>> this morning on world news now. former president trump facing a critical deadline today that nearly half billion dollar bond is due. >> his son eric says lenders laughed when they asked for that much money. plus what happens if donald trump can't pay? >> also this morning, what is isis k, the group that claims it's behind the deadly moscow terror attack, plus the western european country increasing its terror threat level in response. >> plus, we're now seeing how a man boarded a plane by taking photos of a passengers boarding pass and why millions of americans will have a chance to see this. >> the northern lights this week

. it's monday, march 25th. >> from abc news. this is world news now. good morning >> we are starting another week. thank you so much for joining us. andrew dymburt alongside myself, rhiannon, ally northern lights. have you ever seen them? >> i have not, but looks like lots of people are going to maybe get a chance to see them. not only the northern lights. we have the eclipse coming up. yeah there's a celestial events. >> yeah, look at that. yes, it just looks unreal. >> one of those. you see it? >> yeah i know, have you seen them? could see it this week. yeah. maybe we'll tell you how danny might be up looking into the sky right now as we speak. we'll check in with him in just a few minutes. we have to begin this morning, though, with a day of financial reckoning for former president donald trump. >> today is the day trump is required to post a nearly $500 million bond in his new york fraud trial. his legal team has repeatedly said he cannot cover the massive penalty, and if he misses the deadline, new york's

attorney general is poised to start seizing his assets. abc's aaron katersky breaks it all down this morning. >> donald trump has to secure a bond or risk enforcement of the nearly half billion dollar judgment imposed on him for a decade's worth of corporate fraud. >> it's a large amount. and also, it's significant because we all know that most of former president's assets are tied up in real estate and real estate. that's high profile. >> trump has long boasted of his success, telling the new york attorney general in a deposition, it's what got him elected. >> i mean, i became president because of the brand, okay? i became president. i think it's the hottest brand in the world now, trump's lawyers have said he doesn't have the cash obtaining a bond so large, they said, is a practical impossibility. >> they're making him do something that's not physically possible. but as new york attorney general letitia james told me last month, trump has to pay. does he have the money to pay this? that's really not my business. >> the judgment is $363 million

plus $100 million in interest, which accrues each and every day at 9% interest. if he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek a, you know, judgment enforcement mechanisms in court that could include freezing bank accounts, collecting rent from trump's tenants or seizing some of his properties like trump's golf course and seven springs estate in westchester county, or his triplex apartment and 40 wall street in manhattan. >> the assets that attorney general james can go after are not just limited to assets located in new york state. she's very much able to go after assets of the trump organization, located in other states. >> aaron katersky, abc news, new york thanks to aaron katersky for that. >> the attorney general could wait for an appeals court to decide whether trump deserves a reprieve, or she could also ask creditors to start identifying trump's accounts and file property liens. meanwhile, trump was at one of his properties in florida last night, joined by golf legend jack nicklaus. trump

accepted two trophies for winning championship at his own golf club. president biden trolling him on ex saying, quote, congratulations, donald. quite the accomplishment. >> less than a week into spring, millions of americans are in the path of a storm that will make it feel as though winter never left the system is responsible for a tornado in northern texas that hit near the oklahoma border. no one was hurt when the roof of a hospital was torn off. it also created icy roads that sent cars sliding off interstate 35 near des moines, iowa. 16 states are under alerts. the system will reach the northeast later this week. >> and now to the investigation into the deadliest terror attack in russia in more than 20 years. four men accused of opening fire on a concert hall are now behind bars, and we're now learning more about isis. k that is the group that's claiming responsibility. abc's derrick dennis has more. >> this morning, four suspects in friday's deadly attack on a concert hall in moscow have appeared in court charged with terrorism. and at least 137 people were killed, 180 injured.

and video shows the terrifying moment the gunman first stormed the complex. people scattering and hiding as gunshots ring out. the last of the four to be charged claims he was paid 500,000 rubles, or about $50,400, to carry out the attack. another suspect, just 19 years old, now in a wheelchair. all are said to be operatives of the terror group isis. k just a few days ago, the armed services committee, i asked our commanding general in the middle east about isis's capacity to project attacks from afghanistan. >> he said that in as little as six months, it turned out to be closer to six days. >> analysts say isis has grown stronger after the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan in 2021, when the terror group's enemy, the taliban, seized power. they say isis, k has long been focused on targeting russia for its interventions in afghanistan, chechnya and syria. the u.s. says it shared intelligence earlier this month about a planned terror attack in moscow. but russia's ambassador to the u.s. claims the biden

administration failed to pass along concrete information. russia, meanwhile, is blaming ukraine, but the white house denies that claim and insists isis k is solely responsible. russian president vladimir putin lighting a candle in memory of the victims. with many families still waiting for word on their loved ones, the attack is already raising concerns in europe. france is raising its terror threat alert to its highest level, saying it took isis case claim of responsibility and general threats facing the country into account. andrew >> rhiannon, derek, thank you. the supreme court is set to hear arguments tomorrow in a case that could impact access to the widely used abortion pill mifepristone. the justices will examine whether the fda lawfully relaxed restrictions on the drug to make it more easily accessible, including through the mail. opponents claim if a prestone is linked to medical complications. but experts say it's among the safest medications ever approved used by more than 5 million women. >> well, today, baseball's highest paid player ever is set to address the gambling and

theft allegations surrounding his former interpreter, the dodgers shohei ohtani is now under both the media and major league baseball's microscope. amid conflicting stories about ep, mitsuharu. at least $4.5 million was sent from ohtani bank account to an alleged illegal bookmaker. ohtani is not has not been accused of any wrongdoing. we'll have to see what he has to say later today. >> if you ever wanted to see the northern lights, this week could be your chance. >> yeah, danny new is out on the roof. live with more. danny, do you see anything out there? >> i see him, he's very well lit. thank you. >> yes i'm trying guys. okay. they said technically new york could see this aurora. and there were beautiful images in alaska on friday. look at this. oh, what i would give to have this in new york, because there's this big geomagnetic storm. right. and then this watch was issued on saturday saying that it's actually going to come to the states. they don't usually get auroras, right. it's not just alaska this time. it's going to come down to states like minnesota to washington in

to michigan, the northern states. but then it's actually such a powerful geomagnetic storm. it's going to come into the more inland states like oregon, illinois, and even us here in new york. if i had to guess, probably more upstate new york. but hey, our name was in all the articles, and therefore i am on this roof, and i'm looking up because i want to see my first aurora guys. >> so do you see it, i see buildings and some people sleeping on the upper west side. >> i think that's just the empire state building that you see that lights up pretty bright . plenty of light pollution in new york, which is nice if we're going to see it in new york city. yeah, maybe. maybe upstate new york. >> i think danny might be right about that. >> you're lucky enough to see, like, three stars here. exactly >> on a good day or a good night, i should say. all right, danny, you keep searching. >> thanks, danny. let us know if you see anything live from the roof. yeah. be careful up there, danny. coming up. march madness. living up to the hype overnight. we'll check our own brackets. do we have to? do we have to?

>> plus wire free was pulled from one of the women's games over the weekend. and our first look at how a man seemed to board a flight by snapping a photo of another passengers ticket. >> you're watching world news

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better. >> sometimes >> kevin hart has joined a select list of comedians he was honored last night in washington, dc with the mark twain prize for american humor. he told the kennedy center crowd, i didn't start doing what i was doing just to get awards. i just fell in love with the idea of comedy. past winners include richard pryor, george carlin, dave chappelle and carol burnett. >> big congrats to him. six footage is now raising serious questions about how a man nearly

managed to take a 2.5 hour flight on a major airline, all while using a bogus ticket. here's abc's zohreen shah. >> the dramatic security camera footage showing a texas man before authorities say he boarded a delta flight from salt lake city heading to austin, texas, without a ticket watch as the man authorities identified as wyclef lazard appears to take a photo with his phone of another passenger's ticket. last sunday, a felony complaint said he took photos of multiple passenger phones while they were not looking, according to the complaint. then, using his phone as a boarding pass to board has been pretty much a foolproof system. >> has a hole in it and that hole has to be filled. >> flores card was apparently on standby for a southwest flight that was completely full. that's when officials say he then tried to get aboard a delta flight. once aboard the delta flight, according to the affidavit. he opens the emergency equipment storage door. a flight attendant then assists him to a bathroom

toward the front of the plane, while others board the affidavit explains. meanwhile, a delta gate agent tries scanning another passenger's ticket, but the system says she already boarded. the affidavit suggests the system worked, yet the girl was still allowed to board before the doors closed. flores art moves to the bathroom in the back as he leaves it, an attendant sees no open seats and tries helping as the plane starts to taxi. then she realizes he is not a passenger. the plane then returns to the gate, where authorities arrest flores. art experts with this warning for all passengers probably need to be pretty well aware of what you're flashing around, because it might not be somebody trying to get on the airplane illicitly. >> it could be something else really. >> a lot of questions and a lot of things they need to look at. thank you, zohreen shah, for that coming up. do we have to do this? can we just skip this? i don't want to do it. the brackets. we got to check our brackets after that huge weekend of games. >> don't worry rhiannon, we're next, i promise. and why star player caitlin clark was arguing

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against san diego state, a former final four team from last year. >> yeah that's right. yeah. and a win would have sent the bulldogs to boston on thursday, which means the school would have probably been able to make that commute from connecticut. but they could not. the band could not make it to spokane during their spring break this past weekend. so actually, the university of idaho's band got some white t shirts and learned their fight song to do the honors. >> this is true team spirit right here. like, what an amazing gift to give the yale school team. and but the loss also means one yale department can stop redirecting people from its ex account, which is yale. mbb they tweeted, we are the yale molecular biofilm physics and biochemistry account. you might want to tag at yale and basketball instead. that tweet has more than 4 million views. everyone keeps yelling nerds! >> here's why. because most men's basketball accounts say the school and the mbb mbb basketball. >> but they got a lot of departments at yale, including molecular biology, molecular biology, and something else,

something else scientific that we're not equipped to talk about in the women's tourney. questions still surround an officiating change that happened on saturday in the chattanooga, north carolina, state game. >> so here's what happened, tommy paris was removed at halftime due to what the ncaa called a background conflict. so her online profile says she has a master's degree from chattanooga. >> i've never seen anything quite like this before. referee being pulled like this ncaa referees are supposed to list potential school conflicts on their officiating profiles. an official from a prior game instead was the alternate in this game and replaced her. why? >> how did they not discover this ahead of time? >> that's what i'm saying. this is i mean, there's a lot of referees, a lot of games, but still. >> yeah, okay, tonight we will see the end of the iowa city portion of the caitlin clark era. >> clark plays her final collegiate game in her home arena, when the hawkeyes will meet west virginia division one basketball's all time leading scorer says she's more focused on her team getting off to a strong start.

>> things got a little bit intense between clark and her dad in saturday's first round game, when she got upset about a foul call. brant clark was seen telling her to stop complaining. >> remember, he was her first ever basketball coach and she has been very open saying that he really is the reason she is where she is today. >> i just love her for the cameras to capture both. i know it's like a tennis match, so like they look at their supporters and stuff and argue with each other. >> yeah, i love it. >> it's a dad being a dad. >> with that, let's remind you insomniacs our picks in first the women's tournament. we're all still alive. yeah. >> we're still alive, including pepper, carolina, iowa. they are all still. i didn't realize pepper and i picked the same school. that's right. you are two cat pals. >> caitlin, clark. >> caitlin. >> clark. that's right. >> okay, now we got to show you this. i'm trying to leave. not much time, greg is telling me to move on, but i don't want to show you this, because look how my back injury i'm doing. >> yes, you are. >> i was, last i checked, i was in, like, fifth. well you're back because kansas lost

rhiannon, oregon lost for andhra. >> and my cat is beating you. rhiannon how does it feel it? >> listen, you took a chance on your school. >> in my other bracket with my friends from home, i took for you. oh, to be. and i was florida home. immediately eliminated. just like that. >> but you were smarter. and the tv bracket? >> yes,

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>> you know. look out, jake paul, look out jake mike tyson might be getting a get me started on that fight. yeah, the summer right? yeah. next. >> we've all had a busy days, but probably not as busy as last wednesday for a woman in wilmington, north carolina. >> yeah. 27 year old angelica may started the day by ringing the bell after completing her final chemotherapy session for her stage two triple negative breast cancer. if that wasn't enough, look what happened. >> yes, her boyfriend got down on one knee, popped the question, and she said yes. >> wow, what a day. >> yes, a brand new life. >> so much love, support, new life ahead, new love. you love to see it next. >> what could end up being the most expensive comic book ever, nearly pristine issue of action comics issue number one. >> the first appearance of superman from june 1938 goes under the hammer. next month, it is expected to shatter the record for world's highest ever comic book price of $5.3

million. that's the bar it could go way higher. >> yeah, and industry experts believe that only about 100 copies of this 86 year old issue still exist. out of the original 200,000. just think of how many people had it and could have just held it. >> just sitting in the landfill, almost a 100 year old comic. >> that hurts getting there. >> i know right? movies too. and finally, a very adorable video to make your day better. >> take a look. this six month old kitty cat across the pond named boots. oh look it. boots apparently loves to explore his owner's model train tunnels. >> oh my goodness. >> even getting comfortable stretching out on the tracks doesn't seem bothered by the trains either. >> okay, first of all, these trains look super real this close up, so the cat looks obviously like gigantic like godzilla. now the camera caught the moment a train came barreling down the tracks, but don't worry, a catastrophe was averted. >> catastrophe. >> there it is. that train was stressing.

>> how are cats so quick? their reflexes are just so. >> how does it fit in? in the little tunnel there? i don't know. >> cats have that gift and they have the gift to knock over anything except apparently model trains. >> those trains are still on the track, dan

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