>> all right, steve osunsami with us tonight. thank you, steve. >>> to the major political headlines tonight and the battle within the republican party, shaped by who is standing with former president trump and his false claims about the presidential election. also tonight, florida governor ron desantis signing a new voting bill in that state that limits drop boxes and mail-in balloting, among other things. and he followed the former president's playbook with how he unveiled this today. and on capitol hill tonight, the move to push out congresswoman liz cheney from her leadership post. new york state congresswoman elise stefanik campaigning to replace her. and standing by the former president's election claims. here's our chief washington correspondent jonathan karl tonight. >> reporter: it's donald trump's party. just witness florida's republican governor ron desantis today signing into law new voting restrictions, inspired by trump's lies about the election. he did it before a trump fan club called club 45, live on trump's favor

>> all right, steve osunsami, thank you. from steve right to abc's chief meteorologist ginger zee tonight tracking it all. and of course, ginger, we're always especially concerned when these storms hit in the overnight hours. >> reporter: david, as the sun sets, we hate to see the atmosphere opening up, but that's exactly what's happening. these nocturnal tornadoes and even just the damaging winds can be even more impactful, because people end up going to sleep. tonight, if you are in one of these watch areas you see from new mexico and texas up through oklahoma, even illinois and south carolina, please be aware. have your noaa weather radios. sirens just don't cut it. they don't make it through homes, it's not something you want to rely on. have two forms of warning tonight, especially anywhere in the highlighted regions. so, again, into tomorrow, we're going to march these storms and a new kind of dynamic comes in lifting up the atmosphere. the same area, david, that got hit on sunday is in it again. tupelo, tuscaloosa, yo

>> all right, steve osunsami, thank you. from steve right to abc's chief meteorologist ginger zee tonight tracking it all. and we're also especially concerned when these storms hit in the overnight hours. >> reporter: david, as the sun sets, we hate to see the atmosphere opening up, but that's exactly what's happening. these nocturnal tornado and even just the damaging winds can be even more impactful because people go to sleep. tonight, if you are in one of these watch areas you see from new mexico and texas up through oklahoma, even illinois and south carolina, please be aware. on.ens jus don'tit.ot somethingo have two warning towhe the go march these storms and a new kind of dynamicn lifting up the atmosphere. the same area that got hit on sunday is in it again. >> ginger zee and steve osunsami, our thanks to you both tonight. >>> we learned late today that bill and melinda gates are ending their 27-year marriage. bill gates, one of the richest men in the world. as a couple, through the bill and melinda gates foundation, t

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steve osunsami with us tonight. steve, thank you. we know many parents likely have questions about what you heard in steve's report there, that heart problem found in a small number of cases. more than a dozen teenagers and young people. but that's out of tens of millions of shots administered. but let's bring in dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. always great to have you. and first, the cdc made this public, so obviously they think it's important enough to be aware of it, to be on the lookout, but help us put this into perspective. a small number of cases. and what should parents and young people be looking for here? >> david, thank you for having me back. look, any time anybody raises concerns, we should take it seriously. these are very small number of cases and there's no definitive link yet that it is actually caused by the vaccine. and thank goodness that the people who do have this tend to recover pretty much fully, they have very mild symptoms. we should be on the lookout, but we should not

here's abc's steve osunsami tonight. >> reporter: authorities in south carolina tonight are sharing this security video from the bus full of kids that was on its way this morning to an elementary school in columbia. as the students were getting in, a trainee from the nearby army base shoved his way on with an army-issued rifle. >> drive. close the door. close the door. >> reporter: police are identifying him as 23-year-old jovan collazo and say he was trying to leave the military and wanted the bus driver to get him to the next town so he could get home to new jersey. >> these kids and the bus wered feared for their lives. >> reporter: there were 18 kids on the bus, and police are praising the driver who kept his cool. the sherriff says that after several minutes, the 23-year-old stopped the bus and let the bus driver and kids get off. >> and then he continued to drive the bus to a short distance where you man in the bus and took off on foot. >> reporter: he was arrested and is charged with 19 counts of kidnapping, armed robbery, carjacking and more. at the post, his commander is apologi

vaccine, but there are new questions this morning about younger adults and those shots, and abc's steve osunsamiat the cdc with the latest. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. at this point, health officials here at the cdc aren't making any changes as to who they feel should get the vaccine, but they are looking into a small number of possible reactions from the shot. scientists at the cdc are investigating this morning after more than a dozen people who got the coronavirus vaccine have come down with myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart. the number of cases isn't anymore than what health officials would expect to see among the same millions of people who haven't been vaccinated, but investigators at the cdc say they still have to look into this. >> the cdc was showed this information and noticed out of an abundance of caution. they're trying to investigate to see if they're related at all to the vaccine. at this point, there is no relationship proven. >> reporter: it seems to happen more often in teens, young adults and for some reason, men more than women, usu

let's go to steve osunsami at the cdc with more. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. a cdc advisory panel is meeting to discuss this tomorrow and the director of the cdc says that this means that these teenagers could start getting shots as soon as thursday. this will allow for a good number of american children to start getting vaccinated and get vaccinated before the school year begins in the fall. millions of american children a step closer to getting vaccinated. this morning, the fda is saying that it's okay to give the pfizer vaccine to 12 to 15-year-olds after the shot was reported to be 100% effective against the coronavirus for that age group and with no safety concerns. >> parents and guardians can rest assured that in making our decision, the agency undertook a rigorous and thorough review of all available scientific data. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with abc news, pfizer's ceo says that 12 to 15-year-olds should get the same two shots as adults. >> it requires the doses because this i

want to try to get it out. >> reporter: for "good morning america," steve osunsami.tor said ready for liftoff. hearing those words may give a particular impression, but a perspective, but what do you say? >> it is not ready for primetime yet. the research is incredibly preliminary, and it's just not widespread yet, but it is encouraging that it's being tested for people who really are out of options in a lot of cases. >> and this is not something -- you can't just go talk to your doctor and say, write me a prescription. we saw him in this piece and he was under doctor supervision. he was in a clinic, and he was hooked up to machines. >> i want to be crystal clear. this has to be given in a monitored, medically supervised setting. otherwise it could be life-threatening or deadly. it comes with a hefty price tag, $350 to $1,000. hardly ever covered by insurance, and right now it is considered an off-label use by the fda. we use this medication in veterinary medicine as an anesthetic agent. it's not mainstream yet. >> but dr. ashton, so many people do deal with addictio

steve osunsami has the latest, good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, george.y've arrested are cooperating this morning with their officers. investigators in western virginia this morning are asking for witnesses to come forward who might have seen how this 2-year-old boy was kidnapped from a church during services last sunday morning. >> we've got a child taken from riverview baptist church nursery from a female driving a black older model van. >> reporter: police say the woman in this photo is seen leading 2-year-old noah trout out of a church nursery in virginia. >> the child is approximately 2 or 3, male, first name noah wearing an orange coat. >> reporter: authorities have identified her as 45-year-old nancy fridley and says she has no connection to the child or the family. >> we are unable to determine a motive for noah's abduction. >> reporter: they say the child was found safe the next day about two hours away in eastern west virginia. was being held at the home of nancy fridley and her boyfriend bobby taylor. both are now facing felony charges. >> fbi

steve osunsami on the ground in georgia with the latest. morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. the winds were so strong they damaged several businesses in this area. people who wer i want to show you this is a streetlight that was pushed over by the high winds and take a look at what this looks like from the sky. you see the businesses that were damaged. the trees that were blown over and more than a dozen cars that were destroyed. the severe weather cut through cities and kept people up all night from texas to maryland. the roads in texas, the rains were blinding and the winds were terrifying. the winds were so strong outside dallas they blew over two tractor trailers and the people who were hurt had to be rescued and then rushed to the hospital during the heavy rain. >> we knew that we had to help. we tried everything we can to get them out. >> reporter: our abc affiliate kamc in lubbock, texas, was on the air warning about the storm when they lost power. in arkansas, the failing power lines lit up in the storm. parts

steve osunsami joins us now from atlanta. of the states not waiting for the cdc's recommendation. good morning to you, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, amy. the fda has already allowed states to use this vaccine on children ages 12 to 15 so states like georgia, pennsylvania, arkansas, they're not waiting for the cdc's guidelines. they're already starting to vaccinate these children, and at sites like this one behind me in downtown atlanta you don't even need an appointment. a cdc advisory panel today is expected to join in the opinion that teenagers ages 12 to 15 should be able to get a vaccine for covid-19. another question on their list, if it's okay for children to get this vaccine, at the same time they get other vaccines for other diseases like meningitis or the measles. dr. yvonne maldonado is on today's panel. >> for children who are not caught up with their regular vaccines this could provide an obstacle for full vaccinations. the idea will be to see if we can remove the barrier to multiple vaccinations when th

steve osunsami joins us now and we're learning more about that trainee. >> reporter: that's right, michaelng authorities are praising the school bus driver for keeping his cool and for putting the safety of his students first. the commander of the military base where the trainee is from is now apologizing to the family of those children. a south carolina sheriff is releasing a portion of the surveillance video showing how an army trainee hijacked a school bus with 18 children inside who were on their way to classes. >> that is just a few seconds of the six minutes that these kids and the bus driver were very traumatized and feared for their life. >> reporter: the 23-year-old seen in his army training uniform with an army issued rifle, forcing his way onto the bus and pointing the gun at the driver. police are identifying him as jovan collazo and say he was trying to leave the military and wanted the bus driver to get him to the next town so he could get home to new jersey. >> the kids were asking questions, are you a soldier? are you going to hurt us? are you going to hurt the bus driver?