guardians of the galaxy volume three only. peters, may 5th. right now on ariaking their cas, president biden and vice president harris make their first appearances since announcing their run for reelection. their message to voters as their party faces criticism, accused of shutting out other potential candidates and not planning any primary debates. meanwhile, for the republican frontrunner, donald trump, it's day two of a civil rape trial. what we're learning about the claims made by author e! jean carroll. first images. justin from severe weather in the south. a reported tornado in texas while areas of the midwest braced for the worst flooding in decades. huge biological risk. that warning from the world health organization after fighters seize a biomedical lab in sudan. what officials are now saying about the fragile us

brokered cease fire. lori vallow sister testifies the emotional testimony and jailhouse phone call played at the trial of the idaho mother charged with killing her kids for a doomsday cult. plus, dangerous dose, the new warning about sleep aid gummies containing melatonin and cbd. and later, the bombshell revelationt the o the set ofhouse. everywhere you look and the heart is a heart in the hold on. to from abc new york. this is america this morning. good wednesday morning, everyone. i'm andrew denver. thanks for joining us. i'm ryan and ali. we begin with president biden and vice president harris rallying voters just hours after announcing they are running for reelection. but this morning, critics, including some democrats, claim the party is shutting out other potential candidates not even planning a single primary debate. meanwhile

the republican frontrunner, donald trump, is facing new legal woes as we hear testimony in the civil rape case brought by author e! jean carroll, who claims trump assaulted her in a department store dressing room today is day two of that trial, but we begin with biden and harris. abc's linsey watts has the latest from washington. lindsey good morning. good morning, andrew. democrats here in washington appear to be lining up behind biden, but critics are critics are asking if the democratic party is being undemocratic by shutting out potential challengers for more here or more here. union workers cheering president biden and his first appearance since announcing his reelection campaign. his campaign video warning that democracy is at stake and touting his record on jobs and infrastructure. vice president kamala harris last night also addressing what promises to be a key issue in the campaign on abortion rights. we are living, i do believe, in a moment in time where so many of our hard won freedoms are

under attack. most democrats have been quick to lend support to the biden-harris ticket. senator bernie sanders saying, i'm in to do what i can to make sure that the president is reelected. but some are less enthusiastic, including senator joe manchin, who's left. many wondering if he'll launch his own campaign. whatever announcements i'm going to be made won't be done in december. right now, only two democrats, marianne williamson and robert f kennedy jr are running against biden. but the democratic national committee has said it's not planning any debates. even as a new poll shows most democrats want someone other than biden. one critic within the party tweeting the dnc refusing to hold a single primary debate is under attack and robs the voters of choice. it is almost inconceivable that biden would even think of running for reelection. former president trump considered the republican frontrunner, responded yesterday, attacking biden on everything from crime to the border to foreign policy.

russia is teaming up with china, iran is days away from a nuclear bomb, not even thinkable. ukraine has been devastated by an invasion that would never, ever have happened if i was president. meanwhile, trump is facing another legal battle, this time a civil rape case. during day one of the trial yesterday, lawyers for author e jean carroll claimed trump asked carroll for help choosing a gift inside a new york department store back in 1996. and then lunged at her in a dressing room . it was against my will and it hurt, and it was a fight. trump's attorney called carroll's lawsuit an affront to justice, saying she's doing it for money for political reasons and for status, and claiming carroll doesn't even know the date of the alleged encounter. and two women are expected to testify that he attack after it happened. that trial expected

to last about a week. andrew lindsey, thank you. breaking overnight, severe storms hitting texas. a possible tornado destroyed a convenience store in dickens county about 275 miles west of dallas. power lines were also down, but no injuries were reported. in california, a large parts of yosemite national park will be closed starting friday night because of flood concerns due to the area's record snowpack now melting. the midwest is also bracing for historic flooding along the mississippi river. we'll have more on that in just a few moments. a new worry from war torn sudan where fighters have seized control of a biomedical lab that stores samples of deadly diseases, including polio, cholera and measles. the lab is in sudan's capital and un officials are calling it a huge biological risk. meanwhile, fighting between sudan's warring factions flared last night despite a us brokered ceasefire. a hospital was hit, wounding more than a dozen people, more depaay fewer thaamice selee thes

leader who attacked the kabul airport during the us withdrawal from afghanistan has now been killed. us officials say the mastermind of the suicide bombing, which killed 13 us troops and 170 afghans, was recently killed by the taliban. abc's ian pannell reports. the us played no role in the operation. the us making it clear this was solely a taliban operation, that they're not working with the militants. but they're also saying that the taliban's responsible for making sure the country doesn't become a safe haven for terrorists. once again. the pentagon notified the families of the fallen service members earlier this week. chief justice john roberts has turned down a request to appear before a senate committee to discuss ethics at the supreme court. instead roberts provided the judiciary committee with a statement on ethics signed by all nine justices. it follows reports that justice clarence thomas and his wife accepted luxury trips from a conservative billionaire donor and sold him property without reporting the

transactions. and now politico reports that justice neil gorsuch did not report the identity of the buyer in a 2017 real estate deal that buyer is allegedly the ceo of a major law firm that's had cases before the high court. no comment from gorsuch. now to the trial of lori vallow daybell, the idaho mother accused of killing her children as part of a doomsday cult. her own sister testified against her yesterday. and a jailhouse phone call was played in court. here's abc's lana moise this morning. emotional testimony at the lori vallow daybell murder trial after her sister summer, shiflett took the stand randomly thrown away like garbage and taken let. it's too painful. jurors hearing dramatic audio from a jailhouse phone call between the sisters just days after the remains of seven year old jj and 16 year old tylee were found in 2020. i love doing my part. it fills me with

they're just little kids. daybell and her husband, chad, allegedly killed lori's children as part of a religious cult preparing for the end of the world. my mom, with all my heart , i want to take it tylee and jj in a heartbeat. and everybody else wanted to. you know that if they were in any danger, what happened? you're right. nobody does. because you said nothing. wiping away tears as the audio was played, shiflett testified her sister was a loving mother and she trusted her when she told her she knew where the kids were. you know me somewhere. that's what i thought. you still do. or have you let that happen to them? and did it tell us it would be in the like a piece of trash that i don't know you because you would have never done anything like that. the kids were reported missing in

2019 by their grandparents after lori married cha hinawaii an joined his religious group. you without the who you were dancing on the video against her. the girl on you had, you know, with you in there. it is. yeah. understand? i don't understand it. the children's bodies were found buried on chad's property . he's also accused in their murders and will be tried separately. this trial is now in its third week. the couple, though, is also charged in the death of chad's late wife, tammy. they've pleaded not guilty. rhiannon andrew. all right, lionel, thank you. let's take a look now at your wednesday weather. more million people in the midwest are on alert for flooding along the mississippi river in minnesota. iowa and illinois, all because winter snow is now melting. some areas could see their worst flooding in decades . looking at the radar, a system moving into the southern plains

will bring more storms to texas, oklahoma, arkansas and louisiana later today. and checking today's high temperatures, a warm up for the northwest, 50 around the great lakes below normal temperatures for the northeast at 85. down in miami coming up, a dangerous dose. the new warning about melatonin gummies being mislabeled. but first, the woman now pleading guilty in the so-cal case in fld what's behind the dangerous spike in hoax? emergency calls at schools and how they can be stopped. is that neverland cop captain hook just like old times . follow me. pizza you're growing up, pops. don't want to grow up there. look, peter here. peter pan.

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expected to be okay. and that driver was caught a short time later at her home. a florida woman accused of killing her husband's first wife while disguised as a clown has pleaded guilty to second degree murder. the plea means shelia keene warren will likely be released from prison in about two years. she's been behind bars since 2017. prosecutors say she was dressed as a clown when she shot marlene warren in 1990 after handing the victim flowers and balloons. keene warren was facing life in prison. if convicted. now to a dangerous trend at schools all across the country. there has been a spike in the number of fake emergency calls and new technology is one reason why. here's abc's andrea fujii. this morning. a rise in so-called swatting calls has law enforcement on edge. the alert has been canceled and there they were getting an all clear from the o. u campus. one example, an active shooter scare the university of oklahoma. law enforcement swarming the campus.

but it was all a hoax, a phenomenon experts say has at least doubled in the last year since last june. about 250 colleges and 100 high schools have received fake reports of bomb or shooting threats, causing chaos and confusion and forcing law enforcement to expend vital resources. experts say technology, including artificial intelligence, has helped swatters allowing them to disguise their voices and help make their calls untraceable. technology is being used. you're using a voice over ip, so these are not, you know, old analog phones that are being used to call these in. this is all voice over the internet. it's all using ai and other tools. so far this year, at least 173 mass shootings have been reported nationwide. combine that with a number of these fake calls and there's fatigue for everyone involved. so the main issue is not only is it a traumatizing response to the people in the

building and the teachers in the building, but it also sort of ripples out the fbi does not track swatting because it's not a categorized crime. experts fear all of these false alarms will prompt people to let their guards down, creating opportunity for something far worse to happen. andrew rhiannon . andrea, thank you. new concerns for people who rely on melatonin supplements for better sleep. researchers found 22 out of 25 melatonin gummy products they analyzed were mislabeled. one brand had more than 300% of the melatonin that was listed. others contain less melatonin, and one product had none at all , but did contain cbd that and excessive amounts of melatonin can be dangerous for some people . coming up, singer ed sheeran testified that he's not an idiot . the latest from his copyright trial. but first, new revelations about the man accused of killing four idaho college students. what his former lawyer is now revealing.

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