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>> thank you. >> donald trump speaks for 92 minutes at the republican national convention, the longest of any presidential nominee. the former presidents minute by minute recap of the assassination attempt that almost took his life, and how a speech widely expected to focus on unity took a more divisive turn. >> under pressure, president biden reportedly more receptive to hearing out calls to end his candidacy. what we're learning about private conversations he's had with top congressional democrats. >> tel aviv explosion a blast near the u.s. embassy. one killed. at least ten others injured. what witnesses on the ground are saying? >> breaking overnight grounded in outage. being linked to microsoft is being blamed for disrupting flights for travelers, along with software users on the ground. >> plus, more changes coming for netflix customers and the new list of the top athletes of this century. >> the espn rankings number 1st may surprise you. >> from abc news this is

america, this morning. >> good friday morning, everyone i'm andrew dymburt. >> i'm andrea fujii in for rhiannon. we begin with breaking news major computer issues causing problems for the airlines and for hospitals and police across the country. >> overnight airlines, including american, united and delta grounded planes because of computer issues. the problems came hours after a problem was reported with certain microsoft software, which first affected smaller airlines, including frontier airlines. we're also hearing of system outages across major hospitals in new york and california, as well as 911 outages here in new york. >> abc transportation reporter sam sweeney spoke to us a few moments ago about the problem with the airlines. >> well, guys, good morning. certainly a serious issue for a number of these airlines across the country. fortunately, this is happening in the overnight hours when there aren't too many flights taking off. but as you can imagine, the airlines now working as quickly as they can

so they can begin their mornings as smooth as possible. but right now, certainly issues for american, delta, united and allegiant as they work to get these computer systems resolved. any of these planes that are already in the air will continue on to their destinations, but no new airplanes will take off. of course, as we get new information, we'll pass it along. guys, our thanks to sam sweeney for that report. >> microsoft has said there were issues with cloud services and now cybersecurity agency crowdstrike says it has identified the issue behind the global outage with workarounds now being sent out to affected users. >> the issues also affecting banks, and even tv newsrooms. sky news in the uk, for example, was knocked off the air. we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. >> well, we now turn to former president trump accepting his party's nomination for president. >> the speech lasting more than 90 minutes. he spoke about unity and went into detail about the assassination attempt against

him. then he turned to some of his more familiar rhetoric on border security, crime and inflation. >> in the meantime, abc news is learning that president biden has now become more receptive to hearing calls for him to step aside. abc's perry russom begins our coverage from milwaukee. perry. good morning. >> andrea, good morning to you. it was trump's first speech since the assassination attempt over the weekend. he was expected to focus on unity, but things went awry as he kept going off script. >> i proudly accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> thank you. >> overnight, former president trump delivering the longest televised nomination acceptance speech in history, speaking for 92 minutes, trump beginning the speech with a commitment to uniting the nation. >> i am running to be president for all of america, not half of america, because there is no victory in winning for half of

america. >> then, giving a minute by minute recount of his assassination attempt, describing the moment a bullet grazed his right ear. >> there was blood pouring everywhere and yet, in a certain way, i felt very safe because i had god on my side. i felt that. >> thank you. >> the now famous photo of his fist raised skyward, projected into the large screens on stage, trump paying tribute to the man who was killed that day, bringing his firefighter uniform on stage, kissing the helmet and holding a moment of silence. the highly choreographed sequence of events soon taking a turn, the rnc stretching into a fifth day as trump spoke past 12 a.m. eastern time, often going off script, falsely accusing democrats of stealing the 2020 election. >> they used covid to cheat. you're never going to let it happen again. >> touching on what could be considered divisive talking points and you know who's being hurt the most by millions of people pouring into our country? >> the black population and the

hispanic population, and using a term some have criticized as anti-asian hate. but i don't even talk about it because of covid. i don't even mention it. frankly because of what happened with the china virus. >> the former president also mentioning his rival's name despite previously saying he would not. >> if you took the ten worst presidents in the history of the united states, think of it the ten worst added them up. they will not have done the damage that biden has done. >> the biden-harris campaign. reacting to the speech calling trump's agenda the single biggest attack on our personal freedoms and way of life ever proposed in modern american history. in washington, d.c, just hours before trump's remarks, the department of homeland security announcing a third investigation into the secret service. this time focused on security at the former president's butler, pennsylvania, rally. abc news also confirming new details about the shooter, sources say thomas matthew crooks had two cell phones and an individual using his name signed up online to attend the trump rally, one week ahead of time. and then

back to the speech last night, trump was blaming an increase in violent crime on illegal immigration. but fbi stats show that violent crime is down 6% this quarter, and there is no evidence linking border crossings with a rise in violent crime. andrew. >> all right, perry, thank you. now to president biden facing new pressure overnight to step aside this morning. president biden isolating at his beach house recovering from covid as another top democrat calls for him to exit the race overnight. montana senator jon tester, facing a tough reelection fight, adding to the chorus of voices now up to at least 23 congressional democrats encouraging the president to bow out, sources now telling abc news the president has grown more receptive to hearing out calls for him to end his candidacy. >> there's been a clear change. the president, i am told by multiple people close to him, is listening to the arguments of democrats who say that he cannot win and that he should get out of the race.

>> it comes as we learn more about closed door meetings between the president and top democrats. senate majority leader chuck schumer presenting biden with polling data showing he could drag down the party in congress, and former house speaker nancy pelosi bluntly expressing her concerns about the president's chances. in november. biden, now confronted with the very situation he recently told our george stephanopoulos, would never happen. >> and if chuck schumer and hakeem jeffries and nancy pelosi come down and say, we're worried that if you stay in the race, we're going to lose the house and the senate, how will you respond? >> we're not going to do that. are you sure? well, yeah, i'm sure. >> but overnight, a top white house communication official dismissing one report that biden could drop out as soon as this weekend, calling the report fan fiction. if biden were to step aside. vice president kamala harris is a leading contender to replace him on the ballot. a senior biden administration official says. president biden has asked for polling on how harris would fare against trump if kamala harris ends up at the

top of the ticket, that will completely change the dynamics of the race, and we will see a campaign waged over different issues, and we may ultimately see that. >> that campaign brings harris's numbers down, analysts say. >> while harris is the front runner to replace biden, if he steps aside, there could still be a shortened primary type process behind the scenes before the convention. stay with abc news on air and online today for the latest on biden's next move. >> an explosion has rocked central tel aviv, killing one man and injuring at least ten. witnesses say the blast, not far from the us embassy, felt like an earthquake, but did not trigger. air raid sirens. abc's britt clennett is there still tension here at this busy intersection in the heart of tel aviv, where, reportedly a uav exploded just above here, shattering glass in the area. >> we understand that there might still be a threat. that's why police are searching to find out exactly what happened. they've cordoned off the area. now we're just yards away from the us embassy. now. reportedly, this was a low flying drone. one

person reportedly has died, several people injured, four patients immediately came to us suffering from penetrating trauma, >> and from, like a blunt force trauma. all of them were immediately, evacuated to the hospital. now, there have been threats since those october 7th attacks, but this, this very much shattering a sense of security here in the heart of tel aviv. >> britt. thank you. and we've learned yemen's houthi rebels backed by iran, have now claimed responsibility for the attack. >> time now for your friday weather forecast the way throughout the southeast on this friday, stretching from charlotte toward atlanta and jacksonville to the north. what a treat around chicago, new york city in the 80s with low humidity and bubbling heat building into boise all the way up to 105 degrees, the heat

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degrees at a kentucky econo lodge. a jury found the hotel's owner didn't use proper care in inspecting and maintaining the room. >> an oklahoma family is sharing their story about how a dream cruise ended with them stranded in remote alaska. nine members of the galt family were aboard a norwegian encore cruise to alaska, and stepped off the ship for an excursion. they say when they tried to get back to the ship, the local tour operator told them there was no more room on the bus. >> i wasn't shocked, like utterly shocked because i knew that we had paid for the guarantee through the cruise line. so my initial i are they really doing this right now? >> the gaults say they had to pay for their own food and hotel and pay for travel back to oklahoma. they say norwegian is now working with them to make it right. >> we turn now to south florida and new details on a stunning murder for hire plot. this morning, the fbi has charged nine suspects in a murder for

hire plot involving a miami real estate developer with more than $150 million. sergio pino allegedly paid two groups of hitmen to kill his estranged wife, tatiana pino. >> these efforts were thwarted. she is safe and she no longer needs to live in fear for her life. >> the couple were embroiled in a contentious divorce. a criminal complaint says his wife wanted half of what pino owned and would not settle for the offered $20 million. authorities say the first group of hitmen, including a man who worked on pino's yacht, obtained the fentanyl pino allegedly used to poison his wife and were later seen here ramming her car with a flatbed truck outside her home. but she survived. >> mrs. pino had to die before their next divorce proceedings. >> officials say pino then hired a second group, including one of his roofers, and when tatiana pino was pulling into her driveway last month, they say a gunman was waiting for her, but her daughter was there and intervened, pointed the gun at the daughter's head. >> literally. she was looking at

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