abc news reporter perry russom has more. >> reporter the prosecutor with the icc is accusing israeli leaders of starvation of civilians and then willfully causing great suffering and other inhumane acts. the prosecutor says this is part of a widespread and systematic attack against palestinians. the two names being mentioned on the israeli side are prime minister benjamin netanyahu and then the minister of defense, yoav galant. netanyahu calls the move by the icc a disgrace. the icc is also accusing three hamas leaders of war crimes and crimes against humanity in gaza, and israel. hamas issued a statement saying it equates the victim with the executioner. three judges will now decide whether to issue the warrants. it could take up to two months for a ruling to be made. but even if the warrants are issued for the israeli leaders, israel is not a part of the icc, so they do not face any immediate risk of prosecution. but it could make it harder for netanyahu and galant to travel abroad. president biden is calling the application for the warrants for the israeli leaders outrageous. he s

abc news reporter perry russom has the latest. reporter new video from inside the singapore airlines plane hit by severe turbulence this morning. >> rescue teams carrying out the injured on backboards, loading them into ambulances. oxygen masks dangling from the ceiling. this dent on an overhead bin. one man on board says anyone not wearing a seatbelt was launched immediately. some people's heads denting bins, others cracking parts of the ceiling outside. this woman wheeled away while holding a baby. the injured triage separated by the severity of their injuries. singapore airlines says one person was killed more than 70 injured, including two americans. the airline is blaming severe turbulence. the flight, taking off from london headed to singapore, was forced to make an emergency landing in bangkok, thailand. the plane is a boeing 777, and a spokesperson for boeing says it's standing ready to support singapore airlines. >> but the general manager of the airport in thailand says the person who died is a 73 year old british man. t

perry russom, abc news, washington. >> new trouble for former new york mayor rudy giuliani.show has been canceled. the station owner says giuliani was taken off the air because he ignored orders to stop discussing false conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. giuliani responded on social media, claiming that he was fired for, quote, refusing to comply with the overly broad directive. >> donald glover, or sometimes known as childish gambino, has just announced a world tour. the rapper is heading back on the road in support of a newly released and reworked version of his 2020 album, alta vista. it kicks off in august, and you can see him right here in the bay area on september 21st at chase center. tickets go on pre-sale starting tomorrow and general sales starting on friday. it is the first time he has toured since 2019. >> the portola festival is returning to san francisco this september for a third year, and we now know wch artists will be performing. the official lineup released yesterday shows over 30 artists performing over the two days. rufus diesel is set toeadlin

. >> i'm abc's perry russom washington. than 2100 people have now been arrested at college protests coast to coast lights are coming back to the bay bridge. >> we're hearing from organizers about the plan to bring a bigger and brighter installation. good morning everyone. it's friday, may 3rd. >> we're going to start with a check on the weather. hi drew. >> hey there. >> 530 this morning and we'll take you outside the exploratorium camera showing you clear skies. but we do have a little bit of patchy fog out there along the coast and in parts of the east bay shoreline. places like hayward, half moon bay are reporting a little bit of cloud cover this morning with a shallow marine layer out there. temperatures for the most part in the low 50s as we begin your friday, it's another day where you need the jacket early on, but the afternoon is going to be very nice with above average temperatures and a lot of sunshine. a live look from our east bay hills camera. you can see a little bit of that patchy cloud cover out there. sunri

. >> i'm abc's perry russom in washington. abortion showdowns in multiple states. latest from arizona and florida. >> a breach of customer data at the largest health insurer in the united states. what united health is revealing to congress about how the hackers got in. >> it's been one whole year, and the results are in. we're taking a look at the governor's initiative to send state police into san francisco, and we are tracking the situation unfolding at ucla right now. >> this is a live look at what's happening more violence breaking out overnight as police work to clear a big encampment on campus. good morning everyone. it's thursday, may second. >> we'll get to all that. but first, a check on the weather with drew. hey. >> good morning. our warm, sunny pattern continues for another day today. in fact, today's likely warmer than yesterday in most cities. a live look from the exploratorium camera showing you we have clear skies this morning. temperatures right now we have our typical cool weather in the 40s, but a lot of us starting out the morning in the low and

. >> i'm abc's perry russom in washington.witness and former president trump's hush money trial is expected to take the stand. >> and getting more value out of your fast food meals. the options now being considered by major chains that will help save you money. good morning everybody. it's monday, may 13th. >> we start with a check on the forecast. hey, drew. hey. >> good morning. we'll begin here in san jose in the south bay. a live look from our san jose camera this morning. we have a fair amount of cloud cover up above. it's a mostly cloudy start as our marine layer is overhead. we're in the mid 50s right now, but we have good visibility out there. at ten miles area wide it is slightly cooler this morning thanks to a steady push of onshore flow, giving us those temperatures about 2 to 4 degrees cooler compared to this time yesterday. so right now we have our starting temperatures in the upper 40s, lower 50s. it's 53 in palo alto, a little cooler in san rafael. at 48 we're at 50 in napa. good morning oakland. you're coming i

perry russom abc news, washington. >> a warning tonight from the environmental protection agency cyberttacks against water utilities are on the rise. the epa issued an enforcement alert warning agencies to take immediate action to protect the nation's drinking water. according to the alert, nearly 70% of utilities are not meeting standards to prevent cyber threats, many having outdated facilities and weak passwords. the advisory follows a string of recent cyber attacks claimed by russian speaking hackers. >> just ahead, the new lifelike mural that captures the legacy of a local fire department from days gone by. >> plus, it felt awesome because i didn't know an 11 year old can be experienced like 40 or 50. >> 30 years old and the young boy chipping away at this dream and the organization helping him and others make it the artwork was unveiled today at the department's headquarters on second street. carmen zheng, a student at academy of art university, created the mural. >> it was a great experience. i am honored to be able to design a huge mural like this is one of my first murals that

abc's perry russom has details. perry. good morning andrea. >> good morning and such a close race. >> the libertarian candidate could play spoiler this year, which is why trump and independent candidate robert kennedy jr made an appeal to the party's convention. >> let's win this nomination and fight tomorrow for liberty. >> overnight, 38 year old chase oliver beat out rfk jr and former president trump to win the libertarian party's presidential nomination. trump over the weekend booed while addressing the party's national convention. >> now, i think you should nominate me, or at least vote for me and we should win together. >> trump rejected by the crowd while appealing to libertarians opposition to big government. the former president, responding by mocking the party's performance in recent elections. >> keep getting your 3% every four years. >> independent candidate rfk jr also booed when he spoke, although he got a warmer reception than trump, kennedy was eliminated in the first round of voting. kennedy responded, sayi

. >> abc's perry russom has new details on this. perry. good morning andrew. >> good morning. 12 jurors deciding whether to convict trump had some questions for the judge about three hours into their deliberations this morning, the second day of jury deliberations and former president trump's hush money trial after the jury met for more than four hours yesterday. sources say the longer the deliberations last, the more trump's legal team is hoping for a hung jury. we want chaos. we want evidence of strong disagreements, a person close to trump's legal team tells abc news. the jury pausing deliberations yesterday to ask two questions. the first, a request to rehear testimony from trump's former fixer michael cohen, and former national enquirer publisher david pecker regarding a meeting in trump tower in 2015 where prosecutors say trump, cohen and pecker hatched a scheme to bury damaging stories about trump. a catch and kill agreement. the second question from the jury requested the judge to reread his jury instructions. it tells us that they're taking the prosecution's theory at

. >> i'm abc's perry russom in washington. legal team is vowing to appeal his guilty verdict. that story coming up. >> this is life saving technology that people can use. >> a teenage girl rescued from human traffickers. how she was able to communicate with 9-1-1 without her captors noticing >> katina. >> c i x i and ke ramoneur ramoneur ou. >> the rules of the spelling bee have certainly changed. coming up, we're showing you the lightning round that resulted in a 12 year old being crowned champion. good morning everyone. it's friday, may 31st. >> lisa, did you notice that he was doing this? i don't know if you saw that. >> no i didn't. >> he's air typing. what that's why he does that. isn't that fascinating? yeah, that is wild. >> my daughter was in a spelling bee. uh. it was neat. it was really neat. >> how did she do? >> she was one of the finalists. but didn't make it that far. yeah, okay. yeah, it was kind of fun. all right. good morning everybody. look at this gorgeous shot here from our sutro tower camera. sun coming up

abc's perry russom has more. perry. good morning. >> andrew good morning to you. president announcing new tariffs on chinese goods today. it comes as a new poll shows him slipping behind former president trump in five battleground states. this morning. president biden set to impose new tariffs on chinese goods, including a quadrupling of tariffs on electric vehicles made in china from 25 to 100. the administration argues these taxes will level the playing field and protect american businesses, specifically carmakers like this chinese made electric car called the seagull sells for just $12,000 in china, experts here praising its build quality if introduced to the u.s. market, analysts say it could leave companies like tesla and the big three automakers racing to play catch up with relatively modest investments they most likely could, and it could become a competitive threat here, electric sales have struggled in the u.s. tesla produced 46,000 more cars last year than they were able to sell, and is now renting parking lots for unsold cars. other u.s. automakers like

sadly, abc news reporter perry russom shows you the damage in texas. >> three possible tornadoes touchingoying homes and businesses. all the fire alarms are going off. the majority of the damage in bell county flipped over cars, downed power lines. the storm bringing relentless rain with flooding inside this restaurant. >> the door to this glass door breaking in the storm outside in the parking lot. >> debris launching into the side of buildings with roofs ripped up across the street. strong wind and hail in jonesboro, arkansas. it comes after a deadly tornado in greenfield, iowa, on tuesday. iowa state patrol now saying four people killed at least 35 people injured. another person killed 25 miles away. >> these are all brand new. >> lisa beamon searches for what's left in the rubble. >> scary moment. no one ever do it again. >> the line of destruction. so condensed homes in the tornado's path destroyed. others a block away barely touched it is just horrific. >> it's hard to describe until you can actually see it. >> the devastation and storms today outside of new york city, with downed p

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abc's perry russom has those details. perry. good morning. >> andrew, good morning to you. in a wide ranging interview, trump outlined his stance on several issues, from monitoring pregnant women for abortions to using the military to deport migrants. this morning, new insight into a potential second trump term. speaking to time magazine, the former president outlined his plans to deport millions of migrants illegally in the u.s. this is country changing, its country, threatening and its country wrecking. they have wrecked our country, the former president saying people need to be deported and saying he would use the national guard and local law enforcement to carry out the deportation, saying if they weren't able to, then i'd use the military. when asked about a law prohibiting the use of military force on civilians, trump replied, well, these aren't civilians. these are people that aren't legally in our country that claim about migrants, not being civilians would likely face a constitutional challenge. the time interview also covered abortion in a post-roe world. >> we br

perry russom abc news, washington. >> as we mentioned, us secretary of state antony blinken was in thele ceasefire came out. blinken did not comment on the hamas announcement while he visited a biotech company last friday. blinken said hamas is the only thing standing in the way of a ceasefire. today. a state department spokesperson was critical of israel's evacuation order of 100,000 people from gaza, considering the extreme challenge of distributing aid to that many refugees, testimony in the historic hush money trial of former president donald trump today turned to the crux of what prosecutors say was the crime. >> the accounting records a former trump organization executive took the stand, but not before the judge found trump in contempt of court again. an abc news reporter, reena roy, has more on what's happening inside the courtroom. >> the focus now in donald trump's historic criminal trial, the crucial paper trail, jurors getting a look at emails, handwritten notes and invoices outlining the alleged scheme in trump's hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels, form

here's abc news reporter perry russom. >> several of former president trump's potential running matesere seen leaving a big money fundraiser in new york overnight, including north dakota governor doug burgum, south dakota governor kristi noem, south carolina senator tim scott and entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy. tickets cost up to $844,000 to support the trump campaign. as he left the event, reporters asking trump if his future vice president was there. mr. president, was your next vp in there with you tonight? he gave no response. earlier, burgum and ramaswami showing solidarity with trump attending his hush money trial, joining house speaker mike johnson and other trump surrogates at the courthouse. >> i think one thing that we've all known is this was a sham trial, but when you have an opportunity to see it up close and personal, you can see it's actually a scam trial. >> trump's former attorney michael cohen, back on the stand detailing the hush money payment to stormy daniels, saying trump told him to pay her off in exchange for her silence about their alleged sexual encounters, so

abc's perry russom has details. perry. good morning. >> lionel. good morning. we've now learned the largest health insurance company in the u.s. paid tens of millions of dollars in ransom to hackers, and it could have easily been avoided. the ceo of united health says the company paid $22 million to hackers who broke into one of the company's subsidiaries handling prescription orders and payments to doctors. >> this was one of the hardest decisions i've ever had to make. >> ceo andrew witty in front of a senate committee yesterday saying the hacking group blackhat broke into a crucial data system, stealing massive amounts of patient data. doctors were left without a way to fill prescriptions or be paid. some doctors still not paid. >> after nine weeks, your company on your watch let the country down. >> united health manages more than one third of all patient records in the u.s. and overseas, one in every ten doctors across the country, whitty says the hackers were able to get in, partially because the company's system did not have a basic safeguard used by eve

perry, russom abc news, washington. >> drive safely.ooked back. >> well, no, i actually was looking because when i was driving into the city, there was so much haze, i thought, like, am i driving to los angeles? where are we here right now? >> it could just be your eyesight, right? >> well, that's failing also. >> but. but, sandy, i'm not totally crazy, right? >> i mean, no, you're not very hazy out there. >> we do have some moderate air quality across parts of the bay area. larry and diane, let's take a look at the 24 hour temperature change. we are starting to notice the drop off nine degrees cooler in the city. it is down seven degrees from novato to san jose. four degrees cooler. oakland, concord. you're down five and the onshore breeze is contributing. it is gusty right now, up to 32 miles an hour at sfo, 22 in novato. those winds are going to remain with us this evening, getting up over 40 miles an hour along the coastline. you will notice at 7 p.m, still pretty breezy across the region. 30 two half moon bay. and then the winds wi

perry russom, abc news, washington. >> well, as the popularity of a.i.arlett johansson is jumping right into the fray, also threatening legal action. abc news reporter andrew dymburt has a look at her concerns. >> openai is pausing the use of one of its chatgpt voices after actress scarlett johansson said the voice sounded eerily similar to her own. johansson said she was approached by openai ceo sam altman about doing voice work for the chatbot, but that she declined. after hearing the released demo, she wrote, i was shocked, angered and in disbelief, adding, my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference. the oscar nominated actress hired lawyers to inquire about the process of generating the voice. hi. >> hi, how are you doing? >> johansson famously starred in 2013. her playing an ai voice assistant. much like chatgpt product. >> it seems like i'm having so many new feelings that i don't think i've ever been felt before. >> that was her actual voice from the movie, and this is a sample of chatgpt. it's ai generated chatbot. skye, yo

perry russom, abc news, washington. why buy a house when you can buy an entire town? the california location that's for sale. >> i like the stock. those four words change everything. now, the man who led the charge against gamestop short sellers is back and so is the stock price. here we go again. >> and you're looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. you see the dow is up about 65 points. >> it's a big day for the wnba. the highly anticipated season kicks off and we know the name of the new bay area team. the colors, the logo. we're going to show it to you. but first here's drew. >> hey, reg, we'll take you to san jose this morning. a live look outside. we have those clouds with us in the airport is reporting overcast skies right now. current temperature of about 56 degrees. really light winds out there and high humidity to start our day. here's the out the door forecast. you do notice we have a lot of cloud cover. at least through 10 a.m. this morning around the bay shoreline. then after that we'll see that sunshine start to break out in those t

abc's perry russom explains how this will reshape mlb history. >> it's a historic change to our nationalme. statistics from the leagues will now officially be integrated into major league baseball's record books. >> over 2300 players who played in the leagues from 1920 to 1948 will now have their statistics counted as official. >> with those new stats come new record holders hall of fame catcher josh gibson, who played in the 1930s, and 40s, will now become the mlb's career batting average leader, passing ty cobb. gibson passes babe ruth in multiple stats, including career slugging percentage. the decision to integrate stats from the leagues follows a years long research project by a committee made up of experts, former players and journalists who compiled the stats. josh gibson's great grandson was on that committee. >> we all know josh gibson had a great career in the leagues. i mean, he's considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. but we always considered josh gibson a major leaguer anyway. it's just now that he's recognized in the major league baseball stats. >> mlb

abc news reporter perry russom has the details on the man. >> prosecutors say was at the center of aters information in the 2016 election, is set to take the stand this morning. michael cohen prosecutors say cohen was the one who fronted the money to pay off stormy daniels, so voters would not hear her claim of a sexual encounter with former president trump, an encounter trump denies. >> the key element of his testimony is linking donald trump to the direct cohen, to pay off stormy daniels and to falsify the business records to hide those that pay off and pretend that it's an actual, legal expenses. >> the jury has seen the wire transfer invoices prepared by cohen, the monthly checks from trump to reimburse him, and the ledger entries where trump called the payments legal expenses. and the jury has heard this recording of cohen talking about trump. >> i can't even tell you how many times he said to me, you know, i hate the fact that we did it. and my comment to him was, but every person that you've spoken to told you it was the right move. >> trump denies all wrongdoing. trump with a

here's abc news reporter perry russom.e car is shaking. >> deadly tornadoes killing at least 18 people in the south and southeast in texas, governor greg abbott says at least seven people have been killed, including a two year old and five year old from the same family. this dog found alive in the rubble valley view, texas, north of dallas, one of the hardest hit cities. this gas station destroyed with 60 to 80 people hiding inside. the sheriff says no one was seriously hurt. the destruction is widespread. the governor signing a disaster declaration for more than a third of the state. >> candidly, it's been a harrowing week, with lives lost, property reduced to rubble hopes and dreams of texas families and small businesses have literally been crushed by storm after storm. >> storm stretching from texas to illinois. in oklahoma, hail the size of baseballs. in arkansas, at least eight people killed, buildings collapsing and roofs ripped off homes. >> we felt it hit the house and just felt it started sucking air up through th

abc's perry russom has more. good morning. >> perry lionel. good morning. it is encouraging news. inflation dropping for the first time this year. but most of the experts agree there's a long way to go before we can breathe a sigh of relief. this morning the new report on inflation is being described as a small step in the right direction. >> overall, when you kind of look at the areas where prices are up and down in this report, you do see some cooling in places where people are really feeling the impact of inflation. >> consumer prices in april were 3.4% higher compared to the same time last year. that's a slight improvement from the 3.5% increase we saw in march. and so-called core inflation, which removes volatile food and gas prices, was up by the smallest amount in three years. the other good news wages are rising faster than inflation, but is that enough for the federal reserve to begin lowering interest rates? likely not. >> remember, we've been hoping that the fed and looking for the fed had been hoping to start cutting rates around this time, but instead that timeline ke

abc's perry russom explains more on this. perry. good morning. >> ryan. good morning.s is a game changer for major league baseball. reigniting the debate over which player should be called the best of all time. it's a historic change to our national pastime. major league baseball is set to announce statistics from the leagues will now officially be integrated into the mlb's record books. >> over 2300 players who played in the leagues from 1920 to 1948 will now have their statistics counted as official. >> with those new stats come new record holders hall of fame catcher josh gibson, who played in the 1930s, and 40s, will now become the mlb's career batting average leader, passing ty cobb. gibson passes babe ruth in multiple stats, including career slugging percentage. the decision to integrate stats from the leagues follows a years long research project by a committee made up of experts, former players and journalists who compiled the stats. josh gibson's great grandson was on that committee. >> we all know josh gibson had a great career in the leagues. i mean, he's co

here's abc news reporter perry russom. >> several of former president trump's potential running matesving a big money fundraiser in new york overnight, including north dakota governor doug burgum, south dakota governor kristi noem, south carolina senator tim scott and entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy. tickets cost up to $844,000 to support the trump campaign, as he left the event, reporters asking trump if his future vice president was there. mr. president, was your next vp in there with you tonight? he gave no response earlier, burgum and ramaswami showing solidarity with trump, attending his hush money trial, joining house speaker mike johnson and other trump surrogates at the courthouse. >> i think one thing that we've all known is this was a sham trial, but when you have an opportunity to see it up close and personal, you can see it's actually a scam trial. >> trump's former attorney michael cohen, back on the stand detailing the hush money payment to stormy daniels, saying trump told him to pay her off in exchange for her silence about their alleged sexual encounter. so it would, quo

here's abc news reporter perry russom. >> a car is shaking.rnadoes killing at least 18 people in the south and southeast in texas, governor greg abbott says at least seven people have been killed, including a two year old and five year old from the same family. >> this dog found alive in the rubble valley view, texas, north of dallas, one of the hardest hit cities. this gas station destroyed with 60 to 80 people hiding inside the sheriff says no one was seriously hurt. the destruction is widespread. the governor signing a disaster declaration for more than a third of the state. >> candidly, it's been a harrowing week, with lives lost, property reduced to rubble, the hopes and dreams of texas families and small businesses have literally been crushed by storm after storm. >> storm stretching from texas to illinois. in oklahoma, hail the size of baseballs. in arkansas, at least eight people killed, buildings collapsing and roofs ripped off homes. >> we felt it hit the house and just felt it started sucking air up through the through the walls and

abc's perry russom has more on that story. perry. good morning. >> lionel. good morning. and one dramatic and possibly crucial moment trump's attorney accused michael cohen of lying to the jury this morning. legal experts say a tense exchange between michael cohen and defense attorney todd blanch yesterday could be a pivotal moment in former president trump's hush money trial. i think it was a very interesting day. >> it was a fascinating day. >> during cross-examination, blanch focused on a phone call in october 2016, just days before the election. cohen previously testified that during that call, he told trump the plan to pay off star stormy daniels was moving forward. but yesterday, blanch showed the jury text messages that suggest cohen actually called trump's bodyguard, keith schiller, to complain about getting prank calls from a teenager raising his voice. blanch saying that was a lie. you did not talk to president trump that night. you can admit it, cohen responded. no, sir, i can, because i'm not sure that's accurate, adding, i believe i also spoke to mr. trump ab

jerry seinfeld was interrupted by anti-war protesters at a college graduation this weekend, abc's perry russomhere now with more on this. perry. good morning. >> ryan. good morning to you. jerry seinfeld responded to the protest in true comic fashion. in the meantime, fighting is spreading to more areas of gaza. this morning, israeli officials have vowed to expand their operation against hamas fighters in the southern gaza city of rafah until a hostage deal is reached. us secretary of state antony blinken reiterated concerns sunday that israel lacks a credible plan to protect the more than 1 million palestinians who have taken refuge in that city since the war began. meanwhile, fighting has returned to northern gaza this airstrike, narrowly missing several journalists. the state department has released a report saying it's possible israel may have violated international law during the war. israel says it's doing everything it can to protect civilians. but some lawmakers are now intensifying their debate over whether israel deserves more u.s. aid. >> any objective observer knows, israel has bro

abc's perry russom has details on that. perry. good morning. >> rihanna good morning to you. those fraternity brothers are quickly becoming famous while we see more unrest on campuses elsewhere. overnight, new video of dramatic moments as this car drives toward israel-hamas war. protesters at portland state university in oregon heard the driver then firing what appears to be pepper spray. he was later taken into custody. police, citing mental health concerns with the building. now force will be used against you. police returned to portland state last night after protesters reestablished an encampment in the library, tearing down the security fencing put up by police. it's back at ucla. more than 200 protesters arrested in a massive police crackdown. hundreds of officers peeling back plywood barricades and launching flashbangs to break up the crowds who defied orders to leave. >> protesters basically spent all of yesterday putting up this barricade. we're watching law enforcement tear apart one by one, firing these projectiles here as this encampment is basically slowing slowl

abc's perry russom has details on that. perry. good morning, ryan. >> good morning to you. trump hosted a fundraiser last night where nearly every person rumored to be on the short list for his vice president attended, and several of former president trump's potential running mates were seen leaving a big money fundraiser in new york overnight , including north dakota governor doug burgum. south dakota governor kristi noem, south carolina senator tim scott and entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy. tickets cost up $844,000 to support the trump campaign, as he left the event, reporters asking trump if his future vice president was there. mr. president, was your next vp in there with you tonight? he gave no response earlier, burgum and ramaswami showing solidarity with trump, attending his hush money trial, joining house speaker mike johnson and other trump surrogates at the courthouse. >> i think one thing that we've all known is this was a sham trial, but when you have an opportunity to see it up close and personal, you can see it's actually a scam trial. >> trump's former attorney

abc's perry russom is here now with more perry. good morning arianna. >> good morning.le the polls show the conviction could hurt trump on election day in november, his campaign for now sees a silver lining. this morning, the trump verdict paying off for republicans, at least in the short term. >> what we just started was a brand new little red wave, the trump campaign quickly sending out a fundraising request, calling trump a political prisoner, supporters flooding the website with donations. >> the campaign says it caused the site to crash. >> they are going to be angling to use the verdict as a rallying cry to mobilize and energize their supporters through november. i mean, in some respects, i feel like the trump campaign might even be really happy about the timing of the sentencing, because it does play into their narrative that they've tried to drive this entire time, that this is about election interference. i run a campaign, some gop mega donors already opening their wallets. >> casino magnate miriam adelson pledging $100 million. democrats also trying to capital

abc's perry russom is here now with more. perry. good morning andrew. >> good morning. just weeks after president biden warned israel not to attack heavily populated areas in rafah, a deadly airstrike is raising questions about how the white house will respond. this morning, the biden administration is reportedly assessing whether this israeli airstrike in rafah sunday crossed president biden's red line. the attack leaving a refugee camp engulfed in flames. people screaming in horror. 50 people were killed, hundreds injured, according to the hamas run health ministry, says this woman saying we were here in tents and suddenly we found rockets falling on us. there is nowhere safe for us to go. her family, now forced to move for the eighth time, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu calls the airstrike a tragic mishap, saying there was a technical failure that will be investigated. the israeli military says it was conducting an intelligence based strike which killed two senior hamas officials, and that it regrets any harm to uninvolved civilians during combat. the dead

. >> here's abc news reporter perry russom on the confusion that the announcement today is causing. >nced it's accepted a cease fire deal with israel. but israel says it is not the same framework israel proposed at the negotiation table. cia director william burns is in the region, part of the negotiating partners, and he's working this in real time on the ground. a spokesman for israel defense forces says they will study hamas's latest response. and at the same time continue operations in gaza. today, the idf says they attacked 50 hamas targets in rafah. the southern gazan city, where more than 1 million palestinian refugees are sheltering from war. the israeli military says they started evacuating refugees from the eastern part of the city, sending them to humanitarian zones. some people checking evacuation orders on cell phones. but there is still confusion on the ground. this man says this has left us confused where should we go? he told me to come to rafah. you tell me where you want me to be so i can be done with the whole crisis. negotiation between israel and hamas had apparen

. >> abc news reporter perry russom joins us live from washington. good morning. >> good morning guys. president biden talked about this yesterday for the first time in ten days. he says peaceful protest is protected here in the u.s, not violent protest. you're under arrest at portland state university in oregon. students charging at officers using cut up trash cans as shields. these are some of the latest arrests on college campuses across the country. >> free free free palestine. >> tension between protesters and police has been building in recent days, as more than 2100 people have now been arrested on campuses coast to coast. yesterday at ucla, an encampment dismantled after a violent night between pro-palestinian and pro-israeli protesters. swat called in to clear the crowd yesterday. president biden, addressing the demonstrations for the first time. >> there's the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations. none of this is a peaceful protest. >> biden says. the protests have not forced him to recon

abc news reporter perry russom live in washington, dc with more on this historic conviction. good morning. >> and good morning. and trump is getting support on capitol hill from other republicans. house speaker mike johnson calls the verdict absurd president trump defiant in the face of his felony conviction. >> this was a rigged, disgraceful trial that the real verdict is going to be november fifth by the people. >> after becoming the first former us president convicted on criminal charges. trump, heading to a fundraiser in new york city, never surrender, his campaign says their fundraising website was overwhelmed with donations, causing the site to crash. democrats also looking to cash in president biden posting a link to his fundraising website minutes after the verdict. there were celebrations outside the courthouse as trump was found guilty on all 34 felony charges in his hush money trial over payments made to former adult film actress stormy daniels before the 2016 election. questions remain over how this will affect the race for the white house, an abc news ipsos poll

perry russom, abc news, washington. >> us secretary of state antony blinken was in the bay area this morning as news of the possible ceasefire came out. he did not comment on the hamas announcement while he was visiting a biotech company last friday, blinken said hamas is the only thing standing in the way of a cease fire. and today, a state department spokesperson was critical of israel's evacuation order of 100,000 people from gaza. considering the extreme challenge of distributing aid to that many refugees. meanwhile, san francisco state's president met with students who are part of an on campus encampment protesting the war in gaza. that's a first for any university president. the students demands include having president lynn mahoney publicly condemn california state university's investments in israel. and while that did not take place, mahoney agreed to their demand to disclose how financial investments are actually made. protest organizers say they appreciate the appreciate the conversation with mahoney, and they actually do feel encouraged. >> a state bill that would let citi