. i feel like i shouldn't be, like, sent to prison for a second time. but the judge denied his request for probation, which apparently set redden off. >> i appreciate that, but i think it's time that he gets a taste of something else because i just can't with that history, in accordance with the laws of stay in nevada's court, the judge was injured. >> her condition being monitored and a courtroom officer was sent to the hospital. a statement from the court says. we commend the heroic acts of the judge's staff, law enforcement and all others who subdued the defendant. we are reviewing our protocols in the aftermath, the

judge was seen holding her head but talking and able to walk away. we're also told redden has a history of mental illness. he now faces multiple new felony charges. andrew andrea. all right. >> derek. thank you. the rocket company owned by elon musk is accused of illegally firing several employees. a complaint from the national labor relations board claims eight workers at spacex were fired after criticizing musk, circulating a letter accusing him of being an embarrassment. no comment yet from the company. >> the numbers are in from airports across the country. flight cancellations in the last year have hit a ten year low. the tsa says the cancellation rate was just 1.2% in terms of delays. the airline says that rated best were delta, alaska, american and united airlines. >> coming up, new evidence of the case of convicted killer alec murdoch. >> also ahead, a reality check for some people using popular for some people using popular weight loss drugs like ozempic ( ♪ )

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