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more than a foot of snow around denver. i-70, the accidents, the shutdowns. some cars strand ed for 17 hour. tornado watches up right now across multiple states going into the night. and what's coming to the northeast tomorrow.. ginger zee timing this out. news on donald trump tonight, and that word just in from the florida judge in the classified documents case. what she said about one of his motions to dismiss, and what signaled in court today about the case overall. the breaking news here in new york city. the images coming in after that shooting in a subway station. authorities say a man shot in the head, in critical condition at this hour. subway riders ducking for cover. just days after the national guard was sent into the subway. good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a thursday night. we do begin tonight with the dangerous winter storm.
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multiple statemens. dangerous driving, hundreds of flights canceled at the denver airport alone. schools closed. 100,000 customers without power tonight. they could see up to a foot of additional snow this evening. and now a tornado watch from texas right up to ohio with this system before it heads into the northeast next. look at the images tonight, from i-70 near denver. dozens of cars and trucks stuck in heavy snow. this is evergreen, colorado. some cars stranded for 17 hours. plows trying to clear the interstate today. up to three feet of snow and near hurricane strength winds in the mountains. multiple ski areas shut down tonight. this is the scene at the denver airport, where i mentioned hundreds of flights canceled and delayed from this. and now the real tornado concerns across several states as we head into the night. abc's mola lenghi leading us off from denver tonight. >> reporter: tonight, vehicles sliding, stalling, and stranded from a massive weather system dumping feet of late season snow in the rockies. this is a sight we've been
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seeing all day. drivers spinning out, getting stuck, needing help from colorado department of transportation folks. getting towed out, getting pushed, whatever it takes. roads out here are treacherous and will only get worse before they get better. outside denver, multiple stretches of interstate 70 shut down. the crucial highway turning into a travel nightmare. tractor trailers spinning their wheels. drivers getting out to push their cars. charlie stubblefield and his team from mountain recovery trying to clear the interstate. >> we are stuck with three feet of snow, probably. look at the top of that semi right now. vehicles have been stranded out here for a good 17 hours. >> reporter: denver's public schools closed. more than 800 flights in and out of denver's airport canceled. the extreme conditions forcing multiple ski resorts to close down. >> right there. see it? >> yep. >> reporter: meanwhile, in the heartland, a severe weather outbreak is unfolding. with 35 million americans under
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threat from texas to ohio. a suspected tornado touching down in milton, kentucky, this afternoon, two people were hurt. >> we have multiple trees down, probably 50 to 100 houses that have damage. >> reporter: accuweather stormchasers catching this massive twister as it tore across farmland west of topeka, kansas, overnight. those storms dumping up to softball-sized hail. winter storm watch continues at least into friday morning. of course, it's still snowing, as you can see by this downed tree, there's still a lot to clean up. and even once it stops snowing, travel and the roads are expected to remain dicey throughout the denver metro area, david. >> david: mola, thank you. let's get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee, timing all of this out. and it's not just the snow, it's this tornado threat going into the evening hours. >> nine states, david, have tornado watches at this moment. from toledo bax to texarkana, you have a tornado watch. dallas got put in a severe thunderstorm watch.
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those go until midnight or after. we know that nocturnal tornadoes can be even more dangerous, because you have to have two ways of warning that will wake you up. we take it through 4:00 a.m. the severe storms go all the way through mississippi, alabama, and far northern louisiana. we're going to watch now this cold side of the storm, because there's an additional 6 to 12 inches on top of what mola just showed you. and it doesn't stop in colorado. it goes through the southern rockies, too. places like flagstaff desperately need the snow, but into new mexico, you'll be getting snow in the northeast, we'll be breaking up this record warmth with some showers, david. >> david: ginger, thank you. we'll see you tomorrow morning on "gma." we turn now to the breaking news from florida, late today, the federal judge ruling on one of donald trump's motions to dismiss the classified documents case against him there, ruling she would not dismiss. and what she said in court about the case overall. here's our senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky now. >> reporter: donald trump
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arriving in a florida court. trump's team arguing the charges were unconstitutionally vague. but judge eileen cannon ruling tonight she will not dismiss the case on those grounds. she's still considering another motion to dismiss, but after a full day of arguments, cannon strongly signaling she is inclined to let the case move forward, saying, your arguments might have some force, but it's difficult to see how this leads to a dismissal of the indictment. >> are you prepared to go to trial on march 25th? >> reporter: her ruling coming just hours after a surprise announcement in new york. the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg proposing a one-month delay in the start of trump's hush money trial. trump's accused of trying to conceal payments to adult film star stormy daniels, the first of the former president's criminal trials was supposed to get under way less than two weeks from now. prosecutors said they just got their hands on tens of thousands of pages in documents from the justice department, and they want to give trump's legal team up to 30 days to review them.
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prosecutors noting there will be another production of documents by next week. >> what did the committee want to know -- >> reporter: the repocords are related to michael cohen. trump has pleaded not guilty. his legal team demanding months to go over the new records, which would delay the trial even more. >> david: to be clear on all of this now, aaron katersky with us live, so, in florida, judge cannon strongly signaling that this documents case will move forward. in new york city, this hush money trial, likely pushed back at least a month. and then tomorrow, we're expecting a major decision in the georgia election interference case, a judge there set to decide whether d.a. fani willis will stay on this case? >> reporter: he is going to decide that as soon as tomorrow, david. the judge is deciding whether fani willis' relationship with another member of the prosecution team posed a financial conflict of interest. whatever way that ruling goes, it is almost certain one side or the other will try to appeal it, potentially delaying that case, too. david?
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>> david: aaron, thank you. meantime, there is breaking news here in new york city tonight. a horrific shooting at a subway station. authorities say a man was shot in the head and is in critical condition at this hour. subway riders seen ducking for cover, and of course, this all comes just days after the national guard was sent into the subway by new york governor kathy hochul. let's get right to erielle reshef with late reporting. what do we know so far? >> reporter: well, david, we want to take you straight to some harrowing video that is coming into our newsroom. you can see subway riders ducking for cover and screaming in horror, moments after a man was shot in the head inside that station in downtown brooklyn shortly before 5:00 p.m., just as that rush hour was beginning tonight. the victim seen here on a stretcher, rushed to the hospital in critical condition. police sources say that a suspect is in custody. and a weapon has been recovered. but as you mentioned, david, this comes just days after governor hochul sent the national guard into stations across this city amid a 13% spike in subway crime so far this year.
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david? >> david: erielle, thank you. we turn now to the race for president, and tonight, vice president kamala harris, the first vice president to ever visit a planned parenthood that provides abortions, telling voters, women's reproductive rights, abortion rights, are on the ballot this presidential election. and tonight here, what's happened, even in conservative states, when the issue of abortion has been put on the ballot after roe went down. here's abc's rachel scott tonight. >> reporter: tonight, kamala harris making history as the first vice president to visit a women's health clinic where abortions are provided, a sign of just how central this issue has become to the biden campaign. >> and walking through this clinic, that's what i saw. are people who have dedicated their lives to the profession of providing health care in a safe place, that gives people dignity. and i think we should all want that for each other. >> reporter: 21 states have banned or restricted access to abortion since the supreme court overturned roe versus wade. the minnesota planned parenthood
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clinic harris visited says they've seen a nearly 100% increase in patients coming in from other parts of the country. >> how dare these elected leaders believe they are in a better position to tell women what they need? to tell women what is in their best interest? we have to be a nation that trusts women. >> reporter: democrats keenly aware voters have moved to protect abortion rights in all six states where it has appeared on the ballot since roe was overturned, including conservative states like kansas, kentucky, and ohio. in his state of the union speech, president biden speaking directly to the justices sitting in front of them. >> you're about to realize just how much you were right about that. the president is counting on abortion to drive voters to the polls this november. as many as 14 states could have measures related to abortion or
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reproductive rights on the ballot. among them, nevada, pennsylvania, and arizona. battleground states that could decide this election. as the nation's first female vice president, harris has been the leading voice on reproductive rights for the biden administration. david, she's been going state to state, hoping to rally democratic voters around this issue. david? >> david: rachel, thank you. there is late news tonight in the trial of the michigan father charged in his son's deadly school attack. the jury is right now deliberating, signaling late today that they will go into the night. it was just weeks ago, another jury found his wife guilty of involuntary manslaughter. here's trevor ault. >> reporter: tonight, a strong signal from the michigan jury that they will keep deliberating into the night, weighing the fate of james crumbley, who is facing four counts of involuntary manslaughter, one for each of the students his son murdered at oxford high school in 2021. last month, his wife jennifer convicted on the same charges, the first parent held criminally
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responsible in their child's school shooting. in james' trial, prosecutors alleged james was negligent and ignored signs of his son's deteriorating mental health. and buying him the gun used in the shooting. >> james crumbley was presented with the easiest, most glaring opportunities to prevent the deaths of these four students, and he did nothing. >> reporter: hours before the shooting, james and his wife met with their son's counselor over concerning drawings, but they designed to take their son home from school. james did not take the stand in his defense, but his wife testified during her trial that it was her husband's responsibility to keep the family guns secure. >> it was more his thing, so i let him handle that. >> reporter: the defense arguing that james had no way of knowing what his son was planning. >> james crumbley had no idea what his son was capable of. >> reporter: david, involuntary manslaughter carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. jennifer crumbley's sentencing is scheduled for next month.
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david? >> david: trevor, thank you. we turn next here to israel, and to a rare and stunning rebuke of benjamin netanyahu right here in the u.s., and it came from the highest ranking jewish official in the u.s. government. senate majority leader chuck schumer suggesting elections be held in israel, and saying netanyahu is an obstacle to peace. matt gutman from israel tonight. >> reporter: tonight, that stunning rebuke from senate majority leader chuck schumer, calling for israel to hold new elections because he believes prime minister benjamin netanyahu is an obstacle to peace. >> as a lifelong supporter of israel, it has become clear to me the netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of israel after october 7th. >> reporter: in a 40-minute speech, schumer, the highest ranking jewish official in the u.s., saying raert has lost its way, and demanded it do more to protect civilians in gaza. netanyahu's likud party
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netanyahu's likud party criticizing the speech, saying, "israel is not a banana republic," who's leader can be swapped out. the president has said such an operation without sufficient consideration for humanitarian concerns will be crossing a red line that could be met with the withholding of military aid to israel. and tonight, a senior israeli official telling abc news the u.s. has recently slowed supplies of ammunition, which, today, the white house denied. but with gazans facing famine, the white house and democrats under increasing pressure for a cease-fire and for increased aid into gaza. today, at a border crossing not far from rafah, we spoke to the israeli commander responsible for allowing aid into gaza. israel blaming the u.n. for failing to distribute aid. are you saying that there's no hunger or there is no starvation in the north of gaza? because the u.n. is about to declare a famine. >> i'm saying there is no starvation, there are challenges. there are challenges of accessibility, as.
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>> reporter: senator shchumers remarks cheered by some here in israel, but despite the fact that netanyahu is deeply unpopular in israel, even some of his staunchest opponents said it should be only israeli citizens who decide their prime minister. david? >> david: making global headlines tonight. matt, thank you. back here in the u.s., and the spectacular images tonight. spacex and the launch of its starship rocket today. the most powerful rocket ever built. crossing several major hurdles, but then burning up on its way back to earth. tonight, spacex and nasa saying that much was learned today, but the bigger question remains, how soon do they plan on putting astronauts on one of these rockets to the moon? here's mireya villarreal tonight. >> three, two, one -- >> reporter: lifting off from the coast of south texas today, spacex launching its third test flight of starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built. >> we are feeling the rumble. >> reporter: the spacecraft nasa
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hopes will one day help bring astronauts back to the moon. >> passing supersonic, so we're now moving faster than the speed of sound. >> reporter: starship traveling farther in space than ever before, almost halfway around earth. >> oh, man. i need a moment to pick my jaw up from the floor, because these views are just stunning. >> reporter: spacex expected starship would survive re-entry to the atmosphere, but break apart when it hit the ocean. >> the heat shield tiles doing their work, up to 2,600 degrees fahrenheit that those tiles are dissipating. >> reporter: instead, the spacecraft lost contact and burned up on its way back to earth. david, the faa will now investigate what went wrong, and what went right, but starship, they are already building four more new ones in hopes of launching them by the end of the year, with the stretch goal of getting astronauts back to the moon by 2026. david? >> david: mireya villarreal tonight, thank you.
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finally tonight here, america strong. the physical therapist and runner headed up the mountain, documenting his run, when he suddenly saw something else. tonight, outside honolulu, the incredible rescue. physical therapist and marathon runner, sergio florian, was training on a mountain on oahu's east side. recording and sharing his training runs when all of the sudden, he saw this. >> yo, hey. >> david: a lost dog, shaking and dehydrated. curled up near the edge of 1,000-foot cliff. >> aw, you okay, bro? no. >> david: that runner did not hesitate. >> i'm going to get her down. >> david: realizing the lost dog was too weak to make it down, he picked her up, all 45 pounds of her, and slowly, carefully carried her down the steep, rocky trail. >> i don't know whose girl this
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is, but we got to find out. i'm just taking her rest in between. i'm going to take her down. >> david: eventually making it back to his home, giving her much-needed water. feeding her. and getting word out that he had found the dog. eventually finding the owner who had lost her on a walk. and right here don't >> aloha david, welcome to beautiful hawaii. >> david: that runner and rescuer, sergio. >> as you can see behind me, that's exactly where it was. i got her trust first and i started to pet her and then she let me hold on to her. and that's when i knew that i could save her. >> david: he says his knowledge as a physical therapist, his endurance as a marathon runner, all helped him get that dog down to safety. >> i just did what anyone would have would have done if they could. i'm just grateful that i was able to help her. >> david: tonight, the dog, whose name is stevie, home and on the mend. and her owner grateful. >> anytime you're in a position where you're able bodied and you're in a good place and you can help someone, you should lend a hand.
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>> david: we all think of our dogs and we see that one. thank you, sergio, and we're glad stevie's home. good night. right now. all you can hear. >> that wild wind, all night long. >> all across the bay area. the wind advisory and what you can expect next. >> and it's been a wet winter, but you could soon be asked to cut back on water use again. we'll tell you why are at their wit's end? >> because the city has treated their neighborhood as a containment zone for narcotics, tenderloin neighbors. >> they are fed up, and now they're ready for a fight. good
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afternoon. thanks for joining us. >> i'm larry biel, and i'm kristen sze, san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood is at the heart of the narrative about the city drugs, homelessness, crime. >> but neighbors say, who live there, that it's much more than just that. they believe the city is treating the tenderloin as kind of what they describe as a containment zone. and now they're actually suing the city. abc seven news reporter luz pena is here in studio with the details. hi, luis. >> hi. that's right. san francisco's officially in the middle of two lawsuits, one by the coalition on homelessness and now by a group of tenderloin residents and businesses who are accused in the city of tolerating illegal drug dealing and a growing number of homeless encampments. san francisco woke up to a lawsuit by five residents and two businesses in the tenderloin. the city's drug market hotspot, that are at their wit's end because the city has treated their neighborhood as a containment zone for narcotics activity. >> and all the problems associated with that. >> matthew davis represents the tenderloin residents who want to remain