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Here's Jason Middleton. Good morning everyone, Five on the nose. On a
Monday morning, daughter and I went out yesterday to do some LA. It's
the summer of LA culture and scenery during her you know, time in between
spool semesters. And so we went out yesterday and we're in the car driving
to the destination. We went over to Eagle Rock yesterday and she said something
like, seize the day. Let's go out and seize the day kind of
thing. For some reason, that rolled into my brain this morning when I
was driving in and and I thought, yeah, seize the day. It's
a Monday, and we don't want to startle a Monday, right, You
don't want to. You don't know how Monday's going to react if you try
to seize it too early in the morning. So anyway, I looked at
a couple of other things that happened today, which is June to twelfth.
Back in history, a thirteen year old girl was given a diary, and
Frank got one. In nineteen forty two, Cleopatra and Liz Taylor changed him
lines in nineteen sixty three. I thought that was interesting as well. And
it was five years ago on this date that former President Trump met with Kim
Jong un in Singapore. That was only five years ago. Only five years
ago, it seems like longer. It's got a couple of quick headlines and
Tea's up. Who's going to join us later this hour for this morning's news
updates and interviews. Miami is preparing for former President Trump's visit to federal court
tomorrow. Our first interview this morning is going to be on the politics of
this. Later in the hour, we're going to talk with a different ABC
reporter who is in Miami, and we're going to check on the security preparations
that are going on there. Six months, that's how long it may take
to repair an interstate overpass in North Philadelphia after a gasoline tanker caught fire and
basically melted that overpass, And closer to six o'clock, we're going to get
in update on that one with ABC's Karen Traverse. Ninety five is a very
busy road. As you know. It goes from Maine to Florida, but
right around North Philly to northern Virginia. It's pretty much stacked up all the
time. I think one hundred and sixty thousand vehicles a day go through that
one overpass. And Ukraine's military counter offensive is reportedly calling back territory Russia captured
earlier this year. Reportedly again, Ukraine just this morning has reclaimed a fourth
village from the Russian army. So we have a live update on that one
too. Let's start with some of the stories coming out of the kf by
twenty four hour newsroom, because we do lead local. A watch dog group
in San Diego says an audit shows widespread fraud in the twenty twenty two California
elections. The Transparency Foundation says, out of a set of ten criteria,
the state failed nine, including security of election systems, verifying voter identity,
and public trust and confidence. Individual ballot tracking and curing was the only passing
grade from a state wide poll of twelve hundred fifty voters. A man in
Bakersfield noted he's been trying to remove his son's name from the voter role.
His son moved to Texas thirteen years ago. And there's a woman in Orange
County who's been trying to remove her father's name. Her father died in twenty
sixteen. Steve Gregory kingo I News. A woman in Palmdale has told La
County Sheriff's deputies a man hit her with his car and tried to kidnap her.
The woman says she was walking down Tenth Street near Avenue S yesterday when
she saw the car parked on the opposite side of the street. She says
the man said something, but she kept walking and that's when he hit her
from behind. She says the guy tried to pick her up, but she
threw herself on the ground and he took off. He's African American in his
twenties, about six tall and one hundred and thirty five pounds. He was
driving a silver Nissan Sentra. An American citizen has been detained in Russia on
drug charges. Michael Leakey was in court over the weekend. He's accused of
engaging in the narcotics business by attracting young people. That's according to Russian media.
Leakey says he's innocent. The former paratrooper and musician will remain in custody
until at least August. A German shepherd hurt during a rocket attack in northeastern
Ukraine, is now training with police in Hungary. Three year old Rambo lost
pieces of his skull while in Ukraine. His jaw was damaged and one ear
is severely mangled. He's now in his second life, learning to interact with
children, older adults and disabled people at police demonstrations and rehabilitation centers. And
UBS says it has completed its takeover of rival credit Suite. This is from
a business desk story that happened earlier we had when we had the US scare
of regional banks. The announcement comes nearly three months after the Swiss government hastily
arranged a rescue deal to combine the country's two largest banks. The federal indictment
was unsealed Friday, and ABC's political analyst Steve Roberts is on the line to
talk with us about the GOP nomination and the overall political climate around President Trump's
most recent legal concerns. Good morning, Steve, Good morning. Trump's indictment
triggered some sound and fury, as expected over the weekend, especially on the
Sunday yacht shows. What shadow does it cast on the GOP nomination? Process
right now. Look, I think that this is really two stories, short
term long term. Okay, in the short term, I don't think there's
any question that this helps Donald Trump. He's always Look, he was very
eager to announce that he was being indicted on Thursday night. Why because he
wanted the word out there, because he had a huge fundraising operation already set
to go. And the message that he is sending is state I told you,
the deep state is out to get me. The FBI is corrupt,
the Justice Department is corrupt. Tend money and this works. It's worked over
and over again. It's working now. If anything, his basis support is
more fervent and more loyal than ever. But long term, our poll out
this morning at ABC shows the potential threat because forty eight percent say that the
indictment was legitimate. Thirty five percent say it was it was not legitimate.
That thirty five percent is maga nation that it's a core basis Donald Trump support.
They're unshakable, they're more fervent than ever. They're not a majority,
and so when you get past the Republican primary to a general election, I
think these legal problems become a much more serious political threat. To Donald Trump,
because there are is a certain number of Americans who like Trump's policies.
Maybe they're traditional Republicans, but they simply don't want four more years of the
craziness that seems to surround Donald Trump, four more years of the tumult.
And that's what the legal issues. It's not as if people have a sophisticated
or complex understanding of the legal issues, but they see it one more element
of the tumult that surrounds Trump and and that's the biggest threat to its reelection
in the general election. And that's what the legal problems really are. Why
these legal problems are a serious threat getting past the primaries. Well, Steve,
you mentioned one of the story threads there in your answer was the short
term one, and that was the bumping polls. And well, and the
donors, and there's a donor class. There are two different donor classes.
It seems like the small and the large. Which ones are leaning into Trump
at this at this point, that's a very good question, and I do
think there's a difference. I think the small donors clearly are staying with Trump.
I mean, his his fundraising operation is um going full throttle, and
it's and it's been it's been very successful for a long time. Donald Trump
has a great shrewd gift for touching people's nerves and and uh getting to press
that big red donate button on all those emails, right right, but but
but but long term, um, the larger donors they want to win,
you know, the Trump comp nation. They want to back Donald Trump.
They believe that he's you know, uh second coming. But when you get
the the second group of larger donors, donors who sit back and say,
well, you know, I believe in Donald Trump's policies, but he can't
win, and I want to win. And and that's where you get the
larger donors splitting off. Uh okay, I don't know. We well hope
to lose you there, Steven. Sorry you were breaking up. I to
interrupt if I did. But let's go. Let's go to move to the
nominees or the nomination process. Excuse me. Does this situation with former President
Trump give underdog candidates a little more or less oxygen in the competition. It's
just a little bit of both. I think we're gonna have to I'm sorry,
Steve, I guess we've we've lost our connection with you. Hopefully we
can get you back later this hour or maybe later this week. We could
talk about it again after former President Trump does appear tomorrow in federal court and
to answer the thirty seven count federal indictment in Miami. But first, let's
go back to some of the stories coming out of the KFI had twenty four
hour newsroom. Workers in West Hollywood are getting a bump in minimum wage wages.
We'll get up to nineteen dollars and eight cents by July first. The
current minimum wages seventeen an hour for employers with less than fifty employees and seventeen
fifty an hour for jobs with more than fifty workers. Minimum wage was at
fifteen fifty earlier this year, but La Santa Monica and West Hollywood pay a
higher minimum wage than the state. Wages will be raised again next summer.
Chris Adler, ka FI News Well. The most active volcano in the Philippines
has begun spewing lava. The volcano in Albay Province began showing signs of renewed
restlessness last week. Tens of thousands of people have been told to be ready
to leave their homes in case of a violent eruption more than twelve thousand villagers
closer to the crater they've already left, and the Pasadena Playhouse has received the
twenty twenty three Regional Theater Tony Award. It was honored last night for its
history of presenting innovative and inspiring productions over the past century. The honor includes
a twenty five thousand dollar grant. Four Indigenous children found alive in the Colombian
jungle more than a month after a plane crash are said to be recovering in
the hospital. Officials say the kids survived on cassava, flower and fruit.
Abces. Derek Dennis says the kids Reigns range in age from thirteen to about
one year old, and they were found Friday, small footprints and half eaten
fruit, giving rescuers clues to their path. Then a recording of their grandmother
was used telling them to stay put. Turns out it was the thirteen year
old who used her knowledge of the Amazon to keep them all alive and safe.
The kid's mother and two other adults were killed in the plane crash.
May First, The father of two of the kids say he's thankful for the
care they have been receiving. They're expected to stay in hospital for up to
a month. Taiwan deployed aircraft and warships after spotting ten at Chinese warplanes crossing
the Taiwan Straits median line. The island's defense ministry also claimed that Chinese naval
ships had conducted combat controls. Last week, Taiwan identified thirty seven Chinese aircraft
entering its air defense zone. China has previously said such military activities are aimed
at preventing collusion between Taiwan and America. A wildfire burning in Joshua Tree National
Park is about thirty percent contained as of yesterday. The fire was first spotted
around four o'clock Saturday afternoon near Geology Tour Road, and then it quickly spread.
More than a thousand acres had burned as of yesterday afternoon. California is
getting seventeen billion dollars to fight the opioid crisis. It's part of a settlement
with drug makers Tiva and Allergen, along with CBS and Walgreen pharmacies, and
the second largest reservoir in California is now one hundred percent full. Lake Oroville
hit capacity Friday for the first time in six years. With its water elevation
reaching a max height of roughly nine hundred feet. This comes nearly two years
after the lake hit its lowest level and is all thanks to the winter storms.
State officials will continue to release water from the main spill way to allow
room for spring runoff as the record snow does keep melting, although these grace
guys may help keep that going too. At five thirty three, ABC's and
as Delicatea is going to jump on the line with us to talk about the
Ukrainian military's counter offensive. We're going to check progress on the ground and the
politics of this as well. Just this morning we got reports that the Ukrainian
military had reclaimed a fourth village. A couple of stories from the news room
before we do jump into our chat with Aaron Katurski about how Miami and the
Feds are getting ready for Trump's court appearance tomorrow. LA police are trying to
find whoever killed a star high school athlete in South LA. Sixteen year old
Quincy Rees Junior went to Crenshaw High and had a three point four GPA.
He was fatally shot at a party Saturday night in the area of seventy fourth
Street and Western avenue. A lot of churches are no longer turning the other
cheek. Nashville based LifeWay Research surveyed around a thousand pastors of Protestant churches in
the US, listing seven different security measures, and many used more than one.
An intentional plan for an active shooter situation was first with fifty seven percent.
Armed congregants was second with fifty four percent. At least twenty percent of
pastors said their churches use radio communication among security personnel, a no firearms policy,
or armed private security on site. A small number said they have uniform
police officers on site or metal detectors at entrances. Mark Ronner, k FI
News twenty one after five on Monday, June twelve. Now a logistics update
from ABC's Eric Katurski, who was in Miami, as I understand it.
After being indicted last week, former President Trump is expected to surrender at a
federal court in South Florida tomorrow. Good morning, erin oh, Good morning.
He's going to be here to formally be placed under arrest. He'll be
booked in process as a federal defendant and instantly become the highest profile defendant this
court has ever seen. And it seemed some good ones. Nual Noriega,
the former Penamanian dictator, Jose Padilla, the kaider recruiter, Loel Wayne,
the rapper who Trump actually pardoned, And in a dynamic the country has never
really seen before. The former president is going to appear before a judge and
he appointed so the criminal defendant made the career of the judge. And that's
just to me, is fascinating. Yeah, fascinating is definitely one word for
it. Aaron, What about security outside and around the federal courthouse? What
are what are prepped? Blanke? What are prepplink? Yeah, there's a
bunch of federal agents. We've seen them sweeping the grounds. You know,
the canine dogs are out their vehicle and marked vehicles standing by the entrances.
We expect that this whole ramp up the closer we get to Trump's appearance here
on Tuesday, and and you know, the former president itself is probably going
to be driven underground. We may never see him, you know, other
than through the window of his motorcade. The whole courthouse complex connected by tunnels,
and he can come and go from processing up to court on the thirteenth
floor without ever being you know, viewed by the public. No cameras obviously
in federal court, so it's only going to be you know, public accounts,
you know, from people who get in and maybe a sketch artist,
and that will sort of be the only evidence he was really ever here.
You know, this may you may not know this one. And I'm wondering,
is the security situation there in Miami is that a movable feast later this
week whenever he goes to mar Lago, either later tomorrow or on Wednesday.
I mean, it's a secret Service protectee, so you know they've got a
plan for this, but it's a federal building. I don't think it's going
to be, as you know, any more intent than than anything else.
But you know, what makes it, I think more interesting is the rhetoric
that the former president has used to describe the Special Council and the indictment itself.
We know that his followers often take up that rhetoric. So Miami police
say they've that extra officers on hand if there are going to be any demonstrations,
and they're monitoring online for any signs of violence. Yeah, the rhetoric
is something I'm really glad you touched on because when I was doing prep to
talk with you this morning, I realized or was remembering, that Florida doesn't
have a gun permit requirement. Doesn't you know you can have concealed weapons in
some places too. I'm wondering how are the locals working with the Feds when
it comes to security. Are you seeing crossover of teams or coordinations? Oh?
Sure, Oh sure, And I think that has to be the way
it is, and I believe we'll see a lot more security presence around here.
But again, there's no specific or credible thread of any you know,
any violence or anything like that ahead of the former president's spirits. But but
he has certainly taken aim at the Special Council and the indictment. It's called
the charges improper and and weakening the country. And he's really set up this
dynamic where the gripes has become a centerpiece of his politics. Um. And
I think the the his followers really either you know, respond to that or
not. But one of the you know, the interesting parts of the indictment
is it suggests it's his own conduct and his own attorneys that that really,
um, you know, provided the evidence. It wasn't Democrats that are doing
this if you know his own attorneys are quoted revealing the prosecutors what Trump allegedly
did and set h I guess last question you have to be for you anything
on your docket for the rest of today and tomorrow as for as any official
events you need to cover or are you covering the scene just in Toto,
I think, well, here today from the Miami Police of the Mayor of
Miami. Because you know it's obviously going to impact the city. The courthouse
is, you know, right in the heart of downtown, just off you
know, skin Boulevards, so it's a it's going to be a bit of
a traffic thing, and we'll hear from the mayor and all that, but
otherwise, no, this is just an ordinary court appearance. And we've seen
this scene play out before in New York, and it will probably play out
twice more as the former president faces the possibility of crivotal charges in two other
investigations. Eric Katurski, thank you so much for your time. Always a
pleasure, Good luck in Miami. Thank you. That was ABC senior reporter
Eric Katurski live just outside the courthouse in Miami. Let's get back to some
of the stories coming out of the KFY twenty four hour newsroom. Long Beach
has plans to buy and convert a temporary shelter into a permanent homeless shelter.
The city had been leasing the roughly eighty five bed temporary shelter on West Anaheim
Street from the Long Beach Rescue Mission since April. Long Bee says it will
cost a bit more than thirteen million dollars to acquire and rehabilitate the property into
a year round permanent shelter. Long Beach will pay six point five million dollars
in La County will chip in six point seven million dollars. The current temporary
shelter offers meals, showers, a spot for pets, and other wrap around
services. The Long Beach City Council will vote on the purchase tomorrow. Corbin
Carson k IFY News JP Morgan Chase has reached a settlement with sexual abuse victims
of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Bank representatives and lawyers said that just a few
minutes ago, the tentative settlement would resolve allegations made into lawsuit filed last year
in Manhattan federal court. The case titled Jane Doe one versus JP Morgan Chase
Bank. Victims accused the bank of enabling the sex trafficking operation by allowing for
massive withdrawals of cash over a fifteen year period, including after Epstein's sex crimes
were widely known. A different case brought by the US Virgin Islands does remain
unresolved. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Six people have been
hurt in a shooting outside of a club in Houston, Texas. One was
in critical condition yesterday and needed emergency surgery. Police say the shooting followed a
disturbance inside the club that's spilled out into the parking lot. A mountain of
credit card debt is piling up as Americans turn to plastic to counter their dwindling
purchasing power. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, consumers now
owe a record nine hundred and eighty eight billion dollars on their cards. That's
up seventeen percent from a year earlier, or about five thousand, seven hundred
dollars per person. While the steadily rising figure does take a break during the
pandemic years, if you look at the graph, the number is causing nervousness
as it flirts with the fast approaching one trillion dollar milestone. And if you
look at why this is happening, high inflation is pushing consumers to put more
non discretionary spending on cards. The essentials are going on cards, Others maybe
having a harder time paying back their lifestyles, pairing back their lifestyles. That
is, despite these price pressures, interest rates are compounding the issue. Of
course, if you think about that, the is looking to pause this month,
at least that's the popular opinion. They might raise it later this year
another quarter of a point. We have been on a massive uptick in federal
interest rates, which of course drives up cost of credit cards, cost of
car loans, cost of mortgages. And it's not looking to cool off anytime
soon because the labor market remains hot as well. It's something we cover on
Macro on my show on the weekends. A woman is hospitalized in fair condition
after a twenty five foot fall in the Hollywood Hills. The twenty six year
old woman was reported injured early yesterday afternoon. Firefighters rescued her with a rope
and litter basket system. Pasadena is once again canceling the America Fest fireworks show
at the rose Bow. Now, the event was an annual Fourth of July
tradition for decades, then the pandemic came in and then revenue losses stay in
place. City leaders are promising to one day bring the show back, but
they haven't said exactly. When news is brought to you by American Vision Windows
at five fifty, we're gonna talk and close our wake up call. We're
gonna talk with ABC's Karen Traversed about the highway overpass that basically melted over the
weekend one in North Philly. But right now, let's welcome in ABC Z
in as delicate a. Last Monday, we were talking about so many other
things, and this Monday we're talking about an offensive that apparently the Ukrainian President
Zolenski did admit has begun officially. Is that what your take is too,
Hey, good morning, Yeah, that's right. So it does appear that
Ukraine's long awaited spring counter offensive is officially underway, and it does seem like
they're off to a decent start. It does seem to be making some decent
progress. No major games yet as of this morning, Ukraine's troops have recaptured
a forest village in the southeast. This is the village of store Jabay.
And this game comes just a day after ukrate And reported its forces has liberated
three villages also in the southeast, set on the edge of the Densk region
next to the Zapariga region. And like you mentioned, we saw Ukrainian President
Zolenski over the weekend indicating that his forces had being on their counter offensive.
He said relevant counter offensive defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine, but he's
obviously remaining rather tight lit about the details here. So there are still lots
of questions regarding this offensive. You know, how long it might take,
where the counter offensive will focus, how they're going to go about recapturing Russian
territory. They're obviously not disclosing that information, but those are all going to
be interesting kind of points to watch here. Some experts do point out that
the counter offensive may have been a little bit hyped up in that Ukraine has
actually been fighting Russian forces for months, that they have been making slow,
quiet progress recapturing Russian territory for months. So some experts are saying that there's
not going to be a very significant before and after here, and again interesting
to note that Ukraine has been stressing that all their actions should be seen as
defensive. We are calling this a counter offensive, but they're continuing to stress
that this is their territory, that they're trying to take back, that they've
come under attack, and that they're just defending themselves. Here you mentioned there,
and you you slightly answered this question, and you made it be impossible
to answer. You said, the Ukrainian government's being tight lived obviously about facts,
but what about rhetoric. How's rhetoric playing out on both sides right now?
Yes, I mean it's it's interesting to see Zelenski indicating that the counter
offensive has begun, but again he's being you know, very he's insisting that
that this is a counter offensive, defensive action, so they're they're really trying
to, you know, hit that point home. On the Russian side,
we actually heard from the Russian president today as the Russian President of Vladimir Putin
spoke at Russia Day today marks Russian Day, which marks the establishment of the
Russian Federation. Tutin delivered a speech and he didn't specifically talk about the counter
offensive, but he did congratulate Russians for their devotion to the country. He
said this was a difficult clime for Russia. And he also talked about the
special military operation in Ukraine. That's what he's called the war in Ukraine for
months now, from the beginning of the war. He's still refusing to call
it a war. So we'll see if anything out comes out of Putin and
Russia today as they're marketing Russia Day. But it was interesting to hear from
him today. Over the weekend, we reported that the administration here in the
United States is providing another two billion dollar military aid package. Is there enough
bullets in the chamber to borrow a military phrase for Ukraine in this counter offensive?
And do you have any idea of how long this is expected to go
on? Yeah, So the foreign aid is really interesting, and I think
that's certainly going to give you create an edge here during you know, over
the course of these next few months, during this counter offensive, we know
the UK has given Ukraine multiple storm shadow cruise missiles. That's going to give
Ukraine the capability of carrying out new long range strikes. We know Ukraine has
also been given at least two one from the US, one from Germany.
That's really going to help with their defense. We saw just how useful those
systems were last month when Ukraine intercepted a Russian hypersonic missile, and like you
say, the US announcing you know, another one point two billion dollars in
aid to Ukraine. So there is all this help coming in from the outside.
I think that's certainly going to help. The big question though, is
whether that international international support is going to continue. The clock is ticking there.
You know, the West has certainly rallied behind Ukraine over the last year,
year and a half, but there is a feeling that that might come
to an end, certainly here in the US as we're talking about, you
know, the election coming up. The soft former President Trump during a town
hall talking about how the strong US support for Ukraine could come to an end.
I think that's going to be a big point of debate during the election,
and so there is a fear that that international support could win. And
so Ukraine is under pressure here during this counter offensive to make a guinning as
many games as possible, right right, right, for sure, ABC's it
is Delicatera joins us right now to talk about this update from Ukraine. Thank
you so much for your time this weekend. Helping is gus get our arms
around this story. Thank you. And as you mentioned at the top of
that interview, just this morning, Ukrainian media is reporting they have captured or
recaptured a fourth village. Let's get back to some of the stories coming out
of the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. The Transparency Foundation says an audit of
the twenty twenty two California elections shows widespread fraud. The report graded on ten
criteria, including verifying voter identity, security of election systems, and public trust
and confidence. Researchers say the state failed in nine of the ten categories.
Individual ballot tracking received the only passing grade. The report also shows a major
problem in removing people from the voter rolls who have moved out of state or
died. A man from Bakersfield told researchers he's been trying to remove his son's
name from the voter rolls. His son moved to Texas thirteen years ago.
The governor of Pennsylvania says a lot of daily drivers will be impacted by a
collapse along ninety five sement behind us as roughly one hundred and sixty thousand vehicles
per day. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro also says that it's going to take months
for the major artery that runs right through the city of Philadelphia to be repaired.
On Sunday, officials say a tanker truck carrying flammable materials caught fire right
underneath I ninety five. The flames caused a portion of the elevated highway to
collapse on the road below. Drivers have been told to avoid the area and
expect massive delays. Andrew Caravella ka FI News We will update that story in
just a few minutes with ABC's Karen Travers as well. The UCLA women's soccer
and men's volleyball teams are being honored at the White House so among other NCAA
champions on this College Athlete Day, The Bruins won their second women's soccer championship
in December. The men won their twentieth volleyball championship in May. A mom
in Utah accused of killing her husband, is going to court to argue for
bail. ABC's Zerene Shaw says prosecutors alleged Corey Richins poisoned her husband Eric last
year. By sneaking fentanyl into his Moscow mule. Investigators say Corey both defensil
I'm a drug dealer, But according to court documents that Corey's attorneys filed on
Friday, they argue the key witness to the alleged drug deal gave conflicting information
about the Fencil purchase. Prosecutors say in court documents that the husband told friends
he thought his wife was trying to kill him when he got sick after Valentine's
Day. Prosecutors also said the wife applied for nearly two million dollars in life
insurance without her husband's knowledge. The defense says prosecutors do not have substantial evidence
to support the charges. The wife and mom wrote a children's book about grief
when her husband died. Officials in Colombia say four indigenous children found alive more
than a month after a plane crash in the jungle survived on cassava, flower
and fruit. The kids were found Friday by Colombian soldiers after a month in
the jungle, and a Delta crew member has been treated for injuries caused by
a plane's emergency slide would have accidentally popped open. The plane was headed to
La from New York Saturday when it diverted to Utah because of a mechanical issue.
Passengers had been allowed back on the plane when the slide opened, and
this woman it was startling. We were instructed to say in our seats for
the time being. That left us feeling a little uneasy. Passengers were eventually
put on another plane and continued on to Lax. The man accused of killing
a homeless man with a chokehold in a New York City subway has released a
video statement through his attorneys. Daniel Penny and his team released a series of
videos yesterday evening where Penny recounts his thoughts leading up to the encounter that resulted
in Jordan Neelie's death. On May the first, almost thirty five hundred Reddit
pages are going dark today. Not dark Webb I know, Reddit dark,
I get it, but just Reddit in general. It's in protest of the
San Francisco based tech company raising prices for developers of third party apps. As
part of this backlash, let's call it, some subreddits will make their communities
private for forty eight hours. A top executive says they do respect the decision.
Coming up in just a few more minutes. We're going to talk with
ABC's Karen Travers about the ninety five closure and collapse of that overpass that happened
over the weekend. A couple more stories. First, though, Security is
being increased in Miami ahead of former President Trump's appearance in federal court over his
handling of classified documents when he left office. ABC's Justin Finch says Trump is
due in court tomorrow. The Secret Service already surveilling near the federal courthouse where
former President Donald Trump they set to formally faced charges alleging he mishandled classified records
and obstructed government efforts to get them back. The Justice Department unsealed a thirty
seven count indictment against Trump last week. Republican Senator Lindsay Graham says most Republicans
believe the law is being used as a weapon against Trump. By fifty one
on your wake Up Called, ABC's White House correspondent is going to be covering
traffic and transportation for US. Karen Travers is on the line to talk I
ninety five in North Philly. Good morning, Karen, Yeah, you guys
love traffic out there, son, This one will hit home for you guys.
You know how bad it is when there is any sort of traffic disruption.
Now, imagine a seven mile shutdown of one of your major arteries in
the city. That's what Philadelphia is dealing with right now. And it's not
just a draffic story for Philadelphia. That gets something that's going to impact most
of the region and like parts of the East Coast, because this is something
that's going to have ripple effects up and down the area because of goods and
services, you know, all of that. But also it's an infrastructure story.
Yeah, this tanker fire underneath an overpass of Interstate ninety five, massive,
massive fire yesterday that essentially melted the highway and caused the collapse of four
lanes of the northbound side of ninety five. The northbound portion is completely collapsed.
The southbound side, according to the governor, is not structurally sound and
this is going to take several months now to repair. The governor is declaring
a disaster today to speed up federal funding and as much assistance as they can
possibly get. But they are warning people this is going to be a very
difficult summer for commuters, for tourists, travelers, and anybody trying to go
up and down the East coast and also for people just trying to get things
like stuff is going to probably be delayed. But the administration says that they
are fully supporting Pennsylvania and Philadelphia officials to get what they need. There's gonna
be a lot of federal officials on the ground today in Philadelphia to make sure
that things are moving and assessing the situation up there. Yeah, you mentioned
all the bureaucracies that are showing up. It's an alphabet soup of bureaus and
secretaries of transportation and speaking of which is Pete Buddha Judge and the White House
didn't get a great rating last time they had to address a transportation situation.
How are things shaping up? And what's the messaging light coming out of the
White House? Yeah, to give you kind of an alphabet soup, you've
got the NTSD. They're sending a team of specials today to start the investigation.
They say the preliminary report will be available in two to three weeks.
The Federal Highway Administrator is going to be on the ground today to start offering
a federal support and assistance. Pete Budda Judge has an event in Washington this
morning. He's going to be speaking probably within the hour. Would not be
surprised if we see him on the team pretty quickly. The prominent is actually
going to philadel on Saturday for a previously scheduled big campaign style rally with Union
members. You know, remember when there was that bridge collapse in Pittsburgh back
in twenty twenty one, I think it was, and he very quickly went
on the scene to talk to some of the responders who were there and get
a sense of it. Different situation. But I wouldn't be surprised if he
doesn't make an appearance on Saturday, because you know he's going to do this
event with Union guys. Anyway, these are going to be some of the
people rebuilding this bridge once it gets started, and that gets on your way,
right, and it's right next to you know, his backyard in Delaware.
It's right there too. I mean, just close enough, I guess.
But of course it is his first reelection appearance on Saturday in Philadelphia as
I understand it too, So yeah, it does kind of line up anything
else coming out of the White House today that you expect. Any any like
you said, I think you mentioned Pete Bodhagg might be on the ground today.
Anything else, yeah, related to this, you know, they're kind
of throwing a lot of people at this. We'll see what comes out of
the press briefing today. In terms of other federal ref forces. President also
has the NATO Secretary General coming to the White House today, significant meeting ahead
of a big Native summit next month in Lithuania. And it also comes as
the NATO Secretary General is sent to leave this position after many bottles close to
a decade serving as the head of NATO and the big scramblers who will replace
him, So that is something they will be talking about today in their meeting.
All right, well, Karen, thank you so much for the update.
Appreciate it. At a great day you too. As ABC's Karen Travers,
We're gonna get a couple more stories in before we get to the top
of the hour and handle on the news. An American citizen living in Moscow
has been arrested in Russia. Fifty one year old Michael Leakey appeared in court
over the weekend. Video was posted on social media. I have not admitted
to any guild. I do not believe that I have done what I have
been accused because I don't know what I've been accused of. State media says
Leaky is accused of dealing drugs. A judge ordered him held until at least
August. Leaky is facing up to twelve years in prison. The UN agency
UNESCO has announced the US plans to rejoin the Cultural and Scientific organization and pay
more than six hundred million dollars in back news. US officials say the decision
was motivated by concern that China is filling the gap in UNESCO policymaking. The
US was once the agency's largest funder. A bus driver in Australia has been
arrested following a crash that killed ten people and injured dozens more. He's facing
multiple charges of dangerous and negligent driving, though police say the cause of the
crash is not yet known. The passengers had attended a wedding in Australia's Wine
Country before the nighttime crash yesterday on a roundabout. England's publicly funded Health service
says it will not routinely offer puberty blocking drugs to children at gender identity clinics.
Officials say more evidence is needed about the potential benefits and harms. The
wall Street Journal says billionaire George Soros is seeding control of his twenty five billion
dollar empire to his son, Alex. The younger Soros says he's more political
than his ninety two year old father, but that they think alike. Alex
Soros says he plans to broaden his father's liberal aims and embrace different causes,
including voting in a board, rights in gender equality. Also, we're going
to go We're all going to go to electric vehicles. So I want to
do a quick Tesla story because Tesla has those sexy cars. They've been jacking
up the prices up and down. There's some inconsistent leadership coming out of Elon
Musk overall within his portfolio, but Tesla might have the shrewdest product on the
market when it comes to evs, and that's the charging network. It's known
for those sleek cars, but the companies ubiquitous superchargers that are all over North
America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East right now are very strategic and
its magic doc is what they call it. It allows other evs to use
the network without needing to carry an adapter. And last week, partnerships with
Ford and GM are going to allow customers to buy a Tesla made adapter to
access more than those twelve thousand superchargers that starts in twenty twenty four, and
the deals that these include are about three billion dollars by twenty thirty four Tesla.
That's according to Piper Sandler. She Piper is a is an analyst studies
revenue in the EV market. Also, I'm gonna have a little bit later
this morning. Tesla reports of fatalities within cars using self driving technologies may be
higher than first previously and previously reported, so we'll have to get back to
that too. I'm going to have that a little later this morning. And
now let's check some traffic and then we're gonna get to Nick for one more
before we get to the top of the hour. Southern California weather from kf
I mostly cloudy again today, with a twenty percent chance of showers throughout the
morning for La and oc hys around seventy later today inland. The inland valleys
may not queach quite reach seventy degrees at the beaches. Highs are going to
hover in the mid sixties range and tonight partly cloudy in the evening and then
mostly cloudy, overnight lows in the mid fifties. Tomorrow is looking like a
rinse repeat for today. Right now, Steel Beaches at sixty two degrees,
Anaheim Hills is at sixty one, so is Torrance, and Hollywood is at
sixty two degrees. We lead local live from the KFI twenty four hour news
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