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aaron katersky at the courthouse. >> reporter: today, in court, donald trump watched in rapid attention as his lawyer susan nechless aggressively questioning stormy daniels. daniels pushed right back. it came after daniels testified in graphic detail about an alleged tryst with trump in a lake tahoe hotel suite back in 2006. an encounter trump denies. today, his lawyer challenging the porn star, "you have a lot of experience of making phony stories about sex appear to be real?" daniels firing back, "the sex in the films is very real, just like what happened to me in that room." she added that if she were to fictionalize her encounter with trump, "i would have written it to be a lot better." necheles portraying daniels as a scheming opportunist, insisting her story of her time with trump "generated a ton of publicity for you." "lots of bad publicity," daniels replied. necheles pressing on. "now you had a whole new fan base and were able to sell yourself?" "i just did the same job i always did," said daniels. trump's lawyer pointing out this candle daniels sells online -- stormy, saint of
aaron katersky at the courthouse. >> reporter: today, in court, donald trump watched in rapid attention as his lawyer susan nechless aggressively questioning stormy daniels. daniels pushed right back. it came after daniels testified in graphic detail about an alleged tryst with trump in a lake tahoe hotel suite back in 2006. an encounter trump denies. today, his lawyer challenging the porn star, "you have a lot of experience of making phony stories about sex appear to be real?"...
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dan abrams is here tonight and aaron katersky at the courthouse leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, the fate of donald trump, the first former president ever to face criminal charges, now in the hands of the jury. less than four hours into deliberations, a bell rang in court, signaling a note from the jurors. they wanted four pieces of question testimony read back to them including testimony from david pecker, who buried stories for trump and one from trump's former fixer michael cohen about a trump tower meeting with trump in august 2015, where prosecutors said the three men hatched a conspiracy to corrupt the 2016 election. an hour later, jurors sending a second note asking judge juan merchan to re-read instructions. you are asked to make another very important decision, think of the former president as another member of the community. you must set aside any personal opinions or bias you might have in favor of or against the defendant and you must not allow any such opinions to influence the verdict. the jury weighing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records that prosecutor
dan abrams is here tonight and aaron katersky at the courthouse leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, the fate of donald trump, the first former president ever to face criminal charges, now in the hands of the jury. less than four hours into deliberations, a bell rang in court, signaling a note from the jurors. they wanted four pieces of question testimony read back to them including testimony from david pecker, who buried stories for trump and one from trump's former fixer michael cohen...
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donald trump studying the jurors' faces as well, all listening intently abc's aaron katersky who was there and noticeably absense, and the final argument if both sides. >> reporter: tonight, a jury of five women and seven men, on the brink of deciding the first ever criminal trial of a former american president. >> we'll see how it goes. this is a very dangerous day for america. it's a very sad day. >> reporter: in a packed and stuffy jurors heard hours of closing arguments. the defense went first, telling jurors they cannot convict the former president based on testimony from the prosecution's key witness, trump's former fixer, michael cohen. defense attorney todd blanche said cohen "told you a number of things on that witness stand that were lies, pure and simple." he called cohen the "greatest liar of all time," an "mvp of liars" and said cohen came to the witness stand bent on revenge, with "an ax to grind." but when trump's lawyer told the jury, "you cannot send someone to prison based upon the words of michael cohen," judge juan merchan said that went too far, calling the comme
donald trump studying the jurors' faces as well, all listening intently abc's aaron katersky who was there and noticeably absense, and the final argument if both sides. >> reporter: tonight, a jury of five women and seven men, on the brink of deciding the first ever criminal trial of a former american president. >> we'll see how it goes. this is a very dangerous day for america. it's a very sad day. >> reporter: in a packed and stuffy jurors heard hours of closing arguments....
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aaron katersky house the courthouse, mary bruce at the white house, rachel scott with reaction on the hill. >>> the other news, the major turn in the war in ukraine. the biden administration giving ukraine permission now to use american weapons to strike inside parts of russia. >>> back in the u.s. in the west tonight, the verdict in the trial of doomsday cult leader chad cabdaybell, accused of kilg his first wife and his new wife's two children. >>> new york city's times square. the harrowing scene tonight. a man attacked with a machete in an area aed with tourists. >>> the cdc confirming a third human bird flu case in the u.s. >> we're tracking severe storms across multiple states. possible tornados and damaging winds and the threat stretching east tomorrow. >> david: good evening as we come on the air in the west tonight. it is great to have you with us for this special edition of "world news tonight." we begin with the breaking news late today that stunning moment in american history. the former president, donald trump, found guilty on 34 felony counts. the first former president
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>> david: aaron katersky, thank you. >>> meantime, in the race for the white house, donald trump refusing to commit now to accepting the results of the upcoming november election, and president biden tonight saying, "take donald trump at his word" on this. here's mary bruce. >> reporter: tonight, the biden campaign is calling donald trump a danger to the constitution and a threat to our democracy, after the former president refused to say he would accept the results of the election. trump telling "the milwaukee journal sentinel," "if everything's honest, i'd gladly accept the results. if it's not, you have to fight for the right of the country." tonight, president biden saying, take trump at his word. our karen travers asking him -- >> are you worried that trump says he won't accept the election results? >> listen to what he says! >> reporter: earlier this week, when trump was asked by "time" magazine if he's concerned about violence if he doesn't win, he said, "if we don't win, you know, it depends. it always depends on the fairness of an election."
>> david: aaron katersky, thank you. >>> meantime, in the race for the white house, donald trump refusing to commit now to accepting the results of the upcoming november election, and president biden tonight saying, "take donald trump at his word" on this. here's mary bruce. >> reporter: tonight, the biden campaign is calling donald trump a danger to the constitution and a threat to our democracy, after the former president refused to say he would accept the...
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katersky leading us off tonight, aaron, our thanks to you as always. i want to bring in chief legal analyst dan abrams. you and i were talking. two days of deliberations and know the judge instructed this jury to make sure you cannot come up with a verdict here, guilty or not guilty based solely on the testimony of michael cohen. you must look at the totality of the evidence. there must be corroborating evidence. they asked about david pecker's testimony from "the national enchoir ir"to be reread along with other things and came up with their decision, their unanimous verdict, guilty on all 34 counts at the end of day two. what did that signal to you? >> that they clearly believed the corroborating evidence, right? it's can't just be about michael cohen. so it means that when they were asking to have that testimony reread of david pecker, they wanted to be reminded what exactly did he say? in particular about how this scheme started, cording to the prosecutors this starts in 2015, not in 2016. that's when the effort begins in a meeting with david pecke
katersky leading us off tonight, aaron, our thanks to you as always. i want to bring in chief legal analyst dan abrams. you and i were talking. two days of deliberations and know the judge instructed this jury to make sure you cannot come up with a verdict here, guilty or not guilty based solely on the testimony of michael cohen. you must look at the totality of the evidence. there must be corroborating evidence. they asked about david pecker's testimony from "the national enchoir...
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aaron katersky at the courthouse again tonight. >> reporter: donald trump once seemed eager to testify in his own defense. >> yeah, i would testify, absolutely. oh, sure. i'd very willingly take the stand. >> reporter: but tonight, trump's lawyering rested their case without ever calling the former president as a witness. >> i feel very good. i think we have a -- a great case was put on. >> reporter: with testimony now complete, jurors were sent home -- and the final phase of the trial got underway. judge juan merchan and lawyers on both sides hashing out how he will instruct the jurors about the law before they start deliberating. it's a complicated case. trump accused of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money deal with porn star stormy daniels to keep their alleged sexual tryst from voters in the days before the 2016 election. judge merchan saying, "we want to make it as easy as possible for the jury." both sides argued over a myriad of issues. prosecutors insisting the jury should be told they can convict trump even though he didn't personally doctor any business recor
aaron katersky at the courthouse again tonight. >> reporter: donald trump once seemed eager to testify in his own defense. >> yeah, i would testify, absolutely. oh, sure. i'd very willingly take the stand. >> reporter: but tonight, trump's lawyering rested their case without ever calling the former president as a witness. >> i feel very good. i think we have a -- a great case was put on. >> reporter: with testimony now complete, jurors were sent home -- and the...
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aaron katersky leading us off tonight. aaron, thank you. >>> we turn to the major global headline tonight. the hardline president of iran confirmed dead after a helicopter crash. tonight here, new images of the wreckage discovered. what we know so far. what led to this crash. as we also now learn iran reached out to the u.s. for help after the helicopter went down. martha raddatz tonight with late reporting here. >> reporter: new images tonight, of the deadly helicopter crash sending shockwaves across the middle east, killing iran's hardline president and other top officials. in dense fog, search teams locating the mangled wreckage, wedged between trees, in the rugged mountains of northwest iran. the bodies of iranian president ebrahim raisi, his foreign minister, and six others, found at the scene. as iran investigates the cause, defense secretary lloyd austin tonight made clure the u.s. had no role. >> the united states had no part to play in that crash. and so -- and that's -- that's a fact, plain and simple. >> reporte
aaron katersky leading us off tonight. aaron, thank you. >>> we turn to the major global headline tonight. the hardline president of iran confirmed dead after a helicopter crash. tonight here, new images of the wreckage discovered. what we know so far. what led to this crash. as we also now learn iran reached out to the u.s. for help after the helicopter went down. martha raddatz tonight with late reporting here. >> reporter: new images tonight, of the deadly helicopter crash...
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donald trump studying the jurors' faces as well, all listening intently abc's aaron katersky who was there and noticeably absense, and the final argument if both sides. >> reporter: tonight, a jury of five women and seven men, on the brink of deciding the first ever criminal trial of a former american president. >> we'll see how it goes. this is a very dangerous day for
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aaron katersky at the courthouse again tonight. >> reporter: she was donald trump's most-trusted aide. >> where's hope hicks? the great hope hicks. >> reporter: and today on the witness stand, hope hicks taking the jury back to the final weeks of the 2016 campaign and the release of the explosive "access hollywood" tape. trump bragging about groping women. >> when you're a star they let you do it. you can do anything. >> reporter: hicks testified the tape left her “a little stunned.” she said she knew immediately it would be “a massive story,” a “damaging development” to the campaign and “a crisis.” the jury saw a video trump recorded, trying to contain the damage. >> i said it, i was wrong, and i apologize. >> reporter: prosecutors say the damage control didn't end there. that trump quickly directed a $130,000 hush payment to former porn star ,stormy daniels, so voters wouldn't hear about their alleged affair. michael cohen, trump's fixer at the time, wired the money and was later reimbursed by trump who prosecutors charge illegally falsified business records to make
aaron katersky at the courthouse again tonight. >> reporter: she was donald trump's most-trusted aide. >> where's hope hicks? the great hope hicks. >> reporter: and today on the witness stand, hope hicks taking the jury back to the final weeks of the 2016 campaign and the release of the explosive "access hollywood" tape. trump bragging about groping women. >> when you're a star they let you do it. you can do anything. >> reporter: hicks testified the tape...
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>> david: aaron katersky leading us off here. aaron, thank you. >>> we turn to the breaking news the images coming in from downtown youngstown, ohio, the scene of a massive and devastating building explosion. a bank on the first floor ripped open. there were alarms just before the explosion. apartments in the building above. and tonight the race to account for people above. several people rushed to the hospital. abc's alex perez with late reporting for us. >> reporter: tonight, a terrifying building explosion in youngstown, ohio just before 3:00, sending debris flying and creating a plume of dust. the front of a chase bank on the first floor ripped off. one witness standing about 30 feet away says he heard an alarm sound right before the explosion. >> people running all over the place, smoke, debris, there was stuff coming like insulation, and paper flying all over the place coming out of the bank. >> need multiple ambulances at this location. multiple people trapped in a basement. rescued one, we're working on second. >> reporte
>> david: aaron katersky leading us off here. aaron, thank you. >>> we turn to the breaking news the images coming in from downtown youngstown, ohio, the scene of a massive and devastating building explosion. a bank on the first floor ripped open. there were alarms just before the explosion. apartments in the building above. and tonight the race to account for people above. several people rushed to the hospital. abc's alex perez with late reporting for us. >> reporter:...
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>> david: aaron katersky again tonight. thanks, aaron. >>> we turn now to a horrific case in florida. the very disturbing police body camera video tonight. a deputy opening fire seconds after a u.s. airman opens the door of his own home. how did this happen? and were authorities at the right home? there are still many questions. here's our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: tonight, a new criminal investigation into whether a florida deputy was justified in fatally shooting 23-year-old u.s. airman roger fortson in his own home. you see the tragic moment unfold in this body camera footage. the officer announces his presence at fortson's apartment after receiving a report of a disturbance. >> sheriff's office. open the door. >> reporter: fortson appears and is shot almost instantaneously. look closely. you see the door open and there appears to be a gun in fortson's right hand. but it's pointing downward, never aimed at the officer, who immediately fires off six rounds, striking fortson in the chest and t
>> david: aaron katersky again tonight. thanks, aaron. >>> we turn now to a horrific case in florida. the very disturbing police body camera video tonight. a deputy opening fire seconds after a u.s. airman opens the door of his own home. how did this happen? and were authorities at the right home? there are still many questions. here's our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: tonight, a new criminal investigation into whether a florida deputy was...
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aaron katersky at the courthouse. >> reporter: tonight, judge juan merchan putting donald trump on notice. if the former president violates the gag order one more time, he could be thrown in jail. trump, today, held in criminal contempt for a tenth time for publicly criticizing the jury. he was slapped with yet another $1,000 fine, the maximum allowable, but the judge today acknowledging these fines "are not serving as a deterrent," and warned, "going forward, this court will have to consider a jail sentence." judge merchan addressing trump directly -- "the last thing i want to do is put you in jail," he said. "you are the former president of the united states, and possibly the next president as well. at the end of the day, i have a job to do." outside court, trump defiant. >> our constitution is much more important than jail. it's not even close. i'll do that sacrifice any day. >> reporter: jurors today for the first time seeing the documents at the heart of this case. trump accused of illegally falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn star stormy daniels, to
aaron katersky at the courthouse. >> reporter: tonight, judge juan merchan putting donald trump on notice. if the former president violates the gag order one more time, he could be thrown in jail. trump, today, held in criminal contempt for a tenth time for publicly criticizing the jury. he was slapped with yet another $1,000 fine, the maximum allowable, but the judge today acknowledging these fines "are not serving as a deterrent," and warned, "going forward, this court...
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abc's senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky leading us off from the courthouse. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump's lawyers laser focused on destroying the credibility of the state's star witness, trump's former fixer michael cohen, the only person to testify he spoke with trump about the hush money deal with porn star stormy daniels. on cross-examination, defense attorney todd blanche getting cohen to admit under oath that he'd stolen $30,000 from the trump organization. and then, after the prosecution rested its case, the defense calling a surprise witness, ushering in an explosive courtroom confrontation. robert costello, a lawyer who advised cohen in the days after his hotel room and office were raided by the fbi in 2018. costello testified cohen was “manic,” and “suicidal,” quoting him saying, "my life is shattered, my family's life is shattered. i really want you to explain to me, what my options are? what's my escape route?" costello said he told cohen all his problems would go away if he just told the feds the truth about donald trump and the deal with storm
abc's senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky leading us off from the courthouse. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump's lawyers laser focused on destroying the credibility of the state's star witness, trump's former fixer michael cohen, the only person to testify he spoke with trump about the hush money deal with porn star stormy daniels. on cross-examination, defense attorney todd blanche getting cohen to admit under oath that he'd stolen $30,000 from the trump organization. and...
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aaron katersky at the courthouse. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump off the campaign trail and right back in front of a judge. jurors hearing testimony that his efforts to keep stormy daniels quiet about their alleged affair lasted well into his presidency. the porn star was paid $130,000 12 days before the 2016 election, so voters wouldn't hear her story. the money came from trump's former fixer michael cohen, and trump then paid him back. prosecutors charge the former president illegally falsified business records to make it look like a legal expense. trump claims cohen acted on his own. but in court, prosecutors played a recording of a phone call between cohen and daniels lawyer at the time, keith davidson. cohen telling him trump often complained about paying the hush money. >> i can't even tell you how many times he said to me, "i hate the fact that we did it." and my comment to him was, "but every person that you've spoken to told you it was the right move." >> reporter: davidson testified that after the election, cohen kept in touch, making sure stormy daniels was keeping quie
aaron katersky at the courthouse. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump off the campaign trail and right back in front of a judge. jurors hearing testimony that his efforts to keep stormy daniels quiet about their alleged affair lasted well into his presidency. the porn star was paid $130,000 12 days before the 2016 election, so voters wouldn't hear her story. the money came from trump's former fixer michael cohen, and trump then paid him back. prosecutors charge the former president...
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here's our senior invest dayive correspondent aaron katersky leading us off from the courthouse tonight. >> reporter: on the witness stand today, in vivid detail, donald trump's former fixer michael cohen describing the unraveling of their relationship after the hush money deal with stormy daniels and trump's rise to the white house. on the stand cohen was clear, trump told him to pay off the porn star so it “would not affect mr. trump's chances” in the 2016 election. cohen said trump discussed plans to reimburse him during a meeting in the oval office. jurors seeing this photograph and these checks that allegedly covered part of the reimbursement. trump is charged with illegally falsified business documents to make it all look like legal expenses. cohen admitted that even after the election, he kept lying again and again “to protect mr. trump, stay on message, demonstrate my continued loyalty.” but in april 2018, the lies caught up with him when the fbi raided his hotel room and office. cohen said he was “frightened,” but trump reassured him, "don't worry. i'm the president
here's our senior invest dayive correspondent aaron katersky leading us off from the courthouse tonight. >> reporter: on the witness stand today, in vivid detail, donald trump's former fixer michael cohen describing the unraveling of their relationship after the hush money deal with stormy daniels and trump's rise to the white house. on the stand cohen was clear, trump told him to pay off the porn star so it “would not affect mr. trump's chances” in the 2016 election. cohen said trump...
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here's our senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky leading us off from the courthouse tonight. >> do you have any messages for donald trump today? >> reporter: he once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump. but today, michael cohen heading to court to testify against his old boss as the prosecution's star witness. >> he's got no evidence and i'm innocent. >> reporter: inside, the two men who spent a decade attached at the hip didn't even look at each other. cohen telling the jury that as the 2016 campaign got under way, trump warned him, "be prepared. there's going to be a lot of women coming forward." the first, former "playboy" model karen mcdougal. when cohen informed trump that mcdougal was shopping her story of their alleged affair, he says trump responded, "she's really beautiful. make sure it doesn't get released." trump has denied the affair, but cohen testified that at trump's direction, "the national enquirer" bought mcdougal's story. the jury hearing this secretly recorded conversation between trump and cohen allegedly discussing the deal. >> when it comes time f
here's our senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky leading us off from the courthouse tonight. >> do you have any messages for donald trump today? >> reporter: he once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump. but today, michael cohen heading to court to testify against his old boss as the prosecution's star witness. >> he's got no evidence and i'm innocent. >> reporter: inside, the two men who spent a decade attached at the hip didn't even look at each other....
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senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky leading us off at the courthouse. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump and stormy daniels face-to-face for the first time in more than a decade. an explosive day of salacious testimony in this historic trial. up to the last minute, trump's lawyers tried to block the porn star from testifying at all. but prosecutors argued the details of the encounter are important. and judge juan merchan agreed. so with the former president staring straight ahead, and the jury watching intently, daniels describing in explicit detail her alleged fling with trump. something he says never happened. she told the jury they met at a golf tournament back in 2006, and she was invited to have dinner with trump in his hotel suite. when she arrived, she said trump was in “silk or satin pajamas.” “i told him to go change,” she said, “and so he obliged very politely.” she said they talked for two hours. he told her she reminded him of his daughter, ivanka. and revealed that he and melania trump slept in separate bedrooms. she told him to stop interrupting, s
senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky leading us off at the courthouse. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump and stormy daniels face-to-face for the first time in more than a decade. an explosive day of salacious testimony in this historic trial. up to the last minute, trump's lawyers tried to block the porn star from testifying at all. but prosecutors argued the details of the encounter are important. and judge juan merchan agreed. so with the former president staring straight...
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let's bring in aaron katersky. >> the closing arguments tomorrow the defense will go first, linsey and trump's attorney will say of all the evidence none of it points on any criminal intent on trump's part. look for the defense to also attack the credibility of witnesses especially michael cohen because he gave key testimony. cohen testified that he spoke directly with trump some 20 times about the hush payment to adult film star stormy daniels less than two weeks before the 2016 election and when trump reimbursed cohen, prosecutors argued trump falsified business records to hide it all from voters. the closings are going to take most of the day. so deliberations are expected to start on wednesday and trump will be in court as he has for the last six weeks and the trial is clearly on his mind. linsey, a memorial day social media post evolved into an attack on the judge and trump remains under a gag order, but the judge is fair game. >> the judge and d.a. not included in that? >> that's right. >> aaron katersky for us, thanks so much. >>> we learned basketball legend bill walton has die
let's bring in aaron katersky. >> the closing arguments tomorrow the defense will go first, linsey and trump's attorney will say of all the evidence none of it points on any criminal intent on trump's part. look for the defense to also attack the credibility of witnesses especially michael cohen because he gave key testimony. cohen testified that he spoke directly with trump some 20 times about the hush payment to adult film star stormy daniels less than two weeks before the 2016 election...
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>> david: aaron katersky leading us off tonight. aaron, thank you. >>> we turn now to the controlled explosion just a short time ago at the site of that massive and deadly bring collapse in baltimore. it was late today they demolished the remainder of the bridge. with that massive cargo ship still right there in the shadow. and the crew of that ship, still onboard, 48 days after the collision. terry moran on the scene again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, in baltimore, a spectacular feat of demolition engineering. using scores of small precision explosives, crews cut apart the largest remaining section of the key bridge that crashed down on that cargo ship, the "dali." those giant steel trusses plunging into the water in a massive plume of smoke. >> it's actually the safest and most efficient way to achieve this number of cuts and then have that wreckage fall out and away from the vessel. >> reporter: that ship has been trapped ever since it rammed the bridge and brought it down nearly two months ago, killing six construction workers
>> david: aaron katersky leading us off tonight. aaron, thank you. >>> we turn now to the controlled explosion just a short time ago at the site of that massive and deadly bring collapse in baltimore. it was late today they demolished the remainder of the bridge. with that massive cargo ship still right there in the shadow. and the crew of that ship, still onboard, 48 days after the collision. terry moran on the scene again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, in baltimore, a...
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aaron katersky, thank you. >>> we're also following news coming in tonight, the new u.s. report criticizing israel's military action inside gaza saying it is, quote, reasonable to assess that some u.s. weapons have been used in instances inconsistent with israel's obligation under international law. what does this mean moving forward? martha raddatz with late reporting tonight on this report just out from the state department. [ sound of gunfire ] >> reporter: tonight, a new report finding israel may have violated international humanitarian law in gaza in its use of american-supplied weapons but lacking enough information to officially make that conclusion given the nature of the conflict in gaza. the state department report saying it is “reasonable to assess” that some u.s. weapons have been used in instances “inconsistent” with israel's obligation under international law. adding that the high levels of civilian casualties caused by those weapons “raises substantial questions as to whether the idf is using them effectively in all cases.” those international l
aaron katersky, thank you. >>> we're also following news coming in tonight, the new u.s. report criticizing israel's military action inside gaza saying it is, quote, reasonable to assess that some u.s. weapons have been used in instances inconsistent with israel's obligation under international law. what does this mean moving forward? martha raddatz with late reporting tonight on this report just out from the state department. [ sound of gunfire ] >> reporter: tonight, a new...
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>> david: aaron katersky leading us off here tonight. aaron, thank you. >>> and meanwhile, there's another breaking headline involving the former president tonight. the judge overseeing donald trump's classified documents case at mar-a-lago has now indefinitely postponed that trial. is there any chance this now happens before election day? let's get right to our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas, live in washington. pierre, what have you learned. >> reporter: david, the likelihood there will be a trial in the classified documents case before the election is fading fast. judge aileen cannon has taken a may 20th trial date off the calendar, saying there were too many legal issues to resolve before trial could go forward. some of the issues have sat for months, and some are not even scheduled for hearings until later this monthov or june. the special counsel tonight declining to comment. but david, this delay makes it all but certain this case will not go to trial before the election. >> david: pierre thomas, thank you. >>> and as i
>> david: aaron katersky leading us off here tonight. aaron, thank you. >>> and meanwhile, there's another breaking headline involving the former president tonight. the judge overseeing donald trump's classified documents case at mar-a-lago has now indefinitely postponed that trial. is there any chance this now happens before election day? let's get right to our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas, live in washington. pierre, what have you learned. >> reporter: david,...
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aaron katersky again tonight. >>> now to the race for the white house tonight. donald trump's new comments about birth control. what he said when asked by a pittsburgh tv station, would he support restricting contraception? the biden campaign outraged tonight, and their response. here's our chief white house correspondent mary bruce. >> reporter: donald trump today suggesting he's open to restricting birth control if re-elected, saying it's something he's looking at. >> do you support any restrictions on a person's right to contraception? >> well, we're looking at that and i'm going to have a policy on that very shortly. and i think it's something you'll find interesting. and it's another issue that's very interesting. but you will find it, i think, very smart. i think it's a smart decision. but we'll be releasing it very soon. >> reporter: trump this morning suggesting in an interview with a local pittsburgh station that he'd support states making their own rules. >> you may want to support some restrictions? like the morning after pill or something? >> we are
aaron katersky again tonight. >>> now to the race for the white house tonight. donald trump's new comments about birth control. what he said when asked by a pittsburgh tv station, would he support restricting contraception? the biden campaign outraged tonight, and their response. here's our chief white house correspondent mary bruce. >> reporter: donald trump today suggesting he's open to restricting birth control if re-elected, saying it's something he's looking at. >> do...
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>> david: aaron katersky again tonight. thanks, aaron. >>> we're tracking severe weather. the storms across several states tonight. new tornado watches, damaging winds, hail, all possible, and this could target some of the very same areas hit with tornadoes over the weekend. chief meteorologist ginger zee is tracking it all for us tonight. ginger? >> reporter: david, there are four states tonight with tornado watches, meaning the atmosphere is primed for rotation. so we'll go with those until 11:00 p.m. missouri, down to kansas, we'll see it the latest, wichita is included, by the way. and then tomorrow, it's all about the giant hail. dodge city, kansas, woodward, oklahoma, but from kearney, nebraska down to abilene, texas you'll have to look for damaging wind and an isolated tornado. speaking of, we've had a lot of tornadoes this month. second-most on record for the month of april, david. >> david: ginger, we'll see you first thing in the morning on "gma," thank you. >>> now, to the race for the white house, and tonight, donald trump's new comments on abortion, saying tha
>> david: aaron katersky again tonight. thanks, aaron. >>> we're tracking severe weather. the storms across several states tonight. new tornado watches, damaging winds, hail, all possible, and this could target some of the very same areas hit with tornadoes over the weekend. chief meteorologist ginger zee is tracking it all for us tonight. ginger? >> reporter: david, there are four states tonight with tornado watches, meaning the atmosphere is primed for rotation. so we'll...
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aaron katersky, thank you. >>> the horrific scene outside new york city. the deadly home explosion tonight. we have learned a retired police officer was killed in the blast. a second victim is in critical condition tonight, burns across 90% of his body. abc's ike ejiochi is in south new jersey tonight. >> reporter: tonight, authorities are investigating what triggered a massive blast that flattened this suburban home. killing a former police officer and leaving another man in critical condition. >> it was just a big boom. the whole ground shook. >> reporter: first responders in south river, new jersey, called to the scene just after 7:00 p.m. arriving to find the residence engulfed in flames and in ruins. >> two and a half story, wood frame structure completely leveled. possible gas leak. >> reporter: firefighters quickly containing the blaze. wreckage strewn across the neighborhood. >> a lot of debris on the roadway, a lot of debris on other lawns. >> reporter: nearby homes and vehicles sustaining damage. the garage doors of this house caving in. neighbor
aaron katersky, thank you. >>> the horrific scene outside new york city. the deadly home explosion tonight. we have learned a retired police officer was killed in the blast. a second victim is in critical condition tonight, burns across 90% of his body. abc's ike ejiochi is in south new jersey tonight. >> reporter: tonight, authorities are investigating what triggered a massive blast that flattened this suburban home. killing a former police officer and leaving another man in...
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aaron katersky tonight. aaron, thank you. >>> we're also following severe storms at this hour. a tornado watch and the highest level of alert for life-threatening flooding in several states. the trinity river tonight near houston already swollen. some areas getting 600% of their normal rainfall in just the last two weeks. tonight, heavy rain from texas to mississippi, up to 12 inches of rain in some areas. these storms also bringing damaging winds and large hail. baseball-sized hail shattering windshields in parts of oklahoma. this threat well into tomorrow. let's get right to ginger zee, chief meteorologist, timing it out for us tonight. hi, ginger. >> hi, david. it is quite rare to see a high risk, a level 4 out of 4 for this life-threatening flash flooding, but when you're anticipating 6 to 12 inches of rain locally especially in the piney woods there in and western louisiana, that's why we've got that risk out, and it all happens tonight. these areas have had, you said it, 400% to 600% of normal. on top of the risk of flash flooding tonight, they've got a tornado watch. the
aaron katersky tonight. aaron, thank you. >>> we're also following severe storms at this hour. a tornado watch and the highest level of alert for life-threatening flooding in several states. the trinity river tonight near houston already swollen. some areas getting 600% of their normal rainfall in just the last two weeks. tonight, heavy rain from texas to mississippi, up to 12 inches of rain in some areas. these storms also bringing damaging winds and large hail. baseball-sized hail...
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aaron katersky, abc news, new york. >> janai: lots of eyes there on monday. our thanks to aaron. >>> now to the israel-hamas war and the release of a long awaited report on whether israel has violated international law in its use of u.s. weapons in gaza. abc's maryalice parks joins us live in studio with more. good morning to you, maryalice. we've heard the biden administration stepping up its rhetoric but this is a new level. >> yeah, absolutely, good morning, janai. this is a damning report, the strongest criticism we've heard from the biden administration saying israel likely violated international law in gaza, but the report stopped short of drawing any final conclusion or requiring any change in u.s. policy, saying that more information is needed. overnight a new state department report finding israel may have violated international laws in gaza and likely used american-supplied weapons to do so. the report saying israel has the knowledge and means to mitigate civilian harm, but the high level of civilian deaths raises substantial questions about whether
aaron katersky, abc news, new york. >> janai: lots of eyes there on monday. our thanks to aaron. >>> now to the israel-hamas war and the release of a long awaited report on whether israel has violated international law in its use of u.s. weapons in gaza. abc's maryalice parks joins us live in studio with more. good morning to you, maryalice. we've heard the biden administration stepping up its rhetoric but this is a new level. >> yeah, absolutely, good morning, janai. this...
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so let's get right to abc's senior investigative correspondent, aaron katersky outside the courtroom. aaron, you've been covering this historic trial from the start. what was the scene like inside the courtroom when donald trump's verdict was read? >> reporter: it was such an incredible change, because everybody thought we were going home without a verdict until the judge told everyone to wait and informed the court there is a verdict. the mood instantly changed. former president trump was laughing with his attorneys, and everyone was sort of almost giddy. and then everybody turned rigid. the jury filed in, and then one by one, the jury foreperson answered "guilty" for each of the 34 counts. juju, it was about count four when it seemed that former president trump may have realized the gravity of the moment, because that's when he started to shake his head, perhaps realizing he had just become the first convicted former american president. >> juju: jurors were cautioned about relying on the president's former fixer, michael cohen's testimony, alone. so what was the crucial corroboratin
so let's get right to abc's senior investigative correspondent, aaron katersky outside the courtroom. aaron, you've been covering this historic trial from the start. what was the scene like inside the courtroom when donald trump's verdict was read? >> reporter: it was such an incredible change, because everybody thought we were going home without a verdict until the judge told everyone to wait and informed the court there is a verdict. the mood instantly changed. former president trump...
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aaron katersky, abc news, new york new details the department of justice wants the man who broke into speaker emerita nancy pelosi's home to spend 40 years in prison. >> that's the recommendation from the doj and the federal case against david depape. he's scheduled to be sentenced next week. depape was convicted of breaking into the pelosi, san francisco home in october of 2022 and attacking the former house speaker's husband with a hammer. paul pelosi suffered severe injuries, including a fractured skull. nancy pelosi was not home at the time. the doj is also asking for the court to classify depapes crimes as an act of terrorism. depape also faces a state trial on charges including attempted murder, assault and more. that trial is set to begin after the federal trial concludes. investigators are looking into whether mechanical failure played a role in the crash that killed a family of four in san francisco's west portal district . authorities are considering possible issues with the mercedes, a 78 year old woman was driving when she crashed into the family. that's according to our m
aaron katersky, abc news, new york new details the department of justice wants the man who broke into speaker emerita nancy pelosi's home to spend 40 years in prison. >> that's the recommendation from the doj and the federal case against david depape. he's scheduled to be sentenced next week. depape was convicted of breaking into the pelosi, san francisco home in october of 2022 and attacking the former house speaker's husband with a hammer. paul pelosi suffered severe injuries, including...
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abc news reporter aaron katersky tells us what to expect when his former fixer, michael cohen, takes the stand after repeatedly ordering donald trump to stop publicly attacking witnesses, judge juan merchan warning the prosecution, a star witness, to stop publicly attacking donald trump. >> the warning, directed at trump's former fixer michael cohen, who brokered the hush money deal with actress stormy daniels. cohen who was expected to testify monday, has been skewering trump online, appearing on tiktok wearing a shirt showing trump behind bars. >> trump 2024 more like trump 20 to 24 years trump's lawyer, todd blanch asking judge mershon to put cohen under a gag order. >> the same way president trump is saying it's becoming a problem every single day, that president trump is not allowed to respond to this witness, prosecutor josh steinglass insisting he has no control over cohen, adding, we had repeatedly, repeatedly asked the witnesses not to do that. mershon said there would be no gag order, but he instructed prosecutors to communicate to mr. cohen that the judge is asking him to
abc news reporter aaron katersky tells us what to expect when his former fixer, michael cohen, takes the stand after repeatedly ordering donald trump to stop publicly attacking witnesses, judge juan merchan warning the prosecution, a star witness, to stop publicly attacking donald trump. >> the warning, directed at trump's former fixer michael cohen, who brokered the hush money deal with actress stormy daniels. cohen who was expected to testify monday, has been skewering trump online,...
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abc's aaron katersky has been covering the trial. >> trump will be in court, as he has for the last six weeks, and the trial is clearly on his mind . a memorial day social media post devolved into an attack on the judge. trump remains under a gag order, but the judge is fair game. the jury could begin deliberating tomorrow. >> now to the global outcry after a deadly israeli airstrike in gaza, dozens of civilians reportedly killed. the backlash spreading now to the u.s. protesters blocking a freeway in california. abc's perry russom is here now with more. perry. good morning andrew. >> good morning. just weeks after president biden warned israel not to attack heavily populated areas in rafah, a deadly airstrike is raising questions about how the white house will respond. this morning, the biden administration is reportedly assessing whether this israeli airstrike in rafah sunday crossed president biden's red line. the attack leaving a refugee camp engulfed in flames. people screaming in horror. 50 people were killed, hundreds injured, according to the hamas run health ministry, says this
abc's aaron katersky has been covering the trial. >> trump will be in court, as he has for the last six weeks, and the trial is clearly on his mind . a memorial day social media post devolved into an attack on the judge. trump remains under a gag order, but the judge is fair game. the jury could begin deliberating tomorrow. >> now to the global outcry after a deadly israeli airstrike in gaza, dozens of civilians reportedly killed. the backlash spreading now to the u.s. protesters...
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>> michael: aaron katersky, thank you very much. now to prince harry back in london to celebrate the anniversary of the invictus games. he won't be seeing his father, king charles. foreign correspondent james longman is in london for us. good morning, james. >> reporter: good morning. prince harry is back in the u.k. he's here on the for a few days to mark ten years since the beginning of his invictus games. despite the cancer diagnosis that have rocked the family he will not be there to see them. his team has tried to get out in front of this. they said that king charles is too busy to see his son but harry hopes to see his father soon. buckingham palace is not commenting on any of this. it serves to deepen the speculation that there's a real rift at the center of the family. earlier this year when harry spoke to our will reeve, he told him he hoped to see much more of his family and hoped the sicknesses would bring people together but that is clearly not the case on this occasion. no senior member of the royal family will be at th
>> michael: aaron katersky, thank you very much. now to prince harry back in london to celebrate the anniversary of the invictus games. he won't be seeing his father, king charles. foreign correspondent james longman is in london for us. good morning, james. >> reporter: good morning. prince harry is back in the u.k. he's here on the for a few days to mark ten years since the beginning of his invictus games. despite the cancer diagnosis that have rocked the family he will not be...
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there with olivia rubin and aaron katersky. and we'll come back to each of them with our live coverage here. again, you're watching abc news live coverage, the president, former president being brought back uptown to trump tower in a city where 12 jurors have found him guilty on all 34 felony counts against him. it had been believed, as we were in day two, of deliberations, the fact that the deliberations continue throughout today, they got close to that end time today. there had been some indication from the judge that the day would be wrapping up. jurors might be going home. there was levity at the defense table between the former president and todd blanch, his lead defense attorney. they thought they were going home for the day when suddenly the judge said, that jury has reached a verdict and they will be entering the courtroom shortly. a number of our reporters who were in the courtroom and in that overflow room that actually has a camera trained on the courtroom as well, all described very similarly the change in temperatu
there with olivia rubin and aaron katersky. and we'll come back to each of them with our live coverage here. again, you're watching abc news live coverage, the president, former president being brought back uptown to trump tower in a city where 12 jurors have found him guilty on all 34 felony counts against him. it had been believed, as we were in day two, of deliberations, the fact that the deliberations continue throughout today, they got close to that end time today. there had been some...
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want to go back to aaron katersky at trump tower. good morning, aaron. >> reporter: good morning, george. former president trump is set to speak here today at this building to put his mark on new york after a jury of 12 new yorkers marked him as the first former president to be a convicted criminal. this morning donald trump is a convicted felon. a jury of 12 new yorkers found the former president guilty as charged of all 34 counts. the historic verdict marks the first time a former president has been convicted of a crime. >> while this defendant may be unlike any other in american history, we arrived at this trial and ultimately today at this verdict in the same manner as every other case that comes through the courtroom doors. by following the facts and the law and doing so without fear or favor. >> reporter: after five weeks of gripping testimony from 22 witnesses, the jury convicted trump of falsifying business records so voters wouldn't find out he paid hush money to stormy daniels. >> it's the culmination of a lot of the pressu
want to go back to aaron katersky at trump tower. good morning, aaron. >> reporter: good morning, george. former president trump is set to speak here today at this building to put his mark on new york after a jury of 12 new yorkers marked him as the first former president to be a convicted criminal. this morning donald trump is a convicted felon. a jury of 12 new yorkers found the former president guilty as charged of all 34 counts. the historic verdict marks the first time a former...