>> david: tonight former president trump found liable for sexual abuse and defamation, ordered to pay 5 million. also breaking, the new york congressman just charged by the justice department. president biden speaking moments ago on the debt ceiling showdown. we'll have the latest. first the 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 the bergdorf goodman department store in 1996. trump denied the allegation saying she's "not my type" then while being deposed, trump confusing a photo of carroll for his former wife marla maples, tonight the reaction just in from donald trump and from e. jean carroll. aaron katersky in the courtroom.

john carter with new reporting from inside trump's circle. also breaking at this hour, new york congressman george santos facing federal charges tonight. santos accused of lying about his past, his family, his job history, his education, but the question tonight, what are these federal charges? rachel scott with what she has learned. live on the hill. the debt ceiling showdown, the warnings of catastrophic consequences if the u.s. defaults in just weeks. the meeting today at the white house. top leaders from both parties, so what now? mary bruce at the white house. 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. matt gottman outside dallas. bracing at the border at title 42 set to expire in two days. the u.s. can no longer turn back migrants citing covid concerns. mireya villareal 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. the 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 here for women, new advice 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. jen ashton is here. "america strong" tonight, one mascot reveal you won't forget. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight with david muir." >> david: good evening. it's great to have you with us on a tuesday night, several breaking stories as we come on and just have learned that new york congressman george santos has been charged by federal prosecutors. rachel scott on what she has learned. we begin tonight with former president trump found liable for sexual abuse and defamation in the civil trial brought against him by e. jean carroll. the jury took less than three hours to reach their decision

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

president trump sexually abused writer e. jean carroll, ordering him to pay her $5 million in damages. >> how do you feel? >> very happy. >> reporter: the six men and three women of the jury found that he sexually abused her in the 1990s, but they were not convinced that he raped her, as she claimed. they did agree trump defamed to carroll by calling her story a con job, a hoax and a light, and insisting carroll was not his type. lawyers seized on that statement showing the jury and a deposition where trump saw a photo of carroll and confused her for his ex-wife marla maples. >> it's marla. >> you're saying marla is in the photo? >> that is marla, that's my wife. >> which woman are you pointing to? >> here. >> the person you just pointed to is e. jean carroll. >> carroll's team said that proved that carroll was exactly donald trump's type, and fit a pattern of behavior, two women

testified he assaulted them too and jurors heard trump's own words on the infamous access hollywood video. >> i just kissing them. it's like a magnet. just kiss. i don't even wait, and when you are a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. >> carroll team calls it a confession, pressing him in the story. >> that's true with stars. >> it's true the stars that they can grab women by the [bleep]? >> well, if you look over the last million years, it's been largely true, not always, but largely true, unfortunately or fortunately. >> trump, who was repeatedly given the opportunity to testify never once attended the trial, a decision his attorney defended today. >> what more could he say other than i didn't do it? >> reporter: trump calling it "a disgrace, the greatest witch hunt of all time." his lawyer says he will appeal. >> david: we will bring in

aaron live at the courthouse tonight, and heard it where e. jean carroll was reacting to the jury's verdict 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 said, david, "the world finally knows the truth." e. jean carroll called the outcome here today "a victory not only for her but for all women who have suffered because they haven't been believed." >> david: all right, thank you. one more question tonight, let's get to the chief washington correspondent live with us now, and this case obviously very different from what the former president faces ahead. the legal challenges at the federal level and in georgia among them, but you are learning more time night from trump's inner circle and the reaction finding him liable for sexual abuse per defamation and ordered to pay carroll 5 million. >> reporter: david, another legal setback for donald trump, the latest in a long string of losses in court with more likely to come. trump is reacting with anger calling it a disgrace

and a continuation of a political witch hunt. his legal team says 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, and that case brought back the memories of the "access hollywood" tape, the lowest point perhaps that he has ever had in any of his campaign where they heard him say again that he believes that celebrities, that stars are able to sexually assault women, and in this case he actually added the words "unfortunately or fortunately." you can be sure whoever trump runs against, republican primary or the general election will remind voters of what donald trump said and what the jury said that he did. >> david: john carl with us as well, thanks. we are following a breaking headline. tonight sources telling abc news a short time ago that federal prosecutors have just filed criminal charges against new york congressman george

santos. santos 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 who is live on the hill tonight. we can see congressman santos and federal court as soon as tomorrow? >> reporter: exactly, david, and right now the charges are unknown and under seal in that indictment. republican congressman george santos is accused of fabricating almost every detail of his life from his resume to his background. but sources tell us the focus of the investigation is on the money and whether he illegally used his campaign finances, congressman santos has refused to answer many questions including how he made $55,000 and then two 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 the indictment remaining defiant through this refusing to step down. his office has declined to comment, david. >> david: rachel scott,

news from her sources. thank you. we turn to the debt ceiling showdown with america's economy at risk and those warnings have catastrophic consequences if the u.s. defaults in just weeks. president biden and top congressional leaders from both parties meeting at the white house late today and president biden speaking just moments ago. here's our chief white house correspondent mary bruce. >> reporter: weeks away from potential default and the american economy hanging in a balance, speaker kevin mccarthy today heading to the white house for that critical face-to-face meeting. >> the president finally wants to negotiate. >> reporter: the president insists he will do no such thing, welcoming the top four leaders to the oval office to demand that congress raise the debt limit and pay the nation's bills without conditions. >> we are going to get started and solve all the world's problems. >> reporter: republicans say they won't raise the debt limit unless joe biden agrees to deep spending cuts that

would slash his agenda. he refuses republicans of holding the economy hostage. without an agreement the u.s. is expected to run out of money to pay its bills as soon as june 1st. social security payments will halt, troops will go unpaid, the stock market will plunge. interest rates will spike and by one projection, 6 million people could lose their jobs. tonight president biden not ruling out invoking the 14th amendment which would allow him to go around congress to avoid default. >> i made clear that default is not an option. >> reporter: congressional leaders are going back to their respective corners to begin discussing spending priorities and the budget. but republicans are still insisting that spending cuts be tied to raising the debt limit. the president still adamant 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.

>> david: no question. another meeting friday and you'll be there too, mary. next we have new reporting in the investigation into the mass shooting of the mall in allen, texas. police say the suspect had eight weapons and was carrying three of them on him and five others were found in his car, all of them were purchased legally. here is our chief national correspondent outside dallas tonight. >> authorities revealing tonight the suspect to read a terror on that dallas mall murdering eighth purchased all of his guns legally. >> he had eight weapons, with him. three on his person and had five in his vehicle. >> investigators reviewing this picture of the 33-year-old suspect mauricio garcia and his social media profile. >> we know he had neo-nazi ideation, patches and tattoos, even his signature verified that. >> reporter: images uploaded to an account last month indicated the gunman may have visited the outlet mall multiple times over the past year even researching its peak hours.

>> to me, it looks like he targeted the location rather and a specific group of people. >> reporter: is there any way you can protect the public from the next mass shooting if anyone a suspect like this man who we know was discharged from the military over mental health concerns can go out and purchase an armload of firearms? >> when you have people with mental illness, if it turns out this gentleman has that, when you have that situation, they will find a way. >> reporter: with the memorial growing, the names of all eight victims released. kyu and cindy cho murdered with their 3-year-old son james, their 6-year-old william the only survivor. we are being told that little william is expected to recover physically at least, and chilling details from the press conference about the suspect for for years he had worked as a security guard. david. >> david: incredible the memorial that grows every single night. turning to the crisis at the border, the end of title 42 on thursday night, the pandemic-era

rule that allowed migrants to be quickly turned away over covert -- covid concerns. tonight president biden speaking with mexico's president today, we have news on that call. and abc's mireya villareal with agents at the border and what they are concerned about. >> reporter: tonight i.c.e. agents going tend to tend, forcing migrants to pack up and get processed now or risk of deportation. it comes as more texas national guard troops head to the border. over 900 stationed in el paso alone as the end nears for title 42. that trump-era policy allowing authorities to expel migrants based on covid concerns. >> if they cross the border illegally they will be sent back and barred from seeking asylum for five years. >> reporter: authorities bracing for up to 10,000 migrants crossing daily. and this is where they want to get to. this wall in el paso where hundreds already wait to come in. this man wiping away tears. he says he has been waiting for

eight days. >> reporter: 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 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. new york's governor kathy hochul saying "a disaster is imminent." and david, the white house says that president biden and as the president of mexico did talk today and discussed continued efforts to address migration including the return of stricter consequences for people found in the united states illegally after title 42 ends on thursday. but even after thursday we are also getting confirmation that the u.s. can continue to send migrants back to mexico that are from cuba, haiti, nicaragua, and venezuela. >> david: mireya villareal in 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 start getting mammograms at age 40. so as always we turn to the chief medical editor dr. jen ashton with us tonight. you have read into this, what are the concerns that led to this earlier age? >> according to this, it was based on new data. that's get right to what they are recommending now in the draft recommendation. for the average risk woman to start mammogram screening at age 40 and then every other year. they previously had recommended age 50. why are they doing this? diagnoses are rising in women in this age group and in particular they are seeing higher death rates in black women, 40% more likely to die after a breast cancer diagnosis and according to the cdc about one and four women are not up-to-date on their screenings. so as for controversy, many experts asking for more clarification for certain groups, women with dense breasts, women over the age of 75, and black women and we

don't have that yet. >> david: questions to be answered, thank you, dr. jen. to utah, the mother of three who wrote a children's book about grief after the sudden death of her husband. she has been charged with his murder. >> kouri richins says she published her children's book "are you with me" to help her three young sons cope with the loss of their father eric last year. >> it's comforting to them to know that they are not living this life alone, like dad is still here, it's just in a different way. >> reporter: but tonight she has been charged with her husband's murder, accused of fatally poisoning him inside their utah home. charging documents alleging the 33-year-old called 911 in the middle of the night last march saying she found her husband lying unresponsive and cold to the touch at the foot of their bed. richins 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 in his system. court documents alleging that less than three weeks before his death, eric told a friend he thought his wife was trying to poison him. he fell ill after a valentine's day date. and, david, the court documents allege that kouri tried to make herself the sole beneficiary on eric's life insurance policy prior to his death. her next court appearance is may 19th. >> david: thank you. when we come back, there is an urgent manhunt in the northeast for two escaped inmates in philadelphia. guards marking them present during several head counts and now we learn they were already gone. we're also tracking severe storms at this hour across several states. we will take you through it.

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>> david: finally, the biomedical engineering grad who had been hiding for years, the mascot reveal. "america strong." tonight at the university of south carolina, a mystery solved. the identity of their school mascot, a closely guarded secret. the role always a high honor, football games, basketball games leading the marching band, and tonight the graduation reveal. 22-year-old sarah sylvester, she's a biomedical engineering grad. sarah has been the mascot. running straight to the stands like always. proudly still wearing the feet, she is the school's first ever lead female mascot

ir and finally getting her diploma. and right here tonight >> hi, david, it's sarah sylvester, also known as the mascot at the university of south carolina. >> tonight that mascot, the biomedical engineering grad, on spreading joy. >> i can see that joy light up on their face and it has given me a whole new perspective on life. and one that i hope i can continue to carry with me in my future. >> david: sarah telling us she is grateful for her professors and for the chance to be mascot. >> thank you so much for having me, thank you, david. goodbye. >> david: sarah, we love your spirit and i will see you tomorrow. goodbye. >> what sparked this fire in san

francisco? it's something that might be in your home tonigwe'ry foongresswoman jackie and senator feinstein's to washington, d.c. >> also, what will it take to get riders back on bart? alarms go off and start smelling the classic smoke smell and i'm like, oh, that's not good. >> not good indeed. his building caught fire overnight and the culprit is becoming all too common. dan: thanks for joining us. new details show a lithium battery from an e bike is believed to be the cause of a fire overnight in san francisco, and it is a growing problem.

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