let's get to martha raddatz. martha, we heard general milley there saying if the russians were able to recover this drone from the black sea, the u.s. is very confident they will not gain access to any valuable u.s. intelligence here. >> reporter: right, david. the drone operators were able to gain some control of the drone, even after the collision, and were able to wipe out or scrub all the sensitive information remotely and render the drone inoperable, even if it is recovered by the russians. david? >> all right, martha raddatz, working this story again today for us. martha, thank you. >>> meantime, here in the u.s., we're learning about yet another close call at a u.s. airport. at least seven incidents so far this year, and this time, a united flight forced to abort takeoff from reagan national airport. tonight right here, you will hear air traffic controllers urging that cockpit to halt takeoff. so, what happened on that runway? and it all comes just as the faa held a safety summit today. here's gio benitez a

was pure incompetence and flat-out dumb on the part of the russian pilot, david. >> all right, martha raddatz leading us off tonight. martha, thank you. >>> of course, we're also tracking these two major storms hitting both the east and west coasts at this hour. a powerful nor'easter making its way all the way up the east coast. heavy snow, rain, winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour from philadelphia to new york to boston today. the images coming in all day. look at the dangerous driving on the highways. cars struggling to stay on the road in some places. nearly three feet of snow reported in parts and that new atmospheric river hitting california at this hour. a high risk of flash flooding from monterey to santa barbara. in fact, a rare alert in los angeles. ginger zee is going to time all of this out. and abc's trevor ault on the coast tonight in scituate, massachusetts. >> reporter: tonight, a treacherous drive home for the millions in the grip of a powerful nor'easter. cars fishtailing in new hampshire, part of interstate 93 shut down for a time, power lines blocking the road. >> we just

and martha raddatz with late reporting. >>> two major systems hitting both coasts tonight. in the northeast, this nor'easter in some places, more than 30 inches of snow. wind gusts hitting 60 miles an hour. a passenger plane off the taxiway in syracuse. and now in the west, the second atmospheric river targeting california. heavy rain tonight and a rare flash flood alert in los angeles. ginger zee timing it out. >>> the alarming headline breaking late today. police outside syracuse, new york, say they have stopped a mass shooting threat at another upstate tops supermarket. a suspect in custody at this hour. tonight, how they knew of this threat, and why they took it seriously. >>> tonight, the federal investigations now launched after those two u.s. banks collapsed. the justice department and the s.e.c. did high-ranking bank employees know this was coming? did they take advantage of that information? and the video tonight. one of the bank's ceos and what he asked employees to do as this was unfolding. pierre thomas tonight. >>> the race for the white house. and florida gove

i want to get right to martha raddatz. martha, the two new attacks we learned of tonight. we learned this from the pentagon as we were coming on. we did hear a unified message before these two new attacks from both the pentagon and the pres u itgsid wit t. us, here, martha, the president in canada saying the u.s. does not seek conflict with iran, but this would appear to be escalating. what are you hearing tonight about the defense systems on those u.s. bases, why they're not able to stop these drones and rockets, an how the u.s. might respond to these attacks? >> reporter: a u.s. official confirmed to us that one of the air defenses was down at the time of the deadly attack, something they will be looking into but do not expect the u.s. to back off. president biden said just moments ago, we are not going to stop, implying there could be further retaliations. david? >> i know you'll be monitoring this into the evening for us. martha raddatz leading us off with this on this friday night. >>> severe stormsnd concern tonight over long track tornadoes possible after dark. two

martha raddatz standing by. >>> here in the u.s., that new close call. at least seven incidents now so far this year. a united flight forced to abort takeoff from reagan national airport. what happened on that runway? and it comes just as the faa holds a safety summit today. gio benitez reporting.

s officials now confirming that russian ships are at the scene of where that drone went down martha raddatz with late reporting. also tonight that tornado warning as we come on in dallas, right during the evening commute reports of that tornado already in fort worth all part of this powerful storm moving east, several states in the path rob marciano, timing it out.

let's get to abc's chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz. martha, how rare is this kind of arrest warrant for a world leader and what impact could it have on putin and russia going forward? >> well, whit, putin is by far the most powerful person ever issued an arrest warrant by the international court. he joins the ranks of people like muammar khadafy official leaders and some affiliated with al qaeda. even though an arrest is not going to happen any time soon if ever, and even though russia does not recognize the court, this is a cloak of shame that will stay with him forever. on a practical note it could limit his travel overseas and limit him further. does come in the middle of war with russia, and right after the u.s. released that video showing the reckless behavior of russian pilots and right before he is to meet with china's president, which could limit what china will do to assist russia in the war in terms of providing weapons. whit? >> martha raddatz and again james longman, our thanks to both of you on this developing story today.

martha raddatz, thank you.tracking back here in houston at the service terms of this hour and a real concern tonight over these long track tornadoes possible in several states after dark. two turn it is confirmed in texas already. a satellite catching a lot of lightning flashes over oklahoma, heavy rain in galveston, the recording, the darkening sky over paris, texas, here and capturing the damage from others those two years internet is confirmed. it is truck outside fort worth. was up to 100 miles an hour. meteorologist rob marciano is interesting that louis is an a for and i know a particular concern obviously because this is going to play out after sundown now. >> rob: yeah, at least until midnight. that is always more dangerous. storms have been bubbling in the region. we are on the campus of louisiana tech. a lot of superstorms. those clouds are ripping. that is a low level jet. becauseof that and other factors, they have now expanded the tornado watch. it is massive now. the northern part of louisiana, me

martha raddatz with late reporting. in russia tonight a u.s. journalist charged with espionage, the first time since the cold war. the kremlin claiming he was caught "red-handed," "the wall street journal" reporter originally from new jersey facing decades behind bars if convicted to pleading not guilty in court. "the wall street journal" saying he is innocent, the white house saying the charges are the chilling 911 call audio released from inside that nashville school. a teacher in a closet in the art room with students calling for help. you can hear the children in the background, how the brave teachers protected their students. the threat tonight of dangerous long tornadoes again in the same reason just hit affect 70 million americans on alert from the north all the way to the gulf and those states trying to recover from tornadoes just days ago. how this hits tomorrow and rob marciano tracking at all. also urgent evacuations in another fiery derailment of the u.s. of a. train carrying hazardous officials. there is also breaking news, the ver

chief global anchor martha raddatz. >> martha: good morning, robin. 10:00 p.m. army announcing nine soldiers kills 101st airborne division in fort campbell, kentucky. five aboard, four in other, two pilots, two kree chiefs and medics. multi-ship exercise and crews using night vision goggles far more challenging. these were medical evacuation helicopters they were not training specifically for a medical evacuation. any kind of aviation training is dangerous. no may day call. 101st do not yet know whether the helicopters collided although that is certainly a possibility during a night operation as with any aviatin accident, flight recorders will be analyzed, rebecca. >> rebecca: as you say nothing routine. thank you, martha raddatz. >>> we turn to bipartisan push for possible national no-fly list to get unruly passengers off commercial flights for good. senior congressional correspondent rachel scott. >>>> rachel: there is a bipartisan push to keep travelers out of the skies and grounded. lawmakers say this new bill is simple, violent on a flight you sh

here is martha raddatz now. >> tonight, a troubling standoff.now refusing to give advance warning to the u.s. about its missile tests or provide data about its nuclear arsenal as required by the start nuclear arms agreements, a move that has now prompted the white house to do the same. >> to be compliant to that particular modality of new start, we have decided to likewise not share that data. >> the new start agreement signed in 2010 limits each country to 1550 deployed nuclear warheads with inspections to verify compliance. but las month, vladimir putin called off inspections because of u.s. support for the war in ukraine. now they have taken it even further. calling off all notifications of missile tests. this all comes as russia begins military drills and putin's announcement that he will deploy tactical nuclear weapons to ukraine's neighbor belarus, but the pentagon believes this is just saber rattling, although failing to share data about missile tests under the agreement means there's always a greater possibility from his calculations. da

martha raddatz with us again tonight, martha. thank you were to turn out of this powerful cross country storm tonight at this hour, a tornado warning for a time in the dallas area. already a confirmed tornado on the ground in fort worth just a short time ago. and these are the images coming in already. large hail falling in weatherford, texas, and across the state 16 states. in fact, on alert right now, from colorado to michigan, and then of course, the east gets hit next, let's get right to senior meteorologist rob marciano. tracking this again tonight. hey, rob. hi david. a dangerous evening across north texas. this is the wind energy from that california storm that tornado watch remains up for the dallas fort worth metroplex that sells weakened somewhat, but you see more bubbling up down around waco. the northern part of this has dropped some snow, and it will push off to the east. we're looking for some rain across chicago into the great lakes. in the southern part of this, that's where the wind energy is again today and tomo

chief correspondent martha raddatz has the latest. ng, martha. >> martha: good morning, michael, retaliation, the u.s. targeting iranian-backed groups who they say are responsible for a series of attacks against american sources. the latest is a drone strike in northeast syria, leaving an american contractor dead and another one injured, along with five american servicemembers wounded. some 900 forces in syria as part of counter isis force include forces, active duty, national guard and contractors who are a vital part of the mission. they are under constant threat since early 2021, they have been targeted 78 times by drones and rockets by proxy groups and sadly this latest claiming the life of the american, michael. >> unfortunately, martha. turn to north korea, they are claiming they tested an underwater attack drone that could create a radioactive tsunami? >> martha: exactly, michael, the north koreans have been testing weapons and u.s. resolve, this latest they say is a nuclear capable underwater attack drone, they claim can tsunam

james longman in ukraine and martha raddatz reporting from washington. >>> here at home, the fbi announcing they prevented a chilling st. patrick's day plot. a suspect arrested, accused of threatening to kill police

and martha raddatz with late reporting. >>> two major systems hitting both coasts tonight. in the northeast, this nor'easter. in some places, more than 30 inches of snow. wind gusts hitting 60 miles an hour. a passenger plane off the taxiway in syracuse. and now in the west, the second atmospheric river targeting california. heavy rain tonight and a rare flash flood alert in los angeles.

martha raddatz standing by with late reporting. >>> here in the u.s., that new close call.t least seven incidents now so far this year. a united flight forced to abort takeoff from reagan national airport. what happened on that runway? and it comes just as the faa

josh leivo in ukraine and martha raddatz reporting from issue. >>> here at home, the fbi announcing they a chilling st. patrick's day plomt a suspect arrested, accused of

and martha raddatz with late reporting. >>> two major systems hitting both coasts tonight.heast, this nor'easter in some places, more than 30 inches of snow. wind gusts hitting 60 miles an hour. a passenger plane off the taxiway in syracuse. and now in the west, the second atmospheric river targeting california. heavy rain tonight and a rare flash flood alert in

martha raddatz standing by. >>> here in the u.s., that new close call. at least seven incidents now so far this year. a united flight forced to abort takeoff from reagan national airport. what happened on that runway? and it comes just as the faa holds a safety

here is martha raddatz. >> reporter: tonight a struggling standoff, russia refusing to give advancedning to the u.s. about missile tests or to provide data about its nuclear arsenal as required by the start nuclear arms agreement. and move that has now prompted the white house to do the same. >> to be compliant with that particular modality, decided to likewise do not share that data. >> reporter: the new start agreement limits each country to 1550 deployed nuclear warheads with inspections to verify compliance. last month, vladimir putin called off inspections because of u.s. support for the war in ukraine. how they have taken it even further, calling off all notifications of missile tests. this all comes as russia begins military drills and pollutants announcement he will deploy% tactical nuclear weapons to ukraine's neighbor belarus. the pentagon believes this is just saber rattling although failing to share data about missile tests means there is greater possibility for miscalculations. >> david: not to the veteran pilot coming to the rescue of a young pilot on her third solo fli

s officials now confirming that russian ships are at the scene of where that drone went down martha raddatzwith late reporting. also tonight that tornado warning as we come on in dallas, right during the evening commute reports of that tornado already in fort worth all part of this powerful storm moving east, several states in the path rob marciano, timing

s officials now confirming that russian ships are at the scene of where that drone went down martha raddatz with late reporting. also tonight that tornado warning as we come on in dallas, right during the evening commute reports of that tornado already in fort worth all part of this powerful storm moving

martha raddatz with the latest. >> martha: north korea claims they tested nuclear-capable underwatery it could create a radio radioactive tsunami. >> severe weather threat, 30 million on alert for tornados this morning stretching from texas to ohio with

liz: jeanette senator and sat down with warner sat down with martha raddatz about the collapse. >> we will look what they did in didn't do and why they didn't get this right. what we have to focus on is h do we make sure there is not contagion and at the same time believe it can be acquired. this has a startup companies all over the country. that is going to be a valuable asset to somebody. he says the government should be monitoring other vulnerable banks that is assured the banking system is strong. with the fifth u.s. circuit court of appeals who was appointed by former president donald trump, was invited as a lunchtime speaker by the stanford chapter of the federalist society. according to reuters, judge duncan did not get far into his talk before he was confronted by the campus lgbtq group outlaw, who was holding signs and goons from who was holding signs and as a judge, he is against protesting. gay marriage and refuses to use correct pronouns to people who are transgender. stanford's president sent an apology letter saying after what was inconsistent with the university's polic

coming up abc news martha raddatz discusses what a possible indictment reads where his presidential bidcan watch that with george stephanopoulos at 8:00 on abc seven. actor jonathan majors was arrested on charges of string you and a salt, and harassment saturday. he is no longer in police custody this morning. police say majors was involved in a domestic dispute with a 30-year-old woman who had minor injuries. a representative for the actor says he did nothing wrong and they are looking to further clearing his name. majors is considered a fast rising star in hollywood. he recently up for your that she recently appeared increased three, antman and the wasp mania as well. divers have recovered the body of a 70- the coast guard was called to the beach and moderate county before 8:00 p.m. monday night. a three-year-old said his brother and mother were missing in the water. the mother's body was recovered that night. divers found the body of the seven-year-old for noon yesterday. still ahead on abc 7 news mornings, how would hopes to reduce crime later this week. and here is a live look outs

liz: coming up on "this week," martha raddatz will sit down with mark warner about the collapse. you can watch the full interview at 8:00 right here on abc 7. happening today in the north bay, memorial being held for the student stabbed to death at santa rosa high school. his father posted on social media the two events happening 1:.ay will be open to anyonetapg followed by celebration of life at new vintage church at 2:00 p.m. the attack has prompted a number of walkouts from students in santa rosa as well as calls for safety of schools. the suspect was arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter. stewart kyle duncan, a judge with the fifth u.s. circuit court of appeals who was appointed by former president donald trump, was invited as a lunchtime speaker by the stanford chapter of the federalist society. according to reuters, judge duncan did not get far into his talk before he was confronted by students and the campus lgbtq group outlaw, who was holding signs and protesting good as a judge, he is against gay marriage and refuses to use correct pronouns to people who are t

he was questioned by abc "this week" host martha raddatz asked if he regretted his 2018 vote to repealdodd-frank act. >> do you regret that vote? >> martha, i still think we put in place dodd-frank, proer to be one of the key authors of that bill. they strengthened the banking system. i think these midsized banks needed some regulatory relief. at the end of the day, no matter what the capital had been on it is bank come if you don't give banking 101 strength come if you don't manage your interest rate risk, if you then have a run at $42 billion in a single day, unprecedented. >> senator, you don't regret that vote? >> listen, i think it was call the 2155 bill. i think it put in place an appropriate level of regulation on midsized banks. amy: david sirota, your response to mark warner, who joined with the republicans come along with a thinks 16 other democratic senators, in weakening the frank-dodd will? >> what you're saying is the power of the banking industry, wall street. a u.s. senator who voted to deregulate silicon valley bank goes on television and continues defending it, defend

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from abc news, it is "this week," martha raddatz. >> good morning and welcome to "this week," donald trump began his rally of the 2024 campaign on a defiant note with a hand over his heart while a massive screen shows images of the january 6th riot with those in prison taking part in it joining in the chorus of the national an testimony. trump detected them and himself as victims of political persecution and doubling down on his dangerous rhetoric ahead of a potential indictment by the manhattan district attorney. days after warning of potential charge, trump barbed prosecutors and calling them quote, "human scums," there were death threats against the manhattan da this week and fears protest called by trump can turn violent. we'll cover it all this morning but we'll start in the south as the region braces for more severe storms after tornados where i happened through mississippi. a live image of the trail of destruction that spanned nearly 100 miles long and left at least 26 dead. dozens more injured and tens of thousands without power. over night, president biden approved a major d

tune in this week, later this morning martha raddatz interviews the leaders of the new house committeed in china. a potential tiktok band gaining momentum in congress, administrator discusses recover every in the south. >> we are going to go overseas to the war in ukraine a new talk of neckwear weapons. russian and resident prudence and he's going to send tactical nuclear weapons to neighboring belarus. more now from ukraine. >> this morning rush removing its nuclear weapon threat beyond its borders. president putin on russian state tv planning to deploy tactical nuclear weapons designed for limited strikes on the battlefield into belarus. the regime there a longtime ally of putin. the russian leader claiming he is responding the u.k. supplying ukraine with depleted uranium tank shells. the kremlin falsely laming the shells contain nuclear components. the u.s. monitoring the situation, a senior u.s. official saying there are no indications moscow is preparing to use nuclear weapons. russia ratcheting up the rhetoric as brutal artillery battles in the east draining ukrainian ammunition

plus, martha raddatz has a joint interview with the chairman committees in the house and the senate mike turner and mark warner as congress considers plans to rein in tiktok. janai? >>> now to the weather disaster in california. that state being pummelled by the latest string of winter storms. rob marciano is in folsom, california, outside sacramento with the latest after the flooding is causing widespread damage. rob, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, janai. just when we got a brief break in the heavy rain yesterday, swollen rivers breached levees, forced more we even had a severe thunderstorm yesterday with funnel clouds reported. this on a day when we were hoping to see more quiet action in this very battered state. this morning, massive flooding in monterey county. thousands evacuating. the california national guard on the ground. a 100-foot wide levee breach forcing people from their homes. watch as firefighters navigate flooded streets by boat, checking submerged vehicles. dozens of families left stuck on this bridge waiting for transport to nearby shelters. in portio

chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz has the story. orning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, george. this morning, the u.s. searching for that downed multimillion-dollar drone after a russian pilot essentially hot dogging in international airspace collided with the drone. it has never happened before. a collision between a u.s. drone and a russian warplane. while reckless interceptions are common, like this one in 2020, this time was far different. two russian fighter jets making 19 passes at high speed by the u.s. drone over a 30-minute period, spraying the drone with fuel multiple times. on the last pass one of the fighter jets flying vertically towards the drone colliding with the drone's rear propeller and bringing it down. >> they collided with the aircraft, damaging the propeller, essentially putting it in a situation where it was unflyable, uncontrollable so we brought it down. >> reporter: the drone's propeller was bent but the u.s. was able to guide the drone away from where it collided and into the black sea. a big question

chief global correspondent martha raddatz starts us off. orning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, george. this morning, russian ships in the black sea are now circling the site where the drone went down. this as we see for the first time the now declassified powerful images of that russian warplane moments before hitting the propeller of the u.s. drone as drone operators were watching in realtime. the just released video from the underside of the drone shows a russian fighter jet at high speed approaching the drone from behind and dumping a load of fuel on top of it. momentarily disrupting the video transmission, but you can clearly see the rear propeller. then a second approach follows, another load of fuel, this time even closer, and the drone's camera feed is then lost for about 60 seconds. when the video returns, you see the propeller again, damaged, bent by that close pass, one of 19 passes over a 30-minute period before the drone crashed into the sea. >> dangerous and reckless and unprofessional behavior. >> reporter: defense secreta

our chief global affairs anchor martha raddatz, is in washington. more. good morning, martha. good morning. lindsey russia remains defiant this morning over the top defiant, giving the russian fighter pilots awards for preventing what they call an american airspace violation over the black sea and still denying that the russian pilots caused the drone to crash this. despite that stunning video taking an international airspace of the russian jets, recklessly approaching the drone at high speed, which they did 19 times and dumping a load of fuel on top. of it. you see it there on the final approach, which the pentagon believes is when the collision occurred. more fuel dump the video lost for about 60 seconds, and when it returns, you can clearly see a bent propeller on the drone. the drone operator still had some control and they guided it into the waters where russian ships then surrounded the crash site, but the russians, saying they do not intend to retrieve the drone from the bottom of the sea, although officials say they have gotten a bit of debris, but the pentagon says it