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>> how a song lyric from drake prompted an outcry. >> i'm a drake fan and i was disappointed. i thought it was a cheap shot. anya taylor-joy, the breakout star from "the queen's gambit." >> chess can also be beautiful. >> in a gory new dark comedy with oscar winner ralph fiennes. >> who are you? >> margot. >> we really enjoyed the bizarre intimacy that these two characters have. >> and the bumps in her road to fame that made her stronger. >> no matter how far i got pushed down, i kept getting back up. age is just a number. and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutrients for immune support. boost® high protein.

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♪ good evening. thank you for joining us. we begin with the history just made by nasa. after months of delays, artemis 1 is on its way to the moon, the giant sls market blasting off from the kennedy space center in florida. abc's gio benitez is there. >> reporter: so much excitement at the kennedy space center in florida. we just witnessed history. now the most powerful rocket in the world has taken flight. >> and liftoff of artemis 1! we rise together, back to the moon and beyond. >> reporter: the sls lifting off with 8.8 million pounds of thrust, more powerful than the saturn 5 rocket used during the

apollo missions to the moon. the orion capsule above that rocket is on its way to the moon. this is a test launch with no human on board because nasa wants to major sure they can safely orbit the moon and return next month. the goal is to establish a base on the moon and around it to serve as a pit stop to the rest of the universe, like mars. history made here as america heads back to the moon for the first time in five decades. byron? >> gio, thank you. we move to the other big story out of florida tonight. just a little over two years after he lost the election, donald trump is hoping for redemption. tonight, the 45th president is all-in, beginning an unprecedented run for the white house. >> in order to make america great and glorious again, i am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] >> we turn to jon karl, our

chief washington correspondent, who is there in mar-a-lago. what was it like in the room? >> this was a rather disciplined speech by donald trump standards. he didn't go on and on about the 2020 campaign, he didn't attack his republican rivals. he kept the focus on joe biden and how in his view america was winning when he was president, and america is losing now. >> jon, to that point, in many ways the midterm elections were seen as a referendum on former president trump. several of the candidates he backed, as you know, his most fervent supporters, lost. what does it say about the republican party and the former president's grip on the party? >> there are clear signs he is losing that grip. he still has it. he's still by far the most dominant figure in the republican party. but you are seeing prominent republicans come out and say that the party needs to look beyond donald trump and blaming him for the losses in the midterms. but make no mistake, he is still formidable in a battle for the republican presidential nomination.

certainly the leading candidate. right now the only candidate, but regardless of who gets in, he will be the person to beat. >> now that he's thrown his name in, who are the likely top contenders who will challenge him at some point? >> the most obvious one is ron desantis, although ron desantis has just gotten re-elected as governor. he's not said he is going to run. he hasn't ruled out running against donald trump. some of his supporters the other day were circulating private polls that suggested desantis could beat donald trump in the early primaries. so desantis the most likely formidable candidate to come in. mike pence has made it clear he's likely to run. you'll see many potential anti-trump candidates. liz cheney has talked about running. larry hogan of maryland. so i think you could potentially have a crowded field. of course, the more crowded the

field, the better that is, actually, for trump. >> you know this president as well as any journalist in our country. did anything seem different about tonight? or was this the donald trump we've come to know? >> i will say, to borrow a phrase he has used to talk about others, it did seem a little low energy. i mean, they're playing loud music right now, but this did seem to be considerable more low energy than the donald trump i saw in 2016 and 2020. in fact, byron, people started to leave early. there are some people in the back started to leave early. then they closed the doors off because i don't think they wanted people to leave. it did seem like it doesn't quite have the energy that donald trump had in his last two campaigns, at least not here on day one. >> it will be a busy two years to come. jon karl, thank you so much. >> thank you, byron. we turn now to a controversy brewing in the world of hip-hop. echoing the far too common experience of black women and

girls in this country. grammy winner megan thee stallion has grabbed the world's attention with her music, but also sparked a conversation about what it means to protect black women and girls. she's faced scrutiny and even mockery about the shooting she survived. activists coming to her defense in the last few days. here's abc's ashan singh. ♪ >> reporter: megan thee stallion is a powerhouse in the music world with hits like "body" and "her." ♪ her her her her her ♪ >> megan thee stallion to me is a phenomenal woman. but megan has also been through ups and downs. she has been the trending topic in hip-hop and in pop culture for a minute now, and not always in a positive light. >> reporter: stallion, real name megan pete, has faced vicious attacks for the last two years after allegedly being shot by a male rapper in 2020.

the controversy reignited this month when drake released a new song seeming to mock the shooting the grammy winner survived. women activists and leaders coming to her defense over the last few days. >> black women live at this intersection between sexism and racism. and we've had for generations. >> there is the silence that still surrounds gender and sexual violence, particularly against marginalized women like meg. we don't talk enough about the ways that misogyny plays out in realtime. >> reporter: megan's experience pushing her to speak out. performances like this one on "saturday night live" demanding that the country protect black women. >> we need to protect our black women and love our black women. because at the end of the day, we need our black women. >> reporter: activists say of the disproportionate violence black women and girls face daily in america. four black women were killed every day in 2020. black women are three times as likely to be killed by a man than white women.

>> meg thee stallion unfortunately is aligned with a longer history and contemporary reality of pervasive violence against black women and girls. >> reporter: it was july of 2020 when megan thee stallion was allegedly shot by rapper tory lanez in los angeles. this tmz video shows the aftermath of the alleged shooting. megan seen struggling to walk, leaving bloody footprints. laura stiles is cohost at hot 97, new york city's flagship hip-hop radio station. take me back to two years ago when meg thee stallion was shot. >> i remember when the headlines were all coming out, it was a shocker to all of us. when any of our favorite artists are hurt are in the news for something sad or tragic or scary. >> reporter: tory lanez was charged with felony assault and pleaded not guilty. his trial begins at the end of this month. his attorneys did not respond to requests for comment. >> he's denied it. he claims he's innocent.

he claims the truth will come out when the case is open to the public. >> reporter: it took over a month for megan to say publicly who she claimed shot her. >> so often in instances of interpersonal and intimate violence, people often remain silent. in the case of black women in particular, you don't feel that you'll be believed if you come forward. especially if it's someone who other people know as well and are rooting for. >> reporter: rumors that megan was making up the story swirled online and in the hip-hop world. leading the rapper to fire back with this tweet. it might be funny to y'all on the internet and just another messy topic for you to talk about, but this is my real life and i'm real life hurt and traumatized. >> there's the fans who completely feel it was fabricated. they don't care about any of the facts. they call her a liar. then there's people who are standing behind this, you know, this woman who has been bullied and are completely standing by her. >> reporter: megan opening up about the shooting in an interview with cbs' gayle king

earlier this year. >> all i hear is this man screaming, he said [ bleep ], he start shooting. and i'm just like, oh my god. and i didn't even want to move. i didn't want to move too quick. because i'm like, oh my god, if i take the wrong step, i don't know if he going to shoot something that's super important, i don't know if he going to shoot me and kill me. >> reporter: this month, more scrutiny. this song "circle loco" by drake and 21 savage seen by many as mocking stallion. ♪ [ bleep ] shots but still a stallion ♪ ♪ don't get the joke but she's still smiling ♪ others saying the lyrics reference cosmetic procedures. >> i feel two things could be true. some people are debating it, some people continue to debate it. either way, i felt it was pretty direct. >> even if it's just a double entendre, drake is smart enough to know how that would land. and also hasn't responded in any way to deny that that's what he was saying. >> reporter: megan herself tweeting, stop using my shooting

for clout. adding, since when is it cool to joke about women getting shot? drake has not responded publicly or to abc news' request for comment. >> she is not clickbait, she's not a headline, she's not merely her persona on records and concerts and albums. she is a woman whose feelings get hurt, who deserves to be protected, no matter how big her career is. >> reporter: the drake song sparking some prominent thought leaders and lawmakers to show support for megan saying, we are committed to making this world safer for you and all women. >> we are consistently having this conversation. reiterating for the world and for ourselves that black women and girls deserve to be protected. there is something that is lingering in our culture, that it is okay to objectify, to create places that are not safe for black girls and women, and we are here to stand and say, absolutely not.

>> reporter: megan thee stallion's foundation thanked the collective for the letter. she's worked with the group in the past. since the alleged shooting, megan's star has only continued to rise. winning three grammys in 2021. >> first of all, i have to keep thanking god. because without god, none of us would be here today. >> reporter: today getting nominated for another grammy. are black women protected in hip-hop? >> not all the time. black women are not celebrated enough for all the contributions they have done for everything. not just music. not just hip-hop. everything. so it is a constant reminder that all of us as a whole have to do better. >> our thanks to ashan. up next, the new role for the breakout star from "the queen's gambit." what fuels her fearlessness. ve o severe plaque psoriasis.

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♪ anya taylor-joy is at the top of her game and she's not done yet. "the queen's gambit" star starring in a new film with ralph fiennes and seems like the sky's the limit for what's next. here's my "nightline" coanchor, juju chang. >> i really like to disappear. i never want to play myself in a movie. i just wanted to get as far away from myself as possible. >> at the same time, there's a kind of steeliness to the women that you play. >> i think more than that steeliness, what has attracted me to them is they're outsiders. they're people that don't

necessarily have a lot of friends and are battling their own inner demons and trying to find their place in the world. >> reporter: for anya taylor joy, it seems no role is out of reach. her meteoric rise to fame starring in the pandemic mega hit "the queen's gambit" on netflix. >> jesus christ, harmon, you're humiliating my rook. >> you won't have to suffer much longer. >> reporter: a-list acting and modeling gigs solidifying her "it" girl status. >> characters are real for me, i treat them like real people. >> you're quite the chameleon. >> i think my nomadic upbringing, and i have to applaud my parents for this, i'm very open to people's ideologies or cultures. i feel very comfortable moving around. >> reporter: now 26, anya was born in miami but her family quickly moved to argentina, and later england, where she says it was hard to fit in.

>> that actually used to bother me as a kid because it felt like i was too english to be argentine, too argentine to be english. the americanism of it all, i never lived here, i was just born here, so that felt very confusing. then my accent's all over the place because i learnt english when i was 8. at this point i've just become comfortable being, well, this is me. >> i read that you were bullied in high school? >> uh-huh. >> and that caused you to leave high school? >> no matter how far i got pushed down, i kept getting back up. and at some point that's quite exhausting. i just had such a miserable time at school that i sometimes think, i wonder if i had seen some of these characters, if i would have felt a bit more seen. >> would you say that you're as bad-ass a warrior as the characters you play? or is that acting? >> i will say i am constantly surprised, the things that people say about me. because in my head i'm like, i'm

just as scared as absolutely everybody else is. i have no idea what's going on. but i do fearless things quite often. >> reporter: her acting versatility once again on display as a fine dining skeptic in a new ultra-dark comedy "the menu." >> you have to try the mouth feel. >> please don't say mouth feel. >> are you a foodie in real life? >> i appreciate it more now. but i'm definitely more of a takeout girl. i've been a vegetarian since i was 8. yeah. i just love animals, i think it's the right move for the planet. >> reporter: the film poking fun at the elitism of high-end dining. opposite an unhinged celebrity chef. >> they have to know if you're with us or with them. >> then you'll -- let me live? >> let you live, no. of course not. >> to watch you go toe to toe with ralph fiennes was such a delight. >> thank you. >> what was that like? >> you know, ralph is such a phenomenal actor and person,

that whatever he wants to transmute on screen, it will happen. he's never going to miss. i think a lot of people on set found him quite in that character formidable, but for some bizarre reason, i don't know if it's because of our characters or the way we both approach acting, i felt very comfortable and safe, and we really enjoyed the bizarre intimacy that these two characters have. >> i did worry, because the horror, the violence of it, does it mike you uncomfortable? >> no, it's frightening how comfortable i am. >> now you're scaring me. >> in those situations -- i mean, all my first films are me completely covered in blood. i've been shot with a blood cannon. i'm very -- i'm quite -- >> down with it? >> quite gothic. >> do you have a dream role? >> i would love to do a musical at some point. i grew up a ballet dancer, i'd love to dance and sing and act. i never feel more at home than when i'm creating.

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