on america this morning. hurricane fiona lashes bermuda. the category four storm could set records as it barrels towards canada. but this morning what could be a bigger concern for the u. s. the new storm developing that could target florida and the gulf coast. the race to get out of russia, people fleeing by the thousands of vladimir putin takes a do step today to escalate his war in ukraine. alex jones, grilled on the stand already said, i'm sorry, anderson times and i'm done saying, i'm sorry why, he says he's done apologizing for his lies about the sandy hook elementary school shooting when he claimed the parents of the children killed were actors. the new warning about fentanyl and

the nation's schools, overdoses among teens on the rise. the action one city is now taking breaking overnight. the head coach of the boston celtics is suspended for the entire upcoming season for his alleged affair with a staffer what he's now saying heard of dancing in september, but holiday shopping in september. by the deals are so early this year. from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good friday morning, everyone i'm re in an alley. i'm andrea fujian. for andrew. we begin with hurricane fiona barreling north in the atlantic as it roars past bermuda this morning, category four storm is lashing the island with winds around 130 mph. so far, no major damage reported but up to four inches of heavy rain are expected along with a storm surge that could be destructive. the storm could set

records as it takes aim at eastern canada tomorrow. meanwhile more than 60% of puerto rico is still in the dark after fiona caused massive flooding on the island. president biden says the u. s government will pay for all cleanupower storm is developing in the eastern caribbean. this one could take aim at florida and the gulf coastnext week. we'll have the forecast in just a few moments. the other big story this morning is the race to get out of russia . thousands of people are fleeing as vladimir putin escalates the war in ukraine, and today, putin has said to carry out another major strategic move a bcs and win is here now, with the very latest and good morning. good morning ran in. moscow denies it. but all signs point towards a mass exodus underway in russia right now. this morning inside vladimir putin's russia. traffic is jammed at border crossings in crowds are packed at airports one way tickets selling out fast , most of the faces of those fleeing the country are young

men of military age. putin's draft after he called up 300,000 reservists for the war in ukraine. think about what happened during the vietnam war. what the drafted to us society and the turmoil it caused. that's what putin is doing. moscow calls reports of a mass exodus fake news but video from this border crossing into neighboring georgia shows cars stretching for miles and finland's government is reportedly considering banning most russians from entering the country amid huge traffic jams at that border. meanwhile russian police are cracking down on protesters in the streets. demonstrators chanting i don't want to die for putin! independent monitoring group says protesters were arrested are drafted directly into the military. these men just got out of the country and spoke to a french news station situation is what made me want to fly out.

would have commented on everything if i could. but you know what could happen to me? if i did? it appears some russians are doing anything to avoid the draft. google says one search that recently spiked in russia is how to break your arm at home. for the russians called up to action, tearful goodbyes from loved ones as they board busses headed off to war. a man holding up this little boy giving one last look through the bus window and today a new escalation, russia said to hold false referendum votes in occupied regions of ukraine, declaring those territories part of russia , a move that could be used to justify further military action. moscow is apparently so desperate for more soldiers. new recruits are reportedly being offered pay. that's up to 15 times higher than the average wage ran in and thank you. anger is growing inside iran after the death of a young woman in police custody, thousands are pouring into the streets to protest the

case of 22 year old masa amini. she died after being arrested by the so called morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf the wrong way. videos circulating online shows an officer opening fire on a man tearing down a government poster . at least 17 people have died in the clashes. a state department officials says. it's extraordinary how this case is galvanizing people in iran, prompting the government to restrict internet access. abc is martha raddatz says public sentiment has been shifting. in the past few years, iranian women really have been testing the limits of those head scarves or jobs, pushing them back further, but iranian authorities do not put up with these kinds of protests, and we expect it to get bloody or in the coming days. now authorities deny reports that masa armenia was beaten. cnn's christiane amanpour was supposed to interview iran's president at the u. n yesterday. but she says he canceled the interview when

she refused to wear a headscarf. americans cheated the government out of roughly $45 billion in unemployment benefits during the pandemic, and that is nearly three times the initial estimate . a federal watchdog says the money was stolen through duplicate checks payments to dead people, suspicious emails and prisoners. more than 1000 people have been charged so far. it follows charges against nearly 50 people in minnesota. accused of pocketing $250 million in covid relief funds that were meant for a food program for needy kids. now to alex jones. the conspiracy theorists back on the stand facing a grilling over the lies you told about the newtown connecticut school shooting, jones says he's done apologizing to the families of the children killed. combative alex jones took the stand thursday, refusing to apologize again for saying the school shooting at sandy hook elementary school was a hoax in his courtroom here that lost children. sisters

wives. moms. this is a struggle session. we in china. bardi said. i'm sorry hundreds of times and i'm done saying i'm sorry. relatives of the victims were in the courtroom just 20 miles from sandy hook in newtown , connecticut, or gunmen killed 26 people in 2012 victim first graders, a jury is deciding how much jones should pay the families for defamation after he repeatedly claimed on his info wars platform that the victim's parents were actors pushing for gun control. not only didn't happen, he said it was a government staged hoax because the government wanted to take away your guns. some of the relatives testified they had to move and even face death threats target on his back, just like he did every single parents and loved ones didn't at one point, jones compared the family's lawyer to a liberal who killed people in iraq, just like all the iraqis but you liberals kill

and love. just your unbelievable you switch on. emotions aren't often you want your christmas ambulance, jason. why don't you show a little respect? objection a lawyer for jones accused the victim's relatives of exaggerating the harm caused by jones claims, arguing any damages should be limited. but the lawyer for the families reminded the jury just how much money jones has made peddling ts du back on the std last monthe jury in texas to pan in a separate defamation trial. a lawmaker in florida is taking governor rhonda santis to court over his migrant relocation plan. state senator jasoninjunce santis from using state money to fly migrants to other places like martha's vineyard or delaware and new warning about the global economy. fedex is raising its shipping rates by an

average of 7% after the company warned that a global recession could be coming. demand for package deliveries is falling. as a result, it's closing 90 fedex office locations. time now for a look at your friday weather. good morning. we're looking at hurricane fiona major hurricane as it works this way by bermuda, it will make landfall by saturday morning and atlantic canada with an equivalent of hurricane strength. but it's not the only storm or watching. there's another one that's likely smetod through the caribbean, and this one will strengthen into major hurricane is answers the southern gulf of mexico. from there, it could make a faster move over florida orc goes slower strengthening into the central gulf coast weather. i'm also constand, sir. coming up the jewelry heist in beverly hills. also ahead. what we're

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states want the drug to be declared a weapon of mass destruction. here's a b cs lionel moise. this morning, the second largest school district in the nation, taking a major step in the fight against fentanyl officials in los angeles announcing they will now stock the anti overdose medication narcan in every school in the district through 12, individuals die. through the consumption of fentanyl because they stop breathing. markham has a limited but highly effective way of reversing that condition . the move comes amid an alarming increase in fentanyl overdoses and students seven in los angeles in the past month, including the death of 15 year old melanie ramos. officials say she overdosed after taking what she thought were percocet pills bought from another student medications that don't come from legitimate medical sources may actually contain fentanyl and causing overdose los angeles station abc held a town hall

with advocates last night. ed turn in, spoke about losing his son charlie to an overdose. charlie bought what he thought were percocet pills online for his bad back. he took one pill on a random thursday afternoon, and the doctors tell us that he was probably gone within about 15 minutes, and he did not have a substance use disorder. the d , a now warning that younger children are now being targeted by dealers. these colorful pills known as rainbow fentanyl, or made to look like candy. we've made counterfeit pills. seizures fentanyl pills, seizures in every state in the united states . it's impacting every community . more than a dozen attorneys general are asking president biden to classify fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. they say enough fentanyl has been seized in the last year to kill every person in america several times over. fentanyl is 50 times more potent than heroin. the d a says most of it is produced by the mexican drug cartels and

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