right now on "america this morning," new details about the workplace shooting in texas. >> i would just pray to god that, you know, give me the opportunity to be alive. >> what police are revealing about the alleged shooter. also what we're learning about the former nfl player who allegedly shot and killed five people in south carolina including a prominent doctor and the reaction after president biden vows to take action on gun control. a major development in the sex scandal surrounding florida congressman matt gaetz. what financial transactions reportedly show and this morning, the first republican in congress calling for gaetz to resign. volcano emergency. the urgent call to evacuate with

a volcanic eruption imminent on this caribbean island. how cruise ships are rushing to help. robocall nightmare. why car owners are being targeted by an avalanche of spam calls and how you can block them. o.j. simpson back in the news. the details about his latest legal battle. and later, stood up, the blame game after a global leader who happens to be a woman was left without a seat at the table during a high-stakes summit. good friday morning, everyone. i'm trevor ault. >> and i'm faith abubey. mona and kenneth are off. we begin with new details overnight about the two latest mass shootings in this country. >> we're learning more about the 27-year-old man accused of shooting up his office in texas and the former nfl player accused of killing five people including a doctor and his two grandchildren in south carolina. >> all of this playing out amid new reaction to president biden's executive actions on gun control.

biden calling gun violence in the u.s. an international embarrassment. this morning, another mass shooting in america. police say an employee at this cabinet company in bryant, texas, shot and killed at least one person, wounding five others. >> he didn't say nothing. i asked already my co-worker. he said, he didn't say nothing. he just take it out and start doing it. he didn't say any word. >> reporter: the 27-year-old suspect also wounding a state trooper before being arrested. investigators have not released a motive. less than 24 hours earlier, a shooting rampage in south carolina ended with five people dead including a prominent local doctor, his wife and two grandchildren. a man working at the property also found dead. investigators identifying the gunman as former nfl player philip adams. they say he later died by suicide. >> intercepted by philip adams. >> reporter: adams spent five

injury-riddled seasons in the league suffering at least two concussions within a three-game period in 2012. reports say he may have at one time been a patient of the doctor. >> he's a good kid. he was a good kid, and i think the football messed him up. >> reporter: meanwhile in washington, president biden unveiling new measures thursday aimed at reducing gun violence. >> gun violence in this country is an epidemic, and it's an international embarrassment. >> reporter: the president using executive action to tighten regulations on so-called ghost guns, which are kits that allow people to legally build guns at home that can't be traced. biden also placing restrictions on stabilizing braces, which effectively turn pistols into short barrel rifles and encouraging states to enact red flag laws which allow authorities to remove firearms from people who are deemed a threat. >> enough prayers, time for some action. >> reporter: republicans calling the president's actions ill-conceived and misguided. texas governor greg abbott tweeting thursday just hours before the mass shooting in his

state saying, the president is, quote, threatening our second amendment rights. he just announced a new liberal power grab to take away our guns. we will not allow this in texas. after the shooting in bryant, texas, the governor saying, he promises, quote, any help needed to prosecute the suspect and said he's praying for the victims. and president biden is calling for the senate to pass more substantial gun control, but that's unlikely any time soon. there are several new developments in the sex scandal surrounding florida congressman matt gaetz. a close associate of gaetz is now expected to cut a plea deal. joel greenberg faces sex trafficking charges, and he could potentially serve as a witness against gaetz, who is under investigation for allegedly paying for sex and sleeping with a 17-year-old. and now "the daily beast" reports financial transactions show gaetz sent $900 to greenberg, and the next day greenberg reportedly sent that same amount of money to three young women. now, abc news has not verified

"the daily beast" report and there's no evidence as to what the money was for. but greenberg's lawyer claims gaetz should be worried. >> i'm sure matt gaetz is not feeling very comfortable today. but you've seen the number of stories and the emphasis in the last few days is on the matt gaetz/joel greenberg relationship, right? so i mean, wouldn't it be obvious to assume that he would be concerned? >> reporter: congressman adam kinzinger has now become the first republican in congress to call for gaetz to esign. we turn now to the pandemic and a new study finding which vaccine has the most side effects. also this morning, growing concern about a sharp drop in johnson & johnson vaccine shipments in the coming days. abc's elizabeth schulze is here with us with more on this, and, elizabeth, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, faith. well, states are warning about this big decline next week in deliveries of johnson & johnson's vaccine just as the

cdc is sounding the alarm about the spread of those highly contagious variants. this morning, with the nation's covid death toll now surpassing 560,000, health officials are cautioning about the uptick in cases among younger unvaccinated americans. >> seeing young people get hospitalized and some of them even get really sick and die, so we have to be very careful in the weeks ahead. >> reporter: hospitalizations are on the rise in at least 17 states even as 42% of american adults have received at least one dose of a vaccine. and now states are bracing for a drop in the supply of the johnson & johnson vaccine. >> there are available appointments now. they're probably not going to be available next week. >> reporter: available doses of j&j's vaccine expected to drop 85% from 5 million to 785,000 next week. the governor of illinois blaming a mix-up of ingredients at a baltimore plant that ruined millions of doses yet to be sent out.

>> 15 million doses would have been distributed over some time to the states, and those are a loss. >> reporter: federal officials insist it won't affect overall distribution goals, this after vaccination sites in north carolina and colorado stopped giving j&j's shots after a small number of people had adverse reactions. health experts say side effects are normal and insist the vaccines are safe. >> these were very mild, mild adverse reactions, and the cdc actually came out with a statement in the evening saying that the vaccinations should resume. >> reporter: and a new study finds people who got the moderna vaccine were more likely to report side effects than those who got the pfizer shot. those side effects included chills, fever and fatigue. faith. >> elizabeth, thank you. well, today could be the biggest day yet in the derek chauvin murder trial as prosecutors try to prove chauvin killed george floyd. an expert testified yesterday that what floyd endured on the street would have killed a healthy person.

this morning, a key witness in the murder trial of former police officer derek chauvin is preparing to take the stand as prosecutors try to prove chauvin's actions killed george floyd. today's testimony from the hennepin county medical examiner is seen as crucial for both sides according to abc's kenneth moton who is at the trial in minneapolis. >> reporter: dr. andrew baker, who conducted floyd's autopsy said floyd died from cardiac arrest clarifying tit as a homicide but prosecutors are working to prove that he died from a lack of oxygen caused by chauvin's knee. >> reporter: on thursday testimony from a breathing expert dominated the trial. dr. martin tobin pinpointing the exact moment he says floyd died. >> you can see his eyes -- he's conscious and then you see that he isn't. >> reporter: dr. tobin laying out the factors he says contributed to floyd's death including the pavement, the handcuffs and chauvin's knee on his neck. >> to understand the knee on the

neck, you need to examine your own necks, all of you here in the jury like i'm doing now. >> reporter: most jurors then touching their necks at that moment. the doctor walking them through the video pointing to chauvin's body position in this image. >> what you're seeing is that the toe of his boot is no longer touching the ground. this means that all of his body weight is being directed down at mr. floyd's neck. >> reporter: chauvin's defense team argues floyd died from a combination of drugs and heart disease and what's called excited delirium characterized as acute distress and sudden death often associated with drug use. critics say the term has no commonly accepted definition and claim it's used to protect officers from use of force. back on the witness stand thursday, an emergency medicine physician testified there's no evidence floyd suffered a heart attack. >> he is saying, please, please

get off of me. i want to breathe. i can't breathe. that is not a fentanyl overdose. that is somebody begging to breathe. >> reporter: and a forensic toxicologist also took the stand saying floyd's blood had the presence of fentanyl and meth but the level of meth was not enough to kill him. an entire town in southwestern arizona is under mandatory evacuation because of a fast-moving wildfire. pictures there on your screen, flames have already destroyed about 12 buildings in dudleyville. the fire was only about 20% contained overnight. time now for a look at your friday weather. tennessee could see more severe storms today like those that spawned several reported tornadoes yesterday. buildings were damaged in cumberland and scott counties. meanwhile in texas, hail as big as baseballs fell near college station. some windows were shattered. that same storm system brings

more hail and even possible tornadoes today from eastern texas to alabama. light rain for the plains and the midwest. checking today's high temperatures, 62 in chicago, near 80 across the south and the northeast cools off today. coming up, the 3,000-year-old lost city discovered in the desert. also ahead, the breaking news overnight, the caribbean island being evacuated because of a volcano. it is about to erupt. and how florida is trying to force the government to let cruise ships sail once again. we'll be right back.

back now with an ancient discovery in egypt. archaeologists call it the lost golden city. they've unearthed neighborhoods

dating back 3,000 years including well preserved homes, tools and jewelry. we turn now to the urgent situation in the caribbean. thousands are now under evacuation orders with a volcano on the verge of erupting. here's abc's andrea fujii. >> reporter: this morning, cruise ships racing to help evacuate thousands of people before a volcano erupts on the caribbean island of st. vincent. >> look at that. >> reporter: officials saying an eruption is imminent. >> there is now in the country an evacuation order. >> reporter: ferries, boats all helping get people out. at least four cruise ships are now arriving. royal caribbean and celebrity sending help, and two ships from carnival are set to dock today. >> this is not a drill. this is an emergency. persons with children, those that are disabled, we're allowing you to board first. >> reporter: smoke is already billowing from the la soufriere volcano which last erupted in 1979.

the prime minister ordering mandatory evacuations of about 16,000 people in designated red danger zones. st. vincent is the main island in the caribbean nation of st. vincent and the grenadines, about 1,500 miles from miami west of barbados and northeast of aruba and venezuela. >> all arrangements have now kick-started and the process begins. >> reporter: the pandemic is posing an extra challenge. >> keep your masks on. >> reporter: the prime minister warning people they should be vaccinated before entering a shelter or boarding a cruise ship. evacuated residents are expected to be taken to neighboring islands, or they can shelter on st. vincent outside the danger zones. faith, trevor. >> andrea, thank you. the state of florida is suing the biden administration demanding cruise ships be allowed to sail from the u.s. once again. cruises have been banned from american ports because of the pandemic.

and officials say the florida economy is losing millions of dollars. >> we don't believe the federal government has the right to mothball a major industry for over a year based on very little evidence and very little data and i think we have a good chance for success. >> the no sail order is in effect until november. coming up, o.j. simpson's legal battles back in the news. but first a new warning about those annoying robocalls at dinnertime. we'll tell you what you can do to block them. dinnertime. we'll tel want to make a name for yourself in gaming? then make a name for yourself. even if your office, and bank balance are... far from glamorous. that means expensing nothing but pizza. your expenses look good, and your books are set for the month! ...going up against this guy... and pitching your idea 100 times. no, no, no! no. i like it. -he likes it! ...and you definitely love that. intuit quickbooks helps small businesses be more successful with payments, payroll, banking and live bookkeeping.

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welcome back. more americans are being 00 overwhelmed with spam phone calls or robocalls and lately call owners are being targeted. here's abc's erielle reshef. >> reporter: this morning, relentless robocalls. >> we recently noticed your car's extended warranty was going to expire. >> reporter: those unwanted calls the number one complaint to the fcc, an average of 200,000 annually, and right now the most popular category of robocalls, auto warranties. a lot of these seem to be focusing on auto warranties. why is that? >> there's public information out there about your cars that you own and people are driving more than ever as we come out of this pandemic. >> reporter: and the fcc is taking action making changes so operators can block robocalls. >> we're going to put in place new technologies that help authenticate our calls, and those new technologies will be in place in just a few months. >> reporter: but the fcc says there are some things you can do

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