>> whit: good morning, america. breaking news overnight, expanded operation. israel widening its assault on gaza releasing video of tanks inside saying troops are still on the ground to fulfill its vow to crush hamas. what we know about the state of play on the battlefield. an israeli apartment building hit. gaza thrown into isolation. communications cut off as fears grow for the hostages. plus, the concerns about the conflict escalating to other

countries and protests overnight. analysis, plus, our team coverage in the region. >> janai: search over. the days' long manhunt for maine's mass shooting suspect ending overnight with investigators discovering his body following the massacre that left 18 people dead. a look at why the suspect may have targeted two specific locations. >> i don't want people to forget her. she was a great person. >> janai: as friends and families remember their loved ones. >> gio: game on. the rangers take on the diamondbacks in the start of the world series. the thrilling finish and the hit that landed one player in the record books. ♪ >> whit: and costume creativity. how scaring up a getup for halloween can be as easy as shopping your closet. ♪ makes me a princess ♪

>> whit: money-saving ideas, plus, where to get sweet deals on candy. and good morning, america. so great to have you with us on a saturday. we do have so much to cover here this morning including that breaking news overnight that the suspect in maine's mass shooting was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound following an intense two-day search. we'll have much more on that coming up. >> janai: yeah, that community was paralyzed, finally able to grieve. we do begin overseas with the breaking news going on right now as we come on the air. israeli defense forces releasing this video you see of tanks in the gaza territory saying troops are still on the ground as they widen their assault aimed at eliminating hamas. >> gio: and that's as israel starts its new phase of its operation, releasing video of what it says are air strikes on hamas commanders and those underground tunnels. the gaza skyline lighting up

overnight with internet and phone service largely cut off. israel also taking a hit, a hamas rocket striking an apartment complex in tel aviv. we're going to start our team coverage here in the region and beyond. this morning ian pannell is there near the gaza border. ian, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, gio. you can hear the sound of the tanks, the sound of mortars, and fighter jets overnight. it really does look like we're entering a new phase in this conflict. israel is not calling it an incursion at the moment, but its forces crossed over to the border into gaza last night, and they're there on the ground fighting right now. this morning, israeli forces inside gaza announcing their expanding ground operations. the idf releasing this video saying it shows their forces operating across the border. overnight israeli fighter jets launching what it said was the heaviest bombardments since hamas attacked israel killing over 1,400 people. the idf claiming it hit 150

targets killing 2 senior hamas commanders and fighters and destroying underground tunnels. hamas claiming israeli troops were ambushed in three areas and sustained casualties, but the idf denying it's had any losses. i spoke to mark regev this morning, an adviser to prime minister netanyahu this morning. >> is that what expansion means? >> i think expansion means just beefing up on pressure on hamas on all fronts. >> and in all ways. >> in all ways. >> it sounds difficult, but a long undertaking. >> it could be long and many challenges. we have a model, and the model is defeating isis in syria and iraq. >> reporter: with communications cut in gaza, there were fewer images emerging of the situation on the ground. aid agencies like unicef, doctors without borders, and the palestinian red crescent saying they've lost contact with their teams, and as the military activity intensifies, the people of gaza painting a bleak picture of life under siege amid reports of thousands of civilian

casualties. jason is one of hundreds of palestinian americans trapped in gaza hunkered down with his wife and two small children. >> we keep waking up in a panic, in a frenzy. they have nightmares and moms and dads are having a hell of a time trying to keep them calm at night. it's just horrible. i mean, what else can i say? >> reporter: despite the increased bombardments, hamas still able to launch rocket attacks on israel. the latest strikes hitting an apartment complex in tel aviv and the escalating conflict reaching the floor of the united nations. the general assembly adopting a resolution calling for an immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce between israeli forces and hamas militants in gaza, but israel responding, this is a black day for the u.n., which has finally lost all relevance or legitimacy. while military operations expand, the families of the more than 200 hostages holding a

vigil calling on israeli leaders to talk to them immediately. >> how does a land operation help to get hostages out? >> hamas isn't going to suddenly become a humanitarian organization and decide, you know, to do the right thing. >> the hostages are leverage for them. >> and so we believe the correct way to get the hostages out is just to keep beefing up the pressure on hamas. >> militarily? >> militarily and politically, diplomatically with their allies. >> reporter: a number of ways they're trying to beef up the pressure, but what we're hearing here is mainly that military pressure. the sound of intense activity being launched into gaza. as we said in that report, very limited communications, but we do know from a couple of voices inside gaza it's been an incredibly difficult and dangerous and stressful night. >> gio: incredibly difficult, no doubt about it, ian. what do we know about those 229 hostages, because there's a real

concern here about how they can get to safety if this ground invasion or operation intensifies. we know qatari officials, they've been negotiating with hamas, but having israeli forces on the ground may really change things, right? >> reporter: yes, it's undoubtedly going to be far more challenging for -- for any negotiations that are under way to try to get those hostages out. you're right. qatar is involved, israel is involved, america is involved and egypt as well, so a number of countries trying to put pressure on hamas. now, interestingly, what mark regev said there and also what i heard from the defense minister yesterday, galant, was that they believe the only way to apply the right kind of pressure is by this kind of military action, but as we heard from the hostages, they're very -- the families of the hostages, they are deeply upset. they feel they want to hear from the israeli government. we're now being told defense minister galant will meet with the families of the hostages tomorrow. janai? >> janai: we'll be following that. ian, thank you so much, as we

hear those booms behind you. meanwhile, the israeli defense forces have hundreds of thousands of troops massed on the border with gaza. let's get an inside look at those preparations from abc's james longman, who joins us live from sderot, israel. james, good morning to you. >> reporter: janai, hi. yeah, we are about as close as anyone is able to get to gaza. it's about a mile in that direction, and we have been hearing all morning the sound of outgoing -- you can hear it now -- hitting inside gaza and can see where contact has been made as well and also hearing small arms fire, which suggests that israeli forces are coming into close contact with hamas fighters, but we don't have a clear picture of what is going on in gaza right now. what we do know, you heard from ian there, is the idf is in gaza. hamas says they're leading leading israeli soldiers into ambushes. the idf denies that and say they haven't taken any casualties, but overnight 150 targets inside gaza were hit. the israelis saying they're trying to hit underground terror tunnels, as they call them, underground infrastructure, combat spaces and say they

killed two hamas commanders, one in charge of aerial defense and one in charge of naval defense. one was in charge of unmanned aerial vehicles and drones, and it was him among the planners of the october 7th attack because they say so many of them used motorized paragliders to fly over the border into those israeli communities. meantime, as we stand here in sderot, we can hear ongoing activity that's been getting louder and louder all morning. take a look. this town completely empty now. hundreds of thousands of people from the south of israel have been evacuated as this war moves into another stage, whit. >> whit: the sights and sounds behind you certainly giving that indication. james, thank you. of course, all of this coming as the humanitarian crisis intensifies. more than 7,000 people have been killed in gaza since the start of the war according to the hamas-run ministry of health. abc's matt rivers also following developments from haifa in northern israel. matt, good morning to you. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, whit. just a brutal, devastating

situation for the people in gaza right now. some 150 israeli air strikes overnight. our producer who is in gaza calling them crushing. this is the biggest, most sustained bombardment that we've seen of gaza since it began back on october 7th. of course, the consequences of all this will mean that the number of dead and injured in gaza will continue to rise, but now there is this added struggle of a lack of internet. gaza's main telecom provider saying connections have been severed. its main mobile connection provider saying in part, quote, the intense bombing in the last hour caused the destruction of the last international routes linking gaza to the outside world. so, not only is it very duf for us to contact anyone inside gaza, but the blackout means residents can't make calls locally. they can't call for help after a bombing. they can't check on loved ones to see if they're okay, and we have heard from group after group, unicef, save the children, w.h.o., all saying they lost touch with their staff inside gaza.

meanwhile, in southern gaza, hundreds of american passport holders are still trapped, not being allowed out to egypt through that rafah border crossing. many say they feel abandoned by their government. one american citizen trapped there sent us a voice note overnight saying, last night was the hardest night they've had since the conflict began, and as they wait to get out, aid just continues to trickle in slowly. just ten aid trucks crossing into gaza, a drop in the bucket of what is actually needed. gio, the people of gaza cut off, isolated, just waiting to see what the next stages of this conflict will look like. >> gio: and there are real concerns about that, matt. thank you so much. the white house, of course, is keeping a close eye on the developments overnight, and abc's white house correspondent maryalice parks joins us now from the north lawn. good morning, maryalice. >> reporter: gio, good morning to you. this moment is a real test for president biden and the u.s. relationship with israel. there, of course, is real concerns about whether this moment will derail any negotiations to get those

hostages out and get other u.s. foreign nationals stuck in gaza out. there's also that concern that this could cause real blowback, a ripple effect of violence across the region. the u.s. is already on high alert, yesterday striking down a drone believed to be targeting u.s. forces in iraq. a white house official telling us, we will not hesitate to take further action in our own self-defense. now, president biden and white house officials have tried to walk a fine line publicly. privately pushing for a humanitarian pause, telling israel they are concerned about civilian casualties, about collateral damage, about what exactly israel's game plan is here. behind the scenes pressuring israel to adopt a more incremental approach, but on the other hand, the white house has not wanted to look like it is dictating what israel can do, what exactly they should do on the ground. now, we've asked if the united states thinks that israel is following the laws of war here. u.s. officials, white house

officials have just deflected on that question. they did tell us yesterday that nowhere near enough aid has gotten in and said u.n. officials, international medical teams have to have access to fuel. now, big picture, the u.s. is, of course, supplying israel with significant military hardware, weapons, ammunition, replenishment for the iron dome, and the white house national security spokesperson john kirby told us yesterday, we are not drawing red lines for israel. whit? >> whit: maryalice, thank you. as you noted, fears of a wider war are growing following the israeli action overnight. abc's marcus moore is in beirut, lebanon, this morning. and, marcus, you're monitoring reaction in the region. >> reporter: that's right, whit. the israeli defense force says that it is targeting hezbollah military facilities here in lebanon in response to rockets it says hezbollah tried to fire into israel. now, israeli officials say those rockets fell in syria, but it's the latest outbreak of violence here in this part of the region

as this war intensifies and skirmishes unfold along lebanon's southern border with israel. also overnight, the u.s. state department urging americans here in the country to leave while commercial flights are still available saying that the security situation here remains unstable. we have seen the fighting that's happening in the southern part of the country. but in addition to that, we've also witnessed massive and large demonstrations happening in cities across the globe and here in the middle east. angry protesters calling for an end to israel's military action there in gaza, and the concern is that this could spill over into other countries like lebanon and not only involve hezbollah, but other iranian-backed groups and putting yet even more innocent people at risk. janai? >> janai: so many concerns. marcus. we appreciate your reporting. now let's bring in abc news contributor,

retired u.s. army general robert abrams. thank you so much for being with us this morning. let's start with israel's strategy. what can you tell us about the strategy here? >> well, i think they've made it pretty clear that their ultimate end state objective is to eliminate hamas as a threat to israel and israeli people, and we're seeing it play out in front of us how -- what, you know, what ways they are doing this, and the first way they're doing it is, you know, constant bombardment with air strikes, artillery strikes for the last 22 days into gaza, and then in the last 24 hours we've seen what we would describe as limited objective attacks or raids to seize key terrain and set the conditions for a potential future operation. and then, of course, as some of the other people have already commented, right, they've cut off -- in the last 24 hours they've cut off gaza from the rest of the world with internet and radio, tv, et cetera.

so, this is all part of a plan, an overall strategy to isolate gaza and really isolate hamas, so they can put constant pressure. i think also, and i hope, and i think everyone hopes, that the strategy also includes what will happen once that military threat has been eliminated, what comes next after hamas has been eliminated. >> janai: and i want to ask you about that because when it comes to combatants versus civilians, cutting off communications from internet and cell phone, that impacts so many people. there have been humanitarian and journalism organizations impacted. the u.n. has expressed concerns about potential war crimes. i mean, where do you see a line, whether there should be one drawn? what is the impact of cutting off gaza from the rest of the world? >> well, there is certainly a number, as you pointed out,

of unintended consequences of really a military effort to isolate hamas, because hamas is completely 100% intertwined with civilian society. you cannot separate them. they're conjoined, if you will. so, any military action against a legitimate military target like cutting off hamas from the rest of the world is going to have an unintended consequence on the people of the -- the innocent people and the noncombatants, and this is it the biggest challenge that israel faces, distinguishing and dealing and separating noncombatants from combatants. >> janai: and to that point, when we're talking about the hostages, israel has made pretty clear saying that the state security is more important at this point than those 225 lives. how do you think u.s. officials can reckon with that when they're still urging for the hostages to be let go? >> this is a very difficult situation to be in.

this is not a new policy by the state of israel. you can go back 30, 40 years. this is how they have dealt with terrorist organizations and hostages previously. they will not negotiate, and so this puts, i think, the u.s. administration in a very difficult position, and i suspect that there is nonstop communications, back channel communications between the two administrations to reconcile the different approaches. >> janai: so much concern for the innocent civilians and their lives on all sides. thank you so much for being with us this morning, general abrams. gio? >> gio: all right, an important conversation. heartbreaking scenes, i think, across the region in general. we'll keep following this here in our show. first let's get a check of the weather here. somara theodore is here, and that looks like a very windy situation there in texas. >> somara: yes, it's been very

active for texas these past few days, and things only really getting worse. this is san antonio, texas, on thursday. look at that roof being shredded off. you can actually start to see the formation of a tornado here. all that debris flying across the air. not only that, they had extreme flooding, and urban roadways turning into riverways. rain continuing to fall this morning. as a result, flash flood warnings are in effect, southeast of dallas. in 12 hours yesterday they saw between 6 and 10 inches of rain come down. they could see another two to three inches of rain coming down, little rock, we could see some flash flooding there, as well.

>> somara: you guys, you know what, the rain totals that came down in such a short amount of time in crandall, texas, were so prolific and rare, something we only see happen maybe, there's a 1% chance of that happening any given year, so the flooding situation is very serious in texas right now. >> gio: very, very serious. somara, thank you so much. now to the security situation here in the u.s. as israeli forces attack gaza, the annual halloween parade here in new york is a particular concern. abc's aaron katersky is here with more on that. good morning, aaron. >> gio, good morning to you. police do remain on edge. major cities have increased staffing, they're watching jewish and muslim locations, and they're also concerned demonstrations related to the war could be targets for violence or possible provide cover for somebody who might want to act out. here in new york, the nypd said highly publicized crowded events like the annual halloween parade

coming up in greenwich village could make attractive targets, especially as the war goes on. police are, though, quietly relieved that demonstrations so far have remained largely peaceful. violence has been limited. just last night here in new york, a demonstration demanding a cease-fire clogged up grand central terminal temporarily halting train and subway service. police arrested 300 demonstrators mainly for civil disobedience, trespassing. a central concern is an uptick in hate crimes in the last three weeks. here in new york they're up almost 10%. that is a trend that law enforcement has been seeing nationally. there have been assaults on jews and muslims, and, guys, the most extreme example occurred outside chicago, a 6-year-old boy was allegedly stabbed to death by his landlord simply because he was palestinian american. guys? >> janai: a heartbreaking case. that's still unfathomable. aaron, thank you. still coming up here on "good morning america" the hostage situation unresolved as israel expands its ground

operations in gaza. we'll speak live with one man who says a family member is among the more than 200 hostages still being held. >> gio: the manhunt in maine ends as police find the body of the suspect in the mass shootings that took 18 lives, but the pain endures for those who lost loved ones, of course. >> whit: and on the stand, the one-time cryptocurrency boy wonder testifying in his own defense as he faces fraud charges. what he told the jury. we'll be right back. on three, tell us where you think you're going. one... wooahh!! two... three... disney world!!! ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, try everything! ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, try everything! ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ get up to $1,000 on a disney dining promo card, with a 5-night 4-day non-discounted room and ticket package, at select disney resort hotels. ♪ oh, oh, oh ♪

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magnitude earthquake rocked the bay area on friday evening. it was first reported as a 4.0 earthquake after a heavy jolt caught people off guard. usgs says at san francisco's internet airport was at the center of it felt from santa cruz to sonoma, though they say it wasn't strong enough to prompt the emergency alert system. and we have not heard about any damage. so that's some good news. let's get a check of your forecast right now with lisa arjun. hey, gloria, good morning to you. clear sky, chilly conditions, golden gate bridge there, 50, downtown, 44 in oakland and pier 39. nobody is there today. the winds kick up. we're under a red flag warning within the next hour. you see those 30s there. we'll be looking at winds increasing for drying and a cooling trend tonight. all right. thank you, lisa. a

left center field. left center field. that's gonna hit the deck. it's evan carter, 21 years old, starting the scoring in the world series. >> gio: 21 years old. welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. the world series is well under way. coming up, how the first face-off between the arizona diamondbacks and the texas rangers went last night. a lot of excitement there. >> whit: janai, you got your stats for us this morning? >> janai: yeah, just give me a few minutes. you just wait. you just wait.

glad that we do have some uplifting stories coming up. but first a look at what else we're tracking on this saturday morning. happening right now, the days' long manhunt for maine's mass shooting suspect is over. police say they found the suspect's body dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound days after they say he entered a bowling alley and a bar killing 18 people, wounding 13 others. the suspect's family saying he suffered from mental health issues and that it's possible he may have been looking for an ex-girlfriend. >> gio: also right now, some much-needed relief at the pump. aaa reporting that gas prices in georgia and mississippi have dipped to below $3 a gallon. that's the lowest gas average prices in the country. a aaa spokesperson says he expects to keep seeing the prices drop. >> whit: hollywood is remembering veteran character actor and voice actor richard moll. he was best known for portraying bailiff bull shannon on the sitcom, "night court."

he had roles on "welcome back, kotter" and "the rockford files." richard moll was 80 years old. >> gio: what a career, what a life. all right. and we are going to start this half hour with a closer look at the developments in the middle east. israeli forces are widening actions on the ground in gaza. abc's ian pannell joins us again from israel near the gaza border with more on this breaking news. ian, good morning again. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, again, gio. we're hearing the sound of heavy bombardments of gaza. we're hearing tank fire to one side, mortar fire to the other and also seeing a lot of movement of military vehicles through this area. we know israeli forces are now inside gaza. they say they're expanding ground operations. the idf releasing video showing their forces inside, it says. israeli fighter jets overnight launch what it says was the heaviest bombardment since hamas attacked israel, killing over 1,400 people. the idf claiming it hit 150 targets killing two senior hamas commanders, as well as fighters and destroying underground tunnels. hamas for its part is claiming

that israeli troops were ambushed, but the idf insisting it hasn't lost anyone. most communications appear to be cut in gaza. aid agencies have lost contact with their teams there, although abc has just heard from a couple of people who were trapped inside, and they say that last night was the hardest so far adding, quote, fear controls us. now, despite the increased bombardment, hamas has still been able to launch rocket attacks, the latest strikes hitting an apartment complex in tel aviv, and while these military operations expand, the families of the more than 200 hostages, who are also trapped inside gaza, now under heavy bombardment held by hamas holding a vigil calling on israeli leaders to talk to them immediately. whit? >> whit: ian pannell for us, thank you so much. one of the big questions now, what about the fate of the more than 200 hostages still being held by hamas in gaza? joining us is moshe lavi who

says that his brother-in-law omri was taken hostage during the raid on october 7th. moshe, thank you so much for joining us. i can't imagine what your family is going through right now. some of the horrors that your family experienced, we can't even talk about on morning television, but your sister and your brother-in-law have two young children, and they were there and witnessed this as your brother-in-law was kidnapped. what do you know about his condition and how he's doing right now? >> yeah, thank you so much for your time and for giving us this platform. we don't know much about the well-being or whereabouts about my brother-in-law. we just know that he's in the gaza strip. he was taken there on october 7th after hours of being held captive with my sister and my two baby nieces alongside many other families in the kibbutz. we're grateful my sister and baby nieces survived this as many others in the kibbutz, which is a small village, did

not survive, were either executed or taken hostage. but we're hoping omri will return to us. >> whit: you've seen the images. this ground operation has been expanded into gaza. what worries you the most about the safety of your brother-in-law and all of the hostages still being held? >> i think i'm speaking here not only about omri but many -- all the hostages, over 228 now. we are concerned about their well-being, but we're not the policymakers, the decisionmakers, and we want to believe that the government, the israeli government and all other stakeholders are making sure that the civilians who are held returned safely to israel either through this operation or negotiations. >> whit: we've heard from a number of families who are worried that this operation could make things more difficult for the people who are held. do you share those same fears?

>> like many others, we move from fear to hope. it's a changing barometer in a way. i definitely share the concerns, and i hope and i want to believe anybody and all those involved in the decision to expand the operation still put hostages at the top of the priority as pronounced by the israel minister of defense earlier this week and by the israeli prime minister. >> whit: have you heard anything from the israeli government or the u.s. government about the status of negotiations? >> those who don't have u.s. citizenship like myself and like my family don't have direct communication with the american government, so i haven't heard from them. the israeli government through its different bodies and state institutions do communicate with the families, but we don't have specific information besides

that omri is in the gaza strip, but we don't know his condition, and we don't know his exact location, and this is such a dynamic situation that every second things could change. >> whit: moshe, our hearts go out to you and your family. we're thinking about your sister and those two little girls who are dealing with this at this time, and we're wishing you the absolute best. thank you for coming on and sharing your experience with us this morning. >> thank you for giving us a platform to call for all world leaders to unite and to call for release of the hostages. they should not be there. >> whit: absolutely. thank you again for your time. we appreciate it. janai? >> janai: that is hard to see the impacts on the real people on both sides. it is time now for the weather and somara theodore. >> somara: all right, so we're talking about winter weather here. we haven't seen some snow in some time, and things are really starting to pick up. this is breckenridge, colorado, earth cam there yesterday, pretty quiet. but if you look at denver now,

just under the streetlights, we're seeing some snow fall currently there this morning, and they could see impressive totals there. in some of the higher elevations about one to two feet, denver could see a foot of snow, 6 to 12 inches outside of there, and the winter weather continues with temperatures, new york city, i know you've been enjoying this warm weather. enjoy it while it lasts. look what's to come. if you look back to the west, areas like >> somara: and that's your local foreca >> somara: and that's your local forecast. janai, back to you. >> whit: all right, somara. i'll take it from here. thank you so much. "good morning america" still has much more ahead. the end of the search for the suspect accused of killing 18 people in maine's mass shooting. >> gio: and disgraced crypto king sam bankman-fried takes the stand in his own defense. how he's answering charges that

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>> gio >> gio: welcome back to "gma" and the end of the manhunt for the suspect in that mass

shooting in maine. abc's ike ejiochi is in lisbon, maine, with the latest word from police. good morning, ike. >> reporter: good morning, gio. police say they found robert card's body at this recycling center where he worked. a harrowing ending for a community that's been on edge for days. >> robert card is no longer a threat to anyone. >> reporter: this morning, 40-year-old robert card found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound just days after police say he entered a bowling alley and a bar, killing 18 people and wounding 13 others, and police say the suspect's body was recovered near the androscoggin river near lisbon by a recycling center where he worked. >> the search has been extensive. it's been thorough. it's been none stoch. we continued to search locations in some case multiple times. >> reporter: police executing a multi-agency manhunt for the suspect who at the time was at large for more than 48 hours.

that search centering around the boat ramp where authorities found that subaru they believed the suspect was driving. a gun found inside. the suspect's family saying he suffered from mental health issues and that it's possible he may have been looking for an ex-girlfriend in going to those two locations where it's believed they've gone before. the victims ranging in age from 14 to 76. victims of this tragedy scarred for life like justin karcher whose brother and sister said was shot and put on life support. >> last we heard, he just got out of surgery and haven't heard anything else. last we knew he was stable but critical, and they don't know the full extent of his injuries. they know that it's a lot, and it's a lot of damage. he's going to have a long recovery. >> reporter: others mourning the loss of victims who didn't survive. >> i don't want people to forget her. she was a great person. >> reporter: lisa osgood was bowling right next to one of the victims, her friend tricia asselin. she says she went up to the

front desk jkust as the suspect walked in. >> it didn't surprise me to know that she stayed and tried to find help. she lost her life doing it because she always put other people in front of her, always. >> reporter: president biden releasing a statement overnight writing, tonight, we're grateful that lewiston and surrounding communities are safe after spending excruciating days hiding in their homes. gio? >> gio: so many families impacted. all right, ike, thank you so much. and coming up here on "good morning america," what sam bankman-fried told the jury when he took the stand at his own defense at his fraud trial. stick around. oooh! refill? help yourself man. dude? dog food in the fridge? it's not dog food. it's freshpet. real meat. real veggies. real weird.

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and using the money to pay off loans, make speculative investments, buy lavish real estate, and donate to political candidates at a companion hedge fund, alameda research. on the witness stand bankman-fried denied it. did you defraud anyone, his attorney asked? no, i did not, bankman-fried answered. did you take customer funds? no. prosecutors showed the jury part of an interview bankman-fried did for "gma" when george stephanopoulos asked him whether ftx customers were aware alameda was using their money. >> there existed a lending facility on ftx, and i think that's probably covered -- i don't remember exactly where but somewhere else in the terms of service. >> but they'd have to approve it of that. they're saying they didn't approve of it. they're saying you approved of it. >> reporter: keurig -- during trial, another witness testified no part of ftx's terms of service warned customers their money could be used as bankman-fried's personal piggy bank as prosecutors allege. during his testimony he did concede he made mistake, a number of small mistakes and a number of larger mistakes, he said.

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♪ ♪ >> whit: welcome back to "gma" with the thrilling start to the world series. the diamondbacks ahead in the ninth inning by 5-3 when corey seager hits deep to right field for a two-run shot to tie the game. fans in globe life field going wild as the game goes into extra innings here, so then ch

in the 11th adolis garcia, pop goes the weasel, the walkoff homer to right field to win the game. the rangers take game one, 6-5. garcia now has the all-time record for rbis in the postseason with 22. game two is tonight. janai, give us stats. >> janai: not only that, so this was the fifth consecutive game that garcia has gone deep. it's only the sixth time in mlb history that a game-time home run has been hit at the bottom of the ninth in a world series game. i mean, this is good tv, guys. >> whit: our stats extraordinaire. >> gio: feeling a lot of pride for that city. we have a lot to cover in our "gma" second hour, of course, on israel's expanded operations into gaza. hour, of course, on israel's expanded operations into gaza. red flag warning for the bay

area since october of 2021. this weekend, officials will closely monitor brush and finer grassier areas. experts say if we don't get rain in the coming weeks, it could raise concern for wildfires. they encourage agencies to do more prescribed burns to prevent any erratic fires. p-g-and-e's says that they are increasing their staff this weekend, but they don't anticipate any public safety power shut offs. happening today, the annual walk to end alzheimer's here in the east bay. free registration starts at 8:00 in the morning. the walk begins at 10:00. it will start at bishop ranch in san ramon. the route is three miles, but there's also a one mile shortcut . as of right now, more than 1400 people are signed up to walk. our evening anchor, dan ashley will be there. abc7 is a proud sponsor of the event. let's get a check of your forecast right now with lisa arden. all right, gloria, good morning to you. >> current look at our temperatures. they are still

pretty chilly in our inland valleys. 30s there 46 in hayward, 44 in fremont. we have that red flag warning, upper elevation winds, 20 to 36 miles an hour. and in the next hour, this is where our wind advisory comes into play. the upper elevations, red flag warning pretty much for everyone except along the bay shore. and a look at the winds this afternoon out of the north, mixing down to the surface. it will be breezy at the surface, gusty winds north and east bay hills high time for the highest wind gusts and low relative humidity will be from around noon today into noon on sunday. today's highs, upper 60s to low 70s. gloria >> all right. thank you, lisa. up next, hundreds of protesters shut down new york city's grand central terminal during rush hour last night. that story and more. abc7 news at 8:00 am is next

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