america this morning. biden fights back. >> how on the hell dare he raise that? >> the president angrily responded to claims that his memory is so bad he couldn't remember when his son died, and his reaction to the report of his mishandling of classified documents, plus the crucial case at the supreme court on whether president trump can be kicked off the ballot in some states, an indication on how the justices may rule in extreme

weather. the first ever february tornado on record in wisconsin, the historic conditions fueling the storm and the damage reported overnight hailed a hero. >> the teenager credited with doing the right thing and preventing an alleged mass shooting plot from being carried out at his school. the suspect's text messages revealed. >> plus, a plane stolen in california, where police tracked down the suspect, knew this morning new abuse allegations against former marvel actor jonathan majors as he awaits sentencing in his domestic assault case in las vegas. the big surprise at the pre-super bowl activities. the british royal who shocked the crowd and later a bag of chex mix, $13. >> the outcry online over the cost of food at the airport >> from abc news in new york. this is america this morning.

>> good friday morning, everyone . >> i'm rhiannon ally, and i'm lionel moise. in for andrew. we begin with president biden firing back against accused asians that his memory is so poor that he failed to remember when his son died. >> the accusations came to light in a special counsel report on biden's handling of classified documents. >> and last night, in a hastily announced news conference, biden got emotional addressing those claims about his memory and his record keeping everybody. president biden last night angrily defended his ability to do his job after a special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents described his memory as hazy, fuzzy, faulty and having significant limitations. >> my memory is not my memory is fine. >> the concerns about biden's memory intensified after the release of special counsel robert hur's report, which found biden did hold on to classified materials after his time as vice president. some of it top secret. but her added the evidence does not establish mr.

biden's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. >> i take responsibility for not having seen exactly what my staff was doing while biden will not face charges, her describes their interview from october for noting biden did not remember when his terms as vice president either began or ended her also writing. >> biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him as a sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory. >> i'm well meaning, and i'm an elderly man, and i know what the hell i'm doing. i've been president and i put this country back on its feet. i don't need his recommendation, but biden seemed to undercut those assurances as moments after that comment last night when he misspoke and said mexico instead of egypt. >> when talking about egyptian president el-sisi, the president of mexico. >> sisi did not want to open up the gate to allow humanitarian material to get in. >> but the president lashed out

at his assessment of his memory, especially her statement claiming biden did not remember even within several years when his son beau died. >> how in the hell dare he raise that? frankly, when i was asked a question, i thought to myself, wasn't any of their business i wear since the day he died. every single day. the rosary he got from our lady of. every memorial day we hold a service remembering him, attended by friends and family and the people who loved him. i don't need anyone. i don't need anyone to remind me when he passed away or passed away. >> special counsel her who was appointed by former president trump, did not release the full transcript of biden's interview, so some context is unclear. his report quickly came under fire from former president trump, who faces criminal charges over his mishandling of classified documents at mar a lago. in contrast to biden, who cooperated with the investigation, her writes that

trump not only refused to return the documents for many months, but he also obstructed justice by enlisting others to destroy evidence and then to lie about it. former president trump argues that his classified documents case should be dropped, calling it a case of selective prosecution. >> president biden also made headlines last night with his strongest criticism yet of israel's actions in gaza. he said israel's response to the hamas invasion has been, quote, over the top. biden has faced growing protests here at home over civilian deaths in gaza, and we turn now to the supreme court and the historic argument over whether a state can ban former president trump from their ballot. abc's ike josh has reaction from the justices ike good morning. >> good morning ryan. and the supreme court appears unlikely to kick trump off the ballot in colorado. now back in december, colorado's top court ruled trump should not appear on the state's presidential ballot because of his alleged role in the january sixth riot at the capitol. the

colorado court argued trump violated the 14th amendment, which prevents people who engaged in insurrection from holding office. but during three hours of arguments yesterday, the supreme court justices were highly skeptical of colorado's decision. >> i think that the question that you have to confront is why a single state should decide who gets to be president of the united states. >> this doesn't seem like a state call. >> i would expect that, you know, a goodly number of states will say, whoever the democratic candidate is, you're off the ballot. and others, uh, for the republican candidate, you're off the ballot and it will come down to just a handful of states that are going to decide the presidential election that trump's team argues the terme officer of the united states in the 14th amendment applies to an appointed official, not the president. >> a ruling from the supreme court is expected within weeks. lionel ike, thank you for that update. >> a major shakeup in the war in ukraine. president zelenskyy has

fired his top military commander. he has replaced the officer who led ukrainian forces since russia's invasion nearly two years ago. zelensky's office says ukraine is facing a severe ammunition shortage, with u.s. funding for the war still hung up in congress. meanwhile, vladimir putin is calling for the u.s. to help negotiate a potential end to the war. pelley in northern california, have arrested a man they say stole this. >> a small plane from an airport near stamford university. they say he made an emergency landing on a beach about 30 miles away. that is where they took him into custody. there is no word on a motive. >> now to ohio, where a student is being hailed a hero for helping stop a mass shooting at his school. his dad says despite threats on his son's life, his son did the right thing. here's abc's andrea fujii this morning. >> a 15 year old is credited with helping thwart a school shooting allegedly plotted by his classmate. at this high school in ohio that was more important than his life was protecting his classmates and i

could not be more proud of him. >> and i mean, he's a hero for what he did. >> zach swallen says his son, boom, wasted no time earlier this week telling him that his classmate had revealed a plan to shoot people at mariemont high school. >> the swift action was definitely warranted, and i'm grateful that my son reached out, investigators say that classmate allegedly planned to kill eight students and a teacher. >> it was an obvious, um, threat. there was no doubt that this was going to occur. >> authorities say text messages reveal the would be shooter was conspiring with an adult who was out of state. the teen suspect allegedly texting, i need them dead. really soon. the adult allegedly responding, i got you, bro. police say the teen responded, can you do tomorrow? swallen says his son saw the teen's plan on paper and told him tuesday. the next day, the teen was arrested and is now accused of conspiracy to commit aggravated murder. swallen says the suspect had threatened boom if he told anyone about the plan, but that didn't stop boom

from doing the right thing. >> he literally told me that he didn't care if, uh, if he got killed as long as he was able to protect his classmates as officials say, the adult who was texting with the suspect was texting from a colorado area code. >> they wouldn't say if that person has been arrested as for the teen, the prosecutor is asking for him to be tried as an adult. ryan lionel. >> really scary. andrea thank you for that. it is time now for a look at your friday weather. several homes and buildings have been damaged after a tornado near madison, wisconsin. that is the state's first ever february tornado on record. thousands were left in the dark record high temperatures helped fuel that storm. the record warmth begins moving out of the upper midwest today with spring like temperatures. those have arrived in the northeast. they will stick around into the weekend. elsewhere, high temperatures in the mid 40s in the pacific northwest today, 70s on the gulf coast, 38 in salt lake city, 60 in phenix

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and on capitol hill there was a showdown between drug company executives and lawmakers. here's abc's reena roy pharmacy ceos in the hot seat thursday, testifying before senators about high prescription drug costs in the u.s, even though the price of keytruda is one quarter of the price in japan. >> does merck make a profit selling keytruda in japan? >> we do. >> the heads of johnson and johnson, merck and bristol-myers squibb getting grilled about why costs are so high, citing research and development while defending the billions paid in dividends to stockholders. >> our priority is investing in r&d. we have spent $77 billion since 2016. and yes, we have to pay dividends because it is the only way that the company can remain operational and sustainable. >> the senate health education, labor and pensions committee, chaired by senator bernie sanders, hoping to lower costs for americans as we pay by far

the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. >> ten of the top pharmacy companies in america made over $110 billion in profits in 2022. they are doing phenomenally well while americans cannot afford the cost of the medicine they need, the committee says. >> johnson and johnson charges americans with psoriatic arthritis is $79,000 for stelara, while the same product is about 16,000. in the u.k. similarly saying merck charges diabetes patients $6,900 for januvia when that same product can be purchased for $900. in canada and $200 in france. that unfortunately, comes at a fairly significant cost for those patients outside of the us and canada. >> patients will wait roughly three and a half to four years to get an access to a medicine that is available in the us. >> some senators also criticizing congress for failing

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