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GOT THE GUN THAT WAS USED IN THE ATTACK. AND WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE FAMILY'S PAST. >> BREAKING OVERNIGHT. NEW FIGURES SHOWING JUST HOW HOT THIS SUMMER HAS BEEN. AND WILL BE TODAY. IN THE WEST AND IN THE SOUTH. THE FLOOD ALERTS AND DRAMATIC HIGH WATER RESCUES HIRING ELLEN, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP OUTLINES HIS PLAN TO APPOINT ELON MUSK TO A GOVERNMENT POSITION. >> MEANWHILE, WHY TRUMP IS HEADED TO COURT TODAY AND WHAT NEW FUNDRAISING NUMBERS SHOW ABOUT THE STATE OF THE RACE. >> SOUNDING THE ALARM ONE YEAR AFTER CONTAMINATED EYEDROPS KILLED FOUR PEOPLE. THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHY SO MANY DRUG MANUFACTURING PLANTS ARE GOING UNINSPECTED. >> A STAR ATHLETE FROM THE PARIS OLYMPICS DIES AFTER A GRUESOME ATTACK ALLEGEDLY BURNED BY HER EX-BOYFRIEND. WHY HER FATHER IS BLAMING POLICE CAUGHT ON CAMERA. >> THE TODDLER LOST IN THIS MASSIVE CORN MAZE. THE TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPED POLICE FIND HIM. >> TAYLOR SWIFT AND THE NAIL BITER IN KANSAS CITY OVERNIGHT. THE TOW THAT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. >> AND LATER, HOW AN INGREDIENT IN DORITOS COULD LEAD TO A MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH. >> FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE. >> I'M ANDREW DYMBURT AND I'M RHIANNON ALLY. GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF YOU. WE BEGIN WITH NEW CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THAT DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN GEORGIA THIS WEEK, WHICH CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS. >> THE SUSPECT'S FATHER HAS NOW BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH MURDER AS NEW DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT THE FAMILY'S PAST. THIS MORNING, A GEORGIA FATHER IS THE LATEST PARENT IN THE U.S. TO FACE CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH A SCHOOL SHOOTING ALLEGEDLY CARRIED OUT BY THEIR CHILD. AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED COLIN GRAY, THE FATHER OF COLT GRAY, THE 14 YEAR OLD ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL NEAR ATLANTA WEDNESDAY. >> THESE CHARGES STEM FROM MR. GRAY KNOWINGLY ALLOWING HIS SON, COLT, TO POSSESS A WEAPON. >> COLIN GRAY IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER, FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND EIGHT COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. INVESTIGATORS SAY HIS SON USED AN AR STYLE RIFLE IN THE ATTACK AT APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL. ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED THE GUN WAS A CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM HIS FATHER. THE TEEN WAS PREVIOUSLY INVESTIGATED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, WHEN THE FBI SAID HE HAD POSSIBLY THREATENED TO SHOOT UP A MIDDLE SCHOOL. AT THE TIME, HIS FATHER TOLD INVESTIGATORS THERE WERE GUNS IN THE HOUSE, BUT COLT DID NOT HAVE,E,CCESS, S SON WAS BEING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL. COLIN WAS RECORDED THEN TELLING INVESTIGATORS HE WAS TEACHING HIS SON ABOUT HUNTING AND GUNS TO DIVERT HIS ATTENTION FROM VIDEO GAMES. >> WE DO A LOT OF SHOOTING, WE DO A LOT OF DEER HUNTING. HE SHOT HIS FIRST DEER THIS YEAR. >> WHEN SHOTS RANG OUT IN THE SCHOOL WEDNESDAY, TEACHERS WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY ALERT AUTHORITIES OF THEIR LOCATION WITH WEARABLE PANIC BUTTONS THAT USED GPS SEEN IN THIS DEMONSTRATION, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRIGGER THE CRISIS ALERT PLATFORM, AND IT ALERTS US THAT THERE IS AN ACTIVE SITUATION AT THE SCHOOL FOR WHATEVER REASON. >> AND THAT WAS PRESSED. >> COLIN GRAY'S ARREST COMES MONTHS AFTER JAMES AND JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WERE SENTENCED TO PRISON IN CONNECTION WITH A SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN CARRIED OUT BY THEIR SON. THE FIRST PARENTS IN THE U.S. CONVICTED FOR A SCHOOL SHOOTING COMMITTED BY THEIR CHILD. MEANWHILE, BACK IN GEORGIA, COLT, GRAY'S AUNT, IS REVEALING DETAILS ABOUT THE TEEN'S TROUBLED HOME LIFE, TELLING ABC NEWS COLT WAS BEGGING FOR MONTHS FOR HELP WITH HIS MENTAL HEALTH, ADDING THE ADULTS AROUND HIM FAILED HIM. COLT GRAY IS DUE IN COURT TODAY FACING MURDER CHARGES. HE WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT. NO WORD ON WHEN HIS FATHER WILL BE IN COURT. >> BREAKING OVERNIGHT NEW FIGURES NOW CONFIRMED THIS SUMMER WAS THE HOTTEST ON RECORD FOR THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. THE WESTERN U.S. IS BAKING UNDER SOME OF THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR SO FAR, WITH TRIPLE DIGITS EXPECTED TODAY IN LOS ANGELES AND RECORD HIGHS IN THE NORTHWEST AND THE RISK FOR WILDFIRES ALSO DANGEROUSLY HIGH. TWO TEENS ARE FACING ARSON CHARGES FOR SPARKING THIS BRUSH FIRE IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, BACK IN JULY, WHICH DESTROYED SEVEN HOMES, CAUSING $30 MILLION IN DAMAGE. THEY ALLEGEDLY USED ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. >> HUNTER BIDEN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO FEDERAL TAX CHARGES. THE PRESIDENT'S SON SURPRISED PROSECUTORS BY TAKING A PLEA DEAL TO AVOID WHAT COULD HAVE BECOME AN EMBARRASSING TRIAL. HE COULD FACE UP TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON AND MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN FINES. BIDEN ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING, WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME THAT PROSECUTORS WERE FOCUSED NOT ON JUSTICE BUT DEHUMANIZING ME FOR MY ACTIONS DURING MY ADDICTION, THERE WAS ONLY ONE PATH LEFT FOR ME. I WILL NOT SUBJECT MY FAMILY TO MORE PAIN. HE'LL BE SENTENCED IN DECEMBER. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE BACK IN COURT TODAY, TAKING A BREAK FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL HE SPENT YESTERDAY TALKING ABOUT TAXES AND HIRING ELON MUSK. ABC'S EM NGUYEN HAS THE DETAILS ON THAT. GOOD MORNING RHIANNON. >> GOOD MORNING. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP OUTLINED HIS ECONOMIC VISION AND PROMISED TO PUT ELON MUSK IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. BUT TODAY, THE FOCUS FOR TRUMP WILL BE IN A NEW YORK COURTROOM. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SCHEDULED A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY AT TRUMP TOWER AFTER HE HEADS TO COURT. TRUMP IS SET TO HEAR ARGUMENTS TODAY IN HIS APPEAL OF THE JUDGMENT, HOLDING HIM LIABLE FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING AND DEFAMING WRITER E JEAN CARROLL. YESTERDAY, TRUMP OUTLINED HIS ECONOMIC AGENDA, SAYING HE WANTS TO CUT THE TAX RATE TO 15% FOR COMPANIES THAT MAKE PRODUCTS IN THE U.S. AND PUNISH COMPANIES THAT OUTSOURCE JOBS. IF YOU OUTSOURCE OFFSHORE OR REPLACE AMERICAN WORKERS, YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OF THESE BENEFITS. >> IN FACT, YOU WILL PAY A VERY SUBSTANTIAL TARIFF WHEN A PRODUCT COMES IN FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY. >> TRUMP ALSO VOWING TO CREATE A GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY COMMISSION, AN IDEA SUGGESTED BY ELON MUSK. >> A COMPLETE FINANCIAL AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE ENTIRE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DRASTIC REFORMS. >> TRUMP SAID MUSK WOULD LEAD THE COMMISSION, WHICH CRITICS SAY COULD POSE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE SOME OF MUSK'S COMPANIES ARE REGULATED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE HIGH COST OF DAYCARE ALSO A SUBJECT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE J.D. VANCE, SUGGESTING COSTS COULD COME DOWN IF REGULATIONS WERE ELIMINATED. >> DON'T FORCE EVERY EARLY CHILD CARE SPECIALIST TO GO AND GET A SIX YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE WHERE THEY'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF DEBT AND AMERICANS ARE MUCH POORER BECAUSE THEY'RE PAYING OUT THE WAZOO FOR DAYCARE. EMPOWER WORKING FAMILIES. EMPOWER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO THESE THINGS FOR A LIVING. AND THAT'S WHAT WE GOT TO DO FOR THEIR ECONOMIC PLATFORM. >> THE HARRIS WALZ TICKET HAS VOWED TO EXPAND THE CHILD TAX CREDIT AND FIGHT CORPORATE PRICE GOUGING, AND THEY'RE PROMISING TAX RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. HARRIS'S RUNNING MATE, TIM WALZ, IN PENNSYLVANIA, SHARPENING HIS ATTACK ON TRUMP. >> WHENEVER DONALD TRUMP'S TALKING ABOUT AMERICA, HE'S TALKING AMERICA. HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE PROMISE OF AMERICA, AND HE CONTINUES TO PUT THIS COUNTRY DOWN. >> NEW FIGURES OUT THIS MORNING EXPECTED TO SHOW THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN RAISED MORE THAN $300 MILLION LAST MONTH, MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN RAISED. MEANWHILE, JD VANCE IS FACING CRITICISM FOR HIS REMARKS ABOUT THE SCHOOL SHOOTING IN GEORGIA, SUGGESTING SCHOOL SHOOTINGS HAVE BECOME A, QUOTE, FACT OF LIFE. VANCE SAYS BETTER SECURITY IS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE SCHOOLS ARE NO LONGER SOFT TARGETS. ANDREW. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. A POTENTIAL STRIKE IS THREATENING PORTS ON THE EAST COAST AND THE GULF COAST. TALKS BETWEEN THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST LONGSHOREMEN UNION AND PORT OWNERS ARE STALLED. ONE MAJOR ISSUE IS AUTOMATION. THE CONTRACT DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 30TH. >> A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN. THAT IS HOW EXPERTS DESCRIBE A NEW STUDY THAT FINDS THE FDA IS BEHIND WAY BEHIND ON CRITICAL INSPECTIONS OF FACTORIES THAT MAKE EVERYTHING FROM ANTIBIOTICS TO CANCER THERAPIES. HERE'S ABC'S ANDREA FUJII. >> THIS MORNING A NEW STUDY SOUNDING THE ALARM ON DRUG SAFETY. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOUND SINCE THE PANDEMIC, NEARLY 2000 DRUG MANUFACTURING FACILITIES ARE OVERDUE FOR FDA INSPECTIONS. THE AGENCY ALREADY UNDER SCRUTINY FROM CONGRESS. >> IT IS PAST TIME THE FDA ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES. PEOPLE'S LIVES DEPEND ON IT. >> THE PLANTS OVERDUE FOR INSPECTION ACCOUNT FOR 42% OF THE FACILITIES REGISTERED WORLDWIDE. MOST ARE IN THE U.S, BUT MORE THAN 300 ARE IN INDIA AND CHINA, WHICH MAKE UP THE LARGEST SOURCE OF DRUG INGREDIENTS USED IN LOW COST PRESCRIPTIONS. >> THE FAILURE OF THE FDA'S OFFICE OF PHARMACEUTICAL QUALITY TO GO OUT AND INSPECT THESE ESTABLISHMENTS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN. >> CONCERNS THAT CAN HAVE DEADLY EFFECTS. LAST YEAR, FOUR AMERICANS DIED AND A DOZEN MORE WERE BLINDED FROM TAINTED EYEDROPS MADE IN A FACTORY IN INDIA. SO WHY IS THE FDA BEHIND? DURING COVID, IT STOPPED ALL BUT THE MOST CRITICAL INSPECTIONS. NOW IT'S TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH FAR FEWER EMPLOYEES. MORE THAN 200 INSPECTION JOBS ARE CURRENTLY UNFILLED. MANY FORMER EMPLOYEES LEFT FOR HIGHER PAYING JOBS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. >> WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AS LONG AS THE MARKETPLACE IS WORKING THE WAY IT IS. >> THE FDA INSISTS THE U.S. DRUG SUPPLY IS THE SAFEST IN THE WORLD, BUT IT HASN'T SAID WHEN IT EXPECTS TO COMPLETE THOSE OVERDUE INSPECTIONS. RHIANNON ANDREW. >> ANDREA. THANK YOU. MORE RAIN AND FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE GULF COAST. WE'VE SEEN DOZENS OF HIGH WATER RESCUES IN TEXAS THIS WEEK. PEOPLE CLINGING TO TREES. LOUISIANA TO NORTHERN FLORIDA ARE AT RISK TODAY. LET'S CHECK YOUR FRIDAY FORECAST. >> GOOD MORNING. WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME DRENCHING RAIN ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES, NEW ORLEANS. WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING FOR YOU. ALSO GEORGIA AND ALABAMA INTO SOUTH CAROLINA LATE THIS EVENING. SOAKING RAIN. SOME OF YOU IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA WILL SEE BETWEEN 8 AND 12IN OF RAIN FOR THE STORM. TOTAL FROM WHAT FELL AT MIDWEEK ALL THE WAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AND SATURDAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN AT 4 TO 8IN FOR AREAS NEAR I-10. MEANWHILE, IN THE NORTHWEST, NEAR RECORD HEAT FOR SOME FOR ACCUWEATHER. I'M JEFF CORNISH FOR ABC NEWS. >> COMING UP, WHY THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW INVESTIGATING AIRLINE REWARD PROGRAMS. >> BUT FIRST, WHAT LED TO THIS BIZARRE CRASH ON A BUSY INTERSTATE? AND A WARNING TO PARENTS AFTER A TEEN FALLS VICTIM TO A GROWING SCAM KNOWN AS SEXTORTION. >> WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S This isn't Char Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel, a nation at war. After that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground. In Ukraine reporting from Lewiston. Maine scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC, News, live is right there everywhere on the scene of that deadly missile, strike and inebriate. Ukraine reporting for the earthquake in turkey and Rolling Fork. This Tornado tore through this little town, from the most devastating disaster in Hawaii Charleston, South Carolina on the 2024 campaign. Rail and Iceland. 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He's two-faced historic the ABC News presidential debate moderated by David, Muir and Lindsey Davis. Tuesday, live on ABC and streaming on ABC News, live, Hulu, and Disney plus the ABC News presidential debate. Every Friday hottest Trends Styles and must have it's time to buy the right. Stop and Save big time to the right stuff Fridays on GMA. You're gonna love it. >> A TRUCK DRIVER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH RECKLESS DRIVING IN VIRGINIA AFTER THIS, SLAMMING HIS BIG RIG INTO THIS HIGHWAY. SIGN THE BED SEPARATED FROM THE CAB THERE AND AS YOU CAN SEE, LANDED UPRIGHT. THE DRIVER LUCKILY WAS NOT INJURED. >> NOW TO MICHIGAN AND A WARNING TO PARENTS AFTER A 17 YEAR OLD FELL VICTIM TO A GROWING SCAM KNOWN AS SEXTORTION. THOSE RESPONSIBLE ARE NOW FACING JUSTICE. THIS MORNING, A PAIR OF NIGERIAN SCAMMERS ARE BEHIND BARS HERE IN THE U.S. CONVICTED IN AN INTERNET CON THAT TURNED DEADLY. THEY SOLICITED AND RECEIVED A COMPROMISING IMAGE, AND THEN THEY IMMEDIATELY TURNED TO BLACKMAIL THEIR VICTIMS, HOUNDING THEM FOR MONEY AND EVEN URGING THEIR VICTIMS TO KILL THEMSELVES IF THEY COULDN'T PAY. SAMUEL AND SAMSON OGOSHI WERE FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY TO SEXUALLY EXPLOIT A MINOR AFTER THEY EXTORTED MICHIGAN TEENAGER JORDAN DEMAY. THE 17 YEAR OLD HOMECOMING KING LATER TOOK HIS OWN LIFE, THRUSTING SO-CALLED SEXTORTION INTO THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT. >> IT STARTED OUT WITH THE SUPPOSED GIRL SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE SOME FRIENDS IN COMMON. >> THE TWO MEN TARGETED DEMAY BY PRETENDING TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL NAMED DANAE. EVENTUALLY CONVINCING DEMAY TO SEND EXPLICIT PHOTOS OF HIMSELF. THE SCAMMERS THEN DEMANDED $1,000, THREATENING IF HE DIDN'T PAY, THEY WOULD SEND THOSE COMPROMISING PHOTOS TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. DEMAY DIED BY SUICIDE JUST HOURS LATER. >> WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID TO HIM. IT HURTS ME SO BAD AS A MOM TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HE WENT THROUGH IN THE LAST HOURS. >> BUT NOW, SOME CLOSURE FOR DUMAS FAMILY. THE OGOSHI BROTHERS YESTERDAY WERE SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON. THE FIRST CONVICTION IN AN ALLEGED SEXTORTION RING INVOLVING MORE THAN 100 VICTIMS. >> THIS IS A SERIOUS THREAT THAT IS ONLY GETTING WORSE AND IT CAN HAPPEN FAST. WE KNOW THAT THE TIME FROM INITIAL CONTACT TO JORDAN'S PASSING WAS A MERE TWO HOURS. >> IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW NEEDS SUPPORT, YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL 988. THE SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE. >> REALLY TRAGIC STORY. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS INVESTIGATING AIRLINE REWARD PROGRAMS. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE CUSTOMERS ARE GETTING A FAIR DEAL. THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS ASKING AMERICAN DELTA, SOUTHWEST AND UNITED FOR DETAILED REPORTS ON THEIR LOYALTY BENEFITS. AMONG THE CONCERNS WHETHER THE AIRLINES ARE CHANGING THE TERMS OF THEIR REWARD POINTS WITHOUT PROPER NOTICE OR CHARGING EXTRA FEES TO REDEEM THOSE POINTS. THE AIRLINES SAY THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSPARENT. >> COMING UP, A TIGER ON THE RUN AFTER ESCAPING FROM A ZOO. >> ALSO AHEAD, A STAR FROM THE PARIS OLYMPICS DIES AFTER A GRUESOME ATTACK SHINING A LIGHT ON THE EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN HER COUNTRY Let's go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. It doesn't get any more Cutting Edge and this Whenever Wherever news breaks, it's so important to always remember that lives are changed here in London in Buffalo Uvalde. Texas, Edinburgh, Scotland reporting from Rolling Fork. Mississippi the cranium refugees here in Warsaw committing to a small community outside of Mexico. City getting you behind the stories as they happen, ABC. News live Prime will take you there stream ABC News live weeknights wherever you stream, your news only on, ABC, News live. It's lunchtime in America. So what are we serving up? Well, how about everything you need to know your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food style coming up on J and a fairy you're gonna love it will see you then. Three what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon. So Jordan afternoon her everything you need to know. Betrayal is one of the hardest types of trauma to overcome. This is her knight in shining armor. Everything felt right all the sudden. I found this hidden folder. I opened it. I don't think I can say I'm sorry shocking my stomach just dropped. He just really didn't think I had it in me Lisa. So I did betrayal a father's secret the all new season on Hulu. It was a regular day for 19 year old Melissa with something terrible had happened to her had several suspects all these kinds of leads of known serial killer in your area. Could he be involved actually finding key evidence that could have slipped through the cracks her last hours on this Earth with horrific this beautiful control police will find out what happened at wit's end the hunt for a killer only on Hulu. A TODDLER MISSING IN THIS 100 ACRE CORNFIELD IN WISCONSIN HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE AFTER POLICE USED A DRONE WITH THERMAL IMAGING TO FIND HIM. THE THREE YEAR OLD WAS CHASING A CAT WHEN IT GOT DARK. HE WAS FOUND UNHARMED ABOUT A HALF A MILE FROM HIS HOUSE. >> SOME BORDER TOWNS IN TEXAS ARE ON ALERT AFTER A TIGER ESCAPED FROM A NEARBY ZOO. THAT ZOO IS IN REYNOSA, MEXICO, JUST ACROSS FROM HIDALGO, TEXAS. EXPERTS WARN TIGERS ARE EXCELLENT SWIMMERS FULLY CAPABLE OF CROSSING THE RIO GRANDE. >> WE TURN NOW TO THE SHOCKING DEATH OF A RUNNER FROM THE PARIS OLYMPICS. HER KILLING IS SHINING A LIGHT ON THE EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN HER COUNTRY. AND THE DETAILS ARE SO DISTURBING. THIS MORNING, OLYMPIC MARATHONER REBECCA CHEPTEGEI HAS DIED AFTER WHAT POLICE SAY WAS A GRUESOME ATTACK IN HER HOME COUNTRY OF KENYA. >> IT IS A VERY, VERY, VERY SAD DAY FOR US. >> THEY SAY CHEPTEGEI'S EX-BOYFRIEND WAS SEEN POURING LIQUID ON HER BEFORE SETTING HER ON FIRE. THEY SAY THE TWO HAD BEEN ARGUING OVER A PLOT OF LAN. CHEPTEGEI'S HEARTBROKEN FATHER SAYS HE HAD WARNED POLICE ABOUT THE EX-BOYFRIEND'S THREATENING BEHAVIOR. CHEPTEGEI IS THE THIRD ELITE FEMALE ATHLETE MURDERED IN KENYA IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, ALL ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY THEIR PARTNERS. >> WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT THESE MEN WHO MURDER THESE WOMEN ARE DRAWN TO THEM BECAUSE OF THE MONEY AND THE FAME FROM THEIR THEIR TRACK AND FIELD, FROM THEIR RUNNING CAREERS. >> KENYA HAS SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN FEMICIDE IN RECENT YEARS, WITH AN ESTIMATED 47 WOMEN KILLED EACH WEEK, ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES IN AFRICA. >> MY HOPE AND PRAYER IS THAT SHE WILL FIND JUSTICE AND FINALLY, WE HAVE SYSTEMS AT WORK THAT ENABLE WOMEN TO BE FREE FROM OPPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR SUCH AS THIS BY MEN. >> THE SPORTS WORLD AND THE WORLD AT LARGE IS ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGED, AS THEY SHOULD BE. THERE'S DEFINITELY NOT ENOUGH PROTECTION FOR THESE ATHLETES. IF THERE WAS SUFFICIENT PROTECTION, THEY'D BE ALIVE. >> MURDER CHARGES AGAINST HER EX-BOYFRIEND ARE EXPECTED SOON AFTER A SURGE IN TOURISM. >> YOU MAY SOON NEED A TICKET TO SEE THE FAMED TREVI FOUNTAIN. OFFICIALS IN ROME ARE CONSIDERING A TICKET PLAN THAT WOULD LIMIT VISIT TIMES AND CHARGE AROUND $2. VENICE RECENTLY TRIED LIMITING CROWDS BY CHARGING FOR ENTRY AS WELL. >> COMING UP, HOW AN INGREDIENT IN DORITOS COULD LEAD TO A MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH. >> BUT FIRST, THE TOW THAT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE NFL SEASON OPENER With so much at stake. So much on the line, more Americans turn here than any other news cast, ABC News World News Tonight, with David Muir. America's number one, most watched news cast across all of television, This morning. Yes, Old Dominion is on their way to GMA the morning concert event Old Dominion. This morning. Only on Good Morning, America's summer concert series sponsored by Wayfarer Let's go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. It doesn't get any more Cutting Edge and this Babe, Ruth Hank. 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AND WE BEGIN WITH A DRAMATIC START TO THE NFL SEASON. >> YES, THE CHIEFS AND THE RAVENS SERVED UP AN INSTANT CLASSIC WITH TAYLOR SWIFT IN THE HOUSE. THE SWIFTS, THE CHIEFS MOST FAMOUS FAN SUPPORTING HER BOYFRIEND, CHIEF TRAVIS KELCE IN A DENIM OUTFIT. >> MAYBE THEY SHOULD CHANGE THE NAME TO THE SWIFTS. THE GAME CAME DOWN TO THE FINAL PLAY. RAVENS QUARTERBACK LAMAR JACKSON FINDS A RECEIVER IN THE ENDZONE. BUT WAIT. THE REPLAY SHOWED HIS TOE WAS ON THE LINE, SO HE'S OUT OF BOUNDS. NO TOUCHDOWNS. THAT MEANS THE CHIEFS WON 27 TO 20. PATRICK MAHOMES OFFERED SOME ADVICE TO THAT RECEIVER. WEAR WHITE CLEATS NEXT TIME. ALSO LAST NIGHT, AMERICAN JESSICA PEGULA BOOKED HER PLACE IN THE U.S. OPEN WOMEN'S FINAL, ADVANCING AFTER A SLOW START. IT WILL BE HER FIRST MAJOR TOURNAMENT FINAL. NEXT THE DIE IN DORITOS THAT MAKES YOUR FINGERS ORANGE COULD LEAD TO A MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH. YEAH. >> RESEARCHERS USE THE CHEMICAL TO MAKE THE BODIES OF MICE SEE THROUGH. THEY RUB THE SOLUTION ON THE MICE, AND THEIR SKIN BECAME TRANSPARENT, ALLOWING THEM TO SEE BLOOD VESSELS AND MUSCLE FIBERS. >> IT WORKS BY CHANGING HOW THE BODY REFRACTS LIGHT. THE SKIN RETURNS TO NORMAL AFTER WASHING OFF THE CHEMICALS. SCIENTISTS HOPE THE TECHNIQUE CAN ONE DAY BE USED ON HUMANS TO DETECT TUMORS AND OTHER AILMENTS WITHOUT SURGERY. NEXT. GOOD NEWS FOR FANS OF RED LOBSTER. >> YES, THE RESTAURANT CHAIN IS EMERGING FROM BANKRUPTCY. A JUDGE HAS APPROVED A RESTRUCTURING PLAN THAT ALLOWS THE COMPANY TO KEEP ALL OF ITS CURRENT LOCATIONS OPEN, AND ALL 30,000 EMPLOYEES WILL GET TO KEEP THEIR JOBS. NEXT, A REAL ESTATE DEAL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN EXCHANGE FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, YOU CAN GET HALF A HOUSE THIS ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH HOME WAS HIT BY A GIGANTIC TREE, SHATTERING HALF THE HOUSE, BUT THE OTHER HALF IS STILL OKAY. >> WHAT A BARGAIN. AND FINALLY, HOW ABOUT SEEKING HIGHER GROUND? >> A TINY FROG HAD TO DO IT. IT WAS POURING NEAR ORLANDO. 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NOW THAT'S Wherever news breaks, it's so important to always remember that lives are changed getting you behind the stories as they happen, ABC News live Prime will take you. There streaming free on ABC News live. tonight the dangerously hot west tracking excessive heat warnings + just days before the much-anticipated debate, the state of the race World News Tonight with David Muir is America's, most watched news cast Let's go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. It doesn't get any more Cutting Edge and this . >> MORE TOP STORIES NOW. THE FATHER OF THE TEENAGER ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS AT A GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL, HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND IS FACING MURDER CHARGES. AUTHORITIES SAY HE KNOWINGLY ALLOWED HIS SON TO POSSESS A WEAPON, WHICH HE ALLEGEDLY BOUGHT HIM AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT. HIS SON IS DUE IN COURT TODAY, ALSO FACING MURDER CHARGES. >> THE FBI HAS RAIDED THE HOMES OF TWO TOP AIDES TO NEW YORK MAYOR ERIC ADAMS. AGENTS ALSO SEIZED THE PHONES OF OTHER CITY OFFICIALS, PART OF A FEDERAL CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION. >> THE GOVERNMENT'S MONTHLY JOBS REPORT IS OUT TODAY. IT IS EXPECTED TO SHOW A SLOWING BUT STEADY JOB MARKET. IT COULD HELP DETERMINE THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S INTEREST RATE CUT. THAT IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MONTH. >> VAPING AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAS HIT A TEN YEAR LOW. NEW FIGURES SHOW THE RATE OF TEENS USING E-CIGARETTES FELL TO UNDER 6% THIS YEAR. >> TODAY'S WEATHER REIGNED FOR MUCH OF THE EAST. STORMS IN THE OHIO VALLEY AND MORE RAIN ON THE GULF COAST. RECORD HEAT IN THE WEST. >> AND FINALLY THE COUPLE GOING BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. HERE'S OUR DANNY NEW. >> HEY, I DON'T BITE. >> IT MIGHT NOT BE COMMON, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO MEET THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE AT AN EARLY AGE. >> WE USED TO WRITE LIKE LITTLE NOTES AND LITTLE WORDS WITH HER NAME ON IT. >> JUST ASK EMMA AND MARCUS HERE, WHO NOT ONLY MET IN FIRST GRADE, BUT ACTUALLY JUST GOT MARRIED AT THE VERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE THAT LIFE CHANGING MOMENT TOOK PLACE. >> IT WAS DEFINITELY SURREAL. >> HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI, CONGRATULATED THEM ON FACEBOOK THIS WEEK, WITH DOZENS OF COMMENTERS OFFERING THEIR LOVE STORIES AND WISHING THEM WELL. ONE PERSON WRITING THIS IS THE CUTEST LOVE STORY HEART. NOW, THE WAY MARCUS AND EMMA'S LOVE STORY GOES IS THEY MET IN FIRST GRADE, STARTED TEXTING A LITTLE BIT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN OFFICIALLY BECAME BOYFRIEND GIRLFRIEND DURING THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN MARCUS PULLED OUT THIS SMOOTH LINE, HE KEPT TALKING UP HIS DAD AND HOW AWESOME HIS DAD WAS AND FUN GUY. >> AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, WHEN AM I GOING TO GET TO MEET HIM? LIKE, HE SOUNDS GREAT. AND HE SAYS, WELL, ONLY MY GIRLFRIENDS GET TO MEET MY DAD. >> LET'S GO. FAST FORWARD 12 YEARS AND THROUGH MANY CHIEFS GAMES, AND THESE TWO LONGTIME SWEETHEARTS JUST TIED THE KNOT A FEW WEEKS AGO OUTSIDE SOME VERY FAMILIAR HALLS. BUT THIS MIGHT BE THE CUTEST PART. THE VIP OF THE EVENT WAS THEIR DOG, BELLA, WHO HAS A VERY SPECIAL HISTORY WITH THEM. YOU SEE, MARCUS ACTUALLY GAVE THIS BEAGLE MIX TO EMMA FOR HER BIRTHDAY WHEN SHE TURNED 16. CLEARLY, MARCUS KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO BE TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME AND BEFORE A LARGER CEREMONY AND RECEPTION IN MEXICO LATER THIS YEAR, EMMA, MARCUS AND BELLA WERE ELATED TO FIRST MAKE IT OFFICIAL AT THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. >> IT HONESTLY TURNED OUT PERFECT. >> BY THE WAY, GUYS, THAT UPCOMING CEREMONY IN MEXICO IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ON THE 12 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THAT SPECIAL DAY WHEN MARCUS DROPPED THAT SMOOTH LINE ABOUT BECOMING HIS GIRLFRIEND. CLEARLY WORKED. >> OF COURSE, HE SMOOTHIES A CHIEFS FAN. YEAH, AND THEY'. >> RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS MORNING. FATHER UNDER ARREST. THE 14 YEAR OLD GEORGIA SCHOOL SHOOTING SUSPECT'S FATHER NOW FACING MURDER CHARGES ALONG WITH HIS SON. HOW? POLICE SAY THE BOY GOT THE GUN THAT WAS USED IN THE ATTACK. AND WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE FAMILY'S PAST. >> BREAKING OVERNIGHT. NEW FIGURES SHOWING JUST HOW HOT THIS SUMMER HAS BEEN. AND WILL BE TODAY. IN THE WEST AND IN THE SOUTH. THE FLOOD ALERTS AND DRAMATIC HIGH WATER RESCUES HIRING ELLEN, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP OUTLINES HIS PLAN TO APPOINT ELON MUSK TO A GOVERNMENT POSITION. >> MEANWHILE, WHY TRUMP IS HEADED TO COURT TODAY AND WHAT NEW FUNDRAISING NUMBERS SHOW ABOUT THE STATE OF THE RACE. >> SOUNDING THE ALARM ONE YEAR AFTER CONTAMINATED EYEDROPS KILLED FOUR PEOPLE. THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHY SO MANY DRUG MANUFACTURING PLANTS ARE GOING UNINSPECTED. >> A STAR ATHLETE FROM THE PARIS OLYMPICS DIES AFTER A GRUESOME ATTACK ALLEGEDLY BURNED BY HER EX-BOYFRIEND. WHY HER FATHER IS BLAMING POLICE CAUGHT ON CAMERA. >> THE TODDLER LOST IN THIS MASSIVE CORN MAZE. THE TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPED POLICE FIND HIM. >> TAYLOR SWIFT AND THE NAIL BITER IN KANSAS CITY OVERNIGHT. THE TOW THAT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. >> AND LATER, HOW AN INGREDIENT IN DORITOS COULD LEAD TO A MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH. >> FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE. >> I'M ANDREW DYMBURT AND I'M RHIANNON ALLY. GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF YOU. WE BEGIN WITH NEW CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THAT DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN GEORGIA THIS WEEK, WHICH CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS. >> THE SUSPECT'S FATHER HAS NOW BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH MURDER AS NEW DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT THE FAMILY'S PAST. THIS MORNING, A GEORGIA FATHER IS THE LATEST PARENT IN THE U.S. TO FACE CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH A SCHOOL SHOOTING ALLEGEDLY CARRIED OUT BY THEIR CHILD. AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED COLIN GRAY, THE FATHER OF COLT GRAY, THE 14 YEAR OLD ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL NEAR ATLANTA WEDNESDAY. >> THESE CHARGES STEM FROM MR. GRAY KNOWINGLY ALLOWING HIS SON, COLT, TO POSSESS A WEAPON. >> COLIN GRAY IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER, FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND EIGHT COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. INVESTIGATORS SAY HIS SON USED AN AR STYLE RIFLE IN THE ATTACK AT APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL. ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED THE GUN WAS A CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM HIS FATHER. THE TEEN WAS PREVIOUSLY INVESTIGATED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, WHEN THE FBI SAID HE HAD POSSIBLY THREATENED TO SHOOT UP A MIDDLE SCHOOL. AT THE TIME, HIS FATHER TOLD INVESTIGATORS THERE WERE GUNS IN THE HOUSE, BUT COLT DID NOT HAVE,E,CCESS, S SON WAS BEING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL. COLIN WAS RECORDED THEN TELLING INVESTIGATORS HE WAS TEACHING HIS SON ABOUT HUNTING AND GUNS TO DIVERT HIS ATTENTION FROM VIDEO GAMES. >> WE DO A LOT OF SHOOTING, WE DO A LOT OF DEER HUNTING. HE SHOT HIS FIRST DEER THIS YEAR. >> WHEN SHOTS RANG OUT IN THE SCHOOL WEDNESDAY, TEACHERS WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY ALERT AUTHORITIES OF THEIR LOCATION WITH WEARABLE PANIC BUTTONS THAT USED GPS SEEN IN THIS DEMONSTRATION, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRIGGER THE CRISIS ALERT PLATFORM, AND IT ALERTS US THAT THERE IS AN ACTIVE SITUATION AT THE SCHOOL FOR WHATEVER REASON. >> AND THAT WAS PRESSED. >> COLIN GRAY'S ARREST COMES MONTHS AFTER JAMES AND JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WERE SENTENCED TO PRISON IN CONNECTION WITH A SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN CARRIED OUT BY THEIR SON. THE FIRST PARENTS IN THE U.S. CONVICTED FOR A SCHOOL SHOOTING COMMITTED BY THEIR CHILD. MEANWHILE, BACK IN GEORGIA, COLT, GRAY'S AUNT, IS REVEALING DETAILS ABOUT THE TEEN'S TROUBLED HOME LIFE, TELLING ABC NEWS COLT WAS BEGGING FOR MONTHS FOR HELP WITH HIS MENTAL HEALTH, ADDING THE ADULTS AROUND HIM FAILED HIM. COLT GRAY IS DUE IN COURT TODAY FACING MURDER CHARGES. HE WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT. NO WORD ON WHEN HIS FATHER WILL BE IN COURT. >> BREAKING OVERNIGHT NEW FIGURES NOW CONFIRMED THIS SUMMER WAS THE HOTTEST ON RECORD FOR THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. THE WESTERN U.S. IS BAKING UNDER SOME OF THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR SO FAR, WITH TRIPLE DIGITS EXPECTED TODAY IN LOS ANGELES AND RECORD HIGHS IN THE NORTHWEST AND THE RISK FOR WILDFIRES ALSO DANGEROUSLY HIGH. TWO TEENS ARE FACING ARSON CHARGES FOR SPARKING THIS BRUSH FIRE IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, BACK IN JULY, WHICH DESTROYED SEVEN HOMES, CAUSING $30 MILLION IN DAMAGE. THEY ALLEGEDLY USED ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. >> HUNTER BIDEN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO FEDERAL TAX CHARGES. THE PRESIDENT'S SON SURPRISED PROSECUTORS BY TAKING A PLEA DEAL TO AVOID WHAT COULD HAVE BECOME AN EMBARRASSING TRIAL. HE COULD FACE UP TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON AND MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN FINES. BIDEN ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING, WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME THAT PROSECUTORS WERE FOCUSED NOT ON JUSTICE BUT DEHUMANIZING ME FOR MY ACTIONS DURING MY ADDICTION, THERE WAS ONLY ONE PATH LEFT FOR ME. I WILL NOT SUBJECT MY FAMILY TO MORE PAIN. HE'LL BE SENTENCED IN DECEMBER. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE BACK IN COURT TODAY, TAKING A BREAK FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL HE SPENT YESTERDAY TALKING ABOUT TAXES AND HIRING ELON MUSK. ABC'S EM NGUYEN HAS THE DETAILS ON THAT. GOOD MORNING RHIANNON. >> GOOD MORNING. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP OUTLINED HIS ECONOMIC VISION AND PROMISED TO PUT ELON MUSK IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. BUT TODAY, THE FOCUS FOR TRUMP WILL BE IN A NEW YORK COURTROOM. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SCHEDULED A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY AT TRUMP TOWER AFTER HE HEADS TO COURT. TRUMP IS SET TO HEAR ARGUMENTS TODAY IN HIS APPEAL OF THE JUDGMENT, HOLDING HIM LIABLE FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING AND DEFAMING WRITER E JEAN CARROLL. YESTERDAY, TRUMP OUTLINED HIS ECONOMIC AGENDA, SAYING HE WANTS TO CUT THE TAX RATE TO 15% FOR COMPANIES THAT MAKE PRODUCTS IN THE U.S. AND PUNISH COMPANIES THAT OUTSOURCE JOBS. IF YOU OUTSOURCE OFFSHORE OR REPLACE AMERICAN WORKERS, YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OF THESE BENEFITS. >> IN FACT, YOU WILL PAY A VERY SUBSTANTIAL TARIFF WHEN A PRODUCT COMES IN FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY. >> TRUMP ALSO VOWING TO CREATE A GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY COMMISSION, AN IDEA SUGGESTED BY ELON MUSK. >> A COMPLETE FINANCIAL AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE ENTIRE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DRASTIC REFORMS. >> TRUMP SAID MUSK WOULD LEAD THE COMMISSION, WHICH CRITICS SAY COULD POSE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE SOME OF MUSK'S COMPANIES ARE REGULATED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE HIGH COST OF DAYCARE ALSO A SUBJECT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE J.D. VANCE, SUGGESTING COSTS COULD COME DOWN IF REGULATIONS WERE ELIMINATED. >> DON'T FORCE EVERY EARLY CHILD CARE SPECIALIST TO GO AND GET A SIX YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE WHERE THEY'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF DEBT AND AMERICANS ARE MUCH POORER BECAUSE THEY'RE PAYING OUT THE WAZOO FOR DAYCARE. EMPOWER WORKING FAMILIES. EMPOWER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO THESE THINGS FOR A LIVING. AND THAT'S WHAT WE GOT TO DO FOR THEIR ECONOMIC PLATFORM. >> THE HARRIS WALZ TICKET HAS VOWED TO EXPAND THE CHILD TAX CREDIT AND FIGHT CORPORATE PRICE GOUGING, AND THEY'RE PROMISING TAX RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. HARRIS'S RUNNING MATE, TIM WALZ, IN PENNSYLVANIA, SHARPENING HIS ATTACK ON TRUMP. >> WHENEVER DONALD TRUMP'S TALKING ABOUT AMERICA, HE'S TALKING AMERICA. HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE PROMISE OF AMERICA, AND HE CONTINUES TO PUT THIS COUNTRY DOWN. >> NEW FIGURES OUT THIS MORNING EXPECTED TO SHOW THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN RAISED MORE THAN $300 MILLION LAST MONTH, MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN RAISED. MEANWHILE, JD VANCE IS FACING CRITICISM FOR HIS REMARKS ABOUT THE SCHOOL SHOOTING IN GEORGIA, SUGGESTING SCHOOL SHOOTINGS HAVE BECOME A, QUOTE, FACT OF LIFE. VANCE SAYS BETTER SECURITY IS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE SCHOOLS ARE NO LONGER SOFT TARGETS. ANDREW. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. A POTENTIAL STRIKE IS THREATENING PORTS ON THE EAST COAST AND THE GULF COAST. TALKS BETWEEN THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST LONGSHOREMEN UNION AND PORT OWNERS ARE STALLED. ONE MAJOR ISSUE IS AUTOMATION. THE CONTRACT DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 30TH. >> A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN. THAT IS HOW EXPERTS DESCRIBE A NEW STUDY THAT FINDS THE FDA IS BEHIND WAY BEHIND ON CRITICAL INSPECTIONS OF FACTORIES THAT MAKE EVERYTHING FROM ANTIBIOTICS TO CANCER THERAPIES. HERE'S ABC'S ANDREA FUJII. >> THIS MORNING A NEW STUDY SOUNDING THE ALARM ON DRUG SAFETY. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOUND SINCE THE PANDEMIC, NEARLY 2000 DRUG MANUFACTURING FACILITIES ARE OVERDUE FOR FDA INSPECTIONS. THE AGENCY ALREADY UNDER SCRUTINY FROM CONGRESS. >> IT IS PAST TIME THE FDA ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES. PEOPLE'S LIVES DEPEND ON IT. >> THE PLANTS OVERDUE FOR INSPECTION ACCOUNT FOR 42% OF THE FACILITIES REGISTERED WORLDWIDE. MOST ARE IN THE U.S, BUT MORE THAN 300 ARE IN INDIA AND CHINA, WHICH MAKE UP THE LARGEST SOURCE OF DRUG INGREDIENTS USED IN LOW COST PRESCRIPTIONS. >> THE FAILURE OF THE FDA'S OFFICE OF PHARMACEUTICAL QUALITY TO GO OUT AND INSPECT THESE ESTABLISHMENTS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN. >> CONCERNS THAT CAN HAVE DEADLY EFFECTS. LAST YEAR, FOUR AMERICANS DIED AND A DOZEN MORE WERE BLINDED FROM TAINTED EYEDROPS MADE IN A FACTORY IN INDIA. SO WHY IS THE FDA BEHIND? DURING COVID, IT STOPPED ALL BUT THE MOST CRITICAL INSPECTIONS. NOW IT'S TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH FAR FEWER EMPLOYEES. MORE THAN 200 INSPECTION JOBS ARE CURRENTLY UNFILLED. MANY FORMER EMPLOYEES LEFT FOR HIGHER PAYING JOBS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. >> WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AS LONG AS THE MARKETPLACE IS WORKING THE WAY IT IS. >> THE FDA INSISTS THE U.S. DRUG SUPPLY IS THE SAFEST IN THE WORLD, BUT IT HASN'T SAID WHEN IT EXPECTS TO COMPLETE THOSE OVERDUE INSPECTIONS. RHIANNON ANDREW. >> ANDREA. THANK YOU. MORE RAIN AND FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE GULF COAST. WE'VE SEEN DOZENS OF HIGH WATER RESCUES IN TEXAS THIS WEEK. PEOPLE CLINGING TO TREES. LOUISIANA TO NORTHERN FLORIDA ARE AT RISK TODAY. LET'S CHECK YOUR FRIDAY FORECAST. >> GOOD MORNING. WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME DRENCHING RAIN ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES, NEW ORLEANS. WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING FOR YOU. ALSO GEORGIA AND ALABAMA INTO SOUTH CAROLINA LATE THIS EVENING. SOAKING RAIN. SOME OF YOU IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA WILL SEE BETWEEN 8 AND 12IN OF RAIN FOR THE STORM. TOTAL FROM WHAT FELL AT MIDWEEK ALL THE WAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AND SATURDAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN AT 4 TO 8IN FOR AREAS NEAR I-10. MEANWHILE, IN THE NORTHWEST, NEAR RECORD HEAT FOR SOME FOR ACCUWEATHER. I'M JEFF CORNISH FOR ABC NEWS. >> COMING UP, WHY THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW INVESTIGATING AIRLINE REWARD PROGRAMS. >> BUT FIRST, WHAT LED TO THIS BIZARRE CRASH ON A BUSY INTERSTATE? AND A WARNING TO PARENTS AFTER A TEEN FALLS VICTIM TO A GROWING SCAM KNOWN AS SEXTORTION. >> WE'LL TELL It was a regular day for 19 year old Melissa with something terrible had happened to her had several suspects all these kinds of leads of known serial killer in your area. Could he be involved actually finding key evidence that could have slipped through the cracks her last hours on this Earth with horrific this beautiful control police will find out what happened at wit's end the hunt for a killer only on Hulu. Can you stick good mornings in America? 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And you see News live Prime with Lindsey Davis the first and only screaming show nominated for best outstanding live news program. This is ABC News live. They both want to be your next president. Now Kamala Harris, Donald Trump face-to-face. The ABC News presidential debate moderated by David Muir and Lindsey Davis Tuesday, live on ABC and streaming on Hulu and Disney Plus Reporting from Portland International Airport. I'm Jaclyn Leigh, wherever the story is will take you there. You're streaming ABC News live. DEBATE TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE ON AB. >> A TRUCK DRIVER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH RECKLESS DRIVING IN VIRGINIA AFTER THIS, SLAMMING HIS BIG RIG INTO THIS HIGHWAY. SIGN THE BED SEPARATED FROM THE CAB THERE AND AS YOU CAN SEE, LANDED UPRIGHT. THE DRIVER LUCKILY WAS NOT INJURED. >> NOW TO MICHIGAN AND A WARNING TO PARENTS AFTER A 17 YEAR OLD FELL VICTIM TO A GROWING SCAM KNOWN AS SEXTORTION. THOSE RESPONSIBLE ARE NOW FACING JUSTICE. THIS MORNING, A PAIR OF NIGERIAN SCAMMERS ARE BEHIND BARS HERE IN THE U.S. CONVICTED IN AN INTERNET CON THAT TURNED DEADLY. THEY SOLICITED AND RECEIVED A COMPROMISING IMAGE, AND THEN THEY IMMEDIATELY TURNED TO BLACKMAIL THEIR VICTIMS, HOUNDING THEM FOR MONEY AND EVEN URGING THEIR VICTIMS TO KILL THEMSELVES IF THEY COULDN'T PAY. SAMUEL AND SAMSON OGOSHI WERE FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY TO SEXUALLY EXPLOIT A MINOR AFTER THEY EXTORTED MICHIGAN TEENAGER JORDAN DEMAY. THE 17 YEAR OLD HOMECOMING KING LATER TOOK HIS OWN LIFE, THRUSTING SO-CALLED SEXTORTION INTO THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT. >> IT STARTED OUT WITH THE SUPPOSED GIRL SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE SOME FRIENDS IN COMMON. >> THE TWO MEN TARGETED DEMAY BY PRETENDING TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL NAMED DANAE. EVENTUALLY CONVINCING DEMAY TO SEND EXPLICIT PHOTOS OF HIMSELF. THE SCAMMERS THEN DEMANDED $1,000, THREATENING IF HE DIDN'T PAY, THEY WOULD SEND THOSE COMPROMISING PHOTOS TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. DEMAY DIED BY SUICIDE JUST HOURS LATER. >> WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID TO HIM. IT HURTS ME SO BAD AS A MOM TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HE WENT THROUGH IN THE LAST HOURS. >> BUT NOW, SOME CLOSURE FOR DUMAS FAMILY. THE OGOSHI BROTHERS YESTERDAY WERE SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON. THE FIRST CONVICTION IN AN ALLEGED SEXTORTION RING INVOLVING MORE THAN 100 VICTIMS. >> THIS IS A SERIOUS THREAT THAT IS ONLY GETTING WORSE AND IT CAN HAPPEN FAST. WE KNOW THAT THE TIME FROM INITIAL CONTACT TO JORDAN'S PASSING WAS A MERE TWO HOURS. >> IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW NEEDS SUPPORT, YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL 988. THE SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE. >> REALLY TRAGIC STORY. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS INVESTIGATING AIRLINE REWARD PROGRAMS. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE CUSTOMERS ARE GETTING A FAIR DEAL. THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS ASKING AMERICAN DELTA, SOUTHWEST AND UNITED FOR DETAILED REPORTS ON THEIR LOYALTY BENEFITS. AMONG THE CONCERNS WHETHER THE AIRLINES ARE CHANGING THE TERMS OF THEIR REWARD POINTS WITHOUT PROPER NOTICE OR CHARGING EXTRA FEES TO REDEEM THOSE POINTS. THE AIRLINES SAY THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSPARENT. >> COMING UP, A TIGER ON THE RUN AFTER ESCAPING FROM A ZOO. >> ALSO AHEAD, A STAR FROM THE PARIS OLYMPICS DIES AFTER A GRUESOME ATTACK SHINING A LIGHT ON THE EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE With so much at stake. So much on the line, more Americans turn here than any other news cast, ABC News World News Tonight, with David Muir. America's number one, most watched news cast across all of television, This morning. Yes, Old Dominion is on their way to GMA the morning concert event Old Dominion. This morning. Only on Good Morning, America's summer concert series sponsored by Wayfarer Let's go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. 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Did you kill John Oakey? The trial of Karen read is now underway. She's accused of second-degree murder at leading, not guilty accused of killing her boyfriend, a Boston police officer hits the True Crime Story of the summer. Would you say that you were angry with John that night? Yes. Now, exclusive personal video and Karen read speaking out fully for herself the all-new 2020 tonight at 9:00 8:00 Central on ABC. A TODDLER MISSING IN THIS 100 ACRE CORNFIELD IN WISCONSIN HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE AFTER POLICE USED A DRONE WITH THERMAL IMAGING TO FIND HIM. THE THREE YEAR OLD WAS CHASING A CAT WHEN IT GOT DARK. HE WAS FOUND UNHARMED ABOUT A HALF A MILE FROM HIS HOUSE. >> SOME BORDER TOWNS IN TEXAS ARE ON ALERT AFTER A TIGER ESCAPED FROM A NEARBY ZOO. THAT ZOO IS IN REYNOSA, MEXICO, JUST ACROSS FROM HIDALGO, TEXAS. EXPERTS WARN TIGERS ARE EXCELLENT SWIMMERS FULLY CAPABLE OF CROSSING THE RIO GRANDE. >> WE TURN NOW TO THE SHOCKING DEATH OF A RUNNER FROM THE PARIS OLYMPICS. HER KILLING IS SHINING A LIGHT ON THE EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN HER COUNTRY. AND THE DETAILS ARE SO DISTURBING. THIS MORNING, OLYMPIC MARATHONER REBECCA CHEPTEGEI HAS DIED AFTER WHAT POLICE SAY WAS A GRUESOME ATTACK IN HER HOME COUNTRY OF KENYA. >> IT IS A VERY, VERY, VERY SAD DAY FOR US. >> THEY SAY CHEPTEGEI'S EX-BOYFRIEND WAS SEEN POURING LIQUID ON HER BEFORE SETTING HER ON FIRE. THEY SAY THE TWO HAD BEEN ARGUING OVER A PLOT OF LAN. CHEPTEGEI'S HEARTBROKEN FATHER SAYS HE HAD WARNED POLICE ABOUT THE EX-BOYFRIEND'S THREATENING BEHAVIOR. CHEPTEGEI IS THE THIRD ELITE FEMALE ATHLETE MURDERED IN KENYA IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, ALL ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY THEIR PARTNERS. >> WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT THESE MEN WHO MURDER THESE WOMEN ARE DRAWN TO THEM BECAUSE OF THE MONEY AND THE FAME FROM THEIR THEIR TRACK AND FIELD, FROM THEIR RUNNING CAREERS. >> KENYA HAS SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN FEMICIDE IN RECENT YEARS, WITH AN ESTIMATED 47 WOMEN KILLED EACH WEEK, ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES IN AFRICA. >> MY HOPE AND PRAYER IS THAT SHE WILL FIND JUSTICE AND FINALLY, WE HAVE SYSTEMS AT WORK THAT ENABLE WOMEN TO BE FREE FROM OPPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR SUCH AS THIS BY MEN. >> THE SPORTS WORLD AND THE WORLD AT LARGE IS ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGED, AS THEY SHOULD BE. THERE'S DEFINITELY NOT ENOUGH PROTECTION FOR THESE ATHLETES. IF THERE WAS SUFFICIENT PROTECTION, THEY'D BE ALIVE. >> MURDER CHARGES AGAINST HER EX-BOYFRIEND ARE EXPECTED SOON AFTER A SURGE IN TOURISM. >> YOU MAY SOON NEED A TICKET TO SEE THE FAMED TREVI FOUNTAIN. OFFICIALS IN ROME ARE CONSIDERING A TICKET PLAN THAT WOULD LIMIT VISIT TIMES AND CHARGE AROUND $2. VENICE RECENTLY TRIED LIMITING CROWDS BY CHARGING FOR ENTRY AS WELL. >> COMING UP, HOW AN INGREDIENT IN DORITOS COULD LEAD TO A MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH. >> BUT FIRST, THE TOW THAT MADE ALL THE DIFFERE It's lunchtime in America. So what are we serving up? Well, how about everything you need to know your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food style coming up on J and a fairy you're gonna love it will see you then. Three what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon. So Jordan afternoon her everything you need to know. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET'S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS. 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REED SPEAKING OUT FULLY FOR HERSELF TONIGHT ON ABC. >> TIME TO CHECK THE PULSE. AND WE BEGIN WITH A DRAMATIC START TO THE NFL SEASON. >> YES, THE CHIEFS AND THE RAVENS SERVED UP AN INSTANT CLASSIC WITH TAYLOR SWIFT IN THE HOUSE. THE SWIFTS, THE CHIEFS MOST FAMOUS FAN SUPPORTING HER BOYFRIEND, CHIEF TRAVIS KELCE IN A DENIM OUTFIT. >> MAYBE THEY SHOULD CHANGE THE NAME TO THE SWIFTS. THE GAME CAME DOWN TO THE FINAL PLAY. RAVENS QUARTERBACK LAMAR JACKSON FINDS A RECEIVER IN THE ENDZONE. BUT WAIT. THE REPLAY SHOWED HIS TOE WAS ON THE LINE, SO HE'S OUT OF BOUNDS. NO TOUCHDOWNS. THAT MEANS THE CHIEFS WON 27 TO 20. PATRICK MAHOMES OFFERED SOME ADVICE TO THAT RECEIVER. WEAR WHITE CLEATS NEXT TIME. ALSO LAST NIGHT, AMERICAN JESSICA PEGULA BOOKED HER PLACE IN THE U.S. OPEN WOMEN'S FINAL, ADVANCING AFTER A SLOW START. IT WILL BE HER FIRST MAJOR TOURNAMENT FINAL. NEXT THE DIE IN DORITOS THAT MAKES YOUR FINGERS ORANGE COULD LEAD TO A MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH. YEAH. >> RESEARCHERS USE THE CHEMICAL TO MAKE THE BODIES OF MICE SEE THROUGH. THEY RUB THE SOLUTION ON THE MICE, AND THEIR SKIN BECAME TRANSPARENT, ALLOWING THEM TO SEE BLOOD VESSELS AND MUSCLE FIBERS. >> IT WORKS BY CHANGING HOW THE BODY REFRACTS LIGHT. THE SKIN RETURNS TO NORMAL AFTER WASHING OFF THE CHEMICALS. SCIENTISTS HOPE THE TECHNIQUE CAN ONE DAY BE USED ON HUMANS TO DETECT TUMORS AND OTHER AILMENTS WITHOUT SURGERY. NEXT. GOOD NEWS FOR FANS OF RED LOBSTER. >> YES, THE RESTAURANT CHAIN IS EMERGING FROM BANKRUPTCY. A JUDGE HAS APPROVED A RESTRUCTURING PLAN THAT ALLOWS THE COMPANY TO KEEP ALL OF ITS CURRENT LOCATIONS OPEN, AND ALL 30,000 EMPLOYEES WILL GET TO KEEP THEIR JOBS. NEXT, A REAL ESTATE DEAL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN EXCHANGE FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, YOU CAN GET HALF A HOUSE THIS ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH HOME WAS HIT BY A GIGANTIC TREE, SHATTERING HALF THE HOUSE, BUT THE OTHER HALF IS STILL OKAY. >> WHAT A BARGAIN. AND FINALLY, HOW ABOUT SEEKING HIGHER GROUND? >> A TINY FROG HAD TO DO IT. IT WAS POURING NEAR ORLANDO. BUT LOOK CLOSELY AT THAT SMALL BALL IN THE WATER. EVEN SMALLER FROGS SAFELY PERCHED ON TOP OF IT. LOOK AT THAT. TH It was a regular day for 19 year old Melissa with something terrible had happened to her had several suspects all these kinds of leads of known serial killer in your area. Could he be involved actually finding key evidence that could have slipped through the cracks her last hours on this Earth with horrific this beautiful control police will find out what happened at wit's end the hunt for a killer only on Hulu. This morning. Yes, Old Dominion is on their way to GMA the morning concert event Old Dominion. This morning. Only on Good Morning, America's summer concert series sponsored by Wayfarer >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET'S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS. AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT'S Wherever news breaks, it's so important to always remember that lives are changed getting you behind the stories as they happen, ABC News live Prime will take you. There streaming free on ABC News live. Betrayal is one of the hardest types of trauma to overcome. This is her knight in shining armor. Everything felt right all the sudden. I found this hidden folder. I opened it. I don't think I can say I'm sorry shocking my stomach just dropped. He just really didn't think I had it in me Lisa. So I did betrayal a father's secret the all new season on Hulu. . >> MORE TOP STORIES NOW. THE FATHER OF THE TEENAGER ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS AT A GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL, HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND IS FACING MURDER CHARGES. AUTHORITIES SAY HE KNOWINGLY ALLOWED HIS SON TO POSSESS A WEAPON, WHICH HE ALLEGEDLY BOUGHT HIM AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT. HIS SON IS DUE IN COURT TODAY, ALSO FACING MURDER CHARGES. >> THE FBI HAS RAIDED THE HOMES OF TWO TOP AIDES TO NEW YORK MAYOR ERIC ADAMS. AGENTS ALSO SEIZED THE PHONES OF OTHER CITY OFFICIALS, PART OF A FEDERAL CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION. >> THE GOVERNMENT'S MONTHLY JOBS REPORT IS OUT TODAY. IT IS EXPECTED TO SHOW A SLOWING BUT STEADY JOB MARKET. IT COULD HELP DETERMINE THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S INTEREST RATE CUT. THAT IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MONTH. >> VAPING AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAS HIT A TEN YEAR LOW. NEW FIGURES SHOW THE RATE OF TEENS USING E-CIGARETTES FELL TO UNDER 6% THIS YEAR. >> TODAY'S WEATHER REIGNED FOR MUCH OF THE EAST. STORMS IN THE OHIO VALLEY AND MORE RAIN ON THE GULF COAST. RECORD HEAT IN THE WEST. >> AND FINALLY THE COUPLE GOING BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. HERE'S OUR DANNY NEW. >> HEY, I DON'T BITE. >> IT MIGHT NOT BE COMMON, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO MEET THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE AT AN EARLY AGE. >> WE USED TO WRITE LIKE LITTLE NOTES AND LITTLE WORDS WITH HER NAME ON IT. >> JUST ASK EMMA AND MARCUS HERE, WHO NOT ONLY MET IN FIRST GRADE, BUT ACTUALLY JUST GOT MARRIED AT THE VERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE THAT LIFE CHANGING MOMENT TOOK PLACE. >> IT WAS DEFINITELY SURREAL. >> HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI, CONGRATULATED THEM ON FACEBOOK THIS WEEK, WITH DOZENS OF COMMENTERS OFFERING THEIR LOVE STORIES AND WISHING THEM WELL. ONE PERSON WRITING THIS IS THE CUTEST LOVE STORY HEART. NOW, THE WAY MARCUS AND EMMA'S LOVE STORY GOES IS THEY MET IN FIRST GRADE, STARTED TEXTING A LITTLE BIT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN OFFICIALLY BECAME BOYFRIEND GIRLFRIEND DURING THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN MARCUS PULLED OUT THIS SMOOTH LINE, HE KEPT TALKING UP HIS DAD AND HOW AWESOME HIS DAD WAS AND FUN GUY. >> AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, WHEN AM I GOING TO GET TO MEET HIM? LIKE, HE SOUNDS GREAT. AND HE SAYS, WELL, ONLY MY GIRLFRIENDS GET TO MEET MY DAD. >> LET'S GO. FAST FORWARD 12 YEARS AND THROUGH MANY CHIEFS GAMES, AND THESE TWO LONGTIME SWEETHEARTS JUST TIED THE KNOT A FEW WEEKS AGO OUTSIDE SOME VERY FAMILIAR HALLS. BUT THIS MIGHT BE THE CUTEST PART. THE VIP OF THE EVENT WAS THEIR DOG, BELLA, WHO HAS A VERY SPECIAL HISTORY WITH THEM. YOU SEE, MARCUS ACTUALLY GAVE THIS BEAGLE MIX TO EMMA FOR HER BIRTHDAY WHEN SHE TURNED 16. CLEARLY, MARCUS KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO BE TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME AND BEFORE A LARGER CEREMONY AND RECEPTION IN MEXICO LATER THIS YEAR, EMMA, MARCUS AND BELLA WERE ELATED TO FIRST MAKE IT OFFICIAL AT THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. >> IT HONESTLY TURNED OUT PERFECT. >> BY THE WAY, GUYS, THAT UPCOMING CEREMONY IN MEXICO IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ON THE 12 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THAT SPECIAL DAY WHEN MARCUS DROPPED THAT SMOOTH LINE ABOUT BECOMING HIS GIRLFRIEND. CLEARLY WORKED. >> OF COURSE, HE SMOOTHIES A CHIEFS FAN. YEAH, AND THEY'. >> RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS MORNING. FATHER UNDER ARREST. THE 14 YEAR OLD GEORGIA SCHOOL SHOOTING SUSPECT'S FATHER NOW FACING MURDER CHARGES ALONG WITH HIS SON. HOW? POLICE SAY THE BOY GOT THE GUN THAT WAS USED IN THE ATTACK. AND WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE FAMILY'S PAST. >> BREAKING OVERNIGHT. NEW FIGURES SHOWING JUST HOW HOT THIS SUMMER HAS BEEN. AND WILL BE TODAY. IN THE WEST AND IN THE SOUTH. THE FLOOD ALERTS AND DRAMATIC HIGH WATER RESCUES HIRING ELLEN, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP OUTLINES HIS PLAN TO APPOINT ELON MUSK TO A GOVERNMENT POSITION. >> MEANWHILE, WHY TRUMP IS HEADED TO COURT TODAY AND WHAT NEW FUNDRAISING NUMBERS SHOW ABOUT THE STATE OF THE RACE. >> SOUNDING THE ALARM ONE YEAR AFTER CONTAMINATED EYEDROPS KILLED FOUR PEOPLE. THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHY SO MANY DRUG MANUFACTURING PLANTS ARE GOING UNINSPECTED. >> A STAR ATHLETE FROM THE PARIS OLYMPICS DIES AFTER A GRUESOME ATTACK ALLEGEDLY BURNED BY HER EX-BOYFRIEND. WHY HER FATHER IS BLAMING POLICE CAUGHT ON CAMERA. >> THE TODDLER LOST IN THIS MASSIVE CORN MAZE. THE TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPED POLICE FIND HIM. >> TAYLOR SWIFT AND THE NAIL BITER IN KANSAS CITY OVERNIGHT. THE TOW THAT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. >> AND LATER, HOW AN INGREDIENT IN DORITOS COULD LEAD TO A MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH. >> FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE. >> I'M ANDREW DYMBURT AND I'M RHIANNON ALLY. GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF YOU. WE BEGIN WITH NEW CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THAT DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN GEORGIA THIS WEEK, WHICH CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS. >> THE SUSPECT'S FATHER HAS NOW BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH MURDER AS NEW DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT THE FAMILY'S PAST. THIS MORNING, A GEORGIA FATHER IS THE LATEST PARENT IN THE U.S. TO FACE CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH A SCHOOL SHOOTING ALLEGEDLY CARRIED OUT BY THEIR CHILD. AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED COLIN GRAY, THE FATHER OF COLT GRAY, THE 14 YEAR OLD ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL NEAR ATLANTA WEDNESDAY. >> THESE CHARGES STEM FROM MR. GRAY KNOWINGLY ALLOWING HIS SON, COLT, TO POSSESS A WEAPON. >> COLIN GRAY IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER, FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND EIGHT COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. INVESTIGATORS SAY HIS SON USED AN AR STYLE RIFLE IN THE ATTACK AT APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL. ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED THE GUN WAS A CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM HIS FATHER. THE TEEN WAS PREVIOUSLY INVESTIGATED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, WHEN THE FBI SAID HE HAD POSSIBLY THREATENED TO SHOOT UP A MIDDLE SCHOOL. AT THE TIME, HIS FATHER TOLD INVESTIGATORS THERE WERE GUNS IN THE HOUSE, BUT COLT DID NOT HAVAV ACCESS, S SON WAS BEING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL. COLIN WAS RECORDED THEN TELLING INVESTIGATORS HE WAS TEACHING HIS SON ABOUT HUNTING AND GUNS TO DIVERT HIS ATTENTION FROM VIDEO GAMES. >> WE DO A LOT OF SHOOTING, WE DO A LOT OF DEER HUNTING. HE SHOT HIS FIRST DEER THIS YEAR. >> WHEN SHOTS RANG OUT IN THE SCHOOL WEDNESDAY, TEACHERS WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY ALERT AUTHORITIES OF THEIR LOCATION WITH WEARABLE PANIC BUTTONS THAT USED GPS SEEN IN THIS DEMONSTRATION, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRIGGER THE CRISIS ALERT PLATFORM, AND IT ALERTS US THAT THERE IS AN ACTIVE SITUATION AT THE SCHOOL FOR WHATEVER REASON. >> AND THAT WAS PRESSED. >> COLIN GRAY'S ARREST COMES MONTHS AFTER JAMES AND JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WERE SENTENCED TO PRISON IN CONNECTION WITH A SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN CARRIED OUT BY THEIR SON. THE FIRST PARENTS IN THE U.S. CONVICTED FOR A SCHOOL SHOOTING COMMITTED BY THEIR CHILD. MEANWHILE, BACK IN GEORGIA, COLT, GRAY'S AUNT, IS REVEALING DETAILS ABOUT THE TEEN'S TROUBLED HOME LIFE, TELLING ABC NEWS COLT WAS BEGGING FOR MONTHS FOR HELP WITH HIS MENTAL HEALTH, ADDING THE ADULTS AROUND HIM FAILED HIM. COLT GRAY IS DUE IN COURT TODAY FACING MURDER CHARGES. HE WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT. NO WORD ON WHEN HIS FATHER WILL BE IN COURT. >> BREAKING OVERNIGHT NEW FIGURES NOW CONFIRMED THIS SUMMER WAS THE HOTTEST ON RECORD FOR THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. THE WESTERN U.S. IS BAKING UNDER SOME OF THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR SO FAR, WITH TRIPLE DIGITS EXPECTED TODAY IN LOS ANGELES AND RECORD HIGHS IN THE NORTHWEST AND THE RISK FOR WILDFIRES ALSO DANGEROUSLY HIGH. TWO TEENS ARE FACING ARSON CHARGES FOR SPARKING THIS BRUSH FIRE IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, BACK IN JULY, WHICH DESTROYED SEVEN HOMES, CAUSING $30 MILLION IN DAMAGE. THEY ALLEGEDLY USED ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. >> HUNTER BIDEN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO FEDERAL TAX CHARGES. THE PRESIDENT'S SON SURPRISED PROSECUTORS BY TAKING A PLEA DEAL TO AVOID WHAT COULD HAVE BECOME AN EMBARRASSING TRIAL. HE COULD FACE UP TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON AND MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN FINES. BIDEN ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING, WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME THAT PROSECUTORS WERE FOCUSED NOT ON JUSTICE BUT DEHUMANIZING ME FOR MY ACTIONS DURING MY ADDICTION, THERE WAS ONLY ONE PATH LEFT FOR ME. I WILL NOT SUBJECT MY FAMILY TO MORE PAIN. HE'LL BE SENTENCED IN DECEMBER. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE BACK IN COURT TODAY, TAKING A BREAK FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL HE SPENT YESTERDAY TALKING ABOUT TAXES AND HIRING ELON MUSK. ABC'S EM NGUYEN HAS THE DETAILS ON THAT. GOOD MORNING RHIANNON. >> GOOD MORNING. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP OUTLINED HIS ECONOMIC VISION AND PROMISED TO PUT ELON MUSK IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. BUT TODAY, THE FOCUS FOR TRUMP WILL BE IN A NEW YORK COURTROOM. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SCHEDULED A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY AT TRUMP TOWER AFTER HE HEADS TO COURT. TRUMP IS SET TO HEAR ARGUMENTS TODAY IN HIS APPEAL OF THE JUDGMENT, HOLDING HIM LIABLE FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING AND DEFAMING WRITER E JEAN CARROLL. YESTERDAY, TRUMP OUTLINED HIS ECONOMIC AGENDA, SAYING HE WANTS TO CUT THE TAX RATE TO 15% FOR COMPANIES THAT MAKE PRODUCTS IN THE U.S. AND PUNISH COMPANIES THAT OUTSOURCE JOBS. IF YOU OUTSOURCE OFFSHORE OR REPLACE AMERICAN WORKERS, YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OF THESE BENEFITS. >> IN FACT, YOU WILL PAY A VERY SUBSTANTIAL TARIFF WHEN A PRODUCT COMES IN FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY. >> TRUMP ALSO VOWING TO CREATE A GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY COMMISSION, AN IDEA SUGGESTED BY ELON MUSK. >> A COMPLETE FINANCIAL AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE ENTIRE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DRASTIC REFORMS. >> TRUMP SAID MUSK WOULD LEAD THE COMMISSION, WHICH CRITICS SAY COULD POSE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE SOME OF MUSK'S COMPANIES ARE REGULATED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE HIGH COST OF DAYCARE ALSO A SUBJECT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE J.D. VANCE, SUGGESTING COSTS COULD COME DOWN IF REGULATIONS WERE ELIMINATED. >> DON'T FORCE EVERY EARLY CHILD CARE SPECIALIST TO GO AND GET A SIX YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE WHERE THEY'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF DEBT AND AMERICANS ARE MUCH POORER BECAUSE THEY'RE PAYING OUT THE WAZOO FOR DAYCARE. EMPOWER WORKING FAMILIES. EMPOWER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO THESE THINGS FOR A LIVING. AND THAT'S WHAT WE GOT TO DO FOR THEIR ECONOMIC PLATFORM. >> THE HARRIS WALZ TICKET HAS VOWED TO EXPAND THE CHILD TAX CREDIT AND FIGHT CORPORATE PRICE GOUGING, AND THEY'RE PROMISING TAX RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. HARRIS'S RUNNING MATE, TIM WALZ, IN PENNSYLVANIA, SHARPENING HIS ATTACK ON TRUMP. >> WHENEVER DONALD TRUMP'S TALKING ABOUT AMERICA, HE'S TALKING AMERICA. HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE PROMISE OF AMERICA, AND HE CONTINUES TO PUT THIS COUNTRY DOWN. >> NEW FIGURES OUT THIS MORNING EXPECTED TO SHOW THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN RAISED MORE THAN $300 MILLION LAST MONTH, MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN RAISED. MEANWHILE, JD VANCE IS FACING CRITICISM FOR HIS REMARKS ABOUT THE SCHOOL SHOOTING IN GEORGIA, SUGGESTING SCHOOL SHOOTINGS HAVE BECOME A, QUOTE, FACT OF LIFE. VANCE SAYS BETTER SECURITY IS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE SCHOOLS ARE NO LONGER SOFT TARGETS. ANDREW. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. A POTENTIAL STRIKE IS THREATENING PORTS ON THE EAST COAST AND THE GULF COAST. TALKS BETWEEN THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST LONGSHOREMEN UNION AND PORT OWNERS ARE STALLED. ONE MAJOR ISSUE IS AUTOMATION. THE CONTRACT DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 30TH. >> A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN. THAT IS HOW EXPERTS DESCRIBE A NEW STUDY THAT FINDS THE FDA IS BEHIND WAY BEHIND ON CRITICAL INSPECTIONS OF FACTORIES THAT MAKE EVERYTHING FROM ANTIBIOTICS TO CANCER THERAPIES. HERE'S ABC'S ANDREA FUJII. >> THIS MORNING A NEW STUDY SOUNDING THE ALARM ON DRUG SAFETY. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOUND SINCE THE PANDEMIC, NEARLY 2000 DRUG MANUFACTURING FACILITIES ARE OVERDUE FOR FDA INSPECTIONS. THE AGENCY ALREADY UNDER SCRUTINY FROM CONGRESS. >> IT IS PAST TIME THE FDA ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES. PEOPLE'S LIVES DEPEND ON IT. >> THE PLANTS OVERDUE FOR INSPECTION ACCOUNT FOR 42% OF THE FACILITIES REGISTERED WORLDWIDE. MOST ARE IN THE U.S, BUT MORE THAN 300 ARE IN INDIA AND CHINA, WHICH MAKE UP THE LARGEST SOURCE OF DRUG INGREDIENTS USED IN LOW COST PRESCRIPTIONS. >> THE FAILURE OF THE FDA'S OFFICE OF PHARMACEUTICAL QUALITY TO GO OUT AND INSPECT THESE ESTABLISHMENTS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN. >> CONCERNS THAT CAN HAVE DEADLY EFFECTS. LAST YEAR, FOUR AMERICANS DIED AND A DOZEN MORE WERE BLINDED FROM TAINTED EYEDROPS MADE IN A FACTORY IN INDIA. SO WHY IS THE FDA BEHIND? DURING COVID, IT STOPPED ALL BUT THE MOST CRITICAL INSPECTIONS. NOW IT'S TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH FAR FEWER EMPLOYEES. MORE THAN 200 INSPECTION JOBS ARE CURRENTLY UNFILLED. MANY FORMER EMPLOYEES LEFT FOR HIGHER PAYING JOBS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. >> WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AS LONG AS THE MARKETPLACE IS WORKING THE WAY IT IS. >> THE FDA INSISTS THE U.S. DRUG SUPPLY IS THE SAFEST IN THE WORLD, BUT IT HASN'T SAID WHEN IT EXPECTS TO COMPLETE THOSE OVERDUE INSPECTIONS. RHIANNON ANDREW. >> ANDREA. THANK YOU. MORE RAIN AND FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE GULF COAST. WE'VE SEEN DOZENS OF HIGH WATER RESCUES IN TEXAS THIS WEEK. PEOPLE CLINGING TO TREES. LOUISIANA TO NORTHERN FLORIDA ARE AT RISK TODAY. LET'S CHECK YOUR FRIDAY FORECAST. >> GOOD MORNING. WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME DRENCHING RAIN ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES, NEW ORLEANS. WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING FOR YOU. ALSO GEORGIA AND ALABAMA INTO SOUTH CAROLINA LATE THIS EVENING. SOAKING RAIN. SOME OF YOU IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA WILL SEE BETWEEN 8 AND 12IN OF RAIN FOR THE STORM. TOTAL FROM WHAT FELL AT MIDWEEK ALL THE WAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AND SATURDAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN AT 4 TO 8IN FOR AREAS NEAR I-10. MEANWHILE, IN THE NORTHWEST, NEAR RECORD HEAT FOR SOME FOR ACCUWEATHER. I'M JEFF CORNISH FOR ABC NEWS. >> COMING UP, WHY THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW INVESTIGATING AIRLINE REWARD PROGRAMS. >> BUT FIRST, WHAT LED TO THIS BIZARRE CRASH ON A BUSY INTERSTATE? AND A WARNING TO PARENTS AFTER A TEEN FALLS VICTIM TO A GROWING SCAM KNOWN AS SEXTORTION. >> WE'LL TELL Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel. A nation at war in Rolling Fork, This Tornado tore through this town from Lewiston, Maine, a scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile, strike, ABC, News live everywhere and Iceland. Let's go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street, wherever the story is we're going to take you there, you're streaming. ABC News, live BBC News, live your streaming, ABC News, live, ABC news live streaming free everywhere. It's lunchtime in America. So what are we serving up? 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The ABC News presidential debate moderated by David Muir and Lindsey Davis Tuesday, live on ABC and streaming on Hulu and Disney Plus Hey America, America. America. Good Morning. America. Good Morning America feet. DEBATE TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE ON AB. >> A TRUCK DRIVER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH RECKLESS DRIVING IN VIRGINIA AFTER THIS, SLAMMING HIS BIG RIG INTO THIS HIGHWAY. SIGN THE BED SEPARATED FROM THE CAB THERE AND AS YOU CAN SEE, LANDED UPRIGHT. THE DRIVER LUCKILY WAS NOT INJURED. >> NOW TO MICHIGAN AND A WARNING TO PARENTS AFTER A 17 YEAR OLD FELL VICTIM TO A GROWING SCAM KNOWN AS SEXTORTION. THOSE RESPONSIBLE ARE NOW FACING JUSTICE. THIS MORNING, A PAIR OF NIGERIAN SCAMMERS ARE BEHIND BARS HERE IN THE U.S. CONVICTED IN AN INTERNET CON THAT TURNED DEADLY. THEY SOLICITED AND RECEIVED A COMPROMISING IMAGE, AND THEN THEY IMMEDIATELY TURNED TO BLACKMAIL THEIR VICTIMS, HOUNDING THEM FOR MONEY AND EVEN URGING THEIR VICTIMS TO KILL THEMSELVES IF THEY COULDN'T PAY. SAMUEL AND SAMSON OGOSHI WERE FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY TO SEXUALLY EXPLOIT A MINOR AFTER THEY EXTORTED MICHIGAN TEENAGER JORDAN DEMAY. THE 17 YEAR OLD HOMECOMING KING LATER TOOK HIS OWN LIFE, THRUSTING SO-CALLED SEXTORTION INTO THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT. >> IT STARTED OUT WITH THE SUPPOSED GIRL SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE SOME FRIENDIN COMMON. >> THE TWO MEN TARGETED DEMAY BY PRETENDING TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL NAMED DANAE. EVENTUALLY CONVINCING DEMAY TO SEND EXPLICIT PHOTOS OF HIMSELF. THE SCAMMERS THEN DEMANDED $1,000, THREATENING IF HE DIDN'T PAY, THEY WOULD SEND THOSE COMPROMISING PHOTOS TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. DEMAY DIED BY SUICIDE JUST HOURS LATER. >> WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID TO HIM. IT HURTS ME SO BAD AS A MOM TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HE WENT THROUGH IN THE LAST HOURS. >> BUT NOW, SOME CLOSURE FOR DUMAS FAMILY. THE OGOSHI BROTHERS YESTERDAY WERE SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON. THE FIRST CONVICTION IN AN ALLEGED SEXTORTION RING INVOLVING MORE THAN 100 VICTIMS. >> THIS IS A SERIOUS THREAT THAT IS ONLY GETTING WORSE AND IT CAN HAPPEN FAST. WE KNOW THAT THE TIME FROM INITIAL CONTACT TO JORDAN'S PASSING WAS A MERE TWO HOURS. >> IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW NEEDS SUPPORT, YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL 988. THE SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE. >> REALLY TRAGIC STORY. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS INVESTIGATING AIRLINE REWARD PROGRAMS. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE CUSTOMERS ARE GETTING A FAIR DEAL. THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS ASKING AMERICAN DELTA, SOUTHWEST AND UNITED FOR DETAILED REPORTS ON THEIR LOYALTY BENEFITS. AMONG THE CONCERNS WHETHER THE AIRLINES ARE CHANGING THE TERMS OF THEIR REWARD POINTS WITHOUT PROPER NOTICE OR CHARGING EXTRA FEES TO REDEEM THOSE POINTS. 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Come true is so happy it is so good and ready to smile and put the good into your Morning America because you know, what will make the morning better a little ray of sunshine. Let's go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. It doesn't get any more Cutting Edge and this A TODDLER MISSING IN THIS 100 ACRE CORNFIELD IN WISCONSIN HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE AFTER POLICE USED A DRONE WITH THERMAL IMAGING TO FIND HIM. THE THREE YEAR OLD WAS CHASING A CAT WHEN IT GOT DARK. HE WAS FOUND UNHARMED ABOUT A HALF A MILE FROM HIS HOUSE. >> SOME BORDER TOWNS IN TEXAS ARE ON ALERT AFTER A TIGER ESCAPED FROM A NEARBY ZOO. THAT ZOO IS IN REYNOSA, MEXICO, JUST ACROSS FROM HIDALGO, TEXAS. EXPERTS WARN TIGERS ARE EXCELLENT SWIMMERS FULLY CAPABLE OF CROSSING THE RIO GRANDE. >> WE TURN NOW TO THE SHOCKING DEATH OF A RUNNER FROM THE PARIS OLYMPICS. HER KILLING IS SHINING A LIGHT ON THE EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN HER COUNTRY. AND THE DETAILS ARE SO DISTURBING. THIS MORNING, OLYMPIC MARATHONER REBECCA CHEPTEGEI HAS DIED AFTER WHAT POLICE SAY WAS A GRUESOME ATTACK IN HER HOME COUNTRY OF KENYA. >> IT IS A VERY, VERY, VERY SAD DAY FOR US. >> THEY SAY CHEPTEGEI'S EX-BOYFRIEND WAS SEEN POURING LIQUID ON HER BEFORE SETTING HER ON FIRE. THEY SAY THE TWO HAD BEEN ARGUING OVER A PLOT OF LAN. CHEPTEGEI'S HEARTBROKEN FATHER SAYS HE HAD WARNED POLICE ABOUT THE EX-BOYFRIEND'S THREATENING BEHAVIOR. CHEPTEGEI IS THE THIRD ELITE FEMALE ATHLETE MURDERED IN KENYA IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, ALL ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY THEIR PARTNERS. >> WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT THESE MEN WHO MURDER THESE WOMEN ARE DRAWN TO THEM BECAUSE OF THE MONEY AND THE FAME FROM THEIR THEIR TRACK AND FIELD, FROM THEIR RUNNING CAREERS. >> KENYA HAS SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN FEMICIDE IN RECENT YEARS, WITH AN ESTIMATED 47 WOMEN KILLED EACH WEEK, ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES IN AFRICA. >> MY HOPE AND PRAYER IS THAT SHE WILL FIND JUSTICE AND FINALLY, WE HAVE SYSTEMS AT WORK THAT ENABLE WOMEN TO BE FREE FROM OPPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR SUCH AS THIS BY MEN. >> THE SPORTS WORLD AND THE WORLD AT LARGE IS ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGED, AS THEY SHOULD BE. THERE'S DEFINITELY NOT ENOUGH PROTECTION FOR THESE ATHLETES. IF THERE WAS SUFFICIENT PROTECTION, THEY'D BE ALIVE. >> MURDER CHARGES AGAINST HER EX-BOYFRIEND ARE EXPECTED SOON AFTER A SURGE IN TOURISM. >> YOU MAY SOON NEED A TICKET TO SEE THE FAMED TREVI FOUNTAIN. 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AND WE BEGIN WITH A DRAMATIC START TO THE NFL SEASON. >> YES, THE CHIEFS AND THE RAVENS SERVED UP AN INSTANT CLASSIC WITH TAYLOR SWIFT IN THE HOUSE. THE SWIFTS, THE CHIEFS MOST FAMOUS FAN SUPPORTING HER BOYFRIEND, CHIEF TRAVIS KELCE IN A DENIM OUTFIT. >> MAYBE THEY SHOULD CHANGE THE NAME TO THE SWIFTS. THE GAME CAME DOWN TO THE FINAL PLAY. RAVENS QUARTERBACK LAMAR JACKSON FINDS A RECEIVER IN THE ENDZONE. BUT WAIT. THE REPLAY SHOWED HIS TOE WAS ON THE LINE, SO HE'S OUT OF BOUNDS. NO TOUCHDOWNS. THAT MEANS THE CHIEFS WON 27 TO 20. PATRICK MAHOMES OFFERED SOME ADVICE TO THAT RECEIVER. WEAR WHITE CLEATS NEXT TIME. ALSO LAST NIGHT, AMERICAN JESSICA PEGULA BOOKED HER PLACE IN THE U.S. OPEN WOMEN'S FINAL, ADVANCING AFTER A SLOW START. IT WILL BE HER FIRST MAJOR TOURNAMENT FINAL. NEXT THE DIE IN DORITOS THAT MAKES YOUR FINGERS ORANGE COULD LEAD TO A MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH. YEAH. >> RESEARCHERS USE THE CHEMICAL TO MAKE THE BODIES OF MICE SEE THROUGH. THEY RUB THE SOLUTION ON THE MICE, AND THEIR SKIN BECAME TRANSPARENT, ALLOWING THEM TO SEE BLOOD VESSELS AND MUSCLE FIBERS. >> IT WORKS BY CHANGING HOW THE BODY REFRACTS LIGHT. THE SKIN RETURNS TO NORMAL AFTER WASHING OFF THE CHEMICALS. SCIENTISTS HOPE THE TECHNIQUE CAN ONE DAY BE USED ON HUMANS TO DETECT TUMORS AND OTHER AILMENTS WITHOUT SURGERY. NEXT. GOOD NEWS FOR FANS OF RED LOBSTER. >> YES, THE RESTAURANT CHAIN IS EMERGING FROM BANKRUPTCY. A JUDGE HAS APPROVED A RESTRUCTURING PLAN THAT ALLOWS THE COMPANY TO KEEP ALL OF ITS CURRENT LOCATIONS OPEN, AND ALL 30,000 EMPLOYEES WILL GET TO KEEP THEIR JOBS. NEXT, A REAL ESTATE DEAL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN EXCHANGE FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, YOU CAN GET HALF A HOUSE THIS ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH HOME WAS HIT BY A GIGANTIC TREE, SHATTERING HALF THE HOUSE, BUT THE OTHER HALF IS STILL OKAY. >> WHAT A BARGAIN. AND FINALLY, HOW ABOUT SEEKING HIGHER GROUND? >> A TINY FROG HAD TO DO IT. IT WAS POURING NEAR ORLANDO. 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What's happening today tensions, in the Middle East. What people are talking about? The worries, on Wall Street, fast, straight forward with some fun in between catching up on sleep. During the weekend could be good for your heart. Non-alcoholic bars are popping up in a growing number of cities. That's the spirit America This Morning. America's number one, early morning news on, ABC News live. It's lunchtime in America. So what are we serving up? Well, how about everything you need to know your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food style coming up on J and a fairy you're gonna love it will see you then. Three what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon. So Jordan afternoon her everything you need to know. . >> MORE TOP STORIES NOW. THE FATHER OF THE TEENAGER ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS AT A GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL, HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND IS FACING MURDER CHARGES. AUTHORITIES SAY HE KNOWINGLY ALLOWED HIS SON TO POSSESS A WEAPON, WHICH HE ALLEGEDLY BOUGHT HIM AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT. HIS SON IS DUE IN COURT TODAY, ALSO FACING MURDER CHARGES. >> THE FBI HAS RAIDED THE HOMES OF TWO TOP AIDES TO NEW YORK MAYOR ERIC ADAMS. AGENTS ALSO SEIZED THE PHONES OF OTHER CITY OFFICIALS, PART OF A FEDERAL CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION. >> THE GOVERNMENT'S MONTHLY JOBS REPORT IS OUT TODAY. IT IS EXPECTED TO SHOW A SLOWING BUT STEADY JOB MARKET. IT COULD HELP DETERMINE THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S INTEREST RATE CUT. THAT IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MONTH. >> VAPING AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAS HIT A TEN YEAR LOW. NEW FIGURES SHOW THE RATE OF TEENS USING E-CIGARETTES FELL TO UNDER 6% THIS YEAR. >> TODAY'S WEATHER REIGNED FOR MUCH OF THE EAST. STORMS IN THE OHIO VALLEY AND MORE RAIN ON THE GULF COAST. RECORD HEAT IN THE WEST. >> AND FINALLY THE COUPLE GOING BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. HERE'S OUR DANNY NEW. >> HEY, I DON'T BITE. >> IT MIGHT NOT BE COMMON, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO MEET THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE AT AN EARLY AGE. >> WE USED TO WRITE LIKE LITTLE NOTES AND LITTLE WORDS WITH HER NAME ON IT. >> JUST ASK EMMA AND MARCUS HERE, WHO NOT ONLY MET IN FIRST GRADE, BUT ACTUALLY JUST GOT MARRIED AT THE VERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE THAT LIFE CHANGING MOMENT TOOK PLACE. >> IT WAS DEFINITELY SURREAL. >> HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI, CONGRATULATED THEM ON FACEBOOK THIS WEEK, WITH DOZENS OF COMMENTERS OFFERING THEIR LOVE STORIES AND WISHING THEM WELL. ONE PERSON WRITING THIS IS THE CUTEST LOVE STORY HEART. NOW, THE WAY MARCUS AND EMMA'S LOVE STORY GOES IS THEY MET IN FIRST GRADE, STARTED TEXTING A LITTLE BIT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN OFFICIALLY BECAME BOYFRIEND GIRLFRIEND DURING THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN MARCUS PULLED OUT THIS SMOOTH LINE, HE KEPT TALKING UP HIS DAD AND HOW AWESOME HIS DAD WAS AND FUN GUY. >> AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, WHEN AM I GOING TO GET TO MEET HIM? LIKE, HE SOUNDS GREAT. AND HE SAYS, WELL, ONLY MY GIRLFRIENDS GET TO MEET MY DAD. >> LET'S GO. FAST FORWARD 12 YEARS AND THROUGH MANY CHIEFS GAMES, AND THESE TWO LONGTIME SWEETHEARTS JUST TIED THE KNOT A FEW WEEKS AGO OUTSIDE SOME VERY FAMILIAR HALLS. BUT THIS MIGHT BE THE CUTEST PART. THE VIP OF THE EVENT WAS THEIR DOG, BELLA, WHO HAS A VERY SPECIAL HISTORY WITH THEM. YOU SEE, MARCUS ACTUALLY GAVE THIS BEAGLE MIX TO EMMA FOR HER BIRTHDAY WHEN SHE TURNED 16. CLEARLY, MARCUS KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO BE TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME AND BEFORE A LARGER CEREMONY AND RECEPTION IN MEXICO LATER THIS YEAR, EMMA, MARCUS AND BELLA WERE ELATED TO FIRST MAKE IT OFFICIAL AT THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. >> IT HONESTLY TURNED OUT PERFECT. >> BY THE WAY, GUYS, THAT UPCOMING CEREMONY IN MEXICO IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ON THE 12 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THAT SPECIAL DAY WHEN MARCUS DROPPED THAT SMOOTH LINE ABOUT BECOMING HIS GIRLFRIEND. CLEARLY WORKED. >> OF COURSE, HE SMOOTHIES A CHIEFS FAN. YEAH, AND THEY' >> THAT'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS. AND AMERICANS, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. >> IT'S FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH. THERE WAS ONE GUNMAN, BUT POLICE SAY HE WASN'T THE ONLY KILLER. >> HE STARRED HERE. >> GEORGIA OFFICIALS CHARGE THE SUSPECT'S FATHER IN A HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING. >> THESE CHARGES ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH THE ACTIONS OF HIS SON. >> POLICE HAD ALREADY MET WITH THIS FAMILY LAST YEAR. >> WHAT'S CHANGED BETWEEN THEN AND NOW? HUNTER BIDEN PUTS UP A FIGHT AND THEN PLEADS GUILTY ANY WAY . HE SIMPLY JUST PLEADED GUILTY AND IS WILLING TO SEE WHATEVER THE PUNISHMENT IS. >> WHY HE EVENTUALLY ADMITTED TO FEDERAL TAX EVASION. AND HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT THOSE SCARY TEXTURE ABOUT? WELL, DEMENTED FINANCIALLY FATTEN YOU UP. THAT HAS A RATHER DREADFUL NAME CALLED PIG BUTCHERING. OUR TEAM GOES INSIDE THE SHADOWY WORLD OF CRYPTO LONG GONE. FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE". I'M BRAD MIELKE BRAD MIELKE. THE AFTERMATH OF A DEADLY SHOOTING APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL OUTSIDE ATLANTA. THE QUESTION HAS BEEN LINGERING . >> COULD THIS HAVE BEEN PREVENTED? WE ALL FROZE LATE. MOST OF US STUDENTS FROZE. AND THEN SOME MINUTES WE FIGURED OUT THAT IT WAS REALLY IT WAS ACTUALLY GUNSHOTS GOING ON WHEN WE HEARD BANGING ON THE LOCKERS. OUR TEACHER RAN OUT AND DIDN'T COME BACK AND HE WAS JUST THERE IN THE DOORWAY, JUST LAYING. >> POLICE NOW SAY THAT 14 YEAR OLD COLT GRAY COMMITTED THE SHOOTING WITH AN AIR PLATFORM STYLE WEAPON. HE'S BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF MURDER AND HE'LL BE CHARGED AS AN ADULT, ALTHOUGH UNDER LAW, MINORS CANNOT FACE THE DEATH PENALTY REGARDLESS. AND YET AUTHORITIES SAY THE WARNING SIGNS BEGAN WELL BEFORE THIS WEEK. IN FACT, LAST WHEN HE WAS JUST 13 YEARS OLD. GRAY AND HIS FAMILY HAD BEEN VISITED BY POLICE WHO WERE EXPRESSING CONCERNS. >> THERE WERE WARNINGS, INCLUDING TO A SCHOOL, BUT NO ARRESTS. HE WAS LEFT WITH HIS FATHER, COLIN GRAY, AND THEN HE PACKED UP TO GO TA NEW SCHOOL. BUT LAST NIGHT, IN THE WAKE OF THE SHOOTING, POLICE MADE A NEW STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT. THEY NOW PLACE THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN'S FATHER, COLIN GRAY, UNDER ARREST AS WELL. LET'S GO STRAIGHT TO ABC SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER MIKE LEVINE. >> MIKE. WHAT ARE THEY CHARGING HIM WITH? HE'S BEING CHARGED WITH A WHOLE LOT OF CHARGES, FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER, AND EIGHT COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO. HE IS IN CUSTODY AT THIS POINT IN TIME. HIS CHARGES ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH THE ACTIONS OF HIS SON AND ALLOWING HIM TO POSSESS A WEAPON. >> AUTHORITIES SAID THAT THE REASON HE'S BEING CHARGED, THE REASON HE IS NOW BEING HELD BEHIND BARS IS BECAUSE HE ALLEGEDLY, QUOTE, KNOWINGLY ALLOWED HIS SON TO POSSESS THAT WEAPON. >> OKAY. SO LET'S BACK UP HERE, BECAUSE BOTH COLT GRAY AND COLIN GRAY, HIS FATHER, WERE SPOKEN TO BY POLICE LAST YEAR. AND EVERYONE'S WONDERING LIKE, WAIT, SO WHAT HAPPENED THERE? CAN YOU JUST CATCH US UP? >> YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THESE RECORDS. YES. THE DOCUMENTS CAME OUT YESTERDAY ABOUT THESE INTERVIEWS LAST YEAR, MAY 20, 23, A POST WAS WRITTEN ONTO THE PLATFORM DISCORD, CLAIMING THAT A SCHOOL WAS GOING TO BE SHUT UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AND THAT POST WAS THEN SENT TO THE FBI, WHO PASSED IT ON TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN GEORGIA, WHO TRACKED IT DOWN TO THE GRAY HOUSEHOLD AND THEY ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED THEM, WHATEVER, OR WHEREVER IT IS COMING FROM ISN'T NO JOKE. >> AND THEY'RE LIKE, IT'S NO JOKE THAT WE WOULDN'T BE HERE. I MEAN. WELL, NO I KNOW. >> AUDIO OF THESE INTERVIEWS WERE RELEASED. AND IN THOSE INTERVIEWS, BOTH COLIN AND COLT SAID IT WAS THE WRONG MAN. >> SO YOU HAVEN'T USED THIS CAR IN A FEW MONTHS AND YOU'RE YOU'RE SAYING YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING? >> I KNOW ALL OF THAT. HOWEVER, STATES ALL COLD INSISTED IT WASN'T HIM. HE SAID THAT, YES, HE HAD A DISCORD ACCOUNT MONTHS EARLIER, BUT HE HAD HADN'T USED IT IN A LONG TIME. >> AND COLT'S FATHER ACTUALLY TOLD LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES ABOUT HOW COLT HAD BEEN HAVING A TOUGH TIME AT SCHOOL. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A TOUGH TIME IN COLT'S LIFE. THE FAMILY HAD BEEN EVICTED FROM THEIR HOUSE. COLT'S MOTHER AND TWO SIBLINGS WENT ELSEWHERE, LEAVING COLT AND HIS FATHER TO FIND A NEW HOME. COLT WENT TO A NEW SCHOOL WHERE HIS FATHER TOLD AUTHORITIES HE WAS BEING PICKED ON EVERY DAY. >> WE TALK ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT . WITH ALL THE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, THINGS HAVE HAPPENED HERE. YOU GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL? HE IS. HE'S GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL. >> AND IS EVERYTHING OKAY? THAT'S WHY I KEEP GOING UP THERE. AND BECAUSE COLT WAS HAVING SUCH A HARD TIME, HIS FATHER SAID THAT HE WAS REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT COLT WAS DOING OKAY. AS HE PUT IT. HE WAS AT THE SCHOOL EVERY DAY AND HE SAID THAT HE EVEN HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH COLT ABOUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS BECAUSE HE WAS TRYING TO GET COURT TO GO ON A DIFFERENT PATH WHICH SO THEY KNEW THEN THAT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS WAS LIKE, THIS IS A COMMON PROFILE, RIGHT? LIKE DISAFFECTED YOUNG MAN OFTEN. THEN THE NEXT THING IS, ARE THERE GUNS IN THE HOUSE? WHAT WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION ABOUT GUNS? >> YEAH. SO COLT FATHER TOLD AUTHORITIES, YES, WE HAVE GUNS IN THE HOUSE. HE SAID HE'S A HUNTER AND HE'S BEEN TRYING TO GET HIS SON INTO HUNTING. HE WANTS HIS SON TO BE OUTDOORS BECAUSE HE PLAYS TOO MANY VIDEO GAMES. >> BASICALLY IS WHAT HE TOLD POLICE. YOU HAVE WEAPONS IN THE HOUSE. I MEAN, ARE THEY ACCESSIBLE TO HIM? THEY ARE HAVING THERE'S NOT NOTHING LOADED, BUT THEY ARE DOWN. >> BUT HE INSISTED TO AUTHORITIES, ACCORDING TO THESE DOCUMENTS THAT CAME OUT YESTERDAY, THAT COLT DIDN'T HAVE, AS AUTHORITIES PUT IT, UNSUPERVISED ACCESS TO THE GUNS. >> I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM SAYING LIKE THAT. AND I'M WON'T BE MAD AS IF HE DID. AND THEN ALL THE GUNS WILL GO AWAY AND THEY WON'T BE ACCESSIBLE NOW. >> AT THE SAME TIME, THE LOCAL INVESTIGATORS STILL TOLD CORTES FATHER THAT THOSE GUNS SHOULD BE LOCKED UP. THE LOCAL INVESTIGATOR WROTE IN HIS SUBSEQUENT REPORT, QUOTE, I URGED COLLIN TO KEEP HIS FIREARMS LOCKED AWAY SO. >> OKAY, SO THAT'S ALL A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AGO, RIGHT? WHICH I GUESS TAKES US TO NOW. WHAT CHANGED? I MEAN, WAS, WAS THE FATHER ALLEGEDLY LYING THEN OR LIKE, DID HE GIVE HIS KID A GUN IN THE NEXT YEAR? BECAUSE, AGAIN, THEY'RE TALKING TO INVESTIGATORS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR MASS SHOOTINGS THAT, LIKE HIS SON, COULD CONCEIVABLY BE A CANDIDATE FOR THAT. AND YET WE'RE HEARING WHAT, LIKE ACTUALLY, YEAH, HE WAS LIKE HAVE AN AR-15 STYLE WEAPON, NOT JUST A RIFLE, AN ASSAULT STYLE RIFLE. >> WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO TAKE FROM THAT? YEAH, AUTHORITIES WERE ASKED AT THAT PRESS CONFERENCE LAST NIGHT FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE AND THEY REALLY WANT TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. >> WELL, I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE. SO I MENTIONED IT IN THE IN THE RELEASE THAT HE KNOWINGLY ALLOWED HIM TO POSSESS THE WEAPON. >> THEY JUST KEPT SAYING, ALL WE WILL SAY IS THAT THE FATHER, QUOTE, KNOWINGLY ALLOWED COLT TO HAVE THAT GUN. >> WELL, AND MIKE, I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT THINKING THAT LAST YEAR IT WAS JUST LAST YEAR, THAT KIND OF FOR THE FIRST TIME, PARENTS WERE CHARGED IN A MASS SHOOTING. THE PARENTS OF ETHAN CRUMBLEY, THE SCHOOL SHOOTER IN MICHIGAN, WERE FOUND GUILTY AND CONTRIBUTING TO THESE DEATHS. NOW, LESS THAN A YEAR LATER, WE'RE SEEING ANOTHER PARENTS PERHAPS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR A SCHOOL SHOOTING. >> IS THIS KIND OF A CONTINUATION OF THAT PRECEDENT IN THE EYES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT? >> WELL, THERE IS CERTAINLY AN ISSUE GOING ON THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS INCREASINGLY WORRIED ABOUT. THERE ARE MORE MASS SHOOTINGS. THERE SHOULD BE. AND AUTHORITIES ARE GOING TO USE ANY TOOL THEY CAN TO TRY TO STOP THEM. AND THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. RIGHT. I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN THIS WITH SO MANY SHOOTERS BEFORE, ACCESS TO GUNS, ALONG WITH WARNING SIGNS, LIKE WE'VE SEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MANY CASES THAT HAVE SHOWN UP TO FUTURE SHOOTERS HOUSES AND HAD WORDS AND SAID, YEAH YOU KNOW, I GUESS WE CAN'T CHARGE ANYONE WITH ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THIS PERSON. AND YET THEN LATER SOMETHING HAPPENS. NO, PLEASE HEAR YET FROM EITHER FATHER OR SON. MIKE LEVINE, OUR SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER. THANKS A LOT. THANK YOU. NEXT UP ON "START HERE", THE TAX EVASION WASN'T ENOUGH. HE ALSO WANTED TO GET AWAY WITH A GUILTLESS GUILTY PLEA, A LEGAL MACHINATIONS OF HUNTER BIDEN. AFTER THE BREAK. >> >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR. AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE AND THE NEED FOR UKRAINE. 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WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU WERE ANGRY WITH JOHN THAT NIGHT? YES. >> NOW, EXCLUSIVE PERSONAL VIDEO. AND KAREN REED SPEAKING OUT FULLY FOR HERSELF. THE ONLY 2020. >> TONIGHT AT NINE EIGHT CENTRAL ON ABC. >> IT WAS A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE WOULD HAPPEN TO HER. YOU HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS. ALL THESE KINDS OF LEAVE, A KNOWN SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA. COULD HE BE INVOLVED? WE'RE ACTUALLY FINDING KEY EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS. >> HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH . >> THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL. POLICE WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END. THE HUNT FOR A KILLER. >> ONLY ON HULU. TONIGHT, THE DANGEROUSLY HOT WEST TRACKING EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS. PLUS, JUST DAYS BEFORE THE MUCH ANTICIPATED DEBATE, THE STATE OF THE RACE. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST TEAM. A MONDAY MORNING IS JAM PACKED WITH FUN WITH EUGENE AND DAN LEVY, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, RYAN SEACREST AND VANNA WHITE. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. 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ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU SCREEN JOINING US ONLY ON ABC NEWS HUNN OF PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WAS IN COURT YESTERDAY IN THE LATEST STOP IN HIS LEGAL TROUBLES TOUR. REMEMBER, A JURY HAS ALREADY CONVICTED HIM EARLIER THIS YEAR ON FEDERAL GUN CHARGES IN DELAWARE. BUT HE'S ALSO FACING FEDERAL TAX EVASION CHARGES OUT IN LOS ANGELES YESTERDAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT JURY SELECTION IN THAT CASE UNTIL HIS LAWYERS TOLD THE JUDGE HE WAS WILLING TO MAKE A PLEA. BUT HE HAD SOME CONDITIONS AND THINGS GOT COMPLICATED QUICKLY. ABC'S PETER CHARALAMBOUS SPENT HIS DAY IN THE COURTROOM. >> HE'S WITH US NOW. PETER, WHAT'S SO STRANGE ABOUT THIS TO ME IS HUNTER BIDEN TRIED TO AVOID ANY TRIALS WITH A PLEA A YEAR AGO. >> HIS PLEA GOT THROWN OUT. WHAT WAS HE TRYING TO DO HERE? YEAH, SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A YEAR AGO WHEN HUNTER BIDEN WAS IN A DELAWARE COURTROOM TRYING TO WORK OUT A PLEA AGREEMENT WHERE HE COULD AVOID THESE TRIALS THAT FELL THROUGH. >> AND HUNTER BIDEN FOUND HIMSELF DEALING WITH TWO SEPARATE TRIALS ON DIFFERENT COASTS. HE HAD THAT DELAWARE TRIAL IN JUNE WHERE HE WAS CONVICTED AND HE HAD THIS L.A. TAX TRIAL WHERE PROSECUTORS ACCUSED HIM OF FAILING TO PAY $1.4 MILLION IN TAXES. THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO START YESTERDAY MORNING. IN FACT, 120 NEARBY RESIDENTS WERE REPORT ING TO COURT TO BE POTENTIAL JURORS WHEN BASICALLY EVERYTHING WAS UPENDED BY THIS SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM HUNTER BIDEN. HIS LAWYERS WHO ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY SEEKING TO CHANGE THEIR PLEA FROM NOT GUILTY TO GUILTY, BUT USING THIS UNIQUE MECHANISM CALLED AN ALFRED PLEA, WHERE BASICALLY HUNTER WOULD AGREE TO PLEAD GUILTY TO THE CHARGES. BUT MAINTAIN HIS INNOCENCE ABOUT THE UNDERLYING CONDUCT. LAWYERS FOR THE SPECIAL COUNSEL, DAVID WEISS, ACTED WITH COMPLETE SURPRISE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. THEY TOLD THE JUDGE OVERSEEING THE CASE THAT THEY HAD HEARD NOTHING ABOUT THIS UNTIL IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN COURT. AND THE JUDGE OVERSEEING THE CASE PROMPTLY ANNOUNCED ABOUT A TWO HOUR DELAY SO THAT BOTH SIDES COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON HERE. >> WHAT'S THE RATIONALE FROM THE PROSECUTOR TO THEN? THAT'S NOT JUST ALL THE SAME OF LIKE, YEAH, HE'S PLEADING GUILTY. HE'S CLAIMS HE DO IT, BUT WHATEVER. >> GET A GUILTY PLEA OUT OF IT. YES. THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE TOOK ISSUE WITH THE FACT THAT THIS KIND OF DEAL WOULD. YES, TECHNICALLY RESULT IN A GUILTY PLEA, BUT IT WOULD PREVENT HUNTER BIDEN FROM BASICALLY ADMITTING TO WHAT HE HAD DONE, AS THEY ALLEGED. SO BASICALLY, THEY SAW THIS IS, IN THEIR WORDS, AN INJUSTICE, AN EXAMPLE OF KIND OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. AND THEY SIMPLY SAID THAT THEY REFUSED TO GO ALONG WITH THIS IDEA OF AN ALFORD PLEA. SO IT SEEMED LIKE JUDGE SCARSI WAS INTERESTED IN ENTERTAINING AT LEAST THE IDEA. BY THE AFTERNOON, HE HAD TOLD BOTH SIDES THAT HE'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ARGUMENTS ABOUT IT, THAT HE WOULD STILL CONSIDER ACCEPTING ONE OF THESE ALFORD PLEAS IF HE COULD LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHY HE SHOULD, EVEN IF THE PROSECUTORS IN THIS CASE WERE OBJECTING TO IT, IT WAS A BIT ODD HE WAS PLANNING TO SEND BACK THE JURORS AND CALL THE PARTIES BACK TO COURT ON FRIDAY MORNING SO THAT THEY COULD TALK MORE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE SHOULD ACCEPT AN ALFORD PLEA . AND HUNTER'S TEAM ASKED FOR ANOTHER 30 MINUTES SO THEY COULD TALK AMONG THEMSELVES ABOUT THEIR NEXT STEPS. AND IN A ANOTHER SURPRISE MOVE, HUNTER BIDEN'S ATTORNEY SHOULD BACK UP IN COURT IN THE AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, FORGET ABOUT THE ALFORD PLEA. FORGET ABOUT THOSE SPECIAL CONDITIONS. WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO A NORMAL PLEA. HE'S GOING TO PLEAD GUILTY TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE CHARGES AND HE'S GOING TO GO ONLY GUILTY. >> AFTER ALL, ALL THAT. >> IT'S HONESTLY IT'S A STUNNING TWIST IN A LEGAL DRAMA THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND HAS BEEN DEFINED BY UNEXPECTED TURNS. IN THIS CASE, HUNTER ULTIMATELY PLEAD GUILTY TO EACH OF THE NINE COUNTS IN THIS CASE, THAT INCLUDES THREE FELONY CHARGES. AND IT'S INTERESTING, IT'S NOT LIKE THIS WAS A GUILTY PLEA IN WHICH PROSECUTORS AGREED TO A LIGHTER SENTENCE. >> HE SIMPLY JUST PLEADED GUILTY AND IS WILLING SEE WHATEVER THE PUNISHMENT IS, ACCORDING TO THE JUDGE, THAT INCLUDES UP TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON AND MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS IN FINES, WHICH UNDER BIDEN WILL NOW NEED TO FACE. >> HE'S GOT A SENTENCING SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 16. WELL, AND SO IS THAT IT, THEN? >> I MEAN, ONE OF THE REASONS THIS WAS SO HISTORIC WAS THIS WAS THE FIRST IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF A SITTING PRESIDENT TO BE CONVICTED OF A FELONY. >> AND NOW THERE COULD BE MORE, YOU KNOW, FELONY CONVICTIONS. HERE IS THAT IT, THOUGH? >> IS THAT THE END OF THE HUNTER BIDEN SAGA? REALLY NEVER SAY NEVER IN A WAY . YES. THIS PUTS AWAY HIS TWO OUTSTANDING LEGAL MATTERS. HE STILL HAS SENTENCING IN BOTH THESE CASES. IN THE DELAWARE CASE, HE IS SENTENCING IN NOVEMBER, IN THIS CASE IN LOS ANGELES IN DECEMBER. BUT IT APPEARS OF THE THINGS HE AT LEAST KNOWS ABOUT, THOSE HAVE GONE AWAY. ALSO, YOU KNOW, HUNTER BIDEN'S FOREIGN ACTIVITIES, WHICH WERE EXPECTED TO REALLY COME INTO THE SPOTLIGHT DURING THIS TRIAL ,THOSE WERE, YOU KNOW, A MAJOR POINT FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS WHO INVESTIGATED IT FOR YEARS, SEARCHING FOR IMPEACHABLE CONDUCT. THEY ISSUED A REPORT LAST MONTH WHERE THEY SAID THE ULTIMATELY FOUND WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE IMPEACHABLE CONDUCT BASED ON THAT FOREIGN BUSINESS ACTIVITY. >> BUT THEY DIDN'T REALLY RECOMMEND ANY NEXT STEPS. >> AND THE ENTIRE IMPEACHMENT, BASED ON HUNTER BIDEN, SEEMED TO FIZZLE IN A WAY. THIS ALSO COMES AS HUNTER BIDEN'S PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN, IS NO LONGER RUNNING FOR OFFICE. HE'S BASICALLY A LAME DUCK PRESIDENT, WHICH HAS DECREASED A LITTLE BIT TO THE HEAT THAT THAT HUNTER BIDEN APPEARS TO BE FACING. >> YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY A LOT TOUGHER FOR DONALD TRUMP AND FOR REPUBLICANS TO HANG HUNTER BIDEN AROUND THE NECK OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER A BIDEN, WRITES KAMALA HARRIS. >> PETER COLUMBUS. >> THEY'RE IN LOS ANGELES RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. >> OKAY. ONE MORE QUICK BREAK. WHEN WE COME BACK, YOU CAN TELL THESE TEXTS ARE SCAMMY. YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PUT YOUR FINGER ON WHY OUR TEAM IS INVESTIGATING SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO. >> ONE LAST THING IS NEXT. >> KNOW FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WANTING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. FLASHING OVER NATIONAL SECURITY . WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET. FAST STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT AMERICA THIS MORNING AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> LET'S GO. THIS SHIP IS INCREDIBLE. IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE. WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. LOOK AT THAT. OH, MY GOSH. WOW. WELL, WE ARE HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN HAMMER, HAMMER, HAMMER. IT DOESN'T GET ANY MORE CUTTING EDGE. AND THIS, IF YOU WOULD HAVE A BRAT PACK, MAY NOT EXIST. WOULD YOU? >> I HATED THE BRAT PACK. WHAT A DISASTER. WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSE? ADD TO TERROR? >> BUT WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> HI, I'M ANDY. AND I'M SABRINA. AND WE'RE MOMS JUGGLING TONS OF STUFF EVERY DAY, ALL YOU MOMS OUT THERE. >> AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE LOVE? REALLY LOVE POP. SO LISTEN NOW TO OUR NEW PODCAST, POP CULTURE MOMS. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, "BAYWATCH" IS A FANTASY. WHEN YOU HEAR THAT THEME SONG BETTER TITLE TIME. AND I WAS A WILD CHICK ON, JASON MOMOA EXPLODED. COMMON WAS A BOMBSHELL. >> ANDERSON WAS AN ICON, REALLY PROUD OF EVERYTHING I'VE DONE, ALMOST "BAYWATCH". >> IT'S A WHIRLWIND OF EPIC HIGHS AND LOWS. EVERYONE LIKES TO WATCH SEXY THINGS. DID YOU KILL JOHN O'KEEFE? THE TRIAL OF KAREN REED IS NOW UNDERWAY. SHE'S ACCUSED OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER, IS PLEADING NOT GUILTY, ACCUSED OF KILLING HER BOYFRIEND. A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER PUTS THE TRUE CRIME STORY OF THIS SUMMER. WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU WERE ANGRY WITH JOHN THAT NIGHT? >> YES. NOW, EXCLUSIVE PERSONAL VIDEO AND CAMERON REED SPEAKING OUT FULLY FOR HERSELF. THE ALL-NEW "20/20" TONIGHT AT NINE EIGHT CENTRAL ON ABC "GMA" MONDAY MORNING IS JAM PACKED WITH FUN WITH EUGENE AND DAN LEVY. GOOD MORNING AMERICA, RYAN SEACREST AND VANNA WHITE. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. VENUS WILLIAMS LEFT AND ELI MANNING BRINGING THE MANNING CAST FUN TO CHINA. >> YOU'RE WATCHING AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. MY REPORTING. BREAKING NEW EXCLUSIVES KEEP STREAMING WITH NBC NEWS LIVE. >> IT'S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA. SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP? >> WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW? "GMA3" WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR OF "GMA" IN THE AFTERNN. SO JOIN US. >> AFTERNOON FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT WE DO. >> REPORTER FROM SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO IN THE PATH OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IKE EJIOCHI. AND WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> NOW STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . >> AND ONE LAST THING. HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN A TEXT FROM AN UNKNOWN NUMBER THAT JUST SAYS, HEY, SEEN IN A WHILE, WHAT'S GOING ON? >> YOU'RE LIKE, SHOOT, WHY DON'T I HAVE THIS PERSON'S NUMBER? >> OR SOMETIMES IT CLEARLY SEEMS LIKE A WRONG NUMBER. I GOT ONE THAT SAID, HEY, ANDREA, WE STILL GETTING DINNER? PLEASE TEXT ME BACK. I'M WAITING. AND I'M LIKE, OH, NO, THIS POOR PERSON'S GOING TO THINK THEY'RE BEING STOOD UP BY ANDREA. I GOT TO SET THEM STRAIGHT. WELL, IT TURNS OUT THESE KINDS OF TEXTS MAY ACTUALLY BE PART OF A CRYPTO SCAM. >> THIS IS A SCAM SO INSIDIOUS. IT HAS A RATHER DREADFUL NAME. IT'S CALLED BIG BUTCHERING. >> THAT'S ABC'S AARON KATERSKY FROM OUR INVESTIGATIVE UNIT. AND HE'S BEEN REPORTING ON SCAMMERS WHO USE SIMPLE DIGITAL CONVOS AS A LONG CON. >> THE NAME COMES FROM THE IDEA THAT FATTEN UP A PIG BEFORE SLAUGHTER. >> AND HERE THE IDEA IS TO SLOWLY LURE VICTIMS INTO GIVING UP IN CASES THEIR LIFE SAVINGS. >> AARON SAYS IT CAN START WITH ONE OF THOSE TEXTS I MENTIONED EARLIER, MAYBE EVEN A STRANGER ON A DATING APP, BECAUSE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY SOUND SCAMMY, RIGHT? PEOPLE ARE JUST AWKWARD. THE PROBLEM IS BY ANSWERING, YOU MIGHT BE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK TO BE BUTTERED UP. >> WE MET THIS ONE GUY, SHAI PLONSKI YOU KNOW, I WAS DOING SOME ONLINE DATING. YOU START LIKING PEOPLE AND THIS ONE PERSON KIND OF CAUGHT EYE AND SAID HE'D BEEN MESSAGING A WOMAN HE THOUGHT WAS NAMED. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXCHANGING THESE MESSAGES ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND CONNECTING IN WHAT FELT LIKE A PRETTY DEEP, REAL WAY SHY, SAID THIS WOMAN PORTRAYED HERSELF AS LIVING ONLY A HALF AN HOUR AWAY FROM HIS HOUSE IN L.A. SHE WORKED IN REAL ESTATE. SHE HAD A BACKGROUND IN INVESTING. THEY HAD NEVER MET IN PERSON, BUT THEY COMMUNICATED VIA TEXT. AND THAT IS WHEN FRIENDLY CONVERSATIONS CAN TURN INTO FRIENDLY FINANCIAL ADVICE. >> HE SAID HE HIS BUSINESS WAS STRUGGLING AND SHE JUST SO HAPPENED TO HAVE A SOLUTION. AND THAT WAS AN INVESTMENT IN CRYPTOCURRENCY. EVENTUALLY THE GUY INVESTED SOME MONEY, WAS ABLE TO PULL IT OUT. MY INITIAL INVESTMENT WAS ABOUT $2,000. I MADE ABOUT $300 IN A FEW MINUTES. BUT WHEN HE INVESTED MORE MONEY, THAT'S WHEN THE WOMAN THAT HE THOUGHT WAS NAMED SANDY A DISAPPEARED. SCAMMERS LOCKED UP HIS ACCOUNT AND ALL OF THIS MONEY WAS GONE . >> SHE'S NOT ALONE IN THIS. ACCORDING TO THE FBI, TO INVESTMENT SCAMS HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD. THESE KIND OF SCAMS IN 2022, COST VICTIMS $3 BILLION. FAST FORWARD JUST ONE YEAR, FOUR AND A HALF BILLION. THE FBI CAN TRY TO RECOVER SOME MONEY, BUT MANY PEOPLE LOSE EVERYTHING. >> AND THOSE ARE JUST THE REPORTED LOSSES. THE FBI SAYS MANY VICTIMS DON'T REPORT BEING FINANCIALLY CATFISHED BECAUSE THEY'RE EMBARRASSED THEY FELL FOR THE SCAM OR MAYBE THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY'RE A VICTIM YET. AND TO COMPLICATE THINGS, THE SCAMMERS ARE REALLY HARD TO FIND. JAMES BARNICLE IS CHIEF OF THE FBI'S MONEY LAUNDERING UNIT AND HE SAYS ONE OF THE REASONS CRIMINALS CHOOSE CRYPTO IS BECAUSE IT'S DECENTRALIZED. IT MOVE HANDS REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY. >> A BAD GUY CAN MOVE THAT MONEY FROM ONE WALLET TO ANOTHER WALLET. LAUNDERING THE MONEY, LYING IN THE MONEY, HIDING THE MONEY FROM US TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THE MONEY. >> BUT THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE OF THIS, TOO, BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE THINKING WHO IS SPENDING THEIR WHOLE DAY SENDING THESE TEXTS. THIS SEEMS LIKE A MASSIVE TIME FOR PERHAPS VERY LITTLE REWARD. WELL, THE PERSON SENDING THE SCAM TEXT COULD BE A VICTIM THEMSELVES. >> THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A SCHEME BY CHOICE. YOU ARE A SURVIVOR OF A SCAM COMPOUND. YES. ALL OVER THE WORLD, THERE ARE THESE SCAM COMPOUNDS WHERE PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN DOWN ON THEIR LUCK LOST A JOB OR LOOKING FOR WORK WERE PROMISED WORK EITHER IN TELEMARKETING OR SOME OTHER KIND OF THING. >> IN ONE CASE, A WOMAN AARON SPOKE TO TOOK A JOB SHE BELIEVES IN THAILAND. SHE WENT THROUGH A WHOLE INTERVIEW PROCESS. SHE GOT A PLANE FROM THIS COMPANY, A WOMAN THAT WE'RE CALLING SARAH, BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT US TO USE HER REAL NAME, SAID WHEN SHE LANDED, SHE WAS TOLD SHE'D BE TAKEN TO COMPANY HEADQUARTERS. EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. IT LIKE LEGIT, BECAUSE EVERY TIME I WOULD CALL IT A HICCUP. INSTEAD, SHE WAS BROUGHT ACROSS INTO MYANMAR WHERE SHE WAS HELD AGAINST HER WILL FOR NINE MONTHS AND MADE TO PERPETRATE THESE SCAMS. WHAT WAS THE SCAM? THE SCAM WAS PEOPLE TO INVEST IN CRYPTO. THIS MEANS THAT THESE CRIMINAL ARE LEAVING A TRAIL OF FINANCIAL DEVASTATION FOR SOME AND A WHOLE OTHER TYPE OF TRAUMA FOR OTHERS. SARAH WAS HELD FOR RANSOM AT THIS COMPOUND FOR NINE MONTHS. SHE FLED ONLY AFTER ANOTHER VICTIM WHO ESCAPED PAID MONEY TO GET HER OUT. I USED TO WORK FOR LIKE 20 HOURS. SOMETIMES I WAS NOT GIVEN. IT'S LIKE A PRISON. IT'S LIKE A HORRIBLE PRISON. >> SO WHAT CAN YOU DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM GETTING CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS? WELL, THE GOLDEN RULE IS DON'T RESPOND TO NUMBERS YOU DON'T KNOW. OR IF YOU DO. BE VERY WARY. BUT IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE A VICTIM, THE FBI SAYS REPORT IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BUT PERHAPS THE BIGGER TAKEAWAY HERE, A MORE BASIC REALITY. IF YOU CAN'T PUT A FACE TO A NAME ONLINE, INTIMACY IS NOT NECESSARILY REAL. INTIMACY AND FINANCIAL INTIMACY SHOULD HAVE THE HIGHEST BAR OF ALL. BY THE WAY, AARON DID A GREAT PIECE ON ABC NEWS PRIME ON THIS TOPIC LAST NIGHT. YOU CAN WATCH THE CRYPTO CON WE'RE HAVING A STREAM START HERE IS PRODUCED BY KELLY TEREZ JEN NEWMAN BRENDA SALINAS BAKER VIKA ARONSON CAMERON CHERTAVIAN ANTHONY ALI MARWA MOUWAKI AND AMIRA WILLIAMS ARIELLE CHESTER IS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRODUCER. 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We're approaching the gate militants came in from hi David Dave PCS World News Tonight with David Muir is America's most watched news cast. They both want to be your next president. Now Donald Trump Kamala Harris face-to-face, the ABC News presidential debate moderated by David, Muir and Lindsey Davis. Tuesday, live on ABC and streaming on Hulu and Disney Plus We're going for the firefighter helicopter based here in Santa Ynez, California. I'm Cana Whitworth, whatever. The story is will take you there you're streaming. >> RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS MORNING. FATHER UNDER ARREST. THE 14 YEAR OLD GEORGIA SCHOOL SHOOTING SUSPECT'S FATHER NOW FACING MURDER CHARGES ALONG WITH HIS SON. HOW? POLICE SAY THE BOY GOT THE GUN THAT WAS USED IN THE ATTACK. AND WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE FAMILY'S PAST. >> BREAKING OVERNIGHT. NEW FIGURES SHOWING JUST HOW HOT THIS SUMMER HAS BEEN. AND WILL BE TODAY. IN THE WEST AND IN THE SOUTH. THE FLOOD ALERTS AND DRAMATIC HIGH WATER RESCUES HIRING ELLEN, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP OUTLINES HIS PLAN TO APPOINT ELON MUSK TO A GOVERNMENT POSITION. >> MEANWHILE, WHY TRUMP IS HEADED TO COURT TODAY AND WHAT NEW FUNDRAISING NUMBERS SHOW ABOUT THE STATE OF THE RACE. >> SOUNDING THE ALARM ONE YEAR AFTER CONTAMINATED EYEDROPS KILLED FOUR PEOPLE. THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHY SO MANY DRUG MANUFACTURING PLANTS ARE GOING UNINSPECTED. >> A STAR ATHLETE FROM THE PARIS OLYMPICS DIES AFTER A GRUESOME ATTACK ALLEGEDLY BURNED BY HER EX-BOYFRIEND. WHY HER FATHER IS BLAMING POLICE CAUGHT ON CAMERA. >> THE TODDLER LOST IN THIS MASSIVE CORN MAZE. THE TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPED POLICE FIND HIM. >> TAYLOR SWIFT AND THE NAIL BITER IN KANSAS CITY OVERNIGHT. THE TOW THAT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. >> AND LATER, HOW AN INGREDIENT IN DORITOS COULD LEAD TO A MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH. >> FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE. >> I'M ANDREW DYMBURT AND I'M RHIANNON ALLY. GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF YOU. WE BEGIN WITH NEW CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THAT DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN GEORGIA THIS WEEK, WHICH CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS. >> THE SUSPECT'S FATHER HAS NOW BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH MURDER AS NEW DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT THE FAMILY'S PAST. THIS MORNING, A GEORGIA FATHER IS THE LATEST PARENT IN THE U.S. TO FACE CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH A SCHOOL SHOOTING ALLEGEDLY CARRIED OUT BY THEIR CHILD. AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED COLIN GRAY, THE FATHER OF COLT GRAY, THE 14 YEAR OLD ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL NEAR ATLANTA WEDNESDAY. >> THESE CHARGES STEM FROM MR. GRAY KNOWINGLY ALLOWING HIS SON, COLT, TO POSSESS A WEAPON. >> COLIN GRAY IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER, FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND EIGHT COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. INVESTIGATORS SAY HIS SON USED AN AR STYLE RIFLE IN THE ATTACK AT APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL. ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED THE GUN WAS A CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM HIS FATHER. THE TEEN WAS PREVIOUSLY INVESTIGATED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, WHEN THE FBI SAID HE HAD POSSIBLY THREATENED TO SHOOT UP A MIDDLE SCHOOL. AT THE TIME, HIS FATHER TOLD INVESTIGATORS THERE WERE GUNS IN THE HOUSE, BUT COLT DID NOT HAVE, QUOTE, UNSUPERVISED ACCESS, ADDING HIS SON WAS BEING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL. COLIN WAS RECORDED THEN TELLING INVESTIGATORS HE WAS TEACHING HIS SON ABOUT HUNTING AND GUNS TO DIVERT HIS ATTENTION FROM VIDEO GAMES. >> WE DO A LOT OF SHOOTING, WE DO A LOT OF DEER HUNTING. HE SHOT HIS FIRST DEER THIS YEAR. >> WHEN SHOTS RANG OUT IN THE SCHOOL WEDNESDAY, TEACHERS WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY ALERT AUTHORITIES OF THEIR LOCATION WITH WEARABLE PANIC BUTTONS THAT USED GPS SEEN IN THIS DEMONSTRATION, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRIGGER THE CRISIS ALERT PLATFORM, AND IT ALERTS US THAT THERE IS AN ACTIVE SITUATION AT THE SCHOOL FOR WHATEVER REASON. >> AND THAT WAS PRESSED. >> COLIN GRAY'S ARREST COMES MONTHS AFTER JAMES AND JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WERE SENTENCED TO PRISON IN CONNECTION WITH A SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN CARRIED OUT BY THEIR SON. THE FIRST PARENTS IN THE U.S. CONVICTED FOR A SCHOOL SHOOTING COMMITTED BY THEIR CHILD. MEANWHILE, BACK IN GEORGIA, COLT, GRAY'S AUNT, IS REVEALING DETAILS ABOUT THE TEEN'S TROUBLED HOME LIFE, TELLING ABC NEWS COLT WAS BEGGING FOR MONTHS FOR HELP WITH HIS MENTAL HEALTH, ADDING THE ADULTS AROUND HIM FAILED HIM. COLT GRAY IS DUE IN COURT TODAY FACING MURDER CHARGES. HE WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT. NO WORD ON WHEN HIS FATHER WILL BE IN COURT. >> BREAKING OVERNIGHT NEW FIGURES NOW CONFIRMED THIS SUMMER WAS THE HOTTEST ON RECORD FOR THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. THE WESTERN U.S. IS BAKING UNDER SOME OF THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR SO FAR, WITH TRIPLE DIGITS EXPECTED TODAY IN LOS ANGELES AND RECORD HIGHS IN THE NORTHWEST AND THE RISK FOR WILDFIRES ALSO DANGEROUSLY HIGH. TWO TEENS ARE FACING ARSON CHARGES FOR SPARKING THIS BRUSH FIRE IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, BACK IN JULY, WHICH DESTROYED SEVEN HOMES, CAUSING $30 MILLION IN DAMAGE. THEY ALLEGEDLY USED ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. >> HUNTER BIDEN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO FEDERAL TAX CHARGES. THE PRESIDENT'S SON SURPRISED PROSECUTORS BY TAKING A PLEA DEAL TO AVOID WHAT COULD HAVE BECOME AN EMBARRASSING TRIAL. HE COULD FACE UP TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON AND MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN FINES. BIDEN ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING, WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME THAT PROSECUTORS WERE FOCUSED NOT ON JUSTICE BUT DEHUMANIZING ME FOR MY ACTIONS DURING MY ADDICTION, THERE WAS ONLY ONE PATH LEFT FOR ME. I WILL NOT SUBJECT MY FAMILY TO MORE PAIN. HE'LL BE SENTENCED IN DECEMBER. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE BACK IN COURT TODAY, TAKING A BREAK FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL HE SPENT YESTERDAY TALKING ABOUT TAXES AND HIRING ELON MUSK. ABC'S EM NGUYEN HAS THE DETAILS ON THAT. GOOD MORNING RHIANNON. >> GOOD MORNING. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP OUTLINED HIS ECONOMIC VISION AND PROMISED TO PUT ELON MUSK IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. BUT TODAY, THE FOCUS FOR TRUMP WILL BE IN A NEW YORK COURTROOM. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SCHEDULED A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY AT TRUMP TOWER AFTER HE HEADS TO COURT. TRUMP IS SET TO HEAR ARGUMENTS TODAY IN HIS APPEAL OF THE JUDGMENT, HOLDING HIM LIABLE FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING AND DEFAMING WRITER E JEAN CARROLL. YESTERDAY, TRUMP OUTLINED HIS ECONOMIC AGENDA, SAYING HE WANTS TO CUT THE TAX RATE TO 15% FOR COMPANIES THAT MAKE PRODUCTS IN THE U.S. AND PUNISH COMPANIES THAT OUTSOURCE JOBS. IF YOU OUTSOURCE OFFSHORE OR REPLACE AMERICAN WORKERS, YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OF THESE BENEFITS. >> IN FACT, YOU WILL PAY A VERY SUBSTANTIAL TARIFF WHEN A PRODUCT COMES IN FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY. >> TRUMP ALSO VOWING TO CREATE A GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY COMMISSION, AN IDEA SUGGESTED BY ELON MUSK. >> A COMPLETE FINANCIAL AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE ENTIRE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DRASTIC REFORMS. >> TRUMP SAID MUSK WOULD LEAD THE COMMISSION, WHICH CRITICS SAY COULD POSE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE SOME OF MUSK'S COMPANIES ARE REGULATED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE HIGH COST OF DAYCARE ALSO A SUBJECT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE J.D. VANCE, SUGGESTING COSTS COULD COME DOWN IF REGULATIONS WERE ELIMINATED. >> DON'T FORCE EVERY EARLY CHILD CARE SPECIALIST TO GO AND GET A SIX YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE WHERE THEY'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF DEBT AND AMERICANS ARE MUCH POORER BECAUSE THEY'RE PAYING OUT THE WAZOO FOR DAYCARE. EMPOWER WORKING FAMILIES. EMPOWER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO THESE THINGS FOR A LIVING. AND THAT'S WHAT WE GOT TO DO FOR THEIR ECONOMIC PLATFORM. >> THE HARRIS WALZ TICKET HAS VOWED TO EXPAND THE CHILD TAX CREDIT AND FIGHT CORPORATE PRICE GOUGING, AND THEY'RE PROMISING TAX RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. HARRIS'S RUNNING MATE, TIM WALZ, IN PENNSYLVANIA, SHARPENING HIS ATTACK ON TRUMP. >> WHENEVER DONALD TRUMP'S TALKING ABOUT AMERICA, HE'S TALKING AMERICA. HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE PROMISE OF AMERICA, AND HE CONTINUES TO PUT THIS COUNTRY DOWN. >> NEW FIGURES OUT THIS MORNING EXPECTED TO SHOW THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN RAISED MORE THAN $300 MILLION LAST MONTH, MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN RAISED. MEANWHILE, JD VANCE IS FACING CRITICISM FOR HIS REMARKS ABOUT THE SCHOOL SHOOTING IN GEORGIA, SUGGESTING SCHOOL SHOOTINGS HAVE BECOME A, QUOTE, FACT OF LIFE. VANCE SAYS BETTER SECURITY IS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE SCHOOLS ARE NO LONGER SOFT TARGETS. ANDREW. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. A POTENTIAL STRIKE IS THREATENING PORTS ON THE EAST COAST AND THE GULF COAST. TALKS BETWEEN THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST LONGSHOREMEN UNION AND PORT OWNERS ARE STALLED. ONE MAJOR ISSUE IS AUTOMATION. THE CONTRACT DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 30TH. >> A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN. THAT IS HOW EXPERTS DESCRIBE A NEW STUDY THAT FINDS THE FDA IS BEHIND WAY BEHIND ON CRITICAL INSPECTIONS OF FACTORIES THAT MAKE EVERYTHING FROM ANTIBIOTICS TO CANCER THERAPIES. HERE'S ABC'S ANDREA FUJII. >> THIS MORNING A NEW STUDY SOUNDING THE ALARM ON DRUG SAFETY. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOUND SINCE THE PANDEMIC, NEARLY 2000 DRUG MANUFACTURING FACILITIES ARE OVERDUE FOR FDA INSPECTIONS. THE AGENCY ALREADY UNDER SCRUTINY FROM CONGRESS. >> IT IS PAST TIME THE FDA ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES. PEOPLE'S LIVES DEPEND ON IT. >> THE PLANTS OVERDUE FOR INSPECTION ACCOUNT FOR 42% OF THE FACILITIES REGISTERED WORLDWIDE. MOST ARE IN THE U.S, BUT MORE THAN 300 ARE IN INDIA AND CHINA, WHICH MAKE UP THE LARGEST SOURCE OF DRUG INGREDIENTS USED IN LOW COST PRESCRIPTIONS. >> THE FAILURE OF THE FDA'S OFFICE OF PHARMACEUTICAL QUALITY TO GO OUT AND INSPECT THESE ESTABLISHMENTS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN. >> CONCERNS THAT CAN HAVE DEADLY EFFECTS. LAST YEAR, FOUR AMERICANS DIED AND A DOZEN MORE WERE BLINDED FROM TAINTED EYEDROPS MADE IN A FACTORY IN INDIA. SO WHY IS THE FDA BEHIND? DURING COVID, IT STOPPED ALL BUT THE MOST CRITICAL INSPECTIONS. NOW IT'S TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH FAR FEWER EMPLOYEES. MORE THAN 200 INSPECTION JOBS ARE CURRENTLY UNFILLED. MANY FORMER EMPLOYEES LEFT FOR HIGHER PAYING JOBS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. >> WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AS LONG AS THE MARKETPLACE IS WORKING THE WAY IT IS. >> THE FDA INSISTS THE U.S. DRUG SUPPLY IS THE SAFEST IN THE WORLD, BUT IT HASN'T SAID WHEN IT EXPECTS TO COMPLETE THOSE OVERDUE INSPECTIONS. RHIANNON ANDREW. >> ANDREA. THANK YOU. MORE RAIN AND FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE GULF COAST. WE'VE SEEN DOZENS OF HIGH WATER RESCUES IN TEXAS THIS WEEK. PEOPLE CLINGING TO TREES. LOUISIANA TO NORTHERN FLORIDA ARE AT RISK TODAY. LET'S CHECK YOUR FRIDAY FORECAST. >> GOOD MORNING. WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME DRENCHING RAIN ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES, NEW ORLEANS. WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING FOR YOU. ALSO GEORGIA AND ALABAMA INTO SOUTH CAROLINA LATE THIS EVENING. SOAKING RAIN. SOME OF YOU IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA WILL SEE BETWEEN 8 AND 12IN OF RAIN FOR THE STORM. TOTAL FROM WHAT FELL AT MIDWEEK ALL THE WAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AND SATURDAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN AT 4 TO 8IN FOR AREAS NEAR I-10. MEANWHILE, IN THE NORTHWEST, NEAR RECORD HEAT FOR SOME FOR ACCUWEATHER. I'M JEFF CORNISH FOR ABC NEWS. >> COMING UP, WHY THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW INVESTIGATING AIRLINE REWARD PROGRAMS. >> BUT FIRST, WHAT LED TO THIS BIZARRE CRASH ON A BUSY INTERSTATE? AND A WARNING TO PARENTS AFTER A TEEN FALLS VICTIM TO A GROWING SCAM KNOWN AS SEXTORTION. >> WE'LL TELL Let's go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. It doesn't get any more Cutting Edge and this With so much at stake. So much on the line, more Americans turn here than any other news cast, ABC News World News Tonight, with David Muir. America's number one, most watched news cast across all of television, Get ready, America every Friday hottest Trends Styles and must have what's the right stuff to buy right now. 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Good Morning America feet. DEBATE TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE ON AB. >> A TRUCK DRIVER HAS BEENARGEDN VIRGINIA AFTER THIS, SLAMMING HIS BIG RIG INTO THIS HIGHWAY. SIGN THE BED SEPARATED FROM THE CAB THERE AND AS YOU CAN SEE, LANDED UPRIGHT. THE DRIVER LUCKILY WAS NOT INJURED. >> NOW TO MICHIGAN AND A WARNING TO PARENTS AFTER A 17 YEAR OLD FELL VICTIM TO A GROWING SCAM KNOWN AS SEXTORTION. THOSE RESPONSIBLE ARE NOW FACING JUSTICE. THIS MORNING, A PAIR OF NIGERIAN SCAMMERS ARE BEHIND BARS HERE IN THE U.S. CONVICTED IN AN INTERNET CON THAT TURNED DEADLY. THEY SOLICITED AND RECEIVED A COMPROMISING IMAGE, AND THEN THEY IMMEDIATELY TURNED TO BLACKMAIL THEIR VICTIMS, HOUNDING THEM FOR MONEY AND EVEN URGING THEIR VICTIMS TO KILL THEMSELVES IF THEY COULDN'T PAY. SAMUEL AND SAMSON OGOSHI WERE FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY TO SEXUALLY EXPLOIT A MINOR AFTER THEY EXTORTED MICHIGAN TEENAGER JORDAN DEMAY. THE 17 YEAR OLD HOMECOMING KING LATER TOOK HIS OWN LIFE, THRUSTING SO-CALLED SEXTORTION INTO THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT. >> IT STARTED OUT WITH THE SUPPOSED GIRL SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE SOME FRIENDS IN COMMON. >> THE TWO MEN TARGETED DEMAY BY PRETENDING TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL NAMED DANAE. EVENTUALLY CONVINCING DEMAY TO SEND EXPLICIT PHOTOS OF HIMSELF. THE SCAMMERS THEN DEMANDED $1,000, THREATENING IF HE DIDN'T PAY, THEY WOULD SEND THOSE COMPROMISING PHOTOS TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. DEMAY DIED BY SUICIDE JUST HOURS LATER. >> WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID TO HIM. IT HURTS ME SO BAD AS A MOM TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HE WENT THROUGH IN THE LAST HOURS. >> BUT NOW, SOME CLOSURE FOR DUMAS FAMILY. THE OGOSHI BROTHERS YESTERDAY WERE SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON. THE FIRST CONVICTION IN AN ALLEGED SEXTORTION RING INVOLVING MORE THAN 100 VICTIMS. >> THIS IS A SERIOUS THREAT THAT IS ONLY GETTING WORSE AND IT CAN HAPPEN FAST. WE KNOW THAT THE TIME FROM INITIAL CONTACT TO JORDAN'S PASSING WAS A MERE TWO HOURS. >> IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW NEEDS SUPPORT, YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL 988. THE SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE. >> REALLY TRAGIC STORY. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS INVESTIGATING AIRLINE REWARD PROGRAMS. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE CUSTOMERS ARE GETTING A FAIR DEAL. THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS ASKING AMERICAN DELTA, SOUTHWEST AND UNITED FOR DETAILED REPORTS ON THEIR LOYALTY BENEFITS. AMONG THE CONCERNS WHETHER THE AIRLINES ARE CHANGING THE TERMS OF THEIR REWARD POINTS WITHOUT PROPER NOTICE OR CHARGING EXTRA FEES TO REDEEM THOSE POINTS. THE AIRLINES SAY THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSPARENT. >> COMING UP, A TIGER ON THE RUN AFTER ESCAPING FROM A ZOO. >> ALSO AHEAD, A STAR FROM THE PARIS OLYMPICS DIES AFTER A GRUESOME ATTACK SHINING A LIGHT ON THE EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel, a nation at war. After that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground. In Ukraine reporting from Lewiston. 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Donald Trump, we will soon be a great nation again face-to-face, historic, the ABC News presidential debate moderated by David, Muir and Lindsey Davis, Tuesday night, live on ABC and streaming on ABC, News, live, Hulu, and Disney plus the ABC News presidential debate. A TODDLER MISSING IN THIS 100 ACRE CORNFIELD IN WISCONSIN HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE AFTER POLICE USED A DRONE WITH THERMAL IMAGING TO FIND HIM. THE THREE YEAR OLD WAS CHASING A CAT WHEN IT GOT DARK. HE WAS FOUND UNHARMED ABOUT A HALF A MILE FROM HIS HOUSE. >> SOME BORDER TOWNS IN TEXAS ARE ON ALERT AFTER A TIGER ESCAPED FROM A NEARBY ZOO. THAT ZOO IS IN REYNOSA, MEXICO, JUST ACROSS FROM HIDALGO, TEXAS. EXPERTS WARN TIGERS ARE EXCELLENT SWIMMERS FULLY CAPABLE OF CROSSING THE RIO GRANDE. >> WE TURN NOW TO THE SHOCKING DEATH OF A RUNNER FROM THE PARIS OLYMPICS. HER KILLING IS SHINING A LIGHT ON THE EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN HER COUNTRY. AND THE DETAILS ARE SO DISTURBING. THIS MORNING, OLYMPIC MARATHONER REBECCA CHEPTEGEI HAS DIED AFTER WHAT POLICE SAY WAS A GRUESOME ATTACK IN HER HOME COUNTRY OF KENYA. >> IT IS A VERY, VERY, VERY SAD DAY FOR US. >> THEY SAY CHEPTEGEI'S EX-BOYFRIEND WAS SEEN POURING LIQUID ON HER BEFORE SETTING HER ON FIRE. THEY SAY THE TWO HAD BEEN ARGUING OVER A PLOT OF LAN. CHEPTEGEI'S HEARTBROKEN FATHER SAYS HE HAD WARNED POLICE ABOUT THE EX-BOYFRIEND'S THREATENING BEHAVIOR. CHEPTEGEI IS THE THIRD ELITE FEMALE ATHLETE MURDERED IN KENYA IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, ALL ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY THEIR PARTNERS. >> WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT THESE MEN WHO MURDER THESE WOMEN ARE DRAWN TO THEM BECAUSE OF THE MONEY AND THE FAME FROM THEIR THEIR TRACK AND FIELD, FROM THEIR RUNNING CAREERS. >> KENYA HAS SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN FEMICIDE IN RECENT YEARS, WITH AN ESTIMATED 47 WOMEN KILLED EACH WEEK, ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES IN AFRICA. >> MY HOPE AND PRAYER IS THAT SHE WILL FIND JUSTICE AND FINALLY, WE HAVE SYSTEMS AT WORK THAT ENABLE WOMEN TO BE FREE FROM OPPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR SUCH AS THIS BY MEN. >> THE SPORTS WORLD AND THE WORLD AT LARGE IS ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGED, AS THEY SHOULD BE. THERE'S DEFINITELY NOT ENOUGH PROTECTION FOR THESE ATHLETES. IF THERE WAS SUFFICIENT PROTECTION, THEY'D BE ALIVE. >> MURDER CHARGES AGAINST HER EX-BOYFRIEND ARE EXPECTED SOON AFTER A SURGE IN TOURISM. >> YOU MAY SOON NEED A TICKET TO SEE THE FAMED TREVI FOUNTAIN. 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You're streaming ABC News live REED SPEAKING OUT FULLY FOR HERSELF TONIGHT ON ABC. >> TIME TO CHECK THE PULSE. AND WE BEGIN WITH A DRAMATIC START TO THE NFL SEASON. >> YES, THE CHIEFS AND THE RAVENS SERVED UP AN INSTANT CLASSIC WITH TAYLOR SWIFT IN THE HOUSE. THE SWIFTS, THE CHIEFS MOST FAMOUS FAN SUPPORTING HER BOYFRIEND, CHIEF TRAVIS KELCE IN A DENIM OUTFIT. >> MAYBE THEY SHOULD CHANGE THE NAME TO THE SWIFTS. THE GAME CAME DOWN TO THE FINAL PLAY. RAVENS QUARTERBACK LAMAR JACKSON FINDS A RECEIVER IN THE ENDZONE. BUT WAIT. THE REPLAY SHOWED HIS TOE WAS ON THE LINE, SO HE'S OUT OF BOUNDS. NO TOUCHDOWNS. THAT MEANS THE CHIEFS WON 27 TO 20. PATRICK MAHOMES OFFERED SOME ADVICE TO THAT RECEIVER. WEAR WHITE CLEATS NEXT TIME. ALSO LAST NIGHT, AMERICAN JESSICA PEGULA BOOKED HER PLACE IN THE U.S. OPEN WOMEN'S FINAL, ADVANCING AFTER A SLOW START. IT WILL BE HER FIRST MAJOR TOURNAMENT FINAL. NEXT THE DIE IN DORITOS THAT MAKES YOUR FINGERS ORANGE COULD LEAD TO A MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH. YEAH. >> RESEARCHERS USE THE CHEMICAL TO MAKE THE BODIES OF MICE SEE THROUGH. THEY RUB THE SOLUTION ON THE MICE, AND THEIR SKIN BECAME TRANSPARENT, ALLOWING THEM TO SEE BLOOD VESSELS AND MUSCLE FIBERS. >> IT WORKS BY CHANGING HOW THE BODY REFRACTS LIGHT. THE SKIN RETURNS TO NORMAL AFTER WASHING OFF THE CHEMICALS. SCIENTISTS HOPE THE TECHNIQUE CAN ONE DAY BE USED ON HUMANS TO DETECT TUMORS AND OTHER AILMENTS WITHOUT SURGERY. NEXT. GOOD NEWS FOR FANS OF RED LOBSTER. >> YES, THE RESTAURANT CHAIN IS EMERGING FROM BANKRUPTCY. A JUDGE HAS APPROVED A RESTRUCTURING PLAN THAT ALLOWS THE COMPANY TO KEEP ALL OF ITS CURRENT LOCATIONS OPEN, AND ALL 30,000 EMPLOYEES WILL GET TO KEEP THEIR JOBS. NEXT, A REAL ESTATE DEAL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN EXCHANGE FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, YOU CAN GET HALF A HOUSE THIS ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH HOME WAS HIT BY A GIGANTIC TREE, SHATTERING HALF THE HOUSE, BUT THE OTHER HALF IS STILL OKAY. >> WHAT A BARGAIN. 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THE FATHER OF THE TEENAGER ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS AT A GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL, HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND IS FACING MURDER CHARGES. AUTHORITIES SAY HE KNOWINGLY ALLOWED HIS SON TO POSSESS A WEAPON, WHICH HE ALLEGEDLY BOUGHT HIM AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT. HIS SON IS DUE IN COURT TODAY, ALSO FACING MURDER CHARGES. >> THE FBI HAS RAIDED THE HOMES OF TWO TOP AIDES TO NEW YORK MAYOR ERIC ADAMS. AGENTS ALSO SEIZED THE PHONES OF OTHER CITY OFFICIALS, PART OF A FEDERAL CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION. >> THE GOVERNMENT'S MONTHLY JOBS REPORT IS OUT TODAY. IT IS EXPECTED TO SHOW A SLOWING BUT STEADY JOB MARKET. IT COULD HELP DETERMINE THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S INTEREST RATE CUT. THAT IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MONTH. >> VAPING AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAS HIT A TEN YEAR LOW. NEW FIGURES SHOW THE RATE OF TEENS USING E-CIGARETTES FELL TO UNDER 6% THIS YEAR. >> TODAY'S WEATHER REIGNED FOR MUCH OF THE EAST. STORMS IN THE OHIO VALLEY AND MORE RAIN ON THE GULF COAST. RECORD HEAT IN THE WEST. >> AND FINALLY THE COUPLE GOING BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. HERE'S OUR DANNY NEW. >> HEY, I DON'T BITE. >> IT MIGHT NOT BE COMMON, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO MEET THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE AT AN EARLY AGE. >> WE USED TO WRITE LIKE LITTLE NOTES AND LITTLE WORDS WITH HER NAME ON IT. >> JUST ASK EMMA AND MARCUS HERE, WHO NOT ONLY MET IN FIRST GRADE, BUT ACTUALLY JUST GOT MARRIED AT THE VERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE THAT LIFE CHANGING MOMENT TOOK PLACE. >> IT WAS DEFINITELY SURREAL. >> HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI, CONGRATULATED THEM ON FACEBOOK THIS WEEK, WITH DOZENS OF COMMENTERS OFFERING THEIR LOVE STORIES AND WISHING THEM WELL. ONE PERSON WRITING THIS IS THE CUTEST LOVE STORY HEART. NOW, THE WAY MARCUS AND EMMA'S LOVE STORY GOES IS THEY MET IN FIRST GRADE, STARTED TEXTING A LITTLE BIT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN OFFICIALLY BECAME BOYFRIEND GIRLFRIEND DURING THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN MARCUS PULLED OUT THIS SMOOTH LINE, HE KEPT TALKING UP HIS DAD AND HOW AWESOME HIS DAD WAS AND FUN GUY. >> AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, WHEN AM I GOING TO GET TO MEET HIM? LIKE, HE SOUNDS GREAT. AND HE SAYS, WELL, ONLY MY GIRLFRIENDS GET TO MEET MY DAD. >> LET'S GO. FAST FORWARD 12 YEARS AND THROUGH MANY CHIEFS GAMES, AND THESE TWO LONGTIME SWEETHEARTS JUST TIED THE KNOT A FEW WEEKS AGO OUTSIDE SOME VERY FAMILIAR HALLS. BUT THIS MIGHT BE THE CUTEST PART. THE VIP OF THE EVENT WAS THEIR DOG, BELLA, WHO HAS A VERY SPECIAL HISTORY WITH THEM. YOU SEE, MARCUS ACTUALLY GAVE THIS BEAGLE MIX TO EMMA FOR HER BIRTHDAY WHEN SHE TURNED 16. CLEARLY, MARCUS KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO BE TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME AND BEFORE A LARGER CEREMONY AND RECEPTION IN MEXICO LATER THIS YEAR, EMMA, MARCUS AND BELLA WERE ELATED TO FIRST MAKE IT OFFICIAL AT THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. >> IT HONESTLY TURNED OUT PERFECT. >> BY THE WAY, GUYS, THAT UPCOMING CEREMONY IN MEXICO IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ON THE 12 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THAT SPECIAL DAY WHEN MARCUS DROPPED THAT SMOOTH LINE ABOUT BECOMING HIS GIRLFRIEND. CLEARLY WORKED. >> OF COURSE, HE SMOOTHIES A CHIEFS FAN. YEAH, AND THEY' . >> IT'S FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH. THERE WAS ONE GUNMAN, BUT POLICE SAY HE WASN'T THE ONLY KILLER. >> HE STARRED HERE. >> GEORGIA OFFICIALS CHARGE THE SUSPECT'S FATHER IN A HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING. >> THESE CHARGES ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH THE ACTIONS OF HIS SON. >> POLICE HAD ALREADY MET WITH THIS FAMILY LAST YEAR. >> WHAT'S CHANGED BETWEEN THEN AND NOW? HUNTER BIDEN PUTS UP A FIGHT AND THEN PLEADS GUILTY ANY WAY . HE SIMPLY JUST PLEADED GUILTY AND IS WILLING TO SEE WHATEVER THE PUNISHMENT IS. >> WHY HE EVENTUALLY ADMITTED TO FEDERAL TAX EVASION. AND HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT THOSE SCARY TEXTURE ABOUT? WELL, DEMENTED FINANCIALLY FATTEN YOU UP. THAT HAS A RATHER DREADFUL NAME CALLED PIG BUTCHERING. OUR TEAM GOES INSIDE THE SHADOWY WORLD OF CRYPTO LONG GONE. FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE". I'M BRAD MIELKE BRAD MIELKE. THE AFTERMATH OF A DEADLY SHOOTING APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL OUTSIDE ATLANTA. THE QUESTION HAS BEEN LINGERING . >> COULD THIS HAVE BEEN PREVENTED? WE ALL FROZE LATE. MOST OF US STUDENTS FROZE. AND THEN SOME MINUTES WE FIGURED OUT THAT IT WAS REALLY IT WAS ACTUALLY GUNSHOTS GOING ON WHEN WE HEARD BANGING ON THE LOCKERS. OUR TEACHER RAN OUT AND DIDN'T COME BACK AND HE WAS JUST THERE IN THE DOORWAY, JUST LAYING. >> POLICE NOW SAY THAT 14 YEAR OLD COLT GRAY COMMITTED THE SHOOTING WITH AN AIR PLATFORM STYLE WEAPON. HE'S BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF MURDER AND HE'LL BE CHARGED AS AN ADULT, ALTHOUGH UNDER LAW, MINORS CANNOT FACE THE DEATH PENALTY REGARDLESS. AND YET AUTHORITIES SAY THE WARNING SIGNS BEGAN WELL BEFORE THIS WEEK. IN FACT, LAST WHEN HE WAS JUST 13 YEARS OLD. GRAY AND HIS FAMILY HAD BEEN VISITED BY POLICE WHO WERE EXPRESSING CONCERNS. >> THERE WERE WARNINGS, INCLUDING TO A SCHOOL, BUT NO ARRESTS. HE WAS LEFT WITH HIS FATHER, COLIN GRAY, AND THEN HE PACKED UP TO GO TO A NEW SCHOOL. BUT LAST NIGHT, IN THE WAKE OF THE SHOOTING, POLICE MADE A NEW STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT. THEY NOW PLACE THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN'S FATHER, COLIN GRAY, UNDER ARREST AS WELL. LET'S GO STRAIGHT TO ABC SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER MIKE LEVINE. >> MIKE. WHAT ARE THEY CHARGING HIM WITH? HE'S BEING CHARGED WITH A WHOLE LOT OF CHARGES, FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER, AND EIGHT COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO. HE IS IN CUSTODY AT THIS POINT IN TIME. HIS CHARGES ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH THE ACTIONS OF HIS SON AND ALLOWING HIM TO POSSESS A WEAPON. >> AUTHORITIES SAID THAT THE REASON HE'S BEING CHARGED, THE REASON HE IS NOW BEING HELD BEHIND BARS IS BECAUSE HE ALLEGEDLY, QUOTE, KNOWINGLY ALLOWED HIS SON TO POSSESS THAT WEAPON. >> OKAY. SO LET'S BACK UP HERE, BECAUSE BOTH COLT GRAY AND COLIN GRAY, HIS FATHER, WERE SPOKEN TO BY POLICE LAST YEAR. AND EVERYONE'S WONDERING LIKE, WAIT, SO WHAT HAPPENED THERE? CAN YOU JUST CATCH US UP? >> YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THESE RECORDS. YES. THE DOCUMENTS CAME OUT YESTERDAY ABOUT THESE INTERVIEWS LAST YEAR, MAY 20, 23, A POST WAS WRITTEN ONTO THE PLATFORM DISCORD, CLAIMING THAT A SCHOOL WAS GOING TO BE SHUT UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AND THAT POST WAS THEN SENT TO THE FBI, WHO PASSED IT ON TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN GEORGIA, WHO TRACKED IT DOWN TO THE GRAY HOUSEHOLD AND THEY ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED THEM, WHATEVER, OR WHEREVER IT IS COMING FROM ISN'T NO JOKE. >> AND THEY'RE LIKE, IT'S NO JOKE THAT WE WOULDN'T BE HERE. I MEAN. WELL, NO I KNOW. >> AUDIO OF THESE INTERVIEWS WERE RELEASED. AND IN THOSE INTERVIEWS, BOTH COLIN AND COLT SAID IT WAS THE WRONG MAN. >> SO YOU HAVEN'T USED THIS CAR IN A FEW MONTHS AND YOU'RE YOU'RE SAYING YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING? >> I KNOW ALL OF THAT. HOWEVER, STATES ALL COLD INSISTED IT WASN'T HIM. HE SAID THAT, YES, HE HAD A DISCORD ACCOUNT MONTHS EARLIER, BUT HE HAD HADN'T USED IT IN A LONG TIME. >> AND COLT'S FATHER ACTUALLY TOLD LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES ABOUT HOW COLT HAD BEEN HAVING A TOUGH TIME AT SCHOOL. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A TOUGH TIME IN COLT'S LIFE. THE FAMILY HAD BEEN EVICTED FROM THEIR HOUSE. COLT'S MOTHER AND TWO SIBLINGS WENT ELSEWHERE, LEAVING COLT AND HIS FATHER TO FIND A NEW HOME. COLT WENT TO A NEW SCHOOL WHERE HIS FATHER TOLD AUTHORITIES HE WAS BEING PICKED ON EVERY DAY. >> WE TALK ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT . WITH ALL THE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, THINGS HAVE HAPPENED HERE. YOU GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL? HE IS. HE'S GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL. >> AND IS EVERYTHING OKAY? THAT'S WHY I KEEP GOING UP THERE. AND BECAUSE COLT WAS HAVING SUCH A HARD TIME, HIS FATHER SAID THAT HE WAS REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT COLT WAS DOING OKAY. AS HE PUT IT. HE WAS AT THE SCHOOL EVERY DAY AND HE SAID THAT HE EVEN HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH COLT ABOUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS BECAUSE HE WAS TRYING TO GET COURT TO GO ON A DIFFERENT PATH WHICH SO THEY KNEW THEN THAT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS WAS LIKE, THIS IS A COMMON PROFILE, RIGHT? LIKE DISAFFECTED YOUNG MAN OFTEN. THEN THE NEXT THING IS, ARE THERE GUNS IN THE HOUSE? WHAT WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION ABOUT GUNS? >> YEAH. 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JOINING US ONLY ON ABC NEWS HUNN OF PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WAS IN COURT YESTERDAY IN THE LATEST STOP IN HIS LEGAL TROUBLES TOUR. REMEMBER, A JURY HAS ALREADY CONVICTED HIM EARLIER THIS YEAR ON FEDERAL GUN CHARGES IN DELAWARE. BUT HE'S ALSO FACING FEDERAL TAX EVASION CHARGES OUT IN LOS ANGELES YESTERDAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT JURY SELECTION IN THAT CASE UNTIL HIS LAWYERS TOLD THE JUDGE HE WAS WILLING TO MAKE A PLEA. BUT HE HAD SOME CONDITIONS AND THINGS GOT COMPLICATED QUICKLY. ABC'S PETER CHARALAMBOUS SPENT HIS DAY IN THE COURTROOM. >> HE'S WITH US NOW. PETER, WHAT'S SO STRANGE ABOUT THIS TO ME IS HUNTER BIDEN TRIED TO AVOID ANY TRIALS WITH A PLEA A YEAR AGO. >> HIS PLEA GOT THROWN OUT. WHAT WAS HE TRYING TO DO HERE? YEAH, SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A YEAR AGO WHEN HUNTER BIDEN WAS IN A DELAWARE COURTROOM TRYING TO WORK OUT A PLEA AGREEMENT WHERE HE COULD AVOID THESE TRIALS THAT FELL THROUGH. >> AND HUNTER BIDEN FOUND HIMSELF DEALING WITH TWO SEPARATE TRIALS ON DIFFERENT COASTS. HE HAD THAT DELAWARE TRIAL IN JUNE WHERE HE WAS CONVICTED AND HE HAD THIS L.A. TAX TRIAL WHERE PROSECUTORS ACCUSED HIM OF FAILING TO PAY $1.4 MILLION IN TAXES. THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO START MORN. IN FACT, 120 NEARBY RESIDENTS WERE REPORT ING TO COURT TO BE POTENTIAL JURORS WHEN BASICALLY EVERYTHING WAS UPENDED BY THIS SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM HUNTER BIDEN. HIS LAWYERS WHO ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY SEEKING TO CHANGE THEIR PLEA FROM NOT GUILTY TO GUILTY, BUT USING THIS UNIQUE MECHANISM CALLED AN ALFRED PLEA, WHERE BASICALLY HUNTER WOULD AGREE TO PLEAD GUILTY TO THE CHARGES. BUT MAINTAIN HIS INNOCENCE ABOUT THE UNDERLYING CONDUCT. LAWYERS FOR THE SPECIAL COUNSEL, DAVID WEISS, ACTED WITH COMPLETE SURPRISE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. THEY TOLD THE JUDGE OVERSEEING THE CASE THAT THEY HAD HEARD NOTHING ABOUT THIS UNTIL IT WAS ANNONO THE CASE PROMPTLY ANNOUNCED ABOUT A TWO HOUR DELAY SO THAT BOTH SIDES COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON HERE. >> WHAT'S THE RATIONALE FROM THE PROSECUTOR TO THEN? THAT'S NOT JUST ALL THE SAME OF LIKE, YEAH, HE'S PLEADING GUILTY. HE'S CLAIMS HE DO IT, BUT WHATEVER. >> GET A GUILTY PLEA OUT OF IT. YES. THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE TOOK ISSUE WITH THE FACT THAT THIS KIND OF DEAL WOULD. YES, TECHNICALLY RESULT IN A GUILTY PLEA, BUT IT WOULD PREVENT HUNTER BIDEN FROM BASICALLY ADMITTING TO WHAT HE HAD DONE, AS THEY ALLEGED. SO BASICALLY, THEY SAW THIS IS, IN THEIR WORDS, AN INJUSTICE, AN EXAMPLE OF KIND OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. AND THEY SIMPLY SAID THAT THEY REFUSED TO GO ALONG WITH THIS IDEA OF AN ALFORD PLEA. SO IT SEEMED LIKE JUDGE SCARSI WAS INTERESTED IN ENTERTAINING AT LEAST THE IDEA. BY THE AFTERNOON, HE HAD TOLD BOTH SIDES THAT HE'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ARGUMENTS ABOUT IT, THAT HE WOULD STILL CONSIDER ACCEPTING ONE OF THESE ALFORD PLEAS IF HE COULD LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHY HE SHOULD, EVEN IF THE PROSECUTORS IN THIS CASE WERE OBJECTING TO IT, IT WAS A BIT ODD HE WAS PLANNING TO SEND BACK THE JURORS AND CALL THE PARTIES BACK TO COURT ON FRIDAY MORNING SO THAT THEY COULD TALK MORE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE SHOULD ACCEPT AN ALFORD PLEA . AND HUNTER'S TEAM ASKED FOR ANOTHER 30 MINUTES SO THEY COULD TALK AMONG THEMSELVES ABOUT THEIR NEXT STEPS. AND IN A ANOTHER SURPRISE MOVE, HUNTER BIDEN'S ATTORNEY SHOULD BACK UP IN COURT IN THE AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, FORGET ABOUT THE ALFORD PLEA. FORGET ABOUT THOSE SPECIAL CONDITIONS. WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO A NORMAL PLEA. HE'S GOING TO PLEAD GUILTY TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE CHARGES AND HE'S GOING TO GO ONLY GUILTY. >> AFTER ALL, ALL THAT. >> IT'S HONESTLY IT'S A STUNNING TWIST IN A LEGAL DRAMA THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND HAS BEEN DEFINED BY UNEXPECTED TURNS. IN THIS CASE, HUNTER ULTIMATELY PLEAD GUILTY TO EACH OF THE NINE COUNTS IN THIS CASE, THAT INCLUDES THREE FELONY CHARGES. AND IT'S INTERESTING, IT'S NOT LIKE THIS WAS A GUILTY PLEA IN WHICH PROSECUTORS AGREED TO A LIGHTER SENTENCE. >> HE SIMPLY JUST PLEADED GUILTY AND IS WILLING SEE WHATEVER THE PUNISHMENT IS, ACCORDING TO THE JUDGE, THAT INCLUDES UP TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON AND MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS IN FINES, WHICH UNDER BIDEN WILL NOW NEED TO FACE. >> HE'S GOT A SENTENCING SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 16. WELL, AND SO IS THAT IT, THEN? >> I MEAN, ONE OF THE REASONS THIS WAS SO HISTORIC WAS THIS WAS THE FIRST IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF A SITTING PRESIDENT TO BE CONVICTED OF A FELONY. >> AND NOW THERE COULD BE MORE, YOU KNOW, FELONY CONVICTIONS. HERE IS THAT IT, THOUGH? >> IS THAT THE END OF THE HUNTER BIDEN SAGA? REALLY NEVER SAY NEVER IN A WAY . YES. THIS PUTS AWAY HIS TWO OUTSTANDING LEGAL MATTERS. HE STILL HAS SENTENCING IN BOTH THESE CASES. IN THE DELAWARE CASE, HE IS SENTENCING IN NOVEMBER, IN THIS CASE IN LOS ANGELES IN DECEMBER. BUT IT APPEARS OF THE THINGS HE AT LEAST KNOWS ABOUT, THOSE HAVE GONE AWAY. ALSO, YOU KNOW, HUNTER BIDEN'S FOREIGN ACTIVITIES, WHICH WERE EXPECTED TO REALLY COME INTO THE SPOTLIGHT DURING THIS TRIAL ,THOSE WERE, YOU KNOW, A MAJOR POINT FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS WHO INVESTIGATED IT FOR YEARS, SEARCHING FOR IMPEACHABLE CONDUCT. THEY ISSUED A REPORT LAST MONTH WHERE THEY SAID THE ULTIMATELY FOUND WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE IMPEACHABLE CONDUCT BASED ON THAT FOREIGN BUSINESS ACTIVITY. >> BUT THEY DIDN'T REALLY RECOMMEND ANY NEXT STEPS. >> AND THE ENTIRE IMPEACHMENT, BASED ON HUNTER BIDEN, SEEMED TO FIZZLE IN A WAY. THIS ALSO COMES AS HUNTER BIDEN'S PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN, IS NO LONGER RUNNING FOR OFFICE. HE'S BASICALLY A LAME DUCK PRESIDENT, WHICH HAS DECREASED A LITTLE BIT TO THE HEAT THAT THAT HUNTER BIDEN APPEARS TO BE FACING. >> YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY A LOT TOUGHER FOR DONALD TRUMP AND FOR REPUBLICANS TO HANG HUNTER BIDEN AROUND THE NECK OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER A BIDEN, WRITES KAMALA HARRIS. >> PETER COLUMBUS. >> THEY'RE IN LOS ANGELES RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. >> OKAY. ONE MORE QUICK BREAK. WHEN WE COME BACK, YOU CAN TELL THESE TEXTS ARE SCAMMY. 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You're streaming ABC News live. WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> NOW STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . >> AND ONE LAST THING. HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN A TEXT FROM AN UNKNOWN NUMBER THAT JUST SAYS, HEY, SEEN IN A WHILE, WHAT'S GOING ON? >> YOU'RE LIKE, SHOOT, WHY DON'T I HAVE THIS PERSON'S NUMBER? >> OR SOMETIMES IT CLEARLY SEEMS LIKE A WRONG NUMBER. I GOT ONE THAT SAID, HEY, ANDREA, WE STILL GETTING DINNER? PLEASE TEXT ME BACK. I'M WAITING. AND I'M LIKE, OH, NO, THIS POOR PERSON'S GOING TO THINK THEY'RE BEING STOOD UP BY ANDREA. I GOT TO SET THEM STRAIGHT. WELL, IT TURNS OUT THESE KINDS OF TEXTS MAY ACTUALLY BE PART OF A CRYPTO SCAM. >> THIS IS A SCAM SO INSIDIOUS. IT HAS A RATHER DREADFUL NAME. IT'S CALLED BIG BUTCHERING. >> THAT'S ABC'S AARON KATERSKY FROM OUR INVESTIGATIVE UNIT. AND HE'S BEEN REPORTING ON SCAMMERS WHO USE SIMPLE DIGITAL CONVOS AS A LONG CON. >> THE NAME COMES FROM THE IDEA THAT FATTEN UP A PIG BEFORE SLAUGHTER. >> AND HERE THE IDEA IS TO SLOWLY LURE VICTIMS INTO GIVING UP IN CASES THEIR LIFE SAVINGS. >> AARON SAYS IT CAN START WITH ONE OF THOSE TEXTS I MENTIONED EARLIER, MAYBE EVEN A STRANGER ON A DATING APP, BECAUSE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY SOUND SCAMMY, RIGHT? PEOPLE ARE JUST AWKWARD. THE PROBLEM IS BY ANSWERING, YOU MIGHT BE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK TO BE BUTTERED UP. >> WE MET THIS ONE GUY, SHAI PLONSKI YOU KNOW, I WAS DOING SOME ONLINE DATING. YOU START LIKING PEOPLE AND THIS ONE PERSON KIND OF CAUGHT EYE AND SAID HE'D BEEN MESSAGING A WOMAN HE THOUGHT WAS NAMED. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXCHANGING THESE MESSAGES ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND CONNECTING IN WHAT FELT LIKE A PRETTY DEEP, REAL WAY SHY, SAID THIS WOMAN PORTRAYED HERSELF AS LIVING ONLY A HALF AN HOUR AWAY FROM HIS HOUSE IN L.A. SHE WORKED IN REAL ESTATE. SHE HAD A BACKGROUND IN INVESTING. THEY HAD NEVER MET IN PERSON, BUT THEY COMMUNICATED VIA TEXT. AND THAT IS WHEN FRIENDLY CONVERSATIONS CAN TURN INTO FRIENDLY FINANCIAL ADVICE. >> HE SAID HE HIS BUSINESS WAS STRUGGLING AND SHE JUST SO HAPPENED TO HAVE A SOLUTION. AND THAT WAS AN INVESTMENT IN CRYPTOCURRENCY. EVENTUALLY THE GUY INVESTED SOME MONEY, WAS ABLE TO PULL IT OUT. MY INITIAL INVESTMENT WAS ABOUT $2,000. I MADE ABOUT $300 IN A FEW MINUTES. BUT WHEN HE INVESTED MORE MONEY, THAT'S WHEN THE WOMAN THAT HE THOUGHT WAS NAMED SANDY A DISAPPEARED. SCAMMERS LOCKED UP HIS ACCOUNT AND ALL OF THIS MONEY WAS GONE . >> SHE'S NOT ALONE IN THIS. ACCORDING TO THE FBI, TO INVESTMENT SCAMS HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD. THESE KIND OF SCAMS IN 2022, COST VICTIMS $3 BILLION. FAST FORWARD JUST ONE YEAR, FOUR AND A HALF BILLION. THE FBI CAN TRY TO RECOVER SOME MONEY, BUT MANY PEOPLE LOSE EVERYTHING. >> AND THOSE ARE JUST THE REPORTED LOSSES. THE FBI SAYS MANY VICTIMS DON'T REPORT BEING FINANCIALLY CATFISHED BECAUSE THEY'RE EMBARRASSED THEY FELL FOR THE SCAM OR MAYBE THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY'RE A VICTIM YET. AND TO COMPLICATE THINGS, THE SCAMMERS ARE REALLY HARD TO FIND. JAMES BARNICLE IS CHIEF OF THE FBI'S MONEY LAUNDERING UNIT AND HE SAYS ONE OF THE REASONS CRIMINALS CHOOSE CRYPTO IS BECAUSE IT'S DECENTRALIZED. IT MOVE HANDS REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY. >> A BAD GUY CAN MOVE THAT MONEY FROM ONE WALLET TO ANOTHER WALLET. LAUNDERING THE MONEY, LYING IN THE MONEY, HIDING THE MONEY FROM US TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THE MONEY. >> BUT THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE OF THIS, TOO, BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE THINKING WHO IS SPENDING THEIR WHOLE DAY SENDING THESE TEXTS. THIS SEEMS LIKE A MASSIVE TIME FOR PERHAPS VERY LITTLE REWARD. WELL, THE PERSON SENDING THE SCAM TEXT COULD BE A VICTIM THEMSELVES. >> THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A SCHEME BY CHOICE. YOU ARE A SURVIVOR OF A SCAM COMPOUND. YES. ALL OVER THE WORLD, THERE ARE THESE SCAM COMPOUNDS WHERE PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN DOWN ON THEIR LUCK LOST A JOB OR LOOKING FOR WORK WERE PROMISED WORK EITHER IN TELEMARKETING OR SOME OTHER KIND OF THING. >> IN ONE CASE, A WOMAN AARON SPOKE TO TOOK A JOB SHE BELIEVES IN THAILAND. SHE WENT THROUGH A WHOLE INTERVIEW PROCESS. SHE GOT A PLANE FROM THIS COMPANY, A WOMAN THAT WE'RE CALLING SARAH, BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT US TO USE HER REAL NAME, SAID WHEN SHE LANDED, SHE WAS TOLD SHE'D BE TAKEN TO COMPANY HEADQUARTERS. EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. IT LIKE LEGIT, BECAUSE EVERY TIME I WOULD CALL IT A HICCUP. INSTEAD, SHE WAS BROUGHT ACROSS INTO MYANMAR WHERE SHE WAS HELD AGAINST HER WILL FOR NINE MONTHS AND MADE TO PERPETRATE THESE SCAMS. WHAT WAS THE SCAM? THE SCAM WAS PEOPLE TO INVEST IN CRYPTO. THIS MEANS THAT THESE CRIMINAL ARE LEAVING A TRAIL OF FINANCIAL DEVASTATION FOR SOME AND A WHOLE OTHER TYPE OF TRAUMA FOR OTHERS. SARAH WAS HELD FOR RANSOM AT THIS COMPOUND FOR NINE MONTHS. SHE FLED ONLY AFTER ANOTHER VICTIM WHO ESCAPED PAID MONEY TO GET HER OUT. I USED TO WORK FOR LIKE 20 HOURS. SOMETIMES I WAS NOT GIVEN. IT'S LIKE A PRISON. IT'S LIKE A HORRIBLE PRISON. >> SO WHAT CAN YOU DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM GETTING CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS? WELL, THE GOLDEN RULE IS DON'T RESPOND TO NUMBERS YOU DON'T KNOW. OR IF YOU DO. BE VERY WARY. BUT IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE A VICTIM, THE FBI SAYS REPORT IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BUT PERHAPS THE BIGGER TAKEAWAY HERE, A MORE BASIC REALITY. IF YOU CAN'T PUT A FACE TO A NAME ONLINE, INTIMACY IS NOT NECESSARILY REAL. INTIMACY AND FINANCIAL INTIMACY SHOULD HAVE THE HIGHEST BAR OF ALL. BY THE WAY, AARON DID A GREAT PIECE ON ABC NEWS PRIME ON THIS TOPIC LAST NIGHT. YOU CAN WATCH THE CRYPTO CON WE'RE HAVING A STREAM START HERE IS PRODUCED BY KELLY TEREZ JEN NEWMAN BRENDA SALINAS BAKER VIKA ARONSON CAMERON CHERTAVIAN ANTHONY ALI MARWA MOUWAKI AND AMIRA WILLIAMS ARIELLE CHESTER IS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRODUCER. 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WHY HIS LAWYERS SAY HE DESERVES A NEW TRIAL AS HE ALSO AWAITS A RULING ON SENTENCE IN HIS HUSH MONEY CASE. AND EXTREME WEATHER, THE MOVE, FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED NEAR THE GULF AND EXTREME LATE SEASON IS SCORCHING THE WEST. THE STATES FACING THE BIGGEST THREATS AND THE IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE ON YOUR WEEKEND. >> BUT FIRST, THAT 14 YEAR OLD SUSPECT IN THE APALACHEE SCHOOL SHOOTING IS APPEARING IN A GEORGIA COURTROOM THIS MORNING AS HIS FATHER NOW ALSO FACES CHARGES. THE TEEN WAS IN COURT JUST MOMENTS AGO FACING FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY MURDER, WITH ADDITIONAL CHARGES EXPECTED. THE JUDGE READ THE SUSPECT, THE CHARGES HE'S FACING AND POTENTIAL PENALTIES, INCLUDING DEATH. >> IN ESSENCE, YOU'RE CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY MURDER AS OUTLINED IN AN ESTATE WARRANT THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED AGAINST YOU. I WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR FELONY MURDER. SO FOR EACH COUNT, THE MAXIMUM PENALTY IS THAT YOU BE PUNISHABLE BY DEATH, BY IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE OR BY IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE. >> THE ALLEGED SHOOTER IS ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO STUDENTS, TWO TEACHERS, AND INJURING NINE OTHERS. NOW, FATHER IS ALSO CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE FELONIES, INCLUDING INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. HE WILL BE APPEARING IN COURT SHORTLY. ABC'S FAITH ABUBEY HAS THE LATEST FROM WINDER, GEORGIA. WHAT STUCK OUT TO YOU FROM THIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE FOR THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER? WELL, DIANE, WE WERE HOPING TO SEE THE SUSPECTED SHOOTERS FACE, BUT BASED ON HOW HE WAS ANGLED TOWARDS THE JUDGE, WE COULDN'T REALLY SEE HIS FACE, BUT WE SAW HIM WALK INTO COURT . HE'S BLOND HAIR, JUST LIKE WE'VE SEEN IN THAT MUG SHOT. HE SAT THERE, HIS FACE TRAINED TO THE JUDGE AND LISTENED TO THE JUDGE AS THE JUDGE READ OFF HIS RIGHTS AND THEN INFORMED HIM OF THE CHARGES THAT ARE AGAINST HIM. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ASKED HIS ATTORNEY WHETHER THEY HAVE ANY REQUEST FOR A BOND AT THIS TIME. HIS ATTORNEY, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THAT REQUEST. BUT IT COULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE IF THE CHANGES. BUT IT WAS VERY SHORT, VERY TYPICAL. ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME IS THE FACT THAT HE WASN'T ASKED WHETHER HE HAD A PLEA TO ENTER, WHETHER HE IS PLEADING GUILTY, NOT GUILTY. WE DIDN'T GET ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL BE IN SOME SORT OF AT A LATER DATE. DIANE AND I WANTED TO CLARIFY A PART OF THE HEARING BECAUSE YOU DID HEAR THE JUDGE SAY THAT THESE CHARGES CARRY A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM PENALTY OF A DEATH PENALTY, EVEN THOUGH THE SUSPECT IS BEING CHARGED AS AN ADULT BECAUSE HE'S A MINOR CAN HE ACTUALLY FACE THE DEATH PENALTY HERE? YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO LEGAL EXPERTS, YOU KNOW, DUE TO A SUPREME COURT RULING, HE CAN'T FACE THE DEATH PENALTY. MINORS ARE NOT TO BE SENTENCED TO DEATH. AND SO EVEN THOUGH THAT IS THE MAXIMUM HERE THAT WE HEARD THE JUDGE READ OFF IN COURT, THE POTENTIAL OF THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENING IS SLIM TO NONE. BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE SUPREME COURT AND WHAT OUR LEGAL EXPERTS WERE TELLING US AT THIS POINT, DIANE, AND PICK SUSPECT'S FATHER IS ALSO FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES. >> WHAT ARE POLICE SAYING, HIS ROLE IN THIS SHOOTING? YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STAYING REALLY TIGHT-LIPPED ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT LED THEM TO CHARGE HIM WITH NUMEROUS CHARGES, EVEN MORE CHARGES THAN HIS OWN SON, WHO HE ALLEGEDLY, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT AN AR-15 STYLE RIFLE TO THE SCHOOL GROUNDS AND TERRORIZE THE SCHOOL. THE STAFF MEMBERS, HIS CLASSMATES HERE AND KILLED FOUR PEOPLE, ALLEGEDLY INJURING NINE OTHERS. THE FATHER NOW CHARGED WITH NOT ONLY MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER, BUT ALSO CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. POLICE TELLING US THE REASON BEHIND THAT, THIS IS AS MUC AS THEY WOULD SAY. THEY SAY THE REASON BEHIND THAT IS BECAUSE HE KNOWINGLY ALLOWED HIS TEENAGER TO HAVE ACCESS TO A GUN. YOU REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY, DIANE. THE FATHER DID ASSURE INVESTIGATORS LAST YEAR WHEN THEY WERE INVESTIGATING HIM. THEY WERE INVESTIGATING THE SON FOR, A POTENTIAL POST THAT WAS ON DISCORD, A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT APPARENTLY HE MAY HAVE MADE. THE FATHER ASSURED THE INVESTIGATORS THAT THE SON DID NOT HAVE UNSUPERVISED ACCESS A GUN. AND SO AT THIS POINT, INVESTIGATORS ARE CHARGING HIM ,THE FATHER, WITH THE FACT THAT HE ALLOWED THE SON TO ACCESS A GUN AND FAITH, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE BRINGING THE SUSPECT BACK INTO THE COURTROOM. >> LET'S LISTEN TO LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE OR LIFE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. >> I ALSO WANTED TO INFORM YOU THAT THE COURT HAS SET DECEMBER 4TH AT 8:30 A.M. FOR YOUR PRELIMINARY HEARING, AND THAT IS, OF COURSE, SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS YOU SECURE YOUR NEW COUNSEL LATER TODAY AND SO FORTH. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED THAT ANYONE CAN THINK OF? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, YOU MAY ESCORT MR. COLT GRAY OUT. THANK YOU. >> THERE YOU HAVE THAT JUDGE IN WINDER, GEORGIA, CLARIFYING TO THE SUSPECT IN THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING THAT DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE IS BEING CHARGED WITH AN ADULT, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE CHARGES FACED CARRY THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEATH PENALTY BECAUSE HE IS A MINOR, HE ACTUALLY WILL NOT FACE THAT POTENTIAL DEATH PENALTY. SO WHAT HE LOOKING AT IF CONVICTED, IS LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE, POTENTIALLY LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE. LET'S GO BACK QUICKLY TO OUR FAITH ABUBEY. JUST WRAP THIS UP. FAITH, YOU HAD JUST FINISHED EXPLAINING THIS TO US, BUT NOW WE HEARD THE JUDGE THERE MAKING THAT CLEAR TO THE SUSPECT THAT HE ACTUALLY CANNOT FACE THE DEATH PENALTY IN THIS CASE, EVEN THOUGH AS AN ADULT, IT HAD IT BEEN ADULT IN HIS POSITION, THEY WOULD HAVE POTENTIALLY FACED DEATH PENALTY HERE. ARE YOU WATCHING FOR IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS IN THIS CASE NOW FACE? WELL, WE'RE WAITING FOR A LOT OF DETAILS STILL FROM POLICE. THEY BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE A LOT OF THAT BECAUSE THEY KEEP SAYING THAT THIS IS A FLUID INVESTIGATION AND IT'S COMPLEX. THERE'S A LOT THEY HAVE TO CONSIDER. AND THEY ALSO THEY DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, JEOPARDIZE THE INTEGRITY OF THIS INVESTIGATION. AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE STILL UNANSWERED AT THIS POINT THAT THEY SAY THEY ARE JUST NOT AT LIBERTY TO ANSWER. AND SO WE'RE HOPING FOR MORE INFORMATION, OF COURSE. WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF THE FATHER WILL BE ARRAIGNED AS WELL. AND THEN THE MOTIONS WILL BEGIN. WE'LL ACTUALLY SEE WHETHER EITHER OF THEM WILL ENTER A PLEA. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE COMMUNITY IS CONTINUING TO MOURN. THERE WAS A VIGIL HERE LAST NIGHT. THERE'S A GROWING MEMORIAL HERE ON CAMPUS. AND, OF COURSE, THE KIDS HAVE TO SOMEHOW COME BACK TO SCHOOL. NO DETAILS ON THAT AT THIS POINT, DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC'S FAITH ABUBEY IN WINDER, GEORGIA. FAYE, THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE MORE BREAKING NEWS THIS TIME ON JOBS REPORT AND SHEDDING SOME NEW LIGHT ON A POTENTIAL INTEREST RATE CUT. U.S. EMPLOYERS ADDED 142,000 JOBS IN AUGUST, FALLING OF ANALYSTS EXPECTATIONS. MEANWHILE, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TO 4.2%. ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORT ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS ME FOR MORE ON THAT. SO LET'S BREAK DOWN THESE NUMBERS FOR US. WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU ABOUT THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW? >> IT SHOWS US THAT HIRING IMPROVED A LITTLE BIT LAST THAT'S WELCOME NEWS VERSUS WHAT WE SAW IN JULY. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCHED DOWN A LITTLE BIT. SO OVERALL, A PRETTY SOLID JOBS . LET'S RUN THROUGH IT QUICKLY, 142,000 JOBS ADDED BY EMPLOYERS WERE LOOKING AT A GAIN OF 161,000. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS A LOT BETTER THAN THE 114,000 JOBS WE ADDED IN JULY. REMEMBER, THAT SPARKED FEARS OF A BIG SLOWDOWN IN THE JOB MARKET. AND THAT'S ALSO WE SAW A BIG SELL OFF ON WALL STREET. NOT THE CASE TODAY. STOCKS ARE REALLY HAVING A MUTED RESPONSE TO THIS REPORT THAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCHING DOWN TO 4.2% FROM 4.3% IN JULY. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU QUICKLY. SO WHERE WE'VE COME FROM IN TERMS OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, BECAUSE IN 2023 IT WAS A 3.4%. THAT'S THE LOW POINT THERE. THE LONGEST STRETCH OF UNEMPLOYMENT BELOW 4% IN 50 YEARS. IT WAS IN JUNE WHEN WE STARTED TO SEE THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, THAT 4% MARK, AND NOW IT'S AT 4.2% WHERE IT WAS THE GROWTH. CONSTRUCTION AND HEALTH CARE THAT THEY ADDED THE MOST JOBS LAST MONTH. MANUFACTURING, THOUGH, SHED ABOUT 24,000. DO YOU WANT TO SAY AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS UP 3.8% YEAR OVER YEAR, OUTPACING INFLATION SOLID, BUT NOT ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO INFLATION. >> OKAY, YOU SAY AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK NEXT. THE FED IS EXPECTED TO CUT INTEREST. JUNE, HOW DO YOU THINK THIS REPORT COULD IMPACT THAT? THIS REPORT, I THINK, HELD SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE FED. IT'S THE LAST ONE THEY'RE GOING TO SEE BEFORE THEIR MEETING IN JUST TWO WEEKS. I DON'T THINK IT BRINGS US REAL CLARITY AS TO THE SIZE OF THAT INTEREST RATE CUT. WE WERE HOPING THIS WOULD TELL US WHETHER OR THE FED'S GOING TO MOVE MORE AGGRESSIVELY WITH A HALF POINT CUT OR STICK WITH A QUARTER POINT CUT. I THINK THEY'VE MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR WE'RE DUE FOR A CUT AND THAT THE FED HAS SORT OF MOVED ITS ATTENTION AWAY FROM INFLATION, WHI IT'S BELOW 3% AND MOVING CLOSER TO THE FED'S 2%. THE FED NOW FOCUSED ON THE JOB MARKET. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THE LABOR MARKET DOESN'T SLOW DOWN TOO MUCH. I GUESS THE CHALLENGE FOR THE FED ALWAYS IS THESE REPORTS ARE BACKWARD LOOKING. ONCE YOU START TO SEE A SLOWDOWN HERE, IT'S ALMOST TOO LATE. IT'S ALREADY. SO THE FED WANTS TO BE, YOU KNOW, GET IN FRONT OF IT AND THEY COULD GET AGGRESSIVE WHEN WE COULD GET A HALF POINT RATE CUT AND JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS. >> ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BE WATCHING. I KNOW YOU WILL. BIG BUSINESS REPORT, ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS. THANKS, ALEXIS. AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED IN COURT THIS MORNING FOR HIS APPEAL OF THE E. JEAN CARROLL JUDGMENT, HOLDING HIM LIABLE FOR SEXUAL ABUSE. TRUMP'S LAWYERS ARE ARGUING THE JUDGE SHOULD NOT HAVE EXCLUDED EVIDENCE OF THE FORMER STATE OF MIND DURING THE TRIAL. HIS APPEARANCE TODAY IS VOLUNTARY AND COMES JUST FOUR DAYS BEFORE HIS FIRST DEBATE WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. ABC NEWS SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY JOINS ME FOR MORE ON THAT. AND WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TO HEAR IN COURT TODAY? WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ATTORNEYS TRY TO CONVINCE A THREE JUDGE PANEL OF THE SECOND U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS THAT DESERVES A NEW TRIAL BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL TRIAL JUDGE MADE MISTAKES IN ALLOWING CERTAIN EVIDENCE BEFORE THE JURY AND EXCLUDING CERTAIN EVIDENCE FROM THE TRIAL. TRUMP'S ATTORNEYS ARE UPSET THAT THE "ACCESS HOLLYWOOD" TAPE ON WHICH TRUMP IS HEARD BOASTING ABOUT GROPING WOMEN WAS ALLOWED TO BE HEARD BY. THE JURY. THEY ALSO SAY THAT THE JUDGE SHOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED TESTIMONY OF. OTHER WOMEN WHO SAY THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DECADES AGO SEXUALLY ABUSED THEM. TRUMP HAS DENIED ALL OF THIS WRONGDOING, BUT THE JURY WAS CONVINCED THAT NOT ONLY DID HE ASSAULT JEAN CARROLL IN THE MID 1990S IN A DEPARTMENT STORE DRESSING ROOM. HE LATER DEFAMED HER WHEN HE DENIED THAT ACCOUNT AND AWARDED HIM AWARDED HER $5 MILLION. >> AND AARON, TODAY, ANOTHER JUDGE IS SET TO DECIDE WHETHER TRUMP WILL BE SENTENCED IN HIS NEW YORK HUSH MONEY CASE, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. AND HE'S BEEN TRYING TO GET THAT CASE MOVED TO FEDERAL COURT TO DELAY HIS SENTENCING. SO WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THAT ONE? YEAH, HE'S TRIED SORTS OF WAYS TO DELAY SENTENCING, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 18TH. YOU REMEMBER DIANE JUST DOWN THE BLOCK, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS CONVICTED AS CHARGED, ALL 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS TO A HUSH PAYMENT TO . ACTRESS STORMY DANIELS AND, HE'S APPEALING THAT OR WANTS TO APPEAL THAT, BUT HE DOESN'T EVEN WANT TO BE SENTENCED BEFORE THE ELECTION. AND HE SAYS THAT THE PROPER THING DO WOULD BE TO PUSH IT OFF UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. IF THE TRIAL JUDGE DOESN'T DO IT IN STATE COURT. HE'S TRYING TO MOVE THE WHOLE CASE INTO FEDERAL COURT JUST TO GUM UP THE WORKS AND GET THE DELAY THAT HE'S SEEKING. SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY. THANKS, AARON. AND WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THIS STORY ALL MORNING. WE WILL BRING YOU THE LATEST FROM THE COURTROOM RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. AND A JUDGE WILL DECIDE WHETHER HUNTER BIDEN GO TO JAIL AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO NINE TAX RELATED CHARGES. THE PRESIDENT'S SON WAS ACCUSED OF DODGING $1.4 MILLION IN TAXES WHILE SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON CARS, CLOTHING, ESCORTS, DRUGS AND LUXURY HOTELS. NOW, THE GUILTY PLEA ALLOWS HIM TO AVOID A LENGTHY AND POTENTIALLY EMBARRASSING TRIAL. ABC'S CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT PIERRE THOMAS HAS THE LATEST. DIANE, GOOD MORNING. HUNTER BIDEN TOOK A SURPRISE AND DRAMATIC MOVE THROWING HIS FATE TO THE MERCY OF THE COURT WITH. >> THE VERY REAL PROSPECT OF YEARS IN PRISON. THE FATE OF JOE BIDEN NOW IN THE HANDS OF A CALIFORNIA FEDERAL JUDGE. PRESIDENT'S TURN IN A DRAMATIC AND SURPRISE MOVE, PLEADING GUILTY TO FELONY TAX CHARGES. WITH NO AGREEMENT FOR LENIENCY FROM FEDERAL PROSECUTORS. HUNTER BIDEN PLEADING GUILTY. NINE TIMES TO THREE FELONIES, INCLUDING TAX EVASION AND SIX MISDEMEANORS. BIDEN HAD BEEN ACCUSED OF ENGAGING IN A SCHEME TO AVOID PAYING $1.4 MILLION IN TAXES WHILE SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON EXOTIC CARS, ESCORTS AND DRUGS. THE STUNNING GUILTY PLEA COULD LAND BIDEN IN PRISON FOR UP TO 17 YEARS AND FORCE HIM TO PAY MORE THAN $1,000,000 IN FINES. >> THIS PLEA PREVENTS THAT KIND SHOW TRIAL THAT WOULD, IF NOT PROVIDED ALL THE FACTS OR SERVE ANY REAL POINT INJUSTICE. >> IN A STATEMENT, HUNTER SAYING, I WILL NOT SUBJECT MY FAMILY TO MORE PAIN, MORE INVASIONS OF PRIVACY AND NEEDLESS EMBARRASSMENT AND. SO I HAVE DECIDED TO PLEAD GUILTY. BUT IN A SURPRISING MOVE COMING ,JUST AS JURY SELECTION WAS ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY. BUT BIDEN, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL, COMPLETELY OFF GUARD, TELLING THE COURT HE WANTED TO ENTER SOMETHING CALLED AN ALFORD PLEA, WHERE HE WOULD PLEAD GUILTY BUT MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE. SPECIAL COUNSEL ATTORNEY LEO WISE PUSHING BACK, SAYING, I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING CRYSTAL CLEAR. THE UNITED STATES OPPOSES ALFORD PLEA, EMPHASIZING BIDEN MAINTAINING HIS INNOCENCE WAS A NONSTARTER. THE WHITE HOUSE YESTERDAY AGAIN REITERATING THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL NOT COMMUNICATE ONE SENTENCE NOR PARDON HIM SOMETHING HE TOLD ABC'S DAVID IN JUNE. >> AS WE SIT HERE IN NORMANDY, YOUR SON HUNTER IS ON TRIAL. AND I KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT ABOUT AN ONGOING FEDERAL PROSECUTION. BUT LET ME ASK YOU, WILL YOU ACCEPT THE JURY'S OUTCOME, THEIR VERDICT, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS? YES. AND HAVE YOU RULED OUT A PARDON FOR YOUR SON? >> YES. WITH THAT, ONE OF THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL DOJ CASES IN RECENT HISTORY, THE PROSECUTION OF A SITTING PRESIDENT SON NEWS. A CLOSE BIDEN WILL BE SENTENCED IN DECEMBER. >> DIANE CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT PIERRE THOMAS, THANK YOU. AND ABC NEWS LEGAL AND AUTHOR OF THE NEW BOOK PARDON POWER HOW THE PARDON SYSTEM WORKS AND WHY KIM WEHLE JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. KIM, I TO GET TO THE PARDON PART, BUT FIRST I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SENTENCING BECAUSE HUNTER BIDEN IS FACING UP TO 17 YEARS IN JAIL. SO HOW LIKELY IS THAT TO HAPPEN? WHAT DO YOU THINK HE COULD GET HERE GIVEN HIS DECISION TO MAKE THIS OPEN PLEA? >> WELL, KEEP IN MIND ALSO, HE HAS THAT OTHER JURY CONVICTION THAT COULD LEAD UP TO 25. >> THEY'LL PROBABLY BE CONCURRENT. BUT I THINK THE FACT THAT HE PLED GUILTY AND HE ADMITTED TO THESE OFFENSES THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY PRIOR CRIMINAL RECORD, THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, ONLY, I THINK, UNDER 2% OF PEOPLE IN HIS TAX BRACKET ARE ACTUALLY AUDITED IN THIS WAY BY THE IRS. >> SO I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT COULD LEAD TO A MUCH LOWER SENTENCE THAN THE MAXIMUM OR EVEN SOME KIND OF PROBATION OR SUPERVISED RELEASE. THE JUDGE WILL HAVE TO APPLY THE FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES AND TAKE ALL THESE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT. BUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING OTHER THAN THIS GUILTY VERDICT PROBABLY POINTS TO LENIENCY HERE. >> NOW, PRESIDENT BIDEN PREVIOUSLY TOLD ABC NEWS THAT HE WOULD NOT PARDON HIS SON. THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY DOUBLED ON THAT YESTERDAY, BUT HE CAN'T ALWAYS CHANGE HIS MIND. >> SO WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS ? A PARDON HERE AND WHAT'S THE LIKELIHOOD HE COULD GET ONE FROM THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION IF VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WINS THE ELECTION? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, AS I SAY IN THE BOOK, THIS WOULD NOT BE THE FIRST TIME THAT A PRESIDENT WOULD CONSIDER A PARDON FOR A FAMILY MEMBER. BILL CLINTON DID IT FOR HIS BROTHER IN LAW, A DONALD PARDONED JARED KUSHNER'S FATHER. SO THERE'S A HISTORY OF THAT. AND FOR THE SAME REASONS, AS I INDICATED, THAT HUNTER BIDEN MIGHT GET SOME HE MIGHT GET BE ON THE TOP OF THE PILE FOR A PARDON MAYBE UNDER A KAMALA HARRIS ADMINISTRATION. >> ALL RIGHT. NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR, KIM WEHLE KIM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> AND PARDON POWER, HOW THE PARDON SYSTEM WORKS AND WHY IS OUT WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD. AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO A GEORGIA COURTROOM WHERE FATHER OF THE SUSPECT IN THE APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING IS APPEARING IN COURT AFTER BEING ARRESTED OVERNIGHT. HE'S FACING FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER, EIGHT COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY BELIEVE HE GAVE THAT AIR STYLE GUN IN THE SHOOTING TO HIS SON. >> LET'S LISTEN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. >> OKAY. SORRY. JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEM IS WORKING AND. ALL RIGHT. SO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS THAT I'M GOING TO ASK, I'M JUST INFORMING YOU HAVE SOME THINGS . YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT. ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN BE USED AGAINST YOU AT FURTHER HEARINGS OR AT A TRIAL ON THE CHARGES THAT YOU'RE FACING FOR THIS HEARING. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE QUESTIONED ABOUT FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCE SURROUNDING YOUR CHARGES. >> YOU ARE CURRENTLY CHARGED WITH AND YOU'LL BE PROVIDED WITH COPIES OF THE WARRANTS IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE THEM. >> YOU'RE CURRENTLY CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FELONY MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE. YOU'RE CHARGED FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. YOU'RE CHARGED WITH EIGHT COUNTS OF FELONY CRUELTY TO CHILDREN IN THE SECOND DEGREE FOR THESE OFFENSES FOR THE FELONY MURDER COUNTS IN THE SECOND DEGREE, FELONY MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE, THE MAXIMUM IMPRISONMENT, THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR EACH COUNT IS TO 30 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR, FELONY, INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER OF COURSE, AGAIN, THERE ARE FOUR COUNTS. THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR FOR EACH OF THOSE OFFENSES IS TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE EIGHT FELONY CRUELTY TO CHILDREN COUNTS THE MAXIMUM PENALTY UNDER THE LAW FOR EACH OF THOSE EIGHT COUNTS IS TEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR A MAXIMUM TOTAL POSSIBLE PENALTY FOR THE CHARGES THAT YOU CURRENTLY ARE FACING OF 180 YEARS IMPRISONMENT. IF HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHARGES, WHICH I ASSUME THAT YOU WILL, THE COURT URGES YOU TO DISCUSS THOSE WITH YOUR ATTORNEY. >> LET ME INQUIRE AS TO WHETHER THERE'S A MOTION FOR BOND IF MR. GRAY IS MOVING FOR BOND AT THIS TIME. >> NO, SIR, NOT AT THIS TIME. >> WE WILL ALLOW ALTERNATE COUNSEL TO MAKE THAT DECISION. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. I ALSO NEED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN INDICTMENT BY GRANGER RE, AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO A PRELIMINARY HEARING UNLESS YOU MAKE BOND OR SUCH A HEARING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC TRIAL BY A JUDGE OR JURY. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONFRONT AND CROSS-EXAMINE ALL WITNESSES. >> YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL WITNESSES ON YOUR OWN BEHALF AND TESTIFY IN YOUR OWN DEFENSE. >> IF YOU SO CHOOSE. >> I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO YOU, MR. GRAY, THAT YOU ARE PRESUMED INNOCENT. YOU REFUSED TO TESTIFY AT ANY POINT OR WILL NOT CANNOT BE USED AGAINST YOU IN DETERMINING WHETHER YOU'RE GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY. I MENTIONED THE FIRST APPEARANCE HEARING A MOMENT AGO THAT IS BEING SET FOR YOU FOR DECEMBER 4TH. 2024 AT 8:30 A.M.. CURRENTLY, THAT'S SET TO TAKE PLACE IN THE MAGISTRATE COURT OF BARROW COUNTY. IT COULD BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT IS THE DATE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. IN FACT, COUNSEL, COULD YOU APPROACH PLEASE? I HAVE HAVE THIS SCRATCHES OUT THIS DOCUMENT THAT DISCUSSES BOND AND GIVES THE DATE A PRELIMINARY PRELIMINARY HEARING. AND I GUESS I COULD SIGN THAT. AND THEN THE WARRANTS WARRANT AGAINST THAT. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO SIGN IT RIGHT THERE, BECAUSE HE IS GIVING ME A COPY TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE HIM HIS. >> YES, PLEASE. AND THE PAGE TO COMPLETE. AND ARE THESE HIS COPIES OF THE WARRANT, THOSE ARE PROVIDED AND THEY SAY SERVICE COPIES OF THEM. >> SO I ASSUME THAT THEY'RE FOR HIM. SERGEANT BRISCOE YOU CONCUR WITH THAT SET WITH THOSE COPIES OF FOR FOR THE DETENTION CENTER? SO HE'S GOT HIS OWN COPIES OR HE'LL HAVE THE PROVIDED AUTHORIZED THE DETENTION CENTER WANTS TO HOLD TO THOSE. ALL RIGHT. LET ME THANK YOU, MR. GRAVES, FOR CERTAINLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE PRESENCE OF OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, MR. BRAD SMITH, AND HE'S ASSISTED BY HIS CHIEF ASSISTANT, PATRICIA BROOKS. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, COUNSEL, THAT THE COURT NEEDS TO ADDRESS THAT I NEGLECTED TO ADDRESS NOW? >> NO, SIR, NOT AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT I DO WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO ARE IN THE GALLERY WHO HAVE AN INTEREST AND WHO HAVE APPEARED. I APPRECIATE THE DECORUM THAT'S BEEN MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THESE THIS PROCEEDING OR BOTH OF THESE TODAY. >> AND WITH THAT, THIS MATTER IS ADJOURNED. THE ATTORNEY WHO'S HOUSTON, JAMES ROGERS, LATER TODAY, HE'LL COME IN. SO YOU'VE PROBABLY THE FIRST PART OF THE SENTENCE THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT, COLIN GRAY FACING FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND EIGHT COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN FOR THE SHOOTING SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN EXECUTED BY HIS SON AT APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL IN GEORGIA YESTERDAY. >> SOURCES SAY INVESTIGATORS HE GAVE HIS SON THAT AR 15 USED IN THE SHOOTING AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT. AND THIS WAS AFTER AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE FBI WHERE THE FBI SUSPECTED HIS SON HAD POSTED A THREAT ABOUT A SCHOOL SHOOTING. AND COLIN GRAY HAD ASSURED THE FBI HIS SON HAD NO UNSUPERVISED ACCESS TO GUNS. HE IS NOW FACING SEVERAL FELONY CHARGES. THE JUDGE LAID OUT NOT ONLY THOSE CHARGES, BUT THE MAXIMUM POTENTIAL PENALTIES IF HE'S CONVICTED OF THEM, SAYING THAT HE COULD FACE UP TO 180 YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT HERE. WE, OF COURSE, WILL BE WATCHING THIS CASE CLOSELY. AND THIS COMES AFTER WE SAW THE SUSPECT HIMSELF, THAT 14 YEAR OLD APPEAR IN COURT. ALSO MOMENTS AGO, WHERE THE JUDGE LAID OUT HIS RIGHTS TO HIM AND ALSO TO HIM, THE CHARGES HE IS FACING AND THE MAX PENALTY HE COULD FACE LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE IF CONVICTED. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON. >> THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF. THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE CONTINUE FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. 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YEAH DIANE WELL, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, SHE IS HUNKERED DOWN HERE IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH IN A HOTEL ROOM WITH HER TOP AIDES. SHE'S TAKING THIS DEBATE PREPARATION VERY SERIOUSLY. TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT. THIS WILL BE DONALD TRUMP'S SEVENTH GENERAL ELECTION PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. THIS WILL BE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS' FIRST. THEY'VE NEVER SPOKEN TO EACH OTHER BEFORE. AND DONALD AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN IN THE SAME ROOM TOGETHER. I'M TOLD THAT HARRIS HAS ALREADY DONE A FEW MOCK DEBATES, THAT SHE IS FOCUSING ON HOW TO DONALD TRUMP AND GET UNDER HIS SKIN WHILE KEEPING HER CALM. BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT HARRIS IS COMING INTO THIS DEBATE WITH ALL THE MOMENTUM BEHIND HER. HER CAMPAIGN SAYS THAT THEY'VE RAISED $61 MILLION IN AUGUST. DIANE, THAT IS NEARLY TRIPLE THE AMOUNT THAT TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN RAISED. IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD. AND HER CAMPAIGN IS ALSO TOUTING THE GRASSROOTS SUPPORT, SAYING THAT 1.3 MILLION DONORS MADE THEIR FIRST DONATIONS THIS CYCLE. 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THE STREETS OF HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA, OVERNIGHT. A CESSNA SKYHAWK WAS IN PIECES AND ON FIRE WHEN L.A. COUNTY FIRE CREWS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AS TWO PEOPLE INJURED WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THANKFULLY, ONE ELSE WAS HURT. THE HIP HOP WORLD MOURNING THE DEATH OF RAPPER RICH HOMIE QUAN. THE ATLANTA ARTIST WHOSE LEGAL NAME IS THE QUANT AS DEVONTE LAMAR GAINED FAME FOR HIS TRAP GENRE LIKE TYPE OF WAY AND FLEX. THE FULTON COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. THE RAPPER DIED AT AN ATLANTA HOSPITAL. DETAILS ON CAUSE OF DEATH ARE NOT YET KNOWN, BUT AN AUTOPSY SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. RICH HOMIE QUAN WAS 34. RED LOBSTER IS EMERGING FROM BANKRUPTCY. A JUDGE HAS APPROVED A RESTRUCTURING PLAN THAT ALLOWS THE RESTAURANT CHAIN TO KEEP ALL ITS CURRENT LOCATIONS OPEN, MEANING 30,000 EMPLOYEES CAN KEEP THEIR JOBS. >> AND THE MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN ACCUSED OF HITTING HER POLICE OFFICER BOYFRIEND WITH HER SUV LEAVING HIM TO DIE IS GIVING HER FIRST FULL SIT DOWN INTERVIEW SINCE HER CASE ENDED IN A MISTRIAL. KAREN REED SPOKE WITH ABC NEWS CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN ABOUT THE CASE ONE WEEK BEFORE HER NEW TRIAL IS SET TO BEGIN THE HIGH PROFILE MURDER TRIAL CAPTIVATING MILLIONS AND DIVIDING A TIGHT KNIT MASSACHUSETTS SUBURB. >> YESTERDAY AND NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME, KAREN REED ACCUSED OF KILLING HER BOSTON POLICE OFFICER BOYFRIEND, GIVING HER FULL VERSION OF EVENTS THAT NIGHT. >> WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU WERE ANGRY WITH JOHN THAT NIGHT? YES. >> COULD YOU HAVE BEEN ANGRY ENOUGH? AND DRUNK BECAUSE HE HAD ANNOYED YOU WITH IT IN A FIT OF RAGE IS BACKED UP. NEVER TRIED TO TAP HIM, NOT TO TRY TO KILL HIM, BUT TRIED TO TAP HIM WITH MY £6,000 FULL SIZE SUV. >> HIT JOHN'S BODY WITH MY CAR? NO. THE SENSATIONAL MURDER CASE ENDING IN A MISTRIAL THIS SUMMER AFTER THE JURY WAS DEADLOCKED. PROSECUTORS ACCUSING THEN ONE-YEAR-OLD REED OF HITTING HER BOYFRIEND. POLICE OFFICER O'KEEFE, WITH HER SUV IN 2022 AFTER A NIGHT OF DRINKING AND THEN LEAVING HIM TO DIE IN THE SNOW. IT ALL STARTED ON A FRIDAY NIGHT IN JANUARY 2022. REED AND O'KEEFE DRINKING WITH THEIR FRIENDS AT A LOCAL BAR. LATER THAT NIGHT, REED SAYS SHE LAST SAW AFTER DROPPING HIM OFF AT AN AFTERPARTY AT A HOME ON FAIRVIEW BEFORE GOING HOME TO SLEEP. SHE SAYS SHE AWOKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND HE WASN'T HOME. >> I CALLED A FEW OF BUDDIES, THEIR WIVES. NOW I. I HAVE AN IMMENSE SENSE OF DREAD THAT LIKE A FRIGHT IN ME THAT I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED BEFORE. >> DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE HIM LYING ON THE STREET DRUNK YET OR PASSED OUT? I WAS WORRIED HE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN HIT BY A PLOW. >> REED MEETS UP WITH SOME OF JOHN'S FRIENDS AND THEY ALL TO THE HOUSE WHERE THE AFTER PARTY WAS. AND THEN SHE SPOTS HIM IN THE SNOW. >> HIS EYES WERE SHUT AND HE HAD SPOTS OF BLOOD IN DIFFERENT AREAS ON HIS FACE. AND HE WAS STILL NOT STIFF, BUT -- BUT STILL IT WAS COLD. JOHN O'KEEFE IS SOON DECLARED DEAD, BUT THE INVESTIGATION IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE. INVESTIGATORS FINDING OF A TAIL LIGHT, THEY SAY, IS FROM REED'S CAR AT THE CRIME. >> I WAS TALKING TO MY BEST FRIEND ON THE PHONE AND I SAID, THERE'S A LOT COPS CIRCLING. >> AND I SAID, I THINK I'M GOING TO GET ARRESTED. WAS LATER CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND PLEADED NOT GUILTY. ABC NEWS GRANTED EXCLUSIVE ACCESS BEHIND THE SCENES AS REED PREPARED FOR HER TRIAL. >> HIDING OUT LIKE THIS YOU JUST WATCH THE WORLD PASS YOU BY AND YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS, PUN INTENDED. AND YOU KNOW IT COULD ALL END. >> I COULD BE CONVICTED IN THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE TRIAL. REACH DEFENSE TEAM ARGUING IN HEARINGS FILINGS. A STUNNING NEW THEORY THAT THE INJURIES OF JOHN O'KEEFE'S BODY WERE NOT CONSISTENT WITH HIM BEING HIT BY A CAR. >> THEY CLAIMED SHE WAS FRAMED. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN HOUSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH AND WHO MURDERED . >> AND THERE ARE OTHERS IN THE HOUSE WHO ARE COVERING UP THAT MURDER. THE PROSECUTION INSISTING THAT NO ONE AT THE PARTY HAD ANYTHING TO DO. O'KEEFE'S DEATH, SAYING HE NEVER EVEN ENTERED THE FAIRVIEW ROAD AND THEY DENIED THAT REED WAS BEING FRAMED. >> ALL EYES WILL BE ON THIS COURTHOUSE IN THE TRIAL SOON DRAWING NATIONAL ATTENTION. >> AND AFTER 29 DAYS, DEADLOCK THE JURY AND DECLARING A MISTRIAL IN THIS CASE, FAMILY AND FRIENDS, REMEMBERING JOHN, THE SON WHO ALWAYS DREAMED OF BEING A POLICE OFFICER. >> HE WAS LOST IN THIS WHOLE CIRCUS. AND I THINK NONE OF US WANT HIM TO BE LOST. SO I THINK WE WERE ALL WAITING FOR THAT IT TO BE FINALLY OVER SO WE CAN FINALLY GRIEVE. >> I MEAN, THAT COULD BE ANOTHER 18 MONTHS. IT COULD BE ANOTHER FIVE YEARS. AND WE'RE GOING BE THERE. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND DIANE, KAREN REED'S LEGAL TROUBLES ARE SET TO CONTINUE THAT RETRIAL FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER SET FOR JANUARY AND JUST THIS PAST MONTH, WHICH IS WHAT JOHN O'KEEFE'S FAMILY MEMBERS WERE REFERRING TO IN THE PIECE. HIS FAMILY FILING A WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT. THEY TOLD ME THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO STOP FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE FOR JOHN. AS FOR KAREN REED'S TEAM, THEY ALSO PLAN TO FIGHT ON SAYING THERE'S NO QUIT IN THEM. DIANE? >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN. THANK YOU. AND FOR MORE OF MY INTERVIEW WITH KAREN REED, TUNE IN TO 2020, WHICH AIRS TONIGHT, 9 P.M. EIGHT CENTRAL ON ABC AND STREAMING ON HULU. >> AND THE NEVADA JUDGE ATTACKED BY A DEFENDANT IN HER OWN COURTROOM, IS OPENING UP ABOUT THE INCIDENT. JUDGE MARY KAY HOLT THIS TOOK THE STAND TO TESTIFY IN DOVER REDDING'S TRIAL. SHE SAYS SHE WAS KNOCKED OUT OF HER SHOES AND DIDN'T THINK SHE'D MAKE IT OUT OF THAT ROOM . >> ABC STEPHANIE RAMOS HAS MORE. 30 ONE YEAR OLD DIABLO REDDEN, THE MAN SEEN IN THIS VIDEO LEAPING OVER JUDICIAL BENCH ACCUSED OF ATTACKING DISTRICT COURT JUDGE MARY KAY HOLT. THIS IN LAS VEGAS WAS BACK IN COURT THURSDAY. RETTON IS ACCUSED ATTACKING HER OFFICE WHILE SHE WAS SENTENCING HIM FOR ATTEMPTED BATTERY CHARGES IN JANUARY AS SHE WAS PREPARING TO HAND DOWN A SENTENCE WRITTEN LAUNCHED TOWARD HER. THE JUDGE RECALLING THOSE TERRIFYING MOMENTS AS SHE TESTIFIED AGAINST HIM. >> I SMASHED INTO THE WALL. HE WAS ON ME. >> AND THEN I WAS BEING PULLED DOWN. I CLOSED MY EYES. I WAS TRYING TO PROTECT MY FACE AND MY HEAD. >> HOLD THIS. RECALLING BEING HIT SO HARD, SHE WAS KNOCKED OUT OF HER SHOES. >> THE LEVEL OF FORCE HE USED THE ENTIRE TIME WAS SUPERHUMAN . >> IT TOOK FOUR MEN, INCLUDING HOLT, THIS LAW CLERK, TO GET REDDEN OFF OF HER. >> IT WAS SCARY. >> I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO GET OUT OF THERE. REDDING'S DEFENSE TEAM AND FAMILY SAY HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA. BUT THE DAY OF THE ATTACK, THE JUDGE SAYS SHE DIDN'T NOTICE. >> ANY SIGNS OF MENTAL DISTRESS. IT HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED MURDER, BUT CLAIMING HE IS MENTALLY ILL. HE IS SET TO BE SENTENCED ON NOVEMBER 7TH. DIANE STEPHANIE RAMOS, THANK YOU. >> AND THE FBI SAYS AGENTS ARE NOW INVESTIGATING THE INNER OF NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY RAIDED HOMES OF TWO OF HIS TOP DEPUTIES AND SUBPOENAED THE CELL PHONES OF HIGH RANKING NYPD OFFICIALS. ABC'S SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY HAS MORE. >> THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK INSISTS AND HIS ADMINISTRATION ARE CLEAN AND COOPERATING. >> I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY MISDOINGS. AND I'M GOING TO, AGAIN, FOLLOW THE RULES. >> THE MAYOR SAYS HE CAN'T FATHOM WHY. BUT SOURCES TELL NEWS FEDERAL PROSECUTORS AND THE FBI HAVE OPENED NEW INVESTIGATIONS FOCUSED ON CITY HALL AND THE NYPD, INCLUDING MANY OF THE ADMINISTRATION SENIOR LEADERS. INVESTIGATORS HAVE SEIZED THE PHONES OF POLICE COMMISSIONER EDWARD CABAN AND AT LEAST A HALF DOZEN OTHER TOP NYPD OFFICIALS. AND IN PRE-DAWN RAIDS, THEY SEARCHED THE HOMES OF TWO DEPUTY MAYORS, THE SCHOOL'S CHANCELLOR. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AND THE MAYOR SAYS HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS NOTHING TO HIDE. >> WE'RE GOING TO COMPLY WITH WHATEVER RULES AND WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION IS NEEDED. >> WE'RE GOING TO TURN OVER THAT INFORMATION. FOR MOST HIS THREE YEARS IN OFFICE, ADAMS AND HIS CAMPAIGN HAVE FACED SCRUTINY OVER WHETHER THEY TOOK ILLEGAL FOREIGN MONEY. THE FBI SEIZED HIS PHONES LAST . SOURCES SAY THE NEW INVESTIGATIONS ARE SEPARATE. CITY SAYS THERE'S NO INDICATION THE MAYOR HIMSELF IS A TARGET OF ANY INVESTIGATION. AARON KATERSKY THANK YOU. AND A NEW STUDY SHOWS THE FDA IS BEHIND ON CRITICAL INSPECTIONS OF FACTORIES FOR MAKING EVERYTHING FROM ANTIBIOTICS TO CANCER THERAPIES . THE PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN STEMS FROM THE COVID 19 PANDEMICS EFFECT ON THE US DRUG SUPPLY. ABC'S ANDREA FUJII HAS MORE. >> A NEW STUDY SOUNDING THE ALARM DRUG SAFETY. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOUND SINCE THE PANDEMIC NEARLY 2000 DRUG MANUFACTURING FACILITIES ARE OVERDUE FOR FDA INSPECTIONS. THE AGENCY ALREADY UNDER SCRUTINY FROM CONGRESS. >> IT IS PAST TIME THE FDA ADDRESSES THESE. >> PEOPLE'S LIVES DEPEND ON IT. THE PLANTS OVERDUE FOR INSPECTION ACCOUNT FOR 42% OF THE FACILITY'S REGISTERED. MOST ARE IN THE U.S., BUT MORE THAN 300 ARE IN INDIA AND CHINA, WHICH MAKE UP THE LARGEST OF DRUG INGREDIENTS USED IN LOW COST PRESCRIPTIONS. >> THE FAILURE OF THE FDA IS OFFICE OF PHARMACEUTICAL QUALITY. >> TO GO OUT AND INSPECT THESE ESTABLISHMENTS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN. >> CONCERNS THAT CAN HAVE DEADLY EFFECTS. LAST YEAR FOUR AMERICANS DIED AND A DOZEN MORE WERE BLINDED FROM TAINTED EYE DROPS MADE IN A FACTORY IN INDIA. SO WHY IS THE FDA BEHIND? DURING COVID, IT STOPPED ALL BUT THE MOST CRITICAL INSPECTIONS. >> NOW IT'S TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH FAR FEWER EMPLOYEES. MORE THAN 200 INSPECTION JOBS ARE CURRENTLY UNFILLED. FORMER EMPLOYEES LEFT FOR HIGHER PAYING JOBS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. >> WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. AS LONG AS THE MARKETPLACE IS WORKING THE WAY IT IS. >> ANDREA FUJII, THANK YOU. COMING UP, CELL PHONES AND STUDENTS. WHY PARENTS SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE SMARTPHONES BANNED FROM SCHOOLS. 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ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED, OVERNIGHT CLASHING OVER NATIONAL SECURITY. >> WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? >> TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN CATCHING. >> UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. ALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT AMERICAN THIS MORNING. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS FIVE. >> IT'S LUNCHTIME IN AMERICA. SO WHAT ARE SERVING UP? >> WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR HEALTH, YOUR MONEY. BREAKING NEWS, POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS AND, OF COURSE, FOOD. >> COMING UP ON "GMA3". YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE'LL SEE YOU, MAN THREE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR JAMMING IN THE AFTERNOON. SO. JOYNER AFTERNOON AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. >> THREE TO. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR A SEVEN STATES NOW HAVE SOME KIND OF BAN CELL PHONES IN SCHOOLS AND MANY PARENTS SAY THEY ACTUALLY AREN'T ABOUT THE GROWING MOVEMENT DESPITE TEACHERS SAYING THEY ARE SEEING POSITIVE RESULTS. >> ABC'S DEBORAH ROBERTS HAS MORE ON THIS GROWING DEBATE. MANY KIDS ARE HEADING BACK TO THEIR CLASSROOM THIS YEAR WITH A NEW RULE. LEAVE YOUR CELL PHONE BEHIND. >> THIS IS REALLY THRILLING THAT STATES AND SCHOOLS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND INDEED ALL OVER THE WORLD THIS YEAR ARE SAYING ENOUGH FOR STUDENTS. >> IT'S AN ADJUSTMENT TO A NEW REALITY. >> HOW IS THIS WORKING FROM WHAT YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING? YOU HAVE TO THINK BACK LIKE WHEN YOU AND I WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL. IMAGINE YOU'RE IN NINTH GRADE AND THEY SAID YOU CAN BRING IN YOUR TELEVISION, YOU CAN BRING IN YOUR TIVO OR YOUR VCR, YOU CAN BRING IN YOUR WALKIE TALKIE AS A PAINT BY WHATEVER YOU WANT. BRING IT IN. HAVE IT ON YOUR DESK WHILE THE TEACHER IS TALKING. HOW DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD HAVE GONE? >> NOT VERY WELL. BUT IF YOU HAVE A SMART PHONE IN YOUR POCKET, THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE. >> SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND AUTHOR OF THE ANXIOUS GENERATION JONATHAN HITE HAS LONG ARGUED THAT SMARTPHONES ARE STEALING KIDS CHILDHOODS. ENCOURAGED BY THE NEW ACTIONS IN SCHOOLS, HE SAYS THEY'RE SEEING IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON STUDENTS. >> I HAVE NEVER A SCHOOL THAT SAID WE WENT PHONE FREE AND BOY, WAS THAT TERRIBLE. WE HAD TO REVERSE IT. WE LAUGHTER IN THE HALLWAYS. WE HAVEN'T HEARD THIS MUCH LAUGHTER IN THE HALLWAYS IN TEN YEARS. >> HEIGHT WARNS THAT RESEARCH SHOWS THE MENTAL TOLL CELL PHONES ARE HAVING ON KIDS WHO BECOME CONSUMED CONTENT OFTEN FEELING INSECURE ABOUT THEIR OWN LIVES AND GROWING DISTRACTED DURING SCHOOL. >> THE PHONE IS ALWAYS MORE INTERESTING THAN EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON AROUND YOU. THAT'S WHY OUR KIDS ARE GETTING HOOKED. >> BUT WITH SCHOOLS TAKING A TOUGHER APPROACH TO PROTECT STUDENTS. OF THEIR PARENTS AREN'T BUYING IN. LIKE LARRY MCEWAN, A FATHER OF FIVE WHOSE 13-YEAR-OLD TWINS ATTEND ALICE DIEHL SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON, D.C.. >> WHAT'S YOUR YOUR OVERALL FEELING ABOUT THE BAN ON PHONES AT YOUR KID'S SCHOOL? >> THEY SHOULD JUST LET THE KIDS HAVE IT AND JUST TRY TO HAVE THE PARENTS LIKE LIKE MYSELF DICTATE TO THE KIDS PLEASE STAY OFF YOUR PHONE WHEN YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON YOUR PHONE. >> HE SAYS HIS KIDS NEED THEIR PHONES FOR SCHOOLWORK DURING CLASS AND HE WORRIES ABOUT THEIR SAFETY. THE TWINS WERE IN A SCHOOL LOCKDOWN LAST YEAR AND HE COULDN'T REACH THEM. >> NO ONE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON. HE'S NOT ALONE. MARYLAND MOM JANINA GREEN WANTS HER DAUGHTERS TO BE ABLE TO REACH HER IF SOMETHING FRIGHTENING HAPPENS. >> I THINK THE KIDS SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR PHONES AT ALL TIMES. >> SHE COMMUNICATES FREQUENTLY WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE DAY, INCLUDING TO COORDINATE SCHEDULES TO KEEP GOING TO THE SCHOOL AND DON'T BE QUICKLY OVERLOADED WITH MORE IF YOU HAVE TO FOR EVERYTHING. >> SHE ARGUES IT'S THE TEACHER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO POLICE THE CLASSROOM. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY DON'T WANT THEM USE IT TO DISRUPT CLASS. BUT TO ME, KIDS KIND OF HAVE TO LEARN SELF-CONTROL BECAUSE AS ADULTS AND THEY NEED SELF-CONTROL. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO TAKE OUT THEIR PHONE, WHEN IT'S NOT. >> WHAT ABOUT THE PARENTS WHO WILL SAY, WE WORRY ABOUT EMERGENCIES? WE WANT OUR KIDS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE. >> HEAVEN FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENS DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY. I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT FEAR. >> I'VE GOT A 14 YEAR OLD AND AN 18-YEAR-OLD. BUT DO THE EXPERTS SAY. OUR KIDS HAVE BEEN PRACTICING WHAT TO DO IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCE SINCE. >> IMAGINE YOU SEND YOUR KID TO ONE SCHOOL WHERE EVERYONE HAS A PHONE ON THEM. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE FIRST SIGN OF ANY TROUBLE? HALF THE CLASS IS GOING TO BE CALLING THEIR PARENTS SAYING, MOM, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON. >> THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON. AND NOW YOU CAN'T RESPOND. THIS IS NOT SAFE. WHAT WANT IS A SCHOOL WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY. >> THAT'S THE BEST OUTCOME FOR YOUR KIDS. >> IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT AFTER A TRAGEDY LIKE THE ONE WE SAW THIS WEEK, THE PARENTS ARE JITTERY ABOUT NOT BEING IN TOUCH WITH THEIR CHILDREN, WHICH HAS LED SOME SCHOOLS TO HAVE DIFFERENT APPROACHES ABOUT HOW LIMIT PHONES. BUT EXPERTS LIKE HITE CAUTION THAT IT'S DIFFICULT KIDS TO HAVE THEIR PHONES ON THEM AND NOT BE DISTRACTED BY NOTIFICATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT HOW INTENSE THOSE NOTIFICATIONS ARE IN NEXT REPORT. AND OF COURSE, HITE OFFERS MORE INFO AND RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND FAMILIES ONLINE, AN ANXIOUS GENERATION. COM. DIANE. ALL RIGHT, DEBORAH ROBERTS, THANK YOU. AND IT'S TIME NOW FOR OUR WEEKLY SEGMENT, BUT TELL IT LIKE IT IS WHERE ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL SHARES HEALTH ADVICE ON THE TOPICS THAT MATTER MOST TO YOU. AND TODAY, DR. PATEL IS HERE TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS. SO, DR. PATEL, LET'S START THINGS OFF WITH MIKE PHOENIX. >> MIKE ASKS, DOES TAKING CREATINE HELP WITH MUSCLE RECOVERY? >> I'M GLAD THAT SOMEONE'S ASKING THIS QUESTION. IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE DOING STRENGTH TRAINING, WHICH IS GREAT FOR YOUR BODY. THE SHORT ANSWER IS THERE IS MIXED STUDIES ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT CREATINE ACTUALLY HELPS WITH MUSCLE RECOVERY. NOW, CREATINE TO BACK IT UP, NO BIOCHEMISTRY LECTURE HERE HELPS WITH THE RATIO OF ATP TO ATP. GO A COUPLE OF LINES DOWN THE PATHWAY. MITOCHONDRIA THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL. WE MORE CELLULAR ENERGY. SO THERE IS SOME DATA TO SUGGEST THAT TAKING CREATINE CAN HELP WITH ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE. BUT DAN, WHEN IT COMES TO MUSCLE RECOVERY, STICK WITH, WHAT WORKS? HYDRATION AND NUTRITIOUS SNACK AND SOME AND MAKING SURE YOU'RE GETTING ADEQUATE SLEEP THAT'S THE BEST FOR YOUR MUSCLES. AND A REMINDER CREATINE SUPPLEMENTS ARE NOT TIGHTLY REGULATED BY THE FDA. THEY MAY CAUSE SIDE EFFECTS. >> IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED FOR ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. AND ALEX, NEW YORK CITY WRITES, CAN PEOPLE GET MPOX AFTER GETTING VACCINATED? WHAT ABOUT THE STRAIN IN AFRICA? IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING AND HEADLINES NOW. IMPORTANT REMINDER THAT NO IS 100% EFFECTIVE. THE MPOX VACCINE GENIUS, ACCORDING TO TWO STUDIES, IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 70 TO 90% EFFECTIVE. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT IT CAN SEVERE ILLNESS IF SOMEONE DOES CATCH IT AFTER THEY'RE FULLY VACCINATED. NOW, THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE GOING OUT THERE AND TALKING ABOUT GETTING THE VACCINE ARE THOSE WHO MAY HAVE EXPOSURE TO OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE MPOX. COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS OR GROUPS OF MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN WHO MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE PARTNER OR A RECENT OF AN STD. NOW, REGARDING THE STRAINS, CLADE TWO IS WHAT IS PRESENT RIGHT NOW. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE TALK ABOUT THE RESEARCH CLADE ONE. THAT STRAIN OF MPOX IS WHAT IS CAUSING THE OUTBREAK IN AFRICA, AND UNPUBLISHED STUDIES DO SUGGEST THE VACCINE WORKS OVER THERE. BUT GUESS WHAT? WE HAVE NO CASES OF CLADE ONE HERE. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE SPREADS AWARENESS AND KNOWS WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD GO SEE A DOCTOR ABOUT A POTENTIAL MPOX EXPOSURE OR ANY RASH. >> AND BETH FROM NEW JERSEY SAYS, OKAY, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO SHOWER WITH MY CONTACTS IN, BUT THEN HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO SEE IN THE SHOWER? >> THAT'S A GOOD. >> YEAH. BET GETS TWO STARS FOR NUMBER ONE, KNOWING WE SHOULD NOT GET OUR CONTACTS SUBMERGED WITH NON STERILIZED WATER. AND ALSO BECAUSE THIS IS LIKE A QUESTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE AND NO ONE KNOWS TO ASK. SO IF YOU ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND YOU'RE TAKING SHOWER, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU PUT SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE. SO CONSIDER THINGS LIKE HIGH CONTRAST OBJECTS IN YOUR SHOWER, POTENTIALLY PUTTING AN S OR A C ON THE SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER SOAP ON A ROPE IS AN INTERESTING TRICK I RECENTLY LEARNED ABOUT. YOU CAN THINK ABOUT GETTING BARS INSTALLED A MAT AND PROPER LIGHTING. NOW, AS BETTE KNOWS, BUT HOPEFULLY EVERYONE ELSE WILL SOON KNOW CONTACTS SHOULD NOT BE IN CONTACT WITH UNSTERILIZED WATER. THAT COULD BE A POOL, A SHOWER OR A LAKE, BECAUSE ANY CONTAMINANTS IN THAT WATER CAN ABSOLUTELY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO YOUR EYES. THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING FOR SWIMMERS OUT THERE. YOU CAN DO THAT PRESCRIPTION GOGGLES. AND HEY, I GUESS GOGGLES WORK ALSO IN THE SHOWER, BUT THAT'S NOT VERY REALISTIC. >> ALL RIGHT, DR. ALOK PATEL, I WANT TO SEE THOSE GOGGLES. I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE AN INVENTION THERE COMING DR. PATEL. MAYBE YOU. AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR DR. PATEL OR MAYBE SOME INVENTION SUGGESTIONS, LEAVE THEM A MESSAGE ON OUR INSTAGRAM FEED. HE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT HERE ON FRIDAY. >> COMING UP, BACK TO SCHOOL SEASON HERE. SO HOW DO YOU GET YOUR KIDS BACK TO A DECENT SLEEP SCHEDULE? SUE JACOBS SAGARA, A.K.A. AT THAT SLEEP DOC IS HERE WITH SOME TIPS ON HOW TO SET YOUR KIDS UP FOR SLEEP. SUCCESS AFTER SUMMER. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR IN ROLLING FORK. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. >> NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE AND LET'S GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER, THE STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU'RE STREAMING, ABC, THINGS LIKE ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> IT'S LUNCHTIME IN AMERICA. SO WHAT DO WE SERVE ABOUT? >> WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR HOW YOUR MONEY BREAKING NEWS, POP CULTURE, THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS AND OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD. THAT'S COMING UP ON "GMA3". YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE'LL SEE YOU THERE, YOU THREE. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW A THIRD HOUR JAMMING IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOINING AFTERNOON FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. >> HAVE LET'S GO. THIS SHIP IS INCREDIBLE. IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE. WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE, RIGHT? LOOK AT THAT. OH, MY GOSH. WOW. THAT HIGH. WE ARE HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN. HAMMER, HAMMER, HAMMER. IT DOESN'T GET ANY MORE CUTTING EDGE. AND THIS WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION IT'S THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL MOMENT OF THIS CAMPAIGN NOW, KAMALA HARRIS, DONALD TRUMP FACE TO FACE, THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE MODERATED BY DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE ON ABC AND STREAMING ON HULU AND DISNEY REPORTING FROM THE AFTERMATH OF THOSE DEADLY STORMS IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON. I'M MIREYA VILLARREAL. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE LIVE STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE AND I'LL WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR US. IT IS TIME FOR MASENO METHODS WHERE I SHOW SOME OF MY FAVORITE HACKS TO MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER. BUT TODAY I HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST JOINING ME FOR HIS TIPS ON GETTING YOUR KIDS BACK ON A SLEEP SCHEDULE AFTER SUMMER BREAK. PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF, THE DUKE PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGIST SLEEP MEDICINE PROGRAM DR. SUE JACOBS, SAGGAR AT THAT SLEEP DOC IS JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS DR. KONTAGORA. >> SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON. I ALWAYS LOVE WHEN WE GET TO CHAT LIKE THIS. >> ABSOLUTELY. SAME HERE. SO TALK ME THROUGH THIS BECAUSE SUMMER LATE SUNSETS, THAT USUALLY MEANS LATER BEDTIMES LATER WAKEUP TIMES, KIDS. BUT THAT CAN BE REALLY TOUGH WHEN SCHOOL STARTS BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS FALL ASLEEP EARLY ENOUGH TO GET ENOUGH SLEEP BEFORE YOU NEED TO THEM UP FOR SCHOOL. >> AND THEN THIS IS THE KICKER. THE LITTLE ONES MIGHT BE OVERTIRED THE NEXT NIGHT, WHICH ALSO MAKES IT HARD FOR THEM TO FALL ASLEEP. SO WHAT ARE YOUR TIPS TO UNDO THIS? BECAUSE THIS CAN TURN INTO A BAD YES, ABSOLUTELY. SCHOOL START TIMES. IT'S TOUGH. WHAT WE'RE ASKING KIDS TO DO IS MOVE THEIR CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. EARLIER BECAUSE DURING THE SUMMERTIME IT'S VERY EASY TO DELAY THAT CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. >> AND THERE ARE SOME TIPS TO GET YOUR KID BACK ON TRACK. FIRST OF ALL, LIGHT EXPOSURE IS REALLY THE KEY WHEN IT COMES TO TIMING OF LIGHT. >> SO GETTING LESS LIGHT AT NIGHTTIME FOR 30 MINUTES, PART OF BED BE GETTING PLENTY OF BRIGHT LIGHTS IN THE MORNING CAN BE VERY HELPFUL. YOU WANT TO MOVE SCHEDULE SLOWLY IF YOU HAVE THE TIME. SO 10 TO 15 MINUTES A DAY, MOVE UP THEIR BEDTIME AND THEIR WAKE UP TIME. >> IT'S GREAT IF YOU CAN TIME THEIR MEALS EARLIER AS WELL. THAT ACTUALLY THAT'S HELPED SET THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THE SCHEDULE STAYS THE SAME. WEEKDAYS AND WEEKENDS. THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO KEEPING ON TRACK. >> OKAY. WHAT ABOUT TEENS? BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. PLUS, THEY ALSO USUALLY HAVE DELAYED CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS. THEY ARE NATURAL NIGHT OWLS AND MANY OF THEM HAVE EVEN EARLIER WAKE UP TIMES A LITTLE ONE. >> SO HOW DO YOU HELP THEM GIVEN THAT MISMATCH? NOW SCHOOLS INCREDIBLY EARLY, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE. YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS FOR HIGH SCHOOL TO START 830 OR LATER, BUT THAT'S NOT THE REALITY IN SOME SITUATIONS, DEPENDING ON HOW DELAYED THE TEEN IS. THIS IS WHERE MELATONIN MAY PLAY A ROLE. OF COURSE, TO YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, BUT LOW DOSE OF MELATONIN, 2 TO 6 HOURS PRIOR TO THE CURRENT SLEEP ONSET TIME TO ACTUALLY HELP ADVANCE THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. NOW, IN SUPER DELAYED CASES WHERE CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BED LIKE FOUR OR FIVE IN THE MORNING, WAKING UP IN THE AFTERNOON AND NOW THEY HAVE TO ADVANCE BY LIKE SIX OR 7 HOURS. THERE'S A THERAPY, CHRONO THERAPY. >> AND THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING IN WHICH YOU DELAY YOUR BEDTIME 2 HOURS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT AND THEN SLEEP IN AS LONG AS YOU WANT. AND DOING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU, GETTING LOTS OF LIGHT PRIOR TO BEDTIME AND KEEPING THINGS DIM IN THE MORNING. >> AND WHAT YOU DO IS YOU ESSENTIALLY PUSH BACK 2 HOURS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT UNTIL YOU'VE DELAYED AROUND THE ENTIRE CLOCK AND THEN THEY'RE LINED BACK UP AGAIN. SO YOU PUSH A BEDTIME. SO LATE THAT THEY'VE REACHED A NORMAL BEDTIME AGAIN. AND THAT'S WHEN YOU GET STRIPPED AGAIN OF. >> WHAT LIGHT AT NIGHTTIME AND LOTS OF BRIGHT LIGHTS IN THE MORNING. AND I WANT TO STRESS YOU SAID LOW DOSE OF MELATONIN, BECAUSE YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THIS IS OF THE MOST MISUSED SUPPLEMENTS OUT THERE. SO CAN YOU TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, THE TIMING AND THE DOSAGE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE FOR HERE? BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE GIVING THEIR KIDS, YOU KNOW, FOR OF MELATONIN AT NIGHT, RIGHT AT BEDTIME. >> THE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND AGAIN, I'LL EMPHASIZE DEFINITELY SPEAK WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. BUT WE THINK IT'S ACTUALLY GOOD TIMING IN WHICH YOU GIVE THE MELATONIN THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT, THE ACTUAL DOSAGE. SO I'M LOOKING AT A HALF A MILLIGRAM, TWO MILLIGRAM DOSES AND 2 TO 6 HOURS PRIOR TO THE CURRENT SLEEP ONSET TIME . THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ALL YOU NEED. I RARELY, EVEN FOR OLDER CHILDREN, WILL GO OVER THREE MILLIGRAMS OF MELATONIN AND YOU WANT TO GET IT FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE BECAUSE WE KNOW BASED ON STUDIES BECAUSE IT'S NOT FDA REGULATED, THEY CAN PUT ALL SORTS OF STUFF IN THESE BOTTLES AND THE DOSES ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. >> SO YOU REALLY WANT TO GO TO A RELIABLE PHARMACY THAT YOU TRUST. ALL RIGHT. DR. SUJIT AND SAGAR, I HAVE SO MUCH MORE WE COULD TALK ABOUT. WE ARE OUT OF TIME. SADLY ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SLEEP WELL, MY FRIEND. >> THANK YOU. SAME TO YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I'M DIANE MACEDO NEWS NEVER STOPS, AND NEITHER DO WE. YOU CAN FIND ABC NEWS LIVE ANYWHERE. YOUR STREAM LIVE NEWS ON THE ABC NEWS APP OR ON ABC NEWS.COM. AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE NEWS FOR YOU AFTER THE BREAK. STAY WITH US. >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT FLASHING OVER SECURITY. WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY, TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET, FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CATCHING UP ON SLEEP. THE WEEKEND COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT AMERICA THIS MORNING AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE. >> EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. BLACK WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> GET READY, AMERICA. EVERY FRIDAY, THE HOTTEST TRENDS, DIALS AND MUST HAVE WHAT'S THE RIGHT STUFF TO BUY RIGHT NOW? I REALLY LOVE THAT. TIME TO BUY THE RIGHT STUFF AND BIG TIME TO THE RIGHT STUFF. FRIDAYS ON "GMA". >> YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? >> ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE KNOW GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW, THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES ON THE GROUND, UKRAINE, ABC NEWS LIVE. >> AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAM NEWS ANY TIME ANYWHERE STREAMING 24/7. STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. REPORTING FROM ROCKLAND COUNTY ,YORK, I'M GINGER ZEE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS BY AND I'M DIANE MACEDO TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST OF 14 YEAR OLD GEORGIA SCHOOL SHOOTING SUSPECT APPEARS IN COURT CHARGED AS AN ADULT WITH MURDER. THE TEEN'S FATHER IS ALSO NOW UNDER BY AUTHORITIES SAYING HE SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HIS SON DID. AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE VICTIMS, THE PIVOTAL NEW JOBS BY THE FED IS PLAYING CLOSE ATTENTION AND WHAT THE NUMBERS COULD MEAN FOR INTEREST RATES. AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP EXPECTED IN COURT TODAY. HE'S APPEALING THE VERDICT IN HIS SEX ABUSE CASE. WHY HIS LAWYERS SAY HE DESERVE NEW TRIAL AS HE ALSO AWAITS A RULING ON SENTENCING AND HIS HUSH MONEY CASE. >> BUT FIRST, WE START WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN A NEW YORK CITY COURTHOUSE FOR THAT APPEAL OF THE E. JEAN CARROLL JUDGMENT HOLDING HIS LET HIM LIABLE FOR SEXUAL ABUSE. TRUMP'S LAWYERS ARE ARGUING THE JUDGE SHOULD NOT HAVE EXCLUDED EVIDENCE OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S STATE OF MIND DURING THE TRIAL. HIS APPEARANCE TODAY IS VOLUNTARY AND COMES JUST FOUR DAYS BEFORE HIS FIRST DEBATE WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. ABC NEWS REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS JOINS ME NOW ALONG WITH ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN MEIER FOR MORE. THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING ON. KATHERINE, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT HEAR IN COURT TODAY? YEAH, LOOK, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY SHORT HEARING. THIS IS BEFORE THE APPEALS COURT. SO A THREE JUDGE PANEL HERE. EACH SIDE HAS A LOT OF 10 MINUTES FOR ARGUMENTS. SO TRUMP'S LAWYERS WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES. OBVIOUSLY THE LAWYERS WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES. THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE OVER 30 MINUTES. AND I THINK THE POINT THAT YOU MADE, DIANE, AT THE TOP, THAT THIS IS VOLUNTARY, THAT TRUMP DOESN'T HAVE TO ATTEND. THIS IS CRUCIAL. WE TALK ABOUT THIS. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THERE IN COURT. THIS IS TYPICALLY BE A SMALLER HEARING, IF YOU WILL, EVEN THOUGH IT IS HIS APPEAL OF THIS 2023 JUDGMENT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, AFTER THIS HEARING, TRUMP WILL GO DOWN TO TRUMP TOWER AND THEN HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE. REMEMBER, HE LIKE TO TALK IN THE HALLWAYS OF THE COURTS AT HIS NEW YORK CASE, FOR EXAMPLE. THAT WON'T HAPPEN HERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO CAMERAS IN COURT. SO THEN HE WILL GO FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE. HE'S TRYING TO USE THIS A BIT TO HIS POLITICAL. SO I THINK AFTER COURT YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WERE SO TO SEEING BEFOREHAND. >> BURNETT YOU SEE THIS PLAYING OUT. >> HOW STRONG DO YOU THINK TRUMP'S CASE IS FOR AN APPEAL? I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING CASE. >> I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S THE STRONGEST OF CASES. THERE ARE SOME ARGUMENTS EVIDENCE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED OR SOME EVIDENCE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. AND THAT'S A TYPICAL APPEAL THAT YOU HEAR. AND SO IT'S REALLY GOING TO COME DOWN TO WHETHER OR NOT JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN ABUSED HIS DISCRETION IN ALLOWING CERTAIN EVIDENCE TO COME IN OR NOT. I DON'T IT'S A LANDSLIDE CASE FOR DONALD TRUMP IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. BUT HE DOES HAVE SOME GOOD ARGUMENTS. KATHERINE, TODAY, ANOTHER JUDGE IS ALSO SET TO DECIDE WHETHER TRUMP WILL BE SENTENCED IN HIS NEW YORK HUSH MONEY CASE IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. HE'S TRYING TO GET THIS CASE MOVED TO FEDERAL COURT TO DELAY THAT SENTENCING. SO DOES THAT STAND? >> YEAH, HE'S NOT GOING TO GET THE CASE MOVED TO FEDERAL. HE'S ATTEMPTED TO DO THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES. BUT THE MAIN THING IS THAT SENTENCING. THAT'S GOING TO COME LATER IN SEPTEMBER. TRUMP'S LAWYERS HAVE ASKED THE JUDGE TO DELAY THAT SENTENCING BECAUSE OF THE ELECTION, AND THEY WANT TRUMP BE SENTENCED AFTER THE ELECTION. THE D.A.'S OFFICE TOOK NO POSITION ON, WHAT TRUMP WAS SAYING. SO, OF COURSE, NOW IT'S LEFT TO THE JUDGE. THAT WILL COME ACCORDING TO THE JUDGE AND PROSECUTORS WHO REVEALED THIS FROM THE JUDGE. >> AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A TIME ON WHEN THAT WILL COME, BUT WE WILL KNOW TODAY WHETHER TRUMP SENTENCING WILL BE DELAYED OR NOT. >> AND BRIAN, HOW LIKELY DO YOU THINK IT IS THAT THEY DO GO AHEAD, DELAY THE SENTENCE UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION? >> IN MY MIND, IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE HERE. AND JUST A QUICK CORRECTION. THE SECOND CIRCUIT CASE, THAT'S NOT ONE RUSSIAN. THAT'S ENGORON. THAT'S A DIFFERENT CASE. THIS IS THE ONE RUSSIAN CASE IN MY MIND. HE'S FACING UP TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. THAT'S VERY UNLIKELY. I THINK WE'RE MORE IN THE RANGE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE MAYBE, AND PROBATION. AND SO FOR THE JUDGE HERE, IF HE'S THINKING, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'VE ALREADY KIND OF DECIDED I'M NOT GOING TO PUT HIM IN JAIL, HE CAN APPEAL THESE CASES WHILE HE'S OUTSIDE ON LIBERTY FOR PETITIONING THE CASE OR OR RUNNING FOR THE PRESIDENCY. SO I THINK THERE'S A LIKELIHOOD THAT THE JUDGE SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S JUST THIS OVER WITH, GUYS. LIKE, I'M NOT GOING TO PUT HIM IN JAIL AND YOU GUYS CAN APPEAL AS YOU GO FURTHER ON THIS CASE. LET'S GET THIS DONE AND MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP. BUT IF JAIL IS A CONSIDERATION ,I CAN SEE THAT GIVING THE JUDGE MORE OF A PAUSE TO SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO INCARCERATE HIM WHILE HE'S GOT SO MUCH GOING ON AND HE'S RUNNING FOR THE FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. >> INTERESTING. KATHERINE FAULDERS BRIAN BUCKMIRE, THANK YOU BOTH . AND WE WILL BE FOLLOWING BOTH OF THOSE CASES ALL MORNING. WE'LL BRING YOU THE LATEST FROM THE COURTROOM ABC NEWS LIVE. AND THE 14-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IN THE APALACHEE SCHOOL SHOOTING AND HIS FATHER ARE NOW IN CUSTODY AFTER MAKING THEIR FIRST APPEARANCES IN A GEORGIA COURTROOM THIS MORNING . THAT TEEN SUSPECTED SHOOTER FACES FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY MURDER WITH ADDITIONAL CHARGES EXPECTED. THE JUDGE IN THE CASE READ HIM HIS CHARGES EARLIER THIS MORNING AND LAID OUT THE POTENTIAL PENALTIES HERE. HE'S ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS AND INJURING NINE OTHERS. COULD FACE A LIFE SENTENCE. THE ALLEGED SHOOTER'S FATHER ALSO APPEARED IN COURT THIS MORNING. THE JUDGE READ HIM THE MULTIPLE FELONIES HE IS CHARGED WITH, INCLUDING INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. AND ABC'S IS THERE OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL ALONG ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BUCKMIRE AGAIN HERE WITH ME ON SET TO UNPACK SO I WANT US TO START WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT BECAUSE YOU WERE WATCHING THESE APPEARANCES WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU ABOUT HOW THEY BOTH DOWN. WELL DIANE, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE COLT GRAY AFTER THIS SHOOTING HERE AT THE CAMPUS HERE IN WINDER AT THE SCHOOL, APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL HERE. AND WE SAW HIM IN THAT SIGNATURE BLOND HAIR THAT WE SAW IN THE MUG SHOT. HE WALKED INTO COURT WEARING WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE DETENTION CENTER UNIFORM. HE SAT THERE. HE LOOKED STRAIGHT AT THE JUDGE AS THE JUDGE WAS READING OF THE CHARGES, READING HIM HIS RIGHTS. AND THEN THE FATHER ALSO CAME IN. HE WAS ROCKING BACK AND FORTH AS HE WAS LISTENING TO THE JUDGE. AT TIMES WOULD LOOK DOWN. HE WOULD CLOSE HIS EYES. HE JUST KEPT GOING BACK AND FORTH AND FORTH. WHAT WE DID LEARN, THOUGH, THIS WAS A SITUATION WHERE NEITHER OF THEM ENTERED A PLEA. THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING A BOND, SO THEY'RE STILL CUSTODY AT THIS POINT. BUT ALSO, THE JUDGE DIDN'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHY THEY WERE THERE. HE DID NOT ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FACTS IN THIS CASE. AND HERE'S MORE FROM THE JUDGE AS HE WAS TELLING THEM WHAT PENALTY THEY COULD FACE IF ,THEY WERE CONVICTED. >> IN ESSENCE, YOU'RE CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY MURDER AS IN IN THE STATE. WARRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED AGAINST YOU. I WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR FELONY MURDER. SO FOR EACH COUNT, THE MAXIMUM PENALTY IS THAT YOU COULD BE PUNISHABLE BY DEATH, BY IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE OR BY IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE. AND, DIANE, THE JUDGE ACTUALLY BACK A LITTLE LATER CALLED THEM ALL BACK, INCLUDING THE SUSPECT THERE, AND ACTUALLY CLARIFIED THAT BECAUSE HE'S A MINOR, HE'S NOT FACING THE DEATH PENALTY. SO THE MOST HE COULD FACE IS LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE. HE COULD ALSO FACE LIFE IN PRISON WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE AS WELL. ALSO NOW, WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAD ANY INTERACTION, THERE WAS ANY INTERACTION BETWEEN THE FATHER AND THE SON. BUT YOU HEARD WE ACTUALLY HEARD FROM THE FATHER. WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM COLT GRAY IN COURT. BUT THE FATHER ACTUALLY SPOKE TO THE JUDGE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. AND YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, JUST HEAR HIM SPEAKING VERY SOFTLY AND AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN, ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME, HE JUST KEPT ROCKING BACK AND FORTH AS HE WAS LISTENING TO THAT JUDGE. YEAH, HE DID. BRYAN, I WANT TO UNPACK THIS PART OF THE DEATH PENALTY BECAUSE THIS CREATED SOME CONFUSION IN THE COURTROOM AND OUT. HE IS BEING DESPITE BEING 14 YEARS OLD AS AN ADULT AND, YET AS A MINOR, HE CANNOT FACE THE DEATH PENALTY. HOW DOES THAT WORK AND WHY? >> YES, HE'S CHARGED AS AN ADULT. IF HE BECAUSE OF HIS AGE, THERE'S A SUPREME COURT CASE CALLED MILLBRAE, ALABAMA WHERE BASICALLY IT SAYS THAT A PERSON UNDER A CERTAIN AGE DOESN'T HAVE THE MENS REA OR THE MENTAL CAPACITY TO COMMIT A CRIME THAT IS SO HEINOUS THAT YOU WOULD PUT THEM TO DEATH. THERE HAVE TO BE HEARINGS AND THERE HAVE TO BE OTHER SAFEGUARDS TO ENSURE WHETHER OR NOT HE DOES FACE THE DEATH PENALTY. AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT BECAUSE HE'S BEING CHARGED AS ADULT, IT'S ON TABLE. BUT IN A KIND OF A SITUATION OF IT'S ON THE TABLE, OFF THE TABLE BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF CHARGE, BUT ALSO THE AGE BASED ON STATE AND SUPREME COURT LAW. >> AND THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DAD HERE, BECAUSE HIS FATHER IS NOW ALSO FACING THE JUDGE LAID OUT THE CHARGES AND THE PENALTY, SAYING IN TOTAL, IF HE COULD FACE UP TO 180 YEARS IN PRISON, ESSENTIALLY A LIFE SENTENCE HERE. SO WHAT KIND OF PRECEDENT ARE THEY WORKING OFF OF HERE IN ORDER TO BRING CHARGES AGAINST THE FATHER BECAUSE THEY DON'T THINK HE ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING, BUT THEY'RE SAYING HE SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE HE PROVIDED THIS GUN TO HIS SON. >> IN TERMS OF PRESIDENT, I THINK THAT THE CRUMBLING CASE OUT OF MICHIGAN IS WHAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE THINKING ABOUT IN A CASE LIKE THIS. HERE YOU HAVE WHAT'S CALLED VICARIOUS LIABILITY, WHERE YOU'RE LIABLE FOR A THIRD PARTIES ACTIONS. NO ONE IS SAYING THAT THE FATHER WENT INTO THE SCHOOL AND PULLED THE TRIGGER HIMSELF. BUT THEY'RE ARGUING IS ESPECIALLY THE MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE AND, THE CHILD CHARGES AS WELL, IS THAT HE WAS SO NEGLIGENT AND IN PROVIDING THE FIREARM AND MISSING THE RED FLAGS OF HIS HIS SON'S MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THE OUTCRIES THAT WE'RE HEARING AND COMING OUT AND REPORTING ON THIS CASE, THAT IT WAS RECKLESS AND NEGLIGENT OF HIM TO BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED AND THAT HE IS LIABLE FOR THE DAMAGES, NAMELY THE MURDERS AND THE INJURIES THAT HIS SON CREATED. AND SO THAT'S THE PRECEDENT. THAT'S THE IDEA. MICHIGAN'S ALREADY DONE IT. GEORGIA SEEMS WELL ON THE WAY TO DOING IT. AND I THINK AS WE SEE MORE OF THESE CASES, UNFORTUNATELY, WE MIGHT SEE MORE OF THESE CASES. THIS PRECEDENTS MAY GROW. >> ALL RIGHT, FAITH ABUBEY BRIAN BUCKMIRE, THANK YOU BOTH . AND WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. A NEW JOBS REPORT IS SHEDDING SOME NEW LIGHT ON A POTENTIAL INTEREST CUT BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE. U.S. EMPLOYERS ADDED 142,000 JOBS IN AUGUST, FALLING SHORT OF ANALYSTS EXPECTATIONS . MEANWHILE, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FELL TO 4.2%. ABC'S ELIZABETH SCHULZE JOINS US FROM WASHINGTON WITH MORE ON THAT. ELIZABETH, WHAT DO THESE NUMBERS TELL YOU ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW AND THE POTENTIAL FOR AN INTEREST RATE CUT? DIANE WHAT THIS TELLS YOU IS THAT JOB GROWTH IS CLEARLY SLOWING DOWN. 142,000 JOBS IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD SAW IN THE MONTH OF JULY. REMEMBER, THAT REPORT IN JULY WAS REALLY WEAK AND IT WAS ACTUALLY REVISED DOWN TO 89,000 JOBS. SO THIS WAS A REBOUND. AND IT'S GOOD NEWS THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DID TICK DOWN A LITTLE BIT. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE OF THE JOBS MARKET, THIS IS A MARKET THAT IS GENUINELY DOWN. IN OTHER WORDS, HIRING ISN'T HAPPENING AS FAST. AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT IT IS HARDER TO GET A JOB IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB. THE AMERICAN ECONOMY STILL STRONG AND STEADY OVERALL, BUT THERE ARE SOME SIGNS OF CLEAR WEAKENING HERE. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE, DIANE, THE QUESTION IS JUST HOW MUCH IS THAT WEAKENING HAPPENING AND HOW QUICKLY DOES THE FED NEED TO ACT? THE FED HAS SAID IT KNOWS THAT INFLATION IS NOW MUCH UNDER CONTROL, BACK AT ITS 2% TARGET. SO NOW THE FED IS LOOKING AT THIS COOLING JOBS MARKET TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH IT SHOULD LOWER RATES, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT CHEAPER FOR BUSINESSES TO BORROW MONEY FOR CONSUMERS TO BORROW MONEY. THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THE FED WILL CUT RATES IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AT ITS MEETING. IT'S UNCLEAR FROM THIS REPORT HOW BIG THAT RATE CUT WILL BE. SOME ANALYSTS I'M TALKING TO, DIANE, SAY THERE SHOULD BE A BIGGER RATE CUT BECAUSE OF THE SLOWDOWN THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE JOBS MARKET. AND ELIZABETH, HOW IS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RESPONDING TO THE REPORT? SO WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT IN A STATEMENT THAT WAS JUST RELEASED THESE NUMBERS. HE'S TOUTING HIS RECORD OF JOB GROWTH IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUT AT THE SAME TIME ACKNOWLEDGING THAT BECAUSE INFLATION IS NOW IN A BETTER POSITION, THAT WE SHOULDN'T WAIT TOO LONG, THERE SHOULDN'T BE THIS WEAKENING IN JOBS FOR A LONGER TIME. WE'RE HERE AT THE LABOR DEPARTMENT IN WASHINGTON, AND I JUST HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH ACTING LABOR SECRETARY TO ASK HER IF SHE'S WORRIED THAT THIS SLOWDOWN COULD BE THE SIGN OF A BIGGER DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY. HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID. I THINK WE ARE YOU KNOW, WE'VE A STATE THAT DEFIES ALL EXPECTATIONS IN WHICH WE CONTINUE TO SEE JOB GROWTH. WE CONTINUE TO SEE STRONG CONSUMER SPENDING. SO MANY INDICATORS, THE ECONOMY SHOW THAT WE YOU KNOW, WE DONE WHAT MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. AND SO I THINK THE BUDGET WILL BE WEAKER CRUISING ALTITUDE. AND, YOU KNOW, AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT UP. NO SIGNS THAT THAT'S JUST GOING TO CRASH AT THIS POINT. EXACTLY IN FACT, THE OPPOSITE. RIGHT. MOST INDICATORS DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE ECONOMY IS DOING WELL. SO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, DIANE, TRYING TO TOUT FACT THAT THE ECONOMY AT THIS POINT IS ON TRACK TO ACHIEVE THAT COVETED SOFT LANDING. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR MONTHS. THE IDEA THAT INFLATION IS BETTER, IT'S IN BACK TO WHERE IT GENERALLY IS IN A HEALTHY ECONOMY AND THE JOBS MARKET IS COOLING OFF. BUT IT'S THERE'S STILL HIRING HAPPENING. IF THAT CAN CONTINUE AND THE US CAN AVOID A RECESSION. THAT WOULD REALLY BE A VICTORY THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD WANT TO TOUT, OBVIOUSLY, A VICTORY FOR THE BROADER AMERICAN ECONOMY, TOO. >> AND I WANT TO BRING IN OUR BUSINESS REPORTER, ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS, BECAUSE ALEXIS, THE MARKETS ARE NOW REACTING TO THIS. WHAT STICKS OUT TO YOU THERE? WELL, IT SHOWS THAT IT'S NOT THE REACTION WE SAW A MONTH AGO WHEN WE SAW JUST 114,000 JOBS ADDED. AND THAT REALLY FUELED THAT. WE COULD BE SEEING A SHARP SLOWDOWN IN THE JOB MARKET, PERHAPS COULD LEAD TO SOME SORT OF A BIGGER SLOWDOWN LIKE A RECESSION. >> SO TODAY, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH INVESTORS ARE SORT OF SHRUGGING OFF THIS REPORT. IT'S A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT WE'LL GET THAT RATE CUT. THEY BELIEVE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE QUESTION IS BY HOW MUCH? I CAN TELL YOU I'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH A FEW ECONOMISTS. MOST SAY THIS REPORT SHOWS THE JOB MARKET'S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. IT'S NOT FALLING OFF A CLIFF. AND WE'LL PROBABLY GET THAT MORE SUBDUED QUARTER POINT RATE CUT FROM THE FED ON SEPTEMBER 18TH. >> ALL RIGHT, ELIZABETH SCHULZE THANK YOU BOTH. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS PREPARING FOR HER FIRST DEBATE WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. HARRIS AND TRUMP ARE OFF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WITH JUST FOUR DAYS UNTIL THAT DEBATE AND JUST 60 DAYS UNTIL DAY. ABC NEWS SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG HAS THE LATEST. >> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS HUNKERED DOWN WITH HER TEAM HERE IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH IN A HOTEL. I'M TOLD THAT SHE'S TAKING DEBATE PREPARATION VERY SERIOUSLY. THIS IS GOING TO BE DONALD TRUMP'S SEVENTH GENERAL ELECTION PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. THIS WILL BE PRESIDENT HARRIS' FIRST. THEY'D NEVER EVEN BEEN IN THE SAME ROOM TOGETHER. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS NEVER EVEN SPOKEN TO DONALD TRUMP. I'M TOLD THAT SHE'S ALREADY DONE A FEW MOCK DEBATES AND THAT SHE'S ALSO HONING IN ON HER ATTACKS ON DONALD TRUMP AND HOW SHE'S GOING TO GET UNDER HIS SKIN WITHOUT LOSING HER OWN CALL. NOW, IT IS CLEAR, THOUGH, THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS GOING INTO THIS DEBATE WITH THE MOMENTUM BEHIND HER. HER CAMPAIGN SAYS THAT SHE RAISED CAMPAIGN RAISED $361 MILLION IN AUGUST. THAT IS NEARLY TRIPLE THE AMOUNT THAT TRUMP RAISED AT THE SAME TIME PERIOD. THEY'RE ALSO TOUTING THE GRASS ROOTS SUPPORT THAT 1.3 MILLION DONORS MADE THEIR FIRST DONATION THIS CYCLE. NOW, IN A COMPLETE SPLIT SCREEN, DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO BE GIVING A PRESS CONFERENCE. HE'S GOING TO BE IN A COURTROOM AND. HIS TEAM HAS MADE CLEAR THAT HE DOES NOT NEED TRADITIONAL DEBATE PREPARATION. HE SEES THESE TOWN HALLS, THE PRESS CONFERENCE HE'S DOING TODAY IN INTERVIEWS WITH MEDIA OUTLETS AS HIS FORM OF DEBATE PREPARATION. BUT IS HAVING MEETINGS WITH ADVISERS ON POLICY, INCLUDING FORMER DEMOCRAT TULSI GABBARD. REMEMBER, GABBARD HAD GONE UP AGAINST VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS BACK DURING THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES. GABBARD IS SAYING THAT TRUMP SHOULD FOCUS ON HOW HARRIS HAS CHANGED HER POSITIONS SINCE THEN. DONALD TRUMP HAS ALSO TOLD BY HIS AIDES TO FOCUS ON THE ISSUES INSTEAD OF PERSONAL ATTACKS ON VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS DIANE. ALL RIGHT, SELINA WANG IN PITTSBURGH, YOU. >> THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS ON TUESDAY NIGHT. YOU CAN WATCH IT RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE AT 9 P.M. EASTERN. >> AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ALONG THE GULF COAST ARE UNDER THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. PARTS OF THE SOUTH HAVE BEEN BY RAIN FOR DAYS NOW. THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE IS UNDER A FLOOD WATCH. >> MEANWHILE, THE WEST COAST IS SCORCHING UNDER DANGEROUS AND RECORD BREAKING HEAT. PHOENIX HIT 116 DEGREES YESTERDAY AND IS BRACING FOR MORE SWELTERING TEMPERATURES TODAY. ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST MELISSA GRIFFIN'S TRACKING THE FORECAST. >> WELL, SO WHERE ARE YOU SEEING THE BIGGEST FLOOD THREATS AND HEAT THREATS TODAY? >> WELL, DIANE, LET'S START IN THE GULF COAST BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DAYS OF RAIN FOR THESE AREAS. WE'RE TALKING SINCE THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND IT'S NOT OVER YET. >> WE STILL HAVE THE STATIONARY FRONT PARKED OVER, THE GULF COAST, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE ROUNDS OF RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS THESE AREAS. AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR PARTS LOUISIANA, FLORIDA, BUT ALSO TO THE CAROLINAS THROUGH TONIGHT. IS THAT SIGNIFICANT FLOOD THREAT, THOUGH, FOR THE NEW ORLEANS AREA FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW THAT I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE SPOTS COULD SEE MORE THAN HALF A FOOT OF RAIN. >> SO REALLY WATCHING FOR THAT. NOW, TALK ABOUT THE HEAT BECAUSE PHOENIX, ARIZONA, 116, THAT BROKE AN ALL TIME RECORD FOR THE LATEST TEMPERATURE THIS HOT IN SEPTEMBER. NOT ONLY PHOENIX, BUT ALSO PORTLAND, OREGON. AND REMEMBER, PHOENIX IS ALSO SEEING 56 DAYS THIS YEAR WITH TEMPERATURES OVER 110 DEGREES. THE HEAT NOT OVER YET. WE'RE STILL WATCHING THESE 60 PLUS MILLION AMERICANS UNDER ALERTS FOR EXCESSIVE HEAT FROM PHOENIX. AND PALM SPRINGS, A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN YESTERDAY, BUT STILL DANGEROUSLY HOT, STRETCHING ALL THE WAY TO PLACES LIKE THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. >> SEATTLE COULD REACH THE 90S AGAIN TODAY. THEY JUST DID YESTERDAY, 97 IN PORTLAND, ONE OR TWO IN MEDFORD. AND WITH ALL OF THAT HEAT, YOU HAVE THE THREAT FOR FIRES AS. WELL, SO RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST. IT EXPANDS INTO THE WEEKEND. PLACES LIKE SPOKANE COULD SEE RECORDS THREE DAYS IN A ROW THROUGH SUNDAY. >> AND IN PARTS OF MONTANA, RECORDS POSSIBLE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. AND SO IT'S STILL FEELING JUST LIKE SUMMER OUT THERE. >> ALL RIGHT. MELISSA GRIFFIN, THANK YOU. COMING A WARNING TO PARENTS AFTER A TEEN FALLS VICTIM TO A GROWING SCAM KNOWN AS SEXTORTION. WHAT'S BEING DONE NOW TO HOLD CRIMINALS WHENEVER A NEWS BREAKS? >> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY . >> HAMAS. ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE FROM THE SCENE OF JEFF CORNISH STRIKE. THE NEED FOR UKRAINE REPORTING FOR THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET'S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINE FROM ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT FOR THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER STORY IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> IT WAS A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAD HAPPENED TO HER. YOU HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS. ALL THESE KINDS OF LEADS, A KNOWN SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA. COULD HE BE INVOLVED? WE'RE ACTUALLY FINDING EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS. >> HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH ,THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL. WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END AT THE HUNT FOR A KILLER. ONLY ON HULU. TUESDAY NIGHT, THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL MOMENT OF THIS CAMPAIGN. >> KAMALA HARRIS. TOGETHER, WE WILL TALK NEW WAY FORWARD. DONALD TRUMP. WE WILL SOON BE A GREAT NATION AGAIN. >> FACE TO FACE. HISTORIC. THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, MODERATED BY DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE ON ABC AND STREAMING ON ABC NEWS. HULU AND DISNEY PLUS THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR US. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARE WARNING PARENTS ABOUT A DANGEROUS SEXTORTION SCAM. TWO NIGERIAN BROTHERS ACCUSED OF RUNNING AN INTERNATIONAL SEXTORTION RING HAVE BEEN SENTENCED TO 17 AND A HALF YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON. THE TWO ADMIT TO EXTORTING TEENAGE BOYS AND YOUNG MEN ACROSS THE U.S., INCLUDING A MICHIGAN TEEN WHO TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. >> ABC'S ANDREW DYMBURT HAS MORE. A PAIR OF NIGERIAN SCAMMERS ARE BEHIND BARS HERE IN THE U.S. CONVICTED IN AN INTERNET CON THAT TURNED DEADLY. >> THEY SOLICITED AND RECEIVED A COMPROMISE IMAGE AND THEN THEY IMMEDIATELY TURNED TO BLACKMAIL VICTIMS, HOUNDING THEM FOR MONEY AND URGING THEIR VICTIMS TO KILL THEMSELVES IF THEY COULDN'T PAY. >> SAMUEL AND SAMSON GASHI WERE FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY TO EXPLOIT A MINOR AFTER THEY EXTORTED MICHIGAN TEENAGER JORDAN DEMBÉLÉ. THE 17 YEAR OLD HOMECOMING KING, LATER TOOK HIS OWN LIFE, THRUSTING SO-CALLED SEXTORTION INTO THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT. >> IT STARTED OUT WITH THE SUPPOSED GIRLS SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE SOME FRIENDS IN COMMON. >> THE TWO MEN TARGETED TO MAY BY PRETENDING TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL NAMED DANNY. EVENTUALLY CONVINCING DUMAIS TO SEND EXPLICIT PHOTOS OF HIMSELF. THE SCAMMERS THEN DEMANDED $1,000, THREATENING IF HE DIDN'T PAY. THEY WOULD SEND THOSE COMPROMISING PHOTOS TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. TWO MAY DIED BY SUICIDE JUST HOURS LATER. >> WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID TO HIM, IT HURTS ME SO BAD AS A MOM TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HE WENT THROUGH IN THE LAST HOURS. BUT NOW SOME CLOSURE FOR DEMI'S FAMILY. THE OGLESBY BROTHERS YESTERDAY WERE SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON, THE FIRST CONVICTION IN AN ALLEGED SEXTORTION RING INVOLVING MORE THAN 100 VICTIMS. >> THIS IS A SERIOUS THREAT THAT IS ONLY GETTING WORSE AND IT CAN HAPPEN FAST. WE KNOW THAT THE TIME FROM INITIAL CONTACT TO JORDAN IS PASSING WAS A MERE 2 HOURS ANDREW DYMBURT. >> THANK YOU. COMING UP, JIMMY, LIFE STYLE CONTRIBUTOR LORI BERGAMOTTO JOINS US FOR THE RIGHT STUFF. >> SHE'S GOT HER PICKS FOR THE PRODUCTS YOU WILL NEED TO PACK BACK TO SCHOOL LUNCHES. IT'S TIME FOR THE RIGHT STUFF. WHEN WE COME BACK. NOW WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR IN ROLLING FORK. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET'S GO BACK ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET. >> WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU'RE STREAMING, ABC THINGS LIKE ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAT PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER. YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE ,THE BRAT PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU HAVE A BRAT PACK MAY NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU? >> I HATED THE. WHAT A DISASTER. >> WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSIVE ADDRESS? LIKE I WE WERE THE BEATLES. >> WHAT WE DID WAS KILL SHEA STADIUM. 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE CUT IT. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, WORLD NEWS WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS START. TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT'S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. GET READY EVERY FRIDAY THE HOTTEST TREND STYLES AND MUST HAVE WHAT'S THE RIGHT STUFF TO BUY RIGHT NOW? I REALLY LOVE THAT. TIME TO. BUY THE RIGHT STUFF AND SAVE BIG TIME TO THE RIGHT STUFF FRIDAYS ON "GMA". >> YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. REPORTING FROM THE D.A. IN CHICAGO WHERE RIOT ARE BACK. I'M MATT GUTMAN. WHEREVER THE STORY WILL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS ON . YOU KNOW MUSIC MEANS IT IS TIME FOR THE RIGHT STUFF HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST WE HAVE OUR FRIEND "GMA LIFE" CONTRIBUTOR LORI BERGAMOTTO HERE BECAUSE EVERY FRIDAY LORI BRINGS US SOME OF HER FAVORITE PRODUCTS AND THIS TO SCHOOL WEEK SHE HAS A MUST PRODUCTS MUST HAVE PRODUCTS FOR PACKING LUNCH. SO REMINDER YOU CAN SHOP THESE PRODUCTS AND WHAT LORI SHARED ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA BY SCANNING THAT QR CODE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF YOUR SCREEN. AND LORI, I JUST TOLD YOU THE FIRST PRODUCT YOU'RE SHOWING IS ALL OVER MY SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS SUED THERE. >> I'VE GONE COMPLETELY VIRAL AND IT'S THE CYNICAL BOX OF FRIENDS. SO THIS ONE IS CLOSE. BUT THIS ONE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO. HOW ARE YOU LIKE MINE? NO, I'M HERE TO GET VEGGIE STRAWS. JAN SO, THIS WE ACTUALLY GOT TURNED ON TO YOU SAID IT'S ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. >> WE ACTUALLY AT "GMA" HAVE A MOMS MINUTE SERIES ON OUR SITE. AND BETHANY WHO WORKS ON THAT SERIES? SHE WAS LIKE, THIS THING HAS BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR MY FAMILY. WHY? SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT IS CLEAR YOU CAN SEE ALL OF YOUR OPTIONS, WHICH I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE SUCH A PROUD, VERY EVERYTHING. SO THIS IS LIKE A GREAT WAY TO SEE THAT. ALSO YOUR KIDS CAN GET INVOLVED. AND DON'T YOU FEEL LIKE, I MEAN, YOUR KIDS. I HAVE KIDS. IF THEY HAVE A HAND IN WHAT GOES IN THESE LITTLE BOXES, DON'T YOU FEEL LIKE THEY'RE SO MUCH MORE LIKELY TO EAT IT? ALSO, YOU PUT THIS THE FRIDGE, AND THEN WHEN THEY SAY I'M HUNGRY, YOU SAY, WELL, GO TO THE FRIDGE AND GET IT YOURSELF. >> EXACTLY. AND THE FACT THAT YOU CAN TAKE THESE LITTLE GUYS OUT. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MOMS THAT I READ ONLINE, LOT OF MOMS, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE PACKING LITTLE LUNCHES, LIKE MAYBE TWO AT A TIME FOR THE WEEK. SO THEY'RE SAYING, OKAY, HERE'S YOUR CHEESE AND YOUR FRUIT AND YOUR VEGETABLES ARE FOREVER PUTTING IT IN THE FRIDGE. AND THEN MAYBE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, THAT IS DONE. AND YOU JUST BOUGHT YOURSELF SO MUCH TIME. I IT YOU'RE ENJOYING THE VEGGIES TRUST. I'M GOING OUT THERE. CHEERIO. SO HERE I AM. THERE'S MELON THERE, BUT THERE'S SO MANY THINGS. GREAT HEALTHY CHOICES, REALLY AFFORDABLE. AND LIKE YOU SAID, IT IS VIRAL AND IT'S VIRAL FOR REASON. >> YOU GUYS, IT'S FANTASTIC, GREAT FOR SPORTING IT. OUR AARON SAYING WE HAVE TO MOVE ON BUT I JUST I'M GOING TO BRING WE'RE GOING TO BRING THEM VEGGIE STRAWS. OKAY. THIS GREAT THIS ADORABLE BAG. RIGHT. THIS IS GREAT TO HAVE MULTIPLE KIDS. YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES MORE FOOD. THIS IS GOOD FOR ADULTS TO EXACT AS EVIDENCED BY DIANE, BUT WE'RE MOVING ALONG TO WITH CARE STACKABLE. SO WHAT'S SO COOL ABOUT THIS? IT'S A THIRD A CUP. A CUP AND A CUP. YOU CAN JUST ON SCREW GOOGLE IT HERE AND THERE. SO THEY'RE LIKE A BUNCH OF LITTLE CUPS. THEY'RE A BUNCH LITTLE CUPS, SO THEY'RE GREAT BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE STACKABLE. THE LID CAN GO ON ANY ONE. SO IF YOU WANT TO USE ALL THREE, YOU CAN PUT THEM IN A SACK IF YOU WANT TO JUST USE ONE. ERIC PROBABLY ALSO FITS IN THE SIDE OF THE BACK. OH, YOU KNOW IT DOES. YEAH, MAN. AND IT'S FANTASTIC BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR MY KIDS, I HAVE THREE KIDS, I HAVE A LITTLE KID AND THEN I HAVE TWO BIG KIDS. AND WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT IT IS I CAN JUST TAKE ONE OF THESE, PUT IT IN THE CAR, PUT THEIR SNACKS IN THERE. THERE ARE SIX PACKS I THINK. I SEE. OH YEAH. SO IT'S IN WELL AND OH I LOVE WATCHING THAT. I LOVE THAT THEY'RE SO GOOD. 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YOU ARE LOOKING AT TRUMP TOWER IN NEW YORK CITY ON THIS FRIDAY. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE'S A RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. A PILOT AND PASSENGER, A INJURED AFTER A SMALL PLANE CRASHED ON THE STREETS OF HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA OVERNIGHT. A CESSNA SKYHAWK WAS IN PIECES AND ON FIRE WHEN L.A. COUNTY FIRE CREWS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. THOSE TWO PEOPLE INJURED WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THANKFULLY, NO ONE ELSE WAS HURT. THE HIP HOP WORLD MOURNING THE DEATH OF RAPPER RICH HOMIE QUAN. THE ATLANTA ARTIST WHOSE LEGAL NAME IS THE CONTEST, DEVONTE LAMAR, GAINED FAME FOR HIS TRAP GENRE. SINGLES LIKE TYPE OF WAY AND FLEX. THE FULTON COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER CONFIRMS TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE RAPPER DIED AT AN ATLANTA. DETAILS ON CAUSE OF DEATH ARE NOT YET KNOWN, BUT AN AUTOPSY SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. RICH HOMIE QUAN WAS 34. RED LOBSTER IS EMERGING BANKRUPTCY. A JUDGE HAS APPROVED A RESTRUCTURING PLAN THAT ALLOWS THE RESTAURANT CHAIN TO KEEP ALL ITS CURRENT LOCATIONS OPEN, MEANING 30,000 EMPLOYEES CAN KEEP THEIR JOBS. >> AND THE MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN ACCUSED OF HITTING HER POLICE OFFICER BOYFRIEND WITH HER SUV AND LEAVING HIM TO DIE IS GIVING HER FIRST FULL SIT DOWN INTERVIEW SINCE HER CASE ENDED IN A MISTRIAL. KAREN REED SPOKE WITH ABC NEWS CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN ABOUT CASE ONE WEEK BEFORE HER NEW TRIAL IS SET TO BEGIN. >> THE HIGH MURDER TRIAL CAPTIVATING MILLIONS AND DIVIDING A KNIT MASSACHUSETTS SUBURB, GOT IT DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> KAREN REED ACCUSED OF KILLING HER. BOSTON POLICE OFFICER BOYFRIEND, GIVING HER FULL VERSION OF EVENTS THAT NIGHT. >> WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU WERE ANGRY WITH JOHN THAT NIGHT? YES. >> COULD YOU HAVE BEEN ANGRY ENOUGH AND SLIGHTLY DRUNK BECAUSE HAD ANNOYED YOU WITH IT IN A FIT OF RAGE? YOU JUST BACKED UP AND NEVER TRIED TO TAP HIM? >> I WOULD NOT TO TRY TO KILL HIM, BUT TRY TO TAP HIM WITH MY £6,000 FULL SIZE SUV TO HIT JOHN'S BODY WITH MY CAR? >> NO. THE SENSATIONAL CASE ENDING IN A MISTRIAL THIS SUMMER AFTER THE JURY WAS DEADLOCKED. PROSECUTORS ACCUSING THEN 41-YEAR-OLD REED OF HITTING HER BOYFRIEND. POLICE JOHN O'KEEFE WITH HER SUV IN 2022 AFTER A NIGHT OF DRINKING. AND THEN LEAVING HIM TO DIE IN THE SNOW. IT ALL STARTED ON A FRIDAY NIGHT IN JANUARY 20, 22. REED AND O'KEEFE DRINKING THEIR FRIENDS AT A LOCAL BAR LATER THAT NIGHT. REED SAYS SHE LAST SAW JOHN AFTER DROPPING HIM OFF AT AN AFTERPARTY AT A HOME ON FAIRVIEW ROAD BEFORE GOING HOME TO SLEEP. SHE SAYS SHE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND HE WAS AT HOME. >> BUT A FEW OF HIS BUDDIES, THEIR WIVES. NOW I. I HAVE AN IMMENSE SENSE OF DREAD THAT LIKE A FRIGHT IN ME THAT I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED BEFORE. >> DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE HIM LYING ON THE STREET DRUNK YET OR PASSED OUT? I WAS WORRIED HE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN HIT BY A PLOW. >> REED MEETS UP WITH SOME OF JOHN'S FRIENDS AND THEY ALL RETURN TO THE HOUSE WHERE THE AFTER PARTY WAS. AND THEN SHE SPOTS HIM IN THE SNOW. >> HIS EYES WERE SHUT AND HE HAD SPOT SOME BLOOD IN DIFFERENT AREAS ON HIS FACE. AND HE WAS STILL THAT STIFF. >> BUT -- BUT STILL, IT WAS COLD. JOHN O'KEEFE IS SOON DECLARED DEAD, BUT INVESTIGATION IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE. INVESTIGATORS FINDING PIECES OF A TAIL LIGHT, THEY SAY, IS FROM REED'S CAR AT THE CRIME SCENE. >> I WAS TALKING TO MY BEST FRIEND ON THE PHONE AND I SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF COPS CIRCLING. >> AND I SAID, I THINK I'M GOING TO GET ARRESTED. REED WAS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND PLEADED NOT GUILTY. ABC NEWS GRANTED EXCLUSIVE ACCESS BEHIND THE SCENES AS REED PREPARED FOR HER TRIAL. >> HIDING OUT LIKE THIS YOU JUST WATCH THE WORLD PASS YOU BY AND YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS, PUN INTENDED. AND BUT YOU KNOW IT COULD ALL END. >> I COULD BE CONVICTED. IN THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE TRIAL, REED'S DEFENSE TEAM ARGUING IN HEARINGS AND FILINGS A STUNNING NEW THEORY THAT THE INJURIES OF JOHN O'KEEFE'S BODY WERE NOT CONSISTENT WITH HIM BEING HIT BY A CAR. THEY CLAIMED SHE WAS FRAMED. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN HOUSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH AND WHO MURDERED HIM. >> AND THERE ARE OTHERS IN THE HOUSE WHO ARE COVERING UP THAT MURDER. THE PROSECUTION INSISTING THAT NO ONE AT THE PARTY HAD ANYTHING TO DO. O'KEEFE'S DEATH, SAYING HE NEVER EVEN ENTERED THE FAIRVIEW ROAD HOME AND THEY DENIED THAT REED WAS BEING FRAMED. >> ALL EYES WILL BE ON THIS COURTHOUSE IN THE TRIAL SOON, DRAWING NATIONAL ATTENTION. AND AFTER 29 DAYS, DEAD THE JURY AND DECLARING A MISTRIAL IN THIS CASE. >> FAMILY AND FRIENDS REMEMBERING JOHN, THE SON WHO ALWAYS DREAMED OF BEING A POLICE OFFICER. >> HE WAS LOST IN THIS WHOLE CIRCUS. AND I THINK NONE OF US WANT HIM BE LOST. SO I THINK WE WERE ALL WAITING FOR THAT IT TO BE FINALLY OVER SO WE CAN FINALLY GRIEVE. >> I MEAN, THAT COULD BE ANOTHER 18 MONTHS. >> IT COULD BE ANOTHER FIVE YEARS. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND DIANE, KAREN REED'S LEGAL TROUBLES ARE SET TO CONTINUE THAT RETRIAL FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER SET FOR JANUARY AND JUST THIS PAST MONTH, WHICH IS WHAT JOHN O'KEEFE'S FAMILY MEMBERS WERE REFERRING TO IN THE PIECE. HIS FAMILY FILING A WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT. THEY TOLD ME THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO STOP FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE FOR JOHN. AS FOR KAREN REED'S TEAM, THEY ALSO PLAN TO FIGHT ON SAYING THERE'S NO QUIT IN THEM, DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN. THANK YOU. AND FOR MORE OF MY INTERVIEW WITH KAREN REED, TUNE IN TO 2020, WHICH AIRS 9 P.M. EIGHT CENTRAL ON ABC AND STREAMING ON HULU. >> AND THE NEVADA JUDGE ATTACKED BY A DEFENDANT IN HER OWN COURTROOM IS OPENING UP ABOUT THE INCIDENT. JUDGE MARY KAY HOLT THIS TOOK THE STAND TO TESTIFY IN DO READ INTO TRIAL. SHE SAYS SHE WAS KNOCKED OUT OF HER SHOES AND DIDN'T THINK SHE'D MAKE IT OUT OF THAT ROOM . >> ABC STEPHANIE RAMOS HAS MORE. 31-YEAR-OLD YARBROUGH REDDEN, THE MAN SEEN IN THIS VIDEO LEAPING A JUDICIAL BENCH ACCUSED OF ATTACKING DISTRICT COURT JUDGE MARY KAY HOLT. THIS IN LAS VEGAS WAS BACK IN COURT THURSDAY. REDDEN IS ACCUSED OF ATTACKING HOLT, THIS WHILE SHE WAS SENTENCING HIM FOR ATTEMPTED BATTERY CHARGES IN JANUARY AS SHE WAS PREPARING TO HAND DOWN A SENTENCE WRITTEN LAUNCHED TOWARD HER. THE JUDGE RECALLING THOSE TERRIFYING MOMENTS AS SHE TESTIFIED AGAINST HIM. >> I SMASHED INTO THE WALL. HE WAS ON. AND THEN I WAS BEING PULLED DOWN. I CLOSED MY EYES. I WAS TRYING TO PROTECT MY FACE AND MY HEAD. >> HOPELESS. RECALLING BEING HIT HARD, SHE WAS KNOCKED OUT OF HER SHOES. >> THE LEVEL OF FORCE HE USED THE ENTIRE TIME WAS SUPERHUMAN. >> IT TOOK FOUR MEN, INCLUDING HOLT. THIS IS LAW CLERK TO GET REDDEN OFF OF HER. >> IT WAS SCARY. >> I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO GET OUT OF THERE. REDDING'S DEFENSE TEAM AND FAMILY SAY HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA. BUT THE DAY OF THE ATTACK, THE JUDGE SAYS SHE DIDN'T NOTICE ANY SIGNS OF MENTAL DISTRESS. REDDEN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED MURDER, BUT CLAIMING HE IS MENTALLY ILL. >> HE IS SET TO BE SENTENCED ON NOVEMBER 7TH. DIANE, STEPHANIE, THANK YOU. AND THE FBI SAYS AGENTS ARE NOW INVESTIGATING THE INNER CIRCLE OF NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS. AUTHORITIES SAY RAIDED THE HOMES OF TWO OF HIS TOP DEPUTIES AND SUBPOENAED THE CELL PHONES OF RANKING NYPD OFFICIALS. ABC'S SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY HAS MORE. >> THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK INSISTS HE AND HIS ADMINISTRATION ARE CLEAN AND COOPERATING. >> I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY MISDOINGS AND I'M GOING TO AGAIN THE RULES. >> THE MAYOR SAYS HE CAN'T FATHOM WHY. SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS FEDERAL PROSECUTORS AND THE FBI HAVE NEW INVESTIGATIONS FOCUSED ON CITY HALL AND THE NYPD INCLUDING MANY OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S SENIOR LEADERS. INVESTIGATORS HAVE THE PHONES OF POLICE COMMISSIONER EDWARD COBURN AND AT LEAST A HALF DOZEN TOP NYPD OFFICIALS. AND IN PRE-DAWN RAID, THEY SEARCHED THE HOMES OF TWO DEPUTY MAYORS AND THE SCHOOL'S CHANCELLOR. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AND THE MAYOR SAYS HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS NOTHING TO HIDE. >> WE'RE GOING TO COMPLY WITH WHATEVER RULES AND WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER INFORMATION IS NEEDED, WE'RE GOING TO TURN OVER THAT INFORMATION. >> FOR MOST OF HIS THREE YEARS IN OFFICE, ADAMS AND HIS CAMPAIGN HAVE FACED SCRUTINY OVER WHETHER THEY TOOK ILLEGAL FOREIGN MONEY. THE FBI SEIZED HIS PHONES LAST NOVEMBER. SOURCES SAY THE NEW INVESTIGATIONS ARE SEPARATE. CITY HALL SAYS THERE'S NO INDICATION THE MAYOR HIMSELF IS A TARGET OF ANY INVESTIGATION. >> AARON KATERSKY, THANK YOU. AND A NEW STUDY SHOWS THE FDA IS BEHIND ON CRITICAL INSPECTIONS OF FACTORIES RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING EVERYTHING FROM ANTIBIOTIC BOTOX TO CANCER THERAPIES. THE PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN STEMS FROM THE COVID 19 PANDEMICS EFFECT ON THE U.S. DRUG SUPPLY. ABC'S ANDREA FUJII HAS MORE. >> A NEW SOUNDING THE ALARM ON DRUG SAFETY. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOUND SINCE THE PANDEMIC NEARLY 2000 DRUG MANUFACTURING FACILITIES ARE OVERDUE FOR FDA INSPECTIONS. THE AGENCY ALREADY UNDER SCRUTINY FROM CONGRESS. IT IS PAST TIME THE FDA ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES. PEOPLE'S LIVES ON IT. >> THE PLANTS OVERDUE FOR INSPECTION ACCOUNT FOR 42% OF THE FACILITIES REGISTERED WORLDWIDE. MOST ARE IN THE U.S., BUT MORE THAN 300 ARE IN INDIA AND CHINA, WHICH MAKE UP THE LARGEST SOURCE OF DRUG INGREDIENTS USED IN LOW COST PRESCRIPTIONS. >> THE FAILURE OF FDA IS OFFICE OF PHARMACEUTICAL QUALITY TO GO OUT AND INSPECT THESE ESTABLISHMENTS. >> IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN. CONCERNS THAT CAN HAVE DEADLY EFFECTS. LAST YEAR, FOUR AMERICANS DIED AND A DOZEN MORE WERE BLINDED FROM TAINTED EYE DROPS MADE IN A FACTORY IN INDIA. SO WHY IS THE FDA BEHIND? DURING COVID STOPPED ALL BUT THE MOST CRITICAL INSPECTIONS. NOW IT'S TRYING TO UP WITH FAR FEWER EMPLOYEES. >> MORE THAN 200 INSPECTION JOBS ARE CURRENTLY UNFILLED. MANY FORMER LEFT FOR HIGHER PAYING JOBS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. >> WE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. AS LONG AS THE MARKETPLACE IS WORKING THE WAY IT IS. ANDREA FUJII. THANK YOU. COMING UP, CELL PHONES AND STUDENTS. WHY SOME PARENTS SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE BANNED FROM SCHOOLS. AND THE EXPERT ADVICE TO HELP FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE NEW TREND. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION PICKING UP HER LICENSE TO FIND HER. COMBAT OPERATIONS ARE WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR REACTOR THREE OF THE COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG, THERE'S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF CARE. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE TO. >> LOOK AT YOUR SMILE. YOU'RE PROUD OF IT? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE . YOU APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. IT'S ISRAEL, DAVID GRAY. YES. YES. I'M MUIR. >> I KNOW YOU DO. EVERY NIGHT. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAT PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURAL. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE, THE BRAT PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU COULD HAVE PACK MAY NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU? >> I HATED THE BRAT PACK. WHAT A DISASTER. WHY DID WE TAKE AS AN OFFENSE? >> AND NOW I'M GOING TO SAY WE'RE THE BEATLES. WELL, DIDN'T SELL SHEA STADIUM 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE. TED TURNER, WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST. HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE ABC NEWS. MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST, START HERE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR A SEVEN STATES NOW HAVE SOME KIND OF BAN ON CELL PHONES IN SCHOOLS. MANY PARENTS SAY THEY ACTUALLY AREN'T HAPPY ABOUT THE GROWING MOVEMENT DESPITE TEACHERS SAYING THEY ARE SEEING POSITIVE RESULTS. ABC'S DEBORAH ROBERTS HAS MORE ON THIS GROWING DEBATE. MANY KIDS ARE HEADING BACK TO THEIR CLASSROOMS THIS YEAR WITH A NEW. >> LEAVE YOUR CELL PHONE BEHIND. THIS IS REALLY THRILLING THAT STATES AND SCHOOLS SCHOOL DISTRICTS OVER THE COUNTRY AND INDEED ALL OVER THE WORLD THIS YEAR ARE SAYING FOR STUDENTS. IT'S AN ADJUSTMENT TO A NEW REALITY. >> HOW IS THIS WORKING FROM WHAT YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING? DO YOU HAVE TO THINK LIKE WHEN YOU AND I WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL, IMAGINE YOU'RE IN NINTH GRADE AND THEY YOU CAN BRING IN YOUR TELEVISION SET, YOU CAN BRING IN YOUR TIVO OR YOUR VCR, YOU CAN BRING IN YOUR WALKIE TALKIE OR A PAINT, WHATEVER YOU WANT. BRING IT IN. HAVE IT ON YOUR DESK WHILE THE TEACHER IS TALKING. HOW DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD HAVE GONE? NOT VERY WELL. BUT IF HAVE A SMART PHONE IN YOUR POCKET, THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE. >> SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIST, AUTHOR OF THE ANXIOUS GENERATION, JONATHAN HITE, HAS LONG ARGUED THAT SMARTPHONES ARE STEALING OUR KIDS CHILDHOODS. ENCOURAGED BY THE NEW ACTIONS IN SCHOOLS, HE SAYS THEY'RE SEEING IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON STUDENTS. >> I'VE NEVER FOUND A SCHOOL THAT SAID WE WENT PHONE FREE AND BOY, WAS THAT TERRIBLE. WE HAD TO REVERSE IT. WE HEAR LAUGHTER IN THE HALLWAYS. WE HAVEN'T HEARD THIS MUCH LAUGHTER IN THE HALLWAYS IN TEN YEARS. >> HITE WARNS THAT RESEARCH SHOWS THE MENTAL HEALTH TOLL CELL PHONES ARE HAVING ON KIDS WHO BECOME CONSUMED WITH CONTENT, OFTEN FEELING INSECURE ABOUT THEIR OWN LIVES AND GROWING DISTRACTED DURING SCHOOL. THE PHONE IS ALWAYS MORE INTERESTING THAN EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON AROUND YOU. >> THAT'S WHY OUR KIDS ARE GETTING HOOKED. BUT WITH SCHOOLS TAKING A TOUGHER APPROACH TO PROTECT STUDENTS, SOME OF THEIR PARENTS AREN'T BUYING. LIKE LARRY MCEWAN, A FATHER OF FIVE WHOSE 13-YEAR-OLD TWINS ATTEND ALICE DIEHL MIDDLE SCHOOL IN D.C.. >> WHAT'S YOUR YOUR OVERALL FEELING ABOUT THE BAN ON PHONES AT YOUR KID'S SCHOOL? >> THEY SHOULD JUST LET THE KIDS HAVE IT AND JUST TRY TO HAVE THE LIKE LIKE MYSELF DICTATE TO THE KIDS, PLEASE STAY OFF YOUR PHONE WHEN YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON YOUR PHONE. >> HE SAYS HIS KIDS NEED THEIR PHONES FOR SCHOOLWORK DURING CLASS AND HE WORRIES ABOUT THEIR SAFETY. THE TWINS WERE IN A SCHOOL LOCKDOWN LAST YEAR AND HE COULDN'T REACH THEM. >> NO ONE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON. HE'S NOT ALONE. >> MARYLAND MOM JANINA GREEN WANTS HER DAUGHTERS TO BE ABLE TO REACH HER. >> IF SOMETHING FRIGHTENING HAPPENS, I THINK THE KIDS SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR PHONES AT ALL TIMES. >> SHE COMMUNICATES FREQUENTLY THEM THROUGHOUT THE DAY, INCLUDING TO COORDINATE SCHEDULES. >> I DON'T WANT TO KEEP GOING TO THE SCHOOL AND I DON'T SEE QUICKLY OVERLOADING FOR THEM. >> YOU HAVE TO DO THAT FOR EVERYTHING. SHE ARGUES IT'S THE TEACHER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO POLICE THE CLASSROOM. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO USE IT TO DISRUPT CLASS. BUT TO ME, KIDS KIND OF HAVE TO LEARN SELF-CONTROL BECAUSE AS ADULTS AND WE NEED SELF-CONTROL. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO TAKE OUT THEIR PHONE AND WHEN IT'S NOT. WHAT ABOUT THE PARENTS WHO WILL SAY WE WORRY ABOUT EMERGENCIES ? WE WANT OUR KID TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE PHONE. HEAVEN FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENS DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY. >> I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT FEAR. I'VE GOT 14-YEAR-OLD AND AN 18-YEAR-OLD. BUT WHAT DO THE EXPERTS SAY? OUR KIDS HAVE BEEN PRACTICING WHAT TO DO IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. IMAGINE YOU SEND YOUR KID TO ONE SCHOOL WHERE EVERYONE HAS A ON THEM. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE FIRST SIGN OF ANY TROUBLE? HALF CLASS IS GOING TO BE CALLING THEIR PARENTS SAYING, MOM, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON. THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON. >> AND NOW YOU CAN'T RESPOND. THIS IS NOT SAFE. WHAT YOU WANT IS A SCHOOL WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY. THAT'S THE BEST OUTCOME YOUR KIDS. >> IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT AFTER A TRAGEDY LIKE THE ONE WE SAW THIS WEEK, THAT PARENTS ARE JITTERY ABOUT NOT BEING IN TOUCH WITH CHILDREN, WHICH HAS LED SOME SCHOOLS TO HAVE DIFFERENT APPROACHES ABOUT HOW LIMIT PHONES. BUT EXPERTS LIKE HITE CAUTION THAT IT'S DIFFICULT KIDS TO HAVE THEIR PHONES ON THEM AND NOT BE DISTRACTED BY NOTIFICATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT HOW INTENSE THOSE NOTIFICATIONS ARE IN OUR NEXT REPORT. AND OF COURSE, HITE OFFERS MORE INFO AND RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND FAMILIES ONLINE, AN ANXIOUS GENERATION .COM. DIANE? ALL RIGHT, DEBORAH ROBERTS, THANK YOU. AND IT'S TIME NOW FOR OUR WEEKLY SEGMENT. BUT TELL IT LIKE IT IS. WE'RE NEWS CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL SHARES HEALTH ADVICE ON THE TOPICS THAT MATTER MOST TO YOU. AND TODAY, DR. PATEL IS HERE TO ANSWER SOME YOUR QUESTIONS. SO, DR. PATEL, LET'S START THINGS OFF WITH MIKE FROM PHOENIX. MIKE ASKS, DOES TAKING CREATINE WITH MUSCLE RECOVERY? >> I'M GLAD THAT SOMEONE'S ASKING THIS QUESTION BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE DOING STRENGTH TRAINING, WHICH IS GREAT FOR YOUR BODY. THE SHORT ANSWER IS THERE IS MIXED STUDIES ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT CREATINE ACTUALLY HELPS WITH MUSCLE RECOVERY. NOW, CREATINE TO BACK IT UP, NO BIOCHEMISTRY LECTURE HERE HELPS WITH THE RATIO OF ATP TO ATP. GO A COUPLE OF LINES DOWN THE PATHWAY. MITOCHONDRIA THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL WE GET MORE CELLULAR ENERGY. SO THERE IS SOME DATA TO SUGGEST THAT TAKING CREATINE CAN HELP WITH ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MUSCLE RECOVERY, STICK WITH WHAT WORKS. HYDRATION AND NUTRITIOUS SNACK AND REST AND MAKING SURE YOU'RE GETTING ADEQUATE SLEEP. THAT'S THE BEST FOR YOUR MUSCLES. AND CREATINE SUPPLEMENTS ARE NOT TIGHTLY REGULATED BY THE FDA. THEY CAUSE SIDE EFFECTS AND IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED FOR ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. AND ALEX FROM NEW YORK CITY WRITES, CAN PEOPLE GET IMPAIRED AFTER GETTING VACCINATED? WHAT ABOUT THE STRAIN IN AFRICA ? >> THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IS HEADLINES NOW. IMPORTANT REMINDER THAT NO VACCINE IS 100% EFFECTIVE. THE MPOX VACCINE, ACCORDING TO TWO STUDIES, IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 70 TO 90% EFFECTIVE. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT IT CAN PREVENT SEVERE IF SOMEONE DOES CATCH IT AFTER THEY'RE FULLY VACCINATED. NOW, THE PEOPLE WHO BE GOING OUT THERE AND TALKING ABOUT GETTING THE VACCINE ARE THOSE WHO MAY HAVE EXPOSURE TO OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE MPOX COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS OR GROUPS OF MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN WHO MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE PARTNER OR A RECENT OF AN STD. NOW, REGARDING THE STRAINS CLADE, TWO IS WHAT IS PRESENT RIGHT NOW. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE TALK ABOUT THE RESEARCH CLADE ONE. THAT STRAIN OF MPOX IS WHAT IS CAUSING THE OUTBREAK IN AFRICA AND STUDIES DO SUGGEST THE VACCINE WORKS OVER THERE. BUT GUESS WHAT? WE HAVE NO CASES OF CLADE ONE HERE. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE SPREADS AWARENESS AND KNOWS WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD GO SEE A DOCTOR ABOUT A POTENTIAL MPOX OR A NEW RASH. >> AND BETH FROM NEW JERSEY SAYS, OKAY, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO SHOWER WITH MY CONTACTS IN. BUT THEN HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO SEE IN THE SHOWER? >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. >> YEAH. BET GETS TWO STARS FOR NUMBER ONE, KNOWING THAT WE SHOULD NOT GET OUR CONTACTS SUBMERGED WITH NON STERILIZED WATER AND ALSO BECAUSE THIS IS LIKE A QUESTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE AND NO ONE KNOWS TO ASK. >> SO IF YOU ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND YOU'RE TAKING A SHOWER, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU PUT SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE. SO CONSIDER THINGS LIKE HIGH CONTRAST OBJECTS IN YOUR SHOWER, POTENTIALLY PUTTING AN S OR A C ON THE SHAMPOO CONDITIONER. SOAP ON A ROPE IS AN INTERESTING TRICK. I RECENTLY LEARNED ABOUT. YOU CAN THINK ABOUT GETTING BARS INSTALLED, A NONSTICK MAT AND PROPER LIGHTING. NOW, AS BETTE KNOWS, BUT HOPEFULLY EVERYONE ELSE WILL SOON KNOW, CONTACTS SHOULD NOT BE IN CONTACT WITH UNSTERILIZED WATER. COULD BE A POOL, A SHOWER OR A LAKE BECAUSE ANY CONTAMINANTS IN THAT WATER CAN ABSOLUTELY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO YOUR EYES. THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING FOR SWIMMERS OUT THERE. YOU CAN DO THAT PRESCRIPTION GOGGLES AND HEY, I GUESS PRESCRIPTION GOGGLES WORK ALSO IN THE SHOWER. >> THAT'S NOT VERY REALISTIC. ALL RIGHT, DR. ALOK PATEL, I WANT TO SEE THOSE GOGGLES. I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE AN INVENTION THERE. COMING, DR. PATEL. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR DR. PATEL, MAYBE SOME INVENTION SUGGESTIONS THIS LEAVE THEM A MESSAGE ON OUR INSTAGRAM FEED . YOU MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT HERE ON FRIDAY. COMING BACK TO SCHOOL SEASON IS HERE. >> SO HOW DO YOU GET YOUR KIDS BACK TO A DECENT SCHEDULE? DR. SUE JACOBS SAGARA, A.K.A. AT THAT DOC, IS HERE WITH SOME TIPS ON HOW TO SET YOUR KIDS UP FOR SLEEP. SUCCESS AFTER SUMMER BREAK. WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON. BUFFALO LIVE ALL DAY. TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND REPORTING FROM FORK, MISSISSIPPI, UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. WE'RE HEADING A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY. JENNY, YOU THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WILL TAKE YOU THERE. >> STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS. >> YOU SCREEN YOUR NEWS ONLY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. >> WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT FLASHING OVER NATIONAL SECURITY . WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET. FAST STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT, AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> BUT WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST, ABC NEWS, "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> IT WAS A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAD HAPPENED TO HER. WE HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS. ALL THESE KINDS OF LEAVE, NO SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA. COULD HE BE INVOLVED OR ACTUALLY FINDING KEY EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS? >> HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH WITH HER HORRIFICALLY THIS BEAUTIFUL CONTROL. POLICE WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END AT THE HUNT FOR A KILLER ONLY ON HULU. IT'S THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL MOMENT OF THISAMPAIGN NOW. KAMALA HARRIS, DONALD TRUMP FACED, HER FACE. THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, MODERATED BY DAVID AND LINSEY DAVIS TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE ON ABC AND ON HULU AND DISNEY PLUS. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, IT IS TIME FOR MOSQUITO METHODS WHERE I SHOW YOU SOME OF MY HACKS TO MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER. BUT TODAY I HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST JOINING ME FOR HIS TIPS ON GETTING YOUR KIDS BACK ON A SLEEP SCHEDULE AFTER SUMMER BREAK. PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE DUKE PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY MEDICINE PROGRAM, DR. SUE DRAKE, AND SABRA, A.K.A. AT THAT SLEEP DOC, IS JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. DR. KONTAGORA, SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU. >> I ALWAYS LOVE WHEN WE GET TO CHAT LIKE THIS. ABSOLUTELY. SAME HERE. SO TALK ME THROUGH THIS BECAUSE SUMMER MEANS LATE SUNSETS THAT USUALLY MEANS LATER BEDTIMES, LATER WAKEUP TIMES FOR KIDS. BUT THAT CAN BE REALLY TOUGH WHEN SCHOOL STARTS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T ALWAYS FALL ASLEEP EARLY ENOUGH TO GET ENOUGH SLEEP BEFORE YOU NEED TO WAKE THEM UP FOR SCHOOL AND THIS IS THE KICKER. >> THE LITTLE ONES THEN MIGHT BE OVERTIRED THE NEXT, WHICH ALSO MAKES IT HARD FOR THEM TO FALL ASLEEP. SO WHAT ARE YOUR TIPS TO UNDO THIS? >> BECAUSE THIS CAN TURN INTO A BAD CYCLE. YES. >> SCHOOL START TIMES. IT'S TOUGH. WHAT WE'RE ASKING KIDS TO DO IS MOVE THEIR CIRCADIAN RHYTHM EARLIER BECAUSE DURING THE SUMMERTIME IT'S VERY EASY TO DELAY THAT CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. >> AND THERE ARE SOME TIPS TO GET YOUR KID BACK ON TRACK. FIRST OF ALL, LIGHT EXPOSURE IS REALLY THE KEY WHEN IT COMES TO TIMING OF LIGHT. SO GETTING LESS LIGHT AT NIGHTTIME FOR 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO BED, GETTING PLENTY OF BRIGHT LIGHTS IN THE MORNING CAN BE VERY HELPFUL. >> YOU WANT TO MOVE THE SCHEDULE SLOWLY IF YOU HAVE THE TIME. SO TEND 50 MINUTES A DAY. >> MOVE UP THEIR BEDTIME AND THEIR WAKE UP TIME. IT'S GREAT IF YOU CAN TIME THEIR MEALS EARLIER AS WELL. THAT ACTUALLY HELPS SET THE SUN KENYAN RHYTHM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. >> AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THE SCHEDULE STAYS THE SAME. WEEKDAYS AND WEEKENDS, THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. >> KEEPING ON TRACK. OKAY, WHAT ABOUT TEENS? BECAUSE THEY HAVE SAME ISSUES. PLUS, THEY ALSO USUALLY HAVE DELAYED CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS ARE NATURAL NIGHT OWLS AND MANY OF THEM HAVE EVEN EARLIER WAKE UP TIMES AND THE LITTLE ONES. >> SO HOW DO YOU HELP THEM GIVEN THAT MISMATCH? YEAH, SCHOOLS START INCREDIBLY EARLY, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE. YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS FOR HIGH SCHOOL TO START 830 OR LATER, BUT THAT'S NOT THE REALITY IN SOME, DEPENDING ON HOW DELAYED THE TEEN IS. THIS IS WHERE MELATONIN MAY PLAY A ROLE. OF COURSE, SPEAK TO YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. BUT LOW DOSE OF MELATONIN TO 6 HOURS PRIOR TO THE CURRENT SLEEP ONSET TIME TO ACTUALLY ADVANCE THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. NOW, IN SUPER DELAYED CASES WHERE CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BED AT LIKE FOUR OR FIVE IN THE MORNING, WAKING UP IN THE AFTERNOON AND NOW HAVE TO ADVANCE BY LIKE SIX OR 7 HOURS. THERE'S A THERAPY CALLED CHRONO THERAPY. AND THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING IN WHICH YOU DELAY YOUR BEDTIME BY 2 HOURS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT AND THEN ASLEEP AND AS LONG AS YOU WANT. AND DOING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU ARE GETTING LOTS OF LIGHT PART A BEDTIME AND KEEPING THINGS DIM IN THE MORNING. AND WHAT YOU DO IS YOU ESSENTIALLY PUSH BACK 2 HOURS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT UNTIL YOU'VE DELAYED AROUND THE ENTIRE CLOCK AND THEN THEY'RE LINED BACK UP AGAIN. SO YOU'VE PUSHED THE SO LATE THAT THEY REACHED A NORMAL BEDTIME AGAIN. AND THAT'S WHEN YOU GET AGAIN, AVOID THE LIGHT AT NIGHTTIME AND LOTS OF BRIGHT LIGHTS IN THE MORNING AND. >> I WANT TO STRESS SOMETHING YOU SAID LOW DOSE OF MELATONIN BECAUSE YOU I BOTH KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST MISUSED SUPPLEMENTS OUT THERE. SO CAN YOU TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, THE TIMING AND THE DOSAGE PEOPLE WANT TO BE LOOKING FOR HERE, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE GIVING THEIR KIDS, YOU KNOW, FOUR MILLIGRAMS OF MELATONIN AT NIGHT, RIGHT AT BEDTIME. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND AGAIN, I'LL EMPHASIZE DEFINITELY SPEAK WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, BUT WE THINK IT'S ACTUALLY THE TIMING IN WHICH YOU GET THE MELATONIN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE ACTUAL DOSAGE. SO I'M LOOKING AT HALF A MILLIGRAM TWO MILLIGRAM DOSES AND 2 TO 6 HOURS PRIOR TO THE CURRENT SLEEP ONSET TIME. >> WE THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ALL YOU NEED. >> I RARELY, EVEN FOR, YOU KNOW, OLDER CHILDREN WILL GO OVER THREE MILLIGRAMS OF MELATONIN AND YOU WANT TO GET IT FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE BECAUSE WE KNOW BASED ON STUDIES, BECAUSE IT'S NOT FDA REGULATED, THEY CAN PUT ALL SORTS OF STUFF IN THESE BOTTLES AND THE DOSES ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO YOU REALLY WANT TO GO TO A RELIABLE THAT YOU TRUST. >> ALL RIGHT, DR. SUJIT AND SAGAR, I HAVE SO MUCH MORE WE COULD TALK ABOUT. >> WE ARE OUT OF TIME, SADLY. ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. SLEEP. OH, MY FRIEND. THANK YOU. SAME TO YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I'M DIANE MACEDO. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS, AND NEITHER DO WE. YOU CAN FIND ABC NEWS LIVE ANYWHERE TO STREAM LIVE NEWS ON THE ABC NEWS APP ON ABC NEWS.COM. AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE NEWS FOR YOU AFTER THE BREAK. 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TRUMP'S LAWYERS ARE ARGUING THE JUDGE SHOULD NOT HAVE ADMITTED CERTAIN THINGS INTO EVIDENCE, INCLUDING THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE AND BY SOME OTHER WITNESSES THERE. HIS APPEARANCE TODAY WAS VOLUNTARY, AND IT COMES JUST FOUR DAYS BEFORE HIS FIRST DEBATE WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, ABC NEWS SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE AARON KATERSKY JOINS ME NOW ALONG WITH ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BUCKMIRE FOR MORE. AARON, THIS WAS A LOT ABOUT WHAT SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED IN THIS ORIGINAL TRIAL. SO WHAT'S THE LATEST FROM COURT ? THE ENTIRE APPEAL RESTS ON WHETHER THE TRIAL JUDGE LOUIS KAPLAN MADE ERRORS IN ADMITTING CERTAIN EVIDENCE AND KEEPING CERTAIN EVIDENCE OUT. AND THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT HERE JUST A SHORT WHILE AGO, DIANE REMINDED THE DEFENSE, IT IS VERY HARD TO OVERTURN A JURY'S VERDICT IN A CIVIL CASE BASED ON EVIDENTIARY MATTERS. BUT THE DEFENSE FOR DONALD TRUMP GAVE IT THEIR BEST SHOT, ARGUING THE TRIAL JUDGE WAS WRONG TO ALLOW THE JURY TO HEAR THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE AND TO ALLOW THE TESTIMONY OF TWO WOMEN BESIDES E. JEAN CARROLL WHO SAY THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP GROPED THEM ON PRIOR OCCASIONS DECADES AGO, WHICH HE DENIES. >> BRIAN, HOW DO YOU SEE THIS PLAYING OUT? HOW STRONG DO YOU THINK TRUMP'S CASE IS AND WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE JUDGE'S REACTION TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, READ THE TEA LEAVES HERE A LITTLE BIT? >> YES, IT REALLY IS. READING THE TEA LEAVES. THIS IS A HIGH HURDLE IS NOT NECESSARILY HOW STRONG OR WEAK AN ARGUMENT IS, IS HOW HIGH OF A HURDLE IT IS FOR THE DEFENSE TO ULTIMATELY GET A NEW CASE. THE IS CORRECT TRYING TO OVERTURN A JURY'S RULING BY EVIDENTIARY VALUE IN A CIVIL CASE IS DIFFICULT. BUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THAT THE DEFENSE IS SAYING THAT PROPENSITY INFORMATION THAT SHOWED THAT DONALD TRUMP HAD A PROPENSITY TO ASSAULT WOMEN SHOULD NOT HAVE IN THAT ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE. THE TWO WITNESSES THAT TESTIFIED. BUT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ARGUING IT WASN'T A CRIME AT THE TIME, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC ABUSE, JUST HIS PROPENSITY TO COMMIT CRIMES, THAT IT'S A LACK OF MISTAKE, THAT IT WASN'T JUST DONE TO KIND OF LIKE MUDDY THE WATERS OR DISCREDIT HIM, BUT THAT THIS ISN'T A MISTAKE. HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING AND HE'S DONE IT BEFORE IN THE PAST. THAT'S WHAT THE PROSECUTION ALREADY. AND THAT IN MANY WAYS IS A PROPER REASON TO BRING IN SUCH EVIDENCE. SO IT'S -- IT'S A HIGH HURDLE FOR THEM TO TRY TO OVERCOME. >> AARON. WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS IN THIS CASE? THE PANEL DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RULE. SO, DIANE WE'LL BE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THIS WHAT THIS APPEALS COURT DECIDES, WHETHER TO GRANT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP THE NEW TRIAL THAT HE'S SEEKING. THE JUDGES SAID WOULD TAKE THE CASE UNDER ADVISEMENT. BUT THEY THEY DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT CERTAIN THINGS THAT APPEAR TO BE OF FIRST IMPRESSION, MEANING NO OTHER CASE IN THE CIRCUIT HAS EVER QUITE PRESENTED THIS KIND OF STUFF. ONE OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS IS, IS THE VERY NATURE OF THE WAY E. JEAN CARROLL SUED FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP UNDER, A NEW STATE LAW CALLED THE ADULT SURVIVORS ACT THAT REALLY OPENED WINDOW OF TIME FOR ADULT SURVIVORS OF ALLEGED ASSAULT TO SUE THEIR THEIR ATTACKERS. AND SOME OF THE HEAVY EVIDENTIARY ISSUES HAVE NOT INTO PLAY THAT WAY BEFORE. SO THE JUDGES SAID THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR TIME TO RENDER A DECISION. AND, BRIAN, TODAY, ANOTHER IS SET TO DECIDE WHETHER TRUMP WILL BE SENTENCED IN HIS NEW YORK HUSH MONEY CASE IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THAT CASE. THE DEFENSE THAT CASE MOVED TO A FEDERAL COURT TO DELAY HIS SENTENCING AND. THIS IS SORT OF A TWO PART ISSUE. DO THEY MOVE IT TO FEDERAL COURT? AND IF NOT, DO THEY STILL DELAY HIS SENTENCING? >> HOW DO YOU SEE THAT ONE PLAYING OUT? YEAH, I DON'T SEE THE TO FEDERAL COURT WORKING OUT FOR HIM. I DON'T SEE THE GROUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE FOR IT. THE ARGUMENTS THAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR SEEM ONLY IMAGINATIVE, BUT LET'S SAY CREATIVE AND I CAN SEE THE LOGIC BEHIND IT, BUT I DON'T SEE A JUDGE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE PRECEDENT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO REMOVE THEIR CASE TO THE FEDS ONCE THEY'VE BEEN CONVICTED BY A JURY OF THEIR PEERS IN THE STATE. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A PATH THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO CREATE GOING FORWARD. AND IN TERMS OF PUSHING IT BACK, I THINK IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE JUDGE WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT HE HAS IN MIND FOR THE PUNISHMENT. I DON'T THINK THAT JAIL IS ON THE TABLE HERE. I THINK IT'S PROBATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, SOMETHING LESSER. AND IF IT'S THAT SENTENCE, THEN MOVE ON. LET HIM APPEAL AND LET'S KEEP IT MOVING. I SEE A REASON TO KEEP DELAYING THAT FAR IN ADVANCE. >> AARON KATERSKY BRIAN BUCKMIRE, THANK YOU BOTH AND WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THESE CASES. WE'LL BRING YOU THE LATEST FROM THE COURTROOM HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. MEANWHILE, THE 14 YEAR OLD SUSPECT IN THE APALACHEE SCHOOL SHOOTING AND HIS FATHER ARE IN CUSTODY, MAKING THEIR FIRST APPEARANCES IN A GEORGIA COURTROOM. EARLIER THIS MORNING, THE TEEN FACES FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY MURDER WITH ADDITIONAL CHARGES EXPECTED. HE'S ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS AND INJURING NINE OTHERS. HIS FATHER ALSO APPEARED IN COURT THIS MORNING. HE'S BEING CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. AND ABC'S FAITH ABUBEY IS THERE IN WINTER GEORGIA OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL WHERE THE SHOOTING PLACE. FAITH, YOU WERE WATCHING THESE COURT APPEARANCES. LET'S START WITH THE ONE FOR THE SUSPECT HIMSELF. THE JUDGE SORT OF LAID OUT THESE CHARGES, AND THEN THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION OVER WHETHER OR NOT HE COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY. WALK US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED THERE. YEAH, SO WAS ACTUALLY REMARKABLE JUST TO SEE THAT SUSPECT WALK INTO COURT. WE WERE SEEING HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE SHOOTING HERE. THAT 14 YEAR OLD. WE WERE TOLD WE COULDN'T SHOW HIS FACE ON CAMERA. AND SO WE SAW HIM WALK TOWARDS THE ATTORNEYS DESK THERE. HE SAT DOWN AND JUST FACED THE JUDGE THE ENTIRE JUST ANSWERING THE JUDGE WITH JUST ONE WORD ANSWERS AS THE JUDGE WAS ASKING HIM QUESTIONS. THE JUDGE THEN READ HIS RIGHTS TO HIM, THEN READ CHARGES TO HIM, AND THEN WE GOT TO THE PENALTY PORTION OF THAT HEARING. THE JUDGE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, HIS MAXIMUM SENTENCE ,IF HE WERE TO BE CONVICTED, WILL BE LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE. ORIGINALLY, THE JUDGE HAD MISTAKENLY SAID THAT IT WOULD BE THE DEATH PENALTY. HOWEVER, BECAUSE HE'S A MINOR, THE JUDGE BROUGHT THE BROUGHT HIM BACK ALONG WITH HIS ATTORNEYS TO CLARIFY THAT THE WORST HE COULD POSSIBLY FACE WOULD BE LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE. THERE'S ALSO LIFE IN PRISON WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A PAROLE ON THE TABLE AS WELL. AND THEN MOMENTS LATER, WE TO THE FATHER. THE FATHER WALKED IN. HE WAS SHACKLED, WEARING A PRISON GARB. HE SAT DOWN. WE SAW HIM ROCKING BACK AND FORTH. SOMETIMES HIS EYES. HE SEEMED EMOTIONAL AT TIMES WHEN HE SPOKE TO THE JUDGE. HE SOUNDED SHAKY. HE WAS SOFT SPOKEN. AND THEN THE JUDGE ALSO DID THE SAME THING HE DID WITH THE SON AND READ HIM HIS RIGHTS, READ HIM HIS CHARGES, AND TOLD HIM IF HE WERE TO BE CONVICTED ON ALL OF HIS CHARGES, HE FACES TO 180 YEARS BEHIND BARS. AND SO OF THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT AT THE SUBCOMMITTEE ANSWERS SURROUNDING THIS CASE. THERE WERE NO FACT QUESTIONS TO TEASE OF THE FACT HERE. THERE IS ANOTHER HEARING THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER FROM BOTH OF THEM DIANE. ALL RIGHT, FAITH ABUBEY, THANK YOU. AND LET'S BRING IN WASHINGTON POST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER SARAH BLAKLEY, WHO HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO A FAMILY MEMBER OF THE SUSPECTED HERE. SARA, THANKS FOR COMING ON. YOU KNOW, THIS SUSPECT'S AND TOLD YOU AND I'M QUOTING HERE, HE WAS BEGGING FOR FROM EVERYBODY AROUND HIM. AND SHE SAYS ANOTHER, QUOTE, THE ADULTS AROUND HIM FAILED HIM. SO WHAT PICTURE SHE PAINTING HERE OF HER NEPHEW AND WHY IS SHE BLAMING THE IN HIS WORLD FOR THIS? >> SO SHE SAID THAT HER NEPHEW HAD MADE IT CLEAR TO PEOPLE AROUND HIM, ADULTS IN HIS LIFE, THAT HE WAS SUFFERING FROM SEVERE MENTAL ISSUES. SHE DIDN'T ELABORATE, BUT -- BUT THAT'S HOW SHE IT. AND VARIOUS ADULTS IN HIS LIFE TRIED TO INTERVENE. >> MOST NOTABLY HIS AUNT WHO YOU SEE QUOTED THERE, BUT ALSO HIS GRANDMOTHER. AND WHAT WE'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND THROUGH TEXT MESSAGES THAT THIS AUNT PROVIDED IS THAT THE GRANDMOTHER ACTUALLY WENT TO THE SCHOOL THE WEEK BEFORE THIS HAPPENED TO MEET WITH A COUNSELOR IN ORDER TO TO SET UP THERAPY FOR THIS 14 YEAR OLD. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, SEVEN DAYS OR LESS PRIOR TO THIS SHOOTING HAPPENING. NOW, HIS FATHER IS NOW ALSO BEING CHARGED, WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT. HE WAS IN COURT THIS MORNING. AND SOURCES ARE SAYING THAT THIS IS HINGING ON THE ACCUSATION THAT HE MADE THIS GUN AVAILABLE TO HIS SON, GAVE IT TO HIM AS A CHRISTMAS EVEN AFTER THEY HAD THIS ENCOUNTER WITH THE FBI WHERE THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT THIS THIS TEENAGER MAY HAVE MADE A THREAT ABOUT A SCHOOL SHOOTING. SO WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT THAT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT TO GET THIS FATHER NOW CHARGED? >> SO I UNDERSTAND FROM THIS TEEN'S GRANDFATHER. SO THE FATHER OF HIS MOTHER TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TEENAGER HAVING ACCESS TO WEAPONS. THE HOUSE. WHAT THE GRANDFATHER TOLD ME WAS THAT IF IF HIS GRANDSON HAD NOT HAD A WEAPON OR ACCESS TO A WEAPON, THEN HE WOULDN'T HAVE KILLED FOUR PEOPLE. >> AND THAT'S CERTAINLY THE FEELING OF SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS. AGAIN, THOSE WHO WERE TRYING TO INTERVENE. WHAT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE HOME LIFE IS THAT THE PARENTS HAD A VERY DIFFICULT. >> THIS TEEN'S MOTHER AND FATHER HAD AT TIMES LIVED TOGETHER, AT TIMES NOT. AND CERTAINLY FAMILY MEMBERS WERE CONCERNED THAT THAT UNSTABLE HOME LIFE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS. THIS 14 YEAR OLD, YOU KNOW, HIS PATH TOWARDS EVENTUALLY SHOOTING AND KILLING FOUR MORE PEOPLE AT APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL. >> SO IN SO MANY OF THESE CASES AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE SO MANY THAT WE COVER, THERE ARE OFTEN IN THE AFTERMATH ARE ALL THESE RED FLAGS AND WARNING SIGNS THAT WERE MISSED. YOU. >> THE SENSE FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WERE CLOSE TO HIM THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS TRAGEDY, THAT THIS CRIME WAS PREVENTABLE . >> I CERTAINLY THINK THAT HIS AUNT, WHO I'VE SPOKEN WITH, BELIEVES THAT THERE WERE VARIOUS IN THIS YOUTH'S LIFE TO INTERVIEW. SHE HERSELF DID TRY TO INTERVENE. SHE SAID THE GRANDPARENTS ALSO TRIED TO INTERVENE. WE DO, AS YOU MENTIONED, OF A CASE IN WHICH THE FBI PRESENTED A TIP TO THE JACKSON SHERIFF'S OFFICE. >> THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN 2023 SAYING THAT THEY HAD INFORMATION THAT A DISCORD ACCOUNT THAT THEY THOUGHT BELONGED TO THIS TEENAGER, COLT GRAY THEY HAD BEEN MAKING THREATS ABOUT A SCHOOL SHOOTING ONLINE. >> ULTIMATELY, THAT CASE WAS CLOSED OUT AFTER THE SHERIFF'S SAID IT WAS NOT ABLE TO SUBSTANTIATE THE TIP. IT WAS NOT TO CONNECT THE TEENAGER TO THE ACCOUNT, MAKING THREATS IN THE END, AND THEY CLOSED IT. THEY'RE STILL INFORMATION COMING OUT ABOUT THAT CASE. BUT CERTAINLY AT THE TIME, AN OFFICER NOTED IN HIS REPORT THAT HE HAD HE HAD MADE CONTACT WITH THE FATHER WHO IS IN CUSTODY. AND YOU KNOW IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING. AND HE HAD TOLD THE FATHER AT THE TIME HE WAS MADE AWARE THAT THERE WERE WEAPONS IN THE HOUSE, THAT THE FATHER NEEDED TO KEEP THOSE WEAPONS SAFELY LOCKED UP. AND THERE'S STILL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE TH TEEN GOT THE WEAPONS. BUT -- BUT CERTAINLY THE CHARGES AGAINST THE FATHER CAME WITH A STATEMENT THAT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT, HE WAS BEING CHARGED FOR MAKING THIS WEAPON AVAILABLE TO THE TEENAGER. >> AND SARAH, GIVEN WHAT THESE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE SAYING ABOUT WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE THE FATHER'S CULPABILITY IN THIS ESSENTIALLY, SAYING THAT HE FAILED HIS SON, AND GIVEN YOU'RE SAYING THEY WENT TO SCHOOL, THEY WENT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. ARE THEY DO THEY FEEL THERE'S ANY FAULT ON THAT END? >> I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION BETTER LEFT TO THEM TO ANSWER. BUT CERTAINLY THEY THEY HAVE BEEN CLEAR THAT THEY THINK THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE FAILINGS BY ADULTS AND OTHER AUTHORITY FIGURES WHO WERE CLOSEST THIS TEENAGER IN THE LEAD UP TO THE SHOOTING. >> ALL RIGHT. WE SHOULD MENTION BOTH THE SUSPECT AND HIS FATHER WILL BE BACK IN COURT DECEMBER 4TH. AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE COVERING THAT. SARAH, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON. THANK YOU. WASHINGTON POST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER SARAH BLAST, CAN YOU SHARE? THANKS. THANK YOU. AND THE NEW JOBS REPORT IS SHEDDING NEW LIGHT ON A POTENTIAL INTEREST RATE CUT. U.S. EMPLOYERS ADDED 142,000 JOBS IN AUGUST, FALLING SHORT OF ANALYSTS EXPECTATIONS. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FELL TO 4.2%. ABC'S ELIZABETH SCHULZE IS IN WASHINGTON WITH MORE ON THAT. ELIZABETH, BREAK DOWN THESE NUMBERS FOR US. WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND A POTENTIAL INTEREST RATE CUT? SO DIANE THESE NUMBERS TELL YOU THAT HIRING HAS REALLY KIND OF SHIFTED INTO THIS LOWER GEAR . WE'RE SEEING COMPANIES SLOW DOWN THE PACE THAT THEY'RE ADDING WORKERS TO THEIR PAYROLLS, BUT THERE IS STILL HIRING GOING ON. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE REPORT THAT CAME OUT LAST, THAT WAS ACTUALLY REVISED A LOT LOWER, 89,000 JOBS IN JULY. SO THAT 142,000 THAT WE GOT FOR LAST MONTH IN AUGUST, THAT'S DEFINITELY AN IMPROVEMENT. AT THE SAME TIME, WHAT THIS SHOWS IS THAT THE JOBS MARKET IS NOW MORE OF A CONCERN FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE. DIANE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS HOW THE FED HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON FIGHTING INFLATION. WELL, NOW IT'S PRETTY MUCH SAID THAT INFLATION IS UNDER CONTROL AND IT WANTS TO PREVENT A MORE DRASTIC DOWNTURN IN THE JOBS MARKET. IT'S EXPECTED TO CUT INTEREST RATES WITHIN ABOUT TWO WEEKS AT ITS NEXT MEETING. THIS JOBS REPORT DOESN'T REALLY CONFIRM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER JUST HOW MUCH IT WILL CUT INTEREST RATES. THAT'S KIND OF THE BIG QUESTION STILL IS WILL IT GO FOR A TYPICAL QUARTER RATE CUT OR WE'LL GO FOR THAT BIGGER RATE CUT? THE EXPECTATION CURRENTLY IS THAT WILL GO WITH A MORE GRADUAL PACE, BUT WE ARE SEEING THE CASE BE MADE A LITTLE BIT HERE THAT THIS DOWNSHIFT IN THE JOBS MARKET COULD MEAN THE FED WILL HAVE TO A LITTLE BIT MORE TO CATCH UP WITH HOW MUCH WEAKENING IS HAPPENING IN THE JOBS MARKET GOING FORWARD IF IT CONTINUES. >> ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO BRING IN BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS ALEXIS. MARKETS ARE ALSO REACTING TO THIS TODAY. WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT HOW ECONOMISTS, INVESTORS ARE LOOKING AT THIS? YOU KNOW, INITIALLY THERE WAS VERY LITTLE REACTION FROM THE MARKET AND THEN HAD A CHANCE TO DIVE IN AND TO ABSORB IT AND TO TRY TO PARSE THROUGH. AND WE ARE SEEING A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL SELL OFF RIGHT NOW ON STREET. I THINK THE CONCERN IS THERE WAS NO REAL CLARITY HERE. WE DON'T KNOW IF THE GOING TO CUT BY THAT 50 BASIS POINT OR HALF PERCENT OR QUARTER POINT. YOU KNOW, THIS REPORT POINTS TO A SOFTENING JOB MARKET, BUT NOT A JOB MARKET THAT'S ABOUT TO FALL INTO A RECESSION. THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF STRENGTH HERE. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DID DOWN FROM 4.3% TO 4.2%. WAGES ACTUALLY A PRETTY SOLID 3.8% COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. SO BECAUSE OF THOSE SORT OF POCKETS OF STRENGTH IN THIS REPORT, THERE ARE SOME ECONOMISTS WHO ARE SAYING YOU DON'T NEED THAT AGGRESSIVE HALF POINT INTEREST RATE CUT FROM THE FED. A QUARTER POINT WILL DO. AT THE SAME TIME, SOME ECONOMISTS, THE FED MAY BE BEHIND THE CURVE AND THEY'RE COMING TO THIS A LITTLE TOO, AND THAT PERHAPS THE SLOW DOWN IN THE JOB MARKET IS MORE SEVERE THAN THEY FIRST THOUGHT. >> ALL RIGHT, ELIZABETH SCHULZE ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS, THANK YOU BOTH. >> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS PREPARING FOR FIRST DEBATE WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. HARRIS AND TRUMP ARE OFF THE CAMPAIGN WITH JUST FOUR DAYS UNTIL THAT DEBATE AND JUST 60 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY. ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPOND TONIGHT. MARYALICE PARKS JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. WHERE ELSE? WHAT'S HARRIS SAYING OF THIS DEBATE AND HOW SHE PREPARING FOR IT? YES, SHE'S HUNKERED DOWN NOW IN PITTSBURGH. SHE HAS BEEN WITH HER CLOSEST ADVISERS, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WITH HER FOR A LONG TIME, BUT ALSO WHO ARE NEW TO THIS CAMPAIGN. THEY'RE GOING THROUGH ISSUES. WE KNOW THAT BEFORE SHE LEFT FOR PITTSBURGH HERE IN D.C., SHE ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO SQUEEZE IN A FEW FULL LENGTH MOCK DEBATES. SHE ACTUALLY DID THOSE AT HER ALMA MATER, HOWARD. BUT LOOK, SHE'S TAKING TIME OFF THE TRAIL THESE NEXT FEW DAYS TO REALLY FOCUS HERE. I IMAGINE A BIG PART OF WHY SHE PICKS PICKED PITTSBURGH IS THAT SHE WILL VENTURE OUT ON OCCASION. IT'S OF COURSE, A BATTLE GROUND PART OF, A BATTLEGROUND STATE. AND SHE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH VOTERS IN BETWEEN ALL OF THAT DEBATE PREP. >> WHAT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING HERE IS HOW SHE GETS READY FOR SPECIFICALLY SQUARING OFF AGAINST TRUMP. OF COURSE, HE IS NOT NEW TO PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. HE HAS DONE OVER. THIS IS HER FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AND NOT ONLY HER FIRST TIME SQUARING OFF AGAINST HIM, BUT HER FIRST TIME EVEN MEETING, BEING WITH HIM, SORT OF HEAD TO HEAD IN THE ROOM WITH. SO INTERESTING. OF COURSE, THAT'S LARGELY BECAUSE HE DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN IN THE INAUGURATION BACK IN 2021. BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING MOMENT FOR HER AS SHE FIGURES OUT HAD NOT ONLY TO GET HER OWN MESSAGE ACROSS, BUT HOW SHE COUNTERS BEING NEXT HIM. HE IS OBVIOUSLY NOT NEW TO THIS AND COMES WITH REALLY SORT OF UNIQUE STRATEGY THESE DEBATES. >> DAN AND MARYALICE. WELL SPEAKING IN ARIZONA TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE, SENATOR J.D. VANCE SAID THAT HE'S SURE, THE LATE SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN DISAGREED WITH TRUMP ON A HOST OF ISSUES ,BUT THAT HE STILL THINKS MCCAIN WOULD NOT SUPPORT HARRIS. HE WERE STILL ALIVE BECAUSE OF THE SOUTHERN BORDER. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT OF THAT STRATEGY, TRYING TO ALLY THE LATE SENATOR WITH NOW RISKY? >> DIANE RISKY FOR VANCE TO BRING UP THE LATE SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN? REMEMBER, IN 2020, JOE BIDEN WAS ABLE TO FLIP ARIZONA BLUE LARGELY BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE MORE MODERATE MCCAIN REPUBLICANS REALLY REJECTED TRUMP, REJECTED TRUMPISM AND, OF COURSE, WAS BRINGING UP HIS NAME AT ALL. I THINK REMINDS ARIZONA VOTERS OF THAT FEW. AND YOU CALL IT THAT AS SORT OF WHAT THE INSULTS THAT TRUMP OVER THE YEARS HAVE HAS LODGED AGAINST MCCAIN. KNOW, WE SAW HIM WAY BACK WHEN TALK ABOUT MCCAIN IS NOT REALLY A WAR HERO. HE SAID IN HIS VIEW BECAUSE HE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS CAPTURED . YOU KNOW, HE HAS OVER THE YEARS MADE FUN OF MCCAIN'S INJURIES. HE SORT OF RECEIVED DURING DURING HIS TIME CAPTURED AND DURING WAR. YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE LAST FEW DAYS, JOHN MCCAIN'S OWN SIDE CAME OUT AND SAID THAT HE SWITCHED HIS VOTER REGISTRATION TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WOULD COULD AND PLANNED TO VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS. I MEAN, THE REALITY THAT THERE'S BEEN A REALLY TOUGH RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MCCAIN FAMILY AND TRUMP, MANY OF TRUMP'S SUPPORTERS. AND SO I THINK IT'S RISKY FOR VANCE TO SORT OF GO THAT ROAD AND TALK ABOUT THE FAMILY AT ALL. YOU KNOW, INTERESTING TOO, IN THOSE REMARKS, A LOT OF DEMOCRATS SEIZING ON THE FACT THAT VANCE ALSO SEEMED TO SUGGEST THAT GUN VIOLENCE AND SPECIFICALLY THESE SCHOOLS WE SAW, AGAIN, JUST A HORRIFIC SCHOOL SHOOTING THIS WEEK. VANCE IN THAT SORT OF INTERVIEW, TALKED ABOUT HOW HOW EVEN THOUGH IT A REALLY SAD REALITY HE BASICALLY HINTED AT THE IDEA THAT THAT GUN VIOLENCE IS JUST A WAY OF A PART OF LIFE IN AMERICA. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DEMOCRATS REALLY SEIZING ON THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR HIM TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT COMMENT AS WELL, DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT, MARYALICE, THANK YOU. AND THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS TUESDAY NIGHT. YOU CAN WATCH THAT RIGHT HERE ON. ABC NEWS LIVE AT 9 P.M. EASTERN. COMING UP, THE DEATH OF AN AMERICAN WOMAN IN THE WEST BANK. >> WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT AND THE TRAGIC WAY SHE DIED. >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. FLASHING NATIONAL SECURITY. >> WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET. FAST STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CATCHING UP ON SLEEP. THE WEEKEND COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT, AMERICA. THIS MORNING AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE. EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS . >> BY TUESDAY NIGHT, THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL MOMENT OF THIS CAMPAIGN, KAMALA HARRIS. >> TOGETHER WE WILL TARGET NEW WAY FORWARD. DONALD TRUMP WE WILL SOON A GREAT NATION AGAIN. FACE TO FACE HISTORIC THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE MODERATED BY DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE, ABC AND STREAMING ON ABC NEWS LIVE. HULU AND PLUS THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, A WEST BANK HOSPITAL SAYS. AN AMERICAN WOMAN IS DEAD AFTER BEING SHOT AT A PROTEST. THE PRESS REPORTS WITNESSES AND PALESTINIAN MEDIA SAY THE 26 YEAR OLD WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD BY ISRAELI TROOPS. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MOORE JOINS ME NOW FROM JERUSALEM WITH THE LATEST ON THAT. MARCUS, WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING SO FAR ABOUT THIS DEATH AND HOW IT HAPPENED? OH, DIANE, STILL INFORMATION IS STILL COMING IN VERY PRELIMINARY AT THIS POINT, BUT THE WOMAN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 26 YEAR OLD ASHTON THERE AS GUY, AND SHE'S A DUAL AMERICAN TURKISH CITIZEN. AND SHE WAS THE WEST BANK HAS BEEN PART OF EFFORTS TO PALESTINIAN FARMERS FROM ISRAELI SETTLERS. AND SHE WAS TAKING PART IN AN ANTI SETTLEMENT MARCH WHEN. ACCORDING TO EARLY REPORTS, IDF SOLDIERS SHOT HER IN THE HEAD DURING SOME TYPE OF CLASHES THAT WERE HAPPENING AT THE TIME. NOW, ON A STATEMENT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE IDF, IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT SHE WAS THE TARGET OF THE IDF SOLDIERS AND THAT PERHAPS THEY WERE TARGETING SOMEONE ELSE WHEN SHE WAS HIT. AGAIN, THESE ARE THESE DETAILS ARE ARE STILL VERY CLOUDY AND MURKY AT THIS POINT. BUT WE KNOW THAT SHE WAS KILLED. SHE WAS RUSHED TO AN AREA HOSPITAL WHERE SHE LATER DIED. NOW, U.S. OFFICIALS IN A STATEMENT THEIR CONDOLENCES AND SAID THAT THEY ARE LOOKING IN TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES HERE. WHILE TURKEY'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PUT OUT A STATEMENT CONDEMNING, THE SHOOTING SAYING IN PART THAT AS SHE WAS MURDERED, THE NETANYA NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT AND THAT ISRAEL IS TRYING TO INTIMIDATE ANYONE WHO COMES TO THE AID OF PALESTINIANS AS THIS DEATH COMES AT A TIME, DIANE, OF HEIGHTENED TENSION, THE REGION. ISRAEL HAS BEEN CARRYING OUT A NUMBER OF OPERATIONS THIS WEEK IN THE WEST BANK. THOSE OPERATIONS CONTINUE AND, OF COURSE, AS NEW INFORMATION COMES OUT ON THIS, THIS INCIDENT WILL, OF COURSE, PASS ALONG DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MOORE IN JERUSALEM, MARCUS. COMING UP, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN COURT APPEALING FOR A NEW TRIAL IN THE E. JEAN CARROLL CIVIL SEXUAL ABUSE CASE. THESE ARE LIVE PICTURES OF TRUMP TOWER WHERE THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS SET TO SPEAK AT ANY MOMENT. WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND HAVE MORE ON THAT WHEN. WE COME BACK. STAY WITH US. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS, THIS IS START HERE. TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH. LISTENING TO YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. WHEREVER GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE, THE 19 EIGHTIES, THE BRAT PACK WAS HERE, THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE, THE BRAT PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU HAVE BRAT PACK NAME NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU? >> I HATED THE. WHAT A DISASTER. WHY DIDN'T WE TAKE AS AN OFFENSE TO SAY WE WERE THE BEATLES? >> WELL, DIDN'T SELL SHEA STADIUM 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE. >> WHAT DOES TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION COMBAT OPERATIONS CENTER. WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM DIFFERENT. THEIR REACTOR RECEIVED A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED BUT THE FLAG TO TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT IT MADE THE USA GREAT WORK. >> HI, IT'S LYLE. DAVID. DAVE. I'M DAVID. >> ARE WHO YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST AND MORNING AMERICA. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. ARE YOU COVERING THE BIGGEST EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY NOW. >> I'M GOING ON HERE EVERY DAY . >> YOU DON'T JUST SEE IT. YOU FEEL IT. I'M IN. I'M IN. I'M IN GYM HERE. I AM HERE. AND SO HAPPY. I MEAN, I WENT TO MY MICHAEL FOR WHERE IT HAPPENED LIKE REPORTING FROM THE SIDE OF THE 2024 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. KYRA PHILLIPS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO SPEAK AS A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IS DECIDING HIS REQUEST FOR A NEW CIVIL TRIAL IN THE DEFAMATION AND ASSAULT CASE BY E. JEAN CARROLL . THE APPEALS COURT APPEARED SKEPTICAL OF TRUMP'S PUSH FOR A NEW TRIAL, TELLING THE DEFENSE IT WOULD BE, QUOTE, VERY HARD TO OVERTURN THE JURY'S VERDICT. ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT IS THERE. >> TRUMP TOWER. RACHEL, WHAT'S THE LATEST THERE ? YEAH, WE'RE TOLD THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS GOING TO COME DOWN HERE AT TRUMP TOWER AND DELIVER REMARKS ANY MOMENT. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS COMING AT A CONSEQUENTIAL MOMENT IN THIS CAMPAIGN. DIANE, WE ARE JUST FOUR DAYS OUT FROM THE VERY FIRST DEBATE BETWEEN VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. WE KNOW THAT HIS LEGAL ISSUES HAVE ALSO BEEN TOP OF MIND FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT. HE'S BEEN RAILING AGAINST THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE LEAD UP TO TODAY. AND SO WE KNOW THAT HE IS APPEARING IN COURT IN NEW YORK, BUT ALSO ON SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU KNOW HE'S ALSO BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS HUSH MONEY TRIAL AS WELL, WHERE HE WAS CONVICTED ON 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. WE KNOW THERE'S BEEN THIS BACK AND FORTH OVER WHEN HE IS GOING TO BE SENTENCED, WHETHER OR NOT THAT WILL BE SEPTEMBER 18TH, WHETHER OR NOT THAT WILL BE AFTER THE ELECTION. SO EXPECT THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THAT AS WELL. WE ARE TOLD THAT HE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO TAKE SOME QUESTIONS. AND SO, AGAIN, WITH EARLY VOTING NOW STARTING IN JUST TWO WEEKS HERE AND THIS THIS RACE BEING NECK AND NECK THE FORMER PRESIDENT HERE GEARING UP FOR THIS DEBATE, BUT TAKING A VERY DIFFERENT APPROACH. AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, WHO WAS HUNKERED DOWN IN PENNSYLVANIA, THE FORMER PRESIDENT HERE, HE'S GOING TO BE TAKING QUESTIONS AND HE STILL HAS A RALLY THIS WEEKEND, DIANE. >> AND I WANT TO BRING IN OUR CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BUCKMIRE, BECAUSE BRIAN TRUMP'S TEAM IS FOCUSING HERE ON WHAT WAS AND WASN'T ALLOWED IN THIS TRIAL, BOTH IN TERMS OF EVIDENCE AND IN TERMS OF WITNESSES. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE JUDGE'S REACTIONS TO THOSE ARGUMENTS TODAY? >> WELL, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE THIS IS A DIFFICULT HURDLE TO OVERCOME, EVEN JUST PUTTING ASIDE THE ARGUMENTS THEMSELVES, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE STANDARD IS IN WHICH THESE JUDGES ARE GOING TO BE EVALUATING THIS. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT STANDARDS THAT I THINK WOULD APPLY HERE. IF IT'S DE NOVO, THAT'S LATIN PHRASE AS MEANING FROM THE BEGINNING, THE JUDGES CAN COME IN AND THEN LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE FROM THEMSELVES, KIND OF MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT EVIDENCE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADMITTED OR NOT ADMITTED BASED ON THEIR APPLICATION OF THE LAW. BUT I SUPPOSE IF IT'S ABUSE OF DISCRETION THAT'S LOOKING AT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, OKAY, THE JUDGE SAID THAT X IS GOING TO. WAS THIS WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY? DID THEY ABUSE THEIR DISCRETION IN MAKING THIS CHOICE? IT COULD BE RIGHT OR WRONG, BUT IF THEY DID AN ABUSE, THEIR DISCRETION, YOU STILL STICK WITH THAT RULING, I THINK IS GOING TO BE THE ABUSE OF DISCRETION. AND IF THAT'S THE STANDARD IT'S THAT MUCH HARDER FOR DONALD TRUMP'S TEAM TO WIN. NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE TAKING ISSUE WITH IS THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE. BREAK DOWN THOSE ARGUMENTS US AND WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE THE JUDGES ARE LANDING THERE. YEAH. SO THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE WE ALL KNOW ABOUT I DON'T NEED TO REPEAT WHAT HE SAID ON TAPE ,BUT WHETHER OR NOT IT COMES IN OR WHETHER IT'S ABOUT PROPENSITY JUST SHOWING THAT THIS IS A BAD PERSON WHO DOES BAD THINGS, THAT WOULD NOT BE PROPER. BUT THIS COMES IN FOR A REASON OF TO PROVE MOTIVE, INTENT, LACK OF MISTAKE, COMMON SCHEME OR PLAN OR OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. THAT'S WHEN WHEN THE THE THE PROSECUTION GETS TO COME IN AND BRING THAT IN OR E. JEAN CARROLL TEAM GETS TO BRING THAT IN. IF THE JUDGE FEELS THAT OR THE PANEL OF JUDGES SORRY THAT THE JUDGE ABUSED THEIR DISCRETION IN ALLOWING THIS TO COME, THEN THAT CAN OVERTURN THE CASE. IT'S LESS ABOUT THE ACTUAL CONTENTS OF IT AND MORE ABOUT ITS APPLICABILITY, RELEVANCE AND HOW IT CAME INTO CASE. AND IS IT THE SAME QUESTIONS AT PLAY WITH THEM TAKING ISSUE WITH OTHER WITNESSES WHO WERE CALLED OTHER WOMEN ACCUSING TRUMP? IT'S THE SAME ISSUE IN TERMS OF THE ADMISSIBILITY OF DIFFERENT STATEMENTS, DIFFERENT WITNESSES, DIFFERENT EVIDENCE ARE ADMITTED FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, OR THEY'LL HAVE DIFFERENT CRITERIAS OR DIFFERENT WHICH ARGUE, BUT IT'S UNDER THE LARGER UMBRELLA OF THIS SHOULD HAVE COME IN OR THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE COME IN. AND THE JUDGE MADE AN ERROR IN DOING SO. EVALUATE, JUDGE AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS APPROPRIATE TO COME IN OR NOT. >> RACHEL, THERE ARE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS HERE FOR TRUMP AND HE'S TRYING TO GET THIS LEGALLY REVERSED AND RETRY SIDE. BUT THERE ARE ALSO POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, PRESIDENT. THE ELECTION'S JUST 60 DAYS AWAY. SO WHAT ARE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF HOW THIS APPEALS COURT MIGHT TODAY? YEAH, AND THERE CERTAINLY ARE A POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS HERE, DIANE, BECAUSE IF YOU JUST REMEMBER, JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO WE WERE STANDING HERE, I WAS ON THE AIR WITH YOU AS A FORMER PRESIDENT, WAS ALSO DELIVERING REMARKS RIGHT AFTER HE WAS CONVICTED ON THOSE 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. IT'S ALSO A QUESTION OF HOW MUCH DEMOCRAT REALLY WANT TO PUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S LEGAL TROUBLES FRONT AND CENTER NOW WITH THIS CRITICAL STRETCH UNTIL ELECTION DAY. IT'S A FOR DEMOCRATS IF THEY'RE GOING TO REALLY HONE IN ON THIS MESSAGE THAT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS RUNNING AGAINST A CONVICTED FELON WHO'S ALSO LEGAL TROUBLE AND A LOT OF OTHER DIFFERENT AREAS, OR IF THEY'RE GOING TO DIRECT THIS TOWARDS THE ISSUES. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POLLING, YOT OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT BEING CONVICTED, WE SAW HOW MUCH AMERICANS DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THAT CONVICTION. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE LEADING ISSUES ARE ALSO THE ECONOMY, INFLATION, CRIME, IMMIGRATION. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ALSO TOP OF MIND TO AMERICANS. SO SOME OF THIS WILL BE BACK IN THE NEWS AND HEADLINES THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT DOES JUST SIMPLY NOT WANT TO SEE. BUT ARE ALSO BIG QUESTIONS FOR DEMOCRATS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS GOING TO PLAY INTO THEIR ADS. WITH JUST ABOUT 60 DAYS TO GO UNTIL THE ELECTION. DIANE AND I WANT TO IN OUR AARON KATERSKY, WHO'S OUTSIDE THAT APPEALS COURT. AARON, WHAT'S THE LATEST THERE IN COURT? AND WHEN DO YOU EXPECT WE'LL HEAR FROM THESE JUDGES ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO RULE? >> IT COULD BE A WHILE. THEY SAID THEY TAKE THE CASE UNDER ADVISEMENT. FORMER TRUMP CAME TO COURT ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS, NOT COMPULSORY AND HE SAT AND LISTENED FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF ORAL ARGUMENTS AS HE'S PUSHING FOR NEW TRIAL AFTER HE WAS HELD LIABLE FOR DEFAMING AND ASSAULTING MAGAZINE COLUMNIST E. JEAN CARROLL AND JURY AWARDED HER $5 MILLION IN DAMAGES AND THE WHOLE MATTER REALLY RESTS ON EVIDENTIARY ISSUES, WHETHER THE JUDGE PROPERLY OR IMPROPERLY ALLOWED SOME TESTIMONY AND OTHER EVIDENCE INTO THE TRIAL. TRUMP DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING DURING THESE PROCEEDINGS, BUT THAT ALL OF HIS LAWYER, HE TOLD THE JUDGE THAT THE "ACCESS HOLLYWOOD" TAPE AND CERTAINLY FROM WOMEN WHO WERE NOT E. JEAN CARROLL WERE IMPROPERLY ALLOWED. AND AARON, THIS ALSO COMES AS HIS DIFFERENT LEGAL TEAM, DIFFERENT COURT, ARE ALSO TRYING TO GET HIS SENTENCING DELAYED, AS RACHEL MENTIONED IN THAT OTHER CASE OF FALSIFYING DOCUMENTS. WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THAT AND WHAT'S THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THIS GOES HIS WAY, GIVEN SORT OF TWO PARTS TO THIS ARGUMENT? ONE IS THAT THEY WANT THE CASE MOVED TO FEDERAL AND THE OTHER IS THAT THEY WANT THE SENTENCING DELAYED UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. >> AND I THINK IF THE SENTENCING IS DELAYED, THEY MAY DROP THEIR TO MOVE IT INTO FEDERAL COURT. THIS IS ALL KIND OF A GAMBIT TO PUSH EVERYTHING UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. BUT JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN, WHO OVERSAW THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY CASE IN A COURTHOUSE JUST DOWN THE BLOCK, SAYS HE'S GOING TO RULE TODAY ON WHETHER HE IS GOING TO POSTPONE THE SENTENCING UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION, AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS REQUESTED. HE HASN'T GIVEN ANY HINTS AS TO HOW HE MIGHT RULE. IT'S ALREADY DELAYED THE SENTENCING ONCE AT TRUMP'S REQUEST. SO BUMPING IT UP TO LESS THAN TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION KIND OF CAME IS AT TRUMP'S OWN DOING. BUT THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DID NOT TAKE A POSITION SAYING IT'S UP TO THE JUDGE TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO HERE. SO IF THE JUDGE DOES MOVE IT, HE WON'T GET ANY OBJECTION FROM PROSECUTORS. >> ALL RIGHT. AND I WANT TO BRING IN OUR EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL PRODUCER, JOHN, WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR TRUMP IN BOTH OF THESE RULINGS? WELL, MEAN, LISTEN, AS FAR AS THE RULINGS ARE CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE A SENTENCE SAYING BEFORE THE ELECTION, OBVIOUSLY NOT GOOD ALREADY TO BE A CONVICTED FELON, TO BE A CONVICTED FELON WITH THE SENTENCING WITH ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, A FINE FINALE, IF YOU WILL. NOT EXACTLY. VOTERS REALLY WANT TO HAVE FRONT LOBE AS THEY'RE HEADING INTO THE BALLOT BOX COME NOVEMBER. AS FAR AS EUGENE CAROL IS CONCERNED, LOOK, THAT'S A CASE. FORGET MONEY FOR A SECOND. JUST THE STORYLINE IS HORRIBLE FOR DONALD TRUMP. SO THAT'S A CASE THAT VOTERS MAYBE DIDN'T TOTALLY FORGET. BUT LET'S RECOGNIZE WE'VE HAD A VERY BUSY YEAR, GUYS, FOR THIS. YOU'VE BEEN IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT COURTROOMS. THAT WAS A CASE, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT. WE WERE ALL TOGETHER IN JANUARY. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ACTION THAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THEN. SO I THINK FOR THE TRUMP TEAM, THEY ARE VERY MUCH HOPING TO MOVE THE BALL FORWARD, IF YOU WILL. AND IN SOME WAYS A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY WITH THE CALENDAR THAT WAS SET IN THE CASE, GET ALL OF THIS MOVING AHEAD PAST NOVEMBER. DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH ACTIVITY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. >> I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING HERE IN THIS PRESS CONFERENCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WATCH IN A COUPLE MINUTES HERE IS THAT NO UNFORCED ERRORS BECAUSE THE REALITY IS THAT OUTSIDE OF SOME CAMPAIGN, THIS IS REALLY ONE OF THE LAST TIMES WE'RE GOING TO SEE DONALD TRUMP. DIANE, TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM VOTERS LEADING UP TO OUR DEBATE ON TUESDAY AND LOOKING THAT SHOT. YOU CAN SEE OUR RACHEL SCOTT THERE IN HER RED JACKET. LET'S GO BACK TO RACHEL AND GET THE UPDATE BECAUSE RACHEL, YOU KNOW, HERE, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS IN COURT TODAY. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE. HE DOESN'T TO BE THERE AT TRUMP TOWER TODAY. AND YET THERE HE IS. SO LET'S LISTEN IN TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS PERIOD OF TIME LOOKS LIKE AND HOW CRUCIAL IT IS, THE WAY HE IS SPENDING HIS TIME RIGHT NOW AND WHY HE CHOSE TO BE THERE. >> LET'S LISTEN TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY, FOR BEING HERE. THIS IS A LONG AND COMPLICATED WEB AND STORY, BUT IT ALL GOES BACK TO THE DOJ AND KAMALA AND SLEEPY JOE AND ALL THE REST OF THEM. WE HAVE A WHOLE RIGGED ELECTION SYSTEM. NOBODY'S EVER SEEN ANYTHING. WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW? I UNDERSTAND YESTERDAY THEY'RE BRINGING UP RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA AGAIN, THAT THEY'VE DONE FOR YEARS, NEVER FOUND ANY ANYTHING. BUT THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT CHINA, CHINA, CHINA, IRAN, IRAN, IRAN AND LOTS OF OTHER PLACES. I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO ANYBODY FROM RUSSIA IN YEARS. THEY KNOW THAT. BUT IT'S A SCAM. BUT IT ALL GOES BACK TO THE DOJ BECAUSE WE HAD A TRIAL TODAY. IT'S AN APPEAL OF A RIDICULOUS VERDICT OF A WOMAN. I HAVE NEVER MET. I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE NO IDEA WHO SHE IS. SHE WROTE A BOOK AND SHE MADE A RIDICULOUS STORY UP. SHE PUT IT IN HER BOOK AND WE'RE NOW APPEALING DECISION. WE HAD AN EXTREMELY HOSTILE JUDGE APPOINTED BY CLINTON, VERY GOOD FRIENDS OF CLINTON. I GUESS HE MARRIED, PRESIDED OVER THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY OF ONE OF THE LAWYERS ON THE CASE AGAINST US. AND VERY SAD JUDGE LEWIS KAPLAN, ANGRY MAN. HE WAS SO ANGRY. I WENT TO THE TRIAL. I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF LITIGATION OVER THE YEARS, NEVER SEEN SUCH ANGER OR WANTED TO THROW ONE OF HER ATTORNEYS IN JAIL WHO HAS THREATENED HER WITH JAIL. NOBODY'S EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT OVER. OVER NOTHING. NOBODY'S EVER I'VE NEVER SUCH ANGER. BUT ALL OF OUR JUDGES. I MEAN, WE HAD A BRILLIANT JUDGE AND I THINK A VERY FAIR JUDGE IN FLORIDA. I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER JUDGE WHO'S. VERY FAIR. I JUST ASK FOR FAIR. I DON'T WANT ANYTHING DIFFERENT FROM. ANYBODY ELSE? I JUST ASK FOR FAIRNESS. WE HAVE ANOTHER JUDGE OR A COUPLE OF JUDGES THAT I THINK ARE FAIR. THEN WE HAVE OTHER JUDGES THAT I THINK THE WHOLE THING IS I THINK THE SYSTEM IS A DISGRACE. THE CASE THAT WE MET ON TODAY AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT JOB NUMBERS, WHICH ARE HORRIBLE, BY THE WAY, HORRIBLE LIKE REALLY BAD. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU WON'T REPORT ON IT, BUT THE JOB NUMBERS ARE TERRIBLE. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE APPEAL TODAY. WE HAD A GREAT APPELLATE LAWYER GO DOWN REPRESENTING US, AND I THINK JOHN DID A VERY GOOD JOB . YOU HAVE A MATTER OF MINUTES TO SPEAK TO, VERY COMPLEX THING BECAUSE IT WAS A SET UP, A RIGGED DEAL. THEY HAD TO THIS. AND BEFORE I START, I HAVE NO WHO THIS WOMAN IS. THEY HAVE A PICTURE FROM THEY SAY 40 YEARS AGO. A PICTURE AND THE PICTURE DEPICTS HER AND HER HUSBAND ON A CELEBRITY LINE. WHERE I WAS THE CELEBRITY. I WAS A CELEBRITY FOR A LONG TIME. AND THEY WERE SHAKING MY HANDS, ALONG WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. NOBODY EVEN KNOWS WHERE IT IS. THE PROBLEM IS SHE DOESN'T KNOW THE DATE OF THIS INCIDENT. SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN SHE DIDN'T KNOW. WAS IT IN THE NINETIES? COULD IT HAVE BEEN FURTHER THAN THAT? SHE HAS NO IDEA WHEN AND PEOPLE DO THAT BECAUSE DON'T WANT TO GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE AND THEN YOU FIND OUT THAT TRUMP OR WHOEVER IT WAS WAS IN EUROPE. SO THEY TEND TO DO THAT. THEY TAKE PERIODS SO THAT THIS WAY HOPEFULLY WAS IN NEW YORK AT THAT TIME. BUT THIS IS A DISGRACEFUL AND DISGRACEFUL IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHO IS NOW LEADING IN THE POLLS TO BE THE PRESIDENT AGAIN. AND THIS IS BEING WORKED WITH THE DOJ DEPARTMENT, JUSTICE, AS ARE ALL OF THESE CASES, THEY ALL COME OUT. ATLANTA FANI, THAT IS ALL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. NOBODY KNEW THAT THE CASE WITH JUDGE ENGORAN, THE MOST OVERTURNED JUDGE IN THE STATE. THAT IS VERY CLOSE BECAUSE THEY SENT THEIR TEAM, THE DOJ, TO HELP HIM. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ALVIN BRAGG. THAT WAS ALL WORKED WITH. AGAIN, THEY SENT A TOP OPERATIVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT, FROM THE DOJ DEPARTMENT OF I CALLED THE DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE BECAUSE THEY USING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO RIG THE CAMPAIGN THESE CASES ARE DISGRACEFUL. >> NOW THEY'RE BROUGHT, FOR THE MOST PART IN FRONT OF VERY HOSTILE AREAS WHERE REPUBLICANS GET THREE OR 4%, LIKE DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN, IN FRONT OF VERY HOSTILE JUDGES, LIKE HOSTILE LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE JUDGE MERCHAN, JUDGE AND JUDGE KAPLAN ALL THEM HOSTILE AREAS. AND VERY, VERY HOSTILE JUDGES. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT AND VERY BAD THING. THIS CASE, NEW YORK, VERY BAD THING FOR NEW YORK BUSINESSES WON'T COME TO NEW YORK BECAUSE OF WHAT TOOK PLACE WITH JUDGE ENGORON. I TELL YOU THAT AND PROBABLY THE REST OF THEM ALSO. BUT THIS CASE INVOLVED A WOMAN WHO WROTE A BOOK AND I GUESS SHE SAID SOMETHING. THE BOOK, THAT'S WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT, FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT IN THE WHITE HOUSE. AND OF COURSE, I DENIED THE STORY BECAUSE IT'S NOT TRUE . I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THE WOMAN IS. AND I NEVER MET HER. NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT A PICTURE THAT WAS TAKEN 40 YEARS AGO WITH HER HUSBAND ON A CELEBRITY LINE, SO I DON'T THINK THAT COUNTS. BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, I NEVER MET HER. I NEVER TOUCHED HER. I, I WOULD HAVE HAD NO INTEREST IN MEETING HER IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. HER HUSBAND WAS A NEWS ANCHOR, ACTUALLY. JOHN JOHNSON, A VERY NICE GUY. SHE CALLED HIM HORRIBLE THINGS. WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO SAY THAT IN THE TRIAL. SHE SAID HORRIBLE THINGS ABOUT HIM. I GUESS THEY'RE SINCE DIVORCED . HE'S A VERY NICE GUY, AFRICAN AMERICAN. AND SHE SAID VERY BAD THINGS. WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO USE THAT IN THE TRIAL, WHICH SURPRISED A LOT OF PEOPLE. BUT SHE MADE UP A STORY AND FABRICATED 100% THAT I ATTACKED HER AT BERGDORF GOODMAN. YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY INTERESTING. I DON'T THINK THEY WERE ALLOWED TO USE THIS EITHER. HER FAVORITE SHOW IS LAW AND ORDER. AND THERE'S A ALMOST EXACT STORY AS HER STORY IN LAW ORDER ABOUT BEING ATTACKED IN THE DRESSING ROOM OF A DEPARTMENT STORE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY USED THE NAME OF THE STORE, BUT THAT'S FAVORITE SHOW, LAW AND ORDER. SHE SAID THAT AND ANYWAY, THIS EVOLVED INTO A DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST ME BECAUSE I DISPUTED HER WORDS. I TOLD THE TRUTH. WE WERE CALLED. I WAS IN THE WHITE AND I SAID, NO, IT NEVER HAPPENED. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. THIS WAS I THINK I WAS IN THE OVAL OFFICE. SIR, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? AND THIS HAD TO DO THE BOOK. AND SHE HAD A FEW PAGES IN A BOOK MAKING THIS CLAIM. BY THE WAY, THERE WAS NEVER A CLAIM. THERE WAS NEVER A POLICE REPORT. THERE WAS NEVER ANYTHING MENTIONED. THERE WAS NEVER PUBLICITY. 30 OR 40 YEARS AGO, WHENEVER TOOK PLACE, NOBODY KNOWS. SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN IT TOOK PLACE. WHEN DID IT TAKE PLACE? SHE HAS NO IDEA. SHE THINKS IT WAS IN THE 1990S. SHE THINKS IT WAS IN THE 1990S. AND THE JUDGE, WE HAD TWO TRIALS. WE ASKED FOR A CONSOLIDATED AND HE SAID, NO THERE ISN'T. HE SAID NO IS HE'D RATHER HAVE DOUBLE THE PUBLICITY BECAUSE THAT'S BAD FOR ME. VERY BAD BECAUSE I'M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. AND THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF PUBLICITY YOU LIKE. AND WHETHER IT'S TRUE OR NOT, HORRIBLE. AND IN THIS CASE IT'S SO FALSE . IT'S A MADE UP, FABRICATED STORY BY SOMEBODY. I THINK INITIALLY JUST LOOK INTO PROMOTE A BOOK AND WHEN THEY CALLED ME, I DENIED THIS. SO I GOT SUED ESSENTIALLY FOR DEFAMATION BECAUSE I'M DENYING THE STORY. WELL, I'M RIGHT. I SHOULD BE DOING HER FOR DEFAMATION. SO THAT'S WHERE IT IS NOW. THERE WERE TWO WITNESSES. THIS ONE IS A WOMAN WHO'S FOLLOWED ME FOR YEARS. SHE SAID IN 1979, I WAS IN AN AIRPLANE WITH HER COMMERCIAL FLIGHT AND WE BECAME VERY INTIMATE. I JUST SAT DOWN. I THINK I THE BOOK, THE ART OF THE DEAL, I WAS FAMOUS THEN TO I'VE BEEN FAMOUS FOR A LONG TIME AND WE'RE SITTING IN FIRST CLASS, ACCORDING TO HER. NEVER HAPPENED. BY THE WAY, I TOTALLY MADE UP STORIES. SHE'S A CLINTON PERSON TOO, THE WAY BILL CLINTON PRESS SHE MADE UP THE STORY AND SO MANY YEARS AGO. AND I IT WOULD BE 1979, ONE OF MY MANY PEOPLE BEHIND ME COULD IT? BUT I THINK SHE SAID 1970. THAT'S A LONG TIME AGO. AND I SAT DOWN, I BELIEVE I HAD SOME PRETTY BIG SUCCESS THEN AND I WAS BEING TALKED ABOUT A LOT. MAYBE THE ART OF THE DEAL WAS OUT KNOW SOME TIME AFTER THAT, I'M NOT SURE, BUT I WAS WELL, AND PASSENGERS ARE COMING INTO THE PLANE AND SHE SAID I WAS MAKING OUT WITH HER. AND THEN AFTER 15 MINUTES AND THEN SHE CHANGED HER STORY A COUPLE OF TIMES. MAYBE IT WAS QUICKER THAT I GRABBED HER AT A CERTAIN AND THAT WAS WHEN SHE HAD ENOUGH. NOW, SO THINK OF THE IMPRACTICALITY OF THIS. I'M FAMOUS, I'M IN A PLANE. PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO THE AND I'M LOOKING AT A WOMAN AND I GRAB AND I START KISSING HER AND MAKING OUT WITH HER. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF THAT HAPPENING? WHAT ARE THE CHANCES AND FRANKLY, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO SAY IT'S A TERRIBLE THING TO SAY, BUT IT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. AND SHE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE CHOSEN ONE, SHE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE CHOSEN ONE. SHE HAS GONE AROUND FOR YEARS SAYING THIS DOOR EVERYWHERE I GO. SHE SAYS THIS STORY AND IT'S A TOTAL LIE. NOW, I ASSUME SHE ASSUMED ME NOW FOR DEFAMATION. LIKE I GOT SUED BY E. JEAN CARROLL, WHO INTERESTINGLY SAID SHE'S BEEN HURT DAMAGED, BUT SHE'S MADE MORE MONEY SINCE SHE DID THIS THAN SHE EVER MADE IN HER LIFE. SHE GETS PAID A LOT OF MONEY TO GO TALK ABOUT BAD THINGS ABOUT ME. SO REMEMBER, THIS WHOLE THING STARTED ALONG WITH JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER CASE I'M INVOLVED WITH WITH THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF HARRIS AND WHO'S HAVING A BAD TIME BECAUSE SHE CAN'T TALK OF HARRIS AND. JOE BIDEN. THIS WAS ELECTION INTERFERENCE . IT ALL IS. IT'S ALL FABRICATED BUT FABRICATED IN FRONT OF VERY FRIENDLY JUDGES FOR THEM AND IN VERY FRIENDLY AREAS FOR THEM. IF YOU GET A JURY, IT'S VERY HARD TO WIN. IN A JURY. WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR OR 5% REPUBLICAN VOTES. VERY, VERY TOUGH. ACTUALLY, TWO WITNESSES. >> ONE IS NAMED JESSICA LEEDS. SO SHE SHE UP AGAIN. SHE CAN'T GET RID OF HER. SHE WAS UP. SHE SAID I WAS IN AN AIRPLANE DOING THAT. COUPLE OF THINGS. YOU HAVE AN ARMREST AND PLANES BACK IN THOSE DAYS. OH BY THE WAY, SHE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE FLIGHT WHERE WE WERE GOING, WHERE I WAS IN VERY FEW FLIGHTS. I WAS A NEW YORK GUY BUILDING NEW YORK BUILDING. THAT WAS A VERY FEW AIRPLANES. I WILL TELL YOU, IN THOSE DAYS, 1979, I THINK IT'S A LONG TIME AGO. BUT YOU HAD THE ARMREST AND IN THE OLD DAYS IT DIDN'T MOVE. OKAY. BUT SHE SAID SHE GOT OUT AND SHE WENT TO THE BACK OF THE PLANE. AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE STORY. THINK AND THE STORY HAS FOLLOWED ME FOR YEARS. BUT JUST TO FINISH WITH HER JESSICA LEEDS, NO POLICE REPORTS, NO WITNESSES, NO CORROBORATION OF ANY KIND, NO CRIMINAL SUGGESTIONS, NO NOTHING. THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE. AND THIS ONE IS A WRITER FOR "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE WHO I ACTUALLY THOUGHT WAS VERY NICE . SHE CAME TO MAR-A-LAGO AND SHE WROTE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STORY YOU'VE EVER SEEN. IT WAS A LOVE STORY ABOUT MELANIA AND MYSELF, A LOVE STORY AND PEOPLE MAGAZINE. AND THAT WAS IT. IT WAS THE COVER, I THINK. BUT IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL STORY. >> YOU WOULD EVERYBODY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT MARRIAGE. SHE SAID. THE NICEST THINGS ABOUT ME, ABOUT MELANIA, YOU HAVE THE STORY. >> I MEAN, YOU CAN READ THE STORY AND HER NAME WAS WHOEVER, LET'S SAY HER NAME WAS WAS HER. SO SAWN OFF? YEAH, I DON'T HAVE IT. WHATEVER HER NAME WAS, I DON'T KNOW THE LADY. SO PERHAPS IT'S MUCH BETTER THAT WAY, BUT I REALLY DON'T KNOW THE. SO SHE WROTE THIS BEAUTIFUL STORY AND ABOUT I DON'T KNOW YEARS LATER, NO POLICE REPORTS ,NO ANYTHING YEARS LATER THE SAME PERSON THEY CALLED UP. DID YOU ATTACK AT MAR A LAGO? THIS WOMAN, THIS WRITER, WHATEVER HER NAME IS, AND SHE WAS A WITNESS IN THE CASE HER AND LEADS WITH TWO WITNESSES. >> THAT ONLY TWO WITNESSES. DID YOU ATTACK. I SAID, WHO IS SHE? AND THEY SAID, SHE WRITES FOR "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE. I SAID, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE LADY. I HAD A STORY LONG YEARS BEFORE ABOUT PEOPLE, BUT IT WAS VERY NICE STORY. SO DON'T KNOW. IT HAS TO BE MADE UP BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT OUT THAT THE SAME LADY THAT WROTE THIS BEAUTIFUL STORY YEARS LATER SAID THAT ACTOR NO, THINK OF THIS. OH, AND SHE SAID THE BUTLER KNEW EVERYTHING. THE OLD EXPRESSION, THE BUTLER DID IT RIGHT. VERY FAMOUS IN CRIME STORIES. WELL, THE BUTLER WAS TONY SENECAL, WORKED FOR ME FOR A LONG HE WAS THAT HE WAS RETIRED AT THAT TIME. THAT WAS YEARS LATER. RETIRED. WAS THAT RETIRED WHEN THIS HOAX CAME OUT? AND WHAT HAPPENED IS HE TOTALLY CONFIRMED MY STORY AND HE DIDN'T EVEN WORK FOR ME ANYMORE. HE PASSED AWAY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, A GOOD MAN. HE SAID THE WOMAN WAS CRAZY. IT NEVER HAPPENED. I WAS THE ONE THAT SERVED HER. >> WHATEVER THEY SHE WAS DRINKING AND I WAS THERE AND NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. BUT YOU DON'T NEED THE BUTLER. ALL HAVE TO DO IS READ THE STORY. THINK OF THIS. A WOMAN COMES INTO MAR-A-LAGO, INTERVIEWS ME ABOUT, A LOVE STORY. STORY ABOUT WIFE AND MYSELF AND DURING THAT INTERVIEW, I ATTACKED HER AND PUSHED YOUR UP AGAINST THE WALL VIOLENTLY. OKAY? AND THEN SHE LEAVES AND SHE WRITES A PERFECT STORY. A PERFECT STORY. SHE DOESN'T MENTION THE EVENT. AGAIN, THERE'S NOTHING ON FILE AT ZERO. THERE WAS NO COMPLAINT. YOU COMPLAINTS TO PEOPLE MAGAZINE? THERE WAS NO WITNESS. THERE WAS NOTHING. YEAH, WELL, THERE WAS A WITNESS. THE BUTLER. AND HE'S ALREADY SAID EVERYTHING. HE'S ALREADY TOLD THIS STORY BECAUSE THIS STORY LIKEWISE, LIKE LEADS THIS STORY HAS FOLLOWED ME AROUND. I COULD GO THROUGH MANY, MANY OTHER STORIES OUTSIDE OF THIS. YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY FUNNY WHEN YOU'RE RICH AND FAMOUS, YOU GET A LOT OF PEOPLE COME UP WITH A LOT OF STORIES, BUT YOU'RE WRITERS AND SOME OF YOU ARE LEGITIMATE WRITERS AND SOME OF YOU AREN'T OF YOU ARE FAKE NEWS IN SOME OF YOUR REAL NEWS . BUT PUT YOURSELF IN MY POSITION. I'M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND HAVE ALL THESE CASES ALL OF A SUDDEN COME, COME OUT. >> AND THERE WE ARE WATCHING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKING AT TRUMP TOWER IN NEW YORK CITY AFTER ATTENDING A HEARING OVER ,HIS APPEAL FOR A NEW TRIAL IN THE E. JEAN CARROLL SEXUAL ABUSE CIVIL CASE. TRUMP CALLED THE CASE A LONG AND COMPLICATED WEB, BLAMING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMY, CALLING TODAY'S JOBS NUMBERS TERRIBLE. WE HAVE FULL TIME COVERAGE. AND I WANT TO GO STRAIGHT TO OUR SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT WHO'S THERE OUTSIDE THE APPEALS COURT, BECAUSE AARON JUST HEARD TRUMP, BY MY COUNT, AT LEAST THREE TIMES, SAY HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW E. JEAN CARROLL AND THAT HER STORY IS A LIE BUT HE HAS ALREADY LOST IN COURT FOR DOING THAT VERY THING, FOR DENYING HER STORY BECAUSE THE JURY FOUND HIM LIABLE FOR THAT ASSAULT AND FOR DEFAMING HER IN THE PAST BY DENYING IT. SO COULD HE HAVE JUST SUBJECTED HIMSELF TO ANOTHER DEFAMATION CASE HERE? >> I MEAN, IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE IF E. JEAN CARROLL AND HER ATTORNEY WERE LISTENING, DIANE, THE FORMER PRESIDENT CERTAINLY CAME CLOSE TO THE LINE, IF NOT ONE OVER IT. AND REPEATING THE VERY DEFAMATION OF E. JEAN CARROLL FOR WHICH HE WAS HELD LIABLE AND ORDERED TO PAY $5 MILLION, AND THAT HE'S NOW APPEALING. SO THERE'S NO SMALL AMOUNT OF IRONY THAT ON THE DAY HE'S APPEALING THE OUTCOME OF THE DEFAMATION CASE BY E. JEAN CARROLL, HE'S REPEATING SOME OF THE VERY SAME WORDS THAT THE JURY FOUND WERE DEFAMATORY. SO IT IS A BIT OF A RISK FOR HIM. WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER JEAN CARROLL WOULD PURSUE ANOTHER CASE, BUT IF SHE'S LISTENING IN, I THINK HER EARS MIGHT PERK UP. BRIAN, WHAT DOES THIS DO? I WANT TO BRING OUR LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR, BRIAN BUCKMIRE WHAT DOES THIS DO FOR THIS CASE AT THE APPEALS COURT? THESE TWO THINGS SEPARATE IN TERMS OF NEW COMMENTS AND HOW LIKELY IT THAT CARROLL COULD TRY TO TAKE HIM TO COURT AGAIN, BECAUSE SHE ALREADY HAS ONE AGAINST HIM MULTIPLE TIMES, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE ORIGINAL CASE, BUT BECAUSE HE CONTINUED TO TALK ABOUT IT, CONTINUED TO DENY IT. YEAH. SO SHORT ANSWER. IT SHOULD NOT AFFECT THE APPEAL BECAUSE THE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON THE ISSUES THAT OCCURRED IN THAT TRIAL. BUT JUDGES ARE HUMAN. IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS A SECOND CIRCUIT JUDGE AND SAID, WE JUST HAD ORAL ARGUMENTS ABOUT THIS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS ISSUE, YOU'RE GETTING MORE FINES THEY ACCRUE OVER TIME AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS HEARING IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU DO. THIS LIKE THAT CAN WEIGH ON ANY HUMAN'S MIND WHO IS PROBABLY LOOKING AT THIS ONE NEGATIVE PERSPECTIVE. AND SO IT SHOULDN'T LEGALLY, BUT IT MIGHT IN TERMS OF MORE DEFAMATION LAWSUITS, ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE. HE SAID THE WORDS. >> BUT A BIG PART OF OF DEFAMATION IS ALSO DAMAGES. E. JEAN CARROLL HAVE TO COME FORWARD AND SAY AFTER ALL OF WHAT HAPPENED AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THESE SPECIFIC STATEMENTS DAMAGE HER IN ONE WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THOSE DAMAGES WOULD BE. THAT WOULD BE AN ARGUMENT FOR HER. BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT DONALD TRUMP WOULD PUSH BACK ON. YES, YOU'RE POTENTIALLY MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS IS WHAT HE WOULD ARGUE. BUT WHAT ARE THE AT THIS POINT OF HIM SAYING IN THIS PRESSER? I DIDN'T KNOW HER AND THIS NEVER HAPPENED. >> THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE FOR LITIGATION. AND LET'S GO TO OUR EXECUTIVE EDITOR, OUR PRODUCER, JOHN SANTUCCI, BECAUSE, JOHN, YOU CAN'T IGNORE THE TIMING. IT'S FOUR DAYS UNTIL THE DEBATE, JUST 60 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY. HE HAVE TO BE IN COURT TODAY. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THERE AT TRUMP TOWER HOLDING THIS PRESS. WHY DOES HE GO TO THESE HEARINGS THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO ATTEND? AND WHY GO THROUGH SO MUCH DETAIL IN THIS CONFERENCE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY PUT HIM IN MORE LEGAL TROUBLE WHEN HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THERE AT ALL? >> I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO SCRATCH YOUR HEAD A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE . YOU WOULD THINK RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE FOUR DAYS FROM A DEBATE, YOU'D BE DOING, GEE, I DON'T DEBATE PREP, BUT I SUPPOSE THIS IS MAYBE A BETTER USAGE OF TIME. IT'S RATHER PERPLEXING. WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THIS IS A CASE BASED ON THE FACTS OF THE CASE THAT I CAN TELL YOU AND MOST OF OUR COLLEAGUES THAT COVER DONALD AND HIS TEAM WILL TELL YOU THE TRUMP TEAM HAS WANTED TO RUN AWAY FROM THIS CASE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. IT IS NOT A GOOD STORYLINE TALKING ABOUT INCIDENT AT BERGDORF GOODMAN ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING A WOMAN, JUST SOMETHING THAT THE TRUMP TEAM HAS KNOWN FOR A WHILE. THIS WAS ONE JUST RUN FROM IT. IT DOES NOTHING GOOD FOR US. SO TO GO THROUGH WHOLE NARRATIVE, REMIND VOTERS, FRANKLY, OF HOW THIS BEGAN WITH, DONALD TRUMP GOING TO THIS COURTHOUSE WHEN, AGAIN, AS YOU NOTED, HE DIDN'T HAVE TO TODAY, HE DIDN'T HAVE TO THEN WHEN THE CASE WAS GOING ON. IT JUST BRINGS THE CAMPAIGN, IF YOU WILL, TO A DARKER MOMENT THAT THEY FRANKLY THOUGHT THEY HAD GOTTEN THROUGH TO YOUR QUESTION OF WHY HE DOES THIS, IT'S THE SAME REASON WHY DURING ORAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CASE, THE MANHATTAN D.A.'S CASE BEFORE IT WAS IN TRIAL, THE FLORIDA CASE THE D.C. CASE, HE GOES BECAUSE HE HAS BELIEVED REPEATEDLY THAT THE CASE HAS HELPED HIM POLITICALLY. NOT GOOD PERSONALLY. CERTAINLY GOOD FINANCIALLY BETWEEN THE FINE THAT CAME OUT IN THE E. JEAN CARROLL CASE AND THE NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CASE, A HALF A BILLION DOLLARS BETWEEN THE TWO WHEN YOU DO THE MATH. BUT HE HAS THIS FIXATION THAT WHILE I'M IN COURT THE VOTERS, THE DIEHARD SUPPORTERS, THE PEOPLE THAT HE SPOKE ABOUT YEARS AGO, THAT I COULD SHOOT SOMEONE ON FIFTH AVENUE, NOT LOSE, SUPPORTER OR DIE. AND HE BELIEVES THAT THAT WILL MOTIVATE HIS TO GO TO THE POLLS AND LOOK AT WHAT HE SAID AT THE TOP OF HIS REMARKS, THAT THESE WERE CASES AND CHARGES BROUGHT BY JOE BIDEN. KAMALA HARRIS. LET'S REPEAT YET AGAIN, ALL OF THESE PROBES BEGAN WELL BEFORE DONALD TRUMP WAS OUT OF OFFICE AND ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW YORK PROBES, E. JEAN CARROLL STARTED LOOKING INTO SUING FOR DEFAMATION MANY, MANY MONTHS AND YEARS BEFORE ALL THIS BASED THE COMMENTS HE HAD MADE. >> AND BRIAN, HE DIDN'T JUST MENTION GENE CARROLL. HE ALSO WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO MENTION BY NAME SOME OTHER WOMEN WHO HAVE ACCUSED HIM OF UNWANTED SEXUAL ADVANCES. WHAT DOES THAT HOPE IN HIM UP TO POTENTIAL DEFAMATION LAWSUITS FROM THOSE WOMEN NOW? >> ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK YOU COMMENTED ON IT . I'M LOOKING AT HIM GOING THROUGH HIS NOTES AND THE PAGE LOOKS PRETTY SMALL. LIKE, DOES HE JUST HAVE THE OF THESE PEOPLE AND JUST RATTLING THEM OFF IS NOT JUST SAYING IT IS HOW HE'S GOING ABOUT IT. IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S MAKING DIRECTED ATTACKS ON THESE PEOPLE. BUT IT COMES BACK TO THE DAMAGES. AND SO IF THE WOMEN CAN SAY I HEARD THE STATEMENT IT WAS MADE, IT WAS FALSE AND IT DAMAGED IN A, B, C TYPE WAY, THEN YEAH, THAT'S DEFAMATION. BUT OF COURSE, I THINK THE MAJOR PUSHBACK HERE FROM DONALD TRUMP AND HIS ATTORNEYS WOULD BE ONE OF THE DAMAGES WE'VE ALREADY GONE TO IS LITIGATION. YOUR NAMES WENT OUT THERE. HE MIGHT HAVE SAID A FALSE STATEMENT, BUT ONE OF THE DAMAGE I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE LARGER ISSUE AT PLAY. >> CAN I MAKE ONE OTHER POINT? BECAUSE YOU AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT WHILE WE WERE WATCHING THIS ABOUT THE NOTES THAT WERE GOING ON, YOU HAD ASKED ME, YOU KNOW, THOSE LEGAL NOTES OR WHATNOT. THOSE ARE HIS NOTES. >> LET'S BE CLEAR. HIS ATTORNEYS DON'T WANT HIM DOING THIS. DIANE. ALL RIGHT. AARON KATERSKY BRIAN BUCKMIRE JOHN SANTUCCI. THANK YOU ALL THAT DO IS NEVER STOPS, AND NEITHER DO WE. >> KEEP IT HERE. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION OR COMBAT OPERATION, SO WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM DIRECTIONS. NUCLEAR REACTORS RECEIVED A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED. BUT THE FLAG, YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT MADE THE U.S. GREAT WORK. >> I THINK IT'S REAL. DAVID, I'M DAVID. >> YOU KNOW YOU YOU DO EVERY NIGHT. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAT PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM, THE INSIDE THE BRAT PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT THAT CRITICS AGREE HATED THE BREAKFAST. WHAT A DISASTER. WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSE? AND NOW, LIKE I SAY, WE'RE BEETLES WELL, WE DIDN'T KILL SHEA STADIUM 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE PRETTY SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE" TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS. SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING. START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING WHEREVER GET YOUR PODCAST START HERE THIS IS ABC LIVE THE CRUSH TWO FAMILIES ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANY ANYWHERE STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS REPORTING JOINT BASE ENTRANCE ON GIO BENITEZ WHEREVER THE STORY, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE I'M DEVASTATED. WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SPEAKING AFTER ATTENDING A HEARING OVER HIS APPEAL FOR A NEW TRIAL IN E. JEAN CARROLL SEXUAL ABUSE CIVIL CASE. TRUMP CALLED THE CASE LONG AND COMPLICATED WEB, EVEN CALLING IT RIGGED. AT ONE POINT BLAMING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, PRESIDENT BIDEN, AND EVEN PRESIDENT HARRIS. HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMY, CALLING TODAY'S JOB TERRIBLE. WE HAVE FULL TIME COVERAGE WITH JUST 60 DAYS TO GO UNTIL THIS ELECTION, I WANT TO START OFF WITH OUR SENIOR INVESTIGATOR CORRESPONDENT, AARON KATERSKY, WHO'S OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE WHERE THIS CASE NOW PLAYING OUT. AND, AARON, WE HEARD THESE ACCUSATIONS FROM THE PRESIDENT BEFORE, MORE THAN ANYTHING, CALLING THIS RIGGED CASE A RIGGED ELECTION SYSTEM AND ESSENTIALLY BLAMING THE DOJ AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FOR THE FACT THAT HE'S EVER FACED THIS CASE AT ALL. CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THOSE ARGUMENTS? I DON'T BELIEVE HE'S EVER PRESENTED ANY EVIDENCE FOR THAT. SO WHERE IS THIS COMING? WELL, HE'S RETURNING TO THEMES HAVE WORKED FOR HIM POLITICALLY IN THE PAST. THAT IS, IS HIS GRIEVANCES OVER BEING CHARGED BOTH CRIMINALLY AND CIVILLY. AND THE OUTCOMES GENERALLY HAVE NOT BEEN IN HIS FAVOR. HE'S BEEN CONVICTED OF 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. HE HAS BEEN HELD LIABLE FOR BUSINESS FRAUD AND ORDERED TO PAY A NEARLY HALF BILLION DOLLAR JUDGMENT AND, HE HAS BEEN FOUND LIABLE OF DEFAMING AND ASSAULTING E. JEAN CARROLL. AND ON TWO OCCASIONS HE'S BEEN ORDERED TO PAY COMBINED $90 MILLION TO HER. TODAY, HE APPEALED ONE OF THOSE JUDGMENTS AND ASKED FOR A NEW TRIAL. HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING WHILE HE APPEARED IN COURT. WHEN I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS SATISFIED WITH HOW HIS LAWYERS ARGUED, HE IGNORED THE QUESTION. BUT WHEN HE THEN VENTURED UPTOWN TO TRUMP TOWER, HE UNLOADED ON THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND, SPECIFICALLY AGAIN ON E. JEAN CARROLL APPEARING TO THE VERY DEFAMATORY REMARKS THAT GOT HIM IN TROUBLE IN FIRST PLACE. >> DIANE AND I WANT TO BRING IN EXECUTIVE EDITOR, OUR PRODUCER JOHN SANTUCCI, ON THIS, BECAUSE, JOHN, AS SOON AS I THINK WE ALL PERKED UP A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE HEARD HIM SAYING WHAT HE WAS SAYING, THAT DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE DIDN'T, CAROL, THAT THIS STORY WAS A LIE BECAUSE HE NOT ONLY FACED THE ORIGINAL CASE, WHICH HE LOST, BUT ALSO HAD TO PAY ADDITIONAL FINES BECAUSE TRUMP CONTINUED TO DENY THIS CASE, DENY KNOWING CAROL, DENY HER STORY, THE COURT CONSIDERED DEFAMATION. >> SO DID HE JUST OPEN HIMSELF TO POTENTIALLY MORE FINES FOR DEFAMATION? >> I'M LOOKING OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE BECAUSE THE LAWYER NEXT TO ME, I SEE BRYAN NODDING HIS HEAD. I MEAN, HE'S PRETTY GOOD AT THIS, AS WE KNOW. YEAH. LOOK, IT CERTAINLY WOULD SEEM THAT WAY EVEN TO THE NON-LAWYERS SITTING HERE. YOU AGREE? OKAY. SO I'M JUST CONFIRMATION. >> BUT YEAH. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I MEAN, YOU'VE YOU'VE REALLY GOT A DEBATE IN FOUR DAYS. >> THIS IS A STORY THAT EVERY PERSON AROUND DONALD TRUMP HAS SAID, LET'S MOVE FORWARD, LET'S GET AWAY FROM THIS. AARON MENTIONS THERE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE LAWYERS THAT ARE FLANKING HIM. >> DONALD TRUMP, ACCORDING TO TWEETS THAT, I'M SEEING FROM REPORTERS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM STILL AS HE IS, IS GOING ON. I SEE ONE OF HIS LAWYERS SPEAKING NOW. HE SAID HE WASN'T TOO HAPPY WITH THE LEGAL TALENT THAT'S BEEN WITH HIM. I MEAN, SO THINK ABOUT INSULTING YOUR LAWYERS AS THEY'RE RIGHT THERE. YOU. I FIND IT STRANGE THAT WE KNOW DONALD TRUMP BELIEVES THESE CASES. DIANE, HAVING THEM FRONTAL LOBE ARE GOOD FOR HIM POLITICALLY. BUT THE REALITY IS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THE FACTS OF THIS CASE WAS SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY WANTED TO RUN AWAY FROM. AND DONALD TRUMP DEFINITELY WENT FOR THESE PROCEEDINGS WHEN THEY WERE GOING ON. BUT LET'S BE CLEAR, LIKE TODAY DID NOT NEED BE THERE. IT'S THE CAMPAIGN PLAYBOOK, IF YOU WILL. DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN WAS BEING PLAYED IN THE COURTROOM DURING THE PRIMARIES. MANY PEOPLE I REMEMBER RON DESANTIS SAYING IT BELIEVED THAT'S WHAT HELPED DONALD TRUMP SECURE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. BUT NOW THIS IS THE GENERAL. NOW IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD AND BRING PEOPLE BACK TO DAYS LIKE TODAY, NOT SOMETHING THE CAMPAIGN TEAM IS EXCITED ABOUT. >> AND I WANT TO GO TO OUR SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, BECAUSE, SELINA, WE HAVE HEARD FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCUSE PRESIDENT BIDEN OF SOMEHOW BEING INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE CASES, SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE DOJ WAS BEHIND THIS, THAT IT WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. NOW WE'RE HEARING HIM MENTIONED, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, AS. SO HOW DO YOU EXPECT THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN TO RESPOND TO, PARTICULARLY WITH THAT DEBATE NOW JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY? YEAH, LOOK, I THINK THIS JUST GOES TO THE SPLIT SCREEN WHILE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS HUNKERED DOWN HERE IN PITTSBURGH PREPARING FOR THE DEBATE, YOU HAVE TRUMP IN THE NOW GIVING THIS PRESS CONFERENCE. AND I WAS JUST SPEAKING TO A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE VICE PRESIDENT. AND THIS REALLY GOES TO THE CONTRAST THAT SHE'S TO TRY AND DRAW DURING THE DEBATE THAT DONALD TRUMP IS SOMEONE WHO'S ONLY FOCUSED ON HIMSELF VERSUS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. YOU HEARD HIM IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE THERE, REALLY FOCUSING ON RAILING AGAINST THE LEGAL SYSTEM, RAILING AGAINST HIS LEGAL WOES, RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON THE ISSUES THAT ARE TOP OF MIND FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHICH INCLUDES THE ECONOMY, WHICH HE DID BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT, AS WELL AS ISSUES LIKE IMMIGRATION, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, ETC.. SO VICE PRESIDENT, SHE'S READY TO DRAW THAT CONTRAST. SHE'S ALSO GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON HER RECORD. OF COURSE, SHE IS A FORMER PROSECUTOR WHO HER CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN READY TO TOUT A FORMER PROSECUTOR VERSUS, A CONVICTED FELON. AND THAT IMAGERY OF DONALD TRUMP IN THE COURTROOM ONLY GOES AGAIN TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR SPLIT SCREEN. AND I'M TOLD THAT VICE PRESIDENT SHE'S TAKING THIS DEBATE VERY SERIOUSLY TO PUT ALL OF THIS INTO CONTEXT. THIS IS GOING TO BE DONALD TRUMP'S SEVENTH GENERAL ELECTION PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. IT'S GOING TO BE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS' FIRST. THEY'VE NEVER MET EACH OTHER BEFORE. THEY'VE NEVER EVEN SPOKEN TO EACH OTHER BEFORE. SO SHE'S TAKING ALL OF THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. I'M TOLD THAT FOR MOST UP TO DATE, DIANE, SHE'S FOCUSED ON THESE POLICY SESSIONS AND MEETINGS TO STRATEGIZE WITH HER TOP ADVISERS HUNKERED DOWN HERE IN PITTSBURGH AND GO TO OUR LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BUCKMIRE. BECAUSE, BRIAN, TODAY WE NOT ONLY HEARD TRUMP DENY KNOWING E. JEAN CARROLL DENYING HER STORY, BUT HE MENTIONED OTHER WOMEN WHO HAVE ACCUSED HIM OF UNWANTED SEXUAL ADVANCES, NAMING THEM OUTRIGHT AND ALSO DENYING THEIR STORIES. HOW RISKY IS THAT FOR HIM? IT'S VERY RISKY. IT'S -- IT'S I'M LOOKING AT THE ATTORNEYS THAT ARE FLANKING HIM AND BEING LIKE, NO REACTION, NO, NO. EMOTIONAL LIKE, WELL, LET ME BE VERY CLEAR. DO I THINK THERE'S A LEGAL ARGUMENT THAT HE DID NOT DEFAME THOSE WOMEN. ABSOLUTELY. AND I KEEP REITERATING DAMAGES ASPECT. YOU GO AFTER DAMAGES AND NO DAMAGES HERE. HE MADE A FALSE STATEMENT WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S HIS OPINION. THERE ARE LEGAL ARGUMENTS THAT HE CAN GET FROM UNDERNEATH THIS. BUT WHY GET THAT CLOSE TO HAVING THE ISSUE HERE? LIKE THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN. BRINGING UP THE NAMES, TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL FALSITIES, THINGS THAT THEY CAN MAYBE BRING BACK EVIDENCE AND SAY, YOU DID KNOW ME. HERE'S A TEXT MESSAGE. HERE'S THIS IS OPENING HIMSELF UP TO POTENTIAL LIABILITY THAT IS COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY. SO WHY HE MAY PREVAIL IN THE LONG RUN THROUGH SOME LEGAL GYMNASTICS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY AVAILABLE TO HIM. WHY GET THAT CLOSE? AND AARON, THIS IS ALL COMING AFTER. TRUMP WAS WAS IN COURT IN THAT APPEALS COURT JUST TO WATCH. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THERE. BUT HIS ATTORNEYS WERE MAKING THE ARGUMENT THAT HE DESERVES A NEW TRIAL HERE BECAUSE AMONG OTHER THINGS, THEY ARE TAKING ISSUE WITH THE ADMISSION OF THE "ACCESS HOLLYWOOD" TAPE IN THIS CASE AND SOME OTHER WITNESSES WHO TESTIFIED THESE UNWANTED SEXUAL ADVANCES KIND OF PAINTING A PICTURE OF A HISTORY WITH TRUMP. SO WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE ARGUMENTS TODAY IN COURT AND THE REACTION FROM THE JUDGES TO THOSE ARGUMENTS? >> WELL, THE WOMEN THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP BROUGHT UP IN HIS REMARKS ARE THE WOMEN TESTIFIED ON BEHALF OF E. JEAN CARROLL AND WHO TOLD A STORY THAT HER SIDE SAID SHOWED TRUMP HAS A PROPENSITY TO GROPE AND ATTACK WOMEN WITHOUT CONSENT. AND THE QUESTION FOR THE APPELLATE JUDGES THAT THAT WANTS TO BRING UP IS WHETHER THAT TESTIMONY SHOULD HAVE BEEN . FOR EXAMPLE, JESSICA LEEDS ALLEGED THAT IN 1979 SHE WAS ON A PLANE, SEATED IN FIRST CLASS, HEADED TO NEW YORK WITH DONALD TRUMP WHEN THEY WERE CHATTING CASUALLY. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, OUT OF NOWHERE, HE SHOVED HIS HAND UP HER. TRUMP'S ATTORNEYS SAID THAT THAT SHOULD NOT BEEN ALLOWED BECAUSE IN 1979, GROPING SOMEONE ON AN AIRPLANE WAS NOT EXPLICITLY AGAINST THE LAW. THERE'S A DISPUTE ABOUT THAT THAT E. JEAN CARROLL SIDE HAS. BUT REGARDLESS, CAROL, SIDE SAYS THAT IT SHOWS TRUMP HAD PROPENSITY, JUST LIKE THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE DOES, BECAUSE ON THE TAPE, TRUMP IS HEARD BRAGGING ABOUT GRABBING WOMEN. SO THE APPELLATE JUSTICES WILL HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH WHETHER THE TRIAL JUDGE PROPERLY ALLOWED THIS EVIDENCE OR WHETHER IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INADMISSIBLE AND THE JURY RENDERED A VERDICT BASED ON IMPROPERLY ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE. >> AND BRIAN, I CAN'T HELP BUT HEAR THIS THINK HARVEY WEINSTEIN. I KNOW THESE CASES ARE DIFFERENT CIVIL VERSUS CRIMINAL AMONG, OTHER DIFFERENCES. BUT WEINSTEIN HAD A CONVICTION OVERTURNED BECAUSE OF THE JUDGE ALLOWING FORMER WITNESSES, OTHER ACCUSERS TO COME FORWARD. DOES TRUMP'S TEAM HAVE A POINT HERE THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED THESE WOMEN? HOW DO THEY DRAW THE LINE BETWEEN WHAT SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED IN THAT RESPECT? >> ALL RIGHT. LET'S TRY CONDENSES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO WHAT WE'RE ARGUING HERE IS ABOUT PROPENSITY. AND TYPICALLY IN A CRIMINAL SETTING, YOU CAN'T USE PROPENSITY INFORMATION TO SHOW THAT SOMEONE IS MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT A CRIME JUST BECAUSE BRIAN LIKES TO HIS CELL PHONE FROM TIME TO TIME. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ON THIS SPECIFIC OCCASION THAT HE DID. AND WHEN IT COMES TO CRIMINAL LAW, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO USE PROPENSITY EVIDENCE FOR A CERTAIN REASON, BECAUSE THE MIMIC ACRONYM, MOTIVE, IDENTITY, LACK OF MISTAKE, INTENT OR COMMON SCHEME OR PLAN . AND SO IF YOU USE WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED PROPENSITY FOR THOSE REASONS, AND THEN IT DOES COME IN, BUT FROM A CIVIL SETTING DIFFERENT RULES, DIFFERENT DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PROCEDURES. AND HARVEY WEINSTEIN, THERE WERE, I THINK, WASN'T THERE WASN'T ALL THAT MUCH, BUT I THINK THERE WERE LIKE FOUR OR FIVE CHARGED WOMEN AND THEN THERE WERE LIKE SEVEN UNCHARGED WOMEN. AND SO FOR THE SHEER NUMBER, UNCHARGED VERSUS CHARGE THAT THE COURT SAID TOO MUCH. BUT IN THIS CASE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE WOMAN, E. JEAN CARROLL, AND THEN TWO OTHERS WHO BROUGHT IN POTENTIALLY PROPENSITY INFORMATION. SO 1 TO 2 VERY DIFFERENT THAN LIKE 5 TO 7. AND SO IT'S A MATTER OF NUMBERS AS WELL AS LAW AND AREAS OF LAW THAT DIFFER. BUT GENERALLY, IT'S UNDER THE VERY SAME LARGE, LARGE AMBARELLA. AND YOU SAID IT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHETHER THEY ARE TRYING TO USE THESE WOMEN TO PAINT HIM AS A BAD GUY OR USE THIS AS A AS EVIDENCE OF A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR AND INTENT. >> RIGHT. SO, LIKE THE EASIEST AND I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF COMICAL TO USE, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER, LIKE HOME ALONE, LIKE THE BANDITS WHEN THEY'RE LIKE STUFFED IN THE THE SOCKS, LIKE HAVE A PLACE LIKE OVERFLOW AFTER ROBBING A PLACE. RIGHT. WELL, YOU'RE NOT SAYING THAT THEN IF YOU SHOW EVIDENCE OF THEM ROBBING MULTIPLE PLACES AND DOING THE SAME THING OF FLOODING THE SINK, YOU'RE USING TO SHOW THAT THAT'S THEIR IDENTITY, I'M NOT USING TO SHOW THEM A PROPENSITY OF ROBBING PLACE. I'M LIKE, LOOK, THAT MIMIC ANALOGY AGAIN OR THAT ACRONYM. THAT'S THEIR OR COMMON SCHEMA PLAN. THIS IS THE THING THAT THEY DO WHEN THEY GO AND ROB OTHER PLACES. RIGHT. BUT FOR AND THEN DONALD TRUMP IS SAYING YOU'RE NOT USING IT FOR THAT PURPOSE TO SHOW IDENTITY OR LACK OF MISTAKE OR WHATEVER. YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO USE IT FOR PROPENSITY, WHICH IS IMPROPER, BUT IT'S A FACT SPECIFIC ISSUE. ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME LOOK BAD OR ARE YOU TRYING TO SHOW THAT THERE WAS EVIDENCE BEHIND ? >> EXACTLY. ALL RIGHT, AARON. BRIAN WE TRY WE TRY TO BREAK IT DOWN HERE. SO, AARON, BRIAN, SELINA AND JOHN, YOU ALL. >> MEANWHILE, THE 14 YEAR OLD SUSPECT IN THE APALACHEE SCHOOL SHOOTING AND HIS FATHER ARE IN CUSTODY MAKING THEIR FIRST APPEARANCES IN A GEORGIA COURTROOM EARLIER MORNING. THE TEEN FACES FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY MURDER WITH ADDITIONAL CHARGES EXPECTED. HE'S ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS AND INJURING NINE OTHERS. HIS FATHER ALSO APPEARED IN COURT THIS MORNING. HE'S BEING CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, SECOND DEGREE MURDER, AND TO CHILDREN. AND ABC'S FAITH ABUBEY IS THERE IN WINTER GEORGIA, OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. IF YOU WERE WATCHING THESE COURT APPEARANCES, LET'S START WITH THE ONE FOR THE SUSPECT HIMSELF. THE JUDGE SORT OF LAID OUT THESE CHARGES AND THEN THERE WAS SOME OVER WHETHER OR NOT HE COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY. WALK US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED THERE. YEAH, SO IT WAS ACTUALLY JUST TO SEE THAT SUSPECT WALK INTO COURT. WE WERE HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE SHOOTING HERE, THAT 14 YEAR OLD. WE WERE TOLD WE COULDN'T SHOW HIS FACE ON CAMERA. AND SO WE SAW HIM WALK TOWARDS THE ATTORNEYS DESK THERE. HE SAT DOWN AND JUST FACED THE JUDGE THE ENTIRE TIME, JUST ANSWERING JUDGE WITH JUST ONE WORD ANSWERS AS THE JUDGE WAS ASKING HIM QUESTIONS ,THE JUDGE THEN READ HIS RIGHTS TO HIM, THEN READ THE CHARGES TO HIM AND WE GOT TO THE PENALTY PORTION OF THAT HEARING. THE JUDGE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, HIS MAXIMUM POTENTIAL SENTENCE, IF HE WERE TO BE CONVICTED, WOULD BE LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE. ORIGINALLY, THE JUDGE HAD MISTAKENLY SAID THAT IT WOULD BE THE DEATH PENALTY. HOWEVER, BECAUSE HE'S A MINOR, THE JUDGE BROUGHT THE BRING HIM BACK ALONG WITH HIS ATTORNEYS TO CLARIFY THAT THE WORST HE COULD POSSIBLY FACE WOULD BE LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE. THERE'S ALSO LIFE IN PRISON WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE ON THE TABLE AS WELL. AND THEN MOMENTS LATER, WE WENT TO THE FATHER. THE FATHER WALKED IN, WAS SHACKLED, WEARING A PRISON GARB. HE SAT DOWN. WE SAW HIM ROCKING BACK AND FORTH, SOMETIMES CLOSING HIS EYES. HE EMOTIONAL AT TIMES WHEN HE SPOKE TO THE JUDGE. HE SOUNDED SHAKY. HE WAS SOFT SPOKEN. AND THEN THE JUDGE ALSO DID THE SAME THING HE DID WITH THE SON AND READ HIM HIS RIGHTS, READ HIM HIS CHARGES, AND TOLD HIM IF HE WERE TO BE CONVICTED ON ALL OF HIS CHARGES, HE FACES UP TO 180 YEARS BEHIND BARS. AND SO, OF COURSE, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THIS CASE. THERE WERE NO FACT QUESTIONS TO. IN YOUR TEASE, OUT OF THE FACT HERE, THERE IS ANOTHER HEARING THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 14 FOR BOTH OF THEM, DIANE. ALL RIGHT, FAITH ABUBEY, THANK YOU. AND THE NEW JOBS REPORT IS SHEDDING NEW LIGHT, A POTENTIAL INTEREST RATE CUT. U.S. EMPLOYERS ADDED 142,000 JOBS IN AUGUST, FALLING SHORT OF ANALYSTS EXPECTED. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FELL TO 4.2%. ABC'S ELIZABETH SCHULZE IS IN WASHINGTON WITH MORE ON THAT. ELIZABETH BREAK DOWN THESE NUMBERS FOR US. WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND A POTENTIAL INTEREST RATE CUT. SO DIANE, THESE NUMBERS TELL YOU THAT HIRING HAS REALLY KIND SHIFTED INTO THIS LOWER GEAR. WE'RE SEEING COMPANIES SLOW DOWN THE PACE THAT THEY'RE ADDING WORKERS TO THEIR PAYROLLS, BUT THERE IS STILL HIRING GOING ON. SO WHEN YOU ABOUT THE REPORT THAT CAME OUT LAST WEEK, THAT WAS ACTUALLY REVISED A LOT LOWER, 89,000 JOBS IN JULY. SO THAT 142,000 THAT WE GOT FOR LAST MONTH IN AUGUST. THAT'S DEFINITELY AN IMPROVEMENT. AT THE SAME TIME, WHAT THIS SHOWS IS THAT THE JOBS MARKET IS NOW MORE OF A CONCERN FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE. DIANE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS HOW THE FED HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON FIGHTING INFLATION. WELL, NOW IT'S PRETTY SAID THAT INFLATION IS UNDER CONTROL AND IT WANTS TO PREVENT A MORE DRASTIC DOWNTURN IN THE JOBS MARKET. IT'S EXPECTED TO CUT INTEREST RATES WITHIN ABOUT TWO WEEKS AT ITS NEXT MEETING. THIS JOBS REPORT DOESN'T REALLY CONFIRM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER JUST HOW MUCH IT WILL CUT RATES . THAT'S KIND OF THE BIG QUESTION STILL IS WILL IT GO FOR A TYPICAL QUARTER POINT RATE CUT OR WE'LL GO FOR THAT BIGGER RATE CUT? THE EXPECTATION CURRENTLY IS THAT IT'LL GO UP WITH A MORE GRADUAL PACE. BUT WE ARE SEEING THE CASE BE MADE A LITTLE BIT HERE THAT THIS DOWNSHIFT IN THE JOBS MARKET COULD MEAN THE FED WILL HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE TO CATCH UP WITH HOW MUCH WEAKENING IS HAPPENING IN THE JOBS MARKET GOING FORWARD IF IT CONTINUES. >> ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO BRING IN BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS AS THE MARKETS ARE ALSO REACTING TO THIS TODAY. WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT HOW ECONOMISTS AND INVESTORS ARE LOOKING AT THIS? YOU KNOW, INITIALLY THERE WAS VERY LITTLE REACTION FROM MARKET AND THEN THEY HAD A CHANCE TO DIVE IN AND TO ABSORB IT AND TO TRY TO PASS IT THROUGH. AND WE ARE SEEING A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL OFF RIGHT NOW ON WALL STREET. I THINK THE CONCERN IS THERE WAS NO REAL CLARITY HERE. WE KNOW IF THE FED'S GOING TO CUT BY THAT 50 BASIS POINT OR HALF PERCENT OR A QUARTER POINT. >> YOU KNOW, THIS REPORT POINTS A SOFTENING JOB MARKET, BUT NOT A JOB MARKET THAT'S ABOUT TO FALL A RECESSION. THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF STRENGTH HERE. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DID INCH DOWN FROM 4.3% TO 4.2%. WAGES ACTUALLY GREW A PRETTY SOLID 3.8%, COMPARED THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. SO BECAUSE OF THOSE SORT OF POCKETS OF STRENGTH IN THIS REPORT, THERE ARE SOME ECONOMISTS WHO ARE SAYING YOU DON'T NEED THAT AGGRESSIVE HALF POINT INTEREST RATE CUT FROM THE FED. A QUARTER POINT WILL DO. AT THE SAME TIME, SOME ECONOMISTS BELIEVE THE FED MAY BE BEHIND THE CURVE AND THEY'RE COMING TO THIS A LITTLE TOO LATE AND THAT PERHAPS THE SLOWDOWN IN THE JOB MARKET IS MORE SEVERE THAN THEY FIRST THOUGHT. 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STORY IS WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ,ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> IT WAS A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAD HAPPENED TO HER. YOU HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS. ALL THESE KINDS OF LEAVE, NO ONE SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA, COULD HE BE INVOLVED OR ACTUALLY FINDING KEY EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS. >> HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH WITH HER HONORIFIC, THIS CAN. POLICE WILL FIND WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END AT THE HUNT FOR A KILLER. ONLY HULU TUESDAY NIGHT. >> THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL MOMENT OF THIS CAMPAIGN. >> KAMALA HARRIS. TOGETHER WE WILL TARGET NEW WAYS FORWARD. DONALD TRUMP. WE WILL SOON A GREAT NATION AGAIN FACE TO FACE HISTORIC THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE MODERATED BY DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE ON ABC AND STREAMING ON ABC NEWS LIVE, HULU AND, DISNEY PLUS THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR A FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARE WARNING PARENTS ABOUT A DANGEROUS SEXTORTION SCAM. TWO NIGERIAN BROTHERS ACCUSED OF RUNNING AN INTERNATIONAL SEXTORTION RING HAVE BEEN SENTENCED TO 17 AND A HALF YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON. TWO ADMIT TO EXTORTING TEENAGE BOYS AND YOUNG MEN ACROSS THE U.S. INCLUDING A MICHIGAN TEEN WHO TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. ABC'S ANDREW DYMBURT MORE. >> THE PAIR OF NIGERIAN SCAMMERS ARE BEHIND BARS HERE IN THE U.S. CONVICTED IN AN INTERNET CON THAT TURNED DEADLY. THEY AND RECEIVED A COMPROMISING IMAGE AND THEN THEY IMMEDIATELY TURNED TO BLACKMAIL THEIR VICTIMS SURROUNDING THEM FOR MONEY AND EVEN URGING THEIR VICTIMS TO THEMSELVES IF THEY COULDN'T PAY. >> SAMUEL AND SAMSON WERE FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY TO EXPLOIT A MINOR AFTER THEY EXTORTED MICHIGAN TEENAGER JORDAN DEMBÉLÉ, THE 17 YEAR OLD HOMECOMING KING, LATER TOOK HIS OWN LIFE, THRUSTING SO-CALLED SEXTORTION INTO THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT. >> IT STARTED OUT THE SUPPOSED GIRLS SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE SOME FRIENDS IN COMMON. >> THE TWO MEN TARGETED TO MAY BY PRETENDING TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL NAMED DANNY. EVENTUALLY CONVINCING JIMMY TO SEND EXPLICIT PHOTOS OF HIMSELF. THE THEN DEMANDED $1,000, THREATENING IF HE DIDN'T PAY. THEY WOULD SEND THOSE COMPROMISING PHOTOS TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. TWO MAY DIED BY SUICIDE JUST HOURS LATER. >> WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY TO HIM, IT HURTS ME SO BAD AS A MOM TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HE WENT THROUGH IN THE LAST HOURS. BUT NOW SOME CLOSURE FOR DEMI'S FAMILY. THE AGASSI BROTHERS YESTERDAY WERE SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON, THE FIRST CONVICTION IN AN ALLEGED SEXTORTION RING INVOLVING MORE THAN 100 VICTIMS. >> THIS IS A SERIOUS THREAT THAT ONLY GETTING WORSE AND IT CAN HAPPEN FAST. WE THAT THE TIME FROM INITIAL CONTACT TO JORDAN IS PASSING WAS A MERE 2 HOURS. 2 HOURS WHILE ANDREW DYMBURT. THANK YOU. COMING UP THE AMERICAN ATHLETE RACKING UP MEDALS AT THE PARALYMPICS. OKSANA MASTERS IS SPEAKING OUT ON HOW IT FELT TO WIN GOLD AND THE OTHER SHE'S PREPARING FOR IN THE WINTER GAMES AFTER THIS THIS. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING FOR IT. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET'S GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT, 10 DOWNING STREET FOREVER. >> THE STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU'RE STREAMING, ABC TUNES LIKE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION AND "NIGHTLINE". >> THE STORIES THAT SHAPE YOUR WORLD AND SHAPE YOUR LIFE. DRAMATIC, STUNNING, EMPOWERING SHONDA RHIMES, THE MOST POWERFUL STORIES OUR TIME. "NIGHTLINE" ON RIGHT AFTER KIM WEHLE AND STREAMING ON THEY CALL. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE". >> TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. FLASHING NATIONAL SECURITY, WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY, TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET, FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING. THE WEEKEND COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT, AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY REPORTING FROM BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY, I'M MARY BRUCE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC LIVE. >> WELCOME BACK ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST IT IS DAY NINE OF THE PARALYMPICS AND TEAM USA. OKSANA MASTERS IS ON FIRE. SHE EARNED HER SECOND MEDAL OF THE 2024 PARIS GAMES ON THURSDAY IN 19TH. OVERALL DEFENDING GOLD IN THE WOMEN'S PARA CYCLING FIVE ROAD RACE. THAT ONE CAME JUST 24 HOURS AFTER MASTERS CAME IN, FIRST IN A MAJOR COMEBACK WIN FOR THE H FIVE INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL ON WEDNESDAY. OKSANA IS JOINING ME NOW FROM PARIS WITH MORE ON THIS. >> SO GREAT TO TALK TO YOU. THANKS FOR COMING ON. THAT IN TWO DAYS.LD MEDALS FOR HOW ARE YOU FEELING? OH, GOSH, I'M FEELING ABSOLUTELY JUST ON CLOUD NINE. IT DOES IT HAS NOT HIT ME YET. >> WHAT JUST HAPPENED AT ALL? WE TO TALK ABOUT THAT PHOTO FINISH IN THAT FIRST RACE, WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU FOUND OUT YOU WON GOLD IN THE FIRST RACE IN THE TIME TRIAL? >> I HAD IDEA AT ALL TO CROSS THE LINE. AND THEN VERY FAINTLY, I HEARD THE SAY, AND IT IS GOLD FOR TEAM USA. AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT THEY? >> JUST SAY GOLD WHEN I FOUND OUT I LOST IT. IF ALL OF THAT'S NOT IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH, YOU'RE ALSO A MULTI-SPORT ATHLETE. YOU WON YOUR FIRST PARALYMPIC MEDAL IN ROWING AT THE LONDON OLYMPICS IN 2012, KEPT IT GOING ON THE U.S. PARA NORDIC SKIING TEAM IN 2014 AND 2018. WINTER OLYMPICS HOW DID YOU GET INTERESTED IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT SPORTS AND WHAT MADE YOU TRY THEM ALL? I THINK IT WAS JUST WHEN ALL THE DOORS WERE CLOSING ON WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW I WAS WANTING TO DO WITH MY LIFE AND NOT THE OTHER ONES OPENING. I WAS NOT AFRAID TO WALK THROUGH THOSE, TRY SOMETHING NEW AND JUST BEING FEARLESS IN THE UNKNOWN AND. I HAD NO IDEA I WAS GOING TO CONTINUE TO THE WINTER SUMMER SPORTS AT ALL. AND I'M JUST SO LUCKY TO HAVE AN INCREDIBLE TEAM THAT JUST HELPS ME ALLOW THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO TRY THESE NEW SPORTS. >> AND I THINK IT'S OKAY TO DO MORE THAN ONE SPORT. LIFE'S TOO SHORT. >> YOU'VE ALSO BEEN OPEN ABOUT LIVING WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AFTER SUFFERING YEARS OF CHILD ABUSE IN AN ORPHANAGE. WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO YOU TO SHARE THAT PART OF YOUR STORY? IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO SHARE THE FAMILY STORY BECAUSE IN THE MEDIA I THOUGHT IT WAS HARD TO SEE POWER STRUGGLES IN MY STORY BECAUSE I YOU CAN'T JUST CELEBRATE AS AN ATHLETE AND AS AS JUST A PERSON ALL THAT AHA MOMENTS THAT YOU MADE IN LIFE. AND IT'S THOSE HARD, CHALLENGING THINGS THAT YOU ALSO WENT THROUGH, YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR THOSE PARTS OF THE BECAUSE IT ALL MAKES IT INTO ONE. AND THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU HAVE A SUCCESSFUL ATHLETE AND ON BILES OPENED THE DOOR FOR THAT MICHAEL PHELPS AND SO MANY ATHLETES ARE DOING THAT TOO AND NORMALIZING IT AND THAT IS OKAY ESPECIALLY YOU KNOW FOR SHARING THAT I HAD SO MANY MESSAGES FROM FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS OR SOMETHING THAT IS FOR THEM AND YOU DON'T FEEL ALONE IN IT. YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE THE WEIRD ONE OUT AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, HOW TO PROCESS IT. AND I DID. I WAS SO AFRAID TO SHARE THAT AND HOW TO PROCESS THAT AND TO BE ABLE TO SHOW IT IS OKAY THAT WE'RE HUMANS. WE'RE CONSTANTLY GROWING AND EVOLVING AND IT'S OKAY TO LEAN ON EACH AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES EVEN THE BEST, THE BEST HAVE THESE ADVERSITIES ARE ALWAYS GOING TO COME UP IN MAKE IT CHALLENGING, BUT YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN IT. IT'S SUCH AN MESSAGE. SO WHAT'S NEXT FOR YOU NOW? YOU'RE DONE WITH THESE GAMES. OKSANA SO MILAN, 20, 26, L.A., 20, 28. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? THOSE TWO THINGS SPECIFICALLY, I HAVE MY EYES ON A NEXT FROM MILAN 2026 AND QUINCEANERA AND FOR CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING, BIATHLON, AND OF COURSE, L.A. 2028, HOME GAMES WOULD BE THE MOST DREAM PLACE FOR ME TO END MY PARALYMPIC CAREER AND REPRESENTING TEAM USA. >> AND I KNOW I'M GETTING OLDER AND THE COMPETITION IS GETTING YOUNGER. I WOULD LOVE A MEDAL THERE, BUT MORE AND MORE I CAN BE PART OF THAT SAME LEGACY OF SPECIFICALLY WOMEN IN SPORT AND PARALYMPIC SPORT GROWING FOR TEAM USA. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE WILL BE WATCHING TEAM USA'S OKSANA MASTERS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR STORY WITH US. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S OUR PLEASURE. AND THANK FOR WATCHING. I'M DIANE MACEDO. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS, AND NEITHER DO WE. WE'LL BE RIGHT. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA, AN OPERATION LIKE THIS TO FIND COMBAT OPERATIONS? SO WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR REACTOR. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED AT THE FLAG. THERE'S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF PERIOD. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE MADE TO THE. >> THEY LOOK AT YOUR SMILE. YOU'RE PROUD OF THIS. I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK, RIGHT? WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU? ISMAIL? DAVID, THERE'S. YES, YES, I'M DAVID. >> YOU ARE. I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST . >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR IN ROLLING FORK. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET'S GO ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER. >> THE STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE ON TUESDAY NIGHT, THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL MOMENT OF THIS CAMPAIGN. KAMALA HARRIS TOGETHER WE WILL CHART A NEW WAY FORWARD. DONALD TRUMP. WE WILL SOON BE A GREAT NATION AGAIN. THESE TWO THINGS. HIS STORY THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE MODERATED BY DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE ON ABC AND STREAMING ON ABC NEWS LIVE KUMU DISNEY PLUS THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. AND WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. YOU WERE LOOKING AT TRUMP TOWER IN NEW YORK CITY ON THIS FRIDAY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE'S A RUNDOWN RIGHT. A PILOT AND PASSENGER ARE CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER A SMALL PLANE CRASH ON THE OF HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA, OVERNIGHT. A CESSNA SKYHAWK WAS IN PIECES AND ON FIRE WHEN L.A. COUNTY FIRE CREWS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. THOSE TWO PEOPLE INJURED WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THANKFULLY, ONE ELSE WAS HURT. THE HIP HOP WORLD IS MOURNING THE DEATH OF RAPPER RICH HOMIE QUAN. THE ATLANTA ARTIST WHOSE LEGAL NAME IS THE CONTEST. DEVONTE LAMAR GAINED FAME FOR HIS TRAP GENRE SINGLES LIKE TYPE OF WAY AND FLEX. THE FULTON COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER CONFIRMS TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE RAPPER DIED AT AN ATLANTA HOSPITAL. DETAILS ON CAUSE OF DEATH ARE NOT KNOWN, BUT AN AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. RICH HOMIE QUAN, 34. RED LOBSTER IS EMERGING FROM BANKRUPTCY. A JUDGE HAS APPROVED A RESTRUCTURING PLAN THAT ALLOWS A RESTAURANT CHAIN KEEP ALL ITS CURRENT LOCATIONS OPEN, MEANING 30,000 EMPLOYEES CAN KEEP THEIR JOBS. >> AND THE MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN ACCUSED OF HITTING HER POLICE OFFICER WITH HER SUV AND LEAVING HIM TO DIE IS GIVING HER FIRST FULL SIT DOWN INTERVIEW SINCE HER CASE ENDED IN A MISTRIAL. KAREN REED SPOKE WITH ABC NEWS CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN ABOUT THE CASE ONE WEEK BEFORE HER NEW TRIAL IS SET TO BEGIN. >> THE HIGH PROFILE TRIAL CAPTIVATING MILLIONS AND DIVIDING A TIGHT KNIT MASSACHUSETTS SUBURB, GOT IT DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME. KAREN REED ACCUSED OF KILLING HER BOSTON POLICE OFFICER, GIVING HER FULL VERSION OF EVENTS THAT NIGHT. >> WOULD YOU SAY THAT WERE ANGRY WITH JOHN THAT NIGHT? >> YES. COULD YOU HAVE BEEN ANGRY AND SLIGHTLY DRUNK BECAUSE HE HAD ANNOYED YOU WITH IT IN THE FIT OF RAGE? YOU JUST BACKED UP AND NEVER TRIED TO TAP HIM? I WOULD NOT TO TRY TO KILL HIM, BUT TRY TO TAP HIM WITH MY £6,000 FULL SIZE SUV TO HIT JOHN'S WITH MY CAR? >> NO. THE SENSATIONAL MURDER ENDING IN A MISTRIAL THIS SUMMER AFTER THE JURY WAS DEADLOCKED. PROSECUTORS ACCUSING THEN 41-YEAR-OLD REED OF HITTING HER BOYFRIEND, POLICE OFFICER JON O'KEEFE, WITH HER SUV IN 2022 AFTER A NIGHT OF DRINKING AND THEN LEAVING HIM TO DIE IN THE SNOW. IT ALL STARTED ON A FRIDAY NIGHT IN JANUARY 2020 TO READ AN O'KEEFE DRINKING WITH THEIR FRIENDS AT A LOCAL BAR. LATER THAT NIGHT, REED SHE LAST SAW JOHN AFTER DROPPING HIM OFF AT AN AFTERPARTY AT A HOME ON FAIRVIEW ROAD, BEFORE GOING HOME TO SLEEP. SHE SAYS SHE AWOKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND HE WAS AT HOME. >> I CALLED A FEW OF HIS BUDDIES, THEIR WIVES. NOW I. I HAVE AN IMMENSE SENSE OF DREAD THAT, LIKE A FRIGHT IN ME THAT I NOT EXPERIENCED BEFORE. >> DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE HIM LIKE, ON THE STREET DRUNK YET OR PASSED OUT? >> I WAS WORRIED HE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN HIT BY A PLOW. >> REED MEETS UP WITH SOME OF JOHN'S FRIENDS AND THEY ALL RETURN TO THE HOUSE WHERE THE AFTER PARTY WAS. >> AND THEN SHE SPOTS HIM IN THE SNOW. HIS EYES WERE SHUT AND HAD SPOTS OF BLOOD IN DIFFERENT AREAS ON HIS FACE. AND HE WAS STILL THAT STIFF. BUT -- BUT STILL IT WAS COLD. >> JOHN O'KEEFE IS SOON DECLARED, BUT THE INVESTIGATION IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE. INVESTIGATORS LANDING PIECES OF A TAIL LIGHT, THEY SAY, IS FROM REED'S CAR AT THE CRIME SCENE. >> I WAS DRAGGED TO MY BEST FRIEND ON, THE PHONE, AND I SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF COPS CIRCLING. >> AND I SAID, I THINK I'M GOING TO GET ARRESTED. REED WAS LATER CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND PLEADED NOT GUILTY. ABC GRANTED EXCLUSIVE ACCESS BEHIND THE SCENES AS. >> REED PREPARED FOR HER TRIAL. HIDING OUT LIKE THIS, YOU JUST THE WORLD PASS YOU BY AND YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS, PUN INTENDED. >> AND YOU KNOW, IT COULD ALL END. >> IT COULD BE CONVICTED. IN THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE TRIAL, REED'S DEFENSE TEAM ARGUING IN HEARINGS AND FILINGS A STUNNING NEW THEORY THAT THE INJURIES OF JOHN O'KEEFE'S WERE NOT CONSISTENT WITH HIM BEING HIT BY A CAR. THEY CLAIMED SHE WAS FRAMED. >> THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THAT HOUSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH AND WHO MURDERED HIM. AND THERE OTHERS IN THE HOUSE WHO ARE COVERING UP THAT MURDER. >> THE PROSECUTION INSISTING THAT NO ONE AT THE PARTY HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH O'KEEFE'S DEATH, SAYING HE NEVER EVEN ENTERED THE FAIRVIEW ROAD HOME. >> AND THEY DENIED THAT REED WAS BEING FRAMED. ALL WILL BE ON THIS COURTHOUSE IN THE TRIAL SOON, DRAWING NATIONAL ATTENTION. AND AFTER 29 DAYS, DEADLOCK IN THE JURY AND DECLARING A MISTRIAL IN THIS CASE, FAMILY AND FRIENDS, REMEMBERING JOHN, THE SON WHO ALWAYS DREAMED OF BEING A POLICE OFFICER, HE WAS LOST IN HIS HOME CIRCUS. AND I THINK NONE OF US WANT HIM TO BE LOST. SO I THINK WE WERE ALL WAITING FOR THAT IT TO BE FINALLY OVER SO WE CAN FINALLY GRIEVE. >> AND THAT COULD BE ANOTHER 18 MONTHS. IT COULD BE ANOTHER FIVE YEARS. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND DIANE, KAREN REED'S LEGAL TROUBLES ARE SET TO CONTINUE THAT RETRIAL FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER SET FOR JANUARY. AND JUST THIS PAST, WHICH IS WHAT JOHN O'KEEFE'S FAMILY MEMBERS WERE REFERRING TO IN THE PIECE. HIS FAMILY FILING A WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT. THEY TOLD ME THEY ARE GOING TO STOP FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE FOR JOHN. AS FOR KAREN REED'S TEAM, THEY ALSO PLAN TO FIGHT ON SAYING THERE'S NO QUIT IN THEM DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN. THANK YOU. AND FOR MORE OF MY INTERVIEW WITH KAREN REED, TUNE INTO 2020, WHICH AIRS TONIGHT PM EIGHT CENTRAL ON ABC AND STREAMING ON HULU. AND THE NEVADA JUDGE ATTACKED BY A DEFENDANT IN HER OWN COURTROOM IS OPENING UP ABOUT THE INCIDENT. JUDGE MARY KAY HOLT THIS TOOK THE STAND TO TESTIFY IN DO OVER REDDING'S TRIAL. SHE SAYS SHE WAS OUT OF HER SHOES AND DIDN'T THINK SHE'D MAKE IT OUT OF THAT ROOM. ABC STEPHANIE RAMOS HAS MORE. >> 31-YEAR-OLD YARBROUGH REDDEN, THE MAN SEEN IN THIS VIDEO LEAPING OVER A JUDICIAL BENCH ACCUSED OF ATTACKING DISTRICT COURT JUDGE MARY HOLD THIS IN LAS VEGAS WAS BACK IN COURT THURSDAY. REDDEN IS ACCUSED OF ATTACKING HOVIS WHILE SHE WAS SENTENCING HIM FOR ATTEMPTED BATTERY CHARGES IN JANUARY AS SHE WAS PREPARING TO HAND DOWN A SENTENCE WRITTEN LAUNCHED TOWARD HER. THE JUDGE, THOSE TERRIFYING MOMENTS AS SHE TESTIFIED AGAINST. >> I SMASHED INTO THE WALL. HE WAS ON ME. AND THEN I WAS BEING PULLED DOWN. I CLOSED MY EYES. I WAS TRYING TO PROTECT MY FACE IN MY HEAD. >> HOLD THIS. RECALLING BEING HIT SO HARD, SHE WAS KNOCKED OUT OF HER SHOES. >> THE LEVEL OF FORCE USED THE ENTIRE TIME WAS SUPERHUMAN. >> IT TOOK FOUR MEN, INCLUDING HORTHY'S LAW CLERK, TO GET REDDING OFF OF HER. >> IT WAS A SCARY. >> I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO GET OUT OF THERE. REDDING'S DEFENSE TEAM AND FAMILY SAY HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA. BUT THE DAY OF THE ATTACK, THE JUDGE SAYS SHE DIDN'T NOTICE SIGNS OF MENTAL DISTRESS. >> REDDING HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED MURDER, BUT CLAIMING HE IS MENTALLY ILL . >> HE IS SET TO BE SENTENCED ON NOVEMBER 7TH. DIANE STEPHANIE RAMOS, THANK YOU. AND THE FBI SAYS AGENTS ARE NOW THE INNER CIRCLE OF NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY RAIDED THE HOMES OF TWO OF HIS TOP DEPUTIES AND SUBPOENAED THE CELL PHONES OF HIGH RANKING NYPD OFFICIALS. ABC'S INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY HAS MORE. THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK INSISTS HE AND HIS ADMINISTRATION ARE CLEAN AND COOPERATING. >> I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY MISDOINGS AND GOING TO AGAIN FOLLOW THE RULES. >> THE MAYOR SAYS HE CAN'T FATHOM WHY. BUT SOURCES TOLD ABC NEWS FEDERAL PROSECUTORS THE FBI HAVE OPENED NEW INVESTIGATIONS FOCUSED ON CITY HALL AND THE NYPD, INCLUDING MANY OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S SENIOR LEADERS . INVESTIGATORS HAVE SEIZED THE PHONES OF POLICE COMMISSIONER EDWARD CABAN AND LEAST A HALF DOZEN OTHER TOP NYPD OFFICIALS. AND IN PRE-DAWN, THEY SEARCHED THE HOMES OF TWO DEPUTY MAYORS AND THE SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AND THE MAYOR SAYS HIS HAS NOTHING TO HIDE. >> WE'RE GOING TO COMPLY WITH OVERALL AND WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER INFORMATION IS NEEDED, WE'RE GOING TO TURN OVER THAT INFORMATION. >> OR MOST OF HIS THREE YEARS IN OFFICE, ADAMS AND HIS CAMPAIGN HAVE FACED SCRUTINY OVER WHETHER THEY TOOK ILLEGAL FOREIGN MONEY. THE FBI SEIZED HIS PHONES LAST NOVEMBER. SOURCES SAY THE NEW INVESTIGATIONS ARE SEPARATE. CITY HALL SAYS NO INDICATION THE MAYOR HIMSELF IS A TARGET OF ANY INVESTIGATION. AARON KATERSKY THANK YOU. AND A NEW STUDY SHOWS THE FDA IS BEHIND ON CRITICAL INSPECTIONS OF FACTORIES FOR MAKING EVERYTHING FROM ANTIBIOTICS TO CANCER THERAPIES . THE PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN STEMS FROM THE COVID 19 PANDEMICS EFFECT ON THE US DRUG SUPPLY. ABC'S HAS MORE. >> A NEW STUDY SOUNDING THE ALARM ON DRUG SAFETY. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOUND SINCE PANDEMIC NEARLY 2000 DRUG MANUFACTURING FACILITIES ARE OVERDUE FOR FDA INSPECTIONS. THE AGENCY UNDER SCRUTINY FROM CONGRESS. >> IT IS PAST TIME. THE ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES. PEOPLE'S LIVES DEPEND IT. THE PLANTS OVERDUE FOR INSPECTION ACCOUNT FOR 42% OF THE FACILITIES REGISTERED WORLDWIDE. MOST IN THE U.S., BUT MORE THAN 300 ARE IN INDIA AND CHINA, WHICH MAKE UP THE LARGEST SOURCE OF DRUG INGREDIENTS USED IN LOW COST. >> THE FAILURE OF THE FDA IS OFFICE OF PHARMACY CRITICAL QUALITY. TO GO OUT AND INSPECT THESE ESTABLISHMENTS. IS PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN. >> CONCERNS THAT CAN HAVE DEADLY EFFECTS. LAST YEAR, FOUR AMERICANS DIED AND A DOZEN MORE WERE BLINDED FROM TAINTED EYE DROPS MADE IN A FACTORY IN INDIA. SO WHY IS THE FDA BEHIND? DURING COVID, IT STOPPED ALL BUT THE MOST CRITICAL INSPECTIONS. NOW IT'S TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH FAR FEWER EMPLOYEES. MORE THAN 200 INSPECTION JOBS ARE CURRENTLY UNFILLED. MANY FORMER EMPLOYEES FOR HIGHER PAYING JOBS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. >> WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK DO. AS LONG AS THE MARKETPLACE IS WORKING THE WAY IT IS. ANDREA FUJII. THANK YOU. COMING UP, CELL PHONES AND STUDENTS. WHY SOME PARENTS SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE SMARTPHONES BANNED FROM SCHOOLS. AND THE EXPERT ADVICE TO HELP THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE NEW TREND, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION AFTER ISIS PLUNDERED COMBAT OPERATIONS. AND WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS OPERATE FROM A NUCLEAR REACTOR IN SYRIA. THE A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED WITH THE FLAG. THERE'S NOT A CARE IN AND OUT OF IT. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE? THE USA. >> LOOK AT YOUR SMILE. YOU'RE PROUD OF IT? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU. IT'S ISRAEL, DAVID. >> THERE'S NOTHING. YES. YES I'M DAVID. >> ARE. I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT. >> ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAT PACK WAS HERE. >> THE CENTER YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM, THE INSIDE THE BRAT PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU COULD HAVE A BRAT PACK NAME NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU? >> I HATED THE BLACKOUT. WHAT A DISASTER. >> WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSE? AND THEN, LIKE I SAY, THE BEATLES. >> WELL, WE DIDN'T SELL SHEA STADIUM 1985. I WE COULD HAVE. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS? THIS IS START HERE. TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR A SEVEN STATES NOW HAVE SOME KIND OF BAN ON CELL PHONES IN SCHOOLS AND MANY PARENTS SAY THEY ACTUALLY AREN'T HAPPY ABOUT THE GROWING MOVEMENT DESPITE TEACHERS SAYING THEY ARE SEEING POSITIVE RESULTS. ABC'S ROBERTS HAS MORE ON THIS GROWING DEBATE. MANY KIDS ARE HEADING BACK TO THEIR CLASSROOMS THIS YEAR WITH. A NEW RULE. LEAVE YOUR CELL PHONE BEHIND. THIS IS REALLY THRILLING THAT STATES AND SCHOOLS SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND INDEED ALL OVER THE WORLD THIS YEAR ARE SAYING ENOUGH FOR STUDENTS. >> IT'S AN ADJUSTMENT TO A NEW. >> HOW IS THIS WORKING FROM WHAT YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING? DO YOU HAVE TO THINK BACK LIKE WHEN YOU AND I WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL? IMAGINE YOU'RE IN NINTH GRADE AND THEY SAID YOU CAN BRING YOUR TELEVISION, YOU CAN BRING IN YOUR TIVO OR YOUR VCR, YOU CAN BRING IN YOUR WALKIE TALKIE AS A PAINT BY WHATEVER YOU WANT. BRING IT IN. HAVE IT ON YOUR DESK WHILE THE TEACHER'S TALKING. HOW HOW DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD HAVE GONE? NOT VERY WELL. BUT IF YOU HAVE A SMART PHONE IN YOUR POCKET, THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE. >> SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND AUTHOR OF THE ANXIOUS GENERATION JONATHAN HITE HAS LONG ARGUED THAT SMARTPHONES ARE STEALING KIDS CHILDHOODS. ENCOURAGED BY THE NEW ACTIONS IN SCHOOLS, SAYS THEY'RE SEEING IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON STUDENTS. >> I'VE NEVER FOUND A SCHOOL THAT SAID WE WENT PHONE FREE AND BOY, WAS THAT TERRIBLE. WE HAD TO REVERSE IT. HEAR LAUGHTER IN THE HALLWAYS. WE HAVEN'T HEARD THIS MUCH LAUGHTER IN THE HALLWAYS IN TEN YEARS. >> HEIGHT WARNS THAT RESEARCH SHOWS MENTAL HEALTH TOLL CELL PHONES ARE HAVING ON KIDS WHO BECOME WITH CONTENT, OFTEN FEELING INSECURE ABOUT THEIR OWN LIVES AND GROWING DISTRACTED DURING SCHOOL. >> THE PHONE IS ALWAYS MORE INTERESTING THAN EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON AROUND YOU. THAT'S WHY OUR KIDS ARE GETTING HOOKED. >> BUT WITH SCHOOLS TAKING A TOUGHER APPROACH TO PROTECT STUDENTS, SOME OF THEIR PARENTS AREN'T BUYING IN. LIKE LARRY, A FATHER OF FIVE WHOSE 13-YEAR-OLD TWINS ATTEND ,ALICE DIEHL, MIDDLE SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON, D.C.. >> WHAT'S YOUR YOUR OVERALL FEELING ABOUT THE BAN ON PHONES AT YOUR KID'S SCHOOL? >> THEY SHOULD JUST LET THE KIDS HAVE IT AND JUST TRY TO HAVE THE PARENTS LIKE LIKE MYSELF DICTATE TO THE KIDS, PLEASE STAY OFF YOUR PHONE WHEN YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON YOUR PHONE. >> HE SAYS HIS KIDS NEED THEIR PHONES FOR, SCHOOLWORK DURING CLASS AND HE WORRIES ABOUT THEIR SAFETY. THE TWINS WERE IN A SCHOOL LOCKDOWN LAST YEAR AND HE COULDN'T REACH THEM. >> NO ONE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON. >> HE'S NOT ALONE. MARYLAND MOM JANINA GREEN WANTS HER DAUGHTERS TO BE ABLE TO REACH HER IF SOMETHING FRIGHTENING HAPPENS. >> I THINK THE KIDS SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR PHONES AT TIME. >> SHE COMMUNICATES FREQUENTLY WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE DAY, INCLUDING TO COORDINATE SCHEDULES. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP GOING TO THE SCHOOL AND I DON'T SEE QUICKLY OVERLOADING FOR THEM IF THEY HAVE TO BE THERE FOR EVERYTHING, SHE ARGUES. >> IT'S THE TEACHER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO POLICE THE CLASSROOM. UNDERSTAND THAT THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO USE IT TO DISRUPT CLASS. BUT TO ME, KIDS KIND OF HAVE TO LEARN SELF-CONTROL BECAUSE AS AN ADULT, NEED SELF-CONTROL. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN WANTED TO TAKE OUT THEIR PHONE AND WHEN IT'S NOT. >> WHAT ABOUT THE PARENTS WHO WILL SAY WE WORRY ABOUT EMERGENCIES. WE WANT OUR KIDS HAVE ACCESS TO THE PHONE. HEAVEN FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENS DURING THE COURSE THE DAY. >> I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT FEAR. I'VE GOT A 14 YEAR OLD AND AN 18-YEAR-OLD. BUT WHAT DO THE EXPERTS SAY? OUR KIDS HAVE BEEN PRACTICING WHAT TO DO IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. IMAGINE YOU SEND YOUR KID TO ONE SCHOOL WHERE EVERYONE HAS A PHONE ON THEM. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE FIRST SIGN OF ANY TROUBLE? HALF THE CLASS IS GOING TO BE CALLING THEIR PARENTS SAYING, MOM, MOM, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON. THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON. AND NOW YOU CAN'T RESPOND. THIS IS NOT SAFE. WHAT YOU WANT IS A SCHOOL WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE DOING THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY. THAT'S THE BEST OUTCOME FOR YOUR KIDS. IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT AFTER A TRAGEDY LIKE THE WE SAW THIS WEEK, THAT PARENTS ARE JITTERY ABOUT NOT BEING IN TOUCH WITH THEIR WHICH HAS LED SOME SCHOOLS TO HAVE DIFFERENT APPROACHES ABOUT HOW LIMIT PHONES. BUT EXPERTS LIKE HITE CAUTION THAT IT'S DIFFICULT FOR KIDS TO HAVE THEIR PHONES ON THEM AND NOT BE DISTRACTED BY NOTIFICATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT HOW INTENSE THOSE NOTIFICATIONS ARE IN, OUR NEXT REPORT. AND OF COURSE, HITE OFFERS MORE INFO AND RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND FAMILIES ONLINE AT ANXIOUS GENERATION. .COM. >> DIANE. ALL RIGHT, DEBORAH ROBERTS, THANK YOU. AND IT'S TIME NOW FOR OUR WEEKLY SEGMENT. BUT TELL IT LIKE IT IS. WE'RE ABC NEWS DR. ALOK PATEL SHARES HEALTH ADVICE ON THE TOPICS THAT MATTER MOST YOU. AND TODAY, DR. PATEL IS HERE TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS. DR. PATEL, LET'S START THINGS OFF WITH MIKE FROM PHOENIX. >> MIKE ASKS, DOES TAKING CREATINE HELP WITH MUSCLE RECOVERY? I'M GLAD THAT SOMEONE IS ASKING THIS QUESTION BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE DOING STRENGTH TRAINING, WHICH IS GREAT FOR YOUR BODY. THE SHORT ANSWER IS THERE IS MIXED STUDIES ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT CREATINE ACTUALLY HELPS WITH MUSCLE RECOVERY. NOW CREATINE TO BACK IT UP, NO BIOCHEMISTRY LECTURE HERE HELPS IT. THE RATIO OF ATP TO ATP GO A COUPLE LINES DOWN PATHWAY. MITOCHONDRIA THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL WE GET MORE CELLULAR. SO THERE IS SOME DATA TO SUGGEST THAT TAKING CREATINE CAN HELP WITH ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE. BUT DAN, WHEN IT COMES TO MUSCLE RECOVERY, STICK WITH WHAT? HYDRATION, A NUTRITIOUS SNACK AND SOME REST AND MAKING SURE YOU'RE GETTING ADEQUATE SLEEP. THAT'S THE BEST FOR YOUR MUSCLES. AND A REMINDER CREATINE SUPPLEMENTS ARE NOT TIGHTLY REGULATED BY THE FDA. THEY MAY CAUSE SIDE EFFECTS AND IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED FOR ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. >> AND ALEX, NEW YORK CITY WRITES, CAN PEOPLE GET MPOX AFTER GETTING VACCINATED? >> WHAT ABOUT THE STRAIN IN AFRICA? IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING. IT HEADLINES NOW. IMPORTANT REMINDER THAT NO VACCINE IS 100% EFFECTIVE. THE MPOX GENIUS, ACCORDING TO TWO STUDIES, IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 70 TO 90% EFFECTIVE. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT IT CAN SEVERE ILLNESS IF SOMEONE DOES CATCH IT AFTER THEY'RE FULLY VACCINATED. NOW, THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE GOING OUT THERE AND TALKING ABOUT GETTING THE VACCINE ARE THOSE WHO MAY HAVE EXPOSURE TO OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE MPOX COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS OR OF MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN WHO MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE PARTNER OR RECENT DIAGNOSIS OF AN STD. NOW, REGARDING THE STRAINS, CLADE TWO IS WHAT IS PRESENT RIGHT NOW. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE RESEARCH. CLADE ONE THAT STRAIN OF MPOX IS WHAT IS CAUSING THE OUTBREAK IN AFRICA, AND UNPUBLISHED STUDIES DO SUGGEST THE VACCINE WORKS OVER THERE. BUT GUESS WHAT? WE HAVE NO CASES OF CLADE ONE HERE. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE SPREADS AWARENESS AND KNOWS WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD GO SEE A DOCTOR ABOUT A POTENTIAL MPOX OR ANY RASH. >> AND BETH FROM NEW JERSEY SAYS, OKAY, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO SHOWER WITH MY CONTACTS IN, BUT THEN HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO SEE IN THE SHOWER? >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. >> YEAH. BET GETS TWO STARS FOR NUMBER ONE, KNOWING THAT WE SHOULD NOT GET OUR CONTACTS SUBMERGED WITH NON STERILIZED WATER. AND ALSO BECAUSE THIS IS LIKE A QUESTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE AND NO ONE KNOWS TO ASK. >> SO IF YOU ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND YOU'RE TAKING A SHOWER, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU PUT SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE. SO CONSIDER THINGS HIGH CONTRAST OBJECTS IN YOUR SHOWER, BUT ACTUALLY PUTTING AN S OR A C ON THE SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER SOAP ON A ROPE IS AN INTERESTING TRICK I RECENTLY LEARNED ABOUT. YOU CAN THINK ABOUT GETTING BARS INSTALLED A NONSTICK AND PROPER LIGHTING. NOW, AS BETTE KNOWS, BUT HOPEFULLY EVERYONE ELSE WILL SOON KNOW CONTACTS SHOULD NOT BE IN CONTACT WITH UNSTERILIZED WATER. THAT COULD BE A POOL, A SHOWER OR A LAKE BECAUSE ANY CONTAMINANTS IN THAT WATER CAN ABSOLUTELY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO YOUR EYES. THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING FOR. SWIMMERS OUT THERE. YOU CAN TAP PRESCRIPTION GOGGLES AND HEY, I GUESS PRESCRIPTION GOGGLES WORK ALSO IN THE SHOWER, BUT THAT'S NOT VERY REALISTIC. >> ALL RIGHT, DR. PATEL, I WANT TO SEE THOSE GOGGLES. >> I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE AN INVENTION THERE. DR. PATEL, THANK YOU. AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, DR. PATEL, OR MAYBE SOME INVENTION SUGGESTIONS, JUST LEAVE HIM A MESSAGE ON. OUR INSTAGRAM FEED. HE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT HERE ON FRIDAY. >> COMING UP, BACK TO SCHOOL SEASON IS HERE. SO HOW DO YOU GET YOUR KIDS BACK TO A DECENT SLEEP SCHEDULE? DR. SUE JACOBS SAGARA AT BED SLEEP DOC IS HERE WITH SOME TIPS ON HO YOUR KIDS UP FOR SLEEP. SUCCESS AFTER SUMMER BREAK. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO. LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW, THAT'S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> IT WAS A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAD HAPPENED TO HER. YOU HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS, ALL THESE KINDS OF LEAVE, NO SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA. COULD HE BE INVOLVED? WE'RE ACTUALLY FINDING EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS FROM HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH WITH HER HONORIFIC, THIS BEAUTIFUL GIRL. >> POLICE WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END AT THE HUNT FOR A KILLER. ONLY ON HULU. ABC NEWS LIVE HONORED WITH EIGHT EMMY NOMINATIONS MORE THAN ANY OTHER STREAMING NEWS NETWORK AND. ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS THE FIRST AND ONLY SCREENING SHOW NOMINATED FOR BEST OUTSTANDING LIVE NEWS PROGRAM. THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. TUESDAY NIGHT, THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL MOMENT THIS CAMPAIGN, KAMALA HARRIS. >> TOGETHER WE WILL TALK IN NO WAY OVER DONALD TRUMP. WE WILL SOON BE A GREAT NATION AGAIN FACE TO FACE HISTORIC. THE ABC NEWS DEBATE MODERATED BY DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE ON ABC AND STREAMING ON ABC NEWS LIVE. HULU AND DISNEY PLUS THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC LIVE. FIRST IT IS TIME FOR MS. ATO METHODS WHERE I SHOW YOU SOME OF MY FAVORITE HACKS TO MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER. BUT TODAY I HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST JOINING ME FOR HIS TIPS ON GETTING YOUR KIDS BACK ON A SLEEP SCHEDULE AFTER SUMMER BREAK. PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE DUKE PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGIST MEDICINE PROGRAM, DR. SUE JACOBS SAGARA, A.K.A. AT THAT SLEEP, IS JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. DR. KONTAGORA, SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON I ALWAYS LOVE WHEN WE GET TO CHAT LIKE THIS. >> ABSOLUTELY SAME HERE. SO TALK ME THROUGH THIS BECAUSE SUMMER MEANS LATE SUNSETS. THAT USUALLY MEANS LATER BEDTIMES, LATER WAKEUP TIMES FOR KIDS. BUT THAT CAN BE REALLY TOUGH WHEN SCHOOL STARTS BECAUSE THEY CAN ALWAYS FALL ASLEEP EARLY ENOUGH TO GET ENOUGH SLEEP BEFORE YOU NEED TO WAKE THEM UP FOR SCHOOL AND. THEN THIS IS THE KICKER. THE LITTLE ONES THAT MIGHT BE OVERTIRED THE NEXT, WHICH ALSO MAKES IT HARD FOR THEM TO FALL ASLEEP. SO WHAT ARE YOUR TIPS TO UNDO THIS BECAUSE THIS CAN TURN INTO A BAD CYCLE? YES, ABSOLUTELY. SCHOOL START TIMES. IT'S TOUGH. WHAT WE'RE ASKING TO DO IS MOVE THEIR CIRCADIAN RHYTHM EARLIER BECAUSE DURING THE SUMMERTIME IT'S VERY EASY TO DELAY THAT CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. >> AND THERE ARE SOME TIPS TO GET YOUR KID BACK ON TRACK. FIRST OF ALL, LIGHT EXPOSURE IS REALLY THE KEY WHEN IT COMES TO TIMING OF LIGHT. SO GETTING LESS LIGHT AT FOR 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO BED, YOU'RE GETTING PLENTY OF BRIGHT LIGHTS IN THE CAN BE VERY HELPFUL. YOU WANT TO MOVE THE SCHEDULE SLOWLY. IF YOU HAVE THE TIME. SO 10 TO 15 MINUTES A DAY, MOVE UP THEIR BEDTIME AND THEIR WAKE UP TIME. >> IT'S GREAT IF YOU CAN TIME THEIR MEALS EARLIER AS WELL. THAT ACTUALLY HELPS SET THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. BELIEVE IT OR NOT. AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THE SCHEDULE STAYS THE SAME. WEEKDAYS AND WEEKENDS. >> THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO KEEPING ON TRACK. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT TEENS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SAME ISSUES? PLUS THEY ALSO USUALLY HAVE DELAYED CIRCADIAN. THEY ARE NATURAL NIGHT OWLS AND MANY OF THEM HAVE EVEN EARLIER WAKE UP TIMES AND LITTLE ONES. >> SO HOW DO YOU HELP THEM GIVEN THAT MISMATCH NOW SCHOOLS START INCREDIBLY EARLY, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE. YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS FOR HIGH SCHOOL TO START 830 OR LATER, BUT THAT'S NOT THE REALITY IN SOME SITUATIONS, DEPENDING ON HOW DELAYED THE TEEN IS. THIS IS WHERE MELATONIN MAY PLAY A ROLE. OF COURSE, SPEAK TO YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, BUT LOW DOSE OF MELATONIN 2 TO 6 HOURS PRIOR TO THE CURRENT SLEEP ONSET TIME TO ACTUALLY HELP ADVANCE THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. NOW, IN SUPER DELAYED CASES WHERE CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BED LIKE FOUR OR FIVE IN THE MORNING, WAKING UP IN THE AFTERNOON, AND NOW THEY HAVE TO ADVANCE BY LIKE SIX OR 7 HOURS. THERE'S A THERAPY, CHRONO THERAPY. AND THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING IN WHICH YOU DELAY YOUR BEDTIME 2 HOURS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT AND THEN SLEEP IN AS LONG AS WANT. AND DOING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU. GETTING LOTS OF LIGHT PRIOR TO BEDTIME AND KEEPING THINGS DIM IN THE MORNING. >> AND WHAT YOU DO IS YOU ESSENTIALLY PUSH BACK 2 HOURS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT UNTIL YOU'VE DELAYED AROUND THE ENTIRE CLOCK AND THEN THEY'RE LINED BACK UP AGAIN. SO YOU PUSH A BEDTIME. SO THAT THEY'VE REACHED A NORMAL BEDTIME AGAIN. AND THAT'S WHEN YOU GET STRICT AGAIN, AVOID LIGHT AT NIGHTTIME AND LOTS OF BRIGHT LIGHTS IN THE MORNING. >> AND I WANT TO STRESS YOU SAID LOW DOSE OF MELATONIN, BECAUSE YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST MISUSED SUPPLEMENTS OUT THERE. >> SO CAN YOU TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, THE TIMING AND THE DOSAGE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO LOOKING FOR HERE? BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE GIVING THEIR KIDS, YOU KNOW ,FOUR MILLIGRAMS OF MELATONIN AT NIGHT, RIGHT AT BEDTIME? >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND AGAIN, I'LL EMPHASIZED DEFINITELY SPEAK WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. BUT WE THINK IT'S ACTUALLY THE TIMING IN WHICH YOU GIVE THE MELATONIN THAT'S MORE THAN THE ACTUAL DOSAGE. SO I'M LOOKING AT HALF A MILLIGRAM, TWO MILLIGRAM DOSES AND 2 TO 6 HOURS PRIOR TOTO THAT'S PROBABLY ALL YOU NEED. >> I RARELY, EVEN FOR OLDER CHILDREN, WILL GO OVER THREE MILLIGRAMS OF MELATONIN AND YOU WANT TO GET IT FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE BECAUSE. WE KNOW BASED ON STUDIES BECAUSE IT'S NOT FDA REGULATED, THEY CAN PUT ALL OF STUFF IN THESE BOTTLES AND THE DOSES ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO YOU REALLY WANT TO GO TO RELIABLE THAT YOU TRUST. >> ALL RIGHT, DR. SUJIT AND SAGAR, I HAVE SO MUCH MORE WE COULD TALK ABOUT. WE ARE OUT OF TIME, SADLY. ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. SLEEP. OH, MY FRIEND. THANK YOU. SAME TO YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I'M DIANE MACEDO. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS, AND NEITHER DO WE CAN FIND ABC NEWS LIVE ANYWHERE. 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WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS BACK RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE, APPEALING THE VERDICT IN HIS SEX ABUSE CASE WITH WRITER JEAN CARROLL AND HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE, SLAMMING HER TESTIMONY ONCE AGAIN. WE'VE GOT THE LATEST FROM COURT AND WHAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST TOLD REPORTERS. PLUS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE HEAR HIS DAD ADMIT HIS SON KNEW THE GUNS WERE IN THE HOUSE. YOU'LL HEAR THE CHILLING AUDIO WHEN COPS CAME AT COLT GRAY DOOR AND HOW HIS FATHER ALLEGEDLY GAVE HIS 14 YEAR OLD SON AN AR-15 FOR CHRISTMAS. THE LATEST CHARGES IN THE GEORGIA MASS SHOOTING CASE THIS HOUR. AND THE U.S. ADDING 142,000 JOBS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST. NEXT UP, INTEREST RATE FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE. WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR MONEY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. OUR TOP STORY, THOUGH, THIS HOUR, TRUMP LASHING OUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT ATTACKING THE WOMAN WHO HAS ACCUSED HIM OF OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT RIGHT AFTER A COURT HEARING REQUESTING A NEW CIVIL TRIAL IN THE SEX ASSAULT AND DEFAMATION CAUSE BROUGHT BY E. JEAN CARROLL. TRUMP UNLOADING A BARGE OF GRIEVANCES AT WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A NEWS CONFERENCE AT TRUMP TOWER, LEAVING WITHOUT TAKING ANY QUESTIONS. >> AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S SO FALSE. IT'S A MADE, FABRICATED STORY BY SOMEBODY. I THINK INITIALLY JUST LOOKING TO PROMOTE A BOOK. AND WHEN THEY CALLED ME DENIED THIS, SO I GOT SUED ESSENTIALLY FOR DEFAMATION BECAUSE I'M DENYING STORY WHERE I'M RIGHT. >> I SHOULD BE SUING HER FOR DEFAMATION. SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY JOINS NOW FROM NEW YORK. >> SO, AARON, FIRST OFF, DID TRUMP JUST DEFAME ONCE AGAIN? >> IT'S KIND OF SOUNDED LIKE IT, KYRA, THAT HE REPEATED A NUMBER OF STATEMENTS THAT THE JURY AT THE TRIAL FOUND TO BE DEFAMATORY AND THE JURY ENDED UP AWARDING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, AWARDING, CAROL, $5 MILLION IN DAMAGES THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TO PAY. HE'S NOW APPEALING. THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT HIM HERE TO COURT TODAY. BUT TO HEAR HIM SAY SOME OF THE VERY SAME THINGS AND REMIND HIS AUDIENCE THAT HE WAS HELD LIABLE FOR A ASSAULT IS A, YOU KNOW, CURIOUS POLITICAL CHOICE. AND YET, SPEAKING ABOUT HIS LEGAL CASES, AIRING HIS GRIEVANCES ABOUT HIS LEGAL PREDICAMENT HAS ALWAYS WORKED FOR HIM POLITICALLY. SO KIND OF WALK US THROUGH, AARON, WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE COURT THIS MORNING, FORMER TRUMP CAME IN, DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, BUT HE HAD A NICE, FRIENDLY INTERACTION WITH A SKETCH ARTIST WHO IS DRAWING HIM AT MOST OF HIS APPEARANCES IN COURT. OTHERWISE, HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, LEFT IT TO HIS LAWYER TO ARGUE THAT HE DESERVES NEW TRIAL BECAUSE THE DEFENSE ARGUES THE JUDGE IMPROPERLY ALLOWED SOME EVIDENCE INTO THE CASE WHERE TRUMP WAS HELD LIABLE FOR DEFAMING E. JEAN CARROLL AND ASSAULTING HER. THE DEFENSE SAYS THAT THE JURY NEVER SHOULD HAVE HEARD THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE WHERE TRUMP IS IS HEARD BOASTING ABOUT GRABBING AND NEVER SHOULD HAVE HEARD FROM TWO WOMEN WHO ARE NOT 18, CAROL, WHO CLAIMED THAT TRUMP SEXUALLY ASSAULTED DECADES EARLIER, WHICH TRUMP DENIES. AND CAROL'S POINT IS THAT THIS SHOWS TRUMP HAD A PROPENSITY FOR FOUR FOR ATTACKING WOMEN. AND THAT'S JUST WHAT E. JEAN CARROLL SAID HAPPENED TO HER IN THE DRESSING ROOM AT BERGDORF GOODMAN IN THE MID 1990. >> AND NOW WE'RE EXPECTING AARON, ON WHETHER ANOTHER JUDGE WILL ACTUALLY DELAY THE SENTENCING. TRUMP'S HUSH MONEY CASE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT ONE? >> AT ANY MOMENT, JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN IS EXPECTED TO RULE ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REQUEST TO PUSH HIS SENTENCING FROM SEPTEMBER 18TH, WELL BEYOND THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. THIS IS A REQUEST THAT TRUMP HAS MADE DIRECTLY TO THE JUDGE. HE'S ALSO TRIED TO MOVE THE WHOLE CASE IN THE FEDERAL COURT TO GUM UP THE WORKS AND DELAY IT IF THE JUDGE DOESN'T GO ALONG. SO WAITING TO HEAR. PROSECUTORS SIGNALED IN A LETTER THAT THE DECISION WOULD BE COMING TODAY OR IT COULD BE COMING REALLY ANY NOW AS THE JUDGE WEIGHS WHEN TO SENTENCE TRUMP, AT SOME POINT, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SENTENCED, KYRA, AFTER HE WAS CONVICTED OF 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. HE FACES UP TO FOUR YEARS IN JAIL. WE'RE NOT SURE THAT THE JUDGE IS PREPARED TO SEND HIM THERE, BUT -- BUT NONETHELESS, THAT REMAINS IN THE OPTICS. SURE DOES. AARON, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JOINING NOW, A MAN WHO'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH A UNIQUE SET OF CHALLENGES, SHALL WE SAY? >> THAT TRUMP BRINGS FOR A LAWYER. TY COBB WAS WHITE HOUSE SPECIAL COUNSEL DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND HAS SINCE TURNED INTO A FIERCE TRUMP. TY, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU. SO QUESTION FOR YOU WITH TO THIS PRESS CONFERENCE THAT JUST WENT DOWN, DID WE JUST WATCH IT REAL? TIME HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO BE DONALD TRUMP'S LAWYER? AND DID WE JUST WATCH THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER DEFAMATION SUIT, DO YOU THINK? >> I THINK SO? CERTAINLY HE DEFAMED HER. YOU KNOW, WHETHER HER $88 MILLION IS ENOUGH TO, FORESTALL ANOTHER SUED REMAINS TO BE SEEN. >> BUT CERTAINLY HE CAME AND DID THE SAME THINGS THAT HE'S, YOU KNOW, LOST TWICE ON TO THE TUNE OF, YOU KNOW, $88 MILLION. SO I THINK I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE OR SUE. >> SO YOU, KNOW HE DITCHED THE ELECTION SUBVERSION HEARING YESTERDAY, BUT TAKES A DAY OFF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO COME TO NEW YORK TO DO A PRESSER ON HIS SEX ABUSE CASE. WHY YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO IDEA. >> I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE RHYME OR OUT OF MOST OF THE THINGS THAT HE DOES. >> LIKE THIS. IF I WAS HIS LAWYERS, I WOULD NOT HAVE ACTUALLY HAD HIM THERE. I THINK HE PROBABLY WANTED TO BE THERE. I THINK HE PROBABLY EXPECTED THAT THE APPELLATE HEARING MIGHT GENERATE SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME NEWS. AND HE WANTED TO BE PART OF THE NEWS CYCLE. BUT I DON'T I THINK BUT FOR HIS APPEARANCE, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, A PARAGRAPH ON PAGE THREE OR MAYBE PAGE ONE, BUT NOT A NOT A BIG DEAL. AND THE HEARING ITSELF WAS LARGELY UNREMARKABLE, FOCUSED ON YOU, A COUPLE OF DISCRETE ISSUES. >> NOTHING THAT I THINK SHOULD GIVE HIM ANY CONFIDENCE, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, THE PROPENSITY OF ISSUES WITH REGARD TO OTHER POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF THE SAME KIND OF CONDUCT IS ALWAYS A THORNY ISSUE ON APPEAL. >> BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO COME OUT OF THAT HEARING, YOU KNOW, WHERE NOT A SINGLE JUDGE PERCEIVED E. JEAN CARROLL HAD MADE UP THESE ALLEGATIONS AND ARGUED SHE HAD FABRICATED HIM, I THINK IS JUST REMARKABLE AND CERTAINLY CONTRARY TO HIS LAWYER'S ADVICE. >> WELL, LET ME JUST FOLLOW UP ON THAT. I MEAN, DESPITE HIS 34 FELONY CONVICTIONS, TRUMP IS STILL MANAGED TO DODGE JAIL TIME AND TRIALS. IN OTHER CASES, HE CONTINUES TO DENY ANY WRONGDOING WITH ANY OF THESE CHARGES, MAKES APPEALS. >> YOU KNOW, DOES TRUMP JUST HAVE GOOD LAWYERS, BY THE WAY, HE THREW UNDER THE BUS RIGHT THERE AT THAT PRESS CONFERENCE OR, YOU KNOW, IS HE ABLE TO TO ROLL LIKE THIS BECAUSE HE WAS PRESIDENT OF? >> THE UNITED STATES? >> SO THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ON EVERYBODY'S I THINK A LARGE PART OF AMERICA JUST ASSUMES THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOTTEN VERY LUCKY. >> AND THE REALITY IS HE HAS IN TERMS OF PARTICULARLY COUPLE OF THE CASES THE CASE IN FLORIDA WHERE YOU'VE GOT YOU KNOW, INEPT ARGUABLY PARTISAN JUDGE YOU KNOW WHO COULD HAVE EASILY THAT CASE TO TRIAL THE CASE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE GONE TO TRIAL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND YOU KNOW, DISMISSED IT. >> SHE'LL CERTAINLY BE REVERSED. YOU'VE GOT THE THE E. JEAN CARROLL CASE WHERE YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE ACTUALLY NOT GOING HIS WAY AND HE'S LOST TWICE. >> HE'S NOT GOING TO NOT LIKELY TO WIN THIS APPEAL OR THE OR THE NEXT APPEAL IN THE IN THE RELATED CASE. YOU'VE GOT THE TWO YOU'VE GOT THE JANUARY SIX CASE, OF COURSE, WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE DELAYS ARE MORE UNDERSTANDABLE THEY RAISED CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE PUBLIC, WHERE THEY'RE WE'RE NOT USED TO HAVING CRIMINALS AS PRESIDENTS. AND WHEN WHEN YOU HAVE AN ALLEGED CRIMINAL AS A PRESIDENT, IT RAISES ISSUES THAT YOU KNOW, THE SUPREME COURT UNDERSTANDABLY WANTS TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN AND SHOULD AND THAT CASE IS, YOU KNOW, GOING TO BE DELAYED AT LEAST A YEAR IF IT GOES TO TRIAL AND IT WON'T GO TO TRIAL, OF COURSE, IF TRUMP WINS, BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE A DISMISSED. BUT SHOULD HE LOSE, IT WILL GO TO TRIAL SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. AND AFTER THE SUPREME COURT ASSESSES WHATEVER JUDGE CHUTKAN IS GOING TO DO AND GIVES HER FURTHER DIRECTION IF NECESSARY. LIKEWISE, IN THE FLORIDA CASE, THAT WILL BE REINSTITUTED AND GO TO TRIAL LATE NEXT YEAR OR MAYBE LATER, DEPENDING ON WHETHER NOT JUDGE KAVANAUGH IS REMOVED IS SEVERAL AND AMICUS BRIEFS SEEM TO REQUEST 11TH CIRCUIT, AND THERE'S A STRONG POSSIBILITY SHE COULD BE REMOVED, ALTHOUGH PERHAPS NOT AT THIS TIME, BUT CERTAINLY BEFORE TRIAL, BECAUSE SHE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HELP HERSELF AND WILL CERTAINLY ARROGANT. >> AND THEN YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, THE FANI WILLIS CASE ,WHICH, OF COURSE HAD ITS OWN PROBLEMS. YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER TRUMP LUCKY THERE BECAUSE OF THE POOR JUDGMENT EXERCISED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND HER SPECIAL COUNSEL AND THEIR ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP. >> AND SO, YES, HE'S HAD A LOT OF LUCK. SOME OF THAT, SOME OF THE DELAYS ARE UNDERSTANDABLE, PARTICULARLY IN THE JANUARY 6 CASE. >> BUT ELSEWHERE, NO. >> AND HE HE WILL HE WILL CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, QUALIFY FOR SUBSTANTIAL JAIL TIME IN THE JANUARY 6 CASE. AND THE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION CASE SHOULD EITHER GET TO TRIAL. AND AS I SAY, ONLY HAPPENED IF HE DOES NOT DOES NOT WIN IN NOVEMBER. >> WELL, TY, SPEAKING OF DELAYS, STAY WITH ME. AARON KATERSKY, YOU'RE JUST GETTING NEWS ABOUT ANOTHER SENTENCING FOR TRUMP BEING DELAYED THIS IN HIS NEW YORK CASE. JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN IN A LETTER POSTED JUST MOMENTS AGO, SAID HE WOULD DELAY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SENTENCING AND HIS CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY CASE, THE ONE WHERE TRUMP WAS FOUND GUILTY OF 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS, TIED TO A HUSH PAYMENT TO . ACTRESS STORMY DANIELS. THE JUDGE DID SET A NEW DATE, BUT HE SAID IT WOULD BE PUSHED. YOU KNOW, LIKELIHOOD PAST THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. NOTABLY IN THE THE JUDGE SAID TRUMP WAS BOLSTERING HIS ARGUMENT WITH A SERIES OF GRIEVANCES THAT ARE UNSUBSTANTIATED AND THE JUDGE SAID HE WOULD NOT ADDRESS THOSE, BUT BECAUSE HE FOUND THAT PROSECUTORS DID NOT OPPOSE . THE IDEA OF PUSHING SENTENCING PAST THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, THE JUDGE SAID HE WOULD, IN FACT DO SO. AARON, THANK YOU. AND. HERE WE GO AGAIN, JUST AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW HE'S ABLE TO KEEP DELAYING THESE CASES ONCE AGAIN, TIGHT SENTENCING DELAYED. >> YEAH, I THINK YOU HAVE TO FAULT THE PROSECUTORS FOR THIS ONE, IT'S NOT ON THE JUDGE HAD THE PROSECUTORS IMPOSED TRUMP'S REQUEST FOR FURTHER DELAY, I THINK THE JUDGE WOULD HAVE HAD TO PLATFORM IN WHICH TO DENY THE REQUEST IN THE ABSENCE OF THEIR OPPOSITION. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNUSUAL FOR THE JUDGE TO DO IT ON HIS OWN. >> SO I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY WHY JUDGE DID WHAT HE DID. >> I'M NOT I'M NOT TOO SANGUINE ABOUT WHATEVER MOTIVATED PROSECUTORS NOT TO NOT TO PUSH FOR THE SENTENCING AS SCHEDULED. THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SO ALREADY BEEN LONG OVERDUE. SO IT'S -- IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE. >> YOU KNOW, IN THE IN THE AT 30,000 FEET. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, GIVEN THE PROSECUTORS, YOU KNOW, A DECISION TO OPPOSE TRUMP'S REQUEST FOR THE DELAY, THE JUDGE CERTAINLY WAS NOT GOING TO DO THIS ON HIS OWN. GOT IT. NOW, I DO WANT TO GET ONE QUESTION IN ABOUT THIS LETTER THAT YOU WROTE TO TO THE GEORGIA GOVERNOR URGING HIM TO OVERRIDE SOME CHANGES TO THE GEORGIA ELECTION BOARD. >> WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO DO THIS? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR THAT I WAS I WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THE LETTER AND VERY SUPPORTIVE. >> BUT I'M ONE OF, YOU KNOW, MANY LAWYERS, AND I DON'T DESERVE ANY SPECIAL RECOGNITION FROM AMONG THAT GROUP. BUT THE REALITY IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF DAMAGE BEING DONE. PEOPLE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO AT THE ROOTS OF OUR DEMOCRACY. YOU KNOW, ELECTIONS HAVE, CONSEQUENCES. >> AND THOSE CONSEQUENCES CAN ONLY BE AS EFFECTIVE AS THE INTEGRITY OF THOSE ELECTIONS. YOU'VE GOT THREE COMMISSIONERS IN GEORGIA WHO HAVE HAD MEETINGS WITHOUT NOTICE. >> THEY'VE ROUGHSHOD OVER THE PROCESS. THEY'VE HIRED OUTSIDE COUNSEL, BEYOND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHICH IS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AUTHORIZED IN THEIR CASE. AND THEY'VE CREATED A PERCEPTION THAT CONTRARY TO THE LAW, THAT THEY HAVE SOME ROLE IN THE CERTIFICATION OF GEORGIA STATE ELECTIONS AND FEDERAL ELECTIONS, WHEREAS THAT'S NOT THE CASE. IT'S REALLY A COURT DETERMINED PROCESS. >> SO I THINK I WROTE BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED NOT JUST IN GEORGIA, BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH OF THE ACTIVITY ON BOTH SIDES THAT I THINK CAN GOES AGAINST SOME OF THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES WE HAVE. AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT PROTECT TO PROTECT ELECTIONS AND THE INTEGRITY OF ELECTIONS. SO THAT SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE FAITH IN IN THEIR GOVERNMENT AND CAN FOLLOW CONTROL OF THE LAW AND ADHERE TO THE RULE OF LAW, WHICH IS WHAT DISTINGUISHES US OR HAS OVER TIME FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. >> TY COBB, ALWAYS GREAT TO TALK YOU, ESPECIALLY ON DAYS LIKE THIS. >> APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. CARE. ALWAYS NICE TO BE WITH YOU. >> THANK YOU, TOO. YOU BET. WELL, FIRST, THE CHILLING AUDIO AND NOW AN ARREST. NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT IN THAT DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN GEORGIA. THE FATHER, 14-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT, COLT GRAY, HAS NOW BEEN ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN HIS SON'S RAMPAGE THAT LEFT TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS DEAD. 54-YEAR-OLD COLIN GRAY IS NOW FACING 180 YEARS IN PRISON. >> HE AND HIS SON BOTH APPEARING IN COURT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME TODAY. YOU CAN SEE COLIN THERE CLEARLY ON EDGE WHILE A JUDGE READ HIM HIS RIGHTS. WE'RE ALSO MORE ABOUT THE FBI INVESTIGATION INTO THOSE THREATENING POSTS THAT HIS SON COLT GRAY, APPARENTLY MADE LAST YEAR ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. DISCORD, INCLUDING THREATS TO ACTUALLY SHOOT UP A SCHOOL. WE HAVE NOW OBTAINED THE ACTUAL AUDIO RECORDING WITH THE LOCAL SHERIFF, VISIT THE GRAY FAMILY HOME AND SPEAKS WITH COLT GRAY AND HIS FATHER, CALLING THE SHERIFF, ASKING THEM ABOUT WEAPONS IN THE HOME. >> LISTEN TO THIS. YES, THEY HAVE IN THE HOUSE. ARE THEY ACCESSIBLE TO HIM? THEY ARE. I MEAN, THERE'S NOT NOTHING LOADED, BUT THEY ARE DOWN. AND SO WE GET WE ACTUALLY DO WE DO A LOT OF SHOOTING. WE DO A LOT. HE SHOT HIS FIRST YEAR THIS YEAR. HE KNOWS THE SERIOUSNESS, WEAPONS AND WHAT THEY CAN DO AND HOW TO USE THEM. AND NOT USE THEM. I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, WE TALK ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT. ALL THE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, THINGS THAT HAPPENED HERE. ARE YOU GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL? HERE HE IS. HE'S GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL. >> AND IS EVERYTHING OKAY? THAT'S WHY I KEEP GOING UP THERE. WOW. OUR PHIL LIPOFF HAS BEEN LISTENING TO THAT RECORDING AS WELL, ALONG WITH OUR LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND TRIAL ATTORNEY BRIAN BUCKMIRE. PHIL, I WANT TO START WITH YOU. WE'RE GOING GET TO THE AUDIO IN JUST A SECOND, BUT TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. COURT TODAY WHERE FATHER AND SON BOTH WERE. >> YEAH, WELL, SEPARATELY THEY FACED A JUDGE AND THEY HEARD THEIR CHARGES. THE 14 YEAR OLD ALLEGED SHOOTER IN THIS CASE FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY MURDER. HE FACES. AND IN GEORGIA, HE COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY EXCEPT HE'S A MINOR. HE IS BEING TRIED AS AN ADULT. BUT WHAT HE WILL FACE IS LIFE IN PRISON. HIS FATHER, THE 54 YEAR OLD COLLIN, AS YOU MENTIONED, CAME BEFORE A JUDGE THEREAFTER. >> HIS CHARGES ARE ARE DIFFERENT. BUT I'LL READ THEM TO. IT'S TWO COUNTS OF FELONY MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE. FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND EIGHT COUNTS OF FELONY CRUELTY. SIMILAR TO THE LAST TIME WE SAW PARENTS CHARGED IN A SCHOOL SHOOTING. HE FACES THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON AS WELL. >> SO, BRIAN, SOURCES ARE NOW TELLING US THAT INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THAT IT WAS DAD THAT GIFTED HIS SON AN AR-15 RIFLE FOR CHRISTMAS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THAT SHERIFF CAME TO THE HOUSE ASKING ABOUT WEAPONS AND AND COLT GRAY MAKING THOSE DEADLY THREATS. IS THERE I GUESS FIRST, I WANT YOUR REACTION TO THAT. AND I GUESS I WANT FOLLOW UP WITH SHOULD ANYTHING ELSE OR I GUESS COULD ANYTHING ELSE LEGALLY COULD HAVE COULD HAVE HAPPENED AT THAT POINT. >> YEAH. SO I MY RESPONSE, BOTH AS AN ATTORNEY, A FATHER IS SOMEWHAT SHOCKING BECAUSE IT'S A SIMPLE CONCEPT OF MATH. YOU HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOW UP AT YOUR HOME AND TALK ABOUT WHAT YOUR SON IS PURPORTED TO HAVE PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND YOU HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE HEAR FROM THE FATHER SAYING, WE THESE CONVERSATIONS, HE KNOWS ABOUT THE DANGERS. HE KNOWS NOT TO DO THIS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND THE GUNS, AT LEAST ONE DOES AT THAT POINT. THEY WERE ACCESSIBLE TO HIM AND THEN. FOR WHATEVER REASON, HE DECIDES, YOU KNOW WHAT, A AR 15. LET'S JUST BUY THAT AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR MY CHILD. KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING THE RED FLAGS, NOT OBSERVING THE RED FLAGS AND THEN PURCHASING A DEADLY WEAPON THAT THE CHILD CANNOT LEGALLY POSSESS IN THE IN THE IN THE STATE THAT HE'S IN. AND THEN THE DEATH THAT OCCURS. THAT'S HOW HE'S BEING PROSECUTED. AND SO IT'S SOMEWHAT SHOCKING. AND ALL THIS IS WHAT'S LEADING UP TO THESE CHARGES. >> RIGHT. OKAY. I WANT TO FOLLOW TO AND BY THE WAY, THERE'S THE MUG SHOT THAT WE'RE APPARENTLY FINALLY SEEING NOW OF THE SUSPECT, 14-YEAR-OLD COLT GRAY. >> SO, PHIL WHAT'S STOOD OUT TO YOU ABOUT THIS RECORDING? >> JUST LIKE BRIAN SAID, AND WE'VE BEEN SITTING HERE TALKING BEFORE YOU CAME TO US, YOU KNOW, AS A AS A FATHER, AS A PARENT, KYRA, YOU KNOW THIS YOU DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYTHING YOUR CHILD DOES. HOWEVER, IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, WHEN YOU READ THE RECORDINGS, HIS FATHER SAYS, YES, WE HAVE WEAPONS IN THE HOUSE. HIS FATHER SAYS, YES, HE'S GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL. AND I KNOW HE'S GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL. HE KNOWS THE SERIOUSNESS OF WHAT THESE WEAPONS AND WHAT THEY CAN DO AND HOW TO USE THEM AND HOW NOT TO USE THEM. HE LAYS EVERYTHING OUT. >> HE IS TOLD BY LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT HIS SON HAS MADE THIS THREAT. HIS SON DENIED IT. BUT THEN HE WENT AND BOUGHT HIM ,YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL RIFLES THAT YOU CAN BUY ON THE MARKET IN OUR STYLE RIFLE THAT IS USED IN ALMOST ALL OF THESE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. AFTER ALL OF THIS, AFTER ADMITTING HIS SON IS PICKED ON AT SCHOOL AND IN THOSE RECORDINGS, HE SAID, THAT'S WHY I SPEND SO TIME UP THERE AT SCHOOL JUST TO MAKE SURE HE'S OKAY. >> THAT WAS PART OF THE RECORDINGS, TOO, KYRA. YEAH, IT'S JUST IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. JUST THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HEAR THESE CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENED A YEAR AGO. AND BRIAN, THIS THE SECOND TIME NOW IN JUST THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT PARENT HAS BEEN CHARGED IN A SCHOOL SHOOTING THAT WAS OUT BY THEIR KID. IS THIS A NEW TREND, DO YOU THINK? ARE WE GOING SEE MORE OF THIS? >> YEAH, I THINK I THINK ONE IS AN ANOMALY TO SOME EXTENT. I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CRUMBLING PARENTS WHO ARE IN CHARGE, TOO. I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY APPROPRIATE TO START SAYING IS A TREND. BUT IF WE START SEEING THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE MORE, THEN YES, THIS IS A TREND. AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS PROSECUTORS ARE GETTING WISE. THE IDEA THAT JURORS SOCIETY IN WHICH JURORS ARE FROM ARE OKAY WITH THE IDEA OF PARENTS BEING HELD LIABLE IF THERE'S A CERTAIN EQUATION TO THAT. AND I THINK EQUATION THAT WE'RE SEEING BOTH IN THE INDICTMENT HERE OF THE FATHER, AS WELL AS, THE CRUMBLING PARENTS IN MICHIGAN IS RED FLAGS IGNORE . PROVIDING THE FIREARM TO THE CHILD WHILE RED FLAGS ARE PRESENT AND THEN NOT EITHER OF THOSE TWO POINTS LEADING TO DEATH. I THINK THOSE THINGS AMOUNT TO INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN GEORGIA. THAT AMOUNTS TO MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE. AND IT'S WHAT WE SAW IN AS WELL AND POTENTIALLY IN OTHER STATES. >> YEAH, AND WE CAN WE CAN TALK ABOUT WEAPONS LAWS AND ACCESS TO WEAPONS AND BUT ALSO WE'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT PARENTING. I MEAN, THIS WAS JUST BAD PARENTING AS IT WAS IN THE OTHER MASS SHOOTING CASE AS WELL. AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT EVERYTHING TIED TO THIS EXTREMELY SAD CASE. >> PHIL BRYAN, APPRECIATE YOU BOTH. THANK YOU. COMING UP, MAJOR ECONOMIC NEWS TODAY WITH A LESS THAN STELLAR JOBS REPORT. >> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THE DETAILS FOR YOU NEXT. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ,ON THE 20 2048 TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET'S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. 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JUST A LITTLE SHORT OF WHAT ANALYSTS WERE EXPECTING. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ALSO FELL TO 4.2%. IT COMES AS THE FEDERAL RESERVE PREPS TO CUT INTEREST RATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS, MAKING IT CHEAPER TO TAKE OUT A MORTGAGE, CAR LOAN OR EVEN PAY OFF CREDIT CARD DEBT. >> LET'S BRING IN OUR BUSINESS GURU, ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS. SO LET'S TALK WHAT THIS JOBS REPORT JUST TELLS YOU ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY RIGHT? >> WELL, IT SHOWS US THAT, YOU KNOW, THE JOB MARKET CONTINUES TO SLOW DOWN GRADUALLY. WE WERE EXPECTING THE ECONOMY TO HAVE ADDED MORE JOBS 161,000 . WE GOT 142,000. AND REMEMBER IN JULY WHEN THE REPORT SHOWED 114,000 JOBS ADDED AND WALL STREET HAD THIS BIG SELL OFF, THERE WAS CONCERN THE JOB WAS GOING TO FALL INTO A RECESSION. TODAY, WE FOUND OUT EVEN FEWER JOBS WERE ADDED. THEY WERE REVISED LOWER. SO JUST 86,000 JOBS WERE ADDED. SO THERE IS THAT CONCERN NOW AMONG THAT PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERN HAS SHIFTED FROM HIGH INFLATION TO A SLOWING LABOR MARKET THAT COULD PASS WOBBLY PUSH OUR ECONOMY INTO RECESSION. ON THE ON THE THE GOOD POINTS IN THIS REPORT, IF YOU WANT TO POINT TO SOME STRENGTHS, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IT DIPPED FROM 4.3 TO 4.2% AND WAGES GREW 3.8% OVER THE PAST YEAR. SOLID GROWTH NOT GANGBUSTERS BUT. IT IS OUTPACING INFLATION WHICH WE KNOW IS JUST BELOW 3% KYRA. >> SO, ALEXIS, THE FED IS TO CUT INTEREST RATES THIS MONTH, RIGHT. SO HOW BIG OF A CUT ARE WE LOOKING AT? >> WE WERE HOPING THAT THIS REPORT WOULD GIVE US REAL CLARITY. ARE THEY GOING TO CUT BY A QUARTER POINT? ARE THEY GOING TO CUT BY A MORE AGGRESSIVE HALF POINT? IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST INTEREST RATE CUT WE'VE SEEN IN FOUR YEARS. AND SOME ECONOMISTS ARE NOW SAYING THAT THE FED NEEDS TO GET AGGRESSIVE AND TWO WEEKS THAT MEETING IS GOING TO BE SEPTEMBER 17TH AND 18TH. THAT NEED TO GET AHEAD OF THE SLOWDOWN WE'RE SEEING IN THE JOB MARKET TO PREVENT THE ECONOMY FROM SLIPPING INTO A RECESSION. SO IT'S STILL ANYBODY'S GUESS AND I THINK YOU'RE SEEING THAT PLAY OUT TODAY IN THE STOCK MARKET WHERE WE'RE SEEING ANOTHER BIG SELL OFF. INVESTORS CONCERNED AND UNCLEAR AS TO JUST WHAT THE FED'S GOING TO DO IN TWO WEEKS. >> ALEXIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAPPY FRIDAY. AND TO YOU, MY FRIEND. ALL STRAIGHT AHEAD, AN AMERICAN KILLED IN THE WEST BANK AND NOW THE WHITE HOUSE CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION. WE'VE GOT ALL THE DETAILS NEXT . WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA AMERICA? AN OPERATION AFTER ISIS PLUNDERED COMBAT OPERATIONS AND WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR REACTOR. SO EVEN A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG, THERE'S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF IT. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE TO YOU AS THEY LOOK AT YOUR SMILE? >> YOU'RE PROUD OF THIS? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. HEY. WHERE ARE YOU? YOU APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION . >> ISMAIL DAVID. YES, YES, I'M DAVID. >> YOU ARE. I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> I'M MOLA LENGHI AT THE PARK FIRE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE GUYS ARE STREAMING WITH US. >> SOME OF THE OTHER THAT WE'RE TRACKING FOR YOU TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. THE WHITE HOUSE CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION AFTER AN AMERICAN WOMAN IS SHOT AND KILLED AT A PROTEST. THE WEST BANK, APPARENTLY THE 26 YEAR OLD WAS A FOREIGN SOLIDARITY WORKING IN THE AREA TO PROTECT PALESTINIAN FARMERS FROM ATTACKS. ISRAELI SETTLERS. SECRETARY OF STATE JUST MADE THESE COMMENTS ON THE MATTER OR JUST MAKE COMMENTS ON THE MATTER. THE IDF INVESTIGATING WHAT HAPPENED AND. BOEING'S TROUBLED STARLINER CAPSULE HEADING BACK TO EARTH TODAY WITHOUT TWO ASTRONAUTS IT CARRIED TO THE ESTATE THAT WAS SUPPOSED BE AN EIGHT DAY TEST FLIGHT, AS YOU KNOW. WELL, NOW IT'S STRETCHING INTO A THREE MONTH TRIP. THOSE ASTRONAUTS WILL HOPEFULLY GET HOME EARLY NEXT YEAR, BUT THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. NEITHER DO WE. YOU CAN FIND US ANYWHERE YOU STREAM LIVE NEWS. AND IF YOU'RE ON THE GO, WE ARE ON ABC NEWS APP AT ABCNEWS.COM, TOO. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. GLAD YOU'RE STREAMING WITH US. >> AND DON'T FORGET, THAT IS THE SITE OF THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WITH VP KAMALA HARRIS AND FORMER TRUMP. IT WILL BE RIGHT HERE LIVE ON ABC NEWS LIVE TUESDAY 9 P.M. EASTERN. YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS START HERE TO IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY "NEW YORK TIMES" CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST, START HERE. >> IT WAS A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAD HAPPENED TO HER. HE SEVERAL SUSPECTS ALL THESE KINDS OF LEADS, A KNOWN SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA. COULD HE BE INVOLVED? WE'RE ACTUALLY FINDING EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS. HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH WERE TERRIFIC. >> THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL. POLICE WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END AT THE HUNT FOR A KILLER. >> ONLY ON HULU. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION AND "NIGHTLINE". >> THE STORIES THAT SCHEDULE WHAT SHAPE YOUR LIFE. DRAMATIC, STUNNING AND TOWERING SHONDA RHIMES. THE MOST POWERFUL STORIES OF OUR TIME. NIGHTMARE ON WAITING FOR KIM WEHLE AND STREAMING ON HULU TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL MOMENT OF THIS CAMPAIGN. >> KAMALA HARRIS. TOGETHER, WE WILL CHART A WAY FORWARD. DONALD TRUMP. WE WILL SOON. A GREAT NATION AGAIN. FACE TO FACE HISTORIC. THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE MODERATED BY DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS. TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE ON ABC AND STREAMING ON ABC NEWS LIVE, HULU AND PLUS THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. ABC NEWS, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE RIGHT NOW AND ABC NEWS LIVE THE VERDICT IN HIS SEX ABUSE CASE WITH WRITER JEAN CARROLL AND HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE SLAMMING HER TESTIMONY ONCE AGAIN. WE'VE GOT THE LATEST FROM COURT AND WHAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST TOLD REPORTERS. PLUS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE HEAR HIS DAD ADMIT HIS SON KNEW WHERE THE GUNS WERE IN THE HOUSE. YOU'LL HEAR THE CHILLING AUDIO WHEN COPS CAME AT COLT GRAY DOOR AND HOW HIS FATHER ALLEGEDLY GAVE HIS YEAR OLD SON AN AR-15 FOR CHRISTMAS. THE LATEST CHARGES IN THE GEORGIA MASS SHOOTING CASE THIS HOUR AND THE ADDING 142,000 JOBS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST. NEXT UP, RATE CUTS FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE. WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR MONEY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR IS TRUMP LASHING OUT? THE FORMER PRESIDENT ATTACKING THE WOMAN WHO'S ACCUSED HIM OF OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. RIGHT AFTER ATTENDING A COURT HEARING REQUESTING A NEW CIVIL TRIAL IN THE SEX ASSAULT AND DEFAMATION COURSE BROUGHT BY E. JEAN CARROLL. TRUMP UNLOADING A BARRAGE OF GRIEVANCES AT WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A NEWS CONFERENCE AT TOWER BEFORE LEAVING WITHOUT TAKING ANY QUESTIONS. >> AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S SO FALSE A MADE UP, FABRICATED STORY BY SOMEBODY. I THINK INITIALLY JUST LOOKING TO PROMOTE A BOOK. AND WHEN THEY CALLED ME, I DENIED THIS. SO I GOT SUED ESSENTIALLY FOR DEFAMATION BECAUSE I'M DENYING THE STORY. >> WELL, I'M RIGHT. I SHOULD BE SUING HER FOR DEFAMATION. >> SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY JOIN NOW FROM NEW YORK. SO, AARON, FIRST OFF, DID TRUMP JUST DEFAME ONCE AGAIN? IT'S KIND OF SOUNDED LIKE IT, KYRA, THAT HE REPEATED A NUMBER OF STATEMENTS THAT THE JURY AT THE TRIAL FOUND TO DEFAMATORY AND THE JURY ENDED UP AWARDING PRESIDENT TRUMP, AWARDING, CAROL, $5 MILLION IN DAMAGES THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TO PAY IS NOW APPEALING. AND THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT HIM HERE TO COURT TODAY. BUT TO HEAR HIM SAY SOME OF THE VERY SAME THINGS AND REMIND HIS AUDIENCE THAT HE WAS HELD LIABLE FOR A ASSAULT IS A, YOU KNOW, CURIOUS POLITICAL CHOICE. AND YET, SPEAKING ABOUT HIS LEGAL CASES AND HIS GRIEVANCES ABOUT HIS LEGAL PREDICAMENT HAS ALWAYS WORKED FOR HIM POLITICALLY. SO KIND OF WALK US THROUGH, AARON, WHAT HAPPENED. COURT THIS MORNING, FORMER TRUMP CAME IN, DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, BUT HE HAD A NICE, FRIENDLY WITH A SKETCH ARTIST WHO WAS DRAWING HIM AT MOST OF HIS APPEARANCES IN COURT. OTHERWISE, HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, LEFT IT TO LAWYER TO ARGUE THAT HE DESERVES A NEW TRIAL BECAUSE THE ARGUES THE JUDGE IMPROPERLY ALLOWED SOME EVIDENCE INTO THE CASE WHERE TRUMP WAS HELD LIABLE FOR DEFAMING EUGENE AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER. THE DEFENSE SAYS THAT THE JURY NEVER SHOULD HAVE HEARD THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE, WHERE TRUMP IS IS HEARD BOASTING ABOUT GRABBING WOMEN AND NEVER SHOULD HAVE HEARD FROM TWO WOMEN WHO WERE NOT 18, CAROL, WHO CLAIM THAT TRUMP SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THEM DECADES ,WHICH TRUMP DENIES. AND JEAN CARROLL'S POINT IS THAT THIS SHOWS TRUMP HAD A PROPENSITY FOR FOR ATTACKING WOMEN. AND THAT'S JUST WHAT HE, JEAN CARROLL SAID HAPPENED TO HER IN THE DRESSING ROOM AT BERGDORF GOODMAN IN THE MID 1990S. >> AND NOW WE'RE EXPECTING AARON, WORD ON WHETHER ANOTHER JUDGE WILL ACTUALLY DELAY THE SENTENCING AND TRUMP'S HUSH MONEY CASE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT ONE AT ANY MOMENT? >> JUDGE, ONE REASON IS EXPECTED TO RULE ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REQUEST, PUSH HIS SENTENCING FROM SEPTEMBER 18TH. WELL BEYOND THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. THIS IS A REQUEST THAT TRUMP HAS MADE DIRECTLY TO THE JUDGE. HE'S ALSO TRIED TO MOVE THE WHOLE CASE IN THE FEDERAL COURT TO GUM UP THE WORKS AND DELAY IT. IF THE JUDGE DOESN'T GO ALONG. SO WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR. PROSECUTORS SIGNALED IN A LETTER THAT THE DECISION WOULD BE COMING TODAY OR IT COULD BE COMING REALLY ANY TIME NOW AS THE JUDGE WEIGHS WHEN HIS SENTENCE TRUMP AT SOME POINT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SENTENCED, KYRA, AFTER HE WAS CONVICTED OF 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS, HE FACES TO FOUR YEARS IN JAIL. WE'RE NOT SURE THAT THE JUDGE IS PREPARED. SEND HIM THERE. BUT -- BUT NONETHELESS, THAT REMAINS IN THE OFFING. SURE DOES. AARON, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JOINING ME NOW, A MAN WHO'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH A UNIQUE SET OF CHALLENGES. SHALL WE? >> THAT TRUMP BRINGS. FRONT LAWYER TY COBB WAS WHITE HOUSE SPECIAL DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND HAS SINCE TURNED INTO A FIERCE TRUMP. TY, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU. SO QUESTION FOR YOU WITH REGARD TO THIS PRESS CONFERENCE, IT JUST WENT DOWN. DID WE JUST WATCH IN REAL TIME HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO BE DONALD TRUMP'S LAWYER? AND DID WE JUST WATCH THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER DEFAMATION SUIT, DO YOU THINK? >> I SO. CERTAINLY HE DEFAMED HER AND, YOU KNOW WHETHER HER $88 MILLION IS ENOUGH TO FORESTALL ANOTHER SUED REMAINS TO BE SEEN. >> BUT CERTAINLY HE CAME OUT AND DID THE SAME THINGS THAT HE'S YOU KNOW, LOST TWICE ON TO THE TUNE OF, YOU KNOW, $88 MILLION. SO I THINK I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE OR. >> SO YOU HE DITCHED THE ELECTION SUBVERSION HEARING YESTERDAY BUT TAKES A DAY OFF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO COME TO NEW YORK TO DO A PRESSER ON HIS SEX ABUSE CASE. WHY? >> YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO IDEA. I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE RHYME OR REASON OUT OF MOST OF THE THINGS THAT HE DOES. >> LIKE THIS. AND IF I WAS HIS LAWYERS, I WOULD NOT HAVE ACTUALLY HAD HIM THERE. I THINK HE PROBABLY WANTED TO BE THERE. >> I THINK HE PROBABLY EXPECTED THAT THE APPELLATE HEARING MIGHT GENERATE SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME NEWS. >> AND HE WANTED TO BE PART OF THE NEWS CYCLE. BUT I DON'T I THINK BUT FOR HIS APPEARANCE, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, A PARAGRAPH ON PAGE THREE OR MAYBE PAGE ONE, BUT NOT A NOT A BIG DEAL. AND THE HEARING ITSELF WAS LARGELY UNREMARKABLE, FOCUSED ON YOU, KNOW, A COUPLE OF DISCRETE ISSUES. >> NOTHING THAT I THINK SHOULD GIVE HIM ANY CONFIDENCE. AND ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, THE PROPENSITY ISSUES WITH REGARD TO OTHER POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF THE SAME KIND OF CONDUCT IS ALWAYS A THORNY ISSUE ON APPEAL. >> BUT, YOU KNOW, TO COME OUT OF THAT HEARING, YOU KNOW, WHERE NOT A SINGLE JUDGE PERCEIVED THAT E. JEAN CARROLL HAD MADE UP THESE ALLEGATIONS AND ARGUED THAT SHE HAD FABRICATED THEM, I THINK IS JUST REMARKABLE AND CERTAINLY CONTRARY TO HIS LAWYER'S ADVICE. FOLLOW UP ON THAT.ST I MEAN, DESPITE HIS 34 FELONY CONVICTIONS, TRUMP IS STILL MANAGED DODGE JAIL TIME AND TRIALS. IN OTHER CASES, HE CONTINUES TO DENY ANY WRONGDOING WITH ANY OF THESE CHARGES, MAKES APPEALS. YOU KNOW, DOES TRUMP JUST HAVE GOOD LAWYERS WHO, BY THE WAY, HE THREW UNDER THE BUS RIGHT THERE AT THAT PRESS CONFERENCE OR, YOU KNOW, IS HE ABLE TO TO ROLL LIKE THIS BECAUSE HE WAS PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES? >> SO THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ON EVERYBODY'S MIND. >> I THINK A LARGE PART OF AMERICA JUST ASSUMES THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOTTEN VERY LUCKY. >> AND THE REALITY IS HE HAS IN TERMS OF PARTICULARLY A COUPLE OF THE CASES, THE CASE IN FLORIDA WHERE YOU'VE GOT A YOU KNOW, INEPT ARGUABLY PARTISAN BIASED JUDGE, YOU KNOW, WHO COULD HAVE EASILY THAT CASE TO TRIAL. THE CASE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE GONE TO TRIAL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND, YOU KNOW, DISMISSED IT. SHE'LL CERTAINLY BE REVERSED. YOU'VE GOT THE THE E. JEAN CARROLL CASE WHERE YOU THINGS ARE ACTUALLY NOT GOING HIS WAY AND HE'S LOST TWICE. >> HE'S NOT GOING TO NOT LIKELY TO WIN THIS APPEAL OR THE OR THE NEXT APPEAL IN THE IN THE RELATED CASE, YOU'VE GOT TWO WE'VE GOT THE JANUARY SIX CASE OF COURSE, WHERE YOU KNOW, THE DELAYS ARE MORE UNDERSTANDABLE. THEY RAISED CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE PUBLIC, WHERE THEY'RE WE'RE NOT USED TO HAVING CRIMINALS AS PRESIDENTS. AND WHEN WHEN YOU HAVE AN ALLEGED CRIMINAL AS A PRESIDENT, IT RAISES ISSUES THAT YOU, THE SUPREME COURT UNDERSTANDABLY WANTS TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN AND SHOULD AND THAT CASE IS, YOU KNOW, GOING TO BE DELAYED AT LEAST A YEAR IF IT GOES TO TRIAL AND WON'T GO TO TRIAL. >> OF COURSE, IF TRUMP WINS, BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE A DISMISSED . BUT SHOULD HE LOSE, IT WILL GO TO TRIAL SOMETIME NEXT YEAR AFTER THE SUPREME COURT ASSESSES WHATEVER JUDGE CHUTKAN IS GOING TO DO AND GIVES HER FURTHER DIRECTION IF NECESSARY. LIKEWISE, IN THE FLORIDA CASE, THAT WILL BE REINSTITUTED AND GO TO TRIAL LATE YEAR OR MAYBE LATER, DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT. JUDGE KENNEDY IS REMOVED AS SEVERAL AMICUS BRIEFS SEEM TO REQUEST BE 11TH CIRCUIT, AND THERE'S A STRONG POSSIBILITY SHE COULD BE REMOVED, ALTHOUGH PERHAPS NOT AT THIS TIME, BUT CERTAINLY BEFORE TRIAL, BECAUSE SHE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HELP HERSELF AND WILL CERTAINLY ARROGANT. >> AND THEN YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, THE FANI WILLIS CASE ,OF COURSE, HAD ITS OWN PROBLEMS. >> YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER TRUMP LUCKY BECAUSE OF THE POOR JUDGMENT EXERCISED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND HER SPECIAL COUNSEL AND THEIR ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP. >> SO, YES, HE'S HAD A LOT OF LUCK. SOME OF THAT, SOME THE DELAYS ARE UNDERSTANDABLE, PARTICULARLY IN THE JANUARY 6 CASE. >> BUT ELSEWHERE, NO. >> AND HE HE WILL HE WILL CERTAINLY KNOW QUALIFY FOR A SUBSTANTIAL JAIL TIME IN THE JANUARY 6 CASE. AND THE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION CASE SHOULD EITHER GET TO TRIAL. AND THAT WILL, AS I SAY, ONLY HAPPEN IF HE DOES NOT AND DOES NOT WIN IN NOVEMBER. >> WELL, TY, SPEAKING OF DELAYS, STAY WITH ME. AARON, YOU'RE JUST GETTING NEWS ABOUT ANOTHER SENTENCING FOR TRUMP BEING DELAYED. >> THIS IN HIS NEW YORK CAS. >> JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN IN A LETTER POSTED JUST MOMENTS, SAID HE WOULD DELAY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SENTENCING AND HIS CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY CASE, THE ONE WHERE TRUMP WAS FOUND GUILTY OF 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS, TIED A HUSH PAYMENT TO ACTRESS STORMY DANIELS. THE JUDGE DID NOT SET A NEW DATE, BUT HE SAID IT WOULD BE PUSHED IN LIKELIHOOD PAST THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. NOTABLY IN THE LETTER THE JUDGE SAID TRUMP WAS BOLSTERING HIS ARGUMENT WITH A SERIES OF GRIEVANCES THAT ARE ON SUBSTANCE, SHE ADDED. AND THE JUDGE SAID HE WOULD NOT ADDRESS THOSE. BUT BECAUSE HE FOUND THAT PROSECUTORS DID NOT OPPOSE THE IDEA OF PUSHING SENTENCING PAST THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. THE JUDGE SAID HE WOULD, IN FACT, DO SO. AARON, THANK YOU ENTIRELY. HERE WE GO AGAIN, JUST AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW HE'S ABLE TO KEEP DELAYING THESE CASES ONCE AGAIN. TY. >> SENTENCING DELAYED. YEAH, I THINK YOU HAVE TO FAULT THE PROSECUTORS FOR THIS ONE. >> IT'S NOT ON THE JUDGE. HAD THE PROSECUTORS OPPOSED TRUMP'S REQUEST FURTHER DELAY? >> I THINK THE JUDGE WOULD HAVE HAD A PLATFORM ON IN WHICH TO DENY THE REQUEST. BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF THEIR OPPOSITION, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNUSUAL FOR THE JUDGE TO DO IT ON HIS OWN. SO I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY WHY THE JUDGE DID WHAT HE DID. >> I'M NOT I'M NOT TOO SANGUINE ABOUT WHATEVER MOTIVATED PROSECUTORS NOT TO NOT TO PUSH FOR THE SENTENCING AS SCHEDULED. IT'S ALREADY BEEN. IT'S ALREADY BEEN LONG OVERDUE. SO IT'S -- IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE, YOU KNOW, IN THE IN THE AT 30,000 FEET. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, GIVEN THE PROSECUTORS, YOU KNOW A DECISION NOT TO OPPOSE TRUMP'S REQUEST FOR THE DELAY, THE JUDGE CERTAINLY WAS NOT GOING TO DO THIS ON HIS OWN. >> GOT IT. NOW, I DO WANT TO GET ONE QUESTION IN ABOUT THIS LETTER THAT YOU WROTE TO TO THE GEORGIA GOVERNOR URGING HIM TO OVERRIDE SOME CHANGES TO THE GEORGIA ELECTION BOARD. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO DO THIS? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR THAT I WAS I WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THE LETTER AND VERY SUPPORTIVE. BUT I'M ONE OF, YOU KNOW, MANY LAWYERS, AND I DON'T DESERVE ANY SPECIAL RECOGNITION FROM AMONG THAT GROUP. >> BUT THE REALITY IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF DAMAGE BEING DONE OR PEOPLE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO AT THE ROOTS OF OUR DEMOCRACY. YOU KNOW, ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES AND CONSEQUENCES CAN ONLY BE AS EFFECTIVE AS INTEGRITY OF THOSE ELECTIONS. >> YOU'VE GOT THREE COMMISSIONERS IN GEORGIA HAVE HAD MEETINGS WITHOUT NOTICE. >> RUN ROUGHSHOD OVER THE PROCESS. THEY'VE HIRED OUTSIDE COUNSEL BEYOND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHICH IS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AUTHORIZED IN THEIR CASE. >> AND THEY'VE CREATED A PERCEPTION THAT CONTRARY TO THE LAW, THAT THEY SOME ROLE IN THE CERTIFICATION OF GEORGIA STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTIONS, WHEREAS THAT'S NOT CASE. >> IT'S REALLY A COURT DETERMINED PROCESS. SO I THINK I WROTE IT BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED NOT IN GEORGIA, BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH SOME OF THE ACTIVITY ON BOTH SIDES THAT I THINK GOES AGAINST SOME OF THE DEMOCRATIC WE HAVE. AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT TO PROTECT ELECTIONS AND THE INTEGRITY OF ELECTIONS SO THAT SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE FAITH AND IN THEIR GOVERNMENT AND CAN FOLLOW CONTROL OF THE LAW AND ADHERE TO THE RULE OF LAW, WHICH IS WHAT DISTINGUISHES US OR HAS OVER FROM MOST OTHER COUNTRIES. >> TY COBB, ALWAYS GREAT TO TALK TO YOU, ESPECIALLY ON DAYS LIKE THIS. APPRECIATE. >> THANK YOU. YOU REALLY CARE. ALWAYS NICE TO BE WITH YOU. THANK YOU, DEAR. YOU BET. >> WELL, FIRST, THE CHILLING AUDIO AND NOW AN ARREST. NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT IN THAT DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN GEORGIA. THE FATHER OF 14 YEAR OLD SUSPECT COLT GRAY HAS NOW BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN HIS SON'S RAMPAGE THAT LEFT TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS DEAD. 54-YEAR-OLD COLIN GRAY IS NOW FACING 180 YEARS IN PRISON. HE AND HIS SON BOTH APPEARING IN COURT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME TODAY. YOU CAN SEE COLIN THERE CLEARLY ON EDGE WHILE A JUDGE READ HIM HIS RIGHTS. WE'RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE FBI INVESTIGATION INTO THOSE THREATENING POSTS THAT HIS SON COLT GRAY APPARENTLY MADE YEAR ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. DISCORD, INCLUDING THREATS TO ACTUALLY SHOOT UP A SCHOOL. WE HAVE NOW OBTAINED THE ACTUAL RECORDING WHERE THE LOCAL SHERIFF VISITS THE GRAY FAMILY AND SPEAKS WITH COLT GRAY AND HIS FATHER, CALLING THE SHERIFF THEM ABOUT WEAPONS IN THE HOME. >> LISTEN TO THIS. >> YEAH. YEAH. WEAPONS IN THE HOUSE. ALL RIGHT. ACCESSIBLE TO HIM? THEY ARE. I MEAN, NOTHING. NOTHING LOADED, BUT THEY ARE DOWN. IN FACT, WE WE ACTUALLY. WE DO A LOT OF SHOOTING. WE DO A LOT DEER HUNTING. HE SHOT HIS FIRST YEAR THIS YEAR. HE KNOWS THE SERIOUSNESS OF WEAPONS, WHAT THEY CAN DO AND HOW TO USE THEM AND NOT USE GUNS. I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, WE TALK ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT FOR ALL SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, THINGS THAT HAPPENED. YEAH. ARE YOU GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL? HE IS. HE'S GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL AND IS EVERYTHING OKAY? >> THAT'S WHY I KEEP GOING UP THERE. WOW. OUR PHIL LIPOFF HAS BEEN TO THAT RECORDING AS WELL, ALONG WITH OUR LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND TRIAL ATTORNEY BRIAN BUCKMIRE. PHIL, I WANT TO START WITH YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE AUDIO IN JUST A SECOND, BUT TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN TODAY WHERE FATHER AND SON BOTH WERE. >> YEAH, WELL, SEPARATELY, THEY FACED A JUDGE AND THEY HEARD CHARGES. THE 14 YEAR OLD ALLEGED SHOOTER IN THIS CASE FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY MURDER. HE FACES. AND IN GEORGIA, HE COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY EXCEPT. HE'S A MINOR. HE IS BEING TRIED AS AN ADULT. BUT WHAT HE WILL FACE IS LIFE IN PRISON. HIS FATHER, THE 54 YEAR OLD COLLIN, AS YOU MENTIONED, CAME BEFORE A JUDGE THEREAFTER. HIS CHARGES ARE DIFFERENT, BUT I'LL READ THEM TO. >> YOU. IT'S TWO COUNTS OF FELONY MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE. FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND EIGHT COUNTS OF FELONY CRUELTY. SIMILAR TO THE LAST TIME WE SAW PARENTS CHARGED IN A SCHOOL SHOOTING. HE FACES THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON AS WELL. >> SO, BRIAN, SOURCES ARE NOW TELLING US THAT INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THAT IT WAS DAD THAT GIFTED HIS SON AN AR-15 RIFLE FOR CHRISTMAS THAT WOULD BEEN SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THAT SHERIFF CAME TO THE HOUSE ASKING ABOUT WEAPONS AND AND COLT GRAY THOSE DEADLY THREATS. IS THERE I GUESS FIRST, I WANT YOUR REACTION TO THAT. AND I GUESS I WANT FOLLOW UP WITH SHOULD ANYTHING ELSE OR I GUESS COULD ANYTHING ELSE LEGALLY COULD HAVE COULD HAVE HAPPENED AT THAT POINT? >> YEAH. SO I REMEMBER AS FAR AS BOTH AS AN ATTORNEY AND A FATHER, IT'S SOMEWHAT SHOCKING BECAUSE IT'S A SIMPLE CONCEPT OF MATH. YOU HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOW UP AT YOUR HOME AND TALK ABOUT WHAT YOUR SON IS PURPORTED TO HAVE PUT ON SOCIAL. AND YOU HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE HEAR FROM THE FATHER SAYING WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. HE KNOWS ABOUT THE DANGERS. HE KNOWS NOT TO DO THIS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL QAEDA SHOOTINGS AND THE GUNS. AT LEAST 100 GUNS AT THAT POINT. THEY WERE ACCESSIBLE TO HIM AND THEN FOR WHATEVER REASON, HE DECIDES, YOU KNOW WHAT, A AR 15 LET'S LET'S BUY THAT AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR MY CHILD. IT'S KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING THE RED FLAGS, NOT OBSERVING THE RED FLAGS AND THEN PURCHASING A DEADLY WEAPON THAT THE CHILD CANNOT LEGALLY POSSESS IN THE IN THE STATE THAT HE'S IN. AND THEN THE DEATH THAT OCCURS. THAT'S HE'S BEING PROSECUTED. AND SO IT'S SOMEWHAT SHOCKING. AND ALL THIS EVIDENCE IS WHAT'S LEADING UP TO THESE CHARGES. >> RIGHT. OKAY. I WANT TO FOLLOW TO AND BY THE WAY, THERE'S THE MUG SHOT THAT WE'RE APPARENTLY FINALLY SEEING NOW OF THE SUSPECT, 14-YEAR-OLD COLT GRAY. >> SO, PHIL, WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU ABOUT THIS RECORDING? >> WELL, JUST LIKE BRIAN SAID, AND WE'VE BEEN SITTING HERE TALKING BEFORE YOU CAME TO US, YOU KNOW, AS A AS A FATHER, AS A PARENT, KYRA, YOU KNOW THIS YOU DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYTHING YOUR CHILD DOES. HOWEVER, IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, WHEN YOU READ THE RECORDINGS, HIS FATHER SAYS, YES, WE HAVE WEAPONS IN THE HOUSE. HIS FATHER SAYS, YES HE'S GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL. AND I KNOW HE'S GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL. HE KNOWS THE SERIOUSNESS OF WHAT THESE AND WHAT THEY CAN DO AND HOW TO USE AND HOW NOT TO USE THEM. HE LAYS EVERYTHING. >> HE IS TOLD BY LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT HIS SON HAS MADE THREAT. HIS SON DENIED IT. BUT THEN HE WENT AND BOUGHT HIM . YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL RIFLES THAT YOU CAN BUY ON THE MARKET, AN AIR STYLE RIFLE THAT IS USED IN ALMOST ALL OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. AFTER ALL OF THIS, AFTER ADMITTING HIS SON IS PICKED ON AT SCHOOL AND IN THOSE RECORDINGS, HE SAID, THAT'S WHY I SPENT SO MUCH TIME UP THERE AT SCHOOL JUST TO MAKE SURE HE'S OKAY. >> THAT WAS PART OF THE RECORDINGS, TOO, KYRA. YEAH, IT'S JUST IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. JUST THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HEAR THESE CONVERSATION SCENES THAT HAPPENED A YEAR AGO. AND BRIAN, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME NOW IN JUST THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT, A PARENT HAS BEEN CHARGED IN A SCHOOL SHOOTING THAT WAS CARRIED OUT BY THEIR KID. IS THIS A NEW TREND, DO YOU THINK? ARE WE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THIS? >> YEAH, I THINK I THINK ONE IS AN ANOMALY TO SOME EXTENT. I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CRUMBLING PARENTS WHO ARE IN CHARGE, TOO. I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY APPROPRIATE TO START SAYING IS THIS A TREND. BUT IF WE START SEEING THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE MORE, THEN, YES, THIS A TREND. AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS PROSECUTORS ARE GETTING WISE. THE THAT JURORS SOCIETY IN WHICH JURORS ARE FROM ARE OKAY WITH THE IDEA OF PARENTS BEING LIABLE IF THERE'S A CERTAIN EQUATION TO THAT. AND I THINK EQUATION THAT WE'RE SEEING BOTH IN THE INDICTMENT HERE OF THE FATHER, AS WELL AS THE CRUMBLING PARENTS IN MICHIGAN, IS RED FLAGS IGNORE ID PROVIDING THE FIREARM TO THE CHILD WHILE? THOSE RED FLAGS ARE PRESENT AND THEN NOT ADDRESSING EITHER OF THOSE TWO POINTS LEADING TO DEATH. I THINK THOSE THINGS AMOUNT TO INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN GEORGIA. THAT AMOUNTS TO MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE. AND IT'S WHAT WE SAW IN, MICHIGAN AS WELL, AND POTENTIALLY IN OTHER STATES. >> YEAH, AND WE CAN WE TALK ABOUT WEAPONS LAWS AND ACCESS TO WEAPONS AND, BUT ALSO WE'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT PARENTING. I MEAN, THIS WAS JUST BAD PARENTING AS IT WAS IN THE OTHER MASS SHOOTING CASE AS WELL. AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT EVERYTHING TIED TO THIS EXTREMELY SAD. >> PHIL BRYAN, APPRECIATE YOU BOTH. THANK YOU. COMING UP, MAJOR ECONOMIC NEWS TODAY WITH A LESS THAN STELLAR JOBS REPORT. >> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THE DETAILS FOR YOU NEXT. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> AND THEY ARE THE STORIES THAT SHAPE YOUR WHAT SHAPE YOUR LIFE. DRAMATIC, STUNNING AND TOWERING ,JAW DROPPING THE MOST POWERFUL STORIES. OUR TIME MAKLER ON RIGHT AFTER KIM WEHLE AND STREAMING ON HULU AT HOME. >> SO GLAD YOU'RE SERVING WITH US ON THIS FRIDAY. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY NOW AND THE U.S. ADDING 142,000 JOBS IN AUGUST. JUST A LITTLE SHORT OF WHAT ANALYSTS WERE EXPECTING. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ALSO FELL TO POINT 2%. IT COMES AS THE FEDERAL RESERVE PREPS CUT INTEREST RATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS, MAKING IT CHEAPER TO TAKE OUT A MORTGAGE, CAR LOAN OR EVEN PAY OFF CREDIT CARD DEBT. >> LET'S BRING IN OUR BUSINESS GURU, ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOBS REPORT JUST TELLS YOU ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW. >> WELL, IT SHOWS US THAT, YOU KNOW, THE JOB MARKET CONTINUES TO. SLOW DOWN. GRADUALLY. WE WERE EXPECTING THE ECONOMY TO HAVE ADDED JOBS 161,000. WE GOT 142,000. AND REMEMBER, IN JULY WHEN THE REPORT SHOWED 114,000 JOBS ADDED AND WALL STREET HAD BIG SELL OFF, THERE WAS CONCERN THE JOB MARKET WAS GOING TO FALL INTO A RECESSION. TODAY, WE FOUND OUT EVEN FEWER JOBS WERE ADDED. THEY WERE REVISED LOWER. SO JUST 86,000 JOBS WERE ADDED. SO THERE IS THAT CONCERN NOW AMONG INVESTORS THAT PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, THE HAS SHIFTED AWAY FROM HIGH INFLATION TO A SLOWING LABOR MARKET THAT COULD POSSIBLY PUSH OUR ECONOMY INTO RECESSION. ON THE ON THE THE GOOD POINTS IN THIS REPORT, IF YOU WANT TO POINT TO SOME STRENGTHS, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, IT DIPPED FROM 4.3 TO 4.2% AND WAGES GREW 3.8% OVER THE PAST YEAR. SOLID GROWTH, NOT GANGBUSTERS, BUT IT IS OUTPACING INFLATION, WHICH WE KNOW IS JUST BELOW 3% KYRA. >> SO, ALEXIS, THE FED IS SUPPOSED TO CUT INTEREST RATES THIS MONTH? RIGHT. SO HOW BIG OF A CUT ARE WE LOOKING AT? >> WE WERE HOPING THAT THIS REPORT WOULD GIVE REAL CLARITY. ARE THEY GOING TO CUT BY A QUARTER POINT? ARE THEY GOING TO CUT BY A MORE AGGRESSIVE HALF POINT? IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST INTEREST RATE CUT WE'VE SEEN IN FOUR YEARS. AND SOME ECONOMISTS ARE NOW SAYING THAT THE FED NEEDS TO GET AGGRESSIVE AND TWO WEEKS. THAT MEETING IS GOING TO BE SEPTEMBER 17TH AND 18TH, THAT THEY NEED TO GET AHEAD OF THE SLOWDOWN WE'RE SEEING IN THE JOB MARKET TO PREVENT THE ECONOMY FROM SLIPPING INTO A RECESSION. SO IT'S STILL ANYBODY'S GUESS. AND I THINK YOU'RE SEEING THAT PLAY OUT TODAY IN THE STOCK WHERE WE'RE SEEING ANOTHER BIG SELL OFF INVESTORS CONCERNED AND UNCLEAR AS TO JUST WHAT THE FED'S GOING TO DO IN TWO WEEKS. >> ALEXIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAPPY FRIDAY AND TO YOU, MY FRIEND. ALL RIGHT. STRAIGHT AHEAD, AMERICAN KILLED IN THE WEST BANK AND NOW THE WHITE HOUSE IS. >> WE'VE GOT ALL THE DETAILS NEXT. >> CHEERS TO GOOD MORNING AMERICA. NEWS THAT INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE, KINDNESS, JOY, SURPRISES, SO MUCH FUN. >> START YOUR DAY WITH GOOD MORNING. AMERICA'S RAY OF SUNSHINE HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF AMERICA. GET READY TO SMILE AND PUT THE GOOD IN TO YOUR MORNING AMERICA. >> YOU KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE THE MORNING BETTER? A LITTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE. >> TIME FOR TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL OF THIS CAMPAIGN. >> KAMALA HARRIS. TOGETHER, WE WILL TARGET NEW WAYS FORWARD. DONALD TRUMP, WE WILL SOON BE A GREAT NATION AGAIN. >> FACE TO FACE. HISTORIC. 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THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS REPORTING IN SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA. IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE ADELPHIA. I'M EM NGUYEN. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE AND RIGHT NOW AT ABC NEWS LIVE. BREAKING NEWS, SENTENCING IN FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S COMMITTEE TRIAL NOW DELAYED UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. WE'VE GOT FULL DETAILS. PLUS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE HEAR HIS DAD ADMIT, HIS SON, KNEW WHERE THE GUNS WERE IN THEIR HOUSE. YOU'LL HEAR THE AUDIO. WHEN COPS CAME KNOCKING AT COLT GRAY DOOR AND HOW HIS FATHER GAVE HIS 14 YEAR OLD SON AN AR-15 FOR CHRISTMAS. THE LATEST CHARGES IN THE GEORGIA MASS SHOOTING THIS HOUR. AND THE U.S. ADDING 100 TO 40000 JOBS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST. NEXT UP, INTEREST RATE FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE. WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR MONEY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. WE DO BEGIN WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS. IT LOOKS LIKE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL NOT FACE THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS HUSH MONEY CONVICTION BEFORE THE 2024 ELECTION. A IN NEW YORK NOW DELAYING SENTENCING IN HIS CRIMINAL CASE AFTER HE WAS FOUND GUILTY ON 34 CHARGES RELATED TO THOSE MADE TO ADULT FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS. HE HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING AND IS TRYING TO GET THE CASE JUST THROWN OUT ON GROUNDS PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY. OUR SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT, AARON KATERSKY ME NOW FROM NEW YORK. SO SENTENCING IS NOW NOVEMBER 26, BUT HAPPENS IF TRUMP WINS THE ELECTION. >> AARON. GOOD QUESTION, KYRA. AND I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER IS DON'T KNOW. UNDOUBTEDLY, IF THE FORMER PRESIDENT WINS THE ELECTION, HIS ATTORNEYS WOULD TRY TO SAY HE'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE FORTHCOMING PRESIDENT. HE'S THE PRESIDENT AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE SENTENCED. BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT ARGUMENT WOULD NECESSARILY HOLD WATER. A SITTING PRESIDENT PROBABLY COULD GO THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY THE WAY TRUMP SEES IT. BUT WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A PRESIDENT ELECT. SO IT'S A IT'S A GOOD HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION. BUT AS OF NOW, THE FORMER PRESIDENT WILL BE SENTENCED FOR FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS HERE IN NEW YORK ON NOVEMBER 26TH. MEANING, THOUGH, THAT THE VOTERS WILL NOT HAVE OF THE CASE BEFORE THEY MAKE THEIR PICK IN NOVEMBER. SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY IN LOWER MANHATTAN TODAY FOR ANOTHER TRUMP LEGAL MATTER. THERE WAS A HEARING TODAY ON HIS PUSH FOR A NEW CIVIL TRIAL IN THE E. JEAN CARROLL SEXUAL ASSAULT DEFAMATION CASE. WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THAT? HE'S ASKING A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT TO GIVE HIM A NEW TRIAL BECAUSE. HE SAYS THE JURY'S DECISION TO SAY THAT HE OWES E. JEAN CARROLL $5 MILLION BECAUSE HE DEFAMED HER AND ASSAULTED HER CANNOT STAND. HIS ATTORNEY, A NUMBER OF ARGUMENTS RELATED TO EVIDENCE SAYING THAT THE JUDGE WAS WRONG TO ALLOW THE JURY TO HEAR THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE WHERE TRUMP WAS OVERHEARD BOASTING ABOUT GRABBING WOMEN WAS WRONG TO ALLOW THE TESTIMONY OF WHO SAID TRUMP ASSAULTED THEM DECADES AGO, WHICH HE DENIES. AND ANY JEAN CARROLL'S ATTORNEY SAID ALL THAT EVIDENCE SHOWS A PROPENSITY TRUMP TO DO THE THING THAT E. JEAN CARROLL SAYS HE DID. AND THEY SAY IS PART OF THE REASON, PERHAPS WHY WHY HE HELD LIABLE. SO TRUMP ACTUALLY SPOKE THE MEDIA AFTER THAT COURT HEARING, AARON. I KNOW YOU WERE LISTENING. HE ATTACKED E. JEAN CARROLL AND THE OTHER WOMEN WHO HAVE ACCUSED HIM OF MISCONDUCT. >> HERE'S PART OF WHAT HE SAID. AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S SO FALSE. IT'S A MADE UP FABRICATED STORY BY SOMEBODY. I THINK INITIALLY, JUST LOOKING PROMOTE A BOOK AND. WHEN THEY CALLED ME, I DENIED THE SO I GOT SUED ESSENTIALLY FOR DEFAMATION BECAUSE I'M DENYING THE STORY. I'M RIGHT. I SHOULD BE SHOOTING HER FOR DEFAMATION. YEAH. HE GOT SUED AND E. JEAN CARROLL WON. DID HE JUST DEFAME HER? ONCE AGAIN? IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. IN FACT, I WAS TALKING TO E. JEAN CARROLL ATTORNEY ROBBY KAPLAN, WHO SAID, AS SHE SAID BEFORE, ALL OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE. SHE WAS LISTENING TO TO THOSE REMARKS AND FOUND THAT TRUMP WAS REPEATING STATEMENTS THE JURY DECIDED WERE DEFAMATORY OF E. JEAN CARROLL IT'S POSSIBLE SHE COULD BRING ANOTHER ACTION AS A RESULT. WE DON'T KNOW THAT SHE WILL, BUT -- BUT TRUMP DOES AT LEAST RISK THAT POSSIBILITY. >> ALL RIGHT. AARON KATERSKY THERE FOR US IN NEW YORK FOLLOWING ALL THE CASES FOR US. SOMETIMES HARD TO KEEP UP. AARON, APPRECIATE YOU. SO FIRST, THE CHILLING AUDIO AND NOW AN ARREST. NEW TO TELL YOU ABOUT TODAY IN THAT DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN GEORGIA. THE FATHER OF 14 YEAR OLD SUSPECT COLT GRAY HAS BEEN ARRESTED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN HIS SON'S ALLEGED RAMPAGE. LEFT TWO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS DEAD. 54-YEAR-OLD COLIN GRAY COULD NOW FACE 180 YEARS IN PRISON. HE AND HIS SON BOTH APPEARING SEPARATELY IN COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY. COLIN GRAY YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE CLEARLY ON EDGE. A JUDGE READ HIM HIS RIGHTS. WE'RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE FBI INVESTIGATION INTO THOSE THREATENING POSE THAT COLT GRAY WHO YOU SEE HERE APPARENTLY MADE LAST YEAR ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. DISCORD, INCLUDING THREATS TO SHOOT UP A SCHOOL. WE'VE NOW OBTAINED THE AUDIO RECORDING WHERE INVESTIGATORS VISIT THE GREAT FAMILY AND SPEAK WITH COLT GRAY AND HIS FATHER, COLIN. THE INVESTIGATOR ASKED THEM ABOUT WEAPONS IN THE HOME. >> YOU HAVE WEAPONS IN THE HOUSE? I DO. LIKE ACCESSIBLE TO HIM. THEY ARE. I MEAN, NOTHING. NOTHING LOADED. BUT THEY ARE DOWN. OKAY. WE WE ACTUALLY WE DO A LOT OF SHOOTING. WE DO A LOT THERE. HE SHOT HIS FIRST DEER THIS YEAR. HE KNOWS THE SERIOUSNESS OF WEAPONS, WHAT THEY CAN DO AND HOW TO USE THEM AND NOT USE THEM. I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, WE TALK ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT. ALL THE SCHOOL THINGS THAT HAPPENED HERE. ARE YOU GETTING PICKED ON AT? HE IS. HE'S GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL. AND IS EVERYTHING. >> THAT'S WHY I KEEP GOING UP THERE. >> OUR FAITH ABUBEY CONTINUES TO REMAIN ON THE GROUND THERE IN GEORGIA. JOINS ME NOW ALONG WITH OUR LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND TRIAL ATTORNEY BRIAN BUCKMIRE. SO, FAITH. LET'S FIRST WE'LL GET TO THE AUDIO IN JUST A SECOND. BUT WHAT'S JUST THE LATEST FROM POLICE THERE REGARDING THEIR INVESTIGATION. WELL, KYRA, WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR A WHILE NOW ABOUT POTENTIALLY MORE CHARGES COMING. AND NOW WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT IS HOLDING. WHAT THE HOLDUP IS, ACCORDING TO THE D.A. AT THE TIME THAT THEY FILED CHARGES AGAINST THE SHOOTING SUSPECT, THEY HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE VICTIMS WHO WERE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. SO NOW THEY'RE STARTING TO GET THAT INFORMATION IN. AND SO THEY'RE HOPING THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ADD THOSE CHARGES. THERE IS A GRAND MEETING THAT'S HAPPENING ON OCTOBER 17TH. AND SO IF HE'S INDICTED THERE ARE MORE CHARGES ARE ADDED THERE. THERE WILL BE AN ARRAIGNMENT THAT WILL BE SCHEDULED AFTER THAT. AND THEN WE'RE EXPECTING SUSPECT THE SHOOTING SUSPECT AND HIS FATHER TO BE BACK IN COURT, THEIR PRELIMINARY HEARING ON DECEMBER 4TH KYRA. SO, BRIAN, DURING THAT 2023 VISIT TO THE GREAT HOME, THE SHERIFF ACTUALLY SPEAKS WITH COLT AND HIS FATHER ABOUT THESE THREATS ON DISCORD AND AT ONE POINT EVEN SAYS HE HOPES THAT COLT LYING TO HIM. >> LET'S LISTEN TO THIS MOMENT. GOD FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENED IN MY JOB THAT I'D FEEL PRETTY BAD ABOUT THAT. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IF SOMETHING LIKE HAPPENED, YOU HEAR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND REPORT IT TO YOUR DAD . >> LIKE I TOLD HIM, I PROMISE I WOULD NEVER SAY SOMETHING. SO YOU HAVEN'T USED THIS COURT IN A FEW MONTHS AND YOU'RE. YOU'RE SAYING YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING? I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE REPORT SAYING THAT PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE'VE DONE IN REFERENCE TO THIS AND THAT WE TALK WHEN YOU SAYING THAT WE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND I TAKE ITS WORD, I HOPE YOU'RE BEING HONEST WITH ME. I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE LYING, BUT IT'S IT'S SERIOUS. IT'S -- IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR PEOPLE. >> A LOT OF BOYS. >> WOW. WELL, BRIAN, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THERE WAS NO PROBABLE CAUSE TO MAKE AN ARREST AT THAT TIME. BUT IS THIS REALLY ALL THAT THEY COULD HAVE DONE? >> SO REALLY, IT'S A STATE'S QUESTION AS TO WHAT THE LEGISLATURE OF GEORGIA AFFORDS, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO POTENTIAL THREATS LIKE THIS. BUT I THINK THEY ARE CORRECT. ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I HEARD AT THE TIME IN WHICH THIS RECORDING HAD OCCURRED, THE INABILITY TO PROPERLY ASSOCIATE THAT DISCORDANT MESSAGE WITH THE THAT SHOOTER WHO WAS SPEAKING THERE, AND ALSO THE INFORMATION THEY COLLECTED PROBABLE CAUSE MEANING TO BELIEVE BASED ON ALL THE INFORMATION COLLECTED, THAT A CRIME DID IS OR WILL HAPPEN. I DON'T SEE ENOUGH THERE I DON'T THINK THEY COULD HAVE ARRESTED HIM FOR ANY SPECIFIC CASE. ALSO, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE THE AIR TYPE FIREARM WASN'T PURCHASED UNTIL SOME MONTHS, SOME SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THE FACT. AND SO IF ALL THAT WERE THERE WERE HUNTING RIFLES THAT WERE PROPERLY STORED BY GEORGIA, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH. I THINK NOW THE QUESTION IS, LOOKING BACK, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S WHAT WE OFTEN DO IN THE SCHOOL SHOOTING CASES. LOOKING BACK, HOW CAN WE PREVENT? HOW CAN WE BETTER EQUIPPED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PARENTS WITH THE ABILITY TO SPOT POTENTIAL SHOOTERS AND GET THEM THE SERVICES, HELP AND TAKE FIREARMS AWAY FROM THEM, THEIR ACCESS TO FIREARMS AWAY FROM THEM IN A WAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE MORE STORIES LIKE THIS. >> RIGHT. YEAH. POINT WELL MADE AND FAITH, YOU HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH STUDENTS AND A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITHIN COMMUNITY. WHAT MORE ARE WE LEARNING ABOUT THE VICTIMS AND EVEN BACKGROUND OF OF COLT GRAY. YEAH. KARA YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BRIGHT SPOTS OUT OF ALL OF THIS DARKNESS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS ARE THE INJURED VICTIMS WHO, ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES HERE, ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. A NUMBER OF THEM HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. JUST A FEW OF THEM REMAIN IN THE HOSPITAL THIS AFTERNOON . AND SO MORE AND MORE OF THEM WILL BE ABLE TO BE RELEASED AND THEY'RE ALL EXPECTED TO RECOVER WELL AND GO BACK TO THEIR NORMAL LIVES. BUT OF THERE'S NOTHING NORMAL ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING HERE. IN FACT, THERE HAVE BEEN VIGILS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD HERE ON CAMPUS FOR SEVERAL DAYS. IN FACT, THERE'S A GROWING MEMORIAL THAT'S CLOSER TO THE BUILDING WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STOPPING BY, DROPPING OFF BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS AND REMEMBERING THOSE FOUR VICTIMS WHO DIED. WE'RE WAITING MORE DETAILS ABOUT ANY MEMORIALS FOR THEM AND FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEM AS WELL. AND SO THIS COMMUNITY SO RALLYING TOGETHER. THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE GRIEF, THE GRIEVING PROCESS. BUT, OF COURSE, THAT BRIGHT SPOT IS THE FACT THAT THOSE WHO WERE INJURED ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY KYRA. AND BRIAN, THIS IS NOW THE SECOND TIME IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WE'VE SEEN A PARENT CHARGED FOR A SCHOOL SHOOTING CARRIED OUT BY THEIR KID. DO WE SEE THIS NOW AS A NEW TREND? I THINK, IF ANYTHING, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A TREND WHERE PROSECUTORS SEEING NOT ONLY THOSE CONVERSATIONS PLAYING OUT ON ON ABC AND SO MANY OTHER REPORTS AND THE CONVERSATION THAT PARENTS AND THE SOCIETY IS HAVING THAT THEY THINK THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. SORRY THAT A PARENT CAN BE FOUND LIABLE CRIMINALLY FOR THE ACTIONS THEIR CHILD. THEY'VE ALREADY SUCCESSFULLY GOT A CONVICTION IN MICHIGAN. GEORGIA IS GOING TO TRY IT OUT. NOW, I THINK ALL PROSECUTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE AT THE FACTS THAT AMOUNT TO THE DIFFERENT CRIMES. IN GEORGIA, IT'S MURDER, THE SECOND DEGREE AND INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. IN MICHIGAN, IT WAS INVOLUNTARY . AND I THINK WE MIGHT SEE MORE OF THESE CASES WHERE PARENTS DON'T ADDRESS THE RED FLAGS, PROVIDE FIREARMS FOR THEIR CHILD, AND THAT ACCESS IS LAX IN A WAY THAT THAT CHILD CAN THEN TAKE THAT FIREARM AND COMMIT MASS SHOOTINGS. I THINK THIS, UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE MORE TO COME. ALL RIGHT. FAITH ABUBEY BRIAN BUCKMIRE, THANK YOU BOTH. >> TURNING NOW TO THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. WE ARE OFFICIALLY 59 DAYS AWAY FROM ELECTION DAY NOW AND JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. AND IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. SOURCES TELLING US THE VICE PRESIDENT IS SPENDING MOST OF HER TIME RIGHT NOW IN PENNSYLVANIA, HUDDLED WITH HER TEAM ON DEBATE STRATEGY. OUR SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, SELINA WANG IS IN PITTSBURGH FOLLOWING, THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN. SO WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT HARRIS' DEBATE PREP? GIVE US THE DETAILS. >> SELINA. YEAH. KYRA. WELL, A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE VICE PRESIDENT TELLS ME THAT TODAY SHE'S MOSTLY HUNKERED DOWN WITH HER TEAM ON THE STRATEGY AND POLICY DEBATE SESSIONS. I'M TOLD SHE'S ALL OF THIS VERY SERIOUSLY TO PUT ALL OF THIS INTO CONTEXT. THIS WILL BE DONALD TRUMP'S SEVENTH GENERAL ELECTION PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. THIS BE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS' FIRST. THEY'VE NEVER EVEN SPOKEN TO OTHER. LET IT GO. REALLY BEEN IN THE SAME ROOM TOGETHER. I'M TOLD THAT SHE'S GOT A FEW GOALS FOR THIS DEBATE. SHE WANTS TO STAY ON MESSAGE. GO AFTER TRUMP, GET UNDER HIS SKIN WHILE STAYING CALM. AND SHE WANTS TO FOCUS ON HER MESSAGE ABOUT THE FUTURE. SHE'S GOING TO BE HONING IN ON HER ECONOMIC PLANS, SOME OF THOSE MORE DETAILED PLANS SHE'S LAID OUT ABOUT HELPING THE MIDDLE CLASS, HELPING MAKING HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE, LOWERING COSTS FOR EVERYDAY. AND THE NEW PLAN SHE LAID OUT THIS WEEK ABOUT HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES. SHE ALSO, KYRA, WANTS TO DRAW THE CONTRAST HERE. SHE'S WHEN IT CAST HERSELF AS SOMEBODY WHO'S OPTIMISTIC AND FORWARD LOOKING VERSUS DONALD TRUMP, WHO SHE'LL ARGUE IS DARK AND DIVISIVE. SHE'S GOING WANT TO DRAW THAT CONTRAST BOTH FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE AND REALLY A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE AS WELL, KYRA. SO THE PAST, KAMALA HARRIS HAS SAID THAT HER EXPERIENCE AS A PROSECUTOR HAS ACTUALLY PREPARED HER FOR MOMENTS LIKE THIS, MOMENTS LIKE RUNNING AGAINST TRUMP. >> REMEMBER THIS? SO IN THOSE ROLES I TOOK ON PERPETRATORS, ALL KINDS, PREDATORS WHO ABUSED WOMEN, FRAUDSTERS WHO SCAMMED CONSUMERS, CHEATERS, WHO BROKE THE RULES FOR THEIR OWN GAIN. SO HEAR ME, WHEN I SAY I KNOW DONALD TRUMP'S TYPE. >> SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? ARE WE GOING TO HEAR THIS SAME ARGUMENT AGAIN ON TUESDAY, YOU THINK? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, I'M TOLD THAT HARRIS UNDERSTANDS THAT A LOT OF AMERICANS STILL DON'T REALLY KNOW HER BACKGROUND AND SHE'S GOING TO LEAD INTO HER BACKGROUND AS A FORMER PROSECUTOR OR AS AN ATTORNEY GENERAL. SO SHE'S LIKELY GOING TO MAKE THAT ARGUMENT. AND PART OF DRAWING THAT CONTRAST AS WELL IS SHE WANTS TO PAINT DONALD TRUMP AS SOMEBODY WHO'S ONLY OUT FOR HIMSELF VERSUS VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, WHO SHE'S TO ARGUE IS OUT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. SO SHE'S CERTAINLY GOING TO LEAN INTO THAT PART, HER BACKGROUND. BUT, KYRA, ANOTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT SHE IS GOING INTO THIS DEBATE WITH A LOT OF MOMENTUM BEHIND HER. HER CAMPAIGN JUST TODAY THAT LAST MONTH THEY RAISED $361 BILLION. THAT'S NEARLY TRIPLE THE AMOUNT THAT DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN RAISED IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD. AND WHAT MEANS, KYRA, IS THAT IN THE REMAINING MONTHS OF THIS CAMPAIGN, SHE CAN REALLY FOCUS ON HITTING THESE BATTLEGROUND STATES AND CAMPAIGNING RATHER THAN HAVING TO CONTINUALLY REACH OUT TO THESE BIG TIME DONORS. >> WELL, AND HOW DO YOU THINK JUST WHAT YOU'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE VICE PRESIDENT, HOW SHE'S PREPPING AND PREPARING COMPARED TO DONALD? APPARENTLY NOT MUCH PREPARATION GOING. THEN AGAIN, HE LOVES TO JUMP INTO THESE THINGS AND JUST SORT OF WING AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. YEAH, IT IS A TOTAL SPLIT SCREEN. YOU'VE GOT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. SHE'S STUDYING HERE IN PITTSBURGH. DONALD TRUMP, HE WAS IN A COURTROOM THAT GAVE THAT PRESS CONFERENCE. BUT TRUMP AND HIS TEAM HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT HE DOESN'T NEED TRADITIONAL DEBATE PREPARATION BECAUSE DOING THINGS LIKE THAT PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, GIVING OUT INTERVIEWS, TOWN HALLS, THAT IS PART OF HIS DEBATE PREPARATION. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT HE IS HAVING THESE INFORMAL MEETINGS ON POLICY WITH ADVISERS, ADVISERS, INCLUDING FORMER DEMOCRAT TULSI GABBARD. AND REMEMBER, GABBARD HAD ACTUALLY GONE AGAINST VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ON THE DEBATE STAGE BACK IN THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES. AND GABBARD HAS SAID THAT TRUMP SHOULD FOCUS ON HOW HARRIS HAS CHANGED POSITIONS ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES SINCE THEN. SO THAT IS LIKELY TO A LINE OF ATTACK FROM DONALD TRUMP THAT HARRIS HAS FLIP FLOPPED ON THESE ISSUES. >> ALL RIGHT. SELINA WAYNE FOR US THERE IN PITTSBURGH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SELINA. SEE US SOON. SEPTEMBER 10TH. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS YOU KNOW, SET TO DEBATE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 9:00, 9:00 EASTERN. YOU CAN WATCH IT RIGHT WITH US. >> WE'LL BE THERE, BY THE WAY, TOO. COMING UP, MAJOR NEWS TODAY WITH LESS THAN A STELLAR JOBS REPORT. ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS HAS ALL THE DETAILS FOR US. >> WHENEVER BREAKS, WE ARE HERE. ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC LIVE IS RIGHT THERE DAY FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE IN HEBREW, UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET'S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT, FROM THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER THE STORY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE ARE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU'RE STREAMING ABC LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE AMERICA NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> IT WAS A REGULAR FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE. HAD HAPPENED TO HER. YOU HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS ALL THESE KINDS OF LEADS, A KNOWN SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA. COULD HE BE INVOLVED OR ACTUALLY BURNING KEY EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THE CRACKS IN HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH? >> WELL, HORRIFICALLY, THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL. POLICE FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END AT THE HUNT FOR A KILLER ONLY ON HULU TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL MOMENT OF THIS CAMPAIGN. KAMALA HARRIS. WE WILL. A NEW WAY FORWARD. DONALD TRUMP, WE WILL SOON BE A GREAT NATION AGAIN. FACE TO FACE. HISTORIC. THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE MODERATED BY DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE ON ABC AND STREAMING ON ABC LIVE. HULU AND DISNEY. PLUS THE ABC NEWS. PRESIDENTIAL. >> SO GLAD YOU'RE STREAMING WITH US. TO THE ECONOMY NOW US ADDING 142,000 JOBS IN AUGUST. A LITTLE SHORT OF WHAT ANALYSTS WERE EXPECTING. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FELL TO 4.2%. IT COMES AS THE FEDERAL RESERVE PERHAPS TO CUT INTEREST RATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS, MAKING IT CHEAPER TO TAKE OUT A MORTGAGE, A CAR LOAN, AND EVEN PAY OFF A CREDIT CARD AND ITS DEBT. LET'S BRING IN OUR TEAM MONEY, ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS AND ELIZABETH SCHULZE. ELIZABETH, LET'S TALK WHAT THIS JOBS REPORT JUST TELLS US ABOUT WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW WITH OUR MONEY AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. YOU KNOW, HERE THIS TELLS US THAT JOBS MARKET IS REALLY SLOWING DOWN. COMPANIES, EMPLOYERS STILL ADDING JOBS. THEY'RE STILL HIRING EVERY MONTH, BUT THEY ARE HIRING AT A MUCH SLOWER PACE EVEN THAN THEY WERE AT THE START OF THE YEAR. IT'S HARDER TO A JOB NOW THAN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK OR DEFINITELY AT THIS LAST YEAR. SO WHAT THIS SAYS, THE JOBS MARKET IS COOLING. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAS BEEN WANTING TO DO AS LONG AS IT'S BRINGING DOWN INFLATION. I ASKED THE LABOR SECRETARY TODAY, THE ACTING LABOR SECRETARY, KYRA, DOES THIS MEAN THAT THE US IS IN THE CLEAR OF A BIGGER DOWNTURN OR IS THERE STILL A RISK THAT THE JOBS MARKET SIGNIFICANTLY COOLS AND POSES A BIGGER THREAT TO ECONOMY? >> HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID. I THINK WE ARE YOU KNOW, WE'VE REACHED A STATE THAT DEFIES ALL IN WHICH WE CONTINUE TO SEE JOB GROWTH. WE CONTINUE TO SEE STRONG CONSUMER SPENDING THAT WE SO MANY INDICATORS OF THE ECONOMY SHOW THAT WE YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE WHAT MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. AND SO I THINK WE'VE REACHED A CRUISING ALTITUDE AND, YOU KNOW, AND WE AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT UP. NO SIGNS THAT THAT'S JUST GOING TO CRASH AT THIS POINT. EXACTLY. IN FACT, THE OPPOSITE. RIGHT. MOST INDICATORS DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE IS DOING WELL. >> AND YOU'LL REMEMBER HERE AFTER THE JOBS LAST MONTH, THERE WERE CONCERNS OF A MUCH BROADER SLOWDOWN IN JULY. NOW, ONLY 89,000 JOBS WERE ADDED TO THE WORKFORCE. SO THOSE REVISIONS FOR OTHER MONTHS ARE A CAUSE FOR CONCERN THAT SHOW THAT HIRING MIGHT BE SLOWING MORE THAN EXPECTED. THE QUESTION IS, DOES THIS CONTINUE IN THE MONTHS AHEAD? WE'RE GOING TO REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT IF EMPLOYERS DO START PULLING AND HOW MUCH TO DETERMINE THE PATH FOR THE ECONOMY. AND OBVIOUSLY THE PATH PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE JOB HUNT GOING FORWARD, TOO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, ALEXIS FED IS EXPECTED TO CUT INTEREST RATES THIS MONTH NOW. SO HOW COULD TODAY'S REPORT IMPACT THAT YOU THINK? TODAY'S REPORT IS HUGE FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE? IT'S THE LAST JOBS REPORT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE BEFORE THEIR MEETING IN JUST TWO WEEKS. AND MANY ON WALL STREET BELIEVE THE QUESTION IS NOT IF, BUT BY HOW MUCH THE FED'S GOING TO INTEREST RATES. IS IT A QUARTER POINT OR THAT MORE AGGRESSIVE HALF CUT? AND I THINK IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE WAY THE STOCK MARKET'S BEEN REACTING TODAY, CONCERN NOW IS THE JOB MARKET IS SLOWING TOO MUCH AND THE FED HAS BEEN TOO SLOW TO RESPOND. I DO WANT TO POINT THAT THERE WAS SOME FED TALK TODAY, IF YOU WILL, A FEDERAL RESERVE GOVERNOR, CHRISTOPHER WALLER, WAS SPEAKING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME IN, INDIANA, AND HE SAID THAT HE IS, QUOTE, OPEN MINDED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A BIGGER RATE CUT IF IT WERE WARRANTED. AND SOME ECONOMISTS ARE SAYING TODAY'S JOBS REPORT IS A CLEAR SIGNAL THAT THE FED NEEDS TO GET AGGRESSIVE. >> AND SO, ELIZABETH, WHAT IMPACT COULD AN INTEREST RATE CUT HAVE? YOU KNOW, JUST HEADING INTO NOVEMBER, YOU THINK PEOPLE FEEL IT IN THEIR WALLETS? FOR SURE. SO I THINK THE IMPORTANT CONTEXT HERE IS THAT INTEREST RATES WILL START GOING DOWN, BUT PROBABLY NOT GOING FEEL THAT IMMEDIATELY, REGARDLESS OF EXACTLY HOW MUCH THE FED CUTS BY THAT QUARTER POINT AND HALF POINT THAT ALEXIS WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHAT THE DIRECTION HERE IS THAT RATES ARE GOING TO GO DOWN, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, AS ONE ECONOMIST WAS JUST TELLING ME. WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW IS THE EXPECTED RATE CUT IN SEPTEMBER. SO JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS, POSSIBLY TWO MORE RATE CUTS THIS YEAR, KYRA. BUT THEN A WHOLE SERIES INTO NEXT YEAR. SO THIS YEAR IS KIND OF LIKE THE APPETIZER FOR THESE INTEREST RATE CUTS. NEXT YEAR WOULD BE THE ENTREE. WHAT THAT DOES MEAN ULTIMATELY IS LOWER COSTS, BORROWING COSTS AREN'T GOING TO GO BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE, BUT THEY WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LESS EXPENSIVE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE CAR LOANS, MORTGAGES AND PAYING OFF CREDIT CARD DEBT THAT YOU CARRY MONTH TO MONTH. >> ELIZABETH ALEXIS, THANK YOU BOTH. WELL, BOEING'S TROUBLED STARLINER SPACECRAFT SCHEDULED FOR A RETURN TRIP TO EARTH TONIGHT, BUT THAT'S WITHOUT THE TWO ASTRONAUTS THAT IT CARRIED TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION EARLIER THIS YEAR . TREVOR AULT JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST ON THIS PRETTY CRAZY STORY. HEY, TREVOR HEY THERE. >> SO THE STARLINER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN SPACE FOR JUST EIGHT DAYS, BUT IT'S NOW BEEN MORE THAN THREE MONTHS. AND WHEN IT FINALLY UNDOCKS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION THIS EVENING, IT WILL BE ITS CREW BEHIND. WELL, ON THE WAY UP, THE STARLINER SUFFERED HELIUM LEAKS AND A PROBLEM WITH THE CONTROL THRUSTERS. SO FOR SOME TIME IT WAS UNCLEAR HOW ASTRONAUTS BUTCH WILMORE AND SONNY WILLIAMS WOULD EVER GET. NASSER OFFICIALS SAY THERE WERE MANY TENSE MEETINGS WITH BOEING. THEY ULTIMATELY DECIDED IT WOULD BE TOO RISKY TO BRING THEM HOME ON BOARD. STARLINER SO INSTEAD, BUTCH AND SUNNY ARE GOING TO BE STAYING AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION UNTIL FEBRUARY. THAT WILL MAKE IT AN EIGHT MONTH MISSION FOR THEM. THEN THEY WILL BE RIDING HOME WITH ONE OF BOEING'S COMPETITORS, A SPACEX CREW THAT'S SET TO LAUNCH UP TO SPACE LATER THIS MONTH. >> SO NOW THE WILL BEGIN ITS JOURNEY BACK TONIGHT AROUND SIX. THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING DIFFERENT MANEUVER THAT THEY WOULD HAVE IF THE ASTRONAUTS HAD BEEN ON BOARD. STARLINER SHOULD LAND IN NEW MEXICO JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THAT IS ASSUMING. >> EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN KYRA. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TRACK. TREVOR, THANKS SO MUCH. AND COMING UP, AN AMERICAN WOMAN COULD WIN THE U.S. OPEN FINAL TOMORROW. HOW GOT THERE? WHEN WE COME BACK. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION WAR IN ROLLING FORK. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE, ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET'S GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER. >> THE STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION AND "NIGHTLINE". >> THE STORIES THAT SHAPE YOUR WHAT WOULD SHAPE YOUR LIFE. DRAMATIC, STUNNING, EMPOWERING ,JAW DROPPING, THE MOST POWERFUL STORIES OF OUR TIME. "NIGHTLINE" ON RIGHT AFTER KIM WEHLE AND STREAMING ON HULU . >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS? THIS IS START HERE. TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. FLASHING OVER NATIONAL SECURITY. >> WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY, TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE ABOUT, THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET, FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA THIS MORNING. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHILE REPORTING FROM BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, ONE DAY AFTER THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. I'M ALEX PRESHA. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL YOU THERE. >> THEY'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. >> SOME OTHER TOP HEADLINES THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING FOR YOU THIS HOUR. DOCTORS OFFICES IN THE US WILL GET SOME OF THE FIRST EVER SELF-SWAB TESTS FOR HPV. THE FDA APPROVING CLINICAL USE OF THESE TESTS IN MAY. HPV IS MOST COMMONLY TRANSMITTED. DISEASE IN THIS COUNTRY CAN ALSO LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING CERTAIN CANCERS. VIDEO GAME PERFORMERS REACHING A DEAL WITH MULTIPLE VIDEO COMPANIES AFTER BEING ON STRIKE FOR MORE THAN A MONTH. SAG-AFTRA AND THOSE COMPANIES REACHING AN INTERIM AGREEMENT WHICH INCLUDES WAGE AND PROTECTING AND PROTECTIONS RATHER, FROM EXPLOITIVE USES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THAT STRIKE ISN'T FULLY OVER WITH SOME, STILL HOLDING OUT AGAINST MAJOR COMPANIES, INCLUDING DISNEY, THE PARENT COMPANY OF ABC NEWS. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 22 YEARS, AMERICAN HAVE REACHED BOTH THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FINALS AT THE U.S. OPEN. JESSICA AGUILAR WRENCHED HER TICKET BY RAILING AFTER DROPPING THE FIRST SET OF HER SEMIFINAL MATCHUP. SHE'S GOING TO FACE OFF AGAINST NUMBER TWO RANKED ARINA SABALENKA WINNER, WINNER OF THIS YEAR'S AUSTRALIA OPEN. TOMORROW, THE MEN'S SEMIFINAL MATCHES TAKE PLACE TODAY, INCLUDING THE ALL AMERICAN FACE OFF BETWEEN FRANCES TIAFOE AND TAYLOR. FRITZ I AM STRUGGLING WITH THESE NAMES, FOLKS. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. CAN FIND US ANYWHERE YOU STREAM LIVE NEWS AND IF YOU'RE ON THE GO, I DO LOVE TENNIS. IT'S JUST HARD TO KEEP UP WITH THE NAMES. YOU CAN GO TO THE ABC NEWS APP AND ABC NEWS .COM ALSO KYRA PHILLIPS. THANKS FOR SHARING WITH US A LOT MORE NEWS AND FINAL UPDATES WITH THE NAMES PERFECTLY PRONOUNCED. OH YEAH DON'T FORGET PHILLY NEXT WEEK, TUESDAY NIGHT RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE, WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WITH TRUMP AND HARRIS. >> YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS. IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON. IN BUFFALO. YOU'VE ALL DAY TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. WE'RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY, BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC NEWS LIVE, PRIME. >> WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER SCREEN YOUR NEWS ONLY ON ABC NEWS LIVE WITH MUCH AT STAKE SO MUCH ON THE LINE MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" ,DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST, ALOF TELEVISION FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. FLASHING OVER NATIONAL SECURITY . >> WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY, TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET. FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART NONALCOHOLIC. BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT AMERICAN THIS MORNING. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT IT WAS OF REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH. SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAD HAPPENED TO HER. WE HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS. ALL THESE KINDS OF LEADS, A KNOWN SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA, COULD HE BE INVOLVED OR ACTUALLY FIND KEY EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS? >> HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH WERE TERRIFIC. THIS BEAUTIFUL CANDLE. POLICE WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END AT THE HUNT FOR A KILLER. ONLY ON HULU. IT'S THE CONSEQUENTIAL MOMENT OF THIS CAMPAIGN. NOW, KAMALA HARRIS, DONALD TRUMP FACE TO FACE. THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE MODERATED BY DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE, ABC AND STREAMING ON HULU AND DISNEY PLUS RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE APPEALING THE IN HIS ABUSE CASE WITH WRITER E. JEAN CARROLL AND HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE SLAMMING HER TESTIMONY ONCE AGAIN. WE'VE THE LATEST FROM COURT AND WHAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST TOLD REPORTERS. PLUS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE HEAR HIS DAD ADMIT HIS SON KNEW WHERE THE GUNS WERE IN THE HOUSE. YOU'LL HEAR THE CHILLING AUDIO WHEN COPS CAME KNOCKING AT COLT GRAY DOOR AND HOW HIS FATHER ALLEGEDLY GAVE HIS 14 YEAR OLD SON AN AR-15 FOR CHRISTMAS. >> LATEST CHARGES IN THE GEORGIA MASS SHOOTING CASE THIS HOUR. AND THE U.S. ADDING 142,000 JOBS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST. NEXT, INTEREST RATE CUTS FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE. WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR MONEY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. OUR TOP THOUGH, THIS HOUR IS TRUMP LASHING OUT? THE FORMER PRESIDENT ATTACKING THE WOMAN WHO'S ACCUSED HIM OF SMEARS OF MISCONDUCT RIGHT AFTER ATTENDING A COURT HEARING REQUESTING A NEW CIVIL TRIAL IN THE SEX ASSAULT AND DEFAMATION CAUSE BROUGHT BY E. JEAN CARROLL TRUMP, UNLOADING A BARRAGE OF GRIEVANCES AT WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A NEWS CONFERENCE AT TRUMP TOWER BEFORE LEAVING WITHOUT TAKING ANY QUESTIONS. >> AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S SO FALSE. IT'S A MADE UP, FABRICATED STORY. SOMEBODY I THINK INITIALLY JUST LOOKING TO PROMOTE A BOOK AND WHEN THEY CALLED ME, I NIED THIS. SO I GOT SUED ESSENTIALLY FOR DEFAMATION BECAUSE I'M DENYING THE STORY WHERE I'M RIGHT, I SHOULD BE SUING HER FOR DEFAMATION. >> SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY JOINS ME NOW FROM NEW YORK. SO, AARON, FIRST OFF, DID TRUMP JUST DEFAME HIM? E. JEAN CARROLL, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF SOUNDED LIKE IT, KYRA, THAT HE REPEATED A NUMBER OF STATEMENTS THAT THE JURY AT AT THE TRIAL FOUND TO BE AND THE JURY ENDED UP AWARDING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, AWARDING, CAROL, $5 MILLION IN DAMAGES THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TO PAY. HE'S NOW APPEALING. AND THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT HIM HERE TO COURT TODAY. BUT TO HEAR HIM SAY SOME OF THE VERY SAME THINGS AND REMIND HIS AUDIENCE THAT HE WAS HELD LIABLE FOR A ASSAULT IS A, YOU KNOW, CURIOUS POLITICAL CHOICE. AND YET SPEAKING HIS LEGAL CASES AND AIRING HIS GRIEVANCES ABOUT HIS LEGAL PREDICAMENT HAS ALWAYS WORKED FOR HIM POLITICALLY. SO KIND OF WALK US THROUGH, AARON, WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE COURT THIS MORNING. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP CAME IN, DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, BUT HE HAD A NICE FRIENDLY INTERACTION WITH A SKETCH ARTIST WHO WAS DRAWING HIM AT MOST OF HIS APPEARANCES IN COURT OTHERWISE HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, LEFT IT TO HIS LAWYER TO ARGUE THAT HE DESERVES A NEW TRIAL BECAUSE THE DEFENSE ARGUES THE JUDGE IMPROPER REALLY ALLOWED SOME EVIDENCE INTO THE CASE WHERE TRUMP WAS HELD LIABLE FOR DEFAMING E. JEAN CARROLL AND ASSAULTING HER. THE SAYS THAT THE JURY NEVER SHOULD HAVE HEARD THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE, WHERE TRUMP IS, IS HEARD BOASTING ABOUT GRABBING WOMEN AND NEVER SHOULD HAVE HEARD FROM TWO WOMEN WHO WERE NOT E. JEAN CARROLL WHO CLAIMED THAT TRUMP SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THEM DECADES EARLIER, WHICH TRUMP DENIES. AND JEAN CARROLL'S POINT IS THAT THIS SHOWS TRUMP HAD A PROPENSITY FOR FOUR FOR ATTACKING WOMEN. AND THAT'S JUST WHAT E. JEAN CARROLL HAPPENED TO HER IN THE DRESSING ROOM AT BERGDORF GOODMAN IN THE MID 1990S. >> AND NOW WE'RE EXPECTING WORD ON WHETHER ANOTHER JUDGE WILL ACTUALLY DELAY THE SENTENCING ON TRUMP'S HUSH MONEY CASE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT ONE AT ANY MOMENT? >> JUDGE, ONE MOTION IS EXPECTED TO RULE ON FORMER PRESIDENT REQUEST TO PUSH HIS SENTENCING FROM SEPTEMBER 18TH, WELL BEYOND THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. THIS A REQUEST THAT TRUMP HAS MADE DIRECTLY TO THE JUDGE. HE'S ALSO TRIED TO MOVE THE WHOLE CASE IN THE FEDERAL COURT TO GUM UP THE WORKS AND DELAY IF THE JUDGE DOESN'T GO ALONG. SO WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR PROSECUTORS SIGNALED IN A LETTER THAT THE DECISION WOULD BE COMING OR IT COULD BE COMING REALLY ANY TIME NOW AS THE JUDGE WEIGHS WHEN TO SENTENCE TRUMP, AT SOME POINT, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SENTENCED AFTER HE WAS CONVICTED OF 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS. HE FACES UP TO FOUR YEARS IN JAIL. WE'RE NOT SURE THAT'S THE JUDGE IS PREPARED TO SEND HIM THERE, BUT -- BUT NONETHELESS, THAT REMAINS THE OFFING. SURE DOES. AARON, APPRECIATE IT. THANK SO MUCH. JOINING ME NOW, A MAN WHO'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH A UNIQUE SET OF CHALLENGES, SHALL WE SAY, THAT TRUMP BRINGS FOR A LAWYER. TY COBB WAS WHITE HOUSE SPECIAL COUNSEL DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND HAS SINCE TURNED INTO A FIERCE TRUMP CRITIC. TY, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU. SO QUESTION FOR YOU WITH REGARD TO THIS PRESS CONFERENCE THAT JUST WENT DOWN, DID WE JUST WATCH IN REAL TIME HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO BE DONALD TRUMP'S LAWYER. >> AND DID WE JUST WATCH THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER DEFAMATION SUIT? YOU THINK? >> I THINK SO. CERTAINLY HE DEFAMED HER. >> YOU KNOW, WHETHER HER $88 MILLION IS ENOUGH TO FORESTALL ANOTHER SUED REMAINS TO BE SEEN. >> BUT CERTAINLY HE CAME OUT AND DID THE SAME THINGS THAT HE'S, YOU KNOW, LOST TWICE ON TO THE TUNE OF, YOU KNOW, $88 MILLION. SO I THINK I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE HER. SUE SO, YOU KNOW, HE DITCHED THE ELECTION SUBVERSION YESTERDAY, BUT TAKES A DAY OFF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO, COME TO NEW YORK TO DO A PRESSER ON HIS SEX ABUSE CASE. >> WHY? YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO IDEA. >> I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE RHYME OR REASON OUT OF MOST OF THE THINGS THAT HE DOES LIKE THIS. AND IF I WAS HIS LAWYERS, I WOULD NOT HAVE ACTUALLY HAD HIM THERE. I THINK HE PROBABLY WANTED TO BE THERE. I THINK HE PROBABLY EXPECTED THAT THE APPELLATE HEARING MIGHT GENERATE SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME NEWS. AND HE WANTED BE PART OF THE NEWS CYCLE. BUT I DON'T I THINK BUT FOR HIS APPEARANCE, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, A PARAGRAPH ON PAGE THREE OR MAYBE PAGE ONE, BUT NOT A NOT A BIG DEAL. AND THE HEARING ITSELF WAS LARGELY UNREMARKABLE ON, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF DISCRETE ISSUES. >> NOTHING THAT I THINK SHOULD GIVE HIM ANY CONFIDENCE, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, THE PROPENSITY ISSUES WITH REGARD TO OTHER POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF THE SAME KIND OF CONDUCT IS ALWAYS A THORNY ISSUE ON APPEAL. BUT, YOU KNOW, TO COME OUT OF THAT HEARING, YOU WHERE NOT A SINGLE JUDGE PERCEIVES THAT E. JEAN CARROLL HAD UP THESE ALLEGATIONS AND ARGUED THAT SHE HAD FABRICATED THEM, I THINK IS JUST REMARKABLE AND CERTAINLY CONTRARY HIS LAWYER'S ADVICE. >> WELL, LET ME JUST FOLLOW UP ON THAT. I MEAN, DESPITE HIS 34 FELONY CONVICTIONS, TRUMP IS STILL MANAGED TO DODGE JAIL TIME AND TRIALS. IN OTHER CASES, HE CONTINUES TO DENY ANY WRONGDOING WITH ANY THESE CHARGES. >> HE MAKES APPEALS. DOES TRUMP JUST HAVE GOOD LAWYERS WHO, BY THE WAY, HE THREW UNDER THE BUS RIGHT THERE AT THAT PRESS CONFERENCE OR, YOU KNOW, IS HE ABLE TO ROLL LIKE THIS BECAUSE HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES? >> SO THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ON EVERYBODY'S MIND. >> I THINK A LARGE PART OF AMERICA JUST ASSUMES THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOTTEN VERY LUCKY AND THE REALITY IS HE HAS IN TERMS OF PARTICULARLY A COUPLE OF THE CASES AND THE CASE IN FLORIDA WHERE YOU'VE GOT A YOU KNOW, INEPT ARGUABLY PARTISAN BIASED JUDGE, YOU KNOW, WHO COULD HAVE EASILY GOTTEN THAT CASE TO TRIAL. THE CASE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE GONE TO TRIAL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND, YOU KNOW, DISMISSED IT. >> SHE'LL CERTAINLY BE REVERSED. YOU'VE THE THE E. JEAN CARROLL CASE, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE ACTUALLY NOT GOING HIS WAY. >> HE'S LOST TWICE. HE'S NOT TO NOT LIKELY TO WIN THIS APPEAL OR THE OR THE NEXT APPEAL IN THE IN THE RELATED CASE. YOU'VE GOT THE TWO YOU'VE GOT THE JANUARY SIX CASE OF COURSE, WHERE YOU KNOW THE DELAYS ARE MORE UNDERSTANDABLE. THEY RAISED CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE PUBLIC WHERE THEY WERE NOT USED TO HAVING CRIMINALS, PRESIDENTS. AND WHEN WHEN YOU HAVE AN ALLEGED CRIMINAL, AS THE PRESIDENT ISSUES THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SUPREME COURT UNDERSTANDABLY WANTS TO TAKE INTEREST IN AND SHOULD. >> AND THAT CASE IS, YOU KNOW, GOING TO BE DELAYED AT LEAST A YEAR, I THINK GOES TO TRIAL. IT WON'T GO TO TRIAL, OF COURSE, IF TRUMP WINS, BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE A DISMISSED. BUT SHOULD HE LOSE, WILL GO TO TRIAL SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. >> AND AFTER THE SUPREME COURT ASSESSES WHATEVER JUDGE CHUTKAN IS GOING TO DO AND GIVES HER FURTHER DIRECTION IF NECESSARY. >> LIKEWISE, IN THE FLORIDA CASE, THAT WILL BE REINSTITUTED AND GO TO TRIAL LATE NEXT YEAR OR MAYBE LATER, DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT JUDGE CANON IS REMOVED AS SEVERAL AMICUS SEEM TO REQUEST OF THE 11TH CIRCUIT. AND THERE'S A STRONG POSSIBILITY SHE COULD BE REMOVED, ALTHOUGH PERHAPS NOT AT THIS TIME, BUT CERTAINLY BEFORE TRIAL, BECAUSE SHE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP HERSELF AND WILL CERTAINLY ARROGANT AND. THEN YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, THE FANI WILLIS CASE, WHICH OF COURSE, HAD ITS OWN PROBLEMS. YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER TRUMP LUCKY THERE BECAUSE OF THE POOR JUDGMENT EXERCISED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND HER SPECIAL COUNSEL AND THEIR ROMANTIC. >> SO, YES, HE'S HAD A LOT OF LUCK. SOME OF THAT, SOME OF THE DELAYS ARE UNDERSTANDABLE, PARTICULARLY IN THE JANUARY 6 CASE. >> BUT ELSEWHERE, NO. >> AND HE HE WILL HE WILL CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, QUALIFY FOR A SUBSTANTIAL JAIL TIME IN THE JANUARY 6 CASE. AND THE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION CASE SHOULD EITHER GET TO TRIAL. AND THAT WILL, AS I SAY, ONLY HAPPEN IF HE DOES NOT DOES NOT WIN IN NOVEMBER. >> WELL, SPEAKING OF DELAYS, STAY WITH ME, AARON KATERSKY YOU'RE JUST GETTING NEWS ABOUT ANOTHER SENTENCING FOR TRUMP BEING DELAYED IN HIS NEW YORK CASE. JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN IN A LETTER POSTED JUST MOMENTS AGO, SAID HE WOULD DELAY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SENTENCING AND CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY CASE, THE ONE WHERE TRUMP WAS FOUND GUILTY OF 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS TIED TO A HUSH PAYMENT TO ACTRESS STORMY DANIELS. THE JUDGE DID NOT SET A DATE, BUT HE SAID IT WOULD BE PUSHED IN ALL LIKELIHOOD PAST THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. NOTABLY IN THE LETTER, THE JUDGE SAID TRUMP WAS BOLSTERING HIS ARGUMENT WITH SERIES OF OF GRIEVANCES THAT ARE UNSUBSTANTIATED, AND THE JUDGE SAID HE WOULD NOT ADDRESS THOSE. BUT BECAUSE HE FOUND THAT PROSECUTORS DID NOT OPPOSE THE IDEA OF PUSHING SENTENCING PAST THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, THE JUDGE SAID HE WOULD IN FACT, DO SO. >> AARON, THANK YOU. AND HERE WE AGAIN, JUST AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW HE'S ABLE TO KEEP DELAYING THESE CASES, ONCE AGAIN, TIE SENTENCING DELAYED. >> YEAH, I THINK HAVE TO FAULT THE PROSECUTORS FOR THIS ONE. >> IT'S NOT ON THE JUDGE. >> HAD THE PROSECUTORS OPPOSED TRUMP'S REQUEST FOR FURTHER DELAY? >> I THINK THE JUDGE WOULD HAVE HAD A PLATFORM IN WHICH TO DENY THE REQUEST. BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF THEIR OPPOSITION, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNUSUAL FOR THE JUDGE TO DO IT ON HIS OWN. SO I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY WHY THE JUDGE DID WHAT HE DID. >> I'M NOT I'M NOT TOO SANGUINE ABOUT WHATEVER MOTIVATED PROSECUTORS NOT TO NOT TO PUSH FOR THE SENTENCING AS SCHEDULED. IT'S ALREADY BEEN IT'S ALREADY BEEN LONG OVERDUE. SO IT'S -- IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE, YOU KNOW, IN THE IN THE AT 30 THOUSAND FEET. >> BUT AT THE SAME TIME, GIVEN THE PROSECUTORS, YOU KNOW, DECISION NOT TO OPPOSE TRUMP'S REQUEST FOR THE DELAY, THE JUDGE CERTAINLY WAS NOT GOING TO DO THIS ON HIS OWN. >> GOT IT. NOW, I DO WANT TO GET ONE QUESTION IN ABOUT THIS LETTER THAT YOU WROTE TO TO THE GEORGIA GOVERNOR, URGING HIM TO OVERRIDE SOME CHANGES TO THE GEORGIA ELECTION BOARD. >> WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO DO THIS? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR THAT I WAS I WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THE LETTER AND VERY SUPPORTIVE. BUT I'M ONE OF, YOU KNOW, MANY LAWYERS AND I DON'T DESERVE ANY SPECIAL RECOGNITION FROM AMONG THAT GROUP. >> BUT THE REALITY IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF DAMAGE BEING DONE OR PEOPLE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO AT THE ROOTS OF OUR DEMOCRACY. YOU KNOW, ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES AND. THOSE CONSEQUENCES CAN ONLY BE AS EFFECTIVE AS, THE INTEGRITY OF THOSE ELECTIONS. YOU'VE GOT THREE COMMISSIONERS IN GEORGIA WHO HAVE HAD MEETINGS WITHOUT NOTICE. THEY'VE RUN ROUGHSHOD OVER THE PROCESS. THEY'VE HIRED OUTSIDE COUNSEL BEYOND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHICH IS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AUTHORIZED IN THEIR CASE. >> AND THEY'VE CREATED A PERCEPTION THAT CONTRARY TO THE LAW, THAT THEY HAVE SOME ROLE IN THE CERTIFICATION OF GEORGIA STATE ELECTIONS AND FEDERAL ELECTIONS, WHEREAS THAT'S NOT THE CASE. >> IT'S REALLY A COURT DETERMINED PROCESS. >> SO I THINK I WROTE IT BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED NOT JUST IN GEORGIA, BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH SOME OF THE ACTIVITY ON BOTH SIDES THAT I THINK GOES AGAINST SOME OF THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES WE HAVE. AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT TO PROTECT ELECTIONS ,THE INTEGRITY OF ELECTIONS, SO THAT SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE FAITH IN IN THEIR GOVERNMENT AND CAN FOLLOW CONTROL OF LAW AND ADHERE TO THE RULE OF LAW, WHICH IS WHAT DISTINGUISHES US OR HAS TIME FROM MOST OTHER COUNTRIES TO. TY COBB. ALWAYS GREAT TO TALK TO YOU, ESPECIALLY ON DAYS LIKE THIS. APPRECIATE. >> THANK YOU. REALLY CARE. ALWAYS NICE TO BE WITH YOU. THANK YOU, TOO. YOU BET. >> WELL, FIRST, THE CHILLING AUDIO AND NOW AN ARREST. NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT IN THAT DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN GEORGIA. THE FATHER OF 14 YEAR OLD SUSPECT COLT GRAY HAS NOW BEEN ARRESTED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN HIS SON'S RAMPAGE THAT LEFT TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS DEAD. 54-YEAR-OLD COLIN GRAY IS NOW FACING 180 YEARS IN PRISON. >> HE AND HIS SON BOTH APPEARING IN COURT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME TODAY. YOU CAN SEE, COLLIN, THEY ARE CLEARLY ON EDGE. WHILE A READ HIM HIS RIGHTS. WE'RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE FBI INVESTIGATION INTO THOSE THREATENING POSTS THAT HIS SON COLT GRAY APPARENTLY MADE LAST ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. DISCORD, INCLUDING THREATS TO ACTUALLY SHOOT UP A SCHOOL. WE HAVE NOW OBTAINED THE ACTUAL AUDIO WHERE THE LOCAL SHERIFF VISITS THE GRAY FAMILY HOME, SPEAKS WITH COLT GRAY AND HIS FATHER, CALLING THE SHERIFF, ASKING THEM ABOUT WEAPONS IN THE HOME. >> LISTEN TO THIS. >> YEAH. YOU? YEAH. WEAPONS IN THE HOUSE. I MEAN, THEY ACCESSIBLE TO HIM? THEY ARE. I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING. NOTHING. BUT THEY ARE DOWN THERE. WE GET. WE ACTUALLY, WE DO A LOT OF SHOOTING. WE DO A LOT THERE. HE SHOT HIS FIRST YEAR THIS YEAR. KNOWS THE SERIOUSNESS OF WEAPONS AND WHAT THEY CAN DO AND HOW TO USE THEM AND NOT USE THEM. I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, WE TALK ABOUT QUITE A BIT WITH ALL THE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, THINGS THAT HAPPENED. YEAH. ARE YOU GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL? HE IS. HE'S GETTING PICKED ON SCHOOL. >> AND. IS EVERYTHING OKAY? THAT'S WHY I KEEP GOING UP THERE. WOW. OUR PHIL LIPOFF HAS BEEN LISTENING TO THAT RECORDING. WELL, ALONG WITH OUR LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND TRIAL ATTORNEY BRIAN BUCKMIRE. PHIL, I WANT TO START WITH YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE AUDIO IN JUST A SECOND, BUT TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT TODAY WHERE FATHER AND SON BOTH WERE. >> YEAH, WELL, THEY FACED A JUDGE AND THEY HEARD THEIR CHARGES. THE 14 YEAR OLD ALLEGED SHOOTER IN THIS CASE, FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY MURDER. HE FACES AND IN GEORGIA, HE COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY EXCEPT HE'S A MINOR. HE IS BEING TRIED AS AN ADULT. BUT WHAT WILL FACE IS LIFE IN PRISON. HIS FATHER, THE 54 YEAR OLD COLLIN, AS YOU MENTIONED, CAME BEFORE A JUDGE SHORTLY THEREAFTER. >> HIS CHARGES ARE DIFFERENT. BUT I'LL READ THEM TO YOU. IT'S TWO COUNTS OF FELONY MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE, FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND EIGHT COUNTS OF FELONY CRUELTY. SIMILAR TO THE LAST TIME WE PARENTS CHARGED IN A SCHOOL SHOOTING. HE FACES REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON AS WELL. >> SO, BRIAN, SOURCES ARE NOW TELLING US THAT INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THAT IT WAS DAD THAT GIFTED HIS SON AN AR-15 RIFLE FOR CHRISTMAS, THAT HAVE BEEN SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THAT SHERIFF CAME TO THE HOUSE ASKING ABOUT WEAPONS AND AND COLT GRAY MAKING THOSE DEADLY THREATS. IS THERE I GUESS FIRST, I WANT YOUR REACTION TO THAT. AND I GUESS I WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH SHOULD ANYTHING ELSE OR I GUESS COULD ANYTHING ELSE LEGALLY COULD HAVE COULD HAVE HAPPENED AT THAT POINT? >> YES. SO I WRITE MY RESPONSE BOTH AS AN ATTORNEY AND A FATHER IS SOMEWHAT SHOCKING BECAUSE IT'S A SIMPLE CONCEPT OF MATH. HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOW UP AT YOUR HOME AND, TALK ABOUT WHAT YOUR SON IS PURPORTED TO HAVE PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND YOU HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. AND WE HEAR FROM THE FATHER AND SAYING, WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATION. HE KNOWS ABOUT THE DANGERS. HE KNOWS NOT TO DO THIS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, SHOOTINGS AND THE GUNS, AT LEAST 100 GUNS. AT THAT POINT. THEY WERE ACCESSIBLE TO HIM. AND THEN WHATEVER REASON HE DECIDES, YOU KNOW WHAT, A 15, LET'S JUST BUY THAT AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR MY CHILD. IT'S KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING THE RED FLAGS, NOT OBSERVING THE RED FLAGS AND THEN PURCHASING A DEADLY WEAPON THAT THE CHILD CANNOT LEGALLY POSSESS IN THE STATE THAT HE'S IN. AND THEN THE DEATH THAT OCCURS, THAT'S HOW HE'S BEING PROSECUTED. AND SO IT'S SOMEWHAT SHOCKING. AND ALL THIS EVIDENCE, WHAT'S LEADING UP TO THESE CHARGES? >> RIGHT. OKAY. AND I WANT TO FOLLOW UP. AND BY THE WAY, THERE'S THE MUG SHOT THAT WE'RE FINALLY, FINALLY SEEING NOW OF THE SUSPECT, 14-YEAR-OLD COLT GRAY. >> SO, PHIL WHAT'S STOOD OUT TO YOU ABOUT THIS RECORDING? >> JUST LIKE BRIAN SAID, AND WE'VE BEEN SITTING HERE TALKING BEFORE YOU CAME TO US, YOU KNOW, AS A AS A FATHER AS A PARENT. AND KYRA, YOU KNOW THIS YOU DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYTHING YOUR CHILD DOES. >> HOWEVER, IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, WHEN YOU READ THE RECORDINGS HIS FATHER SAYS, YES, WE HAVE WEAPONS IN THE HOUSE. HIS FATHER SAYS, YES, HE'S GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL AND I KNOW HE'S GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL. HE KNOWS THE SERIOUSNESS OF WHAT THESE WEAPONS AND WHAT THEY CAN DO AND HOW TO USE THEM AND HOW NOT TO USE THEM. HE LAYS EVERYTHING OUT. >> HE IS TOLD BY LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT HIS SON HAS MADE THIS THREAT. HIS SON DENIED IT, BUT THEN HE WENT AND BOUGHT HIM. YOU KNOW ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL RIFLES THAT YOU CAN BUY ON THE MARKET AND IN OUR STYLE RIFLE THAT IS USED IN ALMOST ALL THESE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. AFTER ALL OF THIS, AFTER ADMITTING H SON IS PICKED ON AT SCHOOL AND IN THOSE RECORDINGS, HE SAID, THAT'S WHY I SPEND SO MUCH TIME UP THERE AT SCHOOL JUST TO MAKE SURE HE'S OKAY. >> THAT WAS PART OF THE RECORDINGS, TOO, KYRA. YEAH, IT'S -- IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. JUST THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HEAR THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPENED A YEAR AGO. AND BRIAN, THIS THE SECOND TIME NOW IN JUST THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT A PARENT HAS BEEN CHARGED IN A SCHOOL SHOOTING THAT WAS CARRIED OUT BY THEIR KID. IS THIS A NEW TREND, DO YOU THINK? >> ARE WE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THIS? YEAH, I THINK I THINK ONE IS AN ANOMALY TO SOME EXTENT. I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CRUMBLING PARENTS WHO ARE IN, TOO. I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY APPROPRIATE TO START SAYING. IS THIS A TREND? BUT IF WE START SEEING THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE MORE, THEN YES, THIS IS A TREND. AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS PROSECUTORS ARE GETTING WISE IDEA THAT JURORS SOCIETY IN WHICH JURORS ARE SELECTED FROM ARE OKAY WITH THE IDEA OF PARENTS BEING HELD LIABLE IF THERE'S A CERTAIN EQUATION TO THAT. AND I THINK THE EQUATION THAT WE'RE SEEING BOTH IN THE INDICTMENT HERE OF THE FATHER AS WELL AS THE CRUMBLING IN MICHIGAN, IS RED FLAGS IGNORED. PROVIDING THE FIREARM TO THE CHILD WHILE THOSE RED FLAGS ARE PRESENT AND THEN NOT ADDRESS EITHER OF THOSE TWO POINTS LEADING TO DEATH. I THINK THOSE AMOUNT TO INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN GEORGIA THAT AMOUNTS TO MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE. AND IT'S WHAT WE SAW IN MICHIGAN AS WELL. AND POTENTIALLY IN OTHER STATES. >> YEAH, AND WE CAN WE CAN TALK ABOUT WEAPONS LAWS AND ACCESS TO WEAPONS AND BUT ALSO WE'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT PARENTING. I MEAN, THIS WAS JUST BAD PARENTING AS IT WAS IN THE OTHER MASS SHOOTING CASE AS WELL. AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT EVERYTHING TIED TO THIS EXTREMELY SAD CASE. PHIL BRYAN, APPRECIATE YOU BOTH. >> THANK YOU. COMING UP, MAJOR ECONOMIC NEWS TODAY WITH A LESS THAN STELLAR JOBS REPORT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THE DETAILS FOR YOU NEXT. >> HERE'S TWO GOOD MORNINGS IN AMERICA. >> CAN YOU FEEL THE MORNINGS THAT INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE, KINDNESS, JOY, SURPRISES AND SO MUCH FUN? >> I THINK IT'S GREAT TO START YOUR DAY WITH GOOD MORNING AMERICA'S RAY OF SUNSHINE, HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF AMERICA AND HELPING MAKE DREAMS TRUE. I'M JUST SO HAPPY IT SO GET READY TO SMILE AND PUT THE GOOD IN TO YOUR MORNING AMERICA BECAUSE YOU KNOW WILL MAKE THE MORNING BETTER. >> A LITTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE. TIME FOR LIFE. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? THIS IS START HERE. TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST. HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS. START HERE. ABC MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR. >> START HERE. >> SO GLAD YOU'RE SERVING WITH US ON FRIDAY. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY NOW AND THE U.S. ADDING 142,000 JOBS IN AUGUST. JUST A LITTLE SHORT OF WHAT ANALYSTS WERE EXPECTING. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ALSO FELL TO 4.2%. IT COMES AS THE FEDERAL RESERVE PREPS TO CUT INTEREST RATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS, MAKING IT CHEAPER TO TAKE OUT A MORTGAGE, CAR LOAN OR EVEN PAY OFF CREDIT CARD DEBT. LET'S BRING IN OUR BUSINESS GURU, ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS. SO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOBS REPORT JUST TELLS YOU ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY NOW. >> WELL, IT SHOWS US THAT, YOU KNOW, THE JOB MARKET CONTINUES TO SLOW DOWN GRADUALLY. WE WERE EXPECTING THE ECONOMY TO HAVE ADDED MORE JOBS, 161,000. WE GOT 142,000. AND REMEMBER, IN JULY WHEN THE REPORT SHOWED 114,000 JOBS ADDED AND WALL STREET HAD THIS BIG SELL OFF, THERE WAS CONCERN THE JOB MARKET WAS GOING TO FALL INTO A RECESSION. TODAY FOUND OUT EVEN FEWER JOBS WERE ADDED. THEY WERE REVISED LOWER. SO 86,000 JOBS WERE ADDED. SO THERE IS THAT CONCERN NOW AMONG INVESTORS THAT PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERN SHIFTED AWAY FROM HIGH INFLATION TO A SLOWING LABOR MARKET COULD POSSIBLY PUSH OUR ECONOMY INTO RECESSION. ON THE ON THE THE GOOD POINTS IN THIS REPORT, IF YOU WANT TO POINT TO SOME STRENGTHS, THE RATE IT DIPPED FROM 4.3 TO 4.2% AND WAGES GREW 3.8% OVER THE PAST YEAR. SOLID GROWTH NOT GANGBUSTERS, BUT IT IS OUTPACING INFLATION WHICH WE KNOW IS JUST BELOW PERCENT KYRA. >> SO, ALEXIS, THE FED IS SUPPOSED TO CUT INTEREST RATES THIS MONTH. RIGHT. SO HOW OF A CUT ARE WE LOOKING AT? >> WE WERE HOPING THAT THIS REPORT WOULD GIVE US REAL CLARITY. ARE THEY GOING TO CUT BY A QUARTER POINT? ARE THEY GOING TO CUT BY A MORE AGGRESSIVE POINT? IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST INTEREST RATE CUT WE'VE SEEN IN FOUR YEARS. AND SOME ECONOMISTS ARE NOW SAYING THAT THE FED NEEDS TO GET AGGRESSIVE IN TWO WEEKS. THAT MEETING IS GOING TO BE SEPTEMBER 17TH AND 18TH, THAT THEY NEED TO GET AHEAD OF THE SLOWDOWN. WE'RE SEEING THE JOB MARKET TO PREVENT THE ECONOMY FROM SLIPPING INTO A RECESSION. SO IT'S STILL ANYBODY'S GUESS. AND I THINK YOU'RE SEEING THAT PLAY TODAY IN THE STOCK MARKET WHERE WE'RE SEEING ANOTHER BIG SELL OFF. INVESTORS CONCERNED AND UNCLEAR AS TO JUST WHAT THE FED'S GOING TO DO IN TWO WEEKS. >> ALEXIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAPPY FRIDAY. AND TO YOU, MY FRIEND. ALL RIGHT. STRAIGHT AHEAD, AN AMERICAN KILLED IN THE WEST BANK AND NOW THE WHITE HOUSE IS CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION. WE'VE GOT ALL THE DETAILS NEXT . WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> IT'S THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL MOMENT THIS CAMPAIGN. NOW, KAMALA HARRIS, DONALD TRUMP FACE TO, FACE. THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, MODERATED BY DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE ON ABC AND STREAMING HULU AND DISNEY PLUS REPORTING FROM THE FRONT LINES OF THE PROTEST HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO, I'M JACLYN LEE. WHEREVER THE STORY, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. >> GUYS ARE STREAMING WITH US SOME OF OTHER HEADLINES THAT WE'RE TRACKING FOR YOU TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. THE WHITE HOUSE CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION AFTER AN AMERICAN WOMAN IS SHOT AND KILLED AT. A PROTEST IN THE WEST BANK. APPARENTLY, THE 26 YEAR OLD WAS A FOREIGN ACTIVIST WORKING IN THE AREA TO PROTECT PALESTINIAN FARMERS FROM ATTACKS BY ISRAELI SETTLERS. SECRETARY OF STATE JUST MADE THESE ON THE MATTER. THE IDF IS INVESTIGATING WHAT HAPPENED. AND BOEING'S TROUBLED STARLINER HEADING BACK TO EARTH TODAY WITHOUT THE TWO ASTRONAUTS IT CARRIED TO THE ISS THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN EIGHT DAY TEST FLIGHT, AS YOU KNOW. WELL, NOW IT'S STRETCHING INTO A THREE MONTH TRIP. THOSE ASTRONAUTS WILL HOPEFULLY GET HOME EARLY NEXT YEAR. WELL, THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. NEITHER DO WE. YOU CAN FIND US ANYWHERE YOU STREAM LIVE NEWS. AND IF YOU'RE ON THE GO, WE ARE ON ABC NEWS APP AT ABC NEWS.COM, TOO. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. GLAD YOU'RE STREAMING WITH US. AND DON'T FORGET, THAT IS THE SITE OF THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WITH VP KAMALA HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT. IT WILL BE RIGHT HERE LIVE ON ABC NEWS LIVE TUESDAY, 9 P.M. EASTERN. YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING FOR A TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET'S GO TO 24 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET, FOREVER THE STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE YOU'RE STREAMING. ABC NEWS LIVE. ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION PICKING UP YOUR IPHONE. THE FINDER, THE COMBAT OPERATIONS. SO WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS OPERATIONAL ON NUCLEAR REACTOR . YOU HAD A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG THERE'S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF CARE. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE. >> MAKE THE USA LOOK HERE. SMILE. YOU'RE PROUD OF THIS. I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HEY, WHERE ARE YOU? YOU APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> ISMAIL. DAVID, THERE'S. YES, YES, I'M DAVID. >> YOU ARE. I KNOW YOU ARE. EVERY NIGHT. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> HI, MANDY. >> AND I'M SABRINA. AND WE'RE MOMS JUGGLING TONS OF STUFF EVERY DAY, LIKE ALL YOU MOMS OUT THERE. >> AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WE LOVE? >> LOVE POP CULTURE. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BEING OBSESSED WITH POP CULTURE COLLIDES WITH BEING A MOM? YOU GET US. SO LISTEN, NANCY OUR NEW PODCAST, POP CULTURE MOMS, WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS . >> REPORTING FROM BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY, I'M MARY BRUCE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE LIVE RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. BREAKING NEWS, SENTENCING AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S HUSH MONEY TRIAL HAS NOW BEEN DELAYED UNTIL THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FULL DETAILS COMING UP. PLUS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'RE WE HEAR HIS DAD ADMIT HIS SON WHERE THE GUNS WERE IN THE HOUSE. YOU WILL HEAR THE AUDIO WHEN COPS CAME KNOCKING AT COLT GRAY DOOR AND HOW HIS FATHER ALLEGEDLY HIS 14 YEAR OLD SON, AN AR-15 FOR CHRISTMAS. THE LATEST CHARGES IN THE GEORGIA MASS SHOOTING CASE THIS HOUR. AND THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY ADDED 142,000 JOBS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST. NEXT UP, INTEREST RATE CUTS FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE. WHAT IT ALL MEANS FOR YOUR MONEY. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. AND I'M TERRY MORAN. AND OUR TOP STORY AT THIS HOUR, KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, YOU MIGHT CALL IT. A JUDGE IN NEW YORK CITY HAS DELAYED. AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY. THAT MEANS HE WON'T FACE ANY SENTENCING IN THIS BEFORE THE ELECTION. TRUMP WAS FOUND GUILTY ON 34 FELONY COUNTS RELATED TO PAYMENTS MADE TO ADULT FILM STAR STAR RATHER, STORMY DANIELS. HE HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING AND IS TRYING TO GET THE CASE THROWN OUT ON GROUNDS OF PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY. SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT FIRST. HE JOINS US NOW FROM NEW YORK. SO LET'S JUST KIND OF BREAK DOWN THIS DECISION AND WITH THE SENTENCING NOW SET FOR NOVEMBER 26, WHAT HAPPENS IF TRUMP WINS THE ELECTION. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW OF ANY PRECEDENT FOR A PRESIDENT ELECT TO GO THROUGH ANY KIND OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCEDURE HERE. BUT FOR NOW, THE SENTENCING OF SEPTEMBER 18TH IS DELAYED. AND IT SEEMED, JUDGE, ONE VERSION DID SO RELUCTANTLY. HE WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO SAY THAT THE COURT IS FAIR, IT IS APOLITICAL. BUT HE ALSO SAID THE PUBLIC'S CONFIDENCE IN THE INTEGRITY OF OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM DEMANDS A SENTENCING HEARING THAT IS ENTIRELY FOCUSED ON THE VERDICT OF THE JURY AND WEIGHING OF AGGRAVATING AND MITIGATING FACTORS. FREE FROM DISTRACTION OR DISTORTION. AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD ARGUED THAT THE ELECTION WAS JUST GOING TO MUDDY THE WATERS. SO THE JUDGE, HOWEVER, RELUCTANTLY, DECIDED TO PUSH THE SENTENCING UNTIL NOVEMBER 26TH, WHEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD, IN THEORY, FACE UP TO FOUR YEARS IN JAIL FOR FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. AND IF HE DOES WIN, THAT'S A CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION. THERE IS SOME CASE LAW, I THINK, ABOUT WHETHER A STATE COURT HAS ANY CONTROL OVER A SITTING PRESIDENT. FOR SUBPOENAS AND SUCH LIKE THAT. I THOMAS JEFFERSON WAS SUBPOENAED. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. BUT YOU'RE ACTUALLY IN LOWER MANHATTAN TODAY FOR ANOTHER ONE OF TRUMP'S LEGAL MATTERS, AARON. A HEARING ON, HIS EFFORT TO GET A NEW TRIAL IN THAT SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DEFAMATION CASE BROUGHT BY E. JEAN CARROLL. SO WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, A THREE JUDGE PANEL FROM THE SECOND U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS WAS PRETTY FRANK. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DEFENSE ATTORNEY, TERRY, TELLING HIM IT'S GOING TO BE A RATHER TALL ORDER TO OVERTURN THE JURY'S ON EVIDENTIARY CONCERNS. AND THAT'S WHAT THE DEFENSE ARGUING THAT CERTAIN EVIDENCE WAS ADMITTED IMPROPERLY AND THEY POINT TO THE "ACCESS HOLLYWOOD" TAPE ON WHICH TRUMP IS HEARD BOASTING ABOUT GRABBING WOMEN. AND THEY POINT TO THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OTHER WOMEN WHO SAID THAT TRUMP SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THEM. WHAT CAROL, HIS ATTORNEYS SAID SHOWED A PROPENSITY BY TRUMP TO COMMIT THE KINDS OF ACTIONS THAT E. JEAN CARROLL WAS DESCRIBING AND THE JURY ULTIMATELY HELD TRUMP LIABLE FOR DEFAMING AND ASSAULTING CAROL, AWARDING HER A $5 MILLION A DAMAGE AWARD. BUT -- BUT TRUMP SAYS THAT EVIDENCE WAS IMPROPER SO TRUMP SPOKE TO THE MEDIA. YOU LISTENING? RIGHT AFTER THE COURT HEARING, HE ATTACKED E. JEAN CARROLL AARON AND THE OTHER WOMEN WHO HAVE ACCUSED HIM OF MISCONDUCT. >> LET'S JUST LISTEN TO A PART OF WHAT HE SAID HERE. AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S SO FALSE. IT'S A MADE UP, FABRICATED STORY BY SOMEBODY. I THINK INITIALLY JUST LOOKING TO PROMOTE BOOK. AND WHEN THEY CALLED ME, I DENIED THIS. SO I GOT SUED ESSENTIALLY FOR DEFAMATION BECAUSE I'M DENYING THE STORY WHERE I'M RIGHT, I SHOULD BE SUING HER FOR DEFAMATION. >> WE SHOULD REMIND FOLKS THAT E. JEAN CARROLL WON THAT LAWSUIT. SO DIDN'T TRUMP JUST DEFAME HER? ONCE AGAIN, AARON, IT SOUNDED LIKE THE FORMER PRESIDENT, WAS REPEATING STATEMENTS THAT JURY FOUND TO BE DEFAMATORY TOWARD E. JEAN CARROLL. AND WE KNOW THAT CAROL'S LAWYER WAS LISTENING BECAUSE ROBERTA KAPLAN SENT ME A MESSAGE SAYING THAT, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, ALL OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE, NOT RULING OUT TRYING TO GO AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AGAIN. AND CAROL WAS SUCCESSFUL IN A SUBSEQUENT LAWSUIT IN WHICH SHE WAS AWARDED $83 MILLION BY A JURY. AND TRUMP IS ALSO APPEALING THAT AWARD HERE AT THE SECOND CIRCUIT AS WELL. AARON KATERSKY THERE IN NEW YORK FOR US. THANKS, AARON. WELL, FIRST, THE CHILLING AUDIO AND NOW AN ARREST. NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT IN THAT DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN GEORGIA. THE FATHER OF 14 YEAR OLD SUSPECT COLT GRAY HAS NOW BEEN ARRESTED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN HIS SON'S RAMPAGE THAT LEFT TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS DEAD. 54-YEAR-OLD COLIN GRAY COULD NOW FACE 180 YEARS IN PRISON. HE, HIS SON, BOTH APPEARING IN SEPARATE COURT APPEARANCES FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY. COLIN GRAY THEY'RE CLEARLY ON EDGE. WHILE A JUDGE HIM HIS RIGHTS. >> WE'RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE FBI INVESTIGATION INTO THOSE THREATENING POSTS THAT COLT GRAY MADE LAST YEAR ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. DISCORD, INCLUDING THREATS TO SHOOT UP A SCHOOL. WE HAVE NOW OBTAINED THE ACTUAL AUDIO RECORDING WHERE INVESTIGATORS VISIT THE GRAVE FAMILY HOME AND SPEAK WITH COLT GRAY AND HIS FATHER. COLIN AND INVESTIGATOR ASKED THEM ABOUT WEAPONS IN THE HOME. >> IF YOU HAVE WEAPONS IN THE HOUSE, THINK THEY ACCESSIBLE TO THEM. THEY ARE. I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING NOTHING LOADED. BUT THEY ARE DOWN OVER. WE ACTUALLY WE DO A LOT OF SHOOTING. WE DO A LOT THERE. HE HIS FIRST DEER THIS YEAR. HE KNOWS THE SERIOUSNESS OF WEAPONS AND WHAT THEY CAN DO AND HOW TO USE THEM AND NOT USE THEM. I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, WE TALK ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT. ALL THE SCHOOLS, SHOOTINGS, THINGS THAT HAPPENED HERE. ARE YOU GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL? HE IS. HE'S GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL. AND IS REALLY OKAY. >> THAT'S WHY I KEEP GOING UP THERE. OUR FAITH ABUBEY IS ON THE GROUND THERE IN GEORGIA AND JOINS ME NOW OR JOINS US NOW, RATHER, ALONG WITH LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND TRIAL BRIAN BUCKMIRE, ALSO FORMER FBI AGENT AND FOUNDER OF THREAT ZERO SOLUTIONS WHOSE MISSION IS TO PREVENT SCHOOL. DOUG HART. DOUG, GREAT TO HAVE YOU A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. LET'S GO AHEAD AND START WITH YOU AND JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED DURING. THE COURT APPEARANCES TODAY. YEAH, KARA, IT IS REMARKABLE TO FINALLY LAY AND LAY EYES. THE SUSPECT, POLICE SAY, INFLICTED SO MUCH PAIN ON THIS COMMUNITY, ALLEGEDLY KILLING FOUR PEOPLE, INJURING NINE OTHERS. HE WALKED INTO THE COURTROOM. YOU COULD SEE HIS BLEACH BLOND HAIR. THERE WAS REALLY NOTHING ELSE. REMARKABLE ABOUT HIM AS A PERSON. HE LOOKED JUST LIKE ANY OTHER TEENAGER. HE SAT THERE AND STARED AT THE JUDGE AS THE JUDGE ASKED HIM QUESTIONS, READ HIM RIGHTS, INFORMED HIM ABOUT THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM. AND THEN THAT JUDGE TOLD HIM. HE'S FACING A MAXIMUM PENALTY. THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. AND ALSO, MOMENTS LATER, HIS FATHER ALSO WALKED IN THE COURTROOM. WE ARE NOT SURE IF THEY WERE ABLE TO INTERACT OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM. THEY HAD TWO SEPARATE HEARINGS. THE FATHER WALKED IN THERE. HE SAT DOWN. HE ANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM THE JUDGE AS WELL. BUT WHAT STRUCK ME ABOUT HIM WAS HE JUST KEPT ROCKING BACK AND FORTH. HE SOUNDED VERY SOFT. HIS VOICE WAS SHAKY AND. ALSO SOMETIMES EVEN SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS A LITTLE BIT EMOTIONAL. HE WAS BREATHING HARD AND ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT A JUDGE HAD TO ASK. THE JUDGE TELLING HIM THAT HE FACES A MAXIMUM OF 180 YEARS IN PRISON. THERE WERE NO DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FACTS OF, THIS CASE OR THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHY THEY WERE IN THAT COURTROOM AT THE ENTERED NO PLEA. AND ALSO THEY DIDN'T REQUEST ANY BOND. AND SO THEIR NEXT COURT APPEARANCE, UNLESS THERE ARE NEW CHARGES FILED IN CASE THEIR NEXT COURT APPEARANCE WILL BE ON DECEMBER 4TH KYRA. >> FAITH, THANK YOU FOR THAT DOUG. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT HOW SCHOOLS ARE. LOOK, THIS IS NOW A PLAGUE ON OUR COUNTRY GOING BACK DECADES. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO MUCH TO STOP IT, IT SEEMS MAYBE I'M WRONG ABOUT THAT. SO TALK ABOUT WHAT SCHOOLS CAN DO AT THIS JUNCTURE OF OUR HISTORY AND PROSECUTING PARENTS IS NOW THE SECOND CASE. >> WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT WHETHER YOU THINK FROM A SECURITY STANDPOINT, THAT MIGHT HELP. YES. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, WE ARE 25 YEARS POST COLUMBINE . AND DURING THAT QUARTER CENTURY LEARNED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT THAT INDICATES OUR ABILITY TO GET IN FRONT OF THESE SITUATIONS AND PREVENT THESE TYPES TRAGEDIES FROM TAKING PLACE. >> WE KNOW WHAT BEHAVIORS PRECEDE THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE. WE KNOW WHERE THOSE BEHAVIORS ARE DISPLAYED. WE KNOW WHO SEES THOSE BEHAVIORS. >> AND SO WE NEED TO BE DOING MORE TO EDUCATE OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, OUR TEACHERS, STAFF, STUDENTS PARENTS ON ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR, AND THEN WHAT DO WHEN THEY SEE THOSE THINGS. >> AND THIS IS THE PIECE THAT IT'S MY BELIEF IS IS LARGELY MISSING AMONGST ALL OF THESE EFFORTS THAT THAT VERY VERY GOOD PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED IN. >> BUT WE NEED TO THINK MORE AND TALK MORE ABOUT PREVENTION BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT WE CAN STOP THESE THINGS FROM HAPPENING IF WE WILL PAY ATTENTION TO THE RIGHT TO THE RIGHT THINGS. >> SO WHAT ARE THOSE RIGHT THINGS? BECAUSE, BOB, THERE WERE SO RED FLAGS. I MEAN, THE FBI, THE LOCAL SHERIFF, DOUG, GO AND TALK TO THIS FAMILY AND STILL NOTHING HAPPENED. WAS THAT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT WHEN THERE WERE ALREADY RED FLAGS? I MEAN, I JUST WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOUR BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO PREVENT THESE TYPES SITUATIONS. YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU GRAB UNDER THOSE RED FLAGS, DO SOMETHING AT THAT MOMENT RIGHT? AND THOSE ARE VERY GOOD POINTS. AND THAT ADDS TO THIS TRAGEDY. IT IT IT APPEARS TO ME THAT INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED AND APPROPRIATELY PASSED ON AND AND FOLLOWED UP ON. OFTENTIMES, THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT'S ABILITY TO AFFECT AN ARREST IN IN AN ABSENCE OF A CRIME. AND I, OF COURSE, DON'T ALL THE DETAILS OF WHAT TOOK PLACE IN IN THAT INQUIRY AND INVESTIGATION BUT CERTAINLY WHEN WE HAVE A PERSON OF CONCERN SUCH AS THIS, IT'S VITAL THAT WE FOLLOW AND PAY ATTENTION TO AND AND ASSESS THROUGH THROUGH WHAT WE CALL THE SCIENCE OF BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENT, WHAT WHAT RISK THAT PERSON MIGHT POSE OF OF VIOLENCE. AND SO I DON'T WANT TO ARMCHAIR QUARTERBACK THE STEPS THAT THEY TOOK IN MAY OF 2023 WHEN THEY INITIALLY CONTACTED HIM. OFTENTIMES THESE THINGS EVOLVE OVER A PERIOD OF, WEEKS, MONTHS AND EVEN YEARS BEFORE THEY COME TO FRUITION. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS A BENEFIT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE BEHAVIORS AND, KEEP SMALL PROBLEMS FROM BECOMING BIG PROBLEMS. >> THANK YOU. NOW, BRIAN, I HAVEN'T LOOKED INTO THE HISTORY OF CHARGING WITH CRIMINAL CONDUCT FOR THE CRIMES CHILDREN COMMIT. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT MUCH OF COVERED A OF LAW OVER MY CAREER. DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF THAT? IS THIS AN INNOVATIVE SON-IN-LAW? >> AND IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO TAKE THE CONCEPT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS LEGALLY CALLED VICARIOUS LIABILITY BEING LIABLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF ANOTHER NOW FROM A CIVIL STANDPOINT? THAT DOES HAPPEN A LOT. THINK OF IF YOU GO TO A BAR AND THEY OVERSERVED YOU ALCOHOL, IF YOU DRUNKENLY DRIVE AND HURT SOMEONE, SOMEONE WHO INJURED BY YOU CAN THEN SUE THE BAR FOR OVERCHARGING YOU. THAT'S VICARIOUS LIABILITY BY CIVIL SENSE. BUT BRINGING IT TO THE CRIMINAL CONTEXT THAT IS VERY UNIQUE. THAT HASN'T HAPPENED A LOT. NOW, ARE THE LAWS ON THE BOOKS ARGUABLY ALLOWING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN? YES, WE SAW THAT IN MICHIGAN. WE'RE NOW SEEING THAT IN GEORGIA, WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE THIS FATHER FACING MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE BECAUSE HE'S BEING ACCUSED OF CREATING THE CRIME AND WHAT'S CALLED CRUELTY TO CHILDREN THAT LED TO THE DEATH OF ANOTHER. AND SO THAT'S WHY HE'S FACING NOT MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE. SO I THINK WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A TREND. PROSECUTORS OFTEN LOOK, WHEN WHEN ONE PROSECUTOR GETS A CONVICTION, THEY START TO SEE HOW SOCIETY AND HOW JURORS LOOK AT THOSE CHARGES AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE OPEN TO IT OR NOT. AND I THINK GEORGIA'S TAKING ANOTHER KIND OF A GO AT IT HERE . WELL. IF THERE'S A CONVICTION HERE, I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF OTHER PROSECUTORS, OTHER STATES ARE SAYING, OKAY, IF WE CAN FIND CONVICTIONS IN, VERY SELECT CASES WHERE THERE ARE PARENTS WHO IGNORE RED FLAGS, WHO PROVIDE FIREARMS FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AND THERE ARE NOT STORED WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE THOSE FIREARMS AT ALL BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE, THAT CAN TO A CRIMINAL CONVICTION. >> I THINK WE MAY SEE MORE OF THOSE IN THE FUTURE, UNFORTUNATELY. I THINK. ALL RIGHT, FAITH, BRIAN, DOUG, APPRECIATE ALL. THANKS SO MUCH. WELL, CLEARLY, CLEARLY, THERE'S MUCH MORE TO LEARN AND NOT JUST ABOUT A MOTIVE HERE, BUT ABOUT COLT GRAY. HIS BACKGROUND, HIS CHARACTER, HIS STRUGGLES AND WHAT WAS GOING ON IN HIS HEAD THAT LED TO THIS. AND THEN THERE'S HIS PARENTS. A BROKEN HOME. WE'VE LEARNED THAT HIS MOTHER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE AND DRUG CHARGES AND THAT COLTON'S FATHER, COLLIN, WERE LIVING ON THEIR OWN. A LOT TO UNPACK HERE. AND CHIEF PURPOSE OFFICER AND HEAD SPACE HEALTH DR. POWELL IS HOPEFULLY GOING TO HELP US DO THAT. WISDOM. WHEN A KID LIKE COLT GRAY IS NOT ONLY STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL ISSUES, HE'S STRUGGLING WITH AN UNSTABLE HOME LIFE. CLEARLY, WHAT WE'RE LEARNING, WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS WHEN? >> THE RED FLAGS ARE THERE. >> THIS IS REALLY A TRAGEDY FOR US ALL. AND AS WE'VE BEEN CALLING OUT, THERE WERE A LOT OF WARNING SIGNS HERE. AND WHAT WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT WHEN CHILDREN ARE EXPOSED TO BULLYING, FOR EXAMPLE, IS A RISK FOR WITH THE USE OF GUNS TO THE CARRYING OF GUNS IN THOSE SITUATIONS. THERE ARE ALSO PLENTY OF EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO DISPLAY MORE AGGRESSION OR EXPERIENCE A SENSE OF A DIMINISHED SENSE OF CONTROL OVER THEIR LIVES TEND TO TURN TO GUNS IN THESE KINDS OF MOMENTS. SO YOU'RE RIGHT. AND THE OTHER GUESTS ON YOUR SHOW WHO JUST APPEARED ARE RIGHT, THAT THERE THERE WERE PLENTY OF WARNING. >> THE CHALLENGE FOR US ALL IS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO THESE MOMENTS, ONE, TO PREVENT, BUT THEN HOW TO RESPOND WHEN WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN. ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW FOR SURE IS THAT WHEN PARENTS DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE FEELING OVERWHELMED OR THEY RESPOND SLOWLY TO THAT, THAT EXACERBATION OF BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTORS, CHILDREN WILL ACT OUT IN WAYS TO GAIN FURTHER ATTENTION SUPPORT. AND WHEN CHILDREN SHOW UP IN SCHOOLS, TEACHERS CAN DO THINGS JUST TO SORT OF SET OFF THAT EARLY WARNING OR ALARM SYSTEM TO HELP GALVANIZE MORE SUPPORT FOR THE CHILD. I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US ALL TO PAY ATTENTION WHEN WE SEE CHILDREN CHECKING OUT, WHEN WE SEE THEM EXPERIENCING MORE HOPELESSNESS OR A SENSE HELPLESSNESS, OR WE SEE CHANGES OR SHIFTS IN THEIR MOODS OR BEHAVIORS, THOSE CAN BE EARLY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO INTERVENE AND PROVIDE MORE SAFETY AND SUPPORT FOR THE CHILD, ESPECIALLY IN OUR CLASSROOMS IN CONTEXT WHERE THEY'RE BEING EDUCATED. >> AND WISDOM, AS YOU'RE SPEAKING, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AT THE MEMORIAL DOWN THERE IN WINDER, GEORGIA. AND I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT ABOUT THAT SIDE, ABOUT THE THE KIDS, THE PEERS, THE SMALLER KIDS, THE PARENTS, THE FAMILIES, THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY HEARTBROKEN, YOU KNOW. WHAT ADVICE DO YOU GIVE TO PARENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, ARE TRYING TO EXPLAIN THIS TO CHILDREN, TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT FOR THEM, TRY TO KEEP THEM FROM SEEING THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR AS A MODEL, REALLY, WHEN THEY'RE IN CRISIS? >> HMM. 100% TRUE. I MEAN, EVEN OUR SURGEON PROVIDED A LATEST WARNING ABOUT PARENTAL MENTAL HEALTH LIFTING, UP THAT 74% OF PARENTS REPORTED THAT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS OR THE POSSIBILITY OF ONE WERE A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF STRESS. >> SO ALL ON EDGE AND WORRIED ABOUT THIS AND WONDERING WHAT TO DO WHEN IT HAPPENS. THE FIRST THING I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT IS TO TO TO KNOW WHAT WE CONTROL AND TO AND TO FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IN FRONT US, TO TALK TO OUR CHILDREN IN PLAIN LANGUAGE. ASK OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS, EXPLAIN THE EVENTS IN AN AGE APPROPRIATE WAY. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE CHILDREN WHO ARE EITHER DIRECTLY OR VICARIOUSLY FROM VIEWING IT ON THE NEWS OR HEARING ABOUT IT WITH A SENSE OF SUPPORT AND A PLACE TO LAY DOWN BURDENS AND TROUBLES FOR CHILDREN THAT CAN LOOK LIKE ENCOURAGING THEM TO, USE MORE ART AS A WAY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES. FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS ABOUT CREATING A MINDFUL ENVIRONMENT WHERE CHILDREN CAN FIND A MOMENT TO PAUSE, TAKE THEIR, TAKE A BREATH AND REFLECT THOSE KINDS OF RESOURCES AND IN THE MOMENT SUPPORTS BE SO HELPFUL AS CHILDREN TRY TO COPE WITH WHAT SHOULDN'T A COMMONPLACE IN OUR U.S. SOCIETY. I MEAN, GUN VIOLENCE, A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. AND I THINK THAT INCREASINGLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SUPPORT, TEACHERS AND PARENTS IN THESE EFFORTS, UNFORTUNATELY, TO THEM RECALIBRATE THEIR CHILDREN IN THE AFTERMATH OF THESE TRAGEDIES. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT WE CAN ALSO ENCOURAGE OUR CHILDREN TO FOCUS THE GOOD. THERE CAN BE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE NOW, PAY ATTENTION TO ALL THE NEWS, THE DOOM SCROLL TO CONSTANTLY FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVE PARTS OF THIS TRAGEDY. BUT AS WE'RE HELPING PEOPLE RECALIBRATE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE A FIRM PLACE FOR THEM, A SAFE PLACE FOR THEM TO LEARN, AND ALSO AGE APPROPRIATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO TO METABOLIZE THE STRESS THAT COMES ALONG WITH IT. YOU KNOW, BEING EXPOSED TO SUCH A TRAGIC, TRAGIC EVENT. >> MM-HMM. WISDOM, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU ALONG WITH US FOR THESE CONVERSATIONS. >> MEANS A LOT TO US. HELPS US ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YOU'RE SO WELCOME. >> OKAY. HAPPIER NEWS, MAYBE WHY WE'RE TURNING TO THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE. IS DEMOCRACY 59 DAYS AWAY NOW FROM ELECTION DAY. AND WE'RE ALSO FOUR DAYS AWAY FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND KAMALA RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS. NOW, THAT'S EXCITING TO TALK ABOUT. SOURCES SAY THAT THE VP IS SPENDING MOST OF HER TIME NOW IN BATTLEGROUND PENNSYLVANIA, ACTUALLY HUDDLING WITH HER TEAM ON DEBATE STRATEGY. OUR SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG IS THERE IN PITTSBURGH FOLLOWING THE HARRIS WORKING THROUGH THE RAIN FOREST. APPRECIATE IT, SELINA. SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT FORMER VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY JUST ANNOUNCED HE WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTING KAMALA HARRIS RIGHT ALONGSIDE HIS DAUGHTER LIZ CHENEY. AND I'M JUST WONDER IF WE'RE GOING TO START MORE OF THIS. I MEAN, SURE, LOOK, THIS REALLY UNDERSCORES THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FROM TRADITIONAL CONSERVATISM TO THIS MAGA REPUBLICANISM UNDER THE IMAGE OF DONALD TRUMP. I MEAN, LIZ CHENEY AND CHENEY, THEY FROM A VERY DEEPLY CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL FAMILY, WOULD DISAGREE WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ON A LOT OF ISSUES. BUT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING HERE IS THAT THEY BELIEVE DONALD TRUMP IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST THREAT TO AMERICA, TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. SO THIS IS STRIKING, BUT IT'S NOT ALTOGETHER SURPRISING GIVEN THAT LIZ CHENEY HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST OUTSPOKEN REPUBLICAN CRITICS OF, DONALD TRUMP. BUT REALLY, IF YOU LOOKED AT THE RNC, YOU DIDN'T HAVE CHENEY THERE. NO MITT ROMNEY, NO GEORGE W BUSH. IT WAS AN ENTIRELY MORE NEW CAST OF CHARACTERS. THESE MAGA REPUBLICANS. BUT YOU HAVE SEEN VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS' CAMPAIGN MAKE A REALLY CONCERTED EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO THESE MORE TRADITIONAL REPUBLICANS. THEY'RE HOPING THAT THESE KINDS OF ENDORSEMENTS CAN MAKE A DENT WITH SOME OF THOSE MORE CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS IN SOME OF THESE SWING DISTRICTS IN THOSE CRITICAL BATTLEGROUNDS STATES. AND AT THE DNC, IT WAS NOTABLE THAT YOU HAD SOME VERY WELL-KNOWN REPUBLICANS THERE. YOU HAD FOLKS LIKE ADAM KINZINGER, BUT ALSO SOME FORMER TRUMP OFFICIALS WHO GAVE REMARKS AT THE DNC. >> ABSOLUTELY. AND THE PARTIES HAVE REALLY SWITCHED A LOT OF VOTERS. A LOT OF VOTERS WENT FROM DEMOCRAT TO REPUBLICAN, MOSTLY WORKING CLASS VOTERS AND VICE VERSA. TRUMP HAS COMPLETELY SCRAMBLED THE BOARD OF AMERICAN POLITICS HEALTH CARE DEBATE. >> SELINA, THIS IS KAMALA HARRIS. HIS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE EVER, A ONE ON ONE. OBVIOUSLY, SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE PRIMARIES IN 2020. TALK ABOUT THIS MOMENT FOR HER. YEAH, I MEAN, TERRY, IT'S HER FIRST PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION DEBATE, AS YOU SAY, BUT IT IS DONALD TRUMP SEVENTH. AND THESE CANDIDATES HAVE NEVER SPOKEN TO EACH OTHER OR EVEN MET EACH BEFORE. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS TAKING ALL OF THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. I'M TOLD THAT TODAY BY A SOURCE CLOSE TO HER THAT SHE'S SPENDING MOST OF TODAY HUDDLED HER TOP AIDES TALKING ABOUT STRATEGY AND POLICY. AND I'M TOLD THAT THERE REALLY A FEW KEY GOALS THAT SHE HAS FOR THIS DEBATE. SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT A LOT OF AMERICANS STILL DON'T REALLY KNOW HER BACKGROUND. SO SHE WANTS LEAD AND HER BACKGROUND AS A PROSECUTOR, AS A ATTORNEY GENERAL, A SENATOR, AND HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THOSE ROLES AND HER MIDDLE CLASS UPBRINGING ALSO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT HER FUTURE PLANS. SHE WANTS TO STAY LASER FOCUSED ON THAT, INCLUDING AROUND THE ECONOMY AND LOWERING PRICES FOR EVERYDAY AMERICANS. AND THEN SHE ALSO WANTS TO DRAW THAT CONTRAST WITH DONALD TRUMP. SHE'S GOING TO CONVEY HIM AS SOMEONE WHO IS ONLY OUT FOR HIMSELF, CARES ABOUT HIMSELF, AND SHE'S GOING TO PAINT HIM AS A DARK AND DIVISIVE PERSON. AND TERRY, SHE ALSO WANTS TO GET UNDER TRUMP'S SKIN WHILE MAINTAINING HER OWN TALL ORDER SELINA WANG AND PITTSBURGH FOR US. THANK YOU. DON'T FORGET, SEPTEMBER 10TH, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SET TO DEBATE FOR THE FIRST TIME RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS. >> AGAIN, THAT'S SEPTEMBER 10TH, 9:00 EASTERN. YOU CAN WATCH IT RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. IT WILL BE IT'LL BE AN EVENT FOR SURE. >> SO COMING UP, MAJOR ECONOMIC TODAY WITH A LESS THAN STELLAR JOBS REPORT, BUT THAT MIGHT BE GOOD NEWS SOME QUARTERS. WE'LL HAVE THE DETAILS NEXT. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. >> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE. TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII FROM CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET'S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. IN BEIRUT FOR THE FBI REPORTING FROM IT, NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON STREAMING LIVE TO YOU . WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> HERE'S TO GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> CAN YOU FIT INTO MOVIES THAT INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE, KINDNESS, JOY, SURPRISES AND MUCH FUN? >> IT'S JUST GREAT TO START YOUR DAY WITH GOOD MORNING. AMERICA'S RAY OF SUNSHINE, HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF AMERICA AND HELPING MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE. I'M JUST SO HAPPY. IT IS SO GOOD. READY TO SMILE AND PUT THAT GOOD INTO YOUR MORNING AMERICA BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE MORNING BETTER. A LITTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE FOR MY GLAD YOU'RE STREAMING WITH US. LET'S GET TO THE ECONOMY, SHALL WE? AND THE U.S. ADDING 142,000 JOBS IN AUGUST, A LITTLE SHORT OF WHAT ANALYSTS WERE EXPECTING, BUT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ALSO FELL TO 4.2%. >> SO ALL THIS COMES AS THE FEDERAL RESERVE PREPARES TO CUT INTEREST RATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS. THAT'LL MAKE IT CHEAPER TO TAKE OUT A MORTGAGE, CAR LOAN OR PAY CREDIT CARD DEBT. SO A MIXED BAG HERE. LET'S BRING IN OUR BUSINESS GURU IS ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS IN ELIZABETH SCHULZE. ELIZABETH, FIRST TO YOU. YOUR REPORTING ON THIS JOBS REPORT. WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU AND THE PEOPLE YOU REPORT ON AND TALK TO ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY NOW? >> A MIXED BAG, INDEED, TERRY. THIS HAD A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING YOU HAD THAT IMPROVED IN THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF JOBS ADDED IN AUGUST COMPARED TO JULY. REMEMBER THAT WEEK, JULY REPORT REALLY RAISED ALARMS ABOUT THE STATE, THE ECONOMY, THE STATE OF HIRING 142,000 JOBS WAS A MUCH MORE SOLID NUMBER, BUT STILL BELOW EXPECTATIONS OVERALL. WHEN YOU TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT, YOU SEE THAT TREND THERE IN THE CHART. IT HAS BEEN GOING DOWN. WHAT THAT MEANS, COMPANIES STILL HIRING, BUT THEY'RE HIRING AT A SLOWER PACE. IT IS HARDER TO GET A JOB NOW THAN IT WAS EVEN AT THE START OF THE YEAR. AND DEFINITELY TO A YEAR AGO. SO WHAT THIS TELLS YOU IS THAT THE ECONOMY IS NOW IN A PLACE WHERE THERE IS SORT OF STEADY JOB GROWTH STILL, BUT IT HAS BEEN SLOWING DOWN. AND THAT IS A BIT CONCERNING BECAUSE THIS HAS REALLY BEEN THE BRIGHT SPOT IN THE ECONOMY ,HAVE CONTINUED TO ADD TO THEIR PAYROLLS EVERY MONTH. IF WE A MORE SIGNIFICANT SLOWDOWN IN THE JOBS MARKET, THAT COULD START TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE WORRYING THAT WE'RE SEEING THIS BROADER COOLING IN THE ECONOMY TO. ALL RIGHT, ALEXIS, THE FED EXPECTED TO CUT INTEREST RATES THIS MONTH. SO COULD TODAY'S REPORT IMPACT THAT? >> WELL, ECONOMISTS THINK, IT'S GOING TO HAVE A BIG INFLUENCE ON THE FEDERAL RESERVE. IT'S NOT THE LAST REPORT THEY'RE TO SEE BEFORE THEIR MEETING IN JUST TWO WEEKS. THEY'RE GOING TO GET FRESH NUMBERS ON, INFLATION AND RETAIL SALES. BUT THIS IS THE LAST JOBS REPORT WE KNOW FED CHIEF POWELL SAID RECENTLY HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SLOWDOWN IN THE LABOR MARKET AND WILL DO WHATEVER TAKES TO PREVENT THAT SLOWDOWN FROM DEEPENING. AND WE'VE REALLY SEEN THE THE FED MOVE OR SHIFT ITS FOCUS AWAY FROM WHICH HAS BEEN BEHAVING WHICH IS MOVING CLOSER TO THE FED'S 2% TARGET. NOW IT'S AT ABOUT 2.9%. AND THEY'RE FOCUSING ON A JOB MARKET THAT IS COOLING OFF. AND THE QUESTION BECOMES, IS A COOLING OFF TOO QUICKLY? >> IS THE FED TOO LATE TO RESCUE WHAT COULD BE AN ECONOMY THAT IS MOVING TOWARDS A RECESSION? MOST BELIEVE WE'RE NOT THERE YET. THE QUESTION, THOUGH, IS HOW AGGRESSIVE WILL THE FED GET WHEN IT CUTS INTEREST RATES LATER THIS MONTH, A QUARTER POINT, A HALF POINT, WHATEVER IT IS, CONSUMERS AREN'T GOING TO FEEL IT IN THEIR WALLETS RIGHT AWAY. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A STRING OF INTEREST RATE CUTS OVER THE COURSE OF MONTHS INTO NEXT YEAR FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY START TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THINGS LIKE YOU MENTIONED, MORTGAGES CREDIT CARDS, AUTO LOANS AND SUCH, FOR SURE. SO, ELIZABETH, TO YOU, YESTERDAY, DONALD TRUMP WAS ASKED ABOUT HOW HE WOULD ADDRESS RISING CHILDCARE COSTS DURING A CAMPAIGN IN NEW YORK WAS AN ECONOMIC POLICY EVENT. AND HERE'S HIS ANSWER THE CHILDCARE IS CHILD CARE COULDN'T KNOW. THERE'S SOMETHING YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE IT IN THIS COUNTRY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT. BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS COMPARED TO THE KIND OF NUMBERS I'M TALKING ABOUT, BY TAXING FOREIGN NATIONS AT LEVELS THEY'RE NOT USED TO, BUT THEY'LL GET USED TO IT VERY QUICKLY AND IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP THEM FROM DOING BUSINESS WITH US. BUT THEY'LL HAVE A VERY SUBSTANTIAL TAX. THEY SEND PRODUCT INTO OUR COUNTRY. THOSE NUMBERS ARE SO MUCH BIGGER. >> ANY NUMBERS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, INCLUDING CHILDCARE. >> SO, ELIZABETH, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT ANSWER? AND IN PARTICULAR, HE TALKS ABOUT TARIFFS PAYING FOR A CHILD CARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. HE GOES AROUND, HE SAYS THIS ALL THE TIME, THE TARIFFS ENRICH THE U.S. TREASURY. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT? YOU KNOW, LOOK AND TERRY, IT'S HARD TO MAKE A LOT OF THAT ANSWER, TO BE HONEST, AS A POLICY REPORTER, YOU'RE DIGGING FOR THE DETAILS AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, FRANKLY, WE'RE JUST NOT GETTING A. LOT OF THOSE POLICY DETAILS FROM EITHER FORMER PRESIDENT OF OR FROM VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR ECONOMIC PROPOSALS. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO FLOAT, THIS IDEA THAT THEY CAN RAISE REVENUE, THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FUND CRITICALLY NEEDED AREAS, THE ECONOMY LIKE CHILD CARE. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A CHRONIC OF CHILD CARE THAT'S CONTRIBUTED TO SHORTAGES OF CHILDCARE WORKERS AND LED TO HIGHER COSTS FOR FAMILIES. THE IDEA THAT YOU COULD RAISE MORE REVENUE BECAUSE OF TARIFFS, THAT THAT COULD HELP THAT. ONE OF THE ECONOMISTS I TALKED TO AND ASK ABOUT THAT CONCEPT, THEY SAY NOT EXACTLY HOW GOVERNMENT REVENUE AND OUTLAYS WORK. THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST WAY. ULTIMATELY, THE WAY THE GOVERNMENT RAISES MONEY IS, HIGHER TAXES. THAT IS NOT A POPULAR MESSAGE FROM EITHER SIDE. WHEN YOU'RE TWO MONTHS OUT FROM AN ELECTION. >> NO. YEAH, THAT IS FOR SURE. ABSOLUTELY. >> ELIZABETH SCHULZE ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DYNAMIC DUO. I LOVE. I KEEP COMING UP WITH LIKE THESE BECAUSE I LOVE THEM. ALL RIGHT. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS HERE. DOES THE LOVE FOR ALEXIS IN CHELSEA KYRA PHILLIPS. >> I'M TERRY MORAN. MORE NEWS COMING UP NEXT. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION TO CAPITALIZE ON BLUNDER SO COMBAT OPERATIONS ARE WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, OPERATE NUCLEAR REACTORS. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG THERE'S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF PERIOD. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE TO YOU AS THEY LOOK HERE, SMILE. >> YOU'RE PROUD OF THIS? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HEY, WHERE ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CONVEY INFORMATION? >> IT'S ISMAIL, DAVID DAVIS, RIGHT? YES. YES, I'M DAVID YORK. >> I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE THE 19 EIGHTIES, THE BRAT PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURE OF AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE ,THE BRAT PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU COULD A BRAT PACK NAME NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU? >> I HATED THE IT. WHAT A DISASTER. WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSE AFTER. >> LIKE I SAY, WE WERE THE BEATLES. >> WELL, WE DIDN'T SELL SHEA STADIUM 1985. I THINK WE COULD. >> BUT WHY DO SO MANY START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS? THIS IS START HERE. >> TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT'S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> OKAY. HERE WE WERE IN GORMAN, CALIFORNIA, ON OUR FIRE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS, LOS RIGHT NOW AND ABC NEWS LIVE. BREAKING NEWS, SENTENCING AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S HUSH MONEY TRIAL NOW DELAYED UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. WE'VE GOT THE FULL DETAILS. PLUS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE HEAR HIS DAD ADMIT SON KNEW WHERE THE GUNS WERE IN THEIR HOUSE. YOU'LL HEAR THE AUDIO. WHEN COPS CAME KNOCKING AT COLT GRAY DOOR AND HOW HIS FATHER ALLEGEDLY GAVE HIS 14 YEAR OLD SON AN AR-15 FOR CHRISTMAS. THE LATEST CHARGES IN THE GEORGIA MASS SHOOTING CASE THIS HOUR. >> AND THE U.S. ADDING 100 TO 40000 JOBS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST. NEXT UP, INTEREST RATE CUTS FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE. WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR MONEY. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. WE DO BEGIN WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS. IT LOOKS LIKE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL NOT THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS HUSH MONEY CONVICTION BEFORE THE 24 ELECTION. A JUDGE IN NEW YORK NOW DELAYING SENTENCING IN HIS CRIMINAL CASE AFTER HE WAS FOUND GUILTY ON 34 CHARGES RELATED TO THOSE PAYMENTS MADE TO ADULT FILM STAR DANIELS. HE HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING AND IS TRYING TO GET THE CASE JUST THROWN OUT ON GROUNDS OF PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY. OUR SENIOR CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY JOINS ME NOW FROM NEW YORK. SO SENTENCING IS NOW NOVEMBER 26, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF TRUMP WINS THE ELECTION? >> GOOD QUESTION, KYRA. AND I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE DON'T KNOW. UNDOUBTEDLY, IF THE FORMER PRESIDENT WINS THE ELECTION, HIS ATTORNEYS WOULD TRY TO SAY HE'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE FORTHCOMING PRESIDENT. HE'S THE PRESIDENT ELECT AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE SENTENCED. BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT ARGUMENT WOULD NECESSARILY HOLD WATER. A SITTING PRESIDENT PROBABLY COULD NOT GO THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY THE WAY TRUMP SEES IT. BUT WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A PRESIDENT. SO IT'S A IT'S A GOOD HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION. BUT AS OF NOW, THE FORMER PRESIDENT WILL BE SENTENCED FOR FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS HERE IN NEW YORK ON NOVEMBER 26TH. MEANING, THOUGH, THAT THE VOTERS WILL HAVE RESOLUTION OF THE CASE BEFORE THEY MAKE THEIR PICK IN NOVEMBER. SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY IN LOWER MANHATTAN TODAY FOR ANOTHER TRUMP LEGAL MATTER. THERE WAS A HEARING TODAY ON, HIS PUSH FOR A NEW CIVIL TRIAL IN THE E. JEAN CARROLL SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DEFAMATION. WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THAT? HE'S ASKING A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT TO GIVE HIM A NEW TRIAL BECAUSE HE SAYS THE JURY'S DECISION TO SAY THAT HE E. JEAN CARROLL $5 MILLION BECAUSE HE DEFAMED HER AND HER CANNOT STAND. HIS ATTORNEY MADE A NUMBER OF ARGUMENTS RELATED TO EVIDENCE SAYING THAT THE JUDGE WAS WRONG TO ALLOW THE JURY TO HEAR "ACCESS HOLLYWOOD" TAPE WHERE TRUMP WAS OVERHEARD BOASTING ABOUT GRABBING WOMEN. WHAT'S WRONG TO ALLOW THE TESTIMONY OF WOMEN WHO SAID TRUMP ASSAULTED THEM DECADES AGO, WHICH HE DENIES? AND JEAN CARROLL'S ATTORNEY SAID ALL THAT EVIDENCE SHOWS A PROPENSITY FOR TRUMP TO DO THE THAT E. JEAN CARROLL SAYS HE DID AND THAT THEY SAY IS PART OF THE REASON PERHAPS WHY WHY HE WAS HELD LIABLE. SO TRUMP ACTUALLY SPOKE TO THE MEDIA AFTER THAT HEARING. AARON, I KNOW YOU WERE LISTENING. HE ATTACKED E. JEAN CARROLL AND THE OTHER WOMEN WHO HAVE ACCUSED HIM OF MISCONDUCT. PART OF WHAT HE SAID. >> AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S SO FALSE. IT'S A MADE UP, FABRICATED STORY BY SOMEBODY. I THINK INITIALLY, JUST LOOKING PROMOTE A BOOK AND WHEN THEY CALLED ME, I DENIED THIS. SO I GOT SUED ESSENTIALLY FOR DEFAMATION BECAUSE I'M DENYING THE STORY WHERE I'M RIGHT, I SHOULD BE SUING HER. >> DEFAMATION. YEAH, HE GOT SUED AND E. JEAN CARROLL ONE. DID HE JUST DEFAME HER? ONCE AGAIN? IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. IN FACT, I WAS TALKING TO AGENT CAROLE'S ATTORNEY ROBBY KAPLAN ,WHO SAID, AS SHE SAID BEFORE, ALL OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE. SHE WAS LISTENING TO THOSE REMARKS AND FOUND THAT TRUMP WAS STATEMENTS THE JURY DECIDED WERE DEFENDANTS FREE OF E. JEAN CARROLL. IT'S POSSIBLE SHE COULD BRING ANOTHER ACTION AS RESULT. WE DON'T KNOW THAT SHE WILL, BUT. BUT TRUMP DOES AT LEAST RISK POSSIBILITY. >> ALL RIGHT. AARON KATERSKY THERE FOR IN NEW YORK FOLLOWING ALL THE CASES FOR US. SOMETIMES HARD TO KEEP UP. AARON, APPRECIATE YOU. SO FIRST, THE CHILLING AUDIO AND NOW AN ARREST. NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT TODAY IN THAT DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN GEORGIA. THE FATHER OF 14 YEAR OLD SUSPECT COLT GRAY HAS BEEN ARRESTED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN HIS SON'S ALLEGED RAMPAGE THAT LEFT TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS DEAD. 54-YEAR-OLD COLIN GRAY COULD NOW FACE 180 YEARS IN PRISON. HE AND HIS SON BOTH APPEARING SEPARATELY COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY. COLIN GRAY, YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE CLEARLY ON AS A JUDGE READ HIM HIS RIGHTS. WE'RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE FBI INVESTIGATION INTO THOSE THREATENING POSTS THAT COLT GRAY WHO YOU SEE HERE ,APPARENTLY MADE LAST YEAR ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM DISCORD, THREATS TO SHOOT UP A SCHOOL. WE'VE NOW OBTAINED THE AUDIO RECORDING WHERE INVESTIGATORS VISIT THE GRAY FAMILY AND SPEAK WITH COLT GRAY AND HIS FATHER, COLIN. THE INVESTIGATOR, ASKED THEM ABOUT WEAPONS IN THE HOME AND HAVE WEAPONS IN THE HOUSE. I LIKE ACCESSIBLE TO HIM. THEY ARE I MEAN THERE'S NOT NOTHING LOADED BUT THEY ARE DOWN. BUT WE WE ACTUALLY WE DO A LOT OF SHOOTING. WE DO A LOT THERE. HE SHOT HIS FIRST DEER THIS YEAR. HE KNOWS THE SERIOUSNESS OF WEAPONS AND WHAT THEY CAN DO AND HOW TO USE THEM AND NOT USE. AND I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, WE TALK ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT. ALL SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. YEAH. ARE YOU GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL? HE IS. HE'S GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL AND IS EVERYTHING OKAY? >> THAT'S WHY I KEEP GOING UP THERE. >> OUR FAITH ABUBEY CONTINUES TO REMAIN ON THE GROUND THERE IN GEORGIA. JOINS ME NOW ALONG WITH OUR LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND TRIAL ATTORNEY BRIAN MEYER. SO, FAITH, LET'S FIRST WE'LL GET TO THE AUDIO IN JUST A SECOND. BUT WHAT'S JUST THE LATEST FROM POLICE THERE REGARDING THEIR INVESTIGATION? WELL, KYRA, WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR A WHILE NOW ABOUT POTENTIALLY MORE CHARGES COMING. AND NOW WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT IS HOLDING WHAT THE HOLD UP IS. ACCORDING TO THE D.A. AT THE TIME THAT HE FILED AGAINST THE SHOOTING SUSPECT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION, SOME OF THE VICTIMS WHO WERE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. AND SO NOW THEY'RE STARTING TO GET THAT INFORMATION IN. AND SO THEY'RE HOPING WITHIN THE NEXT FEW THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ADD THOSE CHARGES. THERE IS A GRAND JURY MEETING THAT'S HAPPENING ON OCTOBER 17TH. AND SO IF HE'S INDICTED, THERE ,IF THE MORE CHARGES ARE ADDED THERE, THERE WILL BE AN ARRAIGNMENT THAT WILL BE SCHEDULED AFTER THAT. AND THEN WE'RE EXPECTING THE SUSPECT THE SHOOTING SUSPECT AND HIS FATHER TO BE BACK IN COURT FOR THEIR PRELIMINARY ON DECEMBER 4TH KYRA. SO, BRIAN, DURING THAT 2023 VISIT TO THE GRAY HOME, THE SHERIFF ACTUALLY SPEAKS WITH COLT AND HIS FATHER ABOUT THESE THREATS ON DISCORD AND AT ONE POINT EVEN SAYS HE HOPES THAT COLT WASN'T LYING TO. >> LET'S LISTEN TO THIS MOMENT. GOD FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENED IN MY JOB THAT I'D FEEL PRETTY BAD ABOUT. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED FOR YEARS, MIGHT THAT RECORD IT? I'LL TELL YOU THAT. LIKE I TOLD HIM, I PROMISE I WOULD NEVER SAY SOMETHING. SO YOU HAVEN'T USED THIS COURT IN A FEW MONTHS AND YOU'RE. YOU'RE SAYING YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING? NO THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG REPORT SAYING THAT PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE'VE DONE IN REFERENCE TO THIS AND EVERY TALKING YOU SAYING THAT YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND I GOT TO TAKE ITS WORD. AND I HOPE YOU'RE BEING HONEST WITH ME. >> I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE LYING, BUT IT'S SERIOUS. IT'S -- IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR PEOPLE. A LOT OF. >> WOW. WELL, BRIAN, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THERE WAS NO PROBABLE CAUSE TO MAKE ARREST AT THAT TIME. BUT IS THIS REALLY ALL THAT THEY COULD HAVE DONE? SO IT REALLY IT'S A STATE SPECIFIC QUESTION AS TO WHAT THE LEGISLATURE OF GEORGIA AFFORDS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO POTENTIAL THREATS LIKE THIS. BUT I THINK THEY CORRECT. ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I'VE HEARD AT THE TIME IN WHICH THIS RECORDING HAD OCCURRED, THE INABILITY TO PROPERLY ASSOCIATE DISCORDANT MESSAGE WITH THE THAT THE SHOOTER WHO WAS SPEAKING THERE, AND ALSO THE INFORMATION THEY COLLECTED PROBABLE MEANING TO BELIEVE BASED ON ALL THE INFORMATION COLLECTED THAT A CRIME DID IS OR WILL HAPPEN. I DON'T SEE ENOUGH THERE. I DON'T THINK THEY COULD HAVE ARRESTED HIM FOR ANY SPECIFIC CASE. ALSO, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE AT THE AIR TYPE FIREARM WASN'T PURCHASED UNTIL SOME MONTHS, SOME SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THE FACT. AND SO IF ALL THAT WERE THERE WERE HUNTING RIFLES THAT WERE PROPERLY STORED BY GEORGIA LAW ,THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH. I THINK NOW THE QUESTION IS, LOOKING BACK, UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S WHAT WE OFTEN DO IN THE SCHOOL SHOOTING CASE, IS LOOKING BACK, HOW CAN WE PREVENT HOW CAN WE BETTER EQUIPPED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PARENTS WITH THE ABILITY TO SPOT POTENTIAL SHOOTERS AND GET THEM THE SERVICES HELP AND TAKE FIREARMS AWAY FROM THEM, THEIR ACCESS TO FIREARMS AWAY FROM THEM IN WAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE MORE STORIES LIKE THIS? >> RIGHT. YEAH. POINT WELL MADE IN FAITH. YOU HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH STUDENTS AND A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY. WHAT MORE ARE WE LEARNING ABOUT THE VICTIMS AND? EVEN THE BACKGROUND OF OF COLT GRAY? YEAH. KARA YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BRIGHT SPOTS OUT OF ALL OF THIS DARKNESS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS ARE THE INJURED VICTIMS WHO, ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES HERE, ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY A NUMBER OF THEM HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. JUST A FEW OF THEM REMAIN IN THE HOSPITAL AFTERNOON. AND SO MORE AND MORE OF THEM WILL BE ABLE TO BE RELEASED AND THEN THEY'RE ALL EXPECTED TO RECOVER WELL AND GO BACK TO THEIR NORMAL LIVES. BUT OF COURSE, THERE'S NOTHING NORMAL ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING HERE. IN FACT, THERE HAVE VIGILS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD HERE ON CAMPUS FOR SEVERAL DAYS. IN FACT, THERE'S A GROWING MEMORIAL THAT'S CLOSER TO THE BUILDING WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STOPPING BY, DROPPING OFF BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS AND REMEMBERING THOSE FOUR VICTIMS WHO DIED. WE'RE WAITING FOR DETAILS ABOUT ANY MEMORIALS FOR THEM AND FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEM AS WELL. AND SO THIS COMMUNITY SO RALLYING TOGETHER. THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE GRIEF, THE GRIEVING PROCESS. BUT, OF COURSE, THAT BRIGHT SPOT IS, THE FACT THAT THOSE WHO WERE INJURED ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY KYRA. AND BRIAN, THIS IS NOW THE SECOND TIME IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WE'VE SEEN A PARENT CHARGED FOR A SCHOOL SHOOTING CARRIED OUT BY THEIR KID. DO WE SEE THIS NOW AS A NEW TREND? I THINK, IF ANYTHING, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A TREND WHERE PROSECUTORS SAYING NOT ONLY THIS CONVERSATION IS PLAYING OUT ON ON ABC AND SO MANY OTHER REPORTS AND THE CONVERSATION THAT PARENTS AND THE SOCIETY IS HAVING THAT, THEY THINK THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT A PARENT CAN BE FOUND LIABLE. CRIMINALLY REACTIONS OF THEIR CHILD. THEY'VE ALREADY SUCCESSFULLY GOT A CONVICTION IN MICHIGAN. GEORGIA IS GOING TO TRY IT OUT NOW. I THINK ALL PROSECUTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE LOOKING AT THE FACTS THAT AMOUNT TO THE DIFFERENT CRIMES. IN GEORGIA, IT'S MURDER, THE SECOND DEGREE AND INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. IN MICHIGAN, IT WAS INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. AND I THINK WE MIGHT SEE MORE OF THESE CASES WHERE PARENTS DON'T ADDRESS THE RED FLAGS, PROVIDE FIREARMS FOR THEIR CHILD, AND THAT ACCESS IS LAX IN A WAY THAT THAT CHILD CAN THEN TAKE THAT FIREARM AND COMMIT MASS SHOOTINGS. I THINK THIS, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE MORE TO COME. >> ALL RIGHT. FAITH ABUBEY BRIAN BUCKMIRE THANK YOU BOTH. >> TURNING NOW TO THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. WE ARE OFFICIALLY 59 DAYS AWAY FROM ELECTION DAY NOW IN JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. AND IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. SOURCES TELLING US THE VICE PRESIDENT IS SPENDING MOST OF HER TIME RIGHT NOW IN BATTLEGROUND PENNSYLVANIA, HUDDLED WITH HER TEAM ON DEBATE STRATEGY. OUR SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, SELINA WANG IS IN PITTSBURGH FOLLOWING THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN. SO WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT HARRIS' DEBATE PREP? GIVE US THE DETAILS, SELINA YACK HERE. WELL, A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE VICE PRESIDENT TELLS ME THAT TODAY SHE'S MOSTLY HUNKERED DOWN WITH HER TEAM, FOCUSED ON THE STRATEGY POLICY DEBATE SESSIONS. I'M TOLD SHE'S TAKING ALL OF THIS VERY SERIOUS TO PUT ALL OF THIS INTO CONTEXT. THIS WILL BE DONALD TRUMP'S SEVENTH GENERAL ELECTION PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. THIS WILL BE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS'. THEY'VE NEVER EVEN SPOKEN TO EACH OTHER. LET IT GO. REALLY BEEN IN THE ROOM TOGETHER. I'M TOLD THAT SHE'S GOT A FEW GOALS FOR THIS DEBATE. SHE WANTS TO STAY ON MESSAGE, GO AFTER TRUMP, GET UNDER HIS SKIN WHILE, STAYING CALM. AND SHE WANTS TO FOCUS ON HER MESSAGE ABOUT THE FUTURE. SHE'S GOING TO BE HONING IN ON HER ECONOMIC PLANS, SOME OF THOSE MORE DETAILED SHE'S LAID OUT ABOUT HELPING THE MIDDLE CLASS, HELPING MAKING HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE, LOWERING COSTS FOR EVERYDAY AMERICANS. AND THE NEW PLAN SHE LAID OUT THIS WEEK ABOUT HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES. SHE ALSO, KYRA, TO DRAW THE CONTRAST HERE, SHE'S GOING TO CAST AS SOMEBODY WHO'S OPTIMISTIC AND FORWARD LOOKING VERSUS DONALD TRUMP, WHO SHE'LL ARGUE IS DARK AND DIVISIVE. SHE'S GOING TO WANT TO DRAW THAT CONTRAST BOTH FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE AND REALLY A PERSONALITY PERSPECTIVE AS WELL, KYRA. SO IN THE PAST, KAMALA HARRIS HAS SAID THAT HER EXPERIENCE AS A PROSECUTOR HAS ACTUALLY PREPARED HER FOR MOMENTS LIKE THIS, MOMENTS LIKE RUNNING AGAINST TRUMP. >> REMEMBER THIS? >> SO IN THOSE ROLES I TOOK ON PERPETRATORS OF ALL KINDS, PREDATORS WHO ABUSED WOMEN, FRAUDSTERS WHO SCAMMED CHEATERS, WHO BROKE THE RULES FOR THEIR OWN GAIN. SO HEAR ME, WHEN I SAY I KNOW DONALD TRUMP'S TYPE. >> SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? ARE WE GOING TO HEAR THIS SAME ARGUMENT AGAIN ON TUESDAY, YOU THINK? >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, I'M TOLD THAT HARRIS UNDERSTANDS THAT A LOT OF AMERICANS STILL DON'T REALLY HER BACKGROUND. AND SHE'S GOING TO LEAD INTO HER BACKGROUND AS A FORMER PROSECUTOR, AS AN ATTORNEY GENERAL. SO SHE'S LIKELY GOING TO MAKE ARGUMENT. AND PART OF DRAWING THAT CONTRAST AS WELL IS SHE WANTS TO PAINT DONALD TRUMP AS SOMEONE WHO'S ONLY OUT FOR HIMSELF VERSUS VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, WHO SHE'S GOING TO ARGUE IS OUT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. SO SHE'S CERTAINLY GOING LEAN INTO THAT PART OF HER BACKGROUND. BUT, KYRA, ANOTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT SHE IS GOING INTO THIS DEBATE WITH A LOT OF MOMENTUM BEHIND HER. HER CAMPAIGN JUST ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT LAST MONTH THEY RAISED $361 BILLION. THAT'S NEARLY TRIPLE THE AMOUNT THAT DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN RAISED IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD. AND WHAT THAT MEANS, KYRA, IS THAT IN THE REMAINING MONTHS OF THIS CAMPAIGN, SHE CAN REALLY ON HITTING THESE BATTLEGROUND STATES AND CAMPAIGNING RATHER THAN HAVING CONTINUALLY REACH OUT TO THESE BIG TIME DONORS. >> WELL, HOW DO YOU THINK JUST WHAT YOU'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE VICE PRESIDENT, HOW SHE'S PREPPING AND PREPARING COMPARED TO DONALD TRUMP? APPARENTLY NOT MUCH PREPARATION GOING ON. THEN AGAIN, LOVES TO JUMP INTO THESE THINGS AND JUST SORT OF WING IT AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. YEAH. MEAN, IT IS A TOTAL SPLIT. YOU'VE GOT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. SHE'S STUDYING HARD HERE IN PITTSBURGH. DONALD TRUMP HE WAS IN A COURTROOM THAT GAVE THAT PRESS CONFERENCE. BUT TRUMP AND HIS TEAM ALWAYS SAID THAT HE DOESN'T NEED TRADITIONAL DEBATE PREPARATION BECAUSE DOING THINGS THAT PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, GIVING OUT INTERVIEWS, DOING TOWN HALLS, THAT IS OF HIS DEBATE PREPARATION. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT HE IS HAVING THESE INFORMAL MEETINGS ON POLICY WITH ADVISERS. ADVISERS INCLUDE, A FORMER DEMOCRAT, TULSI GABBARD. AND REMEMBER, GABBARD HAD ACTUALLY AGAINST VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ON THE DEBATE STAGE BACK IN THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES. AND GABBARD HAS SAID THAT TRUMP'S SHOULD FOCUS ON HOW HARRIS HAS CHANGED HER POSITIONS ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES SINCE THEN. SO THAT IS LIKELY TO BE A LINE OF ATTACK FROM DONALD TRUMP THAT HARRIS HAS FLIP FLOPPED ON THESE ISSUES. ALL RIGHT, SELINA WANG FOR US THERE IN PITTSBURGH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SELINA SEE YOU SOON. >> SEPTEMBER 10TH. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS YOU KNOW, SET TO DEBATE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE, SEPTEMBER TEN, 9:00, 9:00 EASTERN. YOU CAN WATCH IT RIGHT HERE WITH US. WE'LL BE THERE, BY THE WAY, TOO. >> COMING UP, MAJOR ECONOMIC NEWS TODAY WITH LESS THAN A STELLAR JOBS REPORT. ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS HAS ALL THE DETAILS FOR US. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS, THIS IS START HERE TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST. HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT'S PART OF A STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. SO GLAD YOU'RE STREAMING WITH US TO THE ECONOMY NOW THE U.S. 142,000 JOBS IN AUGUST, A LITTLE SHORT OF WHAT ANALYSTS WERE EXPECTING. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ALSO FELL TO 4.2%. IT COMES AS THE FEDERAL RESERVE PERHAPS TO CUT INTEREST RATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS, MAKING IT CHEAPER TO TAKE OUT A MORTGAGE, CAR LOAN AND EVEN PAY OFF A CREDIT CARD AND ITS DEBT. LET'S BRING IN OUR TEEN MONEY ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS AND ELIZABETH SCHULZE. ELIZABETH, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOBS REPORT JUST TELLS US ABOUT WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW WITH OUR MONEY AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. YOU KNOW, HERE THIS TELLS US THAT THE JOBS MARKET IS SLOWING DOWN. COMPANIES EMPLOYERS ARE STILL ADDING JOBS. THEY'RE STILL HIRING EVERY MONTH, BUT THEY ARE HIRING NOW AT A MUCH SLOWER EVEN THAN THEY WERE AT THE START OF THE YEAR. IT'S HARDER TO GET A JOB NOW THAN IT HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK OR DEFINITELY AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. SO WHAT THIS SAYS, THE JOBS MARKET IS COOLING. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAS BEEN WANTING TO DO AS LONG AS IT'S BRINGING DOWN INFLATION. I ASKED THE LABOR SECRETARY TODAY, THE ACTING LABOR SECRETARY, KYRA, DOES THIS MEAN THAT THE US IS IN THE CLEAR OF A BIGGER DOWNTURN OR IS THERE STILL A RISK THAT THE JOBS MARKET SIGNIFICANTLY COOLS AND POSES A BIGGER THREAT TO THE ECONOMY? HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID. I THINK WE ARE YOU KNOW, WE REACHED A STATE THAT DEFIES ALL EXPECTATIONS IN WE CONTINUE TO SEE JOB GROWTH. WE CONTINUE TO SEE STRONG CONSUMER SPENDING. SO MANY INDICATORS OF THE SHOW THAT WE WE'VE DONE WHAT MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. AND SO I ABOUT THAT. WE'VE REACHED A CRUISING ALTITUDE AND, YOU KNOW AND, WE AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT UP. NO SIGNS THAT THAT'S JUST GOING TO CRASH AT THIS POINT. EXACTLY IN FACT, THE OPPOSITE. RIGHT. MOST INDICATORS DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE ECONOMY IS DOING WELL. >> YOU'LL REMEMBER HERE AFTER THE JOBS REPORT LAST MONTH, THERE WERE CONCERNS OF MUCH BROADER SLOWDOWN IN JULY. NOW, ONLY 89,000 JOBS WERE ADDED TO THE WORKFORCE. SO THOSE REVISIONS LOWER FOR OTHER MONTHS ARE A CAUSE FOR CONCERN THAT SHOW THAT HIRING MIGHT BE SLOWING MORE THAN EXPECTED. THE QUESTION IS, DOES THIS CONTINUE IN THE MONTHS AHEAD? WE'RE GOING TO REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT IF EMPLOYERS DO START PULLING BACK AND HOW MUCH DETERMINE THE PATH FOR THE ECONOMY AND OBVIOUSLY THE PATH FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE JOB HUNT GOING FORWARD, TOO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, ALEXIS, THE FED IS EXPECTED TO CUT INTEREST RATES THIS MONTH NOW. >> SO HOW COULD TODAY'S REPORT IMPACT THAT YOU THINK? TODAY'S REPORT IS HUGE FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE. IT'S THE LAST JOBS REPORT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE BEFORE THEIR MEETING IN JUST TWO WEEKS. >> AND MANY ON WALL STREET, THE QUESTION IS NOT IF, BUT BY HOW MUCH THE FED'S GOING TO CUT INTEREST RATES. IS IT A QUARTER POINT OR THAT MORE AGGRESSIVE HALF POINT CUT? AND I THINK IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE WAY THE STOCK MARKET'S BEEN REACTING TODAY, THE CONCERN NOW IS THE MARKET IS SLOWING TOO MUCH AND THE FED HAS BEEN TOO SLOW TO RESPOND. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE WAS SOME TALK TODAY, IF YOU WILL, A FEDERAL RESERVE GOVERNOR, CHRISTOPHER WALLER, WAS SPEAKING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME IN INDIANA, AND HE SAID THAT HE IS, QUOTE, OPEN MINDED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A BIGGER RATE CUT IF IT WERE WARRANTED. SOME ECONOMISTS ARE SAYING TODAY'S JOBS REPORT IS A CLEAR SIGNAL THAT THE FED NEEDS TO GET AGGRESSIVE. >> AND SO, ELIZABETH, WHAT IMPACT COULD AN INTEREST RATE CUT HAVE? YOU KNOW, JUST HEADING INTO NOVEMBER, YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL FEEL IT IN THEIR WALLETS? FOR SURE. SO I THINK THE IMPORTANT CONTEXT IS THAT INTEREST RATES WILL START GOING DOWN, BUT PROBABLY NOT GOING TO FEEL THAT IMMEDIATELY, REGARDLESS OF EXACTLY HOW MUCH. THE FED CUTS BY THAT QUARTER POINT OR HALF POINT THAT ALEXIS WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHAT THE DIRECTION HERE IS THAT RATES ARE GOING TO GO DOWN, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR. AS ONE ECONOMIST WAS JUST TELLING ME. WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW IS THE EXPECTED RATE CUT IN SEPTEMBER. SO JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS, POSSIBLY MORE RATE CUTS THIS YEAR, KYRA. BUT THEN A WHOLE SERIES INTO NEXT. SO THIS YEAR IS KIND OF LIKE THE APPETIZER FOR THESE INTEREST RATE CUTS NEXT. YEAR WOULD BE THE ENTREE. WHAT THAT DOES MEAN ULTIMATELY IS LOWER BORROWING COSTS. BORROWING COSTS AREN'T GOING TO GO BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE, BUT THEY WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LESS EXPENSIVE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE CAR LOANS, MORTGAGES AND PAYING OFF CARD DEBT THAT YOU CARRY MONTH TO MONTH. >> ELIZABETH, ALEXIS, THANK YOU BOTH. WELL, BOEING'S TROUBLED STARLINER SCHEDULED FOR A RETURN TRIP TO EARTH TONIGHT, BUT THAT'S WITHOUT THE TWO ASTRONAUTS THAT IT CARRIED TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION EARLIER THIS YEAR . TREVOR AULT JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST ON THIS PRETTY CRAZY STORY. HEY, TREVOR. >> HEY THERE. SO THE STARLINER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN SPACE FOR JUST EIGHT DAYS, BUT IT'S NOW BEEN MORE THAN THREE MONTHS. AND WHEN IT FINALLY UNDOCKS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION THIS EVENING, IT WILL BE LEAVING ITS CREW. WELL, ON THE WAY UP, THE STARLINER SUFFERED HELIUM LEAKS AND A PROBLEM, THE CONTROL THRUSTERS. SO FOR SOME TIME IT WAS UNCLEAR HOW ASTRONAUTS BUTCH WILMORE AND SONNY WILLIAMS WOULD EVER GET HOME. NASA OFFICIALS SAY THERE WERE MANY TENSE MEETINGS WITH BOEING. THEY ULTIMATELY DECIDED IT WOULD BE RISKY TO BRING THEM HOME ON BOARD THE STARLINER. SO INSTEAD, BUTCH AND SUNNY ARE GOING TO BE STAYING AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION UNTIL FEBRUARY. THAT WILL IT AN EIGHT MONTH MISSION FOR THEM. THEN THEY WILL BE RIDING HOME WITH ONE OF BOEING'S COMPETITORS, A SPACEX CREW DRAGON THAT'S SET TO LAUNCH UP TO SPACE LATER THIS MONTH. >> SO NOW THE STARLINER BEGIN ITS JOURNEY BACK TONIGHT AROUND SIX. THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING A DIFFERENT MANEUVER THAT THEY WOULD HAVE IF THE ASTRONAUTS HAD BEEN ON BOARD. STARLINER SHOULD LAND IN MEXICO JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THAT IS ASSUMING EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING PLAN KYRA. >> ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TRACK IT. TREVOR, THANKS SO MUCH. AND COMING UP, AN AMERICAN WOMAN COULD WIN US OPEN FINAL TOMORROW. HOW SHE GOT THERE. BACK, WHAT DT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? BUT OPERATION AFTER LIFE IS A BLUNDER. BUT OPERATION SWARMER, WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS TO OPERATE A NUCLEAR REACTOR. SO WE HAD A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG, THERE'S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF CARE. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE TO YOU AS THEY LOOK AT YOUR SMILE? >> YOU'RE PROUD OF IT? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU. THANK YOU. SMILE. >> DAVID. YES. YES. I'M DAVID. >> YOU ARE. I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> I'M WHIT JOHNSON, REPORTING FROM MAUI. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. NORTH STREAMING ABC NEWS LOS. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR WITH US. SOME OTHER TOP HEADLINES THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING FOR YOU THIS HOUR. DOCTOR'S OFFICES HERE IN THE U.S. WILL GET SOME OF THE FIRST EVER SELF-SWAB TESTS FOR HPV. THE FDA CLINICAL USE OF THESE TESTS IN MAY. HPV IS MOST COMMONLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE IN THIS COUNTRY CAN ALSO LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING CERTAIN CANCERS. VIDEO GAME PERFORMERS REACHING A DEAL WITH MULTIPLE VIDEO GAME COMPANIES AFTER BEING STRIKE FOR MORE THAN A MONTH, SAG-AFTRA AND THOSE COMPANIES REACHING AN INTERIM WHICH INCLUDES WAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND PROTECTING AND PROTECTIONS RATHER, FROM EXPLOITIVE USES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THAT STRIKE ISN'T FULLY OVER, WITH SOME STILL HOLDING OUT AGAINST MAJOR, INCLUDING DISNEY, THE PARENT COMPANY OF ABC. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 22 YEARS, AMERICAN PLAYERS HAVE REACHED BOTH THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FINALS AT THE U.S. OPEN. JESSICA AGUILAR REACHED HER BY RALLYING AFTER DROPPING THE FIRST SET OF HER SEMIFINAL MATCHUP. SHE'S GOING TO FACE OFF AGAINST NUMBER TWO RANKED ARENA SABALENKA WINNER, WINNER OF THIS YEAR'S AUSTRALIA OPEN TOMORROW. THE MEN'S SEMIFINAL MATCHES TAKE PLACE TODAY, INCLUDING THE AMERICAN FACE OFF BETWEEN FRANCIS TIAFOE AND TAYLOR FRITZ. I AM STRUGGLING THESE NAMES, FOLKS. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. YOU CAN FIND US ANYWHERE YOU STREAM NEWS. AND IF YOU'RE ON THE GO, I DO LOVE TENNIS. IT'S JUST HARD TO KEEP WITH THE NAMES. YOU CAN GO TO THE ABC NEWS APP AND ABC NEWS .COM. ALSO KYRA PHILLIPS. THANKS FOR SHARING WITH US A LOT MORE NEWS AND FINALS UPDATES WITH THE NAMES PERFECTLY PRONOUNCE. OH YEAH DON'T FORGET NEXT WEEK, TUESDAY NIGHT RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE, WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WITH TRUMP AND HARRIS. YOU WANT TO MISS IT? WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION LIKE THIS POINT GUARD COMBAT OPERATIONS ARE WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR REACTOR. SO YOU'VE A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG, THERE'S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF PERIOD. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE? >> MAKE THE USA LOOK HERE. SMILE. YOU'RE PROUD OF THIS? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU? IT'S. >> DAVID. DAVID? YES. YES. >> I'M DAVID. YOU ARE. I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO. EVERY NIGHT. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAT PACK WAS NEAR THE OF YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING, IT FROM THE INSIDE, THE BRAT PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. THE CRITICS AGREE HATED THE. WHAT A DISASTER. >> WHY DIDN'T WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSE AND NOW LIKE I WE'RE THE BEATLES. WELL, WE DIDN'T FAIL SHEA STADIUM 1985. I WE COULD HAVE HAD. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE WITH THE CRUSH TWO FAMILIES ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA'S ONE STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LAUREN AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. REPORTER FROM SAN JUAN, PUERTO IN THE PATH OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO. I'M IKE EJIOCHI AND WHEREVER STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU'RE NOW SEEING ABC NEWS LIVE. HELLO, I'M TERRY MORAN. AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOP HEADLINES WE'RE WATCHING AT ABC NEWS LIVE. AT THIS HOUR, A JUDGE IN NEW YORK HAS DELAYED SENTENCING AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S HUSH MONEY CASE, MEANING HE WON'T FACE SENTENCING IN THIS CASE BEFORE ,THE ELECTION. TRUMP WAS FOUND GUILTY IN MAY ON 34 FELONY CHARGES RELATED TO PAYMENTS MADE TO ADULT FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS. HE HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING AND HE'S TRYING TO GET THIS CASE THROWN ON THE GROUNDS OF PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY. AND IN THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S OTHER LEGAL WOES, TRUMP ATTACKED THE WOMAN WHO BROUGHT AND WON THE ASSAULT AND DEFAMATION CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST HIM IN NEW YORK LAST. IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE ATTENDED THE COURT HEARING REQUESTING A NEW CIVIL TRIAL IN THAT CASE, TRUMP UNLOADED A BARRAGE OF GRIEVANCES TO AT TRUMP TOWER. ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING AS FORMER REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY JOINED HIS DAUGHTER, LIZ, AND PUBLICLY ENDORSES KAMALA HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT IN 2024. >> AND IN JUST A FEW DAYS, VICE PRESIDENT AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ARE SET TO DEBATE FOR THE FIRST TIME RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS AGAIN. THAT'S SEPTEMBER 9:00 EASTERN. AND YOU CAN WATCH IT RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WELL, THE CLOSING BELL JUST RUNG ON WALL STREET. STOCKS AND DOWN TODAY WITH THE DOW DOW FALLING CLOSE TO ONE PERCENTAGE POINT. A ROUGH WEEK FOR THE MARKET IN GENERAL WITH THE S&P HUNDRED ON TRACK FOR ITS WORST WEEKLY PERFORMANCE SINCE MARCH OF LAST YEAR. ALL THIS COMES AFTER THE U.S. ADDED 142,000 JOBS IN AUGUST, JUST A BIT BELOW WHAT ANALYSTS WERE EXPECTING. INVESTORS WILL NOW LOOK TO THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S MEETING THIS MONTH, WHERE THE FED IS EXPECTED TO CUT INTEREST RATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS. AND THE WHITE HOUSE IS CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION AFTER AN AMERICAN WOMAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT A PROTEST IN THE WEST BANK. APPARENTLY, THE SIX YEAR OLD WAS A FOREIGN SOLIDARITY ACTIVIST WORKING IN THE AREA, PROTECT PALESTINIAN FARMERS FROM ATTACKS BY ISRAELI SETTLERS. ISRAELI MILITARY AUTHORITIES SAY THAT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING . THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. I'M TERRY MORAN. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS AND YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON WHEREVER YOU STREAM YOUR NEWS ON THE ABC NEWS APP AND OF COURSE ON ABCNEWS.COM THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. >> Eva: "WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW" RIGHT NOW ON "GMA3." THE FATHER OF THE SUSPECTED TEENAGE GUNMAN IN THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING NOW FACING MURDER CHARGES HIMSELF. >>> AND THE RECORD-BREAKING SCORCHING HEAT IN THE WEST. GINGER ZEE AND OUR TEAM WITH THE LATEST ON THE SIZZLING TEMPERATURES. >>> YOUR VOICE, YOU VOTE. WITH WEEKS UNTIL AMERICANS CAST THEIR BALLOTS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ONE GROUP IS WARNING HOW PROJECT 2025 COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE BLACK COMMUNITY. >>> HOW MANY STORIES? AS I TRAVEL THESE STREETS, I REALIZE IT'S DEEPER THAN THAT. >> PLUS, USHER JOINS US HERE ON HIS NEW MOVIE. >> Eva: TOUGH TALK ABOUT TRUTH. THE IMPORTANT FAITH FRIDAY MESSAGE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEE WEEKEND. >>> PLUS, SWITCHING OUT YOUR SUS SUMMER BEAUTY RETURN FOR FALL. OUR BEAUTY BLOW UP. >> Eva: WE'RE GOING DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH A PERFORMANCE BY OLD DOMINION. >>> IT TOOK A WHILE. I DON'T KNOW HOW I TURNED THAT AROUND. >> AMERICAN JESSICA PEGULA WITH A HUGE COURT COMEBACK. NOW HEADING TO HER FIRST FINALS MAJOR AND TAYLOR FRITZ AND FRANCES TIAFOE SCARE OFF TONIGHT. >> Eva: AND ALEX MORGAN KICKING OFF HER RETIREMENT WITH SOME PERSONAL NEWS. >> Announcer: NOW FROM TIMES SQUARE, EVA PILGRIM AND DeMARCO MORGAN WITH "WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW." ♪ IT'S ALL ♪ >> Eva: IT FEELS LIKE A FRIDAY. GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO "WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW." OUR FRIEND REBECCA JARVIS IS HERE IN FOR DeMARCO. >> GREAT TO SEE YOU, EVA AND GREAT TO SEE YOU DR. DARIEN SUTTON. >> Dr. Darien: GOOD AFTERNOON. >> Eva: WE HAVE A LOT OF MEDICAL HEADLINES. THE HIGH PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY FOR THESE MEDICATIONS. WHAT'S THIS NEW STUDY? >> Dr. Darien: THIS COMES AFTER WHAT WE SAW LAST MONTH, THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATIONS TO LOWER COSTS. MANY AMERICANS ARE SUFFERING FROM THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF THIS. ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 65 ON MEDICARE, ABOUT 20% OF THE POPULATION, 4% OF OLDER ADULTS CANNOT AFFORD THEIR MEDICATIONS. LIKELY AN UNDERESTIMATE GIVEN THE FACT THAT MANY GO INTO DEBT TO TRY TO PAY FOR MEDICATIONS. 3% ARE SKIPPING DOSES, DELAYING MEDICATIONS BECAUSE OF THE COSTS. THESE NUMBERS EQUATE TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. I KNOW THEY MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE LARGE NUMBERS, BUT THEY'RE QUITE LARGE. IT AFFECTS THOSE WHO ARE FOOD INSECURE, THEY'RE SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY TO NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD MEDICATIONS. MORE IMPORTANTLY THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 65, ALMOST 90% OF THEM ARE USING AT LEAST ONE MEDICATION. THIS IS A PROBLEM MANY AMERICANS ARE SUFFERING FROM. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SURVEYS, 30% ARE SAYING THEY CAN'T AFFORD MEDICATIONS. LIKELY ALL OF THIS IS AN UNDERESTIMATE. >> ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS PEOPLE END UP IN PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY IS BECAUSE OF THEIR MEDICAL DEBTS. DR. SUTTON, AS LAWMAKERS AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES HAGGLE OVER WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND FOR CONSUMERS? >> Dr. Darien: THERE ARE STEPS YOU CAN TAKE. ASK YOUR PROVIDER FOR GENETIC PRESCRIPTIONS. SWITCH TO MAIL-ORDER PRESCRIPTIONS CAN SAVE YOU MONEY. ASK FOR BULK PRESCRIPTIONS. ALSO, LOOKING FOR ASSISTANT PROGRAMS. LOOK FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE COUPONS AND DISCOUNTS. SHOP LOCAL. DRUG PRICES ARE NEGOTIATED WITH PHARMACIES. IF YOU SHOP LOCAL, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND DISCOUNTS. THEY MAY NOT WORK FOR EVERYONE, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY REDUCE PRICES FOR SOME. >> I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THAT WITH MY OWN LOCAL PHARMACY. AS A PATIENT, YOU NEED TO SPEAK UP FOR YOURSELF. >> Dr. Darien: ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS ADDRESSED. >>> WE TURN TO ABC'S EM NGUYEN IN WASHINGTON WITH THE LATEST HEADLINES. GOOD AFTERNOON. >> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON, REBECCA. >>> WE BEGIN WITH THE NEW DETAILS IN THE DEADLY GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING. THE 14-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT'S FATHER NOW UNDER ARREST, ALSO CHARGED WITH MURDER. SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS HE MAY HAVE GIVEN THE AR-15 TO HIS SON FOR CHRISTMAS. AUTHORITIES SAY THAT WEAPON WAS USED TO KILL TWO CLASSMATES AND TWO TEACHERS. THE ACCUSED TEENAGER IN COURT TODAY. HIS LAWYER DECLINING TO SEEK BAIL. >>> NOW TO OUR TEAM COVERAGE WITH THE EXTREME WEATHER STARTING WITH GINGER ZEE. >> Reporter: ANOTHER DAY OF FLASH FLOOD ALONG THE GULF COAST. YOU TAKE THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND RAMPING THINGS UP. THE REGION, INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS, A SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD THREAT. HEAT, EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS TO THE WEST COAST. LOS ANGELES COULD STAY ABOVE 100. NOT JUST RED FLAG WARNINGS, BUT HEAT WARNINGS TOO. LET'S GET TO MATT RIVERS NOW IN THE HEAT. >> Reporter: IT'S NOT THAT COMFORTABLE HERE IN LOS ANGELES AT LEAST FOR NOW IT'S NOT TOO BAD. IN A COUPLE HOURS YOU'LL SEE THE TEMPERATURES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS NOT A PLACE THAT'S NOT UNUSED TO HEAT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TEMPERATURES IN THE 100s. PLACES LIKE THE VALLEY INTO THE 110s. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HEAT THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES. THERE'S A HEAT ADVISORY IN PLACE UNTIL MONDAY. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EXCESS HEAT IN CALIFORNIA, YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE WILDFIRE THREAT. RED FLAG WARNINGS IN PLACE AS WELL BECAUSE THE HIGHER THE TEMPERATURES GO THE HIGHER THE RISK FOR WILDFIRES. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE'S DAILY LIVES, WE WENT TO A HIGH SCHOOL IN THE VALLEY IN LOS ANGELES AND TALKED TO STUDENT ATHLETES WHO ARE PRACTICING IN THIS WEATHER. NEW STATE REGULATIONS IN CALIFORNIA HAVE MANDATED THAT THE SCHOOLS USE A SPECIFIC DEVICE THAT MEASURES HEAT, HUMIDITY, SUN EXPOSURE AND IT SPITS OUT A READING. THAT READING HAS TO BE BELOW A CERTAIN LEVEL IN ORDER FOR THE KIDS TO PRACTICE. THAT HASN'T BEEN HAPPENING UNTIL 6:00 P.M. YOU'RE GETTING FOOTBALL PRACTICES HAPPENING LATER. IT'S WREAKING HAVOC ON PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES, PARENTS HAVING TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS. THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR SAYS IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO TO KEEP KIDS SAFE. >> Reporter: MATT AND GINGER, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE LATEST JOB NUMBERS, HIRING IN THE U.S. PICKING UP A BIT IN AUGUST. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT REPORTING EMPLOYER ADDED 142,000 JOBS. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DIPPING FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH DOWN TO 4.2%. >>> 30-YEAR-OLD JESSICA PEGULA WITH THE REMARKABLE COMEBACK AT THE U.S. OPEN. THE AMERICAN EARNING HER FIRST TRIP TO A GRAND SLAM FINAL AS THE AMERICAN MEN BATTLE IT OUT, FRA FRANCES TIAFOE VERSUS TAYLOR FRITZ. WHOEVER WINS WILL BE THE FIRST AMERICAN MAN TO THE FINAL SINCE 2006. YOU CAN CATCH THE ACTION ON ESPN TONIGHT. WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR SOCCER AND TENNIS AND THEN THERE'S THE NFL STARTING THIS WEEK AS WELL. >> Eva: I SAW THE GAME LAST NIGHT. MY HUSBAND WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. THANKS, EM. >>> MUCH MORE AHEAD ON "GMA3" ON THIS FRIDAY. YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE. THE PUSHBACK AGAINST PROJECT 2025. >>> AND GETTING YOUR FALL GLOW. WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH OUT OUR SOME HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS AT NEW Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel, a nation at war. After that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground. In Ukraine reporting from Lewiston. Maine scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC, News, live is right there everywhere on the scene of that deadly missile, strike and inebriate. Ukraine reporting for the earthquake in turkey and Rolling Fork. 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Donald Trump, we will soon be a great nation again face-to-face, historic, the ABC News presidential debate moderated by David, Muir and Lindsey Davis, Tuesday night, live on ABC and streaming on ABC, News, live, Hulu, and Disney plus the ABC News presidential debate. >> Rebecca: WELCOME BACK TO "GMA3." THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK SURROUNDING PROJECT 2025 THIS ELECTION SEASON. >> Eva: THE PLAN IS A CONTROVERSIAL SET OF PROPOSALS FOR THE NEXT REPUBLICAN PRESIDENCY WRITTEN BY THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION. ONE GROUP FEARS HOW BLACK VOTERS COULD BE AFFECTED. JOINING US NOW IS COLOR OF CHANGE PRESIDENT RASHAD ROBINSON. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> Eva: FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DISTANCED HIMSELF FROM PROJECT 2025. WHY DOES IT EVEN MATTER? >> SO MUCH ABOUT POLICY IS PERSONNEL. BOTH PROJECT 2025 AND DONALD TRUMP HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT PART OF THEIR AGENDA, BOTH PLATFORMS, IS THAT THEY'LL DISMANTLE THE SORT OF CAREER SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE PEOPLE WHO WORK REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S A DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN. PROJECT 2025 AND DONALD TRUMP BOTH WANT TO REPLACE THEM WITH POLITICAL APPOINTEES. WHERE DO THEY COME FROM UNDER A DONALD TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? THEY COME FROM THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION. THEY COME FROM THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY. THEY COME FROM THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WRITTEN THIS PLAN AND PUT IT IN PLACE. DONALD TRUMP AS PRESIDENT WILL BE ONE PERSON, BUT HE'LL BE STACKED BY A RANGE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE THIS THEIR MISSION. WE KNOW FROM THE LAST TIME WHEN DONALD TRUMP SAID SOMETHINGS HE WOULDN'T DO AND THEN DID THEM, THAT WHAT WE HAVE TO BELIEVE IS THE INTENTION BEHIND IT. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED AND SUPPORTED BY ALL THE VERY PEOPLE THAT ARE FIGHTING TO PUT DONALD TRUMP IN OFFICE. IF HE'S ELECTED, PROJECT 2025 WILL BE THE OPERATING FRAMEWORK. I TELL OUR FOLKS AT COLOR OF CHANGE, I TELL BLACK AMERICANS, OUR PROJECT 2024 NEEDS TO BE VOTING. >> Rebecca: IN TERMS OF PROJECT 2025, WHAT ARE THE KEY PROVISIONS THAT COLOR OF CHANGE IS MOST CONCERNED ABOUT? >> WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, ACROSS EDUCATION, HEALTH JUSTICE. THEY'RE GOING TO DISMANTLE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ENFORCES ANTI-DISCRIMINATION RULES. WHETHER IT'S THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DISMANTLING THE TRACKING OF RACIAL DATA, DISMANTLELYING THE IT'S LIKE HAVING SPEED LIMITS, BUT NOT ENFORCING THEM. GETTING RID OF SCHOOL LUNCHES. GETTING RID OF THE TOOLS IN PLACE TO PROMOTE EQUITY. A LOT HAS BEEN DONE TO CLOSE THE GAPS ON HOME OWNERSHIP, TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO LOANS AND RESOURCES TO START BUSINESSES, WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR. THAT WILL BE DISMANTLED. THINK ABOUT IT, A BILLIONAIRE PRESIDENT PRESIDING OVER AN ADMINISTRATION THAT MAKES IT HARD FOR THE LITTLE GUY TO BE ABLE TO START A SMALL BUSINESS, TO BE ABLE TO GET A STUDENT LOAN TO GET MORE EDUCATION. TURNING THIS COUNTRY BACKWARDS AND TURNING US ALL BACKWARDS AND TAKING AWAY THE VERY THINGS THAT MAKE AMERICA GREAT. THIS IDEA THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY ACHIEVE MORE, HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES THAN THE GENERATION BEFORE US. >> Eva: YOU SAID VOTING IS REALLY IMPORTANT. HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THOSE PEOPLE SHOW UP TO VOTE? >> WE'RE GOING TO EDUCATE. THE RESEARCH TELLS US THAT PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR FROM FOLKS IN THEIR NETWORKS. ONE THINGS WE'VE BEEN PIONEERING FOR YEARS AT COLOR OF CHANGE IS WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT THROUGH TECH PLATFORMS WE GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO REACH OUT THROUGH PHONES, DOORS, TEXT MESSAGING AND WE'RE ABLE TO CONTACT IRREGULAR VOTERS, VOTERS THAT DON'T SHOW UP. IN MICHIGAN ALONE, ACCORDING TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN MICHIGAN, THERE ARE OVER 1 MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE THAT DID NOT VOTE IN THE LAST ELECTION WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. IF WE CAN JUST CONTACT THOSE FOLKS AND GET PERCENTAGES OF THOSE FOLKS TO VOTE, THE ABILITY TO NOT JUST SWING AN ELECTION, BUT TO MAKE SURE THE ELECTION IS SWUNG BY PEOPLE WHO NOW HAVE MORE POWER TO MAKE THE DEMANDS ON THE THINGS THEY CARE ABOUT. ELECTIONS ARE NOT ABOUT GIVING POLITICIANS JOBS. THEY'RE ABOUT HELPING TO MAKE EVERY DAY PEOPLE'S LIVES BETTER. WE PAIR OUR WORK AROUND ELECTIONS WITH CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU DO AFTER THE ELECTION. WHAT DOES THE ACCOUNTABILITY LOOK LIKE? HOW DO WE WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT MAKING THE SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES THAT SHOULD SERVE ALL OF US ACTUALLY SERVE ALL OF US. >> Eva: IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG YEAR. RASHAD ROBINSON, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, PRESIDENT OF THE COLOR OF CHANGE. WE APPRECIATE YOU. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> Rebecca: JUST AHEAD ON "GMA3," A FAITH FRIDAY CONVERSATION ON TRUTH. >> Eva: AND USHER BRINGINGMUSIC YOU. HE JOI What does it take? To be the most watched news cast in America an operation think after Isis Fighters sister combat operations. We're approaching the gate now militants came in from four or five different directions operation. So we have a couple loaded and ready to go the house is destroyed but the flag there's not a tear in it out of Terry and how important this label right here made the USA. Look at you. Smile you're proud of this. I love it. Hi, David. I'm David. ABC's World News Tonight with David Muir is America's most watched news cast. Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel. A nation at war in Rolling Fork, This Tornado tore through this town from Lewiston, Maine, a scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile, strike, ABC, News live everywhere and Iceland. Let's go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street, wherever the story is we're going to take you there, you're streaming. ABC News, live BBC News, live your streaming, ABC News, live, ABC news live streaming free everywhere. First thing in the morning. There's a lot going on. We're still in a flash flood warning to catch you up with what happened overnight, clashing over National Security. What's happening today tensions, in the Middle East. What people are talking about? The worries, on Wall Street, fast, straight forward with some fun in between catching up on sleep. During the weekend could be good for your heart. Non-alcoholic bars are popping up in a growing number of cities. That's the spirit America This Morning. America's number one, early morning news on, ABC News live. ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE THEIR DAY HERE AT ABC NEWS. >> THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES Reporting from Miami Florida. I'm Victor Oquendo wherever the story is will take you there. You're streaming ABC News live. >> Rebecca: WELCOME BACK. IT IS FAITH FRIDAY AND OUR NEXT GUEST IS AN EVANGELIST, AUTHOR AND PODCAST HOST WHO DOESN'T SHY AWAY FROM TOUGH CONVERSATIONS. >> Eva: HIS NEW BOOK, "HOW TO TELL THE TRUTH," TELLS THE STORY OF HIS PATH TO FINDING FAITH. PLEASE WELCOME PRESTON PERRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. YOU GUYS ARE GOOD AT THIS. >> Eva: I'M CURIOUS WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO WRITE THIS BOOK. >> THE BIBLE TELLS US TO MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS. I WANTED TO CREATE A BOOK THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE CHRISTIANS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE, TO GO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH THE CO-WORKER, THE FAMILY MEMBER. THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHY I WROTE THE BOOK. >> Rebecca: HOW DO YOU START THOSE CONVERSATIONS? CAN YOU TAKE US INSIDE OF ONE? >> FOR ME I ALWAYS LIKE TO LEAD WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, RIGHT. WHEN I'M TALKING TO SOMEONE, I ALWAYS ASK QUESTIONS. I THINK JESUS MODELLED ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS. WHEN WE ASK QUESTIONS, PEOPLE TEACH YOU HOW TO SERVE THEM. I ASK THEM, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO CHURCH? HAVE YOU HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE WITH THE CHURCH? HOW WAS THOSE EXPERIENCES? THEY TEACH ME HOW TO SERVE THEM. >> Eva: SO MUCH IS LOOKING AT SOMEONE ELSE. WE'RE SO CENTER FOCUSSED THESE DAYS. >> ABSOLUTELY, YEAH. >> Eva: WE ASK ALL OUR FAITH FRIDAY GUESTS TO GIVE US WORDS OF WISDOM. DO YOU HAVE WORDS FOR US? >> BE TRUE TO YOURSELF OUT T THERE. PEOPLE LOVE AUTHENTIC PEOPLE WHO LOVE JESUS. I LEAD WITH AUTHENTICITY, BUT DON'T SHY AWAY FROM THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL. BE BOLD, BUT BE GRACIOUS. THAT'S MY BEST ADVICE. >> Eva: PRESTON PERRY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU CAN PICK UP "HOW TO TELL THE TRUTH" EVERYWHERE BOOKS ARE SOLD OR SCAN THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN TO PURCHASE A COPY. >> Rebecca: UP NEXT, RENDEZVOUS IN PARIS. >> What does it take? To be the most watched news cast in America an operation think after Isis Fighters sister combat operations. We're approaching the gate now militants came in from four or five different directions operation. So we have a couple loaded and ready to go the house is destroyed but the flag there's not a tear in it out of Terry and how important this label right here made the USA. Look at you. Smile you're proud of this. I love it. Hi, David. I'm David. ABC's World News Tonight with David Muir is America's most watched news cast. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET'S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS. AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT'S It was a regular day for 19 year old Melissa with something terrible had happened to her had several suspects all these kinds of leads of known serial killer in your area. Could he be involved actually finding key evidence that could have slipped through the cracks her last hours on this Earth with horrific this beautiful control police will find out what happened at wit's end the hunt for a killer only on Hulu. Tuesday, night, the most consequential moment of this campaign, Kamala Harris. Donald Trump, we will soon be a great nation again face-to-face, historic, the ABC News presidential debate moderated by David, Muir and Lindsey Davis, Tuesday night, live on ABC and streaming on ABC, News, live, Hulu, and Disney plus the ABC News presidential debate. >> Eva: DR. DARIEN IS BACK. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VAPES. THE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY ENCOU ENCOURAGING. >> Dr. Darien: GOOD NEWS. IT'S MY LIFE'S GOAL TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE RISK OF VAPE. THE REPORT FROM THE CDC SHOWS HALF A MILLION FEWER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE VAPING. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN E-CIGARETTE USE, LIKELY DRIVEN FROM PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION AND HOPEFULLY THE EDUCATION I'M GIVING EVERY DAY. >> Rebecca: A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, VAPES HAVE TO BE BETTER THAN CIGARETTES. WHAT DO YOU SAY? >> Dr. Darien: I HAVE A PLANNED RESPONSE FOR THAT BECAUSE I HEAR IT SO MANY TIMES. NUMBER ONE, THE AMOUNT OF NICOTINE IN THESE VAPES CAN EQUATE TO 20 TO 40 CIGARETTES. THAT'S A RISK YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE. YES, VAPES DON'T HAVE TOBACCO, BUT THE NICOTINE IS HARMFUL TO OUR BRAIN, KIDNEYS AND LUNGS. THE MECHANISM OF VAPES, THAT AIR IS ACTUALLY A LOT HOTTER THAN YOU IMAGINE. WHEN THAT HITS THE DELICATE BARRIERS OF YOUR LUNGS, IT CAN CAUSE DAMAGE THAT CAN LEAD TO CHRONIC LUNG INJURY OVER TIME. IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE RISK OF THESE THINGS. IF YOU CAN, THROW THEM OUT. >> Eva: HOW DO YOU QUIT? WHAT ADVICE DO YOU GIVE? >> Dr. Darien: ACKNOWLEDGING YOU MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM. MANY PEOPLE SAY, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM, I ENJOY THEM. IF YOU CAN'T PUT IT DOWN, UNFORTUNATELY YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. TAKE STEPS. REDUCE GRADUALLY. I DON'T BELIEVE CUTTING COLD TURKEY IS EASY OR REALISTIC. REDUCE. GET A FRIEND TO KEEP YOU ON TRACK. >> Rebecca: FIND ANOTHER TREAT. >> Dr. Darien: FIND ANOTHER TREAT. >> Rebecca: I'M KIDDING. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE RIGHT ADVICE. >> Dr. Darien: I W W EXERCISE. >> Eva: THAT'S GOOD ADVICE. STAY WITH US. If you were coming of age in the 1980s, the brat pack was here the center of your cultural awareness, but for those of us experiencing it from the inside the brat pack was something very different the critics agree hated the breathitt. What a disaster. Why did we take it as an offense Beatles? Right? Well, we didn't fail Shea Stadium 1985. I think we could What does it take? To be the most watched news cast in America an operation think after Isis Fighters sister combat operations. We're approaching the gate now militants came in from four or five different directions operation. So we have a couple loaded and ready to go the house is destroyed but the flag there's not a tear in it out of Terry and how important this label right here made the USA. Look at you. Smile you're proud of this. I love it. Hi, David. I'm David. ABC's World News Tonight with David Muir is America's most watched news cast. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S MOST NEWSCAST. >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE'S LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT, OVERNIGHT FLASHING OVER NATIONAL SECURITY. >> WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? >> TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE WORRIES ON. WALL STREET FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND. >> COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT, AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE. EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING FOR. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE. THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. >> ABC LIVE. EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET'S GO OUT ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET. FOREVER THE STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU'RE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE. ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. HELLO, I'M TERRY MORAN AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOP WE'RE WATCHING AT ABC NEWS LIVE AT THIS HOUR. A JUDGE, NEW YORK CITY HAS DELAYED SENTENCING AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY CASE. THAT MEANS HE WON'T FACE SENTENCING IN THIS CASE BEFORE THE ELECTION. TRUMP WAS FOUND GUILTY IN MAY ON 34 FELONY CHARGES RELATED TO PAYMENTS MADE TO ADULT FILM STORMY DANIELS. HE HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING AND HE'S TRYING TO GET THIS CASE THROWN OUT ON GROUNDS OF PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S OTHER LEGAL WOES. TRUMP ATTACKED E. JEAN CARROLL . SHE'S THE WOMAN WHO BROUGHT AND WON THE ASSAULT AND DEFAMATION, CIVIL AGAINST TRUMP IN NEW YORK LAST YEAR. HE DID SO IMMEDIATELY AFTER. HE ATTENDED THE COURT HEARING REQUESTING A NEW CIVIL TRIAL IN THAT CASE. JUST UNLOADED A BARRAGE OF GRIEVANCES TO REPORTERS AT TOWER. ALL OF THIS HAPPENING AS FORMER REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY JOINED HIS DAUGHTER, LIZ, IN PUBLICLY ENDORSING KAMALA HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT IN 2024. AND IN JUST A FEW DAYS, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ARE SET DEBATE FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE ON ABC NEWS. AGAIN, THAT SEPTEMBER 10TH AT 9:00 EASTERN. AND YOU CAN WATCH IT RIGHT ON ABC NEWS LIVE. TODAY, THE ALLEGED SHOOTER AND HIS FATHER HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH WEDNESDAY'S DEADLY SHOOTING AT APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL IN GEORGIA, MADE THEIR FIRST APPEARANCES IN COURT. 14-YEAR-OLD COLT GRAY AND HIS 54-YEAR-OLD FATHER, COLIN GRAY, APPEARED BEFORE A JUDGE SEPARATELY IN THE SAME COURTROOM, THOUGH, TO FACE MURDER CHARGES. >> SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE COLLIN GAVE, HIS TEENAGE SON, AN AR-15 STYLE RIFLE FOR CHRISTMAS WHICH AUTHORITIES SAY HE USED TO KILL TWO TEACHERS AND TWO STUDENTS. >> BOTH COLLIN GRAY AND COLT GRAY CURRENTLY BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND AND THEY ARE BACK DUE BACK IN COURT DECEMBER 4TH. IF THEY'RE CONVICTED, THEY COULD EACH THE REST OF THEIR LIVES BEHIND BARS IN PARIS IS HOPING TO HONOR THE LIFE OF UGANDAN OLYMPIAN REBECCA CHEPTEGEI, WHO DIED THIS WEEK IN A HORRIFIC ACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WHEN SHE WAS SET FIRE BY HER BOYFRIEND, PARIS MAYOR, AND HIDALGO PLANS TO NAME A SPORTS VENUE AFTER CHEPTEGEI. UGANDAN CAME IN 44TH WHILE COMPETING IN THE WOMEN'S MARATHON AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS LAST MONTH. CHEPTEGEI DIED YESTERDAY, SHORTLY AFTER BEING RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. PARIS OFFICIALS SAY. THIS PROPOSAL WILL BE DETERMINED IN OCTOBER. THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH US. I'M TERRY MORAN. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU. ANY WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US WHEREVER YOU YOUR NEWS ON THE ABC NEWS APP AND OF COURSE ON ABC NEWS.COM. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. THERE'S >> Eva: WELCOME BACK. DR. DARIEN JOINS US WITH A QUESTION FROM ONE OF YOU. HOW CAN YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COLD AND SINUS INFECTION? >> Dr. Darien: IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I BROUGHT A LITTLE GRAPHIC. I LOVE GRAPHICS. I SHOW THIS TO PATIENTS ALL THE TIME. WE KNOW THE SYMPTOMS OF A COMMON COLD. WHEN YOU HAVE A SINUS INFECTION, IT INVOLVES YOUR SINUSES. MANY EXIST IN YOUR FACE, BEHIND YOUR NOSE AND CHEEK. ON THE LEFT SIDE IS A NORMAL SINUS. THAT IS CLEAR AND FULL OF AIR. ON THE RIGHT SIDE DUE TO A BACTERIAL INFECTION OR VIRAL INFECTION, YOU HAVE A BUILD UP OF FLUID. THAT CAUSES PRESSURE AND PAIN. >> Rebecca: LOOKS NASTY, FEELS EVEN NASTIER, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE EYE AND KMCHEEK BONE. HOW DOES IT PROGRESS AND BECOME A SINUS INFECTION? >> Dr. Darien: OFTEN IT'S TIMING. IT CAN BE DUE TO VIRUSES THAT COME FROM THE COMMON COLD. WHEN IT LASTS MORE THAN FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS, IT'S MORE LIKELY A BACTERIAL INFECTION. THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED ANTIBIOTICS. YOU CAN DO MEASURES AT HOME TO REDUCE SYMPTOMS. >> Eva: IS THIS SOMETHING YOU CAN TREAT AT HOME? >> Dr. Darien: IT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN TREAT AT HOME. THE FIRST STEP TO REMEMBER IS YOU CAN TAKE ANTIHISTAMINES. THEY DECREASE THE INFLAMMATION IN THE FACE AND SOOTHE SYMPTOMS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT NASAL IRRIGATION, WE HAVE THOSE PRODUCTS AT HOME, OUR GRANDMOTHERS USED THEM. MAKE SURE THE WATER YOU'RE USING IS CLEAN OR STERILE TO PREVENT THE RARE BUT THE RISK OF INFECTION. MY GRANDMOTHER TAUGHT ME USING A HOT BOWL OF WATER. BOIL WATER AND PUT IT IN A BOWL AND PUT A TOWEL OVER YOUR HEAD TO BREAK UP THE MUCOUS. >> Rebecca: DR. GRANDMA'S ALWAYS GOT IT. >> Dr. Darien: SHE'S ALWAYS GOT IT. >> Eva: COMING UP NEXT ON "GMA3," TIME TO SWITCH UP OUR BEAUTY ROUTINE FOR THE FALL. WE'VE CALLED IN SOME HELP. SARAH EGGENBERGER IS HERE. >> Rebecca It was a regular day for 19 year old Melissa with something terrible had happened to her had several suspects all these kinds of leads of known serial killer in your area. Could he be involved actually finding key evidence that could have slipped through the cracks her last hours on this Earth with horrific this beautiful control police will find out what happened at wit's end the hunt for a killer only on Hulu. Get ready, America every Friday hottest Trends Styles and must have what's the right stuff to buy right now. I really love that it's time to buy the right stuff. Yes. And save big time to the right stuff Fridays on GMA you're going to love it. Wherever news breaks, it's so important to always remember that lives are changed getting you behind the stories as they happen, ABC News live Prime will take you. There streaming free on ABC News live. What does it take? To be the most watched news cast in America an operation think after Isis Fighters sister combat operations. We're approaching the gate now militants came in from four or five different directions operation. So we have a couple loaded and ready to go the house is destroyed but the flag there's not a tear in it out of Terry and how important this label right here made the USA. Look at you. Smile you're proud of this. I love it. Hi, David. I'm David. ABC's World News Tonight with David Muir is America's most watched news cast. Tuesday, night, the most consequential moment of this campaign, Kamala Harris. Donald Trump, we will soon be a great nation again face-to-face, historic, the ABC News presidential debate moderated by David, Muir and Lindsey Davis, Tuesday night, live on ABC and streaming on ABC, News, live, Hulu, and Disney plus the ABC News presidential debate. >> Eva: WELCOME BACK TO "GMA3." CHANGING SEASONS MEANS IT'S TIME TO CHANGE OUR BEAUTY ROUTINES. HERE TO HELP US IS THE SENIOR EDITOR AT LARGE OF NEW BEAUTY, SARAH EGGENBERGER. >> Rebecca: YOU CAN SHOP ALL THESE ITEMS AT OUR WEBSITE, GOODMORNINGAMERICA.COM, OR SCAN THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN. SO GREAT TO SEE YOU, SARAH. I WATCH THE SHOW ALL THE TIME. THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME INTERACTING. EVA AND I ARE MASSIVELY INTO PRODUCTS. THAT'S COMMON KNOWLEDGE. WALK US THROUGH. >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSITIONING OUR SKIN FROM SUMMER, REPLACING GLOWY TO FALL. LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR. OUR SKIN DOESN'T HAVE THE RADIANCE BECAUSE OF THE HUMIDITY. INSTEAD OF USING MAGNIFYING SERUMS, NOW WE'RE STEPPING INTO ILLUMINATING SERUMS. THIS IS SAIE. IT'S UNIVERSAL. YOU CAN INCORPORATE THIS INTO ANYTHING YOU WANT. THERE'S DIFFERENT TONES. THERE'S A ROSE GOLD, BRONZE GOLD. YOU CAN INCLUDE THIS INTO YOUR MOISTURIZING, FOUNDATION. TOUCH IT ON YOUR FACE WHERE YOU NEED IT. YOU CAN DO LOTS OF FUN WITH THIS. IT PROVIDES THAT GLOW. >> Eva: I LOVE A GLOW. WE WALKED OVER HERE AND WE WERE BOTH LIKE, OH, WHAT IS THESE? >> I LOVE THIS. IT'S A REUSABLE EYE PATCH. IN THE FALL OUR SKIN DRIES OUT BECAUSE OF THE HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE DROPPING. DIEUX CREATED MULTI-USE EYE PADS. THEY'RE MORE OF A SILICONE TEXTURE. PUT YOUR EYE GEL, EYE CREAM AND LAY THESE RIGHT ON. IT STAYS UNDER YOUR EYES. THAT WAY IT TRAPS THE MOISTURE. I DON'T EVEN HAVE AN EYE CREAM ON. IT STAYS THERE AND HELPS SUPPORT THE MOISTURE. >> Rebecca: AND YOU'RE BASICALLY USING THE EYE CREAM YOU ALREADY HAVE AND PUTTING THAT ON TOP TO KEEP IN IT. >> EXACTLY. >> Eva: YOU SLEEP IN THESE? >> YEAH. IF YOU LAY ON YOUR BACK, THEY STAY ON ALL NIGHT. HAIR, FRIZZY HAIR T NOW DRY HAIR IN THE FALL. THIS IS OUAI. THIS IS THEIR HAIR OIL. IT'S SO GOOD. YOU HAVE TO SMELL THIS. IT'S AMAZING. I'LL OPEN THIS UP FOR YOU. >> Rebecca: SO NICE. >> SUCH A LUXURIOUS OIL. IT'S GOING TO SOLVE ALL YOUR PROBLEMS AT A GREAT PRICE. >> Eva: I WANT TO EAT IT. >> YOU WANT IT TO SMELL GOOD. THIS ADDS HYDRATION TO STYLE YOUR HAIR. IT'S A UV PROTECTANT, ALL THE THINGS. >> Rebecca: WE SPRITZED WITH THIS. >> THIS IS SO LOVELY. SCENT IS LIKE THE BACKBONE OF FALL. THAT'S WHAT YOU GO TO. IT ELICITS A VIBE. WITH NETTE, THEY HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL CANDLES AND FRAGRANCE. I LOVE THIS CERAMIC CONTAINER. YOU CAN REUSE THOSE. PUT YOUR MATCHUP BRUSHES IN THOSE, PENCILS. ALSO THEIR PERFUME. >> Eva: WE ALL SPRAYED THEM. >> WE ALL SMELLED IT. IT SMELLS SO GOOD. IT'S A HIGH-GRADE LOVELY FRAGRANCE THAT LASTS SO LONG. >> Rebecca: THIS IS WHAT WE ALL NEED THE MINUTE IT GETS COLD OUTSIDE. >> ABSOLUTELY. EVEN IF YOUR SUN CARE GAME -- WE TEND TO NEGLECT OUR HANDS. DON'T YOU WORRY. WE HAVE A SOLUTION WITH SIDIA. THIS IS A LIGHT-WEIGHT GEL. YOUR HANDS ARE FULLY LOADED. IT'S SO NICE. IT'S LIGHT WEIGHT TO KEEP IT AT YOUR DESK. >> Rebecca: NOT GREASY. >> Eva: LOOK AT THAT. >> THEY WORK REALLY WELL AND HELP -- >> Eva: SMELLS NICE. >> IT'S A GREAT BRAND. IT'S A FRAGRANCE BRAND AND SKINCARE AND BODY CARE AND CANDLE LINE. >> Eva: RARE BEAUTY, WE ALL KNOW ABOUT RARE BEAUTY. >> I LOVE NEW PALLETS FOR COLORS. THIS IS THEIR LIP OIL BY RARE BEAUTY. YOU GET THE HYDRATION ON YOUR LIPS. LOOK AT THESE BEAUTIFUL SHADES. I LAYER THEM AND USE THEM INDIVIDUALLY. SO GOOD. >> Rebecca: YOU CAN WATCH "ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILD" AND APPLY THIS ON. FINALLY FOUNDATION. >> THIS IS ARMANI'S FOUNDATION. AS OUR SKIN GETS DRYER, WE NEED A LIQUID. IF YOU TEND TO CHANGE COLORS, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO RECHECK YOUR FOUNDATIONS. >> Eva: A LOT OF OUR MAKE-UP ARTISTS USE IT. THANK YOU, SARAH. TO SHOP THESE ITEMS, SCAN THAT QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN OR HEAD TO GOODMORNINGAMERICA.COM. >> Rebecca: JUST AHEAD HERE ON "GMA3," USHER'S BEEN MAKING BEAUTIFUL MUSIC FOR 30 YEARS NOW. HIS NEW CONCERT MOVIE IS ABOUT TOva: HERE'S HERE AT "GMA3" IN THE STUDIO TO TELL US ALL ABOUT Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel. A nation at war in Rolling Fork, This Tornado tore through this town from Lewiston, Maine, a scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile, strike, ABC, News live everywhere and Iceland. Let's go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street, wherever the story is we're going to take you there, you're streaming. ABC News, live BBC News, live your streaming, ABC News, live, ABC news live streaming free everywhere. Hi, I'm Andy and I'm Sabrina and we're mom juggling tons of stuff every day like all you moms out there and you know what? We love really love Pop Culture. So listen now to our new podcast pop culture mom's wherever you get your podcast. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET'S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS. AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT'S It was a regular day for 19 year old Melissa with something terrible had happened to her had several suspects all these kinds of leads of known serial killer in your area. Could he be involved actually finding key evidence that could have slipped through the cracks her last hours on this Earth with horrific this beautiful control police will find out what happened at wit's end the hunt for a killer only on Hulu. Get ready, America every Friday hottest Trends Styles and must have what's the right stuff to buy right now. I really love that it's time to buy the right stuff. Yes. And save big time to the right stuff Fridays on GMA you're going to love it. >>> SO MANY STORIES. AS I TRAVELLED THESE ANCIENT STREETS, I REALIZE IT'S DEEPER THAN THAT. IT'S A SPECIAL KIND OF LOVE CONSTANTLY SURROUNDING ME, AR AROUSING MY SLIGHTEST DESIRES. >> Rebecca: WE LOVE IT. WELCOME BACK TO "GMA3." THAT WAS A LOOK AT THE STEAMY NEW FILM, "USHER: RENDEZVOUS IN PARIS," THE R&B SHOWMAN IS BRINGING HIS CONCERT EXPERIENCE TO FANS IN THE NEW MOVIE D DOCUMENTING HIS 2023 PARIS SHOWS. >> Eva: AND HE'S HERE AT "GMA3," PLEASE WELCOME THE ONE AND ONLY USHER. >> GOOD MORNING. >> Eva: CONGRATULATIONS. I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU FOUND TIME TO THIS. YOU HAVE YOUR VEGAS RESIDENCY, THE HALFTIME SHOW AND THEN THIS FILM WHICH -- CAN WE CALL IT SEXY? IT'S KIND OF SEXY. >> WELL, THANK YOU. MORE PLEASE. >> Eva: WHY DID YOU CHOOSE PARIS? >> I CHOSE PARIS BECAUSE FOR THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN GOING THERE AND ENJOYED FASHION WEEK, I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GIVE US A PLACE TO GO AND A THING TO CELEBRATE. OBVIOUSLY IT REPRESENTS MY CULTURE, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING COULD ALLOW ME TO PARTNER WITH CREATIVES, THE DESIGNERS I WORKED WITH TO CREATE THE WARDROBE AND IT ELEVATED EVERYTHING. I'VE BEEN IN VEGAS WITH A SUCCESSFUL RESIDENCY. RENDEZVOUS WAS A SPECIAL VERSION OF MY RESIDENCY. >> Rebecca: THE REAL EIFFEL TOWER IS DIFFERENT THAN THE VEGAS EIFFEL TOWER. IT IS -- [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] >> BRAVO. >> Rebecca: I THINK ABOUT YOU, USHER, THREE DECADES. I GREW UP WITH YOUR MUSIC, CONSTANTLY REINVENTING AND ALSO ON FASHION AND STYLE AND YOU REALLY ARE THIS ICON. HOW DO YOU DO IT? WHAT ARE YOUR INSPIRATIONS AND THINGS THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS AS YOU EVOLVE OVER TIME? >> YOU KNOW WHAT, I JUST -- I TRY TO BE AS TRUE AS I POSSIBLY CAN TO THE CREATOR AND I'M ALWAYS MINDFUL OF WHAT'S NEXT. AS TECHNOLOGY IS MAKING ITS WAY INTO IT AND I'M FINDING OTHER WAYS TO KIND OF ENGINEER THIS IDEA OF CREATING SOME WAY OF PRESERVING WHAT I CREATED. >> Eva: CAN I ASK YOU ABOUT SOMETHING I ALWAYS SEE YOU DO AT YOUR CONCERTS? YOU SERENADE WOMEN. IT'S A THING. >> IT'S A THING. IT'S A ME THING. IT'S A CLASSIC THING. I TRY MY HARDEST TO BE MINDFUL OF THE THINGS THAT INSPIRE ME. WHEN I LOOK BACK AND I SEE TEDDY PENDERGRASS AND I SEE MARVIN GAYE AND THE GUYS WHO UNDERSTOOD HOW TO SERENADE WOMEN, I GO A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. >> Eva: AS WE'VE SEEN. >> THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF THINGS. TALKING ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ME AND MY KIDS. MY 15-YEAR-OLD WILL COME TO THE SHOW AND GIVE ME ADVICE. DAD, DO THIS, TRY THIS, SING MORE. COOL. DANCE MORE HERE. LET'S CREATE SOMETHING PEOPLE CAN TAKE AWAY. LET'S CREATE USH BOOKS. OKAY, COOL, GREAT. IT'S ALL ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE AND WHAT MY CULTURE REPRESENTS. IN THIS CASE, WE EARLIER GOT OUR -- >> Rebecca: I PUT THEM IN THE VAULT. >> DO YOU KNOW HOW TO USE THEM? >> Rebecca: PLEASE TELL ME. >> AT WEDDINGS WE THROW RICE. NEW YEAR'S WE CELEBRATE WITH CONFETTI. AT AN USHER CONCERT, WE THROW U BUCKS. >> Eva: WE SAW A CLIP OF THAT IN THE FILM. >> WE DID A PREMIER AT THE APOLLO. I'M ALWAYS TRYING MY HARDEST TO GIVE PEOPLE A BIT OF WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS. WHEN I'M CREATING IN ATLANTA, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS, SOMETHING WE DO. >> Eva: PEOPLE LOVE BEING ABLE TO TAKE SOMETHING AWAY. >> YEAH, THEY DO. >> Eva: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU. HAD A GOOD TIME MAKING IT. I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOY IT. "USHER: RENDEZVOUS IN PARIS" IS IN THEATERS SEPTEMBER 12th TO THE 15th. MAYBE COME TO LAS VEGAS. YOU'LL ENJOY THIS. >> Eva: YOU'RE ON A WORLD TOUR, "PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE." SUPPORT HIM. >> Rebecca: GET THAT FUTURE WITH USHER ON. >> THANK YOU, LADIES. >> Rebecca: MORE GREAT MUSIC IS JUST AHEAD ON "GMA3." ONE OF THE BIGGEST BANDS IN THE COUNTRY MUSIC DOMAIN. GET READY FOR OLD DOMINION. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. ♪ ♪ First thing in the morning. There's a lot going on. We're still in a flash flood warning to catch you up with what happened overnight, clashing over National Security. What's happening today tensions, in the Middle East. What people are talking about? The worries, on Wall Street, fast, straight forward with some fun in between catching up on sleep. During the weekend could be good for your heart. Non-alcoholic bars are popping up in a growing number of cities. That's the spirit America This Morning. America's number one, early morning news on, ABC News live. What does it take? To be the most watched news cast in America an operation think after Isis Fighters sister combat operations. We're approaching the gate now militants came in from four or five different directions operation. So we have a couple loaded and ready to go the house is destroyed but the flag there's not a tear in it out of Terry and how important this label right here made the USA. Look at you. Smile you're proud of this. I love it. Hi, David. I'm David. ABC's World News Tonight with David Muir is America's most watched news cast. Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel. A nation at war in Rolling Fork, This Tornado tore through this town from Lewiston, Maine, a scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile, strike, ABC, News live everywhere and Iceland. Let's go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street, wherever the story is we're going to take you there, you're streaming. ABC News, live BBC News, live your streaming, ABC News, live, ABC news live streaming free everywhere. Get ready, America every Friday hottest Trends Styles and must have what's the right stuff to buy right now. I really love that it's time to buy the right stuff. Yes. And save big time to the right stuff Fridays on GMA you're going to love it. ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE THEIR DAY HERE AT ABC NEWS. >> THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES Tuesday, night, the most consequential moment of this campaign, Kamala Harris. Donald Trump, we will soon be a great nation again face-to-face, historic, the ABC News presidential debate moderated by David, Muir and Lindsey Davis, Tuesday night, live on ABC and streaming on ABC, News, live, Hulu, and Disney plus the ABC News presidential debate. ♪ BABY LEAVE THE LIGHT ON ♪ >> Eva: WELCOME BACK. THEY HAVE BEEN LIGHTING UP THE CHARTS AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN COUNTRY MUSIC, REDEFINING THE GENRE WITH THEIR BLEND OF COUNTRY AND ROCK. >> Rebecca: THEIR GREATEST HITS COMPILATION WAS JUST RELEASED. THEY'RE WITH US NOW. PLEASE WELCOME MULTI-PLATINUM SELLING BAND OLD DOMINION. SO GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS. IT'S JUST BEEN SUCH A WONDER TO WATCH YOUR CAREER OVER THESE LAST YEARS. THIS LAST DECADE REALLY. YOU THOUGHT YOU WEREN'T GOING TO MAKE IT. >> YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE KEPT TELLING OURSELVES ANYWAY. >> Rebecca: WHAT? WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING? >> LITTLE BIT OF SELF-PRESERVATION. PROTECTING OURSELVES. IT'S A TOUGH BUSINESS. >> Rebecca: BUT HERE YOU ARE. >> Dr. Darien: IT'S GREAT TO DO A COMPILATION, OLDIES BUT GOODIES. HOW DID YOU DECIDE WHAT TO PUT IN THERE? >> DURING OR LAST TOUR FANS WERE BRINGING SIGNS WITH REQUESTS. MOST OF THEM WEREN'T, QUOTE, HITS. WE PUT THE HITS IN THERE, SOME OF OUR FAVORITES AND MADE THE BEST LITTLE MIXED TAPE WE COULD. >> Rebecca: MIXED TAPE, I LOVE THAT AS SOMEONE WHO LISTENED TO A LOT OF MIXED TAPES BACK IN MY DAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. HERE IS OLD DOMINION. OLDIES BUT GOODIES IS AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE MUSIC IS SOLD. >> Eva: YOU CAN LISTEN TO OUR "GMA3" PLAY LIST BY SCANNING THAT QR CODE. HERE IS OLD DOMINION PERFORMING THEIR HIT SONG "MEMORY LANE." ♪ IF I COULD BUY A HOUSE ON MEMORY LANE ♪ ♪ I WOULD PUT MY MONEY DOWN AND I WOULD SIGN MY NAME ♪ ♪ ON THAT LITTLE CORNER LOT WHERE IT DON'T EVER RAIN ♪ ♪ WE WOULD STAY GOOD AS NEW LIKE A FRESH COAT OF PAINT ♪ ♪ YOU'LL BE MINE IN THE SHINE OF A FRONT PORCH LIGHT ♪ ♪ YEAH, I MIGHT AS WELL LIVE THERE, BABY ♪ ♪ THAT'S WHERE I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME ♪ ♪ THINKING ABOUT THOSE SUNSETS THAT BLED INTO JEAN JACKET NIGHTS ♪ ♪ THOSE TANGLED UP MORNINGS LOST IN PARADISE ♪ ♪ STILL DRUNK ON THAT FEELING WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES ♪ ♪ YOU'RE PULLING ME CLOSER ♪ ♪ YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER ♪ ♪ WE WOULD NEVER LET G AND WE WOULD NEVER BE OVER ♪ ♪ IF I COULD BUY A HOUSE ON MEMORY LANE I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WONDER IF YOU MISS ME THE SAME ♪ ♪ I WOULD BE LOVING YOU AS USUAL ♪ ♪ TELLING YOU YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL ♪ ♪ OH I WOULD BE HAPPILY DELUSIONAL ♪ ♪ THINKING ABOUT THOSE SUNSETS THAT BLED INTO JEAN JACKET NIGHTS ♪ ♪ THOSE TANGLED UP MORNINGS LOST IN PARADISE ♪ ♪ STILL DRUNK ON THAT FEELING WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES ♪ ♪ YOU'RE PULLING ME CLOSER ♪ ♪ YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER ♪ ♪ THINKING ABOUT THOSE SUNSETS THAT BLED INTO JEAN JACKET NIGHTS ♪ ♪ THOSE TANGLED UP MORNINGS LOST IN PARADISE ♪ ♪ STILL DRUNK ON THAT FEELING WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES ♪ ♪ YOU'RE PULLING ME CLOSER ♪ ♪ YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER ♪ ♪ WE WOULD NEVER LET GO AND WE WOULD NEVER BE OVER ♪ ♪ IF I COULD BUY A HOUSE ON MEMORY LANE ♪ ♪ I WOULD PUT MY MONEY DOWN AND I WOULD SIGN MY NAME ♪ ♪ ON THAT LITTLE CORNER LOT WHERE IT DON'T EVER RAIN ♪ ♪ WE WOULD NEVER FADE, NEVER FADE ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Eva: THAT IS OLD DOMINION. >> Rebecca: HE WE GO. >> Eva: THAT IS ALSO "WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW" FOR THIS WEEK. 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SO LISTEN, NOW OUR NEW PODCAST, POP CULTURE MOMS, WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> REPORTING FROM CAPITOL HILL, I'M GIO BENITEZ. WHEREVER THE STORY IS WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE YOU'RE STREAMING. ABC NEWS LIVE. >> I'M JAY O'BRIEN IN RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE SENTENCING DELAYED DONALD TRUMP BACK IN A NEW YORK COURTROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS AND A JUDGE GIVING HIM WHAT HE WANTS, PUSHING THE SENTENCING IN HIS CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY TRIAL UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. AND THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS AS TRUMP'S LAWYERS TRY TO GET HIS ASSAULT CASE TOSSED OUT. THE LEGAL BATTLES JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY FROM THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND THE FATHER CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH HIS 14-YEAR-OLD SON'S ALLEGED RAMPAGE IN A GEORGIA SCHOOL. WHAT IT COULD CHANGE IN THE WAY COURTS LOOK AT PARENTS RESPONSES POLITICS IN A NATION PLAGUED BY GUN VIOLENCE. AND THE JOBS REPORT GOOD BUT NOT AS GOOD AS WHAT SOME WERE EXPECTING, WHAT IT MEANS FOR POTENTIAL INTEREST RATE CUTS AND MORE MONEY. >> BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH THE LATEST IN FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S LEGAL WOES TAKING CENTER STAGE ONCE AGAIN IN A NEW CITY COURTROOM. JUST FOUR DAYS UNTIL THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, THE FIRST AND ONLY SCHEDULED MATCHUP BETWEEN TRUMP AND PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. TODAY, NEW YORK SUPREME COURT JUDGE, ONE RUSSIAN MAKING AN UNPRECEDENTED DECISION, DELAYING TRUMP'S SENTENCING IN HIS HUSH MONEY CASE UNTIL AFTER DAY IN NOVEMBER. THAT MEANS VOTERS, WHEN THEY GO TO THE POLLS, WON'T KNOW IF THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE COULD FACE JAIL TIME FOR HIS CONVICTION ON 34 FELONY COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS TO CONCEAL A SCANDAL THAT THREATENED HIS 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. >> MEANTIME, EARLIER THIS MORNING IN A DIFFERENT COURTROOM, TRUMP'S LAWYERS FIGHTING TO OVERTURN THE VERDICT IN HIS SEXUAL ASSAULT DEFAMATION CASE BROUGHT BY WRITER E. JEAN CARROLL, HIS LEGAL TEAM . IMPROPER EVIDENCE WAS INTRODUCED IN THAT CIVIL. DURING THAT 2023 TRIAL, CARROLL TESTIFIED THAT TRUMP ASSAULTED HER IN A NEW YORK DEPARTMENT STORE IN THE MID 1990S AND THEN SUED TRUMP FOR DEFAMATION IN 2019 AFTER HE DENIED THE ATTACK AND SUGGESTED THAT CARROLL MADE UP THE STORY. JOINING ME TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS ABC SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY AND FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR AND CRIMINAL ATTORNEY TIM JANSEN. WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU. AARON, I DO WANT TO START WITH YOU. I WANT TO START WITH THAT HUSH MONEY CASE, THAT CONVICTION THAT TRUMP HAS FACED NOW. HIS SENTENCING IN THE WAKE OF THAT CONVICTION IS AFTER NOVEMBER IT IS NOVEMBER 26TH. >> EXCUSE ME, THAT'S GOING TO BE AFTER ELECTION DAY. >> BUT BEFORE THAT, JUDGE MERCHAN ALSO HAS TO MAKE A DECISION ON TRYING TO GET THIS CASE TOSSED OUT. IS THAT RIGHT? >> THAT'S RIGHT. THE JUDGE HAS BEEN ASKED TO GIVE TRUMP A WHOLE NEW A WHOLE NEW LIFE IN NEW YORK BY TOSSING OUT HIS CONVICTION ON GROUNDS THAT THE CASE VIOLATED THE SUPREME RULING ON PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY. JUDGES HAVE ALREADY THAT PAYING HUSH MONEY TO A PORN STAR HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS OFFICIAL BUSINESS. BUT THE DEFENSE HAS ARGUED THAT SOME EVIDENCE AT THE TRIAL SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BECAUSE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROTECTED BY THAT SUPREME COURT IMMUNITY DECISION. JUDGE MERCHAN HAS NOW GIVEN HIMSELF UNTIL MID-NOVEMBER TO MAKE THAT DECISION BEFORE SENTENCING ON NOVEMBER 26TH. >> SO, TIM, I WANT TO GET IN JUDGE MCCANN'S DECISION MAKING HERE. HE IN HIS ORDER, HE SAYS THAT THIS CASE IS HISTORIC. HE SAYS THAT IT'S UNPRECEDENTED. BUT THEN HE ALSO GOES ON TO SAY HE'S GOING TO TREAT NO DIFFERENTLY THAN ANY OTHER DEFENDANT. AND DEFENDANTS HAVE GOTTEN EXTENSIONS IN THEIR SENTENCING BEFORE. AND SO HE'S GOING TO GIVE ONE TO TRUMP TWO. WHAT DO YOU MAKE THAT? >> WELL, I THINK THAT'S TRUE. MOST DEFENDANTS USUALLY DO GET A CONTINUANCE IN SENTENCINGS FOR VARIOUS REASONS, COOPERATION, ILLNESS OR WHATEVER. BUT IS NOT UNLIKE ANY OTHER CASE. I THINK YOU HAVE A JUDGE WHO IS REALIZING THAT ONE, THAT SUPREME COURT CASE COULD ULTIMATELY AFFECT THE VERDICT. THE LAST THING HE WANTS TO DO IS HAVE A SENTENCING RIGHT SENTENCE TRUMP TO PRISON, WHICH WOULD THEN HAVE THE SUPREME COURT INTERVENING PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, INDICATING AND IN ORDER THAT THAT CONVICTION CANNOT STAND, THAT'S THE LAST THING THAT THE JUDGE WANTS. PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, PRIOR TO SENTENCING. SO HE'S DOING THE RIGHT THING BY AT LEAST WAITING TILL THE ELECTION RULING ON THE MOTION TO DISMISS AND THEN HANDLE THE SENTENCING . >> TO BE CLEAR, JUDGE MERCHAN, IN HIS ORDER TODAY DOESN'T SPECIFY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER HOW HE THINKS ABOUT THAT TRUMP ARGUMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE SUPREME CASE. BUT I TAKE YOUR POINT, AARON. I WANT TO GO VERY QUICKLY TO THE JEAN CARROLL CASE. TRUMP SHOWS UP IN COURT TODAY ON HIS OWN VOLITION. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THERE. HIS LAWYERS ARE MAKING THAT ARGUMENT TO TRY TO THAT CASE TOSSED OUT. BREAK DOWN WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT. >> TRUMP'S ATTORNEYS ARGUED J. THAT SOME EVIDENCE WAS INTRODUCED AT TRIAL THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN, NAMELY THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE ON WHICH TRUMP IS HEARD BRAGGING ABOUT GRABBING WOMEN AND THE TESTIMONY OF TWO WOMEN WHO SAID TRUMP ABUSED THEM. DECADES AGO, WHICH HE DENIES, AND THE REGION. CARROLL'S ATTORNEY SAYS THE EVIDENCE SHOWED A PROPENSITY OF TRUMP TO DO THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT E. JEAN CARROLL DESCRIBED HAPPENED TO HER AND THE JURY ULTIMATELY FOUND. FOR CAROL HOLDING TRUMP LIABLE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DEFAMATION AND ORDERING TRUMP TO PAY $5 MILLION. THE APPELLATE PANEL TODAY MADE CLEAR TO THE DEFENSE THAT IT WOULD BE A TALL ORDER TO OVERTURN HEARD A JURY'S VERDICT BASED ON THOSE KINDS OF EVIDENTIARY MATTERS. >> BUT THEY DO UNDERSTAND THE WAY THE CASE WAS BROUGHT UNDER. A RATHER NEW NEW YORK LAW CALLED THE ADULT SURVIVORS ACT MAKES THIS A CASE OF FIRST IMPRESSION. AND THAT IS TO GIVE THE APPELLATE JUDGES PAUSE. >> AARON. TIM, THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. WE WANT TO TURN NOW TO THAT TEENAGE IN THE APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING. HE AND HIS FATHER BOTH MAKING THEIR FIRST APPEARANCES IN A GEORGIA COURTROOM THIS MORNING. THE 14 YEAR OLD ALLEGED SHOOTER FACES FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY MURDER WITH. ADDITIONAL CHARGES EXPECTED. HE'S ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO STUDENTS IN TWO TEACHERS AND INJURING NINE OTHERS IN A RAMPAGE THAT SCHOOL'S CAMPUS WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE ALLEGED SHOOTER'S FATHER ALSO ARRAIGNED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER. >> POLICE ALLEGE THAT HE ALLOWED HIS SON TO POSSESS THAT ASSAULT STYLE RIFLE THAT HE USED IN THE ATTACK, DESPITE KNOWING THAT HIS SON WAS A. JOINING ME NOW IS ABC'S FAITH ABUBEY, WHO'S IN WINDER, GEORGIA TONIGHT FOR US WHERE THAT SHOOTING TOOK PLACE AND ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR THANK YOU BOTH FOR THIS WELCOME IN WELCOME. THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR TIME. EXCUSE ME. I DO WANT TO START WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY MEMBER OF SOMEONE WHO WAS HOSPITALIZED IN THAT ATTACK JUST MOMENTS AGO. I HAVE LEARNED. WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU? YEAH, THIS WAS A MOTHER. HER DAUGHTER WAS SHOT. THESE ARE NEW HAUNTING DETAILS WE HADN'T HEARD BEFORE ABOUT THE HORRORS THAT PLAYED IN THAT BUILDING BEHIND ME. SHE SAYS THAT HER DAUGHTER WAS IN CLASS. THEIR SHOOTER CAME IN AND JUST STARTED SHOOTING. HER DAUGHTER, OF COURSE, WAS INJURED. OTHER CLASSMATES WERE SHOT. THE DAUGHTER WATCHED. IT ALL HAPPENED. THE BLOODBATH. THAT WAS THAT CLASSROOM THAT DAY. HER DAUGHTER IS IN THE HOSPITAL STILL RECOVERING AT THIS POINT. SHE DOES EXPECT HER TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY PHYSICALLY. BUT THE EMOTIONAL TOLL THAT THIS HAS TAKEN ON HER THE EMOTIONAL TRAUMA THAT SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO WADE THROUGH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL IS SOMETHING THAT SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT. SHE SAYS SHE IS ANGRY, REMEMBERS BEING GUTTED WHEN SHE HEARD THAT HER DAUGHTER HAD BEEN SHE THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOL, MAYBE HAD BEEN A FIGHT OR BETWEEN. TWO STUDENTS WERE JUST SOMETHING NOT TO THE LEVEL, A MASS SHOOTING INSIDE HER DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL. SHE SAYS THAT AUTHORITIES WERE RIGHT IN CHARGING THE FATHER HERE OF THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER AND THAT SHE WANTS TO SEE THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH. AND AGAIN, SHE'S STILL WORKING THROUGH HER EMOTIONS THIS EVENING. JANE, FAITH, YOU HAVE BEEN THERE AT THE SCENE OF THAT SHOOTING WEDNESDAY WHEN IT OCCURRED. WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN TRANSPIRE IN THIS COMMUNITY? HOW ARE THEY DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THIS TRAGEDY? >> YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL RALLYING AROUND EACH OTHER AS THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THEIR GRIEF. WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE COME THROUGH HERE WITH BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS, CRYING, SOME PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T EVEN GO TO SCHOOL HERE, THEY GO TO NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS. THEY LIVE IN NEIGHBORING COUNTIES JUST COMING HERE TO SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY. 1900 PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOL WHO WERE TRAUMATIZED BY WHAT HAPPENED. OF COURSE, THEY ALSO LOST FOUR PEOPLE HERE AND ALSO NINE OTHERS WERE INJURED. A LOT OF THE INJURED HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL. BUT AGAIN, THE PARENT TELLING US THAT HER DAUGHTER IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. WE UNDERSTAND MAYBE AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON IS IN THE HOSPITAL STILL. BUT AGAIN, THIS COMMUNITY JUST DOING THE BEST THEY CAN TO TRY TO GET SOME SORT OF CLOSURE AND GET SOME ANSWERS THAT MAY NEVER COME ABOUT WHY THIS HAPPENED. ANOTHER COMMUNITY IN THIS COUNTRY TOUCHED BY GUN. SEAN, I WANT TO TURN TO YOU HERE BECAUSE THERE IS A TIMELINE TO KEEP IN MIND HERE. IN MAY OF 2023, POLICE INTERVIEW THIS ALLEGED SHOOTER AND THEY INTERVIEW HIS FATHER BECAUSE THEY SUSPECT THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO'S 14 WHEN HE COMMITS THIS ACT, MADE SOME THREATS LAST YEAR AND THEN SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THAT SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THAT THEY BELIEVE THIS FATHER PURCHASED THIS ASSAULT STYLE RIFLE USED IN THIS ATTACK AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR HIS SON. THAT'S THE FACT PATTERN THAT ESSENTIALLY EXISTS IN THIS CASE IN WHICH THE FATHER HAS BEEN CHARGED. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT PATTERN A WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE CHARGES? >> YOU KNOW, JAKE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS FACT PATTERN, WHAT WE SEE IS THAT THERE WAS ALLEGEDLY SOME CONCERN ABOUT A SCHOOL SHOOTING, A POTENTIAL THREAT THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN PREVIOUSLY. >> THEN SEVEN MONTHS LATER, THE FATHER PURCHASES THIS FIREARM FOR THE SON. >> THAT IS NOT A FACT PATTERN WORKS HERE. WE SEE THESE CHARGES ARE BEING LEVIED AGAINST, THE FATHER, BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THAT YOU WERE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL DANGER AND DESPITE THAT, YOU PURCHASED A FIREARM. AND IN GEORGIA, LIKE MANY, THERE'S PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY LAWS THAT SAY YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE IF YOUR CHILD MAKES A WILLFUL AND MALICIOUS ACT AND INJURES. >> FAITH ABUBEY CHANNA LLOYD. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. WE WANT TO TURN NOW TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 2022 UVALDE HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING. PETE ARREDONDO, THE FORMER SCHOOL POLICE CHIEF CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOTCHED POLICE TO THAT RAMPAGE. FILED A MOTION TODAY TO HAVE HIS INDICTMENT THROWN OUT. HIS DEFENSE ARGUES HE WAS NOT AT FAULT FOR THAT SHOOTING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THAT TEXAS LAW HAS BEEN USED TO CHARGE A DEFENDANT IN A CASE LIKE THIS. AND ARRADONDO, HIS LAWYERS, THE INDICTMENT, QUOTE, MAY INVOKE A MORAL DUTY TO PERFORM JOB WELL, BUT IT FAILS TO INVOKE A LEGAL DUTY, END QUOTE. NO DATE HAS YET BEEN SET FOR HIS HEARING ON THIS MOTION TO. THE ECONOMY NOW AND NEW U.S. JOBS NUMBERS. THE U.S. ADDED 140,000 JOBS IN AUGUST FALLING JUST A BIT SHORT, WHAT ANALYSTS HAD PREDICTED. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ALSO DROPPED TO 4.2%. THIS COMES AS THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS PREPARING TO CUT INTEREST RATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS. AND TALK ABOUT ALL OF THIS NUMBERS ON THIS FRIDAY WE TURN TO ABC'S ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS AND ELIZABETH SCHULZE BREAKING IT ALL DOWN FOR US. >> ALEXIS, I WANT TO START WITH YOU. WHAT DOES THIS NEW JOBS REPORT SAY TO YOU ABOUT THE STATE OF THE U.S. ECONOMY. >> WELL, IT SHOWS US THAT THE JOB MARKET IS OKAY. IT'S NOT AS HOT AS IT ONCE WAS, AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT AS STRONG AS MANY HAD EXPECTED. >> JUST 142,000 JOBS ADDED IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE SAW IN JULY WHEN THE ECONOMY ADDED 114,000 JOBS. AND THERE WAS ALL THIS CONCERN THAT THE ECONOMY MAY BE DRAGGED INTO A RECESSION, THE LABOR MARKET. BUT TODAY WHAT WAS REALLY, I THINK, REALLY GOT THE MARKET WORRIED TODAY WAS THAT BOTH THE JUNE AND JULY JOB NUMBERS REVISED SHARPLY LOWER, MEANING THAT THE JOB MARKET WAS WEAKER THAN EXPECTED THE SUMMER. >> SO, YOU KNOW, WE DID SEE SOME POCKETS OF HERE. WAGES WERE UP 3.8% YEAR OVER YEAR. YOU MENTIONED THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DIPPING TO 4.2%. BUT I THINK IT'S UNDENIABLE THAT THIS JOB MARKET THAT WAS SO ROBUST FOR SO LONG HAS COOLED DOWN DRASTICALLY. AND NOW THE FEAR IS, IS IT GOING TO COOL DOWN SO MUCH THAT IT COULD DRAG ECONOMY EVENTUALLY INTO RECESSION? >> I ELIZABETH SCHULZE WAS UNLUCKY ENOUGH THAT SHE AND I BOTH WORK IN THE SAME BUREAU AND WE'RE ON A LOT OF THE SAME TEAMS AND OUR OFFICES ARE RIGHT DOWN THE HALLWAY FROM EACH OTHER. AND SO I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ELIZABETH SCHULZE, IS THE FED GOING TO CUT RATES? WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO DO IT? AND HOW BIG OF A CUT COULD THAT BE? SO ELIZABETH, IS THE FED GOING TO CUT INTEREST RATES? WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO IT AND HOW BIG A CUT COULD THAT BE? WELL, AND I KNOW THAT HER OFFICE ARE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT HEARD ME ALL DAY CALLING UP MUCH SMARTER PEOPLE WHOSE JOB IT IS, ANALYZE THE FED AND ASK THEM THAT EXACT QUESTION. HERE'S WHAT I'M HERE'S WHAT THEY'RE TELLING ME. I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH A REALLY SMART TRADER ON WALL STREET WHO SAID THIS REPORT DOES NOT CLARIFY THAT QUESTION AT ALL. AT END OF THE DAY. THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THIS JOBS REPORT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO THINK THE FED CUT A QUARTER OF A PERCENTAGE POINT OR A HALF A PERCENTAGE POINT AND REALLY WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE FED IS ON TRACK TO LOWER INTEREST RATES IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST FED RATE CUT IN FOUR YEARS. AS WE KNOW, THAT WOULD LOWER THE COST FOR CONSUMERS WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR MORTGAGE, TO A NEW MORTGAGE, WHEN IT COMES TO AUTO LOANS, PAYING OFF CREDIT CARD DEBT. BUT THE PROBLEM IS RIGHT NOW THAT THERE IS NOT A LOT OF CLARITY ABOUT IS THIS A MORE INTENSE SLOWDOWN, THE JOBS MARKET OR IS THIS KIND OF THIS GRADUAL SLOWDOWN THAT THE FED HAS BEEN WANTING TO ACHIEVE? WE DID NOT GET AN ANSWER ON THAT FROM OFFICIALS TODAY, THOUGH. THEY DID LEAVE OPEN THE POSSIBILITY OF BIGGER CUTS IF THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO SLOW DOWN. THE REALITY IS, JAY, THAT INFLATION OUTLOOK, INFLATION IS ABOUT WHERE THE FED WANTS IT TO BE. IT'S CLOSE TO THE FED'S TARGET. THAT'S GOOD NEWS. NOW, THE FED IS REALLY TURNING ITS ATTENTION TO TRYING TO PROTECT THE JOBS MARKET, MAKING SURE WE DON'T SEE MORE DETERIORATION IN JOBS AND IN HIRING AS WELL. ALEXIS WHO IS NOT LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK IN THE SAME BUILDING AS ME. VERY QUICKLY, HOW DID THE MARKETS REACT TO THOSE NEW JOBS NUMBERS TODAY? >> WELL, HERE IN THE NEW YORK OFFICE, WE WERE LOOKING THE PLAY BY PLAY HERE ON WALL STREET. THEY DIDN'T LOVE THEM BECAUSE, LOOK, WE KNOW WALL STREET DOESN'T LOVE WHEN THINGS AREN'T CRYSTAL CLEAR. THERE'S A LOT OF THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTION MARKS RIGHT NOW AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO FED MEETING, THE DOW AND NASDAQ EACH OFF MORE THAN 400 POINTS. THE S&P 500, WHICH WE KNOW WAS TIED TO LOTS OF FOLKS RETIREMENT SAVINGS, HAD ITS WORST WEEK SINCE MARCH OF LAST YEAR. SO THIS MARKET, YOU KNOW, HOPING FOR THAT INTEREST RATE CUT. THE QUESTION IS HOW AGGRESSIVE WILL THE FED HAVE TO BE IN TWO WEEKS ELIZABETH SCHULZE ELECTIONS CHRISTOPHER, THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. AND STAYING ON THE ECONOMY IS A TOP ISSUE ON THE MINDS OF VOTERS THIS ELECTION YEAR. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS VISITING THE BATTLEGROUND STATE OF MICHIGAN TODAY, SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AIMED AT LABOR STANDARDS. BIDEN STOPPING A LABOR ORGANIZING TRAINING CENTER, TOUTING THE MOVE WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BILLED AS THE, QUOTE, GOOD JOBS ORDER. THIS MOVE CALLS ON FEDERAL AGENCIES TO ADOPT NEW RULES TO PROMOTE THINGS LIKE HIGH WAGE MANUFACTURING JOBS AND WORKPLACE SAFETY, AS WELL AS PATHWAYS TO JOIN A UNION. SO JOINING ME NOW TO BREAK THIS ALL DOWN IS ABC NEWS SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT. SELINA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AND YOU ARE IN PITTSBURGH WHERE . THE VICE PRESIDENT IS PREPARING FOR THAT UPCOMING DEBATE THAT'S GOING TO BE HERE ON ABC NEWS NEXT WEEK. FOUR DAYS AWAY. HOW DO YOU THINK THAT THIS UNION MESSAGING, AS WELL AS JUST THIS OVERALL ECONOMIC MESSAGING IS GOING TO WORK INTO THIS DEBATE? AND HOW DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP THEM WITH THOSE RUST BELT VOTERS IN LIKE PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN? YEAH, I MEAN, THOSE UNION WORKERS THESE UNIONS SUPPORT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL OF THESE VERY BATTLEGROUND STATES LIKE HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA. IN FACT, JUST RIGHT OF YOU CAN'T SEE IT ON CAMERA, THOUGH. THERE'S THE UNITED STEEL WORKERS ARE ACTUALLY HERE POSTED HOPING THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS GOING TO SEE THEIR SUPPORT SINCE IS HOLED UP HERE IN PITTSBURGH PREPARING FOR THAT DEBATE. NOW, I'M TOLD FROM SOURCES THAT HARRIS HAS A FEW CRITICAL GOALS THAT SHE WANTS TO CONVEY AT THIS DEBATE, THAT, NUMBER ONE, SHE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT HER BACKGROUND AS A PROSECUTOR, HER MIDDLE CLASS UPBRINGING, HER HISTORY AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, SENATOR. SHE ALSO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT HER ECONOMIC PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, WHICH INCLUDES EFFORTS TO MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE, LOWER COSTS, EVERYDAY AMERICANS AND HER PLAN AS WELL TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES. THE THIRD PILLAR OF HER STRATEGY IS GOING AFTER DONALD TRUMP. SHE WANTS TO GET UNDER HIS SKIN WHILE KEEPING HER CALL, AND SHE WANTS TO DRAW A CONTRAST DONALD TRUMP AS SOMEONE WHO'S OUT FOR HIMSELF, SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO HELP THE AND SHE'S GOING TO PAINT HERSELF AS SOMEBODY WHO'S THERE TO HELP THE WORKING AND EVERYDAY AMERICANS. SO, SELINA, THERE WAS THIS HEADLINE TODAY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNTHINKABLE EIGHT YEARS AGO. LIZ CHENEY, REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN, SAYING THAT HER FATHER, FORMER REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY, IS GOING TO BE VOTING FOR KAMALA, DICK CHENEY, VOTING FOR A DEMOCRAT. BREAK DOWN WHAT SHE SAID TODAY . YEAH, I MEAN, THIS IS A REALLY STRIKING ENDORSEMENT HERE FROM A DEEPLY CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL FAMILY. LIZ CHENEY IS SAYING THAT HER FATHER'S GOING SUPPORT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THAT DONALD TRUMP IS THE BIGGEST SINGLE THREAT TO AMERICA AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. AND WHAT THIS REALLY SHOWS IS THIS TRANSFORMATION WE'VE SEEN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL CONSERVATISM TO MAGA REPUBLICANISM THAT'S REALLY BUILT UNDER THE IMAGE OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. AND THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN ACTIVE COURTING THOSE TYPES OF MORE TRADITIONAL REPUBLICAN VOTERS AND, INDEPENDENTS AND THESE SWING STATES IN BATTLEGROUND STATES. WHAT'S REALLY NOTABLE IS THAT THE DNC, YOU HAD FOLKS LIKE ADAM KINZINGER AND EVEN SOME TRUMP OFFICIALS THAT SPOKE ON BEHALF IN ENDORSING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. YOU WERE THERE AT THE RNC. THERE WAS NO DICK CHENEY WAS NO MITT ROMNEY. THERE WAS NONE OF THOSE. NO GEORGE W BUSH, NONE OF THAT TRADITIONAL. >> IT'S REALLY A TRANSFORMED PARTY THAT WE'VE SEEN SELINA WANG IN PITTSBURGH FOR. SELINA, THANK YOU. AND YOU HEARD US MENTION DAYS FROM NOW, ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ARE SET TO DEBATE FOR THE FIRST TIME RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS. AGAIN, THAT IS SEPTEMBER AT 9 P.M. EASTERN. YOU CAN WATCH IT RIGHT HERE WHERE. >> YOU ARE WATCHING THIS VERY PROGRAM ON ABC NEWS LIVE. AND STILL AHEAD FOR US ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, A HOSPITAL IN THE WEST BANK SAYS AN AMERICAN DEMONSTRATOR IS DEAD. REPORTS ISRAELI ARE INVOLVED. AND MORE FOR US AFTER THE BREAK . >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN A NATION AT WAR. AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS. >> ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE, THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. THE NEED FOR UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET'S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. IN BEIRUT FOR THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, LIVE TO YOU. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS, ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> IT WAS OF A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO HER. YOU HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS ALL THESE KINDS OF LEADS, A KNOWN SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA. COULD HE BE INVOLVED OR ACTUALLY FINDING KEY EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THE CRACKS? >> HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH . TERRIFIC. THIS BEAUTIFUL CONTROL POLICE WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END AT THE HUNT FOR A KILLER ONLY ON HULU TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL MOMENT OF CAMPAIGN. KAMALA HARRIS. TOGETHER, WE WILL A NEW WAY FORWARD. DONALD TRUMP, WE SOON BE A GREAT NATION AGAIN. FACE TO FACE. HISTORIC. THE ABC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE MODERATED BY DAVID MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS IT'S TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE ON ABC AND STREAMING ON ABC NEWS, HULU AND DISNEY. PLUS THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. >> WELCOME BACK. A WEST BANK HOSPITAL SAYS. AN AMERICAN WOMAN IS DEAD AFTER BEING SHOT AT A PROTEST. WITNESSES IN PALESTINE IN MEDIA SAY THE 26 YEAR OLD WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD BY ISRAELI. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MOORE JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM JERUSALEM WITH MORE. MARCUS, I WANT TO START WITH WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE? HI, JANE. WELL, THE 26 YEAR OLD WOMAN ASKING HER GUY HAS BEEN THE ONE IDENTIFIED AS THE VICTIM, THIS SHOOTING. AND WE UNDERSTAND FROM HER COLLEAGUES AS, AS WELL AS OFFICIALS AT THE HOSPITAL, THAT SHE WAS AT A DEMONSTRATION AT AN ANTI SETTLEMENT DEMONSTRATION THAT WAS UNDERWAY. THEY HAVE BEEN HAPPENING WEEKLY. AND THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE EVENTS. AND ACCORDING TO AN STATEMENT, THEY WERE SAYING THAT AN AGITATOR OR AN INSTIGATOR IN THAT GROUP ATTACKED, THE IDF SOLDIERS, OR WAS INVOLVED IN CLASHES. AND ACCORDING TO THE IDF, THAT IS WHEN ASHNAULT WAS WAS SHOT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT SHE WAS NOT THE INTENDED TARGET, ACCORDING TO THE IDF, BUT SHE ENDED UP GETTING SHOT IN THE HEAD AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. >> SHE DIED. SO, MARKUS, WE KNOW THAT THIS PERSON IS, A DUAL U.S. TURKISH CITIZEN. HOW ARE BOTH OF THOSE COUNTRIES REACTING TO THIS NEWS TONIGHT? >> WELL, THE U.S. CAME OUT WITH A STATEMENT SAYING THAT THEY'RE OFFERING THEIR CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY AND SAYING THAT THEY WOULD WAIT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HER DEATH. THERE WAS A VERY STRONG CONDEMNATION ON THE OTHER SIDE FROM FROM TURKEY. IN FACT, THE PRESIDENT IS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT THIS WAS BARBARIC INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AS THEY WERE TRYING TO HE SAYS ISRAEL TRYING TO STOP THIS DEMONSTRATION AND TRYING TO INTIMIDATE ANYONE WHO TRIES TO SUPPORT THE PALESTINIANS. STRONG REACTIONS COMING IN. JAY AS WE ARE STILL WAITING TO, LEARN MORE ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS INCIDENT . >> MARCUS MOORE IN JERUSALEM FOR US. MARC MARQUEZ, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR YOUR TIME. STILL AHEAD FOR US, WE'VE ALL HEARD OF LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, BUT YOU RARELY HEAR ABOUT A MARRIED COUPLE WHO MET IN THE FIRST GRADE WHERE THEY RETURN TO. FOR THEIR WEDDING. >> THAT IS AFTER THE BREAK. >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. FLASHING OVER SECURITY. WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET. FAST, STRAIGHT WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT. AMERICAN THIS MORNING AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT MAY BE THE STORIES THAT SHAPE YOUR WHAT SHAPE YOUR LIFE JOURNEY? STUNNING EMPOWERING SHONDA RHIMES. THE MOST POWERFUL STORIES OF OUR TIME. NIGHTMARE ON AMERICAN KIM WEHLE AND STREAMING ON HULU. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL TELEVISION. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? >> FROM ABC NEWS, THIS IS START HERE TO BE IN KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST. HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE ABC NEWS LIVE. >> AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME ANYWHERE STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> I'M MATT RIVERS IN THE ISRAEL CONTROLLED GOLAN HEIGHTS. WHEREVER THE STORY IS WILL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . SO WE'VE ALL HEARD OF CHILDHOOD SWEETHEARTS. USUALLY THAT MEANS YOU MET IN HIGH SCHOOL, NOT NECESSARILY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. DON'T TELL THAT TO MISSOURI NEWLYWEDS EMMA AND MARCUS. THEIR WEDDING CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THEY MET IN THE FIRST GRADE. >> AND I USED TO WRITE, LIKE, LITTLE NOTES, A LITTLE WORDS WITH HER NAME ON IT, PRETTY HARD ON IT AND STUFF. >> SO THEY TEXTED THROUGH SCHOOL. WE'VE COME TO LEARN THEY OFFICIALLY BECAME BOYFRIEND AND GIRLFRIEND FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. SO I WAS A LITTLE BIT RIGHT. AND THEN THEY TIED THE KNOT JUST WEEKS AGO OUTSIDE THEIR FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM WHERE IT ALL BEGAN COMPLETE WITH THEIR DOG, BELLA. AND GET THIS, MARCUS GAVE EMMA DOG AS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR HER SWEET SIX. >> LOVE IS REAL, EVERYBODY, AND THERE IS MUCH MORE NEWS AHEAD FOR US RIGHT UP HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> AND WE TURN TO POLITICS AND TODAY'S BIG STORY, TRUMP'S LEGAL AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. HOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS NAVIGATING BOTH THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION AND ALSO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. OUR PANEL OF EXPERTS WEIGHING IN ON THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE JUST FOUR DAYS OUT FROM THAT ABC NEWS DEBATE BETWEEN VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN PHILADELPHIA. AND IN OUR SPOTLIGHT, A 14 YEAR OLD NOW IN CUSTODY. THE SUSPECT IN YET ANOTHER HORRIFIC SCHOOL SHOOTING IN THIS COUNTRY. HIS FATHER NOW ALSO FACING CRIMINAL. HOW ALL OF THIS COULD CHANGE HOW PARENTS RESPONSIBILITY LAWS ARE LAID OUT IN A COUNTRY PLAGUED BY GUN VIOLENCE. JUST MOMENTS FROM. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION PICKING UP YOUR LIFE AT SOME POINT DURING COMBAT OPERATIONS. WE'RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, OPERATING NUCLEAR REACTORS, EVEN A COUPLE AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG THERE'S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT OF THERE. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE IN THE USA? >> LOOK AT YOUR SMILE. YOU'RE PROUD OF IT? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU. ARE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ISMAEL. >> DAVID? YES. YES. I'M YORK. >> I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO? EVERY NIGHT. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA'S WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION WAR IN ROLLING FORWARD. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET'S GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT DOWNING STREET FOREVER. >> THE STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOUR ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LOG. ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. WE'RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WANTING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. FLASHING OVER NATIONAL WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY. TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE WORRIES ON WALL STREET. FAST STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN CATCHING UP ON SLEEP DURING THE WEEKEND. BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART. NONALCOHOLIC BARS ARE POPPING UP IN A GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES. THAT'S THE SPIRIT AMERICAN THIS MORNING. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY IT WAS A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAD HAPPENED TO HER. YOU HAD, SEVERAL SUSPECTS, ALL THESE KINDS OF LEADS, A KNOWN SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA COULD HE BE INVOLVED? WE'RE ACTUALLY FINDING KEY EVIDENCE THAT COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS. >> HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH WITH HER TERRIFIC. >> THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL. POLICE WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END. THE HUNT FOR A KILLER ONLY ON HULU TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MOST CONCERNED MOMENT OF THIS CAMPAIGN. >> KAMALA HARRIS GOT THERE. WE WILL TARGET NEW WAY OF DONALD TRUMP. WE WILL SOON BE A GREAT NATION AGAIN. FACE TO FACE. HISTORIC THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE MODERATED BY MUIR AND LINSEY DAVIS TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE ON ABC STREAMING ON ABC NEWS LIVE, HULU AND DISNEY PLUS THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. I'M JAY O'BRIEN IN WASHINGTON IN TODAY'S BIG STORY SENTENCING DELAYED DONALD BACK IN A NEW YORK COURTROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS AND A JUDGE GIVING HIM WHAT HE WANTS DELAYING THE SENTENCING AND HIS CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY CONVICTION UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. >> BUT COULD MORE RULINGS IN THIS CASE COME SOONER THAN THAT? AND LEGAL BATTLE UNDERWAY WITH JUST FOUR DAYS UNTIL THE LIGHTS GO UP ON ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. AND IN OUR SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT, THE TEENAGE SUSPECT IN YET ANOTHER HORRIFIC SCHOOL SHOOTING. WHAT PROSECUTORS NOW INDICTED HIS FATHER WITH AND THE WAY THAT THESE CHARGES COULD UPEND THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE FOR PARENTS AND THEIR KIDS IN A PLAGUED BY GUN VIOLENCE. BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH OUR BIG STORY, FORMER DONALD TRUMP WALKED INTO A NEW YORK CITY COURTROOM THIS MORNING, HIS FIRST TIME BACK SINCE HIS CONVICTION IN THAT CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY TRIAL MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AGO. HIS LEGAL WOES TAKING CENTER STAGE ONCE AGAIN. JUST FOUR DAYS UNTIL THE ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, THE FIRST AND ONLY SCHEDULED MATCHUP BETWEEN TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. TODAY, NEW YORK SUPREME COURT JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN MAKING AN UNPRECEDENTED DECISION DELAYING TRUMP'S SENTENCING IN HIS HUSH MONEY CASE UNTIL AFTER ELECTION DAY. IN NOVEMBER. THAT MEANS VOTERS, WHEN THEY GO TO THE POLLS, WON'T KNOW IF. >> THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE COULD FACE JAIL TIME FOR HIS CONVICTION ON 34 FELONY COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS TO CONCEAL A SCANDAL THAT THREATENED HIS 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. MEANTIME, EARLIER THIS MORNING, TRUMP WAS IN A DIFFERENT NEW YORK COURTROOM AS HIS LAWYERS FOUGHT TO OVERTURN THE VERDICT IN HIS SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DEFAMATION CASE BROUGHT BY WRITER E. JEAN CARROLL. HIS LEGAL TEAM IS ARGUING THAT THAT IMPROPER EVIDENCE WAS INTRODUCED, THAT CIVIL TRIAL. >> DURING THAT 2023 TRIAL, CARROLL TESTIFIED THAT TRUMP SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER IN A NEW YORK DEPARTMENT STORE IN THE MID 1990S AND THEN DEFAMED HER IN 2019 WHEN HE DENIED THAT ATTACK AND SUGGESTED THAT CARROLL MADE UP THE STORY. JOINING ME TO BREAK DOWN ALL OF THIS, OUR EXPERT AND THINGS TRUMP LEGAL DRAMA IS ABC NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER OLIVIA RUBIN. THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR YOUR TIME. I DO WANT TO START VERY QUICKLY WITH THAT DECISION BY JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN DELAYING THE SENTENCING. WHAT DID HE SAY WAS HIS REASONING? >> WELL, JAKE, IT'S A HUGE WIN FOR DONALD TRUMP. AND REALLY THERE WAS ONE REASON THAT WAS CLEAR AND THAT WAS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THAT IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. JUDGE MERCHAN MAKING VERY CLEAR THAT BY THE TIME THIS SEPTEMBER 18 SENTENCING CAME ABOUT, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST 41 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION AND ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST TOO CLOSE. AND SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT SOMETHING AS SERIOUS AS SOMETHING AS POTENTIALLY DETRIMENTAL TO A DEFENDANT AS A SENTENCING DESERVES THE RESPECT TO DONE IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T HAVE THAT SORT OF FODDER AROUND . AND HE DID ALSO SAY, YOU KNOW, I YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THAT, DONALD TRUMP HAS SAID A LOT, WHICH IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN A WITCH HUNT, THAT POLITICALLY MOTIVATED MERCHAN MADE VERY CLEAR THAT WITH THIS ORDER, IT SHOULD BE CLEAR MOVING FORWARD THAT THE COURT IS NOT INTERESTED HURTING ANYONE IS NOT INTERESTED IN FAVORING ANYONE WITH HIS DECISION, AND THAT'S BEING PUT TO REST HERE. >> WELL, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT I WANTED TO DRILL DOWN ON A LITTLE BIT. SO I'M HOLDING IN MY HAND HERE THAT ORDER FROM JUDGE MERCHAN AND IN IT HE TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THIS CASE. HE SAYS IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE ENTERED. AND THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY THAT HE'S TREATING IN A WAY DONALD TRUMP JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DEFENDANT WHO HAS REQUESTED A DELAY IN SENTENCING AND THAT DEFENDANTS REQUEST THESE A LOT FOR MEDICAL REASONS OR FAMILY COMMITMENTS. DOES TRUMP BEING TREATED LIKE EVERY OTHER DEFENDANT OF UNDERCUT THAT ARGUMENT THAT HE'S MADE, THAT HE IS BEING VICTIMIZED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM? >> WELL, IT'S A HARD ARGUMENT TO MAKE BECAUSE ON ONE HAND AND JUDGE MERCHAN LAYS THIS OUT ON ONE HAND, HE IS A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT AND HE DESERVES THE SAME RIGHTS THAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS. BUT AT SAME TIME, JAY MERCHAN ALSO WRITES THAT THIS MOMENT AND THIS IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER IN AMERICAN HISTORY, THAT IT A UNIQUE PLACE. SO WE HAVE TO BALANCE BOTH OF THOSE. DONALD TRUMP GET AWAY WITH THINGS THAT OTHER DEFENDANTS WOULD NOT AWAY WITH, BUT HE ALSO CAN'T BE HELD TO A DIFFERENT. AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SAYING HE IS BEING POLITICALLY PERSECUTED, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT. >> OLIVIA, VERY QUICKLY, YOU WERE IN COURT AS TRUMP MADE THAT PARENTS APPEARANCE ON HIS OWN VOLITION. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE IN COURT FOR THAT E. JEAN CARROLL CASE. HE'S TRYING TO GET IT TOSSED OUT. WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU FROM THAT APPEARANCE IN COURT TODAY. MM-HMM. WELL, THE JUDGES SEEMED SKEPTICAL. IT WAS A THREE JUDGE PANEL DID NOT SEEM INCLINED TO TOSS THAT VERDICT. BASICALLY, TRUMP'S TEAM IS TRYING TO SAY THAT EVIDENCE SHOULD NOT HAVE COME IN TO THAT TRIAL, CAME IN ANY WAY. THAT INCLUDES THAT INFAMOUS "ACCESS HOLLYWOOD" TAPE THAT EVERYONE'S HEARD ABOUT THAT THAT JURY HEARD AS WELL, AS WELL AS TWO OTHER WOMEN WHO WERE ALLOWED TO TESTIFY, SAYING THAT THEY, TOO, WERE ASSAULTED BY DONALD TRUMP DECADES AGO. THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NO REASON THAT THAT EVIDENCE SHOULD HAVE COME IN. BUT ONE OF THE JUSTICES AT ONE POINT SAYING ON EVIDENTIARY ISSUES IT WOULD BE VERY TO OVERTURN THAT RULING. THEY DID NOT RULE. WE'LL EXPECT THAT WHEN THEY WHEN THEY DOWN. >> OLIVIA RUBIN IN COURT THIS MORNING ON TV WITH US THIS NIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, AS ALWAYS. WE WANT TO BRING IN NOW OUR BIG STORY PANEL. JOINING US TODAY, ROMAN TARABAY, FORMER DEPUTY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST AND FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. MARCIA AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN JOHN KATKO OF NEW YORK AND FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY TIM JANSEN. WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU, TIM. I DO WANT TO START WITH YOU. AND THIS DECISION BY JUDGE MERCHAN TODAY AS YOU WENT THROUGH IT. WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU THE MOST? HE SAYS, I'LL READ FROM THE JUDGE DIRECTLY. HE SAYS, QUOTE, THIS MATTER IS ONE THAT STANDS ALONE IN A NEW AND UNIQUE PLACE IN THIS NATION'S. HE SEEMINGLY ACKNOWLEDGING, LOOK, THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED. BUT THEN HE GOES ON, SAY, I'M GOING TO TREAT TRUMP LIKE EVERY OTHER DEFENDANT. IS THAT WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU? WELL, IT DOES, BECAUSE HE'S SAYING ONE THING AND DOING ANOTHER, RIGHT. THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED. NO ONE IN THIS COUNTRY HAS SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS THAT A PRESIDENT CANDIDATE WHO'S ABOUT TO DO A DEBATE AND LEADING ONE MAJOR PARTY IS ABOUT TO BE SENTENCED BEFORE A JUDGE. THE DEBATE AND THE AND THE ACTUAL ELECTION THAT'S UNPRECEDENTED. NOW HE WANTS TO TREAT HIM, ANYBODY, ANY OTHER DEFENDANT, BUT HE'S NOT ANY OTHER DEFENDANT. AND THE TRUMP TEAM IS CLAIMING THIS WAS ALL POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. SO THIS JUDGE IS KIND OF TAKING A VERY DELICATE BALANCE HERE TO ENSURE THAT JUSTICE GOES FORWARD BUT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. ROMA, I'VE GOT A PACKET SITTING IN FRONT OF ME HERE ON MY DESK. OF ALL THE THINGS THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS SAID ABOUT JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN. HE HAS TALKED ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER. AS YOU KNOW, HE HAS SAID THAT THE JUDGE IS, QUOTE, HIGHLY CONFLICTED. HE SAID A LOT ABOUT JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN IS NOT VERY KIND. BUT NOW THIS JUDGE HAS DONE WHAT DONALD TRUMP WANTS. DOES THAT UNDERCUT TRUMP'S ARGUMENT THAT HE'S BEING VICTIMIZED BY THE SYSTEM IF HE'S GETTING WHAT HE WANTS IN COURT? WELL, LET'S BE CLEAR TO THE VIEWERS. THE JUDGE'S WORKS FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. SO TRUMP IS SIMPLY ADDRESSING THE FACT THAT THE JUDGE DOES. >> TO BE CLEAR, IT DOESN'T MEAN THE JUDGE DOES, BUT CONTINUE, OF COURSE. >> BUT THE JUDGE IS NOT SIMPLY DOING A FAVOR FOR DONALD TRUMP. HE'S DOING WHAT SHOULD DONE, WHICH IS DELAYING THIS BECAUSE IT IS ELECTION TO INTERFERE. AND FRANKLY, I DON'T REALLY EXPECT HIS EXPLANATION TO BE ACCEPTED BY MOST REPUBLICANS, BECAUSE IF THIS TRULY WAS TO AVOID ANY PERCEPTION OF ELECTION INTERFERENCE, THEN THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BROUGHT THE CASE DURING PRIMARY ELECTION IN THE FIRST PLACE. THERE'S A LOT OF TIMING HERE, AND SO THIS DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE MUCH. BUT WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE VOTERS, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS REALLY FROM A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE HERE, THE VOTER IS GOING TO THE POLLS IN NOVEMBER, THE ONES THAT ARE TRULY GOING TO CHANGE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION ARE INDEPENDENT VOTERS. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANY ONE OF THEM IS SITTING HERE WATCHING THESE CASES, CHOOSING PRESIDENT BASED ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH ANY OF THESE CASES AGAINST. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP. WELL, MARCIA, I KIND OF WANT TO THROW A SIMILAR QUESTION TO YOU TO PICK UP WHERE ROMA JUST LEFT OFF, BECAUSE WHEN I AM NOT FILLING IN AS I AM ON THIS, FINE FOR THE GREAT KAYNA WHITWORTH, I COVER CAPITOL HILL FOR ABC NEWS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS DEMOCRATS WILL PRIVATELY TELL YOU ON CAPITOL HILL IS THAT THEY DO BELIEVE WITH SOME OF THESE LEGAL DRAMAS DONALD TRUMP, YOU KNOW, HIS GETS STRENGTHENED POLITICALLY. HE COMES OUT OF THESE STRONGER THAN HE PERHAPS IN. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE JUDGE IS IN SOME WAY KNOW NOT DOING TRUMP A FAVOR BY HAVING THE SENTENCING PRIOR THE ELECTION? >> I DON'T THINK SO. RIGHT. TODAY'S VISUAL WAS A REMINDER THAT JUST DAYS BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, AS YOU MENTIONED, TRUMP IS IN COURT AGAIN. IT'S A REMINDER THAT HE'S BEEN SENTENCED WITH 34 FELONY CONVICTIONS. HE'S ALSO BEEN FOUND TO HAVE E. JEAN CARROLL AND HAS ADMITTED TO OTHERS. SO IT'S QUITE THE SPLIT SCREEN. AGAIN, NOT TRUE. ALL HARRIS AND WALZ ARE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND BOOSTING SMALL BUSINESSES. TO BE CLEAR, HE'S FOUND LIABLE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT. THAT IS WHAT THAT TRIAL ADJUDICATED. BUT I WANT TO TURN TO JOHN KATKO. JOHN IS A FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR. SO JOHN IS CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO TALK ABOUT THE LEGAL NESS OF ALL OF THIS. AND YOU DON'T GET TO BECAUSE I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU THAT I WANTED TO GET YOUR OPINION ON, WHICH IS TODAY SAYING THROUGH HIS DAUGHTER, LIZ, THAT HE WILL VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS. THIS IS UNTHINKABLE. YOU KNOW, EIGHT YEARS AGO, DICK CHENEY VOTING FOR A DEMOCRAT. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? AND DO YOU THINK THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY MORE REPUBLICANS LIKE DICK CHENEY, WHO WOULD DO THAT? OR IS HE KIND OF ON ALONE ON AN ISLAND HERE, AN OUTLIER? I DON'T THINK HE'S AN OUTLIER AS A WHOLE. I MEAN, HE'S NOT THE FIRST EX-MEMBER OF CONGRESS THAT HAS SAID THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS. IN FACT, THERE'S A SLEW OF FORMER MEMBERS WHO HAVE GONE ON RECORD SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO SUPPORT KAMALA HARRIS ,NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE THEY AGREE WITH HER. BUT -- BUT BECAUSE THEY VIEW PRESIDENT TRUMP IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT. THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR PARTY RIGHT NOW. WE'RE GOING THROUGH TREMENDOUS TURMOIL. AND QUITE FRANKLY, AND UNTIL THE CHAPTER OF TRUMP IS OVER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT TURMOIL. AND WHETHER THAT'S GOOD OR BAD, THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. DEFINITELY NOT THE PARTY OF CHENEY AND GEORGE BUSH, THOUGH, ANYMORE. IS THE PARTY OF DONALD TRUMP JOHN OR RONALD REAGAN? THAT'S FOR SURE. >> ROMA, MARSHA, JOHN, TIM, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR YOUR TIME. STAY WITH US. BECAUSE STILL AHEAD FOR US, A 14 YEAR OLD AND HIS FATHER ARE FACING SEPARATE CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER THAT HORRIFIC SHOOTING AT A SCHOOL IN GEORGIA. WHY THIS COULD CHANGE THE WAY COURTS LOOK AT PARENTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR MOMENTS FROM NOW? WHENEVER THE NEWS BREAKS. >> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS. >> ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS IS RIGHT THERE. EVERY FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE NEED FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE, TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET'S GO. 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THAT'S THE SPIRIT, AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA'S NUMBER EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHILE IT WAS A REGULAR DAY FOR 19-YEAR-OLD MELISSA WITH SOMETHING TERRIBLE, IT HAPPENED TO HER. HE HAD SEVERAL SUSPECTS ALL THESE KINDS OF LEADS, A KNOWN SERIAL KILLER IN YOUR AREA. COULD HE BE INVOLVED? WE'RE ACTUALLY FINDING KEY EVIDENCE COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS IN HER LAST HOURS ON THIS EARTH WERE TERRORISTIC. >> THIS BEAUTIFUL CAN GO. POLICE WILL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AT WIT'S END. >> THE HUNT FOR A KILLER ONLY ON HULU. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE" TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST. HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. START HERE ABC NEWS. MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START. >> I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW WE TALK ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT ALL. THE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, THINGS THAT HAPPEN ALL HERE. ARE YOU GETTING PICKED AT SCHOOL? HERE HE IS. HE'S GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL AND IS THAT REALLY OKAY? THAT'S WHY I KEEP GOING UP THERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU JUST NEVER YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW. AND I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO HIM. >> THAT WAS A POLICE INTERVIEW FROM LAST YEAR, MAN. YOU HEARD HE'S COLIN GRAY, THE FATHER OF THE 14-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IN WEDNESDAY'S SHOOTING AT APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL IN. IN OUR SPOTLIGHT THIS EVENING, COLIN GRAY AND HIS SON ARE BOTH NOW FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES AND APPEARED IN COURT TOGETHER THIS MORNING. THE FATHER INDICTED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FELONY MURDER AND A HOST OF OTHER CHARGES AFTER SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS POLICE HE GIFTED HIS SON THAT AR 15 STYLE RIFLE USED IN THE ATTACK EVEN AFTER BEING TOLD HIS WAS A THREAT. AND AFTER THAT INTERVIEW WITH POLICE THAT YOU JUST BY OUR COUNT AT ABC NEWS, THIS IS ONLY THE THIRD TIME IN AMERICAN THAT PARENTS HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH A MASS SHOOTING. THE OTHER WAS JUST MONTHS AGO THAT MICHIGAN COUPLE SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR FAILING TO PREVENT THEIR TEENAGE ETHAN CRUMBLY FROM POSSESSING THE GUN THAT HE USED TO KILL FOUR STUDENTS AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL IN 2021. TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THIS, WE WANT TO BRING BACK OUR PANEL THIS EVENING. MARCIA, JOHN AND JOINING US IS ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND SIRIUS XM RADIO HOST MIKE VIEWS AND ABC NEWS LEGAL ANALYST CHANNA LLOYD. THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR TIME. JOHN, I DO WANT TO START WITH YOU AND HOW STRONG IS THE CASE THAT PROSECUTORS BROUGHT HERE IN YOUR VIEW? I KNOW IT'S EARLY AND COULD THIS SET SOME KIND OF A PRECEDENT GIVEN HOW RARE THIS IS, BUT THE FREQUENCY WHICH WE'VE BEEN SEEING IT IN RECENT MONTHS? >> WELL, JAY, LET'S JUST START WITH WHAT WE KNOW. WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THE FBI, THIS FAMILY, FOR ALLEGED THREATS AGAINST A SCHOOL AND A SCHOOL. >> SO THEY SPOKE WITH THE FATHER. THEY WERE AWARE HE WAS AWARE HE ALLEGEDLY BOUGHT THIS GUN FOR HIS SON AS A CHRISTMAS. WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE SYMPTOMS AND THINGS THAT LEAD UP TO SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, HE WAS AWARE THAT HIS SON MAY POTENTIALLY HAVE BEEN A THREAT AND STILL HE GIFTED HIM THIS GUN THAT IS SHOWING THAT HE WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE IN HIS DECISION MAKING. AND THAT YOUR RESPONSE ABILITY COULD POTENTIALLY PUT HIM ON THE HOOK FOR THESE CHARGES. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW. TOWARD YOUR SECOND QUESTION. WHAT SEEING IS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE STATE ATTORNEYS ARE TAKING ACTIONS IN THESE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN A WAY THAT THEY HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE. THEY ARE TO THE PARENTS TO SEE THAT IF YOU GIVE A FIREARM TO A CHILD YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE, WHETHER IT'S CRIMINALLY OR CIVILLY, YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS, SHOULD THEY INJURE ANOTHER CHILD. AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM THE CRUMBLES IS THAT THIS IS NOW BEING USED IN OTHER STATES WITH SIMILAR LAWS. >> MARCIA, THIS COUNTRY IS PLAGUED BY GUN VIOLENCE AND SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, SPECIFICALLY. WE JUST HEARD JOHN TALK ABOUT RENEWED ATTENTION ON PARENTS THE KIND THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. DO YOU THINK THIS COULD BE THE TIPPING POINT TO POTENTIALLY CHANGE SOMETHING? AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW. IT'S UNSETTLING YET ANOTHER SCHOOL SHOOTING COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. AND WE KNOW THAT GUNS ARE THE LEADING KILLER OF KIDS. SO FATHER DESERVES EVERYTHING COMING TO HIM. IF HE TRULY GAVE HIS SON. A CHILD. AN ASSAULT WHILE AN ASSAULT RIFLE, A GIFT. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, DONALD TRUMP. FAMILIES SHOULD JUST GET OVER THESE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. AND LAST NIGHT DOWN SAYING THAT SHOOTING SCHOOL SHOOTINGS ARE A FACT OF LIFE. IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. >> SO IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE. JOHN, I WANT RETURN BACK TO THE LAW HERE VERY QUICKLY, BECAUSE YOU ARE A FORMER PROSECUTOR, AS I MADE NOTE OF EARLIER. IS THERE A CONCERN IN YOUR VIEW, THAT THERE THIS KIND OF SLIPPERY WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU START WITH A VERY SERIOUS AND THEN THERE COULD BE PROSECUTORS THAT HOLD PARENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL NUMBER OF THINGS? >> WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT. BUT LISTEN, I'M AN AVID HUNTER AND I'VE TAUGHT MY KIDS TO HUNT. I POUNDED SAFETY INTO THEIR HEADS FROM THE MOMENT THEY WERE TEENAGERS. AND I THEM TO WEAPONS. AND THEY'RE ALWAYS UNDER LOCK AND KEY. WHAT THIS FATHER DID WAS COMPLETELY REPREHENSIBLE AND IRRESPONSIBLE. BUT THAT SAID, CIVIL LIABILITY IS ROCK SOLID HERE. CRIMINAL LIABILITY IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT SHAKES OUT. BUT I'M ALL FOR PROSECUTORS TRYING TO DO THIS. WHAT HE DID WAS REALLY, REALLY AND PROBABLY SO RECKLESS. >> IT PROBABLY WARRANTS CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. AND MIKE, TO YOU AND THIS IS A VERY HARD QUESTION TO ASK BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WENT SOMEWHAT BY THE BOOK IN THIS CASE TO A DEGREE. YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL HAS A VERY SOPHISTICATED SECURITY SYSTEM WHERE THEY, YOU KNOW, SEND A GPS COORDINATE TO WHERE THE TROUBLE IS. THE FBI GOT THAT THREAT AND THEY INTERVIEWED THE FATHER AND THEY WARNED HIM. AND THEN COURSE THE FATHER MADE HIS DECISIONS THAT PROSECUTORS ALLEGE THAT HE MADE. AND SUBSEQUENT TO THAT POINT BEING, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT TRANSPIRED . WHAT SHOULD CHANGE HERE TO PREVENT THIS HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE? I DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY IN THE THAT YOU LAID OUT THAT CASE STUDY, WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE SEEMED LIKE EVERY MEASURE WAS TAKEN IN TERMS OF HOW TO GET TO A POTENTIAL SHOOTING THAT IS HAPPENING. BUT WHAT'S GOING TO NEED TO CHANGE, AS IS CASES LIKE THIS BEING BROUGHT FORTH TO THE PARENT, HOLDING THEM RESPONSIBLE, WE SAY IN A PRECEDENT HAS HAPPENED IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN WHERE WHEREAS DONE BECAUSE WITH GOVERNMENT AND CONGRESS IS GOING TO PASS LEGISLATION AND LAWS MAKES IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT FOR THESE MASS SHOOTINGS TO HAPPEN, YOU TO START HOLDING PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE BESIDES JUST THE SHOOTER. AND SO A MINOR IS RECEIVING A GUN FROM A PARENT, AND THAT PARENT HAS NOT DONE THE RESPONSIBLE THING OF KEEPING IT SAFE, LOCKING, PUTTING THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH GUN SAFETY, NOT BEING AWARE OF THEIR CHILDREN'S CHALLENGES, LIKE WITH MENTAL HEALTH, THEN THE RESPONSIBILITY IS ON THEM. AND IT WILL MAKE ALL PARENTS WHO HAVE GUNS IN THE HOUSEHOLD THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HOW THOSE GUNS ARE THERE AND THE INTENT ON WHY IS THERE AND WHY ARE THEY GIVING THEIR CHILDREN GUNS GIFTS, IN PARTICULAR ASSAULT RIFLES THAT ARE NOT BEING USED FOR HUNTING. AND SO I THINK THESE ARE A TYPE OF PREVENTIVE MEASURES THAT COULD STOP MASS SHOOTINGS OR AT LEAST SLOW DOWN THE FREQUENCY. >> MIKE, MARCIA, JOHN, CHARLOTTE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. AND AHEAD FOR US IN OUR LAST CALL, BOEING'S STARLINE IS FINALLY SET TO REACH EARTH, BUT IT WILL BE WITHOUT ITS PASSENGERS. PANEL WEIGHS IN ON THAT NEXT. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF, A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET'S GO. ON THE 24 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET, FOREVER STORY IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC LIVE HERE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE AND THEY WRITE THE STORIES THAT SHAPE WORLD THAT SHAPE YOUR LIFE. DRAMATIC, STUNNING AND TOWERING GEORGE RYAN, THE MOST POWERFUL STORIES OF OUR TIME. 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THE CAPSULE LAND AT WHITE SANDS MISSILE SPACE HARBOR IN NEW MEXICO WAS PART OF THE FINAL CHAPTER IN WHAT SOME HAVE CALLED A DISAPPOINTING TEST FLIGHT. AND WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN 8-DAY MISSION HAS NOW TURNED INTO A MULTI-MONTH ESCAPADE FOR THOSE ASTRONAUTS DUE TO CONCERNS, WEATHER AND OPERATIONAL READINESS. TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THIS, I WANT TO BRING BACK THE PANEL HERE. AND MIKE, I DO WANT TO START WITH YOU, BECAUSE YOU ARE AN ENGINEER BY EDUCATION. IN YOUR VIEW, DID NASA'S MAKE THE RIGHT CALL HERE, HAVING THESE ASTRONAUTS HITCH A RIDE WITH SPACE X AS OPPOSED TO THE STARLINER TO GET BACK HOME? ABSOLUTELY. WHEN YOU WANT TO DO WHAT'S CALLED A QUALITY ASSURANCE, SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ELIMINATE ANY RISK AS POSSIBLE . AS IT STANDS, THERE HAS BEEN DAMAGE DONE TO THE STARLINER. AND SO WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IS RISK ANY POSSIBILITY TO CAUSE HUMAN HARM, HUMAN DAMAGE TO THAT. I THINK THAT WAS VERY MUCH A RESPONSIBLE AND ETHICAL ON BEHALF OF BOEING IN CONJUNCTION WITH NASA, TO MAKE THAT DECISION, ALSO TO TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SPACE. WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN THIS RACE TO SPACE AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE SEEING THE PRIVATIZATION OF SPACE IS, THAT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT THIS AS A COLLABORATIVE ASPECT AND, NECESSARILY FROM A CAPITALISTIC MONETARY GAINS, ALTHOUGH WE DO LIVE IN EXISTING ON TOP OF SOCIETY, THESE MISSIONS ARE SO DELICATE, THE ENGINEERING HAS TO BE SO SPOT ON AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT JUST AS WE DO IN THE TECH, IN THE CODING COMMUNITY WITH OPEN SOURCING. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE OPEN TECHNOLOGY AND OPEN SYSTEMS SO THAT WE CAN GET THE BEST INFORMATION, THE BEST PROCESSES, THE BEST SUPPLY CHAIN TO ENSURE THAT CIVILIANS . NOW THAT I HEAD INTO SPACE ARE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE AND WE'RE NOT RACING TO SPACE FOR THE FACT OF SAYING WE GOT THERE FIRST. MARSHA, I WANT TO DRAW UPON YOUR COMMUNICATIONS BACKGROUND HERE. VERY QUICKLY. IN YOUR VIEW IS THIS AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR BOEING AND CERTAINLY IS A SETBACK AND A CHALLENGE FOR THEM IN ADDITION TO, ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DEFINITELY HAD GOING ON. SO. BUT LOOK, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT AIRCRAFT OR SPACE. ALL I'M TRYING TO DO IS STAY POSITIVE AND THINK ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO PLAY THEM WHEN THIS MOVIE COMES OUT. AND I THINK THAT TOM HANKS IS A SHOO IN FOR BUTCH. >> WE HAVE WE HAVE LIMITED TIME. JOHN KATKO, YOU GET THE LAST CALL HERE. AND WHO WOULD YOU RATHER BE STUCK IN SPACE FOR MANY MONTHS? AND WHY IS IT ME? PROBABLY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. SOMEBODY COULD ENTERTAIN ME AS LONG AS I HAD SOME OTHER PANELS UP ALREADY WENT THROUGH. SO THAT WOULD BE COOL. THANKS, MAN. WHATEVER. MIKE AND I ARE GOING TO SPACE WITHOUT YOU. ME, MIKE, MARK, WE'RE ALL TO SPACE. WE'RE LEAVING JOHN KATKO IN SYRACUSE OR FLORIDA OR WHATEVER. I CAN FOR