on america this morning. the results are in from georgia. you got me for six more years. democrats celebrate winning a larger majority in the u. s. senate the results and reaction plus overnight how republican herschel walker's son, who's been critical of his father's past reacted to the vote. the family business that made former president trump a billionaire is found guilty of tax fraud. what happens next safety in the spotlight months after a baby formula shortage triggered a nationwide crisis, the scathing new report on failures at the fda end food safety what needs to change? apple facing a new lawsuit this morning over its air tech devices. do they make

it too easy for stalkers to target their victims? frightening moment, a sports broadcaster suffers a medical emergencyon air he's doing okay , but what doctors are now revealing and later after 150 years philadelphia cream cheese makeover. york. this is america this morning. good wednesday morning, everyone i'm ryanne and ali and i'm morgan norwood. and for andrew, we begin with the results from georgia overnight. abc news projecting democratic senator rafael warnock has been reelected because now made history becoming georgia's first black full term. senator republican herschel walker conceded the race and overnight walker's son unleashed a stinging rebuke of his father. abc is justin finch is here now with the very latest justin. good morning. man and good morning, the marathon midterm election cycle finally came to a close overnight with democrats now rejoicing in georgia. the

people have spoken. senator raphael warnock celebrated his win over herschel walker by recounting his family history, talking about his mother picking cotton as a girl in georgia, example and an iteration of its history. of promise of the brutality and the possibility but because this is america because we always have a path to make our country great. er against against unspeakable odds here we stand together. thank you, georgia. or not, is projected win in georgia's runoff secures at 51 seat majority for democrats in the senate, meaning the party no longer needs to rely on vice president kamala harris to cast tie breaking votes. this puts democrats in a dramatically better position in the senate

moving forward to get an advantage on their committees, and they build in a little bit of wiggle room into their majority for future election cycles, acknowledged his defeat last night. but the former football star said running for senate was the best thing he's ever done to believe in america and continue to believe in the constitution and believe in our elected officials. most of all, walker faced a slew of allegations during his campaign , including domestic abuse, lying about his resume and paying for two women to have abortions, which he denies. god forgive you, you forgiven. and no one can bring it up again. minutes after his loss, walker's son blasted his father on social media. christian walker, who accuses walker of being an absent father writing. don't beat women hold guns to people's heads, fund abortions, then pretend you're pro life and then maybe you can win, a senate said. walker did not immediately respond to his son's comments, christian told abc news

overnight. he does not regret speaking out sooner about his dad. my intention was stop lying on your family's more fame and power that's dirty, and that's wrong. and you told us you were going to do that? and meanwhile , senator warnock said he plans to get to work on lowering prescription drug prices and addressing criminal justice reform. rhiannon justin thank you. we're following breaking news from germany, where more than two dozen people have been arrested accused of planning an armed coup to overthrow the german government. thousands of law enforcement officers have carried out a series of raids. they say the suspects are far right extremists, some of whom reject germany's postwar constitution. officials claim the suspects may have been planning an attack on government institutions. one of the sites rated is home to germany. special forces unit. prosecutors claim the suspects were motivated by the same ideologies as the conspiracy group cunanan. guilty on all counts. that's the

verdict against the trump organization, the former president's real estate company charged with fraud and other financial crimes. what comes next is less certain. new york jury has convicted the family business that made former president donald trump a billionaire finding the trump organization guilty of criminal tax fraud. criminal convictions , in contrast to prior civil matters as and the broader message for this was a case about cheating, lying greed, prosecutors said. for 15 years, executives at the trump organization linked on the company to evade income taxes on rent, private school tuition and luxury cars. the case was built around testimony from the company's former finance chief, allen weisberg, who previously pleaded guilty to manipulating the company's books to reduce his taxes. wisenberg testified in exchange for five month jail sentence for donald trump. trump himself was not on trial, but

prosecutors claimed trump was not blissfully ignorant. they showed trump's initials on a salary reduction memo, which investigators say cheated tax authorities and they showed checks signed by trump, which they say funded weisberg's grandkids private school tuition . in a new interview, the manhattan district attorney, referring to yesterday's verdict as only one chapter we paused today because this is quite consequential criminal conviction for the former president's namesake corporations, but the work continues. the trump organization called the verdict preposterous, will certainly be appealing. of course. next month, the company faces a $1.7 million fine but could face wider fallout from banks and other firms whose corporate policies banned them from doing business with felons. former president trump blasting that verdict, calling it part of a witch hunt by democrats. the fda is being urged to make dramatic changes. in the wake of that baby formula crisis, an outside group looking into the fda. has recommended a leadership

overhaul or even breaking up the agency. the report suggests putting one person in charge of the fda is food safety programs or creating a separate agency to promote better oversight. the fda has been blamed for not moving quickly enough to respond to reports of contamination at a formula plan which led to a nationwide shortage. more women have come forward, accusing a florida doctor of sexual assault . police in naples say at least 12 women are now reporting criminal or suspicious activities surrounding dr eric salata, who recently died by suicide. thoseti tthe rstta is u drugging and assaulting patients at his medical spot, allegedly taking pictures of some victims. while they were unconscious. we turn now to the attack on north carolina's power grid. authorities fear it could inspire copycats. in the meantime, there are still no arrests. here's a b cs lionel moise. this morning life in moore county, north carolina, remains at a standstill after

what officials say was a deliberate attack on to keep our substations the attack, highlighting how vulnerable critical infrastructure is foreign terrorist groups foreign hostile powers. domestic terrorists have all called for attacks against arquit nations, critical infrastructure and in particular attacks against the nation's power grid. whether those tax are through cyber means or a physical attacks, one of the north carolina substation gates rammed open as it was sprayed with bullets, safety now top of mind with cooler temperatures, officials say. one person has now died in a home with no power. we're trying at this point in time to validate if it was related to the power outage, or just a normal medical condition. energy has crews working around the clock and occur. if you is in effect until power is restored. many small businesses forced to shut down. one restaurant owner went from having a full house for the world cup to throwing away

thousands of dollars worth of food. he just bought that spoiled sleep. that night has been stressful just to open for the for the people to come out and have a hot meal to drive to another county to buy generator as officials investigate who is responsible. there's increased concern about the 55,000 power substations nationwide, with some extremist groups celebrating the attack. there are real concerns across the law enforcement community that the incident in north carolina may spark copycat attacks elsewhere in the nation. power is expected to be restored by tonight. while there is still no suspect or suspects, officials say if it is determined the north carolina death is linked to the outage. whoever is responsible could face murder charges. rhiannon morgan, lionel thank you overseas ukraine is taking new action to fight russian troops on their home turf. a source close to president zelinsky says ukrainian special forces operating deep inside russian

territory helped guide a drone that attacked a russian airbase monday. abc s markets more is in ukraine these strikes inside russia mark a major shift in ukraine strategy in this war and the u. s secretary of state blink and is quoted as saying that we have neither encouraged nor enabled the ukrainians to strike inside russia. meanwhile there's word that the russians have run out of attack. drones sent from iran, san francisco is reversing a plan that would have allowed police to use robots for lethal force just last week. city supervisors allowed the use of armed robots in extreme cases , but they got a lot of pushback from the public, so the plan has now been rejected. critics said more discussion is needed. it is time now for a look at your wednesday weather. northwest can enjoy a one day break from heavy snow and seems like this police car in oregon started a chain reaction crash on this icy road. a new storm

moves into the region tomorrow morning on the radar. there is snow in the rockies today, and heavy rain could cause flooding in the plains and in the mid south. showers are also expected in the northeast. checking today's high temperatures and seasonably warm from dc all the way up to boston warm on the gulf coast and sixties in the southwest. new legal trouble for bill cosby , also ahead, while rising crime at walmart could soon lead to rising prices and why netflix netflix series tiger king just inspired congress to pass a new

on than a year after his sex assault conviction was overturned. bill cosby is now facing new legal trouble. five

women are suing cosby in new york, claiming he drugged them and assaulted them. the lawsuit was filed under a new law in new york that allows sexual abuse survivors one year to sue their alleged attackers, even if the statute of limitations has run out. apple is facing a lawsuit from two women over its air tag tracking devices. tags are about the size of a quarter and they're designed to help track personal items like your keys or wallet. but soon after their introduction last year, critics warned that they could be used by stalkers to track potential targets. the women who filed the lawsuit claimed their former partner used air tags to track them. there is some evidence out there that apple has had issues with the product and has made some efforts to improve its safety protocols, but that according to these women, and this loss of those efforts were not sufficient in the lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. apple hasn't commented yet, but has condemned any malicious use of

its products. walmart says shoplifting is on the rise and there could be major consequences for consumers. the company says it loses about $3 billion year to theft. but the ceo says shoplifting is becoming a bigger problem than ever before, he says that could force the company to raise prices or even close some stores. a bill restricting ownership of tigers and other big cats. it's now headed to president biden's desk . the bill passed in the senate two years after the issue was highlighted by the netflix series tiger king. the measure was supported by carol baskin, the founder of a rescue facility featured in that series. the build limits possession of big cats to wildlife sanctuaries, zoos and universities and also bans breeding and selling them. coming up the debate over topless beaches in one state, but first the sports broadcaster who suffered a health emergency on air he is now okay. we'll on air he is now okay. we'll tell you what if you're still having bladder leaks, it's time for a change. axonics therapy

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with noah releasing this satellite view of a dust storm, the blue from the plains of colorado into kansas last friday, the time lapse was captured over five hours that dust was being whipped up by 75 mile per hour winds. the death of kirstie alley was a shock to her fans. but the disease that took her life is well known. the actress died from colon cancer. it's the second most deadly form of the disease among americans. it is treatable, but one in five cases is diagnosed after the illness has spread. experts say ali likely found out too late to fight it off. the fact that that this was not known, um, is a bit surprising but as her her her children, said in the statement that it was only very recently discovered, so we don't know exactly how recently but i'm imagining it was very, very recent for her not to be open about. it was 71, but doctors say the disease is becoming more prominent and younger people when dr reports 12 fold increase

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