earning of vacuity as a massive fire burns at this recycling plant in indiana, the chemicals burning and why one official calls it the worst case scenario. a major new push toward electric vehicles. the biden administration unveiling strict new pollution rules today , but our car makers and car buyers ready police released body camera video showing officers running into the line of fire during that bank rampage and kentucky and now the shooter's family breaks their silence about what they described as his mental health challenges, plus an emotional plea from the doctor who treated the victims. what he's saying about the toll gun violence is taking on the community. former president trump in a new

interview what he's vowing to do if he's convicted before next year's election, and today a major new step by another potential candidate for the white house. triumphant return actor jeremy renner. months after the snowplow accident that nearly killed him returns to the red carpet in l. a walking hand in hand with his daughter, his message about resilience and families. and later job insecurity for yours truly tv anchors generated by artificial intelligence now spreading the news. from abc news in this is america this morning. good wednesday morning, everyone . i'm andrew timber. good morning. i'm maria and ali. we want to begin with a developing story from the midwest. thousands of people evacuated due to a massive fire. the fire is burning this hour at a recycling plant in indiana. people reported seeing the smoke some 35 miles away, and last night, authorities revealed what's burning. here's a b cs lionel maui's this morning,

officials call it a worst case scenario. plumes of black smoke from a fire at this recycling plant in richmond, indiana, near the ohio border. there was a semi trailer at the rear of the structure. that was fully involved. it was full of plastics. the semi trailer had plastics piled up against it. and then there was piles of plastic all around that fire quickly spreading with the wind. it jumped to another plastics pile, the national weather service releasing satellite images showing the smoke from above and everything else flying over at one point more than 2000. residents were told to evacuate shelter down windows shut a c units off and everything outside the evacuation zone who could see the smoke rising in the air urged to shelter in place. the facility processes recyclables, including plastics, which led to concerns about air safety from chemicals released when plastics

burn the smoke is definitely toxic. the epa and indiana department of environmental management coming in to test the air quality as fire crews overnight, brought in heavy machinery to help get around those semis and piles of plastic blocking their access. probably going to be here at least 2 to 3 days. with the melted plastic officials say that fire could burn for days the mayor is reminding people busses are available to take people to shelters. brandon injured lionel thank you for that. not a washington and a major announcement today, affecting the future of the auto industry . the biden administration is proposing strict new pollution rules that could dramatically ramp up the transition to electric vehicles. the big question are the car companies and the car buyers really ready for this? abc them win is here with more i'm good morning. good morning, rhiannon. the biden administration is looking to ramp up production of electric vehicles. the epa today is expected to propose strict new limits on car pollution. the

goal of the new rules is to ensure that 54% of new cars sold in the u. s by 2030 are electric . the auto industry has already pledged to make electric vehicles 50% of new car sales by that same year. but they have a long way to go less than 6% of vehicles sold last year in the us where electric and experts say in the end, this is just a proposal by the biden administration, not necessarily a requirement. they are assumptions built into models rather than hard requirements. but cafe is designed to be a bit of an elastic band, and it's designed purposefully to stretch to the consumer demands of consumers preserved prefer larger cars than the cafe targets and the fuel efficiency targets come down accordingly. convincing consumers won't be easy and new poll shows only four in 10 americans or even considering an electric cars there. next vehicle. many are turned off by the sticker price . but walmart is preparing for the future. the company just

announced it's adding electric charging stations to thousands of its locations nationwide, ran in and thank you for the update. your details overnight about the shooting rampage at a louisville bank, hours after the police body camera video was released, showing officers running into the line of fire the shooter's families breaking their silence , acknowledging he had mental health challenges. this morning, a memorial is growing outside the old national bank in louisville. flowers and notes honoring the victims of monday's shooting gunman killing five bank employees, injuring eight others opening fire on a conference room while live streaming on instagram. this newly released police body camera video shows two responding police officers,% rookie officer nicholas wilt and his training officer corey galloway, take fires. the gunman ambushes them from the banks lobby shooting through the windows. officer wilt, sworn in less than two weeks ago, was listed in critical condition after getting shot in the head officer. galloway was grazed by

a bullet before returning fire, killing the 25 year old shooter. they did absolutely exactly what they needed to do to save lives , police say. the shooter, a bank employee, who sources say was about to get fired from his job used an a r 15 he bought days earlier his family overnight, saying there were never any warning signs or indications he was capable of this shocking act. meanwhile a doctor at the hospital treating the victims spoke out about gun violence, just as a new survey was released, showing one in five americans say they've been personally threatened with a gun. i'll be honest. caring for three shooting victims. plus the other that came in. is not an frequent day for us. there's only so many times you can walk into a room and tell someone they're not coming home tomorrow. and it just breaks your heart. when you hear someone screaming, mommy or daddy. it just becomes too hard day in and day out to be able to

do that. i'm a doctor. i don't know what the answers are. but everyone who helps make policy both at state city, federal i would simply ask you to do something. because doing nothing , which is what we've been doing is not working. we have to do something the weapon used in the louisville attack will eventually be auctioned off. that's because kentucky law bans authorities from destroying seized guns. they must be sold to a federally licensed dealer, even guns used in deadly attacks. think about that. that murder weapon will be back on the streets one day. under kentucky's current law. louisville's mayor wants state lawmakers to give local municipalities the power to address the issue. back to that statement from the shooter's family, they said, quote. like many of his contemporaries, he had mental health challenges, which they say they were actively addressing but did not elaborate. defense secretary lloyd austin is vowing to find

the source of that massive leak of classified military intelligence. one of the documents that was leaked reportedly indicates that egypt , which has received billions of dollars in u. s aid, was secretly planning to supply russia with weapons. egypt is denying it. one and assessment in the documents reportedly predicts ukraine will fall short in its counter offensive against russia. the pentagon is still trying to determine the extent of the documents leaked. there were somewhere in the in the web and where, exactly and who had access at that point? we don't know. we simply don't know at this point. c i, a director william burns called the leak deeply unfortunate, he said the u. s needs to tighten procedures. republican senator tim scott of south carolina, is set to launch an exploratory committee for a potential 2024 presidential run. sources say. scott will make the announcement this morning. former south carolina governor nikki haley is already in the race. her campaign took a swipe at former president trump saying while

trump was in court, haley was proposing an immigration plan. former president trump says his legal issues will not force him to quit the race. he told fox news last night that he would never drop out. he also claimed that court employees in manhattan cried over his indictment. when i went to the courthouse, which is also a prison in a sense. they signed me in and i'll tell you people were crying people that work there. professionally worked there that have no problems putting in murderers and they see everybody. they were crying , actually crying. they said. i'm sorry. they'd say 2024 2024. and tears are pouring down there is trump was interviewed by tucker carlson, whose personal messages criticizing trump were revealed aspart of a lawsuit about false election fraud. claims time now for a look at your wednesday weather. you got dry conditions in

southern new jersey, which are fueling this wildfire that's grown to at least 2500 acres, forcing the evacuation of 170 homes and other buildings. the fire was only 10% contained overnight looking at the radar, though rain is expected today along the gulf coast and in florida, and the northern rockies could see two ft of snow checking today's high temperatures record warm from the midwest, getting into the eighties in the northeast as well, but only in the fifties for the northwest. find of a lifetime on facebook% marketplace, the old chair that's a real treasure. but first we're learning more about the explosion at this chocolate factory that left seven people dead. and why lori valued able, the idaho mother accused of killing her two kids for a religious cult

announcement. what will it be this week on g m a. a new lawsuit claims officials at this pennsylvania chocolate factory ignored warnings about a natural gas smell before a deadly explosion. last month. seven people died in the blast that the r. m. palmer company one victim's family has filed a wrongful death suit, claiming the explosion was predictable and preventable. we turn now to the trial of lori val oh, charged along with her husband, chad gable, with killing her children after joining a religious cult. a detective took the stand describing how the missing kids were finally found. this morning, haunting testimony in the trial of lori val. oh the idaho mother and her husband, chad gable, are accused of killing her two children as part of a doomsday religious cult, allegedly claiming the kids were zombies. we had to say turns digging because the smell was so bad on the stand yesterday, a detective described in gut wrenching detail how police

found the remains of values children jj and tiley on chad's property, the detectives saying his instincts kicked then, after seeing three large rocks on top of wood paneling, then finding jj's body in a shallow grave under a tree. i saw a little boy in red pajamas. he had a white plastic bag around his head, several layers of duct tape from his chin to his forehead area. he had a white and blue child's blanket placed on top of him. the detective also described the condition of tile ease remains buried not far from jj put in a green bucket. um the bucket had melted, so it was kind of this formed. reporters in the courtroom say at least one juror cried and jj's grandfather doubled over in sobs during the testimony. they say lori did not look at pictures of the scene or autopsies. earlier she asked the

judge if she could leave the courtroom due to the graphic evidence, but the judge denied her request. court was adjourned just as the defense begin questioning the detective cross examination resumes this morning. lori and chad gable are also charged in the death of chad's ex wife. both have pleaded not guilty. the postal service wants to raise stamp prices again. it's proposing a three cent increase to 66 cents . the last price hike just took effect in january. of this new increases, approved stamp prices will have jumped by more than 30% since 2019. coming up arnold schwarzenegger on pothole patrol will show you what he was up to head the robotic dog joining the nation's largest police force.

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