remove it. you can imagine how complex that is for our officers. i'm very impressed that they got it opened as quickly as they did, considering, what we had to do. >> chp chief don goodbrand talking about today's events and how the chp handled it, including the announcement of the charges that the protesters today who shut down the golden gate bridge and part of 8-80 will be facing, and there are several of them you can continue to watch this news conference on abc seven news.com. world news tonight with david muir is next and tonight, breaking news from here in tel aviv. the war cabinet meeting again in israel tonight, and now israel says it will respond, after iran's first ever direct attack on israel. and in the u.s. tonight, the first ever criminal trial involving a former president begins. and what's happened already in donald trump's trial? trump arriving for his criminal trial in new york, charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying

business records to cover up an alleged hush money payment to stormy daniels. to hide their alleged affair from voters before the election. tonight, potential jurors in that courtroom, and what they were asked right in front of donald trump. here in israel tonight, that war cabinet meeting, israel now saying there will be a response, after the aerial assault from iran. more than 300 missiles and drones in the middle of the night sent from iran. for the first time, a direct attack by iran on israel. matt gutman here in israel tonight. what the israeli military is now signaling. what could be coming and when. mary bruce at the white house, what president biden has warned about any retaliation against iran. that the u.s. will not be apart of it. and martha raddatz on the scope of this iranian attack, and what the u.s. did to help defend israel. back in the u.s. tonight, in syracuse, new york, a police officer and deputy killed. the suspect refusing to pull over during an attempted traffic stop. authorities then tracking a

suspect to the home. the armorer in the "rust" movie shooting. her job was to make sure the weapons used on-set was secure. tonight, she's been sentenced. what the judge said. the search for two missing moms. they were going to pick up one of the children from a birthday party. the two vandals seen destroying an ancient rock formation. tens of millions of years in the making. and boston strong tonight. the remarkable images coming in from the boston marathon. good evening tonight from tel aviv. we are here tonight as the world now waits for israel's response, after the first ever direct attack by iran on israel. more than 300 missiles and drones in the middle of the night. the u.s. helping to defend israel from that iranian attack. tonight, the israeli war cabinet

meeting again into the evening, and now israel saying there will be a response. and, of course, the history also made tonight back in the u.s. the other majorsy sy tory. for the first time ever, a criminal trial involving a former president. donald trump arriving in court, facing 34 felony their alleged affair from voters before the 2016 election. trump in the courtroom today as the first 96 potential jurors filed in. the judge asking them if they could be fair and impartial, and with donald trump right there watching, more than half of them raising their hands to say they could not be. they were led from 2 room, and the jurors who did remain, they were asked pages of questions in front of trump. jury selection could take weeks. our senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky leading us off tonight at the courthouse. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump walking into the courtroom on the 15th floor of new york state supreme court in lower manhattan. the first president in u.s.

history to stand trial as a criminal defendant. >> nothing like this has ever happened before. there's never been anything like it. this is an outrage that this case was brought. >> reporter: trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush payment to porn star stormy daniels, to keep their alleged affair secret from voters during the 2016 campaign. in court, the former president sitting stern-faced as jury selection began. the task? picking 12 jurors and sixal tern gnats to pass judgment on one of the most famous men on the planet. trump flicking his eyes toward the first 96 potential jurors as they filed in. one woman giggling, hand over her mouth, eyebrows raised as she recognized him. judge juan merchan explaining, "a fair juror is a person who has no bias or prejudice in favor of or against a party or witness." with trump watching from the defense table, more than half the potential jurors then raised their hand, signaling they could not be fair and impartial -- an unusually high number. those people immediately excused. one of them heard in the hallway

saying, "i just couldn't do it." about a dozen other people were excused for other reasons. the ones that were left were then called to the jury box to answer one by one a seven-page questionnaire screening for bias. trump following along, holding the questionnaire in his hand. the judge excused one woman who answered yes to a question about whether she had strong opinions about trump that would interfere with her ability to be fair. a man who works at a bookstore said, "i believe that nobody is above the law, whether it be a former president, a sitting president, or a janitor." the judge allowed him to remain in the jury pool. but by the end of the day, not a single juror had been seated. >> it's a scam. it's a political witch hunt. it continues and it continues forever. >> reporter: judge merchan today making some other key decisions in the case. one of them, about the "access hollywood" tape, where trump bragged about groping women. >> when you're a star they let you do it. >> reporter: the judge ruling prosecutors could quote from the tape, but they could not play it in court.

he also ruled jurors can hear from former playboy model karen mcdue dougal, who claims "the national enquirer" paid for her story of an alleged affair with trump only to bury it, a practice known as catch and kill. she will likely be a witness for the prosecution, as will stormy daniels herself. trump denies having affairs with either woman. >> david: aaron, we know that people in the u.s. have such strong opinions, one way or the other, involving donald trump, you have to wonder, how long it's going to take to try to seat a jury in this case. and both prosecutors and the defense will be allowed to e lem nate a certain number of potential jurors here? >> reporter: they will, david, but first, the judge is making sol initial cuts based on the responses to those jury questionnaires. then, the lawyers get to question the remaining potential jurors, one-on-one, each side can cut up to ten people for almost any reason. the judge has set aside two weeks for all of this, and once the testimony gets under way, the trial could last six weeks.

>> david: and, of course, aaron, all of this playing out while donald trump is the republican presidential nominee. there's a campaign under way. there are multiple other cases, also, he faces, and trump today asked the judge for permission to attend arguments in the federal case, those arguments at the supreme court next week over presidential immunity, and whether it covers him. but the judge denying trump's request? >> reporter: he did, david. the judge said, it's a big deal to argue before the u.s. supreme court, but the judge saying, being a criminal defendant on trial in new york is also a big deal. he wants him here. this kind of conflict, david, was bound to happen. trump's courthouse appearances now fully woven into his political strategy, and david, his campaign is winding from one courtroom to another. david? >> david: aaron katersky leading us off tonight. aaron, thank you. we're going to turn now to developments right here in israel, after iran's first ever direct attack on israel. late today, israel's top military chief saying iran will face consequences.

israel's war cabinet meeting for a second day in a row, right into the evening here, revealing no decision tonight about how or when they will respond. the world watching as iran attacked, with more than 300 missiles and drones. american officials stunned by the size and the sweeping assault. 99% of them blocked or brought down with, of course, help from the u.s. but the white house making it clear tonight that if israel decides to strike back at iran, they will do it alone. the u.s. will not take part. matt gutman right here in tel aviv with us. >> reporter: tonight, here in israel, the war cabinet meeting behind closed doors for a second day in row. israel tonight making it clear there will be a response to the first ever direct assault from iran on israel. 300 missiles and drones targeting israel. 99% of those missiles and drones blocked, taken out of the sky, with the help of the u.s. late today, israel's top military chief vowing they will respond to iran. >> iran will face the

consequences for its actions. we will choose our response accordingly. >> reporter: and tonight, the white house and other world leaders urging extreme caution. warning israel to be extraordinarily careful with whatever decision it makes. the u.s. warning israel it will not participate in any israeli counterstrike on iran. president biden today saying the u.s. is committed to israel's security, and commended the u.s. efforts to help protect israel from iran's attack. >> together with our partners, we defeated that attack. >> reporter: it was just before midnight sunday, under the cover of darkness, the iranian assault beginning to unfold. for the roughly 15 minutes that followed, total uncertainty. then, as the scope of this was revealed, israeli and u.s. officials stunned by the sheer scale of the iranian attack. a swarm of nearly 200 drones and cruise missiles, followed by the launch of about 130 bus-sized

ballistic missiles, timed to confuse israeli defenses. fighter jets from the u.s., france, england, and israel taking out the vast majority of drones and cruise missiles. ballistic missiles seen here streaking over jerusalem blasted out of the sky by israel's aerial defense system, including the arrow high altitude anti-missile systems. israel saying it knocked out 99% of those threats. the pentagon saying the u.s. destroy destroying 85 drones and ballistic missiles. video circulating online, verified by abc news, showing one of the very few iranian missiles that hit their target, causing minor damage to an israeli air force base. the idf saying this video shows troops recovering parts of an iranian ballistic missile from the dead sea. the sole casualty, a 7-year-old girl severely wounded by shrapnel. she survived, and is now recovering in hospital. >> we've been training for this for years. we understood that iran is the negative player of the region. >> reporter: it's not quite over? >> of course not. iran is involved in everything negative. >> reporter: the white house calling iran's attack a "spectacular and embarrassing

failure." and tonight the white house avoiding weighing in on any possible israeli response now coming. >> i'm not going to get into hypotheticals. you're asking me to get ahead of, as far as i know, a decision that the war cabinet hasn't even made. >> reporter: and in tehran today, a massive rally in support of the attack on israel. iranian leaders signaling they don't want an escalation, saying after their assault, they consider the matter closed. but tonight, iran warning israel if it takes additional action, iran will respond within seconds. >> david: so, let's bring in matt gutman, right here on the ground in israel with us tonight. and as you know, the war cabinet meeting again this evening, into the night. israel making it clear it will respond now, so, what have you learned tonight, what could an israeli response look like here? >> reporter: david, israeli officials telling me that there are multiple options, ranging from a targeted strike on an iranian commander in a third country to a direct strike on iran, and it seems that the military here is adamant that it has to reassert deterrence to

signal iran that this cannot happen again, but i'm told that every move is being carefully calibrated, not to squander this defensive coalition that the u.s. built to protect israel. david? >> david: matt gutman with us here in tel aviv. matt, thank you. and in speaking about this direct iranian attack on israel, president biden today saying, "together with your partners, we defeated iran's attack." let's bring in our chief white house correspondent mary bruce tonight, because mary, the white house also with a warning to israel about any retaliation against iran, say, essentially, if you retaliate, you will retaliate alone. >> reporter: that's the message tonight, david. look, the white house is making it clear that what comes next, how israel responds, is ultimately up to them, but the administration is also urging restraint. they are trying to do everything they can to prevent this from spiraling into a wider war. so, the message from the white house tonight is that this was a win for israel, a major military success. you heard the president there declaring that they defeated iran, and as prime minister

netanyahu weighs his next move here, the president has directly urged him to think carefully, strategically, about the risk of escalation. so, while the president is underscoring america's ironclad defense of israel, the white house has made clear and said the u.s. will not participate in any retaliatory counterstrikes against iran. david? >> david: all right, mary bruce live at the white house. mary, thank you. and of course, the pentagon expressing surprise at the scope of the iranian attack, and relief at how well the defenses held. let's bring in martha raddatz tonight, and martha, from your reporting, you've learned more about what the u.s. did to help defend israel? >> reporter: yes, david. the coordination was extraordinary. you had dozens of u.s. and israeli fighter jets in the air. the u.s. fighters alone shooting down those 80 armed drones with heat-seeking missiles. there were refueling tankers in the air, ships at sea launching ant anti-ballistic missiles, all the while, tracking more than 300 drones and missiles launch bid

iran and its proxies. so many moving parts, and yet, they still managed to stop those missiles and drones, and not shoot each other down. but despite that success, as mary said, the pentagon will not be involved in assisting with any israeli attack on iran, not aerial refueling, nothing. a senior u.s. official warning that israel is intent on responding, adding that the world may think this is over, it is not. david? >> david: and martha, i know you've bun talking to your sources on this, how surprised were they at the scope, the size of this iranian attack, and the fact that it was a direct attack on israel? >> reporter: well, the u.s. had thought there would be just about a dozen ballistic missiles launched. but the head of central command updated that, saying they expected more than 100. one of the officials who heard the update saying he was so shocked, his hands were trumbulling when he wrote that number down. david? >> david: martha, thank you. we do have one more point on this tonight.

as we've reported here, this was the first time iran attacked israel directly, rather than through its proxies, militias it supports across the region. across the border in lebanon, that's where we find james longman tonight. i know there's concern there and across the region if israel will attack the proxies in respond, or will israel attack iran directly? >> reporter: yeah, david. this region is bracing for israel's response. the question is, where might they strike, and how extensive could it be? could they strike inside iran or could they strike here in lebanon and on iran's most important ally, hezbollah? could there be an incursion, push hezbollah away from the border with israel? all of iran's proxies in this region have been emboldened, and while arab governments are calling for restraint, there is real fury on the street here about the situation in gaza. people might not want all-out war, but they do see iran as the only regional power that is taking the fight to israel, and

just tonight, an iranian official saying that if there is a strike inside iran, their response won't be in hours or in days, it will be in seconds. david? >> david: james longman reporting from lebanon tonight. james, mary, martha, and matt, our thanks to all of you reporting on this tonight. we turn back to the news in the u.s. tonight, nabd syracuse, new york, a police officer and deputy have been killed. a suspect refusing to pull over during an attempted traffic stop. thunderstorms then tracking the suspect to the home. here's abc's stephanie ramos now. >> reporter: tonight, in serious, new york, shock and outrage, after two law enforcement officers were killed in a shootout. >> this is our worst nightmare come true. >> reporter: around 7:00 p.m. yesterday, authorities say syracuse police officers attempted to stop a suspicious vehicle, but the driver sped away from the area. the officers tracking the car to home in the town of salina, calling for backup from the onondaga county sheriff's office. >> when they were inspecting the vehicle, they heard what sounded

like a gun being manipulated, so they took cover. we had one officer go down in the rear yard, and then our officer was taken out by the suspect. that officer, however, did return fire, along with other officers, and mortally wounded the suspect. >> reporter: officer michael jensen and deputy lieutenant michael hoosock rushed to the hospital in critical condition. both later dying from their injuries. fellow officers heartbroken, standing in salute, remembering the fallen as heroes. the suspect also killed. today, the county district attorney identifying him as 33-year-old christopher r. murphy. david, authorities say they're still reviewing evidence from the scene. the new york attorney general is also investigating. david? >> david: stephanie ramos tonight. stephanie, thank you. meantime, the armorer in the "rust" movie shooting was sentenced today for involuntary manslaughter in new mexico.

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glover. >> we've been covering it throughout the day here on abc seven news. that series of protests in e bay area and across the country today. th first local protest began at 615 on northbound 8 at fifth avenue. at 755, protesters blocd southbound lanes on the golden gate bridge. then, at 815, protesters shut down southbound lanes of 880 in oakland. >> this is video of the protest on northbound 880 lanes were fully closed for nearly two hours until one lane opened at ten. a second lane reopened just before noon. southbound 880 was closed by protesters around 815 this morning, and one lane finally reopened at 1220. the golden gate bridge was shut down by protesters around 755 this morning, and traffic there was backed up for miles. it was eventually reopened around 1215 this afternoon, and we just got that update from chp just a short time ago and said protesters face a number of charges, including unlaw