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well played. thank you. champions wildcard continues tomorrow. join us then. ♪♪ captioned by los angeles distribution and broadcasting, inc. now in america, this morning, the first votes cast in the new hampshire primary delivering good news for nikki haley. but overnight, the other big name republicans lending their support to former president trump. and today, the rare joint
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appearance expected from president biden, the first lady and vice president harris as democrats look ahead to the general election campaign, whether extremes a flood emergency in california as a month's worth of rain falls in just three hours, the high water rescues meanwhile, in the pacific, a rogue wave slamming into this u.s. military base, the images coming in and in the middle of the country more icy conditions for the morning commute. >> what to expect today. >> breaking overnight, the deadliest day for israeli forces since the start of the war against hamas. dozens killed. what we're learning and the reported cease fire proposal now being floated here at home. >> one mother's fight to work remotely while her son is in the hospital leads to a customer boycott of her company. what her boss is saying now and later, sticking their necks out. >> zoo workers delicate plan to relocate this giraffe and the
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uproar concerning date night at applebee's and the company's latest offer. >> yeah, we fancy like applebee's on a date night >> from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. >> good tuesday morning, everyone. >> i'm rhiannon ally, and i'm lionel moise. in for andrew. we begin this morning with the first votes cast overnight in the new hampshire primary. >> it was not good news for former president trump. he was swept by nikki haley. it was six votes to zero in teeny tiny dixville notch, new hampshire, which continued its tradition of casting votes at midnight. >> but polls show dixville notch may not be a reliable indicator of how things will play out later today. across the state, abc's melissa don is in manchester, new hampshire with the latest melissa good morning a big day there. >> good morning ryan. it definitely is. and look trump here is trying to maintain unity in new hampshire. but observers are saying that this primary is
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showing nikki haley's last stand this morning. former president trump's former rivals in the republican primary have officially thrown their support behind him. >> it's amazing the way you can like somebody when you win right ? >> south carolina senator tim scott, north dakota governor doug burgum and vivek rasmussen. are all joining trump on stage last night, just hours before new hampshire voters started heading to the polls for the first in the nation primary. >> this is going to be a huge day tomorrow and you're going to send a message not just to the nation, but a message to the world. >> trump's speech, repeated, interrupted by protesters, that was that was handled very quickly as the former president accused nikki haley of courting democrats, calling her unelectable. >> so if you want a losing candidate who puts america last, vote for nikki haley. but if you want a president who puts america first, every single time, you're going to vote for donald j. trump and you have to
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get out and vote. >> haley spent yesterday crisscross new hampshire with the state's popular governor, chris sununu, trying to convince voters to deliver her an upset victory. >> and we can't be a country in disarray and have a world on fire and go through four more years of chaos because we won't survive it. >> it's an uphill battle for haley. polls show her trailing by double digits. >> if they don't like them. i like them. so, uh, i think he'll help out the country. >> i'll do anything that i have to do. literally almost anything to make sure that donald trump isn't reelected. >> meanwhile, the new hampshire attorney general's office says it's investigating reports of an apparent robocall that used artificial intelligence to mimic president biden, advising people in the state not to vote in the primary. the white house says the call was not recorded by the president today. biden vice president harris and their spouses are set to hold a rally together in virginia to discuss abortion access, an indication that democrats plan to put
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abortion rights front and center as we transition on to the general election campaign. win or lose, here in new hampshire, nikki haley says that it's not game over for her. so the next primary that's in south carolina , and it is haley's home state. so the polls there already showing, though, that trump is leading by more than 30 points. lionel >> all right melissa. thank you. a state of emergency has been declared because of flooding in san diego. hundreds had to be rescued from flooded homes, and dozens more were rescued from their cars. water erupted from sewers as more than a month's worth of rain fell in three hours. some parts of california got nine inches of rain in three days. meanwhile rain and ice are moving into the midwest with slick roads in chicago and detroit, and then snow moves into western pennsylvania, new york, and parts of new england. ice from that same system wreaked havoc on the roads in missouri. just look at this video. this fire truck spinning out of control. we'll check your forecast in just a few moments.
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now to a really dramatic scene at a u.s. military base. >> a rogue wave slamming ashore, causing damage and destruction. and experts warn we could soon be seeing more of this kind of damage. keep the door closed. >> whoa! >> new video shows the terrified moment a massive wave hit a u.s. military base on a remote island in the pacific. first. you're good, you're good. the force of the water ripping the doors from their hinges, taking two people with them. those inside climbed on tables, clinging to anything they could reach. moments later, a second wave rushes in, knocking out windows. thankfully only minor injuries were reported, but the army says at least a third of the base located in the marshall islands in the heart of the pacific, was flooded. >> this is going to go down in history books as one of its most challenging times ever. in its 80 year history. we will get through this and we are settling in for a marathon of recovery
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ahead. >> the tiny nation is on the front lines of climate change due to rising sea levels and more frequent storms. a pentagon study has warned increases in sea level will result in greater wave driven runup and island flooding, threatening the fresh water supply as soon as 2035. abc news traveled to the capitol in 2018 to see mitigation efforts firsthand, including new concrete seawalls. but one local official had this warning for the rest of the world when it comes to the dangers of our changing climate, we may go first, but but your next non-mission personnel were evacuated from the island. the flooding has closed. two nearby airports, possibly for weeks. >> breaking overnight, at least 21 israeli soldiers have been killed in gaza in the deadliest attack on israeli forces since the beginning of the war with hamas, officials say a militant fired a rocket propelled grenade as the soldiers were preparing
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to demolish two buildings. the attack follows reports that israel is now proposing a two month cease fire in hopes of freeing the hostages being held by hamas. it comes after family members of the hostages stormed an israeli parliament meeting, demanding lawmakers bring home their loved ones. >> us and british forces have carried out joint airstrikes against iran backed militants in yemen. officials say they destroyed houthi missile storage sites and drones after dozens of recent attacks on ships in the red sea. the white house insists u.s. airstrikes are working to deter the rebels. >> back here at home. a trial gets underway in michigan today stemming from a deadly school shooting. but it's not the shooter on trial. it's his mother. this morning, jury selection is set to begin in the trial of jennifer crumbly. her son ethan opened fire at his high school in oxford, michigan, in 2021, killing four students. this rare case is attempting to hold the parent of a school shooter criminally accountable.
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>> there's a lot of questions that need answers still, we're over two years without those answers. >> both jennifer and her husband, james are charged with involuntary manslaughter for buying the semi-automatic handgun used in the attack and for allegedly ignoring their son's pleas for help related to mental health concerns. if convicted, they could face up to 60 years in prison. >> the second layer of accountability is absent 100. the parents. >> ethan has already pleaded guilty to the murders and was sentenced to life without parole. his lawyers are now appealing that sentence. his mother's trial, although rare, follows two recent high profile cases of parents being held accountable. >> you're entering pleas of guilty, robert crimo jr was sentenced to 60 days in prison for helping his son get the gun used in the deadly highland park, illinois, july 4th parade shooting. >> and in virginia for the mother of a six year old who shot his first grade teacher, was sentenced to 21 months in prison back in michigan, linda
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watson, whose son was wounded at oxford high hopes the trial beginning today leads to change. >> i hope that this case is precedent setting. perhaps that will go a small amount of way, if not a big amount of way, into preventing something like this. >> jury selection for jennifer crumbly could take a week. her husband's trial begins in march. >> overnight, stock futures pointed to a mostly higher open on wall street, where the dow has hit a record high. it closed yesterday above 38,000, thanks to positive economic reports and the belief that the fed will begin cutting interest rates. >> time now for your tuesday weather >> we have an icy mix and slippery roads this morning from kansas city to chicago, all the way into pennsylvania to be careful on the way to work in school, folks. meantime, it's a wet week planned from east texas to the tennessee valley. future rainfall shows heavy rain this week from houston to new orleans
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to nashville, tennessee. the rainfall forecast shows more than eight inches of rain this week in northern louisiana. meantime, it's a warming trend this week. enjoy that january thaw. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin coscaron >> coming up, some changes at turbotax. >> but first, breaking overnight , a deal is reached in a major labor dispute as more american workers demand higher wages and
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on good morning america, a violent end to the manhunt for mass murder suspect. >> police say the man wanted for killing eight people in joliet, illinois, outside of chicago, took his own life while confronting officers near san antonio, texas. no word on a motive, but they say romeo vance knew his eight victims.
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>> also breaking overnight a crippling strike at one of the largest school systems in the country has been called off. here's abc's derrick dennis. >> this morning they have a deal. nearly 30,000 professors, library and other workers at california state university set to walk off the job while demanding more pay and benefits, have announced a tentative deal with cal state, the largest public university system in the country. the union overnight out saying in case anyone forgot strikes work, the union had demanded a 12% raise. the school, saying that would cost more than $300 million per year across the school's 23 campuses. >> i have served over 7000 students who are now science educators, doctors, engineers and nurses. yet my salary does not keep up with the cost of living and inflation. >> terms of the tentative deal include a 5% pay hike for all faculty, raising the salary floor for the lowest paid
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workers, and increasing parental leave to ten weeks. one day long across the country, teachers in newton, massachusetts, one of the biggest districts in the state, are on strike despite the threat of fines. each day, they're off the job. >> we need to be able to settle a contract that allows us to give the kids of newton, the students of newton, what they need from an educational programing standpoint and also give the educators of newton the value and respect that they deserve for the work we do. >> the past year has seen labor disputes erupt from the writers in hollywood to autoworkers in detroit. just yesterday, the head of the united auto workers raised concern about long time pension payments, saying if the car companies can't afford them, the federal government should step in and cover the costs. back at cal state union members will vote in the coming weeks on whether to ratify the deal announced overnight. rhiannon lionel. >> all right. derek, thank you. turbotax has suffered a defeat in its long running battle with
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the government. the federal trade commission has ruled. turbotax deceptively advertised its free tax filing software. the decision bans the company from advertising free services unless those services are free for all customers. >> coming up, history made in the nba last night a big moment, but first one mother's fight to work remotely while her son is in the hospital leads to a in the hospital leads to a customer aah, it's a good day to cough. oh, no! bye, bye cough. later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours?! hmmm, ok. not coughing at yoga. antiquing not coughing? not coughing at the movies?! hashtag still not coughing?! aaah. oww! mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relief from chest congestion and any type of cough, day or night. it's not cough season. it's always comeback season. ♪ you must know what it's like ♪ ♪ baby, you must know what it's like ♪
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work on the election interference case against former president trump. she's now facing calls to step aside. court documents reveal. wade bought plane tickets and willis's name. willis though, has not addressed allegations about an improper relationship. >> now to texas and one woman's fight to work remotely, igniting a debate and also forcing a ceo to apologize. this morning, a popular baby clothing company is facing a consumer boycott after an employees request to work remotely while her newborn is in the hospital was denied. hey everyone, marissa hughes of texas adopted a son in december when she worked for kite baby, a company that sells infant sleep sacks and clothing. hughes premature baby is hospital sized in the neonatal intensive care unit, nine hours away from her home in dallas. she says her request to work remotely was denied, and she was fired after not returning from her allotted two week maternal leave. hughes shared her story online and the
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backlash was swift. other parents sharing videos showing them tossing their kite baby products. >> i will never give my baby another dime of my money. >> now the ceo of kite baby has posted two apology videos after her first was criticized as being insincere. i wanted to hop on here to sincerely apologize to marissa in her new apology video, the ceo offered hughes a new position with the company. in addition to announcing policy changes, it was scripted, i memorized it, i, i just basically just read it. >> it wasn't sincere. this was a terrible decision. i was insensitive and selfish. but hughes responding, saying it would not be appropriate for her to return to the company. >> we're really encouraged to hear that there will be some changes made for current and future employees at the company. and by the way, hughes says her son could be in the hospital until march. >> in sports. an historic night
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in philadelphia, the 70 sixers joel embiid set a franchise record scoring 70 points in a win over san antonio, topping the 68 that wilt chamberlain scored during a game in 1967. embiid performance came 18 years to the day after kobe bryant scored 81 against toronto and the night overshadowed minnesota's karl anthony towns. he scored 62 points in a loss to charlotte. a lot going on in sports. >> yes, incredible. 70 points coming up. the obsession with stanley cups may be going a little too far. >> plus, the uproar concerning >> plus, the uproar concerning date night at applebee's there's challenges, and i love overcoming challenges. ♪ when better money habits® content first started coming out, it expanded what i could do for special olympics athletes with developmental needs. thousands of bank of america employees like scott spend countless hours volunteering to teach people
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>> we begin with yes, date night at applebee's and a new hot seller at the restaurant chain. >> so the so-called date night pass was available online for 200 bucks. but it didn't last long. the $200 pass gives you $30 per visit for food and nonalcoholic drinks. it can be used. listen to this 52 times over the next year, which is quite the bargain it is, but the pass is sold out in just one minute. >> some people who failed to get one are now asking how many were actually sold. that remains unclear. next, an american tourist says a restaurant in canada served up a burger with a side of legal liability. >> a customer at the toronto airport, hilton, ordered a burger cooked medium. but before bringing the meal, the restaurant had the guests sign a waiver agreeing not to sue if the burger made them sick. it's all part of a policy because canada has issued guidance promoting well-done meat to avoid e coli. next, a crime involving those extra popular stanley cups. >> police outside sacramento say they found 65 of those popular tumblers in a woman's car after they were alerted to a possible
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