this morning, a major health care fraud bust federal agents uncovering thousands of fraudulent nursing school diplomas sold for millions of dollars. so who got them? and where are they working now? new fallout after a first grade teacher was shot by her six year old student what the teacher is now claiming about the missed warning signs and what's happening now to the school superintendent. a major new question about jorge santos, the congressman who fabricated his past. the man santos claims is a key staff member in charge of finances now denies working for him. the debate over facial recognition takes a new turn. it is very dystopian. it is very of

1984 ish venues, like sports stadiums be allowed to use the technology to ban certain people from events later, the lawsuit involving the hit tv show better call, saul. and part in the interruption, the food delivery man who refused to let a college basketball game get in the way of his delivery. fro in new york. this is america this morning. good morning, everyone. i'm andrew denber, elizabeth halsey infirmary and we begin with breaking news. another wave of missile and drone attacks rocking ukraine this morning, at least six explosions were heard in one city about 150 miles southwest of kiev, a local official said an air battle was raging over the city and the mayor of kiev, reports several explosions in the capital. he says 15 cruise missiles were shot down. but at least one person was killed outside the city. the attacks come just one day after germany and the united states announced

they'll be sending advanced battle tanks of the war zone to help the ukrainians back in tis country. federal agents have announced a major fraud bust in the healthcare industry. the target wasn't phony medical bills or procedures. instead it was the nurses who turned out to be frauds. this morning. authorities arewarning healthcare facilities nationwide after uncovering a scheme that sold thousands of fake diplomas to people working as nurses. when we talk about the nurses, education and credentials shortcut is not a word. we want to use the operation. dubbed operation nightingale uncovered three nursing schools based in south florida, which investigators say sold more than 7600 fraudulent diplomas for about $15,000 apiece. we're looking around at $114 million paid for these documents, the local district attorney says. in some cases, students would use the fake diplomas to obtain nursing jobs in other states without proper training. when we entrust the life of an elderly parent to the staff of an

assisted living or skilled nurse facility. the last thing we want to learn is that the nurses administering the medications the ones charged with carrying out doctor's order. shortcuts on their clinical training. authorities charged 25 people in the scheme across multiple states, including florida, new york, new jersey, texas and delaware. agents say they have identified several facilities where people may currently be working as licensed nurses after obtaining their jobs illegally. investigators are now working with licensing boards in each state to make sure anyone who got a fraudulent diploma no longer provides care to date. we have not learned of, nor uncovered any evidence of patient harm stemming from these individuals, potentially providing services to patients, 25 suspects, face fraud and conspiracy charges. three schools have been shut down. now to virginia and the new fallout from the shooting of a first grade teacher by her six year old student, the school superintendent is now out of a job after reports the school was

warned multiple times about the shooter. sometimes it's just time for new leadership overnight. newport's news is school superintendent out of a job after a six year old student shot first grade teacher abby's werner and one of his schools earlier this month in the middle of this storm is a six year old little boy. i don't know what was in his head. he took a gun to school, and he shot his teacher. the board, citing concerns over a string of recent campus shootings, and parents outraged over what they call a pattern of inaction, teachers in the school and admin and staff telling these stories, and nobody did anything about it. it's horrible outrage amplified by allegations made by his werner's lawyer. accusing the school of missing or ignoring several red flags. the day of the shooting three times. school administration was warned by concerned teachers and employees

that the boy had a gun on him at the school, according to her attorney after his warner first reported the boy was making threats. another teacher was tipped off about the boy having a gun, but a search of his backpack came up empty. the administrator downplayed the report from the teacher and the possibility of a gun saying, and i quote well, he has little pockets. werner also claims just minutes before the boy pulled the trigger. school officials refused to request to pat the armed student down, saying teachers should wait the situation out because the school day was almost over. warner is preparing to sue the school district asked for the superintendent who has been fired, now received two years of his $250,000 salary in monterey park, california last night, vice president kamala harris placed flowers at the memorial for the victims of saturday night's dancehall shooting. she called on lawmakers to do more to address gun violence. as for the investigation, police have revealed the suspect apparently

left a getaway motorcycle near the scene. they're still trying to determine a motive for the attack. they say the suspect was not romantically linked to any of the victims. past presidents and vice presidents may soon be asked to search their homes for classified documents. the national archives is reportedly considering making the request after classified files were found at the homes of former president trump president biden and most recently, former vice president mike pence. meanwhile the senate intelligence committee is threatening to stall all business in the senate until the biden administration gives them access to the records that have been seized from the biden and trump homes. new questions are being raised about congressman jorge santos and the lies he told before his election. we're now learning that the person he listed as his treasurer denies ever working for santos. abc is justin finch is now here with the latest justin. good morning. good morning, andrew. and more questions and answers stemming from the santos campaigns amended financial disclosures, which appeared to more complicated than clarify how he and his campaign earned money.

all this calls grow on both sides of the aisle and in santos , his own district for him to resign. new york freshman representative jorge santos, closing the door on campaign financing questions. i have no clue what you're talking about. man campaign disclosures filed tuesday suggests at least $625,000 santos. marta's self funded may not be after all now , one march 2022 long for 500,000 and another last october for 125,000 are no longer marked as personal funds from the candidate. and because the revised filings omit the loans, sourcing interest rates and due dates, experts say santos could face campaign finance violations , adding to questions that santos campaigns name treasurer thomas that wyler is denying any involvement, his lawyer telling abc news. the records were signed under debt. wyler's name without his consent, which experts say is illegal. jorge

santos does not deserve to serve as dogcatcher. let member of the united states. congress back in santos is new york district, a new bill called the george package announced it would require a future political candidates undergo background checks and would make lying about income, employment and education, as santos has admitted to doing a misdemeanor amid increasing bipartisan calls for santos to resign. house speaker kevin mccarthy says santos is future depends on what the ethics committee finds some way when we go through ethics that he has broken the law or, you know, then we will remove him. and as for stepping down, santos has said he will only do so what his constituents vote him out. elizabeth justin, thanks one of the most notorious colombian drug lords since pablo escobar is facing at least 20 years in a us prison. the man known as atonal, pleaded guilty in the new york courtroom yesterday. he admits smuggling

tons of cocaine worth billions of dollars into the u. s and waging war on law enforcement and civilians turning to the weather. now, experts say, the tornado that ripped through the houston area tuesday was packing 140 mile per hour winds and it was on the ground for 18 miles. the storm system spawned at least 20 reported tornadoes across three states and caused thousands of power outages. but no major injuries were reported . one couple near the texas louisiana border, though, had to seek shelter in a flooded ditch . they jumped in with their dogs, and everyone is okay. that same storm system hit the northeast with snow and rain. so with that, let's check your thursday forecast. another windy day on tap in southern california, the senate and a windsor at it again down trees, power lines could see some dangerous crosswinds from motorists to be safe out there. meantime here in the northeast, it's going to be a snowy day in northern new england and a windy one of the northeastern corridor. don't be surprised to

see some airport delays in the big airports for the rest of the day. meantime this weekend, snowy and cold in the north, more storms in the gulf coast and kind of warm in florida. accuweather meteorologist kevin costner. the office, the percentage of americans disgruntled at work, but first the debate over using facial recognition to ban certain people from places like sports stadiums and later. better call saul better call a lawyer, a new lawsuit involving the hit tv show and how the show

- [crowd] touchdown! - did you see that? - whoa, whoa, we scored? - yeah we scored, we're going to the playoffs. - i can't believe i missed that. (bell dings) every time i'm buzzed i spend too much time on my phone. - what? i should take your phone away. - no, no, no, i'll call for a ride. - hey, why does my face look like that? - (laughing) i'm playing with these new face filters. - okay you know what? that's mine. - [buzzed guy] i'm gonna need that back. - [kevin] nope. - [buzzed guy] kevin. amazing story this morning on g m a back now, with video of a man shooting a rifle at a police helicopter in michigan. the shots missed the chopper. but police say officers and the suspect later exchanged gunfire

and the suspect was killed. the department of transportation is now investigating the holiday travel meltdown at southwest airlines. thousands of flights were canceled, stranding millions of travelers. the d o t says the airline likely engaged in unrealistic flight scheduling , we turn now to the debate over facial recognition technology is now being used to ban people from certain places like sports arenas. privacy advocates are crying foul. this morning, the owner of two of the most famous venues in new york is under scrutiny for using facial recognition technology to deny entry to certain people. new york attorney general leticia james has sent a letter to msg entertainment, owner of madison square garden and radio city music hall requesting information about its use of the technology. your ticket is not valid multiple lawyers who are already involved in litigation against msg say the company used facial recognition to bar them from events. larry hutcherson is his next season tickets were river vocs last year after msg removed his colleague from a

game at madison square garden at the time hunters law firm represented ticket resellers who were suing msg. there is no rational legal, moral or. any explanation that you could give that would justify the action that madison square garden has taken. kelly conlon says she tried to attend a rocket show around the holidays. but she says the venue scanned her facer her firm happened to be working a case against one of msg restaurants. james writing msg entertainment cannot fight their legal battles in their own arenas, representative for msg said the policy does not unlawfully prohibit anyone from entering our venues. we are merely excluding a small percentage of lawyers. only during active litigation, but the practice is raising ethical and legal questions with potential ripple effects. far beyond new york. it is very dystopian. it is very 1984 ish. how far is this technology going to go? that people are going to

be able to use this type of technology to take action. that is clearly not what it was originally intended. it's frightening. the attorney general is asking msg to respond by february 13th and explain how it's complying with anti discrimination laws as more people head back to the office after the pandemic, a new survey finds americans have become more disgruntled at work. only 32% say they're actively engaged at the office. 18% went one step further saying they're actively disengaged or disloyal. younger employees felt the most disconnected. must love working from home would suppose alright, coming up a development in the rust shooting investigation with the assistant director is saying and could jeopardize the case against alec baldwin, plus the historic 11 hour surgery to separate these conjoined twins. separate these conjoined twins. we'll hear from the overjoyed come here! you know why people are always looking at their phones? they're banking, with bank of america. see cousin jimmy over there?

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death of cinematographer helena hutchins on the set of rust in a deposition obtained by variety magazine assistant director david halls, claims it was armor hannah gutierrez read who handed the gun to alec baldwin and said it was a cold gun. but others have claimed it was halls did that always took a plea deal and could testify against gutierrez read and baldwin. if they go to trial on involuntary manslaughter charges, we turn now to the historic surgery to save the lives of three month old conjoined twins in texas. we're hearing from the doctors and the overjoyed parents. here's a b cs andrea fuji. history in texas after conjoined twins were separated in a rare and complicated 11 hour long surgery, two babies two separate fish. it parents have been waiting for since jamie lynn and amy lynn were born in october, conjoined from the lower chest to their belly buttons, sharing multiple organs, including the liver.

this was a village to make this happen. the family had a team behind them dedicated to helping long before the twins were born, practicing on these dolls before surgery day. and after hours in the operating room. after the celebratory hugs and tears, mom and dad got to see them in their own cribs for the first time. money is here, 20,000 said. mommy's here and i told them they came back. they'll come back to me. they did. it's estimated that only 5 to 8 conjoined twins worldwide survived the first few days after birth in its 105 year history. this was the first separation at cook children's medical and fort worth. they're going to grow up into the little girls that they're supposed to be independent and feisty, like they already shown us as doctors monitor their healing. the girls have yet to be held by their parents, who say they're eager to hug them on their own. i feel like it's all downhill from here. you know, we went through

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