abc's andrew dymburt has the details in today's tech bytes potential. >> big change at x. formey twitter owner elon musk says x is considering getting rid of the ability for users to see how many times a post has been liked d rested. e st creator would still be able to see those mbers. no word on when any change could happen. apple sa it's cutting ties with fortnite video game developer epic in europe, calling the company untrustworthy after it criticized apple's app store. epic previousllost an antitrust lawsuit against apple after the tech giant removed the popular game fortnite fr its app store. and finally, twitch is overhaulingts mobile app for the first time in five years. the popular live streaming service will soon have a scrollable feed similar to tiktok. the redesign will make it easier to share quick updates. it promises a more modern and immersive viewing experience. now, i was trying to cently, but it wouldn't load. it kept sinking. those are your techbytes. >> we're counting down to oscar sunday and the energy is flowing. at least that's what host jimmy kimme

brought to you by our he-man, andrew dymburt, who famously frolicked with pythons in the florida everglades and if you're squeamish, you might want to look away because we are about to see something andrew never did. >> oh, look at this. okay. you ready? there it is. that is a 500 pound ball of snakes. it was found near naples, florida. a seven foot wide pile of burmese pythons, 11 of them invasive, one of them longer than 16ft. >> invasive is quite literally a mating of pythons, several pythons mating with other pythons, not just anyway what are you call it when several of them are mating at the same time. your imagination, since they are an invasive species, they were said to be put down humanely, which usually involves like a one bullet like long stick gun right in the head. >> okay, wait mid blank word that i don't know. mating. that is some way to go. >> it's not a bad in the middle of a multifunctional mating, party. >> that's the way to go. yeah, i wouldn't you. >> okay, we're going to move on to dozens of bald eagles in one spot as well where they. >> yeah. not this. no. okay. and n

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andrew dymburt, abc news, new york 549. >> this morning.peratures right now we're starting out in the low 40s in some of our coldest cities. currently, you need that jacket this morning. later on this afternoon and into the evening. you want to find that umbrella as rain is back in the forecast. so looking at our rain chances as we head throughout our wednesday, our chances are extremely low for the morning. it's just an overcast start to the day. we'll find those rain chances ramping up in the afternoon first in the north bay, but for most of us it's after the sun goes down between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. that will likely see a brief line of heavy rain move through here as that cold front crosses the region. here's the cold front itself on live doppler seven. along with satellite. it is approaching us, but the main effects of this system won't be felt until later on this evening. it's a level one today for this cold front. a light storm early on this morning along the coast and in the north bay. there could be an isolated, spotty light shower,

andrew dymburt alongside myself, rhiannon, ally northern lights. have you ever seen them? >> i have not, but looks like lots of people are going to maybe get a chance to see them. not only the northern lights. we have the eclipse coming up. yeah there's a celestial events. >> yeah, look at that. yes, it just looks unreal. >> one of those. you see it? >> yeah i know, have you seen them? could see it this week. yeah. maybe we'll tell you how danny might be up looking into the sky right now as we speak. we'll check in with him in just a few minutes. we have to begin this morning, though, with a day of financial reckoning for former president donald trump. >> today is the day trump is required to post a nearly $500 million bond in his new york fraud trial. his legal team has repeatedly said he cannot cover the massive penalty, and if he misses the deadline, new york's attorney general is poised to start seizing his assets. abc's aaron katersky breaks it all down this morning. >> donald trump has to secure a bond or risk enforcement of the nearly half billion dollar judgment im

here's abc news reporter andrew dymburt. >> in this morning's gma first look, an abc news exclusive.ated the nation who tf did i marry? >> i'm going to tell the story of how i met dr. waited, married and divorced. a real pathological liar. >> the 50 part post has racked up over 400 million views and chronicles teresa johnson's whirlwind pandemic romance, which she says was filled with love, heartbreak and alleged deception. and this morning, she's telling her story to gma's robin roberts. what do you think this you your story has resonated with so many people? >> well, i do think being accountable all people appreciate that because i know i appreciate that. >> and coming up at 7 a.m, we'll have much more of robin roberts exclusive interview with your gma first look, i'm andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. >> let's talk about the countdown to sunday night. the 96th annual oscars airing right here on abc seven. we are now just six days away and we're looking at who might steal the spotlight on hollywood's biggest night. strong women are front and center, and some of the leading oscar c

. >> and i'm andrew dymburt.begin with a headline we haven't seen yet in the race for the white house. >> that headline, nikki haley wins. it came overnight. the former south carolina governor enjoying her first primary win of the campaign. >> and former president trump wasting no time responding with just 24 hours to go before super tuesday. >> it's great to be here this morning, nikki haley is celebrating her first victory of the 2024 campaign, winning the republican primary in washington, d.c, making her the first woman to ever win a republican presidential primary. >> this is the time for us to be loud and let everybody know that america is better than what we see right now. >> washington is one of the most heavily democratic jurisdictions in the country, with only about 23,000 registered republicans. shortly after haley's win, former president trump responded, dubbing haley the queen of the swamp. trump is likely to pick up several hundred delegates on super tuesday tomorrow, when voters in 15 states head to

. >> i'm rhiannon ally and i'm andrew dymburt. we begin with a troubling security breach at a major u.s. airport. a man allegedly getting onto a plane by using a photo of someone else's ticket. federal authorities are now launching an investigation, and it's not the first time this airport has been in the spotlight over security. >> this morning, the fbi is investigating how a man was able to board a delta flight in utah, allegedly without a ticket. authorities say 26 year old wycliffe lazard took photos of boarding passes on passengers phones at the airport in salt lake city, then used an image to gain access to the plane. flight attendants just before takeoff realized he did not have a valid ticket. they are on the taxiway found is closed. the incident comes less than three months after another security breach at the same airport in january. a man whose family says had mental health issues was able to run onto the tarmac and jumped into the engine of a plane, later dying. >> the air blades were circulating when officers arrived

i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you i'm rhiannon ally. we want to begin with the bridge collapse in baltimore. >> we have new video from inside the cargo ship that hit the bridge. experts say it could take one month just to clear the wreckage of this disaster from the water. >> we're also learning more about the six victims of the bridge collapse and the two survivors. the wife of a construction worker who survived says her husband doesn't even know how to swim, but somehow escaped. abc's perry russom is in baltimore with the latest perry. good morning. >> rihanna. good morning to you. resources are now flowing into baltimore, including federal funding and large equipment to clear the water. this morning, the largest crane on the east coast arriving in baltimore and helping in the recovery efforts after tuesday's deadly bridge collapse. we've got work to do, but we're moving the 1000 ton crane will help pull these giant pieces of metal from the river. the federal government has now approved $60 million to help with initial costs for movin

. >> good thursday morning everyone i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you i'm rhiannon ally.want to begin with new details in the baltimore bridge collapse investigation. >> two of the construction workers killed after a cargo ship slammed into the bridge have been recovered. officials last night revealed what they've now learned from the cargo ship's data recorder, but it's still unclear why the ship lost power before the collision. >> 56 containers of hazardous material were on that ship. some of them opened in the crash, including lithium ion batteries, but officials say there is no threat to the public. >> let's get right to abc's perry russom who has the latest from baltimore. perry good morning. >> andrew good morning to you. authorities are calling this investigation a massive undertaking with a data recorder from the ship now revealing a new timeline this morning, new details emerging about the moments before the deadly bridge collapse in baltimore after investigators were able to board the cargo ship, the dolly, and get access to its data recorder. >> it's just utter

. >> good thursday morning, everyone i'm andrew dymburt. >> happy thursday i'm rhiannon ally.want to begin with president biden making his case to the voters as a general election rematch with former president trump takes shape. >> we're learning what biden is expected to outline during his state of the union address tonight. polls show he's trailing trump with voters most concerned about the border. the economy and biden's age. >> his campaign is already facing questions about whether biden plans to debate trump. abc's ikazuchi has a preview of tonight's address. hey, good morning. >> hey, good morning ryan. and things will look differently, both inside and outside the state of the union address this year. but as the president prepares for his speech, he's facing a new request from former president trump just hours before his state of the union address. tonight, president biden is facing a direct challenge from donald trump, the former president, posting on social media, i'm calling for debates any time, anywhere, any place. the white house press secretary was questioned on t

our andrew dymburt is there. >> there's been a bit of a party pilgrimage, you could say, from miami beachhere to fort lauderdale beach. already there have been arrests and crimes here, according to authorities, including even battery on an officer on new smyrna beach south of daytona. >> a teenager pulled a gun during a fight on a crowded beach. >> he got a gun. he's got a gun on the beach. >> a deputy officer quickly intervened, arresting the 16 year old and back to the shooting in jacksonville beach. police overnight did not release details about the victims. they're promising an update this morning. more than 30 americans have been evacuated from haiti on a us government charter flight that landed in miami. >> they fled after weeks of gang related violence aimed at forcing haiti's prime minister to step down. u.s. officials say work to stabilize the country is ongoing. a government transition council is now being formed in hopes of establishing a new government, new security concerns along the southern us border after a migrant from the middle east was taken into custody with alleged t

i'm andrew dymburt with rhiannon ally.ing our programing to bring you breaking news. there's been a bridge collapse in baltimore, maryland. >> yeah, the scene is the francis scott key bridge, which has been hit by a container ship. >> there have been other images being shared online overnight showing the massive steel structure and multiple vehicles falling into the patapsco river. >> this is file video right here. fire officials, fire officials say one vehicle in the water is as big as a tractor trailer. and we are told multiple people also fell into the water. >> we want to get right to abc's transportation reporter sam sweeney. sam, what do you know right now? >> well, andrew, this happened about 130 this morning. there were workers on the bridge when this cargo vessel was leaving the port of baltimore. and it was traveling there on the patapsco river. now, this is the francis scott key bridge, as you said, it crosses 695. this is a very busy bridge. we're talking 11 million people use this bridge every single year. it

. >> good friday morning, everyone i'm andrew dymburt. >> happy friday i'm rhiannon ally.want to begin with the increasing danger that law enforcement officers in this country face every single day on the job. >> the latest example, local officials serving an eviction notice in missouri. and then shots rang out in the kansas city suburb of independence, missouri. a procession of police officers escorted the body of one of their own to the medical examiner's office. the latest american police officer killed in the line of duty. >> our thoughts and prayers are with all of the families and this entire community that has been devastated. the tragedy unfolded yesterday afternoon when a court employee tried to serve an eviction notice at this home. >> that's when police say someone inside opened fire, killing drexel mack. a civil process server in his early 40s. the suspect then opened fire on first responders, killing 35 year old police officer cody allen, a father of two. officer cody allen, uh, served this community not once but twice. >> um, as an independent police officer,

good monday morning, everyone i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you i'm rhiannon ally. we want to begin with extreme weather from coast to coast, from tornadoes to blizzard conditions. >> the first full week of spring is delivering a wide range of weather threats, resulting in power outages and major travel delays. >> abc's alison kosik begins our coverage. >> there's a tornado in garden city, right now. i think we're in the middle of it. holy. our pickup's gonna get messed up. >> holy cow. >> this morning, a spring weather wallop from coast to coast with 16 states from california to michigan on alert. in the texas panhandle, a tornado touching down, damaging the roof of this hospital in perryton. all patients and staff have been accounted for in southern california. storms dumped quarter sized hail, and in the midwest, blizzard conditions, more than a foot of snow is possible. from nebraska to minnesota. >> and in january, i said the same thing. i said, you know, in march we're going to have a big snowstorm or something. >> and here we are in the east, tens of thousand

. >> good friday morning everyone i'm andrew dymburt. >> happy friday i'm rhiannon ally. we want to begin this morning with a big question. is apple a monopoly. >> the biden administration is suing the company. it's a landmark antitrust case accusing apple of illegally squeezing out competitors to the iphone. >> we've been hearing from experts on whether the government has a case. could apple be broken up and what changes could iphone users eventually see? abc's perry russom is here now with more on this and some answers. perry. good morning. >> good morning rihanna. the lawsuit comes down to this. can antitrust laws force a company to redesign its product to make it more compatible with a competitor's product? this morning, the justice department is accusing apple of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones, boxing out competitors while dominating 70% of the market, almost equivalent to driving on a highway with posted speed limits and as your speed increases, you are more likely to draw the scrutiny of a patrol car and a speed in antitrust law, that's important as

. >> good wednesday morning, everyone i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you i'm rhiannon ally. we begin with the baltimore bridge disaster. six workers are now presumed dead. >> investigators will examine whether contaminated fuel played a role in that cargo ship, losing power and crashing into the bridge. the collision is raising questions across the country about bridge safety in busy shipping lanes. we'll take a closer look at that issue in a moment. >> but first, the news about those workers still on the bridge when it collapsed. we are told at least two were originally from guatemala. the others were from mexico and honduras. abc's perry russom begins our coverage now from baltimore. perry, what's the scene like there this morning? >> hey, brianna. all is quiet right now in baltimore. we have some sporadic police lights, both on land and on the water. a small break as we head into day two of this investigation. and this morning, the search and rescue mission at the collapsed francis scott key bridge has turned into a recovery mission. officials say the 47 degree water and

. >> good morning everyone i'm andrew dymburt. >> happy friday i'm rhiannon ally. we begin with a fired up president biden delivering a spirited state of the union address. >> the president said we are at an unprecedented moment in history. he arrived ready to take on everything from abortion rights to the border to his age and his predecessor, whom he did not mention by name. abc's ike ejiochi joins us now with the recap. ike. >> good morning. andrew. in his last state of the union address before the 2024 election, biden accused trump of bowing down to vladimir putin while burying the truth about january sixth. >> i know it may not look like it, but i've been around a while, president biden delivering the state of the union, making the case for a second time and taking the fight to donald trump. my inherited economy is on the brink now. our economy is literally the envy of the world. 15 million new jobs in just three years, a record unemployment at 50 year low. inflation has dropped from 9% to 3. wages keep going up, inflation keeps coming down. >> the president a

i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you. i'm rhiannon ally.begin with the crisis on the southern border. and a new court ruling late last night. >> an appeals court is now weighing in on a controversial law that would allow local police in texas to arrest and deport migrants. >> the ruling follows a us supreme court ruling on the same issue yesterday. abc's perry russom is here now to explain all of this. perry good morning. >> rihanna, good morning to you. an appeals court issued a ruling last night placing that controversial texas law on hold. only adding to confusion at the border. this morning, a federal appeals court is blocking texas from enforcing a law that would give local authorities the power to arrest migrants suspected of entering the us illegally. the late night decision came just hours after the supreme court allowed the law to take effect. while it's being challenged in the appeals court, the appeals court will hold a hearing today to determine what's next. supporters of the law, known as sb four, say something needs to be done

. >> good wednesday morning, everyone i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you i'm rhiannon ally.want to begin with the results from super tuesday. one of the most important days of the election year. >> the big headline this morning, a biden trump general election rematch is all but certain. that's because trump defeated nikki haley in nearly every state that held gop primaries in his victory speech overnight, trump did not even mention haley. president biden's camp responded, saying voters in november will have a clear choice to make between democracy and chaos. >> the only super tuesday state nikki haley won was vermont, but analysts say her overall performance is exposing some weakness that the trump campaign will need to address. here's abc's lionel moise. >> overnight results coming in from super tuesday. as millions of americans in 16 states from california to texas make their voices heard. former president trump celebrating his sweep in all but one gop race while slamming president biden's handling of the economy and the border. >> all of the problems that you have today,

abc's andrew dymburt joins us now live from miami beach. ning, andrew. >> reporter: good morning, janai. that terrifying scene playing out right in front of police, a teenager pulling out a gun on a crowded beach. now, that incident happened a few hours away from here, but it's the exact kind of thing miami beach officials are hoping to avoid this season. this morning -- >> hey, drop the [ bleep ] gun! drop the [ bleep ] gun. >> reporter: -- a terrifying spring break standoff. dramatic police body camera footage from new smyrna beach just outside of daytona beach capturing the moment officers come face-to-face with a gunman said to be 16 years old. >> got a fight over there. >> reporter: it started with a brawl on the beach. authorities say the teenager suddenly pulled out a firearm. a crowd of frightened spring breakers seen running for safety and nearby officers confronting the teen within seconds before he throws it in a backpack into the water and surrenders according to authorities. the volusia county sheriff's office saying they retrie

andrew dymburt is in miami as spring break meets up with st. patrick's day weekend. morning, andrew. >> reporter: good morning, janai. city officials say traditionally this weekend is one of the worst when it comes to spring break, with one official telling me it's time with, quote, the most bloodshed. now they're taking drastic measures to, as they say, break up with spring break. this morning miami beach put to the test. >> this weekend is really, yes, it's our toughest weekend. >> reporter: after years of spring breakers wreaking havoc on this small island, officials are looking to curb the chaos with the toughest restrictions yet including dui check point, 1 $100 parking, towing fees. and now all parking garages will be closed to visitors. more than a dozen drones will be patrolling overhead. 140 plus state troopers and even the coast guard deploying to help police. miami beach commissioner david suarez says this season is different. >> every year. there was always a shooting and a death. it's sad. that's not miami beach. >> we need to talk. >> reporter: it start