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WORD ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED. THE NTSB AND FAA ARE INVESTIGATING NOW TO THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. >> AN ANGRY PROTESTERSIDENT BIDT CAME AS HE VISITED THE CRUCIAL SWING STATE OF MICHIGAN, TRYING TO CONVINCE VOTERS THAT THE ECONOMY IS LOOKING UP AS WE AWAIT THE MONTHLY JOBS REPORT

THIS MORNING, ABC’S EM NGUYEN IS IN WASHINGTON WITH MORE. AND GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING ALISON. >> THE TENSIONS SURROUNDING BIDEN’S VISIT TO MICHIGAN HIGHLIGHTS THE BIG CHALLENGE FOR HIS CAMPAIGN IN A STATE HE WON LAST TIME BY ONLY 3. PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS MET BY PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS THE MOMENT HE LANDED

IN MICHIGAN, A KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE HOME TO THE LARGEST ARAB AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE U.S. BIDEN, BIDEN AND WHAT DO YOU SAY PRO TESTERS GATHERED LAST NIGHT IN A PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET FROM BIDEN’S RALLY, WAVING FREE PALESTINE FLAGS? EARLIER PROTESTERS EVEN FACING OFF WITH POLICE IN RIOT GEAR

OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE, SAYS SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS WILL TRAVEL TO MICHIGAN LATER THIS MONTH TO HEAR FROM ARAB COMMUNITY LEADERS ANGRY OVER BIDEN’S SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IN ITS WAR AGAINST HAMAS. MEANWHILE, BIDEN MET WITH AUTO WORKERS YESTERDAY TOUTING HIS RECORD ON THE ECONOMY. >> WE NOW HAVE, IN LARGE PART

BECAUSE OF YOU AND ORGANIZED LABOR, THE STRONGEST ECONOMY IN THE WHOLE WORLD. WE DO. WE DO, AND THE WHOLE WORLD. INFLATION IS COMING DOWN. >> BUT A NEW NATIONAL POLL SHOWS BIDEN LOSING TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, 49 TO 45. THE GAP GROWS EVEN WIDER IN A POTENTIAL MATCHUP WITH NIKKI HALEY AND

BIDEN FACES MORE CHALLENGES ON CAPITOL HILL. THE HOUSE PASSED A TAX CUT BILL THIS WEEK WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, BUT IT FACES OPPOSITION IN THE SENATE. REPUBLICAN SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY SAYS HE WON’T SUPPORT THE BILL BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE BIDEN LOOK GOOD AND A BIPARTISAN DEAL TO ADDRESS THE BORDER

CRISIS IS BEING FINALIZED IN THE SENATE. BUT IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL IN THE HOUSE, ACCORDING TO SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON. EVEN THOUGH THE TEXT OF THE BILL HASN’T BEEN RELEASED YET AND THE TEXT OF THE BILL COULD BE RELEASED AS SOON AS TODAY. ANDREW. >> ALL RIGHT. WE’LL KEEP AN EYE

ON IT. AND THANK YOU. DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN HAS APOLOGIZED FOR HOW HE HANDLED HIS PROSTATE CANCER DIAGNOSIS. HE’S KEEPING HIS CONDITION AND HOSPITALIZATION A SECRET FROM THE PRESIDENT AND THE PUBLIC. HE TRIED TO EXPLAIN HIS ACTIONS TO REPORTERS YESTERDAY. >> I WAS BEING TREATED FOR PROSTATE CANCER. THE NEWS SHOOK

ME AND I KNOW THAT IT SHAKES SO MANY OTHERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. IT WAS A GUT PUNCH. AND FRANKLY, MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS TO KEEP IT PRIVATE. 1 IN 8 AMERICAN MEN WILL GET PROSTATE CANCER. 1 IN 6 BLACK MEN WILL GET IT. SO YOU CAN

COUNT ON ME TO SET A BETTER EXAMPLE ON THIS ISSUE TODAY AND FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, AUSTIN’S ACTIONS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION ON CAPITOL HILL AND AT THE PENTAGON. >> WE TURN NOW TO JENNIFER CRUMBLY, THE WOMAN WHOSE SON FATALLY SHOT FOUR STUDENTS AT HIS MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL. SHE’S

ON TRIAL FOR MANSLAUGHTER, ACCUSED OF IGNORING HER SON’S PLEAS FOR HELP. SHE TOOK THE STAND YESTERDAY AND SAID THERE’S NOTHING SHE WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY. HERE’S ABC’S ANDREA FUJII JENNIFER CRUMBLY, THE FIRST MOTHER IN THE U.S. TO BE CHARGED IN A SCHOOL SHOOTING COMMITTED BY A CHILD, TOOK THE

STAND AND DEFENDED HER PARENTING SKILLS. >> YOU NEVER WOULD THINK YOU HAVE TO PROTECT YOUR CHILD FROM HARMING SOMEBODY ELSE. >> THAT’S WHAT. THAT’S WHAT BLEW MY MIND. I WAS JUST THAT WAS THE HARDEST THING I HAD TO STOMACH IS THAT MY CHILD HARMED AND KILLED OTHER PEOPLE.

>> SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE ACCUSED OF MAKING A GUN ACCESSIBLE AT THEIR HOME AND IGNORING THEIR SON. ETHAN’S MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS. BUT CRUMBLY SAYS SHE DIDN’T THINK HER SON NEEDED HELP, DESPITE THE PROSECUTION POINTING TO ETHAN’S JOURNAL, WHICH INCLUDED ENTRIES LIKE MY PARENTS DON’T LISTEN TO

ME AND I HAVE ZERO HELP FOR MY MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, AND IT’S CAUSING ME TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL. >> DID YOU EVER BELIEVE THAT YOUR SON NEEDED MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, THERAPY, COUNSELING, ANYTHING? >> NO. I MEAN, THERE’S A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE ETHAN HAD EXPRESSED ANXIETY OVER TAKING

TESTS. UM ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO FOR AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, WHETHER IT WAS COLLEGE OR MILITARY. SO HE EXPRESSED THOSE THOSE CONCERNS TO ME. UM BUT NOT NOT TO A LEVEL WHERE I FELT HE NEEDED TO GO SEE A PSYCHIATRIST. >> DID YOU EVER DENY HIM OR SAY,

NO, I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE YOU TO A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL? DID HE EVER ASK, YOU KNOW, CRUMBLY DENIED HAVING A ROLE IN BUYING OR STORING THE GUN AND SHIFTED RESPONSIBILITY TO HER HUSBAND, ADDING, I DON’T THINK I’M A FAILURE AS A PARENT. >> THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING,

STAFF AT THE SCHOOL MET WITH THE CRUMBLEYS AND WERE SHOWN A PICTURE ETHAN HAD DRAWN OF A GUN WITH THE WORDS THE THOUGHTS WON’T STOP, HELP ME. THE WORLD IS DEAD. MY LIFE IS USELESS. HIS PARENTS DECLINED TO TAKE HIM HOME THAT DAY. CRUMBLY SAYS SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR

HIM TO STAY AT SCHOOL. HE LATER USED A GUN FROM HIS BACKPACK TO FIRE AT STUDENTS. >> AS I’VE ASKED MYSELF IF I WOULD DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY, AND I WOULDN’T HAVE. >> IF YOU COULD CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED, WOULD YOU? >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. I WISH HE WOULD HAVE KILLED US INSTEAD, PROSECUTORS WILL CROSS-EXAMINE

JENNIFER CRUMBLY THIS MORNING. >> HER HUSBAND GOES ON TRIAL NEXT MONTH. ANDREW ALLISON ANDREA. >> THANK YOU. TURNING NOW TO THE WEATHER, CALIFORNIA IS PREPARING FOR ANOTHER BIG STORM THIS WEEKEND. OFFICIALS OPENED THE WATERWAY TO THIS DAM NORTH OF SACRAMENTO, TRYING TO LIMIT FLOOD DAMAGE. AND IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, FLOODING CLOSED SOME

ROADS, ESPECIALLY AROUND LONG BEACH. LET’S CHECK YOUR FRIDAY FORECAST. >> GOOD MORNING. OUR SOUTHWESTERN STORM IS MAKING PROGRESS EAST AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE SOME GUSTY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. AT NIGHT, THOSE STORMS MOVE EAST THROUGH THE GULF COAST, AND BY SUNDAY WE’LL

HAVE SOME DISRUPTIVE THUNDERSTORMS IN FLORIDA. BUT THEN WE TURN OUR ATTENTION BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST. LOOK AT THIS. ANOTHER STRONGER STORM MOVES INTO CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. WE’RE GOING TO SEE BETWEEN 8 AND 12IN OF RAIN IN THE FOOTHILLS NORTH

OF L.A. AND MULTIPLE FEET OF SNOW IN THE SIERRA. I’M METEOROLOGIST JEFF CORNISH. COMING UP, A COUNTRY MUSIC STAR UNDER ARREST IN A DRUG CASE. >> ALSO AHEAD, THE OUTRAGE AFTER MIGRANTS ACCUSED OF ATTACKING THESE NEW YORK POLICE OFFICERS ARE RELEASED WITHOUT BAIL. >> AND THE NFL PLAYER WHO CAME

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MORNING AMERICA. >> HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. WHAT’S BEING CALLED AN ACCIDENTAL RELEASE OF FIRE SUPPRESSION FOAM CAUSED THIS MESS AT BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT, CREWS ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE CHEMICALS FROM SEEPING INTO NEARBY WATERWAYS. HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH FOUNDER DARIUS RUCKER HAS BEEN ARRESTED. >> POLICE NEAR NASHVILLE SAY THE

SINGER WAS BOOKED ON MISDEMEANOR DRUG POSSESSION CHARGES. IT’S UNCLEAR WHAT LED TO THE ARREST, BUT RUCKER WAS ALSO CITED FOR EXPIRED REGISTRATION, SUGGESTING HE WAS PULLED OVER BY POLICE. >> NEW DETAILS OVERNIGHT ABOUT THE GROUP OF MIGRANTS ACCUSED IN A VICIOUS ATTACK ON POLICE OFFICERS IN NEW YORK’S TIMES

SQUARE. SOME OF THE SUSPECTS, RELEASED WITHOUT BAIL. AUTHORITIES IN NEW YORK ARE SEARCHING FOR MORE SUSPECTS, MOST BELIEVED TO BE ASYLUM SEEKERS, IN CONNECTION WITH THIS ATTACK ON TWO NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICERS. THE OFFICERS WERE PATROLLING OUTSIDE A MIGRANT SHELTER WHEN A SCUFFLE BROKE OUT. THE GROUP OF MIGRANTS

KICKING AND PUNCHING THE OFFICERS, RUNNING OFF WITH THEIR PHONES. >> REPREHENSIBLE COWARDS. >> YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY OUR COPS ARE GETTING ASSAULTED AND THERE’S NO CONSEQUENCES, AND WE MUST CHANGE THIS END OF STORY. >> SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED , BUT POLICE BELIEVE AT LEAST 13 WERE INVOLVED. NEW YORK’S

GOVERNOR WAS ASKED WHETHER THE SUSPECTS SHOULD BE DEPORTED. >> GET THEM ALL AND SEND THEM BACK. YOU DON’T. YOU DON’T TOUCH OUR POLICE OFFICERS. YOU DON’T TOUCH ANYBODY. >> AND THIS MORNING, OUTRAGE IS GROWING OVER WHY SEVERAL OF THE SUSPECTS WERE SET FREE WITHOUT BAIL. A AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER FOUR OF

THEM THEN HOPPED A BUS TO CALIFORNIA USING FAKE NAMES. THE NEW YORK MAYOR’S OFFICE FURIOUS. >> IT’S AN ABSOLUTE ABOMINATION. BUT THEY SHOULD NOT BE BACK OUT ON THE STREET. BASED UPON WHAT THEY DID. >> THE CITY HAS STRUGGLED TO COPE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF NEARLY 200,000 ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THE

LAST TWO YEARS. POLICE SAY ARREST WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR MORE THAN 100 MIGRANTS FOR VARIOUS CRIMES. BUT ACTIVISTS WARN AGAINST PENALIZING AN ENTIRE POPULATION OF MIGRANTS LEGALLY IN THE U.S. SEEKING ASYLUM. THE OFFICERS WERE NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THAT ATTACK . >> ALL STAR TIGHT END FOR BALTIMORE RAVENS IS BEING HAILED

A HERO FOR HIS ACTIONS ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. MARK ANDREWS WAS FLYING TO PHENIX WHEN ANOTHER PASSENGER SUFFERED A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. A DOCTOR AND NURSE TRIED TO HELP, AND ANDREWS, WHO HAS DIABETES, OFFERED HIS TESTING KIT, SUGGESTING HER BLOOD SUGAR MIGHT BE LOW. AND IT WAS, AND SHE

RECOVERED IN TIME TO WALK OFF THE FLIGHT. ANDREWS CALLED THE FLIGHT CREW, THE DOCTOR AND THE NURSE. THE REAL HEROES ABSOLUTELY COMING UP, A BIG CITY POWER OUTAGE BLAMED ON WHAT ELSE? >> A RACCOON ALSO AHEAD. >> ONE YEAR LATER, WE HEAR FROM PEOPLE STILL AFRAID TO RETURN TO

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THREE HOURS. THE CDC HAS ISSUED A CRITICAL WARNING ABOUT A HIGHLY ADDICTIVE SUPPLEMENT KNOWN AS GAS STATION HEROIN. >> ITS REAL NAME IS NEPTUNE’S FIX, AND IT’S NOW BEING RECALLED. DOCTORS SAY IT MAY BE LAMINATED WITH CHEMICALS FOUND IN SYNTHETIC CANNABIS, WHICH HAVE BEEN LINKED TO HALLUCINATIONS, SEIZURES AND BRAIN SWELLING. LAWMAKERS HAVE

CALLED FOR A CRACKDOWN, BUT THE FDA DOES NOT REGULATE DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS. TOMORROW MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THE TOXIC TRAIN DERAILMENT IN EAST PALESTINE, OHIO, WHICH FORCED THE EVACUATION OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. >> AS PRESIDENT BIDEN PREPARES TO VISIT THIS MONTH, ABC’S ALEX PRESHA SPOKE WITH RESIDENTS AFRAID TO RETURN. 12 MONTHS LATER.

>> THIS MORNING, INVESTIGATORS RELEASING NEW IMAGES OF THE BALLS OF FIRE ERUPTING AFTER A TRAIN CARRYING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DERAILED IN EAST PALESTINE, OHIO, ONE YEAR AGO TOMORROW. DAYS AFTER THE CRASH, THE RAIL OPERATOR NORFOLK SOUTHERN CONDUCTED A CONTROLLED RELEASE OF VINYL CHLORIDE, A CANCER CAUSING TOXIN, FROM FIVE

OF THE RAIL CARS. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAD TO BE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES, AND NOW, ONE YEAR LATER, MANY ARE STILL AFRAID TO RETURN. >> I DON’T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING BACK HOME. I’M STILL HEARING ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WENT BACK HOME, THAT REGRET GOING BACK HOME. >> DOZENS OF FAMILIES WERE

RELOCATED TO HOTELS, PAID FOR BY NORFOLK SOUTHERN, BUT THAT PROGRAM RUNS OUT NEXT WEEK. THE EPA INSISTS THE AIR AND TAP WATER IS SAFE, BUT SOME RESIDENTS AREN’T BUYING IT NOW. >> I’VE HAD A MIGRAINE ALMOST THE ENTIRE DURATION SINCE THE DERAILMENT, KRISTA GRAVES LIVES JUST OVER A MILE FROM THE DERAILMENT SITE.

>> SHE SAYS THE SMELL OF CHEMICALS STILL PERMEATES HER HOME, AND SAYS SHE RECENTLY FOUND CHEMICAL SHEENS IN HER BASEMENT. AND THEN THERE’S WAYNE AND LORI O’CONNELL. AFTER THE DERAILMENT, THEY BOTH TESTED POSITIVE FOR VINYL CHLORIDE. WEEKS LATER, WAYNE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER. >> WAYNE, DO YOU THINK YOUR

BREAST CANCER IS LINKED TO THAT DERAILMENT? >> I CAN’T SAY FOR SURE, BUT IT SEEMS AWFUL COINCIDENTAL. >> SINCE THE DERAILMENT, NORFOLK SOUTHERN SAYS IT’S INVESTED MORE THAN $100 MILLION IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY, INCLUDING MILLIONS IN DIRECT PAYMENTS AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS. THE RAILROAD OPERATOR AND THE EPA HAVE ALSO COLLECTED 45,000

SAMPLES AND INSIST THE TOWN IS SAFE. >> I VERY MUCH FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THERE IS SAFE. UM, I CAN TELL YOU I’VE BEEN HERE FROM, YOU KNOW, THE VERY BEGINNING HERE AND I’M NOT HAVING ISSUES. >> BUT DESPITE THESE MEASURES, THERE’S ALSO FRUSTRATION HERE AT A LACK OF ACTION IN WASHINGTON

TO PASS NEW RAIL SAFETY MEASURES . >> I’M ANGRY. TOWNS HAVE BEEN WIPED OFF THE MAP FOR LESS THAN THIS. >> ALEX PRESHA ABC NEWS EAST PALESTINE, OHIO ALEX, THANK YOU. >> THE NTSB SAYS THE DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY AN OVERHEATED WHEEL BEARING. ADVOCATES ALSO CITE A LACK OF SAFETY FEATURES

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ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S Reporting from Atlanta. I’m Steve osunsami wherever the story is will take you there. You’re streaming, ABC News live. >> TIME TO CHECK THE PULSE. BEGINNING WITH YOUR SUPER BOWL MENU. WHAT’S ON IT AND HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST?

>> SOME SNACK PRICES ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR, BUT NOT SHRIMP, SO YOU MAY WANT TO SERVE UP A BIG PLATTER NOW THAT PRICES ARE DOWN 6. THANKS TO AN OVERSUPPLY. SHRIMP FOR EVERYBODY. >> ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT ANOTHER THRIFTY KNOWN OPTION AT SUPER BOWL PARTIES? CHICKEN WINGS.

BOTH THE FRESH AND FROZEN VARIETY ARE A BIG BARGAIN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. BUT YOU’LL HAVE TO DIG DEEPER FOR CHIPS. THEY COST AT LEAST 5% MORE THIS YEAR. OH, BUMMER. NEXT. THE LUCKIEST TEACHERS IN AMERICA 30 CURRENT AND FORMER STAFFERS FROM A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN KENTUCKY WON $1 MILLION IN THE

POWERBALL LOTTERY. >> THE GROUP HAS BEEN POOLING MONEY TOGETHER FOR YEARS. 14 YEARS, AND THEY’VE BEEN PLAYING THE SAME NUMBERS. THEY BOUGHT THE WINNING TICKET AT KROGER, AND ONE MEMBER OF THE GROUP FOUND A CREATIVE SPOT TO HIDE THE TICKET UNTIL THEY WERE READY TO CLAIM THE PRIZE.

>> SO I THOUGHT IF SOMEBODY BREAKS IN, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PICK UP A MATH BOOK. YEAH YOU PLAY THE LOTTERY KNOWING YOU HAVE A CHANCE, AND THEN WHEN IT HAPPENS, YOU THINK THERE’S NO WAY THIS IS TRUE. SO SPLIT 30 WAYS. >> THEY EACH GOT ABOUT $24,000

AFTER TAXES. NOT A BAD BOUNTY. NEXT IT’S APPLES FIRST ENTIRELY NEW PRODUCT IN A DECADE. >> THE MUCH ANTICIPATED VISION PRO HEADSET GOES ON SALE TODAY. APPLE SAYS IT’S COMPATIBLE WITH MORE THAN A MILLION APPS, ONE REVIEWER SAID USING THE $3,500 DEVICE IS LIKE SWIPING AROUND ON YOUR IPHONE. IF YOUR IPHONE WAS

STRAPPED TO YOUR FACE. AN APPLE EXECUTIVE SPOKE TO OUR WILL REEVE ABOUT CUSTOMERS BEING ABLE TO TRY IT OUT IN A FEW DOZEN APPLE STORES SAYS THE BEST PART ABOUT GIVING THESE DEMOS IS WATCHING THOSE REACTIONS, AND I WILL SAY IT’S OR IT’S WONDER. >> SOMETIMES WE’VE HAD SOME

PEOPLE CRY. IT IS A REALLY TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE. >> HOW CLOSE YOU CAN GET MORE THAN 200,000 HEADSETS HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN SOLD SINCE PREORDERS BEGAN TWO WEEKS AGO, AND FINALLY, WANT TO KNOW HOW LONG YOUR DOG WILL LIVE? >> TAKE A LOOK AT HIS OR HER NOSE, A NEW STUDY FINDS A LONG

NOSE COULD MEAN A LONGER LIFE FOR YOUR POOCH, BRITISH RESEARCHERS FOUND. BREEDS WITH FLATTER FACES HAD A SHORTER LIFE EXPECTANCY THAN THOSE WITH LONGER SNOUTS. >> THEY’RE NOT SURE WHY, BUT THEY SAY SOME BREED RELATED DIFFERENCES MAY PLAY A ROLE. It’s lunchtime in America. So what are we serving up? Well,

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Are taller as the alpha. I went from 59 right now issues. I’m 61. Everybody’s freaked out by it on the basis of what it’s called leg lengthen. You only live once so go for the big business of getting tall now streaming on Hulu. MORE TOP STORIES AUTHORITIES SAY SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE KILLED LAST

NIGHT WHEN A SMALL PLANE CRASHED INTO THIS MOBILE HOME PARK IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA. >> THEY DID NOT OFFER A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF VICTIMS. THE FAA SAYS THE PILOT HAD REPORTED ENGINE FAILURE. >> PROSECUTORS IN NEW YORK ARE CONSIDERING A PERJURY CHARGE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP’S FORMER FINANCE CHIEF. THEY BELIEVE

ALLEN WEISSELBERG MAY HAVE LIED DURING TESTIMONY LINKED TO THE CIVIL FRAUD CASE AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT, WEISSELBERG IS ON PROBATION AFTER SERVING TIME FOR TAX EVASION AND ADVERTISING AGENCY WILL PAY $350 MILLION TO SETTLE A LAWSUIT OVER ITS MARKETING OF OXYCONTIN AND OTHER OPIOIDS. >> CRITICS SAY PUBLIC HEALTH BEARS SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR

THE CRISIS, WHICH HAS KILLED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. MUCH OF THE MONEY WILL PAY FOR PROGRAMS TO FIGHT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC. TODAY’S WEATHER SHOWERS ON THE WEST COAST BUT HEAVIER RAIN FOR THE SOUTHWEST. >> SNOW IN THE ROCKIES, STORMS IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA, BUT WARM IN THE MIDWEST AND FINALLY, MY

FAVORITE STORY THE OWL FLYING AROUND IN NEW YORK FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. DANNY NEW HAS THE STORY OF FLACCO. REPORTER IT’S A BIRD. >> IT’S A PLANE. IT’S OH IT’S AN ACTUAL BIRD, BUT A WORLD FAMOUS ONE THAT YOU CAN’T USUALLY FIND IN NORTH AMERICA. >> WELL, RIGHT NOW, A GROUP OF

DEDICATED BIRD LOVERS ARE TRYING TO GET AN OWL BACK TO ITS HOME. >> IT WAS ONE YEAR AGO TODAY THAT THE LEGEND OF FLACCO WAS BORN, WHEN A GROUP OF VANDALS LEFT A HOLE IN HIS ENCLOSURE AT THE CENTRAL PARK ZOO. AT FIRST, AUTHORITIES TRIED TO GET THE

EURASIAN EAGLE OWL BACK, BUT ONE DOES NOT SIMPLY CAPTURE THE MIGHTY FLACCO. HE’S GOT A NEAR SIX FOOT WINGSPAN, CAN FLY MORE THAN 30 MILES AN HOUR, AND DESPITE SPENDING HIS FIRST 13 YEARS IN CAPTIVITY, HAS A KNACK FOR THE HUNT. DO YOU THINK THAT IT HELPS THAT, OF ALL PLACES,

HE’S IN THE CITY WITH RATS? >> OH, IT ABSOLUTELY HELPS. SO WHAT’S SO REMARKABLE IS THAT FLACCO PICKED UP THIS INTRICATE SKILL ON HIS OWN. >> DAVID BARRETT HERE RUNS A PAGE ON X CALLED MANHATTAN BIRD ALERT AND UPDATES IT EVERY DAY WITH SIGHTINGS OF FLACCO. HE’S JUST SO BEAUTIFUL. FREQUENTLY

FOLKS AROUND NEW YORK WILL FIND FLACCO ON THEIR WINDOWSILL AND PHOTOGRAPHERS OFTEN GATHER IN CENTRAL PARK TO TRY AND CAPTURE THIS RARE, MAGNIFICENT BIRD. ENJOYING SOME OH MY GOSH, THEY TEAM SINCE FLACCO WAS PROVEN TO CLEARLY BE FLYING AROUND AND FINDING FOOD JUST FINE, THE ZOO HAS SINCE CALLED OFF THE SEARCH,

BUT SAID IT WOULD BE MONITORING HIM. BUT A YEAR LATER, HERE WE ARE. THIS VIDEO IS FROM LAST NIGHT, AND IF NEW YORK CITY HAS A RAT POPULATION PROBLEM, SO BAD, IT EVEN HIRED A RAT CZAR. IS FLACCO THE REAL RODENT EATING SUPERHERO? OUR CITY NEEDED? >> HE’S A SUPERHERO FOR SURE, GUYS.

>> ONE RECENT ESTIMATE CLAIMED THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 3 MILLION RATS IN NEW YORK CITY, AND THERE’S ONLY ONE BIRD FOR THE JOB. >> GUYS. >> THERE HE IS RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS MORNING, A PLANE CRASHES, SLAMMING INTO THIS MOBILE HOME PARK IN FLORIDA. >> THE INFERNO SPREADING THROUGH

SEVERAL HOMES, MULTIPLE PEOPLE KILLED. WE’LL HEAR FROM WITNESSES. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN FACING PROTESTERS IN MICHIGAN ANGRY OVER HIS SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IN ITS WAR WITH HAMAS. BIDEN’S MESSAGE AS NEW POLLS SHOW HIM TRAILING DONALD TRUMP AND NIKKI HALEY, THE MOTHER OF THE BOY WHO FATALLY SHOT FOUR STUDENTS AT

HIS HIGH SCHOOL, TAKES THE STAND AT HER MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL. >> THE FIRST MOTHER EVER CHARGED FOR A CHILD’S SCHOOL SHOOTING BY JENNIFER CRUMBLY INSISTS SHE DID NOT FAIL AS A MOTHER. >> THE NEW WARNING ABOUT SO-CALLED GAS STATION HEROINE FOUND AT CONVENIENCE STORES. THE ALERT FROM THE CDC ONE YEAR

AFTER THE TOXIC TRAIN DERAILMENT DISASTER. >> WE’RE BACK IN EAST PALESTINE, OHIO RESIDENTS EXPLAINED WHY THEY’RE STILL AFRAID TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES AND LATER, WHY YOU SHOULD PUT SHRIMP ON THE MENU AT YOUR SUPER BOWL PARTY THIS YEAR. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. >> THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING.

>> GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE I’M ANDREW DYMBURT. >> GOOD MORNING I’M ALISON KOSIK IN FOR RHIANNON. WE BEGIN WITH THAT DEADLY PLANE CRASH IN FLORIDA. >> AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN COMBING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE OF A MOBILE HOME PARK SET ABLAZE AFTER THE CRASH LAST NIGHT. >> THAT PLANE JUST CRASHED INTO

A BUILDING HERE OVERNIGHT, AUTHORITIES CONFIRMING MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AFTER A SMALL PLANE CRASHED INTO THIS MOBILE HOME PARK IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA. >> IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS HOUSE? >> NO. I THINK MASSIVE FLAMES POURING OUT OF THE HOMES. FIREFIGHTERS RUSHING PEOPLE TO SAFETY. GET BACK AROUND 7 P.M.

THE SINGLE ENGINE PLANE RADIOING MAYDAY TO THE CLEARWATER SAINT PETE AIRPORT, REPORTING ENGINE FAILURE BEFORE DISAPPEARING FROM THE RADAR. ABOUT THREE MILES NORTH OF THE RUNWAY, THE SITE OF THAT MOBILE HOME PARK. >> WE HEARD A LOUD NOISE, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS LIKE A MOTORCYCLE GOING BY AND THEN A FEW SECONDS

LATER, THERE WAS A BIG BOOM. SHOOK THE HOUSE, SHOOK THE WINDOWS. WE WENT AROUND THE CORNER. WE COULD SEE THE FLAMES SHOOTING LIKE 50FT IN THE AIR WITH A BIG PLUME OF SMOKE. IT DIDN’T EVEN LOOK LIKE THERE WAS A HOUSE LEFT THERE. >> FIREFIGHTERS RUSHING TO THE SCENE, FINDING FOUR MOBILE HOMES

ON FIRE. THE PLANE LODGED INSIDE ONE OF THEM. >> I CAN CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL FATALITIES, BOTH FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND WITHIN THE MOBILE HOME. FIREFIGHTER CREWS WERE ABLE TO EVACUATE THE THREE OTHER HOMES QUICKLY, PUTTING OUT THE FLAMES OVERNIGHT. >> THERE WAS STILL NO OFFICIAL WORD ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE

KILLED. THE NTSB AND FAA ARE INVESTIGATING NOW TO THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. >> AN ANGRY PROTESTERSIDENT BIDT CAME AS HE VISITED THE CRUCIAL SWING STATE OF MICHIGAN, TRYING TO CONVINCE VOTERS THAT THE ECONOMY IS LOOKING UP AS WE AWAIT THE MONTHLY JOBS REPORT THIS MORNING, ABC’S EM NGUYEN IS

IN WASHINGTON WITH MORE. AND GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING ALISON. >> THE TENSIONS SURROUNDING BIDEN’S VISIT TO MICHIGAN HIGHLIGHTS THE BIG CHALLENGE FOR HIS CAMPAIGN IN A STATE HE WON LAST TIME BY ONLY 3. PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS MET BY PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS THE MOMENT HE LANDED IN MICHIGAN, A KEY BATTLEGROUND

STATE HOME TO THE LARGEST ARAB AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE U.S. BIDEN, BIDEN AND WHAT DO YOU SAY PRO TESTERS GATHERED LAST NIGHT IN A PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET FROM BIDEN’S RALLY, WAVING FREE PALESTINE FLAGS? EARLIER PROTESTERS EVEN FACING OFF WITH POLICE IN RIOT GEAR OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE, SAYS SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS

WILL TRAVEL TO MICHIGAN LATER THIS MONTH TO HEAR FROM ARAB COMMUNITY LEADERS ANGRY OVER BIDEN’S SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IN ITS WAR AGAINST HAMAS. MEANWHILE, BIDEN MET WITH AUTO WORKERS YESTERDAY TOUTING HIS RECORD ON THE ECONOMY. >> WE NOW HAVE, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF YOU AND ORGANIZED LABOR, THE STRONGEST ECONOMY IN

THE WHOLE WORLD. WE DO. WE DO, AND THE WHOLE WORLD. INFLATION IS COMING DOWN. >> BUT A NEW NATIONAL POLL SHOWS BIDEN LOSING TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, 49 TO 45. THE GAP GROWS EVEN WIDER IN A POTENTIAL MATCHUP WITH NIKKI HALEY AND BIDEN FACES MORE CHALLENGES ON CAPITOL HILL. THE HOUSE PASSED A

TAX CUT BILL THIS WEEK WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, BUT IT FACES OPPOSITION IN THE SENATE. REPUBLICAN SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY SAYS HE WON’T SUPPORT THE BILL BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE BIDEN LOOK GOOD AND A BIPARTISAN DEAL TO ADDRESS THE BORDER CRISIS IS BEING FINALIZED IN THE SENATE. BUT IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL

IN THE HOUSE, ACCORDING TO SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON. EVEN THOUGH THE TEXT OF THE BILL HASN’T BEEN RELEASED YET AND THE TEXT OF THE BILL COULD BE RELEASED AS SOON AS TODAY. ANDREW. >> ALL RIGHT. WE’LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT. AND THANK YOU. DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN HAS APOLOGIZED FOR HOW HE HANDLED

HIS PROSTATE CANCER DIAGNOSIS. HE’S KEEPING HIS CONDITION AND HOSPITALIZATION A SECRET FROM THE PRESIDENT AND THE PUBLIC. HE TRIED TO EXPLAIN HIS ACTIONS TO REPORTERS YESTERDAY. >> I WAS BEING TREATED FOR PROSTATE CANCER. THE NEWS SHOOK ME AND I KNOW THAT IT SHAKES SO MANY OTHERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE

BLACK COMMUNITY. IT WAS A GUT PUNCH. AND FRANKLY, MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS TO KEEP IT PRIVATE. 1 IN 8 AMERICAN MEN WILL GET PROSTATE CANCER. 1 IN 6 BLACK MEN WILL GET IT. SO YOU CAN COUNT ON ME TO SET A BETTER EXAMPLE ON THIS ISSUE TODAY AND

FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, AUSTIN’S ACTIONS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION ON CAPITOL HILL AND AT THE PENTAGON. >> WE TURN NOW TO JENNIFER CRUMBLY, THE WOMAN WHOSE SON FATALLY SHOT FOUR STUDENTS AT HIS MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL. SHE’S ON TRIAL FOR MANSLAUGHTER, ACCUSED OF IGNORING HER SON’S PLEAS FOR HELP. SHE TOOK THE

STAND YESTERDAY AND SAID THERE’S NOTHING SHE WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY. HERE’S ABC’S ANDREA FUJII JENNIFER CRUMBLY, THE FIRST MOTHER IN THE U.S. TO BE CHARGED IN A SCHOOL SHOOTING COMMITTED BY A CHILD, TOOK THE STAND AND DEFENDED HER PARENTING SKILLS. >> YOU NEVER WOULD THINK YOU HAVE TO PROTECT YOUR CHILD FROM

HARMING SOMEBODY ELSE. >> THAT’S WHAT. THAT’S WHAT BLEW MY MIND. I WAS JUST THAT WAS THE HARDEST THING I HAD TO STOMACH IS THAT MY CHILD HARMED AND KILLED OTHER PEOPLE. >> SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE ACCUSED OF MAKING A GUN ACCESSIBLE AT THEIR HOME AND IGNORING THEIR SON. ETHAN’S

MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS. BUT CRUMBLY SAYS SHE DIDN’T THINK HER SON NEEDED HELP, DESPITE THE PROSECUTION POINTING TO ETHAN’S JOURNAL, WHICH INCLUDED ENTRIES LIKE MY PARENTS DON’T LISTEN TO ME AND I HAVE ZERO HELP FOR MY MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, AND IT’S CAUSING ME TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL. >> DID YOU EVER BELIEVE THAT

YOUR SON NEEDED MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, THERAPY, COUNSELING, ANYTHING? >> NO. I MEAN, THERE’S A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE ETHAN HAD EXPRESSED ANXIETY OVER TAKING TESTS. UM ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO FOR AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, WHETHER IT WAS COLLEGE OR MILITARY. SO HE EXPRESSED THOSE THOSE CONCERNS TO ME. UM

BUT NOT NOT TO A LEVEL WHERE I FELT HE NEEDED TO GO SEE A PSYCHIATRIST. >> DID YOU EVER DENY HIM OR SAY, NO, I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE YOU TO A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL? DID HE EVER ASK, YOU KNOW, CRUMBLY DENIED HAVING A ROLE IN BUYING OR STORING THE GUN AND

SHIFTED RESPONSIBILITY TO HER HUSBAND, ADDING, I DON’T THINK I’M A FAILURE AS A PARENT. >> THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING, STAFF AT THE SCHOOL MET WITH THE CRUMBLEYS AND WERE SHOWN A PICTURE ETHAN HAD DRAWN OF A GUN WITH THE WORDS THE THOUGHTS WON’T STOP, HELP ME. THE WORLD

IS DEAD. MY LIFE IS USELESS. HIS PARENTS DECLINED TO TAKE HIM HOME THAT DAY. CRUMBLY SAYS SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR HIM TO STAY AT SCHOOL. HE LATER USED A GUN FROM HIS BACKPACK TO FIRE AT STUDENTS. >> AS I’VE ASKED MYSELF IF I WOULD DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY,

AND I WOULDN’T HAVE. >> IF YOU COULD CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED, WOULD YOU? >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. I WISH HE WOULD HAVE KILLED US INSTEAD, PROSECUTORS WILL CROSS-EXAMINE JENNIFER CRUMBLY THIS MORNING. >> HER HUSBAND GOES ON TRIAL NEXT MONTH. ANDREW ALLISON ANDREA. >> THANK YOU. TURNING NOW TO THE WEATHER, CALIFORNIA IS PREPARING

FOR ANOTHER BIG STORM THIS WEEKEND. OFFICIALS OPENED THE WATERWAY TO THIS DAM NORTH OF SACRAMENTO, TRYING TO LIMIT FLOOD DAMAGE. AND IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, FLOODING CLOSED SOME ROADS, ESPECIALLY AROUND LONG BEACH. LET’S CHECK YOUR FRIDAY FORECAST. >> GOOD MORNING. OUR SOUTHWESTERN STORM IS MAKING PROGRESS EAST AND WE’RE GOING TO

SEE SOME GUSTY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. AT NIGHT, THOSE STORMS MOVE EAST THROUGH THE GULF COAST, AND BY SUNDAY WE’LL HAVE SOME DISRUPTIVE THUNDERSTORMS IN FLORIDA. BUT THEN WE TURN OUR ATTENTION BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST. LOOK AT THIS. ANOTHER STRONGER STORM MOVES

INTO CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. WE’RE GOING TO SEE BETWEEN 8 AND 12IN OF RAIN IN THE FOOTHILLS NORTH OF L.A. AND MULTIPLE FEET OF SNOW IN THE SIERRA. I’M METEOROLOGIST JEFF CORNISH. COMING UP, A COUNTRY MUSIC STAR UNDER ARREST IN A DRUG CASE.

>> ALSO AHEAD, THE OUTRAGE AFTER MIGRANTS ACCUSED OF ATTACKING THESE NEW YORK POLICE OFFICERS ARE RELEASED WITHOUT BAIL. >> AND THE NFL PLAYER WHO CAME TO THE RESCUE DURING A MID-AIR EMERGENCY. HE Urgent search those five people on board the missing submersible carrying tourists to the wreckage of the Titanic

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SUPPRESSION FOAM CAUSED THIS MESS AT BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT, CREWS ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE CHEMICALS FROM SEEPING INTO NEARBY WATERWAYS. HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH FOUNDER DARIUS RUCKER HAS BEEN ARRESTED. >> POLICE NEAR NASHVILLE SAY THE SINGER WAS BOOKED ON MISDEMEANOR DRUG POSSESSION CHARGES. IT’S UNCLEAR WHAT LED TO THE ARREST,

BUT RUCKER WAS ALSO CITED FOR EXPIRED REGISTRATION, SUGGESTING HE WAS PULLED OVER BY POLICE. >> NEW DETAILS OVERNIGHT ABOUT THE GROUP OF MIGRANTS ACCUSED IN A VICIOUS ATTACK ON POLICE OFFICERS IN NEW YORK’S TIMES SQUARE. SOME OF THE SUSPECTS, RELEASED WITHOUT BAIL. AUTHORITIES IN NEW YORK ARE SEARCHING FOR MORE SUSPECTS,

MOST BELIEVED TO BE ASYLUM SEEKERS, IN CONNECTION WITH THIS ATTACK ON TWO NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICERS. THE OFFICERS WERE PATROLLING OUTSIDE A MIGRANT SHELTER WHEN A SCUFFLE BROKE OUT. THE GROUP OF MIGRANTS KICKING AND PUNCHING THE OFFICERS, RUNNING OFF WITH THEIR PHONES. >> REPREHENSIBLE COWARDS.

>> YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY OUR COPS ARE GETTING ASSAULTED AND THERE’S NO CONSEQUENCES, AND WE MUST CHANGE THIS END OF STORY. >> SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED , BUT POLICE BELIEVE AT LEAST 13 WERE INVOLVED. NEW YORK’S GOVERNOR WAS ASKED WHETHER THE SUSPECTS SHOULD BE DEPORTED.

>> GET THEM ALL AND SEND THEM BACK. YOU DON’T. YOU DON’T TOUCH OUR POLICE OFFICERS. YOU DON’T TOUCH ANYBODY. >> AND THIS MORNING, OUTRAGE IS GROWING OVER WHY SEVERAL OF THE SUSPECTS WERE SET FREE WITHOUT BAIL. A AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER FOUR OF THEM THEN HOPPED A BUS TO

CALIFORNIA USING FAKE NAMES. THE NEW YORK MAYOR’S OFFICE FURIOUS. >> IT’S AN ABSOLUTE ABOMINATION. BUT THEY SHOULD NOT BE BACK OUT ON THE STREET. BASED UPON WHAT THEY DID. >> THE CITY HAS STRUGGLED TO COPE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF NEARLY 200,000 ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. POLICE SAY

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MAJOR POWER OUTAGE NORTH OF THE BORDER IN TORONTO, THOUSANDS WERE IN THE DARK AND NOW WE KNOW WHY. >> OFFICIALS SAY A RACCOON MADE CONTACT WITH SOME EQUIPMENT AT A POWER STATION. THE OUTAGE LASTED THREE HOURS. THE CDC HAS ISSUED A CRITICAL WARNING ABOUT A HIGHLY ADDICTIVE SUPPLEMENT KNOWN AS GAS STATION HEROIN.

>> ITS REAL NAME IS NEPTUNE’S FIX, AND IT’S NOW BEING RECALLED. DOCTORS SAY IT MAY BE LAMINATED WITH CHEMICALS FOUND IN SYNTHETIC CANNABIS, WHICH HAVE BEEN LINKED TO HALLUCINATIONS, SEIZURES AND BRAIN SWELLING. LAWMAKERS HAVE CALLED FOR A CRACKDOWN, BUT THE FDA DOES NOT REGULATE DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS. TOMORROW MARKS ONE

YEAR SINCE THE TOXIC TRAIN DERAILMENT IN EAST PALESTINE, OHIO, WHICH FORCED THE EVACUATION OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. >> AS PRESIDENT BIDEN PREPARES TO VISIT THIS MONTH, ABC’S ALEX PRESHA SPOKE WITH RESIDENTS AFRAID TO RETURN. 12 MONTHS LATER. >> THIS MORNING, INVESTIGATORS RELEASING NEW IMAGES OF THE BALLS OF FIRE ERUPTING AFTER A

TRAIN CARRYING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DERAILED IN EAST PALESTINE, OHIO, ONE YEAR AGO TOMORROW. DAYS AFTER THE CRASH, THE RAIL OPERATOR NORFOLK SOUTHERN CONDUCTED A CONTROLLED RELEASE OF VINYL CHLORIDE, A CANCER CAUSING TOXIN, FROM FIVE OF THE RAIL CARS. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAD TO BE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES, AND NOW, ONE YEAR

LATER, MANY ARE STILL AFRAID TO RETURN. >> I DON’T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING BACK HOME. I’M STILL HEARING ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WENT BACK HOME, THAT REGRET GOING BACK HOME. >> DOZENS OF FAMILIES WERE RELOCATED TO HOTELS, PAID FOR BY NORFOLK SOUTHERN, BUT THAT PROGRAM RUNS OUT NEXT WEEK. THE

EPA INSISTS THE AIR AND TAP WATER IS SAFE, BUT SOME RESIDENTS AREN’T BUYING IT NOW. >> I’VE HAD A MIGRAINE ALMOST THE ENTIRE DURATION SINCE THE DERAILMENT, KRISTA GRAVES LIVES JUST OVER A MILE FROM THE DERAILMENT SITE. >> SHE SAYS THE SMELL OF CHEMICALS STILL PERMEATES HER HOME, AND SAYS SHE RECENTLY

FOUND CHEMICAL SHEENS IN HER BASEMENT. AND THEN THERE’S WAYNE AND LORI O’CONNELL. AFTER THE DERAILMENT, THEY BOTH TESTED POSITIVE FOR VINYL CHLORIDE. WEEKS LATER, WAYNE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER. >> WAYNE, DO YOU THINK YOUR BREAST CANCER IS LINKED TO THAT DERAILMENT? >> I CAN’T SAY FOR SURE, BUT IT SEEMS AWFUL COINCIDENTAL.

>> SINCE THE DERAILMENT, NORFOLK SOUTHERN SAYS IT’S INVESTED MORE THAN $100 MILLION IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY, INCLUDING MILLIONS IN DIRECT PAYMENTS AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS. THE RAILROAD OPERATOR AND THE EPA HAVE ALSO COLLECTED 45,000 SAMPLES AND INSIST THE TOWN IS SAFE. >> I VERY MUCH FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THERE IS SAFE. UM, I CAN

TELL YOU I’VE BEEN HERE FROM, YOU KNOW, THE VERY BEGINNING HERE AND I’M NOT HAVING ISSUES. >> BUT DESPITE THESE MEASURES, THERE’S ALSO FRUSTRATION HERE AT A LACK OF ACTION IN WASHINGTON TO PASS NEW RAIL SAFETY MEASURES . >> I’M ANGRY. TOWNS HAVE BEEN WIPED OFF THE MAP FOR LESS THAN THIS.

>> ALEX PRESHA ABC NEWS EAST PALESTINE, OHIO ALEX, THANK YOU. >> THE NTSB SAYS THE DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY AN OVERHEATED WHEEL BEARING. ADVOCATES ALSO CITE A LACK OF SAFETY FEATURES LIKE SENSORS AND SAY MORE WORKERS ARE NEEDED ON LARGE TRAINS TO SOMETHING LIGHTER COMING UP. >> WHY YOU SHOULD INCLUDE SHRIMP

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BUT NOT SHRIMP, SO YOU MAY WANT TO SERVE UP A BIG PLATTER NOW THAT PRICES ARE DOWN 6. THANKS TO AN OVERSUPPLY. SHRIMP FOR EVERYBODY. >> ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT ANOTHER THRIFTY KNOWN OPTION AT SUPER BOWL PARTIES? CHICKEN WINGS. BOTH THE FRESH AND FROZEN VARIETY ARE A BIG BARGAIN

COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. BUT YOU’LL HAVE TO DIG DEEPER FOR CHIPS. THEY COST AT LEAST 5% MORE THIS YEAR. OH, BUMMER. NEXT. THE LUCKIEST TEACHERS IN AMERICA 30 CURRENT AND FORMER STAFFERS FROM A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN KENTUCKY WON $1 MILLION IN THE POWERBALL LOTTERY. >> THE GROUP HAS BEEN POOLING

MONEY TOGETHER FOR YEARS. 14 YEARS, AND THEY’VE BEEN PLAYING THE SAME NUMBERS. THEY BOUGHT THE WINNING TICKET AT KROGER, AND ONE MEMBER OF THE GROUP FOUND A CREATIVE SPOT TO HIDE THE TICKET UNTIL THEY WERE READY TO CLAIM THE PRIZE. >> SO I THOUGHT IF SOMEBODY BREAKS IN, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO

PICK UP A MATH BOOK. YEAH YOU PLAY THE LOTTERY KNOWING YOU HAVE A CHANCE, AND THEN WHEN IT HAPPENS, YOU THINK THERE’S NO WAY THIS IS TRUE. SO SPLIT 30 WAYS. >> THEY EACH GOT ABOUT $24,000 AFTER TAXES. NOT A BAD BOUNTY. NEXT IT’S APPLES FIRST ENTIRELY NEW PRODUCT IN A DECADE.

>> THE MUCH ANTICIPATED VISION PRO HEADSET GOES ON SALE TODAY. APPLE SAYS IT’S COMPATIBLE WITH MORE THAN A MILLION APPS, ONE REVIEWER SAID USING THE $3,500 DEVICE IS LIKE SWIPING AROUND ON YOUR IPHONE. IF YOUR IPHONE WAS STRAPPED TO YOUR FACE. AN APPLE EXECUTIVE SPOKE TO OUR WILL REEVE ABOUT CUSTOMERS BEING ABLE

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SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE KILLED LAST NIGHT WHEN A SMALL PLANE CRASHED INTO THIS MOBILE HOME PARK IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA. >> THEY DID NOT OFFER A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF VICTIMS. THE FAA SAYS THE PILOT HAD REPORTED ENGINE FAILURE. >> PROSECUTORS IN NEW YORK ARE CONSIDERING A PERJURY CHARGE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP’S FORMER

FINANCE CHIEF. THEY BELIEVE ALLEN WEISSELBERG MAY HAVE LIED DURING TESTIMONY LINKED TO THE CIVIL FRAUD CASE AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT, WEISSELBERG IS ON PROBATION AFTER SERVING TIME FOR TAX EVASION AND ADVERTISING AGENCY WILL PAY $350 MILLION TO SETTLE A LAWSUIT OVER ITS MARKETING OF OXYCONTIN AND OTHER OPIOIDS. >> CRITICS SAY PUBLIC HEALTH

BEARS SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CRISIS, WHICH HAS KILLED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. MUCH OF THE MONEY WILL PAY FOR PROGRAMS TO FIGHT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC. TODAY’S WEATHER SHOWERS ON THE WEST COAST BUT HEAVIER RAIN FOR THE SOUTHWEST. >> SNOW IN THE ROCKIES, STORMS IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA, BUT WARM

IN THE MIDWEST AND FINALLY, MY FAVORITE STORY THE OWL FLYING AROUND IN NEW YORK FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. DANNY NEW HAS THE STORY OF FLACCO. REPORTER IT’S A BIRD. >> IT’S A PLANE. IT’S OH IT’S AN ACTUAL BIRD, BUT A WORLD FAMOUS ONE THAT YOU CAN’T USUALLY FIND IN NORTH AMERICA.

>> WELL, RIGHT NOW, A GROUP OF DEDICATED BIRD LOVERS ARE TRYING TO GET AN OWL BACK TO ITS HOME. >> IT WAS ONE YEAR AGO TODAY THAT THE LEGEND OF FLACCO WAS BORN, WHEN A GROUP OF VANDALS LEFT A HOLE IN HIS ENCLOSURE AT THE CENTRAL PARK ZOO. AT FIRST,

AUTHORITIES TRIED TO GET THE EURASIAN EAGLE OWL BACK, BUT ONE DOES NOT SIMPLY CAPTURE THE MIGHTY FLACCO. HE’S GOT A NEAR SIX FOOT WINGSPAN, CAN FLY MORE THAN 30 MILES AN HOUR, AND DESPITE SPENDING HIS FIRST 13 YEARS IN CAPTIVITY, HAS A KNACK FOR THE HUNT. DO YOU THINK THAT

IT HELPS THAT, OF ALL PLACES, HE’S IN THE CITY WITH RATS? >> OH, IT ABSOLUTELY HELPS. SO WHAT’S SO REMARKABLE IS THAT FLACCO PICKED UP THIS INTRICATE SKILL ON HIS OWN. >> DAVID BARRETT HERE RUNS A PAGE ON X CALLED MANHATTAN BIRD ALERT AND UPDATES IT EVERY DAY WITH SIGHTINGS OF FLACCO. HE’S

JUST SO BEAUTIFUL. FREQUENTLY FOLKS AROUND NEW YORK WILL FIND FLACCO ON THEIR WINDOWSILL AND PHOTOGRAPHERS OFTEN GATHER IN CENTRAL PARK TO TRY AND CAPTURE THIS RARE, MAGNIFICENT BIRD. ENJOYING SOME OH MY GOSH, THEY TEAM SINCE FLACCO WAS PROVEN TO CLEARLY BE FLYING AROUND AND FINDING FOOD JUST FINE, THE ZOO

HAS SINCE CALLED OFF THE SEARCH, BUT SAID IT WOULD BE MONITORING HIM. BUT A YEAR LATER, HERE WE ARE. THIS VIDEO IS FROM LAST NIGHT, AND IF NEW YORK CITY HAS A RAT POPULATION PROBLEM, SO BAD, IT EVEN HIRED A RAT CZAR. IS FLACCO THE REAL RODENT EATING SUPERHERO? OUR CITY NEEDED?

>> HE’S A SUPERHERO FOR SURE, GUYS. >> ONE RECENT ESTIMATE CLAIMED THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 3 MILLION RATS IN NEW YORK CITY, AND THERE’S ONLY ONE BIRD FOR THE JOB. >> GUYS. >> THERE HE IS >> HAVE A GREAT DAY. THE GREAT WEEKEND, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY SECOND. >> AND THE WHITE HOUSE IS READY

FOR RETRIBUTION. >> YOU START HERE. >> SOURCES SAY THE PENTAGON HAS ITS MARCHING ORDERS AND WILL LAUNCH A SERIES OF STRIKES. THEY WANT TO FIND TARGETS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT THAT WILL HURT THOSE MILITANTS. BUT IS IRAN ON THE LIST OF TARGETS? MARTHA RADDATZ IS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH THE LATEST.

>> THE MOTHER OF A SCHOOL SHOOTER MAKES HER CASE. ARE YOU A FAILURE AS A PARENT? I DON’T THINK MY FAILURE AS A PARENT. >> AT WHAT POINT DO PARENTING DECISIONS MAKE YOU CULPABLE IN A MURDERER? AND LIFE IS A GAME OF INCHES. I WASN’T FIVE NINE WITHOUT SHOES.

I’M LIKE FIVE, 11 AND A HALF. YOU TAKE. BUT WOULD YOU GO UNDER THE KNIFE TO GET TALLER? FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS “START HERE”. I’M BRAD MIELKE. >> I SAID THIS MORNING. BEEN FIVE DAYS AND COUNTING SINCE A DRONE STRIKE CLAIMED THE LIVES OF THREE AMERICAN TROOPS.

>> THE FIRST U.S. MILITARY DEATHS SINCE THIS CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST BEGAN. >> ALI LOOKED AT ME AND HE SAID, I’M SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. IT WAS KILL. THIS VERY TRAUMATIC. WHEN YOU HAVE A DEADLY STRIKE LIKE THIS, IT DEMANDS A RESPONSE. >> BUT WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE

AND AGAINST WHOM? AFTER ALL? WELL, THIS APPEARED TO COME FROM MILITANT GROUPS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA. THEY ARE DIRECTLY SPONSORED BY IRAN. WHO PAYS FOR OUR SOLDIERS LIVES? WELL, AFTER FIVE DAYS OF WAITING, IT NOW APPEARS THE U.S. HAS A PLAN FOR RETALIATION. APPARENTLY, IT’S NO LONGER A CASE OF IF, BUT WHEN

AND WHERE. >> ABC’S CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ HAS MADE HER WAY TO JORDAN, WHERE THESE TROOPS WERE KILLED IN THE FIRST PLACE. MARTHA, YOU’VE BEEN SPEAKING TO SOURCES. >> WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN HERE? >> I THINK YOU CAN EXPECT A MULTI-TIERED MULTI-COUNTRY, MULTI TARGET RETALIATE TO STRIKE.

I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. BUT IN MANY WAYS, VERY THE SAME PRESIDENT HAS MADE HIS DECISION ABOUT RESPONDING. OPTIONS WERE PRESENTED TO HIM. HE MADE HIS CHOICES AND IN HIS DECISIONS. AND WE’RE GOING TO AND WE’RE

GOING TO MOVE OUT. THEY’LL GO AFTER THESE MILITIA GROUPS WHERE THEY CAN FIND THEM, CERTAINLY THE ONES THEY BELIEVE HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE ATTACKS AND TRY TO TAKE THEM OUT AND CAREFULLY AS THE U.S. TRIES TO DO, AVOID CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. >> I THINK THAT IS NUMBER ONE.

THEY DO NOT WANT TO KILL ANY CIVILIANS. ACCORDING TO SOURCES I HAVE TALKED TO. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS DEEP MISGIVINGS ABOUT GOING AFTER IRAN ITSELF. >> ALL WE’VE HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT, FROM THE ADMINISTRATION FOR MONTHS IS THESE ARE IRAN BACKED MILITIAS. THESE ARE IRAN BACKED MILITIAS. BUT THEY DON’T WANT THIS WAR

TO ESCALATE. >> BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, IT REALLY ALREADY HAS. THE CONFLICT HAS ESCALATED. WE’VE GOT FIGHTING IN THE RED SEA. WE’VE GOT FIGHTING ON THE NORTHERN BORDER OF ISRAEL. AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE SEEN IN IRAQ AND SYRIA THESE MILITIAS TARGETING AMERICANS, AMERICAN FORCES WELL OVER 165 TIMES.

>> WELL, IN FACT, ON ONE HAND, IT’S ONLY BEEN A FEW DAYS. IT HAS BEEN LESS THAN A WEEK SINCE THIS HAPPENED. ON THE OTHER HAND, IT’S SO SIGNIFICANT, THE FIRST AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBER DEATHS IN THIS ENTIRE CONFLICT IN THE REGION. WE’RE BATTLING WITH SO MANY OF THESE IRAN BACKED PROXY GROUPS.

THE QUESTION HAS KIND OF BEEN WHY HAS IT TAKEN SO LONG TO STRIKE BACK? >> WHAT’S YOUR SENSE? I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS WHY THIS IS SO DIFFERENT. THE U.S. ALWAYS HAS TARGET LISTS. THEY PROBABLY KNEW PRETTY QUICKLY EXACTLY WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS

STRIKE, BUT THEY WANT THIS ONE TO BE DIFFERENT. >> IT NEEDS TO BE SIGNIFICANT. IT NEEDS TO BE UNAMBIGUOUS. >> IT NEEDS TO ACTUALLY COST IRAN SOMETHING. THEY DON’T WANT ONE BIG SHOW OF FORCE, A ONE LITTLE PINPRICK STRIKE. THEY WANT TO FIND TARGETS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT THAT WILL

HURT THOSE MILITANTS IN MANY WAYS. >> AND THAT TAKES TIME AND IT TAKES COORDINATION. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE PARTS OF JORDAN. SYRIA IS JUST BEHIND ME ABOUT TWO MILES. >> IRAQ IS OFF TO MY LEFT. YOU KNOW, BRAD, WE TRAVELED UP TO THE BORDER OF SYRIA AND IT

IS THE MOST REMOTE AREA. IT IS IT IS SERIOUSLY LIKE A MOONSCAPE UP THERE. THERE ARE A FEW LITTLE VILLAGES. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME, BECAUSE DETERRENCE, FRANKLY, HAS NOT WORKED, THAT THESE TARGETS ARE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT IT WILL HURT THE MILITANTS OR AT LEAST SLOW DOWN OR AT LEAST

AVOID FOR SOME AMERICAN FORCES MORE SIGNIFICANT ATTACKS ON THEM. THAT’S WHY IT TAKES SO LONG. THEY JUST WANT TO BE CERTAIN AND HAVE THIS MEAN SOMETHING. >> YEAH. AND MARTHA, I MEAN, SINCE YOU’VE BEEN IN THE REGION AND SINCE YOU’VE BEEN TALKING TO YOUR SOURCES, WHAT HAVE WE

LEARNED ABOUT THE ATTACK IN THE FIRST PLACE? BECAUSE WE SAY IRAN BACKED MILITANTS, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THE PENTAGON PROBABLY KNEW EARLY ON MORE SPECIFICALLY WHO THIS GROUP WAS. I MEAN, DO WE KNOW AT THIS POINT WHICH MILITANT GROUP THIS WAS AND HOW THEY CARRY THIS OUT?

>> ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY HAD WAS PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. THEY HAD THE PARTS OF THAT DRONE. SO YOU HAD FORENSICS. AND THEY HAVE NOW DETERMINED THAT IT’S A PARTICULAR TYPE OF DRONE MADE IN IRAN. >> THE PENTAGON SENT OUT PICTURES OF THOSE WEAPONS SHOWING THEY WERE FROM IRAN.

>> AND THIS IS A SHOW THAT THEY PUT ON TV THAT I TALKED TO THE FOREIGN MINISTER JUST A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO. AND HE DENIED THAT THEY EVER PROVIDE WEAPONS FOR THESE THINGS, BUT THEY CLEARLY DO. THE U.S. HAS SEEN IT. I’VE SEEN DISPLAYS OF THOSE WEAPONS MYSELF.

SO THEY KNOW THAT THAT DRONE WAS MADE IN IRAN, ESSENTIALLY, THEY KNOW WHERE THEY BELIEVE IT WAS LAUNCHED FROM. IT WAS CLEARLY EITHER SYRIA OR IRAQ BECAUSE THAT TO OFFICIALS, IT’S COUNTRIES THAT WE’RE GOING TO GO AFTER AND POSSIBLY YEMEN AS WELL. SO THAT ATTACK THAT DRONE

COMING, IT’S VERY SAD TO SAY, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE AIR DEFENSES AT THAT BASE DID NOT CATCH IT. THEY THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A U.S. SURVEILLANCE DRONE. AND THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT DRONE THAT IRANIAN MADE DRONE GOT THROUGH. >> AND THESE GROUPS ALL HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES, BUT THEY

ARE ESSENTIALLY UNDER ONE UMBRELLA WHO ARE BASICALLY JUST MILITANTS WHO ARE GOING AFTER AMERICANS, WHO ARE GOING AFTER WESTERN FORCES. THEY WANT U.S. FORCES OUT OF SYRIA, OUT OF IRAQ. >> AND THIS IS ALSO HOW THEY’RE TRYING TO GET THEM OUT OF THERE . AND THAT MISTAKE, AS FAR AS WE

CAN TELL, IT WAS A MISTAKE OF OF NOT SHOOTING DOWN THAT DRONE WHEN THEY HAD THE CHANCE. OF COURSE, NOW WE SEE THE AFTERMATH OF THAT, RIGHT. THREE DEAD AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS, DOZENS INJURED, AND NOW POTENTIAL STRIKES COMING THEIR WAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ALL RIGHT. >> MARTHA RADDATZ THERE

IN JORDAN RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, BRAD. IT IS. >> YESTERDAY IN MICHIGAN, THE MOTHER OF A SCHOOL SHOOTER TOOK THE STAND NOT IN HIS DEFENSE, BUT IN HER OWN NAME. >> ITS JENNIFER CRUMBLEY JENNIFER CRUMBLEY, THE MOTHER OF ETHAN CRUMBLEY WHO KILLED FOUR CLASSMATES AND INJURED

SEVERAL OTHERS, HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO SEVERAL UNPRECEDENTED COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. >> IF CONVICTED, SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST PARENT EVER HELD IN THIS WAY AFTER A MASS SHOOTING. >> BUT PROSECUTORS SAY HER ACTIONS WERE JUST THAT EGREGIOUS. ABC’S TREVOR AULT HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE IN MICHIGAN COVERING THIS. >> TREVOR.

WHAT DID SHE SAY? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, BRAD, SHE SAYS THAT SHE WAS HORRIFIED AT WHAT HER SON DID. >> SHE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR THAT SHE STILL HAVING TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE FACT THAT HER SON HARMED PEOPLE, KILLED FOUR OF HIS CLASSMATES. IN FACT, SHE EXPLICITLY SAID,

I WISH HE WOULD HAVE KILLED US INSTEAD. >> DO YOU BELIEVE YOU WERE THE VICTIM HERE? I DON’T WANT TO SAY THAT I’M A VICTIM BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO DISRESPECT THOSE FAMILIES THAT TRULY ARE THE VICTIMS ON THIS. BUT WE DID LOSE A LOT. >> SHE ALSO WAS ADAMANT

THAT SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF THE MANY RED FLAGS THAT THE PROSECUTION HAS LAID OUT LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING, SO MUCH SO THAT SHE SAYS WHEN SHE LOOKS BACK ON HOW IT ALL UNFOLDED, SHE DOESN’T THINK SHE WOULD DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY, WHICH IS GOING TO STRIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE AS A

PRETTY WILD THING TO SAY, GIVEN SHE’S ON TRIAL FOR INVOLVED, TERRY, MANSLAUGHTER, HER AND HER HUSBAND, THE FIRST PARENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY TO FACE THESE KINDS OF CHARGES AFTER A CHILD COMMITS A MASS SHOOTING. >> ARE YOU A FAILURE AS A PARENT? I DON’T THINK MY FAILURE AS A

PARENT AT THAT TIME. >> ESSENTIALLY, WHAT WE SAW IN COURT YESTERDAY JUST FROM HER DEFENSE ATTORNEY QUESTIONING HER, BRAD, IS THAT THEY TOOK A LONG TIME ESTABLISHING THE RELATIONSHIP OF HER AS A MOTHER. >> THEY HAD A LOT OF PHOTOS OF FAMILY TRIPS THAT THEY WENT ON OVER THE YEARS.

>> AND HIM GROWING UP AND TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT LESS PHOTOS AS HE GETS OLDER BECAUSE TEENAGERS ARE JUST THAT AGE. SHE DESCRIBES HERSELF AS CARING AND ATTENTIVE. >> THEY TALKED ABOUT TIMES THAT SHE WOULD TAKE HER SON TO THE DOCTOR. I TRUSTED HIM AND I FELT LIKE

I HAD AN OPEN DOOR AND HE CAN COME TO ME ABOUT ANYTHING. >> AND THEN WE KIND OF GET INTO THE AREA WHERE HER STORY SPLITS FROM THE STORIES THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE PROSECUTION OVER THE PAST WEEK AND A HALF AS THEY’VE LAID OUT THEIR CASE MAINLY OVER WHAT SHOULD THESE

PARENTS HAVE BEEN AWARE OF LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING. >> I DID NOT GO THROUGH HIS TEXT MESSAGES. >> I DIDN’T HAVE A REASON TO. >> SHE SAYS THAT HE AT NO POINT ASKED TO GO TO THERAPY AND THAT AT NO POINT DID IT SEEM LIKE HE WAS HAVING ANY KIND

OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT WOULD REQUIRE HER TO GET HELP. >> BRAD? WELL, YOU WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH OF THIS IS SORT OF ABOUT GUN SAFETY AND TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE GUNS THAT YOU OWN, THAT YOUR CHILDHOOD AND HOW MUCH OF IT IS ABOUT PARENTING TECHNIQUES,

LIKE IS IT ILLEGAL TO NOT BE PROACTIVE WITH YOUR KID ABOUT STUFF LIKE THIS? >> I GUESS. RIGHT. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHY THIS CASE IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET A CONVICTION BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DEFENSE WHO READILY ADMITS HER CLIENT WAS NOT A PERFECT PARENT

AND MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES. >> I THINK THAT THE CRUX OF YOUR QUESTION OF PARENTING VERSUS GUN SAFETY AND HOW THEY INTERTWINE COULD BE LARGELY DIVIDED AMONG HOW THE TWO PARENTS ARE BEING TRIED. >> SO JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS UP FIRST. HER HUSBAND, JAMES CRUMBLEY, IS GOING TO GET TRIED FOR

THE SAME CRIMES IN MARCH. >> HER TRIAL HAS LARGELY BEEN ABOUT PARENTING AND MISSING WARNING SIGNS. AND WHILE THEY DID TALK ABOUT THE WEAPONS, THE FACT THAT THE PARENTS BOUGHT THE GUN FOR THEIR SON, WE DO KNOW THAT THE DAD JAMES CRUMBLEY ACTUALLY MADE THE PURCHASE. >> AND ON THE STAND YESTERDAY,

JENNIFER CRUMBLEY MADE A POINT TO SAY IT WASN’T AREA TO MAKE SURE THE GUNS WERE SECURE. >> THAT FELL TO HER HUSBAND. OF COURSE, WE NOW KNOW THAT GUN. HE WAS ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO IT AND THE TWO OTHER WEAPONS THAT THE PARENTS HAD THAT WERE FOUND AT HOME BY INVESTIGATORS,

INVESTIGATORS TESTIFIED THEY WERE KEPT IN A GUN SAFE WITH THE CODES, 000. >> I IMAGINE THAT IS GOING TO BE HIT EVEN HARDER BY PROSECUTORS IN THE HUSBANDS TRIAL. WHAT I THINK YOU’RE GOING TO SEE TODAY WHEN IT COMES TO CROSS-EXAMINATION OF JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND I THINK IT COULD BE QUITE BRUTAL,

IS HAMMERING HER OVER AND OVER ABOUT HER SON’S CRIES FOR HELP, ABOUT HIM WRITING IN HIS JOURNAL. >> MY PARENTS WON’T LISTEN TO ME. >> IN THIS ONE, THIS SHOOTER WRITES, I WANT BUT MY PARENTS DON’T LISTEN TO ME AND I CAN’T GET ANY HELP. SHE WRITES, I WANT TO SHOOT UP

THE SCHOOL SO BADLY. PROSECUTORS ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS WOMAN, THIS MOTHER, WHO TESTIFIED FOR HOURS YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW SHE CARED FOR HER SON AND ASKED HER IN FRONT OF THE JURY, HOW DID YOU MISS THIS? AND THEY BELIEVE THE FACT THAT SHE DID MISS IT IS SO

GROSSLY NEGLIGENT THAT IT IS CRIMINAL THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING AN IMPERFECT PARENT, AS THE MOTHER’S CLAIMING, VERSUS ESSENTIALLY BEING A DANGER TO OTHERS. THE FATHER, LIKE YOU SAID, HE’S ON TRIAL LATER THIS YEAR. WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN OF THESE CASES. >> TREVOR AULT IN MICHIGAN, THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU, BRAD.

>> SO BACK IN THE DAY, I WAS ON THE DATING APPS LIKE YOU DO, AND I LISTED MY HEIGHT IS FIVE FOOT NINE, WHICH IS A TINY, TINY FIB. >> OKAY, I’M CLOSER TO FIVE EIGHT BY EIGHT IN THE QUARTER, BUT YOU NEVER ADJUST YOUR HEIGHT DOWN RIGHT IN OUR SOCIETY.

GUYS ALWAYS WANT TO BE TALLER, AND THIS GETS REINFORCED EVERYWHERE. >> FROM THE 90S WHEN I GROWING UP FROM A MAN SKEE-LO. >> HELLO. I WISH I WAS A LITTLE BIT ON THE BALL ON THE ROAD TO JUST LAST YEAR FROM OLIVIA RODRIGO. THEY SPOKE TO GUYS TO HOW WE

TALK ABOUT POP PSYCHOLOGY, BUT THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN CHANGE ABOUT YOUR HEIGHT OR IS THERE? >> I’M 45. NO, THAT’S THE AVERAGE HEIGHT FOR AN AMERICAN MALE. >> THAT AVERAGE. I LIKE TO BE AVERAGE. THIS WEEK ON “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” ABC’S ASHAN SINGH WENT BEHIND THE SCENES OF A GROWING

INDUSTRY LEG LENGTHENING SURGERY. AND UNLIKE SO MANY OTHER COSMETIC SURGERIES, THIS ONE IS ABSOLUTELY DOMINATED BY MEN WHO WISH THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT TALLER. AUSTIN IS WITH US NOW. AUSTIN LEGLER LENGTHENING SURGERY. REALLY? THIS IS A THING. YES, BRAD, IT IS THE NEW KIND OF VIRAL SENSATION WHERE

MEN ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET TALLER, ARE LITERALLY ADDING INCHES TO THEIR FEMURS AND SEVERE AS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT TALL, DARK AND LOOK THAT HAS BEEN SOUGHT AFTER FOR SO MANY DECADES. AND BRAD, I GOT TO SAY, I’M GUILTY OF IT, TOO. I’M 511.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I’M TELLING PEOPLE I’M SIX FEET. >> BUT — BUT WHY? WHY WOULD YOU GO TO THE LENGTHS OF GETTING SURGERY? LIKE YOU TALK TO PEOPLE WHO GOT THIS PROCEDURE? >> WHAT TO WHY? THIS IS A REAL ISSUE OF INSECURITY AMONGST A TON OF MALES IN OUR SOCIETY.

AND IT COMES FROM THIS PERCEPTION THAT TALL PEOPLE ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL. TALL PEOPLE HAVE A LOT MORE OF AN EASIER TIME. >> IT CONTRIBUTES YOUR CONFIDENCE TO ROMANTIC, YOUR DATING LIFE. YOU HAVE TO TRY HARDER. YOU HAVE TO DRESS BETTER, YOU HAVE TO MAKE MORE MONEY. YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING BETTER

BECAUSE JUST HAVING THE HEIGHT ADVANTAGE IS PARAMOUNT. >> WE SPOKE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WHO HAD GOTTEN THE SURGERY WHO ARE ABOUT TO GET THE SURGERY, AND WE MET TWO REALLY INTERESTING GENTLEMEN WHO ARE COULD NOT BE MORE DIFFERENT. >> BRAD, I WENT FOR FIVE NINE WITHOUT SHOES.

I’M LIKE FIVE, 11 AND A HALF, GIVE OR TAKE. >> YOU HAVE HUGO RAMIREZ. HE’S A BUSINESSMAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN MIAMI AND HOUSTON. AND HE IS VERY MUCH EMBLEMATIC OF THE COSMETIC SURGERY LIFE. I MEAN, I JUST IN MY FACE. JUST IN THE FACE. AND HE’S LIKE, WHAT DO YOU DO?

I HAD A JOINT IN CHANDLER AND I HAVE THEM IN PLACE THAT I HAD INSIDE MY NECK. >> THIS GUY’S GOTTEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF SURGERY AND PROCEDURES DONE ALL OVER HIS BODY, NOT LIMITED JUST TO ITS HEIGHT. >> IT’S THE BIGGEST RUSH. IS THAT WHAT YOU GET?

YEAH, THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST RUSH HOUR. >> WHAT WAS IT ABOUT BEING TALLER? THE RESPECT I HAD TO EARN MY RESPECT. PEOPLE ARE TALLER. THEY DON’T THROW THE RESPECT. I MEAN, YOU COULD BE AN IDIOT AND BE TALL AND YOU GET RESPECT. >> ON THE OTHER HAND, WE

HAVE JERRY, WHO’S THIS TRAVEL NURSE IN MOBILE, ALABAMA, AND YOU SEE THE MORE PRACTICAL SIDE OF THIS SURGERY TODAY. >> I MEASURED IN AT FIVE OR FIVE ON A DOT. >> HE’S BEEN UNDER AVERAGE HEIGHT HIS WHOLE LIFE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS WEIGHED ON HIM HEAVILY.

HE SAYS THAT IT HAS AFFECTED HIS DATING LIFE. >> IT IS IS AFFECTED HIS CONFIDENCE. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I WANT TO READ STUFF IN THE AISLES OF A WAL MART. HE JUST CAN’T IN SHORT. AND YOU GOT TO GET ON YOUR TIPPY TOES AND I FEEL LIKE IT’S SOMETIMES EMBARRASSING.

>> THIS IS A PROCEDURE THAT HE HAS SAVED UP IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET DONE. >> SO THIS SURGERY SET ME BACK, I BELIEVE, IS AROUND $75,000 JUST TO BE ABLE TO GET TO AVERAGE HEIGHT, WHICH IS FIVE EIGHT, FIVE, NINE IN THE UNITED STATES, IS SOMETHING THAT THIS PROCEDURE ALLOWS

SOMEONE LIKE JERRY TO REALIZE. >> OKAY, SO HOW DOES IT WORK? RIGHT? LIKE WHAT THE ACTUAL SURGERY INVOLVES? >> IF YOU’RE ADDING LENGTH TO YOUR BONE, DOES THAT MEAN YOU’RE BREAKING YOUR BONE TO DO THIS? >> YES, IT IS. THIS DOCTOR THAT DR. KEVIN DEBIPARSHAD IN LAS VEGAS,

YOU KNOW, SO CONSIDER LIMB LENGTHENING HAS BEEN AROUND PROBABLY 75, 80 YEARS, AND WE’VE BEEN APPLYING IT TO PEDIATRIC DEFORMITIES IN KIDS WITH SHORT LEGS OR EVEN IN TRAUMATIC PATIENTS WHO MIGHT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. >> ONE LEG BENDS SHORTER OR DEFORMED. HE RUNS IN PLASTIC, AND IT HAS

BECOME SORT OF THE LEADER IN OFFERINGS LIKE LENGTHENING SURGERY AS AN ELECTIVE COSMETIC SURGERY. >> RIGHT. MORNING, JERRY. HOW ARE YOU DOING IT? ALL RIGHT. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? >> YOU REALLY GET THIS STARTED. WHEN WE CONNECTED WITH JERRY AND HE WAS LOOKING INTO GETTING HIS LEG LENGTHENING SURGERY,

HE DECIDED TO GO WITH DR. PRASAD. >> WE USE YOUR OWN NATURAL BONE THAT YOU HAVE, AND WHAT YOU DO IS YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU IMPLANT A DEVICE INTO THE HOLE PART OF THE BONE, AND THEN YOU CREATE A SMALL BREAK INTO THE BONE. AND THEN THAT DEVICE RESPONDS

TO REMOTE CONTROL OF THE PATIENT’S USE TO SLOWLY LENGTHEN THE BONE AS THEY KIND OF PROCEED. THAT NOW CAN LENGTHEN APPROXIMATELY 3.2 INCHES. AND THAT’S WHEN YOU GET YOUR GAIN OF HEIGHT FROM, YEAH, WE’RE ALL SET. I THINK ROOMS ARE SET UP AND READY TO GO. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

LET’S GET YOU BACK THERE. SO WE FOLLOWED JERRY TO LAS VEGAS AS HE’S ABOUT TO UNDERGO THIS SURGERY. WE WERE ALL THE WAY WITH HIM INTO THE OPERATING ROOM, FOLLOWED BY THE TIP. >> SIT DOWN. WHEN YOU’RE WATCHING THE SURGERY, DEFINITELY HEAR THAT HAMMER CRACKING AWAY

THE BONE IN ORDER TO CREATE THE. >> THE SEPARATION OCCURS. >> BUT HE CLAIMS THAT IT’S JUST CREATING A SMALL PERFORATED DOTTED LINE SIMILAR TO THAT ON THE PAPER TOWEL. >> AND THEY’RE CREATING A SMALL BREAK IN THE BONE. AND THEN HE JUST PUTS A ROD

IN THERE WILL BE A TOUCH MORE EXTRA. >> AND THEN FOR UP TO 30 TO 60 DAYS, HE’S INCREASING THE PATIENT’S HEIGHT BY A MILLIMETER AND THAT ROD IS BASICALLY GROWING AND THEY JUST DO IT THROUGH AN APP. BUT WHEN YOU’RE IN THERE, MAN, YOU ARE HEARING THAT BONE

BEING HAMMERED AT AND IT IS INTENSE. IT IS INTENSE. >> WELL, YEAH, IT DOES SOUND THAT’S JUST INTENSE. IT’S NOT LIKE VIOLENT, RIGHT? LIKE, I MEAN, ARE THERE HEALTH RISKS TO THIS OPTION WHEN YOU’RE MESSING WITH YOUR OWN BONE STRUCTURE? >> YEAH, THERE DEFINITELY ARE HEALTH RISKS THAT ARE

ASSOCIATED WITH A PROCEDURE LIKE THIS BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, WHEN IT COMES TO IT BEING AN ELECTIVE OR COSMETIC PROCEDURES, RELATIVELY NEW, THESE ARE STILL RISKY PROCEDURES AND TOOLS AND MANY OF THEM STILL NEED TO BE REMOVED AFTER THE LEG LENGTHENING HAS COMPLETED, WHICH OF COURSE IS ANOTHER SURGERY WITH ITS OWN RISKS

AND BENEFITS. >> AND OUR OWN DR. DARIEN SUTTON REALLY BREAKS DOWN THAT THESE GUYS ARE GETTING THESE PROCEDURES DONE, BUT WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT FIVE, TEN, 15 YEARS OF THEIR BODIES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THEY CAN INCLUDE DAMAGE TO NEARBY STRUCTURES, FOR EXAMPLE, DAMAGE TO MUSCLES,

DAMAGE TO LIGAMENTS AND TENDONS AND EVEN PERMANENT NERVE DAMAGE THAT RECOVERY PROCESS FOR A PROCEDURE LIKE THIS IS DEFINITELY INTENSE. IT TAKES WEEKS, IF NOT MONTHS, FOR THE PATIENTS TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. THEY’RE LIMITED TO WALKERS. THEY’RE GOING THROUGH INTENSE ROUNDS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY AND ALL TYPES OF RECOVERY

PROCESSES TOO, JUST TO BE ABLE TO WALK NORMALLY AGAIN. >> I DO KNOW PHYSICALLY IT’S GOING TO BE VERY DEMANDING ON ME, BUT I’M NERVOUS NOW JUST BECAUSE I’M SO SET IN STONE. >> BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE CRITICS AND PEOPLE SORT OF QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL SHOULD

EVEN BE OFFERING THIS PROCEDURE, DR. DEAN REALLY POINTS TO THE LIFE CHANGING MOMENTS THAT HE THINKS HE’S PROVIDING TO HIS PATIENTS WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND YOU SEE THESE PATIENTS AND YOU SEE THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THESE PATIENTS AND YOU SEE HOW MUCH IT IMPROVES THEIR LIVES,

AND YOU SEE THESE PATIENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST SEEM SO, SO GRATEFUL FOR IT. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, THEY JUST SEEM SO HAPPY THAT THEY UNDERWENT A SURGERY. >> IT’S ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING SURGERIES I DO. IT’S BIZARRE, THOUGH, OCEAN, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO ASK, LIKE

IS REALLY SO BAD TO BE SHORT OR AVERAGE HEIGHT. IS THAT REALLY SO DETRIMENTAL? YEAH. BRAD, I DON’T THINK IT IS THAT BAD TO BE SHORT. I IN FACT, I THINK RIGHT NOW IT IS COOL TO BE A SHORT KING. YOU LOOK AT GUYS LIKE DAVE FRANCO, TIMOTHY SALEMI, EVEN

KEVIN HARTMAN, HE’S THE BIGGEST MAN IN HOLLYWOOD RIGHT NOW. IT IS HOT TO BE SHORT. IT IS COOL TO BE A SHORT KING. THAT SAID, I’M NOT RUSHING TO GET MY LEGS REDUCED ANY TIME SOON. >> I DON’T WANT TO BE AVERAGE. I WANT TO BE BEYOND WHAT I CAN

DO. AND BRAD, YOU WON’T BELIEVE THIS. WHEN WE SAT DOWN WITH HUGO AND HE HAD JUST FINISHED HIS INTENSE MONTHS LONG RECOVERY PROCESS, HE SAID HE STILL WANTS THREE MORE INCHES. DO YOU HAVE A GOAL LIKE IS THERE AN UNFINISHED SIX THREE, FIVE, SIX, SIX? >> WHY NOT GIVE IT A64?

WHAT’S YOUR DREAM HEIGHT? SIX THREE LEAD MIGHT BE LIKE, WOW. >> OH MY GOSH. OKAY, SO LIKE THE SHORT KING HASHTAG NOT HAVING EFFECT ON EVERYONE ASHAN SINGH. SING WITH THIS INCREDIBLE PIECE ON “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE”. THAT’S ALSO STREAMING ON HULU RIGHT NOW. >> AWESOME. GREAT REPORTING. THANK YOU. THANKS, BRAD.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT. EVERYONE LOVES AN UNDERDOG STORY, BUT WHAT ABOUT AN UNDER BIRD STORY? >> THE ARE YOU A BIRDER? BILL? YOU SEEM TO KNOW A LOT ABOUT BIRDS. >> LIKE, HOW DID YOU GET SO INVESTED IN THIS STORY? WELL, I’M NOT A BIRDER PER SAY,

BUT I DO LIKE CELEBRITY TYPE BIRDS. >> THAT’S ABC’S BILL HUTCHINSON TALKING ABOUT WHAT’S PERHAPS BECOME NEW YORK CITY’S MOST FAMOUS FUGITIVE. >> FLACO THE OWL IS A EURASIAN EAGLE OWL. >> AND WHAT’S RARE ABOUT HIM IS HE IS BELIEVED TO BE THE ONLY EURASIAN EAGLE OWL

ON THE LOOSE IN THE WILDS OF NORTH AMERICA. >> AND THE INTERESTING PART ABOUT FLACO IS, HIS STORY STARTS WITH A CRIME. UNTIL LAST YEAR, FLACO, THE OWL, HAD LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE IN THE CENTRAL PARK ZOO. >> BUT EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, SOMEONE CUT A HOLE

THROUGH HIS CAGE AND HE JUST WALKED OUT OF THE CAGE, WALKED THROUGH THE HOLE THAT WAS CUT INTO THE LINING OF HIS CAGE AND BOLTED INTO THE WILDS OF NEW YORK CITY. >> FLACO HAS BECOME A BONA CELEBRITY IN MANHATTAN. THE BIRDERS WATCH HIM POP UP IN VARIOUS TREES, BUT HE

STARTED SPREADING HIS WINGS FURTHER. >> SOON, HE ALIGHTED ON THE SIDEWALK ON FIFTH AVENUE ,AND THAT JUST SHOCKED PEOPLE DREW A CROWD, ALSO DREW THE NYPD, WHO DIDN’T SEEM THEN REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HIM AT FIRST. >> AND THEY PUT OUT SOME CAUTION TAPE TO SORT

OF CORDON HIM OFF SO THAT PEOPLE COULD GET CLOSE TO HIM. >> AND THEN THEY PUT A CAGE OUT ON THE SIDEWALK THINKING, I GUESS, THAT HE WAS GOING TO JUST SURRENDER THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN. >> OF COURSE, FLACO FLEW AWAY AND OVER THE LAST YEAR HE STARTED EXPLORING OTHER PARTS

OF TOWN, HE GETS AROUND, HE’S BEEN NOT JUST IN CENTRAL PARK, BUT DOWN IN LOWER EAST SIDE. HE STARTED TO ROOST OR PERCH IN PRIVATE GARDENS ON TERRACES ,ON PEOPLE’S WINDOW LEDGES. OH, MY GOD, YOU’RE SO BEAUTIFUL. SO BEAUTIFUL I WAS IN MY KITCHEN AND I HAD MY PHONE

IN MY HAND AND I LOOKED OVER TO THE WINDOW AND THERE’S AN OWL. >> ONE OF THE REASONS HE’S FLYING THESE WIDER AND WIDER CIRCLES IS HE’S LIKELY LOOKING FOR A MATE WHAT HE DOESN’T KNOW IS THERE’S NO MATE OUT THERE FOR HIM. HE’S THE ONLY ONE OF HIS KIND

IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD. SCIENTISTS HAVE WORRIED THAT THIS ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT HE NEVER HUNTED IN THE WILD, WOULD PUT HIM AT RISK, BUT INSTEAD AFTER A YEAR ON THE LOOSE, FLOCK WAS THRIVING. >> THEY PRETTY MUCH GAVE UP ON CAPTURING HIM. MAYBE TWO WEEKS AFTER HE ESCAPED.

>> RIGHT NOW. >> THEY’VE DECIDED JUST TO LET HIM BE A FREE BIRD. HE PROVED THEM ALL WRONG. VERY, ACTUALLY. HE HE WAS ABLE TO ADAPT TO HIS NEW ENVIRONMENT IN A FREE WORLD. AND LEARN TO CATCH RATS ON HIS OWN. AND NEW YORK CITY HAS A VERY,

REALLY BAD RAT PROBLEM. >> SO ANYTHING THAT COULD EXTERMINATE THAT IS WELCOME IN NEW YORK, THE FOLLOWING HAS STEADILY RISEN NOT JUST FROM NEW YORKERS BUT AROUND THE WORLD PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHARING VIDEOS OF FLOCK SHOWS, LOCATION SIGHTINGS OF HIM. >> HE’S EVEN BECOME A MUSE FOR WRITERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ARTISTS.

A REPORTER. BILL HUTCHINSON, HAS PAINTED A SERIES, A FLOCK OF PORTRAITS ,THESE VIVIDLY COLORFUL DEPICTIONS OF THE OWL IN VARIOUS SCENARIOS WITH CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, FIFTH AVENUE SHOPPERS. I THINK PEOPLE LIKE THE UNDERDOG STORY. AND HE HE WAS UNDERDOG DEFINITELY BECAUSE NOBODY THOUGHT HE COULD SURVIVE OUT THERE. >> AND HE DID.

AND HE SHOWED RESILIENCE AND THAT SORT OF ENAMORED HIM TO PEOPLE’S INTEREST IN CHEERING HIM TO BE FREED. >> ONE OF MY FAVORITE HONORARY NEW YORKERS IS THE AUTHOR, E.B. WHITE. HE WROTE ABOUT ANIMALS. YOU PROBABLY KNOW CHARLOTTE’S WEB E.B. WHITE ONCE SAID ABOUT NEW YORK THAT PEOPLE BORN HERE

TAKE THE CITY FOR GRANTED. THE COMMUTERS GIVE IT A SENSE OF RESTLESSNESS. THEN ARE THE OUTSIDERS, THE TRANSPLANTS, THE ONES WHO CAME HERE ROAMING THE CITY IN QUEST OF SOMETHING BIGGER? >> THOSE HE SAID, GIVE THE CITY ITS PASSION. THAT’S WHAT I THINK HAS RALLIED PEOPLE AROUND, FLOCKED TO.

OF COURSE, IF YOU WERE TO ASK HIM ABOUT HIS CELEBRITY STATUS, HE’D PROBABLY JUST PLAY MODEST AND SAY, WHO ME? >> I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY BILL’S PORTRAITS, BY THE WAY, YOU CAN SEE THEM IN HIS STORY ON ABCNEWS.COM. JUST LOOK FOR HIS REPORTING ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF LOCKDOWNS.

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NOT FAIL AS A MOTHER. >> THE NEW WARNING ABOUT SO-CALLED GAS STATION HEROINE FOUND AT CONVENIENCE STORES. THE ALERT FROM THE CDC ONE YEAR AFTER THE TOXIC TRAIN DERAILMENT DISASTER. >> WE’RE BACK IN EAST PALESTINE, OHIO RESIDENTS EXPLAINED WHY THEY’RE STILL AFRAID TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES AND LATER, WHY

YOU SHOULD PUT SHRIMP ON THE MENU AT YOUR SUPER BOWL PARTY THIS YEAR. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. >> THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE I’M ANDREW DYMBURT. >> GOOD MORNING I’M ALISON KOSIK IN FOR RHIANNON. WE BEGIN WITH THAT DEADLY PLANE CRASH IN FLORIDA.

>> AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN COMBING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE OF A MOBILE HOME PARK SET ABLAZE AFTER THE CRASH LAST NIGHT. >> THAT PLANE JUST CRASHED INTO A BUILDING HERE OVERNIGHT, AUTHORITIES CONFIRMING MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AFTER A SMALL PLANE CRASHED INTO THIS MOBILE HOME PARK IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA.

>> IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS HOUSE? >> NO. I THINK MASSIVE FLAMES POURING OUT OF THE HOMES. FIREFIGHTERS RUSHING PEOPLE TO SAFETY. GET BACK AROUND 7 P.M. THE SINGLE ENGINE PLANE RADIOING MAYDAY TO THE CLEARWATER SAINT PETE AIRPORT, REPORTING ENGINE FAILURE BEFORE DISAPPEARING FROM THE RADAR. ABOUT THREE MILES

NORTH OF THE RUNWAY, THE SITE OF THAT MOBILE HOME PARK. >> WE HEARD A LOUD NOISE, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS LIKE A MOTORCYCLE GOING BY AND THEN A FEW SECONDS LATER, THERE WAS A BIG BOOM. SHOOK THE HOUSE, SHOOK THE WINDOWS. WE WENT AROUND THE CORNER. WE COULD SEE THE FLAMES

SHOOTING LIKE 50FT IN THE AIR WITH A BIG PLUME OF SMOKE. IT DIDN’T EVEN LOOK LIKE THERE WAS A HOUSE LEFT THERE. >> FIREFIGHTERS RUSHING TO THE SCENE, FINDING FOUR MOBILE HOMES ON FIRE. THE PLANE LODGED INSIDE ONE OF THEM. >> I CAN CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL FATALITIES, BOTH FROM

THE AIRCRAFT AND WITHIN THE MOBILE HOME. FIREFIGHTER CREWS WERE ABLE TO EVACUATE THE THREE OTHER HOMES QUICKLY, PUTTING OUT THE FLAMES OVERNIGHT. >> THERE WAS STILL NO OFFICIAL WORD ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED. THE NTSB AND FAA ARE INVESTIGATING NOW TO THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. >> AN ANGRY PROTESTERS

CONFRONTING PRESIDENT BIDEN. IT CAME AS HE VISITED THE CRUCIAL SWING STATE OF MICHIGAN, TRYING TO CONVINCE VOTERS THAT THE ECONOMY IS LOOKING UP AS WE AWAIT THE MONTHLY JOBS REPORT THIS MORNING, ABC’S EM NGUYEN IS IN WASHINGTON WITH MORE. AND GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING ALISON. >> THE TENSIONS SURROUNDING BIDEN’S VISIT TO MICHIGAN

HIGHLIGHTS THE BIG CHALLENGE FOR HIS CAMPAIGN IN A STATE HE WON LAST TIME BY ONLY 3. PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS MET BY PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS THE MOMENT HE LANDED IN MICHIGAN, A KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE HOME TO THE LARGEST ARAB AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE U.S. BIDEN, BIDEN AND WHAT DO YOU SAY

PRO TESTERS GATHERED LAST NIGHT IN A PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET FROM BIDEN’S RALLY, WAVING FREE PALESTINE FLAGS? EARLIER PROTESTERS EVEN FACING OFF WITH POLICE IN RIOT GEAR OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE, SAYS SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS WILL TRAVEL TO MICHIGAN LATER THIS MONTH TO HEAR FROM ARAB COMMUNITY LEADERS ANGRY OVER

BIDEN’S SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IN ITS WAR AGAINST HAMAS. MEANWHILE, BIDEN MET WITH AUTO WORKERS YESTERDAY TOUTING HIS RECORD ON THE ECONOMY. >> WE NOW HAVE, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF YOU AND ORGANIZED LABOR, THE STRONGEST ECONOMY IN THE WHOLE WORLD. WE DO. WE DO, AND THE WHOLE WORLD. INFLATION IS COMING DOWN.

>> BUT A NEW NATIONAL POLL SHOWS BIDEN LOSING TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, 49 TO 45. THE GAP GROWS EVEN WIDER IN A POTENTIAL MATCHUP WITH NIKKI HALEY AND BIDEN FACES MORE CHALLENGES ON CAPITOL HILL. THE HOUSE PASSED A TAX CUT BILL THIS WEEK WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, BUT IT FACES OPPOSITION IN THE SENATE.

REPUBLICAN SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY SAYS HE WON’T SUPPORT THE BILL BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE BIDEN LOOK GOOD AND A BIPARTISAN DEAL TO ADDRESS THE BORDER CRISIS IS BEING FINALIZED IN THE SENATE. BUT IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL IN THE HOUSE, ACCORDING TO SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON. EVEN THOUGH THE TEXT OF THE BILL

HASN’T BEEN RELEASED YET AND THE TEXT OF THE BILL COULD BE RELEASED AS SOON AS TODAY. ANDREW. >> ALL RIGHT. WE’LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT. AND THANK YOU. DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN HAS APOLOGIZED FOR HOW HE HANDLED HIS PROSTATE CANCER DIAGNOSIS. HE’S KEEPING HIS CONDITION AND HOSPITALIZATION A SECRET FROM

THE PRESIDENT AND THE PUBLIC. HE TRIED TO EXPLAIN HIS ACTIONS TO REPORTERS YESTERDAY. >> I WAS BEING TREATED FOR PROSTATE CANCER. THE NEWS SHOOK ME AND I KNOW THAT IT SHAKES SO MANY OTHERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. IT WAS A GUT PUNCH. AND FRANKLY, MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS TO KEEP IT PRIVATE.

1 IN 8 AMERICAN MEN WILL GET PROSTATE CANCER. 1 IN 6 BLACK MEN WILL GET IT. SO YOU CAN COUNT ON ME TO SET A BETTER EXAMPLE ON THIS ISSUE TODAY AND FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, AUSTIN’S ACTIONS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION ON CAPITOL HILL AND AT THE PENTAGON.

>> WE TURN NOW TO JENNIFER CRUMBLY, THE WOMAN WHOSE SON FATALLY SHOT FOUR STUDENTS AT HIS MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL. SHE’S ON TRIAL FOR MANSLAUGHTER, ACCUSED OF IGNORING HER SON’S PLEAS FOR HELP. SHE TOOK THE STAND YESTERDAY AND SAID THERE’S NOTHING SHE WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY. HERE’S ABC’S ANDREA FUJII JENNIFER CRUMBLY, THE

FIRST MOTHER IN THE U.S. TO BE CHARGED IN A SCHOOL SHOOTING COMMITTED BY A CHILD, TOOK THE STAND AND DEFENDED HER PARENTING SKILLS. >> YOU NEVER WOULD THINK YOU HAVE TO PROTECT YOUR CHILD FROM HARMING SOMEBODY ELSE. >> THAT’S WHAT. THAT’S WHAT BLEW MY MIND. I WAS JUST THAT WAS THE

HARDEST THING I HAD TO STOMACH IS THAT MY CHILD HARMED AND KILLED OTHER PEOPLE. >> SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE ACCUSED OF MAKING A GUN ACCESSIBLE AT THEIR HOME AND IGNORING THEIR SON. ETHAN’S MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS. BUT CRUMBLY SAYS SHE DIDN’T THINK HER SON NEEDED HELP, DESPITE THE PROSECUTION POINTING TO ETHAN’S

JOURNAL, WHICH INCLUDED ENTRIES LIKE MY PARENTS DON’T LISTEN TO ME AND I HAVE ZERO HELP FOR MY MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, AND IT’S CAUSING ME TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL. >> DID YOU EVER BELIEVE THAT YOUR SON NEEDED MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, THERAPY, COUNSELING, ANYTHING? >> NO. I MEAN, THERE’S A COUPLE

OF TIMES WHERE ETHAN HAD EXPRESSED ANXIETY OVER TAKING TESTS. UM ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO FOR AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, WHETHER IT WAS COLLEGE OR MILITARY. SO HE EXPRESSED THOSE THOSE CONCERNS TO ME. UM BUT NOT NOT TO A LEVEL WHERE I FELT HE NEEDED TO GO SEE A PSYCHIATRIST.

>> DID YOU EVER DENY HIM OR SAY, NO, I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE YOU TO A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL? DID HE EVER ASK, YOU KNOW, CRUMBLY DENIED HAVING A ROLE IN BUYING OR STORING THE GUN AND SHIFTED RESPONSIBILITY TO HER HUSBAND, ADDING, I DON’T THINK I’M A FAILURE AS A PARENT.

>> THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING, STAFF AT THE SCHOOL MET WITH THE CRUMBLEYS AND WERE SHOWN A PICTURE ETHAN HAD DRAWN OF A GUN WITH THE WORDS THE THOUGHTS WON’T STOP, HELP ME. THE WORLD IS DEAD. MY LIFE IS USELESS. HIS PARENTS DECLINED TO TAKE HIM HOME THAT DAY. CRUMBLY SAYS SHE

THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR HIM TO STAY AT SCHOOL. HE LATER USED A GUN FROM HIS BACKPACK TO FIRE AT STUDENTS. >> AS I’VE ASKED MYSELF IF I WOULD DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY, AND I WOULDN’T HAVE. >> IF YOU COULD CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED, WOULD YOU? >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. I WISH HE

WOULD HAVE KILLED US INSTEAD, PROSECUTORS WILL CROSS-EXAMINE JENNIFER CRUMBLY THIS MORNING. >> HER HUSBAND GOES ON TRIAL NEXT MONTH. ANDREW ALLISON ANDREA. >> THANK YOU. TURNING NOW TO THE WEATHER, CALIFORNIA IS PREPARING FOR ANOTHER BIG STORM THIS WEEKEND. OFFICIALS OPENED THE WATERWAY TO THIS DAM NORTH OF SACRAMENTO, TRYING TO LIMIT

FLOOD DAMAGE. AND IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, FLOODING CLOSED SOME ROADS, ESPECIALLY AROUND LONG BEACH. LET’S CHECK YOUR FRIDAY FORECAST. >> GOOD MORNING. OUR SOUTHWESTERN STORM IS MAKING PROGRESS EAST AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE SOME GUSTY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. AT NIGHT, THOSE

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WERE IN THE DARK AND NOW WE KNOW WHY. >> OFFICIALS SAY A RACCOON MADE CONTACT WITH SOME EQUIPMENT AT A POWER STATION. THE OUTAGE LASTED THREE HOURS. THE CDC HAS ISSUED A CRITICAL WARNING ABOUT A HIGHLY ADDICTIVE SUPPLEMENT KNOWN AS GAS STATION HEROIN. >> ITS REAL NAME IS NEPTUNE’S

FIX, AND IT’S NOW BEING RECALLED. DOCTORS SAY IT MAY BE LAMINATED WITH CHEMICALS FOUND IN SYNTHETIC CANNABIS, WHICH HAVE BEEN LINKED TO HALLUCINATIONS, SEIZURES AND BRAIN SWELLING. LAWMAKERS HAVE CALLED FOR A CRACKDOWN, BUT THE FDA DOES NOT REGULATE DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS. TOMORROW MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THE TOXIC TRAIN DERAILMENT IN EAST PALESTINE,

OHIO, WHICH FORCED THE EVACUATION OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. >> AS PRESIDENT BIDEN PREPARES TO VISIT THIS MONTH, ABC’S ALEX PRESHA SPOKE WITH RESIDENTS AFRAID TO RETURN. 12 MONTHS LATER. >> THIS MORNING, INVESTIGATORS RELEASING NEW IMAGES OF THE BALLS OF FIRE ERUPTING AFTER A TRAIN CARRYING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DERAILED IN EAST

PALESTINE, OHIO, ONE YEAR AGO TOMORROW. DAYS AFTER THE CRASH, THE RAIL OPERATOR NORFOLK SOUTHERN CONDUCTED A CONTROLLED RELEASE OF VINYL CHLORIDE, A CANCER CAUSING TOXIN, FROM FIVE OF THE RAIL CARS. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAD TO BE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES, AND NOW, ONE YEAR LATER, MANY ARE STILL AFRAID TO RETURN.

>> I DON’T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING BACK HOME. I’M STILL HEARING ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WENT BACK HOME, THAT REGRET GOING BACK HOME. >> DOZENS OF FAMILIES WERE RELOCATED TO HOTELS, PAID FOR BY NORFOLK SOUTHERN, BUT THAT PROGRAM RUNS OUT NEXT WEEK. THE EPA INSISTS THE AIR AND TAP WATER IS SAFE, BUT SOME

RESIDENTS AREN’T BUYING IT NOW. >> I’VE HAD A MIGRAINE ALMOST THE ENTIRE DURATION SINCE THE DERAILMENT, KRISTA GRAVES LIVES JUST OVER A MILE FROM THE DERAILMENT SITE. >> SHE SAYS THE SMELL OF CHEMICALS STILL PERMEATES HER HOME, AND SAYS SHE RECENTLY FOUND CHEMICAL SHEENS IN HER BASEMENT. AND THEN THERE’S WAYNE

AND LORI O’CONNELL. AFTER THE DERAILMENT, THEY BOTH TESTED POSITIVE FOR VINYL CHLORIDE. WEEKS LATER, WAYNE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER. >> WAYNE, DO YOU THINK YOUR BREAST CANCER IS LINKED TO THAT DERAILMENT? >> I CAN’T SAY FOR SURE, BUT IT SEEMS AWFUL COINCIDENTAL. >> SINCE THE DERAILMENT, NORFOLK SOUTHERN SAYS IT’S INVESTED MORE

THAN $100 MILLION IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY, INCLUDING MILLIONS IN DIRECT PAYMENTS AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS. THE RAILROAD OPERATOR AND THE E HAVE ALSO COLLECTED 45,000 SAMPLES AND INSIST THE TOWN IS SAFE. >> I VERY MUCH FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THERE IS SAFE. UM, I CAN TELL YOU I’VE BEEN HERE FROM,

YOU KNOW, THE VERY BEGINNING HERE AND I’M NOT HAVING ISSUES. >> BUT DESPITE THESE MEASURES, THERE’S ALSO FRUSTRATION HERE AT A LACK OF ACTION IN WASHINGTON TO PASS NEW RAIL SAFETY MEASURES . >> I’M ANGRY. TOWNS HAVE BEEN WIPED OFF THE MAP FOR LESS THAN THIS. >> ALEX PRESHA ABC NEWS EAST

PALESTINE, OHIO ALEX, THANK YOU. >> THE NTSB SAYS THE DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY AN OVERHEATED WHEEL BEARING. ADVOCATES ALSO CITE A LACK OF SAFETY FEATURES LIKE SENSORS AND SAY MORE WORKERS ARE NEEDED ON LARGE TRAINS TO SOMETHING LIGHTER COMING UP. >> WHY YOU SHOULD INCLUDE SHRIMP AT YOUR SUPER BOWL PARTY THIS

YEAR. PLUS MEET THE GROUP OF TEACHERS WHO JUST WON THE POWERBALL LOTTERY. >> WE All right, here we go. Alrighty, let’s do it. Yes, it’s the show America wants and America needs right now. This is what would you do? Let’s go. How are you?

I’ve never seen a place like this in my life. Tonight honoring the soldiers killed in Jordan as their bodies are returned home plus tracking heavy rain wind and snow and a new storm on the way more Americans turn to the most-watched news cast on television World News Tonight with David Muir.

Shudder a young mother vanishes a series of apparently unconnected crimes another mother gun down. You can do a silver minivan pulls up. I’m the one that got away murderer you can I get goosebumps to think what they found 2020 tonight on ABC. 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. I’m Tina Whitworth at the Apec Summit in San Francisco, wherever the story is will take you there. You’re streaming ABC News live. >> TIME TO CHECK THE PULSE.

BEGINNING WITH YOUR SUPER BOWL MENU. WHAT’S ON IT AND HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST? >> SOME SNACK PRICES ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR, BUT NOT SHRIMP, SO YOU MAY WANT TO SERVE UP A BIG PLATTER NOW THAT PRICES ARE DOWN 6. THANKS TO AN OVERSUPPLY. SHRIMP FOR EVERYBODY.

>> ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT ANOTHER THRIFTY KNOWN OPTION AT SUPER BOWL PARTIES? CHICKEN WINGS. BOTH THE FRESH AND FROZEN VARIETY ARE A BIG BARGAIN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. BUT YOU’LL HAVE TO DIG DEEPER FOR CHIPS. THEY COST AT LEAST 5% MORE THIS YEAR. OH, BUMMER. NEXT. THE LUCKIEST TEACHERS IN

AMERICA 30 CURRENT AND FORMER STAFFERS FROM A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN KENTUCKY WON $1 MILLION IN THE POWERBALL LOTTERY. >> THE GROUP HAS BEEN POOLING MONEY TOGETHER FOR YEARS. 14 YEARS, AND THEY’VE BEEN PLAYING THE SAME NUMBERS. THEY BOUGHT THE WINNING TICKET AT KROGER, AND ONE MEMBER OF THE GROUP

FOUND A CREATIVE SPOT TO HIDE THE TICKET UNTIL THEY WERE READY TO CLAIM THE PRIZE. >> SO I THOUGHT IF SOMEBODY BREAKS IN, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PICK UP A MATH BOOK. YEAH YOU PLAY THE LOTTERY KNOWING YOU HAVE A CHANCE, AND THEN WHEN IT HAPPENS, YOU THINK THERE’S NO

WAY THIS IS TRUE. SO SPLIT 30 WAYS. >> THEY EACH GOT ABOUT $24,000 AFTER TAXES. NOT A BAD BOUNTY. NEXT IT’S APPLES FIRST ENTIRELY NEW PRODUCT IN A DECADE. >> THE MUCH ANTICIPATED VISION PRO HEADSET GOES ON SALE TODAY. APPLE SAYS IT’S COMPATIBLE WITH MORE THAN A MILLION APPS, ONE

REVIEWER SAID USING THE $3,500 DEVICE IS LIKE SWIPING AROUND ON YOUR IPHONE. IF YOUR IPHONE WAS STRAPPED TO YOUR FACE. AN APPLE EXECUTIVE SPOKE TO OUR WILL REEVE ABOUT CUSTOMERS BEING ABLE TO TRY IT OUT IN A FEW DOZEN APPLE STORES SAYS THE BEST PART ABOUT GIVING THESE DEMOS IS

WATCHING THOSE REACTIONS, AND I WILL SAY IT’S OR IT’S WONDER. >> SOMETIMES WE’VE HAD SOME PEOPLE CRY. IT IS A REALLY TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE. >> HOW CLOSE YOU CAN GET MORE THAN 200,000 HEADSETS HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN SOLD SINCE PREORDERS BEGAN TWO WEEKS AGO, AND FINALLY, WANT TO KNOW HOW LONG YOUR DOG WILL LIVE?

>> TAKE A LOOK AT HIS OR HER NOSE, A NEW STUDY FINDS A LONG NOSE COULD MEAN A LONGER LIFE FOR YOUR POOCH, BRITISH RESEARCHERS FOUND. BREEDS WITH FLATTER FACES HAD A SHORTER LIFE EXPECTANCY THAN THOSE WITH LONGER SNOUTS. >> THEY’RE NOT SURE WHY, BUT THEY SAY SOME BREED RELATED

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You can I get goosebumps to think what they found 2020 tonight on ABC. MORE TOP STORIES AUTHORITIES SAY SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE KILLED LAST NIGHT WHEN A SMALL PLANE CRASHED INTO THIS MOBILE HOME PARK IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA. >> THEY DID NOT OFFER A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF VICTIMS. THE FAA SAYS

THE PILOT HAD REPORTED ENGINE FAILURE. >> PROSECUTORS IN NEW YORK ARE CONSIDERING A PERJURY CHARGE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP’S FORMER FINANCE CHIEF. THEY BELIEVE ALLEN WEISSELBERG MAY HAVE LIED DURING TESTIMONY LINKED TO THE CIVIL FRAUD CASE AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT, WEISSELBERG IS ON PROBATION AFTER SERVING TIME FOR TAX EVASION AND ADVERTISING

AGENCY WILL PAY $350 MILLION TO SETTLE A LAWSUIT OVER ITS MARKETING OF OXYCONTIN AND OTHER OPIOIDS. >> CRITICS SAY PUBLIC HEALTH BEARS SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CRISIS, WHICH HAS KILLED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. MUCH OF THE MONEY WILL PAY FOR PROGRAMS TO FIGHT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC. TODAY’S WEATHER SHOWERS ON THE

WEST COAST BUT HEAVIER RAIN FOR THE SOUTHWEST. >> SNOW IN THE ROCKIES, STORMS IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA, BUT WARM IN THE MIDWEST AND FINALLY, MY FAVORITE STORY THE OWL FLYING AROUND IN NEW YORK FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. DANNY NEW HAS THE STORY OF FLACCO. REPORTER IT’S A BIRD.

>> IT’S A PLANE. IT’S OH IT’S AN ACTUAL BIRD, BUT A WORLD FAMOUS ONE THAT YOU CAN’T USUALLY FIND IN NORTH AMERICA. >> WELL, RIGHT NOW, A GROUP OF DEDICATED BIRD LOVERS ARE TRYING TO GET AN OWL BACK TO ITS HOME. >> IT WAS ONE YEAR AGO TODAY

THAT THE LEGEND OF FLACCO WAS BORN, WHEN A GROUP OF VANDALS LEFT A HOLE IN HIS ENCLOSURE AT THE CENTRAL PARK ZOO. AT FIRST, AUTHORITIES TRIED TO GET THE EURASIAN EAGLE OWL BACK, BUT ONE DOES NOT SIMPLY CAPTURE THE MIGHTY FLACCO. HE’S GOT A NEAR SIX FOOT WINGSPAN, CAN FLY MORE

THAN 30 MILES AN HOUR, AND DESPITE SPENDING HIS FIRST 13 YEARS IN CAPTIVITY, HAS A KNACK FOR THE HUNT. DO YOU THINK THAT IT HELPS THAT, OF ALL PLACES, HE’S IN THE CITY WITH RATS? >> OH, IT ABSOLUTELY HELPS. SO WHAT’S SO REMARKABLE IS THAT FLACCO PICKED UP THIS INTRICATE

SKILL ON HIS OWN. >> DAVID BARRETT HERE RUNS A PAGE ON X CALLED MANHATTAN BIRD ALERT AND UPDATES IT EVERY DAY WI ALERT AND UPDATES IT EVERY DAY WITH SIGHTINGS. >> FLACO. HE’S JUST SO SO BEAUTIFUL. FREQUENTLY FOLKS, NEW YORK WILL FIND FLACO ON THEIR WINDOWSILL AND PHOTOGRAPHERS OFTEN GATHER

IN CENTRAL PARK TO TRY AND CAPTURE THIS RARE, MAGNIFICENT BIRD. >> ENJOYING SOME? OH, MY GOSH. OH. >> SINCE FLACO HAS PROVEN TO CLEARLY BE FLYING AROUND AND FINDING FOOD JUST FINE. >> THE ZOO HAS SINCE CALLED OFF THE SEARCH, BUT SAID IT WOULD BE MONITORING HIM.

>> BUT A YEAR LATER, HERE WE ARE. THIS VIDEO IS FROM LAST NIGHT. AND IF NEW YORK CITY HAS A RAT POPULATION PROBLEM SO BAD, IT EVEN HIRED A RAT CZAR. IS FLACO THE REAL RODENT EATING SUPERHERO? OUR CITY NEEDED? >> HE’S A SUPER HERO FOR SURE. GUYS, ONE RECENT ESTIMATE

CLAIMED THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 3 MILLION RATS IN NEW YORK CITY AND THERE’S ONLY ONE BIRD FOR THE JOB. >> GOSH, THERE IT IS. OOH, YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY DEGREE. >> GREAT WEEKEND. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND. >> AND THE WHITE HOUSE IS READY FOR RETRIBUTION. YOU START HERE.

>> SOURCES SAY THE PENTAGON HAS ITS MARCHING ORDERS AND WILL LAUNCH A SERIES OF STRIKES. THEY WANT TO FIND TARGETS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT THAT WILL HURT THOSE MILITANTS. BUT IS IRAN ON THE LIST OF TARGETS? MARTHA RADDATZ IS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH THE LATEST. THE MOTHER OF A SCHOOL SHOOTER

MAKES HER CASE. ARE YOU A FAILURE AS A PARENT? I DON’T THINK MY FAILURE AS A PARENT. >> AT WHAT POINT DO PARENTING DECISIONS MAKE YOU CULPABLE IN A MURDERER? AND LIFE IS A GAME OF INCHES. I WENT FROM FIVE NINE WITHOUT SHOES ON. 511. YOU HAVE TO TAKE.

BUT WOULD YOU GO UNDER THE KNIFE TO GET TALLER? FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS “START HERE”. I’M BRAD MIELKE. >> I SAID THIS MORNING IT’S BEEN FIVE DAYS AND COUNTING SINCE A DRONE STRIKE CLAIMED THE LIVES OF THREE AMERICAN TROOPS. >> THE FIRST U.S. MILITARY DEATHS SINCE THIS CONFLICT

IN THE MIDDLE EAST BEGAN. >> IN THE. YOU LOOKED AT ME. HE SAID, I’M SORRY. THIS BE FOR YOUR. IT WAS KILLED. THIS WHEN YOU HAVE A DEADLY STRIKE LIKE THIS. >> IT DEMANDS A RESPONSE. >> BUT WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE? AND AGAINST WHOM? AFTER ALL, ALL THIS APPEARED

TO COME FROM MILITANT GROUPS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA. THEY ARE DIRECTLY SPONSORED BY IRAN. WHO PAYS FOR OUR SOLDIERS LIVES ? WELL, AFTER FIVE DAYS OF WAITING, IT NOW APPEARS THE U.S. HAS A PLAN FOR RETALIATION. APPARENTLY, IT’S NO LONGER A CASE OF IF, BUT WHEN AND WHERE. ABC’S CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS

CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ HAS MADE HER WAY TO JORDAN, WHERE THESE TROOPS WERE KILLED IN THE FIRST PLACE. MARTHA, YOU’VE BEEN SPEAKING TO SOURCES. WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN HERE? >> I THINK YOU CAN EXPECT A MULTI YEAR. MULTI-COUNTRY, MULTI TARGET RETALIATORY STRIKE. I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE VERY

DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. >> BUT IN MANY WAYS, VERY THE SAME PRESIDENT HAS MADE HIS DECISION ABOUT RESPONDING. OPTIONS WERE PRESENTED TO HIM. HE MADE HIS CHOICES AND HIS DECISIONS. AND WE’RE GOING TO AND WE’RE GOING TO MOVE OUT. THEY’LL GO AFTER THESE MILITIA

GROUPS WHERE THEY CAN FIND THEM. CERTAINLY THE ONES THEY BELIEVE HAVE BEEN RESPONSE LIABLE FOR THESE ATTACKS AND TRY TO TAKE THEM AND CAREFULLY AS THE U.S. TRIES TO DO, AVOID CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. I THINK THAT IS NUMBER ONE. THEY DO NOT WANT TO KILL ANY CIVILIANS. ACCORDING TO SOURCES I HAVE

TALKED TO, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS DEEP ABOUT GOING AFTER IRAN ITSELF. >> ALL WE’VE HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT, FROM THE ADMINISTRATION FOR MONTHS IS THESE ARE IRAN MILITIAS. THESE ARE IRAN BACKED MILITIAS. BUT THEY DON’T WANT THIS WAR TO ESCALATE. >> BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, IT REALLY ALREADY HAS.

THE CONFLICT HAS ESCALATED. >> WE’VE GOT FIGHTING IN THE RED SEA. WE’VE GOT FIGHTING THE NORTHERN BORDER OF ISRAEL. AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE SEEN IN IRAQ AND SYRIA THESE MILITIAS TARGETING AMERICANS, AMERICAN FORCES WELL OVER 165 TIMES IN MARCH. >> ON ONE HAND, IT’S ONLY BEEN A FEW DAYS.

IT HAS BEEN LESS THAN A WEEK SINCE HAPPENED. ON THE OTHER HAND, IT’S SO SIGNIFICANT. THE FIRST AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBER DEATHS IN THIS ENTIRE CONFLICT IN THE REGION. WE’RE BATTLING WITH SO MANY OF THESE IRAN BACKED PROXY GROUPS. THE QUESTION HAS KIND OF BEEN, WHY HAS IT TAKEN SO LONG TO STRIKE BACK?

>> WHAT’S YOUR SENSE? I THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS WHY THIS IS SO DIFFERENT. >> THE U.S. ALWAYS HAS TARGET LISTS. THEY PROBABLY KNEW PRETTY QUICKLY EXACTLY WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS STRIKE, BUT THEY WANT THIS ONE TO BE DIFFERENT. >> IT NEEDS TO BE SIGNIFICANT.

>> IT NEEDS TO BE UNAMBIGUOUS. IT NEEDS TO ACTUALLY COST IRAN SOMETHING. >> THEY DON’T WANT ONE BIG SHOW OF FORCE OR ONE LITTLE PINPRICK STRIKE. THEY WANT TO FIND TARGETS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT THAT WILL HURT THOSE MILITANTS IN MANY WAYS. AND THAT TAKES TIME AND IT TAKES COORDINATION.

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE PARTS OF JORDAN. SYRIA IS JUST BEHIND ME ABOUT TWO MILES. >> IRAQIS ARE TO MY LEFT. YOU KNOW, BRAD, WE UP TO THE BORDER OF SYRIA AND IT IS THE MOST REMOTE AREA. IT IS IT IS SERIOUSLY LIKE A MOONSCAPE UP THERE.

THERE ARE A FEW LITTLE VILLAGES . THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME, BECAUSE DETERRENCE STRICTLY HAS NOT WORKED, THAT THESE TARGETS ARE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT IT WILL HURT THE MILITANTS, AT LEAST SLOW THEM DOWN OR AT LEAST AVOID WAR. SOME AMERICAN FORCES MORE SIGNIFICANT ATTACKS ON THEM.

THAT’S WHY IT TAKES SO LONG. THEY JUST WANT TO BE CERTAIN AND HAVE THIS MEAN SOMETHING. >> YEAH. MARTHA, I MEAN, SINCE YOU’VE BEEN IN THE REGION AND SINCE YOU’VE BEEN TALKING TO YOUR SOURCES, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT THE ATTACK IN THE FIRST PLACE? BECAUSE WE SAY IRAN BACKED.

BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THE PENTAGON PROBABLY KNEW EARLY ON MORE SPECIFICALLY WHO THIS GROUP WAS. I MEAN, DO WE KNOW AT THIS POINT WHICH MILITANT GROUP THIS WAS AND HOW THEY CARRY THIS OUT? >> ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY HAD WAS PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. THEY HAD THE PARTS OF THAT DRONE.

SO YOU HAD FORENSICS. AND THEY HAVE NOW DETERMINED THAT IT’S A PARTICULAR TYPE OF DRONE MADE IN IRAN. THE PENTAGON SENT OUT PICTURES OF THOSE WEAPONS SHOWING THEY WERE FROM IRAN. >> THIS THIS IS A SHOW THAT THEY PUT ON TV THAT I TALKED TO THE IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER

JUST A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO. AND HE DENIED THAT THEY EVER PROVIDE WEAPONS FOR THESE THINGS, BUT THEY CLEARLY DO. THE U.S. HAS SEEN IT. I’VE SEEN DISPLAYS OF THOSE WEAPONS MYSELF. SO THEY KNOW THAT THAT DRONE WAS MADE IN IRAN, ESSENTIALLY, THEY KNOW WHERE THEY BELIEVE IT WAS LAUNCHED FROM.

IT WAS CLEARLY EITHER SYRIA OR IRAQ BECAUSE THAT ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, IT’S COUNTRIES THAT WE’RE GOING TO GO AFTER AND POSSIBLY YEMEN AS WELL. SO THAT ATTACK, THAT DRONE COMING, IT’S VERY SAD TO SAY, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE AIR DEFENSES AT THAT BASE DID NOT CATCH IT.

THEY THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A U.S. SURVEILLANCE DRONE. AND THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT DRONE THAT IRANIAN MADE DRONE GOT THROUGH. >> AND THESE GROUPS ALL DIFFERENT NAMES, BUT THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY UNDER ONE UMBRELLA WHO ARE BASICALLY JUST MILITANTS WHO ARE GOING AFTER AMERICANS, WHO ARE GOING AFTER WESTERN FORCES.

THEY U.S. FORCES OUT OF SYRIA, OUT OF IRAQ. >> AND THIS IS ALSO HOW THEY’RE TRYING TO GET THEM OUT OF THERE. AND THAT MISTAKE, AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, IT WAS A MISTAKE OF OF OF NOT SHOOTING DOWN THAT DRONE WHEN THEY HAD THE CHANCE. OF COURSE, NOW WE SEE

THE AFTERMATH OF THAT. RIGHT. THREE DEAD AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS, DOZENS INJURED. AND NOW POTENTIAL STRIKES COMING THEIR WAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ALL RIGHT. MARTHA RADDATZ THERE IN JORDAN RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, BRAD. >> YANKEES, THE TESTIMONY YESTERDAY IN THE MOTHER OF A SCHOOL SHOOTER TOOK THE STAND.

>> NOW IN HIS DEFENSE. >> BUT IN HER OWN NAME, IT’S JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND JENNIFER CRUMBLEY, THE MOTHER OF ETHAN CRUMBLEY, WHO KILLED FOUR CLASSMATES AND INJURED SEVERAL OTHERS, HAS PLEADED NOT TO SEVERAL UNPRECEDENTED COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. IF CONVICTED, SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST PARENT EVER HELD

RESPONSIBLE IN THIS WAY AFTER A MASS SHOOTING. >> THE PROSECUTORS SAY HER ACTIONS WERE JUST THAT EGREGIOUS. ABC’S TREVOR AULT HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE IN MICHIGAN. THIS TREVOR. WHAT DID SHE SAY? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, BRAD, SHE SAYS THAT SHE WAS HORRIFIED AT WHAT HER SON DID.

>> SHE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR THAT SHE STILL HAVING TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE FACT THAT HER SON HARMED PEOPLE, KILLED FOUR OF HIS CLASSMATES. IN FACT, SHE EXPLICITLY SAID, I WISH HE WOULD HAVE KILLED US INSTEAD. >> DO YOU BELIEVE YOU WERE THE VICTIM HERE.

I DON’T WANT TO SAY THAT I’M A VICTIM. I DO NOT WANT TO DISRESPECT THOSE FAMILIES TRULY ARE THE VICTIMS OF THIS. BUT WE DID LOSE LOT. >> SHE ALSO WAS ADAMANT THAT SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF THE MANY RED FLAGS THAT THE PROSECUTION HAS LAID OUT LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING.

SO MUCH SO THAT SHE SAYS WHEN SHE LOOKS BACK ON HOW IT ALL UNFOLDED, SHE DOESN’T THINK SHE WOULD DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY, WHICH IS GOING TO STRIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE AS A PRETTY WILD THING TO SAY, GIVEN SHE’S ON TRIAL FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. HER AND HER HUSBAND, THE FIRST

PARENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY TO FACE THESE KINDS OF CHARGES AFTER A CHILD COMMITS A MASS SHOOTING. >> ARE YOU A FAILURE AS A PARENT? I DON’T THINK I’M A FAILURE AS A PARENT AT THAT TIME. ESSENTIALLY, WHAT WE SAW IN COURT YESTERDAY JUST HER DEFENSE ATTORNEY QUESTIONING HER, BRAD,

IS THAT THEY TOOK A LONG TIME ESTABLISHING THE RELATIONSHIP OF HER AS A MOTHER. THEY HAD A LOT OF PHOTOS OF FAMILY TRIPS THAT THEY WENT ON OVER THE YEARS. AND HIM GROWING UP AND TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT LESS PHOTOS AS HE GETS OLDER BECAUSE TEENAGERS

ARE JUST THAT AGE. SHE DESCRIBES HERSELF AS CARING AND ATTENTIVE. THEY TALKED ABOUT TIMES THAT SHE WOULD TAKE HER SON TO THE DOCTOR. >> I TRUSTED HIM AND I FELT LIKE I HAD AN OPEN DOOR AND HE CAN COME TO ME ABOUT ANYTHING. >> AND THEN WE KIND OF GET INTO

THE AREA WHERE. HER STORY SPLITS FROM THE STORIES THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE PROSECUTION OVER THE PAST WEEK AND A HALF AS THEY’VE LAID OUT THEIR CASE, MAINLY OVER WHAT SHOULD THESE PARENTS HAVE BEEN AWARE OF LEADING UP TO THIS SHOOTING. >> I DID NOT GO THROUGH TEXT MESSAGES.

>> I DIDN’T HAVE A REASON TO. SHE SAYS THAT HE AT NO POINT ASKED TO GO TO THERAPY AND THAT AT NO POINT DID IT SEEM LIKE HE WAS HAVING ANY KIND OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT WOULD REQUIRE TO GET HELP. >> BRAD? WELL, YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT

HOW MUCH OF THIS IS SORT ABOUT GUN SAFETY AND TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE GUNS THAT YOU OWN YOUR CHILDHOOD AND HOW MUCH OF IT IS ABOUT PARENTING TECHNIQUES LIKE IS ILLEGAL TO NOT BE PROACTIVE WITH YOUR KID ABOUT STUFF LIKE THIS, I GUESS. >> RIGHT. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHY THIS

CASE IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET A CONVICTION BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DEFENSE ATTORNEY WHO READILY ADMITS HER CLIENT WAS NOT A PERFECT PARENT AND MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES. I THINK THAT THE CRUX OF YOUR QUESTION OF PARENTING VERSUS GUN SAFETY AND HOW THEY INTERTWINE COULD BE LARGELY DIVIDED AMONG

HOW THE TWO PARENTS ARE BEING TRIED. SO JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS UP FIRST. HER HUSBAND, JAMES CRUMBLEY, IS GOING TO GET TRIED FOR THE SAME CRIMES IN MARCH. HER TRIAL HAS LARGELY BEEN ABOUT PARENTING AND MISSING WARNING SIGNS. AND WHILE THEY DID TALK ABOUT THE WEAPONS, THE FACT THAT THE PARENTS BOUGHT THE GUN

FOR THEIR SON, WE DO KNOW THAT THE DAD JAMES CRUMBLEY ACTUALLY MADE THE PURCHASE AND ON THE STAND YESTERDAY, JENNIFER CRUMBLEY MADE A POINT TO SAY IT WASN’T HER AREA TO MAKE SURE THE GUNS WERE SECURE THAT FELL TO HER HUSBAND. OF COURSE, WE NOW KNOW THAT GUN

HE WAS ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO IT AND THE TWO OTHER WEAPONS THAT THE PARENTS HAD THAT WERE FOUND AT HOME BY INVESTIGATORS, INVESTIGATORS, THEY WERE KEPT IN A GUN SAFE WITH THE CODE ZERO ZERO ZERO. >> I IMAGINE THAT IS GOING TO BE HIT EVEN HARDER BY PROSECUTORS IN THE HUSBANDS TRIAL.

WHAT I THINK YOU’RE GOING TO SEE TODAY WHEN IT COMES TO CROSS-EXAMINE OF JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND I THINK IT COULD BE QUITE BRUTAL, IS HAMMERING HER OVER AND OVER ABOUT HER SON’S CRIES FOR HELP, ABOUT HIM WRITING IN HIS JOURNAL. >> MY PARENTS WON’T LISTEN TO ME.

>> BUT IN THIS ONE, THE SHOOTER WRITES, I WANT HELP. BUT MY PARENTS DON’T LISTEN TO ME AND I CAN’T GET ANY HELP. >> SHE WRITES, I WANT TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL SO BADLY. >> PROSECUTORS ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS WOMAN, THIS MOTHER WHO TESTIFIED FOR HOURS YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW SHE CARED

FOR HER SON AND ASKED HER IN FRONT OF THE JURY, HOW DID YOU MISS THIS? AND THEY BELIEVE THE FACT THAT SHE DID MISS IT IS SO GROSSLY NEGLIGENT THAT IT IS CRIMINAL THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING AN IMPERFECT PARENT, AS THE MOTHER’S CLAIMING, ESSENTIALLY BEING A DANGER TO OTHERS.

THE FATHER, LIKE YOU SAID, HE’S ON TRIAL LATER THIS YEAR. WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN BOTH OF THESE CASES. TREVOR AULT IN MICHIGAN, THANKS SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, BRAD. >> SO BACK IN THE DAY, I WAS ON THE DATING APPS LIKE YOU DO AND I LISTED MY HEIGHT IS FIVE

FOOT NINE, WHICH IS A TINY, TINY FIB. OKAY, I’M CLOSER TO FIVE, EIGHT, FIVE, EIGHT IN THE QUARTER, BUT YOU NEVER ADJUST YOUR HEIGHT DOWN RIGHT IN OUR SOCIETY. GUYS ALWAYS WANT TO BE TALLER, AND THIS GETS REINFORCED EVERYWHERE. FROM THE 90S WHEN I WAS GROWING UP FROM A MAN SKEE-LO.

>> HELLO. I WISH I WAS A LITTLE TALLER. I WAS ABLE TO JUST LAST YEAR FROM OLIVIA RODRIGO 36 FOOT TWO. NICE TO WE TALK ABOUT POP PSYCHOLOGY, BUT THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN CHANGE ABOUT YOUR HEIGHT OR IS THERE A POINT WHERE YOU HIGHLIGHT AS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT FOR AN AMERICAN MALE?

I’M NOT AVERAGE, BUT IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS THIS WEEK ON IMPACT BY “NIGHTLINE”. ABC’S ASHAN SINGH WENT BEHIND THE SCENES OF A GROWING INDUSTRY LEG LENGTHENING SURGERY. AND UNLIKE MANY OTHER COSMETIC SURGERIES, THIS ONE IS ABSOLUTELY DOMINATED MEN WHO WISH THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT TALLER. ASHTON IS WITH US NOW.

ASHTON LEG LENGTHENING SURGERY. REALLY THIS IS THE THING. >> YES, BRAD, IT IS THE NEW KIND OF VIRAL SENSATION WHERE MEN ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET TALLER. THEY ARE LITERALLY ADDING INCHES TO THEIR FEMURS AND TIBIA IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME LOOK THAT HAS BEEN

SOUGHT AFTER FOR SO MANY DECADES. AND BRAD, I GOT TO SAY, I’M GUILTY OF IT, TOO. >> I’M 511. BUT, YOU KNOW, I’M TELLING PEOPLE I’M SIX FEET. BUT — BUT WHY? WHY WOULD YOU GO TO THE LENGTHS OF GETTING SURGERY? LIKE WHAT? YOU TALK TO PEOPLE WHO GOT THIS

PROCEDURE? WHAT TO WHY? THIS IS A REAL ISSUE OF INSECURITY AMONGST A TON OF MALES IN OUR SOCIETY. AND IT COMES FROM THIS PERCEPTION THAT TALL PEOPLE ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL. TALL PEOPLE HAVE A LOT MORE OF AN EASIER TIME, CONTRIBUTES TO YOUR CONFIDENCE, A ROMANTIC, YOUR DATING LIFE.

>> YOU HAVE TO TRY, YOU HAVE TO DRESS BETTER, YOU HAVE TO MAKE MORE MONEY. YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING BETTER. BECAUSE JUST HAVING THE HEIGHT IS PARAMOUNT. >> WE SPOKE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE WHO HAD GOTTEN THE SURGERY, WHO ARE ABOUT TO GET THE SURGERY, AND WE MET TO INTERESTING GENTLEMAN

WHO COULD NOT BE MORE DIFFERENT, BRAD. I WENT FOR FIVE NINE WITHOUT SHOES. I’M LIKE FIVE, 11 AND A HALF. >> AND WE TAKE YOU HAVE HUGO RAMIREZ. HE’S A BUSINESSMAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN MIAMI AND HOUSTON. AND HE IS VERY MUCH EMBLEMATIC OF THE COSMETIC SURGERY LIFE.

>> I MEAN, I JUST IN FACE TO FACE TO FACE, WHAT DO YOU DO? I HAD A JOINT CHAMBER AND I HAD THEM IN PLACE THAT I HAVEN’T TALKED MY THAT THIS GUY’S GOTTEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF SURGERY AND PROCEDURES DONE ALL OVER HIS BODY, NOT LIMITED JUST

TO HIS HEIGHT. >> IT’S THE BIGGEST RUSH IS THAT WHAT YOU GET IS THE BIGGEST RUSH EVER. >> WHAT WAS IT ABOUT BEING TALL ? THE RESPECT I HAD TO EARN MY RESPECT. PEOPLE ARE TALLER. THEY WANT TO EARN THE RESPECT. I THINK YOU COULD BE AN IDIOT

AND BE TALL AND YOU GET RESPECT. >> ON THE OTHER HAND, WE JERRY, WHO’S THIS TRAVEL NURSE IN MOBILE, ALABAMA. AND YOU SEE MORE PRACTICAL SIDE OF THE SURGERY TODAY I MAJORED IN AT FIVE FIVE ON THE DOT HE’S BEEN UNDER AVERAGE HEIGHT WHOLE LIFE AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS WEIGHED

ON HIM HEAVILY. HE SAYS THAT IT HAS AFFECTED HIS DATING LIFE. >> IT HAS AFFECTED HIS CONFIDENCE. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I WANT TO READ STUFF IN THE AISLES OF A WAL-MART. HE JUST CAN’T BE SURE. AND YOU GOT TO BE ON YOUR TIPPY TOES. AND I FEEL LIKE THIS SOMETIMES EMBARRASSING.

>> THIS IS A PROCEDURE THAT HE HAS SAVED UP ON IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET DONE. >> SO THIS SURGERY SET ME BACK, I BELIEVE, IS AROUND 75000 HOURS JUST TO BE ABLE TO GET TO AVERAGE HEIGHT, WHICH IS FIVE, EIGHT, FIVE, NINE IN THE UNITED STATES, IS SOMETHING

THAT THIS PROCEDURE SOMEONE LIKE JERRY TO REALIZE, OKAY, SO HOW DOES IT WORK? RIGHT. LIKE THE ACTUAL SURGERY INVOLVES IF YOU’RE ADDING LINKED TO YOUR BONE, DOES THAT MEAN YOU’RE BREAKING YOUR BONE TO DO THIS? >> YES. SO THERE’S THIS DOCTOR, DR. KEVIN DEBIPARSHAD, IN LAS VEGAS. >> YOU KNOW, TO CONSULT

THE LIMB LENGTHENING HAS BEEN AROUND PROBABLY 75, 80 YEARS, AND WE’VE BEEN APPLYING IT TO PEDIATRIC DEFORMITIES IN KIDS WITH SHORT LEGS OR EVEN IN TRAUMATIC PATIENTS WHO MIGHT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT ONE LEG, THEN THE SHORTER OR DEFORMED, HE RUNS A LITTLE, AND IT HAS BECOME SORT OF THE LEADER

IN OPERATING LIKE GOING TO SURGERY AS AN ELECTIVE COSMETIC SURGERY. >> ALL RIGHT. MORNING, JERRY. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? >> DO YOU GET THIS STARTED? WHEN WE CONNECTED WITH JERRY AND HE WAS LOOKING INTO, GETTING THIS LEG LENGTHENING

SURGERY, HE DECIDED TO GO WITH DR. RAMPERSAD. >> WE USE YOUR OWN NATURAL BONE THAT YOU HAVE, AND WHAT YOU DO IS YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU IMPLANT A DEVICE INTO THE HOLE PART OF THE BONE AND THEN YOU CREATE A SMALL BREAK INTO THE BONE, AND THEN

THAT DEVICE RESPONDS TO REMOTE CONTROL OF THE PATIENTS YOU USE TO SLOWLY LENGTHEN THE BONE AS THEY KIND OF PROCEED. THAT NOW CAN LENGTHEN APPROXIMATELY 3.2 INCHES, AND THAT’S WHEN YOU GET YOUR GAIN ACQUIRED FROM HIM. >> YEAH, WELL SAID. I THINK THE ROOM’S ALL SET UP.

I DON’T WANT IT TO GO. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET’S GET YOU BACK THERE. SO WE FOLLOWED JERRY TO LAS VEGAS AS HE’S ABOUT TO UNDERGO THIS SURGERY. WE WERE ALL THE WAY WITH HIM INTO THE OPERATING ROOM. ALL THE TYPICAL WHEN YOU’RE WATCHING THE SURGERY,

HEAR THAT HAMMER CRACKING AWAY THE BONE IN ORDER. >> CREATE THE SEPARATION OCCURS . BUT HE CLAIMS THAT IT’S JUST CREATING A SMALL PERFORATED DOTTED LINE SIMILAR TO THAT ON A PAPER TOWEL. AND THEY’RE CREATING A SMALL BREAK IN THE BONE. >> AND THEN HE JUST PUTS A ROD

IN THERE AND THEY ATTACH X RAY. >> AND THEN FOR UP TO 30 TO 60 DAYS, HE’S INCREASING THE PATIENT’S HEIGHT BY A MILLIMETER. AND THAT ROD IS BASICALLY GROWING. AND THEY JUST DO IT THROUGH AN APP. BUT WHEN YOU’RE IN THERE, MAN, YOU ARE HEARING THAT BONE BEING HAMMERED AND IT

IS INTENSE. IT IS INTENSE. >> WELL, YEAH, IT GOES DOWN AS IT SOUNDS. THAT’S JUST INTENSE. IT’S NOT LIKE VIOLENT, RIGHT? LIKE, I MEAN, ARE THERE HEALTH RISKS TO THIS OPTION WHEN YOU’RE MESSING WITH YOUR BONE STRUCTURE? >> YEAH, THERE DEFINITELY ARE HEALTH RISKS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A PROCEDURE

LIKE THIS BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, WHEN IT COMES TO IT BEING AN ELECTIVE OR COSMETIC PROCEDURES, RELATIVELY NEW, THESE ARE STILL RISKY PROCEDURES, RISKY TOOLS, AND MANY OF THEM STILL NEED TO BE REMOVED AFTER THE LEG HAS COMPLETED, WHICH OF COURSE IS ANOTHER SURGERY WITH ITS OWN RISKS AND BENEFITS.

>> AND OUR OWN DR. DARIEN SUTTON REALLY BREAKS DOWN THAT THESE GUYS ARE GETTING THESE PROCEDURES DONE, BUT WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT FIVE, TEN, 15 YEARS OF THEIR BODIES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. >> THEY CAN INCLUDE DAMAGE TO NEARBY STRUCTURES, FOR EXAMPLE, DAMAGE TO MUSCLES, DAMAGE LIGAMENTS AND TENDONS

AND EVEN PERMANENT NERVE DAMAGE THAT RECOVERY PROCESS FOR A PROCEDURE LIKE THIS IS DEFINITELY INTENSE. IT TAKES WEEKS, IF NOT MONTHS, FOR THE PATIENTS TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. THEY’RE LIMITED TO WALKERS. THEY’RE GOING THROUGH INTENSE ROUNDS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY AND ALL TYPES RECOVERY PROCESSES TOO, JUST TO BE ABLE

TO WALK NORMALLY AGAIN. >> I DO KNOW PHYSICALLY IS GOING TO BE VERY DEMANDING ON ME, BUT I’M NERVOUS NOW JUST BECAUSE SO SET IN STONE. >> BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE CRITICS AND PEOPLE SORT OF QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL SHOULD EVEN BE OFFERING THIS PROCEDURE, DR. DEAN REALLY

POINTS TO THE LIFE MOMENTS THAT HE THINKS HE’S PROVIDING TO HIS PATIENTS WHEN LOOK AT IT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND YOU SEE THESE PATIENTS AND YOU SEE THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THESE PATIENTS AND YOU SEE HOW MUCH IT IMPROVES THEIR LIVES AND YOU SEE THESE PATIENTS, YOU KNOW,

THEY JUST SEEM SO, SO GRATEFUL FOR IT. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, THEY JUST SEEM SO HAPPY THAT THEY UNDERWENT THE SURGERY . >> IT’S ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING SURGERIES I DO. IT’S BIZARRE, THOUGH, OPTION BECAUSE YOU WANT TO ASK LIKE, IS IT REALLY SO BAD TO BE

SHORT OR AVERAGE HEIGHT? IS THAT REALLY SO DETRIMENTAL? YEAH, BUT I DON’T THINK IT IS THAT BAD TO BE SHORT. I IN FACT, I THINK RIGHT NOW IT IS COOL TO BE A SHORT CANE. YOU LOOK AT GUYS LIKE DAVE FRANCO, TIMOTHY, WE GET THE HEART, MAN. HE’S THE BIGGEST MAN

IN HOLLYWOOD RIGHT NOW? IT IS HARD TO BE SHORT. IT IS COOL TO BE A SHORT KING. THAT SAID. >> I’M NOT RUSHING TO GET MY LEGS REDUCED ANY TIME SOON. >> I DON’T WANT TO BE AVERAGE. I WANT TO BE BEYOND WHAT I CAN BE. AND BRAD, YOU WON’T BELIEVE

THIS. WHEN WE SAT DOWN WITH HUGO AND HE HAD JUST FINISHED HIS INTENSE MONTHS LONG RECOVERY PROCESS, HE SAID HE STILL WANTS THREE MORE INCHES. >> DO YOU HAVE A GOAL LIKE IS THERE AN UNFINISHED SIX THREE, FIVE, SIX, SIX? WHY NOT GIVE IT A64? YEAH. WHAT’S YOUR DREAM HEIGHT?

FIVE, SIX, THREE MIGHT BE LIKE, WOW. OH, MY GOSH. OKAY, SO LIKE THE SHORT KING HASHTAG NOT HAVING EFFECT ON EVERYONE. ARJUN SINGH WITH THIS INCREDIBLE PIECE ON “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE”. THAT’S STREAMING ON HULU RIGHT NOW. >> AWESOME, GREAT REPORTING. THANK YOU. THANKS, BRAD. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. EVERYONE LOVES AN UNDERDOG

STORY. >> WHAT ABOUT AN UNDERDOG BIRD STORY? >> ARE YOU A BIRDER, BILL? YOU SEEM TO KNOW A LOT ABOUT BIRDS. >> LIKE WHAT? HOW DID YOU GET SO INVESTED IN THIS STORY? WELL, I’M NOT A BIRDER PER SAY, BUT I DO LIKE CELEBRITY TYPE BIRDS.

>> THAT’S ABC’S BILL HUTCHINSON ABOUT WHAT’S PERHAPS BECOME NEW YORK CITY’S MOST FAMOUS FUGITIVE FLACO. THE OWL IS A EURASIAN EAGLE OWL . >> AND WHAT’S RARE ABOUT HIM IS HE IS BELIEVED TO BE THE ONLY EURASIAN EAGLE OWL ON THE LOOSE IN THE WILDS OF A AMERICA. >> AND THE INTERESTING PART

ABOUT FLACO IS HIS STORY STARTS WITH A CRIME. >> UNTIL LAST YEAR, FLACO, THE OWL, HAD LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE IN THE CENTRAL PARK ZOO. >> BUT EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, SOMEONE CUT A HOLE THROUGH HIS CAGE AND HE JUST WALKED OUT OF THE CAGE, WALK

THROUGH THE HOLE THAT WAS CUT INTO THE MESH LINING OF HIS CAGE AND BOLTED THE WILDS OF NEW YORK CITY. >> FLACO HAS BECOME A BONA FIDE CELEBRITY IN MANHATTAN. THE BIRDERS WATCH HIM POP UP IN VARIOUS TREES, BUT HE STARTED SPREADING HIS WINGS FURTHER. >> SOON HE ALIGHTED

ON THE SIDEWALK ON FIFTH AVENUE, AND THAT JUST SHOCKED PEOPLE, DREW A CROWD. >> ALSO DREW THE NYPD, WHO DIDN’T SEEM TO REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HIM AT FIRST. AND THEY PUT OUT SOME CAUTION TAPE TO SORT OF CORDON THEM OFF SO THAT PEOPLE COULD GET CLOSE TO HIM.

>> AND THEN THEY PUT A CAGE OUT ON THE SIDEWALK THINKING, I GUESS, THAT HE WAS GOING TO JUST SURRENDER. >> THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN. OF COURSE, FLOCK OF FLEW AWAY. >> AND OVER THE LAST YEAR, HE STARTED EXPLORING OTHER PARTS OF TOWN. >> HE GETS AROUND. HE’S BEEN NOT JUST IN CENTRAL

PARK, BUT DOWN IN THE LOWER EAST SIDE. HE STARTED TO ROOST OR PERCH IN PRIVATE GARDENS ON TERRACES, ON PEOPLE’S WINDOW LEDGES. OH, GOD, YOU’RE SO BEAUTIFUL. SO BEAUTIFUL. WAS IN MY KITCHEN AND I HAD MY SMALLER HAND AND I LOOK OVER TO THE WINDOW AND THERE’S AN OWL.

>> ONE OF THE REASONS HE’S FLYING IN THESE WIDER AND WIDER CIRCLES IS HE’S LIKELY LOOKING FOR A MATE. WHAT HE DOESN’T KNOW IS THERE’S NO MATE OUT THERE FOR HIM. HE’S THE ONLY ONE OF HIS KIND IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD. SCIENTISTS HAVE WORRIED THAT THIS ALONG WITH THE FACT

THAT HE’D NEVER HUNTED IN THE WILD, WOULD PUT HIM AT RISK, BUT INSTEAD, A YEAR ON THE LOOSE, FLACCO’S THRIVING. >> THEY PRETTY MUCH GAVE UP ON CAPTURING HIM. MAYBE TWO WEEKS AFTER HE ESCAPED. >> RIGHT NOW, THEY’VE DECIDED JUST TO LET HIM BE A FREE BIRD .

HE PROVED THEM ALL WRONG VERY QUICKLY. HE WAS ABLE TO ADAPT TO HIS NEW ENVIRONMENT IN THE FREE WORLD AND LEARN TO CATCH RATS ON HIS OWN AND NEW YORK CITY HAS A VERY, REALLY BAD RAT PROBLEM. >> SO ANYTHING THAT COULD EXTERMINATE THAT IS A WELCOME

IN NEW YORK, THE FOLLOWING HAS STEADILY NOT JUST FROM NEW YORKERS, BUT AROUND THE WORLD. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHARING VIDEOS OF FLACCO’S LOCATION SIGHTINGS OF HIM. HE’S EVEN BECOME A MUSE FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ARTISTS. >> A REPORTER BILL HUTCHINSON HAS PAINTED A SERIES, A FLOCK OF PORTRAITS, THESE VIVIDLY COLORFUL DEPICTIONS, THE OWL

IN VARIOUS SCENARIOS WITH CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, FIFTH AVENUE SHOPPERS. I THINK PEOPLE LIKE THE UNDERDOG STORY. >> AND HE HE WAS THE UNDERDOG DEFINITELY BECAUSE NOBODY THOUGHT HE COULD SURVIVE OUT THERE. AND HE DID A SHOWED RESILIENCE AND THAT SORT OF ENAMORED HIM TO PEOPLE’S INTEREST AND CHEERING FOR HIM TO BE FREE.

>> WHAT AM I FAVORITE HONORARY NEW YORKERS IS THE AUTHOR, E.B. WHITE. >> HE WROTE ABOUT ANIMALS. YOU PROBABLY KNOW CHARLOTTE’S WEB. E.B. WHITE ONCE SAID ABOUT NEW YORK THAT PEOPLE BORN HERE TAKE THE CITY FOR GRANTED. >> THE COMMUTERS IT A SENSE OF RESTLESSNESS. THEN THERE ARE THE OUTSIDERS,

THE TRANSPLANTS, THE ONES WHO CAME HERE ROAMING THE CITY IN QUEST OF SOMETHING BIGGER. THOSE HE SAID GIVE THE CITY ITS PASSION. THAT’S WHAT I THINK IS RALLIED PEOPLE AROUND FLACO. OF COURSE, IF YOU WERE TO ASK HIM ABOUT HIS CELEBRITY STATUS, HE’D PROBABLY JUST PLAY IT

MODEST AND SAY, WHO, ME? I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY BILL’S PORTRAITS, BY THE WAY. YOU CAN SEE THEM IN HIS STORY ON ABCNEWS.COM. JUST LOOK FOR HIS REPORTING ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF FLACCO’S FREEDOM START. HERE IS PRODUCED BY KELLY TEREZ JEN NEWMAN BRENDA SALINAS BAKER VIKA ARONSON CAMERON CHERTAVIAN

ANTHONY, ALLIE. MADELINE GOOD AND TERRY GIMBEL. ARIELLE CHESTER IS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRODUCER, JOSH KOGAN IS DIRECTOR OF PODCAST PROGRAMMING. I’M MANAGING EDITOR. LAURA MAYER IS OUR EXECUTIVE PRODUCER. THANKS TO LAKEIA BROWN JEN NEWMAN AND LIZ ALESSE SPECIAL THANKS TO SPEAK TO JONAH HASKELL CHRIS BARRY, DANA SCHAEFFER, LION CALDERA,

ERIC STRAUSS AND ANNE FLAHERTY I’M BRAD MIELKE. SEE NEXT WEEK YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS LIVE REPORTING. BREAKING NEWS SOURCES KEEP STREAMING WITH NBC NEWS LIVE TONIGHT. A STALKER HUNTING WOMEN MAKES ME SHUDDER. A YOUNG MOTHER VANISHES. A SERIES OF APPARENTLY UNCONNECTED CRIMES. ANOTHER MOTHER GUNNED DOWN.

OH, MY GOSH. WE CAN DO THIS. THEN I STEAL FROM ANY MAN FOR SOME REASON. I LIKE THAT REGARD. I’M THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY WITH MURDER IN THE MEDIA. I GET TO START TO THINK WHAT THEY FOUND IN 2010. >> YOU SEE, I HAVE A PARTNER. THEY’RE EXPECTING US.

IT’S OUR SECRET. >> WELL, WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY INSIDE OUT AND A SLICE OF HUMAN BRAINS. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. THERE’S. THEY’RE NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO.

IT IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. ANYWHERE. WOW. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE HAVE ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING. HEADS UP TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. >> WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS, FAST, STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN THAT IS BILLIONAIRE . SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. THE MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE SOURCE BECOMES THE ALL-NEW

ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO . FASTER, SMARTER AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE IT, YOU KNOW YOU’RE GONNA MISS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE BUZZ IS ABOUT EXPERIENCE THE ALL-NEW NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW REPORTING FROM MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA. I’M ROBIN ROBERTS.

WHEREVER WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC LIVE. I’M DIAMOND SAITO TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE FOR THE MOTHER OF THE MICHIGAN SCHOOL SHOOTER TAKES THE STAND IN HER OWN DEFENSE, WHAT SHE SAYS ABOUT HER HUSBAND AND HER ACTIONS AS SHE PREPARES FOR CROSS-EXAM.

NATION THE PLAN FOR A MULTI DAY, MULTI TARGET ATTACK IN JORDAN. WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S PLANS TO RETALIATE FOR A DEADLY ATTACK ON A U.S. MILITARY BASE AS THE BODIES OF U.S. FALLEN SOLDIERS MAKE THEIR WAY HOME. BACK TO BACK STORMS ARE ON THE MOVE. WHICH PARTS OF THE COUNTRY

WILL SEE WASHOUTS THIS AND A LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD WATCH. AND AN ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE AS APPLE DEBUTS ITS BRAND NEW WITH CEO TIM COOK IS SHARING ABOUT THE APPLE VISION PRO AND FUTURE OF TECH. >> WE BEGIN WITH JENNIFER CRUMBLEY ON THE WITNESS STAND. THE MICHIGAN MOM IS ON TRIAL

FO INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AFTER HER SON KILLED FOUR STUDENTS AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL. NOW SHE’S SET TO FACE QUESTIONS FROM THE PROSECUTION. ABC’S TREVOR ALL HAS THE LATEST. >> JENNIFER CRUMBLEY THE FIRST PARENT OF A SCHOOL SHOOTER TO STAND TRIAL HERSELF SET FOR AN INTENSE CROSS-EXAMINATION. >> THAT WAS THE HARDEST THING

I HAD TO STOMACH. IS THAT MY CHILD AND KILL OTHER PEOPLE. >> I WISH SHE WOULD HAVE KILLED US INSTEAD. PROBABLY TAKING THE STAND IN HER OWN DEFENSE. CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. PROSECUTORS ALLEGING SHE MISSED CRUCIAL WARNING SIGNS THAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE 2021 OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL

SHOOTING IN WHICH HER SON KILLED FOUR OF HIS CLASSMATES. >> I’VE ASKED MYSELF IF I WILL DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY, AND I WILL NOW THE CRUMBLEY PARENTS BOUGHT THE WEAPON USED IN THE SHOOTING FOR THEIR SON, JENNIFER, SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITY TO HER HUSBAND. WHEN ASKED SECURING THE WEAPON. >> I JUST DIDN’T FEEL

COMFORTABLE BEING IN CHARGE OF THAT. >> IT WAS MORE HIS THING, SHE IN SEVERAL INSTANCES, WHAT THE PROSECUTION SAID WERE RED WERE ACTUALLY INSIDE FAMILY JOKES LIKE, HER SON TEXTING HER THAT HE WAS SEEING DEMONS OR HER LAUGHING ABOUT HIM GETTING CAUGHT SEARCHING AMMUNITION IN CLASS, SAYING YOU HAVE

TO LEARN NOT TO GET CAUGHT. >> SHE ALSO CLAIMED HER MEETING WITH A SCHOOL COUNSELOR THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING OVER THESE DISTURBING DRAWINGS WAS NONSENSICAL. >> HE TOLD US THAT HE DIDN’T FEEL MY SON WAS A RISK AND ACTUALLY GAVE HIM THE OPTION IF HE WANTED TO STAY

AT SCHOOL OR GO HOME. MY SON WANTED STAY AT SCHOOL. SO WE ALL DISCUSSED WE ALL DISCUSSED THAT. THE PROSECUTION RESTING ITS CASE THURSDAY WITH TESTIMONY FROM. AN INVESTIGATOR PRESENTING WHAT THEY FOUND INSIDE THE SHOOTER’S JOURNAL. >> HE HAD WRITTEN ON 21 PAGES. HOW MANY REFERENCE?

>> THE SCHOOL SHOOTING, EVERY SINGLE ONE ON ONE PAGE. THE SHOOTER WRITING. MY PARENTS DON’T LISTEN TO ME ON THE NEXT PAGE. THE WORD HELP IN BOLD BLACK LETTERS AND THE OMINOUS MESSAGE. I HAVE ZERO HELP FOR MY MENTAL PROBLEMS AND IT’S CAUSING ME TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL.

AND I AND THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY WRAPPED UP HER QUESTIONING OF JENNIFER CRUMBLEY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. SO THE CROSS-EXAMINATION FOR THE PROSECUTION IS NOW UNDERWAY . IT COULD BE A VERY FIERY DAY IN COURT. DIANE TREVOR AULT, THANK YOU. AND ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BUCKMAN JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS.

BRIAN, WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU FROM TESTIMONY SO FAR? >> NO MORE THAN WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THE QUESTION OF WAVING TO EVERYONE AS AS THE ANSWERS TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT APPEARED LIKE THE PROSECUTION WAS EITHER SLEEPING OR GIVING HER ENOUGH ROOM TO KIND OF REALLY TIE IT

ON THIS CROSS-EXAMINATION. I’LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. AT ONE POINT, JENNIFER CRUMBLEY TALKS ABOUT GOING TO THE SHOOTING RANGE WITH HER SON AND LEAVING THAT GUN INSIDE OF THE TRUCK IN THE BACK. >> SHE SAYS THAT SHE KNOWS THAT HER HUSBAND, JAMES, PROBABLY PUT THE GUN AWAY. >> FIRST OF ALL, THAT’S HEARSAY.

SHE DOESN’T KNOW THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. BUT TO JUST PUSH THE BLAME ON TO SOMEONE ELSE AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I JUST LEFT IT OPEN WHERE MY SON CAN GET IT. IT’S UP MORE OR LESS MY HUSBAND TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS LIKE THAT. >> THINK GOING TO COME ACROSS AS AMMUNITION AND REALLY

PARTNER. SO, BRIAN, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR AS PROSECUTORS THAT QUESTION HER TODAY? >> LIKE THE PROSECUTION HAVE ALL KNIGHTS OF A PAIR. WHAT I WOULD EXPECT IS THAT AFTER LAST NIGHT, THEY GOT THE TRANSCRIPT AND I EXPECT THEM TO GO LINE BY LINE AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, YOU SAID

YOU DIDN’T YOU DIDN’T CHANGE ANYTHING. >> HOW ABOUT THIS? HOW ABOUT THAT? HOW ABOUT. BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS SIDE? WHAT ABOUT THIS ON WHY WAS THIS A JOKE TO YOU? I LIKE TO REALLY PUT HER FEET TO THE FIRE IN TERMS OF MISSING THESE RED LINES AND THEN

HER ACTIONS AFTER THE SCHOOL SHOOTING HAPPENED TO SHOW THAT SHE HAD RECALLED CONSCIOUSNESS OF GUILT, THAT SHE KNEW THAT SHE DID SOMETHING WRONG IN THE STAND AND SAID, I WOULDN’T CHANGE ANYTHING. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BURKE MYERS, THANK YOU. AND WE WILL TAKE THAT CROSS-EXAMINATION WHEN IT

HAPPENS RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. MEANWHILE, A NEW JOBS REPORT IS OUT AND IT’S SURPRISINGLY STRONG. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS U.S. EMPLOYERS ADDED 353,000 JOBS IN JANUARY WHILE THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STAYED AT 3.7%. ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. >> ALEXIS, DOES THIS MEAN FOR

THE OVERALL STRENGTH OF THE ECONOMY? DIANE, THIS WAS A BLOCK BUSTER JOBS REPORT WHEN IT CAME THROUGH. I WAS ON MY PHONE AND. I SORT OF LIKE SAID THIS WRONG. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BECAUSE IT CONTINUES TO SHOW THE RESILIENCE OF THE JOB MARKET. IT THE STRENGTH OF THIS ECONOMY, EVEN THOUGH WE’RE

ALL DEALING WITH HIGHER INTEREST RATES. SO LET’S BREAK THIS DOWN. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HELD STEADY AT 3.7%. WHERE WERE THE JOBS ADDED LAST MONTH? PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES, 74,000 JOBS. HEALTH CARE. RETAIL. GOVERNMENT. SOCIAL ASSISTANCE AND MANUFACTURING. IT WAS BROAD BASED JOB GAINS LAST MONTH. AND REMEMBER, THIS IS DESPITE

THE FACT THAT WE SAW THOUSANDS OF LAYOFFS IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY FROM COMPANIES LIKE GOOGLE, MICROSOFT, CITIGROUP. ANOTHER THING WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT EVERY MONTH, WAGE GROWTH, STRONGER THAN EXPECTED, HOURLY EARNINGS INCREASING 0.6%. THAT WAS DOUBLE THE MONTHLY ESTIMATE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT YEAR OVER

YEAR WAGES UP FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT MORE THAN THE ESTIMATE OF 4.1%. WE KNOW THAT HIGHER WAGES COULD BE INFLATIONARY. SO FAR, THE INFLATION PICTURE HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT? THINGS HAVE BEEN COOLING. WE’LL GET ANOTHER REPORT ON INFLATION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. BUT OF COURSE, TALK NOW IS WHAT

IS THIS STRONG JOBS REPORT MEAN FOR THE FED AND INTEREST RATES? IT COULD MEAN THAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE DELAYS THAT FIRST INTEREST RATE CUT. THEY WERE HOPING IT MIGHT COME IN MARCH, MIGHT COME IN THE YEAR. NOW, THE REASONING BEHIND CUTTING RATES WOULD BE TO JUICE THE ECONOMY AND TO GET US

SPENDING AGAIN. WE’RE DOING THAT WITHOUT THE HELP OF. THE FEDERAL RESERVE RIGHT NOW, EVEN IN THE FACE OF HIGHER INTEREST RATES. SO THOSE WHO WERE HOPING FOR LOWER INTEREST RATES IN THE COMING MAY HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER BECAUSE THE ECONOMY, ESPECIALLY THE JOB MARKET, VERY STRONG. >> ALL RIGHT.

ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORT ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS YOU. >> WELCOME. THE 2024 RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IS COMPLICATING TWO BIPARTISAN DEALS CONGRESS. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PUSHING CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS KILL BIPARTISAN DEALS ON THE BORDER AND TAXES WITH SOME REPUBLICANS SAYING THE DEALS COULD MAKE PRESIDENT BIDEN LOOK GOOD. MEANWHILE, THE PRESIDENT

IS HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, MAKING AN APPEAL TO UNION WORKERS. ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHAEL SCOTT IS ON CAPITOL HILL WITH THE LATEST PRESIDENT BIDEN GEARING FOR A LIKELY REMATCH WITH DONALD TRUMP MAKING A DIRECT APPEAL TO UNION WORKERS IN BATTLEGROUND MICHIGAN. WE NOW HAVE IN LARGE PART

OF YOU AND ORGANIZED LABOR THE STRONGEST ECONOMY IN THE WHOLE WORLD. >> OUTSIDE THE EVENT PROTESTING BIDEN SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL. >> BIDEN BARELY WON MICHIGAN IN 2020, AND POLLING SHOWS HIM TRAILING TRUMP BY SEVERAL POINTS IN THE STATE. THE BAD BORDER DEAL WOULD BE WORSE THAN NO DEAL AT ALL.

TRUMP IS MAKING IMMIGRATION CENTRAL TO HIS CAMPAIGN? NOW HE’S PUSHING CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS TO KILL AN EMERGING BIPARTISAN DEAL TO ADDRESS THE BORDER ATTACKS. THAT DEAL HASN’T EVEN BEEN RELEASED YET. MANY HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAY THEY’LL VOTE AGAINST IT. CONGRESSMAN TROYE NOW, HE DOESN’T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP BIDEN’S APPROVAL RATINGS.

>> IT’S REALLY NOT ABOUT BORDER SECURITY. IT’S ABOUT TRYING TO IMPROVE. JOE’S 33% APPROVAL RATING. YOU REALLY NEED TO SEE IT. YOU’RE HARD NOW. >> I’M HARD ON THE PRESIDENT ON CAPITOL HILL. EARLIER ABOUT DAYS REMAINING OPTIMISTIC. >> MR. PRESIDENT, SOME HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING THE BORDER DEAL A NONSTARTER.

>> CAN YOU GET IT DONE, MR. PRESIDENT? AND IT’S NOT JUST IMMIGRATION. >> AFTER THE HOUSE PASSED THE BIPARTISAN BILL, REPUBLICAN SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY WARNED IT WOULD MAKE BIDEN LOOK GOOD IN AN ELECTION YEAR, PASSING A TAX BILL THAT MAKES THE PRESIDENT LOOK GOOD. MAIL HOW CHECKS BEFORE THE ELECTION MEANS THAT HE

COULD BE REELECTED. >> ALL OF IT PROMPTING FRUSTRATION ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. >> THEY’RE SAYING THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD THAT WE’RE FOCUSED ON THE NEXT ELECTION. >> HOW MUCH DOES POLITICS IMPACT THIS IN AN ELECTION BETWEEN THIS TAX? EVERYTHING? MY GOODNESS, YOU CAN’T GET A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING,

MOTHERHOOD AND APPLE PIE WITHOUT HAVING POLITICS COME INTO. >> DIANA, WE ARE LEARNING THIS MORNING THAT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, THE SENATE HAVE REACHED A DEAL ON A MAJOR PACKAGE THAT WOULD INCLUDE BORDER SECURITY PROVISIONS AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR BOTH ISRAEL AND UKRAINE. THE TEXT THAT LEGISLATION

IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED AS EARLY AS TODAY THAT TIP OFF A VOTE IN THE SENATE FOR NEXT WEEK. BUT WITH SO MANY HOUSE REPUBLICANS LINING UP AGAINST THAT LEGISLATION, IT’S UNCLEAR IF IT EVEN HAS THE VOTES GET PASSED DIANE. ALL RIGHT. SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU.

AND PRESIDENT BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER OF THE THREE U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN A DRONE ATTACK IN JORDAN. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY WILL MEET WITH THE FAMILIES PRIVATELY. THEIR LOVED ONES REMAINS ARE RETURNED. THIS COMES AS THE PENTAGON, ITS PLANS TO RETALIATE.

ABC NEWS CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARTHA RADDATZ HAS THE LATEST. >> A SOMBER RETURN JUST HOURS FROM NOW, THE BODIES OF SERGEANT KENNEDY SANDERS, SERGEANT BRIANNA MOFFATT AND SERGEANT WILLIAM RIVERS WILL BE ARRIVING AT DOVER AIR FORCE BASE IN DELAWARE THERE TO MEET THEM. THE FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN SOLDIERS AND PRESIDENT BIDEN.

>> THIS AS THE U.S. NOW FINALIZES ITS PLAN FOR ITS MULTI TARGETED ASSAULT IN RETALIATION FOR THE DEADLY DRONE ATTACK IN JORDAN THAT TOOK THE LIVES OF THOSE SOLDIERS AND, LEFT AT LEAST 47 OTHER SERVICE MEMBERS WOUNDED. >> DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN TAKING QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS HOSPITALIZATION, POINTING

THE FINGER AT IRAN AFTER FORENSICS DETERMINED THE EXPLOSIVE DRONE IRANIAN MADE AND LAUNCHED BY AN ISLAMIC MILITIA GROUP. >> HOW MUCH IRAN KNEW OR DIDN’T KNOW, WE DON’T KNOW. BUT IT REALLY DOESN’T MATTER BECAUSE IRAN SPONSORS GROUPS. IT FUNDS THESE GROUPS. THEY HAVE A LOT OF CAPABILITY. I HAVE LOT MORE.

>> A U.S. OFFICIAL TELLING ABC NEWS THAT MILITANTS AND THEIR WEAPONS IN IRAQ, SYRIA AND POSSIBLY YEMEN ALL ON THE LIST OF LIKELY RETALIATORY TARGETS. >> THE WHITE HOUSE BEEN QUITE CLEAR THAT IT DOESN’T WANT TO ATTACK IRAN DIRECTLY. SO THEY WILL GO AFTER THE IRANIAN PROXIES,

THE SURROGATES THAT ARE IN THE MILITIAS. THE INTENT WILL BE TO DISRUPT THESE MILITIAS, TO TAKE OUT ANY KIND OF WEAPONS THAT MAY BE USED TO ATTACK U.S. BASES AGAIN. WELL, THAT IS THE INTENT. A U.S. OFFICIAL TELLING ME TENSIONS AT THE WHITE HOUSE ARE HIGH WITH SOME ADMINISTRATION

OFFICIALS FEARING THE STRIKES COULD TRIGGER THE EXACT KIND OF ESCALATION THE ADMINISTRATION IS HOPING TO AVOID. >> DIANE? CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ, THANK YOU. AND RESCUE WORKERS ARE ON THE SCENE OF A DEADLY PLANE CRASH THAT MULTIPLE HOMES ON FIRE IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA. FAA SAYS, THE PILOT REPORTED

ENGINE FAILURE JUST BEFORE THE CRASH. NOW CREWS COMBING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE. ABC’S VICTOR OQUENDO IS NEAR THE SCENE WITH THE. THIS FIERY AND DEADLY PLANE IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA. >> ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS HOUSE? NO. I THINK A LOT PLANE JUST CRASHED INTO A BUILDING HERE, A SMALL PLANE CRASHING INTO

A MOBILE HOME PARK WEST OF TAMPA, KILLING SEVERAL PEOPLE. FIREFIGHTERS RUSHING TO THE SCENE. >> THE BLAZE RIPPING THROUGH HOMES, SENDING FLAMES, SHOOTING INTO THE NIGHT SKY. >> THE FAA SAYING THE PILOT OF THE BEECHCRAFT BONANZA B 35 ,REPORTED ENGINE FAILURE JUST AFTER 7 P.M. THURSDAY. >> WE HAVE A MAYDAY, MAYDAY,

MAYDAY THE CALL REPORTING THE CRASH CAME IN 8 MINUTES LATER. REPORTER THE AIRPLANE CRASH THAT I’VE HAD HERE AT THIS LOCATION IS NOW ON FIRE. >> FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVING WITHIN MINUTES ABLE TO QUICKLY PUT OUT THE FIRES. WE COULD SEE THE FLAMES SHOOTING LIKE 50 FEET IN THE AIR. A BIG PLUME OF SMOKE.

THE HOUSE IS FULLY INVOLVED. FLAMES. IT DIDN’T EVEN LOOK LIKE THERE WAS A HOUSE LEFT THERE. WE’RE JUST OUTSIDE THE MOBILE HOME PARK WHERE THE PLANE CRASHED. NO WORD ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED. MULTIPLE AGENCIES WILL BE INVESTIGATING THIS, INCLUDING THE NTSB AND FAA. >> DIANE. ABC VICTOR OQUENDO

IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA. THANK YOU. AND CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ARE BRACING FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN. LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR SANTA BARBARA AND LOS ANGELES. ABC NEWS CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE IS TRACKING IT ALL FOR US. HI, GINGER. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS USING THE TERM LIFE

THREATENING FOR THIS NEXT STORM. A MONTH’S WORTH OF RAIN IN JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS. AND SO FEBRUARY ON AVERAGE IS THE RAINIEST IN CALIFORNIA. BUT WE ALREADY SAW DAILY RECORD RAIN, LONG BEACH FLOODED. WE SAW THAT IN HUNTINGTON BEACH CITY. THE TREES OVER, THAT’S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE

YOU SATURATE THE GROUND SO MUCH AND THEN YOU JUST HAVE CONTINUOUS RAIN. AND THAT’S WHAT THAT NEXT ONE. SO THE CURRENT STORMS EAST, BUT THE NEXT STORM IS MOVING IN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WHEN IT STARTS AND THEN THROUGH MONDAY, THE HEAVIEST RAIN. AND THAT’S WHY YOU SEE THAT WHOLE RED AREA, THAT’S

BIG, BIG BEAR, SAN LUIS OBISPO, SANTA BARBARA, MALIBU, LOS ANGELES, ANAHEIM, BURBANK, ALL HUGE POPULATIONS THAT COULD SEE LANDSLIDES, MUDSLIDES AND JUST SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WITH MAJOR FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL. SO TIMING WISE, SUNDAY IS WHEN THE HEAVIEST MAKES ITS WAY ALONG THAT KIND OF SOUTHERN COAST. THE VARIOUS DEFINITELY HAD

GOTTEN SLAMMED BY THAT TIME. BUT REALLY, THIS IS A BIGGER DEAL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BECAUSE IT DOESN’T JUST STOP AT SUNDAY, 7 A.M. THROUGH MONDAY. YOU’VE GOT RAIN AND THEN IT’S STILL BULLS RIGHT AROUND LOS ANGELES AT DRIVE TIME. SO A LOT OF THOSE FOOTHILLS INTO BURBANK OR ANAHEIM OR,

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE PLACES CLOSER TO SAN BERNARDINO, THE HEAVY STUFF. BUT THEN YOU JUST KEEP ADDING RAIN AND THAT’S WHERE IT BECOMES A PROBLEM. EVEN POTENTIALLY RIVALS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN HISTORY, WHICH WAS FEBRUARY 1998. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE MODELS TRYING TO PUT OUT

MORE THAN A HALF FOOT OF RAIN. THAT WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO. A LOT OF PLACES THERE. SO WE’RE WATCHING THIS CAREFULLY. THE SIERRA NEVADA, ABOUT SIX, 7000 FEET, GOING TO PICK UP SOME OF THAT SNOW, OF COURSE, AND THAT’S WE’LL SOME WIND WITH IT, TOO. BUT E RAIN IS GOING TO BE

THE HEADLINE GOING THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE ,THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS WILL STAY IN VEGAS. THE SUPER BOWL PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AND THEY ARE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER. WHAT’S BEING DONE DIFFERENTLY AND HOW THE CROWDS WILL STAY

THE WHOLE GAME. ALSO AHEAD, THE SPRING BREAK CRACKDOWN AFTER YEARS OF GROWING CHAOS, WHAT MIAMI BEACH IS DOING TO CONTROL UNRULY CROWDS THIS YEAR, 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 IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE, TURKEY IN ROLLING FORWARD 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 TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHERE THE STORY ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. BEIRUT FOR THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE NORTH IS ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON.

STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. THE STORY, 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 LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS TO TONIGHT, A STALKER HUNTING MAKES ME SHUDDER.

A YOUNG MOTHER VANISHES A SERIES OF APPARENTLY UNCONNECTED CRIMES. ANOTHER MOTHER GUNNED DOWN. OH, MY GOSH. WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THIS MAN. A SILVER MINIVAN PULLS OUT A SERIES OF REALLY GOOD GUYS. I’M THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY. AND THE MURDERER IN THE MORNING.

CAN I GET TO SEE IF THEY KNEW WHAT THEY FOUND? YOU 22. NOW SEE? ARE YOU READY? LET’S DO IT. YES. IT’S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? WELL, I HAD THIS GIRL. HOW ARE YOU? YEAH. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING?

SATURDAY IS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> NOW SUPER BOWL 58 IS A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AWAY, BUT THE PARTY’S GETTING STARTED THIS WEEKEND IN LAS VEGAS

AS FANS AND BEGIN TO ARRIVE. THE NFL IS TAKING OVER SIN CITY, ALONG WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO GET THOSE RARE TICKETS FOR THE BIG GAME. ABC’S WHIT JOHNSON HAS MORE. LAS VEGAS IS GEARING UP FOR A SHOW UNLIKE ANYTHING IT’S EVER SEEN SUPER BOWL 58 FROM SUPERSTARS TO SUPER

ALL ABOUT TO DESCEND ON SIN CITY. >> IT’S GOING TO BE BEYOND ANYBODY ELSE’S WILDEST DREAMS. THE DEFENDING SUPER BOWL CHAMPS, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AND THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS HEADING TO VEGAS SUNDAY, A WEEK AHEAD OF THEIR SECOND SUPER BOWL MATCHUP ON SOCIAL MEDIA. CHIEFS PATRICK MAHOMES JOKINGLY COMPARING THE TRIP TO THE

COMEDY HANGOVER BUT INSISTING IT’S ALL BUSINESS. I KNOW IT’S VEGAS AND IT’S A LOT OF FUN, BUT FOR US, IT’S — IT’S A BUSINESS TRIP IN THE TRUE SENSE. >> WE’RE GOING THERE TO PLAY A FOOTBALL GAME AND BOTH TEAMS WILL BE NOWHERE NEAR THE ACTION BEFORE THE BIG GAME.

STAYING IN SEPARATE 25 MILES OUTSIDE THE STRIP. BUT LAS PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS, PREPARING TO WELCOME SOME 330,000 VISITORS. A PROJECTED ECONOMIC IMPACT TOPPING $600 MILLION WHEN WE’RE OBVIOUSLY PREPARING A WHOLE SLATE OF OFFICIAL NFL SUPER BOWL EVENTS. YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE YOU WALK IN THE CITY GOING TO BE HAVE A

SUPER BOWL FEVER EVENT FOR THOSE HOPING TO BE AMONG THE THAN 65,000 FANS WHO WILL PACK ALLEGIANT STADIUM, THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A TICKET IS MORE THAN $9,000, THE LOWEST RESALE PRICE, NEARLY $6,000 ON STUBHUB. THEY’LL BE REWARDED NOT ONLY WITH FOOTBALL, BUT ENTERTAINMENT. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A DJ

WILL BE ROCKING THE STADIUM. DURING THE GAME, TIESTO, KNOWN AS THE GODFATHER OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC, PERFORMING BETWEEN QUARTERS SETTING “GMA”. THIS MESSAGE VERY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE SUPER BOWL THIS YEAR. I CAN’T WAIT TO PLAY THE STADIUM AND BRING THE ENERGY UP DURING THE GAME.

>> AND LET’S NOT FORGET THAT I CAN GET R&B ICON USHER IN THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED HALFTIME SHOW. >> I THINK FOR THE, YOU KNOW, OVER HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE WHO WILL SEE IT. FOR THOSE WHO KNOW MY MUSIC AND KNOW MY LEGACY, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL UNDERSTAND THE ENTERTAINER THAT I AM.

>> AND RIGHT NOW, MOST OF THE TICKET BUYERS FROM CALIFORNIA, ABOUT 35%, FOLLOWED BY PEOPLE FROM MISSOURI AND KANSAS AT ABOUT 11%. AND THERE ARE STILL SOME GOOD SEATS AVAILABLE. >> DIANE. ALL RIGHT, WHIT JOHNSON THANKS FOR THAT. COMING UP, ADVOCATING FOR INCLUSION. >> ONE WOMAN IS HELPING

HUNDREDS OF OTHER WOMEN BREAK INTO TOUGH INDUSTRIES LIKE MOTION PICTURES, PHOTOGRAPHY AND PR. BUT FIRST, HAVE A CLOSET FULL OF CLOTHES BUT NOTHING TO WEAR. WE HAVE A NEW MATERIAL METHOD TO HELP YOU DECLUTTER, ORGANIZE AND FALL IN LOVE WITH. YOUR WARDROBE IN THE COURSE OF LIKE ONE OF THE BIGGEST

ONLINE ROCK BASINS ON THE PLANET. NOW I’M STARTING GET VERY EXCITED IF WE MANAGED TO CLIMBING THE LIKE, IT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST FIRST TIME YOU’VE EVER DONE. AND ULTIMATELY WHAT’S AT STAKE WITH CLIMBING. THIS IS NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR. IT IS ALWAYS YOUR LIFE. >> TONIGHT, HONORING

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GETTING YOU BEHIND STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME. >> WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. STREAMING FREE ON ABC NEWS LIVE INSIDE THAT AND AS A SOURCE OF HUMOR BRAND I’VE NEVER SEEN A PLACE LIKE THIS. NOT WOW. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS.

THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE NEW 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 THEIR DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS A NEWS PODCAST WORTH

LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MINTED 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. REPORTING FROM THE FBI, I’M PIERRE THOMAS. WHEREVER THE STORY IS WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. IT’S STREAMING ABC NEWS. WELCOME BACK.

IT IS TIME FOR MR. TO METHODS WHERE I SHOW YOU SOME OF MY FAVORITE HACKS TO MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER. TODAY, I BRING YOU A WAY TO ORGANIZE YOUR CLOSET TO SAVE YOU TIME AND STRESS. >> CHECK IT OUT. WE’VE ALL BEEN THERE, RIGHT? YOU’VE GOT A CLOSET FULL

OF CLOTHES AND YET I HAVE NOTHING TO WEAR. THIS WAS MAGNIFIED FOR ME AFTER HAVING KIDS. I HAD A CLOSET I COULD BARELY CLOTHES. I WAS ALWAYS WEARING THE SAME THING. PERFECT. BUT RECENTLY REALIZED THE PROBLEM WASN’T MY CLOTHES. >> IT’S THE WAY I HAVE THEM. ORGANIZE.

I USED TO ORGANIZE MY CLOSET BY CATEGORY. SO THERE WAS A JACKET, SOME CARDIGAN SECTION, A TOP SECTION, A PANTS SECTION, A SKIRT SECTION. AND SO. IT MADE LOGICAL SENSE. BUT PUTTING TOGETHER AN OUTFIT WAS LIKE PUTTING A PUZZLE, MIXING AND MATCHING PIECES, TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT GOES WRONG WITH.

AND THAT ALSO INVOLVES MAKING A LOT OF MICRO DECISIONS. THESE WHEN I’M GETTING READY, I DON’T HAVE THE TIME OR BANDWIDTH FOR THAT. BUT LATELY I’VE STARTED REORGANIZING MY CLOSET BY OUTFIT, AND WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD JUST SAVE ME TIME HAS DONE SO MORE TO DO THIS IN A BIG HALL.

GET SOME LABELS OR CLOTHING RACK DIVIDERS. YOU CAN CREATE SECTIONS, MOVE ITEMS LIKE WHITE AND BLACK TANKS OR JEANS, THE BASICS SECTION, BECAUSE THEY GO WITH JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. BASICS ARE ALSO ITEMS TO PUT IN DRAWERS BECAUSE YOU DON’T NEED TO SEE THEM TO REMEMBER THEM. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO FORGET

TO WEAR YOUR JEANS. >> PIECES THAT YOU WOULD ONLY PAIR WITH. BASICS GO IN SOLO SECTION. SO I LOVE THIS CARDIGAN, BUT I ONLY WEAR IT WITH BASICS LIKE A WHITE OR BLACK TANK JEANS OR LEGGINGS. SO IT’S GOING IN THE SOLO SECTION. >> THE GOAL IS TO GET EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE

OUTFIT SECTION AND TAKE THIS TOP INSTEAD OF JUST THINKING, OH, THAT WOULD LOOK CUTE UNDER A. NOW I’M CHECKING TO SEE WHAT I ACTUALLY WEAR WITH ONE OF MY BLAZERS. IF I FIND A MATCH, I’M EXCITED TO WEAR THESE TWO ITEMS NOW LIVE TOGETHER IN THE OUTFIT SECTION.

IF I FIND ANOTHER TOP THAT GOES WELL WITH THAT SAME BLAZER THAT LIVES THERE TO REPEAT THE SAME PROCESS WITH PANTS, SKIRTS, EVEN. NOW, IF SOMETHING DOESN’T HAVE A MATCH, YOU HAVE A DECISION MAKE. >> DO YOU LOVE IT ENOUGH TO BUY SOMETHING TO GO WITH IT?

THESE WOULD LOOK GREAT WITH A BLACK BLAZER. >> ORDER PLACED FOR CROPPED BLACK BLAZER. >> OTHERWISE, IT’S TIME TO LET IT GO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THIS SYSTEM HELPED ME DONATE MANY CLOTHES, BUT ALSO REDISCOVER PIECES THAT I LOVE BUT NEVER LIKE THIS SKIRT. THESE PANTS, THIS JACKET.

>> AND BOTH OF THESE TOPS. NOW THAT THEY’RE ORGANIZED INTO OUTFITS, I WEAR THEM ALL THE TIME. SO MY CLOSET IS LESS CLUTTERED, EASIER TO NAVIGATE, AND FOR CLOTHES I ACTUALLY WEAR BIG. LET’S GO. >> I’VE BEEN READY FOR AGES, LIKE FOREVER. >> AS A BONUS, THIS HAS ALSO

HELPED ME BUY LESS STUFF AND HAS MADE PACKING MUCH EASIER. AND WE WILL HAVE MORE PACKING HACKS COMING UP ON THE NEXT MOSQUITO METHODS. ALSO REMEMBER YOU CAN SHARE SAVE THIS HACK RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE’S INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. AND IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM YOU WANT ME TO TACKLE, LET ME

KNOW ON INSTAGRAM AT DIANE, OUR MOSQUITO. >> COMING UP, AN ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE. AS APPLE DEBUTS ITS BRAND NEW DEVICE, WHAT CEO TIM COOK IS SHARING ABOUT THE APPLE VISION PRO AND THE FUTURE OF TECH. ALSO AHEAD, WHAT CAN YOU DO IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE STAYING ASLEEP ?

YOU ASKED AND DR. PATEL HAS THE ANSWER. PLUS, WE’RE SAYING YES TO USHER’S NEW MUSIC. >> THE SUPERSTAR, A NEW SONG OVERNIGHT AS VEGAS PREPARES FOR A HUGE HALFTIME SHOW. WE HAVE A PREVIEW COMING UP. IN THE QUARTERBACK, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONLINE ROCK ON THE PLANET, HOWARD STERN.

GET VERY EXCITED. IF WE MANAGE TO MAKE A RECORD LIKE IT’LL BE THE BIGGEST FIRST TIME WE’VE EVER DONE. THAT’S REALLY WHAT’S AT STAKE WITH CLIMATE. THIS IS NOT I SIGNED UP FOR. IT’S ALWAYS YOUR LIFE. THE IDEAL MALE PHYSIQUE IS, TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME.

MONEY CAN BUY YOU A LOT OF THINGS. MONEY CAN’T MAKE YOU TOLD IT, RIGHT? THINKING BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE NEWEST COSMETIC SURGERY . BEING AS A MAN IS LIKE A MAN. I WISH I WAS TALLER. WE MEN WHO ARE TALLER AS THE ALPHA. >> I WENT FROM FIVE NINE

RIGHT NOW WITH SHOES ON. SIX ONE. EVERYBODY’S FREAKED BY IT ON THE BASIS OF WHAT IS CALLED LEG LENGTH AND YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, SO GO FOR IT. >> THE BUSINESS OF GETTING TALL NOW STREAMING ON HULU. >> ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. YOU READY? LET’S DO IT. YES, IT’S THE SHOW AMERICA

WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO? LET’S GO. HOW YOU GUYS? SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE? WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS. MY FAVORITE SHOW.

WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. >> THIS START HERE. TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR

EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> START HERE. WHENEVER WHEREVER OUR NEWS

BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BARCELONA, INVOLVED IN TAXES EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN HERE IN WARSAW. WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY, GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. >> ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME.

WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAMING NEWS ME ON ABC NEWS LIVE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING. IT’S UP TO. CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING MORNING COMMUTE. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?

ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN. HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES? SOUNDS GOOD TO ME TO MOVE. STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS.

>> WHY? WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. YOU’RE LOOKING AT JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FLORIDA ON THIS FRIDAY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE’S THE RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. THE BODIES OF THREE AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN AN ATTACK IN JORDAN ARE ON

THEIR WAY HOME. THE REMAINS OF SERGEANT KENNEDY SANDERS. SERGEANT BRIANNA MOFFITT AND SERGEANT WILLIAM RIVERS WILL BE ARRIVING AT DOVER AIR FORCE BASE IN DELAWARE THIS AFTERNOON. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE SET TO BE THERE FOR THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER. THIS AS THE U.S. PREPARES TO STRIKE BACK AT IRAN BACKED

MILITANT GROUPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ARE U.S. OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS MILITANTS AND THEIR WEAPONS IN IRAQ, SYRIA, POSSIBLY YEMEN, ARE ALL ON THE LIST OF LIKELY TARGETS. AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A FIERY PLANE CRASH IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA. FIREFIGHTERS RUSHED TO THE SCENE WHERE A SMALL PLANE

CRASHED INTO A MOBILE HOME PARK WEST OF TAMPA. FAA SAYS THE PILOT REPORTED ENGINE FAILURE JUST AFTER $0.07 ON LAST NIGHT. THE CRASH IS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION. COUNTRY MUSIC STAR DARIUS RUCKER IS FACING DRUG CHARGES AFTER BEING ARRESTED NEAR NASHVILLE. IT’S WHAT LED TO THE ARREST. BUT RUCKER WAS ALSO CITED FOR

AN EXPIRED REGISTRATION, SUGGESTING HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER BY POLICE. AND ON THIS GROUNDHOG DAY, PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL, AN EARLY SPRING IS ON THE WAY. THE FAMOUS GROUNDHOG EMERGED FROM BURROW AND DID NOT SEE HIS SHADOW. THOUSANDS GATHERED AT GOBBLERS KNOB IN PENNSYLVANIA TO SEE THE LEGENDARY RODENT MAKE HIS PREDICTION.

BUT EXPERTS SAY A COIN FLIP MAY BE MORE ACCURATE. GROUNDHOGS ARE, NOT METEOROLOGISTS. >> AND NOW TO AN ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE. THE GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT IS MAKING A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT HIS STATE’S PLAN TO ERASE MEDICAL DEBT. RESIDENTS WHO QUALIFY WILL START TO SEE DEBT DISAPPEAR BY JUNE, WITH THE

STATE PRIORITIZING SINGLE PARENTS AND LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS. STEPHANIE RAMOS SAT DOWN GOVERNOR NED LAMONT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW IT’LL WORK IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE. GOVERNOR NED LAMONT OF CONNECTICUT ANNOUNCING HIS STATE WILL BE THE FIRST TO WIPE OUT MEDICAL DEBT FOR THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR BILLS.

>> TELL US WHY YOU’RE CANCELING MEDICAL DEBT NOW. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THEY DID BECAUSE THEY WERE SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY. THIS IS BECAUSE GOT HIT WITH A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO, YOU KNOW SUFFER TWICE, FIRST WITH THE ILLNESS, THEN WITH THE DEBT. >> MEDICAL DEBT IS, THE NUMBER

ONE SOURCE OF DEBT COLLECTION IN THE U.S. GREATER THAN CARDS, UTILITIES, AUTO LOANS AND OTHER SOURCES COMBINED. ALMOST 20% OF AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS CARRY MEDICAL DEBT, DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTING BLACK AND LATINO FAMILIES. THE STATE, ANTICIPATING 250,000 RESIDENTS, WILL SEE THEIR MEDICAL DEBT CLEARED. >> LAMONT ANNOUNCING HE’S LEVERAGING A $6.5 MILLION

FUND FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN OF 2020 ONE TO CANCEL $1 BILLION IN MEDICAL DEBT BY WORKING WITH A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT BUYS AND ELIMINATES DEBT AT A FRACTION OF THE COST. I IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE HAVE A SENSE THAT THEY CAN START BUILDING WEALTH OF THEIR OWN FOR MAKING

THAT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO DO. AND THE BEST WAY TO START IS ELIMINATE THE DEBT YOU’VE GOT. >> ELIGIBLE FAMILIES INCLUDE THOSE WSE MEDICAL DEBT EQUATES TO 5% OR MORE OF THEIR ANNUAL INCOME OR HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS UP TO 400% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE. FAMILY OF FOUR, THAT’S $156,000 A YEAR.

>> AND THERE IS NO APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE. CONNECTICUT, IT’S AUTOMATIC. IN CITIES LIKE CHICAGO AND D.C., WHO HAVE CANCELED DEBT, THE AMOUNT PER HOUSEHOLD HAS RANGED FROM $25 TO SIX FIGURE AMOUNTS. >>. ALL RIGHT, STEPHANIE RAMOS. >> THANK YOU. AND MIAMI BEACH IS CRACKING

DOWN ON DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR AHEAD OF SPRING BREAK. >> THE CITY COUNCIL IS ANNOUNCING NEW RULES, CURFEWS AND CLOSING BEACHES AT 6 P.M.. ABC’S VICTOR HAS MORE CHAOTIC SPRING BREAK SCENES ON MIAMI BEACH. >> MURDERS, SHOOTINGS, FIGHTS AND STAMP, ALL OF WHICH THE CITY DESPERATELY HOPES TO AVOID THIS YEAR.

>> MIAMI BEACH IS CRACKING DOWN PROACTIVELY. A MONTH BEFORE THE RUSH. CITY LEADERS ARE PROMISING SIGNIFICANTLY STRICTER RULES TO CURB THE NOTORIOUSLY UNRULY CROWDS AND POLICE PRESENCE, WITH OFFICERS WORKING 12 HOUR SHIFTS VIGOROUSLY ENFORCING OPEN CONTAINER AND NOISE LAWS, IMPLEMENTING CURFEWS, SUSPENDING SIDEWALK CAFES ON FAMED OCEAN DRIVE. WHEN NECESSARY SHUTTING DOWN

PARKING GARAGES AND PARKING LOTS. WE NEED TO CORRECT THESE ISSUES. >> WE NEED TO DO IT NOW AND WE’RE GOING TO BE VERY PROACTIVE. AND IF SOMEBODY THINKS THAT WE’RE DOING TOO MUCH WELL, THAT MEANS WE’RE PROBABLY DOING IT RIGHT. >> I MEAN, BEACH SHOULD CERTAINLY UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY.

THE CITY PAUSED TO DECLARE STATES OF EMERGENCY IN RECENT YEARS FOLLOWING FATAL SHOOTINGS THAT SENT OF PEOPLE SCRAMBLING, PARTY GOERS CLASHING WITH POLICE AND A NUMBER OF BRAWLS BREAKING OUT ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT. >> SPRING BREAK IS, WHAT IT IS, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE IMPEDING THE FUNCTIONING OF BUSINESS IN THE AREA.

IT SHOULD NOT BE IMPACTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS. >> SPRING BREAK WAS IN EFFECT ACROSS STATE POLICE TELLING THE PUBLIC PEOPLE WHO VIOLATE THE LAWS COULD FACE FINES, ARREST AND EVEN JAIL TIME. AND A CRIMINAL RECORD THAT WILL FOLLOW YOU BEYOND SPRING BREAK.

>> POLICE WILL ALSO SET UP DUI CHECKPOINTS. STILL HAVE LICENSE PLATE READERS AND REDUCE TRAFFIC DOWN TO ONE LANE ENTERING MIAMI BEACH. ONE COMMISSIONER SAYING THEY’RE THE DOOR ON SPRING BREAK ONCE AND FOR ALL. DIANE? >> ALL RIGHT, VICTOR OQUENDO. THANK YOU. COMING UP AN ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE AS APPLE DEBUTS ITS BRAND

NEW DEVICE. WHAT CEO TIM COOK IS SHARING ABOUT THE APPLE VISION PRO AND THE FUTURE TECH. ALSO AHEAD, USHER DROPPED A NEW SONG AS VEGAS PREPARES FOR A HUGE HALFTIME SHOW. WE HAVE A PREVIEW. TONIGHT, HONORING THE SOLDIERS KILLED IN JORDAN AS. THEIR BODIES ARE RETURNED HOME.

PLUS, TRACKING HEAVY RAIN, WIND AND SNOW AND A NEW STORM ON THE WAY. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH, DAVID MUIR HERE, ELEMENTARY. >> WE LEARNED SOME IN OUR MORNINGS. YES. NEXT WEEK, AVID ELEMENTARY IS FINALLY BACK. BUT FIRST, QUINTA BRUNSON AND SHERYL RALPH ARE COMING

TO GOOD MORNING AMERICA. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. BEING THE QUARTERBACK, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONLINE FACES ON THE PLANET NOW I’M STARTING TO GET VERY EXCITED IF WE MANAGE TO CLIMB IN THE FIRST LEG TO THE BIGGEST VERSUS THAT WE’VE EVER DONE. ULTIMATELY, WHAT’S AT STAKE WITH CLIMBING?

THIS IS NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR BECAUSE IT WAS YOUR LIFE FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE. >> IT BECOMES THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS INCREDIBLE VIDEO FASTER SMARTER AND IT CAN BE CUSTOMIZED TO YOU AND YOUR. IF YOU LOVE IT YOU KNOW YOU’RE GONNA LOVE THIS

EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE LESSONS OF THAT EXPERIENCE THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP. DOWNLOAD IT NOW ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WINNER THE GRACIE AWARD FOR BEST NEWS PROGRAM IN ALL OF TELEVISION. STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS. THE IDEAL MALE PHYSIQUE IS TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME.

MONEY CAN BUY YOU A LOT OF THINGS, BUT HE CAN’T MAKE YOU TALLER RIGHT? MEAN BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE NEWEST COSMETIC SURGERY? THE EVERYMAN IS LIKE, MAN, I WISH I WAS TALLER. WE’VE SEEN MEN ARE TALLER AS THE ALPHA. I WENT FROM FIVE NINE RIGHT NOW WEAR SHOES I’M SIX ONE.

EVERYBODY’S FREAKED OUT ON THE BASIS OF WHAT IS CALLED LEG LENGTHENING. >> YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, SO GO FOR IT. >> THE BUSINESS OF GETTING TALL NOW STREAMING ON HULU. WELCOME BACK. APPLE’S NEW VISION PRO IS NOW AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC. THIS IS THE COMPANY’S FIRST MAJOR NEW PRODUCT IN ALMOST DECADE.

ABC’S WILL REEVE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO EXPERIENCE THE CUSTOMER DEMO THE APPLE VISION PRO MAKING ITS BIG PUBLIC DEBUT, HITTING THE SHELVES AS APPLE’S FIRST NEW DEVICE IN YEARS. >> THE ERA OF SPEECH AND COMPUTING IS HERE WITH A PRICE TAG OF 30 $500. APPLE’S FIRST SPATIAL COMPUTER

MERGES DIGITAL CONTENT WITH THE PHYSICAL, ALLOWING USERS TO NAVIGATE THE SPACE USING THEIR HANDS VOICE AND EYES. >> OH OH. >> AND JENNY GOT A FIRST LOOK AT ONE OF THE APPLE VISION PRINT SPACES AVAILABLE IN A FEW DOZEN RETAIL STORES AROUND THE COUNTRY. >> WHEN APPLE FANS COME IN TO

A SPACE LIKE THIS AND GET THE DEVICE ON. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE THEIR REACTION BEING? WELL, BEST PART ABOUT GIVING THESE DEMOS IS WATCHING THOSE REACTIONS. AND I WILL SAY IT’S ODD. IT’S WONDER SOMETIMES. WE HAD SOME PEOPLE CRY. IT IS A REALLY TRANSFORMATIONAL

LIKE, I’M SO EXCITED FOR YOU TO TRY IT BECAUSE IT REALLY IS DEEPLY IMPACTING AND YOU CAN REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING REALLY NEW AND REALLY EXCITING. >> AND I GOT TO WALK THROUGH THE DEMO. OTHER WILL BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE IN SELECT STORES. >> OH, WE’RE IN A VIDEO.

THEY JUST BLEW A CAKE OUT RIGHT IN MY FACE WOW, YOU JUST SAW YOUR FIRST FACIAL VIDEO. I, I FEEL I GOT MOST OF IT PRETTY SILLY, BUT I’M HAVING A TIME. >> THE DEVICE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THAN 1 MILLION APPS AND OVER 600 SPATIAL APPS BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR IT.

>> BUT SOME OF THE MOST APPS, INCLUDING YOUTUBE, SPOTIFY, AREN’T AVAILABLE AT THE MOMENT. THE APPLE VISION PRO IS NOT THE FIRST AUGMENTED OR VIRTUAL HEADSET AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS, AND EXPERTS SAY. IT WON’T BE THE LAST. I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF COMPETITION A LOT

OF RESPONSE, A LOT OF COPYING, A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO DO WHAT APPLE’S DOING. BUT IN THE LONG TERM, WE’LL BE ABLE TO SLOWLY START TO SEE A TREND TOWARDS MUCH SMALLER, MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE VERSIONS OF THIS WEARABLE COMPUTER UNDER FACE. ABC’S WILL REEVE THANK YOU. AND EARLIER ON GOOD MORNING

AMERICA, APPLE CEO TIM COOK SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY MICHAEL STRAHAN ABOUT THE VISION PRO AT AN APPLE STORE HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. >> I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY THE APPLE VISION PRO. >> THAT WAS THAT IS THE MOST AMAZING THING THAT IS SO HARD TO DESCRIBE TO SOMEONE WHO HASN’T EXPERIENCED IT YET.

THIS MAGICAL IS ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU ENVISION THIS BEING USED BY PEOPLE IN THEIR DAILY LIVES? OH, I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE USED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS BECAUSE IT’S A IT’S A SPECIAL COMPUTER. AND, YOU KNOW, THE IPHONE INTRODUCED US TO MOBILE COMPUTING.

THE MAC INTRODUCED THE PERSONAL COMPUTING. THIS IS THE FIRST FACIAL COMPUTER AND PEOPLE GOING TO INTERACT WITH IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. SOME PEOPLE WILL CONNECT WITH IT WITH FACE TIME AND SO FORTH. SOME PEOPLE TRAIN ON IT, SURGEONS WILL TRAIN ON IT. IT’S JUST THE NUMBER OF USE

CASES IS LIKE THE COMPUTER. YEAH, IT’S JUST ENORMOUS BECAUSE THERE’S OVER A MILLION APP FOR IT ALREADY. IT IS A COMPUTER BUT IT IS A HEADSET. YEAH. YOU ARE TRULY YOU’RE SO IMMERSED IN THIS WORLD THAT YOU CAN CREATE WITH THIS. YEAH. IT’S GOOD. YOU HAVE A LOT OF GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGY.

WHAT IS IT? YEAH, YEAH. SO WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS AND TO GET THE GESTURES DOWN, THERE’S A LOT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING BUILT INTO THE PRODUCT. YEAH. TO GET HAND GESTURES, TO GET ROOM MAPPING. THIS STUFF REQUIRES VERY DEEP MACHINE LEARNING. AND WE COULDN’T BE MORE PROUD

OF IT. YOU KNOW, WE A COMPANY ONLY HAS A FEW OF THESE. MOST COMPANIES HAVE NONE. YEAH, WE’VE HAD GOOD MAC, THE IPOD, THE IPAD, THE IPHONE, THE APPLE WATCH AND NOW THE VISION PRO BUT IT’S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS. WELL, I’VE HAD EVERY ONE OF THOSE YOU NAME IT, I’M GOING

TO HAVE ONE OF THESE TO BE YOU TALKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW, YOU’RE USING YOUR HAND BECAUSE IT’S A HEADSET. YEAH, YOU WEAR IT, BUT YOU NAVIGATE IT WITH YOUR HANDS. YEAH. HOW HOW DOES SOMETHING THAT I’M WEARING ON MY FACE KNOW WHAT I’M DOING WITH MY HEADSETS. WELL, THERE’S MANY CAMERAS IT

AND WE’RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE HANDS. THEY DON’T HAVE TO BE OUT HERE AND SO IT’S NOT UNCOMFORTABLE. YOU CAN PUT THEM IN YOUR MOUTH AND YOU CAN SELECT YOUR WITH YOUR EYE. YOU SELECT THE APP THAT YOU WANT TO OPEN WITH. YOUR HAND OPENS IT. IT’S — IT’S IT IS.

IT REALLY IS. I KNOW THAT’S A WORD THAT WE USE A LOT. YEAH, BUT IT IS TRULY MAGICAL. I GOT IT SO I CAN AGREE IT’S REALLY JUST IN IT’S VERY INTUITIVE AND VERY NATURAL ONCE YOU START USING IT DOESN’T TAKE LONG TO FIGURE IT OUT AT THE BACK OF YOUR MIND.

YES. YOU KNOW, YOU DON’T REALLY HAVE TO TRAIN TO USE IT. >> YOU PUT IT ON AND YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW, BUT THANKS. ABSOLUTELY. MAKE SENSE OF THE BIG THE BIG QUESTION FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. IT WOULD BE THE PRIZE OF 30 $500. HOW LONG BEFORE IT’S MORE

ACCESSIBLE TO YOUR AVERAGE CUSTOMER? WELL, IT’S TOMORROW’S TECHNOLOGY TODAY. THE WAY I THINK ABOUT IT AND IT’S PACKED WITH WE’RE IN A 5000 PATTERNS ON THE PRODUCT ALREADY AND SO WE’VE REALLY LEANED INTO IT AND I’M HOPING THAT PEOPLE YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WILL PAY FOR IT

BY MIND BUT SOME PEOPLE WILL JUST BUY IT. I’VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT IN THE LINE THEY’RE JUST GOING TO BUY IT. YEAH. BUT, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN. BUT WE THINK WE’VE PRICED IT FOR THE RIGHT VALUE TODAY.

AND THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME CRITICS WHO ARE GOING TO SAY, DO THIS, KEEP US DISCONNECTED. HOW WOULD YOU ANSWER THAT? I WOULD SAY NO, BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE TO IMMERSE YOURSELF. >> YOU CAN LOVE AUGMENTED REALITY. AND SO YOU AND I CAN BE SITTING HERE HAVING A CONVERSATION

WITH THE HEADSET ON AND WE CAN SEE EACH OTHER’S EYES, BUT WE CAN ALSO SEE THE SCREENS AROUND US. AND SO IT AMPLIFIES OUR OUR CONNECTION. AND SO THAT WAS A KEY DESIGN POINT FOR US. WE WANTED PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER’S EYES, NOT GET GLAZED OVER IN A HEADSET.

AND IT REALLY IS AMAZING WHAT YOU’VE COME UP HERE. AND THEN LIKE I SAID, I HAD A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE IT. THE INTERACTION WITH TECHNOLOGY, IT’S UNLIKE ANYTHING I’VE EVER EXPERIENCED AND I I TOTALLY AGREE. YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THE FIRST DEMOS ON THIS, AND THEY

WERE MANY YEARS AGO AND THE RIGS WERE THAT WE WERE USING TO TRY TO GET A FEEL OF THE TECHNOLOGY. AND IT’S ONE OF THOSE THINGS IT HAPPENS TO YOU AND YOU KNOW, IN THE MOMENT THIS IS BIG YEAH THIS IS HUGE AND YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP AT IT

TO MINIATURIZE IT AND GET THE TECHNOLOGY DOWN PAT. AND WE REALLY FEEL PROUD OF TODAY AND AT DELIVERING THE PRODUCT. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE WORKED FOR MULTIPLE YEARS TO DELIVER THOSE. >> OUR THANKS TO MICHAEL TIM COOK FOR THAT INTERVIEW. MEANWHILE, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS PAYING TRIBUTE. HIS MOTHER, ADELE, WHO DIED

AT THE AGE OF 98 YESTERDAY. IN AN INSTAGRAM POST, HE SHARED THE LYRICS FROM HIS SONG THE WISH, WHICH WAS DEDICATED TO THE SACRIFICES SHE MADE TO MAKE HIS COME TRUE. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” ANCHOR DAVID MUIR HAS MORE. SHE WAS A FIXTURE AT SO MANY OF HIS. ADELE SPRINGSTEEN. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S.

THE FANS KNEW WHEN SHE WAS THERE. BRUCE WOULD BRING HER UP ON TO DANCE, TO DANCING IN THE DARK, THE CROWD ROARING, THE TWO EVEN TURNING AROUND AND GIVING A LITTLE SHAKE, A HUG AND A KISS. >> BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN REVEALING HIS MOTHER’S PASSING, SHARING THIS VIDEO OF THE TWO OF THEM

DANCING ALONG WITH QUOTES FROM THE SONG THE WISH, WHICH HE WROTE ABOUT HIS MOTHER. I REMEMBER IT IN MY HAIR AND YOUR LONG BLOND BRAIN. I LIE IN BED AND LISTEN TO YOU GETTING READY FOR WORK. THE SOUND OF YOUR MAKEUP KEEPS ON SEEING. >> BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WOULD

OFTEN SAY IT WAS HIS MOTHER’S LOVE OF MUSIC AND DANCING THAT INFLUENCED HIM EARLY IN HIS LIFE, RENTING HIM HIS FIRST GUITAR WHEN HE WAS JUST SEVEN. >> SHE’D BEEN BATTLING AND HER SON WOULD OFTEN TALK ABOUT HIS MOTHER’S BATTLE. >> MY MOM IS IS SEVEN YEARS INTO ALZHEIMER’S AND SHE’S 93.

>> DANCING AND THAT DESIRE AND TO DANCE IS SOMETHING THAT IT HASN’T LEFT HER REMAINS AN ESSENTIAL, PRIMAL PART OF WHO SHE IS. IT’S BEYOND LANGUAGE. IT’S MORE POWERFUL THAN MEMORY. AND WHEN SHE COMES IN THE DOOR ,WE MAKE SURE THERE’S MUSIC ON THE BOSS. THAT VIDEO, THE TWO OF THEM DANCING.

AND ABOUT HIS MOTHER. >> HE ONCE SAID, REMEMBER THAT THE FUTURE IS NOT YET WRITTEN. SO WHEN THINGS LOOK DARK. DO AS MY MIGHTY MOM WOULD INSIST, LACE UP YOUR DANCING SHOES, GET OUT ON THE FLOOR AND GET TO WORK. >> OUR THANKS TO DAVID MUIR FOR THAT STORY.

>> COMING UP, ADVOCATING FOR INCLUSION AND HOW ONE WOMAN IS HELPING HUNDREDS OF OTHER WOMEN BREAK INTO TOUGH INDUSTRIES LIKE MOTION PICTURE FILMS, PHOTOGRAPHY, NPR BEING, OF COURSE, LIKE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONLINE ROCK FACES ON THE PLANET. HOWARD STERN HERE, VERY EXCITED. IF WE MANAGE TO CLIMB

IN COURAGE, LIKE IT’LL BE THE BIGGEST FIRST TIME WE’VE EVER DONE. ULTIMATELY, WHAT’S AT STAKE WITH CLIMATE? THIS IS NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR, IS ALWAYS YOUR LIFE. MY TEAMMATE, A STALKER, HUNTING WOMEN MAKES ME SHUDDER. A YOUNG MOTHER FINISHES A SERIES OF APPARENTLY UNCONNECTED CRIMES.

ANOTHER MOTHER ARE GUNNED DOWN. OH, MY GOSH. WHAT A SILVER LINING. THAT WHOLE PSYCHOLOGY. I GOT IT. I’M THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY. AND THE MURDERER, INDIANA. I GOT TO START TO THINK WHAT THEY FOUND. 2010 SEASON. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. READY? LET’S DO IT. YES. IT’S THE SHOW.

AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? LET’S GO. HOW ARE YOU? SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING? SATURDAYS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON TO SIX EASTERN EVERY

SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> MY FAVORITE SHOW TONIGHT HONORING THE KILLED IN JORDAN AS THEIR BODIES ARE RETURNED HOME. PLUS, TRACKING HEAVY RAIN, WIND AND SNOW AND A NEW STORM ON THE WAY. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION . “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT”

WITH DAVID MUIR INSIDE THAT AND AS A SOURCE OF HUMOR. I’VE NEVER SEEN A PLACE LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. WOW. >> REPORTING FROM COLE, OKLAHOMA, I’M MOLA LENGHI. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THIS YEAR’S OSCAR

NOMINEES ARE BEING CELEBRATED FOR THEIR INCREASE DIVERSITY, ACCEPTING ONE MAJOR AREA BLACK WOMEN IN TECHNICAL ROLES. NOW, FILMMAKER CHRIS WHY REGGIE IS MAKING IT HER MISSION TO CHANGE THAT. >> EVA PILGRIM HAS MORE. I WANT TO THINK IT’S SHOW TIME GETTING HIT. SHOW OR MOVIE ON THE SCREEN TAKES A WHOLE HOUR.

MEET BEHIND THE SCENES. >> IT KEPT HEARING IT CONTINUOUSLY FROM PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD SEEN A WOMAN. THEY HAD NEVER SEEN A BLACK PERSON. THEY’D NEVER SEEN A BLACK OPERATOR. >> THEY KNEW IT COULDN’T JUST BE ME IN THE UNION. SO. CHRIS WHOA. REGGIE LOOKING TO SEE IF SHE

COULD FIND OTHER WOMEN LIKE HER. THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS CAMERA CREWS ON SET I LOCAL 600 HAS AROUND 10,000 MEMBERS. AFTER SEARCHING CHRIS FOUND JUST 22 OTHER BLACK WOMEN. >> WHY DO YOU THINK IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE DIVERSITY BEHIND THE CAMERA? THERE’S SO MUCH VALUE AND ALL

THE STORIES WE TELL BEING DIVERSE. I THINK WHAT IS ENTERTAINING, WHAT IS EXCITING FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE A MOVIE OR A SHOW IS SEEING SOMETHING THEY HAVEN’T SEEN BEFORE. SO WHILE HAVE THAT SAME DIVERSITY OF STORIES WE TELL AND PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, I THINK

IT’S IMPORTANT TO REFLECT THAT BEHIND THE CAMERA. >> AND THAT’S WHAT SHE SET OUT ON A MISSION HELP MORE WOMEN GET JOBS BEHIND THE SCENES, CREATING THE GROUP 600 BLACK WOMEN, THE VERY FIRST WEEKEND AFTER I REACHED OUT THE FIRST 22, I PUT TOGETHER A WEEKEND OF WORKSHOPS THAT THE

REALLY INCREDIBLE THING WAS SEEING EVERYONE WALK INTO THE ROOM. I’VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME AND DO WHAT WE DO. AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WE HAD, ALL THE INSTRUCTORS WERE JUST MOVED, EMOTIONAL, SPEECHLESS. WE HAD PEOPLE CRY. WHY? WHILE YOU CAN GET WITH SO

EMOTIONAL, I THINK IT WAS SO EMOTIONAL BECAUSE WE GET TO WITNESS THAT A LOT OF US DIDN’T THINK WE WOULD EVER SEE. AND I THINK IT’S REALLY SPECIAL THAT WE CAN DO THIS FOR OURSELVES. >> THE GROUP HAS NOW GROWN 22 TO 91 MEMBERS. I THINK THERE’S NOT A LOT

OF SUPPORT FOR BLACK FEMALES TO GET THE RIGHT TRAINING TO, BE ABLE TO GROW IN THIS INDUSTRY. SO I THINK WITH THIS GROUP WE’RE ABLE TO TRAIN EACH OTHER WITH NO JUDGMENT. >> THAT ACCESS TO TECHNICAL TRAINING A, BIG PART OF THE SISTERHOOD. 600 BLACK WOMEN HOSTING ANNUAL COOKOUTS TO TEACH MEMBERS

SKILLS ON THE EQUIPMENT THEY NEED TO GET JOBS ON SET. >> I FELT THAT I HAD A SAFE SPACE LEARN THESE THINGS. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THAT FIRST COOKOUT. IT SUCH AN ENJOYABLE SITUATION BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST THERE WITH EACH OTHER. NO ONE WAS JUDGING ME.

IT WAS ONLY PEOPLE THAT FELT LIKE MY FAMILY FROM THE OUTSET. HOW HAS HAVING THAT GROUP HELPED? IT’S GIVEN ME AN INNER CONFIDENCE THAT I DIDN’T KNOW THAT I HAD. THE GROUP ALSO HELPING THOSE PRODUCTION HOUSES THAT WANT TO HIRE WOMEN OF ON THEIR SETS. FIND THEM.

I MEAN, ONE MORE WOULD BE MORE. >> ONE MORE WOULD BE, TOO. MALIKA FRANKLIN, A DIGITAL IMAGING TECHNICIAN. >> I DO GET THAT COMMENT A LOT ON SET. >> OH, MY GOD, YOU’RE A FEMALE. OH, MY GOD, YOU’RE BLACK. THE ONLY BLACK FEMALE DEITY IN THE UNION.

BECAUSE OF THIS GROUP, I WAS ABLE FIND A MENTEE THAT I’M HOPING WILL BE THE SECOND BLACK FEMALE, THE EIGHTH, AND THAT IS THE GOAL. >> WHAT ARE YOU HOPING COMES FROM ALL OF THIS WORK YOU’RE DOING? >> MY HOPE IS TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT FEELS ACCESSIBLE TO LITTLE

WHO LOOK LIKE ME. I WOULD LOVE FOR FILM TO FEEL LIKE AN APPROACHABLE CAREER FOR ANYONE WHO’S INTERESTED, AND MOST PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THEIR SUPPORT FOR THEM. OUR THANKS TO EVA PILGRIM FOR THAT STORY. AND USHER HAS DROPPED A NEW SONG OFF HIS MUCH ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM COMING OUT NEXT WEEK

. THIS IS THE EIGHT TIME GRAMMY WINNER IS GETTING READY TO HEADLINE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR KELLEY CARTER CAUGHT UP WITH USHER TO HOW HE’S PREPARING FOR THE BIG SHOW LAST NIGHT. >> GOOD NIGHT. THE COUNTDOWN TO THE SUPER BOWL AND USHER’S HALFTIME IS ON.

>> SO YOU GET THE CALL FROM JAY-Z THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING SEGMENT MINUTE. >> YOU KNOW, IT’S KIND OF LIKE AN ADRENALINE HIGH. RACHEL. YEAH, OF COURSE. BUT THEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, THE WORK YOU GOT TO DO TO DO THIS IS LIKE IT’S LIKE,

YOU KNOW, AND I’M BUT I’M READY . >> THE EIGHT TIME GRAMMY WINNER REVEALING R&B IS TAKING THE SPOTLIGHT TO HAVE R&B HAVE THE MAIN STAGE AT THE SUPER BOWL IS A MAJOR FOR ME. I THINK ABOUT WHAT OUR COUNTRY IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF REPRESENT IT FOR BLACK ARTISTS, YOU KNOW,

HAVING TO AT SOME POINT GO TO KITCHENS, SEEM TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM FOR THE AUDIENCE. THEY HAVE TO LEAD BACK TO THAT SAME DOOR, YOU KNOW, FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES AS THEY WENT TO THE NEXT DAY TO THE SAME THING. SO I’M COMING TO THE FRONT DOOR WITH THIS ONE.

I THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE R&B PERFORMERS WHO I CARRY IN THIS MOMENT. AND TODAY, A TREAT FOR FANS THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR USHER’S NEW SONG RUIN, FEATURING HIS DAUGHTER SOVEREIGN. >> FOR EVERYBODY. >> AND LEADING UP TO THE RELEASE OF HIS FIRST ALBUM IN EIGHT YEARS, COMING HOME,

THERE’S SOME THINGS THAT A NEW SPECIAL, AFROBEAT AND I’M A PIANO THAT YOU HEARD THAT RUINED SO MUCH MUSIC THAT YOU HAVE CREATED THAT HAS REALLY SOUNDTRACKED OUR LIVES FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. >> DO YOU CARRY THAT PRESSURE WITH YOU? I MEAN, I PUT PRESSURE ON MYSELF.

EVEN IF YOU WERE IN COMPARISON TO ANOTHER ALBUM, COMPARISON TO WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING, IT’S JUST BECAUSE THAT’S WHO I AM. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT’S GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE. USHER’S TEENAGE SON SINGLE AND I READ WAYMAN SO TONS AND TONS OF LISTENING SESSIONS

WITH MY KIDS, YOU KNOW, GIVEN ME THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK SHOULD BE ON THE. BUT I THINK IT’S A LOVE LETTER IN SOME WAY AND A REMINDER THAT NO MATTER HOW FAR YOU MAY GO, YOU WILL FIND YOUR WAY BACK HOME EVENTUALLY. >> AND MAKING ALL THE SAY, OH,

OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH OH. >> A CAREER SPANNING THREE DECADES, THIS SUPER BOWL PERFORMANCE WILL BE ANOTHER PAGE IN THE LEGACY. >> I DIDN’T START WHERE I AM NOW AND I DIDN’T GET THERE BY MYSELF. SO EVERYBODY THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF IT, I’M CARRYING THEM WITH ME.

ALL OF MY FANS, THE LOVED ONES, THE PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FELT LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN. THEY HAVEN’T. I’M CARRYING YOU RIGHT WITH ME WHEN I WALK ON STAGE THAT NIGHT . >> CARLY CARTER, THANKS FOR THAT. AND THANKS TO YOU FOR WITH US. I’M DIANE MACEDO ABC NEWS LIVE

IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON VARIOUS SERVICES, THE ABC NEWS APP AND OF COURSE ON ABC NEWS.COM. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> TONIGHT, HONORING THE SOLDIERS KILLED IN JORDAN AS THEIR BODIES ARE RETURNED HOME.

PLUS, TRACKING HEAVY RAIN, WIND AND SNOW AND A NEW STORM THE WAY. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS COMES THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE, FASTER, SMARTER AND CUSTOMIZABLE TO YOUR INTERESTS.

IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW, YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE. >> ALL NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW IN. THE COURTS LIKE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONLINE ROCK FACES ON THE PLANET. NOW I’M STARTING TO GET VERY EXCITED. IF WE MANAGE TO CLIMB IN COURT

LIKE, YOU KNOW BE THE BIGGEST VERSUS THAT WE’VE EVER DONE, THAT’S REALLY WHAT’S AT STAKE WITH CRIME. THIS IS NOT WHAT I UP FOR. IT IS ALWAYS YOUR LIFE. >> PRETTY SOON MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE NEWSROOM 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 PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE.

ABC NEWS WEEK IGNORED DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE TONIGHT. >> A STALKER HUNTING WOMEN MAKES THEM SHUDDER. A YOUNG MOTHER VANISHES, A SERIES OF APPARENTLY UNCONNECTED CRIMES. ANOTHER MOTHER GUNNED DOWN. OH, MY GOSH.

YOU CAN DO THIS. I STILL MINIVAN PULLS OUT EVERYTHING. I GOT IT. THE CAR. I’M THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY AND THE MURDER. AND I GET TO START TO THINK WHAT THEY FOUND. 20, 22 NBC, ABC NEWS, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN DUBLIN, IRELAND.

I’M MARY BRUCE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE AND DAMASIO TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST THE MOTHER OF THE MICHIGAN SCHOOL SHOOTER TAKES THE STAND IN HER OWN DEFENSE. WHAT SHE SAYS ABOUT HER HUSBAND AND HER ACTIONS AS SHE PREPARES FOR CROSS-EXAMINATION.

THE PLAN FOR A MULTI DAY, MULTI TARGET ATTACK IN JORDAN. WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S PLANS TO RETALIATE FOR A DEADLY ATTACK ON A U.S. MILITARY AS THE BODIES OF U.S. FALLEN SOLDIERS MAKE THEIR WAY HOME BACK TO BACK. STORMS ARE ON THE MOVE. WHICH PARTS OF THE COUNTRY

WILL SEE WASHOUTS THIS WEEKEND? AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNDER A FLASH FLOOD THREAT RIGHT NOW. BUT BEGIN WITH JENNIFER CRUMBLEY ON THE WITNESS STAND. >> THE MICHIGAN MOM IS ON TRIAL FOR, INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AFTER HER SON KILLED FOUR STUDENTS AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL. NOW SHE’S SET TO FACE QUESTIONS

FROM THE PROSECUTION. ABC’S TREVOR AULT HAS THE LATEST. >> JENNIFER CRUMBLEY THE FIRST PARENT OF A SCHOOL SHOOTER TO STAND TRIAL HERSELF SET AN INTENSE CROSS-EXAMINATION. >> THAT WAS THE HARDEST THING I HAD TO. STOMACH IS THAT MY CHILD, HER PARENTS AND TWO OTHER PEOPLE. I WISH SHE WOULD HAVE KILLED INSTEAD.

>> PROBABLY TAKING THE STAND IN HER OWN DEFENSE CHARGED FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. PROSECUTORS ALLEGING, SHE MISSED CRUCIAL WARNING SIGNS THAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE 2021 OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING IN WHICH HER SON KILLED FOUR OF HIS CLASSMATES. >> I’VE ASKED MYSELF IF I WOULD DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY AND I WOULDN’T HAVE.

>> THE CRUMBLEY PARENTS BOUGHT THE USED IN THE SHOOTING FOR THEIR SON. JENNIFER SHIFTING RESPONSIVE ABILITY TO HER HUSBAND WHEN ASKED ABOUT SECURING THE WEAPON. >> I JUST FEEL COMFORTABLE BEING IN CHARGE OF THAT. >> IT WAS MORE HIS THINGS, SHE SAID IN SEVERAL INSTANCES. WHAT THE PROSECUTION SAID WERE

RED FLAGS WERE ACTUALLY INSIDE JOKES LIKE HER SON TEXTING HER, THAT HE WAS SEEING DEMONS OR HER LAUGHING ABOUT HIM GETTING CAUGHT SEARCHING AMMUNITION IN CLASS SAYING YOU HAVE TO LEARN NOT TO GET CAUGHT. SHE ALSO HER MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING OVER THESE DISTURBING DRAWINGS WAS NONCHALANT.

>> HE TOLD US THAT HE DIDN’T FEEL THAT MY SON WAS A RISK AND ACTUALLY GAVE HIM THE OPTION. IF YOU WANT TO STAY AT SCHOOL OR GO HOME. MY SON WANTED TO STAY AT SCHOOL ,SO WE ALL DISCUSSED. >> WE ALL DISCUSSED THAT. THE PROSECUTION ITS CASE THURSDAY WITH TESTIMONY FROM AN

INVESTIGATOR PRESENTING THEY FOUND INSIDE THE SHOOTER’S JOURNAL. HE HAD WRITTEN ON 21 PAGES HOW MANY REFERENCED THE SCHOOL SHOOTING? >> EVERY SINGLE ONE ON ONE PAGE. THE SHOOTER WRITING. MY PARENTS DON’T LISTEN TO ME. ON THE NEXT PAGE, THE WORD HELP ,BOLD BLACK LETTERS AND THE OMINOUS MESSAGE.

I HAVE ZERO HELP FOR MY MENTAL PROBLEMS AND IT’S CAUSING ME SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL TREVOR AULT. >> THANK YOU. AND LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BUCKMAN FOR MORE ON THIS. BRIAN, PROSECUTORS ASKED THE JUDGE ALLOW A TEXT MESSAGE INTO EVIDENCE THAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY APPARENTLY HER ATTORNEY

THE NIGHT SHE WAS ARRESTED. NOW, PROSECUTORS SAY THAT TEXT CONTRADICTS HER TESTIMONY. SO WHAT DOES THE JUDGE HAVE TO CONSIDER HERE AND HOW COULD THAT AFFECT THE CASE IF THIS IS ALLOWED INTO EVIDENCE? >> YES. SO, DIANE, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE HAVE, AN INTERNAL JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS GOT

TO BE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE. >> OFTENTIMES WOULD ASK ME, BRIAN, DO YOU KNOW IF YOUR CLIENT DID IT? AND I SAID, YES, BUT IF THEY DID, I CAN’T TELL YOU BECAUSE WHAT THEY TELL ME IS. >> I CAN’T MAKE THAT MOVE BY TELLING PEOPLE WHAT MY CLIENT SAID. >> BUT A CLIENT CAN WIN

THAT PRIVILEGE BY DISCLOSING A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT CONVERSATION TO OTHER PEOPLE. SOMEONE JENNIFER CRUMBLEY GOES UP ON THE STAND AND SAYS, I WAS GOING TO TURN MYSELF IN IN SUCH AND SUCH AND SUCH AND SUCH TIME BECAUSE YOU BEING THE DEFENSE TOLD ME TO. >> THE QUESTION NOW BECOMES SHE

TAKE THAT PRETTY MUCH AND CAN THE PROSECUTION NOW ASK HER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONVERSATION THAT SHE HAD WITH HER ATTORNEY? TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, MOCKING, TURNING HERSELF IN OR CREATING A PROSECUTION. >> BRIAN, WE HEARD IN TREVOR’S PIECE THAT EVERY PAGE OF THE SHOOTER’S JOURNAL, THE ATTACK,

HE ALSO WROTE, MY PARENTS DON’T LISTEN TO ME. AND HE WASN’T GETTING HELP FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. IS ALL OF THAT ENOUGH FOR CONVICTION HERE? >> I DON’T THINK IT’S KNOW, BUT IT’S CLOSE TO THAT. I THINK YOU CAN BE TWO MINDS IN THIS. YOU CAN EITHER TRUST THE CREDIBILITY OF WHAT

THE SHOOTER SAID THAT HE DID HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH HIS MOTHER AND FATHER OR PARENTS JUST IGNORED IT. >> OR SOME PEOPLE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, TEARS LIE. >> THEY’LL SAY ONE THING IN THEIR DIARY OR ONE THING TO ANOTHER PERSON. BUT OFTEN TIMES GETTING WHAT THAT FEELS, WHAT THEY

THINK OF WHAT THEY’RE GOING THROUGH AT THAT AGE, THEY’RE NOT GOING TO TELL THEIR PARENTS. AND SO I THINK IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THE EVIDENCE COMES IN, HOW PEOPLE BELIEVE THE CREDIBILITY OF THE DEFENDANT AND THE OTHER WITNESSES AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THOSE STATEMENTS SHOULD BE TAKEN AS TRUE.

>> BRIAN, WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING TO SEE FROM FROM PROSECUTORS AND THE DEFENSE HERE TO TRY TO PAINT THESE PICTURES? THE PROSECUTOR TRYING TO PAINT THE PICTURE OF A MOTHER WHO ESSENTIALLY NEGLECTED HER SON, NEGLECTED WARNING SIGNS, AND AS A RESULT IS COMPLICIT IN THE SHOOTING. AND THE DEFENSE TRYING TO PAINT

THE PICTURE EVEN THROUGH COLUMBO HERSELF OF SOMEONE WHO NOW SAYS SHE WISHED HER SON HAD KILLED HER INSTEAD, AND SOMEONE WHO HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING AND WAS BLIND TO THIS. LIKE MANY OTHER PARENTS MAY FEEL THEY ARE TO SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THEIR CHILDREN’S.

>> WHY NOT DO IT IN THIS CROSS-EXAMINATION? I’M THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY. I’D BE A LITTLE WORRIED. I MEAN, I’LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A PIECE OF MY STRATEGY. >> I TRY TO NEVER END THE DIRECT EXAMINATION AT THE END OF THE DAY, ESPECIALLY A BIG WITNESS, BECAUSE

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE PROSECUTION ALL NIGHT TO READ THE TRANSCRIPT, SEE ALL THE INCONSISTENCIES SEE WHERE THEY CAN POKE HOLES IN MY WITNESSES AND SEE MY CLIENT’S TESTIMONY. I EXPECT A VERY INSPIRING CROSS-EXAMINATION POKING A LOT OF HOLES IN WHAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY SAID AND THE INCONSISTENCIES THAT SHE

PUT OUT THERE AND IN DEFENSE TO COME BACK AND TRY TO REHABILITATE HER. IT’S GOING TO BE A BACK AND FORTH LIKE A PING PONG MATCH, TRYING TO SEE WHO’S GOING TO STRENGTHEN OR WEAKENED JENNIFER CRUMBLEY CREDIBILITY ON THE STAND. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BUCKMIRE. THANK YOU.

AND WE WILL TAKE THAT CROSS-EXAMINATION WHEN IT HAPPENS HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER TODAY OF THREE U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN A DRONE ATTACK IN JORDAN. >> THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY WILL MEET WITH THE FAMILIES

PRIVATELY BEFORE THEIR LOVED ONES REMAINS ARE RETURNED. THIS COMES AS THE PENTAGON FINALIZES, ITS PLANS TO RETALIATE FOR THAT ATTACK. ABC NEWS CHIEF, GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ HAS THE LATEST. >> A SOMBER. JUST HOURS FROM NOW, THE BODIES OF SERGEANT KENNEDY SANDERS, SERGEANT BRIANNA MOFFATT AND SERGEANT WILLIAM RIVERS

WILL BE ARRIVING AT DOVER AIR FORCE BASE IN DELAWARE. THERE TO MEET THEM, THE FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN SOLDIERS AND PRESIDENT BIDEN. THIS AS THE U.S. NOW FINALIZES ITS PLAN FOR ITS MULTIDAY, MULTI TARGETED ASSAULT IN RETALIATION FOR THE DEADLY DRONE ATTACK IN JORDAN THAT TOOK THE LIVES OF THOSE

SOLDIERS AND LEFT AT LEAST 47 OTHER SERVICE MEMBERS WOUNDED. >> DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN TAKING QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS HOSPITALIZATION AND POINTING THE FINGER AT IRAN AFTER FORENSICS DETERMINED THE EXPLOSIVE DRONE WAS IRANIAN MADE AND LAUNCHED BY AN ISLAMIC MILITIA GROUP. >> HOW MUCH IRAN KNEW OR DIDN’T KNOW?

WE DON’T KNOW. BUT IT REALLY DOESN’T MATTER BECAUSE IRAN SPONSORS THESE GROUPS, IT FUNDS THESE GROUPS. THEY HAVE A LOT OF CAPABILITY. >> I HAVE A LOT MORE. A U.S. OFFICIAL TELLING ABC NEWS THAT MILITANTS AND THEIR WEAPONS IN IRAQ, SYRIA AND POSSIBLY YEMEN ALL ON THE LIST OF LIKELY RETALIATORY

TARGETS. >> THE WHITE HOUSE BEEN QUITE CLEAR THAT IT DOESN’T WANT TO ATTACK IRAN DIRECTLY. AND SO THEY WILL GO AFTER THE IRANIAN PROXIES, THE SURROGATES THAT ARE IN THE MILITIAS. THE INTENT WILL BE TO DISRUPT THESE MILITIAS, TO TAKE OUT KIND OF WEAPONS THAT MAY

BE USED TO ATTACK U.S. BASES AGAIN. WELL, THAT IS THE INTENT. A U.S. OFFICIAL TELLING ME TENSIONS AT THE WHITE HOUSE ARE HIGH WITH SOME ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS FEARING THE STRIKES COULD TRIGGER THE EXACT KIND OF ESCALATION THE ADMINISTRATION IS HOPING TO AVOID. >> DIANE, CHIEF GLOBAL CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ, THANK YOU.

>> THE 2024 RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IS COMPLICATING TWO BIPARTISAN DEALS CONGRESS. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PUSHING CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS TO KILL BIPARTISAN DEALS ON THE BORDER AND TAXES. BUT SOME REPUBLICANS SAYING DEALS COULD MAKE PRESIDENT BIDEN LOOK GOOD. MEANWHILE, THE PRESIDENT HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, MAKING AN APPEAL TO UNION WORKERS.

ABC SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHAEL SCOTT IS ON CAPITOL HILL WITH THE LATEST. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GEARING UP FOR A LIKELY REMATCH WITH DONALD TRUMP MAKING A DIRECT APPEAL TO UNION WORKERS IN BATTLEGROUND MICHIGAN. >> WE NOW HAVE IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF YOU AND ORGANIZED LABOR, THE STRONGEST ECONOMY

IN THE WHOLE WORLD. OUTSIDE THE EVENT, DOZENS PROTESTING BIDEN’S SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL. >> BIDEN BARELY WON MICHIGAN IN 2020, AND POLLING SHOWS HIM TRAILING TRUMP BY SEVERAL POINTS IN THE STATE. THE BAD BORDER DEAL WOULD BE WORSE THAN NO DEAL AT ALL. TRUMP IS MAKING IMMIGRATION CENTRAL TO HIS CAMPAIGN.

NOW HE’S PUSHING CONGRESSIONAL TO KILL AN EMERGING BIPARTISAN DEAL TO ADDRESS THE BORDER. THE TEXT OF THAT DEAL HASN’T EVEN BEEN RELEASEDET. STILL, MANY HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAY THEY’LL VOTE AGAINST IT. CONGRESSMAN TROYE NOW SAYS HE DOESN’T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP BIDEN’S APPROVAL RATINGS. >> IT’S REALLY NOT ABOUT BORDER

SECURITY. IT’S ABOUT TRYING TO IMPROVE JOE’S 33% APPROVAL RATING. YOU DON’T EVEN NEED TO SEE IT. YOU’RE HARD NOW. I’M HARD ON THE PRESIDENT ON CAPITOL HILL EARLIER THAT DAY, REMAINING OPTIMISTIC . >> MR. PRESIDENT, SOME HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING THE BORDER DEAL A NONSTARTER. CAN YOU GET IT DONE?

MR. PRESIDENT, I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT. AND IT’S NOT JUST IMMIGRATION. AFTER THE HOUSE PASSED THE BIPARTISAN TAX BILL, REPUBLICAN SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY WARNED IT WOULD MAKE BIDEN LOOK GOOD IN AN ELECTION YEAR, PASSING A TAX BILL THAT MAKES THE PRESIDENT LOOK GOOD SMELL CHECKS BEFORE THE ELECTION MEANS, THAT HE

COULD BE REELECTED. >> ALL OF IT PROMPTING FRUSTRATION ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. >> THEY’RE SAYING THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD THAT WE’RE FOCUSED ON NEXT ELECTION. >> HOW MUCH DOES POLITICS IMPACT THIS IN AN ELECTION YEAR BETWEEN THIS IS EVERYTHING. >> MY GOODNESS. YOU CAN’T GET A RESOLUTION

RECOGNIZING AND APPLE PIE WITHOUT HAVING POLITICS COME INTO. >> DIANA, WE ARE LEARNING THIS MORNING, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE HAVE REACHED A DEAL ON A MAJOR PACKAGE THAT WOULD INCLUDE BORDER SECURITY PROVISIONS AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR BOTH ISRAEL AND. THE TEXT OF THAT LEGISLATION

IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED AS EARLY AS TODAY. THAT COULD TEE UP A VOTE IN THE SENATE FOR NEXT WEEK. BUT WITH SO MANY HOUSE REPUBLICANS LINING UP AGAINST THAT LEGISLATION, IT’S UNCLEAR IF IT EVEN HAS THE VOTES TO GET PASSED. DIANE SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU.

AND RESCUE WORKERS ARE ON THE SCENE OF A DEADLY PLANE CRASH THAT SENT MULTIPLE ON FIRE IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA. THE FAA SAYS THE PILOT ENGINE FAILURE JUST BEFORE THE CRASH. NOW, CREWS ARE COMBING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE. >> ABC VICTOR OQUENDO IS NEAR THE SCENE WITH THE LATEST ON THIS FIERY AND DEADLY CRASH

IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA. >> THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS HOUSE? NO. I THINK OUR PLANE JUST CRASHED INTO A BUILDING. >> A SMALL PLANE CRASHING INTO A MOBILE HOME PARK WEST OF TAMPA, KILLING SEVERAL PEOPLE. FIREFIGHTERS RUSHING TO THE. THE BLAZE RIPPING THROUGH HOMES, SENDING FLAMES, SHOOTING INTO THE NIGHT SKY.

>> THE FAA SAYING THE PILOT OF THE BEECHCRAFT BONANZA, 35, REPORTED ENGINE FAILURE JUST AFTER 7 P.M. THURSDAY. >> HE WAS HAVING A MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY. THE CALL REPORTING THE CRASH CAME IN 8 MINUTES LATER, A REPORT, A AIRPLANE CRASH THAT WAS ABOVE HAD A TRIGGER AT THIS LOCATION IS NOW ON FIRE.

>> FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVING WITHIN MINUTES ABLE TO QUICKLY PUT OUT THE FIRE. WE COULD SEE THE FLAMES SHOOTING LIKE 50 FEET IN THE AIR WITH BIG PLUME OF SMOKE. THE HOUSE WAS FULLY INVOLVED IN, FLAMES. >> IT DIDN’T EVEN LOOK LIKE THERE WAS A HOUSE LEFT THERE. >> WE’RE JUST OUTSIDE

THE MOBILE HOME PARK WHERE THE PLANE CRASHED. NO WORD ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED. MULTIPLE AGENCIES WILL BE INVESTIGATING THIS, INCLUDING THE NTSB AND FAA DIANE. >> ABC’S VICTOR OQUENDO IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA THANK YOU. AND CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ARE BRACING FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY. SANTA BARBARA AND LOS ANGELES

ARE UNDER FLASH FLOOD THREATS AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. ABC NEWS CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE IS TRACKING IT ALL FOR. US GINGER, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS USING THE TERM LIFE THREATENING FOR THIS NEXT STORM. WE GET A MONTH’S WORTH OF RAIN IN JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS.

AND SO FEBRUARY ON AVERAGE IS THE RAINIEST IN CALIFORNIA. BUT WE ALREADY SAW DAILY RECORD RAIN. LONG BEACH FLOODED. WE SAW THAT IN HUNTINGTON BEACH, STUDIO CITY. THE TREES OVER, THAT’S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU SATURATE THE GROUND SO MUCH AND THEN YOU JUST HAVE CONTINUOUS RAIN.

AND THAT’S WITH THAT NEXT ONE. SO THE CURRENT STORM IS MOVING EAST, BUT THE NEXT STORM IS MOVING IN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WHEN IT STARTS AND THEN THROUGH MONDAY, THE HEAVIEST. AND THAT’S WHY YOU SEE THAT WHOLE RED AREA. THAT’S BIG, BIG BEAR, SAN LUIS OBISPO, SANTA BARBARA, MALIBU,

LOS ANGELES, ANAHEIM, BURBANK, ALL POPULATIONS THAT COULD SEE LANDSLIDES, MUDSLIDES AND SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WITH MAJOR FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL. SO TIMING WISE, SUNDAY MORNING IS WHEN THE HEAVIEST MAKES ITS WAY ALONG THAT KIND OF SOUTHERN COAST. THE BARRIERS DEFINITELY HAVE GOTTEN SLAMMED BY THAT TIME. BUT REALLY, THIS IS A BIGGER

DEAL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BECAUSE IT DOESN’T JUST STOP AT SUNDAY, 7 A.M. THROUGH MONDAY. YOU’VE GOT RAIN AND THEN IT’S STILL BULLS EYES RIGHT AROUND LOS ANGELES AT DRIVE TIME. SO A LOT OF THOSE FOOTHILLS INTO BURBANK OR ANAHEIM OR A LOT OF THE PLACES CLOSER TO SAN BERNARDINO GETTING THE HEAVY STUFF.

BUT THEN YOU JUST KEEP ADDING RAIN. THAT’S WHERE IT BECOMES A PROBLEM. AND EVEN POTENTIALLY RIVALS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN HISTORY, WHICH WAS FEBRUARY 1998. CAN SEE SOME OF THE MODELS TRYING TO PRINT OUT MORE THAN A HALF FOOT OF RAIN. THAT WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO A

LOT OF PLACES THERE. SO WE’RE WATCHING THIS CAREFULLY. THE SIERRA NEVADA, ABOUT SIX, 7000 FEET, GOING TO PICK UP SOME OF THAT SNOW, OF COURSE, AND THAT’S WILL HAVE SOME WIND WITH IT, TOO. BUT THE RAIN GOING TO BE THE HEADLINE GOING THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT.

CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE, THANK YOU. COMING UP, NEW JOB NUMBERS ARE OUT AND TESLA IS RECALLING MORE THAN 2 MILLION VEHICLES. WE HAVE THE LATEST BUSINESS HEADLINES 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 LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. THE NEED FOR UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY, ENROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII AND CHARLESTON, SOUTH

CAROLINA, ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET’S GO BACK TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHERE THE STORY FROM, THE FRONT 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 OR WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY OR 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 CONCERT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US.

IT’S OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY CAMPAIGN INSIDE OUT AND THERE’S A SLICE OF CALIFORNIA’S THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. >> ANYWHERE.

WOW. ALL RIGHT. HERE WE ARE. READY. LET’S DO IT. YES, IT’S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW ,IT HAPPENS. GO. HOW ARE YOU? YEAH. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING? SATURDAY IS ON ABC NEWS. WHY? WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

OH, I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS. >> MY FAVORITE. NOW NOW. WELCOME BACK. THE NEW JOBS REPORT IS OUT AND IT’S SURPRISING STRONG. MEANWHILE, TESLA IS RECALLING MORE THAN 2 MILLION OF ITS CARS. ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER

ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS HAS MORE ON THAT AND YOUR OTHER BUSINESS HEADLINES. >> ALEXIS, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TODAY? WATCHING THAT BLOCK BUSTER JOBS REPORT? DIANE BECAUSE THE JOB MARKET REMAINS SURPRISINGLY, DESPITE HIGH PROFILE LAYOFFS AT MEDIA AND TECH. EMPLOYERS ADDED 353,000 JOBS IN JANUARY, NEARLY DOUBLE ESTIMATES WHILE THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HELD

STEADY AT 3.7%. JOB GAINS FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER WERE ALSO REVISED UPWARDS, MEANING MORE JOBS WERE ADDED IN THOSE MONTHS THAN THOUGHT. THE HIRING BOOM WAS ACROSS MANY INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING HEALTH CARE, RETAIL, PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES AND MANUFACTURE. CATERING WAGES ALSO GREW MORE THAN EXPECTED, UP FOUR AND

A HALF PERCENT COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO. TODAY’S REPORT COULD CONVINCE THE FEDERAL RESERVE TO DELAY CUTTING INTEREST RATES THIS YEAR OUT OF FEAR THAT THE STRONG JOB MARKET AND WAGE GROWTH COULD REVERSE PROGRESS ON INFLATION. TESLA IS RECALLING MORE THAN 2 MILLION VEHICLES. >> THAT’S NEARLY ALL OF ITS EVS CURRENTLY.

U.S. ROADS SAFETY REGULATORS SAY THE SMALL FONT SIZE FOR ITS WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR DRIVERS TO READ INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. TESLA SAYS AFFECTED MODELS WILL RECEIVE AN OVER-THE-AIR SOFTWARE FIX. THE COMPANY IS NOT AWARE OF ANY CRASHES RELATED TO THE WARNING LIGHT ISSUE.

THIS IS JUST THE LATEST IN A STRING OF SETBACKS FOR THE AUTOMAKER IN DECEMBER. TESLA RECALLED ABOUT 2 MILLION VEHICLES TO UPDATE ITS AUTOPILOT SOFTWARE. AND BIG NEWS FROM BIG TECH THIS WEEK, APPLE AND FACEBOOK OWNER MET ARE ALL POSTING QUARTERLY PROFITS THAT BEAT EXPECTATIONS THANKS TO STRONG HOLIDAY SALES.

BUT APPLE’S SALES CHINA MISSED ESTIMATES. AND JUST IN TIME FOR FACEBOOK’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY, NETA HAS DECLARED ITS FIRST EVER DIVIDEND THAT WILL START PAYING STOCKHOLDERS $0.50 A SHARE EVERY QUARTER. THIS IS A MAJOR MILESTONE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT, OF COURSE, DIANE, A COMPANY THAT WAS STARTED IN A DORM ROOM OF MARK

ZUCKERBERG 20 YEARS AGO. I KNOW WHAT A JOURNEY ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS. THANK YOU. AND THE MOTHER OF THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MASS SHOOTER IS FACING CROSS-EXAMINATION IN A MICHIGAN COURTROOM. JENNIFER CRUMBLEY TOOK THE STAND FOR THE FIRST TIME YESTERDAY IN THE HISTORIC TRIAL, DEFENDING AGAINST THAT, SHE ALLOWED HER SON ACCESS TO

THE GUN USED IN THE SHOOTING AND FAILED TO RECOGNIZE WARNING SIGNS. >> TODAY SHE FACES QUESTIONS FROM THE PROSECUTION. >> LET’S LISTEN ON AND MEET PEOPLE WHO MEET CERTAIN TASTES THAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR. THIS IS WORTH NOTING THAT AND YOU CAN HEAR THE ADULTFRIENDFINDER ON THE TOP. >> I’M NOT BELIEVE I HAVE

THE APP. IT WAS FOUND ON YOUR FORK. WELL, I GUESS IT WAS ON MY PHONE. >> AND THERE WERE MESSAGES FROM YOU TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS, CORRECT. THIS THAT THIS IS GOING OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THE AFFAIR WITH BRIAN. BUT I DON’T THINK THE COURT’S RULING ON OPENING THE DOOR WAS

IN A PHONE TO JUST HER EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR WITH BRIAN. >> WAS I GUESS WITH REGARD TO THE WAS I DETERMINE THAT THAT’S OPENING DOOR. I DON’T KNOW BUT I DETERMINE THAT THE DEFENSE OPENED THE DOOR AS TO WHETHER SHE DEPICTED HERSELF AS HAVING AN EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR FOR ABOUT A

SIX MONTH PERIOD OF TIME WHERE SHE MET WITH HIM ONE TIME. AND THAT WAS HER TESTIMONY YESTERDAY. WE HAVE EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY. AND I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT. IT’S GOING TO GET EXCITING. I, I DON’T KNOW HOW I WON’T DELVE TOO FAR INTO WHICH MYSTERY SCIENCE.

>> THINK YOU’RE MY FRIEND. I RESPECT YOUR TIME JUST TO HELP ME BREAK MY DOOR. SO THIS IS CRUMBLING. I’M SORRY. THIS IS NOT A LAUGHING MATTER. THIS IS CRUMBLING. I LOVE FRIEND FINDER. WE SEE MESSAGES FROM YOU IN AT LEAST OF AUGUST 2021 ON THE FOURTH, THAT IN 21. OKAY.

OKAY. YOU STILL OBVIOUSLY TO 2021. YEAH, I GUESS THE 11TH I DIDN’T 21 NOW AND MORE IMPORTANTLY NOVEMBER 21ST 2021. NO. OKAY. IN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, NOVEMBER THE 28 2020. NO, YOU DON’T DISPUTE THAT. I DON’T DISPUTE IT. OKAY. AND YOU DON’T DISPUTE THAT IT WASN’T JUST THAT YOU WERE MR.

WERE LAST MEETING AFTER WORK. IT WAS YOU, MR. ALLIES ARRANGED WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS TO BE AFTER WORK AS WELL. >> NO, I ONLY MET WITH BRIAN DURING HOURS. THE TIMES THAT WE WERE AT THE HOTEL. I WAS ON BUSINESS. WE DID FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO MEET US THERE.

>> SO SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH. YOU REMEMBER DAY WE IT WAS THE DAY AFTER YOU TOOK YOUR SON IN THE STUDIO, RIGHT? I DON’T REMEMBER. YOU DON’T REMEMBER THAT DAY? NO. TWO DAYS BEFORE THE SCHOOL ATTACK? >> NO, I DON’T REMEMBER. RECORD THAT DAY. WELL, YOU WERE PRETTY SPECIFIC.

AND ONCE YOU DID ON NOVEMBER THE 27TH WITH THE FIREARM, YOU REMEMBER THAT, CORRECT? ALL RIGHT. NOW, ON NOVEMBER 28, 2021, YOU SPENT YOUR TIME ARRANGING A MEET UP WITH SOMEBODY I KNOW. FRIEND FIVE I NEVER MET ANYBODY WITH A FRIEND FROM ENERGY. >> I MEAN, OKAY, I’M NOT JUST

TALKING ABOUT THE TIME YOU SPENT PHYSICALLY WITH SOMEBODY CLAIMING THE TIME THAT YOU SPENT AND DEVOTED ENERGY TO SETTING THAT UP. OKAY, YOU’LL AGREE WITH ME. IT’S NOT JUST THAT THE TIME PERIOD, THE COSTCO PARKING LOT OR THE TIME PERIOD AT THE HOTEL BUT THE TIME PERIOD ON THE TRIP, CORRECT.

>> THAT’S THE ONLY TIME I MET WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT. BUT THAT’S NOT THE ONLY TIME THAT YOU DIDN’T GO INTO YOUR PERSONAL TIME AND ENERGY AND FOCUS TO THAT, IS IT? >> I GUESS ALMOST UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU’RE ASKING. OKAY. WELL, THESE THESE MEET UPS DIDN’T JUST BY THEMSELVES.

YOU HAD TO SET THEM UP, CORRECT? >> YOU WEREN’T DRIVEN THERE. YOU WEREN’T DROPPED OFF THERE. YOU SET THEM UP WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. CORRECT. >> AND THAT TOOK YOUR TIME AND YOUR ENERGY AND YOUR FOCUS TO DO SO. >> I DON’T BELIEVE IT TOOK TOO MUCH TIME. ENERGY NOW.

NOW, NOW, YOU TOLD THIS JURY THAT WHEN YOUR SON TEXTED THAT HE WAS SEEING DEMONS AND BULLS OFF THE SHELVES, THAT WAS IN SPRING 2007, 2021, YOU RECALL? EXACTLY. THAT’S RIGHT. CORRECT. YOUR DISPUTE THAT THAT WAS ON YOUR PHONE? NO. AND YOU DON’T DISPUTE THAT AT SOME POINT YOU READ THOSE MESSAGES?

NO. IN YOUR DISPUTE THAT YOUR SON SAID AT LEAST ONE TIME. CAN YOU PLEASE TEXT ME BACK? CORRECT YOU. BECAUSE YOU DON’T DISPUTE THAT WHEN YOU WERE AT THE BAR AND YOUR OTHER MESSAGES SHOW YOU COULD TAKE PICTURES SEND PICTURES AND RECEIVE PICTURES, USE THEM AT THE BAR.

IF I TAKE PICTURES AND I TRY TO SEND THEM, THEY DON’T GO THROUGH RIGHT AWAY OR, I WON’T SEND THEM. >> AND SO I HAD A SPOT WHERE I ACTUALLY HAVE SERVICE. SO. AND EXHIBIT 423, THE FACEBOOK MESSAGE BETWEEN, YOU AND JAMES, THAT’S YET TO BE DELETED.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PICTURES THAT JAMES SENT TO YOU FROM THE BAR AND POMMEL HORSE IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR YOU DISPUTE THAT NO . OKAY. AND IN FACT DOZENS AND DOZENS OF PICTURES OF THE LIFE. I’M SURE YOU’RE SURE. OKAY. IN THOSE PICTURES, SENTENCING WITH A TIMESTAMP ON THEIR

FACEBOOK MESSAGE. >> SHARE. OKAY. DO YOU DISPUTE THAT? NO. NO. OKAY. AND THEN YOU RESPONDED IN THE SAME TIME FRAME, YOU DISPUTE THAT? >> NO. NO. SO THAT CONVERSATION WITH THAT PICTURE THAT WAS TAKEN AT THE BAR WAS OCCURRING WHILE ONE OF YOU WERE AT THE BAR?

I’M SURE IT WAS OKAY. NOW, YOU DON’T DENY THAT YOUR SON WROTE IN HIS JOURNAL THAT HE ASKED HIS PARENTS FOR HELP. >> YOU DON’T DENY THAT EVIDENCE THAT WAS IN THE NIGHT. OKAY. AND YOU DON’T DENY THAT HE WROTE HIS JOURNAL THAT HE NOW HAD ACCESS TO THE SIX HOUR.

AND I’M IN THE HEARING ROOM. >> I CANNOT DENY THAT. AND YOU’RE DENIED THAT. AND SIG SAUER, 90 DEGREE ANGLE WAS, IN FACT, THE MURDER WEAPON. I DON’T DENY THAT. AND ALSO DON’T DENY THAT THAT GUN WAS GIFTED BY YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND TO YOUR SON ON NOVEMBER 26.

>> DESCRIBE GIFTED. HOW ABOUT WHEN HE POSTED ON INSTAGRAM HIS NEW CHRISTMAS ? >> CORRECT. AND I EXPLAINED YESTERDAY THAT IT WAS FOR HIM TO USE AT THE SHOOTING RANGE. WE DIDN’T JUST HAND HIM A GUN AS A HERE YOU GO SIGN. IT WAS SOMETHING HE COULD USE.

AND WE WENT TO THE RANGE AS A FAMILY TOGETHER. YOU DON’T DENY THAT IN APRIL OF 2021, YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SON AS BEING DEPRESSED? >> I DIDN’T DESCRIBE. I WAS BEING DEPRESSED. I NOTICED THAT HE WAS ACTING DEFECTIVE. WE USED THE WORD DEPRESSED. YES, HE WAS ACTING SAD.

HIS ACTING DEPRESSED AND, YOU KNOW, DEPRESSED TEENS. THAT MEANS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO YOU THAT DEPRESSED IN EUROPE. THAT. RIGHT. YOU DON’T DENY. AND APRIL OF 2021, THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT YOUR SON, HIS ONLY FRIENDS THAT HE HAD ASKED YOU FOR HELP. NO, I DON’T DENY THAT. OKAY.

AND YOU ALSO DON’T DENY THAT HE TOLD HIS ONLY FRIENDS THAT YOU BLACKED IT. >> I DID NOT DENY THAT YESTERDAY YOU TOLD US THAT YOU TOOK THOSE MESSAGES IN THE SPRING OF 2014, ONE, WHICH, BY THE WAY, IS AT THE SAME TIME YOU STARTED YOUR AFFAIR WITH MR. MILLER AROUND THAT TIME.

OKAY. SO IN THE SPRING OF 2021, WHEN YOU SAID MESSAGES, WHEN YOU RECEIVED THOSE LANGUAGES, YOU INDICATED IT WAS MESSAGES, IT WAS IT WAS MESSAGING. YOU’RE MY MESSING AROUND WHAT YOUR TESTIMONY WAS. YES. OKAY. EVEN WHEN HE SAID, CAN YOU PLEASE TEXT ME BACK, I DIDN’T SEE HIS TEXT MESSAGE MESSAGES.

I DIDN’T TEXT HIM BACK. >> EVEN WHEN YOUR PHONE LOGS SHOW MISSED CALLS, HE YOU AGAIN, EVEN WHEN YOUR PHONE LOGS SO MISSED CALLS FROM YOUR SON IN THAT TIME PERIOD? >> NO, NO. YOU SAID YESTERDAY ABOUT THESE MESSAGES TEXT. YOU’LL AGREE WITH ME THAT THERE’S NO INDICATION ANY

TEXT MESSAGE EITHER BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR SON OR ANY FACEBOOK MESSAGE BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND IN ANY OF THOSE THINGS. IT IS, IN FACT, ANY WORD IN YOUR PHONE THAT INDICATED THAT ANY OF THOSE MESSAGES WERE A JOKE? >> NO, THERE WEREN’T. THERE WEREN’T. AND WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF MESSAGES

INCLUDING YOUR SON AND THOUSANDS OF MESSAGES BETWEEN YOUR HUSBAND. >> CORRECT. AND YOU DON’T DENY THAT? NEVER ONCE, NEVER ONCE TOOK THEM SEE A THERAPIST OR GOT SOME? NO, THEY’RE NOT. YOU DID NOT. NOW, YOU TESTIFIED THAT ACTUALLY MR. MOSS TESTIFIED THAT YOU WOULD MEET DURING WORK HOURS AND YOU’VE

ESTABLISHED THAT IT WASN’T JUST CONFINED TO WORK HOURS, BUT YOU’RE. WE’RE PERMITTED TO LEAVE AS YOU PLEASE. CORRECT. OKAY. AND IS YOUR BOSS ACTUALLY THAT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY IN TIME OFF, CORRECT. IF HE HAD A FAMILY ISSUE, NO PROBLEM. YOU CAN GO FOR IT IF YOU WERE SICK. NO PROBLEM, STAY HOME.

CORRECT. OKAY. IN FACT, YOU CAN WORK FROM HOME AS IN AND THEN AS NEEDED BASIS. CORRECT. IN FACT, ON NOVEMBER 30TH YOU TO ASK YOUR BOSS IF YOU COULD LEAVE. YOU JUST TOLD HIM YOU WERE CORRECT AND HE TOLD THEM WHEN YOU WERE COMING BACK. CORRECT.

AND YOU TOLD THEM WHEN YOU WERE COMING BACK AFTER RECEIVING A PHONE CALL FROM THE SCHOOL ASKING FOR AN IMMEDIATE MEETING? CORRECT. BECAUSE THAT WAS WELL HANDLED ME AND AROUND THAT. OKAY. NOW, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CALLED TO PLEASE HAVE YOU EVER MADE CALLS TO SOME TYPE OF SERVICE AGENCY OR SOMETHING?

WE GET THESE. OKAY. GO HOME. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CALLED TO SCHOOL ON AN IMMEDIATE BASIS BEFORE? NO. YOU. YOU’VE BEEN TOLD THAT YOUR SON HAD SUICIDAL IDEATION. >> I WAS EVER TOLD HE HAD SUICIDAL IDEATION. OKAY. THAT’S YOUR TESTIMONY. BUT YOU’VE NEVER BEEN CALLED TO THE SCHOOL ONCE FOR

A MEETING. I NEED TO SEE YOU NOW. NO. CORRECT. OKAY. SO EVEN BEFORE YOU WOULD HAVE MADE IT TO THE SCHOOL, YOU HAD TOLD YOUR BOSS WHEN YOU WERE COMING? CORRECT. SO YOU’RE LEANING ON THAT MEETING? >> NOT NECESSARILY. YOU SAID I’LL BE BACK IN ABOUT AN. OKAY. RIGHT.

SO IT WAS ABOUT AN HOUR. BUT THOSE WERE YOUR WORDS, CORRECT. THIS IS, AGAIN, THE 74 YEAR. YOU KNOW, SHE DOESN’T IT’S NOT ON HERE. THAT’S IT. TAKE SOME. YEAH. OKAY. THIS WAS SENT TO YOU. SO SALLY HAWKINS CALLED THE 924 IN THE MORNING, CORRECT? CORRECT.

OKAY YOU CALL THEM BACK IN 927? CORRECT. YOUR PRIVATE PHONE CALL. CORRECT. AND THEN IN THAT PHONE CALL, HE TEXTED YOU A PICTURE WITH WITH IT WAS DRAWN OUT EMAILS IN THIS ORIGINAL PICTURE. >> YEAH. HE TEXTED ME THE MODIFIED ONE AND THEN LATER EMAILED ME THIS ONE LATER IS A 932.

>> YEAH. LIKE AFTER I ASKED HIM FOR YOU LOOKED AT IT. >> I DO. OKAY. YOU TOLD US YESTERDAY YOU THOUGHT IT. I THINK YOUR CALL WAS A LITTLE CONCERNING. WHAT STRUCK YOU ABOUT THIS? ORIGINALLY, WHEN I SAW THE MODIFIED ONE, I WAS KIND OF ANGRY AT MY SON BECAUSE WE

JUST TALKED ABOUT HIS MISSING ASSIGNMENTS IN GEOMETRY AND HIS E THE NIGHT BEFORE. THEN WHEN I GOT THIS ONE AND OPENED IT, IT WAS CONCERNING. I HONESTLY THOUGHT THE GUY ON THERE WAS A DRAWING OF THAT MAN THE WAY THE THING AND THE CAT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A K, I DIDN’T KNOW. YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS A CASE? I DIDN’T. I DIDN’T LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF A GUN. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS A GUN. YEAH. WHAT ABOUT THE FACT IT IS IDENTICAL TO THE GUN THAT YOU GAVE HIM FOR CHRISTMAS?

A COUPLE OF BEFORE? I MEAN, HONESTLY, JUST LIKE LOSING A GUN TO ME. I DIDN’T EVEN NOTICE WHEN YOU TOOK A PICTURE OF THE GUN YOU POSTED ON INSTAGRAM. >> YOU KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE? I DO. >> BUT I DIDN’T ANALYZE IT. YOU SAW INSURGENTS ARE SPECIALIZED IN BRINGING

THIS TESTIMONY IS SCRAP METAL IS IDENTICAL. AND YOU TOLD US YESTERDAY HOW YOUR SON WAS A GOOD DRIVER. >> HE WAS VERY GOOD DRIVER. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT THE THOUGHTS GOING TO STOP? >> HELP ME. THAT RANG OUT TO YOU? YES, THAT WAS WHAT WAS CONCERNING TO ME. >> THE WORD EVERYWHERE.

IT IS A BOY. AND ACTUALLY YOU WERE THE ONE WHO BOUGHT THE BULLETS IN NOVEMBER THE 27TH. CORRECT. YOU LATER CAME TO LEARN THOSE BULLETS WERE USED IN THE SHOOTING. ADDED. SO YOU SAID YESTERDAY IT WAS A LITTLE CONCERNING. YEAH. >> WE TOLD YOUR HUSBAND EMERGENCY IN ALL CAPS.

>> THAT’S WHY I LEFT TO GO TO THE SCHOOL. AND I SAID HE WROTE BACK, MY GOD, WCF CORRECT. AND THEN SO THEN HE WAS DISTRAUGHT ABOUT LAST NIGHT. CORRECT. DESTRUCTION, INTENTIONAL WORD, ACTIONS, RIGHT. >> THAT’S SAD. IT’S NOT A LITTLE ANXIOUS ABOUT SCHOOL OR ITS FUTURE. IT’S NOT TALKING ABOUT A VIDEO

GAME DESTRUCT HAS A MEAN HURT AND YOU CHOSE THAT WORD TO SEND . CORRECT. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND THIS WAS THE 30TH OF 2021. AND AT THAT POINT, YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT YOU KNEW PRIOR TO THAT DAY THERE’S WERE 26 FIRST DAY THAT YOUR SON WAS

ONE TO GET A NINE? >> MM. YES, YES. I KNEW THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT GETTING ONE BECAUSE THEY GRANTED IT IN THE PAST. >> AND YOU KNEW THAT HE HAD SHOT IN THE PAST. OKAY. AND YOU KNEW THAT A NINE MILLIMETER IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE POWERFUL.

>> THE 22 I DID NOT KNOW THAT UNTIL I ACTUALLY SHOT IT. >> OKAY. WELL, YOUR DAD TOOK YOUR SON WITH JAMES TO THE SHOOTING RANGE VISIT IN JULY 20, 21. CORRECT. AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW POWERFUL THE NINE MILLIMETER WAS BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW. I DON’T KNOW IF I WAS PART

OF THAT CONVERSATION, BUT IF IT WAS REGISTERED TO ME, THE WAS OKAY, YOU KNOW, NOVEMBER 30, 2021 DAY THAT YOUR SON’S FRIENDS HAD BEEN TAKEN WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOUR SON. CORRECT. IS IT I’M SORRY. INCORRECT IS A CORRECT CORRECT . AND YOU KNEW THAT WHEN HIS YOUR SON’S FRIEND WAS TAKEN,

YOUR SON WAS EXTREMELY UPSET. >> HE WAS UPSET? YES. HE DIDN’T GO TO SCHOOL FOR A FEW DAYS. >> I DON’T REMEMBER THAT. OKAY. WELL, THE SCHOOL SHOW THAT HE WAS ABSENT FOR A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT. >> YOU DENY THAT? I WOULDN’T. >> OKAY. AND WHICH BY THAT HE MISSED

SCHOOL BECAUSE HE WAS SO UPSET. >> I DON’T KNOW IF HE MISSED SCHOOL BECAUSE HE WAS UPSET OR MAYBE HE WAS SICK. >> I DON’T KNOW. NOW, YOU SAW THIS YESTERDAY AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL, THAT CHILD WAS LIKE A SECOND SON TO YOU. CORRECT. SO HE WAS THE ONLY ONE

THAT YOUR SON HUNG OUT WITH OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL? >> CORRECT. OKAY. WELL, COULD YOU HANG OUT THIS AT THE SCHOOL? HE NAME HE NAME SOME NAMES TO ME AND I NEVER MET THEM BEFORE, BUT HE TOLD SOME GROUP OF KIDS THAT HE SAID TO EAT

LUNCH WITH AND HE TALKS TO IN CLASS. >> DID EVER VISIT THEIR HOUSES? NO. DO THEY EVER VISIT YOUR HOUSE? NO THE ONLY OTHER PEER TO VISIT YOUR HOUSE WITH THIS STUDENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO STAY AROUND HALLOWEEN 2021 AT THAT TIME? CORRECT. WE’RE TALKING THAT TIME IN OCTOBER.

IN SEPTEMBER IT AT LEAST AUGUST, JULY, JUNE, MAY OF 2000, 21,021. THANK NOW HE LEFT ON HALLOWEEN. >> AND YOU KNEW THAT YOUR SON WAS PLAYING YOU HANG OUT WITH. I KNOW. YES. OKAY. BUT HIS FRIEND DIDN’T SHOW UP. >> WE HAVE TEXTED I TEXTED HIS FRIEND’S MOM THE DAY BEFORE

,TRYING TO CONFIRM IF HE WAS STILL COMING OVER. AND THAT’S WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS DRIVING IN WISCONSIN AND TAKEN TO THAT SCHOOL. >> OKAY. SO YOU’RE US ABOUT THE DATE FOR HALLOWEEN. YEAH. OKAY. SO THE EVIDENCE THAT YOU AND JASON GOT A HALLOWEEN PARTY AT THE BARN, I DON’T BELIEVE

ON HALLOWEEN. OH, THAT’S SO CURIOUS. IT WAS. IT WAS THE FRIDAY BEFORE. >> IF THERE WAS A PICTURE WITH A DATE STAMP ON IT, WOULD YOU DENY IT? NO. LOOK. AND IT DIDN’T STOP HIM FROM AT THAT PARTY WITHOUT SAW HIM. YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU DID.

AND HERE’S SOME OF SOME A LOT OF THAT. YES. SO YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR SON HOBBIES IN 2021, BUT IN NOVEMBER OF 2021. SO WE’LL START WITH NOVEMBER THE FIRST, 2021, YOU KNOW THAT THOSE HOBBIES WERE NOT EXIST SINCE NEITHER ONE BY ONE. OKAY, SO YOU TOLD US ABOUT

BOWLING, CORRECT? BOWLING WASN’T THE TEAM WASN’T IN SESSION AT THAT IN TIME? >> NO, I THINK ACTUALLY AT THAT TIME HE DECIDED HE DIDN’T WANT TO BE BOWLING THAT YEAR. SO HE STOPPED BOWLING, THE SOFTWARE HE DID, AND IT WOULDN’T BE BOWLING SEASON ANYMORE. I GUESS NOT NOW.

SO WHAT HAVE YOU TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY THAT WASN’T EXIST, THAT WAS NOT IN EXISTENCE IN NOVEMBER 2020? CORRECT. BUT WE DID STILL GO TO THE BOWLING ALLEY WITH HIM. SO. >> AND YOU SAID THAT HE WORKED, BUT WOULD YOU BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT HE ONLY A FEW SHIFTS POST-COVID?

YOU KNOW, I’M NOT SURPRISED AT ALL. >> OKAY. SO HE WASN’T AT WORK EVERY DAY? NO, HE WORKED ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS AND SOMETIMES SATURDAY MORNING. >> OKAY. BUT NOT VERY OFTEN. NO, NOT VERY OFTEN. A HANDFUL OF SHIFTS, POST-COVID ,WHICH OF COURSE, MARKS 2021 THINGS HE WAS WORKING ON A

WEEKLY BASIS AND HE KNEW THAT HE DIDN’T HAVE ANY FRIENDS. THAT’S NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO PUT IT. I KNEW WE HAD, BUT NO, HE DID NOT. HAVE YOU HAD NEVER MET ANOTHER PEER HIS AGE, WHO HE REFERRED TO AS A FRIEND. >> HE ACTUALLY HAD FRIENDS

THAT USED TO COME OVER PRIOR TO 2021 THAT WAS STILL IN CONTACT. >> WE WENT TO DEFENSE AND GET IT STRAIGHT FROM 2019 OR 2020 AND TALK ABOUT 2021, AT LEAST FOR THE TIME PERIOD WHEN HE SENT YOU A MESSAGE THAT SAW DEMONS IN THE HOUSE. >> RIGHT.

IN 2021, THE ONLY THAT CAME TO OUR HOUSE WAS THE ONE THAT’S ON THAT SIDE, THE THING. >> SO NEED TO BE TRUE IN NOVEMBER OF 2021 THAT HE HAD NO PEER SUPPORT AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT HE HAD IN SCHOOL. >> HE TOLD ME HE HAD FRIENDS

IN SCHOOL AND HE TALKS TO YOU EVER SEE YOU? >> NEVER HIM? NO. AND HE DIDN’T HAVE ANY CLUBS AT SCHOOL. >> HE’S A PART OF. NO, I’M NOT THAT. SO YOU TOLD US YESTERDAY THAT YOUR SON WANTED TO DESIGN VIDEO GAMES, CORRECT? OKAY. HE WASN’T IN A ROBOTICS CLUB OR

CODING CLUB AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. >> HE DID TAKE A CODING CLASS PRIOR TO 21, AND HE WAS IN A ROBOTICS AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, TALKING ABOUT 2025. HE’S BEEN IN THAT BEFORE. NOW, DESPITE YOU HAVE CALLED YOURSELF AS A VIGILANT PARENT AND A HELICOPTER MOM.

YOU NEVER DECIDED THAT AT LEAST NOVEMBER 2021 TO LOOK AT HIS PHONE? NO, THAT’S DESPITE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SPRING OF 2021. >> RIGHT. SO WHAT HAPPENED THE SPRING OF 2021 DID NOT CONCERN ME. OKAY. >> SO THE ONE THING CONSISTENT WITH YOUR SON TO YOU AT LEAST,

HIS DESIRE TO OBTAIN A WEAPON, IS THAT RIGHT? I DON’T WANT TO DO THAT NOW. >> HE HAD A CONSISTENT DESIRE TO OBTAIN A WEAPON. >> NOT TO ME. EVEN NOT. OKAY. YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE NINE MILLIMETER? >> I KNEW ABOUT IT. OKAY. YOU DIDN’T KNOW.

ABOUT THE 20 TWOS. I KNEW ABOUT THEM. IN FACT, HE POSTED ON INSTAGRAM, HE HIMSELF A 20 TO CORRECT IN JUNE OF 2021. CORRECT. AND FROM THAT TIME UP UNTIL NOVEMBER 26, 21 PURCHASE, HE WAS WANTING TO A NINE MILLIMETER. >> I KNOW HIM. MY HUSBAND HAD DISCUSSED GETTING A NINE MILLIMETER.

I’M NOT PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. BUT YOU KNEW ABOUT IT. I KNEW BUT NOT THAT IT WAS. HE WAS. SO HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT? I SAID HE CONSISTENT HAD A DESIRE TO OBTAIN A WEAPON. I KNOW THAT. I KNOW. WE CONSISTENTLY TALKED ABOUT IT. CORRECT.

YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THIS IS A GUN AND TALKING ABOUT HOW HE WANTED GUN. YOU’RE TRYING TO KNOW IN NOVEMBER 26, YOU SAID YOU WEREN’T THERE FOR THE GUN PURCHASE. NO, WAS NOT. OKAY. BUT ARE YOU TELLING US HE DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS GOING TO? I DO NOT KNOW. THERE ONE GUN?

SORRY ABOUT THAT MATTER, BUT YOU KNEW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO EVENTUALLY GET HIM A NINE MILLIMETER? NO, I DID NOT KNOW THAT. OKAY, SO YOU’RE TELLING US THAT THERE WAS A SURPRISE PURCHASE TO YOU? >> IT SURPRISE TO ME THAT THEY WENT TO THE GUN STORE THAT DAY?

IT WAS NOT SURPRISING TO ME THAT THEY PURCHASED A GUN THAT DAY. >> AND IT DIDN’T UPSET ME THAT IT WAS NOT. NO. THEN THAT UPSET YOU GUYS, THEY CUT INTO YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE SHOP IN TIME, BUT IT DIDN’T UPSET THEY BOUGHT A GUN. CORRECT. OKAY.

AND YOU TOLD US THAT IT WAS, IN YOUR WORDS, JAMES’S RESPONSE ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. CORRECT. YOU. YOU DON’T DENY THAT, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THE CELL PHONE EVIDENCE, THE PHOTOGRAPHIC AND VIDEO EVIDENCE THROUGH THE LAST ADULTS, THEY HAVE POSSESSION OF THAT FOR IT. YOU WERE WITH HIM AT THE RANGE

IN NOVEMBER THE 27TH. CORRECT. YOU SAW YOUR SON SHOOT THE WEAPON, RIGHT? YOU SAW HIM SHOOT THE LAST PRACTICE ROUND THE SHOOTING NOVEMBER 30TH AT THE RANGE? >> YES CORRECT. YOU SAW HOW HE DOING? HONESTLY, THAT DIDN’T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME AT THAT TIME UNTIL THIS WHOLE CASE CAME ABOUT.

AND I’VE LEARNED WHAT YOUR SHOOTERS STANCE IS. SO HE KNEW HOW TO USE THE GUN. YES, HE DID. HE’S USED ONE BEFORE. IN FACT, HE SHOWED YOU HOW TO USE THE CORRECT. OKAY. AND THE STANCE HE TOOK, HE SAW FROM THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL VIDEO. IT WAS THE SAME HE SAW

THE RIGHT. I DON’T I DON’T KNOW. I, I CAN’T COMPARE IT KNOW BUT YOU ENTRUSTED THIS RESPONSIBILITY. YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT OWNING THE FIREARM INVOLVES A GREAT DEAL OF RESPONSIBILITY AND TRUST. AND YOU ENTRUSTED THIS RESPONSIBLE TO YOUR HUSBAND. JAMES. I GUESS IF YOU LOOK AT EXHIBIT 423, THAT’S THE FACEBOOK

CHAT THREAD BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND. IT’S PRETTY CLEAR YOU. DIDN’T TRUST JAMES WITH MUCH. WOULD YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE? DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT YOU DO TRUST HIM TO GET OUT OF BED ON TIME, CORRECT? YOU DIDN’T TRUST HIM TO CUT THE GRASS WHEN IT WAS TIME

TO CUT THE GRASS, YOU CUT THE GRASS. >> WHEN I GOT TO AT LENGTH, I GOT MIKE AND THEN TRUST YOU DIDN’T TRUST HIM TO UPDATE YOU ON HIS WHEREABOUTS. THERE’S A REASON BEHIND THAT. YOU DIDN’T TRUST HIM TO NOT TURN OFF OR TURN ON THE RING CAMERA. YOU’RE HOME. CORRECT.

YOU DIDN’T TRUST HIM TO KEEP TRACK OF YOUR SON? >> I TRUSTED HIM TO PROTECT MY SON IN THOSE MESSAGES THAT NANCY INDICATED IN 423, ASKING HIM, WHERE IS YOUR SON? OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS THAT SIGNIFIED TRUST OR DISTRUST TO YOU? >> THAT WAS WHEN MY SON WAS

WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL. >> NOT THAT I DO NOT TRUST MY HUSBAND WITH MY SON. OKAY. AND YOU DIDN’T REALLY TRUST YOUR HUSBAND TO HOLD DOWN A JOB SOMETHING HAD. TRUST HIM ON THE JOB. HE HAD A HARD TIME HOLDING DOWN ONE AFTER THAT. >> OKAY. AND IN THOSE MESSAGES, YOU ARE

CONSTANTLY ASKING HIM ABOUT WORK. HOW MUCH MONEY HE’S MAKING AND WHAT HE’S DOING TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT. CORRECT. OKAY. SO THIS IS THE PERSON YOU ENTRUSTED WITH A DEADLY WEAPON? >> I DON’T. WHY DON’T YOU BUY THE PATRIOT DEFENSE ROUNDS? OH, THOSE ARE THE THAT’S THE AMMO.

THAT WAS THE MY SON TOLD ME TO PURCHASE. I DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I’D ASKED HIM AND HE TOLD ME TO PURCHASE THEM. >> SO YOU TOLD US. YOU TOLD THE JURY YESTERDAY YOU REPEATED AGAIN TODAY THAT THE GIFT WAS FOR TARGET SHOOTING. CORRECT? OKAY. YEAH. YOU BOUGHT 100 ROUNDS

OF AMMUNITION. CORRECT. AND YOU ONLY SHOT 50 WHILE YOU WERE THERE, CORRECT. AND THOSE 50, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO SOME STATEMENTS, YOU MADE THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATION, YOU PUT SOME OF THE BOXES? YES, I DID. >> I HAD THEM NOW, ON NOVEMBER 27TH, WHEN YOU CAME HOME,

YOU POSTED PICTURES OF THE GUN IN TARGET. SEE YOUR INSTAGRAM? CORRECT. AND THEN ACCORDING TO LOCATION DATA, YOUR LOCATION DATA, YOU LEFT, I THINK IT’S ONLY WHAT I DON’T KNOW. I MUST TELL YOU DON’T DENY. I DON’T DENY IT. AND YOUR HUSBAND JAMES WAS GONE ALL DAY, ACCORDING TO HIS LOCATION DATA?

I THINK SO, YEAH. AND YOU SAW? THE EVIDENCE THAT’S IN THE PICTURE YOU POSTED, THERE’S AN ATF HANDBOOK ON HANDGUN SAFETY FOR SELF. CORRECT. AS YOU READ THAT, I LOOKED IT OVER. CORRECT. THAT WAS AN EXHIBIT 17 FOR GOING BACK TO THIS MEETING. IS IT THE 74?

YOU KNOW, IT’S TONIGHT. YOU COULD HAVE LEFT WORK FOR THE DAY. YOU KNOW, I DON’T DENY THAT. IF YOU DON’T DENY THAT YOU DIDN’T TELL THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS, MR. HOPKINS, REJECT ABOUT THE GUN PURCHASES ON THE 26TH. >> NO. WE HAVE STATED WE WENT TO THE SHOOTING RANGE.

I NT TO ZEROHOOTING LE MYON ON SATUAY. >> YOU DIDN’T TELL HIM THAT YOU HAD GOTTEN HIM THAT CHRISTMAS GIFT? I DIDN’T THINK IT WAS RELEVANT . YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU NEVER TOLD MR. HOPKINS THAT IT WASN’T JUST A FRIEND, BUT IT ONLY IN HERE YOU NEVER MET. >> INTERRUPT.

I PROBABLY SAID HIS BEST FRIEND . YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU DIDN’T GO HOME TO LOOK FOR THAT FIREARM AFTER LEAVING THE SCHOOL? >> WE WOULDN’T HAVE A REASON. SO THAT ANSWER IS ON YOU NOW. SO I NOW JUST. AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE ALREADY MADE PLANS

FOR THE NIGHT TO GO TO THE BAR? YES, I DO. OKAY. AND YOU REALIZE THAT YOU HAD TIME TO STOP IN YOUR HOUSE BEFORE GOING BACK TO MY MOTHER DIDN’T HAVE A REASON TO NOT YOU TOLD US THAT YOU WOULD NEVER TAKE YOUR SON TO ANY SORT OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL. NO.

OKAY. BUT YOU KNOW HOW TO OBTAIN, CORRECT? IN FACT, YOU HAVE PRESCRIPTIONS RELATED TO THAT. I DO. >> SO IT’S NOT THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHO TO CALL OR HOW TO CALL. YOU DIDN’T CORRECT FOR US. OKAY. YES, SIR. YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU EXPRESS EMOTION

AND THE COUNSEL ASKED YOU YOUR NERVES WHEN YOU TESTIFIED THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN IS YOU CAPABLE OF EMOTION? YES, I AM. OKAY. AND IN FACT, YOU GET SOME EXPLOSIVE EMOTIONAL FACTS WITH YOUR HUSBAND. WHAT WE DID AND THAT WAS IN THE HOME THAT YOU SHARED. RIGHT. OKAY.

AND WITH YOUR SON ENTERED THAT HOME THAT AND YOU TOLD US THAT YOUR SON WAS IN AN AGE WHERE HE WOULDN’T TEXT YOU BACK . I LOVE YOU. IT WASN’T A TEXT ME BACK. I LOVE YOU. IT’S LIKE IN PASSING, LIKE, HEY, BEEN TONIGHT? I YOU. >> WELL, YESTERDAY YOU TOLD

US THAT YOUR SON WAS AT THE AGE WHERE HE WOULDN’T TEXT YOU BACK. THAT’S THE REAL DAD. YEAH BUT MORE OR LESS LIKE JUST SAYING IT IN PASSING. HE DIDN’T EVEN SAY IT BACK. I SAID, I LOVE YOU. I’M GOING TO. GOODNIGHT. OKAY. NOW FOR HIM TO TEXT ME THAT HE

LOVED ME WAS ABNORMAL. >> ABNORMAL FOR US. OKAY, RESPOND TO THE TEXTS. AND SO 44 MINUTES LATER NOW IN A MEETING AT WORK. >> OKAY, IS IF YOU GO THROUGH YOUR ENTIRE FACE, YOUR ENTIRE TEXT MESSAGE THREAD BETWEEN YOU TWO, THE WORD LOVE POPS UP. HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU THINK

BETWEEN ME AND MY SON YOU? I HAVE NO IDEA. OKAY. THREE. OKAY. THE FIRST IS THE REFERENCE IN THE GAME. >> CHESS. ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE. OKAY. AND THE OTHER TWO TIMES ARE RIGHT BEFORE YOUR SON COMMITTED THIS ACT. AND AFTER THE SHOOTING, YOU RESPONDED. DOES THAT SURPRISE?

>> YOU KNOW? YEAH. I’M JUST ASKING. THERE COULD A FOUNDATION FOR THE DEEDS OF THIS HOUSE, BECAUSE I’VE DONE THAT JUST A FEW TEXTS, BUT THE LOCATION, I THINK HE SAYS, DIDN’T SPECIFY AND I GET TO THAT TOO MANY TIMES BEFORE AND AFTER SHARING EVERY TIME IT WAS LIKE ABOUT A

YEAR PRIOR, I COULD PULL THE DATA CONSTABLE LIKE. AND I’M ALSO WONDERING IF WHAT DID YOU. TEACHER WHEN I WAS COMING FROM JENNIFER’S HOME WHERE SHE LIVES ON TIMES SQUARE IF IT’S COMING FROM THE SHOOTERS, IS THE PROSECUTION’S ASKING QUESTIONS. I CERTAINLY. >> OH, SURE. LET ME TELL YOU, I DON’T KNOW.

IT’S FROM YOUR SON’S PHONE. SO THERE ARE OTHER MESSAGES WHEN WE CONTINUED. YOU DON’T DENY THAT THAT INFORMATION? NO, I DON’T DENY IT. OKAY. SO WHAT TIME HE TOLD US THAT HE ASKED IF THE ONE YEAR EARLIER AND I WE WERE CLOSING FROM THE DAY ON THE SHOOTING.

YEAH, I KNOW. IT HAS TO BE. NO, IT WAS OKAY BUT HE’S ASKING ABOUT THE TEXT OVERALL WAS NOT THAN OTHERS AND I DON’T KNOW THE INTENSITY. >> HE HAS ALL THE TEXTS. THERE IS NO FOUNDATION THAT WASN’T INSTRUCTIONS CAN CROSS-EXAMINATION IF YOU LOOK AT THAT LONG AGO, DID YOU ARGUE

THE FACT THAT HE DID AND THERE ARE PEOPLE AND SHE SAID SHE JUST DOESN’T KNOW WHAT SAYS ABOUT. SO I YOU KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT END OF THE CONVERSATION WALKING YEAH I READ THAT OKAY SO AND THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE RIGHT SO HE HE IS ASKING WHAT’S NORMAL FOR THEM.

WOULD SHE BE SURPRISED THAT HOW MANY TIMES IN. YEAH I’M 17. I GET THAT AND I GET THAT THAT’S NOT COMMON I’M JUST ASKING SO IT’S WITH HIS ARGUMENT THE ARGUMENT SHE WAS SAYING THIS IS FROM WHAT YOU HAVE READ OKAY WELL SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT SHE BELIEVES IN THIS PASSAGE

AT THIS POINT. OKAY. WELL, IT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR COUNSEL TO SUGGEST OR SHE DOESN’T NOT HOW SHE CAN SAY. I THINK SHE CAN SAY I DON’T UNDERSTAND. OKAY. SO THAT’S IT. IF YOU LOOK, KEEP THIS IS COMING FROM THE SAME QUESTION. YES. HE’S SUPPOSED TO CLARIFY IT. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, JUDGE. NOW, YESTERDAY, THIS IS FROM WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT GOING TO THE PLANNING BOARD. YES. OKAY. AND THAT WAS REFERENCE TO COUNSEL ASKING YOU ABOUT EMOTIONS AND HOW YOU EXPRESSING THAT. SO I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR PLANNING MODE AND YOUR PRIORITIES IN THE TIME YOU WERE ARRESTED.

OKAY. NOW YOU’RE YOU’RE PHONE CALLS WERE RECORDED FROM THE TIME THAT YOU WERE ARRESTED . AND SO NOW YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW. OKAY. AND YOUR PRIORITY ON YOUR FIRST PHONE CALL, DECEMBER THE FOURTH, THE 2021, WAS ON YOUR ANIMALS. THE CASH RECOVERED FROM YOUR YESTERDAY IN THE TONIGHT.

DO YOU DO YOU REALIZE THAT IT WASN’T UNTIL TEN DAYS LATER AND 14 CALLS LATER, AS YOU MENTION, YOUR SON I WAS DENIED OR I DOMINO’S. I KNOW THE IMPRESSION THAT I COULDN’T MENTION HIM BECAUSE I COULD GET FLAGGED AT THE JAIL . >> WE MENTIONED IN THE LATER

CONVERSATION I DID. OKAY. AND IN FACT THAT ONE YEAR LATER, MARCH 2015, THAT IN 23 YOU SAID HE SEES THE MAP. >> DO YOU RECALL THAT? OKAY. DO YOU DENY THAT HE SAID IT? >> IT SOUNDS LIKE I WAS SO IN DECEMBER 2021, YOUR CONCERN WAS A GO FUND.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? NO, I DO NOT WANT TO PLAY THIS FOR YOU, MS.. WILLIAMS, CAN YOU HEAR THE BOTTOM UP? THIS? IS THIS IN RELATION TO THAT? THIS IS HIS WORDS, PERIOD. THIS CHILD THERE MYSELF, I NEED A HEARTBREAKING DISAPPOINTMENT WHERE YOU ARE NOW. THERE’S NO NO ACTION ON THAT

PARTICULAR I KNOW WHERE I WANT TO KNOW. I MEAN, WHAT I GOT A LOT OF THAT FOR THAT SHOULD HAVE COME UP WITH YOUR HONOR. I DON’T. OKAY. BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR DAD, CORRECT. OKAY. IN USING THE GOFUNDME TO PAY FOR THE BOARD, AS YOU POINT THIS.

>> I DID, YES. >> YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER THINGS RELATE TO YOURSELF FROM THE TIME WAS YOU STILL PLANNING, MOM? I BELIEVE SO. OKAY. AND YOU ARRESTED? DECEMBER THE FOURTH, THIS IS GOING TO BE DECEMBER 20 SECONDS. OH, I DON’T MIND. YEAH, OKAY. YOU KNOW, HOW MANY HOW ARE

YOU FINDING OUT OF MY MIND HOW MANY CALORIES? AND I’M WALKING AROUND HERE WITH YOU? IT WAS APPARENTLY. YES. YEYE. I DON’T EVER TELL MY FRIENDS AND FRONT OF THAT. OKAY. SO YOU GO TO THAT WHOLE AREA NOW I’M THERE HOW ABOUT MY HOUSE? BUT I DON’T I DON’T

ACTUALLY WANT TO EVERYBODY OUT SO THEY KNOW HOW THEY’RE SECONDARY. AND I’M CONCERNED ABOUT, LIKE, HOW MUCH I GOT MY HUSBAND AND I KNOW AND OTHER SALARY AND THEN I HAVE A LOT OF HOUSE PAYMENTS UNDER $40. I’LL GO UNREPORTED. I SIT IN THE WAITING ROOM AND STILL PLAYING MODE.

WELL, I WASN’T PLANNING THERE. NO REMEMBER HOW YOU DESCRIBE PLANNING MODE? >> DESCRIBE THAT IN CONTEXT TO STATEMENTS HE MADE TO THE POLICE ON NOVEMBER 30TH, 2020 ONE. >> RIGHT. THAT’S THAT’S THE CONTEXT. YOU USE THE WORST CLAIM OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP, CORRECT. OKAY. SO YOU TOLD US THAT YOUR LAST

PHONE CALL ON DECEMBER 31ST, THAT WAS STILL IN THE PLANNING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE GOING TO HAVE A LOCATION WHERE THAT IS AND NOW HERE’S ONE FROM JANUARY 15, 20, 22. NO, NO, NO THAT’S NOT AN ISSUE. THAT WAS THE ISSUE OF WHAT? YOU KNOW, THAT THAT TENDS TO BE

ALWAYS ISSUES IN THERE. AND I AM SURE, YOU KNOW, THERE’S ALL KINDS OF STUFF HAPPENING THAT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THAT. AND THAT’S NOT THAT’S HOW THAT HAPPENED. I RIGHT. SO I WE HAD OUR FOUNDATION THAT YOU KNOW, I DON’T KNOW I HAVE NO IDEA. GOD, I DO THAT BECAUSE I WANT

TO ASK IF I READ ABOUT THE THAT YEAH YEAH THAT ARE ACCURATE BUT LIKE WHY OR AFTER INTERVIEW ALL YOUR CAR CAMERA AND THEN ALSO I WANT ACCESS AN EPIPHANY I WANT TO ASK YOU A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE. YEAH. SO OKAY THAT’S PLANNING WE WERE TALKING FILING MY TAXES.

>> IF YOU PLAYED THE WHOLE THING, YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT YOUR CHILD. >> WRITE YOUR SON WHEN THAT FOR HIM. MY DAD. MY DAD WAS DOING MY INCOME TAXES FOR ME NOW. AND WHEN WE STARTED, WE CONFIRMED THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD THE THAT YOU JUST SAID CORRECT IN THE SAME MONTH HE YESTERDAY.

CORRECT. AND YOU DIDN’T DENY THAT YOU HAD A $6,000 IN CASH IN YOUR PURSE THE NIGHT YOU WERE ARRESTED? NO. YOU DON’T DENY THAT YOUR PURSE WITH THE CASH IN FORCE, CELL PHONES WERE IN A PLASTIC TOTE? CORRECT. YOU DON’T DENY THAT PLASTIC TOLD CONTAINED IN A DIFFERENT PLASTIC TOTE? CORRECT.

YOU DON’T DENY THAT YOUR BACKPACK OR CLOTHING ITEMS WAS FOUND IN A DIFFERENT PLASTIC, TOTALLY DIFFERENT AREA. THAT’S CORRECT. OKAY. AND YOU DON’T DENY THAT YOU KNEW WOULD BEEN CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, CORRECT. IN IN EARLIER IN DECEMBER, THE 2021, AT 6:10 P.M., YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU WERE BEING CHARGED

WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. THAT WAS WHAT I WAS BEING TOLD BY A FAMILY THAT WAS TEXTING ME. THAT’S WHAT THE CHARGES MIGHT BE ANNOUNCED AS. CORRECT. OKAY. AND WHAT IS TO TO MY LAST THERE’S A TEXT TO YOUR COUSIN AND ABOUT IF YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER,

YOU KNOW, DENY RECEIVING. IT’S WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER THE FIRST, RIGHT. AND YOU SAID YOUR NEIGHBOR MESSAGE ON WEDNESDAY IN THE FIRST IN 2021, 6:55 P.M.. THEN YOU WERE READING THE DAILY CHARGES PERHAPS. OKAY. ON DECEMBER THE SECOND, 2021, YOU WROTE THEY’RE SAYING INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, HATE CRIMES. YOU KNOW THAT.

AND OF COURSE, YOU LOOKED AT THE NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT THAT THE NEXT DAY. YEAH. LATER ON THAT DAY. AND THEN YOU TEXTED AFTER ALL OF THESE MESSAGES IN THE ARTICLES ON DECEMBER THE SECOND, 2021, AT 2 P.M., WE’RE FUNDS YOU WROTE THAT. MR.. ON CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN YOU WROTE ANNOUNCING

CHARGING THAT YOU ON DECEMBER THE THIRD, 2021 AT 817. A CORRECT. AND YOU WROTE THAT TO MR. LARGE WROTE THAT KIARA WROTE TO YOUR DAD, RIGHT. OKAY. SO YOU DID. I KNOW. IT’S OKAY. NOW. YOU TOLD US YESTERDAY THAT’S YOU PASSED FOR XANAX. I DID. OKAY.

AND YOUR HUSBAND, TOP COURT EXPERT, YOU SAYING, WHAT, ABOUT 11:00? IT WAS AROUND THAT TIME. OKAY. IS THE EVIDENCE THAT WE HAD ADMITTED SO THAT YOU SET YOUR ALARM FOR 6:30 A.M. AND 645 I DON’T KNOW IF IT WAS ME WHO SAID IT, BUT IT WAS AT THAT TIME. OKAY.

AND FROM THE EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS WHEN IT WAS SET TO CORRECT. OKAY. AND WAS A LITTLE AFTER 11 P.M., CORRECT? YES. OKAY. SO YESTERDAY YOU SAID I WANT TO SAY THINGS AFTER THAT. I’M NOT GOING TO THAT I WANT TO SAY IT WAS AFTER 11, MAYBE AROUND 11:00 WHEN WE FINALLY

WENT TO BED, WE BOTH I PRESCRIBED THE NEXT BURNING LADY AND HE TOOK FOUR BECAUSE WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO TURN OURSELVES IN THE NEXT DAY. WE HADN’T SLEPT IN FOUR DAYS AND WE JUST WANTED TO SEE THE QUESTION. OKAY, SO YOU SAID FOR YOUR ANSWER. WE DID.

AND THE NEXT QUESTION WAS, OKAY, SO THE NEXT THING THE NEXT PIECE OF EVIDENCE YOU SAW WAS COMING IN IN OUR CITY. YOU RECALL YOUR ANSWER? I RECALL MY HUSBAND SCREAMING, THERE’S PEOPLE WITH GUNS AGAINST INTERFACE OFFICERS. QUESTION WHAT WERE YOU DOING PRIOR TO HEARING YOUR HUSBAND SCREAMING?

THE ANSWER WE WERE SLEEPING. QUESTION OKAY. WERE YOU AWARE THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING GOING ON? ANSWER I WAS THAT CORRECT? THAT’S YOUR TESTIMONY, CORRECT? OKAY. AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SAY SOMETHING THAT ISN’T TRUE, IT’S A LIE, CORRECT? OKAY. THESE FROM THE EXHIBIT 430 COUNSEL, THOSE HAVE COPY IS THE

ENTIRE THREAD. PERFECT. OKAY. THIS IS PART OF THE GOTHIC RESISTANCE. YES. YES. OKAY. I NEED ACTION NOW. MRS. TRUMBULL. YOU PLEASE, FOR THEIR PERSONAL REASONS. THANK YOU, MA’AM. SO I WOKE UP NOW, THAT’S ALL YOU WOKE UP? >> CORRECT? OKAY, NOW, WE HEARD TESTIMONY YESTERDAY THROUGHOUT THE TRIAL

THAT NO ONE WAS CALLED AT 10:43 P.M.. YOU RECALL THAT I SAW THE VIDEO. OKAY NOW THE VIDEO, THE FIRST OFFICERS ARRIVED BEFORE $0.11 M . >> CORRECT. OKAY. AND EITHER YOU OR YOUR HUSBAND, YOU COULD TELL FROM VIDEO, BUT YOU TELL ME THAT WAS A YOU WERE YOUR HUSBAND OUT THERE.

SO THAT WAS MY HUSBAND. OKAY SO YOUR HUSBAND WALKS IN SHORTLY AFTER THE 901 CALLER WALKS IN THE BUILDING TO CALL AND ONE TRUCK GOES ON THE BUILDING AND OFFICERS ARRIVED. AND THEN WE’VE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM, MR. CURLEY, WHO HAD A STUDIO THERE, YOUR TESTIMONY FROM SERGEANT HEDRICK, WHO WAS IN CHARGE

OF APPREHENSION TEAM AS. WELL, AS CORPORAL SHOT WITH THE DETROIT POLICE SWAT TEAM ABOUT AMOUNT OF OFFICERS THERE. I RECALL THAT. AND YOU RECALL HEARING THE TESTIMONY THAT CORPORAL CHARLES TEAM, THEIR SWAT TEAM, ACTUALLY USED THE £35 TO RAM TO BASHING THE DOOR AT THE STUDIO NEXT TO WHERE YOU WOULD,

IF YOU RECALL THE TESTIMONY. OKAY. IT WAS ASK THE MONEY WAS THAT YOU WERE ASLEEP WITH THE ARRIVED. YES, I WAS OKAY BUT YOU CAN’T OR MA’AM SAID FOR 630 IN THE MORNING AND YOUR PHONE AND THAT PHONE WAS FOUND POWERED OFF, GETTING IN A TUB CONTAINING THE DIFFERENCE OF,

YOU KNOW, PLACED AWAY FOR THE BATH. CORRECT. YOU KNOW, WHAT DID I DO? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE CERTAIN IN 430 GO, THAT IS YOU. THIS IS ACTUALLY TO YOUR ATTORNEYS AT THE TIME YOU WERE TO ATTORNEYS. MARIO, THIS IS JENNIFER’S JAMES AND JENNIFER USING JENNIFER’S PHONE NOW. YES.

DECEMBER THE 30, 2021 6:04 P.M.. >> DID YOU RECALL IT? I DON’T, BUT I DON’T. >> I DON’T KNOW. OKAY. YOU DON’T DO THAT. OKAY. YOUR NEXT MESSAGE IS THE OTHER PHONE BROKE. THAT’S DECEMBER THE THIRD, 2021 6:04 P.M.. THE RESPONSE WAS WHEN YOU CAN

WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CALLS. THAT WAS FROM EITHER MS. OR AT THE TIME CO-COUNSEL MARY ELLEN. CORRECT. YOUR RESPONSE? I’M SORRY. THIS IS FROM MARIO. THANK YOU. SHANNON IS CALLING YOU BOTH. CERTAINLY. BUT IT’S HYPERSENSITIVE AND I’LL MAKE SURE I IDENTIFY FOR THE RECORD FROM SHANNON.

MARIO AND I ARE GOING TO COME GET YOU GUYS IN THE MORNING. WE DO NOT THINK WILL HELP TO MAKE A STATEMENT THAT YOU’RE COMING BACK NOW OR THAT IT WILL BE TOMORROW. AND WE CAN SAY THAT WE TOLD EVERYONE YOU WERE COMING BACK IN AS OF TOMORROW AND YOU WERE BACK.

YES. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, 2021 702 HERE. RIGHT. OKAY SO THAT’S THAT’S AFTER JAMES HAD ALREADY MOVED THE CAR AROUND AND BACK INTO THE SPOT. DON’T EXACTLY FROM SHANNON WE CAN SHOW THEM THAT EVERYTHING YOU IS GOING TO HAPPEN DIDN’T HAPPEN THAT’S DECEMBER 3RD, 2021 7:02 P.M.. RIGHT, RIGHT. YOUR RESPONSE? OKAY.

IT’S A SET OF PEOPLE FROM SHANNON. I’M GOING TO DRIVE HOME FROM MY OFFICE RIGHT NOW AND CALL YOU GUYS IN ABOUT 40, 45 MINUTES SO I CAN GET ALL THE BOND CHARACTER INFORMATION WRITTEN DOWN FOR MARIO AND ME. THAT’S FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3RD AT 7:36 P.M.. CORRECT. OKAY. RESPOND. OKAY.

WE’LL BE WAITING. 7:37 P.M.. YEAH, I’M GOING TO CALL ONE MINUTE. THAT’S AT 8:54 P.M. THAT FRIDAY NIGHT, THE RESPONSE WAS, OKAY, YOU RECALL I DON’T BUT I DON’T DISPUTE THE RECORD. CORRECT. THE NEXT MESSAGE YOU SENT WAS THINK WE MIGHT HAVE FOUND I DON’T KNOW, JUST HEADS UP,

PLEASE CHECK DECEMBER THE THIRD, 20, 21 11:14 P.M.. THAT WAS WRITTEN, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE IT WAS WRITTEN BY ME. >> OKAY, YOU DON’T REMEMBER? WE JUST KEEP THOSE. YOU REMEMBER THESE TEXT MESSAGES, RIGHT? >> RIGHT. I READ THROUGH IT. BUT YOU DON’T DENY THAT THIS WAS ON YOUR PHONE.

BUT WE REFER TO IT AS A BURNER OR TRACK, CORRECT? WE’RE BOTH. WE’RE BOTH USING THAT PHONE AT THE TIME BECAUSE MY HUSBAND IS BROKE. OKAY. AND THEN YOU WROTE IN QUICK SUCCESSION, I DON’T KNOW. 11:16 P.M.. HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOUND 11:16 P.M.. LAYING LOW. 11:16 P.M..

YOU DON’T DENY THAT THESE ARE THE RECORDS? NADA. OKAY. RESPONSE FROM SHANNON. OH. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, 20, 21 11:16 P.M.. NOW, WE KNOW FROM ALL OF THE OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE, THE TESTIMONY, THE VIDEO, EVERYTHING THAT THE OFFICERS TESTIFIED TO, THEY WERE ON SCENE BEFORE 11 HERE. >> NOT TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW, I GOT YOU DON’T GET THAT THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS ON SCENE. I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY WERE ON SCENE. OKAY. HOW MANY DID YOU SEE WHEN? >> YOU GOT PULLED OUT OF OUR CITY. I HONESTLY I DON’T KNOW. IT ALL HAPPENED FAST. I KNEW THERE WAS THERE WAS

A FEW. THERE’S MORE THAN A FEW, BUT NOT SOME BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE. >> RIGHT. OKAY, THERE’S. I DO WANT TO MAKE A POINT. SO EVERYONE’S OF THIS EXHIBIT, IT WAS JUST MADE OFFICIAL THIS MORNING, CORRECT? OKAY. SO WE ACTUALLY JUST RECEIVED IT THIS MORNING YOU TESTIFIED YESTERDAY YOU DIDN’T KNOW THIS

EXHIBIT WAS GOING TO COME INTO EVIDENCE. OKAY. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE NIGHT BEFORE THE SHOOTING. THE NUMBER 29, 2020. YOU TESTIFY THAT YOU GOT INTO A FIGHT ABOUT, BRAIDS WITH YOUR SON, CORRECT. IS IT HE CHECKED OUT OF SCHOOL? YES, MA’AM.

>> DURING THAT FIGHT, DID YOU LOCK YOUR SON OUT OF THE HOUSE. YOU DID NOT. YOU DON’T DENY THAT HE WAS OUTSIDE THE HOUSE? HE DID. HE DID WALK OUT OF THE HOUSE. >> HE WAS UPSET. OKAY. YOU TOLD US THAT YOU TOOK HIS PHONE. WE DID. THAT’S NOT TRUE.

IT THAT IS TRUE. WE NEED TO GO TO THE 29 2021. YOUR SON FILMED A 90 MINUTE VIDEO WHILE HE WAS OUTSIDE DESCRIBING HE WAS GOING TO DO THE NEXT DAY. >> WHAT TIME WAS THAT? AT 10:00. I DON’T KNOW IF HE GOT BACK. I KNOW WE TOOK THE SHOOTING

RANGE AWAY AND WE TOOK HIS GUN AWAY. SO I DON’T KNOW IF. HE GOT IT BACK. OKAY. NOW, ALL OF THE TIMES THAT YOU WERE AT THE BAR, THERE WAS NOTHING STOPPING YOU OTHER THAN YOU TOLD US HE DIDN’T WANT TO GO, RIGHT? CORRECT. THERE’S NOTHING STOPPING YOU ON NOVEMBER.

YEAH, NOVEMBER THE 30TH, 2021. AND TAKING HOME. CORRECT. NOTHING STOPPING YOU. ACTUALLY, I WANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID. YOU TOOK HIS GUN AND WE TOOK THE SHOOTING RANGE AWAY. HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I SAID WE TOOK THE SHOOTING RANGE AWAY FOR YOUR SON.

AND THEN WITH YOU THOSE THREE, FOUR, FIVE TIMES A WEEK WHEN YOU WERE AT THE BAR, HE GUESS YOU SAID TO GET BACK WITH YOU. AND THOSE TIMES WHEN YOU WERE WITH MR. MELOSH OR SOMEBODY ELSE. >> NO. IN THE WEEK THAT HE WAS THE NIGHT HE DIDN’T LET

YOU AFTER SCHOOL AFTER WORK. I WASN’T WITH MR. MALHOTRA THOSE TIMES. AND THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND I WASN’T WITH THEM EITHER. THE LAST, ACCORDING TO FIREFIGHTERS. I MIGHT HAVE MESSAGED PEOPLE AT THOSE TIMES, BUT I WAS NOT WITH AT THOSE TIMES. >> HE COULD HAVE BEEN WITH YOU

ON THE HALLOWEEN PARTY. HE DID NOT WANT TO GO OUT WITH A BUNCH OF LITTLE KIDS. AND YOU REMEMBER THE 30TH OF 2021, 12:51 P.M.. >> YOU COULD HAVE BEEN WITH HIM ADDRESS AND YOU DIDN’T. EISENBERGER YOU’RE I WAS PROBABLY I JUST WANT TO TWO AREAS OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

AND MR. KEAST PLAYED SOME RECORDINGS WHO ARE YOU ON THE PHONE WITH IN THOSE RECORDINGS? IS MY DAD OKAY. SO YOU ASKED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT TERRORISTS AND I WAS ONE OF THE I GUESS, TO CHECK THE CHILD TAX CREDIT. OKAY. HOW OFTEN DID YOU SPEAK WITH YOUR DAD?

UM, DURING THE SUMMER. IT WAS EVERY DAY. THEN WENT BACK TO WORK AND IT WAS ON THE WEEKENDS. THEY BOTH ARE BOTH TEACHERS. >> AND HOW MANY HOW MANY HOURS A DAY DID YOU SPEND? >> DO YOU SPEND WITH OTHER PEOPLE? SOMETIMES IT’S NINE. SOMETIMES.

AND THEY WALK ON MY CELL. I’LL TALK TO THEM, BUT I’M LOCKED OUT FROM 3 HOURS A DAY. I GET ONE HOUR OUT BY MYSELF. >> I TALK TO MY CLERGY LADY LEGALLY, SO I SEE HER. SOMETIMES I TALK TO THE CHURCH PRIEST OR I’LL TALK TO MY ATTORNEY.

BUT THAT’S ABOUT THE MOST HUMAN CONTACT I SO I GUESS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS WHETHER YOU SHOULD TALK TO. WE TALK ABOUT ARE THERE MORE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT THROUGHOUT THE MAN THAT I KNOW IT’S A MYSTERY GOING INTO THE FOURTH AFTER. WELL, THERE WAS ONE FOR THE USE OF THAT, RIGHT? CORRECT.

WHOSE FAULT IS GOING TO YOU? IT WAS IT WAS MY BURNER PHONE. WHO WAS USING THE PHONE? MY HUSBAND USING A BOMB. OKAY. WERE YOU ALSO USING, YOU KNOW? I WAS USING MY OTHER PHONE. SO HE STARTED USING MY BERMAN FRONT BURNER PHONE. I USE THE ONE WITH OUR REGULAR PHONE NUMBER.

>> ANYTHING ON. OKAY, SO USE MESSAGES ARE FROM THE BURNER PHONE CORRECT TO. >> MYSELF AND MARIA. CORRECT. SO ONCE AFTER A LONG TALK THAT’S WHEN 1117 OR WHATEVER THESE TEXTS CAME AND WHAT WERE YOU DOING WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO OF MY HUSBAND GOING TO THE CAR AND HAVING

A CIGARETTE, I KNEW I WAS PROBABLY SITTING AT THAT TIME BECAUSE I DID NOT LIKE US NOT BEING TOGETHER AFTER. WHAT HAPPENED TO US ON THE 30TH WHEN THE POLICE CAME TO OUR HOUSE? AND SO IF HE WENT OUT TO HAVE A CIGARETTE, IT WAS MOST ABOUT ME.

IT WAS MOST LIKELY BECAUSE I WAS ASLEEP. >> OKAY. WHEN YOU WERE WHEN GUNS WERE IN YOUR FACE, WE SAW THAT IN THE VIDEO BEFORE THAT. HAVE YOU GONE TO SLEEP? YES. ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE ABOUT THAT? I’M POSITIVE AND OVER THE QUESTION. THANK YOU. I’M GOING TO EXCUSE EXCLUSION

FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND WE’LL SEE MORE OF THAT. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THE MOTHER OF THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MASS SHOOTER IS FACING CROSS-EXAMINATION IN A MICHIGAN COURTROOM. JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS TAKING THE STAND AFTER TESTIFYING YESTERDAY UNDER DIRECT QUESTIONS FROM HER ATTORNEY. NOW SHE’S FACING QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS.

THIS ALL STEMS FROM ALLEGATIONS THAT SHE ALLOWED HER SON ACCESS TO GUN USED IN THE SHOOTING AND THAT SHE FAILED TO RECOGNIZE WARNING. AND RIGHT NOW THEY’RE TAKING A QUICK BREAK. IN THE MIDST OF THAT QUESTION. BUT I WANT TO BRING OUR ABC NEWS PHIL LIPOFF AND ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR

BRIAN BUCKMIRE FOR. SO YESTERDAY WE SAW JENNIFER CRUMBLEY QUESTIONED BY HER OWN ATTORNEY. TODAY SHE’S FACING QUESTIONS FROM THE PROSECUTION. A VERY DIFFERENT PICTURE HERE. >> ABSOLUTELY. AND BRIAN SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE I WAS SITTING HERE WATCHING THE TESTIMONY WITH HIM YESTERDAY AND HE SAID YOU JUST

WAIT UNTIL THEY GET TO CROSS AND NOW WE’RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW SHORT THE CROSS. >> BUT YOU YOU HEARD THE PROSECUTOR GET UP AND SAY, HEY, YOU SAID THIS YESTERDAY. >> YOU SAID YOU WERE A GOOD MOM . >> YOU SPENT EVEN A HELICOPTER.

MOM SPENT A TON OF TIME WITH YOUR YOUR. >> AND THEN HE WENT, WELL, YOU SPENT AS MUCH TIME AT THE HORSE FARM. YOU SPENT THIS MUCH TIME WITH THE GUY YOU WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH. >> AND THEN HE BROUGHT UP ADULT FINDER. SHE WAS TALKING TO OTHER

PEOPLE ON THIS APP TO FIND PEOPLE. >> HE WAS TRYING TO PROVE THAT THAT SHE WAS CREATING FALSE PICTURE OF THE KIND OF MOM SHE WAS. >> BRIAN, LET’S ABOUT THE TIMING HERE. PHIL SAID IT, BUT THIS SEEMED PRETTY SHORT FOR A CROSS-EXAMINATION. WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE? IS IT, DON?

>> THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO SPEAK WITH. BUT THAT I’LL TELL YOU THE SAME THING THAT I TEXTED. THERE IS A STEREOTYPE THAT PROSECUTORS ARE UNABLE TO MID TRIAL IF THEY WALK IN WITH A PLAN AND WALK OUT WITH A PLAN. >> I HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE PROSECUTOR, AFTER HEARING

HIS TESTIMONY, HAVING THE ENTIRE NIGHT TO FOR IT, WOULD HAVE ADJUSTED, HAVING MORE FOCUSED ON DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE SHE’S POTENTIALLY CONSISTENT AND WE HAVE A MUCH MORE CROSS-EXAMINATION. WE DIDN’T SEE THAT. FOR THE MOST PART, I A CROSS-EXAMINATION FOCUSED ON YOU’RE NOT A GOOD MOTHER. I’M NOT SURE HOW WELL THAT’S

GOING TO RESONATE WITH A JURY. >> BRIAN, THEY ALSO SEEM TO BE TRYING TO GO AFTER HER CREDIBILITY HERE, POINTING OUT INCONSISTENT ABOUT, OH, YOU SAID YOU TOOK AWAY HIS PHONE, BUT YOUR SON WAS SHOOTING VIDEOS THAT NIGHT. YOU SAID YOU TOOK AWAY HIS GUN. NOW YOU’RE SAYING YOU JUST TOOK

AWAY THE GUN RANGE. >> THEY SEEM TO BE GOING AFTER AREAS OF CREDIBILITY, INCLUDING NOW THAT THESE TEXT MESSAGES ARE ALLOWED IN BETWEEN HER AND HER ATTORNEY. JENNIFER CRUMBLEY SAYING SHE PREPARED TO TURN HERSELF IN, BUT THEN APPARENTLY TEXTING HER ATTORNEY. OH, THEY FOUND US. >> AND OTHER LITTLE TIDBITS

BACK AND FORTH THAT THE PROSECUTOR’S TRYING TO SAY IMPLIES THAT SHE HAD NO PLANS TO TURN HERSELF, THAT SHE WAS ON THE RUN. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THOSE JABS YOU WILL AT HER CREDIBILITY? DOES THAT GO TO PROVE A LARGER POINT THAT SHE CAN’T BE TRUSTED

IN OTHER AREAS OF HER TESTIMONY ? >> THAT I THINK IT GOES DOWN TO YOUR CREDIBILITY. BUT GOES TO THE POINT THAT IF THERE WERE WARNING SIGNS, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN THEM. YOU WERE OFF TAKING CARE OF YOUR HORSE TO THE TUNE OF $20,000 A YEAR. SOME OF THAT MONEY COULD

HAVE POTENTIALLY GONE TO THE SHOOTER MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES OR HELP THAT HE WAS CLEARLY CRYING FOR IF HE WAS RUNNING DOWN THE BLOCK OR WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HELP THAT HE NEEDED, YOU WOULD HAVE CALLED ANYWAYS BECAUSE. YOU WERE FOCUSED NOT JUST ON ONE EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR, BUT YOUR WEBSITE LOOKING FOR

MORE PEOPLE, WHETHER IT BE IN COSTCO DURING THE SCHOOL DAY OR SOME OTHER TIME. >> AND SO I THINK THEY’RE SHOWING THAT HER CREDIBILITY, BUT ALSO HER FOCUS WAS ELSEWHERE IN TERMS OF THE MESSAGES BETWEEN THE ATTORNEY. WHAT I’M REALLY SHOCKED AT AND SURPRISED WE COME IN. I’VE ORGANIZED FOR MY CLIENT

TO BE IN A SPECIFIC TIME TO BE ARRAIGNED. AND WHAT THAT IS, IT’S A PROCESS OF TALKING TO THE CLIENT, BUT ALSO TALKING TO THE PROSECUTOR, WHO IS ALSO POTENTIALLY TALKING TO THE DETECTIVE. >> I’M ALSO THE DETECTIVE MYSELF SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS YOU ABOUT TO HAVE THIS SITUATION.

STILL, TO ME, THIS SEEMS LIKE A MISSTEP BY THE DEFENSE. I’M NOT PROPERLY COORDINATING NOT ONLY WITH THEIR CLIENT, BUT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE PROSECUTOR AS TO WHETHER THEY’RE GOING TO TURN THIS OVER, BECAUSE YOU CAN’T ORGANIZE TO YOUR CLIENT IS WITHOUT ACTUALLY TALKING TO THE OTHER SIDE.

>> PHIL, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHAT THE PROSECUTION IS TRYING PROVE HERE AND WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO PROVE IN ORDER TO? GET THIS GUILTY BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT VERDICT THAT THEY’RE LOOKING FOR? BRIAN TALKED ABOUT IT YESTERDAY. >> THEY HAVE TO PROVE THAT SHE COULD HAVE THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND THAT’S WHY YESTERDAY THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK. >> ACTUALLY, HER HER ATTORNEY DID MORE OF IT THAN. THE PROSECUTOR DID TODAY TALK ABOUT THAT MEETING AT THE SCHOOL ON TUESDAY WHEN SHE CAME IN AND SHE SAID IN HER OWN WORDS, SHE WAS CONCERNED, PRETTY CONCERNED FOR THE FIRST

TIME EVER. THEY NEED TO SHOW THAT THAT SHE COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING AND I AM NOT A LEGAL MIND, BUT I WATCHED EVERY MINUTE OF THIS TESTIMONY WITH BRIAN YESTERDAY. AND BRIAN AND I ARE TEXTING HERE AS THIS IS HAPPENING AND SAYING, I’M SHOCKED. >> YOU KNOW, THIS WAS ABOUT AN

HOUR OF A PROSECUTION BRIAN WAS PREPARED FOR THIS REALLY ROBUST CROSS. YOU KNOW, SAY YOU’RE A GOOD MOTHER, BUT YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS, HOW CAN SAY YOU’RE A GOOD MOTHER? HOW CAN YOU LOOK AT PARENTS AND TELL THEM YOU DID EVERYTHING? RIGHT? SHE SAID SHE WOULDN’T HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENT.

I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FIRST QUESTION, REALLY, YOU WOULDN’T HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENT FROM THE OUTCOME. >> BUT THERE WAS NONE OF THAT TODAY. I THINK THERE’S GOING TO BE A LOT OF CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD ABOUT HOW NOT ROBUST THAT CROSS WAS. >> BRIAN, YESTERDAY THERE WAS

A VERY BIG FOCUS ON THAT MEDIA THROUGHOUT THIS TRIAL. THERE’S BEEN A FOCUS ON THAT MEETING, A COUNSEL CALLING THE PARENTS IN WHAT 2 HOURS BEFORE THE SHOOTING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I’M CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR SON FOUND THESE DRAWINGS. >> DO YOU WANT TO TAKE HIM HOME AND SO ON.

>> AND THE OTHER THE OTHER BIG PART OF THIS SEEMS TO BE THE GUN STORAGE. AGAIN, A HUGE PART OF THIS CASE. WE DIDN’T HEAR THAT MUCH ABOUT THAT TODAY UNDER CROSS-EXAMINATION. WHY? >> I HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT THE PROSECUTION BELIEVES THEY HAVE THE THEY NEED. OFTENTIMES, WHAT WE TEACH YOUNG

ATTORNEYS IS DON’T ASK THE QUESTION YOU DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER TO OR IF YOU ALREADY HAVE AN ANSWER YOU CAN WORK WITH, LEAVE ALONE. DON’T DIG DEEPER. >> THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS ULTIMATELY THIS CROSS-EXAMINATION, THAT’S DIRECT EXAMINATION. IT’S GOING TO BE FUEL FOR THE CLOSING ARGUMENTS POTENTIALLY LATER TODAY IF

THE DEFENSE DOESN’T HAVE ADDITIONAL. AND SO MAYBE THE PROSECUTION SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, I REALLY HER ANSWER WHEN SHE SAID THERE’S NOTHING I WOULD CHANGE. SO WHY I GO ON CROSS-EXAMINATION AND DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THAT. >> NOW, STYLISTICALLY, I DISAGREE. I THINK THERE COULD HAVE BEEN

SOME MORE THAT THEY COULD HAVE WORKED OUT THAN IT WOULD HAVE BENEFICIAL FOR THEM. >> BUT IN THEIR MIND, THEY CAN GET YOU KNOW WHAT, I’LL LIVE WITH THE ANSWERS THAT SHE GAVE ON DIRECT EXAMINATION. I DON’T WANT TO, HOWEVER, TO CLEAN IT UP ON CROSS-EXAMINATION BY EXPLAINING IT IN A WAY

THAT’S BETTER FOR HER. >> I’LL TAKE THAT AND MOVE ON. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF HER RESPONSES TO THE PROSECUTOR SAYING? HER SON’S FRIEND SAID THAT THAT HER SON HAD SAID HE’D REACHED OUT TO HIS MOM FOR HELP AND THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE IGNORED HIM ESSENTIALLY. AND THEN CALLING ON THESE TEXTS

BETWEEN, THE SHOOTER HERE AND HIS MOTHER AND HIS MOTHER RESPONDING TO THESE, YOU KNOW, CENTRAL CRIES FOR HELP FROM HER SON, YOU KNOW, SHE’S SAYING, I DIDN’T SEE THESE TEXT MESSAGES. AND I THOUGHT HE WAS MESSING AROUND. >> THEY’RE NOT CALLING THEM THE MESSING AROUND TEXTS. WHAT DID YOU OF THAT DEFENSE

AND HER RESPONSE TO THAT LINE OF QUESTIONING, THIS IDEA, HER SON WAS CRYING OUT FOR HELP AND SHE WAS IGNORING HIM? >> I, I MEAN, I’M NOT A FAN OF IT. I WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THIS. >> THE SAME NOW, DIANE THERE WITH US. I CONSIDER BOTH OF YOU GUYS,

SUPER PARENTS. I’VE ASKED YOU GUYS FOR ADVICE. BEING A YOUNG FATHER MYSELF, AND I’VE ALWAYS GOTTEN GREAT ADVICE ON THIS, I THINK PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THIS AS A PARENT, JUST SAYING, WHAT AM I TO BELIEVE? >> AM I GOING TO BELIEVE THAT THIS CHILD LYING TO HER

FRIEND AND THEN WROTE THIS THIS KIND OF MANIFESTO TO HAVE TO HAVE IN THEIR BAG TO LIE TO SET UP THE MOTHER IN SORT OF ORCHESTRATED WAY TO CHALLENGE YOUR CREDIBILITY BECAUSE YOU ARE FORCING BE CHALLENGED BY THIS IN THIS LANDMARK CASE OR IS MOTHER NOW LYING ABOUT IT TODAY TO COVER

HERSELF EITHER SHOOTER AS A MASTERMIND IN A WAY WE NEVER THOUGHT BEFORE OR. >> SHE THE JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS LYING ABOUT NOT SEEING THESE TEXT. I THINK I KNOW WHICH ONE THE JURY’S GOING TO NEED TO AT A TIME, BUT I WANT TO QUICKLY THROW THAT BACK TO YOU BECAUSE

DESPITE ALL OF THAT, NO PARENT WANTS TO BE BLAMED FOR ALL OF THE SINS OF THEIR CHILDREN. RIGHT. EVEN MY FIVE YEAR OLD AND MY TWO-YEAR-OLD, I DON’T WANT EVERYONE CONSTANTLY SAYING, OH, WELL, SHE FELL BECAUSE YOU WEREN’T WATCHING HER OR WHATEVER. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS TAKING THAT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.

BUT HOW CAREFUL DOES THE PROSECUTION HAVE TO BE TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD? I THINK THEY’VE GOT TO REMARKABLY CAREFUL IN SAYING WE’RE NOT TRYING TO DEMONIZE PARENTS, NOT JUST TRY TO DEMONIZE JUST ONE INDIVIDUAL. >> AND I THINK THEY KIND OF HOLD THE LINE OVER HERE. AND MAYBE THAT’S WHY

THE CROSS-EXAMINATION WAS SO SHORT. BUT I THINK THE MAJOR THING THAT THEY SHOULD ANGER OUT IS IT’S NOT ABOUT MISSING SIGNS, BECAUSE, YES, YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNS. >> YES, YOU CAN BE FOCUSED YOUR OWN LIFE. AND PARENTS SHOULD HAVE MORE LIGHTS GO OUT, SEE FRIENDS, MAYBE NOT HAVE EXTRAMARITAL

AFFAIRS, BUT THE REST. YES. >> BUT IF THERE’S A QUESTION MARK AS TO THE MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUR CHILD. NAIL BITING THE GUN. I THINK THAT’S THE LINE THAT THE PROSECUTION CAN REALLY PUT ON THE STAND, IS THAT THAT’S WHERE THEY REALLY MESSED UP. >> AND PHIL, REALLY QUICK,

WHAT’S NEXT? >> THE LATEST FROM THE COURT, FROM OUR TEAM IN COURT RIGHT NOW, JENNIFER CRUMBLEY DEFENSE ATTORNEY HAS RESTED HER CASE. THERE ARE NO MORE WITNESSES. >> ALL SHE’S USING IS JENNIFER CRUMBLEY. SHE SAYS SHE’S PREPARED TO GO TO CLOSING ARGUMENTS. >> NOW, THE PROSECUTION SAYS

THEY NEED ROUGHLY HALF HOUR TO PREPARE FOR THAT. SO THAT WAS IT. THAT WAS IT. BRIAN, QUICK REACTION THAT. I’M NOT SURPRISED EVEN ON THE DEFENDANT’S SERVICE IN A CASE LIKE THIS. I DON’T EVEN HAVE ANYONE ELSE. >> THE PROSECUTION WANTING TO WAIT A BIT. I DON’T KNOW.

>> ARE THEY GOING TO CHANGE SOMETHING NEW IN THEIR END OF THE CLOSING ARGUMENT OR THEY WOULD HAVE NOT HAD OTHERWISE? I THINK WE’RE GOING TO SEE COME MAYBE AFTER THE LUNCH BREAK, BECAUSE WE HAD A CHANCE CONFERENCE AS WELL. >> ALL RIGHT. >> WE’LL BE WATCHING. ABC PHIL LIPOFF LEGAL

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ARE BEING CELEBRATED FOR THEIR INCREASED DIVERSITY EXCEPT IN ONE MAJOR AREA. BLACK WOMEN IN TECHNICAL ROLES. >> NOW FILMMAKER CHRIS WHY REGGIE IS MAKING IT HER MISSION CHANGE THAT. >> EVA PILGRIM HAS MORE. I TO SEE THIS SHOW TIME GETTING A SHOW OR MOVIE ON THE SCREEN TAKES A WHOLE ARMY BEHIND

THE SCENES. >> I KEPT HEARING IT CONTINUOUSLY FROM PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN A WOMAN. THEY’VE NEVER SEEN A BLACK PERSON. THEY’VE NEVER A BLACK WOMAN OPERATOR. THEY KNEW IT COULDN’T JUST BE ME IN THE UNION. SO CHRIS REGGIE WENT LOOKING TO SEE IF SHE COULD FIND OTHER WOMEN. HER.

THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS CAMERA CREWS ON SET LOCAL 600 HAS AROUND 10,000 MEMBERS. AFTER SEARCHING, CHRIS FOUND JUST 22 OTHER BLACK WOMEN. >> WHY DO YOU THINK IT’S IMPORTANT THAT? WE HAVE A DIVERSITY BEHIND THE CAMERA. THERE’S SO MUCH VALUE IN ALL THE STORIES WE TELL BEING DIVERSE. I THINK WHAT IS ENTERTAINING

IS EXCITING FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE A MOVIE OR SEE A SHOW IS SOMETHING THEY HAVEN’T SEEN BEFORE. SO WHILE WE HAD THAT SAME DIVERSITY OF STORIES TELL AND PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO REFLECT THAT BEHIND THE. >> AND THAT’S WHAT SHE SET OUT

ON A MISSION TO HELP MORE WOMEN JOBS BEHIND THE SCENES, CREATING THE GROUP 600 BLACK WOMEN. THE VERY FIRST WEEKEND AFTER REACHED OUT THE FIRST 22, I PUT TOGETHER A WEEKEND OF WORKSHOPS . BUT THE REALLY INCREDIBLE THING WAS SEEING EVERYONE WALK INTO THE ROOM. I’VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY

PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME AND DO WHAT WE DO. AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WE HAD, ALL THE INSTRUCTORS WERE JUST MOVED, EMOTIONAL, SPEECHLESS. WE HAD PEOPLE CRY. WHY DO YOU THINK IT WAS SO EMOTIONAL? I THINK IT SO EMOTIONAL BECAUSE WE GET TO WITNESS CHANGE THAT A

LOT OF US DIDN’T THINK WE WOULD EVER SEE. AND I THINK IT’S REALLY SPECIAL THAT WE CAN DO THIS FOR OURSELVES. >> THE GROUP HAS NOW GROWN FROM 22 TO 91 MEMBERS. >> I THINK THERE’S NOT ALWAYS A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR BLACK FEMALES TO GET THE RIGHT

TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO GROW IN THIS INDUSTRY. SO I THINK WITH THIS GROUP WE’RE ABLE TO TRAIN EACH OTHER WITH NO JUDGMENT. >> THAT ACCESS TO TECHNICAL TRAINING. A BIG PART OF THE SISTERHOOD. 600 BLACK WOMEN HOSTING ANNUAL CAMERA COOKOUTS TO TEACH MEMBERS SKILLS ON THE EQUIPMENT

THEY NEED TO GET JOBS ON SET. >> I FELT THAT I HAD A SAFE SPACE TO LEARN THESE THINGS WHEN WAS ABLE TO GO TO THAT FIRST COOKOUT. IT WAS SUCH AN ENJOYABLE SITUATION BECAUSE WE WERE JUST THERE WITH EACH OTHER. NO ONE WAS JUDGING. IT ONLY PEOPLE THAT FELT LIKE

MY FAMILY JUST FROM THE OUTSET. >> HOW HAS THAT GROUP HELPED YOU? IT’S GIVEN ME AN INNER CONFIDENCE THAT I DIDN’T KNOW THAT I HAD. >> THE GROUP ALSO HELPING THOSE PRODUCTION HOUSES WANT TO HIRE WOMEN OF COLOR ON THEIR SETS. FIND THEM. >> I MEAN, ONE MORE WOULD BE MORE.

ONE MORE WOULD BE TO MALIK. >> AND FRANKLIN IS A DIGITAL IMAGING TECHNICIAN. I DO GET THAT COMMENT LOT ON SET OF OH, MY GOD, YOU’RE A FEMALE. OH MY GOD, YOU’RE BLACK. THE ONLY BLACK FEMALE DEITY IN THE UNION BECAUSE OF THIS, I WAS ABLE TO FIND A MENTEE

THAT I’M HOPING WILL BE THE SECOND BLACK FEMALE. THE IDEA. >> AND THAT IS THE GOAL. WHAT ARE YOU HOPING FROM ALL OF THIS WORK YOU’RE DOING? MY HOPE IS TO MAKE PHONE SOMETHING THAT FEELS ACCESSIBLE TO LITTLE GIRLS WHO LOOK ME. I WOULD LOVE FOR FILM TO FEEL

LIKE AN APPROACHABLE CAREER. ANYONE WHO’S INTERESTED AND MOST PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THEIR SUPPORT FOR THEM ARE THANKS TO EVA PILGRIM FOR THAT STORY. AND USHER HAS DROPPED A NEW SONG OFF HIS MUCH ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM COMING OUT NEXT WEEK. IS THE EIGHT TIME GRAMMY WINNER IS GETTING READY TO HEADLINE

SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR KELLEY CARTER CAUGHT UP WITH USHER TO HOW HE’S PREPARING FOR THE BIG SHOW LAST NIGHT. LAST NIGHT IN BAGHDAD, THE COUNTDOWN TO THE SUPER BOWL . >> USHER’S HALFTIME IS ON. SO YOU GET THE CALL FROM JAY-Z THAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING.

>> SO THE MINUTE YOU KNOW, IT’S KIND OF LIKE IN A GYM OR ACTUALLY LIKE. YEAH, OF COURSE. BUT THEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, THE WORK YOU GOTTA DO TO THIS IS LIKE. >> YOU KNOW, AND I’M BUT I’M WRITING THE EIGHT TIME GRAMMY

WINNER REVEALING R&B IS TAKING THE SPOTLIGHT. >> TO HAVE R&B HAVE THE MAIN STAGE AT THE SUPER BOWL IS A MAJOR FOR ME. I THINK ABOUT WHEN OUR COUNTRY IS, YOU KNOW KIND OF REPRESENTED FOR BLACK ARTISTS, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO AT SOME POINT GO TO KITCHEN AND BE ABLE TO PERFORM

FOR THE AUDIENCE, THEY HAVE TO LEAD BACK TO THAT SAME DOOR ,YOU KNOW, FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES AS THEY WENT TO THE NEXT DAY TO DO SAME THING. SO I’M COMING TO THE FRONT DOOR WITH THIS ONE. AND I THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE R&B PERFORMERS WHO I CARRY IN THIS MOMENT.

AND TODAY, A TREAT FOR FANS. THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR USHER’S NEW SONG RUIN, FEATURING HIS DAUGHTER, SOVEREIGN FOR EVERYBODY. >> AND LEADING UP TO THE RELEASE OF HIS FIRST ALBUM IN EIGHT YEARS, COMING HOME. THERE’S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT A NEW SPECIAL AFROBEAT ANIMAL PIANO VIBES THAT YOU

HEARD THAT RUINED SO MUCH MUSIC THAT YOU HAVE CREATED HAS REALLY SOUNDTRACKED OUR LIVES FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. >> DO YOU CARRY THAT PRESSURE WITH YOU? I MEAN, I PUT PRESSURE ON MYSELF, EVEN IF IT WERE IN COMPARISON TO ANOTHER ALBUM OR COMPARISON TO WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING.

IT’S JUST BECAUSE THAT’S WHO I AM. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT’S GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE. >> USHER’S TEENAGE SONS THINK AND LOVE WAYNE AND SO AND TONS AND TONS OF LISTENING SESSIONS WITH MY KIDS, YOU KNOW, GIVING ME THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK SHOULD HAVE BEEN

ON ALBUM. BUT I THINK IT’S A LOVE LETTER IN SOME WAY AND A REMINDER THAT NO MATTER HOW FAR YOU MAY GO, YOU WILL FIND YOUR WAY BACK HOME EVENTUALLY. >> AND MAKING ALL THE SAME. OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH OH. >> A CAREER SPANNING THREE DECADES.

THIS SUPER BOWL WILL BE ANOTHER PAGE IN THE LEGACY. >> I DIDN’T START WHERE I AM NOW AND I DIDN’T GET THERE BY MYSELF. SO EVERYBODY THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF IT, I’M CARRYING THEM WITH ME. ALL OF MY FANS, MY LOVED ONES, THE PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, MAY

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REGISTRATION, SUGGESTING HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER BY POLICE. AND ON THIS GROUNDHOG DAY, PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL SAYS AN EARLY SPRING IS ON THE WAY. THE FAMOUS EMERGED FROM HIS BURROW AND DID NOT SEE HIS SHADOW. THOUSANDS GATHERED AT GOBBLERS KNOB IN PENNSYLVANIA TO SEE THE LEGENDARY RODENT MAKE HIS PREDICTION.

BUT EXPERTS SAY A COIN FLIP MAY BE MORE ACCURATE. GROUNDHOGS ARE NOT METEOROLOGISTS. AND NOW TO AN NEWS EXCLUSIVE. THE GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT IS MAKING A MAJOR ABOUT HIS STATE’S PLAN TO ERASE MEDICAL DEBT. >> RESIDENTS WHO QUALIFY WILL START TO SEE DEBT DISAPPEAR BY JUNE, WITH THE STATE PRIORITIZING SINGLE

PARENTS AND LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS. STEPHANIE RAMOS SAT DOWN WITH GOVERNOR NED LAMONT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW IT’LL WORK. >> IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, GOVERNOR LAMONT OF CONNECTICUT ANNOUNCING HIS STATE WILL BE THE FIRST TO WIPE OUT MEDICAL DEBT FOR THE THOUSANDS PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR BILLS.

>> TELL US WHY CANCELING MEDICAL DEBT NOW. >> THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THEY BECAUSE THEY WERE SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOT HIT WITH THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SUFFER TWICE, FIRST WITH THE ILLNESS, THEN WITH THE DEBT. >> MEDICAL DEBT IS THE NUMBER

ONE SOURCE OF DEBT COLLECTION IN THE U.S. GREATER THAN CARDS, UTILITIES, AUTO LOANS AND OTHER SOURCES COMBINED. ALMOST 20% OF AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS CARRY MEDICAL DEBT DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTING BLACK AND LATINO FAMILIES. THE STATE, ANTICIPATING 250,000 RESIDENTS, WILL SEE THEIR MEDICAL DEBT CLEARED. >> LAMONT ANNOUNCING HE’S LEVERAGING A $6.5 MILLION

FUND FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 TO CANCEL $1 BILLION IN MEDICAL DEBT BY WORKING WITH A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT BUYS AND ELIMINATES DEBT AT A FRACTION OF THE COST. I THINK IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE HAVE A SENSE THAT THEY CAN START BUILDING WEALTH THEIR OWN FOR MAKING

THAT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO DO. AND THE BEST WAY TO START IS ELIMINATE THE DEBT YOU GOT. >> ELIGIBLE FAMILIES INCLUDE THOSE WHOSE MEDICAL DEBT EQUATES TO 5% OR MORE OF THEIR ANNUAL INCOME, OR WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS UP TO 400% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.

THAT’S $156,000 A YEAR. >> AND DIANE, THERE IS NO APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN CONNECTICUT. IT’S AUTOMATIC. IN CITIES LIKE CHICAGO AND D.C. WHO HAVE CANCELED DEBT, THE AMOUNT PER HOUSEHOLD HAS RANGED $25 TO SIX FIGURE AMOUNTS. DIANE ALL RIGHT, STEPHANIE RAMOS, THANK YOU.

>> AND MIAMI BEACH IS CRACKING ON DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR AHEAD OF SPRING BREAK. >> THE CITY COUNCIL IS ANNOUNCING NEW INCLUDING CURFEWS AND CLOSING BEACHES AT SIX PM. >> ABC’S VICTOR OQUENDO HAS MORE CHAOTIC SPRING BREAK SCENES ON MIAMI BEACH MURDERS, SHOOTINGS, FIGHTS AND STAMPEDES ,ALL OF WHICH THE CITY

DESPERATELY HOPES TO AVOID THIS YEAR. >> MIAMI BEACH IS CRACKING DOWN PROACTIVELY. A MONTH BEFORE THE RUSH. CITY LEADERS ARE PROMISING SIGNIFICANTLY STRICTER TO CURB THE NOTORIOUSLY UNRULY CROWDS AND INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE, WITH OFFICERS WORKING 12 HOUR SHIFTS VIGOROUSLY OPEN CONTAINER AND NOISE LAWS IMPLEMENTING CURFEWS SUSPENDING SIDEWALK CAFES ON FAMED OCEAN DRIVE.

WHEN SHUTTING DOWN PARKING GARAGES AND PARKING LOTS. WE NEED TO CORRECT THESE ISSUES. >> WE NEED TO DO IT NOW. AND WE’RE GOING BE VERY PROACTIVE. AND IF SOMEBODY THINKS THAT WE’RE DOING TOO MUCH WELL, THAT MEANS WE’RE PROBABLY DOING IT RIGHT. >> HEIDI BEACH AT BERKELEY UNDER STATE OF EMERGENCY,

THE CITY FORCED TO DECLARE STATES OF IN RECENT YEARS FOLLOWING FATAL SHOOTINGS THAT SENT HORDES OF PEOPLE SCRAMBLING, PARTY GOERS CLASHING WITH POLICE AND A NUMBER OF BRAWLS BREAKING OUT ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT. >> SPRING BREAK IS WHAT IT IS, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE IMPEDING THE FUNCTIONING OF OF

BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. IT SHOULD NOT BE IMPACTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS. SPRING BREAK LAW IS IN EFFECT ACROSS. THE STATE POLICE TELLING THE PUBLIC PEOPLE WHO VIOLATE THE LAWS COULD FACE FINES, ARREST AND EVEN JAIL TIME. >> AND A CRIMINAL RECORD THAT WILL FOLLOW YOU BEYOND SPRING

BREAK. >> POLICE WILL ALSO SET UP DUI CHECKPOINTS. STILL HAVE LICENSE PLATE READERS AND REDUCE TRAFFIC DOWN TO ONE LANE ENTERING MIAMI BEACH. ONE COMMISSIONER SAYING THEY’RE SHUTTING THE DOOR ON SPRING BREAK ONCE AND FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, VICTOR OQUENDO. >> THANK YOU. COMING UP AN ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE

AS APPLE DEBUTS ITS BRAND NEW DEVICE. WHAT CEO TIM COOK IS SHARING ABOUT THE APPLE VISION PRO AND THE FUTURE OF TECH. ALSO AHEAD, USHER DROPPED A NEW SONG OVERNIGHT AS VEGAS PREPARES FOR A HUGE HALFTIME SHOW. WE HAVE A PREVIEW IN THE COURTROOM. ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONLINE

ROCK FACES ON THE PLANET NOW. EIGHT VERY EXCITED. IF WE MANAGE TO FIND ANY RECORD, IT WILL BE THE BIGGEST FIRST TIME WE’VE EVER DONE. ULTIMATELY, WHAT’S AT STAKE WITH CLIMATE? THIS IS NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR BECAUSE IT WAS YOUR LIFE, YOUR TONIGHT HONORING SOLDIERS

KILLED IN JORDAN AS THEIR BODIES ARE RETURNED HOME. PLUS TRACKING HEAVY RAIN, WIND AND SNOW AND A NEW STORM ON THE WAY. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION . “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR THURSDAY. YOU KNOW, IT’S GOING TO BE A PARTY WHEN SARA LARSON WAKES

UP THE MORNING IN A LINE JAMMING CONCERT THURSDAY ONLY ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA. CONCERT SERIES IS SPONSORED BY PLANET FITNESS. WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BARCELONA INVOLVED IN TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI. UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW.

WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OF MEXICO CITY HERE BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME. WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU SCHOOL MORNINGS ONLY ON ABC NEWS LIVE HERE AT HARVARD ELEMENTARY. WE LOVE SOME “GMA” IN OUR MORNINGS.

YES NEXT AVID ELEMENTARY IS FINALLY BACK. BUT FIRST, QUINTA BRUNSON AND SHERYL LEE RALPH ARE COMING TO GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> GOOD MORNING AMERICA. FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS COMPANY ON THE ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS INCREDIBLE, FASTER, SMARTER AND CUSTOMIZABLE TO YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW,

YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE. THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW ABC AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE. WELCOME BACK. APPLE’S NEW VISION PRO IS NOW AVAILABLE THE PUBLIC. THIS IS THE COMPANY’S FIRST MAJOR NEW PRODUCT IN ALMOST A DECADE. ABC’S WILL REEVE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO EXPERIENCE CUSTOMER

DEMO THE APPLE VISION PRO MAKING ITS BIG PUBLIC DEBUT, HITTING THE SHELVES AS APPLE’S FIRST NEW DEVICE IN YEARS. >> THE ERA OF SPATIAL COMPUTING IS HERE WITH A HEFTY TAG OF 30 $500. APPLE’S FIRST SPATIAL COMPUTER MERGES DIGITAL CONTENT WITH THE PHYSICAL WORLD, ALLOWING USERS TO NAVIGATE THE SPACE USING

THEIR HANDS, VOICE AND EYES. >> OH, AND GM. HEY, A FIRST LOOK AT ONE OF THE APPLE VISION PRO SPACES MADE AVAILABLE IN A FEW DOZEN RETAIL STORES AROUND THE COUNTRY. >> WHEN APPLE FANS COME IN TO A SPACE LIKE THIS AND GET THE DEVICE ON, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE

THEIR REACTION BEING? >> WELL, BEST PART ABOUT GIVING THESE DEMOS IS WATCHING THOSE REACTIONS. I WILL SAY IT’S AH, IT’S WONDER SOMETIMES WE’VE HAD SOME PEOPLE CRY. IT IS A REALLY TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE. I’M SO EXCITED FOR YOU TO TRY IT BECAUSE IT REALLY IS DEEPLY IMPACTING AND YOU CAN REALLY

FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING REALLY NEW AND REALLY AND I GOT TO WALK THROUGH THE DEMO. >> OTHER USERS WILL BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE IN SELECT STORES. OH, WE’RE IN A VIDEO. THEY JUST BLEW A CAKE OUT RIGHT IN MY FACE. WOW. YOU JUST SAW YOUR FIRST FACIAL VIDEO.

I DID. I FEEL LIKE I MUST LOOK PRETTY SILLY, BUT I’M HAVING A FANTASTIC TIME. >> THE DEVICE IS COMPATIBLE WITH MORE THAN 1 MILLION APPS AND OVER 600 SPATIAL APPS BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR IT. >> BUT SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR APPS, INCLUDING YOUTUBE, SPOTIFY, AREN’T AVAILABLE AT THE MOMENT.

THE APPLE VISION PRO IS NOT THE FIRST AUGMENTED OR VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS, AND EXPERTS SAY IT WON’T BE THE LAST. >> I WOULD EXPECT. SEE A LOT OF COMPETITION, A LOT OF RESPONSE, A LOT OF COPYING, A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO DO WHAT APPLE’S DOING.

BUT IN THE LONG TERM, WE’LL BE ABLE TO SLOWLY START TO SEE A TREND TOWARDS MUCH SMALLER, MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE VERSIONS OF THIS COMPUTER UNDER FACEBOOK. >> ABC’S WILL REEVE YOU. AND EARLIER ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA, APPLE CEO TIM COOK SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO MICHAEL STRAHAN ABOUT THE VISION PRO AT

AN APPLE STORE HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. >> I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY THE APPLE VISION PRO. >> WHAT WAS THAT ISHE MOST AMAZING THING AND IT’S SO HARD TO DESCRIBE TO SOMEONE WHO HAS AN EXPERIENCE, YET IT’S MAGICAL. IT IS ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU ENVISION

THIS BEING USED BY PEOPLE IN THEIR DAILY LIVES? OH, I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE USED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS BECAUSE. IT’S A IT’S A SPECIAL COMPUTER AND, YOU KNOW, THE THE IPHONE INTRODUCED US TO MOBILE COMPUTING. THE INTRODUCED THE PERSONAL COMPUTING. THIS IS THE FIRST SPATIAL COMPUTING.

AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO INTERACT WITH IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. SOME PEOPLE CONNECT WITH FACE TIME AND SO FORTH. SOME PEOPLE WILL TRAIN ON IT. SURGEONS WILL TRAIN ON. IT’S JUST THE NUMBER OF USE CASES IS LIKE THE COMPUTER. YEAH. IT’S JUST AN ENORMOUS BECAUSE THERE’S A MILLION APP ALREADY.

IT IS A COMPUTER BUT IT IS A HEADSET. YOU ARE TRULY YOU’RE SO IMMERSED IN THIS WORLD THAT YOU CAN CREATE WITH THIS. YEAH, BUT HAVE A LOT OF GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGY. WHAT IS THAT? YEAH. YEAH. SO WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A YEAR AND TO GET THE

GESTURES DOWN, THERE’S A LOT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING BUILT INTO THE PRODUCT. WE HAVE TO GET HAND GESTURES TO GET ROOM MAPPING. THIS STUFF REQUIRES VERY DEEP MACHINE LEARNING, AND WE COULDN’T BE MORE OF IT. YOU KNOW, WE’RE A COMPANY ONLY HAS A FEW DAYS. MOST COMPANIES HAVE NONE.

WE’VE HAD THE MAC, THE IPOD, THE IPAD, THE IPHONE, THE APPLE WATCH AND NOW THE VISION PROBE. IT’S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS. WELL, I’VE HAD EVERY ONE OF THOSE YOU NAME IT, I’M GOING TO HAVE ONE OF THESE TO IT. YOU TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU USING YOUR HANDS BECAUSE IT’S A HEADSET.

YOU WEAR IT, BUT YOU NAVIGATE WITH YOUR HANDS. HOW HOW DOES SOMETHING THAT I’M WEARING ON MY FACE KNOW WHAT I’M DOING WITH MY HANDS? WELL, THERE’S MANY CAMERAS IN. IT AND WE’RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE HANDS. AND THEY DON’T HAVE TO BE OUT HERE. AND SO IT’S NOT UNCOMFORTABLE.

YOU CAN PUT THEM IN YOUR LAP AND YOU CAN SELECT YOUR YOUR EYE. YOU SELECT THE APP THAT YOU WANT TO OPEN IT WITH. YOUR HAND OPENS IT. IT’S — IT’S IT IS MAGICAL. IT REALLY IS. I KNOW THAT’S A WORD THAT WE USE A LOT. YEAH, BUT IT IS TRULY MAGICAL.

I GOT IT. SO I CAN AGREE IT’S JUST. AND IT’S VERY INTUITIVE AND VERY NATURAL. ONCE YOU START, IT DOESN’T TAKE LONG TO FIGURE IT OUT. THE BACK OF YOUR MIND. YES. YOU KNOW, YOU DON’T REALLY HAVE TO TRAIN TO USE IT. YOU PUT IT AND YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW. ABSOLUTELY.

MAKE SENSE. AND THE BIG, BIG QUESTION FOR LOT OF PEOPLE, THAT WOULD BE THE PRICE OF 30 $500. HOW LONG BEFORE IT’S MORE ACCESSIBLE TO YOUR AVERAGE CUSTOMER? WELL, IT’S — IT’S TOMORROW’S TECHNOLOGY TODAY IS THE WAY I THINK ABOUT IT. AND IT’S PACKED WITH WE’RE AT 5000 PATTERNS ON THE PRODUCT

ALREADY AND SO WE REALLY LEANED INTO IT AND I’M HOPING THAT PEOPLE YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WILL PAY FOR IT BY MIND, BUT SOME PEOPLE JUST SMILE. I’VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT IN THE LINE THEY’RE JUST GOING TO BUY IT. YEAH. BUT, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME,

WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN. BUT WE THINK WE’VE PRICED IT FOR THE RIGHT VALUE TODAY. AND THERE THERE’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME CRITICS WHO ARE GOING TO SAY, DOES THIS KEEP US DISCONNECTED? HOW WOULD YOU ANSWER THAT? >> I WOULD SAY NO, BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE TO IMMERSE YOURSELF.

YOU CAN KNOW AUGMENTED REALITY. AND SO YOU AND I CAN BE SITTING HERE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE HEADSET ON AND WE CAN SEE EACH OTHER’S EYES, BUT WE CAN ALSO THE SCREENS AROUND US. AND SO IT AMPLIFIES OUR OUR CONNECTION AND IT’S SOMETHING THAT A KEY DESIGN POINT FOR US.

AND WE WANTED PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER’S EYES NOT GET GLAZED OVER IN A HEADSET. AND IT REALLY IS AMAZING WHAT YOU’VE COME UP WITH HERE. AND LIKE I SAID, I HAD A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE IT. THE INTERACTION WITH THE TECHNOLOGY, IT’S UNLIKE ANYTHING I’VE EVER EXPERIENCED.

AND ALL I, I TOTALLY AGREE. YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THE FIRST DEMOS ON HOUSE AND THEY WERE MANY YEARS AGO AND THE RIGS WERE ENORMOUS THAT WE WERE USING TO TRY TO GET A FEEL THE TECHNOLOGY. AND IT’S ONE OF THOSE THINGS IT HAPPENS TO YOU AND YOU KNOW

IN THE MOMENT THAT THIS IS BIG . YEAH THIS IS HUGE AND YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP WORKING IT TO MINIATURIZE IT AND GET THE TECHNOLOGY DOWN PAT. AND WE REALLY FEEL PROUD OF IT TODAY. AND DELIVERING THE PRODUCT. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE WORKED FOR MULTIPLE YEARS TO DELIVER.

>> OUR THANKS TO AND TIM COOK FOR THAT INTERVIEW. MEANWHILE, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN PAYING TRIBUTE TO HIS MOTHER, ADELE, WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 98 YESTERDAY. >> IN AN INSTAGRAM POST, HE SHARED THE LYRICS FROM SONG THE WISH, WHICH WAS DEDICATED TO THE SACRIFICES SHE TO MAKE HIS WISHES COME TRUE.

“WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” ANCHOR DAVID MUIR HAS MORE. >> SHE WAS A FIXTURE AT SO MANY OF HIS CONCERTS. ADELE SPRINGSTEEN BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S MOTHER. THE FANS KNEW WHEN SHE WAS THERE. WOULD BRING HER UP ON STAGE TO DANCE, TO DANCING IN THE DARK. THE CROWD ROARING TO EVEN TURNING AROUND AND GIVING

A LITTLE SHAKE AND A HUG AND A KISS. >> BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN REVEALING HIS MOTHER’S PASSING, SHARING VIDEO OF THE TWO OF THEM DANCING ALONG WITH QUOTES FROM THE SONG THE WISH, WHICH HE WROTE ABOUT HIS MOTHER. I REMEMBER IN THE MORNING, MY HAIR AND YOUR LONG GRAY

LINES AND LISTENING TO YOU GETTING READY FOR WORK. THE SOUND OF YOUR MAKEUP KICKS ON THE SINGING. >> BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WOULD OFTEN SAY IT WAS HIS MOTHER’S LOVE OF MUSIC AND DANCING THAT INFLUENCED HIM EARLY IN HIS LIFE, GRANTING HIM HIS FIRST GUITAR WHEN HE WAS JUST SEVEN.

SHE’D BEEN BATTLING ALZHEIMER’S AND HER SON WOULD OFTEN TALK ABOUT HIS MOTHER’S BATTLE. >> MY MOM IS IS SEVEN YEARS INTO ALZHEIMER’S, AND SHE’S 93. A DANCE AND THE DESIRE AND NEED TO DANCE IS SOMETHING THAT IT HASN’T LEFT. HER REMAINS AN ESSENTIAL PRIMAL PART OF WHO SHE IS. IT’S BEYOND LANGUAGE.

IT’S MORE POWERFUL THAN MEMORY. AND WHEN SHE COMES THE DOOR, WE MAKE SURE THERE’S MUSIC ON THE BOSS SHARING THAT VIDEO, THE TWO OF THEM DANCING AND ABOUT HIS MOTHER, HE ONCE SAID. REMEMBER THAT THE FUTURE IS NOT YET WRITTEN SO WHEN THINGS LOOK DARK TO US BY MIGHTY MOB WOULD

INSIST LACE UP YOUR DANCING SHOES, GET OUT ON THE FLOOR AND GET TO. OUR THANKS TO DAVID MUIR FOR THAT STORY. >> COMING UP, ADVOCATING FOR INCLUSION, HOW ONE WOMAN IS HELPING HUNDREDS OF OTHER WOMEN BREAK INTO TOUGH INDUSTRIES LIKE MOTION PICTURE FILMS, PHOTOGRAPHY, NPR. >> THE IDEAL MALE PHYSIQUE IS.

TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME. MONEY CAN BUY YOU A LOT OF THINGS. MONEY CAN’T MAKE YOU? TALLER. RIGHT. EVERYTHING BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE NEWEST COSMETIC SURGERY . AND THE MAN IS LIKE HOW I WISH I WAS TALLER. WE SEE MEN WHO ARE TALLER AS THE OUTCOME. ONE FOUR, FIVE, NINE.

RIGHT NOW WE’RE SHOWING THEM SIX ONE. EVERYBODY’S FREAKED OUT BY IT ON THE BASIS OF WHAT IS CALLED LEG LENGTHENING. >> YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, SO GO FOR IT. THE BUSINESS OF GETTING TOM NOW STREAMING ON HULU. >> AND OF COURSE, LIKE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONLINE ROCK FACES

ON THE PLANET NOW STARTING TO GET VERY EXCITED. IF WE MANAGE TO CLIMB IN RECORD LIKE, YOU KNOW, BE THE BIGGEST VERSUS THAT WE’VE EVER DONE. ULTIMATELY, WHAT’S AT STAKE WITH CLIMBING? THIS IS NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR. IT IS ALWAYS YOUR LIFE. NOW, FIRST.

>> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING THAT’S OFF TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. >> A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST,

STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN BILLIONAIRES. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. THE MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS?

THIS IS THE START HERE TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S GET INTO IT LISTEN NOW TO THEIR DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD 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. IF YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ABC NEWS LIVE, BREAKING NEWS, EXCLUSIVES, MINES REPORTING

ACROSS THE GLOBE KEEPS STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING FROM THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTHOUSE IN DC. I’M TERRY MORAN. WHEREVER THE NEWS IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THIS YEAR’S OSCAR NOMINEES ARE BEING FOR THEIR INCREASE DIVERSITY EXCEPT

IN ONE MAJOR AREA. BLACK WOMEN IN TECHNICAL ROLES. >> NOW FILMMAKER CHRIS WHY REGGIE IS MAKING IT HER MISSION CHANGE THAT. >> EVA PILGRIM HAS MORE. I WANT TO SAY IT’S SHOWTIME GETTING A HIT SHOW OR MOVIE ON THE SCREEN TAKES A WHOLE ARMY BEHIND SCENES. >> THEY KEPT HEARING IT

CONTINUOUSLY FROM PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD NEVER A WOMAN. THEY HAD NEVER SEEN A BLACK PERSON. THEY’D NEVER SEEN A BLACK WOMAN OPERATOR. >> THEY KNEW IT WOULDN’T JUST BE ME IN THE UNION. SO. CHRIS, WHY REGGIE LOOKING TO SEE IF SHE COULD FIND OTHER WOMEN LIKE HER. THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS

CAMERA CREWS ON SET, ARTSY LOCAL 600 HAS AROUND 10,000 MEMBERS. AFTER CHRIS FOUND JUST 22 OTHER BLACK WOMEN. >> DO YOU THINK IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A DIVERSITY BEHIND THE CAMERA? THERE’S SO MUCH VALUE IN ALL THE STORIES WE TELL BEING DIVERSE. I THINK WHAT IS ENTERTAINING. WHAT IS EXCITING FOR

PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE A MOVIE OR SEE A SHOW IS SEEING SOMETHING THEY HAVEN’T SEEN BEFORE. SO WHILE WE HAVE THAT SAME DIVERSITY OF STORIES WE TELL AND PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO REFLECT THAT BEHIND THE CAMERA. >> AND THAT’S WHAT SHE SET OUT

ON A TO HELP MORE WOMEN GET JOBS BEHIND THE SCENES, CREATING THE GROUP 600 BLACK WOMEN. THE VERY FIRST WEEKEND AFTER I REACHED OUT THE FIRST 22, I PUT TOGETHER A WEEKEND OF WORKSHOPS. BUT THE REALLY THING WAS SEEING EVERYONE WALK INTO THE ROOM I’VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY

PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME AND DO WHAT WE DO. AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WE HAD, ALL INSTRUCTORS WERE JUST MOVED, EMOTIONAL, SPEECHLESS. WE HAD PEOPLE CRY. WHY DO YOU THINK IT WAS SO EMOTIONAL? I THINK IT WAS SO EMOTIONAL. WE GET TO WITNESS CHANGE THAT A

LOT OF US DIDN’T THINK WE WOULD EVER SEE. >> I THINK IT’S REALLY SPECIAL THAT WE CAN DO THIS FOR OURSELVES. THE GROUP NOW GROWN FROM 22 TO 91 MEMBERS. >> I THINK THERE’S NOT ALWAYS A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR BLACK FEMALES TO GET THE RIGHT TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO GROW

IN THIS INDUSTRY. SO I WITH THIS GROUP, WE’RE ABLE TO TRAIN EACH OTHER WITH NO JUDGMENT. >> THAT ACCESS TO TECHNICAL TRAINING, A BIG PART OF THE SISTERHOOD. 600 BLACK WOMEN HOSTING ANNUAL CAMERA COOKOUTS TO TEACH MEMBERS SKILLS ON THE EQUIPMENT THEY NEED TO GET JOBS ON SET.

>> I FELT THAT I HAD A SAFE SPACE TO LEARN THESE THINGS WHEN WAS ABLE TO GO TO THAT FIRST COOKOUT. IT WAS SUCH AN ENJOYABLE SITUATION BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST THERE WITH EACH OTHER. NO ONE WAS JUDGING. IT WAS ONLY PEOPLE THAT FELT LIKE MY FAMILY JUST FROM THE OUTSET.

HOW HAS HAVING GROUP HELPED YOU? IT’S GIVEN ME AN INNER CONFIDENCE. >> I DIDN’T KNOW THAT I HAD. THE GROUP ALSO HELPING THOSE PRODUCTION HOUSES WANT TO HIRE WOMEN OF COLOR ON THEIR SETS. >> FIND THEM. >> I MEAN, ONE MORE WOULD BE MORE. ONE MORE WOULD BE TO MALIK

FRANKLIN IS A DIGITAL IMAGING TECHNICIAN. >> I DO GET THAT COMMENT LOT ON SET OF OH, MY GOD, YOU’RE A FEMALE. OH MY GOD, YOU’RE BLACK. THE ONLY BLACK FEMALE DEITY IN THE UNION BECAUSE OF THIS, I WAS ABLE TO FIND A MENTEE THAT I’M HOPING WILL BE THE SECOND BLACK FEMALE.

>> THE IDEA AND THAT IS THE GOAL. >> WHAT ARE YOU HOPING FROM ALL OF THIS WORK YOU’RE DOING? MY HOPE IS TO MAKE FILM SOMETHING THAT FEELS ACCESSIBLE TO LITTLE GIRLS WHO LOOK ME. I WOULD LOVE FOR FILM TO FEEL LIKE AN APPROACHABLE CAREER. ANYONE WHO’S INTERESTED, I’D

LOVE PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THEIR SUPPORT FOR MY THANKS TO EVA PILGRIM FOR THAT STORY. AND USHER HAS DROPPED A NEW SONG OFF HIS MUCH ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM COMING OUT NEXT WEEK. THIS IS THE EIGHT TIME GRAMMY WINNER IS GETTING READY TO HEADLINE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR KELLEY

CARTER CAUGHT UP WITH USHER TO SEE HOW HE’S PREPARING FOR THE BIG SHOW. AND LAST NIGHT IN THE COUNTDOWN TO THE SUPER BOWL WHEN USHER’S HALFTIME IS ON. >> SO YOU GET THE CALL FROM JAY-Z THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING TO THE MINUTE. >> YOU KNOW, IT’S KIND OF LIKE

THE GERMAN AVERAGE LIKE YEAH, OF COURSE. BUT THEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, THE WORK YOU GOT TO DO THIS IS LIKE FOR LIKE, YOU KNOW, I, I’M BUT I’M READY. >> THE EIGHT TIME GRAMMY WINNER REVEALING R&B IS TAKING THE SPOTLIGHT. >> TO HAVE R&B HAVE THE MAIN

STAGE AT THE SUPER BOWL. IT’S A MAJOR THING FOR ME. I THINK, ABOUT WHAT OUR COUNTRY IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF REPRESENT IT FOR BLACK ARTISTS, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO AT SOME POINT GO TO KITCHENS TO EVEN BE ABLE TO PERFORM FOR THE AUDIENCE. THEY HAVE TO LEAD BACK TO THAT

SAME DOOR, YOU KNOW, FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES AS THEY TO THE NEXT STAGE TO DO THE SAME THING. SO I’M COMING THE FRONT DOOR WITH THIS ONE. AND I THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE R&B PERFORMERS WHO I CARRY IN THIS MOMENT. AND TODAY, A TREAT FOR FANS.

THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR USHER’S NEW SONG RUIN, FEATURING HIS DAUGHTER, SOVEREIGN FOR EVERYBODY’S LEADING UP TO THE RELEASE OF HIS FIRST ALBUM IN EIGHT YEARS, COMING HOME, THERE’S SOME THINGS THAT A NEW SPECIAL AFROBEAT. AND I’M A PIANO VIBES THAT YOU HEARD THAT RUINED SO MUCH MUSIC THAT YOU HAVE CREATED HAS

REALLY SOUNDTRACKED OUR LIVES FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. >> DO YOU CARRY THAT PRESSURE WITH YOU? I MEAN, I PUT PRESSURE ON MYSELF, EVEN IF IT WERE IN COMPARISON TO ANOTHER ALBUM OR COMPARISON TO WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING. IT’S JUST BECAUSE THAT’S WHO I AM. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE

SOMETHING THAT’S GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE. >> USHER’S TEENAGE SONS THINK, THOUGH, AND NOT BEEN WEIGHING IN. >> SO TONS AND TONS OF LISTENING SESSIONS WITH MY KIDS, YOU KNOW, GIVING ME THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON ALBUM. BUT I THINK IT’S A LOVE LETTER

IN SOME WAY AND A REMINDER THAT NO MATTER HOW FAR YOU MAY GO, YOU WILL FIND YOUR WAY BACK HOME EVENTUALLY AND MAKE THE MOVE TO SAY, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH. >> A CAREER SPANNING THREE DECADES. THIS SUPER BOWL WILL BE ANOTHER PAGE IN THE LEGACY.

>> I DIDN’T START WHERE I AM NOW AND I DIDN’T GET THERE BY MYSELF. SO EVERYBODY THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF IT, I’M CARRYING THEM WITH ME. ALL OF MY FANS, MY LOVED ONES, THE PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, THEY FELT LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN. THEY HAVEN’T.

>> I’M CARRYING YOU RIGHT WITH ME WHEN I WALK ON STAGE THAT NIGHT. >> KELLEY CARTER, THANKS FOR THAT. AND THANKS TO YOU FOR WITH US. TIME DIANE MACEDO. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME. THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON

VARIOUS STREAMING SERVICES, THE ABC NEWS APP AND OF COURSE ON ABC NEWS.COM. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. TONIGHT, HONORING THE SOLDIERS KILLED IN JORDAN AS THEIR BODIES RETURNED HOME. PLUS, TRACKING HEAVY RAIN, WIND AND SNOW. A NEW STORM ON THE WAY. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST

WATCHED ON TELEVISION. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR THURSDAY. YOU KNOW, IT’S GOING TO BE A PARTY WHEN SARAH LARSEN WAKES UP THE MORNING IN A LARGE CNN CONCERT ON THURSDAY. ONLY ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA’S CONCERT SERIES SPONSORED BY PLANET FITNESS. >> THE BAND WITH THE GIRL BAND

,LOVE SONG, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, THE MIDDLE OF THE EVENING. JUST A LITTLE DANCE, MY LITTLE BOY. I’M GOING TO END MORNING AMERICA. TONIGHT, A STALKER HAUNTING WOMEN MAKES ME SHUDDER. A YOUNG VANISHES. A SERIES OF APPARENTLY UNCONNECTED CRIMES. ANOTHER MOTHER GUNNED DOWN. OH, MY GOSH. A SILVER MINIVAN PULLS OUT

A SERIES FROM THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY. A MURDERER. CAN I GET PEOPLE TO THINK WHAT THEY FOUND ME TO SEE IN THE COURTROOM? ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONLINE ROCK FACES ON THE PLANET NOW STARTING TO GET VERY EXCITED. IF WE MANAGED TO CLIMB IN COURT LIKE, YOU KNOW, BE THE BIGGEST

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IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO KNOW THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE BUZZ IS ABOUT EXPERIENCE ALL NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW. >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING THAT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.

A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS. FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME TIME IN BETWEEN. HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES AND SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. THE MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS? >> THIS IS THE 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 DIDN’T COMING.

WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE. >> REPORTING FROM THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA COVERING HURRICANE IKE EJIOCHI. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> THE SHOOTING ABC NEWS LIVE. I AM GOING TO SAY THERE. LET’S GET RIGHT TO OUR TOP CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE SET

TO GET STARTED IN THE TRIAL OF JENNIFER CRUMBLEY. THE MOTHER OF THE OXFORD, MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTER TOOK THE STAND UNDER CROSS-EXAM . THE NATION EARLIER, PUSHING BACK ON PROSECUTORS ARGUMENTS THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN HER SON WAS HEADED DOWN A VIOLENT PATH. >> AND YOU ALSO, DON’T DENY

THAT THAT GUN WAS GIFTED BY YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND TO YOUR SON ON NOVEMBER 20 SIXTH. >> DESCRIBE GIFTED. HOW ABOUT WHEN HE POSTED ON INSTAGRAM HIS NEW CHRISTMAS GIFT? >> CORRECT. AND EXPLAINED YESTERDAY THAT IT WAS FOR HIM TO USE AFTER RANGE? WE DIDN’T JUST HAND ON A GUN.

AS I HEAR YOU GO. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SOMETHING HE COULD USE. WE WENT TO THE RANGE AS A FAMILY TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT AT AN APRIL OF 2021, YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SON AS BEING DEPRESSED. I DID DESCRIBE I WAS BEING DEPRESSED. I NOTICED THAT HE WAS ACTING

USE THE WORD DEPRESSED. YES, HE WAS ACTING SAD. WAS ACTING DEPRESSED. AND YOU KNOW WHAT DEPRESSED MEANS? IT MEANS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO YOU AND DEPRESSED. >> AND YOU WROTE THAT RIGHT NOW ,THE CASE WILL SOON BE IN THE HANDS OF THE JURY. >> LET’S BRING IN ABC’S

IN PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, ALONG WITH ABC’S PHIL LIPOFF AND ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR CHANNA LLOYD FOR MORE. TREVOR, WHAT’S IT LIKE INSIDE THE COURTROOM TODAY. WELL, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE AND EVERYONE CLEARLY PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION AND THIS WAS TESTIMONY, A CROSS-EXAMINATION THAT WE KNEW THIS ENTIRE TRIAL.

IT BUILDING UP TOWARD AND I HAVE TO SAY IT WENT RELATIVELY QUICKLY AND. THERE WAS NO THUNDEROUS MOMENT OF CONFRONTATION. I THINK WHAT THAT TELLS US IS THAT THE PROSECUTION FEELS RELATIVELY CONFIDENT IN THE TRAIL THAT THEY’VE LAID OUT OF WHAT THEY SAY ARE THE MANY MISSED WARNING SIGNS UP TO THE SHOOTING.

AND THE DEFENSE AT THE SAME TIME SEEMED CONFIDENT. AND THE FACT THAT THEY PUT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY ON THE STAND, THEY THINK SHE CAN MAKE THE CASE THAT SHE WAS AN ATTEMPT AT AN ATTEMPT TO PARENT AND THAT SHE WASN’T NEGLIGENT. THIS MOVE VERY, VERY QUICKLY, WHICH NOW PUTS US IN A POSITION

WHERE AFTER THESE CLOSING STATEMENTS, YOU COULD ACTUALLY HAVE THE JURY DELIBERATING TODAY. WE COULD EVEN POTENTIALLY HAVE A VERDICT ON JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND THESE INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES AS EARLY AS THIS EVENING. >> DIANE. TREVOR, DID YOU NOTICE IN THE REACTIONS FROM THE JURY DURING CROSS-EXAMINATION TODAY, IN CERTAIN PARTS, NO, VERY

BUSINESSLIKE THE ENTIRE TIME FROM THE JURY AND BECAUSE THIS WAS A BIT SHORTENED, THERE WAS SOME DELIBERATION WITHOUT THE JURY EARLY THE MORNING THAT LASTED AT LEAST AN HOUR. AND THEN IT WAS VERY RAPID FIRE QUESTIONING FOR THE COURSE OF THE CROSS-EXAMINATION WITH THE JURY. THEY WERE ALL EXTREMELY ATTENTIVE, PAYING ATTENTION.

I’M KIND OF STRUCK THE VARIOUS AGE DIFFERENCES. THERE SEEMED TO BE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THIS JURY, BUT EVERYONE ACROSS THE BOARD WAS PAYING VERY CLOSE. THERE WASN’T REALLY A MOMENT IN THE QUESTIONING THAT DELVED INTO THE SHOOTING SPECIFICALLY AND HOW JENNIFER CRUMBLEY FELT

WHEN SHE LEARNED THAT HER SON HAD MURDERED FOUR OF HIS CLASSMATES, WHICH THINK MIGHT HAVE OPENED UP AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE, NUMBER ONE, WE WOULD HAVE SEEN A MOTION FROM. BUT IT ALSO COULD HAVE ELICITED EMOTION FROM THE JURY. THE PROSECUTION STAYED AWAY FROM THAT. THIS WAS VERY BUSINESSLIKE.

IT WAS ABOUT THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING AND WHETHER OR NOT SHE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO PAIR. JURY CERTAINLY WAS PAYING ATTENTION. AND NOW THEY LIKELY ARE HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT TODAY. >> CHANNA, WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU FROM THIS CROSS-EXAMINATION? >> AS TREVOR SAID, IT SEEMED VERY BUSINESSLIKE.

IT WAS ALSO SHORT, LESS THAN AN HOUR. >> I WAS ACTUALLY VERY SURPRISED THAT IT WAS A SHORT AS IT WAS AND HE DID TWO THINGS. >> I THINK DEPENDING ON A JUROR, IT’S GOING TO EITHER SHOW THAT SHE WAS A SYMPATHETIC PARENT WHO JUST WAS NOT AWARE AND DIDN’T CONNECT THE DOTS.

>> BUT SHE ALSO HAD MOMENTS WHERE SHE WAS A LITTLE COMBATIVE. THE PROSECUTION, SHE WANTED TO DEBATE WHAT A GIFT WAS. SHE WANTED TO DEBATE WHAT DEPRESSION WAS. I THINK THAT DOESN’T BODE WELL ,ALL THE TIME WITH A JURY, BECAUSE THESE ARE THINGS THAT PEOPLE TYPICALLY TALK.

>> AND SHE USED THESE WORDS VERY CLEARLY IN HER TEXT MESSAGES. SO IT DEFINITELY WAS A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD FOR THE DEFENSE IN THAT IT MADE HER A LITTLE MORE SYMPATHETIC. BUT I DO THINK THAT HER COMPETITIVENESS ON, THE STAND DIDN’T GO WELL. >> TREVOR WHAT CAN WE EXPECT

TO HEAR IN THESE CLOSING ARGUMENTS NOW? WELL, I THINK WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE PROSECUTION IS, AGAIN, HAMMERING HOME THAT PATTERN LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING, WHAT THEY SAY WERE A NUMBER OF RED FLAGS BUYING THE GUN FOR THEIR SON, NOT GETTING THE HELP HE NEEDED HIM

WRITING IN HIS JOURNAL, THAT HE’D ASKED HIS PARENTS TO TAKE IT TO A THERAPIST, THAT THEY LEFT HIM, THAT THEY WEREN’T LISTENING TO HIM. AND ALSO THE FACT THAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY, THEY SAY, WAS GROSSLY NEGLIGENT, THAT SHE WAS SPENDING HALF OF HER SALARY ON HER HORSES, THAT SHE IN THE

DAYS LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING, THE DAY AFTER TAKING HIM TO THE SHOOTING RANGE, SHE WAS THEN TRYING TO FIND A NUMBER OF AFFAIR PARTNERS ON APPS AND MESSAGING THAT WAY, BASICALLY SAYING THAT SHE DIDN’T SPEND ANY TIME OR REALLY HARDLY ANY TIME WITH HER SON EVEN THOUGH ON THE STAND

SHE AND HER DEFENSE ATTORNEY TRIED TO PRESENT HER AS AN ATTENTIVE AND EVEN A HELICOPTER MOM AT TIMES. I THINK HER DEFENSE IS GOING TO REALLY KEY ON THE FACT THAT THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY HIGH BAR FOR, INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. SHE’S NOT ON TRIAL FOR BEING EVEN A BAD MOM.

THIS IS ABOUT THE FACT THAT, ACCORDING TO THEM, SCHOOL OFFICIALS DID NOT CONSIDER HER SON TO BE A THREAT TO OTHER STUDENTS. DO I IMAGINE THEY’RE GOING TO SAY, LOOK, YOU NEED TO REMEMBER YOU’RE NOT WHETHER OR NOT SHE’S A GOOD MOM. INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IS A SUPER HIGH BAR.

AND THIS JURY REALLY COULD GO EITHER WAY WITH THIS DECISION. >> ALL RIGHT, TREVOR AULT AND CHANNA LLOYD, THANK YOU BOTH. >> AND PRESIDENT BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE DIGNIFIED TODAY OF THE THREE U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN A DRONE ATTACK IN JORDAN. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS

THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY WILL MEET WITH THE FAMILIES PRIVATELY BEFORE THEIR LOVED ONES REMAINS RETURNED. THIS COMES AS THE PENTAGON FINALIZES ITS PLANS TO RETALIATE FOR THAT ATTACK. ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG JOINS ME NOW WITH MORE ON THAT. >> SO LET’S START WITH THIS DIGNIFIED TRANSFER.

WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE TODAY. WELL, DIANE, THIS IS A VERY SOLEMN RITUAL, HONORS THOSE MILITARY TROOPS WHO HAVE DIED OVERSEAS. AND THESE OVERSEAS OPERATIONS. AND TODAY THEY WILL HONOR THOSE THREE AMERICAN TROOPS. THE PRESIDENT WILL BE THERE IN WHAT IS ONE OF HIS MOST SOMBER RESPONSIBILITIES AS WHICH IS TO WITNESS

THE RETURN OF THOSE FALLEN SOLDIERS AND REALLY UNDERSCORES AND REMINDS PEOPLE OF THE WEIGHT OF HIS RESPONSIBILITY. AND DURING THIS RITUAL, HE WILL BE THERE ALONG WITH THE FIRST LADY AND CHAIRMAN CHRIS BROWN, AS WELL AS DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN. NOW, WE ARE ABLE TO SEE THIS DIGNIFIED TRANSFER TAKE PLACE,

BUT WE WILL NOT ANYTHING. THERE WON’T BE ANY AUDIO CAPTURE. WE ALSO WON’T SEE THE TRANSFER HAPPENING LIVE. THAT IS OUT OF RESPECT TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS. WE ALSO WON’T SEE THE FAMILY MEMBERS ON CAMERA TRYING TO RESPECT DURING WHAT IS A VERY EMOTIONAL AND SOMBER MOMENT AND A LISTEN TO WHAT

THE PRESIDENT SAID THIS WEEK ABOUT THESE FALLEN TROOPS THAT RAISED THEIR LIVES IN HARM’S WAY. IT ALL. AND WE’LL NEVER FORGET THE SACRIFICE AND THE TO OUR COUNTRY AND THE DOZENS OF SERVICE MEMBERS WHO WERE WOUNDED AND ARE RECOVERING NOW ,THE THREE TROOPS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HONORED, THERE

ARE ALL FROM GEORGIA. AND I JUST WANT TO READ TO YOU THEIR NAMES AND AGES. THEY ARE SERGEANT WILLIAM RIVERS, AGE 46, SPECIALIST KENNEDY SANDERS, AGE 24, AND SPECIALIST BREANNA MOFFITT, AGE 23. SANDERS MOFFITT ARE BOTH POSTHUMOUSLY BEEN PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF SERGEANT. WE KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT,

HE’S GOING TO BE SPEAKING WITH THE FAMILY MEMBERS BEFORE THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER TAKES PLACE. HE’S ALREADY SPOKEN TO THEM OVER THE PHONE. AND WE’VE LEARNED THAT THEY ALL WANTED THE PRESIDENT TO COME. THAT’S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. SOMETIMES IT IS CONTENTIOUS. WE’RE LEARNING THE FAMILIES WANTED THE PRESIDENT TO BE THERE.

THE WORLD IS ALSO CLOSELY WATCHING TO SEE HOW THE U.S. WILL RESPOND TO THIS ATTACK IN JORDAN. WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT THAT? WELL, WE’RE LEARNING THAT U.S. OFFICIALS, THEY ARE PREPARING FOR A MULTI-PHASED STRIKE THAT COULD HIT TARGETS IN MULTIPLE COUNTRIES, INCLUDING IRAQ, SYRIA AND POSSIBLY YEMEN. AND WE’RE TOLD THAT THESE

ARE INTENDED TO HIT DELIBERATE TARGETS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN EXECUTING THAT ATTACK IN JORDAN. SO THIS IS TRYING TO DEGRADE THOSE CAPABILITIES OF THESE IRANIAN BACKED. BUT THE PRESIDENT, HE’S BEEN WALKING A VERY FINE LINE ON THIS. THE FOCUS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN TRYING TO AVOID

ESCALATION HERE, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 160 ATTACKS ON TROOPS IN THE REGION. AND SO FAR THE U.S. RESPONSE HAS NOT STOPPED THEM. NOW, WE’RE LEARNING THAT PENTAGON OFFICIALS THAT THE STRIKES THAT THEY EXECUTE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT. IT WILL SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE. BUT WE’RE ALSO LEARNING

THAT THERE ARE FEARS FROM SOME U.S. OFFICIALS THAT THIS WILL LEAD TO THE EXACT KIND OF ESCALATION THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN TRYING TO AVOID. AND DIANE, COMPLICATING ALL THIS IS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE THESE ONGOING HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS TO RELEASE HOSTAGES IN GAZA. THERE ARE FEARS THAT THE U.S.

RESPONSE COULD DERAIL THAT. ALL RIGHT. SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG, THANK. >> AND A SENIOR HAMAS OFFICIAL SAYS THE MILITANT GROUP WILL RESPOND VERY SOON TO A PROPOSAL THAT INCLUDES EXTENDED PAUSES IN FIGHTING IN GAZA. AND PHASE TWO EXCHANGES OF HAMAS HELD HOSTAGES. >> FOUR PALESTINIANS IMPRISONED IN ISRAEL.

MEANWHILE, U.K. FOREIGN MINISTER DAVID CAMERON SAYS BRITAIN COULD RECOGNIZE A PALESTINIAN STATE AFTER A POTENTIAL CEASE FIRE. ABC NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT JAMES IS IN TEL AVIV WITH THE LATEST. >> HI, DAN. YES, IT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE WE’RE VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL AT ALL. AND YOU REMEMBER, THERE ARE LAYERS OF COMPLEXITY HERE.

IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE INTERNAL DYNAMICS IN ISRAEL. WHEN OCTOBER 7TH HAPPENED, ISRAEL ON THE CUSP OF NORMALIZING ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SAUDI ARABIA, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ENORMOUS IT WOULD HAVE MEANT THEY WOULD BE ALLIES TOGETHER WITH THE UNITED STATES ,IRAN. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SAUDI WOULD GET ON WITH THIS ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT. BUT THIS WAR IN GAZA HAS MEANT THAT SAUDI ARABIA CANNOT DO. AND SO IT MIGHT BE THAT AS PART OF THESE CONVERSATIONS, THE ARAB CONTACT GROUP, THAT’S QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA, EGYPT, WHO IS IN TOUCH WITH HAMAS, THIS PERHAPS HAVE BECOME PART OF THE CONVERSATION ON ENACTING

OR EXTRACTING MORE CONCESSIONS FROM ISRAEL AND THE WEST. AND THAT MIGHT BE PART OF THE REASON WHY WE’VE HEARD FROM WESTERN GOVERNMENTS THIS IDEA RECOGNIZING A PALESTINIAN STATE. DAVID CAMERON HAS BEEN REPEATING THE BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. YOU KNOW, THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS CONSIDERING THIS AS A

POLICY, NOT AS A RESULT OF A PEACE PROCESS, BUT PERHAPS AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION FROM THE VERY START. SO YES. THIS IS ABOUT GETTING THOSE HOSTAGES OUT. YES. THIS IS ABOUT ENDING THE WAR IN GAZA, BUT THERE ARE WIDER GEOPOLITICAL DYNAMICS AT PLAY HERE THAT MAY BE COMPLICATING MATTERS THAT FOREIGN

CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN, THANK YOU. COMING UP TOMORROW MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THAT TOXIC TRAIN DERAILMENT IN OHIO. >> I’M ALEX PRESHA IN EAST PALESTINE, OHIO. AUTHORITIES TELL US THAT THIS VILLAGE IS ON PACE TO BE BACK TO NORMAL BY LATE SUMMER. STILL, THERE ARE RESIDENTS HERE THAT ARE TELLING US THEY’RE

GETTING. >> WE’LL HAVE A FULL REPORT COMING UP WHENEVER NEWSROOM ENDS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS. >> ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, 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. THE NEED UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN. 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 WHERE

I THE STORY FROM, THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT FOR THE FBI AND NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN STREAMING LIVE TO YOU OR THE STORY IS WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE.

WE’RE STREAMING NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. AMERICA’S NUMBER STREAMING NEWS. >> I HAVE A PULITZER. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU. WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE. I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS WHAT HAS BEEN SIGNED UP.

AND THERE’S A SLICE OF HUMAN BRAIN. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY’RE YOU NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. >> ANYWHERE. WOW. IRA, YOU READY? LET’S DO IT. YES, IT’S THE SHOW. AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS

RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO LET’S GIRL, HOW ARE YOU? YEAH. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING SATURDAY IS ON ABC NEWS LIVE WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT TO DO WHAT WOULD YOU DO MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE

MY FAVORITE SHOW. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS BRACING FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN. SANTA BARBARA AND LOS ANGELES ARE UNDER FLASH FLOOD THREATS AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST MELISSA GRIFFIN IS TRACKING IT ALL FOR US. >> HI, MELISSA. HEY, DIANE.

AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS JUST CALLING THIS SECOND STORM POTENTIALLY LIFE WHEN IT COMES TO FLOODING. BUT FIRST, WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST STORM. THIS ONE IS MOVING OUT. IT’S BRINGING SOME MOUNTAIN SNOW TO PARTS OF THE ROCKIES IN THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AND POTENTIALLY SOME SEVERE

STORMS THERE TO OF TEXAS BY LATER TONIGHT. SO AS THIS ALL PUSHES EAST, GOING TO ALSO BRING HEAVY RAIN TO PARTS OF THE GULF COAST. I’M NOT AS CONCERNED FLOODING ACROSS THE GULF AND THE SOUTHEAST BECAUSE THIS ONE’S A QUICK MOVER UNLIKE THE SECOND STORM THAT IS ON THE WAY

TO CALIFORNIA. LET’S TIME THAT ONE OUT FOR YOU NOW. IT’S BY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. BUT THE NEXT ROUND OF HEAVY FLOODING, RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LOS ANGELES. YOU CAN SEE THE RADAR JUST LIT UP FOR SUNDAY AT 7 A.M.

THAT MOUNTAINS PILING UP IN THE SIERRA IS ANOTHER 2 TO 5 FEET EXPECTED THERE ON TOP OF WHAT FELL FROM THE PREVIOUS STORM. AND THEN BY MONDAY MORNING, ALL PUSHES OUT SANTA BARBARA, LOS ANGELES, DOWN TO SAN DIEGO . THAT’S WHERE I’M EXPECTING THE BIGGEST FLOOD THREAT AND THAT’S WHERE

THEY’RE TALKING THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE THREATENING FLOODING. NOW, THIS IS THE FLOOD RISK SUNDAY AND, MONDAY, YOU CAN SEE HERE EVERYWHERE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED. THIS IS WHERE WE’RE EXPECTING THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES THAT WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER HAS ALREADY SAID THIS IS THE SECOND HIGHEST RISK THAT WE’RE

SEEING HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR SUNDAY, EARLY NEXT WEEK. BUT ANYWHERE THERE IN YELLOW FROM NAPA ALL THE WAY DOWN SAN DIEGO COULD SEE FLOODING FROM THIS SYSTEM. THE WORST PART ABOUT THIS STORM IS HOW SLOW MOVING IT IS. AND THAT’S WHY SOME OF THESE AREAS, DIANE COULD SEE 6 TO

12 INCHES OF RAIN. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, JUST THIS PAST STORM EARLIER THIS WEEK SAW SIX INCHES WITH THAT ONE. SO WE ARE JUST PILING UP. THE RAIN THERE AND FLOODING ISSUES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE RIGHT NEXT WEEK DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST MELISSA ,THANK YOU.

AND RESIDENTS OF EAST PALESTINE, OHIO ARE FRUSTRATED AND STILL CLEANING UP ONE YEAR AFTER THE WORST TRAIN DERAILMENT. MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY. THE COMMUNITY THERE IS URGING THE REST OF THE COUNTRY NOT TO FORGET WHAT HAPPENED THERE. ABC NEWS ALEX PRESHA HAS THEIR STORY. >> IT’S BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE

ONE OF THE WORST TRAIN DERAILMENT IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY. WHAT CAUSED IT? TRAIN DERAILED THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN OHIO AFTER A TRAIN DERAILMENT AND MASSIVE FIRES. 50 TRAIN CARS DERAILED NORTHWEST OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. SOME THEM CARRYING VINYL CHLORIDE. IT’S STILL VERY VOLATILE SITUATION. LONG EXPOSURE TO THE CHEMICAL

CAN LEAD TO CHRONIC LIVER AND KIDNEY PROBLEMS. THOSE IN THE RED AREA ARE FACING GRAVE DANGER OF DEATH. I’VE HAD MASSIVE HEADACHES SINCE IT STARTED. I WANT TO REASSURE THAT THE PROCESS IS PROCEEDING AS PLANNED, BASICALLY A MUSHROOM CLOUD. THERE’S REALLY NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT. WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT PEOPLE

IN THE COMMUNITY CONSIDER USING BOTTLED WATER. IF I WAS THERE RIGHT NOW, I WOULD DRINK IT. YESTERDAY, WE DIDN’T HAVE THE TEST. WATCH THIS. JUST SEE THE CHEMICAL. MY GRANDBABIES. THAT’S WHY I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY. SO THEY COULD PLAY AND A DRINK AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.

MY BOOK, THE BENEFICIARY. YOU SEE THIS WALL OF FLAMES OVER HERE? WHAT’S. WHAT’S GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND? JUST PANIC. MY SON. I NEEDED TO GET HIM OUT. I NEED. MAKE HIM SAFE. GET MY ANIMALS. THE FLAMES JUST COMPLETELY SURROUNDED US. >> THIS IS WHERE BASICALLY WE HAVE OUR MEALS OR ANYTHING.

>> WE NEED TO MICROWAVE. ONE YEAR LATER, ASHLEY MCCULLUM AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE OF EAST PALESTINE ARE LIVING A LIFE IN LIMBO. >> WE’VE HAD HOLIDAYS HERE. WE’VE HAD CHRISTMAS HERE. THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT IS. >> UNTIL WE CAN GET A NEW ONE. ASHLEY BOYFRIEND, HER SON ZAYN,

AND THEIR TWO DOGS HAVE BEEN LIVING OUT OF THIS BEST WESTERN. A COUPLE OF TOWNS OVER IN A HOTEL ROOM PAID FOR BY NORFOLK SOUTHERN. >> HOW HAS THAT ADJUSTMENT BEEN? IT’S BEEN DIFFICULT. >> YOU’VE NEVER HAVE PRIVACY. HER SON’S BED DOUBLES AS A PLAY SPACE, HIS STUFFED ANIMALS

STACKED WITH HIS PILLOWS. >> IF HE WANTS PRIVACY, SOMETIMES I’LL EVEN PUT A BLANKET OVER HERE AND MAKE LIKE, A LITTLE FORT. BUT HER STAY HERE MAY SOON COME TO AN END. NORFOLK SOUTHERN IS ENDING PAYMENTS TO HER HOTEL ON FEBRUARY 9TH, AND SHE SAYS GOING BACK TO EAST PALESTINE

IS NOT AN OPTION. YOU WOULD RATHER BE HOMELESS THAN MOVE BACK TO PALESTINE. >> SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT FEEL THE SAME, BUT I KNOW WHAT MY TELLING ME, AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT SAME EFFECT. >> I KNOW THAT MY BODY’S SAYING DO NOT BE HERE.

DISPLACEMENT IS ONLY ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS THIS FAMILY HAS ENDURED SINCE LAST YEAR’S DERAILMENT, THE TOXIC CLOUD THAT CAME FROM IT CAUSING HEALTH EFFECTS. ASHLEY SAYS SHE AND HER FAMILY DIDN’T HAVE BEFORE. >> RATIONING, NUMBNESS, TINGLING IN YOUR MOUTH, EAR PAIN, BLOOD IN YOUR EARS, HAIR . AND THESE ARE ALL SYMPTOMS.

YOU SAY YOU DIDN’T HAVE BEFORE THAT DERAILMENT. >> YEAH. I WAS NEVER SICK. >> NOW, NORFOLK SOUTHERN AND THE EPA INSIST, THAT THE AIR AND WATER HERE IS CLEAN. THEY’RE TAKING SOME 45,000 SAMPLES SINCE LAST YEAR’S ACCIDENT, BUT THERE ARE STILL CALLS FOR MORE FEDERAL AID HERE. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SET TO VISIT

LATER THIS MONTH, DIANE. >> ALEX PRESHA IN EAST PALESTINE, OHIO. >> THANK YOU. COMING UP, YOU HAVE A CLOSET FULL OF CLOTHES, BUT NOTHING TO WEAR. WE HAVE A NEW MOSQUITO METHOD TO HELP YOU DECLUTTER, ORGANIZE AND FALL IN LOVE WITH WARDROBE IN THE COURSE OF LIKE, ONE OF

THE BIGGEST ONLINE ROCK FACES ON THE PLANET. NOW, STARTING VERY EXCITED. IF WE MANAGE TO BUY, MAYBE RECORD LIKE IT WILL BE THE BIGGEST PURCHASE THAT WE’VE EVER DONE. THAT’S REALLY WHAT’S AT STAKE WITH CLIMBING. THIS IS NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR. IT IS ALWAYS YOUR LIFE.

>> TONIGHT, HONORING THE SOLDIERS IN JORDAN AS THEIR BODIES ARE RETURNED HOME. PLUS, TRACKING RAIN, WIND AND SNOW AND A NEW STORM ON THE WAY. MORE TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION WORLD TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR THURSDAY. YOU KNOW, IT’S GOING TO BE A PARTY WHEN SARA LARSEN WINDS

UP THE MORNING IN A BLIND GM CONCERT ON THURSDAY. ONLY ON. GOOD MORNING CONCERT SERIES SPONSORED BY PLANET FITNESS. 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 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. >> HERE AT ELEMENTARY, WE LEARNED SOME “GMA” IN OUR MORNINGS. YES. NEXT WEEK, AVID ELEMENTARY IS FINALLY BACK. BUT FIRST, GOING TO BRONSON AND SHERYL LEE RALPH ARE COMING

TO GOOD MORNING AMERICA. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA AND AMERICA’S ONE NEWS COMES THE ON THE ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO FASTER, SMARTER AND CUSTOMIZABLE TWO MORE INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW, YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE. >> THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW I’M BACK UP

AND REPORTING IN GAZA CITY RIGHT NEXT TO SHIFA HOSPITAL. WHEREVER THE NEWS IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. WELCOME BACK. IT IS TIME FOR MOSQUITO METHODS WHERE I SHOW YOU SOME OF MY FAVORITE HACKS TO MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER TODAY.

BRING YOU A WAY TO ORGANIZE YOUR CLOSET TO HELP YOU DECLUTTER AND FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR WARDROBE. WE’VE ALL BEEN THERE RIGHT? GOT A CLOSET FULL OF CLOTHES AND YET I HAVE NOTHING TO WEAR. THIS WAS MAGNIFIED FOR ME AFTER HAVING KIDS. I HAD A CLOSET I COULD BARELY CLOSE.

I WAS ALWAYS WEARING THE SAME THING. PERFECT. BUT I RECENTLY REALIZED THE PROBLEM WASN’T MY CLOTHES. >> IT’S THE WAY I HAD THEM. I USED TO ORGANIZE MY CLOSET BY CATEGORY, SO THERE WAS A SOME CARDIGAN SECTION, A TOP SECTION, A PANTS SECTION, THE SKIRT SECTION, AND SO ON.

IT MADE LOGICAL SENSE, BUT PUTTING TOGETHER AN WAS LIKE PUTTING TOGETHER A PUZZLE, MIXING AND MATCHING PIECES, TRYING TO WHAT GOES WHAT WITH WHAT. AND THAT ALSO INVOLVES MAKING A LOT OF MICRO THESE DAYS WHEN I’M GETTING READY, I DON’T HAVE THE TIME OR BANDWIDTH FOR THAT THAT’LL WORK. YEAH, BUT LATELY STARTED

REORGANIZING MY CLOSET BY OUTFIT AND WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD JUST SAVE ME TIME HAS DONE SO MUCH MORE TO DO THIS IN A BIG HALL. GET SOME LABELS, CLOTHING RACK DIVIDERS. YOU CAN CREATE SECTIONS, MOVE ITEMS LIKE WHITE AND BLACK TANKS OR JEANS TO THE BASIC SECTION BECAUSE THEY GO

WITH JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. BASICS ARE ALSO GOOD ITEMS TO PUT IN DRAWERS BECAUSE YOU DON’T NEED TO SEE TO REMEMBER THEM. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO FORGET TO WEAR YOUR JEANS PIECES THAT YOU WOULD ONLY PAIR WITH BASICS GO IN THE SOLO SECTION. SO I LOVE THIS CARDIGAN, BUT I

ONLY WEAR IT WITH BASICS LIKE A WHITE OR BLACK TANK JEANS OR LEGGINGS. SO IT’S GOING IN THE SOLO SECTION. THE GOAL IS TO GET EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE OUTFIT SECTION. >> TAKE THIS TOP INSTEAD OF JUST THINKING THAT WOULD LOOK CUTE UNDER A BLAZER.

NOW I’M CHECKING TO SEE WHAT I ACTUALLY WEAR WITH ONE OF MY BLAZERS. IF I FIND A MATCH, I’M EXCITED TO WEAR THESE TWO ITEMS NOW LIVE TOGETHER IN THE OUTFIT SECTION. IF I FIND ANOTHER TOP THAT GOES WELL WITH THAT SAME BLAZER THAT, ONE LIVES THERE TO REPEAT

THE SAME PROCESS WITH PANTS, SKIRTS, EVEN ACCESSORIES. NOW SOMETHING DOESN’T HAVE A MATCH. YOU HAVE A DECISION MAKE. DO YOU LOVE IT ENOUGH TO BUY SOMETHING TO GO WITH IT? WELL. >> WELL, THESE WOULD LOOK GREAT WITH A CROPPED BLACK BLAZER ORDER PLACED FOR BLACK BLAZER. >> OTHERWISE, IT’S TIME TO LET

IT GO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THIS SYSTEM. HELP ME DONATE SO MANY CLOTHES, BUT ALSO REDISCOVER PIECES THAT I LOVE BUT NEVER LIKE THIS SKIRT. THESE PANTS, THIS JACKET, BOTH OF THESE TOPS. >> NOW THAT THEY’RE ORGANIZED INTO OUTFITS, I THEM ALL THE TIME. SO MY CLOSET LESS CLUTTERED,

EASIER TO NAVIGATE FOR CLOTHES. I ACTUALLY WEAR BIG GO I’VE BEEN READY FOR AGES AND AS A BONUS IT’S ALSO HELPED ME BUY LESS STUFF AND IT HAS MADE PACKING MUCH EASIER, WHICH IS MY KRYPTONITE. AND WE WILL HAVE ON THAT NOTE, MORE PACKING HACKS COMING UP ON THE NEXT METHOD.

>> IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM THAT YOU WANT ME TO TACKLE, JUST LET ME KNOW. INSTAGRAM AT DIANE MACEDO AND YOU MIGHT SEE US TAKE IT ON FOR NEXT MOSQUITO METHOD’S SUPER BOWL 58. >> MEANWHILE, A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AWAY, BUT THE PARTY IS ALREADY GETTING STARTED

IN VEGAS AS FANS AND PLAYERS BEGIN TO ARRIVE, THE NFL IS TAKING OVER CITY, ALONG WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO GET THOSE RARE TICKETS FOR THE BIG GAME. >> ABC’S WHIT JOHNSON HAS MORE. LAS VEGAS IS GEARING UP FOR A SHOW UNLIKE ANYTHING IT’S EVER SEEN. SUPER BOWL 58.

FROM SUPERSTARS TO SUPER FANS ALL ABOUT TO DESCEND ON SIN CITY. >> IT’S GOING TO BE BEYOND ANYBODY ELSE’S WILDEST DREAMS. >> THE DEFENDING SUPER BOWL CHAMPS, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AND THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS HEADING TO VEGAS SUNDAY, A WEEK AHEAD OF THEIR SECOND SUPER BOWL MATCHUP ON SOCIAL MEDIA. CHIEFS QUARTERBACK

PATRICK MAHOMES JOKINGLY COMPARING THE TRIP TO THE COMEDY THE HANGOVER BUT INSISTING IT’S ALL BUSINESS. I LAS VEGAS. AND IT’S A LOT OF FUN. BUT FOR US IT’S A BUSINESS TRIP . >> AND IN THE TRUE SENSE, WE’RE GOING THERE TO PLAY A FOOTBALL GAME. AND BOTH TEAMS WILL BE NOWHERE

NEAR THE ACTION BEFORE THE BIG GAME. STAYING IN SEPARATE HOTELS. 25 MILES OUTSIDE THE STRIP. BUT LAS VEGAS PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS, PREPARING TO WELCOME SOME 330,000 VISITORS. A PROJECTED ECONOMIC IMPACT TOPPING $600 MILLION. >> WELL, WE’RE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, PREPARING A WHOLE SLATE OF OFFICIAL NFL

SUPER BOWL EVENTS. YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE YOU WALK IN THE CITY IS GOING TO BE THE SUPER BOWL FEVER TO IT. >> FOR THOSE HOPING TO BE AMONG THE MORE THAN 65,000 FANS WHO WILL PACK ALLEGIANT STADIUM, THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A TICKET IS MORE THAN $9,000. THE LOWEST RESALE, NEARLY

$6,000 ON STUBHUB. THERE WILL BE REWARD IT NOT ONLY WITH FOOTBALL, BUT ENTERTAINMENT. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A DJ WILL BE ROCKING THE STADIUM. DURING THE GAME, TIESTO, KNOWN AS THE GODFATHER OF ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC PERFORMING BETWEEN QUARTERS, SETTING “GMA”. >> THIS SPECIAL MESSAGE VERY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE

SUPER BOWL THIS YEAR. I CAN’T WAIT TO PLAY THE STADIUM AND BRING THE ENERGY UP DURING THE GAME. >> AND LET’S NOT FORGET, YES, R&B ICON USHER IN HIGHLY ANTICIPATED HALFTIME SHOW. >> I THINK FOR THE, YOU KNOW, OVER 100 MILLION PEOPLE WHO WILL SEE IT, FOR THOSE WHO KNOW

MY MUSIC AND KNOW MY LEGACY, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL UNDERSTAND THE ENTERTAINER THAT I AM. >> AND RIGHT NOW, MOST OF THE TICKET BUYERS ARE CALIFORNIA, ABOUT 35%, FOLLOWED BY PEOPLE FROM AND KANSAS AT ABOUT 11%. AND THERE ARE STILL GOOD SEATS AVAILABLE. >> DIANE WHIT JOHNSON, THANK

YOU AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M DIANE MACEDO ABC NEWS IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME. WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS, WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> THE IDEAL MALE PHYSIQUE TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME. MONEY CAN BUY YOU A LOT OF THINGS. MONEY CAN’T MAKE YOU TALL IT RIGHT.

THINKING BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE NEWEST COSMETIC SURGERY. AS A MAN, IT’S LIKE, MAN I WISH I WAS TALLER. WE SEE MEN WHO ARE TALLER AS THE ALPHA. I WANT FINALLY RIGHT NOW, WEAR SHOES ON SIX ONE. EVERYBODY FREAKED OUT BY IT. >> ON THE BASIS OF WHAT TOLD CALLED I LENGTHENED.

>> YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, SO GO FOR IT. THE BUSINESS OF GETTING TALL NOW STREAMING ON HULU. IN OF COURSE LIKE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONLINE ROCK FACES ON THE PLANET. NOW I’M STARTING TO GET VERY EXCITED. IF WE MANAGE TO CLIMBING RECORD, YOU KNOW, BE THE BIGGEST VERSUS EVER DONE,

ULTIMATELY WHAT’S AT STAKE? THE CLIMB. THIS IS NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR BECAUSE ALWAYS YOUR RIGHT. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE. >> FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE THE NEWS . 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 WITH FOUR EDWARD ARMOR 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 PART OF THE STORY

THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE SQUEEZE. MY REPORTING BREAKING NEW EXCLUSIVES KEEPS COMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. YOU’RE LOOKING AT JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FLORIDA ON THIS FRIDAY.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE’S A RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW? THE BODIES OF THREE AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN AN ATTACK IN JORDAN ARE ON THEIR WAY HOME. THE REMAINS OF SERGEANT KENNEDY SANDERS. SERGEANT BRIANNA MOFFITT AND SERGEANT WILLIAM RIVERS WILL BE ARRIVING AT DOVER AIR

FORCE BASE, DELAWARE, THIS AFTERNOON. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THEIR FAMILIES SET TO BE THERE FOR THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER. THIS AS THE U.S. PREPARES STRIKE BACK AT IRAN BACKED MILITANT GROUPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. U.S. OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS MILITANTS AND THEIR WEAPONS IN IRAQ, SYRIA, POSSIBLY YEMEN, ARE ALL

ON THE LIST OF LIKELY TARGETS. AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A FIERY PLANE CRASH IN CLEARWATER FLORIDA. FIREFIGHTERS RUSHED TO THE SCENE WHERE A SMALL PLANE CRASHED INTO A MOBILE HOME PARK WEST OF TAMPA. THE FAA SAYS THE PILOT REPORTED FAILURE JUST AFTER 7 P.M. LAST NIGHT.

THE CRASH IS NOW INVESTIGATION . COUNTRY MUSIC STAR DARIUS IS FACING MISDEMEANOR DRUG CHARGES AFTER BEING ARRESTED NEAR NASHVILLE. IT’S UNCLEAR WHAT LED TO THE ARREST, BUT RUCKER WAS ALSO CITED FOR EXPIRED REGISTRATION, SUGGESTING HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER BY. AND ON THIS GROUNDHOG DAY, PUNXSUTAWNEY SAYS AN EARLY

SPRING IS ON THE WAY. THE FAMOUS GROUNDHOG EMERGED FROM HIS BURROW AND DID NOT SEE HIS SHADOW. THOUSANDS GATHERED AT GOBBLERS KNOB IN PENNSYLVANIA TO SEE THE LEGENDARY RODENT MAKE HIS PREDICTION. BUT EXPERTS SAY A COIN FLIP MAY BE MORE ACCURATE. GROUNDHOGS ARE NOT METEOROLOGISTS. AND NOW TO AN

ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE. THE GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT IS MAKING A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT HIS STATE’S PLAN TO ERASE MEDICAL DEBT. RESIDENTS QUALIFY WILL START TO SEE DEBT DISAPPEAR BY JUNE. BUT THE PRIORITIZING SINGLE PARENTS AND LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS. STEPHANIE RAMOS SAT DOWN WITH GOVERNOR NED LAMONT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW IT’LL.

>> IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, GOVERNOR LAMONT OF CONNECTICUT ANNOUNCING HIS STATE WILL BE THE FIRST TO WIPE OUT MEDICAL DEBT FOR THE THOUSANDS PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR BILLS. >> TELL US WHY YOU’RE CANCELING MEDICAL DEBT NOW. >> AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THEY DID BECAUSE THEY’RE SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY.

THIS IS BECAUSE THEY GOT HIT WITH THE EMERGENCY. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SUFFER TWICE, FIRST WITH THE ILLNESS, THEN WITH THE DEBT. >> MEDICAL DEBT IS THE NUMBER ONE SOURCE OF DEBT COLLECTION IN THE U.S. GREATER THAN CREDIT CARDS, UTILITIES, AUTO LOANS AND OTHER SOURCES COMBINED.

ALMOST 20% OF AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS CARRY MEDICAL DEBT DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTING BLACK AND LATINO FAMILIES. THE STATE ANTICIPATING 250,000 RESIDENTS, WILL SEE THEIR MEDICAL DEBT CLEAR. >> LAMONT HE’S LEVERAGING A $6.5 MILLION FUND FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 TO CANCEL $1 BILLION IN MEDICAL DEBT BY WORKING

WITH A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, BUYS AND ELIMINATES DEBT AT A FRACTION OF THE COST. I IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE HAVE A SENSE THAT THEY CAN START BUILDING WEALTH OF THEIR FOR MAKING THAT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO DO. >> AND THE BEST WAY TO START IS ELIMINATE THE DEBT YOU GOT.

>> ELIGIBLE FAMILIES INCLUDE THOSE WHOSE MEDICAL EQUATES TO 5% OR MORE OF THEIR ANNUAL INCOME OR WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS UP TO 400% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE. FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, THAT’S $150,000 A YEAR. >> AND DIANE, THERE IS NO APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN.

CONNECTICUT, IT’S AUTOMATIC. IN CITIES LIKE CHICAGO AND D.C. HAVE CANCELED DEBT. THE AMOUNT PER HOUSEHOLD HAS RANGED $25 TO SIX FIGURE AMOUNTS. DIANE ALL RIGHT, STEPHANIE RAMOS, THANK YOU. >> AND MIAMI BEACH IS CRACKING ON DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR AHEAD OF SPRING BREAK. THE CITY COUNCIL IS ANNOUNCING RULES, INCLUDING CURFEWS

AND CLOSING BEACHES AT 6 P.M.. ABC’S VICTOR OQUENDO HAS MORE CHAOTIC SPRING BREAK SCENES ON MIAMI BEACH. >> MURDERS, SHOOTINGS, FIGHTS AND STAMP LEADS, ALL OF WHICH THE CITY DESPERATELY HOPES TO AVOID THIS YEAR, MIAMI BEACH IS CRACKING DOWN PROACTIVELY. A BEFORE THE RUSH. CITY LEADERS ARE PROMISING SIGNIFICANTLY STRICTER RULES

TO CURB THE NOTORIOUSLY UNRULY CROWDS AND POLICE PRESENCE, WITH OFFICERS WORKING 12 HOUR SHIFTS VIGOROUSLY ENFORCING OPEN CONTAINER AND NOISE LAWS, IMPLEMENTING CURFEWS, SUSPENDING SIDEWALK CAFES ON FAMED OCEAN DRIVE. WHEN SHUTTING DOWN PARKING GARAGES AND PARKING LOTS. WE NEED TO CORRECT THESE ISSUES. >> WE NEED TO DO IT NOW

AND WE’RE GOING TO BE VERY PROACTIVE. AND IF SOMEBODY THINKS THAT WE’RE DOING TOO MUCH WELL, THAT MEANS WE’RE PROBABLY DOING IT RIGHT. >> MIAMI BEACH IS CURRENTLY UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY. THE CITY FORCED TO DECLARE STATES EMERGENCY IN RECENT YEARS FOLLOWING FATAL SHOOTINGS THAT HORDES OF PEOPLE SCRAMBLING, PARTY GOERS

CLASHING WITH POLICE AND A NUMBER OF BRAWLS BREAKING OUT ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT. >> SPRING BREAK IS, WHAT IT IS, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE IMPEDING THE FUNCTIONING OF BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. IT SHOULD NOT BE IMPACTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OUR RESIDENTS. SPRING BREAK LAWS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE STATE POLICE TELLING

THE PUBLIC PEOPLE WHO VIOLATE THE LAWS COULD FACE FINES, ARREST, EVEN JAIL TIME AND CRIMINAL RECORD THAT WILL FOLLOW YOU BEYOND SPRING BREAK. >> POLICE WILL ALSO SET UP DUI CHECKPOINTS. STILL HAVE LICENSE PLATE READERS AND REDUCE TRAFFIC DOWN TO ONE LANE ENTERING MIAMI. ONE COMMISSIONER SAYING THEY’RE SHUTTING THE DOOR

ON SPRING ONCE AND FOR ALL DIANE. ALL RIGHT, VICTOR OQUENDO. >> THANK YOU. COMING UP, AN ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE AS APPLE DEBUTS ITS BRAND NEW DEVICE. WHAT CEO TIM COOK SHARING ABOUT THE APPLE VISION PRO AND THE FUTURE OF TECH. ALSO AHEAD, USHER DROPPED A NEW SONG OVERNIGHT AS VEGAS

PREPARES FOR A HUGE HALFTIME SHOW. WE HAVE A PREVIEW TONIGHT, HONORING THE SOLDIERS KILLED IN JORDAN AS THEIR BODIES ARE RETURNED HOME. PLUS, TRACKING HEAVY RAIN, WIND AND SNOW AND A NEW STORM ON THE WAY. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION . “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT”

WITH DAVID MUIR THURSDAY. YOU KNOW, IT’S GOING TO BE A PARTY WHEN ZOLLARS LIGHTS UP THE MORNING IN A BLIND CHIMNEY CONCERT ON THURSDAY. ONLY ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> CONCERT SERIES IS SPONSORED BY PLANET FITNESS AND WITH THUNDER THE. YEAH THAT’S A SONG GOING TO BE READ JUST A LITTLE BIT

MY LITTLE MORE THAN A MINUTE IN AMERICA FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER NEWS SOURCE BECOMES THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS INCREDIBLE VIDEO FASTER SMARTER AND WE CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW, YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE BUZZ IS ABOUT EXPERIENCE.

THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WINNER OF THE GRACIE AWARD FOR BEST NEWS PROGRAM IN ALL OF TELEVISION AT STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE TIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ABC NEWS LIVE. >> THE IDEAL MALE PHYSIQUE IS, TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME MONEY

CAN BUY YOU A LOT OF THINGS. HE CAN MAKE YOU TALLER, RIGHT? THREE BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE NEWEST COSMETIC AND THE MAN IS LIKE AND I WISH I WAS TALLER. >> WE’VE SEEN MEN WHO ARE TALLER AS THE ALPHA. I WENT FROM FIVE NINE RIGHT NOW WITH SHOES ON SIX ONE.

EVERYBODY FREAKED OUT BY EIGHT ON THE BASIS OF WHAT IS CALLED LEG LENGTHENED. >> YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, SO GO FOR IT. THE BUSINESS OF GETTING TOM NOW STREAMING ON HULU. BABE RUTH. HANK AARON SHOHEI OHTANI. LEGENDS OF THE GAME. BUT NOW THE LIST OF GREATS REDEFINED. FROM ABC NEWS, RECLAIM

THE FORGOTTEN LEAGUE, THE SITE OF THE STORY OF BASEBALL YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE LIKE THIS AWARD WINNING PODCAST IS BACK. LISTEN, WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS OR SCAN THE QR CODE, YOU SEE HERE. >> WELCOME BACK. APPLE’S NEW VISION PRO IS NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS THE COMPANY’S FIRST

MAJOR NEW PRODUCT IN ALMOST DECADE. ABC’S WILL REEVE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO EXPERIENCE THE CUSTOMER DEMO THE APPLE VISION PRO MAKING ITS BIG PUBLIC DEBUT, HITTING THE SHELVES AS APPLE’S FIRST NEW DEVICE IN YEARS. >> THE ERA OF SPATIAL IS HERE WITH A HEFTY PRICE TAG OF 30 $500.

APPLE’S FIRST SPATIAL COMPUTER MERGES DIGITAL CONTENT WITH THE PHYSICAL WORLD, ALLOWING USERS NAVIGATE THE SPACE USING THEIR HANDS, VOICE AND EYES. >> OH, AND GM. HEY, GOT A FIRST LOOK AT ONE OF THE APPLE VISION PRO SPACES MADE AVAILABLE A FEW DOZEN RETAIL STORES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

>> WHEN APPLE FANS COME IN TO A SPACE LIKE THIS AND GET THE DEVICE ON, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE THEIR REACTION BEING? >> WELL, THE BEST PART ABOUT GIVING THESE DEMOS IS WATCHING REACTIONS. AND I WILL SAY IT’S AH, IT’S WONDER. SOMETIMES WE’VE HAD SOME PEOPLE CRY.

IT IS A REALLY TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE. LIKE, I’M SO EXCITED FOR YOU TO TRY IT BECAUSE IT IS DEEPLY IMPACTING AND YOU CAN REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS REALLY NEW AND REALLY EXCITING. >> AND I GOT TO WALK THROUGH DEMO. >> OTHER USERS WILL BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE IN SELECT STORES .

OH, WE’RE IN A VIDEO. THEY JUST BLEW A CAKE OUT RIGHT IN MY FACE. >> WOW. YOU JUST SAW FIRST FACIAL VIDEO. I DID. I FEEL LIKE I MUST LOOK PRETTY SILLY, BUT I’M HAVING A FANTASTIC TIME. >> THE DEVICE IS COMPATIBLE WITH MORE THAN 1 MILLION APPS

AND OVER 600 SPATIAL APPS BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR IT. BUT SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR APPS, INCLUDING YOUTUBE, SPOTIFY AREN’T AVAILABLE AT THE MOMENT. THE APPLE VISION PRO IS NOT THE FIRST AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS, AND EXPERTS SAY IT WON’T BE THE LAST.

I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF COMPETITION, A LOT OF RESPONSE, A LOT OF COPYING, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT APPLE’S DOING. BUT IN THE LONG TERM, WE’LL BE ABLE TO SLOWLY START TO SEE A TREND TOWARDS MUCH SMALLER, MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE VERSIONS

OF THIS WEARABLE COMPUTER UNDER FACEBOOK. >> ABC’S WILL REEVE THANK YOU. AND EARLIER ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA, APPLE CEO TIM COOK SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO MICHAEL STRAHAN ABOUT VISION PRO AT AN APPLE STORE HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. >> I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO GET APPLE VISION.

>> THAT WAS THAT IS THE MOST AMAZING THING AND IS SO HARD TO TO SOMEONE WHO HASN’T EXPERIENCED IT YET. IT’S MAGICAL. MAGIC IS ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU ENVISION THIS BEING USED BY PEOPLE IN THEIR DAILY LIVES? OH, I THINK GOING TO BE USED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS

BECAUSE IT’S A IT’S A SPECIAL COMPUTER. AND, YOU KNOW, THE IPHONE US TO MOBILE COMPUTING. THE MAC INTRODUCED THE PERSONAL COMPUTING. THIS IS THE FIRST SPECIAL COMPUTER AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO INTERACT WITH IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. SOME PEOPLE WILL CONNECT WITH TIME AND SO FORTH. SOME PEOPLE WILL TRAIN ON WILL

TRAIN ON IT. IT’S JUST THE NUMBER OF USE CASES IS LIKE THE COMPUTER. IT’S JUST ENORMOUS BECAUSE THERE’S OVER A MILLION APPS ALREADY. IT IS A COMPUTER, BUT IT IS A HEADSET. YEAH. YOU ARE TRULY YOU’RE SO IMMERSED IN THIS WORLD THAT YOU CAN CREATE WITH THIS. YEAH, BUT IT HAS A LOT

OF GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGY. WHAT IS IT? YEAH. YEAH. SO WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS AND TO GET THE GESTURES DOWN. THERE’S A LOT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MACHINE LEARNING BUILT INTO THE PRODUCT TO GET HAND GESTURES, TO GET ROOM MAPPING. THIS STUFF REQUIRES, VERY DEEP MACHINE LEARNING.

AND WE COULDN’T BE MORE PROUD OF IT. YOU KNOW, WE’RE A COMPANY ONLY HAS A FEW THESE MOST COMPANIES HAVE NONE. YEAH. AND WE’VE HAD THE MAC, THE IPOD, THE IPAD, THE IPHONE, THE WATCH AND NOW THE VISION PRO. BUT IT’S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS I’VE HAD EVERY ONE OF THOSE,

YOU NAME IT, I’M GOING TO HAVE ONE OF THESE TO IT. YOU TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE USING YOUR HANDS BECAUSE IT’S A HEADSET. YOU WEAR IT, BUT YOU NAVIGATE IT WITH YOUR HAND. HOW HOW DOES SOMETHING I’M WEARING ON MY FACE KNOW WHAT I’M DOING WITH MY HANDS?

WELL, THERE’S MANY CAMERAS IN IT, AND WE’RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE HANDS AND THEY DON’T HAVE TO BE OUT HERE. AND SO NOT UNCOMFORTABLE. YOU CAN PUT THEM IN YOUR LAP AND CAN SELECT HERE WITH YOUR EYE. YOU SELECT THE APP THAT WANT TO OPEN AND YOUR HAND OPENS IT.

IT’S IT IS MAGICAL. IT REALLY IS. I KNOW THAT’S A WORD THAT WE USE A LOT. YEAH. BUT IT IS TRULY MAGICAL. I’VE GOT IT SO I CAN AGREE IT’S REALLY JUST IT’S VERY INTUITIVE, VERY NATURAL. ONCE YOU START USING, IT DOESN’T TAKE LONG TO FIGURE IT

OUT AT THE BACK OF YOUR MIND. WHAT? YES. YOU KNOW, YOU DON’T REALLY HAVE TRAIN TO USE IT. YOU PUT IT ON AND YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW IT WORKS. BUT WE MAKE SENSE OF THE BIG, BIG QUESTION FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. IT WOULD BE THE PRICE OF 30 $500.

HOW LONG BEFORE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO YOUR AVERAGE CUSTOMER? WELL, IT’S — IT’S TOMORROW’S TECHNOLOGY. TODAY IS THE WAY I THINK ABOUT IT. AND IT’S PACKED WITH WE’RE 5000 PATTERNS ON THE PRODUCT ALREADY AND SO WE REALLY LEANED INTO IT AND I’M HOPING THAT PEOPLE YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WILL PAY

FOR IT BY MIND AND SOME PEOPLE WILL JUST SMILE. I TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT IN THE LINE. THEY’RE JUST GOING TO BUY IT. YEAH, BUT, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN. BUT WE THINK WE PRICE IT FOR THE RIGHT VALUE TODAY.

AND THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME CRITICS WHO ARE GOING TO SAY, DOES THIS KEEP US DISCONNECTED? HOW WOULD YOU ANSWER THAT? >> I WOULD SAY NO, BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE TO IMMERSE YOURSELF. YOU CAN LOVE YOUR REALITY. AND SO YOU AND I SHOULDN’T BE SITTING HERE HAVING

A CONVERSATION WITH THE HEADSET ON. AND WE CAN SEE EACH OTHER’S EYES, BUT WE CAN ALSO SEE THE SCREENS AROUND US. AND SO IT AMPLIFIES OUR CONNECTION. AND SO AND THAT WAS A KEY DESIGN POINT FOR US. WE WANTED PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER’S EYES, NOT

GET GLAZED OVER AND HEADSET. IT REALLY IS AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN COME UP WITH HERE AND LIKE I SAID, I HAD A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE IT. THE INTERACTION WITH THE TECHNOLOGY IS UNLIKE ANYTHING I’VE EVER EXPERIENCED, AND ALL I, I TOTALLY AGREE. YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THE

FIRST DEMOS ON THIS AND THEY WERE MANY YEARS AGO, THE RIGS WERE ENORMOUS THAT WE WERE USING TO TRY TO GET A FEEL OF THE TECHNOLOGY. AND IT’S ONE OF THOSE THINGS IT HAPPENS TO YOU AND, YOU KNOW IN THE MOMENT. THIS IS BIG. YEAH, THIS IS AND YOU JUST

HAVE TO KEEP WORKING AT IT TO MINIATURIZE IT AND GET THE TECHNOLOGY DOWN PAT AND WE REALLY FEEL PROUD OF IT TODAY. AND, AND DELIVERING THE PRODUCT. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE WORKED FOR MULTIPLE YEARS TO DELIVER. >> OUR THANKS TO MICHAEL AND TIM COOK FOR THAT INTERVIEW . MEANWHILE, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

IS PAYING TRIBUTE TO HIS MOTHER, ADELE, WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 98 YESTERDAY. IN AN INSTAGRAM POST, HE SHARED THE LYRICS FROM HIS SONG THE WISH, WHICH DEDICATED TO THE SACRIFICES SHE MADE TO MAKE HIS WISHES COME TRUE. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” ANCHOR DAVID MUIR HAS MORE.

>> SHE WAS A FIXTURE AT SO MANY OF HIS CONCERTS ADELE SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S MOTHER. THE FANS KNEW WHEN SHE WAS THERE. BRUCE WOULD BRING HER UP ON STAGE, DANCE TO DANCING IN THE DARK. THE CROWD ROARING TO EVEN TURNING AROUND AND GIVING A LITTLE SHAKE, A HUG AND A

KISS. >> BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN REVEALING . HIS MOTHER’S PASSING, SHARING THIS VIDEO OF THE TWO OF THEM DANCING ALONG WITH QUOTES FROM THE SONG THE WISH, WHICH HE WROTE ABOUT HIS MOTHER. I REMEMBER IN THE MORNING MY HAIR IN YOUR LONG, BLOND, GRAY. I DIDN’T LISTEN TO YOU GETTING

READY FOR WORK. THE SOUND OF YOUR MAKEUP TAKES ON THE SAME. >> BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WOULD OFTEN SAY IT WAS HIS MOTHER’S OF MUSIC AND DANCING THAT INFLUENCED HIM EARLY IN HIS LIFE. RENTING HIS FIRST GUITAR WHEN HE WAS JUST SEVEN. >> SHE’D BEEN BATTLING ALZHEIMER’S, AND HER SON WOULD

OFTEN TALK ABOUT HIS MOTHER’S BATTLE. >> MY MOM IS IS SEVEN YEARS INTO ALZHEIMER’S, AND SHE’S 93. THE DANCING OR THE DESIRE IN ME TO DANCE IS SOMETHING THAT IT HASN’T LEFT HER REMAINS AN ESSENTIAL PRIMAL PART OF WHO SHE IS. BEYOND LANGUAGE, IT’S MORE POWERFUL THAN MEMORY.

AND WHEN SHE COMES IN THE DOOR, WE MAKE SURE THERE’S MUSIC ON THE BUS. >> SHARING THAT VIDEO, THE TWO OF THEM DANCING AND ABOUT HIS MOTHER, HE ONCE SAID, REMEMBER THAT THE FUTURE IS NOT YET WRITTEN. >> SO WHEN THINGS LOOK DARK DO, AS MY MIGHTY MOM WOULD INSIST,

LACE UP YOUR DANCING SHOES, GET OUT ON THE FLOOR AND GET TO WORK. OUR THANKS TO DAVID MUIR FOR THAT STORY. >> COMING UP, ADVOCATING FOR INCLUSION. HOW ONE WOMAN IS HELPING HUNDREDS OF OTHER WOMEN BREAK INTO TOUGH INDUSTRIES LIKE MOTION PICTURE FILMS, PHOTOGRAPHY, NPR.

>> 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 EDWARD,

OUR MURROW AWARDS, AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. START HERE. ABC 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. >> TONIGHT, HONORING THE SOLDIERS KILLED IN JORDAN

AS THEIR BODIES ARE RETURNED HOME. PLUS, TRACKING HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW AND A NEW STORM ON THE WAY. MORE AMERICANS TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT”, DAVID MUIR. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S A SECRET WORLD WE. HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SICK?

I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY HAPPENS INSIDE THE. AND IS A SLICE OF HUMAN BRAINS . THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED OVER IN NO TELLING WHEN SOME OF THEM WILL GO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE. WOW, IRA. >> IRA, YOU READY? LET’S DO IT.

YES, IT’S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHAT. WOULD YOU DO THIS, GIRL? HOW ARE YOU? LOVE YOU. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING ON ABC NEWS LIVE? WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC. >> MY MY FAVORITE SHOW RIGHT. THERE’S JUST SO MUCH HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD. SO MUCH AT STAKE AT THE START OF EVERY MORNING, MAKING SENSE OF IT ALL. THAT’S NOT ALWAYS SO EASY. AND THAT’S WHERE WE COME IN. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA.

WE WANT YOU TO KNOW EVERY MORNING WE’RE RIGHT HERE AND WE GOT YOU REPORTING FROM MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA. I’M ROBIN ROBERTS. WHEREVER WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE RIGHT? WELCOME BACK TO NEWS LIVE FOR US. THIS YEAR’S OSCAR NOMINEES

ARE BEING CELEBRATED. THEIR INCREASE DIVERSITY EXCEPT IN ONE MAJOR AREA, BLACK WOMEN IN TECHNICAL ROLES. NOW, FILMMAKER CHRIS, WHY REGGIE IS MAKING IT HER MISSION TO CHANGE THAT. >> EVA PILGRIM HAS MORE. I WANT TO TAKE THIS SHOW TIME. GETTING A HIT SHOW OR MOVIE ON

THE SCREEN TAKES A WHOLE ARMY BEHIND THE SCENES. >> I KEPT HEARING IT CONTINUOUSLY FROM PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN A THEY’VE NEVER SEEN A BLACK PERSON. THEY’VE NEVER SEEN A BLACK WOMAN OPERATOR. >> THEY KNEW IT WOULDN’T JUST BE IN THE UNION. SO, CHRIS, WHY REGGIE WENT

LOOKING, SEE IF SHE COULD FIND OTHER WOMEN LIKE HER. THE UNION REPRESENTS CAMERA CREWS ON SET. ARTSY LOCAL 600 HAS AROUND 10,000 MEMBERS. AFTER SEARCHING, FOUND JUST 22 OTHER BLACK WOMEN. >> WHY YOU THINK IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A DIVERSITY BEHIND THE CAMERA? THERE’S SO MUCH VALUE AND ALL

THE STORIES WE TELL BEING DIVERSE. I THINK WHAT IS ENTERTAIN AND WHAT IS EXCITING FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE A MOVIE OR SEE A SHOW IS SEEING SOMETHING THEY HAVEN’T SEEN BEFORE. SO WHILE WE HAVE THAT SAME DIVERSITY OF STORIES WE TELL AND PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, I THINK

IT’S IMPORTANT TO REFLECT THAT BEHIND THE CAMERA. >> AND THAT’S WHAT SHE SET OUT ON A MISSION TO HELP MORE WOMEN JOBS BEHIND THE SCENES CREATING THE GROUP. 16 BLACK WOMEN. THE VERY FIRST WEEKEND AFTER I OUT THE FIRST 22, I PUT TOGETHER A WEEKEND OF WORKSHOPS . BUT THE REALLY INCREDIBLE THING

WAS SEEING EVERYONE WALK INTO THE ROOM. I’VE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME AND DO WHAT WE DO AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WE HAD, ALL THE INSTRUCTORS WERE JUST MOVED EMOTIONAL, SPEECHLESS. WE PEOPLE CRY. WHY DO YOU THINK IT WAS SO EMOTIONAL? I THINK IT WAS SO EMOTIONAL.

WE GET TO WITNESS CHANGE THAT A LOT OF US DIDN’T THINK WE WOULD EVER SEE. >> I THINK IT’S REALLY SPECIAL THAT WE CAN DO THIS FOR OURSELVES. THE GROUP HAS NOW GROWN FROM 22 TO 91 MEMBERS. >> I THINK THERE’S NOT ALWAYS A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR BLACK FEMALES TO.

GET THE RIGHT TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO GROW IN THIS INDUSTRY. SO I THINK WITH THIS GROUP WE’RE ABLE TO TRAIN EACH OTHER WITH NO JUDGMENT. >> THAT ACCESS, TECHNICAL TRAINING, A BIG PART OF THE SISTERHOOD. 600 BLACK WOMEN HOSTING ANNUAL CAMERA COOKOUTS TO TEACH MEMBERS SKILLS ON THE EQUIPMENT

THEY NEED TO GET JOBS ON SET. >> I FELT THAT I HAD A SAFE SPACE TO LEARN THESE THINGS WHEN I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THAT FIRST COOKOUT. IT WAS SUCH AN ENJOYABLE SITUATION. THEY WERE JUST THERE WITH EACH OTHER. NO ONE WAS JUDGING. IT WAS ONLY PEOPLE THAT FELT

LIKE MY FAMILY JUST FROM THE OUTSET. >> HOW HAS HAVING THAT GROUP HELPED YOU? IT’S GIVEN ME AN INNER CONFIDENCE. >> I DIDN’T KNOW THAT I HAD. THE GROUP ALSO HELPING THOSE PRODUCTION HOUSES WANT TO HIRE WOMEN OF COLOR ON THEIR SETS. FIND THEM. >> I MEAN, ONE MORE WOULD

BE MORE. ONE MORE WOULD BE TO. >> MALIKA FRANKLIN IS A DIGITAL IMAGING TECHNICIAN. I DO GET THAT COMMENT A LOT ON THE SET OF OH MY GOD, YOU’RE A FEMALE. OH MY GOD, YOU’RE BLACK. >> THE ONLY BLACK FEMALE DEITY IN THE UNION. >> BECAUSE OF THIS GROUP, I WAS

ABLE TO FIND A MENTEE THAT I’M HOPING WILL BE THE SECOND BLACK FEMALE DATE, AND THAT IS THE GOAL. >> WHAT ARE YOU HOPING COMES FROM ALL OF THIS WORK YOU’RE DOING? MY HOPE IS TO MAKE FILM SOMETHING THAT FEELS ACCESSIBLE TO LITTLE GIRLS WHO LOOK LIKE ME.

I WOULD LOVE FOR FILM TO FEEL AN APPROACHABLE CAREER FOR ANYONE WHO’S INTERESTED. I’D LOVE PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT SUPPORT FOR OUR THANKS TO EVA PILGRIM FOR THAT STORY. >> AND USHER HAS DROPPED A NEW SONG OFF AS MUCH ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM COMING OUT NEXT WEEK. THIS IS THE EIGHT TIME GRAMMY

WINNER IS GETTING READY TO HEADLINE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR KELLEY CARTER CAUGHT UP WITH USHER TO HOW HE’S PREPARING FOR THE BIG SHOW. >> LAST NIGHT IN THE COUNTDOWN TO THE SUPER BOWL WITH HALFTIME IS ON. >> SO YOU GET THE CALL FROM JAY-Z THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY

HAPPENING THE MINUTE YOU KNOW, IT’S KIND OF LIKE AN ADRENALINE RUSH LIKE YEAH, OF COURSE. BUT YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, THE WORK, YOU GOT TO DO THIS. >> LIKE, SIR, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I I’M BUT I’M READY. >> THE EIGHT TIME GRAMMY WINNER REVEALING R&B IS TAKING

THE SPOTLIGHT TO HAVE R&B HAVE THE MAIN STAGE AT THE SUPER BOWL IS A MAJOR FOR ME I THINK ABOUT WHAT OUR COUNTRY IS YOU KNOW KIND OF REPRESENT IT FOR BLACK ARTISTS, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO AT SOME POINT GO TO KITCHENS TO EVEN BE ABLE TO PERFORM FOR THE AUDIENCE.

THEY HAVE TO BE BACK TO THAT SAME, YOU KNOW, FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES AS THEY WENT TO THE NEXT STAGE TO, DO THE SAME THING. SO I’M COMING TO THE FRONT OF WITH THIS ONE. I THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE PERFORMERS WHO ARE CARRYING THIS MOMENT. AND TODAY, A TREAT FOR FANS

THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR USHER’S NEW SONG RUIN, FEATURING HIS DAUGHTER RUDY. >> FOR EVERYBODY LEADING UP TO THE RELEASE OF HIS FIRST ALBUM IN EIGHT YEARS, COMING HOME, THERE’S SOME THINGS THAT A NEW SPECIAL, AFROBEAT AND I’M A PIANO VIBES THAT YOU HEARD THAT RUINED SO MUCH MUSIC

THAT YOU HAVE CREATED THAT HAS REALLY SOUNDTRACKED OUR LIVES FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. >> DO YOU CARRY THAT PRESSURE WITH YOU? I MEAN, I PUT PRESSURE ON MYSELF, EVEN IF IT WERE IN COMPARISON TO ANOTHER ALBUM OR COMPARISON TO WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING. IT IS JUST BECAUSE WHO I AM.

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT’S GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE. USHER’S TEENAGE SONS, SINGLE AND LOVE LEAD, WEIGHING IN SO TONS AND TONS OF LISTENING SESSIONS. >> WHAT MY KIDS, YOU KNOW, GIVING ME THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE ALBUM.

BUT I THINK IT’S A LOVE LETTER IN SOME WAY AND A REMINDER THAT NO MATTER HOW FAR YOU MAY GO, YOU WILL FIND YOUR WAY BACK HOME. >> EVENTUALLY. YOU’LL MAKE ALL THE SAME. 00000000. >> A CAREER SPANNING THREE DECADES, THIS SUPER BOWL PERFORMANCE WILL BE ANOTHER PAGE. >> THE LEGACY.

I DIDN’T START WHERE I AM NOW AND I DIDN’T GET THERE BY MYSELF. SO EVERYBODY HAS BEEN A PART OF IT. I’, ALL OF MY FANS, MY LOVED ONES, THE PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW ME FELT LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN. THEY HAVEN’T. I’M CARRYING YOU RIGHT?

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ULTIMATELY WHAT’S AT STAKE WITH CLIMBING? THIS IS NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR. IT IS ALWAYS YOUR LIFE. >> TONIGHT, HONORING THE SOLDIERS KILLED IN JORDAN. THEIR BODIES ARE RETURNED HOME. PLUS, TRACKING HEAVY RAIN, WIND AND SNOW AND A NEW STORM ON THE WAY. MORE AMERICANS TURN THE MOST

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RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE BACK ON THE STAND CLOSING ARGUMENTS SET TO BEGIN IN THE TRIAL OF JENNIFER CRUMBLEY THE MOTHER OF THAT MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTER ETHAN CRUMBLEY. WHAT HAPPENED TODAY AS SHE FACES FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER PLUS THE BODIES OF OUR FALLEN AMERICAN SOLDIERS MAKING

THEIR WAY BACK HOME. WE ARE HONORING THESE HEROES AS PRESIDENT BIDEN PLANS FOR THAT DEADLY ATTACK ON A U.S. MILITARY BASE AND THE ECONOMY GOING STRONG, ADDING 353,000 JOBS IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY. WHAT IT MEANS FOR INFLATION. AND YOUR MONEY COMING UP. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I’M KIRA PHILIPS.

OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR IS DEFINITELY THE TESTIMONY THAT’S WRAPPING UP NOW IN THE HISTORIC INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL AGAINST JENNIFER. CLOSING ARGUMENTS SET TO BEGIN AT ANY MOMENT AFTER THAT. MOM WAS BACK ON THE WITNESS STAND TODAY, THIS TIME FOR CROSS-EXAM BY THE PROSECUTION, CRUMBLEY, ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT HER SON, ETHAN’S

UPBRINGING, HIS TROUBLED LIFE IN SCHOOL, AND ALSO AN ALLEGED OBSESSION WITH GUNS AND WHAT ULTIMATELY LED HIM TO SHOOTING AND KILLING THESE FOUR STUDENTS AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL IN 2021, CRUMBLING, INSISTING ON THE STAND WAS HER HUSBAND, JAMES, WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BUYING AND STORING THAT GUN THAT THEIR SON USED.

THE TWO ARE THE FIRST PAIR OF PARENTS IN THE U.S. TO BE CHARGED IN SHOOTING COMMITTED BY A CHILD. THE FATHER’S TRIAL BEGINS NEXT MONTH AND WE’LL BE FOLLOWING THAT AS WELL. LEADING US OFF IS OUR PHIL LIPOFF WITH OUR LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND MANAGING PARTNER AT THE COCHRAN FIRM, CHANNA LLOYD.

SO, PHIL, LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE HEARD THIS SO FAR. IT STARTED EARLY THIS MORNING. WE WERE HEARING LOT OF JENNIFER CRUMBLEY PERSONAL LIFE AND THEN DID REALLY DELVE INTO DRAWINGS AND TEXT MESSAGES AND JUST MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE EVIDENCE. SOME OF THE EVIDENCE THAT WE SAW FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

>> KNOW, WE DID A LOT OF THAT SPECIFICALLY YESTERDAY ON DIRECT TODAY, THE CROSS-EXAMINATION. I THINK WHAT SURPRISED A LOT OF FOLKS IN TRYING TO CAN SPEAK THIS AS WELL IS THAT THE CROSS WAS RELATIVELY QUICK. IT WAS AN HOUR, MAYBE A LITTLE LESS THAN AN HOUR,

AND IT WAS VERY CLINICAL. THE PROSECUTOR GOT UP, ASKED QUESTIONS, EVENTUALLY GOT INTO TEXT MESSAGES BETWEEN TROMBLEY AND ATTORNEY AS THE POLICE WERE LOOKING FOR HER. >> THAT WAS A BIT OF A THING THIS MORNING BEFORE WE EVEN GOT INTO TESTIMONY. BUT I THINK TWO THINGS STOOD OUT.

>> ONE, THAT THE CROSS WAS THAT SHORT AND THAT IT WASN’T AS ROBUST AS A LOT OF LEGAL EXPERTS WERE EXPECTING IT TO BE. >> AND TO THAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WAS A LITTLE BIT STANDOFFISH AT TIMES, EVEN WITH THE DEFINITION OF A TERM, YOU KNOW, LIKE DEPRESSION. >> THAT WAS INTERESTING.

AND WE’LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT TO THE JURY. SO SHAWNA, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HOW THE PROSECUTION FRAMED ITS CROSS-EXAMINATION? IT WAS VERY CLINICAL. >> I MEAN, HE WENT IN, HE HE JUST HIT THROUGH HIS QUESTIONS AND HE JUST ONE BY ONE, I WAS ACTUALLY REALLY SURPRISED

THAT HE DIDN’T EVEN ADDRESS ANY OF HER CONCEPTS OF JUST HOW MUCH ATTENTION YOU REALLY PAY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING INTO MORE CONCEPTUAL TOPICS WAS SURPRISED HE DIDN’T GET INTO THAT, BUT HE JUST HIT THE MAIN TOPICS. HE DID IT VERY EFFICIENTLY AND VERY QUICKLY. I WAS VERY SURPRISED AT HOW

QUICKLY HE GOT THROUGH THAT CROSS-EXAMINATION. >> SO, SHANNON, DID YOU NOTICE THAT JENNIFER DID CONTINUE TO DENY HAVING A ROLE IN BUYING OR STORING THAT GUN AND INSTEAD ,YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY SHIFTED ALL OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY OVER TO HER HUSBAND? CAN HER DEFENSE REALLY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PROVEN.

>> THAT’S WHY THEY PUT HER ON THE STAND. SHE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HER RELATIONSHIP WAS LIKE IN THE HOME WITH HER HUSBAND, WHO’S DUTIES. THESE THINGS WERE. AND SHE ABSOLUTELY SHIFTED THE BLAME TO THE HUSBAND, WHICH IS LIKELY WHY THEY WANTED SEPARATE TRIALS AND GOT THEM,

BECAUSE WHAT SHE’S ESSENTIALLY SAYING WAS THE HUSBAND’S RESPONSIBILITY. NOW, HOW THAT BODES IS REALLY GOING TO DEPEND ON THE JURORS. DO THEY FEEL THAT THAT IS ENOUGH? CAN IT BE THAT IT IS ONLY ON ONE PARENT AND THAT THIS PARTICULAR PARENT, THE MOTHER IN THIS CASE, CAN HAVE SEEN

ALL OF THESE THINGS AND NOT PUT THEM TOGETHER TO BE CONCERNED ENOUGH TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAKE DIFFERENT REACTIONS WITH WHAT HAPPENED? >> WITH THE SCHOOL, NOT TAKE HIM HOME, NOT INVESTIGATE FURTHER. >> SO, PHIL, WHAT DO YOU THINK WE CAN EXPECT DURING CLOSING ARGUMENTS?

>> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR? LISTENING CLOSELY TO WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO SEE HOW BOTH SIDES FRAME WHO THIS WOMAN IS AND WHO SHE WAS AS A MOTHER TO A YOUNG MAN WHO WENT IN AND KILLED CLASSMATES WITH A GUN THAT THE PARENTS PROVIDED TO HIM.

>> OF COURSE, HER DEFENSE PAINTED HER YESTERDAY AS THIS MOTHER WHO SPENT A LOT OF TIME, EVEN CALLED HER A HELICOPTER MOTHER AT TIMES THAT SHE SHE WAS A LITTLE TOO OVERPROTECTIVE. >> BUT THEN TODAY, WE HEARD ABOUT A WOMAN WHO WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR AND WHO WAS SPENDING

SOME TIME ON A, YOU KNOW, ADULT LOOKING FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH, SPENDING A LOT OF TIME HER HORSE. >> SPENDING LESS TIME WITH HER SON AND, IGNORING SOME RED FLAGS THAT THE THE PROSECUTION SAID WERE RIGHT THERE IN HER FACE. >> AND IT’S GOING TO BE A DECISION, YOU KNOW,

WHO THE JURY WHICH MOTHER THE JURY SEES IN FRONT OF THEM . PHIL, SHAUNA, THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS, OF COURSE, AND DIP IN LIVE ONCE AGAIN AS QUESTIONING BEGINS. ALSO HAPPENING THIS HOUR, HONORING AMERICA’S FALLEN PRESIDENT BIDEN SET TO ATTEND THE RETURN HOME OF THREE U.S.

TROOPS KILLED IN. THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER AT DOVER AIR FORCE BASE TO GET UNDERWAY IN JUST A SHORT TIME FROM NOW. FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN, ALSO DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN, BOTH SET TO BE THERE AS WELL WITH THE PRESIDENT THIS AFTERNOON. THOSE THREE ARMY RESERVISTS WERE KILLED IN A DRONE STRIKE SUNDAY.

OUR SENIOR NATIONAL POLICY REPORTER AND FLAHERTY JOINS US NOW JUST TO TALK ABOUT TODAY’S SOLEMN EVENT. YEAH, SO WHAT WE’RE EXPECTING TO SEE, KYRA, IS A C-17 ARRIVING WITH THE REMAINS OF THESE THREE FALLEN SOLDIERS. WE EXPECT THAT THEY WILL BE ARRIVE SHORTLY IF THEY HAVEN’T ALREADY.

WE KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT AND THE HIS WIFE HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED THERE AT DOVER FORCE BASE. HE WILL BE JOINED BY THE DEFENSE SECRETARY, AUSTIN AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, GENERAL CQ BROWN. WE EXPECT THAT THIS VIP GROUP WILL ACCESS THEY CAN WALK UP

TO THE TO THE SOMETIMES THEY’LL OPEN UP THE REAR OF THE C-17. THEY’LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A PRIVATE MOMENT AND THEN WE’LL SEE THESE REMAINS TRANSFERRED IN FLAG DRAPED CASES TO A VEHICLE. SO THE PENTAGON SAYS AND I KNOW TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF YOU THERE BY PHONE, BUT I DON’T

KNOW IF YOU NEED TO TO TURN THAT DOWN OR LET THEM KNOW THIS WAS REALLY BAD TIMING OVER VERY SERIOUS EVENT. SO I’M SORRY ABOUT THE RINGING GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE’RE ALSO NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENT THAT WILL HAPPEN AT DOVER AND PAYING FINAL RESPECTS

AND HONORING OUR FALLEN. BUT THE PENTAGON ALSO SAYS IT’S FINALIZED ITS RETALIATION PLAN FOR THAT DEADLY DRONE ATTACK IN JORDAN AND THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN AT ANY TIME, AT ANY MOMENT, ANY DAY. DO WE KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THAT? WELL, WHAT WE KNOW IS WE’VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH OFFICIALS FOR WEEKS NOW.

>> THEY’VE BEEN SAYING, YOU KNOW, THEY’VE HAD THESE SKIRMISHES WITH THESE IRAN BACKED MILITANTS AND THEY, YOU KNOW, IF ONE OF OUR OWN IS TO BE HURT, THAT WOULD CHANGE THE EQUATION. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY WHEN THERE WAS AN ENEMY DRONE ATTACK AT A REMOTE BASE, JORDAN.

WE HAD THESE THREE FALLEN SOLDIERS. SO NOW WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS THE MILITARY IS PLANNING FOR A MORE SERIOUS, MORE SUBSTANTIAL RESPONSE THAN WE’VE SEEN IN THE PAST. WE HAVE SEEN THE U.S. STRIKE, THESE IRAN BACKED MILITANTS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA AND IN YEMEN AROUND THE RED SEA.

THEY SAY, TOO, THAT THEY EXPECTING A MUCH SUBSTANTIAL RESPONSE THAT’S GOING TO PLAY OUT OVER SEVERAL DAYS, MULTIPLE COUNTRIES. BUT THE EXACT DETAILS, THE WHEN, WHERE AND THAT THOSE REMAIN VERY CLASSIFIED. AND OFFICIALS HERE ARE VERY TIGHT ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW KYRA. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE’LL PREPARE FOR FOR ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.

AND FLAHERTY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN ANYTHING SLOW DOWN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY? THE U.S. ADDING 353,000 JOBS IN JANUARY, WAY WHAT ANALYSTS WERE EXPECTING DECEMBER AND NOVEMBER. WE’RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ALSO, WHICH REMAINS STEADY AT 3.7%. OUR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT, ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS JOINS ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT IT ALL.

SO I GUESS WE’LL BREAK DOWN THE NUMBERS HERE. AND WHAT DOES IT TELL US ABOUT THE ECONOMY TODAY? >> KYRA, THIS WAS A BLOCKBUSTER REPORT. AND I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT SURPRISED ME AND IT SURPRISED A LOT OF WALL STREET PROS AS WELL, BECAUSE DESPITE INTEREST RATES AND DESPITE

ALL THOSE REALLY HIGH PROFILE LAYOFFS SAW EARLY IN JANUARY, THE ECONOMY ADDED A 353,000 JOBS. THAT WAS MORE THAN DOUBLE OR ABOUT DOUBLE WHAT ECONOMISTS WERE EXPECTING. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HELD STEADY AT 3.7%. AND WHEN YOU DIG A LITTLE DEEPER, YOU FIND OUT THAT WAGES ALSO GREW. AND THAT’S WHAT’S A LITTLE BIT

TROUBLESOME, AT LEAST FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE IN THIS REPORT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WAGES IF THEY ARE MOVING AHEAD TOO QUICKLY CAN BE INFLATIONARY. SO WE SAW WAGES GROW UP 0.6% MONTH OVER MONTH FOR A HALF PERCENT YEAR OVER YEAR. SO OVERALL, A VERY STRONG JOBS REPORT THAT CONTINUES TO SORT

OF DEFY EXPECTATIONS KYRA. >> JOBS REPORT. WITHIN WHAT SECTORS? SO, AGAIN, IT WAS A NICE, BROAD BASED ARRAY OF JOBS WERE ADDED LAST MONTH. WE WANTED TO BREAK SOME DOWN FOR YOU BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. AND BUSINESS SERVICES ADDING 74,000 JOBS. WE SAW RETAIL ADDING A NUMBER OF JOBS.

IT WAS 45,000 HEALTH CARE. MONTH AFTER MONTH, WE SEE THOSE JOBS THERE, 70,000 JOBS. GOVERNMENT AND MANUFACTURING AS. WELL. SO, AGAIN, IT’S NOT JUST POCKETS OF THE ECONOMY THAT ARE GROWING IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE SEEING THIS JOB GROWTH HAPPEN ACROSS A DIVERSE OF INDUSTRIES. >> AND OF COURSE, OUR FAVORITE

QUESTION, I ASK YOU AT THE END OF EVERY SEGMENT LIKE THIS, ALEXIS WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR INTEREST RATES AND THE FED? >> YEAH, WELL, LOOK, WE ASK IT FOR GOOD REASON. I MEAN, EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE HOPING THAT MORTGAGE RATES WOULD COME DOWN AND THOSE

RECORD HIGH CREDIT CARD RATES WOULD COME DOWN. THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER BECAUSE A LOT OF ECONOMISTS SPOKE TO AFTER THIS REPORT TODAY SAID IT IS SO STRONG, IT WILL PROBABLY GIVE THE FED REASON TO DELAY ITS FIRST INTEREST RATE CUT IN ABOUT FOUR YEARS KYRA.

>> ALL RIGHT, ALEXIS, APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE ON ALERT THIS AHEAD OF THAT MAJOR STORM EXPECTED TO SLAM CALIFORNIA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS WARNING THIS COULD BE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION AS WELL. PARTS OF CALIFORNIA EXPECTED TO GET MONTHS WORTH OF RAIN

IN JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS. AND THEN THERE’S HEAVY RAIN DURING FLASH FLOODING. STILL IN CALIFORNIA FROM A SEPARATE STORM YESTERDAY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATION SNOWFALL IN THE SIERRA NEVADA CREATING DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. METEOROLOGIST WANTS GRIFFIN IS TRACKING ALL THE EXTREME WEATHER. SO TIME IT ALL OUT FOR US MELISSA.

>> WELL, KYRA, THIS FIRST STORM ALREADY DUMPED HALF A FOOT OF RAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND NOW WE’RE TRACKING YET ANOTHER ONE BEHIND IT. BUT LET’S TALK ABOUT THE FIRST ONE FIRST, BECAUSE LET’S SEE WHERE IT’S GOING. WE HAVE MOUNTAIN SNOW ACROSS THE ROCKIES. WINTER STORM WARNINGS IN EFFECT

HERE FOR 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW. AND THEN IT’S THE SEVERE STORM THREAT IN TEXAS. THAT’S FOR LATER TONIGHT, YOU GUYS WEST OF DALLAS AND HOUSTON, YOU’RE GOING TO SEE ALL SLIDING EAST. HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE GULF COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SO LOOKING LIKE A WET WEEKEND

IN THE DEEP SOUTH AND THE SOUTHEAST. BUT I’M NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING BECAUSE THIS ONE’S A QUICK MOVER, UNLIKE THE NEXT STORM MAKING ITS WAY INTO CALIFORNIA. YOU CAN SEE THE TIMING. IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY WHERE MORE FLOODING, RAIN ON THE WAY FROM SAN FRANCISCO ALL THE WAY DOWN

TO LOS ANGELES. YOU COULD SEE VERY HEAVY RAIN THERE ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND SNOW FOR THE MOUNTAINS, SEVERAL MORE FEET EXPECTED. AND BY MONDAY MORNING, IT ALL PUSHES OUT LOS ANGELES TO SAN DIEGO. THAT’S WHERE YOU’RE EXPECTING TO GET THE WORST OF THE FLOODING FROM THIS SYSTEM

AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS WARNING THAT THIS COULD BE POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING. LOOK AT THE AREA HIGHLIGHTED IN RED. THIS IS THE SECOND HIGHEST LEVEL FOR FLOODING THAT THE NATIONAL SERVICE ISSUES. SO LIFE THREATENING, FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE THE RISK FOR MUDSLIDES. THIS IS FROM SAN LUIS OBISPO,

SANTA BARBARA, DOWN TO L.A. INTO SAN DIEGO. >> BUT MUCH OF CALIFORNIA COULD SEE, KYRA, SIX TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN THIS WEEKEND. >> OH, WOW. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL STAY TUNED. WE’LL TRACK. MELISSA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND COMING UP, A DEADLY PLANE CRASH THAT’S MULTIPLE HOMES ON FIRE.

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THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS TAKING OUT OF PONTIAC, MICHIGAN WHERE CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE SET TO BEGIN NOW IN THE TRIAL JENNIFER CRUMBLEY

THE PROSECUTION WILL DELIVER THEIR CLOSING ARGUMENTS FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE DEFENSE. YOU’LL REMEMBER THIS MICHIGAN MOM IS FACING FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AFTER HER SON ETHAN CRUMBLEY SHOT AND KILLED FOUR STUDENTS AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL IN 2021. IT WAS JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND HER HUSBAND GAVE THEIR SON

THAT GUN AND TELL HIM THE TRUTH SOMETIMES MEANS SHOWING YOU THINGS NONE OF US WANT TO SEE. SOME OF US DON’T AGREE WITH, SOME OF US DON’T LIKE. BUT I BELIEVE THAT THAT’S MY JOB. WE DON’T PICK OR CHOOSE THE VERY BEST THINGS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD

HAVE THE TRUTH AND BELIEVE THAT IT’S NOT MY JOB, NOR THAT RIGHT TO SANITIZE WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT SCHOOL THAT DAY. BECAUSE IF WE DON’T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AND YOU DON’T KNOW ALL THE FACTS AND YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TRUTH IS, MY LAST HERE,

OUR JOB THAT I WE WE HAVE DONE THIS IN THE TO PROVE THAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS GUILTY OF FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. THE BURDEN PACK. I TOLD YOU THAT VERY, VERY SELECTION. BUT WE EMBRACED IT. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE MET THAT BURDEN.

IT MEANS THAT YOU HAD TO SIT AND LISTEN TO. A LOT OF VERY EMOTIONAL THINGS ,A LOT OF EMOTIONAL PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO SOMETIMES ARE EMOTIONAL BUT WERE EMOTIONAL FOR THIS BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT DAY, EVERY PERSON IN THAT BUILDING HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THEIR ENTIRE LIVES.

AND I HOPE TO GOD THEY NEVER DO AGAIN. SO YOU DID SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING ENFORCEMENT, BECOME OVERWHELMED WITH THE EMOTION OF ALL. THAT’S NOT SO. THAT’S JUST HOW THAT WAS THAT’S HOW IT FELT THAT DAY AND EVERY DAY AFTER. SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW

THAT THERE WAS NOT PICKING AND CHOOSING THE VERY EVIDENCE OF YOU. THERE WAS NO FILTERING THINGS OUT THAT DIDN’T HELP OUR CASE. I SHOWED YOU EVERYTHING AND I CALL WITNESSES ON THE STAND TO SAY THINGS. I MEAN, PROBABLY WITHIN LIKE. BUT I JUST THOUGHT MY JOB IS TO

GIVE YOU ALL THE FACTS. >> BUT MY JOB IS ALSO TO PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS GUILTY. AND I BELIEVE WE’VE DONE THAT. THE DEFENSE ALSO HAS AN IMPORTANT JOB TO ADVOCATE AND ARGUE FOR THEIR CLIENT, AND THEY DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO DO THAT.

>> AND OF COURSE, THE JUDGE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE FOR JOBS TO CALL AND STRIKES WHEN TWO SIDES DISAGREE TO MAKE A RULING AND THEN TO TELL YOU WHAT THE LAW IS AND YOU SEEM TO DO. THAT IS EASY TO CONCLUDE HERE. AND THEN THERE’S YOUR JOB.

YOUR JOB IS TO DECIDE WHAT THE TRUTH IS, WHAT REALLY HAPPENS, WHAT ARE THE FACTS, AND THEN TAKE THOSE FACTS AND FIND THAT, FIND THE TRUTH AND APPLY LAW. THE JUDGE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU INSTRUCTIONS, THE LAW. BUT I WANT YOU TO GO OVER WHAT NOW WHAT YOU NOW KNOW,

AND I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT AND WE’RE GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE EVIDENCE. BUT I ALSO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU’RE ALLOWED TO USE YOUR OWN OBSERVATIONS AND YOUR OWN INSIGHTS. AND IF THERE’S SOMETHING THAT YOU NOTICED, THE WITNESS STAND THAT I DIDN’T SAY

YOU SHOULD RELY ON, THAT WE CAN’T TELL YOU EVERY SINGLE LITTLE THING AND SOME SOMETIMES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ARE THE THINGS THAT DON’T GET SAID. >> THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ARE THE WAYS THE VICTIM OR THE WITNESS. SO THE WAY TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, AND I ENCOURAGE

YOU TO RELY ON YOUR PERCEPTIONS OF THAT, I WANT TO START OUT BY TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE ELEMENTS OF THE CRIME IN THEIR MINDS, THE MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE WITH THIS CASE IS BASED ON TWO THEORIES. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THIS IN THE JURY ROOM AND SO ON. >> YOU HAVE NO QUESTION.

THESE ARE DEPENDENT ON TWO SPECIFIC THEORIES. ONE IS THAT GROSS NEGLIGENCE AND PERFORMANCE OF LAWFUL ACT AND THAT THAT GROSS NEGLIGENCE CAUSED DEATH AND INJURY. SO THE ACT OF CLASS THAT THE OPINION GROSSLY NEGLIGENT. >> THE SECOND IS THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE AND FAILING TO PERFORM A LEGAL DUTY ONE I

HAVE TO PROVE THAT THERE THAT SHE HAD LEGAL DUTY TO THE VICTIMS TO SHE KNEW THE FACTS IT GAVE RISE TO THE DUTY. >> THREE SHE WILLFULLY NEGLECTED OR REFUSED TO PERFORM THAT DUTY AND HER FAILURE TO PERFORM IT WAS GROSSLY NEGLIGENT TO HUMAN LIFE AND THEREFORE THE DEATH OF THE

VICTIMS WAS DIRECTLY CAUSE BY DEFENDANT’S FAILURE TO PERFORM THIS DUTY CAUSATION . THE JUDGE IS GOING TO INSTRUCT YOU HE MORE THAN ONCE, AND I’M GOING TO SAY THAT THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE CAUSE OF DEATH. AND IT’S NOT ENOUGH THAT THE DEFENSE, IN FACT, MADE POSSIBLE

FOR THE DEATH TO OCCUR IN ORDER TO FIND DEATHS OF MADISON. BALDWIN KATE HERE GONNA SAY JULIANNA JUSTIN CHILLING RECORD BY THE DEFENDANT. YOU MUST FIND BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THE DEATHS WERE THE NATURAL OR NECESSARY RESULT OF DEFENDANT’S ACTIONS. >> YOU HEARD THE EVIDENCE THAT THE DEFENDANT AT SOME SHOTS.

MADISON, BALDWIN, TATE, YOUR CAR. >> AND JUSTIN AND I PREVIOUSLY KNOW THAT THERE MAY MORE THAN ONE CAUSE OF DEATH AND DEFENDANTS OR INACTIONS MAY NOT BE THE SOLE CAUSE OF HARM IN ORDER TO CLAIM THAT THE DEATH OF MADISON TATE, PRIOR AND JUSTIN WAS CAUSED BY THE DEFENDANT.

YOU MUST ALSO REASONABLE DOUBT THAT HER SON ACTUALLY SAW THESE FOUR INDIVIDUALS WITH REASONABLY FORESEEABLE. NOW YOU LOOK AT THAT ALL OF THAT THAT I HAVE THE TRUTH THAT SEEMS A LOT IT SEEMS LIKE IT’S GOING TO TAKE A PRETTY STRONG CASE TO PROVE THAT IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME PRETTY

EGREGIOUS FACTS, SOME UNIQUE EGREGIOUS ON INCOMPREHENSIBLE FACTS. AND THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE THE MOST EVIDENCE MEANS. >> MORE THAN JUST CARELESS. YOU MEAN WILLFUL DISREGARD OF RESULTS, OTHER OTHERS THAT MIGHT FOLLOW FROM AN ACT, BUT FAILURE TO ACT IN ORDER TO FIND THAT THE DEFENDANT IS GROSSLY NEGLIGENT.

YOU HAVE TO FIND THE FAMILY THREE THINGS. ONE THAT SHE KNEW OF THE DANGER TO ANOTHER. >> SHE KNEW THERE WAS A SITUATION THAT REQUIRED CRUELTY, ORDINARY CARE TO AVOID INJURING OTHERS, AND SECOND, THAT SHE COULD HAVE AVOIDED INJURY ANOTHER BY USING ORDINARY CARE THERE, THAT SHE’D

BE ABLE TO USE ORDINARY CARE TO PREVENT INJURY. AND EVERY END FOR A REASONABLE PERSON, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN APPARENT THAT THE RESULT WAS LIKELY TO BE SERIOUS INJURY. IT WILL BE ACTUALLY SERIOUS, IF WE’RE PROSECUTING AND CHARGING BASED ON TWO THEORIES. THEY’RE BOTH BASED A LEGAL DUTY.

>> WHAT A LEGAL DUTY IN MICHIGAN, A PARENT HAS A LEGAL DUTY TO EXERCISE REASONABLE CARE TO CONTROL THEIR MENTAL TRACK MATTER, CHILD TO PREVENT THAT CHILD FROM INTENTIONALLY HARMING OTHERS OR PREVENT THAT CHILD. >> SO CONDUCTING THEMSELVES IN A WAY THAT CREATES AN UNREASONABLE RISK OF BODILY HARM TO OTHERS.

YOU TALK ABOUT THERE’S TWO ALTERNATE THEORIES, EITHER BOTH OF THEORIES, IF PROVEN, ARE SUFFICIENT TO. ESTABLISH THE CRIME OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. IT’S NOT NECESSARY THAT YOU ALL AGREE ON WHICH THEORIES AND PREVENT. AND AS LONG ALL AGREE THAT THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE THEORIES BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

>> YOU CAN FIND EVIDENCE. I WANT TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE TESTIMONY. AND I AGAIN, I I’M NOT GOING TO GET INTO EVERY SINGLE DETAIL OF EACH THESE WITNESS TESTIMONY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU WERE LISTENING. YOU WERE WRITING, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT OR NO KNOWLEDGE

OF THE TEACHER IN THIS OR THAT DAY. SHE WAS 82 TO 4 AND SHE SAW THE FIREARM WHEN IT WAS RAISED WAS HER HEIGHT POINTED DIRECTLY AT HER. AND WHAT NOTICED WAS THERE WAS NO ORANGE TIP. YOU OFTEN HEARD OR SAY THAT SHE LOCKED EYES WITH JENNIFER CRUMBLEY SON AS

SHE WAS TAKING THAT STANCE. YOU TESTIFIED THAT SHE JUMPED TO THE RIGHT, THANK GOD, JUST IN TIME, BECAUSE THE SHOT IN HER SHOULDER THAT SHE SUSTAINED WAS ONLY INCHES FROM HER HEART. THE NEXT WITNESS YOU HEARD FROM WAS KRISTI GIBSON. MARSHALL WAS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL .

I DON’T THINK THERE’S ONE ONE OF US THAT WOULD DISAGREE. THAT CRAZY CASE MARSHALL DID. THE MOST DANGEROUS THINGS YOU CAN DO, AND SHE DID NOT FOLLOW THE PROTOCOL. IT’S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST COURAGEOUS THINGS I’VE EVER SEEN. SHE WALKS SHE WALKED TO THE SHOOTER.

SHE SAW A STUDENT. AND FOR AND THEN WHEN SHE FINALLY CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THE PERSON WHO HAD SHOT THE STUDENT, SHE DIDN’T MOVE. SHE JUST STARED HIM AND HE DIDN’T SHOOT HER. SHE TESTIFIED THAT SHE KNEW HIM. SHE WAS HIS PRINCIPAL IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND SHE JUST COULDN’T

BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE SHE KNEW SHE WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. >> HE WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. YOU SAW THE VIDEO OF THAT DAY AND WHAT HAPPENED. AND WE JUST KEPT GOING. AND EVEN AFTER HE LEFT AND SHE HAD NO IDEA WHERE HE WAS GOING,

SHE DIDN’T GO ANYWHERE. SHE DIDN’T KEEP HERSELF SAFE. SHE SAT DOWN TO RENDER AID AND ASSISTANCE TO THAT STUDENT. AND WHEN SHE WAS, YOU OR SHE REALIZED IT WAS TEN YEARS, WE ALL KNOW THAT SHE DIDN’T AND WASN’T ABLE TO SAVE 18 YEAR. YOU HAVE YOU CAN DO THAT.

SO WE CALLED BACK IN THE DAY AND TWO DAYS IN JUNE OF 2021. SHE ALSO SAW THE NINE SIX OUR JAMES WAS THE SHOOTER PRESENT AND NOVEMBER SIX, THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, SHE TESTIFIED JAMES LONGMAN AND POINTED RIGHT AT THE STATE SAID SAID DIANE SHE WALKED US THROUGH THE PROCESS PURCHASING FIREARMS.

SHE TALKED ABOUT THE TRIGGER LOCKS NEEDED PROVIDED TO JAMES UPON PURCHASE AND THE CABLE THAT PROVIDED NOVEMBER 21 AND THAT GUN PURCHASED NEXT HEARD FROM SPECIAL AGENT BRAD RANDY SITTING RIGHT HERE. YOU HEARD THAT WHEN HE WAS INFORMED ABOUT OXFORD SHOOTING, HE LEFT SO QUICKLY THAT WHEN HIS PARTNER CAME BACK,

HIS CHAIR WAS JUSTIN AND HE RACED AND DROVE UP THERE IS THAT IF HE POSSIBLY COULD, BECAUSE WAS VERY IT WAS VERY MUCH HIS OWN FEET. >> YOU HEARD WENT RIGHT AND HE FOUND LIEUTENANT LEWIS AND HE SAID, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE GUN IS AND YOU KNOW WHERE

HE FROM AND HOW? AND SO HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR FINDING OUT WHERE GUN CAME FROM ,WHICH HE DID. HE WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE HE CHOSE TO AND WATCHED THE SURVEILLANCE THE VIDEO AND HELPED TO PREPARE SEARCH WARRANTS. AND YOU HEARD HIM TESTIFY THAT AS SOON AS HE SAW

THAT SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, THE ONE THING THAT STUCK WITH HIM IS THIS IS NOT AN. THIS IS A SHOOTER THAT KNOWS HOW THAT IS PROFICIENT WITH A FIREARM, KNOWS WHAT HE’S DOING, TAKING SHOTS. >> LOT OF PEOPLE WENT AND WHAT HE DID WAS START GOING GUN

RANGES AND ASK PEOPLE TO SAY WHAT HE WAS THINKING WAS WHO TAUGHT THAT TO SHOOT? HE MUST HAVE BEEN TO ARRANGE. HE WAS RIGHT. AND THAT’S HOW THE INVESTIGATION LED TO WHERE JENNIFER CRUMBLEY SON WAS ,HOW TO HANDLE A FIREARM THAT EVENTUALLY, IN KILLING FOUR STUDENTS AND AFTER HIGH SCHOOL SPECIAL COUNSEL

TESTIFIED THAT THE AND SHOWED THE PURCHASE AND EACH OF YOU EACH ONE OF THOSE GUNS. HE TESTIFIED THAT THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN A DEER UNDER A HOUSE THAT AND THAT A NINE MILLIMETER AND WHAT HE REALLY WHAT WE REALLY HEARD FROM HIM WAS THAT THAT NINE MILLIMETER IS A MORE DANGEROUS GUN.

IT CAUSES MORE DAMAGE TO WHATEVER IT HITS. >> THE BULLETS ARE A LARGER CALIBER AND IT’S A VERY DANGEROUS WEAPON. HE SHOWED YOU WHAT COMES WITH EVERY GUN PURCHASED, WHICH IS THE ATF REPORT YOU READ TO YOU ABOUT THE WARNINGS. THERE’S A REASON THEY PUT IT IN EVERY PURCHASE.

AND ITS SOLE PURPOSE IS PROTECT KIDS FROM GUN VIOLENCE, DEATHS . HE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT WHAT A TRIGGER, WHAT IS A AND THE AND THE TRIGGER LOCK STATEMENT HE SHOWED YOU THE INSTAGRAM POST THAT’S UNFORGETTABLE. WE DON’T HAVE TO REALLY ARGUE ABOUT WHOSE GUN NECKLACE JENNIFER CRUMBLEY TOLD US THIS

GUN THAT WAS SHE TOLD US WHEN SHE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA IT WAS HIS CHRISTMAS AND SHE TOLD HIM THAT THIS DRESS, THAT WEAPON IS NOT JUST THAT WEAPON IS THE DEFENDANT’S SON, BUT IT WAS GIFTED TO HIM AND NOT DID TO HIM. SHE BRAGGED ABOUT IT ON SOCIAL

MEDIA BEFORE ISSUING ESPECIALLY AND ALSO THROUGH HIS ALL OF THE SURVEILLANCE AND THE VIDEOS OF THIS GUN SHOOT, THE SHOOTINGS. AND YOU GOT TO SEE WHAT THEY REALIZE, THE TRAINING AND THE PREPARATION THAT THE SHOOTER ULTIMATELY USED TO KILL FOUR OF HIS CLASSMATES. WE ALL SAW THAT WE ACTUALLY SAW

THE LAST DAY HE WAS PRACTICING TO KILL FOR THIS. AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE PERSON WITH HIM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. AND HER NAME’S JENNIFER CRUMBLEY. AND I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT VIDEO. AND I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THE LOOK ON HIS WHEN THAT TARGET COMES BACK IN

AND HE LOOKS AT IT AND SMILE, ESPECIALLY IN THE GRAND. ALSO THE WORKSHEET YOU’VE SEEN WHERE SHEILA, I YOU THAT WORKSHEETS WHERE YOU YOUR MEMORY AND YOU HAVE TO SHOW IT TO YOU BUT WHAT WHAT SPECIAL AGENT BRANDON TESTIFIED TO AND SHOWED YOU IS THAT THAT WASN’T JUST A PICTURE OF ANY

GUN. >> IT WAS A IT WAS A PICTURE OF HIS GUN, WHICH WAS THE MURDER WEAPON. AND HE SHOWED YOU THE DETAILS. LET ME TALK ABOUT THAT LATER. AND NEXT, WE WE HEARD FROM RODNEY. WE RAN OUT, STOP HIM AT WORK. SO THE SECRET SERVICE AND HE

TESTIFIED FOR AN ENTIRE DAY AND HE HE HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT HE ALSO REALLY COULDN’T HELP HIMSELF FROM BECOMING EMOTIONAL. AND I, I KNOW THAT YOU’RE GOING TO REMEMBER THIS, BUT WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY THING THAT’S JUST NOT SEEN VERY OFTEN. >> HE SAT RIGHT THERE AND HE

TOOK YOU THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ACTION OF THE SHOOTER AND EVERY SINGLE DEATH FROM HIS MEMORY. AND HE TOLD YOU THAT HE COULD DO THAT BECAUSE IT’S BURNED IN HIS. THESE ARE SEASONED LAW ENFORCEMENT. THIS IS AN ACT. AND THEY KEEP SHOWING EMOTION. HE PROBABLY NEVER FORGAVE ME.

>> HE KIND OF TELLS ME ALL THE TIME HOW MUCH HE REALLY NEEDS BROTHER TO HELP ME. >> IS THE CLOSING OF THE TELLS HER ALL THE TIME. >> THAT’S NOT EVIDENCE. OKAY. I’LL GO BACK. NOBODY LIKES DOING THAT. NOBODY LIKES DOING THAT. BUT IT TELLS YOU SOMETHING

ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE THAT DAY. AND DESPITE WHAT ANY WALLS ANYBODY WILL TELL YOU, IT IS ABOUT PURSUING THEIR FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. >> IT’S VERY MUCH ABOUT THE SHOOTING BECAUSE THE SHOOTER LEARNED HOW TO SHOOT AND WAS GIVEN THE MURDER WEAPON BY HIS PARENTS.

AND THIS PARENT WE SEE HERE TODAY ON. OKAY, YOU’LL BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE EVIDENCE. IT WAS A LOT. BUT HE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT WHAT CELL PHONE EXTRACTION. AND BECAUSE OF THE CELL PHONE EXTRACTIONS, WE HAVE A MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE THAT YOU SAW.

AND YES, IT’S A LOT OF DATA, BUT YOU WANT OUT OF THIS IS TELLING YOU EXACT THE WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS, WHO SHE WAS TALKING TO, WHAT SHE DID, WHAT SHE DIDN’T DO. AND YOU CAN’T HIDE FROM THAT. SHE TRIED. THERE’S A LOT OF REALLY MESSAGES WHICH ARE NOT SO INCIDENTAL.

AND I DON’T THINK ANY PEOPLE THAT. BUT I’M GOING TO TELL YOU WHY I WOULD NOT WANT TO POINT OUT. HE ALSO TALKED TO US ABOUT AND SHOWED YOU THE MESSAGES BETWEEN JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND HER SON IN MESSAGES BETWEEN JENNIFER, HER SON AND HIS ONLY FRIEND. HE INTRODUCED THE VOICE VOICEMAIL

THAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY PROBABLY THE NIGHT BEFORE THE SHOOTING ABOUT LOOKING AT FORWARD. SURE. AND I DIDN’T TELL HER TO CALL THAT AND. >> SHE DIDN’T PULL BACK BECAUSE SHE DIDN’T ASK FOR A WE. WE ALL KNOW WHAT SHE DID DO WITH THAT INFORMATION. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT INFORMATION?

AS SHE TEXTED HER SON SEARCHING BULLETS AND WE ALL KNOW THE PHRASES THAT WILL NEVER CORRECT. DID YOU SHOW YOUR GUN THIS DAY BEFORE THE SHOOTING? BECAUSE YOU IN YOUR TIME AND THE SHOOTER, YOUR SON? NO, MY DAD. OH, WELL, I’M NOT MAD. YOU HAVE TO LEARN NOT TO GET

CAUGHT HERE. I THINK CLASSIFIED THAT SHE KNEW JENNIFER CRUMBLEY. SHE TESTIFIED ABOUT THE AMOUNT TIME THE JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND JAMES CRUMBLEY SPENT AT THE BARN. SHE TESTIFIED ABOUT ALL THE MONEY THEY SPENT AT THE BAR. WHY? >> IT’S IMPORTANT REASON, GENTLEMEN. IT’S. IT’S NOT. IT’S NOT TO SHOW THAT SOMEBODY

IS A BAD PERSON FOR A LOT OF MONEY AND HORSES. IT AND IT’S AND IT’S NOT TO SAY THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD SPEND EVERY WAKING HOUR THAT THEY’RE NOT AT WORK AT HOME WITH THEIR TEENAGER. THAT’S THAT’S NOT THE PURPOSE OF THIS EVIDENCE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS EVIDENCE IS TO SHOW YOU

WHAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY CARED ABOUT THE MOST AND WHAT SHE WAS DOING AND WHERE SHE WAS WHEN HER SON LEARNED TO BE A THERAPIST HERE. >> I WILL TELL YOU THAT SHE REFERRED TO HER AS A TRAINEE AND SAID HE WAS HERE. SHE RARELY SAW HIM AND THAT EVEN AFTER THE ONE FRIEND WAS

TAKEN AWAY PROPERLY WITH NO NOTICE, THEY THEY STILL WENT TO THE BAR EVEN AT NIGHT AND LEFT BY HIMSELF, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY NORMAL TO BE TEENAGERS AT HOME BY THEMSELVES . UNLESS UNLESS THAT TEENAGER IS SHOWING SIGNS OF MENTAL CRISIS AND THAT TEENAGER HAS LOST THE ONLY PERSON IN THE

WORLD THAT HE HAS. >> AND THEN SHE HAS. SHE TOLD US THAT WHEN SHE GOT THE WORKSHEET TEXTED TO HER THAT DAY BY JENNIFER CRUMBLEY, SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED. >> SHE WAS ALARMED AND THAT SHE SAID BRING HIM TO THE BARN. AND YOU ALSO HEARD FROM THAT IN

THE TEXT, THE JENNIFER CRUMBLEY SAID HE CAN’T BE ALONE. WE KNOW NOW THAT INCIDENT THAT THAT STATEMENT SHE SHE KNEW HE COULDN’T BE ALONE. >> SHE DIDN’T DECIDE TO STAY HOME WITH HER SON. THAT WAS AN OPTION. SHE HAD TO TAKE HIM TO THE BAR WHERE SHE HERSELF TESTIFIED

HE DIDN’T WANT TO GO. >> YOU WERE FROM TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE AT THAT MEETING THAT DAY, SEAN HAWKINS AND JOHN ,I’M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT THIS IS NOT AN ARGUMENT AS THAT THE SCHOOL DID EVERYTHING SHOULD HAVE DONE. AND THAT INCIDENT.

I’M NOT I TELL YOU THAT I LIKE EVERYTHING THEY TESTIFIED TO. I’M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU. >> I THINK THEY WAS OKAY. DIDN’T LOOK IN THE BACKPACK. I WAS. BUT THIS IS ABOUT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY. HIS ACTIONS AND ANY ATTEMPTS TO MAKE IT ABOUT WHAT TWO INDIVIDUALS DID OR DIDN’T

DO, WHETHER OR NOT YOU DID NOT HAVE ANY OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SO JARRING. IT’S ABOUT WHAT SHE KNEW AND WHAT SHE DIDN’T SAY. JOHN HAWKINS TESTIFIED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ENOUGH THAT HE CALLED JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND HER FIRST RESPONSES CALLS THAT EVENTUALLY HE HE DIDN’T.

>> HE EMAILS HER SCHOOL PARTIES WORKSHEET, THE ORIGINAL WORKSHEET AND THE WORKSHEET THAT WAS THROWN AROUND. AND SHE EVENTUALLY COMES TO THE SCHOOL. BUT BEFORE SHE COMES TO THE SCHOOL, SHE TEXTS HER HUSBAND, EMERGENCY EMERGENCY ALONG WORK AND VERY CONCERNED. >> AND JAMES TEXT. SO YOU YES THEY’RE CONCERNED

FOR THE FIRST TIME SHE TESTIFIED EVER GET CALLED TO THE SCHOOL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY AND THEY HAD THAT WORKSHEET. SEAN HOPKINS GOING TO TELL YOU THAT CALLING PARENTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY AND ASKING THEM, GET A KID HELP IS A PRETTY DRASTIC ACTION AND THAT

HE DIDN’T IN FACT, DO THAT. >> AND HE GAVE THEM A LIST OF PLACES TO CALL. HE TESTIFIED THAT THEY ENTERED THE ROOM. >> JENNIFER CRUMBLEY DIDN’T REACH HER SON. JENNIFER CRUMBLEY DIDN’T HUG HER SON. JENNIFER CARNEY DIDN’T WITH HER SON AT ALL IN THE ENTIRE 11 MINUTES SHE WAS THERE.

>> AND NOW SHE WASN’T GOING TO BE IN THAT SCHOOL VERY LONG. >> SHE ALREADY TOLD HER SHE’LL BE BACK BY 1230. DOESN’T LEAVE A LOT OF TIME FOR THE MEETING AND SCHOOL. IT’S A 20 MINUTE DRIVE. SEAN HAWKINS WILL TELL YOU THAT HE FELT NO SLEEP IN THAT ROOM?

THE SHOOTER WAS IMPASSIONED. HE DIDN’T WANT HIM TO BE ALONE. AND HE FELT REALLY BAD. AND HE ALSO KNEW MOM AND DECIDED, NO, WE CAN’T TAKE IT. WE HAVE TO GO TO WORK. THEY SAID THAT IN FRONT OF THEIR KID. HE KNOWS VERY WELL WHAT THEY DO.

HE KNOWS HIS DAD WORKS FOR DOORDASH. >> HE KNOWS HIS MOM AND HER FRIENDS AND HER ABILITY WORK FLEXIBLE HOURS. >> SHE WORKED AT HOME, BUT THEY LEFT. SHE DID NOT WANT YOU TO BUY IT . SHE DID NOT TOUCH OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE HIM. WE KNOW NOW FROM HER TESTIMONY,

WE KNOW WHAT SHE’S MAD. SHE’S MAD AT HIM. >> SHE DIDN’T CHEAT. SHE DID NOT THINK THAT HE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT. AND SHE THOUGHT THIS A JUST AND SHE WAS VERY ANGRY. WE HEARD FROM E.J. HE’S A DECENT HE ALSO TESTIFIED AND ROBYN RATED WHAT HAPPENS

TOLD YOU WHICH IS THAT THE MEETING IS CALLED THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE. THEY TOLD MOM AND DAD HE NEEDS SERVICES. HERE’S A LIST OF THE SERVICES. >> AND BASICALLY THEY SAID THAT THE IRRITATED BY IT THAT WHEN SHE WALKED INTO THE ROOM, SHE DIDN’T SIT NEXT TO HER SON.

SHE GOES BACK HERE AND STARTS AND THAT MEETING ENDED HER SAYING, ARE WE DONE HERE? THIS THING ABOUT THAT MAYBE LIKE TESTIFIED, WE DIDN’T THINK THERE WAS ANY RISK. I DON’T LIKE WE SAID AND I AGREE WITH HIM SAY, BUT IT’S NOT MY JOB TO PUT WITNESSES UP

HERE AND ALWAYS SAY THINGS THAT I WANT THEM TO SAY THAT HELPS MY CASE. IT’S MY JOB TO PRESENT EVIDENCE . THAT’S THE TRUTH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE TRUTH. SO I HAVE JUST BRIAN, IS THE FIRST LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD WITH JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND HER HUSBAND RIGHT AFTER THE SHOOTING.

AND YOU SAW THE INTERVIEWS OF STATION AND YOU SAW THE DEMEANOR OF THE DEFENDANT. I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER IT WASN’T EVEN AN HOUR. YOU HAD AN HOUR AFTER SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. SHE’S ON HER CELL PHONE. SHE’S LOOKING TO SEE IF IT’S ON THE NEWS. SHE SAID THEY ALSO KNOW

THAT THERE WERE THESE MESSAGES. WE DON’T KNOW. ACTUALLY, THE REASON, BUT WE KNOW THERE WERE MESSAGES DELETED AFTER THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING, FROM THE TIME THAT THE PHONES WERE WERE SEIZED LATER THAT NIGHT, HE ASKED ABOUT THE GUN AND YOU HEARD WHAT SHE SAID, WHAT THEY

BOTH HE WAS HITTING HIS HEAD. SHE READ THE TEXT MESSAGE. OH, HE HE LOVED YOU. AND SHE READ THE TEXT MESSAGE. AND THEN SHE SAID, I TEXTED AND I WANT YOU BACK. >> IT WAS 40 9 MINUTES LATER THAT SHE TEXTED, I LOVE YOU BACK. >> AND IT WAS SHE ALREADY

KNEW THAT HE WAS THE SHOOTER SHE DOESN’T SAY WHAT THE TEXT AFTER THAT IS, JULIE THAT THE TEXT THAT EVEN DON’T DO IT. >> SHE DOESN’T SAY WHILE WE WERE AT THE SCHOOL BUT HE WAS ALSO CAUGHT SEARCHING BARS THAT NIGHT, THE NIGHT BEFORE. SHE DOESN’T SAY THAT.

AND I TOLD HIM, DON’T WORRY NOW YOU JUST HAVE TO JUST GO GET CAUGHT. >> SHE DOESN’T SAY THAT THEY JUST PURCHASED THE WEAPON. >> IT’S NOT SECURE. WHAT DO THEY SAY THE VERY FIRST TIME THEY ARE ASKED ABOUT JACKIE IBANEZ ASKED WHAT? WHERE WAS THIS GUN? THE VERY FIRST TIME?

WHAT DID SHE SAY? IT WAS HIDDEN. SHE NOT SAY THERE WAS ANY LOCKING MECHANISM AT ALL IN. IN THIS CASE IT WAS HIM. YOU’RE AT THE POLICE STATION. YOUR SON’S IN THE NEXT ROOM. YOU KNOW THE MURDER WEAPON. >> THE WEAPON YOU JUST PURCHASED FOR HIM.

AND WHEN YOU’RE ASKED WHERE IT WAS, YOU SAY IT WAS HIDDEN. WE ALSO HEARD FROM AND HE’S MET WITH SOME RESPONSE. HE TESTIFIED SHE COULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY BOUGHT A HOME SHE WORKS FROM HOME IN THEIR SLOTS ABILITY THAT THEY HAD THAT COME TO WORK THAT THE MEETING THAT SHE WANTED TO GET

TO WAS NOT IN ANY WAY MANDATORY. >> AND YOU TESTIFIED ABOUT SOME VERY BIZARRE COMMUNICATIONS. YOU TESTIFIED SHE LEFT, YOU GOT A TAXI. >> MY SON. THE BULLETS ARE GONE, GONE, GONE. YOU MUST BE THE SHOOTER. >> OH, MY GOD. THOSE PHONES WERE DELETED BY JENNIFER CRUMBLEY.

WE DON’T KNOW WHY I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST WHY, WHICH IS THOSE ARE STATEMENTS YOU DON’T WANT ON YOUR PHONE AND THEN NOT HOURS AFTER HER SON SHOT AND KILLED FOUR PEOPLE AND HE’S ALREADY IN CUSTODY. AND IT’S ALREADY CLEAR THAT HE IS PROBABLY NEVER, EVER,

EVER GOING TO BE OUT OF PRISON FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. HE TEXTING DON’T JUDGE ME BASED ON WHAT HE DID. >> I DID MY JOB, PARIS ME TO DO THAT. SHE DID IN PLANNING. THE NEXT WITNESS IS A MANHATTAN WHO TESTIFIED THAT SHE CAME BACK TO WORK THAT DAY.

SHE HAD WORKSHEET. >> ANDY SMITH ALSO SAID SHE SHE BEFORE THE SHOOTING OCCURRED SHE WAS DOWN SHE WAS THAT FEEL LIKE A FAILURE AS A PARENTS. >> IF YOU HAD FAILURE OF PARENTS THIS IS BEFORE THE SHOOTING. >> AND SHE ALSO TOLD AMANDA ABOUT THIS AND SHE TELLS ME

YOU CAN’T BE ALONE. SO I DECIDED TO TAKE HIM TO THE BAR AND TO MAKE WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT LATER. I GUESS IT’S REALLY HARD TO COMPREHEND IS HOW BEFORE THE SHOOTING JUST BASED ON THE ME AND WHAT SHE KNOWS AND THE DRIVING, SHE THINKS

SHE’S A FAILURE OF THE PARENTS . BUT SHE SAT RIGHT HERE AND SAID ,AFTER ALL, SHE DOESN’T REALLY THINK SHE’S A FAILURE AS A PARENT AND THAT’S AFTER SHE KNOWS EVERY THING HAPPENS. YOU TALK TO. AND SO I EXECUTED A SEARCH AT THE DEFENDANT’S HOME.

>> I WANT TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR THAT WHEN THEY’VE NOT BEEN CHARGED INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, SHE CLEARLY HAS THAT SISTER. AND YOU DIDN’T SEE PICTURES. SO WE CAN PROVE THAT SHE DIDN’T HAVE HER HOUSE. AND I DON’T CARE FOR HOUSES OR NOT. AND I THINK YOU DO EITHER.

THOSE PICTURES ARE SHOWN TO YOU BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE SHOOTER WENT IN, IS WHERE SHE LIVES. AND YOU SAW THOSE TWO BEDROOMS . THERE WAS BARELY A PLACE FOR HIM TO SLEEP. THAT’S THE TESTIMONY SHOWS HE HAS NO NO PERSON IN HIS LIFE AFTER THAT FARMHOUSE.

HE WAS NOT IN A CLUB. HE WAS NOT IN SPORTS. HE WASN’T WORKING. WHEN I SEE THOSE PHOTOS, WHAT I THINK IS, YEAH, TWO ROOMS THAT WERE COMPLETELY FREE OF THE DUSTY, COVERED WITH CLOTHES EVERYWHERE. BUT THEN I THINK WHAT THAT IS WHERE HE SPENT 99% OF THE

TIME, IT’S VERY EASY TO HEAR THINGS BEFORE SHE. >> THE SEARCH RESULTS WERE ALSO SHOWN TO YOU SO YOU COULD UNDERSTAND WHERE HE’S GUNS WERE STORED. >> WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA THAT THE CELTICS AND THE DERRINGER WERE IN WHAT’S CALLED THE GUN SAFE. THE LOCK WAS 000.

BUT WE KNOW THAT WERE KEPT THERE. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS? THEY JENNIFER CRUMBLEY SOME STUFF. >> WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS A BOX ON THE BED AND THE AMMUNITION NEXT TO IT. THIS IS THE BOX. THIS IS THE BOX. >> I THINK IS GOING TO SHOW

YOU IN A MINUTE. THIS IS THE BOTTOM. SHE SAT UP AT THIS TABLE LIKE INSIDE OF IT WHERE SHE KEPT THE OTHER BOX. NOW I’M SORRY, THAT’S THE MATTER. >> THE KEY IS THAT THE BOX FOR THE SEAT? THIS IS WHAT SUPPLIES IT BEEN EMPTY VACCINES IN THE KITCHEN. RIGHT? >> RIGHT.

AND WHAT THEY SAID IS THIS IS MY CLOSING ARGUMENT, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO FINISH. >> PLEASE, SIR, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IT IS? YES, IT IS THREE MUCH. SO THIS WAS OUT IN THE KITCHEN INSIDE. IS IT BEING LOCKED? YES, IT ON THE END OF THE

DEFENDANT’S BED, SEPARATED, BRENNAN SHOWED YOU WHAT IT’S LIKE TO OPEN UP AND CLOSE IT NOW. DO YOU THINK SO? WHAT? THIS IS MADE OUT ON THE DEFENDANT’S BED AND THE ARE RIGHT NEXT TO THE BOXES. THE AMMUNITION IS RIGHT NEXT TO IT. EMPTY THE STORY. >> ONE OF THE ONE OF THE

STORIES THAT IS TOLD BY JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS HE MUST’VE COME IN THERE WHEN THEY WERE SLEEPING BECAUSE SHE WAS IN THAT BED ALL NIGHT LONG AND THEY LEFT AFTER HER. EXCEPT THAT THE AMMUNITION WAS IN THE BOX, TAKING IT OUT AND LEAVING THE BOX WHILE YOUR PARENTS ARE SLEEPING

DOESN’T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. >> AND IT DOESN’T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE THAT THIS WAS TAKEN AT THE LATIN SCENE OUT OF THIS CASE WITH NO ONE HEARING MY NAME OR SLEEPING. AND YOU ARE ALLOWED TO USE YOUR OWN COMMON SENSE. >> HE ALSO TESTIFIED ABOUT THE

SEARCH WARRANT. >> HE TESTIFIED, WHERE DOES HE GO ON THIS MAP? AND HE TESTIFIED WHERE THE WORD CASE AND BOX WAS AND HE TESTIFIED WHERE THE GARDEN STATE WAS THAT HE WAS NOT UNLIKE WHAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY ALLEGED SAW SEPARATELY FROM THE AMMUNITION WAS ACTUALLY RIGHT NEXT TO THE

AMMUNITION IN A GUN SAFETY OTHER TWO LEGS WITH THE COMBINATION ZERO ZERO ZERO SEVEN FEET ARRIVES AT THE SCENE, DOESN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE FAMILY DOESN’T KNOW THAT THEY’VE ALREADY. BEN THE SUBSTATION DOESN’T KNOW THAT THEY WERE AT THE SCHOOL THAT DAY. >> HE’S THERE AND ASKED

WHO WAS ORDERED TO BE THERE. YOU KEEP THE HOUSE SAFE WHILE THEY’RE WAITING FOR SEARCH WARRANT. AND IN DOING SO, HE NEEDS TO KEEP THE DEFENDANT OUT OF THE HOUSE. >> SHE GOES IN THE BACK OF THE CAR AND YOU SAW THE VIDEO. >> SHE NOW TELLS SERGEANT PATTY

JACKSON, LOOK CLOSELY AT THAT WORKSHEET NOW AS SHE LOOKS AT IT. AND LET DISAGREE. YOU HAVE A TABLATURE. THE QUESTION IS WHY SHE LIED. >> SHE SAYS THAT THE 45 CALIBER VIOLIN USED AT THE SCHOOL AND HOW HE HAD TO PICK ONE AND TELL THEM, NO, IT WASN’T

MILLIMETER THE OTHER A 22, I THINK SHE SAID THAT THEY HAD A FIGHT THE NIGHT BEFORE WITH THEIR SON OVER. AND SHE SAYS, SO WE TOLD THEM NO GUN RAGE, NO PHONE. THOSE ARE HIS TRIGGER POINTS. THESE THAT WAS NEVER TAKEN AWAY . WE KNOW THAT.

WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE HE HAD THE NIGHT BEFORE ANY CANDIDATE SCHOOL. >> WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS ASKED ABOUT IT AND ASKED WHEN DID YOU TAKE HIS PHONE AWAY? >> WE KNOW THAT HE MADE THAT IN THAT SHED ABOUT THE SCHOOL SHOOTING WITH HIS PHONE

AT 10:00 ON THE PHONE WAS NEVER TAKEN AWAY. WHY IS HE SAYING THAT? I DON’T KNOW. THEN SHE SAYS, MY FEAR WAS THAT HE TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF AND THEN HE ASKED, ARE YOU HAVING GUNS IN YOUR CAR? WHAT SHE DID SUGARHOUSE THAT’S NOT WHAT SHE SAYS HERE TODAY.

THAT’S WE HEARD FROM BACK AND TELL US PRACTICE. >> AND YOU SAW THOSE PICTURES AND THEY WERE HARD TO SEE. HE TOLD YOU THAT WERE 32 FIRES, CARTRIDGE CASINGS. HE COLLECTED ALL THAT EVIDENCE, TOOK ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND RECOVERED MARIJUANA. >> LIEUTENANT MARSON WAS ALSO

SEEN THAT DAY, AND HE TESTIFIED THAT HE PICKED UP THE PHONE AND SAW SCREEN AND SAW THAT THE LAST TEXT WAS DEFENDANT DO IT FROM MOM. >> HE EXECUTED SEARCH WARRANTS FOR ALL OF THE DEVICES IN THE HOME AND SENT A TEAM, INCLUDING OFFICER PESCI, JUST TO TO SECURE THE HOUSE BEFORE

A SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED, WHICH IS WHAT THEY DO. WE TESTIFIED THAT WE WENT INTO THE HOUSE HE FINALLY GOT THERE AND HE NEEDED THEIR PHONES AND HE TESTIFIED TO JENNIFER SAID, NO, I DON’T WANT TO GIVE YOU MY PHONE I’M NOT GIVING YOU MY PHONE. SHE FINALLY RELENTS BECAUSE

HER HUSBAND IS EITHER GOT IT EITHER WAY. >> AND THEN SHE DIDN’T WANT TO GET THE PASSCODE UP. SHE DIDN’T WANT TO GET THE PHONE. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT LIEUTENANT MARTIN SAID IS WHEN HE DESCRIBED HOW HE HAD TO IDENTIFY THE BODY OF HANNAH MADISON THAT DAY, DECEMBER

IS RETIRED, BUT HE’S A FORMER SERGEANT IN CHARGE 52 THAT FUGITIVE APPREHENSION TO TALK THAT IN HIS JOB. YOU DON’T END UP LOSING IS TO FIND PEOPLE WITH FELONY WARRANTS AND HAVEN’T SHOT HASN’T TURNED OUT FOR ME IN A LOT OF TO FIGURE THAT OUT BUT HE WAS ASKED TO FIND

JENNIFER AND JAMES CRUMBLEY TO MAKE SURE THEY TURNED THEMSELVES IN. >> BUT ONE OF THE PRIMARY GOALS WE HAVE IS THAT THEY TURN THEMSELVES IN SAFELY AND SHE WAS GIVEN EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND SHE DID NOT. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING THE JUDGE DID

INSTRUCT YOU INSTRUCT YOU THAT YOU BE CONSIDERED, BUT IT’S NOT AN ELEMENT OF THE CRIME. I HAVE TO PROVE THAT THEY FLED . THE REASON HE INTRODUCES EVIDENCE AND SHE’S GOING TO INSTRUCT YOU IS THAT YOU THAT YOU CAN USE THAT AS A SIGN OF CONSCIOUSNESS OF GUILT. WHAT DO YOU DO?

YOU KNOW, YOU DO SELF DONE SOMETHING WRONG YOU CAN YOU CAN THAT TO SHOW CONSCIOUSNESS OF GUILT AND, WE’RE GOING TO GET TO IT. BUT I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SHOWN THAT BEYOND REASONABLE. HE’S GOING TO TELL YOU THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS HER HUSBAND. HE BEGAN TO AVOID DETECTION.

>> YOU GET POINT CASH OUT. THEY’RE GOING TO CASH OUT OF THEIR SON’S BANK ACCOUNT. >> THEY’RE PULLING CASH OUT OF THEIR BANK ACCOUNT. WHERE’S SON DURING THIS TIME? HE’S AT CHILDREN’S VILLAGE ARRAIGNED THIS QUARTER POINT WHERE WHERE THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO SEE HIM AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO

TO THAT ARRAIGNMENT. AND THEY DID THAT BECAUSE THEY NEVER EVEN WHEN THEY THEIR HOUSE AND WENT TO A MOTEL. AND THEN WE ENDED UP AN EXTENDED STAY. AND THAT IS WHERE THEY ULTIMATELY LEFT ONE OF THE KIDS BACK INTO A PARKING SPACE. >> HE’S GOING TO TELL YOU THAT

HE EVENTUALLY DID APPREHEND THE DEFENDANT. WE’VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT. AND HE’S GOING TO YOU THAT THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. THE SCENE WHEN SHE WAS AT THE CURLEY. AND WE WILL NOT FORGET THAT WITH NOW WE KNEW A LOT ABOUT CARS AND RECENTLY PULLED INTO THAT PARKING LOT

RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME. >> AND COINCIDENTALLY HAD JUST BEEN THE THE WANTED POSTER HE CALLED IT WAS A DESCRIPTION OF THE CARS AND A PHOTO OF THE DEFENDANT. AND COINCIDENTALLY, HE THOUGHT MAYBE THAT’S CAR. >> AND HE WATCHED THE VIDEO WHERE HE GOES AROUND AND HE SEES LICENSE PLATE AND HE PLAYS

IT MORE AND AND SLOWLY WALKING TO THE BUILDING AND THEN MAKES THE CALL 911. HE DESCRIBES TO YOU HOW WITHIN MINUTES POLICE OFFICERS ARRIVE AND THEN AT SWARMS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVE, SWAT THE MARSHALS ATF, THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, DETROIT PD, ALL SORTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOW UP IMMEDIATELY.

MARSHALS TESTIFY THAT THE UNIT WHERE WHERE JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WAS ACTUALLY FOUND WAS VERY CLOSE TO HIS. >> AND HE SEES THE PARKING LOT AND THE WHOLE WALL WAS WINDOWS AND IT WAS ON A FIRST FLOOR. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE WHOLE PARKING LOT WAS LIT UP WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT LIGHTS, SIRENS,

ALL KINDS OF THINGS. >> NEXT, YOU HEARD FROM PATTON PERSONAL FAVORITE SHOP, AND HE TESTIFIED THAT ONCE HE GOT THERE, THEY TOOK A 35 CROWN RAM TO REACH THE DOOR, WHICH WAS RIGHT OUTSIDE THE UNIT WHERE HIS FRIEND WAS. >> THAT WE HEARD FROM RYAN LOWE’S ALSO DIDN’T WANT

A LOT OF THINGS HE TO SAY THAT YOU DESERVE TO KNOW THE TRUTH. AND THE TRUTH IS. LIKE IT OR NOT, THIS IS WHO JENNIFER CRUMBLEY SANFORD THAT AND SHE TOLD HIM THAT RIGHT I GUNS IN MY CAR AND I’M AFRAID MY MY, I’M GOING TO DO SOMETHING STUPID BEFORE

YOU SHOOTING THIS SCENE THAT YOU ALSO LEARNED THAT ALTHOUGH THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT IN GENERAL WAS ALWAYS THAT WE HAD POSTS AFTER THE SHOOTING, IT REMAINED EXACT. SHE DELETED THAT ON SET RIGHT YOUR OWN MEMORY, THAT TESTIMONY. BUT IT WAS NOT UNSENT MESSAGES THEY WERE DELETED ANYMORE

AND REGRETS BRASS TELL YOU THAT BUT THE TOOLS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED AND ONE AGAIN AND WORKBOX WILLIAMS WARRIOR TESTIFIED WHAT WAS FOUND IN THE PENTAGON, THE BUILDING IN OUR CITY HERE WHAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY THE YOU SAW THE PHOTOGRAPHS YOU LEARN THAT THERE WERE SIX A LITTLE OVER $6,000 IN CASH.

YOUR PHONES WERE FOUND AND THE CASH, THE PURSE IN A PLASTIC TUB AND, ANOTHER PLASTIC CUP WITH A LID ON IT FAR AWAY FROM FIVE FEET AWAY FROM WHERE THE MATTRESS WAS. >> AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WHERE YOU LEARN ALL THIS FROM. >> YOU ALSO TESTIFY. WHAT ELSE WAS FOUND?

WHOSE ORANGE JUICE? I USED AN AVOCADO, BANANAS, SOCKS, BLANKETS. AND THAT WAS THE ROOM WHERE THE WERE JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WAS ULTIMATELY SEPARATED, YOU KNOW, FROM LOOKING FOR US. HE WAS OFF CENTER. HE TOLD YOU WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN SCHOOL THAT I HE DESCRIBED THE AUTOPSY THAT WERE DONE

IN HOW EACH OF THOSE KIDS DIED AND WHERE THEY WERE SHOT. HE TOLD YOU THAT BOTH JUST AND SHOWING YOU MADISON FOLLOWING HER SHOTS HAD BEEN IN CONTACT, WHICH MEANS THE BODY WAS EITHER VERY CLOSE OR ACTUALLY TOUCHING YOUR HEAD . IT SHOWED YOU TO BE SHOOTING.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT TO INCITE EMOTION. THE VIDEO OF THE SHOOTING SHOWS JENNIFER CRUMBLEY SON TAKING A STANCE HE CLEARLY KNEW HOW TO TAKE AND WAS TRAINED TO. AND WE WATCHED HIS DEMEANOR IN A CALCULATED, COOL WAY. HE PROCEEDED TO THOSE HALLWAYS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO SHOOT.

YOU SAW THE SURVEILLANCE OF HOW HE ULTIMATELY SURRENDERED, WALKED OUT AFTER EXECUTING DUSTIN, SHOWING LATE THE GUN ON ABC THAT MADE IT SAFE, TOOK THE MAGAZINE OUT AND SURRENDERED ME AND INTRODUCED THE FAKE LETTERS THAT. SHOW YOU WHAT THEY WERE DOING AFTER CHARGES WERE EITHER VERY SOON COMING IN AFTER THEY WERE

ANNOUNCED AND HE SHOWED IT IN HORROR VIDEO OF JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND HER HUSBAND, WHO JUST A FEW HOURS AFTER THE SHOOTING, EMBRACED YES. WHATEVER HAPPENS, I LOVE YOU. DON’T SAY ANYTHING TO THE POLICE. ONE OF THE ELEMENTS YOU HAVE TO PROVE IS WHAT A PERSON USING ORDINARY CARE WOULD HAVE KNOWN

ABOUT OR NOT. >> THERE WAS A SITUATION THAT THEY NEEDED TO EXERCISE ORDINARY CARE. >> SO THE DEFENDANT’S KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HER SON MATTERS. BUT IT’S TWO DIFFERENT STORIES IN WHAT SHE KNEW BEFORE THE SHOOTING AND WHAT SHE KNEW WHAT SHE SAID SHE KNEW AFTER BEFORE THE SHOOTING .

SHE SHE TELLS KIRA, MY SON HERE ,SHE WAS A PERSON WITH A BABY. >> SHE’S 12 NOW. I AND HOLLAND THESE LONG. WE WE HEAR THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE SOMETIMES SAID THAT THE FAMILY WERE THE PARENTS. >> THE MESSAGE TO HER. SHE HEARD SOME FRIENDS MOTHER. HE’S KIND OF DEPRESSED.

IN APRIL SHE TEXTS THAT AND THEN THE MESSAGES FROM HER SON THE MESSAGES IN MARCH ABOUT THE SAME THINGS THINGS ARE FLYING OFF THE TABLE NOW. SHE WANTS TO TELL YOU JUST A JOKE, GRANDMA. >> I DIDN’T CONSIDER WHAT A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY IS GOING TO TEXT.

>> DID YOU AT LEAST ANSWER ME FOR A REPLY TO MY TEXT AS A JOKE? AND WE KNOW THERE WERE NO REPLIES. THERE WERE MISSED CALLS. HE CALLED HER, THERE WERE NO REPLIES, AND SHE’S LIKE, HE’S JUST MESSING AROUND. BUT AFTER THE SHOOTING IN THE EMPIRE, WE HEAR HER SAY HE’D

NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE, HE’D NEVER DONE ANYTHING, HE’D NEVER DONE ANYTHING WRONG. HE’S A GOOD KID ALSO. >> AND I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT LIKE, WOULD HAVE ANY MENTAL ISSUES, LIKE I NEVER THAT HE NEVER, EVER EXHIBITED ANY TYPE OF ANGER. HE’S NEVER EXPERIENCED. >> HE’S JUST LIKE ONE OF THOSE

MELLOW, LAID BACK KIDS IN THE SUBSTATION. >> HE’S NEVER DONE ANYTHING. HE NEVER DONE BAD AFTER THE SHOOTING. >> JAY O’BRIEN WELL HE’S NEVER DONE ANYTHING WRONG. >> JENNIFER CRUMBLEY SAID A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT THAT THAT NEEDS . >> SHE SENT ME DOWN TO JAMES

AS I STAND HERE AND AS I SAID BEFORE WITH THE CALL NOW AN EMERGENCY, SHE TOLD KAREN HE COULDN’T BE LEFT ALONE. >> SHE TOLD ANDY NEED TO GET USED TO GETTING COUNSELING. AND SHE TELLS AMANDA THAT SHE GOT THE DRAWING WAS VERY SCARY . >> AGREED. AFTER THIS IS WHAT SHE SAYS

IN THE SUBSTATION. I THINK IT’S SLIM. >> MELANIE. HE DIDN’T SEEM WORRIED ABOUT IT. AND HE SAID THAT MY SON’S MORE THAN ONE DAY BEFORE HE COULD GO HOME AND. >> I REALLY WISH WE. I REALLY WISH WE HAD TAKEN HIM HOME IN THE CAR, SHE SAID. I DIDN’T EVEN LOOK AT THAT

CLOSELY. NOW THAT I DO WHAT I DID AT THE SUBSTATION, I LOOK IT CLOSELY, WHICH WE KNOW IS NOT TRUE. I LOOKED AT THEM CLOSELY AND THEY’RE A LITTLE DISTURBING. WHILE THEY’RE VERY DISTURBING BECAUSE LOOK WHAT YOU JUST DID. AND THEN TO THE SHE SAYS THE SMALL WAS VERY NONCHALANT,

BUT THE PAPER THEY SHOWED WE HAD ALL OF THE THINGS SCRATCHED OUT. THAT’S JUST NOT TRUE. IT’S JUST NATURAL AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO BELIEVE ME BECAUSE WE HAVE EVIDENCE IT’S NOT TRUE. AND YOU HEARD IT. >> THE STATEMENTS ABOUT THE GUN ARE ALSO NUMEROUS, SHE SAID.

>> WE HEARD HER TESTIFY. THE GUN WAS IN HER CAR. WE KNOW THAT SHE’S ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SHE DROVE TO THE GUN RANGE THERE. NO LOCK ON THE BOTTOM. WHEN SHE DROVE THERE, SHE TURNED WITH THE GUN. THERE WAS NO LOCK ON IT. BUT SHE SAID JAMES LOST THE GUN RUBY AT HOME.

>> SHE DIDN’T SEEM TO. SHE TESTIFIED AT TRIAL JAMES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GUN IN THE SUBSTATION, THOUGH. WHEN ASKED WHERE THE GUN WAS IN LEAVE OUR INTERVIEW. JAMES IN THE HOME AND HE’S LIKE, I. >> I HAD THE GUN HIDDEN AND I TOLD THEM WHERE I HID THE BULLETS.

>> HE ASKED RODERICK ABOUT IN HER CAR. SHE SHAKES HER HEAD NO, AND SHE TELLS MILOS AFTER THE NEXT DAY WE HAD THIS REMARK ON IT. >> IT CAME IN. INDICATES EVERYTHING IS SECURED. NOT ONE, YOU KNOW, IT’S STORED SEPARATELY. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD.

THAT IS NOT. SHE SAYS IN THE SUBSTATION JENNIFER CRUMBLEY BECAUSE THE HERSELF FROM HER OWN RESPONSIBILITY ABOUT, THE GUN MURDER, TESTIFIED THAT THEY WANTED TO GET THE GUN HERE. IT WAS MY SON AND MY HUSBAND. MY SON DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON ME, AND I GUESS I WAS

I GUESS WHEN I WAS SHOT. SHE DOESN’T SAY SHE DIDN’T KNOW. SHE DIDN’T SAY THAT SHE IN THE GROUP SAYS THAT THEY REALLY INTERFERED WITH TRYING TO GET CHRISTMAS TREE. >> THAT WAS WHAT SHE WAS UPSET . AND SHE SAID IT’S JAMES’S RESPONSIBILITY. >> HOWEVER, AS I’VE SHOWN OVER

AND OVER AT THE SUBSTATION AND IN THE CAR, IT’S BEEN IT’S WE CAME TO THE RANGE WE HAD OUR HOBBY WE GO THE ON RANGE. THAT’S WHAT WE DID WE JUST SAT IN THE SUN SITTING HERE TODAY IT’S ALL SO NICE. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE STATEMENT THAT WE DON’T

REALLY HAVE TO QUESTION THIS WEAPON WAS JENNIFER CRUMBLEY POST. EVEN IN JAMES CRUMBLEY SO THAT YOU GUYS THIS WE HAVE SEEN THEM OUT AT THE RANGE BACK IN JUNE. >> YEAH IT REALLY SHOWS THAT THE SHOOTER ONLY TWO MONTHS BUT WE’RE SURE SHE ACKNOWLEDGES ONE SUNDAY TESTING OUT HIS NEW CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

YOU HEARD EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU ABOUT THE JOURNAL THAT WAS FOUND IN THE BATHROOM THAT THE SHOOTER’S BACKPACK RIGHT ABOUT THE EXIT AND STARTED SHOOTING. I HAD ZERO HELP FOR MY MENTAL PROBLEMS AND. IT’S CAUSED ME TO SHOOT UP. THE SCHOOL WAS LIKE.

FIRST OFF, I GOT MY GUNS. IT’S AN SP2022 SIG SAUER, NINE MILLIMETER. THAT’S SHOOTING IS TOMORROW. I HAD ACCESS TO THE GUN AND AMMO. I AM FULLY COMMITTED TO THIS. SO I’M IMPRESSED. >> I’M GOING TO PRISON FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

AND THAT PEOPLE HAVE ARE ABOUT HAVE ABOUT ONE DAY TO LIVE. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT YOU TO ASK WHEN YOU GO BACK IN THAT ROOM IS WHY? WHY, AFTER HEARING THAT THERE’S AN ACTIVE SHOOTER, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO, OF COURSE, FOLLOW THE TRIAL HERE OF JENNIFER CRUMBLEY,

THE MOTHER OF THE CONVICTED SHOOTER IN. THAT HIGH SCHOOL MASS SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN CARRIED OUT BY HER SON. WE WILL FOLLOW ALL CLOSING AND TAKE YOU BACK AS THINGS DEVELOP. BUT RIGHT NOW FOR MORE BREAKING NEWS FROM, DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, OUR HEROES ARE FINALLY HOME. WHAT YOU’RE WATCHING NOW

IS WHAT EVERY MILITARY FEARS, THE LOSS OF THEIR SON, THEIR DAUGHTER, THEIR SPOUSE LOVED ONE WHILE SERVING OUR COUNTRY. THIS IS THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER OF OUR THREE U.S. SOLDIERS WHO WERE TRAGICALLY KILLED IN THAT DRONE STRIKE IN AMMAN, JORDAN. PRESIDENT BIDEN, YOU SEE THERE ALSO LADY JILL BIDEN.

NEXT TO THEM ALSO IS CHIEFS CHAIRMAN CQ BROWN AND DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN. THEY MET WITH THE FAMILIES AND NOW THEY’RE SHOWING THEIR RESPECT. WHILE WE SEE ALL OF THIS ON CAMERA. WE JUST WANT TO LET ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT ARE WATCHING ALONG WITH US HERE

THAT IT IS BEING FED INTO US WITH NO VOLUME. AND THAT’S ON IT’S OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE FAMILIES, OF COURSE, SOME OF THE HARDEST DAYS OF THEIR LIVES. WE’RE JUST GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT MOMENT OF SILENCE AND JUST WATCH THIS MOMENT IN TIME AND JUST REMEMBER WHAT THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS

DID FOR OUR COUNTRY. AND THEY LOST OUR LIVES, LOST LIVES FOR OUR COUNTRY. YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT THEY WERE ALL SERVING ON THE 718TH ENGINEER COMPANY. IT’S A U.S. ARMY RESERVE UNIT THAT WAS BASED OUT OF FORT MOOR, GEORGIA, AND A THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU WILL SEE OR NOT SEE AS THERE

WERE OTHER AS THEIR PAIN, THEIR RESPECTS IS SERGEANT WILLIAM, 46, OF CARROLLTON, GEORGIA. ALSO SPECIALIST SANDERS, 24, OF WAYCROSS, GEORGIA, AND SPECIALIST BRIANNA MOFFITT, 23, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. I’M JUST GOING TO PAUSE A MOMENT . AGAIN, IF YOU’RE JUST TUNING IN, YOU’RE WATCHING THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER OF DOVER

AIR FORCE BASE THERE IN DOVER, DELAWARE. THIS IS WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES AND THE FIRST LADY FIRST ARRIVED. WE’RE NOT WATCHING THIS LIVE. THAT’S PART OF THE PROTOCOL, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE’RE IT’S CALLED, TAPE TURNAROUND, AS WELL AS WHAT WE REFERRED TO IT AS.

BUT THESE THIS HAPPENED JUST MOMENTS AGO, KATE SAID MOMENTS AGO. SO THIS IS NOW LIVE. OKAY. SO WE WERE WATCHING. I SEE THIS. IT’S WRAPPING AND THEY’RE LEAVING NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THESE ARE ACTUALLY LIVE PICTURES BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY CAME TO TO

TO BE THERE AS THE AIRCRAFT, THE C-5 GALAXY ARRIVED CARRYING BODIES OF THE THREE SERVICE MEMBERS THAT WE LOST, AMMAN, JORDAN. YOU REMEMBER IT WAS SERGEANT WILLIAM RIVAS, 46, OF CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, ALSO SPECIALIST KENNEDY SANDERS, 24, OF WAYCROSS, GEORGIA, AND SPECIALIST BRIANA MOFFITT, 23, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. AND THERE’S VERY STRICT

PROTOCOL ALL FOR THESE TRANSFERS. AND YOU’LL SEE WE’RE SORT OF GETTING THE LIVE FEED. AND THOSE PICTURES WE SHOWED YOU SOMEONE TAPE, WE SHOWED YOU THE PRESIDENT, FIRST LADY LEAVING THERE. BUT IT IS A SOLEMN EVENT. THERE IS NO LIVE COVERAGE OF THE FAMILY OF THOSE THREE TRANSFER CASES THAT ARE

BROUGHT HOME. AND THERE’S NO OR PHOTOGRAPHY OF ANY OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS OR LIVE MIKES. IT’S A VERY QUIET, RESPECTFUL MOMENT FOR THE FAMILY AS THEIR LOVED ONES FINALLY COME HOME AND THE THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT LOST THEIR LIVES. YOU SEE HERE, SERGEANT KENNEDY SANDERS, SERGEANT BRIANNA MOFFITT, AND ALSO SERGEANT WILLIAM RIVERS.

JUST TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM, AND I DON’T KNOW IF WE WANT TO SHOW EVEN THE MOMENTS WITHIN THE LAST 20 MINUTES OR SO WHERE THERE WE GO. THANK YOU SO MUCH, WHERE YOU SEE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ONE OF THE CASES DRAPED WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG.

AND JUST TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT THE STORY, MOFFITT HAD JUST TURNED 23. IT WAS NINE DAYS BEFORE MOFFITT’S 23RD BIRTHDAY THAT SHE WAS KILLED. SHE HAD JOINED THE ARMY RESERVES 2019, BUT ALSO WORKED FOR A HOME CARE PROVIDER TO COOK, CLEAN AND RUN ERRANDS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

AND THEN WE ALSO TOLD YOU ABOUT SANDERS, 24 YEARS OLD, WORKED AT A PHARMACY WHILE TO BECOME AN X-RAY TECHNICIAN, ALSO COACHED CHILDREN’S SOCCER AND BASKETBALL. SHE HAD VOLUNTEERED FOR THE DEPLOYMENT. SHE WANTED TO SEE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. THAT’S WHAT HER HAD TOLD US. AND THEN FINALLY, SERGEANT

RIVERS, THAT YOU SEE THERE, THE THIRD PICTURE ON YOUR SCREEN HE WAS 46 YEARS OLD. HE WENT BY JEROME. HE JOINED THE ARMY RESERVE IN NEW JERSEY IN 2001 AND SERVED A NINE MONTH TOUR IN IRAQ IN 2018. AGAIN, BIDEN DIDN’T SPEAK. THE FIRST LADY DIDN’T SPEAK. THE DEFENSE SECRETARY,

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS DIDN’T SPEAK. WHEN A DIGNIFIED TRANSFER HAPPENS, IT’S A VERY MOURNFUL RITUAL AND. IT’S BEEN COME. IT’S NOT A COMMON THING. WE DON’T THIS VERY OFTEN. AS THE U.S. WITHDREW FROM CONFLICTS ABROAD, MOST NOTABLY THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN, IN THAT WAR THAT LASTED TWO DECADES, WE

HAVEN’T WITNESSED DIGNIFIED TRANSFERS LIKE THIS. I CAN REMEMBER THE WAR IN IRAQ. I’LL NEVER FORGET THE TIME WE CARRIED ONE OF THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFERS LIVE. AND IT WAS HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE IT WAS MANY MORE MEMBERS OF OUR MILITARY THAT CAME HOME THAT ONE DAY THAT I REMEMBER IN PARTICULAR TODAY, IT WAS THREE OF

OUR SERVICE MEMBERS THAT WERE OVER THERE IN AMMAN, JORDAN, WHEN THAT DRONE KILLED, AS THEY WERE BASED THERE AT TOWER 22. FOR MORE, LET’S BRING IN OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, MARY BRUCE. SHE’S AT THE WHITE HOUSE ALSO OUR SENIOR NATIONAL POLICY REPORTER, AND FLAHERTY AT THE PENTAGON.

MARY, THESE ARE NEVER, NEVER EASY TO TALK ABOUT TO WITNESS, BUT I LOVE THE RESPECT THAT THAT THEY PAY JUST TO THE FAMILIES. IT’S — IT’S VERY PRIVATE, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A GLIMPSE INTO THE REALITY OF WHAT HAPPENS IN AREAS OF CONFLICT.

AND WE CAN SEE NOW THOSE THREE HEROES BEING CARRIED THROUGH AS THE PRESIDENT, THE FIRST LADY, AND OUR LEADERS WITHIN MILITARY PAY THEIR FINAL RESPECTS AS THEY COME HOME. IT’S IT IS SOLEMN TO WATCH, INDEED, MARY. IT’S TO WATCH. >> AND QUITE FRANKLY, YOU CAN, I THINK, SEE THE WEIGHT OF THIS

MOMENT. GRIEF THERE ON THE PRESIDENT’S FACE, ON THE FACE OF THE FIRST LADY. LOOK, IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE HARDEST AND FRANKLY, MOST WRENCHING THINGS THAT A PRESIDENT DOES. WE KNOW HE SPENT, I BELIEVE, ROUGHLY AN HOUR EARLIER TODAY SPEAKING WITH THE FAMILIES, THE FALLEN.

HE SPOKE WITH THEM BY PHONE EARLIER IN THE WEEK, ESSENTIALLY ASKING THEIR PERMISSION TO ATTEND THIS TODAY TO ALLOW US TO SEE A PORTION OF THIS. AND CERTAINLY JOE BIDEN IS SOMEONE WHO IS FAMILIAR, UNFORTUNATELY, WITH GRIEF. YOU KNOW, WE HEARD HIM REFERENCING THAT WHEN WE GOT

TO SEE A GLIMMER OF THE PHONE CALL THAT HE HAD WITH SPECIALIST KENNEDY, SANDERS FAMILY WHEN THE PRESIDENT WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THEM, INFORMING THEM THAT THEY WERE, YOU POSTHUMOUSLY PROMOTING HER TO SERGEANT AND OFFERING HIS CONDOLENCES. AND THE PRESIDENT THEN REFERENCING NORMALCY. HE KNOWS WHAT IT’S LIKE TO HAVE

A CHILD. >> HIS SON SERVED IN IRAQ, AND HE ALSO KNOWS WHAT IT’S LIKE TO LOSE A CHILD, ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY UNDER VERY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. AND I THINK YOU JUST SEE THE WEIGHT OF THIS. I MEAN, AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, ALL OF THIS COMES AS THE PRESIDENT IS VERY MUCH

WEIGHING WHAT COMES NEXT IN THIS FIGHT, HOW TO RESPOND TO THESE RELENTLESS ATTACKS BY IRANIAN BACKED MILITANTS. YOU KNOW, WE AND THE ARE WATCHING TO SEE HOW HE WILL RESPOND. WE HAVE BEEN BRACED AND TOLD THAT IT WILL LIKELY, YOU KNOW, PLAY OUT IN MULTIPLE STAGES OVER DAYS, MULTIPLE STRIKES.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO THINK THAT THIS IS WHAT WEIGHS ON THE PRESIDENT WHEN HE CONSIDERS THESE KINDS OF DECISIONS THIS IS THE REAL CONSEQUENCE OF THE DECISIONS THAT HE MAKES GOING FORWARD. AND SO I THINK YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT’S GOING THROUGH HIS MIND RIGHT NOW.

BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, HE IS THERE AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF. HE IS THERE AS CONSOLER IN CHIEF. HE IS THERE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND, OF COURSE, TO SEND A MESSAGE OF SUPPORT ON BEHALF THE ENTIRE NATION. >> AND IT’S A RISKY MOVE. WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS, IS CONSIDERING HERE.

HE SAYS INDEED THEY WILL RETALIATE, BUT WILL THAT RETALIATION TRIGGER A DEEPER AND MORE DEADLY WAR WITH IRAN AND PROXIES? I MEAN, HE’S IT’S A FINE LINE HERE. AND WE’VE BEEN HEARD. NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SPOKESMAN JANE JOHN KIRBY SAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK THAT WE DON’T WANT A WIDER WAR

WITH IRAN. WE DON’T WANT A WIDER WAR IN THE REGION. WE’VE GOT TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. AND SO THE WORLD AWAITS AS TO EXACTLY WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO DO. YOU KNOW, THERE WERE TALKS. IT WASN’T OFF THE TABLE. THERE COULD BE AN ATTACK INSIDE . IRAN.

NOW THE DISCUSSION IS, WILL IT BE SURGICAL STRIKES AGAINST JUST IRANIAN LINKED ASSETS OUTSIDE OF IRAN? WE STILL DON’T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. YEAH, AND LOOK IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATION, WHAT THIS PRESIDENT HAS FEARED SINCE OCTOBER, SINCE THE HAMAS

ATTACK IN OCTOBER AND SINCE WE STARTED SEEING ALL OF THESE RELENTLESS ATTACKS BY THESE IRANIAN BACKED MILITANTS, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 150 OF THESE ATTACKS AND WE HAVE SEEN, OF COURSE, AND FORTUNATELY, THE THREE AMERICANS HAVE DIED, MORE THAN 40 AMERICANS WOUNDED IN THIS DRONE STRIKE IN AMMAN, JORDAN.

AND THE CHALLENGE BEFORE THE PRESIDENT AND YES YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THEY HAVE NOT RULED OUT THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY STRIKE INSIDE OF IRAN . BUT WE ARE TOLD THE PRESIDENT HAS DEEP MISGIVINGS ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE WHAT IS FACED WITH IS HOW TO STOP THESE ATTACKS, HOW TO FINALLY SEND A MESSAGE

THAT THESE IRANIAN BACKED MILITANTS HAVE TO STOP ATTACKS WITHOUT STARTING ANOTHER WAR, WITHOUT ASKING THIS EVEN FURTHER. AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT SINCE THE MOMENT THAT THIS INITIAL CONFLICT STARTED. AND NOW WE ARE HERE AND. WHAT COMES NEXT AND WHETHER WHAT THE PRESIDENT DOES,

WHETHER WHETHER WHAT DECIDES TO PURSUE IS GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO STOP THIS WITHOUT ESCALATING THINGS FURTHER. THAT IS THE CENTRAL QUESTION AND THE CENTRAL FEAR, QUITE FRANKLY HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND IN FLORIDA. YOU’RE THERE AT THE PENTAGON. I’M SURE IT’S — IT’S QUITE. AND THE CONVERSATION OF WHAT

EXACTLY THIS RETALIATION WILL LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THESE STRIKES WILL LOOK LIKE AS WE WATCH THESE THREE HEROES COME HOME AND AS SHOT SORT OF PANS OVER TO THAT AIRCRAFT, TO THAT GALAXY GALAXY THAT BROUGHT THEM HOME, IT’S AN EVEN CLOSER SHOT WHERE YOU SEE TWO OF THE CASES THERE, AGAIN, THEY’RE NOT

REFERRED AS COFFINS. THEY ARE NOT CASKETS. THEY ARE TRANSFER CASES. THEY WHAT ARE USED TO TRANSPORT OUR FALLEN HERE TO DOVER AIR FORCE BASE AFTER A SERVICE MEMBER HAS THEN BEEN IDENTIFIED AND PREPARED FOR RETURN TO HIS OR HER FAMILY, THEN HE OR SHE WILL BE PLACED IN A CASKET

AND TRANSPORTED TO HIS OR HER FINAL RESTING PLACE. AGAIN, THESE ARE THE BODIES OF OUR THREE SERVICE MEMBERS THAT WERE SERVING IN AMMAN, JORDAN. I DON’T KNOW WE ARE ABLE TO BRING THE PICTURES UP SO WE CAN SEE THEM ACTUALLY AS THEY ARE BEING MOVED. BUT YOU WILL THE MEMBERS THERE

OF THE ARMY TAKING SERGEANT WILLIAM RIVERS AND ALSO SERGEANT BRIANNA MOFFITT AND ALSO SERGEANT KENNEDY SANDERS HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES . AND OF COURSE, WE WILL FOLLOW EVERY BIT THAT AND JUST LIFT UP WHAT THEY’VE DONE FOR US. AND SERVING OUR COUNTRY. SO AND I’LL TAKE IT TO YOU

AND WHAT’S THE WORD AT THE PENTAGON TODAY? AND COULD WE S SOME TYPE OF ACTION NOW THAT THESE THREE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT HOME? >> YEAH, KYRA, AS I WAS WALKING IN THIS MORNING INTO THE PENTAGON BUILDING, I DID SEE THOSE HELICOPTERS TAKE OFF ,OF COURSE, CARRYING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT

CHIEFS OF STAFF, CQ BROWN, THE DEFENSE SECRETARY, LLOYD AUSTIN. THOSE TWO WANTING TO ATTEND THE CEREMONY. WE WERE TOLD THAT SECRETARY AUSTIN HAS SPOKEN PRIVATELY WITH THE FAMILIES AS WELL, JUST AS THE PRESIDENT HAS. AND YOU KNOW THAT THESE EVENTS, THESE TRAGEDIES REALLY WEIGH ON THESE OFFICIALS BECAUSE

THEY KNOW THAT THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE DAY TO DAY DECIDE AND IMPACT THESE FAMILIES, THESE ARE REAL LIVES . AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK TO THEM PRIVATELY, YOU KNOW, THEY MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR THAT THESE ARE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE DAY TO DAY. THEY DO NOT TAKE THESE THESE

THINGS LIGHTLY. AND I’VE SEEN THAT ACROSS ADMINISTRATIONS, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, IT ALL THE SAME. THESE ARE VERY, VERY TOUGH, TOUGH DAYS TO GO. DOVER AIR FORCE BASE. NOW, WE DO KNOW THAT THE PENTAGON HAS SAID THAT A RETALIATORY STRIKE CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME. THEY’RE NOT GIVING US DETAILS

ON WHEN AND WHERE. THEY SAY THAT THAT IS HIGHLY CLASSIFIED, BUT THEY SAY THAT THESE ATTACKS ON THE U.S. BASE WILL NOT GO FORGOTTEN, THAT THAT U.S. WILL RESPOND. >> AND THEY SAY THAT THE RESPONSE WILL BE MORE SUBSTANTIAL, SAY TO EXPECT MULTIPLE TARGETS TO BE HIT, POSSIBLY MULTIPLE COUNTRIES,

AND THAT THIS WILL UNFOLD OVER SEVERAL DAYS. SO, CAROL, WE’RE EXPECTING QUITE THE RESPONSE. U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE TOLD US FROM THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU TAKE AN AMERICAN IN THESE COUNTRIES, WE’VE HAD 165 ATTACKS, PROBABLY THAN THAT AT THIS POINT IN IRAQ AND SYRIA ALONE, IN ADDITION

TO THE ATTACKS ON THE RED SEA, THEY SAY THAT ONCE THE AMERICAN LIVES ARE LOST, THAT THE CALCULATION, CAROL. AND JUST JUST KIND OF BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT AND TALK ABOUT TOWER 22, WHERE THESE THREE WERE SERVING THERE IN JORDAN, OUT IN THE JORDANIAN DESERT NEAR THE SYRIAN BORDER,

JUST THEIR MISSION WAS AND WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT? YEAH. KYRA, THIS WAS AN ENGINEERING UNIT, A RESERVIST UNIT THAT WAS BASED IN GEORGIA. THEY WERE THERE AS MOSTLY SUPPORT. SO, YOU KNOW, A VERY REMOTE BASE, AS YOU SAY. WHAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE AT THIS POINT WAS

THAT A U.S. DRONE WAS DUE BACK. IT WAS A SURVEILLANCE DRONE THAT HAD BEEN IN THE AREA AND IT WAS DUE BACK TO THIS IN JORDAN AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT THE ENEMY LAUNCHED A DRONE THAT WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH. SO WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED,

BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ON THE BASE CONFUSING THAT ENEMY ONE WAY ATTACK DRONE WITH THE U.S. DRONE AND PERHAPS LETTING IT THROUGH BECAUSE. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THEIR OWN AND CONFUSING THAT ENEMY DRONE WITH A DRONE. SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY A HEARTBREAKING SCENARIO.

I’VE HAD SEVERAL OFFICIALS TELL ME HERE IT WAS SIMPLY A LUCKY SHOT THAT THEY’D BEEN ATTACKED. AS I SAID, 165 TIMES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA BUT THIS ONE SEEMED TO MAKE IT THROUGH. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE CONCERN AT THE WHITE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THEY RESPOND.

BUT MANY AIDES TO THE PRESIDENT BEING DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT WIDENING THIS WAR, ABOUT CREATING PROBLEMS, MORE TENSION IN THE REGION. THEY DO NOT WANT TIP THE UNITED STATES INTO A WAR. AND JUST GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW, JUST BACKTRACKING TO TO THE TERRORIST GROUP HAMAS, ATTACKING THOSE INNOCENT

PEOPLE BACK AT THAT MUSIC FESTIVAL ON OCTOBER 7TH. YOU KNOW, THE MIDDLE EAST HAS BECOME A TINDERBOX. SINCE THEN, ISRAEL VOWED TO DISMANTLE HAMAS CARRYING OUT RAIDS IN GAZA AS MORE THAN 100 HOSTAGES STILL REMAIN CAPTIVE THERE, HELD AGAINST THEIR WILL BY HAMAS. THEN WE WITNESSED SOME TEMPORARY CEASE FIRES,

EVEN THE RELEASE OF SOME. BUT THE ATTACKS CONTINUED AND AS THE U.S. PRESSURE ON ISRAEL AND HAMAS TO TRY AND REACH SOME TYPE OF. AND THEN CAME THAT SPIKE IN ATTACKS IN THE RED SEA THAT TRIGGERED A U.S. LED BOMBING CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE HOUTHI REBELS. THEN THIS DEADLY DRONE ATTACK

THAT KILLED OUR THREE ARMY SOLDIERS, INJURING 34 OTHERS THERE, INJURED AND AS WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THE PRESIDENT VOWING RETALIATION, WHAT WILL THAT RETALIATION LOOK LIKE? THE ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN IRAQ HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK ON THESE THREE SOLDIERS THAT YOU ARE SEEING RIGHT. THAT GROUP, AN UMBRELLA GROUP

FOR IRANIAN LINKED MILITIAS. AND THAT’S WHEN WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT SAY THAT WE THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE AFTER SOME TYPE OF RETALIATION. JOHN KIRBY SAYING WE DON’T WANT A WIDER WAR WITH IRAN, WITH IRAN, WE DON’T WANT A WIDER WAR IN THE REGION. BUT WE’VE GOT TO DO WHAT WE

HAVE TO DO. AND, MARY, THIS THIS COULD REALLY CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE EAST RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, THE PRESIDENT AND EVEN THOSE FROM SECRETARY AUSTIN TO THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE DON’T WANT A WIDER. AND THERE’S BEEN PRESSURE

ON THE U.S. TRY TO CONTAIN THE VIOLENCE AND THE ATTACKS THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE. SO AND IF INDEED THERE IS TYPE OF RETALIATION AGAINST IRAN OR THESE IRAN BACKED MILITIAS. WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAPPEN ACROSS THE GLOBE IF THAT INDEED WERE TO TAKE PLACE? YEAH, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY

DELICATE AND TENSE SITUATION. AND LOOK, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE. HE HAS VOWED TO RESPOND FOR THIS ATTACK. HE HAS VOWED TO TO TO STOP ESSENTIALLY THESE RELENTLESS ATTACKS BY THESE IRANIAN BACKED MILITANTS. THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO YOU DO THAT IN A WAY THAT GETS THE MESSAGE ACROSS BUT DOESN’T

DOESN’T FURTHER ESCALATE AND WIDEN THIS CONFLICT? THE PRESIDENT HAS MET TWICE ALREADY THIS WEEK WITH HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM. HE HAS BEEN IN THE SITUATION ROOM. HE HAS BEEN CAREFULLY WEIGHING HIS OPTIONS, WHICH HAVE RUN THE GAMUT. THEY HAVE NOT RULED OUT STRIKING INSIDE OF IRAN. AND CERTAINLY SOME ARE URGING

THE PRESIDENT TO DO JUST THAT. AS AND WAS MENTIONING, WE DO EXPECT THIS RESPONSE TO BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THIS ATTACK WAS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT. YOU THREE AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS WHO HAVE DIED, MORE THAN 40 AMERICANS WOUNDED BECAUSE OF THIS ATTACK THAT A DIFFERENT KIND OF RESPONSE. AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS

ADMINISTRATION IS PROMISING. WE JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHETHER IT IS GOING BE ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE CALCULUS OF THESE GROUPS AND TO GET THEM FINALLY BACK OFF THESE ATTACKS, BECAUSE SO FAR, THE EFFORTS THAT THE U.S. HAS MADE TO RETALIATE IN YEMEN, TO RETALIATE AGAINST

THESE GROUPS HASN’T BEEN ENOUGH CLEARLY TO STOP. WILL THIS FINALLY DO THE TRICK? WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HERE. AND THEN SEPARATELY, MARY, THERE WERE THE TWO NAVY SEALS THAT DIED DURING THAT JANUARY MISSION TO BOARD THE UN FLAGSHIP THAT WAS CARRYING ILLICIT IRANIAN MADE WEAPONS TO YEMEN.

THAT HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY TO THE DEATHS HERE OF THESE THREE ARMY SOLDIERS. AND JUST AS AS WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THE PICTURES HERE WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE, I BELIEVE THAT IS THE FINAL IMAGE OF ALL THREE OF THE SOLDIERS AND THEIR BODIES THAT HAVE BEEN RESPECTFULLY

BROUGHT TO THAT VAN AND THEN WILL FINALLY BE HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES. IT’S WILLIAM RIVERS, 46 YEARS OLD, WENT BY JEREMY THE ARMY RESERVE IN NEW JERSEY BACK IN 2011, AND HE SERVED A NINE MONTH TOUR IN IRAQ IN 2018. ALSO SALUTING SERGEANT KENNEDY SANDERS, 24, WORKED AT A PHARMACY WHILE STUDYING

TO BECOME AN X-RAY, COACHED CHILDREN’S SOCCER AND BASKETBALL. SHE VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS DEPLOYMENT BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO SEE DIFFERENT OF THE WORLD. THAT’S WHAT HER PARENTS SAID. SO COMMON FOR THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF OUR MILITARY. I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVE TOLD ME THAT THAT

A LOT OF THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WANT JOIN AT AN EARLY AGE. THEY MAY NOT HAVE FIGURED OUT EXACTLY WHAT WANT TO DO WHEN THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THEY KNOW THE MILITARY GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE WORLD AND EXPERIENCE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE,

INCLUDING SERVING OUR COUNTRY AND IN THE WAY THAT THEY DO. AND AS THAT DOOR CLOSES, THE FINAL MEMBER, OUR MILITARY, THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO HER FAMILY AS WELL. SERGEANT BRIANNA MOFFITT, WHO HAD TURNED 23 YEARS OLD JUST NINE DAYS BEFORE SHE WAS KILLED THERE AT TOWER 22 OUT

IN THE JORDANIAN DESERT. SHE JOINED THE ARMY RESERVES IN 2019, ALSO WORKED FOR A HOME CARE PROVIDER TO COOK, CLEAN AND RUN FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. AND JUST LISTENING TO THE BACKGROUNDS AND THE DETAILS, THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT SERVED OUR COUNTRY, IT TELLS THE STORY OF SO MANY

OF THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ACROSS OUR GLOBE THAT ARE TAKING ON THIS DANGEROUS MISSION TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SHOW FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND RESPECT FOR ALL OF US. YEAH, I THINK THAT’S EXACTLY IT. KARA, YOU SAID IT WELL. I MEAN, I’VE ALWAYS BEEN SO IMPRESSED TRAVELING WITH THE

MILITARY IN THE PAST THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE SO DEVOTED TO WHAT THEY’RE DOING. AND AS YOU THE THE TRANSFER CASES BEING MOVED INTO THAT VEHICLE, THOSE ENLISTED PERSONNEL, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY NOT A JOB THAT ANYONE WANT, BUT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. AND THEY DID IT, YOU KNOW, AS MENTIONED WITH SUCH RESPECT,

WHICH I THINK EVERYBODY APPRECIATES. AND, YOU KNOW, THE NATION WATCHING THIS JUST, YOU KNOW, HEARTBROKEN, THINK BY SEEING SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE DEVOTED TO PUBLIC SERVICE TO HAVE THEIR STORY. AND THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT FAMILIES REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR THE COUNTRY TO PAUSE TO REFLECT ON THAT BECAUSE IT

IS AN IMPORTANT STORY. >> WELL, AND I THINK IT’S MOMENTS LIKE THIS AND HOW THESE MOMENTS ARE CARRIED OUT ON TELEVISION WITH THE PROTOCOL ,THE RULES, YOU YOU DON’T SEE THE FAMILY MEMBERS. YOU DO NOT SEE THEIR CARS. YOU DO NOT SEE THEIR GRIEF. YOU DON’T HEAR ANYTHING.

BUT THESE PICTURES AND WHAT GOES INTO THE HOW THEY STAND, HOW THEY BOW THEIR HEADS, HOW AS WE SEE RIGHT NOW, HOW WATCH THE PROCESSION SO CAREFULLY PUT TOGETHER. YOU DON’T HAVE TO HEAR ANYTHING. YOU DON’T NECESSARILY NEED TO SEE THOSE FAMILIES, BUT YOU DO SEE THE BODIES IN THOSE

CASES WITH THE FLAG DRAPED OVER THEM. QUIET. NOBODY SAYING A WORD. IT IT IT REALLY BRINGS HOME THE IMPACT ON ALL OF US. I THINK THAT’S EXACTLY IT. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, TO SEE THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL EVENT. WE DID SEE THE PRESIDENT, HE DID NOT SPEAK.

HE MET PRIVATELY WITH THE FAMILIES BEFOREHAND. WE KNOW THAT THE DEFENSE SECRETARY, LLOYD AUSTIN, WAS THERE. WE KNOW THAT HE HAS SPOKEN WITH THE FAMILIES. WE SAW HIM THERE WITH A CANE. HE HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED LAST MONTH. HE IS STILL RECOVERING. HE SAYS HE’S STILL DOING THERAPY.

WE ALSO SAW CQ BROWN, THE CHAIRMAN, GENERAL, CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. SO THE PRESIDENT’S TOP MILITARY ADVISER, THE TOP UNIFORMED OFFICER IN THE COUNTRY PAYING HIS RESPECTS TO THESE SERGEANTS BELONGING TO AN ENGINEERING UNIT, RESERVISTS, ALL FROM GEORGIA, IT WAS VERY TOUCHING MOMENT, KYRA. IT WAS A TOUCHING MOMENT.

AND NOW, AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACE, MARY THE THE PRESIDENT AND EACH KEY MEMBER OF HIS CABINET THERE NEXT TO HIM FROM CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS TO THE DEFENSE SECRETARY, THEY HAVE SOME BIG DECISIONS TO MAKE. SOME WOULD SAY THEY’VE ALREADY DECIDED WHAT GOING TO DO,

BUT THIS NEEDED TO HAPPEN TODAY BEFORE ANY TYPE OF RETALIATION TOOK PLACE. YOU HAVE TO THE FACT THAT WE WON’T SEE SOME TYPE OF MOVEMENT UNTIL THE MEMBERS OF OUR MILITARY RECEIVE THIS MOMENT LIKE THEY SHOULD. AND NOW THE QUESTION IS, WHEN WILL WE SEE THE OUTCOME?

WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND THE U.S. RESPONSE AND THE MESSAGE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO WANT TO SEND TO IRAN, TO IRAN BACKED MILITIA, THOSE THAT COME AFTER OUR MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE OUR COUNTRY AND CARE. YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE IT’S MOMENTS LIKE THIS THAT WEIGH ON THE PRESIDENT AS HE MAKES THESE KINDS

OF DECISIONS. BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, YOU IT IS PEOPLE’S LIVES WHO ARE ON THE LINE. AND THIS IS WHY THIS ADMINISTRATION IS, I THINK, WEIGHING THIS DECISION SO CAREFULLY, ARE ACUTELY AWARE OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF THIS SITUATION IS ALLOWED TO ESCALATE, IF THIS WAR DOES WIDEN.

AND, YOU KNOW, TO TO HAVE THAT DECISION HAPPENING, THAT DECISION MAKING PROCESS HAPPENING AS THE PRESIDENT IS THERE AT DOVER TO WITNESS THIS SOLEMN MOMENT TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THESE FALLEN HEROES AND TO MEET WITH THEIR GRIEVING FAMILIES. IT REALLY IS SORT OF A REMARKABLE CONFLUENCE OF AND,

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO RESPOND, RESPOND ROBUSTLY. WE JUST AREN’T SURE EXACTLY WHEN THAT RESPONSE GOING TO COME AND WHAT EXACTLY IT’S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AS AN SAID EARLIER, WE WE HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS LIKELY TO PLAY OUT IN MULTIPLE STAGES, POSSIBLY MULTIPLE TARGETS.

THIS COULD LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS, BUT WE JUST DON’T KNOW WHERE THE U.S. IS GOING TO STRIKE. AND THE BIG X FACTOR OF WHETHER NOT IT WILL BE ENOUGH TO SEND ENOUGH OF A MESSAGE TO FINALLY STOP THESE ATTACKS THAT HAVE REALLY BEEN ALMOST NEAR CONSTANT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

WHAT CAN THE PRESIDENT DO TO STOP THESE ATTACKS FROM TO SEND A LOUD ENOUGH MESSAGE BUT ALSO NOT START ANOTHER WIDER WAR? KYRA, I MARY BRUCE THE WHITE HOUSE AND CLARITY AT THE PENTAGON. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. AND AS WE DO HEAD TO BREAK, REMEMBER THE LIVES OF SERGEANT

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WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW IN THE INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL AGAINST JENNIFER CRUMBLEY THE DEFENSE SET TO BEGIN THEIR FINAL STATEMENTS AFTER THE PROSECUTOR ASHTON GAVE THEIR INITIAL CLOSING ARGUMENTS MOMENTS AGO. PROCEEDINGS ARE CURRENTLY ON BREAK. WE WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO COURT

AS SOON AS IT RESUMES. AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A HISTORIC TRIAL IT’S NEARING THE END AFTE DAYS OF TESTIMONY FROM A NUMBER WITNESSES, INCLUDING JENNIFER CRUMBLEY HERSELF, THE MOM WAS BACK ON THE WITNESS STAND TODAY, ANSWERING A LOT OF QUESTIONS. DURING CROSS-EXAMINATION, SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT HER SON, ETHAN, AND HIS UPBRINGING,

HIS TROUBLED LIFE IN SCHOOL ALSO THIS ALLEGED OBSESSION WITH GUNS AND ALSO WHAT ULTIMATELY LED TO HIM SHOOTING AND KILLING THESE FOUR STUDENTS AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL IN 2021. CRUMBLEY, INSISTING ON STAND ON THE STAND, RATHER, THAT IT WAS HER HUSBAND, JAMES, THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT GUN, FOR BUYING IT, FOR

STORING IT, FOR HIDING THE AMMUNITION, THE GUN THAT THEIR SON ACTUALLY IN THE SHOOTING. AND AS YOU KNOW, THE TWO HERE, THEY’RE FIRST PAIR OF PARENTS IN THE UNITED STATES TO BE CHARGED IN SCHOOL SHOOTING, COMMITTED BY A CHILD. JENNIFER’S HUSBAND THERE, JAMES CRUMBLEY. HIS TRIAL ACTUALLY BEGINS NEXT MONTH.

ONCE JENNIFER’S WRAPS UP, THE TRIAL JUST RESUMED. SO WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU LIVE INSIDE THE COURTROOM. AND LET’S LISTEN IN NOW. >> THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO VERY QUICKLY IS TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE BURDEN OF PROOF IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. THERE ARE DIFFERENT BURDEN

OF PROOF DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF A CASE IT IS. WHEN PEOPLE SUE MONEY AND SAY, I’VE BEEN INJURED OR I WAS FAILED BY THE SCHOOL, EVEN THERE WILL BE CIVIL LAWSUIT. AND THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS A PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE THAT IT’S ABOUT A 5050 STANDARD.

AND IF YOU HAVE 50% OF THE EVIDENCE, THAT’S THE BURDEN TO PROVE. >> FIRST OF ALL, WHEN THE STATE THINKS IT’S IMPORTANT TO TAKE AWAY A PERSON’S CHILDREN, THE BURDEN GOES. THEN THE BURDEN HAS TO PROVE MORE EVIDENCE. AND THAT SPECIFICALLY IS CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE

THAT IT’S CORRECT FOR THE STATE TO BE TAKING AWAY A PERSON’S CHILDREN. >> NOW, THE HIGHEST BURDEN IN THIS COUNTRY IS IN A CRIMINAL CASE, AND THAT IS BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. AND THE REASON I’M TELLING YOU ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES IN THE IS BECAUSE IN A CRIMINAL CASE, IF YOU HAVE JUST

ONE REASONABLE DOUBT ABOUT THE CASE, YOU MUST VOTE NOT GUILTY. AND SO IS MY POSTER JUST SHOWING BEYOND A REASONABLE IS GUILTY BECAUSE MANY, MANY OTHER IF YOU THINK IT’S LIKELY IS PROBABLE PASSIVE OR NOT LIKELY. THOSE ARE ALL NOT GUILTY. IS YOU HAVE TO BE SURE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

AND LATER, AS I GO TO MY CLOSING, AM GOING TO TELL YOU THE REASONABLE DOUBTS THAT THE DEFENSE EXIST IN THIS CASE FOR YOU TO. LOOK AT. >> THE OTHER THING I HAVE TO ASK YOU TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT IN THE JURY INSTRUCTIONS AND I THINK YOU EVEN THIS TRIAL,

THE DEFENSE DOES NOT HAVE TO OR DO ANYTHING LIKE JUDGE MATTHEW SAID, COULD SET THE TABLE, WHICH HAS THE WHOLE TIME CALLED THE WITNESSES CROSS-EXAMINE. NO WITNESSES PROVIDE NO EVIDENCE BECAUSE WE HAVE NO BURDEN TO PROVE A THING. HOWEVER, IN THIS CASE, YOU OBVIOUSLY SAW THE DEFENSE PRESENT, MRS. CRUMBLEY,

WHO TOOK THE STAND SO THAT SHE COULD GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT HERE AND PARTS OF THE EVIDENCE THAT WERE CONFUSING WHEN THE PROSECUTOR WAS INTRODUCING IN BITS AND PIECES AND. THE PROBLEM IN THIS CASE IS THAT WE HOW DO WE EVERYTHING CAN BE SEEN DIFFERENT IN TWO WAYS.

>> FIRST OF ALL, WHEN YOU LOOK BACK IN HINDSIGHT WITH 20, 20 VISION, WHEN YOU LOOK BACK IN HINDSIGHT, IT IS EASY SAY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT, THIS WOULD HAVE CHANGED ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. >> THE SECOND ONE, IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IS WHERE DO

YOU GET FULL CONTEXT AROUND THE EVIDENCE THAT IS BEING USED ? AND IN THIS CASE, THE PROSECUTOR HAS CHERRY PICKS? WELL, THAT’S A GOOD DEFENSE OUT OF MOUNTAINS OF EVIDENCE TO PUT FRONT OF YOU WITH NO CONTEXT TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY’RE DOING. AND WHEN YOU GET CHERRY PICKED BITS OF EVIDENCE, IT’S EASY

TO REACH WRONG CONCLUSIONS. NOW, DURING JURY SELECTION, IT FELT LIKE PROSECUTOR WAS ASKING YOU QUESTIONS AND GIVING MORE OF A CAMPAIGN SPEECH THAN A JURY SELECTION PROCEEDING IT. >> I WOULD SUPPORT SUGGEST TO YOU THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE ONLY ALTHOUGH MS.. >> MACDONALD MENTIONED SHE

SAID THE JUDGE AND WAS THE JUDGE SEVERAL TIMES DURING HER JURY SELECTION, THE ONLY JUDGE IN THIS COURTROOM THAT MATTERS IS JUDGE MATTHEW AND THE ONLY OTHER PEOPLE WHOSE JUDGMENT MATTERS ARE THE 12 OF YOU WHO WILL COLLECTIVELY DECIDE THIS CASE. THE REST OF US DON’T MATTER. MY OPINION MATTER.

MRS. DONALDSON WOULD NEVER THE OPINIONS OF ON THIS OTHER MATTER, THE MEDIA AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY KNOW EVERYTHING BEHIND KEYBOARDS AT HOME, CHALLENGING ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK THE EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE SHALL BE. SO DURING THIS CASE IT’S OBVIOUS REAL LIFE IS MESSY AND COMPLICATED, AND DURING

THIS TRIAL I WILL OPENLY ADMIT IT’S THAT I’M A LAWYER WHO MESSES. I GET THROWN OFF WHEN I’M SURPRISED BY SOMETHING. I FEEL LIKE I GET OVERWHELMED WHEN INFORMATION IS COMING AT ME. QUICKLY, I SAY I’M SORRY. A LOT OF IT IS A TIKTOK CHANNEL OF ME SAYING I’M SORRY THROUGH

THIS WHOLE TRIAL AND. ALL I’M SAYING IS THAT I’M HUMAN BEING AND SO IS MRS. CRUMBLEY. AND THAT’S WHAT THIS CASE IS ABOUT. SHE’S A PERFECT PERSON OR A PERFECT PARENT. I’M CERTAINLY A PERFECT PERSON OR A PERFECT PARENT. AND CERTAINLY BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT. >> THAT WAS CHECKED OUT, WHICH

IS WHY YOU’RE NOT GOING TO SEE ME TOUCH THAT LAPTOP. >> SO DURING THIS, I HAVE STOOD BEFORE YOU AND SHOWN ME ALL FLAWS AND I EMBRACE THEM AND THEY ARE PART WHAT MAKES ME HUMAN. >> AND SO HAS JENNIFER CROWLEY. >> SHE GOT ON THE STAND AND TALKED ABOUT EVERY NOOK

AND CRANNY HER LIFE, THINGS NO ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD KNEW IN HER FAMILY, AMONG HER FRIENDS. >> AND SHE WANTS YOU TO SEE THE WHOLE TRUTH, THE ENTIRE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH AND EVERYTHING. HERE. SHE HAD TO SHOW THAT SHE HAS MADE IT DO MORAL DECISIONS

TO HAVE AN AFFAIR? THAT SHE HAS MADE DECISIONS YOU DID NOT MAKE TO HAVE ANOTHER PERSON INVOLVED IN THE AFFAIR THAT WE DIDN’T GET TOO FAR INTO THE DETAILS AND ENOUGH FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT MRS. CRUMBLEY GOT UP THERE AND LITERALLY STRIPPED OFF HER ARMOR, LET THE PROSECUTION

PROCESS AND SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED IN HER MESSY AND I SAY THAT WITH ALL KINDNESS BECAUSE I MUST I SAW ME ABOUT A WEEK AGO THAT I’M TRYING TO BE A MOM TRYING TO GET EXERCISE, STAY HYDRATED, GET ENOUGH SLEEP, TEXT EVERYONE BACK AND NOT LOSE MY SHIRT.

AND I’VE GOT TO BE HONEST, AS A MOM, A WORKING MOM, AND MOST DAYS I’M LOOK FOR HUMAN CONTACT. I’M LUCKY IF I’VE A TRUE SHOWER AND DIDN’T JUST GRAB A HANDFUL OF WIPES AND SCRUB OFF THE BEST I CAN AND I LEAVE RUNNING OUT THE DOOR. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?

AS I DROVE TO COURT IN MY CAR BECAUSE MY LIFE IS NOT PERFECT AND THAT IN TURN THIS TRIAL YOU MAY HAVE CONCLUDED THAT YOU DON’T LIKE ME LATELY. >> THAT’S FINE. I’M JUST ASKING THAT YOUR OPINIONS ABOUT, ME AS A PERSON AND AS YOUR ONE OF THE

PEOPLE WHO CLAIMS TO MAKE A TED TALK ABOUT ME THAT YOU HOLD THOSE OPINIONS AGAINSTL CHARGE JENNIFER CRUMBLEY CASE BASED ON THE EVIDENCE ABOUT HER AND HER FAMILY. >> AND IF YOU TAKE HER OR DON’T LIKE HER OR AGREE WITH THINGS SHE’S DONE, THAT’S OKAY TOO YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIKE HER.

>> YOU ARE NOT EXPECTED TO GO HANG OUT WITH HER WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER AFTER TRIAL. YOU HAVE TO DECIDE IF YOU TO GO TO HER HOUSE. YOUR HOUSE. EVERYTHING’S GETTING. BUT WHEN YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE, IT’S IMPORTANT TO SET ASIDE YOUR OPINIONS OF HER OR.

TAKE YOUR OPINIONS OF ME, AND TO PLANT SOME TIME. >> THIS IS PROBABLY NOT WHEN I TOOK ON THIS CASE PRETTY EARLY ON, I REALIZED I AM JENNIFER AND I COULD BE HERE ACCUSED AND SITTING IN HER SPOT VERY EASILY. NOW MY HOUSE, WE DON’T HAVE GUARDS.

I DON’T HAVE GUNS, BUT I DO HAVE CHILDREN. AND ACTUALLY I HAVEN’T. OOPSY BABY, MY FOURTH ONE I DID NOT LIKE FOR FOUR YEARS, BUT THAT’S WHAT I WAS BLESSED WITH. I WAS WONDERFULLY BLESSED AND I HAVE KIDS THAT SEEM TO HAVE NO ISSUES AND AT THE END OF THE

DAY, THEY’RE GOOD KIDS. >> WE GO TO SCHOOL, HAVE NO DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS. WE HAVE OUR UNIONS HERE IN NEW YEAR, JUST LIKE EVERY FAMILY DOES. I HAVE A SON THAT WANTS TO HANG OUT WITH ME VERY RARELY, BUT I KNOW HE NEEDS THAT ANY OF MY FOUR CHILDREN WOULD EVER HARM ANYONE.

AND I DON’T HAVE A GUN. I A LARGE BUTCHER BLOCK ON MY COUNTER WITH BIG KNIVES THAT I USE WHEN I COOK. >> AND I WAS LOOKING IS AT THE END OF THE DAY, KIDS COULD JUST AS EASILY GRAB A KNIFE WITHOUT ME KNOWING IT AND WITHOUT ME HAVING IT ON MY

RADAR AND WALK OUT THE DOOR OF MY HOUSE AND GO TO KIDS, THE OTHER KIDS AND MY BLACK FRIENDS WHO FATHERS OUT A LOT EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IN MY SON COULD KILL SOMEBODY WITH MY SWEATSHIRT LAST NIGHT THAT I NEVER EXPECTED TO HAPPEN.

>> AND IF YOU SAW THE TEXT MESSAGES THAT MY HUSBAND AND I EXCHANGED ON A DAILY BASIS THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AND THE YEARS BEFORE, IT WOULD BE SO EASY FOR ME TO BE IN FOR A SEASON WITH MY KIDS. I WOULD MONITOR ASSIGNMENTS. I DON’T LOOK AT THEIR PHONES.

>> I HAVE NO REASON TO. MY SON PLAYS A LOT OF VIDEO. MY SON’S ONLINE TALKING ABOUT TWO PEOPLE IS PLAYING A LOT OF VIDEO GAMES EVEN THOUGH HE HAS A CELL PHONE. >> I DON’T THROUGH HIS MESSAGES EVERY DAY. AND AS HE GETS OLDER I DO YOU KNOW HE’S INTERESTED

IN GIRLS. >> IF HE STARTS RECEIVING PICTURES OF A GIRL ON THE CELL PHONE, I WOULD LET HIM USE AND GAVE HIM FOR HIS BIRTHDAY WHEN HE TURNED 11. >> SHOULD I BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR RECEIVING CHILD IF A GIRLS SIMILAR? >> SO MORE APPROPRIATE PICTURES.

IF MY SON DECIDES HE’S GOING TO SEND THE PICTURES BACK AND TAKES A FEW OF HIS BITS AND PIECES, THAT’S A 20 YEAR FELONY AND THAT I’M RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE HE SENT A PICTURE OF HIS OVER TO SOME GIRL. SO NOT ONLY TAKING THE PICTURE, A 20 YEAR FELONY, BUT THEN WE

GOT A SEVEN YEAR FELONY FOR SENDING IT OVER. >> CAN EVERY PARENT REALLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING THEIR DO, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S NOT FORESEEABLE? AND THIS WAS NOT FORESEEABLE. THIS IS PROBABLY BECAUSE NO ONE IN THE WORLD, INCLUDING THIS, IS PROBABLY WHO WENT TO SCHOOL SHOOTING HAPPENED

AND WHAT HAPPENED ON NOVEMBER 30TH TAKE PLACE NOT ONLY RUINING THE LIVES OF SO MANY FAMILIES AND VICTIMS IN TAKING THE LIVES OF FOUR YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT ALSO RUINING HER OWN SON’S LIFE AND RIPPING HIS LIFE RIGHT FROM HER AS WELL. >> SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST PERSON ON THE PLANET WHO WOULD

HAVE NEVER LET THAT HAPPEN IN A MILLION YEARS. >> SO THIS CASE IS A VERY DANGEROUS ONE FOR PARENTS OUT THERE. IT JUST IS IT IS ONE OF THE FIRST OF ITS KIND. >> LUCKILY, HOWEVER, THIS IS A CASE WHERE THE PROSECUTION CANNOT MEET ITS BURDEN OF PROOF.

AND THANKFULLY, IT’S A CASE WHERE TRULY THIS IS PROBABLY DOES HAVE A DEFENSE. AND THIS ISN’T JUST ONE OF THOSE STRETCH CASES WHERE A PARENT IS LIABLE FOR WHEN THEIR CHILD IS SON. NOW, THE JUDGE IS GOING TO TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO IF YOU FIND REASONABLE DOUBT

IN THIS CASE, YOU MUST FIND THE DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY. >> AND THE LAW SAYS YOU MUST HAVE A REASONABLE DOUBT, NOT THREE REASONABLE DOUBT, NOT FIVE, REASONABLE DOUBT, NOT TEN. IF YOU A SINGLE REASONABLE DOUBT, YOU MUST GO NOT GUILTY. >> THIS IS CRUMBLING AND WHEN IT COMES TO REASONABLE DOUBT.

EACH OF YOU CAN HAVE A SEPARATE REASON TO HAVE DOUBT IN THIS CASE YOU HAVE TO AGREE. >> AND ONE OF THE DOUBT IS AND FOR THAT REASON, WHAT I AM GOING TO DO IS SHOW YOU ALL OF THE DOUBTS THAT THE DEFENSE BELIEVES EXIST IN THIS MATTER.

>> SOME OF THEM SPEAK TO ONE JUROR. SOME OF THEM MAY SPEAK ANOTHER . BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU HAVE JUST ONE, YOUR GOAL IN THIS CASE MUST BE GUILTY. >> SO THE FIRST PLACE THE DEFENSE REASONABLE DOUBT, BECAUSE IT LOOKS AT THE DEPRESSIVE, IS SO DESPERATE

TO PROSECUTE THIS CASE THAT THEY ADMITTED A MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE THAT, QUITE FRANKLY WAS UNNECESSARY. >> NOW, THEY SAY TO YOU THEY NEEDED TO SHOW YOU THEY NEEDED TO PROVE THE MANNER OF DEATH. >> YOU STIPULATE THAT FOUR PEOPLE DIED. WE STIPULATED THAT IT WAS THE MOST HORRIFIC SET OF FACTS

YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE. >> WE SIMULATED THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO MOLLY DARNELL, CHRISTI GIBSON. MARSHALL WAS HORRIBLE. BUT THIS PROSECUTION PUTTING THAT EVIDENCE ON WAS DESIGNED TO INFLAME YOU AND MAKE YOU EMOTIONAL STRIKE YOUR SYMPATHY AND GET YOU TO HATE MRS. CRUMBLEY, WHICH, BY THE WAY, HAS BEEN VERY

EFFECTIVE FOR MOST OF THE MEDIA. MOST OF THE PUBLIC AND FOR ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN INFORMATION PUT OUT BY THIS PROSECUTOR IN THIS CASE, A SECOND REASONABLE DOUBT COMES FROM THE FACT THAT WE KNOW AND THE OTHERS IN CASE SHOWED CONTEXT IS KEY. >> AND THAT WAS CLEAR WHEN

DETECTIVE GREGG ROSKI THE STAND AND SAID YOU GET BETTER DECISIONS WHEN YOU HAVE MORE EVIDENCE AND TESTIFIED IN A FORMAL HEARING, HE MESSED UP BECAUSE HE DIDN’T THE VIDEO FROM BEFORE THE ONE HE SAW. SO HE BELIEVES THE PARENTS ARRIVED AT THE SCHOOL TOGETHER AND SUBSEQUENTLY WHEN GIVEN MORE CONTEXT, SHOWING

MORE VIDEO FROM FURTHER BEFOREHAND, HE COULD SEE THEY ACTUALLY ARRIVED IN DIFFERENT CARS, MET AND IN THE BOWL. >> AND YOU HAVE IT. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE MORE CONTEXT YOU HAVE, THE MORE ACCURATE YOU CAN BE WHEN DRIVING. >> THE WORST TESTIFIED EXAMPLE CAME ABOUT WHERE

THE PROSECUTION HAD AND THAT THIS IS PROBABLY SAD TO DELETE HIS CLEAR YOUR CACHET AND I SAY I’M SO THANKFUL THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD SENT ME EMAILS THAT I DON’T KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE CACHE BECAUSE NOW I DO AND WHEN BRIAN ENDED UP SEEING THE MESSAGES BEFORE,

CLEAR YOUR CASH AND THEN AFTER CLEAR YOUR CACHE, SHE REALIZED, OH, SHE WASN’T ASKING ME TO DELETE MESSAGES. >> SHE WANTED ME TO REFRESH MY WEB BROWSER TO SEE IF THE FACEBOOK HAD ACTUALLY DEACTIVATED IT. >> AND SO THAT WAS PROOF, AGAIN, THAT WHEN YOU HAVE MORE, YOU’RE MORE ACCURATE.

>> AND THE PROBLEM PROSECUTOR IS IN THIS CASE IS THERE’S VERY LITTLE TIME TO CONTEXT FOR THE VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE THEY SUBMITTED SUBMITTED. >> THERE’S ALSO NO CONTEXT AROUND SOME OF THIS LITTLE BITS AND PIECES OF USELESS EVIDENCE LIKE JENNIFER CRUMBLEY SAYING HER SON WAS A U.S. BABY.

I TOLD MY SON THAT. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I HATE MY SON. DOES THAT I WOULD BE OKAY IF HE WENT AND KILLED A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AND OR IF HE COMMITTED SUICIDE. NO ONE CALLING YOUR CHILDREN. >> YOU SEE, BABY, IT WAS DESIGNED TO TRY TO MAKE

HER LOOK BAD WITH NO CONTEXT. >> HAVING AMANDA COME IN, A COWORKER WHO’S NOT A FRIEND TO JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO TELL YOU ADVICE AND SHE SHOULD GO TO THE MOTHER SUNDAY WITH HER. SO IRRELEVANT WHEN SHE’S FACED WITH RAISING TODDLERS EVERY DAY.

>> WHEN I HEARD HER ADVICE, I THOUGHT YOU ARE RIGHT. I HAVE THREE TEENAGERS. I ALMOST HAVE A FOURTH AND IN PERSONALLY, NOT ONLY WOULD THEY RATHER ANYTHING ELSE THAN SPEND A DAY WITH ME, I’D RATHER DO ANYTHING. >> AND WE DO SPEND TIME TOGETHER. BUT THAT’S NOT THEIR PRIORITY

WHEN THEY GET TO PICK WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE DOING DOING. IT NOT MEAN SHE LOVED HER SON ANY LESS. >> IF SHE EVER TOLD A WITNESS, MY SON IS WEIRD AND PART OF WHAT MADE ME REALIZE I COULD BE, AND THIS IS PROBABLY ISSUES IS I HAVE SENT MY TEXTS.

I SENT TEXTS TO MY HUSBAND SAYING OUR DAUGHTER IS A PSYCHO TODAY ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL LAST WEEK, SHE’S CRYING. >> SHE DOESN’T HAVE PEOPLE TO SIT WITH. >> AT LUNCH I TEXTED HIM. SHE’S A NUTCASE. I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I DON’T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THIS.

I HAVE TIME FOR THIS. >> MY OTHER DAUGHTER IS COMPLAINING ABOUT HER LIGHTS IN HER ROOM. I TEXTED MY HUSBAND. THIS STARTS LIKE THIS SOUNDS LIKE CASE. THE START OF THE CASE. MY WORKS FOR MY OFFICE. >> HE’S ACTUALLY MY OFFICE MANAGER, SO HE KNOWS ABOUT THE CASE.

HE WENT IN A ROOM AND FIGURED OUT IN 5 MINUTES. >> IT’S BECAUSE WHEN SHE FLIPS HER BLOW DRYER ON ONE OF OUR LOGS, MAKES THE LIGHTS FLICKER . >> SO THIS GOES TO THAT YOU WOULD READ ABOUT IN MY TEXT MESSAGES, WHICH BY THE WAY, I DID NOT RESPOND TO, DESPITE

THE FACT THAT A TEN OR SIX FAMILY, SIX PERSON GROUP CHAT WAS TAKEN TOTALLY. >> IT WILL BE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT. IT MAKES ME LOOK LIKE I DON’T REALLY CARE THAT MY DAUGHTER IS CRAZY. >> I ALSO GOT TEXTS. ONE DAY WE HAVE NO FOOD IN OUR HOUSE.

>> I AM ABSOLUTELY STARVING. >> YOU ARE THE WORST MOTHER EVER. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I DID IT? >> I IGNORED IT. SHE WAS MAD WE DIDN’T HAVE THE RIGHT OF CHICKEN RAMEN WHEN WE HAVE 80. >> AND THAT 85, I LIKE THE NUMBER 85. >> WE HAVE FOUR OTHER FLAVORS

OF RAMEN AND THERE’S ABOUT 100 OTHER THINGS SHE CAN EAT. AND I KNEW SHE’S NOT GOING TO STARVE TO DEATH. BUT TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT, IT MAKES ME LOOK LIKE A NEGLECTFUL MOTHER. >> BUT I CAN NO LONGER CIRCUMSTANCES. >> AND YOU KNOW, THE RELATIONSHIP I HAVE WITH MY

DAUGHTER I KNEW IT WAS AN OVERDRAMATIC, STUPID POINT. >> SO WHEN YOU SEE MESSAGES FROM THIS IS PROBABLY SON SAYING WILL YOU AT LEAST CALL BACK? THOSE ARE SO OUT OF CONTEXT. >> AND WHEN I’M DRIVING HOME FROM WORK EVERY DAY GETTING MESSAGES, WILL YOU AT LEAST CALL BACK?

>> AND I DON’T BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT THEY WANT IS FOR ME TO RUN THROUGH THE MCDONALD’S THRU AND BRING EVERYONE TO COKE. I DO STOP AND GET MY CELL PHONE CALLS. >> BUT I AM NOT GETTING A ROUND OF DRINKS EVERY DAY FOR EVERYONE AND I REALIZE IT’S EASIER TO NOT ANSWER

THE PHONE SO YOU CAN FIND REASONABLE DOUBT FROM THE CONTEXT THAT THE DEFENSE DID ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE WAY THIS IS. PROBABLY GOT ON THE STAIRS AND EXPLAINED YOU HER UNDERSTANDING OF GHOSTS AND DISHES AND LAUNDRY FLYING THAT IS EVIDENCE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN CREATE REASONABLE DOUBT HERE.

WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON, EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE THE PROSECUTION’S DAYS ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, IT’S NOT STRONG EVIDENCE. >> IT’S MISLEADING. >> AND I’M GOING TO GO THROUGH WHAT IT DOES SHOW. THERE ARE THREE SETS OF DATES INVOLVING THIS IS PROBABLY ALL MARCH 2021, THE FIRST TIME

IS MARCH 8TH AND NINTH. >> THAT INTRODUCED EXHIBITS, INCLUDING TEXT MESSAGES. AND THESE WERE THIS IS PROBABLY STARTS OFF ASKING IS PART OF THE WHOLE YEAR. I DON’T WANT TO DO ANYTHING STUPID. I’M SURE YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT THEY INTRODUCED EVIDENCE MARCH 9TH THAT SHE WENT TO THE

BAR ON THAT DAY WITH HER HUSBAND. I’M GOING TO THAT MAY INTRODUCE SOME EVIDENCE AND I WILL GIVE THEM CREDIT. >> THEY PUT TOGETHER A CASE, ALTHOUGH IT’S REALLY NOT IMPORTANT THAT THERE WAS A PICTURE OF THE HORSE TAKEN AT THE BAR ON THAT DAY THAT COULD DATA SUPPORTS.

THERE WAS A PICTURE OF A HORSE TAKEN AT THE BARN THAT DAY AND THAT THERE WAS G.P.S. TRACKING INFORMATION SUPPORTING THAT SHE WAS AT THE BARN THAT DAY. OKAY, BYE. SO MARCH 8TH AND NINTH, THERE IS CONCERN THAT EVEN INSIDE THE SHOOTER, THE THIS IS PROBABLY SON IS MAKING WEIRD COMMENTS.

AND ON THE NIGHT SHE GOES TO THE BAR AND SHE TAKES SOME HORSE PICTURES, THAT’S ALL THAT SHOWS PRETTY MINIMAL THAT’S THERE. ONCE YOU MARCH 16 THROUGH 19 WHICH IS BROKEN UP INTO A MILLION EXHIBITS THAT QUITE FRANKLY WERE OUT OF ORDER. THE WORLD BEYOND MY GAME TO CREATE THESE BEAUTIFUL TIC

TACS AND I’M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT THEY SHOW NOW. THESE OF ALL BEING ADMITTED AS EXHIBITS. >> BUT I’M GOING TO GO IN ORDER OF WHAT THEY THERE WAS A TEST RUN IN EXHIBIT 85, WHICH IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT, YOU CAN WEAR SAID I NEED TO GET DRUNK

AND RIDE MY HORSE. THIS WAS ON MARCH SEVEN T SAINT PATRICK’S DAY. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A COCKTAIL AT SAINT PATRICK’S DAY . THAT DOES NOT MAKE HER A MOTHER. THAT WOULD BE NEGLIGENT OR GROSSLY NEGLIGENT TO HER CHILD’S. THOSE TEXT MESSAGES FROM THE DAY BEFORE WHERE MRS.

CONLEY SON IS SAYING SOME THINGS ABOUT THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED. >> SO WEIRD SHE JUST HAPPENED. NOW I’M SCARED. I GOT SOME VIDEOS, A PICTURE OF A GYM AND IT’S SNOWING. I’M NOT JOKING. IT THOUGHT UP THE KITCHEN AND GOING OUTSIDE FOR A WHILE. >> CAN YOU AT LEAST TEXT

BACK ANOTHER DAY? THIS IS PROBABLY TEXT BACK, BUT THEY’RE ON EXHIBIT, RIGHT? WHICH IS EXHIBIT 83. >> SO THE NUMBERS DO BOUNCE AROUND. SO WE GO FROM 85 TO 86, 83. SO THAT WOULD DEPEND ON OUR WORD OF THE SHOOTER MAKING THESE GHOST COMMENTS. SHE DID CALL HIM SPECIFICALLY.

>> SHE CALLS HIM BACK AT 724 AND THEN A 19 SECOND PHONE CALL. >> IF IT WAS 19 SECONDS, IT MOST LIKELY A MEMORY. >> WE WAS OPERATING ROOM. SO THEN THE STATE, IN ORDER TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THEY’VE REALLY, REALLY GOT TO PREPARE HERE. THEY DID EXHIBIT 87 WHICH

SHOWED ON THE 1719 PATRIOTS DAY JAMES IS ON A HORSE THEY SO PEOPLE’S EXHIBIT EXHIBIT 88 CONFIRMING THE METADATA THAT JAMES IS ON A HORSE THEY SHOWED A PICTURE 89 OF JENNIFER ON A HORSE THAT DAY MATTER DATA PROVE SHE’S ON A HORSE THAT DAY BUT HERE’S ANOTHER PICTURE NUMBER 91 OF

JAMES ON THE WORDS A DIFFERENT PICTURE. THE METADATA IS APPROVED. JAMES IS ON A HORSE A PICTURE OF JENNIFER WITH HER HORSE IN EXHIBIT 93. >> AND THEY ARE IN THE DATA TO SUPPORT THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE BARN INSIDE STANDS. >> BUT THESE PEOPLE TALK

ABOUT THIS HORSE YOU SOMETIMES THERE’S THE 17 RUMORS YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THIS EVIDENCE IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT. >> THEN THEY INTRODUCED EXHIBIT NUMBER 86, WHICH IS WHERE THEIR SON SAYS THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED. >> THIS IS ON 78. THIS IS THE DAY WHERE HE SAYS,

CAN YOU TEXT THAT? THIS IS THE DAY WHERE I SHOW YOU THE EXHIBIT. >> SHE CALLS IN A TEXT BACKPAGE.COM. AND THEN I SHOW UPON TEXT FROM A FEW DAYS LATER ON THE 19TH WHERE IT’S OBVIOUS FROM THE THE PROBLEMS THAT HAD OCCURRED WITH THEIR SON THE DAY BEFORE.

HE WAS UPSET TO HAVE HIS PHONE AND THINGS TAKEN AWAY THAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY GAVE HIM A MELLOTRON, I MEAN, TO GO TO SLEEP. SHE SHOULD HAVE ONLY GIVEN HIM A HALF. >> IT’S IN THE MESSAGES, BUT SHE GAVE HIM THE WHOLE THING AND IT KNOCKED HIM OUT.

>> HE SLEPT IN THE BACK THERE, BACK THAT NIGHT. >> AND WHEN HE WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING, JAMES DESCRIBED IN THE TEXT AS SHE WOKE UP LOOKING LIKE HE WANTED MUCH TO DRINK LAST NIGHT, COMPLAINING ABOUT A HEADACHE. >> JENNIFER SAYS WHILE HE WAS WORKED UP AND OUT OF CONTROL.

SO I CAN SEE WHY TALKING ABOUT HIS BEHAVIOR DURING THE TRIAL. >> ALL I KNOW, JENNIFER SAYS HE HE GO TO WORK, WORK HARD, NOT COMPLAIN, AND HE CAN GET HIS STUFF BACK. >> SHE TESTIFIED THAT GETTING HIS STUFF TAKEN AWAY IS HIS TRIGGER. >> IT’S WHAT MAKES HIM GO GET UPSET.

>> SHE SAYS, YOU RESPOND AND I DIDN’T IT JAMES THAT. YES SAID, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. WHY AM I IN YOUR ROOM? THAT’S THEY TALK ABOUT THE NOTE ON IT. >> SHE SAYS, OH MY GOD. >> JAMES SAYS, I REALLY THOUGHT YOU WERE GIVING A XANAX LAST NIGHT.

JENNIFER SAYS, DOES HE SEEM BETTER NO MELATONIN? JAMES DOES. I KNOW. SO OBVIOUSLY HE’S JOKING. JENNIFER WRITES, BUT HE HASN’T HAD ONE BEFORE, SO I ONLY GIVE HIM HALF. JAMES WRITES, WHAT HE’S DOING. >> THE SCHOOL SAYS HIS HEAD HURTS. SO HE TOOK TYLENOL. JENNIFER ASKS ZOE TO WORK.

>> JAMES SAYS, YEAH. DOES HE REMEMBER WHAT HE DID? JAMES FINALLY SAYS, DUDE, I’M WORKING. I’M ON A DEMO RIGHT NOW. I HAVEN’T TALKED HIM. >> HE’S DOING SCHOOL. AND THAT’S WE DID SOME OF CONVERSATIONS. OKAY, SO ONE DAY THEY GET AN ARGUMENT AND I’M SORRY, BUT THOSE KIND OF ARGUMENTS

IN A HEARTBEAT COULD HAVE ME SITTING IN HER CHAIR THE FINAL DAY THAT THE STATE CLAIMS MRS. CRUMBLEY HAD NO WORDS ABOUT THAT FOR MARCH OF 2021. >> OUR EXHIBITS 96 THROUGH 196 STARTS OFF WITH THEIR SON SAYING, I’M PICKING UP THE ROOM AT CLEVELAND. SO PHONE STARTED TO WIPE OFF

THE WALL. >> THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I’M HOME ALONE. >> I CAN CLOSE THAT UP THOUGH, AND THAT’S THE END OF TEXTS ON THE 20TH. >> WE KNOW ON THAT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE PROVED IT, NO PUN INTENDED. >> THEY DO YOUR JOB FOR IT. 97 PICTURE JENNIFER AT THE BAR.

WE’VE GOT THE METADATA CHALLENGED WAS AT THE BAR. >> WE’VE GOT ANOTHER PICTURE, A 99 SHOWING JENNIFER WAS AT THE BAR. >> YEAH, AT 100. JENNIFER WAS AT THE BAR. BIG DEAL. STAFFERS AT THE THEY’RE SORT OF SAYING GOOFY STUFF. JENNIFER, YOU THE CONTEXT. WE ARE IN A WHEELCHAIR FOR

A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER CHRISTMAS OF 2020. >> HE AND HIS FRIEND ARE PLAYING WITH A OUIJA BOARD. THEY ULTIMATELY LOST INTEREST. THEY STOPPED IT. JENNIFER ADMITTED. YOU WANT TO MESS WITH THEM. SHE TURNED THE POWER OFF IN THE HOUSE, TURN THE CIRCUIT OFF AND, NOT STOP THEM. SHE MENTIONED THE TIME WHERE

JAMES PRETENDED HE WAS GETTING ELECTROCUTED. SHE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. SCREAMING, TRYING TO KICK THEM, SEE IF HE’S ELECTROCUTED, EVEN LAUGHING, TAKING A VIDEO, THE WHOLE THING. THIS FAMILY PLAYED TOGETHER. THEY HAD FUN. THEY DID. FAMILIES DO. THE PROSECUTION JUST HAD ZERO CONTEXT BECAUSE THEY HAD TUNNEL

VISION THAT SHE WAS DOING SOMETHING WRONG. AND GROSSLY NEGLIGENT AND THEY WERE HELLBENT ON CONVINCING YOU THAT WAS THE CASE. >> SO THE OTHER THING THAT YOU CAN FIND IS A REASONABLE DOUBT IN THE CASE IS THE LACK OF EVIDENCE IN THE CASE AS A WHOLE THE PROSECUTION HAS MADE

VERY CLAIMS. AND WHY DO YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT? THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE . >> SO WHAT THEY SHOWED YOU AND I, HOW MANY SOLDIERS ARE THESE DATES? AND MARCH 2021, WHICH BY THE ARE TEN MONTHS BEFORE THE SHOOTING EVEN TOOK PLACE THERE BEFORE IF WE’RE ATTACKED, IT’S UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT

THAT THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN MARCH OF 2021 ARE AN INDICATOR THAT TEN MONTHS LATER THEIR SON’S GOING TO DO SOMETHING. IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFERENT IF EVERY WEEK THERE IS SOMETHING ON. I HOPE SO. I’LL GO TILL THE SHOOTING BECAUSE THAT BECAUSE IF THERE WAS, THE PROSECUTION WOULD

APPROACH IT AND SHOW YOU EVERY HORRIBLE THING THAT WAS TO SHOW YOU THEIR SON WAS BEING IGNORED AND THEY HAVE THE EVIDENCE. SO WHAT THEY DID PROVIDE IS WHAT ONE THIS IS EXHIBIT I BELIEVE, FOR THREE. THESE ARE THE FACEBOOK MESSAGES BETWEEN, JAMES AND JENNIFER. >> SO WHEN YOU THOSE FACEBOOK

MESSAGES AND CONSIDER AND THIS INCLUDES THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND GPS STUFF THAT THEY’RE USING THIS MUCH COMPARED TO THIS MUCH OVER THE PERIOD BETWEEN JANUARY 2021 AND THE SHOOTING, THIS IS A VERY LITTLE, LITTLE GLIMPSE IN TIME COMPARED TO THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS AND WHAT THE OFFICERS TESTIFIED AND PLAYED GAMES

WITH ME THAT HE’S NOT SURE THIS IS THE BEST EVIDENCE AGAINST MOTHER. YOU GOT TO BELIEVE THAT. >> THEY HAD BETTER EVIDENCE. THEY’D BE UP HERE SHOWING STRONGER AND, BETTER EVIDENCE. >> THIS IS IT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IT’S OBVIOUS FROM THE UTTERANCE AND TRIAL. >> AND YOU MAY FIND IT TO BE

A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THE CROWLEY SON WAS A SKILLED MANIPULATOR AND THEY DIDN’T REALIZE THAT HE’S ABSENT. HE HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS. >> OF. HE HAS NEVER SONS HAVE SIGNS OF MENTAL ILLNESS THAT HE CERTAINLY NEVER SHOWED SIGNS OF MENTAL ILLNESS WANTING TO GET A GUN. >> NO PARENT WOULD PURCHASE

A WEAPON IF THEY BELIEVED THEIR CHILD HAD MENTAL ILLNESSES. >> AND THESE ARE THAT HAVE TWO GUNS IN THE HOUSE FOR MONTHS WHERE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED WITH THOSE GUNS. THEY HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT SOMEHOW THIS THIRD GUN WAS THE THING THAT WAS GOING TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.

THE TEXTS THAT THE PROSECUTION COMMITTED AS EXHIBIT ONE ON WHAT WERE TEXTS BETWEEN THE SHOOTER AND HIS FRIENDS THAT WE HAVE NOT MADE YET STARTED TO VIEW TEXT MESSAGES SAYING GOOFY THINGS LIKE I TOLD MY DAD TO TAKE ME TO DOCTOR GAVE ME PILLS TO IT UP.

IT’S AT THE POINT I’M ASKING, GO TO THE DOCTOR AND HAVG INSOMNIA INSURANCE. I’M CALLING NINE. I THOUGHT ABOUT CALLING 911, BUT THE PARENTS WERE DEPRESSED. I DON’T DISAGREE WITH THE PROSECUTION THAT THESE ARE ALARMING MESSAGES, BUT CLEARLY THE SHOOTER’S FRIEND IS AN EMERGENCY THAT TELLS YOU THAT SHE WAS

DIAGNOSED OR WHAT’S BEEN GOING ON BECAUSE SHE DOESN’T TELL MRS. CRUMBLEY WHO WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, USUALLY THE SECOND CHILD OCCURRED AND WE HAVE NO OTHER CONTEXT ABOUT THESE MESSAGES. IT IS THE EVIDENCE DOES NOT SHOW THAT THIS IS PROBABLY EXPERTS SAW THESE MESSAGES THAT WHEN SHE THEM NOW SHE

THINKS THAT’S CRAZY LIKE TO KNOW MORE CONTEXT BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO KNOW IN ANOTHER REASONABLE DOUBT THE MAIN EVENT IN THIS CASE IS CREATED WHEN YOU COMPARE THESE TEXT MESSAGES THAT WERE SENT, THEY HAVE A WORD THINGS WHICH BETWEEN EVEN IN THIS FOR AND TO ALL OF THE MESSAGES BETWEEN THEM WHICH

ARE OVER 20,000 IS WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO BELIEVE AND. WHAT I WOULD BELIEVE IS THAT IF THE STATE HAD STRONGER EVIDENCE, THEY WERE PARADED UP AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT MORE OF THESE. BUT INSTEAD THEY WERE ADMITTED. AND YOU HAVEN’T HEARD THE FRENCH TESTIFY. YOU HAVEN’T HEARD ANY CONTEXT

ABOUT THESE AT ALL. >> YOU CAN SEE IN REALLY ALL THE EVIDENCE IS THAT THERE’S NO REASON TO BELIEVE THIS IS PROBABLY OTHER SOME. I DON’T WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER LEANING TOWER OF PISA SITUATIONS IS AN ABC NEWS SPECIL REPORT RIGHT NOW REPORTING DAVID MUIR. GOOD AFTERNOON.

>> WE’RE COMING ON THE AIR WITH WORD THE US. JUST MOMENTS AGO BEGAN ITS RETALIATION CAMPAIGN IN ITS COUNTERSTRIKE AGAINST IRAN BACKED MILITANTS. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, RESPONDING TO THE DEADLY DRONE ATTACK, KILLING THREE AMERICAN SOLDIERS AT A REMOTE BASE IN JORDAN, A US OFFICIAL TELLING ABC NEWS AT THIS HOUR, THE OPERATION WILL

INVOLVE MULTIPLE TARGETS OVER MULTIPLE DAYS, WITH AMERICAN FORCES LIKELY STRIKING IRANIAN BACKED MILITANTS IN SYRIA, IN IRAQ AND POSSIBLY YEMEN. NOW, WE KNOW OF MULTIPLE TARGETS HIT SO FAR IN SYRIA. NO ATTACKS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN IRAN. THE START OF THIS MILITARY OPERATION, UNFOLDING JUST MOMENTS AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE FIRST

LADY, JILL BIDEN, JOINED FAMILIES FOR THE SOLEMN, DIGNIFIED TRANSFER OF THE FALLEN AT DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, THE SOLDIERS, ALL FROM GEORGIA SERGEANT WILLIAM RIVERS, SERGEANT BRIANNA MOFFETT AND SERGEANTDY SANDERS SANDERS AND MOFFAT POSTHUMOUSLY PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. I WANT TO GET RIGHT TO OUR CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT, MARTHA RADDATZ,

TRAVELING. SHE’S REPORTING IN FROM JORDAN RIGHT NOW. MARTHA, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? >> THE STRIKES HAVE BEGUN, AS YOU SAID, DAVID, AND THEY ARE TONIGHT CONCENTRATING ON SYRIA. ALL OF THE STRIKES THUS FAR HAVE BEEN IN SYRIA. THAT’S WHAT YOU AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL WEEK. DAVID, YOU THOUGHT IT

WAS SYRIA WHERE THEY WOULD FOCUS NOW, THE DRONE THAT STRUCK THIS REMOTE BASE IN JORDAN WAS LAUNCHED, ACCORDING TO US OFFICIALS, US OFFICIALS FROM IRAQ, WE DO EXPECT THERE WILL BE STRIKES IN IRAQ, BUT THAT HASN’T HAPPENED YET AS FAR AS WE KNOW. SO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING

AFTER IN SYRIA ARE CERTAINLY THE MILITANTS, THE IRANIAN BACKED MILITANTS, BUT ALSO IRANIAN ASSETS. THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD ASSETS THERE. THEY DON’T WANT TO STRIKE IRAN ITSELF, BUT THEY WANT A SIGNIFICANT AND SUBSTANTIAL HIT ON ON THESE MILITANTS. THEY WANT THESE ATTACKS TO STOP. THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 165 ATTACKS

ON AMERICAN FORCES IN IRAQ. AND SYRIA. AND OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, DAVID, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY, MANY ATTACKS IN THE RED SEA FROM YEMEN AS WELL. AND THAT IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY WILL STRIKE YEMEN. WE WILL SEE THIS OVER SEVERAL DAYS. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED

THAT THIS COULD ESCALATE THE CONFLICT, BUT OTHERS AND CLEARLY THIS IS THE DECISION THAT THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE. HE BELIEVES THIS WILL SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO THE MILITANTS AND BE A DETERRENT. THUS FAR, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN DETERRED. BUT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE PREVIOUS STRIKES. IT IS

A REAL SHOW OF FORCE, THEY SAY. MARTHA RADDATZ, REPORTING FROM AMMAN FOR US. >> MARTHA. THANK YOU. I WANT TO BRING IN MARY BRUCE, OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT. MARY, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE SOURCE OF THESE STRIKES AT THIS HOUR? WHETHER OR NOT THE US IS ACTING

ALONE, WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE ALLIES IN THIS AND WHETHER OR NOT THESE INITIAL STRIKES ARE ACTUALLY DIRECTLY FROM THE US. WELL DAVID, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THESE REPORTS ARE ACTUALLY NOT US MILITARY AND NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR RESPONSE. >> WE ARE GETTING SOME CONFLICTING REPORTS HERE. WHAT

WE DO KNOW, THOUGH, IS THAT THE US HAS BEEN CONSIDERING THIS MASSIVE SHOW OF FORCE. AS MARTHA WAS SAYING, THAT THIS IS A DECISION THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN WEIGHING EXTREMELY CAREFULLY. WE KNOW HE HAS HAD SOME DEEP MISGIVINGS ABOUT ACTUALLY STRIKING DIRECTLY INSIDE IRAN, DESPITE FACING TREMENDOUS PRESSURE TO DO JUST THAT,

BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THE PRESIDENT HERE IS TRYING TO WEIGH HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS RESPONSE IS FORCEFUL, THAT THIS RESPONSE IS DIFFERENT. IT OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE AS THE WHITE HOUSE HAS SAID, THIS IS A FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT SITUATION GIVEN THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE THREE US SERVICE MEMBERS WHO HAVE DIED, MORE THAN

40 WHO WERE WOUNDED IN THAT STRIKE IN AMMAN, HOW TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO FINALLY STOP THESE RELENTLESS ATTACKS BY IRANIAN BACKED MILITANTS WITHOUT STARTING ANOTHER WIDER WAR. AND THAT HAS BEEN THE ISSUE THAT THE PRESIDENT IS WEIGHING MOST HEAVILY. AND THAT IS THE BIG X FACTOR HERE, DAVID, WHETHER

THESE STRIKES ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT ENOUGH TO SEND THAT MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR, BUT SO FAR, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION NOT GIVING ANY INDICATION THAT THE US PART OF ANY RETALIATION IS IN FACT, OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY, CORRECT. DAVID, WE ARE WAITING FOR ANY OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AT THIS HOUR. DAVID.

>> ALL RIGHT. WE AWAIT OFFICIAL WORD FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ON WHAT WILL BE PLAYING OUT IN THE HOURS, PERHAPS DAYS AHEAD. MARY BRUCE, LIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. OUR COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE. ABC NEWS LIVE. AND OF COURSE, WE’LL HAVE A COMPLETE REPORT COMING UP A LITTLE LATER ON WORLD NEWS

TONIGHT. I’M DAVID MUIR. GOOD DAY. THIS HAS BEEN A SPECIAL REPORT FROMROM TO THE ATTACK ON AN AMERICAN OUTPOST IN EASTERN THAT TOOK THE LIVES OF THREE AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS, ALL FROM GEORGIA. WE ARE REPORTING THAT TONIGHT THE STATES HAS STRUCK BACK. AT THIS POINT, BEGINNING WITH TARGETS IN SYRIA.

LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG, AGE NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MOORE. HE’S LIVE FROM AMMAN, JORDAN, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIAL IS WITH AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR DARRELL BLOCKER. >> SO FIRST LET ME GO TO YOU, SELINA. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING AT THE

WHITE HOUSE AND DESCRIBE THE REACTION OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, WHAT THEY TELL US, THE U.S. REACTION TO THIS KILLING. THREE AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS IN JORDAN LAST WEEK WILL BE. >> WELL, TERRY, WE’RE STILL WAITING FOR OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ABOUT THIS. BUT WHAT WE’RE LEARNING SO

FAR IS THAT THESE STRIKES SO FAR BEEN FOCUSED INSIDE SYRIA. WE HAD LEARNED BEFORE, ACCORDING TO U.S., THAT THEY WOULD BE STRIKING TARGETS IN SYRIA POTENTIALLY AS WELL, IRAQ AND POTENTIALLY YEMEN. SO FAR, WE’RE JUST LEARNING THAT IT’S IN SYRIA THIS MOMENT. BUT WE HAD LEARNED FROM U.S.

OFFICIALS THAT THIS WOULD BE A MULTIPHASE STRIKE THAT WOULD TAKE OUT OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL DAYS. WE WOULD BEEN LEARNING THIS ADMINISTRATION WAS NOT FOCUSED ON STRIKING DIRECTLY AT IRAN, BUT THEY WANTED TO DEGRADE THE ABILITY OF THESE IRAN BACKED MILITANTS CARRY OUT FURTHER ATTACKS BECAUSE THERE

HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 160 ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. FORCES IN THE REGION SINCE THE WAR BEGAN. AND THE U.S. RESPONSE THUS FAR HAS NOT SET THAT CLEAR MESSAGE. U.S. OFFICIALS ARE EXPECTING THAT THIS WILL BE THE ONE THAT WILL SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO FINALLY STOP. BUT THERE ARE ALSO CONCERNS

IN THE ADMINISTRATION THIS COULD LEAD TO AN ESCALATION. WE KNOW THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN, HE HAS BEEN LASER FOCUSED ON TRYING TO CONTAIN THIS WAR, ARE TRYING TO BE AS JUDICIOUS AS POSSIBLE SO THIS DOESN’T ESCALATE. >> THAT’S RIGHT. >> SELINA WANG, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANKS TO ALL WHO JOINED

US ON THIS COVERED. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK RIGHT NOW AND WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHEN EVER 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. THE NEED FOR UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE. TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN. THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND.

LET’S GO. TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THIS IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN, BEIRUT FROM THE FBI REPORTING FROM THERE WERE SIGNS ON THE PICKET LINES 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 EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. I HAVE A PULITZER. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE.

DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE OUT. AND AS A SLICE OF HUMAN WORLD. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE GOING TO BE MURDERED. THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE IN ANYWHERE. WOW. ARE YOU READY?

LET’S DO IT. YES. IT’S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS, RIGHT? THIS IS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO NOW? LET’S GO. HOW ARE. >> YEAH. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING IS ON ABC NEWS LIVE WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> MY FAVORITE SHOW. 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 PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS AND. SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO YOU START HERE ABC NEWS WEEK IGNORED DAILY. >> LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING.

WHEREVER GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING THAT’S OUT TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. >> WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS, THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING

ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME TIME IN BETWEEN AS BILLIONAIRES. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. THE MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT? ALL RIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO GO BACK TO PONTIAC, MICHIGAN NOW.

WE’RE CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE UNDERWAY IN THE TRIAL OF JENNIFER CRUMBLEY. SHE’S THE MICHIGAN MOTHER, WHO IS FACING FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER FOR WHAT HER SON DID, SHOT AND KILLED STUDENTS AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL IN 2021. THE PROSECUTION, SHE SHOULD ALSO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE KILLINGS. LET’S IN TO DEFENSE

ATTORNEY SHANNON SMITH, MAKING HER CLOSING TO THE JURY. >> EGYPT SAID THEY HOPED THEY COULD GET HIM INTO COUNSELING TODAY, BUT ULTIMATELY SAID CAN STAY AT SCHOOL. >> I’LL GIVE YOU A 24 HOUR OR 48 HOURS TO GET IT SITUATED. >> ALL THE PROSECUTION KEEPS HER WORD. >> AND THE FACT THAT HARPING

ON THE FACT THAT THIS IS PROBABLY NEW. THEY HAD BOUGHT A GUN AND THAT THE PEOPLE AT THE SCHOOL DIDN’T . >> THIS IS OXFORD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. THESE PROFESSIONALS TESTIFIED ABOUT HOW COMMON GUNS ARE THE SCHOOL SO COMMON AND THIS KIND OF BLEW ME AWAY ALTHOUGH I LIVE OUT THERE THAT STUDENTS

ARE KNOWN TO GO TO THE GUN RANGES OFTEN THAT GIRLS AND HOMECOMING WEARING OR SHORT LITTLE PARTIES THEY WERE TO THE DANCE TAKE PHOTOS BEFORE THE DANCE, HOPING THEIR GUNS. THAT KIDS GO HUNTING AND START WEDNESDAY BEFORE THEY GO TO SCHOOL IN THE SCHOOL HAS TO GIVE A REMINDER TO PARENTS.

FOR PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR GUNS AT HOME. SO THIS SCHOOL THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS A STRONG GUN CULTURE GOING ON THAT SEES A STUDENT LOOKING AT BULLETS, LOOKING AT A VIDEO GAME TYPE THING WITH VIOLENCE AND SEEING HER GUN ON THE PAPER THAT THESE SCHOOL OFFICIALS KNOWING THAT COMMUNITY,

THEY DIDN’T ASK IF HE HAD A GUN WHEN THEY CARRIED THE BACKPACK DOWN AND DID MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT HOW HEAVY IT WAS, ALTHOUGH THE COMMENT EVIDENTLY WAS TO A DIFFERENT TEACHER AND I MISUNDERSTOOD AND THOUGHT IT BEEN MADE TO THE SHOOTER. >> SO, YEAH, MR. AND MRS. CROWLEY, THEY DIDN’T MENTION

THE GUN, BUT THEY DID MENTION THAT THEY HAD BEEN AT THE SHOOTING RANGE WITH THEIR SON. AND THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT IS SO INTO GUNS, I EVEN BELIEVE THAT THESE GIRLS I ALWAYS LOOK AT THOSE PICTURES ON FACEBOOK AND THINK, OH MY GOD, HOW SHORT ARE THOSE DRESSES?

>> AND THESE ARE GIRLS SHOWING THEIR DRESSES WITH THEIR GUNS ON THEIR HEADS THEY KNOW THIS IS A GUN COMMUNITY. >> REASONABLE DOUBT CAN FIND PROFOUND FROM THE FACT THAT THE BIGGEST CONCERN AT THE TIME WAS AND NOT HOMICIDE. >> THE WORST CASE SCENARIO THAT WAS PRESENTED WOULD LEAD

A REASONABLE PERSON TO BELIEVE THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF SUICIDE, NOT HOMICIDE. >> THE PROSECUTION SEEMED TO ALSO CARRY ON ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND TIME THAT THIS IS PROBABLY SPENT ON HORSES JUST BECAUSE SHE SPENDS MONEY AND TIME ON HORSES DOESN’T MEAN SHE DOESN’T LOVE HER SON.

>> AND THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE TO STRETCH SO MUCH CAN CREATE REASONABLE DOUBT. AND IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE EXHIBITS THE DEFENSE SUBMITTED, YOU’LL SEE THAT MRS. CRUMBLEY SAID SHE HAS TO GET A SECOND JOB TO PAY FOR THE BRACES, WHICH ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO PUT ON HER CHILD’S TEETH.

>> SHE PAID FOR HER SON TO BE A PART OF A BOWLING TEAM. SHE PAID HIM TO DO OTHER SPORTS. >> SHE SHE CARED ABOUT HER SON JUST SHE CARED ABOUT HORSES AND BOUGHT MEDICATION FROM THEM. >> AND AND HAD A HORSE HOBBY. THAT’S ANY DIFFERENT THAN A DAD

WHO LIKES GOLF AND BUYS NEW GOLF CLUBS AND HAS A MEMBERSHIP TO A COUNTRY CLUB AND SPENDS TIME THERE AND SPENDS MONEY AT THE THERE AND THEY GO GOLFING. IT’S NOT ANY DIFFERENT TO TRY TO SUGGEST THAT IT SHOWS THE PRIORITIES WERE ON HORSES AND THAT THEIR SON IS JUST GARBAGE.

THIS IS A SON WHO HAD EVERYTHING SHE NEEDED ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES IN LIFE. >> A SON THEY TAKE CAMPING AND ON VACATION TO CEDAR POINT . NOT ONLY DO THEY TAKE HIM, THEY TAKE A FRIEND WITH THEM. THESE ARE PARENTS THAT CLEARLY LOVE THEIR CHILD. THEY’RE SITTING THERE PLAYING

BOARD GAMES WITH HIM, SPENDING TIME DOING THAT THAT’S ON THE FACEBOOK PICTURES THAT WERE ADMITTED. >> THOSE ARE SUBMITTED. SHE WAS EXHIBITING YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THEM IF YOU WANT. >> YOU BRYANT’S TESTIMONY IN THIS CASE ABSOLUTELY CREATES DOUBT WHEN BRIAN MILLS TESTIFIED. >> THERE’S NO QUESTION WAS INCONSISTENT.

AND I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU THAT AFTER THERE WAS NO REASON LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDED TO INTERVIEW HIM FOR 2 HOURS, ONE HOUR AND THEN 3 HOURS. BUT OVER TIME, THE POLICE CERTAINLY CAN’T AT THAT. THE MORE YOU ASK BRIAN THE SAME QUESTION OVER AND OVER, HE REALIZES HE’S NOT GIVING

THE ANSWER. >> YOU LIKE. >> HE CHANGES IT. AND WHILE THE PROSECUTION TRIES TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE WELL HE DIDN’T WANT IS FAIR OUT OUTED FROM THE VERY HE TOLD THEM HE WAS HAVING THE AFFAIR WITH MRS. CRUMBLEY THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT EVER CHANGED. >> IT WASN’T TILL THE THIRD

INTERVIEW WHEN THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT HIS PENSION, TALKING ABOUT HIS JOB, THAT HE FELT PRESSURE OR HE AGREED WITH THE WORD PRESSURE AND HE AGREED WITH THE WORDS VEILED THREATS, ALTHOUGH HE DID TAKE IT BACK LATER. >> DID POLICE WANTED HIM TO SAY SOMETHING BAD ABOUT MRS. CRUMBLEY, AND I WOULD SUBMIT

TO YOU THAT THEY PROBABLY DID THAT TO ALL THE WITNESSES IN THE CASE FOR BRIAN WALSH, THE ONE WHO ADMITTED TO IT AND WHEN MR. KEAST GOT BACK UP THERE AND ASKED HIM MORE QUESTIONS AND ASKED SOME MORE QUESTIONS, BRIAN GOT RIGHT BACK IN LINE LIKE WAS SUPPOSED TO AND TOLD THEM

EXACTLY WHAT HE KNEW THEY TO HEAR. >> BRIAN IS A TERRIBLE WITNESS . HE SAID HE HAD MEMORY PROBLEMS AND QUITE FRANKLY WHEN HE’S TESTIFYING THAT HE KNOWS THAT THE GUN WAS IN THE CAR THAT DAY OF THE SHOOTING. >> WE ALL KNOW NO ONE THINKS THAT’S TRUE.

>> MRS. CROWLEY TESTIFIED AND EXPLAINED THE DAY THE GUN WAS THE CAR. BRIAN’S JUST WRONG. AND WHEN BRIAN TESTIFIED THAT BRADY WAS GONE AND HE BELIEVED BRADY DIED OR COMMITTED SUICIDE, I WOULD SUBMIT TO THE JURY THAT BRIAN IS JUST AN IDIOT AND HAS NO CLUE. AND THE TRUTH IS, HE DIDN’T

KNOW THE DETAILS ABOUT WHERE THE SHOOTER’S FRIEND WAS. >> HE JUST KNEW HE WENT AWAY WHEREVER HE GOT THAT SUICIDE IDEA FROM WHO. KNOWS THE PROSECUTION DIDN’T SHOW ANY TEXTS OR ANYTHING TO SUPPORT. >> BUT IT’S CLEAR THAT BRIAN WELLS HAS BEEN PUT A MISSION, WHICH IS YOU’RE

COMING INTO COURT, YOU’VE GOT SOME THINGS HANGING OVER YOUR HEAD AND WE WANT TO TAKE A POSITION AGAINST MRS. TREMBLAY. >> AND I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT IF YOU READ THE 77 PAGE EXHIBIT THAT I GOT YESTERDAY AND WENT THROUGH AND PAINTS IN DETAIL WITH YOU, YOU CAN SEE

THAT BRIAN WAS DID NOT THINK OF MRS. CRUMBLEY THAT WAY WHEN HE KNEW HER AND WHEN HE DEALT WITH HER AND HE TESTIFIED. THE ONLY HE GOT NEW INFORMATION ABOUT HER THAT MADE HIM THINK ABOUT HIS ANSWERS WERE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND KNOW FROM THE MEDIA. THE MEDIA THAT WE HAVE TALKED

ABOUT IN THIS CASE REPEATEDLY, AS BEING INACCURATE. BRIAN ADMITTED THAT WHEN THE PROSECUTION HIM AND WE’VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS, TO DELETE HIS MESSAGES, WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE PART ABOUT CLEAR THE CACHET, JENNIFER CALLING HIM HERE, THE CACHET SHOWED HIM THE STUFF BEFORE AND AFTER HE REALIZED IT

WAS JUST TO REFRESH THE PAGE TO SEE A FACEBOOK DEACTIVATED. >> SO GIVING HIM LITTLE BITS OF INFORMATION, THIS PARTICULAR DANGEROUS BECAUSE HE’S NOT THE SHARPEST. AND THAT’S WHAT THE PROSECUTION DID. THEY USED HIM TO THEIR ADVANTAGE TO TRY TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE THEY HAVE THIS CASE

AND ALL THIS HORRIBLE STATEMENTS AGAINST MRS. CRUMBLEY. >> AND BY THE WAY, WHEN THEY PRESENTED EVIDENCE THAT MRS. CROWLEY IS DELETING TEXTS AND KEEP MAKING IT LIKE SHE DILEK. >> SO LET’S DIFFERENT TEXTS HERE AND THERE, IT ACTUALLY SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS CRUMBLING. DELETES ALL HER TEXTS AS SHE TESTIFIED THAT WHEN

PEOPLE START PUTTING HER WITH TEXTS, SHE DELETES ENTIRE THREADS AT A TIME. WHO KNOWS WHAT SHE’S DELETING. SAW HER ON HER PHONE, FLIPPING THROUGH SUPER FAST AND THE TEXTS ULTIMATELY THAT SHE DELETED. THE PROSECUTION DID POINT OUT TWO OF THEM IN THEIR CLOSING. >> THEY POINTED OUT THE TEXTS

ABOUT WERE BLOCKED AND WERE ON THE RUN AGAIN BUT THEY DIDN’T MENTION THAT SHE DELETED TWO TEXTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ACTUALLY VERY EXCULPATORY AND HELPFUL TO HER. WHY WOULDN’T SHE COMPLETE SOME OF THE MOST HELPFUL AND EXCULPATORY THINGS? >> SHE SAID THOSE TWO TEXTS, HE’S 42 AND 44, IF YOU WANT

TO SEE THEM IN THE 77 PAGES OF IT, IN THOSE TWO TEXTS CONFIRM, SHE CALLS IT THE STREAMING LIVE WAS ON THE GUN. >> SHE NEEDS THE CABLE LOCK, BUT SHE DOESN’T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT GUNS, SAY CABLE, WHAT STRING LOCK WAS ON THE GUN. THEN THE OTHER TEXT FOR

THE PROSECUTION DIDN’T MENTION WAS WHEN SHE SAID THAT THE WEAPON HAD BEEN LOCKED, THE AMMUNITION HAD BEEN SEPARATELY, AND THAT EVERYTHING WAS NOT LOADED. THERE’S NO REASON WOULD DELETE TWO MESSAGES THAT ARE THAT HELPFUL TO HER. >> SHE’S JUST A PERSON WHO DELETES ALL OF YOUR AS SHE

TESTIFIED TO, YOU CAN FIND REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THIS CRUMBLING STATE OF MIND IT’S VERY OBVIOUS IN STATEMENTS MADE AFTER THE SHOOTING RIGHT AWAY SHE’S TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE HAD NO SCIENCE TO BELIEVE ANYTHING WOULD HAPPEN AT THE SUBSTATION INTERVIEW THAT’S ON RECORDING. WE IT SHE TELLS THE VIEWER.

I HAVE NO SIGNS NO SIGNS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CAR. >> THIS WAS PURCHASED IN THE BACK. SHE SAYS TO THEM AGAIN I HAVE NO SIGNS IN HER TEXT MESSAGE WITH WHICH WAS ADMITTED. SHE SAYS THERE WERE NO SIGNS HERE SAYS YOU PROBABLY WERE. >> YOU JUST MISSED THAT.

WITH WHERE I AM, THE WORDS THIS IS PROBABLY SIDE OF THE GUN. THERE WERE NO SIGNS I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU THIS IS NOT SOME MASTER PLAN WHERE THIS IS KIND OF DECIDES SHE’S GOING TO SOME USES WEBSITES. FIRST OF ALL, THERE’S NO EVIDENCE OF SIGNS IS PROBABLY

DO ABOUT AND SECOND ALL HER IMMEDIATE STATEMENTS IN A TIME OF STRESS RIGHT AFTER SHE’S HAD GUNS TO HER FACE, WALKING OUT THE FRONT DOOR OF HER HOUSE, SHE SAYING THERE WERE NO SIGNS YOU MIGHT FIND. AND I KNOW THE PROSECUTION’S ISSUE OF THIS ONE, THIS PROBABLY WHAT IT’S

ACTUALLY THAT’S A HYPER VIGILANT MOTHER. >> SHE’S THE KIND OF MOTHER WHO IS GOING TO HER BOYFRIEND’S MOM. DID SHE SOUND LIKE HE’S A MOVIE AND KIND OF DEPRESSED DAY? >> SHE’S HOURS ON THE APP MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY, CHECKING MISSING ASSIGNMENTS. >> SHE FILM TEACHERS ABOUT GRADES, CHRISTY GIBSON, MARSHALL.

>> HE WAS JUST A PRINCIPAL WHO DID DO ONE OF THE STRANGEST THINGS I’VE EVER SEEN. >> SHE TESTIFIED SHE SAW THE SHOOTER’S FACE AND COULDN’T BELIEVE IT WAS HIM. >> AND THE REASON SHE COULDN’T BELIEVE IT WAS HIM IS BECAUSE IT WAS SO UNFORESEEABLE. MRS. HARLAN’S HYPERVIGILANCE

ALSO COMES WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW SHE TAKES HIM FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. VERY URGENT CARE BECAUSE SOME THE MOLD AND HIS BACK CHANGE COLORS WHEN SHE’S APPLYING. >> I THINK OF MYSELF AS A HYPER VIGILANT MOTHER AND I’VE NEVER NOTICED ANIMALS ON MY KIDS BACK AND I MOSTLY GO HOME

TO WORK BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THE ACTIONS OF THIS IS PROBABLY SHE ACTIONS IS FAR MORE ATTENTION TO THAT KIND OF THING AND OTHER THINGS THAT I DO. I COULD EASILY BE SITTING IN HER CHAIR WHEN HER SON’S EXPERIENCE AND HEADACHES AND MEDICAL ISSUES. SHE’S AT THE DOCTOR OR VIRTUAL VISITS.

THERE’S NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT’S NOT WITH THE HEADACHES. THEY GO THROUGH A WHOLE PROCESS, SHE GETS A FULL X RAYS OUT OF HIS HEAD. SHE GETS INTO THE EYE DOCTOR TO SEE IF THAT’S CAUSING THE ISSUE. ULTIMATELY, SHE PAYS AND THE BRUISES ON HIS TEETH. THEN HE’S A BAD PRESSURE.

SO SHE’S GOING TO THE EXTENT OF GETTING THE BRACES OFF HIS SO HE GETS A CAVITY. 613 CAVITIES. I WOULD GO CRAZY MY KID AND SHE’S DOING EACH THING SHE NEEDS TO DO AS A HYPER VIGILANT MOTHER AND YES I HOPE THIS WORK MOTHER CAN HAVE A DRINK ONCE IN A WHILE.

>> I TAKE HER VIGILANT MOTHER AND I NOT ONLY HAVE A DREAM ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT SOMETIMES I’VE BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE TWO OR THREE, OR MAYBE ABOUT THREE CAN BE FOUND FROM THE FACT THAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY TEMPERED HIS OWN MOTHER WHILE GOING TO THE SHOOTING RANGE IS NOT HER THING.

SHE’S TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO BOND WITH HER SON, WHO HAS JUST HAD HIS BEST FRIEND IN THE WAY SHE CAMPAIGN TOOK HIM ON TRIPS, BROUGHT THE SECOND SON ALONG WITH HER. >> ANY TALK ABOUT SHE HAS TO HAVE THE CUTEST LITTLE AT ME BROTHER SEEN IN THIS FACEBOOK

PICTURES FOR THE INVITES WITH THEM. SHE’S NOT NEGLECTING IN ANY WAY. IF ANYTHING, SHE’S ONE OF THEM ARRANGED FOR HIM NOT BECAUSE SHE ENJOYS IT. YOU CAN TELL HOW MUCH SHE LOVES IT WHEN SHE GETS UP THERE. SHE A COUPLE SHOTS AND THEN STANDS THERE, LETTING HIM ENJOY THE ACTIVITY HE LIKES.

AND I THINK THE SAME THING FOR MY KID. HE’S JUST STATE PARKS. >> I WOULD RATHER DO ANYTHING THE STATE PARK. BUT I SIT THERE AND WATCH AND SAY, OH, THERE, AMAZING. AND ALL I HEAR IS NOW WATCH THIS, MOM, WATCH THIS, MOM, WATCH THIS. AND I WOULD RATHER DO ANYTHING ELSE.

BUT THIS IS FROM THE OTHER DAY. HE’S TRYING HER BEST TO BOND WITH HER CHILD AND HAVE A RELATIONSHIP SHOWING PICTURES OF THE MESSY HOUSE WAS JUST NOT NECESSARY. AND THE PROSECUTION EXPLAINED THEY WERE TRYING FOR EACH OTHER AND SEE HOW MUCH OF IT WAS JUST SO UNNECESSARY THAT I WOULD

SUGGEST THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE HER LOOK BAD. THEY DO KIND OF MAKE HER LOOK A LITTLE BIT LIKE A HOARDER. >> BUT IF YOU SEE PICTURES OF MY RIGHT NOW, LIKE A SNAPSHOT IN TIME, YOU’LL BE JUST AS HORRIFIED. >> I’VE BEEN SO BUSY GETTING READY FOR THIS TRIAL, READY FOR

ALL THE FUN WE GOT IN THE COURT. AND THREE SETS. >> I STILL HAVE MY CHRISTMAS TREES UP. I WAS COMPLAINING TO MY HUSBAND THE OTHER DAY. OH, MY GOD. WE THOUGHT OUR CHRISTMAS TREES UP. >> THIS IS EMBARRASSING. AND HE SAID HE CANNOT. WE STILL HAVE CERAMIC PUMPKINS.

AND I REALIZE, OH, OVERALL DECORATIONS ARE UP TO THEM RIGHT NOW. I HAVE PILES OF LAUNDRY ALL OVER MY OVER CHRISTMAS BREAK, PUT TOGETHER STACKS OF STUFF. I NEED TO TAKE THIS. >> THEIR STATIONERY. I HAVE DONATIONS OF MY OWN. THEY NEED TO GO MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW.

IF THEY DID, A SEARCH WARRANT TODAY WILL LOOK JUST AS BAD AS MRS. CRUMB WEIGHS IN. IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT PARENTING MY CHILD. IF ANYTHING, WHEN I COME HOME FROM WORK, I MAKE A DELIBERATE DECISION. >> ALL RIGHT, LISTEN, I CAN AROUND THIS HOUSE FOR 3 HOURS

AND TRY TO GET AS MUCH AS I CAN ON OR I CAN SIT ON MY COUCH AND WATCH OLD EPISODES OF THE KARDASHIANS WITH MY DAUGHTER. AND I BELIEVE MY TIME IS BETTER SPENT HANGING OUT WITH HER WATCHING TRASHY TV THAN CLEANING UP MY HOUSE BECAUSE.

>> I GET A CHANCE TO SPEND TIME WITH HER AND WILL TAKE CARE OF MOM. >> SHE IS WAITING UNTIL THE HOLIDAYS TO HAVE TIME. SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO SEE HER SONS AROUND. I WOULD BE SCREAMING THAT I WOULD MAKE MY SON IN HIS ROOM. BUT REGARDLESS, THE PROJECT

COMING, WE’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE ROOMS IN ORDER. >> BUT AT THAT POINT IN THE YEAR, HOLIDAYS ARE COMING UP AND YOU’RE GETTING READY TO AND GOING THROUGH THANKSGIVING. IT DOES GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU DO HAVE BOXES PILING UP IN THERE JUST TRYING TO GET

THROUGH THOSE LAST DAYS OF SCHOOL TO GET TO CHRISTMAS BREAK. THERE’S REASONABLE DOUBT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THIS IS CRUMBLING. RIGHT AFTER THE MEETING WITH MR. HOPKINS AND MR. B, THAT THE STATE OF MIND WAS IN AND HER THOUGHTS AND WHAT SHE WAS THINKING COME IN THROUGH HER STATEMENTS.

SHE THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS LESS OF A BIG DEAL. >> WHEN SHE LEFT THAT MEETING, SHE THOUGHT MEETING HIM IN SCHOOL WITH HIS FRIENDS WAS A BETTER DECISION BASED. ON HOPKINS, SAYING PEER SUPPORT IS A GOOD THING. SHE THOUGHT MAKING HIM AN APPOINTMENT WAS SUFFICIENT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN

48 HOURS WAS SUFFICIENT. >> THAT WOULDN’T BE THE WAY THIS IS GOING TO BE EVEN 48 HOURS. REASONABLE DOUBT CAN BE SEEN IN THE VIDEO WHEN THIS IS PROBABLY FIRST SEES HER SON AT SOME. HER REACTION TO SEEING HER IN THIS COMPLETE STATE OF DISBELIEF AS TO WHAT’S GOING

ON IS TO LOOK HIM AND SAY WHY, WHY SHE DOESN’T LOOK AT HIM AND SAY, I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO DO THIS. >> SHE DOESN’T LOOK AT HIM AND SAY, SEE, I KNEW SHOULDN’T HAVE BOUGHT THAT GUN. SHE SAYS, WHY? WHY? AND WHEN SHE SAYS, TAKE CARE

OF DEXTER, SHE CANNOT BELIEVE THAT HER SON. AND GOES BACK INTO THE OTHER ROOM WITH HER HUSBAND AND SAYS THE HE DIDN’T EVEN CARE. >> IT. THE PROSECUTION ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT SHE’S NOT SOBBING AND WE ARE STANDING NEXT. >> CLEARLY JAMES JAMES SOBBING ,WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO,

IF YOU DECIDE YOU NEED TO SEE IT, MRS. CROWLEY IS DOUBTING HER EYES AND WAVING HER EYES INSIDE. SHE’S NOT THE CRIER. SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE REASONABLE DOUBTS CAN COME FROM THE STATEMENTS IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT AT THE SUBSTATION WHEN JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS A STATE OF SHOCK TRYING TO ANSWER

THEIR QUESTIONS, SHE SAYS HE’S NEVER DONE ANYTHING THAT THIS IS AFTER. SHE’S ALREADY GOT SOMEBODY SAYING WE SHOULD HAVE A LAWYER THERE. SHE STILL WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE TRUTH IS. SHE’S NEVER ANYTHING THAT ONE OF THE PARENTS SAYS. SHE’S A PERFECT KID JENNIFER CRUMBLEY TELLS THEM

THE MOST OF AN ISSUE EVER HAS IS INSIDE OVER OVERTAX JENNIFER CRUMBLEY TELLS THEM EVERYTHING WAS FINE THIS MORNING. IN THE STATEMENT, STAFF PROBABLY MADE WHEN SHE WAS IN THE CAR. IT DOESN’T EVEN KNOW YET IF THERE IS GOING TO BE CHALLENGES, SHE SAYS SHE’S NEVER DONE ANYTHING. SHE ACKNOWLEDGES HE REALLY

LIVES TODAY. SHE SAYS IT’S THE FIRST TIME I’VE EVER SEEN DAUGHTER DO ANYTHING. SHE SAYS. HE’S A GOOD KID. HE’S NEVER ANGRY, HE’S MELLOW. HE’S NOT WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE. SHE’S NOT A MONSTER AND SHE’S A MONSTER EITHER. SHE’S ONE INCIDENT IN DETAIL WHEN THEY ASK.

>> SHE’S NEVER HAD MENTAL ISSUES IN THE LAST MOMENTS. >> SHE CAN’T EVEN THINK STRAIGHT ABOUT LIFE AROUND. HER. SHE’S WORRYING ABOUT A HORSE AND HER JOB AND ALL KINDS OF RANDOM STUFF. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHEN EMERGENCIES HAPPEN, LIFE DOESN’T JUST STOP. SO THE FACT THAT SHE’S ABLE

TO FUNCTION AND, THINK TWICE ON YOUR JOB. >> I NEED SOME MONEY. I NEED A PHONE. IT WORKS. THAT DOESN’T MEAN SHE THOUGHT HER TO TERRORIZE AND KILL PEOPLE AND SHOOT PEOPLE AT SCHOOL. >> HER REACTION WHEN SHE OUT THERE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGES WAS GENUINE AND HONEST AND SHE BROKE DOWN CRYING.

ALTHOUGH SHE DOES CONTINUE TO KEEP ANSWERING THEIR QUESTIONS, SHE EXPLAINS WHY SHE FEELS LIKE THE CHALLENGES ARE DIFFERENT SHE UNDERSTANDS IT’S SHOT PEOPLE AND INJURED AND IT WAS SOMETHING THEY COULDN’T DEAL WITH. >> BUT I THINK CHARITY IS A VERY TALENTED AND CANNOT EVER BE CHANGED. THE PROSECUTION’S TO MISCONSTRUE JENNIFER’S

ENTIRE DEMEANOR IS REASONABLE DOUBT IN THIS CASE TO SHOW THEY DON’T HAVE A STRONG CASE. THEY KEEP SAYING SHE’S NOT, SAID JENNIFER EXPLAINED SHE WENT TO JAIL. >> WHAT CAN I DO MORE? >> SHE DIDN’T SHOW SADNESS. IF YOU READ THE TEXTS BETWEEN SISTER THE LOOKS, SHE STILL

STANDS THE WAY THAT SHE SAW SADNESS IN POLICE OFFICERS TO GET UP ON THE STAND AND SAY SHE DIDN’T BEHAVE LIKE THE MOTHER OF A SCHOOL SHOOTER WHO IS NOT. NONE OF THAT HAS EVER DEALT WITH HER MOTHER OF THE CHILD WHO WAS A TEENAGER WHO IS KILLED BEING SHOT.

>> MANY OTHERS. >> THERE ISN’T ANY GREAT WAY IN TIME YOU CAN HELP TO SAY HOW YOU SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BEHAVE. TRY TO MAKE HER LOOK SELFISH AND CALLOUS GOES RIGHT WITH THAT SAME THING HOW SHE REACTS IS HOW SHE REACTS. YOU SEE IT ON THE SCREEN.

IT’S REALLY HARD TO PASS JUDGMENT, ALTHOUGH THESE POLICE OFFICERS DID AND HOW A PERSON SHOULD REACT WHEN THEY’RE THROUGH THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES. THEY WALK OUT OF THEIR HOUSE AND SURROUNDED WITH GUNS IN THEIR FACE, OR HOW A PERSON WOULD REACT TO BEING WOKEN UP

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ON A MATTRESS WITH POLICE AROUND AND ABOVE THEM WITH GUNS IN HER FACE. SO NOT ONLY HAS ANYONE NOT BEEN IN THE SHOES OF A SCHOOL SHOOTER AND DEALING WITH THE KIND EMOTIONS THAT WOULD COME WITH THAT IS THEY ALSO DON’T KNOW.

AND THERE A STANDARD REACTION FOR HOW YOU BEHAVE WHEN YOU’RE SURROUNDED WITH GUNS IN YOUR FACE. JENNIFER’S OWN STATEMENT PROVIDES REASONABLE DOUBT THAT SHE THINK SHE WOULD HURT OTHER PEOPLE. >> SHE TALKED TO HIM EVEN. DON’T DO IT. SHE DIDN’T SAY, DON’T SHOOT. PEOPLE HERE SAY DON’T HURT ANYONE.

SHE THOUGHT THE WHOLE THING ON HER RADAR, THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE AT THAT POINT KNOWING THERE’S AN OPEN SHOOTER AND HE HAS A WEAPON WAS THAT HE WOULD KILL HIMSELF. >> REASONABLE DOUBT CAN BE FOUND IN JENNIFER’S TESTIMONY. JENNIFER’S TESTIMONY IS EVIDENCE OF AGAIN TODAY WHETHER YOU BELIEVE KATE.

>> HOWEVER FEEL ABOUT HER TESTIMONY TO THE EVENTS IN THAT PRESENTATION YOU STILL HAVE TO EVALUATE THE PROSECUTION CASE FOR WHAT IT WAS. HOWEVER, JENNIFER DID TAKE THE STAND, AND THAT WAS VERY EASY FOR HER TO GIVE YOU. ADDITIONAL TIME FOR CONTEXT ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THIS SHRED OF EVIDENCE

THE PROSECUTION CHAIR PUT BEFORE YOU THE ONLY PERSON WHO’S ACTUALLY BEEN CONSISTENT IN THIS CASE. AND YOU CAN FIND REASONABLE DOUBT FROM THIS IS JENNIFER. SHE’S CONSISTENT IN WHAT SAYS AT LEAST WHAT SHE TELLS HER HUSBAND ABOUT THINGS AND WHAT SHE SAYS TO OWN WITNESSES WHO TESTIFIED. >> IF YOU DEFINE REASONABLE

DOUBT, IN FACT, THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE VERY, VERY BIASED IN THIS CASE. THERE IS NO DOUBT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL SITUATIONS ANY ONE OF THEM HAS EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN. >> BUT IT’S ALSO CLEAR THEY HAVE A NARRATIVE JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS RESPONSIBLE. AND WHEN THEY CAME IN HERE

AND TOOK THAT WITNESS STAND, THEY WERE GOING TO MESS WITH ME AND QUESTIONS THAT WERE SO STUPID MAKE THIS INTO TELL. HE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT TEENAGERS COULD LIE FOR A TEENAGER TO LIE. THAT WAS A GLOBAL JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION WHEN YOU HAVE AN ATF AGENT CAN’T EVEN GET ON

THE STAND AND ANSWER A QUESTION THAT’S. COMMON SENSE THAT SHOULD SPEAK VOLUMES IF THERE IS A NARRATIVE THEY’VE BEEN DIRECTED TO GET OUT AND THEY HAVE AN AGENDA. AND THAT AGENDA, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS NOT POSITIVE FOR JENNIFER CRUMBLEY MAKING THIS BIG DEAL ABOUT MONEY, CASH AND THIS IS CRUMBLING

TO NOW IS ANOTHER REASONABLE DOUBT IN THIS CASE THIS IS CRUMBLING, EXPLAINS HER DAD HAD ACCOUNTS FROZEN. >> SHE DIDN’T WANT HER ACCOUNTS TO BE FROZEN HER DAD PUT MONEY IN THAT DAY SO SHE COULD TAKE IT OUT. GETTING MONEY OUT OF THE ACCOUNT THAT HAD HER SON’S NAME

ON IT WASN’T DONE IN ANY WAY TO STEAL MONEY FROM HER SON OR SO SHE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT, AND SHE’S THE ONE WHO CONTRIBUTES OTHER NEED FOR HER PAYCHECK INTO THAT ACCOUNT. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, SHE WANTS CASH BECAUSE EVERYONE IN THE WORLD ABSOLUTELY HATES HER.

>> SHE WALKED IN PLACES AND HERE ARE MY CREDITORS HEY JENNIFER COME WAS ON THEIR CREDIT CARD THE ONLY OPTION SHE HAD WAS CASH. >> SHE CAN’T GO IN AND START SHOWING ID AND THINGS TO HOTEL ROOMS. AND THE MORE CASH SHE CAN, THE BETTER THE LESS SHE HAS TO RISK.

THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FIGURE WHO SHE IS. AND REMEMBER, THE WORLD WAS ESSENTIALLY SHOWING ITS COVERS AGAINST HER THAT SHE WAS RECEIVING THREATENING MESSAGES THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED THAT SHOOTING ON FACEBOOK FROM OTHER PEOPLE IN HER E-MAILS, IN HER INSTAGRAM, EVERYWHERE THERE’S A THREATENING HER EMPLOYER IS MAKING HER SHUT DOWN.

HER FRIENDS, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HER PEOPLE FOR YEARS DON’T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER AND DON’T WANT TO BE BY HER BECAUSE SHE’S DANGEROUS AT THAT POINT IN TIME. >> SO FOR HER, WANT TO HAVE CASH MAKES ABSOLUTELY PERFECT SENSE. >> THAT’S NOT A SIGN SHE’S TRYING TO FLEE.

AND ALSO, IF YOU’RE TRYING TO FLEE, YOU DON’T GO AROUND LOCAL OAKLAND COUNTY IN AREAS SURROUNDING IT, INSURING AROUND A SYRINGE. >> OF COURSE, MEDICINE, IF YOU’RE IN A PLEA, YOU WANT MORE ADMISSION ON. THE HORSES, AT THAT POINT, YOU’RE FLEEING. IT’S VERY OBVIOUS HER INTENT

WAS NOT TO FLEE HER TIME IS TO STAY SAFE. HER INTENT IS TO AVOID THREATS. >> HER INTENT IS TO GET THIS COURSE MET, ITS END TO THIS WORSE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY CAN’T HAPPEN IF SHE PLEASE. IT’S CLEAR WHEN SHE’S AT THE ART STUDIO THAT SHE’S NOT HIDDEN VERY WELL.

>> SHE’S OUTSIDE SMOKING, HER HUSBAND’S OUTSIDE INSIDE THE EVIDENCE OF THE CIGARETTE IN THE SNOW. >> THERE’S COMMERCIALS, THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AROUND AND BUSINESSES WITHIN THAT STUDIO. SHE’S WALKING AROUND TAKING TOUR OF THE STUDIO WITH HER FRIEND WHO OWNS IT. AND THERE’S ALL OVER THE BUILDING. OBVIOUSLY, SHE’S NOT TO HIDE IF

SHE’S GOING INTO A BUILDING WHERE YOU CAN SEE SECURITY RIGHT ON THE OUTSIDE, THAT WOULD DOCUMENT EVERYTHING THAT’S HAPPENING THAT WE ULTIMATELY GOT TO SEE IN THIS TRIAL. >> IT’S CLEAR SHE’S TRYING TO SAVE THE NIGHT IN DETROIT ON NOVEMBER 3RD AND DIDN’T KNOW WHERE IT GOES IT’S CLEAR FROM

THE VIDEO SHE’S DEAD ASLEEP AT 1:00 IN THE MORNING WHEN THEY’RE ULTIMATELY AND WOKEN UP TO GUNS IN THEIR FACE. SHE TESTIFIED SHE TOOK FOUR XANAX AND SO DID HER HUSBAND. WE ALSO EVIDENCE THERE WAS A LIQUOR BOTTLE IN GARBAGE AND PRESUMABLY SHE HAD A DRINK AFTER FOUR DAYS OF NO SLEEP

AND NOT REALLY EATING. ONE CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW HER FOUR XANAX AND A COCKTAIL MIGHT HIT YOU. >> SO THEY MADE THIS VIDEO THAT THERE’S TEXT MESSAGES AFTER 11:00 SAYING WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOUND. WELL, EARLIER IN THOSE TEXT MESSAGES THAT ADMITTED FOR THE PROSECUTION IS EXHIBIT 430 .

THE FIRST TEXT SAYS MARIELLE THIS IS JENNIFER’S PHONE. AND MARIO WAS, THE OTHER ATTORNEY AT THE TIME, MARIA, THIS IS JENNIFER JAMES HERE IS JENNIFER JAMES AND ARE USING JENNIFER’S PHONE NOW. NEXT MESSAGE, THE OTHER PHONE, BROOKE. AND THEN THERE’S A MESSAGE TO THE COMPANIES WHERE YOU CAN

BE TO CALL US. THAT’S AT 619, THEN AT 621. THANK YOU, JAMES CALLING YOU UP SHORTLY. THEN AT 702, I TEXT MARION, I WAS GOING TO COME GET YOU IN THE MORNING. WE NOT THINK IT WILL HELP TO MAKE A STATEMENT THAT YOU’RE COMING IN OR THAT WOULD BE TOMORROW MORNING.

>> ALL WE CAN SAY, AS WE TOLD EVERYONE IS THAT YOU’RE COMING BACK. >> AND AS OF TOMORROW YOU’LL BE BACK. MY NEXT MESSAGE SAYS WE CAN SHOW THEM THAT EVERYTHING SAID WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. DIDN’T HAPPEN BECAUSE THE CAMERAS WERE ON. THEY CAN’T DETERMINE TO A COURT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT GOT

ON THE SCENE AND TOLD YOU THAT’S SOMETHING COMMONLY DO. IT JUST DIDN’T HAPPEN IN THIS CASE. BUT SEVEN OH THREE THE PROBLEMS WERE BACK. >> WE DON’T KNOW IF IT’S JENNIFER JAMES. >> THEY’RE SHARING THIS PHONE. OKAY TEXAS TO THE LAWYERS AND SAY MARIELLE SHANNON, I’M LAWYERS.

>> WHO KNOWS WHY THEY SENT THAT I TEXT, I AM GOING TO DRIVE TO MY BACK HOME TO MY OFFICE NOW I’LL GIVE YOU A CALL IN ABOUT 40, 45 MINUTES SO I CAN GET OUT THE BOND FACTOR WRITTEN DOWN FOR YOU, FOR MARIELLE AND ME, I’M ASKING FOR

BOND INFORMATION SO WE CAN GO TO THE COURT IN THE MORNING . AND YOU KNOW, JEFF, THERE’S A PRIOR RULING. SHE CAN ASK YOU A WITNESS THAT WAS ALREADY ALREADY DONE. SORRY. I THOUGHT I WAS WORKING OFF THE EVIDENCE. THEY ADMITTED. WELL, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE.

SO THEY SAY IT AT 737. OKAY WE’LL BE WAITING. I’M GOING TO CALL IN ONE MINUTE. OKAY, THEN 1114 ON THE PHONE. BOTH OF THEM HAVE BEEN USING ATTACKS. DEFENSE LAWYERS THINK WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOUND JUST TO HAVE A POLICE CHECK. IT’S NOT FOR A COUPLE HOURS

THAT THEY’RE ACTUALLY FOUND. BUT THIS CRUMBLING TESTIFIED. SHE SAID THAT SHE ALREADY ASLEEP. >> NOW, AFTER THOSE TEXT MESSAGES, THERE’S TWO MORE PAGES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT EXHIBIT. SO IF YOU DO END UP TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT 430, WHICH IS TOTALLY FINE, JUST BE AWARE THAT THERE’S ANOTHER THREAD

THAT STARTS WITH A REPEAT AND I DON’T KNOW WHY THAT IS. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AND I’M NOT SURE WHY THAT IS, THAT IT IS LIKE THAT THAT WAS A NEW ONE WE GOT OBVIOUSLY TODAY, IN THE DAYS AFTER, AND THIS IS PROBABLY IN THIS YEAR PROBABLY

ARE PLAYING FOR THEMSELVES. >> AND YOU KNOW, THOSE MAINSTREAM CELLS IN BECAUSE EXHIBIT A WAS ADMITTED WHICH SHOWED THEY WERE TRYING TO FIND A HOTEL IN AUBURN HILLS AND PRICELINE FOR DECEMBER 4TH AND FIFTH IN CASE THEY IT YES THERE’S NO DOUBTS AND I DON’T NEED TO GO ON AND ON ABOUT THIS

THEY WERE GETTING THREATS THAT WAS CLEAR AT TRIAL. THEY WERE AFRAID TO GO TO IN THE POLICE STATION, A POLICE STATION WHERE IF THEY WENT, THERE WOULD LIKELY BE OTHER INMATES OR BAD PEOPLE THERE AND THEIR FACES WOULD BE UP ON A TV BECAUSE. >> IT WAS ALL OVER THE STATE

AT THAT POINT. THEY WERE TERRIFIED. THEY WANTED TO GO. THEN THROUGH A LAWYER. >> REASONABLE DOUBT CAN INFERRED FROM THE FACT THAT THEY SOMEHOW LEARNED CLERK WHICH WAS ADMITTED BY THE PROSECUTION, SHOWING THAT ON SATURDAY THEY WERE GETTING UP AT 630 OR 645 COMPLETELY CONSISTENT WITH THEIR PLAN

TO GO TO NO FOR AN 830 HEARING . THIS IS ALSO NOT JAMES’S TRIAL. >> I AM NOT SEEING. >> YOU’RE SUGGESTING THAT JAMES IS GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER ANY WAY. >> BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO FIND OUT TO POINT THAT JAMES WAS THE PARENT RESPONSIBLE FOR

ALL OF THE STORAGE OF THE GUNS . JENNIFER CRUMBLEY THEREFORE YOU WOULD THINK ABOUT THEM. SHE DIDN’T OBJECT THEM BEING IN THE HOUSE. >> SHE DIDN’T OBJECT TO BUYING THE GUN. THE JAMES ANY OF THEM WERE INTERESTED IN SHOOTING OBJECT TO CALLING IT ETHAN’S CHRISTMAS GIFT. >> SHE WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE

AT ALL FOR. >> THE STORAGE OF THE WEAPON. >> IT IS MISLEADING TO SUGGEST FOR THE PROSECUTION THAT SINCE OUR CASE WAS OPENED ON THE BED AND THEN IT SAT OPEN LIKE THAT ALL DAY WITH THE AMMUNITION BOX TO IT, IT’S VERY CLEAR THAT WHEN JAMES AND JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WERE

ON THE PHONE DURING THAT SEVEN MINUTE PHONE CALL, MR. CRUMBLEY WAS LOOKING FOR THE GUN, FOUND THE GUN WAS MISSING. THAT’S JENNIFER. WHERE IS THE AMMUNITION? PULLED IT OUT AND SET IT ON THE BED. IT’S LIKE THAT GUN BOX. THAT CASE WAS JUST SITTING THERE OPEN AT ALL TIMES WHEN

LAW ENFORCEMENT DID GET THERE, FIND IT ON THE BED, EVEN THEY MOVED IT AROUND TO THE KITCHEN COUNTER AND OTHER PLACES. >> WHILE THIS IS NOT ALL JAMES ,THIS CASE, IT IS FORENSIC JENNIFER CRUMBLEY, WOULD EXPECT THAT HE WOULD HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN GOING TO HANDLE ISSUE OF THE SCHOOL.

>> THAT IS NOT UNREASONABLE. DOES NOT MAKE HER A BAD MAN. >> SHE’S OUT IN OXFORD LIBRARY IN ROCHESTER DAUGHTER DASHING SHE’S THE ONE WITH THE PROFESSIONAL CAREER FOR SUPPORTING THE FAMILY AND PAYING ALL THEIR BILLS AND TRYING TO KEEP HER JOB, WHICH THEY MAY NEED TO ADD

THE FAMILY ON FOR INSURANCE IN THIS OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD . >> SHE SHOULDN’T BE DIMINISHED AS A MOTHER, SHE WAS GOING TO LET FATHER GO TO THE SCHOOL AND HANDLE WHATEVER. >> THERE WAS NO ULTIMATELY THEY WENT TOGETHER. BUT SHE’S A DAUGHTER, STRIVER. SHE’S TRYING TO PAY THE BILLS.

SHE’S THE BREADWINNER AT THAT TIME SHE’S IN BETWEEN JOBS. >> SHE SHOULDN’T BE DINGED FOR THAT. >> IT’S MISLEADING FOR THE PROSECUTION TO SUGGEST IS THE EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE. >> SHE KEEPS GUNS IN THE CAR. SHE DIDN’T SAY SHE KEEPS GUNS IN THE CAR WHEN SHE WAS INTERVIEWED.

>> IF YOU REALLY TO WATCH THE INTERVIEW, YOU CAN. JENNIFER TOLD LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE WAS ONE TIME THAT GUN WAS IN THE BACK OF THE CAR. THAT ONE TIME WAS WHEN JAMES PUT IT IN THE BACK, THE CAR, AND SHE DROVE THE CAR TO THE RANGE. HER SON IN HER HAD EXPERIENCE

WITH THE RIGHT RANGE AND SHE DROVE THE CAR BACK HOME LEFT THE CAR LOCKED WITH THE GUN. IT SO THAT WHEN HER HUSBAND GOT HOME, HE COULD PUT IT AWAY. >> IT IS NOT TRUE THAT SHE WAS DRIVING AROUND GUNS IN THE CAR. >> THAT IS NOT WHAT SHE SAID TO

POLICE. AS FAR AS MRS. CRUMBLEY KNEW, THERE WAS A TABLE, A LOCK ON THE GUN AT ALL TIMES. SHE CALLED IT A STRING LOCK. SHE TESTIFIED THAT THE KEY WAS KEPT IN A SEPARATE PLACE IN ONE OF THE MANY BEER STANDS THEY HAD. >> SHE TESTIFIED THAT SHE DIDN’T KNOW WHERE

THE AMMUNITION WAS. >> SHE HID IT IN HER JEANS AND SHE TESTIFIED THAT THINGS WERE LOCKED AND HIDDEN SEPARATELY AND THAT MR. CRUMBLEY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIDING THE WEAPON. IF YOU ARE UPSET WITH HOW THE WEAPON WAS HIDDEN, THAT’S NOT YOUR ISSUE TO DECIDE, THAT’S A FUTURE JURY THAT WILL

LOOK AT THE CASE OF JAMES CRUMBLEY. YOU’RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE CASE OF JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND CONSIDER WHAT SHE KNEW SHE IS THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR STORING THIS WEAPON. I’M NOT TRYING TO SUGGEST SHE DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS IN THE HOUSE, BUT SHE IS NOT THE PERSON PUTTING THE CABLE

LOCK ON AND OFF OR DOING ANYTHING. THE GUN WE SAW HER GUN ABILITIES WHEN SHE WENT TO THE RANGE AND HAD NEVER SON SHOW HER EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. >> IT’S A GROSS OVERSTATEMENT TO KEEP SAYING THAT THE GUN WAS HIS GIFT. IT’S VERY CLEAR THAT SOMETHING

BOUGHT FOR HIM TO USE AT THE SHOOTING RANGE, SOMETHING THAT MAY ONE DAY ULTIMATELY BE TRULY JUST HIS. BUT IT’S JUST LIKE ANY US GIVING OUR KIDS A LAPTOP TO USE THE CELL PHONE, USE CAR TO USE A JET SKI. I HAVE A FRIEND THAT HAS KIDS. THEY HAVE SNOWMOBILES, NOTHING DIFFERENT.

>> IT DOESN’T REALLY MEAN THE KIDS JUST HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THAT STUFF. IT COMES WITH CONDITIONS, RULES AND PARAMETERS. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS A CASE WHERE THE PROSECUTION MADE A CHARGING DECISION WAY TOO FAST. >> IT WAS MOTIVATED BY REASONS FOR POLITICAL GAIN AND MEDIA ATTENTION.

>> AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE ON 11 ONE, WHEN THE SHOOTER WAS ARRAIGNED, THE SHOOTER WAS ON ZOOM AND SO WERE THE PARENTS AND THE WAS WHERE AND WHEN MR. . THIS IS CRUMBLING, WE’RE CHARGED. AND THERE WAS A SWEAR TO IT. THE COURT THE MEDIA WAS ALL THERE, BUT GUESS WHO WASN’T

? MR. OR MRS. HOLLY, THIS IS PROBABLY HAS TO FACE YOU NEED TO KNOW THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN ARRAIGNMENT, BUT THE MEDIA KNEW AND THEN THE PROSECUTION CAME OUT WITH A CONFERENCE PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING IT. >> I WOULD SUBMIT THAT THE PLAN NEVER TO LET THE CRUMBLES TURN

THEMSELVES IN, BUT TURN THEM INTO A BIG CHARADE OF LOOKING LIKE THEY’RE TRYING TO FLEE WHEN THEY ABSOLUTELY WEREN’T. THE PROSECUTION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE APPROACHED THIS WITH TUNNEL VISION FROM DAY ONE. BRIAN MELROSE CALLED IT A WITCH HUNT. I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU IT WAS THEN THEY CHARGED THESE PARENTS

AND THE ATF, SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, BORDER PATROL SECRET SERVICE, ALL U.S. MARSHALS, NOT SECRET WHEN ALL THESE AGENCIES ARE GATHERED AROUND AND HUNDREDS OF ARE LOOKING FOR THE FAMILIES, IT’S REALLY HARD TO. SAYE MADE A CHARGING DECISION A LITTLE TOO FAST. AND IN THIS CASE, YOU HEARD EVIDENCE THAT MUCH OF THE

EVIDENCE IN THE CASE ROLL IN UNTIL AFTER THE PARENTS WERE CHARGED ARRESTED AND IN JAIL TO TRY TO SUGGEST HAVING MULTIPLE PHONES AS SIGN OF FLEEING IS JUST GARBAGE. >> I THINK EVERYONE HERE TRULY UNDERSTANDS THEY BOUGHT BURNER PHONES AND WHY THEY WENT AND BOUGHT REPLACEMENT PHONES WITH THEIR PHONE NUMBERS SO

THEY COULD USE TO FIGURE FACTOR AUTHENTICATION TO GET INTO THEIR ACCOUNTS. >> JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS SEEN IN POLICE INTERVIEW AT THE SUBSTATION, HANDING HER PHONE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN THEY’RE ASKING QUESTIONS, WHEN THE POLICE TELL HER, THEY WANT TO TAKE HER PHONE FOR A SEARCH WARRANT. SHE DOESN’T WANT TO HAND IT

OVER RIGHT AWAY, BUT IT’S NOT BECAUSE SHE’S TRYING TO HIDE THINGS. IT’S BECAUSE IT’S HER ONLY LINE OF COMMUNICATION SHE DOESN’T REALLY UNDERSTAND. >> A SEARCH WARRANT WORKS UNTIL HER HUSBAND EXPLAINS IT. >> ALL OF HER CONTACTS ARE IN THE PHONE. SHE DOESN’T CARRY AROUND A LITTLE DIARY OF ALL

THE NUMBERS, ALL THE POLICE. YOU EVER GET THE NUMBERS OUT. AND IT’S THE ONLY WAY PEOPLE CAN A HOLD OF HER. AND SHE’S BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM NONSTOP, AS WE CAN SEE WHEN SHE’S IN POLICE VEHICLES. AND AGAIN, ALTHOUGH SHE’S ON HER PHONES AND THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME

WHERE SHE’S WORKING THINGS OUT, COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE, TRYING GET THINGS DONE, IT DOESN’T MEAN SHE BELIEVES HER SON WAS A SCHOOL AND HAD NO EMOTIONS OVER WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THE PROSECUTION HAS PAINTED HER OUT TO BE A PERSON WHO LACKS REMORSE AND. I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU THAT SHE

WOULD CHANGE EVERYTHING IF SHE COULD. AND WHEN SHE LOOKS BACK AND SAYS THERE IS NOT A THING THAT SHE FEELS SHE COULD HAVE CHANGED, THAT WOULD CHANGE SOMETHING. >> YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE SUGGESTIONS BY THE PROSECUTION ARE JUST RIDICULOUS . GIVING HIM A HUG THAT DAY

IN THE COUNSELING OFFICE WAS GOING TO STOP MASS SHOOTING. >> THAT’S JUST RIDICULOUS. THERE’S NOTHING PROVE THAT THAT ANYTHING COULD HAVE STOPPED MASS SHOOTING. >> WHEN YOU’RE DEALING WITH SOMEONE WHO IS SO MANIPULATIVE AND IS A CRIMINAL AND WAS A SHOOTER IN COLD BLOOD AND PLED GUILTY AND TOOK

RESPONSIBILITY AS AN ADULT FOR HIS CRIMES, FINALLY, MY LAST REASONABLE DOUBT, CURTIS BLANK ,BECAUSE I’VE TRIED MY HARDEST TO COME UP WITH ALL THE REASONABLE DOUBTS THE DEFENSES IN THIS CASE. >> AND LIKE I SAID, EACH OF YOU NEED ONLY ONE TO GO. THIS IS PROBABLY NOT GUILTY.

>> BUT A LOT OF TIMES JURORS THINK OF A REASONABLE DOUBT I MISS BECAUSE THERE’S SO MUCH EVIDENCE AND WE’VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED SORT HAVE ADMITTED I’M NOT A PERFECT PERSON AND NOT A PERFECT LAWYER. >> SO I PUT A BLANK CARD BEFORE YOU SO THAT IF YOU HAVE

A DOUBT, I’VE YOU KNOW, YOU’RE NOT LIMITED TO WHAT I’VE SUGGESTED OR THE DEFENSE TO SUGGESTED. >> YOU’RE WELCOME TO COME UP WITH YOUR OWN DOUBTS ON YOUR OWN. AND IF YOU DECIDE YOU ARE DIVING IN AND RESEARCH BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. CRUMBLING AND EVERYTHING THEY TALK

ABOUT YOU’RE TOTALLY MORE THAN WELCOME TO THOSE EXHIBITS ARE ALL GOING BACK WITH YOU ALL AND WHAT I’LL TELL YOU IS THAT YOU’RE GOING TO FIND A LOT OF INSTANCES WHERE MRS. TREMBLY IS ANXIOUS, ASKING WHERE HER SON IS, WHERE HER HUSBAND IS. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF WORST TALK.

YOU’RE GOING TO SEE ARGUMENTS BETWEEN A MARRIED COUPLE. WHEN I READ THEM, THEY READ JUST LIKE MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF YELLING AND, SWEARING AT EACH OTHER AT TIMES. AND THEN THE NEXT MESSAGE THAT FIGURING OUT DINNER AND THEN YOU JUST MOVE ON. AND THAT’S JUST HOW LIFE IS. YOU’LL SEE MESSAGES IN HERE

THAT WILL CERTAINLY MAKE YOU QUESTION WHAT MR. MRS. CRUMP DOING AT THE TIME TO DO IN BED THAT NIGHT. YOU WILL READ EVERY VARIETY OF MESSAGES THAT SHOW REAL LIFE AND REAL LIFE BETWEEN TWO MARRIED PEOPLE THAT HAVE A CHILD. >> AND IT SHOULD MAKE NO YOU. THEY MAY USE THEIR FORCES NAME

MORE OFTEN THAN THEIR. >> AND I ALSO SUBMIT THAT EVERY TIME YOU SEE THEM ABOUT WHEN IS HE GOING TO BE HOME AND WHAT ARE WE TO EAT FOR DINNER, EVEN IF THEY DON’T USE, THE WORDS SMELL FREE. I MEAN, WHO I’M TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY

THREE OF THEM IN THEIR HOUSE AT THIS POINT, THE TRIAL. I AM ASKING FIND JENNIFER CRUMBLEY NOT GUILTY, NOT JUST FOR JENNIFER, BUT FOR EVERY MOTHER WHO’S OUT THERE DOING. >> THE BEST THEY CAN EASILY BE IN HER SHOES FOR PARENT DOING THAT THEY CAN WHO CAN

EASILY BE IN THEIR SHOES. FOR EVERY PARENT THAT HAS SNIPPETS OF TEXT MESSAGES THAT COULD BE RED AND MAKE THEM LOOK THAT HORRIBLE MONSTER FOR EVERY PARENT THAT HAS FIGHTS WITH THEIR KID ON TEXT MESSAGE THAT MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE YOU’RE A PARENTS. FOR EVERY PARENT THAT’S EVER

HAD A HAPPY AND HAS NOT SPENT 24/7 WITH THEIR CHILD, THAT SHOULD NOT BE HELD AGAINST PARENTS FOR ANY PARENT THAT’S EVER HAD AN AFFAIR OR SPENT COMMUNICATING ON A COMPUTER THAT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT HOW MUCH CARE ABOUT YOUR CHILD OR YOUR EXPECTATION OF WHETHER OR NOT, THEY COMMIT A SCHOOL

SHOOTING. >> MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE A PARENT WOULD STILL NOT ACCEPT THEIR CHILD WOULD DO THIS. I DO WISH. MORE THAN ANYTHING, THIS CASE COULD BRING JUSTICE. THE VICTIMS OF THE SHOOTING, THE VICTIMS OF THE TERRORISM THAT TOOK PLACE THAT DAY AND THE VICTIMS OF THEIR

FAMILIES I WISH MORE THAN ANYTHING IT REALLY COULD BE A THAT WOULD BE A BAND-AID TO MAKE EVERYBODY FEEL BETTER. >> BUT IT CAN’T BE. FIRST OF ALL, IT BRINGS NOTHING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE LOST. IT CERTAINLY DOESN’T BRING BACK ANY LIVES. AND IF ANYTHING, THIS IS NOT JUSTICE.

THIS IS NOT JUSTICE WORKS. >> THIS CASE DOES. >> NOTHING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY LOST EVERYTHING. MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE, SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE SITTING IN THIS COURTROOM. AND IT DOES NOTHING TO BRING THE TRAGEDY AND THE TRAGEDY THAT UNFOLDED. AND REMEMBER REMEMBER, AT THIS

POINT IN TIME, THE PRACTICAL OPTION NOT TO LET THIS IS PROBABLY AVOIDED EXERCISING ORDINARY CARE WOULD HAVE SAVED LIVES. >> THE PROSECUTION CANNOT PROVE THAT THIS FAMILY WAS AWARE THERE WAS A DANGER THAT EXISTED . >> HER SON THAT REQUIRES HER TO EXERCISE CARE. >> THEY CANNOT PROVE

THIS IS AN ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT. NOW REPORTING DAVID MUIR . >> GOOD AFTERNOON. WE’RE COMING BACK ON THE AIR AT THIS HOUR WITH NEW REPORTING ON THESE US LED AIRSTRIKES. NOW UNDERWAY, RETALIATION AGAINST IRANIAN BACKED MILITANTS AFTER THE DEADLY DRONE ATTACK ON THREE US SOLDIERS AT A REMOTE BASE IN

JORDAN. I WANT TO BRING IN LOUIS MARTINEZ, WHO LEADS OUR PENTAGON REPORTING TEAM, AND HE’S AT THE PENTAGON. LOUIS, WHAT MORE HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT THIS US LED EFFORT NOW UNDERWAY? >> DAVID, WE’VE LEARNED THAT THERE ARE FROM FOUR OFFICIALS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN THE START OF RETALIATORY AIRSTRIKES IN

BOTH IRAQ AND IN SYRIA. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THAT DEADLY INCIDENT IN JORDAN AT THAT BASE KNOWN AS TOWER 22, WHERE THREE ARMY RESERVISTS LOST THEIR LIVES AND AS MANY AS 47 OTHERS WERE INJURED. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE STRIKES ARE TARGETING AREAS THAT BELONG TO SOME OF THESE MILITIA GROUPS THAT WERE

BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE ATTACKS THAT WAS CARRIED OUT BY A DRONE AGAINST THE TOWER 22 BASE THAT LED TO SO MANY OF THOSE CASUALTIES. BUT THE OFFICIALS TELLING US THAT THE STRIKES ARE UNDERWAY AND HITTING MULTIPLE TARGETS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT’S GOING TO BE GOING ON FOR MULTIPLE DAYS.

THAT’S SOMETHING THAT WE’VE BEEN HEARING FROM OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. AND ANOTHER THING IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE MULTI-TIERED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE’VE HEARD IS THAT, YES, IRAQ AND SYRIA WERE DEFINITELY ON THE TABLE AS POSSIBLY AS WELL AS YEMEN, WHERE HOUTHI MILITANTS HAVE BEEN STRIKING AT COMMERCIAL SHIPPING

LANES OFF OF IN THE RED SEA AND IN THE GULF OF ADEN AND LOUIS, I KNOW YOU AND THE TEAM WERE REPORTING EARLIER FROM THE PENTAGON ON INITIAL AIR STRIKES THAT WERE CONFIRMED THERE AT THE PENTAGON. >> YOU LEARNED ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON THAT, THAT THEY WERE HITTING SOME OF THE SAME

AREAS, SOME OF THE SAME MILITIA GROUPS BEING LOOKED AT, PERHAPS TARGETED BY THE US. UNCLEAR IF THAT WAS THE TIP OF THE SPEAR IN THIS US LED ATTACK, OR WHO IN FACT WAS BEHIND THE INITIAL STRIKES THAT TOOK PLACE JUST MOMENTS BEFORE THIS. ALL OFFICIALLY BEGAN? >> THAT’S RIGHT. DAVID WE ARE

TOLD THAT THERE WERE AIR STRIKES UNDERWAY IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS THAT ARE AFFILIATED WITH SOME OF THESE GROUPS THAT HAVE CARRIED OUT THESE ATTACKS AGAINST US BASES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA. AND IT IS UNCLEAR WHO CARRIED OUT THE AIRSTRIKES. WE’VE SPOKEN TO MULTIPLE PENTAGON OFFICIALS WHO WILL NOT DISCLOSE WHO WAS BEHIND

THESE AIRSTRIKES. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THERE WERE AIR STRIKES THAT WERE CARRIED OUT IN THESE LOCATIONS AS YOU SAID, THAT TARGETED SIMILAR AREAS, SIMILAR TOWNS, SIMILAR AREAS AFFILIATED WITH THOSE MILITIA GROUPS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MORE THAN 160, NOW 65 ATTACKS AGAINST US BASES IN IRAQ

AND SYRIA. LOUIS MARTINEZ AT THE PENTAGON. >> LOUIS, THANKS AND STAY WITH US HERE. I WANT TO BRING IN OUR CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT, MARTHA RADDATZ, REPORTING FROM JORDAN, AS SHE HAS BEEN FOR SEVERAL NIGHTS HERE. AND MARTHA, WHAT MORE ARE YOU LEARNING AT THIS HOUR ABOUT THIS BROADER US LED AIRSTRIKE?

HOW LONG THIS COULD LAST AND THE INTERNAL DEBATE THAT LED TO HOW TO GO FORWARD AND WHICH OPTION THE PRESIDENT CHOSE. >> THERE WAS A LOT OF INTERNAL DEBATE AND THE FEAR AND THE FEAR IS STILL THERE. DAVID. THEY WANT THIS TO BE VERY SIGNIFICANT. BUT THERE ARE SOME IN THE PENTAGON

WHO SAY THIS WILL PROBABLY DETER THESE LARGER GROUPS AND OTHERS WHO WORRY THAT IT WILL TRIGGER AN ESCALATION, BECAUSE THESE THESE STRIKES, ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, WILL BE DIFFERENT. IT WILL BE A MUCH MORE POWERFUL SHOW OF FORCE THAN WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST MONTHS. AND WEEKS. GOING AFTER THE HOUTHIS, GOING

AFTER THESE MILITANT GROUPS. THOSE WERE REALLY JUST STORAGE AREAS AND THINGS THAT DIDN’T SEEM TO MAKE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE. YOU AND I HAVE TALKED SO MANY TIMES OVER THE RECENT WEEKS THAT DETERRENCE SIMPLY HASN’T WORKED, BUT THIS TIME YOU HAD A LOSS OF LIFE. THEY HAD TO RESPOND IN A

DIFFERENT WAY, AND THEY HAVE SAID FOR MONTHS THAT IF AN AMERICAN WAS KILLED, THAT WAS A RED LINE. SO WHAT I BELIEVE YOU WILL SEE, ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS I HAVE SPOKEN TO, IS, IS MISSILES IN SYRIA, MISSILES INTO IRAQ AND POSSIBLY INTO YEMEN AS WELL, BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE

GROUPS HAVE BEEN ATTACKING U.S. FORCES. AS LOUIS SAID, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 165 ATTACKS ON U.S. FORCES. NOW, I WAS UP IN THE AREA IN JORDAN IN A VERY SIMILAR AREA TO WHERE TOWER 22 IS. THERE ARE VERY REMOTE LOCATIONS. LET’S JUST REMIND PEOPLE THAT THAT DRONE APPROACH,

THAT THE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND PEOPLE THERE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A US SURVEILLANCE DRONE. SO THAT DRONE KEPT ON GOING. THEY DO BELIEVE THAT DRONE WAS LAUNCHED FROM IRAQ. SO THAT IS ONE BIG REASON FOR STRIKES IN IRAQ. BUT SYRIA, THERE ARE IRANIAN OWNS ASSETS IN SYRIA. THERE ARE IRGC,

THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD IN SIDE SYRIA. THEY HAVE NOT AND WILL NOT, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, FROM U.S. OFFICIALS STRIKE IN IRAN ITSELF. ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE HEARD AGAIN AND AGAIN, U.S. OFFICIALS SAYING THESE ARE IRAN. BACKED GROUPS. IRAN IS RESPONSIBLE, BUT THAT WAS A RED LINE TO JOE BIDEN. HE DID NOT

WANT HE HAD MISGIVINGS ABOUT GOING, ACTUALLY, AFTER IRAN BECAUSE HE FEARED, AS MANY DO, THAT THE WAR WOULD ESCALATE. >> MARTHA RADDATZ, REPORTING ON THE PRESIDENT’S CONCERNS. THERE ABOUT ANY KIND OF DIRECT ACTION AGAINST IRAN, WHICH IS WHY WE’RE HEARING SO FAR THESE US LED STRIKES HAVE BEEN ON IRAQ AND IN

SYRIA AGAINST THESE IRANIAN BACKED MILITIAS THAT HAVE BEEN FIRING THESE DRONE SHOWS THROUGHOUT THE REGION IN RECENT WEEKS. AND, OF COURSE, THE PRESIDENT DECIDING TO ACT IN THIS WAY AFTER THE DEATHS OF THREE AMERICAN SOLDIERS. I WANT TO SHOW YOU IMAGES AT HOME BEFORE WE GO TO MARY BRUCE HERE,

A SHORT TIME AGO, THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY WELCOMING HOME THE REMAINS OF THOSE THREE SOLDIERS, THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER, A VERY SOLEMN CEREMONY. SERGEANT WILLIAM RIVERS, SERGEANT BRIANNA MOFFAT AND SERGEANT KENNEDY SANDERS. AND AS WE HAVE REPORTED HERE, SANDERS AND MOFFAT POSTHUMOUSLY PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. WE SAW THE

PRESIDENT, THE FIRST LADY THERE, THE DEFENSE SECRETARY THERE. AND I WANT TO BRING IN MARY BRUCE. MARY, AS YOU KNOW, WE SHOWED THAT PHONE CALL BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE PARENTS OF THESE FAMILIES AND THE SOLDIERS WHO DID NOT SURVIVE THIS. OF COURSE, TALKING ABOUT THE LOSS

OF HIS OWN SON, WHO SERVED THIS COUNTRY. AND AGAIN, THE PRESIDENT, THIS WHITE HOUSE, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDER CONFLICT HERE, BUT MAKING IT VERY CLEAR THAT HE WAS GOING TO SEEK JUSTICE FOR THESE FAMILIES AND, DAVID, THERE IS NO MORE POWERFUL REMINDER OF THE WEIGHT OF THESE

KINDS OF DECISIONS THAN WHAT WE SAW TODAY. >> THE PRESIDENT THERE WITNESSING THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER OF THE REMAINS OF THESE THREE U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN THIS HORRIFIC STRIKE IN AMMAN, JORDAN. AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A DECISION THAT WEIGHED HEAVILY ON THE PRESIDENT, THAT HE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED HIS OPTIONS, MEETING

TWICE WITH HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM THIS WEEK, HUDDLING IN THE SITUATION ROOM, GOING OVER AND PORING OVER ALL OF THE OPTIONS. THIS IS THE SCENARIO THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAD BEEN HOPING TO AVOID FOR MONTHS. AS WE HAVE SEEN U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS COME UNDER THESE RELENTLESS ATTACKS FROM THESE IRANIAN BACKED

MILITANTS. AND THE PRESIDENT HAS FACED A LOT OF PRESSURE TO STRIKE IRAN DIRECTLY, SOMETHING, AS MARTHA NOTED, WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT HAS DEEP MISGIVINGS ABOUT. BUT THEY MADE VERY CLEAR THAT THIS STRIKE WAS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT. AND SO THE RESPONSE IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT TO IT IS WHY WE HAVE

BEEN TOLD TO EXPECT MULTIPLE STRIKES, MULTIPLE TARGETS OVER SEVERAL DAYS TO PLAY OUT. THE PRESIDENT TRYING TO STRIKE THAT REALLY DIFFICULT BALANCE OF SENDING A STRONG MESSAGE, RESPONDING IN A WAY THAT WILL FINALLY, HE HOPES, STOP THESE ATTACKS WITHOUT WIDENING THIS WAR, WITHOUT STARTING ANOTHER CONFLICT. >> DAVID, MARY BRUCE, MARTHA

RADDATZ, LOUIS MARTINEZ AT THE PENTAGON, MY THANKS TO ALL THREE OF YOU AGAIN. US LED AIRSTRIKES NOW UNDERWAY. THE RETALIATE BUTTON FOR THOSE DEADLY DRONE ATTACKS THAT KILLED THREE AMERICAN SOLDIERS. SO FAR, THE US LED STRIKES TARGETING LOCATIONS IN BOTH IRAQ AND IN SYRIA. OUR COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE ON ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC

NEWS.COM, AND OF COURSE, I’LL BE BACK HERE WITH THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. I’M DAVID MUIR IN NEW YORK. I’LL SEE YOU THEN. >> THIS HAS BEEN A SPECIAL REPORT FROM ABC ABC NEWS. >> WELL, WELCOME TO THIS COVERAGE OF OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE RETALIATORY

STRIKES AS DAVID MUIR WAS JUST REPORTING THAT THE UNITED STATES IS BEGUN RETALIATORY STRIKES FOR THE STRIKE IN THE AMERICAN AIR BASE IN JORDAN, A SMALL OUTPOST THERE SHOULD SAY IN NORTHEASTERN JORDAN. EARLIER THIS WEEK, WHERE THREE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE KILLED, THAT IN THAT STRIKE. AND TODAY WE GET THE REPORTING

,OUR PENTAGON REPORTER, LUIS MARTINEZ, THAT THE RETALIATORY STRIKES OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEGUN IN SYRIA AND APPARENTLY IN IRAQ EXPECTED AS WELL. SO FOR MORE, LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG. SELINA, FIRST, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING THERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE THIS HAS BEEN OBVIOUSLY

A BUSY DAY EXECUTING THE PRESIDENT AT DOVER AIR BASE . THE DIGNIFIED RETURN OF THE FALLEN SOLDIERS. >> WHAT ARE YOU HEARING AT THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW? WELL, TERRY, AND THAT DIGNIFIED TRANSFER THAT THE PRESIDENT ATTENDED JUST UNDERSCORES HOW DIFFICULT THE WEIGHT OF THIS DECISION THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD TO MAKE.

HE KNEW THAT HE HAD TO RESPOND A DIFFERENT WAY ONCE WHEN AMERICAN TROOPS WERE KILLED AS A RESULT OF THESE IRANIAN BACKED MILITANTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 160 OF THESE KINDS OF ATTACKS, AND THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN LASER ON AVOIDING ESCALATION. BUT AS YOU SAY, NOW WE’RE

HEARING THESE STRIKES HAVE BEGUN HITTING IN IRAQ AND SYRIA. WE’RE LEARNING THESE ARE TARGETING PLACES. THESE ARE PLACES THAT ARE THAT HELPED EXECUTE THOSE ATTACKS THAT LED TO THE DEATHS OF THOSE THREE AMERICAN TROOPS. BUT THE PRESIDENT REALLY STRIKING A VERY DIFFICULT BALANCE OF SENDING MORE FORCEFUL MESSAGE THAN

BEFORE, WHILE ALSO NOT WANTING THIS TO SPIRAL AND BROUGHT AN END TO A WIDER WAR TERRY. ALL RIGHT, SELINA WANG, THANKS FOR NOT OUR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. MARY, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY PROBLEM FOR THE PRESIDENT

WITH EVER SINCE THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS WAS LAUNCHED, UNITED STATES HAS BEEN UNDER ATTACK BY VARIOUS IRAN BACKED MILITIAS IN THAT REGION. THE PRESIDENT TRYING TO RESPOND WITHOUT, WIDENING THE WAR. NOW AMERICAN BLOOD HAS BEEN SPILLED. WHAT YOU THINK THIS RESPONSE IS GOING TO DO AND WILL IT

ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH WHAT NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR? WILL IT DETER FURTHER ATTACKS? >> WELL, THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION RIGHT THERE CERTAINLY IS THE SCENARIO THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAD BEEN HOPING TO AVOID FOR WEEKS AND MONTHS, AS WE HAVE SEEN U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS COME UNDER RELENTLESS ATTACKS,

MORE THAN 160 ATTACKS BY THESE IRANIAN BACKED MILITANTS SINCE THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR BEGAN. AND THE CHALLENGE IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THE PRESIDENT IN A WAY THAT GETS THESE MILITANTS TO STOP ATTACKS WITHOUT BROADENING AND WIDENING THE CONFLICT? AND WE KNOW PRESIDENT HAS COME UNDER TREMENDOUS PRESSURE FROM

SOME WHO SAY HE NEEDS TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE SOURCE. HE SHOULDN’T BE STRIKING INSIDE OF IRAN. OUR SOURCES TELL US THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DEEP MISGIVINGS ABOUT THAT, FEARING FURTHER ESCALATION. SO THE HOPE AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY OFFICIALS HERE IS THAT THIS RESPONSE IS GOING TO BE FUNDAMENTALLY

DIFFERENT, IN PART BECAUSE, OF COURSE, NOW AMERICANS HAVE DIED AND THAT STRIKE IN AMMAN WAS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT AS WELL. AND THAT MEANS THE U.S. HAS TO RESPOND IN A LARGER, BIGGER, MORE ROBUST WAY. >> AS YOU NOTE, SO FAR, RETALIATORY EFFORTS FROM THE U.S. CLEARLY HAVEN’T DONE TRICK HAVEN’T DONE ENOUGH

TO GET THE MILITANTS TO STOP THEIR ATTACKS. SO THIS IS WHY YOU’RE SEEING WE ARE TOLD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE MULTI LEVEL STRIKES IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS OVER SEVERAL DAYS. IT’S GOING TO BE A MORE ROBUST RESPONSE. THE BIG X FACTOR, AS YOU NOTE, THOUGH, TWO AREAS.

>> WILL IT BE ENOUGH, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. MARY BRUCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, THANKS VERY MUCH. LET’S GO TO THE PENTAGON WHERE SENIOR REPORTER LUIS MARTINEZ HAS BEEN COVERING THIS. >> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US AT THIS EARLY HOUR ABOUT THE STRIKES, AS MARY JUST TOLD US? THIS IS A SERIES OF STRIKES

EXPECTED THAT REALLY MUST SEEM DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN DOING IN THE REGION FOR WEEKS NOW. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE BEGINNING NOW, THIS PARTICULAR DAY AND THESE STRIKES? TERRY, THESE ARE MULTIPLE STRIKES TAKING PLACE IN TWO COUNTRIES SIMULTANEOUSLY, BOTH IN IRAQ AND IN SYRIA.

GOING TO TARGET LOCATIONS AFFILIATED WITH THE RESISTANCE OF IRAQ, WHICH IS THE GROUP THAT THE UNITED STATES IS BLAMING FOR BEING BEHIND DRONE STRIKE THAT KILLED THOSE THREE ARMY RESERVIST AND INJURED 47 OTHERS. NOW, THE TARGETS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE STRIKING AFFILIATED WITH THOSE MILITIA GROUPS.

IN OTHER WORDS, AS WE’VE SEEN IN THE PAST, THEY MAY HAVE STRUCK AT A WAREHOUSE. THEY MAY HAVE STRUCK AT TRAINING SITES. WE COULD PROBABLY SEE MORE OF THE SAME, BUT ON A MUCH BIGGER SCALE, WHEREAS IN THE PREVIOUS AIRSTRIKES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA HAVE FOCUSED ON INDIVIDUAL TARGETS.

THESE WILL BE MULTIPLE TARGETS TAKING PLACE AT THE SAME TIME. WHAT WE’VE HEARD IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A MULTI-DAY EFFORT AND THAT POTENTIALLY BEYOND JUST IRAQ AND SYRIA, THAT WE MIGHT ALSO SEE AIRSTRIKES WITHIN YEMEN. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK YOU’RE TRYING TO THESE

CAVEATED STATES, THE POINT HERE IS THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS SIGNIFICANT FIREPOWER, THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS A SIGNIFICANT CONTROL OF ITS ASSETS AND THAT THEY WANT CONVEY THE MESSAGE TO THESE IRANIAN BACKED GROUPS. WE NEED REMEMBER, THESE ARE GROUPS THAT ARE FUNDED, TRAINED AND EQUIPPED BY IRAN

TO GET THE MESSAGE TO STOP WITH THESE ATTACKS. THAT’S WHY SAW THAT TOUGH RHETORIC AFTER THAT DEADLY ATTACKS INDICATING THAT THE UNITED WOULD BE SENDING A MESSAGE TO IRAN. AND I THINK THE MESSAGE HERE IS THAT THESE GROUPS ARE BEING AFFILIATED WITH IRAN. THESE ARE POTENTIALLY THERE COULD BE IRANIAN IRANIANS

MILITANTS AFFILIATED WITH THE IRGC, THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS, REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS, THAT CARRIES OUT THESE KIND OF MISSIONS OF WORKING WITH THESE MILITIA GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST. >> THAT’S WHAT WE MIGHT BE SEEING NOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, LUIS MARTINEZ. AT THE PENTAGON. THE STAKES ARE SO HIGH,

AS LOUIS DESCRIBES FOR THE UNITED FOR THE WHOLE REGION. SO LET’S GO NOW TO ABC FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MOORE. HE IS LIVE FROM AMMAN, JORDAN, CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THE ATTACK ON THE AMERICANS PLACE FAR TO THE NORTHEAST. AND MARCUS, GIVE US A OF THE REGION RIGHT NOW OF HOW

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TINDERBOX AT THE BEST OF TIMES. AND HERE YOU HAVE THIS MAJOR WAR GOING ON BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. THESE ATTACKS THIS CONSTANT DRUMBEAT OF ATTACKS BY IRAN BACKED MILITIAS AGAINST U.S. FORCES AND INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING. AND NOW WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE A MAJOR U.S. RESPONSE.

HOW ARE PEOPLE FEELING? ARE THEY CONCERNED THIS WAR WILL WIDEN? YEAH, TERRY, THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY CONCERNED BECAUSE THIS RETALIATION COMING AT A TIME OF HEIGHTENED TENSION AND FRANKLY, ANXIETY FOR THE PEOPLE HERE IN JORDAN, BUT ACROSS THE REGION. AND TONIGHT, AS WE GET WORD OF THE THE RETALIATION UNDERWAY

IN MULTIPLE AT THE SAME TIME AND THAT THIS WILL PERHAPS GO ON FOR FOR MANY DAYS, THE TENSION THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED WON’T BE GOING ANYWHERE ANYTIME SOON. AND CERTAINLY WHAT WE’VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE HERE IN THE REGION IS THAT THEY ARE VERY MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THIS RETALIATION, THIS

OPERATION WILL HAVE ON THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS CONFLICT TO CONTINUE TO ESCALATE AND TO SPREAD VICTORY, AS YOU JUST ELUCIDATED FOR US. JUST A SECOND AGO, I MEAN, IT HAS ALREADY ESCALATED AND SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE REGION HERE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE ACTIVITY THAT’S HAPPENING

IN THE RED SEA AND HERE THIS REGION AND IN SOUTHERN SOUTHERN LEBANON, AND OF COURSE, WE CAN’T GO WITHOUT MENTIONING WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GAZA A DAY IN AND DAY OUT. SO THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELY WITH A LOT OF CONCERN. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE’VE

IN IRAQ THAT MEMBERS OF A CERTAIN MILITIA GROUP THERE, THE POPULAR MOBILIZATION FORCE, THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY WOULD EVACUATE ALL OF THEIR HEADQUARTERS. AND WE’RE ASKING THEIR MEMBERS TO SUSPEND ALL OF THEIR ACTIVITIES AHEAD OF THE STRIKES HERE, CONCERNED ABOUT THE U.S. STRIKES THAT WERE TO COME.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE KATAIB HEZBOLLAH, WHICH IS ANOTHER GROUP THAT OPERATES OUT OF IRAQ. THEY HAVE ALSO SAID THEY WOULD SUSPEND THEIR OPERATIONS, BUT OTHER WOULD CONTINUE. SO YOU GET A SENSE OF HOW ALL OF THESE GROUPS, WHILE THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER, THEY DO HAVE STRATEGIES AT THIS POINT.

AND WE’LL JUST TO WATCH AND SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT AS THE U.S. WANTS TO SEND MESSAGE OF DETERRENCE. BUT AS OUR TEAM HAS REPORTED TONIGHT, IT HAS NOT SEEMED TO HAVE WORKED SO FAR. BUT NOW WITH TONIGHT STRIKES AND THOSE YET TO COME, PERHAPS IT COULD BE DIFFERENT IN THE

DAYS AHEAD. >> YEAH, THIS IS A REGION REALLY JUST ON THE KNIFE’S MARCUS MOORE. THANK YOU. LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER CIA OPERATIVE DARRELL BLOCKER. SO, DARYL, WE ARE HEARING NOW THAT B-1 BOMBERS WERE USED IN THESE STRIKES. >> WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?

AND THEN MORE BROADLY, AS WE WERE JUST TALKING WITH MARCUS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SUCH A KIND OF FIENDISHLY COMPLICATED AND DANGEROUS THAT ALL THE POWERS IN THE REGION ARE DOING. THEY WANT TO WANT TO HIT EACH OTHER. NOT TOO HARD. I MEAN, WHAT IS THIS MOMENT DUE TO THAT?

>> THE TERRIBLE WORLD OF ESPIONAGE IS ALWAYS BEHIND THE SCENES. >> THIS WHAT WE’RE SEEING NOW THAT’S NOW BUBBLING UP INTO THE PRESS IS WHAT WE’VE BEEN COLLECTING ON AS AN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. SO WE DIDN’T JUST START COLLECTING TEAM HEZBOLLAH WHEN THIS BROKE OUT. WE DIDN’T START COLLECTING

ON OR THE HAMAS OR HEZBOLLAH. THERE ARE. >> WE PRINCIPAL INTELLIGENCE DISCIPLINES ALL PROBABLY INVOLVED IN THIS. MOST HUMAN INTELLIGENCE SOURCES ON THE GROUND, COUPLED WITH SIGINT, SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE PEOPLE WHO ARE SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER ON PHONE MESSAGING BACK AND FORTH AND INTELLIGENCE OR TELEMETRY INTELLIGENCE, WHICH IS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT LOOKING AT HOW THE MISSILES WERE FIRED AND WHERE THEY WERE FIRED FROM. SO ALL OF UNDERPINNING IS ALMOST ALWAYS HAPPENING. WE JUST NEVER SEE IT ON THE SCALE IN WHICH WE’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. IT’D BE BOMBER IS VERY, VERY ACCURATE AND IT CARRIES HEAVY, HEAVY PAYLOAD.

>> SO I KNOW THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR ACCURACY, PINPOINT SURGICAL TYPE STRIKES AS OPPOSED CARPET BOMB. RIGHT. AND THAT’S ONE OF THE BIG WEAPONS, OBVIOUSLY, THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS AT ITS. DARYL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER HOMELAND OFFICIAL ELIZABETH NEUMANN JOINS US NOW.

AND ELIZABETH IS A REGION, OBVIOUSLY THAT HAS BEEN THE SOURCE, A LOT OF ATTACKS NOT JUST THERE BUT AROUND THE WORLD IN THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS DRAWING ON YOUR HOMELAND SECURITY EXPERIENCE. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, THAT THAT AS THIS WAR, WHICH IS SO SO AWFUL AND SO EMOTIONAL

FOR ALL SIDES, GENERATES, YOU KNOW, HEAT AND MORE ANGER AND MORE RAGE, YOU CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY HERE AT HOME? >> ABSOLUTELY, TERRY. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT WE’RE CONCERNED ABOUT. WE HAVE DOMESTICALLY JUST A VERY TENSE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT. WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF WANT

TO SAY WE’RE AT YEAR NINE OF EVER INCREASING DOMESTIC TERRORIST ATTACKS. AND IN TIME, YOU HAVE A DYNAMIC OCCUR OVERSEAS THAT MIGHT INSPIRE AN OR PROMPT AN INDIVIDUAL DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING DOMESTICALLY. >> SO WE HAVE A HOMEGROWN THREAT. BUT WHEN YOU’RE DEALING WITH IRAN. YOU’RE ALSO DEALING WITH IRANIAN PROXIES.

AND THE BALANCE THAT I THINK THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO MAKE HERE WAS TO APPROPRIATELY RESPOND TO THE DEVASTATION OF THE LOSS OF THREE U.S. SERVICEMEN MEMBERS, BUT NOT ESCALATE TOO FAR BECAUSE WE AWARE THAT IRAN HAS CAPABILITIES AND WE DON’T IRAN TO RESPOND AND ESCALATED AS WELL.

AND SOME OF THOSE ESCALATION CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE DEALT WITH. >> AND MOST RECENTLY WHEN WE SOLEIMANI IN JANUARY 2020, WE WERE VERY CONCERNED THAT WE HAD PROXIES THAT MIGHT INFLICT HARM HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. WE ALSO ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT CYBER ATTACKS. >> RIGHT. AND THAT IS THE CONTINUING

CONCERN HERE ON THE HOME FRONT, GIVEN WHAT’S HAPPENING, WHAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR DECADES THE MOST DANGEROUS REGION, THE WORLD. LET ME JUST WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION FROM CENTCOM, FROM THE U.S. COMMAND THERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, IN THE REGION, RELEASING A STATEMENT ON THESE RETALIATORY STRIKES TONIGHT.

THE U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND FORCES CONDUCTED AIRSTRIKES IN IRAQ, SYRIA, AGAINST IRAN’S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS. THE IRGC COULD FORCE THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN IRANIAN IN THE REGION AND AFFILIATED MILITIA GROUPS. U.S. MILITARY FORCES STRUCK MORE THAN 85 TARGETS TODAY, NUMEROUS AIRCRAFT TO INCLUDE LONG RANGE BOMBERS FLOWN FROM

THE UNITED STATES. THE AIR STRIKES EMPLOYED MORE THAN 125 PRECISION MUNITIONS FACILITIES STRUCK INCLUDED COMMAND AND CONTROL OPERATIONS CENTERS, INTELLIGENCE CENTERS, ROCKETS MISSILES, UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE STORAGES, LOGISTICS AND MUNITIONS SUPPLY FACILITIES OF THE MILITIA GROUPS AND THEIR IRANIAN SPONSORS WHO FACILITATED THE ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. FORCES IN REGION.

SO THAT IS CENTCOM DESCRIBING ROBUST HOW AGGRESSIVE THESE ATTACKS TODAY WERE. LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS JAY O’BRIEN LIVE FROM CAPITOL HILL. JAY THE PRESIDENT UNDER TREMENDOUS PRESSURE NOT JUST FROM REPUBLICANS, FROM OTHERS AS WELL, TO DO MORE TO STOP THE ATTACKS ON THE AMERICANS. AND THIS STATEMENT FROM

CENTCOM, CLEARLY AN EFFORT TO COMMUNICATE THAT THIS IS DIFFERENT. TODAY IS DIFFERENT. WELL, THE PRESSURE WE HAD SEEN, TERRY, PARTICULARLY, AS YOU NOTED, CAME FROM REPUBLICANS AFTER THOSE THREE AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS WERE KILLED IN JORDAN, WAS PUSHING PRESIDENT TO STRIKE NOT JUST IRANIAN PROXY GROUPS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA, BUT ON THE IRAN

ITSELF, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS AND SOMETHING THAT OUR MARTHA RADDATZ IS REPORTING. THE PRESIDENT WAS RELUCTANT TO DO, BECAUSE HOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD RATCHET UP TENSIONS BETWEEN U.S. AND IRAN. AND SO WHAT YOU’RE SEEING IN THAT STATEMENT THERE FROM CENTCOM IS THEY’RE SAYING THEY STRUCK IRGC TARGETS,

MEANING IRANIAN BACKED MILITIA GROUPS AND THE UNIT IN IRAN THAT SPONSORS THOSE GROUPS. BUT THEY STRUCK IRGC AGAIN, NOT IN IRAN, BUT IN IRAQ. AND. THAT IS NOT LIKELY TO BE. THAT’S COLD COMFORT TO THE REPUBLICAN HARD LINERS WHO HAVE BEEN PUSHING THE PRESIDENT TO STRIKE INSIDE IRAN. I’LL READ, FOR INSTANCE,

LINDSEY GRAHAM, WHO EARLIER THIS WEEK SAID HE WAS, QUOTE, CALLING ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO STRIKE OF SIGNIFICANT INSIDE IRAN AS NEWS OF THESE STRIKES WAS TODAY. LINDSEY GRAHAM SAID ON FOX THAT HE WAS, QUOTE, UNIMPRESSED WITH THE STRIKES HE’S SEEN SO FAR. BUT THAT IS, OF COURSE, NOT EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN AND

CERTAINLY NOT EVERY SINGLE LAWMAKER ON CAPITOL HILL AS NEWS OF THESE STRIKES STARTED TO BREAK. MITCH, FOR INSTANCE, AUTHORING A STATEMENT WHICH HE DOESN’T TALK ABOUT, THIS MILITARY OPERATION, BUT HE SAYS IT’S, QUOTE, TIME FOR THE PRESIDENT TO MEET THREATS. AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS WITH, QUOTE, OVERWHELMING FORCE AND REESTABLISH CREDIBLE

DETERRENCE AGAINST IRAN AND AGAINST ITS PROXIES. AS YOU’RE LOOKING AT THAT MATTER, YOU CAN SEE WHY YOU HAVE HEARD FROM SOME REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS FOR THE PRESIDENT TO BE MORE FORCEFUL ON, BECAUSE ALL OF THESE THIS CONSTELLATION OF IRANIAN MILITANTS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA AND YEMEN GET SO MUCH FROM IRAN IN TERMS

OF MUNITIONS, IN TERMS OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE. AS FOR THE HOUTHIS, A DECLASSIFIED U.S. INTELLIGENCE SAYS THAT IRAN IS GIVING THE HOUTHIS INTELLIGENCE ON WHICH SHIPS EVEN IN THE RED SEA TO TARGET. SO THAT IS WHY YOU’RE SEEING REPUBLICANS TAKE THIS WHERE THEY WANT THE PRESIDENT TO BE MORE FORCEFUL WITH IRAN.

AND AS OUR MARY BRUCE EARLIER, IT’S THE PRESIDENT’S HOPE THAT THIS STRIKE, GIVEN HOW SUSTAINED IT IS ACROSS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PROXY GROUPS AND MULTIPLE COUNTRIES, WILL BE ENOUGH TO DETER THESE IRANIAN BACKED MILITANTS FROM ATTACKING U.S. TROOPS GOING FORWARD. RIGHT. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CONGRESS OBVIOUSLY HAS

INPUT, BUT THE BUCK STOPS WITH THE PRESIDENT. HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING AMERICAN TROOPS AND FOR KEEPING US OUT OF WAR. AND THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY DIFFICULT JOB. JAY O’BRIEN ON CAPITOL HILL. THANKS VERY MUCH. WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO JOINED US ON THIS COVERAGE OF THESE RETALIATORY ATTACKS

BY THE UNITED STATES. TONIGHT IN SYRIA AND IRAQ. VERY EXTENSIVE. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. MORE NEWS COMING UP 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 LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE, A HORRIFIC

MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE IN UKRAINE. UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN. 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, FROM FBI REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. THE STORY IS WHEREVER THE STORY

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WHAT? OVERNIGHT, A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS. FAST STRAIGHT FORWARD SOME TIME IN BETWEEN. THAT IS BILLIONAIRES. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC. >> WHY? WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE NEWSROOM AND 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 ARE MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE ABC MAKING YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST, START.

WELCOME BACK. IT IS DAY FRIDAY AND OUR NEXT GUEST IS WRITER AND EDUCATOR WHO CELEBRATES BLACK AMERICANS AND THEIR STORIES THROUGH HER WRITING AND RESEARCH. AND WE JUST DISCOVERED THAT HER AND DEMARCO SHE’S AT JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY. ME I LOVE THAT. I LOVE SEE IT. IN HER NEW BOOK, CROWNED

WITH GLORY, SHE IS EXPLORING THE HISTORICAL OF BLACK CHRISTIANS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR ROLE AT THE AMERICAN CHURCH. HERE TO KICK OFF BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS JASMINE L HOLMES IS GOOD TO SEE YOU. LET’S MAKE SOME NOISE FOR JASMINE. EVERYBODY, I HI, FRIEND. >> WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE ISSUE

OFF THE TOP, LUXURY. >> SO HOW DID THIS BOOK COME ABOUT? JUST IN GENERAL MY PASSION FOR DISCOVERING STORIES OF CHRISTIANS WHO STOOD AGAINST SLAVERY. I THINK THERE’S SUCH A NARRATIVE THAT WE TELL OURSELVES THAT EVERY WAS COMPLICIT IN THE ENSLAVEMENT OF AFRICANS IN. AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY

BIG MOVEMENT OF CHRISTIANS WHO WERE RALLYING SLAVERY AND SPEAKING AGAINST SLAVERY. AND A LOT OF THEM WERE BLACK CHRISTIANS, WHICH WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME PERSONALLY TO HIGHLIGHT. SO WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING THROUGH HISTORY, WERE THERE ANY PARTICULAR CHARACTERS THAT REALLY DREW YOU IN? FOR SURE? CHARLOTTE, 14 AND THE ENTIRE

FORT AND FAMILY KIND OF DREW ME . I LOVE HER BECAUSE SHE HAD A JOURNAL THAT SHE KEPT FOR A NUMBER OF, AND WHEN SHE WAS 15, SHE STARTS JUST THIS REALLY PASSIONATE ABOLITIONIST CONVERSATION THAT CONTINUES THROUGHOUT HER LIFE. I THINK SOMETIMES WE PASSION KIND OF EBB AND FLOW AND HERS

JUST GREW STRONGER AND STRONGER THROUGHOUT HER LIFE. AND SHE’S SUCH A HUGE EXAMPLE TO ME. HOW DID YOU DISCOVER HER? OH GOODNESS, I DON’T EVEN REMEMBER. I THINK PROBABLY THROUGH JUST THE FORT LEE FAMILY IN GENERAL. THEY WERE A ABOLITIONIST FAMILY OUT OF PHILADELPHIA. SO JUST ALL OF THESE POWERFUL

WOMEN TEACHERS AND POETS AND WRITERS AND ONE OF THEM HAD A STATION ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, AND CHARLOTTE KIND OF INHERITED THIS GIGANTIC LEGACY. I REALLY LOVE LEARNING ABOUT. ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PARTS ABOUT THIS SEGMENT IS GETTING WISDOM FROM OUR GUESTS. SO ANY WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, KINDNESS AS WE GO INTO

THE WEEKEND HAVE TO CONTINUE LOOKING FOR THE GOODNESS GOD IN HISTORY, IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND HISTORY ALL OVER THE WORLD, IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY. I THINK SO OFTEN WE SEE THE BAD PARTS, WE SEE THE HYPOCRISY, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE CALLED OUT, BUT ALSO FOR THAT FAITHFULNESS. SO POWERFUL.

AND THANK SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US. AND YOU CAN PICK UP A COPY OF CROWN GLORY EVERYWHERE THAT BOOKS ARE SOLD WELL UP, NEXT WITH ORION AND THE DARK, THE NEW ANIMATED FEATURE FROM DREAMWORKSE MUSIC RIGHT THERE ABOUT FAITH AND OVERCOMING YOUR FEARS SORRY. COLIN HANKS JOINS US WITH

MORE WHEN WE THAT JACKIE O OH OH FIRST THING IN THE MORNING THERE’S A LOT GOING ON YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING THAT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IS IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE. >> WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE

ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN. HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES GOING TO MEET THE MOVE? STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. WHY THE IDEAL MALE PHYSIQUE IS TALL, DARK AND HE HAS MONEY

CAN BUY YOU A LOT OF THINGS, BUT HE CAN’T MAKE YOU TALLER RIGHT? I MEAN, BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE NEWEST COSMETIC SURGERY, THE AS A MAN IS LIKE AND I WISH I WAS TALLER. WE’VE SEEN MEN TALLER AS THE ALBUM I WENT FOR FIVE NINE RIGHT NOW WITH SHOES ON SIX ONE.

EVERYBODY’S FREAKED OUT BY IT ON THE BASIS WHAT IS CALLED LEG LENGTHENING. YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE SO GO FOR IT. >> THE BUSINESS OF GETTING TALL NOW STREAMING ON HULU BEING THE LIKE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONLINE ROCK ON THE PLANET. NOW I’M STARTING TO GET VERY EXCITED.

IF WE MANAGE TO CLIMB IN RECORD, LIKE IT’LL BE THE VERSUS THAT WE’VE EVER DONE. ULTIMATELY, WHAT’S AT STAKE WITH CLIMBING THIS IS NOT I SIGNED UP FOR IS ALWAYS YOUR LIFE HERE AT HARVARD ELEMENTARY. WE LOVE SOME “GMA” IN OUR MORNING YES NEXT WEEK AVID ELLA IS FINALLY BACK BUT FIRST

QUINTA BRUNSON AND SHERYL LEE RALPH ARE COMING TO GOOD MORNING AMERICA. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? ABC NEWS THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. START HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY

THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. YOU GET YOUR DAILY FIRST. LISTEN. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS . ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. READY? LET’S DO IT. YES, IT’S SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO NOW? LET’S GO. HOW ARE YOU? ALL RIGHT.

SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING? SATURDAYS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WHAT WOULD DO? >> I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT YOU DO, MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON. >> ABC NEWS MY FAVORITE. NOW. >> WOW. YOU’VE DONE YOUR RESEARCH. I WROTE A POEM ABOUT IT.

>> HYPATIA, THE POET. I LOVE THAT ONE POEM, DAD. I THINK COUNTS. IT’S NOT VERY GOOD. SURE IT IS. I HEAR IT. NO. ALL I’M SAYING IS THAT DURING DARK IS NATURAL. IT’S HARDWIRED IN US. SO THERE’S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. >> WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE.

THAT WAS A SNEAK PEEK OF THE NEW ANIMATED FEATURE FILM ORION. AND IN THE DARK, THE FILM EXPLORES HOW WE CAN CONFRONT AND POSSIBLY OVERCOME OUR FEARS. OUR NEXT GUEST IS STARRING IN THE FILM AND HE’S HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT IT. PLEASE HELP US. WELCOME TO THE STUDIO,

COLIN HANKS, YOUR CHARACTER KIND OF LOOKS LIKE YOU. LITTLE BIT. LITTLE BIT DEFINITELY SOUNDS LIKE ME, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT. >> THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. >> TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS STORY. I MEAN, THIS IS SORT OF IT’S SUCH A DELIGHT. IT’S BASICALLY A STORY ABOUT A

YOUNG KID WHO NEEDS TO OVERCOME HIS FEAR OF THE DARK AS WELL AS NUMEROUS OTHER FEARS. AND IT BEING AN ANIMATED MOVIE, DARK COMES AND VISITS HIM AND TAKES HIM AROUND THE WORLD TO SHOW HIM. >> THE BEAUTY OF OF THE DARK. IT’S A REALLY SWEET FILM

THAT DOESN’T HAVE A BAD GUY AND IT’S VERY ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE. IT’S SIMPLY ABOUT OVERCOMING YOUR FEARS, WHICH I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU. WE ALL GOT THEM. YES, WE ALL. AND YOU SET IT. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE IMPORTANT TAKEAWAYS THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WALK AWAY WITH,

ESPECIALLY WITH FAMILIES? YEAH, WELL, KNOW, I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, IT JUST SHOWS, HEY, WE’RE ALL HUMAN. EVERYONE’S GOT ISSUES, EVERYONE STRUGGLES WITH. AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THE FEARS ARE A LOT WORSE IN OUR MIND THAN THEY ARE IN REALITY. AND SO THAT’S KIND OF THE THE,

THE THE MESSAGE OF THE FILM. BUT IT’S ALSO, YOU KNOW, FUNNY AND BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT. >> AND IT WAS THAT THE ORIGINAL WHEN YOU GUYS WERE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER? >> WELL, I WOULD SO YEAH I MEAN, I JUST SAW THAT IT WAS WRITTEN BY CHARLIE KAUFMAN, SUCH A TALENTED WRITER.

AND I SAID, HE’S DOING A KID’S MOVIE. I WANT TO I IN. YEAH. AND THEN AS I READ IT, I JUST WENT, WOW, THIS IS REALLY SOME NOT ONLY, LIKE, PROFOUND STUFF THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT AGAIN THERE’S NO BAD GUY PUSHING A PLOT. IT’S SIMPLY THIS RELATABLE SUBJECT.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS A HARD TIME OVERCOMING YOUR FEARS. >> IT’S NOT IMPOSSIBLE. SO YOU MENTIONED THE THEMES AND SO MANY OF THESE KIDS MOVIES ARE REALLY THEY’RE PUTTING OLD. DO DO YOU HAVE ANY FEARS? OH, NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. I DO. I DO. I HAVE. YEAH.

MASSIVE FEAR OF SPIDERS. ARACHNOPHOBIA, I BELIEVE, IS THE CORRECT FOR YOU PEOPLE OF SCIENCE OUT THERE. BUT YES, SPIDERS I HAD A VERY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE GETTING SCARED BY SPIDERS AS A KID, AND IT’S NEVER NEVER LIKE LITTLE SPIDERS. >> BIG SPIDERS, PARTICULARLY ANY SPIDER IS REALLY GOOD AT KILLING THEM, THOUGH.

>> DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS MOVIE LEFT YOU WITH ANY KIND OF DID THAT MOVE THE NEEDLE? HAVE NO DESIRE TO GET OVER MY FEAR OF SPIDERS. >> I MORE THAN HAPPY TO MAINTAIN THAT TO THE END OF MY DAYS. >> I DON’T WANT TO TOUCH THEM.

I DON’T WANT TO SEE I USED TO BE ME TO SPEND SAID WELL, I WAS HYPNOTIZED OUT OF THAT WHICH DID HELP. BUT I SAID THE SAME THING THAT YOU GUYS SAID. I SAID I’M REALLY FINE BEING TERRIFIED OF SNAKES. I DON’T FEEL THE NEED TO GET OVER IT.

YEAH, I’M NEVER GOING TO HAVE A PET SPIDER, SO. YEAH. NO, NO, HE’S LIKE, I’M GOOD. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. ALL RIGHT AND FOLKS, ORION IN THE DARK IS AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX. GO IT OUT. AND THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED

TO KNOW ON THIS FRIDAY PROGRAM. I’M DEMARCO MORGAN, AND I’M DR. JEN ASHTON. AND ALL OF US HERE AT ABC MEANS HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND WE WILL SEE YOU RIGHT. EARLY DAN OW, OW, OW, OW, OW, OW, OW, OW, OW! A FAN OF SAUDI ARABIA AT HOME.

AND SOME GAMERS IN MEXICO HAVE POPPED UP IN THE ACT AS THE LADY HIT ME LAST NIGHT. IT’S JUST PRESSURE, SWISH. >> JUST LIKE, HOW NICE. WHY SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE. >> FROM ABC NEWS, THIS IS 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 PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS AND 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. >> GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE. TONIGHT, HONORING THE SOLDIERS KILLED IN JORDAN AS THEIR BODIES ARE RETURNED HOME. TRACKING HEAVY RAIN, WIND AND SNOW AND A NEW STORM THE WAY. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST

WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION . >> “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR. POLITICS. THEY’RE EXPECTING US TO USE OUR SECRET WELL, WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY INSIDE THE TENT IS A SLICE OF HUMAN BRAIN. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS

THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE. >> WOW. RIGHT NOW THERE’S JUST SO MUCH HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD, SO MUCH AT STAKE AT THE START OF EVERY MORNING. MAKING SENSE OF IT ALL.

THAT’S NOT ALWAYS SO EASY. AND THAT’S WHERE WE COME IN. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. WE WANT YOU TO KNOW EVERY MORNING RIGHT HERE. >> AND WE GOT YOU FROM NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE COMES THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO. FASTER, SMARTER AND WE CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR

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>> YOU ARE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. I’M ELIZABETH SCHULZE IN WASHINGTON. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. THE U.S. NOW RESPONDING TO THE DEADLY DRONE ATTACK. AMERICAN FORCES IN JORDAN. U.S. MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY THAT RETALIATED TO AIRSTRIKES HAVE NOW BEGUN IN SYRIA AND IRAQ. US CENTRAL COMMAND REPORTING

AMERICAN FORCES HAVE STRUCK 85 TARGETS USING LONG RANGE BOMBERS AND 152 PRECISION MUNITIONS. THE AIRSTRIKES COMING AFTER THREE ARMY RESERVISTS WERE KILLED SUNDAY IN A DRONE ATTACK IN JORDAN. EARLIER TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE FIRST LADY ATTENDING THE SOLEMN, DIGNIFIED TRANSFER OF THOSE SERVICE MEMBERS. THEY ARE SERGEANT KENNEDY, LANDON SANDERS, SERGEANT

BRIANNA, ALEXANDRIA MOFFITT AND SERGEANT WILLIAM JEROME RIVERS. LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MARCUS MOORE, WHO IS LIVE, AMMAN, JORDAN. ABC NEWS SENIOR PENTAGON REPORTER LILY MARTINEZ. ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG AND ABC NEWS NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE ANALYST MICK MULROY.

>> WELL, WE ARE GO TO YOU FIRST. WHAT DO WE KNOW THIS HOUR ABOUT THIS U.S. RETALIATORY AIRSTRIKES? ELIZABETH, WE KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN AIRSTRIKES ON EIGHT TARGETS IN BOTH IRAQ AND SYRIA, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN 85 TARGETS THAT HAVE BEEN HIT AT THOSE. BOTH OF THOSE COUNTRIES AND 125

MUNITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DROPPED ON THOSE LOCATIONS. WE ARE TOLD THAT B-1 LONG RANGE BOMBERS THAT FROM THE UNITED STATES WERE THE ONE WITH THE AIRCRAFT THAT CARRIED OUT THESE MISSIONS INSIDE OF BOTH IRAQ AND SYRIA, TARGETING TARGETING A CITY AREAS THAT ARE AFFILIATED WITH THE IRGC, THAT IS IRAN’S ISLAMIC GUARD

CORPS, THAT WORKS WITH THESE MILITIAS, AND PROVIDING THEM WITH IRANIAN MADE WEAPONS, WITH TRAINING AND SUPPORT. AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, THAT THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT LEVEL AIRSTRIKE INVOLVING THIS VERY COMPLICATED EFFORT, BECAUSE FLYING FROM THE UNITED STATES ALL THE WAY TO THE MIDDLE EAST REQUIRES

A LOT OF COORDINATION, A LOT OF REFUELING, AND REQUIRES A LOT OF COORDINATION TARGETING, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW NOW. THERE WERE SOME EARLIER INDICATIONS THAT REPORTS OF AIRSTRIKES THAT TOOK PLACE IN, SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS THAT ARE AFFILIATED WITH THESE MILITIA GROUPS. BUT WHEN WE SPOKEN WITH MULTIPLE PENTAGON

OFFICIALS, ARE UNABLE TO TELL US EXACTLY WHO CARRIED OUT THOSE AIRSTRIKES. WE MENTIONED THAT THOSE LONG RANGE B-1 BOMBERS WERE USED IN THESE AIRSTRIKES. WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU ABOUT THE INTENSITY OF THIS AIRSTRIKES? IS THIS AN ESCALATION? HOW CLEAR OF AN ESCALATION IS THIS?

>> ELIZABETH, I THINK THIS WAS HEADED NOT TO BE AN ESCALATION IS WHY I BELIEVE THERE WAS A DELAY SO THAT IRANIAN FORCES COULD LEAVE A LOT OF THESE SITES AND THERE WOULD NOT BE A LOT OF IRANIAN DEATHS. >> THAT SAID THAT THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THIS REALLY

INDICATES TRYING TO DEPLETE OR IF NOT ELIMINATE THE CAPACITY OF THESE PROXY FORCES TO ATTACK U.S. BASES. SO THIS WAS SIGNIFICANT. IT LIKELY HIT MOST THE SUPPLY LINE. A LOT OF THE STORAGE FACILITIES AND MANY OF THE LAUNCH SITES. SO I THINK THEY’RE REALLY TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THESE WEAPONS SYSTEMS, THESE ADVANCED

WEAPONS SYSTEMS. >> SO THEY CAN’T BE USED. BUT THEY TRIED TO REDUCE I, WOULD SAY, THE CHANCES OF CASUALTIES TO THE IRANIANS. SO I THINK THIS IS MEASURED IN THAT SENSE, BUT CERTAINLY SIGNIFICANT IN THE SENSE THAT IT’S TRYING TO TAKE THE CAPABILITY TO STRIKE AMERICAN FORCES AND MAKE

THE U.S. THE CENTCOM STATEMENT SAYS THE U.S. HAS HIT THAN 85 TARGETS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA. >> US A SENSE OF THE SCALE OF THAT RESPONSE. AND JUST FROM THIS FROM THESE AIRSTRIKES THAT WERE CARRIED OUT AND THAT NUMBER ALONE, THAT INDICATES TO ME THIS IS MEANT TO A MUCH

MORE SUBSTANTIAL RESPONSE TO THAN ANY OF THE RESPONSES THAT WE’VE HAD TO OVER 160 ATTACKS ON OUR FORCES. THEY REALLY MEANT THIS TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT THIS IS COMPLETELY OBVIOUSLY IT KILLED THREE OF OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS. AND IF THIS IS INTENDED, I THINK, TO TAKE OUT OF THE

MECHANICS, THE NETWORK, IF YOU WILL, OF THESE FLOW OF WEAPONS SYSTEMS FROM IRAN TO THESE PROXY FORCES. AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT IF IRAN REALLY INTENDS TO DE-ESCALATE, THEY SHOULD NOT PROVIDE THESE PROXY FORCES WITH ANY MORE OF THESE WEAPONS . IF THEY DO, THEN I BELIEVE

THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES. THEY CAN’T SAY THEY DIDN’T DIRECT THEM WHEN THEY GAVE THEM THE CAPACITY TO ACTUALLY ATTACK AND THEY CONTINUE TO DO SO. SO THIS LIKELY ELIMINATED MOST OF THOSE. AND NOW WE’LL HAVE TO SEE IF IRAN REPLACES THESE WEAPONS SYSTEMS THAT I BELIEVE OR TAKE

IT OUT IN THESE INITIAL STRIKES . WELL, I GUESS I’LL GO TO YOU ON THAT. HAS THERE BEEN ANY RESPONSE FROM IRANIAN BACKED MILITANTS WHO THESE AIRSTRIKES ARE MEANT TO DETER? >> YEAH, ELIZABETH, AT THIS POINT, NO RESPONSE YET THAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM ANY OF THE GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN OPERATING

IN THE REGION RIGHT NOW HERE IN AMMAN, JORDAN, AS YOU KNOW, THE TENSIONS HAVE BEEN VERY HIGH HERE AND ACROSS THE REGION . ANTICIPATION OF THE U.S. RETALIATION TONIGHT AND. AND A MIXED POINT ABOUT THE THE US’S EFFORT TO KEEP THIS FROM ESCALATING ANY FURTHER. AND PERHAPS THAT BEING

THE REASON WHY U.S. OFFICIALS WERE SO VOCAL ABOUT THE RESPONSE AND ALSO SEEMING TO GIVE A PRETTY GOOD HEADS TO THE MILITANT GROUPS THAT ARE OPERATING HERE TO THAT POINT, KATAEB HEZBOLLAH, ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT WAS SUSPECTED OF CARRYING OUT THE THE DRONE ATTACK ON THAT HERE IN JORDAN,

THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE SUSPENDING ALL OF THEIR MILITARY OPERATIONS AND MILITARY ATTACKS ON FORCES IN IRAQ, IN SYRIA, AS WELL AS THE OTHER GROUP THAT HAS BEEN OPERATING IN IRAQ. THE POPULAR MOBILIZATION MOBILIZATION FORCES. WE OBTAINED A LETTER JUST THAT WENT OUT TO THEIR MEMBERS AND LEADERSHIP SAYING THAT THEY

WERE GOING TO THEIR HEADQUARTERS THERE AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SUSPEND ALL THEIR ACTIVITIES. ALL OF THIS WAS IN ADVANCE OF OF RETALIATION THAT WE HAVE SEEN TONIGHT. AND THAT PERHAPS IS AN IS EVIDENCE OF THE U.S. TRYING TO CONTAIN THIS SITUATION. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, ELIZABETH, YOU DO HAVE ANOTHER

GROUP, A HARAKAT HEZBOLLAH AL JABBAR. THEY SAID THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT ATTACKS ON U.S. FORCES IN IRAQ AS LONG AS THOSE FORCES ARE PRESENT IN THE REGION AND ALSO AS LONG AS ISRAEL CONTINUES ITS MILITARY BOMBARDMENT IN GAZA. >> ELIZABETH? AND SO WE KNOW THAT THE WHITE

HOUSE HAS BEEN SO DELIBERATE, GIVING THE PRESIDENT HE MADE THIS DECISION MULTIPLE DAYS AGO, TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS HIS CALCULUS TO CARRY OUT THESE RETALIATORY STRIKES. WHAT IS THE GOAL THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WANTS TO ACHIEVE HERE? >> WELL, THIS IS A DECISION THAT THE PRESIDENT DIDN’T TAKE LIGHTLY.

THIS IS A SITUATION HE’S BEEN TRYING TO AVOID WITH THE SMALLER SCALE RETALIATION. SO FAR, IT HASN’T STOPPED THE MORE THAN 160 ATTACKS ON U.S. FORCES IN, THE REGION. SO WE KNEW THAT THIS RESPONSE WAS GOING TO BE BIGGER, ESPECIALLY SINCE U.S. FORCES WERE KILLED HERE. THE PRESIDENT, HE HAD BEEN

REGULARLY MEETING WITH HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM, CONSULTING, DONE REALLY TRYING WEIGH THE OPTIONS HERE, BECAUSE HE WANTS TO SEND THAT FORCEFUL MESSAGE WHILE ALSO NOT ESCALATING THIS CONFLICT ANY FURTHER. WE ARE LEARNING THAT THESE STRIKES COULD ALSO HIT OTHER COUNTRIES, POSSIBLY YEMEN, INCLUDING IRAQ AND SYRIA, TAKING A COURSE OVER SEVERAL DAYS.

AND WE ARE HEARING THAT THERE ARE SOME OFFICIALS IN THE ADMINISTRATION AT THIS LARGER SCALE ATTACK COULD STILL LEAD TO THAT BROADER CONFLICT. EXACTLY WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO AVOID. AND THE OTHER COMPLICATING FACTOR HERE IS THAT ALL OF THIS, THERE ARE STILL THESE ONGOING HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS TO RELEASE THOSE HOSTAGES

IN GAZA. THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT THE U.S. RESPONSE COULD DERAIL THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. >> A LOT OF A VERY DELICATE BALANCE FOR THE PRESIDENT TO STRIKE. LOUIS. WE KNOW THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS MADE CLEAR THAT IT DOES NOT WANT THIS TO. DO YOU SEE THIS THESE WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR ABOUT THESE

AIRSTRIKES ACHIEVING THAT GOAL, BUT ALSO JUST TALK ABOUT WHO. WHO THIS IS AIMED AT. YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THESE IRANIAN BACKED MILITANT GROUPS? WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE AND WHO ARE THEY TRYING TO SEND THIS MESSAGE TO, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THESE AIRSTRIKES ARE IN IRAQ AND SYRIA, WE KNOW

THAT THEY ARE NOT DIRECTLY IN IRAN. >> ELIZABETH, THESE ARE SHIITE GROUPS AFFILIATED WITH WHICH IS A SHIITE DOMINATED COUNTRY. THESE SHIITE GROUPS CONTROL THE POWER FULCRUM, IF YOU WILL, INSIDE OF IRAQ. AND THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ESSENTIALLY CREATED OWN INDEPENDENT SYSTEM, A SEPARATE MILITARY, SEPARATE MILITIAS

THAT WORK WITH THE SHIITE DOMINATED GOVERNMENT. THAT GOVERNMENT HAS EXTENDED LIMITATIONS FOR THE LAST DECADE FOR U.S. TROOPS TO REMAIN INSIDE OF IRAQ. YOU CAN’T REALLY PREVENT THE RETURN OF ISIS ISLAMIC STATE. WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN IS THAT THESE MILITIA GROUPS ARE COMPLETELY OPPOSED TO A U.S. PRESEE ON THEIR SOIL

AND SO FOR THE LAST DECADE OR SO, THEY HAVE ALSO ENGAGED IN SOME ATTACKS, U.S. FORCES, BECAUSE THE REASON THE ATTENTION OF THESE COUNTRIES, THE BREAKING OF THE UNITED STATES, IS ATTENTION TO THESE ATTACKS. IN THEIR MIND MEANS THAT THEY WILL DEPART. SO THAT IS IRAN’S HERE THEY ARE.

AND THEY ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE U.S. PRESENCE IN IRAQ. AND EASTERN SYRIA. AND SO THEY WANT THESE MILITIA GROUPS WHO ESSENTIALLY CARRY ATTACKS THAT WILL LEAD THE UNITED STATES TO EVENTUALLY LEAVE. THAT IS NOT THE CASE AS FAR AS U.S. OFFICIALS BELIEVE, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT THEIR

IS VERY IMPORTANT IN BOTH COUNTRIES. SO YOU’RE SEEING THESE GROUPS THAT HAVE THIS BACKING. THEY ARE GIVING THIS TRAINING, BUT THEY ARE ALSO GIVEN AUTONOMY TO CARRY OUT ATTACKS. SO IT SEEMS LIKE IRAN DOES NOT DIRECT IN PARTICULAR, IT GIVES THESE GROUPS THE TRAINING AND THEN THE THESE GROUPS CARRY

IT OUT AGAINST U.S. FORCES IN IRAQ AND IN SYRIA. SO THAT’S SITUATION AS TO WHY IRAN BACKED THESE GROUPS AND WHY THESE GROUPS SO PLAYED SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE INTERNAL POLITICS OF IRAN AND IN EASTERN SYRIA. >> AND WE ARE JUST GETTING NOW STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THESE U.S. MILITARY

OPERATION, AS HE MAKES CLEAR IN THIS STATEMENT TO SAY OUR RESPONSE BEGAN. IT WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES IN PLACES OF OUR CHOOSING. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW THIS THESE AIRSTRIKES COULD CONTINUE IN THE DAYS, WEEKS AHEAD? WE EXPECT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE COURSE OF SEVERAL DAYS.

AND I THINK THE PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, SAYING, LOOK, WE’RE SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE WHAT’S BEEN DONE BY, THESE IRANIAN BACKED MILITANT GROUPS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. BUT WE WILL RESPOND, BUT WE DON’T SEEK WAR. I JUST WANT TO READ A LITTLE BIT MORE OF IT. HE SAID, QUOTE, THE UNITED

STATES DOES NOT SEE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. BUT LET ALL THOSE WHO MIGHT SEEK TO DO US HARM KNOW THIS. IF YOU HARM AN AMERICAN, WE WILL RESPOND. AND THAT IS THE LINE THAT WAS CROSSED IN THAT ATTACK OF THE MORE THAN 160 ATTACKS FROM

THESE IRANIAN BACKED GROUP. IS THAT AMERICAN TROOPS WERE KILLED. NOW, ANOTHER INTERESTING CRITICAL PART OF THIS IS THAT THE PRESIDENT, HE HAD BEEN FACING PRESSURE, ESPECIALLY AMONG REPUBLICAN AIDES, TO STRIKE BACK DIRECTLY AT THE SOURCE, TO STRIKE DIRECTLY AT IRAN. BUT WE KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT, HE HAS DEEP MISGIVINGS

ABOUT THAT. IT’S SOMETHING WE’RE EXPECTING AS THIS PRESIDENT. AGAIN, HE’S LASER FOCUSED ON CONTAINMENT OF THIS CRISIS, ON NOT ESCALATING THIS. WELL, I MEAN, BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT CONTAINMENT, THE WHITE HOUSE HAS TRIED TO DRAW THIS DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE ATTACKS IN THE RED SEA AND THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR.

HOW DO YOU SEE THESE U.S. AIRSTRIKES AFFECTING, THE ONGOING WAR IN GAZA? >> ELIZABETH, I THINK THESE WERE MEASURED TO TRY TO AVOID ESCALATION. THAT’S OBVIOUSLY WHAT THE UNITED STATES IS TRYING TO DO BY CAUSING DETERRENCE, BY KEEPING HEZBOLLAH FROM ACTUALLY LAUNCHING GROUND INVASION, CREATING A NORTHERN

FRONT, IF YOU WILL, IN ISRAEL, AND ALSO THE HOUTHIS, OF COURSE, ARE A WILDCARD, IF YOU WILL. THEY WILL LIKELY TRY TO RESPOND TO THIS. HOPEFULLY, THE UNITED STATES IS DOWN THERE AND READY TO REACT ALONG WITH OUR ALLIES TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING. BUT I THINK THIS WAS INITIALLY

INTENDED TO DEPLETE THE CAPABILITY OF THESE GROUPS FROM ATTACKING THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT ESCALATING BY NOT ATTACKING IN IRAN, BY NOT CAUSING TOO MANY IRANIAN CASUALTIES IN SYRIA AND IRAQ. BUT OF COURSE, THAT IS ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE EQUATION HERE. >> AND HEZBOLLAH, HAMAS IN THE HOUSES ALL GET A BOAT TOGETHER.

THEY DO SEE AS AN ESCALATION AND TRY TO INCREASE THEIR ATTACKS IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT FRONTS. >> WELL, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE TIMING OF THIS? THE PRESIDENT HAD ALREADY INDICATED HE’D MADE THIS DECISION DAYS AGO. WE BEEN TOLD BY SOURCES AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE PENTAGON THAT THIS WAS.

>> WHY NOW? WHY TONIGHT? >> WELL, I THINK IT’S A COMBINATION OF TWO THINGS. I DO BELIEVE THEY TO ALLOW SOME OF THE IRANIANS TO LEAVE. I WOULD CHALLENGE THAT DECISION, BUT THAT WAS LIKELY OF THE DECISIONS TO AVOID ESCALATION. THE OTHER IS WHETHER I’M IN THE REGION, I’M IN TEL AVIV

RIGHT NOW, IT’S BEEN RAINING SINCE I GOT HERE, FIVE DAYS AGO. SO THERE’S A LOT OF CLOUD COVER, A OF RAIN. WE, OF COURSE, CAN FIGHT IN THE RAIN. BUT IF WE ARE REALLY TRYING PINPOINT THE STRIKES, AVOID CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. SOMETIMES WOULD LIKE THE WEATHER TO CLEAR WHICH IT

DID TODAY SO THAT YOU WOULD REALLY HAVE THAT FULL PICTURE OF WHAT YOU’RE DOING TO ENSURE THAT YOU’RE NOT HITTING CIVILIAN CIVILIAN CASUALTIES AND YOU’RE REALLY HITTING JUST THE PLACES THAT WE INTENDED TO HIT. >> SO IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. >> WELL, MARCUS, YOU’RE ALSO

ON THE GROUND THERE. CAN YOU GIVE US SENSE OF OF HOW THESE TENSIONS ARE PLAYING OUT? IS THERE A FEEL THAT THIS IS IS HEIGHTENING AND JUST GIVE US A FEEL FOR FOR THE MOOD ON THE GROUND. >> YEAH. I MEAN, ELIZABETH, I THINK THAT NATURALLY THERE IS CONCERN

HERE IN JORDAN AND ACROSS THE REGION AND BECAUSE WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE ALL OF THE SIDES INVOLVED. AND THERE’S A SENSE THAT ONE SIDE FEELS LIKE THEY HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE OTHER BECAUSE OF THEIR RETALIATE. AND YOU GET INTO A CYCLE. AND THOSE ARE THE INGREDIENTS

CREATE THIS ATMOSPHERE FOR ATMOSPHERE, FOR A MISCALCULATION AND THEN A MAJOR ESCALATION. >> AND THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT. JUST ON A HUMAN LEVEL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IRAQ, WE HEARD FROM LOCALS THERE WHO IN ADDITION, THE POTENTIAL FOR CIVILIAN CASUALTIES THAT YOU HEARD NICK TALKING ABOUT,

THEY’RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, BUT ALSO THE IMPACT THESE STRIKES WILL HAVE ON ON THE ECONOMY IN IRAQ AND ACROSS THE REGION. >> AND SO AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY AN INTERESTING AND ENLIGHTENING STATEMENT, BECAUSE IT DOES GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE FACT OF HOW THERE ARE INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO

ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS THIS SITUATION THAT HAS ONLY TO ESCALATE AND SPREAD DESPITE THE EFFORTS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND THE OTHER GOVERNMENTS AND GROUPS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS CONFLICT. >> WE ARE TOLD BY A U.S. OFFICIAL THAT 85 TARGETS WERE HIT IN IRAQ AND SYRIA AT EIGHT LOCATIONS.

LET ME WALK US THROUGH HOW BIG OF A SCALE WE EXPECT THIS TO BE. HOW WILL THIS TO PLAY OUT JUST GIVEN ALREADY THIS HIGH NUMBER OF TARGETS? >> WELL, ELIZABETH, SELINA MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE CARRIED OUT OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL DAYS.

THIS IS MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN THOSE LIMITED STRIKES THAT WE’VE SEEN ALREADY TO THE LESS THAN TEN STRIKES IN BOTH IRAQ AND SYRIA THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE MID-OCTOBER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT INDICATES TO US HOW SERIOUSLY UNITED STATES IS TAKING THIS IS THE FACT THAT THEY USED THIS PLATFORM

AS WE IN THE MILITARY SPEAK FOR AN AIRCRAFT, IN THIS CASE, A B-1 ORIGINALLY DESIGNED IN THE 1970S TO CARRY NUCLEAR BOMBS, AND THEN BECAUSE OF US ARMS LIMITATIONS, TREATIES OF THAT WAS DISABLED. AND SO IT IS AMERICA’S TEN YEAR LONG RANGE BOMBER. AND IT FLEW ALL THE WAY FROM

UNITED STATES TO THE MIDDLE EAST TO CARRY OUT THIS MISSION SHOWS HOW SIGNIFICANT THEY REALLY TAKE THIS A LOT STILL TO FOLLOW. >> LOUIS MARCUS, SELINA, NICK, THANK YOU ALL MUCH AND WE’LL TALK TO YOU AGAIN SOON. COMING UP, CLOSING ARGUMENTS, WRAP IN THE JENNIFER CRUMBLEY TRIAL. WE’LL BRING YOU THE LATEST

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TO GRANT THEM SEPARATE TRIALS. JAMES CRUMBLEY TRIAL IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH. BOTH PARENTS HAVE PLEADED NOT GUILTY. JOINING US NOW IS NEWS TREVOR LIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE IN PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, AND ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND MANAGING PARTNER WITH THE COCHRAN FIRM, CHANNA LLOYD. TREVOR, WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU

TODAY IN THE CROSS-EXAMINATION OF JENNIFER CRUMBLEY? >> WELL, HONESTLY, ELIZABETH, WHAT STOOD OUT WAS HOW FAST IT WENT. TRIAL HAD BASICALLY BEEN BUILDING UP FROM THE START TOWARD JENNIFER CRUMBLEY, TAKING THE STAND IN HER OWN DEFENSE. AND THE PROSECUTION WENT THROUGH RATHER QUICKLY AND THERE WAS NEVER REALLY

A BIG MOMENT OF CONFRONTATION WHERE THEY SAID, HOW COULD YOU MISS ALL THESE SIGNS AND THE WARNING SIGNS WERE RIGHT THERE. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? THEY KIND OF JUST WENT BEAT BY BEAT THROUGH THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAD PRESENTED OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEK AND A HALF

PRIOR OF THIS TRIAL AND MADE SURE THAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY DID NOT DISAGREE WITH IT. BASICALLY JUST MAKING HER ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THESE STEPS ALONG THE WAY, THAT DEFINITELY STOOD OUT TO ME AND IT TELLS ME IS THAT THE PROSECUTION FEELS VERY CONFIDENT THAT THAT TRAIL RED FLAGS THAT THEY HAD ALREADY

LAID OUT IS ENOUGH IN THEIR EYES TO GET A CONVICTION ON THESE UNPRECEDENTED CHARGES. OF COURSE, THEN THAT DID THE DOOR FOR HER OWN ATTORNEY TO MAKE THE CASE. IN CLOSING. AND BEYOND THAT, WITH HER FURTHER QUESTIONING OF JENNIFER CRUMBLEY, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HIGH BAR. AND THEY BELIEVE AND THEY

ASSERTED, ELIZABETH, THAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS NOT ON TRIAL FOR BEING A BAD MOTHER. AND IT’S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO A CONVICTION ON INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, TRYING TO FIND SYMPATHY THAT THAT’S NOT SOMETHING SHE SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH. SHAWNA, THERE WAS A DISPUTE OVER TEXT MESSAGES THAT WERE EXCHANGED BETWEEN

JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND HER ATTORNEY ABOUT TURNING HERSELF IN BEFORE POLICE RAIDED THAT ART STUDIO WHERE. SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAD ACTUALLY FLED AFTER THE SHOOTING. HOW DAMAGING WAS THAT FOR JENNIFER CRUMBLEY? >> THAT WAS VERY DAMAGING BECAUSE WHAT IT SHOWED IS THAT ALTHOUGH SHE TESTIFIED UNDER OATH THAT THEY WERE ASLEEP, SHE

HAD MADE THESE STATEMENTS. THOSE ASSERTIONS WEREN’T CORRECT, BECAUSE THE TIMESTAMPS ON THE TEXT MESSAGES THAT SHE WAS AWAKE, SHE WAS COMMUNICATING WITH THE ATTORNEY. SO BEING ABLE TO BRING THOSE IN SHOWED THAT SHE WAS AWARE THAT SHE WAS TELLING SAME STATEMENTS THAT WEREN’T TRUE AND THAT SHE WAS CONTINUING TO MAKE STATEMENTS

UNDER OATH THAT WEREN’T ACCURATE. AND SO FOR THE STATE THAT WAS A GREAT POINT TO SHOW THAT SHE IS NOT TRUTHFUL DESPITE THE CIRCUMSTANCES. >> TREVOR, WE ALSO HEARD JENNIFER DENYING HAVING REALLY ANY ROLE IN BUYING OR STORING THE GUN THAT HER SON USED. SHE TRIED TO SHIFT RESPONSIBILITY TO HER HUSBAND.

HOW DID THAT PLAY OUT DURING CROSS-EXAMINATION? >> YEAH, THAT’S ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF GETTING THOSE SEPARATE TRIALS, ELIZABETH. AND ACTUALLY, DURING THE BEGINNING OF JENNIFER CRUMBLEY TESTIMONY, SHE SHE HAS NOT SPOKEN TO HER HUSBAND IN TWO YEARS, ESSENTIALLY SINCE THEY WERE ARRESTED. BUT SHE DIDN’T MAKE IT CLEAR.

IF THAT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS THEIR CHOICE OR IT WAS BECAUSE THEY BOTH BEEN IN JAIL ENTIRE TIME. BUT WHAT IT DOES MEAN IS THAT HER DEFENSE CAN INTO THE FACT THAT AT LEAST THEY SAY IT WAS JAMES CRUMBLEY RESPONSIBILITY TO LOCK UP THAT WEAPON, THAT IT WAS HIM WHO ACTUALLY WENT AND,

PURCHASED THE GUN, AND THAT JENNIFER KIND OF TRIED TO WIPE HER HANDS OF THE FACT SHE DIDN’T KNOW A LOT ABOUT WEAPONS, EVEN THOUGH THE PROSECUTION DID ADMIT THE EVIDENCE SHE HAPPILY POSTED ON INSTAGRAM ABOUT HOW THAT GUN THEIR SON USED IN THE SHOOTING WAS A GIFT FOR THEM FOR CHRISTMAS.

HER IN THE CLOSING ARGUMENTS, HER DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAID, I’M NOT TRYING TO TELL YOU JAMES CRUMBLEY IS NOT GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. I WOULD IMAGINE WHEN WE GET TO HERTZ FOR HIS TRIAL, HIS ATTORNEY IS GOING TO DO THE SAME THING WHERE HE THEY LEAN HEAVILY ON THE SAYING, WELL, JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WAS

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WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU. MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON. >> ABC NEWS LIVE. MY FAVORITE SHOW. TENSIONS RUNNING HIGH HERE IN WASHINGTON AND ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST AS THE U.S. RETALIATES AGAINST IRANIAN BACKED MILITANTS. I’M ELIZABETH SCHULZE.

AND TODAY’S BIG STORIES, THE U.S. RESPONDING TO THAT DEADLY STRIKE ON AMERICAN FORCES. I’LL SPEAK ABOUT THE TARGETS SO FAR WITH A RETIRED FOUR STAR ARMY GENERAL WHO COMMANDED AMERICAN AND COALITION TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. AND IN OUR SPOTLIGHT, THE MOTHER OF THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTER IN MICHIGAN, JENNIFER CRUMBLEY

BACK ON THE STAND. CLOSING ARGUMENTS WRAPPING TODAY. OUR PANEL WEIGHS IN ON THIS UNPRECEDENTED LEGAL CASE. BUT WE BEGIN WITH OUR BIG STORY. THE RETALIATING AGAINST IRANIAN BACKED MILITANTS FOR THAT DEADLY DRONE ON AMERICAN FORCES. U.S. MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY THAT AIRSTRIKES HAVE NOW BEGUN IN SYRIA AND IRAQ.

U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND REPORTING . AMERICAN FORCES STRUCK 85 TARGETS USING LONG RANGE BOMBERS AND 152 PRECISION MUNITIONS. PRESIDENT BIDEN IN A STATEMENT IN PART, QUOTE, OUR RESPONSE BEGAN TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES IN PLACES OF OUR CHOOSING. THE AIRSTRIKES COMING AFTER THREE ARMY RESERVISTS WERE KILLED SUNDAY, A DRONE ATTACK IN JORDAN.

EARLIER TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FIRST LADY ATTENDING THE SOLEMN, DIGNIFIED TRANSFER OF THOSE SERVICE MEMBERS. THEY ARE SERGEANT KENNEDY, LANDON SANDERS, SERGEANT ALEXANDRIA MOFFITT, AND SERGEANT WILLIAM JEROME RIVERS. JOINING ME NOW IS RETIRED FOUR STAR ARMY GENERAL JOSEPH VOTEL. HE’S A DISTINGUISHED FELLOW AT THE MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE AND MOST RECENTLY SERVED

AS HEAD OF U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, LEADING AMERICAN AND COALITION IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GENERAL, FOR BEING HERE. I WANT TO GET YOUR IMMEDIATE REACTION TO THESE AIRSTRIKES THAT WE NOW KNOW WERE LAUNCHED TONIGHT. YEAH, THANKS. IT’S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU, ELIZABETH SO I THINK WHAT WE’RE

WATCHING HERE IS, YOU KNOW, IS IS A PRETTY STRIKE BY U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, PROBABLY IN SYRIA, PROBABLY AGAINST MOST OF THE FACILITIES IN, THE ARCHITECTURE THAT IS USED BY THESE MILITANT AND BY THE IRANIAN QUDS FORCE TO KIND OF FACILITATE THEIR ATTACKS AGAINST AGAINST AMERICANS, 85 TO 85 DIFFERENT TARGETS IS A

LOT OF TARGETS TO BE STRUCK. IT’S IMPORTANT, I THINK, TO HAVE SOME PATIENCE. THIS THE PRESIDENT AND OTHERS HAVE SAID THAT THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PART OF WHAT WILL BE A BROADER CAMPAIGN. SO WE’LL HAVE TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A

PRETTY GOOD PRETTY GOOD START TO TRYING TO PUT AS MUCH PRESSURE AND DESTRUCTION ON THIS NETWORK AS WE CAN IN THE INITIAL INITIAL OPENING SALVOS. >> DO YOU SEE THESE AIRSTRIKES AS AN ESCALATION? WE KNOW THAT THIS IS PART OF AN ATTEMPT FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO REACH THIS BALANCE BETWEEN, STRESSED,

YOU KNOW, SPARKING A WIDER WAR WHILE ALSO SENDING THIS MESSAGE DETERRENCE TO THOSE IRANIAN BACKED GROUPS? >> WELL, I’M SURE MANY WILL VIEW THIS AS AN ESCALATION. I GUESS I COULD VIEW IT AS A AS RESPONSE. I MEAN, WE PAID A VERY HEAVY PRICE. MOST AMERICANS TODAY WATCHED,

THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER OF OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS COMING HOME, THAT’S A THAT’S AN EXTRAORDINARY PRICE THAT WE HAVE PAID. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL STRIKE AND A SUBSTANTIAL CAMPAIGN TO EXTRACT A COST ON NOT ONLY THE MILITANT GROUPS, BUT ON IRAN FOR ACTION . IT’S VERY IMPORTANT, I THINK,

THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT OF PROCESS OF THIS, THAT WE SEND AN UNAMBIGUOUS MESSAGE TO IRAN THAT. WE HOLD THEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AND THAT THIS IS THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE TOLERATED. NEED TO KNOCK IT OFF. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW MANY WILL VIEW IT AS AN ESCALATION,

BUT I THINK IT’S ACTUALLY A VERY RESPONSE AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE FOLLOWED UP WITH EVEN EVEN MORE APPROPRIATE RESPONSES IN THE COMING HOURS AND DAYS. >> WHAT DO SEE AS WHAT THE FOLLOW UP MIGHT BE? IS IT ADDITIONAL AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA, IN IRAQ ON MORE TARGETS? HOW DO YOU SEE PLAYING OUT

IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS? >> SURE. SO KNOW WHAT WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING NOW IS OUR MILITARY FORCES WILL ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS FIRST ROUND OF STRIKES AND. THERE MAY BE SOME FOLLOW UP STRIKES ON THOSE TARGETS IF WE HAVEN’T ACHIEVED THE EFFECTS WE’VE HAD. I THINK IT’S ALSO IMPORTANT

TO APPRECIATE THAT THAT THESE MILITANT GROUPS IN IRAN AND OTHER OTHER BAD ACTORS ON THE GROUND BE WILL BE TALKING AND WILL BE COMMUNICATING ABOUT THIS. AND OF COURSE, ALL INFORMATION WILL BE GATHERED AND USED TO HELP HELP IN THE NEXT ROUND AND THE SUBSEQUENT ROUNDS OF TARGETING HERE.

SO WE MAY YOU KNOW, WE MAY BE USING THAT TO TO GO AFTER LEADERS AND OTHER FACILITATORS TO INFLICT MORE DAMAGE ON THIS ON THIS IRANIAN NETWORK THAT HAS PERPETRATED THIS ATTACK AGAINST OUR SOLDIERS. >> GENERAL, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD SAID HE REACHED THIS DECISION ON MILITARY ACTION IN RETALIATION FOR THE DRONE

STRIKE THAT TOOK LIVES OF THOSE AMERICAN SOLDIERS SEVERAL DAYS AGO. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE TIMING AND THE DECISION TO WAIT TO DO THIS TONIGHT? NOW? WELL, I THINK THERE COULD BE A VARIETY OF THINGS. I THINK IS SOME SOME HAVE REPORTED WEATHER HAS NOT BEEN PARTICULARLY GREAT.

AND IN THE REGION RIGHT NOW. AND WE DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR FORCES THE MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE AND MAKE SURE THEY CAN SEE WHAT SEE WHAT THEY’RE HITTING. THAT ADDS TO PRECISION AND ACCURACY. AND IN OUR ASSESSMENT OF THIS, PLUS, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS CONTINUOUSLY.

SO MAYBE WHAT WE NEED IS TO HAVE A PERIOD OF BAD WEATHER. WE MAY NOW BE INTO A PERIOD OF MORE FAVORABLE WEATHER THAT WOULD THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTING THIS. LIKEWISE, THIS COULD BE JUST LETTING THE NETWORKS NOT ALLOW. CERTAINLY WE A LOT OF THESE TARGETS ARE KNOWN TO US.

WE PROBABLY KNOW THOSE ARE PROBABLY ALREADY LOADED UP AND READY TO GO. >> BUT AGAIN, THE THE IRANIANS MILITANT GROUPS RESPONDED IN THE WAKE OF OF THIS ATTACK. THEY KNEW THEY CROSSED RED LINES. SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISRUPTION THAT AND WE’VE HAD TO WE’VE HAD TO ASSESS

WHAT THAT IS SO THERE CAN BE VARIETY OF REASONS WITH THIS TO INCLUDE DUAL COMMUNICATION WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE REGION AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON. SO I DON’T THINK A DELIBERATE RESPONSE THAT WAS NECESSARY MEANS MEANS ANYTHING ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE RESPONSE THAT THAT WE ARE WE ARE PROVIDING.

I THINK WE’LL HAVE TO ASSESS THAT IN THE DAYS AHEAD. >> GENERAL, TELL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR INSIGHT ON THIS STORY. GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. LET’S BRING THE BIG STORY NOW TO OUR PANEL. >> JOINING US IS ABC NEWS NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE ANALYST MICK MULROY. ABC NEWS SENIOR PENTAGON

REPORTER LILI. ABC NEWS SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG. AND NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER SENIOR CIA OPERATIONS OFFICER DARYL WALKER. MICK, I’M GOING TO ASK YOU TO WEIGH IN ON WHAT THE GENERAL JUST TOLD. IS THIS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE HERE THAT CAN SEND THAT MESSAGE OF DETERRENCE,

BUT ALSO LET’S NOT CREATE THAT RISK OF A WIDER WAR THAT HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. >> SO, ELIZABETH, IF ANYBODY WOULD KNOW, IT’S GENERAL VOTEL AND I WOULD AGREE THIS DID SEND THE MESSAGE. AND I THINK IT WAS GEARED TOWARD REALLY REDUCING THE CAPABILITIES OF THESE PROXY

FORCES, WHICH LIKELY WILL NOT CHANGE THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARD ATTACKING U.S. FORCES. BUT IF WE CAN CUT OFF THE MEANS IN WHICH THEY DO THAT, WHICH IS THIS STEADY SUPPLY OF ADVANCED WEAPONS SYSTEMS COMING FROM IRAN LIKE THIS TYPE OF DRONE THAT THEY USE TO KILL SOLDIERS IN JORDAN.

SO I THINK IT WAS IT WAS MEASURED IN THE SENSE THAT DID WANT TO AVOID SOMEWHAT THE IRANIAN CASUALTIES, BUT THEY CERTAINLY DID WANT TO KILL THIS NETWORK, IF YOU WILL, OF DEADLY WEAPONS THAT ARE IN THE AS A PROXY FORCES THAT IRAN UP UNTIL NOW THOUGHT THEY COULD THEY COULD

USE STEADILY WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES. HOPEFULLY. NOW THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY KEEP SUPPLYING TO IRAN, THEN THE UNITED STATES IS GOING TO HOLD THEM RESPONSIBLE. AND BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE IF THEY KEEP DOING THAT, THAT THESE RETALIATORY COULD BE MORE SIGNIFICANT AS IT RELATES DIRECTLY TO. >> THE MESSAGE HAS NOT BEEN

FULLY RECEIVED, BUT THE HOPE IS IT NOW WILL BE. DARYL, TALK ABOUT THE INTELLIGENCE PROCESS. THESE AIRSTRIKES HAD DOZENS OF TARGETS, SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. HOW WOULD THE MILITARY HAVE CHOSEN THOSE TARGETS, THESE TARGETING PACKAGES PROBABLY BEEN ON THE SHELF AND HAVE BEEN DUSTED OFF AND LOOKED AT SIGNIFICANTLY

SINCE THE EVENTS OF SEVEN OCTOBER AND MOST CERTAINLY SINCE THE EVENTS THAT OUR THREE SERVICEMEN OF LAST WEEK. SO IT’S A COMBINATION OF LOOKING AT TELEMETRY, MEANING THE SIGNATURE OF THE MISSILES AND THE WEAPONS THAT HAVE BEEN FIRED AT SOURCES ,THE GROUND, ALL OF OUR LIAISON CONTACTS ON THAT. ON THE DIPLOMATIC SIDE.

WHAT HITTING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT REGIONAL PARTNERS . AND SO INTELLIGENCE IS A HUGE PART OF THIS. >> AND THE MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT AND CUTTING OFF JENNIFER WILL TELL. AND NICK JUST SAID CUTTING OFF THE MEANS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IS GOING TO CUT INTO

THEIR ABILITY TO STRIKE US WHEN WE WALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT WHAT THIS RESPONSE COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE COMING DAYS AND HOW THIS ROUND OF AIRSTRIKES HAS BEEN DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE’VE SEEN SO FAR FROM THE U.S. IN RESPONSE TO THE CONFLICT IN THE RED SEA IN THIS PROVOCATION FROM IRANIAN BACKED

MILITANT. LOUIE, I’LL GO TO YOU ON THAT ONE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THESE AIRSTRIKES ARE VERY DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY ARE HITTING MULTIPLE LOCATIONS MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL DAYS. THAT IS THAT WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SO FAR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE’VE SEEN SO FAR IS THAT WE’VE HAD

PINPRICK STRIKES TARGETING VERY PRECISE LOCATIONS AFFILIATED WITH THESE MILITIA GROUPS. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE’RE GOING TO SEE NOW IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS POTENTIALLY OTHER AIRSTRIKES THAT COULD BE THE SAME SCOPE AS THE ONES WE’RE SEEING TODAY. 85 TARGETS IN ONE ROUND IS A LOT.

SO THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES, ARE WE GOING TO SEE SIMILAR STRIKES OVER THE COMING DAYS OR ARE THEY GOING TO BE MORE MORE. LESS THAN TEN MINUTE, BUT STILL CARRYING THE SAME WEIGHT OF THE AIRSTRIKES AND IN OTHER WORDS, TARGETING THOSE LOCATIONS THAT DARYL AND THEN NICK HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT

ARE AFFILIATED WITH THOSE MILITIA GROUPS. SO THIS IS REMAINS TO BE EXACTLY HOW THIS IS GOING TO CARRY OUT. LET’S NOT FORGET THAT WE’VE BEEN HEARING FROM U.S. OFFICIALS IN NOT JUST IRAQ AND SYRIA, BUT POSSIBLY IN YEMEN, WHERE THE HOUTHIS IN IS STRIKING AT THOSE SHIPS AND CARRYING COMMERCIAL

SHIPPING OUT AND WE KNOW THAT THIS WAS A DECISION THAT THE PRESIDENT THOUGHT ABOUT HEAVILY. IT WAS A SOLEMN DAY TODAY. WE WATCHED AS HE ATTENDED DIGNIFIED TRANSFER OF THOSE THREE FALLEN SOLDIERS. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW THE PRESIDENT CAME TO THIS DECISION FROM THE ABOUT THIS RESPONSE?

AND, ELIZABETH, THE PRESIDENT’S ATTENDANCE AT SOLEMN, DIGNIFIED TRANSFER REALLY UNDERSCORES THE WEIGHT OF THE DECISION HE MAKES. THIS WAS NOT AN EASY DECISION FOR THE PRESIDENT. HE HAD SPENT MANY DAYS HUDDLED WITH HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM, WEIGHING THE OPTIONS HERE. KNOW THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION IS LASER FOCUSED ON NOT ESCALATING SITUATION, BUT THE

DEATH OF AMERICAN TROOPS THAT CROSSED A RED LINE. WE KNEW THE PRESIDENT WAS GOING TO HAVE TO RESPOND DIFFERENTLY. AND THIS IS IN A LARGER SCALE AND SCOPE, AS ALI WAS JUST DESCRIBING THEN, WHAT THE U.S. HAS DONE BEFORE. THE U.S. RESPONSE DID NOT STOP THE MORE THAN 160 ATTACKS FROM

THESE IRANIAN BACKED GROUPS. SO THIS HAD TO SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE. BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME FEARS WITHIN THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION, AS WE HAD BEEN HEARING OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, THAT THE PRESIDENT’S COULD STILL LEAD TO AN ESCALATION. HE HAS BEEN FACING PRESSURE FROM REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS TO HIT DIRECTLY AT IRAN.

BUT LEARNED THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DEEP MISGIVINGS ABOUT THAT. AND THAT IS NOT A SCENARIO THAT WE ARE EXPECTING. MAKE LOUIS MILMAN. DARYL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR INSIGHT ON THIS. COMING UP, A FIRST OF ITS KIND CASE JENNIFER CRUMBLEY ON TRIAL FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER

FOR A SON ALREADY CONVICTED ON THAT SCHOOL SHOOTING THAT KILLED FOUR PEOPLE. BUT WILL THE MICHIGAN MOM SERVE TIME, TOO? OUR PANEL WEIGHS IN IN THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER THE BREAK BREAK. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND

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OUR SECRET WORLD HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY TURN INSIDE OUT AND IS A SWORN SECURITY. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED AND CERTAINLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE.

>> WOW. ARE YOU READY? LET’S DO IT. YES, IT’S THE SHOW. AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO LET’S GO. HOW ARE YOU? YEAH, WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING SATURDAY IS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT

THE WHAT WOULD YOU DO MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS. MY FAVORITE. >> NOW WHAT DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE 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 OUR MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC, WE GET 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. >> CLOSING ARGUMENTS WRAPPED TODAY IN THE UNPRECEDENTED INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL AGAINST JENNIFER CRUMBLEY. THIS, THE MOM OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTER WAS ON THE STAND FOR CROSS-EXAM BY THE PROSECUTION, CRUMBLEY, ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT HER SON’S, THE TROUBLED LIFE

HE LEFT IN SCHOOL AND HIS ALLEGED WITH GUNS. WHAT ULTIMATELY LED HIM, THEN 15 YEARS OLD TO KILL FOUR STUDENTS AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL IN 2021, HE WA SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY PAROLE AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF FIRST DEGREE PREMEDITATED MURDER. LET’S BRING BACK OUR PANEL. MIKE MUSE IS HERE NOW.

BARBARA COMSTOCK AMANDA RENTERIA. AND JOINING US IS ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND MANAGING WITH THE COCHRAN FIRM, CHANNA LLOYD. CHANNA, I WANT YOU TO PUT THIS CASE IN PERSPECTIVE FOR US. IN A WAY, IT’S PUTTING PARENTS ON NOTICE, PUTTING HER ON TRIAL FOR CONTRIBUTING TO STOP HER SON AND TAKE THAT TAKE STOP

THOSE ACTIONS THAT HE TOOK. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE CROSS-EXAMINATION AND HOW THIS MIGHT PLAY OUT NOW? I MEAN, THE BIGGER PICTURE REALLY IS THAT THE STATE IS ALLEGING THAT PARENTS HAVE A RESPONSIVE ABILITY NOT TO MISS LARGE WARNING SIGNS AS THEY SEE IT WHEN.

IT COMES TO A CHILD WHO HAS ACCESS TO A GUN, IS EXHIBITING SORT OF MENTAL HEALTH BEHAVIOR ISSUES, AND THAT YOU CAN’T JUST TURN A BLIND EYE. >> NOW, WHEN WE LOOK TOWARDS THE THE CROSS-EXAMINATION IT WAS ACTUALLY VERY METHODICAL. THEY WENT THROUGH EVERY ITEM THAT THEY FELT SHOWED WAS A RED

FLAG THAT SHE THEY ALLEGE THAT SHE IGNORED. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT SHE DID SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY OR THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN A PROACTIVE STEP. THE IS ALLEGING THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN MORE ACTIONS. BUT FACED WITH THESE WARNING AND THEY JUST SYSTEMATICALLY WENT THROUGH EACH ONE OF

WHAT THEY BELIEVE ARE RED SIGNS, RED FLAGS AND BROUGHT IT UP TO HER AND HAD ADDRESS IT ON THE RECORD. ONE, THIS CASE HAS REALLY CAPTIVATED MANY PEOPLE’S ATTENTION. BARBARA, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HOW THE PROSECUTION FRAMED HER, ESSENTIALLY CONDEMNING HER AS A FAILURE, AS A MOM?

>> WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SEEING THAT PICTURE WHERE YOU HE DREW THE GUN ITSELF DIDN’T LOOKS LIKE THE GUN. YOU KNOW, THAT SHE KNEW HE HAD, YOU KNOW, THE BLOOD AND SAYING, YOU KNOW HELP ME. I MEAN, IT WAS WRITTEN THERE. THE THOUGHT WON’T STOP, HELP.

>> WHAT PART OF HELP ME DIDN’T SHE UNDERSTAND I THINK AT THAT MOMENT WHEN SHE SAW THAT KNOWING HE HAD A GUN. THAT WAS A PRETTY EASY BASIC RED FLAG WHERE SHE JUST SHOULD HAVE STEPPED IN. AND I THINK THE FACT THAT SHE THEN TEXTED HER HUSBAND SAYING EMERGENCY AND THE HUSBAND

RESPONDED, THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DEALING WITH, YET THEY DIDN’T TAKE ACTION. AND I THINK THEIR PLIGHT ALSO SHOWS THEIR AND THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION. SO IT JUST IS SUCH A HORRENDOUS SITUATION. AND I THINK IT IS GOOD THAT THESE KIND OF CASES ARE GOING FORWARD.

>> WE HAVE SEEN JENNIFER TRY TO KIND OF SHIFT BLAME TOWARD HER HUSBAND. SHE DENIED HAVING ANY ROLE IN BUYING OR STORING THAT GUN THAT HER SON USED IN THE SHOOTING. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT, AMANDA, INSTEAD TRYING TO PUT IT ON HER HUSBAND? ARE BOTH PARENTS RESPONSIBLE?

IS IT ONE MORE THAN THE OTHER? >> ABSOLUTELY. PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE. I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO START TAKING MUCH SERIOUSLY WHEN WE ARE NEAR AND WE HAVE KNOWLEDGE. SOMEONE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, A KID, A PARTNER, A FRIEND AND YOU KNOW, THEY ARE QUICK TO HARM OTHERS.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE TO HARM OTHERS. THAT SHOULD BE A RED FLAG AND NO DOUBT. BOTH PARENTS HERE WERE WELL AWARE OF THE RISK AND WERE WELL AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THEIR SON. AND I THINK THIS IS A MOMENT FOR ALL OF US TO TAKE A LOOK

AND SAY, HOW CAN WE AS A COMMUNITY HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, THE RED FLAGS AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? >> WELL, MIKE, WEIGH IN ON THAT. DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE’RE PUTTING PARENTING ON TRIAL IN A CASE LIKE THIS? SHOULD THERE BE MORE OF THIS? >> YES, I DO BELIEVE WE

ARE PUTTING PARENTING ON TRIAL, BUT IN A NEGATIVE CONTEXT, ELIZABETH, I THINK THAT IF PARENTS ARE IN THE HOME WHERE GUNS ARE THERE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE USED GUNS WISELY, RESPONSIBLY. AND IF THERE’S CHILDREN AROUND, MAKE SURE THAT THERE’S AN UNDERSTANDING OF GUN SAFETY,

AND IN PARTICULAR, WHEN THERE ARE RED FLAGS THAT CAN BE DOCUMENTED OF, A CHILD’S MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES THAT THEY’RE EXPERIENCING AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, I THINK IT’S INCUMBENT UPON THEIR PARENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THAT GUN IS REMOVED FROM THE HOME OR TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GUN IS LOCKED UP SAFELY.

WE SEEM TO BE IN THIS AREA. WE DON’T WANT TO LAY ANY RESPONSIBILITY, BLAME ON THE PARENT. BUT IT’S MUCH MORE EASY TO LAY BLAME ON THINGS SUCH AS PRODUCT, SUCH AS TECHNOLOGY. AT SOME POINT, WE HAVE TO HOLD PARENTS RESPONSIBLE AS WELL. AND EVEN IF I DIDN’T, IS NOT FOUND GUILTY.

>> I THINK THIS PUTS OTHER PARENTS ON NOTICE TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL WITH YOUR CHILDREN IN SCHOOL AT HOME. >> AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE WE WILL BE WATCHING CLOSELY TO HOW THE JURORS REACT WITH THAT MEETING AGAIN ON MONDAY. MIKE, BARBARA, AMANDA, AND JOHN, I THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING HAPPENING ON SUNDAY, THOUGH. IN THE MEANTIME, THE GRAMMY ARE JUST TWO DAYS AWAY AND THE STORIES AND PERFORMANCES TO WATCH AS MUSIC’S BIGGEST STARS TAKE THE STAGE. THAT’S COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK. AND OF COURSE, LIKE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONLINE ROCK FACES

ON THE PLANET. NOW, HOWARD STERN HERE VERY EXCITED IF WE MANAGE TO CLIMB IN THE COURT, LIKE IT’LL BE THE BIGGEST VERSUS THING WE’VE EVER KNOWN. YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WHAT’S AT STAKE. CLIMATE IS NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR IS ALWAYS YOUR LIFE. THURSDAY.

YOU KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO BE A PARTY WHEN SARA LARSON WAKES UP THE MORNING, YOU KNOW, LIKE JENNY CONSTANTINE THURSDAY ONLY ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA IS CONCERTS SERIES SPONSORED BY PLANET FITNESS. TONIGHT, HONORING THE SOLDIERS KILLED IN JORDAN AS THEIR BODIES ARE RETURNED HOME. PLUS TRACKING HEAVY RAIN, WIND

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MILEY CYRUS COULD WIN HER FIRST GRAMMY FOR RECORD OF THE YEAR WITH HER CHART TOPPING SINGLE FLOWERS. TAYLOR SWIFT’S ALBUM MIDNIGHT WITH HITS LIKE ANTIHERO IS NOMINATED FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR. SWIFT COULD BECOME THE FIRST ARTIST IN HISTORY TO WIN THE CATEGORY FOUR TIMES. SOSA IS UP FOR THE SAME AWARD

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WHO YOU’RE ROOTING FOR. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO MAKE HISTORY ON SUNDAY NIGHT? >> THIS GRAMMYS IS GOING TO BE SO EXCITING. THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW TIMES I’VE BEEN REALLY EXCITED BY ALMOST EVERY SINGLE CATEGORY FOR, THE GRAMMYS. AND THIS IS A NIGHT OF ANTICIPATION BECAUSE SO MANY

RECORDS COULD BE BROKEN THE SAME TIME. AND I HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN THIS, ELIZABETH. I LOVE TAYLOR I LOVE SUZANNE, BUT MY NEPHEW, SAM DUKE, STANDS TO A GRAMMY. IF TAYLOR WINS ALBUM OF THE YEAR BECAUSE OF HIS WRITING. I’M ROOTING FOR SAM ON THAT ONE. I’M EXCITED FOR VICTORIA MONET

. I THINK SHE’S A STRONG SHOT TO WIN BEST NEW ARTIST, AND I’M EXCITED FOR THE MOMENT. GOING TO SEE TRACY CHAPMAN AND LUKE COMBS ON THE STAGE SINGING THEIR SONG FAST CARS WITH TRACY SONG. BUT THEN LUKE DID A RENDITION OF IT TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE’S BEEN SO MUCH TALK ABOUT THAT

SEPARATELY. SO TO SEE THEM A STAGE AT THE SAME TIME SINGING THE SONG THAT IT’S GOING TO BE A BIG GRAMMY MOMENT, RIGHT? SO MUCH OF IT IS ABOUT THEIR PERFORMANCE AT CES AS MUCH AS THE AWARDS. BARBARA, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING? EXCITED ABOUT THE WAY LUKE COMBS, BILLY JOEL, WHO ARE

YOU WATCHING? OH, NO DOUBT. GUARD I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT TOO. BUT ALSO SINCE BONHAM’S WIN, THE PEOPLE I’VE MET ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, SEEING U2. I THINK THAT’S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING PERFORMANCE. BUT IT’S ALSO TAYLOR SWIFT’S YEAR, IT SEEMS, YOU KNOW, STILL WAITING FOR HER.

DARRELL, GOT TO GO TO YOU. I KNOW YOU’RE A SWIFTY. WHAT YOU SAY? >> I AM A JELLY ROLL GUY. I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE THE NEWCOMER CATEGORY, I DID SEE TRACY CHAPMAN AT A 500 SEAT THEATER LIKE THE THE YEAR THAT FAST CARS WAS RELEASED BACK IN LATE EIGHTIES.

SO I’M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND OF COURSE JON BATISTE, HE IS THE MAN. SO I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE STEVEN TYLER GRAMMY PARTY ON SUNDAY. >> I’LL BE THERE. A MAN OF MANY TALENTS, JOHN BETTIS, AMANDA, LAST CALL OVER TO YOU. >> YEAH, I’VE GOT TO SAY, I’M SHARING GENERALLY FOR

THE ONE WOMEN THIS YEAR BECAUSE I THINK WE’RE SEEING SORT OF A CROSS SECTION OF BARBIE AND JULIA TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE SINGING THE BARBIE SONG AT THIS GRAMMYS. YOU KNOW, FOOTBALL IS ENGAGED HERE. PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT TAYLOR ,THE FOOTBALL GAMES. SO I THINK THIS IS A SUPER INTERESTING TIME AT THE GRAMMYS.

AND I THINK IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WOMEN ACTUALLY PLAY A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE ON WHO WINS AND THE MESSAGES THEY ARE SENDING OUT. SO I’M BOTH EXCITED ABOUT THE MUSIC. I’M EXCITED ABOUT THE MESSAGE OBVIOUSLY AND FOR SURE THE MUSIC AND THE MESSAGE. >> I MEAN, WE TALK TAYLOR SWIFT

ALL THE TIME. OKAY, FINAL WORD, IF I COULD, ELIZABETH, I AND A LITTLE RADIO TV FOR YOU. I KNOW INTO POLITICS WAS, AS MENTIONED ABOUT JELLY ROLL. HE’S IN THE CATEGORY FOR BEST NEW ARTIST WITH VICTORY MONDAY. HE’S COMING OFF OF A STRONG WIN FROM THE CMA WITH, THAT SPEECH THAT WENT VIRAL.

SO I THINK IN TERMS OF A CAMPAIGN PERSPECTIVE, THAT DOES PUT HIM IN TOP CONTENTION BECAUSE HE’S IN FRONT OF MEMBERS VOTING, THERE’S ALWAYS A POLITICAL AMBITION, ISN’T THERE, MIKE? >> YOU WE WILL PUT IT HERE. YOU CALL THAT AND THAT THOSE GUYS IS OUR LAST CALL THIS HALF HOUR.

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