right now in america this morning. what's next for trump? after the january 6th committee recommended criminal charges against the former president. our legal expert weighs in a wide january 6th may not be trump's biggest legal threat, plus congresswoman liz cheney and former vice president mike pence. discuss what should come next. pre holiday blizzard. the new prediction about the pre christmas storm set to slam much of the country, setting up the coldest christmas in decades. the fbi's new warning to parents about sextortion online. how scammers are targeting teenagers , the victims increasingly, boys. a rising political star just elected to congress who boasted about his education and

work experience now faces serious questions. did he make up his resume growing questions this morning amid high levels of the flu, new restrictions are placed on the sale of certain child medications. but what's really to blame and not just for kids? why more adults are going shopping in the toy aisle these days for themselves? news in new york. this is america this morning. good tuesday morning, everyone i'm andrew denber. andrea g. in for rhiannon. we begin with former president trump's legal woes. after the january 6th committee recommended criminal charges against him. now it's up to the justice department whether to prosecute, trump responded, slamming the committee and saying, quote. what doesn't kill me makes me stronger, but his legal jeopardy extends far beyond january, 6th and today another committee is taking a vote. concerning a different legal matter involving trump. abc s faith of booby is here now with more faith. good morning.

good morning to you, andrew. the january 6th committee recommended criminal charges against trump yesterday and now another house committee could vote today to release his tax returns. today on capitol hill. lawmakers are expected to meet behind closed doors where they could vote on whether to make some of former president donald trump's tax returns public. the house ways and means committee obtained the records from the treasury department last month after a court battle with trump . prosecutors in new york have already accessed some of the records. but these are more recent. meanwhile congresswoman liz cheney, speaking at an event last night after the january 6th select committee concluded its investigation by urging the justice department to prosecute trump for his role in the capital riot. it was with solemnity and sadness. um that you know the facts lead to, um, criminal referrals for the former president, united states , cheney and the committee based their recommendation on multiple crimes, including conspiracy to

defraud the united states. obstruction of an official proceeding and inciting insurrection. the referrals are largely symbolic. the justice department is not required to act. instead it's conducting its own investigation, which is well underway. accountable capitol police officer harry dunn, who fended off riders on january, 6th agrees with the committee's recommendation. nobody's above the law, so he needs to go to court and have his day in court vice president mike pence is urging the justice department not to indict trump, saying trump's actions were reckless, not criminal. at this time of year. we're all thinking about the most important things in our lives, our faith. our family, and my hope is that justice department will think very carefully, legal experts say. looking ahead. it may not be january 6th that poses the greatest risk for trump, but rather the investigation into those classified documents found in mara lago. the charges that are referred over to the department of justice are ones

which do involve speech. those are defenses which. oh while i think the overwhelming evidence points to guilt do give the former president legs stand on, whereas the espionage act charges in the obstruction of justice charges or potential charges relating to the removal of documents have no such defenses associated with him. and andrea one final action from the january 6th committee. it's due to release its full report tomorrow. andrea thank you. supreme court has temporarily blocked the lifting of title 40 to the pandemic era policy keeping asylum seekers from entering the country. the policy was set to expire tomorrow. but chief justice john roberts placed the order on hold after several republican led states appealed. they say lifting title 42 will unleash an overwhelming flow of migrants into their states. abc s maria burial whera lot of questions right now about

whether the u. s. supreme court could take up this case that it is still too early to tell. this ruling is all administrative. it basically puts title 42 expiration date on holding. it buys everybody sometime, and that is a big deal here on the ground in el paso with ngos, city leaders and, of course, law enforcement dealing with all of this chaos right now. and chief justice roberts is giving the biden administration until five p.m. today to respond to the title 40 to appeal. meanwhile the white house is asking congress for $3 billion to help with the influx of migrants. we turn now to a rising political star accused of making up his resume. he was just elected to congress, but his first task in washington might very well be fighting an ethics investigation , a bcs lionel maui's explains this morning congressman elect jorge santos of long island, new york, who helped republicans flip a house seat, too, narrowly take control of the chamber from democrats is now in the hot seat . i hope i can earn your vote on

november 8th. on the campaign trail. santos ran on the american dream, touting his experience as a philanthropist, wall street financier and investor. but the new york times reports when it comes to his education and work experience. much of what santos told voters is made up. the times was first to report that santos never worked at goldman sachs or citi group, as he claimed, and never attended baruch college or y you we're in an era where a lot of political newcomers are coming in people who don't have traditional backgrounds. um and that definitely opens the door to people, um, kind of creating their own storyline their own narrative. following the report , santos firing back through his attorney, saying, in part, jorge santos represents the kind of progress that the left is so threatened by a gay latino immigrant and republican, adding it was no surprise that congressman elect santos has enemies at the new york times. who are attempting to smear his good name with these defamatory allegations. both baruch college and new york university tell abc news they have no record of

anyone with his name and date of birth. attending goldman sachs and citigroup also say they have no record of him working there. his opponent in last month's race now calling for a full investigation. the house ethics committee has got to investigate these allegations. the times report also brings into question santos charity group friends of pets united, which he claims saved thousands of cats and dogs . but abc news could find no iris record of a charity with that name. republican officials from long island are now asking for time to give santos an opportunity to address the questions about his resume. andrew andrea. thank you, former hollywood producer harvey weinstein is now a twice convicted rapist. los angeles jury yesterday found him guilty on three of seven counts at his sexual assault trial. the jury returns to court today to decide his punishment. he faces up to 24 years in prison, and that would be on top of the 23 years . he's serving for a similar

conviction in new york, which is under appeal. the fbi has issued a public safety alert over a spike and so called sextortion cases targeting boys online so the scammers typically poses girls manipulating the boys into sending sexually explicit pictures. and then blackmailed them. the fbi says more than a dozen suicides have been linked to the scheme. boys are online, a huge amount and they're in the gaming places there in all these places where it might have just been girls before, but now the boys are online just as much. parents are being urged to talk to kids about how to avoid risky situations online. the sale of cold and flu medicines for children are now being limited at some pharmacies amid the high level of respiratory illnesses nationwide. cvs and walgreens are now restricting the purchase of some medications. that's reaction to shortages of children's tylenol and other products in some areas, but doctors emphasize there are no widespread shortages right now. pft has been very clear that this is not a supply issue. it's

more of a demand issue and that people are rushing out and porting medications. meanwhile, covid cases and hospitalizations are up 40% since thanksgiving. doctors urge anyone traveling for the holidays to test before any gatherings turning to the weather. parts of the country are bracing for a pre christmas blizzard, the storm that's expected to wreak havoc on holiday travel this week has started moving across the country with up to five inches of snow expected in seattle today, where hundreds of flights have already been delayed or canceled. let's take a closer look at your forecast. morning, and arctic blast is on the way. just in time for the beginning of winter. you see the progression of very cold air through the week by friday, it makes it to the gulf coast. these temperatures will be 25 to 50 degrees below normal. meantime if you're traveling on wednesday, it's really just the north and western us. will there be some snow and cold? the rest of us look okay. but then a blizzard develops thursday and

friday from the midwest through the great lakes up to a foot of snow kansas city to chicago. lots of blowing and drifting now. meantime the northeastern cities like boston, new york, d c. no snow for you, but there will be the potential for icy roads with a rapid freeze up thursday night through friday night, so your travel forecast thursday and friday doesn't look good. accuweather meteorologist kevin costner. mystery surrounding the killing of a college basketball playeroa violaturas , rd for the company behind the popular video game fortnite and the changes now being made and later a whole new way to drink beer a

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holiday spirit. despite the war in ukraine, the city christmas tree in kharkiv was lit up inside a subway station that's been used as a bomb shelter. the tree was placed in a location just below the city square, where it would otherwise have been placed. performances and games are being held for children there through the holidays. troubling report about school security in uvalde, texas , nearly seven months after the deadly school massacre in that city officials saying undercover inspector posing as an intruder was able to get into a school cafeteria during a security audit because of a faulty door latch. the superintendent says some security upgrades are behind schedule due to supply chain issues. authorities in new jersey or investigating the death of a college basketball player as a homicide 20 year old phil urban was found shot to death in a car on saturday. authorities believe he was arranging to meet with someone at a nature reserve in trenton and was killed during the encounter urban played for post university in connecticut. no arrests have been made. we turn

now to a record fine involving one of the most popular video games. the company behind fortnite is accused of tricking players into spending money while allegedly violating privacy. cause this morning epic games has agreed to pay $520 million to settle accusations involving it's wildly popular video game, fortnite. much of that fine stems from allegations the company collected personal information of players under age 13 without their consent or their parents' consent. the federal trade commission saying epic games made parents quote jumped through hoops to delete their children's data. claims fortnite caused substantial injury to children by matching them with adult strangers while enabling text and voice chat by default, and the result of this was that children were exposed to online bullying to blackmail into harassment, which led to significant trauma games is also being forced to refund $245

million to players allegedly tricked into making unwanted purchases. the chair of the ftc saying epic used privacy, invasive default settings and deceptive interfaces that tricked fortnite users, including teenagers and children . epic game says it's implemented safeguards to protect children's privacy and insists the practice is referenced in the ftc's complaints are not how fortnite operates. as part of that settlement, the company was also required to turn off default settings for live text and voice chat for young users. coming up what we're learning about the woman accused of breaking into robert deniro is house ahead doctors with an important warning about just how dangerous the holidays are for your heart and how to protect yourself.

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three people. nypd says a serial burglar broke into a home rented by robert de niro while the actor was upstairs. nero is okay . apparently the suspect wasn't even aware that deniro was there. police say she was packing up presents from under ■k72 christmas tree. the woman s 26 prior arrests, amber heard will pay her ex husband, johnny depp. $1 million to settle her defamation case heard announced the move on instagram, saying she's lost faith in the legal system. in june, a jury awarded depth $15 million, saying he was defamed by an op ed that herd wrote in 2018. we turn now to your health this holiday season and we're not talking about the flu or covid. but about your heart. the risk is serious, and doctors are trying to spread the word. this morning, doctors are urging americans to put heart health at the top of their holiday to do list. that's because more people die from heart attacks between december 25th in january, 1st compared to any other week of the year with christmas day being the deadliest day of all, doctors

say the leading factors include family stress and falling out of good habits like healthy eating . it's not just an issue that holiday heart is a benign condition, it actually is a very potentially serious condition. that causes people to develop heart failure symptoms. increased alcohol intake can also result in what doctors call holiday heart syndrome. that's when binge drinking causes irregular heartbeats, which are associated with the higher risk for stroke. certain people might be more predisposed to it, but you can have no history of any heart related conditions and drink excessively or consume too much alcohol during the holidays, and you could create a situation where you develop. atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure, even in the absence of any pre existing risk factors. a lack of sleep is another major concern, a new survey found. adults on average lose 39 minutes of sleep per night over the holidays, and if you're hosting a holiday party prepared to get even less shut, eye party hosts reported

sleeping up to 83 minutes less than usual on their party night . all contributing factors that doctors warn could spoil the holiday fun. if you don't make time to take care of your yourself. and doctors say, pay attention to warning signs like chest pain and shortness of breath and never postpone a visit to the doctor. the party is officially underway in argentina now that the world cup champions have arrived home. messi carry the trophy after the team landed in buenos aires last night. today is a national holiday there as it should be. congratulations to argentina partying there. i am sure exciting. okay, left the state with the two fastest growing cities in america. plus forget the kids why more adults are in the market for

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solutions, this is abc 7 news. reggie: now magnitude earthquake jolts parts of northern california overnight. power is now out to tens of thousands. many of you may be woken up to alerts on your phone. kumasi: the advice from doctors to avoid getting sick. reggie: the january 6 panel saying former president trump is responsible for the insurrection. kumasi: an overnight effort in oakland, the effort to save a life when a cargoes over brooklyn peak. reggie: was i the only person who got the alert overnight? drew: i slept right through it. reggie: 2:30 in the morning, both of our alert went off and we were waiting for the shake. it did not get near us but for our folks in the north, it did. it morning. drew: we have

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