city braces for former president trump's arrival the unprecedented security for his arraignment and what he's saying about the judge in the case, plus new details overnight. in the mara lago documents investigation, the washington post reporting new evidence about potential obstruction. breaking overnight oil prices jumping after a surprise decision by opec to cut production what it could mean for gas prices and how the white house is now responding. happening today. idaho mother lori vallo goes on trial accused of killing her children as part of a cult allegedly claiming they were zombies what we're expecting to see from her attorneys later. another train derailment this time beer is among the cargo spilled the deepest fish ever seen on camera

, 27,000 ft, below the surface and from the historic women's title game. championship. to the inspiring story of this buzzer beater ahead of tonight's men's game. all the college basketball hoopla on tap for tonight's championship showdown. news in new york. this is america this morning. good monday morning, everyone i'm andrew denber. good morning to you. i'm really in an alley. we want to begin with developments in two of the cases against former president trump. the washington post has new reporting overnight about potential obstruction in the mara lago documents case. meanwhile here in new york 35,000 members of the nypd are bracing for trump's arrival ahead of tomorrow's arraignment will be barricaded and other courtrooms will be closed and it's all part of the intense security preparations. abc's morga norwood is at the

courthouse in lower manhattan with more on this morning. good morning. brianna. good morning, the former president expected to arrive here in new york city later today ahead of his arraignment tomorrow, but his legal team is watching a major development in another case. this morning as donald trump prepares for his arraignment in new york. the justice department has reportedly pushing ahead with an obstruction of justice case against the former president related to his handling of classified documents at mar lago, according to the washington post, prosecutors have collected evidence that trump ignored requests from multiple advisors to return the documents to the archives, and trump asked advisers and lawyers to release false statements claiming he had returned all documents. the report comes ahead of trump's arraignment. in a separate case in new york tomorrow, trump will head to the courthouse from its fifth avenue apartment, his movements coordinated by the secret service and the nypd. we're told trump will not be handcuffed and to reduce foot traffic in the area. other courtrooms will be

closed. i've done a million arrangements in that courthouse with with celebrities and whatnot, but this is a whole different thing. the charges are unknown until the indictment is unsealed, but sources say trump faces about two dozen charges, including felonies. a grand jury voted to indict him after the district attorney investigated held trump accounted for hush money paid to porn actress stormy daniels weeks before the 2016 election. trump denies any wrongdoing, and his legal team denies a report that claimed they want the case moved to more conservative staten island. he's someone who's going to be ready for this fight. we're ready for this fight, and i look forward to moving this thing along as quickly as possible to exonerate him, trump is turning his focus to the judge in the case judge one merchant also oversaw last year's tax fraud case against the trump organization. the former president claims merchant hates him and railroaded the company's chief financial officer into pleading guilty. meanwhile bill barr, who served as trump's attorney general, calls the stormy daniels case politically motivated and says

trump should not testify in his own defense. generally, i think it's a bad idea to go on the stand, and i think it's particularly bad idea for trump because he lacks well self control and it would be very difficult to prepare them and keep them. testifying in a prudent fashion, former arkansas governor asa hutchinson is calling on trump to drop out of the 2024 race. hutchinson made the comment while announcing he will also seek the republican nomination for president. i do think that's too much of it sideshow and distraction and he needs to be able to concentrate. on his due process, and there is a presumption of innocence. in our new poll finds 45% of americans think that trump should be charged with the crime in relation to the stormy daniels case, 32% said, no, the others not sure. rhiannon morgan, thank you. for that. we turn now to the rising death toll after severe storms and tornadoes in nearly a dozen states, with more reported last night. the latest round

severe weather dropped hail the size of golf balls in north texas, where tornado warnings were issued in the dallas area. parts of the south have little time to prepare for the next round of storms. with more tornadoes possible tomorrow from dallas to chicago, including little rock, arkansas in the bullseye once again when you see that threat map, it is startling. just where it's going to happen again in the threat area include chicago, much of northern illinois back through kansas city, st louis. you're in there to memphis back through a little hard hit little rock, and these will come at night, making them even more dangerous. this video shows a powerful tornado tearing through little rock over the weekend before and after satellite images show where the twister carved its path of destruction. freaking war zone. at least 59. tornadoes tore across 11 states on friday and saturday, killing at least 32 people in illinois, friends and family gathered to honor frederick livingston junior. he

died after the roof of this theater collapsed during a concert. raise me. so that was two years old people remain in critical condition. meanwhile on the east coast, one person was killed in delaware after a tornado destroyed this home in new jersey. this doorbell camera captured one of four twisters to hit the state. i was traumatized , petrified. i don't know what to expect. and in new york, this dazzling lightning show over manhattan. there's a blizzard warning in parts of nebraska, the dakotas and minnesota as well. we'll check your forecast in just a few minutes. explosion in st petersburg, russia has claimed the life of a well known military blogger who supported the word war in ukraine. the blast ripped through this cafe where he was giving a public talk. witnesses say woman gave him a small figurine there was apparently packed with explosives more than 30. other people were injured. the logger

was known for his pro war propaganda, but he also criticized russian military failures. no one has claimed responsibility for the explosion , but ukraine and russia are blaming each other oil prices have been rising overnight after a surprise decision by opec to cut production that could mean higher gas prices are on the way . opec plus, which includes saudi arabia and russia, is slashing production. by more than a million barrels per day until the end of the year. saudi officials say the cut is to stabilize the market. gas prices have already been rising at the pump up 13 cents in the last month. the white house is pushing back on the opec cuts, saying, we don't think cuts are advisable at this moment. given market uncertainty. oil prices fell last month during the chaos in the banking industry, but now after the cuts by opec analysts say we could see $100 a barrel by next year. today the idaho moth goes on trial. lori val oh was allegedly part of a doomsday religious cult and believed some members of her family had quote dark spirits. this morning in idaho. jury

selection begins in the trial that will determine if lori valued abel killed her two children, seven year old jj in 17 year old tiley. a separate trial will also be held for her husband, chad gable, also accused in their murders. they're also both charged in the death of day bells, late wife what we can expect to see, at least from the defense is some sort of effort to make laurie avello day bill look like she's insane that she's suffering from delusions. she's suffering from mental illness. the grandparents of values children reported them missing in 2019 after val oh, privately married dabble in hawaii enjoined his religious group. can you tell me where your kids are? chan laurie divorce papers valid husband said. laurie believed she was a godlike figure who called the children zombies and said she was sent to usher in the apocalypse ever since she's been involved in this doomsday cult. that is not the same laurie that

we knew for 13 years after nine months of searching, the children were found in a shallow grave on their stepfather's property, prosecutors say while carrying out their doomsday plot . laurie and chad also planned to collect his late wife's life insurance money. if lori is convicted, we'd expect the maximum possible penalty that the court can give, which would be life in prison without parole while pleading not guilty values defense team has insisted she has an alibi. the trial could take up to three months. a judge did take the death penalty off the table for val. oh. she also faces charges in arizona in the death of her ex husband, charles. valid time now for a look at your monday weather. good morning, a cold start to the week across the southwest from the four corners to california record lows will be challenged early this week now. meantime the energy from that storm will move east this week. from tuesday into wednesday. we're going to see a blizzard of

the northern plains and upper midwest and a severe weather outbreak across the texas coast all the way to the great lakes. look at tuesday's severe weather outlook. it looks like last friday's st louis chicago, little rock, tornadoes are likely accuweather meteorologist kevin costner in. teenager who's seven, ft four pulls off a stunning basketball movement. first we come back what could be to blame for this deadly hot air balloon disaster , flames engulfing the basket and the parents of one of the idaho college students murdered last year break their silence amid a potential ♪ we're here to dominate. ♪ i want so much for you. ♪ how 'bout that? this is the way. ♪ this is the way. i inrder are connected. whatever they said we said, we said it.

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near mexico city. a husband and wife were killed in their daughter was badly injured. it's unclear of any pilot was on board, but local reports say the fire could be linked to the balloons fuel storage system. a major development now in the death of stephen smith, south carolina teenager linked to the family of convicted killer alex murdoch. an attorney for smith's family confirms his body has been exhumed for a second autopsy. smith's death in 2015 was initially called a hit and run but now is being investigated as a homicide after coming under new scrutiny during the murdoch trial, police reportedly identified two persons of interest. murdoch's surviving son, buster went to school with smith but denies any involvement. and now to the case. of those four college students murdered in idaho. there has been a snag for prosecutors concerning a key piece of evidence. meanwhile the parents of one of the victims are now breaking their silence. here's a b cs derek dennis. this morning of field of yellow and white tulips planted and now blooming in memory of ethan chap in the university of idaho

student murdered along with three other classmates. i love to hug him anything to just be able to hug him. just always make sure you was killed last november in a shared off campus house, along with his girlfriend, zanna, corn, adele and her roommates, caylee, gonzalves and madison, ogan, allegedly by suspect brian cold burger. tulip valley farms where ethan worked is a source of hope for his parents who have now started a foundation. ethan smile, even smile. been right now. 80,000 bulbs, sold pins and the other victims. families are awaiting cold burgers trial as prosecutors face a potential problem with a key piece of evidence at first, investigators reportedly could not find dna on the knife sheath found near the bodies, according to news nation co. burgers. dna was found on the knife sheath. after police sent it out of state for testing because labs and idaho did not have certain technology. legal experts say it could work in the

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