right nonoon americaleading not guilty to a 37 count federal indictment linked to his handling of classified documents . in remarks to supporters in new jersey, trump claimed he had every right to possess the documents and called his arrest an evil abuse of power. at least three people are dead after a russian missile slammed into the city of odessa. in southern ukraine. crews are searching this morning, former president trump's defiant message just hours after pleading not guilty to federal criminal charges related to his handling of national security secrets. why trump says his arrest is an evil abuse of power, his potential legal strategy. and what's next in the case against him. your

money, inflation now dropping to its lowest level in more than two years, but the pain still real at the supermarket and items getting more expensive. and the key decision expected today when it comes to credit cards and car loans. breaking overnight, the power outage at a major us airport disrupting operations including ticketing and baggage claim. hardy on the strip. the silver trophy to the golden knights. the las vegas golden knights, still a newcomer in the nhl, making history, fulfilling their quest for the stanley cup. plus we catch up with the 14 year old college graduate. yes he's only 14 when he hopes to accomplish as he takes a job with elon musk. and later, they're famous for their coolers. but now yeti cooks up something new for the kitchen. the $400 frying pan. from news in new york. this is america. this morning. good

wednesday morning, everyone. i'm andrew dymburt. happy wednesday . i'm rhiannon ally. we want to begin this morning with former president trump's defiant message to his supporters after pleading not guilty to federal criminal charges. it was a moment unlike any other in us history. trump saying his arrest in miami yesterday was, quote, an evil abuse of power. no cameras allowed in the federal court, but reporters say trump was sitting waiting for about 15 minutes for the judge and remained silent before being ordered not to communicate with witnesses about the case. so where does this case go from here? let's get right to abc's justin finch. he has more from bedminster, new jersey, where trump spoke last night. justin, good morning. andrew good morning. trump spoke to supporters here last night about his arraignment, calling it a day of infamy for america. former president trump was defiant last night hours after his arrest on federal criminal charges related to his handling of classic documents. today, we witnessed the most evil and

heinous abuse of power in the history of our country. at his new jersey golf club, hundreds of supporters, including major republican donors, sang happy birthday to trump, who turned 77 today. they. is likely to be his legal argument in the case, falsely claiming that he could keep classified documents under the presidential records act. i had every right to have these documents earlier in this miami courthouse, trump was silent as his lawyer entered a not guilty plea to 37 federal charges, including conspiracy and obstruction. special counsel jack smith, who led the investigation, was sitting one row behind trump. he accuses trump of illegally keeping classified documents at his mar a lago resort, including secrets about us nuclear programs. some

of the charges potentially carry decades in prison. if trump is convicted. we've never seen anything like this in american history, but that's in part because we've never seen anything like donald trump. the combination of his tower ring influence in american politics, tens of millions of republicans, you know, will go lie down in traffic for him and these character flaws that that that land him in so much trouble this time, criminal charges in a federal court. we've never seen anything like that. we are in unchartered waters. experts say one strategy to avoid conviction is for trump to delay the process with appeals and then win the election. he would be able to order his attorney general to dismiss the case. if he's now the president and the case hasn't gone to trial, even if there are still appeals pending, he could probably figure out a way to get rid of it. if he wins the judge in the case, judge aileen cannon, could play a major role in the pace of the trial. a trump appointee, judge cannon, ruled in favor of

trump in a previous hearing involving evidence in the documents investigation, but her ruling was overturned on appeal after his arraignment yesterday , trump stopped at a local cuban restaurant to greet supporters before flying back to new jersey on the flight home. having his usual meal of mcdonald's surrounded by aides and advisers, watching news coverage, the heaviness of this not lost on him. i'm told donald trump is prepared to fight and it's unclear when the next legal developments in this case could come. trump's defense team will likely file some pretrial motions, which could include trying to dismiss the case or exclude certain evidence andrew. more to come. justin, thank you. meanwhile, a pending defamation lawsuit against former president trump will now be amended. a judge in new york is allowing e jean carroll to include disparaging comments trump made after he was found liable of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s. recently on cnn, trump called carroll a, quote, whack

job. new video shows the fire that destroyed part of interstate 95. in philadelphia. state officials are set to release plans later today for replacing the damaged section of the highway, including a timeline transportation secretary pete buttigieg warns the east coast will likely see a jump in the cost of goods and services because of disruptions to the trucking industry. new figures show inflation has now dropped to its lowest level in more than two years. but the pain is still real for consumers, including at the grocery store. and today, the federal reserve weighs in on interest rates, affecting everything from credit cards to car loans. here's abc's lionel moise this morning. the federal reserve is expected to pause its series of interest rate hikes amid new hope that inflation may be on track to return to normal levels. the latest consumer price index shows inflation has been cut in half from last year's peak. a year ago, inflation was close to 9% to in the month of may, we're back

down to four. still too high, but clearly moving in the right direction while trending lower. inflation is still at double the target set by the federal reserve. the big question, though, if the fed does pause in raising interest rates, will we at home even feel a difference? no mean because this is already embedded in interest rates in the stock market. economists say it will take some time to feel the impact, some positive signs in the latest report. airfares down 13% in the last year and gas prices down nearly 20. people are paying $3.50 for a gallon of regular unleaded. go back a year ago was a record $5 a gallon at the grocery store. prices rose slightly last month, but egg prices dropped the largest monthly decline in more than 70 years. the first thing people want to know is, do i have eggs? while many focus on food prices, it's housing costs that remain the biggest contributor to inflation. although there are signs that rents are finally coming down if

things go on, the trend that they're going, when can we expect that inflation will be back to normal levels? yeah, i expect inflation to be back to something we all feel very good about. the fed feels good about by this time next year, maybe a little sooner. economists say now is the time to be a smart shopper. they say when consumers balk at high prices as businesses sometimes listen. rhiannon andrew. all right, lionel, thank you. investigators are trying to determine the cause of a deadly roof collapse at a school near houston. one construction worker was killed and they were building a new high school gym when the roof caved in. no students were inside at the time. a power outage left san francisco's airport in the dark for about an hour last night, affecting everything from ticketing, baggage and gate functions. the source of the outage is still under investigation. at least two flights were diverted to san jose airport, but no word if it was due to the power outage. the mississippi police officer who shot an 11 year old boy has been suspended without pay. a dairy

murray says he called police for help when his mother's ex-boyfriend showed up at their house. the family says sergeant greg capers entered the home and opened fire. a darian says his hands were up at the time i came out doing this, it them it didn't. when greg shot me, i did this to my chest. what did it feel like? it feels like. like. like a taser. like a big punch to the chest. officer capers, attorney says the shooting was a complete accident, but body camera video has not been made public. it's been a sleepless night in las vegas now that the golden knights are the new stanley cup champions, they beat the boys from broward, the florida panthers, 9 to 3 last night. it's the team's first title coming just six seasons after entering the league, the mvp was joined by some special guests. for me, the best feeling in the world. and to be here with my kids and my wife, there.

and i mean, i could never do anything without them. so they're my motivation every day and definitely the happy and enjoy it with them. congrats to the knights today. the city is expected to announce plans for a parade. it is time now for a look at your wednesday weather. well, look at this. baseball sized hail was being used for batting practice in the suburbs of dallas and the area saw more of the same yesterday. severe weather is threatening much of the southeast. us again today. several inches of rain is possible along with damaging wind, more large hail and even an isolated tornado. and checking today's high temps, danger heat south of dallas where it will feel like triple digits today through saturday, mid 70s in the northeast today and cooler in the northwest. 75 in denver. over decorations at starbucks. but first, the abc news exclusive. an alleged victim of

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good morning america. we're back with a rare sighting. killer whales off the coast of cape cod. the scientists who spotted them say they've never been seen there before and the pod was likely looking for food. meanwhile, new video from europe shows another orca ripping the rudder off a boat near gibraltar. it's the latest in a series of whale attacks which have sunk at least three boats. we are now hearing from an alleged victim of an accused serial rapist who was granted bail in boston this week. he allegedly attacked four women and one of the accusers is speaking to good morning america. it's a case that gripped two major cities, 15

years ago. a boston neighborhood saw a string of unsolved sexual assaults, but then a breakthrough. authorities used dna evidence to charge manhattan attorney and boston native 35 year old matthew nilo with the crimes. four cases in all this morning. one of the victims seeking justice, lori pinkham, is speaking out with her mother by her side to abc's erielle reshef. did you lose hope that they'd ever find the suspect after the fifth year and the sixth year, the seventh year, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12, 13. eventually i gave up hope. nilo recently pleaded not guilty, and this week he was granted the option to post half a million dollars bail, igniting outrage. what do you remember from that night in 2007? i had been out at one of the clubs. i was doing promotion for and i was walking to my car. it was really

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george and even john with the help of artificial intelligence, mccartney spoke about the technology on a bbc podcast. all of that is kind of scary, but exciting because it's the future, he said. they used artificial intelligence to separate lennon's voice from an old audio track to create new music. we were able to take john's voice and get it pure through this ai so that then we could mix the record as you would normally do, the use of ai to create music is becoming more popular. this is the future of sound i'm getting. austin an underground grammy winning dj. david guetta played a track featuring the voice of eminem. but the rapper's voice was i generated, i discovered those websites that are about ai. basically, you can write lyrics in the style of any artist you like. so i typed, write a verse

in the style of eminem about future rave, and i went to another ai website that can recreate the voice. i don't think it's an overestimation to say that ai in music is the biggest thing that's happened since the advent of streaming. as for the beatles, this will be the first original song released as a group since let it be in 1970. there will be an answer. let it be mccartney says. the new song is one of possibly several that were part of a cassette tape. lennon made before he died in 1980. so far, the song is unnamed andrew rhiannon. andrea, thank you. coming up, pat sajak's, potential replacement on wheel of fortune. plus the 14 year old college graduate going to work for elon musk. how he wants to for elon musk. how he wants to improve our lives ♪ ready to feel what it's like? when you can du more

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