linsey? >> martha, thank you. >>> we know president biden is planning to address the nation tonight, as martha just pointed out. he was right there in the situation room, more than a decade ago when american special foshss took out osama bin laden. abc's cecilia vega joins us now. and cecilia tonight's announcement certainly a long time coming. >> reporter: a long time coming, linsey. biden is the fourth american president who has tried to capture him. this is one of the biggest terrorist takedowns since bin laden. he's been on the fbi's list of most wanted terrorists around the globe. but the timing of this tonight, linsey, is worth noting. this time last year, president biden was pulling troops out of afghanistan. at the time, the white house faced push-back for saying it would continue to be able to hunt down and track terrorists down in afghanistan after american troops were gorn. linsey, they have shown tonight that is still a possibility. >> all right, cecilia vega from the white house

linsey? >> terry moran, our thanks to you. >>> here in new york, the trump organization's longtime chief financial officer has pleaded guilty in a tax fraud scheme that went on for years. our senior investigative reporter aaron katersky is outside court. what's at the center of the plea and what could this mean for the trump organization and the former president himself? >> reporter: well, it certainly implicates the business practices of the former president's company. allen weisselberg came to court today and over and over, he softly answered, "yes, your honor," when asked if he committed the criminal conduct. for 15 years, he arranged for gekives to get paid with off the books perks. in his case, a luxury car, an apartment, and private school tuition for his grandkids. weisselberg agreed to pay $2 million and testify against the trump organization, but loyal to the end, weisselberg opted to go to prison for five months rather than turn on his boss and members of the trump family. his plea

linsey? >> mary, thank you. >>> we move on now to the devastating mckinney fire in northern california, still 0% contained. the death toll rising tonight to at least four people killed. nearly 6,000 people under evacuation orders. tens of thousands of acres destroyed. abc's will carr is there. will? >> reporter: linsey, tonight as the death toll has jumped, we learned that two people were in their cars, two others were on their properties and were unable to get to safety. authorities are going property by property right now, trying to find anybody else who was unable to make it out. this entire area is still under a mandatory evacuation. so far, this fire has scorched 56,000 acres, and as crews are trying to up the containment here, they have received a boost from mother nature. we've had some rain today, also the humidity levels have increased, but the winds have also picked up. and smoke has smothered this area, leading to bad air quality across the region. linsey? >> as if they didn't have

linsey? >> the summer of extremes continues. rob, thank you. >>> next tonight, the courtroom showdown between conspiracy theorist alex jones and parents of a sandy hook victim. for years, he has called the mass shooting of 26 children and staff a hoax. at trial today, he conceded the massacre was 100% real. and while he was on the stand, the family's attorney delivered a stunning twist. here's abc's erielle reshef. >> reporter: tonight, that admission from conspiracy theorist and radio firebrand alex jones. >> it was, especially since i met the parents. and -- it's 100% real. >> reporter: finally acknowledging the tragedy the world witnessed in 2012. 20 elementary school students and six staff gunned down at sandy hook. >> i can't even describe the last 9 1/2 years of the living hell that i and others have had to endure. >> reporter: the parents of 6-year-old jesse lewis now seeking $150 million in damages, telling a texas courtroom that jones has compounded their anguish by calling the 2012

linsey? >> wow. eva, thank you. >>> from massive flooding to the destructive wildfire in northern california, the mckinney fire is now the largest fire in the state this year. more than 55,000 acres destroyed, at least two people killed, apparently while trying to escape the flames. homes and structures up in flames. nearly 2,000 people have been forced to evacuate. and more evacuations could come at any moment. here's abc's chief national correspondent matt gutman. >> reporter: firefighters at california's biggest fire so far this year battling freak weather. walls of flames. and a slab of smoke thousands of feet thick. the mckinney fire exploding from a few hundred acres on friday to over 55,000 tonight. so far, at least 100 structures destroyed. in many cases, it's only the chill knees left standing. the fire blasting through the klamath national forest like a flame thrower. just outside the community of klamath river, at least two fatalities. >> fire was everywhere. it was so scary. i was

linsey? >> from one extreme to another. cheryl, thank you. >>> we turn now to that deadly car bomb attack outside of moscow. the victim was the daughter of high-profile russian nationalist alexander dugin. video is being shown on russian television showed the immediate aftermath of the blast. the vehicle engulfed in flames. you can see what appears to be dugin in shock, his hands on his head, moments after the detonation. dugin has been a strong proponent of the russian invasion. abc's britt clennett reports tonight from kyiv. >> reporter: tonight, new video of that fiery car bomb explosion that killed the daughter of an ally of vladimir putin. videos being shown on russian television showing the immediate aftermath of the blast. the vehicle engulfed in flames. debris strewn on the street. the victim identified as 29-year-old darya dugina. you can see what appears to be her father, alexander dugin, in shock, his hands on his head, moments after the detonation outside moscow. russian state media says the car belonged to her

i'm linsey davis. we begin tonight with the search of mar-a-lago and the increasing concerns over potential damage to national security. top intelligence officials are now assessing the risk and conducting a classification review of the boxes of material seized from former president trump's home. when agents executed a search warrant at mar-a-lago earlier this month, they took 11 sets of classified documents. we now know from the heavily redacted affidavit released this week that the fbi suspected as early as this spring that trump and his team still had classified documents in his possession. rmsident trump insists he did nothing wrong. today several republicans said they want to see more information. abc's white house correspondent maryalice parks leads us off tonight from the department of justice. >> reporter: tonight, as top intelligence officials work to assess any risk to national security, many republicans demanding more answers and transparency from the department of justice, critical that the

linsey? >> all eyes on the nuclear plant. brit, thank you. >>> back here now, the tropical storm warnings just issued. south texas is bracing for wind and rain as monsoon rains batter the southwest. a mixed blessing for drought stricken texas. the driver miraculously jumping out before it. fast. tonight that new system in the gulf of mexico coming together rapidly. could combine with monsoon rains. sheryl scott from wls joins you now. time this threat out for us. >> reporter: we're now looking at an 80% chance this tropical disturbance forms and develops into a named storm. let's take it to the maps. you can see the storm rapidly developing in the gulf. it's going to quickly move up to the north and west. tropical warnings for the coast of texas and also mexico. expected to make landfall tomorrow. this moisture is going to feed into the desert southwest. slow moving thunderstorms, flooding rains where, we're looking at potentially two to three plus inches and all of this rain shifts to the ea

linsey. >> more sweltering days ahead. rob, thank you. >>> tonight, there is new hope for a prisoner exchange. russia is signaling it's ready to discuss a swap for detained wnba star brittney griner and former marine paul whelan. former u.n. ambassador bill richardson said any deal would likely be a two for two. two detained americans for two imprisoned russians. here's abc's mola lenghi. >> reporter: tonight, a former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. helping to bring home brittney griner says he believes the wnba star will be released. bill richardson telling our george stephanopoulos today -- >> i'm optimistic. i think she's going to be freed. >> reporter: richardson now working as an outside adviser in negotiations for griner as well as other detainees including former marine paul whelan. >> there's going to be a prisoner swap though, and i think it will be two for two >> reporter: after griner \ was convicted and sentenced, russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov signaled on friday that russia was prepared to talk. the bide

i'm linsey davis. god night. watching. i'm linsey davis.c 7 news at 6:00, hospital workers say safety is at risk. the issue that has them ready to walk off the job. certain san francisco businesses being hit by crime over and over again. and a ride comes to an unexpected stop during a county fair in the north bay. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. dion: that mercury is rising. our warm weather is about to really heat up in some areas. right now, a little hazy outside at richardson bay and the north bay. san francisco and mount diablo. the east bay is expect to get the biggest blast of heat in the bay area. thanks so much for joining us. we begin with our summer sizzle coming our way. spencer has been watching this excessive heat watch and when temperatures will peak. spencer: they are certainly getting hot or going to get hot in the bay area. let's take a look at that excessive heat watch which will be in effect from tuesday morning to tuesday evening for the interior north bay mountains,

linsey. >> a summer of extremes. rob, thank you. >>> tonight, new york city declaring a public health emergency. officials are calling it the epicenter of the monkeypox outbreak in this country, saying more than 150,000 residents are at risk of exposure and should be vaccinated. long lines at the city's vaccination clinics from new york to los angeles, and news tonight about who might be most at risk. abc's phil lipof tonight from new york. >> reporter: tonight, new york city joining san francisco in declaring a public health emergency as monkeypox continues to spread. >> we've been calling on more and more vaccine to be made available to the city because we are definitely the epicenter of this. >> reporter: new york city's health commissioner saying 25% of the nation's cases are in new york, and roughly 150,000 new yorkers are currently at risk of exposure. right now, health officials are finding cases primarily among men who have sex with other men although cases are spreading to other demographics. at this vaccine

linsey? >> thanks, whit. >>> now to donald trump speaking to conservative voters at cpac where a poll showing strong support for a 2024 run. abc's zohreen shah is in washington. good morning, zohreen. >> reporter: fworn good morning, linsey. it's a conference for conservatives, but ron desants wasn't there. mike pence wasn't either, and nikki haley nowhere to be seen. cpac focused solely on donald trump. trump's newest stars taking center stage at cpac, setting the tone for the midterms and the party's future. >> we drove a stake through the heart of the mccain machine. >> reporter: fresh off her primary win in arizona, the trump-backed gubernatorial candidate kari lake. ramping up the crowd over the former president. trump also mocking the january 6th hearings. >> if they used the same energy to go and make our country great it would be an incredible thing. i don't know if they could do that. >> reporter: in a more bizarre moment, a man portraying a january 6th defendant dressed up in a pris

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i think you're exactly right, linsey, a victory lap and as marthsa said a little bit of i told you sofrom the president and senior administration officials here. they were criticized pretty heavily for the botched withdrawal that we all covered in depth about a year ago this time. it was about a year ago right now that president biden had started to pull troops out of afghanistan, and at the time the white house faced very serious criticism from -- from many across this city and beyond that's basically saying that they wouldn't be able to continue to get intelligence if american troops were not there on the ground and in that region, and at the time they said that would still be possible despite this criticism and you are hearing from the administration right now from senior administration officials that say this is proof you don't need american troops on the ground and in harm's way in afghanistan in order to get this intel like you're seeing come out of the white house right now. >> cecilia vega from the white house for us. again, the president talked about how meticulously this had

he spoke with abc's linsey davis. ♪ >> reporter: born and raised in newark, new jersey, duprÉ "doitallnt from rapping about his 'hood in the '90s to repping it nearly three decades later. >> man, how do you follow the mayor of newark, new jersey? >> reporter: kelly, of the legendary rap group lords of the underground, is the first platinum selling hip-hop artist in the country to ever become an elected official. kelly's activism for the community started when he was young with hip-hop culture and his neighborhood serving as the inspiration for the message in his music. his mentor and former manager always encouraged him to pursue his passion. >> remember hip-hop at its inception, at the very beginning, was very political. this is a natural progression from being a frontline artist, an activist artist, you know, to a public servant. >> i'm a son of newark. i know those -- i know those streets. i know those avenues, you know. i came up in that ward. i was born in that ward. >> so this is where it all started? >> yes, this is where it all started. south 19th street, newark, new jersey, th

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he spoke to our linsey davis. >> we know that some judge out there probably in the southern district of florida has found that there may be evidence of a crime existing at trump's residence. i think the indication is that it's moving forward. they are taking active action and following the leads and following the evidence. you know, we've already had search warrants of trump adjacent persons like john eastman. their items have been searched. it's only's matter of time that they'll work up the chain to other potential targets. the next steps are going to be whether the fbi's found what they were looking for. they'll look through everything they found and see if that leads to other crimes, other individuals who they can be targeting. >> with that let's turn now to abc's ike ejiochi with some of the other developing headlines related to former president trump, as well as the january 6th investigation, ike. >> reporter: that's right, andrew. "the new york times" maggie haberman has claimed former president trump has flushed handwritten presidential documents down the toilet and now we're

linsey davis will be back here tomorrow night. have a great evening. good night.ving effort to get the monkeypox vaccine to the people who want it. and the surge intensifies for a teenager missing and truckee investigators reveal today why they're frustrated by the case? is the us aircraft carrier that is centerpiece of the united states navy fleet. a centennial celebration honoring the bay area's military legacy. these 7 news. it's right now. building a bit. this is an opportunity to nip this in the bud right now. so i wanted to make sure to do my part. double dose the expanding effort in san francisco today to get people vaccinated against monkeypox for the first time two clinics have enough vaccine to take walk-ins. evening and thank you for joining us. i'm dionne lim this weekend. the search from monkeypox vaccine is getting easier abc 7 news reporter. bernard visited those two clinics in san francisco now offering the vaccine in cornell. this is really promising news it is and you know deon we were very surprised because there were no long lines to the clinic

not seem to they worry, it’s much more important to demonize russia , senators richard bluntali and linseyed on the biden administration to include russia in the list of countries sponsoring terrorism because of the situation in ukraine, however , not everyone has such an attitude, which the founder of the pink floyd group demonstrated the day before, expressing the opinion that biden is his actions only adds fuel to the fire of the ukrainian conflict. thanks to roger waters for his sobering analysis of the origins of the crisis in ukraine and the current role of the united states in the world, it is incredibly courageous to take such a position in country, pop ukraine will be in a completely abandoned state. if he loses everything, then he will spit on the whole world, but for now on foreign politicians. apparently, it is beneficial to turn a blind eye to the crime of the ukrainian military; everything that the un was able to voice after the publication of the amnesty international report was that there was no call for the protection of civilians . even condemnation, but real action. appa

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completed a 5000 kilometers journey to their winter quarters and increasingly perilous odyssey to the linsey miles studies. the butterflies in toronto, monarch butterflies are these really great insect. unfortunately, right now they're in decline. the in the united states, they've experienced 80 percent population decline in this industrial area of toronto, monarch butterflies take a rest stop before flying home. they also take the opportunity to mate and reproduce. really vague caterpillar, this is on the baby monarch. this one's probably a day or 2 away from going into its chrysalis and then becoming a monarch butterfly. it's really cool. one other species have the ability to switch to other food sources. monarch butterflies remain dependent on a single plot. oh, i got one. let's check it out. we found a monarch ah, the butterflies laid eggs on the milkweed that caterpillar's feet exclusively on these plants. and in many cities, the land on which milkweed can grow is disappearing. o, unfortunately a lot of these cities are providing these barriers that just don't have the resources that th

our correspondent linsey smith has more.on our minds was our families and our country. whilst inside, they were in turmoil, they quickly found jobs. mary works at a local hotel which allowed her to save for a car. they have also run community dance classes. our friends gave us a second home land we are very thankful to them. | and thankful for everything. yeah, true. we are very happy here. jasmine says that rather than losing house guests, she feels she has gained two friends. linsey smith, bbc look north, louth. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. ben brown will be back with the bbc using just a second. there's never a shortage, more bens then you could possibly need. good afternoon. more rain than some of us could possibly want this afternoon and some pretty soggy conditions in places after the torrential downpours that we saw across parts of southern and eastern england. a lot of cloud from one of our weather watchers in essex. look at the rain pushing northwards earlier. we saw around 5000 lightning s