have a great weekend. ♪♪ captioned by los angeles distribution and broadcasting, inc. >> right now in america, this morning, the historic mugshot former president trump surrenders at the fulton county jail. getting finger printed after being charged in the georgia election interference case. what he said overnight about the experience and how his

campaign is already fundraising off that mug shot. >> plus, just hours after that fiery republican debate, we catch up with ron desantis in iowa. what he's saying about trump's surrender. >> deadly storms on the move, widespread damage in parts of the midwest. cars underwater, people headed to the airport stranded and what to expect for the morning commute. and in the deep south, hundreds of wildfires. the new evacuations as the notorious btk killer who terrorized people in the 1970s now being invested in connection with cases in other states. >> the evidence authorities say they dug up. >> plus, the sudden death of a pro wrestling star just 36 years old, dwayne the rock johnson saying he's heartbroken. what we're learning later for yet another problem rolling down the highway in houston. >> the unusual scene becoming rather common now. and as barbie celebrates a new record, it is the best day ever.

>> the new discount that moviegoers can take advantage of this weekend. new york. >> this is america for this morning. good friday morning, everyone. >> i'm morgan norwood in for rhiannon. >> glad to be here with you. i'm derek dennis in for andrew. we begin with former president trump speaking out after his surrender in georgia in the 2020 election interference case. >> and his campaign is already fundraising off of trump's mugshot. trump speaking overnight, said the booking process at the fulton county jail was a terrible experience. >> the former president has now returned to his golf club in new jersey. so what happens next? abc's justin finch has more on the case. he joins us from atlanta. justin, good morning. >> derek good morning. and trump returned to the social media platform formerly known as twitter, posting an image of his mugshot photo along with a fundraiser link. this morning, for the first time in american

history, a former or sitting president has been captured in a mugshot. but authorities in georgia releasing this image of donald trump appearing defiant after he was processed in the fulton county jail on charges related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. trump called it a, quote, terrible experience in a phone interview with newsmax last night. >> i came in, i was treated very nicely. but it's it is what it is. i took a mugshot, which i never heard the words mugshot that wasn't didn't teach me that at the wharton school of finance . and i have to go through a process. it's an election interference. trump was fingerprinted and assigned an inmate number. >> his appearance and height recorded including, quote, blond or strawberry hair, blue eyes and six foot three, 215 pounds. an adviser saying those details were self reported to speed up the booking process, which took only about 20 minutes. trump

posting $200,000 bail. he needed to post 10% of that in order to be released. >> and he did that, we're told, with the help of a local bail bondsman. >> and it marked the first time that a united states secret service motorcade has ever been inside the confines of a state jail facility. >> moments later, boarding his plane back to new jersey, trump defended himself, claiming he had the right to challenge the results of an election he believed was dishonest. >> but i thought the election was a rigged election or a stolen election. and i should have every right to do that, trump and 18 others are charged with felony racketeering, accused of taking part in a criminal conspiracy. >> fulton county district attorney fani willis is requesting the trial for all of them to begin october 23rd. her request coming after one of the co-defendants, kenneth chesbrough, was granted a speedy trial. but trump's team has indicated they'll ask for a separate trial at a later date.

>> it looks like we're getting ready to go to trial october 23rd. the only question is whether donald trump will be sitting next to him when they're in that trial. i expect this to be a very long trial. i think jury selection is going to take a long time to get a jury that not only is impartial, but also has the time to be on a jury like this. >> trump will get the chance to enter a plea at his arraignment. prosecutors are pushing for that to happen the week of september 5th. it's unclear if trump will be required to attend in person at and in the meantime, the trump campaign is already selling merchandise with trump's mugshot photo on it on everything from t shirts and bumper stickers to even beer. koozies morgan. >> justin finch live for us in atlanta. justin thank you. in the meantime, the 2024 presidential campaign is entering a new phase following wednesday night's debate as former president trump was being booked in georgia, his closest republican rival, ron desantis,

was back on the campaign trail in iowa, throwing softballs at the field of dreams. baseball field reluctant to criticize trump. >> i think those investigations are casting too much of a shadow on the republican primary. i mean, you're here, you're meeting voters, the former presidents getting arrested. >> well, but here's the thing. it's so candidates got to got to decide how much are they going to indulge with some of this? >> a new survey finds republican primary voters thought it was desantis who had the best debate performance wednesday night. >> you don't take somebody like fauci and coddle him. you bring fauci in, you sit him down and you say, anthony, you are fired . >> but the survey of republican voters also found nikki haley gained the most potential supporters going from 30% saying they might support her to 47. another debate standout, vivek ramaswamy, whose campaign says has already raised $450,000 off his performance. the biotech entrepreneur facing numerous attacks from the other

candidates. >> yes, i've had enough already tonight of a guy who sounds like chat gpt now is not the time for on the job training. >> we don't need to bring in a rookie. >> former vice president mike pence says you can expect to see the same combative tone from him at the next debate. >> your last boss was a rookie. he had on the job training a businessman who had never been elected, who had no foreign policy experience. why is it disqualifying for vivek ramaswami and not for donald trump in 2016? >> well, i think it's we live in a different time and the next debate set for september 27th. >> trump also expected to skip that debate as well. >> at least three deaths were blamed overnight on severe storms in michigan. more than 360,000 power outages were reported, along with widespread damage around grand rapids. the three fatalities were the result of car crashes, heavy rain also flooded roads around detroit. eight people near the airport

had to abandon their cars. the same system is moving into new york this morning. we'll check your forecast in just a few moments. >> we turn now to a bombshell development in a cold case dating back decades as authorities in oklahoma are now looking into whether the serial killer known as the btk killer is linked to the disappearance of a teenager at a laundromat. and that's not the only case that could potentially be linked to him. abc's lionel moise explains this morning. >> authorities say the notorious btk killer who terrorized people in kansas during the 1970s could be linked to two more unsolved cases in other states. >> dennis rader's our number one suspect. >> officials now believe 78 year old dennis rader already serving ten life sentences. his is the prime suspect in the 1976 disappearance of 16 year old cynthia kenny, last seen at this oklahoma laundromat. her body never found. the sheriff says a key piece of evidence you can see by its age and color, you

know, it appears to be a pantyhose ligature. these pantyhose tied in a knot. rader is known for bounding the wrists and ankles of his victims. he wrote cryptic letters to the media saying he wanted to be known as the btk killer. short for bind, torture, kill. investigators this past april say they found the pantyhose buried on the land where rader's home used to stand, where he allegedly kept items from his crimes. >> it was very, very clear someone had or had had created this hole and had refilled it with a different material, took some precaution to try to maybe protect some of those items. >> rader's daughter, kerri rawson, says she is cooperating with authorities, adding, i will continue to partner closely and heartily support all law enforcement agencies and offer my volunteer assistance. it was a netflix series called mindhunter, featuring rader that tipped off the sheriff who noticed the similarity of the

cases. also under investigation for potential ties to rader, a case in missouri, the 1990 murder of 22 year old shawna beth garber. authorities releasing this artist's rendition of what she'd look like today. the focus now following every lead to solve these cases as investigators say in a jailhouse interview, rader acknowledged having a fantasy about kidnaping a girl from a laundromat. the sheriff has vowed to keep investigating until the leads turn cold or the case is solved. derrick morgan thank you, lionel. >> the government of malawi is suing hawaiian electric company over this month's fire disaster . it claims the utility was negligent when it failed to power down electrical equipment during heavy winds. the utility says it's disappointed that maui county is taking legal action while the investigation is still ongoing. one firefighter says he was literally pushed around by the intense winds. >> i pulled some of our biggest line off the truck to, you know,

secure water supply. and one of the large gusts was able to take the line and me and knock me into a tree. and i'm a fairly big guy, pretty decently strong. i'd hope. and it took me off my feet. >> incredible. >> the first wrongful death lawsuit has also been filed in connection with the fires. >> meanwhile, wildfires are forcing evacuations in western louisiana. the flames reaching heights of 300ft in beauregard parish. hundreds of fires are burning across the state. it's fueled by dry conditions and triple digit heat. and more now in your friday weather forecast . first. >> good morning. it's a stormy start to the day across the lower great lakes. there will be hail, flooding and even a few tornadoes even before the sun comes up, storms will rumble into the afternoon farther south toward the chesapeake bay. could be some travel delays. folks around d.c. meantime, this afternoon, it is scorching out there. accuweather realfeel

temperatures today 110 to 120 around the lower mississippi valley. heat related illnesses will be on the rise. and we're also watching a cooldown in the northeast kind of wet this weekend at the beaches. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin corcoran. >> coming up the parking garage collapse in the midwest also ahead new video in the case of a murdered microsoft executive. >> his ex-wife arrested in front of their kids and later, the kiss on the lips seen around the world. >> what's happening now to that soccer executive after his controversial world cup celebration

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were hurt. the building's owners were recently cited for 15 code violations. >> an illinois man who was wrongfully convicted of killing his ex wife, then spent 29 years in prison, is now suing for malicious prosecution. herman williams got help from the illinois innocence project, which turned up new dna evidence along with accusations of misconduct by law enforcement. last september. a judge tossed out his conviction. >> imagine 29 years in a time capsule and walking out into whole new world. imagine i don't know if you have kids or not. imagine your kids being yanked from you and you're not allowed to have contact. williams says this lawsuit was motivated in part by missing his kid's childhood milestones. >> we have new video this morning after an alleged murder for hire plot that police say resulted in the killing of a microsoft executive in florida. his ex wife now under arrest. this morning. newly released

body camera video shows the moment police arrested the ex wife of microsoft executive jared. bridegan in connection with his murder. police arrest warrant shana gardner was taken into custody in front of the couple's children at her home last week. where are your dreams, mom? >> i don't want more than a year and a half after bridegan his ambush style killing in florida , he was driving home at the time, having just dropped off two of his kids at gardner's home. >> police say this tire was blocking the road, and when bridegan got out, he was gunned down. his two year old daughter from his second marriage was watching from the car. gardner last year, in an interview with wjax, denied any involvement. >> i did not have anything to do with his murder. >> then in january, authorities arrested henry tennon, claiming he pulled the trigger. but did not act alone. two months later, mario fernando baez. saldana gardner's second husband and tenant's former landlord, was

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