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news as we come on the air, the extraordinary scene unfolding right now. federal agents on the scene, the raids in los angeles and miami. the raids at the home of music mogul sean combs. homeland security agents late today moving in on both homes belonging to diddy. tonight why federal authorities say they are on the scene.
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kayna whitworth with late reporting live from los angeles. also tonight, the breaking news on donald trump. today was the deadline for that $464 million bond. trump ten more days now, and now saying he can post less than half that. but if trump loses his case on appeal, he'll owe it all. and tonight the other case, the fireworks in court, the judge not happy and says trump's first criminal trial will begin three weeks from today. the severe storm threat as we come on the air tonight, several states. and tonight the tornado threat widening. multiple tornadoes already reported from the system, and this is all moving east. ginger zee will time this out. the new video tonight showing russian officers chasing down a terror suspect in the woods. wanted for that deadly attack in a concert hall in moscow. tonight at least 139 people now killed in this. martha raddatz with what we know. the major shake-up at boeing tonight amid a series of
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alarming incidents, including the door that came off at 16,000 feet. tonight boeing's ceo and two top executives are out. gio benitez covers aviation. a horrific tragedy at a hotel pool, an 8-year-old girl drowning. authorities believe she was sucked into a pipe in the pool while swimming. just moments ago here, the highest paid player in major league baseball breaking his silence tonight. the l.a. dodgers' shohei ohtani making his first statement on the gambling scandal and what he now claims. tonight israel canceling this high-level meeting in washington set for this week after president biden urged benjamin netanyahu not to move forward with that assault in rafah. tonight, a global outpouring of support for princess catherine. king charles meeting with catherine before she went public. princess catherine writing that message herself and her hope, and sarah ferguson tonight with her support. here in the u.s., the deadly attack, two brothers attacked by a mountain lion in california. and arnold schwarzenegger revealing news tonight about his health.
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♪ >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. >> david: good evening. it is great to have you with us on a monday night. and we begin tonight with the breaking news, the extraordinary scene late today. federal agents moving in on homes in los angeles and miami, homes belonging to music mogul sean diddy combs. the images coming in tonight, federal authorities, including teams from homeland security, raiding the homes. tonight sources telling abc news it is connected to a human trafficking investigation. the aerial images right here of combs' home in the wealthy l.a. neighborhood of holmby hills. heavily armed agents, armored vehicles there, two men have been detained at this property. law enforcement telling us they are his sons. combs has faced multiple allegations of sexual assault and sex trafficking, accusations he has denied. abc's kayna whitworth leading us off on the breaking news. she's in los angeles tonight.
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>> reporter: tonight, heavily armed federal authorities raiding homes belonging to legendary rapper and entertainment mogul, sean "diddy" combs. agents from homeland security in investigations seen in fatigues and body armor entering his home in the wealthy l.a. enclave of holmby hills. drones flying overhead. combs' two sons reportedly detained at the scene, and more agents at his mansion in miami. the department of homeland security confirming to abc news that they “executed law enforcement actions as part of an ongoing investigation. law enforcement sources telling abc news this is being handled out of the southern district of new york, and the investigation involves human trafficking. combs had multiple lawsuits leveled against him in recent months with allegations of sexual assault and sex trafficking, allegations he denies. and, david, a lawyer for two of the alleged victims told us in a statement they welcome today's law enforcement activity, adding that they hope this is the
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beginning of a process that will hold mr. combs responsible. david? >> david: kayna whitworth leading us off on the breaking news. kayna, thank you. we turn to major developments involving donald trump. today was the deadline for trump to put up a $464 million bond. while an appeals court giving him ten more days now, and now saying he can post less than half that. ultimately, though, if trump loses his appeal, he will owe it all. tonight trump appearing very pleased with this decision, and says he will come up with the money in ten days. new york's attorney general was preparing to take action on trump's properties in lieu of the bond. but tonight trump's efforts to further stall the first criminal case, the hush money case, did not work. the fireworks in court today, the judge not happy and saying trump's first criminal trial will begin three weeks from today. senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky outside the courthouse tonight. >> reporter: donald trump walked into court today grim-faced. it was the deadline for him to post a $464 million bond in his civil fraud trial, but his lawyers said he didn't have the money. >> mr. trump, are you posting
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bail? >> reporter: and the new york attorney general was already putting the wheels in motion to seize his assets. trump's lawyers claimed 30 insurance companies had turned the former president down for a bond, refusing to accept his real estate as collateral. on social media, trump ranted he was being pressured to raise cash by selling off buildings like trump tower, complaining, “why should i be forced to sell my babies.” but today at the 11th hour, a lifeline. an appeals court reducing that bond by more than half to 175 million and giving trump an extra ten days to pay it. >> we'll now post either $175 million in cash or bonds or security or whatever is necessary, very quickly within the ten days. >> reporter: the reprieve coming as trump sat in a manhattan courtroom trying to convince a judge to further delay the start of another case, his first criminal trial. trump charged with trying to hide a sex scandal from voters by falsifying business records about a hush money payment to porn actress, stormy daniels. jury selection was supposed to start today but was already delayed until april 15th to give
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trump's team more time to review newly disclosed documents. now they were asking for even more time, accusing the district attorney's office of “widespread misconduct” and “unethical actions." but in a heated hearing, judge juan merchan calling those claims “a far cry” from true. declaring the trial will indeed go forward on april 15th, three weeks from today. outside, trump attacking the judge. >> the judge cannot go faster. he wants to get it started so badly. >> reporter: suggesting he could take the stand in his own defense. >> i would have no problem testifying. i didn't do anything wrong. >> reporter: so, trump's first criminal trial starting three weeks from tonight. and, david, he has ten days now to post that reduced bond of $175 million in the civil case. but if he loses that civil case on appeal, he's still on the hook for the whole judgment, nearly a half billion dollars. david? >> david: aaron katersky in lower manhattan tonight. aaron, thank you. we're going to turn now to the severe storm threat and real tornado concern across multiple states tonight. this line of storms stretching from texas and the gulf all the
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way up to wisconsin. strong tornadoes possible right into the evening hours. multiple states remain under winter weather alerts tonight. extremely dangerous travel with whiteout conditions possible. look at this, in garden city, kansas, a tornado touching down. this is one of five reported tornados from the system already. and treacherous driving along i-70 in western kansas from the snow. chief meteorologist ginger zee tracking it all for us tonight. hey, ginger. >> reporter: hey, david. right through the middle of louisiana, a tornado watch for the next couple hours. we'll see this still marching through mississippi, as we go into the overnight. as we know, nocturnal tornadoes can be more than two times more deadly, so have two ways of getting warnings if you're in that line. it will still be around by tomorrow morning, but on the back side of this, it's the blizzard warnings that are in place from the high plains of western kansas right up through south dakota. those winter weather advisories from new mexico up to minnesota and wisconsin. we're going to move it to the east, and, speaking of the east, we were drenched over the weekend. providence, rhode island, more
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than 10 inches above average to date, for this year. a lot of places, like new york city, 150% of normal. david, more by thursday. >> david: that was extraordinary over the weekend. ginger, thank you. we turn to new images coming in after that horrific concert attack outside moscow, graphic new video posted tonight by russian state media. you can see officers there chasing a suspect through the woods, catching him, beating him. tonight, for the first time, vladimir putin blaming radical islamists, but not mentioning isis, even though isis has claimed responsibility. here's martha raddatz. >> reporter: dramatic new video tonight showing russian officers chasing down one of the men accused of the massacre in moscow, kicking him repeatedly when he is finally caught. the images posted by russian state media. he was one of four suspected i.s.i.s. terrorists dragged into a russian courtroom today, bruised and bloodied, one in a wheelchair, barely conscious. russian authorities are not
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denying reports that the suspects were tortured. [ sound of gunfire ] at least 139 people killed, nearly 200 more injured friday. gunmen slaughtering concert goers and shoppers. tossing explosives as they escaped. within minutes, a massive fire trapping many inside, causing the roof to collapse. the u.s. warned russia just two weeks ago of an imminent risk from isis-k, specifically at a concert venue. vladmir putin tonight, saying the attack was committed by “radical islamists” but not specifically isis, pointing the finger instead at ukraine, without evidence. the ukrainians deny any involvement. russia says three of the suspects have pleaded guilty, but putin keeps implying ukraine backed the attack even though the u.s. is adamant ukraine had nothing to do with it and isis-k
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itself claims responsibility. david? >> david: martha raddatz reporting on this again tonight. thank you, martha. back here in the u.s. and a major shakeup at boeing, after a number of safety scares, including that door plug coming off at 16,000 feet. tonight we have learned the ceo will step down. gio benitez covers aviation. >> reporter: tonight, just months after that door plug flew off an alaska airlines boeing max 9 at 16,000 feet, raising questions over boeing's quality control, a major shake-up at one of the largest aerospace companies in the world. boeing ceo, dave calhoun, announcing he's stepping down planning to retire at the end of the year. two other executives also leaving, including the ceo of commercial airplanes, who retired today. calhoun telling cnbc this was completely his decision, that it's time. >> i've entered my fifth year. at the end of this year, i'll be close to 68 years old. >> reporter: it comes amidst increased scrutiny over boeing's production, after an
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investigation found that alaska airlines' door plug blew out because four key bolts were missing. and an faa audit, obtained by "the new york times"," finding boeing failed 33 of 89 product audits. calhoun vowing to see the company through crucial changes. >> we are at the early stages of responding to, in my view, an over-exercised supply chain and an over-exercised boeing factory. and we're going to calm it down. we're going to get ahead of all issues that the faa, and way more importantly, that our own people bring to our attention, and we'll get ahead of it. >> reporter: and david, as you know, this is a major company in america. boeing has made more than half of all planes operated by the major u.s. airlines. david? >> david: gio benitez on this again tonight. thank you, gio. and we are learning more about a horrific tragedy at a hotel pool in houston. an 8-year-old girl drowned after apparently being sucked into a pipe swimming at the doubletree hotel. her family had reported her missing. rescuers using a camera to find
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her inside a 16-inch pipe. her body recovered nearly 13 hours after she vanished. investigators are now trying to determine what went wrong with that pipe. we turn now to that gambling scandal in major league baseball. just a short time ago before we came on tonight, the major league's highest paid star, the dodgers' shohei ohtani, breaking his silence after his interpreter and friend was accused of using ohtani's money to pay off more than $4 million in debts. victor oquendo from los angeles. >> reporter: for the first time tonight, shohei ohtani addressing the gambling scandal involving his former interpreter, ippei mizuhara, under investigation by major league baseball and the irs. [ speaking in a non-english language ] >> reporter: ohtani did not field any questions, only reading a statement, saying, he never bet on baseball or any other sports but was saddened and shocked someone he trusted
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lied to him. >> rips one and he gets on top of it. and shohei ohtani's first hit of 2024. >> reporter: the dodgers opening their season in south korea. there's mizuhara smiling in the dugout with his longtime friend. earlier that day, mizuhara telling espn ohtani helped him pay off an estimated $4.5 million in gambling debts, hours later, changing his story. ohtani saying he learned of the gambling and that mizuhara stole money from his account that same day. espn says they've investigated banking information showing the two-time mvp's name on two $500,000 payments sent in september and october. the dodgers promptly fired mizuhara. so far no one has been charged with a crime. ohtani saying he will assist in all investigations. david? >> david: victor oquendo on the breaking developments. victor, thank you. tonight israel canceling the high-level meeting set for washington this week after president biden urged benjamin netanyahu in recent days not to move forward with an assault in rafah. here's selena wang from the white house. >> reporter: tonight, israel's
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prime minister netanyahu canceling plans to send a delegation to washington for high-level talks over israel's planned invasion of rafah. the surprise move coming shortly after the u.s. paved the way for the u.n. security council to pass a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. >> abstention. >> reporter: the u.s. abstaining for the first time after months of blocking resolutions. netanyahu saying the u.s. move at the u.n. today “harms the war effort as well as the effort to liberate the hostages." for weeks, the u.s. has urged israel not to go into the southern city of rafah without a plan to protect the 1.3 million palestinian civilians sheltering there, who are now on the brink of famine. but, david, the u.s. is downplaying any rift with israel, insisting that there's been no change in u.s. policy, explaining that the u.s. has always supported a ceasefire deal with the release of hostages. but netanyahu, he disagrees,
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since this resolution does not condition a ceasefire deal on the release of hostages. david? >> david: selena wang at the white house for us tonight. thank you. tonight, the outpouring of support for catherine, princess of wales, after sharing her cancer diagnosis with the world. you remember from friday night that deeply personal message. abc news has learned it was written by the princess herself. catherine leaning on king charles, also undergoing cancer treatment, who visited her the day before she went public. tonight sarah ferguson, the duchess of new york, who revealed her own skin cancer diagnosis this year, saying she is full of admiration for catherine for speaking out. when we come back, the deadly attack, two brothers attacked by a mountain lion. one of the brothers did not survive. and the news coming in on arnold schwarzenegger revealing news on his health. but psoriasis swooped in to clip them. it crushed my confidence. but no longer will psoriasis get a piece of me. i can love my skin again. with bimzelx. only bimzelx targets and blocks il-17a plus f to calm inflammation. i can control my plaques, and start getting myself back.
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>> david: good to see you. how martin got here was the real story. how long have you been in the factory? >> 70 years. >> david: 70 years. martin was a boy when the nazis came to his village in czechoslovakia. his family was later taken to auschwitz. >> i was separated completely from my parents in auschwitz because some were sent to the left, and i was sent to the right. >> david: and you never saw your family again? >> never saw anybody again. >> david: it was there as a boy the nazis put martin to work as a tailor. >> i didn't know how to even hold a needle or how to sew. >> david: he was taken to buchenwald next, and when the camp was liberated, it was general eisenhower who was right there. >> eisenhower is a big, tall man. and i shook his hand, and i cried. i cried with joy. >> david: martin came to america
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and he told me he remembered the first time he saw the statue of liberty. >> all night i was watching. i was waiting to get to america. >> david: he would use those skills he learned while surviving to get to work here. he would buy the factory himself. >> every day i wear a three-piece suit. >> david: this is yours today? >> yes. >> david: did you make this? >> of course. >> david: and of all of the people he would make suits for, that general who became president, president eisenhower. how important is it those three words, made in america? >> made in america for me, i love this country. i don't see colors. i only see people. >> david: tonight his two sons will now run the business. for martin, family was everything, including the family he lost. how often do you still think about your family? >> i still dream of them being alive. i see them in my dream. >> david: and we'll never forget
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the lesson from his own father who told him, never stop smiling. >> never stop smiling. >> david: even through the most difficult times. >> never stop smiling. >> david: martin was 95. his family remembering him tonight saying he survived the atrocities of the holocaust with his humanity intact. he sure did. good night. tonight. the victims have been identified. one man was killed and his brother badly injured. their family now thanking people for the outpouring of support. >> refinery safety and east bay congressmember calls a town hall meeting for tonight in the wake of several recent incidents. what, he may ask refinery leaders to do next. plus i think they will help with the inequity problems the minimum wage has been too low for too long.
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>> starting one week from today, fast food workers will earn $20 an hour here in california. >> but that's leaving restaurants scrambling to cut costs, and customers may pay the price. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> i don't want to see any of my fellow letter carriers ever get robbed again. >> it is a brazen crime. mail carriers being held up at gunpoint and your mail stolen. these robberies are hitting hard in california, and as the abc seven news i-team has learned, it's especially problematic right here in the bay area. good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley, thanks for joining us. data recently obtained by abc seven news shows that two bay area cities had the greatest number of postal robberies in all of california in 2023. >> abc seven news i-team reporter melanie woodrow joins us now with the story. >> melanie and dan, this is scary stuff. those two cities are san francisco and oakland. i spoke with one mail carrier in oakland who was victimized twice in a matter of m