now. on america this morning, the race for 2024 president biden set to announce his run for reelection and now the race, opieety prosecutors areew oohe new evidence that reportedly came to light developing story gold heist at the airport in toronto authorities are saying about the brazen theft in utah mothers who left a controversial church known for polygamy plead with police to help find their missing children. but the question this morning are the kids really missing, plus the wrestling match that ended with a sucker punch? how the teen's mother is responding. and later why more people are feeling blue

during cocktail hour. from ab news in new york. this is america this morning. good friday morning, everyone. i'm andrew denberg, rian and ali. good morning to you. we begin with the race for 2024 heating up. we've learned president biden is set to announce his campaign for reelection. he faces real headwinds with low approval numbers and questions about his age, one poll found. 68% of voters say biden is too old for another term, but he's not the only one announcing his campaign for 2024. abc is lindsey watts is here to explain with more lindsay. good morning. good morning, rhiannon. we are seeing new moves in the race for president as more candidates throw their hats in the ring first, as you mentioned, president biden is expected to make his formal announcement as soon as tuesday after weeks of hinting at his reelection bid. it comes even though biden is seeing some of the lowest approval ratings of his presidency. one recent poll found only 39% of americans

approve of the job he's doing as president that's down from 42% last month. many voters voicing concern about the economy, including inflation, and looking forward. biden's age could also be a factor. he would be 82 at the start of his second term. robert f. kennedy jr and author marianne williamson have already announced they'll challenge biden for the democratic nomination. meanwhile a new candidate on the republican side conservative radio host larry elder, who unsuccessfully ran for governor of california, he threw his hat into the ring. last night. he joins former president trump and former south carolina governor nikki he haley , who already announced they are running. florida governor rhonda santis is also expected to enter the race, and south carolina senator tim scott has taken steps towards a possible run, rhiannon all right, lindsay. thank you. by the way, my pillow ceo michael dell is paying up for false claims about the 2020 election. he promised to pay $5 million to anyone who proved his election data wrong. and now an

arbitration panel says he must pay a man who debunked his claims. otherwise the panel says lindell is in breach of contract or violent weather is on the move across the south. fast moving tornado hit tyler, texas last night. that's about 100 miles east of dallas. minor damages reported but no injuries. it follows wednesday's outbreak across oklahoma, kansas and iowa, eight of the 15 reported tornadoes hit oklahoma , killing three people will check today's forecast in just a few moments oversees the pentagon is moving troops into position in case the u. s. embassy in sudan needs to be evacuated. at least one american is among more than 600 people killed during a week of heavy fighting. two sudanese generals are battling for control of the country. but there's word this morning of a possible ceasefire in the works. now to the charges being dropped against alec baldwin in that deadly shooting on the set of his movie rust. we're now learning what's behind the sudden move by prosecutors. this morning. prosecutors are revealing they have new evidence

in the deadly movie set shooting involving alec baldwin. as a result, they say they are dropping the charge of involuntary manslaughter against baldwin. special prosecutors who were appointed clearly don't believe that there's enough evidence to move forward with the trial against alec baldwin. baldwin was set to stay in trial for the shooting of cinematographer helena hutchins on the set of rust. but in a statement last night, prosecutors said new facts were discovered over the last few days, less than two weeks before the trial was set to begin. prosecutors did not disclose the new evidence. but the los angeles times reports prosecutors recently discovered the prop gun had been modified, increasing the odds that the gun might have misfired. two special prosecutors were appointed in the case last month after the previous special prosecutor resigned. no, no, no, no, no. i would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them. never baldwin has denied pulling the trigger, insisting it went off accidentally.

experts say a modified trigger could have caused the prop gun misfire, but it does not explain how a live bullet got on set. in the armor. i was the film's armorer. hannah gutierrez read was also charged with involuntary manslaughter and pleaded not guilty. her pretrial hearing is scheduled next month , her attorney, saying. the truth about what happened will come out, adding, we fully expect hannah to also be exonerated. in the meantime, the movie has resumed shooting in montana baldwin seen arriving in these photos obtained by daily mail .com. although charges against baldwin have been dropped, prosecutors say the charges could still be refiled. after further investigation. north carolina man accused of shooting four of his neighbors, including a six year old because of basketball rolled into his yard has now surrendered to police. prosecutors say. robert singletary fled to florida after the shooting tuesday. the youngest victim was left with one question. why did she shoot my daddy and me? daddy kid dad.

the little girl needed stitches on her face after being hit by bullet fragments. her father was hit in the back. the suspect, meanwhile, has a history of violence. major new lawsuit claims that california police department has shown a pattern of racism. it comes as a similar scandal unfolds in oklahoma with similar evidence. here's a b c's injury, a fuji this morning, a city in northern california faces a federal lawsuit its police department accused of racist and homophobic behavior, this community prices and more afraid of the police than than the gangsters and criminals that when in their communities because these were criminals. the lawsuit brought by alleged victims of the antioch police department claims civil rights violations have been harassed and targeted and railroaded, but antiochus police department for over 10 years the suit is based on findings from a state and federal investigation into the department, which found emails

and text messages allegedly showing a pattern of racist behavior. one text reading, we just ran down a monkey and another said, i sometimes just say people gave a full confession when they didn't get filed easier. the d a name 17 police officers involved but says there could be up to 45 nearly half the department. were supervisors, sergeants and lieutenants who are part of the text mail less. and unfortunately they the ones who were supposed to call into question than to prevent this from happening, but they did not. meanwhile another law enforcement agency is being investigated for racist comments this one in oklahoma because of this recording of four officials and mccarten county during a meeting. what does that when alan marshall take a black that through the sale, i'd run sure, it's not like at four also apparently discussed hiring hitmen to kill reporters. a

county commissioner has now resigned. a sheriff into others are suspended. the department is also now facing a wrongful death lawsuit. sheriff's office claims the recordings may have been altered. local and state officials are investigating. as for the case in antioch, california, the officers have not been charged with a crime. local lawmakers want the department of justice to investigate. andrew rhiannon, andrea thank you time now for a look at your friday weather. good morning, a stormy day plan from the gulf coast to the tennessee valley, houston to nashville, flooding, downpours, large hail and damaging winds. meantime, here in the northeast, we have some pretty warm temperatures out there on d c could see 90 degrees 72 in new york much cooler on the new england coast and some thunderstorms in the ohio valley. the weekend will bring in advancing storm system toward the east coast. a few of those storms could be strong. meantime warm in california this weekend

. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin costner in. poison plot involving a cheesecake landing one woman in prison fng story, a gold heist at the toronto airport, why authorities are describing the brazen theft as very rare. and why the spectacular failure of that elon musk rocket yesterday is being calle i was injured in a car crash. i had no idea how much my case was worth. i called the barnes firm.

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start your day. good morning, america. bring your friends. we're back with the last second escape. in west texas, a truck driver ran to safety moments before a train smashed into the vehicle. it happened minutes after the truck was involved in a deadly crash with a mini man. a developing story now north of the border. a gold heist described as very rare has police in canada baffled someone

grabbed about $15 million worth of these. these are gold bars and other valuables from a holding container at toronto's airport. the items arrived by plane on monday, and they were gone within a few hours. authorities say there wasn't anything unusual about the handling of the shipment. until it vanished. container contained high value shipment. it did contain gold but was not exclusive to go out and contain other. items and monetary value. authorities say they aren't even sure that the valuables are still in the country to failure be deemed a success. well, according to elon, musk and space company it was yesterday just before a massive explosion over the gulf of mexico. most powerful rocket in the world lifted off, causing the ground to shake for miles and debris to crash down onto this van in the launch zone, but after a successful liftoff with £10 million of rocket fuel, the unmanned starship suddenly exploded. spacex says

destructed the rocket because some of the boosters were not firing. this is their first integrated test flight. it won't be their last. um and they're going to take what they learned from here and, um go from there and figure out what they do next. spacex boss elon musk wants to launch starship into earth's orbit with the eventual goal of taking humans back and forth to the moon and even mars . it's designed to eventually carry 100 passengers and to carry 100 tons of cargo for just $50 million. compare that to the old nasa space shuttles, which cost $1.5 billion to lift only a quarter of that weight, not nearly as far this rocket can launch so much more payload into space. for example, uh, they will launch a huge number of satellites, making it cheaper to launch satellites could improve life here on earth with everything from more accurate

weather forecasts to better navigation systems, but it won't be easy must put the odds of reaching orbit yesterday at 50 50, saying just clearing the launchpad would be a win, president kennedy said 60 years ago. we go to the moon, not because it's easy. we go because it's hard space is hard. and so any time you're going to fly in that very hostile environment, it's going to be difficult. the debris fell into the gulf of mexico. spacex will work with authorities to recovery. okay failure, i guess of sorts, but it's hard. i mean, it's literally rocket science. it's new technology, so we'll see what they do next coming up the wrestling match that ended with a sucker punch also ahead mothers who left a controversial church known for polygamy plead with police to help find their missing children. (nicole) cats want taste. you want healthy ingredients. let's talk blue tastefuls. (jeremy) luca tends to like food with ingredients that i'm not crazy about.

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since the children likely returned to the compound voluntarily wanted all the children, especially to be consecrated back to the church, warren jeffs, allegedly made of revelation from prison last august, claiming that young members of the faith before ente so called celestial kingdom. now some of the mothers believe that proclamation could suggest plans to harm the kids. this is a real threat to my children, but because i haven't proved that he will do it, then they can't do anything. utah's attorney general says the state is investigating. but right now many of the missing kids are considered runaways, not kidnapping victims shocking end to a high school wrestling match near chicago. one wrestler had just won the match and was trying to shake hands when his opponent sucker punched him in the face, the victim and his mother now speaking out. obviously felt the sting of my face. i kind of like, drew a blank didn't really know exactly what happened until i was on the

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