now in america this morning under arrest the 30 year old once known as kryptos, golden boy now in custody, facing criminal charges for the multi billion dollar collapse of crypto currency firm ft x many customers losing their life savings, but we're learning about the case against sam blankman free. growing humanitarian crisis along the southern border. migrants flooding across the texas border . local facilities overwhelmed what's to blame for this new surge and why it could get worse. the holy grail of clean energy. the breakthrough in nuclear fusion expected to be announced today that could revolutionize how we power, our homes and cars we hear from a leading expert screen time and your kids the new research

showing what happens if you rely on digital devices to calm down your children, plus tops for dogs, the best u. s cities for pooches and their owners, according to a new study and how taylor swift is shaking off a lawsuit claiming she stole lyrics. york. this is america this a delingr of cryptocurren f ism blankman freed will reportedly face fraud and money laundering charges after his firm lost billions. critics claim it was nothing more than a ponzi scheme. but first the 30 year old, once known as kryptos, golden boy will need to be brought back to the u. s. this morning. the founder of the now bankrupt crypto currency trading firm 50 x, once valued at $32 billion, is in custody in the

bahamas. same blankman freed arrested at the request of the us government. the charges not being unveiled until later today , but a source says the 30 year old faces a multi count fraud indictment. this is a whole new kind of scheme, misusing customer funds in one entity to satisfy the debts of another entity they were looking at. sandbank man freed use of customer funds from ft x to satisfy orders from alameda research, which was the trading firm that he founded after the alleged misappropriation was reported last month, customers rushed to withdraw their money causing fdx to implode after it was unable to recover the withdrawals. the company short billions of dollars are george stephanopoulos sat down with pinkman freed last month after the stunning collapse. caroline ellison said that you are new that these funds were used were put into alameda. they were the funds owned. by your depositors.

so i can't speak for who knew what are you worried about? going to jail? i'm trying to focus on what i can do going forward to be helpful. and you know, let whatever regulatory and legal processes are happening, play out as they will . downfall has been swift once the poster boy for cryptocurrency has companies spending hundreds of millions on stadium naming rights, luxury beachfront properties and celebrity endorsements. just need ft x even a super bowl ad where larry david sarcastically advised people not to use fdx safe and easy way to get into crypto. i don't think so. david and brady and other celebrities are named in a class action lawsuit linking them to ft x's deception. blankman freed was scheduled to testify before congress today, but that appearance has now been canceled . the other big story this morning is weather, a major storm moving across the country

has triggered blizzard warnings in the northern plains. up to two ft of snow could fall in parts of the dakotas. powerful winds will reduce visibility to almost zero. meanwhile the southern side of the system will bring severe storms across the plains and into the southeast. tornadoes along with damaging winds and hail are expected today from eastern texas to mississippi. we'll have your full forecast coming up in about five minutes, we turn now to the growing humanitarian crisis on the southern border. a new wave of migrants is flooding across the texas border, all because of a u. s policy that's about to expire. local officials are now pressuring the white house for help. abc s elizabeth shells he is here now with more elizabeth. good morning. andrew good morning, one senior official from the department of homeland security, calls the situation at the border an absolute mess at the us mexico border surge of migrant crossings is straining state resources people are going to fall through the cracks. young kids are gonna be out there sleeping on the sidewalks , shelters at the southern border overwhelmed as they process hundreds of asylum

seekers every day immigration system that has to be reformed. and yet there is no discussion of it in congress because the republican congress wants nothing to do with it. paso unauthorized border crossings are now averaging more than 2400 . daily encounters adults carrying children through the rio grande hundreds lining up as they repare to cross here they're applying for asylum protections and that is illegal way to immigrate to this country, state and local officials warned the search could swell as a trump arab border policy is set to end this month. the policy known as title 42, allows for the immediate expulsion of migrants without allowing them to apply for asylum. we are taking steps to be able to manage the expiration of title 42 to put in place, a process that will be orderly and humane, says she came from venezuela and seeking safety in the u. s. for her daughter. outer waiting to cross until next week. and trash upset.

know what she doesn't know what she'll do if they don't let her back in. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is expected to visit el paso today to review operations and to meet with local organizations and officials. andrew alright, elizabeth. thank you. the man accused of making the bomb that brought down pan am flight. 103 will not face the death penalty . during a hearing yesterday, prosecutors said capital punishment was not an option at the time of the attack back in 1988 270 people died in the bombing, including 190, americans. the family of soccer journalist grant wall says his body has now been returned from qatar to the u. s while died while covering a world cup match . he was just 49, his brother says. walt may have suffered a pulmonary embolism and autopsy could reveal the cause of death . a state department official says there's no indication of foul play. new outrage and you

validate texas nearly seven months after the school massacre in that city. we're learning just how underprepared local police apparently were. an independent review of the body. county sheriff's office has now revealed the department did not have an active shooter policy at the time of the rob elementary shooting in may, which left 21 people dead, including 19 children. commencement regards that there was no active shooter policy, there were only definitions former judge hired to conduct the review, says only 20% of the sheriff's office had active shooter training before the massacre, and it wasn't until september four months later that the agency adopted an active shooter policy. the sheriff still has yet to get that training. he has not taken the course he plans on doing that. in the immediate future revelations came during a meeting attended by commissioner mariano pardus, the man in charge of you valley police during the massacre, who

recently stepped down, criticized for not engaging the shooter despite knowing students were still alive in the classrooms. his presence at the meeting, angering families of the victims as they're watching their friends die as they're taking their last spread. and they depend on the people. that are being paid by the taxpayers. to do what's right. and you feel them. a criminal investigation into how police responded to the massacre is still ongoing. more changes at twitter. elon musk is eliminating the trust and safety council, the advisory group of civil and human rights organizations was formed to address content that includes hate speech, child exploitation and suicide. musk sent the council what's not the best structure for external insights . meanwhile, he faces backlash for attacking dr anthony fauci suggesting that fell she should be prosecuted for its actions during the pandemic. some health organizations are now threatening to leave twit. er. time now for a look at your

tuesday weather. we have storms rumbling across the plains early this morning. this is before the sun comes up, folks. oklahoma city to dallas northward. some of these storms are producing large hail and damaging winds. meantime later today into tonight that threat for severe storms, including tornadoes will shift from east texas to the mississippi river. and we're talking about a severe weather event that may be memorable. large hail and tornadoes are likely in this zone right in here to the mississippi river accuweather meteorologist kevin costner. coming up the new research on parents who use digital devices to calm down their kids. first, it's been called the holy grail of clean energy. the announcement today that could change how we power our everyday lives, and later the email about free yeti coolers t

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discovery. it was the result of this continuous steady progress scientists have been learning from above, recreating a mini version of the nuclear fusion that powers the sun aiming close to 200 super lasers at a tiny piece of metal the size of a pencil eraser. trying to fuse hydrogen atoms into helium atoms . the whole point is, you want the individual atoms to be going so fast that when they run into each other, they overcome the repulsion and a slam each other and fuse and then blow back apart and release way more energy than they had to begin with. since helium weighs less than hydrogen, the difference becomes energy. it's that energy that could one day be used to power our everyday lives. scientists are expected to announce today that they finally reached a net energy gain, creating more power than it took to create the reaction. you know, when you first started out it was, you know, 1 10/1000 of the of the managed energy inverse energy out and every decade you got closer and closer, this would be key in creating a sustainable clean energy source. nuclear power

plants today use vision, which is the process of breaking atoms apart. but there are concerns about emissions and nuclear waste. fusion is the process of combining atoms while the energy created as the same, the impact on the environment is not. there's no carbon emitted from the actual fusion reaction. that's not it's not a greenhouse dominican effect and you don't have the same long term waste as you end future power plants do not have the same ability to melt down. they do not. they're not capable of that same type of reaction. it could be years before we see the effects of this breakthrough. they still have to figure out how to channel enough of that energy on a widespread level to create fusion power plants, but this is , of course, a significant first step. andrew morgen. lionel thank you parents who use a phone or tablet to stop their kids from throwing a tantrum, maybe causing more emotional harm down the line. researchers found frequent use of screen time to distract or soothe children between three and five years old can lead to sudden mood shifts and impulsive behavior. they say it could

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police in moscow, idaho, say they've been listed an army of analysts to comb through surveillance video searching for clues in the unsolved murders of four university of idaho students stabbed in this off campus home one month ago and what police called a targeted attack local businesses handing , hoping're not l any stone unturned, but just , yocase for yourselfvast ever growing owing amounts of people speculating and rumors and hearing new things, and we want to know all of that, and we're piecing it all together. police still searching for the occupants of the white hyundai like this one senior the crime scene that night, they acknowledge their being tight lipped about evidence in the case, insisting they need to be to protect the investigation. progress really is being made every day. it is a process, though, that takes time and care . but the father of victim

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being called the holy grail of clean energy and scientists may have made a huge breakthrough. the announcement that could change the way we power our world. kumasi: governor newsom goes to the southern border as a the surge of migrants trying to get into the u.s.. and covid numbers rising. the recommendations that could be coming to york county. kumasi: shopping at costco is about to get more expensive. the cfo, saying membership fees are likely to go up. as long as they don't touch the food court. reggie: right. but they said they would never do it. and now they said they've got to do it. kumasi: it is the economy. reggie: things change. thank goodness, because where the news. welcome. kumasi: what is today looking like, drew? drew: it is cold. freeze warnings in effect. we are