right now on america this morning president biden's first interview since vladimir putin's wave of new missile attacks targeting civilians in ukraine. biden answering the question is putin, a rational actor and what biden says about whether he thinks putin will use nuclear weapons. the abc news exclusive senate candidate herschel walker, one on one acknowledging he knows the woman who claims he paid for her abortion. is she lying? yes, he's lying. and now that woman with a new claim about their history together charges filed a former police officer who opened fire on this teenager eating a burger is taken into custody. non science . the subject of the serial podcast is finally cleared of his ex girlfriend's murder after

decades in prison, the payout he could soon get from the state powerful interview with angela lansbury can say this in all honesty. i was too good an actress recorded years before her death, but just released and the battle for your dollars online how tiktok is taking on amazon. from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good wednesday morning , everyone we begin with breaking news from ukraine word that a nuclear power plant surrounded by russian troops has suffered yet another setback. aborigine nuclear power plant is once again lost power. it comes just as the ukrainian military today announced its made new progress, and it's counter offensive in the south, recapturing five towns from russian control. also right now, russia says it's arrested eight people, including five russians for last weekend's explosion on a bridge linking crimea and russia, which triggered a new wave of russian attacks. president biden in a new interview, address concerns

about vladimir putin, possibly using a nuclear weapon. abc s j. o brien is here with the latest j. good morning. andrew good morning president biden telling cnn last night he believes putin miscalculated by invading ukraine and warned the russian leader against making any more nuclear threats. but he said he does not believe putin will resort o using a nuclear weapon. this morning, president biden now saying he does not think russian president vladimir putin will use nuclear weapons on the battlefield in ukraine, telling cnn i don't think he will. i think he is a rational actor who's miscalculated significantly, but warned that putin's threats could lead to catastrophic mistakes, telling a fundraiser last week we have not faced the prospect of armageddon since kennedy and the cuban missile crisis and the whole point i was making was, it could lead to just a horrible outcome. and not because anybody intends to turn it into a world war ending, but it just once you use

a nuclear weapon. mistakes that can be made the miscalculations who knows what would happen comes after the president and other seven leaders participated in an emergency virtual meeting . hearing from ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, who pleaded for more air defense systems to help establish an air shield over his country. zielinski is appeal following two days of russian missile attacks on ukrainian cities, killing civilians, other missiles, knocking out power in the city of lviv, shops and restaurants operating in the dark in the ukrainian capital, kiev, where missiles struck at the heart of the city monday, even hitting a playground people shaken but undeterred. mission is this woman saying they continue to attack us? keep scaring us. we will resist. yesterday the white house said it was opened as alinsky's request for more air defense systems. at least 26 ukrainians

have died so far after those two days of russian missile attacks. rihanna jay thank you. president biden says the u. s should rethink its relationship with saudi arabia after the saudis joined russia this month to reduce oil production, biden told cnn. there will be consequences for what the saudis did, but he did not elaborate. gas prices in the us have jumped 13 cents in the last week. and one other headline from president biden's new interview. he says he will decide after the midterm elections next month whether to run for president again in 2024. biden who's about to turn 80 insists he is fit to serve another term. now to our exclusive interview with georgia senate candidate herschel walker , who denies paying for his ex girlfriend's abortion. she now tells the washington post that she had to repeatedly pressed walker to pay for the abortion. he calls her a liar. this morning. herschel walker is publicly acknowledging he knows the identity of the woman who claims he once urged her to have an abortion, so i didn't know who it was until last week. and

i went oh, and i said that's not true. at georgia state senate candidate and former football star has called for a total ban on abortion. his campaign rocked by allegations that he reimbursed an ex girlfriend for an abortion. in 2009 exclusive interview with abc's lindsey davis. walker accused a woman of lying if i can just get you to say yes or no. did you ever have a conversation with this woman at any time about an abortion? no. abc news has not independently confirmed the woman's account but multiple news organizations report she showed them a receipt from the clinic. a $700 check, she says it's from walker along with a get well. card she says, is also from walker. did you ever to your knowledge give money to pay for the cost of an abortion? is she lying? yes he's lying. she's lying. yes, he's lying report, the woman tells the washington post she had to press walker to pay for the abortion, and the woman tells the new york times. walker later urged her to have a

second abortion when she became pregnant again, but she says she refused. the same woman says that you have a 10 year old son, who you've only seen three times. is that true? well, that's not true. i've seen him a little bit more than that. but that's one of the things i don't get into. because, um they make it difficult for me to see him. republicans view georgia as a must win in next month's midterm elections to take control of the senate. in a new interview, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says the party will stick with walker. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. and yesterday, two top republicans campaigned for walker, including florida senator rick scott as chair of the national republican senatorial committee. scott decides which campaigns get crucial funding led the dream of this country. he's he's gonna come from the ground up from a small town with no money. he's worked hard every day. he believes in this country, and that's why people are gonna vote for walker also denied allegations from his adult son, who called him an absent father

, former san antonio police officers now being charged with aggravated assault for shooting at a teenager eating a hamburger outside of a mcdonald's. officer james brennan, who was recently fired, surrendered last night. the teen who was shot eric cantu is on life support. police say brennan thought the car was stolen and had invaded a traffic stop the night before. cantu who was not armed, tried to drive away before being shot. a florida jury will begin deciding today whether the gunman in the 2018 school shooting rampage in parkland, florida will face the death penalty. abc s andrea fuji has the closing arguments from both sides. this morning. the fate of the parkland florida school shooter is in the hands of a jury as the prosecution asks for death. it's unreal, relentlessly cool the appropriate sentence. for nicholas cruz is the death family closing arguments were heard yesterday in the trial of

nicholas cruz, who pleaded guilty to shooting and killing 17 people. 14 students and three teachers on valentine's day 2018 at his former school, marjory stoneman, douglas high, the prosecutor, insisting that execution is the only appropriate punishment for cruz , describing him as a cold blooded killer. hunting in the hallways for victims with an ar 15. buyers third shot and as she runs, he shoots her and severs your spinal cord and reminding the jury of cruz's plan recorded before the murders. the next school shooter of 2018 defense, asking instead for a life sentence, calling cruz now 24 broken suffering from a brain disorder caused by his biological mother's heavy drinking while pregnant and claiming he did not get the care he needed from his adoptive mother. her. do we kill brain damaged, mentally ill broken

people. the defense, claiming cruz took responsibility for his actions by pleading guilty. nicholas to life is the right thing to do. the jury will be sequestered once deliberations start today. all 12 jurors must agree in order for cruz to be sentenced to death. andrew rhiannon, andrea. thank you. a new recommendation calls for children as young as eight to be screened for anxiety and independent panel of health experts says the screening should be done during routine doctor's visits. they say the aim is not to diagnose a child with anxiety, but it's to identify those who need support and time now for a look at your wednesday weather. this hail and heavy rain caused enough flooding and damage in fort stockton, texas. schools had to close yesterday. but sorry, kids . it's back to class today and on the radar lots of rain today from the gulf coast to the great lakes. the strongest storms will

be across kentucky and tennessee , and behind that rain is much cooler and drier air checking today's high temperatures still above normal, the northeast and warmer than usual in the northwest. around 80 degrees in portland, 88 in miami, 95 in phoenix. coming up millions of dollars in counterfeit clothes and jewelry traced to one woman also ahead. what's next for adnan syed, the subject of the serial podcast finally cleared of his ex girlfriend's murder after spending decades in prison and smashing success what nasa is revealing about its mission .

surprise it happen. live this morning on good morning america. authorities in new york have busted a massive counterfeit operation. they seized $40

million worth of fake designer merchandise from a high end boutique and arrested the owner . they say she used heat sealing machines to iron on the phony label. so a $10 sweatshirt branded with the fake chanel logo could sell for $5000 and accused killer who gained national attention thanks to a podcast is now free, and he could soon receive millions of dollars. prosecutors in baltimore dropped the case against adnan syed, saying he was wrongfully convicted of murdering his girlfriend 23 years ago. under maryland law side would reportedly received around $2.2 million from the state based on the number of years he served, and there could be more compensation if there are grounds for a civil suit. questions about the case became the subject of a popular podcast serial i had always maintained his innocence. he is elated. he is joyful. there have been so many ups and downs over the past 23 years, so he is really just taking it all in, but he's incredibly grateful for all of

the people who have supported him and believed in him over the years. prosecutors say additional dna testing eliminated side as a suspect in several pieces of evidence were not disclosed to the defense during the trial, including two other suspects not publicly identified. now to the smashing success in space. nasa says it has shifted an asteroid's orbit by smashing a spacecraft into it . a bcs morga norwood has more on the save the world experiment , 32. what my gosh, just two weeks after scientists watched the dart spacecrafts slam into this asteroid at 14,000 mph. now learning more about how that historic test went. nasa giving an update nasa confirms that dart successfully changed the targeted as steroids trajectory . millions watched as the refrigerator sites spacecraft

locked in on its target of 500. ft space asteroid named amorphous you can clearly see its rocky surface, then all of a sudden a loss of signal moment. 9 10 months in the making nasa launching dort last year and the amorphous posed no threat to earth. it's conditions made for perfect test run with nasa hoping to prepare for potential doomsday scenario day morpheus was pushed into a tighter orbit around its companion space rock , locking it in place. that same method is what nasa hopes will be able to divert a killer asteroid should one ever threaten earth. it was expected to be a huge success if it only slowed the orbit by about 10 minutes. but it actually slowed it by 32 minutes. that dart experiment was successful, scientists still say warning time is key when it comes to deploying the asteroid defense system, andrew very cool, morgan. thank you coming up. how

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kansas city authorities are now investigating the incident, and adams could be charged. he has apologized, saying he was frustrated after the game down to a teenager whose prank turned pretty serious. he accidentally swallowed a dog toy, a bcs lionel moise explains what happened after that. video of 13 year old jonathan serrano going viral. the texas team was chewing on a dog toy to bother his mom when he was supposed to be getting ready for camping trip and he wasn't ready yet, and he's sitting there annoying me with this dog toy. and so i get a two liter bottle and i'm like jonathan, can i hit you if you don't stop, and when i go to grab it, it's empty. and he ducked and he swallowed. it went down my door into my lungs. and so every time i talked to his laughed, squeak swallowed the small toy by mistake, rushing to several emergency rooms, trying

to get it removed. he became a laughing sensation. even for the doctors. he was like king of the hospital. all the doctors and nurses would go in there and be like, hey, can you make the noise for us? sound effects made for some hilarious moments, but he knew it was serious. afraid that like the doctor, i might move to position where air wouldn't go through anymore. so when i stopped, like, suffocate , that's what i was afraid of there. it was lodged in his esophagus, er, doctors put him to sleep and used a scope to retrieve it. here it is, after the white whistle finally removed, and for jonathan a lesson learned your mom and don't put tiny stuff near your mouth prank made him miss his camping trip. but he says there's one plus two going viral , calling me cute on the comments. so i kind of like it. okay so jonathan and his mom say they were laughing it off, but they were both really scared. and while he couldn't actually

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