weekday at 3:00, answering questions with experts from around the bay area. >> tonight former president trump found liable for sexual abuse and defamation. and the new york congressman charged by the justice department. first case against a former president, the jury here in new york deliberating less than three hours today. writer e jean carroll who claimed donald trump attacked her in a bergdorf goodman department store in 1996. trump denied the allegation saying "she's not my type" and while being deposed, refusing a photo of carroll for his former wife marla maples. aaron could tour ski in the courtroom, john karl with the new reporting from inside trump circle. also breaking at this hour,

new york congressman george santos now facing federal charges tonight accused of lying about his past, his family, his education, but what are these federal charges, rachel scott with what she has learned. she is live on the hill. the debt ceiling showdown, the warnings of catastrophic consequences if the u.s. defaults in just weeks. the meeting late today at the white house, top leaders from both parties, so what now. the deadly texas mall shooting and what we now know about the suspect, what he had on him and what they found in the car. bracing at the border with title 42 set to expire in two days. the u.s. can no longer turn back migrants citing covid concerns. here with federal agents tonight and what they are most concerned about. the wife and mother of three who wrote a book about grief after her husband died. tonight charged with her husband's murder. in urgent search for two escaped

prisoners in pennsylvania marked present during several head counts at that jail, now we learned they were already gone. tonight's important news for women, from a u.s. panel of health experts involving breast cancer screenings, suggesting you now get them starting at 40. the concerns that drove this new guidance dr. jan ashton is here. and america strong tonight, oneo foet. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: from abc news' world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with the david new york. >> david: good evening, it is good to have you with us here on a tuesday night, we have several breaking stories as we come on, we have learned that new york congressman george santos has been looked at with federal prosecutors and what she has learned, but we begin with rome president trump found liable for sexual abuse and defamation in the civil lawsuit by e jean carroll, taking less than three

hours to make their decision, ordering trump to pay carroll $5 million in damages. she claimed that it happen in a dressing room a bergdorf goodman back in the '90s, the jury was convinced that donald trump sexually assaulted her, but stopped short of rape. the president did not show up at the trial, so they heard the deposition saying that "not his type" the moment when he was shown this photo and he said the woman on the left was marla maples, his former wife, but it was e jean carroll, calling the verdict a disgrace saying "i have no idea who she is." and e jean carroll out with a statement moments ago. abc investigative reporter leading us off again tonight from the courthouse. >> report>> historically that'sh stars. >> reporter: he bragged to that stars could get away with sexually assaulting women, but a jury in new york took less than three hours to find that former president donald trump sexually abused writer e jean

carroll, ordering her $5 million in damages. the six men and for three women of the jury found that he sexually abused carroll in a dressing room in the 1990s, but not convince he raped her as she claimed, but he did defame her by calling it a con job, a hoax a lie, insisting carroll was "not my type." showing a moment in a deposition where he saw a photo of carroll and confused her for his ex wife marla maples >> that's marla. >> you say that marla is in this photo? >> yes, that's my wife. >> which woman are you pointing to? >> the woman you just .2 is e jean carroll. >> that prove that carroll was exactly donald trump's wife, and the way that he treated her fit a pattern of behavior to other

women testified he had assaulted them too in jurors heard his own words on the now infamous access hollywood video. >> kissing them, it's like a magnet, kissing them. when you are a star they let you do it. they let you do anything. >> speaks 16 steam called that a confession. >> historically that's true with stars. >> it's true with stars that they can grab women by the [bleep]? >> if you look over the last million years i guess that has been largely true, not always, but largely. unfortunately or fortunately. >> carroll who was given the opportunity to testify never once attended the trial, a decision his attorney defended today. what more could he say then i did not do it? >> reporter: calling it a disgrace, the greatest witch hunt of all time. his lawyer says he will appeal. >> david: let's bring him in life at the courthouse tonight, we heard the reaction from the president, and e jean carroll

reacting just before we came on tonight? >> in a statement just out now she says "she filed her lawsuit to clear her name and get her life back" and she says that "to the world finally knows the truth." but called the outcome here today "a victory not only for her but for all women who have suffered because they have not been believed." david. >> david: live at the courthouse, thank you. one more question on this tonight to let's get to the washington correspondent jonathan carl with us now. and very different from what the former president faces ahead. to the legal challenges to come at the federal level in georgia, but you are learning a ton nights more from trump's inner circle liable for defamation and paying $5 million. >> david, it is another legal setback for donald trump, the latest in a long string of losses in court with more likely to come. he is reacting with anger calling it a disgrace and a

continuation of a political witch hunts. his legal team says that they will appeal, but make no mistake, this is also a political setback for donald trump. you now have the judgment of a jury that he committed sexual abuse. in that case brought back the memories of the access hollywood tape come the lowest point perhaps that he has ever had a many of his campaign where they heard him say again that he believes that celebrity is, that stars are able to assault women and in this case he actually added those words or fortunately." you can be sure that whoever he runs against in the primary or the general, will remind voters of what donald trump said and what the jury said that he did. >> david: john carl with us tonight as well, thanks as always. following another breaking headline, sources telling abc news that federal prosecutors have just filed criminal charges against new york congressman george santos. he has admitted to lying about

many parts of his life including his resume, his college degree, and his family background. let's get right to rachel scott, life on the hill tonight. we can see him in federal court as soon as tomorrow? >> exactly, david, and right now the exact charges remain unknown under seal in that indictment, but george santos is accused of fabricating every detail of his life from his resume to his background. sources tell us the focus of this investigation is on the money and whether he illegally used his campaign finances. he is still refused to answer many questions including how he made $55,000.02 years later personally loaned his campaign more than half a million dollars. we also know that the fbi has been looking into whether he used a fake charity to rip off a veteran and his dying dog. at this point sources tell me that santos was caught off guard by this indictment and has been defiant refusing to step down and tonight his office has declined to comment. >> david: rachel scott with

new sources tonight. we turn to the debt ceiling showdown with america's economy at risk and catastrophic consequences if the u.s. defaults and just weeks. president biden and top congressional leaders from both parties meeting at the white house late today afterward it was clear that the stalemate continues. so what next? here's our chief white house correspondent. >> reporter: weeks away from in that critical face-to-face evening. the president insists he will do no such thing, while gaining the top four congressional leaders to the oval office to demand that congress raise the debt limit and pay the nation's bills without conditions. >> we will get started and solve all of the problems. >> mr. president? >> reporter: republicans say they want to raise the debt limit unless he will have deep spending cuts slashing his

social spending and environmental programs. he accuses republicans of holding the economy hostage. without an agreement they are expected to run out of money to pay its bills as soon as june 1st. what comes next is being described as catastrophic. social security payments will hold to, troops will go unpaid, the stock market will plunge, interest rates will spike and buy one projection 6 million people could lose their jobs. but emerging from the white house after their hour-long meeting, mccarthy said there was no progress. >> everyone in this meeting reiterated where they were at, i did not see any new movement. >> that congressional leaders are going back to their respective corners to begin discussing spending priorities in the budget. but republicans are still insisting that spending cuts be tied to raising the debt limit. the president adamant too that these be separate conversations and we have learned that they will all be back here on friday meeting again at the white house, but the bottom line tonight the threat of default

and the risk of the economic pain for americans is still very real. >> david: you will be there too, mary, thank you. any reporting in this investigation into the mass shooting of allen, texas. the suspect had eight weapons and was carrying three of them on him. five others found in his car, all of them purchased illegally. here is our chief national correspondent outside dallas again tonight. >> authority is revealing tonight the suspect to read terror on that small murdering eight purchased all of his guns legally. >> he had eight weapons with him, three on his person and had five in his vehicle. >> the investigators revealing the 33-year-old suspect garcia and his social media profile. >> we know that he had neo-nazi ideation. he had tattoos, even a signature verified that. >> images uploaded to an account last month indicated that to the

gunman may have visited the outlet mall multiple times over the past year or even researching its peak hours. >> to me it looks like he targeted the location from a specific group of people. >> reporter: is there anyway you can protect the public from the next mass shooting if anyone, a suspect like this man who when i was discharged from the military over mental health concerns can go out and purchase an arm load of firearms? >> when you have people with mental illness, it turns out this gentleman has that. when you have that situation, they will find a way. >> reporter: tonight with the memorial growing, the names of all of the victims released, among them q when cindy cho murdered with their 3-year-old son james, their 6-year-old william the only survivor. >> reporter: david, we are being told that william will recover physically at least, and chilling details from the press conference about the suspect. for years he worked as a security guard. spew an incredible that memorial that grows everything all night.

thank you. turning to the crisis of the border, the end of title 42 on thursday night, the pandemic rule that allowed migrants to be turned away over covid concerns. tonight president biden speaking with mexico's president today, news on that call. and abcs maria with what they are most concerned about. >> reporter: tonight i.c.e. agents going tend to tend, forcing agents to pack up and get processed now or risk ites as tas border.as rdhad to t over 900 stationed in el paso alone as the engineers over title 42. that trump-era policy allowing authorities to expel migrants based on covid concerns. >> if they cross illegally they will be sent back and barred from seeking asylum for five years. >> reporter: bracing for a 5,000 migrants daily, and this is where they want to get to. for small and el paso where

hundreds already wait to come in. this man, wiping away tears. he says he has been waiting for eight days. you are crying because you are happy? but tonight frustration along the border, arizona governor katie hobbs critical of the federal government's response. >> without too much more robust action from the federal government, the current situation will only get worse. >> reporter: and now chicago and new york state declaring states of emergency. the governor kathy hochul saying "a disaster is imminent." and david, the white house says that president biden and the president of mexico did talk today. they actually discussed continue efforts to address migration include including the return of consequences for people found in the united states illegally after title 42 ends on thursday. but even after thursday we are getting confirmation that the u.s. can continue to send migrants back to mexico that are from cuba, haiti, nicaragua, and

venezuela. >> david: and el paso for us, thank you. turning to major health news tonight involving women and breast cancer screenings, a federal task force recommending that women get mammograms at age 40. so as always we turned right to the chief medical officer dr. jan who is with us tonight. what were concerns that led to the earlier age? >> according to the group it was based on new data, let's get right to what they are recommending now in this draft recommendation for the average risk a woman to start mammogram and screening at age 40 and every other year, they previously said age 50, diagnoses are rising and women in this age group and in particular they are seeing higher death rates and black women, 40% more likely to die after breast cancer diagnosis and according to the cdc about one in four women are not up-to-date on their screenings, so david, as for controversy, many experts asking for more clarification for certain

groups, women with dense and over the age of 75, and black women and we still don't have that yet. >> david: questions to be answered, thank you. we move on to other news and utah, the mother of three who wrote a children's book about grief after the sudden death of her husband. tonight she has been charged with his murder. here's abcs tina wentworth. >> reporter: cory says she published her book "are you with me" had to deal with the unexpected loss of their father eric last year. >> it's comforting to them to know that they are not living this life alone, like data still here it's jrs murder, fatally poisoning themidthr utah home, n the middle of last marc saying she found her and lyingespons and cold to the ooof their bed. telling police she had given her husband a moscow mule cocktail earlier to celebrate a business

deal before falling asleep in one of their children's beds waking up to discover her husband's body. a medical examiner finding eric had five times the lethal dosage of fentanyl and his system. also alleging less than three weeks before his death, eric told a friend that he thought his wife was trying to poison him when he felt ill after a valentine's day date. and david, the court documents allege that she try to make herself the sole beneficiary on the life insurance policy prior to his death. her next court appearance is ma. >> david: thank you. when we come back there is an urgent manhunt and the northeast for two escaped inmates in philadelphia, guards marking them present during several head counts and we learned that they were already gone. we are also tracking severe storms at this hour across several states and we will take you through it.

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> oakland expected ahead into the fifth day on strike tomorrow. >> the main holdup surrounds the common good goals in the contract, good afternoon thank your dreams i am larry. kristen: they found out today not all parents's parents are on board with the teachers demands. >> they made their way through oakland as teachers spent the fourth day away from the classroom on strike, the oakland education association holding firm on their goal to include common good items in the new contract. >> we want in the you can force it come you can pass a policy, policies change, when it is in the contract you can hold the district accountable. kristen: she says the goals are

achievable for the good of all students. >> focusing on an opportunity to use our housing, use our land in the district to be able to house our homeless kids. making sure we have community schools that have a shared governance model. kristen: some parents believe the union has taken it too far. >> i believe they have done in the wrong way. kristen: that up with multiple strikes in the past five years. >> you cannot circumvent the democratic process, cannot hold kids hostage to make progress on these things. reporter: he has two kids in the stricken crossed the picket line to bring his third-grader to school three other four days on strike. says common good goals have no place in the labor agreement. >> the union is advocating for things so many of us believe in around justice and homelessness and equal access to transportation. stuff that matters but dane rkut