right now on "america this morning." breaking news a major development in the investigation into former president trump company the trump organization. what the attorney general of new york is announcing. >> new fall out after authorities announce deputies in north carolina were justified in shooting ann true brown jr. what his family is demanding. >> the great mask debate the >> caught on camera a girl fights back against a would be kidnapper at the bus stop. what police revealed about the suspect. >> the push to ban those terms

on college campus. >> from the lucky lottery ticket finally found. to the hungry gator c cuat wendy's. to a water skiing wonder. all the stories for wednesday morning. >> this is "america this morning." good wednesday morning. we begin with the breaking news the investigation into former president trump company the trump organization has taken a serious new turn. >> we learned the investigation by the new york attorney general is looking into potential criminal charges. the attorney has been investigating possible violations over the company valued holdings to get loans and tax benefits. >> it's no longer purely civil. it's in a criminal capacity. and a district attorney conducting a similar investigation. no comment from the trump organization but trump has previously criticized the

investigations as politically motivated. >> developing over night. former trump issued a statement urging republicans to oppose a bipartisan commission to investigate the january attack on the u.s. capitol. hours after the top republican in the house would vote against the idea. we're in washington. good morning. >> opposition to a 9/11 style commission to investigate the attack on the capitol. it's growing. after a powerful republican suddenly rejected the idea. >> this morning, possible roadblock in the search for answers surroundsing the riot at the capitol. house republican leader is opposing a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack. even those his own ally negotiated the term. saying he objects because the commission wouldn't look into other forms of political violence last summer during protests of racial unjustice. >> we have the numbers to pass

it without a single republican. the minority leaders. the effort to i think sabotage the whole effort. is disingenuous. those who negotiated this did it in good faith. >> it would have subpoena power. and could subpoena mccarthy. since he was a lawmaker who spoke with trump as rioters breech the capitol. congress mono-cheney recently ousted from her position suggested he should testify being a commission. >> i hope he wouldn't require a subpoena. i wouldn't be surprised sgr the house where democrats hold a majority. vote on the commission tay. and likely appvena. where th top republican

hesitant. >> we'll read the fine print. >> mcconnell saying the commission could get in the way of the federal investigation. and could be counter productive. former president trump agreeing. saying the house and senate shouldn't approve the democrat trap of the january 6 commission. it's more partisan unfairness. trump himself could be subpoenaed. >> if you put together a commission focussed on the events of january 6. i think he's obviously a key individual. >> if established the ten member commission make a recommendation for securing lt capitol and preventing another insurrection. >> north carolina. the fall out after the district attorney announced no charges will be filed in the fatal shooting of the andrew brown. the family calling it slap in protesters hitting streets in torneyrelein bviof shooting.lec

showing how had says brown juiced his car as a deadly weapon against the deputies. attorneys for the family not buying it. >> at no point was brown jr. using his vehicle as a weapon. no officers were injured or knocked down. the fact every point he was moving the vehicle away from the officers. >> in the video. he's in the driver seat. one deputy grabs the door handle and he puts the car in reverse and gets boxed in. the district attorney says he ignored commands hitting a deputy with the car. and three began shooting. brown drives through an open lot and crashing into a tree. in o gunshot wound to the head >> when you im a car infficers in danger, that is a threat.

i don't care what direction you are going. >> the shooting as deputies were trying to execute warrants related to felony drug charges. the family accuses of whitewashing the investigation. vowing to continue the fight for justice claiming the deputies were criminally negligent. >> i think most people will tell you, you should not fire at fleeing suspects. u you should not fire into the homes of others. you should not fire into school zones. these are all things that these officers did. which make it a shooting unjustified. >> separately the fbi launched a civil rights investigation. >> new calls this morning to end the fighting in the middle east. president biden took a tougher tone than initially reported when he exprezzed support for a cease fire. during a phone call with israel prime minister. staging a general strike

tuesday. we report hamas is proposing a truce. >> it has two conditions. that israel cease all into the jerusalem. and not evict six palestinian families from their homes. that triggered this conflict. they are not interested and will continue to attack and degrade the military capabilities to by themselves a few years of quiet. >> despite growing pressure, israel will fight on. >> 600 families have been forced out ot homes because of extreme flooding in louisiana. a 100 year event. 15 inches has fallen since monday and more is on the way. texas under a flash flood watch. a closer look at the forecast in a moment. >> the governor of texas is now banning mask requirements in schools. here in new york a big change.

a major mile stoendew york. the epicenter of the pandemic. wearing a mask inside is now optional for vaccinated new yorkers in most cases. say are not ready to drop a mask until more people get the shot. including the state health commissioner. who will wear pa mask inside even though he's vaccinated. >> it contributes to confusion. until we get to a fully normal state post covid-19 state where the vast majority of people are vaccinated, then it will continue to remain confusing. >> in texas, even more confusion and frustration. the governor signing an order after the state recorded zero covid deaths for the first day in more than a year. saying officials who implement mandatory mask orders can be fined $1,000. the ma mayor suggesting the city will not comply. >> had doesn't run the city and

the employees. the mayor does. >> the order makes masks optional in school. the president of the teacher association is out raged. >> every time we think we're almost to the end of the pandemic, we're reaching a goal to make everybody safe. it seems like the state comes back and attacks a safety measure. that we have asked for. >> in the meantime white house adviser is making a personal appeal to young people to get vaccinated. revealing his own teenage son has been battling covid and effects for months. >> he's young kp fit. in the prime of his life. six months later, he suffers from shortness of breath. and i'm going infrequent flu like temperatures. his hands are cold to the touch. we're not sure how long it will last. >> the cdc says 600,000 kids

between age 12 and 15 have sophiaed soph received a shot in the last week. >> wednesday weather. >> the storm dumping rain in texas and louisiana could spawn tornados today. especially from central to south texas for the second day in a row. the northern rockies could see 18 inches of snow and expected in the mountains of northern california. checking the high temperatures. midsummer from new york to d.c. 80 degrees from the great lakes to the deep south. mild along the west coast. >> coming up. the frightening moments when a high-rise building started swaying on its foundation. >> major league endurance. the player hit in the face by a 94 miles per hour fast ball. his surprising message. >> a little girl fights off a

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back now with panic on the streets in china. people ran for safety after a nearly 1,000-foot-tall skyscraper started to wobble swaying on its foundation. officials are trying to figure out what made the 22-year-old building shake but no earthquakes were reported. we turn to that kidnapping attempt in florida. a girl fighting at the bus stop. we're learning how police say the suspect tried to avoid getting caught. here's abc's megan tevrizian. >> reporter: this morning, a florida man in custody after police say he tried to kidnap a girl waiting at a bus stop. they say surveillance video captured the man getting out of his car running to the girl trying to grab her. but the 11-year-old fought him

off and ran away. police say the man had a knife. >> had this 11-year-old victim not thought to fight and to fight and to just never give up, then this could have ended terribly. >> reporter: 30-year-old jared paul stanga now under arrest. charged with attempted kidnapping, assault and battery. the girl's mother says the same man approached her daughter two weeks ago. then she walked her daughter to the bus stop every day since that first incident except yesterday. >> she fought and she fought and she fought until finally she was able to break free. from her would-be captor. >> reporter: investigators say they tracked down the suspect by locating his car at a nearby home. they say he tried to cover up the color of his car's bumper. >> well, clearly this had been painted black, but you could tell it smelled like fresh paint. >> reporter: another clue, authorities say they noticed a blue slime on his arm which the girl had been playing with before she was attacked.

>> you're not kidding anyone. we know who you are. we know you're an animal and we also know you're under arrest. >> reporter: authorities say the suspect has prior offenses involving a child. it does not appear the girl knew the man before the attempted kidnapping. andrew, mona. >> megan, thank you. coming up, the push to get rid of the terms freshmen and sophomore on campuses. police chase a man at the police chase a man at the wheel they say was going over 80 ♪it's, oh, so quiet♪ ♪shhhh shhhh♪ ♪it's, oh, so still♪ ♪shhhh shhhh♪ ♪and so peaceful until...♪ ♪you blow a fuse♪ ♪zing boom♪ ♪the devil cuts loose. zing boom♪ ♪so what's the use. wow bam♪ ♪of falling in love?♪

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