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convention kicking off in just days. as vice president harris prepares to lay out her economic platform. plus, donald trump speaking at his golf club, saying he's entitled to personal attacks against harris. >> hurricane ernesto strengthening overnight as it barrels towards bermuda, bringing heavy wind and rain to the territory. the u.s. coast, also facing a risk from the hurricane. we're tracking it al. >> multiple arrests in the death of actor matthew perry, doctors, an assistant and a woman known as the ketamine queen. a lawyer for one of the doctors sitting down with abc news overnight off the bench, a judge gets sidelined for making a sleepy teenager wear jail clothes while she was in court for a field trip. >> i'm a single mother. i'm trying my best. i'm doing everything that i can. >> it comes as the teen's mom explains why her daughter was so tired. >> the big change in the housing market going into effect this weekend called the shakeup of the century for the industry

what it means for home sellers and buyers. >> breaking her silence. what gymnastics star jordan chiles is saying after learning she may have to give up the bronze medal from the paris olympics. >> and the rare sight off california. what is this sea serpent like creature? also known as the doomsday fish? >> from abc news. this is america. this morning. >> good friday morning, everyone. i'm danny, new in for andrew and i'm rhiannon ally. >> good morning to you. we begin with the race for the white house heating up three days before the democrats kick off their convention. here's a look right now at the stage in chicago where vice president kamala harris will formally accept her party's nomination. >> harris will roll out her plan for the economy today after former president trump declared his right to attack her. here's abc's em nguyen. >> kamala harris is the candidate of the forces who want to destroy western civilization. but most particularly israel and jewish people. >> overnight, former president

trump attacking vice president kamala harris at a stop anti-semitism event in new jersey, saying she would be disastrous for israel. >> israel will be gone. it will it will be gone. >> just hours earlier, trump defended making personal attacks on harris. even as some supporters urged him to focus on policy. >> i think i'm entitled to personal attacks. i don't have a lot of respect for her. i don't have a lot of respect for her intelligence. she's certainly attacks me personally. she actually called me weird. he's weird. >> today, harris is set to unveil her economic agenda in north carolina. the plans include $25,000 in down payment assistance for first time home buyers, a call to build 3 million new housing units, and a first of its kind ban on corporate price gouging on groceries, her campaign saying in her first 100 days, she will introduce clear rules of the road to make clear that big corporations can't unfairly exploit consumers to run up excessive corporate profits. on

thursday, trump slammed harris's plan, but it leads to food shortages, rationing, hunger dramatically more inflation. >> if she wins, your finances and your country will never recover, you're never going to recover. >> the focus on the economy comes as harris and president biden ride a wave of positive economic news, with inflation falling below 3%. yesterday, they appeared in their first official event together since biden dropped out of the race. >> i have an incredible partner. the progress we've made. she's going to make one hell of a president. >> they celebrated a landmark deal to lower the cost of drugs for seniors on medicare. harris, looking to next week's democratic national convention, where the stage in chicago is now set. the dnc unveiling these images from inside the united center. and when abc news washington. >> and thank you. now to another major story. we are following hurricane ernesto now spinning toward bermuda after

intensifying into a category two storm overnight, which means it's packing winds of at least 100mph. forecasters say ernesto could reach cat three status before landing in bermuda tomorrow and potentially dumping up to 15in of rain there. ernest hit puerto rico as a tropical storm late tuesday, and nearly 300,000 people are still without power. >> the investigation of actor matthew perry's death has resulted in charges against five people. perry died last year after an overdose of the powerful drug ketamine. the people facing charges include two doctors and alleged drug trafficker and perry's assistant. this morning, five suspects are facing federal charges in connection to the overdose death of friends star matthew perry. >> these defendants took advantage of mr. perry's addiction issues to enrich themselves. they knew what they were doing was wrong. >> last october, perry was found unconscious in his hot tub. the autopsy revealing he died from acute effects of ketamine. at

the time, he had been undergoing ketamine infusion therapy to treat his depression. >> when clinic doctors refused to increase his dosage, he turned to unscrupulous doctors who saw perry as a way to make quick money. >> at the center of the case, doctor salvatore plasencia, known as doctor p, he wrote in a text message in september 2023, quote, i wonder how much this moron will pay. plasencia, pleading not guilty to charges yesterday. his attorney says his client sold ketamine to perry but insists he did not break the law. >> he was a patient. he did receive ketamine treatment therapy under medically supervised conditions and in accordance with best medical practices. it was all above board medical treatment. >> prosecutors say perry later turned to jasmine seung ha, an alleged drug trafficker known to her customers as the ketamine queen, who provided the actor

with cheaper ketamine. >> she got $11,000 in cash, as opposed to $55,000 in cash for the same amount of ketamine, for a greater amount of ketamine, 50 vials versus 20 vials. >> seung is also linked to a 2019 overdose death. she has pleaded not guilty to the charges related to perry's death. also charged perry's live in personal assistant kenneth massa. prosecutors say he injected perry with at least 27 shots of ketamine in the five days leading up to his death, including at least three on the day he died. despite not having any medical training, he's pleaded guilty to one count. perry's family saying it has helped to know law enforcement has taken his case very seriously. we look forward to justice taking its course. if convicted, both seung and plasencia could spend the rest of their lives in prison. perry's assistant and two other suspects have pleaded guilty and are facing shorter prison sentences. >> damage is still being assessed after taiwan's second

strong earthquake in less than 24 hours this morning. 6.3 magnitude quake was centered off the nation's east coast yesterday. a 5.7 quake shook taiwan's northeast shore. >> the white house is calling the conviction of a russian american former ballerina absolutely ridiculous. xenia karolina was arrested in russia in february and was convicted of treason yesterday. she was sentenced to 12 years, all for making a $52 donation to a charity aiding ukraine. she reportedly obtained u.s. citizenship after marrying an american. meanwhile, russia's military is pulling soldiers from the front lines in eastern ukraine to battle ukrainian forces, pushing deeper into russia. president zelenskyy says his troops have taken full control of a key border town. they are setting up a military command center and distributing aid to russian residents. abc's ian pannell reports ukraine was tight lipped about the incursion. >> the united states has been ukraine's strongest ally throughout this war. and yet, it

appears it was kept in the dark about this operation before it began an astonishingly. the pentagon saying it's still looking for guidance from ukraine about their true intentions for the kursk offensive. >> as ukraine captures more russian soldiers, a prisoner exchange is being discussed. >> now to a family demanding justice. we're hearing from the wife and daughters of the man who was killed when shots rang out at a trump rally. they call him a hero, protecting his family during the assassination attempt. now the family tells our pittsburgh affiliate they've hired an attorney. this morning, the family of the pennsylvania man who was killed during the attempted assassination of former president trump is speaking out. >> he definitely was a hero. he saved his wife. he saved his child. >> one of the gunman's bullets struck corey imperator in the head. his wife says he put himself between the bullets and his family who were with him at the rally. >> i'm angry. you know, obviously, you know, my husband took a bullet for him. >> comparators wife of 29 years

and two daughters sitting down with our pittsburgh affiliate, wtae, as he was throwing me down. >> he that was when he was shot and he ended up falling onto me. i don't remember hearing any other shots like in that moment. i was trying to take care of him. i started screaming, but in my head i kept saying, wake up. wake up. like this is a dream. wake up and then you realize it's not a dream. >> the acting director of the secret service called the trump shooting a security, quote unquote, failure after the gunman was able to get access to the roof with direct line of sight to trump. the secret service has now approved a new security plan at trump's outdoor campaign events, including the use of bulletproof glass while he's on stage. competitors families say they want justice, along with answers from security at the rally. >> he had so much left to live for, he had so much left to experience and he was looking forward to all of that. and i'm angry that he will never get to

experience it. >> we're going to fight and get justice because he did not deserve that. >> two other people in the crowd were also shot that day and they are recovering. >> it is time now for a look at your morning weather. >> good morning. hurricane ernesto is strengthening and will be passing very close to, if not right through, bermuda during the first half of the weekend on saturday. tropical storm force winds will pick up in bermuda beginning around 8 p.m. friday, but the core of the storm, with the fiercest gusts of wind over 100mph, will occur on saturday morning to midday. this will send some big waves and rip current dangers to the east coast of the u.s, but there will also be some showers and storms that increase for the east with heat in texas. for accuweather, i'm jeff cornish for abc news. >> coming up, why doctors are sounding the alarm over whooping cough. >> also ahead, the judge who detained a teen as she was visiting his court, is now facing a punishment of his own.

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is now facing his own punishmen. as we hear from the teen's mother. >> would you want someone to treat your child like that? >> would you even treat your child like that if he fell asleep in the courtroom? >> the distraught mother of eva goodman is speaking out after a detroit judge put the 15 year old in handcuffs during a field trip visit to his courtroom. judge kenneth king said he didn't like her attitude after she fell asleep. >> he fell asleep in my courtroom one more time. i'm putting you in the back. understood. >> he's now been temporarily removed from the bench and will undergo training after the incident. but goodman's mom is setting the record straight, explaining her daughter was tired because their family does not have a permanent home right now. >> to belittle her in front of the whole world and her friends, to make her even feel more worse about our situation. i'm a single mother. i'm trying my best. i'm doing everything that i can. >> you sleep at home in your bed, not in court. >> so the fact that he was

talking about you go home and get in your bed. how do you know my baby got home? how do you know my baby got a bed? her own bed that she could sleep in. she don't have that right now. so she was tired. >> judge king defended his actions on tuesday, claiming the incident was his version of scared straight. >> you didn't scare nobody straight. you made a parent upset. you scared my child. she was nervous. didn't even know how to act. she'd never been inside no courtroom. >> goodman's mother has removed her from the summer program and stood up for her daughter's conduct. >> my baby been struggling, and she been holding on tight. she been going to school. she getting good grades. she don't give me no problems. >> judge king has offered to mentor goodman, but her family says they're not interested. coming up next. the major change about to hit the housing market. >> also had tiktok their fight for survival. the court filing last night as a possible ban on last night as a possible ban on the social new mr. clean ultra foamy magic eraser?

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