right now in america this morning on alert, dangerous storm sweeping across the country more than a foot of snow . at least one tornado and now the system takes aim at the busy northeast corridor time it out. new trouble for jorge santos, the congressman who fabricated his life story, but we're learning about his mother, plus allegations he stole from a fundraiser to benefit a u. s veterans dying dog. judgment day in the investigation into the deadly shooting on the set of alec baldwin's movie rust. prosecutors are saying ahead of their expected announcement today, raising the retirement age. the new proposal, sparking a massive strike today, plus outrage after a glitch at bank

of america appears to wipe out people's money. later boy meets congress, the beloved child actor with big new ambitions. and no more sweets at the office. the new push to stop people from bringing cake and other treats into work to share with their colleagues. from news in new york. this is america this morning. good thursday morning, everyone i'm andrew denberg jockey in furry annan. we begin with the major winter storm expanding into more states right now. 50 million americans are in the storm's path. the system stretches from the gulf of mexico all the way to the canadian border. heavy rain and tornadoes have been the biggest threat in the south. at least one tornado already hit southern arkansas 100 mile per hour. wind gusts caused this damage in the town of waldo. meanwhile in the upper midwest, people from minneapolis to milwaukee can expect several inches of snow. roads already creating dangers travel near denver more than 20 vehicles

were involved in the pile up on the interstate 70, including 12 semi trucks. severe weather is also reaching into the northeasa closer look at your forecast in just a few minutes. now new revelations this morning about jorge santos, the new york congressman who fabricated his life story before winning his election. he's facing a new allegation that he stole donations from a fundraiser for a homeless veteran. we've also learned new details about his mother after santos claimed she was at the world trade center on 9 11 a b. c s. j o'brien is here now, with the very latest j. good morning. andrew good morning. as of right now republican leadership choosing not to publicly punished santos , even putting him on two congressional committees, all while new allegations against the embattled new york republican come to light. i wish you guys all of this morning new questions swirling again around the background of congressman jorge santos, the new york republican already accused of defrauding voters now facing a new round of unearthed claims on

a podcast in 2021 santos said his mother's death was linked to debris from ground zero. my mom was a 9 11 survivor. she was in the south tower. um and she made it out. she got caught up in the ash cloud. my mom fought cancer. tell her death, but immigration documents obtained by alex caldera through a freedom of information act request and provided to abc news suggests santos's mother wasn't even in the united states on that day. jorge santos has essentially lied about every aspect of his life. he has essentially pretended. to be a biracial ukrainian, belgian brazilian volleyball champion of brain cancer survivor whose mother died twice, including on 9 11. the freshmen congressmen also under fire for allegations that he has ties to a ponzi scheme in florida faces charges of check fraud in brazil and even allegedly used a different name to set up a go fund me to raise $3000 for a veterans dying dog and then never handed over the

money. i took his help and needed it. i needed that dog to survive. santos has denied those allegations, telling reporters he has no clue who this is and broadly insisting he's done. nothing unethical. worked my entire life. i've lived an honest life. i've never been accused suit of anything bad doing republican house leadership, not pushing santos out now assigning him to low profile congressional panels. the small business committee and the science space and technology committee, are a growing number of republicans calling on santos to resign. but house speaker kevin mccarthy has signaled he wants to handle this issue internally and wait on the results of an ethics committee investigation. andrew thank you. because guard says it's monitoring what's believed to be a russian spy ship about 100 miles from hawaii. officials say they've been closely tracking the vessels movements in recent weeks and providing updates to the pentagon. it comes with

tensions already high due to the war in ukraine. an investigation is underway into the helicopter crash that killed ukraine's interior minister and 13 others kindergarten outside kiev. the chopper went down and foggy weather, but investigators are looking at all possible causes, including sabotage. as the war rages, the u. s. is about to send another military aid package to ukraine and official confirms it will be worth nearly $3 billion and include more bradley fighting vehicles. 15 months after the deadly shooting on the set of the alec baldwin movie rust. today is decision day for prosecutors. it means we'll likely learn whether criminal charges will be filed for the fatal shooting of the movies. cinematographer this morning, prosecutors are expected to announce whether charges will be filed in the movie set shooting involving alec baldwin, including whether baldwin himself will be charged , the district attorney saying ahead of today's decision, the announcement will be a solemn occasion made in a manner keeping with the office's commitment to upholding the

integer. gritty of the judicial process and respecting the victim's family. but you were in the room when the lady wants someone was holding the gun. yeah, okay. 2021 a prop gun baldwin was holding discharged on the new mexico set of rust, killing cinematographer helena hutchins and injuring the movie's director. questions have surrounded how live ammunition made it into the prop gun and whether proper safety precautions were taken by crew members. baldwin has insisted he never pulled the trigger. so you never pulled the trigger. no no, no, no, no. i would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them never, according to an fbi forensic report obtained by abc news, the gun could not have been fired without pulling the trigger. while an attorney for the movies armorer hannah gutierrez reed, who was in charge of guns and ammunition on the set, has said she has no idea where the live round came from. also central to the investigation is seth kenny , the supplier of the guns and ammunition along with the film's assistant director, dave halls, according to the search warrant halls handed the gun to baldwin while shouting cold gun crew know a gun with no live rounds

was being used. halls reportedly told investigators he didn't know there were any live rounds in the gun. there's no evidence that this was intense. this was clearly an accident, but. perhaps a criminal accident. just because something is an accident doesn't mean that a criminal act didn't occur. the district attorney said. additional live rounds were found on the set, but declined to say how many. the announcement on possible charges in this case is expected later this morning. but fell candidate for state office in new mexico accused of terrorizing democrats is being held without bond after his first court appearance, solomon pena is charged with hiring several men to open fire at the homes of four political rivals. prosecutors say he wanted the hitmen to aim lower and shoot around eight pm when the target's wouldn't be lying down yet. pena's an election denier who served prison time for burglary. the justice department has launched an investigation into the death of a memphis man after a traffic stop. memphis police say they

arrested tyree nichols on january 7th after he ran from the scene. they say he complained he couldn't breathe and took him to a hospital where he later died. his family says police beat him, causing a fatal heart attack. police have said they will release body camera video when they finish their investigation, and they say they're fully cooperating with the justice department's investigation. police in san francisco ever arrested the owner of an art gallery scene on this viral video using a hose to spray down a homeless woman. she was reported, reportedly refusing to move from the sidewalk outside. his gallery is now being charged with misdemeanor battery. and president biden will be in california today to see the damage from recent storms that triggered flooding and mudslides . he'll meet with the residents of the central coast and first responders. the white house overnight announced more federal aid to help with recovery efforts. now for a look at your thursday weather. after more than a foot of snow in central nebraska, this storm

has its sights set on the upper midwest. places like green bay, wisconsin, minneapolis, going to see several inches of snow moving forward through tonight. meantime on the warm side of the storm. we've got thunderstorms places like cleveland and cincinnati and even washington, d c could see severe thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight can't even rule out a tornado also watch out for some slippery spots in the interior northeast this morning and tonight. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin costner in. coming up the hollywood actor missing after going on a hike, also ahead new details in the idaho student murder case with search warrants reveal about the case against brian co. burger and should alcohol come with a cancer warning label. the debate north of the border as some eye

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friday night on abc. authorities in southern california are searching for british actor julian sands he's been missing since friday after going for a hike in the mount baldy area outside of los angeles. the search is complicated by the risk of avalanches right now, sands has appeared in dozens of movies and tv shows, including a room with a view leaving las vegas and warlock. now to the murder of those four college students in idaho. investigators are now revealing the items they say we're taking it from suspected killer brian co. berger's apartment after his arrest. this morning, newly unsealed search warrants, show boxes and bags of potentially crucial evidence collected brian co burgers home, including mattress covers and a pillow with a reddish brown stain, possible strands of hair and a disposable black glove. the 28 year old criminal justice student is charged with four counts of murder for the deaths of madison mogul caylee gonzalez , zanna, corn, adele and ethan shape in. he has not yet entered

a plea warrants reveal. police were looking for any evidence of the victims in co burgers, belongings or evidence linking him to caylee gonsalves dog seen in these tiktok videos was found alone after the murders. we have not determined if the dog was inside the residents during the murders or not. what we do know is that the dog was inside when officers arrived in the affidavit for his arrest. police say they found dna tying co burger to the crime scene and now a former neighbor tells the idaho statesman co. burger recently used the dna kid to learn his ancestry which could shed light on how police zeroed in on him. now also among the evidence seized from co burgers apartment was part of a vacuum and a computer. his next court hearing scheduled in june, promising vaccine under development for hiv has failed in a late stage trial. johnson and johnson says testing showed it was ineffective. it was the only hiv vaccine in a late stage trial, researchers say that sets them back about 3 to 5 years and

a new warning about alcohol consumption. health officials in canada have released new guidelines, saying no amount of alcohol is safe and have any more than two drinks per week is a health risk. officials there are pushing for new warning labels about alcohols link to several types of cancer. from alcohol to coffee coming up the debate over which kind of coffee has the smallest impact on the environment. but first bank of america customers outraged after money temporarily goes missing from their accounts. what happened and the warning for all happened and the warning for all bank [sword sharpening] you know that unwelcome guest everyone wishes would just leave already? that's covid-19. that's why i got the new updated booster, designed to help protect against recent omicron variants. [slice] got it?

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more a scary day for some bank of america customers wednesday they check their accounts and found their money gone missing $1400 from my account, and they're telling me that there is no way they can help us. you made some money to there you go. it was a nationwide issue text alert, and it says my account is overdrawn. one customer tweeted their balance of negative $2000. most complaints involved the payment transfer service. zell i did see that what was causing my negative balance was that transfer that i had at one time seen in my account and had received notification. it just disappeared. went to see my bank account. and then i saw there's $100 less zealous owned by bank of america and six other banks. it issued a statement saying. we understand that as l network financial institution may have experienced issues processing some of their customers, l transactions which has now been

resolved, many customers tried to contact the bank of america customer service, but say they were unsuccessful. the bank apologized on social media, saying zell transactions made between january 14th and january 17th may be delayed in occurring and posting to accounts transfers will appear in your account as soon as possible. as of three p.m. eastern. they said the problem was resolved but did not give a reason for the disruptions. it's not the first time sell customers have had problems. the app is facing a lawsuit with consumer advocates and lawmakers, citing increasing fraud, a recent report claimed there were nearly 200,000 cases. cases of fraudulent transactions on sell between 2021 2022 involving more than $200 million some customers may face overdraft fees. after yesterday's glitch. there was no immediate word from bank of america on how any fees will be handled andrew like andrea, thank you and a surprise announcement this morning from new zealand prime minister jacinda ardern. she's stepping

down. she became a global icon, but her popularity took a turn last year due to covid restrictions and inflation. she was the world's youngest female leader in 2017 at age 37 gave birth while in office. but she says, now it's time for someone new. but i'm not leaving because it was hard. had that been the case. i probably would have departed two months into the job . i know what this job takes, and i know that i no longer have enough in the tank. to do it. justice she's got one more month on the job, and this morning in france, trains have grounded to a stop and schools along with many busses and businesses. excuse me have shut down because workers have walked off their jobs, their striking over pension reform plan that would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. in sports. another big upset at the australian open 21 year old katie volynets from california is ranked 113th in the world, but she beat ninth ranked veronica cooter mantova

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this is abc7 news. where president biden is planning to visit today. >> a second major mudslide in the east bay forcing ace to stop all trains until at least monday. >> why one nonprofit is urging you not to go into the water after our recent rain. >> tumbling down a hill. the investigation into what happened to this car. >> good morning. thursday, january 19. >> we start with a check of our forecast. >> the dry pattern is underway. less than a quarter of an inch overnight. the storm has pushed off to the south. skies are clearing out. live doppler 7 you dry conditions. we have fog. santa rosa, coming in with a quarter- o