ama: abc news reporter reena roy is in atlanta with the latest. >> these are for you. donald trump trump and 18 other individuals related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. >> the grand jury believed they were part of an illegal effort to overturn the result of georgia's 2020 presidential election. reporter: the indictment saves the former president and others charged in the indictment refused to accept that trump lost and that they knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the election than favor of trump the indictment goes on to say the conspiracy contained a common plan and purpose to commit two or more acts of racketeering. >> i am giving the defendants the opportunity to voluntarily surrender no later than noon on friday, the 25th day of august, 2023. reena: district attorney fani willis lunching the criminal investigation more than two years ago after former president donald trump was recorded in a phone call, seemingly coercing the state's top official to find the votes to win. >> all i want to do is this. i want is defi

ama: abc news reporter reena roy is in atlanta with the latest. >> these are for you.ment against donald trump trump and 18 other individuals related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. >> the grand jury believed they were part of an illegal effort to overturn the result of georgia's 2020 presidential election. reporter: the indictment saves the former president and others charged in the indictment refused to accept that trump lost and that they knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the election than favor of trump the indictment goes on to say the conspiracy contained a common plan and purpose to commit two or more acts of racketeering. >> i am giving the defendants the opportunity to voluntarily surrender no later than noon on friday, the 25th day of august, 2023. reena: district attorney fani willis lunching the criminal investigation more than two years ago after former president donald trump was recorded in a phone call, seemingly coercing the state's top official to find the votes to win. >> all i want to do is this. i

good morning, reena. >> reporter: gio, good morning to you. say the victim's quick-thinking actions likely helped save her secretly passing a post-it note to another woman who called police. this morning, a dramatic rescue unfolding at a gas station convenience store near phoenix, arizona. >> three two references kidnapping. >> reporter: after police say a woman passed this note to a customer that said, help, call 911, along with her name, a phone number and a car description. the good samaritan immediately alerting authorities, who say the victim had been kidnapped the day before at a car dealership near phoenix by a man wearing a wig allegedly posing as an uber driver. >> he ended up taking her into his own van and putting some zip ties on her and took her hostage and kidnapped her. >> reporter: officials say that man identified as 41-year-old jacob wilhoit restrained her taking her on a wild journey from phoenix to las vegas where they spent the night in a park before heading back to arizona. the victim's mother reporting her missing and en

abc's reena roy is here with more. good morning, reena. >> reporter: gio, good morning to you. moments on the field last night when new england rookie quarterback isaiah bolden took a hit during the game. it all happened during the fourth quarter. bolden was covering a slant pass when he collided with a teammate on the field in green bay during a preseason game against the packers. he appeared unable to move. the entire patriots team rushing to his side along with first responders before he was placed on a stretcher and carted off the field. some players saying the scary moments reminded them of what happened to buffalo bills cornerback damar hamlin earlier this year when he suffered cardiac arrest on the field during monday night football. both teams agreeing to suspend the game early last night. the patriots have released a statement overnight saying bolden has feeling in all of his extremities but will remain hospitalized in the green bay area for observation. janai. >> janai: scary stuff. we're sending our thoughts to him. >>> now to the update you will only see on "gma." i

reena, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning to you. police say this situation unfolded unbelievably fast, and they had no heads-up until they saw the crowd suddenly appear. they say it all started on social media with a post by influencer kai cenat who has now been charged with first degree riot, inciting a riot, and unlawful assembly, and the images are just jaw-dropping. you can see several thousand flooded union square in manhattan yesterday afternoon for hours. at some points people jumping on to cars, setting off fireworks and throwing bottles and pieces of plywood. police say some even attacked officers instead of complying with orders to leave, and others walking around with shovels and chopper footage showed how quickly it spiraled out of control. 65 arrests were made and nearly half were young people, and a lot rushed to the area under the promise of a chance to get free video game consoles given away by cenat, a very popular streamer with millions of followers. the nypd says officers were crushed and pushed, even hit with obj

>> mary: reena, thank you. >>> next tonight, the grim search for the missing on maui. hundreds remain unaccounted for. 114 have been confirmed dead. 78% of the scorched area has now been searched nearly two weeks after those devastating wildfires. and anger and frustration is growing. abc's melissa adan is on the ground on maui tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the maui wildfire disaster's death toll rising to at least 114 people. officials have searched 78% of the area destroyed by the flames. more than 1,000 federal workers are on the ground, including 470 search-and-rescue workers and 40 search dogs combing through the wreckage. >> this process is agonizing for the families waiting for word from their loved ones. and heartbreaking for those sifting through the debris. >> reporter: those fires tonight mostly contained as survivors try to take measure of what they've lost. survivors like joy richter. >> the smells, the sounds. the sound of a blazing fire is something i don't wish on anybody to ever hear or experience. the sounds i heard will never, ever, ever leave my he

reena, good morning. >> reporter: will, good morning to you.was the final day of testimony to help determine whether ethan crumbley will be sentenced to life in prison without parole. he shot and killed four students and injured seven others at oxford high school in michigan back in 2021. crumbley was 15 at the time. prosecutors say he planned out the massacre and even researched what punishment he might face. the defense says crumbley was dealing with psychosis and was neglected by his parents. both sides calling in experts to testify. ethan crumbley's parents, james and jennifer crumbley, are separately charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly making the gun accessible and failing to recognize warning signs. they are the first parents in america to be charged in a school shooting and have pleaded not guilty. if the judge decides to sentence crumbley as a juvenile, he faces 25 to 40 years in prison. a decision is expected next month. janai? >> janai: and we'll be watching that, reena, thank you. >>> turning now to the major cities s

abc's reena roy is here with those details. scary scene, reena. >> reporter: absolutely janai, good morning to you. first responders rushed to the scene after reports that multiple people were trapped under the rubble. several homes just destroyed, and now we are seeing the terrifying moments of the explosion. this morning, a search for answers after a fiery explosion in western pennsylvania leveled three homes, killing at least four people. >> multiple people buried under debris, and at least one surviving victim. >> reporter: this ring doorbell camera capturing the massive explosion as it happened. the video given to our abc affiliate wtae which posted it online. now part of the investigation into what went wrong. the blast near pittsburgh damaged at least another 12 homes, trapping people under debris. three more injured, one critically, and one person still missing. >> i heard this boom. it was so loud that it, like, woke me up. i was shaking it scared me so bad. >> reporter: the sound of the blast captured on video nearly

at the same time tonight, abc news reporter reena roy takes you through the key moments tonight from milwaukee. >> welcome to the first debate of the 2020 for president campaign. >> just as eight republican presidential candidates took the stage in milwaukee to duke it out in the first gop debate there was one face notably missing former president donald trump. >> if former president trump is convicted in a court of law, would you still support him as your party's choice? please raise your hand if you would. >> as the debate aired, so did a pre-taped interview between trump and conservative host tucker carlson. but on stage, all eyes were on trump's closest rival, florida governor ron desantis, who was front and center as he tried to revive his campaign. >> we need to send joe biden back to his basement and reverse american decline. >> others, like entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy, third in most polls, hoping to make their mark. >> who the heck is this skinny guy with a funny last name? and what the heck is he doing in the middle of this debate stage? i'll tell you, i'm not a politician,

reena roy, abc news, new york.y: european scientist sayed is now official, july was the hottest month on record by far. the climate monitoring organization called copernicus looked at the numbers for july and say it was the earth's hottest month on record by a wide margin. it was .6 previous record set in 2019. many scientists blame it on human cause from the burning of oil and natural gas. an average of about 700 heat related deaths in the u.s. happen every year. reporter ginger zee with a look at new technology to keep us safe. >> after the hottest month ever for use -- any u.s. city on record, he is a number one weather killer. in phoenix, it is especially deadly when they don't cool off at night. >> the buildings holding onto that sunlight, creates this solar oven in phoenix. >> here at arizona state university they are using a mannequin/robot where they can simulate any human and how they act around heat and how heat impacts them, especially the all-important threshold of what drives somebody to heatstroke. >>

reena roy, abc7news, new york. >> san diego zoo a look ahead at but his vision dimmed with age.didn't know it then, but it can progress to ga, an advanced form of the disease. his struggle with vision loss from amd made me want to help you see warning signs of ga. like straight lines that seem wavy, blurry, or missing visual spots that make it hard to see faces like this one, or trouble with low light that makes driving at night a real challenge. if you've been diagnosed with amd and notice vision changes, don't wait. ga is irreversible. it's important to catch it early. talk to your eye doctor about ga and learn more at gawontwait.com >> watch now, where there is smoke there's fire. video footage shows passengers running as flames and smoke engulfed a bus, and they got safely, fire spreads across all lanes of a busy highway coming up traffic completely. looks like a movie stunt, doesn't it? this happened in one osiris argentina, as bad as it looks, no one was injured but very strange. -- >> this has the fire, this is the third and final weekend closure of all lanes of eastbound

reena roy, abc news, new york. kristen: abc 7 news' meteorologist sandhya patel has a look at where idalia will be. sandhya: let's take a look at tropical storm idalia. right now, packing 70 mile-per-hour winds, nearing hurricane strength with gusts near to 85 miles-per-hour. as it tracks over the very warm gulf of mexico waters, it will intensify into a major category three hurricane as it nears the florida panhandle, western side of florida on wednesday. it is expected to bring life-threatening and dangerous storms up to 12 feet above sea level, up to one foot of rain in isolated areas and strong wind, eventually turning towards the northeast, across the carolinas, where they will not only see impacts from the rain and flooding but strong winds, as well. there are hurricane warnings for parts of western florida. and watches, tropical storm watches for the eastern side of florida going into words charleston's south carolina -- charleston, south carolina. kristen: from hurricane on the east coast excessive heat on

reena roy, abc news, new york. >> the new covid vaccine is expected to be available within weeks in midseptember. it will be the first covid vaccine that will be provided through the commercial market. ucsf infectious disease specialist dr. monica gandhi talked to us about it earlier today on abc. seven's getting answers at 3 p.m. she says the vaccine will not be administered for free. >> i think it's a little unfair that they're charging so much for this vaccine because actually moderna and pfizer got a lot of supplemental from taxpayer money to develop their vaccines, and they're charging about $130. >> the health insurance will cover the cost for people at high risk for covid, for those without health insurance. the federal government will pay for the vaccines until 2024. marin county mom is on a mission to educate others about the dangers of fentanyl. after losing her teenage son to overdose in 2019. she's teaming up with public health departments across the bay area to get naloxone on the in the hands of as many as many people as possible. the life saving drug is capable of reversi

reena roy, abc news, milwaukee, wi. >> now there are multiple watch parties happening in san franciscoonight. you can watch the debate with local democrats at manny's cafe in the mission, 50% of ticket sales will be donated to the sf democratic party. you can also watch with the city's republican party at the kaiser pub in the haight, a coalition of labor groups, elected officials and health advocates is calling on state lawmakers to expand california's sick day guarantee to workers. >> and we're having increasing rates of covid right now. so the state is already recommending that all californians have five days off from work. so this would just be consistent with their existing policy. us senate bill 660 would expand the number of legally mandated sick days from 3 to 7. >> backers of the bill say letting people who are sick remain home would protect public health, especially in light of new covid cases and variants. but bill, opponents say it would increase the cost of doing business in california for employers. >> the bay area's lesser known fourth airport debuted its new modernized

reena roy, abc news, milwaukee. ama: the next debate is at the end of september.an: now, what can area learn? ama: tim johns went to multiple debate watch parties tonight and he's here now with that part of the story. reporter: tonight's debate was feisty at times as each candidate tried to stand out from the crowd. both democrats and republicans came together to watch the evening unfold. we talked to some of them to hear what they thought. the 2024 election got closer wednesday night as eight republican candidates took part in the first gop debate. notably absent was donald trump to get his absence creating an opportunity for his competitors to stand out, says rick klein. >> i don't know how he could've had a better night. he was the center of the conversation. reporter: many voters in the bay area gathered to watch the debate live. that included the head of the san francisco republican party who says folks think ramaswamy did well. >> tonight he was the one winner. ron desantis got some love. reporter: on the peninsula, other voters told us they think the debate

meet yes lahna bat reena. both of whom somehow escaped obama's sanctions the how did they do that?on't know mane they funneled cash to obama's vp. we know she made $3.5 million to a shell company associated with hunter biden and devon archer. and mr. rakishev meanwhile wired $142,300 to another bank account used by hunter and archer. that's kind of an odd sum, i thought. well, until i realized that the next day on april 23rd, 2014, hunter biden paid that exact amount, $142,300 to purchase an expensive new toy, a fisker sports car. but, i guess that wasn't flashy enough so he switched it to a porch convertible. who knew porcher's were considered hooker magnets? i didn't. it gets better. same two foreign oligarchs ended up having dinner with joe biden in 2014 and 2015. these another silly coincidence. if you thought the white house would respond with a denial? think again. they would rather insult your intelligence. the memo doesn't show a direct payment to joe biden. okay. try to get your minds wrapped around this his communication shop is not denying that the biden family bought an

not reena, getting the rain bands but as we see the storm surge, now the inclusion is 12 to 16 feet inhese very low lying areas. cedar key has about a five foot elevation. even for tallahassee, these are low-lying areas. a lot of repopulated like a tampa. like a naples florida. wait gainesville. it's a rule area. people of. livelihoods of businesses, they want to protect those things. this is hard for people to recognize. this could be a category four later on this morning. mark, back you. >> it's a scary sight. something a lot of people could be waking up to especially if they decide to stay in the area. which, again was against what many officials have been urging. stay close to their. i want to bring in cnn's gloria pazmino who has been covering this storm from clearwater florida. i can see the winds moving up behind you. give us a sense of what you are seeing right now where you are. >> omar, i have to tell you that it is literally a minute by minute changes you. about five minutes ago the rain had slightly lit up but as you can see now it is coming down in sheets. the wind is whip

for that reena lone he's not fit to be the next president of the united states. if you can't do that, you really have to raise the question, why are you running against him? >> let's look more broadly at the american people here. new poll out from abc news and ipsos, nearly 2/3 say the charges against trump related to january 6th are serious. 65% there. more serious. very serious 51 peshs percent. how do you reckoncile that? >> that reflects some of the con fulgs that was, of course, the goal of donald trump, to cast a lot of doubt. if you look through the indictments, the specific charges, victor, what you see is a strategy and what the prosecution is alleging, a strategy of trying to create a lot of confusion. make sure people have no idea what happened, which slate of electors were supposed to be the legitimate ones, whether or not votes were being stolen according to some snippet of video. trying to create as much confusion and doubt as much as possible. they know something serious happened. the january 6th footage and now some of these indictments are making

. >> all right, reena and ari, i will send it back to you guys. but there you have you know, neighbors saying that that's what they woke up low. that fire. be scary. thank you, michael. grateful. nobody was hurt. and we're also happy that the wind >> just a contributing factor in all of that this morning. yeah, it is going to be cool, though and breezy, i guess for a little while. john, what are we looking at today? thankfully, so calm out there that blanket of clouds keeping us cool this morning as well. just very much though, situation this morning that at least made the fire fight a little bit more favorable. your view outside from mount tam looking down at that sea of low clouds that is still shrouding, not just the bayshore in the coast but has made for some partly cloudy skies. a little further inland, too. that's really helping to keep temperatures on the cool side. we haven't seen temperature movement much yet this morning. pittsburgh in livermore still in the low 60's alameda, oakland and berkeley still hanging out in the upper 50's. now

everyone will reena. it's still really an active scene. know, officials have been here on the scene since yesterday afternoon. we're talking about hundreds of boxes that could have possibly toxic even explosive chemicals inside with hundreds of people displaced in this area. >> take a look at this map. this is exactly where i'm at right now. so it's off of stanton avenue near giant highway in san pablo. officials say. >> there were reports of the smell of gas yesterday which led them to a shed in the backyard of a home on stanton avenue. they found hundreds of boxes filled with chemicals that you like in the lab of that sort. as of now, the homeowner has not been located, but their brother was home and is cooperating, but unable to say where the homeowner is. the bomb squad was called yesterday afternoon and have been investigating those hundreds of boxes sense. now the team did order a shelter in place, but that quickly changed to an evacuation order to all homes within a 6 block radius with the red cross standing by offering a place for

. >> yeayelena but the reena.2.5 o have gone to rosemont seneca bow hay.ined with vice president biden thereafter. >> you will see money moving coming inbound from russia and moves in two transactions to devon archer and one of hunter biden's companies. that almost dollar for dollar. that is signature of of a problem. >> it's unclear whether these firms provided a gooder service. republicans believe the commodity was accent to the president. >> there is no reason anyone would send hunter biden millions and millions of dollars. they did it for his gather. >> the white house says the president was not involved in hunter biden's business ventures. bret? >> bret: chad pergram on the hill. chad, thank you. you were next, former secretary of state mike pompeo on the u.s.-iran prisoner swap. first what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight. fox 26 in houston the drought will go on there. most of texas is expected to be rain-free over the next seven days with hotter than average temperatures. 69% of the state is in a drought currently up 52% last week. t

. >> russian oligarch bart reena is one of the richest women in russia.llegedly scored a dinner with then vice president biden at d.c.'s swank cafe milano only after sending millions to hunter biden's business partners. the white house docked when asking how she dodged sanctions earlier this year. >> i'm not speaking to individual -- individual persons from russia. >> republicans believe this makes the connection between the son and the father. >> 30-plus meetings. 20-some phone calls. dinners with the wealthiest woman in russia and all they talked about was the weather we are supposed to believe. >> also a transaction of $142,000 which allegedly landed in the account of a hunter biden related firm. hunter later received a high end sports car, supposedly costing the same amount. the top democrat on the house oversight committee, jamie raskin says the transactions do not involve the president. raskin characterized this as an effort to jury calls for an impeachment inquiriy. other democrats believe it's about something else. >> this is about distraction thi

reena ever since april 18th. that's the last time somebody has won megamillions they've given on 36 million prizes. anything from a couple of bucks to $5 to 5 million dollars. in fact, 62 people have won 1 million dollars during that time. of course, we won it all. i'm sure office pools will be firing up trying to get that big jackpot. believe it or not, it's still not the biggest jackpot in lottery history because last year, power rubble was over 2 billion dollars with one person claiming that as far as this jackpot drawing able to happen at 8 o'clock local time and the odds of winning one in 302 million. and the odds of you winning. if you don't play 100%. so if you want to join the office pool, guess what? a lot of offices will be starting that as well. and again, you don't have to win it all. they've already given out 60 to 1 million dollar tickets in the span of about 4 months. back to you. >> all right. will thanks for that update. well, we got a lot to get to this morning. still ahead on the kron morning n

all right, reena, thank you. 10. 0, 5 on the clock. and authorities now investigating another freeway shooting in the east bay. >> it happened tuesday night was a long 8.80, in fremont near highway 84. no one was hurt. thankfully, no suspect, though, at least none released by police. this has been now the 26th freeway shooting since the start of the year. also the north bay, we had a man who'd been shot to death. he was found in a local creek tuesday night in vallejo. police say he was found at austin creek right near sacramento street and now vista avenue. no word on a suspect at this point. police say this is the city's 13 homicide of the year. >> no 5 in east bay. expect to see a larger chp presence in oakland. governor newsom is sending in the chp to deal with a spike in violent crime. kron 4 sarah stinson has details. >> 6 chp officers and one sergeant will be deployed to help oakland police amid concerns of a spike in violent crimes. i spoke with council member dan kalb about the state stepping in and oakland. violent crime is up

reena. john, thank for that. ok, let's get a look at your bridge camps today about 17 minutes traveling into the city right now. >> your san mateo bridge just under 17 minutes. so things are picking up on the san mateo bridge. richmond center fell bridge still a little light up 2 minutes, 12 minute ride and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 21 minutes. it's 71. our top story this morning. late last night, former president trump was indicted for his alleged role in the 2020 election interference. >> in georgia, now the former president is date along with 19 other defendants. we got washington correspondent basil john, with the latest on that. >> this is the 4th indictment trump is facing as he has been charged in 3 separate cases just this year. monday, a grand jury in fulton county, georgia, issued the 4th set of criminal charges against former president donald trump and 18 others charging 19 individuals with violations of georgia law, fulton county district attorney fani willis started the investigation 2

lot of evidence already, because of this manifesto, communication with the parents, and obviously reena learn more about that in the coming hours and days. we are already hearing the suspect sent out those manifestos, one to his family, one to the media, went to federal agents. my question, and kind of a central theme that i kind of come back to is, do we start considering these attacks as terrorism? i mean, there is clearly an ideology at play here. and we are so reluctant sometimes in the country to call this what it is, which is white terrorism. would that change our collective response as a country, if we addressed this for what it is, as a form of domestic white terrorism, the way that we responded immobilized our entire government after 9/11 to deal with foreign terrorism? >> i think you do have to look at domestic terrorism. there are no laws, there's international terrorism, we've talked about that, january 6th has brought that up, that there is no laws for. that there is a couple things that happened here. one, he was -- about six years ago. so somehow, someone -- got a hold of

and, you know, as reena said, this is a really populated area. there's a gym. there's little coffee shops. there's a small park that's in between you know this, these to cross street. so it is a busy area. it's very highly impacted. you see businesses that are starting to come out as well. if you are out there, you can hear us right now. >> talked about the people you spoke to me and are are looking at how massive this fire looked like. it several stories up just high those flames got. do you know how many folks were in the building at the time? >> no, not. i do not know. i cannot confirm how many people were in the building at the but i will say the woman that i spoke with said that it was a full and the building looks like it's got to be at least 4 to 5 stories high from what i can see on my and so i mean, it just depends. i mean, if if that is the case in a 45 hi, you know, i mean, you're talking at least i would say 30 to 40 different people that are times you behind me a few feet. i see another woman. she's got bags of her clothes and she's still in her pa

and we're also looking at much better air quality starting tomorrow, reena. all right, john, thank you we've got a few issues out there like a traffic hazard. >> on the right near the mid span there. so drive times at 33 minutes, traveling from 8.88, across towards menlo park. there, the bay bridge. we also have a traffic hazard, but it's actually on the eastbound side, right near 7th street. if you're traveling into the city there. so looks like there's a disabled vehicle drive times up to about 35 minutes. now we're down to 24. so as we know, more traffic is making its way through there. 31 minutes via the san mateo bridge. it's a little difficult getting on and off that bridge because highways are busy now. 32 minutes along a te crockett out towards the maze and over the east bay. you see a-lot of red and orange. 40 minutes. san leandro down in milpitas. dorian's, back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. 8.19, the time and new this morning. the department of transportation may soon require speed limit devices on big rigs, although an exact speed lim

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. >> michael george cried quietly, his wife reena remained stoic. the four person but the verdict -- >> first-degree, premeditated murder of barbara george, guilty, first degree premeditated murder. >> guilty, murder in the first degree. and guilty on the other counts as well. felony firearm and insurance fraud. >> michael george didn't break down this time. he closed his eyes and seemed to talk to himself. behind him, his wife renee, buried her head. barb's brother contained his joy out of respect for his nieces who had lost their mother and now their father. >> it's bittersweet, i mean, they have to come to the realization that their father's murderer. >> the prosecutors quietly congratulated each other on the conviction. >> it was a huge relief to know that finally the family is getting what they deserve. the get the justice they deserve. >> michael george was let out of the courtroom to begin the rest of his life in prison. with no possibility of parole. a terrible injustice as his staunch attorneys say. >> i lived with this case for four years